Transformers: Dark of the Moon



"Megatron: "Who would you be without me, Prime?"

Optimus: "Time to find out...""

The third film in the Transformers film series, released on June 29th, 2011. The story involves a Secret History involving the Space Race and a Cybertronian involvement, one that was hidden from the Autobots despite their close relations. A legendary ship from the last days of the war on Cybertron had crashed on the moon, carrying a powerful secret that could either restore Cybertron or decimate human society and the Decepticons hold even more secrets. You can view the final trailer here.

Not entirely surprising, it has received a similar degree of Critical Dissonance as the previous films. Although many fans seem to consider it to be the strongest of the three movies, some consider it to be just as bad as the second, and critics have been just as lukewarm to negative as before. Although almost universally agreed is that the 3D in the film is the best use of the technology since Avatar (and possibly even better).

This film provides examples of:
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 * Three D Movie: Michael Bay's first.
 * Acrofatic: Leadfoot may have a beer gut, but he still packs quite a punch.
 * Adult Fear:
 * Advertised Extra: Shockwave was promoted as the new Big Bad or at least an important enemy for the movie. He appeared as a one line character with very little screentime.
 * Word of God says they advertised him as the Big Bad/an important enemy as part of a "misinformation campaign", where they would deliberately lie about certain aspects to keep information and spoilers about the film to a minimum to prevent plot twists having no impact, such as.
 * Aerial Canyon Chase: The wing suit flyers managed to outmaneuver the Decepticon patrol ships by flying through damaged buildings. Of course due to their size they would be more than capable of fitting into places those ships would not.
 * A God Am I:.
 * Aint Too Proud to Beg: Wheeljack/Que, when the Autobots are captured.
 * An Arm and A Leg:
 * Alien Invasion: A common theme throughout the films, but DOTM cranks it up to to its logical extreme: massive destruction, innocents being slaughtered by Decepticons, and the US declaring a state of national emergency in the wake of the Decepticons' all-out attack on the planet.
 * Armor Piercing Question:
 * Art Evolution: Some of the Autobot designs are slightly altered since the last two films. Notably:
 * Optimus has a wider chest and "abs." His overall design is more powerful looking.
 * Bumblebee, continuing from the second film, has a more armored robot mode. Word of God is that this was to represent his maturity from a simple guardian to a full-fledged warrior. His stripes are also moved farther out from the center of his vehicle mode.
 * Ratchet's armor has a darker color scheme. Likewise his vehicle mode has similarly been recolored.
 * The Twins had their scenes cut, but had they remained they would have both been recolored black, with the exception of their heads and hands which would have remained green and orange. Likewise Skids' vehicle mode would have been repainted black with green highlights, while Mudflap would have had his vehicle mode changed into the same make as Skids, black with orange highlights.
 * Sideswipe's vehicle mode is now a convertible where he had a hard top in the second film. He also has a new voice actor.
 * Soundwave's head is less insectoid, with a more beast-like mouth.
 * Artistic License / Did Not Do the Research / Reality Is Unrealistic: For whatever reason, when the Autobots land at Tranquility Base, there is a complete Lunar Module shown at the location the Eagle was previously depicted at. The upper stage would have to be missing unless a crew didn't come back or came back in another lander.
 * As Himself:.
 * Author Appeal: Granted the series is about robot cars, but Dylan's exotic car collection clearly reflects Michael Bay's own car enthusiasm.
 * Badass Normal: Evident through all the movies as human soldiers can actually hold their own against the Decepticons, but this film takes it to the logical end-point. The Autobots are still the best option against the 'Cons, but the soldiers were shown training on how to fight them properly early on in this film. Thus you see them sniping out their eyes to blind them, planting grenades on their feet to disable mobility and then just peppering them with support fire to keep them disoriented. It was suprisingly effective.
 * Badass Grandpa: Sentinel Prime. Even after being in a coma for over one thousand years,
 * Batman Gambit: The Decepticons:
 * The Dreads' attack also serves a similar purpose:
 * Battle Butler:
 * Beethoven Was an Alien Spy: Played with. Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were astronauts, and they did explore the moon's surface. The part no one knows is that they were also simultaneously on a mission to explore the ruins of the Ark.
 * Beware the Silly Ones: The Wreckers. Three foul-mouthed and irascible 'bots whose robot modes look like stereotypical NASCAR fans and are described point-blank by Mearing as "assholes".
 * Similarly, Dutch is the Funny Foreigner
 * Big Damn Heroes: The film's actually been criticised for doing it a little too much. Pretty much every time any Autobot gets into battle, its by entering the fray to rescue someone else, usually followed by them being saved by someone else doing it.
 * Blood Knight: Sideswipe, though not played with much. He certainly seems to be having fun when tagteaming with Ironhide. Similarly, Mirage/Dino really enjoys fighting, making him a more visible example. He's never seen in battle without a happy grin.
 * Body Horror: Megatron's gaping head wound; there are even tiny robots (either Cybertronian maggots or medical 'cons) crawling around in it.
 * Boom Headshot:
 * Boisterous Bruiser: All of the Wreckers.
 * British Accents: The Wreckers sport a variety of them, for some reason.
 * Specifically, their accents are Scottish. Huntington-Whitley also sports an English accent.
 * Broken Pedestal: Before his Face Heel Turn,
 * Call Back:
 * Soundwave mimicking Jazz's breakdancing move from the first movie when he reveals himself.
 * Similarly, Simmons reverting to pronouncing Sam's name as "Witwickedy" at the start of the Chicago invasion, despite having gotten it right before now.
 * The private jet seen in the NEST hanger as the deportation of the Autobots is announced has an almost identical registration to Blackout's Pave Low form in the first film. Blackout's reg is 4500X, while the jet's is the same with one extra letter. Coincidence?
 * Celebrity Paradox: Clever foreshadowing though it may be,
 * Chekhov's Skill: NEST soldiers are shown training with Bumblebee on the best course of action a human can do when combating a robot. This comes into play in the climax.
 * Children Are Innocent:
 * Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Sort of. The All Spark isn't mentioned AT ALL, and the Matrix seems to have taken its place. Possibily Justified Trope; other material explains that the Matrix is sort of a replacement for the All Spark, if probably not as powerful.
 * Jolt, Arcee (any of them) and the Twins are simply not in the movie. Jolt at least got a comic issue that explains his absense....
 * Closer Than They Appear: When being pursued along the highway by the Decepticon Dreads.
 * Continuity Nod: A job interviewer asks Sam: "Why was the FBI after you again?" Sam has to explain how it was during "That whole alien craziness." He also comments that his record's been expunged, as part of the President's way of thanking him for all he's done with the Autobots.
 * Contrived Coincidence: Subverted.
 * Conveniently Empty Building:
 * Crouching Moron Hidden Badass: All you really know about The Wreckers is that they are mechanics and are not allowed to travel because "They're assholes." Considering what happens when they later get some combat action, it's likely they aren't allowed to travel because they also don't have any sense of subtlety. They are the bruisers of the Autobots and are sent on those missions that no one else wants to take.
 * Curse Cut Short:
 * Of the Hard Cut variety. Wheelie and Brains
 * Curse Cut Short:
 * Of the Hard Cut variety. Wheelie and Brains


