History Awesome / TransformersTheLastKnight

* The F-16's and F-35's deserve a lot of credit here, back in [[Transformers:Dark of the Moon]], the Decepticon fighters were effortlessly able to swat F-18 and F-22 squadrons out of the sky. Here, the F-35's are able to put up a much better fight as not only are they able to fight on even terms with the Decepticon ships. but the fact that they are later seen bombing the ignition chamber with no opposition gives the impression that they were able to wipe the skies clear of enemy aircraft. Granted they had Dragonstorm to help them out, but still.

* The F-16's and F-35's deserve a lot of credit here, back in [[Dark of the Moon]], the Decepticon fighters were effortlessly able to swat F-18 and F-22 squadrons out of the sky. Here, the F-35's are able to put up a much better fight as not only are they able to fight on even terms with the Decepticon ships. but the fact that they are later seen bombing the ignition chamber with no opposition gives the impression that they were able to wipe the skies clear of enemy aircraft. Granted they had Dragonstorm to help them out, but still.

* You have to give credit where credit is due to the Osprey pilots in the flight to the Ignition Chamber battleground. The entire plan involves the Autobots' ship ferrying the Ospreys, carrying the joint Autobot-Human task force, up to 20,000 feet and the Ospreys flying in to land the troops. Only problem is, the height of the Chamber is ''8,000 feet'' above the Ospreys' maximum service ceiling; at that altitude, their rotors simply cannot produce enough lift to maintain level flight. What ensues is essentially a massive ''[[ComingInHot controlled crash landing]]'' onto the Ignition Chamber by the pilots, all the while dodging Decepticon gunfire, fighters, and the tendrils dangling from Cybertron.

** Cade, early in the movie, is given a mysterious medallion by a cybertronian older than Optimus himself. [[spoiler: It turns out to be a reactive symbiotic machine, shapeshifting into whatever is needed to protect him from harm to the best of its abilities. When a knight prepares to execute Optimus for his betrayal, Cade blindly swings at the oncoming weapon and manifests the medallion into a sword that ''stops the two story tall blade dead'' as if it were a human-sized shortsword.]]

* You have to give credit where credit is due to the Osprey pilots in the flight to the Ignition Chamber battleground. The entire plan involves the Autobots' ship ferrying the Ospreys, carrying the joint Autobot-Human task force, up to 20,000 feet and the Ospreys flying in to land the troops. Only problem is, the height of the Chamber is ''8,000 feet'' above the Ospreys' maximum range; at that altitude, their rotors simply cannot produce enough lift to maintain level flight. What ensues is essentially a massive ''[[ComingInHot controlled crash landing]]'' onto the Ignition Chamber by the pilots, all the while dodging Decepticon gunfire, fighters, and the tendrils dangling from Cybertron.

* You have to give credit where credit is due to the Osprey pilots in the flight to the Ignition Chamber battleground. The entire plan involves the Autobots' ship ferrying the Ospreys, carrying the joint Autobot-Human task force, up to 20,000 feet and the Ospreys flying in to land the troops. Only problem is, the height of the Chamber is ''8,000 feet'' above the Ospreys' maximum range; at that altitude, their rotors simply cannot produce enough lift to maintain level flight. What ensues is essentially a massive ''controlled crash landing'' onto the Ignition Chamber by the pilots, all the while dodging Decepticon gunfire, fighters, and the tendrils dangling from Cybertron.

-->'''Optimus''': [[PreMortemOneLiner Did you all forget who I am?]] [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya I am Optimus Prime!]]

** Shortly after this, Optimus faces off with Infernocus, effortlessly causing him to break apart into his component Transformers. They then charge him, only for him to bisect them all with a single sweeping blow.

* The flashback to Bumblebee's [=WW2=] days with the "Devil's Brigade" is this. There's a gala outside a Nazi stronghold, with soldiers and officers guarding the area. A truck pulls up, driven by a German worker in a flat cap and overalls. One of the guards asks who he is. The worker turns around and says in an American accent, "Oh, we were not invited". Immediately, [=GIs=] open fire with their tommy guns, then jump out of the truck just as it transforms into Bumblebee. As the Americans begin opening fire, Bumblebee, accompanied by Hot Rod, blow apart the rest of the German defenses.

-->'''Optimus''': [[PreMortemOneLiner Did you all forget who I am?]] [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya I am Optimus Prime!]]
** [[spoiler:Sir Edmond firing his gun (which is disguised as his cane) to Megatron. This doesn't last very long.]]

* [[spoiler:Sir Edmund Burton firing directly at Megatron with his gun. While such an act gets him killed, there's no denying that it took serious guts on his part.]]

