Alice (ROTF)

This article is about the Decepticon. For the animatronic girl that inspired her alternate mode in some tellings of the story, see Alice (animatronic).

Alice is a Decepticon Pretender from the Revenge of the Fallen portion of the live-action movie continuity.

Seriously. This is a girl who will suck the fillings right out of your teeth.

Alice is the kind of girl you wish you met in college. She's pretty, has... prominent mammalian characteristics, is incredibly forward about what she wants, and lives next door to Leo Spitz and Sam Witwicky in Hamilton Hall. She's really interested in Sam. It's a bit suspicious, really; maybe she's just pretending?

How about tonight, you pretend I'm your girlfriend, and I pretend that you're my boyfriend?Alice, Revenge of the Fallen

Fiction

Revenge of the Fallen film

Actor: Isabel Lucas

Don't talk with your mouth fu - oh. Oh.

Alice attended college with Sam. When Alice discovered that Sam was writing Cybertronian glyphs on his walls, she pinned him down and secretly prepared to attack him. She pretends to make out with him, but a metal tentacle extended from under her skirt and prepared to strike. They were interrupted by Mikaela, who believed Sam was cheating on her and broke up with him on the spot. Before Sam could chase after her, Alice's tongue extended and wrapped around Sam's neck; his screams attracted Mikaela and Sam's roommate, Leo. Mikaela threw the box containing Wheelieat her, but missed. Alice chased the three through the school, alternating between her human and robot forms . Finally she was killed when Mikaela rammed her against a light pole with a car, crushing her and then ran her over, saying in anger: "Kiss this, bitch!"

"That party was great! I got totally smashed!"

According to the novelization, Alice scanned an animatronic Alice of Alice in Wonderland, from a Disneyworld-esque amusement park to get her human form. Presumably, she took her name from the figure as well. Even in her full robot form, her tongue at the tip of her tentacle seems to remain fleshy. It actually looks rather.. disturbing. You've got to wonder, who would win in a fight, the Pretender or the T-X? Although, if you remember, that Mikaela killed Alice just by ramming with a car, we know — T-X rules. Regrettably, or perhaps thankfully, there is no toy of Alice.

Revenge of the Fallen adaptation

"You found me beautiful once..."
"Honey, you got reeeeal ugly."

After Alice kicked Leo out of his own dorm room so she could seduce Sam, he watched some TV with his buddies Sharsky and Fassbinder. While flipping through channels, they came across an advertisement featuring an animatronic Alice from Alice in Wonderland which had an uncanny resemblance to their classmate Alice. Leo went back to the dorm room to tell Sam there was something weird about his new girlfriend, but she had already revealed herself. Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation Revenge of the Fallen (novel)

This event was not mentioned in the film, except for the very last bit where Leo showed up at the door and started to say something about Alice but was interrupted. Also, she survives in the comic adaptation, where she gets knocked aside by the car, instead of being smashed into a lamp post by it.

IDW Revenge of the Fallen comics

Alice apparently survived being smashed to pieces and repaired herself, going on the run soon afterwards. It appears she became a little unstable (well, more unstable) and hijacked the motor home of a middle-aged couple, leading to her being pursued by NEST. Soundwave thought her alt-mode was "misguided," as he worried exposure to human culture would cause her to contract their "madness."

He had no qualms when Sideswipe ended the hijacking situation by impaling her and putting Alice out of everyone's misery. Nefarious issue 1

Transformers Animated

Alice tells readers of Venus, a trans-dimensional magazine for Decepti-femmes, how to disarm a foldspace warhead. The AllSpark Almanac

Notes

Alice really needs to touch up on her make-up.

• Throughout pre-production, concept artist Ben Procter used this photo of Rachel Nichols, who plays Scarlett in the 2009 film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.
• Alice having an outer organic form is an homage for the fans to the Pretenders.
• In the novel adaptation, Alice had a manufacturer's nameplate on her neck from the animatronic Alice she apparently scanned.
• Also in the novel adaptation, while Alice was seducing Sam at the frat party she claimed to be from Orlando. Orlando is where Walt Disney World is located and would be a likely location of the Alice in Wonderland animatronic tour. She also claimed to have a boyfriend from there, who was a prince. Walt Disney World is also home to a number of princes. Finally, during the commercial where the animatronic Alice appears, "Mickey, the friendly mouse" is mentioned. Who said Revenge of the Fallen doesn't have a tight continuity?
• When Alice reveals her robotty bits, her human flesh sort of folds away, presumably taking her clothing along with it, as when she reappears in human form, she's still fully dressed. On the other hand, she clearly changed clothes throughout the course of the film, which poses some, ah, interesting questions.
• While in robot mode, the tip of her tongue stays "organic". It's really disturbing.
• Some stunts for Alice were performed by stuntwoman Tarah Paige.

External Links

• Why just 2 seconds of Transformers 2 took 3 months to complete — Gizmodo.com
• Digital Domain interview about Alice's effects — CGSociety.com