David Wise

2012-07-13T18:50:03Z

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[[Image:DavidWiseRhinoDVD01.jpg|thumb|300px|He even recycled that chin from George Lucas.]]

'''David Wise''' is an American televison animation writer. He is perhaps best known as the head writer for the 1987 ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' series, where he wrote or co-wrote over seventy episodes (and story-edited many more). He was also the single most prolific writer for the ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' cartoon, penning fifteen episodes.

==Episodes written==
===Generation 1 cartoon===
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*"[[Attack of the Autobots]]"
*"[[Day of the Machines]]"
*"[[Microbots]]"
*"[[Make Tracks]]"
*"[[The Secret of Omega Supreme]]"
*"[[Kremzeek!]]"
*"[[Auto-Bop]]"
*"[[The Girl Who Loved Powerglide]]"
*"[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1]]"
*"[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2]]"
*"[[War Dawn]]"
*"[[Trans-Europe Express]]"
*"[[The Rebirth, Part 1]]"
*"[[The Rebirth, Part 2]]"
*"[[The Rebirth, Part 3]]"
|}}

==Convention appearances==
*[[BotCon 2004]] (unofficial)
*[[BotCon 2009]]

==Notes==
*Wise is a large fan of the ''[[Doctor (G1)|Doctor Who]]'' series, claiming to have inserted the line "reverse the polarity" whenever he could in his writing; in ''Transformers'', that happened in "[[The Rebirth, Part 3]]". Meanwhile, in "[[The Rebirth, Part 2]]", one of the [[Nebulan]] [[Hive (G1)|Hive]] rallies that they must "[[Dalek|exterminate! exterminate!]]" the newly created [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]].

*Wise was interviewed as a special feature for [[Kid Rhino]]'s ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' Season 3 Part 2 and Season 4 DVD set.

===Recycle-o-matic===
David, rather unapologetically, recycled concepts and ideas from old work for use in the new. This is rather understandable considering how prolific a writer he was, and just how much he was called on to write. However what it means is that many Transformers set pieces, concepts and even plots wound up appearing in later series, especially ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', and many other ideas seem to have actually started life as plots for earlier series, like ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.''

Which ''Transformers'' stories were recycled? Wellll...

*"[[Attack of the Autobots]]" — the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' episode "Slash - The Evil Turtle from Dimension X".
*"[[Day of the Machines]]" — Recycled from the ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' episode "Day of the Machines".
*"[[Microbots]]" — Recycled for a short segment of the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' episode "Shredder and Splintered".
*"[[Kremzeek!]]" — Sections recycled from the ''He-Man'' episode "Day of the Machines", "Kremzeek" was later recycled almost completely for the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' episode "The Big ZIPP attack", and ''The Mighty Ducks'' episode "Zap Attack".
*"[[Auto-Bop]]" — the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' episode "Corporate Raiders from Dimension X".
*"[[The Girl Who Loved Powerglide]]" — Recycled wholesale for the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' episode "Poor Little Rich Turtle".
*"[[Trans-Europe Express]]" — The weather machine was recycled for the climax of the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' episode "Hot Rodding Teenagers from Dimension X."

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936335/ David Wise on the Internet Movie Database]
*[http://princeospace.blogspot.com/ A Spy in the House of Tomorrow - David Wise's blog]
*[http://moonbase2.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=553015 Interview with David Wise on the Moonbase 2 podcast]
*[http://geewunner.com/87/vintage-interview-david-wise/ Interview with David Wise at Geewunner]

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