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** Derrick J. Wyatt, the art director of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', is not pleased with the film's take on his character Lockdown.

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** Derrick J. Wyatt, the art director of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', is not pleased with the film's take on his character Lockdown.Lockdown, deeming it a nameslap and an insult to the character he helped create.



** Concept art shows multiple version of Slash, the Dinobot velociraptor, joining in the final fight.

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** Concept art shows multiple version versions of Slash, the Dinobot velociraptor, joining in the final fight.



*** Adding onto this, Lockdown was at one point strongly pushed to closely adhere to his original incarnation in terms of design and even having Creator/LanceHenriksen reprise his role (when contacted about potentially joining production, Henriksen was also reportedly eager to return as the character).



** Crosshairs was originally going to be named Smokescreen.

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** Crosshairs was originally going to be named Smokescreen.had the working names of Smokescreen and Slingshot.

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* ActorAllusion:
** [[Film/TheBigLebowski Another character played by John Goodman waves a pistol around in frenzied craze]].
** A rather blatant one with Creator/KenWatanabe as Film/TheLastSamurai... robot.
** Creator/MarkWahlberg deals with a guy who threatened his daughter via DestinationDefenestration. The exact same thing happened in his 1996 film, ''Film/{{Fear}}'', only ''he'' was the daughter-threatening bad guy who ran afoul of her [[PapaWolf dad]] and wound up falling/being shoved [[DisneyVillainDeath through a window]].
* CelebrityParadox: One of Bumblebee's radio voice clips is from the movie ''Film/TheBigLebowski'', in particular, a quote from Creator/JohnGoodman's character in said movie. John Goodman voices Hound in this movie.
* CreatorBacklash: Peter Cullen was not a fan of how violent and vengeful Optimus Prime was in this movie.

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* ActorAllusion:
** [[Film/TheBigLebowski Another character played by John Goodman waves a pistol around in frenzied craze]].
** A rather blatant one with Creator/KenWatanabe as Film/TheLastSamurai... robot.
** Creator/MarkWahlberg deals with a guy who threatened his daughter via DestinationDefenestration. The exact same thing happened in his 1996 film, ''Film/{{Fear}}'', only ''he'' was the daughter-threatening bad guy who ran afoul of her [[PapaWolf dad]] and wound up falling/being shoved [[DisneyVillainDeath through a window]].
* CelebrityParadox: One of Bumblebee's radio voice clips is from the movie ''Film/TheBigLebowski'', in particular, a quote from Creator/JohnGoodman's character in said movie. John Goodman voices Hound in this movie.
* CreatorBacklash: Peter Cullen Creator/PeterCullen was not a fan of how violent and vengeful Optimus Prime was in this movie.



* HostilityOnTheSet: Jack Reynor hated his time on the film, claiming that Creator/MarkWahlberg bullied him relentlessly. Notably he didn't return for ''Film/TransformersTheLastKnight''.



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* According to Transformers Manager of Global Brand Development Mark Weber at New York Toy Fair 2014, Strafe is named so not because of trademark reasons, but because the film's two-headed design was considered too great a departure from previous Swoop characters.

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* DisownedAdaptation: Shane [=McCarthy=] who created the character of Drift in his first iteration in the comics (''ComicBook/TheTransformersAllHailMegatron''), dislikes the movie incarnation featured here, accusing him of being a [[EthnicScrappy racist stereotype]]. Fans were quick to point out that [=McCarthy=] has also used words to imply he's not fond of Drift's development in later comics like ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' (which he wasn't involved with) that most feel made him a ''significantly'' better character, and that Drift's entire original persona was little other than highly stereotypical itself.

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* DisownedAdaptation: DisownedAdaptation:
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Shane [=McCarthy=] who created the character of Drift in his first iteration in the comics (''ComicBook/TheTransformersAllHailMegatron''), dislikes the movie incarnation featured here, accusing him of being a [[EthnicScrappy racist stereotype]]. Fans were quick to point out that [=McCarthy=] has also used words to imply he's not fond of Drift's development in later comics like ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' (which he wasn't involved with) that most feel made him a ''significantly'' better character, and that Drift's entire original persona was little other than highly stereotypical itself.itself.
** Derrick J. Wyatt, the art director of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', is not pleased with the film's take on his character Lockdown.
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* DisownedAdaptation: Shane [=McCarthy=] who created the character of Drift in his first iteration in the comics (''ComicBook/TheTransformersAllHailMegatron''), dislikes the movie incarnation featured here, accusing him of being a racist stereotype. Fans were quick to point out that [=McCarthy=] has also used words to imply he's not fond of Drift's development in later comics like ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' (which he wasn't involved with) that most feel made him a ''significantly'' better character, and that Drift's entire original persona was little other than highly stereotypical itself.

