History Ride / TransformersTheRide

Based directly off of the [[Franchise/TransformersFilmSeries Transformers films]], the ride involves guests becoming the latest recruits at NEST. Their "training" is put on halt when Megatron launches another full-scale attack on earth, intent on retrieving the last remaining shard of the [=Allspark=]. With the military facility now compromised, guests are ordered to ride with the new Autobot, EVAC, and evacuate the shard from the city. Things of course don't go as planned and the riders are thrust into a city-wide battle between the Autobots and Decepticons.

* AllUpToYou: The guests are sent on the mission as there was no one else NEST could spare for it, so EVAC suggested that the recruits help him do it.
-->'''Optimus Prime''': EVAC believes you can help him protect the [=AllSpark=]. I believe you can too. So the fate of the earth is in your hands.

* BigNever: Optimus when Megatron tells EVAC and the riders to "beg for mercy!"

* BulletTime: Done when Megatron fires at the riders but misses, and when EVAC shoots at Bonecrusher.
* CanonForeigner: EVAC was created just for the attraction, and there's even action figures of him that you can buy at the ride's store.

* ChekhovsSkill: EVAC's skill of escorting things from place to place winds up becoming ''very'' useful, for its the only hope for the [=AllSpark=].
* ComplimentBackfire: When EVAC refers to the Safety Instructor A.I. as "the lady with the robotic voice", she gets defensive, saying at the end, "...and I do not have a robotic voice!", to which EVAC responds, "Hey, I'm a robot. It was meant to be a compliment!"

-->'''Safety Instructor''': Hold on to your lap restraint at all times, and remain seated, because EVAC's training records do not instill me with the utmost confidence.
-->'''EVAC''': Just stick to your script, lady.

* EscortMission: The main plot of the ride involves EVAC and the riders having to evacuate the [=AllSpark=] shard out of the city.

* ExactWords: "He wants the [=Allspark=]? He can ''have'' it!" Cue EVAC killing Megatron with the shard.

* JustInTime: In the climax, Bumblebee appears to catch EVAC and the riders before they hit the ground.

* MeaningfulName: EVAC is the Autobot that deals with, well, evacuations.

* NewcomerSavesTheDay: EVAC and the guests, who were embarking on their first field mission, end up being the ones to defeat the Decepticons.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: When Megatron takes fire at EVAC and the riders, he misses, creating a large hole in the wall, which gives EVAC the escape route he needed.
* PreMortemOneLiner: As mentioned earlier, before EVAC gives the final blow to Megatron, he says, "He wants the [=AllSpark=]? He can ''have it''!"

* TakingYouWithMe: Just before Megatron is about to fall off a building, he grabs EVAC and the riders, pulling them down with him.

* TiredOfRunning: Just before EVAC dives in to finish off Megatron, he exclaims, "No more running, recruits!"

* InTheBack: During Ironhide's orientation to guests, he warns them to watch their backs whenever Starscream is near, or else they may find something sharp going through it.

* AllUpToYou: Optimus specifically mentions to the guests that the fate of the Earth is in their hands, as they're the ones who are keeping the [=AllSpark=] from the Decepticons' reach.

* InTheBack: During Ironhide's orientation to guests, he warns them to watch their backs whenever Starscream is near, or they may find something sharp going through it.

* AdaptationDistillation: Several parts of the queue video are either shortened or cut out entirely in Florida's version, due to it having a shorter queue line than Hollywood's.

* MrExposition: Ratchet and Ironhide's role in the queue videos is primarily to give all of the backstory surrounding the Autobots and Decepticons to any newcomers.

-->'''Wheelie''': Meh, don't be so hard on the guy, how else is he going to make friends?

* HypocriticalHumor: When giving guests the final briefing, EVAC tells them to listen to the instructions given by "the lady with a robotic voice", without realizing that he and all of other the Autobots clearly have robotic voices too.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Sideswipe is last seen getting sucked into Devastator's vortex. The ride never makes it clear whether he was destroyed or made it out in time.

* YouHaveNoChanceToSurvive: In his transmission, Megatron gloats that the humans have no chance of winning and should peacefully turn over the [[=Allspark=]].

* ExactWords: "He wants the [=Allspark=]? He can ''have'' it!" Cue EVAC killing Megatron with shard.

