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AllSpark (Movie)

2009-07-28T01:04:35Z

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:''The All Spark is an object in the [[Transformers (2007)|movie]] continuity.''

[[Image:Allspark movie.jpg|right|350px|thumb|[[Wikipedia:Lemarchand's box|It will tear your soul apart]]. Just ask [[:Image:Megatron_allspark_merge.JPG|Megatron]].]]

The '''All Spark''' is a physical object of mysterious origin. A large, metallic cube, it is inscribed with ornate runes and is responsible for creating [[energon (fuel)|energon]], a [[Thirteen original Transformers|race of dimension-hoppers]], the [[Transformer]] race and the planet of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] itself.

{{bigquote|Before time began, there was... the Cube. We know not where it comes from, only that it holds the power to create worlds and fill them with life. That is how our race was born.|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] on the origins of [[Transformer|his race]]|''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]}}

{{note|Sources other than the movie use the parsing "AllSpark" (one word, rather than two) to refer to the object.}}

:''Hungarian name:'' '''Örök Szikra''' (translates roughly to "Ever-spark")
:''Polish name:'' '''Wszechiskra'''
:''Russian name:'' '''Iskra''' ("The Spark")

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===

The All Spark's origins are unknown. What is known is it was responsible for creating Cybertron and thirteen powerful entities, known as the [[Dynasty of Primes]] {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation issue 3}}, only to end up depleted of energy. It could, however, be repowered by the energy from [[sun]]s. To harvest this energy it created a new race of helpers, the Transformers. Transformers called [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]] had the ability to travel into interstellar space and sought out suitable suns. [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Other Transformers]] constructed [[Solar Harvester|harvester]]s which enabled the collection of such energy.

The Primes were betrayed and killed or incapacitated [[The Fallen|by one of their own]], leaving the Transformers the sole inhabitants of Cybertron. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4}}

The Transformers were unaware of their predecessors or the All Spark's origin, but to them the All Spark was the source of life, and that was all that mattered. In return for this act of creation and the continued sustaining of Cybertron, the Transformers tended to the All Spark and kept it safe. Under the reign of science division leader [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and defense force leader [[Megatron (Movie)|Protector Megatron]], the Transformers flourished. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Prime Directive issue 1}} The peace ended when the Fallen's sarcophagus was dug up, causing the All Spark to give off pulses, attracting the attention of a hostile alien species who attacked Cybertron. This led to an increasingly darker Megatron {{storylink|Defiance issue 1}} to be tempted by the Fallen into trying to seize the power of the All Spark.

Now ''Lord'' of Cybertron, Megatron went rogue with his own army, the [[Decepticon]]s, branding those who followed Optimus traitors. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3}} Optimus Prime formed his own army, the [[Autobot]]s, to counter Megatron. In the war that followed, Cybertron was decimated, and eventually Optimus was forced to capture the All Spark to keep it out of enemy hands. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4}} The Autobots fought valiantly, but the Decepticons quickly gained ground.

Eventually, Prime made the decision to launch the All Spark blindly into space. At Optimus Prime's orders, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and a group of Autobots served as decoys, drawing the Decepticons—who thought they had the All Spark—to [[Tyger Pax]], far enough away from the artifact's true location to buy Prime the time needed to prepare the launch. Megatron himself took a personal hand in the torture of Bumblebee, attempting to force him to reveal the All Spark's location, but his efforts went in vain, and the All Spark was blasted into space to put it beyond Megatron's reach. In response, Megatron crushed Bumblebee's voice box and began to follow the All Spark into deep space. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Prime Directive issue 1}}

Once launched into space, the AllSpark would seek out on its own the location of a harvester. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4}}

===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' comics===
The All Spark was not merely launched blindly into space, however—its trajectory was leading it directly towards the [[Alkaris Anomaly]], a wormhole that could potentially transport the cube to an infinite number of locations in the universe. Briefly delayed by an Autobot tractor beam, Megatron could not stop the cube from entering the wormhole, and instead chose to follow it into the anomaly. While the All Spark was disgorged somewhere in the vicinity of the Sol system, to eventually crash on Earth, Megatron was deposited by the wormhole in some other, far off star system, leaving him to hunt for the Cube through the endless reaches of space. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Prelude: Megatron}}

