Gillian’s Truck is Really an Autobot
Look at the grill. It keeps shifting. It’s 4 blocks high by 8 blocks wide outside the Cetacean Institute. Inside the park where the Bird of Prey is located the grill is 7 blocks high by 10 wide. It shifts back and forth. The paint job seems to alter slightly from scene to scene as well. I’ll quietly ignore the fact that the truck is also missing its front license plate as required by California law.
Why? Given the the fact that Paramount Pictures is the production company for Star Trek and the Transformers, the reason for the subtle changes in the truck’s appearance is because it’s really Gears.
Gears hates Earth, a lush, green planet practically as unlike his cozy, gray, metallic homeworld as possible. He grumbles and complains about being shipwrecked on it—complains and grumbles to a ridiculous extent, until he becomes a source of amusement, rather than negativity. This is usually his intent—unlike his fellow Mini Vehicle Huffer, Gears has a desire to help his fellow Autobots see good in a bad situation. Still, he does get depressed from time to time.
Gears is strong and tough, not so much in lifting but in endurance, and carrying heavy loads with little effort, be they energon cubes, disabled Autobots, or potatoes for the farmers’ market. He is fitted with infrared vision sensors.
In robot mode, Gears can release controlled bursts of compressed air from his feet, launching himself to altitudes over 100,000 feet, and floating back down. In doing so, he must be careful not to lose air pressure before coming close enough to the ground for a safe landing. (from the Transformers wiki)
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