 * When Sam's parents find out about Carly (temporarily, it ends up) dumping him, Judy calls a "family meeting". As she continues with increasingly outlandish reprisals and "advice" at same ("It's called 'She Comes First'. There's some killer shit in this book", etc), Sam at one point yells "What the f- MOM!!!!"
 * Cyber Cyclops: Shockwave. He's got one eye. It glows. It's red. And he's giant mecha to boot. Nails this trope in every way imaginable.
 * Dangerously Genre Savvy: The Decepticons have clearly learned their lesson from the last film; rather than fall to Earth as protoforms, causing a worldwide scene, they instead opt to.
 * Darker and Edgier: In the first few films, while there were obvious casualties, they were barely shown. In this film, you not only get to see Laserbeak murder people, you also get to see . The Family Unfriendly Death quotient even seems a bit darker.
 * Darkest Hour:
 * There is then another one.
 * Deleted Scene: The Twins from Revenge of the Fallen were intended to be in this movie but were removed in the final cut. If you look carefully you might be able to see their vehicle modes in a distant line-up shot.
 * Department of Redundancy Department: : "I am simply a liaison. I liaise."
 * Despair Event Horizon:.
 * Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu:
 * Don't You Dare Pity Me: Megatron responds this way to Starscream regarding his damaged state. Then again, it was Starscream.
 * Double Tap: How Optimus finishes
 * Dude Where's My Respect: Sam spends much of the first part of the movie complaining about how he has been shut out of the war despite having saved the world twice.
 * Earn Your Happy Ending
 * Earthshattering Kaboom:
 * Elites Are More Glamorous: The Special-Ops NEST has returned, Navy SEALs show up in Chicago, and Carly's brother is shown to have been a member of the British SAS. Another military group, possibly the National Guard, join the group as well.
 * Elite Mooks: The three nasty Decepticon warriors that engage in the highway battle, called the Dreads in other material.
 * Enemy Mine:
 * Even Evil Has Standards:
 * Evil Cannot Comprehend Good:
 * Evil Cannot Comprehend Good:

