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Transformers: Operation Skyfire

2026-03-03T06:07:55Z

Valkyrie: SESO. Save early, save often. Flippin' eck.

[[File:OperationSkyfirePoster.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|Have fun speculating what classic movie we would've cribbed all the page captions from had this movie been produced. Maybe ''Saving Private Ryan''. Or ''Top Gun''.]]

'''''Transformers: Operation Skyfire''''' was an unproduced spinoff film set in [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]'s [[live-action film series|live-action ''Transformers'' movies]]. Writer [[Matt Holloway]] described the movie as "a coming of age film", which would've attempted to answer one of the "great mysteries of [[World War II]]". <ref> "Merging Myths" featurette on ''The Last Knight'' DVD </ref>

Like ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' and ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]'', ''Operation Skyfire'' was a product of the ill-fated writers room assembled by [[Akiva Goldsman]], which would've developed and overseen a number of ''Transformers'' spin-off films in the hopes of launching an entire cinematic universe. <ref> [https://www.artstation.com/artwork/gJ9JeE "A few years back me and a few other concept artist were invited by Paramount to participate in the "Transformers writer's room". We were there to help the writers visualize their unique "Transformers" movies."] </ref> It remains unclear if ''Operation Skyfire'' would've released at some point after ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|Transformers: The Last Knight]]''—perhaps that film's out-of-nowhere reveal that Bumblebee fought in World War II was merely meant to set up ''Operation Skyfire''—or if the movie was scrapped early on and parts of it were ultimately reworked into what would become ''The Last Knight''.

Ultimately, the financial failure of ''The Last Knight'' caused Paramount to seriously reconsider its approach to the ''Transformers'' franchise. While ''Bumblebee'' was hastily reworked into a more ambiguous "soft reboot" and ''Transformers One'' slowly morphed into its own separate universe over the course of its nine-year incubation, ''Operation Skyfire'' never entered full production and assuredly never will.

==Storyline==

Due to the sparse information available, the film's overall plot remains a mystery. Concept art depicts A decidedly Steampunk variation of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], <ref> [https://www.targeteart.com/page3.html J.P. Targete's blog.] </ref> a blue robot seemingly based on [[Strongarm (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' Strongarm]], and a green plane who is assuredly the titular Skyfire. Accompanying is likely who would've been the film's human protagonists, a red-haired woman who seemingly works as a spy and a brown-haired male who appears to be a pilot. Conversely, a group of [[Decepticon]]s who transform into period-appropriate German war machines, accompanied by legions of robotic Nazi soldiers. Another piece of art features [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] escaping from a Nazi facility.

Although it's worth keeping in mind that early pieces of preliminary concept art rarely provide an accurate reflection of what the film's final plot would've been.

==Oddities==

* Seemingly placeholder text on the mock-up poster refers to the film as "Transformers: World War II".
* Several pieces of concept art depict a character who appears to be wearing a [[Decepticons#Shattered_Glass|Shattered Glass Decepticons]] insignia. Whether this was just a simple coloring error, or the film was supposed to involve mirror universes in some way, is unknown.

==Gallery==
<gallery>

File:OperationSkyfire-NaziCons.jpg
File:OperationSkyfire-Dogfight.jpg
File:OperationSkyfire-Megatron.jpg
File:OperationSkyfire-SkyfireRepaired.jpg
File:OperationSkyfire-steampunkgirl.jpg
File:OperationSkyfire-trainfight.jpg
File:OperationSkyfire-Strongarmmaybe.jpg
File:Transformers-targete-6-717x1097.jpg
File:OperationSkyfireUnknownIsland.png
File:OperationSkyfireAirplaneBattle.png
File:OperationSkyfireUnknownIslandSkull.png

</gallery>
==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Unproduced scripts]]

Transformers: Operation Skyfire

2026-03-03T05:37:24Z

Valkyrie: Not done with my page overhaul yet, but wanted to hit save just in case. SASO and all that.

[[File:OperationSkyfirePoster.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|Have fun speculating what classic movie we would've cribbed all the page captions from had this movie been produced. Maybe ''Saving Private Ryan''. Or ''Top Gun''.]]

'''''Transformers: Operation Skyfire''''' was an unproduced spinoff film that would've expanded the story of [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]'s [[live-action film series|live-action ''Transformers'' movies]]. Writer [[Matt Holloway]] described the movie as "a coming of age film", which would've attempted to answer one of the "great mysteries of [[World War II]]". <ref> "Merging Myths" featurette on ''The Last Knight'' DVD </ref>

Like ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' and ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]'', ''Operation Skyfire'' was a product of the ill-fated writers room assembled by [[Akiva Goldsman]], which would've developed and overseen a number of ''Transformers'' spin-off films in the hopes of launching an entire cinematic universe. <ref> [https://www.artstation.com/artwork/gJ9JeE "A few years back me and a few other concept artist were invited by Paramount to participate in the "Transformers writer's room". We were there to help the writers visualize their unique "Transformers" movies."] </ref> It remains unclear if ''Operation Skyfire'' would've released at some point after ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|Transformers: The Last Knight]]''—perhaps that film's out-of-nowhere reveal that Bumblebee fought in World War II was merely meant to set up ''Operation Skyfire''—or if the movie was scrapped early on and parts of it were ultimately reworked into what would become ''The Last Knight''.

Ultimately, the financial failure of ''The Last Knight'' caused Paramount to seriously reconsider its approach to the ''Transformers'' franchise. While ''Bumblebee'' was hastily reworked into a more ambiguous "soft reboot" and ''Transformers One'' slowly morphed into its own separate universe over the course of its nine-year incubation, ''Operation Skyfire'' never entered full production and assuredly never will.

==Storyline==

As the film never entered full development, the film's overall story remains a mystery, but multiple pieces of concept art depict the protagonists— A decidedly Steampunk [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], a blue robot seemingly based on [[Strongarm (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' Strongarm]], a green plane who is assuredly the titular Skyfire, a group of American airmen, and a steampunk-themed female heroine—battling a group of [[Decepticon]]s who transform into period-appropriate German war machines, accompanied by legions of robotic Nazi soldiers. Another piece of art features [[Megatron (Movie)|Megaron]] escaping from a Nazi facility, although it's worth noting that early pieces of preliminary concept art rarely provide an accurate reflection of the film's final plot.

Peculiarly, several pieces of concept art depict a character who appears to be wearing a [[Decepticons#Shattered_Glass|Shattered Glass Decepticons]] insignia. Whether this was just a simple coloring error, or the film was supposed to involve mirror universes in some way, is unknown.

==Gallery==
<gallery>

File:OperationSkyfire-NaziCons.jpg
File:OperationSkyfire-Dogfight.jpg
File:OperationSkyfire-Megatron.jpg
File:OperationSkyfire-SkyfireRepaired.jpg
File:OperationSkyfire-steampunkgirl.jpg
File:OperationSkyfire-trainfight.jpg
File:OperationSkyfire-Strongarmmaybe.jpg
File:Transformers-targete-6-717x1097.jpg
File:OperationSkyfireUnknownIsland.png
File:OperationSkyfireAirplaneBattle.png
File:OperationSkyfireUnknownIslandSkull.png

</gallery>
==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Unproduced scripts]]

File:Transformers-targete-6-717x1097.jpg

2026-03-03T05:23:25Z

Valkyrie: Concept art for ''Transformers: Operation Skyfire'', by J.P. Targete. {{movieconceptart}} Category:Images by J.P. Targete

Concept art for ''[[Transformers: Operation Skyfire]]'', by [[J.P. Targete]].

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[[Category:Images by J.P. Targete]]

File:OperationSkyfireUnknownIslandSkull.png

2026-03-03T05:22:37Z

Valkyrie: Concept art for ''Transformers: Operation Skyfire'', by J.P. Targete. {{movieconceptart}} Category:Images by J.P. Targete

Concept art for ''[[Transformers: Operation Skyfire]]'', by [[J.P. Targete]].

{{movieconceptart}}

[[Category:Images by J.P. Targete]]

File:OperationSkyfireAirplaneBattle.png

2026-03-03T05:19:49Z

Valkyrie: Concept art for ''Transformers: Operation Skyfire'', by J.P. Targete. {{movieconceptart}} Category:Images by J.P. Targete

Concept art for ''[[Transformers: Operation Skyfire]]'', by [[J.P. Targete]].

{{movieconceptart}}

[[Category:Images by J.P. Targete]]

File:OperationSkyfireUnknownIsland.png

2026-03-03T05:18:30Z

Valkyrie: Concept art for ''Transformers: Operation Skyfire'', by J.P. Targete. {{movieconceptart}} Category:Images by J.P. Targete

Concept art for ''[[Transformers: Operation Skyfire]]'', by [[J.P. Targete]].

{{movieconceptart}}

[[Category:Images by J.P. Targete]]

WWII Plane Transformer

2026-02-27T19:14:42Z

Valkyrie: Addin' a link.

{{noname-nickname}}
:The ''WWII Plane Transformer is a [[Transformer]] of unknown allegiance from [[Transformers: The Last Knight (franchise)|The Last Knight]] portion of the [[movie continuity family]].''

[[File:TLK-WWII-Plane-Transformer.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2]]

The "'''WWII Plane Transformer'''" is a [[Transformer]] that fought in the [[World War II|Second World War]]. Its existence was covered up by the [[Order of the Witwiccans]].

==Fiction==
===''The Last Knight'' film===
[[File:TLK-WWII-newspaper.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.6]]
Sir [[Edmund Burton]] had a framed newspaper page on a wall inside his [[Castle Folgan]] estate that depicted a Transformer serving with several unidentified Air Force soldiers. The framed picture was hung alongside some [[Bumblebee (Movie)|ZB-7]] and [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]] World War II propaganda. Burton showed it to [[Cade Yeager]] and [[Viviane Wembly]] as he explained the secret history of the Witwiccans. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}
{{--}}

==Notes==



* This individual first appeared in the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFJp5t7N5VM&ab_channel=ParamountPictures "Microfiche" TV Spot].
* Unlike "[[Bulldog (TLK)|Bulldog]]", this individual hasn't had full concept artwork released to the public, leaving us with no semi-proper name to give to this poor fellow.
* It appears this individual may have been developed for "''[[Transformers: Operation Skyfire |Operation: Skyfire]]''", a film concept that was made pre-''The Last Knight'' and was to be set during World War II. Several pieces of concept artwork by [[JP Targete]] were released on [https://www.artstation.com/artwork/gJ9JeE ArtStation] and in the BluRay special features for ''The Last Knight'', depicting what this movie could have entailed. However, none of the Transformers shown in the concepts looked anything like this individual.
**Since ''The Last Knight'' proved to be a box office disappointment, there have been no future plans in making this film.

==See also==
*[[Lieutenant]]

[[Category:Live-action-only characters]]
[[Category:The Last Knight Transformers]]

The Transformers: The Movie (first draft)

2026-02-23T20:31:39Z

Valkyrie:

{{nav-tftm}}
[[Image:TfMovie-FirstDraftScriptAuction.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Indiana Jones|It belongs in a museum!]]]]
Do you know '''''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'''''? Of course you do! Until the live action movies came along, it was the most well known piece of ''Transformers'' media.

Well, this ''isn't'' that movie. This is about the ''initial script'' of that movie.

Written by [[Ron Friedman]] between late [[1984]] and early [[1985]], this 212-page script is radically different from the finished film. After it was rejected by [[Hasbro]], Friedman was told to start over with a new draft. For many years the only details about this script came from comments by writer [[Flint Dille]] who called it "incoherent"<ref name="FDIP2">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20200128201208/http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/60-astrominutes/flint-dille/flint-dille-2.html The Flint Dille Interview Part II]"</ref> and suggested that "nobody really felt it was [well] structured".<ref>"Metrodome Transformers: The Movie — Ultimate Edition Interview with Story Consultant Flint Dille"</ref> In [[2022]], after years of speculation, the script surfaced at the [[unofficial conventions|TFNation 2022]] fan convention in a panel hosted by [[Jim Sorenson]] and [[Chris McFeely]].

==Background==
[[Image:TFM-FirstDraftOutline.jpeg|thumb|150px|The first page of the outline. If you bought this in 2010, please let us know.]]
In [[1983]], Friedman was hired by [[Sunbow Productions]] as a writer on ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I Joe: A Real American Hero]]'', scripting the five episode miniseries that opened the cartoon. Positive feedback on this lead him to become the "additional dialogue" editor for ''Transformers''.<ref name="HKOP">"[https://toddmatthy.com/2013/12/31/he-killed-optimus-prime-an-interview-with-ron-friedman-writer-of-transformers-the-movie/ He Killed Optimus Prime: An Interview With Ron Friedman the Writer of Transformers:The Movie]</ref> As part of this, a clause in his contract stated that a ''Transformers'' movie would have to be based on a script he wrote. On [[August 15]], [[1984]], two days after finishing the season 1 finale "[[Heavy Metal War]]", he wrote an outline which was revised several times over the next month.<ref>[https://comics.ha.com/itm/memorabilia/miscellaneous/transformers-the-movie-revised-script-treatment-sunbow-productions-inc-1984-/a/7027-93271.s Cover page of the revised script] </ref> The exact contents of this are still unknown. This 53-page outline was approved, and Friedman began writing the first draft in November, which was finished by February 1985.<ref>[https://comics.ha.com/itm/memorabilia/miscellaneous/transformers-the-movie-script-group-sunbow-productions-inc-1984-85-total-3-items-/a/7027-93280.s Cover page of the first draft script]</ref> It is unknown how much influence Hasbro had over this script; Friedman was asked to include Optimus Prime dying after Hasbro higher-ups were taken by the idea of Duke dying in the also in-production ''G.I. Joe: The Movie'', but the rest is still mostly speculation.<ref name="HKOP"/><ref>"[https://alonefancryinginthewilderness.blogspot.com/2012/07/from-archives-my-animated-conversation.html A Lone Fan Crying In The Wilderness — My Animated Conversation With Buzz Dixon]</ref>

Friedman has said that he created [[Unicron/Generation 1 |Unicron]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]], the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]], and the idea of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] being rebuilt into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]].<ref name="HKOP"/><ref>''I Killed Optimus Prime'', Ron Friedman (p. 42)</ref> <ref>''I Killed Optimus Prime'', Ron Friedman (p. 90)</ref> On the Sunbow side of production, executive producers [[Joe Bacal]] and [[Tom Griffin]], along with the creative director [[Jay Bacal]] had "input". <ref>''The Gamesmaster'', Flint Dille (p. 273)</ref> What this was... we're not entirely sure, but it seems to include Daniel, named after Jay's real life son <ref>[https://youtu.be/rBqMyy6HYxE?t=1781 SDCC 2023 Transformers Toy Panel ]</ref> and, the Quintessons similarly named after a local business.<ref>''The Gamesmaster, Flint Dille (p. 296)</ref>

We only have a broad idea of what happened after this script was submitted, save that Hasbro wasn't happy with it, though the specific reasons for this are unknown. Friedman (who was still paid for this draft)<ref name="HKOP"/> claims it was because he focused too much on the villains.<ref>''I Killed Optimus Prime'', Ron Friedman (p. 169)</ref> Trying to fix the script, a copy was given to story editor Flint Dille and he was told to rework it. Dille ultimately deemed the script to be incoherent and, along with creative director Jay Bacal, began work on a new script partially based on Friedman's. This script, ''[[The Secret of Cybertron]]'', was written in a week, but was also rejected.<ref name="FDIP2"/> On [[March 28]], Hasbro went back to Friedman and gave him a new outline and character list, essentially telling him to start over. The [[The Transformers: The Movie (second draft)|resulting draft]] would form the basis of film we know today, though with some notable differences.

===Rediscovery===
In [[2010]], Ron Friedman auctioned off material from his time at Sunbow. Thanks to efforts spearheaded by Jim Sorenson, much of Friedman's material became publicly available online. One of the things that didn't was the first draft script and outline for ''The Transformers The Movie''. For the next decade, we could only wonder about what it contained, because it's never seen again. In October [[2020]], Flint Dille began to organize and clear out his storage for the first time in years with help from Sorenson, including a ''lot'' of paperwork from his Sunbow years. During this, they found a copy of this script, presumably the copy Hasbro had given Dille to punch up.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/flintdlile/posts/pfbid0e7KEB5FPqTiE6XNVaNjWw9feYCnjCMcvv7vRG1VAocMrxHKobK83usYKDVdbtBhfl Flint Dille's Facebook post about finding the script]</ref> Upon discovering this, Dille allowed Sorenson to scan the script before he auctioned it off. Two years later in [[2022]], with permission from Dille, Jim and fellow superfan [[Chris McFeely]] performed a panel at the fan convention [[unofficial conventions|TFNation 2022]], where they give an overview of the script. Shortly afterward, the Sunbow Marvel Archive published an in depth summary of the draft. The script was later made public for the first time in [[2023]], a little over a year after the panel.

==Synopsis==
The [[Decepticon]]s are attacking an old steel mill that the [[Autobot]]s plan to convert into a new facility. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Magnus]] leads the defense, commanding [[Kup (G1)#Notes|Tanker]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], [[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]], and [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]], but things are already desperate for the Autobot forces. Meanwhile, an old freight train driven by humans [[General Blaze]] and Rusty Steel transports Autobot reinforcements to the mill,coming under fire from Decepticon jets led by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. On [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s orders, the Autobots fight off the oncoming jets. When [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] destroys the train tracks, it is revealed that the train is an Autobot called [[Rails]], who turns into a floating high tech bullet train which flies through the assembled troops. As the Decepticons overrun the mill, Prime commands Rails to transform again, this time into a massive fire breathing snake that destroys the enemy forces. Megatron challenges Prime to a fight, and things go pretty much exactly as they did in the final film, with the two leaders inflicting mortal blows on one another. The Autobots gather around the dying Prime, while Starscream orders the Decepticons to retreat back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], taking the dying Megatron with them. Rusty tells them they can't declare Prime dead in the field and orders them back to headquarters for a full analysis. He also orders Wheeljack to begin building a ship to follow the Decepticons.

In space, the Decepticons argue about who should be their new leader. Arriving at the Decepticon [[Hall of Heroes]], they begin to inter Megatron's essence in an urn among their fallen leaders. A fight then breaks out over who will be his successor, the crossfire from which destroys the hall and accidentally shatters Megatron's urn, causing his spirit to drift off into space unnoticed. As Megatron's essence floats helplessly, begging to be restored before it evaporates into nothingness, the ghostly voice of "The Entity" appears and takes him up on the offer, pulling him towards the metal planet of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. He offers Megatron great power in exchange for servitude to him, which the broken leader accepts. Megatron is bathed in light and rebuilt into the new form of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], and the Entity sends him to Cybertron to convert the rest of the Decepticons.

Back on Earth, Prime is taken to the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]] at Crater Mountain and put on life support. The Autobots run into [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Prentiss]], a young boy that idolizes Rusty. Daniel sadly asks if Prime will make it, only for his mother Ellen to show up and tell him she wants nothing to do with Rusty. An alarm sounds, and everyone rushes to the dying leader. As Optimus Prime dies, he names Magnus as his successor. Magnus is given the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]—a tiny, glowing version of Prime—and becomes Ultra Magnus. Magnus's first order is for the Autobots to develop a defense system to protect Earth when the Decepticons return. On Cybertron, the Decepticons are still fighting when a ray of light appears over them. Galvatron appears before them and tells them he is the reborn Megatron and they will now serve the Entity. He bathes them in light, turning them into the Entity's servants. The light begins covering all of Cybertron and transforming the entire populace into soldiers, who fly off to attack Earth at the Entity's command. As they leave, Cybertron begins to collapse and the planet Unicron devours it, growing larger in the process. Galvatron silently vows to avenge his homeworld.

At their base, the Autobots begin work on the Recontour Shield. Suddenly, [[Teletraan I]] reports that Cybertron has been destroyed, and an invading force of Decepticons appears and attacks the Autobots. Magnus raises the shields, which manages to hold off the invaders, but a furious Galvatron summons green lightning from the sky which destroys the shield. The Autobots retreat as the Decepticons melt the mountain. At the same time, a separate attack destroys the space cruisers being built at the steel mill. Sometime later, the Decepticons have taken control of the planet and a [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]] party scours through the remains of the base, unaware of a makeshift Autobot camp hidden in a nearby ravine. From a [[Sky Spy]], the Autobots learn the Decepticons plan to cover Earth in an energy cage to drain its energy and beam it into space, which will destroy the planet in only 96 hours. Tanker and Hot Rod are sent to find new recruits, while the others complete work on the only surviving space cruiser, which will allow them to follow the transmitted energy to its destination. As they leave, the Sweeps find the base, but Magnus sets up a diversion, with [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] creating a [[hologram|holographic army]] which distracts them long enough to escape by raft.

In the desert, Hot Rod and Tanker find [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] being attacked by Decepticon jets. The Decepticons seem to have him at first, only for Springer to turn the tide by jumping around, causing their fire to hit each other and melt them together. Reunited with the others, Springer tells them where to find more warriors. Heading to an oil refinery which hasn't yet been overrun, they see a swarm of [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] overhead, and a fight ensues as they rush to the refinery. The three are overwhelmed until the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] appear and destroy the Insecticons with their fire breath. At the refinery, the group meets Mentlar, a scientist that has created an "Immuno Stabilizer Field" which temporarily depowers the Entity's troops. Unfortunately, they have already started to gain immunity to this. Leaving to reunite with Magnus, the group run into [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], an ultra fast but slow-talking Autobot.

Later in the Arctic, Galvatron's forces pick up the Autobots' signal as they attempt to launch the cruiser. Due to lack of space, the Dinobots, Tanker and Hot Rod are forced to ride on the outside of the ship. As they melt their way into the base, Magnus initiates the launch, and the Decepticon forces follow them into space. The Autobots are nearly trapped in the energy cage, but Magnus's piloting skills allow him to dodge it at the last second while the Deceptions fly into the trap. As they fall back to Earth, the Entity appears and mocks Galvatron's failure before giving him a new "aircraft carrier" spaceship.

On the cruiser, the humans try out Mentlar's new invention—the [[Exosuit|Exo-Suit]], a "METAL CAGE-LIKE OUTFIT" that grants users increased speed and strength. Suddenly, the Decepticon ship appears and opens fire on them. The group outside splits off and heads to a nearby asteroid to draw fire, and [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] ejects [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] to follow them. Mentlar comes up with a plan to detonate "Photon Flares" to make it look like the ship was destroyed. Galvatron senses Optimus Prime's essence in Magnus. As the ship lands, the Autobots hurry to find Hot Rod and Tanker before the Decepticons realize what happened, unaware that Laserbeak has already spotted them. Picking up their signal on a volcano-filled ridge, they are attacked by the Decepticon fleet. The ensuing fight is interrupted by a sudden "Galactic Warp Hurricane", which threatens to tear the asteroid apart. [[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] and [[Hook (G1)|Hook]] detonate explosives that blast Hot Rod and Tanker into space. The Decepticon ship is destroyed in the storm's debris, with Galvatron believing that his enemies have been destroyed. The Autobots retreat back to the cruiser as they head to the Shadow Nebula.

Hot Rod and Tanker land on an asteroid, getting attacked by a robot squid. (This whole sequence is more or less the same as the final film, so we can skim over it. In fact most of the Quintesson parts are similar.) The cruiser crashes on the moon of Planet Unicron. While the others repair the ship, Mentlar surveys their surroundings, finding a crystal scale which he takes as a specimen. Electricity flows from this scale into space, as the Entity senses intruders. Back on Earth, Arcee and Wheeljack lead the other Autobots against the Decepticon Jets, trapping them by collapsing a freeway on them. Galvatron insults Starscream for his failures until the Entity demands they head to his planet to deal with the intruders.

Hot Rod and Tanker have been taken by the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] to their psychic masters, the [[Quintesson]]s. Prisoner [[Kranix (G1)|Granix]], a rock robot, explains their cruel nature before he is put on trial and forced to fight to the death. As they watch him being devoured, Hot Rod thinks of a plan. Meanwhile, examining the scale, Mentlar realizes that it is part of the same organism that the Decepticons have been drawing power from. Galvatron leads the Decepticons to the moon, destroying what turns out to be "Robotic Doubles" of the Autobots... in truth, two-dimensional cut-outs (yes, really). From a nearby mountain, Magnus leads Blurr and Mentlar in a suicide charge to try and give the others time to escape.

Thanks to the Dinobots, Hot Rod and Tanker escape from the Quintessons. Hot Rod forces their leader to use his mind scan to find his friends. Learning their friends are on the moon of Unicron, they fly off to reunite with them. As Galvatron returns with more troops, Magnus begins his desperate last stand. In a fog bank, Springer and the humans run into the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]], who capture them. Back at the mountain, a heavily wounded Magnus is the only survivor. He fights on until Galvatron finally kills him and then cuts Optimus Prime's Matrix out of him with a razor saw, vowing to destroy the Entity. However, when Galvatron threatens to blow up the Entity if he isn't released from servitude, it just laughs at him, so Galvatron detonates a bomb to destroy Unicron.

In a Junkion village, their leader [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] calls for silence as the prisoners are tied to stakes. As they close in, Hot Rod and Tanker arrive and... do something. (We don't know what, that page of the script is missing. Probably the [[universal greeting]].) With everyone now allies, Wreck-Gar explains how his people have always fought the Entity, hiding from it in the Veil of Fog. He takes them to an ancient computer containing the Junkions' history. Ellen is able to decipher the data and realizes that the ancient Junkions created the Entity as their protector (yes, you read that right), only for it to become corrupted by greed. Now the Decepticons have absorbed enough energy for the planet to break free of its orbit. But they also discover its one weakness located... somewhere. (That page of the script is also missing.)

Unicron is unharmed, and the planet transforms around Galvatron, with the Entity revealing that it and Unicron are one and the same as it turns into a giant robot. Finally free, the Entity leaves to devour Earth. The Autobots land on the creature's throat and follow a channel the schematics say will lead them to its core. Inside, they find that the entrance is so small that only Daniel is able to fit through it. Hot Rod suddenly gains an aura and realizes that the Matrix can destroy the Entity, and that Galvatron is still alive inside the massive robot. As the Entity reaches Earth, Hot Rod tries to convince Galvatron to help him destroy Unicron, but the Decepticon responds by trying to kill him with a Laser Knife. Hot Rod is only saved when Ellen appears and knocks Galvatron over with her Exo-Suit, allowing Hot Rod to take the Matrix. Hot Rod races back to Daniel, who leaps into the core, and the Matrix floods the room with light as Daniel is thrown out of the hole into his mother's arms. Galvatron is swept into space as the Entity is torn apart, the disembodied voice of Optimus telling it all evil shall be destroyed. Earth's energy is returned as the Autobots hold a parade for their new heroes.

==Cast==
===Autobots===
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Magnus]]—A large Autobot with distinctive headgear. Still an old friend of Optimus, the biggest change is that he starts as Magnus and is reformatted into Ultra Magnus when he receives the Matrix. The script suggests that he turns into something like a "HARVESTER WITH THRESER BLADES" {{sic}} or a "GASOLINE TRUCK WITH HUGE BATTERING RAM TYPE BUMPERS". We don't know if Hasbro had decided on releasing the Powered Convoy toy at this point or if Friedman knew this would be the case. Overall, he has a similar role to the final film, apart from staying dead.
*[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Tanker]]—A "one-eyed battle scarred old Autobot" soldier who turns into a Sherman tank. He's pretty much Kup in all but name and appearance.
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]]—Described bluntly as "a [[Luke Skywalker]]-young-man-on-the-brink-of manhood sort of Autobot". He transforms not into a futuristic car, but a "souped up, cut down 'Hot Rod' version of, say, a Camaro". He's still responsible for Optimus Prime's death, something that he blames himself for, and never becomes Rodimus Prime.
*[[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]]—An Autobot nurse. She's part of a terrible running gag with Wheeljack where, despite being a competent soldier and saving him various times, she is constantly berated for being a "shebot". He does apologize for this at the end though. More on that later.
*[[Rails]]—A giant [[Triple Changer|triple-changing]] snake capable of breathing fire and shooting lasers from his eyes, who can turn into an old fashioned freight train and a futuristic high tech flying train (which just might be the coolest thing ever). The most popular theory is that this character may be an early version of [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] from when the character was planned to be an Autobot. Friedman may have been told to include an unnamed "Autobot triple changer train" in the script, and based on that limited description created Rails. In his autobiography, Friedman when recounting the opening battle of this draft refers to Rails as Astrotrain (as well as claiming he created him, which seems... unlikely), giving a certain amount of credibility to this theory.<ref>''I Killed Optimus Prime'', Ron Friedman (pp. 169–171)</ref> However, an alternate theory posits that the true identity of Rails may be another star from the '86 range, [[Sky Lynx (G1) | Sky Lynx]], and that either Friedman or someone up the chain at Hasbro mistook the Shuttle and Dragon alternate modes as a Bullet Train and Snake respectively.
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]—At this stage, not a triple changer yet and with a personality based on [[Arnie|Arnold Schwarzenegger]] rather than [[Harrison Ford]]. He's described as muscular and having special jumping abilities (with an accompanying ''SPOONG'' sound), but since he's not a helicopter yet, this power isn't completely redundant. His alt mode is suggested to be a "JET POWERED STEAM ROLLER" or a "MOBILE MISSLE LAUNCHER". He's first seen sparring with Mirage and Bluestreak at headquarters. His personality would be switched with that of Rusty Steel in the second draft.
*Chemico—"A walking laboratory" with "CLEAR GLASS TUBES AND INTERLACING GLASS PIPING in his torso" who shows up briefly to create a smokescreen, allowing the Autobots to escape from the Decepticons. It is clear from the description given that Friedman simply needed to have the heroes escape and created Chemico on the spot to allow that to happen.
*Mentlar—A {{w|Carl Sagan}} style scientist with a large head and "ALPHA-WAVE STYLE HEADGEAR", capable of firing physic blasts from his headband. He's described as having long delicate fingers and transforming into a RADAR DISH TRUCK. He was a former director of research at the Cybertronic Institute of Technometry. Obviously, he would be replaced with [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] in the second draft, but it's also possible that he was always intended to be Perceptor. Briefing documents for the 1985 range describe the then-unnamed toy as an "Autobot Scientist", and Friedman may have been told to include this figure in his script.
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]—In contrast to his superspeed, this version talks slow like {{w|Jimmy Stewart}} and transforms into a "LAND SPEED RECORD HOLDING ROCKET CAR." Like in the final film, he doesn't do much.

===Humans===
*[[General Blaze]]—A {{w|George S. Patton|General Patton}} type with a streak of white hair, who later helps Arcee and Wheeljack defend Earth from the Entity's forces.
**Rusty Steel—A "Green Beret type Colonel" described as similar to [[Indiana Jones]] in that he makes quips but is capable when under threat. He's idolized by Daniel but mostly distrusted by the boy's mother. His personality would be applied to Springer in later drafts after being cut.
*[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Prentiss]]—A 12 year old who views Rusty as his idol. He's not his son (his father is mentioned at one point), he just really looks up to him. He totally saves the day at the end. Daniel is the only human to make it into the final cut, where he would become [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]]'s son. Special mention is made of him giving Rusty his lucky silver dollar, which ends up being completely irrelevant to the plot.
**Ellen Prentiss—A computer scientist and Daniel's mother. She doesn't like Rusty at first, but learns to trust him over the course of the film. She initially can't transform her Exo-Suit, but manages to do so at the end, which means she's the one responsible for saving Earth and defeating Unicron.

