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Daniel Witwicky (G1)

2010-05-26T22:41:27Z

125.237.205.18: /* The Transformers cartoon */

{{picsneeded|PVC, some fiction}}
{{disambig3|Daniel Witwicky}}
:''Daniel [[Witwicky]] is a [[human]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Danielwitwickytftm.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He wears a matching "D" on his underroos.]]

'''Daniel Witwicky''' is the human son of [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] and [[Carly Witwicky (G1)|Carly Witwicky]]. He is approximately 12 years of age in 2005, and was presumably born sometime between 1990 and 1993. He is the grandson of [[Sparkplug Witwicky]].

Daniel often gets into trouble, which requires either his father or the [[Autobot]]s to save him. He is very good friends with the Autobots, particularly [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], but the one he's closest to is [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], who views him as a surrogate son. Come to think of it, he doesn't seem to have any human friends. What a shock.

Daniel is (sometimes) the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster partner]] to Arcee.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[David Mendenhall]] (English), [[Mayumi Tanaka]] (Japanese, ''The Movie''), [[Masumi Gotō]] (Japanese, ''Transformers 2010''), [[Yoshiko Kamei]] (Japanese, ''The Rebirth'')

In the year 2005, Daniel appeared to be in the care of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] at [[Autobot City]] while his father was preparing for an assault on the [[Decepticon]]-held planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] from [[Moonbase One]].

Following a brutal Decepticon attack on the city (in which he was almost killed), Daniel tearfully witnessed the death of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], sobbing on the fallen commander's hand as the color left his corpse. (We forgive Daniel's crying on this occasion, as [[Fandom|everyone else]] cried as well.)

Escaping from a second Decepticon attack, Daniel and a group of Autobots were stranded on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], where Daniel donned his father's old [[exosuit]] to weather the harsh environment. He did not get much time to enjoy the suit, as yet ''another'' Decepticon assault left [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] dead and stirred the native [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] into violent action. Daniel proved his worth in this battle by smacking Junkion leader [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] with an I-beam, saving a prone [[Springer (G1)|Springer]].

Hostilities with the Junkions were settled with the arrival of Hot Rod and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], Ultra Magnus was revived, and a brief celebration was held wherein Daniel showed he could boogey down.

Daniel joined the combined Autobot-Junkion attack force in the assault on [[Unicron]]. He was on the ship that plunged into Unicron's eye, and soon became separated from the main Autobot group. As luck would have it, he ended up in Unicron's acid-based digestion center, where he was able to save his father, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] from certain death.

Daniel and the rest soon met up with the other Autobots inside of Unicron. Everything around them was exploding! And then came this [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] guy. Spike and Daniel hopped into his front seat, all of the Autobots drove out of Unicron's undamaged eye, ''through space'' (!), and back to Cybertron as Unicron blew up. Daniel looked on as Rodimus gave a heroic speech. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{charstubfiction}}

[[Image:HeadmasterDanielRebirth1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|That kid's therapist is gonna make a fortune.]]

Daniel would subsequently be around to watch his father get kidnapped by [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}, witness [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s revival as a zombie {{storylink|Dark Awakening}}, become the subject of a Quintesson dream/reality experiment {{storylink|Nightmare Planet}}, try to determine Ultra Magnus's birthday {{storylink|Surprise Party}}, bring a [[Mara-Al-Utha|mad Quintesson wizard]] to justice {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}}, and steal [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s transforming cog. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

Following those adventures, Daniel took on the role of "chew-toy" and was seriously injured in an attack by [[Snapdragon]] and required extensive life support. [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] volunteered her own systems to assist in saving Daniel's life. Her head was reconfigured into an [[exosuit]], allowing Daniel to become Arcee's [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster partner]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}
{{-}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====

{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese continuity as detailed above, except that the events of season 3 are pushed back to 2010, and "The Rebirth" does not occur (hence, Daniel never becomes a Headmaster). Japanese continuity inserts several new stories into different points in the timeline, as described below.}}

=====''The Great Transformer War'' comic=====

{{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}

{{charstubfiction}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tomiko Suzuki]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Dannigun.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Give a boy a gun and you arm him for a day. Teach him how to make a gun... and the whole metaphor breaks down.]]

In 2011, Daniel seemed to be somehow regressing in both age and maturity, looking and acting a good deal younger than in the movie or the previous season of the cartoon. He hung out with Wheelie a whole lot more than was probably healthy, and the two shared constant adventures. In fact, at one point, Daniel and Wheelie defeated Trypticon by tricking him into trying to walk a rope bridge across a deep gorge.

