These storyboards can be seen in full at the Sunbow and Marvel Productions Script/Storyboard Archive.

In the movie, Arcee says "Prime" instead of "Hot Rod". The movie also changed the angle of this shot so Blurr isn't fully visible.





These shots were all cut. They were meant to be seen after Daniel says "look!".

In the movie, this shot does not truck back.

Springer was meant to say "get gone!" during this shot. He's not heard saying this in the movie.

These storyboards reveal that the Junkion who throws a hook at Springer was initially meant to miss. He then throws again and is successful. The shot of him missing was cut from the movie.

This shot was cut. This would have been seen just before the Junkions throw a net over Blurr. Springer's dialogue is heard in the movie, but he says it a little later on.

Whilst Blurr does rip through the net in the movie, the Junkions who threw it over him are not seen falling off their bikes, which is what these storyboards wanted to show.





This sequence was cut. It was meant to be seen after Blurr rips through the net.

In the movie, this shot does not truck in. This is also where Springer is heard saying his "getting them to stay down" dialogue.

These shots were cut. They were supposed to be seen before Daniel says "and they're everywhere!".

This shot was cut. It was meant to be seen before the below shot:

In the movie, this shot does not truck in.

These shots were cut. They were meant to be said after Wreck-Gar's "don't check out" line.

This shot was cut. It was meant to be seen between Wreck-Gar throwing his axe, and Springer avoiding it.

Little note about this shot: it has Snarl in it. Snarl is missing from this movie most of the time, but the storyboard artist here did specifically put Snarl for this shot. It's at a cost though: Slag is missing.

These shots were cut.

The shot on the left is in the movie, but no dialogue is heard during it. As these storyboards show, Kup and Grimlock were meant to have a short conversation. The shots of Grimlock and Kup were cut.

Whilst this shot is in the movie, Wreck-Gar's line was cut.

This shot was cut. It was meant to be seen after Arcee says "it's Hot Rod!".

This shot -shown just before Hot Rod tells Kup that guns aren't friendly -is not mentioned on the storyboards.

This storyboard does not mention Daniel at all, but in the movie, he's present during this shot.

This was cut. It was meant to be seen after Kup says "don't touch that dial".

This storyboard wanted Blurr and Arcee to be with Hot Rod in this shot, but in the movie, only Hot Rod is seen.

The storyboards are missing this shot of Hot Rod and Arcee, where Hot Rod says "then we've got to destroy Unicron".

This storyboard wanted the two ships to bank left, but in the movie, they bank right. The storyboard also wanted the ships to go out of shot here, but in the movie, they remain in-shot as a fade out happens.

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