Sideswipe (Transformers Film Series)

Sideswipe is a major protagonist in the Transformers film series, serving as one of the two tritagonists (alongside Robert Epps) in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and one of the two tritagonists (alongside William Lennox) in its sequel Transformers: Dark of the Moon. He transforms into a Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Concept and is armed with two retractable Cybertanium arm blades on each of his wrists in robot mode, along with a pair of guns and a machine gun on his back.
His Hasbro battle bio states that he is 15 ft. tall and that he is a master in almost every form of martial arts on Cybertron.
Sideswipe was voiced by André Sogliuzzo in Revenge of the Fallen and James Remar in Dark of the Moon, with Nolan North and Fred Tatasciore voicing him in each respective film's tie in videogame. 
==Appearance==
Sideswipe was built to fight. He is sleek, fast, and accomplished in battle. Focusing on his enemies with absolute attention, his blades are a shining blur as he leaps through the air, twisting to avoid enemy fire. Converting to his vehicle to drive at blazing speed, he uses every trick in the book to get close to his opponent, and put his powerful swords to work.
He transforms into an adapted vehicle mode of a modified Chevrolet Corvette Stingray/Centennial Concept in the second film, and later a Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible in the third film. He also has two-wheeled feet like Bonecrusher did in the first film.
==Personality==
Sideswipe is relatively serious, and always keen to prove his skill in combat on the battlefield. He is also pretty cocky, but does care with his comrades. In arcade games, Sideswipe has shown cool yet polite relationship towards Vanessa and Jake.
==History==
===Tales of the Fallen===
After joining the Autobots, Sideswipe was trained by Ironhide in the art of war. After his training was complete, he became the protector of a settlement of displaced Autobots. This settlement was found by Demolishor, who slaughtered them. Sideswipe was ashamed, not only over having failed to protect his charges, but also because he had lived to tell the tale. 
Sideswipe was summoned to Earth by Optimus Prime's message, arriving with the Wreckers on their ship, the Xantium. Sideswipe proved a loose cannon as he continued his vendetta against Demolishor when the Decepticon turned up in Montevideo, Uruguay. Showing no regard for humans in pursuing his quarry, Sideswipe reached Ezeiza International Airport, where his recklessness caught up with him as Ironhide arrived on the scene to rein him in. The younger Autobot was openly insubordinate towards Ironhide, warning him not to get in the way. The old veteran had  to serve as damage control during Sideswipe's singleminded pursuit into the city of Buenos Aires. Ultimately more reinforcements from NEST arrived, and Demolishor fled the scene. In the aftermath, Sideswipe saw the fear and mistrust the humans regarded him with because of his violent actions. Understanding this, he was forced to admit that Ironhide was correct.
Soon after, Demolisher had been sighted in Shanghai, China, and Sideswipe headed there with the others, although, perhaps taking Ironhide's advise to heart, he would let Ironhide and Optimus defeat the Decepticon. 
===Titan Comics===
Note: this comic strip functions also functions as a prequel to Revenge of the Fallen, which does not follow the continuity of the IDW comics. 
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===Revenge of the Fallen (2009)===
Sideswipe first appears in the chase in Shanghai, pursuing the Decepticon Sideways. Using his wheeled feet to manuvere, Sideswipe somersaulted over him while shooting at him, then threw one of his arm blades into the front of Sideways' vehicle mode. As he landed, Sideswipe reattached the blade (which was still embedded in Sideways) and forced it lengthwise down Sideways' body, cutting him in half as well as killing him. He was also seen in the fight against the Decepticons after Optimus Prime was killed by Megatron as Bumblebee and the Twins escaped with Sam. Sideswipe was surrounded by the human military and forced to go back to the Autobot base alongside Ironhide, Ratchet, Arcee and Jolt. They arrived in Egypt and fought against many Decepticons and watched as Optimus Prime was resurrected. Sideswipe was brushed aside by the Fallen when he teleported in front of them.
