History WesternAnimation / Gladiformers

{{Hilarious|In Hindsight}}ly, they did the "robot gladiators" thing years before ''Film/RealSteel'' did.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[Magnum Tutor is gravely injured in the final fight and sacrifices himself by permanently combining with Julius Drive to save the day.]]

''Gladiformers'' is a 2007 film by Creator/VideoBrinquedo. The plot revolves around a Prince named [[BigGood Julius Drive]] who was sold into slavery (somehow) and forced to fight to the death in the mechanical slaughterhouse known as The Centaris Gladitorial Arena's. The movie has loads of Music/{{Angra}} songs thrown in and it did well enough in its home country to have a sequel [[NoExportForYou but it sadly has never been dubbed in English.]]

* AffablyEvil: The Supremobots and Locutor steal other robots from nations far and wide to watch them destroy each other for bets but aside from that they seem relatively reasonable and knowledgable about each model and are shown to be willing to broker deals with individual Gladiformers to ensure a more spectacular fight. The sequel notes that they give fighters a few weeks break if they get bored seeing them fight.

** Julius Drive is one of [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Optimus Prime]] (with a bit of [[WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie Rodimus Prime]] thrown in too)

* SenselessSacrifice: What Dante Logus ultimately ended up doing. [[spoiler:Once you're in the arena, you must WinToExit.]]

* CarFu: A lengthy fight scene near the end of the movie has Julius Drive and Magnum Tutor use their vehicle modes to fight off hoards of Project One's. Even the clones get in on the vehicular combat action!

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: In the last fight, Magnum is fatally damaged by the gigantic Simos Kalom and Julius agrees to permanently combine with him into a giant sized form to take down Simos. But it too is all for naught as it turns out Julius' princess owner was never held hostage by the Supremobots and had used her likeness to cause Julius to go on a rampage to complete his "indisputable evolution" as a Gladiator. In response, Julius destroys the Supremobots and Locutor out of revenge thus ensuring his and his peoples freedom at the cost of everyone he held near and dear to him.]]

* CarFu: A lengthy fight scene near the end of the movie has Julius Drive and Magnum Tutor use their vehicle modes to fight off hords of Project One's. Even the clones get in on the vehicular combat action!
* CombiningMecha: Julius Drive and Magnum Tutor combine to form a super robot in the climatic battle.

* TransformingMecha: As stated before, unlike the first movie the characters actually utulize their vehicle modes in combat and as a means of quicker travel.

** Julius Drive is one of [[WesternAnimation/TransformersGeneration1 Optimus Prime]] (with a bit of [[WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie Rodimus Prime]] thrown in too)
** Magnum Tutor is one of [[WesternAnimation/TransformersGeneration1 Megatron]] with possibly a bit of [[Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise Scourge]] mixed in.

* TransformingMecha: A given for a ''{{Franchise/Transformers}}'' {{Mockbuster}} though the alt modes don't do much in the fights themselves.

* RealSongThemeTune: A case where the entire soundtrack is one, with a lot of the songs done by Music/{{Angra}} and it's then lead guitarist Kiko Loureiro. This is especially apparent in the original theatrical print in Brazil, where all the incidental music is replaced with more placements of the existing ''Angra'' songs

* RealLifeThemeSong: A case where the entire soundtrack is one, with a lot of the songs done by Music/{{Angra}} and it's then lead guitarist Kiko Loureiro. This is especially apparent in the original theatrical print in Brazil, where all the incidental music is replaced with more placements of the existing ''Angra'' songs

* TransformingMecha: A given for a ''{{Series/Transformers}}'' {{Mockbuster}} though the alt modes don't do much in the fights themselves.