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Starscream (Movie)

2007-07-07T02:06:54Z

78.16.124.108: /* ''Transformers'' (2007 film) */

{{disambig3|Starscream}}

:''Starscream is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:moviescream.jpg |right|thumb|250px|He once caught one ''this big''.]]

'''Starscream''' is all ego, vanity, and self-interest. He will do anything to hang on to power or attain more. Though powerful, he is at heart a schemer, contemptuous of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s reliance on brute force. Starscream believes that lies, manipulation, and deceit are a superior path to power.

==Fiction==

====''Ghosts of Yesterday'' prequel novel====

Starscream had ascended to Decepticon leadership in the absence of their former lord, and though he must "seem" to carry on the long search for the lost Megatron and the [[Allspark]] to keep his position as leader, his greatest hope was that Megatron NEVER be found. Some loyal Decepticons, especially [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], strongly suspect this and sought to frustrate Starscream's self-serving plans. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday}}

====''Prime Directives'' prequel comic====

===''Transformers'' (2007 film)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Charlie Adler]] (English)

{{spoiler}}

[[Image:Movie_Starscream_holographavatar1.jpg|left|thumb|200px|]]

Starscream was lying in wait at a US air base when covert agent [[Frenzy]] reported that the [[All Spark]] had been located, along with Megatron underneath [[Hoover Dam]]. Starscream ordered the rest of the Decepticons to move out.

The first to arrive, Starscream attacked the hydro-electricity power plant attached to the Dam to cause havok to [[Sector Seven]]'s operations and to speed the thawing of Megatron. With Frenzy's sabotage, Megatron eventually broke free of his icy restraints and escaped the facility and met with the waiting Starscream. Demanding to know what happened to the All Spark, Megatron was told by his second in command that the it was now in the possession of the [[humans]]. Furious, Megatron berated him for yet another failure.

During the assault on a nearby city, Starscream fooled [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]]'s unit by posing as an F-22 Raptor providing cover. Starscream launched and attack that crippled [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] as [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] realized too late who the fighter really was. As [[Sam Witwicky]] ran with the All Spark, Starscream swooped down, blocking his path, only to be attacked by both Ironhide and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]. Besting them, Starscream took to the skies again as real F-22 Raptors from the US Air Force finally arrived.

[[Image:Starscreammoviestillrobot.jpg|right|thumb|200px|How do you feel, mighty traffic? Yah!]]

Pretending to be a part of their squadron, Starscream surprised the human pilots by transforming in mid-air and, while pilling the most impressive Jet Judo routine in 20 years, easily destroying several of the Raptors before he was fired upon and had to reassume his disguise to confuse the pilots. Eventually, the tide turned in favour of the Autobots and their human allies, so Starscream hid among the remaining Raptor fighters and joined their aerial assault on Megatron. This damaged Megatron's armor enough to open a spot for [[Sam Witwicky]] to thrust the All Spark into Megatron's chest, extinghuishing his [[spark]].

All but one of the Decepticons were defeated, their bodies cast into the deepest part of the ocean. Ultimately, Starscream retreated from Earth to parts unknown. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)}}

===Sector Seven game continuity===
During late April/Early May of 2007, Sector Seven has intercepted two sound clips through agent Cod3x and another source. Apparently, Starscream wanted to make his presence known and left a message announcing that he would have the All Spark, and that Agent Powers would be the one to hand it over. These messages were somewhat garbled, as they were apparently received over a SETI@home system. So far, only these two "blips" have been analysed (the second still needing work), but more may come in the near future. {{storylink|Sector Seven (game)}}

==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
*'''Protoform Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2007)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-05'''
[[Image:MovieProtoform_Starscream_toy.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Gold Plastic Syndrome just waiting to happen]]

:Based upon the 'Protoform' (Cybertronian) appearances of the Transformers in the Movie, Protoform Starscream transforms into his 'Entry' mode cybertronic rocket thing. This mode somewhat resembles a cybertronic spaceship, with a visible bridge between the two dorsal fins. A flame decoration piece fits to the back of the 'vehicle' over the missile projectile, creating the illusion of a flaming comet's tail. The bottom of the vehicle has small wheels to roll the toy across smooth surfaces.

:In robot mode, Starscream marginally resembles previous Starscreams, mostly G1 Starscream, with the large turbines on his chest, wings and vents on his legs. Due to his extensive use of ball joints, he has excellent articulation. Starscream is armed with a spring-loaded missile launcher that fires the previously mentioned projectile cast in the same bronze colour as his body. Alternatively, the flame decoration can be fitted onto the end of the barrel.

