Ironhide

In the film, Ironhide is described as being Prime's oldest friend and the weapons specialist of the team. He is a tough soldier who has sustained many injuries. His right eye has a large scar surrounding it. Before arriving on Earth, he sustained a broken ankle. According to the tech specifications of his toy, he was built during the Battle of Tyger Pax and is one of the oldest Autobots. His weapons include an energy rocket launcher on his left arm, a plasma rocket launcher on his right arm. Despite his advanced age and extra bulk, Ironhide revealed himself to be an extremely agile and formidable opponent - He managed to helix twist over a screaming civilian at high speed while firing both wrist mounted weapons, and was seen engaging and withstanding assaults from Brawl, Starscream and Blackout.

Arriving on Earth at the same time as Optimus Prime, (in a pool, to which a young girl asks him if he's the tooth fairy) Jazz and Ratchet. Ironhide quickly sneaks away to a driveway, scans a family's GMC Topkick pickup truck and reconfigures his alternate mode to a new camouflaged form before meeting up with the other Autobots at Bumblebee's location. The Autobots then return to Sam's house and retrieve the glasses (containing the location of the Allspark) whilst attempting to hide from Sam's parents, which results in his mother's and father's prized gardens being destroyed by Prime's massive feet and Ratchet cutting off the neighborhood's power after accidentally colliding with an electric transformer. At one point, he becomes so frustrated that he asks Optimus if he can "take them out". He then gets a stern scolding from Optimus, who is frustrated at Ironhide's overuse of cannons. Unfortunately, that same evening a secret government organization, Sector 7, arrests Sam Witwicky, Mikaela Banes, and captures Bumblebee. Ironhide appears somewhat 'trigger-happy' throughout the film, and often pulls out his arm-cannons when he wishes to show off to new people, such as when he is first introduced to Sam, he draws his cannons out, and makes a classic Clint Eastwood impression, quoting "You feeling lucky, punk?", or to get rid of things which annoy him, like Sam's dog Mojo when it urinated on his foot and Sam's over-protective and inadvertently interfering parents. Optimus Prime, at one point, gets so annoyed with Ironhide's trigger finger that he right out asks "What is with you?!". He is also shown to be slightly contemptuous towards the humans; he questions Prime as to why they should protect the human race, describing them as "primitive" and "violent", only to be reminded that the Autobots were not so different from them once. Ironhide is, despite being easily the bulkiest of the Autobots, a tough warrior endowed with surprising agility, shown in the final battle when he transforms, flips forward, and dodges Brawl's missiles while doing a helix twist at the same time. He was also able to maneuver through the city, and flip over a nearby human without injuring her, rocket jumping over her right after transforming. Ironhide plays a large role in the final battle: when Bumblebee is unable to fight, he provides cover despite being outnumbered three to one. He battles Brawl alongside Jazz and Ratchet in the movie, and engages in a battle with Starscream, with the aid of Ratchet. However, damage sustained in the brief brawl with Starscream leaves both him and Ratchet unable to further protect Sam. After the battle is over, Ironhide brings the remains of his destroyed autobot brother Jazz to Optimus Prime. Ironhide then gives Captain William Lennox a ride home, and is seen alongside Ratchet, Bumblebee, and Optimus watching the sunset or watching Sam kiss Mikaela at the end of the film.

He goes to Shanghai, China, with NEST and is the first Autobot to transform to robot mode to fight the Decepticons. He is then seen alongside Optimus Prime when they execute Demolishor. Later on, Ironhide is with the Autobots helping Sam escape the forest from Megatron. Still later, he is deported by the U.S. government (like the rest of the Autobots) and goes to Egypt fighting alongside the sisters against the forces of The Fallen, narrowly surviving the US air strike, and survives the battle.

He first appears when the Autobots learn of the discovery of the Ark, and when Optimus demands a mission to moon. Later, he introduces Sentinel Prime, the Autobots original leader and Optimus’ predecessor, to Sam Witwicky. He is seen with the other Autobots escorting Sentinel Prime back to base after learning of his importance. The Autobots run into a group of Decepticons called the Dreads, and Ironhide battles and defeats two of them with the help of Sideswipe. Sentinel Prime manages to escape. When Ironhide and the other Autobots return to their base in Washington, Sentinel reveals that he has made a deal with Megatron, feeling that it was the only way to restore Cybertron. Sentinel shoots Ironhide with is acid-rust blaster from behind and once more while he is down, causing him to rust and escapes. Ironhide was mortal wounded, still suffering from shock, then rusts completely, disintegrates and later died.

Voice Actor

 * Jess Harnell