Transformers: The Movie Storybook
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| Transformers: The Movie Storybook | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers | ||||||||||||
| First published | May 31, 2007 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Kate Egan | ||||||||||||
| Illustrator | Marcelo Matere | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Live-action film series | ||||||||||||
| ISBN | ISBN 978-0-06-088836-7 | ||||||||||||
| Page count | 48 | ||||||||||||
| Price | $8.99 | ||||||||||||
The Transformers come to Earth in search of the Allspark, and an age-old war is reignited in the process.
Synopsis
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Long ago the Transformers battled over the AllSpark, until it was lost in space and eventually fell to Earth. Years later, Archibald Witwicky activated robotic "iceman" in the Arctic, which burned strange symbols into his glasses...
Sam Witwicky goes to buy a used car after giving a report on his ancestor. A beat-up yellow Camaro honks when he tries to look at other cars, so he buys it.
Blackout attacks a military base, and analyst Maggie Marconi is brought in to find out who is responsible. When Air Force One is also attacked and a virus left behind, Maggie consults with her hacker-friend Glen, who thinks the virus is alien in nature.
Frenzy cross-references the file he stole from Air Force One and finds out Sam is auctioning off Archibald Witwicky's belongings online.
In the middle of the night, a mustached man drives off with Sam's car. Sam follows him to a factory, where the car stands up and beams a light into the sky. The Camaro departs before Sam can find out more.
Sam's car is back in the driveway the next day, and Sam follows it on his bike when it leaves. He crosses paths with Mikaela Banes, who follows him out of curiosity. Sam is attacked by a police car, which turns into the Decepticon Barricade. Bumblebee rescues both Sam and Mikaela, and then scans a new-model Camaro to impress his new friends.
Outside of town, four meteors land and unfold into spindly robots. The new arrivals scan cars passing on the nearby highway and introduce themselves as Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Ratchet and Jazz. Optimus Prime explains that his brother Megatron is leader of the Decepticons, who burned a map into the glasses of Sam's ancestor long ago.
Sam and Mikaela return to the Witwicky home to search for the glasses, but agents from Sector Seven arrive and grab them before they can deliver the glasses. The Autobots attack the Sector Seven convoy to free Sam and Mikaela. Bumblebee is captured protecting the humans, who are also taken back into custody, but Optimus Prime recovers the dropped glasses.
Defense Secretary Keller, not believing Maggie Marconi's claim that the attacks are the work of aliens, prepares to attack either Russia or China- when the virus Frenzy planted shuts down worldwide communications. Sector Seven agent Tom Banachek confirms that the attackers are indeed aliens.
All parties converge on Hoover Dam, Sector Seven's secret headquarters. Here is kept both the AllSpark, and a deep-freezed Megatron. The Decepticons attack the dam, and Megatron begins to awaken. Sam convinces Sector Seven to free Bumblebee so he can transport the Allspark. Sam and Bumblebee meet up with the other Autobots as Megatron escapes.
The Autobots and Decepticons battle in a nearby city. Sam carries the Allspark to the top of a building to get away but is attacked by Starscream and Megatron. Optimus Prime yells for Sam to shove the Allspark into Megatron's spark, which overloads it.
With their lifeforce destroyed, the Autobots vow to survive for those who did not. Later, Optimus Prime sends a message into space for any other Autobots who may have survived, telling them to come to their new home.
Featured Characters
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| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans |
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Notes
[edit]- The AllSpark is described as "the only remaining Allspark."
- The Pentagon was aware their base had been attacked by a robot, but assumed it was created by Russia or China. Maggie Marconi is their top analyst, not one of many.
- The characters from Qatar are completely absent in this retelling, including Scorponok.
- Glen is white and skinny. Apparently, the reference materials given to artist Marcelo Matere did not properly cover Glen, as he originally drew a female character sitting at the computer (hence the My Little Pony) - the publishing company later changed Matere's artwork to reflect Glen's correct gender, but inexplicably not his skin color.[1] Glen is identified by his first name only.
- Bumblebee's holographic driver is specifically noted to have a mustache, just like Blackout's and Starscream's.
- Bumblebee's "guardian" function is explained to mean he has appointed himself Sam's personal bodyguard.
- Tom Banachek uses a Mac. He's also dressed like an army officer. The pictures from Mars include clear views of Barricade and Frenzy.
- Hoover's reason for building the dam around the Allspark was not to hide it, it was to contain the dangerous energy which could turn any machine into a monster.
- Frenzy did not relay the location of Sector Seven's base to the other Decepticons, rather the base's location is explained to be in the file he stole from Air Force One. This makes very little sense. Why bother attacking Sam then?
- Jazz's death is not directly addressed. He is "hit by a massive pulse" from Megatron, then never mentioned again. (Conspicuously so; he's absent from the list of triumphant Autobots at the end of the book.)
- Sam's "throw the football" Allspark attack reflects early drafts of the movie script.
- All major characters from the 2007 movie appear in this retelling except the ones from the Quatar SOCCENT Base (William Lennox, Robert Epps, Jorge Figueroa) and Scorponok (who only appeared in scenes fighting them).
References
[edit]- ↑ Personal communications with Marcelo Matere
