Transformers: Hybrid/Tropes


 * Author's Savimg Throw: Continuing from Bumblebee, the film avoids the disaster blast-fest that plagued the Bay films, with the Autobots activeky avoidimg and preventing collateral damage.
 * Awesome Moments:
 * The Autobots' first appearance. Just as the terrifying machine is about to be used on Sari, Bumblebee shows up and takes her, before obliterating it. Bumblebee then takes Suri with Arcee, who easily makes her way throygth the Decepticons while Bulkhead provides back-up. Then we are treated to Optimus Prime himself ckearimg the way to the exit while leading the misdion at the sane time. Brian Tyler's score makes it better.
 * Upon unlocking her new "hybrid" form, Sari uses it to fight off Dropkick with her small size via entering inside him like a bug. And she wins. A shocked Shatter then asks what is she. Her answer? A Cybertronian human who will defeat her.
 * The Cameo: Megatron appears in a post-credits scene, voiced by Ray Porter.
 * Casting Gag:
 * Corey Burton, who voices Dropkick, previously voived Megatron himself (among others) in Transformers: Animated, which is the film's main inspiration.
 * Zeno Robinson previously voiced Trash Malto in Transformers: EarthSpark, whose showrunners helmed this film. Now, he voices Bumblebee.
 * Ray Porter voices Megatron in a mid-credits scene. This isn't his first time voicing an Evil Overlord from space.
 * For Science!: Orders from Starscream aside, its obvious the reason Shatter wants to dissect Sari is to figure out what she is and how her nature can be used by the 'Cons.
 * Funny Moments: Starscream is the second-in-commsnd and activate Decepticon leader while Megatron is away. As such, he uses every chance he has to roast the evil Decepticon leader.
 * Heartwarming Moments:
 * During their rescue mission, the Autobots make sure to keep Sari calm and reassured that everything will be OK.
 * Overlapping with Funny, but at one point, Arcee awkwardly tries to make Sari feel better about discovering her hybrid nature by revealing she has a crush on Bumblebee, who turned her down when she asked him on a date. The two have neverthless remained friends and colleagues. And when Sari points out that is a poor comparation, she does it in a matter-of-fact tone, understanding she did it with good intentions.
 * The reconciliation and hug between Sari and her father, Isaac.
 * As the film progresses, Sari develops a close family bond with the Autobots, with Bumblebee in particular becoming like a brother to him.
 * The way the film handles the relationship between Sari, Isaac, and the Autobots. While Sari is more open to the Autobots, tgis is mainly due to the fact that she feels hurt over Isaac lying to her, her being half-Cybertronian and them the closest thing she has to Cybertronian parents not being an issues beyond that. And, after they reconcile, they are all a big happy family, with Isaac even helping Ratchet at work.
 * It's All My Fault: Optimus says the main reason the Autobits avoid collateral damage during their battles and help humans recpver from the Decepticons' actions is because they brought the war to Earth, so the least they could do is prevent any harm to come to its inhabitants.
 * Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Smokescreen is potrayed as a rookie im this film. His voice actor is Charlie Cox, who is the only Autobot voice actor in this film without any previous experience with the franchise.
 * Nightmare Fuel:
 * Shatter planned to rip apart and dissect Sari to discover her true nature, nevermind she's a child. The creepy-looking machine also makes it clear it won't be a painless process.
 * Her first scene is also quite creepy. Our first "sight" of her is simply her glowing red eyes and her sadistic voice whike the rest is hidden in shadows, which is rather unnerving. And when she pops up, her serious tone mqnages to hide how giddy she is about the idea of dissecting Sari.
 * Snide comments about Megatron aside, Starscream comes off as very creepy, with his voice and design being rather unsettling.
 * Shatter's laboratory, which shows, among other things, the corpses of Cybertronians she experimented on.
 * Ravage as a whole is this. He acts less like a robotic dog and more like a rabid animal. The climax even had him almost ripping off Bumbkebee's vocal processor.
 * In the mid-credits scene, just as Starscream comments he at least will take over the De epticons after tricking Megatron, the Evil (verlord appears out of nowhere like some sort of monster, enraged by Starscream's deception. And how does he calm Megatron down? By revealing Sari's existence to him. Oh, Crap! dosen't even begin to describe this.
 * Mythology Gag:
 * The opening features stills of the characters ripped straight from G1 toy boxes.
 * Transformers in this version feature screen in their vehichle forms througth which they talk to their passangers, just like in Transformers: Rescue Bots.
 * The film includes a few nods to Transformers: Animated:
 * The Transformers are said to have first arrived in December 2007, the month and year the series first premiered.
 * Sari discover her true nature after an injury on her elbow, much like in the series.
 * Sari's hybrid form has echos of her transformed self.
 * At one point, Dropkick attempts to shoot Optimus in a similar manner to Megatron in the series finale.
 * According to Bumblebee, Bulkhead once mistook a tent for a fumigation house with a costume, just like he did once in the series.
 * Sari has a photo of a Halloween in which she disguised herself as Bumblebee, calling back to her G1 Optimus costume in an episode of the series.
 * Dropkick once says he dosen't believe in luck, to which Shatter says "Neither do I". This exchange was lifted from one between Megatron and Starscream in the series, albeit under a different context.
 * In The Stinger, Megatron threatens to decapitate Starscream. Starscream did got decapitaded in season 3, albeit his head survived.
 * To Transformers: Prime
 * The veteran Autobot group in the film is the same one from Transformers Prime.
 * Smokescreen is once afain the rookie of the group.
 * When Sari accidentally destrpys one of Ratchet's equipments, he says " I needed that", a nod to his catchphrase in the series "I need that".
 * Sari at one point calls Optimus "Big Bot", which is how Cheetor called Optimus Primal in Beast Wars.
 * The way Arcee knocks out Shatter to save Sari is similar to how she knocked out Starscream in My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise.
 * To the live-action films:
 * The film opens and closes with Sari's narration, similar to how the films opened and/or closed with Optimus narrating.
 * Sari's opening narration alsp states that Earth is in "Sector 7 Delta, System Solar 2B". "Sector 7" was the agency investigating the Transformers in the first films.
 * One of Isaac's employes is named Simmons.
 * Bumblebee briefly comments that he "would have long lost my vocal processors if it wasn't for Ratchet", a tongue-in-cheek nod to the live-action films. A more serious nod happens near the end, where Ravage almost bites the processors off. Thankfully, he avoids this fate.
 * According to Ratchet, humans have been in the Autobots Base before, with Bumblebee mentioning a teenager named Sam.
 * During her opening narration, Sari calls the Decepticons "the harbringers of death", which is how Sam called Megatron in the first film.
 * Sari lives in Misson City, where the climax of the first film took place.
 * Before trying to dissect Sari, Shatter says "Now, let's examine this alien specimen", calling back to when Megatron ordered Sam to be examinated in Revenge of the Fallen.
 * Upon saving Sari for the first time, Bumblebee says "Somebody called for a heroic rescue?", the same line Kikmee said in an episode of Transformers: BotBots.
 * Reed Richards Is Useless: Averted. The main reason behind the film's futuristic setting is that the Autobots shared their scientific knowledge with Earth.
 * Role Reprise:
 * Peter Cullen reprises his long-time role as Optimus Prime.
 * Grey DeLisle also returns as Arcee.
 * Steve Blum reprises his role as Starscream from Transformers Prime.
 * Shout-Out: While escaping from the Decepticon base, Sari sees Ravage througth a reflection in Arcee's mirror that says "Objects are closer than they appear". Upon seeing Ravage, Sari says "Mother puss bucket".