several scenes are a homage to other transformers series such as Lancers injury similar to the injury Optimus Prime suffered in the 1986 film Transformers the Movie.
These scenes also highlights several weapons of the transformers the next generation such as Slycold bow turning into an energy sword, Glowstrike's knife blade extending to sword length and Lancers bow becoming a boomerang like weapon to inflict injury on any opponent.
Note: Ejector (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ejector) from the Micheal Bay Transformers Movie is known as Ejectoron in Transformers the Next Generaton to avoid confusion with the Autobot named Eject.