Flashbacks or dreams? Or a combination of both??

Things that strike me odd as being straight memories:
1. Outback just strolling (hopping) around talking to Ironhide in that effed up state! (Kup faired better than him and he was really screwed over -- unless Outback is Waspinator-tough! But even then, as if they'd let him move around freely without patching him up)
2. Scamper speaking through Wheeljack.

Hrmmmmmmmmmm...

I wonder what the hell Metroplex is guarding... a copy of ROTF from an alternate universe which was universally loved by all fans?