History YMMV / TransformersRiseOfTheBeasts

* CompleteMonster:
** [[TheHeavy Scourge]] is the {{sadist}}ic servant of Unicron who [[DealWithTheDevil sold out his planet to the dark god to be devoured in exchange for power]]. Leading Unicron's Terrorcons, Scourge leads a brutal campaign across countless worlds, wearing [[BattleTrophy trophies]] from his murders and leaving the planets to be consumed by Unicron. Seeking to acquire the Transwarp Key to allow his gluttonous master to freely travel through creation, Scourge assaults the Maximals' home world, killing their leader in the process. Arriving on Earth, Scourge [[spoiler:[[TheCorrupter corrupts]] the Maximal Airazor with sadistic glee, forcing her own comrades to kill her.]] Reassembling the Transwarp Key, Scrouge attempts to use it to summon Unicron to Earth to consume it. With a body count of billions, Scourge compliments his master's omnicidal gluttony with unbridled sadism and malice.
** [[GreaterScopeVillain Unicron himself]], the [[SatanicArchetype great destroyer]], is a sadistic entity the size of a planet who [[PlanetEater subsists on entire worlds]]. Opening the film consuming the world of the Maximals as he has countless other planets, Unicron often dispatches the mighty Terrorcons to kill at will and prepare worlds for his coming. Seeking to devour Earth, Unicron also [[BadBoss tortures his chief minion Scourge]] as a reminder to [[YouHaveFailedMe never fail him again]].

* HeroesFrontierStep: Noah Diaz begins the movie as a [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] human who is looking for a way to help provide for his family, as he is out of a job, and only steals a Porsche 911 because he is OnlyInItForTheMoney. However, when the Porsche 911 turns out to be the Autobot Mirage in disguise, he is quick to befriend him, with the two becoming TrueCompanions, and the bot unlocking Noah's potential as a true hero. Over the course of the film, Noah gets over his flaws and sets aside his inner issues to help rally the Autobots and the Maximals to protect Earth from the wrath of both Scourge and his master, Unicron. But he truly shows his heroic side when [[spoiler: he helps assist Optimus Prime in weakening and crippling Scourge, and with him running back to help Optimus Prime survive the collapsing Transwarp Portal, with him refusing to let the big bot get sucked in, which in turn inspires Optimus Primal to rescue Prime, who sees this as his [[MyGreatestSecondChance greatest second attempt]] to help out a commander of a heroic faction]], and ends up saving the world alongside his new friends.]] In the end, he ends up being a better and more selfless person after the movie's conflict was resolved, and this combination of his newfound friendship with the Autobots and the Maximals and a brand-new self-assurance in him protecting the world from various threats for all of the people that he loves is what results in him [[spoiler: getting hired as a new recruit for the government organization G.I. Joe, finally giving him a brand-new job to help make money for his family, and with it quite possibly a high-paying one, too]].

** The birth of Noah and Optimus Prime's friendship, after the two make peace with one another. After spending the movie struggling together and with their own internal problems, it is very cathartic to see the two resolve their differences and reconcile with each other, marking their first step to being the True Companions that they were destined to become.

** [[spoiler:Bumblebee being revived, and him joining the final battle in a BigDamnHeroes moment. And, although as anti-climatic it may be, who else didn't have a smile on her face when he used Nightbird as a shield and downed her?]]

** [[spoiler:Noah and Optimus Primal both rescuing Optimus Prime from the collapsing Transwarp portal, the former risking his life to save his newfound friend and the latter gaining redemption for his failure to protect Apelinq from evil's clutch in the prologue. Both characters are willing to protect one of their friends, not wanting to leave them behind and die for it.]] "'Til All Are One", indeed.

* MoralEventHorizon: Both [[BigBad Scourge]] and Nightbird cross it in the film. See [[this page MoralEventHorizon/{{Transformers}}]] for more details.

* MoralEventHorizon: Both [[BigBad Scourge]] and Nightbird cross it in the film. See [[this page MoralEventHorizonTransformers]] for more details.

* MoralEventHorizon: Both [[BigBad Scourge]] and Nightbird cross it in the film. See [[this page MoralEventHorizon/Transformers]] for more details.

