Barricade From Transformers – One Loyal Decepticon

Barricade from Transformers is a robot who can turn into a Formula One racing car and is member of the race track patrol team. As the Race Track Patrol front man he brings fierce and edgy combat tactics which he learned racing against other gangs in Cybertron. He is known to be acutely precise and exact by his troops, and they know that the smallest error can end up in massive turmoil and disaster. Barricade takes advantage of his position as leader of the Race Track Patrol and often abuses his powers by ridiculing others.

As far as toys go, Barricade came included with the Race Track Patrol Package along with Roller force, Ground Hog and Motorhead. Oddly, in the Transformers: Energon series Barricade appears as leader of a group of Decepticons that combine to build the body of Bruticus-Maximus, and he’s portrayed as a missile truck.

Barricade from Transformers can transform into a Mustang Saleen S281 police car in the 2007 Transformers film, making him look like the Generation 1 Transformer Prowl. With his police car form he can easily hide from the humans and authorities, making him an excellent hunter and powerful opponent against Autobot Bumblebee. In the movie he gets to catch Sam Witwicky and interrogates him about his grandfather’s glasses that hold they to Megatron’s geographical location. It’s interesting to note that when he transforms into a car he can use a holographic devise and reproduce a human semblance that seems to drive both Barricade and Starscream in at least one occasion.

Barricade was originally supposed to be Brawl according to early versions of the script. However Brawl ended up being another evil Decepticon and his name was switched to Barricade. Whilst in car mode, depicted in his rear is a slogan that reads: “To punish and enslave”. According to the official video game, Barricade stands 16 feet tall and can boost his speed up to 300mph. However, director Michael Bay insists that he’s 18 feet tall and the Deluxe toy version implies a height of 19 feet – shoulder length. It’s a little known fact that Barricade appears in the movie’s prequel comic alongside Starscream and Blackout. When Barricade lands on earth he searches and destroys the police car from which he takes his alternate form, making sure there’s no one left alive. These three Decepticons carelessly fell into a trap planted by Sector 7 that was originally intended to capture Bumblebee. Of course they wasted no time in annihilating all the human military forces before such trap could catch them. After this massacre, Barricade pretends to lose Bumblebee and lets Starscream and Blackout follow him from the clouds.

In the movie, Barricade from Transformers is one of the most important and influential Decepticons. Alongside Starscream and maybe Scorponok he is generally assumed to remain alive for the sequel since no signs of his death are shown. However in the leaked script version he does die from an attack performed by Autobot leader Optimus Prime. However much anticipation covers this topic since the movie writers themselves imply that its an issue to be possibly addressed in the sequel.