Barricade (Transformers Film Series)

"To punish and enslave"

- Barricade's motto.

Barricade is a Decepticon that transforms into a police car, and a recurring antagonist in the Transformers Film series, appearing as a major antagonist in Transformers, a minor antagonist in Dark of the Moon and the secondary antagonist of The Last Knight.

Transformers
After being active on Earth for some time, Barricade arrived to pick up Frenzy after the smaller Decepticon's attempt to hack into and sabotage the United States military network on Air Force One. From data Frenzy had acquired, the two learned of Sector Seven, "Project Iceman", and the "Witwicky", the discoverer of the entombed Megatron. Using the internet, the duo learned that Megatron had accidentally marked Witwicky's glasses with the location of the long-lost AllSpark—which were now being auctioned on eBay by his descendant, user ladiesman217.

Tracking the human to the town of Tranquility, Barricade appeared in the path of Sam Witwicky as he was attempting to flee Bumblebee. Believing Barricade to be a legitimate police vehicle, Sam requested the "officer's" help, only for Barricade to transform right in front of him. As Sam fled, Barricade knocked him onto the hood of an abandoned car, then violently demanded information on "eBay item 21153". Sam and his female friend, who had been drawn into the encounter, managed to escape him when Bumblebee convinced the boy to trust him, and Barricade pursued both the Autobot and two humans to a junkyard. After temporarily losing and then regaining their position, he charged into battle, activating his blade, and dispatched Frenzy to chase down the humans. The battle started off well and worked in Barricade's favor until Bumblebee slammed him into an office, Barricade then rolled over and took back control by bashing his fists on Bumblebee's head. However, their battle ended with Barricade damaged.

Barricade had repaired himself by the time Frenzy (who infiltrated Sector Seven) transmitted both Megatron and the AllSpark's location to his fellow Decepticons. Knowing that the Decepticons were coming, the humans and Autobots tried to transport the AllSpark to Mission City for extraction, but Barricade and Bonecrusher caught up to them on the highway into the city. Barricade attempted to clear a path through the traffic by activating his sirens. Sam —riding inside Bumblebee—recognized Barricade, and in response to his call for action, Optimus Prime, Ironhide, and Ratchet realigned to block the Decepticon from getting to the human and the AllSpark. Barricade was last seen as Bonecrusher pulled ahead to attack Optimus.

Dark of the Moon
Barricade was one of the Decepticons present in Chicago when Megatron and Sentinel Prime unleashed their plan to use a space bridge to bring Cybertron to Earth, and assisted in the takeover of the city. Under the command of Soundwave, 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 Que; Barricade slew the Autobot with a shot in the back. Wheelie and Brains intervened to prevent any further executions, 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 found 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.

The Last Knight
Having gained a new look in the intervening years, Barricade acted as Megatron's spy and scout in his search for the Guardian Knights' talisman. Perhaps unknown to him, he had long been under surveillance of the U.S. government. In the ruins of Chicago, he witnessed the talisman being bestowed to Cade Yeager by one of the Knights. He was however unable to claim it due to arrival of the heavily armed TRF, and he watched from a distance as they entered a stand off with Yeager and the Autobots.

He reported back to Megatron, incidentally annoying his leader by flashing his light in his face. He reported the events of his mission, and Megatron was angered by his failure to retrieve the Talisman, which was needed to find the Staff they required. Barricade managed to salvage the situation, indicating he knew the TRF could lead them to the Staff. Based on Barricade's plan, Megatron used human hostages to broker a deal with TRF and secured the release of fellow Decepticons Mohawk, Dreadbot, Nitro Zeus, and Onslaught. Barricade later joined his leader and cohorts in their hunt for Yeager. They arrived at Yeager's scrap yard but Yeager had already fled to a nearby town and they followed. They were met with some resistance from Bumblebee, Drift, and Crosshairs and blasted by a trap set by Yeager. Barricade took point in pursuing Yeager through the town. Barricade ordered Yeager and Izabella to freeze, but was swiped through a wall by the newly-arrived Grimlock's tail. After Dreadbot and Onslaught perished in battle, Barricade fled when Megatron gave the order to retreat.

He and his comrades then followed Yeager to England, knowing he was the key to finding the Staff. In London, he chased down the fleeing Bumblebee, who had Yeager and Viviane Wembly with him. He attempted to ram them but was blasted away by his Autobot nemesis. He transformed to catch himself but fell into oncoming traffic and was rammed by a large truck. Commenting on how much it hurt, he was too weak to continue the pursuit.

He later rendezvoused with Megatron and Nitro at Stonehenge, the site which would drain Unicron, who lay deep within the Earth, of his energy and revive the recently-arrived Cybertron. They soon came under attack from the humans and he returned fire. He later vanished, apparently having fled after Megatron and Nitro Zeus withdrew to Cybertron, yet again living to fight another day.