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Shortly after the battle in Mission City, Epps and the rest of Lennox's men became acquainted with the good robots known as the Autobots, in particular the gruff soldier [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], while they hunted rogue [[AllSpark Mutation]]s. After the creatures had been destroyed, Epps found an abandoned trailer [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] could use to transport [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]]'s remains out of the city. As Ironhide somberly placed his comrade's body into the container, Lennox, Epps and the men lowered their heads in honour of the 'bot who saved their lives. Just before the Autobots left, Epps was surprised to find Optimus had a driver sitting in his seat. He thought the [[Peter Cullen|holographic projection]] suited Prime perfectly. After they left, Agent Simmons of Sector Seven showed up, wanting to know the details of the battle and offering them a place within the organisation. Epps let Lennox do the talking, but their excuse was ruined when Sam Witwicky called Epps's phone, letting Simmons know the Autobots had escaped. Simmons convinced Lennox and Epps to request the assistance of the Autobots in transporting the Decepticon corpses to their naval yards for disposal. A month later, Epps and Lennox had a secret meeting with Optimus Prime, Ratchet and Ironhide. Epps asked where Bumblebee was, and Optimus told him Bumblebee was continuing to act as Sam's guardian. The Autobots also mentioned having been followed by a police car, which Lennox suggested might have been Barricade. Lennox then informed Prime that the Decepticons' remains were about to be dumped into the ocean, and they wanted the Autobots to escort the transport. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1}}
Shortly after the battle in Mission City, Epps and the rest of Lennox's men became acquainted with the good robots known as the Autobots, in particular the gruff soldier [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], while they hunted rogue [[AllSpark Mutation]]s. After the creatures had been destroyed, Epps found an abandoned trailer [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] could use to transport [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]]'s remains out of the city. As Ironhide somberly placed his comrade's body into the container, Lennox, Epps and the men lowered their heads in honour of the 'bot who saved their lives. Just before the Autobots left, Epps was surprised to find Optimus had a driver sitting in his seat. He thought the [[Peter Cullen|holographic projection]] suited Prime perfectly. After they left, Agent Simmons of Sector Seven showed up, wanting to know the details of the battle and offering them a place within the organisation. Epps let Lennox do the talking, but their excuse was ruined when Sam Witwicky called Epps's phone, letting Simmons know the Autobots had escaped. Simmons convinced Lennox and Epps to request the assistance of the Autobots in transporting the Decepticon corpses to their naval yards for disposal. A month later, Epps and Lennox had a secret meeting with Optimus Prime, Ratchet and Ironhide. Epps asked where Bumblebee was, and Optimus told him Bumblebee was continuing to act as Sam's guardian. The Autobots also mentioned having been followed by a police car, which Lennox suggested might have been Barricade. Lennox then informed Prime that the Decepticons' remains were about to be dumped into the ocean, and they wanted the Autobots to escort the transport. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1}}


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Now members of Sector Seven, Epps and Lennox oversaw the transportation of the Decepticon bodies to the San Diego US Navy base where they would be taken to the ocean and dumped. When everyone was ready, Epps got the caravan rolling. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2}}
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Two weeks later, Epps and the others were on board an aircraft carrier where they laid Jazz to rest and disposed of the Decepticons. Optimus asked if the location was secure, and Epps assured him that nothing on Earth could reach the Decepticon remains, and he was certain that anything ''not'' from Earth couldn't reach them either.  
Two weeks later, Epps and the others were on board an aircraft carrier where they laid Jazz to rest and disposed of the Decepticons. Optimus asked if the location was secure, and Epps assured him that nothing on Earth could reach the Decepticon remains, and he was certain that anything ''not'' from Earth couldn't reach them either. Shortly afterwards, the Autobots and human soldiers in the newly formed NEST began training on the island of Diego Garcia, though it did not go too well.
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{{Storylink|Alliance issue 3}}
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During the flight, Epps asked Lennox if there was something troubling him, and Lennox explained that two Decepticons had been spotted in the city, but thankfully, there was no mention of robots, so they must be in vehicle mode, but Lennox wondered how their team could do this without drawing attention from bystanders.  
During the flight, Epps asked Lennox if there was something troubling him, and Lennox explained that two Decepticons had been spotted in the city, but thankfully, there was no mention of robots, so they must be in vehicle mode, but Lennox wondered how their team could do this without drawing attention from bystanders.  
After returning to Diego Garcia, Epps meets up with Lennox, who tells him something's going on out there. Epps said they're ready for anything, but Lennox questions this, saying that for all their training, the mission didn't go so well. Epps thinks it could have been worse, but Lennox says that it might get worse, especially with Bumblebee leaving the team to once again guard Sam. Epps is upset, saying that they can't lose team members that came from another planet; Lennox agrees.
During a mission in the Middle East, Epps mourned over the loss of fellow soldier [[Salani]].
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Revision as of 05:24, 20 March 2011

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Robert Epps is a human from the Movie continuity family.
Epps waits to become a G.I. Joe figure.

