#chopperface

And of course, Venus Terzo. Blackarachnia was my introduction to her, and she’s been really iconic for me since then.

Naturally, Scott McNeil is also on this list. I actually met him once at a convention, but I completely failed to recognize him, since I’d never seen what he looked like, and only had a loose concept of any of his roles outside of Snarl from Transformers: Cybertron at the time.

Lisa Ann Beley as Override. Want a VA who can make anything sound badass? Folks, look no further.

And I’ll also pick Kirby Morrow, who was probably the first voice actor I was ever able to recognize from something else. He had a really iconic, young hero voice, and really had the character down, I felt.

So today’s prompt is favorite death scene. Although both Starscream’s in Transformers: Armada and Vector Prime’s in Transformers: Cybertron had a lot of impact for me, Dinobot’s last stand in “Code of Hero” definitely stands above the rest.

I’m sure part of it is the duration, as his battle lasts a significant portion of the episode, and most of what comes before that is leading up to it or building around Dinobot’s internal conflict, which has lasted pretty much since before “Maximal, No More.”

There’s also the sheer epicness of the battle itself. Megatron and his Predacons are ready to attack the protohumans colony, with Dinobot as the only one who can get there in time. He chooses to fight, seemingly knowing the outcome, and proceeds to take down every one of the Predacons, wearing himself down in the process, losing his weapons, including his laser beam and despite bringing additional weapons into the battle. He overrides his stasis lock, knowing that doing so will kill him. As Quickstrike mocks him for his loss of weapons, he confirms that he remains a warrior even without weapons, beating him down and finally facing Megatron.

Just as all hope seems lost, Dinobot improvises and manages to take the disc from Megatron, expending the last of his power to do so.