===Decepticons===
*[[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]—Still a reformatted Megatron. Described as a larger version of Megatron, coated in scales (like those that cover the planet Unicron) and wearing the Entity's insignia. His alt mode is still a self propelled laser cannon which is described as a "DEATH-SHIP MODE". Swears vengeance on the Entity for the destruction of Cybertron and his suffering at his hands. Despite this at the end when he's given a chance to destroy the Entity he completely ignores it.
*[[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]] party—a group of identical, emotionless "BLACK CLAD "GESTAPO" Decepticons. Turn into "HISSING BLACK VEHICLES", which are explicitly said to be land vehicles. True to their name they perform sweeps of an area to find surviving Autobots and destroy them. This descriptive title would become their actual name in the second draft. They have heavily mechanical voices.

===Others===
*[[Unicron/Generation 1|The Entity / Planet Unicron]]—Introduced as a ghostly "fearsome, sepulchral voice made up of many overlaid voices of menace" referred to as the Entity, "The Absorber of Unicron" rebuilds Megatron and grants him power in exchange for his servitude. The Decepticon leader is taken to the hellish planet of Unicron, which is covered in steel trees and grass (later revealed to be hair in robot mode). The planet is coated in scales which his servants also share. He has a "COLD RAY" (columns of light), which he uses to both reward and punish his minions. Unicron grows in size the more energy is absorbed, eventually draining enough to be able to transform, revealing that it and the Entity are the same being. Originally he was created by the ancient Junkions as a protector before being corrupted by power. His origin would be removed in the second draft, while the twist about his true identity remained before being dropped in later drafts. Right from this first draft, the Entity declares himself "Dominator of the Universe" immediately after collapsing Cybertron, a title that would reappear as Unicron's [[The Transformers Universe (Marvel)|Marvel profile]] [[function]] in slightly altered form as "Universal Dominator".

*[[Quintesson]]s—They have a similar role to the final version, but their appearance is very different. While still five-faced at this point, they have slender bodies which are too small for their massive heads. They also have psychic abilities, at one point using telekinesis to create more Sharkticons from scrap. Their powers would be removed, but their appearance would remain into the second draft.
**[[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]]—They also have a similar role to later drafts, with a similar appearance. They still hunt down intruders on their masters' orders, but carry shock sticks similar to cattle prods that freeze intruders in time. Their growls are revealed to be them constantly repeating "we eat". They are covered in primitive sensors that they use to identify other Sharkticons by bumping into them. Hot Rod and Tanker are able to get them to devour each other by coating these sensors in grease. No other Quintesson servants appear at this stage.

*[[Junkion (species)|Junkions]]—A tribe of "Road Warrior-like robotic Hell's Angels" made of rusty and disused metal. Long ago, they created the Entity as their protector before it became corrupted. Generations later, they live hidden from it in the Veil of Fog. They don't talk TV yet, and are still able to reassemble themselves after being torn apart.
**[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]—The Junkion leader, who wears "NAZI HELMET STYLE HEADGEAR" and is covered in "NUMEROUS JUNK MEDALS AND SIDEARMS AND STUDS". Turns into a motorcycle.
**Scrapo—A massive Junkion that befriends the Dinobots. He's fascinated with "shebots" (we don't know the full context behind this, as it follows from a scene which starts on a missing script page). [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] tells him Wheeljack will build a "Dino Girl" for him. Stage descriptions mention he fed metal to Grimlock on one of the missing pages. The role of the Dinobots' pal would later be given to [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]].

==Comparisons to the finished film==
===What changed===
Unsurprisingly for a first draft, many plot points would change in later revisions. Major story changes include:
*The script takes place in the present day. The move to the future that would be mandated by Hasbro.
*Various scenes of characters running from place to place were streamlined. For example, in a 20 page sequence, Hot Rod is sent from the makeshift base to find reinforcements in the desert, runs into the Dinobots, then goes to the refinery and heads to an Arctic base. In the second draft, everyone is just at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]].
*The script opens on Earth, not Cybertron or its moons.
*No Autobot City yet, just the steel mill and the later attack on Headquarters.
*All the human characters except for Daniel were cut.
*Optimus is the only named character from the show to die. Everyone else seemingly survives.
*The Matrix is present as a radically different and even more nebulous plot device than in the final film. In the film, the Matrix at least has a clear purpose: it's the Autobot symbol of leadership and a great weapon the Chosen One will wield against the ultimate evil. Here, it's basically Optimus Prime's soul, a tiny glowing version of himself which seven pages from the end is revealed to be able to destroy Unicron. Stage directions refer to it as "the Matrix of Optimus Prime." In this version, Hot Rod never really fulfills his character arc and the Autobots don't get a new leader after Magnus dies. In the final version, Galvatron wants the Matrix to destroy Unicron; here, he wants it because he senses Optimus's essence in it, and tries to kill Unicron with a bomb instead.
**The "[[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]" would be introduced in [[The New Order|issue #5]] of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comic series]], but it bears no resemblance to the one seen here. [[Bob Budiansky]] came up with the Creation Matrix on his own <ref>[http://www.metalmachine.net/blog/2009/11/21/todds-take-with-bob-budiansky-the-architect-of-the-transformers/ Interview with the Metal Machine]</ref> <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090730005006/http://rustingcarcass.yuku.com/topic/954 Interview with the Rusting Carcass]</ref> and was unaware of this script for decades.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=So I just talked to Bob Budiansky at his booth here at BotCon 2023 and asked him about the whole situation regarding the Creation Matrix from the comics and the Matrix that was first mentioned in Ron Friedman's original TFTM script. He confirmed that he had no idea about the name being used in that script, as he had no awareness of the script whatsoever at the time, and was surprised to hear that it predated not just the first use of the "Matrix" name in issue 5 of the comics, but even the premiere of the animated TV series.
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**Who actually came up with the Matrix for this script is unclear. Friedman doesn't seem to have ever taken credit for it. What we do know is that the comics and this draft were being worked on at roughly the same time, it's possible that whatever outline or pitch that Budiansky wrote for issue 5, (which would have had to have mentioned Optimus' Matrix) was seized upon by someone at Hasbro and included in a attempt at creative synergy.
**In the second draft, the Matrix and Megatron's essence both became [[Spark|Life Sparks]] at Sunbow's request. At some point, the Matrix was added back in.
*Cybertron is destroyed by Unicron, with 160 pages left, and he spends the rest of the script trying to destroy Earth. From the second draft onwards, he attempts to destroy Cybertron in the climax.
*The energy cage would be dropped; in the final film, Unicron doesn't need to absorb energy.
*The fight on the asteroid would be cut, leaving just the ambush on the shuttles.
*The remaining Autobots on Earth try to launch a counter attack on the Decepticons. This remains into the second draft in a massively reduced role before being cut in the final film.
*Galvatron kills Magnus, Mentlar, and Blurr. They stay dead in this draft, with no being rebuilt by the Junkions.
*Unicron's origin was dropped, as was his connection to the Junkions.
*Daniel is the one that uses the Matrix to save the day.

===Other differences===
*Characters like [[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] don't exist yet.
*Magnus only becomes Ultra Magnus when he gains the Matrix.
*Hot Rod never becomes Rodimus Prime. It's possible Hasbro hadn't come up with that aspect of the character yet.
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] doesn't appear in this or the second draft at all.
*The Dinobots only have three members: [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]], [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]].
*[[Kranix (G1)|Granix]] is a rock robot rather than a regular robot, and has a much smaller role. There are no scenes on [[Lithone (planet)|Lithone]], which is only mentioned in passing as his homeworld; he was instead said to be captured by the Quintessons during a scientific expedition.

===What stayed the same===
Nevertheless, some things remain pretty close to what we eventually got in 1986...
*Megatron and Optimus Prime's final fight is nearly identical to the final film, even down to having some of the same dialogue. Considering that killing Optimus was the one thing we know Hasbro wanted, this may not be that surprising.
*Despite the rest of the script being massively reworked, the Quintesson scenes are similar to the final film, even if there are various differences:
**The planet's appearance would go unchanged in later drafts, still having a Mercury sea with red desert shores and metallic reefs which are home to robot fish.
**The Robot Squid fight still occurs and is dealt with similarly, albeit with Hot Rod using his "magnet power" to collect Tanker's parts.
**Tanker and Hot Rod encounter the Sharkticons on a ridge with metallic vegetation. To communicate with them, they use the "universal alien language salutation," an early name for the otherwise-identical [[universal greeting]]. Like in the film, it only briefly works.
**The captured Hot Rod and Tanker are taken to a compound where fellow prisoner Granix tells them about the Quintessons and their show trials.
**The Quintesson trials are still a sham, but rather than the guilty or innocent verdict, they are "found innocent of trespassing, but guilty of insolence."
**The arrival of the Dinobots saves the pair from being devoured by the Sharkticons.

===Season 1 quirks===
Some of the oddness of this script comes from it being written in 1984, early in the existence of the ''Transformers'' franchise. With only the first season of the show to draw on, many aspects of the ''Transformers'' mythos we know today didn't exist yet.
*Being massively outnumbered by the Autobots, the script features many generic Decepticons to pad out their ranks.
*The only 1985 characters to appear are [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]].
*The lackluster opening attack on the steel mill makes more sense when you consider most season 1 episodes opened with the Decepticons raiding power plants, factories or construction sites. Years later, Friedman called this opening "too ordinary" and was glad he came up with something more memorable.<ref>''I Killed Optimus Prime'', Ron Friedman (p. 171)</ref>
*Hasbro almost certainly hadn't determined the movie characters' designs at this point, hence why Friedman had to suggest what they turn into at various points.
*Autobot headquarters is called Crater Mountain, a name used in scripts for the first season that didn't make it into the final show.
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] is still called by his preliminary name [[Gravedigger]].

===Things we haven't mentioned yet===
This script features a lot of details that couldn't fit in the summary without making it bloated and hard to follow; we've listed most of these other details below:

*Flint Dille's copy of the script is incomplete, with three pages missing. Two of them (page 200 and 203) are mentioned in the summary; the other is page 137, where the Autobot shuttle crashes on the Entity's moon and then it cuts back to the Autobots on Earth.
*In the opening battle, the Decepticons use Fire Snow, a "snow crystal cloud" which rains down flakes of fire which continuously burn the Autobot soldiers, a clear Cybertronian equivalent of {{w|white phosphorus munitions}}.
*A Decepticon soldier tries to kill Hot Rod with a Laser Chainsaw, only to end up cutting himself in half (lengthways) after Tanker trips him.
*Like in the finished film, Hot Rod blames himself for Prime's death. Unlike in the film, the other Autobots comfort him and assure him it wasn't his fault.
*Unlike in the final film, which sees him as one of the many Autobot casualties, Wheeljack has a prominent supporting role in this script. Unfortunately, it involves him being a massive misogynist for laughs. These moments include:
**When Arcee chooses to join Wheeljack's team because she's "the best metal worker you've got", he tells her to "keep out of the way."
**When the Autobots are constructing the shuttle, Arcee saves him from falling machinery. Of course, he doesn't notice this since he was on a call with Magnus.
**When the Decepticons attack the mill, Wheeljack misses her fighting [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] and derides her for ruining his report.
**Before launching the shuttle, Arcee corrects him about how some of the thrusters should be positioned. He agrees with this, but when he realizes Arcee was the one who told him, he responds with "do you mind?"
**After she defeats Starscream, he congratulates her for finally pulling her weight. Understandably this annoys her.
**When the Decepticons leave Earth and they realize they now have a chance to take back the planet, she kisses him, which he begrudgingly accepts before saying it isn't appropriate for comrades in arms.
**As Unicron appears over the Earth, Wheeljack finally apologizes, saying he "didn't mean half the things I said".
*The [[Hall of Heroes]] has a larger role in this draft. Described as a high tech art-deco "Nuremberg Party Rally" where the essence of dying leaders are placed in urns that flow into statues of the Decepticon Heroes' chest. This detail would carry over into the second draft.
*Of the former leaders named in the Hall of Heroes, only [[Ghoulon]] would make it into the film. Cryotron and Octacron would never be seen again.
*Autobot headquarters has been expanded into a high tech rotating "medieval fortified city-state". Various human civilians, scientists and soldiers live there.
*Similar to Prime's Matrix, Megatron's essence is a tiny glasslike version of himself.
*An Autobot is mentioned that turns into an electric tug (the kind that pulls aircraft, not the boat).
*The Decepticons converted by the Entity gain giant scale covered forms, though are said to still be recognizable as their former selves. They also get a new insignia. Apparently their powers are now "beyond computation". They have a rallying cry of yelling "Entity!" as they charge into battle.
*Cybertron was located in Space Quadrant Zeta.
*This isn't really an error, but the Autobots never learn that Megatron has been renamed Galvatron.
*Among the Entity's attacking forces are "DECEPTICONS like Starscream and Skywarp".
*A salvaged Teletraan I is rebuilt into a mobile tank like vehicle.
*When the "Sweeps" attack the makeshift base, Magnus's diversion has Sideswipe and Sunstreaker fight them off with steel beams they use like baseball bats.
*Snarl and Slag are missing from the Dinobots; the latter would ultimately make it into the final film.
*Bumblebee might have been killed off, as when the shuttle is attacked, he is blown off scene in an explosion. He isn't mentioned again, leaving his fate unclear.
*To plot a course for the ship, Mentlar has to plug himself into the computer, entering a trance-like state as he does.
*Hot Rod creates "a glass 'Bubble' head-piece" to breath underwater. Notice something off about that sentence?
*Apparently, Hot Rod can also turn into "a modified underwater—ready mode".
*Granix is able to destroy several Sharkticons in gladiatorial combat before he's finally killed.
*The Quintessons have various other prisoners besides Granix awaiting trial, who help the Autobots escape after being freed.
*Unlike in the film, the Quintessons don't have a ship. As a result, the Autobots just fly through space on their own.
*When Magnus leads the troops in their last stand, Springer bids farewell with "Until all matrixes are one". This would become "[['Til all are one|'til all are one]]" in later drafts.
*Tanker mentions someone called Ectalon.
*Various generic Junkions are featured. One tricycle Junkion which attacks Ellen is described as having a viking helmet and a metal-like woolen jacket. This design would be copied word for word and given to Wreck-Gar in the second draft.
*The humans get chained to a flatbed "jail truck" when captured by the Junkions.
*On route to Unicron, the Autobots encounter the wounded remnants of the Decepticon armada heading back to Earth, hiding from them in an asteroid field.
*The Junkions live in a village which is described as being a "JUNKY, HIGH TECH AFRICAN KRAAL -TRAILER PARK- CYCLE BUM PAD" with various strange Junkion creatures, and decorated with machinery and shrunken heads.
*The Junkion computer is print-out. Well, they do call it primitive...
*A desperate Galvatron is able to blast off one of The Entity's fingers, only for it to immediately grow back.
*The Decepticons flee as the Entity is destroyed, which is more of an explanation than we get in the final film.
*Galvatron is last seen hurtling through space, clinging to the remains of one of Unicron's hands and screaming in terror, while the human characters watch him from Earth using Sky Scope Binoculars.
*At the very end, the Autobots build a new base, though it isn't described in any way.

===General weirdness===
It is likely many of the following would have been addressed in future revisions had this draft been approved and developed into a full script. Nevertheless...
*At various points in the script, Friedman suddenly suggests that a generic Transformer in the scene is a specific character with "say (name)". He seemed to do this whenever the role was too important for a generic. For example, midway through Springer's fight with the Decepticon jets, it is revealed they are led by Starscream when he orders them to destroy the Autobot. It seems he didn't think about which characters were going to appear until he had to.
*It seems Friedman couldn't make up his mind if Transformers could fly in space or not. Sometimes they need a ship, but other times they don't. Hasbro must have also found this confusing, and in the second outline made it clear they need a spaceship to do this.
*[[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Shockwave]] is mentioned exactly once as being in the crowd of Decepticons when Galvatron appears at the Hall of Heroes.
*No one seems bothered by the destruction of Cybertron. After they find out the planet is gone, they never mention it again. Galvatron's vow of revenge is never mentioned again, not even when he tries to blow up Unicron, and he is given other reasons to hate The Entity.
*The Autobots spend pages building the Recontour shield, which is described in great detail, only for it to be destroyed almost instantly.
*All the space cruisers are mentioned to be destroyed in the attack on the mill...until Arcee and Wheeljack reveal they kept one safe for use later on.
*We mentioned this before, but Chemico clearly only exists to create a distraction to allow the Autobots to escape. Did Friedman just make this script up as he went along?
*Mentlar's weapon is briefly able to depower the Entity's troops. However, they almost immediately develop immunity to it, and it's never mentioned again.
*When saving Tanker from the Squid, Hot Rod is revealed to have magnetic powers, which are never mentioned again.
*Grimlock is able to evade capture by the Sharkticons, find the Quintesson compound, and free the captured Dinobots. Unlike in the final film, all of this happens off screen.
*Wreck-Gar is described as wearing "NAZI HELMET STYLE HEADGEAR". ''Eesh.'' Presumably, this was intended as a reference to the usage of Nazi iconography among biker gangs (the Junkions being much more strongly coded as outlaw bikers in this draft), but it's unsurprising that Hasbro didn't end up going with that idea for one of their heroic characters.
*So Ultra Magnus, Blurr and Mentlar are just killed off in this version. Friedman's autobiography seems to give a justification for this. Apparently his first big idea for the movie was that he wanted characters to die, to "raise the stakes, give the surviving CHARACTERS opportunities to grieve" and add a "more profound human dimension" (Killing Optimus wasn't his choice, something he reiterates throughout the book, and this is the only other death scene in the script).<ref>''I Killed Optimus Prime'', Ron Friedman (p. 160-167)</ref> If this is true, it means he decided to have them sacrifice themselves while writing the script. It's hard to imagine that Hasbro were okay with him killing off the characters they intended to release toys of...
*It sure seems like a lot must have happened on the missing page where they befriend the Junkions. In the second draft, this sequence is expanded by three pages.
*With no foreshadowing or build up, an aura tells Hot Rod that the Matrix can destroy the Entity.

===Remnants===
Despite the massive reworking done in later drafts, this version still provides explanations for some things left unexplained in the final movie.
*How does Hot Rod find his friends? Rather than just running into them due to luck, the Quintessons tell him where to find them.
*As the Junkions created Unicron, they know how he works and what his weak points are. This is why they agree to help fight him.
*Unicron doesn't just transform at the end for dramatic effect; at this point, he's finally absorbed enough energy to be able to transform himself.
*Why does Magnus have such a minor role after being rebuilt by the Junkions? He was originally meant to stay dead.

==Legacy==
Two years after this aborted first draft came to light, [[Rails]] and [[General Blaze]] were properly canonized through ''[[The Enigma of Combination]]'', an expansion book for the [[Transformers Roleplaying Game]] by [[Renegade Game Studios]]. It's probably not a coincidence that Jim Sorenson, who had a hand in digging up the original script, would go on to contribute material for this book...

==Concept art==
Despite the script being rejected, several pieces of concept art were created from it. All three known pieces were drawn by [[Floro Dery]] and, according to the design notes, were done at the same time.

<center><gallery>
File:FloroDeryUnicronNotes.jpg|Note the 'Moon of the Entity' and the 'hole to the core of the Entity', two features which only exist in this draft. This draft also explains the horizontal orientation of the rings, as Unicron's "horns" are not yet used as planet impaling mandibles.
File:FloroDeryJunkionnotes.jpg|The unnamed Junkion whose design would be used for Wreck-Gar. Note the lack of Nazi helmet.
File:FloroDerySharkticonNotes.jpg|Sharkticon concept art which gives them the alternate name of Sharkons, which isn't used in the script.
</gallery></center>

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

==External links==
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qiESvs6xDIfpNh3zVegyt7HuCIJLKqOD/view The script itself]
*[https://sunbowmarvelarchive.blogspot.com/2022/11/detailed-outline-of-very-first.html A detailed summary on the Sunbow Marvel Archive]

[[Category:Unproduced scripts]]

Rails

2026-02-23T20:19:54Z

Valkyrie: MINER SPELLING MISTAKE

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:''Rails is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Roleplaying Game]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

'''Rails''' is a [[Titan (group)|Titan]].

==Games==
===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
After the introduction of [[combiner]] technology at the height of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], the Autobots were forced to protect their few Titans, including Rails and [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], from Decepticon aggression. {{storylink|The Enigma of Combination}}

==Notes==
* Rails originated from [[Ron Friedman]]'s [[The Transformers: The Movie (first draft)|early draft]] of what would become ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', a train who transformed into a gigantic, snake-like monster. Ultimately, Friedman's original script was heavily revised into the film as we know it today; Rails and many other characters were heavily reworked or dropped from the film entirely and went undiscovered until [[2022]], when Friedman's early draft was uncovered and presented at TFNation 2022. It's probably not a coincidence that [[Jim Sorenson]], who helped dig up and present this early draft to the wider public, had a hand in writing ''The Enigma of Combination''...
* It's heavily debated on exactly what became of Rails in the final product. One popular theory posits that he evolved into [[Astrotrain]], supported by Friedman's autobiography in which while recounting the first draft's opening battle he refers to Rails as Astrotrain. However, it's also possible that it may be based on [[Sky Lynx (G1) | Sky Lynx]] and that someone up the chain mistook his shuttle mode and dragon modes for a bullet-train and snake respectively.

[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Titans]]
[[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Autobots]]

Rails

2026-02-23T20:18:57Z

Valkyrie: Adding some speculation.

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:''Rails is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Roleplaying Game]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

'''Rails''' is a [[Titan (group)|Titan]].

==Games==
===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
After the introduction of [[combiner]] technology at the height of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], the Autobots were forced to protect their few Titans, including Rails and [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], from Decepticon aggression. {{storylink|The Enigma of Combination}}

==Notes==
* Rails originated from [[Ron Friedman]]'s [[The Transformers: The Movie (first draft)|early draft]] of what would become ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', a train who transformed into a gigantic, snake-like monster. Ultimately, Friedman's original script was heavily revised into the film as we know it today; Rails and many other characters were heavily reworked or dropped from the film entirely nd went undiscovered until [[2022]], when Friedman's early draft was uncovered and presented at TFNation 2022. It's probably not a coincidence that [[Jim Sorenson]], who helped dig up and present this early draft to the wider public, had a hand in writing ''The Enigma of Combination''...
* It's heavily debated on exactly what became of Rails in the final product. One popular theory posits that he evolved into [[Astrotrain]], supported by Friedman's autobiography in which while recounting the first draft's opening battle he refers to Rails as Astrotrain. However, it's also possible that it may be based on [[Sky Lynx (G1) | Sky Lynx]] and that someone up the chain mistook his shuttle mode and dragon modes for a bullet-train and snake respectively. The truth remains up in the air, unfortunately.

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Ironhide (Movie)

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Valkyrie: His animation files are marked "Ironhide_Dooley" (albeit a mispelling), which is in line with other characters (ie, Optimus_Mack and Bumblebee_Camaro)

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:''Ironhide is an [[Autobot]] from the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]], also sometimes known as the "[[Tooth Fairy]]".''

[[File:Movie Ironhide promorender2.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|A different kind of tooth fairy. He knocks them out for the one in the frilly dress to collect.]]
'''Ironhide''' is the Autobots' resident weapons specialist and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s old friend. He is old because he is ''hard''. He's probably had enough replacement parts to build a small army, but Ironhide doggedly refuses to roll over and die for anyone. He'll fight to the bitter end and take down more than his fair share of [[Decepticon]]s in the process.

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

He has more guns than [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|a smaller third-world country]], and he may or may not have blown up a [[Kyber-5|planet]] with said guns.

{{bigquote|I'm a soldier. I'm ''made'' for war. Your kind simply... are not.|Ironhide's resume for joining the Autobots|[[Defiance issue 4|''Defiance'' #4]]}}

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The six movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}

====''Transformers'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Jess Harnell]] (English), [[Katsuhiro Kitagawa]] (Japanese)|[[Gai Wenge]] (Chinese), [[Oliver Siebeck]] (German), [[Duda Espinoza]] (Portuguese), [[Dafnis Fernández]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Pascal Massix]] (European French), [[Manuel Tadros]] (Canadian French), [[Vinod Sharma]] (Hindi)}}

{{bigquote | Just kidding... I just wanted to show him my cannons.|Ironhide is eager to impress.}}

[[File:Movie Ironhide introduction.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Clint Eastbot in The Good, The Bad and The Metallic.]]

Responding to [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s call for assistance, Ironhide and the other Autobots under Optimus Prime's direct command came to [[Earth]], with the old soldier landing in a suburban pool. As he climbed out of the water, a little human girl asked him if he was (of all things) the tooth fairy before he quickly hid behind some trees when the child's parents exited the house. He scanned their GMC Topkick truck and transformed, leaving the residence. He linked up with [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], and they proceeded to the rendezvous point, where they met up with Optimus and Bumblebee. After meeting [[Sam Witwicky]] and [[Mikaela Banes]], Ironhide displayed an eagerness to show off his [[Weapon|cannons]], and made a classic {{w|Clint Eastwood}} impression to show it by saying "You feeling lucky, punk?"(which earned him an instant reproof from Optimus).

[[File:Movie Ironhide threatens Mojo.JPG|upright=1.4|thumb|Don't shoot! I swear I don't feel lucky!]]

Going to the Witwicky residence, Ironhide had lubricant released upon him by [[Mojo|a rodent]]. This unpleasant situation was made worse by Sam Witwicky's frantic refusal to let him shoot it. Ironhide relented, despite the fact that it would cause rust. He also suggested shooting [[Ron Witwicky|the]] [[Judy Witwicky|parents]], as they were interfering with Sam's search for [[Archibald Witwicky|Captain Witwicky]]'s [[glasses]]. Optimus reminded him that they don't hurt humans and scolded his weapons expert, to which Ironhide meekly responded that he merely thought it should remain an option.

After Sam, Mikaela and his parents were captured by [[Sector Seven]], Ironhide got a ''real'' good chance to show off his cannons when he and the other Autobots totally outclassed the S7 agents by instantly disarming them of their weapons, then rescuing the boy and his girl. Unfortunately, their escape was to be short-lived, as [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] was captured by the mysterious agents after saving Sam and Mikaela's lives. The next morning, when Optimus Prime was pondering their next move, Ironhide asked why they had to save the humans, prompting Prime to go into one of his long speeches about freedom and sacrifice, concluding that the humans need not pay for the mistakes of Cybertron-kind, and if need be, he would destroy the AllSpark by fusing it with his own spark. Inspired by his words, Ironhide debated no further, and the Autobots set out for the location of the AllSpark, [[Hoover Dam]]. Halfway there, to their surprise, they saw Bumblebee leading a column of Sector Seven assault vehicles, so Ironhide and the rest of the Autobots joined the unit.

[[File:Movie Ironhide shootground.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Ironhide is a real showoff.]]

During the final battle at [[Mission City]], Ironhide realized that the F-22 Raptor that appeared to be providing [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox's]] troops with air cover was in fact his former comrade [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. Ordering the others to take cover, Ironhide and Bumblebee lifted a discarded truck full of ''[[Furby]]'' toys to protect the humans against Starscream's strafing run. It worked, but the explosion threw Ironhide back and crippled Bumblebee. Soon afterwards, [[Brawl (Movie)|Devastator]] attacked, forcing Ironhide to do several somersaults to avoid the Decepticon's missiles, thus totally scaring the crap out of a lady sitting in the middle of the street.

Ironhide and Ratchet took it upon themselves to protect Sam from [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] as he made his way to a rooftop where he could pass the [[AllSpark#Live-action movie universe|AllSpark]] to a military helicopter. Unfortunately, Starscream blocked off Sam's path, prompting the Autobot guardians to engage the more powerful Decepticon immediately. After taking several missiles in the gut, Ironhide implored Sam to keep running.

After the destruction of Megatron and the AllSpark, Ironhide cradled the body of the fallen Jazz and somberly informed Optimus Prime that there was nothing they could do. Ironhide then gave Captain Lennox a ride home and spent the remainder of the day observing Sam and Mikaela making out on the hood of Bumblebee's [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]. {{Storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

{{note|Ironhide's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels "[[Transformers (novel)|Transformers]]," "[[Transformers: The Junior Novel]]" and "[[The Quest for the AllSpark]]"; the "[[Transformers: Movie Adaptation]]" and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; the activity book "[[Look and Find Transformers]]"; and the storybooks "[[Optimus Prime Versus Megatron]]," "[[Sam's New Car]]," "[[Transformers (interactive Play-a-Sound Storybook)|Transformers Play-a-Sound]]," "[[Meet the Autobots]]," "[[Meet the Decepticons]]," "[[Transformers Mix & Match]]" and "[[Transformers: The Movie Storybook]]."}}

====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Jess Harnell]] (English), [[Katsuhiro Kitagawa]] (Japanese)|[[Gai Wenge]] (Chinese), [[Oliver Siebeck]] (German), [[Duda Espinoza]] (Portuguese), [[Dafnis Fernández]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Gilles Morvan]] (European French), [[Manuel Tadros]] (Canadian French), [[Vinod Sharma]] (Hindi)}}
[[File:ROTFPrimeandIronhide-Nottoday.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|We see you down there.]]
Ironhide acted as an Autobot support unit in [[Shanghai]] as [[NEST]] hunted for Decepticons. When [[William Lennox|Major Lennox]] told him that they had echoes of energy readings, Ironhide assumed robot mode and confirmed that their target was nearby, saying he could smell him. Unfortunately, the Decepticon in question turned out to be [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]]. Ironhide chased after the massive Decepticon as it roared through the streets before [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] was deployed from the air and attacked Demolishor, allowing Ironhide to jump on his structure and shoot out his massive wheel, sending him crashing into a warehouse. Ironhide stood with his commander as Optimus prepared to deliver the killing blow, listening to Demolishor's warning about [[The Fallen]]'s return before he died. Ironhide returned to base, resting in his [[alternate mode]] in his hangar while Optimus conferred with [[William Lennox]], General [[Morshower]] and [[Theodore Galloway]].

[[File:ROTF Ironhide standoff.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"If you're gonna point a gun at someone, just keep it pointed away from him."]]
Later, Ironhide accompanied the Autobots to rescue [[Sam Witwicky]] from [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], but was too late, for the revived Decepticon leader had killed Optimus in combat. When Ironhide returned to an American air base with Optimus' body, he was surrounded by military forces under Galloway, who had managed to secure NEST's deactivation following multiple Decepticon attacks around the planet. Furious that the humans dared to point a weapon at him, Ironhide almost lost his temper, but Lennox convinced him to not turn on the non-NEST soldiers. [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] recommended leaving [[Earth]], but Ironhide argued he believed Optimus would not want them to abandon the humans, apparently becoming leader of the Autobots in the process.

Ironhide was to retreat with the other Autobots to [[Diego Garcia]] until Lennox received a message from Witwicky and his friends to come to [[Egypt]], having figured out the Decepticons' scheme. Lennox managed to trick Galloway into jumping out of the plane carrying the soldiers and Prime's body, while the rest of the Autobots in the second plane quickly cut through the nets containing them. Ironhide then advised the crew to open the doors and let him out of the plane. NEST parachuted into a small village near the [[Pyramid]]s, but soon lost communication when Starscream released an EMP blast at them.

[[File:ROTF Ironhide retreat.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|If I'm running you know its bad!]]
During the [[Operation: Firestorm|defensive operations of NEST's position]], Lennox decided to send a team to locate Sam, and Ironhide and [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] immediately announced that they would lead the team. Transforming to vehicle mode, Ironhide rolled out with a number of soldiers and Arcee. After finding the humans, they were ambushed by [[Buffalo MPV Decepticon|several Decepticons]], with both Arcee and Ironhide hit numerous times while providing cover fire for their friends, and told Sam and Mikaela to run while they drew their fire. Ironhide survived, albeit heavily damaged, and had to run for his life (ejecting his weapons in the process) when a [[United States Air Force]] B-1B Lancer bomber arrived delivering 2000-pound JDAM bombs, obliterating the remaining Decepticon troops in the area. Momentarily safe, Ironhide and the others witnessed Sam resurrect Optimus Prime with the [[Matrix of Leadership#Live-action film series|Matrix of Leadership]], and his leader's subsequent defeat of The Fallen. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|Ironhide's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]," "[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel]]" and "[[The Last Prime]]"; the "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]" and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; and the storybooks "[[I Am Optimus Prime (ROTF)|I Am Optimus Prime]]," "[[Operation Autobot]]," "[[When Robots Attack!]]," "[[Rise of the Decepticons]]," "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Electronic Voice Changer]]" and "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Mix & Match]]."}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Jess Harnell]] (English), [[Katsuhiro Kitagawa]] (Japanese)|[[Gai Wenge]] (Chinese), [[Dafnis Fernández]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Oliver Siebeck]] (German), [[Gilles Morvan]] (European French), [[Manuel Tadros]] (Canadian French), [[Vinod Sharma]] (Hindi), [[Duda Espinoza]] (Portuguese)}}

{{bigquote|Class dismissed.|Ironhide, after destroying the [[Dread (DOTM)|Dreads]]}}

[[File:DOTM-Ironhidecrashvault.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Who's that coming up on my right?]]

In the years since the defeat of The Fallen in Egypt, and with their human allies closely watching for signs of Decepticon activity, the Autobots have now dedicated themselves to resolving human conflicts, fearing that rogue elements of humanity might spark the sort of global conflicts that devastated Cybertron.

Shortly after returning to the NEST facility from an unspecified mission, Ironhide was inspecting a new weapon that [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]] had created when NSA Director [[Charlotte Mearing]] arrived to speak with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]. However, Ironhide and [[Mirage (Movie)|Dino]] let the human know that the Autobot leader was in a foul mood, believing that the US government had lied to the Autobots about disclosing all of their knowledge about the Cybertronians, given the discovery of an engine fuel cell from the long-lost ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'' at [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant|Chernobyl]]. Mearing professed that she had not had clearance to this information until now, and introduced the Autobots to [[NASA]] administrators and famed [[Apollo 11]] astronaut [[Buzz Aldrin]], who explained the truth about their mission to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] was to explore the wreck of the ''Ark'', and how they suspected that the [[Soviet Union]] had been trying to generate fissionable power with the fuel cell.

After [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] had been rescued from the wreck of the ''Ark'' and brought back to Earth, Ironhide rushed into the chamber where he had been reactivated by the [[Matrix of Leadership]] after hearing of a commotion. After Sentinel realized that he was among friends, Ironhide witnessed him explain how his pillars were key to activating his [[space bridge]], a teleportation device that was crucial to the Autobot war effort.

[[File:DOTM-Mexicanstandoff.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|How did this happen?! None of us are even Mexican!]]

Soon, the human boy Sam Witwicky discovered that the Decepticons had stolen hundreds of pillars from the ''Ark'' decades earlier, and were now after Sentinel Prime and his control pillar to utilize the space bridge. As Sentinel, Bumblebee, [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] and Mirage neared the NEST base, Ironhide moved out to intercept their Decepticon pursuers, the [[Dread (DOTM)|Dreads]]. After colliding head on with [[Crankcase (DOTM)|Crankcase]] and [[Crowbar]], Ironhide and Sideswipe forced the Decepticons to drop their weapons after a tense "Mexican standoff". However, they deployed explosive spears, managing to hit Ironhide in the shoulder with one before recommencing their attack. The veteran Autobot caught a blaster tossed by Sideswipe and used it to shoot Crowbar in the face, before pulling the spear out of his shoulder, impaling it into Crankcase's face, slamming the Decepticon into an abandoned car and kicking the wreckage into a nearby auto shop as the spear exploded.

[[File:DOTM-Ironhiderust.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|You better get used to [[Death|dying horribly]], buddy.]]

Arriving at the NEST base, Ironhide assured Sam and Colonel Lennox that he would protect Sentinel Prime from the Decepticons. However, the former Autobot leader had other ideas, explaining that he knew that they would never win the war, and to save Cybertron from destruction, a deal was made with Megatron. Before anybody could react, Sentinel shot Ironhide in the back with his hidden [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|cosmic rust]] cannon. Succumbing to the effects of the rust, Ironhide demanded to know what Sentinel had done, but the Prime callously stated that he was merely "discharging" the soldier from duty, and dealt the finishing blow. As the traitor disappeared into the NEST base to retrieve his pillars, Ironhide died, crumbling into dust. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}
{{note|Ironhide's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]" and "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel]]"; the "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]" and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; and the storybooks "[[Autobots Versus Decepticons]]," "[[Optimus Prime's Friends and Foes]]," "[[Dark of the Moon: Action Pop-ups!]]" and "[[Bumblebee's Best Friend]]."}}
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====''Age of Extinction'' film====
Five years after the Battle of Chicago, Ironhide was listed as "deceased" by the CIA taskforce "[[Cemetery Wind]]". {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

====''Bumblebee'' film====
{{note|''Bumblebee'' takes place before the other films (supposedly), but was released last. As such, it is placed at the bottom here.}}
Ironhide was among the Autobots fending off a wave of Decepticon forces led by [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and was eventually ordered to retreat by Optimus Prime. Tasked with finding other Autobots scattered throughout the galaxy and rendezvous on [[Earth]], they left Cybertron in various escape pods. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}

===IDW movie comics===
Thousands of years ago, with Cybertron's energy reserves dwindling and the Transformer race splintering into warring factions, Ironhide was part of the [[Thetacon (tribe)|Thetacons]], violent militants who rejected the teachings of [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]. He was part of the battle to seize the retrieved [[AllSpark]] from Sentinel's band, but when that group used the AllSpark to revitalise Cybertron (proving Sentinel was right all along), the Thetacons lay down their arms. Ironhide did not understand what the Cube was going to be used ''for'' if not for subjugation, and Optimus informed him it was to spread "freedom". In gratitude, Ironhide spoke to his commanders about building a temple to house the AllSpark. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}}

In the unified Cybertron, Ironhide became a captain in [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s Cybertronian [[Defense Force]]. He grumbled about working with inexperienced recruits like [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]], though he and Chromia shared a more merciful attitude than the rest of the force towards [[malcontent]]s opposing Sentinel's new order. He visited Optimus during an archaeological expedition by his [[Science Division]], expressing delight at how they were proving many beliefs Ironhide had deemed invalid after Sentinel proved he was a Prime. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

[[File:Defiance1 Ironhide Starscream.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|"Sorry, we can't take you on in the Decepticons if you insist on having good-guy eyes."]]

Later, when Megatron had usurped leadership of Cybertron with Optimus to become [[Lord High Protector]], Ironhide and commander Starscream were to report to him, but Starscream was late due to an encounter with [[Ejoornian|hostile aliens]] from the [[Eshems Nebula]]. Later, during an attack by the same aliens, Ironhide commanded the ground defense units in the city of [[Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan]], near the [[Simfur Temple]]. When [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] were pinned down inside the temple, they considered contacting Ironhide for suggestions on what to do. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}}

After the aliens were driven out and Megatron assumed his dictatorship of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Ironhide found himself belonging to an increasingly violent and unstable military. He was present when Megatron ordered Starscream to conduct some clandestine operation of which Ironhide did not take part in. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}} He and Chromia later saw Optimus Prime and his team leaving after setting up a bomb after defeating Starscream. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} The disenchanted Ironhide turned his back on the military after Megatron's declared Optimus's followers to be traitors, and that the army now flew under the banner of the [[Decepticon]]s. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}}

[[File:Defiance4 Ironhide madeforwar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Ironhide '''''REALLY''''' wants to join the Autobots.]]

Disillusioned with what the military had become, Ironhide wandered far from [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticon]] to search for answers, and so preoccupied was his thoughts that he was captured by forces loyal to Optimus Prime in [[Burthov]]. Brought before the rebel leader, Ironhide pledged his allegiance to Optimus's Autobots, stating that he had no desire to destroy the innocent, and he knew the Autobots to be innocent of what Megatron charged them with. Besides, they needed somebody with his experience as a soldier. When the Autobots discovered that Megatron was building [[Nemesis (ROTF)|a massive warship]], they thought it would be best to build one of their own, though they lacked the means to do so. Ironhide, however, knew of [[Ark (Movie)|a fix-er-upper]] that they could repair in secret. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}

As more gathered to Optimus Prime's cause, a young Autobot named [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] came to train under Ironhide. After Ironhide showed him the ropes, he went on to be assigned to a settlement of displaced Autobots. That assignment went disastrously, as [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] massacred the entire settlement, leaving Ironhide's student for dead. Sideswipe returned to the same unit as his former mentor embittered, suffering from survivor's guilt. Noting the new recklessness and ruthlessness that Sideswipe displayed, Ironhide attempted to reach out to his old student. Angrily, Sideswipe declared that he had grown beyond Ironhide's tutelage. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 2|Tales of the Fallen #2}}

As the war raged, Sentinel revealed he had constructed a [[pillar|torch]] that would end the war and prevent more deaths. It required the AllSpark to be activated, and Ironhide led the Autobot charge on Simfur Temple. [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] successfully activated the torch and delivered it to Sentinel, who boarded the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]. The ship arrived at Simfur, but Starscream destroyed it. Ironhide carried Arcee and Chromia off the battlefield during the retreat. A vengeful Optimus led an attack on [[Lord High Protector citadel|Megatron's citadel]], and Ironhide stood by his side, sustaining heavy damage when he pushed Optimus out of the way of the [[smelting pool]]. Optimus entered the citadel to confront Megatron alone, while Starscream and [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] attacked Ironhide. Optimus revealed the attack was a distraction from the theft of the AllSpark by [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]]'s Autobots aboard the second [[Ark (Movie)|Ark]], and opted to rescue his best friend instead of killing Megatron. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}

Optimus claimed they would take the AllSpark aboard the Ark as they left Cybertron, but what he didn't reveal to all but a select few was that they were really going to blast the AllSpark into deep space to both distract the Decepticons and to buy them valuable time. Ironhide was one of those who followed Prime on the ''Ark'' to chase after the AllSpark, which, unbeknownst to the Autobots, had locked onto the position of a [[Star Harvester]] in a distant star system. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}

As the Autobots and their human allies made their way to Mission City, Ironhide rammed [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] into a support pylon on the freeway, putting the Decepticon out of commission. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

[[File:Alliance1 Ironhide Lennox realfirepower.jpg|left|upright=1.67|thumb|"I'm not impressed by someone who blows up JUST ONE CAR."]]
In the immediate aftermath of the battle in Mission City, Ironhide accompanied Captain Lennox and his soldiers, hunting for [[AllSpark Mutation|creatures created by the AllSpark energies]]. They had already destroyed three of the creatures when [[Xbox 360 robot|another one]] fled into a red minivan, which Lennox's men peppered with small arms fire. Ironhide decided to show them what ''real'' firepower was and blew up the van with one shot. As the Autobots prepared to move out and flee the approaching Sector Seven and government forces, Ironhide placed Jazz's remains into a trailer [[Robert Epps|Sergeant Epps]] had found, and together the soldiers had a moment of silence for their fallen comrade. A month later, after he was approached by [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]], Lennox requested the Autobots help escort the human convoy transporting the remains of the fallen Decepticons. However, the Autobots had been shadowed on their way to the meeting place by a police car, whom both Lennox and Ironhide guessed was Barricade. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}}

[[File:Alliance1 Ironhide-Jazz momentofsilence.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|At least [[Human|they're]] more emotional about this than Prime, and ''they never knew him''.]]
Ironhide and the other Autobots arrived at Sector Seven's secret [[Nevada]] desert installation to participate in the convoy that would transport the Decepticon bodies to San Francisco. He disagreed with Optimus Prime's decision to leave the AllSpark fragment in the custody of Sector Seven while they were away, but nevertheless respected his commander's decision. On the freeway, Optimus Prime had a change of heart and sent Ironhide and Bumblebee back to retrieve the AllSpark fragment. Unfortunately, Ironhide, being the slower of the two Autobots, didn't reach the base until after [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] and Starscream had caused significant death and destruction. During the cleanup, he could be seen comforting the injured Bumblebee. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}}

[[File:Alliance3 Ironhide Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
Amidst the scene of devastation at Sector Seven's Nevada base, Ironhide praised Bumblebee for his courage in attempting to defend the humans, but Bumblebee regretted that he could not save them all. After Jazz's burial two weeks later, Optimus Prime accepted a proposal from Captain Lennox that the humans and the Autobots form [[NEST|a special unit]] tasked with defending their mutual home. The Autobots began training with their human allies on the island of [[Diego Garcia]], however, the lack of coordination meant even Bumblebee showed up the humans. Ironhide opined that Bumblebee's shot was "awesome". Regardless of some teething issues, the team rolled out when the Decepticon [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] was spotted in [[San Francisco]]. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}}

On the plane trip to the city, Ironhide commented on the likelihood of Swindle and [[Jolt (Movie)|Dead End]] putting up a fight, and how he hated flying. On the safe, stable ground, Lennox gave orders, Ratchet and Epps were assigned to team two, who would set the trap. En route to the Decepticons, Ratchet and Ironhide bantered about how the former's vehicle mode was more suited to [[NEST]]'s cover story of a chemical spill, while the latter asserted that he was the more stylish of the pair. After the Decepticons were disposed of, Major Lennox and Optimus Prime decided to send Bumblebee back to the United States to once again assume the role of Sam's guardian. Ironhide reminded his little buddy to stay out of trouble, at least until the larger Autobot arrived to take over the protector role. Soon, more Decepticons were spotted on Earth, and Ironhide was deployed to [[Italy]] to deal with [[Fracture (Movie)|Fracture]]'s team. After [[Reverb (Movie)|Reverb]] and [[Gunbarrel (Movie)|Gunbarrel]] had been destroyed, NEST forces led Fracture to Ironhide, who rammed the [[Female Transformer|female Decepticon]] off the cliff road she was racing upon. Somewhere in the United States, Barricade managed to evade capture or destruction, forcing Ironhide to give Bumblebee warning. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}

Ironhide was reunited with Sideswipe at [[Diego Garcia]] after the younger bot had answered Optimus Prime's homing beacon and joined [[NEST]]. He found that Sideswipe had changed little, and if anything had become even more of a loose cannon in his pursuit of Demolishor. Unable to reach his former trainee with words, Ironhide was reduced to performing damage control in the skirmish at [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]. However, in the aftermath, Sideswipe saw the destruction he had wrought and the fear it engendered in the humans, begrudgingly admitting that Ironhide had been right all along. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 2|Tales of the Fallen #2}}

[[File:Ironhidehitnefarious2.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.65]]
Ironhide was part of the team that halted [[Alice (ROTF)|Alice]]'s rampage after the Decepticon stole an RV. He didn't contribute much to the battle, possibly because subtlety was called for. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1}} He joined Sideswipe in stopping three Decepticons fleeing a site in [[Utah]]. He warned Sideswipe of the possible effects of hubris, and rammed [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]]. When [[Dirt Boss (ROTF)|Dirt Boss]] seemed to surrender, Ironhide prevented Sideswipe from doing anything fatal to the Decepticon so they could have an interrogation, but Dirt Boss's surrender was merely to allow time for [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to attack. Ironhide was pounced on by [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] and then shot at by Soundwave, but luckily [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] chose that point to come to their rescue and Soundwave was captured. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 2|Nefarious #2}}

Ironhide began preparing an old nuclear shelter in [[Texas]] to house Soundwave, though he was sceptical that the Decepticon would reach it. As it turned out, he was right, and Soundwave escaped en route. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}} When he heard Galloway was under Decepticon attack, Ironhide put forward the opinion that the man was a "pain in the aft", but Optimus reminded him they should still help. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 4|Nefarious #4}}

Soundwave led the Autobots to the location of the [[Initiative base]] in [[California]], but it was gone. Ironhide figured that it must have had something to do with the recent mysterious activities. Soundwave's research relocated the base in [[Utah]], so the Autobots drove there and attacked, only to find themselves facing brainwashed [[Transformer]]s. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}} Ironhide and Ratchet fought on, ramming a bunch of the brainwashed 'bots in their vehicle modes. They felt the effects when [[Carter Newell]] attempted to destroy all Cybertronian life on the planet using the [[AllSpark]] constructed by the Initiative, however the battle turned in the Autobots' favor and they eventually triumphed. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}}

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Ironhide was part of a human-Autobot joint strike team that took out a group of Decepticons dealing weapons to Earth's human populace. When Divebomb attempted to use Lennox, Galloway and another NEST soldier as a hostage to extricate himself from the situation, Ironhide blew a hole through the Decepticon, telling him not to threaten humans. This display of power was enough to make the remaining Decepticon, Fearswoop, surrender unconditionally. Ironhide escorted Fearswoop back to NEST headquarters, keeping his cannons locked on the 'con at all times. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}} When Sam called in that he was being attacked by a group of Decepticons, after the [[Brains|Brain Unit]] that he had stumbled onto, Ironhide was deployed to help with the situation. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} Ironhide's group arrived in Philadelphia just in time to rescue Sam from being killed by Starscream's hand. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} But Ironhide noticed something odd about the battle. The Decepticons weren't fighting back, merely trying to make their getaway. The battle had turned out to be a diversion orchestrated by Shockwave in order to get to several Autobot refugees left behind at the NEST headquarters. Shockwave himself soon joined the battle, turning the tide in the Decepticons' favour. The Autobots managed to send Shockwave fleeing with his pet Driller, but only just barely. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}
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===Titan movie comics===
[[File:Titan Ironhidetranisition.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Okay, when even your ''transition form'' has eff-off great weapons...]]
That mega-bazooka of his has been with him since he was a proto-chip. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}}

During the war, Ironhide ran training missions for the younger Autobot recruits. These missions would often have the recruits thrown into the sharp end: one, involving [[Signal Flare (Movie)|Signal Flare]], [[Strongarm (Movie)|Strongarm]] and [[Skyblast (Movie)|Skyblast]], abruptly turned into a raid on a [[Deserted Decepticon outpost|Decepticon base]] and rescuing [[Longview (Movie)|a prisoner]]. He also developed skills at resisting psychic interrogation techniques. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Lost In Space 3: Ironhide}}

He would later be one of three Autobots who tried to prevent [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] from reaching the [[AllSpark#Live-action movie universe|AllSpark]]. They hadn't, however, expected for [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] to be demented enough to set off a [[foldspace warhead]] at pointblank range - a weapon that warped everyone to different parts of the galaxy. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Prelude: Megatron}}

After spending some time planet-hopping, Ironhide detected [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]'s homing signal and headed for it. En route, he was captured by an alien spacecraft, one that appeared to belong to immense entities that created the AllSpark and wanted it back. Ironhide, shrugging off a psychic probe, worked out these entities were an illusion - the ship was a derelict that had been salvaged by a group of aquatic aliens who wanted to find & exploit the AllSpark. Ironhide removed their ability to do so by taking the derelict's device that tracked down AllSpark energy. While he then went on his way, he was left wondering what race had originally owned this vessel and what their connection to the AllSpark was... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Lost In Space 3: Ironhide}}

[[File:Movie TitanTransformers6 Ironhide.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|[[War Machine|HERE'S MY SUNDAY BEST!!!]]]]
After meeting up with Ratchet, the two began searching for Jazz. They found he was the prisoner of a living, predatory planet; Ironhide reasoned with the planet to let their friend go (i.e. shot it repeatedly with his slag-off great cannon) and they took him back to Cybertron with them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 6|Lost In Space Part 4: Jazz}}

Following the [[Mission City]] battle, he got into ''another'' battle with [[zombie]] Decepticons. Already injured and exhausted from the last fight, he almost fell before Ratchet found a solution. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Starscream's Militia}}

[[File:Movie TitanTransformers8 ScorpieIronhide1.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Ratchet was right. That tingles!]]
After that, he worked with a [[United States Marine Corps]] team to track down [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]. The Decepticon led them into a trap and took control of Ironhide's motor functions, causing him to attack the humans. They attempted to fight back - oh, you know those sabot rounds that are supposed to harm Transformers? They had no effect. Luckily, one of the soldiers was able to sever Scorponok's connection before he killed them all, and Ironhide killed the Decepticon the old-fashioned way: ''brutally''. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 8|Scorpion Sting}}

[[File:Ironhidetwins KLUNNG.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|You may now kiss the bride.]]

Ironhide was later the commanding officer at the [[NEST]] base at Edwards [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] Base, [[California]]. To his intense annoyance, [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] had turned up, claiming to have a message for Optimus Prime and ''only'' him. Since they'd cried wolf before and Optimus was busy on another mission, Ironhide refused. So the twins ''ambushed him with piles of crates'' so they could reach NEST's ops room and send in a call. Ironhide hurt them for this.

He grew more frustrated when, after NEST picked up a Decepticon signal heading for [[Las Vegas]] and Ironhide headed up a strike team, the twins pleaded to come along. He bluntly stated they couldn't be trusted ''not'' to screw up the way they were going, and if they wanted his trust they'd have to earn it.

Once in Las Vegas, Ironhide led his team to capture [[Grindor (ROTF)|the Decepticon Grindor]]. The target used his rotors to blast cars at everyone, knocking Ironhide over, though the human soldiers under [[Dundee|Sergeant Dundee]] completed the mission. Then the twins turned up to earn his trust and show their skills! ...which caused Grindor to be accidentally freed. This time, seeming to notice his way of dealing with the twins wasn't helping matters, Ironhide calmly pointed out that they'd made a mistake, but so does everyone: the trick is to ''learn'' from them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}}

He had them sent to be trained by [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], but didn't act on their claims of important info {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.4|New Tricks}} as he still doesn't trust them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Previously...}} Soon after that, they turned traitor ([[Soundwave (ROTF)|or so it seemed]]) and Ironhide worked with Optimus to capture them. When an anonymous tip-off came in that the twins were abducting [[Sam Witwicky]], Ironhide stated that the call seemed dodgy but they couldn't afford to not follow it up. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|Outlaw Blues}}

Later, after being alerted to the twins' position and while in a NEST carrier plane, Ironhide (with Sideswipe) watched the fugitives battle the very Decepticons they thought the twins had been aiding and abetting. With the plane unable to land, Ironhide continued to monitor the situation {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|Turnabout}} and would track the twins to the Decepticons' [[Mars (planet)|Phobos]] base. As a result, the Autobots cleared out a whole nest of [[Purple generic drone|drones]]. Finally realising that the twins ''had'' been innocent all along, Ironhide apologised to them and officially welcomed them into the Autobot's Earth division. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}

[[File:Titan11 cleaningupHoist.jpg|left|upright=1.67|thumb|"I think we've [[Hoist (Movie)|made a mistake]] here."]]

After the Fallen's defeat, Ironhide led clean-up operations against the Decepticon stragglers on Earth. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.11|Spare Parts!}}

[[File:Titan17 ironhideUGH.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|[[Ironfist (disambiguation)|Iron's fist!]]]]

In one different mission, he, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], and [[William Lennox]] were investigating strange clearances in [[Peru]] alongside [[Redway|Doctor Redway]]'s ecological survey team. They found several statues of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] in the jungle, while Ironhide was ''really'' eager to burn, but warned them the Decepticon was in the area. Ironhide identified blast damage as being caused by Starscream's Vulcan cannon, but before they could withdraw with the evidence the robot himself attack! Ironhide took him on, using his guns to clear the treeline and then engaging in hand-to-hand combat (and taking some major whacks to the face!), and eventually the Decepticon fled. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.17|The Kingdom of Starscream}}

As open battles were turning humans against the Transformers, Prime and Ironhide oversaw the creation of a secret covert unit that would monitor the Decepticons, wait for windows of opportunity out of the public eye, and then hit hard and fast. Ironhide was quite happy with the unit's performance, not knowing why Optimus was left disquiet about the tactics used.{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.18|Shadow War}} When preparing for an assault on [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]]'s base, Wheelie offered to help out. Unfotunately, Ironhide made the tragic mistake of declining the offer, as it lead to Wheelie turning on the Autobots. During the battle, Ironhide used himself as a human shield while Optimus and Bumblebee opened fire on [[Tankor (ROTF)|Tankor]] and [[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.20|Divided Loyalties}}

Sent on a mission with Ratchet, Ironhide confided in his companion that he would rather be on a suicide mission than where they were now—running public relations at an anti-[[Transformer|Cybertronian]] rally outside the [[Tech Museum of Innovation]]. After Ratchet's attempts to mollify the crowd failed, Ironhide tried his hand, but only managed to panic them further. Then, Starscream and Barricade arrived, and Ironhide boldly charged at them. Though he deftly disabled Barricade, Starscream threw a tanker truck at Ratchet and the humans. Ironhide body-slammed it out of the way and was promptly caught in the explosion. As the Decepticons prepared to finish him off, they were besieged by the protesters, who were now adamantly pro-Autobot. He was later well enough to request one of Castor's anti-Decepticon T-shirts. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.4|Automatic for the People}}

====Alternate timeline====
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In a reality where the Decepticons won, Ironhide was part of the Autobot resistance on [[Earth]] and was in contact with reinforcements from Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}} He and Ratchet were in a mission in Savannah, Georgia, the site of the Decepticon's [[Eco-structuring|cyberforming]] process. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2}} Using [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] disguises, they sneaked in and Ironhide worked out how to destroy the facility and save the planet, only to find [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] let them in to kill them! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 11|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3}} Ironhide got the slag kicked out of him until Ratchet saved him, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4}} but he made up for it in keeping the Decepticons distracted while Ratchet finally took out the AllSpark. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}}

He was stationed near a refugee shelter in Savannah following the liberation of America. When Decepticons attacked the shelter, a position with no strategic value, Ironhide suspected it was a trap—which it was, an attempt to keep the Autobots in a position where a manipulated [[NATO]] could kill them all. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath Part 1}} Ironhide showed annoyance that the humans couldn't see the Autobots were just trying to help, and he replied with a curt "fine" when he was ordered not to return fire on any human tanks. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|Aftermath Part 2}}

Alongside [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]], he protected San Diego from a Decepticon raid, talking the younger Autobot through how to best drive off the attackers. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}}

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When Optimus wanted [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] to be secretly brought from the long-dead Cybertron to Earth, Ironhide was the one chosen to lead the mission (Bumblebee, Arcee and Armorhide with him). Ironhide warned his team to be on their guard, trust nothing, and that they'd die if they got misty-eyed about being home. Soon after landing, they ran into [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]]'s Decepticons, and Ironhide was challenged to hand-to-hand combat to resolve the situation. The look on Ironhide's face as Stockade shrugged off his strongest blow was a joy to behold (but not for Ironhide cos he got battered). {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Return to Cybertron: Part 1}}

[[File:StockadeVsIronhide.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|left|...Well, ''that's'' never happened before.]]
Ironhide absolutely refused to back down or surrender, leading to Stockade beating him up a few more times. When it became clear the Decepticons were going to use all the Nucleon to summon an alien entity into Cybertron's core, Ironhide decided to provide the "distraction" so the other Autobots could stop the plan: that distraction being to run over [[Divebomb (Movie)|Divebomb]] and smash into things, which ended when Stockade smashed him up one last time. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron: Part 2}}

When [[Unicron]] entered Cybertron's core and began reshaping the planet, Ironhide ordered Bumblebee to flee from falling rubble and not wait for him... and got squished. The other Autobots pulled him out, and he decided the only logical response to Unicron's invasion was to ''blow up the planet''. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}} Luckily, a newly arrived Optimus had a better plan: Cut off the Nucleon that Unicron was using to power his physical form. Ironhide was part of this mission and led the defensive action against Unicron's internal defender drones, but lost his mega-bazooka in the process. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}}

Upon returning to Earth and being fired on by Decepticons (who had seized Autobase and the six hundred square miles around it), he said he's the last guy to run from a firefight but they should... run from a firefight. He was both respectful of the fact the Autobots had not been around to stop the Decepticons and recognised the President was a blatant Decepticon slave. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Hard Target}}

He was part of the raid to get [[Mikaela Banes]] back from the Decepticons, noting the Decepticons were letting them enter Savannah. His big contribution to the mission was to get thwacked by [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

Optimus and Ironhide both realised Allen would be used against them, and so two weeks before he ''was'', Ironhide covertly contatced [[Tom Banachek]] and set him up to identify ''every'' Decepticon cerebro-strip puppet in the US government. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part 3}} When it became clear Allen was going to order the Autobots off American soil, Ironhide headed off to do something ''mysteeeeerious'' with Bumblebee, which turned out to be setting things up so they could fake their own deaths. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution Part 1}} This gave the Autobots the freedom to rig up the means to forcibly exile the Decepticons on Cybertron, and once Banachek was done the Autobots returned to hit the [[Decepticon Heartland]].

Ironhide was in the spearhead, acting as Prime's second-in-command and having his dialogue stolen by [[Strongarm (Movie)|Strongarm]]. He forcibly teleported Starscream to Cybertron, helping finally win a lasting peace for Earth. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part 3}}

====Law and Disorder====
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[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] was meant to be a solo letters page host, but Ironhide forcibly took co-ownership of the section. He spends his time undermining and dissing Barricade. Particularly, he used to seem focused on the fact Barricade was beaten by Bumblebee, viewing this as laughable and Bumblebee as a weak fighter (#2). ([[:File:Bumblebeehandlesthis.jpg|Maybe he's trying to cover something...]]) He later began to admit Bumblebee is hardcore (#3, #7), and started switching tactics to taunting Barricade for his absence from the new video games (#4, #12) and the awesome popularity of [[Live-action film series|the Autobot propaganda films]]. (#5) He did try once to get on with Barricade but the Decepticon was having none of it. (#6)

While he's happy to dish it, he's not so happy when the Decepticon wins out. When a [[Female Transformer]] wrote in and engaged in heavy flirting with Barricade, Ironhide got grumpy and abruptly decided that was all the letters they had time for and ran reader's photos instead. (#5) At other times, he's tried to shame readers for being too pro-Decepticon (#7, #8) and dissed their creative work. (#11, #12) He's even menaced ''[[Simon Furman|Furman himself]]'' into writing more pro-Autobot scripts! (#12)

From #9, he started offering Barricade the opportunity to defect to the Autobots. And he ''will not stop''. He's even admitted that the Decepticon has grown on him and he's becoming fond of him, something Barricade considers an act of psychological warfare. (#11)

Barricade likes and admires ''your'' anal-retentive knowledge of Transformers trivia! (#1) Very soon after announcing this, he turned against it (fans must've kept emailing him). (#7) Despite this, he often encourages and defends the younger Autobot fans, encouraging young kids to dress as Transformers and send in pictures; he's also a supporter of [[unofficial conventions|fan conventions]]! (#7) We're not just his fans, we're his "biological insurgents"! (#9)

Ironhide is in talk with some producers about the third film being focused on ''him'', but is disgruntled that they're insisting on Bumblebee being in it as his sidekick. (#8)

He's a big fan of video games, especially the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Xbox 360 ROTF game]] (#4) and ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' (#12), and always loves playing against people in multiplayer! (#4)(#7) His other favourite things are [[Michael Bay]]'s explosive directing style (#5), and both heavy metal music and DJ Shadow. (#7) He also admires [[Batman]] cos his car has ''lots'' of weapons (#2).

Details about his past have been revealed: When Ironhide was four years old, he lived in [[Tyger Pax]] and assembled his first high yield plasma accelerator. He was often told off for hanging around the primary heat exchangers downtown. (#7) He's encountered the [[Combaticon (ROTF)|Combaticons]] before, along with Optimus, and warns readers to be careful around them! (#3) He has some awareness of [[Unicron]] too, describing him as being "as mad as his mouth is big, so pretty mad". (#6) More surprisingly, he was once active in the ''1980s'', [[Starscream (Movie)#Star Screams|similar to Starscream]], when he took the form of a [[Ironhide (G1)/toys|red version of Ratchet]]. He fought Barricade during this time, and still has disgust for mullets. (#12)

[[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] annoys him. A ''lot''. (#9) Enough so that, upon hearing the punishment given to Decepticons who defect, he pleaded with Barricade to send someone to "collect" Wheelie... (#10)

Sometimes, he wistfully wonders what it must be like to have [[relatives|a son]]... (#10)

===Novels===
====''Ghosts of Yesterday''====
During their long search for the AllSpark, the crew of the ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]'' encountered a strange ship in an abandoned star system. Ironhide identified it as Decepticon, but on second glance wasn't so sure. Though he was all in favor of destroying the mystery craft in case it was a Decepticon trap, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] disagreed, believing it to be of alien construction. As [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] followed the ship down to a planet, Ironhide appeared to express concern for his fellow, though he later dismissed this as not wanting their numbers depleted. Ironhide and [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] backed up Optimus when the Decepticons sprang an attack on them, though Ironhide was growing increasingly uncomfortable with the passive tactics they were employing. He and Jazz ejected [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] from the ''Ark'''s hangar. After the fight, Optimus departed to help Bumblebee, and left Ironhide in charge.

During a subsequent Decepticon attack, Ironhide and Jazz employed a new plan wherein Jazz distracted the foe, and Ironhide attempted to approach the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]'' from a sensor blind-spot. The plan might have succeeded had [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] not chosen that moment to return from the nearby planet. Jazz was badly damaged as a result, and Ironhide had to work with [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] to return them both safely to the ''Ark''. The return of Optimus and Bumblebee meant another battle, and Ironhide was matched up against Bonecrusher. He managed to avoid getting hit for the most part, though he did suffer some damage to his armor. Following the Decepticon retreat, and Optimus's news that [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and possibly the AllSpark were located on Earth, Ironhide opined that Starscream would be reluctant to go there because he wanted Megatron to stay lost. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

====''The Veiled Threat''====
{{Note|The events of ''The Veiled Threat'' take place during [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers: Alliance|Alliance]]'' comic.}}

During a trip back to Diego Garcia, Ironhide's ship was stopped by Somali pirates. Although the crew could have taken them, they decided to let Ironhide handle it. Transforming into [[robot mode]], Ironhide instructed the pirates to "walk the plank". Most of the pirates opted to instead jump off the ship at running speed.

Following reports that Starscream was operating in [[Zambia]], Ironhide accompanied Optimus, Ratchet, [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]], and [[Beachbreak]] to Africa with Captain Lennox, Sergeant Epps, [[Petr Andronov]], and [[Kaminari Ishihara]]. They confronted [[Macerator (ROTF)|Macerator]], [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]], and [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] on the Zambezi, where the Decepticons fought in the river, pulling the Autobots downstream. Optimus nearly fell over the falls, but was saved by Beackbreak, at the cost of his life. Ironhide got some payback at a dam down the river, which the Decepticons were trying to destroy. Macerator was killed and Payload swept away when they opened the flood gates rather than allow him to destroy the dam, but Ironhide was forced to let Dropkick escape since he was heading toward the humans.

Following this, two separate signals of Decepticon activity were detected, in [[Peru]] and the [[Australia]]n outback. Ironhide accompanied Optimus, Salvage, Lennox, and Kaminara to Australia. As they reached the outback close to dark, they decided to begin searching in the day, with Lennox taking Ironhide's cab, a situation the old Autobot preferred, as he would have turned one of his lesser weapons on Kami's music devices (stop looking at him like that, he wouldn't have hurt her). The next day, Lennox realized that the Decepticons were interested in the two regions because of energy sources, uranium in Australia's case, and Lennox theorized that it might the Decepticons might hope to use the energy to reactivate a depleted Spark. Considering the situation, Ironhide conceded that a spark could be restored via a focused energy blast, but doubted that human resources could do the trick, and the individual in question would be only partially revived at best. Two days later, the NEST team discovered the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s [[Kickback (ROTF)|Kickback]], [[Tread]], and [[Trample]]. Ironhide wailed on Trample for a while before he grabbed Kami, but she used her weapon to disorient him and allow Ironhide to move in for the kill.

After their return to Diego Garcia, reports came in of [[Jolt (Movie)|Deadend]] and [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] racing around in [[Rome]]. Ironhide went along as part of the NEST team, but found himself unable to enter the narrower streets that the two Decepticons were using to get around. Though [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knockout]] managed to deal with the two cars on his own, Starscream arrived and challenged Prime to one-on-one combat. It was a ruse to lure Optimus into a trap, leaving Ironhide, Ratchet and Knockout to fight Starscream themselves. They managed to hold their own against the much larger Decepticon, largely thanks to Ironhide's might, until Optimus got free of the trap and joined them, at which point Starscream fled. {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}

====''Classified'' novels====
Ironhide took part in several [[Battle of Polyhex|battles]] in [[Polyhex]] with Optimus Prime during the war.

On [[Earth]], he and Optimus later used the same tactics while dealing with a trio of Decepticons who attacked the [[Nevada Test and Training Range]]. Also he killed [[Tracer (Classified)|Tracer]] by shooting the Decepticon in the face. Afterwards, Ironhide wondered if the humans might give them medals, but Optimus revealed that the trio had been communicating with an unidentified third party. Ironhide was annoyed when the humans later kept them out of the loop. Optimus and Ironhide later traveled to [[Hawthorne Army Depot]], where [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]] had uncovered an ancient cache of weapons, including a personal [[force field]]. This made it difficult for Ironhide to use his guns on the Decepticon, and even trying to punch Reverb resulted in Ironhide being knocked backwards and being hit by Reverb's sonic cannon. He was too injured to do much for the rest of the battle, though a missile he later fired proved that Reverb's force field had failed. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Switching Gears|Switching Gears}}

Ironhide was back up to fighting strength a month later, and helped [[Hyperdynamix]] test their new prototype tank, though he almost lost the battle with it. When Decepticons later attacked Hyperdynamix, he, Optimus and Ratchet went to defend the location, but had trouble locating the Decepticons in question. The game of hide and seek ended for Ironhide when he was sent by helicopter to [[Battle Mountain]] to pick up [[Gears (ROTF)|Gears]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Kevin Bowman]], who had left the base without permission. To his disappointment, he arrived back at Hyperdynamix to find the three attacking Decepticons had already been finished off. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Battle Mountain|Battle Mountain}}

During a visit to Hyperdynamix Aerospace to learn about the [[Hyperdynamix Orbital Debris Disposal Initiative Station|HODDIS]] station intended to track incoming Cybertronians, and the satellite with which [[Alexander Porter|Dr. Porter]] intended to wipe out the Decepticons, incoming meteoroids were detected. Optimus, Ironhide and Ratchet and his team went to the crash site in [[Idaho]], and found themselves having to fight the giant robot centipedes which came out of the meteoroids. Dubbing them "[[robo-pede]]s", Ironhide teamed up with Ratchet to take down two of them before they could reach a human town, and had to follow one into a lake to catch it. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Satellite of Doom|Satellite of Doom}}

===Toy bios===
Even before the war began, Ironhide loved weapons. Nothing made him happier than travelling to some remote asteroid field where he could let loose and blast rocks to his spark's content. These days, Ironhide's targets are all mobile, and the length of the war has started to take the fun out of heavy weaponry for him. {{storylink|#Titanium Series|Titanium Series}} Nonetheless, he found time between fights to train Arcee in combat. {{storylink|Arcee (Movie)#Scout Class toys|Target Arcee bio}}

Just before coming to Earth, Jazz was badly hurt in a battle with Brawl. As part of his recovery, Ironhide helped upgrade Jazz's endoskeleton reinforcements. {{storylink|Jazz (Movie)#Premium|Premium Jazz bio}}

When Ironhide got himself a new pulse cannon, and couldn't wait to test it out on the Decepticons. {{storylink|#Fast Action Battlers|Pulse Cannon Ironhide}} At some point, he had a knock-down, drag-out fight with Blackout, possibly in a desert. {{storylink|#Legends Class toys|Ironhide Vs Desert Blackout}}

With the war over, and infused with the power of the AllSpark, Ironhide felt like a young 'bot again and decided to spend his new spare time by exploring Earth. Together with his new human friends, he's having the time of his life conquering the most challenging trails on the planet, from Death Valley to the darkest Amazon basin! {{storylink|#Voyager Class toys|Offroad Ironhide}} He does this with William Lennox, who he stays with; when the soldier's away, Ironhide watches his family for him. And he also gets to play with [[Sector Seven]] experimental weaponry! Yay peace! {{storylink|#Voyager Class toys|Premium Ironhide}}

During this relatively quiet period, Ironhide also began mentoring [[Landmine (Movie)|Landmine]] in the ways of battle. {{storylink|Landmine (Movie)|Landmine bio}}

With Megatron dead, the Autobots are able to go on the offensive. Hunting down and killing Decepticons is the most fun Ironhide ever had! {{storylink|Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 2|Ironhide 2009}} As part of this mission, he got spiffy new red armour, making him far tougher. {{storylink|Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Fast Action Battlers 2|Cannon Force Ironhide}}

Ironhide took on specific missions against especially dangerous Decepticons: leading a team against the infamous and ferocious [[Sparkcrusher]] and [[Runamuck (ROTF)|Runamuck]] {{storylink|Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Legend Class toys 2|Straightway Shootout}}, using stealth tactics to hunt down the murderous [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]] in Southeast Asian jungles {{storylink|Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 2|Recon Ironhide}}, and doing a solo op against weapons specialist [[Hailstorm (TF 2010)|Hailstorm]]. He actually volunteered for that last one: the two used to belong to the same gun club on Cybertron, and he both knows how dangerous Hailstorm is and is eager to test his guns against him! {{storylink|Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys|Ironhide (2010)}}

Somewhat disturbingly, Ironhide feels ''nothing'' matches the thrill of establishing a target lock, and the world slows down around him as he heads into battle. Part of him hopes he ''never'' runs out of Decepticons to kill... {{storylink|Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Robot Replicas|Robot Replicas Ironhide}}

===''Beast Wars Diorama Story''===
At some point, Ironhide and multiple Autobots and Decepticons traversed dimensions and found themselves on a different [[Earth]], in the distant past. They crossed paths with new Transformer factions, the [[Maximal]]s and the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, who were engaged in a conflict called the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. A battle broke out between the four factions. The Autobots and the Decepticons eventually returned to their home dimension, leaving the Maximals and Predacons behind to settle the Beast Wars. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Diorama Story|Beast Wars Diorama Story}}

===''Mini Mayhem!''===
Sam asked Ironhide and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] whether either of them ever thought of defeating [[The Fallen]] with water, him always being on fire and all. Ironhide responded that they had instead tried to "fight fire with fire" in the most literal sense, though the results were less than desirable. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===''Cyber Missions''===
{{voiceactor|[[Bronco D. Jackson]] (English)|[[Germán Fabregat]] (Latin American-Spanish)}}
[[File:Ironhide Cyber Missions.JPG‎|thumb|upright=1.67|left|About to get a fright.]]

While reviewing some [[Datatrax|data tracks]] with [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], an explosion was detected outside of [[NEST]] HQ. Ironhide told Bumblebee to lock down the most important data tracks while he went to investigate the explosion. As it turned out, it was [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]], whom Ironhide had been hoping for a rematch. After a brief struggle, Bludgeon lured Ironhide into the jungle, and hit him with a tree. Bumblebee then contacted Ironhide (to inform him that Bludgeon was a feint to allow [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to break into the base) but Ironhide told Bumblebee that this was between him and Bludgeon. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 1}} Optimus Prime, however, disagreed, and by morning, told Ironhide to not engage Bludgeon. The Decepticon made that difficult, but Ironhide eventually gained the upper hand, cornering him at a cliff. Deciding to extend the olive branch, Ironhide offered to ensure Bludgeon would receive amnesty if he joined the Autobots (and people say Ironhide is too aggressive). Bludgeon rejected the offer out of fear of Megatron's wrath and jumped off the cliff, escaping. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 2}}

Lost in the jungle, Ironhide stumbled onto a cave. There he was hypnotised by [[Mindwipe (ROTF)|Mindwipe]] and commanded to gather up the deposits of [[energon]] scattered around the cave floor. He remained that way until Optimus Prime was able to defeat Mindwipe, at which point he wondered what the heck had been going on. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 5}} Some time later, he took Bumblebee to train in some snowy wastes. While he was somewhat aggressive with his training methods, he suddenly stopped when he saw that they had almost crushed a flower growing in the snow. Bumblebee wondered what the fuss was, until Ironhide pointed out that the flower was giving off sentient life readings, and swore the smaller bot to secrecy, as the revelation might have weirded out the humans. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 8}}

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While speeding down [[Interstate 95]], Ironhide was pulled over by a police car. He was just contemplating Optimus's reaction to him having been pulled over by the Earth authorities, when he realised that he'd been ambushed by [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]. While he was holding them at bay with his bravado, Lockdown grabbed the missile right out of his launcher, only for the missile to explode and knock the Decepticon down. Ironhide followed this up by picking up a nearby dump truck and emptying its contents on Barricade, before chasing the two Decepticons off. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 11}}

Ironhide was one of the group of Autobots who went to aid Optimus Prime in a remote area of the [[Arctic]]. They were intercepted by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], but brought the Decepticon jet down and caught up with Optimus in time to see him letting [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] go. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 12}} Ironhide took part in a gambit to trap the Decepticons. As Optimus and Megatron fought, Ironhide, Ratchet and Bumblebee attacked the other Decepticons. Starscream tried to flee, but Ironhide fired on him, forcing the Decepticon to try and engage him in combat at ground level. Ironhide easily matched him for strength and, with the defeat of Megatron, the Decepticons fled. Bumblebee and Ironhide celebrated their victory as Optimus delivered yet another speech. {{storylink|Decepticons Attack}}
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===''I Can Read!'' books===
[[File:OptimusandIronhide-TrainingDay.jpeg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Ironhide met up with Optimus, Sideswipe and Bumblebee in a desert to train. He and Optimus tackled a rough off-road trail, only for their training to be interrupted by a nearby dam bursting open. The two Autobots sealed up the dam using rocks from a nearby quarry. They met back up with Bumblebee and Sideswipe afterwards, who admitted to have encountered their own "natural disaster." The source of the disturbances soon revealed itself to be Megatron and Starscream tunneling underground. Though the two Decepticons attempted to ambush the Autobots, Ironhide and the others were able to send them running thanks to the training they had gone through that day. {{storylink|Training Day (book)|Training Day}}

[[File:ScalpelvsIronhide-RttR.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
Ironhide and Ratchet encountered [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] and [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]] at a sea-side dock. Ratchet was able to hold off the Decepticons with an electrical discharge, allowing both Autobots to escape safely. Ironhide later helped the Autobots defeat the Decepticons in Egypt. {{storylink|Ratchet to the Rescue}}
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===''Hunt for the Decepticons'' storybooks===
[[File:SamwarnsAutobots-SatelliteMeltdown.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.1|right]]
Upon learning that [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]] and [[Ratbat (ROTF)|Ratbat]] were causing trouble, Optimus ordered Ironhide and the rest of the Autobots to roll out to face the Decepticons. Thanks to Soundwave's tampering with their communications, however, the Autobots arrived at an abandonned warehouse instead of where the trouble was taking place. Thankfully, Sam and Bumblebee met with the Autobots, and led them to the correct location. The Decepticons were defeated and the Autobots cheered Sam for his help in the mission. {{storylink|Satellite Meltdown}}

===''Spot the 'Bots''===
Ironhide and a group of other Autobots duked it out against the Decepticons in an old warehouse in a battle that would decide the fate of the Earth! {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Spot the 'Bots}}
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===''Unite for the Universe''===
Ironhide was aiding N.E.S.T. operatives dispose of the remains of fallen Decepticons by smelting them when [[Skystalker (ROTF)|Skystalker]] attacked the group. He was unable to stop the Decepticon from teleporting away with several Decepticon carcasses, though the humans were kept safe thanks to his efforts. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|Unite for the Universe #1|Ambition Instigated}}

===Transformers Annual 2011===
When Decepticon activity was detected in [[Tokyo]], Ironhide headed there with Optimus, Sideswipe and Ratchet. Unfortunately for him, he was elsewhere in the city when all the fun occurred. {{storylink|Sam in Danger}}

==Games==
===''Transformers'' The Game (Console)===
{{voiceactor|[[Mark Ryan]] (English)|[[Patrice Melennec]] (French)}}

====Autobot campaign====
Ironhide arrived on Earth alongside the other Autobots upon Bumblebee's call. As [[Sector Seven]] forces closed in on them, Jazz was given the task of drawing the human authorities' attention away from the others. When Jazz soon found himself trapped by both human agents ''and'' Decepticons, Ironhide was sent to rescue him (without, Prime ordered him, another incident like that on [[Kyber-5]]), a task that ended with his tangling with a [[Mixmaster (Movie)|Mixmaster]] unit in a construction lot.

A brief aside with Optimus Prime during the rescue revealed Ironhide's actions may have resulted in the destruction of [[Kyber-5|a small planet]] at one point. Ironhide maintained that it was going to blow up ''anyway''.

In [[Mission City]], Ironhide once again was called to the rescue, as Bumblebee was trapped by a massive swarm of [[Energon drone]]s activated by the [[AllSpark#Live-action movie universe|AllSpark]]. Ironhide waded into the thick of them and destroyed every last one. Shortly afterwards, he responded to Jazz's S.O.S. call, but was too late; the warrior had been killed by [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]]. Enraged, Ironhide engaged the tank, smashing through the backup drone-units before finally taking on Brawl himself. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game (console)}}

====Decepticon campaign====
As the Decepticons closed in on the AllSpark within Mission City, [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] was tasked with bringing down the mighty Ironhide. Ironhide's powerful cannons, force shielding and hordes of backup drones made this fight ''incredibly'' difficult for Blackout, but the mammoth Decepticon was finally able to take Ironhide out. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game (console)}}

===''Transformers: The Game'' (PSP)===
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===Transformers Autobots===
Ironhide served as a mentor to the young [[Create-A-Bot (Autobot)|Create-A-Bot]] as he learned the ropes on Earth. He was a bit annoyed by the kid's spunk, but knew he had a good Spark deep down. He later accompanied him to the Arctic to find Megatron, but discovered that the Decepticon leader had been moved elsewhere. On their way out of the region, they were attacked by Starscream, but the old war horse was able to fend him off.

In Tranquility, Ironhide met up with his leader and the rest of the team, and laid low until Optimus summoned them. After revealing Sector Seven's custody of both Megatron and the AllSpark, Bumblebee was sent to create a distraction so the group could escape. However, the rookie ended up getting Bumblebee caught by trying to show off. Ironhide scolded him, but was enraged to learn that Optimus decided to leave Bumblebee behind in favor of the AllSpark. Ironhide blew up at his leader, claiming that Optimus only cared about killing his brother, a belief he'd apparently been bottling up for some time. Jazz coldly told him to leave, and Ironhide eventually joined the group on their way to Hoover Dam.

When Bumblebee was eventually found, Ironhide apologized for his attack on his leader. However, before he could finish, Optimus reassured him that no harm was done between the two old friends. When Megatron was released and the Decepticons set about to bomb the dam, Ironhide was able to halt the scheme and headed for Tranquility. In the ensuing city-wide battle, Ironhide fought off countless Decepticons with the help of the rookie, who himself fell in battle defeating Megatron. Ironhide joined the other Autobots in solidarity as Optimus called out for more to join them on Earth.

{{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons}}

===Transformers Decepticons===
Ironhide took part in the battle for Tranquility when Megatron stormed it for the AllSpark, and ran into his old nemesis Brawl. Despite his best efforts, Ironhide ultimately died defending the city.

{{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons}}

===AllSpark Wars===
After the first battle with the Decepticons on Earth, Ironhide and the other Autobots went into stasis lock, held in storage around the world. {{storylink|AllSpark Wars}}

===Allspark Highway===
The Autobots obtained the AllSpark, and needed to bring it to a secure location. Relaying it to one another, Ironhide being the third link in the chain, the Autobots kept the AllSpark out of Decepticon hands until the evil robots simply gave up the chase. {{storylink|Allspark Highway}}
===''Transformers Video Mash-Up''===
{{note|Various short clips featuring Ironhide were available for users to custom-create their own short film about the Transformers.}} {{storylink|Transformers Video Mash-Up}}

===Autobot Stronghold===
The Decepticons were invading an Autobot stronghold in the city, and Ironhide and the Autobots placed themselves at key positions to defend it from attack. {{storylink|Autobot Stronghold}}

===''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game===
{{voiceactor|[[Jess Harnell]] (English)|[[Patrice Melennec]] (French)}}

====Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC====
=====Autobot campaign=====
Ironhide was the Autobots' heavy weapons specialist, armed with dual pulse cannons firing shotgun-like energy bursts, and proximity grenade launchers. He could deploy missile turrets for added firepower.

Ironhide oversaw both [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]]'s training in Tranquility, near [[Colin Banes|Mikaela's father's]] garage.

When [[Robert Epps|Sergeant Epps]] detected the presence of [[Stunticon (ROTF)|Stunticons]] in Shanghai, NEST deployed Ironhide to take them out. After fighting through numerous drones, their leader [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] appeared, leading the Ironhide in a pursuit through the winding back alleys of the city. Finally, the Decepticon was cornered on the roof of an apartment building, and with one mighty punch, Ironhide sent Sideways to the ground. Unfortunately, Ironhide was soon jumped by the [[Combaticon (ROTF)|Combaticons]] and [[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]] at the nearby spiral freeway and had to wait for Ratchet to rescue him. After being repaired, Ironhide returned to the spiral freeway and paid back Long Haul for his earlier defeat.

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{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)}}

=====Decepticon Campaign=====
After taking care of Sideways, Ironhide was sent to defend the spiral freeway to help the NEST units under attack by Long Haul. After a ferocious battle, Long Haul got the best of him. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)}}

====Wii/PS2====
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====PSP====
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===Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Autobots/Decepticons===
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===Transformers RPMs: Devastator's Demise===
[[File:Devastatorsdemise ironhide.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Ironhide was slow, but he made up for it in muscle. His 4x4 grip on the road was unequaled.

In order to defeat [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]], Bumblebee, Optimus and Ironhide drove through Cairo and avoided obstacles. {{storylink|Transformers RPMs: Devastator's Demise}}
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===Hunt for the Decepticons===
Once [[you]] were welcomed into the Autobots, Ironhide trained you in order to improve your strength, in order to prepare you for your fight with Megatron. Once the Decepticon tyrant was defeated, Ironhide and the rest of the Autobots thanked you for your contribution to the Autobot cause. {{storylink|Hunt for the Decepticons}}

===Strike Zone Showdown===
Ironhide, Ratchet and Bumblebee faced off against Megatron, Lockdown and Bludgeon in the middle of a forest in a battle to the death. Ironhide would launch missiles in high arcs to defeat his opponents. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Strike Zone Showdown|Strike Zone Showdown}}

===''Web Wars''===
Ironhide battled the Decepticons across the digital frontier, defending numerous websites across the internet from their encroachment! {{storylink|Web Wars}}

===''Dark of the Moon'' - The Game===
{{voiceactor|[[Jess Harnell]] (English)|[[Pascal Casanova]] (French)}}

====(Xbox 360/PS3)====
[[File:Ironhide, Ratchet and Optimus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67]]
After [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] succeeded in planting a virus into the Decepticon's network, [[NEST]] major [[Reynolds]] picked up an attack on Detroit which was reported to [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]]. Ironhide was contacted and ordered to go in and assist in the evacuation effort (which would involve killing lots of Decepticons). Ironhide arrived and, as he transformed, Optimus ordered him to destroy all Decepticons with minimal environmental damage much to Ironhide's disappointment. Irohnide met up with [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and pointed him in the right direction to the Decepticons. Ironhide went in to attack while Ratchet went to evacuate civilians. After fighting through many Decepticons, Ratchet sent out a distress call to Ironhide. Once Ironhide met up with Ratchet he discovered that the Decepticon, [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]], had heavily damaged him. Ironhide managed to make Mixmaster fall through the floor and saved Ratchet. Ratchet then required self repair and had Ironhide cover him until the repairs were finished. Once Ratchet finished repairs, Ironhide was informed [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] would send a new version of Ironhide's [[Heavy Iron]] weapon to him. This Heavy Iron 2.0 would be able to penetrate Mixmaster's shield and destroy him.

[[File:Ironhide VS Mixmaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
Ironhide eventually found Mixmaster and, after a brief fight, managed to destroy him.

Much later, Starscream stole a piece of [[MechTech]] from a defeated [[Stratosphere]] and tried to use it as a new weapon for the Decepticon cause. Instead, the weapon contained a tracking system that allowed the Autobots to find the Decepticon hideout and launch a full-scale assault on it. While attacking the base, Ironhide managed to find Megatron and shot him, causing Megatron to go flying through a wall. Megatron survived and vowed that Ironhide would pay for his interference.

[[File:Ironhide and Ratchet.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67]]
Ironhide assisted Ratchet in the evacuation of the wounded soldiers after the battle. They tried to get a fix on Optimus' location with no success, while at the same time failing to notice Megatron in his new vehicle mode leaving the base. Optimus however was fine but busy fighting [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and his [[Driller]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)}}

====Autobots/Decepticons====
[[File:DOTMDS Ironhide.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Optimus Prime alerted Ironhide to the fact that [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] might be trying to bring the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s back online, but more importantly that [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] was hanging around a nearby industrial park. Ironhide headed for the industrial park and protected a bunch of buildings from the Decepticons. Some time later, Mirage contacted Ironhide to tell him that Lockdown had infiltrated the NEST base, and Ironhide was eventually able to chase the Decepticon down. When the Autobots tracked the Decepticons to [[Siberia]], Ironhide was selected to gain access to their base by shutting down the radar installations surrounding it. Once they got inside and worked out where Megatron was, Ironhide asked Optimus who he was taking in with him. Optimus opted to go in alone, and was overcome by Megatron and [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], leading Ironhide to go in himself. Despite the Decepticons escaping, Optimus complemented Ironhide's skills as a warrior. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons|Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons}}
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===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' (mobile game)===
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===''Cyberverse Battle Builder''===
Ironhide joined the rest of the Autobots in combating the Decepticons on battlefields on Earth, the Earth's Moon and on Cybertron. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Cyberverse Battle Builder}}

===''MechTech Weapons Challenge''===
When Bumblebee was sent off on missions to retrieve stolen MechTech weapons technology from the Decepticons, Ironhide could provide him with a plethora of weaponry to aid him in his trials. {{storylink|MechTech Weapons Challenge}}

===''Transformers: Age of Extinction'' (mobile game)===
Ironhide was one of the Autobots, who helped destroy the Decepticons on streets of Texas, Detroit and Chicago (Despite his death). He also get a red paintjob too.
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===''Transformers: The Ride – 3D''===
{{voiceactor|[[Jess Harnell]] (English)}}

To his distaste, Ironhide had to try to whip some new NEST recruits into shape, and lectured them on how inferior they were to Cybertronians. He made it clear that the NEST recruits would not defeat any Decepticon on their own; rather, Ironhide promised that as a unit, they would defeat the Decepticons... as long as they stopped bringing in churros, that is. He could later be seen firing on Devastator along with Ratchet.
{{storylink|Transformers: The Ride – 3D}}

===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:Ironhide-Forged-to-Fight.jpg|thumb|300px|Are you glad to see me alive and kicking?]]
Ironhide was one of the Autobots pulled from [[Live-action film series|his universe]] by the [[Quintesson]]s and forced to fight. He eventually joins the [[You|Commander]]. There are at least a few of him running around! {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}

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==Toys==
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==Merchandise==
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==Notes==
[[File:MovieIronhidevsLost.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|The crossover you never expected to see!]]

*In the initial draft of the [[Transformers (film)|first movie]], Ironhide was not present among the Autobot cast. However, he replaced female Autobot [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] in later drafts and the subsequent final script.
*According to his animation files in the [[Transformers The Game|video game]], his alternate mode was going to be a GMC Dually instead of a GMC Topkick.
*In the first movie, Ironhide's guns ''alone'' have 10,000 CGI parts ''each''. Yet this was somehow passed over in the Academy Awards for {{w|The Golden Compass (film)|talking polar bears}}.
*Ironhide's robot CG model in the first movie sports the [[license plate]] "4PCI382" on his chest. Despite not being visible in the movie itself, the GMC Topkick car prop used as his [[alternate mode]] sports the same plate (registered in California in January), as seen in set photos. This appears to be a license plate reserved for Hollywood productions, as it was also used for the ''{{w|Lost (TV series)|Lost}}'' season 5 episode "[[wikia:lostpedia:The Little Prince|The Little Prince]]", for the car driven by minor character Dan Norton. The ''Transformers'' version of the license plate was later auctioned off.<ref name="auction plate">[http://www.yourprops.com/Ironhide-Screen-Used-License-Plate-original---screen-used-movie-props-Transformers--2007--prop-15186.html Ironhide license plate prop for auction, YourProps.com]</ref> Oddly enough, in ''Revenge of the Fallen'', Ironhide clearly sports ''no'' license plate in vehicle mode anymore, whereas on the [[Chicago]] set for ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', the GMC Topkick car prop sported a black plate with a [[NEST]] logo on it<ref name="chicago2">[http://www.seibertron.com/live-action-films/gallery.php?id=132&size=0&start=100 Dark of the Moon Chicago set (2)] at Seibertron.com.</ref>... yet his old "4PCI382" plate can still be seen on his [[robot mode]] chest in both movies.
*If you look really closely, you can see a large scar over Ironhide's right eye, which is kinda cool.
*If you watch his movements when he first emerges from the pool in the first movie, he walks with a slight limp.
*Apparently, he's a bit of a fan of [[Batman]]. {{Storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}}
*The [[NEST]] "Special Programs" logo on the first ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Voyager class Ironhide's toy is based upon a shoulder patch on [[Graham]]'s uniform.
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*[[TakaraTomy]] marketing director, [[Masahiko Yamazaki]], has claimed that the Japanese version of ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' takes place in the Movie continuity and that [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (renamed Ironhide in Japan) would actually ''be'' Movie Ironhide. Yamazaki's statement has come under some contradiction, as he also said that Bulkhead would have his "world view" altered in the dub to reflect Movie Ironhide's when, in fact, Japanese Bulkhead remains the same in personality as US Bulkhead. So whether Bulkhead actually ''is'' Ironhide in Japan remains uncertain at the moment.
*During Chapter Two of the ''Dark of the Moon'' video game, Ironhide's old cannons can be seen on his arms with battle damage, in following with his ejection of them during the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' film and implying he retrieved them.
*Ironhide is the basis for the non-toy character [[Nagoya Prime]].
*In ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]'', Ironhide is seen on the cards [[Harold Attinger]] pulls out early in the film, listed as deceased and having been last seen in Chicago. However, Ironhide was killed by Sentinel Prime in Washington, D.C., midway through ''Dark of the Moon'', and long before the final battle in Chicago.
*Ironhide's Cybertronian design in ''Bumblebee'' is heavily inspired by his Generation 1 [[Ironhide (G1)|namesake]].
*A Seibertron article on [[Jon Bailey]]'s experience shows that Bailey auditioned for Ironhide, meaning he was originally meant to speak in ''Bumblebee''.<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/bumblebee-movie-voice-actor-jon-bailey-talks-about-his-experience/42553/ Seibertron article Bailey's experience]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Czech:'' '''Železňák''' (first movie's first dub only) ("Iron guy")
*''Japanese:'' '''Ironhide''' (アイアンハイド ''Aianhaido'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Acélfej''' ("Steelhead")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tiěpí''' (Taiwan, 鐵皮, China, 铁皮, "Iron Hide")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Staleshkir''' (Сталешкір, "Steelskin")

==References==
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[[Category:Age of Extinction Autobots]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Autobots]]
[[Category:Bumblebee Autobots]]
[[Category:Classified Autobots]]
[[Category:Cyber Missions characters]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Autobots]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:Letters page answerers]]
[[Category:Movie Autobots]]
[[Category:NEST]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Autobots]]

List of astronomical objects and locations

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Being a franchise centered on an alien race that travels through space, ''Transformers'' has a lot of space stuff.

As there are many things not originating in ''Transformers'', those original to the fiction are '''bolded'''. For lists of universes, see [[universal stream]] and [[:Category:Universes]].

==Nebulae==
{{main|:Category:Nebulae}}
*[[Andromeda Galaxy|Andromeda Nebula]]
*'''[[Argon Nebulae]]'''
*'''[[Blot Nebula]]'''
*[[Crab Nebula]]
*'''[[Dark Nebula]]'''
*'''[[Eshems Nebula]]'''
*'''[[G Nebula 89]]'''
*'''[[Golden Nebula]]'''
*'''[[K'tord Nebula]]'''
*[[Magellanic Nebulae]]
*'''[[Muta-Gaath Nebula]]'''
*'''[[Nexus Zero]]'''
*'''[[Plait Expanse]]'''
*'''[[Skeleton Nebula]]'''
*[[Stone Place]]
*'''[[Zo Nebula]]'''

==Planets==
{{main|:Category:Planets}}
{{collist|5|
*[[10-11001-1110-1-10101-10011]]
*'''[[Abrax]]'''
*[[Adelbaren]]
*[[Airlandia]]
*'''[[Akalo]]'''
*'''[[Alaxuu]]'''
*'''[[Alpha 9]]'''
*[[Altair IV]]
*'''[[Ambervalia]]'''
*'''[[Andegea]]'''
*'''[[Andellor]]'''
*'''[[Animatron]]'''
*'''[[Antar]]'''
*'''[[Antares 3]]'''
*[[Antiga Prime]]
*'''[[Antilla]]'''
*'''[[Aouda Fogg]]'''
*'''[[Aquarius (planet)|Aquarius]]'''
*'''[[Aquatron]]'''
*'''[[Arachide]]'''
*'''[[Archon]]'''
*'''[[Arduria]]'''
*[[Argus IV]]
*'''[[Arkus]]'''
*[[Arus]]
*'''[[Ataglan]]'''
*'''[[Athenia]]'''
*'''[[Azure]]'''
*'''[[B'lahr 39]]'''
*'''[[Beast (planet)|Beast]]'''
*[[Bedlam]]
*'''[[Beta 4]]'''
*'''[[Beta-Nine]]'''
*'''[[Beta Hydra II]]'''
*'''[[Bhul]]'''
*'''[[Bk'n]]'''
*'''[[Black Space]]'''
*'''[[Blizzard Planet]]'''
*'''[[Blue Planet (Classified)|Blue Planet]]'''
*'''[[Brobdingnag]]'''
*'''[[Buras]]'''
*[[Byer's Planet]]
*'''[[Cabraxas IV]]'''
*'''[[Caldoon 4]]'''
*[[Camazotz]]
*'''[[Cameron]]'''
*'''[[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]]'''
*'''[[Canis Tor]]'''
*[[Cato Neimoidia]]
*'''[[Centaris Seven]]'''
*'''[[Ceti Alpha Seven]]'''
*'''[[Chaar]]'''
*'''[[Chakar]]'''
*'''[[Charon (planet)|Charon]]'''
*'''[[Cheyne]]'''
*'''[[Chronos]]'''
*'''[[Circuit Planet]]'''
*'''[[Clemency]]'''
*'''[[Codiscin One]]'''
*'''[[Comb]]'''
*'''[[Combatron (planet)|Combatron]]'''
*'''[[Constancy]]'''
*'''[[Corata-Vaz]]'''
*[[Coruscant]]
*'''[[Cresta Superior]]'''
*'''[[Crystal]]'''
*[[Crystallium]]
*'''[[Cuddlex]]'''
*'''[[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'''
*'''[[Cygnus Alpha]]'''
*'''[[Cygnus Seven]]'''
*[[Cyteen]]
*[[D'Hoonib]]
*'''[[Dabola]]'''
*'''[[Daffodil II]]'''
*'''[[Daira]]'''
*'''[[Dammar]]'''
*'''[[Darhos]]'''
*'''[[Daros]]'''
*'''[[Death-Trap]]'''
*'''[[Deimus]]'''
*'''[[Delta Pavonis IV]]'''
*'''[[Deneb IV]]'''
*[[Dendron Beta]]
*'''[[Derelictus Five]]'''
*'''[[Derut Four]]'''
*'''[[Desert Planet]]'''
*'''[[Desna]]'''
*'''[[Devilstar]]'''
*'''[[Devisiun (planet)|Devisiun]]'''
*'''[[Dew City]]'''
*'''[[Dinosaur (planet)|Dinosaur]]'''
*[[Divine Wind]]
*'''[[Donovan]]'''
*[[Doom]]
*'''[[Doruka III]]'''
*'''[[Double Devilstar]]'''
*'''[[Dread (planet)|Dread]]'''
*'''[[Dromedon]]'''
*'''[[Dross]]'''
*[[Druidia]]
*'''[[Duke (planet)|Duke]]'''
*'''[[Dykayra]]'''
*'''[[E'brutoc]]'''
*[[Earth]]
*[[Eberron]]
*'''[[Edaps]]'''
*'''[[Elpasos]]'''
*[[Elba]]
*[[Elonia]]
*[[Ellipsus]]
*'''[[Energoa]]'''
*'''[[Energy Planet X]]'''
*'''[[Eran]]'''
*'''[[Eska]]'''
*'''[[Eskabar]]'''
*[[Eternia]]
*'''[[Ethos]]'''
*'''[[Eukaris]]'''
*'''[[Eurythma]]'''
*[[Exbar]]
*[[Fabricon]]
*[[Fantoma]]
*'''[[Fara]]'''
*'''[[Femax]]'''
*'''[[Feminia]]'''
*[[Fhloston]]
*'''[[Flame (planet)|Flame]]'''
*[[Fleed]]
*'''[[Floron III]]'''
*'''[[Frellus IV]]'''
*'''[[Funghurus Six]]'''
*'''[[Furnacia]]'''
*'''[[Gaia]]'''
*'''[[Galleon]]'''
*'''[[Ganzvort]]'''
*'''[[Garro]]'''
*[[Garuda]]
*[[Geonosis]]
*'''[[Ghennix]]'''
*[[Giedi Prime]]
*'''[[Gigantion]]'''
*[[Gobotron]]
*'''[[Godbless]]'''
*'''[[Golgonath Seven]]'''
*'''[[Goo 8739B|Goo #8739B]]'''
*[[Gor]]
*'''[[Gorlam Prime]]'''
*'''[[Gpii II]]'''
*'''[[Gravett Tau]]'''
*'''[[Greengard]]'''
*'''[[Guard]]'''
*[[H'lven]]
*[[Hala]]
*[[Haydon IV]]
*[[Hebron]]
*'''[[Hedonia]]'''
*'''[[Helo-Q]]'''
*'''[[Hive (planet)|Hive]]'''
*'''[[Hole World]]'''
*'''[[Hub (G2)|Hub]]'''
*'''[[Huizenga]]'''
*[[Hurcuron IV]]
*'''[[Hydrophena]]'''
*'''[[Hydrus Four]]'''
*'''[[Hydrus 5]]'''
*[[Hyneria]]
*'''[[Hyperion (planet)|Hyperion]]'''
*'''[[Ijurn]]'''
*'''[[Ilixios]]'''
*'''[[Immatura]]'''
*'''[[Intel]]'''
*'''[[Iron Planet]]'''
*[[Ixchel]]
*'''[[Jabbio-Koratus]]'''
*'''[[Jhi]]'''
*[[Jiangyin]]
*'''[[Jion]]'''
*'''[[Jörmungandr]]'''
*'''[[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]'''
*[[Jupiter]]
*'''[[Kyber-5]]'''
*'''[[Kalkar (planet)|Kalkar]]'''
*[[Kamino]]
*'''[[Karashi-Delta]]'''
*[[Karbarra]]
*'''[[Karkas III]]'''
*'''[[Karn]]'''
*'''[[Ki-Aleta]]'''
*[[Kinmoku]]
*'''[[Klo]]'''
*[[Kobol]]
*'''[[Kol]]'''
*[[Krankor]]
*'''[[Kyron]]'''
*'''[[Lanarq]]'''
*'''[[Lithone (planet)|Lithone]]'''
*'''[[Loneedo]]'''
*'''[[Lovetopia]]'''
*'''[[Lucifer]]'''
*'''[[Luxor]]'''
*'''[[LV-117]]'''
*'''[[LV-118]]'''
*'''[[Macron]]'''
*'''[[Maderan]]'''
*'''[[Magisteria VI]]'''
*'''[[Magmara Nine]]'''
*[[Magrathea]]
*[[Majipoor]]
*'''[[Marasma]]'''
*[[Marklar]]
*[[Mars (planet)|Mars]]
*'''[[Master (planet)|Master]]'''
*'''[[Mato Grosso (planet)|Mato Grosso]]'''
*[[Maxie's World]]
*'''[[Maximal Army Central Headquarters]]'''
*'''[[McColamo]]'''
*[[Melmac]]
*'''[[Menonia]]'''
*[[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]]
*[[Merseia]]
*'''[[Messatine]]'''
*'''[[Metascan Alpha]]'''
*'''[[Metascan Omega]]'''
*'''[[Methuselah]]'''
*'''[[Mettzann IV]]'''
*'''[[Micro]]'''
*[[Micro Earth]]
*'''[[Miliarium]]'''
*'''[[Milton]]'''
*'''[[Mil-Wal]]'''
*'''[[Мир]]'''
*'''[[Millaath]]'''
*[[Mirtonia]]
*'''[[Moldavite I]]'''
*'''[[Moldavite IV]]'''
*'''[[Moldavite VI]]'''
*'''[[Molryus Minor]]'''
*[[Mongo (planet)|Mongo]]
*[[Mor-Tax]]
*'''[[Moriturus]]'''
*'''[[Mumu-Obscura]]'''
*[[Muunilinst]]
*'''[[Na'conda]]'''
*'''[[Nalva]]'''
*'''[[Nebulos]]'''
*[[Necronom IV]]
*'''[[Necroworld]]'''
*'''[[Nemesis (BWII)|Nemesis]]'''
*[[Nemon]]
*[[Neptune]]
*'''[[Nervissa]]'''
*'''[[Neutronia]]'''
*[[New Avalon]]
*'''[[New Earth]]'''
*'''[[New Kaon]]'''
*'''[[New Quintessa]]'''
*[[New Texas]]
*'''[[Nexus Zero]]'''
*'''[[Nexus Seven]]'''
*'''[[Nibari]]'''
*[[Nintenduu LXIV]]
*[[Nuliajuk]]
*'''[[Ocean Planet]]'''
*'''[[Odessix]]'''
*'''[[Ofsted XVII]]'''
*'''[[Olliphia]]'''
*'''[[Omnitron]]'''
*[[Optera]]
*'''[[Opulus]]'''
*[[Oran]]
*'''[[Orga]]'''
*[[Ork]]
*[[Orto Plutonia]]
*'''[[Outpost D-109]]'''
*'''[[P-0908]]'''
*'''[[P-4376]]'''
*[[Pangar]]
*'''[[Paradise]]'''
*'''[[Paradron]]'''
*[[Parthus]]
*'''[[Pasutaru]]'''
*'''[[Pequod]]'''
*[[Pern]]
*[[Persei Eight]]
*'''[[Pinea Omicron]]'''
*'''[[Pirate Planet]]'''
*'''[[Plains Planet]]'''
*'''[[Planet Q]]'''
*'''[[Planet X (Victory)|Planet X]]'''
*'''[[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]]'''
*'''[[Planet X (Animated)|Planet X]]'''
*[[Ploor]]
*[[Pluto]]
*[[Pollux]]
*'''[[Porcupine]]'''
*'''[[Pova]]'''
*'''[[Pralmtzurlz VI]]'''
*'''[[Praum]]'''
*[[Praxis]]
*'''The [[Presidium (planet)|Presidium]]'''
*[[Prysmos]]
*[[Pteryon]]
*'''[[Purgatory (planet)|Purgatory]]'''
*[[Pyrrus]]
*'''[[Pz-Zazz]]'''
*'''[[Q-356]]'''
*[[Qar-To]]
*[[Qom-Riyadh]]
*'''[[Qre]]'''
*'''[[Quartex (planet)|Quartex]]'''
*'''[[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]]'''
*'''[[Rada Mor]]'''
*'''[[Regalis V]]'''
*'''[[Regulon Four]]'''
*'''[[Regurgita IX]]'''
*'''[[Reida]]'''
*[[Reptizar]]
*'''[[Rigel III]]'''
*'''[[Rigel IV]]'''
*'''[[Rigel 6]]'''
*'''[[Rigel VII]]'''
*[[Rimmerworld]]
*'''[[Rock Planet]]'''
*'''[[Roliak]]'''
*'''[[Rotan]]'''
*'''[[S'elar]]'''
*'''[[Salvvatan VI]]'''
*'''[[Salvvatan VIII]]'''
*'''[[Sandokan]]'''
*'''[[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]]'''
*'''[[Sargasso]]'''
*[[Sarpeidon]]
*[[Saturn]]
*'''[[Scarvix]]'''
*'''[[Sectus Four]]'''
*'''[[Shanrigia IV]]'''
*'''[[Shi-La]]'''
*'''[[Shut-Up-Tornado-I'm-Trying-To-Think]]'''
*'''[[Sigma Seven]]'''
*'''[[Sigrath]]'''
*[[Skalorr]]
*[[Skaro]]
*'''[[Skriixos V]]'''
*'''[[Skuxxos]]'''
*'''[[Solid]]'''
*[[Soltias]]
*[[Soror]]
*'''[[Spensifax B]]'''
*[[Spheris]]
*'''[[Spindrift]]'''
*[[SR388]]
*'''[[Stero]]'''
*[[Stroggos]]
*'''[[Strontero]]'''
*'''[[Swearth]]'''
*'''[[Swirly]]'''
*'''[[Symbion (planet)|Symbion]]'''
*'''[[Szoria]]'''
*[[Talos Four]]
*'''[[Tamil Duniya]]'''
*'''[[Tantalus Five]]'''
*[[Tarazed]]
*'''[[Taros Four]]'''
*'''[[Tasumo]]'''
*[[Tatooine]]
*'''[[Tau-Ursa]]'''
*[[Taxxos]]
*[[TC²]]
*'''[[Tebris VII]]'''
*[[Telezart]]
*'''[[Temptoria]]'''
*'''[[Tenth Planet]]'''
*[[Tencton]]
*[[Teth]]
*'''[[Tetra Gar]]'''
*'''[[Tharkoros II]]'''
*'''[[Tharkoros VII]]'''
*[[Terminus (planet)|Terminus]]
*'''[[Theophany]]'''
*[[Thermia]]
*'''[[Thessin]]'''
*'''[[Theturis]]'''
*'''[[Thistal Eight]]'''
*[[Thra]]
*'''The [[Throneworld]]'''
*'''[[Thrull]]'''
*'''[[Thulsa Doom]]'''
*[[Thundera]]
*'''[[Thuvia]]'''
*'''[[Tlalak]]'''
*'''[[Torax Prime]]'''
*'''[[Torkulon]]'''
*'''[[Traujor]]'''
*[[Triceti]]
*'''[[Trius]]'''
*'''[[Troja Major]]'''
*'''[[Tsathoggua]]'''
*'''[[Tsiehshi]]'''
*'''[[Tube]]'''
*'''[[Twin Star]]'''
*'''[[Twistaloo]]'''
*'''[[Tykos]]'''
*'''[[Tyroxia]]'''
*'''[[Tyxlara]]'''
*'''[[Unicron]]'''
*[[Uranus]]
*'''[[Urtusk]]'''
*'''[[Vaine]]'''
*'''[[Vandar]]'''
*'''[[Varas Centralus]]'''
*'''[[Varas Extrinsecus]]'''
*'''[[Varus-5]]'''
*'''[[Vector]]'''
*'''[[Vehicon (planet)|Vehicon]]'''
*'''[[Velocitron]]'''
*[[Venus (planet)|Venus]]
*'''[[Ventax II]]'''
*'''[[Veras Centralus]]'''
*'''[[Verus Centralus]]'''
*'''[[Vespa II]]'''
*'''[[Vestum Major]]'''
*'''[[Vestum Minor]]'''
*[[Vhoorl]]
*'''[[Victory (planet)|Victory]]'''
*'''[[Vokuro Ceti]]'''
*'''[[Vrob]]'''
*'''[[Vyrgul VII]]'''
*'''[[Wall]]'''
*[[We Made It]]
*'''[[Wednesday]]'''
*[[X2]]
*'''[[Xeptos]]'''
*'''[[Xeres]]'''
*'''[[Xetaxxis]]'''
*'''[[Xin Shanghai]]'''
*[[Yautja]]
*'''[[Ys'devian]]'''
*'''[[Yst]]'''
*'''[[Z'Gun]]'''
*[[Z'ha'dum]]
*'''[[Z'verei]]'''
*'''[[Zamojin (planet)|Zamojin]]'''
*'''[[Zarak (planet)|Zarak]]'''
*[[Zeeros]]
*'''[[Zegris]]'''
*'''[[Zel Samine]]'''
*[[Zeotopia]]
*[[Zi]]
*'''[[Zull]]'''
}}

==Regions==
*'''[[5th Cosmos]]'''
*'''[[7th Cosmos]]'''
*'''[[Alpha Q's Realm]]'''
*'''[[Alpha Quadrant]]'''
*[[Andromeda Galaxy]]
*'''[[Angarrix sector]]'''
*[[Asteroid belt]]
*'''[[Azazel asteroid belt]]'''
*'''[[Benevolon Sector]]'''
*'''[[Bragvah Sector]]'''
*'''[[Chaar asteroid belt]]'''
*'''[[Delta Six Quadrant]]'''
*'''[[Demon's Maw]]'''
*'''[[Durzan Sector]]'''
*'''[[Fahl space]]'''
*'''[[Falcon Nexus]]'''
*'''[[Gray Area]]'''
*'''[[J'kozian sector]]'''
*'''[[Lilivuvian Quadrant]]'''
*'''[[Mauler Territory]]'''
*[[Milky Way]]
*'''[[Mirtonian constellation]]'''
*'''[[Quadrant X]]'''
*'''[[Redan Quadrant]]'''
*'''[[Sector 113]]'''
*'''[[Skomiloch Territories]]'''
*'''[[Space Graveyard]]'''
*'''[[Stellae Cimeterium]]'''
*[[Triangulum Galaxy]]
*'''[[Unknown Sector]]'''
*'''[[Van-Dema Sector]]'''
*'''[[Vega Sector]]'''
*'''[[Vok Territory]]'''

===Star clusters===
{{main|:Category:Star clusters}}
*'''[[Argos Cluster]]'''
*'''[[Berenices Cluster]]'''
*'''[[Farouki cluster]]'''
*'''[[Farouko Cluster]]'''
*'''[[K-Tor Cluster]]'''
*'''[[Kvi Cluster]]'''
*'''[[Nebula Cluster]]'''
*'''[[Orcibe Cluster]]'''
*'''[[Orgenon Cluster]]'''
*'''[[Outer Orion Cluster]]'''
*'''[[Pegasus Star Cluster]]'''
*'''[[Rhondarian Cluster]]'''
*'''[[Zugzwang Cluster]]'''

===Star systems===
{{main|Star system}}
*'''[[Archa system]]'''
*'''[[Ardurian System]]'''
*'''[[Beta System]]'''
*'''[[Charii system]]'''
*'''[[Coriakin System]]'''
*'''[[Dromedon System]]'''
*'''[[Eigerson-48 System]]'''
*'''[[Elba System]]'''
*[[Epsilon Ariadne]]
*'''[[Georgian]]'''
*'''[[Gpii System]]'''
*'''[[Hadean System]]'''
*'''[[Hunfi system]]'''
*'''[[Huni System]]'''
*'''[[Hydrus System]]'''
*'''[[Klovian System]]'''
*'''[[Kol System]]'''
*'''[[Lenocinium Velnero System]]'''
*[[Morthrai System]]
*'''[[MQ System]]'''
*'''[[Nalva System]]'''
*'''[[Paradius system]]'''
*'''[[Quartex system]]'''
*'''[[Rigel|Rigel System]]'''
*'''[[Salvvatan System]]'''
*[[Solar System]]
*'''[[Spensifax System]]'''
*'''[[Styrakon System]]'''
*[[Theta Scorpii]]
*'''[[Vurau System]]'''
*'''[[Yurina System]]'''

==Satellites==
===Moons===
{{main|:Category:Moons}}
*'''[[Ayrton]]'''
*'''[[Barbarossa]]'''
*'''[[Thulsa Doom|Bit-Yakin]]'''
*[[Charon (moon)|Charon]]
*'''[[Thulsa Doom|Dun Scaith]]'''
*'''[[E'brutoc]]'''
*'''[[Eibon]]'''
*'''[[Thulsa Doom|Gwahlar]]'''
*[[Io]]
*'''[[J'asik]]'''
*'''[[Kala]]'''
*'''[[Kerchak]]'''
*'''[[Mina]]'''
*[[Moon (moon)|Moon]]
*'''[[Moonbase One]]'''
*'''[[Moonbase Two]]'''
*'''[[Moonbase 3]]'''
*'''[[Moon Base Four]]'''
*'''[[Thulsa Doom|Numedides]]'''
*'''[[Protos]]'''
*'''[[Thulsa Doom|Thoth-Amon]]'''
*'''[[Thulsa Doom|Thugra Khotan]]'''
*[[Titan (moon)|Titan]]
*'''[[Tykos]]'''
*'''[[Styx]]'''
*'''[[VsQs]]'''
*'''[[Westenra]]'''
*'''[[Thulsa Doom|Yag-Kosha]]'''

===Artificial satellites===
{{main|:Category:Satellites}}
*'''[[Crystal satellite]]'''
*[[Explorer I]]
*'''[[Global Orbiting Defense Satellite]]'''
*'''[[Global warming satellite]]'''
*[[Hubble Space Telescope]]
*'''[[NEST Satellite Orion]]'''
*'''[[Planet Buster]]'''
*'''[[Sol 1]]'''
*'''[[Sol 2]]'''
*'''[[Solar Scalpel]]'''
*'''[[SPS Satellite]]'''
*'''[[Unicron]]'''

==Stars==
*[[Alpha Centauri]]
*[[Antares]]
*[[Artificial Suns]]
*[[Beta Aquarii]]
*[[Betelgeuse]]
*[[Delta Crateris]]
*[[Delta Draconis]]
*'''[[Energon Orb]]'''
*[[Gamma Kreuger]]
*[[Gamma Serpentis]]
*'''[[Hadean]]'''
*'''[[Hydran]]'''
*'''[[Paradius]]'''
*[[Rigel]]
*[[Sirius]]
*[[Sun]]
*'''[[Ursa Major (star)|Ursa Major]]'''
*[[Vela Pulsar]]
*[[Zeta Persei]]

==Stations==
{{main|:Category:Space stations}}
*'''[[Advance Base 889T9]]'''
*'''[[Asteroid City]]'''
*'''[[Autobot Orbital Command Hub]]'''
*'''[[Cosmic Carnival]]'''
*[[Death Star]]
*'''''[[Debris]]'''''
*'''[[Decepticon Orbital Command HQ]]'''
*'''[[Decepticon Space Station Argon|Decepticon Space Station ''Argon'']]'''
*'''[[Decepticon Space Station Krypton|Decepticon Space Station ''Krypton'']]'''
*'''[[Decepticon Space Station Xenon|Decepticon Space Station ''Xenon'']]'''
*'''[[Galaxy Base]]'''
*'''[[Grand Central Space Station]]'''
*'''[[Graviton Prison]]'''
*'''[[Hyperdynamix Orbital Debris Disposal Initiative Station]]'''
*'''[[Kimia Facility]]'''
*'''''[[Nana]]'''''
*'''[[Orchid Crossing]]'''
*'''[[Orvus Base]]'''
*'''[[Outpost One]]'''
*'''[[Planet-Destroying Fortress]]'''
*'''[[Predacon Command Outpost One]]'''
*'''[[Space Station 424]]'''
*'''[[Spaceport CSSB-16]]'''
*'''[[S.S. Exton 9|S.S. ''Exton 9'']]'''
*'''''[[Trigger]]'''''
*'''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon Station]]'''
*'''''[[Zuska]]'''''

==Miscellaneous==
*'''[[Alkaris Anomaly]]'''
*'''[[Allowed Zone]]'''
*'''[[Asteroid prison colony]]'''
*'''[[Autobot Mausoleum]]'''
*'''[[Benzuli Expanse]]'''
*[[Ceres]]
*'''[[Frehley's Comet]]'''
*'''[[Hulla Filament]]'''
*[[Juno]]
*'''[[Lost Cybertronian Storage Asteroid]]'''
*'''[[Metamorphose]]'''
*'''[[Meteorini Chipperoni]]'''
*'''[[Mining Colony 25-6-41]]'''
*'''[[Monacus]]'''
*[[Pallas]]
*[[Purgatory (asteroids)|Purgatory]]
*'''[[Triple Z Point]]'''

[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Space| ]]

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

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{{videogame
|title=''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''
|image=ROTF360cover.jpg
|caption=Finish the fight.
|developer=[[Luxoflux]]
|publisher=[[Activision]]
|date=[[June 23]], [[2009]] (NA) [[June 24]], 2009 (AU) [[June 26]], 2009 (EU)
|platform=[[PlayStation]] 3, [[Xbox 360]], PC
|ratings=ESRB: T PEGI: 12+
}}

'''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''' is the video game adaptation of the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|film]] of the same name. Developed by [[Luxoflux]] for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, the game follows a number of Autobots and Decepticons through a loose approximation of the movie's plot. The game has two campaigns, one for each faction. It is the first Transformers game on a console to feature online multiplayer.

Several '''[[Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|other versions]]''' of the title were released for other platforms.

==Synopsis==
===Autobot campaign===

The Autobot campaign begins with NEST Pilot Sgt. Epps reporting Decepticons in [[Shanghai]], [[China]]. Upon the arrival of the Autobots, Major William Lennox tells them there are Decepticons in the perimeter and must not escape. [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] is sent to fight them. Ironhide then battles and defeats [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]. When [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/games|Optimus Prime]] gets word that Ironhide is missing, Ratchet heads out to find him and get him to safety. After locating Ironhide, his power is recharged and another Decepticon battle ensues. After annihilating Decepticon troops, Optimus battles [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]]. Upon his defeat and before Optimus deactivates him, Demolishor states "[[The Fallen]] shall rise again."

The Autobots then head to Burbank, California where a previously unknown fragment of the [[AllSpark]] has surfaced, now in possession of [[Mikaela Banes]]. [[Bumblebee (Movie)/games|Bumblebee]] is sent to protect Mikaela when the Decepticons detect the fragment also. The Autobots learn that a second AllSpark fragment held by the Americans has been stolen. Soundwave learns of [[Megatron (Movie)/games|Megatron]]'s location, and transmits it to the Decepticons. [[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]] is sent to defend a carrier fleet guarding Megatron's corpse in the [[Laurentian Abyss]] from the Decepticons. Despite his efforts, Megatron is reactivated.

On the East Coast, [[Sam Witwicky]] is kidnapped by the Decepticon troops and taken to an industrial park near his college. Ratchet manages to locate Sam in an abandoned foundry and sends Bumblebee the coordinates. Bumblebee rescues Sam and gets him to the extraction point, Grindor attacks, but Bumblebee manages to defeat him. To aid their allies against the Decepticons, Optimus decides to give them advanced weaponry and escorts the [[Axiom Gun]] to NEST headquarters. After getting the convoy to destination, the Autobots meet with Sam who is going to visit the deli where [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]] is currently working. With intel from Simmons, Sam has Bumblebee take him to the museum to seek out a robot named [[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]]. While Sam looks for Jetfire, Bumblebee defends the museum from the Decepticon troops. Jetfire emerges from the museum and takes Sam through the inter-dimensional [[space bridge]] to [[Cairo]], Egypt, with the Autobots following.

Jetfire reveals the [[Dynasty of Primes]] have constructed a machine called the [[Star Harvester|Sun Harvester]] hidden in an [[Pyramid|Egyptian pyramid]]. He says the device destroys stars to harvest their energy. Upon arrival in the outskirts of Cairo, the Autobots search for Sam while evading Decepticon troops. After finding Sam, Optimus Prime takes him to the Tomb of the 12 Ancients. While Sam is in the tomb, Optimus defends it from Megatron and [[Starscream (Movie)/games|Starscream]]. Optimus defeats Megatron and Starscream, but they escape after Megatron impales Jetfire. Before dying, Jetfire donates his wings and parts to Optimus Prime. In the city, Bumblebee faces and destroys Devastator who is leading the Decepticon troops attacking Cairo.

The Fallen reveals himself and the Sun Harvester. Optimus battles The Fallen, killing him by stabbing him through the head with his sword. The Fallen falls into the Sun Harvester, destroying it. With the Ancient Transformers avenged, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] tells Optimus that Megatron is on a ship in a distant galaxy. Optimus then salutes his troops for their good work in stopping the Decepticons.

===Decepticon Campaign===
The Decepticon campaign begins in Shanghai with Sideways tracking down Autobots in his area. He then learns that Grindor has gone missing and Sideways must find, repair, and transport Grindor to the extraction site. Once Grindor is safe, he attacks Autobots protecting NEST arrays and infiltrates them with a [[viroid]]s, viruses that give the Decepticons access to NEST communications. Elsewhere, Long Haul destroys NEST bases located around the city of Shanghai. Ironhide emerges to fight Long Haul but is defeated. Starscream proclaims the victory as a message to Optimus Prime.

The Decepticons then head to Burbank, California. Soundwave has learned that Sam Witwicky has given a shard of the Allspark to Mikaela. They hope to recover the shard and revive Megatron. Long Haul destroys buildings, capturing men who may know Mikaela's location. However, the probe Starscream uses kills the first three before they can be of any use. Although the last engineer dies, Starscream is able to discover Mikaela's location. Long Haul is once again sent to recover her. Unfortunately, Starscream receives word that the Decepticon troops transporting Mikaela has been intercepted by the Autobots. After this, Starscream decides to kidnap NSA chief Galloway. After destroying several buildings owned by the front corporation Massive Dynamics, Starscream captures Galloway and places him under Decepticon control. Breakaway attempts to stop the Decepticons, but he is killed by Grindor.

With Galloway under their control, the Decepticons learn both the location of the AllSpark shard and where Megatron's remains have been hidden. Soundwave dispatches [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] to retrieve the shard, while Starscream and Long Haul head to the Laurentian Abyss. Starscream destroys the turrets on aircraft carriers stationed at the Abyss, allowing the Decepticons to gain access to Megatron's remains. Long Haul uses the shard to raise Megatron back to life, who returns to the ''Nemesis'' and presents himself to the Fallen. Megatron believes he has failed, but the Fallen reveals that there is a machine that can create the energon needed to raise their army. The knowledge lies within Sam Witwicky. The Fallen promises to grant Megatron the powers of a Prime if he completes his task. Megatron dispatches Grindor to retrieve the boy and succeeds, but the Autobots rescue him when Starscream's extraction unit is defeated. However, their hunt for the boy has drawn out Optimus Prime. Megatron defeats Optimus and has Starscream destroy a museum that Sam entered, but he is not among the ruins. They learn he was transported to Cairo, Egypt via a Space Bridge created by Jetfire.

Megatron arrives on the outskirts of an Egyptian city and engages Autobots in combat. Jetfire and Bumblebee both challenge him but are defeated. Long Haul is then dispatched to destroy the Axiom Gun and succeeds. With the last threats removed, Megatron goes to meet the Fallen at the harvester. However, Optimus survived his battle with Megatron and reveals that The Fallen has no way to make Megatron a Prime, as Primes are born, not made. Megatron then attacks and destroys his former master, but Optimus is able to deactivate the harvester before it can destroy the sun.

With his initial plan ruined, Megatron returns to the ''Nemesis'' and activates the Decepticon protoforms inside the ship, commanding his new army to arise.

==Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
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'''[[Autobot]]s'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/games|Optimus Prime]]/Powered-Up Optimus Prime ([[Peter Cullen]])
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/games|Bumblebee]] ([[Mark Ryan]])
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] ([[Jess Harnell]])
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] ([[Robert Foxworth]])
*[[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]] ([[Andrew Kishino]])
*[[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]]* ([[Nolan North]])
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]]* ([[Andrew Kishino]])
*[[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]]*† ([[Clive Revill]])
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|''Generation 1'' Optimus Prime]]* ([[Peter Cullen]])

'''[[Decepticon]]s'''
*[[Megatron (Movie)/games|Megatron]]/Megatron (Flight) ([[Frank Welker]])
*[[Starscream (Movie)/games|Starscream]] ([[Charlie Adler]])
*[[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]] ([[Neil Kaplan]])
*[[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] ([[Fred Tatasciore]])
*[[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] ([[John DiMaggio]])
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]* ([[Peter Jessop]])
*[[Megatron (G1)|''Generation 1'' Megatron]]* ([[Frank Welker]])
*[[Starscream (G1)|''Generation 1'' Starscream]]* ([[Charlie Adler]])
*[[Sunstorm (G1)|''Generation 1'' Sunstorm]]* ([[Charlie Adler]])

|h2=Non-Playable|c2=
*[[The Fallen]] ([[James Arnold Taylor]])
*[[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] ([[Fred Tatasciore]])
*[[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] (Fred Tatasciore)
* [[Aerialbot (ROTF)|Aerialbots]]
**[[Aerialbot Scout 1]]
**[[Aerialbot Scout 2]]†‡
**[[Aerialbot Warrior]]
* [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]]
**[[Constructicon Scout]]
**[[Constructicon Warrior]]
* [[Combaticon (ROTF)|Combaticons]]
**[[Combaticon Scout]]
**[[Combaticon Sniper]]
**[[Combaticon Warrior]]
* [[Omnibot (ROTF)|Omnibots]]
**[[Omnibot Scout 1]]
**[[Omnibot Scout 2]]
**[[Omnibot Warrior]]
* [[Protectobot (ROTF)|Protectobots]]
**[[Protectobot Scout]]†
**[[Protectobot Sniper]]
**[[Protectobot Warrior]]
* [[Seeker (Movie)|Seekers]]
**[[Seeker Scout]]
**[[Seeker Sniper]]†
**[[Seeker Warrior]]
* [[Stunticon (ROTF)|Stunticons]]
**[[Stunticon Scout 1]]
**[[Stunticon Scout 2]]
**[[Stunticon Sniper]]

|c3=
*[[Sam Witwicky]] ([[Shia LaBeouf]])
*[[Mikaela Banes]] ([[Megan Fox]])
*[[William Lennox|Major Lennox]] (John DiMaggio)
*[[Robert Epps|Sergeant Epps]] ([[Avery Kidd Waddell]])
*[[Theodore Galloway]] (Bryce Johnson)
}}

:<nowiki>*</nowiki>: Downloadable content
:†: Playable in multiplayer only
:‡: Also playable in some single player levels via DLC

==Single Player Weapons and Abilities==

*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/games|Optimus Prime]]/Gold Optimus Prime:
''Special Ability:'' Valiant Leader

''Primary Weapon:'' Dual Laser Rifles

''Secondary Weapon:'' Dual Shell Cannons

*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]/G1 Colors Ironhide:
''Special Ability:'' Automated Rocket Turret

''Primary Weapon:'' Dual Pulse Cannons

''Secondary Weapon:'' Proximity Grenades

*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]/G1 Colors Ratchet:
''Special Ability:'' Combat Repair

''Primary Weapon:'' Energon Multi-Beam Gun

''Secondary Weapon:'' Sticky Grenades

*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/games|Bumblebee]]/Stealth Bumblebee:
''Special Ability:'' EMP Stun

''Primary Weapon:'' Solar Plasma Cannon

''Secondary Weapon:'' Micro-Missile Launcher

*[[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]]:
''Special Ability:'' Thermal Wave

''Primary Weapon:'' Fusion Beam Sniper Rifle

''Secondary Weapon:'' Burst Mini-Gun

*Powered-Up Optimus:
''Special Ability:'' Heroic Shield

''Primary Weapon:'' Laser Machine Gun

''Secondary Weapon:'' Shell Cannon

*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|G1 Optimus]]:
''Special Ability:'' Valiant Leader (Turn Golden)

''Primary Weapon:'' Laser Rifle

''Secondary Weapon:'' Shell Cannon

*[[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]]:
''Special Ability:'' Super Speed

''Primary Weapon:'' Slag Repeater

''Secondary Weapon:'' Crescent Blaster

*[[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]]/G1 Colors Sideswipe:
''Special Ability:'' Blade Strike

''Primary Weapon:'' Pulse Pistols

''Secondary Weapon:'' Mine Launcher

*[[Megatron (Movie)/games|Megatron]]/Gold Megatron /Megatron (Flight)/[[Megatron (G1)|G1 Megatron]]:
''Special Ability:'' Fusion Arm Cannon

''Primary Weapon:'' Lightning Gun

''Secondary Weapon:'' Dark Matter Beam

*[[Starscream (Movie)/games|Starscream]]/G1 Colors Starscream:
''Special Ability:'' Null Reactor

''Primary Weapon:'' Gatling Cannon

''Secondary Weapon:'' Homing Missiles

*[[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]]/Yellow Long Haul:
''Special Ability:'' Combat Repair

''Primary Weapon:'' Charge Grenades

''Secondary Weapon:'' Flamethrowers

*[[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]]:
''Special Ability:'' Automated Gun Turret

''Primary Weapon:'' Machine Gun

''Secondary Weapon:'' Energon Wave Cannon

*[[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]:
''Special Ability:'' Graviton Mine

''Primary Weapon:'' Plasma Sniper Rifle

''Secondary Weapon:'' Slag Repeater

*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]:
''Special Ability:'' Jammer Pod/AOE Pod (Deployable mini-drone)

''Primary Weapon:'' Charged Pulse Blast

''Secondary Weapon:'' Sonic Disruptor

*[[Starscream (G1)|G1 Starscream]]:
''Special Ability:'' Megatron Blast(G1 Megatron gun mode)

''Primary Weapon:'' Dual Null Rays

''Secondary Weapon:'' Dual Homing Missiles

*[[Sunstorm (G1)|G1 Sunstorm]]:
''Special Ability:'' Thermal Wave

''Primary Weapon:'' Dual Null Rays

''Secondary Weapon:'' Flamethrowers

==Quotes==
"Today, one shall stand, and one shall fall."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' homages like it's [[The Transformers: The Movie|1986]].

"All units: let the slaughter begin!"
:—'''Megatron''' does as well.

"Time to bust some Deceptichops!"
:—'''Ironhide''' continues the homage rampage.

"I still function!"
:—'''Megatron'''. No, the homages don't ever stop.

"I see a Decepticon, I attack a Decepticon."
:—'''Bumblebee''' kills and kills and kills.

'''Optimus''': We are accomplishing our objectives with great speed and less damage to the surroundings. 
'''Ratchet''': Except for the incident where Ironhide destroyed that ice cream truck. 
'''Ironhide''': It was emitting a Decepticon audio signature! 
'''Ratchet''': It was ''playing a song''.
:—As [[Kyber-5|before]], Ironhide is way too trigger happy.

'''Starscream''': We Decepticons are always swift in battle! 
'''Grindor''': Although you, Starscream, are equally swift in retreating. 
'''Starscream''': I have ''never'' retreated! EVER! 
'''Grindor''': Of course not. You simply advance ''backwards''. 
''[Starscream roars in anger]''
:—Grindor takes up [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]'s job of dissing Starscream.

==Notes==
*The game makes several nods to other productions by the film's director [[Michael Bay]].
**Throughout the North American levels, there are billboards for films such as {{w|The Island (2005 film)|The Atoll}}, {{w|Bad Boys (1995 film)|Tough Guyz}}, {{w|Armageddon (1998 film)|Earth's End}}, and {{w|The Rock (film)|The Stone}}.
**For destroying 250 Decepticons in the Autobot campaign, you earn the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXRCf9LbLM0 Awesome] Achievement/Trophy.
**For destroying 350 Autobots in the Decepticon campaign, you earn the {{w|Bad Boys (1995 film)|Bad Boys}} Achievement/Trophy, another nod to Bay.
*Six episodes of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]] can be unlocked over the course of the game: "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]", "[[Fire on the Mountain (episode)|Fire on the Mountain]]", "[[War of the Dinobots]]" (mislabeled as "War '''on''' the Dinobots"), and "The Ultimate Doom", Parts [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 1|1]], [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 2|2]], and [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3|3]].
*G1-style color schemes for Ironhide and Starscream can be unlocked for both single and multiplayer modes. Additionally, a yellow color scheme can be unlocked for Long Haul, making him more closely resemble a conventional (or [[Tonka]]) dump truck.
*As in the [[Transformers The Game|previous game]], [[Frank Welker]] returns as Megatron. He does not, however, voice any of the characters ([[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] and [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]]) he did in the movie.
*Several multiplayer levels feature advertisements for [[Coca-Cola]].
*Fans of G1 will be pleased to find out that some Achievements/Trophies are named after episodes of the G1 cartoon, such as "[[Carnage in C-Minor]]" and "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1|Megatron's Master Plan]]". There's even an Achievement/Trophy titled "You've Got [[The Touch]]".
*Starscream is the only boss that is fought twice during the game.
*Ratchet doesn't exist in the Decepticon campaign. [[Transformers The Game|Again]].
*At one point, shown through concept art unlocked in the game, [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] was going to appear. He was most likely replaced by Sideways, going along with an early comic idea that Barricade was upgraded into Sideways, but was later dropped. That sucks.
*This was [[Luxoflux]]'s last game before the studio's closure in 2010.

==Differences between the Game and Movie==
* The Decepticons are not looking for the [[Matrix of Leadership]] as they did in the movie, but the Star Harvester itself; in the movie, they already knew where the harvester was.
* In the Decepticon campaign, it's said that the Decepticons were in Shanghai to look for Megatron's remains.
* Breakaway did not appear in the movie.
* In the movie, Bumblebee is still having troubles with his speech. In the game, he has completely regained his speech.
* In the game, Optimus Prime doesn't die in either campaign and so isn't resurrected. The battle in the forest doesn't happen either, but there's a similar battle in Cairo against Megatron and Starscream, where Jetfire is also present. A more reminiscent battle can be found during the final battle from the Decepticon campaign from [[Transformers The Game (console)|the previous game]]
* Jetfire's death is altered. In the movie, he commits suicide and gives his parts to Optimus. In the games, he is either stabbed by Megatron before giving his parts to Optimus (Autobot campaign) or killed by the player (Decepticon campaign). Also, in the movie there's a neat combination sequence for Jetfire's parts and Optimus. In the game...Prime just abruptly appears in Autobot HQ in the next cutscene wearing Jetfire armor. Talk about anti-climactic.
* In the movie, Sideways is killed by [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]]. In the Autobot campaign, he is killed by Ironhide (or whoever the player is), as Sideswipe was absent from the game until he was added as multiplayer-only downloadable content.
* Along with Sideswipe, [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]], [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] and [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] are absent from the game's story, and [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] is only mentioned briefly in the Decepticon campaign. The only [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]] to make an appearance, except as a part of [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]], is [[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]] (as well as [[Constructicon Scout]]s very rarely being present as enemies in the Autobot campaign). Of the major human characters, [[Leo Spitz]] is not seen or mentioned during the game, and [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]] is only mentioned in a mission where the player has to escort Sam to the deli where he works.
* Like [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|other]] [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|adaptations]], the [[Tomb of the Primes]] is called the Tomb of the Twelve, while in the movie, there were only seven dead Primes.
* In the movie, Devastator is killed at the pyramids. In the game, he is killed in Cairo, meaning he never gets the chance to rip the pyramid apart, yet in the battle against The Fallen, the pyramid is open, revealing the Star Harvester.
* The Autobots did not supply the humans with a weapon to battle the Decepticons in the movie.
* [[Starscream (Movie)/games|Starscream]] speaks in a voice rather reminiscent of his [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|G1 counterpart]] in the movie. In the game, his voice is far deeper and more aggressive in nature, although he has the same voice actor.
* Similarly, [[Hugo Weaving]]'s Megatron is deep-voiced in the film. In the game, however, [[Frank Welker]] plays him with exactly the same voice as he used for [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron's G1 counterpart]] in the original cartoon. He even has the trademark laugh.
* In the game, the Decepticons have to fight their way past a Naval fleet in order to reach Megatron's remains. In the movie, they just sneak past them on a ship and then dive straight down.
* [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] is shown to be much more heavily damaged in the film, before his final moment, than in the game. For instance, in the film, his entire face is shown to be falling apart; in the game, it's fine.
* Reedman and Alice are absent from the game.

==External links==
*[http://www.transformersgame.com/ Official website]

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Ironhide (Movie)

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Valkyrie: Kyber.

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:''Ironhide is an [[Autobot]] from the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]], also sometimes known as the "[[Tooth Fairy]]".''

[[File:Movie Ironhide promorender2.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|A different kind of tooth fairy. He knocks them out for the one in the frilly dress to collect.]]
'''Ironhide''' is the Autobots' resident weapons specialist and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s old friend. He is old because he is ''hard''. He's probably had enough replacement parts to build a small army, but Ironhide doggedly refuses to roll over and die for anyone. He'll fight to the bitter end and take down more than his fair share of [[Decepticon]]s in the process.

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

He has more guns than [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|a smaller third-world country]], and he may or may not have blown up a [[Kyber-5|planet]] with said guns.

{{bigquote|I'm a soldier. I'm ''made'' for war. Your kind simply... are not.|Ironhide's resume for joining the Autobots|[[Defiance issue 4|''Defiance'' #4]]}}

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The six movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}

====''Transformers'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Jess Harnell]] (English), [[Katsuhiro Kitagawa]] (Japanese)|[[Gai Wenge]] (Chinese), [[Oliver Siebeck]] (German), [[Duda Espinoza]] (Portuguese), [[Dafnis Fernández]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Pascal Massix]] (European French), [[Manuel Tadros]] (Canadian French), [[Vinod Sharma]] (Hindi)}}

{{bigquote | Just kidding... I just wanted to show him my cannons.|Ironhide is eager to impress.}}

[[File:Movie Ironhide introduction.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Clint Eastbot in The Good, The Bad and The Metallic.]]

Responding to [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s call for assistance, Ironhide and the other Autobots under Optimus Prime's direct command came to [[Earth]], with the old soldier landing in a suburban pool. As he climbed out of the water, a little human girl asked him if he was (of all things) the tooth fairy before he quickly hid behind some trees when the child's parents exited the house. He scanned their GMC Topkick truck and transformed, leaving the residence. He linked up with [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], and they proceeded to the rendezvous point, where they met up with Optimus and Bumblebee. After meeting [[Sam Witwicky]] and [[Mikaela Banes]], Ironhide displayed an eagerness to show off his [[Weapon|cannons]], and made a classic {{w|Clint Eastwood}} impression to show it by saying "You feeling lucky, punk?"(which earned him an instant reproof from Optimus).

[[File:Movie Ironhide threatens Mojo.JPG|upright=1.4|thumb|Don't shoot! I swear I don't feel lucky!]]

Going to the Witwicky residence, Ironhide had lubricant released upon him by [[Mojo|a rodent]]. This unpleasant situation was made worse by Sam Witwicky's frantic refusal to let him shoot it. Ironhide relented, despite the fact that it would cause rust. He also suggested shooting [[Ron Witwicky|the]] [[Judy Witwicky|parents]], as they were interfering with Sam's search for [[Archibald Witwicky|Captain Witwicky]]'s [[glasses]]. Optimus reminded him that they don't hurt humans and scolded his weapons expert, to which Ironhide meekly responded that he merely thought it should remain an option.

After Sam, Mikaela and his parents were captured by [[Sector Seven]], Ironhide got a ''real'' good chance to show off his cannons when he and the other Autobots totally outclassed the S7 agents by instantly disarming them of their weapons, then rescuing the boy and his girl. Unfortunately, their escape was to be short-lived, as [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] was captured by the mysterious agents after saving Sam and Mikaela's lives. The next morning, when Optimus Prime was pondering their next move, Ironhide asked why they had to save the humans, prompting Prime to go into one of his long speeches about freedom and sacrifice, concluding that the humans need not pay for the mistakes of Cybertron-kind, and if need be, he would destroy the AllSpark by fusing it with his own spark. Inspired by his words, Ironhide debated no further, and the Autobots set out for the location of the AllSpark, [[Hoover Dam]]. Halfway there, to their surprise, they saw Bumblebee leading a column of Sector Seven assault vehicles, so Ironhide and the rest of the Autobots joined the unit.

[[File:Movie Ironhide shootground.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Ironhide is a real showoff.]]

During the final battle at [[Mission City]], Ironhide realized that the F-22 Raptor that appeared to be providing [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox's]] troops with air cover was in fact his former comrade [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. Ordering the others to take cover, Ironhide and Bumblebee lifted a discarded truck full of ''[[Furby]]'' toys to protect the humans against Starscream's strafing run. It worked, but the explosion threw Ironhide back and crippled Bumblebee. Soon afterwards, [[Brawl (Movie)|Devastator]] attacked, forcing Ironhide to do several somersaults to avoid the Decepticon's missiles, thus totally scaring the crap out of a lady sitting in the middle of the street.

Ironhide and Ratchet took it upon themselves to protect Sam from [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] as he made his way to a rooftop where he could pass the [[AllSpark#Live-action movie universe|AllSpark]] to a military helicopter. Unfortunately, Starscream blocked off Sam's path, prompting the Autobot guardians to engage the more powerful Decepticon immediately. After taking several missiles in the gut, Ironhide implored Sam to keep running.

After the destruction of Megatron and the AllSpark, Ironhide cradled the body of the fallen Jazz and somberly informed Optimus Prime that there was nothing they could do. Ironhide then gave Captain Lennox a ride home and spent the remainder of the day observing Sam and Mikaela making out on the hood of Bumblebee's [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]. {{Storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

{{note|Ironhide's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels "[[Transformers (novel)|Transformers]]," "[[Transformers: The Junior Novel]]" and "[[The Quest for the AllSpark]]"; the "[[Transformers: Movie Adaptation]]" and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; the activity book "[[Look and Find Transformers]]"; and the storybooks "[[Optimus Prime Versus Megatron]]," "[[Sam's New Car]]," "[[Transformers (interactive Play-a-Sound Storybook)|Transformers Play-a-Sound]]," "[[Meet the Autobots]]," "[[Meet the Decepticons]]," "[[Transformers Mix & Match]]" and "[[Transformers: The Movie Storybook]]."}}

====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Jess Harnell]] (English), [[Katsuhiro Kitagawa]] (Japanese)|[[Gai Wenge]] (Chinese), [[Oliver Siebeck]] (German), [[Duda Espinoza]] (Portuguese), [[Dafnis Fernández]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Gilles Morvan]] (European French), [[Manuel Tadros]] (Canadian French), [[Vinod Sharma]] (Hindi)}}
[[File:ROTFPrimeandIronhide-Nottoday.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|We see you down there.]]
Ironhide acted as an Autobot support unit in [[Shanghai]] as [[NEST]] hunted for Decepticons. When [[William Lennox|Major Lennox]] told him that they had echoes of energy readings, Ironhide assumed robot mode and confirmed that their target was nearby, saying he could smell him. Unfortunately, the Decepticon in question turned out to be [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]]. Ironhide chased after the massive Decepticon as it roared through the streets before [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] was deployed from the air and attacked Demolishor, allowing Ironhide to jump on his structure and shoot out his massive wheel, sending him crashing into a warehouse. Ironhide stood with his commander as Optimus prepared to deliver the killing blow, listening to Demolishor's warning about [[The Fallen]]'s return before he died. Ironhide returned to base, resting in his [[alternate mode]] in his hangar while Optimus conferred with [[William Lennox]], General [[Morshower]] and [[Theodore Galloway]].

[[File:ROTF Ironhide standoff.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"If you're gonna point a gun at someone, just keep it pointed away from him."]]
Later, Ironhide accompanied the Autobots to rescue [[Sam Witwicky]] from [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], but was too late, for the revived Decepticon leader had killed Optimus in combat. When Ironhide returned to an American air base with Optimus' body, he was surrounded by military forces under Galloway, who had managed to secure NEST's deactivation following multiple Decepticon attacks around the planet. Furious that the humans dared to point a weapon at him, Ironhide almost lost his temper, but Lennox convinced him to not turn on the non-NEST soldiers. [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] recommended leaving [[Earth]], but Ironhide argued he believed Optimus would not want them to abandon the humans, apparently becoming leader of the Autobots in the process.

Ironhide was to retreat with the other Autobots to [[Diego Garcia]] until Lennox received a message from Witwicky and his friends to come to [[Egypt]], having figured out the Decepticons' scheme. Lennox managed to trick Galloway into jumping out of the plane carrying the soldiers and Prime's body, while the rest of the Autobots in the second plane quickly cut through the nets containing them. Ironhide then advised the crew to open the doors and let him out of the plane. NEST parachuted into a small village near the [[Pyramid]]s, but soon lost communication when Starscream released an EMP blast at them.

[[File:ROTF Ironhide retreat.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|If I'm running you know its bad!]]
During the [[Operation: Firestorm|defensive operations of NEST's position]], Lennox decided to send a team to locate Sam, and Ironhide and [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] immediately announced that they would lead the team. Transforming to vehicle mode, Ironhide rolled out with a number of soldiers and Arcee. After finding the humans, they were ambushed by [[Buffalo MPV Decepticon|several Decepticons]], with both Arcee and Ironhide hit numerous times while providing cover fire for their friends, and told Sam and Mikaela to run while they drew their fire. Ironhide survived, albeit heavily damaged, and had to run for his life (ejecting his weapons in the process) when a [[United States Air Force]] B-1B Lancer bomber arrived delivering 2000-pound JDAM bombs, obliterating the remaining Decepticon troops in the area. Momentarily safe, Ironhide and the others witnessed Sam resurrect Optimus Prime with the [[Matrix of Leadership#Live-action film series|Matrix of Leadership]], and his leader's subsequent defeat of The Fallen. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|Ironhide's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]," "[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel]]" and "[[The Last Prime]]"; the "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]" and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; and the storybooks "[[I Am Optimus Prime (ROTF)|I Am Optimus Prime]]," "[[Operation Autobot]]," "[[When Robots Attack!]]," "[[Rise of the Decepticons]]," "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Electronic Voice Changer]]" and "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Mix & Match]]."}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Jess Harnell]] (English), [[Katsuhiro Kitagawa]] (Japanese)|[[Gai Wenge]] (Chinese), [[Dafnis Fernández]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Oliver Siebeck]] (German), [[Gilles Morvan]] (European French), [[Manuel Tadros]] (Canadian French), [[Vinod Sharma]] (Hindi), [[Duda Espinoza]] (Portuguese)}}

{{bigquote|Class dismissed.|Ironhide, after destroying the [[Dread (DOTM)|Dreads]]}}

[[File:DOTM-Ironhidecrashvault.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Who's that coming up on my right?]]

In the years since the defeat of The Fallen in Egypt, and with their human allies closely watching for signs of Decepticon activity, the Autobots have now dedicated themselves to resolving human conflicts, fearing that rogue elements of humanity might spark the sort of global conflicts that devastated Cybertron.

Shortly after returning to the NEST facility from an unspecified mission, Ironhide was inspecting a new weapon that [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]] had created when NSA Director [[Charlotte Mearing]] arrived to speak with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]. However, Ironhide and [[Mirage (Movie)|Dino]] let the human know that the Autobot leader was in a foul mood, believing that the US government had lied to the Autobots about disclosing all of their knowledge about the Cybertronians, given the discovery of an engine fuel cell from the long-lost ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'' at [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant|Chernobyl]]. Mearing professed that she had not had clearance to this information until now, and introduced the Autobots to [[NASA]] administrators and famed [[Apollo 11]] astronaut [[Buzz Aldrin]], who explained the truth about their mission to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] was to explore the wreck of the ''Ark'', and how they suspected that the [[Soviet Union]] had been trying to generate fissionable power with the fuel cell.

After [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] had been rescued from the wreck of the ''Ark'' and brought back to Earth, Ironhide rushed into the chamber where he had been reactivated by the [[Matrix of Leadership]] after hearing of a commotion. After Sentinel realized that he was among friends, Ironhide witnessed him explain how his pillars were key to activating his [[space bridge]], a teleportation device that was crucial to the Autobot war effort.

[[File:DOTM-Mexicanstandoff.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|How did this happen?! None of us are even Mexican!]]

Soon, the human boy Sam Witwicky discovered that the Decepticons had stolen hundreds of pillars from the ''Ark'' decades earlier, and were now after Sentinel Prime and his control pillar to utilize the space bridge. As Sentinel, Bumblebee, [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] and Mirage neared the NEST base, Ironhide moved out to intercept their Decepticon pursuers, the [[Dread (DOTM)|Dreads]]. After colliding head on with [[Crankcase (DOTM)|Crankcase]] and [[Crowbar]], Ironhide and Sideswipe forced the Decepticons to drop their weapons after a tense "Mexican standoff". However, they deployed explosive spears, managing to hit Ironhide in the shoulder with one before recommencing their attack. The veteran Autobot caught a blaster tossed by Sideswipe and used it to shoot Crowbar in the face, before pulling the spear out of his shoulder, impaling it into Crankcase's face, slamming the Decepticon into an abandoned car and kicking the wreckage into a nearby auto shop as the spear exploded.

[[File:DOTM-Ironhiderust.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|You better get used to [[Death|dying horribly]], buddy.]]

Arriving at the NEST base, Ironhide assured Sam and Colonel Lennox that he would protect Sentinel Prime from the Decepticons. However, the former Autobot leader had other ideas, explaining that he knew that they would never win the war, and to save Cybertron from destruction, a deal was made with Megatron. Before anybody could react, Sentinel shot Ironhide in the back with his hidden [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|cosmic rust]] cannon. Succumbing to the effects of the rust, Ironhide demanded to know what Sentinel had done, but the Prime callously stated that he was merely "discharging" the soldier from duty, and dealt the finishing blow. As the traitor disappeared into the NEST base to retrieve his pillars, Ironhide died, crumbling into dust. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}
{{note|Ironhide's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]" and "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel]]"; the "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]" and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; and the storybooks "[[Autobots Versus Decepticons]]," "[[Optimus Prime's Friends and Foes]]," "[[Dark of the Moon: Action Pop-ups!]]" and "[[Bumblebee's Best Friend]]."}}
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====''Age of Extinction'' film====
Five years after the Battle of Chicago, Ironhide was listed as "deceased" by the CIA taskforce "[[Cemetery Wind]]". {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

====''Bumblebee'' film====
{{note|''Bumblebee'' takes place before the other films (supposedly), but was released last. As such, it is placed at the bottom here.}}
Ironhide was among the Autobots fending off a wave of Decepticon forces led by [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and was eventually ordered to retreat by Optimus Prime. Tasked with finding other Autobots scattered throughout the galaxy and rendezvous on [[Earth]], they left Cybertron in various escape pods. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}

===IDW movie comics===
Thousands of years ago, with Cybertron's energy reserves dwindling and the Transformer race splintering into warring factions, Ironhide was part of the [[Thetacon (tribe)|Thetacons]], violent militants who rejected the teachings of [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]. He was part of the battle to seize the retrieved [[AllSpark]] from Sentinel's band, but when that group used the AllSpark to revitalise Cybertron (proving Sentinel was right all along), the Thetacons lay down their arms. Ironhide did not understand what the Cube was going to be used ''for'' if not for subjugation, and Optimus informed him it was to spread "freedom". In gratitude, Ironhide spoke to his commanders about building a temple to house the AllSpark. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}}

In the unified Cybertron, Ironhide became a captain in [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s Cybertronian [[Defense Force]]. He grumbled about working with inexperienced recruits like [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]], though he and Chromia shared a more merciful attitude than the rest of the force towards [[malcontent]]s opposing Sentinel's new order. He visited Optimus during an archaeological expedition by his [[Science Division]], expressing delight at how they were proving many beliefs Ironhide had deemed invalid after Sentinel proved he was a Prime. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

[[File:Defiance1 Ironhide Starscream.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|"Sorry, we can't take you on in the Decepticons if you insist on having good-guy eyes."]]

Later, when Megatron had usurped leadership of Cybertron with Optimus to become [[Lord High Protector]], Ironhide and commander Starscream were to report to him, but Starscream was late due to an encounter with [[Ejoornian|hostile aliens]] from the [[Eshems Nebula]]. Later, during an attack by the same aliens, Ironhide commanded the ground defense units in the city of [[Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan]], near the [[Simfur Temple]]. When [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] were pinned down inside the temple, they considered contacting Ironhide for suggestions on what to do. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}}

After the aliens were driven out and Megatron assumed his dictatorship of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Ironhide found himself belonging to an increasingly violent and unstable military. He was present when Megatron ordered Starscream to conduct some clandestine operation of which Ironhide did not take part in. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}} He and Chromia later saw Optimus Prime and his team leaving after setting up a bomb after defeating Starscream. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} The disenchanted Ironhide turned his back on the military after Megatron's declared Optimus's followers to be traitors, and that the army now flew under the banner of the [[Decepticon]]s. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}}

[[File:Defiance4 Ironhide madeforwar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Ironhide '''''REALLY''''' wants to join the Autobots.]]

Disillusioned with what the military had become, Ironhide wandered far from [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticon]] to search for answers, and so preoccupied was his thoughts that he was captured by forces loyal to Optimus Prime in [[Burthov]]. Brought before the rebel leader, Ironhide pledged his allegiance to Optimus's Autobots, stating that he had no desire to destroy the innocent, and he knew the Autobots to be innocent of what Megatron charged them with. Besides, they needed somebody with his experience as a soldier. When the Autobots discovered that Megatron was building [[Nemesis (ROTF)|a massive warship]], they thought it would be best to build one of their own, though they lacked the means to do so. Ironhide, however, knew of [[Ark (Movie)|a fix-er-upper]] that they could repair in secret. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}

As more gathered to Optimus Prime's cause, a young Autobot named [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] came to train under Ironhide. After Ironhide showed him the ropes, he went on to be assigned to a settlement of displaced Autobots. That assignment went disastrously, as [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] massacred the entire settlement, leaving Ironhide's student for dead. Sideswipe returned to the same unit as his former mentor embittered, suffering from survivor's guilt. Noting the new recklessness and ruthlessness that Sideswipe displayed, Ironhide attempted to reach out to his old student. Angrily, Sideswipe declared that he had grown beyond Ironhide's tutelage. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 2|Tales of the Fallen #2}}

As the war raged, Sentinel revealed he had constructed a [[pillar|torch]] that would end the war and prevent more deaths. It required the AllSpark to be activated, and Ironhide led the Autobot charge on Simfur Temple. [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] successfully activated the torch and delivered it to Sentinel, who boarded the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]. The ship arrived at Simfur, but Starscream destroyed it. Ironhide carried Arcee and Chromia off the battlefield during the retreat. A vengeful Optimus led an attack on [[Lord High Protector citadel|Megatron's citadel]], and Ironhide stood by his side, sustaining heavy damage when he pushed Optimus out of the way of the [[smelting pool]]. Optimus entered the citadel to confront Megatron alone, while Starscream and [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] attacked Ironhide. Optimus revealed the attack was a distraction from the theft of the AllSpark by [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]]'s Autobots aboard the second [[Ark (Movie)|Ark]], and opted to rescue his best friend instead of killing Megatron. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}

Optimus claimed they would take the AllSpark aboard the Ark as they left Cybertron, but what he didn't reveal to all but a select few was that they were really going to blast the AllSpark into deep space to both distract the Decepticons and to buy them valuable time. Ironhide was one of those who followed Prime on the ''Ark'' to chase after the AllSpark, which, unbeknownst to the Autobots, had locked onto the position of a [[Star Harvester]] in a distant star system. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}

As the Autobots and their human allies made their way to Mission City, Ironhide rammed [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] into a support pylon on the freeway, putting the Decepticon out of commission. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

[[File:Alliance1 Ironhide Lennox realfirepower.jpg|left|upright=1.67|thumb|"I'm not impressed by someone who blows up JUST ONE CAR."]]
In the immediate aftermath of the battle in Mission City, Ironhide accompanied Captain Lennox and his soldiers, hunting for [[AllSpark Mutation|creatures created by the AllSpark energies]]. They had already destroyed three of the creatures when [[Xbox 360 robot|another one]] fled into a red minivan, which Lennox's men peppered with small arms fire. Ironhide decided to show them what ''real'' firepower was and blew up the van with one shot. As the Autobots prepared to move out and flee the approaching Sector Seven and government forces, Ironhide placed Jazz's remains into a trailer [[Robert Epps|Sergeant Epps]] had found, and together the soldiers had a moment of silence for their fallen comrade. A month later, after he was approached by [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]], Lennox requested the Autobots help escort the human convoy transporting the remains of the fallen Decepticons. However, the Autobots had been shadowed on their way to the meeting place by a police car, whom both Lennox and Ironhide guessed was Barricade. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}}

[[File:Alliance1 Ironhide-Jazz momentofsilence.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|At least [[Human|they're]] more emotional about this than Prime, and ''they never knew him''.]]
Ironhide and the other Autobots arrived at Sector Seven's secret [[Nevada]] desert installation to participate in the convoy that would transport the Decepticon bodies to San Francisco. He disagreed with Optimus Prime's decision to leave the AllSpark fragment in the custody of Sector Seven while they were away, but nevertheless respected his commander's decision. On the freeway, Optimus Prime had a change of heart and sent Ironhide and Bumblebee back to retrieve the AllSpark fragment. Unfortunately, Ironhide, being the slower of the two Autobots, didn't reach the base until after [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] and Starscream had caused significant death and destruction. During the cleanup, he could be seen comforting the injured Bumblebee. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}}

[[File:Alliance3 Ironhide Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
Amidst the scene of devastation at Sector Seven's Nevada base, Ironhide praised Bumblebee for his courage in attempting to defend the humans, but Bumblebee regretted that he could not save them all. After Jazz's burial two weeks later, Optimus Prime accepted a proposal from Captain Lennox that the humans and the Autobots form [[NEST|a special unit]] tasked with defending their mutual home. The Autobots began training with their human allies on the island of [[Diego Garcia]], however, the lack of coordination meant even Bumblebee showed up the humans. Ironhide opined that Bumblebee's shot was "awesome". Regardless of some teething issues, the team rolled out when the Decepticon [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] was spotted in [[San Francisco]]. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}}

On the plane trip to the city, Ironhide commented on the likelihood of Swindle and [[Jolt (Movie)|Dead End]] putting up a fight, and how he hated flying. On the safe, stable ground, Lennox gave orders, Ratchet and Epps were assigned to team two, who would set the trap. En route to the Decepticons, Ratchet and Ironhide bantered about how the former's vehicle mode was more suited to [[NEST]]'s cover story of a chemical spill, while the latter asserted that he was the more stylish of the pair. After the Decepticons were disposed of, Major Lennox and Optimus Prime decided to send Bumblebee back to the United States to once again assume the role of Sam's guardian. Ironhide reminded his little buddy to stay out of trouble, at least until the larger Autobot arrived to take over the protector role. Soon, more Decepticons were spotted on Earth, and Ironhide was deployed to [[Italy]] to deal with [[Fracture (Movie)|Fracture]]'s team. After [[Reverb (Movie)|Reverb]] and [[Gunbarrel (Movie)|Gunbarrel]] had been destroyed, NEST forces led Fracture to Ironhide, who rammed the [[Female Transformer|female Decepticon]] off the cliff road she was racing upon. Somewhere in the United States, Barricade managed to evade capture or destruction, forcing Ironhide to give Bumblebee warning. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}

Ironhide was reunited with Sideswipe at [[Diego Garcia]] after the younger bot had answered Optimus Prime's homing beacon and joined [[NEST]]. He found that Sideswipe had changed little, and if anything had become even more of a loose cannon in his pursuit of Demolishor. Unable to reach his former trainee with words, Ironhide was reduced to performing damage control in the skirmish at [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]. However, in the aftermath, Sideswipe saw the destruction he had wrought and the fear it engendered in the humans, begrudgingly admitting that Ironhide had been right all along. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 2|Tales of the Fallen #2}}

[[File:Ironhidehitnefarious2.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.65]]
Ironhide was part of the team that halted [[Alice (ROTF)|Alice]]'s rampage after the Decepticon stole an RV. He didn't contribute much to the battle, possibly because subtlety was called for. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1}} He joined Sideswipe in stopping three Decepticons fleeing a site in [[Utah]]. He warned Sideswipe of the possible effects of hubris, and rammed [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]]. When [[Dirt Boss (ROTF)|Dirt Boss]] seemed to surrender, Ironhide prevented Sideswipe from doing anything fatal to the Decepticon so they could have an interrogation, but Dirt Boss's surrender was merely to allow time for [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to attack. Ironhide was pounced on by [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] and then shot at by Soundwave, but luckily [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] chose that point to come to their rescue and Soundwave was captured. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 2|Nefarious #2}}

Ironhide began preparing an old nuclear shelter in [[Texas]] to house Soundwave, though he was sceptical that the Decepticon would reach it. As it turned out, he was right, and Soundwave escaped en route. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}} When he heard Galloway was under Decepticon attack, Ironhide put forward the opinion that the man was a "pain in the aft", but Optimus reminded him they should still help. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 4|Nefarious #4}}

Soundwave led the Autobots to the location of the [[Initiative base]] in [[California]], but it was gone. Ironhide figured that it must have had something to do with the recent mysterious activities. Soundwave's research relocated the base in [[Utah]], so the Autobots drove there and attacked, only to find themselves facing brainwashed [[Transformer]]s. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}} Ironhide and Ratchet fought on, ramming a bunch of the brainwashed 'bots in their vehicle modes. They felt the effects when [[Carter Newell]] attempted to destroy all Cybertronian life on the planet using the [[AllSpark]] constructed by the Initiative, however the battle turned in the Autobots' favor and they eventually triumphed. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}}

[[File:Sideswipesandrfriendsparachuterisingstorm4.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.1|left]]
Ironhide was part of a human-Autobot joint strike team that took out a group of Decepticons dealing weapons to Earth's human populace. When Divebomb attempted to use Lennox, Galloway and another NEST soldier as a hostage to extricate himself from the situation, Ironhide blew a hole through the Decepticon, telling him not to threaten humans. This display of power was enough to make the remaining Decepticon, Fearswoop, surrender unconditionally. Ironhide escorted Fearswoop back to NEST headquarters, keeping his cannons locked on the 'con at all times. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}} When Sam called in that he was being attacked by a group of Decepticons, after the [[Brains|Brain Unit]] that he had stumbled onto, Ironhide was deployed to help with the situation. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} Ironhide's group arrived in Philadelphia just in time to rescue Sam from being killed by Starscream's hand. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} But Ironhide noticed something odd about the battle. The Decepticons weren't fighting back, merely trying to make their getaway. The battle had turned out to be a diversion orchestrated by Shockwave in order to get to several Autobot refugees left behind at the NEST headquarters. Shockwave himself soon joined the battle, turning the tide in the Decepticons' favour. The Autobots managed to send Shockwave fleeing with his pet Driller, but only just barely. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}
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===Titan movie comics===
[[File:Titan Ironhidetranisition.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Okay, when even your ''transition form'' has eff-off great weapons...]]
That mega-bazooka of his has been with him since he was a proto-chip. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}}

During the war, Ironhide ran training missions for the younger Autobot recruits. These missions would often have the recruits thrown into the sharp end: one, involving [[Signal Flare (Movie)|Signal Flare]], [[Strongarm (Movie)|Strongarm]] and [[Skyblast (Movie)|Skyblast]], abruptly turned into a raid on a [[Deserted Decepticon outpost|Decepticon base]] and rescuing [[Longview (Movie)|a prisoner]]. He also developed skills at resisting psychic interrogation techniques. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Lost In Space 3: Ironhide}}

He would later be one of three Autobots who tried to prevent [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] from reaching the [[AllSpark#Live-action movie universe|AllSpark]]. They hadn't, however, expected for [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] to be demented enough to set off a [[foldspace warhead]] at pointblank range - a weapon that warped everyone to different parts of the galaxy. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Prelude: Megatron}}

After spending some time planet-hopping, Ironhide detected [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]'s homing signal and headed for it. En route, he was captured by an alien spacecraft, one that appeared to belong to immense entities that created the AllSpark and wanted it back. Ironhide, shrugging off a psychic probe, worked out these entities were an illusion - the ship was a derelict that had been salvaged by a group of aquatic aliens who wanted to find & exploit the AllSpark. Ironhide removed their ability to do so by taking the derelict's device that tracked down AllSpark energy. While he then went on his way, he was left wondering what race had originally owned this vessel and what their connection to the AllSpark was... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Lost In Space 3: Ironhide}}

[[File:Movie TitanTransformers6 Ironhide.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|[[War Machine|HERE'S MY SUNDAY BEST!!!]]]]
After meeting up with Ratchet, the two began searching for Jazz. They found he was the prisoner of a living, predatory planet; Ironhide reasoned with the planet to let their friend go (i.e. shot it repeatedly with his slag-off great cannon) and they took him back to Cybertron with them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 6|Lost In Space Part 4: Jazz}}

Following the [[Mission City]] battle, he got into ''another'' battle with [[zombie]] Decepticons. Already injured and exhausted from the last fight, he almost fell before Ratchet found a solution. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Starscream's Militia}}

[[File:Movie TitanTransformers8 ScorpieIronhide1.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Ratchet was right. That tingles!]]
After that, he worked with a [[United States Marine Corps]] team to track down [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]. The Decepticon led them into a trap and took control of Ironhide's motor functions, causing him to attack the humans. They attempted to fight back - oh, you know those sabot rounds that are supposed to harm Transformers? They had no effect. Luckily, one of the soldiers was able to sever Scorponok's connection before he killed them all, and Ironhide killed the Decepticon the old-fashioned way: ''brutally''. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 8|Scorpion Sting}}

[[File:Ironhidetwins KLUNNG.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|You may now kiss the bride.]]

Ironhide was later the commanding officer at the [[NEST]] base at Edwards [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] Base, [[California]]. To his intense annoyance, [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] had turned up, claiming to have a message for Optimus Prime and ''only'' him. Since they'd cried wolf before and Optimus was busy on another mission, Ironhide refused. So the twins ''ambushed him with piles of crates'' so they could reach NEST's ops room and send in a call. Ironhide hurt them for this.

He grew more frustrated when, after NEST picked up a Decepticon signal heading for [[Las Vegas]] and Ironhide headed up a strike team, the twins pleaded to come along. He bluntly stated they couldn't be trusted ''not'' to screw up the way they were going, and if they wanted his trust they'd have to earn it.

Once in Las Vegas, Ironhide led his team to capture [[Grindor (ROTF)|the Decepticon Grindor]]. The target used his rotors to blast cars at everyone, knocking Ironhide over, though the human soldiers under [[Dundee|Sergeant Dundee]] completed the mission. Then the twins turned up to earn his trust and show their skills! ...which caused Grindor to be accidentally freed. This time, seeming to notice his way of dealing with the twins wasn't helping matters, Ironhide calmly pointed out that they'd made a mistake, but so does everyone: the trick is to ''learn'' from them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}}

He had them sent to be trained by [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], but didn't act on their claims of important info {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.4|New Tricks}} as he still doesn't trust them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Previously...}} Soon after that, they turned traitor ([[Soundwave (ROTF)|or so it seemed]]) and Ironhide worked with Optimus to capture them. When an anonymous tip-off came in that the twins were abducting [[Sam Witwicky]], Ironhide stated that the call seemed dodgy but they couldn't afford to not follow it up. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|Outlaw Blues}}

Later, after being alerted to the twins' position and while in a NEST carrier plane, Ironhide (with Sideswipe) watched the fugitives battle the very Decepticons they thought the twins had been aiding and abetting. With the plane unable to land, Ironhide continued to monitor the situation {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|Turnabout}} and would track the twins to the Decepticons' [[Mars (planet)|Phobos]] base. As a result, the Autobots cleared out a whole nest of [[Purple generic drone|drones]]. Finally realising that the twins ''had'' been innocent all along, Ironhide apologised to them and officially welcomed them into the Autobot's Earth division. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}

[[File:Titan11 cleaningupHoist.jpg|left|upright=1.67|thumb|"I think we've [[Hoist (Movie)|made a mistake]] here."]]

After the Fallen's defeat, Ironhide led clean-up operations against the Decepticon stragglers on Earth. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.11|Spare Parts!}}

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In one different mission, he, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], and [[William Lennox]] were investigating strange clearances in [[Peru]] alongside [[Redway|Doctor Redway]]'s ecological survey team. They found several statues of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] in the jungle, while Ironhide was ''really'' eager to burn, but warned them the Decepticon was in the area. Ironhide identified blast damage as being caused by Starscream's Vulcan cannon, but before they could withdraw with the evidence the robot himself attack! Ironhide took him on, using his guns to clear the treeline and then engaging in hand-to-hand combat (and taking some major whacks to the face!), and eventually the Decepticon fled. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.17|The Kingdom of Starscream}}

As open battles were turning humans against the Transformers, Prime and Ironhide oversaw the creation of a secret covert unit that would monitor the Decepticons, wait for windows of opportunity out of the public eye, and then hit hard and fast. Ironhide was quite happy with the unit's performance, not knowing why Optimus was left disquiet about the tactics used.{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.18|Shadow War}} When preparing for an assault on [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]]'s base, Wheelie offered to help out. Unfotunately, Ironhide made the tragic mistake of declining the offer, as it lead to Wheelie turning on the Autobots. During the battle, Ironhide used himself as a human shield while Optimus and Bumblebee opened fire on [[Tankor (ROTF)|Tankor]] and [[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.20|Divided Loyalties}}

Sent on a mission with Ratchet, Ironhide confided in his companion that he would rather be on a suicide mission than where they were now—running public relations at an anti-[[Transformer|Cybertronian]] rally outside the [[Tech Museum of Innovation]]. After Ratchet's attempts to mollify the crowd failed, Ironhide tried his hand, but only managed to panic them further. Then, Starscream and Barricade arrived, and Ironhide boldly charged at them. Though he deftly disabled Barricade, Starscream threw a tanker truck at Ratchet and the humans. Ironhide body-slammed it out of the way and was promptly caught in the explosion. As the Decepticons prepared to finish him off, they were besieged by the protesters, who were now adamantly pro-Autobot. He was later well enough to request one of Castor's anti-Decepticon T-shirts. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.4|Automatic for the People}}

====Alternate timeline====
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In a reality where the Decepticons won, Ironhide was part of the Autobot resistance on [[Earth]] and was in contact with reinforcements from Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}} He and Ratchet were in a mission in Savannah, Georgia, the site of the Decepticon's [[Eco-structuring|cyberforming]] process. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2}} Using [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] disguises, they sneaked in and Ironhide worked out how to destroy the facility and save the planet, only to find [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] let them in to kill them! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 11|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3}} Ironhide got the slag kicked out of him until Ratchet saved him, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4}} but he made up for it in keeping the Decepticons distracted while Ratchet finally took out the AllSpark. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}}

He was stationed near a refugee shelter in Savannah following the liberation of America. When Decepticons attacked the shelter, a position with no strategic value, Ironhide suspected it was a trap—which it was, an attempt to keep the Autobots in a position where a manipulated [[NATO]] could kill them all. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath Part 1}} Ironhide showed annoyance that the humans couldn't see the Autobots were just trying to help, and he replied with a curt "fine" when he was ordered not to return fire on any human tanks. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|Aftermath Part 2}}

Alongside [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]], he protected San Diego from a Decepticon raid, talking the younger Autobot through how to best drive off the attackers. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}}

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When Optimus wanted [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] to be secretly brought from the long-dead Cybertron to Earth, Ironhide was the one chosen to lead the mission (Bumblebee, Arcee and Armorhide with him). Ironhide warned his team to be on their guard, trust nothing, and that they'd die if they got misty-eyed about being home. Soon after landing, they ran into [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]]'s Decepticons, and Ironhide was challenged to hand-to-hand combat to resolve the situation. The look on Ironhide's face as Stockade shrugged off his strongest blow was a joy to behold (but not for Ironhide cos he got battered). {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Return to Cybertron: Part 1}}

[[File:StockadeVsIronhide.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|left|...Well, ''that's'' never happened before.]]
Ironhide absolutely refused to back down or surrender, leading to Stockade beating him up a few more times. When it became clear the Decepticons were going to use all the Nucleon to summon an alien entity into Cybertron's core, Ironhide decided to provide the "distraction" so the other Autobots could stop the plan: that distraction being to run over [[Divebomb (Movie)|Divebomb]] and smash into things, which ended when Stockade smashed him up one last time. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron: Part 2}}

When [[Unicron]] entered Cybertron's core and began reshaping the planet, Ironhide ordered Bumblebee to flee from falling rubble and not wait for him... and got squished. The other Autobots pulled him out, and he decided the only logical response to Unicron's invasion was to ''blow up the planet''. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}} Luckily, a newly arrived Optimus had a better plan: Cut off the Nucleon that Unicron was using to power his physical form. Ironhide was part of this mission and led the defensive action against Unicron's internal defender drones, but lost his mega-bazooka in the process. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}}

Upon returning to Earth and being fired on by Decepticons (who had seized Autobase and the six hundred square miles around it), he said he's the last guy to run from a firefight but they should... run from a firefight. He was both respectful of the fact the Autobots had not been around to stop the Decepticons and recognised the President was a blatant Decepticon slave. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Hard Target}}

He was part of the raid to get [[Mikaela Banes]] back from the Decepticons, noting the Decepticons were letting them enter Savannah. His big contribution to the mission was to get thwacked by [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

Optimus and Ironhide both realised Allen would be used against them, and so two weeks before he ''was'', Ironhide covertly contatced [[Tom Banachek]] and set him up to identify ''every'' Decepticon cerebro-strip puppet in the US government. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part 3}} When it became clear Allen was going to order the Autobots off American soil, Ironhide headed off to do something ''mysteeeeerious'' with Bumblebee, which turned out to be setting things up so they could fake their own deaths. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution Part 1}} This gave the Autobots the freedom to rig up the means to forcibly exile the Decepticons on Cybertron, and once Banachek was done the Autobots returned to hit the [[Decepticon Heartland]].

Ironhide was in the spearhead, acting as Prime's second-in-command and having his dialogue stolen by [[Strongarm (Movie)|Strongarm]]. He forcibly teleported Starscream to Cybertron, helping finally win a lasting peace for Earth. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part 3}}

====Law and Disorder====
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[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] was meant to be a solo letters page host, but Ironhide forcibly took co-ownership of the section. He spends his time undermining and dissing Barricade. Particularly, he used to seem focused on the fact Barricade was beaten by Bumblebee, viewing this as laughable and Bumblebee as a weak fighter (#2). ([[:File:Bumblebeehandlesthis.jpg|Maybe he's trying to cover something...]]) He later began to admit Bumblebee is hardcore (#3, #7), and started switching tactics to taunting Barricade for his absence from the new video games (#4, #12) and the awesome popularity of [[Live-action film series|the Autobot propaganda films]]. (#5) He did try once to get on with Barricade but the Decepticon was having none of it. (#6)

While he's happy to dish it, he's not so happy when the Decepticon wins out. When a [[Female Transformer]] wrote in and engaged in heavy flirting with Barricade, Ironhide got grumpy and abruptly decided that was all the letters they had time for and ran reader's photos instead. (#5) At other times, he's tried to shame readers for being too pro-Decepticon (#7, #8) and dissed their creative work. (#11, #12) He's even menaced ''[[Simon Furman|Furman himself]]'' into writing more pro-Autobot scripts! (#12)

From #9, he started offering Barricade the opportunity to defect to the Autobots. And he ''will not stop''. He's even admitted that the Decepticon has grown on him and he's becoming fond of him, something Barricade considers an act of psychological warfare. (#11)

Barricade likes and admires ''your'' anal-retentive knowledge of Transformers trivia! (#1) Very soon after announcing this, he turned against it (fans must've kept emailing him). (#7) Despite this, he often encourages and defends the younger Autobot fans, encouraging young kids to dress as Transformers and send in pictures; he's also a supporter of [[unofficial conventions|fan conventions]]! (#7) We're not just his fans, we're his "biological insurgents"! (#9)

Ironhide is in talk with some producers about the third film being focused on ''him'', but is disgruntled that they're insisting on Bumblebee being in it as his sidekick. (#8)

He's a big fan of video games, especially the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Xbox 360 ROTF game]] (#4) and ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' (#12), and always loves playing against people in multiplayer! (#4)(#7) His other favourite things are [[Michael Bay]]'s explosive directing style (#5), and both heavy metal music and DJ Shadow. (#7) He also admires [[Batman]] cos his car has ''lots'' of weapons (#2).

Details about his past have been revealed: When Ironhide was four years old, he lived in [[Tyger Pax]] and assembled his first high yield plasma accelerator. He was often told off for hanging around the primary heat exchangers downtown. (#7) He's encountered the [[Combaticon (ROTF)|Combaticons]] before, along with Optimus, and warns readers to be careful around them! (#3) He has some awareness of [[Unicron]] too, describing him as being "as mad as his mouth is big, so pretty mad". (#6) More surprisingly, he was once active in the ''1980s'', [[Starscream (Movie)#Star Screams|similar to Starscream]], when he took the form of a [[Ironhide (G1)/toys|red version of Ratchet]]. He fought Barricade during this time, and still has disgust for mullets. (#12)

[[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] annoys him. A ''lot''. (#9) Enough so that, upon hearing the punishment given to Decepticons who defect, he pleaded with Barricade to send someone to "collect" Wheelie... (#10)

Sometimes, he wistfully wonders what it must be like to have [[relatives|a son]]... (#10)

===Novels===
====''Ghosts of Yesterday''====
During their long search for the AllSpark, the crew of the ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]'' encountered a strange ship in an abandoned star system. Ironhide identified it as Decepticon, but on second glance wasn't so sure. Though he was all in favor of destroying the mystery craft in case it was a Decepticon trap, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] disagreed, believing it to be of alien construction. As [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] followed the ship down to a planet, Ironhide appeared to express concern for his fellow, though he later dismissed this as not wanting their numbers depleted. Ironhide and [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] backed up Optimus when the Decepticons sprang an attack on them, though Ironhide was growing increasingly uncomfortable with the passive tactics they were employing. He and Jazz ejected [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] from the ''Ark'''s hangar. After the fight, Optimus departed to help Bumblebee, and left Ironhide in charge.

During a subsequent Decepticon attack, Ironhide and Jazz employed a new plan wherein Jazz distracted the foe, and Ironhide attempted to approach the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]'' from a sensor blind-spot. The plan might have succeeded had [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] not chosen that moment to return from the nearby planet. Jazz was badly damaged as a result, and Ironhide had to work with [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] to return them both safely to the ''Ark''. The return of Optimus and Bumblebee meant another battle, and Ironhide was matched up against Bonecrusher. He managed to avoid getting hit for the most part, though he did suffer some damage to his armor. Following the Decepticon retreat, and Optimus's news that [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and possibly the AllSpark were located on Earth, Ironhide opined that Starscream would be reluctant to go there because he wanted Megatron to stay lost. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

====''The Veiled Threat''====
{{Note|The events of ''The Veiled Threat'' take place during [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers: Alliance|Alliance]]'' comic.}}

During a trip back to Diego Garcia, Ironhide's ship was stopped by Somali pirates. Although the crew could have taken them, they decided to let Ironhide handle it. Transforming into [[robot mode]], Ironhide instructed the pirates to "walk the plank". Most of the pirates opted to instead jump off the ship at running speed.

Following reports that Starscream was operating in [[Zambia]], Ironhide accompanied Optimus, Ratchet, [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]], and [[Beachbreak]] to Africa with Captain Lennox, Sergeant Epps, [[Petr Andronov]], and [[Kaminari Ishihara]]. They confronted [[Macerator (ROTF)|Macerator]], [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]], and [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] on the Zambezi, where the Decepticons fought in the river, pulling the Autobots downstream. Optimus nearly fell over the falls, but was saved by Beackbreak, at the cost of his life. Ironhide got some payback at a dam down the river, which the Decepticons were trying to destroy. Macerator was killed and Payload swept away when they opened the flood gates rather than allow him to destroy the dam, but Ironhide was forced to let Dropkick escape since he was heading toward the humans.

Following this, two separate signals of Decepticon activity were detected, in [[Peru]] and the [[Australia]]n outback. Ironhide accompanied Optimus, Salvage, Lennox, and Kaminara to Australia. As they reached the outback close to dark, they decided to begin searching in the day, with Lennox taking Ironhide's cab, a situation the old Autobot preferred, as he would have turned one of his lesser weapons on Kami's music devices (stop looking at him like that, he wouldn't have hurt her). The next day, Lennox realized that the Decepticons were interested in the two regions because of energy sources, uranium in Australia's case, and Lennox theorized that it might the Decepticons might hope to use the energy to reactivate a depleted Spark. Considering the situation, Ironhide conceded that a spark could be restored via a focused energy blast, but doubted that human resources could do the trick, and the individual in question would be only partially revived at best. Two days later, the NEST team discovered the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s [[Kickback (ROTF)|Kickback]], [[Tread]], and [[Trample]]. Ironhide wailed on Trample for a while before he grabbed Kami, but she used her weapon to disorient him and allow Ironhide to move in for the kill.

After their return to Diego Garcia, reports came in of [[Jolt (Movie)|Deadend]] and [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] racing around in [[Rome]]. Ironhide went along as part of the NEST team, but found himself unable to enter the narrower streets that the two Decepticons were using to get around. Though [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knockout]] managed to deal with the two cars on his own, Starscream arrived and challenged Prime to one-on-one combat. It was a ruse to lure Optimus into a trap, leaving Ironhide, Ratchet and Knockout to fight Starscream themselves. They managed to hold their own against the much larger Decepticon, largely thanks to Ironhide's might, until Optimus got free of the trap and joined them, at which point Starscream fled. {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}

====''Classified'' novels====
Ironhide took part in several [[Battle of Polyhex|battles]] in [[Polyhex]] with Optimus Prime during the war.

On [[Earth]], he and Optimus later used the same tactics while dealing with a trio of Decepticons who attacked the [[Nevada Test and Training Range]]. Also he killed [[Tracer (Classified)|Tracer]] by shooting the Decepticon in the face. Afterwards, Ironhide wondered if the humans might give them medals, but Optimus revealed that the trio had been communicating with an unidentified third party. Ironhide was annoyed when the humans later kept them out of the loop. Optimus and Ironhide later traveled to [[Hawthorne Army Depot]], where [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]] had uncovered an ancient cache of weapons, including a personal [[force field]]. This made it difficult for Ironhide to use his guns on the Decepticon, and even trying to punch Reverb resulted in Ironhide being knocked backwards and being hit by Reverb's sonic cannon. He was too injured to do much for the rest of the battle, though a missile he later fired proved that Reverb's force field had failed. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Switching Gears|Switching Gears}}

Ironhide was back up to fighting strength a month later, and helped [[Hyperdynamix]] test their new prototype tank, though he almost lost the battle with it. When Decepticons later attacked Hyperdynamix, he, Optimus and Ratchet went to defend the location, but had trouble locating the Decepticons in question. The game of hide and seek ended for Ironhide when he was sent by helicopter to [[Battle Mountain]] to pick up [[Gears (ROTF)|Gears]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Kevin Bowman]], who had left the base without permission. To his disappointment, he arrived back at Hyperdynamix to find the three attacking Decepticons had already been finished off. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Battle Mountain|Battle Mountain}}

During a visit to Hyperdynamix Aerospace to learn about the [[Hyperdynamix Orbital Debris Disposal Initiative Station|HODDIS]] station intended to track incoming Cybertronians, and the satellite with which [[Alexander Porter|Dr. Porter]] intended to wipe out the Decepticons, incoming meteoroids were detected. Optimus, Ironhide and Ratchet and his team went to the crash site in [[Idaho]], and found themselves having to fight the giant robot centipedes which came out of the meteoroids. Dubbing them "[[robo-pede]]s", Ironhide teamed up with Ratchet to take down two of them before they could reach a human town, and had to follow one into a lake to catch it. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Satellite of Doom|Satellite of Doom}}

===Toy bios===
Even before the war began, Ironhide loved weapons. Nothing made him happier than travelling to some remote asteroid field where he could let loose and blast rocks to his spark's content. These days, Ironhide's targets are all mobile, and the length of the war has started to take the fun out of heavy weaponry for him. {{storylink|#Titanium Series|Titanium Series}} Nonetheless, he found time between fights to train Arcee in combat. {{storylink|Arcee (Movie)#Scout Class toys|Target Arcee bio}}

Just before coming to Earth, Jazz was badly hurt in a battle with Brawl. As part of his recovery, Ironhide helped upgrade Jazz's endoskeleton reinforcements. {{storylink|Jazz (Movie)#Premium|Premium Jazz bio}}

When Ironhide got himself a new pulse cannon, and couldn't wait to test it out on the Decepticons. {{storylink|#Fast Action Battlers|Pulse Cannon Ironhide}} At some point, he had a knock-down, drag-out fight with Blackout, possibly in a desert. {{storylink|#Legends Class toys|Ironhide Vs Desert Blackout}}

With the war over, and infused with the power of the AllSpark, Ironhide felt like a young 'bot again and decided to spend his new spare time by exploring Earth. Together with his new human friends, he's having the time of his life conquering the most challenging trails on the planet, from Death Valley to the darkest Amazon basin! {{storylink|#Voyager Class toys|Offroad Ironhide}} He does this with William Lennox, who he stays with; when the soldier's away, Ironhide watches his family for him. And he also gets to play with [[Sector Seven]] experimental weaponry! Yay peace! {{storylink|#Voyager Class toys|Premium Ironhide}}

During this relatively quiet period, Ironhide also began mentoring [[Landmine (Movie)|Landmine]] in the ways of battle. {{storylink|Landmine (Movie)|Landmine bio}}

With Megatron dead, the Autobots are able to go on the offensive. Hunting down and killing Decepticons is the most fun Ironhide ever had! {{storylink|Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 2|Ironhide 2009}} As part of this mission, he got spiffy new red armour, making him far tougher. {{storylink|Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Fast Action Battlers 2|Cannon Force Ironhide}}

Ironhide took on specific missions against especially dangerous Decepticons: leading a team against the infamous and ferocious [[Sparkcrusher]] and [[Runamuck (ROTF)|Runamuck]] {{storylink|Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Legend Class toys 2|Straightway Shootout}}, using stealth tactics to hunt down the murderous [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]] in Southeast Asian jungles {{storylink|Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 2|Recon Ironhide}}, and doing a solo op against weapons specialist [[Hailstorm (TF 2010)|Hailstorm]]. He actually volunteered for that last one: the two used to belong to the same gun club on Cybertron, and he both knows how dangerous Hailstorm is and is eager to test his guns against him! {{storylink|Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys|Ironhide (2010)}}

Somewhat disturbingly, Ironhide feels ''nothing'' matches the thrill of establishing a target lock, and the world slows down around him as he heads into battle. Part of him hopes he ''never'' runs out of Decepticons to kill... {{storylink|Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Robot Replicas|Robot Replicas Ironhide}}

===''Beast Wars Diorama Story''===
At some point, Ironhide and multiple Autobots and Decepticons traversed dimensions and found themselves on a different [[Earth]], in the distant past. They crossed paths with new Transformer factions, the [[Maximal]]s and the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, who were engaged in a conflict called the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. A battle broke out between the four factions. The Autobots and the Decepticons eventually returned to their home dimension, leaving the Maximals and Predacons behind to settle the Beast Wars. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Diorama Story|Beast Wars Diorama Story}}

===''Mini Mayhem!''===
Sam asked Ironhide and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] whether either of them ever thought of defeating [[The Fallen]] with water, him always being on fire and all. Ironhide responded that they had instead tried to "fight fire with fire" in the most literal sense, though the results were less than desirable. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===''Cyber Missions''===
{{voiceactor|[[Bronco D. Jackson]] (English)|[[Germán Fabregat]] (Latin American-Spanish)}}
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While reviewing some [[Datatrax|data tracks]] with [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], an explosion was detected outside of [[NEST]] HQ. Ironhide told Bumblebee to lock down the most important data tracks while he went to investigate the explosion. As it turned out, it was [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]], whom Ironhide had been hoping for a rematch. After a brief struggle, Bludgeon lured Ironhide into the jungle, and hit him with a tree. Bumblebee then contacted Ironhide (to inform him that Bludgeon was a feint to allow [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to break into the base) but Ironhide told Bumblebee that this was between him and Bludgeon. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 1}} Optimus Prime, however, disagreed, and by morning, told Ironhide to not engage Bludgeon. The Decepticon made that difficult, but Ironhide eventually gained the upper hand, cornering him at a cliff. Deciding to extend the olive branch, Ironhide offered to ensure Bludgeon would receive amnesty if he joined the Autobots (and people say Ironhide is too aggressive). Bludgeon rejected the offer out of fear of Megatron's wrath and jumped off the cliff, escaping. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 2}}

Lost in the jungle, Ironhide stumbled onto a cave. There he was hypnotised by [[Mindwipe (ROTF)|Mindwipe]] and commanded to gather up the deposits of [[energon]] scattered around the cave floor. He remained that way until Optimus Prime was able to defeat Mindwipe, at which point he wondered what the heck had been going on. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 5}} Some time later, he took Bumblebee to train in some snowy wastes. While he was somewhat aggressive with his training methods, he suddenly stopped when he saw that they had almost crushed a flower growing in the snow. Bumblebee wondered what the fuss was, until Ironhide pointed out that the flower was giving off sentient life readings, and swore the smaller bot to secrecy, as the revelation might have weirded out the humans. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 8}}

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While speeding down [[Interstate 95]], Ironhide was pulled over by a police car. He was just contemplating Optimus's reaction to him having been pulled over by the Earth authorities, when he realised that he'd been ambushed by [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]. While he was holding them at bay with his bravado, Lockdown grabbed the missile right out of his launcher, only for the missile to explode and knock the Decepticon down. Ironhide followed this up by picking up a nearby dump truck and emptying its contents on Barricade, before chasing the two Decepticons off. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 11}}

Ironhide was one of the group of Autobots who went to aid Optimus Prime in a remote area of the [[Arctic]]. They were intercepted by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], but brought the Decepticon jet down and caught up with Optimus in time to see him letting [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] go. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 12}} Ironhide took part in a gambit to trap the Decepticons. As Optimus and Megatron fought, Ironhide, Ratchet and Bumblebee attacked the other Decepticons. Starscream tried to flee, but Ironhide fired on him, forcing the Decepticon to try and engage him in combat at ground level. Ironhide easily matched him for strength and, with the defeat of Megatron, the Decepticons fled. Bumblebee and Ironhide celebrated their victory as Optimus delivered yet another speech. {{storylink|Decepticons Attack}}
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===''I Can Read!'' books===
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Ironhide met up with Optimus, Sideswipe and Bumblebee in a desert to train. He and Optimus tackled a rough off-road trail, only for their training to be interrupted by a nearby dam bursting open. The two Autobots sealed up the dam using rocks from a nearby quarry. They met back up with Bumblebee and Sideswipe afterwards, who admitted to have encountered their own "natural disaster." The source of the disturbances soon revealed itself to be Megatron and Starscream tunneling underground. Though the two Decepticons attempted to ambush the Autobots, Ironhide and the others were able to send them running thanks to the training they had gone through that day. {{storylink|Training Day (book)|Training Day}}

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Ironhide and Ratchet encountered [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] and [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]] at a sea-side dock. Ratchet was able to hold off the Decepticons with an electrical discharge, allowing both Autobots to escape safely. Ironhide later helped the Autobots defeat the Decepticons in Egypt. {{storylink|Ratchet to the Rescue}}
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===''Hunt for the Decepticons'' storybooks===
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Upon learning that [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]] and [[Ratbat (ROTF)|Ratbat]] were causing trouble, Optimus ordered Ironhide and the rest of the Autobots to roll out to face the Decepticons. Thanks to Soundwave's tampering with their communications, however, the Autobots arrived at an abandonned warehouse instead of where the trouble was taking place. Thankfully, Sam and Bumblebee met with the Autobots, and led them to the correct location. The Decepticons were defeated and the Autobots cheered Sam for his help in the mission. {{storylink|Satellite Meltdown}}

===''Spot the 'Bots''===
Ironhide and a group of other Autobots duked it out against the Decepticons in an old warehouse in a battle that would decide the fate of the Earth! {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Spot the 'Bots}}
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===''Unite for the Universe''===
Ironhide was aiding N.E.S.T. operatives dispose of the remains of fallen Decepticons by smelting them when [[Skystalker (ROTF)|Skystalker]] attacked the group. He was unable to stop the Decepticon from teleporting away with several Decepticon carcasses, though the humans were kept safe thanks to his efforts. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|Unite for the Universe #1|Ambition Instigated}}

===Transformers Annual 2011===
When Decepticon activity was detected in [[Tokyo]], Ironhide headed there with Optimus, Sideswipe and Ratchet. Unfortunately for him, he was elsewhere in the city when all the fun occurred. {{storylink|Sam in Danger}}

==Games==
===''Transformers'' The Game (Console)===
{{voiceactor|[[Mark Ryan]] (English)|[[Patrice Melennec]] (French)}}

====Autobot campaign====
Ironhide arrived on Earth alongside the other Autobots upon Bumblebee's call. As [[Sector Seven]] forces closed in on them, Jazz was given the task of drawing the human authorities' attention away from the others. When Jazz soon found himself trapped by both human agents ''and'' Decepticons, Ironhide was sent to rescue him (without, Prime ordered him, another incident like that on [[Kyber-5]]), a task that ended with his tangling with a [[Mixmaster (Movie)|Mixmaster]] unit in a construction lot.

A brief aside with Optimus Prime during the rescue revealed Ironhide's actions may have resulted in the destruction of [[Kyber-5|a small planet]] at one point. Ironhide maintained that it was going to blow up ''anyway''.

In [[Mission City]], Ironhide once again was called to the rescue, as Bumblebee was trapped by a massive swarm of [[Energon drone]]s activated by the [[AllSpark#Live-action movie universe|AllSpark]]. Ironhide waded into the thick of them and destroyed every last one. Shortly afterwards, he responded to Jazz's S.O.S. call, but was too late; the warrior had been killed by [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]]. Enraged, Ironhide engaged the tank, smashing through the backup drone-units before finally taking on Brawl himself. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game (console)}}

====Decepticon campaign====
As the Decepticons closed in on the AllSpark within Mission City, [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] was tasked with bringing down the mighty Ironhide. Ironhide's powerful cannons, force shielding and hordes of backup drones made this fight ''incredibly'' difficult for Blackout, but the mammoth Decepticon was finally able to take Ironhide out. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game (console)}}

===''Transformers: The Game'' (PSP)===
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{{storylink|Transformers The Game (PSP)}}

===Transformers Autobots===
Ironhide served as a mentor to the young [[Create-A-Bot (Autobot)|Create-A-Bot]] as he learned the ropes on Earth. He was a bit annoyed by the kid's spunk, but knew he had a good Spark deep down. He later accompanied him to the Arctic to find Megatron, but discovered that the Decepticon leader had been moved elsewhere. On their way out of the region, they were attacked by Starscream, but the old war horse was able to fend him off.

In Tranquility, Ironhide met up with his leader and the rest of the team, and laid low until Optimus summoned them. After revealing Sector Seven's custody of both Megatron and the AllSpark, Bumblebee was sent to create a distraction so the group could escape. However, the rookie ended up getting Bumblebee caught by trying to show off. Ironhide scolded him, but was enraged to learn that Optimus decided to leave Bumblebee behind in favor of the AllSpark. Ironhide blew up at his leader, claiming that Optimus only cared about killing his brother, a belief he'd apparently been bottling up for some time. Jazz coldly told him to leave, and Ironhide eventually joined the group on their way to Hoover Dam.

When Bumblebee was eventually found, Ironhide apologized for his attack on his leader. However, before he could finish, Optimus reassured him that no harm was done between the two old friends. When Megatron was released and the Decepticons set about to bomb the dam, Ironhide was able to halt the scheme and headed for Tranquility. In the ensuing city-wide battle, Ironhide fought off countless Decepticons with the help of the rookie, who himself fell in battle defeating Megatron. Ironhide joined the other Autobots in solidarity as Optimus called out for more to join them on Earth.

{{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons}}

===Transformers Decepticons===
Ironhide took part in the battle for Tranquility when Megatron stormed it for the AllSpark, and ran into his old nemesis Brawl. Despite his best efforts, Ironhide ultimately died defending the city.

{{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons}}

===AllSpark Wars===
After the first battle with the Decepticons on Earth, Ironhide and the other Autobots went into stasis lock, held in storage around the world. {{storylink|AllSpark Wars}}

===Allspark Highway===
The Autobots obtained the AllSpark, and needed to bring it to a secure location. Relaying it to one another, Ironhide being the third link in the chain, the Autobots kept the AllSpark out of Decepticon hands until the evil robots simply gave up the chase. {{storylink|Allspark Highway}}
===''Transformers Video Mash-Up''===
{{note|Various short clips featuring Ironhide were available for users to custom-create their own short film about the Transformers.}} {{storylink|Transformers Video Mash-Up}}

===Autobot Stronghold===
The Decepticons were invading an Autobot stronghold in the city, and Ironhide and the Autobots placed themselves at key positions to defend it from attack. {{storylink|Autobot Stronghold}}

===''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game===
{{voiceactor|[[Jess Harnell]] (English)|[[Patrice Melennec]] (French)}}

====Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC====
=====Autobot campaign=====
Ironhide was the Autobots' heavy weapons specialist, armed with dual pulse cannons firing shotgun-like energy bursts, and proximity grenade launchers. He could deploy missile turrets for added firepower.

Ironhide oversaw both [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]]'s training in Tranquility, near [[Colin Banes|Mikaela's father's]] garage.

When [[Robert Epps|Sergeant Epps]] detected the presence of [[Stunticon (ROTF)|Stunticons]] in Shanghai, NEST deployed Ironhide to take them out. After fighting through numerous drones, their leader [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] appeared, leading the Ironhide in a pursuit through the winding back alleys of the city. Finally, the Decepticon was cornered on the roof of an apartment building, and with one mighty punch, Ironhide sent Sideways to the ground. Unfortunately, Ironhide was soon jumped by the [[Combaticon (ROTF)|Combaticons]] and [[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]] at the nearby spiral freeway and had to wait for Ratchet to rescue him. After being repaired, Ironhide returned to the spiral freeway and paid back Long Haul for his earlier defeat.

{{charstubgame}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)}}

=====Decepticon Campaign=====
After taking care of Sideways, Ironhide was sent to defend the spiral freeway to help the NEST units under attack by Long Haul. After a ferocious battle, Long Haul got the best of him. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)}}

====Wii/PS2====
{{charstubgame}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Wii/PS2)}}

====PSP====
{{charstubgame}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (PSP)}}

===Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Autobots/Decepticons===
{{charstubgame}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots/Decepticons}}

===Transformers RPMs: Devastator's Demise===
[[File:Devastatorsdemise ironhide.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Ironhide was slow, but he made up for it in muscle. His 4x4 grip on the road was unequaled.

In order to defeat [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]], Bumblebee, Optimus and Ironhide drove through Cairo and avoided obstacles. {{storylink|Transformers RPMs: Devastator's Demise}}
{{-}}
===Hunt for the Decepticons===
Once [[you]] were welcomed into the Autobots, Ironhide trained you in order to improve your strength, in order to prepare you for your fight with Megatron. Once the Decepticon tyrant was defeated, Ironhide and the rest of the Autobots thanked you for your contribution to the Autobot cause. {{storylink|Hunt for the Decepticons}}

===Strike Zone Showdown===
Ironhide, Ratchet and Bumblebee faced off against Megatron, Lockdown and Bludgeon in the middle of a forest in a battle to the death. Ironhide would launch missiles in high arcs to defeat his opponents. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Strike Zone Showdown|Strike Zone Showdown}}

===''Web Wars''===
Ironhide battled the Decepticons across the digital frontier, defending numerous websites across the internet from their encroachment! {{storylink|Web Wars}}

===''Dark of the Moon'' - The Game===
{{voiceactor|[[Jess Harnell]] (English)|[[Pascal Casanova]] (French)}}

====(Xbox 360/PS3)====
[[File:Ironhide, Ratchet and Optimus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67]]
After [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] succeeded in planting a virus into the Decepticon's network, [[NEST]] major [[Reynolds]] picked up an attack on Detroit which was reported to [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]]. Ironhide was contacted and ordered to go in and assist in the evacuation effort (which would involve killing lots of Decepticons). Ironhide arrived and, as he transformed, Optimus ordered him to destroy all Decepticons with minimal environmental damage much to Ironhide's disappointment. Irohnide met up with [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and pointed him in the right direction to the Decepticons. Ironhide went in to attack while Ratchet went to evacuate civilians. After fighting through many Decepticons, Ratchet sent out a distress call to Ironhide. Once Ironhide met up with Ratchet he discovered that the Decepticon, [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]], had heavily damaged him. Ironhide managed to make Mixmaster fall through the floor and saved Ratchet. Ratchet then required self repair and had Ironhide cover him until the repairs were finished. Once Ratchet finished repairs, Ironhide was informed [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] would send a new version of Ironhide's [[Heavy Iron]] weapon to him. This Heavy Iron 2.0 would be able to penetrate Mixmaster's shield and destroy him.

[[File:Ironhide VS Mixmaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
Ironhide eventually found Mixmaster and, after a brief fight, managed to destroy him.

Much later, Starscream stole a piece of [[MechTech]] from a defeated [[Stratosphere]] and tried to use it as a new weapon for the Decepticon cause. Instead, the weapon contained a tracking system that allowed the Autobots to find the Decepticon hideout and launch a full-scale assault on it. While attacking the base, Ironhide managed to find Megatron and shot him, causing Megatron to go flying through a wall. Megatron survived and vowed that Ironhide would pay for his interference.

[[File:Ironhide and Ratchet.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67]]
Ironhide assisted Ratchet in the evacuation of the wounded soldiers after the battle. They tried to get a fix on Optimus' location with no success, while at the same time failing to notice Megatron in his new vehicle mode leaving the base. Optimus however was fine but busy fighting [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and his [[Driller]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)}}

====Autobots/Decepticons====
[[File:DOTMDS Ironhide.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Optimus Prime alerted Ironhide to the fact that [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] might be trying to bring the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s back online, but more importantly that [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] was hanging around a nearby industrial park. Ironhide headed for the industrial park and protected a bunch of buildings from the Decepticons. Some time later, Mirage contacted Ironhide to tell him that Lockdown had infiltrated the NEST base, and Ironhide was eventually able to chase the Decepticon down. When the Autobots tracked the Decepticons to [[Siberia]], Ironhide was selected to gain access to their base by shutting down the radar installations surrounding it. Once they got inside and worked out where Megatron was, Ironhide asked Optimus who he was taking in with him. Optimus opted to go in alone, and was overcome by Megatron and [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], leading Ironhide to go in himself. Despite the Decepticons escaping, Optimus complemented Ironhide's skills as a warrior. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons|Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons}}
{{--}}

===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' (mobile game)===
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{{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (mobile game)}}

===''Cyberverse Battle Builder''===
Ironhide joined the rest of the Autobots in combating the Decepticons on battlefields on Earth, the Earth's Moon and on Cybertron. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Cyberverse Battle Builder}}

===''MechTech Weapons Challenge''===
When Bumblebee was sent off on missions to retrieve stolen MechTech weapons technology from the Decepticons, Ironhide could provide him with a plethora of weaponry to aid him in his trials. {{storylink|MechTech Weapons Challenge}}

===''Transformers: Age of Extinction'' (mobile game)===
Ironhide was one of the Autobots, who helped destroy the Decepticons on streets of Texas, Detroit and Chicago (Despite his death). He also get a red paintjob too.
{{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (mobile game)}}

===''Transformers: The Ride – 3D''===
{{voiceactor|[[Jess Harnell]] (English)}}

To his distaste, Ironhide had to try to whip some new NEST recruits into shape, and lectured them on how inferior they were to Cybertronians. He made it clear that the NEST recruits would not defeat any Decepticon on their own; rather, Ironhide promised that as a unit, they would defeat the Decepticons... as long as they stopped bringing in churros, that is. He could later be seen firing on Devastator along with Ratchet.
{{storylink|Transformers: The Ride – 3D}}

===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:Ironhide-Forged-to-Fight.jpg|thumb|300px|Are you glad to see me alive and kicking?]]
Ironhide was one of the Autobots pulled from [[Live-action film series|his universe]] by the [[Quintesson]]s and forced to fight. He eventually joins the [[You|Commander]]. There are at least a few of him running around! {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}

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==Toys==
{{main|Ironhide (Movie)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
[[File:MovieIronhidevsLost.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|The crossover you never expected to see!]]

*In the initial draft of the [[Transformers (film)|first movie]], Ironhide was not present among the Autobot cast. However, he replaced female Autobot [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] in later drafts and the subsequent final script.
*In the first movie, Ironhide's guns ''alone'' have 10,000 CGI parts ''each''. Yet this was somehow passed over in the Academy Awards for {{w|The Golden Compass (film)|talking polar bears}}.
*Ironhide's robot CG model in the first movie sports the [[license plate]] "4PCI382" on his chest. Despite not being visible in the movie itself, the GMC Topkick car prop used as his [[alternate mode]] sports the same plate (registered in California in January), as seen in set photos. This appears to be a license plate reserved for Hollywood productions, as it was also used for the ''{{w|Lost (TV series)|Lost}}'' season 5 episode "[[wikia:lostpedia:The Little Prince|The Little Prince]]", for the car driven by minor character Dan Norton. The ''Transformers'' version of the license plate was later auctioned off.<ref name="auction plate">[http://www.yourprops.com/Ironhide-Screen-Used-License-Plate-original---screen-used-movie-props-Transformers--2007--prop-15186.html Ironhide license plate prop for auction, YourProps.com]</ref> Oddly enough, in ''Revenge of the Fallen'', Ironhide clearly sports ''no'' license plate in vehicle mode anymore, whereas on the [[Chicago]] set for ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', the GMC Topkick car prop sported a black plate with a [[NEST]] logo on it<ref name="chicago2">[http://www.seibertron.com/live-action-films/gallery.php?id=132&size=0&start=100 Dark of the Moon Chicago set (2)] at Seibertron.com.</ref>... yet his old "4PCI382" plate can still be seen on his [[robot mode]] chest in both movies.
*If you look really closely, you can see a large scar over Ironhide's right eye, which is kinda cool.
*If you watch his movements when he first emerges from the pool in the first movie, he walks with a slight limp.
*Apparently, he's a bit of a fan of [[Batman]]. {{Storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}}
*The [[NEST]] "Special Programs" logo on the first ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Voyager class Ironhide's toy is based upon a shoulder patch on [[Graham]]'s uniform.
[[File:BB-Ironhide-model.jpg|thumb]]
*[[TakaraTomy]] marketing director, [[Masahiko Yamazaki]], has claimed that the Japanese version of ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' takes place in the Movie continuity and that [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (renamed Ironhide in Japan) would actually ''be'' Movie Ironhide. Yamazaki's statement has come under some contradiction, as he also said that Bulkhead would have his "world view" altered in the dub to reflect Movie Ironhide's when, in fact, Japanese Bulkhead remains the same in personality as US Bulkhead. So whether Bulkhead actually ''is'' Ironhide in Japan remains uncertain at the moment.
*During Chapter Two of the ''Dark of the Moon'' video game, Ironhide's old cannons can be seen on his arms with battle damage, in following with his ejection of them during the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' film and implying he retrieved them.
*Ironhide is the basis for the non-toy character [[Nagoya Prime]].
*In ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]'', Ironhide is seen on the cards [[Harold Attinger]] pulls out early in the film, listed as deceased and having been last seen in Chicago. However, Ironhide was killed by Sentinel Prime in Washington, D.C., midway through ''Dark of the Moon'', and long before the final battle in Chicago.
*Ironhide's Cybertronian design in ''Bumblebee'' is heavily inspired by his Generation 1 [[Ironhide (G1)|namesake]].
*A Seibertron article on [[Jon Bailey]]'s experience shows that Bailey auditioned for Ironhide, meaning he was originally meant to speak in ''Bumblebee''.<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/bumblebee-movie-voice-actor-jon-bailey-talks-about-his-experience/42553/ Seibertron article Bailey's experience]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Czech:'' '''Železňák''' (first movie's first dub only) ("Iron guy")
*''Japanese:'' '''Ironhide''' (アイアンハイド ''Aianhaido'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Acélfej''' ("Steelhead")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tiěpí''' (Taiwan, 鐵皮, China, 铁皮, "Iron Hide")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Staleshkir''' (Сталешкір, "Steelskin")

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Age of Extinction Autobots]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Autobots]]
[[Category:Bumblebee Autobots]]
[[Category:Classified Autobots]]
[[Category:Cyber Missions characters]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Autobots]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:Letters page answerers]]
[[Category:Movie Autobots]]
[[Category:NEST]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Autobots]]

The Arrival issue 5

2020-10-30T04:33:27Z

Valkyrie:

{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[Transformers Animated: The Arrival|''Transformers Animated: The Arrival'']]'' #5''
|prev=The Arrival issue 4
|next=First (and Second) in Flight
|image=Arrival5 coverA.jpg
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[December 3]], [[2008]]
|coverdate=December 2008
|written by=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|art by=[[Boo]] (on "Everything Must Go")
|pencils by=[[Dario Brizuela]] (on "Survival Skills")
|inks by=[[Leandro Corral]] (on "Survival Skills")
|colors by=[[Liam Shalloo]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|edits by=[[Denton J. Tipton]]
|continuity=[[Animated cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''A young Optimus has a terrifying encounter while on a training mission; Swindle profits to ridiculous excess from an argument between Lugnut and Blitzwing.'''

=="Survival Skills"==
===Synopsis===
On a [[Kyber-5|distant planet]], [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]] is alone on a training exercise when he sees the rescue ship arriving early... only it's not a rescue ship, it's the [[Decepticon]] leader, [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. Though frightened, Optimus keeps his wits about him and rams Megatron in truck mode, but gets stuck in the mud while trying to escape. He blocks a fatal blow from Megatron's sword and uses his fire foam and grappler to ensnare Megatron, but just when he's about to dispatch the Decepticon with his axe, Megatron impales the [[Autobot]] with his sword.

The whole mission turns out to be just simulated combat, however, and [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]] sneers to [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] that Optimus got his skidplate handed to him. [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] interrupts, however, and states that Optimus scored higher than anyone else on the combat simulator. Magnus then tells an incredulous Optimus that he expects great things from him.

===Featured characters===
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]] (1)
* [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]] (3)
* [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] (4)
* [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (5)
|c2=
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (2) (simulation only)
}}

===Quotes===
* None yet identified.

===Errors===
* None yet identified.

===Items of Note===
* This story was printed along with two [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] stories as a [[Free Comic Book Day]] issue by [[IDW Publishing]] on [[May 2]], [[2009]].

=="Everything Must Go"==
===Synopsis===
In the Decepticon refugee colony [[New Kaon]], [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] bargains with [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] for the captured Optimus Prime. This is overheard by [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]], who attacks Blitzwing for dealing with bounty hunters and for insinuating that Megatron is dead. Blitzwing is knocked through a wall, where [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] offers him a weapon to help him in his skirmish...provided that Blitzwing has the available credit downloads. He uses the weapon on Lugnut, to whom Swindle runs to offer weapons as well. Swindle goes back and forth, repairing the loser and selling him increasingly destructive weapons (which ends in disaster for New Kaon) until Lugnut and Blitzwing both realize that they've been duped. They then both mangle Swindle into a ball, which is still smiling, since the customer is always right.

===Featured characters===
{{featuredcharacters
|c2=
* [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (1)
* [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] (2)
* [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] (3)
* [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] (4)
}}

===Quotes===
* None yet identified.

===Errors===
* None yet identified.

===Items of Note===
====Transformers references====
* "Everything Must Go" takes place during and after the events of "[[The Thrill of the Hunt]]", as evidenced by the opening conversation between Lockdown and Blitzwing, which is lifted directly from that episode.
* Several deliciously obscure planets from previous Transformers adventures are name-dropped by Swindle in "Everything Must Go," including [[Torkulon]] and [[Menonia]] from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]], [[Darhos]] from ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'' (albeit misspelled as "Dahros," and seemingly conflated with the similarly named [[Daros]] from the same series, with mentions of an inhospitable northern hemisphere), and [[Andellor]] from the [[Blackthorne Publishing|Blackthorne]]'s ''[[Transformers in 3-D]]''. [[Talos Four]]'s name resembles [[Taros Four]] from "[[The Dark Heart of Sandokan]]".
* On top of that, the weapons that Swindle has obtained from some of these planets (and some unnamed others) are all pre-existing Transformer weapons of varying degrees of obscurity: an [[Anti-gravity gun|anti-gravity cannon]], a [[triple crusher cannon]], an [[omega bomb]] and two [[Nemesis Shield|Nemesis Shields]]. "[[Glass gas]]" is also employed; although unnamed, it is easily recognizable.
* There is seriously no way [[Marty Isenberg]] doesn't read this wiki. Hi, Marty!

====Real world references====
* "Everything Must Go" would appear to be a parody of Dr. Seuss's "{{w|The Sneetches}}" and "{{w|The Butter Battle Book}}", right down to some of the extremely whimsical Seuss-like weapon designs.

==Covers (4)==
* '''Cover A:''' [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] struggling with [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]; art and colors by [[Marcelo Matere]] with color assist by [[Priscilla Tramontano]].
* '''Cover B:''' [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] using his mace to break a boulder; art by [[Boo]] and colors by [[Liam Shalloo]].
* '''Incentive Cover RI:''' [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] stock art.
* '''Free Comic Book Day Cover:''' The same as cover A, only re-cropped and with brighter colours.
<gallery>
Image:Arrival5 coverA.jpg|I'll kill youuuuu!
Image:Arrival5 coverB.jpg|Lugnut smash!
Image:Arrival5 coverRI.jpg|Comin' to get ya!
Image:FCBD 2009 cover.jpg|I'll kill youuuuu! Now in brighter brights!
</gallery>

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Kyber-5

2020-10-30T04:27:39Z

Valkyrie: For the same reason as the main title was changed. Was it misspelled Kaiba in the Allspark Almanac? I don't own a copy, could someone check?

'''Kyber-5''', or '''Kyber V''', is either a planet in the Kyber system, or the fifth moon of a planet named Kyber. Whatever it is, it can [[Kenjirō Tsuda|definitely screw the rules, 'cause it's got money]].

==Fiction==
===''Transformers: The Game''===
[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] was responsible for the destruction of Kyber-5, in a way that was almost certainly violent. When [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] requested that he rescue [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], he warned Ironhide not to make another incident "like Kyber-5". Ironhide defended his actions to Optimus by claiming that "that hunk of rock was going to blow up anyway." Whatever happened there, it's a testament to one thing: Ironhide is ''waaaaay'' too trigger-happy. {{storylink|Transformers The Game}}

===''The AllSpark Almanac''===
During his time at the [[Autobot Academy]], [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] was tested on a virtual training simulator, which pitted him in combat with [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] on Kyber-5. {{storylink|The Arrival issue 5|Survival Skills}} Kyber V was later destroyed. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

[[Category:Animated planets]]
[[Category:Movie planets]]

Talk:Kyber-5

2020-10-30T04:22:22Z

Valkyrie: Valkyrie moved page Talk:Kaiba-5 to Talk:Kyber-5: According to the game's Strings_Bio.CSV file, which holds all the game's text along with subtitles for the cutscenes, the it's Kyber. Check it yourself, it's under A2_ch2_obj9.

=="Cyber" vs "Kaiba"?==
So, an anon changed all instances of "Cyber Five" in the article to "Kaiba-5". Can anybody make an informed statement for or against that? If that's the real name we should obviously move the article. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 17:49, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
:When I first put "Cyber Five" into Ironhide'a article, I did say I was guessing on the spelling of the name. It could be how it's spelled. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 18:37, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Is Kaiba-5 specifically stated to be a planet, or are we just assuming that? Might it have been a base or something? --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 20:35, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
{{quote|Ahh, that hunk of rock was gonna blow up anyway|[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]|[[Transformers The Game]]}}

Sounds like it was intended to be a planet or moon. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 20:39, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Kaiba-5

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Valkyrie: Valkyrie moved page Kaiba-5 to Kyber-5: According to the game's Strings_Bio.CSV file, which holds all the game's text along with subtitles for the cutscenes, the it's Kyber. Check it yourself, it's under A2_ch2_obj9.

#REDIRECT [[Kyber-5]]

Kyber-5

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'''Kaiba-5''', or '''Kaiba V''', is either a planet in the Kaiba system, or the fifth moon of a planet named Kaiba. Whatever it is, it can [[Kenjirō Tsuda|definitely screw the rules, 'cause it's got money]].

==Fiction==
===''Transformers: The Game''===
[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] was responsible for the destruction of Kaiba-5, in a way that was almost certainly violent. When [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] requested that he rescue [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], he warned Ironhide not to make another incident "like Kaiba-5". Ironhide defended his actions to Optimus by claiming that "that hunk of rock was going to blow up anyway." Whatever happened there, it's a testament to one thing: Ironhide is ''waaaaay'' too trigger-happy. {{storylink|Transformers The Game}}

===''The AllSpark Almanac''===
During his time at the [[Autobot Academy]], [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] was tested on a virtual training simulator, which pitted him in combat with [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] on Kaiba-5. {{storylink|The Arrival issue 5|Survival Skills}} Kaiba V was later destroyed. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

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[[Brian Savage]] during [[BotCon 2008]].

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