For Autobot spy of the same name but with Italian accent and two names, see Mirage (a.k.a Dino).
Mirage is an Autobot from the Movie continuity family.
History[]
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts[]
In desperate need of cash, Noah Diaz participated in a carjacking attempt on a Porsche that his friend Reek scouted out. Successfully breaking in, Noah realized the car was acting strangely when it locked him inside and played a message from someone on the radio. The car soon sped off with Noah stuck inside, leaving him in the middle of a car chase with the police. After throwing them off with his holographic projections, Mirage took Noah to a warehouse and revealed himself, where they soon after met the rest of the Autobots. Mirage transformed and introduced himself to a shocked Noah before the other Autobots arrived, who - especially Optimus Prime - unfortunately did not share his appreciation of Noah. However, when Arcee revealed that the all-important Transwarp Key was currently within a museum, Mirage banked on the idea of using Noah to infiltrate the building and retrieve the Key. Neither the other Autobots nor Noah liked said plan at first, but Mirage managed to convince the human by showing off his transformation abilities and offering to let Noah sell him in the guise of many expensive cars so he could get the money for his brother's hospital bills.
Taking on a garbage truck as a temporary alternate mode to trick the museum's security into letting them in, Mirage waited in the parking lot while Noah went inside. Unfortunately that was when the Terrorcons Scourge, Battletrap, and Nightbird came knocking, also in search of the Key. Mirage was the first to respond to the threat, transforming to robot mode and firing away at the airborne Nightbird, but ended up being snatched up into the air and dropped from a considerable height by the Terrorcon ninja for his troubles. He made a rough landing right in front of Noah and Elena Wallace as they escaped the besieged museum, but his relief that his friend was alive was short-lived when the two Sweeps that had been chasing the humans latched onto him instead. He was thus unable to help when Scourge delivered an apparently lethal stab and cannon blast to Bumblebee, but recovered after Airazor's appearance convinced Scourge - who had obtained the Transwarp Key - to call a retreat for the day.
Later that night Mirage attempted to listen in on a conversation between Noah and Kris by standing on a car parked outside the apartment building and peering in, but ended up being discovered by Kris when the car crumpled under his weight. As he watched Noah talk Kris out of accompanying them to Peru, Mirage commented that the boy had heart. Kris then made Mirage promise to protect Noah at any cost, a promise Mirage readily agreed to.
The next morning Mirage served as Noah's ride as they showed up for their flight to Peru, but he expressed immediate disdain when he figured out their ride would be Stratosphere, stating he'd rather walk. His opinion was ignored, and they arrived in Cusco without much fuss. The Autobots were unable to move in directly because of a festival that left the town extra crowded, so Mirage handed Noah a multi-purpose tech gauntlet to aid him in his task before him and the Autobots placed themselves in strategic positions to keep a lookout for the Terrorcons while the humans searched for the other half of the Key. His stylish alternate mode garnered the attention of quite a few locals, who even used him for a quick photo op. This would have been fine if Mirage hadn't let the vanity get to his head and distract him from the Freezer tracking Noah and Elena, which had leapt past right behind him just as he reported to Optimus that the coast was clear. This mishap meant he only found out the Terrorcons were there after said Freezer had reached Noah, when the human radioed him in a panic.
The Autobots peeled out, but the Terrorcons were in hot pursuit. As Optimus battled Scourge and Wheeljack and Arcee tangled with Battletrap and Nightbird, Mirage ended up being the only Autobot to stay on the road until the end without any distractions. Hence he was the earliest to arrive on the scene when Optimus Primal confronted the two humans, pulling his blaster on "Donkey Kong" and ordering the Maximal to unhand his friends, but Cheetor burst out of the bushes in a flash and pinned him down in return. After Optimus Prime arrived and the situation was defused, Mirage walked alongside Noah as they all headed to the Maximal lair. It was there he revealed that he had been staying in contact with Kris through a walkie-talkie wired into his arm, having received a Sonic the Hedgehog-themed call sign of his own as "Knuckles".
The next morning, when Airazor was revealed to have been turned into a Terrorcon because of an infection device Scourge had shot at her the day before, Mirage couldn't do much before Airazor flew off with Elena in her clutches and Primal in pursuit. He and the other Autobots only arrived after Primal was forced to put Airazor down before the mind-control fully took her over, and could do little more than stare in shocked sorrow.
Despite the bleak odds, Mirage was spurred into action again when Noah gathered all the Autobots and Maximals to help formulate a plan that would foil Scourge's plans. As the others met the Terrorcons in a frontal charge as a massive distraction, Mirage led Noah and Elena to an access tunnel that would lead to directly below the terminal the Key was in. Scourge hadn't taken the bait, however, so Mirage raced ahead to provide the Terrorcon leader with his own distraction. Using his holographic doubles to their fullest extent, Mirage was able to hold his own against the much bigger and stronger foe for quite some time, even getting some good hits in. Scourge eventually outmatched him and grabbed him by the throat, preparing to kill him with the cannon on his other arm, but the Autobot freed himself with an opportune kick that also knocked the villain's mask clean off and revealed his broken, disfigured face.
Unfortunately, that had been the last straw for Scourge. Laying Mirage out with a retaliatory kick to the face, he aimed his blaster at the exposed Noah with intent to kill. But Mirage leapt into the line of fire at the nick of time, covering Noah even as Scourge fired off a withering volley of blasts that blew entire chunks (and limbs) off his body to fulfill his promise with Kris. The damage proved too much for him, and the Autobot's optics went dark. At that moment Kris hailed Mirage on the walkie-talkie, leaving Noah no choice but to inform his brother of the Autobot's demise while trapped under Mirage's unmoving body.
As it turned out, however, Mirage wasn't actually quite dead yet. He invigorated himself just enough to regain consciousness by the time Kris was done giving Noah his best pep talk, but had been so badly damaged he could not move on his own. So Mirage shed all his damaged parts and formed what remained into an exo-suit for Noah, providing him with extra protection, strength, and firepower. Noah went on to use the suit to participate further in the final battle, assisting Optimus Prime in his climactic duel with Scourge and even helping save Prime's life from the collapsing Transwarp portal.
Noah brought Mirage (who is still an exo-suit) back with him to America, where he set about fixing Mirage using various parts for replacing the broken parts sourced for him by Reek. Reek expressed disbelief that the resulting patchwork of a car could even start, but Mirage proved him wrong by transforming right before a flabbergasted Reek's eyes.
Weapons[]
- Holograms
- Back-up Exosuit
- Arm cannon (Dual)
Toys[]
Studio Series[]
- Mirage (Deluxe Class, 2023)
Rise of the Beasts[]
- Autobot Mirage (Deluxe Class, 2023)
- Buzzworthy Bumblebee Jungle Mission 3-pack: Bumblebee, Airazor, and Autobot Mirage (Multipack, 2023)
- Autobot Mirage (Battle Changer, 2023)
Merchandise[]
3D Battle-Card Game[]
- Mirage (2007)
Trivia[]
- Mirage had an ability to disguise as a Lamborghini Countach, which was Sideswipe's G1 alternate mode.
- Mirage's ability to create holograms was heavily inspired from Hound's G1 abilities.
- Originally Mirage was going to die in original script, but this was changed due to Mirage's popularity.
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