If there’s something the Transformers motion pictures are notorious for, it is the one-dimensional characters. The robots themselves might be fairly horrible, typically being lazily tailored from their supply materials and changing into annoying and even ineffective. It even appears at instances that sure characters had been made as utterly completely different variations from their unique selves, with Michael Bay slapping a Transformer title onto them.
This uninspired strategy is what made audiences imagine the Bay movies had been lower than preferrred, which is placing their opinions frivolously. Bay did not appear to care a lot concerning the robots themselves and simply wished to make an over-the-top motion film, utilizing the Transformers gimmick to its fullest. It led to some fairly horrendous robots, most of that are well-known for all of the flawed causes. Whether or not they’re nothing like their supply materials, annoy the audiences every time they’re on-screen, or are simply downright offensive stereotypes, these are the worst robots within the Transformers motion pictures.
10 Bonecrusher (Jimmie Wooden)
First Look: ‘Transformers’ (2007)
Generally, the Transformers motion pictures throw in characters which are attention-grabbing and fairly cool within the supply materials, solely to make use of them as cannon fodder. Such is the case of Bonecrusher (Jimmie Wooden), initially a performer of plentiful destruction. He takes pleasure in exhibiting off the ache he may cause, birthed from a twisted sense of perfectionism. He strikes concern within the coronary heart of any Cybertronian he comes throughout and is actually a strolling hurricane that destroys every part in its wake.
In 2007’s Transformers, Bonecrusher shoves himself by a bus, slicing it in half, and fights Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen) for a mere 40 seconds earlier than he’s brutally decapitated by the powerful leader of the Autobots. Transformers‘ de-facto king of destruction would not even final a minute and barely bought even a couple of good hits on Optimus. It is a downright embarrassing exhibiting, cementing him as one of many worst robots on this divisive franchise.
Transformers
- Launch Date
- July 3, 2007
- Runtime
- 144
- Writers
- Roberto Orci , Alex Kurtzman , John Rogers
9 Jazz (Darius McCrary)
First Look: ‘Transformers’ (2007)
Jazz (Darius McCrary) was truly one thing of a fan favourite in the primary Transformers movie. Nonetheless, the filmmakers handled him awfully as a personality. Audiences have cherished him since his first look within the cartoons, so when Jazz was so simply thrown away within the closing battle of the primary movie, it is secure to say many had been greater than upset.
This fan-favorite character barely bought any growth all through the movie, performing as little greater than comedic aid and getting killed off for seemingly no cause. Usually, if a beloved character like Jazz died in motion, he’d be despatched out honorably. Not Jazz, although; he will get whipped round by Megatron (Hugo Weaving) and is subsequently torn in half. He was merely a waste of a terrific character, and his remedy did nothing however disappoint his followers.
8 Starscream (Charlie Adler)
First Look: ‘Transformers’ (2007)
Arguably, one of many worst character assassinations of a primary character within the Transformers canon is Starscream (Charlie Adler). Though as soon as subservient to Megatron, Starscream was nonetheless extremely self-serving. However come Bay’s Transformers universe, Starscream was a weak lackey of Megatron who seemingly has zero character exterior of being a disposable plot gadget.
Starscream can solely be described as a shell of the robotic he as soon as was. Leaping away from the supply materials is just not all the time a foul factor, however within the case of Starscream, it serves as a significant insult to the character in just about each method. The closest he ever will get to his real character is a memorable second in Transformers: Dark of the Moon earlier than he’s embarrassingly killed, simply as his character appears to be turning for the higher. Sadly, one good second is just not practically sufficient to save lots of this Dorito-shaped Cybertronian from the lineup of the franchise’s worst characters.
7 Grimlock
First Look: ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ (2014)
It would not get a lot cooler than a robot that can transform into a dinosaur, and Grimlock is the proper instance of that. Nonetheless, his potential goes to waste within the Transformers motion pictures. Not solely is that this iteration a far cry from his unique depiction, however Grimlock can also be a poor character within the context of the movie itself.
Not solely is he far and gone from the noble, epic chief of the Dinobots that followers know and love, however he would not even converse and has been relegated to a grunting beast. The character is such an odd addition to Transformers: Age of Extinction that he feels actually compelled into the plot and is actually only a strolling plot gadget with no independence as a personality. Shoe-horned to the purpose of feeling like a deus ex machine, Grimlock is solely a part of the ultimate battle for some spectacle.
Transformers: Age of Extinction
- Launch Date
- June 27, 2014
- Runtime
- 165 minutes
- Writers
- Ehren Kruger
6 Brains (Reno Wilson)
First Look: ‘Transformers: Darkish of the Moon’ (2011)
The primary introduction audiences get to Brains (Reno Wilson) in Transformers: Darkish of the Moon confirms he’s a significant pervert. The robotic audibly reacts as he appears to be like up at the Transformers saga human protagonist, Sam (Shia LaBeouf), being intimate along with his girlfriend, Carly (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley). He continues to make gross feedback about Carly’s appears to be like because the scene goes on and retains up the bizarre habits all through the remainder of the movie.