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 * One way to interpret

"Simmons: (As Carly drives away in her Mercedes) How can she afford that car?
 * Evil Counterpart:
 * Expy: Dylan is essentially a younger version of Generations One's.
 * Eye Scream: Starscream got his optics impaled by Sam, twice.
 * Face Heel Turn:
 * Faking the Dead:
 * Fallen Hero:
 * Fanservice Extra: A Latino lady at Sam's office, who's wearing something revealing just because.
 * Foe Tossing Charge: Optimus cuts down about a dozen Decepticons before going up against Shockwave in Chicago.
 * Foreshadowing: Lots of it to, some quite subtle:
 * Doubling with an Actor Allusion - In the Over an hour later,.
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 * Sentinel accidentally attacks Optimus in a fit of hysteria immediately after he's jarred out of the coma he had likely been in for thousands of years.
 * Carly's car having a "deep, throaty engine".
 * When we first see Soundwave, it's apparent that he has reformatted to a more terrestrial form.
 * Early in the film, Voshkod, when the NEST team is inquiring why he isn't wearing a radiation suit (They're at Chernobyl), comments that it wouldn't matter either way before quickly keeping quiet.
 * Funny Background Event: Roadbuster loudly ranting and cursing out the NASA workers as the other Autobots
 * Girlfriend in Canada: Crosses into Actor Allusion with Dutch when he claims to have a girlfriend called "India" - as befits the NATO Alphabet Theme Naming.
 * Going Down With the Ship:
 * Grand Finale:.
 * Gunship Rescue: Single pilot attack vehicles feature prominently in the climatic battle, some of which are stolen by the good guys. Optimus Prime makes use of a Jetpack with BFG weapons to be his own gunship coming to the rescue several times.
 * Heel Face Turn:
 * Heroic BSOD:
 * Hidden in Plain Sight: Of course a natural part of Transformers, but with the world aware of their existence the Autobots at least are less careful about showing their true colors, specifically the Wreckers (sporting weaponized NASCAR vehicles as their natural alternate mode). The highway battle has them cutting loose between their "stealth force" weaponized vehicle form and robot modes as necessary. This does come into play with.
 * Hoist By His Own Petard: Sorta happens to Optimus. The Decepticons order the Autobots to leave by holding the humans hostage, so Optimus and his allies leave with the intention of returning afterwards to sneak attack the Decepticons and save the humans. But, while they're gone, the Decepticons slaughter tons of humans in order to push humanity into a global Despair Event Horizon. He knew they couldn't be trusted and that they'd backtrack their promise to not harm humanity, but turns out that harming humans was their entire MO. When Optimus returns, he's clearly pissed.
 * In the novelization,
 * Hypocritical Humor: Subverted with this exchange:
 * Hidden in Plain Sight: Of course a natural part of Transformers, but with the world aware of their existence the Autobots at least are less careful about showing their true colors, specifically the Wreckers (sporting weaponized NASCAR vehicles as their natural alternate mode). The highway battle has them cutting loose between their "stealth force" weaponized vehicle form and robot modes as necessary. This does come into play with.
 * Hoist By His Own Petard: Sorta happens to Optimus. The Decepticons order the Autobots to leave by holding the humans hostage, so Optimus and his allies leave with the intention of returning afterwards to sneak attack the Decepticons and save the humans. But, while they're gone, the Decepticons slaughter tons of humans in order to push humanity into a global Despair Event Horizon. He knew they couldn't be trusted and that they'd backtrack their promise to not harm humanity, but turns out that harming humans was their entire MO. When Optimus returns, he's clearly pissed.
 * In the novelization,
 * Hypocritical Humor: Subverted with this exchange:

Sam: Her boss.

Simmons: (Disgusted) Rich bastards! I used to hate 'em, but now..."