Robert Epps is a Sergeant in the United States Air Force, under the command of US Army Ranger William Lennox. He frequently demands the bringing of things, such as "it". He is entitled to wear the scarlet beret of Air Force Combat Control. This means he made it through "Superman School", so he's one of four characters referencing Superman. He keeps a Visa credit card in one of his many back pockets. The one on his left butt cheek, to be specific.

He is never going to Jorge Figueroa's mamma's house.

Epps is prodigiously fecund, four daughters and a son with his wife Monique. The three oldest girls were all ga-ga over My Little Pony.<ref>‹Epps dug into a pocket and pulled out a photo. [...] three little girls looked back at the viewer.›, Epps attempts to disillusion Lennox about fatherhood by showing him a picture of his daughters. — Del Rey Books, Transformers, p14, (2007)</ref> His kids's names are Shareeka, Shaniqua, Sheleeka, Mozambiqua, and Fred.<ref>Revenge of the Fallen novelization</ref>

Fiction

Transformers (2007) movie

Actor: Tyrese Gibson (English), Jin Yamanoi (Japanese-language dub voice), Ricardo Juarez (Portuguese-language dub voice)
He's on fire!

Sergeant Epps and the other soldiers in Captain Lennox's US Army Ranger squad were returning to SOCCENT Forward Operations Base after some hard duty. When Lennox revealed that he wanted to go home to see his baby girl more than anything else, Epps joined in with the men in teasing their commander. As night fell, a mysterious MH-53 helicopter arrived at the base, and after being surrounded by dozens of troops, it suddenly transformed into a giant robot which proceeded to attack the base. Epps ran and ordered other soldiers to ready combat stations as they were under attack. The giant robot narrowly missed crushing him as he used his digital recorder to take footage of the strange machine. Fellow soldier Figueroa saved Epps by firing a sabot round at the robot, which allowed Epps to escape. Epps linked up with the rest of Lennox's team and the Captain's little buddy Mahfouz and high-tailed it out of the exploding base.

10 LEFT CHEEK!: 20 GOTO 10

The next morning, the survivors discussed the previous night's events, with Epps sharing with them the images he captured, as well as theorizing that the weapons platform was generating some sort of force field. Sergeant Patrick Donnelly expressed disbelief at this. Epps then shared the unnerving feeling that as he was recording the thing, it stared right back at him, causing an ominous silence to settle among the group. Later that day, as they made their way to local boy Mahfouz's village, Epps spotted a giant metal spike coming out of the sand aimed at Lennox's back and began firing wildly into the sand. After Sergeant Donnelly was impaled and killed by the robotic scorpion, the rest of the men ran for their lives to the cover of the village. Lennox managed to borrow a cell phone from Akram, Mahfouz's father, and asked for Epps's wallet for a credit card to make the call. In between firing rounds from his rifle, Epps barked that it was in his back pocket, prompting Lennox to protest that he had ten back pockets. Epps loudly clarified it was his left-cheek back pocket.

BRING IT!

When contact when the Pentagon was established, Epps coordinated with the E-3 Sentry AWACS plane to give orders for the incoming A-10 Thunderbolt IIs of Strike Package Bravo, indicating the target area killbox one-alpha with orange flares and laser guidance markers. As the A-10s arrived to provide air support, he gave them clearance to fire by shouting, "Bring it!" When their weapons completely failed to dent Scorponok, Epps called upon the biggest barrels the Air Force had: the 105 millimeter cannons of an AC-130 Spectre gunship. This was signaled with a shout of "Bring the rain!" The resulting fusillade pounded Scorponok into the sand. As the dust settled, the scorpion got up and dove underground, but not before leaving part of its damaged tail behind.

In the aftermath of combat with Scorponok, Epps and the rest of Lennox's Spec Ops team were ordered home to American soil by Secretary of Defense John Keller, who had thought everyone at the SOCCENT base was massacred. They took the end of Scorponok's tail with them on the flight. Doing their own analysis of the piece of robot body, they discovered that its Self-regenerating molecular armor didn't regenerate where hit by sabot rounds, which Epps confirmed were "something like" a 6000-degree magnesium burn. They called the Pentagon again, telling them all gunships had to be loaded with sabot rounds to fight these things.

