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* ParentsInDistress: Rampage and Ravage kidnap Ron and Judy Witwicky and use them as bait to lure in Sam.

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* ParentsInDistress: Rampage and Ravage kidnap Ron and Judy Witwicky and use them as bait to lure in Sam. Despite knowing well that he is the main target of the Decepticons, Sam gullibly falls for the trap. But luckily Bumblebee is able to straighten it out by offing ''both'' [[OneManArmy Rampage and Ravage]].

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* BigBadDuumvirate: Megatron, The Fallen and Starscream. Even if The Fallen's name is in the movie's title, Megatron himself is the bigger threat due to being far more powerful.

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* BigBadDuumvirate: Megatron, Megatron and The Fallen and Starscream. Fallen. Even if The Fallen's name Fallen is emphasized in the movie's title, Megatron himself is the bigger threat due to being far more powerful.


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* ParentsInDistress: Rampage and Ravage kidnap Ron and Judy Witwicky and use them as bait to lure in Sam.

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* {{Blackmail}}: Megatron and the Fallen send out a worldwide broadcast on all satellite televisions warning them that unless they turn over Sam Witwicky, they'll invade and destroy far more human cities by force. Just to remind the humans they're dead serious, they already start killing thousands and attack US military outposts. The FBI start working to locate Sam and label him as wanted.

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* {{Blackmail}}: Megatron and the Fallen send out a worldwide broadcast on all satellite televisions warning them that unless they turn over Sam Witwicky, they'll invade and destroy far more human cities by force. Just to remind the humans they're dead serious, they already start killing thousands invade Paris, France and attack sink various US military outposts.aircraft carriers. The FBI start working to locate Sam and label him as wanted. Major Lennox however is able to offset this blackmail by taking in Sam the U.S. Army's supervision and instructs them to protect Sam, not hand him over.


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* DefiantToTheEnd: Demolisher, as even when Optimus and Ironhide cripple him and there's nothing but his head left, Demolisher spitefully spits out the Fallen will come to finish them off, just before Optimus delivers the killing blow.

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* BoomHeadshot: How Optimus offs Demolisher.



* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Sideways after he failed to run (or drive) from Sideswipe.

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* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Sideways after he failed to run (or drive) from Sideswipe. His lackey Demolishor soon suffers the same fate when Optimus blows out his "leg" and cripples him from the bottom half.



* MistakenForCheating: When Alice starts pinning down Sam in bed and going hard-core on kissing him, Mikaela catches eye of this and leaves without realizing that [[spoiler: Alice is actually a Decepticon]].



* OffWithHisHead: What becomes of Demolishor.

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* OffWithHisHead: What becomes of Demolishor. Demolishor and Devastator. Optimus also gives Grindor an excruciating variation of this trope with Energon hooks.
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* AHouseDivided: After Optimus is crippled (though not necessarily killed) by Megatron, the Autobots are leaderless and tensions rise between them and the human NEST authorities (including Lennox).

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* AHouseDivided: After Optimus is crippled (though not necessarily killed) by Megatron, the Autobots are leaderless and tensions rise between them and the human NEST authorities (including Lennox). Ironhide and Lennox's armed men get into a scuffle when Ironhide [[BerserkButton sees a gun pointed at him]]. Ratchet even suggests leaving the planet altogether, but Ironhide outright retorts Optimus wouldn't want that.
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** Mikaela also asked this to Sam of what if it didn't work, who simply asserts it ''will'' work.

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** Mikaela also asked this to Sam of what if it didn't doesn't work, who simply asserts it ''will'' work.
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** Mikaela also asked this to Sam of what if it didn't work, who simply asserts his solution will work.

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** Mikaela also asked this to Sam of what if it didn't work, who simply asserts his solution will it ''will'' work.

