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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * The Ghost: Megatron is absent from this film. However, he is frequently mentioned, particularly by Starscream (and not in a flattering light).
 * Heartwarming Moments:
 * During their rescue mission, the Autobots make sure to keep Suri calm andcewassured that everything will be OK.
 * The reconciliation and hug between Sari and her father, Isaac.
 * As the film progresses, Sari develops a close family bond with the Autobots, with Bumbkebee in particular becoming like a brother to him.
 * It's All My Fault: Optimus saus 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.
 * 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.
 * 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 climqx even had him almost rpping off Bumbkebee's vocal processor
 * Mythology Gag:
 * 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 liie in the series.
 * Sari's hybrud form has echos of her transformed self.
 * The Autobot group in the film is the same one from Transformers Prime.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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".