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Oh, there's no avoiding that angle. But then again, when they were doing an obvious product push that character either took a back seat if he/she was allowed to stay, was ushered off on a 'never to speak again' basis, or took on a life of its own. Hell, the Dinobots were like that and they just came into their own.

Speaking of which, weren't the Dinobots considered the uncontrollable loose cannons of the Autobots? I vaguely remember them being in some kind of stasis until the shit hit the fan, then they were pulled out to do some damage. You don't see enough of that true anti-hero stuff nowadays outside of Wolverine clones.