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Trivia: The first song to play at the homecoming dance is actually sung by Steven Strait, who plays Warren.

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Trivia: Note how in the flashback to Royal Pain's demise, the breastplate is different than the costume she wears at the end of the movie. Done on purpose to conceal Royal Pain's identity, but still worth a look.

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Trivia: The number A113 (which appeared in Brad Bird's previous films The Incredibles and Ratatouille) makes two appearances here. The first is on the side of Hanaway's ring in the flashback sequence, and the second is verbally as Ethan's agent ID that he recites through the phone after he escapes from the hospital. (00:14:40)

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Trivia: There are several newscasts throughout the film. During any one of these newscasts, take a look at the news stories on the ticker at the bottom of the screen. Almost all of them are somehow relevant to the movie's plot.

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Trivia: Hobbs never smiles until the end of the movie.

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Trivia: In the scene where Bones and Kirk board the Enterprise, they enter the medical bay. As they walk through the doors, to the right of the screen on the wall is a very futuristic looking device. In reality, this is a Dyson airblade hand dryer you can find in public bathrooms. (00:41:35)

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Trivia: In the scene where Laserbeak is disguised as a copier, the sounds his buttons make are actually the Transformers theme song.

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Trivia: Toward the end of the movie, Linguini and Colette are reading Ego's review in the paper. In the paper is an advertisement for the step stool ladders that Skinner uses throughout the movie.

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Trivia: In the first shot of the space battle at the beginning, just before the camera pans down to Obi-Wan and Anakin's fighters, a piece of debris hits a spaceship. Closer inspection reveals that this is a kitchen sink.

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Trivia: When Sam meets with Mearing after Soundwave captures Carly, there is a jet in the background. The tail number of the jet is N4500X. In the first film, Blackout's number was 4500X.

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Trivia: When the Autobots are driving up to the spaceship as they are about to leave Earth, the music that is playing is a variation of "Arrival to Earth", the music that played when the Autobots first arrived in Transformers.

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Trivia: For those of you wondering what happened to Barricade from the first film, this movie clears it up. Barricade, albeit painted green, is shown in the final battle when Soundwave begins executing Autobot prisoners.[edited to remove unecessary spoilers]

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Trivia: Early on in the movie, Sam is watching Star Trek with Leonard Nimoy, who also plays Sentinel Prime. Also, Wheelie's comments on the episode are relevant to Sentinel Prime. (Just replace the word Spock with Sentinel Prime).

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Trivia: During the freeway sequence, you can see shots from The Island, another Michael Bay film. Most noticeably is when the Decepticon lands on top of the Dodge Magnum and it splits in half.

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Trivia: Before the release of the movie, an actual website called therealeffingdeal.com was set up with various posts by Leo. His final post, posted on the eve of the film's release, is that he is heading off to college and that he hopes his roommate "Isn't a total loser."

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Trivia: The name of the gas station is Kelvin. This was also the name of the spaceship that was destroyed in Star Trek, another J.J. Abrams film.

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Trivia: In the scene where Lincoln and Jordan ask a man for an information directory, the futuristic red Lexus from Minority Report is parked next to them.

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Trivia: Right at the start of the rave at Zion, you can see someone doing the robot if you look carefully.

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Trivia: In every episode, there is a clue for what the next episode will be about. For example, in episode seven, Samantha Loeb gives Olivia a copy of "A Christmas Carol". In the next episode, Walter is reciting Christmas carols to regain his memory.

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Trivia: All the webs on the balloons in the scene where Spider-Man gets the key to the city were hand drawn with a Sharpie.

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