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Michael Ironside

2022-02-25T07:17:58Z

Grimbee:

[[File:Michaelronside Actor.jpg|right|thumb|270px|I am many things, [[Superman|Kal-El]]. But here, I am [[God]].]]
'''Frederick Reginald "Michael" Ironside''' (born [[February 12]], [[1950]]) lllllsllslsllslslsllsis a Canadian actor who is mostly known for playing villains and "tough guy" heroes, though he has also portrayed sympathetic characters. Ironside is a method actor, who stays in character between takes. In film and television, he is best known for playing roles such as Darryl Revok in ''Scanners'', Ham Tyler on ''V'', Lt. Cmdr. Rick "Jester" Heatherly in ''Top Gun'', Richter in ''Total Recall'', Gen. Katana in ''Highlander II: The Quickening'', Captain Oliver Hudson in ''seaQuest 2032'', Lt. Jean Rasczak in ''Starship Troopers'', General Sam Lane in ''Smallville'', and many other roles.

In voice acting, he voiced Tyler in ''Heavy Metal 2000'', Darkseid in the DC Animated Universe, ''Lego DC Super-Villains'', and ''Harley Quinn'', Colonel Moss in ''[[Wolverine (Marvel)|Wolverine]] and the [[X-Men]]'', Sam Fisher in Tom Clancy's ''Splinter Cell'' series up until ''Splinter Cell: Conviction'', ''[[Frank Miller|The Dark Knight Returns]]'' version of [[Batman]] in ''The New Batman Adventures'' and the Triceraton Emperor Zanramon in the 2012 ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' cartoon.

==Voice roles==
===''Transformers: Prime''===
*[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]]

==External links==
*{{w|Michael Ironside}} on Wikipedia
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000461/ Michael Ironside at the Internet Movie Database]

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2022-02-25T07:17:30Z

Grimbee:

[[File:G1 Bumblebee Cliffjumper Red Yellow.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7|Wait till you see what crazy colors other countries got.]]
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==Collector-incentive variants==
[[File:Binaltech Smokescreen Toy.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Buy me twice!]]
Companies want to sell their products. Sometimes they try to sell multiples of the same product to the same buyer. One way to achieve this is by offering variants:
*''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Bumblebee]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Generation 1 2|Cliffjumper]] were both available in yellow and red versions well into the 1985 assortments. According to former [[Hasbro]] R&D Vice President [[George Dunsay]], this was a conscious decision to "make the line look bigger".<ref name="dunsay">[http://www.tfarchive.com/fandom/interviews/george_dunsay/george_dunsay_interview.php Interview with George Dunsay at TFArchive.com]</ref> Less clear is the case of [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]], an entirely different sculpt who was also sold in "Cliffjumper" packaging.
*[[TakaraTomy|Takara]] has offered quite a few simultaneously released variants of ''Transformers'' toys, usually marketed as such. Sometimes they are just color swaps using the same [[paint operation|paint mask]]s and [[tampograph]]s, while occasionally, they are outright simultaneously released [[redeco]]s:
**''[[Transformers: Alternators|Binaltech]]'' [[Smokescreen (G1)#Alternators/Binaltech|Smokescreen]] and his retool "Smokescreen GT" were both available in two slightly different decos, with two different driver-specific sets of decals each, based on the real-life rally cars the toys were based on. Similarly, ''Binaltech'' [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Alternators|Meister]] was available in both white and red versions, and [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Alternators|Prowl]] was even available with [[mold]] differences, as a black and white police car including a lightbar and as a blue civilian vehicle with a different rear spoiler. [[Tracks (G1)#Alternators|Tracks]] was also available in yellow and blue versions, but the blue version was released months after the yellow one and shipped all by itself, unlike the other ''Binaltech'' variants, each of which shipped in mixed [[case]]s.[[File:G1 Vol.1 Issue1 all covers.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Buy me six times!]]
**Similarly, ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Galaxy Force]]'' [[Scrapmetal (race)|Rumble]] was simultaneously available in red, blue and yellow versions.
**Also, let's not forget the [[chase figure]]s from various [[blindpacking|blind-packed]] assortments like ''[[The Transformers: Micromaster|Micromaster]]'' or the [[JUSCO]] [[exclusive]] [[Spy Changer]]s.
*Sometimes stores also get [[exclusive]] variants of toys that include bonus non-toy accessories, such as DVDs (e.g. ''Cybertron'' Deluxes at [[Walmart]]), posters (e.g. ''[[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie]]'' Deluxe "preview figures" at Walmart) or comic books (e.g. ''Movie'' [[Unleashed (toyline)|Unleashed]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Merchandise|Bumblebee]] at [[Kmart]]). Occasionally the exclusive version is released in redesigned packaging (arguably making it a different product, see below), but not always.
*While '''variant covers''' have been a common staple in the comic book industry since the early 1990s, usually reserved for the first issue of a new series or special occasions (issue numbers like 500, 333 etc., major story-based events), both the late [[Dreamwave Productions]] and current ''Transformers'' comic publisher [[IDW Publishing]] took the concept to the max, with nearly ''every single'' ''Transformers'' comic published to date having been released with more than one cover.

==Market-specific variants==
[[File:SunstreakerComparison.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Buy my superior deco!]]
Sometimes a toy is available in different versions in different markets. This mostly affects the toys' packaging, but differences between the toys themselves can also happen:
*The most common difference is between [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions of a toy. These can range from minor differences in the plastic colors to different plastic color layouts, different [[paint operation|paint masks]], different [[tampograph]]s and fully-blown different decos.
*Material differences can also occur, such as the [[die-cast]] metal parts used for Takara's ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Binaltech]]'' toys versus Hasbro's mostly-plastic ''Alternators'' versions, ''[[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie]]'' [[Landmine (Movie)|Landmine]]'s Japanese version sporting [[rubber tires]] instead of the Hasbro version's plastic wheels, or the soft, flexible plastic used for [[for safety reasons|pointy parts]] on Hasbro's toys in the place of the harder plastic used on Takara's versions. (See also [[unpaintable plastic]].)
*In some cases there are even [[mold]] differences, such as some ''Binaltech'' toys having their steering wheels on the right side of their dashboards, whereas Hasbro's ''Alternators'' usually had the steering wheel on the left side. In addition, Hasbro's [[Windcharger (G1)#Alternators|Windcharger]] lacked the long gun barrel his ''Binaltech'' counterpart [[Overdrive#Binaltech|Overdrive]] came with, and [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Alternators|Prowl]] sported several changes with his car shell reflecting the differences between the real-life Acura RSX (''Alternators'' Prowl) and the Honda Integra Type R (''Binaltech'' Prowl).
[[File:UniRedAlertThreeVersions.jpg|upright=1.55|thumb|Buy me in different countries!]]
*Packaging differences can range from "Hasbro-derived packaging with additional stickers for the Japanese market" ([[USA Edition]]s, ''[[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' toys) to entirely different Japanese packaging for the Takara versions. Likewise, Japanese toys traditionally come with their own (oftentimes superior) [[instructions]].
*Hasbro themselves also have packaging differences between different markets: Whereas the United States market (as well as Australia, New Zealand and some other English-speaking countries) typically gets toys in English-only packaging, Canada and Latin America used to be stuck with English/French/Spanish [[Multilingual packaging|trilingual packaging]] and instructions and recently moved on to quadrilingual packaging including Portuguese, and [[Europe]] has to deal with an increasing number of languages on their packaging (currently thirteen), and even ''more'' in the accompanying instructions.
*The European versions also replaced the US versions' [[package art]] with [[stock photography|stock photos]] of the toys themselves for undisclosed reasons between the tail end of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' and the launch of ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' and the second ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line.
[[File:UltimateBattleUSEuro.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Buy me in another country with more economic packaging!]]
*Packaging shapes and sizes can also differ between markets, such as the smaller European version of the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' "Ultimate Battle" two-pack without excessive space for the [[Optimus Prime vs Megatron: The Ultimate Battle|DVD]] case or the smaller ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Human Alliance]] packaging Australia got.
*Toys may even be distributed in packaging attributed to different [[franchise]]s in different Hasbro markets: For example, the original ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' line's [[Micromaster]] [[combiner]] waves (originally [[KB Toys]] [[exclusive]]s in the USA) were released in ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' ([[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]) and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' ([[Railbot]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]) packaging in European markets, but retained the same product code numbers. More complicated are the [[Superion (G1)#Universe (2008)|Superion]] and [[Bruticus (G1)#Universe (2008)|Bruticus Maximus]] combiner giftsets that were originally intended for the second ''Universe'' line and were released in some markets (Australia, Singapore) in intended-for-the-US-market ''Universe'' packaging, but were released in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' packaging in the USA. Since the ''Revenge'' versions sported different product codes than their ''Universe'' counterparts, this raises the question whether they are to be considered "packaging variants" or different products (see below).
*Name variants mostly exist between Hasbro and Takara versions of toys; however, in the 1980s and 1990s, [[The Transformers (European toyline)|European]] releases could even have different names on the toys' packaging for different markets (such as the [[Turbomaster]]s aka "Cannonmasters" and the [[Predator (subgroup)|Predator]]s). This practice has been abandoned with the introduction of uniform multilingual European packaging. The occasional name change of a [[gimmick]] still exists, though: ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ''[[Beast Hunters (toyline)|Beast Hunters]]'' Battlemaster Class "[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Talking|Talking Bumblebee]]" was renamed into "SFX Bumblebee" for European markets, with the sound chip changed from containing voice clips to generic sound effects, and ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]'' "[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Mega1Step|Mega 1-Step Bumblebee]]" was renamed into "Mega Flip Bumblebee" for European markets.
*A particularly odd case: In 2012, Hasbro's Asian division released several redecos and retools of older toys in ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' packaging in markets such as China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Malaysia, with all the various texts on the packaging being kept in English. Several months later, Hasbro's US division released those toys in the United States and Canada as [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusives, with the toys now sporting [[:File:GenerationsAsianDeluxes.jpg|bilingual English/Chinese texts on their packaging]]. In addition, the Deluxe Class toys were now packaged in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] rather than in [[robot mode]].
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==Running changes==
[[File:G1toy optimus prime variants and running changes.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Collect them all! (The red-footed version was a running change in European markets only.)]]
When companies come up with a way to slightly tweak and improve their product, they sometimes do so in the middle of the production run. This creates "running change" variants, but as far as the company is concerned, the later version is usually considered the "superior" product that is supposed to "replace" the earlier, "inferior" version. This can be an [[retool|improved tooling]] of a toy, allowing for more stability of joints or pegs or higher plastic tolerances improving the toy's [[articulation]]; it can be minor changes to the coloration or deco, occasionally in an attempt to make the toy more [[show-accuracy|show-accurate]]; or it can be limited to the packaging and/or paperwork included with the toy. Whether these changes are to be considered fixes to a perceived flaw or "error", cosmetic improvements or equally valid "alternate versions" with neither version being superior to the other one depends from case to case, and sometimes also from person to person (see "[[#Errors|errors]]" below for more).

Sometimes, the changes of a toy's colors are very noticeable, suggesting other intentions than cosmetic improvements.
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===Tooling===
[[File:G2OptimusPrimeFuelTanksComp.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Variants not only drive completists insane, they also make it a lot more difficult to use toys [[for parts]].]]
[[File:DOTMLegionSoundwave.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|The benefits of having a [[licensed vehicle alternate modes|licensed vehicle alternate mode]].]]
[[File:BH CV Hun-Gurrr Claws comparison.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Clawfingers.]]
*Many ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' toys were available both with and without [[rubsign]] indents.
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Generation 1 Optimus Prime]] had [[retool]]ed fist [[Peg|holes]] so that he could better hold his [[ion blaster]]. Furthermore, the weapon was also available with a larger barrel than the standard version.
*[[Transmetal]] [[Rattrap (BW)#Transmetal1|Rattrap]]'s neck-hinge was retooled to include a "catch" that keeps his head upright better in [[robot mode]].
*The first [[wave]] containing ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Alternators|Silverstreak]] had the toy sport its steering wheel on the right side of the dashboard, a carry-over from the Japanese ''Binaltech'' release of the toy. Subsequent shipments replaced the interior with the tooling from its (earlier released) [[retool]] [[Smokescreen (G1)#Alternators|Smokescreen]], with the steering wheel on the left side.<ref name="streakright">[http://toynewsi.com/index.php?itemid=3482 Toy News International gallery of Alternators Silverstreak] depicting the first version with the steering wheel on the right side of the dashboard.</ref><ref name="streakleft">[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/resources/review/alternator/silverstreak/1132 Transformers @ The Moon gallery of Alternators Silverstreak] depicting the later version with the steering wheel on the left side of the dashboard.</ref>
*''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Classics|Bumblebee]]'s air scoop on the roof of his car mode was made a touch bigger after the first half of his run when it was found that the [[rubsign]] did not fit on top of the scoop itself. Later redecos would continue to use this version of the mold.
*''Movie'' [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys|Deluxe Class Classic Camaro Bumblebee]] saw two changes to his mold during its production run: The initial version had even tabs on its [[Automorph Technology|Automorph]] gimmick; the first modification saw that changed to an uneven tab, which frequently caused the gimmick to break, which in turn resulted in the toy refusing to stay in its [[Alternate mode|vehicle mode]]; the second modification, which was only available with the UK [[exclusive]] "Towed to Safety" two-pack with [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] and with the more widely available "Evolution of a Hero" two-pack with Concept Camaro Bumblebee, saw the addition of another small tab which fixed the gimmick's fragility.<ref name="moviebbtab">[http://web.archive.org/web/20071016124950/http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=38149 Comparison photos for all three tab variants of Movie Bumblebee's Automorph gimmick.]</ref> All three versions are, by definition, "variants", since they were intentional changes on behalf of the factory; but since the intermediate version worsened the toy, not all fans interested in collecting variants would want it.
*Later versions of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Legion Class [[Soundwave (ROTF)/toys#Cyberverse|Soundwave]] figures featured sculpted "grill" details on the front, sides, and hood of the vehicle, whereas the initial production run had left those areas smooth.<ref name="dotmcvswave">[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/toys/dark-of-the-moon/soundwave/2513/ Both versions of ''Dark of the Moon'' Cyberverse Soundwave] (the MOSC one is the later variant, whereas the photos featuring a loose one depict the earlier version).</ref>
*The ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 2|Cyberverse]] Legion Class [[Vehicon (Prime)#Cyberverse|Vehicon]] figure had a molding variation with his included weapon: In the initial run of figures, the "shield" piece on the side was thicker. Later waves thinned the shield a bit, tapered the ends and added a few more sculpted details.
*In 2012, Hasbro released minor redecos of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'']] "[[Reveal the Shield]]" [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Starscream]] (sporting the same decos as TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers Chronicle|Chronicle]]'' EZ Collection releases of those sculpts) in generic 2010 ''Transformers'' packaging as "Dollar store" exclusives. Later shipments saw Optimus and Starscream sporting retooled hands, holes compatible with [[C joint|3mm ports]] and additional weapon accessories, all of which originated with the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' [[Motormaster (G1)#Generations|Motorbreath]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Generations|Thundercracker]] retools of those sculpts, respectively.
*Initial shipments of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime:]] [[Beast Hunters (toyline)|Beast Hunters]]'' ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Legion Class [[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)|Hun-Gurrr]] were unable to fold the claws over all the way in both directions due to problems with the plastic tolerances. This was amended by a running change, which also affected international releases of the figure. (All subsequent releases and redecos of the sculpt came with the same problem-free claws as the running change version.)
*Initial releases of ''[[Kre-O]] Custom Kreon'' [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)#CustomRID2015|Optimus Prime]] had an unsculpted helmet (either opaque or transparent, depending on the various samples) on his right side, while his left side is sculpted. However, this problem was solved by giving two perfect helmets via a running change in later releases.
*Later releases of Combiner Wars [[Swindle (G1)#Generations|Swindle]] featured two sets of nubs on his gun that could clip over either of his shoulders (meant for his retool, [[Hound (G1)#Generations|Hound)]], whereas initial releases lacked the aforementioned nubs.
*''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Trypticon (G1)#Titans Return|Trypticon]] originally featured symmetrical towers; the right tower was later redesigned to mimic the original asymmetrical towers on the original toy.
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===Materials===
*The "gray [[Roller (G1)|Roller]]" version of ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Optimus Prime]] (see below) had metal plates on the insides of his trailer/[[Combat Deck (G1)|Combat Deck]] instead of stickers.
*Generation 1 [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Ultra Magnus]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#G1RodimusPrime|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Metroplex (G1)#Generation 1|Metroplex]] were all originally available with rubber tires, while later shipments saw them replaced with plastic wheels. In addition, the first version of Rodimus Prime had toes made of [[die-cast]] metal, which were also replaced with plastic toes on the later version, and the second version of Metroplex replaced the [[vacuum metallizing|vacuum-metallized]] legs with flat white plastic legs.
*Some Generation 1 [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style [[combiner]] components were alternatively available with metal parts or in all-plastic versions.

===Colors and deco===
[[File:Prowl tm2 fktoy.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Buy both of us for the sake of completeness!]]
*''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Optimus Prime]] was available with a gray [[Roller (G1)#Generation 1 2|Roller]] and gray missiles for his [[Combat Deck (G1)#Generation 1 2|Combat Deck]], and with a blue Roller and black missiles. Furthermore, the second version also had an ''additional'' variant with a lighter shade of blue for both Roller and the Combat Deck components.
*The initial Japanese release of Generation 1 [[Astrotrain (G1)#Generation 1 2|Astrotrain]] sported different colors than his Hasbro counterpart, resulting in a black steam locomotive mode and a mostly white Space Shuttle mode complete with [[NASA]] decals. The following year, Takara re-released Astrotrain, now sporting the same colors as the Hasbro version.
*The ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[Dinobot (G1)#Generation 2|Dinobots]], [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Grimlock]], [[Snarl (G1)#Generation 2 2|Snarl]], and [[Slag (G1)#Generation 2 2|Slag]], were all available in three different color variants, each released in sequence.
*Some toys with [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum-metallized]] parts were available in slightly different shades, such as ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[Seaspray (G1)#Generation 2|Seaspray]] or ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#OptimalOptimus|Optimal Optimus]] (both with either "blue" or "purple" parts).
*The ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Transmetal 2]] toys [[Dinobot II#Beast Wars|Dinobot]] and [[Prowl II#Beast Wars|Prowl]] were some of Hasbro's early attempts at same-[[character]] [[redeco]]s: The first few [[wave]]s featured Dinobot in a bone-tan and purple coloration, whereas Prowl was white, turquoise, and red; several waves in, Dinobot's colors were changed to bright white with blue, and Prowl was now black, blue, and red. Neither toy's packaging made mention of the change, and both toys' packaging retained the same individual SKU rather than having them as completely new releases, as later lines would do with redecos.
[[File:Movie legends ratchet colorvariants.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Ignore the left one! Buy the right one!]]
*Early shipments of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Unicron/toys#Energon|Unicron]] also had the toy still sporting the same colors as the original ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' release, eventually being replaced by an all-new [[redeco]].
*''[[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie]]'' [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] [[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Legends Class toys|Autobot Ratchet]] was originally released in a very saturated green color, but later shipments had his color changed to a lime-ish tone closer to the character's larger [[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys|Voyager Class toy]].
[[File:PCC-toy Huffer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|You'd think this gets spotted sooner.]]
*Similarly, ''[[Power Core Combiners]]'' [[Huffer (PCC)|Huffer]] originally had his truck mode hood painted in a notably different shade of orange than the orange plastic used for the rest of the truck body. Later shipments changed the [[paint operation]] to a different shade that matched the plastic much better.
*''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Breakaway (ROTF)#Revenge of the Fallen|Breakaway]],<ref name="breakway">[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/gallery/revenge-of-the-fallen/breakaway/1883/1/ Side-by-side comparison of both variants of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Deluxe Class Breakaway.]</ref> [[Sideways (ROTF)#Deluxe Class toys|Sideways]],<ref name="rotfsideways">[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/toys/revenge-of-the-fallen/sideways/1848/ Side-by-side comparison of both variants of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Deluxe Class Sideways.]</ref> and [[Scattorshot (ROTF)#Revenge of the Fallen|Scattorshot]]<ref name="rotfscattorshot">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-toys-products-30/revenge-of-the-fallen-scout-scattorshot-variant-169202/ Both versions of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Scout Class Scattorshot side by side.]</ref> all had their colors changed to slightly darker tones in later shipments. It's possible that this change wasn't actually intentional, but just the result of slightly differently mixed colors for the batch.
*''Revenge of the Fallen'' Deluxe Class Mudflap initially came with a license plate that referenced his car model, "Trax."<ref name="traxplate">[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/view/revenge-of-the-fallen/mudflap/1817/1/21/ ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Deluxe Class Mudflap with "TRAX" license plate.]</ref> A later variant enlarged the license plate and changed it to "Mudflap".<ref name="mudflapplate">[http://desmondyoongcollection.blogspot.com/2009/07/hasbro-mudflap-rotf.html ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Deluxe Class Mudflap with "MUDFLAP" license plate.]</ref>
*The initial production run of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Deluxe Class [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Cannon|Cannon Bumblebee]] featured nearly opaque blue windows. Later cases then featured translucent blue windows instead.<ref name="cannonbee">[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/toys/revenge-of-the-fallen/cannon-bumblebee/1855/2/92/ Comparison between both versions of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Cannon Bumblebee.]</ref>
*''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Human Alliance]] [[Roadbuster (DOTM)#Human Alliance|Roadbuster]] initially sported his tampographed "88" driver numbers in a generic font, "NASCAR" decals behind the headlights and a missile made out of clear yellow plastic. A later variant saw the "88" numbers changed to resemble the font used for the real-life {{w|Dale Earnhardt, Jr.}} {{w|Chevrolet Impala#NASCAR Sprint Cup|Sprint Cup Chevy Impala}} (including black and white outlines) and replaced the "NASCAR" decals with Sprint Cup Series logos and the clear yellow missile with an opaque yellow one.<ref name="haroadbuster">[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/gallery/dark-of-the-moon/roadbuster/2516/1/ Comparison of both versions of Human Alliance Roadbuster.]</ref>
*Some variants even omit deco present on previous production runs. The second, [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] run of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#First Edition (2011)|Prime: First Edition]]'' Voyager Class [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#FirstEdition|Optimus Prime]] omitted the red paint on, beside, and below the truck side windows, revealing the patch of brown plastic underneath.
*''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Transformers: Prime]]''/''[[Beast Hunters (toyline)|Beast Hunters]]'' ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Legion Class [[Soundwave (WFC)#Cyberverse|Soundwave]] originally had his head including the [[mouthplate]] as well as the "collar" around the head all painted in flat black. Coupled with the purple paint operations on each side of the mouthplate, this made it look as if Soundwave had a huge black head with two purple eyes. This was later amended to some degree by a running change that gave the face a slightly darker, more glossy paint job.
*''Transformers: Prime''/''Beast Hunters'' Deluxe Class [[Windrazor (Prime)#Beast Hunters|Windrazor]] was originally released in colors that were very close to those of his [[wave]]-mate [[Twinstrike (Prime)#Beast Hunters|Twinstrike]]. A later running change replaced nearly ''all'' plastic and paint colors, most notably splitting up the formerly bright yellow plastic parts into gray and gold. This was effectively the most significant color variant officially marketed and sold as the same product since the ''Beast Wars'' Transmetal 2 Dinobot and Prowl variants.<ref name="windrazor">[http://ofensau.wordpress.com/2014/07/26/beast-hunters-deluxe-class-vs-cyberverse-legion-class-windrazor-twinstrike/ Comparison between both variants of Deluxe Class Windrazor] (and also Deluxe Class Twinstrike and Legion Class Windrazor and Twinstrike).</ref>
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===Packaging and paperwork===
[[File:EnergonPerceptorPackagingVariant.jpg|upright=1.45|thumb|''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' is dead! Long live ''The Powerlinx Battles''!]][[File:ThunderwingInstructionsChange.jpg|upright=1.05|thumb|Not so fast, bucko.]]
*The ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Transmetal 2|Transmetals 2]] originally used a Roman numeral, "Transmetal '''II'''", but later changed it to an Arabic number, "Transmetal '''2'''".
*The [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]] ''[[Transformers: Dinobots|Dinobots]]'' line had the name "Swoop" changed to "[[Terranotron (Dinobots)|Terranotron]]" on the toy's character card after initial shipments.
*Similarly, early versions of [[Red Alert (Armada)#CybCD|Cybertron Defense Red Alert]] were also available with the "Cybertron Defense" prefix missing on the packaging.
*''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BoltBumblebee|"Bolt" Bumblebee]] was released under the simple name "Bumblebee" in the United States. The [[multilingual packaging|European packaging]] initially also simply used the name "Bumblebee" everywhere on the packaging, but replaced it with a variant in later shipments that identified the toy as "Bolt Bumblebee". Conversely, ''Dark of the Moon'' Cyberverse [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#LegionStealth|Stealth Bumblebee]] was consistently named "Stealth Bumblebee" on the European packaging, whereas the United States version was once again initially named "Bumblebee", only to be followed by a variant that now also sported the name "Stealth Bumblebee".<ref name="dotmstealthbb">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-toys-products-30/dark-of-the-moon-stealth-bumblebee-packaging-variant-173523/ ''Dark of the Moon'' Cyberverse Stealth Bumblebee packaging variant]</ref>
*Lines that run longer than a year often see the introduction of a [[subline imprint]] such as the ''Unicron Battles'' for ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'', ''The Powerlinx Battles'' for ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'', ''[[Primus Unleashed]]'' for ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' or ''[[AllSpark Power]]'' for the [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie line]]. This often coincides with a slight change of the packaging design. Sometimes, toys originally released before the packaging design change will also be available in the new design.
*The packaging ''size'' can also change. For example, some ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Mini-Con]] two-packs were also available in slightly smaller packaging at [[Walmart]] stores. Likewise, ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Human Alliance]] packaging was severely shrunk down for the Australian market following [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Human Alliance|Bumblebee]]'s initial release, with a running change for Bumblebee himself.
*Some toys were available alternatively packaged in robot or [[alternate mode]]. Examples include the 1984 ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' [[Mini Vehicle|Mini-Cars]] for the 1985 lineup, or assorted ''[[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie]]'' and ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Deluxe and Voyager Class toys. In the latter case, the packaging's orientation was also flipped sideways to keep the same dimensions. However, most of those alternate versions have only been released in Asia, so they might rather fall under "market-specific variants".
*''Dark of the Moon'' Deluxe Class [[Laserbeak (DOTM)#Dark of the Moon|Laserbeak]] was initially packaged with the toy pointing diagonally to the left (like all ''Dark of the Moon'' Deluxe Class toys), with his guns placed to the right, pointing in the same direction as Laserbeak. A later variant saw Laserbeak pointing diagonally to the ''right'', with the guns placed to the left, pointing straight up.<ref name="dotmlaserbeak">''Dark of the Moon'' Deluxe Class Laserbeak packaging variant [http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/dark-of-the-moon-laserbeak-packaging-variant/21891/ comparison 1] and [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-toy-discussion/430237-dotm-deluxe-laserbeak-packaging-variant.html comparison 2].</ref>
*Various ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' toys came with [[instructions]] that depicted different heads and other sculpt differences compared to the actual toys, hinting at planned [[retool]]s for those toys. The line art for ''Generations'' [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s instructions, for example, depicted the head and chest that would later be used for [[Black Shadow (G1)#Generations|Sky Shadow]]. However, a running change version of the instructions changed the head (but not the chest) to Thunderwing's.
*''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' Voyager Class [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Prime|Megatron]]'s packaging initially featured a larger Decepticon [[insignia]] cutting into the box window, whereas a later variant not only featured a smaller insignia, but also an additional "Glowing fusion cannon!" call-out.<ref name="primemegs">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/transformers-prime-voyager-megatron-packaging-variant-174672/ Comparison between both packaging variants Voyager Class Megatron.]</ref>
*The ''[[Beast Hunters (toyline)|Beast Hunters]]'' redeco/retool of ''Prime'' Voyager Class [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Beast Hunters|Megatron]] was originally identified as simply "Megatron" by his packaging, and his weapon was referred to as the "Tartarex Warp Sword", whereas the instructions call the toy "Sharkticon Megatron" and his weapon the "Sharktooth Spear". Later shipments had the packaging changed to match the instructions in both instances.<ref name="sharkticon">[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/sharkticon-megatron-packaging-variant-and-shoulder-fix-video/28150/ Side-by-side comparison of both versions of Sharkticon Megatron] at Seibertron.</ref>
*The single pack version of the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Mini-Con]] [[Back]] was named "Decepticon Forth" on his packaging when available from US-based online retailers but "Decepticon Back" when released in Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. Eventually, both versions were even found side by side in the same store at US retail.
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===Planned but unfulfilled running changes===
Sometimes Hasbro states plans for a running change in an official capacity that ultimately never come to pass:
* At [[OTFCC 2003]], Hasbro noted they had vague plans to release a running change variant of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Wheeljack (Armada)#Armada|Wheeljack]] using the deco of his Takara counterpart, ''Legends of the Microns'' Rampage. This never materialized, however.
*In their then-weekly Hasbro.com website Q&A, Hasbro contemplated releasing the #7 ''Binaltech'' variant of [[Smokescreen (G1)#Alternators/Binaltech|Smokescreen]] (see above) as part of their ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' line "in late 2004 or early 2005". This idea was likely dropped due to the original #8 version of Smokescreen ending up as a major [[shelfwarmer]].
*Following [[fandom|fan]] complaints about ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Deluxe Class [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Ironhide]]'s face being painted ''blue'', Hasbro promised that a running change would see the face color changed to silver,<ref name="hasuni">"Hasbro Responds RE: Universe Cyclonus & Ironhide", originally posted at theIDW boards, mirrored at [https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/hasbro-responds-re-universe-cyclonus-ironhide/14201/ Seibertron].</ref> which never happened.
*When Hasbro originally revealed ''[[Transformers: Generations#Combiner Wars|Generations Combiner Wars]]'' Voyager Class [[Onslaught (G1)#CombinerWars|Onslaught]] at [[BotCon 2015]], he was advertised as having a tan Bruticus chestplate for a ''Generation 1'' Onslaught-accurate color scheme as the first release and a silver chestplate for a ''Generation 1'' Bruticus-accurate color scheme as a running change. Instead, only the version with a silver chest plate ever made it to retail, while the version with a tan chestplate has never surfaced at all.
Chances are that when Hasbro actually announces a running change in advance, it will most likely never happen, as all the running changes listed above that ''did'' happen were never announced at all.

==Variants from gang-molding==
[[File:G2-toy Motormouth.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
In some rare cases, toys that were [[gang-molding|gang-molded]] with other toys were available in unintentional variants when the toys they were gang-molded with were [[redeco]]ed for a subsequent [[wave]]:
*The ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bots]] [[Gearhead]] and [[Motormouth]] were both available with either clear or solid plastic parts. The clear plastic parts corresponded with the clear car shells of their wave-mates [[Firecracker]] and [[Blowout]], the solid plastic parts with the car shells of Go-Bot [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Megatron]] (redecos of Firecracker and Blowout, respectively).

==Borderline cases==
===Variant or different product?===
[[File:CybertronPrimusPackagingComparison.jpg|upright=1.55|thumb|Buy two of us for exclusive accessories, and the third one for the toy itself!]]
Following ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Transmetal 2]] [[Dinobot II]] and [[Prowl II|Prowl]], [[Hasbro]] decided to become more straightforward about same-character [[redeco]]s, which have been treated as separate products since then:
*The "new style" redecos of [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]], [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] and [[X-Brawn]] sported different product code numbers, as did the red and yellow versions of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]]. Still, all of them were released under the same names as the originals, without a prefix or suffix like most same-character redecos have.
*Likewise, the limited edition version of ''Cybertron'' [[Primus]] with the [[Unicron/toys|Unicron]] head accessory also had different product code and assortment numbers than the regular, bonus-free release.
*The same applies to store exclusive versions of toys containing "Bonus" figures such as [[Mini-Con]]s or [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] toys. Officially, they are separate products; but some collectors might consider them "variants".
[[File:SteamhammerEnergonUniverse.jpg|upright=0.95|thumb|Buy me again for less money!]]
*Furthermore, various ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' toys were re-released in [[rebranding|rebranded]] ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' packaging as "Dollar store" exclusives, again sporting different product code numbers than their initial releases.
*The [[Target]]-exclusive ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Superion (ROTF)|Superion]] and [[Bruticus Maximus (ROTF)|Bruticus Maximus]] [[combiner]] giftsets sported different product code numbers than their ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' counterparts released in Australia and Singapore, though the Target versions ''were'' originally intended to be released in ''Universe'' packaging as well. (One might argue that the different-franchise packaging makes them different [[character]]s, though chances are the marketing department didn't put nearly as much thought into this as fans do.)
*On the other hand, there are things like the re-release of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Unicron/toys|Unicron]] in ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' packaging ([[exclusive]] to [[Toys"R"Us]]) five years after his ''Armada'' release, but sporting the same product code number (the fact that he sports minor color differences compared to the ''Armada'' version doesn't help either).
*''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' are particularly complicated: On the one hand, when [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Prowl]], [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Meister]] and [[Tracks (G1)#Alternators/Binaltech|Autobot Tracks]] were re-released as part of a "rebooted" assortment for the North American market in the new "bubble" style packaging, they all sported different product code and assortment numbers than their initial releases. On the other hand, [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Silverstreak]] and [[Swindle (G1)#Alternators/Binaltech|Swindle]] were also re-released in the new "bubble" style packaging for the European market only, where both of them had previously been available in one of the older packaging styles... and retained the same product code numbers as those earlier releases. On top of that, Europe also saw a release of [[Dead End (G1)#Alternators/Binaltech|Dead End]], [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Shockblast]] and [[Decepticharge#Alternators|Decepticharge]] in the new "bubble" style packaging, none of whom had previously been available in [[multilingual packaging|multilingual]] packaging in Europe. (Shockblast and Dead End ''had'' been available as [[parallel import|gray import]]s in American packaging via Argos stores in the United Kingdom and via [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in Denmark and Sweden, respectively.) All of them sported the same product code numbers as their initial American releases in one of the older packaging styles. Needless to say, the line between "variant" and "different product" gets very blurry here.
*Another example of European market release with no ''direct'' American counterparts operating under different rules were redecos of ''Movie'' Legends Class [[Jazz (Movie)#Legends Class|Autobot Jazz]] and [[Barricade (Movie)/toys#Legends Class|Barricade]] (a minor, yet distinct redeco in Jazz's case). In the United States, these two were released in "Allspark Battles" two-packs (possibly part of the ''[[AllSpark Power]]'' [[subline imprint]], based on the similar packaging design) with a new Legends Class sculpt of [[Bonecrusher (Movie)#Legends Class|Bonecrusher]] and Legends [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Legends Class|Bumblebee]]'s redeco [[Cliffjumper (Movie)#Legends Class|Cliffjumper]], respectively. While the two-packs are clearly different products to most collectors, the Jazz and Barricade redecos (as well as Bonecrusher and Cliffjumper) were released as single packs in Europe, with both of them sporting the same product codes as their original releases... even though Barricade not only sported an entirely different deco, but also a modified name, "Recon Barricade".
*Confusingly, all three ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Mini-Con#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Mini-Con]] 4-Packs were not only released under the same product code number, but even retained the same UPC barcode in non-European markets (as well as retaining the same EAN barcode in Europe, which is less unusual)... despite each of them containing an almost entirely different lineup of figures! In fact, [[Undertone]] is the only sculpt actually shared between two of the sets.
*The [[Transformers (2014 toyline)|2014 ''Transformers'' line]]'s Legion Class [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Transformers (2014)|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Transformers (2014)|Bumblebee]] and [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Transformers (2014)|Starscream]] figures were re-released in different packaging in 2015. All three sported different Hasbro product code numbers and UPC barcodes than their 2014 counterparts, despite being released under the same assortment number. In 2017, they were released ''again'' in minor variants of their 2014 packaging, this time again with the original Hasbro product code numbers and UPC barcodes.

===Errors===
[[File:Cybertron OptimusPrime deluxe toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Buy me and fix me!]][[File:GrappelGripMudflapEuro.jpg‎|thumb|upright=1.3|Make mistake?]]
Sometimes running changes do not simply tweak the toys slightly, but are actually intended to fix errors that were caught during [[quality control]], but not until some quantities of the flawed version had already shipped. In some cases the difference between outright "errors" and genuine "variants" is blurry (see the examples for ''[[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie]]'' [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] [[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Legends Class|Autobot Ratchet]] or [[Power Core Combiners]] [[Huffer (PCC)|Huffer]] above), but even in instances where something is objectively a defect, some collectors still consider the earlier, faulty versions as "variants":
*Considerable quantities of the ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' [[Jumpstarter]]s were available with each other's [[Package art|character artwork]] depicted in the [[Tech Spec]]/[[bio]] strips.
*Generation 1 [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Targetmaster|Hot Rod]]'s packaging contained the erroneous blurb "[[Firebolt (G1)|Firebolt]] transforms into ''[[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]]'s'' weapon!"<ref name="tmhotrod">[http://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers/ToysTMHotRodMISB.html Targetmaster Hot Rod MISB] at Super Toy Archive.</ref> Targetmaster [[Scourge (G1)#Targetmaster|Scourge]]'s box contains the same error, only replacing Firebolt's name with "[[Fracas]]" but still incorrectly mentioning Misfire.<ref name="tmscourge">[http://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers/ToysTMScourgeMISB.html Targetmaster Scourge MISB] at Super Toy Archive.</ref> For Hot Rod, this was fixed in two steps: first Misfire's name was covered with a sticker that contained the correct name "Hot Rod" and later shipments came in boxes that had the correct name printed on them.<ref name="hartman">[http://tfsource.com/blog/collector-interview-30-karl-hartman/ "Collector Interview 30 – Karl Hartman"] at the TFSource blog.</ref> A fixed version for Scourge's box supposedly also exists, but is said to be much rarer than the fixed Hot Rod box.
*Early shipments of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#CybDx|Deluxe Class Optimus Prime]] (a redeco of the ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' Super-Con Optimus Prime toy) had [[misassembly|incorrectly assembled]] and therefore less poseable arms, just like the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Battle in a Box]] [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Universe|Ultra Magnus]] release of the sculpt before it. In Prime's case, some people consider the incorrectly assembled version an "error" because it was done unintentionally; others, however, consider it a "variant", because it has been released in considerable quantities, and the later, corrected version was an intentional change.
*The European version of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Scout Class [[Dead End (ROTF)#Revenge of the Fallen|Dead End]] was initially released with the name "Detour", an early working name of the toy, on the cardboard insert inside the packaging's blister bubble<ref name="detour1">[http://www.tfw2005.com/resources/rotf-decepticons-384/dead-end-scout-2113/ Official Hasbro stock photos of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Scout Class Dead End], including European "Detour" version in packaging</ref> (though the back of the card and the instructions correctly identified him as "Dead End"). Later shipments replaced the cardboard insert with a corrected "Dead End" version.<ref name="eurodeadend">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/62713543@N00/3625412256/sizes/l/in/datetaken/ Scout Class Dead End in European packaging], named "Dead End".</ref> In at least one case, the European "Detour" name insert was accidentally even included with a US Dead End packaging.<ref name="rotfdetour2">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/234588-package-variant-rotf-dead-end.html Standard US ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Dead End side by side with error version with misapplied ''European'' "Detour" name insert.]</ref>
*Initial batches of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' [[Dirge (G1)#Generations|Dirge]] lacked the white center of the head crest for all three [[tampograph]]ed Decepticon [[insignia|faction symbols]], which was later fixed by a running change.<ref name="dirge">[http://www.seibertron.com/toys/gallery.php?id=2160&size=0&start=176 Comparison between both versions of ''Generations'' Dirge.]</ref>
*A particularly odd case: ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Fast Action Battlers]] [[Mudflap (ROTF)#Fast Action Battlers|Grapple Grip Mudflap]] had his name spelled as "Grapp'''el''' Grip Mudflap" all over his [[multilingual packaging|European packaging]], whereas the North American version had it corrected into "Grapple". However, considering that the spelling was ''also'' used on [[Hasbro]]'s public website,<ref name="fabhasbro">Hasbro website entry for FAB "Grappel Grip" Mudflap, [http://web.archive.org/web/20090612230515/http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/shop/details.cfm?guid=B237456C-7A23-1014-B596-FBA5EE4D560D&product_id=24286&src=endeca archived version]</ref> and is repeated with [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'']] "[[Grapple (G1)|Solar Storm Grapp'''el''']]", this raises the question ''which'' version is officially to be considered the "incorrect" one, and whether the "Grappel" (mis)spelling is in fact intentionally used for [[trademark]] reasons...
*While less common, running changes can also occur in comics: The original printing run of [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]]'' [[Movie Prequel issue 1|issue 1]] featured a printing error, with the text captions from page 2 repeated on page 5. The shipment was recalled by IDW, and a second printing run with the error corrected was shipped to retailers. Some fans kept the flawed version of the comic instead of exchanging it for the fixed version, considering it a "variant".

==Not variants==
===An isolated incident does not a variant make===
[[File:BTAltProwlMisassemblies.jpg|thumb|left|One variant? ''Hundreds''!]]While the errors listed above are considered genuine variants by some collectors, there are lots of other cases where the common consensus is that these are ''not'' variants: Every collector has probably encountered at least one one-of-a-kind freak error over the years (''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] assembled without a head, a toy lacking some of its [[paint operation]]s, a toy with a cardboard insert featuring the wrong name inside the packaging etc.). Unless this error affected considerable quantities of the production run, and is found on all specimens of the same toy packed in multiple [[case]]s, this isn't considered a "variant" by the vast majority of the [[fandom]].

Likewise, if a single specimen contains an entirely different toy (or at least an entirely different deco of the toy) than depicted on the packaging, this was most likely done by somebody who didn't want to pay for the toy and thus returned the packaging to the store with another toy inside. This is a case of [[toy swapping]] (simply put, a variety of store theft), and no more a "variant" than a fan-made [[Customizing|custom]]. A genuine ''variant'' requires something to occur at the factory stage.

A somewhat unusual example would be ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]] [[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Commander Class [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Cyberverse|Optimus Prime]], who was designed with an alternate head sculpt (based on the [[mouthplate]]-less face as seen on the [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|show]]) intended for a later [[redeco]]/[[retool]] (like many other modern toys), which was [[gang-molding|gang-molded]] with the original head. Before said redeco (later released as [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Nightwatch|Nightwatch Optimus Prime]]) was even announced, a specimen sporting the mouthplate-less head was found at retail and immediately reported as a "variant".<ref name="opcvvari">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/cyberverse-optimus-prime-unmasked-variant-174184/ TFW2005 reporting] on the head sculpt "variant" for Cyberverse Commander Class Optimus Prime.</ref> However, this occurrence ultimately ended up being an isolated incident, and can thus be assumed to be an unusual manufacturing error that results in a unique toy.
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===Pre-release items===
[[File:Universe2008 G1Cyclonus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|You can't get it in the market NOW! Woh!!!]]
Pre-release items such as [[prototype]]s, test shots and packaged samples that differ from the final products in sculpt, plastic color, paint, deco or packaging details do not count as "variants" either. True variants only exist between different specimens of officially released and distributed products. So unless the pre-release version has been officially released in some quantities before a running change replaced it with the more common version, it's not a variant. Stolen prototypes do not count.
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==Footnotes==
<references />

==External links==
*[http://fredsworkshop.com/framesvars.html Fred's Complete Variants Page] — Very thorough online variant resource.

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Darkmatter Logic

2022-02-25T07:17:13Z

Grimbee:

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:''Darkmatter Logic is a company from the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

'''Darkmatter Logic''' is a weapons manufacturing company in league with [[Skywatch]]. Together with [[Dynomic]] and [[Allodyne Logic Systems]], they're responsible for inventing Skywatch's [[crash suit]]s. Walky hates the new pigeon

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
[[Sanjay Bharwaney]], a mid-level researcher at Darkmatter Logic, aided [[Gordon Horiuchi|Colonel Horiuchi]]'s plan to control the [[Autobot]]s by secretly using the company's technology to build control boards for the badges used to immobilize them. {{storylink|The Gift Horse}} Once [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] analyzed one of the badges, he found that a primary component was stabilized [[darmstadtium]]. [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] investigated shipments of the element and found that Darkmatter Logic was a major recipient. {{storylink|The Impossible Knot}} Using this information, he tracked down the Darkmatter research and development site where Bharwaney worked and followed him home to steal his backup control board. {{storylink|The Gift Horse}}

[[Category:IDW (2005) businesses]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) locations]]
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Optimus Prime (Animated)

2022-02-25T07:15:59Z

Grimbee:

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{{Disambig3|Optimus Prime}}{{suite}}
:''Optimus Prime is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:OptimusPrimeAnimated.JPG|thumb|upright=1.66|"Freedom... [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Yeesss]]..."]]

A washoube a hero...|Optimus upon his death|"[[Transform and Roll Out]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
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{{voiceactor|[[David Kaye]] (English), [[Hiroki Takahashi]] (Japanese)|[[Bernd Vollbrecht]] (German), [[Krzysztof Korzeniowski]] (Polish), [[Marco Balzarotti]] (Italian), [[Alexandre Marconatto]] (Portuguese), [[Frédéric Popovic]] (French), [[Carlos Carvajal]] (Latin American Spanish, 1st and 2nd season), [[Javier Rodríguez Castellanos]] (Latin American Spanish, 3rd season), [[Iñaki Baliño]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Seok-jeong Yang]] (Korean), [[Hesham Hamada]] (Arabic), [[Sami Kuronen]] (Finnish), [[Niclas Ekholm]] (Swedish)}}

[[File:Arrival5-Optimusvehiclemode.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|TRUKK NOT ... other... truck...]]

''Optimus did his [[Autobot boot camp]] training under [[Kup (Animated)|Kup Minor]], who gave him the name "Optimus" because of his cheery, optimistic outlook. Sentinel and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] were also in this training platoon. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II‎|The AllSpark Almanac II‎}}''

''During his later training days at the [[Autobot Academy]], Optimus impressed Ultra Magnus with his performance in a computer simulated battle against [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. Although Optimus "died" in the battle, causing his boisterous pal Sentinel to make a crack at his expense, Magnus pointed out that Optimus had just scored higher on the test than anyone in Academy history, and let Optimus know he had great hopes for him.'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 5#Survival Skills|Survival Skills}}

[[File:Alongcameaspiderthreefriends.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Whoa-oh! Surprise hug from Mr. Freaky-Big!"]]

A thousand stellar cycles ago, Optimus and Elita-1 accompanied Sentinel on an unpermitted mission to [[Archa Seven|a forbidden organic planet]] in search of a lost [[Decepticon]] [[Twilight (Animated)|ship]] rumored to be carrying a huge payload of [[energon]] [[energon cube|cubes]]. The mission was declared a wash when the trio discovered that the planet was infested with [[Archa Seven arachnid|giant spiders]], but the trio found that their retreat was not an easy one. Separated from Sentinel in the chaos of a spider attack, Optimus and Elita found the Decepticon ship and its coveted energon cubes, only to be surrounded by another swarm of spiders
During one of their routine [[space bridge]] terminal repair missions, Optimus Prime's crew stumbled upon a bot named [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] who was trying to complete his [[Cyber-Ninja Corps|Cyber-Ninja]] training. Unfortunately, an [[energon cube]] explosion destroyed his ship, so Optimus offered Prowl a place on his crew. The would-be cyber-ninja expressed frustration at the constant curveballs life had thrown at him thus far, and Optimus noted that he could easily relate to that sentiment.
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[[File:Ani crew.JPG|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Call me Captainimus Prime!]]

Fifty years ago, Prime and his crew came across the [[AllSpark]] while repairing a space bridge and brought the artifact aboard their ship. During transport, they were discovered by the [[Decepticon]]s, and [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] came after them. He proved too strong to take head on (in spite of [[Starscream (Animated)|his subordinate]] planting a bomb on his chassis), but when [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Teletran-1]] neared [[Earth]], Prime knocked Megatron overboard. The Au

Optimus responded to an emergency call concerning the Angry Archer. As he arrived on the scene of the crime, the Archer attempted to hitch a ride atop of his vehicle mode, confident that the police wouldn't stop a fire truck speeding to an emergency. Optimus pointed out one flaw in the Archer's reasoning; HE was the emergency! Optimus then transformed and squared off against the criminal, eventually apprehending him with the help of his bolas projectiles. Optimus's heroic deed was captured on camera as the police caught up to arrest his captive, and later watched on TV by the other Autobots. Later, when Sari came over to have a slumber party with the Autobots, Optimus mostly stood aside, confused at her many antics. As Sari was telling scary stories to the perturbed Autobots, the machinery around them inexplicably came to life and attacked them. Optimus attempted to rescue Bulkhead from being crushed on the assembly line, only to be captured by an electro-magnet. Thankfully, Bumblebee was able to shut all of the haywire systems down. One last act of sabotage was foiled by Prime and his troops, when they noticed a leaking fuel tank about to blow. Optimus, Prowl, Bulkhead and Ratchet worked in tandem to get rid of it. Optimus then noticed a [[pocketbot]] scrambling around, and figured that whoever was responsible for the chaos was using it to observe them remotely. Unfortunately, Bulkhead smashed the little bot in his attempt to grab it. Nevertheless, the danger had passed, and so Optimus sat back and watched on as Bumblebee, Prowl, and Sari played a game of Twister™ to relax. {{storylink|Home Is Where the Spark Is}}

In an attempt to learn more about Earth customs, Optimus, Ratchet, Prowl and Bulkhead gathered around their television set and began flipping through the channels. They happened upon a wrestling program, wherein [[Meltdown (Animated)|Prometheus Black]] pitted his bio-enhanced experiment, [[Colossus Rhodes]] against Bumblebee. Optimus and the others were forced to intervene when Rhodes began to run amok. Working together, the Autobots managed to defeat Rhodes. Later, Optimus led his troops out once more, this time to rescue Professor Sumdac from a vengeful Prometheus Black, now mutated into the corrosive "Meltdown". As the Autobots drove to Sumdac Tower, however, their progress was halted by the facility's force-field. As the Autobots figured out how to bypass the shield, Colossus Rhodes showed up, and began to wreak havoc once more. Optimus, Prowl, and Bulkhead fought off Rhodes while Bumblebee and Sari managed to enter the tower to rescue the professor. Rhodes had been upgraded since their last encounter, but the Autobots managed to defeat him nonetheless. By striking church's bell to mess with Rhode's sound-sensitive enhancements, he was forced into unconsciousness. The Autobots then rushed in to help rescue Bumblebee and the Sumdacs, the force-field surrounding the tower having since been deactivated. Optimus took the bell along, and tried to use it to trap Meltdown. It didn't work, but Optimus realized that the force-field that had kept the Autobots at bay would work just as well against their opponent. With it, the Autobots managed to finally put a stop to Meltdown's rampage. {{storylink|Total Meltdown}}

[[File:AttentionSurplusDisorder-OptimusandWraith.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left]]
''Optimus and the rest of the Autobots watched a news broadcast featuring Prowl and Bumblebee, where the pair inadvertently exposed the [[Wraith]]'s modus operandi. When Bumblebee asked why the Wraith couldn't just "scan a new alt-mode", Optimus helped clarify that it wasn't that simple for humans. Later, when Bumblebee apprehended Colossus Rhodes, Optimus Prime helped sign autographs for the grateful Detroiters. Later still, when the Autobots saw "Bumblebee" attack Michigan Stadium, Optimus helped clear the little Autobot's name by halting what was really a plot by the increasingly jealous and irrational Wraith. Though the Wraith nearly got away, using his holographic projections to misdirect the other Autobots, Optimus was able to grab him as he fled the stadium.'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 2|Attention Surplus Disorder}}

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''Optimus learned that Sumdac's laboratory had been broken into and the thief, going by the name "[[Stiletto (Animated)|Stiletto]]", had taken off with a powerful laser-scalpel and a new experimental alloy. Optimus assured Professor Sumdac that his Autobots would be on the case, despite Fanzone's insistence that the police work should be left to the police. Sure enough, the Autobots soon entered a confrontation with the industrial saboteur on Michigan's Ambassador Bridge. Though Stiletto proved herself skilled enough to slip out of the grasp of the other Autobots, Optimus managed to apprehend her, using her own stiletto heels to pin her down.'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 3|Stiletto}}

''Optimus and the other Autobots had to calm Bulkhead down when Porter C. Powell began to market Bulkhead's altmode as a vehicle for the everyday commuter, and further rubbed salt in the wound by using highly-doctored footage to have Bulkhead "promote" the vehicle. Thankfully, Sari and Bulkhead proved that the vehicle was a road hazard, and Optimus would later be seen watching an announcement on television declaring that the Bulkhead line was being recalled.'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 4|The Insincerest Form of Flattery}}

Sari invited the Autobots to visit her father's theme-park, "[[Dino Drive]]", which featured robotic dinosaurs. Though their first visit ended in disaster for the animatronics, the Autobots' second visit to the park was even more eventful, as the animatronics attacked back! Though the "[[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]]" were subdued, something changed within them during the confrontation... And when Optimus and his team faced them once more, they appeared to have gained some hint of cunning to go along with their sheer brute strength. Little did Optimus suspect that the Dinobots had been granted sparks by Sari's Key. Optimus's fire-extinguishing foam proved useful against the Dinobots’ fire-breathing ability, but it wasn't until he had the idea to trap them in a tar pit that the peril they posed to Detroit was negated. Optimus, unaware that [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]], [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]], and [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] were more than mindless machines, offered no objections to Professor Sumdac's plan to melt them down to slag. {{storylink|Blast from the Past}}

Unfortunately for Optimus, he had gained a reputation outside of Earth's atmosphere—not as a hero, but as the slayer of Megatron. The Decepticon [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] placed a large bounty on his head, and pretty soon, [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] came to collect. He captured Prime and stole his axe and grapplers. Fortunately, Ratchet saved him, finally getting the old bot to open up more. {{storylink|The Thrill of the Hunt}}

After Optimus was forced to step in and capture the petty thief [[Nanosec|Nino Sexton]] when Bumblebee and Bulkhead botched the job, he decided that the both of them could use some training on fighting smarter. He tasked Prowl with teaching the pair on how to better blend in with their environment. True to form, Bumblebee wasn't able to see the training through, and got distracted by a crime-in-progress. When Optimus caught wind that Sexton, now going by the moniker "Nanosec", had robbed Sumdac Laboratories of a highly volatile sample of [[Destronium]], he sped out with his team to intercept the thief. Getting to Nanosec first, Optimus attempted to use negative-friction lubricant and his grapplers to hinder Nanosec's escape. But Nanosec used his incredible speed to run circles around Prime, eventually turning Optimus's own grapplers against him. Though Optimus regained control of the situation, Bumblebee, himself out of control due to an ill-advised rocket booster upgrade, crashed into him, allowing Nanosec to get away. Once Bumblebee regained control of himself (running over Prime in the process), the little Autobot caught Nanosec, and took hold of the Destronium. But Ratchet's scans revealed that the substance could blow at any moment. To prevent Detroit's destruction, Bumblebee was sent up into the upper atmosphere, where the Destronium detonated harmlessly. Optimus and Ratchet worked together to slow down and cool down Bumblebee as he plummeted back down to Earth. {{storylink|Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec}}

[[File:TFA ep9 Optimus and Blackarachnia rooftop.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Optimus Prime is all left feet, but that's still not as many as Blackarachnia.]]
During the Autobots' first [[Halloween]] on Earth, the Decepticon [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] ambushed [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] and kidnapped Sari. When Optimus Prime tried to fight Blackarachnia, she dodged all his moves, as she had trained with him. Prime was shocked to learn that Blackarachnia was his old Autobot Academy classmate Elita-1, who hadn't died but been mutated while fighting off the giant arachnids those many years ago. Blackarachnia tried to use Sari's AllSpark key to remove the organic aspects from her biology, but the key began to drain the life from everything organic around and nearly killed Blackarachnia herself. Prime removed the key, saving Blackarachnia and the organics. Still calling her Elita, Prime tried to convince her to return to the Autobots so they could try and help her. She repaid that kindness by injecting him with venom and telling him that she would never trust him again. Prime was left to reflect on the friend he'd failed not once, but twice. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}

Optimus and the other Autobots attended Sari's eight birthday party. As usual, Optimus found himself confused as to the significance of the many activities the children partook in. Though he wound up entertaining Sari's guests, Sari herself was left behind with Bulkhead. In Optimus's absence, Sari received totally cool dancing robot from her father as a birthday gift. Optimus soon noticed that Bulkhead felt alienated from Sari, as she spent more and more time with her new toy. Optimus consoled the big lug, insisting that a toy and a friend weren't the same thing. Bulkhead nonetheless grew suspicious of the musical 'bot, and Optimus had to intervene when it appeared that Bulkhead was trying to smash Soundwave out of jealousy. As it turns out, Soundwave had been transformed into a malicious Decepticon through repeated uses of the AllSpark Key. Soundwave took control of Detroit's automatons in an attempt to subjugate the human population, and Optimus and the Autobots had to intervene. But between the automatons' sheer numbers and Soundwave interfering with the Autobots’ comm-links, they found themselves being overwhelmed. Once Bulkhead smashed Soundwave, the automatons returned to their normal state, and the fighting came to an end. {{storylink|Sound and Fury}}

When the Decepticons [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] arrived on Earth, the Autobots were quickly bested by the duo. Prime realized that the AllSpark was no longer safe on the planet and decided that they should leave Earth. When the Autobots headed to fix their ship at the bottom of lake Erie, they encountered Blitzwing and Lugnut once more, and went toe-to-toe with the Decepticons underwater, where their enemies’ advantage of flight was null and void. Optimus kicked up dirt from the bottom of the lake, which the Autobots used as cover for quick sneak attacks on their opponents. But the cover only lasted so long, and the Autobots were forced to retreat back to their ship... which had thankfully been armed by Ratchet and Sari while Optimus and the others had bought them time. The Decepticons were blown away, and Optimus returned to the factory the Autobots called home for some quick repairs. {{storylink|Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found}}

Seeing as Sari would likely be a target for the Decepticons in the future, the Autobots decided to train her in combat techniques. The nerve blows she learned from Prowl did little to help her, however, when Swoop abducted her from her room. Receiving a distress call alerting them of Sari's disappearance, Optimus and his group raced off to help search for the girl. Looking over security tapes, Optimus was bewildered to spot the Swoop taking off with her. Prowl and Bulkhead went off on their own to rescue Sari, and did so in short order. In the process, both Fanzone and Sari came to learn that the two Autobots had spirited the Dinobots away to their island in lake Erie, but they all agreed to keep this information from Prime for the time being. {{storylink|Survival of the Fittest}}

After his latest rescue mission ended in destructive disaster, Bulkhead attempted to pick up painting, to prove he could create as well as destroy. Unfortunately, Optimus didn't "get" the purpose behind reproducing an image with "primitive tools". The rest of the Autobots were as equally confused over Bulkhead's new hobby.

Later, Bulkhead's body was stolen by [[Headmaster (Animated)|Henry Masterson]], aka "the Headmaster", who threatened to overload the local [[Sidney Biggles-Jones Memorial Solar Fusion Plant|power plant]]. Optimus advised Professor Sumdac, Captain Fanzone, and Mayor Edsel to pretend to comply to Masterson's demands, while his Autobots snuck in as "ordinary" emergency vehicles. The sneak attack worked, only as so far that the Autobots were able engage Bulkhead's body, controlled by Masterson. The Headmaster was able to use the big lug's body to its full destructive potential, proving himself a daunting opponent for the Autobots. After an arduous struggle, Masterson fled, leaving Bulkhead's body behind. But at this point, the power plant was ready to blow. Prime volunteered to go in himself to replace the reactor's dampening rods, despite it being a one-way trip. Bulkhead had a better idea; the Autobots worked in tandem to quickly construct an "art-piece" robot that did the job for them, saving the city. Optimus later accompanied Bulkhead to his art show, where he got some inkling of understanding over what art "meant", stating that a portrait of the Autobots standing together made him feel... proud. {{storylink|Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster}}

When Teletraan I detected a non-sentient energy signature outside of Detroit, Optimus sent Sari, Bumblebee and Prowl to investigate it, under the additional pretense that the trip could be a "character-builder" for the trio. When they returned, they reported that the signature had been coming from a colony of mutated space barnacles, that had proved to be a dangerous adversary. Optimus congratulated Sari for her ingenuity during the mission, as she was the one who ultimately had brought an end to the brouhaha that had ensued. {{storylink|Nature Calls}}

When Decepticon energy signals were detected near the city, the Autobots quickly realized that their options were limited. Bulkhead mentioned that the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]] might help, forcing [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] to reveal how the two moved them to [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. Prime's reaction was...displeased, to say the least. Ranting that all he had to command were insubordinate malfunctions, Prime also concluded that the Key was no longer safe with Sari, and he ordered Ratchet to take it from her. As Sari ran off crying, Bumblebee mouthed off that their situation was an indication that Prime was unfit for command.

[[File:Megatron Rising Optimus rant.JPG|upright=0.95|thumb|{{w|Red Forman|Dumbasses}}!]]

Heading to Dinobot Island, Prime did not get off to a good start with [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]], mostly because Grimlock considered him lunch. After Prowl smoothed things over, Prime tried to convince them to help the Autobots fight the Decepticons, but Grimlock was uninterested. Receiving word from Ratchet that the Key had been stolen, Prime ordered Ratchet to guard the AllSpark while the Autobots headed back for the mainland. Prime himself also began to wonder if he was fit for command, seeing as all his decisions had blown up in his face. When Bumblebee contacted the Autobots to inform them that Starscream was at [[Sumdac Tower]], he refused Prime's order to hold back and went to attack the Decepticon on his own. Prime dryly noted that the day just kept getting better and better.

Then everything pretty much went to Hell when Megatron burst out of Sumdac Tower, to the shock and horror of just about everyone. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}

Quickly regaining their composure, the Autobots attacked. Megatron beat the [[Slag (slang)|slag]] out of them. Though Optimus fared slightly better, Megatron still brought him down fairly quickly. They were only able to escape when Megatron punished Starscream for his betrayal. Taking refuge within Sumdac Tower, [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Professor Sumdac]] explained his role in Megatron's revival and helped repair the Autobots with residual key energy. After Bumblebee called Prime to answer for his earlier assessment of them, Prime admitted he was wrong and asked them for forgiveness. When Ratchet and Sari showed up with Teletran-1, the Autobots took flight, hoping to lure the Decepticons away from Earth to prevent human casualties. Unfortunately, the Decepticons shot down the vessel and caused it to crash on Dinobot Island.

[[File:Megatron Rising Optimus Megatron Key shove.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Now, light our darkest hour!"]]

As the Autobots took on the Decepticons, Optimus faced down Megatron, which went as well as the first time. When Megatron got into the Autobots' ship, he took the AllSpark and placed the powerful artifact within him, using it as a weapon against Prime. However, Megatron had dropped the key, and Sari threw it to Prime. The Autobot officer used the key to send a surge of energy through the AllSpark, causing it to disperse while still in Megatron. With the threat passed, Prime apologized to Sari and returned the key, saying it was too important to be trusted with an Autobot. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

After the battle with the Decepticons, the [[Elite Guard|Cybertron Elite Guard]] arrived to take the AllSpark back to Cybertron. Optimus explained that the AllSpark had been dispersed and that the Decepticons had been defeated. Sentinel Prime accused Optimus of lying and took every chance he could to belittle his former friend, but [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] decided to investigate their claims. Optimus took them to Dinobot Island, but the Autobots did not make a good impression on the Dinobots. Before they could investigate, they received a message from Ratchet, saying that [[police drone]]s had gone haywire at a Sumdac Systems manufacturing plant. Optimus managed to get Sari inside and shut off the assembly line, but the key was stuck in the console. Before Optimus could help, Sentinel pushed him aside and promised to see Optimus charged for high treason. Tired of Sentinel's slag, Optimus finally stuck up for himself and told Sentinel where to shove it, destroying the console the key was stuck in and revealing an AllSpark fragment. Ultra Magnus accepted the shard as proof of Optimus Prime's claims. Though Sentinel still refused to believe him, Magnus said that Optimus Prime displayed many qualities that Sentinel himself could use. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}}

[[File:Returnofheadmaster optimuslaughs.jpg|thumb|Ha ''Ha!'' [[Decapitation]].]]

When Sentinel and Optimus were at a press conference with [[Augustus Edsel|Mayor Edsel]], they received a call about a Decepticon sighting in old Detroit. After Sentinel mangled the roads en route, he told Optimus to split up and search on his own. Hours later, Optimus received a communication to from Sentinel to dismiss the police and come to Sentinel's location alone—and not to laugh when he got there. What Optimus found was Sentinel Prime's severed head, with his [[Structure|body]] having been stolen by the [[Headmaster (Animated)|Headmaster]]. He promised to help Sentinel find his body without letting Ultra Magnus or the other Autobots know, but not before taking a moment or two to enjoy the situation.

Heading for Sumdac Tower, Optimus confronted [[Porter C. Powell]], who denied knowing where Masterson was and told him the Autobots were no longer welcome at the facility. Optimus left, but immediately tapped in on Powell and Masterson's phone conversation, letting Optimus track Masterson to the docks. After encountering mini-Headmasters in the form of [[Tutor Bot]] and [[Sparkplug (robot dog)|Sparkplug]], Optimus was able to get aboard the ship before it sailed away. Finding the Headmaster with Sentinel Prime's body, Optimus Prime proceeded to beat the living slag out of his attacker, much to Sentinel's discomfort. Finally defeating the mad scientist, Optimus reattached Sentinel's head to his body, but Masterson walked away due to legal technicalities. When Ultra Magnus asked them about it the next day, Optimus covered for Sentinel, saying that Sentinel had volunteered to use himself as bait to capture Masterson, and Magnus praised their bravery. In an awkward moment, Sentinel thanked Optimus for all he'd done, and the two shook hands amicably. {{storylink|The Return of the Headmaster}}

[[File:Sentinel vs Optimus, with Jazz in the middle.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Jay Leno VS. Bruce Campbell, Battle of [[chin]]s.]]

When word of Decepticon attacks came after learning that Megatron was still alive, Ultra Magnus decided that Optimus and his Autobots would be needed elsewhere repairing damaged space bridges. The Elite Guard also wanted Optimus to...leave out that whole destruction of the AllSpark and Megatron's survival thing for the time being. When they detected an AllSpark shard energy signature in a human train, the Elite Guard went to retrieve it. Detecting Starscream, Optimus realized it was a trap and was forced to place stasis cuffs on Sentinel Prime to leave the Elite Guard's ship. Meeting up with his crew, he helped them remove the shard and save the humans. Magnus and Sentinel, who by now had broken out of his cuffs, were about to rip Optimus a new one for insubordination, assault, and the lack of evidence over the Decepticons—at which point Starscream's body crashed mere meters away from them, having been offlined by Megatron (again). When Starscream knocked out Ultra Magnus, Optimus took command (much to Sentinel's displeasure). He managed to place the stasis-cuffs on Starscream, and Ultra Magnus decided that Optimus Prime and his team would be allowed to stay on Earth, locate the remaining AllSpark shards, and arrest the remaining Decepticons. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}}

Optimus helped clear trash from the city of Detroit during a garbage dispute, in an effort to mend strained Autobot/human relations. Noting Ratchet's unpleasant attitude during the job, he assigned Bumblebee and Sari to coach the old 'bot towards projecting a more pleasant disposition. {{storylink|Garbage In, Garbage Out}}

During the search for an AllSpark fragment, the Autobots encountered the Speed Demons, a group of illegal street racers. A [[Blurr (Animated)|mysterious blue car]] caused two of the racers to crash, leading Optimus to pause the search in order to aid the crash-victims. But Bmblebee became fixated on out-racing the blue car. He asked Optimus to allow him to re-attach rocket-boosters to his alternate mode to compete against it. Optimus denied Bumblebee's request, but the little 'bot went and raced behind Optimus's back anyways, rockets and all. Bumblebee managed to get a hold of the AllSpark shard the Autobots had detected earlier, a component of a remote control [[Master Disaster (Animated)|Master Disaster]] used to fix his Speed Demon races. Optimus confiscated it, and put it away in a safe place. {{storylink|Velocity (episode)|Velocity}}

Later on, when Bulkhead brought [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] and [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] back to Autobot headquarters, Optimus was not impressed with their antics and demanded that they leave. Optimus warned Bulkhead that the duo were not worth spending time with and that they were not capable of learning the ways of an Autobot. After the Constructicons were 'persuaded' by Megatron that their talents would be better utilized in the Decepticon ranks, Prime was furious and despite Bulkhead's insistence that they were his friends, Optimus questioned that they didn't know any better.

Unfortunately, he was proved right when Mixmaster and Scrapper showed up and demanded that they hand over the AllSpark fragments, to which Prime naturally refused. A struggle ensued (in which Ratchet and Bumblebee insisted Prime was 'their dipstick') and Mixmaster held Bumblebee hostage and demands the AllSpark. Prime tried to stall for time and Bulkhead handed over the fragments, to Prime's dismay. Bulkhead then 'had one for the road' and his scheme came to light. With the fragments retrieved, Optimus consoled a distraught Bulkhead and assured him that as long as the Constructicons (now having lost their memory due to the explosion caused by the tainted oil) were not wearing Decepticon badges, they still had a choice. {{storylink|Rise of the Constructicons}}

After reports of the Dinobots rampaging came to Optimus's attention, he sent out Prowl and Bulkhead to deal with the situation. While the pair were in the field, Optimus received a transmission from Ultra Magnus informing the Autobots that Starscream had escaped from Elite Guard custody. Prowl, also listening to the message, decided to try and capture Starscream on his own, despite Optimus telling him not to do so. Though Prowl eventually managed to capture his quarry ([[Clone number 3370318|kind of]]) he got mixed up with Lockdown along the way. Then, Optimus and the others found Prowl tied up in the middle of a street, having been ditched by the bounty hunter. Optimus continued to show concern over Prowl recent brash behavior, but agreed to pursue Lockdown nonetheless. The Autobots ran into [[Clone number 2716057|another Starscream]] en route, captured this one for themselves, and brought him along when they confronted Lockdown, then meeting with Megatron. Turns out, both Starscream were sparkless clones, rigged to blow and take half the city with them. Optimus and the others watched Prowl use his newly acquired Samurai armor to launch the clones into the sky, right into the flight path of the fleeing Decepticons. {{storylink|A Fistful of Energon}}

Optimus took part in a pursuit to catch the villain Nanosec, but the chase came to an end when Bumblebee mysteriously slowed down to a stop... Optimus, Bulkhead and Prowl returned to base afterwards for repairs. Later, Bumblebee alerted the rest of his team that [[Swindle (Animated)|a Decepticon]] had built a machine that could freeze any electronic machine within its range, just as he had been earlier that day. Optimus and the others sped out to take on the threat. They were all affected by the device's power before they could reach their destination, and were only able to take on Swindle once Sari had deactivated his weapon. {{storylink|SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy}}

Optimus and the other Autobots gathered to listen in on an all-points bulletin from Ultra Magnus, alerting them that the criminal [[Wasp]] had escaped from prison. Later, Bumblebee told the rest of his team that he had stumbled upon a Decepticon transmission, and they reported his findings to the head of [[Cybertron Intelligence]], [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm Prime]]. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

[[File:Animated Black Friday Prime Meltdown.jpg|thumb|At the end of this day, one shall stand, one shall melt.]]
After learning that the Dinobots helped Meltdown escape, Prime took Prowl and Bumblebee to investigate Dinobot Island. There, he learned that Blackarachnia was manipulating the Dinobots, and had struck a deal with Meltdown to remove her organic half. However, Meltdown needed a [[genetic modifier]]. Blackarachnia, having poisoned Prowl and Bumblebee with her venom, told Prime to help Grimlock get the modifier in exchange for the antivenom that would save his Autobots. Though Prime tried to convince Grimlock of Blackarachnia's evil intentions, Grimlock would hear none of it. Returning to the mainland, Prime revoked his "protector of humanity" title long enough for Grimlock to "convince" [[Porter C. Powell]] to tell them where the modifier was. When Powell realized it was valuable, Prime was tempted to let Grimlock finish him off, but decided the Autobots didn't have time. On their return to Dinobot Island, however, Meltdown turned the tables on them. He revealed that he planned to remove Blackarachnia's NON-organic half, creating the all-organic Transformer he desired, and sicced [[Fusion creature|his earlier experiments]] on Prime and Grimlock. With the other Dinobots' help, they sent the mutants packing. Prime then removed the modifier before Meltdown could finish his experiments, and exposure to the modifier caused Meltdown to break apart. Blackarachnia urged Optimus to come closer, but Grimlock's jealousy caused him to attack, allowing Blackarachnia to flee. When Prime went to Prowl and Bumblebee, he found the anti-venom, and saved their sparks. Although Powell tried to have Prime arrested, Fanzone refused to do anything about it. Because she left the anti-venom, however, Optimus Prime was hopeful that somewhere beneath the anger and betrayal of Blackarachnia, there was still something left of Elita-1. {{storylink|Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday}}

When Scrapper and Mixmaster resurfaced, Optimus led the Autobots out to track down the duo before the Decepticons got to them. Though Sari wanted to tag along, Optimus felt that the mission would be too dangerous for her to accompany them. The Autobots looked high and low throughout Detroit for the Constructibots, but without Sari's key to track their AllSpark signatures, the search proved fruitless. Then, Blitzwing dropped out of the sky and took on the whole crew. During the fight, the Autobots learned that Sari was dealing with the Constructibots on her own back at headquarters. Knowing this, Optimus didn't pause to question the Autobots' good fortune when Blitzwing suddenly decided to ditch the battle, and headed back to help Sari immediately. Returning to base, Optimus found out that Sari had taken care of the intruders all by herself. He commended Sari for her bravery... and then found out the girl had pigged out on candy and made a mess in their absence. {{storylink|Sari, No One's Home}}

When Bulkhead was kidnapped by Megatron, Bumblebee brought home [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]], an Elite Guard intelligence agent who had been assigned to monitor the Decepticons and investigate Optimus Prime's crew (good odds on [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|the one]] who gave Blurr his orders). When Blurr revealed where the Decepticons were, and that they were building a space bridge with Isaac Sumdac's help, Prime ordered Ratchet and Sari to get the ship back online, while he and the others went to rescue Bulkhead and stop the Decepticons. Before he left, he admitted that he wasn't sure if Professor Sumdac was willingly cooperating with the Decepticons, but promised Sari that he would bring him home alive. Heading to the mines, they were ambushed by Blitzwing and Lugnut, who were incapacitated by Blurr. Reaching the control room, the Autobots were incapaciated by the [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicons]]. Fortunately, the Decepticons were too busy with the sudden arrival of Starscream and [[Starscream clone (Animated)|his clones]] to immediately kill them. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

Managing to free himself, Optimus found himself in the odd position of fighting side by side with Megatron. But the battle went against the Autobots, with Blurr and a pair of clones sucked into the space bridge and the other Autobots incapacitated. In typical Decepticon fashion, Megatron used Prime as a human (er, 'bot) shield against the clones. After the battle, Megatron decided to use Prime as a test to see if the space bridge worked, where Prime would be eliminated by [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] if it did. Fortunately, Prowl managed to get free from his stasis cuffs and shatter Optimus Prime's, allowing him to grapple Megatron. However, the power cut out, forcing Megatron to use the severed head of Starscream to further power the bridge, causing an overload. Prime managed to slap stasis cuffs on Megatron, taking him into the bridge, but the Autobots were nearly sucked in themselves before [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] arrived and sacrificed himself to save them. As the bridge self-destructed, the Autobots managed to escape before the mountain came down on top of them. Though mourning the losses of Omega and Blurr, Megatron's plot was foiled, and the Autobots could breathe a collective sigh of relief.

Sighs of relief which turned to gasps of shock and horror when Sari noticed that the skin of her arm had been torn...revealing robotic circuitry underneath! {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

Leaving the mine, Optimus carried Sari and Isaac with him as the Professor explained what he knew of Sari's origins: years ago, Sumdac found a body of liquid metal, which he touched, and Sari emerged. Remembering all too well the horror story of human manufacturing, Optimus pointed out several flaws in Isaac's story. Optimus provided the necessary muscle to prevent Porter C. Powell and Henry Masterson from trying anything funny when Isaac returned to Sumdac Tower and fired the two, and was on hand to witness Sari activated some sort of weapons system to eject them. Horrified, Sari decided she was better off with her "fellow machines", and Optimus promised to keep her safe until she was ready to talk. Realizing that she wasn't going to talk, Optimus tricked Sari into going to [[Burger Bot]], alerting Sumdac that they were heading there. Unfortunately, the Headmaster had found his Headmaster unit and Starscream's body, and attacked the trio. After a short battle, Optimus tricked Masterson into transforming, saying that a "n00b" like him couldn't do it. The attack managed to reconcile Isaac and Sari, and Optimus took them home, where Prowl revealed his theory that Sari was a protoform merged with Sumdac's DNA.

Later, Ratchet turned up with an unconscious Bulkhead and claims of a missing Bumblebee. Bulkhead theorized that Bumblebee had activated the [[plasma dynamic thruster]], sending him across the universe, and used a homing beacon generator to bring him home. Unfortunately, Bumblebee was swallowed by a [[Rock Lord|rock-like alien]]. As the Autobots tried to figure out how to stop the creature without harming Bumblebee, Sari used the Key to upgrade herself into a more powerful mech. She defeated the monster, but overloaded and was unable to control her movements, seriously injuring Bumblebee. The Autobots were able to remove the Key, only to discover Sari kept going and the Key had been drained. Ratchet was forced to deactivate Sari with his EMP generator.

Returning to the plant, Optimus informed Isaac of Sari's condition, deciding that this family was done keeping secrets from each other. Unfortunately, Megatron arrived, commanding Omega Supreme. Optimus and the others led Megatron out of the city, where he and Prowl boarded Omega, removing Megatron's influence. Unfortunately, Starscream took over Omega Supreme, and decided to conquer Cybertron. Optimus latched aboard the departing vessel, and shoved the plasma dynamic thruster into Omega, sending him warping across the galaxy randomly, ending the threats of Megatron and Starscream for a while. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

While Bulkhead and Professor Sumdac began constructing a space bridge, Optimus and the other Autobots focused on hunting down the remaining Decepticons on Earth. The first one they found was Lugnut, who was defeated and [[stasis cuffs|stasis cuffed]] after a drawn-out battle. Unfortunately, this left the Autobot force trying to pull the massive Decepticon out of the deep crater he had caused during the fight—a daunting task that they spent the rest of the night working on. Before any real progress could be made, Optimus and the others were called away to help Bulkhead, who had been dragged into an oil-stealing scheme by the Constructicons. Upon arriving at the [[Fossil Fuel]] oil refinery, Optimus was informed by Professor Sumdac on what was going on. A collision between Scrapper and Mixmaster led to a spark setting fire to a large pool of oil, and the Autobots were forced to transwarp an entire oil tank (with the Constructicons on it) out to Lake Erie, where it exploded. They then returned to finish hauling away Lugnut, only to find he had escaped in their absence. {{storylink|Three's a Crowd}}

After reprimanding Bumblebee for playing video games while on monitor duty, Optimus led the Autobots out on a search mission when they detected a Cybertronian energy signature. While Optimus was away, he received an emergency call from Bumblebee, revealing that Wasp was at the plant. By the time the Autobots returned, Wasp had switched places with Bumblebee. Unable to convince his teammates of the ruse, Bumblebee fled, and just as Optimus and his remaining Autobots gave chase, Sentinel Prime and [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] cut them off. Sentinel was unwilling to listen to Optimus's claims that Wasp was innocent and Longarm Prime was the real traitor, and he took off for Wasp. Optimus had their group split up to try and find Wasp first, ordering Ratchet to come with him while Bulkhead and Prowl went to check another section of the city. While searching, Optimus and Ratchet discovered two Cybertronian fliers and assumed they were Decepticons. Only after fighting with the pair did they learn that [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] and [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] were Elite Guard members who had been upgraded with flight protocols duplicated from Starscream.

As Optimus, Ratchet, and Jazz watched Sentinel flail about on the wet roads, still ignoring pleas to warn Cybertron about Longarm, Optimus asked how Jazz was able to stand the obnoxious Prime, and was surprised to learn that the Elite Guard ninja ignored "only half" of what Sentinel said. When the jet twins reported to Sentinel that Bulkhead and Prowl were working with Wasp, Sentinel ordered all of Optimus's crew arrested, despite Optimus putting it as simply as possible: Wasp wasn't a double agent, so Bulkhead and Prowl couldn't be his fellow double agents. Once they reached the others, Optimus had to deal with Sentinel's insistence on arresting them all to let Ultra Magnus sort them out, despite Prowl and Bulkhead now believing that Wasp and Bumblebee had switched places. Overruling Sentinel's demands, Optimus had everyone return to the plant, as that's where Wasp had to be if 'Bee's story was true. By the time they returned, Wasp had read up on Bumblebee's files and so was able to relate a number of 'Bee's adventures to "prove" he was the real deal. When Bulkhead had Bumblebee and Wasp play ''[[Ninja Gladiator]]'' to see who the real one was, Prime had no better suggestion. Wasp choked under the pressure and fled, and Jazz finally realized that Optimus had been telling the truth about Longarm being a double agent. An oblivious Sentinel asked why they hadn't told him this in the first place, and Optimus sighed in exasperation. {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}}

With the Elite Guard remaining on Earth, the Autobots began a search for the rest of Megatron's Decepticons. During one search, Optimus saw an unfamiliar shadow with a strange helmet. Following it, Optimus, Prowl, and Jazz discovered Sentinel Prime had captured [[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]] without making a sound. Despite his notorious ego, Sentinel refused to elaborate on the capture, and even bolted the clone's mouth shut when he started to talk. Returning to the Elite Guard ship, Optimus discovered that Sentinel had also captured Blitzwing and Swindle, as well, and was equally vague on the details. After helping Prowl investigate the mysterious helmeted figure, Optimus returned to the ship where he, Jazz, and Prowl were shocked to discover that Sentinel had captured Lugnut. Now convinced that Sentinel was lying to them, Optimus and the others eventually followed him to [[Tigatron Stadium]], where they discovered a stasis-cuffed Sentinel, the [[Ramjet (Animated)|Liar Starscream]], Lockdown (wearing the mysterious helmet), and that Sentinel had been having Lockdown capture the Decepticons in exchange for parts of the Elite Guard ship. After a battle, the clone was captured, but Lockdown escaped. Returning to the Elite Guard ship, the Autobots made contact with Cybertron, learning that Shockwave had attacked Ultra Magnus and stolen the [[Magnus Hammer]] in the process. Optimus decided not to inform Cybertron Command of Sentinel's misconduct, but instead gave Prowl all the credit for the captures. Sentinel expressed annoyance that he didn't get any credit for the captures, and Optimus told his former friend that when the smoke cleared, there would be a reckoning between the two Primes. {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}}

[[File:PredaconsRising-BASentinelOptimus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Hail hail, the gang's all here!]]

However, Sentinel remained on Earth, convinced that Wasp knew something about the attack on Ultra Magnus. Efforts to locate Wasp were hampered by Sentinel's refusal to recognize Optimus's authority on Earth, claiming he was the ''primer'' Prime. Things came to a head when the Dinobot Swoop captured Wasp and took him to Dinobot Island. Realizing that Blackarachnia might be involved, Optimus tried to warn Sentinel about her, but he refused to listen, as usual. Reaching the island, Optimus found Blackarachnia draining Sentinel of his powers, and offered himself in Sentinel's place. Blackarachnia didn't care; as far as she was concerned, she had every right to slag them both for abandoning her. She also revealed that she had made Wasp into the technorganic Waspinator in the hopes that if she could change him back, she could change herself back into Elita-1. However, Waspinator heard this, and tried to attack Blackarachnia. Reaching critical mass, Blackarachnia wrapped herself and Waspinator into a cocoon to contain the transwarp explosion. The Autobots were barely able to avoid the blast radius, which appeared to destroy most of Dinobot Island. Optimus concluded that Blackarachnia sacrificed herself to save them, but Sentinel thought that she sacrificed Waspinator to escape. Although Sentinel did not press the issue, Optimus could see that he was deeply hurt by what he had experienced.

A short time later, the Elite Guard were preparing to leave, and Optimus Prime's crew were seeing them off. Optimus actually defended Sentinel when the twins poked fun at him, saying that for all his flaws, Sentinel was a good bot at spark. Sentinel later came out to talk to Optimus privately, and Optimus apologized, both for not telling Sentinel about Elita's survival, and for not letting Sentinel go back to try and rescue her. In turn, Sentinel apologized for coming up with the idea to go to the planet, but admitted that the time was past for apologies. Optimus ended the conversation on a lighter note, saying that Cybertron needed a leader, and for better or worse, Sentinel Prime was that leader. Sentinel agreed, and the two Primes finally appeared to bury the hatchet. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Animated)|Predacons Rising}}

Optimus Prime's mood soon soured as the [[Christmas]] season rolled in, and the latest must-have product from Porter C. Powell was advertised all over the city—the all-singing, all-dancing [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]! After following a lone Soundwave and almost getting decapitated by a train, he decided he was obsessing over nothing and rejoined the other Autobots for some [[oilnog]]... not realizing it had been spiked by another Soundwave, forcing Optimus and the others into taking an early [[Stasis lock|stasis nap]].

[[File:TFAni Human Error Part 1 Optimus Human.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Worst. Hangover. ''Ever!'']]

As Optimus woke up the next morning, he discovered, to his horror, that he and the others had inexplicably become human. Despite his hopes, Ratchet could find no rational explanation for their transformation. Deciding the best course of action was to head to Sumdac Tower, the Auto''men'' set off into the city. A quick stop at the Burger Bot turned to them fleeing from an attacking Decepticon armada, followed by Optimus and Prowl saving a woman and [[Gary|her son]] from a burning building, to (badly) fighting off an attacking Starscream and finally—perhaps worst of all—having to take public transportation to Sumdac Tower. However, no sooner had they arrived at their destination then they witnessed the tower blasted to ruins... by a Megatron-controlled Cybertron!

