While training the newly enlisted Jetfire and Jetstorm, Sentinel Prime ordered them to "Transform and roll out". Upon realizing that didn't apply either, he finally lamely settled on "let's just go". When he realized that didn't work any more, he moved on to "roll out". When the Autobots found themselves turned into humans temporarily, Optimus at one point reflexively ordered his team to "transform". Sound and Fury Ultra Magnus later told Jazz to "Transform and roll out" when he decided that the two of them should deal with a runaway train. Transform and Roll Out It became such a catchphrase for him that his adoring young fans among the population of Detroit requested that he say the phrase for them. Repair crew captain Optimus Prime, once settled/stranded on Earth, typically used the command "Transform and roll out!" to have his squad deploy on a mission. Slide, who had recently lost the ability to transform, wasn't pleased to hear it. While searching for the missing Jazz, Aileron ordered her team to roll out. Unbeknownst to them at the time, this reconciliatory gesture would prove to be the final straw for the dissatisfied Autobots under their command, pushing them into open mutiny and abandoning Megatron along with Team Rodimus on the Necroworld. Much later, following Megatron's conversion to the Autobot cause and a couple of years' "rehabilitation" aboard the Lost Light, Rodimus allowed him to give the order after a successful mission against the Rust Giants on Miliarium. Much later on Earth, Optimus Prime had Wheeljack hold the fort at their base while he ordered the rest of the Autobots to roll out. The Hunt for Soundwave Back in Nyon, he ordered them to roll out and ambush one of Zeta Prime's Omega Destructors. Law and Disorder Not long afterwards, he ordered them to roll out and hunt for Soundwave. Still less bizarre than when Zarak said it.Īfter a mission to Nyon to apprehend Swindle, Orion Pax ordered his squad of Autobots to roll out. They then travelled to Hong Kong to stop Galvatron and his army. Revenge of the Fallen Optimus later yelled "Roll out!" to Crosshairs, Drift, and the Dinobots after successfully proving his strength to Grimlock. He didn't seem to be saying it to anyone in particular, but Lennox apparently took it literally and had everyone run towards the impending battle. Transformers He would later declare "Let's roll", as he blasted off, newly upgraded, to defeat The Fallen. "Transforming" in either case must have seemed too obvious to mention. Optimus Prime used a version of the catchphrase twice, once at the observatory, shortened to "Autobots, roll out!", and earlier when transforming to escape from Sector Seven as just "Roll out!". Cultural Appropriation Live-action film series When the ragtag crew of misfits calling themselves the Ex-Bots set out to stop the Antares Eight, Overshoot initially told them to "transform and roll out", only to realize most of them were incapable of rolling due to their beast modes, and opted for the much less catchy "transform and make our way there". Not too many other Beast Warriors are much equipped to do so. Though it would seem logical, nobody has ever told Retrax to "roll out". While briefly holding the spark of Optimus Prime, Maximal leader Optimus Primal told the Maximals that it was "time to transform and roll out!" Optimal Situation Like the belated appearance of energon cubes, the phrase's frequent use even when it makes no sense would appear to be a point of the comics converging toward the more well-known G1 cartoon. It was such a famous command that, in the months following Optimus Prime's death, Pipes rallied his troops to defend Autobot Headquarters thus: "As Optimus Prime used to say, transform and roll out!" Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5 Wings Universe through space (and Unicron's remaining unsmashed eye)! The Transformers: The Movie The phrase in its most iconic form was uttered by Optimus Prime it typically signified the start of a mission, as the group transformed and deployed to counter the Decepticons' latest scheme.Īfter Hot Rod opened the Matrix and became Rodimus Prime, his first act as Autobot leader was to order the Autobots to "transform and roll out". Fiction Generation 1 cartoon continuity The Transformers cartoon
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