Prowl (Movie)

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

Prowl is an Autobot from the 2007 movie franchise in the live-action film continuity family.

Watch your back, Barricade.

Prowl is an Autobot and apparently one of Optimus Prime's lieutenants.

Whether or not he's a prick remains to be seen.

You turned death into a fighting chance to live!Prowl to Prime aboard the Ark, The Reign of Starscream Issue Number One

Fiction

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Defiance

Long ago, Prowl was the apparent head of the Security Force, charged with sentry duties and under the authority of High Protector Megatron. After a surprise attack by unknown alien hostiles, he and Jazz checked up on the All Spark, which was under guard by Bumblebee and Cliffjumper. The attack pattern indicated that the aliens were trying to breach the Simfur temple, leading Prowl to conclude that they were after the Cube. Following Protector Megatron's declaration of war against the aliens, Prowl and his team were not incorporated into the main army with the Defense Force, but continued their assigned sentry duties. Science Division leader Optimus asked for Prowl's feelings on the matter, and then asked if the two would do him a favor. Defiance issue 2 As it turned out, Optimus' request was to break into Megatron's private quarters, a task they complied with uneasily. Inside, they discovered a relic Optimus' team had uncovered earlier. However, when Skyblast contacted him and reported that Megatron was returning, Prowl hurried everyone out. Megatron dispatched a confused Prowl to arrest Optimus for treason. Optimus was quite angry, but complied with the order. Heading through the ruins of Metrotitan, Optimus realized that something was wrong when they were going down a road that Wreckage said was under reconstruction. Prowl agreed to Optimus' request to stop, but Starscream and his group ambushed them, with orders to kill them all. Prowl was injured in the attack and required repairs by Ratchet, and the team evacuated to Burthov .Defiance issue 3

Now, Prowl may be a stickler for the rules, but when your boss tries to kill you, it's time to find a new line of work. Prowl went undergroud with Optimus (or Optimus Prime as he was now being referred to), becoming his lieutenant. He and Optimus were observing sites for a new, more secure base when Jazz contacted him, saying that Ironhide wanted to speak with Prime. Prowl agreed to bring him back to base. Later, after discovering that Megatron was building a ship, Prowl theorized that there might be something wrong with the planet, and Ironhide mentioned a ship they could repair for themselves if that was true. Defiance issue 4

Reign of Starscream

He'll prick your finger, at the very least.

Prowl was aboard the Ark when the vessel was being readied to launch and intercept the All Spark and Megatron. While Optimus felt guilt over his decision to send the All Spark into space, which would ultimately doom Cybertron, Prowl said that the act changed the Autobots' situation from certain death to a fighting chance. The Reign of Starscream issue 1

Trivia

• Prowl was originally intended to be in the live action movie as part of the Autobots' original line up, but the writers liked the idea of an evil police car so much that Prowl was cut. Better luck next time next time?

• Prowl has been seen with a different appearance (despite having the same basic body shape) in almost all subsequent appearances from his first one in The Reign of Starscream. This is probably due to being drawn by three different artists (Alex Milne, Dan Khanna, Don Figueroa).