But just as the Autobots seemed on the brink of destruction, Optimus came to a realization—none of what they had experienced was real, but a virtual reality simulation! They took out the Decepticons together with superhuman feats, Optimus destroying Megatron himself with a well aimed axe into his cannon. As the dust settled and the Decepticons disappeared, they "imagined" themselves into their real forms once again. But as soon as they had made the transformation, a giant Soundwave scooped them up into the sky, blasting them all with energy.

In the real world, Optimus and his crew were all prisoners of the real Soundwave in the basement of the Autobot hideout, as part of the sonic warrior's plan to reprogram them into being Decepticons. As their captor started to accelerate the reprogramming, Optimus opened his eyes to reveal them glowing red... {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}

[[File:PrimeReadyToRock.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1| "I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!"]]

A wire from an attack Sari had made on Soundwave disrupted the connection, but after a failed escape attempt by Prowl, Soundwave reverted all the Autobots to their human forms and used his toy replica drones scattered around Detroit to begin hypnotizing the human population.

Looking for a way to interface with Soundwave to escape and locating it in the form of his vehicle mode, Optimus gave the order to pursue the Decepticon utilizing the conveniently placed vehicles on which their own alternate modes were based. Unfortunately, Optimus didn't know how to drive extremely well. He still was able to pursue Soundwave, albeit with the fire hose out of control.

When Optimus and his group finally cornered Soundwave, it was revealed to be a trap: Hundreds of Soundwave's vehicle modes surrounded the Automen, and when the Autobots attempted to escape, their vehicles' seat belts wrapped around them as Soundwave began to reprogram them again.

Controlling the reprogrammed Autobots like puppets, Soundwave used them in a battle with Sari and the [[Substitute Autobot]]s, whom at first they soundly defeated. When Sari ordered the Substitute Autobots to attack all the Autobots at once, however, Soundwave began having trouble multitasking, until he decided to use just Optimus against them. Optimus soundly defeated the Substitute Autobots again and was about to kill Sari when the freed Prowl used his [[shuriken]] to blast Ratbat out of Soundwave's hands, liberating the rest of the Autobots. Optimus then grabbed Laserbeak, forced him into guitar mode, and engaged in a brief (''epic'') Battle of the Bands scenario before using Laserbeak to slice Soundwave and Ratbat in half, destroying the Decepticon's control over the citizens of Detroit. He and Sari then exchanged mutual new appreciation of each other's daily difficulties, Sari better understanding the stresses of command, Optimus now realizing the rigors of being human. {{storylink|Human Error, Part II}}

[[File:TFAni Decepticon Air Swindle Optimus Hand.jpg|thumb|"GIVE ME YOUR FACE!"]]
Optimus later congratulated Professor Sumdac and Bulkhead for completing a space bridge terminal in record time, and he was amazed when Sari single-handedly and expertly recalibrated the transwarp sequencers. However, he soon received a message from Sentinel Prime, who had accidentally freed several Decepticon prisoners on the Elite Guard ship, which decrypted to "[[Broken Lance]]", the coded distress call Sentinel used to use in their Academy days. Using the space bridge terminal to get to the ship, Optimus promptly emerged from Swindle's chest, having arrived in the pocket dimension which Swindle used to hold all his stock. Taking an elevator to the ship's energon storage chamber, Optimus slightly destabilized some energon cubes by perforating them with his axe, then put them in the elevator car and sliced the cables, so it exploded near the bottom just as the Decepticons pried open the doors. Slightly charred from the backblast, Optimus entered one of the service ducts and worked his way back to the brig area, grumbling as he did so.

Soon after, Prime freed his fellow Autobots and told Jazz to rewire the decontamination unit on the bridge as a freezing chamber to trap the Decepticons. At the same time, taking a cue from Sentinel's coded transmission, he made his Autobot symbol blink in [[Cybertronian optical code|Cybertronian Optical Code]] to tell Jazz that the decontamination chamber would be the only part of the bridge ''not'' to get frozen. After convincing the Elite Guard to surrender to the Decepticons (but not before using Sentinel as a slingshot against Lugnut), he endured Blitzwing locking them in the decontamination chamber and gloating all the while—until Blitzwing pressed the button and all the Decepticons on the bridge were frozen. Sentinel offered Optimus the Elite Guard spot that would be left when Sentinel became Magnus, but Prime declined, saying that he still had plenty to do on Earth. Optimus then returned to Earth on the Elite Guard's ship, and he and Sentinel traded salutes before they went their separate ways.
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[[File:Endgame2-OptimusPrimeInArmor.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Optimus cannot fly! [[To sell toys|What is happening?]]]]

When Bulkhead detected Omega Supreme on the Moon, Ratchet tried to convince Optimus to use the [[Magnus Hammer]] against Megatron to rescue Omega and Arcee. Optimus felt unworthy due to his discharge from the [[Autobot Academy]] and ban from the Elite Guard, and instead requested that Ratchet build him a modification to [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#Wingblade|let him fly]]. As part of a counter to Ratchet's protest that "Autobots don't fly", Prowl volunteered his boosters to use as a basis for Optimus's mods. When Ratchet ran into trouble on the jetpack, Sari used her Allspark powers to find the problem, and Ratchet soon had an attachable winged jetpack for Optimus to test out. Optimus loved the new ability to fly, shouting "Yessssss!" as he slipped the surly bonds of Earth, but he was shot down by [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]]. With a jetpack that didn't even give him an advantage over a Starscream clone, and with Megatron's [[Lugnut Supreme]]s fast approaching, Optimus decided he no longer had a choice and picked up the Magnus Hammer, ready to stand up in this [[darkest hour]]. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}

Though hesitant about taking to the air given his previous performance, Optimus took to the skies with Prowl to drive the Lugnut Supremes away from Sumdac Tower while Ratchet, Bumblebee, Bulkhead, and Sari went to the Moon to sever Megatron's access to Omega Supreme. After a little trouble, Optimus was able to use the Magnus Hammer to cause a tornado that threw the clones to Dinobot Island, damaging one and rendering the other two unable to fly. However, they were still online and resumed their march to Sumdac Tower. Optimus instructed Prowl and Jazz to enter the clones and remove their AllSpark fragments while he himself fought Megatron. Unfortunately, when Omega was severed from the clones, it activated their hidden function as ''Starscream'' clones, complete with bombs capable of destroying everything within one hundred square miles. Omega returned in time to destroy one clone, and Prowl and Jazz used processor-over-matter to assemble stray AllSpark fragments and power a shield strong enough to contain the remaining clone.

[[File:TFA-Endgame-PanAcrossEveryone.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|Not bad for ol' what's-his-name.]]

Meanwhile, Optimus and Megatron continued to duke it out mid-air; Megatron, having apparently recognized Optimus as a worthy foe, finally called the Autobot by his proper name, to which Prime bitterly responded that the Decepticon leader could remember his name after all. Eventually, the dueling pair were encased in the shield with the third clone. As the final clone's bomb began to detonate, a flash of light removed Optimus from the blast. He was found minutes later by the Autobots, and they were exultant until they saw the price of victory: Prowl had merged his spark with the AllSpark fragments to save them all. As Optimus ran toward his fallen comrade, Megatron appeared and blasted the Autobot captain. Ratchet tossed the Magnus Hammer to Optimus, who beat the Decepticon leader down. Megatron goaded Optimus to finish him, but Optimus instead destroyed Megatron's fusion cannon, saying that the Decepticon leader didn't deserve the "easy way out". Instead, Optimus Prime and his crew, along with Sari and Omega Supreme, returned to Cybertron with Megatron, Shockwave, and Lugnut as prisoners, before cheering crowds (and a not-so-cheery Sentinel Prime) who hailed them as heroes. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}

''Optimus Prime's victory over the Decepticons led to him being celebrated as "Cybertron's greatest hero". Sentinel Magnus kept up good relations with Optimus in public, even inviting him as a personal guest to [[The Motor Master]]'s Stunt Convoy, a daredevil stunt show performed under Megatron's watchful eye right outside [[Trypticon Prison]].''

[[File:StunticonJob-Optimusdisguise.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb]]
''Optimus was interviewed by Iacon Central officers [[Sideswipe (Animated)|Sideswipe]] and [[Cheetor (Animated)|Cheetor]] about the alleged theft of his ultra-axe, only to learn the "thief" was peddling a knock-off reproduction from the Stunt Convoy. Iacon's finest annoyed Sentinel with their questioning of Motor Master's crew, but Optimus's suspicions were raised as well. He used electronic paint to pose as the Convoy's member [[Toxitron (Animated)|Toxitron]] and infiltrate the show. Optimus learned the Stunt Convoy were actually StuntiCONS planning to break Megatron out of prison. After learning the truth, Optimus brought the house down on the Stunticons. {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}''

''Optimus Prime and Jazz came to the [[Cyber-Ninja Dojo]] to use the [[AllSpark Matrix]] to restore the [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr cube]] to his normal body. {{storylink|The Return of Blurr}}''

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===Toy bios===
Optimus Prime prefers to fight fairly and in the open. At the same time, he knows bad guys ''don't'', so he utilizes his "night mode" to sneak up on them without being seen. Good lesson, there. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#BumperBattlerNightwatch|Nightwatch Optimus Prime}} When the Autobots were preparing for an all-out assault on the Decepticons, Optimus ordered everyone to get their armor upgraded. Ratchet helped him install armor so strong that it can take fusion blasts with ease. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#ActivatorArmorUp|Armor Up Optimus Prime}}

===''Be the Hero'' books===
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====''Prime Suspect''====
After saving a [[You|human child]] from being run over by an out-of-control truck, Optimus found that he was being pursued by [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]] and a squad of police. Some investigation turned up the fact that he was accused of breaking into [[HomeTech]]'s laboratory, and they had him doing so on security tape. Rendezvousing at the laboratory, Prime got [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]] and the kid from earlier to go in and look for the footage. Though ultimately unsuccessful, a clue was found that led the Autobots to HomeTech's main warehouse. Within, Prime encountered the Decepticon who had framed him, [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], and the two battled at length until the other Autobots helped him taken Blitzwing down. With the deception exposed, Prime was confident his name was cleared. {{storylink|Prime Suspect (Animated)|Prime Suspect}}

====''Quest for the AllSpark''====
Optimus and [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] came up with a surefire plan when [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] took over [[Detroit]]'s robot workforce in an attempt to get his hands on the [[AllSpark]]. The Autobots made false AllSparks and went to hide them around the city. Prime was intercepted by the clearance 'bot [[Crush-A]], and called in the rest of the Autobots, ultimately defeating their foe. {{storylink|Quest for the AllSpark}}
====''Web of Deception''====
When the Autobots' ship on the bottom of [[Lake Erie]] was struck by [[Sparkseeker]] torpedoes, Optimus was knocked offline and abducted by [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]. He found himself strapped to an explosive device alongside one of the giant spiders from [[Archa Seven]]. Fortunately Ratchet was able to track him down and rescue him before the bomb could be triggered. {{storylink|Web of Deception}}
====''Time-Quake''====
Optimus and the other Autobots scoured Detroit, searching for the source of some strange temporal anomalies that had begun plaguing the city. Eventually they were able to track down the time machine that was responsible for the disturbances, and Optimus led his team in apprehending the culprit. {{storylink|Time-Quake}}

===Titan Magazines===
[[File:SPROK!.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|No Country for Old Toys.]]
Optimus was swiftly overpowered by Starscream and [[Starscream clone (Animated)|his army of clones]], as were all the Autobots. The Dinobots arrived to save the day in return for lodgings during a rainy spell, leaving Optimus to ask Ratchet desperately for the weather forecast ''every day'' (the forecast being rain, rain, rain...). {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17#Dino-MIGHT!|Dino-MIGHT!}}

Later, Detroit was hit by severe earthquakes, and Optimus led the Autobots in a rescue operation, personally holding up a collapsing bridge all by himself. These earthquakes turned out to be the work of the supervillain [[Quake-Maker]]. Optimus fought him but was easily beaten up—but forget Optimus, because the ''awesome'' Elite Guard operative [[Afterburn]] arrived, swiftly taking control of the Autobots and taking the villain down. Optimus was left a bit upset that Afterburn was so much better than him. {{storylink|Animated Comic issue 1|Burnout}}

He was apparently so upset that he didn't bother turning up afterwards, letting Afterburn dominate things. Prime's big contribution was to give everyone the day off. {{storylink|Animated Comic issue 3|Crossroads!}}

Later on, he ran afoul of the angry and impressively moustached [[Macadam|General Macadam]], who was throwing a fit over Swoop buzzing a [[United States Air Force|USAF jet]]. Optimus gave the Dinobot a grilling over this...realising too late that Swoop, having been booted from Dinobot Island, had come for a job. Later on, Prime was ''very'' amused when Macadam angrily asked for help stopping the hijacked [[Wraith-X]], and had Bumblebee bring in Swoop for it.

There was no time to celebrate, though, as ''Megatron'' assaulted their headquarters! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Divebomb}} It turned out Afterburn, whom Megatron slaughtered, was a Decepticon infiltrator—and a sparkless drone one, at that—and he'd given their location away! Optimus and the gang held off a full Decepticon assault. In the aftermath, Optimus tried to boost Bumblebee's spirits by telling him he'd been a true hero in fighting Megatron, and that Afterburn hadn't been a ''real'' Transformer, so his death was no biggie. It was quite dodgy how easily Optimus wrote the guy off, to be frank... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Megatron's Revenge}}

Optimus later went to watch a race at [[Crazy Coyote Canyon]] to find the "King of Speed", and he permitted Bulkhead to join in if he wanted. He probably regretted this when Bulkhead won and Prime had to carry him in a victor's lap... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|The Race}}
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===''TransTech''===
{{voiceactor|[[David Kaye]] (English)}}
Isaac Sumdac presented his newest creation to Optimus, Bumblebee, and Sari; the "[[Bi-directional Unified Transit Terminal]]". The professor explained that his B.U.T.T. could easily shoot them all off to Cybertron... in theory. Though Optimus wasn't particularly eager to return to his home world, he agreed to test drive the device anyways. The B.U.T.T. malfunctioned, sending Optimus, Sari, and Bumblebee to [[Axiom Nexus]] instead of their intended destination. The trio soon encountered officer [[Flareup (G1)|Flareup]], who informed them that Optimus was breaking the law by virtue of simply being a "Prime" in Axiom Nexus. After being through 17 grueling hours of processing, Optimus and Sari were put in the care of [[Shockwave (TransTech)|Shockwave]]. The morally-ambiguous scientist planned to operate on them to assess their planetary threat-level. Though Optimus was chained to a table and put through an invasive "Matrix check", he did get the chance to exchange some witty banter with his captor, so there's that.

Bumblebee, Flareup, and their newfound ally "[[Megatron (BW)|Joe]]" eventually burst in to rescue Prime and Sari. Unfortunately, Joe then betrayed the group, revealing himself to be a "Megatron" with plans of conquest! Using Sari's Key, Megatron turned Shockwave's lab equipment into a miniature army. Unable to take on the newly awakened robots through force, Optimus, Sari, Bumblebee, Flareup, and Shockwave instead devised a means to turn them against their master; bureaucracy! They convinced Megatron's army that the amount of paperwork they'd need to go through for simply being born was a huge hassle, causing the robots to turn on their master.

Shockwave was so annoyed by Optimus and his friends that he decided to use his authority to quickly deport them from his dimension. Relieved to be back home, Optimus made everyone promise to never speak of their inter-dimensional adventure again. {{Storylink|Bee in the City}}

===''Lil Formers''===
Upon meeting an [[Optimus Prime (G1)|alternate-universe version of himself]], Optimus explained to his counterpart that he found his own battle axe to be a more versatile weapon than the other's blaster. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''The Cool'' comic===
[[File:PrimeSaritheCoolHuggies01.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"You're welcome, spaceman!"]]

Upon discovering the Allspark, Optimus Prime and his crew fled from Megatron's ship into a space bridge gate and wound up before the planet Earth. Unfortunately, Megatron was already aboard the Autobots' vessel, and although he had gotten one of his arms mutilated in combat, had managed to take down the entirety of the ship's crew, with the exception of Optimus himself. Engaged in fierce melee combat with his foe, Optimus jettisoned the Decepticon out of the cargo bay day just, decrying Megatron's wish to rule the universe. Visibly strained from combat, Optimus then put himself and his crew in stasis to await the day he would have to face Megatron once more. {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 3|The Cool Extra #3}}

To protect the [[AllSpark]], Optimus Prime led his crew of Autobots to the [[Earth]] city of [[Detroit]]. The Decepticons [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] followed and attacked. Prime rescued [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] from an explosion, protecting her with his body, then pitted himself against Starscream. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 1}}

[[File:TheCoolMegatronChokesPrime01.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|GIVE ME YOUR CHIN!]]

Starscream succeeded in seizing the AllSpark, but Prime refused to let him keep it. Driving off a ramp and attacking him in the sky, Prime opened the AllSpark, dispersing its energy, killing himself in the process. Luckily, Sari's [[AllSpark Key|key]] was able to revive him. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 2}}

Prime then led the Autobots in defense of [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]], but was unable to counter [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]'s sonic attacks and [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]]'s aerial bombardments. The [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobot]]s arrived and drove the villains off, but then attempted to drive the Autobots off, too! Prime and [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] sorted their issues out and parted on good terms. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 3}}

Back in Detroit, Prime was attacked by Blackarachnia, who demanded to know why he'd abandoned her to die years ago. Prime explained that he and [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]] had immediately formed a rescue party but could not locate her. Freeing himself from her webbing, Prime vowed to help her restore her body no matter what. Their touching moment was interrupted by an attack from [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]], which buried Prime in rubble. By the time the other Autobots could free him, Blackarachnia had already retreated with the other Decepticons, asking never to be called "Elita-1" again. Prime screamed furiously at this. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 4}}

Optimus was present outside [[Sumdac Systems]] headquarters to greet the revived Megatron, who politely remembered Prime's name. Megatron made short work of Prime, slamming him to the ground by the throat and blasting away the Autobots with his [[fusion cannon]]. Refusing to give up, Prime drew his axe and clashed with Megatron's swords. Later, Prime survived the battle to greet [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] and the [[Elite Guard]], who were demanding an explanation for why he and his crew had yet to return to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 5}}

Optimus Prime later joined Prowl in a battle against [[Clone number 2716057|Clone #2716057]]. Though Prowl defeated the clone, Optimus berated him for being "too flashy" about it and destroying an entire park in the process. Prime then escorted the clone to a warehouse where [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] was meeting with Megatron. Optimus demanded Megatron hand over ''his'' clone, but sang a different tune after it was revealed that the clones were packed with explosives. Prowl managed to send the explosives flying into the sky, and Prime complimented him on his quick thinking. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 6}}

[[File:PrimeAllSparkGlowTheCool01.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Only 6 more Chaos Emeralds and Prime can go Super Saiyan.]]

Some time after that, Prime managed to find the location of the near-complete Decepticon space bridge and launched a surprise attack. After kicking [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] in the stomach, Prime once again clashed melee weapons with Megatron. The foes were forced to fight together, however, when Starscream arrived with his [[Starscream clone (Animated)|Clone Army]]. The pair fought well side by side until [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]] fired a shot at Megatron's head. The Decepticon leader blocked the shot by using Prime as a living shield, injuring the Autobot near-fatally. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 7}}

As the Space Bridge overloaded, sucking everything into itself, Optimus Prime recovered. Rushing the distracted Megatron, Prime slapped a pair of stasis cuffs on him and then kicked him square in the jaw, sending the Decepticon hurtling into the vortex. After the battle, Prime joined the other Autobots in bidding farewell to the fallen [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 8}}

When Starscream attacked Detroit in Omega Supreme's body, Optimus went off...''somewhere'', and when he came back, he had his Wing Blade armor and the [[Magnus Hammer]], having received the hammer as per Ultra Magnus's wish {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 1}}. Optimus combined his power with Megatron's to defeat Starscream. After ordering Prowl to remove all traces of Starscream from Omega's body, he set his sights next on Megatron. Optimus and Megatron agreed to conclude their rivalry with a final battle and flew off into the sky, clashing hammer with sword. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 9}}

Outmatched, Megatron fought back by powering his fusion cannon with Starscream's AllSpark fragment. The humongous blast shredded Optimus, who was then impaled through the [[spark]] chamber by Megatron's sword. Refusing to die, Optimus declared that his spark would shine until his last breath. Somehow, this caused the AllSpark fragment to be drawn to Optimus, where it immediately powered him up. Now endowed with a Heavenly aura and apparent invincibility, Optimus choke-slammed Megatron into unconsciousness. Later, Optimus and his crew returned to Cybertron with the shackled Megatron in tow, where they were hailed as heroes. {{storylink|The Cool Episode Final}}
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===Legends World===
[[File:LegendsBizTrip5 TFs of today.jpg|thumb|right]]
In the [[Legends World]], Optimus Prime was a fictional character featured in a popular cartoon and toyline. An actor dressed as him was present at [[Tokyo Toy Show]] 2014, where he would play soccer with children. Those who scored a goal against him would win a toy of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|another Optimus Prime]], a feat [[Optimus Minor]] succeeded at. {{storylink|Tokyo Toy Show 2014 Report}} When [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] turned into [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] and tried to revert the world back to how it was in the '80s, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] attempted to stop him by telling him there were plenty of great modern-day Transformers, such as ''Animated'' Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 5|Bonus Edition Vol. 5}}
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===Precursor World===
[[File:Animated Optimus Prime Selects.jpg|thumb|left|100px]]
Optimus Prime was a member of the [[Red Order]] of the [[Primus Vanguard]]. He cheered on [[Yokohama Convoy]] when their commander [[Sentinel Prime (G1)#Precursor World|Red Sentinel Prime]] bade him fire the Order's holy [[Matrix Buster]] at the marauding [[G1 World|interdimensional]] [[Seacon (BW)|pirate]] [[Terrormander]] in defense of the [[Red Planet]]. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 1}}
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==Games==
===Transformers Animated: The Game===
{{voiceactor|[[David Kaye]] (English)|[[Patrick Borg]] (French)}}
[[File:TFAnimated Game Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|134px]]
Optimus decided that [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] and [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] could do with some more training, despite Bumblebee's assertion that video games counted. He had [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] turn the Autobot hideout into an obstacle course for himself, Bulkhead and Bumblebee to practice on. Not long after, word came in that the robots at a [[Sumdac Systems]] factory had gone haywire, and the three Autobots headed there to investigate. While they were bashing their way through the drones, [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] and Prowl got hold of a [[Decepticon Transmitter Drone]], which they used to intercept a transmission indicating that Megatron was looking for [[AllSpark]] fragments to power his Space Bridge. Though Optimus was keen to stop the Decepticon, Sari pointed out there were still rogue drones at the factory. After finding the AllSpark fragment that was causing the drones to malfunction, Prime had to take to the road to hunt down some more drones that were heading for Detroit.

Another transmission indicated that Megatron had all the fragments he needed to power his Space Bridge, so Optimus returned to the factory, where he, Bumblebee and Bulkhead tracked down another fragment. Optimus then chased the Transmitter Drone back to its point of origin — Megatron's mine lair. The three Autobots fought their way into the mine and confronted Megatron at the mouth of his Space Bridge. After a short battle, Megatron transwarped out, and the three Autobots attempted to follow him. Only Optimus and Bulkhead arrived on Cybertron, and had to search fruitlessly for Megatron until Bumblebee arrived. A transmission led them to the Space Bridge Nexus where they found Megatron. A protracted fight ensued, at the end of which Megatron transwarped out to parts unknown. Optimus was commended by [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] and offered a place in the [[Elite Guard]]. He turned it down in favor of returning to Earth, where Ratchet wondered if he needed to examine Optimus's processor. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Game}}

===Transformers Animated: ''Action Packs''===
{{note|Optimus Prime is featured as a playable game card. He is a red card, has a value of 10 points, and has no additional powers.}} {{storylink|Transformers Animated: Action Packs}}

===Transformers Battle Universe===
At the edge of time, when the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] needed a new host, Optimus Prime was among several warriors (and [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Prime]]s) summoned from the multiverse to battle for control of the prize. {{storylink|Transformers Battle Universe}}

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==Toys==
{{main|Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{Main|Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
[[File:AllSparkAlmanacII-SeasonFour-OptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
*The twin cylinder-shaped protrusions connected to Optimus's small antennae are inspired by the head design of the [[Transformers (film)|2007 movie]] rendition of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], as opposed to the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|traditional]] single cylinder.
*Optimus Prime features design elements from two different incarnations of [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]. The "skin" color of his face (and to a lesser extent, the presence of a retractable faceplate) is taken from Primal's first ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' body, while the way his lips are drawn is inspired by Primal's ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' body. [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] thought since Prime is more of an inexperienced leader, he wanted to infuse some elements from Primal's design, who had a similar role in his series.<ref>[http://community.livejournal.com/tf_animated/271043.html#cutid1 Derrick Wyatt Q&A at the tf_animated livejournal community]</ref>
*His chest windows resemble those of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Star Convoy]], the incarnation of Optimus in ''[[Transformers: Return of Convoy (franchise)|Return of Convoy]]'', while his jetpack wings look like [[Ginrai (human)|God Ginrai]]'s.
*His Cybertronic form, on the other hand, bears a strong resemblance to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Orion Pax]]. The toy takes this even further, with large shoulder-mounted wheels that also pay homage to Optronix.
*Optimus was killed off after only [[Transform and Roll Out|one episode]] (three if you want to get technical) ''and'' revived 1 minute and 15 seconds later. That's gotta be [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|a new record]].
*At the end of "Transform and Roll Out", Prime's spark is contained in the same place ordinarily reserved for the [[Matrix (disambiguation)|Matrix]] in other continuities.
*Despite nominally being a fire truck, Prime's alt mode features a detachable cab that can mount a number of different trailers, such as [[Headmaster (episode)|a lookalike of Generation 1 Optimus's trailer]] and a [[The Elite Guard|dump truck]]. Presumably, this would make his alt mode not a fire truck, but a semi-truck ''outfitted'' as a fire truck. Score one for the old fans!
*Like his Generation 1 counterpart, this Optimus's trailer almost invariably disappears COMPLETELY when he transforms, assuming it's there to begin with. This even happens when it isn't his trailer, such as in "[[Garbage In, Garbage Out]]". Even Prime himself is just as confused as to where it goes, as evidenced by "[[Career Day]]". [[Subspace storage pocket|Subspace]] shunting? [[Unicron Singularity]]? Or...something more?
*Optimus Prime's bio on his Happy Meal toy at McDonald's says he is a '''FIRE TRUCK CAB'''.
*None of Optimus' toys ever came with his trademark 'grappler launcher' weapons.
*According to the packaging call-outs for Cybertron Mode, DVD two-pack and Voyager Optimus Prime, his weapon is an "Ion-Axe" (or "Ion Axe"). However, on Roll Out Command Optimus Prime, Optimus's weapon is an "Ultra-Axe". ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac]]'' labels it a [[Solitarium]] weapon. The Japanese dub not only embraced the term "Ultra-Axe", but also added the "Ultra-" prefix to Prime's net (now the "Ultra-Net"), grappling hook (the "Ultra-Anchor"), and... jumping ability ("Ultra-Jump").
*[[TakaraTomy]] marketing director, [[Masahiko Yamazaki]], has claimed that the Japanese version of ''Transformers Animated'' takes place within the continuity of the [[Live-action film series|live-action film franchise]], thus making ''Animated'' Optimus Prime the same character as Movie [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]. Some of Yamazaki's other statements regarding this have been contradicted (primarily regarding [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]), so take with a grain of salt.
*A round of punny Japanese. During the "next episode" preview at the end of "[[Transform and Roll Out|A New Chapter! Transformers]]", Bumblebee complains that the name "Oputimasu Puraimu" (as the natives pronounce it) is too long and difficult to remember. His renaming suggestions include: "[[Convoy (rank)|Convoy]]", "Oputi", "Opura", and "Pupu". Obviously, Optimus rejects all of them, saying that "Oputi" is more suited for a cute dog, "Opura" just sounds weird, and "Pupu", while cute, would be hard not to laugh at.
*According to <s>David Kaye</s> [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], he (like any Autobot) sucks at golf.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EQsjGclmVQ David Kaye at BotCon 2008]</ref>
*In the Transformers Animated profile shorts, Optimus is introduced to the audience by Ratchet in "[[Meet Optimus Prime]]" and likewise introduces both Bulkhead and Megatron in "[[Meet Bulkhead]]" and "[[Meet Megatron]]" respectively.
*Optimus is normally depicted with his faceplate up in official artwork, even though in the cartoon he only wears it in battle.
*Had season 4 been produced, Prime's colors would have had flames on his ankles, the thighs and crotch reversing colors, a gold chest star not unlike [[Star Convoy]]'s, and a new unique Autobot insignia shoulder. He would have also worn the Magnus Hammer on his back gained a new set of God Ginrai-styled armor.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (オプティマスプライム ''Oputimasu Puraimu'')
*''Korean:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (옵티머스 프라임 ''Optimeoseu Peuraim'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Qíng Tiān Zhù''' (擎天柱, "Pillar that Supports the Sky")

==References==
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[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
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[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
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Full-Tilt (G1)

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Grimbee:

{{disambig2|Trypticon's barely-existent companion/necktie|the Bad Piggie based on said companion/necktie|Full-Tilt (AB)}}
{{disambig2|Trypticon's barely-existent companion/necktie|Trypticon's assistant who got the personality instead of the toy|Wipe-Out}}
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:''Full-Tilt is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:FullTilt.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Poor bastard exists just too much to get into "[[:Category:Things that don't exist|Things that don't exist]]".]]
<div style="font-family:cursive;margin:0 2em 0 2em;color:#333;font-size:120%;line-height:1.5;">dear anyone who ever had a [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] toy as a kid,

    Do you remember the skidz sized car that clipped onto Trypticon's front when he was a dinasaur? I didn't think so you heartless bastards.     his name was '''Full-Tilt''' and he transformed into a small, purple all terrain car that could be launched from Trypticons little tower thing that comes out of the road in the middle of him.     He was great, i loved the little guy.

'''Entry tags:''' g1, trypticon, purple car, robot love 
'''Current mood:''' buttery
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:::::----[[User:Starscreams ghost|Starscreams ghost]] 08:45, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:FullTiltAlt.jpg|left|thumb|Space is cold, okay?]]
Full-Tilt was Trypticon's chestplate. He was also a door. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Legends'' comic=====
[[File:Legends 44 Fulltilt.jpg|thumb]]
Full-Tilt served as Trypticon's black box, containing backup data that allowed the Decepticons to recreate the dinosaur should he be destroyed. After such a thing passed in Metroplex and Trypticon's first battle, Full-Tilt was recovered by [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]. In [[2010]], the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] converted a [[human]] city into a new Trypticon, which Full-Tilt interfaced with. Trypticon survived till [[2015]], where he was defeated by [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]. In the aftermath, Full-Tilt was rescued by the [[Battlecharger]]s.

Years later, Full-Tilt was integrated into a smaller Trypticon commanded by [[Violengiguar]]. This Trypticon would be destroyed by [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]], leaving only Full-Tilt's [[personality component]], which fell into the hands of the [[Race Track Patrol]]. It was brought to the [[Metrosquad]], who modified the component into a small robot in the hopes that he could be used to recreate Trypticon again. When [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] desired to do so, he brought Full-Tilt to the [[Legends World]], where a [[transtector]] awaited the small robot. {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}}

With data from [[Godbomber]], Weirdwolf's faction of Decepticons were able to construct a new Trypticon at the bottom of Tokyo Bay. To enable transformation, however, they needed a [[transformation cog]], and so attacked [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] for his. Despite resistance from [[Scamper]] and the employees of the [[Tera-Kura Co.|Decepticon-Tera-Kura Company]], Full-Tilt was able to steal the cog and bring it to Trypticon. The giant then emerged from the bay as Full-Tilt yelled triumphantly. {{Storylink|LG43 Trypticon Mobilization Chapter: Decepticon Civil War|Decepticon Civil War}} As Trypticon made his way towards Metroplex to destroy him, Full-Tilt was ordered to stay out of battle as his data was too important, and he instead controlled Trypticon's transformations. When they reached [[Akihabara]], Full-Tilt and his transtector both interfaced with the dinosaur, uploading the backup data and fully restoring him. However, We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give, never gonna give
(Give you up)
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye Trypticon was ultimately defeated by Swerve and Metroplex and repurposed as a nerd paradise while Akihabara was being rebuilt, leaving Full-Tilt furious. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}} He was further distressed when Trypticon was purchased by [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 52|Bonus Edition Vol. 52}} Trypticon was later destroyed by [[Majin Zarak]], though Full-Tilt survived intact once again. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One}}

=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
By [[2050]], Full-Tilt was stationed at Trypticon on Earth as the [[Cybertron Alliance]] harvested [[Angolmois Energy]] for the good of all. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}}

====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''====
[[File:Manga3 fulltilt daizyujin.jpg|thumb|Back in the bottle wit' ye, o' wicked woman!]]
In the year 2010, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] figured it would be really cool to show a bunch of [[human]] children around [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. The children were having a grand ole time until [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] arrived with Trypticon in tow.

To meet the threat of Trypticon, Magnus transformed Autobot City into [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], who was quickly injured by Trypticon's Dual Plasma Cannons. Magnus then ordered [[Scamper]] into the fray, but Scamper was immediately defeated once Galvatron launched Full-Tilt from Trypticon's chest. Full-Tilt, apparently very overconfident, threatened to make scrap out of everyone.

As Trypticon continued to pound the oil out of Metroplex, Ultra Magnus ordered another City Warrior into action, [[Six-Gun]]! Before Full-Tilt could administer the final blow with [[Brunt (G1)|Brunt]], Six-Gun took him by surprise... ''punching him in the face''. (Six-Gun apparently prefers melee combat despite being made ''entirely out of guns''.) Six-Gun then took control of Brunt and blasted Trypticon in the chest, injuring him enough to force Galvatron to call a retreat.

The children rejoiced. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 3|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #3}}
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===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
Full-Tilt was only seen as Trypticon's breastplate. His potential role as Trypticon's helper was filled by [[Wipe-Out]]. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
Full-Tilt was one of the two "battlefield drones" that Trypticon controlled, the other being [[Brunt (G1)|Brunt]] the tank. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye #7}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:MegOrig02 full-tilt woot.jpg|thumb|120px|Megatron, marry me!]]
Full-Tilt attended the underground [[gladiatorial combat]] matches in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]'s [[Forge]]. He saw [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] totally ''impale'' [[Cy-Kill (G1)|Cy-Kill]] with his sword, then work him over with his mining vehicle mode. But what ''really'' brought the house down was when Megatron used a pick to deliver the coup de grâce, then take off his helmet to let his long, luxurious hair flow in the wind. Full-Tilt was absolutely ''nuts'' for that, he was all like—"''Yaaa!''" and pumping his fist in the air. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:Intersectionality 4 of 5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.0|Thank [[Jim Sorenson|you]] for not forgetting me!]]
Full-Tilt enjoyed a long friendship and partnership with his [[Titan (group)|Megamaster]] counterpart Trypticon during the war. As the war came to a conclusion following the [[Great Push]], Trypticon was badly injured. Full-Tilt volunteered for a variation on the [[Powermaster]] technology, incorporating himself physically into Trypticon's body to act as a replacement for the city-bot's [[transformation cog]].

After the war, Trypticon remained in starship mode and was rechristened the ''Dinosaur''. Full-Tilt became captain of his old friend, the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]]-in-command of a crew of [[Maximal]] officers and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] enlisted soldiers, under the supervision of [[Micromaster]] political officer, [[Synapse (BWU)|Synapse]]. The ''Dinosaur'' patrolled the [[Allowed Zone]], the area on the outskirts of Cybertronian space which the [[Human Confederacy]] maintained as strict border guards following the Great Push.

Full-Tilt came to respect his crew over time, but Trypticon did not. The Megamaster became bitter and hated the smaller Cybertronians for their mobility and transforming ability. When the [[Grand Uprising]] began on Cybertron, Synapse killed the communications specialist [[Hydra (BW)|Hydra]] in order to keep it a secret. When he moved on to killing the inquisitive intelligence specialist [[Killer Punch]], Full-Tilt objected, but Synapse convinced Trypticon to side with him and they cut the captain off from access to the ship.

Thinking the captain was responsible for their fallen crewmates, Chief Engineer [[Magmatron]] and Senior Security Specialist [[Guiledart]] fought their way into his quarters, only to find the immobilized Full-Tilt willing to offer whatever help he could. The ship had come under attack by the evil Destructons, and so Magmatron and his junior engineer [[Dead End (BW)|Dead-End]] worked to repair the ship while simultaneously disabling Trypticon's mind. Full-Tilt was reconnected to the ship in order to help stop Trypticon from attacking the crew.

Trypticon and Synapse were eventually dealt with, but the ship was too badly damaged and was falling out of orbit. Instead of escaping the planet's gravity, Full-Tilt and Magmatron fought for a controlled descent, and transformed Trypticon on impact to slow their progress. Full-Tilt reconfigured the lobotomized Trypticon into Dinosaur City, and many of the surviving crew and their allies on the planet remained to transform it into a new colony. {{storylink|Intersectionality}}
{{--}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
[[File:Ps2tatakai full-tilt.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Gets only one line, but how many 'cons have the ball bearings to stand up to Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime and tell them to buzz off?]]

{{voiceactor|? (English)}}

====Decepticon story====
After [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] was defeated for the second time, Trypticon arrived and offered to help, but quickly realized that he was of extremely limited usefulness in the search for the [[Zel Quartz]], an incredibly powerful energy source. His massive size (even though he was only about the size of combiners like [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] and [[Raiden]]) made him a liability in a search, so he sent Full-Tilt in his stead.

====Autobot story====
Full-Tilt was the last battle (along with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundblaster]]) before facing [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Upon the Autobots entering, the following conversation took place:

{{quote|You finally made it, Autobots.|Soundblaster}}
{{quote|But you won't get in Megatron's way!|Soundwave}}
{{quote|DIE!|Full-Tilt}}

Full-Tilt fought in a similar manner to car-mode Autobots (i.e., his vehicle mode attacks were ramming and spinning). {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}[[File:FullTilt1986.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Peculiar Purple ... Something]]
*'''Trypticon''' (Decepticon City, [[1986]]/[[1987]])
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-63'''
**''Accessories'': [[Electro-disrupter|Electro-disruptor]]
:''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Full-Tilt transforms into a car or Trypticon's bra. He can be launched from Trypticon while he is in city mode. His little teeny double-barreled gun is one of the most commonly lost accessories in Transformerdom.

:This mold was also used to make [[Gigascouter#Beast Wars|Gigascouter]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Full-Tilt/full-tilt.htm More information on Full-Tilt at TFU.info]''

===''Platinum Edition''===
*'''Trypticon''' (Platinum Edition, [[2015]])
**''Accessories'': 2 loading ramps, 2 blaster stands, single-barreled blaster, double-barreled blaster, 2 scanners, 2 connectors, large tower, small tower, 2 tank treads, laser cannon, Full-Tilt, Full-Tilt's electro-disruptor.
:''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' Trypticon is a reissue of his original toy. Both Brunt and Full-Tilt are included along with all his electronics, including the motorized walking gimmick.

:Full-Tilt is mostly, if not completely identical to his original toy.

:The toy was released in TakaraTomy Mall in Japan under the ''USA Edition'' line, as a lucky draw prize.

===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TF-Titans-Return-Full-Tilt.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Hasbro|They]] remembered me!]]
*'''Decepticon Necro & Decepticon Full-Tilt & Trypticon''' (Titan Class, [[2017]])
**''Accessories:'' Full-Tilt, Full-Tilt's gun, [[Wipe-Out#Generations|Necro]] Titan Master, Cannon/Full-Tilt holder
:A Deluxe-sized Full-Tilt figure is released as part of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Trypticon. He transforms into a Cybertronic car, and includes the [[Titan Master]] [[Wipe-Out#Generations|Necro]], who forms his head. Like the original toy, he can also form Trypticon's chest armor. In vehicle mode, his cockpit opens up to seat a [[Titan Master]].

:This mold served as the model for [[Sureshot (G1)#Legends comic|Sureshot]] in the ''Legends'' manga.
{{--}}

===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG43-Full-Tilt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Dinosaurer''' ('''Trypticon''') ([[August 26]], 2017)
**''ID number:'' '''LG43'''
**''Accessories:'' [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]], gun
:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Full-Tilt is an unchanged re-release of the above ''Titans Return'' Full-Tilt.

:While the toys are identical to the Hasbro ''Titans Return'' figure above, Necro was re-established in ''Legends'' as Full-Tilt, making the headless Deluxe-sized toy his [[transtector]].
{{--}}

==Merchandise==
===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W4Fill-Tilt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Full-Tilt, Base Recon''' ([[2019]])
**'''Wave 4: War for Cybertron: Siege II'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T03/T04'''
**''Stars: ''4
:Full-Tilt, Base Recon was made available as part of the promotional Trypticon Pack that is included in every sealed Booster Box of the Wave 4 of the Transformers Trading Card Game, War for Cybertron: Siege II.

:The card features artwork drawn by [[Casey Coller]] and colored by [[Alex Tarca]], and is based on the ''[[Titans Return (franchise)|Titans Return]]'' Full-Tilt toy.
{{--}}

==Notes==
*''Titans Return'' Trypticon's package bio describes Trypticon himself and Necro, but makes no mention of Full-Tilt. Poor guy just can't catch a break, can he?

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Full-Tilt''' (フルチルト ''Furu Chiruto'', フル・ティルト ''Furu Tiruto'')

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Jallguar

2022-02-25T07:14:37Z

Grimbee:

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:''Jallguar is a [[Decepticon]] [[Breastforce]] Warrior from the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (franchise)|Victory]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Jargua.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Jarugarguargaruaguragruargruar.]]
'''Jallguar''' (ジャルガー ''Jarugā'', aka '''Jaruga''' and '''Jarugar''')<ref>Jallguar's name is derived from the Japanese rendering of "jaguar" (ジャガー ''jagā''), with the "ru" syllable inserted in. The Romanization used in this wiki, "Jallguar", is from the toy's packaging; various English sources use "Jaruga" and the ''Kre-O'' toy spells it "Jarugar".</ref> is a member of the [[Breastforce]] team, the elite Decepticon troopers. The team's "Cyberneticist" (whatever ''that'' means), he's the most serious of the group, a model soldier who follows orders diligently, picking off those who escape his aerial comrades' attacks with his own "Spiral Attack" missile-volley. However, he is not without his flaws: he's not very imaginative, and more importantly, he really lacks initiative. If Jallguar is not given orders, he tends to stand around confused if he runs across something unexpected.

Jallguar's chestplate, [[Jaguarbreast]], can disconnect from his body and transform into a robotic jaguar or the hand-held "Jaguar Cannon". Like his fellow Breastforce warriors, Jallguar is also armed with an [[Electromagnetic Nunchaku]].
G
Jallguar can combine with his Breastforce teammates to form [[Liokaiser]], becoming the lower torso of the super robot.

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Victory'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Hirohiko Kakegawa]] (Japanese), [[Shinobu Satouchi]] ("[[The New Warrior - Hellbat]]", Japanese)|[[Rik Thomas]] (English, Omni Productions dub)}}

[[File:Jarugar robotmode.jpg|left|thumb|225px|Speed Buggy.]]
Jallguar came to [[Earth]] alongside [[Drillhorn (G1)|Drillhorn]] and [[Killbison]] to join their commanding officer [[Leozack]] in service of [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]]. For his first mission on Earth, Jallguar aided in an attempt to take over an energy plant in the desert, {{storylink|Unite!! Multiforce}} then later helped raid the Neo Uranium Mines. {{storylink|Infiltration... The Uranium Mine}} Later still, when the Breastforce embarked on a scheme to drain electrical energy from American subway tunnels, Jallguar was the one to speak up when Leozack began ranting about Deathsaurus's methods, pointing out that it wouldn't be a good thing for their emperor to hear him. Leozack didn't react well. Once they were actually in the field, Jallguar narrowly avoided being run over by an oncoming train, and when Deathsaurus retreated, he brought the message to the other Breastforcers. {{storylink|Big City - Underground Terror}}

In the midst of a battle with the Autobots that followed the arrived of the Breastforce's fifth member, [[Hellbat (G1)|Hellbat]], Jallguar joined with this teammates in unleashing his [[Breast Animal]] upon [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]]. {{storylink|The New Warrior - Hellbat}} Later, when the Breastforce stole all the gasoline from [[Marine City]] so they could hold the town to ransom, Jallguar and Drillhorn were caught in the act by [[Blacker]], but managed to outrun him. {{storylink|Tanker Hijack Operation}}

[[File:Jarugar head in the sand.jpg|thumb|250px]]
After failing in an attempt to steal the payloads of a fleet of oil tankers, {{storylink|Rescue Jan!!}} Jallguar and the Breastforce began tapping hydroelectric power in [[Canada]]. When their operation was uncovered by the [[Mach]] and [[Tackle]], Jallguar, Hellbat and Killbison pursued the two Autobots into the nearby forest. Tackle concealed himself beneath a blanket of soil and grass so that he could ambush Jallguar; a radio broadcast from Mach nearly gave him away, but he was still able to get the drop on Jallguar and ram his face into the dirt. {{storylink|Mach and Tackle}}

Following a mission to capture human spacecraft by hiding in the asteroid belt, {{storylink|A Fierce Battle!! The Asteroid}} Jallguar accompanied the rest of the Breastforce when they headed for planet [[Micro]] in order to rescue the sixth member of their team, [[Guyhawk]], from the [[Planet Micro Satellite Penitentiary|prison on the planet's moon]]. {{storylink|Rescue! Guyhawk}} With Guyhawk back in their ranks, the team combined into the giant robot Liokaiser and defeated Star Saber in battle for the first time. {{storylink|Unite! Liokaiser}}

[[File:Jarugar vehiclemode.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]
Once back on Earth, Jallguar joined the Breastforce in attacking the [[Schaeffer Energy]] planet, {{storylink|Battle Up of Wrath!!}} drilling for oil in Antarctica {{storylink|Fight to the Death!! Antarctic Battle}} and ambushing the [[Brainmaster]]s and [[Sixshot (G1)|Greatshot]] in the desert. {{storylink|Crisis! Ambush in the Desert}} The Decepticons were forced to retreat at the end of the latter fight, but Guyhawk was still spoiling to settle things with Greatshot, and would have got in an argument with Leozack about pursuing him if Jallguar had not conveniently arrived to inform Leozack that Deathsaurus wanted to speak to him. {{storylink|A Deadly Battle}} Soon after, Jallguar and the Breastforce aided Deathsaurus in stealing energy from a solar energy power plant, {{storylink|Ginrai Dies!!}} and later embarked on a mission to pillage the Mount Asama geothermal power plant, only to wind up being defeated by [[Ginrai (robot)|Victory Leo]]. {{storylink|Awaken! Victory Leo}}

When Deathsaurus used the threat of orbital missile bombardment to keep the Autobots from interfering with the Decepticons' energy thefts, Jallguar, Guyhawk and Killbison delightedly went about their work, pausing only to taunt the Autobots that could do nothing but watch. {{storylink|The Tide Is Turned! The Ultimate Weapon, the Victory Unification}} Jallguar proceeded to join in the Breastforce's plot to steal information on Star Saber and Victory Leo's combination process {{storylink|A Mystery?! The Deception of the Base Bombs}} then helped unleash the metal-eating [[Doriya]] insects upon the Autobots. {{storylink|The Death-Bringing Space Insects!!}}

On their final mission, Jallguar and the Breastforce aided Deathsaurus in raising the lost continent of [[Atlantis]] and stealing its vast stockpiles of energy. {{storylink|The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves}} Deathsaurus and the Breastforce departed earth with the stolen energy, and used it to reactivate Deathsaurus's long-dormant [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]]. {{storylink|The Wrath of the Resurrected Giant Fortress!}} To keep the Autobots busy while the fortress's main cannon charged, Deathsaurus dispatched the Breastforce - combined as Liokaiser - to battle them. In the course of the clash, Victory Leo was able to blast Liokaiser into the fortress's cannon barrel, which drained his energy dry. With his consciousness fading and his body unable to move, Liokaiser could only utter a fading scream for help as he drifted off into the depths of space. {{storylink|Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Attack the Shuttle Base!!}} {{storylink|Jan - Defend the Campus!!}}}}

====''Zone'' catalog====
As part of Liokaiser, Jallguar was revived from death by some means. Lead by the reborn [[Emperor of Destruction|Dark Emperor]] [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]], Liokaiser joined several other powerful Decepticons in an assault on planet [[Micro|Zone]]. Attempting to steal their [[Energon Z]], the Decepticons proved no match for the [[Micromaster]]s and were driven away. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)#Catalogue story page 1|Zone Project Story}}

===''Victory'' comic===
[[File:Breastforce manga.jpg|thumb|250px]]

Jallguar debuted silently, standing behind Guyhawk as he informed Deathsaurus that Leozack had gone off on a solo mission, foolishly believing that he could conquer Earth on his own. {{storylink|Leozack's Rampage!}} After Leozack was defeated by Star Saber, Jallguar and the rest of the Breastforce took the Autobot leader on, only to be taken out by a single slash of his Saber Blade. {{storylink|Star Saber, Warrior of Love!}}

Later, Jallguar and the other Breastforcers combined into Liokaiser to battle Star Saber on [[Energy Planet X]]. When the combiner warrior managed to seize Star Saber, his individual components began arguing over who would get right to destroy the Autobot leader; Jallguar petitioned his teammates to entrut the deed to him. Star Saber exploited the opening to turn the battle around, and Liokaiser was defeated and escaped. {{storylink|Star of Friendship, Jan and Star Saber!}} In their next battle with Star Saber, the Breastforce almost had him defeated thanks to the aid of Deathsaurus and Dinoking, but the tables were turned when Star Saber merged with new arrival Victory Leo, to form Victory Saber. {{storylink|The Strongest Pair, the Combination of Victory!}}

In their next battle, Liokaiser and Deathsaurus were defeated by the Autobots' "Five Stars of Victory" attack technique, and Liokaiser split back into Jallguar and the rest of the Breastforce to flee back to Deathsaurus's "Space Stronghold". {{storylink|Shine, Five Stars of Victory}} From the stronghold, the Decepticons began a final attack on Earth, bombarding the planet with meteors, but the Autobots succeeded in thwarting their scheme, despite a bit of attempted treachery courtesy of Leozack. At the battle's end, Deathsaurus revealed that the fortress was home to the Decepticon civilians, and that they had been fighting to keep them safe. Struck by this revelation, Star Saber decided that it was time for the Autobots and Decepticons to lay down their arms, and live in peace—the truest victory of all! {{storylink|The Grand Victory War}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:ThePermanentRevolution-Breastforce.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]

Jallguar was part of [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]]'s contingent of Decepticons stationed in their [[Warworld]]. In agreement with [[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]], Deathsaurus and his forces joined with the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] to continue the Decepticon dream and eliminate [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''===
{{anchor|Victory}}
[[File:Victory-toy Jarugar.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Jallguar''' (''Breastforce'', [[1989]])
**''ID number:'' '''D-332'''
**''Accessories:'' "Jaguarbreast" Breast Animal, two missile pieces

: ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#Victory|Victory]]'' Jallguar transforms into a black and white Baja-style racing buggy with a rear-mounted (non-firing) missile rack. The missile warheads detach to clip to the sides of his feet in robot mode. Jallguar comes packaged with his Breast Animal partner Jaguarbreast, who can attach to Jallguar's chest as armor or be used as the hand-held "Jaguar Cannon" weapon. Unique among the Breastforce, Jallguar features a secondary chestplate that springs forward when the Jaguarbreast is removed.

:Jallguar combines with the other members of the Breastforce, becoming the waist of their merged form, [[Liokaiser]]. In this form, Jallguar's missiles combine with Killbison's cannons to form Liokaiser's "Strike Missile Gun".

: This mold was used to make [[Rescue Force 2#Toys|Rescue Force 2]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Destron/Jaruga/jaruga.htm More information on Jallguar at TFU.info]''

{{-}}{{anchor|Liokaiser}}
*'''Liocaesar''' {{sic}} (''Breastforce'' gift set, 1989)
**''ID number:'' '''D-335'''
**''Accessories:'' "Jaguarbreast" Breast Animal, two missile pieces

: Jallguar was also available in a complete six-piece box set of the entire Breastforce team. This release does not have [[bio]]/[[Tech Spec]] cards for the individuals, only the combined form.

===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-toy Jarugar.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|A weird but wonderful deep cut.]]
*'''Jarugar''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
**''Bag number'': '''***** 52'''
**''Accessories'': Stand brick, 2 double barreled guns

: Part of the fifth assortment of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] [[Kreon]] [[Micro-Changer]]s, (originally) available only at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in the US and Canada, '''Jarugar''' can be rebuilt from robot mode into a racing buggy. He sports [[Hound (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Hound]]'s helmet.

: Jarugar cannot be built according to his [[instructions]]... well... sort of. The instructions say to put his harness on the neck-peg in vehicle mode, but this interferes with the hood piece, keeping you from pushing the front-end blocks all the way down the neck peg. You can either put the hood-piece all the way forward on the attachment stud (as opposed to center-point as the instructions say), or put the harness on the waist pointed back to the feet and set the windshield part a bit forward to close the gap.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/Kre-OJarugar/jarugar.htm More information on Jarugar at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

==Notes==
*Jallguar's character model in the ''Victory'' anime omits many of the sticker details on the actual toy. Consequently, he's the only member of the Breastforce without any yellow markings on his knees.

===Foreign names===
*''Mandarin:'' '''Hēibào ''' (黑豹, "Black Panther")

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Breastforce]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Toys"R"Us exclusives]]

Wheelie (ROTF)

2022-02-25T07:14:19Z

Grimbee:

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{{disambig3|Wheelie}}
:''Wheelie is a [[Decepticon]] and later an [[Autobot]] from the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:ROTFWheelie.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Whaddaya lookin' at, [[Bonecrusher (dog)|slobberpuss]]?!]]
'''Wheelie''' (aka '''Wheels''') is a sneaky little salvage and scrap drone,<ref>Hasbro's online [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/TRANSFORMERS-Glossary.cfm ''Transformers'' glossary].</ref> 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!

Although he does seem to have a bit of a "mouth" on him, Wheelie isn't really a ''bad'' sort: a loving home and a little strict discipline could whip him into shape. Allow disgruntlement with the Autobots to grow, however, and he may get ''mean''... by taking a dumb

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

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The five movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}

====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Tom Kenny]] (English), [[Kōji Ochiai]] (Japanese)|[[Zhao Zhen]] (Chinese), [[Rainer Fritzsche]] (German), [[Luca Dal Fabbro]] (Italian), [[Sérgio Stern]] (Portuguese), [[Carlo Vázquez]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Alberto Mieza]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Gérard Surugue]] (European French), [[Renaud Paradis]] (Canadian French), [[İlham Erdoğan]] (Turkish)}}

[[File:ROTF Wheeliesubtlespy.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|No one will suspect me of being anything other than a remote control car!]]
Disguised as a remote-controlled monster truck toy, Wheelie was spying on [[Sam Witwicky]]'s home when an incident involving an [[AllSpark]] shard occurred. Scanning [[Mikaela Banes]] as she departed, Wheelie noticed that she possessed the fragment, and sent a transmission to inform [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]. On hearing this, Soundwave ordered Wheelie to steal the [[AllSpark]] fragment from Mikaela.

[[File:Wheelie ROTF movie trailer.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|No disassemble!]]
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 AllSpark 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 told her he had been having visions and breakdowns induced by the fragment. Along the way, Wheelie tried and failed to draw attention at airport security and his box was thrown at [[Alice (ROTF)|Alice]], sending it out a window when Alice dodged. Sam retrieved the box on Mikaela's orders. 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 trunk.

[[File:ROTF Wheelieonaleash.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|I feel so humiliated!]]
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. Wheelie identified the symbols as the Language of the [[Dynasty of Primes|Primes]], and said that he couldn't read it. When he noticed the pictures of suspected Transformers, he identified them as the [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]], saying they could read the language and he could tell them where to find them. Wheelie did, and he accompanied Mikaela, Sam, Simmons, [[Leo Spitz]], Bumblebee, [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] to find [[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]] at the Smithsonian.

[[File:ROTF-Wheeliedryhumpsaleg.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|This is the culmination of 25 years of Transformers fiction. You've come a long way, baby.]]
Upon locating the ancient Seeker, 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. 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 (ROTF)|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 when Bumblebee was stopped by the Egyptian checkpoint officers. They arrived in Cairo, where he presumably decided to stay safely while everyone else searched for the [[Tomb of the Primes]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|Wheelie's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'', ''[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel]]'', and ''[[The Last Prime]]''; the comic mini-series ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]''; and the storybook "[[Rise of the Decepticons]]".}}

=====''Revenge of the Fallen'' novel adaptation=====
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 wiper as a trophy, ran back to Mikaela and buried his face in her cleavage. Later, when the good guys had beaten the Decepticons, Wheelie spun around Sam and Mikaela happily in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
{{quote|"We had a nice run, Brains, you and me."|Wheelie as the ship prepares to crash|''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''}}

{{voiceactor|[[Tom Kenny]] (English), [[Kōji Ochiai]] (Japanese)|[[Zhao Zhen]] (Chinese), [[Carlo Vázquez]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Alberto Mieza]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Sérgio Stern]] (Portuguese), [[Gérard Surugue]] (European French), [[Renaud Paradis]] (Canadian French), [[Rainer Fritzsche]] (German), [[Luca Dal Fabbro]] (Italian), [[İlham Erdoğan]] (Turkish)}}
[[File:DOTMWheelie.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Wheelie old buddy. I Haven't seen you in weeks. Where have you been hiding?]]
Wheelie, along with his new friend [[Brains]], moved in with Sam and [[Carly Spencer]], where they spent most of their time going through Carly's underwear or watching ''[[Star Trek]]'' reruns. Wheelie and Brains had a deep friendship, as shown by their constant companionship and their agreement on the [[Mikaela Banes|last girl]] being mean. However neither were exactly happy with their living arrangements, living in a box ''outside'' of the apartment itself, and had a [[Bonecrusher (dog)|dog]] for a neighbor. Wheelie complained about his living conditions, and said he wasn't so sure about moving in with Carly permanently.

[[File:Wheelie&brains-film-nestsoldiers.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|I told you already, I defected to the Autobots!]]
They went with their human housemates to the [[NEST]] base to reveal information to the Autobots; however their offer of help was turned down by [[Charlotte Mearing]]. Wheelie later noted that they were disrespected greatly, and decided they were safer with [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] at Sam and Carly's. However, when the Autobots were forced to leave Earth by the human authorities, both Wheelie and Brains were captured and shoved into a small cage. They begged for help from Sam, warning him the whole thing was a Decepticon trap. The duo, along with the other Autobots, were presumed to be killed when [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] destroyed the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'' shortly after take-off.

Thankfully, Wheelie and Brains survived along with the rest of the Autobots by hiding in one of the booster rockets, and came to the aid of Sam, [[Robert Epps|Epps]], and the human race in [[Chicago]]. Wheelie told them that he and the other Autobots would always help humanity and they soon marched off to battle, riding [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]] into the city. Unfortunately, Wheelie and Brains were left behind by the [[Wrecker]]s when they were done distracting [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], having fallen off while they were firing.

[[File:Dotm-brains&wheelie-hijack-1.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Wheelie and Brains in ''The Contrabulous Fabtraption of Professor Horatio Hufnagel''.]]

As they wandered through the streets hopelessly, mumbling about the lack of support, they happened upon a crashed Decepticon ship. They rode it up to one of the massive Decepticon "mother ships" hovering over Chicago that was controlling several smaller ships like the one they hijacked. Wheelie and Brains overrode the ship's controls, dropping several of the small fighters, as well as some of the Decepticon crew, onto the battlefield, causing a distraction for [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] just at the right second, preventing Bumblebee from being executed after [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]]. This also allowed the Autobots to gain an essential lead in the battle, proving the duo's worth in the end as the massive ship crashed into a large body of water below. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

{{note|Wheelie’s involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel]]'', and the comic mini-series ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]''.}}
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====''The Last Knight'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Tom Kenny]] (English, credited as "Wheels"), [[Kōji Ochiai]] (Japanese)|[[Zhao Zhen]] (Chinese), [[Gérard Surugue]] (European French), [[Renaud Paradis]] (Canadian French), [[Sérgio Stern]] (Portuguese), [[Carlo Vázquez]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Alberto Mieza]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Rainer Fritzsche]] (German), [[Oreste Baldini]] (Italian)}}
[[File:TLKWheelieAndJimmy.jpg|right|upright=1.6|thumb|Well, it beats the leg-humping, at least.]]
Wheelie survived the events of the Chicago war and the subsequent years of Transformer hunting and joined the Autobots in hiding at [[Cade Yeager]]'s [[Junkyard (TLK)|scrapyard]]. His days were spent checking out "hot" vehicles online and arguing with [[Jimmy (TLK)|Jimmy]]. When Cade returned to find [[Daytrader]] hanging around, Wheelie happily informed him that it was because Jimmy had let him in in exchange for an alien gun. The two began to argue and Jimmy seized the small bot but was stopped from doing anything further by Cade.

Later, he watched as [[Izabella]] attached a salvaged Decepticon arm to replace [[Sqweeks]]' missing one. When he commented on Sweeeks being an ugly little bot (talk about calling the kettle black), said bot then flicked him away. When the Decepticons and the [[Transformers Reaction Force|TRF]] discovered their refuge, he evacuated to a nearby town with the humans and Autobots. He stayed close to Cade when he rigged traps for the Decepticons but became overcome with fear at seeing Megatron in person again and asked Cade if it was alright to "bail", though not before freaking out at seeing the knights talisman attach itself to Cade. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}
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===Titan movie comics===
[[File:Titan5 Wheeliparatrooper.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|"Are you sure this'll take my ''weeeiiiggggh-'' '''*KRNCH*''']]

During the Decepticon plot to frame [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] and [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]], Wheelie was parachuted onto their prison convoy by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. Once there, he swiftly freed the twins and offered them a place in the Decepticons before he made good his escape.

Also, he totally [[:File:Titan5 Wheeliethemurderer.jpg|murdered two people]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|Outlaw Blues}}

[[File:Titan20_WheelieIronhide.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.85|The answer was "on page 4".]]

A year and a half after defection, the Autobots ''still'' didn't trust Wheelie ([[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] in particular making no secret of his contempt) and he knew it. When he volunteered to help hit a Decepticon command hub and was rebuffed, Wheelie tore into the Autobots for how they would never trust him and how they were still waiting for him to backstab them. Bitter and angry, Wheelie went off... to backstab them, warning [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]] of the Autobot/NEST strike team so they could be ambushed.

But Bludgeon was being backstabbed too, as Wheelie disabled the command hub's security features and summoned [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] to Earth. Megatron welcomed him back into the fold {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.20|Divided Loyalties}} and Wheelie knew that, with the true leader back, he could come back in from the cold. Yes, it had all gone well for Wheelie... until [[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]], half dead and crazed for "SPARE... PARTS!", came into the command hub. The Autobots would turn up later and find ''bits'' of Wheelie, sending them to Ratchet to see if there was anything he could do... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.21|A Short, Sharp Lesson!}}

====Letters page====
[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] really, really, ''really'' disliked Wheelie. Optimus Prime stopped him using the guy as a 'target marker' {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.15|#15's Law and Disorder}} and he asked the Decepticons to come collect (and torture) him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.10|#10's Law and Disorder}}
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===Coloring books===
{{charstubfiction}}
[[File:Wheels rotfcoloringbook.jpg|thumb|Oh '''SNAP!''']]
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===''I Can Read!'' Books===
[[File:BeeandWheeliehighfive-BuddyBrawl.jpeg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Wheelie was out for a drive with Bumblebee, Sam and Mikaela one day when Starscream swooped down and began to attack them! Wheelie suggested to Bumblebee that they outwit the Decepticon to defeat him. Bumblebee disagreed, saying that they had to destroy Starscream's wings to defeat him. The two Autobots began to argue, becoming oblivious to Starscream attacking their human companions. Thankfully, Optimus Prime showed up to knock out Starscream. Optimus then chastised Wheelie and Bumblebee for allowing their feelings get in the way of protecting Sam and Mikaela. Wheelie realized he was in the wrong, but was still too worked up to make his apologies to Wheelie. Instead, yelled out that he would never apologize. His rant was interrupted when Starscream regained consciousness and resumed his attack. Optimus ordered Wheelie to work with Bumblebee to stop Starscream. The pair managed to do so by outwitting Starscream and destroying his wings, making the Decepticon crash into a nearby tunnel and crippling his flying abilities. With Starscream down, Wheelie and the rest of the group celebrated another victory over the Decepticons. {{storylink|Buddy Brawl}}
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===IDW movie comics===
[[File:Wheelieandbrainsrisingstorm3.jpeg|thumb|right|upright=2.0]]
Sam, Bumblebee and Wheelie took [[Brains]] to Sam's college, which the Decepticons promptly attacked. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} In the battle that followed, Wheelie alerted Sam that Brains was missing. This eventually led them to rescue Brains from [[Space Case (DOTM)|Space Case]]. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} Wheelie then welcomed Brains to the Autobots, causing Brains to tear up. After the battle he and Brains moved to [[Washington, D.C.]] with Sam. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}
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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
Wheelie witnessed [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]'s battle with three Decepticon combiners. (The Aerialbots were the winners!) {{storylink|Kre-O Micro-Changers Combiners comic}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: The Ride – 3D''===
As [[you]] continue your way through the NEST base, Wheelie will inform you of incoming Decepticons, including Megatron.

He intercepted a transmission from Megatron and reported it to [[Morshower|General Morshower]], though first he aired his complaints about his mattress in his room, and asked for a couple months of sick leave. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ride – 3D}}

==Toys==
===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
[[File:Wheelie ROTF deluxe toy.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|[http://web.archive.org/web/20171012015702/http://www13.atpages.jp/pcwr/top15/log213.htm WHEEL•E]]]
*'''Autobot Wheelie''' (Deluxe Class, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RA-09'''

: One of the taller Deluxe-Class figures, Wheelie transforms into a pretty generic but ''very'' small and compact (roughly Basic-sized) "remote controlled" 4 wheel drive pickup truck with over-sized tires. His face becomes part of the truck bed in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], with his eyes forming the tailgate and being visible from the inside of the bed, and with the mouth just laying there, yeah.

: His main gimmick is that his chest features a flip-around panel that shifts his allegiance from Decepticon to Autobot (and back). His eyes are also on independent rotating swivels, giving him the ability to have somewhat different expressions. Each eye is sculpted differently as well, with his left eye having less detail than the right, a reference to when Mikaela blow-torched his eye.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/Wheelie/wheelie.htm More information on Wheelie at TFU.info]''

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[[File:ROTF Wheelie Sideways 2-pack.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Weasel versus coward.]]
*'''Autobot Wheelie vs. Decepticon Sideways''' (Deluxe Class two-pack, 2009)

:An unchanged version of Wheelie was released in a two-pack, alongside an unchanged version of the dark silver variant of [[Sideways (ROTF)#Deluxe2Pack|Sideways]]. This two-pack has been confirmed to have been released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive in the United Kingdom and Germany, and as a Target exclusive in Australia.

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[[File:ROTF-toy Wheelie.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Now a toy that actually matches my size.]]
*'''Autobot Wheelie''' (Legends Class, 2009)

: Part of the fifth wave of [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] figures, Wheelie transforms into a generic "remote controlled" 4 wheel drive pickup truck with oversized tires. You can see his eyes in vehicle mode, right where his rear window should be, yeah.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Autobot/LegAutobotWheelie/wheelie.htm More information on Legends Wheelie at TFU.info]''
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:TF-Studio-Series-Shockwave-Wheelie-figurine.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb]]
* '''Shockwave''' (Leader Class, [[2019]])
**''Movie'': '''''Dark of the Moon'''''
**''Hasbro ID number:'' '''56'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-45'''

:A ''very small'' (yes, smaller than his Legends Class counterpart) non-transforming figure of Wheelie is included with ''[[Studio Series]]'' Leader Class [[Shockwave (Movie)#Generations|Shockwave]], being included alongside his pal [[Brains]] to match with the brief scene where the pair runs away from the larger Decepticon foe. The figure has no articulation and is just over a centimeter tall making it one of the smallest figures ever released.
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==Notes==
[[File:ROTFWheelieprop.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|right|Sadly, you can't buy the big one in stores.]]
*The physical prop for Wheelie's [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] used for the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|movie]]<ref name="udvarhazy">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/curlrup Various ROTF props and toys on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center], July/August 2009</ref> is a modified monster truck version of a Ford F-350 pick-up truck, specifically a customized Tamiya F-350 High Lift RC toy including a grille guard,<ref name="highlift">[http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/item.php?product-id=58372 Tamiya USA's page for the F-350 High Lift]</ref> with the body slightly shortened and mounted on an HPI Wheely King chassis.<ref name="wheely">[http://www.hpieurope.com/kit-info.php?partNo=10831&lang=en HPI's page for the Wheely King]</ref> Other modifications include the use of Integy Alloy TVP chassis plates,<ref name="alloy">[http://www.integy.com/st_prod.html?p_prodid=4943&p_catid=114 Team Integrity's page for the Alloy TVP chassis plates.]</ref> HPI Spike Truck Wheels<ref name="hpispike">[http://www.hpiracing.com/products/en/3082/ HPI page for the Spike Truck Wheels]</ref> and (possibly scratch-built) fender add-ons for the truck body itself. A prop for one of Wheelie's feet, complete with an attached tire, was also made.<ref name="udvarhazy"/>
* Wheelie was a bit different in earlier drafts of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' script. Originally, he was a much more primitive little creature, speaking in a broken, simplistic dialogue—source of the "Warrior Goddess" epithet that is pretty much completely out of place with the fast-talking Italian accent he ultimately wound up with in the finished film. This version of the character appeared in the film [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novelization]] and in the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|comic adaptation]], since they were both based on the script; furthermore, [[Simon Furman]] rather oddly kept using this portrayal of the character in [[Titan Books|Titan]]'s [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|UK comic]] several months after the film had come out before knocking it off about a year-and-a-half later.
*In their audio commentary on the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' DVD and Blu-ray release, screenwriters [[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]] refer to Wheelie by his early working name, "Wheels". The credits for ''The Last Knight'' also identifies the character as "Wheels". Meanwhile, [[Michael Bay]] and the credits for both ''Revenge of the Fallen'' and ''Dark of the Moon'' calls him by his toys' name.
*Seeing Mikaela for the first time, Wheelie describes her as "hot" but "not too bright." Interesting that a sentient machine would find a human [[Transformer romance|sexually attractive]].
*[[Titan Books|Titan Comics]] and [[Hasbro]] [[United Kingdom|UK]] seemed unaware of Wheelie's return in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', since in their comics, Wheelie defected back to the Decepticons—in a way that left an Autobot dead - in one issue and then had him eaten in the next! The Autobots are unaware he betrayed them and talk like Ratchet can patch him up, but that seems a last-minute "oh whoops" patch-up.
*Despite changing sides in the ''Revenge of the Fallen'', Wheelie still sports an embossed Decepticon symbol on his back in his subsequent appearances.
* The [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|''Dark of the Moon'' novelization]] has Wheelie joke about a theoretical ''[[Star Trek]]'' episode where the ''[[USS Enterprise|Enterprise]]'' was revealed as a Transformer. Pffft, [[Prime's Directive, Part Three|as if ''that'' could ever happen...]]

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Wheelie''' (ウィーリー ''Wīrī'')
*''German:'' '''Wheeler''' (''Revenge of the Fallen'' dub)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Zhuàn Lún''' (转轮, "Reel")

==References==
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[[Category:Dark of the Moon Autobots]]
[[Category:Drones]]
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Autobots]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons]]
[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:Studio Series Autobots]]
[[Category:The Last Knight Autobots]]
[[Category:Turncoats]]

Wheelie (G1)

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:''Wheelie is an [[Autobot]], cheerful as the sun, from the [[continuity family]] of [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]].''
[[File:Wheelieg1.jpg|upright=1.9|thumb|"You give Wheelie sass? He ''will'' kick your ass."]]
The diminutive '''Wheelie''' is an Autobot child, but don't let your guard down. He's often underestimated. But Wheelie shows great strength for someone so young. You see, Wheelie ''survives''; it's simply what he ''does''. How is that? It's because he's spent years honing his skills on planets not unlike Hell, fighting [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s and [[Quintesson]]s. So despite his age, Wheelie's the best survivalist you'll find on [[Cybertron]]. And yet, Wheelie's still just a kid. Prone to pouting and pranking.
He hangs out with [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel], causing all sorts of trouble.

For whatever reason he rhymes.

{{quote|Wheelie say find friends today!|Wheelie|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Kazue Komiya]] (Japanese)|[[Gu Guoyi]] (Chinese), [[Dani Albiac]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Gerhard Acktun]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1 - 5", "Chaos" & "Call of the Primitives"), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, "Fight or Flee"), [[Claus Brockmeyer]] (German, "The Movie" TV Dub), [[Serge Bourrier]] (European French, "Surprise Party"), [[Carlos Marques]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" TV dub), [[Orlando Prado]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" VHS dub), [[Úrsula Bezerra]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" Fox Kids dub), [[Mário Jorge Andrade]] (Portuguese, season 3)}}
[[File:Wheelietftmslingshot.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|From early on, it was fated: It would be me that you all hated!]]
On the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], his ship crashed. Wheelie survived, although his vessel was destroyed. Though alone, Wheelie kept himself alive, because Wheelie was strong.

One day, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] came in search of their friends, so Wheelie offered to help them. With his rhymes, Wheelie earned the respect of the Mighty [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]!

Then with the help of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and others,
Wheelie returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].
{{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Wheelie’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in [[Transformers: The Animated Movie|two]] [[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|adaptations]] featuring the small Transformer!}}

In 2006, he had to bring [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[Transformation cog|cog]] to [[Earth]].{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}

To accomplish the task, Wheelie formed a duo with [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], but Galvatron stranded them on [[Io]].
{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}

[[File:FFOD4 Autobots lightpoles.JPG|upright=1.4|thumb|With beasts big and small I've had my spats, but did Wheelie deserve to fight all these bats?]]
Being attacked by [[lightpole]]s, things began to look grim, but because Blurr was faster than him, Wheelie threw him the cog and told him to go to [[Marissa Faireborn]]'s ship. But Blurr refused to abandon him, and so they fought the lightpoles. When Marissa came and helped, the lightpoles started targeting her ship.
{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

The trio fought on, but the lightpoles were getting the better of them, until [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] showed up to rescue them Though the lightpoles were defeated, the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] arrived, but Sky Lynx defeated them. The team reached Earth in time, completing their mission. With the cog now delivered, Metroplex came alive.
He fought [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]].
{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Later, with Grimlock and Blurr, Wheelie listened to Kup, talking about the [[Ick-Yak]]s on [[Dread (planet)|Dread]],
But when Grimlock mentioned [[Chaos (alien)|Chaos]], Kup became mad.
{{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

When zombie Optimus came under [[Quintesson]] control, destruction of the Autobots became his primary goal.
He tricked Wheelie and others into a trap full of missiles.
But Wheelie survived when [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] returned, and left the zombie Optimus behind to be destroyed.
{{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}}

Not long after that, Wheelie volunteered for a competition. But the timestream was being messed with, and Wheelie got stuck in a neverending race.
Eventually, time and space was repaired, freeing Wheelie from his trap.
{{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

On Earth, Wheelie witnessed landmarks disappearing. The Dinobots were suspects, but he didn't think that was true, because the true culprit was an [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|ethnic stereotype]]!
{{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

[[File:Daniel&wheeliesurpriseparty.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Daniel, we are out of time. Yet, Wheelie must complete this rhyme!]]
In an adventure, Wheelie tried to deduce the date of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Magnus]]'s birthday. He knew finding the truth would be hard. So he asked Daniel Witwicky to help him.Their search led them straight to a storage asteroid that was being spied on by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. Cyclonus took them hostage. But Magnus came. When Ultra Magnus arrived, he attacked Cyclonus.
But as they fought, little did they know, that Wheelie snuck past them and pressed the self-destruct button, which meant if they lingered they would die. So Cyclonus retreated, and Magnus saved them. As it turned out, Magnus didn't know his own birthday.
{{storylink|Surprise Party}}

With other Autobots, Wheelie found [[Paradron]], a planet that [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] lived on.
Galvatron tried make it his base, But gave up when Ultra Magnus blew up.
{{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}}

On another adventure, Wheelie didn't do much.
{{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:AutobotsCall.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Our energy was drained. No jokes have remained.]]
Wheelie was slightly more active in the next event , as Cybertron was being drained of its energy.Wheelie opened fire at [[Tornedron]] But Tornedron drained his life.

Luckily, Tornedron was defeated, and his life was restored.
{{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

Wheelie later joined others to deduce a [[Gregory Swofford|human]]'s plot, and when they fought a [[Hate Plague|plagued]] [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], Wheelie got shot to death.
{{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

He was saved by a [[Quintesson]]. But when Optimus set out, they replaced him with [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]].
{{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

When the time came along for [[Tommy Kennedy]]'s birthday, Wheelie joined the Autobots to get down and party. As Tommy sat atop [[Powermaster]] Prime's right shoulder, Wheelie wished him good fortune.While Tommy received his cake and blew out each candle, Wheelie got really pumped.
{{Storylink|Surprise Party#Season 5|Season 5: Surprise Party}}

====Rodimus vs. Cyclonus====
{{note|Wheelie's part in helping Hot Rod and Kup would go on. In the form of a comic with a minor [[Retcon]].}}
Before making it all the way to the Planet of [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], Wheelie and friends found themselves in a predicament.Though he was an expert pilot who could get them there fast, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] showed up.
Cyclonus was challenged to battle by Hot Rod, but Cyclonus's power almost killed him
Kup then requested help and Wheelie replied, by talking to some friends.
To make their ship visible was what Kup had asked, so [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and <s>[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]</s> [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] did.
When Hot Rod began winning, Cyclonus became a goner. He admitted he failed. They at last made it to Junkion and found everyone else. Now watch [[Wheelie (G1)#The Transformers cartoon|the movie]].
{{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Kazue Komiya]] (Japanese)|[[Erika Robledo]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
[[File:HM ep01 Wheelie beats Tantrum.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|''Headmasters'' Wheelie could be as snarky as you please! His words to Chromedome? "It's too late for apologies!"]]
By 2011, Wheelie was too petulant to rhyme
He blamed everything on [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]
Although a jerk to the core, Wheelie was not all alone,
He hung out with [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]], and the two were quite dangerous

While chilling on [[Earth]], the pair were met with surprise
By the titanic Trypticon with glowing death.
The Decepticon gave chase, but Wheelie outsmarted their foe,
Luring him onto a busted bridge, where he slipped and fell.

They then stowed away on the [[Trainbot]]s and returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]],
To help battle the Decepticons.
Daniel, the wuss, was soon attacked by [[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]]
So Wheelie had to pound the bull's head.{{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}

Before leaving with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] to face matters unpleasant, 
[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] bequeathed to Wheelie.
It was a mix-tape of music he'd composed on his own
And Wheelie played it after Blaster died.{{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

As Hot Rod searched Earth for the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] he'd lost,
[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] told Wheelie to believe in him.
Wheelie brushed off Kup's words, thinking them silly
And was acting all snarky, at least up until he
Was interrupted by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]], who had a better attitude
So he offered to help instead of standing 'round.
Wheelie, however, couldn't help them one whit,
So he went to an arcade with Daniel to complain
He thought himself far more useful than the adults all around him,
And yet even at video games, ''Daniel'' proceeded to pound {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Next, Blaster's untimely death sent Wheelie into depression.
"No one cares Blaster's gone"
But Wheelie was wrong; Rodimus Prime cared quite a bit.
He knew Blaster's death was a mistake and sought to rectify
So Blaster was revived as Twincast, much to Wheelie's elation,
And thus began the Great Cassette.{{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

[[File:WheelieRebellionBeast01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Wheelie hears what you mutter. Get your mind out of the gutter.]]
Daniel and Wheelie then stowed away on [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]]'s battleship
And accompanied the Autobots on their perilous
To the [[Beastformer]] homeworld, known simply as [[Beast (planet)|Beast]],
Where the 'Cons were causing trouble
Wheelie and Daniel then tried to rescue the Beastformer slaves,
But were imprisoned ''themselves'' in the dungeon
Luckily for Wheelie, the Headmasters were there.
They drove off all the villains {{storylink|Rebellion on Planet Beast}}

The meteorite [[Metamorphose]] then threatened Autobot space,
By warping anything metal
Only ''Daniel'' was safe. Only ''he'' could defeat it.
Wheelie cheered Daniel on—he was ''sure'' he could beat
But Daniel was a crybaby, a big blubbering sack
So Wheelie chided him
Daniel ''eventually'' manned up and blew up the rock,
But Wheelie such a jerk {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

The Trainbots later invited both Wheelie and Dan
To come visit their birthplace in far-off [[Japan]].
Soon after arriving, [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] made some trouble
Stirring up the Autobots, who countered
The Headmasters went searching all over the planet
While Dan and Wheelie went shopping
The Trainbots shopped ''with'' them, and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] made a fuss
Causing Daniel to run away crying. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

Wheelie later observed as the Autobots fought,
To reach [[Vector Sigma]] first
The Decepticons would get there, and then there'd be trouble,
Because they'd use Sigma's [[Cybertonuron]] to turn the Autobots

But they were wrong—[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] had a more menacing scheme:
To blow up all of Cybertron.
The bombs could not be removed, much to Wheelie's frustration,
Leaving Rodimus to call for the planet's evacuate
And so Wheelie was forced to watch his planet go KER-PEW!
Poor little guy
Rodimus then departed on an outer space quest,
Leaving [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] to raise Wheelie {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

[[File:WheelieEnergonGlutton01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Wheelie likes to eat, drink and be merry, His favorite cereal is ''Frankenberry''.]]
Crippled with sorrow over Cybertron's end,
The Autobots threw a party
Wheelie, the hedonist, had too much to drink,
And got drunk and passed out
{{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}}

Along with Daniel and Spike, Wheelie went to Peru
To prevent the members of the Decepticons
From making a volcano blow up
Leaving the villagers below to die

As the mountain erupted, they approached in [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
But he couldn't beat the heat
So Wheelie tried once again, this time with the Trainbots,
But the heat drove ''them'' off too, just like they were lame
With no options left, they evacuated the town
Saving the villagers while the magma poured {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}}

On Athenia, Daniel was planting some seeds
And began watering them
As Wheelie observed this dull gardening show,
He was shocked when he saw [[buridanka|the plant]] growing
The plant was a creature from the world of [[Darhos]]
That could grow to great heights, turning slimy

[[File:WheelieHeadOnFortMax01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Excuse me, good sir, I'm beggin' your pardon, But might Wheelie assist in planting your spice garden?"]]
Wheelie and Daniel called to Spike for some aid.
Spike then looked to Arcee
But they could do nothing, and the plant ''almost'' trashed their base,
Luckily, Fortress wiped it out{{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

When Wheelie and Daniel went to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] on a geological mission,
They found that the red planet bad
Scorponok had planted bombs near the planet's core,
And once they went off, Mars would then be gone
Then the pair were attacked by the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]] [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]],
Who easily abducted the duo

Imprisoned deep underground in a series of caves
Daniel concocted a scheme to trick
He staged an argument with Wheelie and even a fake brawl
Which let him secretly send an Autobot distress
The Headmasters then arrived and rescued the youths,
But could not find the time bombs {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}

Returned to Athenia, Wheelie looked on in fright
Praying Fortress would survive
When they found that their leader had been injured severely
Wheelie swore to the skies that the Decepticons would pay
But Wheelie's swearing and screeching couldn't stop what was fated;
Mars was blown into bits and [[Scorponok (G1)|Mega Zarak]] {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

With the threat of Mega Zarak now looming ahead
Wheelie admitted to Daniel his feelings
But Daniel wouldn't hear it; he knew Fortress was stronger
He'd had enough of Wheelie's crap
So with inhuman strength (and overreacting a bit), 
He shoved Wheelie into a lake

Before Wheelie could crush him with his mighty robot fist,
A flying saucer zoomed past.
Daniel thought that the alien might be friend and not foe,
So he tried to use a keyboard to communicate with it
Daniel was completely wrong—about as wrong as you can ''get''.
The alien was ''[[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]''.
Humiliated by his actions, Daniel started to weep
Leaving Wheelie no choice but to soothe himstorylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}

When the planet called [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]] sent an SOS into space
Asking for [[Energon cube]]s to save them
The Autobots, always kindly, agreed to give them their aid,
And Wheelie and Daniel tagged along to see the delivery
Then the Decepticons attacked! But Spike ''knew'' that they would,
And he set up a small cargo ship to
Slip away in the battle and deliver the cubes.
Wheelie and Daniel laughed out loud at the Decepticons
And so the cargo was delivered and Sandra was saved!
Wheelie didn't do much this time{{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

[[File:WheelieHivePlanet01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Normally, this would bring Wheelie to tears, But he wouldn't touch a ''bug'' in a million years!]]
When the Decepticons [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] showed up at last
[[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] told Wheelie all about their backstory
He revealed unto Wheelie that they used to be friends,
But when they joined Scorponok, they stopped {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}}

Wheelie and the Autobots then found themselves stuck in a race
To prevent the Decepticons from plundering the universe
The planet of [[Hive (planet)|Hive]] was the villains' first victim,
But they were thwarted when the Autobots arrived {{storylink|Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!}}

As for the twin planets of [[Twin Star|Sperity and Toruin]],
Galvatron planned to ransack them
As Sperity was attacked for its huge energy stash,
Wheelie was sent to Toruin before he could do anything

And on that barren planet Wheelie made a find:
The people of Sperity had left their old planet
They had taken their energon far away from there,
Which is why Galvatron couldn't find it
Eventually, Galvatron was forced to just call it quits,
And the Autobots left the Speritans to start over {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}}

At ''[[Video Challenger]]'', Daniel proved very skilled,
But Wheelie's reaction to him was a little less
So he challenged the kid to shoot an apple that he held
But Daniel shot his ''arm'' instead when his aim got fouled

A penal colony on [[Daros]] was their next landing point,
So they could rescue some war criminals being slaughtered
One of the criminals, though, tried to cut Daniel's neck,
And Wheelie was helpless to stop him,
As it turns out, the criminal wasn't really ''that'' bad,
And when he let Daniel go, no one 'cared
He gave information that helped them unravel a serious knot
And let them defeat MegaZarak. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}}

[[File:WheelieHeadFormationFriendship01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|So when Wheelie is horny his eyes glow like the Devil's? This is unsettling on ''soooo'' many levels...]]
The Decepticons drew them next to the jungle planet [[Paradise]],
Where they were plundering energy and doing things
So with the Headmasters setting out to solve their enemy's tests
Daniel and Wheelie met [[Papika]] and her voluptuous... ''face'
Wheelie was smitten quite quickly, and his eyes glowed deep red.
It's best not to imagine the thoughts

After learning to fish, Wheelie tried his best to impress her
By transforming into a car, but his skills proved the less
When compared to Papika's; she could talk to beasts large and small,
Making it clear that Wheelie couldn't impress her
Later, the Headmasters won the day, just like they always did, 
And Wheelie gave up on Papika. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

On their travels, the Decepticons proved formidable foes, 
Having stolen energy from six planets. ''. 
Approaching [[Pirate Planet]], Wheelie spotted something quite freaky: 
An old space pirate ship that was battered, 
And then an awesome adventure immediately began 
Involving pirates! And pyramids! Treasure! [[Clone (subgroup)|Clones]]! ''. 
Wheelie sat the whole thing out, letting Daniel have all the fun. 
Of all the adventures to miss, he had to skip out on? {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}}

As [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] struggled in vain to crack Scorponok's secret code, 
Daniel and Wheelie tried to help him cross that
Unfortunately, their "help" proved far too insufficient, 
And they had to start over from scratch ). 
Then Sixshot attacked and blew [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] into bits, 
And Wheelie attended his funeral {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}}

From the Athenia base, Wheelie watched Spike blow his top; 
The 'Cons were ransacking Earth
They were blaming Chromedome for the team's lack of success, 
But Arcee told them to chill {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

[[File:IRiskMyLifeForWheelie01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Wheelie likes to blame Chromedome for all that he can. He's a serious douchebag in this cartoon from Japan.]]
On a mission to Earth, Chromedome had just one simple job, 
To keep Spike 
Screwed it all up and Spike went into intensive care. 
Daniel forgave Chromedome, but Wheelie wouldn't let it. 
Chromedome tried to say sorry, but Wheelie said it wasn't enough. 
Even by ''Wheelie's'' standards, he was treating Chromedome 

As Spike recovered from surgery, Wheelie was then put to work, 
Helping to find Mega Zarak's weakspot for Chromedome 
After tens of minutes of labor, they all figured it out: 
The weakspot was on his chest beyond all shadow of a doubt! {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

With the Decepticons banished from Earth, the Autobots needed aid 
In gathering [[Plasma energy]] bombs so the humans would not be afraid. 
To accomplish this goal, Wheelie offered to call on friends that he knew, 
But Daniel laughed in his face! Wheelie was friendless and a ''fibber'', too! 

