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Mudflap (ROTF)

2009-07-07T07:41:10Z

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OH LAWDY IS DAT SUM DECEPTIMELONS!?

Skids (ROTF)

2009-07-07T07:39:52Z

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Michael Bay

2009-06-28T05:08:08Z

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[[Image:Michaelbay.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"I say Devastator. DE-VAS-TA-TOR!"]]
'''Michael Bay''' ([[February 17]], 1965–) is an American film director and producer. He is the director of [[Dreamworks]]' ''Transformers'' live-action movies, ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]'' and ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]''. He is better known as the director of several highly successful blockbuster motion pictures, such as ''Bad Boys'', ''The Rock'', and ''[[Armageddon]]''.

At times, other people involved with Bay's films have claimed to be Bay himself. It is not known if they are attempting to protect him from the [[Fans|Romans]] or not.<ref>A comment Bay made during the ''Transformers'' promotional reel at [[BotCon 2006]].</ref>

He demands that things be AWESOME. And explode. Because explosions are awesome.

He also claims to have invented Wheelie.

{{bigquote|I don't even know how you ''spend'' that much money on a movie.|Michael Bay on the budgets for other 2007 summer blockbusters<ref name="bayaudio">According to Michael Bay on the ''Transformers'' movie DVD audio commentary.</ref>}}

{{bigquote|Remember the heart and the magic!|Michael Bay's catchphrase regarding ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]''<ref>[http://www.eonline.com/movies/reelgirl/detail/index.jsp?uuid=03ff539b-dffa-4d60-ad7b-084f510128a7&sid=reel A very short interview on E!]</ref>}}

==Fiction==
===Titan Magazines===
Michael Bay produces documentary films about the Transformers. His first one was a shockingly biased piece of Autobot propaganda, and the Decepticons would like to [[Death|have a polite chat about it]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|#13's Star Screams}}

==Toys==
* "'''BayBot'''," a joking representation of Bay in toy form, was "advertised" in an [[easter egg]] on the ''Transformers'' DVD. The toy is an ''[[Alternators]]'' [[Ravage (G1)|Battle Ravage]] with a humanoid head and [[Autobot]] [[insignia]]. And puppies. It's quite disturbing, actually. The toy was created by [[Hasbro]]'s ''Transformers'' design team for Bay, but he had no idea that [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount DVD]] had included it as an easter egg joke.

==Merchandise==
[[Image:Michael Bay M&M.jpg|left|thumb|200px|WHAT HAS SCIENCE DONE?]]
Michael Bay appeared as a lavender [[M&M's|M&M]] in a cross-promotional poster.

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==Convention appearances==
* Bay appeared at the [[BotCon 2009]] [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] Party night, to screen clips from ''Revenge of the Fallen''.

==Notes==
*When the production required a fictional tail serial number to paint on the real MH-53 Pave Low helicopters representing [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], Bay decided to use the tail number from his own personal Gulfstream Aerospace G-1159A jet, '''4500X'''.<ref name="bayaudio" />

*During a television interview on June 13th, 2007 in Australia on the Ten Network's news hour, Bay stated that [[Hugo Weaving]] had recorded his lines as [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] in Australia while Bay directed him from the U.S. using Apple ''iChat'', and thus, he had never actually met the actor.

* Susan Bay, a relative of Michael Bay, is married to famed ''Star Trek'' actor (and the original voice of ''Generation 1'' [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]) [[Leonard Nimoy]], and apparently it was due to their substantial contributions to the [[Griffith Observatory]] that Michael was allowed to film ''Transformers'' at that location.<ref name="bayaudio" />

*According to Bay, the human bystander that Megatron flicks aside during the Mission City sequence was Bay himself (one assumes he means it is a CGI digital double made in his appearance).<ref name="bayaudio" /> This 'cameo' replaces one he filmed where he was the driver of the silver Mercedes-Benz ML320 that Megatron tosses aside.<ref>Easter egg on the ''Transformers'' movie DVD depicting the shooting of an unused scene.</ref>

* Two of Michael Bay's dogs are linked to Transformers. One, [[Mason the Mastiff dog|Mason]], is the dog Miles is seen giving a bath to during the film. A new puppy he got while working on the film was named [[Bonecrusher (Movie)| Bonecrusher]]. No word yet on what, if anything, the dog hates.

