History TheScrappy / TransformersFilmSeries

* The [[PluckyComicRelief comic relief]] characters, like Jimmy as well as Anthony Hopkins's character and others, served no purpose in the movie's convoluted messy plot and are just there for humorous attempts that doesn't work. It also shows that the audience have had enough of them in the other four movies.

* The [[PluckyComicRelief comic relief]] characters, like Jimmy and Anthony Hopkins's character as well as others, served no purpose in the movie's convoluted plot and are just there for humorous attempts that doesn't work. It also shows that the audience have had enough of them in the other four movies.

* The [[PluckyComicRelief comic relief]] characters, like Jimmy and Anthony Hopkins's character as well as others, served no purpose in the movie's convoluted plot and are just there for humorous attempts that doesn't work. It just shows that the audience have had enough of them in the other four movies.

* The [[PluckyComicRelief comic relief]] characters, like Jimmy, the fat kid in the beginning, and the older British women talking in one scene, served no purpose in the movie's convoluted plot and are just there for humorous attempts that doesn't work. It just shows that the audience have had enough of them in the other four movies.

* The [[PluckyComicRelief comic relief]] characters in this movie, like Jimmy, the fat kid in the beginning, and the older British women talking in one scene, served no purpose in the movie's convoluted plot and are just there for humorous attempts that doesn't work. It just shows that the audience have had enough of them in the other four movies.

* Jimmy also gets hated for being yet another painfully unfunny black [[PluckyComicRelief comic relief]] and served no purpose in the movie's convoluted plot other than to be in scenes with humorous attempts that doesn't work. It just shows that the audience have had enough of them in the other four movies.

* Jimmy also gets hated for being yet another painfully unfunny black [[PluckyComicRelief comic relief]] and served no purpose in the movie's convoluted plot, once again showing that the audience have had enough of them in the other four movies.

* Jimmy also gets hated for being yet another painfully unfunny black [[PluckyComicRelief comic relief]] and served no purpose in the movie's convoluted plot.

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* The Fallen [[{{Pun}} falls]] under this, partly for demoting Megatron to TheDragon, but also for his [[ThePowerOfTheSun uninspired evil plan that over-the-top 60's villains often used]], having a strange grab bag of unexplained godlike powers, and having [[FlatCharacter less personality than a flapjack]]. It doesn't help that the Fallen was [[AntiClimax curbstomped in less than a minute by Optimus]], barely even scratching him despite [[ForgotAboutHisPowers how overpowered he previously showed himself to be]] and having been established as [[TheDreaded the Cybertronian equivalent of Lucifer]]. That, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking he's never shown to have an alt-mode.]]

* Sam Witwicky himself is this to a fair number of people, largely for being as whiny as [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Daniel Witwicky]] at many points, and for [[SpotlightStealingSquad taking time away from the Transformers]], the whole point of the franchise. He increasingly becomes a JerkAss as the films go on, and he's a PinballProtagonist, with most of his roles in the films amounting to "hold the MacGuffin of the minute and run around with it for a while", and ''then'' somehow being the one to kill long-time villain [[TheStarscream Starscream]] in the third film despite his general uselessness. Being played by the oft maligned Creator/ShiaLabeouf doesn't help. It's telling that him being [[PutOnABus written out]] in the fourth film and [[BusCrash implied to have died]] in the fifth met [[TakeThatScrappy almost no fanfare or outrage whatsoever]]. More than a few readings of the films have suggested that even Bay doesn't seem to like him, as he's consistently framed with a contempt normally reserved for a HateSink.

* Sam Witwicky himself is this to a fair number of people, largely for being as whiny as [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Daniel Witwicky]] at many points, and for [[SpotlightStealingSquad taking time away from the Transformers]], the whole point of the franchise. He increasingly becomes a JerkAss as the films go on, and he's a PinballProtagonist, with most of his roles in the films amounting to "hold the MacGuffin of the minute and run around with it for a while", and ''then'' somehow being the one to kill long-time villain [[TheStarscream Starscream]] in the third film despite his general uselessness. Being played by the oft maligned Creator/ShiaLabeouf doesn't help. It's telling that him being [[PutOnABus written out]] in the fourth film and [[BusCrash implied to have died]] in the fifth met almost no fanfare or outrage whatsoever. More than a few readings of the films have suggested that even Bay doesn't seem to like him, as he's consistently framed with a contempt normally reserved for a HateSink.

