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Wreck-Gar (Animated)

2008-04-29T16:18:52Z

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:''Wreck-Gar is an character from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Wreck-Gar-Ani.jpg|thumb|250px|Ya got anything in a sextuple d?]]

Recently brought to life by the power of the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]], '''Wreck-Gar''' is simple-minded and highly suggestible. As he attempts to learn more about his identity, he never loses his sense of humor. His trash bin is an impressive bag of tricks, able to stash and deploy many useful (and even more ''non''-useful) items at a moment's notice, or make them seemingly disappear forever. Judging by the unbelievable amount of [[fandom|fanwank]] he constantly provides, he probably has the entire year 1986 stuffed in there too.

{{quote|I am Wreck-Gar, and I ''dare'' to be stupid!|Wreck-Gar, [[Garbage In, Garbage Out]]}}

==Fiction==
===Transformers Animated cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] (English), [[Joachim Kaps]] (German)
{{Spoiler|Garbage In, Garbage Out}}

Wreck-Gar emerged from a garbage scow, activated by a shard of [[AllSpark]] energy that was close to [[Sari Sumdac]]'s [[Sari Sumdac's Key|key]], self-aware but with no sense of history and identity. He tried to figure out what he was by studying objects in his environment; he was briefly tricked by a food label into thinking he was high-fructose corn syrup. Once ashore, Wreck-Gar's clumsy curiosity prevented police officers from apprehending the [[Angry Archer]], and the villain conscripted Wreck-Gar as a sidekick, even giving the confused mechanoid his new, shorter name. Wreck-Gar helped the Archer disable an armored car, and in the process, attracted the attention of the Autobots. After being harshly berated by [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]], Wreck-Gar assumed he was good for only one thing—''GARBAGE!''—and set about trying to deliver the stinky stuff to the entire citizenry of Detroit. (Detroit just happened to be in the middle of a garbage strike as well. Hooray!)

This mission became much more dangerous when he was approached by [[Lugnut]], who was out to retrieve the AllSpark shard from Wreck-Gar's body. Thanks to Wreck-Gar's habit of repeating everything said to him, Lugnut believed the newcomer was just as much a loyal [[Decepticon]] as himself. Wreck-Gar managed to befuddle and avoid both factions, and eventually settled upon hijacking another garbage scow so he could have a larger supply to distribute throughout the city. This particular scow was infested with highly destructive, all-consuming nanobots designed by [[Sumdac Systems]], and Wreck-Gar's attempt to deliver it was impeded by Ratchet, who did the hardest thing he'd ever had to do: ''apologize''. Once he finally realized how destructive the nanobots were, Wreck-Gar decided to be a hero, slapping the Autobot symbol on his chest once again and vacuuming up the nanobots. The nanobots began to overload within his backpack, however, and as Wreck-Gar tumbled off of what was left of the scow, he cried out his thank-you to Ratchet. An explosion of AllSpark energy burst from the water, and all Ratchet's magnetism power could retrieve was random junk...

And, at the bottom of the lake, Wreck-Gar smiled to himself, a hero. Despite being no more than a head and chest assembly, he assured the fish passing by he was there to help...but first...could somebody give him a hand? {{storylink|Garbage In, Garbage Out}}

==Toys==
===Animated===
*'''Wreck-Gar''' (Voyager, 2008)

: Wreck-Gar transforms into a garbage truck with articulated lifting arms. His robot mode has many visual callbacks to the original [[Junkion]] [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] design, and some of the facial features resemble voice actor Yankovic as well.
{{comingsoontoy}}

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==Trivia==
* Originally, the creators wanted [[Eric Idle]] to play Wreck-Gar, as he was the original voice for his [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Generation 1 namesake]]. When they couldn't sign him on, Weird Al was selected instead.
{{spoiler|Mission Accomplished}}

* Wreck-Gar's head is an old-fashioned TV set, complete with channel selection dials. Who the heck still had one of ''those'' around to throw out in the 22nd century? An antique shop, maybe?

* In [[Mission Accomplished]], [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] awoke in a garbage scow and later found an AllSpark shard inside a garbage truck of the same design as the one that would eventually become Wreck-Gar. It is not explicitly clear whether this is supposed to be Wreck-Gar or just a bit of coincidental foreshadowing.