Then much to Daniel's surprise, Wheelie proved him totally wrong, 
When his good "friends" [[Pointblank]], [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] and [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] came along! 
Those Autobots were great warriors! Daniel was very impressed! 
But at being called Wheelie's "friends" the trio became very distressed. 
As it turns out, they ''weren't'' his "friends"; Wheelie was an absolute liar! 
They were his superior officers! His robo-pants were on fire! {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

With Wheelie's good "friends" now turned into powerful [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s, 
The veterans began insulting the obsolete Headmasters. 
In front of Daniel and Wheelie, Pointblank came down on Chromedome, 
Who feared the after effects of the disrespect he was shown. 
But Daniel and Wheelie didn't respect Chromedome any less 
(If they respected him ''at all'' is, well, ''anyone's'' guess). {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}}

[[File:TheWheelieSwordIsInDanger01.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Okay, sure, Wheelie. ''Whatever you say.'' Daniel can't be a Headmaster (in ''this'' continuity, anyway).]]
While set down on planet Master, Wheelie became full of himself, 
Vowing to become a Headmaster by improving fitness and health. 
Daniel rolled his eyes and laughed out loud; Wheelie's dreams were too silly. 
Wheelie told Daniel he could ''never'' be one; he was too fleshy and frilly. 
Very early the next morning, Wheelie snuck outside for a run, 
Only to be captured by Sixshot, whose evil scheme had begun! 

Sixshot threatened to dip Wheelie in acid if Fortress didn't agree 
To give up the [[Master Sword]]'s secrets and to do it quickly! 
Pointblank coldly suggested they just let Wheelie melt and die, 
But Daniel and Chromedome disagreed! They'd save the little guy! 
Going against orders, the pair snuck inside of Scorponok, 
With Daniel using his size to sneak past the energy locks. 

They got Wheelie out safely, but alas, their rescue was too late. 
Fortress had just handed over his secrets! Well, ain't that just ''great''? 
Furious at the trio for leaving the ship without orders, 
He gave them a mop and a bucket and said to wash ''all'' the quarters. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}}

Thanks to Wheelie's epic failure, the Decepticons took what they stole 
And began construction of the [[Zarak Shield]] as their ultimate goal. 
As the Headmasters traversed Master to thwart the sinister plan, 
Wheelie stood ontop of Battleship Maximus, hanging with Dan. 
They were startled by [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], who had concocted a plan all his own, 
He'd set bombs on the ship and didn't want their cover to be blown! 
Weirdwolf's plan was a success; the bombs completely ruined the ship 
And with his fancy new shield, Zarak prepared to beat on the crip. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}}

While [[Raiden]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] worked double-time on repairs, 
Wheelie and Dan found themselves useless to help with such affairs. 
As the grown-ups worked diligently to create tactics and plans, 
The kids went to play video games at their elder's demands. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

With the Maximus repaired, the Autobots set off into space 
After Mega Zarak whom they ''once again'' had to chase. 
In an effort to kill time, Wheelie had his ''greatest'' idea yet: 
He and Daniel would see what it was like inside a laser turret! 
Then the turret was damaged with Daniel still stuck inside, 
And jettisoned away from the ship; Wheelie just about ''cried''. 
Daniel made it back (with Sixshot's help), much to Wheelie's relief; 
If he had caused Daniel's death, Wheelie would have been crippled with grief! {{storylink|My Friend Sixshot!}}

Sixshot may have saved Daniel, but he was still no Autobot friend 
And challenged Chromedome to a duel where he'd surely meet his end. 
Wheelie, that eavesdropping punk, heard about the whole situation 
And ran and told Daniel, who wasn't keen on the confrontation. {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}}

Because of that stupid duel, Mega Zarak made it to Earth first, 
Once again, it was ''all'' Chromedome's fault (that guy is really the ''worst''). 
Daniel was busy pouting, thinking Sixshot had died in the fight. 
Wheelie teased the brat, anyway (never one to pass on a slight). 
They eventually reached Earth, but tragedy wasn't far behind: 
Spike's plane crashed down in the Andes and they were all in a bind! 
Wheelie followed his good buddy, who had to rescue his mother, 
And Daniel saved the day, yet again! A true hero! (''Oh brother...'') {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}}

[[File:FinalWheeliegoodbye.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Here's a joke that's a real zinger. Go ahead, Daniel, pull my finger!]]
It turned out Scorponok's master plan involved blowing up the Earth 
And gathering up the released energy (which was of tremendous worth). 
With friends and justice, the Autobots joined hands in formation 
And prevented Scorponok's insidius detonation! 
Mega Zarak destroyed and the Decepticons driven away, 
Wheelie and Daniel were left with only goodbyes 
Wheelie promised to visit Daniel again when he was older, 
And though they were apart, their passions would forever {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
{{-}}

=====''15 Go! Go!'' comics=====
[[File:15GoGo Wheelie.jpeg|upright=1.2|thumb|Wheelie may be drawn as his worst toy of all time, but that's still a punishment lighter than fits the crime.]]
[[Teletraan 15]]'s panties were so frilly and white, 
But when Wheelie peeked, [[Teletraan 10]] took this as a slight! 
10 taught him a lesson with a kick from her high heel 
That split open his head and ground his face into meal! 
{{storylink|Wheelie Volume}}

[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] then showed up to give that perv Wheelie a scolding, 
And then hugged poor 15, whose spine would need some remolding! 
{{storylink|Kup Volume}}
{{-}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
[[File:Legends Wheelie.jpeg|right|thumb|Wheelie concedes soccer is pretty fun, as long as the ball is also a gun.]]
[[2021|Ten years]] after his defeat, old Scorponok came back, 
So Wheelie joined Fortress and his crew for a counterattack. 
His friends shrunk when bad guys made a [[black hole]] detonate, 
But Wheelie saved himself and [[Headmaster Junior|some humans]] from sharing their fate. 
{{storylink|Headmaster Chapter Prologue}}

Wheelie came with the rest to the [[Legends World|Legends Universe]], 
Where he flipped skirts at a soccer game (he's kind of perverse). 
He argued with [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] that soccer is boring, 
But cut it out when the head-mode [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] came soaring. 
The culprit was a Galvatron [[Transtector|without a head]], 
So Wheelie and Shūta took him down without getting dead. 
An impressed Wheelie found Shūta's kick moves exciting, 
And admitted that soccer could be just as fun as fighting. 
{{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 29|Bonus Edition Vol. 29}}
{{--}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''=====
In 2010, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] hatched a plan, 
To gobble up spaceships as fast as he can! 
To accomplish this, he built a mechanical creature 
With huge, toothy jaws as its primary feature. 

[[File:Transformers2010MangaIssue5PrimeEnergyDefense01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Want to compensate for being a tiny one? Then just buy yourself an enormous gun!]]
The Autobots found out and were quickly deployed, 
Vowing not to give up until the beast was destroyed! 
Wheelie was among the heroes enlisted to fight, 
And helped [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus]] sneak inside the gargantuan blight. 
Rodimus blew up the creature with a smartly placed bomb, 
And when the Autobots celebrated, Wheelie joined right along. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 1|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #1}}

When planet [[Feminia]] and its [[Prime Energy Tower]] 
Came under attack from Decepticon power, 
Wheelie joined the Autobots in defending the thing, 
Though their best efforts proved futile against [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]. 

Observing the fight, Wheelie compared it to a game, 
Prompting [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] to lash out, calling him stupid and lame! 
The Decepticons eventually lost and were driven away, 
When the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]]s arrived to help win the day! {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}

=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
During a battle between [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] and [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], 
Wheelie mocked and insulted the defeated [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]! 
But Wheelie's cries of joy soon became cries of horror, 
When the Terrorcons brainwashed the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] warrior! 

The [[Cohesive Control Liquid]] had seized Computron's mind 
And forced him to join up with the Decepticons' kind! 
Luckily, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] was there, observing the fight, 
And used a special device to turn everything right! {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}

=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====
[[File:DanielWheelie.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|When you have at this frame peered, You'll have to admit, it's pretty weird.]]
Shortly after the defeat of [[Scorponok (G1)|Mega Zarak]], 
[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]] showed up and began to attack! 
Wheelie, unprepared, took a kick right to the face. 
All can agree he was put in his place! 

When [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]] took hostage [[Carly]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], 
[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] went berserk and started to strike! 
Sending the [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Cassette dinosaurs]] running back home, 
Soundblaster was left open to an attack from [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]. 

As the Autobots left Earth, Wheelie and Daniel said "Goodbye." 
They cuddled and they snuggled and started to cry. 
{{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}
{{--}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:Wheelie judgment day.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The Autobots are grateful that this time Wheelie does not speak in rhyme!]]
{{note|If the part's in italics, don't look away; it's merely to show that it's from the UK.}}
''In a timeline we can't wrap our noggins around, 
''Wheelie's ship was stranded on the Quintessons' ground. 
''But rather than give up and call the whole thing quits, 
''He saved Hot Rod and Kup from the Sharkticon Pits! 
{{storylink|Judgment Day!}}''

''From there, he travelled with them back home to Cybertron 
''Just in time to see it get eaten by Unicron. 
''But the Autobots prevailed, much to Wheelie's relief, 
''And he joined them to celebrate (or wallow in grief). 
{{storylink|The Final Battle!}}''

[[File:Wheeliefurmanism.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Though his speech filters through a rhyming prism, Wheelie still can manage a [[Furmanism]]!]]
''Not especially far did poor Wheelie roam, 
''Still, all things considered, he called [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintesson]] home. 
''So for Rodimus Prime he made himself quite the spy, 
''And reported on the deeds the locals would try. 

''The rescue of Wreck-Gar was his biggest claim to fame, 
''And that's how Wheelie helped to spoil the Quintessons' name. 
{{storylink|Space Pirates!}}''

====''Generation 2''====
In the 1990s, Wheelie wasn't seen much. 
It was possible the Autobot just lacked [[The Touch]]. 
But he could sure fill a background; yes, that he could do. 
He was spotted driving, though no one knows where to. 
{{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}
{{-}}

===Marvel coloring books===
[[File:Wheelie Treasure Coloring Book.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Wheelie's battery-powered and knows how to vibrate! (No, that's not what we meant, you perverted primate.)]]

While on a fabulous picnic, Kup spun a wild yarn 
About lost energon cubes; enough to fill a whole barn! 
At Hot Rod's suggestion, and with Wheelie's support, 
They left to find the lost cubes of the energon sort. 
Laserbeak was spying on them and alerted his friends. 
Galvatron wanted the cubes for his nefarious ends! 

Wheelie joined in a race to be the first ones to find them. 
With a little luck, they'd keep their enemies behind them! 
They lost to the Decepticons, who got to the cubes first, 
But at a glance one would think that the treasure was cursed! 
As the Decepticons all fought over who'd get the stash, 
Wheelie and the others just laughed and escaped in a flash. 
{{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

When Hot Rod and Daniel were attacked by [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s, 
Those wicked Decepticons were playing for keeps! 
He fled from the scene to go fetch some reinforcements. 
Wheelie moved so fast he could've had NASCAR endorsements! 
At Autobot City, Ultra Magnus heard the news 
And soon those evil Decepticons were singing the blues! 
{{storylink|Hot Rod's Escape}}
{{-}}

===Big Looker storybooks===

[[File:Wildboyofquintessonbattle.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|So you think that Wheelie's stupid and just hate his guts? Well Wheelie's ten times cooler than ''you'' are, you sniveling putz!]]

When Wheelie went on a space trip with his mom and his dad, 
They crashed down on [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintesson]] and their ship was damaged quite bad! 
Poor Wheelie, so young, lost both of his parents that day, 
And now with nowhere to go, he had no choice but to stay. 

But the [[Quintesson]]s, those meanies, didn't like Wheelie one bit, 
So they threw him first in a dungeon, then in a [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] pit! 
Wheelie, however, was not ''about'' to be killed, 
As it turns out, in gymnastics, Wheelie was very skilled! 
Using the gangplank as a springboard, he made his escape, 
Then fled into the jungle to live off the land like an ape! 

An undetermined time after that, a spoiled brat named [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], 
Went on a space trip with his homies and, well, isn't it odd, 
They crash-landed on Quintesson just like Wheelie did? 
Except none of them died like the parents of ''that'' kid. 

No sooner had they landed, they were menaced by danger; 
The Quintessons were attacking, but what's even ''stranger'', 
Is that Wheelie saved their lives, launching fireballs at the villains, 
All the while bustin' mad rhymes that were krunk, phresh and illin'. 

Wheelie then led his new friends to his damaged old spaceship, 
And Hot Rod began on repairs so they all could make the trip, 
Away from Quintesson and they needed to leave ''soon'', 
For the Quintessons had returned with some Sharkticon goons! 

Hot Rod repaired the spaceship and just ''barely'' in time, 
And Wheelie escaped with his friends, his health and his rhymes. {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}

===Toy pack-in material===
Wheelie fought alongside Rodimus Prime in a battle on a moon base. 
Strangely, Hot Rod was also nearby, getting punched in the face. {{storylink|Decipher the Decepticon}}

===3H comics===
[[File:Departure-WheelieDaniel.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|For Daniel only Arcee cried, but alas poor Wheelie also died!]]

With [[Doctor Fujiyama the Famous Scientist|Dr. Fujiyama]] in tow, the Autobots were quite screwed. 
It seems a legion of [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbirds]] were in a terrible mood! 
With Wheelie injured thanks to a shot in the back, 
Scar-faced Daniel realized the villains would cut them no slack. 

Prepared to die to stop the evil hordes, 
Wheelie told Daniel these few final words: 

{{quote|"All through our lives, I've been your friend. But now it's time for this to end."}}

With a grenade pin pulled, signalling doom, 
Daniel ended their friendship with a massive ''Kaboom''! 
{{storylink|Departure}}

[[File:Wheeliebrawntapoutescape.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|To what universe does this Wheelie go? From Nightbird death? We'll never know!]]

Centuries passed, with Wars both Great and of Beast, 
And once again [[Unicron]] was prepared to feast! 
An alternate Wheelie was poached from [[Primax 1108.10 Alpha|his home]], 
And locked in the [[Cauldron]] where no one could roam. 

He would fight other Transformers till death, either one; 
The loser would feed his [[spark]] to hungry Unicron! 
Trapped in a cage, Wheelie was doomed to meet [[Primus|his maker]], 
However, he was saved by [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]! 

He escaped with the others, through a portal they were hurled, 
Towards perhaps his home universe, a return to his world! 
{{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:PassiveAggression-Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Wheelie's gone feral! (Let's hope he's sterile.)]]

{{note|You can believe it or not, but just like in Japan, Wheelie did not rhyme once, much to the joys of many a fan.}}

Although [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] promised peace to one and all, 
Wheelie was smart and for that ruse he did not fall. 
He joined a team along with [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]], his [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] pet. 
Together they strove to unveil Shockwave's evil threat. 

[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] wasted no time in joining their side, 
But thought Gnaw was attacking and beat his ugly hide. 
Wheelie didn't take this well and thought Prime a brute, 
So in retaliation, he bit the Commander's boot! 
{{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

Later, once Shockwave's government was overthrown, 
Ultra Magnus planned to set defenses for threats unknown. 
Wheelie, Gnaw, and Hot Rod were assigned perimeter guard duty, 
A boring task which Hot Rod thought was a bunch of hooey. 
{{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
{{note|The following would have happened in [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues|issues we will never see]] Because bad business led to Dreamwave Productions' bankruptcy.}}
After paying a visit to Optimus, offline in the repair bay, 
Wheelie saw his friends beaten like it was child's play 
By [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] and her gang of female Autobot enforcers, 
A vicious bunch who were following Quintesson orders. 
{{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}}
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===''Lil Formers''===
Wheelie was sure he'd be invited to play a role in the [[Transformers (film)|Transformers live-action movie]]. 
He was wearing a pair of sunglasses, which made him look pretty groovy. 
{{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]] (cameo); [[Spotlight: Wheelie]] (full)

[[File:Wheeliesurvival.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Wheelie is sad, for once again he's been had!]]

Wheelie's poor friend Varta was killed in the altercation, 
Then [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] showed up to confuse the situation. 
Jhiaxus's intent was to steal Wheelie's escape ship, 
Before the 'Bot could use it for his homecoming trip. 
Wheelie stalled [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] (who was apparently there, too), 
[[Chaosteros|With]] [[Arachnosaur|creatures]] he'd hoped to take home and lock up in a zoo. 

[[File:Cloaked Wheelie the Stars My Destination.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|Wheelie has done things he cannot forget. (But he'd do them again without regret.)]]
The whole battle proved futile, as time rippled out of sync, 
Leaving Wheelie alone (but with plenty of time to think). 
{{storylink|Syndromica (2)}}

But Wheelie would not spend eternity trapped in that place; 
He used the ship Jhiaxus wanted to travel through space. 
He didn't make it very far (only just [[LV-118|next door]]), 
Where he found himself stranded all by himself, once more. 
Time slowly began to take its toll on poor Wheelie's brain, 
So he took up playing music to keep himself sane. 

One day Rodimus showed up and Wheelie came to his aid. 
They'd known each other once, but Wheelie's memory was frayed. 
Then together with Rodimus and [[Garnak|some other guy]], 
Wheelie stole another ship and bid his prison ''bye, bye''. 
{{storylink|Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination|The Stars My Destination}}

While their trip back to Cybertron was a success, 
Years of war had rendered the whole planet a mess. 
The only ones there were [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]], 
Who gladly got on Wheelie and Rodimus's ride. 

Cybertron was occupied by [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]'s deadly [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s, 
And Wheelie had to defend himself against one of the creeps. 
The Autobots decided they could waste no more time, 
They had to report this invasion to Optimus Prime! 
{{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 4|Heart of Darkness #4}} {{storylink|Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet|Out of the Silent Planet}}

Their motley crew traveled to the planet of [[Earth]], 
Where Wheelie was greeted with a surplus of mirth. 
He was reunited with the others at [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] 
Where his comrades finally stopped to listen to him, it would seem. 
{{storylink|Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix|Orphans of the Helix}}

When [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] seized control of the [[Kimia Facility|Kimia]] station, 
Omega Supreme was first on the list for devastation. 
Along with [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], Wheelie was assigned as a scout, 
But when he sniped a Sweep he gave their position out! 
Pinned down by the horde, it looked as if their lives would be gone 
Until they were suddenly rescued by the heroic... ''Megatron''? 
{{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers|Numbers}}

Things only got worse as the Decepticons began to merge, 
Creating the [[Deceptigod]]; a most terrible scourge! 
Wheelie fell back with the others as the monster did advance 
And it destroyed Omega Supreme, who didn't stand a chance. 
{{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}}

Wheelie could do nothing but scramble in the huge creature's wake, 
But luckily [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]] was around to make Optimus break 
Open the Matrix so its energy could be released. 
And with no thanks to Wheelie, the monster's threat suddenly ceased. 
{{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}}

[[File:Syndromica1 pax and crew.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|Underage drinkin' is hella bitchin'! (This stays between us; don't be snitchin'!)]]

With his mind not so well after years of taking flight, 
Wheelie sought active duty to keep his brain going right. 
So he accompanied Hardhead and Garnak with a smile, 
Guarding the sinister [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] in self-imposed exile! 

[[File:Bludgeon Wheelie Syndromica1.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|"Hey, let's all shit on Wheelie! That sounds like plenty of fun!" Writers hate this guy more than that [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|certain other someone]].]]

On [[Arduria]], Wheelie became discombobulated, 
When [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] had Jhiaxus fiercely liberated! 
In pursuit of [[Regenesis]], the villains immediately fled 
To the distant LV system (a place that messed with Wheelie's head). 
{{storylink|Syndromica (1)}}

He and his friends gave chase through space's vast infinity, 
But found not their quarry but another [[Reflector (G1)|'Con trinity]]. 
It was none other than the trio that ''should'' have been dead. 
And yet somehow they were out piloting a spaceship instead! 

The reason for this soon became known (if not so much ''clear'') 
When they followed them to a place that filled Wheelie with fear. 
It was the very same planet where Wheelie had been stranded, 
(And the same place where Reflector had gotten his ass handed). 
For [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] had tampered with this world, long long ago, 
And plucked it from the lockstep of time's regular flow. 
Flashes of the past and future collided, ''cor blimey''! 
All in all, it was an adventure most ''timey-wimey''. 

Orion Pax went back in time on some ridiculous trip, 
And in the end Jhiaxus made away with the 'Con's spaceship. 
{{storylink|Syndromica (2)}}

They chased that evil rascal all the way to [[Gorlam Prime]] 
In the desperate hope that they could possibly stop him in time. 
Their investigation led them deep beneath the surface 
To an abandoned city that served no obvious purpose. 
Wheelie found out the hard way to keep his hand in his pocket, 
As a corrosive dissolved his arm right up to its socket. 
The city turned out to be a slumbering [[Titan (group)|Titan]], 
Whom Jhiaxus awoke, primed and ready for fightin'! 
With his colossal new pal, Jhiaxus quickly flew the coop, 
Leaving Wheelie behind to disintegrate alongside his group. 
Gorlam Prime was dissolving, but Orion wasn't scared: 
For just such an occasion, he had an [[Skyroller|escape ship]] prepared! 
At last understanding Jhiaxus's convoluted scheme, 
One-armed Wheelie set course for Cybertron (along with his team). 
{{storylink|Homecoming (IDW)|Homecoming}}

The ship tried to escape Gorlam's gravity well, 
But they couldn't break free! Things didn't look swell. 
The ''[[Lost Light]]'' soon saved them, and blasted ahead 
All the way home, while Wheelie spoke with Hardhead. 
Wheelie said that the [[Knights of Cybertron|Knights]] were a lie, and he didn't believe, 
But there was no time to argue, because Orion had to leave! {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}}

Pax left for the [[Dead Universe]], that cold, morbid realm 
Wheelie wished him farewell and let Pax take the helm. {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}}

While Orion embarked on his perilous trip, 
Wheelie and Garnak remained behind on the ship. 
Orion, in trouble, asked the pair for a lift, 
But Wheelie informed him that there was no more rift! 
The former Prime was stranded, he couldn't get through, 
And poor Wheelie had no idea what he could do. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}}

But Wheelie and Garnak hadn't thrown in the towel! 
Though we don't know how, they met up with [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]]. 
The redoubtable trio - plus new friend, [[Stardrive]] - 
Were next to be seen on [[Regalis V]]. 
Marooned [[Throttlebot]]s were under some threat 
From bad [[Maximal]]s - but weren't dead yet! 
{{storylink|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}}

They boarded [[Peaceful Revolution|Prowl's ship]], and all took a seat, 
Put it in gear, and made hasty retreat. 
{{storylink|The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)|The Dead Come Home, Part 2}}

The crew persevered despite Cybertron's scouring, 
Then helped save the Earth! Pretty empowering! 
{{storylink|Road's End}}{{storylink|Assembly (Unicron)|Assembly}}{{storylink|Ceremony}}

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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in manga===
[[File:Henkei 11 cover.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|When your parents have a new kid, Out you go on the dustbin lid!]]

As a full-on member of the [[Mini Vehicle|Minibot]] team, 
Wheelie went on a mission that was more than it seemed. 
Following energy signatures, the group of peons 
Unearthed a dino-Transformer who'd been buried for eons! 

Wheelie wasn't congratulated for his hard work. 
Instead, the confused [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] up and went berserk! 
[[Hot Shot (Henkei!)|Hot Shot]] intervened and handed the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] defeat, 
Which was good news for Wheelie, who almost became dead meat. 
{{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 11}}
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===''TransTech''===
[[Transcendent Technomorph|A bunch of guys]] mistook [[Bumblebee (Animated)|'Bee]] for someone named "Wheelie" 
As well [[Hot Shot (Armada)|as]] [[big daddy g1|some]] [[Cheetor (BW)|others]] whom he never was, really. 
{{storylink|Bee in the City}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===

Overthrowing the [[President of the United States|Prez]], [[General Flagg]] led the [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] 
On a mission to Cybertron to engage their foes. 
But the big metal planet was in a state of unrest 
And Wheelie was snatched by [[Harvester unit|a unit programmed to harvest]]. 
{{storylink|Pax Megatronus}}

But Wheelie escaped! He's a tough little guy. 
He survived till the end of the war, and that's why 
when Cybertron then passed into Rodimus's care, 
Wheelie was present! Look–he's right there! {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
Wheelie was fast! He felt the need 
To challenge [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], on [[Velocitron|the planet of speed]]. 
But [[scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Squeezeplay (G1)|Crashbash]] attacked! They had one desire– 
To abduct Blurr's partner [[Haywire|Hyperfire]]! {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

==Commercial appearances==
While stranded on hostile [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]] with Hot Rod and Kup, 
Wheelie made sure the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] didn't gobble them up! 
{{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sharkticon|Sharkticon commercial}}

He later helped his fellow Autobots charge Galvatron, 
But when [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] joined in, he had to get gone! 
{{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sixshot|Sixshot commercial}}

==Games==
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{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

H e b e a t c u p h e a d t o d e a th

===''Transformers Legends''===
In the future, the Autobots found Wheelie on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]. 
He keenly joined up with them, after the end of [[Unicron]]. 
Magnus brought him to Earth to help the Autobots rebuild, 
But when the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s attacked, they were all almost killed! 
{{storylink|Junkion Reunion}}

When [[Quintesson]]s put [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] on trial 
Wheelie helped Grimlock rescue them with a smile. 
{{storylink|Mockery of Justice}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Wheelie-(Gen).jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.7|As an Epic character, All my stats are very strong! But I won't be around for very long! As the last Transformers game of DeNA, Transformers: Battle Tactics will be gone in May!]]
Wheelie fought several Decepticons, Autobots, and others. Sometimes he fought with identical brothers! He first appeared in the event, "Transform and Roll Out!" Whether he's easy to build with 50 Wheelie cores, I doubt.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1-toy Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|My toy kind of sucks! ...can anyone think of ''another'' word that rhymes with suck?]]
*'''Wheelie''' (Mini Vehicle, [[1986]])
**''Takara ID number:'' '''C-80'''

:Wheelie's transformation does not go very far, he turns into a generic "futuristic car".
:His design is likely based on the [//oldconceptcars.com/1930-2004/fiat-abarth-record-car-1956/ ''1956 Fiat Abarth''], a 50s concept car that also looked like barf.
:Surprisingly enough, the fans' fancy he tickles, as he's the only new mold of the third-year [[Mini Vehicle]]s.

: The '86 Minis first came with an [[iron-on patch]], but later on those bonuses were removed from this batch.

: In Japan he came in a box with a collector's card, which made shoplifting the toy considerably more hard.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed much later on, into an old friend of Prime's named [[Dion (G1)#Collector's Edition|Dion]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Wheelie/wheelie.htm More on Wheelie you will know, at TFU.info]''

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===''The Transformers Collection''===
[[File:G1Wheelie toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You can change him in a snap! But he will still look like crap.]]
*'''Future Cybertron''' (Multi-pack, [[2005]])
**''ID number:'' '''20'''

:Wheelie was reissued in a ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' set. [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] [[Kup (G1)/toys#The Transformers Collection|Kup]] and [[Recoil (G1)#The Transformers Collection|Recoil]], you also did get!
:This reissue's different in an unexpected way; where the old face was orange, the new one is gray!

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Cybertron/Wheelie/wheelie.htm More information on reissue Wheelie, found at TFU.info. No, really!]''
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Wheelielegendsuniverse.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Bumblebee swine, your [[alternate mode|alt mode]]'s mine!]]
*'''Autobot Wheelie''' (Legends Class, [[2009]])
**''Series:'' G1 Series

:Right along with many other Mini Vehicles from Generation 1, ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Wheelie was released as a "[[Legends Class (2005)|Legends]]" for pocket-sized fun.
:To make the tiny rhyming robot just a little bit neater, he now transforms into, apparently, a "[[Junkion (planet)|Junk Planet]] speeder!"<ref>Wheelie's cardback calls him this, assuming Hasbro's not taking the piss.</ref>
:Hasbro was thoughtful, and kept Wheelie well-armed. They sculpted him a [[Slingshot (weapon)|slingshot]]! Enemies be alarmed!

:If an evil redeco of this Wheelie toy you lack, ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|ROTF]]'' [[Shadow Striker (ROTF)#Revenge of the Fallen|Shadow Striker]] is this Wheelie in black!

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/TFUWheelie/wheelie.htm If more on ''Universe'' Wheelie you wish to see, go to TFU.info, it's that easy!]''
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===''Henkei! Henkei!''===
[[File:Henkei-toy Wheelie.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Wheelie's popular in Japan, but hey, that ain't a crime. Why do they like him so much? Because he doesn't... talk poetry.]]
*'''Minibot Spy Team''' (Multi-pack, 2009)
**''ID number:'' '''C-19'''

:The same sculpt as the above ''Universe'' toy, this Wheelie is not exactly the same boy.
:''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' Wheelie has colors more mellow, as over in Japan, he's light orange-yellow.
:He comes packed with two other Minibots totaling three, though [[Warpath (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|Warpath]] and [[Cosmos (G1)#Henkei! Henkei!|Adams]] are most certainly not for free.
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Generations china import deluxe wheelie.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Blasting his enemies right off their feet, With these speakers buffing rhymes with all these phat beats.]]
*'''Wheelie''' (Deluxe Class, [[2012]])
**''Accessories'': Two speakers, slingshot/blaster

:Wheelie got himself released in ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'', but he remained [[exclusive]] to certain locations.
:[[Toys"R"Us]] and Asia are where he was found, and he isn't the commonest Transformer around.
:Previously thought to be lacking pizazz, Wheelie's now a retool of ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]]'' [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Jazz]]!
:He changes from a car with [[Jazz (Movie)|Solstice]] headlights, to a robot with a new head, ready for some fights.
:He's armed with some speakers standard to the mold. They can [[C joint|clip]] onto his doors, which never gets old.
:Wait up! Hold on! That isn't all that he's got: Wheelie's also armed with his mighty slingshot!
:It can serve as a blaster when [[5 mm post|plugged into]] his hand, something that play patterns find utterly grand.

:His [[package art]] has been modified from Jazz's, too. He's been given a head and colors, all brand new!
:It's all rather sad, then, that the artists thought they were done, because Wheelie is still depicted holding Jazz's gun!

:This mold was redecoed thrice in its original and unmodified state. Toys of [[Stepper (SG)#Timelines|two]] [[Ricochet (Headmasters)#United 2|Steppers]] and ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Longarm (SG)#Timelines|Longarm]] did it certainly create.
:For [[Retool#Gang-molded alternate parts|pretools]], ''Timelines'' [[Treadshot (SG)#Timelines|Treadshot]] had utilized the mold's alternate head. ''Timelines'' [[Kick-Off (G1)#Timelines|Kick-Over]], meanwhile, was [[retool]]ed with a new head-sculpt, instead.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/GDOWheelie/wheelie.htm Should more on ''Generations'' Wheelie you desire to know, check out his page on TFU.info!]''
{{2010JazzMold}}
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy Wheelie.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Wheelie complains he is far too old "But we need another car Kreon" someone had told.]]
*'''Autobot Wheelie''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
**''Collection'': '''''Age of Extinction'' Collection 2'''
**''Accessories'': Logo brick, large rifle

:This [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] Wheelie came in the sixth wave, of ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Micro-Changer]]s for fans to crave.
:A [[Kreon]] who can be rebuilt into a car, he sports [[Hound (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Hound]]'s helmet, which has gone very far!

:Unlike prior Micro-Changer assortments, there's no ID code to tell the bags' contents.
:Meaning you'd best be good at feeling parts through the bag, as not getting the toy you want can be kind of a drag.

:This assortment was originally slated to be [[exclusive]] to [[Toys"R"Us]], but US stores dropped the line, causing much fuss.
:It was still available in Canada, Chinese/Asian markets and Australia, which led to ridiculous prices and secondary-market mania.
:In 2015, the Collection appeared in the US at Dollar Tree, with a price tag of a whopping $1 a pop, practically free!
:Fans sought out these stores in a buying throng, and with very few shipments, they didn't last long.
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===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Legends-Class-Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hey, world, are you jelly? I fit tiny men in my belly!]]
*'''Autobot Wheelie''' (Legends Class, [[2016]])

:If you keep reading, then you will learn, about Wheelie's new toy, from ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]''-
:He's a Legends class mold now! Who would have guessed? He can carry [[Titan Master]]s around in his chest!
:They can drive him around, and travel quite far, because Wheelie turns into a sci-fi type car.
:It's a pretty cool toy, but Hasbro forgot, to give him his weapon: that iconic slingshot!

:But that isn't all! He comes with a card, it's based on his art! (That wasn't so hard).

:Although Wheelie's packaging and card art shows that his helmet is gray, his actual product's helmet is unpainted orange (no way!),

:Some of his ball-and-socket joints are loose, while his vehicle mode can't thoroughly peg depending on any copy you choose.
:The kneecap panels can be further collapsed down, although this is optional unless you're fiddling around.

:Once ''Titans Return'' Wave One had taken form, Wheelie was the only Legends Class not to shelfwarm!

::*[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/TRWheelie/wheelie.htm For more information on ''Titans Return'' Legends Class Wheelie, TFU.info is always at it, you see!]
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG29-Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Run to order me on your computer, I come packaged with a little Go Shooter!]]
*'''Wheelie & Goshooter''' (Two-pack, [[September 24]], 2016)
**''ID number:'' '''LG29'''

:Wheelie was released again by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] in Japan, with a new paint job meant to be as show-accurate as it can!

:And now he is packed with [[Shūta Gō#Legends|Goshooter]]: a small Headmaster accessory, which is a redeco of Loudmouth without the vehicle partner (yes sirree!)
:Although Goshooter can use any ''Titans Return''-styled molds to put his Head mode on, he can accommodate with Wheelie's vehicle mode, which he can actually ride on!
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:TF-Studio-Series-86-Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|''Hasbro you big jerk, My legs won't work!]]
*'''Grimlock & Autobot Wheelie''' (Leader Class, [[2021]])
**''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''86-06'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-64'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[May 29]], 2021

:Packaged with ''Studio Series'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Grimlock]], you see, was also a tiny figure of Wheelie!

:He can't transform, or move his elbows and knees, but he can ride on Grim's back like in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]!''
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==Merchandise==
===''ULTIMATES!''===
*'''Grimlock''' ([[2021]])
**''Accessories'': Wheelie figure, mind transfer helmet, apron, serving tray, 6 drinking glasses, fish, crown, 6 sets of dino forelimb claws

: Roses are red
: Violets are blue
: A non-transforming figurine of Wheelie was included with ''[[Transformers ULTIMATES!]]'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#ULTIMATES!|Grimlock]]
: Whoop-de-doo
{{comingsoontoy}}
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==Notes==
[[File:ToyFair1986-TFpage01a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4| I could've had a touch of blue, but [[Hasbro]] said "that just won't do."]]
[[File:FriedmanAuctionWheelieModelEdit.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|It sure is a good thing I'm not black and yellow, You might've confused me with [[Bumblebee (disambiguation)|some other fellow!]]]]
*In the first [[commercial]] where Wheelie did appear, His voice didn't sound anywhere near! Although Frank Welker did the gig, Wheelie's voice came much deeper, dig? In fact—and we're sure you'll all agree - He sounded like the {{w|The Smurfs|Smurfs'}} pal "{{w|Johan and Peewit|Peewee}}"!
*In an [[Toy Fair 1986|old catalog]], Wheelie's toy could be seen, But when his toy hit the market, its colors changed some time in between. And yet this obsolete coloration still lingered around; Wheelie bore the same scheme in some comics, savvy readers had found!
*Among those who dislike Wheelie is [[Floro Dery]], The guy who designed him (it's the truth! Really!). Dery's said that of all his Transformers designs, Wheelie's the one that he most fiercely maligns — Maybe even the only one! Honest, it's true! You can read for yourself in this interview!<ref>[http://transformersph.blogspot.com/2007/06/interview-with-floro-dery.html An interview from the Philippines, in which Floro Dery is really mean!]</ref>
*In the futuristic/bygone year of 2010, A set of Wheelie's color models were sold by [[Ron Friedman]]! These bits of history from the [[Sunbow Productions|Sunbow]] [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]] Were what you'd describe as totally groovy; Showing our hero with a form long-unseen, Sporting yellow and black (and it looked pretty keen!).
*In the Season 3 Italian dub, Wheelie never rhymes. Instead, he says "wroom wroom" at totally random times.
[[File:Unused AHM Wheelie concept.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Two designs that we were spared, because nobody really cared.]]
*In [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]], his animation model was [[Endo|used]]. He agreed with [[Sentinel Minor|his boss]], and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] was abused. They believed Hot Shot's [[Wheeljack (Armada)|friend]] had died writhing in flames. And thanks to those jerks, Hot Shot got all the blame. {{storylink|Past}} {{storylink|Past II}}
**Wheelie's model was reused again later on, This time as a generic, obscure [[Mini-Con]]! {{storylink|Miracle}}
*[[Chris Ryall]] said Wheelie would get a [[Spotlight: Wheelie|spotlight]] on his [http://ryalltime.blogspot.com/2008/02/who-said-music-industry-is-dead.html blog]. Summarily, Ryall's hide the fans swore they would flog. On [http://jizaitoys.seesaa.net/article/34599110.html Jizai's design] [[Klaus Scherwinski]] did base, For Wheelie's sake, you can admit, he didn't lose face.
*Although Wheelie thought that his body looked fine, For [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|AHM]] he received a swell redesign! [[Guido Guidi]], the artist, was not so enthused, And so in "[[Spotlight: Wheelie]]" it didn't get used.
*Wheelie's parents hail from [[Gobotron]]. ''Huh''. Who knew? The source is a tome called ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac Two]]''!

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Wheelie''' (ウィーリー ''Wīrī'')
*''English:'' '''Willy''' ([[Omni Productions]] We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give, never gonna give
(Give you up)
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
*''French:'' '''Tourbillo''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Ugrabot''' (''The Movie'')
*''Italian:'' '''Scooter''', '''Saetta''' (''The Movie'')
*''Korean:'' '''Wheelie''' (휠리 ''Hwilli'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Wiley''' (Taiwan, 威利 ''Wēi Lì''), '''Zhuàn Lún''' (China, 转轮, "Reel")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Rodinhas''' (Portugal Comic)

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Wheelie (G1)

2022-02-25T07:12:50Z

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:''Wheelie is an [[Autobot]], cheerful as the sun, from the [[continuity family]] of [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]].''
[[File:Wheelieg1.jpg|upright=1.9|thumb|"You give Wheelie sass? He ''will'' kick your ass."]]
The diminutive '''Wheelie''' is an Autobot child, but don't let your guard down. He's often underestimated. But Wheelie shows great strength for someone so young. You see, Wheelie ''survives''; it's simply what he ''does''. How is that? It's because he's spent years honing his skills on planets not unlike Hell, fighting [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s and [[Quintesson]]s. So despite his age, Wheelie's the best survivalist you'll find on [[Cybertron]]. And yet, Wheelie's still just a kid. Prone to pouting and pranking.
He hangs out with [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel], causing all sorts of trouble.

For whatever reason he rhymes.

{{quote|Wheelie say find friends today!|Wheelie|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Kazue Komiya]] (Japanese)|[[Gu Guoyi]] (Chinese), [[Dani Albiac]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Gerhard Acktun]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1 - 5", "Chaos" & "Call of the Primitives"), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, "Fight or Flee"), [[Claus Brockmeyer]] (German, "The Movie" TV Dub), [[Serge Bourrier]] (European French, "Surprise Party"), [[Carlos Marques]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" TV dub), [[Orlando Prado]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" VHS dub), [[Úrsula Bezerra]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" Fox Kids dub), [[Mário Jorge Andrade]] (Portuguese, season 3)}}
[[File:Wheelietftmslingshot.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|From early on, it was fated: It would be me that you all hated!]]
On the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], his ship crashed. Wheelie survived, although his vessel was destroyed. Though alone, Wheelie kept himself alive, because Wheelie was strong.

One day, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] came in search of their friends, so Wheelie offered to help them. With his rhymes, Wheelie earned the respect of the Mighty [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]!

Then with the help of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and others,
Wheelie returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].
{{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Wheelie’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in [[Transformers: The Animated Movie|two]] [[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|adaptations]] featuring the small Transformer!}}

In 2006, he had to bring [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[Transformation cog|cog]] to [[Earth]].{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}

To accomplish the task, Wheelie formed a duo with [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], but Galvatron stranded them on [[Io]].
{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}

[[File:FFOD4 Autobots lightpoles.JPG|upright=1.4|thumb|With beasts big and small I've had my spats, but did Wheelie deserve to fight all these bats?]]
Being attacked by [[lightpole]]s, things began to look grim, but because Blurr was faster than him, Wheelie threw him the cog and told him to go to [[Marissa Faireborn]]'s ship. But Blurr refused to abandon him, and so they fought the lightpoles. When Marissa came and helped, the lightpoles started targeting her ship.
{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

The trio fought on, but the lightpoles were getting the better of them, until [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] showed up to rescue them Though the lightpoles were defeated, the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] arrived, but Sky Lynx defeated them. The team reached Earth in time, completing their mission. With the cog now delivered, Metroplex came alive.
He fought [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]].
{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Later, with Grimlock and Blurr, Wheelie listened to Kup, talking about the [[Ick-Yak]]s on [[Dread (planet)|Dread]],
But when Grimlock mentioned [[Chaos (alien)|Chaos]], Kup became mad.
{{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

When zombie Optimus came under [[Quintesson]] control, destruction of the Autobots became his primary goal.
He tricked Wheelie and others into a trap full of missiles.
But Wheelie survived when [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] returned, and left the zombie Optimus behind to be destroyed.
{{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}}

Not long after that, Wheelie volunteered for a competition. But the timestream was being messed with, and Wheelie got stuck in a neverending race.
Eventually, time and space was repaired, freeing Wheelie from his trap.
{{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

On Earth, Wheelie witnessed landmarks disappearing. The Dinobots were suspects, but he didn't think that was true, because the true culprit was an [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|ethnic stereotype]]!
{{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

[[File:Daniel&wheeliesurpriseparty.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Daniel, we are out of time. Yet, Wheelie must complete this rhyme!]]
In an adventure, Wheelie tried to deduce the date of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Magnus]]'s birthday. He knew finding the truth would be hard. So he asked Daniel Witwicky to help him.Their search led them straight to a storage asteroid that was being spied on by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. Cyclonus took them hostage. But Magnus came. When Ultra Magnus arrived, he attacked Cyclonus.
But as they fought, little did they know, that Wheelie snuck past them and pressed the self-destruct button, which meant if they lingered they would die. So Cyclonus retreated, and Magnus saved them. As it turned out, Magnus didn't know his own birthday.
{{storylink|Surprise Party}}

With other Autobots, Wheelie found [[Paradron]], a planet that [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] lived on.
Galvatron tried make it his base, But gave up when Ultra Magnus blew up.
{{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}}

On another adventure, Wheelie didn't do much.
{{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:AutobotsCall.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Our energy was drained. No jokes have remained.]]
Wheelie was slightly more active in the next event , as Cybertron was being drained of its energy.Wheelie opened fire at [[Tornedron]] But Tornedron drained his life.

Luckily, Tornedron was defeated, and his life was restored.
{{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

Wheelie later joined others to deduce a [[Gregory Swofford|human]]'s plot, and when they fought a [[Hate Plague|plagued]] [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], Wheelie got shot to death.
{{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

He was saved by a [[Quintesson]]. But when Optimus set out, they replaced him with [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]].
{{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

When the time came along for [[Tommy Kennedy]]'s birthday, Wheelie joined the Autobots to get down and party. As Tommy sat atop [[Powermaster]] Prime's right shoulder, Wheelie wished him good fortune.While Tommy received his cake and blew out each candle, Wheelie got really pumped.
{{Storylink|Surprise Party#Season 5|Season 5: Surprise Party}}

====Rodimus vs. Cyclonus====
{{note|Wheelie's part in helping Hot Rod and Kup would go on. In the form of a comic with a minor [[Retcon]].}}
Before making it all the way to the Planet of [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], Wheelie and friends found themselves in a predicament.Though he was an expert pilot who could get them there fast, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] showed up.
Cyclonus was challenged to battle by Hot Rod, but Cyclonus's power almost killed him
Kup then requested help and Wheelie replied, by talking to some friends.
To make their ship visible was what Kup had asked, so [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and <s>[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]</s> [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] did.
When Hot Rod began winning, Cyclonus became a goner. He admitted he failed. They at last made it to Junkion and found everyone else. Now watch [[Wheelie (G1)#The Transformers cartoon|the movie]].
{{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Kazue Komiya]] (Japanese)|[[Erika Robledo]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
[[File:HM ep01 Wheelie beats Tantrum.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|''Headmasters'' Wheelie could be as snarky as you please! His words to Chromedome? "It's too late for apologies!"]]
By 2011, Wheelie was too petulant to rhyme
He blamed everything on [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]
Although a jerk to the core, Wheelie was not all alone,
He hung out with [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]], and the two were quite dangerous

While chilling on [[Earth]], the pair were met with surprise
By the titanic Trypticon with glowing death.
The Decepticon gave chase, but Wheelie outsmarted their foe,
Luring him onto a busted bridge, where he slipped and fell.

They then stowed away on the [[Trainbot]]s and returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]],
To help battle the Decepticons.
Daniel, the wuss, was soon attacked by [[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]]
So Wheelie had to pound the bull's head.{{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}

Before leaving with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] to face matters unpleasant, 
[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] bequeathed to Wheelie.
It was a mix-tape of music he'd composed on his own
And Wheelie played it after Blaster died.{{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

As Hot Rod searched Earth for the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] he'd lost,
[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] told Wheelie to believe in him.
Wheelie brushed off Kup's words, thinking them silly
And was acting all snarky, at least up until he
Was interrupted by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]], who had a better attitude
So he offered to help instead of standing 'round.
Wheelie, however, couldn't help them one whit,
So he went to an arcade with Daniel to complain
He thought himself far more useful than the adults all around him,
And yet even at video games, ''Daniel'' proceeded to pound {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Next, Blaster's untimely death sent Wheelie into depression.
"No one cares Blaster's gone"
But Wheelie was wrong; Rodimus Prime cared quite a bit.
He knew Blaster's death was a mistake and sought to rectify
So Blaster was revived as Twincast, much to Wheelie's elation,
And thus began the Great Cassette.{{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

[[File:WheelieRebellionBeast01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Wheelie hears what you mutter. Get your mind out of the gutter.]]
Daniel and Wheelie then stowed away on [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]]'s battleship
And accompanied the Autobots on their perilous
To the [[Beastformer]] homeworld, known simply as [[Beast (planet)|Beast]],
Where the 'Cons were causing trouble
Wheelie and Daniel then tried to rescue the Beastformer slaves,
But were imprisoned ''themselves'' in the dungeon
Luckily for Wheelie, the Headmasters were there.
They drove off all the villains {{storylink|Rebellion on Planet Beast}}

The meteorite [[Metamorphose]] then threatened Autobot space,
By warping anything metal
Only ''Daniel'' was safe. Only ''he'' could defeat it.
Wheelie cheered Daniel on—he was ''sure'' he could beat
But Daniel was a crybaby, a big blubbering sack
So Wheelie chided him
Daniel ''eventually'' manned up and blew up the rock,
But Wheelie such a jerk {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

The Trainbots later invited both Wheelie and Dan
To come visit their birthplace in far-off [[Japan]].
Soon after arriving, [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] made some trouble
Stirring up the Autobots, who countered
The Headmasters went searching all over the planet
While Dan and Wheelie went shopping
The Trainbots shopped ''with'' them, and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] made a fuss
Causing Daniel to run away crying. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

Wheelie later observed as the Autobots fought,
To reach [[Vector Sigma]] first
The Decepticons would get there, and then there'd be trouble,
Because they'd use Sigma's [[Cybertonuron]] to turn the Autobots

But they were wrong—[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] had a more menacing scheme:
To blow up all of Cybertron.
The bombs could not be removed, much to Wheelie's frustration,
Leaving Rodimus to call for the planet's evacuate
And so Wheelie was forced to watch his planet go KER-PEW!
Poor little guy
Rodimus then departed on an outer space quest,
Leaving [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] to raise Wheelie {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

[[File:WheelieEnergonGlutton01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Wheelie likes to eat, drink and be merry, His favorite cereal is ''Frankenberry''.]]
Crippled with sorrow over Cybertron's end,
The Autobots threw a party
Wheelie, the hedonist, had too much to drink,
And got drunk and passed out
{{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}}

Along with Daniel and Spike, Wheelie went to Peru
To prevent the members of the Decepticons
From making a volcano blow up
Leaving the villagers below to die

As the mountain erupted, they approached in [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
But he couldn't beat the heat
So Wheelie tried once again, this time with the Trainbots,
But the heat drove ''them'' off too, just like they were lame
With no options left, they evacuated the town
Saving the villagers while the magma poured {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}}

On Athenia, Daniel was planting some seeds
And began watering them
As Wheelie observed this dull gardening show,
He was shocked when he saw [[buridanka|the plant]] growing
The plant was a creature from the world of [[Darhos]]
That could grow to great heights, turning slimy

[[File:WheelieHeadOnFortMax01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Excuse me, good sir, I'm beggin' your pardon, But might Wheelie assist in planting your spice garden?"]]
Wheelie and Daniel called to Spike for some aid.
Spike then looked to Arcee
But they could do nothing, and the plant ''almost'' trashed their base,
Luckily, Fortress wiped it out{{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

When Wheelie and Daniel went to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] on a geological mission,
They found that the red planet bad
Scorponok had planted bombs near the planet's core,
And once they went off, Mars would then be gone
Then the pair were attacked by the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]] [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]],
Who easily abducted the duo

Imprisoned deep underground in a series of caves
Daniel concocted a scheme to trick
He staged an argument with Wheelie and even a fake brawl
Which let him secretly send an Autobot distress
The Headmasters then arrived and rescued the youths,
But could not find the time bombs {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}

Returned to Athenia, Wheelie looked on in fright
Praying Fortress would survive
When they found that their leader had been injured severely
Wheelie swore to the skies that the Decepticons would pay
But Wheelie's swearing and screeching couldn't stop what was fated;
Mars was blown into bits and [[Scorponok (G1)|Mega Zarak]] {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

With the threat of Mega Zarak now looming ahead
Wheelie admitted to Daniel his feelings
But Daniel wouldn't hear it; he knew Fortress was stronger
He'd had enough of Wheelie's crap
So with inhuman strength (and overreacting a bit), 
He shoved Wheelie into a lake

Before Wheelie could crush him with his mighty robot fist,
A flying saucer zoomed past.
Daniel thought that the alien might be friend and not foe,
So he tried to use a keyboard to communicate with it
Daniel was completely wrong—about as wrong as you can ''get''.
The alien was ''[[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]''.
Humiliated by his actions, Daniel started to weep
Leaving Wheelie no choice but to soothe himstorylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}

When the planet called [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]] sent an SOS into space
Asking for [[Energon cube]]s to save them
The Autobots, always kindly, agreed to give them their aid,
And Wheelie and Daniel tagged along to see the delivery
Then the Decepticons attacked! But Spike ''knew'' that they would,
And he set up a small cargo ship to
Slip away in the battle and deliver the cubes.
Wheelie and Daniel laughed out loud at the Decepticons
And so the cargo was delivered and Sandra was saved!
Wheelie didn't do much this time{{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

[[File:WheelieHivePlanet01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Normally, this would bring Wheelie to tears, But he wouldn't touch a ''bug'' in a million years!]]
When the Decepticons [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] showed up at last
[[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] told Wheelie all about their backstory
He revealed unto Wheelie that they used to be friends,
But when they joined Scorponok, they stopped {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}}

Wheelie and the Autobots then found themselves stuck in a race
To prevent the Decepticons from plundering the universe
The planet of [[Hive (planet)|Hive]] was the villains' first victim,
But they were thwarted when the Autobots arrived {{storylink|Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!}}

As for the twin planets of [[Twin Star|Sperity and Toruin]],
Galvatron planned to ransack them
As Sperity was attacked for its huge energy stash,
Wheelie was sent to Toruin before he could do anything

And on that barren planet Wheelie made a find:
The people of Sperity had left their old planet
They had taken their energon far away from there,
Which is why Galvatron couldn't find it
Eventually, Galvatron was forced to just call it quits,
And the Autobots left the Speritans to start over {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}}

At ''[[Video Challenger]]'', Daniel proved very skilled,
But Wheelie's reaction to him was a little less
So he challenged the kid to shoot an apple that he held
But Daniel shot his ''arm'' instead when his aim got fouled

A penal colony on [[Daros]] was their next landing point,
So they could rescue some war criminals being slaughtered
One of the criminals, though, tried to cut Daniel's neck,
And Wheelie was helpless to stop him,
As it turns out, the criminal wasn't really ''that'' bad,
And when he let Daniel go, no one 'cared
He gave information that helped them unravel a serious knot
And let them defeat MegaZarak. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}}

[[File:WheelieHeadFormationFriendship01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|So when Wheelie is horny his eyes glow like the Devil's? This is unsettling on ''soooo'' many levels...]]
The Decepticons drew them next to the jungle planet [[Paradise]],
Where they were plundering energy and doing things
So with the Headmasters setting out to solve their enemy's tests
Daniel and Wheelie met [[Papika]] and her voluptuous... ''face'
Wheelie was smitten quite quickly, and his eyes glowed deep red.
It's best not to imagine the thoughts

After learning to fish, Wheelie tried his best to impress her
By transforming into a car, but his skills proved the less
When compared to Papika's; she could talk to beasts large and small,
Making it clear that Wheelie couldn't impress her
Later, the Headmasters won the day, just like they always did, 
And Wheelie gave up on Papika. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

On their travels, the Decepticons proved formidable foes, 
Having stolen energy from six planets. ''. 
Approaching [[Pirate Planet]], Wheelie spotted something quite freaky: 
An old space pirate ship that was battered, 
And then an awesome adventure immediately began 
Involving pirates! And pyramids! Treasure! [[Clone (subgroup)|Clones]]! ''. 
Wheelie sat the whole thing out, letting Daniel have all the fun. 
Of all the adventures to miss, he had to skip out on? {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}}

As [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] struggled in vain to crack Scorponok's secret code, 
Daniel and Wheelie tried to help him cross that
Unfortunately, their "help" proved far too insufficient, 
And they had to start over from scratch ). 
Then Sixshot attacked and blew [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] into bits, 
And Wheelie attended his funeral {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}}

From the Athenia base, Wheelie watched Spike blow his top; 
The 'Cons were ransacking Earth
They were blaming Chromedome for the team's lack of success, 
But Arcee told them to chill {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

[[File:IRiskMyLifeForWheelie01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Wheelie likes to blame Chromedome for all that he can. He's a serious douchebag in this cartoon from Japan.]]
On a mission to Earth, Chromedome had just one simple job, 
To keep Spike 
Screwed it all up and Spike went into intensive care. 
Daniel forgave Chromedome, but Wheelie wouldn't let it. 
Chromedome tried to say sorry, but Wheelie said it wasn't enough. 
Even by ''Wheelie's'' standards, he was treating Chromedome 

As Spike recovered from surgery, Wheelie was then put to work, 
Helping to find Mega Zarak's weakspot for Chromedome 
After tens of minutes of labor, they all figured it out: 
The weakspot was on his chest beyond all shadow of a doubt! {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

With the Decepticons banished from Earth, the Autobots needed aid 
In gathering [[Plasma energy]] bombs so the humans would not be afraid. 
To accomplish this goal, Wheelie offered to call on friends that he knew, 
But Daniel laughed in his face! Wheelie was friendless and a ''fibber'', too! 

Then much to Daniel's surprise, Wheelie proved him totally wrong, 
When his good "friends" [[Pointblank]], [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] and [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] came along! 
Those Autobots were great warriors! Daniel was very impressed! 
But at being called Wheelie's "friends" the trio became very distressed. 
As it turns out, they ''weren't'' his "friends"; Wheelie was an absolute liar! 
They were his superior officers! His robo-pants were on fire! {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

With Wheelie's good "friends" now turned into powerful [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s, 
The veterans began insulting the obsolete Headmasters. 
In front of Daniel and Wheelie, Pointblank came down on Chromedome, 
Who feared the after effects of the disrespect he was shown. 
But Daniel and Wheelie didn't respect Chromedome any less 
(If they respected him ''at all'' is, well, ''anyone's'' guess). {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}}

[[File:TheWheelieSwordIsInDanger01.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Okay, sure, Wheelie. ''Whatever you say.'' Daniel can't be a Headmaster (in ''this'' continuity, anyway).]]
While set down on planet Master, Wheelie became full of himself, 
Vowing to become a Headmaster by improving fitness and health. 
Daniel rolled his eyes and laughed out loud; Wheelie's dreams were too silly. 
Wheelie told Daniel he could ''never'' be one; he was too fleshy and frilly. 
Very early the next morning, Wheelie snuck outside for a run, 
Only to be captured by Sixshot, whose evil scheme had begun! 

Sixshot threatened to dip Wheelie in acid if Fortress didn't agree 
To give up the [[Master Sword]]'s secrets and to do it quickly! 
Pointblank coldly suggested they just let Wheelie melt and die, 
But Daniel and Chromedome disagreed! They'd save the little guy! 
Going against orders, the pair snuck inside of Scorponok, 
With Daniel using his size to sneak past the energy locks. 

They got Wheelie out safely, but alas, their rescue was too late. 
Fortress had just handed over his secrets! Well, ain't that just ''great''? 
Furious at the trio for leaving the ship without orders, 
He gave them a mop and a bucket and said to wash ''all'' the quarters. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}}

Thanks to Wheelie's epic failure, the Decepticons took what they stole 
And began construction of the [[Zarak Shield]] as their ultimate goal. 
As the Headmasters traversed Master to thwart the sinister plan, 
Wheelie stood ontop of Battleship Maximus, hanging with Dan. 
They were startled by [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], who had concocted a plan all his own, 
He'd set bombs on the ship and didn't want their cover to be blown! 
Weirdwolf's plan was a success; the bombs completely ruined the ship 
And with his fancy new shield, Zarak prepared to beat on the crip. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}}

While [[Raiden]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] worked double-time on repairs, 
Wheelie and Dan found themselves useless to help with such affairs. 
As the grown-ups worked diligently to create tactics and plans, 
The kids went to play video games at their elder's demands. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

With the Maximus repaired, the Autobots set off into space 
After Mega Zarak whom they ''once again'' had to chase. 
In an effort to kill time, Wheelie had his ''greatest'' idea yet: 
He and Daniel would see what it was like inside a laser turret! 
Then the turret was damaged with Daniel still stuck inside, 
And jettisoned away from the ship; Wheelie just about ''cried''. 
Daniel made it back (with Sixshot's help), much to Wheelie's relief; 
If he had caused Daniel's death, Wheelie would have been crippled with grief! {{storylink|My Friend Sixshot!}}

Sixshot may have saved Daniel, but he was still no Autobot friend 
And challenged Chromedome to a duel where he'd surely meet his end. 
Wheelie, that eavesdropping punk, heard about the whole situation 
And ran and told Daniel, who wasn't keen on the confrontation. {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}}

Because of that stupid duel, Mega Zarak made it to Earth first, 
Once again, it was ''all'' Chromedome's fault (that guy is really the ''worst''). 
Daniel was busy pouting, thinking Sixshot had died in the fight. 
Wheelie teased the brat, anyway (never one to pass on a slight). 
They eventually reached Earth, but tragedy wasn't far behind: 
Spike's plane crashed down in the Andes and they were all in a bind! 
Wheelie followed his good buddy, who had to rescue his mother, 
And Daniel saved the day, yet again! A true hero! (''Oh brother...'') {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}}

[[File:FinalWheeliegoodbye.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Here's a joke that's a real zinger. Go ahead, Daniel, pull my finger!]]
It turned out Scorponok's master plan involved blowing up the Earth 
And gathering up the released energy (which was of tremendous worth). 
With friends and justice, the Autobots joined hands in formation 
And prevented Scorponok's insidius detonation! 
Mega Zarak destroyed and the Decepticons driven away, 
Wheelie and Daniel were left with only goodbyes 
Wheelie promised to visit Daniel again when he was older, 
And though they were apart, their passions would forever {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
{{-}}

=====''15 Go! Go!'' comics=====
[[File:15GoGo Wheelie.jpeg|upright=1.2|thumb|Wheelie may be drawn as his worst toy of all time, but that's still a punishment lighter than fits the crime.]]
[[Teletraan 15]]'s panties were so frilly and white, 
But when Wheelie peeked, [[Teletraan 10]] took this as a slight! 
10 taught him a lesson with a kick from her high heel 
That split open his head and ground his face into meal! 
{{storylink|Wheelie Volume}}

[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] then showed up to give that perv Wheelie a scolding, 
And then hugged poor 15, whose spine would need some remolding! 
{{storylink|Kup Volume}}
{{-}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
[[File:Legends Wheelie.jpeg|right|thumb|Wheelie concedes soccer is pretty fun, as long as the ball is also a gun.]]
[[2021|Ten years]] after his defeat, old Scorponok came back, 
So Wheelie joined Fortress and his crew for a counterattack. 
His friends shrunk when bad guys made a [[black hole]] detonate, 
But Wheelie saved himself and [[Headmaster Junior|some humans]] from sharing their fate. 
{{storylink|Headmaster Chapter Prologue}}

Wheelie came with the rest to the [[Legends World|Legends Universe]], 
Where he flipped skirts at a soccer game (he's kind of perverse). 
He argued with [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] that soccer is boring, 
But cut it out when the head-mode [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] came soaring. 
The culprit was a Galvatron [[Transtector|without a head]], 
So Wheelie and Shūta took him down without getting dead. 
An impressed Wheelie found Shūta's kick moves exciting, 
And admitted that soccer could be just as fun as fighting. 
{{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 29|Bonus Edition Vol. 29}}
{{--}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''=====
In 2010, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] hatched a plan, 
To gobble up spaceships as fast as he can! 
To accomplish this, he built a mechanical creature 
With huge, toothy jaws as its primary feature. 

[[File:Transformers2010MangaIssue5PrimeEnergyDefense01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Want to compensate for being a tiny one? Then just buy yourself an enormous gun!]]
The Autobots found out and were quickly deployed, 
Vowing not to give up until the beast was destroyed! 
Wheelie was among the heroes enlisted to fight, 
And helped [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus]] sneak inside the gargantuan blight. 
Rodimus blew up the creature with a smartly placed bomb, 
And when the Autobots celebrated, Wheelie joined right along. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 1|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #1}}

When planet [[Feminia]] and its [[Prime Energy Tower]] 
Came under attack from Decepticon power, 
Wheelie joined the Autobots in defending the thing, 
Though their best efforts proved futile against [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]. 

Observing the fight, Wheelie compared it to a game, 
Prompting [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] to lash out, calling him stupid and lame! 
The Decepticons eventually lost and were driven away, 
When the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]]s arrived to help win the day! {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}

=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
During a battle between [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] and [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], 
Wheelie mocked and insulted the defeated [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]! 
But Wheelie's cries of joy soon became cries of horror, 
When the Terrorcons brainwashed the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] warrior! 

The [[Cohesive Control Liquid]] had seized Computron's mind 
And forced him to join up with the Decepticons' kind! 
Luckily, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] was there, observing the fight, 
And used a special device to turn everything right! {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}

=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====
[[File:DanielWheelie.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|When you have at this frame peered, You'll have to admit, it's pretty weird.]]
Shortly after the defeat of [[Scorponok (G1)|Mega Zarak]], 
[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]] showed up and began to attack! 
Wheelie, unprepared, took a kick right to the face. 
All can agree he was put in his place! 

When [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]] took hostage [[Carly]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], 
[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] went berserk and started to strike! 
Sending the [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Cassette dinosaurs]] running back home, 
Soundblaster was left open to an attack from [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]. 

As the Autobots left Earth, Wheelie and Daniel said "Goodbye." 
They cuddled and they snuggled and started to cry. 
{{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}
{{--}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:Wheelie judgment day.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The Autobots are grateful that this time Wheelie does not speak in rhyme!]]
{{note|If the part's in italics, don't look away; it's merely to show that it's from the UK.}}
''In a timeline we can't wrap our noggins around, 
''Wheelie's ship was stranded on the Quintessons' ground. 
''But rather than give up and call the whole thing quits, 
''He saved Hot Rod and Kup from the Sharkticon Pits! 
{{storylink|Judgment Day!}}''

''From there, he travelled with them back home to Cybertron 
''Just in time to see it get eaten by Unicron. 
''But the Autobots prevailed, much to Wheelie's relief, 
''And he joined them to celebrate (or wallow in grief). 
{{storylink|The Final Battle!}}''

[[File:Wheeliefurmanism.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Though his speech filters through a rhyming prism, Wheelie still can manage a [[Furmanism]]!]]
''Not especially far did poor Wheelie roam, 
''Still, all things considered, he called [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintesson]] home. 
''So for Rodimus Prime he made himself quite the spy, 
''And reported on the deeds the locals would try. 

''The rescue of Wreck-Gar was his biggest claim to fame, 
''And that's how Wheelie helped to spoil the Quintessons' name. 
{{storylink|Space Pirates!}}''

====''Generation 2''====
In the 1990s, Wheelie wasn't seen much. 
It was possible the Autobot just lacked [[The Touch]]. 
But he could sure fill a background; yes, that he could do. 
He was spotted driving, though no one knows where to. 
{{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}
{{-}}

===Marvel coloring books===
[[File:Wheelie Treasure Coloring Book.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Wheelie's battery-powered and knows how to vibrate! (No, that's not what we meant, you perverted primate.)]]

While on a fabulous picnic, Kup spun a wild yarn 
About lost energon cubes; enough to fill a whole barn! 
At Hot Rod's suggestion, and with Wheelie's support, 
They left to find the lost cubes of the energon sort. 
Laserbeak was spying on them and alerted his friends. 
Galvatron wanted the cubes for his nefarious ends! 

Wheelie joined in a race to be the first ones to find them. 
With a little luck, they'd keep their enemies behind them! 
They lost to the Decepticons, who got to the cubes first, 
But at a glance one would think that the treasure was cursed! 
As the Decepticons all fought over who'd get the stash, 
Wheelie and the others just laughed and escaped in a flash. 
{{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

When Hot Rod and Daniel were attacked by [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s, 
Those wicked Decepticons were playing for keeps! 
He fled from the scene to go fetch some reinforcements. 
Wheelie moved so fast he could've had NASCAR endorsements! 
At Autobot City, Ultra Magnus heard the news 
And soon those evil Decepticons were singing the blues! 
{{storylink|Hot Rod's Escape}}
{{-}}

===Big Looker storybooks===

[[File:Wildboyofquintessonbattle.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|So you think that Wheelie's stupid and just hate his guts? Well Wheelie's ten times cooler than ''you'' are, you sniveling putz!]]

When Wheelie went on a space trip with his mom and his dad, 
They crashed down on [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintesson]] and their ship was damaged quite bad! 
Poor Wheelie, so young, lost both of his parents that day, 
And now with nowhere to go, he had no choice but to stay. 

But the [[Quintesson]]s, those meanies, didn't like Wheelie one bit, 
So they threw him first in a dungeon, then in a [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] pit! 
Wheelie, however, was not ''about'' to be killed, 
As it turns out, in gymnastics, Wheelie was very skilled! 
Using the gangplank as a springboard, he made his escape, 
Then fled into the jungle to live off the land like an ape! 

An undetermined time after that, a spoiled brat named [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], 
Went on a space trip with his homies and, well, isn't it odd, 
They crash-landed on Quintesson just like Wheelie did? 
Except none of them died like the parents of ''that'' kid. 

No sooner had they landed, they were menaced by danger; 
The Quintessons were attacking, but what's even ''stranger'', 
Is that Wheelie saved their lives, launching fireballs at the villains, 
All the while bustin' mad rhymes that were krunk, phresh and illin'. 

Wheelie then led his new friends to his damaged old spaceship, 
And Hot Rod began on repairs so they all could make the trip, 
Away from Quintesson and they needed to leave ''soon'', 
For the Quintessons had returned with some Sharkticon goons! 

Hot Rod repaired the spaceship and just ''barely'' in time, 
And Wheelie escaped with his friends, his health and his rhymes. {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}

===Toy pack-in material===
Wheelie fought alongside Rodimus Prime in a battle on a moon base. 
Strangely, Hot Rod was also nearby, getting punched in the face. {{storylink|Decipher the Decepticon}}

===3H comics===
[[File:Departure-WheelieDaniel.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|For Daniel only Arcee cried, but alas poor Wheelie also died!]]

With [[Doctor Fujiyama the Famous Scientist|Dr. Fujiyama]] in tow, the Autobots were quite screwed. 
It seems a legion of [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbirds]] were in a terrible mood! 
With Wheelie injured thanks to a shot in the back, 
Scar-faced Daniel realized the villains would cut them no slack. 

Prepared to die to stop the evil hordes, 
Wheelie told Daniel these few final words: 

{{quote|"All through our lives, I've been your friend. But now it's time for this to end."}}

With a grenade pin pulled, signalling doom, 
Daniel ended their friendship with a massive ''Kaboom''! 
{{storylink|Departure}}

[[File:Wheeliebrawntapoutescape.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|To what universe does this Wheelie go? From Nightbird death? We'll never know!]]

Centuries passed, with Wars both Great and of Beast, 
And once again [[Unicron]] was prepared to feast! 
An alternate Wheelie was poached from [[Primax 1108.10 Alpha|his home]], 
And locked in the [[Cauldron]] where no one could roam. 

He would fight other Transformers till death, either one; 
The loser would feed his [[spark]] to hungry Unicron! 
Trapped in a cage, Wheelie was doomed to meet [[Primus|his maker]], 
However, he was saved by [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]! 

He escaped with the others, through a portal they were hurled, 
Towards perhaps his home universe, a return to his world! 
{{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}}
{{-}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:PassiveAggression-Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Wheelie's gone feral! (Let's hope he's sterile.)]]

{{note|You can believe it or not, but just like in Japan, Wheelie did not rhyme once, much to the joys of many a fan.}}

Although [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] promised peace to one and all, 
Wheelie was smart and for that ruse he did not fall. 
He joined a team along with [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]], his [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] pet. 
Together they strove to unveil Shockwave's evil threat. 

[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] wasted no time in joining their side, 
But thought Gnaw was attacking and beat his ugly hide. 
Wheelie didn't take this well and thought Prime a brute, 
So in retaliation, he bit the Commander's boot! 
{{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

Later, once Shockwave's government was overthrown, 
Ultra Magnus planned to set defenses for threats unknown. 
Wheelie, Gnaw, and Hot Rod were assigned perimeter guard duty, 
A boring task which Hot Rod thought was a bunch of hooey. 
{{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
{{note|The following would have happened in [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues|issues we will never see]] Because bad business led to Dreamwave Productions' bankruptcy.}}
After paying a visit to Optimus, offline in the repair bay, 
Wheelie saw his friends beaten like it was child's play 
By [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] and her gang of female Autobot enforcers, 
A vicious bunch who were following Quintesson orders. 
{{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}}
{{-}}

===''Lil Formers''===
Wheelie was sure he'd be invited to play a role in the [[Transformers (film)|Transformers live-action movie]]. 
He was wearing a pair of sunglasses, which made him look pretty groovy. 
{{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]] (cameo); [[Spotlight: Wheelie]] (full)

[[File:Wheeliesurvival.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Wheelie is sad, for once again he's been had!]]

Wheelie's poor friend Varta was killed in the altercation, 
Then [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] showed up to confuse the situation. 
Jhiaxus's intent was to steal Wheelie's escape ship, 
Before the 'Bot could use it for his homecoming trip. 
Wheelie stalled [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] (who was apparently there, too), 
[[Chaosteros|With]] [[Arachnosaur|creatures]] he'd hoped to take home and lock up in a zoo. 

[[File:Cloaked Wheelie the Stars My Destination.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|Wheelie has done things he cannot forget. (But he'd do them again without regret.)]]
The whole battle proved futile, as time rippled out of sync, 
Leaving Wheelie alone (but with plenty of time to think). 
{{storylink|Syndromica (2)}}

But Wheelie would not spend eternity trapped in that place; 
He used the ship Jhiaxus wanted to travel through space. 
He didn't make it very far (only just [[LV-118|next door]]), 
Where he found himself stranded all by himself, once more. 
Time slowly began to take its toll on poor Wheelie's brain, 
So he took up playing music to keep himself sane. 

One day Rodimus showed up and Wheelie came to his aid. 
They'd known each other once, but Wheelie's memory was frayed. 
Then together with Rodimus and [[Garnak|some other guy]], 
Wheelie stole another ship and bid his prison ''bye, bye''. 
{{storylink|Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination|The Stars My Destination}}

While their trip back to Cybertron was a success, 
Years of war had rendered the whole planet a mess. 
The only ones there were [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]], 
Who gladly got on Wheelie and Rodimus's ride. 

Cybertron was occupied by [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]'s deadly [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s, 
And Wheelie had to defend himself against one of the creeps. 
The Autobots decided they could waste no more time, 
They had to report this invasion to Optimus Prime! 
{{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 4|Heart of Darkness #4}} {{storylink|Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet|Out of the Silent Planet}}

Their motley crew traveled to the planet of [[Earth]], 
Where Wheelie was greeted with a surplus of mirth. 
He was reunited with the others at [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] 
Where his comrades finally stopped to listen to him, it would seem. 
{{storylink|Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix|Orphans of the Helix}}

When [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] seized control of the [[Kimia Facility|Kimia]] station, 
Omega Supreme was first on the list for devastation. 
Along with [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], Wheelie was assigned as a scout, 
But when he sniped a Sweep he gave their position out! 
Pinned down by the horde, it looked as if their lives would be gone 
Until they were suddenly rescued by the heroic... ''Megatron''? 
{{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers|Numbers}}

Things only got worse as the Decepticons began to merge, 
Creating the [[Deceptigod]]; a most terrible scourge! 
Wheelie fell back with the others as the monster did advance 
And it destroyed Omega Supreme, who didn't stand a chance. 
{{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}}

Wheelie could do nothing but scramble in the huge creature's wake, 
But luckily [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]] was around to make Optimus break 
Open the Matrix so its energy could be released. 
And with no thanks to Wheelie, the monster's threat suddenly ceased. 
{{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}}

[[File:Syndromica1 pax and crew.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|Underage drinkin' is hella bitchin'! (This stays between us; don't be snitchin'!)]]

With his mind not so well after years of taking flight, 
Wheelie sought active duty to keep his brain going right. 
So he accompanied Hardhead and Garnak with a smile, 
Guarding the sinister [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] in self-imposed exile! 

[[File:Bludgeon Wheelie Syndromica1.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|"Hey, let's all shit on Wheelie! That sounds like plenty of fun!" Writers hate this guy more than that [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|certain other someone]].]]

On [[Arduria]], Wheelie became discombobulated, 
When [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] had Jhiaxus fiercely liberated! 
In pursuit of [[Regenesis]], the villains immediately fled 
To the distant LV system (a place that messed with Wheelie's head). 
{{storylink|Syndromica (1)}}

He and his friends gave chase through space's vast infinity, 
But found not their quarry but another [[Reflector (G1)|'Con trinity]]. 
It was none other than the trio that ''should'' have been dead. 
And yet somehow they were out piloting a spaceship instead! 

The reason for this soon became known (if not so much ''clear'') 
When they followed them to a place that filled Wheelie with fear. 
It was the very same planet where Wheelie had been stranded, 
(And the same place where Reflector had gotten his ass handed). 
For [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] had tampered with this world, long long ago, 
And plucked it from the lockstep of time's regular flow. 
Flashes of the past and future collided, ''cor blimey''! 
All in all, it was an adventure most ''timey-wimey''. 

Orion Pax went back in time on some ridiculous trip, 
And in the end Jhiaxus made away with the 'Con's spaceship. 
{{storylink|Syndromica (2)}}

They chased that evil rascal all the way to [[Gorlam Prime]] 
In the desperate hope that they could possibly stop him in time. 
Their investigation led them deep beneath the surface 
To an abandoned city that served no obvious purpose. 
Wheelie found out the hard way to keep his hand in his pocket, 
As a corrosive dissolved his arm right up to its socket. 
The city turned out to be a slumbering [[Titan (group)|Titan]], 
Whom Jhiaxus awoke, primed and ready for fightin'! 
With his colossal new pal, Jhiaxus quickly flew the coop, 
Leaving Wheelie behind to disintegrate alongside his group. 
Gorlam Prime was dissolving, but Orion wasn't scared: 
For just such an occasion, he had an [[Skyroller|escape ship]] prepared! 
At last understanding Jhiaxus's convoluted scheme, 
One-armed Wheelie set course for Cybertron (along with his team). 
{{storylink|Homecoming (IDW)|Homecoming}}

The ship tried to escape Gorlam's gravity well, 
But they couldn't break free! Things didn't look swell. 
The ''[[Lost Light]]'' soon saved them, and blasted ahead 
All the way home, while Wheelie spoke with Hardhead. 
Wheelie said that the [[Knights of Cybertron|Knights]] were a lie, and he didn't believe, 
But there was no time to argue, because Orion had to leave! {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}}

Pax left for the [[Dead Universe]], that cold, morbid realm 
Wheelie wished him farewell and let Pax take the helm. {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}}

While Orion embarked on his perilous trip, 
Wheelie and Garnak remained behind on the ship. 
Orion, in trouble, asked the pair for a lift, 
But Wheelie informed him that there was no more rift! 
The former Prime was stranded, he couldn't get through, 
And poor Wheelie had no idea what he could do. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}}

But Wheelie and Garnak hadn't thrown in the towel! 
Though we don't know how, they met up with [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]]. 
The redoubtable trio - plus new friend, [[Stardrive]] - 
Were next to be seen on [[Regalis V]]. 
Marooned [[Throttlebot]]s were under some threat 
From bad [[Maximal]]s - but weren't dead yet! 
{{storylink|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}}

They boarded [[Peaceful Revolution|Prowl's ship]], and all took a seat, 
Put it in gear, and made hasty retreat. 
{{storylink|The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)|The Dead Come Home, Part 2}}

The crew persevered despite Cybertron's scouring, 
Then helped save the Earth! Pretty empowering! 
{{storylink|Road's End}}{{storylink|Assembly (Unicron)|Assembly}}{{storylink|Ceremony}}

{{-}}

===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in manga===
[[File:Henkei 11 cover.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|When your parents have a new kid, Out you go on the dustbin lid!]]

As a full-on member of the [[Mini Vehicle|Minibot]] team, 
Wheelie went on a mission that was more than it seemed. 
Following energy signatures, the group of peons 
Unearthed a dino-Transformer who'd been buried for eons! 

Wheelie wasn't congratulated for his hard work. 
Instead, the confused [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] up and went berserk! 
[[Hot Shot (Henkei!)|Hot Shot]] intervened and handed the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] defeat, 
Which was good news for Wheelie, who almost became dead meat. 
{{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 11}}
{{-}}

===''TransTech''===
[[Transcendent Technomorph|A bunch of guys]] mistook [[Bumblebee (Animated)|'Bee]] for someone named "Wheelie" 
As well [[Hot Shot (Armada)|as]] [[big daddy g1|some]] [[Cheetor (BW)|others]] whom he never was, really. 
{{storylink|Bee in the City}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===

Overthrowing the [[President of the United States|Prez]], [[General Flagg]] led the [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] 
On a mission to Cybertron to engage their foes. 
But the big metal planet was in a state of unrest 
And Wheelie was snatched by [[Harvester unit|a unit programmed to harvest]]. 
{{storylink|Pax Megatronus}}

But Wheelie escaped! He's a tough little guy. 
He survived till the end of the war, and that's why 
when Cybertron then passed into Rodimus's care, 
Wheelie was present! Look–he's right there! {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
Wheelie was fast! He felt the need 
To challenge [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], on [[Velocitron|the planet of speed]]. 
But [[scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Squeezeplay (G1)|Crashbash]] attacked! They had one desire– 
To abduct Blurr's partner [[Haywire|Hyperfire]]! {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

==Commercial appearances==
While stranded on hostile [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]] with Hot Rod and Kup, 
Wheelie made sure the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] didn't gobble them up! 
{{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sharkticon|Sharkticon commercial}}

He later helped his fellow Autobots charge Galvatron, 
But when [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] joined in, he had to get gone! 
{{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sixshot|Sixshot commercial}}

==Games==
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{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

H e b e a t c u p h e a d t o d e a th

===''Transformers Legends''===
In the future, the Autobots found Wheelie on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]. 
He keenly joined up with them, after the end of [[Unicron]]. 
Magnus brought him to Earth to help the Autobots rebuild, 
But when the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s attacked, they were all almost killed! 
{{storylink|Junkion Reunion}}

When [[Quintesson]]s put [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] on trial 
Wheelie helped Grimlock rescue them with a smile. 
{{storylink|Mockery of Justice}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Wheelie-(Gen).jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.7|As an Epic character, All my stats are very strong! But I won't be around for very long! As the last Transformers game of DeNA, Transformers: Battle Tactics will be gone in May!]]
Wheelie fought several Decepticons, Autobots, and others. Sometimes he fought with identical brothers! He first appeared in the event, "Transform and Roll Out!" Whether he's easy to build with 50 Wheelie cores, I doubt.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1-toy Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|My toy kind of sucks! ...can anyone think of ''another'' word that rhymes with suck?]]
*'''Wheelie''' (Mini Vehicle, [[1986]])
**''Takara ID number:'' '''C-80'''

:Wheelie's transformation does not go very far, he turns into a generic "futuristic car".
:His design is likely based on the [//oldconceptcars.com/1930-2004/fiat-abarth-record-car-1956/ ''1956 Fiat Abarth''], a 50s concept car that also looked like barf.
:Surprisingly enough, the fans' fancy he tickles, as he's the only new mold of the third-year [[Mini Vehicle]]s.

: The '86 Minis first came with an [[iron-on patch]], but later on those bonuses were removed from this batch.

: In Japan he came in a box with a collector's card, which made shoplifting the toy considerably more hard.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed much later on, into an old friend of Prime's named [[Dion (G1)#Collector's Edition|Dion]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Wheelie/wheelie.htm More on Wheelie you will know, at TFU.info]''

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===''The Transformers Collection''===
[[File:G1Wheelie toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You can change him in a snap! But he will still look like crap.]]
*'''Future Cybertron''' (Multi-pack, [[2005]])
**''ID number:'' '''20'''

:Wheelie was reissued in a ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' set. [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] [[Kup (G1)/toys#The Transformers Collection|Kup]] and [[Recoil (G1)#The Transformers Collection|Recoil]], you also did get!
:This reissue's different in an unexpected way; where the old face was orange, the new one is gray!