[[Image:Titan5_digitalghosts.JPG|right|250px|thumb|Ancient spirits of evil... Transform this decayed form into MUMM-RA! THE EVER-LIVI oh wait right wrong series.]]
Later on, a space-travelling [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] would be captured by an alien craft—its inhabitants appeared to be immense entities that claimed the All Spark had been stolen from them, and did a psychic probe of Ironhide. They turned out to be "electrical ghosts", a digital imprint from another time kept alive by the photon-rich atmosphere; the ship was a derelict, salvaged by another (rather feeble) alien race that had been using these ghosts as a front. The ship contained a device attuned to All Spark energy though, making it clear the original inhabitants ''did'' have some connection to the All Spark... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Lost In Space 3: Ironhide}}

When it turns human non-sentient mechanical devices into Transformers, the All Spark energy within them forms into small, red All Spark cubes; these can be removed and placed into other things. [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] used this to make zombie Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Starscream's Militia}} It can also [[Eco-structuring|cyberform]] planets. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}}

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When Megatron claimed the All Spark, he both used it to transform Earth into a new Cybertron {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}} and personally bonded with it, being able to channel its power. [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] was forced to destroy it to stop it. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}} However, a fragment survived: due to the nature of the Cube, it could end up possessing the same power as the original All Spark. However, there was a risk that Megatron's link to it has corrupted the Cube. Ratchet was assigned to guard it {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath Part 1}} but eventually weakened and decided to use the fragment to revive [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]]—who was reborn as an amoral villain, proving the fragment had been indeed corrupted. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}}

On the dying Cybertron, [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] and his small band of Decepticons sent out a signal into deep space in the hope of contacting any entity related to the All Spark, and drawing it to Cybertron so it could revive the planet. They succeeded; unfortunately, the entity was [[Unicron|not a nice one at all]] {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron: Part 2}} and possessed the entire planet before it was finally stopped.

===''Transformers'' (2007) movie===
[[Image:Movie All Spark Hoover Dam.JPG|left|250px|thumb|The true power behind Ernő Rubik's success.]]

The All Spark was found in 1913, 16 years after the [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|N.B.E.]]-01 "[[Megatron (Movie)|Iceman]]" was found, though carbon dating tests indicated that Cube landed on Earth some twelve thousand years earlier. The [[Cybertronian languages|glyphs]] on the Cube were similar to the ones on the Iceman, indicating a link between the two. In order to hide the cube's energy signature from other humans and, potentially, from other N.B.E.s, the [[President of the United States|President]] had the [[Hoover Dam]] built around it. The Iceman was also moved to the dam for further study. It was eventually determined that the Cube emitted a radiation which could [[Allspark Mutation|bring mechanical devices to life]].

Years later, when Megatron eventually came back online due to the intervention of his soldiers, [[Sam Witwicky]] convinced Sector Seven (with the help of Captain [[William Lennox]]'s men) to release Bumblebee, explaining he could help. [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] interacted with the cube and prompted it to collapse from an enormous monolith into a object less than half a meter across, and accordingly lesser in mass as well as volume. Bumblebee and a military escort, soon joined by the [[Autobot|Autobots]], took the Cube to [[Mission City]], where Sam ran through the city avoiding the Decepticons. Along the way, Sam stumbled, and the All Spark released a wave of [[energon radiation]] which animated several nearby machines into [[Allspark Mutation|living robots]]. During the battle between Optimus Prime and Megatron, the Autobot leader told Sam to merge the Cube with his [[spark]].

[[Image:Megatron allspark merge.JPG|right|200px|thumb|sparkburn.]]
However, Sam instead merged it with Megatron's spark, destroying both Megatron and the All Spark. Gazing at his dead brother for one last time, Optimus fished a fragment of the All Spark out of Megatron's chest.

