History Tearjerker / TransformersRiseOfTheBeasts

** When Noah is moments from destroying the key, Optimus ''begs'' him not to, as doing so will forever rob them of any chance of returning to Cybertron, even though putting both pieces together will not only summon Unicron, but also destroy Earth and the people on it.
--->'''Optimus:''' I know you want to protect your people, but if you destroy that key, our people will be lost forever... ''Please'', Noah.

** How sadly accurate everything that happens to Noah before meeting the Autobots is. Despite having served his country he can't get a job because the employer is worried about him 'ruining' what he built and using some vaguely racist comments (which he ''flimsily'' tries to insist it's about his "lacking team skills"). And the hospital doesn't care at all that Kris is a little boy; they just want money.

* Optimus Prime has it ''rough'' this movie. As Mirage puts it, he and the Autobots have been stranded on Earth for the past seven years, and he feels [[ItsAllMyFault he alone is to blame for their current situation.]] His genuinely missing home has made him [[TookALevelInJerkass become increasingly irate, cynical, and distrusting]] - especially regarding [[HumansAreBastards humans]], whom he's come to believe are inherently self-serving.

'''Optimus''' Out of the question.\\

** How sadly accurate everything that happens to Noah before meeting the Autobots is. Despite having served his country he can't get a job because the employer is worried about him 'ruining' what he built and using some vaguely racist comments (which he ''flimsily'' tries to insist it's about his "lacking team skills"). And the hospital doesn't care at all that Chris is a little boy; they just want money.
* Chris' condition. The fact that he hides that he is in so much pain that he can't even hold a fork because he knows it will upset his brother is heart-wrenching.
* Elena is clearly talented and passionate about her job... but all the credit goes to her white boss, who steals her ideas and claims them for her own.

'''Optimus Prime:''' The Transwarp Key is our only way home.\\
'''Noah:''' If that dude gets ahold of that thing, it's game over for Earth! Our families, ''everybody!''... I’m going.\\
'''Optimus Prime:''' Out of the question.\\

--->'''Optimus Prime:''' I know you want to protect your people, but if you destroy that key, our people will be lost forever... ''Please'', Noah.
* As Airazor has become corrupted by Scourge, she begs Primal to MercyKill her in order to protect Elena.

* Mirage sacrificing himself to protect Noah because he made a promise to Chris that his brother would come home.
** Noah crying as he first begs Mirage to wake up and then having to tell Chris he doesn't think he can save them.

* The death of Apelinq. He says he will buy the group time, moves in to attack Scourge... and dies in seconds. While he did allow the Maximals to escape, he was ultimately outmatched against an opponent who is being powered by a PhysicalGod.

--->'''Optimus Prime:''' ''Nooo... don't.'' I know you want to protect your people, but if you destroy that key, our people will be lost forever...

--->'''Optimus Prime:''' Noah... ''don't.'' I know you want to protect your people, but if you destroy that key, our people will be lost forever...

** The fact that the Maximals believe that there may only be FOUR of them left in the entire universe. They've lost contact with the other survivors and Airazor at one point believes Primal is dead. So Primal having to kill Airazor is an utter gut punch to him.