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Cybertron's ancient enemy, Unicron's status as the Earth's core is the reason for why the Cybertronians are attracted to the planet.

* ApocalypseHow: Certainly can cause a Class 5 if he were to awaken, since he ''is'' the core of Earth.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Of the Creators we've seen, Quintessa, is a lot prettier than the biomechanical pink hand seen in ''Age of Extinction''. And if one believes she is a Quintesson, this also applies to the tentacled robotic creaturs. While she still has tentacles, they emerge from the bottom, making her look like a ghost, especially since she's colored light blue and floats. [[spoiler:She gets even prettier as a human.]]

* HumanShifting: In TheStinger, [[spoiler:she demonstrates the ability to take human form]].
* NotQuiteDead: After Bumblebee shoots her in the back while she's restoring Cybertron, the energy overloads her and she seemingly blinks out. [[spoiler:She turns out to have just teleported away to come up with a new plan.]]

* SatanicArchetype: The prophecy calls her "The Mad Goddess" and the Knights know her as "The Great Deceiver".
* UnreliableNarrator: She claims to be the "Prime of Life" and the Creator of the Transformers, yet she seems to be Cybertronian. The Creators shown in the ''Age of Extinction are depicted as having biomechanical hands, while Quintessa's design doesn't match the Primes seen in ''Revenge of the Fallen''. [[spoiler:Her plan to revitalize Cybertron using Unicron's energy also contradicts the Creators' implied plan in the previous film, which was to wipe out all Transformers and start over from scratch.]] Additionally, the Knights call her "The Great Deceiver" for a reason and accused Optimus of betraying his own kind, both of which imply she was lying about her goals.

BigBad: Of Age of Extinction

* DeadpanSnarker: Caustically so.

* AbortedArc: Thanks to the film series going in a different direction with ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'', its unlikely that Unicron's story will be continued.

* TheUnfought: Never directly confronted in the film

* TheHeavy: To his employers.

* BigBadEnsemble: With Galvatron and Attinger in ''Age of Extinction''. Although Lockdown and Attinger technically work together, they have different goals and operate distinctly from one another, while Galvatron is a separate threat altogether.

* CompositeCharacter: A three-way merger of 2 people and a celestial object:
** Unicron: planet-eater and ancient enemy of Cybertron

** Atlas/Pangaiden from ''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe'': planet-sized Transformer laying dormant in Terra's core

* LackOfEmpathy:

The supposed Creators of the Transformers. They were the ones who sent Seeds to prehistoric Earth.

* NoNameGiven: The actual name of their species is never revealed. They have similarites with the Quintessons of past Transformers lore, though whether or not they actually are Quintessons has yet to be revealed. [[spoiler:The appearance of a female Creator named Quintessa in ''The Last Knight'' lends more credence to them being Quintessons, but nothing is explicitly confirmed.]]

* {{Retcon}}: ''Age of Extinction'' shows a glimpse of an organic hand, but ''The Last Knight'' gave [[spoiler:Quintessa]] a metallic look. Of course, the timespan consists of millions of years, so an armor or even some form of evolution is possible.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Of the Creators we've seen, Quintessa, is a lot prettier than the fleshy pink hand seen in ''Age of Extinction''. And if one believes she is a Quintesson, this also applies to the tentacled robotic creaturs. While she still has tentacles, they emerge from the bottom, making her look like a ghost, especially since she's colored light blue and floats. [[spoiler:She gets even prettier as a human.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Quintessa serves as this for ''The Last Knight''. She intends to destroy Unicron (Earth's true form) to save Cybertron and corrupts Optimus to do so.]]
* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler: Quintessa and Megatron are actually working together to revitalize their home planet, even though Quintessa is the one who's giving orders to Megatron during the final phases of their plan, since he's the brawn and she's the brains. Though Megatron's face having red vein-like features would indicate he's being mind-controlled by Quintessa.]]
* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler: Quintessa is essentially a combination of Solus Prime and Quintus Prime]].
* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler: Turns Optimus into Nemesis to retrieve the Staff for her.]]

* UnreliableNarrator: She claims to be "The Prime of Life" and the creator of the Transformers, yet she seems to be one herself. The Creators shown in the previous film are depicted as having organic hands, while Quintessa's design doesn't match the Primes seen in ROTF. [[spoiler: Her plan to revitalize Cybertron using Unicron's energy also contradicts the Creators' implied plan in the previous film, which was to wipe out all Transformers and start over from scratch.]] Additionally, the Knights call her "The Great Deceiver" for a reason and accused Optimus of betraying his own kind both of which imply she was lying about her goals.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Quintessa's ultimate goals are good ones: to restore the Transformers' home planet of Cybertron [[spoiler: while also preventing [[UltimateEvil Unicron]] from ever awakening to threaten the universe]]. Her methods for accomplishing those goals are undeniably evil, however.

* AbusivePrecursors: They sent Lockdown after Optimus and the Autobots, and evidently didn't bother telling him to spare the Autobots.
* TheDreaded: Lockdown certainly pays a ''lot'' of respect to them. At the film's end, with the Creators' eyes still on Earth, [[spoiler: Optimus goes into space to take them on in order to spare the planet from their wrath.]]
* EvilVersusEvil: [[spoiler: They oppose Unicron while not giving a damn about the lifeforms inhabiting him.]]