:This toy also has an [[Automorph]]ing feature, as most of the figures in the main line do. By pushing his head back during transformation, his shoulder pieces move back into place, while moving them forward will make the head pop back up. While either the missle or the flame can be placed into the gun, the flame can be placed onto the missile, using both at once.

: It's also entirely possible for this figure to eventually suffer from [[Gold Plastic Syndrome|GPS]], as the bronze plastic it is cast in has the same characteristic swirling that older figures exhibited before it would deteriorate. However, newer materials and processes may prevent the toy from ever seeing a single crack form. It is highly suggested that this toy not be painted or altered in any way to maximize its life span. This means YOU, [[kitbash]]ers.

*'''Starscream''' (Voyager, 2007)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-08'''

[[Image:Movie_Voyager_Starscream_toy.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Fingers are a luxury]]

: The Voyager-class version of Movie Starscream transforms into a very inaccurate, though officially-licensed [[wikipedia:F-22|Lockheed-Martin F-22 Raptor fighter jet]]. For reasons unknown, Starscream is a tan/taupe colouring, with rather 'backwards' paint details: on Starscream parts painted grey are metallic on the real F-22, and parts painted silver (such as the edges of his wings) are actually supposed to be grey. Ironically enough, the hue of Starscream's plastic changes with different light conditions, (probably unintentionally) mimicking the colour-changing characteristics of the frontline F-22 Raptors.

:However, most Starscream's vehicle mode inaccuracies are down to his very design and structure. He has almost no engine details to speak of, the rear stabilisers are the wrong shape (and of extremely simple sculpt) and his head and feet are blatantly visible. Starscream also almost certainly has the most undercarriage junk of any transformer based on a real-life plane ever made, with his legs creating a large and blocky fuselage section and some huge and very prominent triple-barrel Gatling missile launchers mounted under each wing. Pushing the fighter along a smooth surface causes the barrels to rotate and fire their projectiles, which can also be stored in the black flip-up braces on the launchers.

:During transformation, pushing up upon the canopy fuselage piece activates Starscream's [[Automorph]]ing gimmick which pushes panels out of the torso, wings and stabilisers. In robot mode, Starscream is mostly faithful to his movie CGI model, except for being bulkier around his chest, lacking engines on his back and the very large Gatling cannons serving as his arms (a facsimile of his much more slender weapons from the movie). Interestingly, his projectile missiles are sculpted to resemble fingers, should users choose keep them loaded while Starscream is in robot mode.

:This toy was later retooled and redecoed into Movie [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]].

*'''Starscream''' (Legends, 2007)

: Legends-class Starscream is a highly simplified, low-cost version of Starscream in his F-22 Raptor body. As such, he has a greatly compromised transformation sequence due to the smaller parts count, with limited articulated and detailing.

*'''Starscream''' (Voyager, 2007)

: An extensive redeco of Voyager class Starscream painted in a colour scheme based upon ''Generation 1'' [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], this version of Starscream shares the retooled version of this mold with Movie Thundercracker, giving Starscream a new G1-styled headsculpt.

====Fast Action Battlers====
*'''Battle Blade Starscream''' (2007)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''QC-02'''

[[Image:Movie_FAB_Starscream.jpg|right|thumb|You are the Dragon Booster Artha!]]

:Battle Blade Starscream transforms into a somewhat superdeformed F-22 Raptor, simplifying the overall design to the point of his feet noticeably sticking out the aft of the fighter, and a truncated transformation sequence reminiscent of past Transformers such as ''Generation 1'' [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and ''Cybertron'' [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]]. Rather than having a separate weapon, he only has a claw-like blade that flips over the right hand (hence 'Battle Blade') and a missile in the palm of his left hand. It's also quite inaccurate to his movie design in both robot and vehicle modes.

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==Merchandise==
*'''Starscream Barrel Roll Blaster''' (2007)
:This version of Starscream's altmode turns into not a robot, but a robot '''fist''' holding a two-barreled blaster. The guns in this form fire Nerf N-Strike sized foam missiles.

*'''Lunchables''' "Pocket Transformers" toy prize (2007)
[[Image:Starscreamlunchables.jpg|right|thumb|I come with crappy chicken.]]

:Free inside specially marked boxes of Oscar Meyer Lunchables dinners, Starscream was one of six "Pocket Transformers" toy prizes. Molded in green, his tablet unfolds to reveal a picture of his robot mode inside.

:The Lunchables website code engraved on his back is "MISLEAD."