Without a means to restore their homeworld, the Autobots elected to remain on Earth, and Prime sent a message to inform the surviving Autobots of their new found home. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|''Transformers''}}
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===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
A month after the events in Mission City, the Autobots went to a secret [[Sector Seven]] facility located in the [[Nevada]] desert to escort the remains of the deactivated Decepticons. When the All Spark shard pulsed with energy near Megatron's corpse, Optimus Prime feared the worst and handed it to [[Professor Vine]] for safekeeping. After the Autobots left, [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]] convinced Vine to take the shard into their underground facility, since to keep it in the open would only attract Decepticons, though Vine had misgivings considering the stasis-locked [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] was also in the same facility. Optimus Prime, feeling something was wrong, ordered Ironhide and Bumblebee to go back to the Nevada facility to retrieve the All Spark fragment. As Simmons and Vine are moving the relic into secure storage, it suddenly flies out of their hands and onto Wreckage's chest, reactivating the very angry Decepticon and Sector Seven's own [[Landmine (Movie)|L.M.-1 units]]. During Wreckage's rampage, Vine was convinced that they had to find the shard before it caused more havoc, but he was caught in the blast of Starscream's attack on his fellow Decepticon and killed. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2}}

In the aftermath of the attack, Simmons was more interested in finding the fragment of the All Spark than mourning the death of Vine. [[Salani]] retrieved the All Spark ahard from the rubble and returned it to Optimus Prime. Eventually, the Autobots and the American military entered into a [[NEST|formal alliance]] to defend Earth. The All Spark fragment was stored in a bunker under their base on the island of [[Diego Garcia]]. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 3}}

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie===
After listening to a conversation between NEST and General [[Morshower]], [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] sent [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] and [[Reedman]] to retrieve the All Spark fragment from [[Diego Garcia]]. [[Scalpel]] used it on Megatron when he dived to the [[Laurentian Abyss]] to resurrect him.

However, the shard in NEST's custody was not the only surviving piece of the All Spark. When Sam Witwicky began packing for [[Princeton University]], a sliver of the All Spark fell out of the hoodie he wore during the battle of Mission City. Not only did it create the [[Appliancebot]]s, but it also began to flood [[Cyberglyphics]] into Sam's mind. Sam only realized this after his disastrous first day of class, and asked Mikaela to bring the fragment to him. Sam and Mikaela later used the fragment to revive [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]], who was slumbering in the Smithsonian. {{Storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)}}

{{note|Adaptations based on early drafts of the screenplay clarified Sam became a new vessel for the All Spark, transferring its knowledge from the Cube's remains to him. The information was transferred to the [[Matrix of Leadership]], which was created by the All Spark, effectively replacing the Cube as its physical form. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation issue 3}} {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (novel)}}}}

==Games==
===Transformers: Autobots/Decepticons===
Throughout both games, the Autobots and Decepticons are racing to Hoover Dam to recover the All Spark and Megatron's frozen body from Sector 7 control. As the Cube is approached, it creates drones from nearby equipment to defend itself, finally explaining the aggressive tendencies of the robots created on Earth.

In the ''Autobots'' ending, Create-a-Bot smashes Megatron in the chest with the cube, finally ending his god-mode and opening him up for attack, but in the process sacrifices himself so that Optimus Prime can finish the Decepticon leader once and for all.

Basically, the ''Decepticons'' version ends the same, but with the evil [[Steve Blum|Blum]]-bot attacking Starscream so that Megatron can destroy the traitor. Unlike the Autobots version, however, Starscream seems largely unharmed, if not empowered. This doesn't end well for Create-A-Bot OR Starscream, though, as Megatron still destroys his former second-in-command, then kills the newbie for being "weak." {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons}}
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==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
*Various AllSpark Power toys

:A small version of the All Spark was available with Japanese versions of the [[AllSpark Power]] toys.

==Merchandise==
* '''All Spark Cube with candy''' (2007)

: A small transparent cube filled with yummy life-giving candy pieces.

* '''Allsparks cubes''' (2007)

: 4 sticker-labeled plastic folding party favor/puzzle Allsparks {{sic}} cubes that can be opened and stacked in different configurations to complete images of the Movie Transformers. Created by DesignWare, a subsidiary of the American Greetings greeting card company. (Says it all, doesn't it?)

===Transformers (2007)===
*'''All Spark Cube''' (2007)

:Released by Popbox Collectibles, this 1:4 scaled, 7cm paperweight replica of the All Spark is made from die-cast metal. It also comes with a small 3x3x2cm square perspex base.

