Mount Rushmore

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Mount Rushmoreis a monument located inSouth Dakota.It features busts of four Americanpresidents:George Washington,Thomas Jefferson,Theodore RooseveltandAbraham Lincoln.

Fiction

MarvelThe Transformerscomics

During their graffiti spree around America, theBattlechargersRunamuckandRunaboutstopped off at Mount Rushmore to daub some clever and pithy sentiment across the presidents' faces. Unfortunately thelocal lifeformswere incapable of comprehendingCybertronianand the pair's genius was wasted on them. Pictures of the defacement got back to theIntelligence and Information Institute,which in turn alerted theRapid Anti-robot Assault Teamand the pair were eventually stopped.Decepticon Graffiti!

The AllSpark Almanac

ABurger Botplacemat featured a connect-the-dots version of Mount Rushmore. By this point, PresidentsRichard NixonandCobra Commanderhad been added to it.Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II

2005 IDW continuity

To defend theprotoformshe had charged himself with protecting,Trypticonused hisspace bridgeto flee Cybertron and landed near Mount Rushmore. ThePresident of the United Statesand her retinue eventually arrived to investigate the Cybertronians;RomandJazzlater travelled there so that theSpace Knightcould use Trypticon's space bridge to reach Cybertron.Unstopped and Unstoppable

Mount Rushmore was then visited by theDinobotswho demanded their friend be released only for theColonist Soldiersto come barging in on a half-cocked rescue mission. Though the Dinobots attempted to restraint the youths, the arrival ofG.I. Joeonly made things worse and a brawl ensued. TheJunkionsthen arrived with theirSharkticonforce to make another attempt to conquer the planet only for Jazz to break up the fighting. It was then thatUnicron's visage appeared over the area.Time Will Rust

AsSofía Orozcohad arrived to report on the latest crisis, thePeaceful Revolutionemerged from the ground (Goldbugwas aiming for moderate density) and carried the Transformers, bar Trypticon, toVictoria FallsinAfrica.A Sunrise Dark

Within Trypticon, the humans held a meeting on how to combat the threat.AssemblyAs he left to take part in the space battle against the Chaos Bringer, Trypticon unloaded his cargo ofsparksand left them at the base of the mountain. By the sparks,SoundwaveandJetfireutilized theEnigma of Combinationto psychically reinforceOptimus Primeagainst the vengeful spirit ofUnicron's creator.With this boost, Optimus managed to have Unicron collapse in on itself, all the combatants of the space battle space bridging back to the Mount Rushmore after the battle ended.Ceremony

Transformers vs. The Terminator

In the original timeline, one of the first acts perpetrated by the Decepticons when they were reactivated in1984was the destruction of Mount Rushmore.Enemy of My Enemy Part Two

Notes

The Decepticons had no problems with the Lakota tribe, who mysteriously vanished just before the construction of this monument.

• In the episode "Triple Takeover"from theoriginalThe Transformerscartoon,Blitzwing,Starscream,andAstrotraincarved their faces along with that ofMegatroninto the side of a mountain in a similar manner to that used on Mount Rushmore.
• TheRescue Bots Academyepisode "Mount Botmore"shows a similar monument being constructed inGriffin Rock,featuring the faces ofHeatwave,Boulder,Blades,andChase.

External links

• Mount Rushmoreat Wikipedia