Dino

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The name or term "Mirage" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Mirage (disambiguation).
Mirage is an Autobot from the live-action movie continuity family. He is sometimes referred to as Dino.
The cast was... full.

Mirage is a little impatient. Armed with a dart rifle, electro-disrupter and the ability to create holograms and turn himself invisible, Mirage is one sneaky robot. When he's not invisible, he can usually be seen with his combat partner, Wheeljack.

Fiction

IDW Dark of the Moon prequel comics

Scusi?

When Sam Witwicky and Bumblebee were being menaced by Decepticons after their small companion Brains, Mirage and Wheeljack arrived for the save. Mirage taunted and injured Sonar while cloaked, and demanded the remaining Decepticons bring it on as he revealed himself. Rising Storm issue 2 Using his invisibility to his advantage, he fought the Decepticons together with Bumblebee and Wheeljack until Optimus Prime arrived with reinforcements from NEST. Rising Storm issue 3

Mirage's luck ran out when Shockwave arrived on the scene and blasted him and Wheeljack, leaving them terribly injured. Ratchet could save their lives, but was unsure if they'd end up looking the same after his repairs. Rising Storm issue 4

Dark of the Moon film

Voice actor: Francesco Quinn (English), Salvador Reyes (Latin American Spanish)

Plot details for Dark of the Moon (film) follow.

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Dark of the Moon (film)


Games

Dark of the Moon video game (Xbox 360/PS3)

Voice actor: Dave Wittenberg (English)


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Merchandise

3D Battle Card Game

He seems familiar, but I can't place the face.
  • Mirage (2007)
    • Card number: 8
Mirage is a 26-point "Common" piece in the 3D Battle-Card Game. Constructed of punch-out pieces from randomly-packed plastic cards (two full robots per pack), he can be assembled into his car mode (model undetermined), or into a rather stumpy robot mode. His twin blaster-weapons can be mounted on his arms (their nominal placement) or on his shoulders.
He uses the same construction as the Barricade, Earth-mode Bumblebee, and Swerve cards. This style is similar to the one used by Cliffjumper, Jazz and Smokescreen.
Though his card is clearly based on the Alternators Mirage toy, he's not remotely as obvious about it as the Cliffjumper and Smokescreen cards are. While all the parts are in roughly the same place as the Alternators toy, the detailing is very much in line with the movie aesthetic, featuring a lot of shifted panels and extensive mechanical greeblies.

Speed Stars

He'll be seein' red.
  • Mirage (2011)
    • Series: Trans Scan
    • Number: 2 of 3
Mirage is one of three "die-cast" cars in the Trans Scan Series. In car mode he's mostly translucent red plastic and his robot mode is sculpted underneath.
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.

This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.


Notes

  • Call sheets for Dark of the Moon referred to Dino/Mirage as Enzo, a reference to Enzo Ferrari, presumably before the decision was made to tribute his son Alfredo "Dino" Ferrari.[1] Another early working name for him was Rush.[2]
  • "Dino" is not named "Mirage" in the movie because Hasbro's greatest competitor, Mattel, has an exclusive license for Ferrari toys[3], and thus Ferrari didn't want their product placement sporting the name of a Hasbro toy's trademark.[4]
  • Like his name, his Italian accent in the movie also had to be approved by Ferrari, who wanted him not to have a cheesy Hollywood "Italian" accent.[5]
  • In Dark of the Moon, Dino sports an Italian/European Union license plate (registered in the province of Catania), "CT 41401", in vehicle mode.[6] The colors are (deliberately) incorrect, though: Instead of black text on a white background, with a European "blue band" containing the European flag (a circle consisting of twelve yellow stars) on the left and a second blue band containing a yellow circle on the right, Dino's plate is essentially a negative monochrome version, with silver text on a black background, silver bands on both sides, a European flag consisting of twelve black stars on the left and a black circle on the right.

Foreign names

  • Japanese: Mirage (ミラージュ Mirāju)

References

  1. ↑ Dark of the Moon Call Sheets! at Til All Are Mine blog.
  2. ↑ Josh Nizzi DOTM concepts.
  3. ↑ Mattel license information, Ferrari.com.
  4. ↑ Michael Bay's website admin, Nelson Lauren, explaining why the Ferrari isn't named "Mirage", TFW2005, May 2011.
  5. ↑ Collider.com interview with Michael Bay.
  6. ↑ Set photo of the Ferrari 458 Italia with a close-up view of the license plate.
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