Transformers: The Adventure Begins

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***Transformers: The Adventure Begins*** is a Japanese-American made-for-television action-adventure science-fantasy comedy superhero film based upon Hasbro's "Transformers", which starts the reboot series of the same name.

## Synopsis

After losing their home-planet of Cybertron, and now wandering through the stars homelessly, a small but struggling colony of sole survivors accidentally crash-lands into Earth, where they must learn how to make their life a living there in the end.

## Plot

### Prologue

The film's prologue sums up the Great Cybertroian Wars, and is as follows:

> Many millions of years ago, on the planet Cybertron, life existed—but not life as we know it today, for intelligent robots that could think and feel as one inhabited this planet and its great cities; they were called Autobots and Decepticons. Now, the imperial Decepticons were driven by a single goal: total domination; they set out to destroy the peace-loving Autobots, and a war between the forces of good and evil raged across Cybertron, devastating all in its path and draining the planet's once rich sources of life-sustaining resources called "Energon". Then came a day when a careless mining of its core threatened to destroy Cybertron forever; one of the founding fathers of the Autobots, sensing the approach of doom, orders an immediate evacuation on his small scout ship, the Ark, just as Cybertron exploded. The Autobots' founding father, along with four other sole survivors, was now forced to wander the stars homelessly, searching for a new planet where they can colonize and make it their new home—and that is where our story begins.
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> Peter Cullen narrating the prologue

### Main Story

#### Act 1

Deep in outer space, a small scout ship, known as the Ark, has landed on a dead man where a colony should be made there. Aboard the Ark, Arcee, a young sniper serving the Autobot Resistance, is at her tactical station surrounded by a cluttered floor surrounded by magazines and Energon beer. Seven uneventful days have passed since evacuating Cybertron before it explodes, and she is bored to the point where she wishes she had installed stasis pods for the entire crew. Settling in at his station just outside the perimeter of the clutter, Optimus Prime watches a history video of the Great War, prompting Arcee to complain about him watching that "junk" when the other members of the crew need assistance. Prime wonders why he and his crew have been marooned out in deep space. The two 'Bots transform into their vehicle modes and head out into the scene of the problem.

Outside, Grimlock, dangling from a high rock by his wrecking ball (and becoming quite queasy in the process), is freed by Bumblebee, who also ends up taking a tumble. Bumblebee tries to clean up his act after the incident, even some debris is detonated unexpectedly by Ratchet's TNT detonator box. Overwhelmed by his team's lack of progress, Prime gives his troops a speech about teamwork (which Arcee moans at theatrically) when suddenly, all five of them end up getting attacked by a massive swarm of Lipoles. Fancy footwork by Optimus saves each of his teammates from the debris, and scares away the Lipoles right out of sight. With his subordinates stunned at their leader's skills, Prime is forced to admit he trained at Cybertron's military academy. Bumblebee's query as to what he's doing leading a colony of sole survivors is left unanswered as they notice something glowing in the cave where the Lipoles slumber without disturbances.

Once inside, the Autobots discover a tiny, cube-like object resting on an altar. Ratchet is horrified and immediately demands that they leave it, but Prime removing the cube from the altar triggers a giant rolling boulder to chase them out of the cave. Reluctantly, Ratchet finally reveals what they've found: the Allspark, the source of all Transformer life that was lost in space since the Great War became a memory for all time since starting last week. Convinced to its story, the Autobots reach a full agreement to use the Allspark to return Cybertron to its former splendor by resurrecting their home. Taking the Allspark with them, the Autobots leave the dead moon and sets course back to Cybertronian Space.

During their trip home, the Autobots immediately run into trouble when two large asteroids collide in front of them, resulting in a storm of rock that pelts their ship until Arcee uses the ship's weapons to clear a path when a mysterious and massive ship blocks their path.

#### Act 2

Ratchet identifies the vessel as a Nemesis-class starship, the biggest ship class ever commissioned on the Cybertronian Fleet. While Bumblebee makes a quick scan to see if it's one of theirs, Arcee tries to contact the ship, but to no avail. Instead, the Ark gets caught in the ship's tractor beam, causing Bumblebee's computer to accidentally get unplugged; he manages to plug his computer back in, but alas, he has to wait for it to reboot. Finally, the ship is identified as a Decepticon Mothership.

Sure enough, the Decepticons' Executive Branch (consisting of Lugnut, Starscream, Soundwave, Steeljaw, and finally, Megatron) boards the Ark to perform an introduction for the Autobots by doing ridiculous poses while calling out their names. At first, the Autobots are dumbfounded by their entrance, but they become outragedly convinced when the Decepticons reveal that they have come to claim the Allspark. After an intense stare-off, both sides charge and begin wrestling one another to the ground. Despite biting a chunk out of Optimus, Megatron is thrown aside and, as a last desperate gamble, aims his Fusion Cannon on Optimus. With no one at the respective helms, the Ark changes to a new course, Earth, and despite Arcee's best effort to right the Autobot ship, the Ark spirals out of control and crashes, burying itself in the side of a volcano.