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* DisownedAdaptation: Shane [=McCarthy=] who created the character of Drift in his first iteration in the comics (''ComicBook/TheTransformersAllHailMegatron''), dislikes the movie incarnation featured here, accusing him of being a [[EthnicScrappy racist stereotype.stereotype]]. Fans were quick to point out that [=McCarthy=] has also used words to imply he's not fond of Drift's development in later comics like ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' (which he wasn't involved with) that most feel made him a ''significantly'' better character, and that Drift's entire original persona was little other than highly stereotypical itself.
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** [[spoiler: In a reversal of [[WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie the animated movie]], Creator/FrankWelker is this as Galvatron to Creator/HugoWeaving as Megatron.]]

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** [[spoiler: In a reversal of [[WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie the animated movie]], Creator/FrankWelker is this as Galvatron to Creator/HugoWeaving as Megatron.]]
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* Crosshairs was originally going to be named Smokescreen.

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* ** Crosshairs was originally going to be named Smokescreen.
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* Crosshairs was originally going to be named Smokescreen.
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* YouLookFamiliar: Once again, Mark Ryan who has appeared in previous ''Transfoemrs'' films, shows up as a different character.

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* YouLookFamiliar: Once again, Mark Ryan who has appeared in previous ''Transfoemrs'' ''Transformers'' films, shows up as a different character.
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Moving the Drift Creator Backlash entry here, albeit under a trope that I think is a bit more appropriate. Decided not to remove the fan part, though, since it still kind of feels relevant.

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* DisownedAdaptation: Shane [=McCarthy=] who created the character of Drift in his first iteration in the comics (''ComicBook/TheTransformersAllHailMegatron''), dislikes the movie incarnation featured here, accusing him of being a racist stereotype. Fans were quick to point out that [=McCarthy=] has also used words to imply he's not fond of Drift's development in later comics like ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' (which he wasn't involved with) that most feel made him a ''significantly'' better character, and that Drift's entire original persona was little other than highly stereotypical itself.
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* PlayingAgainstTheType: Mark Ryan voices Lockdown, one of the main antagonists. In the previous films he voiced [[Film/Transformers Bumblebee]] and [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Jetfire]], both of whom, were heroes.

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* PlayingAgainstTheType: PlayingAgainstType: Mark Ryan voices Lockdown, one of the main antagonists. In the previous films he voiced [[Film/Transformers [[{{Film/Transformers}} Bumblebee]] and [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Jetfire]], both of whom, were heroes.



** Dwayne Johnson was originally offered the role of Cade.

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** Dwayne Johnson Creator/DwayneJohnson was originally offered the role of Cade.
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* PlayingAgainstTheType: Mark Ryan voices Lockdown, one of the main antagonists. In the previous films he voiced [[Film/Transformers Bumblebee]] and [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Jetfire]], both of whom, were heroes.


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* YouLookFamiliar: Once again, Mark Ryan who has appeared in previous ''Transfoemrs'' films, shows up as a different character.

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* TheOtherDarrin: [[spoiler: In a reversal of [[WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie the animated movie]], Creator/FrankWelker is this as Galvatron to Creator/HugoWeaving as Megatron.]]

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* TheOtherDarrin: TheOtherDarrin:
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[[spoiler: In a reversal of [[WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie the animated movie]], Creator/FrankWelker is this as Galvatron to Creator/HugoWeaving as Megatron.]]]]
** In the Mexican dub, Alfonso Ramírez and Mario Arvizu replace Blas García and Gerardo Vásquez as Optimus and [[spoiler:Megatron]], respectively.
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* CreatorBacklash: Peter Cullen was not a fan of how violent and vengeful Optimus Prime was in this movie.

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* FanNickname: The drones Galvatron uses as his army are commonly referred as Vehicons; The name comes from ''Beast Machines'', in which Megatron directly controlled a group of sparkless husks that have no sentience which were called Vehicons.



** Creator/ClintEastwood was originally considered for voicing Lockdown before Mark Ryan was chosen.

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** Creator/ClintEastwood was originally considered for voicing Lockdown before Mark Ryan was chosen. There is artwork of him as an apocalyptic muscle car like in ''Animated'', but [[MerchandiseDriven Lamborghini wanted in.]]



** Optimus was supposed to have an armor-up scene where he added new weapons to his robot mode. This would have explained why he suddenly gained flight at the end of the movie.