* MoralEventHorizon: Both [[BigBad Scourge]] and Nightbird cross it in the film. See [[this page https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/MoralEventHorizon/Transformers]] for more details.

** [[spoiler:Bumblebee being revived, and him joining the final battle in a Big Damn Heroes moment. And, although as anti-climatic it may be, who else didn't have a smile on her face when he used Nightbird as a shield and downed her?]]

** The biggest one is, much to the surprise of very little, Scourge, the Terrorcon leader, arguably the most rotten-to-the-core Transformer in the entire film, getting his comeuppance. [[spoiler:Over the course of the film, he murders Bumblebee and gets him offline (temporarily), corrupts Airazor which leads to her being put down by Primal a la Old Yeller, incapacitating Mirage and leaving him comatose, which leads to his emergency transformation into a powered exosuit for Noah (Do not worry though, he gets better), threatens to kill Noah and Elena, and is willing to lay waste to Earth and endanger all life on it by summoning his master Unicron to it. Because of all this, it is ''very, very,'' '''VERY'''' rewarding to see Optimus Prime become full of [[RageBreakingPoint anger and hatred towards him]] and subjecting him to his [[CruelAndUnusualDeath brutal end]] by shoving him towards the lava flow so hard, slicing off both of his arms, stabbing him through the head and [[OffWithHisHead tearing it off with the spine attached to it.]] It's also rewarding to see Prime take back Bee's insignia and just as satisfying to see Scourge's plans fail spectacularly when Prime destroys both the key and the tower to trap Unicron into space, denying him Earth, even though this has the unfortunate side effect of stranding the Autobots on Earth for the foreseeable future.]]

** The biggest one is, much to the surprise of very little, Scourge, the Terrorcon leader, arguably the most rotten-to-the-core Transformer in the entire film, getting his comeuppance. [[spoiler:Over the course of the film, he murders Bumblebee and gets him offline (temporarily), corrupts Airazor which leads to her being put down by Primal a la Old Yeller, incapacitating Mirage and leaving him comatose, which leads to his emergency transformation into a powered exosuit for Noah (Do not worry though, he gets better), threatens to kill Noah and Elena, and is willing to lay waste to Earth and endanger all life on it by summoning his master Unicron to it. Because of all this, it is ''very, very, '''VERY'''' rewarding to see Optimus Prime become full of [[RageBreakingPoint anger and hatred towards him]] and subjecting him to his [[CruelAndUnusualDeath brutal end]] by shoving him towards the lava flow so hard, slicing off both of his arms, stabbing him through the head and [[OffWithHisHead]] tearing it off with the spine attached to it. It's also rewarding to see Prime take back Bee's insignia and just as satisfying to see Scourge's plans fail spectacularly when Prime destroys both the key and the tower to trap Unicron into space, denying him Earth, even though this has the unfortunate side effect of stranding the Autobots on Earth for the foreseeable future.]]

** The biggest one is, much to the surprise of very little, Scourge, the Terrorcon leader, arguably the most rotten-to-the-core Transformer in the entire film, getting his comeuppance. [[spoiler:Over the course of the film, he murders Bumblebee and gets him offline (temporarily), corrupts Airazor which leads to her being put down by Primal a la Old Yeller, incapacitating Mirage and leaving him comatose, which leads to his emergency transformation into a powered exosuit for Noah (Do not worry though, he gets better), threatens to kill Noah and Elena, and is willing to lay waste to Earth and endanger all life on it by summoning his master Unicron to it. Because of all this, it is ''very, very, '''VERY'' rewarding to see Optimus Prime become full of [[RageBreakingPoint anger and hatred towards him]] and subjecting him to his [[CruelAndUnusualDeath brutal end]] by shoving him towards the lava flow so hard, slicing off both of his arms, stabbing him through the head and [[OffWithHisHead]] tearing it off with the spine attached to it. It's also rewarding to see Prime take back Bee's insignia and just as satisfying to see Scourge's plans fail spectacularly when Prime destroys both the key and the tower to trap Unicron into space, denying him Earth, even though this has the unfortunate side effect of stranding the Autobots on Earth for the foreseeable future.]]

* FanartAtFirstSight: Arcee has had a lot of fanart made of her ever since her new design was shown in the trailers.