*'''Starscream Micro Flyer''' (2007)

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==Trivia==
* The card back of Protoform Starscream's packaging features a him with a completely different, earlier head sculpt. What's more, this head design is featured on his Protoform body in IDW's movie prequel comics.

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Ironhide (Movie)

2007-07-07T01:53:58Z

78.16.124.108:

{{disambig3|Ironhide}}

:''Ironhide is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Ironhidemovie.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Eat your heart out Dirty Harry.]]

'''Ironhide''' is the Autobot's resident weapons specialist and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime's]] old friend. He is old because he is ''hard''. He's probably had enough replacement parts to build a small army, but Ironhide doggedly refuses to roll over and die for anyone. He'll fight to the bitter end and take down more than his fair share of [[Decepticon]]s in the process.

Ironhide doesn't always see optic to optic with Prime, despite their friendship. He's perhaps the more practical of the two, and more than a little trigger happy, so he can be more willing to push to autobot code to the limit if he thinks it will get the job done faster.

He has more guns than [[Carbombya|a smaller third-world country]].

==Fiction==
===''Official Movie Prequel'' comic===

=== [[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday]] novel ===
{{spoiler}}
===''Transformers'' (2007) movie===
[[Image:MovieIronhidetrailer.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Shouldn't have eaten those beans.]]
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jess Harnell]] (English)
After meeting [[Sam Witwicky]] and [[Mikaela Banes]], Ironhide displayed an eagerness to show off his [[weapon|cannons]]. Going to the Witwicky residence, Ironhide was urinated upon by [[Mojo|a rodent]]. This unpleasant situation was made worse by [[Sam Witwicky]]'s refusal to let him shoot it. He also suggested shooting [[Judy Witwicky|the parents]], as they were interfering with Sam's search for [[Captain Witwicky]]'s [[glasses]]. Optimus reminded him that they don't hurt humans, and scoled his weapons expert, to which Ironhide responded that he merely thought it should remain an option.

In the final battle at [[Mission City]], Ironhide and the other Autobots fought to hold off the Decepticons while Sam made his way to a rooftop where he could pass the [[All Spark]] to a military helicopter. He did an unnecessary series of somersaults to avoid some missile fire and totally scared the crap out of a lady sitting in the middle of the street. Then again, if your sitting in the middle of the crossfire between two [[Transformer|trigger happy robot]]s, survival may not be a priority.

After the destruction of Megatron and the All Spark, Ironhide gave [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]] a ride home.

{{-}}

===''Transformers'' The Game===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Mark Ryan]]

Brief aside with Optimus Prime reveals Ironhide's actions may have resulted in the destruction of [[Cyber Five|a small planet]] at one point. Ironhide maintains that it was going to blow up anyway.

==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
:'''Ironhide''' (Voyager, 2007)
:''Japanese ID Number:'' '''MA-09'''

[[Image:Movie_Voyager_Ironhide_toy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Quickdraw McGraw'd shoot you for handing him the wrong hat]]

:Ironhide transforms into a modified black 2006 GMC Topkick 6500 four-wheel drive pickup truck. The two exhaust smokestacks behind the rear cabin have been shortened from the real scaled length and the prototype due to [[For safety reasons|safety]] and durability reasons, but otherwise the vehicle mode is very accurate to the real truck... well, aside from the fact Ironhide's massive missile launchers are quite visible underneath the vehicle.

:Ironhide features an [[Automorph]] gimmick in his legs during transformation: As the user swings down his feet, all of the panels that make up his legs automaticaly shift and fold into place. This gimmick does not affect Ironhide's articulation. The instructions omit the exact positioning of the roof panels and rear window on his back, confusingly.

:In robot mode, Ironhide is quite accurate to his CGI design, though obviously simplified for toy practicality. Contrary to appearances, he features full standard up-down and lateral shoulder articulation, as well as articulation in his elbows, hips and knees. His arm-mounted cannons are inactive while mounted on both arms. However, detaching the left arm cannon and combining it with the right arm creates a '''huge''' functional missile launcher that is almost as big as Ironhide himself. The missile launching mechanism itself isn't the typical spring-loaded button design, instead relying on a pressure-launch system to fire the missiles from the four barrels.

:'''Ironhide''' (Legends, 200?)

====Fast Action Battlers====
:'''Cannon Blast Ironhide''' (2007)

==Trivia==
* In the initial draft of the movie, Ironhide was not present among the Autobot cast. However, due to fan input, he replaced female Autobot [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] in later drafts and the subsequent final script.

* In the movie, both of Ironhide's guns have 10,000 parts each.

