- There is a robot who speaks Mandarin all the time. He's Cybertronian in origin.

- Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg) is very protective of Tessa Yeager (Nicola Peltz) because of the loss of his wife.

- Shane (Jack Reynor) is an Irish race car driver and is Tessa’s boyfriend despite the "No Dating" rule 由 Cade.

- Shane saves both Cade and Tessa's lives very early in the movie and gains the trust of the Yeagers.

- Cade Yeager and Optimus Prime become best friends. They both live with their own code of ethics.

- Cade must make a choice between his life and his daughter's where Optimus must make a choice between doing the right thing what must be done and the safety of his own life.

- Li Bingbing's character is an owner of a very special "Factory" in China.

- Third act of the movie takes place entirely in Hong Kong.

- A conference is attacked and the officials call for help from a special group of individuals.