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The name or term "Mirage" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Mirage (disambiguation).

Mirage is an Autobot from the live-action film continuity family.

"The cast was... full."

Mirage is a little impatient. Armed with a dart rifle, electro-disrupter and the ability to create holograms and turn himself invisible, Mirage is one sneaky robot. When he's not invisible, he can usually be seen with his combat partner, Wheeljack.

He is sometimes referred to as Dino.

Fiction

IDW Dark of the Moon prequel comics

Scusi?

When Sam Witwicky and Bumblebee were being menaced by Decepticons after their small companion Brains, Mirage and Wheeljack arrived for the save. Mirage taunted and injured Sonar while cloaked, and demanded the remaining Decepticons bring it on as he revealed himself. Rising Storm #2 Using his invisibility to his advantage, he fought the Decepticons together with Bumblebee and Wheeljack until Optimus Prime arrived with reinforcements from NEST. Rising Storm #3

Mirage's luck ran out when Shockwave arrived on the scene and blasted him and Wheeljack, leaving them terribly injured. Ratchet could save their lives, but was unsure if they'd end up looking the same after his repairs. Rising Storm #4

Dark of the Moon film

Voice actor: Francesco Quinn (English), Fumihiko Tachiki (Japanese), Salvador Reyes (Latin American Spanish)

Ja, Hey There.

Dino joined Que, Bumblebee and Sideswipe on a mission to take out an illegal nuclear weapons site in the Middle East. They were able to penetrate the base with ease thanks to Que disguising himself as the car of the country's Defense Minister, but Dino transformed to robot mode the instant they were through the barrier and, blades flashing, politely requested that the human guards lie on the ground while the Autobots went about their destructive business. Not long after, as the Autobots regrouped back at NEST's Washington headquarters, Dino informed Charlotte Mearing that Optimus Prime was in a bad mood over the discovery of a piece of Cybertronian technology he had found in Chernobyl, and wasn't talking to anyone, let alone her. Later, after the former Autobot leader Sentinel Prime was retrieved from the moon and reactivated, Dino observed his explanation of how his pillars were key to controlling the Space Bridge, a teleportation device Sentinel had designed that was crucial to the Autobot war effort.

File:Mirage and Hatchet-DOTM.jpg

Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to control your dog.

Dino and Sideswipe joined Bumblebee, Sam Witwicky, Seymour Simmons and Dutch in following up on a lead to explain why humans were being killed by Decepticons. After the humans determined that the Decepticons were targeting Sentinel for his ability to control the Space Bridge, Dino helped to escort the ancient Autobot back to base. While on the highway, they were attacked by the Dreads, who had come to take Sentinel. During the chase, Dino dug his blades into Hatchet, and steered him into the firing line of the other Autobots before hurling him into oncoming traffic to finish him off. Shortly after, Dino arrived at the base while Sideswipe and Ironhide finished off the rest of the Dreads.

"Hey Bumblebee, want to let those of us who haven't appeared in three movies already to have a go being up-front?"

Dino and the other Autobots were forced to leave Earth when the turncoat Sentinel Prime coerced the human governments to exile their protectors. As it was leaving Earth's atmosphere, the Autobot's ship, the Xantium, was destroyed by Starscream, and Dino was presumably killed along with his fellow Autobots. However, knowing that Sentinel and the Decepticons wouldn't honor their promise that humanity would not be harmed, the Autobots hid themselves into the boosters of their ship, and safely splashed down to Earth before the ship was destroyed. Dino and the Autobots rejoined their human allies from NEST and Sam Witwicky on the outskirts of Decepticon-controlled Chicago, now the center stage for Sentinel Prime and Megatron's plan to bring Cybertron to Earth.

Soon, five Autobots were captured by Decepticons commanded by Soundwave and Barricade. As Dino struggled against his captors, the human traitor Dylan Gould convinced Soundwave to execute the Autobots, starting with Que. Dino and the others would have suffered the same fate as the Autobot scientist if not for the timely intervention of Wheelie and Brains, whose commandeered Decepticon mothership rained down fighters on Soundwave's forces, allowing the Autobots to turn the tables and destroy their captors. Freed, Dino and the others joined NEST and the United States Army in an assault on the building with the pillars, where Dino went hand to hand with Decepticons between him and the pillars. Eventually, the control pillar activating the space bridge was destroyed and the Decepticon forces were destroyed. Now, with Earth truly their home, Dino approached his battle-worn comrades at the battle's end. Dark of the Moon

Games

Transformers: Dark of the Moon - The Game

Voice actor: Dave Wittenberg (English)