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Cybertron/Wheelie/wheelie.htm More information on reissue Wheelie, found at TFU.info. No, really!]''
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Wheelielegendsuniverse.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Bumblebee swine, your [[alternate mode|alt mode]]'s mine!]]
*'''Autobot Wheelie''' (Legends Class, [[2009]])
**''Series:'' G1 Series

:Right along with many other Mini Vehicles from Generation 1, ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Wheelie was released as a "[[Legends Class (2005)|Legends]]" for pocket-sized fun.
:To make the tiny rhyming robot just a little bit neater, he now transforms into, apparently, a "[[Junkion (planet)|Junk Planet]] speeder!"<ref>Wheelie's cardback calls him this, assuming Hasbro's not taking the piss.</ref>
:Hasbro was thoughtful, and kept Wheelie well-armed. They sculpted him a [[Slingshot (weapon)|slingshot]]! Enemies be alarmed!

:If an evil redeco of this Wheelie toy you lack, ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|ROTF]]'' [[Shadow Striker (ROTF)#Revenge of the Fallen|Shadow Striker]] is this Wheelie in black!

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/TFUWheelie/wheelie.htm If more on ''Universe'' Wheelie you wish to see, go to TFU.info, it's that easy!]''
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===''Henkei! Henkei!''===
[[File:Henkei-toy Wheelie.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Wheelie's popular in Japan, but hey, that ain't a crime. Why do they like him so much? Because he doesn't... talk poetry.]]
*'''Minibot Spy Team''' (Multi-pack, 2009)
**''ID number:'' '''C-19'''

:The same sculpt as the above ''Universe'' toy, this Wheelie is not exactly the same boy.
:''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' Wheelie has colors more mellow, as over in Japan, he's light orange-yellow.
:He comes packed with two other Minibots totaling three, though [[Warpath (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|Warpath]] and [[Cosmos (G1)#Henkei! Henkei!|Adams]] are most certainly not for free.
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Generations china import deluxe wheelie.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Blasting his enemies right off their feet, With these speakers buffing rhymes with all these phat beats.]]
*'''Wheelie''' (Deluxe Class, [[2012]])
**''Accessories'': Two speakers, slingshot/blaster

:Wheelie got himself released in ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'', but he remained [[exclusive]] to certain locations.
:[[Toys"R"Us]] and Asia are where he was found, and he isn't the commonest Transformer around.
:Previously thought to be lacking pizazz, Wheelie's now a retool of ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]]'' [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Jazz]]!
:He changes from a car with [[Jazz (Movie)|Solstice]] headlights, to a robot with a new head, ready for some fights.
:He's armed with some speakers standard to the mold. They can [[C joint|clip]] onto his doors, which never gets old.
:Wait up! Hold on! That isn't all that he's got: Wheelie's also armed with his mighty slingshot!
:It can serve as a blaster when [[5 mm post|plugged into]] his hand, something that play patterns find utterly grand.

:His [[package art]] has been modified from Jazz's, too. He's been given a head and colors, all brand new!
:It's all rather sad, then, that the artists thought they were done, because Wheelie is still depicted holding Jazz's gun!

:This mold was redecoed thrice in its original and unmodified state. Toys of [[Stepper (SG)#Timelines|two]] [[Ricochet (Headmasters)#United 2|Steppers]] and ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Longarm (SG)#Timelines|Longarm]] did it certainly create.
:For [[Retool#Gang-molded alternate parts|pretools]], ''Timelines'' [[Treadshot (SG)#Timelines|Treadshot]] had utilized the mold's alternate head. ''Timelines'' [[Kick-Off (G1)#Timelines|Kick-Over]], meanwhile, was [[retool]]ed with a new head-sculpt, instead.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/GDOWheelie/wheelie.htm Should more on ''Generations'' Wheelie you desire to know, check out his page on TFU.info!]''
{{2010JazzMold}}
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy Wheelie.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Wheelie complains he is far too old "But we need another car Kreon" someone had told.]]
*'''Autobot Wheelie''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
**''Collection'': '''''Age of Extinction'' Collection 2'''
**''Accessories'': Logo brick, large rifle

:This [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] Wheelie came in the sixth wave, of ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Micro-Changer]]s for fans to crave.
:A [[Kreon]] who can be rebuilt into a car, he sports [[Hound (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Hound]]'s helmet, which has gone very far!

:Unlike prior Micro-Changer assortments, there's no ID code to tell the bags' contents.
:Meaning you'd best be good at feeling parts through the bag, as not getting the toy you want can be kind of a drag.

:This assortment was originally slated to be [[exclusive]] to [[Toys"R"Us]], but US stores dropped the line, causing much fuss.
:It was still available in Canada, Chinese/Asian markets and Australia, which led to ridiculous prices and secondary-market mania.
:In 2015, the Collection appeared in the US at Dollar Tree, with a price tag of a whopping $1 a pop, practically free!
:Fans sought out these stores in a buying throng, and with very few shipments, they didn't last long.
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===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Legends-Class-Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hey, world, are you jelly? I fit tiny men in my belly!]]
*'''Autobot Wheelie''' (Legends Class, [[2016]])

:If you keep reading, then you will learn, about Wheelie's new toy, from ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]''-
:He's a Legends class mold now! Who would have guessed? He can carry [[Titan Master]]s around in his chest!
:They can drive him around, and travel quite far, because Wheelie turns into a sci-fi type car.
:It's a pretty cool toy, but Hasbro forgot, to give him his weapon: that iconic slingshot!

:But that isn't all! He comes with a card, it's based on his art! (That wasn't so hard).

:Although Wheelie's packaging and card art shows that his helmet is gray, his actual product's helmet is unpainted orange (no way!),

:Some of his ball-and-socket joints are loose, while his vehicle mode can't thoroughly peg depending on any copy you choose.
:The kneecap panels can be further collapsed down, although this is optional unless you're fiddling around.

:Once ''Titans Return'' Wave One had taken form, Wheelie was the only Legends Class not to shelfwarm!

::*[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/TRWheelie/wheelie.htm For more information on ''Titans Return'' Legends Class Wheelie, TFU.info is always at it, you see!]
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG29-Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Run to order me on your computer, I come packaged with a little Go Shooter!]]
*'''Wheelie & Goshooter''' (Two-pack, [[September 24]], 2016)
**''ID number:'' '''LG29'''

:Wheelie was released again by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] in Japan, with a new paint job meant to be as show-accurate as it can!

:And now he is packed with [[Shūta Gō#Legends|Goshooter]]: a small Headmaster accessory, which is a redeco of Loudmouth without the vehicle partner (yes sirree!)
:Although Goshooter can use any ''Titans Return''-styled molds to put his Head mode on, he can accommodate with Wheelie's vehicle mode, which he can actually ride on!
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:TF-Studio-Series-86-Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|''Hasbro you big jerk, My legs won't work!]]
*'''Grimlock & Autobot Wheelie''' (Leader Class, [[2021]])
**''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''86-06'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-64'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[May 29]], 2021

:Packaged with ''Studio Series'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Grimlock]], you see, was also a tiny figure of Wheelie!

:He can't transform, or move his elbows and knees, but he can ride on Grim's back like in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]!''
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==Merchandise==
===''ULTIMATES!''===
*'''Grimlock''' ([[2021]])
**''Accessories'': Wheelie figure, mind transfer helmet, apron, serving tray, 6 drinking glasses, fish, crown, 6 sets of dino forelimb claws

: Roses are red
: Violets are blue
: A non-transforming figurine of Wheelie was included with ''[[Transformers ULTIMATES!]]'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#ULTIMATES!|Grimlock]]
: Whoop-de-doo
{{comingsoontoy}}
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==Notes==
[[File:ToyFair1986-TFpage01a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4| I could've had a touch of blue, but [[Hasbro]] said "that just won't do."]]
[[File:FriedmanAuctionWheelieModelEdit.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|It sure is a good thing I'm not black and yellow, You might've confused me with [[Bumblebee (disambiguation)|some other fellow!]]]]
*In the first [[commercial]] where Wheelie did appear, His voice didn't sound anywhere near! Although Frank Welker did the gig, Wheelie's voice came much deeper, dig? In fact—and we're sure you'll all agree - He sounded like the {{w|The Smurfs|Smurfs'}} pal "{{w|Johan and Peewit|Peewee}}"!
*In an [[Toy Fair 1986|old catalog]], Wheelie's toy could be seen, But when his toy hit the market, its colors changed some time in between. And yet this obsolete coloration still lingered around; Wheelie bore the same scheme in some comics, savvy readers had found!
*Among those who dislike Wheelie is [[Floro Dery]], The guy who designed him (it's the truth! Really!). Dery's said that of all his Transformers designs, Wheelie's the one that he most fiercely maligns — Maybe even the only one! Honest, it's true! You can read for yourself in this interview!<ref>[http://transformersph.blogspot.com/2007/06/interview-with-floro-dery.html An interview from the Philippines, in which Floro Dery is really mean!]</ref>
*In the futuristic/bygone year of 2010, A set of Wheelie's color models were sold by [[Ron Friedman]]! These bits of history from the [[Sunbow Productions|Sunbow]] [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]] Were what you'd describe as totally groovy; Showing our hero with a form long-unseen, Sporting yellow and black (and it looked pretty keen!).
*In the Season 3 Italian dub, Wheelie never rhymes. Instead, he says "wroom wroom" at totally random times.
[[File:Unused AHM Wheelie concept.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Two designs that we were spared, because nobody really cared.]]
*In [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]], his animation model was [[Endo|used]]. He agreed with [[Sentinel Minor|his boss]], and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] was abused. They believed Hot Shot's [[Wheeljack (Armada)|friend]] had died writhing in flames. And thanks to those jerks, Hot Shot got all the blame. {{storylink|Past}} {{storylink|Past II}}
**Wheelie's model was reused again later on, This time as a generic, obscure [[Mini-Con]]! {{storylink|Miracle}}
*[[Chris Ryall]] said Wheelie would get a [[Spotlight: Wheelie|spotlight]] on his [http://ryalltime.blogspot.com/2008/02/who-said-music-industry-is-dead.html blog]. Summarily, Ryall's hide the fans swore they would flog. On [http://jizaitoys.seesaa.net/article/34599110.html Jizai's design] [[Klaus Scherwinski]] did base, For Wheelie's sake, you can admit, he didn't lose face.
*Although Wheelie thought that his body looked fine, For [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|AHM]] he received a swell redesign! [[Guido Guidi]], the artist, was not so enthused, And so in "[[Spotlight: Wheelie]]" it didn't get used.
*Wheelie's parents hail from [[Gobotron]]. ''Huh''. Who knew? The source is a tome called ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac Two]]''!

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Wheelie''' (ウィーリー ''Wīrī'')
*''English:'' '''Willy''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''French:'' '''Tourbillo''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Ugrabot''' (''The Movie'')
*''Italian:'' '''Scooter''', '''Saetta''' (''The Movie'')
*''Korean:'' '''Wheelie''' (휠리 ''Hwilli'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Wiley''' (Taiwan, 威利 ''Wēi Lì''), '''Zhuàn Lún''' (China, 转轮, "Reel")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Rodinhas''' (Portugal Comic)

==Footnotes==
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[[Category:IDW (2005) Autobots]]
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:Mini Vehicles]]
[[Category:Poets]]
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Wheelie (G1)

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:''Wheelie is an [[Autobot]], cheerful as the sun, from the [[continuity family]] of [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]].''
[[File:Wheelieg1.jpg|upright=1.9|thumb|"You give Wheelie sass? He ''will'' kick your ass."]]
The diminutive '''Wheelie''' is an Autobot child, but don't let your guard down. He's often underestimated. But Wheelie shows great strength for someone so young. You see, Wheelie ''survives''; it's simply what he ''does''. How is that? It's because he's spent years honing his skills on planets not unlike Hell, fighting [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s and [[Quintesson]]s. So despite his age, Wheelie's the best survivalist you'll find on [[Cybertron]]. And yet, Wheelie's still just a kid. Prone to pouting and pranking.
He hangs out with [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel], causing all sorts of trouble.

For whatever reason he rhymes.

{{quote|Wheelie say find friends today!|Wheelie|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Kazue Komiya]] (Japanese)|[[Gu Guoyi]] (Chinese), [[Dani Albiac]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Gerhard Acktun]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1 - 5", "Chaos" & "Call of the Primitives"), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, "Fight or Flee"), [[Claus Brockmeyer]] (German, "The Movie" TV Dub), [[Serge Bourrier]] (European French, "Surprise Party"), [[Carlos Marques]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" TV dub), [[Orlando Prado]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" VHS dub), [[Úrsula Bezerra]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" Fox Kids dub), [[Mário Jorge Andrade]] (Portuguese, season 3)}}
[[File:Wheelietftmslingshot.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|From early on, it was fated: It would be me that you all hated!]]
On the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], his ship crashed. Wheelie survived, although his vessel was destroyed. Though alone, Wheelie kept himself alive, because Wheelie was strong.

One day, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] came in search of their friends, so Wheelie offered to help them. With his rhymes, Wheelie earned the respect of the Mighty [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]!

Then with the help of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and others,
Wheelie returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].
{{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Wheelie’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in [[Transformers: The Animated Movie|two]] [[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|adaptations]] featuring the small Transformer!}}

In 2006, he had to bring [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[Transformation cog|cog]] to [[Earth]].{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}

To accomplish the task, Wheelie formed a duo with [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], but Galvatron stranded them on [[Io]].
{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}

[[File:FFOD4 Autobots lightpoles.JPG|upright=1.4|thumb|With beasts big and small I've had my spats, but did Wheelie deserve to fight all these bats?]]
Being attacked by [[lightpole]]s, things began to look grim, but because Blurr was faster than him, Wheelie threw him the cog and told him to go to [[Marissa Faireborn]]'s ship. But Blurr refused to abandon him, and so they fought the lightpoles. When Marissa came and helped, the lightpoles started targeting her ship.
{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

The trio fought on, but the lightpoles were getting the better of them, until [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] showed up to rescue them Though the lightpoles were defeated, the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] arrived, but Sky Lynx defeated them. The team reached Earth in time, completing their mission. With the cog now delivered, Metroplex came alive.
He fought [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]].
{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Later, with Grimlock and Blurr, Wheelie listened to Kup, talking about the [[Ick-Yak]]s on [[Dread (planet)|Dread]],
But when Grimlock mentioned [[Chaos (alien)|Chaos]], Kup became mad.
{{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

When zombie Optimus came under [[Quintesson]] control, destruction of the Autobots became his primary goal.
He tricked Wheelie and others into a trap full of missiles.
But Wheelie survived when [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] returned, and left the zombie Optimus behind to be destroyed.
{{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}}

Not long after that, Wheelie volunteered for a competition. But the timestream was being messed with, and Wheelie got stuck in a neverending race.
Eventually, time and space was repaired, freeing Wheelie from his trap.
{{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

On Earth, Wheelie witnessed landmarks disappearing. The Dinobots were suspects, but he didn't think that was true, because the true culprit was an [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|ethnic stereotype]]!
{{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

[[File:Daniel&wheeliesurpriseparty.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Daniel, we are out of time. Yet, Wheelie must complete this rhyme!]]
In an adventure, Wheelie tried to deduce the date of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Magnus]]'s birthday. He knew finding the truth would be hard. So he asked Daniel Witwicky to help him.Their search led them straight to a storage asteroid that was being spied on by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. Cyclonus took them hostage. But Magnus came. When Ultra Magnus arrived, he attacked Cyclonus.
But as they fought, little did they know, that Wheelie snuck past them and pressed the self-destruct button, which meant if they lingered they would die. So Cyclonus retreated, and Magnus saved them. As it turned out, Magnus didn't know his own birthday.
{{storylink|Surprise Party}}

With other Autobots, Wheelie found [[Paradron]], a planet that [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] lived on.
Galvatron tried make it his base, But gave up when Ultra Magnus blew up.
{{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}}

On another adventure, Wheelie didn't do much.
{{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:AutobotsCall.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Our energy was drained. No jokes have remained.]]
Wheelie was slightly more active in the next event , as Cybertron was being drained of its energy.Wheelie opened fire at [[Tornedron]] But Tornedron drained his life.

Luckily, Tornedron was defeated, and his life was restored.
{{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

Wheelie later joined others to deduce a [[Gregory Swofford|human]]'s plot, and when they fought a [[Hate Plague|plagued]] [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], Wheelie got shot to death.
{{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

He was saved by a [[Quintesson]]. But when Optimus set out, they replaced him with [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]].
{{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

When the time came along for [[Tommy Kennedy]]'s birthday, Wheelie joined the Autobots to get down and party. As Tommy sat atop [[Powermaster]] Prime's right shoulder, Wheelie wished him good fortune.While Tommy received his cake and blew out each candle, Wheelie got really pumped.
{{Storylink|Surprise Party#Season 5|Season 5: Surprise Party}}

====Rodimus vs. Cyclonus====
{{note|Wheelie's part in helping Hot Rod and Kup would go on. In the form of a comic with a minor [[Retcon]].}}
Before making it all the way to the Planet of [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], Wheelie and friends found themselves in a predicament.Though he was an expert pilot who could get them there fast, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] showed up.
Cyclonus was challenged to battle by Hot Rod, but Cyclonus's power almost killed him
Kup then requested help and Wheelie replied, by talking to some friends.
To make their ship visible was what Kup had asked, so [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and <s>[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]</s> [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] did.
When Hot Rod began winning, Cyclonus became a goner. He admitted he failed. They at last made it to Junkion and found everyone else. Now watch [[Wheelie (G1)#The Transformers cartoon|the movie]].
{{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Kazue Komiya]] (Japanese)|[[Erika Robledo]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
[[File:HM ep01 Wheelie beats Tantrum.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|''Headmasters'' Wheelie could be as snarky as you please! His words to Chromedome? "It's too late for apologies!"]]
By 2011, Wheelie was too petulant to rhyme
He blamed everything on [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]
Although a jerk to the core, Wheelie was not all alone,
He hung out with [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]], and the two were quite dangerous

While chilling on [[Earth]], the pair were met with surprise
By the titanic Trypticon with glowing death.
The Decepticon gave chase, but Wheelie outsmarted their foe,
Luring him onto a busted bridge, where he slipped and fell.

They then stowed away on the [[Trainbot]]s and returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]],
To help battle the Decepticons.
Daniel, the wuss, was soon attacked by [[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]]
So Wheelie had to pound the bull's head.{{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}

Before leaving with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] to face matters unpleasant, 
[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] bequeathed to Wheelie.
It was a mix-tape of music he'd composed on his own
And Wheelie played it after Blaster died.{{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

As Hot Rod searched Earth for the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] he'd lost,
[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] told Wheelie to believe in him.
Wheelie brushed off Kup's words, thinking them silly
And was acting all snarky, at least up until he
Was interrupted by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]], who had a better attitude
So he offered to help instead of standing 'round.
Wheelie, however, couldn't help them one whit,
So he went to an arcade with Daniel to complain
He thought himself far more useful than the adults all around him,
And yet even at video games, ''Daniel'' proceeded to pound {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Next, Blaster's untimely death sent Wheelie into depression.
"No one cares Blaster's gone"
But Wheelie was wrong; Rodimus Prime cared quite a bit.
He knew Blaster's death was a mistake and sought to rectify
So Blaster was revived as Twincast, much to Wheelie's elation,
And thus began the Great Cassette.{{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

[[File:WheelieRebellionBeast01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Wheelie hears what you mutter. Get your mind out of the gutter.]]
Daniel and Wheelie then stowed away on [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]]'s battleship
And accompanied the Autobots on their perilous
To the [[Beastformer]] homeworld, known simply as [[Beast (planet)|Beast]],
Where the 'Cons were causing trouble
Wheelie and Daniel then tried to rescue the Beastformer slaves,
But were imprisoned ''themselves'' in the dungeon
Luckily for Wheelie, the Headmasters were there.
They drove off all the villains {{storylink|Rebellion on Planet Beast}}

The meteorite [[Metamorphose]] then threatened Autobot space,
By warping anything metal
Only ''Daniel'' was safe. Only ''he'' could defeat it.
Wheelie cheered Daniel on—he was ''sure'' he could beat
But Daniel was a crybaby, a big blubbering sack
So Wheelie chided him
Daniel ''eventually'' manned up and blew up the rock,
But Wheelie such a jerk {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

The Trainbots later invited both Wheelie and Dan
To come visit their birthplace in far-off [[Japan]].
Soon after arriving, [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] made some trouble
Stirring up the Autobots, who countered
The Headmasters went searching all over the planet
While Dan and Wheelie went shopping
The Trainbots shopped ''with'' them, and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] made a fuss
Causing Daniel to run away crying. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

Wheelie later observed as the Autobots fought,
To reach [[Vector Sigma]] first
The Decepticons would get there, and then there'd be trouble,
Because they'd use Sigma's [[Cybertonuron]] to turn the Autobots

But they were wrong—[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] had a more menacing scheme:
To blow up all of Cybertron.
The bombs could not be removed, much to Wheelie's frustration,
Leaving Rodimus to call for the planet's evacuate
And so Wheelie was forced to watch his planet go KER-PEW!
Poor little guy
Rodimus then departed on an outer space quest,
Leaving [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] to raise Wheelie {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

[[File:WheelieEnergonGlutton01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Wheelie likes to eat, drink and be merry, His favorite cereal is ''Frankenberry''.]]
Crippled with sorrow over Cybertron's end,
The Autobots threw a party
Wheelie, the hedonist, had too much to drink,
And got drunk and passed out
{{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}}

Along with Daniel and Spike, Wheelie went to Peru
To prevent the members of the Decepticons
From making a volcano blow up
Leaving the villagers below to die

As the mountain erupted, they approached in [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
But he couldn't beat the heat
So Wheelie tried once again, this time with the Trainbots,
But the heat drove ''them'' off too, just like they were lame
With no options left, they evacuated the town
Saving the villagers while the magma poured {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}}

On Athenia, Daniel was planting some seeds
And began watering them
As Wheelie observed this dull gardening show,
He was shocked when he saw [[buridanka|the plant]] growing
The plant was a creature from the world of [[Darhos]]
That could grow to great heights, turning slimy

[[File:WheelieHeadOnFortMax01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Excuse me, good sir, I'm beggin' your pardon, But might Wheelie assist in planting your spice garden?"]]
Wheelie and Daniel called to Spike for some aid.
Spike then looked to Arcee
But they could do nothing, and the plant ''almost'' trashed their base,
Luckily, Fortress wiped it out{{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

When Wheelie and Daniel went to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] on a geological mission,
They found that the red planet bad
Scorponok had planted bombs near the planet's core,
And once they went off, Mars would then be gone
Then the pair were attacked by the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]] [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]],
Who easily abducted the duo

Imprisoned deep underground in a series of caves
Daniel concocted a scheme to trick
He staged an argument with Wheelie and even a fake brawl
Which let him secretly send an Autobot distress
The Headmasters then arrived and rescued the youths,
But could not find the time bombs {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}

Returned to Athenia, Wheelie looked on in fright
Praying Fortress would survive
When they found that their leader had been injured severely
Wheelie swore to the skies that the Decepticons would pay
But Wheelie's swearing and screeching couldn't stop what was fated;
Mars was blown into bits and [[Scorponok (G1)|Mega Zarak]] {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

With the threat of Mega Zarak now looming ahead
Wheelie admitted to Daniel his feelings
But Daniel wouldn't hear it; he knew Fortress was stronger
He'd had enough of Wheelie's crap
So with inhuman strength (and overreacting a bit), 
He shoved Wheelie into a lake

Before Wheelie could crush him with his mighty robot fist,
A flying saucer zoomed past.
Daniel thought that the alien might be friend and not foe,
So he tried to use a keyboard to communicate with it
Daniel was completely wrong—about as wrong as you can ''get''.
The alien was ''[[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]''.
Humiliated by his actions, Daniel started to weep
Leaving Wheelie no choice but to soothe himstorylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}

When the planet called [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]] sent an SOS into space
Asking for [[Energon cube]]s to save them
The Autobots, always kindly, agreed to give them their aid,
And Wheelie and Daniel tagged along to see the delivery
Then the Decepticons attacked! But Spike ''knew'' that they would,
And he set up a small cargo ship to
Slip away in the battle and deliver the cubes.
Wheelie and Daniel laughed out loud at the Decepticons
And so the cargo was delivered and Sandra was saved!
Wheelie didn't do much this time{{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

[[File:WheelieHivePlanet01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Normally, this would bring Wheelie to tears, But he wouldn't touch a ''bug'' in a million years!]]
When the Decepticons [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] showed up at last
[[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] told Wheelie all about their backstory
He revealed unto Wheelie that they used to be friends,
But when they joined Scorponok, they stopped {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}}

Wheelie and the Autobots then found themselves stuck in a race
To prevent the Decepticons from plundering the universe
The planet of [[Hive (planet)|Hive]] was the villains' first victim,
But they were thwarted when the Autobots arrived {{storylink|Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!}}

As for the twin planets of [[Twin Star|Sperity and Toruin]],
Galvatron planned to ransack them
As Sperity was attacked for its huge energy stash,
Wheelie was sent to Toruin before he could do anything

And on that barren planet Wheelie made a find:
The people of Sperity had left their old planet
They had taken their energon far away from there,
Which is why Galvatron couldn't find it
Eventually, Galvatron was forced to just call it quits,
And the Autobots left the Speritans to start over {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}}

At ''[[Video Challenger]]'', Daniel proved very skilled,
But Wheelie's reaction to him was a little less
So he challenged the kid to shoot an apple that he held
But Daniel shot his ''arm'' instead when his aim got fouled

A penal colony on [[Daros]] was their next landing point,
So they could rescue some war criminals being slaughtered
One of the criminals, though, tried to cut Daniel's neck,
And Wheelie was helpless to stop him,
As it turns out, the criminal wasn't really ''that'' bad,
And when he let Daniel go, no one 'cared
He gave information that helped them unravel a serious knot
And let them defeat MegaZarak. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}}

[[File:WheelieHeadFormationFriendship01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|So when Wheelie is horny his eyes glow like the Devil's? This is unsettling on ''soooo'' many levels...]]
The Decepticons drew them next to the jungle planet [[Paradise]],
Where they were plundering energy and doing things
So with the Headmasters setting out to solve their enemy's tests
Daniel and Wheelie met [[Papika]] and her voluptuous... ''face'
Wheelie was smitten quite quickly, and his eyes glowed deep red.
It's best not to imagine the thoughts

After learning to fish, Wheelie tried his best to impress her
By transforming into a car, but his skills proved the less
When compared to Papika's; she could talk to beasts large and small,
Making it clear that Wheelie couldn't impress her
Later, the Headmasters won the day, just like they always did, 
And Wheelie gave up on Papika. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

On their travels, the Decepticons proved formidable foes, 
Having stolen energy from six planets. ''. 
Approaching [[Pirate Planet]], Wheelie spotted something quite freaky: 
An old space pirate ship that was battered, 
And then an awesome adventure immediately began 
Involving pirates! And pyramids! Treasure! [[Clone (subgroup)|Clones]]! ''. 
Wheelie sat the whole thing out, letting Daniel have all the fun. 
Of all the adventures to miss, he had to skip out on? {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}}

As [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] struggled in vain to crack Scorponok's secret code, 
Daniel and Wheelie tried to help him cross that
Unfortunately, their "help" proved far too insufficient, 
And they had to start over from scratch ). 
Then Sixshot attacked and blew [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] into bits, 
And Wheelie attended his funeral {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}}

From the Athenia base, Wheelie watched Spike blow his top; 
The 'Cons were ransacking Earth
They were blaming Chromedome for the team's lack of success, 
But Arcee told them to chill {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

[[File:IRiskMyLifeForWheelie01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Wheelie likes to blame Chromedome for all that he can. He's a serious douchebag in this cartoon from Japan.]]
On a mission to Earth, Chromedome had just one simple job, 
To keep Spike 
Screwed it all up and Spike went into intensive care. 
Daniel forgave Chromedome, but Wheelie wouldn't let it. 
Chromedome tried to say sorry, but Wheelie said it wasn't enough. 
Even by ''Wheelie's'' standards, he was treating Chromedome 

As Spike recovered from surgery, Wheelie was then put to work, 
Helping to find Mega Zarak's weakspot for Chromedome 
After tens of minutes of labor, they all figured it out: 
The weakspot was on his chest beyond all shadow of a doubt! {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

With the Decepticons banished from Earth, the Autobots needed aid 
In gathering [[Plasma energy]] bombs so the humans would not be afraid. 
To accomplish this goal, Wheelie offered to call on friends that he knew, 
But Daniel laughed in his face! Wheelie was friendless and a ''fibber'', too! 

Then much to Daniel's surprise, Wheelie proved him totally wrong, 
When his good "friends" [[Pointblank]], [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] and [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] came along! 
Those Autobots were great warriors! Daniel was very impressed! 
But at being called Wheelie's "friends" the trio became very distressed. 
As it turns out, they ''weren't'' his "friends"; Wheelie was an absolute liar! 
They were his superior officers! His robo-pants were on fire! {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

With Wheelie's good "friends" now turned into powerful [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s, 
The veterans began insulting the obsolete Headmasters. 
In front of Daniel and Wheelie, Pointblank came down on Chromedome, 
Who feared the after effects of the disrespect he was shown. 
But Daniel and Wheelie didn't respect Chromedome any less 
(If they respected him ''at all'' is, well, ''anyone's'' guess). {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}}

[[File:TheWheelieSwordIsInDanger01.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Okay, sure, Wheelie. ''Whatever you say.'' Daniel can't be a Headmaster (in ''this'' continuity, anyway).]]
While set down on planet Master, Wheelie became full of himself, 
Vowing to become a Headmaster by improving fitness and health. 
Daniel rolled his eyes and laughed out loud; Wheelie's dreams were too silly. 
Wheelie told Daniel he could ''never'' be one; he was too fleshy and frilly. 
Very early the next morning, Wheelie snuck outside for a run, 
Only to be captured by Sixshot, whose evil scheme had begun! 

Sixshot threatened to dip Wheelie in acid if Fortress didn't agree 
To give up the [[Master Sword]]'s secrets and to do it quickly! 
Pointblank coldly suggested they just let Wheelie melt and die, 
But Daniel and Chromedome disagreed! They'd save the little guy! 
Going against orders, the pair snuck inside of Scorponok, 
With Daniel using his size to sneak past the energy locks. 

They got Wheelie out safely, but alas, their rescue was too late. 
Fortress had just handed over his secrets! Well, ain't that just ''great''? 
Furious at the trio for leaving the ship without orders, 
He gave them a mop and a bucket and said to wash ''all'' the quarters. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}}

Thanks to Wheelie's epic failure, the Decepticons took what they stole 
And began construction of the [[Zarak Shield]] as their ultimate goal. 
As the Headmasters traversed Master to thwart the sinister plan, 
Wheelie stood ontop of Battleship Maximus, hanging with Dan. 
They were startled by [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], who had concocted a plan all his own, 
He'd set bombs on the ship and didn't want their cover to be blown! 
Weirdwolf's plan was a success; the bombs completely ruined the ship 
And with his fancy new shield, Zarak prepared to beat on the crip. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}}

While [[Raiden]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] worked double-time on repairs, 
Wheelie and Dan found themselves useless to help with such affairs. 
As the grown-ups worked diligently to create tactics and plans, 
The kids went to play video games at their elder's demands. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

With the Maximus repaired, the Autobots set off into space 
After Mega Zarak whom they ''once again'' had to chase. 
In an effort to kill time, Wheelie had his ''greatest'' idea yet: 
He and Daniel would see what it was like inside a laser turret! 
Then the turret was damaged with Daniel still stuck inside, 
And jettisoned away from the ship; Wheelie just about ''cried''. 
Daniel made it back (with Sixshot's help), much to Wheelie's relief; 
If he had caused Daniel's death, Wheelie would have been crippled with grief! {{storylink|My Friend Sixshot!}}

Sixshot may have saved Daniel, but he was still no Autobot friend 
And challenged Chromedome to a duel where he'd surely meet his end. 
Wheelie, that eavesdropping punk, heard about the whole situation 
And ran and told Daniel, who wasn't keen on the confrontation. {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}}

Because of that stupid duel, Mega Zarak made it to Earth first, 
Once again, it was ''all'' Chromedome's fault (that guy is really the ''worst''). 
Daniel was busy pouting, thinking Sixshot had died in the fight. 
Wheelie teased the brat, anyway (never one to pass on a slight). 
They eventually reached Earth, but tragedy wasn't far behind: 
Spike's plane crashed down in the Andes and they were all in a bind! 
Wheelie followed his good buddy, who had to rescue his mother, 
And Daniel saved the day, yet again! A true hero! (''Oh brother...'') {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}}

[[File:FinalWheeliegoodbye.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Here's a joke that's a real zinger. Go ahead, Daniel, pull my finger!]]
It turned out Scorponok's master plan involved blowing up the Earth 
And gathering up the released energy (which was of tremendous worth). 
With friends and justice, the Autobots joined hands in formation 
And prevented Scorponok's insidius detonation! 
Mega Zarak destroyed and the Decepticons driven away, 
Wheelie and Daniel were left with only goodbyes 
Wheelie promised to visit Daniel again when he was older, 
And though they were apart, their passions would forever {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
{{-}}

=====''15 Go! Go!'' comics=====
[[File:15GoGo Wheelie.jpeg|upright=1.2|thumb|Wheelie may be drawn as his worst toy of all time, but that's still a punishment lighter than fits the crime.]]
[[Teletraan 15]]'s panties were so frilly and white, 
But when Wheelie peeked, [[Teletraan 10]] took this as a slight! 
10 taught him a lesson with a kick from her high heel 
That split open his head and ground his face into meal! 
{{storylink|Wheelie Volume}}

[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] then showed up to give that perv Wheelie a scolding, 
And then hugged poor 15, whose spine would need some remolding! 
{{storylink|Kup Volume}}
{{-}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
[[File:Legends Wheelie.jpeg|right|thumb|Wheelie concedes soccer is pretty fun, as long as the ball is also a gun.]]
[[2021|Ten years]] after his defeat, old Scorponok came back, 
So Wheelie joined Fortress and his crew for a counterattack. 
His friends shrunk when bad guys made a [[black hole]] detonate, 
But Wheelie saved himself and [[Headmaster Junior|some humans]] from sharing their fate. 
{{storylink|Headmaster Chapter Prologue}}

Wheelie came with the rest to the [[Legends World|Legends Universe]], 
Where he flipped skirts at a soccer game (he's kind of perverse). 
He argued with [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] that soccer is boring, 
But cut it out when the head-mode [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] came soaring. 
The culprit was a Galvatron [[Transtector|without a head]], 
So Wheelie and Shūta took him down without getting dead. 
An impressed Wheelie found Shūta's kick moves exciting, 
And admitted that soccer could be just as fun as fighting. 
{{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 29|Bonus Edition Vol. 29}}
{{--}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''=====
In 2010, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] hatched a plan, 
To gobble up spaceships as fast as he can! 
To accomplish this, he built a mechanical creature 
With huge, toothy jaws as its primary feature. 

[[File:Transformers2010MangaIssue5PrimeEnergyDefense01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Want to compensate for being a tiny one? Then just buy yourself an enormous gun!]]
The Autobots found out and were quickly deployed, 
Vowing not to give up until the beast was destroyed! 
Wheelie was among the heroes enlisted to fight, 
And helped [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus]] sneak inside the gargantuan blight. 
Rodimus blew up the creature with a smartly placed bomb, 
And when the Autobots celebrated, Wheelie joined right along. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 1|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #1}}

When planet [[Feminia]] and its [[Prime Energy Tower]] 
Came under attack from Decepticon power, 
Wheelie joined the Autobots in defending the thing, 
Though their best efforts proved futile against [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]. 

Observing the fight, Wheelie compared it to a game, 
Prompting [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] to lash out, calling him stupid and lame! 
The Decepticons eventually lost and were driven away, 
When the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]]s arrived to help win the day! {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}

=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
During a battle between [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] and [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], 
Wheelie mocked and insulted the defeated [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]! 
But Wheelie's cries of joy soon became cries of horror, 
When the Terrorcons brainwashed the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] warrior! 

The [[Cohesive Control Liquid]] had seized Computron's mind 
And forced him to join up with the Decepticons' kind! 
Luckily, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] was there, observing the fight, 
And used a special device to turn everything right! {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}

=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====
[[File:DanielWheelie.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|When you have at this frame peered, You'll have to admit, it's pretty weird.]]
Shortly after the defeat of [[Scorponok (G1)|Mega Zarak]], 
[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]] showed up and began to attack! 
Wheelie, unprepared, took a kick right to the face. 
All can agree he was put in his place! 

When [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]] took hostage [[Carly]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], 
[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] went berserk and started to strike! 
Sending the [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Cassette dinosaurs]] running back home, 
Soundblaster was left open to an attack from [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]. 

As the Autobots left Earth, Wheelie and Daniel said "Goodbye." 
They cuddled and they snuggled and started to cry. 
{{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}
{{--}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:Wheelie judgment day.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The Autobots are grateful that this time Wheelie does not speak in rhyme!]]
{{note|If the part's in italics, don't look away; it's merely to show that it's from the UK.}}
''In a timeline we can't wrap our noggins around, 
''Wheelie's ship was stranded on the Quintessons' ground. 
''But rather than give up and call the whole thing quits, 
''He saved Hot Rod and Kup from the Sharkticon Pits! 
{{storylink|Judgment Day!}}''

''From there, he travelled with them back home to Cybertron 
''Just in time to see it get eaten by Unicron. 
''But the Autobots prevailed, much to Wheelie's relief, 
''And he joined them to celebrate (or wallow in grief). 
{{storylink|The Final Battle!}}''

[[File:Wheeliefurmanism.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Though his speech filters through a rhyming prism, Wheelie still can manage a [[Furmanism]]!]]
''Not especially far did poor Wheelie roam, 
''Still, all things considered, he called [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintesson]] home. 
''So for Rodimus Prime he made himself quite the spy, 
''And reported on the deeds the locals would try. 

''The rescue of Wreck-Gar was his biggest claim to fame, 
''And that's how Wheelie helped to spoil the Quintessons' name. 
{{storylink|Space Pirates!}}''

====''Generation 2''====
In the 1990s, Wheelie wasn't seen much. 
It was possible the Autobot just lacked [[The Touch]]. 
But he could sure fill a background; yes, that he could do. 
He was spotted driving, though no one knows where to. 
{{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}
{{-}}

===Marvel coloring books===
[[File:Wheelie Treasure Coloring Book.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Wheelie's battery-powered and knows how to vibrate! (No, that's not what we meant, you perverted primate.)]]

While on a fabulous picnic, Kup spun a wild yarn 
About lost energon cubes; enough to fill a whole barn! 
At Hot Rod's suggestion, and with Wheelie's support, 
They left to find the lost cubes of the energon sort. 
Laserbeak was spying on them and alerted his friends. 
Galvatron wanted the cubes for his nefarious ends! 

Wheelie joined in a race to be the first ones to find them. 
With a little luck, they'd keep their enemies behind them! 
They lost to the Decepticons, who got to the cubes first, 
But at a glance one would think that the treasure was cursed! 
As the Decepticons all fought over who'd get the stash, 
Wheelie and the others just laughed and escaped in a flash. 
{{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

When Hot Rod and Daniel were attacked by [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s, 
Those wicked Decepticons were playing for keeps! 
He fled from the scene to go fetch some reinforcements. 
Wheelie moved so fast he could've had NASCAR endorsements! 
At Autobot City, Ultra Magnus heard the news 
And soon those evil Decepticons were singing the blues! 
{{storylink|Hot Rod's Escape}}
{{-}}

===Big Looker storybooks===

[[File:Wildboyofquintessonbattle.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|So you think that Wheelie's stupid and just hate his guts? Well Wheelie's ten times cooler than ''you'' are, you sniveling putz!]]

When Wheelie went on a space trip with his mom and his dad, 
They crashed down on [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintesson]] and their ship was damaged quite bad! 
Poor Wheelie, so young, lost both of his parents that day, 
And now with nowhere to go, he had no choice but to stay. 

But the [[Quintesson]]s, those meanies, didn't like Wheelie one bit, 
So they threw him first in a dungeon, then in a [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] pit! 
Wheelie, however, was not ''about'' to be killed, 
As it turns out, in gymnastics, Wheelie was very skilled! 
Using the gangplank as a springboard, he made his escape, 
Then fled into the jungle to live off the land like an ape! 

An undetermined time after that, a spoiled brat named [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], 
Went on a space trip with his homies and, well, isn't it odd, 
They crash-landed on Quintesson just like Wheelie did? 
Except none of them died like the parents of ''that'' kid. 

No sooner had they landed, they were menaced by danger; 
The Quintessons were attacking, but what's even ''stranger'', 
Is that Wheelie saved their lives, launching fireballs at the villains, 
All the while bustin' mad rhymes that were krunk, phresh and illin'. 

Wheelie then led his new friends to his damaged old spaceship, 
And Hot Rod began on repairs so they all could make the trip, 
Away from Quintesson and they needed to leave ''soon'', 
For the Quintessons had returned with some Sharkticon goons! 

Hot Rod repaired the spaceship and just ''barely'' in time, 
And Wheelie escaped with his friends, his health and his rhymes. {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}

===Toy pack-in material===
Wheelie fought alongside Rodimus Prime in a battle on a moon base. 
Strangely, Hot Rod was also nearby, getting punched in the face. {{storylink|Decipher the Decepticon}}

===3H comics===
[[File:Departure-WheelieDaniel.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|For Daniel only Arcee cried, but alas poor Wheelie also died!]]

With [[Doctor Fujiyama the Famous Scientist|Dr. Fujiyama]] in tow, the Autobots were quite screwed. 
It seems a legion of [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbirds]] were in a terrible mood! 
With Wheelie injured thanks to a shot in the back, 
Scar-faced Daniel realized the villains would cut them no slack. 

Prepared to die to stop the evil hordes, 
Wheelie told Daniel these few final words: 

{{quote|"All through our lives, I've been your friend. But now it's time for this to end."}}

With a grenade pin pulled, signalling doom, 
Daniel ended their friendship with a massive ''Kaboom''! 
{{storylink|Departure}}

[[File:Wheeliebrawntapoutescape.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|To what universe does this Wheelie go? From Nightbird death? We'll never know!]]

Centuries passed, with Wars both Great and of Beast, 
And once again [[Unicron]] was prepared to feast! 
An alternate Wheelie was poached from [[Primax 1108.10 Alpha|his home]], 
And locked in the [[Cauldron]] where no one could roam. 

He would fight other Transformers till death, either one; 
The loser would feed his [[spark]] to hungry Unicron! 
Trapped in a cage, Wheelie was doomed to meet [[Primus|his maker]], 
However, he was saved by [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]! 

He escaped with the others, through a portal they were hurled, 
Towards perhaps his home universe, a return to his world! 
{{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:PassiveAggression-Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Wheelie's gone feral! (Let's hope he's sterile.)]]

{{note|You can believe it or not, but just like in Japan, Wheelie did not rhyme once, much to the joys of many a fan.}}

Although [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] promised peace to one and all, 
Wheelie was smart and for that ruse he did not fall. 
He joined a team along with [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]], his [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] pet. 
Together they strove to unveil Shockwave's evil threat. 

[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] wasted no time in joining their side, 
But thought Gnaw was attacking and beat his ugly hide. 
Wheelie didn't take this well and thought Prime a brute, 
So in retaliation, he bit the Commander's boot! 
{{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

Later, once Shockwave's government was overthrown, 
Ultra Magnus planned to set defenses for threats unknown. 
Wheelie, Gnaw, and Hot Rod were assigned perimeter guard duty, 
A boring task which Hot Rod thought was a bunch of hooey. 
{{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
{{note|The following would have happened in [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues|issues we will never see]] Because bad business led to Dreamwave Productions' bankruptcy.}}
After paying a visit to Optimus, offline in the repair bay, 
Wheelie saw his friends beaten like it was child's play 
By [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] and her gang of female Autobot enforcers, 
A vicious bunch who were following Quintesson orders. 
{{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}}
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===''Lil Formers''===
Wheelie was sure he'd be invited to play a role in the [[Transformers (film)|Transformers live-action movie]]. 
He was wearing a pair of sunglasses, which made him look pretty groovy. 
{{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]] (cameo); [[Spotlight: Wheelie]] (full)

[[File:Wheeliesurvival.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Wheelie is sad, for once again he's been had!]]

Wheelie's poor friend Varta was killed in the altercation, 
Then [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] showed up to confuse the situation. 
Jhiaxus's intent was to steal Wheelie's escape ship, 
Before the 'Bot could use it for his homecoming trip. 
Wheelie stalled [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] (who was apparently there, too), 
[[Chaosteros|With]] [[Arachnosaur|creatures]] he'd hoped to take home and lock up in a zoo. 

[[File:Cloaked Wheelie the Stars My Destination.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|Wheelie has done things he cannot forget. (But he'd do them again without regret.)]]
The whole battle proved futile, as time rippled out of sync, 
Leaving Wheelie alone (but with plenty of time to think). 
{{storylink|Syndromica (2)}}

But Wheelie would not spend eternity trapped in that place; 
He used the ship Jhiaxus wanted to travel through space. 
He didn't make it very far (only just [[LV-118|next door]]), 
Where he found himself stranded all by himself, once more. 
Time slowly began to take its toll on poor Wheelie's brain, 
So he took up playing music to keep himself sane. 

One day Rodimus showed up and Wheelie came to his aid. 
They'd known each other once, but Wheelie's memory was frayed. 
Then together with Rodimus and [[Garnak|some other guy]], 
Wheelie stole another ship and bid his prison ''bye, bye''. 
{{storylink|Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination|The Stars My Destination}}

While their trip back to Cybertron was a success, 
Years of war had rendered the whole planet a mess. 
The only ones there were [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]], 
Who gladly got on Wheelie and Rodimus's ride. 

Cybertron was occupied by [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]'s deadly [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s, 
And Wheelie had to defend himself against one of the creeps. 
The Autobots decided they could waste no more time, 
They had to report this invasion to Optimus Prime! 
{{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 4|Heart of Darkness #4}} {{storylink|Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet|Out of the Silent Planet}}

Their motley crew traveled to the planet of [[Earth]], 
Where Wheelie was greeted with a surplus of mirth. 
He was reunited with the others at [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] 
Where his comrades finally stopped to listen to him, it would seem. 
{{storylink|Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix|Orphans of the Helix}}

When [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] seized control of the [[Kimia Facility|Kimia]] station, 
Omega Supreme was first on the list for devastation. 
Along with [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], Wheelie was assigned as a scout, 
But when he sniped a Sweep he gave their position out! 
Pinned down by the horde, it looked as if their lives would be gone 
Until they were suddenly rescued by the heroic... ''Megatron''? 
{{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers|Numbers}}

Things only got worse as the Decepticons began to merge, 
Creating the [[Deceptigod]]; a most terrible scourge! 
Wheelie fell back with the others as the monster did advance 
And it destroyed Omega Supreme, who didn't stand a chance. 
{{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}}

Wheelie could do nothing but scramble in the huge creature's wake, 
But luckily [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]] was around to make Optimus break 
Open the Matrix so its energy could be released. 
And with no thanks to Wheelie, the monster's threat suddenly ceased. 
{{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}}

[[File:Syndromica1 pax and crew.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|Underage drinkin' is hella bitchin'! (This stays between us; don't be snitchin'!)]]

With his mind not so well after years of taking flight, 
Wheelie sought active duty to keep his brain going right. 
So he accompanied Hardhead and Garnak with a smile, 
Guarding the sinister [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] in self-imposed exile! 

[[File:Bludgeon Wheelie Syndromica1.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|"Hey, let's all shit on Wheelie! That sounds like plenty of fun!" Writers hate this guy more than that [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|certain other someone]].]]

On [[Arduria]], Wheelie became discombobulated, 
When [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] had Jhiaxus fiercely liberated! 
In pursuit of [[Regenesis]], the villains immediately fled 
To the distant LV system (a place that messed with Wheelie's head). 
{{storylink|Syndromica (1)}}

He and his friends gave chase through space's vast infinity, 
But found not their quarry but another [[Reflector (G1)|'Con trinity]]. 
It was none other than the trio that ''should'' have been dead. 
And yet somehow they were out piloting a spaceship instead! 

The reason for this soon became known (if not so much ''clear'') 
When they followed them to a place that filled Wheelie with fear. 
It was the very same planet where Wheelie had been stranded, 
(And the same place where Reflector had gotten his ass handed). 
For [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] had tampered with this world, long long ago, 
And plucked it from the lockstep of time's regular flow. 
Flashes of the past and future collided, ''cor blimey''! 
All in all, it was an adventure most ''timey-wimey''. 

Orion Pax went back in time on some ridiculous trip, 
And in the end Jhiaxus made away with the 'Con's spaceship. 
{{storylink|Syndromica (2)}}

They chased that evil rascal all the way to [[Gorlam Prime]] 
In the desperate hope that they could possibly stop him in time. 
Their investigation led them deep beneath the surface 
To an abandoned city that served no obvious purpose. 
Wheelie found out the hard way to keep his hand in his pocket, 
As a corrosive dissolved his arm right up to its socket. 
The city turned out to be a slumbering [[Titan (group)|Titan]], 
Whom Jhiaxus awoke, primed and ready for fightin'! 
With his colossal new pal, Jhiaxus quickly flew the coop, 
Leaving Wheelie behind to disintegrate alongside his group. 
Gorlam Prime was dissolving, but Orion wasn't scared: 
For just such an occasion, he had an [[Skyroller|escape ship]] prepared! 
At last understanding Jhiaxus's convoluted scheme, 
One-armed Wheelie set course for Cybertron (along with his team). 
{{storylink|Homecoming (IDW)|Homecoming}}

The ship tried to escape Gorlam's gravity well, 
But they couldn't break free! Things didn't look swell. 
The ''[[Lost Light]]'' soon saved them, and blasted ahead 
All the way home, while Wheelie spoke with Hardhead. 
Wheelie said that the [[Knights of Cybertron|Knights]] were a lie, and he didn't believe, 
But there was no time to argue, because Orion had to leave! {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}}

Pax left for the [[Dead Universe]], that cold, morbid realm 
Wheelie wished him farewell and let Pax take the helm. {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}}

While Orion embarked on his perilous trip, 
Wheelie and Garnak remained behind on the ship. 
Orion, in trouble, asked the pair for a lift, 
But Wheelie informed him that there was no more rift! 
The former Prime was stranded, he couldn't get through, 
And poor Wheelie had no idea what he could do. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}}

But Wheelie and Garnak hadn't thrown in the towel! 
Though we don't know how, they met up with [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]]. 
The redoubtable trio - plus new friend, [[Stardrive]] - 
Were next to be seen on [[Regalis V]]. 
Marooned [[Throttlebot]]s were under some threat 
From bad [[Maximal]]s - but weren't dead yet! 
{{storylink|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}}

They boarded [[Peaceful Revolution|Prowl's ship]], and all took a seat, 
Put it in gear, and made hasty retreat. 
{{storylink|The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)|The Dead Come Home, Part 2}}

The crew persevered despite Cybertron's scouring, 
Then helped save the Earth! Pretty empowering! 
{{storylink|Road's End}}{{storylink|Assembly (Unicron)|Assembly}}{{storylink|Ceremony}}

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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in manga===
[[File:Henkei 11 cover.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|When your parents have a new kid, Out you go on the dustbin lid!]]

As a full-on member of the [[Mini Vehicle|Minibot]] team, 
Wheelie went on a mission that was more than it seemed. 
Following energy signatures, the group of peons 
Unearthed a dino-Transformer who'd been buried for eons! 

Wheelie wasn't congratulated for his hard work. 
Instead, the confused [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] up and went berserk! 
[[Hot Shot (Henkei!)|Hot Shot]] intervened and handed the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] defeat, 
Which was good news for Wheelie, who almost became dead meat. 
{{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 11}}
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===''TransTech''===
[[Transcendent Technomorph|A bunch of guys]] mistook [[Bumblebee (Animated)|'Bee]] for someone named "Wheelie" 
As well [[Hot Shot (Armada)|as]] [[big daddy g1|some]] [[Cheetor (BW)|others]] whom he never was, really. 
{{storylink|Bee in the City}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===

Overthrowing the [[President of the United States|Prez]], [[General Flagg]] led the [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] 
On a mission to Cybertron to engage their foes. 
But the big metal planet was in a state of unrest 
And Wheelie was snatched by [[Harvester unit|a unit programmed to harvest]]. 
{{storylink|Pax Megatronus}}

But Wheelie escaped! He's a tough little guy. 
He survived till the end of the war, and that's why 
when Cybertron then passed into Rodimus's care, 
Wheelie was present! Look–he's right there! {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
Wheelie was fast! He felt the need 
To challenge [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], on [[Velocitron|the planet of speed]]. 
But [[scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Squeezeplay (G1)|Crashbash]] attacked! They had one desire– 
To abduct Blurr's partner [[Haywire|Hyperfire]]! {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

==Commercial appearances==
While stranded on hostile [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]] with Hot Rod and Kup, 
Wheelie made sure the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] didn't gobble them up! 
{{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sharkticon|Sharkticon commercial}}

He later helped his fellow Autobots charge Galvatron, 
But when [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] joined in, he had to get gone! 
{{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sixshot|Sixshot commercial}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
In the distant year 2010, things were looking quite bleak: 
[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had seized command from [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], that psychotic freak! 
Most of the Autobots were now dead, buried and gone 
Because Shockwave used the [[Zel Quartz]] to destroy [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]!

But Wheelie had survived alongside [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] 
And along with some others, they travelled backward in time 
To 2003, before Shockwave had gone totally nuts 
And squarely kicked all of the Decepticons' butts. 

And yet it wasn't ''Wheelie'' who ended up saving the day; 
[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] wound-up thwarting the Decepticons (in his own stupid way). 

With Shockwave's sinister future now erased from the timeline, 
Wheelie vanished into nothingness, leaving sparkling starshine. 
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
In the future, the Autobots found Wheelie on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]. 
He keenly joined up with them, after the end of [[Unicron]]. 
Magnus brought him to Earth to help the Autobots rebuild, 
But when the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s attacked, they were all almost killed! 
{{storylink|Junkion Reunion}}

When [[Quintesson]]s put [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] on trial 
Wheelie helped Grimlock rescue them with a smile. 
{{storylink|Mockery of Justice}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Wheelie-(Gen).jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.7|As an Epic character, All my stats are very strong! But I won't be around for very long! As the last Transformers game of DeNA, Transformers: Battle Tactics will be gone in May!]]
Wheelie fought several Decepticons, Autobots, and others. Sometimes he fought with identical brothers! He first appeared in the event, "Transform and Roll Out!" Whether he's easy to build with 50 Wheelie cores, I doubt.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1-toy Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|My toy kind of sucks! ...can anyone think of ''another'' word that rhymes with suck?]]
*'''Wheelie''' (Mini Vehicle, [[1986]])
**''Takara ID number:'' '''C-80'''

:Wheelie's transformation does not go very far, he turns into a generic "futuristic car".
:His design is likely based on the [//oldconceptcars.com/1930-2004/fiat-abarth-record-car-1956/ ''1956 Fiat Abarth''], a 50s concept car that also looked like barf.
:Surprisingly enough, the fans' fancy he tickles, as he's the only new mold of the third-year [[Mini Vehicle]]s.

: The '86 Minis first came with an [[iron-on patch]], but later on those bonuses were removed from this batch.

: In Japan he came in a box with a collector's card, which made shoplifting the toy considerably more hard.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed much later on, into an old friend of Prime's named [[Dion (G1)#Collector's Edition|Dion]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Wheelie/wheelie.htm More on Wheelie you will know, at TFU.info]''

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===''The Transformers Collection''===
[[File:G1Wheelie toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You can change him in a snap! But he will still look like crap.]]
*'''Future Cybertron''' (Multi-pack, [[2005]])
**''ID number:'' '''20'''

:Wheelie was reissued in a ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' set. [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] [[Kup (G1)/toys#The Transformers Collection|Kup]] and [[Recoil (G1)#The Transformers Collection|Recoil]], you also did get!
:This reissue's different in an unexpected way; where the old face was orange, the new one is gray!

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Cybertron/Wheelie/wheelie.htm More information on reissue Wheelie, found at TFU.info. No, really!]''
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Wheelielegendsuniverse.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Bumblebee swine, your [[alternate mode|alt mode]]'s mine!]]
*'''Autobot Wheelie''' (Legends Class, [[2009]])
**''Series:'' G1 Series

:Right along with many other Mini Vehicles from Generation 1, ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Wheelie was released as a "[[Legends Class (2005)|Legends]]" for pocket-sized fun.
:To make the tiny rhyming robot just a little bit neater, he now transforms into, apparently, a "[[Junkion (planet)|Junk Planet]] speeder!"<ref>Wheelie's cardback calls him this, assuming Hasbro's not taking the piss.</ref>
:Hasbro was thoughtful, and kept Wheelie well-armed. They sculpted him a [[Slingshot (weapon)|slingshot]]! Enemies be alarmed!

:If an evil redeco of this Wheelie toy you lack, ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|ROTF]]'' [[Shadow Striker (ROTF)#Revenge of the Fallen|Shadow Striker]] is this Wheelie in black!

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/TFUWheelie/wheelie.htm If more on ''Universe'' Wheelie you wish to see, go to TFU.info, it's that easy!]''
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===''Henkei! Henkei!''===
[[File:Henkei-toy Wheelie.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Wheelie's popular in Japan, but hey, that ain't a crime. Why do they like him so much? Because he doesn't... talk poetry.]]
*'''Minibot Spy Team''' (Multi-pack, 2009)
**''ID number:'' '''C-19'''

:The same sculpt as the above ''Universe'' toy, this Wheelie is not exactly the same boy.
:''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' Wheelie has colors more mellow, as over in Japan, he's light orange-yellow.
:He comes packed with two other Minibots totaling three, though [[Warpath (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|Warpath]] and [[Cosmos (G1)#Henkei! Henkei!|Adams]] are most certainly not for free.
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Generations china import deluxe wheelie.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Blasting his enemies right off their feet, With these speakers buffing rhymes with all these phat beats.]]
*'''Wheelie''' (Deluxe Class, [[2012]])
**''Accessories'': Two speakers, slingshot/blaster

:Wheelie got himself released in ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'', but he remained [[exclusive]] to certain locations.
:[[Toys"R"Us]] and Asia are where he was found, and he isn't the commonest Transformer around.
:Previously thought to be lacking pizazz, Wheelie's now a retool of ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]]'' [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Jazz]]!
:He changes from a car with [[Jazz (Movie)|Solstice]] headlights, to a robot with a new head, ready for some fights.
:He's armed with some speakers standard to the mold. They can [[C joint|clip]] onto his doors, which never gets old.
:Wait up! Hold on! That isn't all that he's got: Wheelie's also armed with his mighty slingshot!
:It can serve as a blaster when [[5 mm post|plugged into]] his hand, something that play patterns find utterly grand.

:His [[package art]] has been modified from Jazz's, too. He's been given a head and colors, all brand new!
:It's all rather sad, then, that the artists thought they were done, because Wheelie is still depicted holding Jazz's gun!

:This mold was redecoed thrice in its original and unmodified state. Toys of [[Stepper (SG)#Timelines|two]] [[Ricochet (Headmasters)#United 2|Steppers]] and ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Longarm (SG)#Timelines|Longarm]] did it certainly create.
:For [[Retool#Gang-molded alternate parts|pretools]], ''Timelines'' [[Treadshot (SG)#Timelines|Treadshot]] had utilized the mold's alternate head. ''Timelines'' [[Kick-Off (G1)#Timelines|Kick-Over]], meanwhile, was [[retool]]ed with a new head-sculpt, instead.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/GDOWheelie/wheelie.htm Should more on ''Generations'' Wheelie you desire to know, check out his page on TFU.info!]''
{{2010JazzMold}}
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy Wheelie.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Wheelie complains he is far too old "But we need another car Kreon" someone had told.]]
*'''Autobot Wheelie''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
**''Collection'': '''''Age of Extinction'' Collection 2'''
**''Accessories'': Logo brick, large rifle

:This [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] Wheelie came in the sixth wave, of ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Micro-Changer]]s for fans to crave.
:A [[Kreon]] who can be rebuilt into a car, he sports [[Hound (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Hound]]'s helmet, which has gone very far!

:Unlike prior Micro-Changer assortments, there's no ID code to tell the bags' contents.
:Meaning you'd best be good at feeling parts through the bag, as not getting the toy you want can be kind of a drag.

:This assortment was originally slated to be [[exclusive]] to [[Toys"R"Us]], but US stores dropped the line, causing much fuss.
:It was still available in Canada, Chinese/Asian markets and Australia, which led to ridiculous prices and secondary-market mania.
:In 2015, the Collection appeared in the US at Dollar Tree, with a price tag of a whopping $1 a pop, practically free!
:Fans sought out these stores in a buying throng, and with very few shipments, they didn't last long.
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===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Legends-Class-Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hey, world, are you jelly? I fit tiny men in my belly!]]
*'''Autobot Wheelie''' (Legends Class, [[2016]])

:If you keep reading, then you will learn, about Wheelie's new toy, from ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]''-
:He's a Legends class mold now! Who would have guessed? He can carry [[Titan Master]]s around in his chest!
:They can drive him around, and travel quite far, because Wheelie turns into a sci-fi type car.
:It's a pretty cool toy, but Hasbro forgot, to give him his weapon: that iconic slingshot!

:But that isn't all! He comes with a card, it's based on his art! (That wasn't so hard).

:Although Wheelie's packaging and card art shows that his helmet is gray, his actual product's helmet is unpainted orange (no way!),

:Some of his ball-and-socket joints are loose, while his vehicle mode can't thoroughly peg depending on any copy you choose.
:The kneecap panels can be further collapsed down, although this is optional unless you're fiddling around.

:Once ''Titans Return'' Wave One had taken form, Wheelie was the only Legends Class not to shelfwarm!

::*[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/TRWheelie/wheelie.htm For more information on ''Titans Return'' Legends Class Wheelie, TFU.info is always at it, you see!]
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG29-Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Run to order me on your computer, I come packaged with a little Go Shooter!]]
*'''Wheelie & Goshooter''' (Two-pack, [[September 24]], 2016)
**''ID number:'' '''LG29'''

:Wheelie was released again by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] in Japan, with a new paint job meant to be as show-accurate as it can!

:And now he is packed with [[Shūta Gō#Legends|Goshooter]]: a small Headmaster accessory, which is a redeco of Loudmouth without the vehicle partner (yes sirree!)
:Although Goshooter can use any ''Titans Return''-styled molds to put his Head mode on, he can accommodate with Wheelie's vehicle mode, which he can actually ride on!
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:TF-Studio-Series-86-Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|''Hasbro you big jerk, My legs won't work!]]
*'''Grimlock & Autobot Wheelie''' (Leader Class, [[2021]])
**''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''86-06'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-64'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[May 29]], 2021

:Packaged with ''Studio Series'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Grimlock]], you see, was also a tiny figure of Wheelie!

:He can't transform, or move his elbows and knees, but he can ride on Grim's back like in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]!''
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==Merchandise==
===''ULTIMATES!''===
*'''Grimlock''' ([[2021]])
**''Accessories'': Wheelie figure, mind transfer helmet, apron, serving tray, 6 drinking glasses, fish, crown, 6 sets of dino forelimb claws

: Roses are red
: Violets are blue
: A non-transforming figurine of Wheelie was included with ''[[Transformers ULTIMATES!]]'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#ULTIMATES!|Grimlock]]
: Whoop-de-doo
{{comingsoontoy}}
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==Notes==
[[File:ToyFair1986-TFpage01a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4| I could've had a touch of blue, but [[Hasbro]] said "that just won't do."]]
[[File:FriedmanAuctionWheelieModelEdit.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|It sure is a good thing I'm not black and yellow, You might've confused me with [[Bumblebee (disambiguation)|some other fellow!]]]]
*In the first [[commercial]] where Wheelie did appear, His voice didn't sound anywhere near! Although Frank Welker did the gig, Wheelie's voice came much deeper, dig? In fact—and we're sure you'll all agree - He sounded like the {{w|The Smurfs|Smurfs'}} pal "{{w|Johan and Peewit|Peewee}}"!
*In an [[Toy Fair 1986|old catalog]], Wheelie's toy could be seen, But when his toy hit the market, its colors changed some time in between. And yet this obsolete coloration still lingered around; Wheelie bore the same scheme in some comics, savvy readers had found!
*Among those who dislike Wheelie is [[Floro Dery]], The guy who designed him (it's the truth! Really!). Dery's said that of all his Transformers designs, Wheelie's the one that he most fiercely maligns — Maybe even the only one! Honest, it's true! You can read for yourself in this interview!<ref>[http://transformersph.blogspot.com/2007/06/interview-with-floro-dery.html An interview from the Philippines, in which Floro Dery is really mean!]</ref>
*In the futuristic/bygone year of 2010, A set of Wheelie's color models were sold by [[Ron Friedman]]! These bits of history from the [[Sunbow Productions|Sunbow]] [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]] Were what you'd describe as totally groovy; Showing our hero with a form long-unseen, Sporting yellow and black (and it looked pretty keen!).
*In the Season 3 Italian dub, Wheelie never rhymes. Instead, he says "wroom wroom" at totally random times.
[[File:Unused AHM Wheelie concept.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Two designs that we were spared, because nobody really cared.]]
*In [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]], his animation model was [[Endo|used]]. He agreed with [[Sentinel Minor|his boss]], and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] was abused. They believed Hot Shot's [[Wheeljack (Armada)|friend]] had died writhing in flames. And thanks to those jerks, Hot Shot got all the blame. {{storylink|Past}} {{storylink|Past II}}
**Wheelie's model was reused again later on, This time as a generic, obscure [[Mini-Con]]! {{storylink|Miracle}}
*[[Chris Ryall]] said Wheelie would get a [[Spotlight: Wheelie|spotlight]] on his [http://ryalltime.blogspot.com/2008/02/who-said-music-industry-is-dead.html blog]. Summarily, Ryall's hide the fans swore they would flog. On [http://jizaitoys.seesaa.net/article/34599110.html Jizai's design] [[Klaus Scherwinski]] did base, For Wheelie's sake, you can admit, he didn't lose face.
*Although Wheelie thought that his body looked fine, For [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|AHM]] he received a swell redesign! [[Guido Guidi]], the artist, was not so enthused, And so in "[[Spotlight: Wheelie]]" it didn't get used.
*Wheelie's parents hail from [[Gobotron]]. ''Huh''. Who knew? The source is a tome called ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac Two]]''!

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Wheelie''' (ウィーリー ''Wīrī'')
*''English:'' '''Willy''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''French:'' '''Tourbillo''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Ugrabot''' (''The Movie'')
*''Italian:'' '''Scooter''', '''Saetta''' (''The Movie'')
*''Korean:'' '''Wheelie''' (휠리 ''Hwilli'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Wiley''' (Taiwan, 威利 ''Wēi Lì''), '''Zhuàn Lún''' (China, 转轮, "Reel")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Rodinhas''' (Portugal Comic)

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Wheelie (G1)

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Grimbee: /* 2005 IDW continuity */

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:''Wheelie is an [[Autobot]], cheerful as the sun, from the [[continuity family]] of [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]].''
[[File:Wheelieg1.jpg|upright=1.9|thumb|"You give Wheelie sass? He ''will'' kick your ass."]]
The diminutive '''Wheelie''' is an Autobot child, but don't let your guard down. He's often underestimated. But Wheelie shows great strength for someone so young. You see, Wheelie ''survives''; it's simply what he ''does''. How is that? It's because he's spent years honing his skills on planets not unlike Hell, fighting [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s and [[Quintesson]]s. So despite his age, Wheelie's the best survivalist you'll find on [[Cybertron]]. And yet, Wheelie's still just a kid. Prone to pouting and pranking.
He hangs out with [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel], causing all sorts of trouble.

For whatever reason he rhymes.

{{quote|Wheelie say find friends today!|Wheelie|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Kazue Komiya]] (Japanese)|[[Gu Guoyi]] (Chinese), [[Dani Albiac]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Gerhard Acktun]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1 - 5", "Chaos" & "Call of the Primitives"), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, "Fight or Flee"), [[Claus Brockmeyer]] (German, "The Movie" TV Dub), [[Serge Bourrier]] (European French, "Surprise Party"), [[Carlos Marques]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" TV dub), [[Orlando Prado]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" VHS dub), [[Úrsula Bezerra]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" Fox Kids dub), [[Mário Jorge Andrade]] (Portuguese, season 3)}}
[[File:Wheelietftmslingshot.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|From early on, it was fated: It would be me that you all hated!]]
On the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], his ship crashed. Wheelie survived, although his vessel was destroyed. Though alone, Wheelie kept himself alive, because Wheelie was strong.

One day, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] came in search of their friends, so Wheelie offered to help them. With his rhymes, Wheelie earned the respect of the Mighty [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]!

Then with the help of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and others,
Wheelie returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].
{{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Wheelie’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in [[Transformers: The Animated Movie|two]] [[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|adaptations]] featuring the small Transformer!}}

In 2006, he had to bring [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[Transformation cog|cog]] to [[Earth]].{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}

To accomplish the task, Wheelie formed a duo with [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], but Galvatron stranded them on [[Io]].
{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}

[[File:FFOD4 Autobots lightpoles.JPG|upright=1.4|thumb|With beasts big and small I've had my spats, but did Wheelie deserve to fight all these bats?]]
Being attacked by [[lightpole]]s, things began to look grim, but because Blurr was faster than him, Wheelie threw him the cog and told him to go to [[Marissa Faireborn]]'s ship. But Blurr refused to abandon him, and so they fought the lightpoles. When Marissa came and helped, the lightpoles started targeting her ship.
{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

The trio fought on, but the lightpoles were getting the better of them, until [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] showed up to rescue them Though the lightpoles were defeated, the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] arrived, but Sky Lynx defeated them. The team reached Earth in time, completing their mission. With the cog now delivered, Metroplex came alive.
He fought [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]].
{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Later, with Grimlock and Blurr, Wheelie listened to Kup, talking about the [[Ick-Yak]]s on [[Dread (planet)|Dread]],
But when Grimlock mentioned [[Chaos (alien)|Chaos]], Kup became mad.
{{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

When zombie Optimus came under [[Quintesson]] control, destruction of the Autobots became his primary goal.
He tricked Wheelie and others into a trap full of missiles.
But Wheelie survived when [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] returned, and left the zombie Optimus behind to be destroyed.
{{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}}

Not long after that, Wheelie volunteered for a competition. But the timestream was being messed with, and Wheelie got stuck in a neverending race.
Eventually, time and space was repaired, freeing Wheelie from his trap.
{{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

On Earth, Wheelie witnessed landmarks disappearing. The Dinobots were suspects, but he didn't think that was true, because the true culprit was an [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|ethnic stereotype]]!
{{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

[[File:Daniel&wheeliesurpriseparty.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Daniel, we are out of time. Yet, Wheelie must complete this rhyme!]]
In an adventure, Wheelie tried to deduce the date of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Magnus]]'s birthday. He knew finding the truth would be hard. So he asked Daniel Witwicky to help him.Their search led them straight to a storage asteroid that was being spied on by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. Cyclonus took them hostage. But Magnus came. When Ultra Magnus arrived, he attacked Cyclonus.
But as they fought, little did they know, that Wheelie snuck past them and pressed the self-destruct button, which meant if they lingered they would die. So Cyclonus retreated, and Magnus saved them. As it turned out, Magnus didn't know his own birthday.
{{storylink|Surprise Party}}

With other Autobots, Wheelie found [[Paradron]], a planet that [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] lived on.
Galvatron tried make it his base, But gave up when Ultra Magnus blew up.
{{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}}

On another adventure, Wheelie didn't do much.
{{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:AutobotsCall.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Our energy was drained. No jokes have remained.]]
Wheelie was slightly more active in the next event , as Cybertron was being drained of its energy.Wheelie opened fire at [[Tornedron]] But Tornedron drained his life.

Luckily, Tornedron was defeated, and his life was restored.
{{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

Wheelie later joined others to deduce a [[Gregory Swofford|human]]'s plot, and when they fought a [[Hate Plague|plagued]] [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], Wheelie got shot to death.
{{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

He was saved by a [[Quintesson]]. But when Optimus set out, they replaced him with [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]].
{{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

When the time came along for [[Tommy Kennedy]]'s birthday, Wheelie joined the Autobots to get down and party. As Tommy sat atop [[Powermaster]] Prime's right shoulder, Wheelie wished him good fortune.While Tommy received his cake and blew out each candle, Wheelie got really pumped.
{{Storylink|Surprise Party#Season 5|Season 5: Surprise Party}}

====Rodimus vs. Cyclonus====
{{note|Wheelie's part in helping Hot Rod and Kup would go on. In the form of a comic with a minor [[Retcon]].}}
Before making it all the way to the Planet of [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], Wheelie and friends found themselves in a predicament.Though he was an expert pilot who could get them there fast, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] showed up.
Cyclonus was challenged to battle by Hot Rod, but Cyclonus's power almost killed him
Kup then requested help and Wheelie replied, by talking to some friends.
To make their ship visible was what Kup had asked, so [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and <s>[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]</s> [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] did.
When Hot Rod began winning, Cyclonus became a goner. He admitted he failed. They at last made it to Junkion and found everyone else. Now watch [[Wheelie (G1)#The Transformers cartoon|the movie]].
{{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Kazue Komiya]] (Japanese)|[[Erika Robledo]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
[[File:HM ep01 Wheelie beats Tantrum.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|''Headmasters'' Wheelie could be as snarky as you please! His words to Chromedome? "It's too late for apologies!"]]
By 2011, Wheelie was too petulant to rhyme
He blamed everything on [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]
Although a jerk to the core, Wheelie was not all alone,
He hung out with [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]], and the two were quite dangerous

While chilling on [[Earth]], the pair were met with surprise
By the titanic Trypticon with glowing death.
The Decepticon gave chase, but Wheelie outsmarted their foe,
Luring him onto a busted bridge, where he slipped and fell.

They then stowed away on the [[Trainbot]]s and returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]],
To help battle the Decepticons.
Daniel, the wuss, was soon attacked by [[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]]
So Wheelie had to pound the bull's head.{{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}

Before leaving with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] to face matters unpleasant, 
[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] bequeathed to Wheelie.
It was a mix-tape of music he'd composed on his own
And Wheelie played it after Blaster died.{{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

As Hot Rod searched Earth for the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] he'd lost,
[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] told Wheelie to believe in him.
Wheelie brushed off Kup's words, thinking them silly
And was acting all snarky, at least up until he
Was interrupted by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]], who had a better attitude
So he offered to help instead of standing 'round.
Wheelie, however, couldn't help them one whit,
So he went to an arcade with Daniel to complain
He thought himself far more useful than the adults all around him,
And yet even at video games, ''Daniel'' proceeded to pound {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Next, Blaster's untimely death sent Wheelie into depression.
"No one cares Blaster's gone"
But Wheelie was wrong; Rodimus Prime cared quite a bit.
He knew Blaster's death was a mistake and sought to rectify
So Blaster was revived as Twincast, much to Wheelie's elation,
And thus began the Great Cassette.{{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

[[File:WheelieRebellionBeast01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Wheelie hears what you mutter. Get your mind out of the gutter.]]
Daniel and Wheelie then stowed away on [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]]'s battleship
And accompanied the Autobots on their perilous
To the [[Beastformer]] homeworld, known simply as [[Beast (planet)|Beast]],
Where the 'Cons were causing trouble
Wheelie and Daniel then tried to rescue the Beastformer slaves,
But were imprisoned ''themselves'' in the dungeon
Luckily for Wheelie, the Headmasters were there.
They drove off all the villains {{storylink|Rebellion on Planet Beast}}

The meteorite [[Metamorphose]] then threatened Autobot space,
By warping anything metal
Only ''Daniel'' was safe. Only ''he'' could defeat it.
Wheelie cheered Daniel on—he was ''sure'' he could beat
But Daniel was a crybaby, a big blubbering sack
So Wheelie chided him
Daniel ''eventually'' manned up and blew up the rock,
But Wheelie such a jerk {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

The Trainbots later invited both Wheelie and Dan
To come visit their birthplace in far-off [[Japan]].
Soon after arriving, [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] made some trouble
Stirring up the Autobots, who countered
The Headmasters went searching all over the planet
While Dan and Wheelie went shopping
The Trainbots shopped ''with'' them, and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] made a fuss
Causing Daniel to run away crying. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

Wheelie later observed as the Autobots fought,
To reach [[Vector Sigma]] first
The Decepticons would get there, and then there'd be trouble,
Because they'd use Sigma's [[Cybertonuron]] to turn the Autobots

But they were wrong—[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] had a more menacing scheme:
To blow up all of Cybertron.
The bombs could not be removed, much to Wheelie's frustration,
Leaving Rodimus to call for the planet's evacuate
And so Wheelie was forced to watch his planet go KER-PEW!
Poor little guy
Rodimus then departed on an outer space quest,
Leaving [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] to raise Wheelie {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

[[File:WheelieEnergonGlutton01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Wheelie likes to eat, drink and be merry, His favorite cereal is ''Frankenberry''.]]
Crippled with sorrow over Cybertron's end,
The Autobots threw a party
Wheelie, the hedonist, had too much to drink,
And got drunk and passed out
{{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}}

Along with Daniel and Spike, Wheelie went to Peru
To prevent the members of the Decepticons
From making a volcano blow up
Leaving the villagers below to die

As the mountain erupted, they approached in [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
But he couldn't beat the heat
So Wheelie tried once again, this time with the Trainbots,
But the heat drove ''them'' off too, just like they were lame
With no options left, they evacuated the town
Saving the villagers while the magma poured {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}}

On Athenia, Daniel was planting some seeds
And began watering them
As Wheelie observed this dull gardening show,
He was shocked when he saw [[buridanka|the plant]] growing
The plant was a creature from the world of [[Darhos]]
That could grow to great heights, turning slimy

[[File:WheelieHeadOnFortMax01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Excuse me, good sir, I'm beggin' your pardon, But might Wheelie assist in planting your spice garden?"]]
Wheelie and Daniel called to Spike for some aid.
Spike then looked to Arcee
But they could do nothing, and the plant ''almost'' trashed their base,
Luckily, Fortress wiped it out{{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

When Wheelie and Daniel went to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] on a geological mission,
They found that the red planet bad
Scorponok had planted bombs near the planet's core,
And once they went off, Mars would then be gone
Then the pair were attacked by the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]] [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]],
Who easily abducted the duo

Imprisoned deep underground in a series of caves
Daniel concocted a scheme to trick
He staged an argument with Wheelie and even a fake brawl
Which let him secretly send an Autobot distress
The Headmasters then arrived and rescued the youths,
But could not find the time bombs {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}

Returned to Athenia, Wheelie looked on in fright
Praying Fortress would survive
When they found that their leader had been injured severely
Wheelie swore to the skies that the Decepticons would pay
But Wheelie's swearing and screeching couldn't stop what was fated;
Mars was blown into bits and [[Scorponok (G1)|Mega Zarak]] {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

With the threat of Mega Zarak now looming ahead
Wheelie admitted to Daniel his feelings
But Daniel wouldn't hear it; he knew Fortress was stronger
He'd had enough of Wheelie's crap
So with inhuman strength (and overreacting a bit), 
He shoved Wheelie into a lake

Before Wheelie could crush him with his mighty robot fist,
A flying saucer zoomed past.
Daniel thought that the alien might be friend and not foe,
So he tried to use a keyboard to communicate with it
Daniel was completely wrong—about as wrong as you can ''get''.
The alien was ''[[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]''.
Humiliated by his actions, Daniel started to weep
Leaving Wheelie no choice but to soothe himstorylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}

When the planet called [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]] sent an SOS into space
Asking for [[Energon cube]]s to save them
The Autobots, always kindly, agreed to give them their aid,
And Wheelie and Daniel tagged along to see the delivery
Then the Decepticons attacked! But Spike ''knew'' that they would,
And he set up a small cargo ship to
Slip away in the battle and deliver the cubes.
Wheelie and Daniel laughed out loud at the Decepticons
And so the cargo was delivered and Sandra was saved!
Wheelie didn't do much this time{{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

[[File:WheelieHivePlanet01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Normally, this would bring Wheelie to tears, But he wouldn't touch a ''bug'' in a million years!]]
When the Decepticons [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] showed up at last
[[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] told Wheelie all about their backstory
He revealed unto Wheelie that they used to be friends,
But when they joined Scorponok, they stopped {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}}

Wheelie and the Autobots then found themselves stuck in a race
To prevent the Decepticons from plundering the universe
The planet of [[Hive (planet)|Hive]] was the villains' first victim,
But they were thwarted when the Autobots arrived {{storylink|Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!}}

As for the twin planets of [[Twin Star|Sperity and Toruin]],
Galvatron planned to ransack them
As Sperity was attacked for its huge energy stash,
Wheelie was sent to Toruin before he could do anything

And on that barren planet Wheelie made a find:
The people of Sperity had left their old planet
They had taken their energon far away from there,
Which is why Galvatron couldn't find it
Eventually, Galvatron was forced to just call it quits,
And the Autobots left the Speritans to start over {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}}

At ''[[Video Challenger]]'', Daniel proved very skilled,
But Wheelie's reaction to him was a little less
So he challenged the kid to shoot an apple that he held
But Daniel shot his ''arm'' instead when his aim got fouled

A penal colony on [[Daros]] was their next landing point,
So they could rescue some war criminals being slaughtered
One of the criminals, though, tried to cut Daniel's neck,
And Wheelie was helpless to stop him,
As it turns out, the criminal wasn't really ''that'' bad,
And when he let Daniel go, no one 'cared
He gave information that helped them unravel a serious knot
And let them defeat MegaZarak. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}}

[[File:WheelieHeadFormationFriendship01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|So when Wheelie is horny his eyes glow like the Devil's? This is unsettling on ''soooo'' many levels...]]
The Decepticons drew them next to the jungle planet [[Paradise]],
Where they were plundering energy and doing things
So with the Headmasters setting out to solve their enemy's tests
Daniel and Wheelie met [[Papika]] and her voluptuous... ''face'
Wheelie was smitten quite quickly, and his eyes glowed deep red.
It's best not to imagine the thoughts

After learning to fish, Wheelie tried his best to impress her
By transforming into a car, but his skills proved the less
When compared to Papika's; she could talk to beasts large and small,
Making it clear that Wheelie couldn't impress her
Later, the Headmasters won the day, just like they always did, 
And Wheelie gave up on Papika. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

On their travels, the Decepticons proved formidable foes, 
Having stolen energy from six planets. ''. 
Approaching [[Pirate Planet]], Wheelie spotted something quite freaky: 
An old space pirate ship that was battered, 
And then an awesome adventure immediately began 
Involving pirates! And pyramids! Treasure! [[Clone (subgroup)|Clones]]! ''. 
Wheelie sat the whole thing out, letting Daniel have all the fun. 
Of all the adventures to miss, he had to skip out on? {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}}

As [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] struggled in vain to crack Scorponok's secret code, 
Daniel and Wheelie tried to help him cross that
Unfortunately, their "help" proved far too insufficient, 
And they had to start over from scratch ). 
Then Sixshot attacked and blew [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] into bits, 
And Wheelie attended his funeral {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}}

From the Athenia base, Wheelie watched Spike blow his top; 
The 'Cons were ransacking Earth
They were blaming Chromedome for the team's lack of success, 
But Arcee told them to chill {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

[[File:IRiskMyLifeForWheelie01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Wheelie likes to blame Chromedome for all that he can. He's a serious douchebag in this cartoon from Japan.]]
On a mission to Earth, Chromedome had just one simple job, 
To keep Spike 
Screwed it all up and Spike went into intensive care. 
Daniel forgave Chromedome, but Wheelie wouldn't let it. 
Chromedome tried to say sorry, but Wheelie said it wasn't enough. 
Even by ''Wheelie's'' standards, he was treating Chromedome 

As Spike recovered from surgery, Wheelie was then put to work, 
Helping to find Mega Zarak's weakspot for Chromedome 
After tens of minutes of labor, they all figured it out: 
The weakspot was on his chest beyond all shadow of a doubt! {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

With the Decepticons banished from Earth, the Autobots needed aid 
In gathering [[Plasma energy]] bombs so the humans would not be afraid. 
To accomplish this goal, Wheelie offered to call on friends that he knew, 
But Daniel laughed in his face! Wheelie was friendless and a ''fibber'', too! 

Then much to Daniel's surprise, Wheelie proved him totally wrong, 
When his good "friends" [[Pointblank]], [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] and [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] came along! 
Those Autobots were great warriors! Daniel was very impressed! 
But at being called Wheelie's "friends" the trio became very distressed. 
As it turns out, they ''weren't'' his "friends"; Wheelie was an absolute liar! 
They were his superior officers! His robo-pants were on fire! {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

With Wheelie's good "friends" now turned into powerful [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s, 
The veterans began insulting the obsolete Headmasters. 
In front of Daniel and Wheelie, Pointblank came down on Chromedome, 
Who feared the after effects of the disrespect he was shown. 
But Daniel and Wheelie didn't respect Chromedome any less 
(If they respected him ''at all'' is, well, ''anyone's'' guess). {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}}

[[File:TheWheelieSwordIsInDanger01.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Okay, sure, Wheelie. ''Whatever you say.'' Daniel can't be a Headmaster (in ''this'' continuity, anyway).]]
While set down on planet Master, Wheelie became full of himself, 
Vowing to become a Headmaster by improving fitness and health. 
Daniel rolled his eyes and laughed out loud; Wheelie's dreams were too silly. 
Wheelie told Daniel he could ''never'' be one; he was too fleshy and frilly. 
Very early the next morning, Wheelie snuck outside for a run, 
Only to be captured by Sixshot, whose evil scheme had begun! 

Sixshot threatened to dip Wheelie in acid if Fortress didn't agree 
To give up the [[Master Sword]]'s secrets and to do it quickly! 
Pointblank coldly suggested they just let Wheelie melt and die, 
But Daniel and Chromedome disagreed! They'd save the little guy! 
Going against orders, the pair snuck inside of Scorponok, 
With Daniel using his size to sneak past the energy locks. 

