Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty is a large (even by Transformer standards) hollow statue depicting a crowned human female holding a torch and a stone tablet. It is located on Liberty Island off the coast of New York City, and serves as an icon for both the city and the entire United States of America.

Fiction

Generation 1 continuity family

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

CRA-SHING THROUGH THE SKY/COMES THE FEARFUL CRY

Various humans strolling around the Statue of Liberty reacted in terror and fled as earth tremors shook the ground, the result of Megatron's Solar Needle piercing Earth's sun. Changing Gears

When the Autobots developed the anti-rust chemical corrostop, they planned to cover all of Earth's monuments with it, starting with the Statue of Liberty. One of the Aerialbots initially mistook Lady Liberty for a "non-functioning old robot", but was quickly corrected.

The Autobots later needed some corrostop to halt an outbreak of Cosmic Rust in their ranks, so they went to scrape some off the Statue of Liberty. Megatron didn't take kindly to hearing about this, and sent Menasor to destroy the entire statue with the Lightning Bug. A battle broke out around the Statue of Liberty, which ended with the Autobots saving it, and by extension, themselves. Cosmic Rust

The Headmasters cartoon

When New York was blackmailed by Sixshot in 2011, the Autobot Headmasters staked out the city from a vantage point atop the Statue of Liberty. They thought it looked a bit like Arcee, though Highbrow announced it looked much better than Arcee. Jeeze, Highbrow. Terror! The Six Shadows

Marvel The Transformers comics

Inspired by a vandalizing youth, the Battlechargers started spraying graffiti all over America's various landmarks. Their final target was the Statue of Liberty, which the two covered in the badly written message "HUMANS ARE WIMPS" before almost knocking the torch out of the statue's hand. The Battlechargers were taken out of action soon afterwards, but the cost of cleaning the statue was estimated to 50,000 dollars. Luckily, Donny Finkleberg had recently acquired such an amount of money, and donated it towards the restoration fund. Decepticon Graffiti!

2005 IDW continuity

I suppose this is meant to be symbolic or something, isn't it?

During the devastating battle in New York that saw the end of the short-lived Decepticon occupation, Omega Supreme blew a hole straight through both Devastator and the Statue of Liberty. All Hail Megatron #12 Ghost in the Machine

During the years of recovery, Lady Liberty was rebuilt, and it served to inspire Optimus Prime that perhaps the Autobots should become more democratic rather than operating under a military jurisdiction. Spotlight: Prowl

Then, a replica of the Statue of Liberty was the last eyesore that Galvatron's ship hit before it crash-landed in Las Vegas. Infestation #1

Beast Wars: Uprising

Protihex's arena contained a crude replica of the Statue of Liberty, which had been installed by the Resistance to mock the Micromaster prisoners that had once fought on Earth. Safe Spaces

Transformers/Ghostbusters

At some point before meeting the Transformers, the Ghostbusters used mood slime to animate the Statue of Liberty. Ghosts of Cybertron Part 5

Shattered Glass

I come not to bring peace, but to bring a sword.

After hijacking Earth's Global Orbiting Defense Satellite, Rodimus demonstrated what would happen if the world didn't accept the Autobots as their new overlords by destroying the sword-holding robed statue with the satellite's beam. Eye in the Sky

Titan Prime comic

Intending to prove to the humans that their independence was at his whim, Megatron invited the world's media to watch him destroy the Statue of Liberty and Optimus Prime as well. Unfortunately the media's invites were intercepted, and only Optimus Prime and Bumblebee turned up. Megatron began climbing the statue, pursued by Prime who managed to blow a hole through the statue's tablet. Though Megatron reached the statue's shoulder, Bumblebee hit him with a Vehicon and he ended up clinging to the statue's torch. Moments later, Optimus punched Megatron and the torch's flame into the bay. Agent Fowler was not very happy with the damage done to the statue, but Optimus promised to have it fixed. Protecting the Lady

Games

Transformers Legends

The Autobots had to sneak past a Decepticon blockade to get to the Statue of Liberty so they could scrape off some corrostop and cure the Cosmic Rust they'd been afflicted with. Cosmic Rust

External links

• Statue of Liberty at Wikipedia