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Sideways (ROTF)

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{{disambig2|the live-action Decepticon|the Unicron-serving backstabber from every other continuity|Sideways (RID)}}
:''Sideways is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Sidewaysrotf.jpg|thumb|300px|Guess what? I'm not [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]! Had you all fooled, Didn't I?]]

Before the war, '''Sideways''' was a simple courier, not exactly a career demanding massive levels of courage. This means that in the battle against the [[Autobots]], Sideways prefers to team up with larger Decepticons. This way, his target-friendly companion takes all the heat! In fact, he generally shuns combat entirely. He's not a courageous fellow. But when he absolutely must face the enemy, he eagerly deploys the spinning saw blades on his arms.

Since he's arrived on [[Earth]], Sideways has started hanging out with the mountainous [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]]. There's few larger Decepticons to lurk in the shadow of!

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==Fiction==
===''Revenge of the Fallen'' (film)===
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[[Image:ROTF Sideways Chromia.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Sideways desperately tries to flee from a rabid fangirl.]]
Sideways was hiding out in [[Shanghai]] when [[NEST]] came to investigate a possible Decepticon insurgence. While the soldiers and their Autobot allies were busy fighting off [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]], Sideways attempted to make his getaway. He was not entirely undetected, however, as [[William Lennox|Lennox]] sent out [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|the]] [[Skids (ROTF)|twins]] in pursuit. The twins quickly fell out of the chase and Sideways was also able to fight off Arcee after crashing directly through a building. Sideways didn't get far, and eventually met his end when [[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]] engaged in pursuit, transformed, and bisected Sideways as he attempted to flee. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

==Games==
[[Image:ROTFTheGame_Sideways.jpg|right|thumb|Bite my shiny metal ass!]]
===''Revenge of the Fallen'': The Game===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[John DiMaggio]]
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==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Legends Class toys====
*'''Sideways''' (Legends, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:''

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====Deluxe Class toys====
[[Image:ROTF Deluxe Sideways.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Seriously, how could you mistake me for [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]?]]
*'''Sideways''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-05'''

:Deluxe-Class Sideways features [[Automorph]] action during the conversion from car to robot mode. When the front bumper is pressed, his front pair of wheels automatically flip underneath the hood. There is also some [[Mech Alive]]: you can see internal gears moving in his fore-arms when moving his arms, as well as a turning disk on each of his elbow. On his right arm is a spinning "saw" blade. He is probably the least film-accurate toy to date (that doesn't fall in a lesser [[Legends Class|size-class]] or different [[Movie (toyline) #Fast Transformers Fun|toy-line]]), but that doesn't make him any less awesome.

:Unlike the other on-screen characters in ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' who turn into consumer vehicles, Sideways' vehicle mode is merely an approximation of an [[wikipedia:Audi_R8|Audi R8]] and is not an accurate replica. This is because the toy vehicle, lacking Audi signage, is unlicensed. This doesn't explain why all versions of Deluxe class Sideways (hand-painted [[prototype]]s, test shots and production toys) are missing the black front lid, roof and rear hood seen on Sideways toys of other price points, and the real car. However, all of the toys are missing the unique silver stripes on top of the black areas seen on the [http://www.europeancarsblog.com/apr-audi-r8/ APR-tuned Audi R8], which was the car used in the movie.

:Yet another victim of late mold changes rampant among the 2008-2009 financial crisis, Sideways appears to have had a hinged thumb on his left hand in Hasbro stock photos whereas this is a solid section molded on to the arm on the final toy. Also, Sideways' windshield underside has two notches added that are not in any early photos nor the instructions. These notches are there ostensibly to more securely connect to Sideways' hood.

:This mold was retooled into the Deluxe class version of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/Sideways/sideways.htm More information on Sideways at TFU.info]''

====Fast Action Battlers====
[[Image:Sideways ROTF FAB toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|''"Do your arms hang low...?"'']]
*'''Magna Missile Sideways''' (Fast Action Battlers, 2009)
**''Accessories:''

:Magna Missile Sideways' robot mode has the entire sides of the car becoming his arms, making this toy even more similar to Barricade than Sideway's movie CG and Deluxe class toy robot design. Like most of the Sideways toys and merchandise (bar the Deluxe class figure), he features screen-accurate black paint on his vehicle front lid, roof and rear hood.