They got Wheelie out safely, but alas, their rescue was too late. 
Fortress had just handed over his secrets! Well, ain't that just ''great''? 
Furious at the trio for leaving the ship without orders, 
He gave them a mop and a bucket and said to wash ''all'' the quarters. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}}

Thanks to Wheelie's epic failure, the Decepticons took what they stole 
And began construction of the [[Zarak Shield]] as their ultimate goal. 
As the Headmasters traversed Master to thwart the sinister plan, 
Wheelie stood ontop of Battleship Maximus, hanging with Dan. 
They were startled by [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], who had concocted a plan all his own, 
He'd set bombs on the ship and didn't want their cover to be blown! 
Weirdwolf's plan was a success; the bombs completely ruined the ship 
And with his fancy new shield, Zarak prepared to beat on the crip. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}}

While [[Raiden]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] worked double-time on repairs, 
Wheelie and Dan found themselves useless to help with such affairs. 
As the grown-ups worked diligently to create tactics and plans, 
The kids went to play video games at their elder's demands. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

With the Maximus repaired, the Autobots set off into space 
After Mega Zarak whom they ''once again'' had to chase. 
In an effort to kill time, Wheelie had his ''greatest'' idea yet: 
He and Daniel would see what it was like inside a laser turret! 
Then the turret was damaged with Daniel still stuck inside, 
And jettisoned away from the ship; Wheelie just about ''cried''. 
Daniel made it back (with Sixshot's help), much to Wheelie's relief; 
If he had caused Daniel's death, Wheelie would have been crippled with grief! {{storylink|My Friend Sixshot!}}

Sixshot may have saved Daniel, but he was still no Autobot friend 
And challenged Chromedome to a duel where he'd surely meet his end. 
Wheelie, that eavesdropping punk, heard about the whole situation 
And ran and told Daniel, who wasn't keen on the confrontation. {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}}

Because of that stupid duel, Mega Zarak made it to Earth first, 
Once again, it was ''all'' Chromedome's fault (that guy is really the ''worst''). 
Daniel was busy pouting, thinking Sixshot had died in the fight. 
Wheelie teased the brat, anyway (never one to pass on a slight). 
They eventually reached Earth, but tragedy wasn't far behind: 
Spike's plane crashed down in the Andes and they were all in a bind! 
Wheelie followed his good buddy, who had to rescue his mother, 
And Daniel saved the day, yet again! A true hero! (''Oh brother...'') {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}}

[[File:FinalWheeliegoodbye.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Here's a joke that's a real zinger. Go ahead, Daniel, pull my finger!]]
It turned out Scorponok's master plan involved blowing up the Earth 
And gathering up the released energy (which was of tremendous worth). 
With friends and justice, the Autobots joined hands in formation 
And prevented Scorponok's insidius detonation! 
Mega Zarak destroyed and the Decepticons driven away, 
Wheelie and Daniel were left with only goodbyes 
Wheelie promised to visit Daniel again when he was older, 
And though they were apart, their passions would forever {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
{{-}}

=====''15 Go! Go!'' comics=====
[[File:15GoGo Wheelie.jpeg|upright=1.2|thumb|Wheelie may be drawn as his worst toy of all time, but that's still a punishment lighter than fits the crime.]]
[[Teletraan 15]]'s panties were so frilly and white, 
But when Wheelie peeked, [[Teletraan 10]] took this as a slight! 
10 taught him a lesson with a kick from her high heel 
That split open his head and ground his face into meal! 
{{storylink|Wheelie Volume}}

[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] then showed up to give that perv Wheelie a scolding, 
And then hugged poor 15, whose spine would need some remolding! 
{{storylink|Kup Volume}}
{{-}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
[[File:Legends Wheelie.jpeg|right|thumb|Wheelie concedes soccer is pretty fun, as long as the ball is also a gun.]]
[[2021|Ten years]] after his defeat, old Scorponok came back, 
So Wheelie joined Fortress and his crew for a counterattack. 
His friends shrunk when bad guys made a [[black hole]] detonate, 
But Wheelie saved himself and [[Headmaster Junior|some humans]] from sharing their fate. 
{{storylink|Headmaster Chapter Prologue}}

Wheelie came with the rest to the [[Legends World|Legends Universe]], 
Where he flipped skirts at a soccer game (he's kind of perverse). 
He argued with [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] that soccer is boring, 
But cut it out when the head-mode [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] came soaring. 
The culprit was a Galvatron [[Transtector|without a head]], 
So Wheelie and Shūta took him down without getting dead. 
An impressed Wheelie found Shūta's kick moves exciting, 
And admitted that soccer could be just as fun as fighting. 
{{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 29|Bonus Edition Vol. 29}}
{{--}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''=====
In 2010, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] hatched a plan, 
To gobble up spaceships as fast as he can! 
To accomplish this, he built a mechanical creature 
With huge, toothy jaws as its primary feature. 

[[File:Transformers2010MangaIssue5PrimeEnergyDefense01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Want to compensate for being a tiny one? Then just buy yourself an enormous gun!]]
The Autobots found out and were quickly deployed, 
Vowing not to give up until the beast was destroyed! 
Wheelie was among the heroes enlisted to fight, 
And helped [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus]] sneak inside the gargantuan blight. 
Rodimus blew up the creature with a smartly placed bomb, 
And when the Autobots celebrated, Wheelie joined right along. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 1|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #1}}

When planet [[Feminia]] and its [[Prime Energy Tower]] 
Came under attack from Decepticon power, 
Wheelie joined the Autobots in defending the thing, 
Though their best efforts proved futile against [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]. 

Observing the fight, Wheelie compared it to a game, 
Prompting [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] to lash out, calling him stupid and lame! 
The Decepticons eventually lost and were driven away, 
When the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]]s arrived to help win the day! {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}

=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
During a battle between [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] and [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], 
Wheelie mocked and insulted the defeated [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]! 
But Wheelie's cries of joy soon became cries of horror, 
When the Terrorcons brainwashed the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] warrior! 

The [[Cohesive Control Liquid]] had seized Computron's mind 
And forced him to join up with the Decepticons' kind! 
Luckily, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] was there, observing the fight, 
And used a special device to turn everything right! {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}

=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====
[[File:DanielWheelie.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|When you have at this frame peered, You'll have to admit, it's pretty weird.]]
Shortly after the defeat of [[Scorponok (G1)|Mega Zarak]], 
[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]] showed up and began to attack! 
Wheelie, unprepared, took a kick right to the face. 
All can agree he was put in his place! 

When [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]] took hostage [[Carly]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], 
[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] went berserk and started to strike! 
Sending the [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Cassette dinosaurs]] running back home, 
Soundblaster was left open to an attack from [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]. 

As the Autobots left Earth, Wheelie and Daniel said "Goodbye." 
They cuddled and they snuggled and started to cry. 
{{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}
{{--}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:Wheelie judgment day.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The Autobots are grateful that this time Wheelie does not speak in rhyme!]]
{{note|If the part's in italics, don't look away; it's merely to show that it's from the UK.}}
''In a timeline we can't wrap our noggins around, 
''Wheelie's ship was stranded on the Quintessons' ground. 
''But rather than give up and call the whole thing quits, 
''He saved Hot Rod and Kup from the Sharkticon Pits! 
{{storylink|Judgment Day!}}''

''From there, he travelled with them back home to Cybertron 
''Just in time to see it get eaten by Unicron. 
''But the Autobots prevailed, much to Wheelie's relief, 
''And he joined them to celebrate (or wallow in grief). 
{{storylink|The Final Battle!}}''

[[File:Wheeliefurmanism.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Though his speech filters through a rhyming prism, Wheelie still can manage a [[Furmanism]]!]]
''Not especially far did poor Wheelie roam, 
''Still, all things considered, he called [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintesson]] home. 
''So for Rodimus Prime he made himself quite the spy, 
''And reported on the deeds the locals would try. 

''The rescue of Wreck-Gar was his biggest claim to fame, 
''And that's how Wheelie helped to spoil the Quintessons' name. 
{{storylink|Space Pirates!}}''

====''Generation 2''====
In the 1990s, Wheelie wasn't seen much. 
It was possible the Autobot just lacked [[The Touch]]. 
But he could sure fill a background; yes, that he could do. 
He was spotted driving, though no one knows where to. 
{{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}
{{-}}

===Marvel coloring books===
[[File:Wheelie Treasure Coloring Book.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Wheelie's battery-powered and knows how to vibrate! (No, that's not what we meant, you perverted primate.)]]

While on a fabulous picnic, Kup spun a wild yarn 
About lost energon cubes; enough to fill a whole barn! 
At Hot Rod's suggestion, and with Wheelie's support, 
They left to find the lost cubes of the energon sort. 
Laserbeak was spying on them and alerted his friends. 
Galvatron wanted the cubes for his nefarious ends! 

Wheelie joined in a race to be the first ones to find them. 
With a little luck, they'd keep their enemies behind them! 
They lost to the Decepticons, who got to the cubes first, 
But at a glance one would think that the treasure was cursed! 
As the Decepticons all fought over who'd get the stash, 
Wheelie and the others just laughed and escaped in a flash. 
{{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

When Hot Rod and Daniel were attacked by [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s, 
Those wicked Decepticons were playing for keeps! 
He fled from the scene to go fetch some reinforcements. 
Wheelie moved so fast he could've had NASCAR endorsements! 
At Autobot City, Ultra Magnus heard the news 
And soon those evil Decepticons were singing the blues! 
{{storylink|Hot Rod's Escape}}
{{-}}

===Big Looker storybooks===

[[File:Wildboyofquintessonbattle.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|So you think that Wheelie's stupid and just hate his guts? Well Wheelie's ten times cooler than ''you'' are, you sniveling putz!]]

When Wheelie went on a space trip with his mom and his dad, 
They crashed down on [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintesson]] and their ship was damaged quite bad! 
Poor Wheelie, so young, lost both of his parents that day, 
And now with nowhere to go, he had no choice but to stay. 

But the [[Quintesson]]s, those meanies, didn't like Wheelie one bit, 
So they threw him first in a dungeon, then in a [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] pit! 
Wheelie, however, was not ''about'' to be killed, 
As it turns out, in gymnastics, Wheelie was very skilled! 
Using the gangplank as a springboard, he made his escape, 
Then fled into the jungle to live off the land like an ape! 

An undetermined time after that, a spoiled brat named [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], 
Went on a space trip with his homies and, well, isn't it odd, 
They crash-landed on Quintesson just like Wheelie did? 
Except none of them died like the parents of ''that'' kid. 

No sooner had they landed, they were menaced by danger; 
The Quintessons were attacking, but what's even ''stranger'', 
Is that Wheelie saved their lives, launching fireballs at the villains, 
All the while bustin' mad rhymes that were krunk, phresh and illin'. 

Wheelie then led his new friends to his damaged old spaceship, 
And Hot Rod began on repairs so they all could make the trip, 
Away from Quintesson and they needed to leave ''soon'', 
For the Quintessons had returned with some Sharkticon goons! 

Hot Rod repaired the spaceship and just ''barely'' in time, 
And Wheelie escaped with his friends, his health and his rhymes. {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}

===Toy pack-in material===
Wheelie fought alongside Rodimus Prime in a battle on a moon base. 
Strangely, Hot Rod was also nearby, getting punched in the face. {{storylink|Decipher the Decepticon}}

===3H comics===
[[File:Departure-WheelieDaniel.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|For Daniel only Arcee cried, but alas poor Wheelie also died!]]

With [[Doctor Fujiyama the Famous Scientist|Dr. Fujiyama]] in tow, the Autobots were quite screwed. 
It seems a legion of [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbirds]] were in a terrible mood! 
With Wheelie injured thanks to a shot in the back, 
Scar-faced Daniel realized the villains would cut them no slack. 

Prepared to die to stop the evil hordes, 
Wheelie told Daniel these few final words: 

{{quote|"All through our lives, I've been your friend. But now it's time for this to end."}}

With a grenade pin pulled, signalling doom, 
Daniel ended their friendship with a massive ''Kaboom''! 
{{storylink|Departure}}

[[File:Wheeliebrawntapoutescape.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|To what universe does this Wheelie go? From Nightbird death? We'll never know!]]

Centuries passed, with Wars both Great and of Beast, 
And once again [[Unicron]] was prepared to feast! 
An alternate Wheelie was poached from [[Primax 1108.10 Alpha|his home]], 
And locked in the [[Cauldron]] where no one could roam. 

He would fight other Transformers till death, either one; 
The loser would feed his [[spark]] to hungry Unicron! 
Trapped in a cage, Wheelie was doomed to meet [[Primus|his maker]], 
However, he was saved by [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]! 

He escaped with the others, through a portal they were hurled, 
Towards perhaps his home universe, a return to his world! 
{{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}}
{{-}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:PassiveAggression-Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Wheelie's gone feral! (Let's hope he's sterile.)]]

{{note|You can believe it or not, but just like in Japan, Wheelie did not rhyme once, much to the joys of many a fan.}}

Although [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] promised peace to one and all, 
Wheelie was smart and for that ruse he did not fall. 
He joined a team along with [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]], his [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] pet. 
Together they strove to unveil Shockwave's evil threat. 

[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] wasted no time in joining their side, 
But thought Gnaw was attacking and beat his ugly hide. 
Wheelie didn't take this well and thought Prime a brute, 
So in retaliation, he bit the Commander's boot! 
{{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

Later, once Shockwave's government was overthrown, 
Ultra Magnus planned to set defenses for threats unknown. 
Wheelie, Gnaw, and Hot Rod were assigned perimeter guard duty, 
A boring task which Hot Rod thought was a bunch of hooey. 
{{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
{{note|The following would have happened in [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues|issues we will never see]] Because bad business led to Dreamwave Productions' bankruptcy.}}
After paying a visit to Optimus, offline in the repair bay, 
Wheelie saw his friends beaten like it was child's play 
By [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] and her gang of female Autobot enforcers, 
A vicious bunch who were following Quintesson orders. 
{{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}}
{{-}}

===''Lil Formers''===
Wheelie was sure he'd be invited to play a role in the [[Transformers (film)|Transformers live-action movie]]. 
He was wearing a pair of sunglasses, which made him look pretty groovy. 
{{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]] (cameo); [[Spotlight: Wheelie]] (full)

[[File:Wheeliesurvival.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Wheelie is sad, for once again he's been had!]]

Wheelie's poor friend Varta was killed in the altercation, 
Then [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] showed up to confuse the situation. 
Jhiaxus's intent was to steal Wheelie's escape ship, 
Before the 'Bot could use it for his homecoming trip. 
Wheelie stalled [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] (who was apparently there, too), 
[[Chaosteros|With]] [[Arachnosaur|creatures]] he'd hoped to take home and lock up in a zoo. 

[[File:Cloaked Wheelie the Stars My Destination.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|Wheelie has done things he cannot forget. (But he'd do them again without regret.)]]
The whole battle proved futile, as time rippled out of sync, 
Leaving Wheelie alone (but with plenty of time to think). 
{{storylink|Syndromica (2)}}

But Wheelie would not spend eternity trapped in that place; 
He used the ship Jhiaxus wanted to travel through space. 
He didn't make it very far (only just [[LV-118|next door]]), 
Where he found himself stranded all by himself, once more. 
Time slowly began to take its toll on poor Wheelie's brain, 
So he took up playing music to keep himself sane. 

One day Rodimus showed up and Wheelie came to his aid. 
They'd known each other once, but Wheelie's memory was frayed. 
Then together with Rodimus and [[Garnak|some other guy]], 
Wheelie stole another ship and bid his prison ''bye, bye''. 
{{storylink|Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination|The Stars My Destination}}

While their trip back to Cybertron was a success, 
Years of war had rendered the whole planet a mess. 
The only ones there were [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]], 
Who gladly got on Wheelie and Rodimus's ride. 

Cybertron was occupied by [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]'s deadly [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s, 
And Wheelie had to defend himself against one of the creeps. 
The Autobots decided they could waste no more time, 
They had to report this invasion to Optimus Prime! 
{{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 4|Heart of Darkness #4}} {{storylink|Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet|Out of the Silent Planet}}

Their motley crew traveled to the planet of [[Earth]], 
Where Wheelie was greeted with a surplus of mirth. 
He was reunited with the others at [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] 
Where his comrades finally stopped to listen to him, it would seem. 
{{storylink|Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix|Orphans of the Helix}}

When [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] seized control of the [[Kimia Facility|Kimia]] station, 
Omega Supreme was first on the list for devastation. 
Along with [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], Wheelie was assigned as a scout, 
But when he sniped a Sweep he gave their position out! 
Pinned down by the horde, it looked as if their lives would be gone 
Until they were suddenly rescued by the heroic... ''Megatron''? 
{{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers|Numbers}}

Things only got worse as the Decepticons began to merge, 
Creating the [[Deceptigod]]; a most terrible scourge! 
Wheelie fell back with the others as the monster did advance 
And it destroyed Omega Supreme, who didn't stand a chance. 
{{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}}

Wheelie could do nothing but scramble in the huge creature's wake, 
But luckily [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]] was around to make Optimus break 
Open the Matrix so its energy could be released. 
And with no thanks to Wheelie, the monster's threat suddenly ceased. 
{{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}}

[[File:Syndromica1 pax and crew.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|Underage drinkin' is hella bitchin'! (This stays between us; don't be snitchin'!)]]

With his mind not so well after years of taking flight, 
Wheelie sought active duty to keep his brain going right. 
So he accompanied Hardhead and Garnak with a smile, 
Guarding the sinister [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] in self-imposed exile! 

[[File:Bludgeon Wheelie Syndromica1.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|"Hey, let's all shit on Wheelie! That sounds like plenty of fun!" Writers hate this guy more than that [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|certain other someone]].]]

On [[Arduria]], Wheelie became discombobulated, 
When [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] had Jhiaxus fiercely liberated! 
In pursuit of [[Regenesis]], the villains immediately fled 
To the distant LV system (a place that messed with Wheelie's head). 
{{storylink|Syndromica (1)}}

He and his friends gave chase through space's vast infinity, 
But found not their quarry but another [[Reflector (G1)|'Con trinity]]. 
It was none other than the trio that ''should'' have been dead. 
And yet somehow they were out piloting a spaceship instead! 

The reason for this soon became known (if not so much ''clear'') 
When they followed them to a place that filled Wheelie with fear. 
It was the very same planet where Wheelie had been stranded, 
(And the same place where Reflector had gotten his ass handed). 
For [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] had tampered with this world, long long ago, 
And plucked it from the lockstep of time's regular flow. 
Flashes of the past and future collided, ''cor blimey''! 
All in all, it was an adventure most ''timey-wimey''. 

Orion Pax went back in time on some ridiculous trip, 
And in the end Jhiaxus made away with the 'Con's spaceship. 
{{storylink|Syndromica (2)}}

They chased that evil rascal all the way to [[Gorlam Prime]] 
In the desperate hope that they could possibly stop him in time. 
Their investigation led them deep beneath the surface 
To an abandoned city that served no obvious purpose. 
Wheelie found out the hard way to keep his hand in his pocket, 
As a corrosive dissolved his arm right up to its socket. 
The city turned out to be a slumbering [[Titan (group)|Titan]], 
Whom Jhiaxus awoke, primed and ready for fightin'! 
With his colossal new pal, Jhiaxus quickly flew the coop, 
Leaving Wheelie behind to disintegrate alongside his group. 
Gorlam Prime was dissolving, but Orion wasn't scared: 
For just such an occasion, he had an [[Skyroller|escape ship]] prepared! 
At last understanding Jhiaxus's convoluted scheme, 
One-armed Wheelie set course for Cybertron (along with his team). 
{{storylink|Homecoming (IDW)|Homecoming}}

The ship tried to escape Gorlam's gravity well, 
But they couldn't break free! Things didn't look swell. 
The ''[[Lost Light]]'' soon saved them, and blasted ahead 
All the way home, while Wheelie spoke with Hardhead. 
Wheelie said that the [[Knights of Cybertron|Knights]] were a lie, and he didn't believe, 
But there was no time to argue, because Orion had to leave! {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}}

Pax left for the [[Dead Universe]], that cold, morbid realm 
Wheelie wished him farewell and let Pax take the helm. {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}}

While Orion embarked on his perilous trip, 
Wheelie and Garnak remained behind on the ship. 
Orion, in trouble, asked the pair for a lift, 
But Wheelie informed him that there was no more rift! 
The former Prime was stranded, he couldn't get through, 
And poor Wheelie had no idea what he could do. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}}

But Wheelie and Garnak hadn't thrown in the towel! 
Though we don't know how, they met up with [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]]. 
The redoubtable trio - plus new friend, [[Stardrive]] - 
Were next to be seen on [[Regalis V]]. 
Marooned [[Throttlebot]]s were under some threat 
From bad [[Maximal]]s - but weren't dead yet! 
{{storylink|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}}

They boarded [[Peaceful Revolution|Prowl's ship]], and all took a seat, 
Put it in gear, and made hasty retreat. 
{{storylink|The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)|The Dead Come Home, Part 2}}

The crew persevered despite Cybertron's scouring, 
Then helped save the Earth! Pretty empowering! 
{{storylink|Road's End}}{{storylink|Assembly (Unicron)|Assembly}}{{storylink|Ceremony}}

{{-}}

===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in manga===
[[File:Henkei 11 cover.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|When your parents have a new kid, Out you go on the dustbin lid!]]

As a full-on member of the [[Mini Vehicle|Minibot]] team, 
Wheelie went on a mission that was more than it seemed. 
Following energy signatures, the group of peons 
Unearthed a dino-Transformer who'd been buried for eons! 

Wheelie wasn't congratulated for his hard work. 
Instead, the confused [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] up and went berserk! 
[[Hot Shot (Henkei!)|Hot Shot]] intervened and handed the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] defeat, 
Which was good news for Wheelie, who almost became dead meat. 
{{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 11}}
{{-}}

===''TransTech''===
[[Transcendent Technomorph|A bunch of guys]] mistook [[Bumblebee (Animated)|'Bee]] for someone named "Wheelie" 
As well [[Hot Shot (Armada)|as]] [[Side Burn (RID)|some]] [[Cheetor (BW)|others]] whom he never was, really. 
{{storylink|Bee in the City}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===

Overthrowing the [[President of the United States|Prez]], [[General Flagg]] led the [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] 
On a mission to Cybertron to engage their foes. 
But the big metal planet was in a state of unrest 
And Wheelie was snatched by [[Harvester unit|a unit programmed to harvest]]. 
{{storylink|Pax Megatronus}}

But Wheelie escaped! He's a tough little guy. 
He survived till the end of the war, and that's why 
when Cybertron then passed into Rodimus's care, 
Wheelie was present! Look–he's right there! {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
Wheelie was fast! He felt the need 
To challenge [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], on [[Velocitron|the planet of speed]]. 
But [[scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Squeezeplay (G1)|Crashbash]] attacked! They had one desire– 
To abduct Blurr's partner [[Haywire|Hyperfire]]! {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

==Commercial appearances==
While stranded on hostile [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]] with Hot Rod and Kup, 
Wheelie made sure the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] didn't gobble them up! 
{{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sharkticon|Sharkticon commercial}}

He later helped his fellow Autobots charge Galvatron, 
But when [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] joined in, he had to get gone! 
{{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sixshot|Sixshot commercial}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
In the distant year 2010, things were looking quite bleak: 
[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had seized command from [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], that psychotic freak! 
Most of the Autobots were now dead, buried and gone 
Because Shockwave used the [[Zel Quartz]] to destroy [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]!

But Wheelie had survived alongside [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] 
And along with some others, they travelled backward in time 
To 2003, before Shockwave had gone totally nuts 
And squarely kicked all of the Decepticons' butts. 

And yet it wasn't ''Wheelie'' who ended up saving the day; 
[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] wound-up thwarting the Decepticons (in his own stupid way). 

With Shockwave's sinister future now erased from the timeline, 
Wheelie vanished into nothingness, leaving sparkling starshine. 
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
In the future, the Autobots found Wheelie on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]. 
He keenly joined up with them, after the end of [[Unicron]]. 
Magnus brought him to Earth to help the Autobots rebuild, 
But when the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s attacked, they were all almost killed! 
{{storylink|Junkion Reunion}}

When [[Quintesson]]s put [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] on trial 
Wheelie helped Grimlock rescue them with a smile. 
{{storylink|Mockery of Justice}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Wheelie-(Gen).jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.7|As an Epic character, All my stats are very strong! But I won't be around for very long! As the last Transformers game of DeNA, Transformers: Battle Tactics will be gone in May!]]
Wheelie fought several Decepticons, Autobots, and others. Sometimes he fought with identical brothers! He first appeared in the event, "Transform and Roll Out!" Whether he's easy to build with 50 Wheelie cores, I doubt.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1-toy Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|My toy kind of sucks! ...can anyone think of ''another'' word that rhymes with suck?]]
*'''Wheelie''' (Mini Vehicle, [[1986]])
**''Takara ID number:'' '''C-80'''

:Wheelie's transformation does not go very far, he turns into a generic "futuristic car".
:His design is likely based on the [//oldconceptcars.com/1930-2004/fiat-abarth-record-car-1956/ ''1956 Fiat Abarth''], a 50s concept car that also looked like barf.
:Surprisingly enough, the fans' fancy he tickles, as he's the only new mold of the third-year [[Mini Vehicle]]s.

: The '86 Minis first came with an [[iron-on patch]], but later on those bonuses were removed from this batch.

: In Japan he came in a box with a collector's card, which made shoplifting the toy considerably more hard.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed much later on, into an old friend of Prime's named [[Dion (G1)#Collector's Edition|Dion]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Wheelie/wheelie.htm More on Wheelie you will know, at TFU.info]''

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===''The Transformers Collection''===
[[File:G1Wheelie toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You can change him in a snap! But he will still look like crap.]]
*'''Future Cybertron''' (Multi-pack, [[2005]])
**''ID number:'' '''20'''

:Wheelie was reissued in a ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' set. [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] [[Kup (G1)/toys#The Transformers Collection|Kup]] and [[Recoil (G1)#The Transformers Collection|Recoil]], you also did get!
:This reissue's different in an unexpected way; where the old face was orange, the new one is gray!

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Cybertron/Wheelie/wheelie.htm More information on reissue Wheelie, found at TFU.info. No, really!]''
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Wheelielegendsuniverse.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Bumblebee swine, your [[alternate mode|alt mode]]'s mine!]]
*'''Autobot Wheelie''' (Legends Class, [[2009]])
**''Series:'' G1 Series

:Right along with many other Mini Vehicles from Generation 1, ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Wheelie was released as a "[[Legends Class (2005)|Legends]]" for pocket-sized fun.
:To make the tiny rhyming robot just a little bit neater, he now transforms into, apparently, a "[[Junkion (planet)|Junk Planet]] speeder!"<ref>Wheelie's cardback calls him this, assuming Hasbro's not taking the piss.</ref>
:Hasbro was thoughtful, and kept Wheelie well-armed. They sculpted him a [[Slingshot (weapon)|slingshot]]! Enemies be alarmed!

:If an evil redeco of this Wheelie toy you lack, ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|ROTF]]'' [[Shadow Striker (ROTF)#Revenge of the Fallen|Shadow Striker]] is this Wheelie in black!

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/TFUWheelie/wheelie.htm If more on ''Universe'' Wheelie you wish to see, go to TFU.info, it's that easy!]''
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===''Henkei! Henkei!''===
[[File:Henkei-toy Wheelie.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Wheelie's popular in Japan, but hey, that ain't a crime. Why do they like him so much? Because he doesn't... talk poetry.]]
*'''Minibot Spy Team''' (Multi-pack, 2009)
**''ID number:'' '''C-19'''

:The same sculpt as the above ''Universe'' toy, this Wheelie is not exactly the same boy.
:''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' Wheelie has colors more mellow, as over in Japan, he's light orange-yellow.
:He comes packed with two other Minibots totaling three, though [[Warpath (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|Warpath]] and [[Cosmos (G1)#Henkei! Henkei!|Adams]] are most certainly not for free.
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Generations china import deluxe wheelie.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Blasting his enemies right off their feet, With these speakers buffing rhymes with all these phat beats.]]
*'''Wheelie''' (Deluxe Class, [[2012]])
**''Accessories'': Two speakers, slingshot/blaster

:Wheelie got himself released in ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'', but he remained [[exclusive]] to certain locations.
:[[Toys"R"Us]] and Asia are where he was found, and he isn't the commonest Transformer around.
:Previously thought to be lacking pizazz, Wheelie's now a retool of ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]]'' [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Jazz]]!
:He changes from a car with [[Jazz (Movie)|Solstice]] headlights, to a robot with a new head, ready for some fights.
:He's armed with some speakers standard to the mold. They can [[C joint|clip]] onto his doors, which never gets old.
:Wait up! Hold on! That isn't all that he's got: Wheelie's also armed with his mighty slingshot!
:It can serve as a blaster when [[5 mm post|plugged into]] his hand, something that play patterns find utterly grand.

:His [[package art]] has been modified from Jazz's, too. He's been given a head and colors, all brand new!
:It's all rather sad, then, that the artists thought they were done, because Wheelie is still depicted holding Jazz's gun!

:This mold was redecoed thrice in its original and unmodified state. Toys of [[Stepper (SG)#Timelines|two]] [[Ricochet (Headmasters)#United 2|Steppers]] and ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Longarm (SG)#Timelines|Longarm]] did it certainly create.
:For [[Retool#Gang-molded alternate parts|pretools]], ''Timelines'' [[Treadshot (SG)#Timelines|Treadshot]] had utilized the mold's alternate head. ''Timelines'' [[Kick-Off (G1)#Timelines|Kick-Over]], meanwhile, was [[retool]]ed with a new head-sculpt, instead.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/GDOWheelie/wheelie.htm Should more on ''Generations'' Wheelie you desire to know, check out his page on TFU.info!]''
{{2010JazzMold}}
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy Wheelie.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Wheelie complains he is far too old "But we need another car Kreon" someone had told.]]
*'''Autobot Wheelie''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
**''Collection'': '''''Age of Extinction'' Collection 2'''
**''Accessories'': Logo brick, large rifle

:This [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] Wheelie came in the sixth wave, of ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Micro-Changer]]s for fans to crave.
:A [[Kreon]] who can be rebuilt into a car, he sports [[Hound (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Hound]]'s helmet, which has gone very far!

:Unlike prior Micro-Changer assortments, there's no ID code to tell the bags' contents.
:Meaning you'd best be good at feeling parts through the bag, as not getting the toy you want can be kind of a drag.

:This assortment was originally slated to be [[exclusive]] to [[Toys"R"Us]], but US stores dropped the line, causing much fuss.
:It was still available in Canada, Chinese/Asian markets and Australia, which led to ridiculous prices and secondary-market mania.
:In 2015, the Collection appeared in the US at Dollar Tree, with a price tag of a whopping $1 a pop, practically free!
:Fans sought out these stores in a buying throng, and with very few shipments, they didn't last long.
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===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Legends-Class-Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hey, world, are you jelly? I fit tiny men in my belly!]]
*'''Autobot Wheelie''' (Legends Class, [[2016]])

:If you keep reading, then you will learn, about Wheelie's new toy, from ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]''-
:He's a Legends class mold now! Who would have guessed? He can carry [[Titan Master]]s around in his chest!
:They can drive him around, and travel quite far, because Wheelie turns into a sci-fi type car.
:It's a pretty cool toy, but Hasbro forgot, to give him his weapon: that iconic slingshot!

:But that isn't all! He comes with a card, it's based on his art! (That wasn't so hard).

:Although Wheelie's packaging and card art shows that his helmet is gray, his actual product's helmet is unpainted orange (no way!),

:Some of his ball-and-socket joints are loose, while his vehicle mode can't thoroughly peg depending on any copy you choose.
:The kneecap panels can be further collapsed down, although this is optional unless you're fiddling around.

:Once ''Titans Return'' Wave One had taken form, Wheelie was the only Legends Class not to shelfwarm!

::*[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/TRWheelie/wheelie.htm For more information on ''Titans Return'' Legends Class Wheelie, TFU.info is always at it, you see!]
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG29-Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Run to order me on your computer, I come packaged with a little Go Shooter!]]
*'''Wheelie & Goshooter''' (Two-pack, [[September 24]], 2016)
**''ID number:'' '''LG29'''

:Wheelie was released again by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] in Japan, with a new paint job meant to be as show-accurate as it can!

:And now he is packed with [[Shūta Gō#Legends|Goshooter]]: a small Headmaster accessory, which is a redeco of Loudmouth without the vehicle partner (yes sirree!)
:Although Goshooter can use any ''Titans Return''-styled molds to put his Head mode on, he can accommodate with Wheelie's vehicle mode, which he can actually ride on!
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:TF-Studio-Series-86-Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|''Hasbro you big jerk, My legs won't work!]]
*'''Grimlock & Autobot Wheelie''' (Leader Class, [[2021]])
**''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''86-06'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-64'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[May 29]], 2021

:Packaged with ''Studio Series'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Grimlock]], you see, was also a tiny figure of Wheelie!

:He can't transform, or move his elbows and knees, but he can ride on Grim's back like in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]!''
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==Merchandise==
===''ULTIMATES!''===
*'''Grimlock''' ([[2021]])
**''Accessories'': Wheelie figure, mind transfer helmet, apron, serving tray, 6 drinking glasses, fish, crown, 6 sets of dino forelimb claws

: Roses are red
: Violets are blue
: A non-transforming figurine of Wheelie was included with ''[[Transformers ULTIMATES!]]'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#ULTIMATES!|Grimlock]]
: Whoop-de-doo
{{comingsoontoy}}
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==Notes==
[[File:ToyFair1986-TFpage01a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4| I could've had a touch of blue, but [[Hasbro]] said "that just won't do."]]
[[File:FriedmanAuctionWheelieModelEdit.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|It sure is a good thing I'm not black and yellow, You might've confused me with [[Bumblebee (disambiguation)|some other fellow!]]]]
*In the first [[commercial]] where Wheelie did appear, His voice didn't sound anywhere near! Although Frank Welker did the gig, Wheelie's voice came much deeper, dig? In fact—and we're sure you'll all agree - He sounded like the {{w|The Smurfs|Smurfs'}} pal "{{w|Johan and Peewit|Peewee}}"!
*In an [[Toy Fair 1986|old catalog]], Wheelie's toy could be seen, But when his toy hit the market, its colors changed some time in between. And yet this obsolete coloration still lingered around; Wheelie bore the same scheme in some comics, savvy readers had found!
*Among those who dislike Wheelie is [[Floro Dery]], The guy who designed him (it's the truth! Really!). Dery's said that of all his Transformers designs, Wheelie's the one that he most fiercely maligns — Maybe even the only one! Honest, it's true! You can read for yourself in this interview!<ref>[http://transformersph.blogspot.com/2007/06/interview-with-floro-dery.html An interview from the Philippines, in which Floro Dery is really mean!]</ref>
*In the futuristic/bygone year of 2010, A set of Wheelie's color models were sold by [[Ron Friedman]]! These bits of history from the [[Sunbow Productions|Sunbow]] [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]] Were what you'd describe as totally groovy; Showing our hero with a form long-unseen, Sporting yellow and black (and it looked pretty keen!).
*In the Season 3 Italian dub, Wheelie never rhymes. Instead, he says "wroom wroom" at totally random times.
[[File:Unused AHM Wheelie concept.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Two designs that we were spared, because nobody really cared.]]
*In [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]], his animation model was [[Endo|used]]. He agreed with [[Sentinel Minor|his boss]], and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] was abused. They believed Hot Shot's [[Wheeljack (Armada)|friend]] had died writhing in flames. And thanks to those jerks, Hot Shot got all the blame. {{storylink|Past}} {{storylink|Past II}}
**Wheelie's model was reused again later on, This time as a generic, obscure [[Mini-Con]]! {{storylink|Miracle}}
*[[Chris Ryall]] said Wheelie would get a [[Spotlight: Wheelie|spotlight]] on his [http://ryalltime.blogspot.com/2008/02/who-said-music-industry-is-dead.html blog]. Summarily, Ryall's hide the fans swore they would flog. On [http://jizaitoys.seesaa.net/article/34599110.html Jizai's design] [[Klaus Scherwinski]] did base, For Wheelie's sake, you can admit, he didn't lose face.
*Although Wheelie thought that his body looked fine, For [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|AHM]] he received a swell redesign! [[Guido Guidi]], the artist, was not so enthused, And so in "[[Spotlight: Wheelie]]" it didn't get used.
*Wheelie's parents hail from [[Gobotron]]. ''Huh''. Who knew? The source is a tome called ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac Two]]''!

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Wheelie''' (ウィーリー ''Wīrī'')
*''English:'' '''Willy''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''French:'' '''Tourbillo''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Ugrabot''' (''The Movie'')
*''Italian:'' '''Scooter''', '''Saetta''' (''The Movie'')
*''Korean:'' '''Wheelie''' (휠리 ''Hwilli'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Wiley''' (Taiwan, 威利 ''Wēi Lì''), '''Zhuàn Lún''' (China, 转轮, "Reel")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Rodinhas''' (Portugal Comic)

==Footnotes==
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[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 Autobots]]
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[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Henkei! Henkei! Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Autobots]]
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:Mini Vehicles]]
[[Category:Poets]]
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[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
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Wheelie (G1)

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Grimbee: /* The Headmasters cartoon */

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:''Wheelie is an [[Autobot]], cheerful as the sun, from the [[continuity family]] of [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]].''
[[File:Wheelieg1.jpg|upright=1.9|thumb|"You give Wheelie sass? He ''will'' kick your ass."]]
The diminutive '''Wheelie''' is an Autobot child, but don't let your guard down. He's often underestimated. But Wheelie shows great strength for someone so young. You see, Wheelie ''survives''; it's simply what he ''does''. How is that? It's because he's spent years honing his skills on planets not unlike Hell, fighting [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s and [[Quintesson]]s. So despite his age, Wheelie's the best survivalist you'll find on [[Cybertron]]. And yet, Wheelie's still just a kid. Prone to pouting and pranking.
He hangs out with [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel], causing all sorts of trouble.

For whatever reason he rhymes.

{{quote|Wheelie say find friends today!|Wheelie|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Kazue Komiya]] (Japanese)|[[Gu Guoyi]] (Chinese), [[Dani Albiac]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Gerhard Acktun]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1 - 5", "Chaos" & "Call of the Primitives"), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, "Fight or Flee"), [[Claus Brockmeyer]] (German, "The Movie" TV Dub), [[Serge Bourrier]] (European French, "Surprise Party"), [[Carlos Marques]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" TV dub), [[Orlando Prado]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" VHS dub), [[Úrsula Bezerra]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" Fox Kids dub), [[Mário Jorge Andrade]] (Portuguese, season 3)}}
[[File:Wheelietftmslingshot.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|From early on, it was fated: It would be me that you all hated!]]
On the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], his ship crashed. Wheelie survived, although his vessel was destroyed. Though alone, Wheelie kept himself alive, because Wheelie was strong.

One day, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] came in search of their friends, so Wheelie offered to help them. With his rhymes, Wheelie earned the respect of the Mighty [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]!

Then with the help of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and others,
Wheelie returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].
{{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Wheelie’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in [[Transformers: The Animated Movie|two]] [[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|adaptations]] featuring the small Transformer!}}

In 2006, he had to bring [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[Transformation cog|cog]] to [[Earth]].{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}

To accomplish the task, Wheelie formed a duo with [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], but Galvatron stranded them on [[Io]].
{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}

[[File:FFOD4 Autobots lightpoles.JPG|upright=1.4|thumb|With beasts big and small I've had my spats, but did Wheelie deserve to fight all these bats?]]
Being attacked by [[lightpole]]s, things began to look grim, but because Blurr was faster than him, Wheelie threw him the cog and told him to go to [[Marissa Faireborn]]'s ship. But Blurr refused to abandon him, and so they fought the lightpoles. When Marissa came and helped, the lightpoles started targeting her ship.
{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

The trio fought on, but the lightpoles were getting the better of them, until [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] showed up to rescue them Though the lightpoles were defeated, the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] arrived, but Sky Lynx defeated them. The team reached Earth in time, completing their mission. With the cog now delivered, Metroplex came alive.
He fought [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]].
{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Later, with Grimlock and Blurr, Wheelie listened to Kup, talking about the [[Ick-Yak]]s on [[Dread (planet)|Dread]],
But when Grimlock mentioned [[Chaos (alien)|Chaos]], Kup became mad.
{{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

When zombie Optimus came under [[Quintesson]] control, destruction of the Autobots became his primary goal.
He tricked Wheelie and others into a trap full of missiles.
But Wheelie survived when [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] returned, and left the zombie Optimus behind to be destroyed.
{{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}}

Not long after that, Wheelie volunteered for a competition. But the timestream was being messed with, and Wheelie got stuck in a neverending race.
Eventually, time and space was repaired, freeing Wheelie from his trap.
{{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

On Earth, Wheelie witnessed landmarks disappearing. The Dinobots were suspects, but he didn't think that was true, because the true culprit was an [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|ethnic stereotype]]!
{{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

[[File:Daniel&wheeliesurpriseparty.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Daniel, we are out of time. Yet, Wheelie must complete this rhyme!]]
In an adventure, Wheelie tried to deduce the date of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Magnus]]'s birthday. He knew finding the truth would be hard. So he asked Daniel Witwicky to help him.Their search led them straight to a storage asteroid that was being spied on by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. Cyclonus took them hostage. But Magnus came. When Ultra Magnus arrived, he attacked Cyclonus.
But as they fought, little did they know, that Wheelie snuck past them and pressed the self-destruct button, which meant if they lingered they would die. So Cyclonus retreated, and Magnus saved them. As it turned out, Magnus didn't know his own birthday.
{{storylink|Surprise Party}}

With other Autobots, Wheelie found [[Paradron]], a planet that [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] lived on.
Galvatron tried make it his base, But gave up when Ultra Magnus blew up.
{{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}}

On another adventure, Wheelie didn't do much.
{{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:AutobotsCall.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Our energy was drained. No jokes have remained.]]
Wheelie was slightly more active in the next event , as Cybertron was being drained of its energy.Wheelie opened fire at [[Tornedron]] But Tornedron drained his life.

Luckily, Tornedron was defeated, and his life was restored.
{{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

Wheelie later joined others to deduce a [[Gregory Swofford|human]]'s plot, and when they fought a [[Hate Plague|plagued]] [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], Wheelie got shot to death.
{{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

He was saved by a [[Quintesson]]. But when Optimus set out, they replaced him with [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]].
{{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

When the time came along for [[Tommy Kennedy]]'s birthday, Wheelie joined the Autobots to get down and party. As Tommy sat atop [[Powermaster]] Prime's right shoulder, Wheelie wished him good fortune.While Tommy received his cake and blew out each candle, Wheelie got really pumped.
{{Storylink|Surprise Party#Season 5|Season 5: Surprise Party}}

====Rodimus vs. Cyclonus====
{{note|Wheelie's part in helping Hot Rod and Kup would go on. In the form of a comic with a minor [[Retcon]].}}
Before making it all the way to the Planet of [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], Wheelie and friends found themselves in a predicament.Though he was an expert pilot who could get them there fast, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] showed up.
Cyclonus was challenged to battle by Hot Rod, but Cyclonus's power almost killed him
Kup then requested help and Wheelie replied, by talking to some friends.
To make their ship visible was what Kup had asked, so [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and <s>[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]</s> [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] did.
When Hot Rod began winning, Cyclonus became a goner. He admitted he failed. They at last made it to Junkion and found everyone else. Now watch [[Wheelie (G1)#The Transformers cartoon|the movie]].
{{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Kazue Komiya]] (Japanese)|[[Erika Robledo]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
[[File:HM ep01 Wheelie beats Tantrum.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|''Headmasters'' Wheelie could be as snarky as you please! His words to Chromedome? "It's too late for apologies!"]]
By 2011, Wheelie was too petulant to rhyme
He blamed everything on [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]
Although a jerk to the core, Wheelie was not all alone,
He hung out with [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]], and the two were quite dangerous

While chilling on [[Earth]], the pair were met with surprise
By the titanic Trypticon with glowing death.
The Decepticon gave chase, but Wheelie outsmarted their foe,
Luring him onto a busted bridge, where he slipped and fell.

They then stowed away on the [[Trainbot]]s and returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]],
To help battle the Decepticons.
Daniel, the wuss, was soon attacked by [[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]]
So Wheelie had to pound the bull's head.{{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}

Before leaving with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] to face matters unpleasant, 
[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] bequeathed to Wheelie.
It was a mix-tape of music he'd composed on his own
And Wheelie played it after Blaster died.{{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

As Hot Rod searched Earth for the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] he'd lost,
[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] told Wheelie to believe in him.
Wheelie brushed off Kup's words, thinking them silly
And was acting all snarky, at least up until he
Was interrupted by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]], who had a better attitude
So he offered to help instead of standing 'round.
Wheelie, however, couldn't help them one whit,
So he went to an arcade with Daniel to complain
He thought himself far more useful than the adults all around him,
And yet even at video games, ''Daniel'' proceeded to pound {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Next, Blaster's untimely death sent Wheelie into depression.
"No one cares Blaster's gone"
But Wheelie was wrong; Rodimus Prime cared quite a bit.
He knew Blaster's death was a mistake and sought to rectify
So Blaster was revived as Twincast, much to Wheelie's elation,
And thus began the Great Cassette.{{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

[[File:WheelieRebellionBeast01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Wheelie hears what you mutter. Get your mind out of the gutter.]]
Daniel and Wheelie then stowed away on [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]]'s battleship
And accompanied the Autobots on their perilous
To the [[Beastformer]] homeworld, known simply as [[Beast (planet)|Beast]],
Where the 'Cons were causing trouble
Wheelie and Daniel then tried to rescue the Beastformer slaves,
But were imprisoned ''themselves'' in the dungeon
Luckily for Wheelie, the Headmasters were there.
They drove off all the villains {{storylink|Rebellion on Planet Beast}}

The meteorite [[Metamorphose]] then threatened Autobot space,
By warping anything metal
Only ''Daniel'' was safe. Only ''he'' could defeat it.
Wheelie cheered Daniel on—he was ''sure'' he could beat
But Daniel was a crybaby, a big blubbering sack
So Wheelie chided him
Daniel ''eventually'' manned up and blew up the rock,
But Wheelie such a jerk {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

The Trainbots later invited both Wheelie and Dan
To come visit their birthplace in far-off [[Japan]].
Soon after arriving, [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] made some trouble
Stirring up the Autobots, who countered
The Headmasters went searching all over the planet
While Dan and Wheelie went shopping
The Trainbots shopped ''with'' them, and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] made a fuss
Causing Daniel to run away crying. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

Wheelie later observed as the Autobots fought,
To reach [[Vector Sigma]] first
The Decepticons would get there, and then there'd be trouble,
Because they'd use Sigma's [[Cybertonuron]] to turn the Autobots

But they were wrong—[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] had a more menacing scheme:
To blow up all of Cybertron.
The bombs could not be removed, much to Wheelie's frustration,
Leaving Rodimus to call for the planet's evacuate
And so Wheelie was forced to watch his planet go KER-PEW!
Poor little guy
Rodimus then departed on an outer space quest,
Leaving [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] to raise Wheelie {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

[[File:WheelieEnergonGlutton01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Wheelie likes to eat, drink and be merry, His favorite cereal is ''Frankenberry''.]]
Crippled with sorrow over Cybertron's end,
The Autobots threw a party
Wheelie, the hedonist, had too much to drink,
And got drunk and passed out
{{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}}

Along with Daniel and Spike, Wheelie went to Peru
To prevent the members of the Decepticons
From making a volcano blow up
Leaving the villagers below to die

As the mountain erupted, they approached in [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
But he couldn't beat the heat
So Wheelie tried once again, this time with the Trainbots,
But the heat drove ''them'' off too, just like they were lame
With no options left, they evacuated the town
Saving the villagers while the magma poured {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}}

On Athenia, Daniel was planting some seeds
And began watering them
As Wheelie observed this dull gardening show,
He was shocked when he saw [[buridanka|the plant]] growing
The plant was a creature from the world of [[Darhos]]
That could grow to great heights, turning slimy

[[File:WheelieHeadOnFortMax01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Excuse me, good sir, I'm beggin' your pardon, But might Wheelie assist in planting your spice garden?"]]
Wheelie and Daniel called to Spike for some aid.
Spike then looked to Arcee
But they could do nothing, and the plant ''almost'' trashed their base,
Luckily, Fortress wiped it out{{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

When Wheelie and Daniel went to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] on a geological mission,
They found that the red planet bad
Scorponok had planted bombs near the planet's core,
And once they went off, Mars would then be gone
Then the pair were attacked by the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]] [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]],
Who easily abducted the duo

Imprisoned deep underground in a series of caves
Daniel concocted a scheme to trick
He staged an argument with Wheelie and even a fake brawl
Which let him secretly send an Autobot distress
The Headmasters then arrived and rescued the youths,
But could not find the time bombs {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}

Returned to Athenia, Wheelie looked on in fright
Praying Fortress would survive
When they found that their leader had been injured severely
Wheelie swore to the skies that the Decepticons would pay
But Wheelie's swearing and screeching couldn't stop what was fated;
Mars was blown into bits and [[Scorponok (G1)|Mega Zarak]] {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

With the threat of Mega Zarak now looming ahead
Wheelie admitted to Daniel his feelings
But Daniel wouldn't hear it; he knew Fortress was stronger
He'd had enough of Wheelie's crap
So with inhuman strength (and overreacting a bit), 
He shoved Wheelie into a lake

Before Wheelie could crush him with his mighty robot fist,
A flying saucer zoomed past.
Daniel thought that the alien might be friend and not foe,
So he tried to use a keyboard to communicate with it
Daniel was completely wrong—about as wrong as you can ''get''.
The alien was ''[[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]''.
Humiliated by his actions, Daniel started to weep
Leaving Wheelie no choice but to soothe himstorylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}

When the planet called [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]] sent an SOS into space
Asking for [[Energon cube]]s to save them
The Autobots, always kindly, agreed to give them their aid,
And Wheelie and Daniel tagged along to see the delivery
Then the Decepticons attacked! But Spike ''knew'' that they would,
And he set up a small cargo ship to
Slip away in the battle and deliver the cubes.
Wheelie and Daniel laughed out loud at the Decepticons
And so the cargo was delivered and Sandra was saved!
Wheelie didn't do much this time{{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

[[File:WheelieHivePlanet01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Normally, this would bring Wheelie to tears, But he wouldn't touch a ''bug'' in a million years!]]
When the Decepticons [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] showed up at last
[[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] told Wheelie all about their backstory
He revealed unto Wheelie that they used to be friends,
But when they joined Scorponok, they stopped {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}}

Wheelie and the Autobots then found themselves stuck in a race
To prevent the Decepticons from plundering the universe
The planet of [[Hive (planet)|Hive]] was the villains' first victim,
But they were thwarted when the Autobots arrived {{storylink|Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!}}

As for the twin planets of [[Twin Star|Sperity and Toruin]],
Galvatron planned to ransack them
As Sperity was attacked for its huge energy stash,
Wheelie was sent to Toruin before he could do anything

And on that barren planet Wheelie made a find:
The people of Sperity had left their old planet
They had taken their energon far away from there,
Which is why Galvatron couldn't find it
Eventually, Galvatron was forced to just call it quits,
And the Autobots left the Speritans to start over {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}}

At ''[[Video Challenger]]'', Daniel proved very skilled,
But Wheelie's reaction to him was a little less
So he challenged the kid to shoot an apple that he held
But Daniel shot his ''arm'' instead when his aim got fouled

A penal colony on [[Daros]] was their next landing point,
So they could rescue some war criminals being slaughtered
One of the criminals, though, tried to cut Daniel's neck,
And Wheelie was helpless to stop him,
As it turns out, the criminal wasn't really ''that'' bad,
And when he let Daniel go, no one 'cared
He gave information that helped them unravel a serious knot
And let them defeat MegaZarak. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}}

[[File:WheelieHeadFormationFriendship01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|So when Wheelie is horny his eyes glow like the Devil's? This is unsettling on ''soooo'' many levels...]]
The Decepticons drew them next to the jungle planet [[Paradise]],
Where they were plundering energy and doing things
So with the Headmasters setting out to solve their enemy's tests
Daniel and Wheelie met [[Papika]] and her voluptuous... ''face'
Wheelie was smitten quite quickly, and his eyes glowed deep red.
It's best not to imagine the thoughts

After learning to fish, Wheelie tried his best to impress her
By transforming into a car, but his skills proved the less
When compared to Papika's; she could talk to beasts large and small,
Making it clear that Wheelie couldn't impress her
Later, the Headmasters won the day, just like they always did, 
And Wheelie gave up on Papika. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

On their travels, the Decepticons proved formidable foes, 
Having stolen energy from six planets. ''. 
Approaching [[Pirate Planet]], Wheelie spotted something quite freaky: 
An old space pirate ship that was battered, 
And then an awesome adventure immediately began 
Involving pirates! And pyramids! Treasure! [[Clone (subgroup)|Clones]]! ''. 
Wheelie sat the whole thing out, letting Daniel have all the fun. 
Of all the adventures to miss, he had to skip out on? {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}}

As [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] struggled in vain to crack Scorponok's secret code, 
Daniel and Wheelie tried to help him cross that
Unfortunately, their "help" proved far too insufficient, 
And they had to start over from scratch ). 
Then Sixshot attacked and blew [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] into bits, 
And Wheelie attended his funeral {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}}

From the Athenia base, Wheelie watched Spike blow his top; 
The 'Cons were ransacking Earth
They were blaming Chromedome for the team's lack of success, 
But Arcee told them to chill {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

[[File:IRiskMyLifeForWheelie01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Wheelie likes to blame Chromedome for all that he can. He's a serious douchebag in this cartoon from Japan.]]
On a mission to Earth, Chromedome had just one simple job, 
To keep Spike 
Screwed it all up and Spike went into intensive care. 
Daniel forgave Chromedome, but Wheelie wouldn't let it. 
Chromedome tried to say sorry, but Wheelie said it wasn't enough. 
Even by ''Wheelie's'' standards, he was treating Chromedome 

As Spike recovered from surgery, Wheelie was then put to work, 
Helping to find Mega Zarak's weakspot for Chromedome 
After tens of minutes of labor, they all figured it out: 
The weakspot was on his chest beyond all shadow of a doubt! {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

With the Decepticons banished from Earth, the Autobots needed aid 
In gathering [[Plasma energy]] bombs so the humans would not be afraid. 
To accomplish this goal, Wheelie offered to call on friends that he knew, 
But Daniel laughed in his face! Wheelie was friendless and a ''fibber'', too! 

Then much to Daniel's surprise, Wheelie proved him totally wrong, 
When his good "friends" [[Pointblank]], [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] and [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] came along! 
Those Autobots were great warriors! Daniel was very impressed! 
But at being called Wheelie's "friends" the trio became very distressed. 
As it turns out, they ''weren't'' his "friends"; Wheelie was an absolute liar! 
They were his superior officers! His robo-pants were on fire! {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

With Wheelie's good "friends" now turned into powerful [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s, 
The veterans began insulting the obsolete Headmasters. 
In front of Daniel and Wheelie, Pointblank came down on Chromedome, 
Who feared the after effects of the disrespect he was shown. 
But Daniel and Wheelie didn't respect Chromedome any less 
(If they respected him ''at all'' is, well, ''anyone's'' guess). {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}}

[[File:TheWheelieSwordIsInDanger01.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Okay, sure, Wheelie. ''Whatever you say.'' Daniel can't be a Headmaster (in ''this'' continuity, anyway).]]
While set down on planet Master, Wheelie became full of himself, 
Vowing to become a Headmaster by improving fitness and health. 
Daniel rolled his eyes and laughed out loud; Wheelie's dreams were too silly. 
Wheelie told Daniel he could ''never'' be one; he was too fleshy and frilly. 
Very early the next morning, Wheelie snuck outside for a run, 
Only to be captured by Sixshot, whose evil scheme had begun! 

Sixshot threatened to dip Wheelie in acid if Fortress didn't agree 
To give up the [[Master Sword]]'s secrets and to do it quickly! 
Pointblank coldly suggested they just let Wheelie melt and die, 
But Daniel and Chromedome disagreed! They'd save the little guy! 
Going against orders, the pair snuck inside of Scorponok, 
With Daniel using his size to sneak past the energy locks. 

They got Wheelie out safely, but alas, their rescue was too late. 
Fortress had just handed over his secrets! Well, ain't that just ''great''? 
Furious at the trio for leaving the ship without orders, 
He gave them a mop and a bucket and said to wash ''all'' the quarters. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}}

Thanks to Wheelie's epic failure, the Decepticons took what they stole 
And began construction of the [[Zarak Shield]] as their ultimate goal. 
As the Headmasters traversed Master to thwart the sinister plan, 
Wheelie stood ontop of Battleship Maximus, hanging with Dan. 
They were startled by [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], who had concocted a plan all his own, 
He'd set bombs on the ship and didn't want their cover to be blown! 
Weirdwolf's plan was a success; the bombs completely ruined the ship 
And with his fancy new shield, Zarak prepared to beat on the crip. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}}

While [[Raiden]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] worked double-time on repairs, 
Wheelie and Dan found themselves useless to help with such affairs. 
As the grown-ups worked diligently to create tactics and plans, 
The kids went to play video games at their elder's demands. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

With the Maximus repaired, the Autobots set off into space 
After Mega Zarak whom they ''once again'' had to chase. 
In an effort to kill time, Wheelie had his ''greatest'' idea yet: 
He and Daniel would see what it was like inside a laser turret! 
Then the turret was damaged with Daniel still stuck inside, 
And jettisoned away from the ship; Wheelie just about ''cried''. 
Daniel made it back (with Sixshot's help), much to Wheelie's relief; 
If he had caused Daniel's death, Wheelie would have been crippled with grief! {{storylink|My Friend Sixshot!}}

Sixshot may have saved Daniel, but he was still no Autobot friend 
And challenged Chromedome to a duel where he'd surely meet his end. 
Wheelie, that eavesdropping punk, heard about the whole situation 
And ran and told Daniel, who wasn't keen on the confrontation. {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}}

Because of that stupid duel, Mega Zarak made it to Earth first, 
Once again, it was ''all'' Chromedome's fault (that guy is really the ''worst''). 
Daniel was busy pouting, thinking Sixshot had died in the fight. 
Wheelie teased the brat, anyway (never one to pass on a slight). 
They eventually reached Earth, but tragedy wasn't far behind: 
Spike's plane crashed down in the Andes and they were all in a bind! 
Wheelie followed his good buddy, who had to rescue his mother, 
And Daniel saved the day, yet again! A true hero! (''Oh brother...'') {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}}

[[File:FinalWheeliegoodbye.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Here's a joke that's a real zinger. Go ahead, Daniel, pull my finger!]]
It turned out Scorponok's master plan involved blowing up the Earth 
And gathering up the released energy (which was of tremendous worth). 
With friends and justice, the Autobots joined hands in formation 
And prevented Scorponok's insidius detonation! 
Mega Zarak destroyed and the Decepticons driven away, 
Wheelie and Daniel were left with only goodbyes 
Wheelie promised to visit Daniel again when he was older, 
And though they were apart, their passions would forever {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
{{-}}

=====''15 Go! Go!'' comics=====
[[File:15GoGo Wheelie.jpeg|upright=1.2|thumb|Wheelie may be drawn as his worst toy of all time, but that's still a punishment lighter than fits the crime.]]
[[Teletraan 15]]'s panties were so frilly and white, 
But when Wheelie peeked, [[Teletraan 10]] took this as a slight! 
10 taught him a lesson with a kick from her high heel 
That split open his head and ground his face into meal! 
{{storylink|Wheelie Volume}}

[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] then showed up to give that perv Wheelie a scolding, 
And then hugged poor 15, whose spine would need some remolding! 
{{storylink|Kup Volume}}
{{-}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
[[File:Legends Wheelie.jpeg|right|thumb|Wheelie concedes soccer is pretty fun, as long as the ball is also a gun.]]
[[2021|Ten years]] after his defeat, old Scorponok came back, 
So Wheelie joined Fortress and his crew for a counterattack. 
His friends shrunk when bad guys made a [[black hole]] detonate, 
But Wheelie saved himself and [[Headmaster Junior|some humans]] from sharing their fate. 
{{storylink|Headmaster Chapter Prologue}}

Wheelie came with the rest to the [[Legends World|Legends Universe]], 
Where he flipped skirts at a soccer game (he's kind of perverse). 
He argued with [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] that soccer is boring, 
But cut it out when the head-mode [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] came soaring. 
The culprit was a Galvatron [[Transtector|without a head]], 
So Wheelie and Shūta took him down without getting dead. 
An impressed Wheelie found Shūta's kick moves exciting, 
And admitted that soccer could be just as fun as fighting. 
{{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 29|Bonus Edition Vol. 29}}
{{--}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''=====
In 2010, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] hatched a plan, 
To gobble up spaceships as fast as he can! 
To accomplish this, he built a mechanical creature 
With huge, toothy jaws as its primary feature. 

[[File:Transformers2010MangaIssue5PrimeEnergyDefense01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Want to compensate for being a tiny one? Then just buy yourself an enormous gun!]]
The Autobots found out and were quickly deployed, 
Vowing not to give up until the beast was destroyed! 
Wheelie was among the heroes enlisted to fight, 
And helped [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus]] sneak inside the gargantuan blight. 
Rodimus blew up the creature with a smartly placed bomb, 
And when the Autobots celebrated, Wheelie joined right along. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 1|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #1}}

When planet [[Feminia]] and its [[Prime Energy Tower]] 
Came under attack from Decepticon power, 
Wheelie joined the Autobots in defending the thing, 
Though their best efforts proved futile against [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]. 

Observing the fight, Wheelie compared it to a game, 
Prompting [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] to lash out, calling him stupid and lame! 
The Decepticons eventually lost and were driven away, 
When the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]]s arrived to help win the day! {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}

=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
During a battle between [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] and [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], 
Wheelie mocked and insulted the defeated [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]! 
But Wheelie's cries of joy soon became cries of horror, 
When the Terrorcons brainwashed the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] warrior! 

The [[Cohesive Control Liquid]] had seized Computron's mind 
And forced him to join up with the Decepticons' kind! 
Luckily, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] was there, observing the fight, 
And used a special device to turn everything right! {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}

=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====
[[File:DanielWheelie.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|When you have at this frame peered, You'll have to admit, it's pretty weird.]]
Shortly after the defeat of [[Scorponok (G1)|Mega Zarak]], 
[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]] showed up and began to attack! 
Wheelie, unprepared, took a kick right to the face. 
All can agree he was put in his place! 

When [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]] took hostage [[Carly]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], 
[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] went berserk and started to strike! 
Sending the [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Cassette dinosaurs]] running back home, 
Soundblaster was left open to an attack from [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]. 

As the Autobots left Earth, Wheelie and Daniel said "Goodbye." 
They cuddled and they snuggled and started to cry. 
{{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}
{{--}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:Wheelie judgment day.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The Autobots are grateful that this time Wheelie does not speak in rhyme!]]
{{note|If the part's in italics, don't look away; it's merely to show that it's from the UK.}}
''In a timeline we can't wrap our noggins around, 
''Wheelie's ship was stranded on the Quintessons' ground. 
''But rather than give up and call the whole thing quits, 
''He saved Hot Rod and Kup from the Sharkticon Pits! 
{{storylink|Judgment Day!}}''

''From there, he travelled with them back home to Cybertron 
''Just in time to see it get eaten by Unicron. 
''But the Autobots prevailed, much to Wheelie's relief, 
''And he joined them to celebrate (or wallow in grief). 
{{storylink|The Final Battle!}}''

[[File:Wheeliefurmanism.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Though his speech filters through a rhyming prism, Wheelie still can manage a [[Furmanism]]!]]
''Not especially far did poor Wheelie roam, 
''Still, all things considered, he called [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintesson]] home. 
''So for Rodimus Prime he made himself quite the spy, 
''And reported on the deeds the locals would try. 

''The rescue of Wreck-Gar was his biggest claim to fame, 
''And that's how Wheelie helped to spoil the Quintessons' name. 
{{storylink|Space Pirates!}}''

====''Generation 2''====
In the 1990s, Wheelie wasn't seen much. 
It was possible the Autobot just lacked [[The Touch]]. 
But he could sure fill a background; yes, that he could do. 
He was spotted driving, though no one knows where to. 
{{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}
{{-}}

===Marvel coloring books===
[[File:Wheelie Treasure Coloring Book.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Wheelie's battery-powered and knows how to vibrate! (No, that's not what we meant, you perverted primate.)]]

While on a fabulous picnic, Kup spun a wild yarn 
About lost energon cubes; enough to fill a whole barn! 
At Hot Rod's suggestion, and with Wheelie's support, 
They left to find the lost cubes of the energon sort. 
Laserbeak was spying on them and alerted his friends. 
Galvatron wanted the cubes for his nefarious ends! 

Wheelie joined in a race to be the first ones to find them. 
With a little luck, they'd keep their enemies behind them! 
They lost to the Decepticons, who got to the cubes first, 
But at a glance one would think that the treasure was cursed! 
As the Decepticons all fought over who'd get the stash, 
Wheelie and the others just laughed and escaped in a flash. 
{{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

When Hot Rod and Daniel were attacked by [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s, 
Those wicked Decepticons were playing for keeps! 
He fled from the scene to go fetch some reinforcements. 
Wheelie moved so fast he could've had NASCAR endorsements! 
At Autobot City, Ultra Magnus heard the news 
And soon those evil Decepticons were singing the blues! 
{{storylink|Hot Rod's Escape}}
{{-}}

===Big Looker storybooks===

[[File:Wildboyofquintessonbattle.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|So you think that Wheelie's stupid and just hate his guts? Well Wheelie's ten times cooler than ''you'' are, you sniveling putz!]]

When Wheelie went on a space trip with his mom and his dad, 
They crashed down on [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintesson]] and their ship was damaged quite bad! 
Poor Wheelie, so young, lost both of his parents that day, 
And now with nowhere to go, he had no choice but to stay. 

But the [[Quintesson]]s, those meanies, didn't like Wheelie one bit, 
So they threw him first in a dungeon, then in a [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] pit! 
Wheelie, however, was not ''about'' to be killed, 
As it turns out, in gymnastics, Wheelie was very skilled! 
Using the gangplank as a springboard, he made his escape, 
Then fled into the jungle to live off the land like an ape! 

An undetermined time after that, a spoiled brat named [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], 
Went on a space trip with his homies and, well, isn't it odd, 
They crash-landed on Quintesson just like Wheelie did? 
Except none of them died like the parents of ''that'' kid. 

No sooner had they landed, they were menaced by danger; 
The Quintessons were attacking, but what's even ''stranger'', 
Is that Wheelie saved their lives, launching fireballs at the villains, 
All the while bustin' mad rhymes that were krunk, phresh and illin'. 

Wheelie then led his new friends to his damaged old spaceship, 
And Hot Rod began on repairs so they all could make the trip, 
Away from Quintesson and they needed to leave ''soon'', 
For the Quintessons had returned with some Sharkticon goons! 

Hot Rod repaired the spaceship and just ''barely'' in time, 
And Wheelie escaped with his friends, his health and his rhymes. {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}

===Toy pack-in material===
Wheelie fought alongside Rodimus Prime in a battle on a moon base. 
Strangely, Hot Rod was also nearby, getting punched in the face. {{storylink|Decipher the Decepticon}}

===3H comics===
[[File:Departure-WheelieDaniel.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|For Daniel only Arcee cried, but alas poor Wheelie also died!]]

With [[Doctor Fujiyama the Famous Scientist|Dr. Fujiyama]] in tow, the Autobots were quite screwed. 
It seems a legion of [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbirds]] were in a terrible mood! 
With Wheelie injured thanks to a shot in the back, 
Scar-faced Daniel realized the villains would cut them no slack. 

Prepared to die to stop the evil hordes, 
Wheelie told Daniel these few final words: 

{{quote|"All through our lives, I've been your friend. But now it's time for this to end."}}

With a grenade pin pulled, signalling doom, 
Daniel ended their friendship with a massive ''Kaboom''! 
{{storylink|Departure}}

[[File:Wheeliebrawntapoutescape.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|To what universe does this Wheelie go? From Nightbird death? We'll never know!]]

Centuries passed, with Wars both Great and of Beast, 
And once again [[Unicron]] was prepared to feast! 
An alternate Wheelie was poached from [[Primax 1108.10 Alpha|his home]], 
And locked in the [[Cauldron]] where no one could roam. 

He would fight other Transformers till death, either one; 
The loser would feed his [[spark]] to hungry Unicron! 
Trapped in a cage, Wheelie was doomed to meet [[Primus|his maker]], 
However, he was saved by [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]! 

He escaped with the others, through a portal they were hurled, 
Towards perhaps his home universe, a return to his world! 
{{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}}
{{-}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:PassiveAggression-Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Wheelie's gone feral! (Let's hope he's sterile.)]]

{{note|You can believe it or not, but just like in Japan, Wheelie did not rhyme once, much to the joys of many a fan.}}

Although [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] promised peace to one and all, 
Wheelie was smart and for that ruse he did not fall. 
He joined a team along with [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]], his [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] pet. 
Together they strove to unveil Shockwave's evil threat. 

[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] wasted no time in joining their side, 
But thought Gnaw was attacking and beat his ugly hide. 
Wheelie didn't take this well and thought Prime a brute, 
So in retaliation, he bit the Commander's boot! 
{{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

Later, once Shockwave's government was overthrown, 
Ultra Magnus planned to set defenses for threats unknown. 
Wheelie, Gnaw, and Hot Rod were assigned perimeter guard duty, 
A boring task which Hot Rod thought was a bunch of hooey. 
{{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
{{note|The following would have happened in [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues|issues we will never see]] Because bad business led to Dreamwave Productions' bankruptcy.}}
After paying a visit to Optimus, offline in the repair bay, 
Wheelie saw his friends beaten like it was child's play 
By [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] and her gang of female Autobot enforcers, 
A vicious bunch who were following Quintesson orders. 
{{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}}
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===''Lil Formers''===
Wheelie was sure he'd be invited to play a role in the [[Transformers (film)|Transformers live-action movie]]. 
He was wearing a pair of sunglasses, which made him look pretty groovy. 
{{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]] (cameo); [[Spotlight: Wheelie]] (full)

[[File:Wheeliesurvival.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Wheelie is sad, for once again he's been had!]]

All that Wheelie ever wanted was to help one and all, 
But the bigger, tougher Autobots thought he was too small. 
Then finally, one day, Wheelie at last got his due, 
And then radiation malfunctioned his ship—''boo-hoo!'' {{storylink|Spotlight: Wheelie}}

Wheelie sent out a transmission, hoping someone might help. 
[[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] got the call but ignored the little whelp! {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

So since no Autobot cared if Wheelie lived or died, 
His ship crashed into a planet and its systems were fried! 

The foul creatures of that world towered great heights over him, 
And when he tried [[Universal greeting|greeting]] [[Chaosteros|one]], it just tore off his limb! 
Wheelie got it back later, so he wasn't ''totally'' sunk, 
But the place where he found it stunk ten times worse than a skunk. 
Alas, poor Wheelie had to dig through poop piles in vain. 
And after all of ''that'', transforming caused him severe pain. 

The trail of a crashed ship was what he next embarked upon, 
And found that it had been piloted by Decepticons! 

An [[Varta|alien]] was being tortured by [[Spectro]] and [[Spyglass]], 
So Wheelie swooped in like a superhero and saved the shmuck's ass. 
For that poor guy's sake, Wheelie had saved him just in time, 
So the grateful little guy taught Wheelie how to rhyme! 

And Varta (the alien) even had a ship that flew! 
To get it up and running, Wheelie's power source would do. 
Together, the friends both prepared to leave the wretched place, 
But their dreams were crushed when Spyglass shot Varta in the face! 

The Decepticons took the ship and left Wheelie to his doom, 
But he surprised all the 'Cons and made the ship go ''Kaboom!'' 
In a year, Varta recovered and the pair built a home. 
And from then on, his fate Wheelie would no longer bemoan! 
{{storylink|Spotlight: Wheelie}}

From the future, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] travelled backward through time, 
To prevent [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] from committing an insidious crime. 
Orion Pax met with Wheelie and the two formed a team, 
Intent on thwarting Bludgeon and his whole sinister scheme. 

Wheelie's poor friend Varta was killed in the altercation, 
Then [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] showed up to confuse the situation. 
Jhiaxus's intent was to steal Wheelie's escape ship, 
Before the 'Bot could use it for his homecoming trip. 
Wheelie stalled [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] (who was apparently there, too), 
[[Chaosteros|With]] [[Arachnosaur|creatures]] he'd hoped to take home and lock up in a zoo. 

[[File:Cloaked Wheelie the Stars My Destination.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|Wheelie has done things he cannot forget. (But he'd do them again without regret.)]]
The whole battle proved futile, as time rippled out of sync, 
Leaving Wheelie alone (but with plenty of time to think). 
{{storylink|Syndromica (2)}}

But Wheelie would not spend eternity trapped in that place; 
He used the ship Jhiaxus wanted to travel through space. 
He didn't make it very far (only just [[LV-118|next door]]), 
Where he found himself stranded all by himself, once more. 
Time slowly began to take its toll on poor Wheelie's brain, 
So he took up playing music to keep himself sane. 

One day Rodimus showed up and Wheelie came to his aid. 
They'd known each other once, but Wheelie's memory was frayed. 
Then together with Rodimus and [[Garnak|some other guy]], 
Wheelie stole another ship and bid his prison ''bye, bye''. 
{{storylink|Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination|The Stars My Destination}}

While their trip back to Cybertron was a success, 
Years of war had rendered the whole planet a mess. 
The only ones there were [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]], 
Who gladly got on Wheelie and Rodimus's ride. 

Cybertron was occupied by [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]'s deadly [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s, 
And Wheelie had to defend himself against one of the creeps. 
The Autobots decided they could waste no more time, 
They had to report this invasion to Optimus Prime! 
{{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 4|Heart of Darkness #4}} {{storylink|Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet|Out of the Silent Planet}}

Their motley crew traveled to the planet of [[Earth]], 
Where Wheelie was greeted with a surplus of mirth. 
He was reunited with the others at [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] 
Where his comrades finally stopped to listen to him, it would seem. 
{{storylink|Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix|Orphans of the Helix}}

When [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] seized control of the [[Kimia Facility|Kimia]] station, 
Omega Supreme was first on the list for devastation. 
Along with [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], Wheelie was assigned as a scout, 
But when he sniped a Sweep he gave their position out! 
Pinned down by the horde, it looked as if their lives would be gone 
Until they were suddenly rescued by the heroic... ''Megatron''? 
{{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers|Numbers}}

Things only got worse as the Decepticons began to merge, 
Creating the [[Deceptigod]]; a most terrible scourge! 
Wheelie fell back with the others as the monster did advance 
And it destroyed Omega Supreme, who didn't stand a chance. 
{{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}}

Wheelie could do nothing but scramble in the huge creature's wake, 
But luckily [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]] was around to make Optimus break 
Open the Matrix so its energy could be released. 
And with no thanks to Wheelie, the monster's threat suddenly ceased. 
{{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}}

[[File:Syndromica1 pax and crew.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|Underage drinkin' is hella bitchin'! (This stays between us; don't be snitchin'!)]]

With his mind not so well after years of taking flight, 
Wheelie sought active duty to keep his brain going right. 
So he accompanied Hardhead and Garnak with a smile, 
Guarding the sinister [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] in self-imposed exile! 

[[File:Bludgeon Wheelie Syndromica1.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|"Hey, let's all shit on Wheelie! That sounds like plenty of fun!" Writers hate this guy more than that [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|certain other someone]].]]

On [[Arduria]], Wheelie became discombobulated, 
When [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] had Jhiaxus fiercely liberated! 
In pursuit of [[Regenesis]], the villains immediately fled 
To the distant LV system (a place that messed with Wheelie's head). 
{{storylink|Syndromica (1)}}

He and his friends gave chase through space's vast infinity, 
But found not their quarry but another [[Reflector (G1)|'Con trinity]]. 
It was none other than the trio that ''should'' have been dead. 
And yet somehow they were out piloting a spaceship instead! 

The reason for this soon became known (if not so much ''clear'') 
When they followed them to a place that filled Wheelie with fear. 
It was the very same planet where Wheelie had been stranded, 
(And the same place where Reflector had gotten his ass handed). 
For [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] had tampered with this world, long long ago, 
And plucked it from the lockstep of time's regular flow. 
Flashes of the past and future collided, ''cor blimey''! 
All in all, it was an adventure most ''timey-wimey''. 

Orion Pax went back in time on some ridiculous trip, 
And in the end Jhiaxus made away with the 'Con's spaceship. 
{{storylink|Syndromica (2)}}

They chased that evil rascal all the way to [[Gorlam Prime]] 
In the desperate hope that they could possibly stop him in time. 
Their investigation led them deep beneath the surface 
To an abandoned city that served no obvious purpose. 
Wheelie found out the hard way to keep his hand in his pocket, 
As a corrosive dissolved his arm right up to its socket. 
The city turned out to be a slumbering [[Titan (group)|Titan]], 
Whom Jhiaxus awoke, primed and ready for fightin'! 
With his colossal new pal, Jhiaxus quickly flew the coop, 
Leaving Wheelie behind to disintegrate alongside his group. 
Gorlam Prime was dissolving, but Orion wasn't scared: 
For just such an occasion, he had an [[Skyroller|escape ship]] prepared! 
At last understanding Jhiaxus's convoluted scheme, 
One-armed Wheelie set course for Cybertron (along with his team). 
{{storylink|Homecoming (IDW)|Homecoming}}

The ship tried to escape Gorlam's gravity well, 
But they couldn't break free! Things didn't look swell. 
The ''[[Lost Light]]'' soon saved them, and blasted ahead 
All the way home, while Wheelie spoke with Hardhead. 
Wheelie said that the [[Knights of Cybertron|Knights]] were a lie, and he didn't believe, 
But there was no time to argue, because Orion had to leave! {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}}

Pax left for the [[Dead Universe]], that cold, morbid realm 
Wheelie wished him farewell and let Pax take the helm. {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}}

While Orion embarked on his perilous trip, 
Wheelie and Garnak remained behind on the ship. 
Orion, in trouble, asked the pair for a lift, 
But Wheelie informed him that there was no more rift! 
The former Prime was stranded, he couldn't get through, 
And poor Wheelie had no idea what he could do. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}}

But Wheelie and Garnak hadn't thrown in the towel! 
Though we don't know how, they met up with [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]]. 
The redoubtable trio - plus new friend, [[Stardrive]] - 
Were next to be seen on [[Regalis V]]. 
Marooned [[Throttlebot]]s were under some threat 
From bad [[Maximal]]s - but weren't dead yet! 
{{storylink|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}}

They boarded [[Peaceful Revolution|Prowl's ship]], and all took a seat, 
Put it in gear, and made hasty retreat. 
{{storylink|The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)|The Dead Come Home, Part 2}}

The crew persevered despite Cybertron's scouring, 
Then helped save the Earth! Pretty empowering! 
{{storylink|Road's End}}{{storylink|Assembly (Unicron)|Assembly}}{{storylink|Ceremony}}

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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in manga===
[[File:Henkei 11 cover.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|When your parents have a new kid, Out you go on the dustbin lid!]]

As a full-on member of the [[Mini Vehicle|Minibot]] team, 
Wheelie went on a mission that was more than it seemed. 
Following energy signatures, the group of peons 
Unearthed a dino-Transformer who'd been buried for eons! 

Wheelie wasn't congratulated for his hard work. 
Instead, the confused [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] up and went berserk! 
[[Hot Shot (Henkei!)|Hot Shot]] intervened and handed the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] defeat, 
Which was good news for Wheelie, who almost became dead meat. 
{{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 11}}
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===''TransTech''===
[[Transcendent Technomorph|A bunch of guys]] mistook [[Bumblebee (Animated)|'Bee]] for someone named "Wheelie" 
As well [[Hot Shot (Armada)|as]] [[Side Burn (RID)|some]] [[Cheetor (BW)|others]] whom he never was, really. 
{{storylink|Bee in the City}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===

Overthrowing the [[President of the United States|Prez]], [[General Flagg]] led the [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] 
On a mission to Cybertron to engage their foes. 
But the big metal planet was in a state of unrest 
And Wheelie was snatched by [[Harvester unit|a unit programmed to harvest]]. 
{{storylink|Pax Megatronus}}

But Wheelie escaped! He's a tough little guy. 
He survived till the end of the war, and that's why 
when Cybertron then passed into Rodimus's care, 
Wheelie was present! Look–he's right there! {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
Wheelie was fast! He felt the need 
To challenge [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], on [[Velocitron|the planet of speed]]. 
But [[scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Squeezeplay (G1)|Crashbash]] attacked! They had one desire– 
To abduct Blurr's partner [[Haywire|Hyperfire]]! {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

==Commercial appearances==
While stranded on hostile [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]] with Hot Rod and Kup, 
Wheelie made sure the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] didn't gobble them up! 
{{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sharkticon|Sharkticon commercial}}

He later helped his fellow Autobots charge Galvatron, 
But when [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] joined in, he had to get gone! 
{{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sixshot|Sixshot commercial}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
In the distant year 2010, things were looking quite bleak: 
[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had seized command from [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], that psychotic freak! 
Most of the Autobots were now dead, buried and gone 
Because Shockwave used the [[Zel Quartz]] to destroy [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]!

But Wheelie had survived alongside [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] 
And along with some others, they travelled backward in time 
To 2003, before Shockwave had gone totally nuts 
And squarely kicked all of the Decepticons' butts. 

And yet it wasn't ''Wheelie'' who ended up saving the day; 
[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] wound-up thwarting the Decepticons (in his own stupid way). 

With Shockwave's sinister future now erased from the timeline, 
Wheelie vanished into nothingness, leaving sparkling starshine. 
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
In the future, the Autobots found Wheelie on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]. 
He keenly joined up with them, after the end of [[Unicron]]. 
Magnus brought him to Earth to help the Autobots rebuild, 
But when the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s attacked, they were all almost killed! 
{{storylink|Junkion Reunion}}

When [[Quintesson]]s put [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] on trial 
Wheelie helped Grimlock rescue them with a smile. 
{{storylink|Mockery of Justice}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Wheelie-(Gen).jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.7|As an Epic character, All my stats are very strong! But I won't be around for very long! As the last Transformers game of DeNA, Transformers: Battle Tactics will be gone in May!]]
Wheelie fought several Decepticons, Autobots, and others. Sometimes he fought with identical brothers! He first appeared in the event, "Transform and Roll Out!" Whether he's easy to build with 50 Wheelie cores, I doubt.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1-toy Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|My toy kind of sucks! ...can anyone think of ''another'' word that rhymes with suck?]]
*'''Wheelie''' (Mini Vehicle, [[1986]])
**''Takara ID number:'' '''C-80'''

:Wheelie's transformation does not go very far, he turns into a generic "futuristic car".
:His design is likely based on the [//oldconceptcars.com/1930-2004/fiat-abarth-record-car-1956/ ''1956 Fiat Abarth''], a 50s concept car that also looked like barf.
:Surprisingly enough, the fans' fancy he tickles, as he's the only new mold of the third-year [[Mini Vehicle]]s.

: The '86 Minis first came with an [[iron-on patch]], but later on those bonuses were removed from this batch.

: In Japan he came in a box with a collector's card, which made shoplifting the toy considerably more hard.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed much later on, into an old friend of Prime's named [[Dion (G1)#Collector's Edition|Dion]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Wheelie/wheelie.htm More on Wheelie you will know, at TFU.info]''

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===''The Transformers Collection''===
[[File:G1Wheelie toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You can change him in a snap! But he will still look like crap.]]
*'''Future Cybertron''' (Multi-pack, [[2005]])
**''ID number:'' '''20'''

:Wheelie was reissued in a ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' set. [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] [[Kup (G1)/toys#The Transformers Collection|Kup]] and [[Recoil (G1)#The Transformers Collection|Recoil]], you also did get!
:This reissue's different in an unexpected way; where the old face was orange, the new one is gray!

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Cybertron/Wheelie/wheelie.htm More information on reissue Wheelie, found at TFU.info. No, really!]''
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Wheelielegendsuniverse.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Bumblebee swine, your [[alternate mode|alt mode]]'s mine!]]
*'''Autobot Wheelie''' (Legends Class, [[2009]])
**''Series:'' G1 Series

:Right along with many other Mini Vehicles from Generation 1, ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Wheelie was released as a "[[Legends Class (2005)|Legends]]" for pocket-sized fun.
:To make the tiny rhyming robot just a little bit neater, he now transforms into, apparently, a "[[Junkion (planet)|Junk Planet]] speeder!"<ref>Wheelie's cardback calls him this, assuming Hasbro's not taking the piss.</ref>
:Hasbro was thoughtful, and kept Wheelie well-armed. They sculpted him a [[Slingshot (weapon)|slingshot]]! Enemies be alarmed!

:If an evil redeco of this Wheelie toy you lack, ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|ROTF]]'' [[Shadow Striker (ROTF)#Revenge of the Fallen|Shadow Striker]] is this Wheelie in black!