Later, Epps and the team landed at Nellis Air Force Base. Instead of them being debriefed on site, a guy from Sector Seven grabbed one of their bags and ordered them to come with him. This was confusing, since Sector Seven didn't exist.

Epps was not ready for the hypnotic powers of Glenn Whitmann's hand

Epps and the team were driven to Hoover Dam, where they stood around looking awesome in their fatigues as other people who knew about the alien robots arrived. Everyone filed inside Hoover Dam, where Sector Seven had been hiding the leader of the evil alien invaders and the AllSpark for 80 years. Upon seeing a thick steel door with triple claw marks in it, Epps pondered whether Freddy Krueger had been in there. A geek pointed out that Freddy Krueger got four claws—that was Wolverine! Shortly thereafter, a kid got in a argument with Seymour Simmons of Sector Seven over whether or not to release the good alien robot who'd been disguised as a Camaro. Lennox attempted to settle the argument by putting his sidearm to Simmons' chest, and Epps backed up his Commanding Officer in the geometrically complex standoff that ensued. When Simmons ordered them to stand down under S7 jurisdiction, Epps pointedly reminded Simmons that S7 didn't exist. They won. Losing wasn't really an option for these guys.

Ready, once again, to BRING IT!

While everyone was still inside Hoover Dam, the Decepticons attacked, knocking out power. All communications were dead as the giant evil robot leader thawed out. After calling the Air Force with Morse code, the only thing left to do was get the All Spark to Mission City, where it could be hidden in the urban jungle until the military arrived to evacuate it by helicopter. Epps complained when handed a couple of very large shortwave radios that they were "Radio Shack dinosaur radios, won't be able to work more than 20 miles." His group then stopped after spotting an F-22 Raptor, which turned out to be alien and unfriendly.

Epps gave their location to some Blackhawk helicopters, but the humans came under attack from a Decepticon tank. As the Autobots attacked the tank, Epps and the rest of the team scrambled to provide support fire and clear the area. Epps instructed the 'copters to pick Sam and the All Spark up from the top of a nearby building. Meanwhile Epps's group continued to fight the tank from the cover of a shop. They narrowly escaped death when that robot Camaro zipped in on the back of a tow truck and saved them all.

Approaching the fight between the big truck robot and the evil robot leader, they encountered the helicopter robot that had killed their comrades in Qatar. After Epps called in the fighter jets, he used a laser marker on the 'copter 'con, only for it to notice him, and he had to evade its weapons until Lennox shot it dead. The team then took part in an attack on the evil robot leader which ended in the kid killing it with the All Spark. Transformers

IDW Transformers movie comics

Shortly after the battle in Mission City, Epps and the rest of Lennox's men became acquainted with the good robots known as the Autobots, in particular the gruff soldier Ironhide, while they hunted rogue AllSpark Mutations. After the creatures had been destroyed, Epps found an abandoned trailer Optimus Prime could use to transport Jazz's remains out of the city. As Ironhide somberly placed his comrade's body into the container, Lennox, Epps and the men lowered their heads in honour of the 'bot who saved their lives. Just before the Autobots left, Epps was surprised to find Optimus had a driver sitting in his seat. He thought the holographic projection suited Prime perfectly. After they left, Agent Simmons of Sector Seven showed up, wanting to know the details of the battle and offering them a place within the organisation. Epps let Lennox do the talking, but their excuse was ruined when Sam Witwicky called Epps's phone, letting Simmons know the Autobots had escaped. Simmons convinced Lennox and Epps to request the assistance of the Autobots in transporting the Decepticon corpses to their naval yards for disposal. A month later, Epps and Lennox had a secret meeting with Optimus Prime, Ratchet and Ironhide. Epps asked where Bumblebee was, and Optimus told him Bumblebee was continuing to act as Sam's guardian. The Autobots also mentioned having been followed by a police car, which Lennox suggested might have been Barricade. Lennox then informed Prime that the Decepticons' remains were about to be dumped into the ocean, and they wanted the Autobots to escort the transport. Alliance issue 1

Now members of Sector Seven, Epps and Lennox oversaw the transportation of the Decepticon bodies to the San Diego US Navy base where they would be taken to the ocean and dumped. When everyone was ready, Epps got the caravan rolling. Alliance issue 2

Two weeks later, Epps and the others were on board an aircraft carrier where they laid Jazz to rest and disposed of the Decepticons. Optimus asked if the location was secure, and Epps assured him that nothing on Earth could reach the Decepticon remains, and he was certain that anything not from Earth couldn't reach them either. Shortly afterwards, the Autobots and human soldiers in the newly formed NEST began training on the island of Diego Garcia, though it did not go too well. Alliance issue 3


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During the flight, Epps asked Lennox if there was something troubling him, and Lennox explained that two Decepticons had been spotted in the city, but thankfully, there was no mention of robots, so they must be in vehicle mode, but Lennox wondered how their team could do this without drawing attention from bystanders.

