Ronald Witwicky
- Ron Witwicky is a human in the Movie continuity family.
Ron Witwicky is one of six children of Herbert Witwicky and an unnamed female. He has four brothers and one sister, His eldest brother is named Ben. In 1979 the kids split the proceeds from their father's house. Ron named his son an actual real name.
Probably just compensating for his family's history of mental illness.
Fiction
Official Movie Prequel comics
Transformers (2007 film)
- Actor: Kevin Dunn
After learning that Sam got an A- on his family geneology report, Ron took him to buy a car. He first teased Sam about the possibility of getting a Porsche, and then took him to Bobby Bolivia's used car lot and petting zoo. Sam found a nice-looking Camaro on the lot which Bobby offered to sell for five thousand dollars, even though he wasn't sure where the car came from. Bobby refused to go down to Ron's offer of four thousand, but the car took rejection badly, and as if by magic, the windows of all the other windows in the lot shattered. Later that day when Sam left the house and the car projected a large smoke cloud, his wife called him cheap. "It's his first car, it's supposed to be like that," was Ron's defense.
Later, when the Autobots come searching for his great-grandfather's glasses, Ratchet knocked over a powerline, causing a blackout and mild tremor. Ron quickly ran under the table (never spilling his wine glass) while Judy remained on the couch. He assumed the damage done to his back yard by the Autobots was caused by the "earthquake". Going to Sam's room, they found him sweaty and grimey. Judy thought he was... stimulating himself, which greatly embarrassed both Witwicky men. When Mikaela Banes came out of hiding, Ron tapped knuckles with his son. Shortly afterward, Agent Simmons and Sector Seven came in and took the Witwickys and Mikaela into custody. Although Sam and Mikaela were rescued by the Autobots, Ron and Judy remained in custody.
After the destruction of Megatron and the Decepticons, Ron and Judy expressed disbelief that there had been an "alien incursion", saying that the government wouldn't lie to its citizens.
Trivia
- According to writer Roberto Orci, Ron was not given the nickname "Sparkplug", nor his son the nickname "Spike" (though his wife does refer to him as "Spark"), because unlike their G1 counterparts the movie characters are not oil rig workers or mechanics. [1]
- Also according to Orci, Ronald was named after his father-in-law. [2]
