Line #26 Awesome/TransformersTheLastKnight


1	* Cade has really [[TookALevelInBadass taken a level in badass]], singlehandedly taking on TRF drones and really having improved his ability to repair Cybertronians. He's more or less the leader of the junkyard Autobots, and it's telling that even someone as disagreeable as Crosshairs respects him.
2	** Cade, early in the movie, is given a mysterious talisman by a cybertronian older than Optimus himself. 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 talisman into a sword that ''stops the two story tall blade dead'' as if it were a human-sized shortsword.
3	*** Even more awesome is that the talisman transforms into the legendary sword, Excalibur!
4	* Bumblebee, Hound, and Cade's stand-off with the TRF. Lennox is able to defuse the situation, but both sides get what they want out of it - the TRF is able to track Bee back to the junkyard, while the 'Bots get to go free.
5	* Megatron almost effortlessly strong-arms the TRF into freeing a bunch of Decepticons to him in exchange for two hostages. They all get their own Tarantino-esque introductions accompanied by some evil-sounding metal, which is saying a lot for the Decepticons in the film series. Too bad they all die unceremoniously later in the movie, and during their short screentime almost none of them has any memorable personality.
6	** One for Lennox in the same sequence - when the TRF refuse to release Dreadbot, a furious Megatron slams his truly-enormous sword into the ground next to him, scaring the crap out of everyone else present. ''Lennox doesn't even flinch.''
7	* Hot Rod, as an old Citroen DS, forcibly takes Vivian to the party. Along the way, an orange-black Lamborghini Centenario passes him, which Hot Rod scans and voila, he's a Lamborghini Centenario. In case that isn't awesome enough, his weapon is a ''temporal rift'' capable of stopping/slowing time down.
8	* When the TRF and the Decepticons finally locate the junkyard, everybody immediately springs into action, having rehearsed such a scenario for presumably years. Cade, Drift, Crosshairs, and Bumblebee flee into the nearby ghost town to hide, Hound stays behind to fend off the Decepticons, and the Dinobots secure the perimeter outside of the base. Watching the Autobots put this plan into action is nothing short of genius.
9	** Hound stays behind to buy Cade and the others some time, and takes on ''Megatron himself''.
10	-->'''Hound''': ''COME AND GET SOME, YOU LITTLE BITCH!!!''
11	** The bulk of the TRF forces are wiped out by Grimlock and Slug, who emerge from underground tunnels they've been hiding in and make short work of the TRF.
12	** Izabella marching straight up to ''Megatron'', demanding that he put down Sqweeks, and telling him to "go to hell". Luckily for her, Megatron instead opts to threaten Cade instead. While such a defiant act took guts on her part, Cade later berates her, as Megatron could have easily killed her with zero effort on his part.
13	** Cade sets up an explosive trap for the Decepticons which disorients them and gives the Autobots the advantage.
14	** Drift and Crosshairs face off with the much bigger Onslaught. Drift chops off one of Onslaught's legs, then Crosshairs does a somersault as he peppers him with gunfire, leaving Drift open to behead him.
15	** Grimlock arrives in the town to help fight the Decepticons, knocking Barricade aside like a toy and chomping down on an unfortunate Dreadbot.
16	** The final round of fighting has Bumblebee, Crosshairs, Drift, and Grimlock fighting Megatron, Nitro Zeus, Barricade, and Mohawk. Grimlock knocks Nitro Zeus down with a casual swing from his giant head, Drift throws his sword at Megatron, who quickly calls a retreat. The battle had already been going downhill for the Decepticons, but Grimlock's arrival pretty much ended the battle.
17	* Crosshairs quoting one line that is completely relatable to the fans' reaction to Optimus Prime's heroism and his voice:
18	-->'''Crosshairs:''' Love that guy. Goosebumps everytime.
19	* Sir Edmund Burton firing directly on Megatron with his gun. While such an act gets him killed, there's no denying that it took serious guts on his part.
20	* The epic shot of Megatron, Nitro Zeus, Infernocus, and other Decepticons charging out to meet the Autobots in battle.
21	* Hound notices the humans pinned down by enemy fire, and hops down from his Orbital Assault Carrier to lend a hand.
22	-->'''Hound''': Pinned down with Hound!
23	* The reveal that not only was King Arthur real, but the knights of the Round Table were brothers-in-arms to the Knights of Iacon!
24	* Bumblebee ''holding off a brainwashed Optimus Prime'' and getting to, for a while, ''mop the floor with him''. And while Optimus does get the upper hand later, Bumblebee manages to snap him out of his brainwashing. If there's any doubt about Bumblebee being a BadassAdorable KidAppealCharacter, there's none now.
25	--> '''Bumblebee''': I am Bumblebee, your oldest friend. Optimus, I would lay down my life for you.
26	* During the final battle, Megatron, who has since the last movie been steadily reestablishing his badassery, takes on Optimus, Bumblebee, Hot Rod, and Hound all at once and comes damn near close to killing Hound had Hot Rod not shot him with his time-stopping weapon just as Megatron brought his sword down on Hound. And despite losing his arm later, he pins Optimus down with his own sword, leading to this exchange
27	-->'''Megatron:''' We were brothers once.
28	** Optimus answers with ''"once"'', then proceeds to whoop Megatron's metal aft and kick him off the ship.
29	** The start of the face-off is pretty great too. It's mostly in the background, while the camera focuses on Cade and Viviane, but we can see Hot Rod, Bumblebee, and Hound all dogpile Megatron at once, while Optimus fends off Nitro Zeus.
30	* 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 send 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]].
31	* ''"Sting like a bee."'' Bumblebee gets to be the one to defeat Quintessa as Optimus distracts her.
32	* The flashback to Bumblebee's [=WW2=] days with the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Special_Service_Force 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.
33	* During the climax, the Autobots and TRF are pinned down by the Decepticons and are being driven back by the superior firepower... and then Optimus swoops in, riding atop the Knights of Iacon, who have merged into a ''giant, three-headed'' dragon. Unsurprisingly, Izabella lets out a BigYes in response to seeing this.
34	** 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 decapitate them all with a single sweeping blow.
35	-->'''Optimus''': [[PreMortemOneLiner Did you all forget who I am?]] [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya I am Optimus Prime!]]
36	* You have to give credit where credit is due to the [[AcePilot 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.
37	* The Human air forces deserve a lot of credit here, back in [[Film/TransformersDarkoftheMoon the third film]], 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.

Context Awesome / TransformersTheLastKnight