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The Elite Guard

2008-04-29T16:14:01Z

74.12.216.237:

{{disambig2|the '''Transformers Animated''' episode|the Autobot military team featured in this episode|Cybertron Elite Guard}}

[[Image:Eliteguardleaveshuttle.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Thor! Luke Cage! Captain America! ASSEMBLE!!]]

{{episodenav|animated|17|season=2|prev=Megatron Rising - Part 2|next=The Return of the Headmaster}}

'''The Cybertron Elite Guard arrives on Earth to retrieve the All Spark and relieve Prime and his crew of their post, but they prove less than adept at blending in with the human world.'''

==Summary==
On the extensive highway system of [[Detroit]], the [[Autobot]]s are aiding in the repair efforts after their titanic battle with the [[Decepticon]]s. Unfortunately the residents of the city don't seem to ''understand'' that the road system was blown to rubble by the battle, and are upset that the Autobots are holding up traffic. Optimus Prime heads over to address their concerns, and they flee in fear. Bulkhead comments that he liked it better when they were heroes, to which Optimus retorts that they still are. All of them wonder what the heck has happened that Bumblebee isn't there helping them.

[[Image:Super secretary.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Sure thing, dollface!]]

There's no reason for them to be jealous though, as the little yellow bot has been pressed into service as Sari's secretary at [[Sumdac Tower]]. The little girl realizes that there's a lot of pressure in running a business, and feels sorry for her father's having had to deal with this. Porter C. Powell is less patient, and expresses a fairly cold attitude towards her "wasting" company funds on locating the genius who designs all the company's myriad robotic technologies. Sari yells at him that as long as the company's name is Sumdac she's in charge, cuts him off, and tells Bumblebee to hold her calls. Bumblebee tells the "Boss Lady" sure, but points to the TV, showing an unidentified flying object headed for Detroit, saying she might want to look at that.

[[Image:Elite ship.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Those [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite guys]] always got ships that could actually land.]]

Spotting it, the Autobots speed to the scene, only to be met with some justified resentment by Captain Fanzone. However they are allowed to pass once the [[Elite Guard's ship|ship]] is revealed to be crewed by Autobots. Sentinel Prime, Jazz, and Ultra Magnus step out of the ship, while Optimus Prime and company walk up the gangplank, giving Magnus a salute. The [[Supreme Commander]] orders a force field thrown up to quarantine the entire area from organics. Jazz is interested in interacting with the locals, but quickly loses his interest when Sentinel Prime warns that they'll spit slime that will melt him down.<ref>Apparently someone told him about [[Prometheus Black|Meltdown]].</ref>

Sentinel is assigned to decontaminate the long-lost Autobot crew, a task he takes to with relish until he is interrupted by Jazz for overdoing it. Released, the Autobots are informed that the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] have come to retrieve the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]]. Optimus explains that it was dispersed in the battle with the Decepticons, a fact that Sentinel accuses him of lying about, saying there is no evidence of the Decepticons being on the planet. Ratchet says that Optimus is a hero for keeping the AllSpark out of Megatron's hands, while Bulkhead nearly comes to blows with Sentinel after the out-of-line guardsman says that Optimus is anything but a hero. Ultra Magnus orders the Autobots to calm down and tells Optimus to take him and and Sentinel to where the AllSpark was dispersed, though he insists that Optimus Prime's crew remain with Jazz until they return. The two Elite Guardsmen have some very unsubtle [[alternate mode]]s, chosen by Sentinel (Magnus is a military transport and Sentinel is a monster truck with a snow plow), and damage some cars near the ship as they [[roll out]]. Optimus tries to instruct them on the finer points of traffic laws, but Sentinel rams him aside without any regards for driver safety. He pays for this by driving off a damaged bridge and crashing into the ground below.

[[Image:Lair.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Meanwhile, in the evil lair...]]