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* AndThenWhat: Some of Sam's friends expressed doubt that the sand (the Matrix crumbled up) won't bring Optimus back like Sam anticipated asking just what does Sam intend to do if the sand doesn't revive Optimus.
** While the US Army is assigned to find Sam and bring him to Optimus's body, Epps asked Lennox that even after they find Sam and bring him to Optimus, "How is this little kid supposed to bring him back to life?"
** Mikaela also asked this to Sam of what if it didn't work, who simply asserts his solution will work.



* BigBadDuumvirate: Megatron and The Fallen. Even if The Fallen's name is in the movie's title, Megatron himself is the bigger threat due to being far more powerful.

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* BigBadDuumvirate: Megatron Megatron, The Fallen and The Fallen.Starscream. Even if The Fallen's name is in the movie's title, Megatron himself is the bigger threat due to being far more powerful.



* {{Catapult}}: The missile on Soundwave's toy is actually [[PantheraAwesome Ravage]].

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* {{Catapult}}: Emphasis on "Cat". The missile on Soundwave's toy is actually the panther-like Decepticon [[PantheraAwesome Ravage]].Ravage]].
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* PresisionFStrike: When the team are attempting to revive [[spoiler: Sam]].
-->'''Major Lennox:''' Stay back! Mikaela, you have to stay back!
-->'''Mikaela:''' Fucking do something!


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-->'''Mikaela:''' Kiss this, bitch!
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Mikaela delivers one to Sam when he is believed to have died from an explosion. [[spoiler: His death is temporary]].
-->'''Mikaela:''' Don't you die on me! Sam, come back to me! I love you!
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* BigBadEnsemble: Megatron and The Fallen. Even if The Fallen's name is in the movie's title, Megatron himself is the bigger threat due to being far more powerful.

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* BigBadEnsemble: BigBadDuumvirate: Megatron and The Fallen. Even if The Fallen's name is in the movie's title, Megatron himself is the bigger threat due to being far more powerful.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Optimus bends Megatron's own fusion cannon to point at his face. Megatron opens fire away, blasting away half his face, before Optimus propels him with his rocket cannons. Megatron calls out for [[TheDragon Starscream]] to join the battle immediately, but Starscream refuses to fight claiming the battle's been lost.



** Galloway misinterprets protocols on how to deploy his parachute as actually instructing him to do so. He pulls the cord too early and gets sucked out of the plane as his parachute opens up.

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** Galloway misinterprets protocols on how to deploy his parachute as actually instructing him to do so. He pulls the cord too early and gets sucked out of the plane as his parachute opens up.up, leaving him stranded in a desert for the rest of the movie.

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* FanDisservice: [[spoiler: Alice, once you realise what she really is]]

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* FanDisservice: [[spoiler: Alice, once you realise what she really is]]is. Two words: tentacle, ''tongue''.]] Leo puts it best:
-->'''Leo:''' I can't believe I almost had sex with her in my dream!



* InertialImpalement: Take UpToEleven by Sideswipe with an inertial ''bisection'' by stabbing Sideways through the hood and then planting his blade into the ground while Sideways is driving.



* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Starscream, of course.

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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Starscream, of course. To his credit, Megatron also recognizes that he's lost and takes [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Starscream's advice]] after the Fallen's "face-off" against Optimus.
--> '''Starscream:''' Not to call you a coward, master, but sometimes cowards do survive.



* MonumentalDamage: The Great Pyramid of Giza gets its top taken off by Devastator [[spoiler:to unearth the sun harvester, and there's surely not much of it left after the harvester is destroyed by Optimus.]]



* OurHeroIsDead: [[spoiler:Optimus Prime; Sam]]

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* OurHeroIsDead: [[spoiler:Optimus Prime; Sam]]Prime dies and later comes back to life, though it's not exactly surprising given that he dies and resurrects around once per continuity anyway. Sam getting killed is much more so, although he also gets better shortly afterward.]]
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* AHouseDivided: After Optimus is crippled (though not necessarily killed) by Megatron, the Autobots are leaderless and tensions rise between them and the human NEST authorities (including Lennox).

