

Chronic Hero Syndrome: Most apparent in the original cartoon.Authority Equals Asskicking: The Autobot leader isn't chosen because of physical strength, but leaders of the faction are often upgraded into stronger forms upon being promoted, such as Orion Pax to Optimus Prime and Hot Rod to Rodimus Prime.Zeta, Sentinel, Star Saber, and even Getaway are the most prominent examples of this. In other words, as Jetfire puts it, these Autobots are just a group of "thugs with a badge".

Adaptational Villainy: Definitely not Optimus and his Autobot allies but in the first IDW continuity, some Autobots (such as the top brass under Zeta) are either Dirty Cops, Knight Templars, or Corrupt Politicians.Adaptational Jerkass: Some Autobots got hit with this in the 2005 IDW continuity, such as Arcee (an Ax-Crazy Anti-Hero), Prowl (a Well-Intentioned Extremist), Hot Rod/Rodimus (an egotistical Glory Hound), and even Optimus (also a Well-Intentioned Extremist) himself.
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Joe to fight back against Cobra and eventually turning the tide after Optimus Prime breaks free of Cobra's control and convinces the Joes to help liberate the rest of the Autobots. The first miniseries starts with Cobra capturing and enslaving both Cybertronian factions to use as weapons after they arrived on Earth and a bunch of soldiers who discovered these circumstances forming G.I. the Transformers establishes their civil war with the Decepticons as indirectly leading to Cobra's rise as a formidable terrorist organization as well as G.I.
