Morshower

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{{disambig2|the character in Revenge of the Fallen|the actor who plays him|Glenn Morshower}}
:''Morshower is a human from the [[live-action film series]].''

[[Image:General Morshower ROTF film.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]

The no-nonsense General (or Admiral, see [[Morshower#Notes|Notes]]) '''Morshower''' is the [[:wikipedia:Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff|Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] in the [[United States military]].

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===

When the [[United States of America|United States]] government finally decided to dump the bodies of the defeated Decepticons, Admiral Morshower's fleet waited in dock at [[San Diego]]. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}} Two weeks later, after the disastrous events at [[Sector Seven]]'s [[Nevada]] facility, Morshower's fleet transported the [[Autobot]]s and [[William Lennox]]'s team to give [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] a burial-at-sea, as well as commence operation Deep-Six: dumping the Decepticons into the [[Laurentian Abyss]]. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}}

{{Note|Though he is not named in Alliance #2, Morshower's fleet [[Alliance issue 3|later dumps]] the Decepticons in the [[Laurentian Abyss]], which is in the Atlantic Ocean. However, this issue establishes that his fleet is moored in [[San Diego]]. This does not seem practical or likely.}}

[[Image:Talesofthefallen Morshower.jpg|left|thumb|200px|]]

By the 17th November 2008, Morshower had become Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. According to him, the understanding with the Autobots was that ''they'' were the good guys and the Decepticons were the bad guys, with no grey areas; when [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] started causing chaos in [[South America]], Morshower ordered Optimus to rein in or rub out the errant Autobot. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 2|Tales of the Fallen #2}}

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===
:''Actor:'' [[Glenn Morshower]], [[Yasuyoshi Hara]] (Japanese dub), [[Óscar Gómez]] (Spanish dub)

As Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine General Morshower oversaw [[NEST]]'s anti-Decepticon activities in real time from the [[Pentagon]]. During the mission to [[Shanghai]], Morshower authorized NEST to deploy once he learned that the Chinese had sealed off the airspace around the suspected zone. It did not take long to confirm a [[Decepticon]] presence, but [[Demolishor (ROTF)|said Decepticon]] started things off with a bang, forcing [[Robert Epps|Sergeant Epps]] to request air assistance. Morshower lowered his head in displeasure as a subordinate authorized gunships to deploy.

Following the Shanghai operation, [[William Lennox|Major Lennox]] requested an immediate video debriefing upon return to [[Diego Garcia]], where [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], the leader of the [[Autobot]]s, informed Morshower of a warning the rampaging Decepticon had given them: "[[The Fallen]] shall rise again". However, at that moment, [[Theodore Galloway]], the National Security Adviser who had been appointed White House liaison following Shanghai, took the time to air some of his complaints. Morshower had not been informed of this appointment by the [[President of the United States|President]], and dryly noted that he must have missed that memo. Morshower let Galloway rant and generally disrespect NEST and his officers for a while before finally cutting in on the comment that the transmissions the Autobots sent into outer space weren't vetted by the White House, saying that Lennox and his men had vetted the transmissions, and he believed that they were beyond reproach in his experience. Galloway was more respectful to the Chairman than he was to the rest of NEST, but only slightly, saying that as far as [[Barack Obama|President Obama]] was concerned, no one was above reproach.

However, the Decepticons had been listening in on the video communication and had learned that the [[AllSpark]] shard was held on Diego Garcia. Morshower soon learned that there were five [[Constructicon (ROTF)|unknown objects]] diving to the ocean floor in the [[Laurentian Abyss]], at a time when there was only a single submarine on station. Morshower declared that they had a problem, which soon came to pass: the Decepticons had resurrected [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]].

After Megatron killed Optimus Prime while trying to capture [[Sam Witwicky]], the ''U.S.S. Roosevelt'' was destroyed, along with an attack on [[Paris]]. As Morshower was being informed of what had happened, a message from "The Fallen" appeared on all communications across the globe: turn over Sam Witwicky, or Earth will be destroyed. Galloway used this to place himself in charge of NEST and shut down the team, taking the remaining Autobots back to Diego Garcia under guard. Morshower was displeased with this particular move, but he had a national strategy to coordinate.

While coordinating said strategy, Morshower received a note from Lennox with coordinates for the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] and a single message: "Prepare to [[bring the rain]]". Morshower recognized that Lennox had a better idea of what was going on than their national security adviser, and told his men to be prepared to back NEST up if it came to a fight, but wanted better confirmation. Morshower then learned that Witwicky had been spotted one hundred miles from Aqaba, which Morshower took as further confirmation.

Once NEST had arrived at said coordinates, they tricked Galloway into parachuting out of the plane carrying them and called Morshower. Galloway demanded that the General tell him where he was, but Morshower hung up without so much as a goodbye. Although he would have been amused by Galloway's predicament, Morshower was concerned that Galloway could contact them while Lennox and his men could not. Heading to NEST's control room, Morshower learned that they couldn't establish contact with NEST, while [[Soundwave (ROTF)|something]] had blinded all their satellites above the area. Morshower ordered his men to contact [[Egypt]] and [[Jordan]] to deploy some air assets to locate their men. Once they saw that hell had opened up in the area, Morshower [[Operation: Firestorm|ordered every available armed unit to the region]]. The forces managed to arrive, and the day was saved. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

===''Dark of the Moon'' film===
:''Actor:'' [[Glenn Morshower]] (English), [[Yasuyoshi Hara]] (Japanese dub), [[Óscar Gómez]] (Spanish dub)

When the Decepticons invaded Chicago en masse, Morshower was brought in to oversee the human response. He proceeded to run down a list of all the different ways humanity was screwed. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

==Games==
===''Transformers, nigga''===
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{{storylink|Transformers: The Ride}}

==Notes==
*Morshower is a [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] in the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|''Revenge of the Fallen'' film]]. In ''[[Transformers: Alliance|Alliance]]'', the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novel adaptation]], and the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|comic adaptation]], he is an Admiral in the [[United States Navy|US Navy]].
*In the adaptation comic, Admiral Morshower is wearing the uniform of a three-star US general. He is supposed to be an admiral in that adaptation. Also, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is either a ''four''-star general or admiral.
*Actor Glenn Morshower was asked by director [[Michael Bay]] to star in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' despite the fact Morshower's [[Sharp|character]] in [[Transformers (film)|the previous ''Transformers'' movie]] had been killed off. His character in ''Revenge'' was named after him.<ref>[http://movies.ign.com/articles/982/982686p1.html Glenn Morshower talks to IGN.com about ''Revenge of the Fallen'']</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Morshower''' (モーシャワー ''Mōshawā'')

==References==
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[[Category:Dark of the Moon humans]]
[[Category:Fiction-only characters]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen humans]]
[[Category:United States military officers]]

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