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/TFUWheelie/wheelie.htm If more on ''Universe'' Wheelie you wish to see, go to TFU.info, it's that easy!]''
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===''Henkei! Henkei!''===
[[File:Henkei-toy Wheelie.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Wheelie's popular in Japan, but hey, that ain't a crime. Why do they like him so much? Because he doesn't... talk poetry.]]
*'''Minibot Spy Team''' (Multi-pack, 2009)
**''ID number:'' '''C-19'''

:The same sculpt as the above ''Universe'' toy, this Wheelie is not exactly the same boy.
:''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' Wheelie has colors more mellow, as over in Japan, he's light orange-yellow.
:He comes packed with two other Minibots totaling three, though [[Warpath (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|Warpath]] and [[Cosmos (G1)#Henkei! Henkei!|Adams]] are most certainly not for free.
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Generations china import deluxe wheelie.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Blasting his enemies right off their feet, With these speakers buffing rhymes with all these phat beats.]]
*'''Wheelie''' (Deluxe Class, [[2012]])
**''Accessories'': Two speakers, slingshot/blaster

:Wheelie got himself released in ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'', but he remained [[exclusive]] to certain locations.
:[[Toys"R"Us]] and Asia are where he was found, and he isn't the commonest Transformer around.
:Previously thought to be lacking pizazz, Wheelie's now a retool of ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]]'' [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Jazz]]!
:He changes from a car with [[Jazz (Movie)|Solstice]] headlights, to a robot with a new head, ready for some fights.
:He's armed with some speakers standard to the mold. They can [[C joint|clip]] onto his doors, which never gets old.
:Wait up! Hold on! That isn't all that he's got: Wheelie's also armed with his mighty slingshot!
:It can serve as a blaster when [[5 mm post|plugged into]] his hand, something that play patterns find utterly grand.

:His [[package art]] has been modified from Jazz's, too. He's been given a head and colors, all brand new!
:It's all rather sad, then, that the artists thought they were done, because Wheelie is still depicted holding Jazz's gun!

:This mold was redecoed thrice in its original and unmodified state. Toys of [[Stepper (SG)#Timelines|two]] [[Ricochet (Headmasters)#United 2|Steppers]] and ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Longarm (SG)#Timelines|Longarm]] did it certainly create.
:For [[Retool#Gang-molded alternate parts|pretools]], ''Timelines'' [[Treadshot (SG)#Timelines|Treadshot]] had utilized the mold's alternate head. ''Timelines'' [[Kick-Off (G1)#Timelines|Kick-Over]], meanwhile, was [[retool]]ed with a new head-sculpt, instead.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/GDOWheelie/wheelie.htm Should more on ''Generations'' Wheelie you desire to know, check out his page on TFU.info!]''
{{2010JazzMold}}
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy Wheelie.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Wheelie complains he is far too old "But we need another car Kreon" someone had told.]]
*'''Autobot Wheelie''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
**''Collection'': '''''Age of Extinction'' Collection 2'''
**''Accessories'': Logo brick, large rifle

:This [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] Wheelie came in the sixth wave, of ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Micro-Changer]]s for fans to crave.
:A [[Kreon]] who can be rebuilt into a car, he sports [[Hound (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Hound]]'s helmet, which has gone very far!

:Unlike prior Micro-Changer assortments, there's no ID code to tell the bags' contents.
:Meaning you'd best be good at feeling parts through the bag, as not getting the toy you want can be kind of a drag.

:This assortment was originally slated to be [[exclusive]] to [[Toys"R"Us]], but US stores dropped the line, causing much fuss.
:It was still available in Canada, Chinese/Asian markets and Australia, which led to ridiculous prices and secondary-market mania.
:In 2015, the Collection appeared in the US at Dollar Tree, with a price tag of a whopping $1 a pop, practically free!
:Fans sought out these stores in a buying throng, and with very few shipments, they didn't last long.
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===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Legends-Class-Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hey, world, are you jelly? I fit tiny men in my belly!]]
*'''Autobot Wheelie''' (Legends Class, [[2016]])

:If you keep reading, then you will learn, about Wheelie's new toy, from ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]''-
:He's a Legends class mold now! Who would have guessed? He can carry [[Titan Master]]s around in his chest!
:They can drive him around, and travel quite far, because Wheelie turns into a sci-fi type car.
:It's a pretty cool toy, but Hasbro forgot, to give him his weapon: that iconic slingshot!

:But that isn't all! He comes with a card, it's based on his art! (That wasn't so hard).

:Although Wheelie's packaging and card art shows that his helmet is gray, his actual product's helmet is unpainted orange (no way!),

:Some of his ball-and-socket joints are loose, while his vehicle mode can't thoroughly peg depending on any copy you choose.
:The kneecap panels can be further collapsed down, although this is optional unless you're fiddling around.

:Once ''Titans Return'' Wave One had taken form, Wheelie was the only Legends Class not to shelfwarm!

::*[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/TRWheelie/wheelie.htm For more information on ''Titans Return'' Legends Class Wheelie, TFU.info is always at it, you see!]
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG29-Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Run to order me on your computer, I come packaged with a little Go Shooter!]]
*'''Wheelie & Goshooter''' (Two-pack, [[September 24]], 2016)
**''ID number:'' '''LG29'''

:Wheelie was released again by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] in Japan, with a new paint job meant to be as show-accurate as it can!

:And now he is packed with [[Shūta Gō#Legends|Goshooter]]: a small Headmaster accessory, which is a redeco of Loudmouth without the vehicle partner (yes sirree!)
:Although Goshooter can use any ''Titans Return''-styled molds to put his Head mode on, he can accommodate with Wheelie's vehicle mode, which he can actually ride on!
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:TF-Studio-Series-86-Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|''Hasbro you big jerk, My legs won't work!]]
*'''Grimlock & Autobot Wheelie''' (Leader Class, [[2021]])
**''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''86-06'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-64'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[May 29]], 2021

:Packaged with ''Studio Series'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Grimlock]], you see, was also a tiny figure of Wheelie!

:He can't transform, or move his elbows and knees, but he can ride on Grim's back like in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]!''
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==Merchandise==
===''ULTIMATES!''===
*'''Grimlock''' ([[2021]])
**''Accessories'': Wheelie figure, mind transfer helmet, apron, serving tray, 6 drinking glasses, fish, crown, 6 sets of dino forelimb claws

: Roses are red
: Violets are blue
: A non-transforming figurine of Wheelie was included with ''[[Transformers ULTIMATES!]]'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#ULTIMATES!|Grimlock]]
: Whoop-de-doo
{{comingsoontoy}}
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==Notes==
[[File:ToyFair1986-TFpage01a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4| I could've had a touch of blue, but [[Hasbro]] said "that just won't do."]]
[[File:FriedmanAuctionWheelieModelEdit.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|It sure is a good thing I'm not black and yellow, You might've confused me with [[Bumblebee (disambiguation)|some other fellow!]]]]
*In the first [[commercial]] where Wheelie did appear, His voice didn't sound anywhere near! Although Frank Welker did the gig, Wheelie's voice came much deeper, dig? In fact—and we're sure you'll all agree - He sounded like the {{w|The Smurfs|Smurfs'}} pal "{{w|Johan and Peewit|Peewee}}"!
*In an [[Toy Fair 1986|old catalog]], Wheelie's toy could be seen, But when his toy hit the market, its colors changed some time in between. And yet this obsolete coloration still lingered around; Wheelie bore the same scheme in some comics, savvy readers had found!
*Among those who dislike Wheelie is [[Floro Dery]], The guy who designed him (it's the truth! Really!). Dery's said that of all his Transformers designs, Wheelie's the one that he most fiercely maligns — Maybe even the only one! Honest, it's true! You can read for yourself in this interview!<ref>[http://transformersph.blogspot.com/2007/06/interview-with-floro-dery.html An interview from the Philippines, in which Floro Dery is really mean!]</ref>
*In the futuristic/bygone year of 2010, A set of Wheelie's color models were sold by [[Ron Friedman]]! These bits of history from the [[Sunbow Productions|Sunbow]] [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]] Were what you'd describe as totally groovy; Showing our hero with a form long-unseen, Sporting yellow and black (and it looked pretty keen!).
*In the Season 3 Italian dub, Wheelie never rhymes. Instead, he says "wroom wroom" at totally random times.
[[File:Unused AHM Wheelie concept.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Two designs that we were spared, because nobody really cared.]]
*In [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]], his animation model was [[Endo|used]]. He agreed with [[Sentinel Minor|his boss]], and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] was abused. They believed Hot Shot's [[Wheeljack (Armada)|friend]] had died writhing in flames. And thanks to those jerks, Hot Shot got all the blame. {{storylink|Past}} {{storylink|Past II}}
**Wheelie's model was reused again later on, This time as a generic, obscure [[Mini-Con]]! {{storylink|Miracle}}
*[[Chris Ryall]] said Wheelie would get a [[Spotlight: Wheelie|spotlight]] on his [http://ryalltime.blogspot.com/2008/02/who-said-music-industry-is-dead.html blog]. Summarily, Ryall's hide the fans swore they would flog. On [http://jizaitoys.seesaa.net/article/34599110.html Jizai's design] [[Klaus Scherwinski]] did base, For Wheelie's sake, you can admit, he didn't lose face.
*Although Wheelie thought that his body looked fine, For [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|AHM]] he received a swell redesign! [[Guido Guidi]], the artist, was not so enthused, And so in "[[Spotlight: Wheelie]]" it didn't get used.
*Wheelie's parents hail from [[Gobotron]]. ''Huh''. Who knew? The source is a tome called ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac Two]]''!

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Wheelie''' (ウィーリー ''Wīrī'')
*''English:'' '''Willy''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''French:'' '''Tourbillo''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Ugrabot''' (''The Movie'')
*''Italian:'' '''Scooter''', '''Saetta''' (''The Movie'')
*''Korean:'' '''Wheelie''' (휠리 ''Hwilli'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Wiley''' (Taiwan, 威利 ''Wēi Lì''), '''Zhuàn Lún''' (China, 转轮, "Reel")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Rodinhas''' (Portugal Comic)

==Footnotes==
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Wheelie (G1)

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:''Wheelie is an [[Autobot]], cheerful as the sun, from the [[continuity family]] of [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]].''
[[File:Wheelieg1.jpg|upright=1.9|thumb|"You give Wheelie sass? He ''will'' kick your ass."]]
The diminutive '''Wheelie''' is an Autobot child, but don't let your guard down. He's often underestimated. But Wheelie shows great strength for someone so young. You see, Wheelie ''survives''; it's simply what he ''does''. How is that? It's because he's spent years honing his skills on planets not unlike Hell, fighting [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s and [[Quintesson]]s. So despite his age, Wheelie's the best survivalist you'll find on [[Cybertron]]. And yet, Wheelie's still just a kid. Prone to pouting and pranking.
He hangs out with [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel], causing all sorts of trouble.

For whatever reason he rhymes.

{{quote|Wheelie say find friends today!|Wheelie|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Kazue Komiya]] (Japanese)|[[Gu Guoyi]] (Chinese), [[Dani Albiac]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Gerhard Acktun]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1 - 5", "Chaos" & "Call of the Primitives"), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, "Fight or Flee"), [[Claus Brockmeyer]] (German, "The Movie" TV Dub), [[Serge Bourrier]] (European French, "Surprise Party"), [[Carlos Marques]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" TV dub), [[Orlando Prado]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" VHS dub), [[Úrsula Bezerra]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" Fox Kids dub), [[Mário Jorge Andrade]] (Portuguese, season 3)}}
[[File:Wheelietftmslingshot.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|From early on, it was fated: It would be me that you all hated!]]
On the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], his ship crashed. Wheelie survived, although his vessel was destroyed. Though alone, Wheelie kept himself alive, because Wheelie was strong.

One day, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] came in search of their friends, so Wheelie offered to help them. With his rhymes, Wheelie earned the respect of the Mighty [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]!

Then with the help of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and others,
Wheelie returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].
{{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Wheelie’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in [[Transformers: The Animated Movie|two]] [[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|adaptations]] featuring the small Transformer!}}

In 2006, he had to bring [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[Transformation cog|cog]] to [[Earth]].{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}

To accomplish the task, Wheelie formed a duo with [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], but Galvatron stranded them on [[Io]].
{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}

[[File:FFOD4 Autobots lightpoles.JPG|upright=1.4|thumb|With beasts big and small I've had my spats, but did Wheelie deserve to fight all these bats?]]
Being attacked by [[lightpole]]s, things began to look grim, but because Blurr was faster than him, Wheelie threw him the cog and told him to go to [[Marissa Faireborn]]'s ship. But Blurr refused to abandon him, and so they fought the lightpoles. When Marissa came and helped, the lightpoles started targeting her ship.
{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

The trio fought on, but the lightpoles were getting the better of them, until [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] showed up to rescue them Though the lightpoles were defeated, the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] arrived, but Sky Lynx defeated them. The team reached Earth in time, completing their mission. With the cog now delivered, Metroplex came alive.
He fought [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]].
{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Later, with Grimlock and Blurr, Wheelie listened to Kup, talking about the [[Ick-Yak]]s on [[Dread (planet)|Dread]],
But when Grimlock mentioned [[Chaos (alien)|Chaos]], Kup became mad.
{{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

When zombie Optimus came under [[Quintesson]] control, destruction of the Autobots became his primary goal.
He tricked Wheelie and others into a trap full of missiles.
But Wheelie survived when [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] returned, and left the zombie Optimus behind to be destroyed.
{{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}}

Not long after that, Wheelie volunteered for a competition. But the timestream was being messed with, and Wheelie got stuck in a neverending race.
Eventually, time and space was repaired, freeing Wheelie from his trap.
{{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

On Earth, Wheelie witnessed landmarks disappearing. The Dinobots were suspects, but he didn't think that was true, because the true culprit was an [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|ethnic stereotype]]!
{{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

[[File:Daniel&wheeliesurpriseparty.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Daniel, we are out of time. Yet, Wheelie must complete this rhyme!]]
In an adventure, Wheelie tried to deduce the date of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Magnus]]'s birthday. He knew finding the truth would be hard. So he asked Daniel Witwicky to help him.Their search led them straight to a storage asteroid that was being spied on by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. Cyclonus took them hostage. But Magnus came. When Ultra Magnus arrived, he attacked Cyclonus.
But as they fought, little did they know, that Wheelie snuck past them and pressed the self-destruct button, which meant if they lingered they would die. So Cyclonus retreated, and Magnus saved them. As it turned out, Magnus didn't know his own birthday.
{{storylink|Surprise Party}}

With other Autobots, Wheelie found [[Paradron]], a planet that [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] lived on.
Galvatron tried make it his base, But gave up when Ultra Magnus blew up.
{{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}}

On another adventure, Wheelie didn't do much.
{{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:AutobotsCall.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Our energy was drained. No jokes have remained.]]
Wheelie was slightly more active in the next event , as Cybertron was being drained of its energy.Wheelie opened fire at [[Tornedron]] But Tornedron drained his life.

Luckily, Tornedron was defeated, and his life was restored.
{{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

Wheelie later joined others to deduce a [[Gregory Swofford|human]]'s plot, and when they fought a [[Hate Plague|plagued]] [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], Wheelie got shot to death.
{{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

He was saved by a [[Quintesson]]. But when Optimus set out, they replaced him with [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]].
{{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

When the time came along for [[Tommy Kennedy]]'s birthday, Wheelie joined the Autobots to get down and party. As Tommy sat atop [[Powermaster]] Prime's right shoulder, Wheelie wished him good fortune.While Tommy received his cake and blew out each candle, Wheelie got really pumped.
{{Storylink|Surprise Party#Season 5|Season 5: Surprise Party}}

====Rodimus vs. Cyclonus====
{{note|Wheelie's part in helping Hot Rod and Kup would go on. In the form of a comic with a minor [[Retcon]].}}
Before making it all the way to the Planet of [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], Wheelie and friends found themselves in a predicament.Though he was an expert pilot who could get them there fast, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] showed up.
Cyclonus was challenged to battle by Hot Rod, but Cyclonus's power almost killed him
Kup then requested help and Wheelie replied, by talking to some friends.
To make their ship visible was what Kup had asked, so [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and <s>[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]</s> [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] did.
When Hot Rod began winning, Cyclonus became a goner. He admitted he failed. They at last made it to Junkion and found everyone else. Now watch [[Wheelie (G1)#The Transformers cartoon|the movie]].
{{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Kazue Komiya]] (Japanese)|[[Erika Robledo]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
[[File:HM ep01 Wheelie beats Tantrum.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|''Headmasters'' Wheelie could be as snarky as you please! His words to Chromedome? "It's too late for apologies!"]]
By 2011, Wheelie was too petulant to rhyme
He blamed everything on [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]
Although a jerk to the core, Wheelie was not all alone,
He hung out with [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]], and the two were quite dangerous

While chilling on [[Earth]], the pair were met with surprise
By the titanic Trypticon with glowing death.
The Decepticon gave chase, but Wheelie outsmarted their foe,
Luring him onto a busted bridge, where he slipped and fell.

They then stowed away on the [[Trainbot]]s and returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]],
To help battle the Decepticons.
Daniel, the wuss, was soon attacked by [[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]]
So Wheelie had to pound the bull's head.{{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}

Before leaving with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] to face matters unpleasant, 
[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] bequeathed to Wheelie.
It was a mix-tape of music he'd composed on his own
And Wheelie played it after Blaster died.{{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

As Hot Rod searched Earth for the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] he'd lost,
[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] told Wheelie to believe in him.
Wheelie brushed off Kup's words, thinking them silly
And was acting all snarky, at least up until he
Was interrupted by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]], who had a better attitude
So he offered to help instead of standing 'round.
Wheelie, however, couldn't help them one whit,
So he went to an arcade with Daniel to complain
He thought himself far more useful than the adults all around him,
And yet even at video games, ''Daniel'' proceeded to pound {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Next, Blaster's untimely death sent Wheelie into depression.
"No one cares Blaster's gone"
But Wheelie was wrong; Rodimus Prime cared quite a bit.
He knew Blaster's death was a mistake and sought to rectify
So Blaster was revived as Twincast, much to Wheelie's elation,
And thus began the Great Cassette.{{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

[[File:WheelieRebellionBeast01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Wheelie hears what you mutter. Get your mind out of the gutter.]]
Daniel and Wheelie then stowed away on [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]]'s battleship
And accompanied the Autobots on their perilous
To the [[Beastformer]] homeworld, known simply as [[Beast (planet)|Beast]],
Where the 'Cons were causing trouble
Wheelie and Daniel then tried to rescue the Beastformer slaves,
But were imprisoned ''themselves'' in the dungeon
Luckily for Wheelie, the Headmasters were there.
They drove off all the villains {{storylink|Rebellion on Planet Beast}}

The meteorite [[Metamorphose]] then threatened Autobot space,
By warping anything metal
Only ''Daniel'' was safe. Only ''he'' could defeat it.
Wheelie cheered Daniel on—he was ''sure'' he could beat
But Daniel was a crybaby, a big blubbering sack
So Wheelie chided him
Daniel ''eventually'' manned up and blew up the rock,
But Wheelie such a jerk {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

The Trainbots later invited both Wheelie and Dan
To come visit their birthplace in far-off [[Japan]].
Soon after arriving, [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] made some trouble
Stirring up the Autobots, who countered
The Headmasters went searching all over the planet
While Dan and Wheelie went shopping
The Trainbots shopped ''with'' them, and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] made a fuss
Causing Daniel to run away crying. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

Wheelie later observed as the Autobots fought,
To reach [[Vector Sigma]] first
The Decepticons would get there, and then there'd be trouble,
Because they'd use Sigma's [[Cybertonuron]] to turn the Autobots

But they were wrong—[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] had a more menacing scheme:
To blow up all of Cybertron.
The bombs could not be removed, much to Wheelie's frustration,
Leaving Rodimus to call for the planet's evacuate
And so Wheelie was forced to watch his planet go KER-PEW!
Poor little guy
Rodimus then departed on an outer space quest,
Leaving [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] to raise Wheelie {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

[[File:WheelieEnergonGlutton01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Wheelie likes to eat, drink and be merry, His favorite cereal is ''Frankenberry''.]]
Crippled with sorrow over Cybertron's end,
The Autobots threw a party
Wheelie, the hedonist, had too much to drink,
And got drunk and passed out
{{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}}

Along with Daniel and Spike, Wheelie went to Peru
To prevent the members of the Decepticons
From making a volcano blow up
Leaving the villagers below to die

As the mountain erupted, they approached in [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
But he couldn't beat the heat
So Wheelie tried once again, this time with the Trainbots,
But the heat drove ''them'' off too, just like they were lame
With no options left, they evacuated the town
Saving the villagers while the magma poured {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}}

On Athenia, Daniel was planting some seeds
And began watering them
As Wheelie observed this dull gardening show,
He was shocked when he saw [[buridanka|the plant]] growing
The plant was a creature from the world of [[Darhos]]
That could grow to great heights, turning slimy

[[File:WheelieHeadOnFortMax01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Excuse me, good sir, I'm beggin' your pardon, But might Wheelie assist in planting your spice garden?"]]
Wheelie and Daniel called to Spike for some aid.
Spike then looked to Arcee
But they could do nothing, and the plant ''almost'' trashed their base,
Luckily, Fortress wiped it out{{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

When Wheelie and Daniel went to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] on a geological mission,
They found that the red planet bad
Scorponok had planted bombs near the planet's core,
And once they went off, Mars would then be gone
Then the pair were attacked by the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]] [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]],
Who easily abducted the duo

Imprisoned deep underground in a series of caves
Daniel concocted a scheme to trick
He staged an argument with Wheelie and even a fake brawl
Which let him secretly send an Autobot distress
The Headmasters then arrived and rescued the youths,
But could not find the time bombs {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}

Returned to Athenia, Wheelie looked on in fright
Praying Fortress would survive
When they found that their leader had been injured severely
Wheelie swore to the skies that the Decepticons would pay
But Wheelie's swearing and screeching couldn't stop what was fated;
Mars was blown into bits and [[Scorponok (G1)|Mega Zarak]] {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

With the threat of Mega Zarak now looming ahead
Wheelie admitted to Daniel his feelings
But Daniel wouldn't hear it; he knew Fortress was stronger
He'd had enough of Wheelie's crap
So with inhuman strength (and overreacting a bit), 
He shoved Wheelie into a lake

Before Wheelie could crush him with his mighty robot fist,
A flying saucer zoomed past.
Daniel thought that the alien might be friend and not foe,
So he tried to use a keyboard to communicate with it
Daniel was completely wrong—about as wrong as you can ''get''.
The alien was ''[[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]''.
Humiliated by his actions, Daniel started to weep
Leaving Wheelie no choice but to soothe himstorylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}

When the planet called [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]] sent an SOS into space
Asking for [[Energon cube]]s to save them
The Autobots, always kindly, agreed to give them their aid,
And Wheelie and Daniel tagged along to see the delivery
Then the Decepticons attacked! But Spike ''knew'' that they would,
And he set up a small cargo ship to
Slip away in the battle and deliver the cubes.
Wheelie and Daniel laughed out loud at the Decepticons
And so the cargo was delivered and Sandra was saved!
Wheelie didn't do much this time{{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

[[File:WheelieHivePlanet01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Normally, this would bring Wheelie to tears, But he wouldn't touch a ''bug'' in a million years!]]
When the Decepticons [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] showed up at last
[[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] told Wheelie all about their backstory
He revealed unto Wheelie that they used to be friends,
But when they joined Scorponok, they stopped {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}}

Wheelie and the Autobots then found themselves stuck in a race
To prevent the Decepticons from plundering the universe
The planet of [[Hive (planet)|Hive]] was the villains' first victim,
But they were thwarted when the Autobots arrived {{storylink|Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!}}

As for the twin planets of [[Twin Star|Sperity and Toruin]],
Galvatron planned to ransack them
As Sperity was attacked for its huge energy stash,
Wheelie was sent to Toruin before he could do anything

And on that barren planet Wheelie made a find:
The people of Sperity had left their old planet
They had taken their energon far away from there,
Which is why Galvatron couldn't find it
Eventually, Galvatron was forced to just call it quits,
And the Autobots left the Speritans to start over {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}}

At ''[[Video Challenger]]'', Daniel proved very skilled,
But Wheelie's reaction to him was a little less
So he challenged the kid to shoot an apple that he held
But Daniel shot his ''arm'' instead when his aim got fouled

A penal colony on [[Daros]] was their next landing point,
So they could rescue some war criminals being slaughtered
One of the criminals, though, tried to cut Daniel's neck,
And Wheelie was helpless to stop him,
As it turns out, the criminal wasn't really ''that'' bad,
And when he let Daniel go, no one 'cared
He gave information that helped them unravel a serious knot
And let them defeat MegaZarak. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}}

[[File:WheelieHeadFormationFriendship01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|So when Wheelie is horny his eyes glow like the Devil's? This is unsettling on ''soooo'' many levels...]]
The Decepticons drew them next to the jungle planet [[Paradise]],
Where they were plundering energy and doing things
So with the Headmasters setting out to solve their enemy's tests
Daniel and Wheelie met [[Papika]] and her voluptuous... ''face'
Wheelie was smitten quite quickly, and his eyes glowed deep red.
It's best not to imagine the thoughts

After learning to fish, Wheelie tried his best to impress her
By transforming into a car, but his skills proved the less
When compared to Papika's; she could talk to beasts large and small,
Making it clear that Wheelie couldn't impress her
Later, the Headmasters won the day, just like they always did, 
And Wheelie gave up on Papika. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

On their travels, the Decepticons proved formidable foes, 
Having stolen energy from six planets. ''. 
Approaching [[Pirate Planet]], Wheelie spotted something quite freaky: 
An old space pirate ship that was battered, 
And then an awesome adventure immediately began 
Involving pirates! And pyramids! Treasure! [[Clone (subgroup)|Clones]]! ''. 
Wheelie sat the whole thing out, letting Daniel have all the fun. 
Of all the adventures to miss, he had to skip out on? {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}}

As [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] struggled in vain to crack Scorponok's secret code, 
Daniel and Wheelie tried to help him cross that
Unfortunately, their "help" proved far too insufficient, 
And they had to start over from scratch ). 
Then Sixshot attacked and blew [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] into bits, 
And Wheelie attended his funeral {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}}

From the Athenia base, Wheelie watched Spike blow his top; 
The 'Cons were ransacking Earth
They were blaming Chromedome for the team's lack of success, 
But Arcee told them to chill {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

[[File:IRiskMyLifeForWheelie01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Wheelie likes to blame Chromedome for all that he can. He's a serious douchebag in this cartoon from Japan.]]
On a mission to Earth, Chromedome had just one simple job, 
To keep Spike 
Screwed it all up and Spike went into intensive care. 
Daniel forgave Chromedome, but Wheelie wouldn't let it. 
Chromedome tried to say sorry, but Wheelie said it wasn't enough. 
Even by ''Wheelie's'' standards, he was treating Chromedome 

As Spike recovered from surgery, Wheelie was then put to work, 
Helping to find Mega Zarak's weakspot for Chromedome 
After tens of minutes of labor, they all figured it out: 
The weakspot was on his chest beyond all shadow of a doubt! {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

With the Decepticons banished from Earth, the Autobots needed aid 
In gathering [[Plasma energy]] bombs so the humans would not be afraid. 
To accomplish this goal, Wheelie offered to call on friends that he knew, 
But Daniel laughed in his face! Wheelie was friendless and a ''fibber'', too! 

Then much to Daniel's surprise, Wheelie proved him totally wrong, 
When his good "friends" [[Pointblank]], [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] and [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] came along! 
Those Autobots were great warriors! Daniel was very impressed! 
But at being called Wheelie's "friends" the trio became very distressed. 
As it turns out, they ''weren't'' his "friends"; Wheelie was an absolute liar! 
They were his superior officers! His robo-pants were on fire! {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

With Wheelie's good "friends" now turned into powerful [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s, 
The veterans began insulting the obsolete Headmasters. 
In front of Daniel and Wheelie, Pointblank came down on Chromedome, 
Who feared the after effects of the disrespect he was shown. 
But Daniel and Wheelie didn't respect Chromedome any less 
(If they respected him ''at all'' is, well, ''anyone's'' guess). {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}}

[[File:TheWheelieSwordIsInDanger01.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Okay, sure, Wheelie. ''Whatever you say.'' Daniel can't be a Headmaster (in ''this'' continuity, anyway).]]
While set down on planet Master, Wheelie became full of himself, 
Vowing to become a Headmaster by improving fitness and health. 
Daniel rolled his eyes and laughed out loud; Wheelie's dreams were too silly. 
Wheelie told Daniel he could ''never'' be one; he was too fleshy and frilly. 
Very early the next morning, Wheelie snuck outside for a run, 
Only to be captured by Sixshot, whose evil scheme had begun! 

Sixshot threatened to dip Wheelie in acid if Fortress didn't agree 
To give up the [[Master Sword]]'s secrets and to do it quickly! 
Pointblank coldly suggested they just let Wheelie melt and die, 
But Daniel and Chromedome disagreed! They'd save the little guy! 
Going against orders, the pair snuck inside of Scorponok, 
With Daniel using his size to sneak past the energy locks. 

They got Wheelie out safely, but alas, their rescue was too late. 
Fortress had just handed over his secrets! Well, ain't that just ''great''? 
Furious at the trio for leaving the ship without orders, 
He gave them a mop and a bucket and said to wash ''all'' the quarters. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}}

Thanks to Wheelie's epic failure, the Decepticons took what they stole 
And began construction of the [[Zarak Shield]] as their ultimate goal. 
As the Headmasters traversed Master to thwart the sinister plan, 
Wheelie stood ontop of Battleship Maximus, hanging with Dan. 
They were startled by [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], who had concocted a plan all his own, 
He'd set bombs on the ship and didn't want their cover to be blown! 
Weirdwolf's plan was a success; the bombs completely ruined the ship 
And with his fancy new shield, Zarak prepared to beat on the crip. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}}

While [[Raiden]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] worked double-time on repairs, 
Wheelie and Dan found themselves useless to help with such affairs. 
As the grown-ups worked diligently to create tactics and plans, 
The kids went to play video games at their elder's demands. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

With the Maximus repaired, the Autobots set off into space 
After Mega Zarak whom they ''once again'' had to chase. 
In an effort to kill time, Wheelie had his ''greatest'' idea yet: 
He and Daniel would see what it was like inside a laser turret! 
Then the turret was damaged with Daniel still stuck inside, 
And jettisoned away from the ship; Wheelie just about ''cried''. 
Daniel made it back (with Sixshot's help), much to Wheelie's relief; 
If he had caused Daniel's death, Wheelie would have been crippled with grief! {{storylink|My Friend Sixshot!}}

Sixshot may have saved Daniel, but he was still no Autobot friend 
And challenged Chromedome to a duel where he'd surely meet his end. 
Wheelie, that eavesdropping punk, heard about the whole situation 
And ran and told Daniel, who wasn't keen on the confrontation. {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}}

Because of that stupid duel, Mega Zarak made it to Earth first, 
Once again, it was ''all'' Chromedome's fault (that guy is really the ''worst''). 
Daniel was busy pouting, thinking Sixshot had died in the fight. 
Wheelie teased the brat, anyway (never one to pass on a slight). 
They eventually reached Earth, but tragedy wasn't far behind: 
Spike's plane crashed down in the Andes and they were all in a bind! 
Wheelie followed his good buddy, who had to rescue his mother, 
And Daniel saved the day, yet again! A true hero! (''Oh brother...'') {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}}

[[File:FinalWheeliegoodbye.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Here's a joke that's a real zinger. Go ahead, Daniel, pull my finger!]]
It turned out Scorponok's master plan involved blowing up the Earth 
And gathering up the released energy (which was of tremendous worth). 
With friends and justice, the Autobots joined hands in formation 
And prevented Scorponok's insidius detonation! 
Mega Zarak destroyed and the Decepticons driven away, 
Wheelie and Daniel were left with only goodbyes to say. 
Wheelie promised to visit Daniel again when he was older, 
And though they were apart, their passions would forever smolder. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
{{-}}

=====''15 Go! Go!'' comics=====
[[File:15GoGo Wheelie.jpeg|upright=1.2|thumb|Wheelie may be drawn as his worst toy of all time, but that's still a punishment lighter than fits the crime.]]
[[Teletraan 15]]'s panties were so frilly and white, 
But when Wheelie peeked, [[Teletraan 10]] took this as a slight! 
10 taught him a lesson with a kick from her high heel 
That split open his head and ground his face into meal! 
{{storylink|Wheelie Volume}}

[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] then showed up to give that perv Wheelie a scolding, 
And then hugged poor 15, whose spine would need some remolding! 
{{storylink|Kup Volume}}
{{-}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
[[File:Legends Wheelie.jpeg|right|thumb|Wheelie concedes soccer is pretty fun, as long as the ball is also a gun.]]
[[2021|Ten years]] after his defeat, old Scorponok came back, 
So Wheelie joined Fortress and his crew for a counterattack. 
His friends shrunk when bad guys made a [[black hole]] detonate, 
But Wheelie saved himself and [[Headmaster Junior|some humans]] from sharing their fate. 
{{storylink|Headmaster Chapter Prologue}}

Wheelie came with the rest to the [[Legends World|Legends Universe]], 
Where he flipped skirts at a soccer game (he's kind of perverse). 
He argued with [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] that soccer is boring, 
But cut it out when the head-mode [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] came soaring. 
The culprit was a Galvatron [[Transtector|without a head]], 
So Wheelie and Shūta took him down without getting dead. 
An impressed Wheelie found Shūta's kick moves exciting, 
And admitted that soccer could be just as fun as fighting. 
{{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 29|Bonus Edition Vol. 29}}
{{--}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''=====
In 2010, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] hatched a plan, 
To gobble up spaceships as fast as he can! 
To accomplish this, he built a mechanical creature 
With huge, toothy jaws as its primary feature. 

[[File:Transformers2010MangaIssue5PrimeEnergyDefense01.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Want to compensate for being a tiny one? Then just buy yourself an enormous gun!]]
The Autobots found out and were quickly deployed, 
Vowing not to give up until the beast was destroyed! 
Wheelie was among the heroes enlisted to fight, 
And helped [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus]] sneak inside the gargantuan blight. 
Rodimus blew up the creature with a smartly placed bomb, 
And when the Autobots celebrated, Wheelie joined right along. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 1|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #1}}

When planet [[Feminia]] and its [[Prime Energy Tower]] 
Came under attack from Decepticon power, 
Wheelie joined the Autobots in defending the thing, 
Though their best efforts proved futile against [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]. 

Observing the fight, Wheelie compared it to a game, 
Prompting [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] to lash out, calling him stupid and lame! 
The Decepticons eventually lost and were driven away, 
When the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]]s arrived to help win the day! {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}

=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
During a battle between [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] and [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], 
Wheelie mocked and insulted the defeated [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]! 
But Wheelie's cries of joy soon became cries of horror, 
When the Terrorcons brainwashed the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] warrior! 

The [[Cohesive Control Liquid]] had seized Computron's mind 
And forced him to join up with the Decepticons' kind! 
Luckily, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] was there, observing the fight, 
And used a special device to turn everything right! {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}

=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====
[[File:DanielWheelie.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|When you have at this frame peered, You'll have to admit, it's pretty weird.]]
Shortly after the defeat of [[Scorponok (G1)|Mega Zarak]], 
[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]] showed up and began to attack! 
Wheelie, unprepared, took a kick right to the face. 
All can agree he was put in his place! 

When [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]] took hostage [[Carly]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], 
[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] went berserk and started to strike! 
Sending the [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Cassette dinosaurs]] running back home, 
Soundblaster was left open to an attack from [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]. 

As the Autobots left Earth, Wheelie and Daniel said "Goodbye." 
They cuddled and they snuggled and started to cry. 
{{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}
{{--}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:Wheelie judgment day.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The Autobots are grateful that this time Wheelie does not speak in rhyme!]]
{{note|If the part's in italics, don't look away; it's merely to show that it's from the UK.}}
''In a timeline we can't wrap our noggins around, 
''Wheelie's ship was stranded on the Quintessons' ground. 
''But rather than give up and call the whole thing quits, 
''He saved Hot Rod and Kup from the Sharkticon Pits! 
{{storylink|Judgment Day!}}''

''From there, he travelled with them back home to Cybertron 
''Just in time to see it get eaten by Unicron. 
''But the Autobots prevailed, much to Wheelie's relief, 
''And he joined them to celebrate (or wallow in grief). 
{{storylink|The Final Battle!}}''

[[File:Wheeliefurmanism.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Though his speech filters through a rhyming prism, Wheelie still can manage a [[Furmanism]]!]]
''Not especially far did poor Wheelie roam, 
''Still, all things considered, he called [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintesson]] home. 
''So for Rodimus Prime he made himself quite the spy, 
''And reported on the deeds the locals would try. 

''The rescue of Wreck-Gar was his biggest claim to fame, 
''And that's how Wheelie helped to spoil the Quintessons' name. 
{{storylink|Space Pirates!}}''

====''Generation 2''====
In the 1990s, Wheelie wasn't seen much. 
It was possible the Autobot just lacked [[The Touch]]. 
But he could sure fill a background; yes, that he could do. 
He was spotted driving, though no one knows where to. 
{{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}
{{-}}

===Marvel coloring books===
[[File:Wheelie Treasure Coloring Book.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Wheelie's battery-powered and knows how to vibrate! (No, that's not what we meant, you perverted primate.)]]

While on a fabulous picnic, Kup spun a wild yarn 
About lost energon cubes; enough to fill a whole barn! 
At Hot Rod's suggestion, and with Wheelie's support, 
They left to find the lost cubes of the energon sort. 
Laserbeak was spying on them and alerted his friends. 
Galvatron wanted the cubes for his nefarious ends! 

Wheelie joined in a race to be the first ones to find them. 
With a little luck, they'd keep their enemies behind them! 
They lost to the Decepticons, who got to the cubes first, 
But at a glance one would think that the treasure was cursed! 
As the Decepticons all fought over who'd get the stash, 
Wheelie and the others just laughed and escaped in a flash. 
{{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

When Hot Rod and Daniel were attacked by [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s, 
Those wicked Decepticons were playing for keeps! 
He fled from the scene to go fetch some reinforcements. 
Wheelie moved so fast he could've had NASCAR endorsements! 
At Autobot City, Ultra Magnus heard the news 
And soon those evil Decepticons were singing the blues! 
{{storylink|Hot Rod's Escape}}
{{-}}

===Big Looker storybooks===

[[File:Wildboyofquintessonbattle.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|So you think that Wheelie's stupid and just hate his guts? Well Wheelie's ten times cooler than ''you'' are, you sniveling putz!]]

When Wheelie went on a space trip with his mom and his dad, 
They crashed down on [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintesson]] and their ship was damaged quite bad! 
Poor Wheelie, so young, lost both of his parents that day, 
And now with nowhere to go, he had no choice but to stay. 

But the [[Quintesson]]s, those meanies, didn't like Wheelie one bit, 
So they threw him first in a dungeon, then in a [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] pit! 
Wheelie, however, was not ''about'' to be killed, 
As it turns out, in gymnastics, Wheelie was very skilled! 
Using the gangplank as a springboard, he made his escape, 
Then fled into the jungle to live off the land like an ape! 

An undetermined time after that, a spoiled brat named [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], 
Went on a space trip with his homies and, well, isn't it odd, 
They crash-landed on Quintesson just like Wheelie did? 
Except none of them died like the parents of ''that'' kid. 

No sooner had they landed, they were menaced by danger; 
The Quintessons were attacking, but what's even ''stranger'', 
Is that Wheelie saved their lives, launching fireballs at the villains, 
All the while bustin' mad rhymes that were krunk, phresh and illin'. 

Wheelie then led his new friends to his damaged old spaceship, 
And Hot Rod began on repairs so they all could make the trip, 
Away from Quintesson and they needed to leave ''soon'', 
For the Quintessons had returned with some Sharkticon goons! 

Hot Rod repaired the spaceship and just ''barely'' in time, 
And Wheelie escaped with his friends, his health and his rhymes. {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}

===Toy pack-in material===
Wheelie fought alongside Rodimus Prime in a battle on a moon base. 
Strangely, Hot Rod was also nearby, getting punched in the face. {{storylink|Decipher the Decepticon}}

===3H comics===
[[File:Departure-WheelieDaniel.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|For Daniel only Arcee cried, but alas poor Wheelie also died!]]

With [[Doctor Fujiyama the Famous Scientist|Dr. Fujiyama]] in tow, the Autobots were quite screwed. 
It seems a legion of [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbirds]] were in a terrible mood! 
With Wheelie injured thanks to a shot in the back, 
Scar-faced Daniel realized the villains would cut them no slack. 

Prepared to die to stop the evil hordes, 
Wheelie told Daniel these few final words: 

{{quote|"All through our lives, I've been your friend. But now it's time for this to end."}}

With a grenade pin pulled, signalling doom, 
Daniel ended their friendship with a massive ''Kaboom''! 
{{storylink|Departure}}

[[File:Wheeliebrawntapoutescape.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|To what universe does this Wheelie go? From Nightbird death? We'll never know!]]

Centuries passed, with Wars both Great and of Beast, 
And once again [[Unicron]] was prepared to feast! 
An alternate Wheelie was poached from [[Primax 1108.10 Alpha|his home]], 
And locked in the [[Cauldron]] where no one could roam. 

He would fight other Transformers till death, either one; 
The loser would feed his [[spark]] to hungry Unicron! 
Trapped in a cage, Wheelie was doomed to meet [[Primus|his maker]], 
However, he was saved by [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]! 

He escaped with the others, through a portal they were hurled, 
Towards perhaps his home universe, a return to his world! 
{{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}}
{{-}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:PassiveAggression-Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Wheelie's gone feral! (Let's hope he's sterile.)]]

{{note|You can believe it or not, but just like in Japan, Wheelie did not rhyme once, much to the joys of many a fan.}}

Although [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] promised peace to one and all, 
Wheelie was smart and for that ruse he did not fall. 
He joined a team along with [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]], his [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] pet. 
Together they strove to unveil Shockwave's evil threat. 

[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] wasted no time in joining their side, 
But thought Gnaw was attacking and beat his ugly hide. 
Wheelie didn't take this well and thought Prime a brute, 
So in retaliation, he bit the Commander's boot! 
{{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

Later, once Shockwave's government was overthrown, 
Ultra Magnus planned to set defenses for threats unknown. 
Wheelie, Gnaw, and Hot Rod were assigned perimeter guard duty, 
A boring task which Hot Rod thought was a bunch of hooey. 
{{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
{{note|The following would have happened in [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues|issues we will never see]] Because bad business led to Dreamwave Productions' bankruptcy.}}
After paying a visit to Optimus, offline in the repair bay, 
Wheelie saw his friends beaten like it was child's play 
By [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] and her gang of female Autobot enforcers, 
A vicious bunch who were following Quintesson orders. 
{{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}}
{{-}}

===''Lil Formers''===
Wheelie was sure he'd be invited to play a role in the [[Transformers (film)|Transformers live-action movie]]. 
He was wearing a pair of sunglasses, which made him look pretty groovy. 
{{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]] (cameo); [[Spotlight: Wheelie]] (full)

[[File:Wheeliesurvival.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Wheelie is sad, for once again he's been had!]]

All that Wheelie ever wanted was to help one and all, 
But the bigger, tougher Autobots thought he was too small. 
Then finally, one day, Wheelie at last got his due, 
And then radiation malfunctioned his ship—''boo-hoo!'' {{storylink|Spotlight: Wheelie}}

Wheelie sent out a transmission, hoping someone might help. 
[[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] got the call but ignored the little whelp! {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

So since no Autobot cared if Wheelie lived or died, 
His ship crashed into a planet and its systems were fried! 

The foul creatures of that world towered great heights over him, 
And when he tried [[Universal greeting|greeting]] [[Chaosteros|one]], it just tore off his limb! 
Wheelie got it back later, so he wasn't ''totally'' sunk, 
But the place where he found it stunk ten times worse than a skunk. 
Alas, poor Wheelie had to dig through poop piles in vain. 
And after all of ''that'', transforming caused him severe pain. 

The trail of a crashed ship was what he next embarked upon, 
And found that it had been piloted by Decepticons! 

An [[Varta|alien]] was being tortured by [[Spectro]] and [[Spyglass]], 
So Wheelie swooped in like a superhero and saved the shmuck's ass. 
For that poor guy's sake, Wheelie had saved him just in time, 
So the grateful little guy taught Wheelie how to rhyme! 

And Varta (the alien) even had a ship that flew! 
To get it up and running, Wheelie's power source would do. 
Together, the friends both prepared to leave the wretched place, 
But their dreams were crushed when Spyglass shot Varta in the face! 

The Decepticons took the ship and left Wheelie to his doom, 
But he surprised all the 'Cons and made the ship go ''Kaboom!'' 
In a year, Varta recovered and the pair built a home. 
And from then on, his fate Wheelie would no longer bemoan! 
{{storylink|Spotlight: Wheelie}}

From the future, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] travelled backward through time, 
To prevent [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] from committing an insidious crime. 
Orion Pax met with Wheelie and the two formed a team, 
Intent on thwarting Bludgeon and his whole sinister scheme. 

Wheelie's poor friend Varta was killed in the altercation, 
Then [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] showed up to confuse the situation. 
Jhiaxus's intent was to steal Wheelie's escape ship, 
Before the 'Bot could use it for his homecoming trip. 
Wheelie stalled [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] (who was apparently there, too), 
[[Chaosteros|With]] [[Arachnosaur|creatures]] he'd hoped to take home and lock up in a zoo. 

[[File:Cloaked Wheelie the Stars My Destination.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|Wheelie has done things he cannot forget. (But he'd do them again without regret.)]]
The whole battle proved futile, as time rippled out of sync, 
Leaving Wheelie alone (but with plenty of time to think). 
{{storylink|Syndromica (2)}}

But Wheelie would not spend eternity trapped in that place; 
He used the ship Jhiaxus wanted to travel through space. 
He didn't make it very far (only just [[LV-118|next door]]), 
Where he found himself stranded all by himself, once more. 
Time slowly began to take its toll on poor Wheelie's brain, 
So he took up playing music to keep himself sane. 

One day Rodimus showed up and Wheelie came to his aid. 
They'd known each other once, but Wheelie's memory was frayed. 
Then together with Rodimus and [[Garnak|some other guy]], 
Wheelie stole another ship and bid his prison ''bye, bye''. 
{{storylink|Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination|The Stars My Destination}}

While their trip back to Cybertron was a success, 
Years of war had rendered the whole planet a mess. 
The only ones there were [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]], 
Who gladly got on Wheelie and Rodimus's ride. 

Cybertron was occupied by [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]'s deadly [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s, 
And Wheelie had to defend himself against one of the creeps. 
The Autobots decided they could waste no more time, 
They had to report this invasion to Optimus Prime! 
{{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 4|Heart of Darkness #4}} {{storylink|Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet|Out of the Silent Planet}}

Their motley crew traveled to the planet of [[Earth]], 
Where Wheelie was greeted with a surplus of mirth. 
He was reunited with the others at [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] 
Where his comrades finally stopped to listen to him, it would seem. 
{{storylink|Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix|Orphans of the Helix}}

When [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] seized control of the [[Kimia Facility|Kimia]] station, 
Omega Supreme was first on the list for devastation. 
Along with [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], Wheelie was assigned as a scout, 
But when he sniped a Sweep he gave their position out! 
Pinned down by the horde, it looked as if their lives would be gone 
Until they were suddenly rescued by the heroic... ''Megatron''? 
{{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers|Numbers}}

Things only got worse as the Decepticons began to merge, 
Creating the [[Deceptigod]]; a most terrible scourge! 
Wheelie fell back with the others as the monster did advance 
And it destroyed Omega Supreme, who didn't stand a chance. 
{{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}}

Wheelie could do nothing but scramble in the huge creature's wake, 
But luckily [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]] was around to make Optimus break 
Open the Matrix so its energy could be released. 
And with no thanks to Wheelie, the monster's threat suddenly ceased. 
{{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}}

[[File:Syndromica1 pax and crew.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|Underage drinkin' is hella bitchin'! (This stays between us; don't be snitchin'!)]]

With his mind not so well after years of taking flight, 
Wheelie sought active duty to keep his brain going right. 
So he accompanied Hardhead and Garnak with a smile, 
Guarding the sinister [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] in self-imposed exile! 

[[File:Bludgeon Wheelie Syndromica1.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|"Hey, let's all shit on Wheelie! That sounds like plenty of fun!" Writers hate this guy more than that [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|certain other someone]].]]

On [[Arduria]], Wheelie became discombobulated, 
When [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] had Jhiaxus fiercely liberated! 
In pursuit of [[Regenesis]], the villains immediately fled 
To the distant LV system (a place that messed with Wheelie's head). 
{{storylink|Syndromica (1)}}

He and his friends gave chase through space's vast infinity, 
But found not their quarry but another [[Reflector (G1)|'Con trinity]]. 
It was none other than the trio that ''should'' have been dead. 
And yet somehow they were out piloting a spaceship instead! 

The reason for this soon became known (if not so much ''clear'') 
When they followed them to a place that filled Wheelie with fear. 
It was the very same planet where Wheelie had been stranded, 
(And the same place where Reflector had gotten his ass handed). 
For [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] had tampered with this world, long long ago, 
And plucked it from the lockstep of time's regular flow. 
Flashes of the past and future collided, ''cor blimey''! 
All in all, it was an adventure most ''timey-wimey''. 

Orion Pax went back in time on some ridiculous trip, 
And in the end Jhiaxus made away with the 'Con's spaceship. 
{{storylink|Syndromica (2)}}

They chased that evil rascal all the way to [[Gorlam Prime]] 
In the desperate hope that they could possibly stop him in time. 
Their investigation led them deep beneath the surface 
To an abandoned city that served no obvious purpose. 
Wheelie found out the hard way to keep his hand in his pocket, 
As a corrosive dissolved his arm right up to its socket. 
The city turned out to be a slumbering [[Titan (group)|Titan]], 
Whom Jhiaxus awoke, primed and ready for fightin'! 
With his colossal new pal, Jhiaxus quickly flew the coop, 
Leaving Wheelie behind to disintegrate alongside his group. 
Gorlam Prime was dissolving, but Orion wasn't scared: 
For just such an occasion, he had an [[Skyroller|escape ship]] prepared! 
At last understanding Jhiaxus's convoluted scheme, 
One-armed Wheelie set course for Cybertron (along with his team). 
{{storylink|Homecoming (IDW)|Homecoming}}

The ship tried to escape Gorlam's gravity well, 
But they couldn't break free! Things didn't look swell. 
The ''[[Lost Light]]'' soon saved them, and blasted ahead 
All the way home, while Wheelie spoke with Hardhead. 
Wheelie said that the [[Knights of Cybertron|Knights]] were a lie, and he didn't believe, 
But there was no time to argue, because Orion had to leave! {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}}

Pax left for the [[Dead Universe]], that cold, morbid realm 
Wheelie wished him farewell and let Pax take the helm. {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}}

While Orion embarked on his perilous trip, 
Wheelie and Garnak remained behind on the ship. 
Orion, in trouble, asked the pair for a lift, 
But Wheelie informed him that there was no more rift! 
The former Prime was stranded, he couldn't get through, 
And poor Wheelie had no idea what he could do. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}}

But Wheelie and Garnak hadn't thrown in the towel! 
Though we don't know how, they met up with [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]]. 
The redoubtable trio - plus new friend, [[Stardrive]] - 
Were next to be seen on [[Regalis V]]. 
Marooned [[Throttlebot]]s were under some threat 
From bad [[Maximal]]s - but weren't dead yet! 
{{storylink|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}}

They boarded [[Peaceful Revolution|Prowl's ship]], and all took a seat, 
Put it in gear, and made hasty retreat. 
{{storylink|The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)|The Dead Come Home, Part 2}}

The crew persevered despite Cybertron's scouring, 
Then helped save the Earth! Pretty empowering! 
{{storylink|Road's End}}{{storylink|Assembly (Unicron)|Assembly}}{{storylink|Ceremony}}

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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in manga===
[[File:Henkei 11 cover.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|When your parents have a new kid, Out you go on the dustbin lid!]]

As a full-on member of the [[Mini Vehicle|Minibot]] team, 
Wheelie went on a mission that was more than it seemed. 
Following energy signatures, the group of peons 
Unearthed a dino-Transformer who'd been buried for eons! 

Wheelie wasn't congratulated for his hard work. 
Instead, the confused [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] up and went berserk! 
[[Hot Shot (Henkei!)|Hot Shot]] intervened and handed the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] defeat, 
Which was good news for Wheelie, who almost became dead meat. 
{{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 11}}
{{-}}

===''TransTech''===
[[Transcendent Technomorph|A bunch of guys]] mistook [[Bumblebee (Animated)|'Bee]] for someone named "Wheelie" 
As well [[Hot Shot (Armada)|as]] [[Side Burn (RID)|some]] [[Cheetor (BW)|others]] whom he never was, really. 
{{storylink|Bee in the City}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===

Overthrowing the [[President of the United States|Prez]], [[General Flagg]] led the [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] 
On a mission to Cybertron to engage their foes. 
But the big metal planet was in a state of unrest 
And Wheelie was snatched by [[Harvester unit|a unit programmed to harvest]]. 
{{storylink|Pax Megatronus}}

But Wheelie escaped! He's a tough little guy. 
He survived till the end of the war, and that's why 
when Cybertron then passed into Rodimus's care, 
Wheelie was present! Look–he's right there! {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
Wheelie was fast! He felt the need 
To challenge [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], on [[Velocitron|the planet of speed]]. 
But [[scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Squeezeplay (G1)|Crashbash]] attacked! They had one desire– 
To abduct Blurr's partner [[Haywire|Hyperfire]]! {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

==Commercial appearances==
While stranded on hostile [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]] with Hot Rod and Kup, 
Wheelie made sure the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] didn't gobble them up! 
{{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sharkticon|Sharkticon commercial}}

He later helped his fellow Autobots charge Galvatron, 
But when [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] joined in, he had to get gone! 
{{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sixshot|Sixshot commercial}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
In the distant year 2010, things were looking quite bleak: 
[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had seized command from [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], that psychotic freak! 
Most of the Autobots were now dead, buried and gone 
Because Shockwave used the [[Zel Quartz]] to destroy [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]!

But Wheelie had survived alongside [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] 
And along with some others, they travelled backward in time 
To 2003, before Shockwave had gone totally nuts 
And squarely kicked all of the Decepticons' butts. 

And yet it wasn't ''Wheelie'' who ended up saving the day; 
[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] wound-up thwarting the Decepticons (in his own stupid way). 

With Shockwave's sinister future now erased from the timeline, 
Wheelie vanished into nothingness, leaving sparkling starshine. 
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
In the future, the Autobots found Wheelie on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]. 
He keenly joined up with them, after the end of [[Unicron]]. 
Magnus brought him to Earth to help the Autobots rebuild, 
But when the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s attacked, they were all almost killed! 
{{storylink|Junkion Reunion}}

When [[Quintesson]]s put [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] on trial 
Wheelie helped Grimlock rescue them with a smile. 
{{storylink|Mockery of Justice}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Wheelie-(Gen).jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.7|As an Epic character, All my stats are very strong! But I won't be around for very long! As the last Transformers game of DeNA, Transformers: Battle Tactics will be gone in May!]]
Wheelie fought several Decepticons, Autobots, and others. Sometimes he fought with identical brothers! He first appeared in the event, "Transform and Roll Out!" Whether he's easy to build with 50 Wheelie cores, I doubt.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1-toy Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|My toy kind of sucks! ...can anyone think of ''another'' word that rhymes with suck?]]
*'''Wheelie''' (Mini Vehicle, [[1986]])
**''Takara ID number:'' '''C-80'''

:Wheelie's transformation does not go very far, he turns into a generic "futuristic car".
:His design is likely based on the [//oldconceptcars.com/1930-2004/fiat-abarth-record-car-1956/ ''1956 Fiat Abarth''], a 50s concept car that also looked like barf.
:Surprisingly enough, the fans' fancy he tickles, as he's the only new mold of the third-year [[Mini Vehicle]]s.

: The '86 Minis first came with an [[iron-on patch]], but later on those bonuses were removed from this batch.

: In Japan he came in a box with a collector's card, which made shoplifting the toy considerably more hard.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed much later on, into an old friend of Prime's named [[Dion (G1)#Collector's Edition|Dion]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Wheelie/wheelie.htm More on Wheelie you will know, at TFU.info]''

{{-}}

===''The Transformers Collection''===
[[File:G1Wheelie toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You can change him in a snap! But he will still look like crap.]]
*'''Future Cybertron''' (Multi-pack, [[2005]])
**''ID number:'' '''20'''

:Wheelie was reissued in a ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' set. [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] [[Kup (G1)/toys#The Transformers Collection|Kup]] and [[Recoil (G1)#The Transformers Collection|Recoil]], you also did get!
:This reissue's different in an unexpected way; where the old face was orange, the new one is gray!

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Cybertron/Wheelie/wheelie.htm More information on reissue Wheelie, found at TFU.info. No, really!]''
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Wheelielegendsuniverse.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Bumblebee swine, your [[alternate mode|alt mode]]'s mine!]]
*'''Autobot Wheelie''' (Legends Class, [[2009]])
**''Series:'' G1 Series

:Right along with many other Mini Vehicles from Generation 1, ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Wheelie was released as a "[[Legends Class (2005)|Legends]]" for pocket-sized fun.
:To make the tiny rhyming robot just a little bit neater, he now transforms into, apparently, a "[[Junkion (planet)|Junk Planet]] speeder!"<ref>Wheelie's cardback calls him this, assuming Hasbro's not taking the piss.</ref>
:Hasbro was thoughtful, and kept Wheelie well-armed. They sculpted him a [[Slingshot (weapon)|slingshot]]! Enemies be alarmed!

:If an evil redeco of this Wheelie toy you lack, ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|ROTF]]'' [[Shadow Striker (ROTF)#Revenge of the Fallen|Shadow Striker]] is this Wheelie in black!

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/TFUWheelie/wheelie.htm If more on ''Universe'' Wheelie you wish to see, go to TFU.info, it's that easy!]''
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===''Henkei! Henkei!''===
[[File:Henkei-toy Wheelie.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Wheelie's popular in Japan, but hey, that ain't a crime. Why do they like him so much? Because he doesn't... talk poetry.]]
*'''Minibot Spy Team''' (Multi-pack, 2009)
**''ID number:'' '''C-19'''

:The same sculpt as the above ''Universe'' toy, this Wheelie is not exactly the same boy.
:''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' Wheelie has colors more mellow, as over in Japan, he's light orange-yellow.
:He comes packed with two other Minibots totaling three, though [[Warpath (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|Warpath]] and [[Cosmos (G1)#Henkei! Henkei!|Adams]] are most certainly not for free.
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Generations china import deluxe wheelie.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Blasting his enemies right off their feet, With these speakers buffing rhymes with all these phat beats.]]
*'''Wheelie''' (Deluxe Class, [[2012]])
**''Accessories'': Two speakers, slingshot/blaster

:Wheelie got himself released in ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'', but he remained [[exclusive]] to certain locations.
:[[Toys"R"Us]] and Asia are where he was found, and he isn't the commonest Transformer around.
:Previously thought to be lacking pizazz, Wheelie's now a retool of ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]]'' [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Jazz]]!
:He changes from a car with [[Jazz (Movie)|Solstice]] headlights, to a robot with a new head, ready for some fights.
:He's armed with some speakers standard to the mold. They can [[C joint|clip]] onto his doors, which never gets old.
:Wait up! Hold on! That isn't all that he's got: Wheelie's also armed with his mighty slingshot!
:It can serve as a blaster when [[5 mm post|plugged into]] his hand, something that play patterns find utterly grand.

:His [[package art]] has been modified from Jazz's, too. He's been given a head and colors, all brand new!
:It's all rather sad, then, that the artists thought they were done, because Wheelie is still depicted holding Jazz's gun!

:This mold was redecoed thrice in its original and unmodified state. Toys of [[Stepper (SG)#Timelines|two]] [[Ricochet (Headmasters)#United 2|Steppers]] and ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Longarm (SG)#Timelines|Longarm]] did it certainly create.
:For [[Retool#Gang-molded alternate parts|pretools]], ''Timelines'' [[Treadshot (SG)#Timelines|Treadshot]] had utilized the mold's alternate head. ''Timelines'' [[Kick-Off (G1)#Timelines|Kick-Over]], meanwhile, was [[retool]]ed with a new head-sculpt, instead.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/GDOWheelie/wheelie.htm Should more on ''Generations'' Wheelie you desire to know, check out his page on TFU.info!]''
{{2010JazzMold}}
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy Wheelie.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Wheelie complains he is far too old "But we need another car Kreon" someone had told.]]
*'''Autobot Wheelie''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
**''Collection'': '''''Age of Extinction'' Collection 2'''
**''Accessories'': Logo brick, large rifle

:This [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] Wheelie came in the sixth wave, of ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Micro-Changer]]s for fans to crave.
:A [[Kreon]] who can be rebuilt into a car, he sports [[Hound (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Hound]]'s helmet, which has gone very far!

:Unlike prior Micro-Changer assortments, there's no ID code to tell the bags' contents.
:Meaning you'd best be good at feeling parts through the bag, as not getting the toy you want can be kind of a drag.

:This assortment was originally slated to be [[exclusive]] to [[Toys"R"Us]], but US stores dropped the line, causing much fuss.
:It was still available in Canada, Chinese/Asian markets and Australia, which led to ridiculous prices and secondary-market mania.
:In 2015, the Collection appeared in the US at Dollar Tree, with a price tag of a whopping $1 a pop, practically free!
:Fans sought out these stores in a buying throng, and with very few shipments, they didn't last long.
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===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Legends-Class-Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hey, world, are you jelly? I fit tiny men in my belly!]]
*'''Autobot Wheelie''' (Legends Class, [[2016]])

:If you keep reading, then you will learn, about Wheelie's new toy, from ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]''-
:He's a Legends class mold now! Who would have guessed? He can carry [[Titan Master]]s around in his chest!
:They can drive him around, and travel quite far, because Wheelie turns into a sci-fi type car.
:It's a pretty cool toy, but Hasbro forgot, to give him his weapon: that iconic slingshot!

:But that isn't all! He comes with a card, it's based on his art! (That wasn't so hard).

:Although Wheelie's packaging and card art shows that his helmet is gray, his actual product's helmet is unpainted orange (no way!),

:Some of his ball-and-socket joints are loose, while his vehicle mode can't thoroughly peg depending on any copy you choose.
:The kneecap panels can be further collapsed down, although this is optional unless you're fiddling around.

:Once ''Titans Return'' Wave One had taken form, Wheelie was the only Legends Class not to shelfwarm!

::*[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/TRWheelie/wheelie.htm For more information on ''Titans Return'' Legends Class Wheelie, TFU.info is always at it, you see!]
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG29-Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Run to order me on your computer, I come packaged with a little Go Shooter!]]
*'''Wheelie & Goshooter''' (Two-pack, [[September 24]], 2016)
**''ID number:'' '''LG29'''

:Wheelie was released again by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] in Japan, with a new paint job meant to be as show-accurate as it can!

:And now he is packed with [[Shūta Gō#Legends|Goshooter]]: a small Headmaster accessory, which is a redeco of Loudmouth without the vehicle partner (yes sirree!)
:Although Goshooter can use any ''Titans Return''-styled molds to put his Head mode on, he can accommodate with Wheelie's vehicle mode, which he can actually ride on!
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:TF-Studio-Series-86-Wheelie.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|''Hasbro you big jerk, My legs won't work!]]
*'''Grimlock & Autobot Wheelie''' (Leader Class, [[2021]])
**''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''86-06'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-64'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[May 29]], 2021

:Packaged with ''Studio Series'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Grimlock]], you see, was also a tiny figure of Wheelie!

:He can't transform, or move his elbows and knees, but he can ride on Grim's back like in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]!''
{{--}}

==Merchandise==
===''ULTIMATES!''===
*'''Grimlock''' ([[2021]])
**''Accessories'': Wheelie figure, mind transfer helmet, apron, serving tray, 6 drinking glasses, fish, crown, 6 sets of dino forelimb claws

: Roses are red
: Violets are blue
: A non-transforming figurine of Wheelie was included with ''[[Transformers ULTIMATES!]]'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#ULTIMATES!|Grimlock]]
: Whoop-de-doo
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:ToyFair1986-TFpage01a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4| I could've had a touch of blue, but [[Hasbro]] said "that just won't do."]]
[[File:FriedmanAuctionWheelieModelEdit.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|It sure is a good thing I'm not black and yellow, You might've confused me with [[Bumblebee (disambiguation)|some other fellow!]]]]
*In the first [[commercial]] where Wheelie did appear, His voice didn't sound anywhere near! Although Frank Welker did the gig, Wheelie's voice came much deeper, dig? In fact—and we're sure you'll all agree - He sounded like the {{w|The Smurfs|Smurfs'}} pal "{{w|Johan and Peewit|Peewee}}"!
*In an [[Toy Fair 1986|old catalog]], Wheelie's toy could be seen, But when his toy hit the market, its colors changed some time in between. And yet this obsolete coloration still lingered around; Wheelie bore the same scheme in some comics, savvy readers had found!
*Among those who dislike Wheelie is [[Floro Dery]], The guy who designed him (it's the truth! Really!). Dery's said that of all his Transformers designs, Wheelie's the one that he most fiercely maligns — Maybe even the only one! Honest, it's true! You can read for yourself in this interview!<ref>[http://transformersph.blogspot.com/2007/06/interview-with-floro-dery.html An interview from the Philippines, in which Floro Dery is really mean!]</ref>
*In the futuristic/bygone year of 2010, A set of Wheelie's color models were sold by [[Ron Friedman]]! These bits of history from the [[Sunbow Productions|Sunbow]] [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]] Were what you'd describe as totally groovy; Showing our hero with a form long-unseen, Sporting yellow and black (and it looked pretty keen!).
*In the Season 3 Italian dub, Wheelie never rhymes. Instead, he says "wroom wroom" at totally random times.
[[File:Unused AHM Wheelie concept.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Two designs that we were spared, because nobody really cared.]]
*In [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]], his animation model was [[Endo|used]]. He agreed with [[Sentinel Minor|his boss]], and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] was abused. They believed Hot Shot's [[Wheeljack (Armada)|friend]] had died writhing in flames. And thanks to those jerks, Hot Shot got all the blame. {{storylink|Past}} {{storylink|Past II}}
**Wheelie's model was reused again later on, This time as a generic, obscure [[Mini-Con]]! {{storylink|Miracle}}
*[[Chris Ryall]] said Wheelie would get a [[Spotlight: Wheelie|spotlight]] on his [http://ryalltime.blogspot.com/2008/02/who-said-music-industry-is-dead.html blog]. Summarily, Ryall's hide the fans swore they would flog. On [http://jizaitoys.seesaa.net/article/34599110.html Jizai's design] [[Klaus Scherwinski]] did base, For Wheelie's sake, you can admit, he didn't lose face.
*Although Wheelie thought that his body looked fine, For [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|AHM]] he received a swell redesign! [[Guido Guidi]], the artist, was not so enthused, And so in "[[Spotlight: Wheelie]]" it didn't get used.
*Wheelie's parents hail from [[Gobotron]]. ''Huh''. Who knew? The source is a tome called ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac Two]]''!

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Wheelie''' (ウィーリー ''Wīrī'')
*''English:'' '''Willy''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''French:'' '''Tourbillo''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Ugrabot''' (''The Movie'')
*''Italian:'' '''Scooter''', '''Saetta''' (''The Movie'')
*''Korean:'' '''Wheelie''' (휠리 ''Hwilli'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Wiley''' (Taiwan, 威利 ''Wēi Lì''), '''Zhuàn Lún''' (China, 转轮, "Reel")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Rodinhas''' (Portugal Comic)

==Footnotes==
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Botcoin

2021-10-26T23:39:27Z

Grimbee:

[[File:Botcoin.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
'''Botcoin''' is a type of currency used by [[human]]s in the [[Guardian Program]] to obtain resources to aid in the fight against the invading [[Decepticon]]s.

==Games==
===''Transformers: Heavy Metal''===
Botcoin could be obtained via various means including by exchanging for Earth money, and used to purchase items such as repair kits to heal [[Autobot]] allies, and [[Mini-Con Amp]]s to attract [[Mini-Con]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Heavy Metal}}

==Notes==
*Botcoin should not be confused with the similarly-named {{W|Bitcoin}}.

[[Category:Transformer culture]]

Mozzarella Mike's

2021-10-19T03:32:04Z

Grimbee: /* Marvel The Transformers comics */

[[File:B Mozzarella Mike's.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|"Oh no, it's bad. It's ''real'' bad. It's like eating a hot circle of garbage."]]

'''Mozzarella Mike's''' is a pizza restaurant near [[Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One]]. They offer free delivery.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
Orders of [[soft drink|soda]] and pizza from Mozzarella Mike's were frequently delivered to the Blackrock Aerospace Plant to nourish the [[human]] slaves under [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. During one delivery, a soldier of the [[United States military]] complained about Mozzarella Mike's ability to enter the complex without being attacked while the Army stationed outside couldn't even get near the door despite possessing powerful weapons. Another soldier warned him not to underestimate Mozzarella Mike's as he saw the restaurant's pepperoni-and-onion pie "wipe out an entire platoon".

Inside, one worker demanded his double-sausage pizza while other wanted his diet soda. The beleaguered delivery guy noted he only had two hands. [[Ferdy and Gabe|Ferdy]] noted the apparent kindness of Shockwave keeping them well-fed. The pizza arrived cold, which the enslaved [[Gabe]] was annoyed by. [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] summarily fried Gabe's pizza. Shockwave asked whether he wanted Laserbeak to make it even hotter, then ordered the delivery man to deliver Laserbeak with a recorded message to the army. Laserbeak was turned over to [[Hawthorne|Colonel Hawthorne]]. {{storylink|Brainstorm!}}

[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 businesses]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 locations]]
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J.D.

2021-10-17T17:02:06Z

Grimbee:

:''J.D. is a [[human]] criminal from the [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel UK portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:JD missing in action.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Don't call him a girl's name.]]
'''J.D.''' is trouble with a capital 'T'. He and his friend [[Mark Brookes]] plan to commit robberies to make some easy cash.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
{{noteukexclusive|J.D.}}
Leaving Mark in charge of firearms, J.D. was tasked with finding the pair of robbers a getaway car. His luck was in - no sooner had he started looking than he found a battered [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (stuck in vehicle mode) in a [[Portland]] alleyway and, picking up Mark, the two went on to rob a supermarket. J.D. suggested they head east, to [[New York City|New York]], and they carried out more stick-ups there.

One morning they set out to rob a bank but were distracted inside by the intervention of a [[Danny Phillips|small boy]]. A cashier sounded the alarm, but J.D. had planned for this eventuality and revealed he was carrying a bomb. Taking the boy hostage with the others, J.D. was ready to deal with the police, but the sudden arrival of [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] shocked him into accidentally setting off the bomb.

J.D. and Mark were subsequently rescued from the burning bank, only to be handed straight into police custody. {{storylink|Missing in Action}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:D., J.}}
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File:Transformers are Dangerous Transformers Go Home.jpg

2021-10-16T23:32:57Z

Grimbee:

[[Australia|Australian]] "news article" from the Press section of [[Transformers Are Dangerous]]

{{hastak}}

File:HoD2-UniversalContinuum.jpg

2021-10-16T22:47:47Z

Grimbee:

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Moose Mountain Toymakers

2021-10-16T21:33:41Z

Grimbee:

Founded in [[1996]], '''Moose Mountain Toymakers''' (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jakks Pacific) bills itself as ''"a worldwide leader in the manufacture and sale of foot-to-floor ride-ons, inflatable play environments, sports arcade products, interactive electronic mats, play tents and innovative wagon designs"''. According to their website, they are [http://www.moosemountaintoys.com/about rather serious about their global-corporate citizenship (dead link)].

==Transformers: Prime==

*Transformers: Prime Tabletop Pinball Machine

==External links==

*[http://www.moosemountaintoys.com/ Corporate website]

*[http://www.jakks.com/ Jakks Pacific website]

{{toystub}}

[[Category:Companies]]

Moose Mountain Toymakers

2021-10-16T21:33:00Z

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Bighorn (BW)

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:''Bighorn is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars II]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:BigHornBWSourcebook.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|right|Mess with a big, you get the horns! Wait....That's not right.]]

Any [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] who has ever encountered '''Bighorn''' (ビッグホーン ''Bigguhōn'') on the battlefield will tell you that he's a violent, furious, rampaging brute who will positively ''demolish'' any foe foolish enough to get caught in his path of destruction. Bighorn has a short temper and can be easily goaded into a fight, be it against the Predacons or against any Maximal who mouths off to him. His special attacks, including the ability to summon lightning from the sky and the ability to launch a devastating missile from his mouth, lay waste to all those around him... including his friends. This blind fury in battle often makes Bighorn as much a liability as an asset to the Maximal cause.

And yet, there's ''more'' to Bighorn than just the unstoppable killing machine. ''So much more''. Beneath the slobbering exterior beats the [[spark]] of a poet, a naturalist, a ''lover''. Though not a fan of downtime, when a little RnR does come his way, Bighorn is likely to spend it sniffing flowers, contemplating verse or penning love letters to the [[Seacon (BW)|Seacon]] [[Scylla]] (who won't even give him the time of day).

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars II'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Masami Iwasaki]] (Japanese)}}

Bighorn and the Convoy unit were left at loose ends after their leader vanished in an explosion in space. When [[NAVI (Yukikaze)|NAVI]] alerted the Maximals to a new threat arising on [[Gaia]], it was the aggressive Bighorn who finally spurred his teammates out of their ennui. Their ship, the ''[[Yukikaze (BW)|Yukikaze]]'', was shot down by the Predacons over Gaia, leading Bighorn and the others to evacuate in escape pods, and scan beast modes once they arrived on the planet's surface. Bighorn and the others located the Predacons on board the ''[[Galvaburg II]]'' as their efforts to harvest [[Angolmois Energy]] began to pollute and destroy the natural environment. The Maximals were ensnared in a paralyzing trap by the Predacons, but a white lion arrived and disabled the field. As the lion fled, the other Maximals turned to follow. Bighorn wanted to stay and fight, but when an explosion basically tossed him off the side of the ''Galvaburg II'', he reluctantly retreated with his comrades. {{storylink|The New Forces Arrive!}}

Bighorn and the Maximals followed the white lion until it surprisingly led them to the crash site of the ''Yukikaze''. The Maximals soon learned that the lion was none other than Convoy, returned to them as [[Lio Convoy]]. As the Predacons began destroying the Gaian forests to make room for their Angolmois Energy mining operation, the Maximals emerged to help put out the forest fires. Bighorn used his hard head and brute strength to make firebreaks to protect what remained of the forest, until Scuba emerged from underground, channeling water spouts to put out the flames. {{storylink|White Lion, Run!}}

[[File:Bighorn1.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|It's some kind of land cow!]]

Bighorn developed some unusual character traits as a result of his beast mode on Gaia. The very sight of a red flower filled him with rage and manic energy he could not expel even after slamming his head into a rock wall. Multiple times. Until he ''caught fire''. When Lio Convoy gave the Maximals a mission to find the ''Galvaburg II'', Bighorn raced off, eager to confront the enemy. As he crossed paths with [[Starscream (BW)|Starscream]] and [[BB]], however, they had their own mission to find Lio Convoy for Megastorm, and had no interest in fighting him. After being dismissed with cutting comments and a light barrage of missiles, Bighorn was even more furious. Then he found [[Dirge (BW)|Dirge]] and [[Thrust (BW)|Thrust]], but they didn't want to fight him either! Finally, he responded to Diver's S.O.S. from being chased by Megastorm and unleashed his rage on the Duke of Destruction. He vented all his fury through the launch of his Buffalo Missile, driving Megastorm into retreat and calming Bighorn down for the first time that day. {{storylink|Bighorn's Rage}}

When Tasmania Kid was caught in a Predacon trap by the lake, Bighorn, Lio Convoy, and Apache responded to the scene, only to get caught in a trap of their own. They remained surrounded by electrified bars until Diver infiltrated the lake base and shut down the defense systems, allowing the Maximals to regroup and rescue their comrades. {{storylink|The Lake Trap}}

The Maximals were hard pressed to stop Megastorm's latest ploy to capture the planet's energy, dispatching an overwhelming quantity of autonomous robot drones to build fortresses for the Predacons. This became the least of their problems, however, when [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]] emerged for the first time on Gaia. His dragon and drill tank modes proved virtually unstoppable, and Bighorn and the Maximals were barely able to slow him down. In the end, it was a sneak attack by Megastorm that upset his brother's footing and sent him tumbling into an open volcano, leaving the Maximals confused over who their secret ally was.{{storylink|Galvatron Revived}}

Next, Bighorn and the Maximals moved on to the Southern Continent to investigate a new string of energy readings. {{storylink|Mystery of the Ancient Ruins}} With the [[Insectron]]s as a new potential threat, Lio Convoy cautioned the Maximals not to make enemies of the Insectrons unnecessarily. As a result, he sent out teams of two to locate the Insectrons, and ordered his men not to fire on them, but engage in dialogue. Apache and Bighorn were teamed together and were the first to encounter the Insectrons. Unfortunately, Starscream of the Predacons had already filled the Insectrons with false information about the "evil Maximals", and so [[Bigmos]] and [[Tonbot]] came out swinging. The battle-oriented Bighorn was seething to fight back despite Apache reminding him of Lio Convoy's orders. He tried to split the difference by blowing up a rocky outcropping with his Buffalo Missile, expecting a show of strength to intimidate the Insectrons. Instead, the rock exploded up into the Insectrons' flight path, making them even more hostile. Bighorn and Apache held out until Lio Convoy and Kid arrived. When Lio Convoy started to talk with the Insectrons, though, a hidden Starscream and BB opened fire on the lot of them to avoid any peace. Bighorn and the Maximals saved the Insectrons from a rockslide by protecting them with their own bodies, leading to a temporary cessation of hostilities. {{storylink|The Insect Corps Arrive}}

Bighorn was getting on Diver's case for his cautious behavior, thinking it made him a coward. Before they could resolve their issues, Lio Convoy called them in for another meeting about the Insectrons. Lio Convoy insisted the Insectrons were potential allies, not enemies, but Bighorn couldn't see the threatening Insectrons as anything but foes. Having fought [[Mantis]] hand-to-hand, Lio Convoy tried to explain his instincts to Bighorn's satisfaction, but could not.

Out on patrol, Bighorn, Diver and Tasmania Kid were lured into a fight with more Insectrons by Starscream and BB. Diver tried to get Bighorn to avoid conflict and follow Lio Convoy's instructions, but the fighting-mad Bighorn charged into the Insectrons' midst. He faced off against the equally physical [[Powerhug (BW)|Powerhug]], but found his brute strength countered by the judo master's flips. Still, Bighorn noticed Powerhug made no move to strike him while he was down, but honorably waited for his opponent to rise to his feet. Their "battle" soon turned into pure sport, as Bighorn and Powerhug matched each other two throws for two before amicably taking a break.

The struggle still left Bighorn low on power, though, when Starscream and the Combatrons arrived to scare off the Insectrons and finish off the Maximals. It was here that Diver redeemed himself in Bighorn's eyes, demonstrating the value of his cautious approach, which preserved enough of his energy to fight on while the over-eager Bighorn was low on power. Lio Convoy and the others luckily arrived to rescue their friends before Diver had to fight for too long himself. Afterwards, Bighorn apologized to Diver for calling him cowardly, and after fighting Powerhug acknowledged that Lio Convoy had a point about the Insectrons' true nature. {{storylink|Friend or Foe? The Insect Robos}}

When Starscream drugged the Insectrons with special oil, Bighorn and the Maximals arrived to help stop the Insectrons from fighting amongst themselves. The two groups then teamed up against the revived Galvatron, and made peace. {{storylink|The Strongest Tag Team?}} That peace was nearly shattered when the Predacon mercenary [[Autostinger]] called in an old debt to make Bigmos sit out of the fighting between Maximals and Predacons, leading to Bighorn and Tasmania Kid being nearly wrecked by the [[Autoroller (BW)|Autoroller]]s. Still, Bigmos managed to escape his debt and renewed the Insectrons' dedication of friendship to the Maximals. {{storylink|Autorollers Roll Out!}}

Bighorn and the Maximals intercepted the Autorollers after they captured Tasmania Kid and [[Scissor Boy]], freeing their friends after a fight with Megastorm and his mercenaries. {{storylink|Danger! Scissor Boy}} Bighorn and the Maximals later joined forces with the Autorollers when Galvatron went on a rampage while engorged on Angolmois Energy. Bighorn was forced to contain his rage against the Autorollers by Lio Convoy's order, and so he pulled the petals off a flower to calm himself. The two groups overfed Galvatron with Angolmois Energy until his bloated form nearly exploded from within, rendering him harmless. {{storylink|Galvatron Rampages}}

When the Predacons launched a massive offensive on the Southern Continent, Bighorn and the Maximals teamed up with the Insectrons to foil their plans once again. {{storylink|Predacon General Offensive!}}

Bighorn, Diver, and Tasmania Kid located a crashed spaceship on Gaia's Eastern continent, and soon encountered the [[Jointron]] brothers and their combination form, [[Tripledacus]]. Maximals by name, the Jointrons nevertheless proved to be irresponsible and short-sighted, acting outside Lio Convoy's authority and without regard for their fellow Maximals. Bighorn and the others were concerned the Jointrons would make favorable reports to Maximal HQ that highlighted their "accomplishments" to the detriment of the crew of the ''Yukikaze''. {{storylink|The Combined Giant, Tripledacus}} Bighorn and Kid snubbed the Jointrons on patrol to avoid getting caught up in their antics, only to return later and find the Jointrons had overtaken the Maximal base and then ''lost'' it to Predacon raiders, leaving Diver and Apache trapped inside. They helped Lio Convoy retake the base, but the Jointrons were unfazed by their actions, celebrating the minor victory of temporarily capturing Dirge and Thrust (only to lose them again). {{storylink|The Festive Jointrons}}

While the Maximals were searching for the latest Predacon fortress, the Jointrons were exposed to a bacteria bomb that robbed them of their power. Bighorn and the other Maximals saved the Jointrons by posing as the massive Jointron II. They compensated for Kid and Diver's exposure to the bacteria by sharing energy between one another, in a proud display of teamwork. {{storylink|A Fearsome Combination Plan?}}

The Jointrons caused more chaos when they stole one of the base ships to approach a Predacon fortress from the air. Diver and the Maximals followed them in the second ship, but were rammed out of the sky by the Jointrons' poor piloting. The Predacons were engaged in an operation to kidnap the Jointrons and study their combination transformation. While the other Maximals held back the Autorollers, Diver and Bighorn raced to free the captive Jointrons. Fortunately, Scuba appeared to save the day, the Jointrons were freed, and the installation was soon destroyed. {{storylink|Who Is the Leader!?}}

One day, Tasmania Kid found a [[Copy Machine]] that scanned objects to create three-dimensional duplicates of the subject. Believing the Machine could be used to bolster the Maximals' ranks, Kid shined the Machine's ray on Lio Convoy, creating "[[Black Lio Convoy|Copy Convoy]]". Unfortunately, the machine only created ''evil'' copies, and so Bighorn and the Maximals were forced to deal with a malevolent usurper that had all of Lio Convoy's knowledge and skills. He even captured the Copy Machine and used it to create "[[Copy Bighorn]]" and other copy Maximals. Fortunately, Diver's [[Niagara Base]] enhancements turned the tide in favor of the original Maximals. {{storylink|The Black Lio Convoy}}

Alerted to a new arrival on Gaia, Bighorn and the Maximals traveled to the Sea Continent and discovered a [[Photon sailer|pirate ship from space]]. The Maximals were soon confronted by [[Halfshell]], captain of the [[Seacon (BW)|Space Pirate Seacons]] who intended to plunder the world of Angolmois Energy. Lio Convoy had the idea of flipping the snapping turtle on his back, rendering him helpless, but Halfshell's beast mode was designed to counter that strategy, turning him into the Big Wheel Cutter that rampaged over the hills. Matters only deteriorated further when Halfshell called his crew and formed the colossal [[God Neptune]]. Outmatched by the combiner's sheer power, Lio Convoy directed Diver and Scuba to seize control of the deserted pirate ship while the land-based Maximals kept God Neptune busy. The distraction worked, as God Neptune chased after his stolen ship, only to get caught in a detonation of Angolmois Energy the Maximals rigged before abandoning ship. {{storylink|The Space Pirate Seacons!}}

When [[Artemis]] and [[Moon (BW)|Moon]] tried to determine the strongest of the Maximals and Predacons, Bighorn was compared to [[BB]]. Bighorn's raw power was considered impressive, but Starscream argued that '''fire'''power was a more effective measure of strength, to which BB replied, "Roger." {{storylink|Who Is the Strongest Warrior!?}}

Bighorn's bizarre habits were on display again when he began hunting for a four-leaf clover. Confident his new clover-pendant would bring him luck, Bighorn strutted through the forest with Kid and Diver until coming across [[Scylla]] of the Seacons. Suddenly blinded by her "beauty", Bighorn decided Scylla was his one-true love. When he saw a tense exchange between her and [[Sea Phantom]] over Scylla neglecting her duties on the ship, Bighorn created an elaborate fantasy where Scylla was a space princess kidnapped into servitude by the evil pirates, and he was her big, strong hero who would rescue her. His delusions weren't strong enough to teach him how to swim, however, so Kid and Diver had to drag him out of the water when he attempted to follow the Seacons. Bighorn tried to reach Scylla a second time and, when she waved him out to the pirate ship (mistaking him for Scuba), the power of love was strong enough to carry Bighorn across the water until the power of Scylla's exploding Kiss of Death sent him back to land. {{storylink|The Tentacular Scuba}}

When Megastorm and the Seacons teamed up, each of the Maximals was lured to a separate location by an Angolmois Energy signal transmitter. Bighorn found himself in a clearing facing off against [[Coelagon]], elder of the pirates. Despite his age, Coelagon's brute force techniques gave Bighorn his biggest challenge since Powerhug until they were interrupted by Megastorm's ineptitude. {{storylink|Megastorm's Reckoning}}

The Seacons soon used Bighorn's infatuation with Scylla against him with a love letter luring him to the dragon's head cape. Sea Phantom severed the dragon's head rock with his fin, setting Bighorn and Tasmania Kid adrift on the rock in the sea, and vulnerable to attack. Still convinced Scylla was coming to meet him for a romantic rendez-vous, Bighorn got angry at Kid for being a third wheel. Scuba and Diver arrived to ferry their land-bound comrades to safety, but as Bighorn used Scuba as a raft, Scuba literally got caught between Bighorn and Scylla as "Miss Squid-Lady" tried to flip Bighorn off of Scuba and keep him for herself. Bighorn was forced to confront Sea Phantom again underwater before the Maximals regrouped and joined forces with the Insectrons against the Seacons' God Neptune combiner mode. {{storylink|Showdown in the Sea}}

Bighorn's unrequited love for Scylla continued to weigh on his heart. He soon grew so desperate that asking the Jointrons to intervene on his behalf somehow sounded like a good idea. Dressed in their finest Snidely Whiplash cosplay, the Jointrons would kidnap Bighorn's "beautiful space princess", then allow him to come in as the hero, rescue Scylla, and declare his love for her forevermore! Unfortunately, nothing like that actually happened. The Jointrons threw Scylla in a sack and ended up being chased around the Sea Continent by the Predacons (enemies of the Jointrons), the Seacons (who wanted Scylla back), and poor, perpetually late Bighorn. And after getting shot, tossed about, and thrown down several ravines, when Scylla finally broke free of her sack she was in no mood for romance. The furious pirate unleashed her frustrations and Scylasers on the first target she saw...poor, heartbroken Bighorn. After the fiasco was over, Bighorn yelled at the Jointrons for fouling up their plans, and chased the brothers out to sea. {{storylink|Face the Setting Sun}}

When the Seacons prepared to leave Gaia, Halfshell arranged to fight Lio Convoy one-on-one for the energy they needed to depart. Well, God Neptune is ''technically'' a "one". When Bighorn and the other Maximals heard about this technicality, they tried to race to the battleground, but were diverted by Dirge and Thrust. In the end, Lio Convoy survived and the Seacons departed the planet. Bighorn chased the ship as far as he could, yelling out his tearful good-byes to "Miss Squid-Lady!" {{storylink|The Final Battle (BWII)|The Final Battle}}

Bighorn was present when Lio Convoy first encountered the mysterious Maximal cub soon christened [[Lio Junior]]. {{storylink|Enter Lio Junior}} He also joined the Maximals in their first confrontation with the powered-up Megastorm, now the Angolmois-Energy-infused [[Megastorm|Gigastorm]]. {{storylink|Megastorm Reborn}}

Bighorn was part of a Maximal plan to destroy Gigastorm. The Archduke of Destruction was lured into a mountain pass where the Maximals destroyed the ground under his feet, then set off a natural gas explosion. Unfortunately, even this amount of devastation wasn't enough to deal with Gigastorm. The conflict was interrupted by the arrival of Scuba's new vehicle, the [[Tako Tank]], which helped turn the tide against Gigastorm when the initial plan fell apart.
{{storylink|The New Weapon, Tako Tank}}

After detecting a faint distress signal from space, Bighorn and the Maximals recalled their encounters with the Seacons. Bighorn lamented how he never won the love of Miss Squid-Lady, and grilled the squid Scuba about how ''he'' really felt about Scylla. {{storylink|The Artificial Planet Nemesis}}

Scuba was in the process of demonstrating the Tako Tank's capabilities to Bighorn and the others when Lio Junior detected emissions of evil Angolmois Energy. Bighorn followed Lio Junior as he tracked the Angolmois Energy to a mining facility being run by the Autorollers. The Maximals charged into battle, only to learn a lesson about planning and overconfidence when the Predacons locked them inside the base and then blew it up. Miraculous, Bighorn and the others survived. {{storylink|Gigastorm's Treachery}}

When Tasmania Kid accidentally trapped himself in the runaway Tako Tank, Bighorn and the Maximals chased him down until Scuba could disable the vehicle. They stumbled into an attack by Starscream and BB, who were soon upgraded by exposure to Angolmois Energy into [[Starscream (BW)|Hellscream]] and [[BB|Max-B]]. {{storylink|The End of Starscream}} Dirge and Thrust soon underwent their own upgrades, becoming [[Dirge (BW)|Dirgegun]] and [[Thrust (BW)|Thrustor]]. They confronted Bighorn and Tasmania Kid to test their new abilities, and Bighorn was nearly undone by Dirgegun's ultrasonic wave attack. {{storylink|The Lio Convoy Assassination Plot}}

When a mysterious ship crashed on Gaia, the Maximals prepared to investigate. Lio Junior volunteered to lead the expedition, but Bighorn and many of the others teased Junior for his youth and inexperience, saying a more seasoned Maximal should be in charge. Tasmania Kid stepped up to support Lio Junior and volunteered to assist him on the mission, leading to Lio Convoy's approval. The mission revealed the crashed ship was a teleport gate, able to summon warriors from anywhere in space and time. Although the Maximals captured the command key for the gate, the gate itself was seized by the Predacons and Tasmania Kid was seriously injured defending Lio Junior. Bighorn and the Maximals blamed Lio Junior for Kid's injuries, leading Junior to take on the Predacons alone. Kid finally climbed off his sickbed to tell Bighorn and the others to leave Lio Junior alone, as he was only trying to show them he was a worthy comrade, and win their trust.