As the series progressed, Daniel changed from a snot-nosed little cry-baby into a responsible young man. These coming-of-age adventures included traveling alone to a robot-killing asteroid, befriending the murderous psychopath, [[Sixshot]], and finally rescuing his Mom from inside a narrow crevice she had tumbled into, injuring herself.

Real men don't cry, Danny.

{{charstubfiction}}

{{-}}

=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====
[[Image:DanielWheelie.jpg|180px|thumb|We find this picture works better WITHOUT the captions.]]

{{storylink|The Headmasters issue 1|The Headmasters #1}} {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 3|The Headmasters #3}} {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 4|The Headmasters #4}} {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 5|The Headmasters #5}} {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 7|The Headmasters #7}}

{{charstubfiction}}

Shortly after [[Scorponok (G1)|Mega Zarak]] and the Decepticons were driven from Earth, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundblaster]] showed up and took Daniel's family hostage. Not havin' none-a that, Daniel finally snapped. He went insane and took on both [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]] in a bare-knuckle brawl, defeating the pair of Cassette dinosaurs and leaving Soundblaster open to an attack from [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}

{{-}}

=====E-Hobby pack-in comics=====

{{storylink|MP-1B Cybertron Commander / Convoy Black Ver.}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{note|Events from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|UK-only]] comic stories are in italics.}}

[[Image:Danieluk.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Fifteen years old, and still wearing matching outfits with his dad... and still a hysterical wreck too.]]

''In 2009, the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] and the rest of the Decepticons rampaged across Earth unhindered, and Daniel and his father Spike were rescued from the carnage by [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]. Kup brought them to Autobot City, where Daniel convinced [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] that he wasn't devoting enough resources towards defending Earth. {{storylink|Time Wars}}''
{{-}}

===Coloring books===
Returning home from a road trip with his Autobot friends, Daniel had a sandwich while listening to Kup's story about a lost stash of [[energon cube]]s on Earth. While Daniel wanted to participate in the ensuing treasure hunt, the Autobots deemed it too dangerous for the boy, and Hot Rod drove him home to his dad, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster]]. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

{{note|In this story, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] was portrayed as Daniel's father. Daniel, however, looked the same as he always did.}}
{{-}}

===Universe: The Wreckers===
[[Image:Departure-WheelieDaniel.jpg|200px|thumb|Rebel without a cog.]]

Daniel detonated an explosive to destroy a legion of [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]] drones, killing himself and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] in the process. This event caused [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] to enter a deep depression, setting the stage for her personality change as she became a [[Wrecker]]. {{storylink|Departure}}
{{-}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
{{quote|Thanks kiddo. What would I do without you?|[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]]}}
{{quote|Get your head knocked is what.|Daniel}}
A day after a reactivated [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] attacked and destroyed a South American rebel militia, a young Daniel reminded Spike to wear his [[hard hat]], which he scrawled his father's name on so he wouldn't forget (the hardhat, not his name). Spike told him to go upstairs when General [[Robert Hallo]] invited himself into Spike's home. He wears pajamas to bed. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 1|Prime Directive #1}}

==Toys==
===Unreleased===
[[Image:Concept-HeadmasterArcee.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Every boy dreams his own car. Daniel is head over wheels for his.]]
A pink [[redeco]] of [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] as Headmaster Arcee was considered by Hasbro/Takara at one time. Presumably Daniel would have been the Headmaster partner.

{{canceledtoy}}
{{-}}

==Merchandise==
===Super Collection Figure===
*'''Arcee & Daniel''' (2001)

:A PVC figure of Daniel in his exosuit was released in [[Takara]]'s [[Super Collection Figure]] series. It was only available in ACT-4, coming in the same blind-packed box as [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (who was unchanged from her ACT-1 release).

==Notes==
* In Japanese continuity, it originally was not explained why Daniel did not seem to age between the animated film, which took place in 2005, and their season three, which took place in 2010. To the contrary, in ''The Headmasters'', his mental age seemed to ''regress''. According to the massive timeline featured in ''[[Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]]'', Daniel was in suspended animation in outer space in the interim. As far as [[retcon]]s go, there have been clunkier.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Witwicky, Daniel (G1)}}
[[Category:Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:Headmasters characters]]
[[Category:Witwicky family|Daniel Witwicky (G1)]]

Daniel Witwicky (G1)

2010-05-26T22:41:05Z

125.237.205.18: /* The Transformers cartoon */

{{picsneeded|PVC, some fiction}}
{{disambig3|Daniel Witwicky}}
:''Daniel [[Witwicky]] is a [[human]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Danielwitwickytftm.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He wears a matching "D" on his underroos.]]

