Wheeljack (Animated)
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| The name or term "Wheeljack" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Wheeljack (disambiguation). |
- Wheeljack is an Autobot from the Animated continuity family.
Wheeljack is a scientist working with the Autobot Ministry of Science and a member of the Science Guild. Skilled at solving engineering issues, he is frequently paired for special projects with the scientific wonderbot Perceptor. Perceptor, if he had any emotions, would raise an eyebrow at the willingness Wheeljack has to injure himself in the name of scientific progress. Wheeljack's cohort has enumerated his injuries at 16,342. That he's aware of.
Wheeljack has experimented on his own body-frame so many times that Perceptor estimates that less than 15.71976% of his original bodyframe remains unaltered. Indeed, there are few things that are known about Wheeljack that aren't expressed as statistics.
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Fiction
Animated cartoon
During the Great War, Wheeljack was present when Omega Supreme was activated. TransWarped
After the orders came down from Ultra Magnus to initiate operation Safeguard, Wheeljack put his nose to the grindstone to make sure the bodies of the test subjects would withstand the stresses of the data-merge of Decepticon flight codes. When asked about the dangers, he discussed the possibility that the test subjects would have increased size, strength, and an overwhelming desire to reduce Autobots to wreckage. He was kidding about that last part, he hoped. Thankfully with a bit of help from Red Alert to coordinate the data-merge, the process was a success, producing Jetfire and Jetstorm. First (and Second) in Flight
Wheeljack was among the crowd welcoming home Sentinel "Magnus" and cheering on the capture of several Decepticon prisoners. Decepticon Air
Notes
- Wheeljack's appearance in "Decepticon Air" was largely excised when the episode was cropped to standard definition - he can barely be spotted behind Beachcomber's armpit in a panning shot. However, his full presence in the episode was revealed when it was later broadcast in wide-format HD on The Hub.
- Wheeljack's alternate mode was revealed in the AllSpark Almanac II.
- Despite how we shamelessly exploit Wheeljack's resemblance to Jamie Hyneman of Mythbusters in his main image caption, Derrick Wyatt assures us that the similarity is pure coincidence.
- Wheeljack wears the 65483-2483-321 body type. Or did, long ago, before he altered it beyond recognition.
- Wheeljack's fabulous facial hair was homaged both as an Easter egg on Masterpiece Wheeljack (found by disassembling his head), and more prominently on Cyberverse Wheeljack.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Wheeljack (ホイルジャック Hoirujakku)
