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2009-05-23T17:17:42Z

Godziboy1993: New page: It would appear as though the Constructicon Scouts share the same chassis as Scrapper. Should we use the pic of the Scout for Scrapper's article? ~~~~

It would appear as though the Constructicon Scouts share the same chassis as Scrapper. Should we use the pic of the Scout for Scrapper's article? [[User:Godziboy1993|Godziboy1993]] 13:17, 23 May 2009 (EDT)

William Lennox

2009-05-18T00:20:02Z

Godziboy1993: /* IDW Transformers movie comics */

{{factions|sector7}}
:''William Lennox is a [[human]] in the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Lennox-slide-shoot.jpg|right|250px|thumb|YOU DISHONOR MY FAMILY!]]

'''William Lennox''' is a member of the [[United States Army|United States Army Rangers]]. A young, yet capable officer, Lennox has the friendship and trust of the men under his command.

He has a [[Sarah Lennox|wife]] and a newborn daughter [[United States of America|back home]].

==Fiction==
===''Transformers'' (2007) movie===
:''Actor:'' [[Josh Duhamel]] (English) [[Fumiya Yazaki]] (Japanese-language dub voice)

[[Image:Movie Lennox myladies.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Guys, are we supposed to be getting an episode of the Teletubbies?]]

Returning back to [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]] after a mission behind enemy lines, Lennox's men discussed what they were going to do once they got home to the States. As usual, [[Jorge Figueroa|Fig]] talked about his mom's cooking in Spanish, [[Robert Epps|Epps]] commented that he'll never accept a dinner invitation to Fig's house and [[Donnelly]] reminisced about flat beer, cold hot dogs and baseball on weekends. When asked about what he wanted to do, Lennox replied that he only wanted to hold his baby girl for the first time, to which his men teased him for his sappy sentiment.

After their CV-22 Ospreys touched down, Lennox was writing a report when local boy [[Mahfouz]] visited him carrying a bag of water. Soon afterwards, he talked to his wife Sarah and their daughter on the satellite video phone. Lennox declared that their daughter was so cute that he just wanted to chew on her cheeks, and that they both made one good looking kid. To his delight, Sarah told him their girl has his laugh, though he wondered if she had merely farted. Around the same time as a [[Blackout (Movie)|mysterious MH-53 Pave Low]] helicopter had landed on the base, his connection to Sarah became distorted, and he tried to tell her that he'd be home soon as the transmission was cut.

Suddenly, the base was under attack as the helicopter somehow transformed into a giant walking weapons platform. Leading his men and the boy Mahfouz, they witnessed Epps nearly being crushed by the weapons platform before Fig saved him by firing a sabot from his grenade launcher into the 'chest' of the weapon. With Epps in tow, Lennox's unit escaped as the robot laid waste to SOCCENT, leaving no survivors.

[[Image:Movie Lennox Scorponoktail.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Yeah, real good work watching your commander's back, all you guys standin' in the background.]]

The next morning, after making their way through the desert, the men discussed the past night's events, with Epps expressing his belief that the weapon, whatever it was, looked right back at him as he was taking its photograph. Lennox determined that no matter what, they had to get the information back to the [[Pentagon]], and asked Mahfouz to lead them to his village where they could find a telephone line. Unknown to them, [[Scorponok (Movie)|a second robot]], a mechanical scorpion, was listening to their conversation and stalking them. As they neared the outskirts of the village, a metal spiked tail rose out of the sand and was about to kill Lennox when Epps fired at it, saving his life. Unfortunately, the giant scorpion killed top kick Donnelly and the men ran for their lives to the relative cover of the village.

Ordering the men to form a defensive perimeter, Lennox followed Mahfouz to his father [[Akram]]'s house, the latter of whom provided him with a cell phone. As the others fought off Scorponok, Lennox attempted to call for help from the Pentagon, but had more than a little trouble with the operator who demanded a credit card despite the life-and-death situation he was in. After successfully searching for Epps's credit card in one of the latter's many back pockets, Lennox successfully contacted the Pentagon, but not before the operator tried to get him to sign onto a Premium Plus World Service Gold Package. He'll never use that company again.

[[Image:Movie LennoxEpps backpockets.jpg|left|300px|thumb|10: LEFT CHEEK! 20: GOTO 10]]

The Pentagon sent in two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from Strike Package Bravo. Lennox ordered the men to light up the target for the Air Force' radars to lock onto and fire upon. Unfortunately, the A-10s did no appreciable damage to the metal scorpion, with Epps expressing disbelief that it could still be alive. With the call of [[Bring the rain|"Bring the rain!"]], Lennox suggested the biggest barrels the Air Force had: the 105 millimeter cannons of a AC-130 Spectre gunship. The cannonade pounded Scorponok into the sand. As the dust settled, the scorpion got up and dove into the sand, but not before leaving part of its damaged tail behind. Lennox and Epps ran to check on Fig, who had been struck by one of the scorpion's missiles.

En-route back to America, the team studied the tail segment they salvaged from the battle scene. An analyst observed that it seemed to be covered in a [[Self-regenerating molecular armor]]. Lennox pointed out where a sabot round had burned right through. Turning to Epps's expertise, he asked if it was correct that sabot rounds had a 6000 degree magnesium burn, which Epps said was true. As Lennox ordered Epps to tell command to load sabot rounds on all their gunships, the tail suddenly came to life and narrowly missed impaling them. Epps angrily berated the analyst for telling them it was dead; Lennox ordered them to strap the tail down, while concluding that the technology behind it was 'wicked'. Touching down at Nellis Air Force Base, Lennox's men had barely walked off the plane when [[Sector Seven|mysterious government agents]] pulled up in black SUVs and ordered the Rangers to come with them.

After arriving at [[Hoover Dam]], Lennox and his unit met with Secretary of Defense [[John Keller]], and were taken to see [[Megatron (Movie)|N.B.E.-1]]. After the Iceman began to thaw, Lennox and his unit headed for the armory, where they were having a special on forty mm sabot rounds.

When [[Sam Witwicky]] asked [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]] to free [[Bumblebee (Movie)|a good robot]], Simmons refused to listen, until Lennox got him to cooperate by putting a gun to his chest, resulting in a Mexican standoff between his unit and Sector Seven. Simmons ordered him to release him, but Lennox told Simmons he and his men didn't take orders from people who didn't exist. They won the standoff (losing really isn't an option for those guys). Lennox and his men subsequently escorted Sam and the car to [[Mission City]], meeting [[Autobot|other good robots]] en route.

[[Image:Movie Lennox Sam takethecube.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Give me the girl and no one has to die here.]]

After arriving in Mission City, they were attacked by a [[Seeker|fighter jet]] which [[Ironhide (Movie)|some truck]] called "[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]". Soon afterwards, [[Brawl (Movie)|a tank]] started shelling them, until the good robots totally triple teamed it. When Megatron arrived, the good robots told the soldiers to fall back, and seeing [[Jazz (Movie)|the Pontiac]] trying to cover the retreat of his men, Lennox tried to tell the good robot to fall back as well, but it was too late. Lennox and his men engaged the tank when it got back up, but it just wouldn't die, and things were complicated further when the helicopter that destroyed SOCCENT Qatar turned up. Telling Sam to take the [[All Spark]] to a building to be evacuated, Lennox and his team engaged the tank thing, which began to overpower them. It was only with the help of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|the Camaro]] and [[Mikaela Banes|some girl]] that they were able to kill the thing.

Later, Lennox and his men went to assist [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|the big truck]] in his fight with Megatron. During the battle, that helicopter went to help his boss. Lennox totally killed it dead by the time-honored method of:

* Getting on a motorcycle.
* Jumping off the motorcycle as it slams into the enemy.
* Sliding under his opponent.
* Shooting them in the [[gearbox]] with sabot rounds until they are dead.
* Going "woo-hoo", "yee-ha", or another exclamation of success.

[[Image:Movie LennoxFamily.jpg|left|250px|thumb|It's the circle of liiiife!]]
His final action in the battle of Mission City was to shoot a sabot round in the chest of Megatron, offering an opening to Sam to ram the All Spark in his chest, thus allowing them victory.

After the deaths of the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|the Topkick named Ironhide]] gave him a ride home, where he was reunited with his wife and met his newborn daughter. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers}}
{{-}}

===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
Though the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] had been defeated, the job was not yet done in Mission City. Now acquainted with the good robots known as the [[Autobot|Autobots]], Lennox and his team accompanied [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] to seek out and destroy the mutation Transformers created by the [[All Spark]]'s energy. After the last of the creatures were destroyed, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] requested Lennox's assistance in helping the Autobots escape from less-trustworthy humans such as Sector Seven. Gladly helping, the soldiers found Ironhide a trailer that Prime could use to transport Jazz's remains out of the city. As Ironhide somberly placed his comrade's body into the container, Lennox, Epps and the men lowered their heads in honour of the 'bot who saved their lives. Lennox gave Ironhide his cell phone for Sam Witwicky to call him with once they were safely away (forgetting that his wife would probably call him at some point). As soon as the Autobots left, that jerkface Agent Simmons from Sector Seven turned up, demanding to know what had transpired. To their surprise, Simmons also offered Lennox and Epps positions within Sector Seven to help defend Earth against further Transformer aggression. Initially, they refused, until Sam called Epp's phone right in front of Simmons, blowing Lennox's excuse.

A month later, Simmons managed to persuade Lennox to request the Autobots' assistance in escorting the corpses of the Decepticons to the naval yards for disposal. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1}}

Now members of Sector Seven, Epps and Lennox oversaw the transportation of the Decepticon bodies to the [[San Diego]] [[United States Navy|US Navy]] base where they would be taken to the ocean and dumped. As a gesture of friendship to the Autobots, Lennox also arranged for Jazz to be properly buried at sea, an honour greatly appreciated by Optimus Prime. When the All Spark fragment seemed to react to the presence of the Decepticons, Optimus Prime left it in the care of Sector Seven scientist [[Professor Vine]] while he was away. Lennox ordered [[Salani]] to stay behind and guard the shard with his life. Later, when Optimus Prime had second thoughts, he ordered Bumblebee and Ironhide to return to the Sector Seven [[Nevada]] base to retrieve the fragment, and Lennox sent Epps to accompany them. What they didn't know was Decepticons had leveled the base. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2}}

[[Image:Alliance3_OptimusPrime_Lennox.jpg|thumb|300px|I went from the height of Prime's ankle to his knee in just 2 panels!]]

The convoy returned after learning of [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] and [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s devastating attacks. Just as Simmons was about to leave to find the All Spark shard, Lennox ordered him to stay where he was, and that Simmon's rank was negated by orders from Secretary of Defense Keller, who had terminated Sector Seven and fired Simmons. Lennox felt some regret in seeing Simmons go, but doubted they had seen the last of the strange man. Two weeks later, Lennox butted heads with unsympathetic, suspicious superiors at the [[Pentagon]], who did not trust the Autobots and were not keen on Lennox's idea of a joint military alliance. At the last they agreed, but made it clear it was the young officer's responsibility. After the disposal of the Decepticons, Lennox assured Optimus Prime that it was highly unlikely anything of Earth or Cybertronian origin could reach the bodies. Below deck, Lennox, revealed more "[[transition form|meteors]] had been seen coming down to Earth, and proposed his militaty alliance idea, with the two leaders agreeing to mutual trust and disclosure. Shortly afterwards, the Autobots and human soldiers in the newly formed [[N.E.S.T.]] began training on the island of [[Diego Garcia]], though it did not go too well. Both Optimus Prime and the newly promoted '''Major''' Lennox impressed upon the soldiers that teamwork was paramount to their successful defense of their home. After the drill, Lennox expressed admiration for the Optimus Prime and the Autobots, though the Autobot leader brushed the compliments off, and stated it was humans such as [[Sam Witwicky]] and Lennox who were the true heroes, and the Autobots were just part of the problem. Soon, the NEST team had to move out - the Decepticon [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] had been seen in [[San Francisco]]. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3}}

[[Image:Alliance4_angryLennox_Prime.jpg|thumb|300px|left|What do you mean Self-Destruct? Who was the smart ass who installed this?]]

In San Francisco, when the Decepticons were spotted, Lennox and Bumblebee went after Swindle, who turned to face his pursuers on the Golden Gate Bridge. Lennox distracted the Decepticon from Bumblebee, a move that almost cost him his life before the Autobot destroyed Swindle. Before he died, Swindle boasted that none of them were safe, and that they would find "it". This troubled Lennox, and on the plane trip back to Diego Garcia, he confided with Prime his fears about there being more Decepticons and what they were looking for. When Optimus suggested taking Sam, a possible target, to the base on the island, Lennox refused, stating it was too much to place upon the boy, but agreed that they should assign somebody to keep an eye on him. Back at base, Lennox again butted heads with his superiors, who were supremely unhappy that the Autobots transformed into robot mode, pointedly telling Lennox that his team was expected to fix problems, not create new ones. Lennox was frustrated that the pig-headed brass still didn't trust the Autobots. After seeing Bumblebee off, the team discovered that the Decepticons were once again active in force on Earth, and were authorised to hunt down and destroy the invaders. Though their numbers and their experience grew, Lennox's men suffered losses while taking out the Decepticons. A day after destroying [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]] and [[Dropkick]] in [[Florida]], the team returned to [[Mission City]] to greet new Autobot recruits. Unfortunately, soon afterwards, the greatest test NEST had faced yet appeared: the Decepticon [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] had appeared in [[Shanghai]], [[China]]. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4}}
{{-}}

===''The Veiled Threat'' prequel novel===
{{Note|The events of ''The Veiled Threat'' take place during [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Alliance (comic)|Alliance]]'' comic.}}
{{charstubfiction}}
{{storylink|The Veiled Threat}}

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie===
:''Actor:'' [[Josh Duhamel]] (English)
{{comingsoon}}
{{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)}}

==Trivia==
[[Image:Movie Figueroa cutscene.jpg|right|200px|thumb|By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged!]]
* A later scene where Lennox comforts the dying Figueroa was cut from the theatrical release of the film, but briefly seen in the December 2006 trailer. The scene survived in both [[Transformers: The Movie (novel)|the novelization]] and the [[Transformers: The Junior Novel|children's novelization]] where (despite many changes made to tone down descriptions of violence against ''robots'') he still died. Go fig!

* Early scripts give Lennox's rank as Sergeant.

* Lennox is given the nickname "Wild Bill" in the novelization. Whether this was a deliberate reference to the G.I.Joe character remains unknown.

* Josh Duhamel's left foot was injured by a piece of fake shrapnel during filming.<ref>Duhamel made fun of his minor injury during the Second Life Virtual Press Conference (the shrapnel was made of ''cork'' and it cut his ''pinky'') explaining that he wasn't allowed to do his own stunts.</ref>

[[Image:Movie ScreenBattles Sector7figures.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Hey! It's me! Lennox!]]
* [[Transformers: The Movie (novel)|The novelization]] reveals that Lennox's daughter's name is Annabelle.

* The '''Capture of Bumblebee''' set from the "Screen Battles" packs features what appear to be two [[Sector Seven]] soldiers, but one of them is obviously Lennox painted in Sector Seven colors.

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==Footnotes==
{{Reflist}}

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William Lennox

2009-05-18T00:19:08Z

Godziboy1993: /* IDW Transformers movie comics */

{{factions|sector7}}
:''William Lennox is a [[human]] in the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Lennox-slide-shoot.jpg|right|250px|thumb|YOU DISHONOR MY FAMILY!]]

'''William Lennox''' is a member of the [[United States Army|United States Army Rangers]]. A young, yet capable officer, Lennox has the friendship and trust of the men under his command.

He has a [[Sarah Lennox|wife]] and a newborn daughter [[United States of America|back home]].

==Fiction==
===''Transformers'' (2007) movie===
:''Actor:'' [[Josh Duhamel]] (English) [[Fumiya Yazaki]] (Japanese-language dub voice)

[[Image:Movie Lennox myladies.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Guys, are we supposed to be getting an episode of the Teletubbies?]]

Returning back to [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]] after a mission behind enemy lines, Lennox's men discussed what they were going to do once they got home to the States. As usual, [[Jorge Figueroa|Fig]] talked about his mom's cooking in Spanish, [[Robert Epps|Epps]] commented that he'll never accept a dinner invitation to Fig's house and [[Donnelly]] reminisced about flat beer, cold hot dogs and baseball on weekends. When asked about what he wanted to do, Lennox replied that he only wanted to hold his baby girl for the first time, to which his men teased him for his sappy sentiment.

After their CV-22 Ospreys touched down, Lennox was writing a report when local boy [[Mahfouz]] visited him carrying a bag of water. Soon afterwards, he talked to his wife Sarah and their daughter on the satellite video phone. Lennox declared that their daughter was so cute that he just wanted to chew on her cheeks, and that they both made one good looking kid. To his delight, Sarah told him their girl has his laugh, though he wondered if she had merely farted. Around the same time as a [[Blackout (Movie)|mysterious MH-53 Pave Low]] helicopter had landed on the base, his connection to Sarah became distorted, and he tried to tell her that he'd be home soon as the transmission was cut.

Suddenly, the base was under attack as the helicopter somehow transformed into a giant walking weapons platform. Leading his men and the boy Mahfouz, they witnessed Epps nearly being crushed by the weapons platform before Fig saved him by firing a sabot from his grenade launcher into the 'chest' of the weapon. With Epps in tow, Lennox's unit escaped as the robot laid waste to SOCCENT, leaving no survivors.

[[Image:Movie Lennox Scorponoktail.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Yeah, real good work watching your commander's back, all you guys standin' in the background.]]

The next morning, after making their way through the desert, the men discussed the past night's events, with Epps expressing his belief that the weapon, whatever it was, looked right back at him as he was taking its photograph. Lennox determined that no matter what, they had to get the information back to the [[Pentagon]], and asked Mahfouz to lead them to his village where they could find a telephone line. Unknown to them, [[Scorponok (Movie)|a second robot]], a mechanical scorpion, was listening to their conversation and stalking them. As they neared the outskirts of the village, a metal spiked tail rose out of the sand and was about to kill Lennox when Epps fired at it, saving his life. Unfortunately, the giant scorpion killed top kick Donnelly and the men ran for their lives to the relative cover of the village.

Ordering the men to form a defensive perimeter, Lennox followed Mahfouz to his father [[Akram]]'s house, the latter of whom provided him with a cell phone. As the others fought off Scorponok, Lennox attempted to call for help from the Pentagon, but had more than a little trouble with the operator who demanded a credit card despite the life-and-death situation he was in. After successfully searching for Epps's credit card in one of the latter's many back pockets, Lennox successfully contacted the Pentagon, but not before the operator tried to get him to sign onto a Premium Plus World Service Gold Package. He'll never use that company again.

[[Image:Movie LennoxEpps backpockets.jpg|left|300px|thumb|10: LEFT CHEEK! 20: GOTO 10]]

The Pentagon sent in two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from Strike Package Bravo. Lennox ordered the men to light up the target for the Air Force' radars to lock onto and fire upon. Unfortunately, the A-10s did no appreciable damage to the metal scorpion, with Epps expressing disbelief that it could still be alive. With the call of [[Bring the rain|"Bring the rain!"]], Lennox suggested the biggest barrels the Air Force had: the 105 millimeter cannons of a AC-130 Spectre gunship. The cannonade pounded Scorponok into the sand. As the dust settled, the scorpion got up and dove into the sand, but not before leaving part of its damaged tail behind. Lennox and Epps ran to check on Fig, who had been struck by one of the scorpion's missiles.

En-route back to America, the team studied the tail segment they salvaged from the battle scene. An analyst observed that it seemed to be covered in a [[Self-regenerating molecular armor]]. Lennox pointed out where a sabot round had burned right through. Turning to Epps's expertise, he asked if it was correct that sabot rounds had a 6000 degree magnesium burn, which Epps said was true. As Lennox ordered Epps to tell command to load sabot rounds on all their gunships, the tail suddenly came to life and narrowly missed impaling them. Epps angrily berated the analyst for telling them it was dead; Lennox ordered them to strap the tail down, while concluding that the technology behind it was 'wicked'. Touching down at Nellis Air Force Base, Lennox's men had barely walked off the plane when [[Sector Seven|mysterious government agents]] pulled up in black SUVs and ordered the Rangers to come with them.

After arriving at [[Hoover Dam]], Lennox and his unit met with Secretary of Defense [[John Keller]], and were taken to see [[Megatron (Movie)|N.B.E.-1]]. After the Iceman began to thaw, Lennox and his unit headed for the armory, where they were having a special on forty mm sabot rounds.

When [[Sam Witwicky]] asked [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]] to free [[Bumblebee (Movie)|a good robot]], Simmons refused to listen, until Lennox got him to cooperate by putting a gun to his chest, resulting in a Mexican standoff between his unit and Sector Seven. Simmons ordered him to release him, but Lennox told Simmons he and his men didn't take orders from people who didn't exist. They won the standoff (losing really isn't an option for those guys). Lennox and his men subsequently escorted Sam and the car to [[Mission City]], meeting [[Autobot|other good robots]] en route.

[[Image:Movie Lennox Sam takethecube.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Give me the girl and no one has to die here.]]

After arriving in Mission City, they were attacked by a [[Seeker|fighter jet]] which [[Ironhide (Movie)|some truck]] called "[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]". Soon afterwards, [[Brawl (Movie)|a tank]] started shelling them, until the good robots totally triple teamed it. When Megatron arrived, the good robots told the soldiers to fall back, and seeing [[Jazz (Movie)|the Pontiac]] trying to cover the retreat of his men, Lennox tried to tell the good robot to fall back as well, but it was too late. Lennox and his men engaged the tank when it got back up, but it just wouldn't die, and things were complicated further when the helicopter that destroyed SOCCENT Qatar turned up. Telling Sam to take the [[All Spark]] to a building to be evacuated, Lennox and his team engaged the tank thing, which began to overpower them. It was only with the help of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|the Camaro]] and [[Mikaela Banes|some girl]] that they were able to kill the thing.

Later, Lennox and his men went to assist [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|the big truck]] in his fight with Megatron. During the battle, that helicopter went to help his boss. Lennox totally killed it dead by the time-honored method of:

* Getting on a motorcycle.
* Jumping off the motorcycle as it slams into the enemy.
* Sliding under his opponent.
* Shooting them in the [[gearbox]] with sabot rounds until they are dead.
* Going "woo-hoo", "yee-ha", or another exclamation of success.

[[Image:Movie LennoxFamily.jpg|left|250px|thumb|It's the circle of liiiife!]]
His final action in the battle of Mission City was to shoot a sabot round in the chest of Megatron, offering an opening to Sam to ram the All Spark in his chest, thus allowing them victory.

After the deaths of the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|the Topkick named Ironhide]] gave him a ride home, where he was reunited with his wife and met his newborn daughter. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers}}
{{-}}

===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
Though the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] had been defeated, the job was not yet done in Mission City. Now acquainted with the good robots known as the [[Autobot|Autobots]], Lennox and his team accompanied [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] to seek out and destroy the mutation Transformers created by the [[All Spark]]'s energy. After the last of the creatures were destroyed, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] requested Lennox's assistance in helping the Autobots escape from less-trustworthy humans such as Sector Seven. Gladly helping, the soldiers found Ironhide a trailer that Prime could use to transport Jazz's remains out of the city. As Ironhide somberly placed his comrade's body into the container, Lennox, Epps and the men lowered their heads in honour of the 'bot who saved their lives. Lennox gave Ironhide his cell phone for Sam Witwicky to call him with once they were safely away (forgetting that his wife would probably call him at some point). As soon as the Autobots left, that jerkface Agent Simmons from Sector Seven turned up, demanding to know what had transpired. To their surprise, Simmons also offered Lennox and Epps positions within Sector Seven to help defend Earth against further Transformer aggression. Initially, they refused, until Sam called Epp's phone right in front of Simmons, blowing Lennox's excuse.

A month later, Simmons managed to persuade Lennox to request the Autobots' assistance in escorting the corpses of the Decepticons to the naval yards for disposal. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1}}

Now members of Sector Seven, Epps and Lennox oversaw the transportation of the Decepticon bodies to the [[San Diego]] [[United States Navy|US Navy]] base where they would be taken to the ocean and dumped. As a gesture of friendship to the Autobots, Lennox also arranged for Jazz to be properly buried at sea, an honour greatly appreciated by Optimus Prime. When the All Spark fragment seemed to react to the presence of the Decepticons, Optimus Prime left it in the care of Sector Seven scientist [[Professor Vine]] while he was away. Lennox ordered [[Salani]] to stay behind and guard the shard with his life. Later, when Optimus Prime had second thoughts, he ordered Bumblebee and Ironhide to return to the Sector Seven [[Nevada]] base to retrieve the fragment, and Lennox sent Epps to accompany them. What they didn't know was Decepticons had leveled the base. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2}}

[[Image:Alliance3_OptimusPrime_Lennox.jpg|thumb|300px|I went from the height of Prime's ankle to his knee in just 2 panels!]]

The convoy returned after learning of [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] and [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s devastating attacks. Just as Simmons was about to leave to find the All Spark shard, Lennox ordered him to stay where he was, and that Simmon's rank was negated by orders from Secretary of Defense Keller, who had terminated Sector Seven and fired Simmons. Lennox felt some regret in seeing Simmons go, but doubted they had seen the last of the strange man. Two weeks later, Lennox butted heads with unsympathetic, suspicious superiors at the [[Pentagon]], who did not trust the Autobots and were not keen on Lennox's idea of a joint military alliance. At the last they agreed, but made it clear it was the young officer's responsibility. After the disposal of the Decepticons, Lennox assured Optimus Prime that it was highly unlikely anything of Earth or Cybertronian origin could reach the bodies. Below deck, Lennox, revealed more "[[transition form|meteors]] had been seen coming down to Earth, and proposed his militaty alliance idea, with the two leaders agreeing to mutual trust and disclosure. Shortly afterwards, the Autobots and human soldiers in the newly formed [[N.E.S.T.]] began training on the island of [[Diego Garcia]], though it did not go too well. Both Optimus Prime and the newly promoted '''Major''' Lennox impressed upon the soldiers that teamwork was paramount to their successful defense of their home. After the drill, Lennox expressed admiration for the Optimus Prime and the Autobots, though the Autobot leader brushed the compliments off, and stated it was humans such as [[Sam Witwicky]] and Lennox who were the true heroes, and the Autobots were just part of the problem. Soon, the NEST team had to move out - the Decepticon [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] had been seen in [[San Francisco]]. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3}}

[[Image:Alliance4_angryLennox_Prime.jpg|thumb|300px|left|]]

In San Francisco, when the Decepticons were spotted, Lennox and Bumblebee went after Swindle, who turned to face his pursuers on the Golden Gate Bridge. Lennox distracted the Decepticon from Bumblebee, a move that almost cost him his life before the Autobot destroyed Swindle. Before he died, Swindle boasted that none of them were safe, and that they would find "it". This troubled Lennox, and on the plane trip back to Diego Garcia, he confided with Prime his fears about there being more Decepticons and what they were looking for. When Optimus suggested taking Sam, a possible target, to the base on the island, Lennox refused, stating it was too much to place upon the boy, but agreed that they should assign somebody to keep an eye on him. Back at base, Lennox again butted heads with his superiors, who were supremely unhappy that the Autobots transformed into robot mode, pointedly telling Lennox that his team was expected to fix problems, not create new ones. Lennox was frustrated that the pig-headed brass still didn't trust the Autobots. After seeing Bumblebee off, the team discovered that the Decepticons were once again active in force on Earth, and were authorised to hunt down and destroy the invaders. Though their numbers and their experience grew, Lennox's men suffered losses while taking out the Decepticons. A day after destroying [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]] and [[Dropkick]] in [[Florida]], the team returned to [[Mission City]] to greet new Autobot recruits. Unfortunately, soon afterwards, the greatest test NEST had faced yet appeared: the Decepticon [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] had appeared in [[Shanghai]], [[China]]. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4}}
{{-}}

===''The Veiled Threat'' prequel novel===
{{Note|The events of ''The Veiled Threat'' take place during [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Alliance (comic)|Alliance]]'' comic.}}
{{charstubfiction}}
{{storylink|The Veiled Threat}}

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie===
:''Actor:'' [[Josh Duhamel]] (English)
{{comingsoon}}
{{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)}}

==Trivia==
[[Image:Movie Figueroa cutscene.jpg|right|200px|thumb|By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged!]]
* A later scene where Lennox comforts the dying Figueroa was cut from the theatrical release of the film, but briefly seen in the December 2006 trailer. The scene survived in both [[Transformers: The Movie (novel)|the novelization]] and the [[Transformers: The Junior Novel|children's novelization]] where (despite many changes made to tone down descriptions of violence against ''robots'') he still died. Go fig!

* Early scripts give Lennox's rank as Sergeant.

* Lennox is given the nickname "Wild Bill" in the novelization. Whether this was a deliberate reference to the G.I.Joe character remains unknown.

* Josh Duhamel's left foot was injured by a piece of fake shrapnel during filming.<ref>Duhamel made fun of his minor injury during the Second Life Virtual Press Conference (the shrapnel was made of ''cork'' and it cut his ''pinky'') explaining that he wasn't allowed to do his own stunts.</ref>

[[Image:Movie ScreenBattles Sector7figures.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Hey! It's me! Lennox!]]
* [[Transformers: The Movie (novel)|The novelization]] reveals that Lennox's daughter's name is Annabelle.

* The '''Capture of Bumblebee''' set from the "Screen Battles" packs features what appear to be two [[Sector Seven]] soldiers, but one of them is obviously Lennox painted in Sector Seven colors.

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==Footnotes==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lennox William}}
[[Category:Character stubs missing fiction]]
[[Category:Humans]]
[[Category:Movie characters]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen characters]]
[[Category:United States military]]

Soundwave (Cybertron)

2009-05-17T21:49:08Z

Godziboy1993: /* Trivia */

{{factions|decepticon|unicron}}
{{disambig3|Soundwave}}
:''Soundwave is a [[Planet X]] [[Decepticon]] from the [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]].''

[[Image:SoundwaveCyb FPbio.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"The rock it to the bang bang boogie say up jumped the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat."]]
'''Soundwave''' is possibly Planet X's most physically intimidating warrior, but his ''true'' talent and the real threat comes from his "mad skillz" at creating confusion. His audio-altering abilities let him change his voice to sound like virtually anyone, or focus devastating sonic attacks. He also seems to be able to create illusions, though of limited duration, to further confuse his targets. The abilities of his companion [[Laserbeak (Cybertron)|Laserbeak]] only increase Soundwave's ability to confound and crush.

Even his speech seems to be geared towards throwing people off-balance; though his tone is often a deadpan monotone (at least, when he's not impersonating someone else), his speech is that of a rave-club DJ, announcing loudly to "all the bots in the hizzouse" that he's here to "lay some science down on you all". Despite the appearance these mannerisms give off, he's actually a very serious-minded and focused robot, far more than his fellow Planet X agent [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]. His mission is manipulating [[Autobot]] and Decepticon alike to get his revenge on the citizens of [[Gigantion]], and serving the will of [[Unicron]].

{{quote|His name is Soundwave, and he spins like the sun.|[[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]]|"[[Giant]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Cybertron'' comic====
When his home planet, the world of technological marauders known only as [[Planet X]], was destroyed in a war with [[Gigantion]], Soundwave was one of a small handful of survivors who became fixated solely on revenge against the Giant Planet. Immediately after that catastrophic event, Planet X's surviving scholars pooled their knowledge in a search for some force which might bring the same fate to their hated enemies. Lore of an ancient, planet-devouring being brought them hope, and they split up across the universe in their search for it. Soundwave would end up succeeding in the millennia-long quest, tracing the Gigantion [[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]]' origins to his quarry: [[Unicron]]. Soundwave struck a deal with the Chaos Bringer: one million years of servitude in return for the assured destruction of Gigantion.<ref>Soundwave's [[bio]] in the [[Revelations Part 3|''Transformers Collectors' Club Official Newsletter'' #9]]</ref>

Unfortunately for Soundwave, Unicron was destroyed just as the end date of his servitude approached. {{storylink|The Sun|The Sun}} But he did not let this minor detail impede his loyalty; while [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]'s forces were busy searching for the [[Cyber Planet Key|Cyber Planet Keys]], Soundwave and Laserbeak stole the fallen [[Nemesis Prime (Universe 2003)|Nemesis Prime]]'s [[Dead Matrix]] from the [[Autobot|Autobots]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and cast it into the [[Unicron Singularity]], liberating the Chaos Bringer's essence. Unicron's lifeforce immediately sought out and entered the tiny planet [[Yst]], which he perverted and destroyed from within, shaping it into his new body. {{storylink|Revelations Part 3|Revelations Part 3}} Unicron (now the size of an average Transformer) returned to Cybertronian orbit and rejoined Soundwave. The two of them participated briefly in a battle among some Mini-Cons and [[Omega Prime|a few]] [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|dimensional]] [[Landquake (Timelines)|travelers]] before the transformation of Cybertron itself into [[Primus]]' robot mode caused them to flee. {{storylink|Revelations Part 6|Revelations Part 6}}

====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Robert O. Smith]] (US), [[Taketora]] (Japan)

[[Image:GiantCybertronSoundwave.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Can I get a what what?"]]
Following Primus' transformation, the Autobots and Decepticons focused their efforts into locating the fourth and final Cyber Planet Key, which just so happened to be on Gigantion. With the Decepticons unable to voyage across time and space to the parallel dimension in which Gigantion was located, Soundwave seized upon another chance for revenge and opted to ally himself with the villains. Emerging before the Decepticons from a fiery portal in space, Soundwave performed a bit of dramatic posturing before revealing his name and informing them that he knew the way to the planet. {{storylink|Titans|Titans}}

Living up to his word, Soundwave led Megatron and his troops through another fiery portal, across the dimensions to the Giant Planet. {{storylink|Warp|Warp}} When the Decepticons clashed with Optimus Prime's Autobots not long afterwards, Soundwave shocked the amassed heroes with his talent for mimicry by flawlessly impersonating the Autobot leader's voice. Prime was flattered and merged with [[Wing Saber]] to battle Soundwave; the villain held his own in the fight, but when Megatron was thoroughly pwned by Giant Planet leader [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]], he joined the Decepticons in fleeing. {{storylink|Giant|Giant}} Megatron proceeded to tap the power of Gigantion's Cyber Planet Key, and transformed himself into Galvatron, at which point Soundwave decided to "drop out of this session," and flew off to carry out his own agenda. He observed Galvatron's subsequent battle with Optimus Prime from afar with great interest. {{storylink|Fury|Fury}}

During a later battle between Optimus Prime and Soundwave's fellow Planet X-er [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] over the starship ''[[Atlantis]]'', Soundwave suddenly came streaking into the middle of the battlefield to yank Sideways out of the path of a blast from Prime. The pair retreated to safety, as Soundwave reminded Sideways not to forget the true reason they were there. {{storylink|City|City}} The duplicitous duo began searching for Gigantion's Cyber Planet Key, but when they were caught in the act by the [[Cybertron Defense Team]], Soundwave didn't have any reservations about revealing his and Sideways's true history to the Autobot trio, as he intended to destroy them. As Laserbeak shrouded the area with a smokescreen, Soundwave used his imitative abilities to distract and disorient the three Autobots, until [[Scattershot]] blasted Laserbeak out of the air. After the smoke cleared, the trio unloaded their weapons on the two tricksters, collapsing a tower on top of them. {{storylink|Challenge|Challenge}}

Following this defeat, Soundwave and Sideways dropped out of sight for a period of time, during which the Autobot successfully located Gigantion's Cyber Planet Key. Galvatron was able to steal all four keys and the [[Omega Lock]] from the heroes, but before he could make good his escape, Galvatron was confronted by his treacherous lieutenant, [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. As the two former allies engaged in battle over the keys, the Autobots prepared to intercede, only for Soundwave and Sideways to suddenly burst out of nowhere and stand in their path. The two Planet X-ers kept the Autobots occupied while Galvatron and Starscream's battle escalated until the two Decepticons were channelling so much raw energy that reality actually began to warp around them. Having failed to predict such a calamitous outcome, Soundwave was in favor of simply warping away to fight another day, but Sideways insisted on making one final play for the Cyber Planet Keys, and Soundwave stuck by his "bro". The pair lunged for the Omega Lock, suspended between Galvatron and Starscream, just as their conflict reached a crescendo, resulting in a colossal explosion of energy. As the light from the blast dimmed, Starscream, Soundwave and Sideways had vanished, and although [[Vector Prime]] could not be certain, he believed that they had been blasted into yet another dimension. {{storylink|Showdown (episode)|Showdown}}

Precisely what had happened to Soundwave and Sideways was never clearly explained, but they did, at least survive the experience. When Galvatron had a vision of Starscream, seemingly reaching out across the dimensions via the [[fire dimension]] to mock him one last time, Soundwave and Sideways were seen standing at his side, {{storylink|Unfinished|Unfinished}} Later, the pair were shown to have found another Planet X, presumably in the dimension they had been blasted to, and seemed to be pretty dang happy there, given the way they were boogieing. {{storylink|End|End}}

==Toys==
===Cybertron===
[[Image:CybertronSoundwave toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Throw your hands up in the air, you can surrender but I just don't care."]]
* '''Soundwave w/ Laserbeak''' (Voyager-Class, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GX-02'''
**''Accessories:'' Laserbeak Mini-Con partner, tri-barrel cannon/bomb, double-barrel blaster/bomb, Planet X Cyber Planet Key

: Soundwave transforms into a Cybertronic stealth bomber somewhat akin to a F-117A Nighthawk prototype, the [[wikipedia:Have_Blue|Have Blue]]. He comes with three hexagonal prism "bombs"; one converts into his partner Laserbeak, the other two unfold into non-firing blaster weapons. Any one of these "bombs" can be stored in his robot-mode chest, which opens by plugging a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into him. The other two store in indents on the underside of his wings. He comes with a silver-bordered Planet X style Cyber Planet Key; the [[Hasbro]] version has the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key Code]] "'''vmj8'''" [[Tampograph|tampographed]] on the back.

: The Japanese ''Galaxy Force'' version has more elaborate [[Paint application|paint applications]], particularly around the face and wings. This version also has [[Vacuum metalizing|vacuum-metallized]] plastic, but lacks the Decepticon sigil. Many Soundwave figures in the initial ''Galaxy Force'' run had a serious misassembly issue preventing the toy from correctly transforming into fighter mode. The large hinge bar that connects the upper torso to the waist is bolted crookedly on one side, making it impossible for the legs and the canopy to properly front of the fighter.

: This mold was later used to make ''Galaxy Force'' [[Soundblaster (Cybertron)|Soundblaster]] and the [[Universe (2008 franchise)|2008 ''Universe'']] [[Blaster (G1)|Autobot Blaster]].

{{anchor|Legends}}

[[Image:LOCSoundwave.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Of all the LOCs, this one gets served the most.]]
* '''Soundwave''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2005)

: This incredibly-simplified version of the original Soundwave toy was made available in the third wave of "[[Legends Class|Legends of Cybertron]]" product. His jet-mode cockpit does not attach to his left arm, but rather just kind of hangs awkwardly off his left hip. The stock photo at right, the picture on the toy's card, and the toy's instructions, show ''three'' different arrangements of Soundwave's hips and lower torso in vehicle mode. (They differ in whether the triangular pattern of stripes on his crotch points up or forward, and on whether the fronts of his thighs point up or out.) None of the arrangements works terribly well.

: This mold was also used to make the 2008 ''Universe'' version of [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]].

===Classics===
* '''Soundwave''' (Legends class, 2007)

: Bizarrely enough, Soundwave was one of three ''Cybertron'' Legends toys straight-released in ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' packaging, though with the modifier "Cybertron Collection" printed on the cardfront. The toy itself is identical to the ''Cybertron'' release.

==Trivia==
* According to the ''Galaxy Force'' Volume 13 DVD booklet, Soundwave's stats are:
*''Height'': 4.1 meters
*''Weight'': 4.1 tons
*''Speed'': Oh oh! Guess what it is? It's Mach 4.1! Surprise!

==References==
<references />

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/Soundwave/soundwave.htm Soundwave at TFU.info]

[[Category:Cybertron characters]]
[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Planet X]]

File talk:Titan9 Dropkick.JPG

2009-05-17T20:21:52Z

Godziboy1993: New page: Anyone here thinks Dropkick looks like Sixshot alot? ~~~~

Anyone here thinks Dropkick looks like Sixshot alot? [[User:Godziboy1993|Godziboy1993]] 16:21, 17 May 2009 (EDT)

Talk:Seymour Simmons

2009-05-17T05:29:39Z

Godziboy1993: /* I have a theory! */

I figure the full name will probably be int he novelization somewhere- but Agent Simmons first initial R comes from the ARG-- it's part of his e-mail address. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 19:06, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
: I hope it's Richard. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 04:17, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

== First name ==

Simmon's first name is given as "Seymour" in [[The Veiled Threat]]. ...annoying. Was his first name used ''anywhere'' but the ARG? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:43, 28 April 2009 (EDT)

== Move ==

RotF stuff is starting to come out, and this character is called "Seymour Simmons" in ''all'' of them.

The name Reggie came from the ARG. We never saw his face in the ARG, he didn't have any of movie-Simmons trademark verbal tics in his e-mails, etc... it looks like ARG-Simmons is a separate character, on which the "movie Simmons" was based (internal to the ARG-continuity.) This actually makes a fair amount of ''sense'', internal to the way the ARG worked.

I've take the preparatory step of of queuing up all the "Reggie Simmons" links to be redirected to "Seymore Simmons" (and then excluding a few links I knew to be ARG-specific) but actually moving the article is a fairly major change, and I'd like to see a few other editors opinions before doing so.

'''Move to "Seymour Simmons"''': yea or nay? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 17:48, 16 May 2009 (EDT)
:Considering the evident prominence of "Seymour" over "Reggie", yes. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 18:07, 16 May 2009 (EDT)

== I have a theory! ==
Don't FBI agents have a fake name they go by or something? So Reggie might actual be an alias?[[User:Godziboy1993|Godziboy1993]] 01:29, 17 May 2009 (EDT)

Talk:Seymour Simmons

2009-05-17T05:29:25Z

Godziboy1993:

Ravage (ROTF)

2009-05-14T00:12:35Z

Godziboy1993: /* Deluxe Class Toys */

{{disambig3|Ravage}}
:''Ravage 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:Ravagerotfteaser.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Mew.]]
'''Ravage''' is ... a kitty? Maybe! Well, he seems to be okay with water. That's not very catlike! Well, maybe this is Seaspray.

==Fiction==
===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===
{{comingsoon}}

==Toys==
===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
====Deluxe Class Toys====

*'''Soundwave''' (2009)
* Japanese ID number: RD-04
** Accessories: 1 Ravage missile

Soundwave comes with an intricately sculpted missile that appears to represent Ravage in transition form. He can't transform, though...bummer.