'''Daniel Witwicky''' is the human son of [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] and [[Carly Witwicky (G1)|Carly Witwicky]]. He is approximately 12 years of age in 2005, and was presumably born sometime between 1990 and 1993. He is the grandson of [[Sparkplug Witwicky]].

Daniel often gets into trouble, which requires either his father or the [[Autobot]]s to save him. He is very good friends with the Autobots, particularly [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], but the one he's closest to is [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], who views him as a surrogate son. Come to think of it, he doesn't seem to have any human friends. What a shock.

Daniel is (sometimes) the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster partner]] to Arcee.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[David Mendenhall]] (English), [[Mayumi Tanaka]] (Japanese, ''The Movie''), [[Masumi Gotō]] (Japanese, ''Transformers 2010''), [[Yoshiko Kamei]] (Japanese, ''The Rebirth'')

[[vlcsnap-2010-05-27-10h32m19s158.pn|left|200px|thumb|Guess i just miss my dad.dont worry hes only inside Unicrons acid pool.]]

In the year 2005, Daniel appeared to be in the care of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] at [[Autobot City]] while his father was preparing for an assault on the [[Decepticon]]-held planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] from [[Moonbase One]].

Following a brutal Decepticon attack on the city (in which he was almost killed), Daniel tearfully witnessed the death of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], sobbing on the fallen commander's hand as the color left his corpse. (We forgive Daniel's crying on this occasion, as [[Fandom|everyone else]] cried as well.)

Escaping from a second Decepticon attack, Daniel and a group of Autobots were stranded on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], where Daniel donned his father's old [[exosuit]] to weather the harsh environment. He did not get much time to enjoy the suit, as yet ''another'' Decepticon assault left [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] dead and stirred the native [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] into violent action. Daniel proved his worth in this battle by smacking Junkion leader [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] with an I-beam, saving a prone [[Springer (G1)|Springer]].

Hostilities with the Junkions were settled with the arrival of Hot Rod and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], Ultra Magnus was revived, and a brief celebration was held wherein Daniel showed he could boogey down.

Daniel joined the combined Autobot-Junkion attack force in the assault on [[Unicron]]. He was on the ship that plunged into Unicron's eye, and soon became separated from the main Autobot group. As luck would have it, he ended up in Unicron's acid-based digestion center, where he was able to save his father, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] from certain death.

Daniel and the rest soon met up with the other Autobots inside of Unicron. Everything around them was exploding! And then came this [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] guy. Spike and Daniel hopped into his front seat, all of the Autobots drove out of Unicron's undamaged eye, ''through space'' (!), and back to Cybertron as Unicron blew up. Daniel looked on as Rodimus gave a heroic speech. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{charstubfiction}}

[[Image:HeadmasterDanielRebirth1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|That kid's therapist is gonna make a fortune.]]

Daniel would subsequently be around to watch his father get kidnapped by [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}, witness [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s revival as a zombie {{storylink|Dark Awakening}}, become the subject of a Quintesson dream/reality experiment {{storylink|Nightmare Planet}}, try to determine Ultra Magnus's birthday {{storylink|Surprise Party}}, bring a [[Mara-Al-Utha|mad Quintesson wizard]] to justice {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}}, and steal [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s transforming cog. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

Following those adventures, Daniel took on the role of "chew-toy" and was seriously injured in an attack by [[Snapdragon]] and required extensive life support. [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] volunteered her own systems to assist in saving Daniel's life. Her head was reconfigured into an [[exosuit]], allowing Daniel to become Arcee's [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster partner]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}
{{-}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====

{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese continuity as detailed above, except that the events of season 3 are pushed back to 2010, and "The Rebirth" does not occur (hence, Daniel never becomes a Headmaster). Japanese continuity inserts several new stories into different points in the timeline, as described below.}}

=====''The Great Transformer War'' comic=====

{{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}

{{charstubfiction}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tomiko Suzuki]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Dannigun.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Give a boy a gun and you arm him for a day. Teach him how to make a gun... and the whole metaphor breaks down.]]