This strategy is, surprisingly, not a brand new concept for the smaller robots of the franchise. Nonetheless, not like Grimlock, Brains is related to the plot as a result of he has unimaginable entry to an enormous array of information and may rework right into a laptop computer. Nonetheless, he is a borderline unbearable character that also in some way detracts from the scenes he’s in, irrespective of how a lot he’s supposedly including to them.
5 Wheeljack (George Coe)
First Look: ‘Transformers: Darkish of the Moon’ (2011)
In all iterations of the franchise, Wheeljack (George Coe) has all the time been the Autobot’s resident inventor and its smartest member. For some cause, the Transformers motion pictures determined to make him a bumbling historical robotic, which does not make a ton of sense and provides nothing to the character, as an alternative feeling like a ineffective change only for the sake of it.
In Transformers: Darkish of the Moon, Wheeljack is definitely known as Que, and nobody actually is aware of why. Actually, his true title is actually solely revealed by the toys made for the movie and different associated materials. This weird change stays complicated to even probably the most loyal followers. The live-action model of Wheeljack is so removed from the unique that many followers throughout the web did not even determine him till extra hardcore followers got here in to elucidate it. Fortunately, the character was rather more precisely tailored in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts and Bumblebee.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
- Launch Date
- June 9, 2023
- Runtime
- 127 minutes
- Writers
- Joby Harold , Matt Holloway , Artwork Marcum , Darnell Metayer , Ken Nolan , Josh Peters
4 The Fallen (Tony Todd)
First Look: ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ (2009)
One would assume that getting the legendary Tony Todd to play the mighty character, who’s actually the founding father of all evil within the Transformers universe, can be a surefire equation for a great movie villain. These individuals can be incorrect. Being a former Prime, The Fallen holds nice energy and not one of the duty, to the purpose the place Primes of his age determined to cover the legendary Matrix of Management on Earth to maintain him from it.
The writers’ strike of 2007 may very well be partially blamed for the poor writing of Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen. However on the finish of the day, whatever the conditions surrounding the manufacturing of the movie, The Fallen is the final word instance of a foul blockbuster movie villain. He’s constructed up throughout your complete movie as this enormous manifestation of evil and a horrible being, solely to be defeated in an extremely brief closing battle that lasts 2 minutes and 20 seconds. Lackluster in virtually each single method.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
- Launch Date
- June 19, 2009
- Runtime
- 147
- Writers
- Ehren Kruger , Roberto Orci , Alex Kurtzman
3 Jetfire (Mark Ryan)
First Look: ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ (2009)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen comprises a plethora of horrible characters, one of many worst being Jetfire (Mark Ryan). Within the supply materials, Jetfire is a former Decepticon devoted to science and invention, all the time upgrading himself and his fellow Autobots, preserving them extremely robust and updated.
Within the Bay movies, Jetfire is one other case of an extremely cool and compelling character changing into a bumbling fool. He is extremely incompetent in virtually each method, solely current inside the plot to present Optimus Prime his flight upgrades for the ultimate battle, which he arguably would not even want as a result of the battle finally ends up being so brief. Actually, Optimus solely makes use of his new improve to fly to The Fallen earlier than preventing him on the bottom.
2 Wheelie (Tom Kenny)
First Look: ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ (2009)
The prime instance of Transformers taking small robots and making them completely insufferable is Wheelie (Tom Kenny). A fantastic rationalization of the sort of character Wheelie is is available in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, when he actually humps Mikaela’s (Megan Fox) leg like a chihuahua, saying bizarre issues like, “Say my title!”
Past this ridiculous and offensive joke showcasing the awful humor of mid-2000s movies, it is also a remarkably lazy strategy that has been carried out to dying. Wheelie genuinely detracts from each single scene he’s a part of. The one optimistic factor that may be mentioned about Wheelie is that he’s an exposition character created for the only real objective of spewing data to maneuver the plot ahead. He’s helpful but in addition terribly unbearable.
1 Skids and Mudflap (Tom Kenny and Reno Wilson)
First Look: ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ (2009)
Tom Kenny is a great voice actor, however he holds the unlucky privilege of enjoying a few of the most annoying characters within the Transformers universe. Skids and Mudflap (Reno Wilson) are, for sure, not solely the worst characters within the franchise however a few of the worst characters in fashionable cinema.
These two robots are strolling offensive, racist stereotypes of Black individuals. They’re annoying, infuriating, and downright gross. Their writing depicts racist stereotypes, and the voice performing from Kenny and Wilson does the characters no favors. There’s genuinely nothing good to say about Skids and Mudflap in any method in anyway, making them the worst robots within the Transformers franchise by a substantial margin.
