The Transformers: The Movie (1986)

watch animation story of Autobots, a faction of a transforming species of synthetic intelligence from planet Cybertron, against the Decepticons a rival faction of transforming robots who control the Transformers' homeworld. INTRO LINES KRANIX: Arblus, look! It's Unicron! The ships! Get to the ships! It's our only chance! ARBLUS: Kranix! NARRATOR: It is the year 2005. The treacherous Decepticons have conquered the Autobots' home planet of Cybertron. But from secret staging grounds on two of Cybertron's moons the valiant Autobots prepare to retake their homeland.

Pictures of main characters with cast as voices

Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots, keeper of the Matrix of Leadership (Peter Cullen) "Megatron must be stopped, no matter the cost"	Hot Rod was reformatted into Rodimus Prime when he received the Autobot Matrix from his mentor Optimus Prime (Judd Nelson) "Transform and rollout!"	Megatron is the cold and heartless leader of the Decepticons (Frank Welker) "I would have waited an eternity for this."	Galvatron is an updating made by Unicron. Megatron is now a warrior's most feared and powerful (Leonard Nimoy) "I belong to nobody!"

Unicron is a large robot whose proportions achieve planetary scale and it can turn into a mechanical planet (Orson Welles) "the one thing that can stand in my way"	Ultra Magnus is a commander of Autobots. He directed the counter-offensive when Cybertron came under attack from Megatron (Robert Stack) "I'm just a soldier, I'm not worthy"	Kup is a crotchety ancient Autobot who tells a lot of old war stories (Lionel Stander) "See, the Universal Greeting works every time."	Springer is a green Autobot that can transform both a car and a helicopter (Neil Ross) "Just think about what you wanna do before you do it!"

Blurr is fastest-talking and appears as a blue Autobot who transforms into a swift car (John Moschitta) "Absolutely, positively, definetely!"	Grimlock is the most fearsome and powerful member of the Dinobots that transform into dinosaurs (Gregg Berger) "Me Grimlock love challenge! Dinobots, transform!"	Starscream is a perfidious high-ranking Decepticon who turns into a jet and desires to replace Megatron as leader (Chris Latta) "I nominate myself as the new leader!"

Perceptor is a scientist which transforms into a microscope or a telescope (Paul Eiding) "can you locate a place to set down for repairs?"	Ironhide is the Autobots' resident weapons specialist and Optimus Prime's old friend (Peter Cullen) "Your days are numbered"	Wheelie is an Autobot cheerful who has a distinctive style of expression that rhymes Frank Welker) "Picture you got, no fool you not!"

Arcee is a female Transformer colored pink and white (Susan Blu) "you'd better stay close to me!"	Soundwave is a Decepticon which transform into a microcassette recorder (Frank Welker) "Eject. Operation: interference."	Daniel Witwicky is the human 12-year-old son of Spike. He is very good friends with the Autobots (David Mendenhall) "what about my dad?"	Wreck-Gar is simple-minded and the leader of the Junkions (Eric Idle) "You check in, but you don't check out!"

Quintesson Leader is a sinister robotic creature prosecutor who requesting Judge's verdicts (Roger C. Carmel) "Has the Imperial Magistrate reached a verdict?"	Spike Witwicky is Autobot's human ally in the fight against Megatron (Corey Burton) "you'd better get here fast, because we're not gonna."	Kranix is the last survivor of the destroyed planet Lithone (Norman Alden) "My planet was destroyed by Unicron."	Jazz is portrayed as a music-loving robot and speaks in slang (Scatman Crothers) "Talk to me, Earth!"

FULL QUOTES PART 1 OPTIMUS PRIME: Ironhide! Report to me at once! IRONHIDE:

Every time I look into a monitor, Prime, my circuits sizzle. When are we gonna start busting Deceptichops? OPTIMUS PRIME: I want you to make a special run to Autobot City on Earth. IRONHIDE: But, Prime. OPTIMUS PRIME: Listen, Ironhide! We don't have enough energon cubes to power a full-scale assault! Ready the shuttle for launch! IRONHIDE: Your days are numbered now, Decepti-creeps! OPTIMUS PRIME: Jazz, report security status. JAZZ: No sign of Decepticons here, Prime! OPTIMUS PRIME:

What about Moon Base Two? JAZZ: Jazz to Moon Base Two! Jazz to Moon Base Two! BUMBLEBEE: Bumblebee and Spike here. JAZZ: We're about to send up a shuttle. Any Decepticon shenanigans in your area? BUMBLEBEE: All clear, Jazz! SPIKE WITWICKY: Hey, Ironhide! Tell my son Daniel I miss him, and tell him not to worry!

