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The Transformers: The Movie

Year:
Duration:
84 min | Argentina:85 min
Genres:
Animation | Action | Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi
IMDB rate:
7.3
Director:
Nelson Shin
Awards:
2 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1986-08-08
Earnings
Opening Weekend: $1,779,559 (USA) (10 August 1986)
Gross: $5,706,456 (USA) (7 September 1986)
Cast
Actor
Character
Norman Alden
Kranix
Jack Angel
Astrotrain
Michael Bell
Prowl
Gregg Berger
Grimlock
Susan Blu
Arcee
Arthur Burghardt
Devastator
Corey Burton
Spike /
Roger C. Carmel
Cyclonus
Victor Caroli
Narrator (voice)
Regis Cordic
Quintesson Judge
Scatman Crothers
Jazz
Peter Cullen
Optimus Prime
Bud Davis
Dirge
Walker Edmiston
Inferno
Paul Eiding
Perceptor
Ed Gilbert
Blitzwing
Dan Gilvezan
Bumblebee
Eric Idle
Wreck-Gar
Buster Jones
Blaster
Stan Jones
Scourge
Casey Kasem
Cliffjumper
Chris Latta
Starscream
David Mendenhall
Daniel
Don Messick
Gears
John Moschitta Jr.
Blurr
Judd Nelson
Hot Rod
Leonard Nimoy
Galvatron
Hal Rayle
Shrapnel
Clive Revill
Kickback
Neil Ross
Bonecrusher
Robert Stack
Ultra Magnus
Lionel Stander
Kup
Frank Welker
Megatron
Orson Welles
Unicron
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Trivia
The lyrics of the song "Instruments of Destruction" were slightly changed because they were deemed inappropriate.
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Many of the second-season characters (Stunticons, Aerialbots, etc.) do not appear in the movie because they did not exist at the time the movie was written. However, they all suddenly appear in the post-movie episodes.
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Four other characters were scripted to die in the film as well, but the scenes were not animated. During the attack on Autobot City by Devastator, Ultra Magnus attacks, accompanied by Sideswipe, Tracks and Red Alert, and Red Alert is killed by a cannon blast. Mirage would shoot Bombshell, only to be blasted by Megatron, and Trailbreaker's dead body would lie on the ground as the Decepticons scramble aboard Astrotrain. Also, towards the end of the movie when Shockwave is frantically calling for the Decepticons to engage Unicron, Unicron's hand was supposed to have been seen crushing Shockwave's citadel. The way the movie was released, after Shockwave calls "Scramble!", Unicron's hand comes down and smashes a good part of the planet's surface, and Shockwave is never seen again.
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Goofs
Early on in the attack on Autobot city, Starscream is forced to shoot off his leg to avoid being crushed. However, later on when the Decepticons retreat, his leg/foot is totally undamaged.
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When Sounwave deploys Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage and Ratbat to jam the transmissions being made by Blaster, we can see for a few seconds from a side angle that Rumble and Frenzy are the same colors, red and black. This is an animation error as Rumble is normally a light purple, which he returns to in the next shot.
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In the scene where Blaster ejects his tapes, he first ejects what looks like Eject. He stays blue up until he gets to the edge of the screen. He then turns black like Rewind. Then Blaster ejects a another blue cassette, which after about a second, turns black. This one gets through half his transformation colored black, then turns blue for a split second then turns black again. Then, when the cassettes are fighting each other, Eject runs in from the left and jumps over Perceptor. And then he runs in from the left again to shoot Ravage.
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Quotes
Perceptor: Do you think you got through to Prime?
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Rodimus Prime: Let this mark the end of the Cybertronian wars as we march forward to a new age of peace and happiness... Till all are one!
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Kup: [the Decepticons are fleeing Autobot City] Prime did it! He turned the tide!
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Faq
Q
How does Ultra Magnus survive?
A
One common question that fans often have about the movie is why Ultra Magnus, who has been blown into pieces, could easily be repaired whereas Optimus Prime dies after his midsection is injured. We see during the fight between Optimus and Megatron that Prime receives many hits in the same area, as Megatron batters, cuts and blasts him with a gun. Prime's body simply sustained too much damage to be repaired.Meanwhile Magnus explodes into many small, but otherwise intact parts, allowing the Junkions to repair him easily. This scene was better explained in the movie's original script, where instead of exploding, Magnus is merely pulled apart. The scene had to be redone after it's been deemed too violent, but since Magnus's rebuilding remained an important part of the story (his toy had to be promoted, after all), he had to survive somehow, and as such, the explosion doesn't damage his parts, only separates them.
Q
Where does Unicron come from?
A
Unicron's origin is revealed in the Season 3 episode of Transformers, Transformers: Call of the Primitives (#3.26). He was created by a strange gnome-like ancient entity called Primacron, at the dawn of the galaxy. Unicron later rebelled against him and left his creator behind.This origin story is notable for being ignored by each end every subsequent Transformers media. Unicron's "true" origin is related in the Marvel Generation 1 comic series, which depict him as an ancient god of evil and destruction who's capable of traveling across dimensions and thus different Transformers series.
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A Note Regarding Spoilers
A
The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.
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