* SalvagedStory: Creator/PeterCullen's performance as Prime in ''Bumblebee'' came under fire when the actor revealed the studio had brought him in to dub over scratch track, and he was not pleased that he was able to deliver his usual performance as Prime. The movie gives Prime a much bigger role, allowing Cullen to really delve into the character and bring about a transition from war-weary fighter into idealistic hero.
* SoOkayItsAverage: Coming off the mostly positive reception to ''Bumblebee'', ''Rise of the Beasts'' ended up getting mostly mixed reviews from critics. Among them, the general consensus is that while not all the characters get equal attention and it rushed into a bigger scope way too quickly by throwing Unicron into mix, it's still a fun movie that gives good focus to both the humans and the robots.

* NarmCharm: Optimus Prime's cartoon accurate vehicle mode transformation, and moving face plate should be funny, but it's ''Optimus Prime'' so it goes straight to awesome.

** The presence of the Twin Towers in the 1994 NYC skyline predictably led to many BlackComedy jokes, with people joking if they'll be destroyed in the movie and leading to memes like "Unicron did 9/11" or "Energon can't melt steel beams". Some joked that Stratosphere, who transforms into a jet plane, would be responsible.

* ImprovedSecondAttempt: Prime's arc in this movie isn't too different than the one he had in ''[[Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction Age of Extinction]]''. Both have Prime being cynical and distrustful towards humanity with him learning to fulfill to his ideals later on. However, ''AOE'' was largely criticized for how it depicted Prime acting out far more violently towards humans, to the point even Creator/PeterCullen found Optimus’ behavior uncomfortable. Here, while not ''exactly'' perfect in execution, it does a better job since this Prime has been on Earth for merely a few years and doesn't really understand humanity enough to judge them properly nor really cares to learn about them, only concentrated in his mission to get back home. It's a much more believable arc and it shows him easily transitioning to the ideal hero he's known to be.

* JerkassWoobie: Noah's ''far'' more abrasive than he has any right to be and his lowest point is when he [[spoiler: plots to destroy the Transwarp key (and ''nearly'' does so), thus removing any chance at the Autobots coming back home, but it's motivated by him wanting to save humanity, his family included]]. Not to mention the lack of respect he gets from his country despite being a veteran and his desperate attempts to save his dying brother. His CharacterDevelopment is realizing how selfish he was acting.

* MagnificentBastard: [[FromCamouflageToCriminal Noah Diaz]] is a former solider who turned to crime to support his family, willing taking up a carjacking job for his friend Reek. Being roped into helping the Autobots by a disguised Mirage, he sneaks into a facility to get the [[MacGuffin Transwarp Key]], saving the researcher Elana Wallace when the Terrorcons attack. Willingly joining the Autobots after learning of Unicron's potential arrival, he secretly plans on destroying the Transwarp Key to prevent Unicron from being summoned, risking the Autobots being stranded on earth without their consent. Once talked down by Optimus Prime from destroying it at the last second, Noah's contributions to the battle ultimately result in the earth being saved from Unicron while also staying behind to save Optimus, afterwards being offered a job by Franchise/GIJoe while getting the pay for his brother's medical bills in the process.

* SoOkayItsAverage: Coming off the mostly positive reception to ''Bumblebee'', ''Rise of the Beasts'' ended up getting mostly mixed reviews from critics. Among them, the general consensus is that while it has some noticeable flaws, it's still an enjoyable film and worth a watch at least once.

** Wheeljack's design, revealed via his toy, has come under fire for having ''zero'' resemblance to his well-liked G1-faithful depiction in ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'' and having giant goggles that resemble NerdGlasses. His later speaking appearance in a sneak preview clip did little to help matters.

%% * TheWoobie: Both the main human leads and the Optimuses (Optimi?) of each heroic faction.

* WinBackTheCrowd: Peter Cullen's performance in ''Bumblebee'' became less well-regarded by the fandom after he revealed that he wasn't allowed to perform the character to his preferred standard, while Ron Perlman's stint as Optimus Primal in ''Power of the Primes'' was considered average at best. ''Rise of the Beasts'' not only brought both characters back to prominence but both Cullen and Perlman's reprisals as both Prime and Primal were considered far superior to their 2018 performances.