[[Image:ROTF_Deluxe_Ravage_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|Admit it: between the spiky spine and that dead, red eye, you just want to cuddle the guy.]]
*'''Ravage''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number''

:Ravage transforms into a [[transition form|"reentry mode"]].
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

==Merchandise==
===''Robot Heroes''===
[[Image:robotheroesrotfravage.jpg|right|thumb|250px|'''This''' is why ''Robot Heroes'' exists!]]
*Who cares vs '''Ravage''' (2009)
: Dawwwwww.
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

==Notes==
* Ravage and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] were part of an early draft for [[Transformers (2007)|''Transformers'']]. However, when Soundwave was changed to [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] and the initial jungle setting was replaced with a desert, Ravage was changed to [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]

[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen characters]]

This Is Why I Hate Machines

2009-05-13T18:50:15Z

Godziboy1993: /* Synopsis */

{{episode|
|series=Anitoon
|image=TFAni ThisisWhyIHateMachines Fanzone Crowd.jpg
|caption=
|ep=40
|title="This Is Why I Hate Machines"
|airdate=[[May 9]], 2009
|written by=[[Rob Hoegee]]
|directed by=[[Kalvin Lee]] [[Yutaka Hirata]]
|animation studio=[[Mook]]
}}
'''A space bridge accident sends Ratchet and Captain Fanzone to Cybertron, right as the Decepticon controlled Omega Supreme arrives.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:TFA ThisIsWhyIHateMachines Fanzone SpaceBridge.jpg|thumb|200px|left]]
[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] is trying to properly calibrate the newly constructed [[space bridge]] to begin the hunt for [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]. Unfortunately, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]'s advanced notation system of post-it notes leaves something to be desired. [[Captain Fanzone]] chooses that moment to step off [[Sumdac Tower]]'s elevator, engaged in a spirited discussion with [[Sumdac Systems]] technical support over some malfunctioning police drones. Fanzone has come to take up the matter with [[Isaac Sumdac]] himself, but before he can start looking for the scientist, a pair of police drones catch up to him and open fire with lethal force. Now dodging gunfire while the oblivious Ratchet continues to sort through Bulkhead's notes, Fanzone grows progressively more irate until the space bridge suddenly activates, having located Omega Supreme's transwarp signature. Ratchet looks up just in time to see the hapless Fanzone being sucked into the space bridge portal, and, deciding that this probably isn't a good thing, opts to follow.

[[Image:ThisIsWhyIHateMachines-Glyphandothers.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Just robot asses as far as the eye can see.]]

Fanzone finds himself unceremoniously dumped in the middle of a large city on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], a situation he's less than thrilled about. A crowd of Autobots freaks out at the presence of the horrifying organic lifeform. Nearly stepped on by the immense [[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]] at the urging of a [[Flareup (Animated)|friend]], Fanzone is rescued by the timely arrival of Ratchet. Fanzone wants to return home immediately, but Ratchet insists that while they're on Cybertron they may as well hit up [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]]. To his dismay, his favorite watering hole has been shut down, along with other "subversive" gathering places, by order of [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]. After watching one of Sentinel Prime's propaganda videos, the pair are soon approached by the Elite Guard, and Sentinel Prime demands to know how they have been able to get to Cybertron with space bridge travel locked down. Ratchet angrily explains that they didn't use the space bridge network, but rather piggybacked on the back of Omega Supreme's transwarp signature. Sentinel, well-informed as always, laughs Ratchet off, thinking that Omega Supreme had been decommissioned centuries ago. He is immediately proven wrong as the looming shape of Omega Supreme's robot form appears in the Cybertronian skies.

Above the city, aboard Omega's inert body, [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] muses on this (glorious!) moment for the [[Decepticon]]s: with the [[plasmadynamic thruster]] that was causing them to warp through space and time randomly now disabled, those who were once driven away from Cybertron in exile were now poised over it in one of its greatest weapons. As [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] points out that they have no means to actually ''use'' said weapon, Megatron rebuffs him with the revelation that he still has a spy on Cybertron who can fetch him the access codes to Omega Supreme. Starscream comments that this will only work if the Cybertronian defense cannons don't shoot them out of the sky. Megatron expresses doubt that they would fire on one of the greatest symbols of Autobot military strength.

Meanwhile, Sentinel is giving the order to divert all [[energon (fuel)|energon]] reserves to fire the Cybertronian defense cannons on one of the greatest symbols of Autobot military strength. This understandably does not go over well with several prominent members of the council, to say the least of Omega Supreme's former mentor Ratchet, who warns that destroying Omega with the amount of transwarp energy currently stored within him could cause a blast that would wipe out Cybertron itself. [[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] and [[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] rebuff Sentinel, and inform him to wait for the council's decision. Sentinel prepares to lock up Ratchet and Fanzone, but they make a break for it, in order to try to make contact with Omega. The pair take refuge in the forgotten network of maintenance tunnels beneath the city, which have been sealed for quite some time, but soon realize that someone ''else'' has been hiding in the tunnels quite recently. The occupant of that hideout is revealed to be none other than the double-agent [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]], who nearly gets the jump on the duo, still armed with the stolen [[Stormbringer (Animated)|Magnus Hammer]]. Ratchet fights back, surmising that Shockwave wishes to hack his processor to get the access codes to Omega Supreme, but Shockwave scoffs at this, revealing that he plans to go right to the original source: [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]]! Horrified, Ratchet's concentration breaks, allowing Shockwave to hurl him aside and escape.

As the council continues to deliberate a course of action, Sentinel Prime orders [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] to arm the weapons of the Elite Guard's base, [[Fortress Maximus (Animated)|Fortress Maximus]], and aim at Omega Supreme. Starscream and [[Lugnut]] advocate leaving Omega's body and retaliating, but Megatron silences them, claiming he has a reason for exposing their position. Shockwave then contacts Megatron to inform him that he has acquired clearance codes to enter the facility holding Arcee.

[[Image:TFA-ThisIsWhyIHateMachines-UltraMagnusSparkSupport.jpg|thumb|200px|left]]
Fanzone puts his cop instincts to work and quickly tracks down the local stoolie, and the bot who gave Shockwave the clearance codes, [[Rattletrap]]. With a little organic coercion, the pair are able to force an access card from Rattletrap, but when they attempt to use it, they discover that the codes are bogus. Just as they make this discovery, [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] steps from the shadows to offer them his aid; he has finally had it with Sentinel Prime's attitude, and gives Fanzone and Ratchet a functioning access card. The duo quickly locate Arcee, only to find that they have inadvertently led Shockwave right to her. A running firefight ensues as Ratchet tries to get Arcee to safety while Shockwave pursues them, and the battle carries them to the medical bay in which [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] is convalescing. Thinking that Ratchet out of commission after a blow from the Magnus Hammer, Shockwave decides to finish the job on Ultra Magnus and turns his back on his fallen foe. Ratchet is still very much alive and kicking, however, and downs Shockwave with a blast from his [[electromagnetic pulse]] generator, allowing him to reclaim the Magnus Hammer from the Decepticon's clutches. Of course, Sentinel Prime chooses that moment to enter the room, and he promptly leaps to the conclusion that Ratchet is trying to do away with Ultra Magnus. This distraction offer Shockwave the time he needs to escape with Arcee, which prompts Sentinel to issue the command to fire on Omega Supreme. Fortress Maximus opens fire, but Omega transwarps out of the path of the blast, which shoots off harmlessly through the sky.

A short while later, the council and Elite Guard see Ratchet and Fanzone to the [[space bridge nexus]] so that they can return to [[Earth]]. Alpha Trion chastises Sentinel for his actions, making it clear that if it was up to him alone, Sentinel wouldn't be Magnus for a second longer. Trion extends his thanks to Ratchet and Fanzone, but Ratchet sees little reason to celebrate, as the Decepticons now have Arcee. Perceptor tries to assure Ratchet that the damage done to Arcee's processor is irreversible, but Ratchet is not cheered up at the prospect. Just before they enter the space bridge, Sentinel orders Ratchet to hand over the Magnus Hammer, but Ratchet refuses, telling him they will give it back to its rightful owner, Ultra Magnus, when he is repaired. Before Sentinel can object, Ratchet and Fanzone dart off through the space bridge. Sentinel is about to pursue them, but Jazz blocks his path and offers to go in his stead. Ratchet and Fanzone are not happy to see Jazz when he appears in front of them, but Jazz explains that he is unable to condone Sentinel's action any more, and is deserting to join the Autobots on Earth.

[[Image:TFAni ThisisWhyIHateMachines Arcee Earth.jpg‎|thumb|200px|right| "Insert 2001: A Space Odyessy instrumental here"]]
Out in space, Omega Supreme rematerializes close to Earth's [[moon (moon)|moon]]. Aboard the dormant Autobot, Shockwave bows before Megatron and abandons his [[electronic paint job]] so that he can finally serve his leader under his true colors. Megatron bids his "most loyal servant" to rise, sending Lugnut into fits of silent, quivering rage - much to Starscream's amusement. On the other side of the bridge, the ''conscious'' Arcee lies upon a table and looks out at the Earth below, quietly whispering Ratchet's name...
 

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (1)
*[[Freeway (Animated)|Freeway]] (3)
*Carerra? (4)
*[[Huffer (Animated)|Huffer]] (5)
*Sedan? (6)
*[[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]] (7)
*Bumper? (8)
*[[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]] (9)
*[[Powerglide (Animated)|Powerglide]] (10)
*[[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]] (11)
*[[Flareup (Animated)|Flareup]] (12)
*[[Steeljaw (Animated)|Steeljaw]] (13)
*[[Zaur]] (14)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (15)
*[[Autotrooper]] (20)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (21)
*[[Tracks (Animated)|Tracks]] (22)
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (23)
*[[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] (24)
*[[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] (25)
*[[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] (26)
*[[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] (27)
*[[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] (28)
*[[Rattletrap]] (29)
*[[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] (30)

|c2=
*[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] (16)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (17)
*[[Lugnut]] (18)
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (19)
*[[Lockdown]] (31, flashback)

|c3=
*[[Captain Fanzone]] (2)
}}

==Quotes==
''"Halt. You are in violation of Criminal Code 30114. Lethal force has been authorised."'' 
"Hey! Ow! Hey!" 
"Think you have it bad? I got to decipher '''Bulkhead'''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> handwriting! And those claws of his aren't exactly designed for penbotship."
:—As the '''Security Bots''' try to kill '''Captain Fanzone''', '''Ratchet''' shows the depth to which he does not care.

"I'd be a happy man if I never see another—''[Fanzone takes in his surroundings]''...''robot''?
:—'''Captain Fanzone''' enters his own personal hell, and its name is Cybertron.

"I can't believe we're on Cybertron! Of all the places we transwarped, this is great!"
:—'''Ratchet''', happy for the first since...well, since we've seen him.

"Citizens of Cybertron, Decepticons are in our midst! Neighbours, friends, even ''your own model'' can be a spy! Do your duty and report any suspicious activity—" ''[continues inaudibly behind...]'' 
"...what is this scrap?!" 
"—for your protection, all potentially subversive gathering places remain closed. Curfew remains in effect. Remember, Decepticons will stop at nothing to destroy our way of life! Don't let THIS ''[picture of Ultra Magnus on [[spark support]]]'' happen to you. As your Magnus, I will continue to defeat the Decepticon scourge and bring peace and security to Cybertron! I'm Sentinel Prime, and I approve of this message." 
"No-good glory-hog's got a lot of steel. It was [[Lockdown]] who caught those 'Cons!"
:—'''Sentinel Prime'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s propaganda film, with commentary by '''Ratchet'''

"Cybertron. At last our ultimate goal is at our feet. And here we stand aboard its ultimate weapon." 
"Now wouldn't it be nice if we could figure out how to use it!" 
:—'''Megatron''' has a moment, which '''Starscream''' ruins.

"How'd you know about this bot?" ''[indicating Rattletrap]'' 
"Ehh. There's one in every town." 
:—'''Ratchet''' learns a little more about how '''Captain Fanzone''' works.

==Notes==

===Animation or technical errors===
* Shockwave's head model changes randomly throughout the episode in shape, size and in the positioning of his optic.
* When Shockwave holds up the Magnus Hammer and starts generating lightning, its handle is only half as long as usual.

===Transformers references===
* Captain Fanzone's arrival on Cybertron treats us to another crowd scene full of cameos, some of which we haven't seen before. Although a lot of the 'bots who appear here showed up in the [[Decepticon Air|previous episode's parade scene]], we get a closer look at several of them, allowing a few more identities to be confirmed. Notable newbies in this crowd include [[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]], [[Steeljaw (Animated)|Steeljaw]], [[Zaur]], robot-mode [[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]], and yet another three robots based on the Cybertron-mode [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] body type: one light blue, one white and one yellow. The white and yellow 'bots feature the distinctive large, squared visor and three-bumped "crests" of the [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] toy mold, suggesting we're looking at ''Animated'' versions of that character and his ''Robocar'' [[redeco]], [[Sedan (Robocar)|Sedan]]. (A white 'Bee-body 'bot appeared very briefly in the previous episode, but he had blue "pants" where this "Sedan" is white, suggesting he is an ''Animated'' [[Searchlight]].) The light blue 'bot's head certainly has elements of the [[Cliffjumper (G1)#Toys|original Cliffjumper]], but is notably different from [[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]]'s head design, making him likely an ''Animated'' [[Carerra]] (a similar-looking light-blue 'Bee-body leg was also seen in the previous episode, and might presumably be considerd to belong to this character). The most mysterious member of the crowd, however, is the light-blue and cream-colored robot with the football-head and pointed shoulder pads talking to "Carerra".

* Ratchet's favorite hangout is [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]].

* When Ratchet and Fanzone are headed to Maccadam's, they stop in front of a building which appears to have Target's trademark "bull's-eye" logo.

* Parade footage from "[[Decepticon Air]]" is used in Sentinel's little propaganda video. (See said episode for the list of cameos within.)

* Ratchet remarks that [[Lockdown]] was the one to capture the Decepticon prisoners, as seen in "[[Five Servos of Doom]]".

* The Autobot Council's headquarters is known as "the [[Metroplex (Animated)|Metroplex]]", and the Elite Guard's battle station is "[[Fortress Maximus (Animated)|Fortress Maximus]]".

* Ratchet's flashback uses footage from "[[The Thrill of the Hunt]]", giving Lockdown a brief "appearance" in this episode.

* At the end of the episode, Shockwave utilizes an [[electronic paint job]] to reveal his "true colors", represented by a [[Target]] [[exclusive]] [[redeco]] reminiscent of his [[Shockwave (G1)|Generation 1 namesake]]'s color scheme.

===Real-world references===
*Sentinel Prime's broadcast was based on [[wikipedia:The Red Scare|The Red Scare]] during the Cold War. The broadcast concludes with him saying "I'm Sentinel Prime, and I approve of this message."—in the style of contemporary [[President of the United States|political campaign ads]].
*Sentinel's insistence that he is the one who "makes the tough decisions" and insistence that any questioning of his orders is tantamount to treason is probably some kind of statement about [[Mission Accomplished|some''one'' or some''thing'']], but we'll leave it at that.
*Shockwave's slow, deadpan delivery of "I'm afraid I can't let you do that" is a reference to the menacing supercomputer HAL from Stanley Kubrick's ''[[wikipedia:2001 (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', who also featured an unblinking single red eye.

===Trivia===
* This is the first episode in which [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] does not appear at all.

* There is oxygen on Cybertron. Probably to allow combustion to happen.

* Arcee wasn't actually offline at the end of the flashbacks in "The Thrill of the Hunt"—although she was amnesiac, she could stand, talk and take in her surroundings. This implies that it was the vivisection of her head in the "[[TransWarped]]" flashbacks in an attempt to retrieve the activation codes for Omega Supreme which caused the "damage to her circuitry" that Perceptor called "completely irreversable", and meant she was left, comatose, in a hospital bed for millions of stellar cycles.

==External links==
* [http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/video/dlink/index.html?episodeID=8a25c39221152c35012117d5d4380030 "This Is Why I Hate Machines" streaming video at Cartoon Network] (link viable until 5/25/09)

[[Category:Animated episodes]]

Talk:Transformers: The Veiled Threat

2009-05-12T19:47:28Z

Godziboy1993:

===I got this covered ===
I preordered the book a few weeks ago at Borders and tomorrow I'm going to retrieve my copy. I'll probably finish it by the end of this week. if anyone doesn't mind I'll write out the synopsis and characters, trivia etc.
[[User:Godziboy1993|Godziboy1993]] 16:41, 27 April 2009 (EDT)

:woot! -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 18:18, 27 April 2009 (EDT)
::Great! Now all we need is for someone to write the synopsis for [[Ghosts of Yesterday]] and we should be set when it comes to the books. Now where did I put that one?--[[User:AWT88|AWT88]] 20:45, 27 April 2009 (EDT)

LOL ok thanks guys I always wanted to help out with something. I read Ghosts of Yesterday too but it was a while back (BotCon 07, got it for $5 from some dude) I can remember most of it. if you want after I'm done with this Article I'll do Ghost of Yesterday. [[User:Godziboy1993|Godziboy1993]] 22:13, 27 April 2009 (EDT)
:So is this thing worth getting? I have to import this from the States or something since no local book shops sell it here :( --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 16:55, 28 April 2009 (EDT)

:::It's hard to say thus far (I['m just begining it,) but I'm ''hoping'' that this is in IDW continuity-- the IDW ROTF Prequel comic setting up the arrival of all of those Decepticons only to kill them all again in a 3 page monthage makes ''very little'' sense otherwise.
:::As of chapter 4, Salvage is a "new arrival," which would fit with ''Alliance'' fairly neatly. We'll see if that holds up as the book goes on. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 17:17, 28 April 2009 (EDT)
::::Milne told me they just ran out of space in Alliance issue 4, which is why the new toy-only Decepticon dudes died in single panel deaths, and why Reverb and Gunbarrel weren't even seen at all. Foster said he took the Reign of Starscream into account when writing this (Alliance wasn't out at the time). I'm not sure if the revisions the publisher asked him to do were in relation to Alliance. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 17:38, 28 April 2009 (EDT)
:::::Foster got interviewed about the book? Where? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 19:16, 28 April 2009 (EDT)
::::::He wasn't. [http://www.alandeanfoster.com/version2.0/updatesframe.htm Mentioned them on his blog (Nov and Dec 2008)]. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 01:27, 29 April 2009 (EDT)

On page 267, Starscream explicitly remembers events from Reign of Starscream. (The timeframe is a bit wonky-- it has to be ''before'' Alliance #4, but Bumblebee is already gone... otoh in Alliance #3 he seems out-of-step with the NEST team, so he might've spent some time with Sam before joining the others on [[Diego Garcia]].) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 12:56, 30 April 2009 (EDT)
:Any major contradictions so far? I'd understand small ones since Foster and IDW didn't work together or anything. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 15:58, 30 April 2009 (EDT)
::Nope. Swindle and Deadend are even workign together, just like in alliance.
::Several of the new guys appear to correlate with pre-existing movie characters... but got new names. (Probably because they were also appearing in Alliance and he didn't want to step on anyone's toes-- they're working with Starscream's faction in Alliance but serving a separate agenda in TVT.) As far as "active contradictions" go, I think Bumblebee's absence is the closest thing... there's some odd bits, like we're told that ''other'' "recent arrivals" are just offstage at one point towards the end, which is probably intended to accomodate the new arrivals in Alliance #4... but Dead End should be dead by the point they show up. The original prequel comics had worse timeline problems internal to ''themselves''.
::Like I said, some order-of-events don't ''quite'' fit if you look closely- but Foster is clearly TRYING to. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:18, 30 April 2009 (EDT)

:::Oh-- and of course there's the total absence of Longarm & co. from N.E.S.T. in Alliance... but Alliance kept such a narrow focus, it's hard to call that a contradiction-- especially since they could just be on a mission. (The Autobots spend most of the book splitting up on missions anyway.) That's the sorta "usual" discontinuity you'd expect from [[Hauler|mysteriously off-screen characters]] though. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:49, 30 April 2009 (EDT)

Currently working on the synopsis. good thing I took notes while reading the book. Busy with school but it should be up later this week. I'll get started on the Ghosts of Yesterday synopsis afterwords [[User:Godziboy1993|Godziboy1993]] 18:23, 6 May 2009 (EDT)

Um, apparently someone posted a synopsis already. Wonderful. I was just finishing it up...[[User:Godziboy1993|Godziboy1993]] 15:47, 12 May 2009 (EDT)

User talk:Rosicrucian

2009-05-10T00:51:41Z

Godziboy1993:

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==Stockade==
I believe you just accidentally deleted Stockade (Movie) instead of Stockade (movie). Might wanna fix that. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 13:23, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
:...it's fixed. This is what happens when you put the delete tag ''after'' the redirect, not before it.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 13:26, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
::I didn't give that one up for deletion, so not my fault. That said, that is something worth keeping in mind. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 13:32, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
:::It's cool. Nothing has to be permanent in a wiki anyway. Goof-ups are easy to fix.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 13:36, 8 April 2009 (EDT)

== Thanks! ==

I just wanted to drop by and say thanks for getting rid of all that trolling so fast. In every forum/wiki I've been in, people who clean that stuff up are usually gone unnoticed or unappreciated by most people, so yeah... I hope that kind of spamming doesn't happen too often around here, for everyone's sake. This is a pretty awesome wiki from what I've seen up to now! :)
-[[User:Ascendron|Ascendron]] 21:51, 14 April 2009 (EDT)

== Whom in the what now? ==

What'd we do on the CSS side? (I can't tell if your reversion indicates success of failure, and since I'm apparently the wiki's quasi-official CSS-keeper I suppose it's my responsibility to check it's not causing problems.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:08, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:Before the crash we'd given the messagebox boilerplate template rounded edges. I attempted to put the code in for that, but was unsuccessful, and suspect something is overriding it.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 17:18, 24 April 2009 (EDT)

== I'm sorry ==
I'm so mad right now. All these idiots are talking crap about this movie before it is even out. It's a major pet peeve, one I cannot control lol. I have faith that TF ROTF will blow their minds and shut them up once and for all. I'll try to behave better for now on. Thankyou [[User:Godziboy1993|Godziboy1993]] 20:51, 9 May 2009 (EDT)

Talk:Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)

2009-05-09T02:40:03Z

Godziboy1993:

Where's Chromia? She is confirmed! I added her why is she gone? And what about Ratchet? {{unsigned|Godziboy1993}}
:They haven't been "confirmed". They got stolen from factories in China. That is not an official confirmation. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 15:58, 27 March 2009 (EDT)

Ok, this is ridiculous. Yes it IS AN OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION. She was even in the god damn trailer! And why isn't Ratchet and Longhaul up on that either? Stolen from factories give me a break. Put them back on. [[User:Godziboy1993|Godziboy1993]] 21:55, 27 March 2009 (EDT)

Oh and Barricade is on there too. His toy was stolen from a factory. Why the hell not Chromia, Ratchet, and Longhaul.
:Because it is '''illegally acquired information'''. That simple. We'll add them once Roberto Orci confirms their presence, or Hasbro releases ''official photographs'' of the toys. To find out more, refer to [[Help:Official info]]. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 22:10, 27 March 2009 (EDT)

== Paramount pictures cast list. ==

[http://l.yimg.com/img.omg.yahoo.com/omg/us/img/83/a2/9019_3705651155.jpg?y=660&x=616&q=75&n=0&sig=Zvqw8NxIBWHyJFhaLEhOeQ-- This poster] looks like a pretty official cast list. FFN, you think it's dubious? - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 06:50, 2 April 2009 (EDT)
:Well, for a Starter, Overload should be added to the list of constructicons. {{unsigned|GUIGUI|17:20, 2 April 2009 EDT}}
::I agree, they didn't pull that name out of the æther. But it might be premature to spell it "Longhaul", or move The Fallen to the Decepticon column, or move Jetfire to the Autobot column. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 21:31, 2 April 2009 (EDT)

I really do not understand how this is set up. Why is Demolisher a seperate character? Who is the 7th constructicon when only six are shown combining into Devastator?{{unsigned|Godziboy1993|19:36, 6 April 2009 EDT}}
:Who knows? - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 19:40, 6 April 2009 (EDT)

== Japanese world premiere. ==

With the premiere in Japan, does that mean ROTF characters are <nowiki>[[Category:Japanese-original characters]]</nowiki>? - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 10:50, 27 April 2009 (EDT)
:You'd better be joking. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 11:12, 27 April 2009 (EDT)

==Transmitter at official site==

What was the necessary stuff to log in again for the Transmitter? I can't remember if it was Derik or Detour that had posted up some things for it... Not that it's updated much. << >> --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 23:45, 1 May 2009 (EDT)

==How about an actual article?==
This thing is basically a list of info. Why isn't this a bit more organized, like on Wikipedia? And is the stuff about the Writers' Strike really neccesary? I'd edit it, but I do not appear to have that privilege. [[User:Jim Java|Jim Java]] 16:56, 8 May 2009 (EDT)
:Yes it's a list of info, because right now all we have is info. It's better than Wikipedia's page because it focuses on confirmed news only and not rumors, stolen toys and third-hand reports. Yes, the stuff about the Writer's Strike is necessary, since it did affect production of Revenge Of The Fallen. No, you can't edit it, because the page is protected on account of so many anonymous users and new users making additions based on rumors, stolen toys and third-hand reports. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 17:28, 8 May 2009 (EDT)

:In about a month and a half, this article will get a total top-to-bottom re-write, when... y'know... we see the movie. Till then, there's not a lot of point in dramatic changes; they'd just be swept away under the deluge of information that we'll have when the film is released.
:That said, I feel your pain. "Writer such-and-such has envisioned a storyline involving the Constructicons" seems like a ridiculous bit of information to have right upfront at this point in the game, when we've ''seen them in the trailer''. '''ETA:''' If you'd seriously like to have a go at cleaning it up, you could always set up a temp page somewhere. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 17:33, 8 May 2009 (EDT)

::At the same time, I don't really see the point of doing a page like the Wikipedia. We'll never be able to compete with them in terms of sheer information on things like production, and were are restricted by our rule of only using information that has been released by Hasbro/Takara, Dreamworks, Paramount and their partners (and they generally don't release much in the way of information). Besides, as I've understood this wiki, our focus is on the ''content of the fiction itself'' and ''the characters'' starring in it, which is what differentiates us from the Wikipedia. We're not really here to tell people about how the director of photography and camera personnel filmed the 2007 movie on a mechanical bull or something. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 21:06, 8 May 2009 (EDT)

=== All the bullshit this movie has been getting ===
I'm sick of all this f@cking bullshit people have been talking about this movie. It's not even finished yet and they think it gonna suck. Don't give me that "it's their opinion" BS because they're so f@cking stupid and have no back up to their statements. F@ck em all. light them all on fire and have Bumblebee piss them out with liquid nitrogen, then melt them down, bottle them, and sell them as exclusive slurpies during opening day of TF ROTF [[User:Godziboy1993|Godziboy1993]] 22:40, 8 May 2009 (EDT)

Talk:Transformers: The Veiled Threat

2009-05-06T22:23:47Z

Godziboy1993:

Mudflap (ROTF)

2009-04-30T00:12:36Z

Godziboy1993:

{{factions|autobot}}
{{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 Skids altmode.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Mudflap is on the left.]]

'''Mudflap''' is the goofy looking [[twin]] of [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]]. He transforms into a Cheverolet Trax.
Things don't look too good for him.
==Fiction==
===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie===
{{comingsoon}}

==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Deluxe Class Toys====
[[Image:ROTFMudflap Deluxe 2009.jpg|right|200px|thumb|E.T.'s healing touch is bigger and better than ever]]
*'''Mudflap''' (Deluxe Class, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:''
**''Accessories:''

{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

====Gravity Bots====
*'''Mudflap''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GB-05'''

{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

==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.

{{comingsoontoy}}
===Robot Heroes===
*'''Mudflap and Rampage''' (2009)

[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen characters]]
[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]

Talk:Transformers: The Veiled Threat

2009-04-28T02:13:26Z

Godziboy1993:

Talk:Transformers: The Veiled Threat

2009-04-27T20:41:39Z

Godziboy1993: New page: ===I got this covered === I preordered the book a few weeks ago at Borders and tomorrow I'm going to retrieve my copy. I'll probably finish it by the end of this week. if anyone doesn't mi...

Talk:Human Error, Part I

2009-04-23T00:59:54Z

Godziboy1993:

So, wheres the synopsis?[[Special:Contributions/81.108.237.26|81.108.237.26]] 08:41, 19 April 2009 (EDT)

==Just wondering==
Any reason why this page is still protected? [[User:Kapu37|Kapu37]] 18:51, 19 April 2009 (EDT)

Did anyone else notice that most of the human transformers bear a resembalence to their voice actors? Or I'm I looking too hard into this?--[[User:AWT88|AWT88]] 22:05, 21 April 2009 (EDT)
: I think only Prime passes this test. The others, not so much. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 22:26, 21 April 2009 (EDT)
Well, Bumblebee is black LOL [[User:Godziboy1993|Godziboy1993]] 20:59, 22 April 2009 (EDT)

Rampage (ROTF)

2009-04-19T00:08:22Z

Godziboy1993: /* Supreme Class Toys */

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{{disambig3|Rampage}}
:''Rampage 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]].''

{{mainpic}}

'''Rampage''' is a [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]! He's yellow!

==Fiction==
===Revenge of the Fallen movie===
{{comingsoon}}

==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Deluxe Class Toys====
[[Image:ROTF deluxe Rampage.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He can whip it.]]
*'''Rampage''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-06'''
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

====Supreme Class Toys====
[[Image:ROTF devastatorset Rampage.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He joined the Contructicons since Bob the Builder didn't want him.]]
*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (2009)
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

[[Category:Constructicons]]
[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen characters]]

Jolt (ROTF)

2009-04-19T00:02:19Z

Godziboy1993:

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{{disambig3|Jolt}}
:''Jolt 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 Jolt vehicle mode.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Kicking Decepticon Skid Plate and enviromentally friendly!]]
'''Jolt''' transforms into a Chevrolet Volt!

==Fiction==
{{coming soon}}

==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Fast Action Battlers====
*'''Electro Whip Jolt''' (2009)

[[Image:JoltFAB.jpg|right|250px|thumb|A Volt named Jolt—two Laser Rods in one!]]
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}
==Trivia==
*Jolt was a last-minute addition to the film during the four-month rush to get a script done after the Writers Guild strike. The writers had to convince Bay that Jolt would feel like a true member of the main Autobot roster.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/180451-welcome-mr-roberto-orci-you-may-ask-him-questions-190.html#post3231606 Roberto Orci discusses Jolt's inclusion in the film].</ref>

==Footnotes==
<references />

[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen characters]]
[[Category:Autobots]]

Blackout (Movie)

2009-04-18T16:05:42Z

Godziboy1993: /* Revenge of the Fallen */

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{{disambig3|Blackout}}
:''Blackout is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]]. He is also known as N.B.E. 23.''

[[Image:MovieBlackout promorender.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Hike the ball already!]]
The massive '''Blackout''' has been described as the "hound" of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. In better days he was always to be found looming powerful and silent behind his leader's right shoulder. When given a target he hunts it down with fierce determination. Blackout is not happy with the progress [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] is making towards finding the missing Decepticon leader. He suspects (quite rightly) that Starscream would prefer Megatron to stay lost. Blackout is openly mutinous and will challenge Starscream's leadership at any opportunity, not for his own sake, but to better serve his ultimate goal of finding his lost master. Blackout has a sneaky side and uses his symbiotic companion [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]'s small size to great advantage.

{{quote|All hail Megatron!|Blackout|''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]''}}

:''Hungarian name:'' '''Kisülés''' ("Discharge")
:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Hēi Mó''' (黑魔, "Black Demon")

==Fiction==
===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comic===
During the war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Blackout preferred to sow confusion and disarray before he attacked, rather than engage in direct confrontation & risk being killed. He would only go into ground battles under cover of loud noise and pyrotechnics (which he himself caused with his devastating sonic shriek emitters).

Unfortunately for him, he kept getting stuck leading the first wave of attacks. To protect himself, he used an army of drone troopers (presumably [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponoks]]) to draw enemy fire. These drones were called "the swarm" and Blackout deliberately encouraged rumours about them so their arrival would strike fear into the hearts of enemies. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Lost In Space 2: Devastator}}

'''Note:''' ''The following event is unique to the Titan Magazines continuity.''

Half an hour after his death and before his body was dumped in the sea, Blackout was briefly turned into a rampaging zombie by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Starscream's Militia}}

'''Note:''' ''The following events occur in an alternate timeline/continuity where Megatron won the battle of Mission City.''

Blackout was not dead!

He assaulted an Autobot convoy at Shreveport, [[Louisiana]] as part of a general terror campaign. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}} Later, he was a key part in a Decepticon ambush, appearing from nowhere to blankside Autobot ground troops. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
In the distant past, Blackout was a member of the Cybertronian Defense Force. During an attack by unknown aliens on the city of [[Metrotitan (Movie)|Metrotitan]], he could be seen picking up a wrecked enemy tank. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance issue 1}}

{{charstubfiction}}
{{storylink|Defiance issue 2}}

[[Image:Movie BlackoutStarscream protoforms.jpg|right|150px|thumb|An ominous rumble is Blackout's only response...]]
On Cybertron, Blackout fought alongside Megatron, until his master ordered 'this loyal hound' to assist Starscream's unit in keeping [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime's]] forces busy, while Megatron pursued his destiny. Arriving soon after [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] delivered news of Megatron's location, Blackout and Starscream witnessed the successful Autobot launch of the All Spark. Blackout restrained Starscream from going after it, the pair nearly coming to blows when Blackout launched Scorponok from his chest. Fortunately, Starscream calmed down, and after witnessing Megatron leave the planet himself, the group took on protoform transition forms and followed. {{storylink|Planetfall|Planetfall}}

Meanwhile, Starscream crew ''also'' went after Optimus Prime's starship in a Decepticon battlecruiser. Just before launch, Blackout listened to Barricade's not-so-quiet concerns that Starscream wasn't telling them everything. Unfortunately for the Decepticons, they were led into a trap by the Autobots, their ship (and Starscream's advance scout [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]]) was crippled by concussion chain mines. Blackout gave a detailed damage report when ordered but was berated for giving his observation on what had occured, and was ordered to despatch Scorponok to retrieve Dreadwing.

[[Image:Movie Blackout TargetPrequel continuityheadache.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Beware, Qatar! Beware! Muhahahahahaha!]]
After making repairs to their ship, the Decepticons followed the All Spark's trace energy and landed on [[Mars]]. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream issue 1}} There, they destroyed a primitive [[Beagle 2 Rover|human rover scout]] and decided to investigate the nearby third planet of this solar system. {{storylink|Prime Directive (IDW) issue 3|Prime Directive (IDW) issue 3}}

Making planetfall on Earth in Afghanistan, Blackout attracted the attention of a military vehicle of the local creatures. Witnessing the ease in which [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] destroyed the carrier, Starscream pondered that Megatron would have been able to subjugate these beings if he was able to. Blackout replied that they needed to find out why he hadn't yet. Starscream's unit then attacked the nearby air base where Blackout scanned and adopted the form of an MH-53J 'Pave Low' helicopter, then easily hacked into the files of the human computers. Inside, he found files on something called 'Project: Iceman', which he suspected was related to Megatron. After the base's destruction, Blackout headed towards [[Qatar]], intent on attacking a similar military base there to access the information they needed. {{storylink|Planetfall|Planetfall}}

{{note|Several intances of Planetfall contradicts both issue #4 of IDW's Prime Directive movie prequel as well as the movie ''itself'' with regards to where & when the Decepticons arrived on Earth; they landed in the United States during 2003 in the Prime Directive comic. In this story, Blackout immediately leaves for Qatar after the attack (2007), whereas in the Movie itself, he assumed the form three months before attacking the SOCCENT base. However, this sequence was subsequently used in [[The Reign of Starscream]].}}

[[Image:Movie Blackout IDWprequel camoflageenabled.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Apparently the crew of military helicopters don't count as 'witnesses'.]]
Meanwhile, the unit ''also'' arrived on [[Earth]] in the [[United States of America]] in the year 2003. Blackout scanned a USAF [[wikipedia:MH-53_Pave_Low|MH-53 Pave Low]] helicopter, but apparently was not detected by the humans, nor caused any casualties, in contrast to his two comrades. When Starscream tells the Decepticons that their mission is to find the All Spark, Blackout reminds Starscream that they must also find Megatron.

Later, after being lured into a trap intended for [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] set by a group of impressively equipped humans, Blackout attacked the organisation's bunker and attempted to hack into their main server, but failed after they disconnected their local systems. The only lead he got was a name...[[Sector Seven]]. {{storylink|Prime Directive (IDW) issue 4|Prime Directive (IDW) issue 4}}
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===''Transformers: Beginnings''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Brian Stepanek]]

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{{note|Transformers: Beginnings is a condensed, flash-animated retelling of the [[IDW]] [[Prime Directive (IDW)|Prime Directive]] Movie Prequel that is detailed above this section.}}

===''Ghosts of Yesterday'' prequel novel===
Blackout had spent thousands of years searching for Megatron and the All Spark under Starscream aboard the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]''. While Starscream was hoping not to find Megatron, Blackout was working against him in hopes of restoring the former leader. Upon discovering [[Ghost One|a vessel similar to Megatron's alternate mode]], Blackout became convinced that Megatron was nearby. However, the Autobots arrived in the ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]'' to investigate the ship, and Starscream ordered the Decepticons to wait while he investigated the alien ship. Growing impatient, Blackout convinced [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] and [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] to join him in an attack on the Autobots. Blackout, Scorponok, and Frenzy ganged up on [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], but he managed to defeat them, forcing Blackout to call for a retreat. After Prime headed to investigate [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s disappearance, Starscream ordered them to attack, and Bonecrusher was given command. Blackout, however, was able to sneak Scorponok on board the ''Ark''.

After Starscream returned, Blackout demanded answers. Starscream claimed that Prime and Bumblebee were killed by indigenous worms, while the alien ship was destroyed when it fell into a cavern. Blackout, unconvinced, challenged Starscream, but was seriously damaged, and had to be taken back to the ''Nemesis''. However, Prime, Bumblebee, and the ship appeared soon after. When Starscream ordered the Decepticons to destroy the ship, Blackout demanded answers, which Bonecrusher and Barricade agreed to. However, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] was able to force Scorponok off the ''Ark'', and Blackout, still healing, sped to his rescue. What a pal. {{storylink|Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

===''Transformers'' (2007) film===
[[Image:Movie Blackout Raptors.jpg|right|201px|thumb|I will let them order me now so I can shoot them later.]]
Blackout flew into the airspace of [[United States Military|US]] [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]] and refused to identify himself, prompting base commander [[Colonel Sharp]] to dispatch two [[wikipedia:F-22_Raptor|F-22 Raptors]] to escort the Decepticon into their base. One of the Raptors reported that Blackout had the registry number of 4500X on his vertical stabilizer, the number of the helicopter Blackout had scanned and destroyed three months earlier in Afghanistan.

[[Image:Movie Blackout SOCCENTAttack1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|All your base are belong to us.]]
Once landed, Blackout was surrounded by the soldiers stationed at the base and ordered to power down and disembark his crew, or deadly force would be used. Seeing no reason to hide himself any further, Blackout transformed under a hail of automatic weapons fire from the shocked humans. Activating his heavy machine guns and rocket launchers, Blackout made quick work of the soldiers closest to him, then unleashed a massive shock wave that killed the rest of the troops and shattered their vehicles and the windows of the operations control tower. Blackout made his way around the base, tossing tanks aside, crushing soldiers underfoot and blowing up aircraft. Eventually, he reached the operations bunker and tore off the roof to link up with their server and download its files in an attempt to find information on [[Megatron (Movie)|Project: Ice Man]]. Unfortunately, the base commander intervened, cutting the physical hard line of the server, severing Blackout's connection and thwarting the primary objective of his mission.

[[Image:Movie Blackout holoavatar.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Watch me twirl my mustache as I contemplate the destruction of Earth.]]
Still, Blackout carried out his second objective - the destruction of the human base. As he proceeded, [[Robert Epps|a human soldier]] was nearly crushed. Instinctively, the soldier recorded images of Blackout, the Decepticon indulging this brief moment of curiosity by looking straight back at the human. Blackout then activated a chest-mounted laser cannon to put the fleshling out of its misery, but before he could do so, he was struck by a grenade fired by [[Jorge Figueroa|another soldier]], and the human made his escape. Enraged, Blackout fired flare countermeasures into the sky to confuse any other attempts to attack him, then ejected Scorponok from his back and sent his minion to track the [[William Lennox|fleeing]] [[Donnelly|soldiers]]. Blackout then turned his attention and his weapons back to the rest of the base, eventually destroying it, leaving no survivors.

Evidently, after the attack, Blackout flew back to the [[United States of America|United States]], as he was in the vicinity when [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] reported the discovery of All Spark's location and Starscream ordered their forces to mobilize. Blackout was the last to acknowledge the order, then rallied in Megatron's name, perhaps to remind Starscream who his master was.

[[Image:Blackout is going to kill you.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Point that thing someplace else!]]
Blackout arrived at [[Mission City]] just as the final battle was getting underway. Megatron's order of "[[Decepticons attack]]" must have been music to his ears, and he followed his master's commands whole heartedly. He attempted to block [[Sam Witwicky|ladiesman217]]'s path as the boy was trying to get away with the All Spark, before he was attacked by [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. The Autobot threw a car at Blackout, who fired his laser cannon to destroy the vehicle and knock Ironhide over. He flew ahead of ladiesman217, attempting to use his rotor weapon to kill him, but the human managed to dodge this attack.

[[Image:Blackout movie dead.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Oh, God, I hope that stuff leaking out is Energon.]]
Blackout withdrew from the battle for a few moments, but returned as [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron fought. Seeing his master under attack, Blackout came to the defense of his lord by activating his hand-held rotor weapon, but soldiers—including survivors of the SOCCENT base attack—attempted to stop him by painting him with targeting lasers for friendly F-22 Raptors to fire upon. As Blackout activated his cannon, he noticed the lasers targeted on him. Underestimating the fighting spirit and desire for vengeance of the humans, Blackout tried to finish them off until Captain Lennox, using an abandoned motorcycle, charged at him and fired a sabot round into his crotch (ouch), as F-22s pounded the Decepticon with missiles, extinguishing his [[spark]].