In 2011, Daniel seemed to be somehow regressing in both age and maturity, looking and acting a good deal younger than in the movie or the previous season of the cartoon. He hung out with Wheelie a whole lot more than was probably healthy, and the two shared constant adventures. In fact, at one point, Daniel and Wheelie defeated Trypticon by tricking him into trying to walk a rope bridge across a deep gorge.

As the series progressed, Daniel changed from a snot-nosed little cry-baby into a responsible young man. These coming-of-age adventures included traveling alone to a robot-killing asteroid, befriending the murderous psychopath, [[Sixshot]], and finally rescuing his Mom from inside a narrow crevice she had tumbled into, injuring herself.

Real men don't cry, Danny.

{{charstubfiction}}

{{-}}

=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====
[[Image:DanielWheelie.jpg|180px|thumb|We find this picture works better WITHOUT the captions.]]

{{storylink|The Headmasters issue 1|The Headmasters #1}} {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 3|The Headmasters #3}} {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 4|The Headmasters #4}} {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 5|The Headmasters #5}} {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 7|The Headmasters #7}}

{{charstubfiction}}

Shortly after [[Scorponok (G1)|Mega Zarak]] and the Decepticons were driven from Earth, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundblaster]] showed up and took Daniel's family hostage. Not havin' none-a that, Daniel finally snapped. He went insane and took on both [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]] in a bare-knuckle brawl, defeating the pair of Cassette dinosaurs and leaving Soundblaster open to an attack from [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}

{{-}}

=====E-Hobby pack-in comics=====

{{storylink|MP-1B Cybertron Commander / Convoy Black Ver.}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{note|Events from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|UK-only]] comic stories are in italics.}}

[[Image:Danieluk.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Fifteen years old, and still wearing matching outfits with his dad... and still a hysterical wreck too.]]

''In 2009, the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] and the rest of the Decepticons rampaged across Earth unhindered, and Daniel and his father Spike were rescued from the carnage by [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]. Kup brought them to Autobot City, where Daniel convinced [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] that he wasn't devoting enough resources towards defending Earth. {{storylink|Time Wars}}''
{{-}}

===Coloring books===
Returning home from a road trip with his Autobot friends, Daniel had a sandwich while listening to Kup's story about a lost stash of [[energon cube]]s on Earth. While Daniel wanted to participate in the ensuing treasure hunt, the Autobots deemed it too dangerous for the boy, and Hot Rod drove him home to his dad, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster]]. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

{{note|In this story, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] was portrayed as Daniel's father. Daniel, however, looked the same as he always did.}}
{{-}}

===Universe: The Wreckers===
[[Image:Departure-WheelieDaniel.jpg|200px|thumb|Rebel without a cog.]]

Daniel detonated an explosive to destroy a legion of [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]] drones, killing himself and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] in the process. This event caused [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] to enter a deep depression, setting the stage for her personality change as she became a [[Wrecker]]. {{storylink|Departure}}
{{-}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
{{quote|Thanks kiddo. What would I do without you?|[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]]}}
{{quote|Get your head knocked is what.|Daniel}}
A day after a reactivated [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] attacked and destroyed a South American rebel militia, a young Daniel reminded Spike to wear his [[hard hat]], which he scrawled his father's name on so he wouldn't forget (the hardhat, not his name). Spike told him to go upstairs when General [[Robert Hallo]] invited himself into Spike's home. He wears pajamas to bed. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 1|Prime Directive #1}}

==Toys==
===Unreleased===
[[Image:Concept-HeadmasterArcee.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Every boy dreams his own car. Daniel is head over wheels for his.]]
A pink [[redeco]] of [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] as Headmaster Arcee was considered by Hasbro/Takara at one time. Presumably Daniel would have been the Headmaster partner.

{{canceledtoy}}
{{-}}

==Merchandise==
===Super Collection Figure===
*'''Arcee & Daniel''' (2001)

:A PVC figure of Daniel in his exosuit was released in [[Takara]]'s [[Super Collection Figure]] series. It was only available in ACT-4, coming in the same blind-packed box as [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (who was unchanged from her ACT-1 release).