* Tessa gets a lot of flak for constantly blaming her father and the Autobots for nearly every bad thing that happens to her even when they are attempting to keep her safe from Lockdown. She's also a DamselScrappy whose cowardice makes things harder for everyone, after the first three films at least made token attempts to make the female characters useful. And though the series had already been harshly criticized for the blatant portrayal of women as eye candy, Tessa's fanservice has been called out as especially bad since she's a minor. Thankfully the actress was not, but that then begs the question of why the creators would make the character underaged if she was to be sexualized, even if it's much less explicit than that of the previous films. And finally, being played by Nicola Peltz of ''Film/TheLastAirbender'' infamy does not help, with the general consensus being her acting didn't improve between these two projects. She was relegated to a short voice cameo in ''The Last Knight'' because of all this.
* Ditto for her boyfriend Shane, who is equally despised for reminding Cade of his relationship with Tessa even when they are under attack. The fact that he carries a card with a description of a law that authorizes his relationship with a seventeen-year-old girl in his wallet like a condom certainly rubbed viewers the wrong way. The fact that the universally maligned scene in which he smugly reveals this is completely unnecessary to the plot just left many viewers scratching their heads both over why it was ever included in the film, and how the writer could think this would endear anyone to the character. Saying lines like "I'm not here to save your daughter, you're here to save my girlfriend" make people side with Cade on wanting him away from Tessa. He didn't even show up in ''The Last Knight'' and it's implied that he and Tessa broke up.

* Sam's roommate Leo, who is incredibly obnoxious and irritating and serves absolutely NO purpose to the plot whatsoever. Didn't help that this was a film that already had more than enough comic relief characters. Several audiences [[TakeThatScrappy cheered when Simmons tased him]]. Thankfully, he didn't appear in the next movie, in which he's not even given an indirect mention.

* Sam's roommate Leo, who is incredibly obnoxious and irritating and serves absolutely NO purpose to the plot whatsoever. Several audiences [[TakeThatScrappy cheered when Simmons tased him]]. Thankfully, he didn't appear in the next movie

* Tessa gets a lot of flak for constantly blaming her father and the Autobots for nearly every bad thing that happens to her even when they are attempting to keep her safe from Lockdown. She's also a DamselScrappy whose cowardice makes things harder for everyone, after the first three films at least made token attempts to make the female characters useful. Being played by Nicola Peltz does not help. She was relegated to a short voice cameo in ''The Last Knight'' because of all this.
* Ditto for her boyfriend Shane, who is equally despised for reminding Cade of his relationship with Tessa even when they are under attack. The fact that he carries a card with a description of a law that authorizes his relationship with a seventeen-year-old girl in his wallet like a condom certainly rubbed viewers the wrong way. Saying lines like "I'm not here to save your daughter, you're here to save my girlfriend" make people side with Cade on wanting him away from Tessa. He didn't even show up in ''The Last Knight''.

* Sam Witwicky himself is this to a fair number of people, largely for being as whiny as [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Daniel Witwicky]] at many points, and for [[SpotlightStealingSquad taking time away from the Transformers]], the whole point of the franchise. He increasingly becomes a JerkAss as the films go on, and he's a PinballProtagonist, with most of his roles in the films amounting to "hold the MacGuffin of the minute and run around with it for a while", and ''then'' somehow being the one to kill long-time villain [[TheStarscream Starscream]] in the third film despite his general uselessness. Being played by Creator/ShiaLabeouf doesn't help. It's telling that him being [[PutOnABus written out]] in the fourth film and [[BusCrash implied to have died]] in the fifth met almost no fanfare or outrage whatsoever. More than a few readings of the films have suggested that even Bay doesn't seem to like him, as he's consistently framed with a contempt normally reserved for a HateSink.
* Sam's parents, Judy especially, are ''loathed'' by just about everyone for drawing even more attention away from the Transformers with their pointless escapades and serving to shoehorn in some of the most inane, lowbrow, and unfunny comedy in the series. Its says a lot when you trail behind ''Skids and Mudflap'' in heroic acts and overall likability.

** It should be noted that the whole "Romeo and Juliet law" he cites doesn't even matter, as age of consent in Texas is 17, not 18.

! ''[[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon Dark of the Moon]]'':
* Jerry Wang (hoo hoo). Hey, an Asian-American, so there's some diversity-oh wait, he's an EthnicScrappy that acts unappealing and helps set up a gay joke before immediately being dropped out a window by Laserbeak.