-->'''Wheelie:''' Okay, a couple of things: I'm running low on the WD-40, and the mattress in my barracks is a little squishy, also I was thinking about taking a couple of months sick-leave, maybe starting today...oh, and I intercepted a transmission from Megatron.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: When Wheelie comes to Morshower with important information, he says, "Okay, a couple of things: I'm running low on the WD-40, and the mattress in my barracks is a little squishy, also I was thinking about taking a couple of months sick-leave, maybe starting today...oh, and I intercepted a transmission from Megatron."

* HumansAreInsects: When Megatron sends a transmission telling NEST to surrender, he flat-out addresses them as "insects".
* HumansAreUgly: Said by Starscream as a taunt.
* HypocritcalHumor: When giving guests the final briefing, EVAC tells them to listen to the instructions given by "the lady with a robotic voice", without realizing that he and all of other the Autobots clearly have robotic voices too.

* TiredOfRunning: Lampshaded by EVAC as he dives in to finish off Megatron.

** "SS-44" are written on Florida's facade, a nod to how Soundstage 44 used to stand on the location of the ride.

* AssKickingPose: The Optimus statue in front of the ride is in this position.

* DisneyVillainDeath: Played with, as after being already fatally wounded by the shard, Megatron then falls off of a skyscraper and smashes into the ground, further ensuring his death. Unlike the typical examples of this trope, however, his remains are shown, as in the last scene it practically looks as if he's become a part of the pavement.

* ShoutOut: If Megatron happens to be outside of the ride for photos, he will sometimes say this line, which was uttered by his namesake from the ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' episode "Code of Hero":

'''Transformers: The Ride 3D''' is a 3D dark ride/simulator hybrid attraction that can be found at the UniversalStudios theme parks in Hollywood, Singapore, and Florida.

* TheBerserker: Optimus is this throughout.

* JustInTime: Bumblebee just narrowly catching the riders in time.

* AbsenteeActor: With the exception of General Morshower, all of the human characters from the movies are absent here.

'''Transformers: The Ride''' is a 3D dark ride that can be found at [[UniversalStudios Universal Studios Hollywood, Florida, and Singapore]]. Based directly off of the [[Franchise/TransformersFilmSeries Transformers films]], the ride involves guests hopping aboard the Autobot EVAC to evacuate the last remaining shard of the [=AllSpark=], which Megatron is once again after. The riders soon find themselves in a massive battle led by Optimus Prime to put an end to the Decepticons' grand scheme.

* ChekhovsGun: The [=AllSpark=] shard.

* TheDragon: Starscream
* EvilPlan: Megatron's plot to use the [=AllSpark=] to turn all of Earth's technology into Decepticons.

* KarmicDeath: Just like the first film, Megatron is yet again killed by the [=AllSpark=].

* OhCrap: Megatron suddenly landing in front of the riders in the finale, and when Megatron pulls the riders down with him off the building.
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: "Autobots, roll out! '''I'VE GOT MEGATRON!!!'''" *slam*
* PreMortemOneLiner: "He wants the [=AllSpark=]? He can ''have it''!"

* ShoutOut: If Megatron happens to be outside of the ride for photos, he will sometimes say this line, which was uttered by his namesake from the BeastWars episode "Code of Hero":

* SpiritualSuccessor: To Ride/TheAmazingAdventuresOfSpiderMan. Both use the same ride vehicles (with very slight modifications), and the two rides contain very similar situations. (For example, both rides have a portion where a villain attaches a rope to the vehicle and yanks it through the city, and both end with the vehicle falling off a building only to be rescued at the last second.) The messy legal issues with Marvel prevented Universal from building a Spider-Man ride in Hollywood & Singapore, so this ride was created to compensate.

* ThreeDMovie: Crossed with a dark ride and a simulator.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To TheAmazingAdventuresOfSpiderMan. Both use the same ride vehicles (with very slight modifications), and the two rides contain very similar situations. (For example, both rides have a portion where a villain attaches a rope to the vehicle and yanks it through the city, and both end with the vehicle falling off a building only to be rescued at the last second.) The messy legal issues with Marvel prevented Universal from building a Spider-Man ride in Hollywood & Singapore, so this ride was created to compensate.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To TheAmazingAdventuresOfSpiderMan. Both use the same ride vehicles (with very slight modifications), and the two rides contain very similar situations. (For example, both rides have a portion where a villain attaches a rope to the vehicle and yanks it through the city, and both end with the vehicle falling off a building only to be rescued at the last second.) The messy legal issues with Marvel prevented Universal from building a Spider-Man ride in Singapore, so this ride was created to compensate.

* JustinTime: Bumblebee just narrowly catching the riders in time.

* BigDamnHeroes: The Autobots make use of this trope repeatedly throughout the ride.

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