* NoNameGiven:
** The actual name of their species is never revealed. They have similarites with the Quintessons of past Transformers lore, though whether or not they actually are the Quintessons has yet to be revealed.
** The appearance of [[spoiler: a female creator named Quintessa as the BigBad of ''The Last Knight'' seems to confirm they are indeed the movie version of the Quintessons]].

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* {{Retcon}}: ''Age of Extinction'' shows a glimpse of an organic hand, but ''The Last Knight'' gave them a metallic look. Of course, the timespan consists of millions of years, so an armor or even some form of evolution is possible.

->'''Played by:''' Creator/GemmaChan (both voice and [[spoiler:human form]])

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The one Creator we've seen, Quintessa, is a lot prettier than the original tentacled freaks. While she still has tentacles, they emerge from the bottom, making her look like a ghost, especially since she's colored light blue and floats. [[spoiler: She gets even prettier as a human.]]

-->''"Autobots, Decepticons, like little children. Always fighting, making a mess out of the universe. Then'' I've ''got to clean it up."''

A non-aligned bounty hunter, Lockdown's all business. Give him a target, and he'll get it back to you with no distractions or issues, for the right price. He makes his debut in the fourth film, on the trail of Optimus Prime, at the behest of his mysterious clients. While on Earth, he transforms into a Lamborghini Aventador.

* BigBadEnsemble: With Galvatron and Attinger in the fourth film. Although Lockdown and Attinger technically work together, they have different goals and operate distinctly from one another, while Galvatron is a separate threat altogether.

* {{Hypocrite}}: He has a disdain of Cybertronians working together with humans despite the fact the he himself is working together with a human.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice[=/=]HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Optimus [[spoiler: runs him through from behind before drawing his sword up through Lockdown's head and chest.]]

* TheGhost: Unicron ''is'' Earth, so technically you see him throughout the entire movie, but his full body form and face aren't shown other than his horns sticking out of the ground.

* HeadBlast: Lockdown's head can transform his entire head into a gun powerful enough to paralyze Optimus Prime.

* ColdSniper: Hanging back and wounding targets from a distance with guns, missiles, or grenades is a favored tactic of his.

* NotSoDifferent: It's subtle, but for all he claims the Autobots, Decepticons and their war are beneath him, there's quite a few shown similarities to Megatron in the first film during his battle with Prime - from his furious hatred of humans to a shot where he grips a crippled Prime's face as he rants, which is near-identical to the scene in ''Transformers'' where Megatron claims humans don't deserve to live.

* CanonImmigrant: He heralds from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', and previously made appearances in the [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 IDW G1 continuity]].

* UnreliableNarrator: She claims to be "The Prime of Life" and the creator of the Transformers, yet she seems to be one herself. The Creators shown in the previous film are depicted as having organic hands, while Quintessa's design doesn't match the Primes seen in ROTF. [[spoiler: Her plan to revitalize Cybertron using Unicron's energy also contradicts the Creators' implied plan in the previous film, which was to wipe out all Transformers and start over from scratch.]] Additionally, the Knights call her "The Great Deceiver" for a reason.

* EvilVsEvil: [[spoiler: They oppose Unicron while not giving a damn about the lifeforms inhabiting him.]]

* CompositeCharacter: A composite of a persion and a celestial object, the movie's version of Unicron combines him with the planet Terra (Earth), so Unicron is the home-planet of humanity in this universe.

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* ColdSniper: Hanging back and wounding targets from a distance with guns, missiles, or grenades is a favored tactic of his.

* GoodScarsEvilScars: It's a bit hard to notice, but he has a long vertical scar on the left side of his face, crossing his eye, and a similar mark on his chest.

** He solidifies how dangerous and brutal he is in his first appearance by shooting a wounded [[spoiler:Ratchet]] and then ripping out his spark when [[spoiler:Ratchet]] refuses to reveal the location of Optimus Prime. He also kills [[spoiler:Lucas]] while the heroes are fleeing, nearly kills [[spoiler:Optimus]] as well during their final confrontation when he runs him through with his own weapon, and he also almost kills [[spoiler: Cade]] as well when [[spoiler: Cade]] interferes in his fight with Optimus.

* WalkingArmory: Not as obvious as Hound, but he's still got his primary face-cannon, a grenade launcher, missiles stored in his shoulders, and a pair of SwissArmyWeapon hands.

* CombiningMecha: The Infernocons can form into Infernocus, who towers even over Optimus. This combiner is fully bipedal, unlike ''Revenge Of The Fallen's'' Devastator, who moved more like a gorilla.

* EldritchAbomination: He is a planet-eating gigantic monstrous entity, like all his counterparts.

* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler: Quintessa and Megatron are actually working together to revitalize their home planet, even though Quintessa is the one who's giving orders to Megatron during the final phases of their plan, since he's the brawn and she's the brains.]]

* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler: Quintessa played Optimus Prime like a fiddle.]]

* BigBadEnsemble: With Galvatron and Attinger in the fourth film. Although Lockdown and Attinger technically work together, they have different goals and operately distinctly from one another, while Galvatron is a seperate threat all together.

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* UnexpectedCharacter: Nobody was expecting a relatively recently introduced ''[[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Animated]]'' CanonForeigner to appear as the BigBad of a major Michael Bay movie.

Due to Hasbro's decision to reboot the film franchise with ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'', characters from ''Bumblebee'' and it's potential sequels instead go [[Characters/{{Bumblebee}} here]].