===Nefarious===
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===Rising Storm===
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===Dark of the Moon (2011)===
Sideswipe returns in Dark of the Moon as one of the main Autobots. He accompanied Bumblebee, Que and Dino when they investigated a nuclear facility in the Middle East. Later he joined Dino and Bumblebee in accompanying the humans to find out more about the Space Race. Sideswipe helped Bumblebee and Dino fight the three Dreads on the highway, who are after Sentinel Prime, using his vehicle weapons mode to shoot at Hatchet. He then helped Ironhide finish off Crowbar and Crankcase in a Mexican Standoff as Sideswipe called it. Sideswipe was expelled from Earth along with the other Autobots and was thought to have perished when Starscream destroyed the Xanthium. He participated in the final battle in Chicago. He was captured by the Decepticons and witnessed the death of Que. He almost shared Que's fate but escapes after Wheelie and Brains crash the Decepticon ship. He helps Bumblebee and Ratchet fire at incoming Decepticons, and briefly fights Sentinel Prime alongside them. He is among the surviving Autobots at the end of the film.
===Age of Extinction (2014)===
After the battle for Chicago, Harold Attinger's CIA taskforce "Cemetery Wind" was tasked with hunting down the surviving Decepticons on Earth, but also hunted down the Autobots as well. Sideswipe received a message from Optimus Prime, instructing all Autobots to flee for their lives.
Five years after the Battle of Chicago, Sideswipe was not listed as "deceased" by Cemetery Wind, indicating that he survived the organization's Autobot hunt and is currently in hiding.
==Alternative fate==
According to his story in his toy bio, following after final battle of Chicago, Sideswipe scanned new vehicle mode and hunt down Decepticons with other surviving Autobots.
In IDW Movie Transformers comic, along with Dark of the Moon movie novelization, Sideswipe was alive and was returned back to Cybertron. 
==Video Games==
===Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Game===
Sideswipe debuts as an exclusive DLC character, playable throughout the Autobot Campaign.
===Transformers: Human Alliance===
An arcade game set place between Revenge of the Fallen and Dark of the Moon, Sideswipe appears as the protagonist's assistant the game. Sideswipe helps Vanessa and Jake defeating Brawler, Soundwave, and Laserbeak in an city mission.
===Transformers: Shadows Rising===
A sequel of Human Alliance arcade game, set place after Dark of the Moon but alternatively ignores some events from Age of Extinction. Sideswipe returns once again as the protagonist's assistant in the game. In this game, Sideswipe appears after successfully saving Vanessa and Jake from being chased by Sideswipe Clones, managed to killed one of his evil clones. In the Hong Kong mission, Sideswipe assist Vanessa and Jake whilst bring them up on rooftop, where they facing the Shockwave Clone and successfully defeat him. Later on, Sideswipe helps Vanessa and Jake defeating the Bumblebee Clone, by delivered him a fatal blow. In the final mission on Moon Base, Sideswipe confrot Megatron but easily got upperhand, however Sideswipe was save thanks to Vanessa and Jake's helps.
==Quotes==
==Trivia==
*Sideswipe is the only character in the film series to have his voice actor be recast between Revenge of the Fallen and Dark of the Moon.
*Early concept art of Sideswipe portrayed him as being red similarly to his G1-cartoon counterpart, but he ended up silver, presumably due to director Michael Bay's notion that the color red does not photograph well on film (the same reason Optimus Prime in the film series is primarily blue over red).
*Sideswipe's rivalry with Demolisher seems to be based on a dropped plot point from Revenge of the Fallen, as there was no evidence of these between them in the finished film.
*As shown in the arcade video game, Sideswipe has the ability to fly which is a reference to his G1 portrayal. This would later suggest, that Sideswipe's backguns could also function as jetpack.
*While Sideswipe goes completely unmentioned in the film proper, it appears that Sideswipe was to be killed offscreen by the time of Age of Extinction, going by the Topps Europe cards which describe a scene in which the surviving Autobots learn of and mourn his demise, but in the Movie, Sideswipe wasn't shown being killed, it could be possible that the latter might still alive.
**Thus it's safe assumed that Dino/Mirage, Roadbuster, Topspin, the Twins, Sideswipe, along with other surviving Autobots are presumed hiding in Cuba after final battle of Chicago. They're are eventually returning back to Cybertron, following Quintessa and Megatron defeated in the end of The Last Knight events.
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