With Lio Junior's command key, the Predacons summoned an apocalyptic beast known as [[Majin Zarak]], and lay siege to Gaia. Bighorn and the Maximals were unable to get close enough to defeat Majin Zarak, but Lio Junior summoned [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] using the gate to supplement their forces. The Maximals lured Majin Zarak into a box canyon, where Lio Convoy and Optimus Primal combined the power of their Energon Matrixes to defeat the great beast. Bighorn watched on as Optimus Primal returned to his personal war through the gate. {{storylink|Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!}}

With the artificial planet Nemesis creeping ever closer to Gaia, its influence on the Angolmois Energy was ever more keenly felt. Bighorn had befriended a family of squirrels in the forest, and was very concerned about their well-being in light of the eruptions of Angolmois Energy. He and the Maximals tried using freeze devices to cool the unstable Angolmois Energy before it upset the planet's core. {{storylink|The Great Angolmois Freezing Tactic}} They also constructed an artillery cannon to feed off of the Angolmois Energy as a weapon to destroy Nemesis before it reached the planet. Although the Maximals enacted a complicated plan with several decoys to prevent the Predacons from interfering, the cannon ultimately failed to sustain power and Nemesis continued unabated. {{storylink|Knock Out Nemesis}} Bighorn was also present when Lio Junior temporarily turned against the Maximals, poisoned by corrupted Angolmois Energy forced into his system by Galvatron. Fortunately, the effects weren't permanent and no serious harm was done. {{storylink|Lio Junior's Revolt!?}}

Bighorn and the Maximals were working on breaking down the ''Yukikaze'' for Lio Convoy's latest plan against Nemesis when a UFO robot crashed nearby. NAVI determined the robot was sent by automatic signal from a Gaian colony temple on Mars in response to Nemesis's arrival. The emissary robot claimed it could stop the corrupted Angolmois Energy, and so Lio Convoy told Bighorn and the others to keep working while he investigated. {{storylink|Emissary of the Fourth Planet}} Unfortunately, it turned out the robot planned to stop the corrupted Angolmois Energy by crashing the moon into Gaia and destroying everyone on it. Bighorn and the Maximals joined Lio Convoy at the mother computer to break through its defenses so that NAVI could reprogram it, saving the moon, Gaia, and everyone on both. {{storylink|The Crisis of Planet Gaia}}

NAVI and Drill Nuts assisted the Maximals in retrofitting Skywarp and Santon's spaceship so that it could be used to reach the artificial planet Nemesis. An underground launch tunnel was built in secret under the [[Rocky Mountains|Rock Mountains]] to launch the ship into space. Secrecy was paramount, and so when Hellscream and Max-B began snooping around the mountains, Lio Convoy had Bighorn and the team "reveal" the location of their Niagara Base to Dirgegun and Thrustor, drawing the Predacons' attention away. The Rock Mountains launch tube was uncovered soon anyway, leading Bighorn and the others to race from Niagara to the mountains in order to make the launch window. They were opposed by Galvatron, but their friends Magnaboss and Tripledacus helped clear the path. Bighorn and the ''Yukikaze'' crew made it on board the ship with Lio Convoy and Apache at the last moment, clearing the atmosphere and flying out into space. {{storylink|Fly Out! Planet Gaia}}

Bighorn and the crew were cut down in their flight to Nemesis by the Seacons, who had been mesmerized into Galvatron's service. They crashed on an asteroid and battled God Neptune and his component parts. After God Neptune was defeated and the Seacons restored to normal, Bighorn tried to reunite with "Miss Squid-Lady", but Scylla still only had eyes for Scuba. They offered the Maximals their energon to recharge their ship, and [[Moon (BW)|Moon]] and [[Artemis]] led the Maximals through a slingshot maneuver around the moon that got them back on track to Nemesis. {{storylink|Revenge of the Space Pirates}}

As the Maximals arrived on Nemesis, they abandoned ship so the Predacons shot down an empty vessel. Bighorn and the others gathered by an exhaust port, which NAVI calculated could lead to Nemesis's core. While Lio Convoy and Scuba went spelunking to shut down Nemesis at the core, Bighorn and his fellow Maximals remained behind to defend their rear flank. {{storylink|Breaking into Nemesis}} After Galvatron pulled the full force of Gaia's Angolmois Energy into Nemesis, he emerged from the core claiming Lio Convoy was dead. Despite this disheartening news, Bighorn and the Maximals continued to fight on in the name of their commander. {{storylink|Legend! The Green Warrior}}

In the end, Lio Convoy was not dead, but had combined with Lio Junior into a powerful Green Warrior. Moreover, Scuba and the Tako Tank had reached the core and arranged for Nemesis's destruction. As Galvatron and the Green Warrior battled, the Cyborg Beasts continued to hassle the Maximals. When Nemesis finally erupted, Lio Convoy used all the strength of his Energon Matrix to preserve the lives of Bighorn and his Maximal brethren. Although Gaia was saved, the Maximals were left floating in the void, caught in a wormhole created by Nemesis's destruction. They took heart, however, in the appearance of a great light Lio Convoy said would lead them to their next adventure. {{storylink|Farewell! Lio Convoy}}

====The Maximal Brainwashing Operation====
Bighorn and the other Maximals worried that something might have happened to Diver and Tasmania Kid when they failed to return to base after being out on patrol. When Dirge and Thrust wandered close to the [[Yukikaze (BW)|Yukikaze]], the Maximals seized the opportunity to question their enemies about their missing friends. Bighorn helped take down the two jets, but was then surprised to discover that they now sported Maximal faction symbols. Somehow, the damage Dirge and Thrust had sustained during the fight had caused them to switch allegiance!

Later, Diver and Tasmania Kid finally turned up, crawling their way back to headquarters. Bighorn rushed out alongside Apache and Lio Convoy to greet them, only to be attacked! Starscream had brainwashed the Maximals into Predacons, and used them as bait to draw out Lio Convoy's forces. A heated confrontation ensued, only for the fighting to be brought to an end by a stray shot from Megastorm. The explosion greatly injured the Predacon forces, forcing them to retreat. To Bighorn's relief, the blast also returned Diver and Tasmania Kid to their former selves. {{storylink|The Maximal Brainwashing Operation}}

====''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon====
After the defeat of [[Unicron]], Bighorn returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where he helped with reconstruction. {{storylink|Graduation Ceremony!!}}

===''Bom Bom'' manga continuity===
====''Beast Wars II'' manga====
Bighorn was among the Maximal troops who opted to slack off when the rainy season rolled around, stating that the stormy weather made it too difficult for them to go out on their regular patrols. Apache was infuriated by his comrade's laziness, though their attitudes quickly shifted when Lio Convoy came on-deck, and they all snapped to attention. The lot of them were forced into action shortly thereafter anyways, as Diver reported in that the Predacons were headed their way aboard [[Galvatron Dekazura Tank|a giant tank]]. Bighorn and Apache led the main offensive against the enemy juggernaut, but found that their attacks had little effect on its impenetrable hull. Even Bighorn's missile attack left the vehicle unscathed! The pair were forced to instead change tactics, and lured the tank into a nearby river. There, Diver and Scuba were able to plant bombs on the tank's more vulnerable underside, crippling it. Bighorn was genuinely impressed by Apache's plan after seeing it go off without a hitch. Lio Convoy then took over the battle and defeated Megastorm, making him accidentally trigger the tank's self-destruct mechanism in the process. After it detonated spectacularly, the overcast skies began to clear, signaling the end of the rainy season. {{storylink|Demolish the Superdreadnought Tank!}}

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After laying eyes on the repulsive [[Seacon (BW)|Seacon]] [[Scylla]], Bighorn became immediately smitten. Unable to write a proper love letter, however, he enlisted the aid of [[Scuba]] to compose the romantic confession. Scuba did so, but upon delivering it to Scylla on Bighorn's behalf, the femme squid got the wrong idea. Thinking the love letter was from Scuba, she proceeded to fall madly in love with him. Scuba found himself being chased by the homely wench, who wouldn't take "no" for an answer. Bighorn eventually confessed his infatuation to Scylla in person, but she politely turned him down, as she was only interested in dating guys with tentacles. {{storylink|Realize the Forbidden Love!}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Make a Surprise Attack on the Super Weapon Base!}} {{storylink|Recover the Bonds Lost!}} {{storylink|All Hands, Make a Special Attack on the Evil Planet!}} {{storylink|Win the Battle of Light and Darkness!}} {{storylink|The Beast Wars "Neo" Begin!!!}}}}

====''Beast Wars Neo'' manga====
There was a statue of Bighorn dressed like a monk in a (probably) Japanese-styled temple on [[Break]]'s home planet. Bighorn was the one who evolved the native penguins to become Transformers, thus making him be worshiped as a god of the planet. {{storylink|A Battle Fought Alone}}

===Legends World===
Bighorn borne witness to [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]'s declaration that the [[Legends World]] would come to an end. {{Storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 12|Bonus Edition Vol. 12}} He would later enjoy Windblade as a waitress at a "little sister cafe" in [[Akihabara]], where he would fall for her charms enough to buy expensive lunches. {{storylink|Windblade Sequel}} He was present when [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] was inaugurated chairman of [[Tera-Kura Co.]] {{storylink|LG13 Megatron Sequel#Presidential Inauguration! Lord Megatron|Presidential Inauguration! Lord Megatron}} Bighorn was among the happy customers of Tera-Kura's new [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]] clones, and was mighty upset when the company tried to recall them just because they'd been a bit naughty and gone on a destructive rampage. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 15|Bonus Edition Vol. 15}}

When Windblade didn't show up at the cafe one day, her waitress spot taken by [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Armada Starscream]], Bighorn got upset and left. While reminiscing about her good times in the Legends Universe, Windblade remembered feeding Tigatron while Bighorn jealously looked on. {{storylink|LG-18 Armada Starscream Super Mode Prologue}} Bighorn later tried to claim [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Armada Megatron]]'s discarded [[Unicron of Light]] toy for himself, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 18|Bonus Edition Vol. 18}} and watched [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] pay a visit to a local internet cafe. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Deadlock)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} He was in the audience of [[Cancer (G1)|Cancer]]'s first concert, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 24|Bonus Edition Vol. 24}} watched [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]] explode in the sky during a fireworks show, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 26|Bonus Edition Vol. 26}} and attended another concert held by [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]], Cancer, and [[Rosanna (KP)|Rosanna]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 27|Bonus Edition Vol. 27}}

Bighorn was among those hypnotized into serving [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 34|Bonus Edition Vol. 34}} and was in a crowd that cheered for who they thought was [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (actually [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]]). {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 35|Bonus Edition Vol. 35}} He was later swallowed whole by [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and used as a living battery, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}} and watched [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] battle Scourge {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 45|Bonus Edition Vol. 45}} Bighorn bought a [[transtector]] car at one point, but later sold it off to [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] who would use it as his new body. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 46|Bonus Edition Vol. 46}} He was among the citizens converted into an [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] clone by [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] but was restored after his defeat. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 47|Bonus Edition Vol. 47}} He was shocked when Scylla began dating [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 48|Bonus Edition Vol. 48}} and was part of a crowd witnessing [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]'s arrival in the Legends World. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 53|Bonus Edition Vol. 53}}

Bighorn visited the [[Wolf Circus]] {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 63|Bonus Edition Vol. 63}} and later cheered as [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] repaired the city after the latest invasion. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 66|Bonus Edition Vol. 66}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:Beast Wars Uprising Bighorn.jpg|thumb|right|150px]]
Bighorn was one of the [[Resistance]]'s oldest members and a key ally of [[Lio Convoy]]. One time, the two of them made a solo run at [[Cyclonus Memorial Tower|the Cortex]] to hit a prominent [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]].

He was one of the most popular guys in the Resistance {{storylink|Burning Bridges}} but ''[[you]]'' wouldn't have liked him because when he turned up in the raid on [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], he was constantly disparaging and dismissive of the new member [[Buzzclaw (BW)|Buzzclaw]]. As it turned out, Buzzclaw was set up as a patsy so they could kill Maximus and Bighorn knew; he was the only Resistance member to not give much of a crap about using him. {{storylink|Head Games}}

Half an orbital cycle later, he led a platoon to capture the strategic [[Melpomene Bridge]]. A mixture of loud encouragement and threats (the enemy, [[Stiletto (BW)|Stiletto]], felt "Bullhorn" was more apt, ho ho). The [[Maximal Command Security Force]] blew the bridge up but Bighorn, enraged at his comrades' deaths, was on their side and attempted to kill them. Unfortunately for him, Stiletto was an expert in knife combat and quite brutally put him down before he could kill [[Overshoot]].

To the dismay of [[B'Boom]], Lio Convoy decided against a reprisal strike on Bighorn's killers due to their strapped resources. {{storylink|Burning Bridges}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
Bighorn was one of [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]]'s Maximals. When the Maximals invaded Cybertron, Bighorn was one of the many warriors who wound up battling [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable|Unforgivable}}
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==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BW2-toy Bighorn.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Kind of a reverse "pull my finger".]]
*'''Bighorn''' (March [[1997]])
**''ID number'': '''C-13'''
**''Accessories'': "Buffalo Missile"

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#BWII|Beast Wars II]]'' toys, Bighorn is a [[redeco]] of the [[Hasbro]] ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Deluxe Class [[Bonecrusher (BW)#Toys|Bonecrusher]] toy, transforming into a black organic bison with red robot parts. In both beast and [[robot mode]]s, pulling back on his [[beast mode]] tail causes his robot mode head to launch forward in a lunging headbutt attack. This attack also launches a spring-loaded missile from his robot-mode mouth at the end of his lunge.

::*''[http://tfu.info/1998/Cybertron/Bighorn/bighorn.htm More information on Bighorn at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BWII-toy VS13-BighornBBStarscream.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''2 Against 1 Showdown: Bighorn VS Starscream & BB''' (Vs pack, March 1997)
**''ID number'': '''VS-13'''
**''Accessories'': "Buffalo Missile"

: Bighorn was also available in a "2 Against 1 Showdown" (2対1の対決, ''2 tai 1 no taiketsu'') multi-pack with the Predacon pairing of [[Starscream (BW)#VS13|Starscream]] and [[BB#VS13|BB]].

: All of the toys in this set are identical to their individual releases.

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*'''Telemaga Special Cybertron 6-piece Set''' (1999)
**''Accessories'': "Buffalo Missile"

: A lavender, yellow and light gray version of Bighorn was part of a six-piece set of unique redecoes of the main Cybertron cast of ''Beast Wars II'', the grand prize in the "New Beast Warriors Contest" in the February 1999 issue of ''[[TV Magazine]]''. The details of this contest are currently unknown.
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==Merchandise==
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*'''Beast Collection Special 10''' (PVC set, 1998)

: A clear-blue super-deformed PVC of robot-mode Bighorn, based on his animation model, was included as part of a ten-piece set of PVCs.

: This set was also marked as a "Clear Version Special Set", but it's unknown if an opaque set was ever released.

: This set also includes PVCs of [[Lio Convoy#bluePVC|Lio Convoy]] in both robot and beast modes, [[Galvatron (BW)#bluePVC|Galvatron]] in both robot and dragon modes, [[Apache#bluePVC|Apache]], [[Scuba#bluePVC|Scuba]], [[Tasmania Kid#bluePVC|Tasmania Kid]], [[Megastorm#bluePVC|Megastorm]], and [[Starscream (BW)#bluePVC|Starscream]].

===Beast Fighters===
*'''Bighorn''' (candy toy, 1997)
:Kabaya's ''[[Beast Fighters]]'' Bighorn was a small, [[super deformed]] PVC model which was hollow inside, designed to be used as a finger-puppet. It was available in a [[Blindpacking|blindpack]] with fizzy "Ramune" candy.
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==Notes==
*The ''[[Beast Wars II Encyclopedia]]'' listed the [[Maximal Buster]] as his weapon, despite it being a generic weapon used by all the Maximals in the ''Beast Wars II'' cartoon.
*Bighorn's ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' design is modeled on the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#BH|Prime: Beast Hunters]]'' Deluxe Class [[Bulkhead (Prime)/toys#Beast Hunters|Bulkhead toy]].

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[[File:Targetmasters.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|And watch the cartoon, too! It's not nearly this pretty, but it gives you time to blink.]]
Despite the existence of comics, cartoons, and other media intended to advertise [[Toy|Transformers toys]], Hasbro has routinely commissioned standard [[television]] '''commercials''' to promote their current toy lines. These commercials typically use a combination of animation and live-action film featuring the characters/toys in question.

During the Generation 1 days, animation used in the commercials consisted largely of newly commissioned pieces that told a story. Since then, nearly all animation featured in ''Transformers'' commercials can be classified as either re-used excerpts from the current cartoon or short animations used to merely introduce the ad. Live-action toy segments have stayed mostly the same, with most US and international ads showing kids (or a pair of hands) transforming the toys. Japanese ads, by contrast, have shown a much larger preference for stop-motion toy segments.

As the goal of any advertising is to influence the viewer into buying the advertised product,''Transformers'' commercials have naturally played a large part in the perception of the [[Transformers brand]]. The narration of [[Victor Caroli]], along with the animation, enabled Generation 1 commercials to create the idea of a Transformers world with many stories to be told. The ''Beast Wars'' ad campaign created a similar feel of a whole world waiting to be explored but this time with organic beasts. This recurring theme of a huge world of stories has captivated many a Transformers fan and is largely responsible for the brand's rabid [[fandom]]. More recently, the massive ad campaigns for the [[live-action film series]] and associated merchandise has kept the Transformers brand in the eye of the public, and made the films feel like the blockbuster events they were intended to be.
{{note|Each commercial entry includes a transcript of its narration. There are a number of different conventions used to denote different types of speech. ''Italics'' are used to indicate when the narrator is speaking. "Quotes" denote non-narrative speech such as a character or actor talking in-universe, a sound effect from a toy, or an excerpt from a cartoon. {Curly braces} denote singing or rapping. [Square braces] indicate on-screen text narration.}}
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==Generation 1==
Generation 1's marketing is a master class in how to sell toys, with many of its ideas still being used in Transformers ads today.
{{main|Commercial/Generation 1}}

==Generation 2==
Generation 2's marketing, much like the toyline itself, started as a redesign of it's predecessor. Also like the toy line, it became more quintessentially 90's as it progressed.
{{main|Commercial/Generation 2}}

==Beast Wars==
The Beast Wars toyline represented a significant change in the direction of the brand, with changes in detailing, articulation and concept. The commercials had their own changes, with a new narrator, a different approach to showing off the toys and less animation.
{{main|Commercial/Beast Wars}}

==Animorphs==
Animorphs represented a brief throw back to the narration approach of the later [[Commercial/Generation 1|Generation 1 ads]] by having the characters of [[Jake (Animorphs)|Jake]] and [[Tobias]] provide narration. Unlike the earlier ads, which had [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] or [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] sharing time with [[Victor Caroli]] and [[The Other Guy]], Jake and Tobias are the sole narrators.
[[File:AnimorphsCommercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"ИƎI⅃A?"]]
===1999===
====Toys====
*'''Animorphs''' - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Boqg792QOk 30 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty0k87cP5z8&t=0m35s 15 sec]

: Narration: Two unknown kids, one portaying Tobias and one portraying Jake (possibly [[Shawn Ashmore]] as Jake).
: Toy segment: [[Visser Three]] emerges from a large cardboard tube, transforms , flexes his spring loaded claw and then fires a missile from his other hand. His 'real' (a costume glove) hand is then shown before revealing his shadow on the side of a large holding tank. This is followed by Jake flipping his head to his halfway mode and Tobias flipping up his hawk mode head in order to show that "they can change too". [[Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill|Ax]] walks up to Visser Three, transforms and then fires his tail stinger missile to knockdown Visser Three. [[Marco]], [[Jake (Animorphs)|Jake]], and [[Tobias]] watch [[Rachel]] launch Visser Three by pouncing onto a makeshift seesaw.
: Notes: A brief explanation of the ''[[Animorphs]]'' story, with one of the characters saying "Animorphs, Transformers!" Features Jake, [[Size class|Deluxe class]] Tobias, [[Size class|Mega class]] Ax, Mega class Visser Three, gorilla Marco and Rachel. Some footage from the ''Animorphs'' TV series is seen, and an instrumental version of the series' theme plays underneath. The synthesized "Transformers!" digital voice (as with the concurrent ''Beast Wars'' ads, apparently taken from older ''Generation 1'' ads) plays at the end. The toy segment is filmed in what bizarrely looks like a very fancy and poorly lit office with different organizers and other metal office supplies being used by the kids to create their imagined environment.
: (Alternating, starting with Jake) ''"The alien invasion has begun, and it's up to the five of us to stop them. Animorphs Transformers! The evil Visser Three is the leader of the Yerks" "He can morph from evil Andalite."'' ''"To Inferno creature."'' ''"With grasping claws." "And firing jaws." "But we can change too, into any animal we touch. And when heroic Ax changes into a scorpion...Visser Three is gonna get stung."'' ''"To save the human race, we pounce like animals." "Make the change"'' Both: ''"Animorphs!"''
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* '''Animorphs 2''' - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTacGrfYdwQ 30 sec]
: Narration: Two unknown kids, one portaying Tobias and one portraying Jake (possibly Shawn Ashmore as Jake).
: Toy segment: Jake is transformed from human to Tiger with the camera focusing in on his head as it switches between it's three states. A brief segment of Jake changing from the TV show is shown before cutting back to the toy's right claw gauntlet being put on and then the toy in tiger mode posed on a metal framework. Tobias gets the same style transformation shot, followed by a shot of the toys wings being expanded. This is followed by two sequences from the first commercial, the early part where Visser Three emerges, transforms and demos his features and the last part where Rachel pounces.
: Notes: This ad is similar to the first ad, using most of the same Visser Three footage. It has a different, more energetic narration that actually discloses who the narrators are and gives Tobias a little bit larger role. There is a larger emphasis on Jake and Tobias and Ax is not featured at all.
: (Alternating, starting with Jake) ''"The alien invasion has begun, and it's up to the five of us to stop them. Animorphs Transformers! We've been given an incredible power." "To morph, into any animal we touch!" "I'm more than just Jake now, I'm changing with the ferocious power of the tiger, my hands getting fierce claws!" "I'm Tobias, morphing from human to hawk, my wings FORMing for air attack!" "The evil aliens led by Visser Three are here and there's only one way to change his plans" "pounce like animals!"'' Both: ''"Animorphs!"''

[[File:Animorphs Tri-Rex Commercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
* '''Tri-Rex and Ultra Visser Three''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-01GOn5_RA 30 sec], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQzqxBpq5bM 15 sec]
: Live action: Live action [[Cassie]], Jake and Marco, having been startled by the shadow and roar of Visser Three, duck into a nearby museum. They touch the foot of a Tyrannosaurus skeleton and combine into [[Tri-Rex]]. Later a second clip is shown of the three forming Tri-Rex in front a black background with what looks like smoke effects.
: Narration: Two unknown kids, one portraying Tobias and one portraying Jake (possibly Shawn Ashmore as Jake).
: Toy segment:Visser Three transforms and prowls around a desktop with office supply diorama elements that looks similar to the previous ads. Tri-Rex transforms to T-Rex mode, demonstrates it's electronic roar, steps in front of Visser Three, and then shows off it's stomping electronic sounds by stomping through a sand pit and a "fence" that appears to be made from a number of unconnected pieces of sidewalk chalk standing on end.
: ''Notes:'' It appears to be dark out when the three run from Visser Three, as well as in the museum, and no else seems to be around. This would seem to imply that they broke in. Might wanna destroy the security video after you deal with Visser Three kids!
: Tobias: ''"To battle evil this big..."'' Both: ''Animorphs Transformers!'' Jake: ''"We have to morph into something bigger!"'' Tobias: ''"New Visser Three morphs to beast! And then to a creature even more terrifying."'' Jake: ''"Claws that fly!"'' Tobias: ''"To stop him, we pull together."'' Both/All: ''"Three fight better as one!"'' Jake: ''"To win big, you gotta get big. Tri-Rex!"'' Tobias: ''"Visser Three..."'' Both: ''"Prepare to get stomped!"'' Robot Voice: "Transformers!" Both: ''"Animorphs!"'' Jake: ''"New Visser Three and new electronic Tri-Rex each sold separately."''
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==Beast Machines==
For Beast Machines, [[Hasbro]] took a very minimalist approach to it's marketing by producing only three ads over it's two years of availability. This may have been impacted by also needing to spend on ads for [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]] and Animorphs in 1999. The toy ads marked a return to using children in the ads, as opposed to the "pair of hands" manipulating the toys from off-screen approach of Beast Wars and Animorphs. The children were featured in school settings, engaging in rivalries over whose toy was more "powerful". These debates also provided the narration for the ads, with traditional narration (if any) relegated to the static end frame. This began the current trend of having toy segments that do not make use of dioramas in some fashion. While Beast Machines was not the first line to have commercials featuring "Fast Motion" transformations, that honor going to the last year of Beast Wars ads, it was the first to go all in on them. The new tagline used in the toy ads was "The challenge is in the change.".

The move from syndication to network television resulted in new forms of advertising for the cartoon. The Fox Kids network would run short 10 second ads during the credits of their various shows to promote shows coming up later that morning. Occasionally, they'd even run the 10 second ads during normal commercial breaks. The changeover also resulted in "Network" versions of commercials with station agnostic narration. The same ads could have station specific versions as well. The end of the ad would just show a graphic for the show and the time, leaving it to the station to add narration and graphics. However, the biggest effect from the move to Fox Kids was that the cartoons now got promoted before they even aired. Fox Kids kicked off the marketing campaign on [[August 11]]th [[1999]] by advertising a "first look" at the show to air on [[August 14]]th during Digimon. This "first look" turned out to be the [[Evolution Revolution]] music video. The music video was re-aired the following weekend, both in a shortened version that ran twice and a replay of the original two minute version. Between the spectacle of a music video and the drastic differences in the animation style and character design, the video was quite the ''revelation''.

===1999===
====Toys====
[[File:Jetstorm and Primal Commercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|That kid in the back? Way too excited.]]
* '''Deluxe Jetstorm and Optimus Primal''' - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qIVLD-NelA&t=13m59s 30 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csjzeY8vXqA 15 sec]
: Animation: Cartoon excerpts showing [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] firing at Optimus Primal and Optimus Primal jumping down from somewhere.
: Narration: [[SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!]]
: Toy segment: Two boys at school fight in the only honorable way — by badly transforming Optimus Primal and Jetstorm.
: Older kid: "Three o'clock at the flag pole." Younger kid: "I'll BE there!" Older: "Beast Machines Jetstorm's gonna kick your can!" Younger: "Not if Optimus changes first. Optimus, ready for battle!" Older: "It's over monkey-boy!" Younger: "Your flight's been canceled! Who's next?" ''New Beast Machines Transformers, the challenge is in the change.''

==== Cartoon ====
* '''First Look''' - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qIkfT81hOA&t=7m04s 30 sec]
: Animation: [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] emerging from the light of the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]].
: Narration: [[Jess Harnell]]
: Notes: This ad began airing on August 11th, 1999 and continued to air through the following Saturday morning of August 14th, leading up to airing of the Evolution Revolution music video. The linked version of the ad is the one that aired on Saturday morning.
: ''Coming this fall...to Fox Kids...Beast Machines. Don't miss an exclusive first look.''

[[File:Evolution Revolution.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|It's a conversion re-version.]]
* '''[[Evolution Revolution]]''' - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUH4qfS1xRc Long], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qIkfT81hOA&t=9m34s Short]
: Animation: Excerpts from [[The Reformatting]] and [[Master of the House]].
: Narration: ''Coming this fall to Fox Kids!'' at the very end by Jess Harnell
: Notes: The full video debuted on August 14th, 1999 and was replayed the following Saturday, August 21st. The shorter version of the video aired during two different breaks earlier that same morning.
: ''It's a transformation revelation! It's Beast Machines.''

* '''Series premiere promo''' - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qIkfT81hOA&t=10m35s 30 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from [[The Reformatting]] and [[Master of the House]].
: Narration: [[Neil Ross]]
: Notes: This ad first aired on [[August 28]]th, 1999. It would continue to be used after the premiere to advertise new episodes.
: ''It's an all new show for a renegade group of Beast Machines.'' "You can teach an old ape new tricks." ''Who are now on Cybertron fighting unknown foes.'' "Welcome to Cybertropolis." ''With a whole new look...'' "Thought I had slick cat moves before? Check this out!" ''and a whole new attitude!'' "I am transformed!" ''Transform your Saturday morning when Beast Machines premieres September 18th at ten, only on Fox Kids.''

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* '''Season One promo''' - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wj8B6ZAh9s 10 sec]
: Animation: Various cartoon excerpts.
: Narration: Tom Kane
: ''An ape, a cat, a spider, a rat and a bat. Go wild with Beast Machines. This Saturday morning at 11, only on Fox Kids.''

[[File:MasterTheBeastCommerical.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Hey look, they put the [[Void]] in the poster!]]
* '''Master the Beast Sweepstakes''' - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qIkfT81hOA&t=13m55s 30 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts of [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] transforming, [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] turning his head, Optimus Primal landing in [[beast mode]], Megatron glaring, the Maximals together, Optimus Primal at the Oracle, Cheetor turning his head, Blackarachnia opening her eyes, Optimus Primal transforming, Rattrap in beast mode.
: Narration: Unknown
: Notes: This was an ad for the [[Master the Beast]] sweepstakes contest.
: ''Does changing into Beast Machines sound cool to you? Then enter Fox Kids' "Master the Beast" sweepstakes. If you win, you're off to Vancouver, to check out the 3D animation, and get your face featured on a Beast Machines poster. Plus lots of Beast Machines and Beast Wars toys will be yours. One thousand others will win a Beast Machines action figure. To enter, watch Beast Machines on Fox Kids then write down your favorite character with your name and address and send it to Fox Kids Master the Beast PO Box 4040 Beverly Hills CA, 90213 by October 1st.''

* '''End of the Line promo''' - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykgTS7btJPk 30 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from [[End of the Line]].
: Narration: Jonathan David Cook
: Notes:: This spot aired several times throughout the morning of ''End of the Line's'' initial airing.
: "The time has come. The final battle is at hand." ''This morning, all sides have the key to...'' "Worldwide armageddon!" "Doomsday." ''But who will be the first to turn it?'' "We finish this now Megatron!" ''Is this truly the end of the line?'' "End game." ''Be there for this all new Beast Machines.''

* '''YTV promo''' - [http://movies.tfarchive.com/movies/Beast_Machines/Beast_Machines_Commercial2.mpg 30 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts of the Optimal/Transmetal 2 and Beast Machines versions of Optimus Primal, Blackarachnia and [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] from the respective series.
: Narration: Edward Glen
: Notes: Each characters' ''Beast Wars'' Season 3 form is followed by their ''Beast Machines'' form accompanied by the narrator describing the changes as though he's narrating a fashion show.
: ''Makeover madness. Here's the old Optimus and here's the new Optimus for a new millennium! Fresh, fun and fabulous!'' "Of course!" ''Now Blackarachnia, shown here in Beasties, wanted a bold new look that screamed success. Isn't she stunning? She de-serves it! Everyone's favorite bad guy Megatron, always the egomaniac, went bigger and badder. Puh-lease! Everyone knows not to wear stainless steel after Labor Day! Beast Machines, tonight at seven-thirty. Keep it weeeeeeeeeeeird! On YTV.''

=== 2000 ===
==== Toys ====
[[File:Beast Machines Supreme Cheetor Commercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
* '''Supreme Cheetor''' - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BEoOHppwAU&t=5m39s 30 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWdT3yalzvw 15 sec]
: Animation: Two excerpts featuring [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] transforming.
: Narration: None, apart from "New Beast Machines Electronic Cheetor Supreme sold separately" by the Cheetor Kid.
: Toy segment: Two kids face off in a gymnasium, surrounded by cheering friends. Megatron Kid makes threats to the other kid, who whips out Supreme Cheetor. Megatron Kid congratulates Cheetor Kid after losing their match.
: Notes: The Cheetor toy is oddly referred to, not as a Supreme size Cheetor, but as Cheetor Supreme as though supreme is part of his name.
: Older kid: "You up for a challenge?" Younger kid: "Let's do it!" Older: "Evil Megatron's gonna get—" Younger: "Stomped by Cheetor Supreme!" Crowd: "Whoa!" Younger: "He's huge as a cat, and ever bigger as a robot!" Older: "HO-LY—" Younger: "He's the biggest, baddest, Beast Machine ever. And watch this!" ''Beast Machines! The challenge is in the change!'' Older: "Nice match, big guy." Younger: "New Beast Machines Electronic Cheetor Supreme. Sold separately."

[[File:BM Ultras Commercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Nightscream likes EXTRA ketchup." (Actual dialog)]]
* '''Nightscream and Ultra Jetstorm''' - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs_268NcQew 30 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts of Jetstorm and [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] transforming.
: Narration: None, apart from "New Beast Machines Electronic Jetstorm and Electronic Nightscream sold separately" by Jetstorm Kid.
: Toy segment: Two kids ordering food are informed by the lady behind the counter that there is only one order of fries left, so they decide to fight it out with their Transformers. The "bad" kid grabs Ultra Jetstorm and shows it off for viewers' benefit, while the "good" kid transforms his Ultra Nightscream and shoots Jetty with his disk launcher. Nightscream Kid wins and tells Jetstorm Kid that "Nightscream likes EXTRA ketchup." on his fries. Jetstorm Kid warns him not to push it.
: Small kid: "I'll take it." Slightly bigger kid: "No, I'LL take it!" Both: "Challenge!" ''Beast Machines!'' Bigger kid: "Jetstorm will strike. Like. Lightning." ''The challenge is in the change!'' Smaller kid: "No way! Nightscream's gonna— clip your wings." Bigger kid: "Your day is over Nightscream." Smaller kid: "You're grounded Jetlag!" <kids cheer> ''Beast Machines! The challenge is in the change!'' Smaller kid: "Nightscream likes EXTRA ketchup." Bigger kid: "Don't push it. New Beast Machines Electonic Jetstorm and Electronic Nightscream, sold separately."

==== Cartoon ====
* '''Season Two promo''' - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ibydIv9aeU 20 sec]
: Animation: Various cartoon excerpts.
: Narration: [[Maurice LaMarche]] (?) and various local announcers.
: ''Maximize your mornings for an all new season of Beast Machines!'' "Fantastic!" ''You'll meet new friends.'' "My name's Botanica" ''New enemies.'' "YESSSSS..." ''Plus a ton of a new thrills.'' "Blammo!"

* '''YTV promo 2''' - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwGkNh2EM08 30 sec]
: Animation: An excerpt from [[Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future]] as normal, then reversed in a loop.
: Narration: Edward Glen (as Optimus Primal) in an intentionally doofy voice dub featuring any other voice removed and the original sound effects replaced with more comedic ones.
: Notes: A bewildered Optimus Primal finds himself falling and then grabs onto some molding on the side of a building. The molding gives way and he falls down the side of the building. He mistakes the sparks created by his scraping fingernails as something shooting from his fingers. He finally catches another piece of molding as Megatron (in his Optimal Optimus body) strafes him. As he tries to explain that he's not [[King Kong]], the scene reverses itself and he finds himself stuck in some sort of time loop. This ad doesn't mention anything about the series finale from which the animation is taken. In fact, this seems to be just a regular old promo for the show. Assuming this aired before [[Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall]], anyone eagle-eyed enough to spot Optimal Optimus' jetmode would've caught a hefty spoiler.
: (Falling) "Auuuuuugh, oof. Whoaaaa, oof. Heywhatarethosethingscomingatme—augh. Oh, these things—oh, hey, I'M NOT KING KONG I TOLD YOU I'M OPTIMUS, what the, oh I gotta hide, oh, ho, whatever those things are, augh, these beams gotta be stronger, auuuuuuuuugh, hey, oh no, here they come again, what is going on, I'm in a time warp, get me out of here! Augh. Oh no! These things are, auuuugh!" ''Beast Machines. Thursday at eight.'' ''Keep it weird.'' ''On YTV.''

==== Other ====
[[File:BM Battle for the Spark Sweepstakes Commercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
* '''Battle for the Spark Sweepstakes''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N5CZ46obTI 30 sec]
: Animation: Various excerpts from Endgame Pt. II.
: Narration:
: Notes: This was a commercial for the [[Battle for the Spark sweepstakes]].
: "You're not getting these sparks." ''Beast Machines' Battle for the Spark continues. The challenge is to help them change. Enter the Fox Kids Beast Machines Battle for the Spark Sweepstakes. You and a friend could win lots of Beast Machines toys including a [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#BMNSC|Night Slash Cheetor]]. Plus all the computer gear you need to maximize the power of your own Beast Machines toys. One thousand others win Beast Machines Rattrap and Optimus Primal toys. To enter, mail a postcard with your name and address by March 24th to Fox Kids Beast Machines P.O. Box 4040 Beverly Hills 90213. Brought to you by Hasbro and Fox Kids.''
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==Robots in Disguise (2001)==
''Robots In Disguise'' featured a return to some of the distinctive traits of ''The Transformers'', namely the "More than meets the eye" and "Robots in disguise" taglines and the use of Kidmation. The return to the original tag lines has continued to the present day, at least for the main toylines. The Kidmation involved both of the kids featured in the ad turning to the camera while each holding one of the toys up to it and mouthing along with the "Robots in disguise" lyric of the commercials' theme music. The theme song was unique to the ads, being a completely different song from that of the actual cartoon. ''Robots in Disguise'''s toy ads featured a distinctive video effect of letterboxing widescreen format footage of kids playing with toys. At the start of an ad, the top border would be red with text "Transformers" and the lower border would be blue with the words "Robots in Disguise". During the ad the borders would change to a single color (red for the Autobots, blue for the Decepticons) with a faction name at the bottom and character names rotating at the top. The toy segments themselves took place mainly in various indoors locations such as a basement or the upstairs and front lawn of a house. The Trainbots ad, appropriately enough depicts the kids as riding inside of a bullet train. The ads continued the use of "Fast Motion" transformations and added a new disclaimer noting that "actual change times may vary".

The cartoon advertising was very similar to Beast Machines, keeping many of the same tactics such as network versions of ads, shorter 10 second versions of ads and advertising during the end credits of other shows. Robots in Disguise got an advertising campaign for it's premiere episode, much like its predecessor. Unlike its predecessor, it sadly did not receive its own music video.

=== 2001 ===
====Toys====
[[File:Omega Prime Commercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Neither golden retriever, nor lawn mower, nor white picket fence, nor bright of day, shall stay these kids from the swift completion of their appointed Prime.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Ultra Magnus''' - [http://www.ridforever.info/Video/commercials-toys/HASBRO_COMMERCIAL_OMEGA_2_.MPEG 30 sec]
: Animation: [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] transforms, and Optimus Prime finds himself surrounded by the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]].
: Narration: [[Steve Blum]]
: Kidmation: The two kids featured in the ad.
: Toy segment: Two kids who live next door to each other grab their respective Autobot Super figures and run into each other at full speed; as soon as they touch, they combine!
: Notes: One of the kids had a poster for the 1986 animated movie in his room. The whole commercial has a dubbed over feel, as Megatron and Optimus Prime sound nothing like the voices used for the show (presumably because casting had not yet been done) and the sound quality of the narration seems below that of the rest of the commercial.
:*'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Ultra Magnus''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qIkfT81hOA&t=0m50s 30 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjOMoTKCSMM 15 sec] - Same as previous commercial, but Neil Kaplan voices Optimus Prime and the narration is the actor used for the rest of the ''Robots in Disguise'' commercials. The blank panels in the first kid's comic book have been filled in with an appropriate screenshot and quote, though it's still surrounded by panels from "[[Prime Time!]]". Also, the background music doesn't stop while the kids shout to each other from their windows.
: "You can't get away this time Optimus Prime!" "Ultra Magnus, I need your help." Kids: "Ultra Magnus! I'm in trouble!" "I'll be right there!" ''Transformers! More than meets the eye!'' ''Beware Megatron, Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus combine to form the supreme warrior.'' Kids: "Omega Prime's unstoppable!"

[[File:Megatron Sky-Byte and Autobot Cars Commercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Nope, still not fearsome or impressive.]]
*'''Megatron''', '''Sky-Byte''' and '''[[Autobot Brothers|Deluxe Cars]]''' - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88McwgXBxk8 30 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qIkfT81hOA&t=1m20s 15 sec]
: Animation: CGI Optimus Prime transforms from truck to super-mode; Cartoon excerpts of Megatron (with [[Daniel Riordan|correct voice]]) talking, Optimus transforming, and [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] taking a chunk out of the rear of a moving vehicle.
: Narration: Steve Blum
: Kidmation: The two kids featured in the ad.
: Toy segment: Kids yell the names of the toys while showing them off or transforming them. They do this in what appears to be a poorly lit basement of some sort.
: Notes: "Prowl" just does not sound fearsome or impressive no matter how much you growl when you yell it.
: Megatron: "Optimus Prime, my Predacons will crush you into scrap metal!" Kid 1: "Sky-Byte, attack!" Optimus Prime: "Take on the Autobots and you'll be the one crushed, Megatron!" Kid 2: "Side-Burn!" Kid 1: "X-Brawn!" Kid 2: "PROWL!" Both: "GO!" ''Transformers, each sold separately. Actual change time will vary.''

[[File:TeamBulletTrainAndGalvatronCommercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"We are VR!"]]
* '''Team Bullet Train and Galvatron''' - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qIkfT81hOA&t=6m18s 30 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qIkfT81hOA&t=6m48s 15 sec]
: Animation: Cartoon excerpts - [[Team Bullet Train]] finishes forming [[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]]; [[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron]] says "Foolish Autobots! Bring it on!".
: Narration: Steve Blum
: Kidmation: The two kids featured in the ad.
: Toy segment: Two kids play with the bullet trains aboard a subway car.
: Notes: The narration names Midnight Express then Rapid Run, but they're shown on screen in the reverse order. Rail Racer, the ''Autobot'' combiner, is strangely described as "rampaging".
: ''Transformers Combiners. Link up Team Bullet Train. Midnight Express, Rail Spike and Rapid Run become the rampaging Rail Racer.'' "Foolish Autobots, bring it on!" ''And tangle with the ten forms of the evil Galvatron. Transformers, actual change time may vary. Combiners robots are built from multiple figures. All sold separately.''

[[File:RID 2001 Landfill and Ruination Commercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
* '''[[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] and [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]]''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouJoCHzQzIg&t=361s 30 sec], [http://youtu.be/IZ8d6dIpuqk?t=30 15 sec]
: Animation: None.
: Narration: Steve Blum
: Kidmation: The two kids in the front most desks of the classroom, turning around and holding out Ruination and Landfill to the camera.
: Toy segment: A school bell rings at 1:30PM signaling...the end of a period? The beginning? Whatever it is, two kids at the back of the room take this opportunity to each pull out one of [[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]] and [[Mega-Octane]]. After converting each to their torso modes, the two kids hand their robot to the kid in front of them to add the next robot. This continues down the line until the kids in front complete the fully formed combiners and turn to show them to the camera.
: Notes: Seriously, what is the ringing bell signaling? It's 1:30PM so it's not the end of the school day. There's no teacher in the clasroom, so it could be the beginning. But the ringing is the kids cue to play, which they wouldn't do during class. Since a teacher is never seen, it could be the start of study hall, but then why wait for the bell? On top of all this, the kids in the background just appear to keep working the whole time like the bell doesn't matter. Argh. The order in which the components for Landfill are added appears to be [[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]], [[Grimlock (RID 2001)|Grimlock]], [[Hightower (RID)|Hightower]], [[Wedge (RID)|Wedge]]. Hightower is assumed to follow Grimlock, since it's not clearly shown but the reverse order wouldn't make sense as two disconnected legs would have to be passed forward. The Ruination order is impossible to determine as Rollbar is initially shown as the first limb connected to Mega-Octane, but a later scene shows him being transformed alongside Ro-Tor before Ro-Tor is added.
: ''Transformers: Combiners. One by one, five Decepticons combine to form the ruthless? Ruination. Four awesome Autobots become the unstoppable Landfill. What begins with one small robot, ends with one mighty machine! Actual change time may vary. Combiner robots formed from multiple figures, all sold separately.''

====Cartoon====
* '''Series premiere promo''' - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qIkfT81hOA 30 sec]
: Animation: Various cartoon excerpts.
: Narration: [[Koji Onishi]] ([[Jason Spisak]]), [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Neil Kaplan]]) and various other Autobots as a group, "ONLY on [[Fox Kids]]".
: Koji: ''Strap in, because this ride's about to...'' "Transform." "Transform!" ''Transform! Shift it, make it, turn it, twist it!'' Koji: ''Predacons, you've messed with the wrong planet!'' ''Shape it, size it, live it, we got it!'' Koji: ''Autobots, Megatron's arrived on Earth'' "Coming." "Hahahaha..." "Optimus, battle mode NOW!" ''Fight it, take it, strike it, we stopped it!'' Koji: ''All right!'' "Let's do IT again!" ''Don't miss the premiere of Transformers: Robots In Disguise, Saturday morning, September 8th. ONLY on Fox Kids.''

* '''Series premiere promo #2''' - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qIkfT81hOA&t=0m30s 20 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from [[Battle Protocol!]]
: Narration: ONLY on Fox Kids
: ''They came to destroy earth. NOW, the only ones strong enough to take them on,'' "Autobots, emergency!" ''are hiding right, under, your...HOOD!'' "Transform, NOW!" ''Don't miss the premiere of Transformers: Robots In Disguise, Saturday morning, September 8th. ONLY on Fox Kids.''

* '''Shift, Shape, & Save''' - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qIkfT81hOA&t=1m35s 30 sec]
: Animation: Various cartoon excerpts.
: Narration: Koji Onishi (Jason Spisak), Optimus Prime (Neil Kaplan), various other Autobots as a group, and John Garry.
: Notes: While this ad is named "Shift, Shape & Save", the ad's narration says "Shift, Shape, and ''Strike''". This commercial was aired in various lengths with various end tags. Version names below are confirmed, except where noted.
: ''Hey, wanna lift? Because where we're going, these Autobots watch your back to protect you—'' "Now!" ''Whoaaa! —from the Predacons using three ultra mega moves!'' "Shift, shape, and strike!" "Here, lemme give you a hand." "Let's get out of here!" ''Alright, now that's what I call mass transit!'' ''Transformers: Robots In Disguise. All new, this Saturday morning at eight Eastern, seven Central and Pacific. ONLY on Fox Kids.''
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* '''Cartoon promo''' - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qIkfT81hOA&t=5m47s 20 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qIkfT81hOA&t=6m08s 10 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts of Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]], Galvatron and the [[Commando (RID)|Commandos]].
: Narration: Koji Onishi (Jason Spisak).
: ''Sit down, hold on and hush up, because in the battle for Earth, you're either gonna lead, follow, or get out of the way!'' "Tremble with fear, I AM GALVATRON!" "You're goin' down, down, down, down." "Transform!" ''Catch an all-new episode of Transformers: Robots in Disguise, next Saturday morning only on Fox Kids!''

* '''Cartoon promo 2''' - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkCmDrNmGpY&t=12m19s 20 sec]
: Animation: Many of the same excerpts used in "Shift, Shape, & Save".
: Narration: [[Don LaFontaine]]
: ''This summer, Fox Kids will transform your TV into a blockbuster action machine. Transformers. Today after Digimon, on Fox Kids.''

* '''Cartoon promo 3''' - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewNb3osmAJY 30 sec]
: Animation: Many of the same excerpts used in "Shift, Shape, & Save" along with excerpts of [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] and "Super" [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]].
: Narration: Alternating unknown male and female announcers.
: [Weight:] Male: ''"Fifteen tons."'' Female:''"All muscle."'' [A.I.:] ''"Artificial intelligence."'' ''"It's real."'' [Engine:] ''"One hundred thousand horse power."'' ''"Real dominance."'' [Fuel:] ''"The Matrix powers."'' ''"High octane."'' [Speed:] ''"From zero to action."'' ''"In a flash."'' [Mission:] ''"To save Earth."'' ''"No surrender."''

==Go-Bots==
Go-Bots was not a large campaign for Hasbro with only two known ads. But it's notable nonetheless, because the rap is back! And this time without the tortured rhymes.

===2002===
[[File:Go Go Go Bots Commercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Now if the guy had found a way to turn the "each sold separately" disclaimer into a rap too...]]
*'''[[Transformers: Go-Bots (franchise)|Transformers: Go-Bots]]''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBmvKjRvUbU 30 sec], [http://adland.tv/commercials/hasbro-playskool-transformers-go-bots-2003-015-usa 15 sec]

: Animation: Cartoon excerpt of [[Aero-Bot]] transforming while [[Beast-Bot]] and [[Speed-Bot]] look on.
: Narration: [[Rap Guy]]
: Toy segment: The toys turn around on invisible turntables and transform.
: {Sent to Earth from a world far away, Trans-for-mers Go-Bots can save day! Go Go Go Bots. Transformers: Go-Bots. A robot is what you see but that's not all that it can be. Aero-Bot, Beast-Bot, and Speed-Bot go! They only change, when you say so! Go Go Go Bots. When danger strikes, they rearrange. One, two, three, got the power to change! Go Go Go Bots. Transformers: Go-Bots.} ''Playskool plays cool. Transformers: Go-Bots located in the Playskool aisle. Sold separately.''

===2003===
*'''[[Hauler-Bot]]''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjt1bbhIUYI 30 sec]

: Animation: Hauler-Bot departs a distant planet, then lands on Earth.
: Narration: [[Rap Guy]]
: Toy segment: Two boys playing with the Hauler-Bot components in front of green-screened techno-ish backgrounds of varying colors.
: Notes: Yes, the race car Go-Bot being loaded into Hauler-Bot is in fact named Aero-Bot. We don't get it either.
:{Sent to Earth from a world far away, Hauler-Bot Go-Bot saves the day! Go Go Go Bots. GoGoGo Go-Bots! Hauler-Bot is what you see, you can change him into three. Go Go Go Bots.} "Robot mode activated!" {Pteradactyl, turtle, robot go! They rearrange when you say so! Hauler-Bot's in trucking mode. Load Aero-Bot and hit the road. Go Go Go Bots.} ''Playskool plays cool. Hauler-Bot and other Go-Bots figures each sold separately. Located in the Playskool aisle.''

==Armada==
===2002===
''Transformers: Armada'' carried through some of the ''Robots In Disguise'' advertising elements, using the red and blue borders (albeit thinner and without the character names) for the first years' ads and using a very similar theme song. In contrast to it's predecessor, it shifted away somewhat from having the kids and animation clips provide most of the narration. The majority of the ads have a formal narrator providing story context for the battle being waged by the children.

==== Toys ====
[[File:First Armada Toy Commercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|But when I looked behind me, I only saw... uh... nine sets of footprints?]]
* '''[[Mini-Con]]s, [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], Megatron''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4b34MifYuw 30 sec], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjpMkFL5SRw 15 sec]
: Animation: From a sand background, CGI [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]] emerges from a [[Mini-Con storage panel]]. Sped-up cartoon footage of [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] transforming.
: Narration: [[Even Keel]]
: Toy segment: Kids play with the toys in a sandy environment with a sunset background. ''Woo woo woo woo.'' "Swindle. Starscream. Missiles away. Powerlink Mini-Cons for maximum firepower!"
: Kidmation: Terrifyingly large-mouthed kids hold the toys and mouth "robots in disguise" while the camera bobs drunkenly.
: ''Newww Transformers: Armada. With Powerlinking Mini-Con '''warriors!''' Unite them with Transformers: Armada figures to unlock hidden features.'' Kid 1: "Longhorn, Powerlink to Red Alert!" ''Unlock new weapons, new attacks...'' Kid 2: "Swindle, Starscream, missiles away! Powerlink Mini-Cons for maximum firepower!" ''New battles in the fight between good and evil. Newww Transformers: Armada. Each sold separately, actual change time will vary.''

* '''Megatron and Optimus Prime''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L5LGd3l6n0 30 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeIiiHch-_E 15 sec]
: Animation: From a watery background, CGI [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] emerges from a storage panel. Cartoon excerpt: [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] stock footage.
: Narration: Even Keel
: Toy segment: Kids play with the toys in a sand-laden diorama environment. That ''can't'' be good for Prime's electronic innards.
: Kidmation: The large-mouthed kids again, with different toys.
: ''Newww Transformers: Armada. Join Optimus Prime and Megatron in the battle for the Mini-Cons.'' Kid 1: "Megatron, prepare for attack!" ''But Optimus Prime prevails in three modes: vehicle, base and super robot. '''YOU''' convert the truck cab, the trailer unfolds into a Mini-Con base station. Then convert again to build SUPER Optimus Prime.'' Kid 2: "Back off, Megatron!" ''Newww Transformers: Armada. Each sold separately, actual change time will vary.''

[[File:Armada Supercon commercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|[[David Willis|Walky's]] dream job.]]
* '''[[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]], Hot Shot, Demolishor''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWMvc3rWfk0 30 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BXd6S3c_F4 15 sec]
: Narration: Even Keel
: Animation: From an ice background, CGI [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] emerges from a storage panel. Cartoon excerpts: [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] stock footage; [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] and [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] running and firing.
: Toy segment: Kids play with the toys in a snowy diorama environment.
: Kidmation: The large-mouthed kids yet again, with different toys.
:''Newww Transformers: Armada. With Powerlinking Mini-Con warriors that unlock newww attacks and weapons.'' Kid 1: "Laserbeak reporting, Decepticons in range!" ''Convert Hot Shot, then Powerlink with Jolt to fire missiles.'' Kid 1: "Now let 'em have it!" Kid 2: "Demolishor, Blackout counterattack!" ''The Mini-Con battle continues in a Transformer fight to the finish. Newww Transformers: Armada. Each sold separately, actual change time will vary.''

==== Cartoon ====

* '''Premiere movie promo''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPMEyvRI63E 1 min], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usvMNiU1qg0 30 sec]
: Animation: Various excerpts from the first three episodes of ''Armada''.
: Narration: [[Peter Cullen]]
: Notes: ''Armada's'' first three episodes were combined into a mini-movie for its premiere on [[Toonami]]. This ad was kind of a big deal to fans as it was the first time Peter Cullen had done any work related to Transformers in thirteen years, dating back to the [[Action Master]] ads. There's a bit of cognative dissonance between the narration describing the Autobots as "peaceful defenders" and the clip following being of Prime unleashing an attack.
: ''For centuries untold, the Transformers have waged war across the universe.'' "Move out!" ''On one side, Autobots. Peaceful defenders of Cybertron.'' "Maximum blast!" ''The other, Decepticons. Destructive scourge of the galaxies.'' "You have no way to stop us." ''The prize? Mini-Cons. An ancient race of power enhancing Transformers. Inadvertently, two teens have activated a signal, bringing the chaos of this war to planet Earth.'' "You have something of mine." ''Whoever can possess the Mini-Cons will command their great power. Now, every Transformer in the universe will fight to claim them. Or die trying.'' "Give it up Megatron!" ''Transformers: Armada. Friday at four. MUCH MORE than meets the eye!'' "It's time to turn it up!" ''Only Toonami.''

* '''Five days a week promo''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95i3ez_-sBs 30 sec]
: Animation: Various excerpts from the first three episodes of ''Armada''.
: Narration: [[Peter Cullen]]
: ''The age old battle between Autobots and Decepticons has shifted to Earth.'' "You have no way to stop us." Whoever can possess the Mini-Cons will command their great power. Now, every Transformer in the universe will fight to claim them. Or die trying. Now five days a week. Transformers: Armada. Starting next Monday at 5:30. Much more than meets the eye.'' "It's time to turn it up!" ''Only Toonami.''

* '''Cartoon promo''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuDqaJ4MgFw 30 sec]
: Animation: Various cartoon excerpts, plus a brief CGI scene of TOM 2.0.
: Narration: None, just the sound bytes from the various cartoon excerpts and the text "Transformers: Armada" at the end.
: "Time to settle this once and for all, Megatron!" "I intend to crush you!" "Move out!" "Alright!" "Transform!" "Let the games begin!" "There's no stopping us." "Transform!" "Transform!" "It is our destiny to take control of the Mini-Cons and bring the Autobots to their knees!" [Transformers Armada]

* '''''Armada'' marathon''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGH-OmBiKTM 30 sec]
: Animation: Various cartoon excerpts, plus a brief CGI scene of TOM 2.0.
: Narration: TOM 2.0 ([[Steve Blum]])
: Notes: The phrase uttered by TOM at the end of the ad, "{{w|klaatu barada nikto}}" is a reference to the 1951 sci film ''{{w|The Day the Earth Stood Still}}''. It appears this is meant to indicate that the marathon is an event so momentous it will make the Earth stand still. That or TOM is Earth's greatest hero.
: "Transform!" "—form!" "Transform!" "Time to bring out the heavy artillery." ''Everyone loves transforming robots...'' "Yes, now you're talking." "Transform!" ''but sometimes twenty-two minutes isn't enough.'' "Transform now!" ''We're here for ya.'' "Nice." ''Toonami's giving you a Transformers marathon.'' "Give it to me right now." ''Four hours of Autobots versus Decepticons.'' "Right now Megatron!" ''Transformers: Armada. Sunday, December 8th, one to four. Klaatu barada nikto.''

===2003===
====Toys====
[[File:Jetfire Galvatron Optimus Scavenger Commercial .jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|The Decepticon menace.]]
* '''Galvatron, Scavenger, Jetfire, Optimus Prime''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwngHpEk1dI 30 sec], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m6_aR9-iYY 15 sec]
: Animation: Cartoon [[stock footage]] of Optimus Prime Powerlinxing with Jetfire.
: Narration: Even Keel
: Toy segment: In what looks like a {{w|Santiago Calatrava}} building, [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] takes on [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Galvatron]]; [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] and Prime [[Powerlinx|combine]] to counterattack.
: Kidmation: Two kids stand with their toys, back-to-back as if to make a final stand, while mouthing along with "robots in disguise!"
: ''Transformers: Armada. The Autobots and Decepticons in action again, in the battle for ultimate control.'' Kid 1: "Jetfire reporting, Scavenger's in trouble!" Kid 2: "Good try Scavenger but not good enough." ''You can combine Jetfire with Optimus Prime for maximum firepower to take on the Decepticon menace.'' Kid 1: "Pick on someone your own size!" ''Transformers: Armada. Each sold separately, actual change time will vary. Batteries not included.''

* '''[[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]], [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]], [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]]''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0gxqH7cXJY 15 sec]
: Narration: Even Keel
: Toy segment: Kids play with the toys in some kind of modernist corporate office setting.
: Kidmation: Back-to-back for the final stand again, this time against the corporate office's windows.
: Notes: This commercial revealed Sideways to be a traitor long before the TV series did, spoiling the surprise for many fans.
: ''Another battle for ultimate control!'' Kid 1: "Blurr attacks!" ''And Sideways betrays. Can Sideswipe save the day?'' Kid 2: "Blast him!" ''Each sold separately, actual change time will vary.''

*'''[[Overload (Armada)|Overload]], [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Powerlinx Optimus Prime]], [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]]''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhQGeL0tRvA 30 sec], [http://youtu.be/ouJoCHzQzIg 15 sec]
: Animation: Cartoon [[stock footage]] of Optimus Prime combined with Overload and Megatron combining with Tidal Wave.
: Narration: Even Keel
: Toy segment: Kids play with the toys near a public water fountain.
: ''Transformers: Armada.'' "Back off Autobot fools!" "It's over Galvatron!" "Not quite, Tidal Wave report! Ready for combination!" "Prepare for our combined wave of punishment!" "Whoa look out. Optimus, Overload, combine!" "Why don't you just wave goodbye?" ''Transformers. Each sold separately, batteries not included, actual change time will vary.''

[[File:Unicron Commercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Johnny didn't do so well on his science project this year.]]
* '''Unicron''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooWCY1BubSg 30 sec], [http://adland.tv/commercials/transformers-armada-unicron-battles-devours-entire-worlds-2003-015 15 sec]
: Animation: Excerpt from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' of [[Unicron]] slamming his hand down on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s surface, accompanied by a newly recorded voice-over proclaiming "The universe is mine!". Also has an excerpt of Optimus Prime stock footage with Optimus telling Unicron to "fight someone your own size."
: Narration: Even Keel
: Toy segment: A kid plays with the toys, first in front of a projected space background, then in something resembling an empty warehouse.
: Notes: The thirty second version of the ad features both Unicron and Powerlinx Optimus Prime along with a number of Mini-Cons in the end shot but the 15 second ad has an alternate end shot that omits Powerlinx Prime and just has the Mini-Cons fanned around Unicron.
: ''He devours entire worlds, his name is Unicron and he's headed for Earth.'' "Fight someone your own size Unicron." "Obviously, Optimus Prime, that would not be you!" ''Will he crush the Transformers in his evil grip? Or just blast them into oblivion?'' "The universe is mine!" ''Transformers. Each sold separately, batteries not included, actual change time will vary.''

* '''[[Built to Rule!]]''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25nPHUc268w 30 sec]
: Animation: Cartoon excerpt of Optimus Prime pointing down a tunnel and then turning his head while commanding the Autobots to find the Mini-Cons.
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy segment: Two kids playing with the building sets on the wood floor of what appears to be a basement.
: Notes: The ad stresses that every set comes with ''real'' projectile launchers. The narration almost exclusively refers to ''Built to Rule!'' by it's BTR abbreviation, mentioning the full name only as a tag line.
: ''B. T. R. Built to Rule! Introducing new BTR building sets, where you can create and construct your own Transformers vehicles.'' Optimus Prime: "Autobots, let's find those Mini-Cons!" Kid: "Jetfire, Decepticons up ahead!" ''BTR is the only building set that lets you build and convert your favorite Transformers vehicles into robots when the action heats up!'' Kid: "It's over Megatron!" ''And battle Autobots against Decepticons with '''real''' projectile launchers in every set. B. T. R. Built to Rule! You can find BTR in the construction aisle. Actual build time will vary. Each sold separately.''

==== Other ====
* '''[[McDonald's]] Happy Meal toys''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPPMqSFxBA4 15 sec]
: Narration: Unknown.
: Notes: The ad opens with a McDonald's restaurant transforming into a robot. It continues with two kids playing with the toys on what looks to be a dining room table in an open concept living space. They leave their fries and drinks untouched.
: ''McDonald's is taking on a whole new look, with the new Transformers: Armada Happy Meals. Eight Transformers robots, disguised as ordinary vehicles, loaded with hidden features. Where can you find one of these tricked-out toys? Only in a McDonald's Happy Meal.''

===2004===
* '''[[Transformers (PS2)|PlayStation 2 Armada game]] commercial''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWQVSAZTS-E 30 sec]

: Narration: Unknown.
: Notes: The ad is composed of game footage with a rock soundtrack. Soundtrack is "Wishbone" by the band [[Dropbox]], who are actually shown rocking out between excerpts of game footage.
: Starscream: "There's no ''escape''." ''The ultimate conflict begins. Transformers for the Playstation 2 console. Rated T for Teen.''

* '''PlayStation 2 Armada game trailer 1''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAcFrr0o10A 2:04]
: Narration: No vocal narration, just some text.
: Notes: Idyllic scenes of nature on earth are followed by scenes of the Decepticon army mobilizing with an epic choral tune playing the background. The mood shifts as scenes of the Autobots taking action are accompanied by a rock version of the Generation 1 [[theme song|theme]]. The "Transformers, robots in disguise" clip used in the rock rendition of the theme seems to be taken from the original G1 Season 1 theme song. This trailer is composed mostly of actual gameplay footage with a smattering of cut scene footage thrown in.
: [Earth is not going to war.] [War is coming to Earth.] [War starts May 2004]

* '''PlayStation 2 Armada game trailer 2''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft-W960oR68 1:21]
: Notes: Scenes of nature are followed by the Decepticons' arrival and subsequent battles with the Autobots.
: [The ultimate conflict begins.]

* '''PlayStation 2 Armada game trailer 3''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt3WK1eHCZo 2:04]
: Notes: A Decepticon army is shown attacking on Cybertron. Megatron's fist defiantly raises up through an Autobot sigil. As missiles fly by, Hot Shot and Red Alert jump down from a high door. They land and look up to see Megatron and Optimus Prime engaging in a hand to hand battle. Megatron gets the upperhand, picks up Prime by his head and utters a [[The Transformers: The Movie#Quotes|famous line about eternity]]. He then looks over to see Hot Shot and Red Alert now looking down over a Cybertronian freeway as battles rage on. Apparently, the Megatron/Prime battle was somehow not interesting enough. Megatron resumes his beating, whipping Prime into a wall. He then grabs Prime by the head again and thrusts him back into the wall. He continues reprising the famous conversation, declaring that "It's over, Prime.". Suddenly, a Mini-Con energy wave beams down between the two leaders, drawing Megatron's attention. It shows visions of the Mini-Cons landing on Earth. Megatron gives a command to the Decepticons (in general) to trace the wave's origin. Prime tells the Autobots that they must stop Megatron.
: [Planet CYBERTRON] [NOW] Megatron: "I would've waited an eternity for this. It's over, Prime. The Mini-Cons...Decepticons trace the energy wave to it's origin." Optimus Prime: "Autobots, we must stop Megatron. Roll out!"

==Energon==
''Transformers: Energon'' may have some of the least thematically consistent toy segments of any series' commercials. All of the ads feature kids playing with the toys on a nondescript table tops. Earlier ads featured the kids playing on tables in industrial office looking spaces, while the later ads opted for a white table with alternating colored backdrops, red for Autobots and purple for Decepticons. Most of the ads uses the toy footage in a straightforward manner but the Deluxe Autobots ad uses rotoscoping to drop the video clips into the frame. The Air Team ad is an even further departure, dropping the kids altogether and just showing the toys against a weird gradient backdrop with the frame fitted into a weird CGI metallic honeycomb design. In general, the use of cartoon excerpts was toned down. This is possibly due to the cartoon animation's very undynamic motion being unsuitable for trying to make the toys look exciting or interesting. ''Energon'' featured the cartoon theme as the commercial music, the first time since Beast Wars that any part of the cartoon theme was incorporated into the commercial.
===2004===
====Toys====
[[File:Energon Optimus and Scorponok Commercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Energon Unicron? Where you been!?]]
* '''[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfT_Z-rZ9mU 15 sec]

: Narration: [[Even Keel]], with the cartoon's theme music.
: Toy segment: Kids playing with the toys on tabletop in what looks like a basement or maybe a warehouse.
: Notes: Energon [[Unicron/toys|Unicron]] appears in the static shot of the toys at the end, as well as in the background of some of the other toy scenes. This suggests that the full thirty second version of the ad would feature Energon Unicron in a more prominent way.
: ''Transformers: Energon.'' Kid 1: "Earth's energon is mine!" Kid 2: "Not so fast Scorponok! Optimus! Powerlinx! '''Here's''' your energon!" Kid 1: "I'll be back Optimus Prime!" ''Transformers:Energon. Eachsoldseparatelybatteriesnotincludedactualchangetimewillvary.''

* '''[[Shockblast]], [[Ironhide (Energon)|Energon Ironhide]], [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBluEuyNmfk 30 sec], [http://adland.tv/commercials/hasbro-transformers-energon-2-2004-015-usa 15 sec]
: Animation: Cartoon excerpt of Shockblast turning around after transforming.
: Narration: Even Keel, with the cartoon's theme music.
: Toy segment: Kids play with the toys on a tabletop.
: Kidmation: Split screen of the two kids striking a pose and holding up their toys to the camera while mouthing along with "Robots In Disguise".
: ''Autobots vs Decepticons. Transformers: Energon. Shockblast is on the hunt for power.'' Kid 1: "We're taking this planet's Energon!" ''Only Jetfire and Energon Ironhide stand in his way.'' Kid 2: "Powerlinx and prepare for attack! Hyper power blast!" Kid 1: "That's not enough power to stop Optimus Prime." ''Transformers: Energon. Eachsoldseparatelybatteriesnotincludedactualchangetimewillvary.''

* '''Starscream, [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s, Deluxe Autobots''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PYvg9YbVtg 30 sec], [http://adland.tv/commercials/hasbro-transformers-energon-2004-015-usa 15 sec]
: Narration: Even Keel.
: Toy segment: Various kids on viewscreens are rotoscoped into the frame like members of some sinister corporation's executive board.
: Kidmation: The three kids drop separately into the rotoscope and mouth along to the song while holding up [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Hot Shot]] [[powerlinx]]ed with [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]], [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] powerlinxed with [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]].
: Notes: When the kids list off the deluxe Autobots, one of them yells Prowl. It's still not intimidating.
: ''Transformers: Energon. Decepticons attack with Hyper Power.'' Kid 1: "It's Starscream and the Terrorcons." Kid 2: "Going somewhere Autobots?" ''But the Autobot combiners fight back.'' Kid 1: "Autobots Powerlinx!" ''Create your own Powerlinx combinations with...'' Kid 1: "Rodimus!" Kid 2: "Inferno!" Kid 3: "Hotshot!" Kid 1: "Prowl!" ''Transformers: Energon. Each sold separately, actual change time will vary.''

[[File:Energon Omega Supreme and Megatron Commercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Oddly better quality than the show.]]
* '''Omega Supreme and Megatron''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uePLyCXTU-s 30 sec], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jJHGWZh_5M 15 sec]
: Animation: Cartoon excerpt: [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] spins around in space.
: Narration: Even Keel
: Toy segment: Two kids play with the toys on a tabletop. The background color coordinates with the faction of the toy being shown, with the appropriate [[insignia]] being used when each color initially appears.
: Kidmation: Two serious-faced kids on a split screen hold up Omega and [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Megatron]], while mouthing along with the hard rock [[theme song]].
: ''Autobots vs Decepticons. Transformers: Energon. The Autobots' largest robot has arrived on Earth. Omega Supreme. A Transformers of such awesome size and power, no Decepticon can stop him. Not even Megatron.'' Kid 1: "Your weapons are ''useless'' against <s>Prince of Space</s> ''him!''" Kid 2: "End of the line Megatron." ''Transformers: Energon. Actual change time will vary.''

====Cartoon====
* '''''Energon'' marathon''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoeTY5uN3lE 30 sec]
: Animation: Various cartoon excerpts and a brief CGI scene featuring TOM 3.0.
: Narration: TOM 3.0 ([[Steve Blum]])
: ''Every Friday at five, Toonami's got a little something special. Next Friday,'' "Must have Energon!" ''the battle to control the Earth's supply of Energon is raging so hard (phrasing!), we're giving Optimus and the gang some extra airtime.'' "Now they're in trouble!" ''Check out four all new episodes of Transformers: Energon from five to seven. He who controls the energon, controls the universe.'' "That's our cue boys!"

[[File:Energon Thanksgiving Marathon Commercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Why you're gonna wreck my holiday?]]
* '''Thanksgiving Day marathon''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu6xI3ZsM1U 30 sec]
: Animation: Various cartoon excerpts.
: Narration: Unknown.
: ''This Thanksgiving, all the world, will tremble. As the battle between good and evil escalates to galactic proportions.'' "Do it now!" ''Cartoon Network presents: a six hour marathon of Transformers: Energon. And be sure to watch the two world premiere episodes.'' "Whoa, that's incredible." ''Transformers: Energon. Thanksgiving Day from nine to three. Only on Cartoon Network.''

* '''''Transformers: Energon'' on Miguzi''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUmP0xpbS34 30 sec]
: Animation:
: Narration: Unknown.
: "Move out!" "Yes sir!" ''Your '''favorite''' Transformers are battling it out for the universe.'' "It's just like old times, isn't it?" ''Log on to CartoonNetwork.com forward slash Transformers to check brand new episodes, download new episodes online now and watch Transformers: Energon on Miguzi starting October fourth at six.'' "That's our cue boys!" ''Apply online, watch on Miguzi.''

==== Other ====
* '''VHS & DVD trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfS3oEAsjWE 30 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Transformers: Energon]]''.
: Narration: [[Jim Cummings]]
: Notes: Promotes the videos [[Paramount Pictures|"The Battle for Energon" and "The Return of Megatron"]].
: ''Hasbro and Paramount Home Entertainment present Transformers: Energon on DVD and VHS for the first time ever. In a world that is constantly evolving, change means power and power means everything.'' "Optimus Prime, super mode!" ''Especially on the planet Earth where a vital source of strength, energon, can be found.'' "The most powerful energy in the universe, Energon. It is in abundance on Earth." ''Now, the Decepticons need it to get stronger...'' "We'll need a lot more Energon. Bring us more, bring us more!" ''The Autobots need it to survive...'' "Protect the energon line at all costs." ''And when the eternal struggle continues, the countdown to extinction begins...Now Hasbro's Transformers: Energon is on DVD and VHS, with special bonus features only you can control. Transformers: Energon, available now on DVD and VHS. Look for more Transformers adventures coming soon. Transformers, more than meets the eye!''

===2005===

* '''Air Team and Optimus Prime''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddVPMX0Cy54 30 sec], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14IHPHSfF7g 20 sec]
: Animation: Cartoon excerpts: Optimus Prime forms his super mode; The [[Air Team]] forms [[Superion Maximus]], then attacks [[Constructicon Maximus]] and [[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]].
: Narration: [[Dramatic Guy]] (30 second version), [[Fast guy]] (20 second version)
: Toy segment: Various shots of the toys in their [[robot mode]]s.
: Notes: This commercial appears to represent an alternate continuity. Optimus Prime is implied to have created either combiners in general or just the Air Team in particular. The twenty second version of the ad features a different narrator with a slightly different spiel that doesn't mention Optimus creating the combiners/Air Team.
: ''Transformers, robots in disguise, they're more than meets the eye! Optimus Prime. Autobot leader and protector of universal freedom. In the heat of the Powerlinx Battles, he creates a new way to fight in the quest for energon. Enter the Air Team. An elite group of five Autobot heroes. Using the power of combination, they create the ultimate robot to fight the Decepticon threat. Transformers: Energon. You can join the Powerlinx Battles. Available now. Each sold separately. Batteries not included.''
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==Cybertron==
Hasbro seemingly cut back on advertising quantity for ''Transformers: Cybertron'' with only two known full 30 second ads produced and three fifteen second ads, two of which were created by trimming down the thirty second Optimus Prime, Megatron and Starscream ads into different cuts. One was merely a shorter version of the full ad, while the other focused solely on Starscream. Quality however, was up with the use of a live action story segment in the first ad and a return to using diormas to highlight the toys in the second ad. Cartoon Network's advertising, which had featured Peter Cullen mostly by coincidence since he was one of the main Toonami narrators, leaned into that synergy for it's ads in [[2007]]. Presumably to help highlight and/or capitalize on his official return to the brand in that year's [[Transformers (film)|blockbuster film]], Cullen's narration would begin to consistently end with him reprising Optimus Prime's famous "[[Roll out]]!" command.

===2005===
==== Toys ====
[[File:Cybertron Large Figures Commercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|And you thought Sari's [[AllSpark Key]] was impressive.]]
* '''Optimus Prime, Megatron, Starscream''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KezEaIGpXPc 30 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S1trNHOirU 15 sec]

: Narration: Dramatic Guy
: Live-action segment: A kid runs down a laser-lit passageway with a frisbee-sized [[Cyber Planet Key]], which he uses to unlock a giant door, which opens to reveal a giant CG ''Cybertron'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]!
: Toy segment: Two kids playing with the toys in a very strange empty room with a shiny floor, red, blue and yellow lights shining from slighty above floor level on one end and apparently a single white light on the other end so you can see the toys. Optimus Prime uses his Cyber Key Power to take down [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Megatron]], but the giant [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] has his own Cyber Key!
:''The key to a new Transformers world is in your hands! Transformers: Cybertron! NEW! Cyber Planet keys unlock hidden powers! Optimus Prime launches an attack to battle the evil Megatron, but the giant Starscream has his own Cyber Planet Key and won't go down without a fight! Unlock the power. Transformers: Cybertron. Sold separately, batteries not included, you can go to Transformers.com! Ask your parents first.''
:* '''Starscream''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHjjDI-PGTo 15 sec] - Edited down from the previous commercial, with new narration focusing solely on Starscream.

==== Cartoon ====
*'''''Cybertron'' on Toonami''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNSt9LS_J54 30 sec]

: Animation: Various cartoon excerpts and a CGI scene of a Clyde explorer robot spray painting the ''Cybertron'' logo and airtime on a wall.
: Narration: TOM 3.0 ([[Steve Blum]])
: ''The destruction of Unicron has created a black hole, which threatens to swallow the planet.'' "Let's go!" ''Now the Autobots' only hope, is to find the ancient planet keys.'' "Prepare for battle!" ''But as usual the Decepticons aren't playing along.'' "Beat it, Megatron!" "Oh really?" ''Transformers: Cybertron. New episodes Saturdays at seven. Unlock the power.'' "Gotcha!" ''Only Toonami.''

*'''''Cybertron'' on the Kids' WB Aftertoons Show''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0BMiHDdaE0 10 sec]

: Animation: Various cartoon excerpts, the [[Kids' WB]] rendering of the Warner Brothers' studio lot.
: Narration: [[Mr. Action]]
: ''Re-energize your weekdays with Transformers: Cybertron. All new Monday through Friday at four thirty. On the Kids' WB Aftertoons Show.''

===2006===
====Toys====
[[File:CybAd DarkcrumplezoneEvacDownshift.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Somehow more exciting than the TV show.]]
*'''Dark Crumplezone, Downshift, Evac''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDjPB6tVX2o 30 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD_luH2TVKc 30 sec with sweepstakes tag], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2me-TcVwRas 15 sec]
: Animation: ''Transformers: Cybertron'' logo flips to Autobot sigil which flips to Decepticon sigil.
: Narration: Dramatic Guy
: Toy segment: A whole little plot plays out in an impressive-looking diorama environment. [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Dark Crumplezone]] steals a silver-bordered [[Earth]] Cyber Key! He transforms into [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], uses the Cyber Key Power and races off with the heroic Autobots [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] and [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] in hot pursuit! Oh noes! Crumplezone shoves Downshift off the cliff-edge road they are racing on. Downshift is transformed and grabs Evac's rescue rope, then blasts Crumplezone into oblivion. The Key is saved!
: Notes: Oddly, and in contrast to previous commercials, [[Paul Oakenfold]]'s ''Cybertron'' [[theme song]] is not used. Instead, they appear to have reverted to the music used for the ''Transformers: Armada'' commercials. This is the first Transformers commercial to feature a diorama since the ''Beast Wars'' Transmetals commercials. An alternate 30 second version of this ad dedicates the last 10 to advertising the [[Get Your Key To Cybertron]] sweepstakes without actually naming the contest. For that matter, it provided few other details besides saying to go to Transformers.com.
:''Transformers: More than meets the eye! An evil Decepticon steals a powerful Cyber Key and changes modes to make his escape! And the heroic Autobots, Downshift and Evac, are in hot pursuit! But when the battle swerves out of control, only Transformers can change '''defeat''' into '''victory'''!. Each sold separately, actual change time will vary. Ask your parents to take you to Transformers.com!''

*'''Excellion, Wing Saber, Cannonball & Sky Shadow''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RUBThyfQuU 15 sec]
: Animation: Brief snippet of CGI Cybertron turning with a ''Transformers: Cybertron'' logo on it.
: Narration: Dramatic Guy
: Toy segment: Another little plot plays out, this time in a well done military airport diorama. [[Excellion (Cybertron)|Excellion]] is chased down a tarmac by [[Cannonball (Cybertron)|Cannonball]] and [[Sky Shadow (Cybertron)|Sky Shadow]] while time is running out...for something. However Wing Saber is right behind them and shoots down Sky Shadow with his electronics, causing him to crash into a mound of dirt off to the side. Wing Saber then transforms and lands in front of Cannonball and Excellion, kicking the former away.
: Notes: Once again the Armada commercial music is used. This ad is the first (and so far only known) one to use the [[subline imprint|Primus Unleashed subline imprint]].
: ''Transformers! Excellion's one the run from a Decepticon double team and time's running out. But the Autobot Wing Saber has a new flight plan. To change defeat, into victory! Transformers: Cybertron. Each sold separately.Batteries not included.Actual change time will vary.''

===2007===
==== Cartoon ====
*'''''Cybertron'' marathon''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJcabPf5QEQ 30 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLWq-0At8X8 15 sec]
: Animation: Various cartoon excerpts.
: Narration: [[Peter Cullen]]
: ''All set to transform this summer?'' "Bring it on!" ''Well Toonami's got just the thing for you!'' "Brace yourselves!" ''Next Saturday at seven, we're giving you four back to back episodes of Transformers: Cybertron.'' "You still won't defeat me." "Try me." ''All you have to do, is sit there on your couch. It's the Transformers marathon. Next Saturday night from seven to nine. Roll out!'' "Right!" ''Only Toonami. On Cartoon Network.''

