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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.

About the Author

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.