After returning to Diego Garcia, Epps meets up with Lennox, who tells him something's going on out there. Epps said they're ready for anything, but Lennox questions this, saying that for all their training, the mission didn't go so well. Epps thinks it could have been worse, but Lennox says that it might get worse, especially with Bumblebee leaving the team to once again guard Sam. Epps is upset, saying that they can't lose team members that came from another planet; Lennox agrees.

During a mission in the Middle East, Epps mourned over the loss of fellow soldier Salani. Alliance issue 4


The Veiled Threat prequel novel

The events of The Veiled Threat take place during IDW Publishing's Alliance comic.

Epps traveled to Diego Garcia on the Pearl of India with Lennox, Ironhide and Ratchet, and was amused when Somali pirates attempted to attack them. He was extremely impressed with Kaminari Ishihara's credentials. While storing some energon, he inquired of Ironhide what would happen if it exploded, and was told that not much of India would be left. After Decepticon activity was reported in Zambia, a NEST team including Epps went there to investigate. As the Autobots fought Macerator, Payload and Dropkick in the Zambezi river, Lennox and Epps attempted to shoot the Decepticons with a modified stinger missile launcher loaded with sabot rounds. They didn't get to use it, as Lennox realized the fight was a trap to drag the Autobots over the Victoria Falls. After that battle, Epps used his laptop to track the Decepticons as they moved to attack a dam downstream, allowing the Autobots to move in and try to stop them. Lennox, Epps and Petr Andronov found a dam technician whom they got to release the dam's emergency release, relieving the pressure on the dam and washing Payload away.

Back at Diego Garcia, Epps proudly showed off the hi-tech weapon he was working on to Ironhide, only to be disappointed by the Autobot's response, but he subsequently learned more about how the Autobots created their weaponry. Decepticon activity was detected in Peru, and Epps proceeded there with Andronov, Longarm and Knockout. With the help of local NEST contact Lieutenant Pierre Morales, they settled in, though Epps shouldn't have accepted Morales's invitation to go dining, as cuí turned out to mean roast guinea pig. The next morning on a mountain road, they encountered Blademaster and Ruination. During the fight, Epps was knocked off the side of the mountain by an explosion, but Longarm saved him from a fatal plummet. As Blademaster was subsequently about to terminate Knockout, Epps hit the Decepticon with a sabot round from his launcher and, with some help from Andronov's experimental weapon, Blademaster plunged off the side. After Ruination retreated as well, the team headed back to Cuzco for hot showers.

During the debrief at Diego Garcia, Epps suggested that maybe the US Constitution could be changed so Optimus could run for president, but Lennox pointed out Optimus wasn't US-born. The Autobots were lured to Rome, where Starscream challenged Optimus to a one-on-one duel. It turned out to be a trap, of course, and Starscream left Optimus to Barricade's tender mercies. Luckily Epp, Lennox, Ishihara and Andronov were around to distract Barricade by attacking him, allowing Prime to gain the upper hand, and the four humans escaped the Colosseum via a subway. The Veiled Threat

Revenge of the Fallen movie

Actor: Tyrese Gibson (English), Jin Yamanoi (Japanese-language dub voice), Ricardo Juarez (Portuguese-language dub voice)

Two years after the battle in Mission City, Epps had joined NEST, and was promoted to the rank of USAF Master Sergeant. Epps was deployed to Shanghai, China to follow a lead on the Decepticons Demolishor and Sideways. Sideways was pursued and dispatched by the newest Autobot arrivals, but Demolishor had escaped the soliders. Epps called in Big Buddha, to be air-dropped in, and the Autobot leader conquered Demolishor with ease.

Upon return to NEST HQ at Diego Garcia, the liaison to the President, Theodore Galloway, made his very negative position towards the Autobots very clear. Galloway also made it clear he didn't give a damn to whatever defense the soldiers testified, which disgruntled Epps particularly.

Epps' tension towards Galloway only grew stronger after Optimus Prime was killed by the resurrected Megatron: the Decepticon leader's master, The Fallen, came to Earth in full force, killing thousands, and threatening to wreak further havoc should the humans not turn over Sam Witwicky. In response, Galloway returned and declared NEST deactivated, taking Lennox's badge, and ordering the Autobots deported to Diego Garcia.

