Alice (ROTF)

2010-03-20T18:10:18Z

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{{disambig2|the Decepticon|the animatronic girl that inspired her [[alternate mode]] in some tellings of the story|Alice (animatronic)}}

:''Alice is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]] portion of the [[Movie continuity|live-action movie continuity]].''

[[Image:Isabel Lucas Astronomy textbook.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Seriously. This is a girl who will suck the fillings right out of your teeth.]]

'''Alice''' is the kind of girl you ''wish'' you met in college. She's pretty, has... ''prominent'' mammalian characteristics, is incredibly forward about what she wants, and lives next door to [[Leo Spitz]] and [[Sam Witwicky]] in [[Hamilton Hall]]. She's ''really'' interested in Sam. It's a bit suspicious, really; maybe she's just pretending?
{{quote|How about ''tonight'', you pretend I'm your girlfriend, and I pretend that you're my boyfriend?|Alice|[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===
:''Actor:'' [[Isabel Lucas]]
[[Image:RotF Alice Eeeeew.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Don't talk with your mouth fu - oh. Oh.]]
Leo pointed out Alice to Sam as he was moving into the dorms at [[Princeton University]]. Leo explained to Sam that he had a thing for the bounteously endowed blonde, and he wanted to make sure Sam knew it so he didn't steal her away. Later that night, Leo had dragged Sam to a fraternity party, where the wayward Witwicky became engrossed in writing [[Cyberglyphics]] symbols in the cake frosting. This caught Alice's eye, and she decided she simply ''had'' to strike up a conversation with the boy who'd just accidentally stuck chocolate frosting in his ear. Though Sam protested against her rather forceful advances, she ignored his pleas until her attempt at seduction was interrupted by the timely arrival of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] on the [[Delta Fraternity|fraternity house's]] lawn. Sam appeared grateful for the reprieve until Alice invited herself for a ride. Bumblebee tried his best to monkey-wrench her attempts at conversation with Sam during the ride, but eventually got frustrated and went the expedient route of dousing her in antifreeze. Alice got out and left in a huff.

[[Image:ROTF Alice robot mode.jpg|thumb|right|250px|All shall love me and despair!]]
Later on, Alice made her way to Sam's dorm room to talk to him without the meddling yellow one around. En route she was engaged by Leo, who again proclaimed his desires for her and offered her a meat-laden pizza. She icily ignored him, finding the true object of her desires when the dorm room's door was opened to reveal Sam, who had covered every flat surface in it with Cyberglyphic symbols. Leo, figuring out what was to come next, asked if he could at least watch. Alice summarily shut the door in his face. Once again giving Sam the hard-sell, she forced him onto the bed and began probing his oral region with her tongue. Meanwhile, an entirely different probing appendage snaked out from beneath her skirt. Stealthily retracting the metallic tentacle when [[Mikaela Banes]] burst in, Alice waited until the human had left, and then proceeded to extrude it again and wrap it about Sam's neck, closing off his windpipe. Mikaela returned, hearing Sam's strangled cries, and dislodged Alice by throwing the toolbox containing [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] at her. Leo returned at this point, only to flee as Alice transformed into a robotic war machine!

[[Image:ROTF Alice death.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"That party was great! I got totally smashed!"]]
Alice chased the trio out of the dorm, and through the campus library where she destroyed several shelves with energy blasts, eventually firing wide and blasting a hole in the library wall. Her quarry fled through the opening and Mikaela hotwired a car. Catching up with them, Alice leaped onto the hood and tried to get at Sam by smashing through the windshield. Mikaela tried to shake Alice off by driving, but had no luck until she rammed the car, and thus the Decepticon infiltrator, into a lamp post. Mikaela sped off, making sure to grind what was left of Alice under the car's tires on the way. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
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===''Revenge of the Fallen'' adaptation===
[[image:ROTF Alice comic robot portrait.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"You found me beautiful once..."<br>"Honey, you got reeeealy fat and ugly."]]
After Alice kicked Leo out of his own dorm room so she could seduce Sam, he watched some TV with his buddies [[Sharsky]] and [[Fassbinder]]. While flipping through channels, they came across an advertisement featuring an animatronic [[Alice (animatronic)|Alice]] from ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' which had an uncanny resemblance to their classmate Alice. Leo went back to the dorm room to tell Sam there was something weird about his new girlfriend, but she had already revealed herself. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation}} {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (novel)}}