===Revenge of the Fallen===
*'''Rubik's Cube Allspark Edition''' (2009)

:Originally slated to be released in 2008, this item was held back and was instead released in new packaging as part of the [[Milton Bradley]]'s ''Revenge of the Fallen'' merchandise line. While it comes in the standard Rubik's Cube colors, the cube itself is cast in light grey plastic and the patterns seen on the movie All Spark are printed on the colored facets, as well as an Autobot and Decepticon sigil on the white and yellow faces, respectively. This actually makes this version harder than the original Rubik's Cube, as the center faces must be properly aligned so that the patterns match up correctly. It comes with a grey stand with [[vacuum metalization]] on one of the three embossed Rubik's logos.

==Trivia==
*The movie's All Spark was derived from hybridizing the concepts of [[Vector Sigma]] and the [[Matrix of Leadership]], but the term "Matrix" was off limits because of the movie of the same name. Optimus Prime's description in the movie intro would suggest it also bears similarities to a [[Cyber Planet Key]] from Transformers Cybertron. Being the object that brought robotic life to Cybertron would also make it comparable to the Key to Vector Sigma of Generation One.
*It was designed as a big cube because, in the original screenplay, it was going to be called the "[[Energon cube|Energon Cube]]" instead. Lip service to the original name was paid in the sequel by identifying it as Cybertron's main source of energon.
*The All Spark also bears no small resemblance in form and function to the [[Underbase]], in that it's a giant cube-shaped object with remarkable powers that was launched from Cybertron in order to keep it out of Megatron's hands, and then flew aimlessly through space for millions of years.
*By stating Cybertron and the Transformers were created by the All Spark, the movie retcons the retcon that [[Primus]] is Cybertron & the source of Transformer life across all [[Continuity|continuities]]. Unless, that is, the All Spark is Primus' proxy or means through which he acts.
* In July 2007, several items from the [[Transformers (2007)|2007 movie]] were auctioned off on e-bay including the 'Hero' AllSpark prop used for closeups, with the money benefiting the [[wikipedia:Fisher House (medicine)|Fisher House Foundation]], a living facility attached to many US Military Hospitals. The auction collected 99 bids and the prop was sold for US$20,100.
* Before ''Revenge of the Fallen'', ''[[Transformers The Game]]'' identified energon as being the power produced by the Cube.

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Wheelie (ROTF)

2009-07-28T01:02:02Z

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:''Wheelie is an Autobot and a Decepticon from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]]. He is sometimes known as '''Wheels'''.
[[Image:ROTFWheelie.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Whaddaya lookin' at, [[Bonecrusher (ROTF)| slobberpuss]]?!]]
'''Wheelie''' is a sneaky little salvage and scrap bot, always underfoot when you least expect it. As a reconnaissance specialist, he's equipped to the teeth with mid-range surveillance equipment. But his real asset is stealth, tooling along unseen and unsuspected while he accomplishes his mission. Unfortunately for his mission, he often bites off more than he can chew—and ends up being the one chewed on!

Wheelie isn't really a ''bad'' sort: a loving home and a little strict discipline could whip him into shape, although he does seem to have a bit of a "mouth" on him.

{{quote|Easy, [[Mikaela Banes|Warrior Goddess]], I'm just a little salvage scrap drone.|Wheelie, shortly after earning the nickname "Blinky"|''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''}}

:''German name:'' '''Wheeler''' (movie dub only)
==Fiction==
===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===
:Voice actor: [[Tom Kenny]] (English), [[Naoki Tatsuta]] (Japanese), [[Rainer Fritzsche]] (German), [[Luca Dal Fabbro]] (Italian)
[[Image:Wheelie ROTF movie trailer.jpg|thumb|left|300px|No disassemble!]]