#### Act 3

Seventy million years later, in the present, Soundwave, the prime minister for the Decepticon Empire, is accidentally revived by mice, so he revives Megatron, as well as the rest of the branch. The Decepticons believe that much time has passed since the crash but declares their mission to recover the Allspark is unchanged. While the Autobots are still under stasis lock, the Decepticons sneak into the Ark's storage room only to discover that the Allspark just died out during this time period. Lugnut suggests they find Energon to recharge the Allspark, but Soundwave reminds him that there's so much Energon on this planet that prolonged exposure would permanently infect them in their current state. Declaring that they will take the forms of the planet's various forms of transportation, Megatron orders Soundwave to send Laserbeak to a nearby U.S. Army base to scan various military vehicles, including a tank, a tactical vehicle, a chopper, a DPV, and a fighter jet. At last, the Decepticons leave the Ark en route to New York, along with the Allspark in tow, to acquire human assistance.

After the Decepticons leave, Bumblebee is accidentally revived by mice only to discover that the Allspark is taken, so he decides to pursue the Decepticons himself, but not before acquiring a new alternate form from a passing hatchback first. Upon arriving in Brighton Falls, a beach-village hybrid in California, he stumbles upon a lighthouse on an island currently owned by Sarah "Sari" Sumdac, a 15-year-old daughter of Professor Isaac Sumdac, a professional futurologist who is the founder of the Sumdac System, Earth's foremost producer of automatons. Having received a letter from her father about the grand opening of his official headquarters in Detroit, Sari turns on her television to watch it, unable to notice Bumblebee surveying it through her parlor window.

During an aerial show performed by the Blue Angels, Professor Sumdac notices there is an extra jet present that he didn't hire. That one jet, i.e. Starscream, then leaves the formation and streaks toward the ceremony platform, where it fills the entire area with smoke bombs, enabling Megatron and his accomplices to make their grand entrance before the surprised Professor.

Due to the destruction of Cybertron, Megatron explains, the Decepticons want Energon to recharge the Allspark in order to resurrect their home, and since Professor Sumdac is the world's foremost expert on different Energon sources, they want him! This made Bumblebee and Sari vow to go to New York and rescue their father before the Decepticons can get their hands on him, but not before meeting each other first before using Bumblebee's Spacebridge to take them there.

#### Act 4

Arriving in New York, Bumblebee intervenes with the Decepticons' plot to kidnap Professor Sumdac, having Lugnut nominated by Megatron to duel him after their failed attempt to intimidate and chase him away.

Meanwhile, having received Bumblebee's signal from New York, the Ark's computer systems awaken as Teletraan-1 sends out a Sky Spy satellite to reconnoiter Earth, and then scan examples of terrestrial machinery in order to reformat the other Autobots into their new alternate modes. Optimus Prime happens to be the first one in the path of the repair beam, and thus the Autobot leader is revived, followed by Arcee, Grimlock, and Ratchet. After everyone has awakened, Teletraan-1 reveals that Bumblebee has already engaged the Decepticons in New York. Shocked by this news, the Autobots roll out to New York to save their friend.

Back in Detroit, the duel with Lugnut did not go so well for Bumblebee due to his injury on his chest caused by his opponent's Cyber Key Power, hence on the verge of execution, he is threatened to be killed at gunpoint by Lugnut if the human bystanders make any sudden movements. Eventually, the other Autobots arrive just in time to heal Bumblebee.

Optimus Prime tries to urge Megatron to not use the Allspark for evil, as the Great War ended in a draw since Cybertron's destruction. Megatron refuses, and instead criticizes the Autobots for not respecting the empire's authority long ago. Megatron also explains that the Decepticons have never forsaken Cybertron as their sovereign state, because they want it back, and therefore were merely waiting for the right time to strike.

Megatron ends this conversation by sending his Decepticlones on the Autobots while he and his branch go after Professor Sumdac. Optimus Prime, now converted to his "Super Mode", instructs Sari to get to her father and hide him inside the Sumdac Co. headquarters. She manages to beat the Decepticons to her father, calling Megatron a coward before rushing him inside.

With the help of his daughter, Professor Sumdac manages to create replicas of the Decepticons' Cyber Keys for the Autobots to fight back miraculously, but their success was cut short when Laserbeak breaks into the building and finally grabs the Professor. Now with both the Allspark and the Professor in their hands, the Decepticons finally return to their mothership via Warp Drive, leaving the Autobots defeated to the point that they've failed to rescue the Professor.

Sari becomes devastated over her failed attempt to save her father. Optimus Prime tells Sari the Autobots will keep the promise to rescue her father—they will get him back, and the Allspark too.

The film soon ends with the Autobots being hailed as heroes by the public, and then honored by the President of the United States, with a new dedication to defend planet Earth, which they now find a new home for them, from Megatron and his mighty Decepticon Empire.

## Characters

*(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)*

* Optimus Prime (2)
* Grimlock (3)
* Bumblebee (4)
* Ratchet (5)
* Starscream (7)
* Soundwave (8)
* Steeljaw (9)
* Megatron (10)
* Sarah "Sari" Sumdac (12)
* Mailman (13)
* News Reporter (14)
* Professor Isaac Sumdac (15)
* Cameraman (16)
* Latin Priest (17)
* National Guard Commander (19)
* U.S. President (20)

## Cast

https://www.mycast.io/stories/transformers-the-adventure-begins