Harold Attinger
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- Harold Attinger is a human from the Age of Extinction portion of the movie continuity family.
Some men try to accomplish their dream of making the world a better place peacefully. Harold Attinger is not one of them. In response to the devastation inflicted upon Chicago five years prior, Attinger founded "Cemetery Wind", a faction of the CIA which seeks to wipe out the Transformers to save mankind. Factions are irrelevant to him; they are all menaces to his country and planet. Attinger barely hides the ruthless, paranoid monster he really is under an icy, calm facade. Get in his way, and you'll find out just why he has the bite to back up his bark that the "age of the Transformers" has ended.
Attinger may paint himself as a savior of humanity, but it's all a farce. A large part of his crusade against the Transformers is to secure enough money for a healthy nest egg to retire with, and his greed is not just for money, but for fame. Attinger desires recognition for the things he's done, but is pragmatic enough to understand it's best to keep quiet since he's going behind, y'know, the President of the United States. Indeed, this pragmatism extends to field operations and business deals; he's highly observant to the point a man's diction isn't safe from his investigations. He's also willing to ally with a non-aligned alien robot in his mad quest, deeming him his greatest "asset", but considering how he thinks there's only two sides–alien and man–his ally would likely be on the chopping block if he had the resources or time.
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Fiction
Age of Extinction film
- Actor: Kelsey Grammer
- Voice actor: Yutaka Nakano (Japanese dub), Lu Jianyi (Mandarin dub), Pedro D'Aguillon Jr. (Latin-American Spanish dub), Jordi Royo (Castilian Spanish dub), Ronald Nitschke (German dub), Patrick Béthune (European French dub), Louis-Georges Girard (Canadian French dub), Dario Oppido (Italian dub), Élcio Romar (Brazilian Portuguese dub), Cüneyt Cakova (Turkish dub), Ercan Demirel (Turkish dub, teaser trailer)
Attinger joined the CIA in 1992 and served loyally for decades but always resented the lack of recognition for his achievements. His resentment shaped him into a ruthlessly effective agent: cunning, patient, and willing to commit to any lengths to achieve victory.
Following the devastation in Chicago in 2012, humanity was distraught at the massive loss of life. Attinger, then a prolific member of the CIA, took advantage of NEST's dissolution to form a new Transformer-hunting taskforce codenamed "Cemetery Wind", employing long-time associate James Savoy as his right-hand man and field leader. Although the US government believed that Cemetery Wind was working alongside Optimus Prime and the other Autobots, Attinger had, in reality, ordered his men to destroy both Autobots and Decepticons. Attinger used NEST's previous relationship with the Autobots to catch them off guard and killed most of them including Leadfoot.
"I am your consequence."
Attinger eventually came into contact with the non-aligned bounty hunter Lockdown, who had arrived on Earth at the behest of the mysterious Creators. Attinger agreed to a three-way deal between him and Joshua Joyce's Kinetic Solutions Incorporated. Attinger would assist Lockdown with the safe apprehension of Optimus Prime, and in return for Prime, Lockdown would give Attinger the Seed. The Seed would be given to Joyce, who would give Attinger several million shares in the soon-to-be-thriving KSI allowing him to retire early. This complex deal would rid the world of Prime and the Transformers Attinger so despised, and provide the United States military with an army of man-made Transformers. Lockdown would also assist Attinger in hunting down other Transformers on Earth, whose remains would be given to Joyce to further their production of man-made Transformers and lure Optimus out of hiding.
Prime had previously managed to elude Cemetery Wind in Mexico, but an anonymous tip revealed that Prime had surfaced once again, and was hiding at the Yeager farm in Texas. Gleeful at the chance to finally capture Prime, Attinger sent Lockdown and Savoy to Texas to apprehend him. However, Cade Yeager resisted, and thus Attinger ordered him and his daughter Tessa to be held at gunpoint so they could find Prime. Despite their honest confusion at Prime's whereabouts, Attinger ordered Savoy to execute Tessa. It was at that moment the Autobot leader made his presence known, and soon escaped with the Yeager family. Attinger's fury was only stoked further when Lockdown also failed to apprehend Prime.
To Attinger's pleasure, after an icy exchange with Joyce, Cade was caught infiltrating KSI headquarters during his own visit of the facilities. Attinger mocked Cade's desire to protect his family when he was concerned with that of the nation's. He only smiled when confronted with the fact he was prepared to kill an innocent girl, and questioned Cade on Prime's whereabouts. Once again, Attinger did not have to wait long, as the Autobots at that moment stormed the building to rescue Cade. Declaring the raid a terrorist attack worthy of a CIA op in retaliation, Attinger ordered Galvatron and Stinger sent to bring in Prime. Unexpectedly, Galvatron opened fire on civilians and caused massive property damage without KSI's orders, but Attinger dismissed the damage, claiming innocent lives were lost every day, even when Joyce moved to send paramedics to the injured. Before Galvatron could bring in Prime, Lockdown arrived and did the job himself. Attinger met with Lockdown in Chicago, though not before he had to assure the President that there was no need for alarm. Lockdown handed over the Seed, and callously bid farewell to his former human business partners.
Attinger delivered the Seed to Joyce in Hong Kong, but Joyce, having had a change of heart after learning of Galvatron's scheme to use the Seed to attack humanity (as well as being disillusioned with his partner for his callous indifference to civilian casualties when Galvatron was unleashed and that Galvatron was in reality Megatron reincarnated using Attinger's deal to his advantage), tried to decline his reward. Attinger scathingly told Joyce his childhood dream was to make the world a better place, and that Joyce could not back out now. Joyce attempted to blackmail Attinger with all the blood on his hands, but Attinger declared he'd bring down Joyce with him. At that moment, Galvatron and KSI's drones rebelled, and Attinger was shepherded to safety by Savoy.
The following day, Attinger helped Savoy search for the Seed, which was in Joyce's possession, though with his defection to the Autobots, Attinger was prepared to kill him. After surviving the battle in Hong Kong and losing Savoy, Attinger confronted Cade at the same time Lockdown fought Prime. Attinger berated Cade at gunpoint, proudly justifying his actions for the good of his country and snarling at Cade for choosing the Transformers over humanity. Before he could shoot Cade, however, Attinger was blasted in the chest by Optimus Prime, killing him and fulfilling Prime's oath to kill the person responsible for the deaths of the Autobots. Age of Extinction
Ask Vector Prime
In Tyran 609.23-PX Kappa, Harold Attinger led Cemetery Wind, a faction of human pragmatists in Dylan Gould's puppet government formed to hunt down rogue Autobots for the Decepticons. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/22
In Tyran 511.0 Kappa, Attinger's thugs killed the Autobots High Wire and Bluestreak. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/16
Notes
- When he first appears in the Age of Extinction film, Attinger is shown to be in possession of a deck of playing cards featuring the mugshots of various Transformers from through the first three films, which are listed as follows:[1][2][3]
- Spades and Hearts feature mugshots of Autobots: Optimus Prime (Ace), Sentinel Prime (King), Arcee (Queen), Bumblebee (Jack), Ironhide (9), Mirage (8), Que (7), Leadfoot (6), Roadbuster (5), Mudflap (4), Skids (3)
- Diamonds and Clovers feature mugshots of Decepticons: Megatron (Ace), Starscream, Igor (both Queen), Garagebot (Jack), Shockwave (10), the Driller (3), Loader (2)
Foreign names
- Japanese: Harold Attinger (ハロルド・アティンジャー Harorudo Atinjā)