Elsewhere, the Decepticons have holed themselves up in an underground mine with carbon deposits to hide them from the Autobots' sensors. Lugnut wants to go topside and fight, but his arm falls off mid-rant. Besides, Megatron has other priorities: the conquest of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Although Blitzwing thinks that the three of them conquering Cybertron is crazy, Megatron has a plan. He says that the reason they lost the [[Great War]]s were due to the AllSpark and the Autobots' [[space bridge]], but Megatron was able to download a partial schematic from the ''[[Ark (Animated)|Ark]]'' before his defeat. A completed space bridge would allow the Decepticons to teleport into Cybertron and conquer the planet from the inside. The rest of the space bridge's schematics, however, would have to be reverse-engineered by Isaac Sumdac, who is still the Decepticons' prisoner. Sumdac says that he doesn't know anything about teleportation, but a malfunctioning service drone gets him to shut up. Megatron blasts the drone and discovers that a piece of the AllSpark is embedded in its circuitry. This gives Megatron hope that the AllSpark was not entirely destroyed and could still be salvaged...

[[Image:Freaked jazz-1.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!]]

At a Sumdac Systems manufacturing plant, an assembly line building police drones has been embedded with a piece of the AllSpark, and the drones begin to go haywire. Powell tells Sari what is happening, but refuses to do anything about it. Sari decides to free the Autobots, using [[Sari Sumdac's key|her key]] to move through the shield and get onto the ship. Tripping an alarm, Sari is soon confronted by Jazz, who tries to coax her off the ship without provoking her. Realizing Jazz is afraid of her, Sari scares the [[slag (slang)|slag]] out of the poor bot. Optimus's crew arrive and explain that Sari is harmless. Sari tells them what's going on at the plant, but Jazz says they need to stay with him. Bumblebee says that Magnus didn't specify where, and Jazz, wanting to try out his stylish alternate mode, goes with them to the plant.

On [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]], Optimus warns Sentinel and Magnus about the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobot]]s, who take that moment to jump out, but Sentinel is unworried. Grimlock's [[Transformation|transformation]] and [[energo-sword]] are a little more impressive, especially as they manage to force back Sentinel Prime, even through his shield. Ultra Magnus uses his hammer to call down lightning and scare away the Dinobots, while Sentinel appears to have learned nothing.

[[Image:Prowl surprise.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[Dull surprise]]!]]

Arriving at the plant, the police drones attack the Autobots. Jazz shows off his [[Metallikato]] skills, and Bulkhead smashes and smashes, but there is just no end to the drones. Magnus and the Primes arrive to provide backup, but Sentinel thinks that they should abort rather than risk organic contamination. Optimus, Prowl, and Jazz force their way into the plant and get Sari to a control console, into which she places her key, shutting down the assembly line, and Magnus uses his hammer to destroy the rest of the drones. Unfortunately, the key is stuck. Sentinel Prime says that he'll see Optimus tried for insubordination and high treason for destroying the AllSpark, but Optimus finally tells Sentinel to shove it in his hard drive, reminding him they are of equal [[Prime (rank)|rank]]. Using his axe, Prime destroys the console and discovers that the key was attached to a piece of the AllSpark. Examining it, Ultra Magnus accepts Optimus Prime's story. Sentinel still tries to badmouth Optimus, saying he's a liar, but Ultra Magnus finally puts Sentinel in his place, saying Optimus has demonstrated strategic thinking, determination, and loyalty towards his comrades{{m-}}all qualities that Sentinel Prime could use.

[[Image:dramatic change in plot.jpg|right|180px|thumb|See that, [[Pat Lee]]? It's called an ''expression''!]]

Heading home, Sari and Bumblebee find that she has been locked out of her office. Powell says that he's been elected CEO and Chairman of the Board, and is now head of Sumdac Systems. Sari still insists that it's her family's company, but Powell reveals that there is no will or adoption papers from Isaac Sumdac, nor does Sari have a birth certificate or social security number. As Sari realizes that she has no way to prove that she is Sumdac's daughter, Powell puts it even more bluntly{{m-}}there's no evidence to prove that she legally exists...