His remains were dumped in the <strike>deepest</strike> ''second'' deepest part of the ocean - the Laurentian Abyss - along with his fellow dead Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers (2007)}}

{{note|The possible period of time that Blackout acquired his vehicle mode in the movie appears to contradict the origin of his vehicle mode in both IDW's ''Prime Directive'' prequel and the second Target-sponsored prequel comic. See [[Blackout (Movie)|Trivia]] section below.}}

===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
In the aftermath of the battle in Mission City, [[Sector Seven]] hauled away Blackout's corpse along with the other Decepticon bodies. The clandestine human organisation brought the bodies to a secret facility in the Nevada desert, with the intention of getting every bit of information they can out of the dead Decepticons before they were forced to dump them into the sea. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance issue 1}}

===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
{{coming soon|unreleased}}
He's back too!

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==Games==
===''Transformers'' The Game (console)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Noah Nelson]]

====Autobot campaign====
In the Autobot campaign he suffered a humiliating defeat from [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], even though Blackout had [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s help. That's got be the most humiliating thing for any of the characters in the videogame, losing to somebody a third of his size. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game (console)}}

====Decepticon campaign====
Blackout and Scorponok were sent to the SOCCENT Base to destroy the human military installation there and download information from the military servers on the location of the [[All Spark]]. The pair were successful, though Blackout's escape was briefly interrupted by the arrival of a squad of human jet fighters. After blasting them to tiny bits, he made good his escape.

Blackout arrived at [[Hoover Dam]], where his scans failed to detect the energy signatures of Megatron or the All Spark. Starscream ordered him to break the dam piece by piece. Blackout fired a pair of missiles and fought off a squad of [[Swindle (Movie)|Autobot sports car drones]] that were defending the installation. As Megatron emerged, he bowed before his lord. He then followed the newly-revived Megatron to [[Mission City]], where he engaged in a final showdown with [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], who had just punted Scorponok. The Autobot warhorse certainly gave the massive Decepticon a run for his money. The huge number of Autobot drones backing Ironhide up didn't make things any easier.

During Megatron's battle with Optimus Prime, Blackout attempted to assist his master by charging Prime. Prime punched the massive Decepticon, sending him flying. How embarrassing. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game (console)}}

===''Transformers: Autobots''===
As Jazz retrieved Sector 7 vehicles for Optimus Prime, he happened upon their helicopter, which to his surprise turned out to be Blackout. The two battled at Tranqulity's power plant, where Jazz managed to defeat him. Humiliated, he transformed and flew away.

Blackout made his presence felt again as Bumblebee raced back to Tranquility carrying the All Spark with him. He chased Bumblebee through the streets until he was intercepted on a rooftop by Ratchet, who put an end to his menace for good. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Autobots}}

===''Transformers: Decepticons''===
First arriving under the command of [[Create-A-Bot (Decepticon)|a low-ranking soldier]], Blackout was sent out to destroy the communications arrays in the Qatar SOCCENT military base. Once completed, he returns for more orders.

Soon after, Blackout encounters [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], who appears at the base to stop you from blowing the [[Pit|hell]] out of everything. Once defeated, Blackout disappears until the other Decepticons arrive at Hoover Dam.

Dropping off some bombs for Brawl to set, the Decepticons attempt to blow up the Dam to simultaneously release Megatron and thaw him out, but are thwarted by Jazz and his drone clones. Their heroic attempts are for naught, as Megatron escapes anyway, while Blackout and Barricade retrieve his weapon chip. Once in hand, they meet before their leader and reactivate his weapons. After a charismatic speech, they set out to Tranquility to capture the All Spark and defeat the Autobots once and for all.

Blackout arrives just in time to be blasted to [[Slag (slang)|slag]] by an All Spark powered Starscream with a single blast. That's still slightly less embarrassing than being beaten by a half-dead Jazz. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Decepticons}}

==Toys==
===Transformers===
====Legends Class toys====
[[Image:Movie Blackout Legends toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I have no fingers? You did this, Starscream!]]
*'''Blackout''' (Legends, 2007)

:A much smaller and highly simplified version of the character, Legends Blackout features limited articulation and detail, with the helicopter mode not being a particularly faithful recreation of an MH-53 Pave Low (the placement of the fuel tanks, in particular). Even though the robot mode sports an attempt to emulate the movie character's chest design, this does not involve the use of obvious fake elements of the helicopter mode's cockpit, unlike [[Jazz (Movie)|other]] Legends Class toys of movie characters. Curiously, the instructions on the back of the card show how to transform him from his alt-mode to his robot mode, which is the reverse of the rest of the Legends Class packaging.
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[[Image:Movie Legends Ironhide DesertBlackout.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]
*'''Ironhide vs. Desert Blackout''' (Legends Allspark Battles two-pack, 2007)

: Desert Blackout is a tan redeco of the previously released Legends Blackout toy. He comes with an all-new Legends Class Ironhide.
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====Voyager Class toys====
[[Image:Movie Voyager Blackout toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The largest Transformer in the film. Ironically, the smallest Voyager-class figure ever.]]
*'''Blackout''' (Voyager Class, 2007)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''MD-01'''
**''Accessories:'' Scorponok mini-figure

: Blackout transforms into a reasonably accurate [[wikipedia:MH-53_Pave_Low|Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low]] heavy-lift helicopter. An aft "cage" compartment can be opened to release a small PVC figurine of his partner, [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]. A button on the very end of his tail can be pressed in a geared action to rotate his rotor blades. By attaching the Deluxe-class Scorponok to his underside, the rotor [[gimmick]] also spins Scorponok's claws.

: During transformation, Blackout's (mind-numbingly delicate) [[Automorph|Automorphing]] gimmick is activated when the user swings down his legs, which in turn flips the gray chest section his head is mounted upon up and into position, and lifts his back assembly and locks into into place behind his head. Another, less impressive automorph is in his legs - If you pull his knees down, his shin armor pops out a bit.

: In robot mode, Blackout appears closer to his original concept art, back when he was called "Incinerator" (seemingly also the basis for his Nintendo DS appearance). The entire rotor assembly on his back can be removed and converted into a gigantic fan weapon, to ''vaguely'' represent the hand-held rotor-blade weapon he wields in the film, also seen on [[#Titanium_Series|the ''Titanium'' figurine (see below)]]. Because of the size of his rotor assembly, Blackout is also much shorter than most Voyager-class figures despite his bulk, barely taller than a Deluxe figure.

: It is ''very'' easy for the gears in the cockpit/chest to become misaligned during transformation, enough so that the chest/head section refuses to align with the cockpit halves. Getting the gears back into alignment is a veritable nightmare, as so many other parts shift and move as you attempt to manipulate the respective pieces. Swinging the legs down locks the back assembly into place for robot mode, but simply swinging the legs back does ''not'' ''un''lock it, with the user being required to actively separate the parts by hand. Failing to do so is sure to misalign your Blackout to bejeezus.

: An interesting side note is that the two hard points located on Blackout's shoulders, intended to support his abominably large weapon, are actually the same size as the [[Mini-Con]] [[Powerlinx]] plugs on most [[Unicron Trilogy]] figures.

: This mold was [[Retool|retooled]] and [[Redeco|redecoed]] into [[Evac (Movie)|Evac]] for the ''AllSpark Power'' refresh of the movie toyline.

[[Image:Movie DecepticonDesertAttack 2pack.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Ignoring the vast difference in scale between Scorponok's two figures while linked to Blackout takes some imagination.]]
*'''Decepticon Desert Attack''' (Toys'R'Us exclusive two-pack, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Scorponok mini-figure

: This package, based on their first appearance in the film, features an unchanged Voyager Blackout packaged with an unchanged Deluxe Scorponok, which was exclusively available at Toys "R" Us stores. Since Voyager Blackout was gang-molded with the miniature Scorponok figure the single release came with, this means that the set contains two Scorponok toys in different sizes.
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*'''Blackout Ver. 4500X''' (Lawson exclusive Voyager Class, Japan 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Scorponok mini-figure, Autobot and Decepticon pins

: This Voyager class Blackout repaint is exclusive to the Lawson Japan convenience store chain, with the purchase of the movie DVD. He is redecoed in a more realistic color scheme for vehicle mode, 4500X markings and a drastically changed plastic color scheme in robot mode (many parts once black are now silver or the same colour as his helicopter hull). Additionally, the mini-Scorponok figurine has been repainted in metallic colours and detailed to resemble the deluxe-class toy (and the movie CG design, of course).

:Also included a set of two brass Autobot and Decepticon insignia pins.
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[[Image:Movie Blackout PremiumVoyager toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|NOW the size is perfect.]]
*'''Blackout''' ("Premium Series" Voyager Class, USA 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Scorponok mini-figure

: This redeco of the Voyager Class Blackout toy is based on the same plastic color layout and paint mask as the Japanese Lawson exclusive "Version 4500X" redeco of Voyager Blackout, down to the improved paint on the Scorponok mini-figure. As a matter of fact, both toys were almost ''identical'', the main difference being that the paint used on Version 4500X's is more matte than the paint used on the Premium Series release.

: Unlike some of the early "Premium Series" toys, Blackout was available as a mass market release.
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====Fast Action Battlers====
[[Image:Movie FAB Blackout.jpg|right|250px|thumb|... Brownout?]]
*'''Gyro Blade Blackout''' (Fast Action Battler, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Missile

:A simplified version of Blackout, designed for smaller children. His rotor blade can be detached and inserted into his left hand to represent the hand-held rotor blade seen in the film, just like the Voyager class version. He also features a chest cannon which can be flipped up from his back. Oddly, you can only see one-fourth of Blackout's head from a 90-degree angle. Even less of it is visible when his chest cannon is flipped up. He features a firing missile.
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===Titanium Series===
[[Image:Movie TitaniumRM Blackout.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Scorponok! I can't move! Quick, drag me away!]]
*'''Blackout''' (3" Robot Masters, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Decepticon display stand

: This three-inch figurine, as with all Titaniums, is partially made of die-cast metal and plastic, sculpted holding his rotor-blades as a hand weapon. Interestingly, Blackout has a more unique sculpt to him; the weapon is sculpted as it was briefly seen in the movie, but on the wrong hand. Blackout ''himself'' has an altered leg & foot design as well as having the main rotor-blades on his back excluded, matching it up more with the fact that instead of using his tail rotor, he uses his ''main'' rotor as a multi-purpose melee weapon, echoing the game render. His articulation is limited to his shoulders, head and waist, and he comes packaged with a movie-style Decepticon symbol display base.
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==Merchandise==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
* '''Blackout''' (3D Battle Card, 2007)

: A 29-point "uncommon" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]], Evac "transforms" into a yellow helicopter. He uses the same parts layout as [[Evac (Movie)|Evac]], [[Vortex (Energon Wars)|Vortex]] and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]].
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===Transformers (2007)===
====Unleashed====
[[Image:Movie UnleashedTurnarounds BlackoutBarricade.jpg|right|150px|thumb|After camping out in the Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma, the two vowed to never go spelunking again.....]]
*'''Blackout and Barricade''' (2008)

: The Blackout and Barricade turnaround is a 3D sculpture of the two characters in both robot mode emerging from rubble and explosions, with a movie-accurate sculpt (compared to the various transforming toys.) The 'turnaround' aspect of these sculptures simply means one can turn the piece around to display a raised-relief of the movie-style Decepticon sigil instead.

: This product's release was cancelled for the US market, but was released in Australia and in Asia.
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====Transformers Movie Screen Cleaners====
[[Image:Movie Blackout screencleaner.jpg|right|97px|thumb|]]
*'''Blackout''' (2008)

:Released by [[Tomy]] [[Yujin]] on January 2008<ref name="TomyYujin">[http://www.gachausa.com/products/transformers.asp Tomy Yujin ''Transformers'' page]</ref>, this Dangler is a faction logo-shaped screen cleaner for your cell phone, with a stock image of Blackout printed on the other side.
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===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:RH Prime vs Blackout.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Blackout's hobbies include worshiping Megatron, and jumping out of bushes and yelling "BOOGA-BOOGA!" at small children.]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs. Blackout''' (2007)

: Packaged with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], Blackout is a cute style rendition of the character. Most notably, his face has been given a more traditional Transformer style mouth and nose, making him appear more like a grumpy old man. His articulation is the standard three points, however, the kibble in his design limits the movement. This mold was later redecoed into "Battle Damage" Blackout.
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[[Image:Robotheroesfinalbattle.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Keeps 'em where I can sees 'em!]]
*'''The Final Battle''' (2008)

: Packaged with Autobot Jazz, Autobot Ratchet, Megatron, and Optimus Prime. "Battle Damage" Blackout is a slightly redecoed version of the two pack version. No molding has changed, and the articulation is still limited. His exclusive deco is a black paint wash over various parts of his body to evoke battle damage. Oddly, the undersides of his arms get this deco but not the top, meaning the toy is meant to only be posed with arms raised. The Final Battle 5-pack was sold exclusively in Walmart stores.
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== Trivia ==
[[Image:EarlyMovieBlackout.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Blackoutwave lives in constant fear of pterodactyls.]]
* Blackout was originally conceived as [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], hence his symbiotic relationship with Scorponok, who was originally conceived as [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. Though this obviously changed, his portrayal in the ''Ghosts of Yesterday'' novel is rather Soundwave-esque. Likewise, in the IDW prequel comic, Blackout is the only Decepticon to land on Earth and acquire his alternate mode without ''any'' witnesses, whereas Starscream and Barricade had to kill existing witnesses. In the film ''itself'', Blackout's only speaking role has him quickly reporting to Starscream's call... in Cybertronian, with he alone both hailing Megatron upon the All Spark's discovery and attempting to aid him in battle against Prime. What's more, all this "Soundwave-ness" is further enhanced by Hasbro's official bio, calling Blackout "his leader's hound".

* Blackout wins the award for being the Transformers character from the 2007 movie that has gone through the most number of working names: Aside from "Soundwave", he was also supposed to be named "Grimlock"<ref name="early">Details from an early script draft [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2213120&postcount=297 summed up here], [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2214148&postcount=303 confirmed as authentic by Roberto Orci here].</ref>, "Vortex"<ref>[http://www.donmurphy.net/board/showthread.php?p=1120447#post1120447 Unformatted script sample from first draft naming the Decepticon helicopter "Vortex" posted by Roberto Orci on Don Murphy's message board]</ref>, "Devastator"<ref>[http://www.benprocter.com/SITEv2/HTML/ZOOM_Trans/ZOOM_32.html "Devastator" concept art at Ben Procter Online Portfolio]</ref>, and "Incinerator"<ref>[http://www.benprocter.com/SITEv2/HTML/ZOOM_Trans/ZOOM_34.html "Incinerator" pre-production render at Ben Procter Online Portfolio]</ref> at different stages of the pre-production process. The name "Incinerator" was later used for a [[Incinerator (Movie)|different toy]] from the Movie toyline.

* Blackout's working name "Incinerator" is also accounted for in the aforementioned Hasbro bio, noting how Blackout will "fill the air with fire and burn the land clear to take his revenge".

* The period of time that Blackout acquired his vehicle mode in the film, three months prior to the unfolding events, appears to contradict the origin of his vehicle mode in IDW's ''Prime Directive'' prequel comics, with him apparently having scanned and destroyed the MH-53 Pave Low all the way back in 2003. It's maaaaybe possible that he just kept on destroying ''different'' Pave Lows over time to maintain his covert status (with the U.S. government covering it up) until he finally realized how close he was to a military network access point.

* [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok's]] alternate mode is actually a part of Blackout's helicopter mode; he's made up of a [[wikipedia:General_Electric_T64|General Electric T64]] turboshaft engine and various other helicopter bits. Considering Blackout didn't appear to be missing any integral parts of his alternate mode when answering [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy's]] call or during the final battle in [[Mission City]], either Scorponok reattached himself to Blackout after he escaped the US Air Force's counter-attack in Qatar, or Blackout somehow magically regrew the parts that were previously made up by Scorponok.

* Blackout is never actually seen using his chest cannon in the film, even though he unfurls it quite emphatically on two separate occasions.

* During a transmission from Burger King's website, Optimus Prime has decreed that we are not to ride ''this'' helicopter. The current ridability of ''other'' helicopters the world over is unknown. Stand by for further updates as they become available.

*Blackout uses a [[mouthplate]] in the movie, seen in a brief shot of the side of his face before Epps takes his photo at the beginning of the film, and again when Epps was targeting him during the climactic battle.

==Footnotes==
<references />

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/Blackout/blackout.htm Blackout on TFU.info]

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Blackout (Movie)

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:''Blackout is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]]. He is also known as N.B.E. 23.''

[[Image:MovieBlackout promorender.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Hike the ball already!]]
The massive '''Blackout''' has been described as the "hound" of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. In better days he was always to be found looming powerful and silent behind his leader's right shoulder. When given a target he hunts it down with fierce determination. Blackout is not happy with the progress [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] is making towards finding the missing Decepticon leader. He suspects (quite rightly) that Starscream would prefer Megatron to stay lost. Blackout is openly mutinous and will challenge Starscream's leadership at any opportunity, not for his own sake, but to better serve his ultimate goal of finding his lost master. Blackout has a sneaky side and uses his symbiotic companion [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]'s small size to great advantage.

{{quote|All hail Megatron!|Blackout|''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]''}}

:''Hungarian name:'' '''Kisülés''' ("Discharge")
:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Hēi Mó''' (黑魔, "Black Demon")

==Fiction==
===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comic===
During the war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Blackout preferred to sow confusion and disarray before he attacked, rather than engage in direct confrontation & risk being killed. He would only go into ground battles under cover of loud noise and pyrotechnics (which he himself caused with his devastating sonic shriek emitters).

Unfortunately for him, he kept getting stuck leading the first wave of attacks. To protect himself, he used an army of drone troopers (presumably [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponoks]]) to draw enemy fire. These drones were called "the swarm" and Blackout deliberately encouraged rumours about them so their arrival would strike fear into the hearts of enemies. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Lost In Space 2: Devastator}}

'''Note:''' ''The following event is unique to the Titan Magazines continuity.''

Half an hour after his death and before his body was dumped in the sea, Blackout was briefly turned into a rampaging zombie by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Starscream's Militia}}

'''Note:''' ''The following events occur in an alternate timeline/continuity where Megatron won the battle of Mission City.''

Blackout was not dead!

He assaulted an Autobot convoy at Shreveport, [[Louisiana]] as part of a general terror campaign. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}} Later, he was a key part in a Decepticon ambush, appearing from nowhere to blankside Autobot ground troops. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
In the distant past, Blackout was a member of the Cybertronian Defense Force. During an attack by unknown aliens on the city of [[Metrotitan (Movie)|Metrotitan]], he could be seen picking up a wrecked enemy tank. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance issue 1}}

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[[Image:Movie BlackoutStarscream protoforms.jpg|right|150px|thumb|An ominous rumble is Blackout's only response...]]
On Cybertron, Blackout fought alongside Megatron, until his master ordered 'this loyal hound' to assist Starscream's unit in keeping [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime's]] forces busy, while Megatron pursued his destiny. Arriving soon after [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] delivered news of Megatron's location, Blackout and Starscream witnessed the successful Autobot launch of the All Spark. Blackout restrained Starscream from going after it, the pair nearly coming to blows when Blackout launched Scorponok from his chest. Fortunately, Starscream calmed down, and after witnessing Megatron leave the planet himself, the group took on protoform transition forms and followed. {{storylink|Planetfall|Planetfall}}

Meanwhile, Starscream crew ''also'' went after Optimus Prime's starship in a Decepticon battlecruiser. Just before launch, Blackout listened to Barricade's not-so-quiet concerns that Starscream wasn't telling them everything. Unfortunately for the Decepticons, they were led into a trap by the Autobots, their ship (and Starscream's advance scout [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]]) was crippled by concussion chain mines. Blackout gave a detailed damage report when ordered but was berated for giving his observation on what had occured, and was ordered to despatch Scorponok to retrieve Dreadwing.

[[Image:Movie Blackout TargetPrequel continuityheadache.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Beware, Qatar! Beware! Muhahahahahaha!]]
After making repairs to their ship, the Decepticons followed the All Spark's trace energy and landed on [[Mars]]. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream issue 1}} There, they destroyed a primitive [[Beagle 2 Rover|human rover scout]] and decided to investigate the nearby third planet of this solar system. {{storylink|Prime Directive (IDW) issue 3|Prime Directive (IDW) issue 3}}

Making planetfall on Earth in Afghanistan, Blackout attracted the attention of a military vehicle of the local creatures. Witnessing the ease in which [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] destroyed the carrier, Starscream pondered that Megatron would have been able to subjugate these beings if he was able to. Blackout replied that they needed to find out why he hadn't yet. Starscream's unit then attacked the nearby air base where Blackout scanned and adopted the form of an MH-53J 'Pave Low' helicopter, then easily hacked into the files of the human computers. Inside, he found files on something called 'Project: Iceman', which he suspected was related to Megatron. After the base's destruction, Blackout headed towards [[Qatar]], intent on attacking a similar military base there to access the information they needed. {{storylink|Planetfall|Planetfall}}

{{note|Several intances of Planetfall contradicts both issue #4 of IDW's Prime Directive movie prequel as well as the movie ''itself'' with regards to where & when the Decepticons arrived on Earth; they landed in the United States during 2003 in the Prime Directive comic. In this story, Blackout immediately leaves for Qatar after the attack (2007), whereas in the Movie itself, he assumed the form three months before attacking the SOCCENT base. However, this sequence was subsequently used in [[The Reign of Starscream]].}}

[[Image:Movie Blackout IDWprequel camoflageenabled.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Apparently the crew of military helicopters don't count as 'witnesses'.]]
Meanwhile, the unit ''also'' arrived on [[Earth]] in the [[United States of America]] in the year 2003. Blackout scanned a USAF [[wikipedia:MH-53_Pave_Low|MH-53 Pave Low]] helicopter, but apparently was not detected by the humans, nor caused any casualties, in contrast to his two comrades. When Starscream tells the Decepticons that their mission is to find the All Spark, Blackout reminds Starscream that they must also find Megatron.

Later, after being lured into a trap intended for [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] set by a group of impressively equipped humans, Blackout attacked the organisation's bunker and attempted to hack into their main server, but failed after they disconnected their local systems. The only lead he got was a name...[[Sector Seven]]. {{storylink|Prime Directive (IDW) issue 4|Prime Directive (IDW) issue 4}}
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===''Transformers: Beginnings''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Brian Stepanek]]

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{{note|Transformers: Beginnings is a condensed, flash-animated retelling of the [[IDW]] [[Prime Directive (IDW)|Prime Directive]] Movie Prequel that is detailed above this section.}}

===''Ghosts of Yesterday'' prequel novel===
Blackout had spent thousands of years searching for Megatron and the All Spark under Starscream aboard the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]''. While Starscream was hoping not to find Megatron, Blackout was working against him in hopes of restoring the former leader. Upon discovering [[Ghost One|a vessel similar to Megatron's alternate mode]], Blackout became convinced that Megatron was nearby. However, the Autobots arrived in the ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]'' to investigate the ship, and Starscream ordered the Decepticons to wait while he investigated the alien ship. Growing impatient, Blackout convinced [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] and [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] to join him in an attack on the Autobots. Blackout, Scorponok, and Frenzy ganged up on [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], but he managed to defeat them, forcing Blackout to call for a retreat. After Prime headed to investigate [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s disappearance, Starscream ordered them to attack, and Bonecrusher was given command. Blackout, however, was able to sneak Scorponok on board the ''Ark''.

After Starscream returned, Blackout demanded answers. Starscream claimed that Prime and Bumblebee were killed by indigenous worms, while the alien ship was destroyed when it fell into a cavern. Blackout, unconvinced, challenged Starscream, but was seriously damaged, and had to be taken back to the ''Nemesis''. However, Prime, Bumblebee, and the ship appeared soon after. When Starscream ordered the Decepticons to destroy the ship, Blackout demanded answers, which Bonecrusher and Barricade agreed to. However, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] was able to force Scorponok off the ''Ark'', and Blackout, still healing, sped to his rescue. What a pal. {{storylink|Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

===''Transformers'' (2007) film===
[[Image:Movie Blackout Raptors.jpg|right|201px|thumb|I will let them order me now so I can shoot them later.]]
Blackout flew into the airspace of [[United States Military|US]] [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]] and refused to identify himself, prompting base commander [[Colonel Sharp]] to dispatch two [[wikipedia:F-22_Raptor|F-22 Raptors]] to escort the Decepticon into their base. One of the Raptors reported that Blackout had the registry number of 4500X on his vertical stabilizer, the number of the helicopter Blackout had scanned and destroyed three months earlier in Afghanistan.

[[Image:Movie Blackout SOCCENTAttack1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|All your base are belong to us.]]
Once landed, Blackout was surrounded by the soldiers stationed at the base and ordered to power down and disembark his crew, or deadly force would be used. Seeing no reason to hide himself any further, Blackout transformed under a hail of automatic weapons fire from the shocked humans. Activating his heavy machine guns and rocket launchers, Blackout made quick work of the soldiers closest to him, then unleashed a massive shock wave that killed the rest of the troops and shattered their vehicles and the windows of the operations control tower. Blackout made his way around the base, tossing tanks aside, crushing soldiers underfoot and blowing up aircraft. Eventually, he reached the operations bunker and tore off the roof to link up with their server and download its files in an attempt to find information on [[Megatron (Movie)|Project: Ice Man]]. Unfortunately, the base commander intervened, cutting the physical hard line of the server, severing Blackout's connection and thwarting the primary objective of his mission.

[[Image:Movie Blackout holoavatar.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Watch me twirl my mustache as I contemplate the destruction of Earth.]]
Still, Blackout carried out his second objective - the destruction of the human base. As he proceeded, [[Robert Epps|a human soldier]] was nearly crushed. Instinctively, the soldier recorded images of Blackout, the Decepticon indulging this brief moment of curiosity by looking straight back at the human. Blackout then activated a chest-mounted laser cannon to put the fleshling out of its misery, but before he could do so, he was struck by a grenade fired by [[Jorge Figueroa|another soldier]], and the human made his escape. Enraged, Blackout fired flare countermeasures into the sky to confuse any other attempts to attack him, then ejected Scorponok from his back and sent his minion to track the [[William Lennox|fleeing]] [[Donnelly|soldiers]]. Blackout then turned his attention and his weapons back to the rest of the base, eventually destroying it, leaving no survivors.

Evidently, after the attack, Blackout flew back to the [[United States of America|United States]], as he was in the vicinity when [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] reported the discovery of All Spark's location and Starscream ordered their forces to mobilize. Blackout was the last to acknowledge the order, then rallied in Megatron's name, perhaps to remind Starscream who his master was.

[[Image:Blackout is going to kill you.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Point that thing someplace else!]]
Blackout arrived at [[Mission City]] just as the final battle was getting underway. Megatron's order of "[[Decepticons attack]]" must have been music to his ears, and he followed his master's commands whole heartedly. He attempted to block [[Sam Witwicky|ladiesman217]]'s path as the boy was trying to get away with the All Spark, before he was attacked by [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. The Autobot threw a car at Blackout, who fired his laser cannon to destroy the vehicle and knock Ironhide over. He flew ahead of ladiesman217, attempting to use his rotor weapon to kill him, but the human managed to dodge this attack.

[[Image:Blackout movie dead.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Oh, God, I hope that stuff leaking out is Energon.]]
Blackout withdrew from the battle for a few moments, but returned as [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron fought. Seeing his master under attack, Blackout came to the defense of his lord by activating his hand-held rotor weapon, but soldiers—including survivors of the SOCCENT base attack—attempted to stop him by painting him with targeting lasers for friendly F-22 Raptors to fire upon. As Blackout activated his cannon, he noticed the lasers targeted on him. Underestimating the fighting spirit and desire for vengeance of the humans, Blackout tried to finish them off until Captain Lennox, using an abandoned motorcycle, charged at him and fired a sabot round into his crotch (ouch), as F-22s pounded the Decepticon with missiles, extinguishing his [[spark]].

His remains were dumped in the <strike>deepest</strike> ''second'' deepest part of the ocean - the Laurentian Abyss - along with his fellow dead Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers (2007)}}

{{note|The possible period of time that Blackout acquired his vehicle mode in the movie appears to contradict the origin of his vehicle mode in both IDW's ''Prime Directive'' prequel and the second Target-sponsored prequel comic. See [[Blackout (Movie)|Trivia]] section below.}}

===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
In the aftermath of the battle in Mission City, [[Sector Seven]] hauled away Blackout's corpse along with the other Decepticon bodies. The clandestine human organisation brought the bodies to a secret facility in the Nevada desert, with the intention of getting every bit of information they can out of the dead Decepticons before they were forced to dump them into the sea. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance issue 1}}

===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
{{coming soon|unreleased}}
{{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)}}
He's back too!

==Games==
===''Transformers'' The Game (console)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Noah Nelson]]

====Autobot campaign====
In the Autobot campaign he suffered a humiliating defeat from [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], even though Blackout had [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s help. That's got be the most humiliating thing for any of the characters in the videogame, losing to somebody a third of his size. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game (console)}}

====Decepticon campaign====
Blackout and Scorponok were sent to the SOCCENT Base to destroy the human military installation there and download information from the military servers on the location of the [[All Spark]]. The pair were successful, though Blackout's escape was briefly interrupted by the arrival of a squad of human jet fighters. After blasting them to tiny bits, he made good his escape.

Blackout arrived at [[Hoover Dam]], where his scans failed to detect the energy signatures of Megatron or the All Spark. Starscream ordered him to break the dam piece by piece. Blackout fired a pair of missiles and fought off a squad of [[Swindle (Movie)|Autobot sports car drones]] that were defending the installation. As Megatron emerged, he bowed before his lord. He then followed the newly-revived Megatron to [[Mission City]], where he engaged in a final showdown with [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], who had just punted Scorponok. The Autobot warhorse certainly gave the massive Decepticon a run for his money. The huge number of Autobot drones backing Ironhide up didn't make things any easier.

During Megatron's battle with Optimus Prime, Blackout attempted to assist his master by charging Prime. Prime punched the massive Decepticon, sending him flying. How embarrassing. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game (console)}}

===''Transformers: Autobots''===
As Jazz retrieved Sector 7 vehicles for Optimus Prime, he happened upon their helicopter, which to his surprise turned out to be Blackout. The two battled at Tranqulity's power plant, where Jazz managed to defeat him. Humiliated, he transformed and flew away.

Blackout made his presence felt again as Bumblebee raced back to Tranquility carrying the All Spark with him. He chased Bumblebee through the streets until he was intercepted on a rooftop by Ratchet, who put an end to his menace for good. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Autobots}}

===''Transformers: Decepticons''===
First arriving under the command of [[Create-A-Bot (Decepticon)|a low-ranking soldier]], Blackout was sent out to destroy the communications arrays in the Qatar SOCCENT military base. Once completed, he returns for more orders.

Soon after, Blackout encounters [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], who appears at the base to stop you from blowing the [[Pit|hell]] out of everything. Once defeated, Blackout disappears until the other Decepticons arrive at Hoover Dam.

Dropping off some bombs for Brawl to set, the Decepticons attempt to blow up the Dam to simultaneously release Megatron and thaw him out, but are thwarted by Jazz and his drone clones. Their heroic attempts are for naught, as Megatron escapes anyway, while Blackout and Barricade retrieve his weapon chip. Once in hand, they meet before their leader and reactivate his weapons. After a charismatic speech, they set out to Tranquility to capture the All Spark and defeat the Autobots once and for all.

Blackout arrives just in time to be blasted to [[Slag (slang)|slag]] by an All Spark powered Starscream with a single blast. That's still slightly less embarrassing than being beaten by a half-dead Jazz. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Decepticons}}

==Toys==
===Transformers===
====Legends Class toys====
[[Image:Movie Blackout Legends toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I have no fingers? You did this, Starscream!]]
*'''Blackout''' (Legends, 2007)

:A much smaller and highly simplified version of the character, Legends Blackout features limited articulation and detail, with the helicopter mode not being a particularly faithful recreation of an MH-53 Pave Low (the placement of the fuel tanks, in particular). Even though the robot mode sports an attempt to emulate the movie character's chest design, this does not involve the use of obvious fake elements of the helicopter mode's cockpit, unlike [[Jazz (Movie)|other]] Legends Class toys of movie characters. Curiously, the instructions on the back of the card show how to transform him from his alt-mode to his robot mode, which is the reverse of the rest of the Legends Class packaging.
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[[Image:Movie Legends Ironhide DesertBlackout.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]
*'''Ironhide vs. Desert Blackout''' (Legends Allspark Battles two-pack, 2007)

: Desert Blackout is a tan redeco of the previously released Legends Blackout toy. He comes with an all-new Legends Class Ironhide.
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====Voyager Class toys====
[[Image:Movie Voyager Blackout toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The largest Transformer in the film. Ironically, the smallest Voyager-class figure ever.]]
*'''Blackout''' (Voyager Class, 2007)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''MD-01'''
**''Accessories:'' Scorponok mini-figure

: Blackout transforms into a reasonably accurate [[wikipedia:MH-53_Pave_Low|Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low]] heavy-lift helicopter. An aft "cage" compartment can be opened to release a small PVC figurine of his partner, [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]. A button on the very end of his tail can be pressed in a geared action to rotate his rotor blades. By attaching the Deluxe-class Scorponok to his underside, the rotor [[gimmick]] also spins Scorponok's claws.

: During transformation, Blackout's (mind-numbingly delicate) [[Automorph|Automorphing]] gimmick is activated when the user swings down his legs, which in turn flips the gray chest section his head is mounted upon up and into position, and lifts his back assembly and locks into into place behind his head. Another, less impressive automorph is in his legs - If you pull his knees down, his shin armor pops out a bit.

: In robot mode, Blackout appears closer to his original concept art, back when he was called "Incinerator" (seemingly also the basis for his Nintendo DS appearance). The entire rotor assembly on his back can be removed and converted into a gigantic fan weapon, to ''vaguely'' represent the hand-held rotor-blade weapon he wields in the film, also seen on [[#Titanium_Series|the ''Titanium'' figurine (see below)]]. Because of the size of his rotor assembly, Blackout is also much shorter than most Voyager-class figures despite his bulk, barely taller than a Deluxe figure.

: It is ''very'' easy for the gears in the cockpit/chest to become misaligned during transformation, enough so that the chest/head section refuses to align with the cockpit halves. Getting the gears back into alignment is a veritable nightmare, as so many other parts shift and move as you attempt to manipulate the respective pieces. Swinging the legs down locks the back assembly into place for robot mode, but simply swinging the legs back does ''not'' ''un''lock it, with the user being required to actively separate the parts by hand. Failing to do so is sure to misalign your Blackout to bejeezus.

: An interesting side note is that the two hard points located on Blackout's shoulders, intended to support his abominably large weapon, are actually the same size as the [[Mini-Con]] [[Powerlinx]] plugs on most [[Unicron Trilogy]] figures.

: This mold was [[Retool|retooled]] and [[Redeco|redecoed]] into [[Evac (Movie)|Evac]] for the ''AllSpark Power'' refresh of the movie toyline.

[[Image:Movie DecepticonDesertAttack 2pack.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Ignoring the vast difference in scale between Scorponok's two figures while linked to Blackout takes some imagination.]]
*'''Decepticon Desert Attack''' (Toys'R'Us exclusive two-pack, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Scorponok mini-figure

: This package, based on their first appearance in the film, features an unchanged Voyager Blackout packaged with an unchanged Deluxe Scorponok, which was exclusively available at Toys "R" Us stores. Since Voyager Blackout was gang-molded with the miniature Scorponok figure the single release came with, this means that the set contains two Scorponok toys in different sizes.
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*'''Blackout Ver. 4500X''' (Lawson exclusive Voyager Class, Japan 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Scorponok mini-figure, Autobot and Decepticon pins

: This Voyager class Blackout repaint is exclusive to the Lawson Japan convenience store chain, with the purchase of the movie DVD. He is redecoed in a more realistic color scheme for vehicle mode, 4500X markings and a drastically changed plastic color scheme in robot mode (many parts once black are now silver or the same colour as his helicopter hull). Additionally, the mini-Scorponok figurine has been repainted in metallic colours and detailed to resemble the deluxe-class toy (and the movie CG design, of course).

:Also included a set of two brass Autobot and Decepticon insignia pins.
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[[Image:Movie Blackout PremiumVoyager toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|NOW the size is perfect.]]
*'''Blackout''' ("Premium Series" Voyager Class, USA 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Scorponok mini-figure

: This redeco of the Voyager Class Blackout toy is based on the same plastic color layout and paint mask as the Japanese Lawson exclusive "Version 4500X" redeco of Voyager Blackout, down to the improved paint on the Scorponok mini-figure. As a matter of fact, both toys were almost ''identical'', the main difference being that the paint used on Version 4500X's is more matte than the paint used on the Premium Series release.

: Unlike some of the early "Premium Series" toys, Blackout was available as a mass market release.
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====Fast Action Battlers====
[[Image:Movie FAB Blackout.jpg|right|250px|thumb|... Brownout?]]
*'''Gyro Blade Blackout''' (Fast Action Battler, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Missile

:A simplified version of Blackout, designed for smaller children. His rotor blade can be detached and inserted into his left hand to represent the hand-held rotor blade seen in the film, just like the Voyager class version. He also features a chest cannon which can be flipped up from his back. Oddly, you can only see one-fourth of Blackout's head from a 90-degree angle. Even less of it is visible when his chest cannon is flipped up. He features a firing missile.
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===Titanium Series===
[[Image:Movie TitaniumRM Blackout.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Scorponok! I can't move! Quick, drag me away!]]
*'''Blackout''' (3" Robot Masters, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Decepticon display stand

: This three-inch figurine, as with all Titaniums, is partially made of die-cast metal and plastic, sculpted holding his rotor-blades as a hand weapon. Interestingly, Blackout has a more unique sculpt to him; the weapon is sculpted as it was briefly seen in the movie, but on the wrong hand. Blackout ''himself'' has an altered leg & foot design as well as having the main rotor-blades on his back excluded, matching it up more with the fact that instead of using his tail rotor, he uses his ''main'' rotor as a multi-purpose melee weapon, echoing the game render. His articulation is limited to his shoulders, head and waist, and he comes packaged with a movie-style Decepticon symbol display base.
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==Merchandise==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
* '''Blackout''' (3D Battle Card, 2007)

: A 29-point "uncommon" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]], Evac "transforms" into a yellow helicopter. He uses the same parts layout as [[Evac (Movie)|Evac]], [[Vortex (Energon Wars)|Vortex]] and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]].
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===Transformers (2007)===
====Unleashed====
[[Image:Movie UnleashedTurnarounds BlackoutBarricade.jpg|right|150px|thumb|After camping out in the Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma, the two vowed to never go spelunking again.....]]
*'''Blackout and Barricade''' (2008)

: The Blackout and Barricade turnaround is a 3D sculpture of the two characters in both robot mode emerging from rubble and explosions, with a movie-accurate sculpt (compared to the various transforming toys.) The 'turnaround' aspect of these sculptures simply means one can turn the piece around to display a raised-relief of the movie-style Decepticon sigil instead.

: This product's release was cancelled for the US market, but was released in Australia and in Asia.
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====Transformers Movie Screen Cleaners====
[[Image:Movie Blackout screencleaner.jpg|right|97px|thumb|]]
*'''Blackout''' (2008)

:Released by [[Tomy]] [[Yujin]] on January 2008<ref name="TomyYujin">[http://www.gachausa.com/products/transformers.asp Tomy Yujin ''Transformers'' page]</ref>, this Dangler is a faction logo-shaped screen cleaner for your cell phone, with a stock image of Blackout printed on the other side.
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===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:RH Prime vs Blackout.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Blackout's hobbies include worshiping Megatron, and jumping out of bushes and yelling "BOOGA-BOOGA!" at small children.]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs. Blackout''' (2007)

: Packaged with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], Blackout is a cute style rendition of the character. Most notably, his face has been given a more traditional Transformer style mouth and nose, making him appear more like a grumpy old man. His articulation is the standard three points, however, the kibble in his design limits the movement. This mold was later redecoed into "Battle Damage" Blackout.
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[[Image:Robotheroesfinalbattle.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Keeps 'em where I can sees 'em!]]
*'''The Final Battle''' (2008)

: Packaged with Autobot Jazz, Autobot Ratchet, Megatron, and Optimus Prime. "Battle Damage" Blackout is a slightly redecoed version of the two pack version. No molding has changed, and the articulation is still limited. His exclusive deco is a black paint wash over various parts of his body to evoke battle damage. Oddly, the undersides of his arms get this deco but not the top, meaning the toy is meant to only be posed with arms raised. The Final Battle 5-pack was sold exclusively in Walmart stores.
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== Trivia ==
[[Image:EarlyMovieBlackout.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Blackoutwave lives in constant fear of pterodactyls.]]
* Blackout was originally conceived as [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], hence his symbiotic relationship with Scorponok, who was originally conceived as [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. Though this obviously changed, his portrayal in the ''Ghosts of Yesterday'' novel is rather Soundwave-esque. Likewise, in the IDW prequel comic, Blackout is the only Decepticon to land on Earth and acquire his alternate mode without ''any'' witnesses, whereas Starscream and Barricade had to kill existing witnesses. In the film ''itself'', Blackout's only speaking role has him quickly reporting to Starscream's call... in Cybertronian, with he alone both hailing Megatron upon the All Spark's discovery and attempting to aid him in battle against Prime. What's more, all this "Soundwave-ness" is further enhanced by Hasbro's official bio, calling Blackout "his leader's hound".

* Blackout wins the award for being the Transformers character from the 2007 movie that has gone through the most number of working names: Aside from "Soundwave", he was also supposed to be named "Grimlock"<ref name="early">Details from an early script draft [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2213120&postcount=297 summed up here], [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2214148&postcount=303 confirmed as authentic by Roberto Orci here].</ref>, "Vortex"<ref>[http://www.donmurphy.net/board/showthread.php?p=1120447#post1120447 Unformatted script sample from first draft naming the Decepticon helicopter "Vortex" posted by Roberto Orci on Don Murphy's message board]</ref>, "Devastator"<ref>[http://www.benprocter.com/SITEv2/HTML/ZOOM_Trans/ZOOM_32.html "Devastator" concept art at Ben Procter Online Portfolio]</ref>, and "Incinerator"<ref>[http://www.benprocter.com/SITEv2/HTML/ZOOM_Trans/ZOOM_34.html "Incinerator" pre-production render at Ben Procter Online Portfolio]</ref> at different stages of the pre-production process. The name "Incinerator" was later used for a [[Incinerator (Movie)|different toy]] from the Movie toyline.

* Blackout's working name "Incinerator" is also accounted for in the aforementioned Hasbro bio, noting how Blackout will "fill the air with fire and burn the land clear to take his revenge".

* The period of time that Blackout acquired his vehicle mode in the film, three months prior to the unfolding events, appears to contradict the origin of his vehicle mode in IDW's ''Prime Directive'' prequel comics, with him apparently having scanned and destroyed the MH-53 Pave Low all the way back in 2003. It's maaaaybe possible that he just kept on destroying ''different'' Pave Lows over time to maintain his covert status (with the U.S. government covering it up) until he finally realized how close he was to a military network access point.

