Barricade is one of the many Decepticons who arrived on Earth during the first Transformers film. Whether it's hunting puny humans or just shooting at things, Barricade provides a threat on the battlefield that all Autobots have to watch out for. For all his crimes as a Decepticon, he tops it all off by transforming into a Cop Car, meaning humans will run to him for help, so he can gun them down himself. But then again, the words "To Punish and Enslave" are written on his door. He appears to be a cliche bad cop, as he fiercely interrogates Sam Witwicky once he locates him in Transformers.
History
Transformers (film)
Barricade was one of the Decepticons sent to Earth to retrieve the AllSpark. He personally tracked the Human Sam Witwicky.
After Frenzy downloaded files from the Air Force One about Project Iceman, Barricade tracked down Sam Witwicky as they saw his ancestor's glasses, which the location of the All Spark is imprinted on.
Barricade chases Bumblebee to a deserted chemical plant and fights him. He loses the fight, but had enough time to deploy Frenzy before he was beaten.
Barricade survives the fight and joined the Battle of Mission City. He presumably fled the battle after Megatron was destroyed.
Dark of the Moon
Barricade is seen once again during the Battle of Chicago.
Under Soundwave's command, he aided in rounding up several Autobots that had infiltrated the city, including his old foe Bumblebee, to whom he delivered a hard kick to the back. At the behest of the human traitor Dylan Gould, Soundwave ordered Barricade to execute the Autobot prisoners, starting with Wheeljack; Barricade shot the Autobot in the back killing him. Wheelie and Brains proceeded to hack the Decepticon mothership to save Bumblebee, Ratchet, Sideswipe and Mirage from dying, causing a distraction that allowed the other Autobots to escape.
Following the Autobots' getaway, Barricade joined up with Shockwave, and was in the process of chewing out the Decepticon ground troops when he suddenly ended up getting himself blinded by sniper shots to his eyes courtesy of the Autobots' NEST allies. As he stumbled around in pain, the humans got in close and jammed a bomb into his leg, which brought him tumbling to the ground when it went off. He was last seen trying to crawl to safety as the human troops fired on him. He was killed by N.E.S.T soldiers.
Legacy
It was revealed that Barricade was not dead while was seeing the The Battle of Chicago, he scanned a new-look Ford Mustang Police Cruiser.
The Last Knight
Barricade managed to survive The Battle of Chicago by unknown means. He became Megatron's new right-hand Decepticon after Starscream died in Chicago.
Barricade was seen in the Chicago No Go-Zone, searching for the Talisman. He then reports to Megatron that the Talisman has been taken by Cade Yeager. Barricade defend that he was forced to retreat to avoid getting shot at or taken prisoner by the TRF.
Barricade was also with Megatron's Crew when they arrive at the Scrapyard.
Barricade was slammed into a wall by Grimlock in the town battle .
When the MI6 and TRF are chasing Cade, Viviane, Sir Edmund, Barricade is with them. Barricade was shot multiple times by Bumblebee and crashed into a wall.
After the Decepticons betrayed TRF, Nitro Zeus and Megatron arrived just in time, but they were attacked by British military and he, Megatron and Nitro returned fire, but it's unknown what happened to him.
Many years in the past, when Cybertron had just come under the rule of the Defense Force and the Science Division, Barricade was a member of the Defense Force under the command of High Protector Megatron. He participated in missions to rid the planet of "malcontents" who protested against the new order, and like many of his peers, he did so ruthlessly.
When unknown alien hostiles attacked Cybertron after the discovery of a mysterious relic, Barricade and Scorponok were sent to perform recon. Following battle with the aliens Megatron changed significantly, altering the military's mission from one of protection to making war upon the hostile aliens and anybody who would stand in their way. As Megatron's ambition grew, he determined to eliminate Science Division leader Optimus, sending Barricade and a team of other Decepticons to slay Optimus's allies and bring him in. Barricade and Crankcase stood by as Brawl nailed the "traitors" with an explosive round; Barricade was eager to get into the fight, but was ordered back by the glory-hound Starscream so his aerial forces could swoop in to finish the job. This turned out to be lucky for Barricade, as Optimus managed to bury Starscream's team under a mountain of rubble. Though defeated, they all soon returned to Trypticon, where Megatron rechristened them and the rest of his Defense Force the "Decepticons."
