Brazil

Brazil, the Federative Republic of Brazil in full, is the largest and most populous country of South America. It is located along the continent's east coast and borders Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, and Uruguay. The country is divided in states, of which Mato Grosso is one. Another is São Paulo, home to the city São Paulo, which is Brazil's largest city and also one of the largest in the world.

Fiction

The Transformers cartoon

When the Autobots prepared to go to Titan per Omega Supreme, they apparently were located in Brazil. The God Gambit

Kid Stuff Talking Story Books continuity

The Decepticons built their crystal satellite and its launch complex in the jungles of Mato Grosso. This much to Soundwave's dismay, as the jungle humidity had a detrimental effect on his cassette drives. Nobody cared. Once the final piece, a large diamond, had been placed atop the satellite, it was launched into orbit. The Autobots had taken note of their enemy's activities however, so Megatron blew up the launch complex and withdrew with his troops back to base to continue to monitor and control the crystal satellite's mission in safety. Satellite of Doom

The Decepticons' scheme failed and some time later, Megatron and Soundwave returned to the site of the former launch complex, which had been reabsorbed by the jungle. Megatron commented that he aimed to get the oil underneath the South American jungles. As the two Decepticons spoke, a local Native American approached and, armed with a blowgun and poisoned darts, took a shot at Soundwave, but the dart just bounced off. Megatron and Soundwave were not impressed, but supposedly left him alone.

Since the Autobots stopped the Decepticons' plan in Peru, the Decepticons never got far enough to drain so much as a drop of oil from underneath Brazil. Storms of Destruction

The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual

Millions of years ago, the Ark crashed on Earth, leaving only four Autobots partially active. The Ark reconstructed them after the planet's dominant lifeform, dinosaurs. Renaming themselves Dinobots, the four explored the land and at least Grimlock and Snarl were in the area that would become Brazil when they were deactivated due to a meteorite crashing up a dust layer that robbed them of their solar radiation.

In 1994, chaotic deforestation of the jungle that had grown over Snarl's and Grimlock's temporary grave reawakened them. The other Autobots, reawakened since a while too, noticed the Transformer-coded power emission the Dinobots were producing and went to check. The Decepticons followed suit once Laserbeak had reported on the power emission. At first the Dinobots, controlled by their dinosaur programming, attacked the Autobots, but once the Decepticons showed up, Grimlock and Snarl came to their senses and fought them instead. They reintroduced themselves to the other Autobots and promised to rejoin their forces once they'd found their two missing teammates. The Dinobots!

Live-action film series

Dark of the Moon Annual

The discovery of large deposits of iron ore made Mato Grosso a prime target for the Decepticons. Transformers Dark of the Moon Annual 2012

The Last Knight film

Sometime after the fall of Cemetery Wind, a Brazilian named Santos became the commander of T.R.F. The Last Knight

Games

Transformers Autobots/Decepticons

Pictured: A Decepticon Recruit heading to the fleshies' "worst nightmare".

Autobot Campaign

As per Ratchet's instructions, Optimus Prime met up with Bumblebee and Ironhide in São Paulo. While discussing the presence of large numbers of Decepticons in the area, a protoform suddenly crashed at a few miles distance. Optimus Prime rushed to the location and recruited the protoform. Then Starscream showed up, having also intended to claim the protoform, and Optimus Prime attacked him while Ratchet instructed the new recruit away from the scene and back to the city area. Following Ratchet's orders, the recruit scanned a nearby car and adopted a vehicle form. Next, he met up with Bumblebee and Ironhide, who worried about his ability to stay alive in battle. A subsequent attack by the Decepticons allowed the recruit to show his worth, particularly by killing a Decepticon recruit. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots

Decepticon Campaign

As per Soundwave's instructions, Starscream met up with Sideways and Grindor in São Paulo. Decepticon-style pleasant talk was cut short when a protoform suddenly crashed at a few miles distance. Starscream rushed to the location and recruited the protoform. Then Optimus Prime showed up, having also intended to claim the protoform, and Starscream attacked him while Soundwave instructed the new recruit away from the scene and back to the city area. Following Soundwave's orders, the recruit scanned a nearby car and adopted a vehicle form. Next, he met up with Sideways and Grindor, who were quick to call him a liability. A subsequent attack by the Autobots allowed the recruit to show his worth, particularly by killing an Autobot recruit. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Decepticons

Notes

• During Generation 1, Estrela held the license to manufacture and market Transformers toys in Brazil. The Estrela line-up was unique to Brazil and included several molds from companies other than Takara. It also was the only line-up to include the Mini Vehicle Familia mold.
• An unproduced joke for the Cyberverse episode "Trials" would have involved Soundwave popping into Brazil during a music festival. He would then crash the concert and hang out.^[1]

References

External links

• Brazil at Wikipedia