* [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok's]] alternate mode is actually a part of Blackout's helicopter mode; he's made up of a [[wikipedia:General_Electric_T64|General Electric T64]] turboshaft engine and various other helicopter bits. Considering Blackout didn't appear to be missing any integral parts of his alternate mode when answering [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy's]] call or during the final battle in [[Mission City]], either Scorponok reattached himself to Blackout after he escaped the US Air Force's counter-attack in Qatar, or Blackout somehow magically regrew the parts that were previously made up by Scorponok.

* Blackout is never actually seen using his chest cannon in the film, even though he unfurls it quite emphatically on two separate occasions.

* During a transmission from Burger King's website, Optimus Prime has decreed that we are not to ride ''this'' helicopter. The current ridability of ''other'' helicopters the world over is unknown. Stand by for further updates as they become available.

*Blackout uses a [[mouthplate]] in the movie, seen in a brief shot of the side of his face before Epps takes his photo at the beginning of the film, and again when Epps was targeting him during the climactic battle.

==Footnotes==
<references />

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/Blackout/blackout.htm Blackout on TFU.info]

[[Category:3D Battle-Cards]]
[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Movie characters]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]
[[Category:Titanium Series]]

Human Error, Part I

2009-04-18T02:26:25Z

Godziboy1993:

{{episode|
|series=Anitoon
|image=
|caption=
|ep=37
|title="Human Error, Part 1"
|airdate=[[April 18]], 2009
|written by=[[Henry Gilroy]]
|directed by=[[Kalvin Lee]] [[Christopher Berkeley]] [[Naoto Hashimoto]]
|animation studio=
}}
On Christmas Morning, the Autobots wake up to a unpleasant suprise...
==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==


==Quotes==

==Notes==

===Animation or technical errors===

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

===Trivia===

[[Category:Animated episodes]]

Wasp

2009-04-13T00:29:21Z

Godziboy1993: /* Animated cartoon */

{{factions|autobot|{{factions/icons|custom=Rubsign.JPG|cLink=Decepticon|cPretty=Decepticons}}|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|the ill-destined wasp robot from ''Transformers Animated''|the ill-destined wasp robot from the Beast Era|Waspinator}}

:''Wasp is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]]. After a freak mutation, he donned a [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]] and took the name '''Waspinator'''.''

[[Image:WaspAutobot.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Wasp and Bee. Obvious, with hindsight.]]
'''Wasp''' is a lot like [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]...physically, at least. Built from the same chassis and sharing many of the same specifications and subroutines, the two Autobots attended boot camp together. Wasp's pompous, smarmy personality leaves something to be desired, but he had a lot going for him as a soldier, being highly skilled in the use of his stingers and knowing just how to toe the line with the drill sergeant. In a better life, he might have been [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] commander material.

''Might'' have.

These days, though, Wasp is a broken bot, mentally unstable and on the run from the Autobots who have branded him a traitor. What little remains of his mind is focused on just one goal...destroying Bumblebee, the bot who ruined his life!

{{bigquote|You were always mean to me and Bumblebee. You may not be a traitor...but you were ''never'' a good bot.|[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] tells Wasp off|"[[Where Is Thy Sting?]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tom Kenny]] (English), [[Jaron Löwenberg]] (German)
{{ongoing}}
Wasp was a cadet in the same group as Bumblebee, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] and [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm]]. Right away, Wasp took a dislike to Bumblebee, insulting him out of the blue as the yellow bot mused to himself about his future in the Elite Guard. He also dubbed Bulkhead a "[[Mudflap (slang)|mudflap]]", much to the amusement of his fellow cadets. The loud-mouthed drill sergeant [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Minor]] took an immediate liking to "Wasp", as he dubbed him. Wasp and Ironhide quickly became close friends, often competing in little tests of strength, usually involving Wasp hitting or stinging Ironhide while the latter was in armor mode.

After Bumblebee "bumbled" several times, leading to many [[transform-up]]s for the whole group, Wasp and Ironhide decided to take matters into their own hands, unscrewing Bumblebee's lower legs and leaving them out of reach even before they dumped the rest of him in a locker.

Unbeknownst to Wasp, however, the reason for Bumblebee's foul-ups was that he was trying to out a traitor in the group—and had pegged Wasp as the likely culprit after seeing him walk out of a hangar in which someone had contacted [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. (Plus, let's face it, he was a complete jerk. And Decepticons are jerks, right?) At Longarm's prompting, Bumblebee eventually found evidence incriminating Wasp as a spy. Wasp was stripped of his Autobot insignia and wheeled away, protesting his innocence and swearing revenge on Bumblebee.

[[Image:WaspAnimated2.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Wasp was once a 'Bot...]]

Many years later, Wasp escaped from Autobot custody and apparently eluded the now-Sentinel Prime by jumping through a [[space bridge]]. What was left of Wasp hid beneath the bridge as Sentinel left, [[Waspinator (BW)|buzzing and twittering to himself]], still swearing revenge on "Bumblebot". In reality, however, the innocent bot—broken mentally by his years of imprisonment—had been set up with evidence planted by "Longarm", who had also arranged Wasp's "escape" to divert suspicion from himself. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp|Autoboot Camp}}

Needless to say, when the truth was revealed to Bumblebee by his old "friend", Longarm Prime (aka the Decepticon Shockwave), he took it pretty hard. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

[[Image:WhereIsThySting-Bumblebeecreepilydefeated.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Bee-st Wars!]]

Wasp headed straight for the Autobots' base on Earth, with Sentinel Prime and [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] in pursuit. Waiting until Bumblebee was left alone on monitor duty (and actually playing ''[[Ninja Gladiator]]'' instead), he struck during a power outage, knocking Bumbleebee cold and switching color schemes, helmets and even speech synthesizers with his rival. When Bumblebee came to, the others had returned and had him prisoner, with the disguised Wasp at their side. Despite Bumblebee's muffled cries, the Autobots fell for Wasp's ruse, forcing Bumblebee to flee into the night. Wasp stayed behind as the others tracked Bumblebee down, allowing him to try beating Bumblebee's video game and to search through Bumblebee's personal files.

When the others returned, joined by Sentinel, Jazz, [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]], Wasp was able to recount several of Bumblebee's adventures which were logged in his files to keep the Autobots confused as to which bot was which. Unfortunately for Wasp, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] proposed the two battle against each other in in ''Ninja Gladiator'', so that Bumblebee's video game skills would be readily apparent and the traitor revealed. Before their video game could begin, Wasp panicked and attacked Bumblebee, holding him hostage so he could make his escape. Wasp left Bumblebee with one final indignity, turning off the [[electronic paintjob]] he'd installed in Bee and stealing his helmet back...tricking Bulkhead into pummeling the real Bumblebee while Wasp fled. {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}}

{{spoilers|Predacons Rising|April 18, 2009}}

The Autobots continued to pursue an erratic Wasp, though for different reasons: Sentinel Prime was still commanding the Elite Guard to bring him in on suspicion of treason, while Optimus and Bumblebee just wanted to help him (or at least keep him from damaging himself and bystanders during his crazed flight). In the midst of a pursuit through the streets of Detroit, Bumblebee tried once again to convince Wasp that he was now known to be innocent and was set up by Longarm, but Wasp refused to listen. During the chase, Wasp was suddenly abducted by [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]], who carried him to [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]].

Wasp soon found himself in [[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]]'s old underground lab going ga-ga over [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]]. The spiderbot used her feminine wiles and familiar-sounding sob stories of Autobot betrayal to win Wasp's trust, and she convinced him to undergo an organic power augmentation procedure by impressing him with the ferocity of her own beast mode (while shielding him from seeing the disfigured mutant corpses left behind from her prior experiments). Wasp entered one [[transwarp]] chamber, a real organic wasp was put into another, and out came... Waspinator, three times larger than before, with energy "stings" and a heavily processed voice.

When he was finally tracked down by Bumblebee, who apologized to him, he decided that while "Wasp" forgave his former accuser, "Waspinator" preferred violent revenge. But before Waspinator could deliver the final blow, he overheard Blackarachnia admitting to the Autobots that she only viewed her new "friend" as another experimental attempt to cure her own organic infection. Irate at yet another betrayal, Waspinator started attacking everybody—and if that wasn't scary enough, his transwarp energy became unstable. Just as Waspinator reached critical mass, Blackarachnia sealed them both within a cocoon of her energy webbing, containing the explosion of tranwarp energy.
[[Image:TFAni Predacons Rising Waspinator Hazz Planzzz.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Some assembly required.]]
While only a crater was left on Dinobot Island, Waspinator and Blackarachnia were teleported by the transwarp energy to an unknown jungle. Although reduced to pieces by the explosion, Waspinator was still functional, and slowly began putting himself back together. After all, he couldn't go offline yet... because "Wazzzpinator hazz planzzz!"
{{storylink|Predacons Rising}}

==Toys==
===Animated===
[[Image:Waspinatoranimateddeluxe.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Finally Blackarachnia has a pal...and by "pal", we mean "guinea pig".]]
*'''Waspinator''' (Deluxe class, 2009)

:Despite his cartoon origins, Waspinator is ''not'' a [[redeco]] or [[Retool|retooling]] of Bumblebee. Part of the sixth wave of ''Animated'' Deluxe-class toys, Waspinator transforms from a techno-organic wasp into a techno-organic, four-armed, winged robot that resembles his ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' namesake, only far freakier-looking. In both modes, a lever on the thorax flaps his wings back and forth.
{{-}}

==Notes==
*A wasp and a bee, sharing the same mold? [[Waspinator|How]] [[Buzz Saw|preposterous]]!

*The small, vestigial arms present on the Deluxe Waspinator toy's robot mode torso have their origin in an early design concept for [[Lockdown]]; the bounty hunter robot's character model was subsequently altered to make his appearance less monstrous, but [[Derrick Wyatt]] loved the concept of the vestigial arms enough to incorporate them instead into Waspinator's design.<ref>[http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2008/05/evolution-of-lockdown.html The Evolution of Lockdown ] and [http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2008/10/tfa-s3-chin-on.html TFA S3: CHIN ON!]</ref>

*The signature quote given to Waspinator on his toy packaging is "Waspinator rules!", one of several iconic catchphrases associated with the original ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' incarnation of Waspinator. He uttered it in "[[Maximal, No More]]".

* Wasp shares many of the original Waspinator's traits: the same broken and whiny voice, being a chew-toy of fate, the same type of mouth in beast-mode, surviving massive injury, and mentioning having planzzz. However, all of them have been played straight rather than for comedy—his voice comes from having gone ''insane'' from his chew-toy ordeals—which makes him both a more tragic and dangerous figure. When he says "Waspinator has planzzz!" after surviving major injury, it's presented as something quite sinister...

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category: Animated characters]]
[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Decepticons]]

Wasp

2009-04-13T00:28:49Z

Godziboy1993: /* Animated cartoon */

{{factions|autobot|{{factions/icons|custom=Rubsign.JPG|cLink=Decepticon|cPretty=Decepticons}}|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|the ill-destined wasp robot from ''Transformers Animated''|the ill-destined wasp robot from the Beast Era|Waspinator}}

:''Wasp is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]]. After a freak mutation, he donned a [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]] and took the name '''Waspinator'''.''

[[Image:WaspAutobot.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Wasp and Bee. Obvious, with hindsight.]]
'''Wasp''' is a lot like [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]...physically, at least. Built from the same chassis and sharing many of the same specifications and subroutines, the two Autobots attended boot camp together. Wasp's pompous, smarmy personality leaves something to be desired, but he had a lot going for him as a soldier, being highly skilled in the use of his stingers and knowing just how to toe the line with the drill sergeant. In a better life, he might have been [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] commander material.

''Might'' have.

These days, though, Wasp is a broken bot, mentally unstable and on the run from the Autobots who have branded him a traitor. What little remains of his mind is focused on just one goal...destroying Bumblebee, the bot who ruined his life!

{{bigquote|You were always mean to me and Bumblebee. You may not be a traitor...but you were ''never'' a good bot.|[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] tells Wasp off|"[[Where Is Thy Sting?]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tom Kenny]] (English), [[Jaron Löwenberg]] (German)
{{ongoing}}
Wasp was a cadet in the same group as Bumblebee, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] and [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm]]. Right away, Wasp took a dislike to Bumblebee, insulting him out of the blue as the yellow bot mused to himself about his future in the Elite Guard. He also dubbed Bulkhead a "[[Mudflap (slang)|mudflap]]", much to the amusement of his fellow cadets. The loud-mouthed drill sergeant [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Minor]] took an immediate liking to "Wasp", as he dubbed him. Wasp and Ironhide quickly became close friends, often competing in little tests of strength, usually involving Wasp hitting or stinging Ironhide while the latter was in armor mode.

After Bumblebee "bumbled" several times, leading to many [[transform-up]]s for the whole group, Wasp and Ironhide decided to take matters into their own hands, unscrewing Bumblebee's lower legs and leaving them out of reach even before they dumped the rest of him in a locker.

Unbeknownst to Wasp, however, the reason for Bumblebee's foul-ups was that he was trying to out a traitor in the group—and had pegged Wasp as the likely culprit after seeing him walk out of a hangar in which someone had contacted [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. (Plus, let's face it, he was a complete jerk. And Decepticons are jerks, right?) At Longarm's prompting, Bumblebee eventually found evidence incriminating Wasp as a spy. Wasp was stripped of his Autobot insignia and wheeled away, protesting his innocence and swearing revenge on Bumblebee.

[[Image:WaspAnimated2.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Wasp was once a 'Bot...]]

Many years later, Wasp escaped from Autobot custody and apparently eluded the now-Sentinel Prime by jumping through a [[space bridge]]. What was left of Wasp hid beneath the bridge as Sentinel left, [[Waspinator (BW)|buzzing and twittering to himself]], still swearing revenge on "Bumblebot". In reality, however, the innocent bot—broken mentally by his years of imprisonment—had been set up with evidence planted by "Longarm", who had also arranged Wasp's "escape" to divert suspicion from himself. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp|Autoboot Camp}}

Needless to say, when the truth was revealed to Bumblebee by his old "friend", Longarm Prime (aka the Decepticon Shockwave), he took it pretty hard. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

[[Image:WhereIsThySting-Bumblebeecreepilydefeated.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Bee-st Wars!]]

Wasp headed straight for the Autobots' base on Earth, with Sentinel Prime and [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] in pursuit. Waiting until Bumblebee was left alone on monitor duty (and actually playing ''[[Ninja Gladiator]]'' instead), he struck during a power outage, knocking Bumbleebee cold and switching color schemes, helmets and even speech synthesizers with his rival. When Bumblebee came to, the others had returned and had him prisoner, with the disguised Wasp at their side. Despite Bumblebee's muffled cries, the Autobots fell for Wasp's ruse, forcing Bumblebee to flee into the night. Wasp stayed behind as the others tracked Bumblebee down, allowing him to try beating Bumblebee's video game and to search through Bumblebee's personal files.

When the others returned, joined by Sentinel, Jazz, [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]], Wasp was able to recount several of Bumblebee's adventures which were logged in his files to keep the Autobots confused as to which bot was which. Unfortunately for Wasp, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] proposed the two battle against each other in in ''Ninja Gladiator'', so that Bumblebee's video game skills would be readily apparent and the traitor revealed. Before their video game could begin, Wasp panicked and attacked Bumblebee, holding him hostage so he could make his escape. Wasp left Bumblebee with one final indignity, turning off the [[electronic paintjob]] he'd installed in Bee and stealing his helmet back...tricking Bulkhead into pummeling the real Bumblebee while Wasp fled. {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}}

{{spoilers|Predacons Rising|April 18, 2009}}

The Autobots continued to pursue an erratic Wasp, though for different reasons: Sentinel Prime was still commanding the Elite Guard to bring him in on suspicion of treason, while Optimus and Bumblebee just wanted to help him (or at least keep him from damaging himself and bystanders during his crazed flight). In the midst of a pursuit through the streets of Detroit, Bumblebee tried once again to convince Wasp that he was now known to be innocent and was set up by Longarm, but Wasp refused to listen. During the chase, Wasp was suddenly abducted by [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]], who carried him to [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]].

Wasp soon found himself in [[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]]'s old underground lab going ga-ga over [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]]. The spiderbot used her feminine wiles and familiar-sounding sob stories of Autobot betrayal to win Wasp's trust, and she convinced him to undergo an organic power augmentation procedure by impressing him with the ferocity of her own beast mode (while shielding him from seeing the disfigured mutant corpses left behind from her prior experiments). Wasp entered one [[transwarp]] chamber, a real organic wasp was put into another, and out came... Waspinator, three times larger than before, with energy "stings" and a heavily processed voice.

When he was finally tracked down by Bumblebee, who apologized to him, he decided that while "Wasp" forgave his former accuser, "Waspinator" preferred violent revenge. But before Waspinator could deliver the final blow, he overheard Blackarachnia admitting to the Autobots that she only viewed her new "friend" as another experimental attempt to cure her own organic infection. Irate at yet another betrayal, Waspinator started attacking everybody—and if that wasn't scary enough, his transwarp energy became unstable. Just as Waspinator reached critical mass, Blackarachnia sealed them both within a cocoon of her energy webbing, containing the explosion of tranwarp energy.
[[Image:TFAni Predacons Rising Waspinator Hazz Planzzz.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Some assembly required.]]
While only a crater was left on Dinobot Island, Waspinator and Blackarachnia were teleported by the transwarp energy to an unknown jungle. Although reduced to pieces by the explosion, Waspinator was still functional, and slowly began putting himself back together. After all, he couldn't go offline yet... because "Wazzzpinator hazz planzzz!"
{{storylink|Predacons Rising}}

==Toys==
===Animated===
[[Image:Waspinatoranimateddeluxe.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Finally Blackarachnia has a pal...and by "pal", we mean "guinea pig".]]
*'''Waspinator''' (Deluxe class, 2009)

:Despite his cartoon origins, Waspinator is ''not'' a [[redeco]] or [[Retool|retooling]] of Bumblebee. Part of the sixth wave of ''Animated'' Deluxe-class toys, Waspinator transforms from a techno-organic wasp into a techno-organic, four-armed, winged robot that resembles his ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' namesake, only far freakier-looking. In both modes, a lever on the thorax flaps his wings back and forth.
{{-}}

==Notes==
*A wasp and a bee, sharing the same mold? [[Waspinator|How]] [[Buzz Saw|preposterous]]!

*The small, vestigial arms present on the Deluxe Waspinator toy's robot mode torso have their origin in an early design concept for [[Lockdown]]; the bounty hunter robot's character model was subsequently altered to make his appearance less monstrous, but [[Derrick Wyatt]] loved the concept of the vestigial arms enough to incorporate them instead into Waspinator's design.<ref>[http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2008/05/evolution-of-lockdown.html The Evolution of Lockdown ] and [http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2008/10/tfa-s3-chin-on.html TFA S3: CHIN ON!]</ref>

*The signature quote given to Waspinator on his toy packaging is "Waspinator rules!", one of several iconic catchphrases associated with the original ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' incarnation of Waspinator. He uttered it in "[[Maximal, No More]]".

* Wasp shares many of the original Waspinator's traits: the same broken and whiny voice, being a chew-toy of fate, the same type of mouth in beast-mode, surviving massive injury, and mentioning having planzzz. However, all of them have been played straight rather than for comedy—his voice comes from having gone ''insane'' from his chew-toy ordeals—which makes him both a more tragic and dangerous figure. When he says "Waspinator has planzzz!" after surviving major injury, it's presented as something quite sinister...

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category: Animated characters]]
[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Decepticons]]

Wasp

2009-04-13T00:27:47Z

Godziboy1993: /* Animated cartoon */

{{factions|autobot|{{factions/icons|custom=Rubsign.JPG|cLink=Decepticon|cPretty=Decepticons}}|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|the ill-destined wasp robot from ''Transformers Animated''|the ill-destined wasp robot from the Beast Era|Waspinator}}

:''Wasp is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]]. After a freak mutation, he donned a [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]] and took the name '''Waspinator'''.''

[[Image:WaspAutobot.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Wasp and Bee. Obvious, with hindsight.]]
'''Wasp''' is a lot like [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]...physically, at least. Built from the same chassis and sharing many of the same specifications and subroutines, the two Autobots attended boot camp together. Wasp's pompous, smarmy personality leaves something to be desired, but he had a lot going for him as a soldier, being highly skilled in the use of his stingers and knowing just how to toe the line with the drill sergeant. In a better life, he might have been [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] commander material.

''Might'' have.

These days, though, Wasp is a broken bot, mentally unstable and on the run from the Autobots who have branded him a traitor. What little remains of his mind is focused on just one goal...destroying Bumblebee, the bot who ruined his life!

{{bigquote|You were always mean to me and Bumblebee. You may not be a traitor...but you were ''never'' a good bot.|[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] tells Wasp off|"[[Where Is Thy Sting?]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tom Kenny]] (English), [[Jaron Löwenberg]] (German)
{{ongoing}}
Wasp was a cadet in the same group as Bumblebee, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] and [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm]]. Right away, Wasp took a dislike to Bumblebee, insulting him out of the blue as the yellow bot mused to himself about his future in the Elite Guard. He also dubbed Bulkhead a "[[Mudflap (slang)|mudflap]]", much to the amusement of his fellow cadets. The loud-mouthed drill sergeant [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Minor]] took an immediate liking to "Wasp", as he dubbed him. Wasp and Ironhide quickly became close friends, often competing in little tests of strength, usually involving Wasp hitting or stinging Ironhide while the latter was in armor mode.

After Bumblebee "bumbled" several times, leading to many [[transform-up]]s for the whole group, Wasp and Ironhide decided to take matters into their own hands, unscrewing Bumblebee's lower legs and leaving them out of reach even before they dumped the rest of him in a locker.

Unbeknownst to Wasp, however, the reason for Bumblebee's foul-ups was that he was trying to out a traitor in the group—and had pegged Wasp as the likely culprit after seeing him walk out of a hangar in which someone had contacted [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. (Plus, let's face it, he was a complete jerk. And Decepticons are jerks, right?) At Longarm's prompting, Bumblebee eventually found evidence incriminating Wasp as a spy. Wasp was stripped of his Autobot insignia and wheeled away, protesting his innocence and swearing revenge on Bumblebee.

[[Image:WaspAnimated2.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Wasp was once a 'Bot...]]

Many years later, Wasp escaped from Autobot custody and apparently eluded the now-Sentinel Prime by jumping through a [[space bridge]]. What was left of Wasp hid beneath the bridge as Sentinel left, [[Waspinator (BW)|buzzing and twittering to himself]], still swearing revenge on "Bumblebot". In reality, however, the innocent bot—broken mentally by his years of imprisonment—had been set up with evidence planted by "Longarm", who had also arranged Wasp's "escape" to divert suspicion from himself. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp|Autoboot Camp}}

Needless to say, when the truth was revealed to Bumblebee by his old "friend", Longarm Prime (aka the Decepticon Shockwave), he took it pretty hard. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

[[Image:WhereIsThySting-Bumblebeecreepilydefeated.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Bee-st Wars!]]

Wasp headed straight for the Autobots' base on Earth, with Sentinel Prime and [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] in pursuit. Waiting until Bumblebee was left alone on monitor duty (and actually playing ''[[Ninja Gladiator]]'' instead), he struck during a power outage, knocking Bumbleebee cold and switching color schemes, helmets and even speech synthesizers with his rival. When Bumblebee came to, the others had returned and had him prisoner, with the disguised Wasp at their side. Despite Bumblebee's muffled cries, the Autobots fell for Wasp's ruse, forcing Bumblebee to flee into the night. Wasp stayed behind as the others tracked Bumblebee down, allowing him to try beating Bumblebee's video game and to search through Bumblebee's personal files.

When the others returned, joined by Sentinel, Jazz, [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]], Wasp was able to recount several of Bumblebee's adventures which were logged in his files to keep the Autobots confused as to which bot was which. Unfortunately for Wasp, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] proposed the two battle against each other in in ''Ninja Gladiator'', so that Bumblebee's video game skills would be readily apparent and the traitor revealed. Before their video game could begin, Wasp panicked and attacked Bumblebee, holding him hostage so he could make his escape. Wasp left Bumblebee with one final indignity, turning off the [[electronic paintjob]] he'd installed in Bee and stealing his helmet back...tricking Bulkhead into pummeling the real Bumblebee while Wasp fled. {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}}

{{spoilers|Predacons Rising|April 18, 2009}}

The Autobots continued to pursue an erratic Wasp, though for different reasons: Sentinel Prime was still commanding the Elite Guard to bring him in on suspicion of treason, while Optimus and Bumblebee just wanted to help him (or at least keep him from damaging himself and bystanders during his crazed flight). In the midst of a pursuit through the streets of Detroit, Bumblebee tried once again to convince Wasp that he was now known to be innocent and was set up by Longarm, but Wasp refused to listen. During the chase, Wasp was suddenly abducted by [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]], who carried him to [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]].

Wasp soon found himself in [[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]]'s old underground lab going ga-ga over [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]]. The spiderbot used her feminine wiles and familiar-sounding sob stories of Autobot betrayal to win Wasp's trust, and she convinced him to undergo an organic power augmentation procedure by impressing him with the ferocity of her own beast mode (while shielding him from seeing the disfigured mutant corpses left behind from her prior experiments). Wasp entered one [[transwarp]] chamber, a real organic wasp was put into another, and out came... Waspinator, three times larger than before, with energy "stings" and a heavily processed voice.

When he was finally tracked down by Bumblebee, who apologized to him, he decided that while "Wasp" forgave his former accuser, "Waspinator" preferred violent revenge. But before Waspinator could deliver the final blow, he overheard Blackarachnia admitting to the Autobots that she only viewed her new "friend" as another experimental attempt to cure her own organic infection. Irate at yet another betrayal, Waspinator started attacking everybody—and if that wasn't scary enough, his transwarp energy became unstable. Just as Waspinator reached critical mass, Blackarachnia sealed them both within a cocoon of her energy webbing, containing the explosion of tranwarp energy.

While only a crater was left on Dinobot Island, Waspinator and Blackarachnia were teleported by the transwarp energy to an unknown jungle. Although reduced to pieces by the explosion, Waspinator was still functional, and slowly began putting himself back together. After all, he couldn't go offline yet... because "Wazzzpinator hazz planzzz!" [[Image:TFAni Predacons Rising Waspinator Hazz Planzzz.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Some assembly required.]]
{{storylink|Predacons Rising}}

==Toys==
===Animated===
[[Image:Waspinatoranimateddeluxe.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Finally Blackarachnia has a pal...and by "pal", we mean "guinea pig".]]
*'''Waspinator''' (Deluxe class, 2009)

:Despite his cartoon origins, Waspinator is ''not'' a [[redeco]] or [[Retool|retooling]] of Bumblebee. Part of the sixth wave of ''Animated'' Deluxe-class toys, Waspinator transforms from a techno-organic wasp into a techno-organic, four-armed, winged robot that resembles his ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' namesake, only far freakier-looking. In both modes, a lever on the thorax flaps his wings back and forth.
{{-}}

==Notes==
*A wasp and a bee, sharing the same mold? [[Waspinator|How]] [[Buzz Saw|preposterous]]!

*The small, vestigial arms present on the Deluxe Waspinator toy's robot mode torso have their origin in an early design concept for [[Lockdown]]; the bounty hunter robot's character model was subsequently altered to make his appearance less monstrous, but [[Derrick Wyatt]] loved the concept of the vestigial arms enough to incorporate them instead into Waspinator's design.<ref>[http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2008/05/evolution-of-lockdown.html The Evolution of Lockdown ] and [http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2008/10/tfa-s3-chin-on.html TFA S3: CHIN ON!]</ref>

*The signature quote given to Waspinator on his toy packaging is "Waspinator rules!", one of several iconic catchphrases associated with the original ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' incarnation of Waspinator. He uttered it in "[[Maximal, No More]]".

* Wasp shares many of the original Waspinator's traits: the same broken and whiny voice, being a chew-toy of fate, the same type of mouth in beast-mode, surviving massive injury, and mentioning having planzzz. However, all of them have been played straight rather than for comedy—his voice comes from having gone ''insane'' from his chew-toy ordeals—which makes him both a more tragic and dangerous figure. When he says "Waspinator has planzzz!" after surviving major injury, it's presented as something quite sinister...

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category: Animated characters]]
[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Decepticons]]

Wasp

2009-04-13T00:27:23Z

Godziboy1993: /* Animated cartoon */

{{factions|autobot|{{factions/icons|custom=Rubsign.JPG|cLink=Decepticon|cPretty=Decepticons}}|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|the ill-destined wasp robot from ''Transformers Animated''|the ill-destined wasp robot from the Beast Era|Waspinator}}

:''Wasp is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]]. After a freak mutation, he donned a [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]] and took the name '''Waspinator'''.''

[[Image:WaspAutobot.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Wasp and Bee. Obvious, with hindsight.]]
'''Wasp''' is a lot like [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]...physically, at least. Built from the same chassis and sharing many of the same specifications and subroutines, the two Autobots attended boot camp together. Wasp's pompous, smarmy personality leaves something to be desired, but he had a lot going for him as a soldier, being highly skilled in the use of his stingers and knowing just how to toe the line with the drill sergeant. In a better life, he might have been [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] commander material.

''Might'' have.

These days, though, Wasp is a broken bot, mentally unstable and on the run from the Autobots who have branded him a traitor. What little remains of his mind is focused on just one goal...destroying Bumblebee, the bot who ruined his life!

{{bigquote|You were always mean to me and Bumblebee. You may not be a traitor...but you were ''never'' a good bot.|[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] tells Wasp off|"[[Where Is Thy Sting?]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tom Kenny]] (English), [[Jaron Löwenberg]] (German)
{{ongoing}}
Wasp was a cadet in the same group as Bumblebee, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] and [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm]]. Right away, Wasp took a dislike to Bumblebee, insulting him out of the blue as the yellow bot mused to himself about his future in the Elite Guard. He also dubbed Bulkhead a "[[Mudflap (slang)|mudflap]]", much to the amusement of his fellow cadets. The loud-mouthed drill sergeant [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Minor]] took an immediate liking to "Wasp", as he dubbed him. Wasp and Ironhide quickly became close friends, often competing in little tests of strength, usually involving Wasp hitting or stinging Ironhide while the latter was in armor mode.

After Bumblebee "bumbled" several times, leading to many [[transform-up]]s for the whole group, Wasp and Ironhide decided to take matters into their own hands, unscrewing Bumblebee's lower legs and leaving them out of reach even before they dumped the rest of him in a locker.

Unbeknownst to Wasp, however, the reason for Bumblebee's foul-ups was that he was trying to out a traitor in the group—and had pegged Wasp as the likely culprit after seeing him walk out of a hangar in which someone had contacted [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. (Plus, let's face it, he was a complete jerk. And Decepticons are jerks, right?) At Longarm's prompting, Bumblebee eventually found evidence incriminating Wasp as a spy. Wasp was stripped of his Autobot insignia and wheeled away, protesting his innocence and swearing revenge on Bumblebee.

[[Image:WaspAnimated2.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Wasp was once a 'Bot...]]

Many years later, Wasp escaped from Autobot custody and apparently eluded the now-Sentinel Prime by jumping through a [[space bridge]]. What was left of Wasp hid beneath the bridge as Sentinel left, [[Waspinator (BW)|buzzing and twittering to himself]], still swearing revenge on "Bumblebot". In reality, however, the innocent bot—broken mentally by his years of imprisonment—had been set up with evidence planted by "Longarm", who had also arranged Wasp's "escape" to divert suspicion from himself. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp|Autoboot Camp}}

Needless to say, when the truth was revealed to Bumblebee by his old "friend", Longarm Prime (aka the Decepticon Shockwave), he took it pretty hard. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

[[Image:WhereIsThySting-Bumblebeecreepilydefeated.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Bee-st Wars!]]

Wasp headed straight for the Autobots' base on Earth, with Sentinel Prime and [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] in pursuit. Waiting until Bumblebee was left alone on monitor duty (and actually playing ''[[Ninja Gladiator]]'' instead), he struck during a power outage, knocking Bumbleebee cold and switching color schemes, helmets and even speech synthesizers with his rival. When Bumblebee came to, the others had returned and had him prisoner, with the disguised Wasp at their side. Despite Bumblebee's muffled cries, the Autobots fell for Wasp's ruse, forcing Bumblebee to flee into the night. Wasp stayed behind as the others tracked Bumblebee down, allowing him to try beating Bumblebee's video game and to search through Bumblebee's personal files.

When the others returned, joined by Sentinel, Jazz, [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]], Wasp was able to recount several of Bumblebee's adventures which were logged in his files to keep the Autobots confused as to which bot was which. Unfortunately for Wasp, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] proposed the two battle against each other in in ''Ninja Gladiator'', so that Bumblebee's video game skills would be readily apparent and the traitor revealed. Before their video game could begin, Wasp panicked and attacked Bumblebee, holding him hostage so he could make his escape. Wasp left Bumblebee with one final indignity, turning off the [[electronic paintjob]] he'd installed in Bee and stealing his helmet back...tricking Bulkhead into pummeling the real Bumblebee while Wasp fled. {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}}

{{spoilers|Predacons Rising|April 18, 2009}}

The Autobots continued to pursue an erratic Wasp, though for different reasons: Sentinel Prime was still commanding the Elite Guard to bring him in on suspicion of treason, while Optimus and Bumblebee just wanted to help him (or at least keep him from damaging himself and bystanders during his crazed flight). In the midst of a pursuit through the streets of Detroit, Bumblebee tried once again to convince Wasp that he was now known to be innocent and was set up by Longarm, but Wasp refused to listen. During the chase, Wasp was suddenly abducted by [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]], who carried him to [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]].

Wasp soon found himself in [[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]]'s old underground lab going ga-ga over [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]]. The spiderbot used her feminine wiles and familiar-sounding sob stories of Autobot betrayal to win Wasp's trust, and she convinced him to undergo an organic power augmentation procedure by impressing him with the ferocity of her own beast mode (while shielding him from seeing the disfigured mutant corpses left behind from her prior experiments). Wasp entered one [[transwarp]] chamber, a real organic wasp was put into another, and out came... Waspinator, three times larger than before, with energy "stings" and a heavily processed voice.

When he was finally tracked down by Bumblebee, who apologized to him, he decided that while "Wasp" forgave his former accuser, "Waspinator" preferred violent revenge. But before Waspinator could deliver the final blow, he overheard Blackarachnia admitting to the Autobots that she only viewed her new "friend" as another experimental attempt to cure her own organic infection. Irate at yet another betrayal, Waspinator started attacking everybody—and if that wasn't scary enough, his transwarp energy became unstable. Just as Waspinator reached critical mass, Blackarachnia sealed them both within a cocoon of her energy webbing, containing the explosion of tranwarp energy.

While only a crater was left on Dinobot Island, Waspinator and Blackarachnia were teleported by the transwarp energy to an unknown jungle. Although reduced to pieces by the explosion, Waspinator was still functional, and slowly began putting himself back together. After all, he couldn't go offline yet... because "Wazzzpinator hazz planzzz!" [[Image:TFAni Predacons Rising Waspinator Hazz Planzzz.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Some assembly required.]]
{{storylink|Predacons Rising}}
[[Image:TFAni Predacons Rising Waspinator Hazz Planzzz.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Some assembly required.]]

==Toys==
===Animated===
[[Image:Waspinatoranimateddeluxe.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Finally Blackarachnia has a pal...and by "pal", we mean "guinea pig".]]
*'''Waspinator''' (Deluxe class, 2009)

:Despite his cartoon origins, Waspinator is ''not'' a [[redeco]] or [[Retool|retooling]] of Bumblebee. Part of the sixth wave of ''Animated'' Deluxe-class toys, Waspinator transforms from a techno-organic wasp into a techno-organic, four-armed, winged robot that resembles his ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' namesake, only far freakier-looking. In both modes, a lever on the thorax flaps his wings back and forth.
{{-}}

==Notes==
*A wasp and a bee, sharing the same mold? [[Waspinator|How]] [[Buzz Saw|preposterous]]!

*The small, vestigial arms present on the Deluxe Waspinator toy's robot mode torso have their origin in an early design concept for [[Lockdown]]; the bounty hunter robot's character model was subsequently altered to make his appearance less monstrous, but [[Derrick Wyatt]] loved the concept of the vestigial arms enough to incorporate them instead into Waspinator's design.<ref>[http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2008/05/evolution-of-lockdown.html The Evolution of Lockdown ] and [http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2008/10/tfa-s3-chin-on.html TFA S3: CHIN ON!]</ref>

*The signature quote given to Waspinator on his toy packaging is "Waspinator rules!", one of several iconic catchphrases associated with the original ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' incarnation of Waspinator. He uttered it in "[[Maximal, No More]]".

* Wasp shares many of the original Waspinator's traits: the same broken and whiny voice, being a chew-toy of fate, the same type of mouth in beast-mode, surviving massive injury, and mentioning having planzzz. However, all of them have been played straight rather than for comedy—his voice comes from having gone ''insane'' from his chew-toy ordeals—which makes him both a more tragic and dangerous figure. When he says "Waspinator has planzzz!" after surviving major injury, it's presented as something quite sinister...

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category: Animated characters]]
[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Decepticons]]

Wasp

2009-04-13T00:25:46Z

Godziboy1993: /* Animated cartoon */

{{factions|autobot|{{factions/icons|custom=Rubsign.JPG|cLink=Decepticon|cPretty=Decepticons}}|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|the ill-destined wasp robot from ''Transformers Animated''|the ill-destined wasp robot from the Beast Era|Waspinator}}

:''Wasp is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]]. After a freak mutation, he donned a [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]] and took the name '''Waspinator'''.''

[[Image:WaspAutobot.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Wasp and Bee. Obvious, with hindsight.]]
'''Wasp''' is a lot like [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]...physically, at least. Built from the same chassis and sharing many of the same specifications and subroutines, the two Autobots attended boot camp together. Wasp's pompous, smarmy personality leaves something to be desired, but he had a lot going for him as a soldier, being highly skilled in the use of his stingers and knowing just how to toe the line with the drill sergeant. In a better life, he might have been [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] commander material.

''Might'' have.

These days, though, Wasp is a broken bot, mentally unstable and on the run from the Autobots who have branded him a traitor. What little remains of his mind is focused on just one goal...destroying Bumblebee, the bot who ruined his life!

{{bigquote|You were always mean to me and Bumblebee. You may not be a traitor...but you were ''never'' a good bot.|[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] tells Wasp off|"[[Where Is Thy Sting?]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tom Kenny]] (English), [[Jaron Löwenberg]] (German)
{{ongoing}}
Wasp was a cadet in the same group as Bumblebee, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] and [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm]]. Right away, Wasp took a dislike to Bumblebee, insulting him out of the blue as the yellow bot mused to himself about his future in the Elite Guard. He also dubbed Bulkhead a "[[Mudflap (slang)|mudflap]]", much to the amusement of his fellow cadets. The loud-mouthed drill sergeant [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Minor]] took an immediate liking to "Wasp", as he dubbed him. Wasp and Ironhide quickly became close friends, often competing in little tests of strength, usually involving Wasp hitting or stinging Ironhide while the latter was in armor mode.

After Bumblebee "bumbled" several times, leading to many [[transform-up]]s for the whole group, Wasp and Ironhide decided to take matters into their own hands, unscrewing Bumblebee's lower legs and leaving them out of reach even before they dumped the rest of him in a locker.

Unbeknownst to Wasp, however, the reason for Bumblebee's foul-ups was that he was trying to out a traitor in the group—and had pegged Wasp as the likely culprit after seeing him walk out of a hangar in which someone had contacted [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. (Plus, let's face it, he was a complete jerk. And Decepticons are jerks, right?) At Longarm's prompting, Bumblebee eventually found evidence incriminating Wasp as a spy. Wasp was stripped of his Autobot insignia and wheeled away, protesting his innocence and swearing revenge on Bumblebee.

[[Image:WaspAnimated2.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Wasp was once a 'Bot...]]

Many years later, Wasp escaped from Autobot custody and apparently eluded the now-Sentinel Prime by jumping through a [[space bridge]]. What was left of Wasp hid beneath the bridge as Sentinel left, [[Waspinator (BW)|buzzing and twittering to himself]], still swearing revenge on "Bumblebot". In reality, however, the innocent bot—broken mentally by his years of imprisonment—had been set up with evidence planted by "Longarm", who had also arranged Wasp's "escape" to divert suspicion from himself. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp|Autoboot Camp}}

Needless to say, when the truth was revealed to Bumblebee by his old "friend", Longarm Prime (aka the Decepticon Shockwave), he took it pretty hard. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

[[Image:WhereIsThySting-Bumblebeecreepilydefeated.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Bee-st Wars!]]

Wasp headed straight for the Autobots' base on Earth, with Sentinel Prime and [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] in pursuit. Waiting until Bumblebee was left alone on monitor duty (and actually playing ''[[Ninja Gladiator]]'' instead), he struck during a power outage, knocking Bumbleebee cold and switching color schemes, helmets and even speech synthesizers with his rival. When Bumblebee came to, the others had returned and had him prisoner, with the disguised Wasp at their side. Despite Bumblebee's muffled cries, the Autobots fell for Wasp's ruse, forcing Bumblebee to flee into the night. Wasp stayed behind as the others tracked Bumblebee down, allowing him to try beating Bumblebee's video game and to search through Bumblebee's personal files.

When the others returned, joined by Sentinel, Jazz, [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]], Wasp was able to recount several of Bumblebee's adventures which were logged in his files to keep the Autobots confused as to which bot was which. Unfortunately for Wasp, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] proposed the two battle against each other in in ''Ninja Gladiator'', so that Bumblebee's video game skills would be readily apparent and the traitor revealed. Before their video game could begin, Wasp panicked and attacked Bumblebee, holding him hostage so he could make his escape. Wasp left Bumblebee with one final indignity, turning off the [[electronic paintjob]] he'd installed in Bee and stealing his helmet back...tricking Bulkhead into pummeling the real Bumblebee while Wasp fled. {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}}

{{spoilers|Predacons Rising|April 18, 2009}}

The Autobots continued to pursue an erratic Wasp, though for different reasons: Sentinel Prime was still commanding the Elite Guard to bring him in on suspicion of treason, while Optimus and Bumblebee just wanted to help him (or at least keep him from damaging himself and bystanders during his crazed flight). In the midst of a pursuit through the streets of Detroit, Bumblebee tried once again to convince Wasp that he was now known to be innocent and was set up by Longarm, but Wasp refused to listen. During the chase, Wasp was suddenly abducted by [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]], who carried him to [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]].