==Notes==
* In Japanese continuity, it originally was not explained why Daniel did not seem to age between the animated film, which took place in 2005, and their season three, which took place in 2010. To the contrary, in ''The Headmasters'', his mental age seemed to ''regress''. According to the massive timeline featured in ''[[Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]]'', Daniel was in suspended animation in outer space in the interim. As far as [[retcon]]s go, there have been clunkier.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Witwicky, Daniel (G1)}}
[[Category:Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:Headmasters characters]]
[[Category:Witwicky family|Daniel Witwicky (G1)]]

Daniel Witwicky (G1)

2010-05-26T22:38:48Z

125.237.205.18: /* The Transformers cartoon */

{{picsneeded|PVC, some fiction}}
{{disambig3|Daniel Witwicky}}
:''Daniel [[Witwicky]] is a [[human]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Danielwitwickytftm.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He wears a matching "D" on his underroos.]]

'''Daniel Witwicky''' is the human son of [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] and [[Carly Witwicky (G1)|Carly Witwicky]]. He is approximately 12 years of age in 2005, and was presumably born sometime between 1990 and 1993. He is the grandson of [[Sparkplug Witwicky]].

Daniel often gets into trouble, which requires either his father or the [[Autobot]]s to save him. He is very good friends with the Autobots, particularly [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], but the one he's closest to is [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], who views him as a surrogate son. Come to think of it, he doesn't seem to have any human friends. What a shock.

Daniel is (sometimes) the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster partner]] to Arcee.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[David Mendenhall]] (English), [[Mayumi Tanaka]] (Japanese, ''The Movie''), [[Masumi Gotō]] (Japanese, ''Transformers 2010''), [[Yoshiko Kamei]] (Japanese, ''The Rebirth'')

[[Image:vlcsnap-2010-05-27-10h32m19s158.pn|left|200px|thumb|Guess i just miss my dad.dont worry hes only inside Unicrons acid pool.]]

In the year 2005, Daniel appeared to be in the care of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] at [[Autobot City]] while his father was preparing for an assault on the [[Decepticon]]-held planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] from [[Moonbase One]].

Following a brutal Decepticon attack on the city (in which he was almost killed), Daniel tearfully witnessed the death of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], sobbing on the fallen commander's hand as the color left his corpse. (We forgive Daniel's crying on this occasion, as [[Fandom|everyone else]] cried as well.)

Escaping from a second Decepticon attack, Daniel and a group of Autobots were stranded on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], where Daniel donned his father's old [[exosuit]] to weather the harsh environment. He did not get much time to enjoy the suit, as yet ''another'' Decepticon assault left [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] dead and stirred the native [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] into violent action. Daniel proved his worth in this battle by smacking Junkion leader [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] with an I-beam, saving a prone [[Springer (G1)|Springer]].

Hostilities with the Junkions were settled with the arrival of Hot Rod and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], Ultra Magnus was revived, and a brief celebration was held wherein Daniel showed he could boogey down.

Daniel joined the combined Autobot-Junkion attack force in the assault on [[Unicron]]. He was on the ship that plunged into Unicron's eye, and soon became separated from the main Autobot group. As luck would have it, he ended up in Unicron's acid-based digestion center, where he was able to save his father, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] from certain death.

Daniel and the rest soon met up with the other Autobots inside of Unicron. Everything around them was exploding! And then came this [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] guy. Spike and Daniel hopped into his front seat, all of the Autobots drove out of Unicron's undamaged eye, ''through space'' (!), and back to Cybertron as Unicron blew up. Daniel looked on as Rodimus gave a heroic speech. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{charstubfiction}}

[[Image:HeadmasterDanielRebirth1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|That kid's therapist is gonna make a fortune.]]

Daniel would subsequently be around to watch his father get kidnapped by [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}, witness [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s revival as a zombie {{storylink|Dark Awakening}}, become the subject of a Quintesson dream/reality experiment {{storylink|Nightmare Planet}}, try to determine Ultra Magnus's birthday {{storylink|Surprise Party}}, bring a [[Mara-Al-Utha|mad Quintesson wizard]] to justice {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}}, and steal [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s transforming cog. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

Following those adventures, Daniel took on the role of "chew-toy" and was seriously injured in an attack by [[Snapdragon]] and required extensive life support. [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] volunteered her own systems to assist in saving Daniel's life. Her head was reconfigured into an [[exosuit]], allowing Daniel to become Arcee's [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster partner]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}
{{-}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====

{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese continuity as detailed above, except that the events of season 3 are pushed back to 2010, and "The Rebirth" does not occur (hence, Daniel never becomes a Headmaster). Japanese continuity inserts several new stories into different points in the timeline, as described below.}}

=====''The Great Transformer War'' comic=====

{{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}

{{charstubfiction}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tomiko Suzuki]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Dannigun.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Give a boy a gun and you arm him for a day. Teach him how to make a gun... and the whole metaphor breaks down.]]