* He starred in a Verizon FiOS commercial in which he had an awesome pussy cat (a tiger), an awesome grill (with a life-size Bumblebee, also awesome), and an awesome pool. Typically, he had a switch to blow something up, which he did...three times. The cat was not blown up (which was fortunate), but all three explosions were '''''AWESOME'''''.

* According to an interview with Forbes, Bay receives an 8% cut of royalties from sales of ''Transformers'' movie toys and merchandise.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0622/celebrity-09-transformers-michael-bay-making-movies-enemies-money.html Michael Bay interview on Forbes.com, June 3, 2009]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000881/ Michael Bay on the Internet Movie Database]
*[http://www.michaelbay.com Official website]

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Mudflap (ROTF)

2009-06-27T04:19:54Z

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{{factions|autobot|NEST}}
{{disambig3|Mudflap}}
:''Mudflap is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:ROTF_Mudflap_promo.jpg|thumb|350px|Despite appearances, his chest is not someone's face. No I know what you're thinking, his chest is not a Johnny 5 reference]]

When a [[Spark]] splits into two separate sparks, the resulting two Cybertronians are considered [[twin]]s, with an incredibly close bond. The goofy-looking '''Mudflap''' and his twin [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] are a result of one such division. He's hyperactive, noisy, argumentative, and eager... and so's Mudflap, though he's so desperate to impress that he comes off as having the robot equivalent of ADHD. <ref>[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe|The Movie Universe]]</ref> When they're not trying to outdo each other in crazy daredevil antics the twins are usually bickering with one another over anything. Like Skids, he possesses hyper-reactive optical imaging scanners, making him able to process tactical information faster than any other Transformer (except Skids!). <ref>[[Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Skids Profile, Transformers #1 (Titan, Vol.2)]]</ref>

Each twin can transform into smaller separate vehicles or combine into a single, more durable alternate mode, <ref>[[Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Skids Profile, Transformers #1 (Titan, Vol.2)]] - greatly expanded from his ''[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe|The Movie Universe]]'' bio</ref> but whether they can combine similarly into a larger robot mode remains to be seen. Upon first arriving to Earth, Mudflap and his brother took the form of a beat-up old ice cream truck, but he later [[Scanning|scanned]] a Chevy Trax for a disguise. That being said, it's unlikely the twins will keep an alt-mode for long.

He's also a racist stereotype.

{{bigquote|Nobody messes with the twins!|Mudflap, ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]''}}

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
[[Image:Alliance04 icecreamtruck.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Mudflap is the one in back.]]
Skids and Mudflap arrived on [[Earth]] as part of Autobot reinforcements that [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] requested. They both chose the form of an old, beat-up ice cream truck. The newly-arrived Autobots joined the human-Transformer military alliance [[NEST]] and began training in earnest on [[Diego Garcia]], but soon had to be deployed to [[Shanghai]], [[China]]. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4}}
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===Titan Magazines ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===

[[Image:Titan2-1_Mudflap.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Quick! We have to get to auditions before the cool characters!]]

Mudflap and Skids happily stayed on Cybertron, going through intensive training (which ''totally'' wasn't goofing off) and having extreme-sports contests. Neither wanted to leave their homeworld, and they were the only Transformers on it until [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] turned up with a Decepticon army. When they heard him mention a [[Solar Harvester|star harvester]], Mudflap said they should tell someone...but was a bit upset to find out the fastest way to do that would be to leave Cybertron and tell the Autobots in person.