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* BadassArmy: Like the previous installment, the film is very big on portraying the US military this way. They even show up at the final battle and despite being severely outmatched by the onslaught of Decepticons they managed to hold their own. Even [[spoiler:fatally wounding Devastator.]]
* BadassGrandpa: The geriatric Jetfire still kicks major ass.

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* BadassArmy: Like the previous installment, the film is very big on portraying the US military this way. They even show up at the final battle and despite being severely outmatched by the onslaught of Decepticons they managed to hold their own. Even [[spoiler:fatally wounding Devastator.]]
* BadassGrandpa: The geriatric Jetfire still kicks major ass.
Devastator]].


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* OldSoldier: The geriatric Jetfire still kicks major ass.
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* CurbStompBattle: When upgraded with Jetfire's parts, Optimus Prime first blows up the solar harvester and then defeats both Megatron and The Fallen in the space of a minute.
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** In the video games made based on ROTF, Sideways is this. He plays a large role in the Decepticon campaign, as there he survived Shanghai and lived on to serve Megatron. Sideways even talks in the video games.

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** In the video games made based on ROTF, Sideways is this. He plays a large role Sideways, Demolishor and Ironhide all do much more than in the Decepticon campaign, as there he survived Shanghai and lived on to serve Megatron. Sideways even talks in the video games. movie.
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''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' is the sequel to the hit film ''{{Film/Transformers}}'', released 2009. It has been complemented by multiple sequels such as ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'', ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'', and ''Film/TransformersTheLastKnight''.

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''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' is the sequel to the hit film ''{{Film/Transformers}}'', released 2009. It has been complemented by multiple 3 sequels such as ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'', ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'', and ''Film/TransformersTheLastKnight''.
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* BigBadEnsemble: Megatron and The Fallen. Even if The Fallen's name is in the movie's title, Megatron himself is the bigger threat due to being far more powerful.
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** In the video games made based on ROTF, Sideways is this. He plays a large role in the Decepticon campaign, as there he survived Shanghai and lived on to serve Megatron.

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** In the video games made based on ROTF, Sideways is this. He plays a large role in the Decepticon campaign, as there he survived Shanghai and lived on to serve Megatron. Sideways even talks in the video games.
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** In the video games made based on ROTF, Sideways is this. He plays a large role in the Decepticon campaign, as there he survived Shanghai and lived on to serve Megatron.

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* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Sideways after he failed to run (or drive) from Sideswipe.



* NoHonorAmongThieves: The Decepticons in the abyss looking to resurrect Megatron tear apart Scrapmetal to make up for missing parts on Megatron's body. Scrapmetal dies while emitting a BigNo.



* OffWithHisHead: What becomes of Demolishor.



* TanksForNothing: As the Fallen activates the Sun Harvester, the US Army immediately fires their tanks at him. The Fallen telekinetically levitates the tanks along with the soldiers, then drops them all down.



* TelephonePolearm: During the forest battle, several trees are used as bludgeons by the combattants.

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* TeethFlying: After being damaged enough by Starscream and Megatron in the forest battle, Optimus spits a bloody tooth.
* TelephonePolearm: During the forest battle, several trees are used as bludgeons by the combattants.Optimus swings a tree at Megatron from getting to Sam.
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* {{Blackmail}}: Megatron and the Fallen send out a worldwide broadcast on all satellite televisions warning them that unless they turn over Sam Witwicky, they'll invade and destroy far more human cities invaded by force. Just to remind the humans they're dead serious, they already start killing thousands and attack US military outposts. The FBI start working to locate Sam and label him as wanted.

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* {{Blackmail}}: Megatron and the Fallen send out a worldwide broadcast on all satellite televisions warning them that unless they turn over Sam Witwicky, they'll invade and destroy far more human cities invaded by force. Just to remind the humans they're dead serious, they already start killing thousands and attack US military outposts. The FBI start working to locate Sam and label him as wanted.
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* {{Blackmail}}: Megatron and the Fallen send out a worldwide broadcast on all satellite televisions warning them that unless they turn over Sam Witwicky, they'll invade and destroy far more human cities invaded by force. Just to remind the humans they're dead serious, they already start killing thousands and attack US military outposts. The FBI start working to locate Sam and label him as wanted.
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* InconvenientParachuteDeployment
** Jetfire accidentally deploys his vehicle mode's parachute, causing him to fall on his back. This is played as the robot equivalent of flatulence.
** Galloway misinterprets protocols on how to deploy his parachute as actually instructing him to do so. He pulls the cord too early and gets sucked out of the plane as his parachute opens up.
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Bumblebee got retconned into a reboot.