* According to an article from [http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=121589 Edmunds], Monroe Truck Equipment, in association with Hasbro, will release a GMC TopKick Ironhide special edition featuring most of the modifications made to the Ironhide vehicle props used in the movie.

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Ironhide (Movie)

2007-07-07T01:51:11Z

78.16.124.108: /* Transformers (2007) */

{{disambig3|Ironhide}}

:''Ironhide is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Ironhidemovie.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Eat your heart out Dirty Harry.]]

'''Ironhide''' is the Autobot's resident weapons specialist and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime's]] old friend. He is old because he is ''hard''. He's probably had enough replacement parts to build a small army, but Ironhide doggedly refuses to roll over and die for anyone. He'll fight to the bitter end and take down more than his fair share of [[Decepticon]]s in the process.

He has more guns than [[Carbombya|a smaller third-world country]].

==Fiction==
===''Official Movie Prequel'' comic===

=== [[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday]] novel ===
{{spoiler}}
===''Transformers'' (2007) movie===
[[Image:MovieIronhidetrailer.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Shouldn't have eaten those beans.]]
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jess Harnell]] (English)
After meeting [[Sam Witwicky]] and [[Mikaela Banes]], Ironhide displayed an eagerness to show off his [[weapon|cannons]]. Going to the Witwicky residence, Ironhide was urinated upon by [[Mojo|a rodent]]. This unpleasant situation was made worse by [[Sam Witwicky]]'s refusal to let him shoot it. He also suggested shooting [[Judy Witwicky|the parents]], as they were interfering with Sam's search for [[Captain Witwicky]]'s [[glasses]]. Optimus reminded him that they don't hurt humans, and scoled his weapons expert, to which Ironhide responded that he merely thought it should remain an option.

In the final battle at [[Mission City]], Ironhide and the other Autobots fought to hold off the Decepticons while Sam made his way to a rooftop where he could pass the [[All Spark]] to a military helicopter. He did an unnecessary series of somersaults to avoid some missile fire and totally scared the crap out of a lady sitting in the middle of the street. Then again, if your sitting in the middle of the crossfire between two [[Transformer|trigger happy robot]]s, survival may not be a priority.

After the destruction of Megatron and the All Spark, Ironhide gave [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]] a ride home.

{{-}}

===''Transformers'' The Game===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Mark Ryan]]

Brief aside with Optimus Prime reveals Ironhide's actions may have resulted in the destruction of [[Cyber Five|a small planet]] at one point. Ironhide maintains that it was going to blow up anyway.

==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
:'''Ironhide''' (Voyager, 2007)
:''Japanese ID Number:'' '''MA-09'''

[[Image:Movie_Voyager_Ironhide_toy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Quickdraw McGraw'd shoot you for handing him the wrong hat]]

:Ironhide transforms into a modified black 2006 GMC Topkick 6500 four-wheel drive pickup truck. The two exhaust smokestacks behind the rear cabin have been shortened from the real scaled length and the prototype due to [[For safety reasons|safety]] and durability reasons, but otherwise the vehicle mode is very accurate to the real truck... well, aside from the fact Ironhide's massive missile launchers are quite visible underneath the vehicle.

:Ironhide features an [[Automorph]] gimmick in his legs during transformation: As the user swings down his feet, all of the panels that make up his legs automaticaly shift and fold into place. This gimmick does not affect Ironhide's articulation. The instructions omit the exact positioning of the roof panels and rear window on his back, confusingly.

:In robot mode, Ironhide is quite accurate to his CGI design, though obviously simplified for toy practicality. Contrary to appearances, he features full standard up-down and lateral shoulder articulation, as well as articulation in his elbows, hips and knees. His arm-mounted cannons are inactive while mounted on both arms. However, detaching the left arm cannon and combining it with the right arm creates a '''huge''' functional missile launcher that is almost as big as Ironhide himself. The missile launching mechanism itself isn't the typical spring-loaded button design, instead relying on a pressure-launch system to fire the missiles from the four barrels.

:'''Ironhide''' (Legends, 200?)

====Fast Action Battlers====
:'''Cannon Blast Ironhide''' (2007)

==Trivia==
* In the initial draft of the movie, Ironhide was not present among the Autobot cast. However, due to fan input, he replaced female Autobot [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] in later drafts and the subsequent final script.

* In the movie, both of Ironhide's guns have 10,000 parts each.

* According to an article from [http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=121589 Edmunds], Monroe Truck Equipment, in association with Hasbro, will release a GMC TopKick Ironhide special edition featuring most of the modifications made to the Ironhide vehicle props used in the movie.

{{stub}}
[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Movie characters]]
[[Category: Titanium Series]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>