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* ShrugOfGod: Writer Roberto Orci admitted to not knowing why they didn't have Barricade return when his disappearance from the first film before the climax was meant to be a SequelHook.
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** Creator/GreyDeLisle voices Arcee, Chromia, and Elita-1.
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** Creator/GreyDeLisle voices Arcee, Chromia, and Elita-1. Justified since they're triplets.
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* RoleReprise: In the video games, most of the film's cast reprises their roles whereas they were mostly replaced for the 2007 video games. This includes Mark Ryan as Bumblebee, Creator/JessHarnell as Ironhide, Robert Foxworth as Ratchet, and Creator/CharlieAdler as Starscream.
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* BreakawayPopHit: "New Divide" by Music/LinkinPark ended up becoming one of their biggest hits, and is held in much more acclaim than the film.
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** The characters of Arcee, Soundwave, and Ravage were all considered for the first film but were removed until now. Arcee was removed due to the writers believing they'd have to explain why there are female robots in an alien race and because Bay also disliked how small she was compared to the other Autobots (and as it was later revealed, he really hated her for some reason). Soundwave (and Ravage with him) was excised when the direction for the character couldn't be decided upon, and they decided to save him for a sequel where they could try to do him right.
** Optimus's reintroduction in this film, descending out of a plane, was an idea considered for the first film.
** The characters of Arcee, Soundwave, and Ravage were all considered for the first film but were removed until now. Arcee was removed due to the writers believing they'd have to explain why there are female robots in an alien race and because Bay also disliked how small she was compared to the other Autobots (and as it was later revealed, he really hated her for some reason). Soundwave (and Ravage with him) was excised when the direction for the character couldn't be decided upon, and they decided to save him for a sequel where they could try to do him right.
** Optimus's reintroduction in this film, descending out of a plane, was an idea considered for the first film.
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*CreatorKiller: The game adaption was the last game Luxoflux developed before it dissolved.
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*TheOtherDarrin: Megatron is voiced by Frank Welker instead of Hugo Weaving in the game, and Lennox is placed by John Dimaggio instead of Josh Duhamel.
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* CreatorBacklash: Following the release of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' and in the lead-up to ''[[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon Dark of the Moon]]'', Creaor/ShiaLaBeouf, Creator/MichaelBay, and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura discussed their disappointment with the final product, all being onboard with the criticisms towards the script, which they felt suffered due to the [[ChristmasRushed hard-locked release schedule]] and [[TroubledProduction issues resulting from the 2007 writer's strike]]. Bay expressed remorse about the "dorky comedy" like the Twins and promised to have them removed for the sequel, admitting that The Fallen was "kind of a (expletive) character", and specifically citing the inclusion of "mystical" elements as a mistake.
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* CreatorBacklash: Following the release of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' and in the lead-up to ''[[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon Dark of the Moon]]'', Creaor/ShiaLaBeouf, Creator/ShiaLaBeouf, Creator/MichaelBay, and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura discussed their disappointment with the final product, all being onboard with the criticisms towards the script, which they felt suffered due to the [[ChristmasRushed hard-locked release schedule]] and [[TroubledProduction issues resulting from the 2007 writer's strike]]. Bay expressed remorse about the "dorky comedy" like the Twins and promised to have them removed for the sequel, admitting that The Fallen was "kind of a (expletive) character", and specifically citing the inclusion of "mystical" elements as a mistake.
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* CreatorBacklash: After ''Revenge of the Fallen'' had been out a while many people involved with it admitted that it wasn't the movie they were hoping it would be, Creator/MichaelBay included.
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* CreatorBacklash: After Following the release of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' had been out a while many people involved and in the lead-up to ''[[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon Dark of the Moon]]'', Creaor/ShiaLaBeouf, Creator/MichaelBay, and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura discussed their disappointment with it admitted the final product, all being onboard with the criticisms towards the script, which they felt suffered due to the [[ChristmasRushed hard-locked release schedule]] and [[TroubledProduction issues resulting from the 2007 writer's strike]]. Bay expressed remorse about the "dorky comedy" like the Twins and promised to have them removed for the sequel, admitting that it wasn't The Fallen was "kind of a (expletive) character", and specifically citing the movie they were hoping it would be, Creator/MichaelBay included.inclusion of "mystical" elements as a mistake.