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Rich Fogel]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Matt Youngberg]], [[Irineo Maramba]], & [[Yutaka Kagawa]]
*'''Original airdate:''' April 12, 2008
*'''Animation company:''' [[Mook]]

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===Featured characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"

! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobot]]s
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticon]]s
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human]]s
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |

*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (2)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (3)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (9)
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (10)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (11)
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] (16)
*[[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] (17)
*[[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] (18)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Lugnut|Lugnut]] (12)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (13)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (14)
| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |

*[[Sari Sumdac]] (6)
*[[Porter C. Powell]] (7)
*[[Captain Fanzone]] (8)
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (15)

|}

==Quotes==
'''Optimus''': This is completely unnecessary, Sentinel! 
'''Sentinel''': Can't risk an infestation, "old buddy". Take it like a real bot. 
''[Jazz shuts down the decontamination system]'' 
'''Jazz''': Cool it, Sentinel. Whatever went down between you and Optimus, you don't need to hassle his crew.
:{{m-}} Sentinel Prime is a jerk.

"Man, that was some funky blinkin' colored light show! What'd you call those things again?" 
"Traffic lights?" 
"Traffic lights. Solid." 
:{{m-}}'''Jazz''' discovers the wonderful world of commuting with the help of '''Bulkhead'''. 

"What kind of screwloose planet IS this?!"
:{{m-}}Between broken bridges and now Dinobots, '''Sentinel Prime''' isn't having a good day. Poor baby.

'''Bulkhead''': It's no good! These things are rolling off the assembly line faster than I can smash 'em! 
'''Jazz''': Is it always like this on this crazy planet? 
'''Prowl''': Pretty much. 
:{{m-}} Jazz learns that Prime's crew has anything but a quiet life.

'''Sentinel''': I think you've done enough, Optimus! I'll make sure you're tried for high treason for destroying the Allspark! Now come with me! 
'''Optimus''': No! 
''[Shoves Sentinel aside]'' 
'''Sentinel''': That wasn't a request. That's a DIRECT ORDER, Optimus! 
'''Optimus''': It's Optimus PRIME. I may be an Elite Guard washout and a glitched detail flunky, but last time I checked, you and I still had equal rank. SO, Sentinel PRIME, take your order AND your condescending attitude and STICK IT IN YOUR HARD DRIVE! You're on MY TURF now! 
:{{m-}} Optimus is officially sick of Sentinel Prime's crap.

"Definetely appears to be a fragment of the AllSpark. Apparently, your story about dispersing it may not be so far fetched after all." 
"But sir, you can't honestly believe that. He's a lying, insubordinate crank shaft." 
"He may be a little rough around the edges, but in the heat of battle, Optimus Prime exhibited the qualities of a true leader: strategic thinking, determination, and above all, loyalty. Something ''you'' could stand to learn a thing or two about, Sentinel Prime." 
:{{m-}}Ultra Magnus lets Sentinel Prime know how much of an Auto-Ass he is.

[[Image:No Sari Sumdac.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[The Agenda (Part III)|"And you—YOU!—no longer exist!"]]]]

"Hey, why is my office locked?" 
"Miss Sumdac, I regret to inform you that your services will no longer be required. The board has unanimously elected me to take over as CEO of [[Sumdac Systems]]." 
"You can't do that! It's still my family's company!" 
"Is it? I took the liberty of doing some research into your claim. It might interest you to know that there is no will, no birth certificate, no adoption papers, social security number, or any kind of record whatsoever for a 'Sari Sumdac'." 
"Are you saying I can't prove I'm Isaac Sumdac's daughter?" 
"I'm saying you can't even prove you exist." 
:{{m-}}'''Sari''' and '''Porter C. Powell''' create a drastic change in plot.

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==Other notes==
===Continuity errors===
* Captain Fanzone is STILL driving the car that was crushed! He must know [[Sparkplug Witwicky|one hell of a mechanic]]. Or he's obsessive enough to buy an identical car.
* Jazz says he has orders to "stick with you" [Optimus's crew], to which Bumblebee is delighted to inform him about the loophole. But really, the order was to stay "here" [on the ship]. So either Jazz forgot his orders, or [[Tracks|cared more about his vehicle mode]].