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** Optimus was supposed to have an armor-up scene where he added new weapons to his robot mode. This would have explained why he suddenly gained flight at the end of the movie. His arms do change slightly as he takes the sword inside Lockdown's ship, but the change is so slight that it generally goes unnoticed.
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** Stringer was going to be a fembot named Widow Maker
** Dwayne Johnson was originally offered the role of Cade.
** Optimus was supposed to have an armor-up scene where he added new weapons to his robot mode. This would have explained why he suddenly gained flight at the end of the movie.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Concept art shows multiple version of Slash, the Dinobot velociraptor, joining in the final fight.
** {{Clint Eastwood}} was originally considered for voicing Lockdown before Mark Ryan was chosen.

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Concept art shows multiple version of Slash, the Dinobot velociraptor, joining in the final fight.
** {{Clint Eastwood}} Creator/ClintEastwood was originally considered for voicing Lockdown before Mark Ryan was chosen.
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* DawsonCasting: Tessa, who is 17 during the film's events, was born when Cade was a teenager, meaning Cade is at most in his mid thirties. MarkWahlberg was 42 during filming.

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* DawsonCasting: Tessa, who is 17 during the film's events, was born when Cade was a teenager, meaning Cade is at most in his mid thirties. MarkWahlberg Creator/MarkWahlberg was 42 during filming.
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** Drift's color scheme was originally intended to be orange and black

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** Drift's color scheme was originally intended to be orange and blackblack. It ended up being used by the ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise2015'' version of the character.
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** Creator/MarkWahlberg deals with a guy who threatened his daughter via DestinationDefenestration. The exact same thing happened in his 1996 film, ''Film/{{Fear}}'', only ''he'' was the daughter-threatening bad guy who ran afould of her [[PapaWolf dad]] and wound up falling/being shoved [[DisneyVillainDeath through a window]].

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** Creator/MarkWahlberg deals with a guy who threatened his daughter via DestinationDefenestration. The exact same thing happened in his 1996 film, ''Film/{{Fear}}'', only ''he'' was the daughter-threatening bad guy who ran afould afoul of her [[PapaWolf dad]] and wound up falling/being shoved [[DisneyVillainDeath through a window]].
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** Creator/MarkWahlberg deals with a guy who threatened his daughter via DestinationDefenestration. The exact same thing happened in his 1996 film, ''Film/{{Fear}}'', only ''he'' was the daughter-threatening bad guy who wound up falling/being shoved [[DisneyVillainDeath through a window]] by her [[PapaWolf dad]].

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** Creator/MarkWahlberg deals with a guy who threatened his daughter via DestinationDefenestration. The exact same thing happened in his 1996 film, ''Film/{{Fear}}'', only ''he'' was the daughter-threatening bad guy who ran afould of her [[PapaWolf dad]] and wound up falling/being shoved [[DisneyVillainDeath through a window]] by her [[PapaWolf dad]].window]].
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** Creator/MarkWahlberg deals with a guy who threatened his daughter via DestinationDefenestration. The exact same thing happened in his 1996 film, ''Film/{{Fear}}'', only ''he'' was the daughter-threatening bad guy who wound up falling/being shoved [[DisneyVillainDeath through a window]].

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** Creator/MarkWahlberg deals with a guy who threatened his daughter via DestinationDefenestration. The exact same thing happened in his 1996 film, ''Film/{{Fear}}'', only ''he'' was the daughter-threatening bad guy who wound up falling/being shoved [[DisneyVillainDeath through a window]].window]] by her [[PapaWolf dad]].
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** Creator/MarkWahlberg deals with a guy who threatened his daughter via DestinationDefenestration. The exact same thing happened in his previous film, Film/{{Fear}}, only ''he'' was the daughter-threatening bad guy who wound up receiving a DisneyVillainDeath.

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** Creator/MarkWahlberg deals with a guy who threatened his daughter via DestinationDefenestration. The exact same thing happened in his previous 1996 film, Film/{{Fear}}, ''Film/{{Fear}}'', only ''he'' was the daughter-threatening bad guy who wound up receiving falling/being shoved [[DisneyVillainDeath through a DisneyVillainDeath.window]].
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** Creator/MarkWahlberg deals with a guy who threatened his daughter via DestinationDefenestration. The exact same thing happened in his previous film, Film/{{Fear}}, only ''he'' was the daughter-threatening bad guy who ended up falling out of a window.

