Strafe is generally considered an Expy of Swoop rather than the same character. Slug the Triceratops was originally Slag (although Snarl has also been another name for him). Adaptation Name Change: The Dinobot names have generally had at least one or two changes with every new adaptation.(Some of the names haven't been consistent across the adaptations anyway.) Adapted Out: Some of the traditional Dinobot forms got replaced with different characters as different species or were given much different names.The same Optimus who can fight three top-tier Decepticons at once and come out ahead. Lockdown was never a slouch at combat in either of his previous appearances, but here he's established to be on about the same level of combat as Optimus.Here, it is a massive dragon-like flyer that dwarfs Bumblebee. Swoop/Strafe the Pterosaur of the Dinobots has always been great for reconnaissance but not too powerful on its own.Hound, who's a huge, gun-toting Big Guy this time around when he was a hologram-casting forward scout traditionally.Alphabetical Theme Naming: Just like the original Dinobots, aside from Grimlock, all the known Dinobots so far have names starting with S.All There in the Manual: It's never remarked upon in the movie, but tie-in material establishes that, like his G1 counterpart, Drift is a former Decepticon.Alien Invasion: Lockdown leads one, and whoever he works for wants Optimus back.However, the film does make a point of showing-through the humans' reaction to seeing Optimus transform to various posters in Chicago-that the general public is afraid of the Cybertronians. The White House and the American public are under the impression that Attinger and his men are hunting Decepticons and that the Autobots have been given sanctuary. But the actual movie shows that its just paramilitary organization Cemetery Wind thats trying to wipe out the Autobots. Aesop Amnesia: The trailers make it seem like the US government turned on the Autobots after the Battle of Chicago, yet again.
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