===Animation errors===
* When Sentinel Prime is asking for proof that the Allspark was not completely destroyed, in the next shot, Bumblebee is seen missing the plate on top of his head. It comes back in the next scene.
* When Optimus is walking down the ramp reassuring the humans that the other Autobots are friendly, Sentinel Prime can be seen in vehicle mode coming down behind him. Yet in the next shot after Optimus has transformed, Ultra Magnus is the first to follow suit.

===Transformers references===
* This episode reveals that both Jazz and Prowl are practitioners of the Cybertronian martial art of [[Metallikato]], originally used by the Generation 1 character [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]].

* In voicing Ultra Magnus, Jeff Bennett is doing a ''rather'' good impression of [[Robert Stack]], who originally voiced the character in [[The Transformers: The Movie|the 1986 movie]], as well as a bit of a take on [[Wikipedia:Sir Alec Guiness|Alec Guinness]]' portayal of [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] from the original [[Star Wars]] trilogy. Very cool.

* The giant ship in which the Elite Guard arrives on Earth bears a strong resemblance to the shuttles used by the Autobots in the 1986 movie, only in blue, and a whole lot bigger.

===Real-world references===
* Ultra Magnus' Hammer appears to have been modeled after [[Wikipedia:Thor|Thor]]'s hammer [[Wikipedia:Mjolnir|Mjolnir]].

* Captain Fanzone homages the ''[[Wikipedia:Indiana Jones|Indiana Jones]]'' line, "Snakes, why did it have to be snakes?" replacing "snakes" with "robots".

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Megatron is evidently fully repaired now, while his subordinates are having trouble keeping their arms from falling off. Guy's got priorities, certainly.
* We don't know what's happened to Starscream's body ("alive" or dead). Presumably, he's either crawled off somewhere or been retrieved by Megatron, since it doesn't seem to have occurred to Optimus to use him as evidence of Decepticon activity. Blackarachnia is similarly AWOL.
* When they're being "decontaminated", Bulkhead remarks that Sentinel doesn't remember them, to which Bumblebee replies that he wants it that way.
* In the ''Animated'' universe, "Prime" seems to be a military rank, as Optimus forcefully reminds Sentinel.
* It remains unclear if either part of Ultra Magnus's name is a rank, particularly since he's commonly addressed as "Commander".
* So, what ''is'' the deal with Sari, anyway?

==Footnotes==
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Ironhide (Animated)

2008-04-29T16:13:01Z

74.12.216.237:

{{disambig3|Ironhide}}
:''Ironhide is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:AniHide.JPG|right|thumb|250px|AHRUNHAHDE.]]
'''Ironhide''' is a Cybertronian officer with a Texan accent...somehow.

==Fiction==
===''Transformers Animated''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Corey Burton]] (English), [[Kaspar Eichel]] (German)

{{spoiler|Mission Accomplished}}
Ironhide contacted [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] and revealed the Decepticons had begun an uprising, destroying a [[space bridge]] in the process. Before he could reveal all the details however, his transmission was cut short. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}}

==Trivia==
*Ironhide's voicing is, of course, an homage to the original [[Peter Cullen]] portrayal of the character.
*According to the Cartoon Network website minigame, his alliance lays with the Decepticons. This may explain Megatron's remark about a double agent in Ironhide's debut episode.
*Ironhide has a butt-chin. Tee-hee!

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[[Category: Decepticons]]
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Ironhide (Animated)

2008-04-29T16:12:32Z

74.12.216.237:

{{disambig3|Ironhide}}
:''Ironhide is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:AniHide.JPG|right|thumb|250px|AHRUHNHAHDE.]]
'''Ironhide''' is a Cybertronian officer with a Texan accent...somehow.

==Fiction==
===''Transformers Animated''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Corey Burton]] (English), [[Kaspar Eichel]] (German)

{{spoiler|Mission Accomplished}}
Ironhide contacted [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] and revealed the Decepticons had begun an uprising, destroying a [[space bridge]] in the process. Before he could reveal all the details however, his transmission was cut short. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}}

==Trivia==
*Ironhide's voicing is, of course, an homage to the original [[Peter Cullen]] portrayal of the character.
*According to the Cartoon Network website minigame, his alliance lays with the Decepticons. This may explain Megatron's remark about a double agent in Ironhide's debut episode.
*Ironhide has a butt-chin. Tee-hee!

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