Transformers (2007)

Peter Cullen: Optimus Prime

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• [last lines] 

  Optimus Prime : With the All Spark gone, we cannot return life to our planet. And fate has yielded its reward: a new world to call home. We live among its people now, hiding in plain sight, but watching over them in secret, waiting, protecting. I have witnessed their capacity for courage, and though we are worlds apart, like us, there's more to them than meets the eye. I am Optimus Prime, and I send this message to any surviving Autobots taking refuge among the stars. We are here. We are waiting.

• [first lines] 

  Optimus Prime : Before time began, there was the Cube. We know not where it comes from, only that it holds the power to create worlds and fill them with life. That is how our race was born. For a time, we lived in harmony. But like all great power, some wanted it for good, others for evil. And so began the war. A war that ravaged our planet until it was consumed by death, and the Cube was lost to the far reaches of space. We scattered across the galaxy, hoping to find it and rebuild our home. Searching every star, every world. And just when all hope seemed lost, message of a new discovery drew us to an unknown planet called... Earth.

  [the All Spark falls to Earth] 

  Optimus Prime : But we were already too late...

• Ironhide : Why are we fighting to save the humans? They're a primitive and violent race.

  Optimus Prime : Were we so different? They're a young species. They have much to learn. But I've seen goodness in them. Freedom is the right of all sentient beings. You all know there's only one way to end this war: we must destroy the Cube. If all else fails, I will unite it with the spark in my chest.

  Ratchet : That's suicide! The Cube is raw power, it could destroy you both!

  Optimus Prime : A necessary sacrifice to bring peace to this planet. We cannot let the humans pay for our mistakes. It's been an honor serving with you all.

• Optimus Prime : My weapons specialist: Ironhide.

  Ironhide : [drawing his guns]  You feelin' lucky, punk?

  Optimus Prime : Easy, Ironhide...

  Ironhide : [retracts his guns]  Just kidding. I just wanted to show him my cannons.

• Mikaela : Why are you here?

  Optimus Prime : We are here looking for the All Spark. And we must find it before Megatron.

  Sam Witwicky : Mega-what?

  [Prime projects a holographic view of Cybertron] 

  Optimus Prime : Our planet was once a powerful empire, peaceful and just, until we were betrayed by Megatron, leader of the Decepticons. All who defied them were destroyed. Our war finally consumed the planet, and the All Spark was lost to the stars. Megatron followed it to Earth, where Captain Witwicky found him...

  Sam Witwicky : My grandfather.

  Optimus Prime : It was an accident that intertwined our fates.

  [Captain Witwicky discovers Megatron in the ice] 

  Optimus Prime : Megatron crash-landed before he could retrieve the Cube.

  [the Captain fiddles with Megatron's gears, causing a bright light to strike him...] 

  Optimus Prime : He accidentally activated his navigation system. The coordinates to the Cube's location on Earth were imprinted on his glasses.

  Sam Witwicky : How did you know about his glasses?

  Optimus Prime : eBay.

  Sam Witwicky : eBay...

  Ratchet : If the Decepticons find the All Spark, they will use its power to transform Earth's machines and build a new army.

  Optimus Prime : And the human race will be extinguished. Sam Witwicky, you hold the key to Earth's survival.

  Mikaela : Please tell me that you have those glasses?

• Megatron : Humans don't deserve to live!

  Optimus Prime : They deserve to choose for themselves!

  Megatron : Then you will die with them!

  [throws Prime away and primes his cannon] 

  Megatron : JOIN THEM IN EXTINCTION!

• Optimus Prime : It's you and me, Megatron...

  Megatron : No, it's just ME, Prime!

  Optimus Prime : At the end of this day, one shall stand, one shall fall!

  Megatron : You still fight for the weak! That is why you lose!

• Bumblebee : [fully repaired]  Permission to speak, sir?

  Optimus Prime : Permission granted, old friend.

  Sam Witwicky : You speak now?

  Bumblebee : I wish to stay with the boy.

  Optimus Prime : If that is his choice.

  Sam Witwicky : Yes.

• Optimus Prime : Are you Samuel James Witwicky, descendent of Archibald Witwicky?

  Mikaela : They know your name!

  Sam Witwicky : Yeah.

  Optimus Prime : My name is Optimus Prime. We are Autonomous Robotic Organisms from the planet Cybertron.

  Ratchet : But you can call us "Autobots", for short.

• Optimus Prime : Our medical officer: Ratchet.

  Ratchet : [sniffing]  The boy's pheromone levels suggest he wants to mate with the female.