Wasp soon found himself in [[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]]'s old underground lab going ga-ga over [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]]. The spiderbot used her feminine wiles and familiar-sounding sob stories of Autobot betrayal to win Wasp's trust, and she convinced him to undergo an organic power augmentation procedure by impressing him with the ferocity of her own beast mode (while shielding him from seeing the disfigured mutant corpses left behind from her prior experiments). Wasp entered one [[transwarp]] chamber, a real organic wasp was put into another, and out came... Waspinator, three times larger than before, with energy "stings" and a heavily processed voice.

When he was finally tracked down by Bumblebee, who apologized to him, he decided that while "Wasp" forgave his former accuser, "Waspinator" preferred violent revenge. But before Waspinator could deliver the final blow, he overheard Blackarachnia admitting to the Autobots that she only viewed her new "friend" as another experimental attempt to cure her own organic infection. Irate at yet another betrayal, Waspinator started attacking everybody—and if that wasn't scary enough, his transwarp energy became unstable. Just as Waspinator reached critical mass, Blackarachnia sealed them both within a cocoon of her energy webbing, containing the explosion of tranwarp energy.

While only a crater was left on Dinobot Island, Waspinator and Blackarachnia were teleported by the transwarp energy to an unknown jungle. Although reduced to pieces by the explosion, Waspinator was still functional, and slowly began putting himself back together. After all, he couldn't go offline yet... because "Wazzzpinator hazz planzzz!" {{storylink|Predacons Rising}}
[[Image:TFAni Predacons Rising Waspinator Hazz Planzzz.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Some assembly required.]]

==Toys==
===Animated===
[[Image:Waspinatoranimateddeluxe.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Finally Blackarachnia has a pal...and by "pal", we mean "guinea pig".]]
*'''Waspinator''' (Deluxe class, 2009)

:Despite his cartoon origins, Waspinator is ''not'' a [[redeco]] or [[Retool|retooling]] of Bumblebee. Part of the sixth wave of ''Animated'' Deluxe-class toys, Waspinator transforms from a techno-organic wasp into a techno-organic, four-armed, winged robot that resembles his ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' namesake, only far freakier-looking. In both modes, a lever on the thorax flaps his wings back and forth.
{{-}}

==Notes==
*A wasp and a bee, sharing the same mold? [[Waspinator|How]] [[Buzz Saw|preposterous]]!

*The small, vestigial arms present on the Deluxe Waspinator toy's robot mode torso have their origin in an early design concept for [[Lockdown]]; the bounty hunter robot's character model was subsequently altered to make his appearance less monstrous, but [[Derrick Wyatt]] loved the concept of the vestigial arms enough to incorporate them instead into Waspinator's design.<ref>[http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2008/05/evolution-of-lockdown.html The Evolution of Lockdown ] and [http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2008/10/tfa-s3-chin-on.html TFA S3: CHIN ON!]</ref>

*The signature quote given to Waspinator on his toy packaging is "Waspinator rules!", one of several iconic catchphrases associated with the original ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' incarnation of Waspinator. He uttered it in "[[Maximal, No More]]".

* Wasp shares many of the original Waspinator's traits: the same broken and whiny voice, being a chew-toy of fate, the same type of mouth in beast-mode, surviving massive injury, and mentioning having planzzz. However, all of them have been played straight rather than for comedy—his voice comes from having gone ''insane'' from his chew-toy ordeals—which makes him both a more tragic and dangerous figure. When he says "Waspinator has planzzz!" after surviving major injury, it's presented as something quite sinister...

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category: Animated characters]]
[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Decepticons]]

Sideswipe (Movie)

2009-04-09T01:12:36Z

Godziboy1993: /* Robot Heroes */

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Sideswipe}}
:''Sideswipe 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]].''

'''Sideswipe''' transforms into a Chevrolet Corvette Centennial Stingray Concept!

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
{{spoiler|Alliance issue 4|April 25 2009}}

After the [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s Autobots left [[Mission City]], they left a homing beacon in a junk yard near the metropolis to attract any Autobots who might have heard Prime's rallying call to [[Earth]]. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 3}} Sideswipe was among those few that safely arrived and had hidden themselves in the junk yard. Once discovered, they were brought to [[Diego Garcia]] to train with the other Autobots and [[William Lennox|Major Lennox]]'s soldiers in defense of their new home. However, they soon had to apply that training on the battlefield: the [[Decepticon]] [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] had been sighted in [[Shanghai]], [[China]]. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4}}

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie===
{{comingsoon}}

==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Deluxe Class toys====
[[Image:ROTFSideswipe 2009 Deluxe.jpg|right|250px|thumb|His heroes are [[Tigatron]] and [[Wolverine]]]]
*'''Sideswipe''' (Deluxe Class, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RA-04'''

{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}
====Battle Chargers====
[[Image:ROTFSideswipe BattleChargers 2009.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Not [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]]]]
*'''Sideswipe''' (2009)

{{comingsoontoy}}

{{-}}
====Gravity Bots====
*'''Sideswipe''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GB-04'''

{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}
==Merchandise==
===Robot Heroes===
*'''Sideswipe and Sideways''' (2009)

[[Image:ROTFSideswipe RobotHeroes 2009.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Hey! You! You're going down!]]
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen characters]]
[[Category:Autobots]]

Talk:Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)

2009-04-06T23:36:58Z

Godziboy1993: /* Paramount pictures cast list. */

Five Servos of Doom

2009-04-04T22:59:42Z

Godziboy1993: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|series=Anitoon
|image=TFA Five Servos Yoketron vs Prowl.JPG
|caption=
|ep=35
|title="Five Servos of Doom"
|airdate=[[April 4]], 2009
|written by=[[Andrew R. Robinson]]
|directed by=[[Kalvin Lee]], [[Yoshio Frank Chatani]]
|animation studio=[[Mook]]
}}

'''Sentinel Prime has incredible success capturing fugitive Decepticons, leading Prowl to suspect he's getting help. '''

==Synopsis==

[[Image:FiveServosOfDoom-CapturedDecepticons.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"We're gonna need a bigger shelf..."]]

In the dead of night, the [[Autobot]]s steal through the streets of [[Detroit]], on the trail of a [[Decepticon]] energy signature. With the source of the signal cornered, [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] makes his move and dives through a window, only to find that the signal is coming from a beacon, and that the Autobots have been tricked. To make matters worse, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] has disappeared, and the Autobots spread out to search for him. During the search, [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] spots an unfamiliar shadow, and follows it around a corner… to find the [[Sunstorm (Animated)|sycophantic Starscream clone]], captured and [[stasis cuffs|stasis-cuffed]] by Sentinel Prime. They take the prisoner back to the [[Elite Guard]]'s ship, where Optimus is stunned to discover that Sentinel has also recently captured [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]], as well.

[[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] and [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] are eager to know how Sentinel managed to apprehend the Starscream clone, as is Optimus, but Sentinel gets defensive and tells Optimus it does not concern him. Prime confides in Prowl his suspicion that Sentinel is hiding something, and tells him about the strange shadow he saw. Back at the Autobot plant, the pair consult computer records to see if Optimus can identify the distinctive helmet the robot was wearing, and when they find one that fits the bill, the stunned Prowl flashes back to his past on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]…

[[Image:TFA Five Servos Prowl meets Yoketron.JPG|thumb|right|200px|"Blam! Pow! You want I should leave this here?"]]

:''The helmet belongs to [[Yoketron]], the ninja master who trained Prowl centuries ago. Attempting to dodge the draft during the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]], Prowl was apprehended by Elite Guardsman [[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]] and placed into the care of Yoketron, who saw potential in him and offered to train him in exchange for the charges against him being dropped.''

Optimus pulls Prowl out of his ruminations, and the ninja-bot silently speeds back to the Elite Guard ship to converse with [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]], another of Yoketron's old students. The pair suspect that their old sensei may somehow be on Earth, capturing Decepticons, and that Sentinel is taking the credit. Sentinel walks in on the middle of the discussion and laughs off the notion that Yoketron is even still online, before departing on another patrol. Knowing that something is not right, Jazz and Prowl shadow Sentinel, but when Sentinel rounds a corner and disappears, Prowl lapses into his memories once again, recalling when Yoketron taught him that it was the robot himself, not his tools, that made the ninja. With nothing left to do, the pair return to the Elite Guard's ship, where Jetfire and Jetstorm are working to repair their communications system.

[[Image:Jetstormpose.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Say cheeeeeese!]]

The two brothers tell the ninjas that Sentinel is waiting for them in the brig, and Jazz and Prowl are amazed to see that Sentinel has brought in [[Lugnut]]! As Sentinel gloats, Prowl calls him on the unlikihood of the whole scenario, and accuses him of having "help". The ninja-bot points out the missing weapons on all the Decepticons, and notes that [[Lockdown|only one bot]] that he knows of takes trophies from his victims, but Sentinel silences him by revealing that he has removed Lugnut's "[[Punch of Kill Everything]]" and placed it in a storage compartment in that very hallway. Embarrassed, Prowl leaves, and Sentinel turns on Optimus, telling him to keep Prowl in line, lest me "bust him back to protoform". The word echoes down the hallway, and Prowl pauses…

:''As Prowl's skills increase under Yoketron's tutelage, he is deemed worthy of a weapon by his master and is given his shuriken. Yoketron leads Prowl into a chamber containing holographic busts of his greatest students, but one plinth is empty; a spot, Yoketron reveals, previously held by a former student who disgraced the cyber-ninja corps. Prowl is amazed when Yoketron uses a technique known as "[[processor-over-matter]]" to open the far wall of the chamber with the power of his mind, revealing a greater chamber beyond, its walls lined with [[protoform]]s that the [[Cyber-Ninja Corps]] has been charged with protecting. Yoketron challenges Prowl to close the chamber using processor-over-matter, but Prowl is unable to accomplish the task, and Yoketron sends him on an "optics quest" to find his center and become a true cyber-ninja.''

Prowl's trip down memory lane is cut off as Sentinel comes down the hallway, and Prowl uses his hologram projector to disguise himself as a cabinet and listen in as Sentinel talks with parties unknown over his communicator. Prowl alerts Jazz before trailing Sentinel to [[Tigatron Stadium]], where he learns that his suspicions were correct: Sentinel is working with [[Lockdown]], who is wearing Yoketron's helmet! Prowl busts up the prisoner exchange, but it is soon revealed that Lockdown has double-crossed Sentinel, having been made a better offer by the Starscream clone. Lockdown and Prowl engage in battle, and Lockdown reveals that he was also a student of Yoketron…

:''Returning from his unsuccessful optics quest, Prowl discovers that Yoketron's dojo has been attacked, the protoforms almost all stolen, and Yoketron himself fatally wounded. As Yoketron's spark begins to fade, Prowl recovers one of the remaining protoforms and places his master's spark in it, saving Yoketron's life. Yoketron, however, is apalled by his students' actions; one must never sacrifice a piece of the future in order to save a piece of the past. When Prowl's time comes, Yoketron tells him, he too will understand. As Prowl looks on, Yoketron allows his spark to fade out.''

[[Image:FiveServosOfDoom-Yoketron%27sDeath.jpg|thumb|right|200px|No refund.]]

At last, all is clear to Prowl: Lockdown led the attack on the dojo and took the protoforms! Prowl pins Lockdown and demands the return of Yoketron's helmet; Lockdown appears to comply, but the helmet has been booby-trapped, and binds Prowl in a tangle of cables. The captured Prowl is taken to Lockdown's ship, where the bounty hunter intends to remove his jump jets and holo-project in order to complete a duplicate set of the armor that he loaned Prowl during their last encounter. Lying on Lockdow's "operating table", Prowl concentrates, and at last masters processor-over-matter, freeing his body from the cables with the power of his mind.

[[Image:Sentinel-derp.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Sentinel displays his ''Unfortunate Accident'' mode.]]

Meanwhile, Optimus Prime, Jazz, Jetfire and Jetstorm have arrived to rescue Sentinel Prime from the clutches of the Starscream clone, but the fight is not going well, as the clone uses Sentinel for a shield most of the time. The clone takes to the air, but Prime blinds it with a faceful of foam and it crashes into the middle of the stadium field, dropping Sentinel head-first into the ground.

Back aboard Lockdown's ship, the bounty hunter turns to discover that Prowl has freed himself and donned both Yoketron's helmet and the armor, knowing that he will be able to handle its power this time because of the lesson he has finally learned: it is the ninja-bot, not the weapon. The two engage in battle once more, and their fight soon carries them out of the ship and into the middle of the other fight going on in the field outside. Optimus Prime and Jazz are in the process of dropping the stadium's scoreboard onto the Starscream clone, but Prowl and Lockdown get in the way at the last second, before they can stop the giant screen's tumble. As the dust clears, Optimus and Jazz discover that Prowl has used processor-over-matter to protect the combatants from the debris. Optimus quickly stasis-cuffs the Starscream clone, but Lockdown gets away.

[[Image:TFA Five Servos processor over matter.JPG|right|thumb|200px|...Show-off.]]
A little later, everyone has returned to the Elite Guard ship, where Jetstorm and Jetfire open a communications channel with [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] on Cybertron. Cliffjumper tells the Autobots about [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]'s attack on [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]], and rather than add to the trouble, Prime refrains from reporting Sentinel's misconduct, instead simply informing Cliffjumper of the capture of the Decepticons on [[Earth]], crediting Prowl. Sentinel thanks Optimus for covering for him, but Optimus promises that once everything is done, he and Sentinel will have it out.

Back at the Autobot base, Jazz compliments Prowl on his armor, and tells him that Yoketron would be proud to have him wear his helmet. Prowl vows to do everything he can to be worthy of it.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (1)
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (2)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (4)
*[[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] (8)
*[[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] (9)
*[[Yoketron]] (10)
*[[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]] (11)
*[[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard]] (15)
*[[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] (16)

|c2=
*[[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]] (5)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (6)
*[[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] (7)
*[[Lugnut]] (12)
*[[Lockdown]] (13)
*[[Liar Starscream]] (14)

}}

==Quotes==
'''Jetfire''': Sentinel Prime, sir, tell please. 
'''Jetstorm''': How did you making to capture this badness bot? 
'''Optimus''': Yes, Sentinel. How did you capture this badness bot?
:—Optimus Prime and the twins question Sentinel and butcher the English language.

"And by the way, the last time we treated a Decepticon well, he blow a hole in the Elite Guard flagship ''and escaped! So don't tell me how to do my job!"
:—'''Sentinel Prime''', on the verge of ripping the camera out of your hands.

'''Warpath''': Ask me, he should rust in the stockade. Any Autobot who won't fight the Decepticons is no better than the Cons himself. We're at war. 
'''Prowl''': It's not my war! 
'''Warpath''': Then maybe I should take you out back and ''make it'' your war! 
'''Yoketron''': I believe I can take it from here. 
'''Warpath''': Bam pow! Lousy draft-dodgin' peacenik.
:—Warpath has no time draft-dodgers.

==Notes==

===Animation or technical errors===

*When the scoreboard crashes onto Prowl, Lockdown and the Liar, Prowl is missing his samurai armor.

===Continuity errors===
*It's not ''technically'' an error, since Prowl has always remained quiet on his history and could just have been holding back from correcting anyone, but this episode reveals that he was online during the Great War, prior to the creation of [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]], where previous episodes have suggested that none of the main ''Animated'' Autobot cast, except for Ratchet, were around back then. Notably, this makes Prowl older than Optimus Prime, which... sits ill, at best.
*Swindle is still in one piece, despite a certain [[Fanzone|cop]] telling the Autobots he would be stripped down and sold at an auction. Foreshadowing of his return?

===Transformers references===
*Prowl performed the titular "Five Servos of Doom" technique back in "[[The Elite Guard]]".
*Swindle is still stuck in vehicle mode after the events of "[[SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy]]".
*Yoketron is named for [[Takara]]'s lead designer, [[Hideaki Yoke]].

[[Image:FiveServosOfDoom-TempleCameos.jpg|thumb|right|250px|]]

*In addition to Yoketron and Jazz, the busts in Yoketron’s little "hall of fame" depict ''Animated'' incarnation of various Transformers that have otherwise not appeared in the series. Those clearly visible onscreen include [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Sky Garry]], [[Devcon]], [[Dai Atlas]], [[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]], [[Star Upper]] and [[Roadhandler (G1)|Roadhandler]], but there are many more busts in the room that are only seen from a distance, and are essentially unidentifiable. [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] has identified the other Transformers as [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]], [[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]], [[Kick-Off]], [[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]], [[Motorarm]], [[Powerhug]] and [[Road Rocket]].
** Additionally, Wyatt classifies the characters as being specialists in different categories, namely Fencing/Swordfighting/Melee Weapons (Star Saber, Magnus, Dai Atlas, Springer) , Boxing/Kick-Boxing/Street-Fighting (Tap-Out, Star Upper, Sky Garry, Kick-Off, Devcon), Sumo/Wrestling (Grandus, Motorarm, Powerhug and Roadhandler) and Martial Arts/Ninja (Yoketron, Jazz, Heavy Load and Road Rocket). These classifications speak for themselves more often than not (no explanation is needed for the melee-weapon characters, nor for someone like Star Upper, who was all about boxing), but sometimes the rationale is a bit more obscure (Heavy Load, for instance, was only ever noted to be a martial artist in his [[bio]]; it never came across in the cartoon), or is a reference to some past fiction (Roadhandler being classified as a wrestler is the main example, being that it’s a reference to his stint in the squared circle from the Marvel Comics story, "[[The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!]]"). Conversely, sometimes it’s just a joke—Grandus as a sumo, for instance, is purely a gag based on the fact that he’s a big fatty fat-fat.
*[[Tigatron]] Stadium!
*Lockdown identifies Prowl's techniques as [[Metallikato]] and [[Circuit-Su]].
*Prowl's samurai armor was previously seen in "[[A Fistful of Energon]]", in which Lockdown last appeared.
*Yoketron's Spark container is similar to design to [[Big Convoy]]'s Matrix, with two "L" shaped handles instead of U shaped ones. Fitting, when one considers Yoketron's Japanese-based aesthetic.

===Real-world references===
*The title of the episode is apparently derived from the 1972 Hong Kong martial arts movie [[wikipedia:Five Fingers Of Death|Five Fingers Of Death]]. The movie's name is a regular source of recycling, including wrestler Bret Hart's "Five Moves Of Doom" and the mockumentary "18 Fingers Of Death" to name a few.
*Tigatron Stadium is most likely named after [[wikipedia:Tiger Stadium|Tiger Stadium]], the former home field of the [[wikipedia:Detroit Tigers|Detroit Tigers]], which has been partially demolished.

===Trivia===
*Like the [[Where Is Thy Sting?|previous episode]], this episode received an early online debut when a copy loaded onto the Cartoon Network website server, intended to go live after the episode premiered, was leaked out on [[March 27]], over a week before the episode premiered on television.
*The voice cast for this episode does not credit [[David Kaye]] with the role of Cliffjumper.
[[Image:FiveServosOfDoom-CapturedBlitzwingFaces.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Watch out, it bites!]]
*Having three faces warrants three mouthclamps it seems, as the animation depicts the mouthclamps on Blitzwing's faces rotating when he switches personality.
*While trying to identify the helmet Optimus Prime saw, Prowl brings up the images of the helmet's worn by Ultra Magnus and Blitzwing on the computer.
*In this episode, we finally see the Cybetronian altmode of Prowl. The full Autobot maincast is now covered.
*This is the second episode in a row where Sari does not appear at all. Ratchet, Bumblebee and Bulkhead are also missing.
[[Category:Animated episodes]]

Demolishor (ROTF)

2009-03-30T23:50:45Z

Godziboy1993:

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Demolishor}}
{{disambig2|just one Constructicon, despite what much of the media and [[fandom]] seems to think|the combined super-robot |Devastator (ROTF)}}

:''Demolishor 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:Demolisher.gif|right|250px|thumb|If that's Demolisher, then Devastator must be huge.]]

The gigantic '''Demolishor''' can smash through anything that gets in his way, even major highway bridges. He has a wacky unicycle configuration instead of legs, yet despite his ungainly appearance he can swat helicopters out of midair. He can bring his wheels down to race like a motorcycle too.

==Fiction==
===Revenge of the Fallen movie===
{{comingsoon}}

==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Voyager Class Toys====
[[Image:ROTF Voyager Demolishor.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Well... this will be fun to pose.]]
*'''Demolishor''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-03'''

{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

====Supreme Class Toys====
*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (2009)

{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

[[Category:Constructicons]]
[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen characters]]

Talk:Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)

2009-03-28T01:57:16Z

Godziboy1993:

Talk:Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)

2009-03-28T01:55:09Z

Godziboy1993:

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)

2009-03-27T19:41:05Z

Godziboy1993: /* Cast */

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'''''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''''' is the first of two planned sequels to ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]''. It is scheduled to be released June 24, 2009.<ref>[http://tformers.com/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-moved-up-2-days-more-time-to-enjoy-giant-robots/10971/news.html Transformers premiere days moved up two days]</ref><ref>[http://www.allspark.com/content/view/4373/20/ The Allspark: ''Revenge of the Fallen'' NOT Coming Out June 26th]</ref>

{{note|This page is '''not meant to be a source of breaking news'''. It is intended to archive '''officially confirmed information ONLY'''. That means no leaks, no spoilers, no stolen info. If it doesn't come directly from [[Hasbro]], [[Dreamworks]]/[[Paramount Pictures]] or their licensees, '''it does not belong here or anywhere else on this wiki.'''}}

{{bigquote|Because ‘Transformers 2′ sounds stupid.|[[Roberto Orci]]|[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/07/24/writers-reveal-theme-of-transformers-sequel-the-bad-news-no-dinobots/ MTV Movieblog] [[July 24]],[[2008]]}}

==Confirmed news==
{{spoiler|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|July 24, 2009}}
[[Image:ROTFteaserposter.jpg|right|250px|thumb|For dry, red eyes, the difference is clear: Clear Eyes.]]
Current information includes:

* Producer [[Tom DeSanto]] has envisioned a storyline introducing the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s.<ref>[http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4663&Itemid=99 IESB Exclusive: Transformers 2 Character Breakdowns Plus New Decepticons!]</ref>
* Writers [[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]] recruited [[Ehren Kruger]] to help them write the screenplay. [[Michael Bay]] and producers [[Don Murphy]], [[Tom DeSanto]], and [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]] are also returning.<ref>[http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=6372 Transformers 2 Writers Confirmed]</ref>
* The producers expect that with a bigger budget and the special effects worked out, the Transformers will have a larger role and more screen time.{{fact}}
* According to the 2008 ShoWest edition of Dolby News, the film will be in 3-D.<ref>[http://www.comics2film.com/index.php?a=story&b=33214 'Tintin', 'Transformers 2' getting 3D release]</ref>
* Michael Bay has claimed that the studio is putting out deliberate misinformation, to obscure real leaks.<ref>[http://io9.com/382919/michael-bay-plays-internet-punkd Michael Bay Plays Internet Punk'd]</ref> (Like our jobs weren't hard enough.)
*A key character will return and "attempt to settle a score".<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/default.cfm?page=News/Item&newsid=59522272-D56F-E112-4C783175A8BBBAD6 Confirmation by Hasbro.]</ref>
* Roberto Orci confirmed that there is no '2' in the title of the sequel.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2173364&postcount=7 Roberto Orci at TFW2005.com]</ref>
* [[Aaron Hill]] is confirmed to play a supporting in the film.<ref>[http://www.aaronhill.biz/news.htm Aaron Hill confirms his role at his site]</ref>
* During San Diego Comic-Con 2008, in an interview on July 25th, [[Simon Furman]] claimed that the film would feature a character called [[The Fallen]], which was a character they created for [[Dreamwave]]'s ''[[The War Within: The Dark Ages]]''<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17412 Simon Furman confirms The Fallen is a character in an interview with Comic Book Resources]</ref> Three days later, [[IDW Publishing]] writer [[Chris Mowry]] corroborated the claim in an interview with MTV Splash Page, calling "The Fallen" the main villain of ''Revenge'' ([[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] was also confirmed in the same interview, but the reference to her was mysteriously removed shortly after publication). <ref>[http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/07/28/exclusive-transformers-2-prequel-comic-gives-inside-scoop-on-2009-movie/ MTV Splash Page interviews Chris Mowry]</ref> Less than a week after this, however, Michael Bay reiterated that everything leaked thus far is part of their misinformation campaign and that only a handful of people involved with the production of ''Revenge'' have seen the script, contradicting IDW's interviews where their representatives confirm that they have the script. Additionally, Bay claimed the only truth about the film was Sam going to college.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=44729&postcount=2 A post made by Michael Bay on his forum]</ref> Curiously, on August 5th 2008, after a fan posted on Michael Bay's forum pointing out the contradiction, all references to the Fallen were removed from the aforementioned interviews, as well as any references to IDW Publishing having the script.
* When questioned about whether the Transformers would have more flat surfaces and have less internal machinery exposed compared to the designs from the first movie, Roberto Orci answered with an emphatic "YES".<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/2317044-post773.html Roberto Orci at TFW2005.com]</ref>
* An official behind-the-scenes video from the first day of shooting (June 2, 2008) at the former steel plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania was posted on Wal-Mart's public website in early September of 2008. The video shows police cars with Chinese markings, [[Josh Duhamel]] and [[Tyrese Gibson]] shooting an action sequence together with other actors and extras dressed as soldiers, and an Audi R8 being chased by three differently-colored motorcycles, all three of them equipped with drivers wearing the same outfit.<ref>[http://www.walmart.com/transformers Wal-Mart promo site with exclusive videos], access code is "AllSpark 62609".</ref>
* In an interview with BANG! Showbiz, Shia LeBouf stated that the injuries he suffered in his recent vehicular collision were written into the script and did not adversely affect the filming schedule.<ref name="TheList2008">[http://www.list.co.uk/article/10788-shia-labeoufs-transformers-hand/ The List 1 August 2008]</ref>
* A December 29, 2008 ''USA Today'' article on ''Revenge'' detailed parts of the plot as well as confirming some Transformer cast members.<ref name="USAToday2008">[http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-12-28-transformers-side_N.htm USA Today December 29, 2008]</ref>
* ''Empire'' magazine's February 2009 issue features information on the role of the Egyptian Pyramids in the Movieverse's backstory. Michael Bay also confirmed The Fallen and denied Megatron would be resurrected (this later turned out to be untrue). Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics resembling helicopters will be revealed to be depictions of Transformers who visited Earth before the pyramids were built.<ref name="EmpireFeb2009">''Empire'' article entitled "20 to watch in 2009", written by Nick de Semelyn, dated February 2009, pages 68 and 69, issue 236</ref>
* On January 14, 2009, Roberto Orci confirmed in an interview with IGN at the Television Critics Association press tour that [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] would be a character in the film, and added that there is a [[Pretender]].<ref name="IGNJan2009">[http://au.movies.ign.com/articles/944/944836p1.html IGN January 14, 2009 "Transformers 2 Rumor Confirmed"]</ref>
* On January 29, 2009, [[Activision]]'s website for the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' video game adaptation came online and revealed the robot modes of two new characters (later revealed to be [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]). However, this activation of the website appears to have been in error, as the site was taken offline hours later, with Activision requesting fan sites remove images of the characters.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/activision-transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-site-live---chevy-beat-and-trax-robot-modes-revealed-166703/ Trax and Beat revealed thread at TFW2005.com (Images Removed at Activision's request)]</ref>
* Also on January 29, 2009, Simon Furman commented on MTV Movie Blog about how the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] wouldn't fit very well into the movie's universe, and that he is glad they were dropped from the cast very early in development.<ref>[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/01/29/no-dinobots-in-transformers-2-revenge-of-the-fallen-original-film-consultant-explains-why/ MTV Movie Blog interview with Simon Furman, January 29, 2009.]</ref>
* On February 1, 2009, the first official trailer for the movie was aired during Super Bowl XLIII.<ref name="Superbowltvspot">[http://www.transformersmovie.com Revenge of the Fallen Super Bowl spot at the official Revenge of the Fallen website] and [http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/transformers-2/super-bowl-spot TrailerAddict]</ref>
* Michael Bay stated in interview with ''The Collider'' the he obtained permission to film in Egypt by contacting [[Zahi Hawass]], secretary general of Egypt's council of antiquities, who turned out to be a fan of the 2007 ''Transformers'' movie.<ref>[http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/10866/tcid/1 The Collider article and video interview with Michael Bay, February 9, 2009]</ref>
* In the issue 140 February of ''Toyfare'' magazine, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura confirmed that the Fallen is one of the [[Thirteen original Transformers]], likening the 13 to "apostles" and claiming the schism between Autobots and Decepticons to have been the Fallen's responsibility. He also stated that Devastator would be over 100 feet tall.<ref>Toyfare issue 140, February, 2009. [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/218756-toyfare-140-rotf-coverage.html Summary at TFW2005.com]</ref>
* During the Chicago Auto Show 2009, [[General Motors]]/[[Chevrolet]] issued a press releasing identifying several new Autobot characters who turned into various Chevy concept cars, including Sideswipe, Skids, Mudflap and Jolt. The press release also confirmed the return of [[John Turturro]] and [[Glenn Morshower]], and revealed new cast member [[John Benjamin Hickey]]. <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009">[http://media.gm.com/us/gm/en/news/events/autoshows/09chicago/brands/transformers.htm General Motors/Chevrolet Chicago Auto Show 2009 Press Release]</ref>
* Hasbro unveiled the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' toyline at the New York Toy Fair 2009 on February 14. Among the (officially) revealed were the Devastator and Constructicon toys, as well as the robot forms of Sideswipe, Mudflap and Skids.<ref name="Toyfair2009">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-toys--products-30/revenge-of-the-fallen-bumblebee-voice-changer-helmet---toyfair-2009-press-release-166806/ Hasbro Toyfair 2009 press release at TFW2005.com], and [http://toyfair09.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/hasbro-tf-press-kit/index.html Hasbro official stock image gallery at ASM]</ref>
* On February 16, the full teaser trailer that was released online, revealing the return of [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]].<ref name="teasertrailer">[http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809943432/video/12063123 Full teaser trailer at Yahoo! movies]</ref>
* Later that same day, official in package stock photos revealed the name of the Audi R8 Decepticon seen in the trailers to be Sideways. <ref name="Sideways">[http://tformers.com/transformers-official-shots-of-revenge-of-the-fallen-sideways-audi-r8-gets-a-name/11000/news.html Audi R8's packaging revealed through official packaging shots at Tformers]</ref>
* After a short and poorly excuted "misinformation campaign" on the part of Michael Bay, Paramount and their licensees where they claimed that Megatron was not in the movie despite all ''officially released'' evidence to the contrary (including Megatron's brief appearance in the February 1 Superbowl tv spot and the February teaser trailer), Roberto Orci confirmed that Megatron does indeed return.<ref name="Megatron returns">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/180451-welcome-mr-roberto-orci-you-may-ask-him-questions-211.html#post3333713 Roberto Orci confirms Megatron's return on TFW2005.com - February 22, 2009]</ref>
* On March 4, 2009, [[Hugo Weaving]] revealed he would be returning as Megatron in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' and in fact had already recorded his dialogue. When asked of how Megatron would be resurrected, Weaving kept mum, but pointed out that Optimus Prime took a surviving sliver of the [[All Spark (Movie)|All Spark]] out of Megatron's chest in the previous movie.<ref name="Hugo Weaving">[http://blogs.news.com.au/adelaidenow/turkeyshoot/index.php/adelaidenow/comments/weaving_confirms_megatrons_return_in_transformers_revenge_of_the_fallen AdelaideNow blog report on Weaving's return to ''Transformers'' - March 4, 2009.]</ref>
* On March 6, due to the reports of Weaving's return, Michael Bay finally admitted Megatron was back, but claimed that Megatron would only appear briefly in a flashback to the past, despite the fact Megatron can be seen pinning Sam Witwicky to the ground in ''Revenge's'' tv spot and teaser trailer. One can assume that the director was trying to salvage some form of audience surprise in seeing Megatron return in the movie. In other news of a presumably legitimate kind, Bay said that the movie would go into the distant past and explain the history of the [[Prime]]s.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=66825&postcount=4 Michael Bay on his forum - March 6, 2009]</ref>
* Shortly after an [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/interviews-27/tfw2005-interviews-frank-welker-part-1-of-2-167015/ interview] with voice actor [[Frank Welker]] was posted on fan site TFW2005.com, in which he revealed he had not been contacted by the film crew for a part, Bay made a post on his forum that he was now interested in casting Welker as [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]<ref>[http://www.michaelbay.com/newsblog/files/soundwave-w.html Micheal Bay.com news blog - March 10, 2009]</ref>
* On March 22, Roberto Orci responded to a fan's questioning regarding the idea of casting [[Leonard Nimoy]] as The Fallen by stating that he had actually mentioned it with Nimoy, but fan outcry has also given Frank Welker consideration. <ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/224468-roberto-orci-leonard-nimoy-frank-welker-both-running-voicing-fallen.html Roberto Orci on TFW2005.com, March 22, 2009]</ref>

==Cast==
{{spoiler|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|July 24, 2009}}

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*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] <ref>[http://gmtv.feedroom.com/?fr_chl=62fb041ab45d6f1444bea60b370dabc3e1f0703d&rf=bm Chevy Transformers Vehicles Premiere]</ref>
*[[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])<ref>[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/09/25/optimus-prime-takes-shape-for-transformers-2-as-voice-artist-peter-cullen-returns-to-work/ MTV interview with Cullen]</ref>
*[[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]]
*[[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]]
|c2=
*[[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]]<ref name="USAToday2008"/>
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] <ref name="Megatron returns"> <ref>And the fact Megatron's hand restrains Sam Witwicky in the tv spot and trailer</ref> ([[Hugo Weaving]])<ref name="Hugo Weaving"/>
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]
*[[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] <ref name="IGNJan2009"/>
*[[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] <ref name="teasertrailer"/>
*[[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] <ref name="Sideways"/>
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] <ref>[http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=57631 Robert Orci interview from SciFi.com]</ref>
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] <ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=12448 More on Transformers 2 From Writer Roberto Orci]</ref>
*[[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s
**[[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] <ref name="USAToday2008"/>
**[[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] <ref name="Superbowltvspot"/>
**[[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]] <ref name="Toyfair2009"/>
**[[LongHaul (ROTF)|Longhaul]]
|c3=
*Alice ([[Isabel Lucas]])<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showpost.php?s=22c455b2e9b6c4047cf14f100807a2cb&p=30564&postcount=21 A post from Bay on his official forum]</ref>
*[[Mikaela Banes]] ([[Megan Fox]])<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,382450,00.html Fox News interviews Fox]</ref>
*[[Robert Epps]] ([[Tyrese Gibson]])<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1591669/20080728/story.jhtml Tyrese talks Revenge of the Fallen]</ref>
*Graham, British Special Forces soldier ([[Matthew Marsden]])<ref name="MTVblog">[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/06/02/exclusive-matthew-marsden-joins-transformers-2-cast/ MTV Movies Blog exclusive June 2, 2008 news]</ref>
*[[William Lennox]] ([[Josh Duhamel]])<ref name="MTVblog"/>
*Leo ([[Ramon Rodriguez]])<ref name="EmpireFeb2009">
*Professor ([[Rainn Wilson]])<ref>[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/05/28/exclusive-rainn-wilson-joins-transformers-2-cast-as-university-professor/ Rainn Wilson confirms his participation]</ref>
*[[Reggie Simmons]] ([[John Turturro]]) <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Judy Witwicky]] ([[Julie White]])<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/2315930-post729.html Roberto Orci confirming Sam's parents would get "at least as much screen time" in the sequel.]</ref>
*[[Ron Witwicky]] ([[Kevin Dunn]])<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/2315930-post729.html Roberto Orci confirming Sam's parents would get "at least as much screen time" in the sequel.]</ref>
*[[Sam Witwicky]] ([[Shia LaBeouf]])<ref>[http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=6372 Transformers 2 Writers Confirmed]</ref>
*Unnamed character ([[John Benjamin Hickey]])<ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*Unnamed character ([[Glenn Morshower]])<ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
|c4=
*[[The Fallen]]<ref>''Empire'' article entitled "20 to watch in 2009", written by Nick de Semelyn, dated February 2009, pages 68 and 69, issue 236</ref>
}}

==''Transformers'' sequel and the 2007-2008 Writers Strike==
In late 2007, during preproduction for then-untitled ''Transformers'' sequel, the [[wikipedia:2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike|Writers Guild of America went on strike]]. At the time, Roberto Orci stated that the strike could likely delay ''Transformers 2's'' release. However, Michael Bay refuted this, claiming the movie was still on schedule.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6200#post6200 Robert Orci discusses the strike & TF2]</ref> The reason behind Bay's confidence was discovered by Orci shortly after the strike ended. The director had apparently taken the outline the writers had handed in the night before the strike, and begun movie prep based on it.<ref>[http://www.donmurphy.net/board/showthread.php?t=24357&page=4 Don Murphy message board - Orci on the aftermath of the strike]</ref>

==Related fiction==
===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics===
While the Decepticons were disgusted with the pro-Autobot propaganda of Bay's first documentary {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|#13's Star Screams}}, they're quite optimistic about the second film. [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] has taken a strong interest in it, going to the trouble of personally convincing [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to be in the film {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|15's Star Screams}}.

