Derrick J. Wyatt

2011-09-08T01:04:57Z

95.154.230.254: unnecessary judgemental. Unfunny and opinionating. We should PLEASE keep a better signal to noise ratio here.

[[Image:DerrickWyatt.jpg|thumb|300px|Living the dream!]]

'''Derrick James Wyatt''' ([[August 10]], 1972– ) is an American artist and character designer from [[Paw Paw]], Michigan. He attended the [[wikipedia:Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art|Joe Kubert school]] of art in [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]], where one of his teachers was [[José Delbo]]. Another was [[Kim DeMulder]]! Later on, he received an internship at Spumco in California, which would graduate to full-time employment with the company. Derrick eventually left Spumco, subsequently getting a job at Warner Bros. Animation, where he worked on the comedy/wrestling series ''Mucha Lucha'' as a designer. Other opportunities opened up for him while at Warners, where he would join the staff of ''Teen Titans'' and ''Legion of Super Heroes'' as a full-time character designer.

He was the art director, lead character designer, and a color stylist on the [[Cartoon Network]]-produced ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]''. As a longtime Transformers fan, this was a dream come true for him.

==Writer==
* [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club]] issues [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 24|24]]–[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 28|28]]: ''Animated'' [[Tech Spec]]s.

==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon 2008]]
* [[BotCon 2009]]
* [[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2009]]
* [[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010]]
* [[Unofficial conventions|Auto Assembly 2010]]

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==Merchandise==
===Mighty Muggs===
*'''Derrick J. Wyatt''' (2009)
: This [[super deformed]] vinyl Derrick J. Wyatt figure uses the standard [[Mighty Muggs]] body template, with swivel joints in his neck and limbs. It was released by Hasbro in an ''extremely'' limited edition of... one. That one figure is now in the possession of its namesake. Sorry, collectors!

==Notes==
[[Image:WyattToys.jpg|thumb|REALLY living the dream.]]
* According to an interview, Derrick's favorite Transformers have always been "[[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]], [[Ratbat (Animated)|Ratbat]], [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], and [[Wasp|Waspinator]]". Well, three out of four ain't bad...

* On the ''Transformers Animated'' season 2 DVD set, Derrick provides episode commentary on "[[Mission Accomplished]]" and "[[Garbage In, Garbage Out]]" alongside [[Marty Isenberg]], [[Eric Siebenaler]], and [[Matt Youngberg]].

* Derrick [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|occasionally]] [[Hot Shot (Animated)|influences]] this very wiki.

* Derrick prefers the characterizations of the original cartoon over the Marvel comics.

*He would really like you all to know that he only did, like, ''one'' character design for ''Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends'', which he thinks was an old woman in a rocking chair. Seriously, he didn't do anything else! You can stop bringing up the fact he worked on it! Please? Pretty please?

* Derrick's ''Animated'' [[character model]] —essentially [[Isaac Sumdac]] with a new head— was scheduled to appear in "[[Human Error, Part I]]", in the scene with ''Animated'' versions of [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]], [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] and [[Marty Isenberg]]. Unfortunately, it didn't make it in to the final scene. Boo!

*He recently grew a mustache. It has now evolved into a beard.

*He was briefly brought in early on in the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' design process.

==External links==
*[http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/ Derrick J. Wyatt's blog]
*[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt Derrick J. Wyatt's Twitter feed]
*[http://www.formspring.me/DerrickJWyatt Derrick J. Wyatt's Formspring page]
*[http://theamazingmumbo.deviantart.com/ Derrick J. Wyatt's deviantart gallery]
*[http://us.imdb.com/name/nm1356967/ Derrick Wyatt] at the Internet Movie Database
*[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/interviews-27/derrick-wyatt-interview-166415/ Interview with Derrick Wyatt at TFW2005.com]
*Derrick Wyatt Unicron.com Interview:
**[http://unicron-events-interviews.blogspot.com/2009/04/derrick-wyatt-interview.html Part 1]
**[http://unicron-events-interviews.blogspot.com/2008/04/derrick-wyatt-interview-part-2.html Part 2]

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Seeker (United)

2011-07-26T02:08:57Z

95.154.230.254:

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{{disambig3|Seeker}}
:''The Seeker is a former [[Quintesson]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:United Seeker.jpg|thumb|"Brainiac? Never heard of him."]]

The '''Seeker''' (シーカー ''Shīkā'') is an entity of massive and awesome power. With his crystal-like fortress spaceship, he travels the Universe seeking to accumulate more knowledge and history, which is contained as audiovisual data within his ship. His ambitions do not end at mere data, however—the Seeker delights in the opportunity to study rare forms of existence, and will stop at nothing to acquire the subjects of such research.

==Fiction==
===''Macrocosmic Seekers''===
Millions of years before [[2010]], the Seeker was a Quintesson, one of many using the [[Transformer]]s they created as slaves. The Seeker was unique among his race in that he saw the potential for evolution and the impeding freedom of the Transformers. Mocked for his beliefs and fearing the [[Autobot Rebellion|robot rebellion]], the Seeker left his race behind. He then became engrossed in the task of collecting all there was to know about the [[Universe (universe)|Universe]]. In the process, he shed his body and his consciousness became one with the data on his fortress spaceship. He eventually returned to his home galaxy and discovered that, true to his predictions, the Transformers had evolved beyond their original status. Four—[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]—in particular interested the Seeker due to their evolution at the hands of greater forces—[[Unicron]] and the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. {{storylink|True Value of Treasure}}

The Seeker sensed that the four Transformers he desired converged onto the planet of [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], thanks in part to [[Scrapheap (G1)|Scrapheap]], and sent his spaceship to the planet. {{storylink|Everlasting Battle}} Once at the planet, the Seeker called out for the [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s to cease their battle and abducted the four he sought, along with [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and Scrapheap. The entity placed his objects of desire into four tubes and left the other two elsewhere on the ship. Regardless, the [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] and the Autobot found their way to the chamber with the tubes. {{storylink|Bereft of the Treasure}} The Seeker, amused with Scrapheap's similarity to himself, freely revealed his existence and explained that the four Transformers were kept in stasis at the exact moment where they changed forms, such as Hot Rod's evolution into Rodimus Prime. With this, the Seeker hoped to study their drastic rebirth eternally. Kup did not take kindly to the situation he found himself in and attempted to blast open the capsules, only to be punished by the Seeker accelerating his body to an (even more) decrepit, rusted old age. The Seeker attempted to appeal to Scrapheap's affection for the unique things in the Universe. Scrapheap admitted that the Seeker's machinations have brought about something unique, but the spark of Kup, a noble warrior, was more beautiful and unique. With this sentiment, Scrapheap punched open Rodimus Prime's capsule. {{storylink|Eternal Moment}}

The Hot Rod-Rodimus Prime being was burst out of the capsule, sending the Seeker into a fury. Using the ship's weapon systems, the Seeker attempted to attack the Autobots, only for their evasion to break open the Decepticons' capsules. Using Megatron-Galvatron's random blast, the Autobots escaped through a wall. {{storylink|Time to Move}} The Seeker gave the Transformers one last chance to rejoin his collection, only to be rejected. Infuriated, the Seeker turned the weapon systems on the Transformers once again, resulting in the Transformers destroying more and more of the ship. This, in turn, had an adverse effect on the Seeker, whose very being and data were contained all throughout the ship. Cursing the Transformers for destroying so much knowledge, the Seeker reminisced back to his early existence as a Quintesson and faded from existence. {{storylink|Resisting People}} {{storylink|True Value of Treasure}}

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Derrick J. Wyatt

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