Detroit

I'm gonna take the HIGHWAY to... the DANGER ZONE!!!

Detroit, Michigan, is a city in the United States of America. It is located near Lake Erie.

Our story begins one morning in Detroit. Police sirens fill the cool morning air! This has nothing to do with our story... but it's Detroit.{{#if:|{{{quote2}}}}}{{#if:Narrator"Bee in the City"|Narrator{{#if:"Bee in the City"|, "Bee in the City"|}}|}}

Fiction

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Live-action film continuity

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Murray Wright High School was located in Detroit. Look and Find Transformers

Animated continuity family

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Animated cartoon continuity

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Detroit was once the "Motor City", the automobile manufacturing capital of the world. By the 22nd Century, Detroit had once again become a leading manufacturing hub—for robots. As for what happened to the city between those two periods, well, [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Urban decay|{{#if:who knows|who knows|Urban decay}}]]?

The city's robotics industry was led by (and may have consisted solely of) the Sumdac Systems corporation. Most of the competition proved less than inspiring. This reliance on a single, monolithic industry is [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Economy of metropolitan Detroit#Auto industry|{{#if:certain to provide economic stability for all time|certain to provide economic stability for all time|Economy of metropolitan Detroit#Auto industry}}]].

The city had a newly unveiled mass transit system, sponsored by Sumdac Systems, the Fully Automated Rapid Transit System, or FARTS. Real mature, Isaac, real mature.

The city then became home to a team of five robotic superheroes, the Autobots. Having crashed aboard their ship some fifty years earlier in Lake Erie, they awoke and appointed themselves guardians and defenders of the city's Humanity. When one of their old foes showed up in town, they ended up trashing a fair bit of the city. Not to be deterred, they worked hard to help rebuild it. Naturally, this involved hitting things with an axe. The Autobots made their home in an abandoned, early 20th-century factory. Transform and Roll Out

Just an average day in Detroit. That's the price you pay for letting Transformers live there.

Poor Detroit continued to suffer a great deal of robot-inflicted calamities after that. Among their troubles were robots flinging flaming fuel tanks into the air Home Is Where the Spark Is, robots smashing an entire parking lot full of cars Blast from the Past, robots getting thrown through the roof of the local sports arena Total Meltdown, robots inducing rolling electrical blackouts across the city The Thrill of the Hunt, robots disguised as rocket-powered cars crashing into things Nanosec, robots sucking the life force from the city's population Along Came a Spider, robots sparking a massive automaton rebellion Sound and Fury, robots obliterating construction sites while flat-out trying to kill one another Lost and Found, robots kidnapping young children from their homes Survival of the Fittest, robots unable to stop the destruction of the city without destroying half of it Headmaster, robots blasting holes in major downtown skyscrapers Megatron Rising - Part 1, robots destroying downtown buildings and bridges while trying to kill each other Megatron Rising - Part 2, good robots driving over cars in the street The Elite Guard The Return of the Headmaster, evil robots threatening to bomb passenger trains Mission Accomplished, robots dumping garbage all over the city before threatening to destroy it with super-powered nanobots, Garbage In, Garbage Out, robots destroying overpasses and stealing construction materials Rise of the Constructicons, robots shutting down every other mechanical device in the city SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy, robots rampaging through the city while trying to find devices Black Friday, and robots raiding motor supply stores and destroying cars stuck in traffic jams Sari, No One's Home.

To be fair, Detroit has also suffered at the hands of its own human population. These include humans with fancy weapons attempting to rob armored cars Home Is Where the Spark Is Garbage In, Garbage Out, humans going on steroid-induced rampages Total Meltdown, humans risking city-destroying explosions by stealing incredibly volatile substances Nanosec, humans waging violent crusades against war toys Sound and Fury, humans attempting to detonate nuclear reactors in blatant attempts to destroy the city Headmaster, humans organizing illegal street races without regard for the safety of other drivers and pedestrians Velocity, and human crime syndicates stealing various pieces of equipment for nefarious purposes SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy.

You wouldn't want to be its mayor.

Strangely, nearly every machine in Detroit has a keyhole, even alien robots and toilets!

Notable locations
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"Tonight's skies are fairly cloudy, with a 50% chance of falling spacecraft..."

Actual Detroit landmarks featured in Transformers Animated include:

  • [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Hazen S. Pingree|{{#if:||Hazen S. Pingree}}]] —where Prowl gets birdpooped on. Transform and Roll Out
  • [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Wayne County Building|{{#if:||Wayne County Building}}]]—Optimus and Sentinel hold a press conference in front of this prominent downtown landmark. The Return of the Headmaster
  • [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}GM Renaissance Center|{{#if:||GM Renaissance Center}}]]—briefly visible as the Autobots start their press conference. The Return of the Headmaster
  • [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Michigan Central Station|{{#if:||Michigan Central Station}}]] (where Isaac Sumdac reveals his new train) Transform and Roll Out
  • Though the details don't match any exact building, the abandoned factory used by the Autobots resembles such early automobile manufacturing plants as the [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Highland Park Ford Plant|{{#if:||Highland Park Ford Plant}}]] (where the assembly line was first implemented) and the abandoned Packard Plant. Transform and Roll Out
  • [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Interstate 94|{{#if:||Interstate 94}}]]—the main US Interstate highway westbound from Detroit to Chicago. One of its marker signs adorns the interior of the Autobots' headquarters. Total Meltdown
  • [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Lake Erie|{{#if:||Lake Erie}}]]—one of the Great Lakes; its northwest shore lies just south of the city.
  • [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}One Detroit Center|{{#if:||One Detroit Center}}]]—briefly seen in sweeps of the city, can be seen in the picture at the top of the article. Transform and Roll Out SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy
  • [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Philip A. Hart Plaza|{{#if:||Philip A. Hart Plaza}}]]—Optimus is seen lecturing the students of Black River Elementary School in front of the plaza. Career Day

Fictional Detroit landmarks featured in Transformers Animated include:

Time-Quake

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A time machine, located in either the Lions Tower in the financial district or in a disused warehouse, began causing temporal disturbances across Detroit. The Autobots searched the city, eventually tracking down the time machine and stopping the disruptions. Time-Quake

Shattered Glass Animated

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In a mirror universe, a different Isaac Sumdac reverse engineered technology from the head of Optimus Prime to establish an industrial empire operating from his Terrordrome in Detroit. The 'Cons

Unit:E comic

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The M.A.S.K. team was based here, consisting of various public-service workers fighting to stop the city's decay after the federal government left the city to rot. They use technology belonging to "The League of Ancient Wheelmen" to make a difference. Unit:E

2005 IDW continuity

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Detroit was home to an operations base for the Machination. Abraham Dante returned there after he and Scorponok failed to convince Grimlock to join up with them. Spotlight: Grimlock

Jazz prevented local boy Tyler Nelson from being violently apprehended by police officers. Edge of the Earth

Commercial appearances

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[[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Peyton Manning|{{#if:||Peyton Manning}}]] thought Megatron used to play for Detroit. Peyton Manning: Vacation Quarterback commercial

Notes

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  • [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Detroit, Michigan|{{#if:Detroit at Wikipedia|Detroit at Wikipedia|Detroit, Michigan}}]]
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