Theodore Galloway

This article is about the irascable politician named Theo. For the evil politician named Theo, see Theodore Allen.

Theodore Galloway is an orange ball of hate in the Revenge of the Fallen portion of the live-action film series.

I hate you so much I got it in writing.

Director Theodore Galloway knows he isn't the smartest, strongest or bravest like the men and women of NEST. He's a bureaucrat, and a damn good one. And if he can't be fighting on the front lines, then by gum he's going to do everything in his power to make sure that the ones who are have all the support they deserve.

Galloway is the kind of bureaucrat every soldier prays for, possessing the steadfast character to represent their interests, to go to bat for them and if necessary, lay his job (and neck) on the line.

Yessir, that's exactly what Shattered Glass Galloway would be like.

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Ironically, loves Bonecrusher.

Director Galloway is the National Security Advisor to the President of the United States. Following the events at Shanghai, Galloway was dispatched to Diego Garcia at the official liaison to NEST (something General Morshower was not informed of until after Galloway's arrival, annoying the Chairman). When Optimus Prime relayed Demolishor's warning of "The Fallen will rise again" in a video conference with Morshower, Galloway cut in to make his presence heard and air some complaints that the White House (or Galloway himself) had with the situation. Galloway pointed out that the Autobots agreed to share intelligence and the All Spark shard with Humanity, but not weapons technology, and continued to send unvetted transmissions into outer space in an effort to contact other Autobots. Optimus countered that he was well aware of humanity's less than stellar performance in regards to peace, a claim Galloway took issue with considering that the Autobots and Decepticons had destroyed their own planet. Major Lennox and Sergeant Epps attempted to defend the Autobots, but Galloway made it quite clear he did not give a damn what the soldiers thought. Chairman Morshower had bette success in getting Galloway to show some respect by saying that he had found Lennox and Epps beyond reproach, but Galloway informed Morshower that with regards to national security, the President felt no one was above reproach. Galloway then went over what they knew: Megatron was seven miles under water in the Laurentian Abyss, the All Spark was destroyed, and the Decepticons had not left Earth like Optimus had theorized. Galloway concluded that the only reason the Decepticons remained at all was because of the Autobots. Finally, Galloway came to the point of his conversation: he flat out asked Optimus if the Autobots would leave if they were asked to. The Autobot leader replied that they would comply if asked, but asked Galloway to have the President give consideration to a question of his own: what if the Autobots leave, and Galloway was wrong?

However, the video conference had been overheard by Soundwave, who had taken control of the satellite being used to relay the conversation, thus giving Soundwave everything he needed to launch a plan to resurrect Megatron. Soundwave dispatched his symbiote Ravage to retrieve the All Spark shard, an operation which saw the deaths of several soldiers. The incident left relations between the United States and the Autobots quite cool, a situation which can probably be laid at Galloway's feet.

Following Megatron's resurrection and the death of Optimus Prime while trying to protect Sam Witwicky, the Decepticons launched multiple attacks across the world, including destroying the U.S.S. Roosevelt. The Fallen then made a broadcast revealing the Transformers presence on Earth, demanding that Sam Witwicky be turned over to them, or Earth would be destroyed. Galloway used the broadcast and attacks as an excuse to have NEST shut down and have the Autobots returned to Diego Garcia under heavy guard. Galloway also revealed to Major Lennox that he believed that they should consider turning over the boy to the Decepticons.

However, Witwicky did not take this lying down, looking into what the Decepticons were after. With help from former Sector Seven head Seymour Simmons, Sam learned that there were ancient Decepticons on Earth. They met one of these Seekers named Jetfire, explained that he had been dispatched by the Fallen to locate the Matrix of Leadership, a device used by the Dynasty of Primes (of which Optimus was the sole survivor) to activate a solar harvester, devices which could convert the energy of stars into Energon, answering Galloway's question of why the Decepticons remained. Sam theorized that the Matrix could be used to resurrect Optimus, and Simmons passed along the information to Lennox and Epps. The two made arrangements with the other NEST soldiers and the pilots of the C-17s returning the Autobots to Diego Garcia to drop them at the tip of the Gulf of Aqaba. However, Galloway accompanied them. Lennox had the pilot fake engine trouble. Galloway began to visibly panic as Lennox strapped on his parachute, then tricked the Director open the parachute while they were in the plane, pulling him out and removing Theodore Galloway as an obstacle. Revenge of the Fallen (film)

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Director Galloway doesn't appear in the Autobot campaign. On the Decepticon side he is targeted for capture by Soundwave, who reports he has valuable information. Starscream personally hunts him down, destroying his Autobot and military escorts. Upon his capture, he makes amusing little threats which (surprisingly) fail to impress Starscream as he fights off a rescue attempt.

Starscream later notes they received some rather useful information from Galloway. If the way they were trying to receive info from Sam in the movie is any indication, this doesn't bode well for the fleshy's survival.

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