''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' is the sequel to the hit film ''{{Film/Transformers}}'', released 2009. It has been complemented by multiple sequels such as ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'', ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'', ''Film/TransformersTheLastKnight'' and ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}''.

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''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' is the sequel to the hit film ''{{Film/Transformers}}'', released 2009. It has been complemented by multiple sequels such as ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'', ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'', ''Film/TransformersTheLastKnight'' and ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}''.''Film/TransformersTheLastKnight''.
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* ButtMonkey: Starscream. Megatron brutally bashes him out of retribution for being a traitor, having abandoned Megatron to die back in the first film and usurping his rank as the leader of Decepticons. Ironically, Starscream is the only Decepticon left at the end of the movie alive and undamaged.

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* ButtMonkey: Starscream. Megatron brutally bashes him out of retribution for being a traitor, having abandoned Megatron to die back in the first film and usurping his rank as the leader of Decepticons. Ironically, Starscream is the only Decepticon left at the end of the movie alive and undamaged. Scream admits that he survived solely by chickening out of the final battle with Optimus against Megatron and the Fallen.
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* PreMortemOneLiner: Optimus delivers one to Demolisher and then to the Fallen.
-->'''Optimus:''' Not today.
-->'''Optimus:''' GIVE ME YOUR FACE!
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* [[{{MarijuanaIsLSD}} Marijuana Is Meth]]: The mom buys some pot brownies (openly on a crowded college campus in the middle of the day), eats them, and proceeds to run wild, at one point tackling a stranger from behind to the ground and hitting on her husband after he pins her to the ground. Apparently the writers took the movie Film/ReeferMadness as a serious documentary on pot.

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* [[{{MarijuanaIsLSD}} MarijuanaIsLSD: Marijuana Is Meth]]: Meth: The mom buys some pot brownies (openly on a crowded college campus in the middle of the day), eats them, and proceeds to run wild, at one point tackling a stranger from behind to the ground and hitting on her husband after he pins her to the ground. Apparently the writers took the movie Film/ReeferMadness ''Film/ReeferMadness'' as a serious documentary on pot.
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* BadassArmy: Like the previous installment, the film is very big on portraying the US military this way. They even show up at the final battle and despite being severely outmatched by the onslaught of Decepticons [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome they managed to hold their own.]] Even [[spoiler:fatally wounding Devastator.]]

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* BadassArmy: Like the previous installment, the film is very big on portraying the US military this way. They even show up at the final battle and despite being severely outmatched by the onslaught of Decepticons [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome they managed to hold their own.]] own. Even [[spoiler:fatally wounding Devastator.]]



* FauxActionGirl: The Arcees. At first glance, they're among the more interesting of the new Autobots introduced: a trio of female motorcycle Transformers. We're set up to expect a CrowningMomentOfAwesome from them, since they're {{Fragile Speedster}}s with the emphasis on "fragile".

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* FauxActionGirl: The Arcees. At first glance, they're among the more interesting of the new Autobots introduced: a trio of female motorcycle Transformers. We're set up to expect a CrowningMomentOfAwesome from them, since they're {{Fragile Speedster}}s with the emphasis on "fragile".



* HonorBeforeReason: All the Autobots possess this trope to some degree, but it is actually [[spoiler:Ex-Agent Simmons]] who takes this to [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome an all new level of awesome.]]

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* HonorBeforeReason: All the Autobots possess this trope to some degree, but it is actually [[spoiler:Ex-Agent Simmons]] who takes this to [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome an all new level of awesome.]]

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