Washington, D.C.

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Washington, D.C., is the capital city of the United States of America, one of the most powerful nations on Earth. It is named in honor of George Washington.

Fiction

Generation 1 continuity family

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

The Dinobots once defended it from the Decepticons and the Sub-Atlanticans, without destroying too much of the city in the process. Atlantis, Arise!

The Headmasters cartoon

As part of a Decepticon plot to destroy Earth, a Death Tower emerged in front of the White House. The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)

Marvel Comics continuity

Marvel The Transformers comics

Optimus Prime met with the President there, but Soundwave "overheard" the planning. Megatron then used the Insecticons to attack the city, framing the Autobots as the ones behind the attack. While the city was badly wrecked, the Decepticons were defeated largely through their own ineptness and the President saw through their ruse, anyway. Unfortunately, the Autobots didn't think he would see through it and made themselves look suspicious by leaving! Plague of the Insecticons!

The corporate headquarters for Blackrock Industries was located in Washington, D.C. The Human Factor!

Marvel Generation 2 comic

As part of the "blow up everything until Prime turns up" plan, the Decepticons levelled Washington; they gained air supremacy and the tank regiment defending the White House was quickly overpowered. The US front line at Washington was commanded by Hawk, who wasn't optimistic about their chances.

A brief Autobot/Decepticon battle erupted in the ruins, preventing Megatron from killing Optimus Prime there. The Gathering Darkness

Regeneration One

In this timeline, Megatron decimated the Earth, and made the ruins of Washington his home base. Loose Ends, Part 1 It was from here that Megatron eagerly awaited the return of Optimus Prime from Cybertron, Loose Ends, Part 4 and the two had their final confrontation there. Loose Ends, Part 5

G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers

Cobra first revealed themselves to the public when they attacked a peace summit in Washington, D.C., using their newly reprogrammed transforming robots. After sweeping aside the military that were acting as security, they inflicted major damage on the United Nations building where the summit was taking place. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1

2005 IDW continuity

The White House became a hot spot of military and political activity when Optimus Prime annexed Earth and President ordered the Earth Defense Command to respond. New Worlds Order Edge of the Earth It later became the site of a pitched battle between Thundercracker and the villainous Dire Wraiths. Thundercracker & Buster Save the World

During Unicron's attack on Earth, Bludgeon's Worldsweeper went down over Washington and crashed into the White House, though the President and her aides survived the impact. Ceremony

Live-action Transformers movies

Titan movie comics

In a divergent timeline, the Decepticons succeeded at Mission City and conquered the United States. Washington was devastated in the Decepticon conquest of the USA. After the Autobots liberated the nation, it became the centre of power again and Theodore Allen was sworn in as President. Aftermath Part 1 Aftermath Part 2 The White House, however, was still undergoing repairs months later.

Brainwashed into being a Decepticon spy, Allen had Mikaela Banes come to Washington so she too could be brainwashed. Return to Cybertron: Part 2

Allen used Bollings Air Base to fire a nuclear warhead at the Autobots, seemingly killing them. Revolution Part One

Dark of the Moon film

Following the defeat of The Fallen, NEST set up an operations headquarters in a massive Washington, D.C. building. Sam Witwicky also moved there, living in an improbably spacious loft apartment downtown. The Autobots regularly patrolled the D.C. area.

After Sentinel Prime's treachery had been exposed, the turncoat Prime rendezvoused with Megatron at the Lincoln Memorial, where Megatron blasted the statue of Lincoln to bits, and Sentinel set up a space bridge portal to the Moon. Several hundred Decepticons made planetfall then, causing pandemonium as they tore through the streets while scanning local vehicles.

Notes

• The bio on the 2010 San Diego Comic Con reissue of Universe Blaster mentions that he is a fan of the "down and dirty" hardcore music scene from this town.

Washington, D.C. in Dark of the Moon

• Perhaps owing to the difficulties of filming within the District of Columbia, relatively few scenes set in DC were actually filmed there. Among the handful that were are Optimus rolling past the Capitol building during the opening narration, and the initial invasion of the Decepticons through the space bridge, filmed at the Reflecting Pool and the adjacent Lincoln Memorial, and the Capitol Reflecting Pool at the other end of the Mall, where Sentinel and Optimus first fight.
• Scenes not filmed in or near the District, despite being set there, include the entire highway chase sequence (filmed near Whiting, Indiana), all the NEST headquarters shots (filmed at Chicago's Old Post Office), and Sam's alley apartment (exteriors filmed in the Chicago Loop).

External links

• Washington, D.C. at Wikipedia

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