During the subsequent civil war between the Decepticons and Optimus's Autobots, Barricade was one of the Decepticons under the command of Starscream who took part in a battle outside of Tyger Pax. As they were mopping up the last remnants of Autobot resistance, Barricade amused himself by playing with the decapitated head of a fallen Autobot, but mood turned somber when he saw the AllSpark jettisoned into space. Barricade realized that Cybertron would soon die without the AllSpark, but Bonecrusher had little time for his remarks, suggesting he should die along with the planet. Megatron immediately took off to pursue the AllSpark, leaving Starscream with orders to eliminate the Autobots in advance of his return. When the Autobots departed the planet to hunt down the AllSpark themselves, Barricade was part of the crew of the Nemesis assembled by Starscream to give chase. Confident in Megatron's abilities to deal with any pursuing Autobots, Barricade questioned both the need to hurry, and Starscream's motives for doing so, but was quickly reprimanded by Starscream for speaking out of turn.
After thousands of years of searching, the Nemesis crew tracked the AllSpark's energy to Earth's solar system. After setting their ship down on Mars, Barricade, Starscream, Blackout, Brawl, Bonecrusher and Wreckage continued on to Earth itself, where they touched down in Afghanistan in 2003. They immediately attacked a nearby United States military installation, where Barricade used a facade of friendliness to trick nearby human soldiers into lowering their guard, whereupon he slaughtered them at point-blank range. As the fight continued, he was almost hit by a localized EMP weapon from a human, but it instead hit his comrade Wreckage. Barricade objected to leaving Wreckage behind when Starscream ordered them to pull out, but was forced to abandon him. The Decepticons subsequently scattered across the planet to search for Megatron and the AllSpark; Barricade scanned a Saleen S281 police car, then destroyed the original human vehicle to cover his tracks.
"Planetfall" and Movie Prequel #4 offer contradictory accounts of Barricade and the Decepticons' arrival on Earth, with the former showing them arriving in Afghanisation shortly before the events of the film, and the latter placing them in North America in 2003. The Reign of Starscream movie sequel comic would corroborate the "Planetfall" account, but the timing involved means it must take place in 2003 as in Prequel #4.
Learning that the Autobot Bumblebee was also on Earth, Barricade tracked him to just outside of Denver, Colorado, arriving just as the Autobot was eluding Sector Seven while working on a new lead on the Witwickys. Bumblebee managed to escape, but Barricade pursued him to New Mexico, where he had a new idea: allow the Autobot to get away, so that they could track him from afar to see what leads and information he had already turned up in his search. Starscream agreed to the plan, but ordered Barricade to superficially rough the little Autobot up a bit before letting him go, just to make it look convincing.
Movie Adaptation
Aboard Air Force One, flying over Virginia, a radio boom box transforms into Frenzy and attempts to access files and plants a virus. When discovered and attacked, he deploys shuriken which kill several agents and converts back into the boom box to avoid detection. After landing, Frenzy sneaks off and rendezvous with Barricade in police car mode. He reveals information that matches Captain Witwicky to Sam's ePay transaction and Barricade downloads Sam's address.
In Tranquility, U.S.A., Sam flees from Bumblebee while he unbeknownst is pursued by Barricade and Frenzy. Barricade corners him in a parking lot and transforms, asking him about the auction of his great grandfather's artifacts. Mikaela follows Sam and the two are rescued by Bumblebee. Barricade deploys Frenzy to attack the humans while he battles Bumblebee. Mikaela cuts off Frenzy's head with a power saw while Barricade and Bumblebee fall off a cliff.
Barricade along with Starscream, Brawl, Bonecrusher, and Blackout travel toward Hoover Dam after Frenzy alerts other Decepticons to Sector Seven's location.
At some point after Megatron's return, Barricade was killed by Optimus Prime during the highway chase.