The Decepticons promise this new documentary will show a glorious Decepticon victory {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|#10's Star Screams}} - whether it's in the script or not. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|#18's Star Screams}}

Shockingly, even ''they'' are under a non-disclosure agreement regarding the script; Starscream fearfully refers to a greater power keeping him quiet. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|#22's Star Screams}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.transformersmovie.com Dreamworks/Paramount's ''Transformers'' Movie website]
*[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/ Hasbro's ''Transformers'' homepage]
*[http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/10866/tcid/1 Interview with Michael Bay 02/09/2009] — Collider.com

[[Category:Films]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen]]

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)

2009-03-27T19:39:25Z

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'''''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''''' is the first of two planned sequels to ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]''. It is scheduled to be released June 24, 2009.<ref>[http://tformers.com/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-moved-up-2-days-more-time-to-enjoy-giant-robots/10971/news.html Transformers premiere days moved up two days]</ref><ref>[http://www.allspark.com/content/view/4373/20/ The Allspark: ''Revenge of the Fallen'' NOT Coming Out June 26th]</ref>

{{note|This page is '''not meant to be a source of breaking news'''. It is intended to archive '''officially confirmed information ONLY'''. That means no leaks, no spoilers, no stolen info. If it doesn't come directly from [[Hasbro]], [[Dreamworks]]/[[Paramount Pictures]] or their licensees, '''it does not belong here or anywhere else on this wiki.'''}}

{{bigquote|Because ‘Transformers 2′ sounds stupid.|[[Roberto Orci]]|[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/07/24/writers-reveal-theme-of-transformers-sequel-the-bad-news-no-dinobots/ MTV Movieblog] [[July 24]],[[2008]]}}

==Confirmed news==
{{spoiler|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|July 24, 2009}}
[[Image:ROTFteaserposter.jpg|right|250px|thumb|For dry, red eyes, the difference is clear: Clear Eyes.]]
Current information includes:

* Producer [[Tom DeSanto]] has envisioned a storyline introducing the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s.<ref>[http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4663&Itemid=99 IESB Exclusive: Transformers 2 Character Breakdowns Plus New Decepticons!]</ref>
* Writers [[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]] recruited [[Ehren Kruger]] to help them write the screenplay. [[Michael Bay]] and producers [[Don Murphy]], [[Tom DeSanto]], and [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]] are also returning.<ref>[http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=6372 Transformers 2 Writers Confirmed]</ref>
* The producers expect that with a bigger budget and the special effects worked out, the Transformers will have a larger role and more screen time.{{fact}}
* According to the 2008 ShoWest edition of Dolby News, the film will be in 3-D.<ref>[http://www.comics2film.com/index.php?a=story&b=33214 'Tintin', 'Transformers 2' getting 3D release]</ref>
* Michael Bay has claimed that the studio is putting out deliberate misinformation, to obscure real leaks.<ref>[http://io9.com/382919/michael-bay-plays-internet-punkd Michael Bay Plays Internet Punk'd]</ref> (Like our jobs weren't hard enough.)
*A key character will return and "attempt to settle a score".<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/default.cfm?page=News/Item&newsid=59522272-D56F-E112-4C783175A8BBBAD6 Confirmation by Hasbro.]</ref>
* Roberto Orci confirmed that there is no '2' in the title of the sequel.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2173364&postcount=7 Roberto Orci at TFW2005.com]</ref>
* [[Aaron Hill]] is confirmed to play a supporting in the film.<ref>[http://www.aaronhill.biz/news.htm Aaron Hill confirms his role at his site]</ref>
* During San Diego Comic-Con 2008, in an interview on July 25th, [[Simon Furman]] claimed that the film would feature a character called [[The Fallen]], which was a character they created for [[Dreamwave]]'s ''[[The War Within: The Dark Ages]]''<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17412 Simon Furman confirms The Fallen is a character in an interview with Comic Book Resources]</ref> Three days later, [[IDW Publishing]] writer [[Chris Mowry]] corroborated the claim in an interview with MTV Splash Page, calling "The Fallen" the main villain of ''Revenge'' ([[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] was also confirmed in the same interview, but the reference to her was mysteriously removed shortly after publication). <ref>[http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/07/28/exclusive-transformers-2-prequel-comic-gives-inside-scoop-on-2009-movie/ MTV Splash Page interviews Chris Mowry]</ref> Less than a week after this, however, Michael Bay reiterated that everything leaked thus far is part of their misinformation campaign and that only a handful of people involved with the production of ''Revenge'' have seen the script, contradicting IDW's interviews where their representatives confirm that they have the script. Additionally, Bay claimed the only truth about the film was Sam going to college.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=44729&postcount=2 A post made by Michael Bay on his forum]</ref> Curiously, on August 5th 2008, after a fan posted on Michael Bay's forum pointing out the contradiction, all references to the Fallen were removed from the aforementioned interviews, as well as any references to IDW Publishing having the script.
* When questioned about whether the Transformers would have more flat surfaces and have less internal machinery exposed compared to the designs from the first movie, Roberto Orci answered with an emphatic "YES".<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/2317044-post773.html Roberto Orci at TFW2005.com]</ref>
* An official behind-the-scenes video from the first day of shooting (June 2, 2008) at the former steel plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania was posted on Wal-Mart's public website in early September of 2008. The video shows police cars with Chinese markings, [[Josh Duhamel]] and [[Tyrese Gibson]] shooting an action sequence together with other actors and extras dressed as soldiers, and an Audi R8 being chased by three differently-colored motorcycles, all three of them equipped with drivers wearing the same outfit.<ref>[http://www.walmart.com/transformers Wal-Mart promo site with exclusive videos], access code is "AllSpark 62609".</ref>
* In an interview with BANG! Showbiz, Shia LeBouf stated that the injuries he suffered in his recent vehicular collision were written into the script and did not adversely affect the filming schedule.<ref name="TheList2008">[http://www.list.co.uk/article/10788-shia-labeoufs-transformers-hand/ The List 1 August 2008]</ref>
* A December 29, 2008 ''USA Today'' article on ''Revenge'' detailed parts of the plot as well as confirming some Transformer cast members.<ref name="USAToday2008">[http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-12-28-transformers-side_N.htm USA Today December 29, 2008]</ref>
* ''Empire'' magazine's February 2009 issue features information on the role of the Egyptian Pyramids in the Movieverse's backstory. Michael Bay also confirmed The Fallen and denied Megatron would be resurrected (this later turned out to be untrue). Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics resembling helicopters will be revealed to be depictions of Transformers who visited Earth before the pyramids were built.<ref name="EmpireFeb2009">''Empire'' article entitled "20 to watch in 2009", written by Nick de Semelyn, dated February 2009, pages 68 and 69, issue 236</ref>
* On January 14, 2009, Roberto Orci confirmed in an interview with IGN at the Television Critics Association press tour that [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] would be a character in the film, and added that there is a [[Pretender]].<ref name="IGNJan2009">[http://au.movies.ign.com/articles/944/944836p1.html IGN January 14, 2009 "Transformers 2 Rumor Confirmed"]</ref>
* On January 29, 2009, [[Activision]]'s website for the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' video game adaptation came online and revealed the robot modes of two new characters (later revealed to be [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]). However, this activation of the website appears to have been in error, as the site was taken offline hours later, with Activision requesting fan sites remove images of the characters.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/activision-transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-site-live---chevy-beat-and-trax-robot-modes-revealed-166703/ Trax and Beat revealed thread at TFW2005.com (Images Removed at Activision's request)]</ref>
* Also on January 29, 2009, Simon Furman commented on MTV Movie Blog about how the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] wouldn't fit very well into the movie's universe, and that he is glad they were dropped from the cast very early in development.<ref>[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/01/29/no-dinobots-in-transformers-2-revenge-of-the-fallen-original-film-consultant-explains-why/ MTV Movie Blog interview with Simon Furman, January 29, 2009.]</ref>
* On February 1, 2009, the first official trailer for the movie was aired during Super Bowl XLIII.<ref name="Superbowltvspot">[http://www.transformersmovie.com Revenge of the Fallen Super Bowl spot at the official Revenge of the Fallen website] and [http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/transformers-2/super-bowl-spot TrailerAddict]</ref>
* Michael Bay stated in interview with ''The Collider'' the he obtained permission to film in Egypt by contacting [[Zahi Hawass]], secretary general of Egypt's council of antiquities, who turned out to be a fan of the 2007 ''Transformers'' movie.<ref>[http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/10866/tcid/1 The Collider article and video interview with Michael Bay, February 9, 2009]</ref>
* In the issue 140 February of ''Toyfare'' magazine, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura confirmed that the Fallen is one of the [[Thirteen original Transformers]], likening the 13 to "apostles" and claiming the schism between Autobots and Decepticons to have been the Fallen's responsibility. He also stated that Devastator would be over 100 feet tall.<ref>Toyfare issue 140, February, 2009. [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/218756-toyfare-140-rotf-coverage.html Summary at TFW2005.com]</ref>
* During the Chicago Auto Show 2009, [[General Motors]]/[[Chevrolet]] issued a press releasing identifying several new Autobot characters who turned into various Chevy concept cars, including Sideswipe, Skids, Mudflap and Jolt. The press release also confirmed the return of [[John Turturro]] and [[Glenn Morshower]], and revealed new cast member [[John Benjamin Hickey]]. <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009">[http://media.gm.com/us/gm/en/news/events/autoshows/09chicago/brands/transformers.htm General Motors/Chevrolet Chicago Auto Show 2009 Press Release]</ref>
* Hasbro unveiled the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' toyline at the New York Toy Fair 2009 on February 14. Among the (officially) revealed were the Devastator and Constructicon toys, as well as the robot forms of Sideswipe, Mudflap and Skids.<ref name="Toyfair2009">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-toys--products-30/revenge-of-the-fallen-bumblebee-voice-changer-helmet---toyfair-2009-press-release-166806/ Hasbro Toyfair 2009 press release at TFW2005.com], and [http://toyfair09.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/hasbro-tf-press-kit/index.html Hasbro official stock image gallery at ASM]</ref>
* On February 16, the full teaser trailer that was released online, revealing the return of [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]].<ref name="teasertrailer">[http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809943432/video/12063123 Full teaser trailer at Yahoo! movies]</ref>
* Later that same day, official in package stock photos revealed the name of the Audi R8 Decepticon seen in the trailers to be Sideways. <ref name="Sideways">[http://tformers.com/transformers-official-shots-of-revenge-of-the-fallen-sideways-audi-r8-gets-a-name/11000/news.html Audi R8's packaging revealed through official packaging shots at Tformers]</ref>
* After a short and poorly excuted "misinformation campaign" on the part of Michael Bay, Paramount and their licensees where they claimed that Megatron was not in the movie despite all ''officially released'' evidence to the contrary (including Megatron's brief appearance in the February 1 Superbowl tv spot and the February teaser trailer), Roberto Orci confirmed that Megatron does indeed return.<ref name="Megatron returns">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/180451-welcome-mr-roberto-orci-you-may-ask-him-questions-211.html#post3333713 Roberto Orci confirms Megatron's return on TFW2005.com - February 22, 2009]</ref>
* On March 4, 2009, [[Hugo Weaving]] revealed he would be returning as Megatron in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' and in fact had already recorded his dialogue. When asked of how Megatron would be resurrected, Weaving kept mum, but pointed out that Optimus Prime took a surviving sliver of the [[All Spark (Movie)|All Spark]] out of Megatron's chest in the previous movie.<ref name="Hugo Weaving">[http://blogs.news.com.au/adelaidenow/turkeyshoot/index.php/adelaidenow/comments/weaving_confirms_megatrons_return_in_transformers_revenge_of_the_fallen AdelaideNow blog report on Weaving's return to ''Transformers'' - March 4, 2009.]</ref>
* On March 6, due to the reports of Weaving's return, Michael Bay finally admitted Megatron was back, but claimed that Megatron would only appear briefly in a flashback to the past, despite the fact Megatron can be seen pinning Sam Witwicky to the ground in ''Revenge's'' tv spot and teaser trailer. One can assume that the director was trying to salvage some form of audience surprise in seeing Megatron return in the movie. In other news of a presumably legitimate kind, Bay said that the movie would go into the distant past and explain the history of the [[Prime]]s.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=66825&postcount=4 Michael Bay on his forum - March 6, 2009]</ref>
* Shortly after an [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/interviews-27/tfw2005-interviews-frank-welker-part-1-of-2-167015/ interview] with voice actor [[Frank Welker]] was posted on fan site TFW2005.com, in which he revealed he had not been contacted by the film crew for a part, Bay made a post on his forum that he was now interested in casting Welker as [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]<ref>[http://www.michaelbay.com/newsblog/files/soundwave-w.html Micheal Bay.com news blog - March 10, 2009]</ref>
* On March 22, Roberto Orci responded to a fan's questioning regarding the idea of casting [[Leonard Nimoy]] as The Fallen by stating that he had actually mentioned it with Nimoy, but fan outcry has also given Frank Welker consideration. <ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/224468-roberto-orci-leonard-nimoy-frank-welker-both-running-voicing-fallen.html Roberto Orci on TFW2005.com, March 22, 2009]</ref>

==Cast==
{{spoiler|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|July 24, 2009}}

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*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] <ref>[http://gmtv.feedroom.com/?fr_chl=62fb041ab45d6f1444bea60b370dabc3e1f0703d&rf=bm Chevy Transformers Vehicles Premiere]</ref>
*[[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])<ref>[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/09/25/optimus-prime-takes-shape-for-transformers-2-as-voice-artist-peter-cullen-returns-to-work/ MTV interview with Cullen]</ref>
*[[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]]
*[[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]]
|c2=
*[[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]]<ref name="USAToday2008"/>
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] <ref name="Megatron returns"> <ref>And the fact Megatron's hand restrains Sam Witwicky in the tv spot and trailer</ref> ([[Hugo Weaving]])<ref name="Hugo Weaving"/>
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]
*[[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] <ref name="IGNJan2009"/>
*[[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] <ref name="teasertrailer"/>
*[[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] <ref name="Sideways"/>
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] <ref>[http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=57631 Robert Orci interview from SciFi.com]</ref>
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] <ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=12448 More on Transformers 2 From Writer Roberto Orci]</ref>
*[[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s
**[[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] <ref name="USAToday2008"/>
**[[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] <ref name="Superbowltvspot"/>
**[[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]] <ref name="Toyfair2009"/>
|c3=
*Alice ([[Isabel Lucas]])<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showpost.php?s=22c455b2e9b6c4047cf14f100807a2cb&p=30564&postcount=21 A post from Bay on his official forum]</ref>
*[[Mikaela Banes]] ([[Megan Fox]])<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,382450,00.html Fox News interviews Fox]</ref>
*[[Robert Epps]] ([[Tyrese Gibson]])<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1591669/20080728/story.jhtml Tyrese talks Revenge of the Fallen]</ref>
*Graham, British Special Forces soldier ([[Matthew Marsden]])<ref name="MTVblog">[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/06/02/exclusive-matthew-marsden-joins-transformers-2-cast/ MTV Movies Blog exclusive June 2, 2008 news]</ref>
*[[William Lennox]] ([[Josh Duhamel]])<ref name="MTVblog"/>
*Leo ([[Ramon Rodriguez]])<ref name="EmpireFeb2009">
*Professor ([[Rainn Wilson]])<ref>[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/05/28/exclusive-rainn-wilson-joins-transformers-2-cast-as-university-professor/ Rainn Wilson confirms his participation]</ref>
*[[Reggie Simmons]] ([[John Turturro]]) <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Judy Witwicky]] ([[Julie White]])<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/2315930-post729.html Roberto Orci confirming Sam's parents would get "at least as much screen time" in the sequel.]</ref>
*[[Ron Witwicky]] ([[Kevin Dunn]])<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/2315930-post729.html Roberto Orci confirming Sam's parents would get "at least as much screen time" in the sequel.]</ref>
*[[Sam Witwicky]] ([[Shia LaBeouf]])<ref>[http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=6372 Transformers 2 Writers Confirmed]</ref>
*Unnamed character ([[John Benjamin Hickey]])<ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*Unnamed character ([[Glenn Morshower]])<ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
|c4=
*[[The Fallen]]<ref>''Empire'' article entitled "20 to watch in 2009", written by Nick de Semelyn, dated February 2009, pages 68 and 69, issue 236</ref>
}}

==''Transformers'' sequel and the 2007-2008 Writers Strike==
In late 2007, during preproduction for then-untitled ''Transformers'' sequel, the [[wikipedia:2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike|Writers Guild of America went on strike]]. At the time, Roberto Orci stated that the strike could likely delay ''Transformers 2's'' release. However, Michael Bay refuted this, claiming the movie was still on schedule.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6200#post6200 Robert Orci discusses the strike & TF2]</ref> The reason behind Bay's confidence was discovered by Orci shortly after the strike ended. The director had apparently taken the outline the writers had handed in the night before the strike, and begun movie prep based on it.<ref>[http://www.donmurphy.net/board/showthread.php?t=24357&page=4 Don Murphy message board - Orci on the aftermath of the strike]</ref>

==Related fiction==
===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics===
While the Decepticons were disgusted with the pro-Autobot propaganda of Bay's first documentary {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|#13's Star Screams}}, they're quite optimistic about the second film. [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] has taken a strong interest in it, going to the trouble of personally convincing [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to be in the film {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|15's Star Screams}}.

The Decepticons promise this new documentary will show a glorious Decepticon victory {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|#10's Star Screams}} - whether it's in the script or not. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|#18's Star Screams}}

Shockingly, even ''they'' are under a non-disclosure agreement regarding the script; Starscream fearfully refers to a greater power keeping him quiet. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|#22's Star Screams}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.transformersmovie.com Dreamworks/Paramount's ''Transformers'' Movie website]
*[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/ Hasbro's ''Transformers'' homepage]
*[http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/10866/tcid/1 Interview with Michael Bay 02/09/2009] — Collider.com

[[Category:Films]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen]]

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)

2009-03-27T19:38:46Z

Godziboy1993: /* Cast */

{{nav-rotf}}
'''''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''''' is the first of two planned sequels to ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]''. It is scheduled to be released June 24, 2009.<ref>[http://tformers.com/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-moved-up-2-days-more-time-to-enjoy-giant-robots/10971/news.html Transformers premiere days moved up two days]</ref><ref>[http://www.allspark.com/content/view/4373/20/ The Allspark: ''Revenge of the Fallen'' NOT Coming Out June 26th]</ref>

{{note|This page is '''not meant to be a source of breaking news'''. It is intended to archive '''officially confirmed information ONLY'''. That means no leaks, no spoilers, no stolen info. If it doesn't come directly from [[Hasbro]], [[Dreamworks]]/[[Paramount Pictures]] or their licensees, '''it does not belong here or anywhere else on this wiki.'''}}

{{bigquote|Because ‘Transformers 2′ sounds stupid.|[[Roberto Orci]]|[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/07/24/writers-reveal-theme-of-transformers-sequel-the-bad-news-no-dinobots/ MTV Movieblog] [[July 24]],[[2008]]}}

==Confirmed news==
{{spoiler|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|July 24, 2009}}
[[Image:ROTFteaserposter.jpg|right|250px|thumb|For dry, red eyes, the difference is clear: Clear Eyes.]]
Current information includes:

* Producer [[Tom DeSanto]] has envisioned a storyline introducing the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s.<ref>[http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4663&Itemid=99 IESB Exclusive: Transformers 2 Character Breakdowns Plus New Decepticons!]</ref>
* Writers [[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]] recruited [[Ehren Kruger]] to help them write the screenplay. [[Michael Bay]] and producers [[Don Murphy]], [[Tom DeSanto]], and [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]] are also returning.<ref>[http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=6372 Transformers 2 Writers Confirmed]</ref>
* The producers expect that with a bigger budget and the special effects worked out, the Transformers will have a larger role and more screen time.{{fact}}
* According to the 2008 ShoWest edition of Dolby News, the film will be in 3-D.<ref>[http://www.comics2film.com/index.php?a=story&b=33214 'Tintin', 'Transformers 2' getting 3D release]</ref>
* Michael Bay has claimed that the studio is putting out deliberate misinformation, to obscure real leaks.<ref>[http://io9.com/382919/michael-bay-plays-internet-punkd Michael Bay Plays Internet Punk'd]</ref> (Like our jobs weren't hard enough.)
*A key character will return and "attempt to settle a score".<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/default.cfm?page=News/Item&newsid=59522272-D56F-E112-4C783175A8BBBAD6 Confirmation by Hasbro.]</ref>
* Roberto Orci confirmed that there is no '2' in the title of the sequel.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2173364&postcount=7 Roberto Orci at TFW2005.com]</ref>
* [[Aaron Hill]] is confirmed to play a supporting in the film.<ref>[http://www.aaronhill.biz/news.htm Aaron Hill confirms his role at his site]</ref>
* During San Diego Comic-Con 2008, in an interview on July 25th, [[Simon Furman]] claimed that the film would feature a character called [[The Fallen]], which was a character they created for [[Dreamwave]]'s ''[[The War Within: The Dark Ages]]''<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17412 Simon Furman confirms The Fallen is a character in an interview with Comic Book Resources]</ref> Three days later, [[IDW Publishing]] writer [[Chris Mowry]] corroborated the claim in an interview with MTV Splash Page, calling "The Fallen" the main villain of ''Revenge'' ([[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] was also confirmed in the same interview, but the reference to her was mysteriously removed shortly after publication). <ref>[http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/07/28/exclusive-transformers-2-prequel-comic-gives-inside-scoop-on-2009-movie/ MTV Splash Page interviews Chris Mowry]</ref> Less than a week after this, however, Michael Bay reiterated that everything leaked thus far is part of their misinformation campaign and that only a handful of people involved with the production of ''Revenge'' have seen the script, contradicting IDW's interviews where their representatives confirm that they have the script. Additionally, Bay claimed the only truth about the film was Sam going to college.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=44729&postcount=2 A post made by Michael Bay on his forum]</ref> Curiously, on August 5th 2008, after a fan posted on Michael Bay's forum pointing out the contradiction, all references to the Fallen were removed from the aforementioned interviews, as well as any references to IDW Publishing having the script.
* When questioned about whether the Transformers would have more flat surfaces and have less internal machinery exposed compared to the designs from the first movie, Roberto Orci answered with an emphatic "YES".<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/2317044-post773.html Roberto Orci at TFW2005.com]</ref>
* An official behind-the-scenes video from the first day of shooting (June 2, 2008) at the former steel plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania was posted on Wal-Mart's public website in early September of 2008. The video shows police cars with Chinese markings, [[Josh Duhamel]] and [[Tyrese Gibson]] shooting an action sequence together with other actors and extras dressed as soldiers, and an Audi R8 being chased by three differently-colored motorcycles, all three of them equipped with drivers wearing the same outfit.<ref>[http://www.walmart.com/transformers Wal-Mart promo site with exclusive videos], access code is "AllSpark 62609".</ref>
* In an interview with BANG! Showbiz, Shia LeBouf stated that the injuries he suffered in his recent vehicular collision were written into the script and did not adversely affect the filming schedule.<ref name="TheList2008">[http://www.list.co.uk/article/10788-shia-labeoufs-transformers-hand/ The List 1 August 2008]</ref>
* A December 29, 2008 ''USA Today'' article on ''Revenge'' detailed parts of the plot as well as confirming some Transformer cast members.<ref name="USAToday2008">[http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-12-28-transformers-side_N.htm USA Today December 29, 2008]</ref>
* ''Empire'' magazine's February 2009 issue features information on the role of the Egyptian Pyramids in the Movieverse's backstory. Michael Bay also confirmed The Fallen and denied Megatron would be resurrected (this later turned out to be untrue). Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics resembling helicopters will be revealed to be depictions of Transformers who visited Earth before the pyramids were built.<ref name="EmpireFeb2009">''Empire'' article entitled "20 to watch in 2009", written by Nick de Semelyn, dated February 2009, pages 68 and 69, issue 236</ref>
* On January 14, 2009, Roberto Orci confirmed in an interview with IGN at the Television Critics Association press tour that [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] would be a character in the film, and added that there is a [[Pretender]].<ref name="IGNJan2009">[http://au.movies.ign.com/articles/944/944836p1.html IGN January 14, 2009 "Transformers 2 Rumor Confirmed"]</ref>
* On January 29, 2009, [[Activision]]'s website for the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' video game adaptation came online and revealed the robot modes of two new characters (later revealed to be [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]). However, this activation of the website appears to have been in error, as the site was taken offline hours later, with Activision requesting fan sites remove images of the characters.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/activision-transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-site-live---chevy-beat-and-trax-robot-modes-revealed-166703/ Trax and Beat revealed thread at TFW2005.com (Images Removed at Activision's request)]</ref>
* Also on January 29, 2009, Simon Furman commented on MTV Movie Blog about how the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] wouldn't fit very well into the movie's universe, and that he is glad they were dropped from the cast very early in development.<ref>[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/01/29/no-dinobots-in-transformers-2-revenge-of-the-fallen-original-film-consultant-explains-why/ MTV Movie Blog interview with Simon Furman, January 29, 2009.]</ref>
* On February 1, 2009, the first official trailer for the movie was aired during Super Bowl XLIII.<ref name="Superbowltvspot">[http://www.transformersmovie.com Revenge of the Fallen Super Bowl spot at the official Revenge of the Fallen website] and [http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/transformers-2/super-bowl-spot TrailerAddict]</ref>
* Michael Bay stated in interview with ''The Collider'' the he obtained permission to film in Egypt by contacting [[Zahi Hawass]], secretary general of Egypt's council of antiquities, who turned out to be a fan of the 2007 ''Transformers'' movie.<ref>[http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/10866/tcid/1 The Collider article and video interview with Michael Bay, February 9, 2009]</ref>
* In the issue 140 February of ''Toyfare'' magazine, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura confirmed that the Fallen is one of the [[Thirteen original Transformers]], likening the 13 to "apostles" and claiming the schism between Autobots and Decepticons to have been the Fallen's responsibility. He also stated that Devastator would be over 100 feet tall.<ref>Toyfare issue 140, February, 2009. [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/218756-toyfare-140-rotf-coverage.html Summary at TFW2005.com]</ref>
* During the Chicago Auto Show 2009, [[General Motors]]/[[Chevrolet]] issued a press releasing identifying several new Autobot characters who turned into various Chevy concept cars, including Sideswipe, Skids, Mudflap and Jolt. The press release also confirmed the return of [[John Turturro]] and [[Glenn Morshower]], and revealed new cast member [[John Benjamin Hickey]]. <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009">[http://media.gm.com/us/gm/en/news/events/autoshows/09chicago/brands/transformers.htm General Motors/Chevrolet Chicago Auto Show 2009 Press Release]</ref>
* Hasbro unveiled the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' toyline at the New York Toy Fair 2009 on February 14. Among the (officially) revealed were the Devastator and Constructicon toys, as well as the robot forms of Sideswipe, Mudflap and Skids.<ref name="Toyfair2009">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-toys--products-30/revenge-of-the-fallen-bumblebee-voice-changer-helmet---toyfair-2009-press-release-166806/ Hasbro Toyfair 2009 press release at TFW2005.com], and [http://toyfair09.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/hasbro-tf-press-kit/index.html Hasbro official stock image gallery at ASM]</ref>
* On February 16, the full teaser trailer that was released online, revealing the return of [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]].<ref name="teasertrailer">[http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809943432/video/12063123 Full teaser trailer at Yahoo! movies]</ref>
* Later that same day, official in package stock photos revealed the name of the Audi R8 Decepticon seen in the trailers to be Sideways. <ref name="Sideways">[http://tformers.com/transformers-official-shots-of-revenge-of-the-fallen-sideways-audi-r8-gets-a-name/11000/news.html Audi R8's packaging revealed through official packaging shots at Tformers]</ref>
* After a short and poorly excuted "misinformation campaign" on the part of Michael Bay, Paramount and their licensees where they claimed that Megatron was not in the movie despite all ''officially released'' evidence to the contrary (including Megatron's brief appearance in the February 1 Superbowl tv spot and the February teaser trailer), Roberto Orci confirmed that Megatron does indeed return.<ref name="Megatron returns">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/180451-welcome-mr-roberto-orci-you-may-ask-him-questions-211.html#post3333713 Roberto Orci confirms Megatron's return on TFW2005.com - February 22, 2009]</ref>
* On March 4, 2009, [[Hugo Weaving]] revealed he would be returning as Megatron in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' and in fact had already recorded his dialogue. When asked of how Megatron would be resurrected, Weaving kept mum, but pointed out that Optimus Prime took a surviving sliver of the [[All Spark (Movie)|All Spark]] out of Megatron's chest in the previous movie.<ref name="Hugo Weaving">[http://blogs.news.com.au/adelaidenow/turkeyshoot/index.php/adelaidenow/comments/weaving_confirms_megatrons_return_in_transformers_revenge_of_the_fallen AdelaideNow blog report on Weaving's return to ''Transformers'' - March 4, 2009.]</ref>
* On March 6, due to the reports of Weaving's return, Michael Bay finally admitted Megatron was back, but claimed that Megatron would only appear briefly in a flashback to the past, despite the fact Megatron can be seen pinning Sam Witwicky to the ground in ''Revenge's'' tv spot and teaser trailer. One can assume that the director was trying to salvage some form of audience surprise in seeing Megatron return in the movie. In other news of a presumably legitimate kind, Bay said that the movie would go into the distant past and explain the history of the [[Prime]]s.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=66825&postcount=4 Michael Bay on his forum - March 6, 2009]</ref>
* Shortly after an [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/interviews-27/tfw2005-interviews-frank-welker-part-1-of-2-167015/ interview] with voice actor [[Frank Welker]] was posted on fan site TFW2005.com, in which he revealed he had not been contacted by the film crew for a part, Bay made a post on his forum that he was now interested in casting Welker as [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]<ref>[http://www.michaelbay.com/newsblog/files/soundwave-w.html Micheal Bay.com news blog - March 10, 2009]</ref>
* On March 22, Roberto Orci responded to a fan's questioning regarding the idea of casting [[Leonard Nimoy]] as The Fallen by stating that he had actually mentioned it with Nimoy, but fan outcry has also given Frank Welker consideration. <ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/224468-roberto-orci-leonard-nimoy-frank-welker-both-running-voicing-fallen.html Roberto Orci on TFW2005.com, March 22, 2009]</ref>

==Cast==
{{spoiler|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|July 24, 2009}}

{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] <ref>[http://gmtv.feedroom.com/?fr_chl=62fb041ab45d6f1444bea60b370dabc3e1f0703d&rf=bm Chevy Transformers Vehicles Premiere]</ref>
*[[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])<ref>[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/09/25/optimus-prime-takes-shape-for-transformers-2-as-voice-artist-peter-cullen-returns-to-work/ MTV interview with Cullen]</ref>
*[[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia
*[[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee
|c2=
*[[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]]<ref name="USAToday2008"/>
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] <ref name="Megatron returns"> <ref>And the fact Megatron's hand restrains Sam Witwicky in the tv spot and trailer</ref> ([[Hugo Weaving]])<ref name="Hugo Weaving"/>
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]
*[[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] <ref name="IGNJan2009"/>
*[[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] <ref name="teasertrailer"/>
*[[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] <ref name="Sideways"/>
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] <ref>[http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=57631 Robert Orci interview from SciFi.com]</ref>
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] <ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=12448 More on Transformers 2 From Writer Roberto Orci]</ref>
*[[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s
**[[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] <ref name="USAToday2008"/>
**[[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] <ref name="Superbowltvspot"/>
**[[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]] <ref name="Toyfair2009"/>
|c3=
*Alice ([[Isabel Lucas]])<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showpost.php?s=22c455b2e9b6c4047cf14f100807a2cb&p=30564&postcount=21 A post from Bay on his official forum]</ref>
*[[Mikaela Banes]] ([[Megan Fox]])<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,382450,00.html Fox News interviews Fox]</ref>
*[[Robert Epps]] ([[Tyrese Gibson]])<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1591669/20080728/story.jhtml Tyrese talks Revenge of the Fallen]</ref>
*Graham, British Special Forces soldier ([[Matthew Marsden]])<ref name="MTVblog">[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/06/02/exclusive-matthew-marsden-joins-transformers-2-cast/ MTV Movies Blog exclusive June 2, 2008 news]</ref>
*[[William Lennox]] ([[Josh Duhamel]])<ref name="MTVblog"/>
*Leo ([[Ramon Rodriguez]])<ref name="EmpireFeb2009">
*Professor ([[Rainn Wilson]])<ref>[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/05/28/exclusive-rainn-wilson-joins-transformers-2-cast-as-university-professor/ Rainn Wilson confirms his participation]</ref>
*[[Reggie Simmons]] ([[John Turturro]]) <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Judy Witwicky]] ([[Julie White]])<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/2315930-post729.html Roberto Orci confirming Sam's parents would get "at least as much screen time" in the sequel.]</ref>
*[[Ron Witwicky]] ([[Kevin Dunn]])<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/2315930-post729.html Roberto Orci confirming Sam's parents would get "at least as much screen time" in the sequel.]</ref>
*[[Sam Witwicky]] ([[Shia LaBeouf]])<ref>[http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=6372 Transformers 2 Writers Confirmed]</ref>
*Unnamed character ([[John Benjamin Hickey]])<ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*Unnamed character ([[Glenn Morshower]])<ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
|c4=
*[[The Fallen]]<ref>''Empire'' article entitled "20 to watch in 2009", written by Nick de Semelyn, dated February 2009, pages 68 and 69, issue 236</ref>
}}

==''Transformers'' sequel and the 2007-2008 Writers Strike==
In late 2007, during preproduction for then-untitled ''Transformers'' sequel, the [[wikipedia:2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike|Writers Guild of America went on strike]]. At the time, Roberto Orci stated that the strike could likely delay ''Transformers 2's'' release. However, Michael Bay refuted this, claiming the movie was still on schedule.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6200#post6200 Robert Orci discusses the strike & TF2]</ref> The reason behind Bay's confidence was discovered by Orci shortly after the strike ended. The director had apparently taken the outline the writers had handed in the night before the strike, and begun movie prep based on it.<ref>[http://www.donmurphy.net/board/showthread.php?t=24357&page=4 Don Murphy message board - Orci on the aftermath of the strike]</ref>

==Related fiction==
===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics===
While the Decepticons were disgusted with the pro-Autobot propaganda of Bay's first documentary {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|#13's Star Screams}}, they're quite optimistic about the second film. [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] has taken a strong interest in it, going to the trouble of personally convincing [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to be in the film {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|15's Star Screams}}.

The Decepticons promise this new documentary will show a glorious Decepticon victory {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|#10's Star Screams}} - whether it's in the script or not. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|#18's Star Screams}}

Shockingly, even ''they'' are under a non-disclosure agreement regarding the script; Starscream fearfully refers to a greater power keeping him quiet. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|#22's Star Screams}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.transformersmovie.com Dreamworks/Paramount's ''Transformers'' Movie website]
*[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/ Hasbro's ''Transformers'' homepage]
*[http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/10866/tcid/1 Interview with Michael Bay 02/09/2009] — Collider.com

[[Category:Films]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen]]

Talk:Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)

2009-03-27T19:36:26Z

Godziboy1993: New page: Where's Chromia? She is confirmed! I added her why is she gone? And what about Ratchet?

Where's Chromia? She is confirmed! I added her why is she gone? And what about Ratchet?

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)

2009-03-26T18:05:19Z

Godziboy1993: /* Cast */

{{nav-rotf}}
'''''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''''' is the first of two planned sequels to ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]''. It is scheduled to be released June 24, 2009.<ref>[http://tformers.com/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-moved-up-2-days-more-time-to-enjoy-giant-robots/10971/news.html Transformers premiere days moved up two days]</ref><ref>[http://www.allspark.com/content/view/4373/20/ The Allspark: ''Revenge of the Fallen'' NOT Coming Out June 26th]</ref>

{{note|This page is '''not meant to be a source of breaking news'''. It is intended to archive '''officially confirmed information ONLY'''. That means no leaks, no spoilers, no stolen info. If it doesn't come directly from [[Hasbro]], [[Dreamworks]]/[[Paramount Pictures]] or their licensees, '''it does not belong here or anywhere else on this wiki.'''}}

{{bigquote|Because ‘Transformers 2′ sounds stupid.|[[Roberto Orci]]|[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/07/24/writers-reveal-theme-of-transformers-sequel-the-bad-news-no-dinobots/ MTV Movieblog] [[July 24]],[[2008]]}}

==Confirmed news==
{{spoiler|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|July 24, 2009}}
[[Image:ROTFteaserposter.jpg|right|250px|thumb|For dry, red eyes, the difference is clear: Clear Eyes.]]
Current information includes:

* Producer [[Tom DeSanto]] has envisioned a storyline introducing the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s.<ref>[http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4663&Itemid=99 IESB Exclusive: Transformers 2 Character Breakdowns Plus New Decepticons!]</ref>
* Writers [[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]] recruited [[Ehren Kruger]] to help them write the screenplay. [[Michael Bay]] and producers [[Don Murphy]], [[Tom DeSanto]], and [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]] are also returning.<ref>[http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=6372 Transformers 2 Writers Confirmed]</ref>
* The producers expect that with a bigger budget and the special effects worked out, the Transformers will have a larger role and more screen time.{{fact}}
* According to the 2008 ShoWest edition of Dolby News, the film will be in 3-D.<ref>[http://www.comics2film.com/index.php?a=story&b=33214 'Tintin', 'Transformers 2' getting 3D release]</ref>
* Michael Bay has claimed that the studio is putting out deliberate misinformation, to obscure real leaks.<ref>[http://io9.com/382919/michael-bay-plays-internet-punkd Michael Bay Plays Internet Punk'd]</ref> (Like our jobs weren't hard enough.)
*A key character will return and "attempt to settle a score".<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/default.cfm?page=News/Item&newsid=59522272-D56F-E112-4C783175A8BBBAD6 Confirmation by Hasbro.]</ref>
* Roberto Orci confirmed that there is no '2' in the title of the sequel.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2173364&postcount=7 Roberto Orci at TFW2005.com]</ref>
* [[Aaron Hill]] is confirmed to play a supporting in the film.<ref>[http://www.aaronhill.biz/news.htm Aaron Hill confirms his role at his site]</ref>
* During San Diego Comic-Con 2008, in an interview on July 25th, [[Simon Furman]] claimed that the film would feature a character called [[The Fallen]], which was a character they created for [[Dreamwave]]'s ''[[The War Within: The Dark Ages]]''<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17412 Simon Furman confirms The Fallen is a character in an interview with Comic Book Resources]</ref> Three days later, [[IDW Publishing]] writer [[Chris Mowry]] corroborated the claim in an interview with MTV Splash Page, calling "The Fallen" the main villain of ''Revenge'' ([[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] was also confirmed in the same interview, but the reference to her was mysteriously removed shortly after publication). <ref>[http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/07/28/exclusive-transformers-2-prequel-comic-gives-inside-scoop-on-2009-movie/ MTV Splash Page interviews Chris Mowry]</ref> Less than a week after this, however, Michael Bay reiterated that everything leaked thus far is part of their misinformation campaign and that only a handful of people involved with the production of ''Revenge'' have seen the script, contradicting IDW's interviews where their representatives confirm that they have the script. Additionally, Bay claimed the only truth about the film was Sam going to college.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=44729&postcount=2 A post made by Michael Bay on his forum]</ref> Curiously, on August 5th 2008, after a fan posted on Michael Bay's forum pointing out the contradiction, all references to the Fallen were removed from the aforementioned interviews, as well as any references to IDW Publishing having the script.
* When questioned about whether the Transformers would have more flat surfaces and have less internal machinery exposed compared to the designs from the first movie, Roberto Orci answered with an emphatic "YES".<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/2317044-post773.html Roberto Orci at TFW2005.com]</ref>
* An official behind-the-scenes video from the first day of shooting (June 2, 2008) at the former steel plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania was posted on Wal-Mart's public website in early September of 2008. The video shows police cars with Chinese markings, [[Josh Duhamel]] and [[Tyrese Gibson]] shooting an action sequence together with other actors and extras dressed as soldiers, and an Audi R8 being chased by three differently-colored motorcycles, all three of them equipped with drivers wearing the same outfit.<ref>[http://www.walmart.com/transformers Wal-Mart promo site with exclusive videos], access code is "AllSpark 62609".</ref>
* In an interview with BANG! Showbiz, Shia LeBouf stated that the injuries he suffered in his recent vehicular collision were written into the script and did not adversely affect the filming schedule.<ref name="TheList2008">[http://www.list.co.uk/article/10788-shia-labeoufs-transformers-hand/ The List 1 August 2008]</ref>
* A December 29, 2008 ''USA Today'' article on ''Revenge'' detailed parts of the plot as well as confirming some Transformer cast members.<ref name="USAToday2008">[http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-12-28-transformers-side_N.htm USA Today December 29, 2008]</ref>
* ''Empire'' magazine's February 2009 issue features information on the role of the Egyptian Pyramids in the Movieverse's backstory. Michael Bay also confirmed The Fallen and denied Megatron would be resurrected (this later turned out to be untrue). Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics resembling helicopters will be revealed to be depictions of Transformers who visited Earth before the pyramids were built.<ref name="EmpireFeb2009">''Empire'' article entitled "20 to watch in 2009", written by Nick de Semelyn, dated February 2009, pages 68 and 69, issue 236</ref>
* On January 14, 2009, Roberto Orci confirmed in an interview with IGN at the Television Critics Association press tour that [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] would be a character in the film, and added that there is a [[Pretender]].<ref name="IGNJan2009">[http://au.movies.ign.com/articles/944/944836p1.html IGN January 14, 2009 "Transformers 2 Rumor Confirmed"]</ref>
* On January 29, 2009, [[Activision]]'s website for the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' video game adaptation came online and revealed the robot modes of two new characters (later revealed to be [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]). However, this activation of the website appears to have been in error, as the site was taken offline hours later, with Activision requesting fan sites remove images of the characters.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/activision-transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-site-live---chevy-beat-and-trax-robot-modes-revealed-166703/ Trax and Beat revealed thread at TFW2005.com (Images Removed at Activision's request)]</ref>
* Also on January 29, 2009, Simon Furman commented on MTV Movie Blog about how the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] wouldn't fit very well into the movie's universe, and that he is glad they were dropped from the cast very early in development.<ref>[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/01/29/no-dinobots-in-transformers-2-revenge-of-the-fallen-original-film-consultant-explains-why/ MTV Movie Blog interview with Simon Furman, January 29, 2009.]</ref>
* On February 1, 2009, the first official trailer for the movie was aired during Super Bowl XLIII.<ref name="Superbowltvspot">[http://www.transformersmovie.com Revenge of the Fallen Super Bowl spot at the official Revenge of the Fallen website] and [http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/transformers-2/super-bowl-spot TrailerAddict]</ref>
* Michael Bay stated in interview with ''The Collider'' the he obtained permission to film in Egypt by contacting [[Zahi Hawass]], secretary general of Egypt's council of antiquities, who turned out to be a fan of the 2007 ''Transformers'' movie.<ref>[http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/10866/tcid/1 The Collider article and video interview with Michael Bay, February 9, 2009]</ref>
* In the issue 140 February of ''Toyfare'' magazine, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura confirmed that the Fallen is one of the [[Thirteen original Transformers]], likening the 13 to "apostles" and claiming the schism between Autobots and Decepticons to have been the Fallen's responsibility. He also stated that Devastator would be over 100 feet tall.<ref>Toyfare issue 140, February, 2009. [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/218756-toyfare-140-rotf-coverage.html Summary at TFW2005.com]</ref>
* During the Chicago Auto Show 2009, [[General Motors]]/[[Chevrolet]] issued a press releasing identifying several new Autobot characters who turned into various Chevy concept cars, including Sideswipe, Skids, Mudflap and Jolt. The press release also confirmed the return of [[John Turturro]] and [[Glenn Morshower]], and revealed new cast member [[John Benjamin Hickey]]. <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009">[http://media.gm.com/us/gm/en/news/events/autoshows/09chicago/brands/transformers.htm General Motors/Chevrolet Chicago Auto Show 2009 Press Release]</ref>
* Hasbro unveiled the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' toyline at the New York Toy Fair 2009 on February 14. Among the (officially) revealed were the Devastator and Constructicon toys, as well as the robot forms of Sideswipe, Mudflap and Skids.<ref name="Toyfair2009">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-toys--products-30/revenge-of-the-fallen-bumblebee-voice-changer-helmet---toyfair-2009-press-release-166806/ Hasbro Toyfair 2009 press release at TFW2005.com], and [http://toyfair09.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/hasbro-tf-press-kit/index.html Hasbro official stock image gallery at ASM]</ref>
* On February 16, the full teaser trailer that was released online, revealing the return of [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]].<ref name="teasertrailer">[http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809943432/video/12063123 Full teaser trailer at Yahoo! movies]</ref>
* Later that same day, official in package stock photos revealed the name of the Audi R8 Decepticon seen in the trailers to be Sideways. <ref name="Sideways">[http://tformers.com/transformers-official-shots-of-revenge-of-the-fallen-sideways-audi-r8-gets-a-name/11000/news.html Audi R8's packaging revealed through official packaging shots at Tformers]</ref>
* After a short and poorly excuted "misinformation campaign" on the part of Michael Bay, Paramount and their licensees where they claimed that Megatron was not in the movie despite all ''officially released'' evidence to the contrary (including Megatron's brief appearance in the February 1 Superbowl tv spot and the February teaser trailer), Roberto Orci confirmed that Megatron does indeed return.<ref name="Megatron returns">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/180451-welcome-mr-roberto-orci-you-may-ask-him-questions-211.html#post3333713 Roberto Orci confirms Megatron's return on TFW2005.com - February 22, 2009]</ref>
* On March 4, 2009, [[Hugo Weaving]] revealed he would be returning as Megatron in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' and in fact had already recorded his dialogue. When asked of how Megatron would be resurrected, Weaving kept mum, but pointed out that Optimus Prime took a surviving sliver of the [[All Spark (Movie)|All Spark]] out of Megatron's chest in the previous movie.<ref name="Hugo Weaving">[http://blogs.news.com.au/adelaidenow/turkeyshoot/index.php/adelaidenow/comments/weaving_confirms_megatrons_return_in_transformers_revenge_of_the_fallen AdelaideNow blog report on Weaving's return to ''Transformers'' - March 4, 2009.]</ref>
* On March 6, due to the reports of Weaving's return, Michael Bay finally admitted Megatron was back, but claimed that Megatron would only appear briefly in a flashback to the past, despite the fact Megatron can be seen pinning Sam Witwicky to the ground in ''Revenge's'' tv spot and teaser trailer. One can assume that the director was trying to salvage some form of audience surprise in seeing Megatron return in the movie. In other news of a presumably legitimate kind, Bay said that the movie would go into the distant past and explain the history of the [[Prime]]s.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=66825&postcount=4 Michael Bay on his forum - March 6, 2009]</ref>
* Shortly after an [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/interviews-27/tfw2005-interviews-frank-welker-part-1-of-2-167015/ interview] with voice actor [[Frank Welker]] was posted on fan site TFW2005.com, in which he revealed he had not been contacted by the film crew for a part, Bay made a post on his forum that he was now interested in casting Welker as [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]<ref>[http://www.michaelbay.com/newsblog/files/soundwave-w.html Micheal Bay.com news blog - March 10, 2009]</ref>
* On March 22, Roberto Orci responded to a fan's questioning regarding the idea of casting [[Leonard Nimoy]] as The Fallen by stating that he had actually mentioned it with Nimoy, but fan outcry has also given Frank Welker consideration. <ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/224468-roberto-orci-leonard-nimoy-frank-welker-both-running-voicing-fallen.html Roberto Orci on TFW2005.com, March 22, 2009]</ref>

==Cast==
{{spoiler|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|July 24, 2009}}

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*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] <ref>[http://gmtv.feedroom.com/?fr_chl=62fb041ab45d6f1444bea60b370dabc3e1f0703d&rf=bm Chevy Transformers Vehicles Premiere]</ref>
*[[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])<ref>[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/09/25/optimus-prime-takes-shape-for-transformers-2-as-voice-artist-peter-cullen-returns-to-work/ MTV interview with Cullen]</ref>
*[[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]] <ref>[http://tformers.com/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-chromia-skids-in-package/11244/news.html]</ref>
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*[[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]]<ref name="USAToday2008"/>
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] <ref name="Megatron returns"> <ref>And the fact Megatron's hand restrains Sam Witwicky in the tv spot and trailer</ref> ([[Hugo Weaving]])<ref name="Hugo Weaving"/>
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]
*[[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] <ref name="IGNJan2009"/>
*[[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] <ref name="teasertrailer"/>
*[[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] <ref name="Sideways"/>
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] <ref>[http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=57631 Robert Orci interview from SciFi.com]</ref>
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] <ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=12448 More on Transformers 2 From Writer Roberto Orci]</ref>
*[[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s
**[[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] <ref name="USAToday2008"/>
**[[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] <ref name="Superbowltvspot"/>
**[[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]] <ref name="Toyfair2009"/>
|c3=
*Alice ([[Isabel Lucas]])<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showpost.php?s=22c455b2e9b6c4047cf14f100807a2cb&p=30564&postcount=21 A post from Bay on his official forum]</ref>
*[[Mikaela Banes]] ([[Megan Fox]])<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,382450,00.html Fox News interviews Fox]</ref>
*[[Robert Epps]] ([[Tyrese Gibson]])<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1591669/20080728/story.jhtml Tyrese talks Revenge of the Fallen]</ref>
*Graham, British Special Forces soldier ([[Matthew Marsden]])<ref name="MTVblog">[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/06/02/exclusive-matthew-marsden-joins-transformers-2-cast/ MTV Movies Blog exclusive June 2, 2008 news]</ref>
*[[William Lennox]] ([[Josh Duhamel]])<ref name="MTVblog"/>
*Leo ([[Ramon Rodriguez]])<ref name="EmpireFeb2009">
*Professor ([[Rainn Wilson]])<ref>[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/05/28/exclusive-rainn-wilson-joins-transformers-2-cast-as-university-professor/ Rainn Wilson confirms his participation]</ref>
*[[Reggie Simmons]] ([[John Turturro]]) <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Judy Witwicky]] ([[Julie White]])<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/2315930-post729.html Roberto Orci confirming Sam's parents would get "at least as much screen time" in the sequel.]</ref>
*[[Ron Witwicky]] ([[Kevin Dunn]])<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/2315930-post729.html Roberto Orci confirming Sam's parents would get "at least as much screen time" in the sequel.]</ref>
*[[Sam Witwicky]] ([[Shia LaBeouf]])<ref>[http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=6372 Transformers 2 Writers Confirmed]</ref>
*Unnamed character ([[John Benjamin Hickey]])<ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*Unnamed character ([[Glenn Morshower]])<ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
|c4=
*[[The Fallen]]<ref>''Empire'' article entitled "20 to watch in 2009", written by Nick de Semelyn, dated February 2009, pages 68 and 69, issue 236</ref>
}}

==''Transformers'' sequel and the 2007-2008 Writers Strike==
In late 2007, during preproduction for then-untitled ''Transformers'' sequel, the [[wikipedia:2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike|Writers Guild of America went on strike]]. At the time, Roberto Orci stated that the strike could likely delay ''Transformers 2's'' release. However, Michael Bay refuted this, claiming the movie was still on schedule.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6200#post6200 Robert Orci discusses the strike & TF2]</ref> The reason behind Bay's confidence was discovered by Orci shortly after the strike ended. The director had apparently taken the outline the writers had handed in the night before the strike, and begun movie prep based on it.<ref>[http://www.donmurphy.net/board/showthread.php?t=24357&page=4 Don Murphy message board - Orci on the aftermath of the strike]</ref>

==Related fiction==
===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics===
While the Decepticons were disgusted with the pro-Autobot propaganda of Bay's first documentary {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|#13's Star Screams}}, they're quite optimistic about the second film. [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] has taken a strong interest in it, going to the trouble of personally convincing [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to be in the film {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|15's Star Screams}}.

