Wreck-Gar (Animated)

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{{disambig2|the garbage truck from ''Transformers Animated''|the Junkion from ''Generation 1''|Wreck-Gar (G1)}}

:''Wreck-Gar is a very confused individual from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Wreck-garanimatedpoint.jpg|right|thumb|300px|I am Wreck Gar! I am a Gurren Laagan reference!!... Huhm...what is a Gurren Laagan?]]

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. This handy ability, combined with his innocence, can make him more of a hindrance then a help, but he's managed to figure out right from wrong in the end.

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

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

[[Image:Wreck-garisgoodforonlyonething.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Put down your chainsaw and listen to me!]]
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!)

[[Image:Wreck-garanimatedvehicle.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The most coveted of Transformer [[alt mode]]s... the garbage truck.]]
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 buried up to his shoulders, 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.
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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]]. As Idle was busy with the production of ''Spamalot'', Weird Al was selected instead.

* Wreck-Gar's head is an old-fashioned portable TV set, complete with channel selection dials, aerial and a handle for transport.

* When Lugnut was about to use his power fist on Ratchet, Wreck-Gar mistook it as the [[Universal greeting|Universal greeting]] and replied with "Bah-weep-Graaaaagnah wheep ni ni bong" before giving Lugnut an extremely explosive high five.

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