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** After ''Revenge of the Fallen'' had been out a while many people involved with it admitted that it wasn't the movie they were hoping it would be, Creator/MichaelBay included.
** Again, Matt Moylan of ''WebComic/LilFormers'' fame also considered criticizing the film, but [[http://www.lilformers.com/blog/2009/06/29/06292009/ he already ran out of insults at this point.]]
** After ''Revenge of the Fallen'' had been out a while many people involved with it admitted that it wasn't the movie they were hoping it would be, Creator/MichaelBay included.
** Again, Matt Moylan of ''WebComic/LilFormers'' fame also considered criticizing the film, but [[http://www.lilformers.com/blog/2009/06/29/06292009/ he already ran out of insults at this point.]]
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**CreatorBacklash: After ''Revenge of the Fallen'' had been out a while many people involved with it admitted that it wasn't the movie they were hoping it would be, Creator/MichaelBay included.
** Again, Matt Moylan of ''WebComic/LilFormers'' fame also considered criticizing the film, but [[http://www.lilformers.com/blog/2009/06/29/06292009/ he already ran out of insults at this point.]]included.
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** Again, Matt Moylan of ''WebComic/LilFormers'' fame also considered criticizing the film, but [[http://www.lilformers.com/blog/2009/06/29/06292009/ he already ran out of insults at this point.]]
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* {{Blooper}}: Subtitles render the dialogue of the Dynasty of Primes members voiced by Creator/MichaelYork and Creator/RobinAtkinDownes as being delivered by a single character, not two separate entities.
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** You might be wondering why the name of the college Sam Witwicky went to is not named. That's because after filming both Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania, the colleges forbade Creator/MichaelBay from revealing the name of the college after they filmed a scene where Mrs. Witwicky got accidentially accidentally high on pot brownies and went around campus in a pot-induced humiliation fest.
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** The writers turned in a script outline the night before the 2007 [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes writers guild strike]], which impacted the pre-production time table. The sequel [[ChristmasRushed release date was set in stone]] against Michael Bay's wishes, but based much of the early production work on that outline. When the strike ended and the writers came back, their outline became locked in and they had to write the rest of the movie based on all of the story beats, unable to change much as they went along.
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** The writers turned in a script outline the night before the 2007 [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes writers guild strike]], which impacted the pre-production time table.timetable. The sequel [[ChristmasRushed release date was set in stone]] against Michael Bay's wishes, but based much of the early production work on that outline. When the strike ended and the writers came back, their outline became locked in and they had to write the rest of the movie based on all of the story beats, unable to change much as they went along.
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** The script in general was being written while they were shooting, which both Bay and Labeouf [[CreatorBacklash admitting disappointment and frustration]]. Much of the lead up to DOTM was promising that they had a better refined script.
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*** Fan favorite Springer was scheduled to be in the movie as an Osprey twin rotor helicopter, with ''two'' toys released based on the design. The guess is he was dropped because the Osprey design would make him absolutely tower over near every other robot (at about 60 feet tall) and give Devastator a run for his money.
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*** Fan favorite Springer was scheduled to be in the movie as an Osprey twin rotor twin-rotor helicopter, with ''two'' toys released based on the design. The guess is he was dropped because the Osprey design would make him absolutely tower over near every other robot (at about 60 feet tall) and give Devastator a run for his money.
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*** Originally the Fallen was supposed to be trapped in an alternate dimension of sorts and only able to escape when all the Primes were gone, rather than just hanging out in his ship.
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* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: The film was impacted by the 2007 writer strike, with an outline delivered to Michael Bay the night before it started and he based much of the pre-production work on that. Once the strike ended they were constantly writing and rewriting throughout filming, resulting in the highly disjointed and unfocused film. Tie-in material was also compromised, with alterations to the cast of characters and important plot beats changing every day.
* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: The film was impacted by the 2007 writer strike, with an outline delivered to Michael Bay the night before it started and he based much of the pre-production work on that. Once the strike ended they were constantly writing and rewriting throughout filming, resulting in the highly disjointed and unfocused film. Tie-in material was also compromised, with alterations to the cast of characters and important plot beats changing every day.
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* NamesTheSame: There is a real United States government group also called NEST, which stands for Nuclear Emergency Support Team.
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** Creator/BrieLarson auditioned for an unspecified role (possibly Alice).
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** Creator/FrankWelker voices Soundwave, Grindor, Devastator, and Ravage.
** Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson voices Rampage, one of the Primes, and vocal effects for various Hatchlings and Kitchenbots.
** Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson voices Rampage, one of the Primes, and vocal effects for various Hatchlings and Kitchenbots.
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** AfterROTF ''Revenge of the Fallen'' had been out a while many people involved with it admitted that it wasn't the movie they were hoping it would be, Creator/MichaelBay included.
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** You might be wondering why the name of the college Sam Witwicky went to is not named. That's because after filming both Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania, the colleges forbade Creator/MichaelBay from revealing the name of the college after they filmed a scene where Mrs. Witwicky got accidentially high on pot brownies and went around campus in a pot-induced humiliationfest.fest.
** Positive example from Hasbro. Several employees actually asked the film crew to ''not'' give major design overhauls to returning characters so that parents wouldn't have to buy their kids new toys of the same characters. New toys of returning characters were still made, but usually with minor changes that only completists would be interested in getting.
** You might be wondering why the name of the college Sam Witwicky went to is not named. That's because after filming both Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania, the colleges forbade Creator/MichaelBay from revealing the name of the college after they filmed a scene where Mrs. Witwicky got accidentially high on pot brownies and went around campus in a pot-induced humiliation
** Positive example from Hasbro. Several employees actually asked the film crew to ''not'' give major design overhauls to returning characters so that parents wouldn't have to buy their kids new toys of the same characters. New toys of returning characters were still made, but usually with minor changes that only completists would be interested in getting.
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* PromotedFanboy: Josh Nizzi created a fan design for a movie-based Long Haul, which was so good he was brought to Hasbro and eventually to the actual film production team. In addition to Long Haul being the first new design approved for ''ROTF'', he ended up designing Jetfire, the new Megatron and [[spoiler:Powered-Up Optimus Prime.]]
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* PromotedFanboy: Josh Nizzi created a fan design for a movie-based Long Haul, which was so good he was brought to Hasbro and eventually to the actual film production team. In addition to Long Haul being the first new design approved for ''ROTF'', ''Revenge of the Fallen'', he ended up designing Jetfire, the new Megatron and [[spoiler:Powered-Up Optimus Prime.]]
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* ActingForTwo:
** Creator/GreyDeLisle voices Arcee, Chromia, and Elita-1.
** Creator/TomKenny voices Skids and Wheelie.
** In the video games, Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor voices The Fallen and the player character.
** Creator/GreyDeLisle voices Arcee, Chromia, and Elita-1.
** Creator/TomKenny voices Skids and Wheelie.
** In the video games, Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor voices The Fallen and the player character.
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** Creator/GreyDeLisle voices Arcee, Chromia, and Elita-1.
** Creator/TomKenny voices Skids and Wheelie.
** In the video games, Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor voices The Fallen and the player character.
** Creator/GreyDeLisle voices Arcee, Chromia, and Elita-1.
** Creator/TomKenny voices Skids and Wheelie.
** In the video games, Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor voices The Fallen and the player character.
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* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: Creator/FrankWelker voices Soundwave in the English, French and Italian releases. While the American Spanish and German credit him, they opt for local actors.
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* CreatorsPest: Creator/MichaelBay hated Arcee and not only [[spoiler:killed her off]], he openly announced [[spoiler:she would die an unceremonious death]] four months before the film’s release with a smile on his face.
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** ''Transformers: Rolling On The Floor''
** The human/Transformer hybrid known as [[spoiler:Alice]] is being called [[spoiler:"Deceptislut".]]
** Due to Optimus' dramatic [[spoiler:sacrifice and resurrection]], many have been calling him "Optimus Christ". [[http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=95801867252 There is even a Facebook group devoted to his honor.]] And why not? He died for our sins.
** ''Transformers: Rolling On The Floor''
** The human/Transformer hybrid known as [[spoiler:Alice]] is being called [[spoiler:"Deceptislut".]]
** Due to Optimus' dramatic [[spoiler:sacrifice and resurrection]], many have been calling him "Optimus Christ". [[http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=95801867252 There is even a Facebook group devoted to his honor.]] And why not? He died for our sins.
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** In the video games, Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor voices The Fallen and the player character.
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* DummiedOut: Done indirectly with the Autobot motorcycle figures - leaving out the third one from the toyline resulted in two Autobot sisters with the components intended for a ''three-part'' mecha form.