  [Sam and Mikeala fidget embarassedly] 

• Optimus Prime : Sam, I owe you my life. We are in your debt.

• Optimus Prime : [to a dying Megatron]  You left me no choice, brother.

• Ironhide : [drawing his guns]  The parents are very irritating...

  Ratchet : [trying to calm him]  Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...

  Ironhide : Can I take them out?

  Optimus Prime : Ironhide, you know we don't harm humans! What is with you?

  Ironhide : Well, I'm just saying we could. It's an option.

• Sam Witwicky : [after the Autobots have ripped the top off the car]  You A-holes are in trouble now. Gentlemen, I want to introduce you to my friend, Optimus Prime.

  Optimus Prime : Taking the children was a BAD move! Autobots, relieve them of their weapons!

• Optimus Prime : Sam... you risked your life to protect the Cube.

  Sam Witwicky : No sacrifice, no victory.

• Agent Simmons : [staring at Optimus Prime]  Hi, there.

  Optimus Prime : You don't seem afraid. Are you not surprised to see us?

  Agent Simmons : Look, there are certain rules I have to abide by. I'm not authorized to communicate with you except... to say I can't communicate with you...

  Optimus Prime : Get out of the car.

  Agent Simmons : Right. Uh, me? You want me to...?

  Optimus Prime : Now!

• Jazz : What's crackin' little bitches?

  [does a somersault] 

  Optimus Prime : My first lieutenant. Designation: Jazz.

  Jazz : This looks like a cool place to kick it!

• Optimus Prime : You already know your guardian: Bumblebee.

  Bumblebee : [does a little dance]  "Check on the rep, yep! / Second to none!"

• Ironhide : Prime... we couldn't save him.

  [hands him Jazz's remains] 

  Optimus Prime : Oh, Jazz... We lost a great comrade, but gained new ones. Thank you, all of you. You honor us with your bravery.

• Jazz : What about Bumblebee? We can't just leave him to die and become some human experiment!

  Optimus Prime : He'll die in vain if we don't accomplish our mission. Bumblebee is a brave soldier. This is what he would want.

• Optimus Prime : Megatron!

  Megatron : Prime!

• [Bumblebee pours oil over Agent Simmons] 

  Agent Simmons : HEY! HEEYYY!

  Optimus Prime : Bumblebee, stop lubricating the man!

  Agent Simmons : GET THAT THING TO STOP, HUH?

• Optimus Prime : Autobots, roll out!

  Jazz : We rollin'!

• Optimus Prime : [stepping on a fountain in the Witwicky's yard]  Oops... Sorry, my bad.

• Megatron : [lunging at Sam]  I'll kill you! Mine... All Spark!

  Optimus Prime : Sam! Push the Cube into my chest, NOW!

• [Sam runs to the top of a skyscraper and prepares to hand over the Cube to a waiting helicopter...] 

  Sam Witwicky : [spotting Starscream]  WATCH OUT!

  [Starscream fires at the copter, incapacitating it] 

  Sam Witwicky : Oh my God... Where do I go?

  Optimus Prime : [hurrying across rooftops]  Hang on, Sam!

  [With a crash, Megatron rises from below; frightened, Sam clings to a statue at the edge of the building] 

  Megatron : Is it fear or courage that compels you, fleshling?

  Sam Witwicky : [terrified]  Oh no! No!

  Megatron : Give me the All Spark, and you may live to be my pet.

  Sam Witwicky : [still making a stand]  I'm never giving you this All Spark!

  Megatron : Oh, so unwise...

  [With a roar, he pulls out a flail from his arm and smashes the rooftop, sending a screaming Sam plummeting towards the ground...] 

  Optimus Prime : [grabbing Sam]  I got you, boy! Hold on to the Cube!

  [Prime leaps down, but Megatron grabs him, and all three tumble down into the street] 

• [Ron Witwicky walks towards a window] 

  Optimus Prime : Quick, hide!

  Ratchet : Hide? Where?

  [the Autobots manage to get out of sight just as Ron looks outside] 

  Ron Witwicky : Oh, no... look at the yard! The yard is destroyed! There's sparks flying all over the place... Judy, you better call the City, looks like they got a blown transformer! What a waste... Trashed! Gone!

  [appalled, he moves away] 

• Optimus Prime : Ratchet, shine the light.

  Sam Witwicky : Would you stop with the lights?

• Optimus Prime : Autobots, recon...

  [the Autobots slip into the Witwicky's yard]