The Reign of Starscream
In this comic, Barricade's fate was rewritten instead of being killed by Optimus he was knocked off the road by Ironhide, causing him to crash into a pillar, but no die.
According to IDW Publishing's The Reign of Starscream comic, during the highway chase, Barricade attempted to close in on Bumblebee to "settle the score" with him, but was knocked off the road by Ironhide, causing him to crash into a pillar. Knocked offline by the crash, he missed out on the Mission City battle; he was conscious again by the time Starscream came looking for him. Informed that Sam had destroyed the AllSpark and Megatron, Barricade suggested recovering the lost Frenzy so they could access his data files on the boy. While Starscream returned to Cybertron, Barricade remained on Earth, watching over a Sector Seven research base.
Alliance
He spied upon the Autobots as they made plans with Captain Lennox and Sergeant Epps to dispose of the Decepticons' bodies, then broadcast the information he had learned into space on a Decepticon frequency, hoping someone would hear and take interest. As it turned out, Starscream, having returned from Cybertron to Mars, was ready and willing to answer. Soon after Starscream made it back to Earth, however, Decepticons under the command of the long-absent Soundwave also began arriving, and Barricade provided them with intelligence on which Autobots they were facing. He continued to plague the Autobots and the new NEST team, escaping each time.
Tales of the Fallen - Bumblebee
Soundwave sought the final remaining shard of the AllSpark in order to revive Megatron, so Barricade was sent to Tranquility to capture Sam and force its location from him—or failing that, ransom him for it. Barricade took the boy to a junkyard to interrogate him, but Bumblebee soon arrived to rescue him. A protracted battled followed, concluding when 'Bee knocked Barricade into a pool of gasoline and ignited it, setting off a massive explosion. Barricade survived the blast, though, and drove off in car mode after Bumblebee and Sam had left.
Rising Storm
Following the resurrection of Megatron and The Fallen's failed plan for revenge, Barricade was among the Decepticon troops that Shockwave sent to attack Sam's college in order to recapture a rogue Decepticon brain unit Brains. Barricade initiated the assault, smashing his way into Sam's dorm and renewing his rivalry with Bumblebee, who stood ready to protect his human friend. The pair grappled and traded blows for the duration of the attack until Bumblebee ended the battle by slamming Barricade to the ground with a sickening crunch.
Dark of the Moon Adaptation
Barricade appears with Starscream in a video feed during Sentinel's speech to Congress.
Schick Hydrobot and the Transformers
Barricade was among the Decepticons who attacked Doctor Hiroshi Benson's laboratory. Holding his own for much of the battle, he was later incapacitated when Hydrobot and Bumblebee unleashed a powerful shock attack with the latter's stinger, forcing them into a retreat.Fates
Deaths
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- Is killed by the NEST Soldiers.
Injuries
Transformers (film)
- Knocked off by Bumblebee as a 1977 Chevrolet Camaro.
- Is beaten up by Bumblebee after a quick fight.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- Eyes shot by NEST.
- Leg jammed by a boomstick and it explodes, crippling him.
Transformers: The Last Knight
- Slammed by Grimlock’s tail and crashes into a wall.
- Blasted away by Bumblebee’s blaster, hits two cars and crashes into a wall, making him mutter "Oh that hurt".
Video Games
Weapons
- Mace (Transformers film)
- Frenzy Eject (Transformers film)
- Heat Scanner (Transformers film)
- Cybertronian Gun (Transformers: Dark of the Moon)
- Laser Gun (Transformers: The Last Knight)
- Arm machine gun (Transformers: The Last Knight)
- Brass Knuckles
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Gallery
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Trivia
- Barricade is the cop of the Decepticons, as seen when he interrogated Sam Witwicky.
- He wields two spiny spiky bladed nunchucks in his hands, also known as mace.
- So far, he is one of the few Decepticons from Transformers who survived all the way up until The Last Knight.
- Skids and Mudflap have been cancelled and cut from DOTM to being offensive, ironically Barricade was stereotyped in TLK.