Decepticon Character Guide Transformers : Dark of The Moon 2011

Dreads

The Dreads are a trio of Decepticons (lead by Crankcase) who transform into black Chevrolet Suburban emergency SUVs. While Crankcase and Crowbar have beastly, albeit humanoid, alternate forms, when not in vehicle form, Hatchet appears as a cybernetic lion. In Dark of the Moon, the trio faces-off against Bumblebee, Ironhide, and Dino in a highway chase.

Crankcase- Decepticon

Description: Crankcase is the undisputed leader of the Dreads and like the other two, transforms into a Chevrolet Suburban emergency vehicle. He demands and receives extreme loyalty from Crowbar and Hatchet but also fights the Autobots fiercely along side them. He is armed with the standard weapons cache of plasma cannons.

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Crowbar- Decepticon

Description: Crowbar is the second-in-command of the Dreads and transforms into a Chevrolet Suburban emergency vehicle. Besides being armed with plasma cannons, he can throw deadly Cybertronian spears which he stores on his back like arrows. His specialty is gaining access to secured locations.

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Hatchet – Decepticon

Description: Hatchet may be the most simple minded of the Dreads but he is the most ferocious attacking with an animal like mentality. What he lacks in battle smarts he makes up for in pure tenacity and raw power attacking his enemies with his razor like teeth and claws. His alternate mode is a Chevrolet Suburban emergency vehicle.

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Driller – Decepticon

Description: The driller was one of many native Cybertronian creatures, until it was domesticated by Shockwave prior to the destruction of Cybertron. Shockwave now commands the leviathan. Though the bot is never shown in full, appearing mostly as a series of wriggling robotic tentacles, the Driller does appear to have a “head” of sorts – fitted with bladed “teeth” as pictured in the image above.

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Garbage Truck-bot

Description: The Decepticon protoform came to Earth via the space bridge opened by Sentinel Prime then immediately scanned a nearby Waste Management garbage truck and fled the scene. Nothing else is known about it.

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Igor – Decepticon

Description: First spotted at Megatron’s African camp, Igor is a small and disfigured Decepticon bootlicker. Igor’s combined portrayals in the Dark of the Moon novelization and early concept art could indicate that the character is actually Long Haul’s decapitated head. Unlike similarly-sized peons such as Wheelie and Brains, Igor lacks an alternate form and does not contribute to the overall war in any meaningful capacity – unless you count chewing on various items as a meaningful contribution.

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Laserbeak – Decepticon

Description: A fan-favorite Decepticon and one of Soundwave’s “tapes” in the G1 series, Laserbeak serves as an assassin for the Decepticons on Earth. In Dark of the Moon, the bot is shown to take several alternate forms, including a copy machine and a flatscreen TV, but Laserbeak’s robotic form is equally bizarre – a cybernetic vulture with razor-sharp talons.

Megatron (Arctic Truck)

Description: Following his mutilation at the conclusion of Revenge of the Fallen, Megatron returns (albeit weakened and still disfigured) as a Mack tanker truck. In robot form, Megatron hides his injuries under a tattered cloak, though his propensity for power and tyranny remain intact – as does his iconic fusion cannon.

Scalpels – Decepticon

Description: These Decepticons serve the same basic function as the Doctor except instead of interrogating enemies they work in unison to repair their damaged comrades - usually with no appreciation. They have no discernible weapons systems or alternate mode.

Shockwave – Decepticon

Description: Shockwave is one of the Decepticon’s most brilliant minds as well as deadliest warriors – and is fiercely devoted to Megatron. In addition to taming the infamous Driller creature, Shockwave terrorizes the Autobot resistance fighters with an arm-mounted AstroMag Cannon – and ice cold dedication to his mission. The Decepticon has no alternate form in the film but transforms into a Cybertronian tank in the Hasbro toy line.

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Watch-bot

Description: This unnamed Decepticon affixes itself to a host around the wrist and gives the appearance of a regular looking timepiece – however, once it has tapped into the central nervous system it can control its host as well as, observe and record any data the host sees and hears. Once it has finished gathering intelligence it drops off and scurries back to the Decepticon base to report.

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Brains – Autobot

Description: Once a Decepticon drone unit, Brains unexpectedly became sentient and escaped his evil masters – taking refuge with reformed Decepticon Wheelie. Brains hides in plain site as a laptop computer and is extremely loyal to his human friends – not to mention committed to seeing the Decepticons annihilated.

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Dino – Autobot

Description: Dino is a close quarters-combat Autobot that transforms into red Ferrari 458 Italia. Some fans will notice the character is referred to as Mirage in the Dark of the Moon videogame and other marketing – however, in honor of Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari’s son Alfredo aka “Dino” (who died at the age of 24), the character’s name was altered for the final movie.

Optimus Prime (FlightTech) – Autobot

Description: Optimus Prime is the the brave leader of the Autobots – and a habitual defender of freedom. Following his “fall” in Revenge of the Fallen, Optimus now pulls his iconic tractor trailer when in Peterbilt Truck vehicle form. In battle, the trailer transforms into a storage locker that houses a variety of weaponry including combat blades, heavy duty plasma cannons, and a mech-tech jetpack.

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Que – Autobot

Description: Que, also referred to as Wheeljack in Dark of the Moon (and other marketing materials), is an Autobot genius reminiscent of Albert Einstein. The character’s name was changed in post as a nod to the James Bond inventor, Q – who more closely matches the bot’s role in the film (instead of G1 Wheeljack, who was more of a mechanic). When he isn’t at the base inventing weaponry for the Autobots, Que transforms into a blue Mercedes-Benz E550 for public appearances.