"Mr Witwicky: "I will follow you till the end of time." It's sappy, right? Like in a bad scifi movie..."
 * To clarify: Simmons is now a millionaire with a mansion, having made money writing a tell-all book in the wake of the Autobots' rise as a political hot topic.
 * The Igor: Igor, Megatron's gluttonous servant, who seems to be comprised of the leftover parts of the Constructicon Long Haul.
 * Infant Immortality: Averted.
 * Ink Suit Actor: A twofer: Sentinel's face was modeled after Sean Connery, while his facial expressions are copied from Leonard Nimoy, who provides his voice.
 * In the Hood:
 * Its All My Fault: Optimus blames himself entirely for.
 * Its Raining Men: How Lennox's NEST forces insert into Chicago. It doesn't go exactly as planned, since they jump from Ospreys as they're damaged and out of control. And after seeing them on TV, Michael Bay wanted to go one better than just parachutes: they fly around the city in wingsuits.
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold:
 * Charlotte Mearing may give the Autobots (and Sam) a hard time, but unlike Galloway she clearly does have some respect for them, apologizes to Sam for dismissing his claims and is ultimately there to assist them during the final battle.
 * The Wreckers are described as "assholes," and don't get along well with humans. However, they ultimately stay behind to help the Autobots fight off the Decepticons; Leadfoot even tells Sam "We ain't going anywhere."
 * Karmic Death:
 * Knight Templar:.
 * Kubrick Stare: Dutch a few times.
 * Lampshade Hanging: Done by Epps when, upon seeing the Driller, he asks, "Why do the Decepticons always get the good shit?!" In most incarnations, the Decepticons often have the largest and most brutal weaponry and robots on their side, while the Autobots for the most part just have themselves.
 * Last Second Chance:
 * Leaning On the Fourth Wall:
 * Last Second Chance:
 * Leaning On the Fourth Wall:

": If you ever say a word to anyone about what happened that night in Juanaco, I'll cut your heart out.
 * Le Parkour: If you pay close attention towards the end,
 * Let's Get Dangerous: From the beginning of the series Sam has spent his time running from the giant robots. There comes a time in the climax where he decides he has had enough and.
 * Lost Technology: The Space Bridge Pillars that Sentinel developed. A more recent invention from the original Space Bridge the Primes used, it can open gates between two different locations, and, if hundreds are used right,
 * MacGuffin Bot:
 * Macross Missile Massacre: An unusually long-ranged version launched by the humans in the climax, using cruise missiles from naval vessels once they were able to acquire targets inside.
 * Made of Iron: The humans in this movie, and Sam especially, take way more punishment than a person should and show no ill effects from any of it. A particularly pronounced moment is when Sam fires a grappling hook type device into a decepticon and spends the next 2 - 3 minutes of the moving being tossed around, smashed into walls and the decepticon. Once he is finally released he doesn't seem to have broken anything, and has no problems whatsoever using the arm that should have been ripped off (or at least dislocated). Somewhat justified though, since Sam has seriously grown a pair in this film.
 * Mexican Standoff: Explicitly named as such by Sideswipe when two Dreads confront him and Ironhide. They attempt a peaceful cease-fire, which lasts a whole 5 seconds.
 * Mighty Roar: The Decepticons roar victoriously when.
 * More Dakka:
 * The trailers for the third movie reveal that the Autobots get a substantial weapons upgrade. The gimmick of the third movie toy line, Mech Tech, is devoted to this trope, as the new figures have huge gimmicky weapons and attachment points for weapon accessories of other figures.
 * During the climax of the film,
 * Ms. Fanservice: Carly. The movie sets out its stall early in this regard - her very first appearance is a tracking shot of her bikini-clad ass.
 * My God What Have I Done:
 * The look on Optimus's face after  has this trope written all over it.
 * Mythology Gag: The Decepticon patrol fighters have rotating engines and weapons that act like articulated limbs - a subtle nod to some of the less aesthetically-pleasing toy designs in the '90s (eg. Pretenders), which basically "transformed" from robots to vehicles with limbs.
 * Carly's name itself is a reference to Spike's girlfriend/wife in G1.
 * Que's grappling hook nearly kills Sam when he's unable to get it off, and his spike-bomb gives out before Sam could use it on the control pillar - Que is based on Wheeljack, whose inventions were known to fail in a more incendiary manner.
 * And, the fact the explosives themselves are spike shaped and wielded by Sam could be a subtle reference to Spike Witwicky, the G1 character Sam was based on. Suposedly, they were planning to introduce Spike as his nickname since the second film, but kept forgetting/not going through with it.
 * Never a Self Made Woman: Carly's position with Dylan's company. Though she was formerly a part of the British Diplomacy, but that originates from the highly military filled family.
 * Never Trust a Trailer:
 * Nice Job Breaking It Hero: As repeatedly stated in the film itself, Sentinel Prime is the sole person who can actually make any use of the Space Bridge pillars. Also, the only thing that can revive Sentinel is the Matrix of Leadership, which only Optimus can use.
 * Nice Job Fixing It Villain:
 * No Endor Holocaust:
 * No Name Given: Igor is never named onscreen.
 * Noodle Incident:
 * Noodle Incident:


 * You already did."


 * No Ontological Inertia: When the controller pillar is destroyed, the
 * When the pillars are stalled/stopped, it is shown that
 * Off Model: A rare Live-Action example. Bumblebee's stripe pattern is not the same in either form, During the stand-off scene with Ironhide, Sideswipe and the Dreads, Ironhide's recently detached guns can be seen on his back in one shot and the JFK Head combines this with Uncanny Valley.
 * Off With His Head:
 * Ominous Floating Spaceship: Decepticon cruisers patrol Chicago after its destroyed, deploying small fighter jets to shoot down any human aircraft that flies nearby.
 * Ominous Latin Chanting:
 * The Other Darrin: Sideswipe has a different voice actor than he did in the second film.
 * Pieta Plagiarism: "Sentinel... you're coming home, old friend."
 * Power Fist: Optimus has a set of retractable knuckledusters.
 * Precision F Strike: Happens twice. When Sam receives his medal, he whisper-yells "What the fuuuuuck!". When his boss notices Bumblebee in the apartment, he says "Fucking awesome!!"
 * Pretty in Mink: One of the ladies accompanying the ex-cosmonaut wears a white and red fox coat.
 * Product Placement: Plenty, being both a Michael Bay movie and a Transformers movie; however, one use is also written (semi-gracefully) into the story as a plot point. When Carly's boss gives her a fancy car, Sam starts to angst about his own limited earning power, but the Mercedes itself is a Chekhov's Gun:.
 * Promoted Fanboy: It seemed that Sam's boss Bruce is actually very interested in meeting with the robots, and gets a chance to playfully wrestle with Bumblebee.
 * Properly Paranoid:
 * The Quisling:
 * Rasputinian Death:
 * Real Life Writes the Plot: In the movie, Mikaela's absence is explained by her dumping Sam for unspecified reasons. In real life, it's because her actress, Megan Fox, was fired during production due to some combination of: Steven Spielberg feeling she didn't have the acting chops for the more emotional role this time round, and; Fox herself having personality clashes with staff and crew. Whatever the case, Carly does go through a lot more than Mikaela and is much more emotionally driven.
 * Remember the New Guy: Played with the Wreckers. Supposedly, they've been on Earth since around 2008, but were never mentioned in ROTF. They've apparently been working in the Kennedy Space Station, monitoring the Xantium, which is disguised as a NASA rocket. Slightly subverted since we're introduced to them around the same time Sam first hears of them. The stated reason for their absence from the other film? They don't get let out much "because they're assholes."
 * Retcon: Of a sort. When Cybertron was shown in the first film, it was a mountainous world with metal spires and molten lava/Energon flowing across the landscape. In this film, Cybertron is given a more mechanical design, with towers poking between bridges and roads, making it more like its cartoon interpretation.
 * There's also Megatron's overall plan to win the war: The first two films stated that he arrived on Earth chasing after the AllSpark, which crashed on the planet during the Ice Age. DOTM retcons it to that he had always intended to come to Earth, which was where  However, as the Matrix of Leadership was needed for that plan to work, its possible that he needed the AllSpark woulde have been needed   for the plan to work. Though, turning Earth's machines into an army (as stated in the first film) would have provided the needed man power  . With all this inmind, its an acceptable retcon.
 * Retired Badass:
 * Dutch, Simmons' assistant. He can hack into any system
 * If it is multiple personality disorder, it could also double as an Actor Allusion to Alan Tudyk's role on Dollhouse, where he played a serial killer with roughly fifty personalities.
 * Epps tells Sam that he retired from the military in the time between ROTF and DOTM..
 * The Reveal:
 * Sacrificial Lion:.
 * Scenery Gorn:
 * Shapeshifter Weapon: Both played straight and averted. Bumblebee and Ironhide still have their arm cannons, and Sideswipe still has his arm blades, but almost every other Transformer now uses guns that are separate pieces of equipment. Even Optimus' swords are now part of the arsenal in his trailer instead of being tucked away in his forearms, and Ironhide uses guns aside from his standard cannons.
 * Ship Sinking: Sam and Mikaela have broken off (exact reasons unknown, but Wheelie states that Mikaela was the one that dumped Sam), and Sam is certain that Carly is the right girl for him.
 * Shoo Out the Clowns: Sam tells his parents to get as far away from Washington as they can before opens the Space Bridge to allow the Decepticons to teleport to Earth. We don't see them for the remainder of the film, but it can be assumed that they're alive.
 * Shout Out:
 * Optimus Prime's trailer is a dead ringer for G1!Optimus' trailer, right down to the Autobot symbol on the trim line.
 * Sentinel Prime can be heard saying this in the end, "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." Again remember his voice actor is Leonard Nimoy.
 * Bumblebee's goodbye to Sam includes "You have been, and always shall be, my friend", Spock's line from Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan.
 * One Decepticon has dreadlocks and blasters that unfold from his back. Another one makes distinct clicking noises when creeping through a building to hunt down some humans.
 * That one Latino co-worker dressed as a "hoochie mama" and going through a "Latino meltdown" may remind some of Sofia Vergara.
 * Laserbeak's design may have been inspired by The Giant Claw, explicitly so for the head on the toy.
 * The Decepticon invasion reminisces that on Transformers Cybertron, only to a more traumatic scale.
 * Slave Race:
 * Spared By the Adaptation:
 * Also
 * Storming the Castle: The final battle in Chicago becomes this trope, as the Decepticons had converted it into a makeshift fort.
 * Suddenly Voiced: DOTM Laserbeak may well be the first Laserbeak in a voiced media Transformers work to be able to talk.
 * Suicidal Gotcha: Invoked when Laserbeak hurls Sam out of a building, only for him to land on a hijacked Decepticon fighter. Which raises the question of how Laserbeak missed something that size...
 * Super Window Jump: Pulled off when the human heroes have to jump out of a partly destroyed skyscraper hundreds of stories up to avoid the Driller.
 * There Can Be Only One: In the worst way possible:


