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==Notes==
==Notes==
*''Revenge of the Fallen''’s depiction of Egypt is highly inaccurate: Optimus, Megatron, Starscream and The Fallen take their fight from the Pyramids of Giza to the Temple of Luxor, which are '''more than 300 miles away''.
*Considering both the Pyramids and the temple are famous tourist attractions, they’re both pretty devoid of, y’know, tourists.
*Furthermore, the movie gives the impression that the Pyramids of Giza are located near the coast — the soldiers and tanks deployed from hovercraft arrive at the battle site almost immediately. In reality, the closest sea shore, the tip of the Red Sea, is still over 70 miles away from the Pyramids. Worse, when the rail gun is fired, a monitor screen on board the U.S.S. Kidd shows footage of the pyramids with the ocean in the foreground, making it appear like they're no more than a mile or two away from the shore. Worse still, this is immediately followed by a shot of the pyramids that shows nothing but desert in the direction the rail gun shot is coming from.
===Foreign names===
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Egypt''' (エジプト ''Ejiputo'')
*''Japanese:'' '''Egypt''' (エジプト ''Ejiputo'')

Revision as of 15:56, 20 August 2013

Damn tourists.

Ah, Egypt, cradle of human civilization, birthplace of culture, writing and art!

It is home to the pyramids! 2,500 years ago, these structures were the most ancient of the Seven Wonders of the World, and they are the only one of the Seven that still exist today.

(They attract craziness like you wouldn't believe.)

Fiction

Condor-Verlag Transformers Comic-Magazin

Stealth and Goldbug flew to Egypt to investigate the mystery of the pyramids, discovering that there was Cybertronian influence in their construction. The Curse of the Pyramids

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Headmasters cartoon

As part of a grand plan to destroy the Earth, Scorponok placed a mighty "Death Tower" of crysmagnetal in Cairo. (Spoiler: Earth wasn't destroyed.) There was a clash with Scorponok and his forces there. The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)

Masterforce cartoon

Decepticon Pretender Blood was sealed away in Ancient Egypt, but would later escape. Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt

Masterforce comic

Grand implied that the Pyramid has connection to the Pretenders. Great Turn-Around! Autobots

Robots in Disguise cartoon

The last of the O-Parts was found in Egypt. A Friendly Contest Following that, it was worked out the Orb of Sigma was located in Egypt's deserts, and the Autobots rapidly high-tailed it there, eventually finding it in a pyramid. Peril from the Past

Unicron Trilogy

In the peaceful inter-war period, the Autobots built Desert City in Egypt. Unicron Trilogy guidebooks

Revenge of the Fallen

Around 17,000 BC, The Fallen was in Egypt (which was then a green, fertile valley) organizing the building of a Star Harvester. The other Primes took pity on the primitive humans and stole the Matrix of Leadership that powered the harvester, thereby rendering it useless and saving the planet. Many years later, the humans built the Great Pyramid of Giza over the harvester. Defiance issue 2

In 2009 AD, Jetfire took Sam Witwicky, Mikaela Banes, Seymour Simmons, Leo Spitz, Wheelie, Bumblebee, Skids and Mudflap to Wadi Rum Egypt (which had assumed its more familiar desert appearance by that point) via a space bridge. The group stayed at the pyramids, where Sam figured out the Tomb of the Primes and the Matrix was hidden in Petra, Jordan. Simmons got past the border authorities, who were ordered to arrest Sam after The Fallen put the price of humanity's existence on his head, by passing them off as his family: it also turned out the border guard had visited New York City, where Simmons noted he was from, and liked the place.

Too big for England to steal.

After finding the Matrix, the group returned to the pyramids, where NEST and the Decepticons had landed in a nearby town, readying for battle. Devastator emerged in a quarry and climbed up the pyramid to excavate the harvester, while Megatron, Starscream, Ravage and Constructicon clones attempted to claim the Matrix from Sam. Soundwave had jammed NEST's phone signals, but Simmons retrieved a radio from a downed Jordanian helicopter which he used to order the USS Kidd to fire her experimental railgun on Devastator, and to get reinforcements. Sam was able to resurrect Optimus with the Matrix before The Fallen snatched it and powered his machine. Optimus and Jetfire combined and blew up the harvester before finally killing The Fallen. Revenge of the Fallen

Prime cartoon

Wheeljack crash landed near the pyramids. Con Job

Smokescreen and Arcee traveled to the pyramids to retrieve the first Omega Key. They were intercepted by Megatron who demanded a fight with Optimus Prime. The two leaders had made a mess of the place by the time they finished fighting. Alpha/Omega

Notes

  • Revenge of the Fallen’s depiction of Egypt is highly inaccurate: Optimus, Megatron, Starscream and The Fallen take their fight from the Pyramids of Giza to the Temple of Luxor, which are 'more than 300 miles away.
  • Considering both the Pyramids and the temple are famous tourist attractions, they’re both pretty devoid of, y’know, tourists.
  • Furthermore, the movie gives the impression that the Pyramids of Giza are located near the coast — the soldiers and tanks deployed from hovercraft arrive at the battle site almost immediately. In reality, the closest sea shore, the tip of the Red Sea, is still over 70 miles away from the Pyramids. Worse, when the rail gun is fired, a monitor screen on board the U.S.S. Kidd shows footage of the pyramids with the ocean in the foreground, making it appear like they're no more than a mile or two away from the shore. Worse still, this is immediately followed by a shot of the pyramids that shows nothing but desert in the direction the rail gun shot is coming from.

Foreign names

  • Japanese: Egypt (エジプト Ejiputo)
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