History Film / TransformersAgeOfExtinction

* MsFanservice: Tessa, although she's downplayed compared to [[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon Carly]] and [[Film/{{Transformers}} Mikaela]].

** There have been several humans in past incarnations who have worked to make their own Cybertronians. EU material for [[Film/{{Transformers}} the first film]] had Sector Seven managing to do so with limited success. ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' had the human paramilitary group MECH do the same thing in a manner very similar to Attinger's group.

* BigBad: Harold Attinger, who takes advantage of the paranoia following the events of the previous film, and aims to wipe them all out and create an army of mad-made transformers for [[Greed]]. All while [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist lying about protecting humanity]] from future Transformer attacks, and [[StrawHypocrite even employing the services of a transformer]] to accomplish his goals.

* BigBad: Harold Attinger, who takes advantage of the paranoia following the events of the previous film, and aims to wipe them all out and create an army of mad-made transformers [[Greed to fill his own pockets]]. All while [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist lying about protecting humanity]] from future Transformer attacks, and [[StrawHypocrite even employing the services of a transformer]] to accomplish his goals.

* BigBad: Harold Attinger, who takes advantage of the paranoia following the events of the previous film, and aims to wipe them all out and create an army of mad-made transformers [[Greed/to fill his own pockets]].

* BigBad: Harold Attinger, who takes advantage of the paranoia following the events of the previous film, and aims to wipe them all out and create an army of mad-made transformers [[Greed to fill his own pockets]].
* BigBadEnsemble: Attinger and Lockdown count as both this ''and'' a Duumvirate, as while they work together they have very different goals and represent separate threats. A straighter example is [[spoiler:Galvatron, who plays Attinger and never even interacts with either him or Lockdown.]]
* BigBadWannabe: Attinger. Lockdown and Galvatron remain as the heroes' more immediate enemies while Attinger is mostly ignored. In the climax, the heroes are more concerned about Galvatron's army and Lockdown's ship, while Attinger slowly loses what little sanity he had. Even Savoy, Attinger's henchman, gets more attention than him. [[spoiler:It only takes Optimus a few seconds to kill him.]]

* BigBadDuumvirate: Lockdown and Harold Attinger, as they remain in partnership throughout the film.

* HurtingHero: Optimus has always had a "dignified sadness" to his character, a noble and powerful warrior who really doesn't want to fight. But here, his first appearance after emerging from stasis is a delirious "[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness I'll kill you!]]" and you know something has broken inside. While the movie franchise version of Optimus has always been more aggressive and ruthless than normal, almost every scene of Optimus you almost expect ManlyTears.

* MinovskyPhysics: Transformium seems to qualify as this, giving some very clearly defined rules to the Transformers.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Not only does Shane misstate the Texas Romeo and Juliet laws by saying that they're safe because of the preexisting relationship (in actuality the provisions are that the age difference is no more that three years, that neither party be younger than fourteen, that the two parties are of opposite sex, and that the adult is not a registered sex offender), but the point is moot since Tessa is actuality an adult in this respect (the age of consent in Texas is 17, and Tessa is 17). The law still applies to their relationship (they started dating before Shane came of age, and it's implied they never stopped), just not in the film's here and now.

* VanHelsingHateCrimes: Cemetery Wind are revealed to be this; originally a CIA Black-Ops Taskforce that was assigned to hunt down the remaining Decepticons following the end of the previous film. Only for Cemetery Wind to go rogue and prioritize hunting down the Autobots instead and killing anyone of their human supporters in the process. [[LockedOutOfTheLoop All the while leaving their superiors in Washington in the dark to what they were actually doing]].

-->''"There are mysteries to the universe we were never meant to solve. But who we are and why we are here are not among them. Those answers, we carry inside. I am Optimus Prime, and this message is to my Creators: leave planet Earth alone...[[Film/TransformersTheLastKnight 'cause I'm coming...]]'''[[Film/TransformersTheLastKnight for you]].'''"''

The fourth film in the Film/TransformersFilmSeries, directed by Creator/MichaelBay and released on June 27th, 2014. The film is intended to be the start of a new trilogy with a new StoryArc to it.

** [[spoiler:Lockdown]] dies by getting bisected by Optimus from the middle of his chest all the way up to his head.

** The entirety of the KSI team in China when Galvatron awakens

* StarfishAliens: There's one in a cage on Lockdown's ship. Hound and Crosshairs come across it. There's also the mysterious aliens in the beginning of the film.

** Sam and all the other human characters from the previous three movies are not only not present, they aren't even mentioned.

* CasualDangerDialog: Several times, such as when they are climbing across the cables to Willis Tower.

** Strafe is a two-headed pterosaur Dinobot, substituting for Swoop (who was going to be in the movie, but the two-headed design made Hasbro create a new character).

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Optimus recruits the Dinobots by coming out on top against Grimlock (who's implied, like previous incarnations of the character, to be the Dinobots' leader) in a one-on-one match.

* OverprotectiveDad: Cade is this towards his daughter following the death of his wife.

* SociopathicHero: The Dinobots only fight for Optimus because he forces them to; otherwise, they have very little stake in the final battle. They couldn't care less about the lives of any humans they're saving if they aren't important to the mission, nor about keeping Hong Kong intact. They are more than willing to stomp on vehicles, trample through streets full of cars and alleys full of pedestrians, and charge straight through buildings and architecture as they pursue the Decepticons throughout the city.

** Even after the battle is over and Optimus lets them leave, the Dinobots ''still'' cause considerable destruction in their wake. Slug and Grimlock slam into the concrete below them as they transform, fracturing it. As Grimlock, Slug, and Scorn run away into the woods, their path intersects with the West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade, and they crush and topple some of the promenade's characteristic decorative wind chime pillars in the process. In non-IMAX releases, their powerful legs topple trees as they pass. As a testament to their destruction, the Dinobot's trails of giant footprints are seen extending into the forest off to the side, with a few trampled roads in their path.