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Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Warning! This article contains spoilers for the Transformers movies.
Optimus Prime is usually voiced by the legendary Peter Cullen, whose caring yet steadfast delivery exemplifies the Cybertronian's ideals. However, Chris Hemsworth takes over for Transformers One as Orion Pax, Optimus' previous title, exploring the Autobot leader's origins before becoming a Prime. Even if he has some violent tendencies in the live-action movies compared to his animated counterparts, Optimus Prime is easily recognizable as the most famous Autobot.
As one of the best fighters of the original Autobots lineup, Ironhide got to enjoy some of the best combat scenes of the Transformers movies, tanking some grisly-looking wounds from Decepticons without a care in the world. Unfortunately, his loyalty ultimately gets the better of him, as he is eventually betrayed by Sentinel Prime in Transformers: Dark of the Moon, being literally stabbed in the back.
Bumblebee has the rare honor of being the only Autobot to receive a spin-off film with his eponymous movie, kickstarting the new Transformers continuity. The new timeline sees him once again lose his speech synthesizer, once again forcing him to speak via radio broadcasts. Though never the most powerful Autobot, Bumblebee is brave, fiercely loyal, and tough, able to keep fighting no matter how stacked against him the odds may seem.
A Cybertronian with electricity-based powers, Jolt appropriately takes the alternate mode of a Chevy Volt, the American manufacturer's all-electric car. To supplement his shocking abilities, Jolt uses two flashy whip-like weapons that extend from his arms. Sadly, like Sideswipe, Jolt is one of the new Autobots introduced in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen to be immediately sidelined by the third installment, with his debut appearance being his only one to-date.
While Jazz toed the line of being a harmful African American stereotype, Mudflap and Skids are full-blown racist caricatures, speaking with exaggerated slang while showing off their generally obnoxious and annoying personalities. The two are even implied to be illiterate, making them one of the hardest realities of re-watching the Transformers movies.
Later on, Wheelie forms fast friends with Brains, a similarly-small Autobot capable of transforming into a laptop with a knack for recalling information. Mostly included for comedic relief, the two Autobots don't contribute much to the war effort, but get surprising amounts of screen time throughout the series. Strangely enough, Wheelie is very prominent in the 3D theme park ride, Transformers: The Ride, at Universal Studios, showing up in the video that plays prior to boarding the ride.
In Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Mirage gets a dramatic re-design, now being voiced by celebrity comic Pete Davidson. Able to transform into a wide variety of cars, Mirage shows off his new light-based holographic powers multiple times in the hectic fights of the film, earning a valuable place in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' roster of Autobots as a spy. Fairly integral to the plot as the first Transformer that Noah Diaz meets, Mirage almost becomes a surrogate Bumblebee replacement.
With his dual-sided twinblade, shield, and fire truck alternate mode, Sentinel Prime was a worthy warrior who strayed from the ideals of the very faction he once led. Sadly, this ends up pitting him against his protégé, Optimus Prime, in the climactic final bridge battle of Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Executed in cold blood with Megatron's shotgun while pleading for his life, Sentinel's death is one of the most brutal killing blows dealt by Optimus Prime.
Though not as egregious as Mudflap and Skids, Drift has a problematic status among the Michael Bay movies as something of an offensive racial stereotype, speaking with a thick Japanese accent. That being said, he gets some of the best lines of Transformers: Age of Extinction -- Upon seeing Grimlock transform into a T-Rex for the first time, he quips "I was expecting a giant car." Voiced by Ken Watanabe, Drift is a solid late addition to the Michael Bay Autobots.
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