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| {{disambig2|the fake robotics company|the other fake robotics company|McClaren Robotics}}
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| {{disambig2|the fake robotics company|the other fake robotics company|Mendelson Robotics}}
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| :''Massive Dynamics is a fictional company from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]] portion of the [[live-action film series]].
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| '''Massive Dynamics''' is a fictional American defense contractor concocted for the government to cover up the battle of [[Mission City]]. Allegedly Massive Dynamics was developing autonomous rescue and evacuation robots which wandered off their test site when the [[Global Communication Blackout]] knocked the [[Wikipedia: Global Positioning System| Global Positioning System]] offline and demolished several buildings before being destroyed or shut down.
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| {{quote|The government's dissemblers had come up with a company name that suggested it might manufacture anything from supertankers to swizzle sticks.|[[Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|''Revenge of the Fallen'' novelization]]|p27}}
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| ==Fiction==
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| ===Revenge of the Fallen===
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| [[Sam Witwicky]] watched congressional testimony about the Mission City incident from "Massive Dynamics" with disgust. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (novel)}}
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| ==Notes==
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| * "Massive Dynamic'''s'''" is an allusion to the fictional company "[[wikia:c:fringe:Massive_Dynamic|Massive Dynamic]]" from the television series ''[[Wikipedia:Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]''... which [[Roberto Orci|two]] [[Alex Kurtzman|gents]] associated with the movie just happen to be executive producers of.
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| * Massive Dynamics was originally intended to be named, and even play a role, in the [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|film]] itself. An extensive casting call list leaked to the internet in April 2008 listed a "Massive Dynamics CEO" as one of the new characters.<ref name="iesbcall">[http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4663&Itemid=99 Casting call at IESB, April 2008]</ref> Ever since July 2008, the official website of actor Steve Tom is listing him as appearing in ''Revenge of the Fallen''<ref name="stevetom">[http://stevetom.com/picsandresume.html Resume of actor Steve Tom]</ref>, even though he isn't actually listed in the film's credits. Back in July 2008, Theiapolis Cinema listed Tom as playing the role of Massive Dynamics' CEO<ref name="theiarotf">[http://cinema.theiapolis.com/movie-2RLF/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen/cast.html Theiapolis Cinema entry for ''Revenge'']</ref>, whereas IMDB listed him as the CEO of [[McClaren Robotics]] at the same time<ref name="tfwimdbtom">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-casting-steve-tom-as-robotics-ceo-katie-lowes-as-ra-165438/ TFW2005 referencing an (unarchived) IMDB entry for Steve Tom and his alleged role in ''Revenge'']</ref>, another working name for the same company (which is also used in the [[The Last Prime|junior novelization]] of the movie, and [[IDW Publishing]]'s [[Alliance (comic)|''Alliance'' comic]]).
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| ==Footnotes==
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| <references/>
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| [[Category: Businesses]]
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| [[Category: Revenge of the Fallen]]
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