The Decepticons promise this new documentary will show a glorious Decepticon victory {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|#10's Star Screams}} - whether it's in the script or not. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|#18's Star Screams}}

Shockingly, even ''they'' are under a non-disclosure agreement regarding the script; Starscream fearfully refers to a greater power keeping him quiet. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|#22's Star Screams}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.transformersmovie.com Dreamworks/Paramount's ''Transformers'' Movie website]
*[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/ Hasbro's ''Transformers'' homepage]
*[http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/10866/tcid/1 Interview with Michael Bay 02/09/2009] — Collider.com

[[Category:Films]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen]]

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)

2009-03-26T18:04:48Z

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'''''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''''' is the first of two planned sequels to ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]''. It is scheduled to be released June 24, 2009.<ref>[http://tformers.com/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-moved-up-2-days-more-time-to-enjoy-giant-robots/10971/news.html Transformers premiere days moved up two days]</ref><ref>[http://www.allspark.com/content/view/4373/20/ The Allspark: ''Revenge of the Fallen'' NOT Coming Out June 26th]</ref>

{{note|This page is '''not meant to be a source of breaking news'''. It is intended to archive '''officially confirmed information ONLY'''. That means no leaks, no spoilers, no stolen info. If it doesn't come directly from [[Hasbro]], [[Dreamworks]]/[[Paramount Pictures]] or their licensees, '''it does not belong here or anywhere else on this wiki.'''}}

{{bigquote|Because ‘Transformers 2′ sounds stupid.|[[Roberto Orci]]|[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/07/24/writers-reveal-theme-of-transformers-sequel-the-bad-news-no-dinobots/ MTV Movieblog] [[July 24]],[[2008]]}}

==Confirmed news==
{{spoiler|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|July 24, 2009}}
[[Image:ROTFteaserposter.jpg|right|250px|thumb|For dry, red eyes, the difference is clear: Clear Eyes.]]
Current information includes:

* Producer [[Tom DeSanto]] has envisioned a storyline introducing the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s.<ref>[http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4663&Itemid=99 IESB Exclusive: Transformers 2 Character Breakdowns Plus New Decepticons!]</ref>
* Writers [[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]] recruited [[Ehren Kruger]] to help them write the screenplay. [[Michael Bay]] and producers [[Don Murphy]], [[Tom DeSanto]], and [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]] are also returning.<ref>[http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=6372 Transformers 2 Writers Confirmed]</ref>
* The producers expect that with a bigger budget and the special effects worked out, the Transformers will have a larger role and more screen time.{{fact}}
* According to the 2008 ShoWest edition of Dolby News, the film will be in 3-D.<ref>[http://www.comics2film.com/index.php?a=story&b=33214 'Tintin', 'Transformers 2' getting 3D release]</ref>
* Michael Bay has claimed that the studio is putting out deliberate misinformation, to obscure real leaks.<ref>[http://io9.com/382919/michael-bay-plays-internet-punkd Michael Bay Plays Internet Punk'd]</ref> (Like our jobs weren't hard enough.)
*A key character will return and "attempt to settle a score".<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/default.cfm?page=News/Item&newsid=59522272-D56F-E112-4C783175A8BBBAD6 Confirmation by Hasbro.]</ref>
* Roberto Orci confirmed that there is no '2' in the title of the sequel.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2173364&postcount=7 Roberto Orci at TFW2005.com]</ref>
* [[Aaron Hill]] is confirmed to play a supporting in the film.<ref>[http://www.aaronhill.biz/news.htm Aaron Hill confirms his role at his site]</ref>
* During San Diego Comic-Con 2008, in an interview on July 25th, [[Simon Furman]] claimed that the film would feature a character called [[The Fallen]], which was a character they created for [[Dreamwave]]'s ''[[The War Within: The Dark Ages]]''<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17412 Simon Furman confirms The Fallen is a character in an interview with Comic Book Resources]</ref> Three days later, [[IDW Publishing]] writer [[Chris Mowry]] corroborated the claim in an interview with MTV Splash Page, calling "The Fallen" the main villain of ''Revenge'' ([[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] was also confirmed in the same interview, but the reference to her was mysteriously removed shortly after publication). <ref>[http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/07/28/exclusive-transformers-2-prequel-comic-gives-inside-scoop-on-2009-movie/ MTV Splash Page interviews Chris Mowry]</ref> Less than a week after this, however, Michael Bay reiterated that everything leaked thus far is part of their misinformation campaign and that only a handful of people involved with the production of ''Revenge'' have seen the script, contradicting IDW's interviews where their representatives confirm that they have the script. Additionally, Bay claimed the only truth about the film was Sam going to college.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=44729&postcount=2 A post made by Michael Bay on his forum]</ref> Curiously, on August 5th 2008, after a fan posted on Michael Bay's forum pointing out the contradiction, all references to the Fallen were removed from the aforementioned interviews, as well as any references to IDW Publishing having the script.
* When questioned about whether the Transformers would have more flat surfaces and have less internal machinery exposed compared to the designs from the first movie, Roberto Orci answered with an emphatic "YES".<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/2317044-post773.html Roberto Orci at TFW2005.com]</ref>
* An official behind-the-scenes video from the first day of shooting (June 2, 2008) at the former steel plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania was posted on Wal-Mart's public website in early September of 2008. The video shows police cars with Chinese markings, [[Josh Duhamel]] and [[Tyrese Gibson]] shooting an action sequence together with other actors and extras dressed as soldiers, and an Audi R8 being chased by three differently-colored motorcycles, all three of them equipped with drivers wearing the same outfit.<ref>[http://www.walmart.com/transformers Wal-Mart promo site with exclusive videos], access code is "AllSpark 62609".</ref>
* In an interview with BANG! Showbiz, Shia LeBouf stated that the injuries he suffered in his recent vehicular collision were written into the script and did not adversely affect the filming schedule.<ref name="TheList2008">[http://www.list.co.uk/article/10788-shia-labeoufs-transformers-hand/ The List 1 August 2008]</ref>
* A December 29, 2008 ''USA Today'' article on ''Revenge'' detailed parts of the plot as well as confirming some Transformer cast members.<ref name="USAToday2008">[http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-12-28-transformers-side_N.htm USA Today December 29, 2008]</ref>
* ''Empire'' magazine's February 2009 issue features information on the role of the Egyptian Pyramids in the Movieverse's backstory. Michael Bay also confirmed The Fallen and denied Megatron would be resurrected (this later turned out to be untrue). Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics resembling helicopters will be revealed to be depictions of Transformers who visited Earth before the pyramids were built.<ref name="EmpireFeb2009">''Empire'' article entitled "20 to watch in 2009", written by Nick de Semelyn, dated February 2009, pages 68 and 69, issue 236</ref>
* On January 14, 2009, Roberto Orci confirmed in an interview with IGN at the Television Critics Association press tour that [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] would be a character in the film, and added that there is a [[Pretender]].<ref name="IGNJan2009">[http://au.movies.ign.com/articles/944/944836p1.html IGN January 14, 2009 "Transformers 2 Rumor Confirmed"]</ref>
* On January 29, 2009, [[Activision]]'s website for the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' video game adaptation came online and revealed the robot modes of two new characters (later revealed to be [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]). However, this activation of the website appears to have been in error, as the site was taken offline hours later, with Activision requesting fan sites remove images of the characters.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/activision-transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-site-live---chevy-beat-and-trax-robot-modes-revealed-166703/ Trax and Beat revealed thread at TFW2005.com (Images Removed at Activision's request)]</ref>
* Also on January 29, 2009, Simon Furman commented on MTV Movie Blog about how the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] wouldn't fit very well into the movie's universe, and that he is glad they were dropped from the cast very early in development.<ref>[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/01/29/no-dinobots-in-transformers-2-revenge-of-the-fallen-original-film-consultant-explains-why/ MTV Movie Blog interview with Simon Furman, January 29, 2009.]</ref>
* On February 1, 2009, the first official trailer for the movie was aired during Super Bowl XLIII.<ref name="Superbowltvspot">[http://www.transformersmovie.com Revenge of the Fallen Super Bowl spot at the official Revenge of the Fallen website] and [http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/transformers-2/super-bowl-spot TrailerAddict]</ref>
* Michael Bay stated in interview with ''The Collider'' the he obtained permission to film in Egypt by contacting [[Zahi Hawass]], secretary general of Egypt's council of antiquities, who turned out to be a fan of the 2007 ''Transformers'' movie.<ref>[http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/10866/tcid/1 The Collider article and video interview with Michael Bay, February 9, 2009]</ref>
* In the issue 140 February of ''Toyfare'' magazine, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura confirmed that the Fallen is one of the [[Thirteen original Transformers]], likening the 13 to "apostles" and claiming the schism between Autobots and Decepticons to have been the Fallen's responsibility. He also stated that Devastator would be over 100 feet tall.<ref>Toyfare issue 140, February, 2009. [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/218756-toyfare-140-rotf-coverage.html Summary at TFW2005.com]</ref>
* During the Chicago Auto Show 2009, [[General Motors]]/[[Chevrolet]] issued a press releasing identifying several new Autobot characters who turned into various Chevy concept cars, including Sideswipe, Skids, Mudflap and Jolt. The press release also confirmed the return of [[John Turturro]] and [[Glenn Morshower]], and revealed new cast member [[John Benjamin Hickey]]. <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009">[http://media.gm.com/us/gm/en/news/events/autoshows/09chicago/brands/transformers.htm General Motors/Chevrolet Chicago Auto Show 2009 Press Release]</ref>
* Hasbro unveiled the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' toyline at the New York Toy Fair 2009 on February 14. Among the (officially) revealed were the Devastator and Constructicon toys, as well as the robot forms of Sideswipe, Mudflap and Skids.<ref name="Toyfair2009">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-toys--products-30/revenge-of-the-fallen-bumblebee-voice-changer-helmet---toyfair-2009-press-release-166806/ Hasbro Toyfair 2009 press release at TFW2005.com], and [http://toyfair09.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/hasbro-tf-press-kit/index.html Hasbro official stock image gallery at ASM]</ref>
* On February 16, the full teaser trailer that was released online, revealing the return of [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]].<ref name="teasertrailer">[http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809943432/video/12063123 Full teaser trailer at Yahoo! movies]</ref>
* Later that same day, official in package stock photos revealed the name of the Audi R8 Decepticon seen in the trailers to be Sideways. <ref name="Sideways">[http://tformers.com/transformers-official-shots-of-revenge-of-the-fallen-sideways-audi-r8-gets-a-name/11000/news.html Audi R8's packaging revealed through official packaging shots at Tformers]</ref>
* After a short and poorly excuted "misinformation campaign" on the part of Michael Bay, Paramount and their licensees where they claimed that Megatron was not in the movie despite all ''officially released'' evidence to the contrary (including Megatron's brief appearance in the February 1 Superbowl tv spot and the February teaser trailer), Roberto Orci confirmed that Megatron does indeed return.<ref name="Megatron returns">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/180451-welcome-mr-roberto-orci-you-may-ask-him-questions-211.html#post3333713 Roberto Orci confirms Megatron's return on TFW2005.com - February 22, 2009]</ref>
* On March 4, 2009, [[Hugo Weaving]] revealed he would be returning as Megatron in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' and in fact had already recorded his dialogue. When asked of how Megatron would be resurrected, Weaving kept mum, but pointed out that Optimus Prime took a surviving sliver of the [[All Spark (Movie)|All Spark]] out of Megatron's chest in the previous movie.<ref name="Hugo Weaving">[http://blogs.news.com.au/adelaidenow/turkeyshoot/index.php/adelaidenow/comments/weaving_confirms_megatrons_return_in_transformers_revenge_of_the_fallen AdelaideNow blog report on Weaving's return to ''Transformers'' - March 4, 2009.]</ref>
* On March 6, due to the reports of Weaving's return, Michael Bay finally admitted Megatron was back, but claimed that Megatron would only appear briefly in a flashback to the past, despite the fact Megatron can be seen pinning Sam Witwicky to the ground in ''Revenge's'' tv spot and teaser trailer. One can assume that the director was trying to salvage some form of audience surprise in seeing Megatron return in the movie. In other news of a presumably legitimate kind, Bay said that the movie would go into the distant past and explain the history of the [[Prime]]s.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=66825&postcount=4 Michael Bay on his forum - March 6, 2009]</ref>
* Shortly after an [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/interviews-27/tfw2005-interviews-frank-welker-part-1-of-2-167015/ interview] with voice actor [[Frank Welker]] was posted on fan site TFW2005.com, in which he revealed he had not been contacted by the film crew for a part, Bay made a post on his forum that he was now interested in casting Welker as [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]<ref>[http://www.michaelbay.com/newsblog/files/soundwave-w.html Micheal Bay.com news blog - March 10, 2009]</ref>
* On March 22, Roberto Orci responded to a fan's questioning regarding the idea of casting [[Leonard Nimoy]] as The Fallen by stating that he had actually mentioned it with Nimoy, but fan outcry has also given Frank Welker consideration. <ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/224468-roberto-orci-leonard-nimoy-frank-welker-both-running-voicing-fallen.html Roberto Orci on TFW2005.com, March 22, 2009]</ref>

==Cast==
{{spoiler|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|July 24, 2009}}

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*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] <ref>[http://gmtv.feedroom.com/?fr_chl=62fb041ab45d6f1444bea60b370dabc3e1f0703d&rf=bm Chevy Transformers Vehicles Premiere]</ref>
*[[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])<ref>[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/09/25/optimus-prime-takes-shape-for-transformers-2-as-voice-artist-peter-cullen-returns-to-work/ MTV interview with Cullen]</ref>
*[[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
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*[[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]] <ref>[http://tformers.com/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-chromia-skids-in-package/11244/news.html]</ref>
*[[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]]<ref name="USAToday2008"/>
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] <ref name="Megatron returns"> <ref>And the fact Megatron's hand restrains Sam Witwicky in the tv spot and trailer</ref> ([[Hugo Weaving]])<ref name="Hugo Weaving"/>
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]
*[[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] <ref name="IGNJan2009"/>
*[[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] <ref name="teasertrailer"/>
*[[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] <ref name="Sideways"/>
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] <ref>[http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=57631 Robert Orci interview from SciFi.com]</ref>
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] <ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=12448 More on Transformers 2 From Writer Roberto Orci]</ref>
*[[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s
**[[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] <ref name="USAToday2008"/>
**[[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] <ref name="Superbowltvspot"/>
**[[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]] <ref name="Toyfair2009"/>
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*Alice ([[Isabel Lucas]])<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showpost.php?s=22c455b2e9b6c4047cf14f100807a2cb&p=30564&postcount=21 A post from Bay on his official forum]</ref>
*[[Mikaela Banes]] ([[Megan Fox]])<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,382450,00.html Fox News interviews Fox]</ref>
*[[Robert Epps]] ([[Tyrese Gibson]])<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1591669/20080728/story.jhtml Tyrese talks Revenge of the Fallen]</ref>
*Graham, British Special Forces soldier ([[Matthew Marsden]])<ref name="MTVblog">[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/06/02/exclusive-matthew-marsden-joins-transformers-2-cast/ MTV Movies Blog exclusive June 2, 2008 news]</ref>
*[[William Lennox]] ([[Josh Duhamel]])<ref name="MTVblog"/>
*Leo ([[Ramon Rodriguez]])<ref name="EmpireFeb2009">
*Professor ([[Rainn Wilson]])<ref>[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/05/28/exclusive-rainn-wilson-joins-transformers-2-cast-as-university-professor/ Rainn Wilson confirms his participation]</ref>
*[[Reggie Simmons]] ([[John Turturro]]) <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Judy Witwicky]] ([[Julie White]])<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/2315930-post729.html Roberto Orci confirming Sam's parents would get "at least as much screen time" in the sequel.]</ref>
*[[Ron Witwicky]] ([[Kevin Dunn]])<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/2315930-post729.html Roberto Orci confirming Sam's parents would get "at least as much screen time" in the sequel.]</ref>
*[[Sam Witwicky]] ([[Shia LaBeouf]])<ref>[http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=6372 Transformers 2 Writers Confirmed]</ref>
*Unnamed character ([[John Benjamin Hickey]])<ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*Unnamed character ([[Glenn Morshower]])<ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
|c4=
*[[The Fallen]]<ref>''Empire'' article entitled "20 to watch in 2009", written by Nick de Semelyn, dated February 2009, pages 68 and 69, issue 236</ref>
}}

==''Transformers'' sequel and the 2007-2008 Writers Strike==
In late 2007, during preproduction for then-untitled ''Transformers'' sequel, the [[wikipedia:2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike|Writers Guild of America went on strike]]. At the time, Roberto Orci stated that the strike could likely delay ''Transformers 2's'' release. However, Michael Bay refuted this, claiming the movie was still on schedule.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6200#post6200 Robert Orci discusses the strike & TF2]</ref> The reason behind Bay's confidence was discovered by Orci shortly after the strike ended. The director had apparently taken the outline the writers had handed in the night before the strike, and begun movie prep based on it.<ref>[http://www.donmurphy.net/board/showthread.php?t=24357&page=4 Don Murphy message board - Orci on the aftermath of the strike]</ref>

==Related fiction==
===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics===
While the Decepticons were disgusted with the pro-Autobot propaganda of Bay's first documentary {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|#13's Star Screams}}, they're quite optimistic about the second film. [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] has taken a strong interest in it, going to the trouble of personally convincing [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to be in the film {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|15's Star Screams}}.

The Decepticons promise this new documentary will show a glorious Decepticon victory {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|#10's Star Screams}} - whether it's in the script or not. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|#18's Star Screams}}

Shockingly, even ''they'' are under a non-disclosure agreement regarding the script; Starscream fearfully refers to a greater power keeping him quiet. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|#22's Star Screams}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.transformersmovie.com Dreamworks/Paramount's ''Transformers'' Movie website]
*[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/ Hasbro's ''Transformers'' homepage]
*[http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/10866/tcid/1 Interview with Michael Bay 02/09/2009] — Collider.com

[[Category:Films]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen]]

Devastator (ROTF)

2009-03-20T18:21:21Z

Godziboy1993: /* Mega Power Bots */

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:''Devastator is a [[Decepticon|Decepticon]] [[Combiner|Combiner]] from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].''

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Formed from 6 construction vehicles, '''Devastator''' is pretty fragging big. Topping 120 feet in height, he towers over the competition.

==Fiction==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
{{comingsoon}}

==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
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[[Image:ROTF Devastator combiner toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|I come in peace, shoot to kill!]]
*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (2009)

:Devastator is formed from the combination of six non-transforming construction vehicles.

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*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (2009)

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==Merchandise==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
====RPMs - Robot Powered Machines====
=====Track Set=====
[[Image:ROTF RPM Devastator Showdown Playset.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Devastator transforms into a snake.]]
*'''Devastator Showdown''' (2009)

{{Comingsoontoy}}
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[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen characters]]

Devastator (ROTF)

2009-03-20T18:20:10Z

Godziboy1993: /* Track Set */

{{disambig3|Devastator}}
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:''Devastator is a [[Decepticon|Decepticon]] [[Combiner|Combiner]] from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].''

{{mainpic}}
Formed from 6 construction vehicles, '''Devastator''' is pretty fragging big. Topping 120 feet in height, he towers over the competition.

==Fiction==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
{{comingsoon}}

==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Supreme Class Toys====
[[Image:ROTF Devastator combiner toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|I come in peace, shoot to kill!]]
*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (2009)

:Devastator is formed from the combination of six non-transforming construction vehicles.

{{Comingsoontoy}}
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*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (2009)

{{Comingsoontoy}}
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==Merchandise==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
====RPMs - Robot Powered Machines====
=====Track Set=====
[[Image:ROTF RPM Devastator Showdown Playset.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Devastator transforms into a snake.]]
*'''Devastator Showdown''' (2009)

{{Comingsoontoy}}
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[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen characters]]

MediaWiki talk:Community Portal/Damage Control Central

2009-03-19T22:18:11Z

Godziboy1993: /* Front page notice and browser caches */

Additional discussion on this situation can be found on these Allspark.com threads:
* [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=56439 "TFWiki Problems, Any idea what's going on?"]
* [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=51208&st=400&p=1155749&#entry1155749 "Major Wiki Work, A thread for additions to Transformers wikis."]

==Hey hey, what can I do==
I think at this point we must begin formulating plans based on the assumption that the site is a total loss. This means damage control first, then restoration, then prevention.

Assuming no good news comes through, it seems to me we need to take the following steps. Bein' that I'm not a tech guy, there may be more options than what I'm seeing, but here's what I figure we gotta do:

#take down the bulk of the site's pages so Google's cache will not overwrite them
#figure out a system to make Derik and Abates' caches of Google-archived pages accessible to editors as they come in (Derik mentioned it'll take over a week to get a complete set off Google.)
#if possible, automate the stripping of HTML tags and other non-Wiki goop from those pages before anyone tries to edit them, including Wikia links.
#find a way to divvy up a restoration workload among our 50 or so regular editors.
#find a new server. We would be idiots to remain here.

I still hope most of this will be unnecessary, but at this point, I'm losing faith. -- '''repowers''' [[Special:Contributions/99.140.167.2|99.140.167.2]] 12:08, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
: Spoke with Bookworm several times this morning. He still has a few more computers to search for backups, but, well, at this point I'm going to assume the worst. He is going to try to at least get our user database working. He wasn't aware that was a problem until I let him know. I think Scout is trying to get all the pages downloaded from Google Caching. I've grabbed a few of my own, but she's got, like, thousands of pages so far.
: As for getting a new server... anybody got any ideas? Hell if I know. Frankly, don't listen to me anyway on that. --Walky

::Take everything down immediately. The longer the site stays up as-is, the greater the risk of contaminating Google's March 9th cache and the more linkbacks we send to Wikia. Then we either beg Google for a mass infodump, or.... 50 editors grab 160 pages each. EDIT: or Scout gets them! Thanks, Scout; good to see at least the words "silver lining" in print, even if I don't see the actual thing itself yet.... '''Thylacine 2000'''--[[Special:Contributions/74.73.131.210|74.73.131.210]] 12:17, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
:::If we take everything down, what are we going to edit back together? WHEN are we going to edit everything back together? Taking it down just delays our ability to fix it. --Walky
::::If we've got our copy of the cache, then site shutdown isn't nearly as important. The main concern is that we'd lose the Google cache. Looking like retards... well, we'll just have to take our lumps there. (I guess we could set permissions for content pages to only logged-in users? Dunno.) -- '''repowers''' [[Special:Contributions/99.140.167.2|99.140.167.2]] 12:30, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
:::::Even if it doesn't overwrite the cache, I see no reason to have the site up given the state that it's in. I say take it down until the head-honchos figure out how to clean up this mess. '''(Undecided)''' [[Special:Contributions/67.185.148.107|67.185.148.107]] 16:13, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
::::::'''Dudes'''. I noticed our front page's google cache has been updated to our current broken wiki page. So it's already begun. That's just great. --'''FFN'''
:::::At the least people shouldn't be editing any single pages right now (aside from very recently created articles, user pages and stuff like that which our cache-trawl won't cover). Once we've got the complete site cache (and converted it to wiki mark up), either the whole thing will be uploaded, which will overwrite their changes anyway, or whoever does upload them will have to go through them all picking out which ones need doing and which need updating, etc., which will only create a shit-ton more work for them. Also, I'm not certain exactly how Google cache works, but I'm pretty sure that keeping the broken pages active isn't doing us any favours. - Magnus Maximus 14:57, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
Well, this is some solid proof that Wikia sucks pretty bad. Look how often this happens over there... ''oh.'' {{unsigned|98.114.160.90}}
:What the fuck are you gibbering about? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 18:10, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
::Odds are, it's [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-general-discussion/223458-tfwiki-post3408570.html#post3408570 this guy] trying to troll. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 18:13, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:::either way, it's a good point - Wikia might still let the community come back. {{unsigned|98.114.160.90}}
::::But we don't ''want to''. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 20:25, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
::::No it isn't. Fuck Wikia. We left them for a lot of reasons, and there is ''zero'' reason to crawl back to them. And even if we ''did'' go back we'd have the '''''exact same amount of work to do there as we do now'''''. It's infinitely better to ride this entirely surmountable problem out and stick with our principles and dignity intact. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 20:29, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:::::Amen. We had solid reasons for leaving Wikia. They lied to us perpetually. They stuck huge ridiculous ads in the middle of our content which we had to retool our pages around. Those ads TALKED. And as Siph said, we'd have every bit as much work to do there as we do here. We've learned a hard lesson with this weekend's stupidity, but the lesson's been learned and we can move on. This particular mistake won't happen again.
:::::But there's more to it than that. Right when we were quite openly making our plans to leave Wikia, their boss Jimmy Wales was tone-deaf or ignorant or arrogant enough to cite us as an example of how well his vision of the modern internet was working. Give the users a little space and they'll hand you all the free content you need, no matter how badly you treat them. Our leaving was subsequently covered -- not widely of course, but covered -- in real media. As ridiculous as it sounds, we're one of many test cases for how content creators on the web are going to be handled. If we stop now, we're declaring that Wales was right and digital sharecropping is the most anyone can hope for. If we learn from our mistakes and soldier on, we demonstrate that nobody needs these cretins who can't even show proper respect for the people they're profiting from. We do not need Wikia. [[User:Chip|Chip]] 20:50, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
::::::Yeah but then you'd have a wiki that works again. {{unsigned|32.165.174.59}}
:::::::No, we'd have a wiki broken apart by ads everywhere, talking ads, more ads, ads pushing images down, ads pushing images up, ads here ads there ads everywhere. I'd rather we stick this one out and fix the problem within a few days than crawl back to people that lied to us repeatedly and stuck hidden links back to Wikia in the code prior to the move. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 21:40, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:::::::We could have a wiki that works now if we were willing to give up on all our work for the last several months and use Bookworm's backup... which is what we'd also have to accept if we went back to Wikia. Except that then we'd have big talking ads and lying liars to contend with. [[User:Chip|Chip]] 21:42, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:::::::Wikia would ''routinely'' break our pages with thoughtless coding-boner moves that were, really, just as stupid as what Bookworm did. The difference was that Wikia would eventually fix it, albeit after lying about the existence of the problem, then its origin, then their responsibility for it, then the guarantee that of course it would never happen again. The lesson here is not that Wikia is any less dumb and inhospitable than we already knew they were; the lesson is that we've uncovered other dumb and inhospitable hosting methods elsewhere. You don't pick one breakocracy over another--you pick a place that WORKS. '''Thylacine 2000'''--[[Special:Contributions/74.73.131.210|74.73.131.210]] 21:44, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
but... THIS wiki doesn't work. At least on wikia you have something that can stay online and not blow up. I saw what happened back during the change and it sounds like you guys were being cry babies. improving the UI and getting better ad support site wide doesn't seem like they were breaking your wiki. plus you're talking like they were singling you guys out among all the other wikis they host. Either way. I thought you guys might have actually been able to pull off something good here, but nobody has even stepped up to offer to back the wiki up properly so it doesn't happen again. great "community". well there will be a waaah-mbulance waiting the next time this happens : ) {{unsigned|98.114.165.115}}

:In light of how many people are stepping up to help out with our recovery efforts, your barbs against the sense of community here are really kind of... how do I put this... pathetic? Yeah, "pathetic", that's the word I want!
:I'm not sure where you get this claim that "this wiki doesn't work" -- it pretty clearly does. Aren't we here, now, talking? Sure, most of our content is 9 months backdated right now, but at the rate we're going we will have just about everything back the way it was or better in a few weeks or even days. At the rate this site adds new content, the small amount of data we can't recover is barely going to be a blip on the radar a few months down the road. And even 9 months backdated, TFWiki is practically the same level as the old Wikia site, which has for all practical purposes been stagnant since we moved out.
:As for the rest of your tirade... your spewing of random Internet buzzwords is vaguely amusing, but please, if you have nothing to say, say nothing. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 15:44, 18 March 2009 (EDT)

:Lazy, talentless, non-contributing followers always love it when those with creativity and energy run into problems. So if our own brief and fixable setbacks have made your lifelong inaction and forgettability seem briefly more bearable, you're welcome. Even when we stumble, we still do some good. '''Thylacine 2000'''--[[Special:Contributions/74.73.131.210|74.73.131.210]] 15:48, 18 March 2009 (EDT)

==I am a dumb, stupid man==
Just to get that out of the way. Should have told BK to back off on the database upgrade as soon as I saw his original email, and maybe we shouldn't have been here on this server to begin with. It was my call, after all. I'll do my best to make it up to you. Especially TOOG and McFeely, who did so many pages. When I remembered Google caches stuff at like 7 in the morning and started downloading pages whole-hog, theirs was the work I went after first. BEFORE HOT SHOT. That is how bad I feel. Nobody should have to watch through Energon twice. Or, uh, once. This is a terrible, horrible thing, brought on partially by my own incompetence and unassertiveness. Other people shouldn't have to learn my needed life lessons with me. --Walky
:Has Bookworm given any updates yet? Is he even still working on it?--KrytenKoro[[Special:Contributions/98.223.230.49|98.223.230.49]] 23:01, 17 March 2009 (EDT)

==What we've actually lost==
Okay, I've been trying to assess and give a realistic account of the information we appear to be missing. It's hampered by the lack of a search option, meaing I've been having to hit the random button until I've gotten to a page I can link to, and I may be missing something things, but I believe that we have lost the following sections:
*The work McFeely did on [[Energon (cartoon)|Energon]].
*[[Revelation]]
*[[All Hail Megatron]]
*[[The Reign of Starscream]]
*[[Maximum Dinobots]]
*[[Alliance]]
*[[Defiance]]
*[[Universe (2008)]]
*[[Revenge of the Fallen]] updates.
*Abates screen captures on [[Beast Wars]], [[Beast Machines]], and [[Generation 1]].
*Updated screen captures for [[Transformers Animated]] season 1 and 2.
*Last but not least, all we know of [[Transformers Animated]] season 3.

If I missed anything that stands out, please let me know. If all I've done is seriously depress you, then...I don't really know how to respond to that. -- SFH 13:49, 16 March 2009 (EDT)

:I'm not sure how worthwhile this is. I could add that we've lost almost everything related to the S.T.A.R.S. continuity (including the meta-page with that name), but seriously, we could keep listing pages forever. Not to mention that probably a huge majority of the existing pages have lost a lot of updates. I don't think there's anything we rank-and-file editors can do until either Walky appears brandishing a "routine backup" or Scout et al. get the Google cache sorted out and implemented. At THAT point, maybe taking stock would be a good idea, but until then, let's just go outside and get some fresh air. Toss a Frisbee around. Call up an old friend. - '''Jackpot''' [[Special:Contributions/216.231.37.133|216.231.37.133]] 14:01, 16 March 2009 (EDT)

::Yeah, we need a systemic, all-encompassing, computer-generated list of every page, since pretty much every page has probably been edited since the split. (though for the record, my list includes 15-20 Energon eps and 20-30 rewritten subgroup pages.) Said list needs a checklist option or something. I dunno. I had this written more coherently before the save page thing crashed. Whee, are we having fun yet? -- '''repowers''' [[Special:Contributions/99.140.167.2|99.140.167.2]] 14:28, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
:I still have all those screen captures, so I can reupload them if necessary. Of course, the images are actually still on the server, but the out-of-date database doesn't know they're there. I grabbed a complete set of Beast Machines episode articles and a near-complete set of RID episode articles from various caches last night. Unfortunately the software I wrote for doing the same only grabbed 53 articles before it was throttled. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 14:47, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
::We lost all the Titan collections that Emvee and I did. They weren't cached yet, but oddly the main Titan page had a cached version with the links I made to the individual pages. Wierd. This loss hits me really hard since I didn't start editing until this winter and '''everything''' I've contributed is now potentially gone. Since the tfwiki is one of the few joys I've had lately, it makes me feel a bit useless now. --Bluestreak7 [[Special:Contributions/98.213.132.186|98.213.132.186]] 15:03, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
::''Of course, the images are actually still on the server, but the out-of-date database doesn't know they're there.''
::If that's the case, then perhaps they can be reinstated when/if Bookworm compiles a list of files on the server that are newer than a given date.--Apcog [[Special:Contributions/99.158.0.251|99.158.0.251]] 15:38, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
That'd be Rob's work on Energon, not mine. I've lost around half the Victory cartoon, and ''every single fucking Japanese character article I ever did that's not Shuta.'' I thought we were only back to post-move September status, but we've actually regressed to June. - '''McFeely''' [[Special:Contributions/81.158.171.149|81.158.171.149]] 15:17, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
:I just saved as many of the Masterforce character articles as I could from Yahoo and MSN's cache (Google throttled me again) --[[Special:Contributions/203.97.2.142|203.97.2.142]] 16:15, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
:Can't you grab anything between June and the move from Wikia? - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 09:18, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
::Well, I... oh! OH! All of that stuff is still ON Wikia! Oh-ho-ho-HO! *scampers off* - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 09:20, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
In the event that we can't find a more recent backup (and at this point, if server dude can find one from even as recently as January, I'd be overjoyed), do we at least still have the original dump we exported in September which doesn't have all the wikia links at the bottom? --[[Special:Contributions/203.97.2.142|203.97.2.142]] 16:11, 16 March 2009 (EDT)

Henkei's articles - toys, pack-in manga, and Comic Bun Bun are lost as well. Typing "henkei" in the search redirects back to the old Classics (2006) with it's last mod date May 2008. Cache helps a bit though. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 00:26, 17 March 2009 (EDT)

I'm going to see if I can salvage as much of the coloring book stuff as I can - between Powers and I, we put a fair bit of effort into it. -hx [[Special:Contributions/24.30.97.198|24.30.97.198]] 08:50, 17 March 2009 (EDT)

I am a broken man. I can muster the strength of will to do little more than sign back up. I have recovered my missing Victory episode articles... I would be uploading the Masterforce and Victory character articles now, since I have backups, but they are on another computer that has died recently. I am seriously getting bombarding with shit the last few days. Computer dies, business is turning sour thanks to the economy, and I say to myself, "Buck up, fellow, you've still got new Animated at the weekend to look forward to, and you can write it up for the wiki!" Fuck ''you'', universe. Just... fuck ''you''. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 08:54, 17 March 2009 (EDT)

:Man, I hear ya. This comes at a time when I really can't spare much time or effort to help out with the recovery. Plus seeing that much of my work wiped out... oy. I just can't muster the will (or time) to do much beyond try and help marshal the recovery efforts. Might be best to just step away for a few days. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 09:32, 17 March 2009 (EDT)

== Anything the rank and file could do? ==

OK, so there's obviously alot of scrambling going on from all who can to recover all the massive chunks of what's been lost, my question: is it at all helpful for the rank and file occasional contributor to be doing any editting at this point? I mean, I'm sure there are a bunch of us who would be willing to edit and add here and there to fix up what small bits and pages we can. Or would such small additions and peicemeal fixes just get in the way of the eventual large scale repairs? --[[Special:Contributions/71.235.138.121|71.235.138.121]] 14:59, 16 March 2009 (EDT)

:We really don't know yet. It depends on what Derik and Scout come back with. I can't imagine there's any harm in restoring pages by hand (it could presumably get lost in whatever mass upgrades we end up doing... or not. I have no idea.) Mostly, just sit tight for the moment. When we get a system figured out, we'll ring the bells to summon the fire brigade. -- '''repowers''' [[Special:Contributions/99.140.167.2|99.140.167.2]] 15:25, 16 March 2009 (EDT)

Pick a page. Stick <nowiki>{{bookworm}}</nowiki> at the top, it'll give you a link to that page's google cache. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:33, 16 March 2009 (EDT)

I've been wiping out those Wikia credits at the bottom of each page. Is this helpful, or should I stop? -- [[User:Semysane|Semysane]] 06:04, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:Work on saving at least one 100-page set of Google cache pages first... every set we get is that many less we won't lose completely. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 06:43, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
::I would if I had any idea what that meant. I'd never even heard of a Google cache before yesterday. -- [[User:Semysane|Semysane]] 06:55, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:::Just check out [[#Pages .22recovered.22 list|this section]]. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 06:59, 17 March 2009 (EDT)

== How do I properly add info to an article's "recover" page? ==

I've done the bookworm tag on some articles and saved the google cache to my harddrive... question is, how do I post this data to the articles' /recover sections? Just copy'n'paste the text, or go nab the source code? Detour --[[Special:Contributions/70.26.248.28|70.26.248.28]] 18:22, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
:I expect source code would be more useful. It will preserve the formatting, and someone can probably write a script to convert it back to wiki code. Plus, if I'm wrong, it's trivial to convert the source code to text, whereas you can't really go the other way. '''Chip''' [[Special:Contributions/69.139.147.179|69.139.147.179]] 19:01, 16 March 2009 (EDT)

:I do both, one after the other.
:The first is easier to re-format, but you'll often need to be able tog et the links out of the source code. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 19:01, 16 March 2009 (EDT)

== Automated Cache Recovery ==
Will this program I happened upon help any? [http://warrick.cs.odu.edu/warrick.html Warrick]. It's supposed to be something that can automate getting websites from various web caches. I put a job in their queue, but if someone who has web stuff (it needs Perl 5 installed) set up on their comp can run the program themselves right now, that would help. Or is that the sort of thing Derik and Suki are already doing? (Basically, I'd like to help, but I don't even know what "phase" we're on...) --[[Special:Contributions/96.240.212.69|96.240.212.69]] 18:59, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
:It's being run. It'll take some time, and e3ven then... that's just grabbing a copy of the google cache before it vanishes.
:(Personally I'm banking on a localized reversal of [[The Fallen|the second law of thermodynamics]].) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 19:01, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
::Well, if we're in the midst of saving the Google cache, than what we should do is... 1. Get a copy of as many cached pages as we can. 2. run them all through some sort of preprocessor 3. get a list of editors willing to help, give them each a chunk of the processed pages, and tell them to go to town reposting them. There's no sense in having people running around doing things piecemeal instead of being systematic about it.
::Which is why I was wondering if there was some sort of system already for having people grab cache pages, rather than just doing it randomly. I've been using [http://miscfile.alienharmony.com/transformers/allpages.htm this page] based on Abates' list to grab cache links for the Main namespace, and I have the first 400 links opened so far. Maybe if everyone took so many pages? (Although I have the advantage that I can force change my IP every time I run into Google's annoying throttle wall.)
::Also, I was thinking that we might consider just simply making a fresh install of the wiki software with an empty database, then simply recreating everything, if we're going to have to repost everything by hand anyway... --Jeysie [[Special:Contributions/96.233.179.58|96.233.179.58]] 20:48, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
:::Make that the first 500, which I'm going to work on saving now. Do our various editors want to post here and lay a claim on a set of numbers on the list and work on opening and saving them? (They link straight to the cache page.) Not all of the links converted cleanly, but it's probably easier to just manually fix them as you go instead of me trying to spend time manually cleaning and reposting the list. I figure, once we know we've got the Main namespace pages saved, we can then work on trying to figure out the other namespaces. (Template and Help at the very least.) --Jeysie [[Special:Contributions/72.79.218.239|72.79.218.239]] 21:06, 16 March 2009 (EDT)