Sentinel Prime – Autobot

Description: Sentinel Prime is Optimus Prime’s predecessor and mentor – as well as the “Einstein” of the Cybertronian race. Sentinel invented space bridge technology before being marooned on Earth’s moon after the destruction of the Ark. On Earth, Sentinel transforms into a Rosenbauer Panther 6×6 airport fire truck – and wields dual blades in hand-to-hand combat.

Wreckers

The Wreckers are a trio of Autobot mechanics that appear as battle-ready NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Chevrolet Impala stock cars – and are relegated to a NASA facility, due to their abrasive personalities. Until the Chicago invasion, the Wreckers spent the majority of their time maintaining the Autobot spacecraft, the Xantium. Leadfoot and Roadbuster are loud-mouthed bots that speak with working class Londoner accents – though Topspin has no speaking lines.

Leadfoot – Autobot

Description: Leadfoot could be considered the leader of the Autobot Wrecker team – he is loud, intelligent, destructive and belligerent of those he feels are beneath him, which is often the humans with whom he occasionally works. He often teams with Ironhide to make bigger and more destructive weapons and has Steeljaw for a pet. He alternate mode is Juan Pablo Montoya’s Chevrolet Impala and he is armed with powerful chain guns and rockets.

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Roadbuster – Autobot

Description: Roadbuster is the most outspoken of the Autobot Wrecker crew and will always say what is on his mind – good or bad. He is the team’s main weaponsmith and creates almost all of the powerful weapons they use to hunt done and destroy the Decepticons. He somehow picked up a Scottish accent after coming to Earth and his alternate mode is Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s NASCAR Chevrolet Impala. He is armed with machine guns, a min-chain gun and rocket launchers.

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Topspin – Autobot

Description: Topspin is the third member of the Autobot Wreckers team and serves both a soldier and scientist for them. He isn’t afraid to get a couple of nicks and dings in his armor during the course of fighting the Decpticons and he lives by the motto “If it isn’t difficult, I’m not interested.” He transforms into a replica of Jimmy Johnson’s NASCAR Chevrolet Impala and is armed with 4 massive machine guns and armor crushing claws.

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Arcee – Autobot

Description: Arcee is both quick and agile and has learned from Ironhide during training to use that swiftness to her ability when fighting Decepticons. As the oldest of three sisters – and the only female robots on the Autobot team – she takes the alternate form of a pink Buell Firebolt XB12R. She has the standard weapons array of machine guns and one plasma cannon.

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Chromia – Autobot

Description: Chromia is the middle sister and her alternate form is a blue Suzuki B-King motorcycle and she too has a standard weapons array – machine guns and one plasma cannon. She loves nothing more than hunting down a Decepticon foe and taking them out.

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Elita One- Autobot

Description: The youngest of the three sisters, Elita One’s alternate form is a purple MV Agusta motorcycle and like her sisters before her is equipped with machine guns and a plasma cannon.

Jetfire – Autobot

Description: Jetfire is a very old and very wise and once served the Prime Fallen as a Decepticon warrior – until the Fallen left him on Earth to die. Jetfire then switched his allegiances to the Autobots and fell into a deep stasis mode – coming out only once to get a new alternate form of a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane. He may look old and feeble but make no mistake – Jetfire can still scrap with the best of them.

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Jolt – Autobot

Description: Jolt is one of the younger Autobots who came to Earth seeking a new home. He is part stuck-up snob and part troublemaker and all about fighting Decepticons. His energy-saving mindset is why he chose the Chevy Volt as his alternate form and he gives his enemies quite the shock with his two electro-whips.

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Optimus Prime (JetPower) – Autobot

Description: Optimus Prime was already an extreme butt-kicker but sometimes even he needs some assistance. That assistance comes in the form of parts supplied to him from the dying Jetfire. The temporary upgrades include using Jetfire’s massive engines on his back giving the the ability for short bursts of flight (they can also be used as energy cannons), a plasma cannon on his arm, the addition of a machine gun and  sword.

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The Primes

Description: There were seven original Primes created by the energy of the All Spark who were the first rulers of Cybertron but one of their own – the Fallen – betrayed them. They sacrificed themselves to hide the The Matrix of Leadership from the Fallen to keep him from destroying the planet Earth.

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Protoform – Autobot/Decepticon

Description: Protoforms are the very basic forms all Transformers start off as until given life energy from the All Spark. It is also the form all Transformers use while travelling through space as it is nearly indestructible.

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Sideswipe – Autobot

Description: Sideswipe is a fierce fighter for the Autobots and has been since he day he was created. He employs a variety of weapons including dual blasters in his arms and cannons on his back but his favorite weapons are the shiny blades he uses to slice and dice his Decepticon enemies. He alternate mode is a silver Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Concept car.

The Twins

Mudflap and Skids are twin robot brothers who bicker constantly. Mudflap is the hyperactive one while Skids considers himself the calmer and smarter of the two – though that isn’t saying much. They are loyal Autobots who aren’t afraid of a scrap with any Decepticon and take on Devastator by themselves. They do have the ability to combine into a single robot, starting off as a pink and white ice cream truck, though later Mudflap’s alternate mode is a Chevrolet Trax and Skids is a Chevrolet Beat. They are armed with standard plasma cannons and machine guns.

Mudflap – Autobot

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Skids – Autobot

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Wheelie – Autobot

Description: Wheelie once served the Decepticons not out of loyalty but out of fear but switched sides once he realized Jetfire had done the same thing. He takes the alternate form of a blue radio-controlled monster truck toy and has no known weapons.