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"'''Roll out'''" is a common command among Transformers (primarily | "'''Roll out'''" is a common command among Transformers (primarily [[Autobot]]s), essentially meaning to move out, deploy or otherwise embark on a mission. Its literal meaning, to start ''rolling'' in in one's ground-based, wheel-equipped vehicle mode, appears to have become diluted over time, to the point that Transformers who don't even ''have'' vehicular alternate forms (and have to run to where they're going) still give /receive the order. | ||
{{quote|Autobots, transform, and roll out!|Optimus Prime, too many times to count}} | {{quote|Autobots, transform, and roll out!|Optimus Prime, too many times to count}} | ||
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==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===Generation 1 cartoon=== | ===Generation 1 cartoon=== | ||
The phrase in its most iconic form was uttered by Optimus Prime; it typically signified the start of a mission, as the group transformed and deployed to counter the Decepticons' latest scheme. | The phrase in its most iconic form was uttered by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]; it typically signified the start of a mission, as the group transformed and deployed to counter the Decepticons' latest scheme. | ||
It was such a famous command that, in the months following Optimus Prime's death, Pipes rallied his troops to defend [[Ark|Autobot Headquarters]] thus: "As Optimus Prime used to say, transform and roll out!" {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}} | After [[Hot Rod]] opened the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] and became Rodimus Prime, his first act as [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] was to order the Autobots to "transform and roll out...through space! {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} | ||
It was such a famous command that, in the months following Optimus Prime's death, Pipes rallied his troops to defend [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]] thus: "As Optimus Prime used to say, transform and roll out!" {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}} | |||
===Marvel Comics continuity=== | ===Marvel Comics continuity=== | ||
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===Beast Wars=== | ===Beast Wars=== | ||
Though it would seem logical, nobody has ''ever'' told [[Retrax]] to "roll out". Not too many other Beast Warriors are much equipped to do so. | Though it would seem logical, nobody has ''ever'' told [[Retrax]] to "roll out". Not too many other Beast Warriors are much equipped to do so. However, while briefly holding the [[spark]] of Optimus Prime, [[Maximal]] leader [[Optimus Primal]] told the Maximals that it was "time to transform and roll out!" | ||
===Transformers Animated=== | ===Transformers Animated=== | ||
Revision as of 05:43, 30 January 2008
"Roll out" is a common command among Transformers (primarily Autobots), essentially meaning to move out, deploy or otherwise embark on a mission. Its literal meaning, to start rolling in in one's ground-based, wheel-equipped vehicle mode, appears to have become diluted over time, to the point that Transformers who don't even have vehicular alternate forms (and have to run to where they're going) still give /receive the order.
Fiction
Generation 1 cartoon
The phrase in its most iconic form was uttered by Optimus Prime; it typically signified the start of a mission, as the group transformed and deployed to counter the Decepticons' latest scheme.
After Hot Rod opened the Matrix and became Rodimus Prime, his first act as Autobot leader was to order the Autobots to "transform and roll out...through space! The Transformers: The Movie
It was such a famous command that, in the months following Optimus Prime's death, Pipes rallied his troops to defend Autobot Headquarters thus: "As Optimus Prime used to say, transform and roll out!" Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5
Marvel Comics continuity
The phrase here was less associated with Optimus Prime, though he did use it to start off several missions in the months after he was returned from Shockwave's captivity. In fact, the first known utterance of the phrase was by Wheeljack, as he and Jazz left the Ark on a mission. DIS-Integrated Circuits!
Later it would be used to command all sorts of Transformers to do all sorts of things, such as running to one's destination, or leaping out of a starship into space.
Beast Wars
Though it would seem logical, nobody has ever told Retrax to "roll out". Not too many other Beast Warriors are much equipped to do so. However, while briefly holding the spark of Optimus Prime, Maximal leader Optimus Primal told the Maximals that it was "time to transform and roll out!"
Transformers Animated
Repair crew captain Optimus Prime, once settled/stranded on Earth, typically used the command to have his squad deploy on a mission. Transform and Roll Out!
