The eighties gave humanity cartoons about robot transformers, which sometimes turned out to be more human than the people themselves. And since 2007, these heroes appeared in the movies. Brave robots had some loyal friends among humans, but the closest was a shy high school student named Sam Whitwicky.
A bit about transformers
In the early eighties, miniature plastic robots that could transform into various machines were very popular among children. Later, Hasbro (the owner of the patent for transformers) entered into an agreement with Marvel Comics, as a result of which a series of comics was launched in which these toys were the main characters. After the success of the comics, an entire animated series dedicated to the adventures of transformers was created. He became a cult for several generations of young viewers.
As for the plot of the epic about transforming robots, then in a distant galaxy once there was a planet-robot Cybertron. It was populated by intelligent transforming robots. Many years ago, cruel creatures - quintessons - ruled the planet. It was they who created the transformers as slaves, but later the creatures rebelled and expelled their creators.
Having become masters of Cybertron, the transformers began to fight among themselves, divided into two groups - Autobots (they are the bearers of good and peace) and Decepticons (cruel and cunning creatures striving for power). Due to constant clashes between the inhabitants of Cybertron, the planet died, and robots began to wander to find a new home.
Once Autobots discovered Earth. But while they were studying the planet, the Decepticons arrived here and decided to seize power over humanity. Good-natured Autobots stood up for people, and soon the Earth became a new arena of confrontation of immigrants from Cybertron.
The first appearance of Sam Whitwick in the Michael Bay film "Transformers"
In the film "Transformers" in 2007, the background of the transformation of robots to the planet of people is described very briefly at the beginning of the picture. And then all the attention is paid to a teenager named Sam Whitwicky. He is a slightly shy guy, in love with the beauty Mikaela from his class, but the girl does not notice him.
To attract her attention and improve his status at school, the guy persuades his father to buy him a car. However, Sam’s new car turns out to be a transformer named Bumblebee. He was sent by Optimus Prime (the leader of the Autobots) to protect the guy. The fact is that Sam had the things of his great-grandfather, with which you can find Megatron (the leader of the Decepticons), who is in suspended animation.
Fighting evil transformers, Bumblebee and Sam Whitwicky become friends. Together, they manage to build relationships between the US government and the Autobots. And after Megatron rebelled, it was Sam who played a decisive role in the victory over him and the Decepticons. At the same time, he showed remarkable courage and courage, which earned the respect of Optimus and other Autobots.
Sam in the movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
In the second tape, events occur after 2 years. Sam Whitwicky graduated from high school and goes to college. Going through things before leaving, the guy finds the T-shirt he was wearing when he fought with the Decepticons. It preserved a fragment of Spark (an artifact that revives mechanical devices, turning them into transformers). The guy pricked about him, and visions began to haunt him, in which he was shown how to find the Leadership Matrix.
The Decepticons learn about what happened to Sam and begin the hunt for him. In college, a pretty girl, Alice Pretender, shows attention to a young man. However, it turns out to be a disguised Decepticon who wants to find out information about the Matrix from the guy.
Sam miraculously manages to escape from Alice and Megatron, but Optimus dies in the struggle with the leader of the Decepticons. Whitwick and Bumblebee hope that by finding the Leadership Matrix, they can revive Prime and save the Earth. But the found artifact falls into the hands of a young man.
Despite this defeat, Sam Whitwicky finds the strength to fight on and nearly dies, trying to revive Optimus. In his dying visions, he is the ghosts of the powerful ancient Primes, which help the guy revive his friend and give Sam a new life.
The reviving leader of the Autobots leads the resistance, and the Decepticons are again defeated by the good Transformers.
Sam Whitwicky receives a medal of courage from the president of the United States.
The role of Sam in the film "Transformers 3: The Dark Side of the Moon"
In the third picture, Whitwiki is already quite an adult. He graduated from college and is trying to find work. But the trouble is that he, under pain of accusations of treason, should not be told about the transformers and his merits to the country and the world.
Already completely desperate, Sam unexpectedly gets a position at Kureta Systems. Once in a toilet, a company programmer attacks him, warns of the return of the Decepticons, and tries to talk about the dark side of the moon.
Later, Sam, along with Bumblebee and Prime, find out that a broken Autobot ship was previously found on the Moon. It contained parts from a device capable of moving the Cybertron from the past. However, if this is done, many people will perish.
Optimus is not ready to go for it, but the Decepticons by cunning force him to contribute to the creation of the device. Realizing his mistake, Prime and Sam again save everyone and defeat their enemies.
Sam's personal life
In addition to saving the world three times, Whitwiki in his paintings about transformers was also distinguished by a stormy personal life. In the first two tapes, Michaela was his faithful companion. Despite her beauty, the girl sincerely fell in love with the nondescript Sam, and when he went to college she was worried that he would fall out of love with her.
Jealousy of a girl literally saves a guy’s life. Having entered the room at the wrong time, Michaela finds him with Alice and helps to destroy the werewolf decepticon. In addition, she is actively involved in the search for the Leadership Matrix.
In the third picture, actress Megan Fox, who played the role of Sam’s lover, was unable to take part due to the tight schedule, so the main character had another girl - Carly. She may not be as cool as Michaela, but she loves Whitwick no less passionately. Sam is also very loyal to her, which the Decepticons use, taking Carly hostage. They threaten to kill the girl if the boy does not spy for them for the Autobots. The guy agrees to sacrifice everything for his lover, but Prime and his associates learn about the plans of the opponents and help Whitwick save Karlie.
Why is Sam Whitwicky missing in Transformers 4
In the summer of 2014, a quarter of the epic was released. But in this picture there were not many characters from the first films. In addition to Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron and several other robots, other heroes from previous paintings were not in the Transformers-4 film. "Where is Sam Whitwicky?" - Many viewers were perplexed. Indeed, the film does not explain his absence in any way, but the transformers themselves behave as if the guy was not their close friend and did not save the world with them three times.
If Sam’s absence wasn’t beaten in the plot of the picture, then in the interview the leading actor - actor Shia Labaff - explained that he was no longer interested in the epic about transformers, and he left the project on his own initiative forever.
It is worth noting that, although the absence of Whitwicky was negatively received by fans, this was not very reflected in the box office of the picture (she collected only $ 19 million less than the previous part).
Sam Whitwicky: actor Shia Lababe
In all the films about the transformers, the role of Sam was played by the American actor of Jewish descent Shia Labaff.
This young man first appeared on the screen at the age of twelve in the film "Christmas Way". Over the next years, he often starred, but a real breakthrough occurred only in 2003, when the young man played the main character in the film “Treasure”.
Then there were small but interesting roles in the films “Konstantin”, “I am a Robot”, “Bobby” and others. And in 2007, the actor played Sam Whitwicky in Transformers. In subsequent years, he returned to this role twice more. At the same time, Shia played in such films as “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” “Wall Street: Money Does Not Sleep,” “On the Hook,” “Fury,” “American Honey,” and others. It is worth noting that today the demand for the actor in the profession is on the decline, but perhaps this will change in the future.
In the summer of 2017, the fifth part of the epic, Transformers 5: The Last Knight, should be released. A character named Sam Whitwicky will not appear in this tape either. "Wiki" (Wikipedia) claims that, as in the fourth part, the fifth main ally of the Autobots will become a robot loser Cade Yeager.
And fans of Sam can watch four animated films about transformers, which appeared in recent years. In addition, this character is present in three computer games: Transformers: The Game, Transformers: The Game (PSP) and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. And especially ardent fans can read fan fiction dedicated to transformers, in which Sam, as always, plays one of the key roles in defeating evil.