Noah Diaz

**Noah Diaz** is one of the main protagonists of the rebooted *Transformers* films, serving as one of the two main protagonists (alongside Optimus Prime) of the 2023 film *Transformers: Rise of the Beasts*.

He is an ex-military engineer who lives in Brooklyn, New York, who becomes entangled in a three-sided war between the Autobots, Maximals, and Terrorcons in a fight against Unicron. In desperation to support his family, Noah steals a Porsche 935 car that turns out to be the Autobot Mirage, who is both his best friend and protector.

## Personality

According to Elena, Noah is similar to Optimus Prime: protectors who are both fighting for their homes and older brothers simply looking out for their own. Upon the beginning of the film, Noah is already shown to be a tech expert by simply fixing a device for  for his friend, Reek. He was also once a soldier but was released from service for allegedly "not working well with others." However , he has an obligation to look out for his mom and younger brother. Due to The apparent lack of a father figure around him, Noah tries filling in the role, such as supporting Kris with his illness and helping his mother around the house, as seen with his poor attempt at cooking.  Since the Diaz family merely consists of himself, Breanna and Kris, Noah tries his hardest to support his family and pay for his brother's medical bills. When his job interview was cancelled, Noah decided to resort to stealing with a job Reek gave him. However, Noah grew nervous about stealing a car and, at the last minute realized he was not a criminal. When the car comes to life, Noah started screaming when he and the car were chased by the police.

After the car chase, Noah was initially terrified to see the car turn into a sentient robot. However, he refused to back down to Mirage and threaten him with a steel pipe. Impressed, Mirage took an immediate liking to Noah. However, he was immediately afraid of Optimus Prime when they met for the first time. Initially reluctant to help the Autobots gain the Transwarp key, Noah changed his mind when Mirage convinced him to help. However, he was quick to judge people when he first met because Noah dismissed Prime as being cynical and uncaring. He is very honorable, as he also came back to save Elena from Freezer when Noah had the opportunity to flee. When he realized the Earth was in danger because of Unicron and his Terrorcons, Noah forced his way into the journey to Peru, mainly because he planned to betray the Autobots when he found the key because he didn't trust Optimus with the date of his planet. However, Noah also did so to save his family and people but never takes into account of the Autobots' plight until Optimus convinced him not to destroy the key.

Noah also seems to form strong bonds with other people and takes his friendships seriously, growing notably closer to Optimus, Elena and Mirage. He became fire forged friends with Mirage, who came to respect his bravery. He also helped distract Elena from her air sickness and saved her life at least three times. He also returned to save Optimus at the last second and managed to do so.

By the film's end, Noah is a man with a noble heart. He realizes he had selfish reasons for destroying the key and finally acknowledge his mistakes. after a heart to heart conversation with Optimus, Noah rallies support from both the Maximals and the Autobots. When Noah was powered by Mirage's exosuit, he fought alongside Optimus, Bumblebee and the Autobots, even managing to stab Scourge in the leg. His newfound loyalty for the Autobots lead Noah to becoming brothers in arms with Mirage and coming back for Optimus. This also includes his absolute refusal to sell them out to Agent Burke, who respected that about Noah. He also succeeds in fixing Mirage and both get their revenge on Reek for abandoning him to the cops during the car chase. When in doubt you can always find yourself relying on Noah at the end of the day.

## Relationships

### Autobots

* **Bumblebee**
* **Arcee**