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==Merchandise==
===R.P.M.s - Robot Powered Machines===
====Speed Series====
[[Image:ROTFtoy-SidewaysRPM.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Sideways? More like UNDERside! OH!]]
*'''Sideways''' (R.P.M. Mini-Vehicle, 2009)
**''Number:'' '''01 of 04'''

: Number one in a series of four [[Robot Powered Machines]] [[Mini-Vehicle]] single packs, Sideways is an untransformable Hot Wheels-like car, unless you count his robot mode being sculpted and painted onto the underside of him.
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===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:Robotheroessideswipesideways.jpg|right|thumb|300px|My shiny metal saw will bite ''you!'']]
*'''Sideswipe and Sideways''' (2009)
: Sideways is part of the first wave of ''[[Revenge of the Fallen]]'' ''[[Robot Heroes]]'' figures and is packaged versus [[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]]. He has rotational articulation at both shoulders and extremely limited neck articulation. Curiously, he holds a chainsaw-like blade in his hand, rather than it being integrated into wheel-kibble on his wrist. However, this is pretty close to how his weapon actually works in the official video game; when Sideways fights in melee, his wheel-blades spread out to form razor-edged ovals, presumably for added reach.

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[[Image:Robotheroestwinswidewaysprimedemolishorsideswipe.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Twins aren't the only vehicle that splits in two in this scene.]]
*'''Shanghai Shootout''' (Multi-pack, 2009)
:Shanghai Shootout replicates the opening action scene from ''Revenge of the Fallen'', featuring figurines of [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]/[[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] (ice cream truck), Sideways (vehicle mode), [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]], and [[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]] (vehicle mode). Demolishor is a slightly-oversized figure and the centerpiece of the box set.
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==Notes==
*When [[Wikipedia:Audi|Audi]] was looking to win screen time for one of its cars in the summer films during 2009, Ruben Igielko-Herrlich, a marketing consultant from Propaganda Global Entertainment Marketing, helped the company to find an opportunity in the film ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. Ruben talked the staffs from the film into finding a role for the [[Wikipedia:Audi R8|Audi R8]]. Ultimately, Audi R8 appeared in the film as Sideways, a (poor) villain. So, Sideways became the only Transformers whose alternate mode is not a automobile manufactured by [[General Motors]] in the .<ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_28/b4139068367113.htm Hollywood's Blockbuster Role for Product Placement - BusinessWeek]</ref>

==Reference==
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[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen characters]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)

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The Xbox 360/Sony Playstation 3/Windows PC versions of '''[[Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|Revenge of the Fallen: The Game]]''' follows a number of Autobots and Decepticons through a loose approximation of the movie's plot. The game has two campaigns, one for each faction. It is the first Transformers game on a console to feature online play.
==Versions==
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==Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=Playable|c1=
'''[[Autobot]]s'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]/Powered-Up Optimus Prime ([[Peter Cullen]])
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] ([[Mark Ryan]])
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] ([[Jess Harnell]])
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] ([[Robert Foxworth]])
*[[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]] ([[Andrew Kishino]])
'''[[Decepticon]]s'''
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]/Megatron (Flight) ([[Frank Welker]])
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] ([[Charlie Adler]])
*[[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]] ([[Neil Kaplan]])
*[[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] ([[Fred Tatasciore]])
*[[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] ([[John DiMaggio]])

|h2=Non-Playable|c2=
*[[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] ([[Clive Revill]])
*[[The Fallen]] ([[James Arnold Taylor]])
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] ([[Peter Jessop]])
*[[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]]
*[[Constructicon Scout]]
*[[Combaticon Warrior]]
|h3=Multiplayer|c3=
*[[Protectobot Scout]]
*[[Seeker Sniper]]
*[[Aerialbot Scout 2]]
}}
{{stub|Weren't there others as well? Such as the Stunticons, the Decepticon NEST jeep, the police car, the Decepticon NEST helicopter etc.?}}

==Synopsis==

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==Response==

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==Technical errors and oddities==

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==Trivia==
*Throughout the North American levels, there are billboards for films such as [[wikipedia : The Island (2005 film)|The Atoll]], [[wikipedia : Bad Boys (1995 film)|Tough Guyz]], [[wikipedia : Armageddon (1998 film)|Earth's End]], and [[wikipedia : The Rock (film)|The Stone]].

