Barricade (Transformers)
Barricade toy
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| Decepticon | |
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| Information | |
| Sub-group | Micromasters |
| Function | Race Track Patrol Commander |
| Partner | Ground Hog, Motorhead and Roller Force |
| Motto | "Winning IS everything!" |
| Alternate modes | Race Car |
| Series | Transformers: Generation 1 |
| Decepticon | |
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| Information | |
| Sub-group | Destructicons, Deluxe Vehicles |
| Function | Destructicon leader |
| Rank | 8 |
| Partner | Blackout, Blight, Kickback, and Stormcloud |
| Alternate modes | Missile launcher truck similar to an Astros II MLRS |
| Series |
Transformers: Energon Transformers: Universe |
Barricade in the 2007 Transformers movie
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| Decepticon | |
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| Information | |
| Sub-group | Cyber Slammers, Deluxe Vehicles, Fast Action Battlers, Micro Vehicles, Cybertron Defense Force |
| Function | Scout/Hunter |
| Rank | 5 |
| Partner | Frenzy, Soundwave, Starscream, Bonecrusher, Megatron, Brawl, Onslaught, Hooligan, Mohawk |
| Motto | "Give me the truth before I take it from you." |
| Alternate modes | Ford Mustang Saleen S281E Police/Security Car, Cybertronian entry mode protoform |
| Series |
Transformers Cinematic Universe Transformers (2010) |
| English voice actor |
Jess Harnell (2007 film) Frank Welker (2011 film) Keith David (2007 video game) Bronco O. Jackson (Cyber Missions) |
| Japanese voice actor | Katsuhiro Kitagawa (2007 film) |
| Decepticon | |
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| Information | |
| Function | Enforcer |
| Rank | 5 |
| Partner | Megatron, Brawl, Frenzy |
| Motto | "Winning is everything." |
| Alternate modes | Cybertronian car, Earth-style Police Car |
| Series | Transformers: War for Cybertron, Transformers: Prime |
| English voice actor | Steven Blum (War For Cybertron) |
Barricade is the name of four fictional characters in the various Transformers universes.
Barricade first featured in 1990 as part of a Decepticon race track patrol team, his vehicle mode being a Formula One racing car.
Barricade learned how to take care of himself while running with Cybertron's most vicious racing gangs, and he brings that same brutal edge to his position as leader of the Race Track Patrol. His troops know that the slightest mistake will result in a merciless dressing down in front of the others, and they strive to meet his exacting standards. His hard-nosed, abusive leadership style does not do much for morale, but he figures it's for their own good.
Barricade is the commander of the team and pushes the other members. His only fictional appearance is in the Dreamwave comics Micromaster series.
Originally named "Runner", Barricade was created as part of a cross-factional experiment in which new Micromasters were allowed to function as neutrals, and to choose their own affiliations. Barricade quickly saw the potential rewards of joining the Decepticons, and earned the new moniker "Barricade" in recognition of his blockade-running taction.
Barricade was among the Micromasters who appeared in Spotlight: Hardhead who attacked Nightbeat and Hardhead on the planet Gorlam Prime.
A second Barricade was made in the Transformers Energon series as the leader of the team that formed the body of Bruticus Maximus (Bruticus in Japan), his vehicle being a missile truck.
The animated series does not refer to any of the components by name - in it, only the central body is intelligent, and the limbs are drones. The five robots transform only from vehicle mode into combined mode, never into their individual robot forms (apart from one out-of-continuity episode).
Bruticus Maximus was one of four combining Transformers sealed away in stasis beneath the surface of Cybertron to guard a hidden reservoir of Super Energon. Megatron, guided by Unicron, set out to search for it, and destroyed one of the immobile robots in his rage (strangely enough, a second Superion Maximus), only for the reservoir to then reveal itself. As the guardians awakened, Megatron immersed himself in the Super Energon to upgrade himself into Galvatron, and Bruticus Maximus and Constructicon Maximus immediately swore fealty to Galvatron as the one who had awoken them. However, their "brother," Superion Maximus, refused, recognising Galvatron's evil and siding with the Autobots.
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