* One for Hot Rod and Megatron in the same interaction. Hot Rod saves Hound's life as he traps Megatron in a stasis bubble. Hound gets back on his feet and yells "I'm gonna blow your head off, Megatron!" and fires several dozen bullets into the bubble, and once the bubble collapses, all of those bullets hit Megatron square in the chest [[BlownAcrossTheRoom and sending him flying back a couple hundred feet]]. What does Megatron do? [[ImplacableMan Simply get right back up and continue firing at Hound and Hot Rod]].

* One for Hot Rod and Megatron in the same interaction. Hot Rod traps Megatron in a stasis bubble and fires several dozen bullets into the bubble then collapses it, making all of those bullets hit Megatron square in the chest [[BlownAcrossTheRoom and sending him flying back a couple hundred feet]]. What does Megatron do? [[ImplacableMan Simply get right back up and continue firing at Hot Rod]].

* The flashback to Bumblebee's [=WW2=] days with the "Devil's Brigade" is this. There's a gala outside a Nazi stronghold, with soldiers and officers guarding the area. A truck pulls up, driven by a German worker in a flat cap and overalls. One of the guards asks who he is. The worker turns around and says in an American accent, "Oh, we were not invited". Immediately, [=GIs=] armed with tommy guns open fire, then jump out of the truck just as it transforms into Bumblebee. As the Americans begin opening fire, Bumblebee, accompanied by Hot Rod, blow apart the rest of the German defenses.

* The flashback to Bumblebee's [=WW2=] days with the "Devil's Brigade" is this. There's a gala outside a Nazi stronghold, with soldiers and officers guarding the area. A truck pulls up, driven by a German worker in a flat cap and overalls. One of the guards asks who he is. The worker turns around and says in an American accent, "Oh, we were not invited". Immediately, [=GIs=] begin jumping out of the truck, armed with Thompson submachine guns, just as their vehicles transform into Bumblebee and Hot Rod. As the Americans begin opening fire, Bumblebee and Hot Rod blow apart the rest of the German defenses.

* The flashback to Bumblebee's WW2 days with the "Devil's Brigade" is this. There's a gala outside a Nazi stronghold, with soldiers and officers guarding the area. A truck pulls up, driven by a German worker in a flat cap and overalls. One of the guards asks who he is. The worker turns around and says in an American accent, "Oh, we were not invited". Immediately, [=GIs=] begin jumping out of the truck, armed with Thompson submachine guns, just as their vehicles transform into Bumblebee and Hot Rod. As the Americans begin opening fire, Bumblebee and Hot Rod blow apart the rest of the German defenses.

** Crosshairs quoting one line that is completely relatable to the fans' reaction to Optimus Prime's heroism and his voice:

* During the final battle, Megatron, despite having lost his arm, pins [[spoiler: Optimus down with his own sword]], leading to this exchange

-->'''Optimus''': [[PreMortemOneLiner Did you all forget who I am?]] [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya I am Optimus Prime!]]

** One for Lennox in the same sequence - when the TRF refuse to release Dreadbot, a furious Megatron slams his BFS into the ground next to him, scaring the crap out of everyone else present. ''Lennox doesn't even flinch.''

* The flashback to Bumblebee's WW2 days with the "Devil's Brigade" is this. There's a gala outside a Nazi stronghold, with soldiers and officers guarding the area. A truck pulls up, driven by a German worker in a flat cap and overalls. One of the guards asks who he is. The worker turns around and says in an American accent, "Oh, we were not invited". Immediately, [=GIs=] begin jumping out of the truck, armed with Thompson submachine guns, just as their vehicles transform into Bumblebee and Hot Rod. As the Americans begin opening fire, Bumblebee and Hot Rod blow apart the rest of the German defenses.

* The flashback to Bumblebee's WW2 days with the "Devil's Brigade" is this. There's a gala outside a Nazi stronghold, with soldiers and officers guarding the area. A truck pulls up, driven by a German worker in a flat cap and overalls. One of the guards asks who he is. The worker turns around and says in an American accent, "Oh, we were not invited". Immediately, GIs begin jumping out of the truck, armed with Thompson submachine guns, as their trucks transform into Bumblebee and Hot Rod. As the Americans begin opening fire, Bumblebee and Hot Rod blow apart the rest of the German defenses.

* [[spoiler: ''"Sting like a bee."'' Bumblebee gets to be the one to defeat Quintessa as Optimus distracts her.]]

--> '''Bumblebee''': I am Bumblebee, your old friend.