* Sam Witwicky himself is this to a fair number of people, largely for being as whiny as [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Daniel Witwicky]] at many points, and for [[SpotlightStealingSquad taking time away from the Transformers]], the whole point of the franchise. He increasingly becomes a JerkAss as the films go on, and he's a PinballProtagonist, with most of his roles in the films amounting to "hold the MacGuffin of the minute and run around with it for a while." Being played by Creator/ShiaLabeouf doesn't help. It's telling that him being [[PutOnABus written out]] in the fourth film and [[BusCrash implied to have died]] in the fifth met almost no fanfare or outrage whatsoever. More than a few readings of the films have suggested that even Bay doesn't seem to like him, as he's consistently framed with a contempt normally reserved for a HateSink.

* The Fallen [[{{Pun}} falls]] under this, partly for demoting Megatron to TheDragon but also for his [[ThePowerOfTheSun evil plan that over-the-top 60's villains often used]], having a strange grab bag of unexplained powers, and having [[FlatCharacter less personality than a flapjack]]. It doesn't help that the Fallen was [[AntiClimax taken down in a matter of seconds by Optimus]]. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and he's never shown to have an altmode.]]

* Jerry Wang (hoo hoo). Hey, an Asian-American, so there's some diversity-oh wait, he's an EthnicScrappy that acts unappealing and helps set up a gay joke.

* Sam Witwicky himself is this to a fair number of people, largely for being as whiny as [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Daniel Witwicky]] at many points, and for [[SpotlightStealingSquad taking time away from the Transformers]], the whole point of the franchise. He becomes increasingly something of a JerkAss as the films go on, and he's a PinballProtagonist, with most of his roles in the films amounting to "hold the MacGuffin of the minute and run around with it for a while." Being played by Creator/ShiaLabeouf doesn't help. It's telling that him being [[PutOnABus written out]] in the fourth film and [[BusCrash implied to have died]] in the fifth met almost no fanfare or outrage whatsoever. More than a few readings of the films have suggested that even Bay doesn't seem to like him, as he's consistently framed with a contempt normally reserved for a HateSink.

* Though a BadassAdorable extraordinaire and far from one of the worst offenders listed here, a lot of people seem to be agree that Bumblebee's radio talk gimmick is becoming tired, especially as the disability that require him to talk through the radio was rectified in the first film, meaning he does it... just because. He also gets flack for being a bit of a SpotlightStealingSquad and the ''staggering'' amount of merchandise he's engendered.

* Wheelie earned the hatred of many in being what many perceived as a badly failed attempt at juggling [[KidAppealCharacter Kid Appeal]] and shock humor. Fortunately, [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap he got better]] in ''Dark of the Moon''.

* Soundwave is almost universally considered a step backward from the previous film, where he at least managed to be a serious and threatening presence as the Decepticons' ace in the hole. Here, his personality inexplicably does a 180 from a stoic badass into a gleeful sadist, and his actual fighting ability is shown to be ''terrible''. In the end, [[spoiler:Bumblebee takes him and several of his {{Mooks}} down in maybe 30 seconds.]]
* Starscream, for his [[spoiler:utterly pathetic death. When ''Sam Witwicky'' can take the second-in-command of the Decepticons out]], something might, just ''might'' be wrong. It didn't help that Starscream's reaction throughout the ordeal is the epitome of {{Narm}}.
* Shockwave was heavily hyped up as a force to be reckoned with before the film was released... and then he turns out the living embodiment of TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter. He does ''hardly anything''. In most Transformers media, Shockwave is a cold, logical MadScientist who wouldn't hesitate to take control of the Decepticons if he thought it was the logical thing to do. The idea was that fans would draw their attention to him instead of [[spoiler:Sentinel Prime]], the real BigBad. The final result is a Shockwave that lacks the intelligence that made him popular, and whose only major contribution to the film is the Driller, a creature that affects the story and has more screen presence than its owner.

* Tessa gets a lot of flak for constantly blaming her father and the Autobots for nearly every bad thing that happens to her even when they are attempting to keep her safe from Lockdown. Being played by Nicola Peltz does not help.
* Ditto for her boyfriend Shane, who is equally despised for reminding Cade of his relationship with Tessa even when they are under attack. The fact that he carries a card with a description of a law that authorizes his relationship with a seventeen-year-old girl in his wallet like a condom certainly rubbed viewers the wrong way. Saying lines like "I'm not here to save your daughter, you're here to save my girlfriend" make people side with Cade on wanting him away from Tessa.

* Sam's roommate Leo, who is incredibly obnoxious and irritating and serves absolutely NO purpose to the plot whatsoever. Several audiences [[TakeThatScrappy cheered when Simmons tased him]]. Thankfully, he didn't appear in next movie