In 2011, Daniel seemed to be somehow regressing in both age and maturity, looking and acting a good deal younger than in the movie or the previous season of the cartoon. He hung out with Wheelie a whole lot more than was probably healthy, and the two shared constant adventures. In fact, at one point, Daniel and Wheelie defeated Trypticon by tricking him into trying to walk a rope bridge across a deep gorge.

As the series progressed, Daniel changed from a snot-nosed little cry-baby into a responsible young man. These coming-of-age adventures included traveling alone to a robot-killing asteroid, befriending the murderous psychopath, [[Sixshot]], and finally rescuing his Mom from inside a narrow crevice she had tumbled into, injuring herself.

Real men don't cry, Danny.

{{charstubfiction}}

{{-}}

=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====
[[Image:DanielWheelie.jpg|180px|thumb|We find this picture works better WITHOUT the captions.]]

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Shortly after [[Scorponok (G1)|Mega Zarak]] and the Decepticons were driven from Earth, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundblaster]] showed up and took Daniel's family hostage. Not havin' none-a that, Daniel finally snapped. He went insane and took on both [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]] in a bare-knuckle brawl, defeating the pair of Cassette dinosaurs and leaving Soundblaster open to an attack from [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}

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=====E-Hobby pack-in comics=====

{{storylink|MP-1B Cybertron Commander / Convoy Black Ver.}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{note|Events from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|UK-only]] comic stories are in italics.}}

[[Image:Danieluk.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Fifteen years old, and still wearing matching outfits with his dad... and still a hysterical wreck too.]]

''In 2009, the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] and the rest of the Decepticons rampaged across Earth unhindered, and Daniel and his father Spike were rescued from the carnage by [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]. Kup brought them to Autobot City, where Daniel convinced [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] that he wasn't devoting enough resources towards defending Earth. {{storylink|Time Wars}}''
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===Coloring books===
Returning home from a road trip with his Autobot friends, Daniel had a sandwich while listening to Kup's story about a lost stash of [[energon cube]]s on Earth. While Daniel wanted to participate in the ensuing treasure hunt, the Autobots deemed it too dangerous for the boy, and Hot Rod drove him home to his dad, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster]]. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

{{note|In this story, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] was portrayed as Daniel's father. Daniel, however, looked the same as he always did.}}
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===Universe: The Wreckers===
[[Image:Departure-WheelieDaniel.jpg|200px|thumb|Rebel without a cog.]]

Daniel detonated an explosive to destroy a legion of [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]] drones, killing himself and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] in the process. This event caused [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] to enter a deep depression, setting the stage for her personality change as she became a [[Wrecker]]. {{storylink|Departure}}
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
{{quote|Thanks kiddo. What would I do without you?|[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]]}}
{{quote|Get your head knocked is what.|Daniel}}
A day after a reactivated [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] attacked and destroyed a South American rebel militia, a young Daniel reminded Spike to wear his [[hard hat]], which he scrawled his father's name on so he wouldn't forget (the hardhat, not his name). Spike told him to go upstairs when General [[Robert Hallo]] invited himself into Spike's home. He wears pajamas to bed. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 1|Prime Directive #1}}

==Toys==
===Unreleased===
[[Image:Concept-HeadmasterArcee.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Every boy dreams his own car. Daniel is head over wheels for his.]]
A pink [[redeco]] of [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] as Headmaster Arcee was considered by Hasbro/Takara at one time. Presumably Daniel would have been the Headmaster partner.

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==Merchandise==
===Super Collection Figure===
*'''Arcee & Daniel''' (2001)

:A PVC figure of Daniel in his exosuit was released in [[Takara]]'s [[Super Collection Figure]] series. It was only available in ACT-4, coming in the same blind-packed box as [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (who was unchanged from her ACT-1 release).

==Notes==
* In Japanese continuity, it originally was not explained why Daniel did not seem to age between the animated film, which took place in 2005, and their season three, which took place in 2010. To the contrary, in ''The Headmasters'', his mental age seemed to ''regress''. According to the massive timeline featured in ''[[Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]]'', Daniel was in suspended animation in outer space in the interim. As far as [[retcon]]s go, there have been clunkier.

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