However, sometime later, Epps and Lennox received a phone call from Seymour Simmons, who through clues revealed Sam had the means to revive Optimus in Egypt. NEST packed up and flew to over the Atlantic, where, much to Epps' delight, they had Galloway thrown out of the plane. NEST airdropped into Egypt, and Epps pondered disbelief at the fact Sam could revive Prime. After some time, a signal flare to Sam's group caught the attention of the Decepticons, who decided to attack NEST in a massive firefight.

During the battle, Epps and Lennox finally met up with Sam and Mikaela, and got the Air Force to carpet bomb the area, killing all Decepticons. Unfortunately, Epps had a bad throw, and the marking smoke where the air strike was to hit was right where they were. Epps and the others made a mad dash to NEST's location, but Megatron broke through the offense, and seemingly killed Sam. However, the boy lived, and revived Optimus with the Matrix of Leadership. Epps bore witness to his subsequent battle and defeat of The Fallen, and congratulated Simmons and Sam's friend for their efforts in helping them fight the Decepticons. Revenge of the Fallen (film)

IDW post-Revenge of the Fallen comics

When Alice stole an RV, Epps was part of the NEST team that brought her rampage to a stop. Nefarious #1 Galloway chewed out Lennox over another NEST operation, and Epps felt compelled to point out Galloway was a civilian giving orders in a miltary operation. Galloway promptly retorted that at least he recognized the chain of command. Epps and Lennox subsequently had a moment of disbelief when Galloway announced NEST was being stood down. Nefarious #2 Epps was part of the NEST team which responded to Galloway's distress call and rescued him from Ransack. They visited Hoover Dam to find the Initiative had already been there. Nefarious #4 Soundwave led the NEST team to the Initiative base in Oregon. A battle ensued which Epps presumably took part in. Nefarious #5 NEST won! Nefarious #6

Titan Magazines Revenge of the Fallen comics

It's not fun when someone else brings it, is it?

With Lennox and his crew searching for Seekers, Epps was left with only Bumblebee to help him investigate an attack on Malmstrom Air Force Base and the disappearance of Optimus. Checking the base inventory, he found out an electromagnetic bomb had been stolen; linking that to the detonation at the Rockies that NEST had detected, he and Bumblebee tracked Prime down to the compound of the sinister Free Men militia. (Poor Epps had to ride in Bumblebee jumping a ravine, and almost spewed up his breakfast) After locating Prime, Epps and Bumblebee hit the Free Men compound hard, swiftly defeating the militia. Bring Me the Head of Optimus Prime

He later served with Lennox and the Navy in a sting operation. He loudly said he hated sneaky stuff and they couldn't be sure anyway that the Decepticon would turn up and take their bait. Right after that, of course, the Decepticon turned up! Making Waves

Games

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - The Game

Voice actor: Avery Kidd Waddell

Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC

Autobot campaign


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Toys

Transformers (2007)

Poor Fig
  • Desert Attack (Screen Battles, 2007)
    • Japanese ID number: SB-03
This pack features a Deluxe Scorponok repainted with 'sand' paint applications on his body and comes with non-posable (and unnamed) figurines of Sergeant Epps, Jorge Figueroa and Sergeant Donnelly (though he would be dead at this point). They are packaged in a special window box featuring a diorama depicting the battle at Mahfouz's village.


Revenge of the Fallen

Human Alliance

Suffering from "Steve Urkel" syndrome.
  • Sideswipe / Tech. Sergeant Epps (2009)
    • Japanese ID number: RA-22
Epps is a little human figure that comes with Human Alliance Sideswipe. He has a wide range of motion, can ride Sideswipe's robot- and alt-modes, and is compatible with the other Human Alliance sets. Because of his sculpting and uniform, his torso looks tiny. (One could say he might just have pulled his pants waaaaay up.)


Dark of the Moon

Human Alliance

  • Autobot Skids / Sergeant Epps (Human Alliance, 2011)
    • Japanese ID Number:
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Notes

  • Despite having been named "Robert" in the course of the first live-action movie (he is referred to as "Bobby" by Figueroa within the first few minutes of the film), and despite the frequent, widespread use of this name on websites describing Tyrese Gibson's role in Revenge of the Fallen, other media has given Epps two different first names.
  • In theory he could be Raymond Robert Epps, or Robert Raymond Epps. Or Julius Raymond Robert Epps. His friends call him Bobby, his wife calls him Ray... but he's Julius if you're nasty.

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