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** Creator/MarkWahlberg deals with a guy who threatened his daughter via DestinationDefenestration. The exact same thing happened in his previous film, Film/{{Fear}}, only ''he'' was the daughter-threatening bad guy who ended wound up falling out of receiving a window.DisneyVillainDeath.
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** Creator/MarkWahlberg deals with a guy who threatened his daughter via DestinationDefenestration. The exact same thing happened in his previous film, Film/{{Fear}}, only ''he'' was the daughter-threatening bad guy who ended up falling out of a window.
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Hey Its That Guy cut by TRS decision. Ditto for Hey Its That Voice.


* HeyItsThatGuy:
** The guy in the elevator who saves Joyce's bacon is Chinese Olympic gold medalist boxer Zou Shiming.
** Guitar guy during the sequence of Lockdown's ship using its magnet is Han Geng, China's equivalent to Justin Timberlake.
** White [[Film/TheLastAirbender Katara]] is Creator/MarkWahlberg's daughter.
** For Youtube fans, KassemG has a very minor role in this movie as one of the unamed Techie guys.
** One of Creator/KelseyGrammer's employees is [[Series/PowerRangersSamurai the Pink Samurai Ranger!]]
** Why doesn't Savoy just go all [[Series/{{Lost}} smoke monster]] on people?
** One of Joyce's scientists was once [[Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook tragically shoved into a wood chipper for the purposes of drama]].
** Lucas isn't all that lucky, he had to deal with giant robots AND [[Film/{{Cloverfield}} a giant monster]].
* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Hound is John Goodman.
** Drift is Creator/KenWatanabe.
** Crosshairs is Creator/JohnDiMaggio.
** Galvatron is Creator/FrankWelker. ([[RoleReprisal FINALLY]])
** In Latin America
*** Cade is [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Loki]], [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Kristoff]] and [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Norm]].
*** Optimus Prime is [[WesternAnimation/BeastMachines Optimus Primal]]
*** Lockdown was once a [[Disney/ToyStory cowboy]] and another type of [[LiveActionTV/{{ALF}} alien]]
*** Galvatron once was the medic of the [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Autobots]] and led a group of [[WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}} penguins]]
*** Attinger is [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} Ray Stantz]] and [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Galloway]]
*** Tessa is [[WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans Uniqua]]

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** [[Film/TheLastAirbender Katara]] is Creator/MarkWahlberg's daughter and is just as useful.
** For Youtube fans, KassemG has an inexplicable (very minor, but still!) role in this movie as one of the unamed Techie guys.

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** White [[Film/TheLastAirbender Katara]] is Creator/MarkWahlberg's daughter and is just as useful.
daughter.
** For Youtube fans, KassemG has an inexplicable (very minor, but still!) a very minor role in this movie as one of the unamed Techie guys.


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** Lucas isn't all that lucky, he had to deal with giant robots AND [[Film/{{Cloverfield}} a giant monster]].
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** A rather blatant one with KenWatanabe as Film/TheLastSamurai... robot.

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**{{Clint Eastwood}} was originally considered for voicing Lockdown before Mark Ryan was chosen.
**Drift's color scheme was originally intended to be orange and black

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* ActorAllusion: [[Film/TheBigLebowski Another character played by John Goodman waves a pistol around in frenzied craze]].

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* ActorAllusion: ActorAllusion:
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[[Film/TheBigLebowski Another character played by John Goodman waves a pistol around in frenzied craze]].



* CelebrityParadox: One of Bumblebee's radio voice clips is from the movie [[Film/TheBigLebowski The Big Lebowski]], in particular, a quote from Creator/JohnGoodman's character in said movie. John Goodman voices Hound in this movie.

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* CelebrityParadox: One of Bumblebee's radio voice clips is from the movie [[Film/TheBigLebowski The Big Lebowski]], ''Film/TheBigLebowski'', in particular, a quote from Creator/JohnGoodman's character in said movie. John Goodman voices Hound in this movie.



** One of KelseyGrammer's employees is [[PowerRangersSamurai the Pink Samurai Ranger!]]

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* TheOtherDarrin: [[spoiler: In a reversal of [[WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie the animated movie]], Creator/FrankWelker is this as Galvatron to Creator/HugoWeaving as Megatron.]]
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* CelebrityParadox: One of Bumblebee's radio voice clips is from the movie [[Film/TheBigLebowski The Big Lebowski]], in particular, a quote from John Goodman's character in said movie. John Goodman voices Hound in this movie.

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* CelebrityParadox: One of Bumblebee's radio voice clips is from the movie [[Film/TheBigLebowski The Big Lebowski]], in particular, a quote from John Goodman's Creator/JohnGoodman's character in said movie. John Goodman voices Hound in this movie.

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