Tranquility

2011-03-28T09:21:51Z

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[[Image:Tranquility location.png|right|250px|thumb|Tranquility, CA: Home to giant robots and really cool explosions.]]
[[Image:Pd042007 tranquility nevada.jpg|thumb|250px|Tranquility, NV: Home to giant robots and really cool explosions.]]
'''Tranquility''' is a city ''possibly'' located in [[Nevada]] or [[California]] (see Trivia) in the [[United States of America]].
[[Sam Witwicky|Sam]] lives there.

==Fiction==
===Transformers (2007)===
Though never explicitly named, Tranquility is where the Witwickys and [[Mikaela Banes]] live. After receiving [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s call for assistance, the [[Autobot|Autobots]] make a (semi)successful planetfall in Tranquility. Only [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] manages to land in an uninhabited area. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers}}

===Transformers: The Game===
Tranquility possesses a massive police force which tends to shoot first and not bother asking questions when it comes to [[Transformer|giant robots]], ramps provided by [[Convenient Ramps Inc.]], and an amazing ability to repair itself any time nobody's looking at part of it. They are also firmly in the pocket of [[Sector Seven]]. [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] takes advantage of their mentality by disguising himself as one of their number. Interestingly, the cops seem to consider the Autobots a bigger threat than the [[Decepticon]]s, especially as [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] more actively attempts to destroy the city. Maybe it's something to do with [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] destroying the local power station twice within the space of about an hour, or [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] blowing up their station. {{storylink|Transformers The Game}}

===''Transformers: Autobots/Decepticons''===
See above, but more cops and less Shockwave.

===''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Game'' (console)===
[[Sam Witwicky]]'s house is stated to be located in Burbank, California.

==Related characters==
===Overzealous cop===
This overzealous police officer interrogated Sam Witwicky after he was arrested, claiming that [[Bumblebee (Movie)|his car]] was [[Transformer|alive]]. The cop was convinced that Sam was a junkie, as he was found with pills on his possession, prescribed for [[Mojo]]. [[Ron Witwicky]] explained that the pills were for their dog, but the cop was still unconvinced, and when he caught Sam eying his piece, he threatened to "bring it". Sam asked if the cop himself was on drugs.

Despite having a [[Moustache Man|mustache]], it is currently presumed that this individual was an actual flesh and blood human, and not a [[Decepticon]] [[hologram]].

==Locations in Tranquility==
*[[Bay Demolition]]
*Tranquility Auto Row
*Porche Dealership
*Cadillac Dealership
*[[Bolivia's Finest Quality Used Cars and Petting Zoo]]

*[[Tranquility Mall]] (aka the "Metroplex Mall")
*[[Tranquility Sparks]] Baseball Field
* Tranquility Estates — future site of (under construction)

==Notes==
===Geography===
It's uncertain in which state Tranquility is actually supposed to be located. An earlier version of the [[Transformers (2007)|movie]]'s script identified the city as "Tranquility, Nevada", but neither the city nor its state are actually identified by name in the movie itself.

The only official media to explicitly identify the state as Nevada [[Movie Prequel issue 4|Issue 4]] of [[IDW Publishing|IDW's]] ''[[Movie Prequel]]'' mini-series and the [[Top Trumps: Transformers|Top Trumps Transformers book]]. Meanwhile, [[Movie Adaptation Issue Number One|issue 1]] of IDW's [[Movie Adaptation]] simply identifies it as "Tranquility, U.S.A.", and [[Transformers: Beginnings]], an "animated" version of the Movie Prequel comic available on a Wal-Mart exclusive bonus DVD explicitly has the name "Nevada" ''removed'' from a caption near the end.

Meanwhile the [[Transformers (Glu)|Glu Transformers mobile game]] shows Tranquility location on a map—in northern California. This seems to fit many elements of the movie far better, particularly [[Ron Witwicky]]'s comments about earthquakes.

It seems the writers, while originally intending to have Tranquility located in Nevada, later decided to remove all references to the state, either because [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] somehow manages to drive [[Sam Witwicky|Sam]] and [[Mikaela Banes|Mikaela]] from there to [[Griffith Observatory]] (which is located in California), or in an attempt to make its location more ambiguous, similar to the Simpsons' [[wikipedia:Springfield (The Simpsons)|Springfield]].

''Revenge of the Fallen'' throws an even bigger monkey wrench into the location: In [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|the film itself]], when [[The Fallen]] makes his demand for Sam, his driver's license is shown to be registered in California. However, when he meets Optimus at the graveyard in the [[Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novelization]], he states that he is from [[Wikipedia:Burbank, California|Burbank]].

* [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/tf1-signs.html Store signs in the 2007 Transformers game] indicate Tranquility phone numbers have the "460" area code; a (thus far) unallocated region-code in the real world.

*Bumblebee has a California licence plate.

*Ron Witwicky's car has a California licence plate

[[Category:Cities in the United States]]
[[Category:Movie locations]]

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