Starscream quotes from Transformers One (2024)

View Quote Now, are you spies... or just incompetent lackeys?

View Quote Enough! Two options for you! One: We slowly dismantle each of you, one bolt and screw at a time, and really make sure you feel it. Or two: In exchange for a quick death, you give us intel on the Energon trains, access to the mines or anything else that could hurt your boss, Sentinel Prime!

View Quote The yellow annoying one is correct. We were once the High Guard. We witnessed Sentinel's betrayal, saw the Primes fall. Since that day, we've been fighting from the shadows, doing whatever we can to sabotage Sentinel.

View Quote The idea of a unified Cybertron is a myth. All that counts is the strength of one bot over another!

View Quote You think you can just insult me and just walk away? No one leaves here unless I say so.

View Quote (after D-16 manifests his Fusion Cannon for the first time, and threatens to shoot Starscream in his head) PLEASE! I BEG YOU!

View Quote All hail Megatron!

View Quote Sentinel: [smugly] Look at this rowdy bunch! The High Guard! You know, you guys have been tough to find. Every trip to the surface, I've been searching for you.
Airachnid: Tracking the bots in the cave led me right to them.
Sentinel Prime: Oh-ho-ho! You captured Starscream!
Airachnid: It was too easy.
Starscream: [voice still distorted due to damage from D-16] I'm going to rip you apart piece by piece so that your death is painful! And you'll regret the day you were–
Sentinel: [laughs] You sound ridiculous! It's weird. Oh, D-16, what a tragic story you'll be. Atop the leaderboard in your sector, and secretly a traitor.
D-16: [seething] I'm not a traitor. You're the traitor.
Sentinel: Nuh-uh. You, all of you, are traitors. You've been working with the Quintessons to sabotage my expeditions. You're the reason why I haven't found the Matrix of Leadership yet.
B-127: None of that is true!
Sentinel: Oh, trust me, it'll be very true when I'm executing you in front of all of Iacon. Because down here, [leans down into B-127's face] the truth is what I make it.
[D-16 stomps his foot and stands up in defiance]
Sentinel: Well, well. What's this about?
D-16: I'm not kneeling in front of you.
Sentinel: [smirking] Feeling confident, are we?
D-16: You don't scare me. You want to know why?
Sentinel Prime: Please.
D-16: Because I don't have anything left to lose. You took it all.
Sentinel: [smugly] I sure did. [punches him down; notices the Megatronus Prime decal on his shoulder] Ah, Megatronus Prime! [tears it off] Of course you were a fan; Megatronus was the coolest Prime! The biggest, the baddest, the toughest! That's why, after I killed him, [shows Megatronus' T-Cog inside his chest] I took his cog for myself.
D-16: [enraged] He was greater than you'll EVER be!
Sentinel: [arrogant] I don't know, I'm pretty great! But I can understand why you'd want to wear his face over mine. Here. [places the decal on D-16's chest] Let's make sure it doesn't come off. [brands the symbol on with a blowtorch as D-16 screams in pain]

View Quote [D-16 tears Megatronus' cog from Sentinel's limp body and holds it up. He turns to address the terrified crowd of Iaconites]
D-16: THE AGE OF PRIMES HAS ENDED! NO MORE FALSE PROPHETS! FOLLOW ME, AND YOU WILL NEVER AGAIN BE DECEIVED! RIIISE UUUP!
[The High Guard begins the chant.]
The High Guard: RISE UP. RISE UP. RISE UP. RISE UP.
[The Primes' ghostly ethereal figures appear, surrounding Orion, overseeing the ceremony.]
Alpha Trion: Orion Pax, your noble sacrifice for the greater good has proven you worthy in the eyes of Primus. He entrusts in you the future of Cybertron, and...the Matrix of Leadership!
[A pulse of Energon emerges... It pulls Orion towards it. The beam of Energon forms a glowing shape... the Matrix of Leadership appears. Meanwhile, B and Elita can only watch in horror as a lot of the High Guard are riled up by their new leader.]
D-16: I WILL LEAD US ALL INTO THE FUTURE!
[D-16 replaces his T-Cog with the new one. Energy radiates through him as he begins his metamorphosis; he grows bigger, metal plating becoming jagged as he adopts his iconic appearance. Like an emperor, D-16 proclaims:]
D-16: I... AM...
[At the same moment -- A gift from Primus himself, floating into Orion's chest. Causing the shredded metal to reform around it, accepting the Matrix. Power flows through Orion, repairing his wounds. He transforms.]
Alpha Trion: ARISE!
[Optimus' eyes flicker open. He shoots up towards the top of the Well. Meanwhile, in the city: Iaconians run for their lives.]
Megatron: Burn it down! ALL OF IT!
[Megatron proceeds to destroy a monument of Sentinel with rapid fire from his fusion cannon as the High Guard members begin attacking Iacon, relishing in the chaos.]
Starscream: All hail Megatron! [he along with Shockwave and Soundwave begin firing around Iacon]
B-127: He's gonna kill everyone!
Elita-1: We have to stop him!
[Megatron turns to shoot more images when -- Elita latches onto his fusion arm.]
Elita-1: Stop! It's over!
Megatron: It's over when every last one of his followers is DEAD!
[Elita and B-127 fight Megatron, who overpowers them. He is about to finish off B-127, until Optimus bursts in, pushing Megatron aside. Optimus then lands and stands up. We see him in a new, upgraded body, with the Matrix inside his chest]
Megatron: Impossible... Primus gave you the Matrix?!
Optimus Prime: We could've built the future together...
Megatron: I'll build it myself... after I tear down everyone IN MY WAY!
[Megatron charges Optimus, who manifests his battle mask. They go to war.]