The decision was made for them when the Decepticons attacked. Mudflap took some hits, causing Skids to obliterate the Decepticons responsible, but for the most part, their training paid off. However, he realised they were running out of places to run, so he followed his brother in leaving the planet and heading for [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}}

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===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Reno Wilson]]
{{comingsoon}}

==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===

====Legends Class Toys====
[[Image:ROTF_Legends_Mudflap.jpg|thumb|250px|]]
*'''Mudflap''' (Legends, 2009)
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[[Image:ROTF_LegendsMudflap_Lawson.jpg|thumb|250px|]]
*'''Bumblebee / EZ Collection Mudflap''' (2009)

: Available exclusively at the Lawson's convenience store in Japan (and the only way to obtain this figure in via TakaraTomy), this version of Legends class Mudflap has more paint applications than the Hasbro release. The Deluxe-class Preview Bumblebee it comes with is unchanged from the regular release. Preorders opened on the [[May 1|1st of May]] and closed on [[June 30]]th, and the figure itself shipped on the [[October 16|16th of October]].

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====Deluxe Class Toys====
[[Image:ROTFMudflap Deluxe 2009.jpg|right|250px|thumb|E.T.'s healing touch is bigger and better than ever]]
*'''Mudflap''' (Deluxe Class, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RA-15'''
**''Accessories:'' Projectile

:Part of the third wave of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Deluxe Class figures, Mudflap transforms into a rust-orange Chevy Trax. He transforms similarly to (but not exactly like) the Deluxe toy of his twin brother, Skids. He also has similar gimmickry; for example, his [[Mech Alive]] gimmick is also activated by pushing in the grill on his chest. This causes some panels in his chest to sway and his head to, uh, headbang. Additional Mech Alive action is engineered into his larger left arm. When his fist folds in towards his wrist, panels on the outside of his forearm spread and reveal a raising spring-loaded missile launcher. In vehicle mode, this missile is stored through a cross-shaped hole on the rear bumper. On a sadder note, the clip which holds his chest to his back has a lot of trouble actually connecting, so you're going to be stuck with just carefully posing him so that he doesn't come undone.

: His feet are misassembled in the package. Swap them! The bigger, separated toe should be on the outside.
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[[Image:ROTF_Deluxe_Skids&Mudflap_toy.jpg|thumb|250px|He was always the horse's rear end in school plays]]
*'''Autobot Skids And Mudflap''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number:''

:This two pack of the two twin Autobot brothers can combine into a single, old-fashioned ice cream truck. Unfortunately, they are SMALLER than a scout class figure.

:It may actually be the most outstanding combiner figure of the ROTF toyline...
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====Fast Action Battlers====
[[Image:ROTF_FAB_GrappleGripMudflap.jpg|thumb|250px|His special arm: There's no other like it.]]
*'''Grapple Grip Mudflap''' (Fast Action Battler, 2009)

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====Gravity Bots====
[[Image:Mudflap Gravity Bot.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Believe it or not, his head looked like that before he entered the car compacter.]]
*'''Mudflap''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GB-05'''

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==Merchandise==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
====R.P.M.s - Robot Powered Machines====
=====Battle Series=====
*'''Mudflap vs Autobot Skids''' (R.P.M. Mini-Vehicle, 2009)
**''Number:'' '''04 of 08'''

: Number four in a series of eight [[Robot Powered Machines]] [[Mini-Vehicle]] versus packs, Mudflap is packaged with his twin Skids. It's a non-transformable Hot Wheels-like car, with his robot mode sculpted and painted onto the underside of him.

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===Robot Heroes===
*'''Mudflap and Rampage''' (2009)

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==Trivia==
*Oddly enough, even though Mudflap's Chevy Trax form features big blue "eyes" on his chest, he makes up the ''back'' of the ice cream truck, even though the truck seems to have a similar "face" on its grill that does not appear on his brother (and fellow combiner) Skids' Chevy Beat form.
*The twins have been accused of being derogatory racial stereotypes. [http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap.org/jivetalking-twin-transformers-raise-race-issues-ap]

==References==
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[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:NEST]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen characters]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]