Moustache Man

2008-01-11T21:09:30Z

70.41.111.24: /* ''Transformers'' (2007) movie */

:''Mustache Man is a [[Decepticon]] holographic avatar in the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Movie_MustacheMan.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The real reason they have mustaches is so that they can twirl something while contemplating the conquest of the universe.]]

The '''Mustache Man''' is a [[hologram|holographic image]], and the means by which the Decepticon forces can operate within the military branches and law enforcement agencies of the [[United States]] without gaining the attention that an otherwise driver-less vehicle would obviously attract. While the Mustache Man can appear in different uniforms appropriate for the vehicle disguise his owner has assumed, the hologram appears to have only one face. With a fake mustache.

Mustache Man has a piercing, icy stare and the tendency to flicker before his owner carries out an operation.

==Fiction==

===Prime Directives prequel comic===
[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] are the first to scan and destroy [[Earth]] vehicles for disguises when arriving on-planet. It can be assumed that the original Mustache Man was the operator of one of these two vehicles, mimicked to complete the disguise.

===''Transformers'' (2007) movie===
:''Actor:'' [[Brian Reece]]

[[Image:Movie_Blackout_holoavatar.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Where is Sarah Connor?!]]

[[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] projects the Mustache Man as his 'human' pilot when he arrives at [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]], successfully fooling the human soldiers. Base commander [[Colonel Sharp]] orders Mustache Man to power down Blackout and disembark his crew or risk being killed. Mustache Man flickers before Blackout transforms to lay waste to SOCCENT.

Later, after [[Air Force One]] is forced to make an emergency landing, [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] drives up to the plane with the Mustache Man activated, earning not a second glance from the many police officers and secret service agents protecting the aircraft. He reacts to [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy's]] complaints about being shot at by [[human|stupid insects]] and his report of his failure to successfully access the information they were after with an ''icy stare''. Hey, better than dull surprise.

[[Image:Movie_Starscream_holographavatar1.jpg|right|thumb|200px|No, really. Where is she? She owes me ten bucks.]]

Tracking down [[Samuel James Witwicky|ladiesman217]], Barricade's Mustache Man tricks the human adolescent into believing he is a real police officer. The human recounts his escape from his [[Bumblebee (Movie)|car that was following him]] and demands the Mustache Man exit the vehicle. Needless to say, he doesn't, but instead apes Barricade's movements as he bashes Sam with his car door.

After Frenzy reports the location of the [[AllSpark]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream's]] Mustache Man flickers and sits in his owner's cockpit impassively as the Decepticon second-in-command orders the other Decepticons to move out. It is unknown if the Mustache Man is being projected during the battle over [[Mission City]].

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==Trivia==
* The Decepticon holographic avatar is referred to as "Mustache Man" in the script.

* In the February 28, 2006 revision of the script, Bumblebee has the same holographic driver as the Decepticons! Although presumably removed from later drafts because it ''makes no sense'', Bumblebee's Mustache Man shows up in [[Transformers: The Movie Storybook]], and is mentioned by Barricade in the [[Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers Decepticons]] DS game.

* [[Brian Reece]], the actor who plays Mustache Man, was actually the real pilot of one of the two MH-53 helicopters used as [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout's]] alternate mode. [[Michael Bay]] and [[Steven Spielberg]] both agreed that he looked ''exactly'' what they had pictured Mustache Man to look like, and as a result, he had to change his wedding and honeymoon schedules so that he could film all of Mustache Man's scenes for the ''Transformers'' movie.<ref>Transformers DVD audio commentary by director Michael Bay</ref><ref>[http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2007/jun/30/kirtland-air-force-base-pilots-icy-stare-earned-hi/ Albuquerque Tribune article on Reece and the Mustache Man]</ref>

* If you pause the film while Moustache Man is flickering, the image of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime's]] face is visible... yeah.

==Footnotes==
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