Barricade From Transformers - One Loyal Decepticon
Barricade from Transformers is a robot who can turn into a
Formula One racing car and is member of the race track patrol
team. As the Race Track Patrol front man he brings fierce and
edgy combat tactics which he learned racing against other
gangs in Cybertron. He is known to be acutely precise and
exact by his troops, and they know that the smallest error can
end up in massive turmoil and disaster. Barricade takes
advantage of his position as leader of the Race Track Patrol
and often abuses his powers by ridiculing others.
As far as toys go, Barricade came included with the Race Track
Patrol Package along with Roller force, Ground Hog and
Motorhead. Oddly, in the Transformers: Energon series
Barricade appears as leader of a group of Decepticons that
combine to build the body of Bruticus-Maximus, and he's
portrayed as a missile truck.
Barricade from Transformers can transform into a Mustang
Saleen S281 police car in the 2007 Transformers film, making
him look like the Generation 1 Transformer Prowl. With his
police car form he can easily hide from the humans and
authorities, making him an excellent hunter and powerful
opponent against Autobot Bumblebee. In the movie he gets
to catch Sam Witwicky and interrogates him about his
grandfather's glasses that hold they to Megatron's
geographical location. It's interesting to note that when he
transforms into a car he can use a holographic devise and
reproduce a human semblance that seems to drive both
Barricade and Starscream in at least one occasion.
Barricade was originally supposed to be Brawl according to
early versions of the script. However Brawl ended up being
another evil Decepticon and his name was switched to
Barricade. Whilst in car mode, depicted in his rear is a slogan
that reads: "To punish and enslave". According to the official
video game, Barricade stands 16 feet tall and can boost his
speed up to 300mph. However, director Michael Bay insists
that he's 18 feet tall and the Deluxe toy version implies a
height of 19 feet - shoulder length.
It's a little known fact that Barricade appears in the movie's
prequel comic alongside Starscream and Blackout. When
Barricade lands on earth he searches and destroys the police
car from which he takes his alternate form, making sure
there's no one left alive. These three Decepticons carelessly
fell into a trap planted by Sector 7 that was originally intended
to capture Bumblebee. Of course they wasted no time in
annihilating all the human military forces before such trap
could catch them. After this massacre, Barricade pretends to
lose Bumblebee and lets Starscream and Blackout follow him
from the clouds.
In the movie, Barricade from Transformers is one of the most
important and influential Decepticons. Alongside Starscream
and maybe Scorponok he is generally assumed to remain alive
for the sequel since no signs of his death are shown. However
in the leaked script version he does die from an attack
performed by Autobot leader Optimus Prime. However much
anticipation covers this topic since the movie writers
themselves imply that its an issue to be possibly addressed in
the sequel.
Michael Black is proud to be a huge Transformers fan who's written many articles about these fascinating fictional robot machines. You can check out more about Barricade from Transformers in his Transformer Decepticons website.
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