 * The Unmasqued World: Cybertronians are public knowledge to the point that news reporters can casually refer to the factions by name, and the UN is well aware. It's also referenced that there is some resentment of the Autobots being on Earth; Bill O'Reilly alludes to poll results saying that half the world would feel safer if the Autobots left Earth and consider them to be "Alien Mercenaries." NEST has also placed Energon Detectors across the globe, in order to track down Decepticons. Optimus Prime isn't exactly the Grand Marshall of any parades, though.
 * Those Two Guys: Wheelie and Brains fill this role for the film.
 * Up to Eleven: In describing Shockwave as the new Big Bad of DOTM, the production stated that he is even more vicious than Megatron. Considering this Megatron is in all reality one of the most vicious villains in any Transformers continuity, that really means something.
 * Villainous Breakdown:
 * Villainous Rescue:
 * Violent Glaswegian: The Wreckers.
 * Was It Really Worth It:
 * Well Intentioned Extremist:
 * We Will Use Manual Labor in The Future:
 * Wham Line:
 * Wham Line:

"Bruce: [It's] total anarchy in here!"
 * What Do You Mean Its Not Heinous: At Sam's job, it is a VERY bad idea to bring anything red into the Yellow Floor, as one unfortunate employee found out.

"Optimus Prime:"
 * The Windy City: Used as the location for the final battle, and is thoroughly turned into a war zone due to it.
 * Worth It: Simmons declares this when he kisses Mearing and she orders him to be arrested for it.
 * World of Cardboard Speech:


 * Worm Sign: The Driller, a MASSIVE Cybertronian Sand Worm tamed/piloted by Shockwave. How large is it? Well, for one thing, it can level an ENTIRE CHICAGO STREET!
 * Would Hit a Girl: Dutch.
 * You Can't Go Home Again:
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness:
 * You Shall Not Pass: Ironhide faces down two Decepticons in a game of chicken at the same time. All three collide at the same time and Transform, with Ironhide no worse for wear while the two 'Cons are thrown to the side.
 * You Will Be Spared: