Moustache Man

Moustache Man is a Decepticon holographic avatar from the movie continuity family.
The real reason they have mustaches is so that they can twirl something while contemplating the conquest of the universe.

The Moustache Man is a holographic image, and the means by which the Decepticon forces can operate within the military branches and law enforcement agencies of the United States without gaining the attention that an otherwise driver-less vehicle would obviously attract. While the Moustache Man can appear in different uniforms appropriate for the vehicle disguise his owner has assumed, the hologram appears to have only one face. With a fake mustache.

Moustache Man has a piercing, icy stare and the tendency to flicker before his owner carries out an operation.

Fiction

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Transformers film

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Actor: Brian Reece

Where is Sarah Connor?!

Blackout projected the Moustache Man as his 'human' pilot when he arrived at SOCCENT Forward Operations Base in Qatar, successfully fooling the human soldiers. Base commander Colonel Sharp ordered Moustache Man to power down Blackout and disembark his crew or risk being killed. Moustache Man flickered before Blackout transformed to lay waste to SOCCENT.

Later, after Air Force One was forced to make an emergency landing, Barricade drove up to the plane with the Moustache Man activated, earning not a second glance from the many police officers and secret service agents protecting the aircraft. He reacted to Frenzy's complaints about being shot at by stupid insects and his report of his failure to successfully access the information they were after with an icy stare. Hey, better than dull surprise.

No, really. Where is she? She owes me ten bucks.

Tracking down ladiesman217, Barricade's Moustache Man tricked the human adolescent into believing he was a real police officer. The human recounted his escape from his car that was following him and demanded the Moustache Man exit the vehicle. Needless to say, he didn't, but instead aped Barricade's movements as he bashed Sam with his car door.

After Frenzy reported the location of the All Spark, Starscream's Moustache Man flickered and sat in his owner's cockpit impassively as the Decepticon second-in-command ordered the other Decepticons to move out. It is unknown if the Moustache Man was still being projected during the battle over Mission City. Transformers

Revenge of the Fallen film

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Starscream was seen projecting a pilot hologram during the battle in Egypt. Revenge of the Fallen

IDW movie comics

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Barricade and Blackout were the first to scan and destroy Earth vehicles for disguises when arriving on-planet. It can be assumed that the original Moustache Man was the operator of one of these two vehicles, mimicked to complete the disguise. Movie Prequel #4

Cyber Missions

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Seeking the deactivation codes for NEST's defence systems, Barricade used the hologram to fool a face recognition scanner at a secure facility in Scramble City. Cyber Missions 6

Notes

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  • The Decepticon holographic avatar is referred to as "Mustache Man" in the script, following the American English spelling. He is credited as "Moustache Man" in the credits of the final film, following the more international British English spelling of the word.
  • In the February 28, 2006 revision of the script, Bumblebee has the same holographic driver as the Decepticons! Although presumably removed from later drafts because it makes no sense, Bumblebee's Moustache Man shows up in Transformers: The Movie Storybook, and is mentioned by Barricade in the Transformers Autobots DS game. Similarly, Animated Prowl uses a "moustache man" hologram in his vehicle mode, though with the series' trend of long chins, as well as the "man's" face resembling Prowl's own.
  • Brian Reece, the actor who plays Moustache Man, was actually the real pilot of one of the two MH-53 helicopters used as Blackout's alternate mode. Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg both agreed that he looked exactly what they had pictured Moustache Man to look like, and as a result, he had to change his wedding and honeymoon schedules so that he could film all of Moustache Man's scenes for the Transformers movie.<ref>Transformers DVD audio commentary by director Michael Bay</ref><ref>Albuquerque Tribune article on Reece and the Moustache Man</ref>
  • If you pause the film while Moustache Man is flickering, the image of an Autobot Protoform's face is visible... yeah.
  • Moustache Man's mustache serves a practical purpose... it conceals a swath of miniature antennae.<ref>2007 film novelization, pg 109</ref>

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