The Transformers: The Movie (1986)

Peter Cullen: Optimus Prime, Ironhide

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Quotes 

• [before their final battle] 

  Megatron : [surprised]  Prime!

  Optimus Prime : One shall stand, one shall fall.

  Megatron : Why throw away your life so recklessly?

  Optimus Prime : That's a question you should ask yourself, Megatron.

• [Optimus Prime has thrown Megatron to the ground] 

  Kup : Finish him off, Prime! Do it now!

  [Optimus Prime picks up his laser rifle and takes aim] 

  Megatron : [feigning defeat as he reaches for a laser gun]  No more, Optimus Prime! Grant me mercy, I beg of you!

  Optimus Prime : You, who are without mercy, now plead for it? I thought you were made of sterner stuff!

• Optimus Prime : Megatron must be stopped... no matter the cost.

• Optimus Prime : Arise, Rodimus Prime.

  Rodimus Prime : Optimus...

• Perceptor : I fear the wounds are... fatal.

  Daniel : [long pause]  Prime, you can't die.

  Optimus Prime : Do not grieve. Soon I shall be one with the Matrix.

  Hot Rod : Prime.

  Optimus Prime : Ultra Magnus, it is to you, old friend, I shall pass the Matrix of Leadership as it was passed to me.

  Ultra Magnus : But Prime, I'm... I'm just a soldier. I... I'm not worthy.

  Optimus Prime : Nor was I. But one day, an Autobot shall rise from our ranks, and use the power of the Matrix to light our darkest hour.

  [Optimus Prime opens his chest to reveal the Matrix. Removes it and begins to hand it over to Ultra Magnus] 

  Optimus Prime : Until that day, till all are one.

  [the Matrix starts to fall to the ground. Hot Rod catches it, gives it to Ultra Magnus. Ultra Magnus inserts it inside. Optimus Prime dies] 

• [the Decepticons ambush the Autobots on board the shuttle] 

  Brawn : Megatron? Decepticons!

  Megatron : Die, Autobots!

  [the Decepticons kill the Autobots on board the shuttle except Ironhide] 

  Megatron : This was almost too easy, Starscream!

  Starscream : Much easier, almighty Megatron, than attacking the real threat; the Autobots' moonbase!

  Megatron : You're an idiot, Starscream. When we slip by their early warning systems in their own shuttle and destroy Autobot City, the Autobots will be vanquished forever.

  Ironhide : No!

  Megatron : Such heroic nonsense!

  [blasts off Ironhide's head, killing him] 

• Shockwave : Laserbeak returns, Megatron.

  Megatron : Welcome, Laserbeak! Unlike some of my other warriors, you never fail me. Soundwave, play back Laserbeak's findings.

  Soundwave : As you command, Megatron.

  Optimus Prime : [on the playback]  I want you to make a special run to Autobot City on Earth.

  Ironhide : But, Prime...

  Optimus Prime : Listen, Ironhide. We don't have enough energon cubes to power a full-scale assault. Ready the shuttle for launch! Now all we need is a little energon and a lot of luck.

  Megatron : More than you imagine, Optimus Prime.

• Optimus Prime : Dinobots, destroy Devastator!

  Grimlock : Me Grimlock love challenge!

• Optimus Prime : Ironhide, report to me at once.

  Ironhide : Every time I look into a monitor Prime, my circuits sizzle. When are we going to start busting Deceptichops?

  Optimus Prime : I want you to make a special run to Autobot City on Earth.

  Ironhide : But, Prime!

  Optimus Prime : Listen, Ironhide. We don't have enough energon cubes to power a full-scale assault. Ready the shuttle for launch!