*For destroying 250 Decepticons in the Autobot campaign, you earn the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiHsxQJ9ZOo Awesome] Achievement/Trophy.

*For destroying 350 Autobots in the Decepticon campaign, you earn the [[wikipedia : Bad Boys (1995 film)|Bad Boys]] Achievement/Trophy.

*Six episodes of the Generation 1 cartoon can be unlocked in the course of the game: [[S.O.S. Dinobots]], [[Fire on the Mountain]], [[War of the Dinobots]], and The Ultimate Doom, Parts [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 1|1]], [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 2|2]], and [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3|3]].

*G1-style colour schemes for Ironhide and Starscream can be unlocked for both single and multiplayer modes. Additionally, a yellow colour scheme can be unlocked for Long Haul, making him more closely resemble a conventional (or [[Tonka]]) dump truck.

*As in the [[Transformers The Game|previous games]], [[Frank Welker]] returns as Megatron. He does not, however, voice any of the characters ([[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]], and [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]]) he did in the movie.

==Differences between the Game and Movie==
* Breakaway did not appear in the movie.
* In the movie, Bumblebee is still having troubles with his speech. In the game, he has completely regained his speech.
* Megatron does not receive armor that gives him the power to fly.
* Jetfire's death is altered. In the movie, he commits suicide and gives his parts to Optimus. In the games, he is either stabbed by Megatron before giving his parts to Optimus (Autobot campaign) or killed by the player (Decepticon campaign).
* In the movie, Sideways is killed by [[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]]. In the Autobot campaign, he is killed by Ironhide (or whoever the player is), since Sideswipe is absent in this game.
* In the movie, Devastator is killed at the pyramids. In the game, he is killed in Cairo.
* The Autobots did not supply the humans with a weapon to battle the Decepticons in the movie.

==External links==
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[[Category:Video games]]

Revenge of the Fallen (video games)

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2009 saw multiple '''''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' video games''' published for numerous gaming systems by [[Activision]] in conjunction with the [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|motion picture]].

==Versions==

* [[Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Windows PC]]
* [[Revenge of the Fallen (Wii/PS2)|Wii, Playstation 2]]
* Nintendo DS [[Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots|Autobots]] and [[Revenge of the Fallen: Decepticons|Decepticons]]
* [[Revenge of the Fallen (PSP)|PSP]]

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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=Playable Characters|c1=
'''[[Autobot]]s'''
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]
* [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]
* [[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]]
* [[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]] DLC (Downloadable content) in PS3 and Xbox 360 versions playable in DS and PSP
* [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] playable in Wii and PS2 versions
'''[[Decepticon]]s'''
* [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]
* [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]
* [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]]
* [[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]]
* [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]
|h2=[[Drones]]|c2=
'''Autobots'''
* [[Protectobot (ROTF)|Protectobots]]
{{collist|3|
:* [[Protectobot Scout]]
:* [[Protectobot Sniper]]
:* [[Protectobot Warrior]]
}}
* [[Aerialbot (ROTF)|Aerialbots]]
{{collist|3|
:* [[Aerialbot Scout 1]]
:* [[Aerialbot Scout 2]]
}}

* [[Omnibot (ROTF)|Omnibots]]
{{collist|3|
:* [[Omnibot Leader]]
:* [[Omnibot Warrior]]
}}
'''Decepticons'''
* [[Combaticon (ROTF)|Combaticons]]
{{collist|3|
:* [[Combaticon Scout]]
:* [[Combaticon Sniper]]
:* [[Combaticon Warrior]]
}}
* [[Seeker (Movie)|Seekers]]
{{collist|3|
:* [[Seeker Sniper]]
:* [[Dirge (ROTF)|Dirge]]
:* [[Thrust (ROTF)|Thrust]]
}}
* [[Stunticon (Movie)|Stunticons]]
{{collist|3|
:* [[Stunticon Scout 2]]
}}

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h3=Other Characters|c3=
'''Decepticons'''
* [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]
* [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]]
* [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]]
* [[Scrapper (ROTF)|Scrapper]]
'''[[Human]]s'''
* [[Sam Witwicky]]
* [[Mikaela Banes]]
* [[Theodore Galloway|Director Galloway]]
* [[William Lennox|Major Lennox]]
* [[Robert Epps|Sergeant Epps]]
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==External links==
*[http://www.transformersgame.com Official website for Transformers: The Game]

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