{{note|This event was not mentioned in the film, except for the very last bit where Leo showed up at the door and started to say something about Alice but was interrupted. Also, she survives in the comic adaptation, where she gets knocked aside by the car, instead of being smashed into a lamp post by it.}}
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===IDW ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===
{{spoiler|Nefarious issue 1|April 16 2010}}
Alice apparently survived being smashed to pieces and repaired herself, going on the run soon afterwards. It appears she became a little unstable (well, ''more unstable'') and hijacked the motorhome of a middle-aged couple, leading to her being pursued by [[NEST]]. It even seems that [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] was responsible for creating her ability to transform into a human, not realizing that having her embedded in human culture so so long would apparently drive her as crazy as us humans.
{{storylink|Nefarious issue 1}}

===''Transformers Animated''===
Alice tells readers of [[Venus (magazine)|Venus]], a trans-dimensional magazine for [[female Transformer|Decepti-femmes]], how to disarm a [[foldspace warhead]].{{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}}

==Notes==
[[Image:rotf-alice-concept-nichols.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Alice really needs to touch up on her make-up.]]

* Throughout pre-production, concept artist [[Ben Procter]] used [http://3francs6sous.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/rachel_nichols-3.jpg this photo] of [[Wikipedia:Rachel Nichols (actress)|Rachel Nichols]], who plays [[Scarlett]] in the 2009 film ''[[Wikipedia:G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra|G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra]]''. <ref>[http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?p=137233#post137233 Giant Bumblebee in Bondi today - Page 2 - Ozformers Transformers Collectors Australia]</ref>

* Alice having an outer organic form is an homage for the fans to the [[Pretender]]s.<ref><tt>"Hmm… I'll give you an exclusive here. There is a Pretender. I'm going to get killed for saying that."</tt> ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' screenwriter [[Roberto Orci]], [http://movies.ign.com/articles/944/944836p1.html Transformers 2 Rumor Confirmed], IGN.com</ref>
* In the novel adaptation, Alice had a manufacturer's nameplate on her neck from the animatronic Alice she apparently scanned.
* Also in the novel adaptation, while Alice was seducing Sam at the frat party she claimed to be from Orlando. Orlando is where Walt Disney World is located and would be a likely location of the ''Alice in Wonderland'' animatronic tour. She also claimed to have a boyfriend from there, who was a prince. Walt Disney World is also home to a number of princes. Finally, during the commercial where the [[Alice (animatronic)|animatronic Alice]] appears, "[[Mickey Mouse|Mickey, the friendly mouse]]" is mentioned. Who said ''Revenge of the Fallen'' doesn't have a tight continuity?
* When Alice reveals her robotty bits, her human flesh sort of folds away, presumably taking her clothing along with it, as when she reappears in human form, she's still fully dressed. On the other hand, she clearly changed clothes throughout the course of the film, which poses some, ah, interesting questions.
* While in robot mode, the tip of her tongue stays "organic". It's really disturbing.
* Some stunts for Alice were performed by stuntwoman [[Tarah Paige]].
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==References==
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==External Links==
* [http://gizmodo.com/5305809/why-just-2-seconds-of-transformers-2-took-3-months-to-complete Why just 2 seconds of Transformers 2 took 3 months to complete] — Gizmodo.com
* [http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=5153&page=1 Digital Domain interview about Alice's effects] — CGSociety.com

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Blu Mankuma

2010-03-15T17:48:55Z

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[[Image:BluMankuma1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|At last, this wiki has a picture with blinds in it.]]
'''Blu Mankuma''' is a Canadian-American actor and voice actor. Some of his on screen roles include Chairman Graves from ''Gundam: G-Saviour'', Toto from "The Tin Man" (a reimaging of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"), and Capt. Joe Reese from ''Forever Knight''. Voice acting-wise, he's often best remembered as Gigabyte on ''ReBoot'', [http://gijoe.wikia.com/wiki/Heavy_Duty Heavy Duty] from the CGI ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' films, Lord Mantel from ''War Planets'' and as Abobo in the poorly conceived ''Double Dragon'' animated series. He had a supporting role in ''2012'' as Adrian's father.

==Roles==
===Beast Wars===
* [[Tigatron]]
* [[Tigerhawk]]
* One of the [[Vok]]

==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon 2006]]

==External link==
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0542558/ Blu Mankuma at the Internet Movie Database]

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Alice (ROTF)

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