== Restoring account status ==

Is it better to recreate an account, possibly messing up the caches for one's User Contributions, Talk Page, etc., so uploading images and such is possible? Or should we just sit tight a bit longer on that aspect until more restoration is done?--Apcog [[Special:Contributions/99.158.0.251|99.158.0.251]] 19:24, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
:Re-create. -[[Special:Contributions/207.224.69.82|207.224.69.82]] 20:02, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
::Feh. Okay, done.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 20:13, 16 March 2009 (EDT)

== Pages "recovered" list ==

In the however likely case we are not able to get a full set of backups from Bookworm, we should probably keep a list of pages somewhere that have been at least partially recovered via Derik's bookworm template and google's cache or other caches. This way any rank-n-file editor who wants to help out can just look at the list to see what's been done so they can go save other pages. Another way is to get that listing of all the pages and have users check them off when they've been partially recovered. Thoughts? --Bluestreak7 [[Special:Contributions/98.213.132.186|98.213.132.186]] 19:53, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
:Well, here's a list of all pages that need to be ''recovered'' from the Main namespace: http://miscfile.alienharmony.com/transformers/allpages.htm with links straight to the cache pages. I've opened the first 500 links so far, and am half done with saving them, then I'll work on the next 500. Anyone else want to pitch in, lay claim to a range of numbers to save, and get on it? (Note: Not all of the links coverted over right, though most of them did. If you get an error, just fix any goofs in the link and try again. And keep a list of any pages where, even after checking the link was correct, it just didn't have a cache to save.) --Jeysie [[Special:Contributions/96.240.208.203|96.240.208.203]] 21:48, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
:I've written a Perl script to convert the HTML back to Wiki markup. It's not perfect, and I need to test it on more cache files, but it's faster than reformatting by hand. It could be provided as an online tool, maybe. --abates not signed in [[Special:Contributions/203.97.2.142|203.97.2.142]] 22:00, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
::Okay, I'm starting on the 7000s. I'll see how far I can get before I need to get to bed. I'm still holding on to hope that all this cache work is for nothing, but not expecting it. [[User:Bluestreak7|Bluestreak7]] 22:28, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
:::I'll start the 6500s. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 22:30, 16 March 2009 (EDT) I got up to 6600 before it stopped me. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 22:47, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
::::I'll at least be doing up to the first 1000 myself. And, I've found that if you have any way to change your IP, that will reset Google's throttle stop. (People who have rotating IPs can likely do this simply by disconnecting/reconnecting.) I also went and fixed all the broken links that didn't convert right, so feel free to refresh my list for the latest version. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 22:50, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
:::::I have a feeling we shouldn't worry about the early ones. Both Derik and Scout have automated scripts for this, and I'm sure that's where they started. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 22:54, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
::::::I'll try and do from 6000 to 6499, then. I've also got a bunch of other pages saved already, mostly G1 character pages. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 22:56, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
:::::::Well, in my epic suckitude coupled with having other engagements I need to get finished... I've only made it to 6050... maybe someone can pick up my slack? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 23:54, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
::::Starting with 6601. '''Chip''' [[Special:Contributions/69.139.147.179|69.139.147.179]] 23:06, 16 March 2009 (EDT) Ended at 6710. '''Chip'''
:::::I'll start with 5000-5100. Hope I can help. --[[User:G1MarvelBlaster|G1MarvelBlaster]] 08:51, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
[[Special:Contributions/69.139.147.179|69.139.147.179]] 23:55, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
Do we have a simple, automated way to grab this stuff? '''Chip'''
:Not automated, but, efficiencied:
#Open list in a new Opera window.
#Open up the "Links" panel.
#Select 50 links and "Open in Background tab"
#Select another 50 links after those load, and again "Open in Background tab"
#Drag the list tab to the taskbar to create a new window
#Reset my modem (to get a new IP)
#Repeat these steps until I have 5 windows (100 pages each) open, then go through each window saving everything as HTML.
--[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 01:06, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
::If you're using Firefox, you can also use an add-on called "Snap Links" to open multiple links at a time. With it installed you just hold down your right mouse button to drag a selection box over all the links you want to open. - Magnus Maximus 03:24, 17 March 2009 (EDT)

===Status Report===
====Main Article Namespace====
Andrusi: 
Working on: 
Completed: 5801-5900 
Unrecoverable: <s>Rihoko_Yoshida</s>, <s>Rio_Gr fica_Editora</s> 

Tigerpaw28: 
Working on: 
Completed:1839-2839, 3601-3800, 4001-4200 
Unrecoverable:Dirt_Boss_(disambiguation), <s>Dirk_Manus</s>, Do_Over, <s>Doryu-</s>, <s>Dungeons_&_Dinobots</s>,
El_Greco, Empire7, End_of_the_Road_(Titan), Enter,_Lio_Convoy_Typhoon, Esther_Scott, February_19, Fire_&_Ice, Frederic_Doss, Friend_or_Foe!?_The_True_Form_of_the_Monster!!, Fushigi_Yamada, <s>Gairyu</s>, Generation_1_cartoon_timeline_(Japan)/src, Geonosis 
Josh_Nizzi, <s>Jose_Delbo</s>, <S>Jose_Sant'anna</s>, <s>Jose_Santacruz</s>, <s>J rmungandr</s>, <s>Kakuryu</s>, Kazuhiko_Go-do, <S>Kenichiro-_Tanabe</s>, <s>Kenso-_Kato-</s>, <s>Kenyu-_Horiuchi</s> 
Linkage_Part_13, List_of_computers, Live?_Die?!_The_Desperate_Super-God_Combination, Lloyd_Goldfine, Longview, M&M's, Mach_Kick_Voluntarily_Enlists!?, Magna-mike Magno_Sound_&_Video 
*3000 pages is a hell of a lot to do on your own. Why don't you just take one chunk at a time and let someone else help with the rest? - Magnus Maximus 19:53, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
::If you can do a chunk someone else has claimed as "working on", then go ahead. Redundancy is better than not having the pages. --abates 20:44, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:::I'll go ahead and take 2840-4999 off my list for now. If I get to that point tonight (I plan on working on it until at least 3am EST), I'll pick back up, but for now I'll drop it. Didn't realize how much of a task it was.--[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 21:51, 17 March 2009 (EDT)

Jeysie: 
Working on: 
Completed: 1-1000, 3101-3300, 3401-3600, 3801-3900, 4700-4800, 6400-6499, 6900-7000, 7140-8292 
Unrecoverable: <s>1984 media</s>, <s>2008 media</s>, Akari Hibino, All Fall Down (disambiguation), <s>Alpha Trion (disambiguation)</s>, April 6, <s>April 16</s>, April 19, <s>Autofire</s>, <s>Automatic timer</s>, <s>Banjo-Ginga</s>, <s>Bat-Rob</s>, <s>Binbo-gami</s>, <s>Break Is a Predacon?</s>, <s>The Autobot Warrior, Sixknight?!</s>, The Big Book of Coloring Fun, <s>The Final Battle (RID)</s>, The New Battle Begins!, The Smashing Pumpkins, <s>The Strongest Tag Team?</s>, The Treacherous Attack of the Decepticons, The Victory Warriors Enter!!, Thundercracker (Shattered Glass), Tight Shot

<s>Super Ginrai Gets Blown Away in the Desert!</s>, <s>Susan K. Williams</s>, <s>Swarm (G2)</s>, Tlaloc, <s>Toaster bot</s>, <s>Tow-Line (Energon)</s>, <s>Transcendent: Part 4</s>, <s>Transformers Comic issue 19</s>, TransWarped (Part Two), TransWarped (Part Three), <s>Trevor Hutchison</s>, <s>Trust (Cybertron)</s>, Tsutomu Kashiwakura, <s>Ultra Magnus (Universe Spy Changer)</s>, Vector, Where Is Thy Sting?, <s>Wyatt's Roadsideaganza</s>

Slaves of the Insecticons

High Beam

January 8

Detour 
Working on: 
Completed: 1801-1837, 6000-6050 
Unrecoverable: <s>Ryo- Naito-</s>, <s>Ryo-ichi Tanaka</s>, <s>Ryo-ka Yuzuki</s>, Deep Sea Discovery! Vector Prime

ItsWalky 
Working on: 
Completed: 6500-6600 
Unrecoverable: <s>Small Foot</s>, <s>Sojourner's Passage</s>

Chip 
Working on: 
Completed: 6601-6710 
Unrecoverable: <s>Spark (episode)</s>

Bluestreak7 
Working on: 
Completed: 6051-6151, 6152-6256, 6711-6791, 7000-7140 
Unrecoverable: Staff Sergeant Tracy, <s>Takuro- Kitagawa</s>, <s>Teiyu- Ichiryu-sai</s>, <s>Tessho-Genda</s>, <s>Team Ironhide</s>, Tech-Spec Manual, Tentakil (disambiguation), Terrorcon (disambiguation), <s>Sanryo- Odaka</s>, <s>Seizo- Kato-</s>

abates 
Working on: 
Completed: 1001-1300, 1500-1800, 3301-3400, 3901-4000, 4201-4400, 4501-4550 
Unrecoverable: Crown, Cybertron Redux, Charlie Bodin, Cheyne, Hochu Otsuka, Insecticon Attack!, Matrix Quest (Titan), Matrix_Quest_(disambiguation)

Magnus Maximus 
Working on: 
Completed: 2840-2959, 6257-6399, 6792-6899 
Unrecoverable: Studio 4˚C, Seven, <s>Shinichiro- Miki</s>, <s>Shizuku Amao-</s>, Showdown (disambiguation), <s>Sho-hei Kohara</s>, <s>Sho-ji Kawamori</s>, <s>Sho-ki</s>, <s>Shu-ta Go-</s>, Gods? Devils? The Pretenders

G1MarvelBlaster 
Working on: 
Completed: 5000-5200 
Unrecoverable: Odette Yustman, Overlord - Terror of the Cho-kon Tornado

Tribimat 
Working on: 
Completed: 1301-1499 Classics (disambiguation) to Crossblades (G1) 
Unrecoverable: Command Center

FortMax 
Completed 5201-1400 
Unrecoverable: Gutcruncher_(G1), Hasbro Q&A March 2009 question submissions

====="Unrecoverable" pages=====
Those are actually recoverable. They're just searched for with the wrong characters, since whatever program we're using isn't equipped to handle odd characters like macrons. I'll be working on them. (Interrobang) [[Special:Contributions/69.23.135.79|69.23.135.79]] 00:53, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:Also, if pages are absent from the Google cache, try Yahoo or MSN. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 01:31, 17 March 2009 (EDT)

::I think I've gotten all of the macrons, circumflexes, accents, et al. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 01:58, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:::Unrecoverable: Kazuhiko Gōdo, Yukiyoshi Ōhashi?

=====Finish Summary=====
0001-1000 Jeysie <nowiki>[</nowiki>[http://miscfile.alienharmony.com/transformers/tfwiki.zip Uploaded to my webspace]<nowiki>]</nowiki> 
1001-1300 abates [uploaded] 
1301-1499 Tribimat [uploaded] 
1500-1800 abates [uploaded] 
1801-1837 Detour [uploaded] 
1838-2839 Tigerpaw [uploaded] 
2840-2959 Magnus Maximus [uploaded] 
2960-2999 FortMax [uploaded] 
3000-3100 FortMax [uploaded] 
3101-3300 Jeysie [uploaded] 
3301-3400 abates [uploaded] 
3401-3600 Jeysie [uploaded] 
3601-3800 Tigerpaw [uploaded] 
3801-3900 Jeysie [uploaded] 
3901-4000 abates [uploaded] 
4001-4200 Tigerpaw [uploaded] 
4201-4300 abates [uploaded] 
4301-4400 abates [uploaded] 
4401-4500 Interrobang [uploaded] 
4501-4550 abates [uploaded] 
4551-4669 <nowiki>[</nowiki>[http://www.yousendit.com/download/UmNLL0dLUEMwZ2xFQlE9PQ Uploaded to my yousendit]<nowiki>]</nowiki> 
4670-4699 Anon ([http://www.fileqube.com/shared/tdrWQFiXW1386321 uploaded to Fileqube]) 
4700-4800 Jeysie [uploaded] 
4800-4804 Anon ([http://www.fileqube.com/shared/tdrWQFiXW1386321 uploaded to Fileqube]) 
4805-4999 Bluestreak7 [uploaded] 
5000-5200 G1MarvelBlaster ([http://www.fileqube.com/shfolder/180305DXXRbmdM uploaded to Fileqube]) 
5201-5400 FortMax [uploaded] 
5401-5600 Phil [uploaded] 
5601-5700 Interrobang [uploaded] 
5701-5800 Phil [uploaded] 
5801-5900 Andrusi [uploaded] 
5901-5999 Interrobang [uploaded] 
6000-6050 Detour [uploaded] 
6051-6151 Bluestreak7 [uploaded] 
6152-6256 Bluestreak7 [uploaded] 
6257-6399 Magnus Maximus [uploaded] 
6400-6499 Jeysie [uploaded] 
6500-6600 ItsWalky [uploaded] 
6601-6710 Chip [uploaded] 
6711-6791 Bluestreak7 [uploaded] 
6792-6899 Magnus Maximus [uploaded] 
6900-7000 Jeysie <nowiki>[</nowiki>[http://miscfile.alienharmony.com/transformers/tfwiki.zip Uploaded to my webspace]<nowiki>]</nowiki> 
7000-7140 Bluestreak7 [uploaded] 
7140-8292 Jeysie <nowiki>[</nowiki>[http://miscfile.alienharmony.com/transformers/tfwiki.zip Uploaded to my webspace]<nowiki>]</nowiki>

=====Unrecovered pages=====
{{collist|3|
*Akari Hibino
*All Fall Down (disambiguation)
*April 6
*April 19
*Command Center
*Crown
*Cybertron Redux
*Charlie Bodin
*Cheyne
*Deep Sea Discovery! Vector Prime
*Dirt Boss (disambiguation)
*Do Over
*El Greco
*Empire7
*End of the Road (Titan)
*Enter, Lio Convoy Typhoon
*Esther Scott
*Frederic Doss
*Fushigi Yamada
*Geonosis
*Gutcruncher (G1)
*Hasbro Q&A March 2009 question submissions
*High Beam
*Insecticon Attack!
*January 8
*Kazuhiko Gōdo
*Kingbolt
*Linkage Part 13
*List of computers
*Lloyd Goldfine
*Matrix Quest (Titan)
*Matrix Quest (disambiguation)
*May 26
*Maya Klayn
*Mini-Vehicle
*Mirage (disambiguation)
*Miroslaw Neinert
*Nightscream (Energon)
*Nokia-bot
*Null ray
*Odette Yustman
*Quick Bow
*Robot Masters (cartoon)
*Robot Masters (pack-in comic)
*Scoop (G1)
*Scoop (Shattered Glass)
*Seven
*Showdown (disambiguation)
*Slaves of the Insecticons
*Staff Sergeant Tracy
*Studio 4˚C
*Tech-Spec Manual
*Tentakil (disambiguation)
*Terrorcon (disambiguation)
*The Big Book of Coloring Fun
*The New Battle Begins!
*The Smashing Pumpkins
*The Treacherous Attack of the Decepticons
*The Victory Warriors Enter!!
*Thundercracker (Shattered Glass)
*Tight Shot
*Tlaloc
*Tsutomu Kashiwakura
*Vector}}

====Template Namespace====

Jeysie - Saved: Everything on [http://miscfile.alienharmony.com/transformers/templates.htm this list] formed by doing a search for "<nowiki>site:http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Template:</nowiki>" on Google. (Dunno how much good it'll do, considering, but I wager it's better than nothing.)

====Help Namespace====

Jeysie - Saved: Everything on [http://miscfile.alienharmony.com/transformers/help.htm this list] formed by doing a search for "<nowiki>site:http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Help:</nowiki>" on Google.

====Transformers Wiki Namespace====

Jeysie - Saved: Everything on [http://miscfile.alienharmony.com/transformers/transformerswiki.htm this list] formed by doing a search for "<nowiki>site:http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers Wiki:</nowiki>" on Google.

====Talk Namespace====

Could we get a list of links in the talk namespace to download, too? That's the other important one-- if you can provide it in the form of just one plain URL per line, you can use my script to go through them. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 14:39, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:Sure! I was going to after we finished the main space, and seeing as how I wake up to find that almost done...
:I wasn't sure precisely what you needed from your comment, so, here's an [http://miscfile.alienharmony.com/transformers/alltalkpages.htm HTML file] that's basically like my article list except with "Talk:" stuck in front of everything, and here's a [http://miscfile.alienharmony.com/transformers/alltalkpages.txt TXT file] with just the number and URL written out.
:I should note it's going to have the same problem with the special characters, though, so it might be hard to tell what doesn't have a talk page due to being screwy, and what really doesn't have a talk page. :>
:Edit: In fact, we're going to likely run into a lot of "unrecoverable" pages (since not every article had a talk page to begin with), where it's going to be hard to tell whether they really don't exist, or if we should hunt for them in other caches. How should we handle this? --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 17:40, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
::I think we should just resign ourselves to the fact that we may end up missing some talk pages. At the end of the day, they're not a huge deal.
::(As a side note, it won't work with the numbers in front of each URL.) --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 18:01, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:::OK, I stripped the numbers and reuploaded. (I wasn't sure if it would work with the numbers after the URL, and I'm not sure of a good automatic way to do that anyway, so I guess we'll have to do ranges by title.) --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 18:34, 17 March 2009 (EDT)

<s>Okay, folks, can we start trying to download talk pages? Just delete "pageslist" from the cachecatcher directory, download Jeysie's TXT file, and rename it to pageslist. It's the same process from there; although don't worry about documenting which talk pages don't download, because let's face it... a LOT aren't going to.</s> --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 21:35, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
::I'm trying to work on downloading Talk pages but the script isn't quite working. I swapped the Talk page list in and everything looks like it's working. Except that the pages it says it has downloaded are not showing up in the pages directory. Nor can I find them anywhere else. Ideas? --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 12:52, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
::I'm having the same problem - I followed the same steps, and everything seems to be working, but nothing seems to have downloaded anywhere. - [[User:Tribimat|Tribimat]] 14:07, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
:::Oh, god dammit, I know what the problem is; it's a Windows thing, it's probably choking on the :s in the names. I'll upload a version of the script that works around that later. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 15:10, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
::::Of course! That makes perfect sense. But I wonder why it isn't crashing like it was with the articles that had ?s in their names?--[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 15:34, 18 March 2009 (EDT)

G1MarvelBlaster 
Working on: 
Completed: 0200-0299 
Unrecoverable: Allegra, Alliance, Alliance issue 1, Alliance issue 3, Alligator (disambiguation), Alligatoron, Alloygator, Allspark (disambiguation), Allspark Mutation, Allspark Power Generation Station, Alpha Centauri, Alpha Prime, Alpha Trion (Energon), Altered Image!, Altihex, Alvin Sanders, Alya, Amaury Nolasco, Amazon, Ambition, Ambush, American Greetings, Ames, An Enemy? The Third Godmaster, Ranger, An Explosive Situation, Anastasia Matejka, Ancient Autobot survivor, Ancient Autobots, Ancient Relics!, Ancient Robot, Ancient Robot/spiritguides_nav, And There Shall Come... a Leader!, Andellor, Andrew Elder, Andrew Francis, Andrew Kishino, Andrew Robinson, Andrew Sorohan, Andrew Wildman, Andromeda, Andy Milder, Andy Reid, Angela, Angolmois, Angry Magmatron, Animated Comic issue 1, Animated Comic issue 2, Ankmor Park, Ann Martelle, Annie Halfacree, Annihilation, Annual Auto/Robo Show, Another Time and Place, Antarctica, Antex, Anthony Anderson, Anti-Blaze, Anti-electron, Anti-gravity base, Anti-gravity gun, Anti-thermal cannon, Antilian bumble-puppy, Antilla, Antoni Zalewski

=====Finish Summary=====

0000-0199 - "Big Steve" Ludwig to All or Nothing - Tigerpaw28 (in progress) 
0200-0299 - All the Familiar Faces! to Antoni Zalewski - G1MarvelBlaster ([http://www.fileqube.com/shfolder/180394UmzUqXErr uploaded to Fileqube]) 
0300-0399 - Apache to Aron - G1MarvelBlaster (in progress) 
0400-8599 - '''Needed''' 
8600-8921 - Vector Sigma Chamber to Zoom Out 25X - Magnus Maximus

=====Unrecovered/Non-existent talk pages=====
{{collist|3|
*Allegra
*Alliance
*Alliance issue 1
*Alliance issue 3
*Alligator (disambiguation)
*Alligatoron
*Alloygator
*Allspark (disambiguation)
*Allspark Mutation
*Allspark Power Generation Station
*Alpha Centauri
*Alpha Prime
*Alpha Trion (Energon)
*Altered Image!
*Altihex
*Alvin Sanders
*Alya
*Amaury Nolasco
*Amazon
*Ambition
*Ambush
*American Greetings
*Ames
*An Enemy? The Third Godmaster, Ranger
*An Explosive Situation
*Anastasia Matejka
*Ancient Autobot survivor
*Ancient Autobots
*Ancient Relics!
*Ancient Robot
*Ancient Robot/spiritguides_nav
*And There Shall Come... a Leader!
*Andellor
*Andrew Elder
*Andrew Francis
*Andrew Kishino
*Andrew Robinson
*Andrew Sorohan
*Andrew Wildman
*Andromeda
*Andy Milder
*Andy Reid
*Angela
*Angolmois
*Angry Magmatron
*Animated Comic issue 1
*Animated Comic issue 2
*Ankmor Park
*Ann Martelle
*Annie Halfacree
*Annihilation
*Annual Auto/Robo Show
*Another Time and Place
*Antarctica
*Antex
*Anthony Anderson
*Anti-Blaze
*Anti-electron
*Anti-gravity base
*Anti-gravity gun
*Anti-thermal cannon
*Antilian bumble-puppy
*Antilla
*Antoni Zalewski
}}

== Synchronize watches! ==

Hey techy type folks, I know y'all are busy right now, but there's a few things that need to happen so we aren't wasting people's effort and good will:

* We need a site-wide page-top banner with a short note on what's happened and quick links to the relevant threads, pages, instructions on restoring pages, etc. Also maybe an update on things as required.
* We need to coordinate Google cache pulling, if it isn't happening already behind the scenes. So far it sounds like Scout, Jeysie, Derik, Abates, and maybe some others have been pulling stuff en masse. It suck if like, everyone was pulling the same stuff and missing the same other stuff.
* The cache pull results need to be pooled into one big conglomerated mess somewhere. And auto-stripping/formatting, but y'all already know that.
* We need a temporary tag/template that can be slapped on top of a page when it's restored. Just a small text note would be adequate.

Sorry if I'm nagging and/or telling you stuff you already know, but everyone's efforts seem kind of random at the moment. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 21:49, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
:Yeah, agreed. Like I said above, I'd prefer to:
#Have everyone right now just work on saving the Google cache before it changes. This is really the important thing right now, IMHO... we can't recover pages unless we have something to recover ''from''.
#''Then'' we can work on divving up the cached pages, sending them through a processor, and having people repost their batch of page code on the pages themselves (or on a clean install, would be my preference), doing any necessary manual cleanup as they go along.
:The current state of people sort of saving and restoring random individual pages on "recover" subpages isn't really all that helpful, IMHO. The wiki's going to look ugly for a while regardless; better to just be patient on making stuff look good and just tackle this in a somewhat organized fashion instead. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 22:10, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
::This lack of coordination and general secrecy is hurting efforts. Since I requested help, people on TFW2005 have offered to help out, including people from beyond the board, but they're all asking me what they are supposed to do with their saved browser cache pages/google cache pages. I've been telling them to sit tight until *somebody* tells the people on the wiki what to do. Hopefully, something will be salvaged and this effort won't be needed... but what do I know? I have no idea what the status of things are beyond this page. I do have one suggestion - if and when we get things back to some form of normalcy, we better post a thank you message on the front page for all of those people who offered us help and/or best wishes. --FFN
:::Ask Scout. I think she's trying to organize something. (8000+ pages is kinda a logistical nightmare.) -[[Special:Contributions/207.224.69.82|207.224.69.82]] 06:08, 17 March 2009 (EDT)

== Autoconfirmed ==

Right now, everything that requires "Autoconfirmed" privileges is out of reach to, well, EVERYONE. Maybe move that bar lower for a few days - there are pages like [[Sari Sumdac's Key]] which have been moved in the meantime (in that case, to [[Key]]) that can't be moved into their "proper" places right now, and that impedes trying to get them from caches. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 09:52, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:Done. Everyone has move powers now. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 08:20, 19 March 2009 (EDT)

== Downloading script/Part 2 ==

It seems like most of the pages have already been downloaded (holy crap, that was quick), but for the rest, here's a script that will download pages based off abates's list: http://www.scoutshonour.com/files/cachecatcher.zip Just run cachecatcher.exe, and follow the instructions; it'll download the range to the pages folder.

It can also be repurposed to download any list of URLs if you replace the pageslist file. --Suki Brits 12:49, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
::"The application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect." Does this need Python or something else to be installed in order to run? - Magnus Maximus 13:20, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:::Apparently there was a bug in the version of Python I used to build it under; oops. It's fixed now. Anyone should be able to run it. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 13:56, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
::::Yep, works now. - Magnus Maximus 14:13, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
::I'm getting this: IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'pages/Classics_(disambiguation)' ... and nothing else seems to be happening. I downloaded and unzipped it, and typed in '1300' and '1499' for the page ranges, based on the list above. What am I doing wrong? - [[User:Tribimat|Tribimat]] 14:35, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:::It sounds like it can't find the folder "pages" in the program's folder. If it doesn't exist, try making it. (I'm guessing your unzip program ignored it because it's an empty folder.) --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 14:44, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
::::Yes, that's fixed it. Thanks! - [[User:Tribimat|Tribimat]] 14:51, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:Also, it'd be good if we could start consolidating the downloaded pages. Once we've got them all we can run abates' script on them (abates, if you could send that my way), and I'll figure out what the best way of importing them is. I've set up a temporary FTP account for today, so people can start uploading them. Connect to scoutshonour.com, username is tfwiki@scoutshonour.com, password is cache. --Suki Brits 12:56, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
::Also also: mark it off when you've uploaded a batch of pages, so I can tell what's actually there. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 15:26, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:::I was quite haphazard in my file naming. Is that going to matter? (I have things like "david disamb.htm", but I see whoever started uploading first is using pagenames).
:::Also is it OK to upload them in a zip file? --[[Special:Contributions/203.97.2.142|203.97.2.142]] 15:56, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
::::Also also, how come none of the other pages have file extensions? Is that deliberate? Mine all auto-saved as *.htm. Is there a file type (or lack of) that you'd prefer we upload them as? - Magnus Maximus 16:19, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:::::It doesn't matter what the pages are named or what extensions they have. And sure, zipped is fine. It shouldn't be too hard to script a way to make them all uniform. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 17:06, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
::::::Cool! My chunks are uploaded as zips. I also uploaded all the Hasbro Q&A articles I could find. I couldn't find March's questions though. :( --abates 19:25, 17 March 2009 (EDT)

Just so everyone knows, there's a one-digit discrepancy between the list [http://miscfile.alienharmony.com/transformers/allpages.htm here] and the numbers you enter on the cachecatcher. I assume this is because the cachecatcher is counting from 0 instead of 1 as the first file. I've used the list's numbering in my table entry, but also added the page ranges in case any get missed out by mistake. It might be a good idea if people indicate the first and last file they've downloaded, as well as the numbers. And Google's locked me out again, which is a shame, because it's not taking me that long to get 100-page chunks. - [[User:Tribimat|Tribimat]] 15:51, 17 March 2009 (EDT)

Here's everything I saved last night: http://miscfile.alienharmony.com/transformers/tfwiki.zip (I kinda already uploaded them to my webspace last night as a backup precaution since I don't trust my own computer stuff farther than I can throw it... but if you want me to reupload into the TF Wiki FTP I can.) It's missing 6400-6499 at the moment since my friend initially saved all the pages by copy and pasting them into Word (oops), but she says she's going to resave them as HTML (she just lives in Australia, so I gotta wait to get them from her). --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 17:59, 17 March 2009 (EDT)

abates, how's that perl script doing? If it's working properly, can you send it my way? There's a little bit of parsing to do, and we're still a few files away from being ready, but I'd like to be able to wikify the articles tomorrow. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 21:39, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:I've emailed it to your scoutshonour.com account. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 02:01, 18 March 2009 (EDT)

I just added a zip file on behalf of [[User:FFN|FFN]]. It contains files from his browser cache, from the same day as the crash. As such, things from TransWarped such as the page itself, Team Charr, Rodimus Prime and Oil Slick, along with probably a few recently-added Japanese theme pages, can be recovered. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 03:51, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
:Thanks. Unfortunately, I only managed to save a handful of pages before Firefox decided that it was a good time to crash and wipe the cache clean. Fortunately I managed to a small number of pages that had been created in the past few days and ones I had recently edited. Hope it helps. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 04:01, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
::I uploaded a set of cache files Lonegamer e-mailed me to the FTP, but I don't have any good way to list what pages are in it. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 23:43, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
:::My bad. I forgot others might not understand the shorthand naming style I use. File names are basically what the pages are. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 00:32, 19 March 2009 (EDT)
::::There are readers who have contacted me offering to help out with their browser caches. What should I tell them to do? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 01:22, 19 March 2009 (EDT)

== Admin status ==

I don't have mine back yet. Sounds like Siph doesn't either. (I created a "repowers2" account so I could log in without fear of overwriting anything, and admin status was conferred upon it, but that account can be deleted.) -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 15:58, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
: Both you and Siph have powers again. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:20, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
::I was going to switch my User page line about my admin status to a hidden comment until my status was restored, but now I get 404's for Talk, Preference, Watch List, and Contribution pages—mine and anyone else's I attempt to access. Is this another step in the process? I didn't notice a mention of it in the recent edits here. EDIT: Okay, after I submitted the above, the updated page came up 404. To see the revised page, I had to access the page from the Recent Changes page and go to Next Edit until I got to mine.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 20:12, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
::Pretty soon, we should probably get somebody who's actually one of us to maintain monthly backups, and test them somehow.-KrytenKoro[[Special:Contributions/98.223.230.49|98.223.230.49]] 20:33, 18 March 2009 (EDT)

== Non-Messed-Up Main Page Cache Needed ==

If anyone out there saving the Main namespace pages has the Main Page lurking on their HD, can you please [mailto:jeysie@alienharmony.com e-mail it to me]? I'd rather try just working from the HTML than try to figure out where the code on the recover subpage got screwed up, but Google changed their cache to our current version already. >.< --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 18:44, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:OK, FortMax sent it over to me. I'll see what I can get done to it, so we can get that blisteringly ugly layout off the front page, at least. Can someone upload the Wiki logo too while I'm tinkering? I'm presuming Walky at least kept his own copy... --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 19:05, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
::Yeah, I got copies. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 19:12, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:::Almost done here. Got almost everything recreated except the rotating fake disambig messages, but I figure we can come up with new ones later. (Or anyone who needs a coffee break from page saving/restoring can write some.)
:::Question though - anyone know what Derik did to get the logo to resize to fit whatever your screen size is? It's the one thing I'm stumped on. (I suppose I'll just hard-code-fit it to my 1024 screen for the time being...) --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 21:33, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
::::Aaaand, done, except for the aforementioned random messages and image problem. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 22:32, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
:::::Er, the reason I made the main page logo 700px wide is so it doesn't look stupid on a 1024px wide screen... but if I'm the only scrub using a res that low, I guess we can leave it... --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 23:20, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
::::::Well, we can make it grow with the size of the screen like it did before, but I dunno how to Wikicode that. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:04, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
::::::Yeah, that's actually a CSS issue. I'm gonna take a poke and see if I can find our custom CSS/Javascript after I finish rebuilding the Calendar template from scratch.
::::::Um... is anyone backing up our help/policy pages? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 01:19, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
:::::::Jeysie's done that. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 01:58, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
::::::::Yeah, it's in the big-ass file on my webspace in the Finish Summary, if you want to download it. It has my initial Main files, Templates, Help, and Transformers Wiki in separate folders in the zip. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 02:03, 18 March 2009 (EDT)

== Hours ==

A fun passtime. Keep track of the amount of time spent on crash recovery, and its approximate value.

How much would you charge someone for your time to do something you didn't want to?

{| class="prettytable"
|+Hours spent on recovery
|-
!Name!!Hours!!Value of time in $/hour!!Total

{{hours|[[User:Derik]] |32 |20 | LAST LOGGED 3-18 4AM}}

|}

I had to have spent 20 hours myself on stuff so far, I think. I only ''wish'' I could get paid for this... I'm out of work at the moment and could use the dough. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 05:36, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
:We can pay you in TFWiki Funbux! They're like regular money except... fun. '''NOTE:''' 1 TFWiki Funbux equates to 0.0000000000000001 Zimbabwean dollars. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 06:54, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
:You may ''wish'' you can get paid for this... but the totals you post represent '''actual money-value''' of damages done by parties responsible. Parties which are currently squirming on a hook repeating to themselves "well it's not like anything worth money was lost..." in defense of their own lack of competence.
:Please log your hours. A nice big number could have a salutary effect on negotiations-- given that our host has already clammed up defensively on us once and refused to do things that might lead to a full recovery. Walky seems to have straightened them out on that, but I would like a very '''big''' stick to swing at then, once with a dollar value attached. With lots of commas.
:TFWiki subsists on ad revenue. People have poured thousands-- probably TENS OF THOUSANDS of man-hours into this site in the last 9 months to make our content better than Wikia's, and to slowly crawl up the Search rankings. Bookworm not only destroyed that content-- they installed a "recovery" that has '''half a million links to our primary competition'''-- which once Google notices on ''top'' of the fact our content is now either the same as Wikia's or OLDER-- is going to send US plummeting in the search-engine rankings and push Wikia back up. Our content is used to generate ad revenue, meaning it has ''value''.
:I am perfectly willing to use this fact as a ''Bat of Obedience'' to prevent our fuckhead hosts from holding back in the future-- but make ''no'' mistake, it's ''not'' an idle threat. They could be sued for damages. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 07:07, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
::Well, I'm willing to log my hours for real if it'll help at all. Was more of an wry observation that, while I like spending productive time using my skills on my hobbies, I can never find a job that puts most of my skills to use in the same way...
::I do think some kind of recompensation is in order, even if we can't manage anything better than just booting the guy from his job on his ass. The sheer amount of incompetence is staggering!
::And I'm incredulous that they're claiming nothing worth money was lost. Even if we didn't get any ad income at all, this site does indeed still represent an ungodly amount of time expenditure, and time is indeed money. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 07:32, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
:::I have no idea if they're actually ''saying'' it. But they're almost certainly ''thinking'' "well, they never actually paid us..." (The fact that stems from their inability to send us an invoice nonwithstanding.) I'd really like to disabuse them of any notion that TFWiki's losses could ''possibly'' be covered by our hosting fees.
:::As for no job using as many skills as your hobby... I tend to think that since [[Transformerology]] requires the equivalent of a Bachelor's Degree, most TFWiki contribuitors qualify for an "expert rate." $20/h and up. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 07:41, 18 March 2009 (EDT)

:Hrm, I'm trying to remember what I charge for sleepless nights. --abates 15:33, 18 March 2009 (EDT)

== Wikia links ==

Is there no way to strip these out other than editing them out? Given that editing leaves them in the history, that doesn't seem desirable. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 08:47, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
:The history doesn't matter as much, since the search engines don't index it, and people generally only look at it if they're editing. --[[Special:Contributions/203.97.2.142|203.97.2.142]] 15:40, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
::Derik told me he was able to purge all the Wikia links from the Wikia database dump (some half a million of them) including all existing in revisions by editing the import script so they never got into TF Wiki's database, but since we reverted to an even-earlier version of Wikia's database... are we '''''SURE''''' the Wikia links in the history doesn't matter? I would rather be safe than sorry. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 23:25, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
:::All history pages have a robots tag with "noindex, nofollow" set. That means that the search engines won't add those pages to their indexes and won't credit Wikia with the links from them. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:43, 19 March 2009 (EDT)
:I have a list of all the non-Main pages [[User:FortMax/Sandbox|in my sandbox]]. Derik just needs to feed it to Deceptitran, and let him loose. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 14:02, 19 March 2009 (EDT)

== Secondary to-do list ==

We still have a number of things to do beyond page recovery and purging wikia links, but most of these are lower priority.

*Fix article counting
*restore main page disambuigation
--[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 13:33, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
:Article counting was effed when we first moved in too. I think it's one of those things that updates passively over time. (I'd check the move-in Talk pages to see if we did anythign to fix it but... well... ) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 15:15, 18 March 2009 (EDT)

== One big zip ==

Would it be possible to have made available a big zip of the stuff recovered from Google's cache? I'm thinking it might come in handy. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 01:39, 19 March 2009 (EDT)

== Dealing with pages that haven't converted ==

It looks like some of the pages haven't been converted by the script. Am thinking that the best way to deal with them may be to hit "undo", slap a bookworm tag on the reverted page, and then we'll have a category with the pages which need reconverting. That way we're not leaving too many ugly pages on the Wiki. Does that sound like a feasible plan? --[[User:Abates|abates]] 07:23, 19 March 2009 (EDT)
:I was like "WHAT THE HELL" during the transfer of pages. I noticed Weird Al's article is simply titled "[[\]]" like somebody saved the cache under the wrong filename. What? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 08:04, 19 March 2009 (EDT)
:The script - in titles, at least - choked partially at a single quotation mark (', sometimes used in place of an apostrophe) by sticking an escape character (the backslash) in front of it, and COMPLETELY at a double quotation mark ("), putting the backslash in then stopping. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 08:46, 19 March 2009 (EDT)
:Are [[Cyclonus (G1)]] and [[Scourge (G1)]] examples of "pages not converting"? Are they (and others like them) going to get automatically redone or should we do as Abates suggested? '''Thylacine 2000'''--[[Special:Contributions/74.73.131.210|74.73.131.210]] 10:04, 19 March 2009 (EDT)
::Those are good examples. Hence my earlier request for a zip file containing all of the downloaded cache files. We don't even know at this stage how many articles failed to convert, but if I have to redo every one of them manually, I will. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 14:42, 19 March 2009 (EDT)

Looks like templates, faction symbols, and reference notes are all borked. Can we try that again, or are we looking at 8000 manual fixes? -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 10:31, 19 March 2009 (EDT)

It looks like [[User:Maintenance script]] is interpreting the < and > signs as literal ones we want on the page (converting them into &lt; and &gt;), rather than as markers for HTML tags. Thus why we've got huge messes of HTML on pages. --[[User:Andrusi|Andrusi]] 11:36, 19 March 2009 (EDT)
:Yeah, doing a find-and-replace in Notepad (and then adding in one tag that had disappeared somehow) was enough to make [[Reggie Simmons]] at least look right. --[[User:Andrusi|Andrusi]] 11:40, 19 March 2009 (EDT)

== Sitewide notice ==

Are we able to put up a small sitewide notice like the gun-to-head one on Wikia with a note re what's going on, so that when people browse in from search engines, they can get an idea of what's going on? --[[User:Abates|abates]] 14:51, 19 March 2009 (EDT)
:What you want is [[MediaWiki:Sitenotice]]. The admins should be able to do that. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 16:46, 19 March 2009 (EDT)

== Things that are fully restored ==

* The [[Calendar]] now has 358 out of 365 days accounted for. I don't think we lost more than 2 pages total-- we never HAD all 365 days in the first place. 100% complete, no further work needed. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:15, 19 March 2009 (EDT)

== Images ==

Most of the images uploaded since the date the wiki reverted to have been lost. Any way to recover these, the way we have the rest of the pages, or do we have to track them down and re-upload them ourselves? --[[User:Martonimos|Martonimos]] 16:23, 19 March 2009 (EDT)
:They all exist on the server, even the thumbnails (as you can see if you look at the google cache of any page which was last cached pre-crash. And had images to start with, obviously) - MediaWiki just doesn't know they're there. Ultimately, they may need to be reuploaded, but they won't have been lost. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 16:54, 19 March 2009 (EDT)

== Dividing up work ==

It was suggested on the AllSpark pages that if people do pages by category rather than alphabetically, since they'll share common templates. [[:Category:Disambiguation pages]] have a fairly consistent structure, for instance. Perhaps if people "claim" sets of pages and make a note here when they do so? Cartoons could be split by season, comics split in 50 issue increments, etc. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:29, 19 March 2009 (EDT)
:As another note that may help - templates which appear borked on the recovered cache pages may already exist from the previous good version of the page, so copying them from there might be easier. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:46, 19 March 2009 (EDT)
::I'm not sure how I feel about that. On the one hand, it does have the advantage of consistency in how the pages need to be re-formatted.
::On the other hand, it also means there's a chance of missing some pages only in obscure categories, or redundant work (since most pages are in more than one category).
::I think if we do it by category, we need at least a few people willing to go through alphabetically as well checking things (which I'm currently doing). --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 16:55, 19 March 2009 (EDT)
:::I'm planning on doing all of the episode pages (MORE THAN SIX HUNDRED GRAAAAHHH) so they have consistent formatting. So, uh, you guys don't have to worry about them. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 17:03, 19 March 2009 (EDT)
::::I was going to claim the RID episode pages, but if you're planning on doing them anyway, go ahead. I'll take the RID character pages. I think once we've done most of the pages by category, it'll just be a matter of using the search box to search for HTML fragments, but we'll see. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 17:34, 19 March 2009 (EDT)

== New Editing Help Box ==

Is there any way one of the admins could take a little time to make up a new box with editing shortcuts? A list of common templates would be especially helpful to everyone, I think. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 17:04, 19 March 2009 (EDT)

== Front page notice and browser caches ==

Jeysie, is there some reason why you changed the front page notice from asking people to help us with google caches to helping us clean up pages? From this page's very own Finish Summary, we've not finished with the google caches yet, as we evidently need:

0400-8599 - '''Needed'''

So are we done with caches or not?

Also, this question was largely ignored by everybody, but some fans of the wiki had offered to help out with their browser caches. This presumably means their caches are more up-to-date than most of the pages people have uploaded. What should I tell them to do? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 17:50, 19 March 2009 (EDT)
:I had thought we already saved and uploaded all of the Main article cache pages we could? I know we didn't save all of the Talk pages yet, but I'd personally rather have any editors just coming in set to work on getting our existing important articles cleaned up instead of making a concentrated effort to worry about the Talk pages. If I was wrong, you can change it back, though. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 17:54, 19 March 2009 (EDT)

:"0400-8599 - Needed"
:[[#Finish Summary]] = Huh? Not what I'm seeing. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 17:59, 19 March 2009 (EDT)

=== ROTF Devastator article ===
Looks pretty bad. Does anyone wanna clean it up or should I?
[[User:Godziboy1993|Godziboy1993]] 18:18, 19 March 2009 (EDT)