I'll be coming home as soon as we've kicked Megatron's tail across the galaxy! IRONHIDE: Will do, Spike. OPTIMUS PRIME: Cliffjumper! Commence countdown! CLIFFJUMPER: Five, four, three, two, one, blast off! OPTIMUS PRIME: Now all we need is a little energon, and a lot of luck. SHOCKWAVE: Laserbeak returns, Megatron. MEGATRON: Welcome, Laserbeak! Unlike

some of my other warriors you never fail me. Soundwave, play back Laserbeak's findings. SOUNDWAVE: As you command, Megatron. OPTIMUS PRIME: I want you to make

a special run to Autobot City on Earth. IRONHIDE: But Prime! OPTIMUS PRIME: Listen, Ironhide! We don't have enough energon cubes to power a full-scale assault! Ready the shuttle for launch! Now all we need is a little energon, and a lot of luck. MEGATRON: More than you imagine, Optimus Prime. BRAWN: Megatron! Decepticons! MEGATRON: Die, Autobots! MEGATRON: This was almost too easy, Starscream. STARSCREAM: Much easier, almighty Megatron, than attacking the real threat, the Autobots' Moon Base! MEGATRON: You're an idiot, Starscream. When we slip by their early warning systems in their own shuttle and destroy Autobot City, the Autobots will be vanquished forever! IRONHIDE: Nooo! MEGATRON: Such heroic nonsense. HOT ROD: Fish are jumping today, huh, Danno? DANIEL: I guess so. HOT ROD: Hey, what's the matter? DANIEL: Ah, I don't know, Hot Rod. HOT ROD: Come on, you can tell me. DANIEL: Guess I just miss my dad. HOT ROD: Don't worry. Spike will be back soon. Oh, hey! I caught something! DANIEL: Whoa,

look at the size of it! HOT ROD: Yup, it's a whopper, all right! DANIEL: Hot Rod, the shuttle's coming! Let's watch it land! HOT ROD: Talk about dull, Daniel! DANIEL: Hurry, or we'll miss it! HOT ROD: If you're gonna ride, Danno... ride in style! DANIEL: Hey, let's stop here! HOT ROD: Why settle for a peek, Daniel, when you can see everything from Lookout Mountain? KUP: A little to the left. A little bit more.

Turbo revving young punk, I'll straighten ya out yet! DANIEL: Hot Rod, look! There's a hole in the shuttle! HOT ROD: What? Decepticons! KUP: What's that darn fool doing? MEGATRON: Attack! HOT ROD: Daniel! DANIEL: Aaaaahh! BLITZWING: Come on down, Auto-brat! HOT ROD: Huh, not bad for an old timer! KUP: Old timer? That's something you'll never be if you don't get back to the city! HOT ROD: Save it, Kup! Let's burn rubber! PERCEPTOR: Ultra Magnus, a cursory evaluation of Decepticon capability indicates a distinct tactical deficiency. ULTRA MAGNUS: In other words, Perceptor. SPRINGER: We're outnumbered! ULTRA MAGNUS: Springer! You and Arcee transform Autobot City! Perceptor! Tell Blaster to radio Prime for reinforcements! BLURR: What about me, Magnus, what about me? Mm, huh, mm, huh, mm, huh? I can help, I wanna help, what about me? ULTRA MAGNUS: Blurr, you can help me alert the others! BLURR: Absolutely, positively, definitely, nobody gets the job done faster than I can! Nobody nobody nobody! SPRINGER: Come on, Arcee, let's go! ARCEE: But Hot Rod and Kup are still outside the city! SPRINGER: We can't wait! They'll have to take care of themselves! Come on! STARSCREAM: Pathetic fools! There's no escape! Ow, my foot! NOTE: To watch the pictures in high resolution, click on them

Trivia

The Transformers: The Movie was the final film to which Orson Welles contributed. According to director Nelson Shin, Welles had been pleased to accept the role after reading the script and had expressed an admiration for animated films.
The film was being produced at the same time as G.I. Joe The Movie (1987).

Production

Directed by Nelson Shin (came up with the concept of the Transformers changing color when they died: "When Optimus Prime died, I changed his color from red and blue into grey to show the spirit was gone from his body."); produced by Joe Bacal, Tom Griffith; written by Ron Friedman; based on Transformers by Hasbro; music by Vince DiCola; film editing by David Hankins.

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