Xbox 360/PS3

Sideswipe went missing after being tasked with investigating Decepticon activity in Central America, and Mirage was tasked with the mission of finding Sideswipe and completing the investigation. Along the way he encountered Starscream, who tried kill Mirage with mines, but failed. Starscream instead threw Mirage off a bridge into a ravine and believed him to be dead. Mirage survived, but his weapons and transformation systems were damaged, leaving his camouflage system the only one he could use. He managed to sneak past all the Decepticons on patrol and discovered the entrance to an ancient Mayan temple which had Decepticon markings all over it, suggesting the Mayans built their temples on top of Decepticon technology. The NEST team sent weapons and repairs for Mirage deep within the jungle where he eventually met up with Bumblebee. The two Autobots then made their way through the ruins and battled a Decepticon Enforcer on top of a temple. After defeating him, Mirage freed Sideswipe from captivity, but came under fire from other Decepticons, when NEST Major Reynolds sent air support and aided the trio. Sideswipe suspected that the ruins were built over some sort of Cybertronian space port, and the Autobots made their way deeper into the ruins, where Starscream was trying to launch a Decepticon ship into space. They battled Starscream, but were unable to prevent the launch. The Decepticon second-in-command retreated. Dark of the Moon

Autobots/Decepticons

Wait, Does this mean I'm Deadpool now?

Mirage found Ratchet in a state because the Decepticons were up to something at a NEST construction site, and they kept creating diversions to keep the Autobots away. Mirage went to investigate and found Lockdown running around. After tangling with the Decepticon once, Mirage was again interrupted by Ratchet with the news that Lockdown had infiltrated an Autobot base and interfered with the communications system, requiring Mirage to go around fixing the satellite dishes. After Starscream stole a piece of Mechtech with a tracking system in it, the Autobots traced him to Siberia, and Mirage scouted out the area while fighting Decepticons. Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons

Cyberverse

Cyberverse Legion Class Mirage (Movieverse character, ROTF Legends Sideways redeco) File:14lpq3t.jpg

3D Battle Card Game

He seems familiar, but I can't place the face.

• Mirage (2007)
  • Card number: 8

Mirage is a 26-point "Common" piece in the 3D Battle-Card Game. Constructed of punch-out pieces from randomly-packed plastic cards (two full robots per pack), he can be assembled into his car mode (model undetermined), or into a rather stumpy robot mode. His twin blaster-weapons can be mounted on his arms (their nominal placement) or on his shoulders.

He uses the same construction as the Barricade, Earth-mode Bumblebee, and Swerve cards. This style is similar to the one used by Cliffjumper, Jazz and Smokescreen.

Though his card is clearly based on the Alternators Mirage toy, he's not remotely as obvious about it as the Cliffjumper and Smokescreen cards are. While all the parts are in roughly the same place as the Alternators toy, the detailing is very much in line with the movie aesthetic, featuring a lot of shifted panels and extensive mechanical greeblies.

Speed Stars

He'll be seein' red.

• Mirage (2011)
  • Series: Trans Scan
  • Number: 2 of 3

Mirage is one of three "die-cast" cars in the Trans Scan Series. In car mode he's mostly translucent red plastic and his robot mode is sculpted underneath. Due to licensing reasons noted below, his alt-mode is just an approximation of a Ferrari 458 Italia instead of the actual vehicle.

His assortment got a very limited release, showing up at stores like ShopKo and HEB Grocery. Despite this, Mirage and the rest of the Speed Stars did get a very wide release in Mexico.

Like a number of Speed Star vehicles, there are differences between the figure shown on the cardback and the finished product. The cardback depicts him using a solid black robot mode template of the type used in the previous film... complete with Decepticon faction symbol above his head rather than a screw, raising some definite questions concerning whether or not the robot mode was meant to be used with Mirage in the first place, and if it was why such a symbol was chosen. The final product switched to a silver robot mode template that now has the screw over his head, but the robot mode itself is unchanged, paint apps and all.

Notes

• Call sheets for Dark of the Moon referred to Dino/Mirage as Enzo, a reference to Enzo Ferrari, presumably before the decision was made to tribute his son Alfredo "Dino" Ferrari. Another early working name for him was Rush.
• "Dino" is not named "Mirage" in the movie because Hasbro's greatest competitor, Mattel, has an exclusive license for Ferrari toys, and thus Ferrari didn't want their product placement sporting the name of a Hasbro toy's trademark.
• Like his name, his Italian accent in the movie also had to be approved by Ferrari, who wanted him not to have a cheesy Hollywood "Italian" accent.
• In Dark of the Moon, Dino sports an Italian/European Union license plate (registered in the province of Catania), "CT 41401", in vehicle mode. The colors are (deliberately) incorrect, though: Instead of black text on a white background, with a European "blue band" containing the European flag (a circle consisting of twelve yellow stars) on the left and a second blue band containing a yellow circle on the right, Dino's plate is essentially a negative monochrome version, with silver text on a black background, silver bands on both sides, a European flag consisting of twelve black stars on the left and a black circle on the right.
• The "cardboard head on a stick" prop used for Dino during the shooting of the movie (a common method used for the movies to give the actors something to react to) can be spotted in the final edit of Dark of the Moon.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Mirage (ミラージュ Mirāju)

External links

• 3D Battle Card Game at Wizards of the Coast