Disguised as a remote-controlled monster truck toy, Wheelie was ordered by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to steal the [[All Spark]] fragment that belonged to [[Mikaela Banes]]. Wheelie attempted to unlock the safe in her garage containing the fragment, but the noise he made in trying to avoid the various dangerous objects on the floor alerted her to his presence, so she picked him up with tongs and burnt out his left eye with a blowtorch. Mikaela then demanded to know what he was doing there, and Wheelie explained that he needed to bring the All Spark shard to the Decepticons, or he'd be terminated, begging mercy of Mikaela, who he dubbed "Warrior Goddess". Despite his protests, Mikaela locked him inside a box, which she took to [[Princeton University]] when [[Sam Witwicky]] told her he had been having visions and breakdowns induced by the fragment. Although [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] later bisected Mikaela's car, Wheelie's box was undamaged and she retrieved and stored it in [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s boot.

Wheelie was let out of the box at [[Seymour Simmons]]'s deli in [[New York City]]. Mikaela held him with a chain, but promised she would not hurt him if he promised to explain the [[Cyberglyphics]] Sam had been hallucinating about and answer whether he could find a [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]]. Wheelie did, and he accompanied Mikaela, Sam, Simmons, [[Leo Spitz]], Bumblebee, [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] to find [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] at the Smithsonian. Wheelie told the humans that Jetfire was a living legend, like "chairman of the board" type, and instructed Sam to point the shard at the Blackbird.

[[Image:ROTF-Wheeliedryhumpsaleg.jpg|right|thumb|300px|This is technically bestiality, right?]]
The surge of energon sent through Jetfire awoke the ancient Seeker, who was irritable and cantankerous, and Wheelie noted that Jetfire had not aged very well. As the larger Decepticon made his way outside, he inquired on the state of the civil war, and informed the group that he had defected years earlier. Wheelie was shocked by Jetfire's discussion of how he defected from the Decepticons to the Autobots, a thought which had never occurred to him, and decided he too would defect to Warrior Goddess, humping Mikaela's leg in joy. Sam objected, but Mikaela noted Wheelie was faithful, [[Alice|unlike]] her boyfriend. That did not stop Sam from punting Wheelie.

Wheelie was taken by Jetfire's [[space bridge]] to [[Jordan]], and from there he travelled with the humans and Autobots to the [[Pyramid]]s of [[Egypt]]. He was present in when Bumblebee was stopped by the border officers. They arrived at Egypt, where he presumably decided to stay safely while everyone else searched for the [[Tomb of the Primes]]. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' novelization===
In Egypt, Wheelie stopped a police car by jumping onto its windscreen and smashing it, before Bumblebee and the Twins scared off the officers. After that he ripped off a wipper as a trophy, ran back to Mikaela and buried his face in her cleavage. Bloody hell.
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===Coloring books===
[[Image:Wheels rotfcoloringbook.jpg|thumb|Oh '''SNAP!''']]
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==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Deluxe Class Toys====
[[Image:Wheelie ROTF deluxe toy.jpg|thumb|right|350px|[http://pcwr.kt.fc2.com/top15/log213.htm fix my eyes or i'll hump you too!

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*'''Autobot Wheelie''' (2009)

:''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Wheelie features an [[insignia]] that changes from Decepticon to Autobot. He is highly poseable, with an articulated neck, individual fingers, eyes, and mouth (all part of his transformation scheme), although his shoulder joints are rather stiff. His chest panel can be switched between Autobot and Decepticon symbols, which is probably the Mech Alive feature of this toy. While transforming him from 'bot to truck, the two halves of the hood and fenders that are suppose to connect together a difficult to push together. Care should be taken when doing this, or you'll break the clear plastic tab that forms his headlights. Another thing is that his legs are extremely difficult to get fully together in R/C truck mode, but not impossible. Oddly enough, his right eye features more detailing than the left. While this suggests that Hasbro knew about his eye damage, both optics are painted in the same (inaccurate) colour. Wheelie also features a highly generic alternate mode, looking nowhere similar to the Ford F-250 body of the truck. He has both one of the smallest alt-modes and one of the largest robot modes of any Deluxe-class figure. Odd.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/Wheelie/wheelie.htm More information on Wheelie at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*Wheelie does not have a fast-talking Brooklyn accent in the [[Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novelization]]. "I worship Warrior Goddess! Need discipline!", he says of Mikaela.

*Seeing Mikaela for the first time, Wheelie describes her as "hot" but "not too bright." Interesting that a sentient machine would find a human sexually attractive. He, in fact, humps her leg later in the movie.
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