*'''Sneak peek after the ''Cybertron'' marathon''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfSieHZvvb4 30 sec]
: Animation: Various Cybertron excerpts.
: Narration: Peter Cullen for the Cartoon Network section, unknown narrator for the movie disclaimer.
: Notes: This spot promoted a sneak preview of ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' that aired after a Saturday marathon of [[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Transformers: Cybertron]]. Features several scenes from the movie, all of which were frequently used in promo spots.
: ''Can't wait to transform this summer?'' "Bring it on!" ''Well, Toonami's hooking you up VIP style.'' "That's a good thing right?" ''This Saturday night, we're showing you a bright and shiny sneak peak at the new Transformers movie, after the Transformers: Cybertron marathon. How's nineish for you? Let's roll out! Only Toonami. On Cartoon Network.'' ''Brought to you by Transformers. Rated PG-13. In theaters July 3rd.''

==Star Wars Transformers==
[[File:SW Transformers Commercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Now the space wizards are robots, too!]]
Star Wars Transformers advertising leaned heavily into the Star Wars themeing, using the same style as the regular Star Wars toyline ads of the time.

===2006===
* '''Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwWHqkWJ1No 15 sec]
: Narration: 2006-2007 Guy.
: Toy segment: Two kids, one pseudo-dressed as a [[Sith]] Lord in a black hoodie and the other as a [[Jedi]] Knight in a beige polo and brown hoodie, play with [[Darth Vader]] and [[Obi-Wan Kenobi|Obi-Wan]] respectively.
: Notes: Features excerpts of Darth Vader from ''Episode IV: A New Hope'' and ''Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back''.
:"I have you now!" ''NEW! Star Wars Transformers. Mech mode or vehicle mode. The battle for the universe rages on!'' "Most impressive." ''Star Wars Transformers. Each sold separately. Actual change time will vary.''

[[File:SWTF Millennium Falcon Commercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Time to pull the wishbone!]]
* '''Millennium Falcon and Slave I''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrbwqLTmuRA 30 sec]
: Narration: 2006-2007 Guy.
: Toy segment: Two unseen individuals demonstrate the play features of the [[Millennium Falcon]] and [[Slave I]] in front of a "Death Star interior" background.
: Notes: Features excerpts of [[Han Solo]] and [[Chewbacca]] in the Millennium Falcon from ''Episode IV: A New Hope'' and ''Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back''.
: ''Star Wars Transformers. The Slave-1 and the Millennium Falcon locked in combat. Suddenly the Slave I unleashes it's secret weapon, changing into the deviously destructive [[Boba Fett]] mech.'' "Oh yeah, watch this!" ''But the Millennium Falcon has a surprise of it's own, doubling it's power by changing into the heroic Han Solo and Chewbacca mechs.'' "Great shot kid, that was one in a million!" ''Star Wars Transformers. Millennium Falcon and Slave I sold separately.''

===2007===
[[File:SWTF Death Star Commercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
* '''Death Star''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr5UtgsUK9Y 30 sec]
: Narration: 2006-2007 Guy.
: Toy segment: An unseen individual demonstrates the toy's features in front of a space background.
: Notes: Features an excerpt of the [[Death Star]] destroying Alderaan from ''Episode IV: A New Hope''.
: ''Star Wars Transformers. The Death Star has the firepower to destroy entire planets. And now another top secret weapon you've never seen before. The Star Wars Darth Vader Death Star, with a light up super laser. But this Death Star has Transformers technology, changing into the massive Darth Vader mech.'' "Join me on the dark side." Now you can control the most devastating power in the galaxy. Star Wars Transformers Darth Vader Death Star. Actual change time will vary.''
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==Attacktix==
A short lived tie-in with short commercials. No full 30 second ad has surfaced so far, only two slightly different versions of a fifteen second ad.

===2006===
[[File:Attacktix Commercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|I don't know. I think Prime could take him.]]
* '''Attacktix Intergalactic Showdown''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe9LDLUdJq8 15 sec]

:Narration: 2006-2007 Guy
:Toy segment: Group of kids battle with Star Wars and Transformers [[Attacktix]] figures upon a table top.
:"Optimus Prime beat Darth Vader? No. Way." ''Find out with Attacktix. New Transformers clash with Star Wars. You can pick your squad, pick your moves, and launch your attack in an intergalactic showdown. Who will be the last one standing? Attacktix battle figure game. Booster packs sold separately.''
:* '''Attacktix Intergalactic Showdown''' [http://adland.tv/commercials/hasbro-attacktix-battle-figure-game-star-wars-transformers-2006-15-us 15 sec] - Same as the previous commercial but with different toy footage, after the [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|''Cybertron'' Megatron]]/Darth Vader split screen, featuring Boba Fett, [[wikia:wookie:AT-RT|AT-RT]] and [[Omega Sentinel (Energon)|Omega Sentinel]]. Also has slightly different narration with "in an intergalactic showdown" replaced by the kids arguing "Star Wars!" "Transformers!".

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==Transformers (2007) ==
Fitting for a blockbuster movie event, ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' had an advertising campaign bigger than any other Transformers had gotten before.
{{main|Commercial/Transformers (2007)}}
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==Animated==
''Transformers Animated'' continued the new diorama trend started by the Cybertron Dark Crumplezone ad, using city scape dioramas for all it's ads. It also continued the trend from ''Energon'' and ''Cybertron'' of using the cartoon theme song in the ads. Animation continued to be reduced, with only the first ad using anything beyond a clip of the logo from the cartoon intro.
===2007===
==== Cartoon ====
[[File:TFAnimatedTransformAndRolloutPremiereCommercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Here I come to save the day!"]]
*'''''Transform and Roll Out'' premiere''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYKMMX2gFLg 30 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from [[Transform and Roll Out]].
: Narration: [[Peter Cullen]]
: ''Bumblebee. Optimus Prime.'' "Roll out!" ''Megatron. And more...'' "Wanna see action kid?" ''...like you've never seen them before!'' "We aren't programmed for this kind of action!" "Consider this an upgrade." ''The Transformers are getting a fresh start and we're kicking off the animated series with the premiere of the hour and half Transformers: Animated special. The day after Christmas at eight PM. They're more than meets the eye! Only on Cartoon Network.''

*'''Series premiere promo''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv7H05Byz6g 30 sec]

: Animation: Excerpts from [[Transform and Roll Out]], [[The Thrill of the Hunt]], and [[Along Came a Spider]].
: Narration: Peter Cullen
: ''The Transformers are getting their own brand new series.'' "Whoa!" ''Check out Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, Megatron and more in all new stories.'' "Optimus, look out!" ''All new action!'' "Evasive manuevers!" ''All new Transformers.'' "Not bad huh?" ''Transformers, the animated series, starting Saturday, January 5th at ten-thirty AM. They're more than meets the eye.'' "And I'm just getting warmed up!" ''Only on Cartoon Network.''

===2008===
==== Toys ====
[[File:Toycommercial-Animated01.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Bulkhead isn't small! He's just faaaar away.]]
*'''Wave 1 & 2 Voyagers and Deluxes''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8G9qH5NfMQ 30 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3Ocs3Hdt5I 15 sec]
:Animation: The logo screen from the cartoon intro and a cartoon excerpt of life in Detroit followed by [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] swooping down and firing.
:Narration: [[Dynamic!]]
:Toy segment: Inside a city diorama, the evil Starscream prepares to attack. He has the help of evil Decepticons [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] and... [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]? Luckily, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Prowl, and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] are there to save the day. Notice how Bulkhead is SHORTER than 'Bee.
:Notes: Has an end tag advertising the 'Battle Begins' Optimus Prime/Megatron two-pack.
:''New Transformers Animated. In the future, humans and robots live in peace, but the Decepticons have come to destroy it all. Can anyone stop the sinister Starscream? Luckily, the city has new protectors. Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and the Autobots. They team up to take down the Decepticons and save the city. Transformers Animated. Each sold separately, actual change time will vary.'' ''Now you can see where it all started with the Optimus Prime/Megatron DVD and figure pack.

* '''Leader Megatron and Rollout Command Optimus Prime''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aXyzrpB2eg 30 sec original], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv1HuBFFyPE 20 sec with Leader Class Bulkhead], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAUBeQj6xkM 15 sec, Prime only]
:Animation: The logo screen from the cartoon intro.
:Narration: Dynamic!
:Toy segment: Optimus Prime races through a city diorama to meet Megatron and show off his "amazing auto-spin technology!" gimmick.
:''Note'': An alternate 15 second version only features Rollout Command Optimus Prime. An alternate 20 second version of the commercial features Leader Class Bulkhead. ''And when Megatron attacks, '''Bulkhead''' is there for Autobot backup.''
:''Transformers Animated! Guarding the city is a twenty-four hour job for Optimus Prime, because the Decepticons can strike at any time. Megatron hungers for power.'' Megatron toy: "Where is the Allspark?" ''But Optimus rolls to the rescue with amazing Auto-Spin Technology! Now Rollout Command Optimus Prime gets ready for battle like never before!'' Optimus toy: "Bring it on!" ''One swing from his thundering Ultra Axe, and Megatron's down for the count. Thanks to new Rollout Command Optimus Prime. Transformers Animated figures sold separately. Actual change time will vary''

==== Cartoon ====
* '''YTV promo''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfSaBAIKXCY 30 sec]
: Animation: Scenes of the [[Elite Guard]] arriving on Earth, [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]] standing by [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]], [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] shaking the hand of [[Augustus Edsel]], and Sentinel as just a head.
: Narration: Edward Glen (as Sentinel Prime)
: Notes: The animation is re-soundtracked with comedic background music and new narration from Sentinel Prime introducing himself to Captain Fanzone and explaining why it has to be robots.
:''Greetings Earth creatures. We're from Cybertron and we have come here to improve your lives.'' "Why did it hafta be robots?" ''Because we robots are big and strong and we like humans. We offer fashion tips.'' "Can't, not my size." ''We can help with exercises. Push, push, and two more, and two more. We can really help you get ahead in life.'' "Hhhhha ha ha!" "You promised you wouldn't laugh!" ''Get it? '''Ahead'''? Heh heh, eugh. Transformers Animated. Saturday at 11. Anime Crunch.''

* '''YTV promo 2''' 
: Animation: Excerpts of [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] swinging his nunchucks, [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]] & [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]], [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]] & [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] playing video games, Optimus Prime being sprayed in the face by water, Optimus Prime laughing at body-less Sentinel Prime, Bumblebee tapping his foot, Sentinel shaking the [[Augustus Edsel|mayor]]'s hand, Sari sneezing from a cold, [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] and Bumblebee yelling "[[space barnacle]]s!" and Jazz recoiling in fear from Sari.
: Narration: Edward Glen
: Notes: The narrator talks about all the ways humans and Transformers are alike, using the animation as examples.

==== Other ====
[[File:Animated McDonalds Commercial Stunt McNugget.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
* '''[[McDonald's]] Happy Meal toys''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYEhwWDyyyM 30 sec]
:Notes: Ad starts with a segment titled "Stunt McNugget". A kid uses his Happy Meal milk bottle as mic while announcing the Stunt McNugget's attempt to jump a record seven apple slices. The Stunt McNugget, McNugget pierced on the end of straw with a helmet and cape attached, "flies" through a field with grandstands diorama the kids built from McDonald's food packaging and straws. Stunt McNugget overshoots and lands in dipping sauce, becoming "carmelized". The toy promo segment features kids playing with [[List of Transformers restaurant promotions|Animated Happy Meal Toys]] inside a giant, Happy Meal Box-shaped spaceship. Inexplicably, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|MOVIE Optimus Prime]] appears in the background.
:''Transformers toys change from vehicle to robot. There's one Transformers toy inside my McDonald's Happy Meal.''

*'''[[Transformers Animated: The Game]] teaser trailer''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY2SRjOKaSA 55 sec]
: Animation: Various excerpts from the cartoon with stock licensing images mixed in.
: Narration: Unknown.
: Notes: The narrator gives some back story and describes the various game modes you can play to battle the dreaded Decepticons, led by Megatron and...Lockdown? Apparently he really is a Decepticon.
: ''Your mission orders have come in. Help the Autobots save New Droid City. Join the Autobot team on your Nintendo DS, and battle the dreaded Decepticons led by Megatron and Lockdown. Choose your favorite Autobot to play as. Like Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Bulkhead or Prowl. You can also play driving mode where you and the Autobot team race through the motorways in a face paced driving game. Or use teamwork to solve puzzles while fighting the enemy in combat puzzle mode. Plus, content you must unlock to see during your mission. '''Now''' you know your mission, grab your DS, join the team. Only available on Nintendo DS.''

*'''[[Transformers Animated: The Game]] trailer''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5UsUoCSIy0 1:07]
:Notes:Various excerpts of gameplay and animation from the game are shown, interspersed with text narration and voice over clips from Megatron, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, and Prowl.
:"The time has come to take back Cybertron." [In this time of war] "Ha ha ha ha ha ha." [Victory] [Depends on teamwork] "Bumblebee to Prime, Bumblebee to Prime!" "Nice teamwork Autobots!" [Choose your Autobot] "Autobots, attack!" [Combine your powers] "Your turn Bumblebee." "Outta my way!" [Race against the enemy] "Initiating pursuit." "Fastest thing on wheels comin' through!" "Whoohoo, yeah!" [Battle Megatron] "Decepticons will rise again." "It's still three against one Megatron!" [The fate of Earth and Cybertron] [Is in your hands] "Cybertron, here I come!" [Transformers Animated The Game] [Coming October 2008]

===2009===
====Toys====
[[File:AnimatedJetfireandJetstormCommericalframes.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This is ''not'' the only trace we have of this commercial.]]
* '''[[Safeguard (Animated)|Jetstorm and Jetfire]]''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bcDgh5krZk 30 sec]
:Animation: The logo screen from the cartoon intro.
:Narration: Dynamic!
:Toy segment: Jetfire and Jetstorm fly through a city diorama before transforming and combining.
: ''Transformers Animated. The new Autobot Elite Guards have arrived! Jetfire and Jetstorm. Twin brothers that go from jet '''to''' robot. But these heroes also have the power to combine, into the unstoppable Autobot, Safeguard. Double the strength, double the power! Keeping Earth safe from the Decepticons! Transformers. Actual change time will vary.''

====Cartoon====
*'''''TransWarped'' premiere''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNslpFyD0Ag 30 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from [[TransWarped]]
: Narration: [[Saturday Crush Zone]]
: ''Saturday Crushzone brings you a world premiere movie event. Transformers Animated: Transwarped.'' "This should be fun." ''When a traitor among the Autobots threatens to bring down Cybertron...'' "We...can't let that happen, can we?" ''You'll get more than one episode can hold.'' "You'll have to get past me first!" ''More than you bargained for.'' "Be careful what you wish for." ''And more than meets the eye.'' "Transform and roll out!" ''Saturday Crushzone presents Transformers Animated: Transwarped. Next Saturday at eight on Cartoon Network.''
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== Transformers: Crossovers ==
Not much is known about the advertising of ''[[Transformers: Crossovers]]''. To date, only one fifteen second ad for the first wave of [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] toys has surfaced online.
=== 2008 ===
[[File:Marvel Crossovers Commercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
* '''Marvel Wave 1''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W4hAWB2U-M 15sec]
: Animation: Cyber-mechanical drums grab an image of the Marvel logo with normal versions of the heroes drawn above it and flip the image, turning into a Marvel Crossovers version of the same.
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy segment: [[Spider-Man]], [[Iron Man]] and [[Hulk]] are chasing [[Venom (Marvel)|Venom]] through a rocky canyon diorama before Venom spins out in front of a fence. Cut to a still of Spidey and Venom in robot mode. Then the drums reveal a set of three view screen panels showing steps of Spider-Man's transformation. Jump cuts to the same three panel layout are done for Venom, Iron Man and The Hulk in succession. Back in the canyon, a camera briefly pans around a scene of Venom in a face off with the three heroes.
: ''Marvel Transformers Crossovers. The power to convert from vehicles to Marvel superheroes. The Spider-Man motorbike...and Venom muscle car. The Iron Man jet armor and the Hulk tech tank. Here come the first Marvel Transformers Crossovers ever. Each sold separately, actual change time may vary.''
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==Revenge of the Fallen==
Another blockbuster film (in scope at least), ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' got the heaviest push of any Transformers advertising campaign ever. It surpassed the orignal live action film's media blitz in every measure besides the number of film trailers.
{{main|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen}}

==[[BotCon]]==
The one-time official US Transformers convention aired commercials in the market of whatever city the convention was being held in that year. This was in order to drum up business beyond that of the diehard fans making their yearly pilgrimage. Additionally, they hired fan creators [[DR.SMOOV]] and [[Randall Ng]] to produce CGI shorts to promote the convention online. These shorts typically featured ''The Transformers'' characters in their original forms (sometimes based on modern toys of those forms), though occasionally other characters would show up.

* Online Promos:
: "[[BotCon 2009: Join the Elite Guard!]]"
: "[[BotCon 2009!]]"
: "[[BotCon 2010 - Generation 2: Redux]]"
: "[[BotCon 2010 Promo]]"
: "[[Mega Spice -- The Transformer Your Fan Could Be Like]]"
: "[[Who is the Greatest Starscream Of All Time?]]"
: "[[BotCon 2012: Figure Reveal!]]"
: "[[Blaster VS Soundwave 2013]]"

[[File:BotCon 2009 Commercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
* '''BotCon 2009''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7QTxBPJ1a8 30 sec]
: Narration: Unknown.
: Notes: Footage recorded at previous conventions plays while our narrator tells us about all the things we can see and do at [[BotCon 2009]]. The footage used was taken at [[BotCon 2006]] and [[BotCon 2007]]. One clip features [[Aaron Archer]] sitting at the Hasbro booth handing an unseen item to an unseen fan.
: "Attention Autobots and Decepticons!" ''Get ready to roll out as the Transformers annual BotCon convention is coming to Pasadena. See actual movie vehicles and thousands of Transformers toys. Meet the designers of the Transformers toys and other special guests. Compete in exciting Transformers activities. Kids twelve and under get in free with an adult. The first one hundred kids get a free Transformers toy. Join us May 30th and 31st at the Pasadena Convention Center. Visit BotCon.com for more info.'' "Transformers roll out!"

[[File:BotCon 2011 Commercial.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Truth in advertising.]]
* '''BotCon 2011''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymiplZCsmqs 30 sec]
: Narration: Unknown.
: Notes: Footage recorded at previous conventions plays while our narrator tells us about all the things we can see and do at [[BotCon 2011]]. The footage appears to come from both the 2009 convention and [[BotCon 2010]]. Among the various clips is one featuring [[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]] at a panel from BotCon 2009. Correcting an oversight from the previous ad, this one has a clip of attendees doing what FunPub BotCon attendees do best: waiting in line.
: ''Calling all Transformers fans. The Transformers annual BotCon convention is coming to the Pasadena Convention Center June 4th through June 5th. Come be a part of one of the largest gatherings of Transformers fans ever. Tons of Transformers activities. Get the inside scoop on the newest Transformers products. Meet the designers of the Transformers toys and other special guests. Kids four and under get in free. Visit BotCon.com for more info. Transformers, roll out.''
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==War for Cybertron==
The [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' videogame]], like most modern major game releases, had several trailers released for it. These include a cinematic trailer, a gameplay trailer, a multiplayer trailer and a trailer produced for [[w:E3|E3]].
===2009===
[[File:WFC One Shall Stand Trailer.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|IT'S MECHAGODZILLA, AND HE'S GOT....glowing chest lights?]]
* '''Teaser Trailer''' [http://v.wordpress.com/wp-content/plugins/video/flvplayer.swf?ver=1.11&guid=kV2PWlEi 50 sec]
: Notes: A brief trailer showing a transmission from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] before first contact with [[Earth]]. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] speeds into battle, transforms in mid-air and charges with his fellow Autobots - slicing a Decepticon in half - and stopping as [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] launches his energy weapon.
: [Recovered Transmission] [Source: Satellite Alpha Centauri Cybertron] [Transmission Date: Prior To First Contact With Earth] [Transmission Broken...] [Recover All Transmissions At TransformersGame.Com]

* '''One Shall Stand Trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFZrL0x63c8 2:13]
: Notes: Optimus Prime tells the story of the Transformers' war on Cybertron while a battle takes place between the opposing sides. He then comes to the rescue of a group of Autobots under attack by [[Skywarp (WFC)|Skywarp]]. Prime laments the war while [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] feels the war is necessary. Their discussion of the war continues as individuals on both sides continue to fight. Eventually, the two factions form unified fronts and charge towards each other. The trailer ends just as Prime and Megatron start to clash. Narrated by [[Peter Cullen]] as Optimus Prime. The battle depicted in this trailer is the one shown in the transmission from the teaser trailer. This is the main trailer for the game.
: ''Cybertron. Our home. For generations it has been a peaceful world. Until pride and a lust for power, divided us. Now we fight. Enemies, who were once our brothers. Our tragic war has ravaged Cybertron.'' "It is a necessary war to return us to glory." "The Autobots will never sacrifice freedom." "The Decepticons will bring this world to order." "Our defeat would mean the end of everything." "My victory will mark a brilliant new beginning!" "One shall stand." "One shall fall."

[[File:WFC Gamplay Reveal Trailer.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The Axeman Cometh.]]
* '''Gameplay Reveal Trailer''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC3fuBy-NJ8 1:35]
: Narration: Peter Cullen and text narration
: Notes: Optimus Prime tells us that Cybertron has never seen war until now and declares that the Autobots must stand as one against the Decepticon army.
: [Cybertron: Prior to first contact with Earth] ''Our home, Cybertron, has never felt, the wrath of war. It has never faced extermination, until now. Megatron and his forces will destroy this world and spread their tyranny throughout the galaxy. We must stand against this army as one.'' "Autobots, roll out!" [Experience the beginning] [Fight to the end]

* '''Multiplayer Character Trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpn-TukQiSg 1:21]
: Narration: Text narration only
: Notes: The ability to create a custom multiplayer character and battles featuring such characters are heavily featured amongst other multiplayer footage.
: [Create your Transformers character] [Wage war online] [Become] [The Ultimate] [Weapon]

* '''Multiplayer Overview Trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aAxxAJOMt8 1:37]
: Narration: [Peter Cullen] and text narration.
: Notes: The game's various multiplayer modes are demonstrated as Optimus Prime names each one of them.
: [Wage war online] "Our victory is assured!" "Autbots never admit defeat." ''Team Deathmatch.'' ''Conquest.'' "Decepticons, attack!" "Rauuuuuughhauugh!" "Grenade!" "Incoming!" "Rauugh!" "Meet your maker Decepticon!" "Autobots win the match!" ''[[Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction]]'' "And stay down!" "Decepticons have the bomb!" "Target eliminated." "Gotcha!" "Raugh! Bomb planted!" "Decepticons win the match!" [Become the utlimate weapon]

* '''E3 2010 Trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHP3jOzxUrc 1:33]
: Narration: Text narration only
: Notes: Various game scenes are shown as Optimus Prime and Megatron argue over whether the Autobots should leave Cybertron or stay and fight.
: "We have the power to put an end to what remains of the Autobots!" "Our defeat would mean the end of everything." "Take your Autobots and leave Cybertron forever!" "This is our home Megatron. We will stay. We will fight. And we will win." [Fight to the end] [In the war] [That started it all] [Become the ultimate weapon]

[[File:WFC Gamestop Commercial.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''So I walked in the room, held mah '''BOOMBOX''' high, And what happened next will blow your mind!'']]
* '''Gamestop Exclusive TV spot''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtyYt7oRMhs 30 sec]
: Narration: Unknown.
: Notes: [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] arrives to the location of Megatron, [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] and [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] prompting Megatron to take off and leave Shockwave in charge. Pleased by Megatron's decision, Shockwave takes this opportunity to order Soundwave to transform into boombox mode and play music for him to shoot Autobots by. His choice of song? "[[The Touch]]"! Starscream is not enthused by this and asks "Why this song?". Shockwave replies that when Starscream's hit percentage exceeds Shockwave's then he can choose the soundtrack. Shockwave's Autobot blasting is ''in time'' to the song! Shockwave's voice is provided once again by [[Corey Burton]].
: Megatron: "Shockwave, you're in charge now." Shockwave: "Excellent." Starscream: "<sigh> Again?" Shockwave: "Soundwave, transform." Soundwave: "Affirmative." <transforms and starts playing ''The Touch''> Starscream: "Why this song?" Shockwave: "When your hit percentage exceeds mine, you may choose the soundtrack!" ''Unlock the Decepticons' second in command, Shockwave, only when you preorder Transformers: War for Cybertron at Gamestop. Power to the players. Rated T for Teen.''

* '''DLC Trailer''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqbQl4N5JME 1:00]
: Notes: Gameplay footage of the DLC soundtracked to [[Stan Bush]]'s ''[[Till All Are One (Transformers Theme)|Till All Are One]]''.
: [Onslaught] [Scattershot] [Shockwave] [Jazz] [Demolishor] [5 New Characters] [4 New Multi-Player Maps] [New Map and Character Pack Available 07.27.10]
: Errors: Scattershot is seen attacking Autobots.
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==2010 Transformers toyline==
This was the first time an entire Transformers toyline was advertised without there being some type of media directly tied to it. Since the toyline was a mishmash of styles, it only makes sense that the commercials were a bit of a stylistic mismash as well. They generally stuck to the idea of showing off the toys in outdoor cityscape dioramas, except for the Reveal the Shield ad that opted for a spaceship wreckage type diorama, but the graphical transitions and narrative styles varied considerably.
===2010===
[[File:PCC commercial.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|It's time to duel!]]
* '''[[Power Core Combiners]]''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxLrS3XwIaA 30 sec], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI5w_Ql1LdE 15 sec]
: Narration: [[2006-2007 Guy]]
: Toy segment: [[Huffer (PCC)|Huffer]] and [[Smolder (PCC)|Smolder]] seem to fly by buildings in robot mode while side-by-side in their own camera shots. Then [[Skyburst (PCC)|Skyburst]] flies to his drones before transforming, first to robot mode and then to combiner torso mode, in order to demonstrate [[Power Core Combination]]. [[Bombshock (PCC)|Bombshock]] combines with his drones and other Power Core Combiners are shown in their combined forms.
: ''Power Core Combiners! The battle between the Autobots and Decepticons is changing! New combiner technology lets a commander lead his Power Core drones OR combine forces with them to create a Bigger, BADder, BOT! With Power Core Combiners, the battle is always changing! More robots! More possibilites! More power at your command! Power Core Combiners.''

* '''Leader Starscream and Optimus Prime''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdu-6NGC2sg 30 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ1I2qEIZKA 15 sec]
: Narration: 2006-2007 Guy
: Toy segment: [[Starscream (Movie)/toys|Starscream]] is located and hunted down by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]] and [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]].
: Notes: The toy segment is followed by a plug for the [[Hunt for the Decepticons]] online game.
: ''NEW! Transformers: Hunt for the Decepticons! Starscream has been located on Earth, preparing to attack. And the Autobots need your help to hunt him down. You can look for codes in specially marked packages. Enter them at Transformers.com, then hunt, locate and battle the Decepticons! Together, you and the Autobots have the power to stop Starscream! Transformers: Hunt for the Decepticons. Each sold separately. Change time may vary. Ask a parent before going online.''

* '''Battle Ops Bumblebee''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtlT_JtH42I 30 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n94lcULZGGU 15 sec]
: Animation: Bumblebee flipping his mask down and looking at the camera for the introduction, Bumblebee continuing to look at the camera for the end.
: Narration: 2006-2007 Guy
: Toy segment: A four-way split screen shows clips of Bumblebee in all four of his modes, with one mode per quadrant. The quadrants then pull to the exterior to reveal a full size clip of his Guardian vehicle mode, followed by his Battle vehicle mode as the narrator begins to describe the four modes. He continues as a pair of hands transforms Bumblebee to his two robots modes and demonstrates the electronics for both modes.
: ''NEW! Battle Ops Bumblebee is a four in one warrior. Racing into action with two vehicles modes! Guardian and Battle! Bumblebee stands tall, converting into supersized robot guardian!'' Bee toy: "I will protect you." ''But when the Decepticons attack...'' Bee toy: "Shields down." ''...he powers up, ready to fight in battle mode!'' Bee toy: "Let's rock!" ''Four modes, one powerful Autobot! New Battle Ops Bumblebee! Change time may vary.''

[[File:2010 McDonalds Commercial.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
* '''McDonald's Happy Meal''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NETH0bv_FY 15 sec TF segment only]
: Notes:Three kids, one has curly hair, one has long hair and one has short hair, sit at a kitchen table eating their [[McDonald's]] Transformers Happy Meals. The curly-haired kid gets up to leave and declares "Bumblebee is gonna guard my McNuggets. If you take anything, he'll blast you back to Cybertron!". His friends call his bluff and, much to their surprise, find themselves floating in space.
: "Bumblebee is gonna guard my McNuggets. If you take anything, he'll blast you back to Cybertron!" "Yeah, right." ''You can take on the Decepticons with Transformers action figures. There's one inside your McDonald's Happy Meal.'' "I thought he was kidding."

* '''Reveal the Shield''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ImjgEnXV8s 30 sec]
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy segment: [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys|Cyclonus]], [[Lugnut (TF 2010)|Lugnut]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Rodimus]] strike dynamic poses in a poorly lit area resembling spaceship wreckage while the narrator provides the backstory. The spot ends with Rodimus, [[Grapple (G1)|Solar Storm Grappel]] and [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Autobot Jazz]] stare down Cyclonus, Lugnut, ...and [[Tracks (G1)|Turbo Tracks]]? This must be [[Total War!|total war]].
:Notes: To be fair, Tracks being with the Decepticons does play into the whole unknown allegiance gimmick.
: ''New Transformers are arriving on Earth, to join the battle. Each one scans a unique vehicle form and brings new powers to the fight. But whose side are they on? Autobot or Decepticon? It's up to you to discover their alliegance. Reveal the Shield and find out.''

== Speed Stars ==
Being a new format for Transformers, Speed Stars ads made sure to point out that these toys were found in the ''vehicle'' aisle.
=== 2010 ===
[[File:Stealth Force Prime Ad.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
* '''Stealth Force Optimus Prime''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HufDT8lmUX8 20 sec]
: Animation: Optimus Prime driving out from behind the [[Speed Stars]] logo.
: Narration: Dynamic!
: Toy segment: [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]] patrols a city street in Stealth Mode before switching Battle Mode to take on [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Megatron]]. He is then joined as he speeds down the street by [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]].
: ''Introducing Speed Stars. Optimus Prime patrols the streets in stealth mode. And with a push of a button, he shifts into battle mode. Ready to take on Megatron! Speed Stars Transformers are gearing up and taking the battle to the road. New Speed Stars Transformers. Each sold sepearately, in the vehicle aisle.''

* '''Bumblebee Track Set''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvZT7CngRJk 20 sec]
: Narration: Dynamic!
: Toy segment: A kid plays with Bumblebee, having him zoom along his track set on a mission with an undisclosed purpose.
: Notes: A clip from ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' of Optimus Prime decking Megatron is used to help highlight the set's smashable Megatron figure.
: ''Introducing Speed Stars. Bumbleebee's on a mission, in the new Bumblebee Track Set. Launch into action. Crank it up! Max out the speed and defeat Megatron.'' Kid: "Yeah!" ''The new Speed Stars Transformers Bumblebee Track Set. Comes as shown. In the vehicle aisle.''

==Prime==
{{main|Commercial/Prime}}

==Dark of the Moon==
The third entry in the live action movie franchise, ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' had a hefty ad campaign like it's predecessors.
{{main|Commercial/Dark of the Moon}}

==Kre-O==
Kre-O flipped the animation/toy segment proportion of previous Transformers ads around. It focused almost entirely on CGI animation of the building sets, with only brief segments of the actual bricks being assembled and disassembled in fast motion. Kre-O's animation snippets started with straight forward action scenes. Beginning with the "[[The Great Brick Giveaway]]" contest ad however, they shifted to being more comedic with the Decepticons being depicted as largely hapless. It resulted in some of the most memorable Transformers ads since Beast Machines.

=== 2011===
[[File:Kre-oTransformersTeaserTrailer.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
* '''KRE-O Transformers teaser trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcsNMTqpBAE 30 sec]
: Animation: CG Kre-O Transformers duke it out.
: Narration: [[KREO-O Deep Voice]].
: Notes: Uploaded [[June 30]], [[2011]]. Bumblebee's voice is not provided by [[Dan Gilvezan|any]] [[Mark Ryan|of]] [[Bumper Robinson|his]] [[Johnny Yong Bosch|previous]] [[Nicole Dubuc|voice]] [[Will Friedle|actors]]. In fact it sounds similar to the voice {{w|Seth Green}} uses for {{w|Family Guy|Chris Griffin}}.
:'' They came to our world... [[Commercial/Transformers (2007)|most have come to destroy us... some have come to protect us...]] and now there's a whole new way to battle, because the Transformers have never been built like this. New K-Reo Transformers. The Transformers battle has never been bigger.'' [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]]: "Never been smaller either." ''The battle begins at KRE-O.com. As your parents before going online.'' "KRE-O!"

* '''KRE-O Transformers A''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24hYu-2CT5w 30 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24hYu-2CT5w 30 sec alternate]
: Animation: Same as the teaser trailer.
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy segment: The Bumblebee set is assembled, disassembled and reassembled.
: Notes: Very similar to the trailer, but with a different narrator, a slightly different narrative and an added toy segment briefly showing the Bumblebee set being built and rebuilt in fast motion. An alternate version of the ad has the same animation and narrative script but spoken by a different narrator.
: ''New KRE-O Transformers construction sets. They came to our world...most have come to destroy us...some have come to protect us... The Transformers are BUILT. TO. BATTLE. New KRE-O Transformers. Build in robot mode, rebuild in vehicle mode. And race to the next battle! New KRE-O Transformers construction sets. Each sold separately.'' "K-REO!"

* '''KRE-O Transformers Online Exclusive''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMYBJgfaAww 30 sec]
:Uploaded June 30, 2011.
: Animation: [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]] and [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] battle [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]], [[Ratchet (Kre-O)|Ratchet]] and Bumblebee in the desert. The action scenes have scenes of the Bumblebee KREO set building itself and coming to life interspersed between them.
: Narration: KRE-O Deep Voice
:[The action builds...] [When you build!] ''The battle begins at KRE-O.com.'' "KRE-O!"

* '''KRE-O Transformers B''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLkidGBGqGE 30 sec]
: Animation: [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]] and [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] battle [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]], [[Ratchet (Kre-O)|Ratchet]] and Bumblebee in the desert. The action scenes have scenes of the Bumblebee KREO set building itself and coming to life interspersed between them.
: Narration: Unknown,
: Notes: Similar to the online exclusive with different narration. The narrator tells a whopper by saying "You've never been able to build Transformers in bricks before." [[Built to Rule!|AHEM]].
: ''New KRE-O Transformers building sets. You've never been able to build Transformers in bricks before. '''Now''', you can build Optimus as a vehicle and rebuild him as a robot, to take out the Decepticons. Rebuild Bumblebee from a robot to a vehicle, to chase down the enemies and launch a full out attack. Build your favorite Transformers character with new KRE-O Transformers building sets. Each sold separately.'' "KRE-O!"

* '''[[The Great Brick Giveaway]]''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TZOYGgc3hw 30 sec]
: Animation: Optimus Prime walks through a desert and up to a huge stack of boxed KRE-O Transformers sets. As he walks, he tells us about the contest and dispenses with attacks from Starscream, Megatron and Shockwave in succession. Bumblebee talks about the contest rules in front of a flat screen monitor, on top of the giant stack of boxes.
: Narration: Unknown actors as Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. The actor for Bumblebee is the same from the previous KRE-O ad.
: Optimus: ''It's a great brick giveaway at KRE-O.com! And there's a chance to win one prize every hour for six straight weeks! That's one thousand KRE-O construction sets!'' Bumblebee: ''With your parents' permission visit KRE-O.com for official rules. No purchase necessary, many will enter, few will win.'' "KRE-O!"

=== 2012 ===
[[File:KreoBattleForEnergonCommercial.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
* '''"Battle for Energon" building set''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gADgqYuCH8U 30 sec]

: Animation: [[Tank Driver]] steals a shard of [[Dark Energon]] being held inside a bank. He is chased out by [[Security Officer (Kre-O)|Security Officer]] and runs into the foot of Megatron, knocking him onto his back. Megatron grabs the Dark Energon shard, but Tank Driver hangs on, even with energy beginning to radiate from the crystal. Megatron gets decked by Optimus Prime. Somewhere else in the city, Optimus Prime speeds through an intersection and carelessly rams Megatron in his tank mode while a [[human]] watches from the nearby sidewalk. The collision results in an explosion which forces the human to flee from projectile debris. Optimus and Megatron then duke it out in robot mode, with humans fleeing the scene. A kick to Megatron's face allows Prime to recover the dark energon. Kreon Optimus throws Kreon Megatron behind bars with Tank Driver occupying an adjacent cell.
: Narration: [[Dynamic!]].
: Toy segment: Sped up footage of the Prime and Megatron sets being built into robot form, torn down and then rebuilt into their vehicle forms.
: Notes: Uploaded [[October 30]], [[2012]].
: ''NEW. KRE-O Transformers building sets. The dark energon has been stolen. By Megatron. And only Optimus Prime can stop him! You can build these Transformers in robot mode. '''Or''' rebuild them in vehicle mode. Taking the Transformers battle to the streets! It's Megatron versus Optimus Prime in the Battle for Energon! New KRE-O Transformers building sets. With Optimus Prime, Megatron, and new Kreon figures.'' "KRE-O!"

=== 2013 ===
The 2013 Kre-O Transformers building sets were tied into the ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' subline. No other Kre-O ads are known to have been produced that year.

* '''KRE-O Transformers Micro Changers and Combiners Construction Sets''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh_4xY_UTS8 30 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fayfPfIb5Kk 15 sec]
: Animation: A huge Kreon battle takes place on a lightly forested field. [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] takes down [[Ripclaw]]. [[Silverbolt (G1)|Sliverbolt]] pounds [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] into parts, then blasts [[Tantrum (G1)|Headlock]]. This happens just before [[Scorch (G1)|Singe]] drives up, then transforms and leaps into a corkscrew spin, ending with a missile blast. Someone with a high pitched voice: (in dismay) "No, they're combining!" The Combaticons and Predacons combine. A blue generic, Springer, [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], and Singe are chased by [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. This causes the generic and Warpath to run into each other and Silverbolt, of all bots, to complain that the combiners are showoffs. Ripclaw torches Springer's backside.
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy segment: A pan through half of the Wave 1 Microchangers plus Silverbolt and [[Fireflight (G1)|Firestrike]]. Fast motion transformation of Singe, Springer, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], and [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] to vehicle mode. Fast motion combination of the Predacons and Combaticons into Predaking and Bruticus, respectively. A pan through various Preview Wave, Wave 1, and Combiner Microchangers.
: Notes: Uploaded [[March 19]], [[2013]]. Silverbolt is not voiced by [[Charlie Adler]]. Involved in the mega battle scene are a number of duplicates, presumably due to the cost of working up a whole bunch of different CGI models. The scene includes two each of [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]], [[Headstrong (G1)|Torox]] and [[Tantrum (G1)|Headlock]], three each of Ripclaw (one without wings), Springer, and [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]], four [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]s, ''five'' Warpaths and '''''six''''' each of Silverbolt and Singe. Know that, surprisingly, there's only one [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]].
: ''New from KRE-O! Transformers: Microchangers!'' "Catch ya on the flip side!" "Yeah!" ''You can build new Microchangers as robots, or rebuild them as vehicles for battle.'' "You're nothing!" "No, they're combining!" ''Watch out for all new combiners! Microchangers Combiners build together, into colossal Transformers robots!'' "IIIIII got them. I got them!" "Showoffs!" ''Collect them all and build your battle at KREO-O.com! Ask a parent first. All new K-REO Microchangers and Combiners. Each sold separately.'' "KRE-O!" "Ow ow ow ow ow ow!"


=== 2014 ===
All of the 2014 Kre-O building sets were tied into that year's live action movie, ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Transformers: Age of Extinction]]''. As such all of that year's Kre-O advertising focused on those sets and the limited amount of non-AOE Kre-O product did not receive ads. There was a generic Kre-O ad however, which featured both the Transformers and Dungeons & Dragons Kre-O themes.

*'''K-REO: Build With Attitude''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5HMXAS4vqs 30 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from previous Kre-o Transformers and Dungeons & Dragons ads.
: Narration: Unknown.
: ''In a world...built out of small plastic bricks...'' "Hit the bricks bud!" ''K-REO! Brings you an exciting way to build and play!'' "Time to build up!" ''From the robots of KRE-O Transformers, who are always armed and ready for a fight, to the orcs of KRE-O Dungeons & Dragons who find new ways to battle. Look for more Kreon videos and games at K-REO.com. Ask a parent first. K-REO, build with attitude.'' "K-REO!"

{{main|Commercial/Age of Extinction#Dino Force}}

=== 2015 ===
* '''Battle Changers''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h20AJOLLzw 15 sec]
: Animation: Autobot logo built from Kre-O bricks. Grimlock finds out, to his surprise, that "With new Kre-o Battle Changers, you can build and convert!". Grimlock pauses from bashing Decepticons to test the claim by switching Bumblebee between modes until he breaks in half. Bumblebee reacts with audible disappointment: "Aw man!".
: Narration:
: Toy segment: Fast motion assembly and conversion of Bumblebee.
: Notes: Bumblebee is voiced by his usual unknown KRE-O voice actor. Grimlock is voiced by an unknown actor taking inspiration from [[Gregg Berger]]'s portrayal. The ending "KRE-O!" yell is handled by Grimlock this time instead of Bumblebee. We're guessing Bee was beside himself.
: ''With new KRE-O Battle Changers you can build '''and''' convert!'' "Me can? Robot! Car! Robot! Car! Robot!" "Aw man!" ''Build! Convert. And kick butt with new KRE-O Transformers Battle Changers. Each sold separately.'' "KRE-O!"

==Rescue Bots==
Rescue Bots brought back musical narration for its advertising, the first two years using a melody unique to the commercials, thereafter switching to shorter bits of singing to the tune of the cartoon theme. Rescue Bots also went back to the traditional balance of animation and live action segements, with some animation at the start of the ad followed by footage of kids playing with the toys.
=== 2011 ===
==== Toys ====
[[File:RescueBotsOnlineExclusiveTrailer.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Optimus' hopes of defending his 200 [[Units of length|mechanometer]] title were dashed by a pulled hamstring.]]
* '''Rescue Bots Online Exclusive trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RXpHdIoJFo 1:20]
: Notes: Uploaded August [[2011]]. The narrator introduces the concept of the [[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]] while a young boy plays with the toys and demonstrates their features.
:{New from Transformers, Res-cue-Bots!} ''Rescue Bots are fun, easy to use Transformers toys, especially designed for your little hero. Perfect for preschoolers, Playskool Heroes brings the excitement of big boy brands to little boy hands with the all new Transformers Rescue Bots. Each Resuce Bot converts simply, so preschoolers can easily do it themselves, using gross motor skills to test twisting, pulling, and prying. Pull both ends of Bumblebee to change from car to robot. Then simply push them back together for vehicle mode. Bend Optimus Prime's legs down like a lever to convert into a robot and then push back to covert to truck. With Chase the Police Bot, you pull the lightbar to convert to robot, then push the light bar to change to vehicle mode. Use Heatwave's ladder like a lever to change into a robot. Push the ladder back down to covert to firetruck. Twist Blades' helicopter knob to change into a robot. Twist it the opposite direction to convert back to helicopter. And Boulder the Construction Bot. Pry his arms apart to turn into a robot. Then, push his arms back to change into a bulldozer. Transformers: Rescue Bots. All the fun of Transformers, made for little heroes.'' {Res-cue-Bots!}

* '''Rescue Bots figures and Fire Station Prime''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZe8vnAINcs 30 sec]
: Animation: CGI [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]], [[Chase (RB)|Chase]], [[Blades (RB)|Blades]], and [[Boulder]] come running (or flying) out of [[Fire Station Prime]]. Prime, Bumblebee and Chase watch as Heatwave puts out a fire. The whole group gets into a heroic V-formation.
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy segment: A pan over of [[Fire Station Prime]], Optimus Prime, Bee, Boulder, and Blades. Close up of two sets of hands transforming Chase and Heatwave to robot mode simultaneously. [[Cody Burns]] is placed into Heatwave and driven out of Fire Station Prime. Fire Station Prime is transformed. Heatwave is transformed to robot mode again. Fire Station Prime is transformed again. [[Jack Tracker]] rides the elevator with his jetpack. The Fire Station's water cannon is used to put out a fire. Cody Burns slides down the fire pole. Chase transforms to car mode.
: Notes: The narration of this ad consists of an unknown singer singing about the heroism of the Rescue Bots and what's going on in the toy and animation clips.
: {New from Transformers! Res-cue-Bots! Rescue Robots sa-ving the day. Working with humans, the Rescue Bot way. Fire station changes to Optimus Prime. Heatwave! Put out those fires crew. Rescue Bots ready any time. To put out fires and team up with youuuuuuuuuu! Res-cue-Bots! Rescue Robots sa-ving the day. Working together, the Rescue Bot way. Res-cue-Bots!} ''Transformers: Rescue Bots. Fire Station Prime and figures each sold separately. Heroes start here.''

==== Cartoon ====
* '''[[Family of Heroes|Sneak]] [[Under Pressure|Preview]]''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvmWguZ6VXc 30 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from the cartoon.
: ''Saturday!'' "Follow these coordinates." ''The Hub transforms your morning with an all-new sneak peak.'' "Robots! Transform!" ''New Autobots...'' "We are happy to join the battle sir." ''...new adventures...brand new series.'' "Less talk, more action." ''Be the first to catch the hour long Hub sneak peak.'' "Thought you'd never ask." ''Transformers: Rescue Bots. Saturday starting at noon Eastern, 9AM Pacific. Only on the Hub.'' "Roll to the rescue!"

=== 2012 ===
==== Toys ====
[[File:RescueBotsMobileHeadquartersCommercial.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
* '''Mobile Headquarters''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWSNpre6NBE 15 sec]
: Animation: The same clip of CGI Autobots getting into a V-formation as used in the previous commercial.
: Narration: [[Rescue Bot Guy]]
: Toy segment: The ladder of the headquarters is raised with Cody Burns in the basket. The vehicle is converted to base mode and Cody is dropped into the passenger compartment of Optimus Prime. Prime rolls out from the headquarters.
: Notes: The narration is a song again with different words but the same tune.
: {Trannnsformers: Rescue Bots, it's time to roll. Chase and Heatwave out on patrol. Open up headquarters, don't delay. Roll out with Optimus and save the daaay! Res-cue-Bots!} ''Transformers Rescue Bots and Mobile Headquarters each sold separately. Batteries not included.''

* '''Bots & Robbers Police Headquarters''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5BjayxBJ7s 15 sec]
: Animation: CGI Autobots forming into a V-formation.
: Narration: [[Rescue Bot Guy]]
: Toy segment: Chase is deployed from the police headquarters; he returns to the headquarters and locks the criminal in the jail cell.
: Notes: This ad has yet another narration song. The playset is referred to as the Rescue Bots Police Headquarters in the ad.
: {Trannnsformers: Rescue Bots, are on the scene. First to respond, they work as a team. Chase the Police Bot speeds away, catches the robber and saves the daaay! Res-cue-Bots!} ''Transformers Police Headquarters and Rescue bots figures, each sold separately.''

==== Cartoon ====
* '''Season 1 premiere promo''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMZqT8GzAZg 30 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from the cartoon.
: ''Coming to the Hub on Saturdays. When you're in need...'' "Rescue Bots, Roll to the Rescue!" ''They're the first on the scene.'' "Wherever there is an emergency, there are Rescue Bots." ''Heatwave, Chase, Boulder, and Blades!'' "Hi." ''They've got a mission to serve and protect [[Griffin Rock|our planet]], and that's just what they planned to do!'' "Yeah, what he said." ''Roll out, with the Transformers Rescue Bots. Only on the Hub. Check local listings.''

* '''Season 1 promo''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To6iSieJVOY 30 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from the cartoon.
: ''Saturdays on The Hub.'' "Rescue Bots, Roll to the Rescue!" ''They're the first on the scene.'' "Wherever there is an emergency, there are Rescue Bots." ''Heatwave, Chase, Boulder, and Blades!'' "Hi." ''They've got a mission to serve and protect [[Griffin Rock|our planet]], and that's just what they planned to do!'' "Preferably with high speed pursuits." "Now you're talking!" ''Transformers: Rescue Bots. Check local listings, only on The Hub.'' "We are happy to join the battle, sir."

* '''Season 1 [[It's a Bot Time|2]]-[[Bot to the Future|parter]] promo''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikd0LRByc9A 30 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from the cartoon.
: "What did Morocco do to Griffin Rock?" "Whatever it was, we have to undo it." ''Saturday on The Hub. Bumblebee and Optimus Prime join the Rescue Bots.'' "We suspected you might need some assistance." ''And in order to foil Doctor Morocco's evil plan--'' "Capture those robots." ''they'll need all the help they can get.'' "They've walled us in." ''A special 2-part episode of Transformers: Rescue Bots.'' "I like the sound of that." ''Check local listings. It can happen, only on The Hub.''

==== Other ====
* '''Rescue Bots "Roll to the Rescue" DVD and The Adventures of Chuck and Friends DVD''' [http://www.ispot.tv/ad/77wI/the-adentures-of-chuck-and-friends-transformers-rescue-bots-dvd 15 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from the ''Transformers: Rescue Bots'' and ''[[w:The Adventures of Chuck and Friends|The Adventures of Chuck and Friends]]'' cartoons.
: Narration: Unknown.
: Notes: Excerpts of animation play as the narrator tells us about "two new DVDs rolling out tons of fun" that are "packed with fun-filled adventures and activities".
: ''Two new DVDs, rolling out tons of fun.'' "Muffler's up!" "Friends for the long haul!" "Rescue Bots, roll to the rescue!" ''Packed with fun-filled adventures and activities. Now available at Target. Rated TV-Y and TV-Y7''

=== 2013 ===
==== Toys ====
* '''Energize figures''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URF5AjMVmkc 15 sec]
: Animation: Bumblebee and Heatwave race to the scene of a burning building and a road that's splitting apart. All the Autobots raise their Energize tools to the air; Bumblebee uses his jackhammer to demolish rubble. Heatwave uses his "water" cannon to put out a fire.
: Narration: [[Rescue Bot Guy]]
: Toy segment: Bee and Heatwave are pushed along, then Bee is transformed. Group shot of all the figures in robot mode. Bumblebee breaks through a wall in robot mode, then Boulder does the same in vehicle mode. Heatwave deals with a burning building. Two kids celebrate while all the figures stand in front of them.
: Notes: Sadly, there's no catchy tune this time.
: ''Emergency! Transformers: Rescue Bots respond! When disaster strikes, Rescue Bots convert to robots. With all new Energize tools. New tools, new rescues. Transformers: Rescue Bots. Each sold separately.''

==== Cartoon ====
* '''Marathon promo''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3Otbnk4H74 30 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from the cartoon.
: ''Saturday at 12:00 PM Eastern. Have no fear, The Hub is here--'' "Rescue Bots, Roll to the Rescue!" ''to save your Saturday! We're amping up your afternoon with eight episodes of Transformers: Rescue Bots right in a row. By adding action, diverting danger--'' "It's go time." ''and saving your Saturday from total disaster.'' (explosion) "This is a job for heavy machinery." ''Transform your Saturday with Transformers: Rescue Bots. Saturday at 12:00 PM Eastern, 9:00 Pacific, only on The Hub.''

==== Other ====
[[File:BeamBoxCommercial.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"All right, Beatrice, there was no alien. The flash of light you saw in the sky was not a UFO. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus."]]
* '''Beam Box Game System''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgtWopfjBXw 30 sec]
: Animation: Brief cartoon excerpt of Optimus Prime saying "Optimus Prime, race to the rescue!", projected on the wall of the "closet".
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy segment: A young boy invites his friends to step inside...his closet? It turns out to be a surprisingly roomy closet that resembles a dimly lit warehouse. The boy inserts his [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] figure inside his [[Beam Box]] and tells his friends: "Prepare to be amazed!". Optimus Prime is then beamed into a magically appearing video screen. The narrator then proceeds to explain how the Beam Box "beams" the figures into various video games as the kids are shown playing the games.
: Notes: The animation retains the original voice over from [[Peter Cullen]].
: "Guys, step inside. Prepare to be amazed." "Optimus Prime, race to the rescue!" ''Transformers all new Beam Box Gaming System! Insert your Beam Box Rescue Bot and magically beam him into your TV! For cool new Transformers games! And, you can play a new action packed adventure with each new Transformers figure! NEW! Transformers Beam Box. Into the box, out of this world! Comes with one figure. Others sold separately. Batteries not included.''

=== 2014 ===
==== Toys ====
[[File:RescueBotsOptimusPrimalCommercial.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
* '''Rescue Dinobots featuring Optimus Primal''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE9vthWhqTg 30 sec]
: Animation/Kidmation:'' Kidmation is back! The boy playing with his Optimus Primal toy, becomes a Rescue Bots animated version of himself and directs Optimus and Heatwave to "roar and rescue" Chase.
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy segment: A boy plays with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Rescue Bots|Optimus Primal]] and [[Heatwave (RB)#electronicdinobottoy|Electronic Heatwave the Rescue Dinobot]] on a living room coffee table.
: Notes: We're back to having a song, but now it's a variation of the cartoon's theme song..
: {Rescue Bots! Optimus Primal!} Boy: "Activate Dino Mode!" Toy: "Transform and roar out!" {Change into dino, just one twist.} Boy: "Roar and rescue!" {Rescue Bots, save, serve, and assist. With you there to guide them and show them the way, Rescue Bots are sav-ing the dayyyyyy!} Boy: "Whoa!" {Rescue Bots! Res-cue Dinobots!} ''Transformers, Rescue Dinobots featuring Optimus Primal. Each sold separately. Batteries not included.'' {Rescue Bots!}

[[File:MixableMashableHeroesCommercial.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
* '''Mixable, Mashable Heroes''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUt775EkIS0 15 sec]
: Animation: [[Mr. Potato Head]] works on Optimus Prime in his garage when a transmission comes over the radio telling all Autobots to roll out. The two combine into [[Optimash Prime]]. At the end, a Mr. Potato head with a Starscream body has his Bumblebee helmet spin around his head.
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy segment: Three boys mix and match Potato Head parts on a living room table.
: "Calling all Autobots! Time to roll out!" ''NEW! Mr. Potato Head Transformers. Change this pocket size tater from vehicle to bot mode and mash him up as part Optimus Prime, part Bumblebee, and even Grimlock! New Mr. Potato Head Mashable Heroes, each sold separately. Mr. Potato Head is ready to save the day!''

==== Cartoon ====
* '''Season 2 [[Road Trip|Premiere]]''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bciE8EjnMg0 30 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from the cartoon.
: Live action: A kid does a front flip on a mat in his living room.
: (Cheering noises) "We're gonna need a bigger road." ''Saturday, March 1st.'' "Rescue Bots, Roll to the Rescue!" "I wanted to say that!" ''Your favorite Hub Network heroes are transforming with all-new adventures.'' (Grunt) "I can't believe it's real!" ''The all-new season of Transformers: Rescue Bots. Premieres Saturday, March 1st at 1:00 PM Eastern, 10:00 AM Pacific. Only on the Hub Network.'' "We're on our way!"

* '''Season 2 promo''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHGyKVfvIPg 30 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from the cartoon.
: Live action: At the beginning, a mother grabs her son's face while holding a comb as if to approve his appearance. At the end, an older boy and girl do the robot dance.
: ''This Saturday!'' "Ready, everybody?" "Yep!" ''The Hub Network's Transformers: Rescue Bots is all-new.'' "Our fans will want to see everything!" ''With adventure so incredible, there's only one word to describe it:'' "Interesting." "Awesome." "Incredible." "Fascinating." "Uhhh...[[Gremlin]]s." (Gremlin squeals.) ''Okay, maybe not that word.'' "Let's move, team!" ''Don't miss an all-new Transformers: Rescue Bots. Check local listings. You don't wanna miss this, only on the Hub Network!''

* '''Season 2 Summer promo''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ1xcSwTKG8 30 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from the cartoon.
: Live action: Shots of a group of kids jumping into and then swimming around in a pool, filmed from the pool's POV. Also a brief segment of the kids doing the robot in bathing suits, presumably poolside.
: ''Saturday! The Hub Network is heating up your summer with all-new episodes of Transformers: Rescue Bots.'' "Hold the elevator, what?" ''All-new episodes of Transformers: Rescue Bots. Every Saturday!'' "Sounds great." ''The Rescue Bots are rolling to rescue your summer from boredom.'' "Because we're awesome." ''Because for them, that's what summer vacation is all about.'' "That sounds about right." ''Transformers: Rescue Bots, all new Saturday at 1:30 PM Eastern, 12:30 Central. Only on the Hub Network. Making Family Fun.''

* '''Transformers July 4th Marathon''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzb56jIR7RI 30 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'', ''[[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Transformers Prime: Predacons Rising]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
: Notes: This was a [[2014]] marathon featuring the re-titled ''Transformers: The Animated Movie'', ''Predacons Rising'', and various ''Rescue Bots'' episodes. It celebrated not only the American Independence Day holiday but also the thirtieth anniversary of the [[Transformers brand]].
: ''Friday, July 4th. Celebrate the Transformers' 30th Anniversary with the Hub Network. "Lock and load." ''Featuring three decades of Transformers action-- "Roll out." ''All. Day. Long.'' "Let's go for it." "Brace yourselves." ''There's fireworks a plenty--'' "Boom." ''with the 4th of July Transformers Marathon. Friday, July 4th, starting at 11:00 AM Eastern, 10:00 AM Central. Only on the Hub Network.''

* '''Season 3 Exclusive Preview''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IHKP0MO9_U 30 sec]
: Premiered [[July 24]], [[2014]] at [[San Diego Comic-Con]]. The first 30 seconds features [[Blades (RB)|Blades]], [[Boulder]], [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]], [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] transforming from vehicle mode to robot mode to dinosaur mode. The remaining 1:12 consists of various clips of Optimus Prime in dinosaur mode, set to an orchestral soundtrack.

=== 2015 ===
* '''High Tide Rescue Rig''' [https://www.ispot.tv/ad/AArK/transformers-rescue-bots-high-tide-rescue-rig-save-the-day 15 sec]
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy segment: Two kids play with the toys on the porch/deck of a beachfront house.
: {Rescue Bots!} Kid 1: "Someone needs help!" Kid 2: "High Tide, convert to submode." {Transformers High Tide Rescue Rig.} ''Whoa, High Tide, convert to sub mode and save the day!'' "Surf to the rescue!" ''Transformers: Rescue Bots high Tide Rescue Rig comes with one figure. Other figures each sold separately. Adult assembly required.''
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=== 2016 ===
===Toys===
[[File:Rescue Bots Griffin Rock Firehouse HQ Commercial.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
* '''Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoT3E8q64pQ 30 sec]
: Animation: Optimus Prime steps in front of the Griffin Rock Firehouse and states flatly that <s>Red Warrior needs food</s> "Rescue Bots need help".
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy segment: A boy runs into his bedroom which magically transforms into the command center of the Firehouse Headquarters. His clothes also magically transforms, into a swanky Rescue Bots jumpsuit. He plays with the playset sitting on a table in the center, issuing commands to the individual Rescue Bots. The end of the ad show him and his bedroom reverting back to their previous state as he continues to play with the toys.
: Notes: Optimus Prime's voice is not provided by Peter Cullen. The jumpsuit is not for sale. Awww.
: {Rescue bots! Firehouse headquarters!} Optimus: "Rescue Bots need help." ''For the first time ever '''you''' can take command of the new Rescue Bots Firehouse Headquarters.'' "Blades, permission to take off from the helipad. Convert and rescue! Boulder, activate the secret command tower and trigger the water cannon! Chase, need back up fast! Use the emergency vehicle launcher. Well done team." {Saving the day!} ''New Rescue Bots Firehouse Headquarters playset comes as shown. Other Rescue Bots figures sold separately. Jumpsuit not for sale.'' "Playskool. He-Roes!"
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* '''Griffin Rock Garage''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6QvOk5IOg4 15 sec]
: Animation: [[Heatwave (RB)|Hook and Ladder Heatwave]], [[Medix (RB)|Medix]], [[Hoist (RB)|Hoist]], and [[Drake (RB)|Drake]] take off from the Firehouse Headquarters.
: Narration: Unknown narrator with an Australian accent.
: Toy segment: Two kids play with the toys on a table, in front of a cityscape background.
: Notes: This appears to be the first and only instance of a US Transformers ad using narration with a non-American accent.
: {Rescue Bots!} ''Emergency! There's a fire! Roll to the rescue, and join the Transformers Rescue Bots on their mission. Be ready for action and team up to put out the fire. Then, transform the Rescue Bots and save the day! Rescue Bots figures and playsets, out now.''

====Cartoon====
* '''Season Four Trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AMtaV5bcCY 1:47]
: Animation: Excerpts from the cartoon.
: Narration: Unknown.
: [The Burns Family & Rescue Bots Are Back!] Chase: "Being a Rescue Bot is about saving, serving and protecting those in need." Dani Burns: "Get in, hurry!" [New Rescues!] Blades: "Let's go for it!" [More Action!] Medix: "Whoa...High Tide!" Chase: "Power up and energize!" [Plus A New Team Member] Hot Shot: "This. Is. Epic." Charlie Burns: "Noble!" Blades: "It's high five time!" Hot Shot: "Sweet!" Heatwave: "Rescue Bots, roll to the rescue!"
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=== 2017 ===
* '''Optimus Prime Race Track Trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU915LDHmFw 30 sec]
: Narration: Rescue Bots guy.
: Toy segment: A father and son act out an avalanche emergency rescue in their living room, using pillows precariously piled on the back of the couch as the avalanche.
: ''Transformers: Rescue Bots.'' Dad: "Rescue Bot reporting to base. We have an avalanche situation. Send back up immediately." Son: "Autobots, we gotta stop that avalanche. Extend the track, and roll out for rescue." Dad: "Hurry, the hillside's crumbling!" Son: "Bumblebee, Blurr, we're running out of time get ready to launch! Altogether now..." Both: "Push!" {Heroes at playayayay...!} ''Transformers Rescue Bots Optimus Prime Race Track Trailer. Adult assembly required. Additional Flip Racers sold separately.''
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* '''Optimus Prime Race Track Trailer 2''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5cBLLuqIDM 15 sec]
: Animation: A fluttering checkered flag with the Rescue Bots logo superimposed on top.
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy segment: A boy and girl play with the playset in front of a raceway background.
: Notes: The announcer does his best auto race announcer voice, complete with echo effect.
: Boy: "It's here!" ''The Optimus Prime Race Track Trailer! Choose. Your. Flip Racer! Take your place...'' Boy: "And they're off!" ''Transformers Rescue Bots Optimus Prime Race Track Trailer. Additional Flip Racers sold separately. Adult assembly required.''
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=== 2018 ===
[[File:Rescue Bots Rescue Guard Bumblebee Commercial.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
* '''Rescue Guard Bumblebee''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p72YVvgcl8A 15 sec]
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy segment: A kid uses his toys and an obstacle course built from household items to retrieve tools for his Dad who's working on a car.
: Notes: Talk about being on-brand, not only is the father wearing an Autobot logo t-shirt, but he has two Autobot logos on his toolchest: one on the front and one inside the lid!
: ''Transformers: Rescue Bots.'' "Can you reach my tools?" "We have a mission! Clear the way! Gear up." ''Start your mission with Transformers Rescue Bots Rescue Guard Bumblebee.''
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== Bot Shots ==
Bot Shots commercials used a blend of CGI animation and live action footage to set up a fictional world where all the Bot Shots characters are eager to bust out of wherever their human owners keep them, in order to fight. This led to the incongrous characterization of Optimus Prime being a hothead who can be goaded into a fight at the drop of the hat. Judging by their voices, all Bot Shots apparently have a habit of inhaling helium.
=== 2012 ===
[[File:BotShotsOnlineBattleGameTeaserTrailer.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Round 1, FIGHT!]]
* '''Bot Shots Online Battle Game teaser trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhQEQOzEzps 30 sec]
: Animation: Bumblebee and Starscream trade attacks.
: Notes: A CGI [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] are used to explain the mechanics of the Bot Shots game. Each "x beats y" combination of attacks is shown followed by Bumblebee beating up Starscream with the winning attack. There is no narration in this trailer.
: [Experience Transformers like never before!] [Small bots.] [Big attitude.] [Coming March 2012.] [Battle online at Transformers.com.]

* '''Bot Shots''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsx-Z5vQ-6M 30 sec]
: Animation: CGI [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] collide in vehicle mode, then transform and battle. CGI Bumblebee and Starscream have their own confrontation. Bumblebee bursts through the end shot.
: Narration: Dynamic!
: Toy segment: Two school lockers, with Autobot and Decepticon logos, shudder and shake. Two bookbags, that also have Autobot and Decepticons logos, bulge and glow with red and purple light. The lockers then glow and bulge themselves before a Bot Shot bursts out of each one. Bot Shots break out of the bookbags too, shooting through several full bookshelves before colliding. The Bot Shots from the lockers collide in a hallway. The narrator then describes the Bot Shots while their features are demonstrated on a table...somewhere.
: ''NEW Transformers Bot Shots! New Bots Shots are born to bash! Choose your power, launch into battle, crash your bot, and win! Or take the battle online at Transformers.com with parent's permission. New Bots Shots. Small bots, big attitude. Sold separately.'' Bumblebee: "Yeah, Bot-Shots!"

[[File:BotShotsBattleForTheMatrixCommercial.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
* '''Battle For The Matrix''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMqbwoxMVt0 30 sec]
: Animation: The same Optimus Prime/Megatron and Bumblebee/Starscream scenes from the previous ad.
: Live action: CGI Megatron goads Prime into a fight from the window of a neighboring house. Prime takes the bait and they charge at each other, ripping through the walls of the houses.
: Narration: Dynamic!
: Toy segment: Demonstration of the Optimus Prime and Megatron figures battling and launching from their launchers.
: Notes: Megatron and Optimus Prime both have high pitched voices created via sped up playback. As a result both sound similar to Bumblebee whose voice has the same processing.
: ''NEW Transformers Bot Shots!'' Megatron: "Hey you!" Prime: "Who me?" Megatron: "Yeah, you! Bring it!" Prime: "Oh, let's do this!" "You want a piece of this?" "You got it!" ''New Bots Shots are born to bash! Choose your power, launch into battle, crash your bot, and win! Take the battle online at Transformers.com with parent's permission. Battle for the Matrix comes as shown. Other figures sold separately.'' Bumblebee: "Want some of this? Ha, huh! Yeah, Bot-Shots!"

=== 2013 ===
* '''Dragon Track''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfuj72wsNNQ 30 sec]
: Animation: Optimus Prime collides with Megatron, but this time it's the version of Megatron that comes with the [[Bot Shots (toyline)#Dragon Track|Dragon Track]].
: Live action: Startled onlookers witness [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] bursting through the door of a subway car in order to goad Optimus Prime into a fight. Being the macho idiot that he apparently he is in this universe, Prime takes the bait again and the two charge at each other.
: Narration: Dynamic!
: Toy segment: The Dragon Track is demonstrated and the new moves it allows the Bot Shots to perform are highlighted.
: Notes: The ad also includes a plug for "bashing new beasts" at Transformers.com.
: ''NEW! Transformers Beast Hunters!'' "Bot Shots!" Scourge: "Hey Bot, it's go time!" Optimus Prime: "Oh yeah Beast? Bring it on!" ''The all new Dragon Track! A new Beast Hunter battleground and new moves let you flip, jump and spin! Collect them all! And you can bash new beasts at Transformers.com with parents' permission. New Transformers Dragon Track! Comes with two figures. Other figures each sold separately.'' Scourge: "Beast Hunters! Bot-Shots!"

== Fall of Cybertron ==
''Fall of Cybertron'' may be the most advertised Transformers video game of all time, exceeding its predecessor ''War For Cybertron'' with seven trailers and a tv commercial.
=== 2011 ===
[[File:FOCTeaserTrailerGrimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|And here we see Yankee slugger Babe Ruth approaching home plate...]]
* '''Teaser Trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhMsfJcQKSk 44 sec]
: Notes: A series of black and white (with some red highlights) clips of [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] walking through a Cybertronian city, dragging his sword behind him. He then stabs the sword into the ground before transforming to dinosaur mode and roaring. There is no narration via voice or text, save for the ''Fall of Cybertron'' logo at the end.

* '''Cinematic Teaser''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVsINYfFG5Q 16 sec]
: Animation: Brief snippets of Prime looking stern, Ironhide decking Starscream, the Autobots standing together, Grimlock transforming, and Grimlock roaring.
: [Prepare] [For The Fall] [Transformers: Fall of Cybertron] [VGA Video Game Awards 12.10.11 Live]

* '''VGA Cinematic Trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3E358n7pcI 1:48]
: Animation: Optimus Prime carries an injured Bumblebee away from battle. Starscream flies in, transforms, and tries to slice at Prime with his sword, only to get cut off by Ironhide's fist. Prime continues on, as Jazz fires a blast with his gun shoved into Soundwave's gut. He finally sets Bumblebee down in a clearing, standing up to face the battle alongside Jazz and Ironhide. Megatron stomps on a generic before looking up and noticing the Autobots looking down on the battlefield. He signals the Decepticons to attack Prime, Ironhide and Jazz. The Combaticons form Bruticus, but Prime has backup in the form of the Dinobots. They nod to each other, then Grimlock slams his sword into the ground and transforms to T-Rex mode. The trailer ends with him exhaling a massive amount of flame.
: Notes: This trailer has no narration, instead being soundtracked by [[w:Pucifer|Pucifer]]'s song ''Angel, Angel, What Have I Done?''. The trailer has a rather slow and dramatic pace to it. This trailer debuted during the 2011 Video Game Awards on [[December 10]]th, [[2011]].

=== 2012 ===
* '''E3 Trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyW5KMMDjZw 2:11]
: Animation: A war rages on Cybertron between the Autobots and Decepticons. Jazz and the Dinobots take on Bruticus. Megatron and Optimus Prime battle their way towards each other, with Shockwave and Starscream joining Megatron. Optimus takes on all three, quickly dispensing with the subordinates before clashing with Megatron himself. After a brief skirmish, Prime takes a knee and pounds his fist into the ground, causing the ground to open up between Prime and the Decepticons. The opening "ground" turns out to be the Autobot City, Metroplex, heeding the call of the last Prime.
: Notes: The ad has no narration, instead being soundtracked by [[w:Everlove|Everlove]]'s alt rock cover of [[w:Siouxsie and the Banshees|Siouxsie and the Banshees]]' song ''Cities in Dust''. The end features a plug for the G1 Retro Pack.

:The story of this trailer seems to follow the VGA Cinematic Trailer above, since some of the story beats from the first trailer appears to be followed up on in the second.
: "Metroplex heeds the call of the last Prime."

* '''Multiplayer Trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9koyQmyVh0 1:35]
: Notes: Features game excerpts of Snarl's dead torso, Warpath running, a firefight on a bridge, fast flipping between various character creation options, a pan out from a Titan style character build to a collage of multiplayer character builds, various other battle scenes, a series of pans around the multiplayer maps, Bumblebee getting blasted, Ratchet, Warpath & Prime coming to his aid, and another battle scene montage with another shot of the remnants of Snarl. The end features a plug for the G1 Retro Pack.
: [Build Your Own Transformers Character] [10 Multiplayer Maps] [Co-Op Escalation Mode]

* '''Launch Trailer''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crNxuIfEwaA 1:44]
: Notes: Cybertron has been ravaged by the war between the Autobots and Decepticons. Optimus Prime realizes the planet can no longer sustain them and that only one [[Ark (WFC)|transport]] remains. Megatron places the blame for the current situation on Prime. Both sides make plans to journey to another planet. One, according to Shockwave, that is [[Earth|primitive but rich in raw energy]]. Grimlock disagrees with the idea of escaping to another planet, preferring to stand and fight. Metroplex heeds the call of the "Last Prime".
: ''Cybertron. The homeworld we Autobots have strived to protect from the Decepticons, can no longer sustain us. I can only be certain of this: just one transport remains.'' [The Fall Of Their World] Megatron: "This is what you chose Prime, when you defied me! All this, is your doing." [Is The Beginning Of Their Legend.] Shockwave: "The world is primitive, but rich in raw energy." ["Most anticipated game of 2012" -EGMNow.com] Grimlock: "You're weak Optimus! You run when you should fight!" ["A must have game for all Transformers fans" -CBSNews.com Gamecore] Metroplex: "Metroplex heeds the call of the last Prime." ["An E3 2012 Best of Show winner" -Game Informer]

[[File:FOCRetroOptimusPrimeTrailer.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
* '''Retro Optimus Prime trailer''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFvFo7SpVzI 30 sec]
: Animation: Starscream leads the Decepticons in an attack, only for G1 Optimus Prime to show up and [[The Touch|recreate a scene]] from [[The Transformers: The Movie]].
: Notes: Starscream and Optimus Prime's voices are provided by their usual ''Fall of Cybertron'' actors.
: Starscream: "Decepticons, attack, ATTACK!" <truck horn followed by familiar music cue> [Unlock history with the G1 retro pack] "Autobots, roll out!"

* '''Commercial''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e99eyv7-oZI 90 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baf0nYhmYgg 30 sec]
: Animation: Optimus Prime carries Bumblebee away from a battle. He stands over Bumblebee with [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] and [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]], ready for a fight. Megatron stomps and smashes a generic Autobot. He commands the Combaticons to attack and they combine into Bruticus. Swoop and Slug transform and take off. They join the other Dinobots to take on Bruticus while Prime goes for Megatron. Megatron starts to gain the upper hand and goes for a killing blow. Before he can land it though, Prime calls upon Metroplex.
: ["An E3 2012 Best of Show winner" -Game Informer] ["One of the biggest XBox 360 games of 2012" -IGN] ["The epic Transformers story we've been waiting for" -Playstation: The Official Magazine] [At The End Of Their World] [Their Last Stand Begins] [Experience The Battle] [That Changed Their Fate] [And Decided Our Future]
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== Transformers: The Ride - 3D ==
[[Universal|Universal Studios]] has marketed [[Transformers: The Ride – 3D]] pretty heavily for a theme park ride, going so far as to produce multiple trailers, at least one radio specifically tailored for the ride, and multiple commercials. The ride has even been advertised twice during the [[w:Super Bowl|Super Bowl]], one of the most watched television broadcasts yearly in the US. The first time was an ad specifically promoting the upcoming ride during Super Bowl XLVI. The second time was a celebrity endorsement of the Universal Studios parks in general, with former NFL quarterback [[w:Peyton Manning|Peyton Manning]] taking on the role of "Vacation Quarterback" and "leading" a group of park vistors to vacation success. Airing during Super Bowl LXII, the ad featured comedic segments of Manning coaching different visitors at different locations in the park. One of these was meeting the costumed Megatron actor in the area outside the ride.

=== 2012 ===
* '''Teaser trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJhY4MxClB4 1:04]
: Notes: After name checking the design team as the ones who brought you The Amazing Adventures of [[Spider-Man]] and [[King Kong]] 360 3-D, footage from the ride is shown. [[Evac (Ride)|Evac]] drives alongside a security fence before transforming and hopping over it. [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] kicks [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] in the back, knocking what looks like a canister out of Bee's hands and into Evac's. Megatron bursts out of a floor. [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] grasps at thin air while falling from a building. [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]] drags...something through a floor of an office building. [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] (speaking to the camera) congratulates some freedom fighters. Optimus Prime is not voiced by [[Peter Cullen]].
: [From the team that brought you The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man] [King Kong 360 3-D] [And now] [Transformers The Ride-3D] [Ride it this May] "Well done, freedom fighters."

[[File:TransformersTheRide3DSuperbowlAdOptimus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
* '''Super Bowl XLVI Commercial''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KorOHqxYSuo 49 sec]
: Notes: Aired [[February 5]], [[2012]]. We appear to return to the broadcast of Super Bowl XLVI only to have the feed interrupted by a message from Optimus Prime. "Humans, you are in grave danger. The Decepticons have taken over, we need your help-" He is blasted then shoved out of the way by Megatron who "finishes" Optimus Prime's thought: "Earthlings, and soon you will all perish!" The feed goes out as on screen text instructs us to "Prepare for Battle" and the narrator tells us to ride the attraction at Universal Studios. Peter Cullen reprises his role as Optimus Prime while [[Frank Welker]] supplies the voice of Megatron.
: "Welcome back to Super Bowl XLVI, live on NB-" <static> "Humans, you are in grave danger. The Decepticons have taken over, we need your help...augh!" "...Earthlings and soon you will all perish!" [Prepare For Battle] ''Transformers: The Ride. Ride it, at Universal Studios Hollywood.''

[[File:TransformersTheRide3DSuperbowlAdMegatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
* '''Universal Resort Orlando Trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHpmcRxPpd0 1:33]
: Notes: Optimus Prime delivers a warning about a Decepticon attack on Orlando and makes a plea for help from humankind, only to be interrupted by Megatron. This is an extended and modified version of the message and interruption from the Super Bowl commercial. As such, [[Peter Cullen]] and [[Frank Welker]] voice Optimus Prime and Megatron respectively. The ride footage from the teaser trailer is tacked onto the end.
: "Humans, you are in grave danger. I, am Optimus Prime. I must warn you, that at this very moment the Decepticons are mobilizing to take over Orlando. Their plan is to destroy the human race. They will ravage your planet like they did our own, until it is consumed with death. But hope is not lost. We can rise against evil and defeat Megatron, but we cannot do it alone. Humans, we need your help to defend mankind ''before'' it is too late. Orlando, the time has come to prepare for battle-" "Earthlings, and soon you will all perish."

* '''Universal Studios Hollywood''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wGiyrjbA5I 45 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v49qrd6LN00 30 sec]
: Narration: Ed Victor (45 second version only)
: Notes: This is just the on screen text [Prepare For The Greatest Battle You'll Ever Ride] followed by an abbreviated version of the ride footage from the teaser trailer. The longer version has narration by Ed Victor at the end, including a plug for the "PrepareForBattle.com" website and the clip of Prime praising the freedom fighters.
: [Prepare For The Greatest Battle You'll Ever Ride] ''Transformers: The Ride. Ride it at Universal Studios Hollywood.'' "Well done, freedom fighters." ''Enlist now at PrepareForBattle.com.''
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=== 2013 ===
[[File:TransformersTheRide3DCommerical.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
* '''Commercial''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfCsnAI4IyA 30 sec Hollywood May 25]/[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFTm-CZB-qI 30 sec Orlando Now]
: Narration: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZjJebYma44 Ed Victor]
: Notes: A metal bar appears out of ice vapor. Megatron takes a swing at Optimus Prime and misses, slamming his fist into the ground. The metal bar rotates as more ice vapor eminates from the bar. Bumblebee rips a small Decepticon apart. A hand reaches for the metal bar. An unidentified arm ([[City of Steel (episode)|with the hand at the end of that arm holding a gun]]) moves towards [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] and shoots him in the face. [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]]? runs. The hand completes its grip on the bar. Two more hands grab the bar. Optimus Prime tries to restrain Megatron with a chain but Megs is able to fire his cannon at the camera anyway. The bar is revealed to be part of a theme park ride being held two men and a woman all wearing 3D glasses. Devastator sucks a car into his mouth. This ad came with either "Ride it [Month] [Day]" or "Ride it now" tags and was used for both Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Resort Orlando.
: [Prepare] [For The Greatest] [Battle] [You'll Ever] [Ride] [Transformers The Ride-3D] ''Transformers: The Ride. Ride it. At Universal Studios Hollywood.''

* '''Radio ad''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-rOpJnxRHY Radio ad]
: Notes: The [[Earth Defense Command]] has apparently taken over or been put in control of Universal Studios' marketing department and is using their advertising to get civilians into the park...for some reason.
: ''...for this, Universal Studios: Hollywood is offering their "Buy a day, get 2012 free" pass to the public for a limited time. You and your family can enjoy the park, or what remains of it, all year long for the price of one day. And experience your favorite rides again and again. Like the intense King Kong 360 3D and be able to return this May to live the exciting arrival of Transformers: The Ride - 3D. This offer ends April 29th, 2012 so we ask all civilians to hurry and purchase their annual pass today. This was an official message from the EDC, Earth Defense Command against the Decepticons. Black out dates and restrictions apply. Go to UniversalStudiosHollywood.com for details.''
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=== 2018 ===
* '''Peyton Manning: Vacation Quarterback''' [https://youtu.be/PlNoeTWSfe4 1:13]
: Notes: Aired on [[February 4]], [[2018]] during Super Bowl LII. Peyton Manning gives a pep talk to some Universal Studios visitors before the start of their day. He continues to guide the visitors in scenes from various locations in the park. The Transformers: The Ride 3-D scene has {{w|Peyton Manning}} run into Megatron. Megatron asks [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|all to hail him]], but Manning asks if he [[Megatron (human)|used to play]] for [[Detroit]]. Megatron is sickened by the sight of Manning.
: Manning: "This is your moment. You are more than a team, you're a family! Now let's get out there and play!" All: "Yeah, woo!" Manning: "Hey, wait for me!" | Manning: "I'm gonna need all of you to push your vacation and go one hundred and ten percent." Boy: "But that's mathematically impossible!" Manning: "With an attitude like that, it sure is." | Manning: "You know, I really wanted to play Quidditch, but we're kind of a football family." | Girl: "Interception!" Manning: "Cheap shot. I don't deserve that." | Megatron: "All hail Megatron!" Manning: "Didn't you play for Detroit?" Megatron: "The sight of you sickens me." | Manning: "Akaio." Girl: "It's Accio." Manning: "Acceo." Girl: "Accio!" Manning: "I got it. Accio. No?" | Manning: "Fear is never an option." Boy: "Oh yeah it is!" Both: "Ahhhh!" | Manning: "Let's see your game face." | Manning: "Ever wonder how it feels to get the cooler dumped on you after the game?" | Manning: "Like that? No?" | Manning: "Whoaaa, son of a-" | Woman: "Is everyone ready? Manning: "Omaha!" ''The off season is on. So take your vacation game to the next level. Universal Parks and Resorts.'' | Girl: "Ugh, you're uncoachable."

== Construct-Bots ==
Construct-Bots advertising featured a strange narration quirk, wherein the line between narration and fiction was heavily blurred. The narrator's voice and Bumblebee's voice are so similar, it becomes difficult to tell when you're hearing the advertising spiel and when you're hearing the character speak in universe. There's a distinct possibility that Bumblebee is supposed to be the narrator himself, and is actually making a sales pitch in and out of universe simultaneously. Construct-Bots, much like KRE-O and Bot Shots before it, relies more heavily on CGI animations of the toys than on actual toy footage.
=== 2013 ===
[[File:ConstructBotsCommercial.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
* '''Toy ad #1''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp5z6L9PVI8 30 sec]
: Animation: [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] breaking out of his package; Bumblebee does the Cabbage Patch as [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] comes up behind him and knocks him down with a back legsweep. Megatron is quite amused by this until Bumblebee turns the table by stripping Megatron's parts off in a tornado of action, leaving him "naked". At the end, Bumblebee busts through the wall seen behind the Construct-Bots Bumblebee and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] figures, does a somersault and then points at the camera: "Build ''your'' Bot!"
: Narration: [[Dynamic!]]
: Toy segment: The Bumblebee Construct-bot figure is built to robot mode, changed to vehicle mode and customized with parts from Soundwave.
: Notes: The narration switches from the narrator to Bumblebee with very little change in voice. It's indicated by the animated Bumblebee's lips moving and a slight intonation change. Megatron's laugh, shriek and grunts are provided by an unknown voice actor. The animation was shared with the online video [[Switcheroo!]]
: ''They're finally here! All new Transformers: Construct-Bots.'' "Now, you can build ''your'' bot ''your'' way!" ''Build! Change! Customize. '''You''' can even create your own.'' "Ooh, yeah." ''All new Transformers: Construct-Bots. Each toy sold separately. Download the Construct-Bots app, with parents permission.'' "Build. Your. Bot!"

* '''Toy ad #2''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvdWKoDxjak 30 sec]
{{See also|Toys & App TV Commercial}}
: Animation: The Bumblebee breaking out of his package intro is re-used here. Bumblebee transforms into his jet mode and flies around. Much to his dismay he encounters Megatron trying to shoot him down. He is saved by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ramming into Megatron in truck mode. Megatron is hit so hard, he not only goes flying but all his armor flies off, once again leaving him "naked". Optimus Prime transforms to robot mode.
: Narration: [[Dynamic!]] and unknown describing the app.
: Toy segment: The Construct-Bots app is demonstrated on a tablet PC. The Bumblebee figure is set down next to his package and that of Soundwave.
: Notes: Again, there is little to no distinction between the narrator voice and the Bumblebee voice. Megatron again has a laugh and shriek provided by an unknown actor. Thanks to the amount of animation and the app demonstration, the only actual toy footage is a seven second or so stretch of the Bumblebee figure being set down and then still visible on screen as CGI Bumblebee breaks through the wall, rolls forward and begins speaking to the camera.
: ''New Transformers: Construct-Bots.'' Bumblebee: "Unleash your ultimate Construct-Bots. Oh, no, Megatron." <truck horn> Megatron: "Aughhh!" ''Unleash your ultimate Optimus Prime!'' Other narrator: "Customize your ultimate Transformers Construct-Bots in the app, with parent's permission. And look for all new figures. Each sold separately." Bumblebee: "Unleash '''your''' ultimate Construct-Bots."

* '''Cybertron Construction Zone on CartoonNetwork.com''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T4eKlJVSUA 30 sec]
: Animation: None.
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy segment: Optimus Prime and Megatron laying on circular platforms with their parts spread out around them. A CGI robotic camera analyzes them, and the connected computer system counts 67 pieces for Optimus Prime, 68 for Megatron and declares that there will be no mixing. A set of human hands builds Optimus Prime but finishes by adding Megatron's [[Insignia|faction symbol]], to the astonishment of the narrator. The computer starts to flip out, noting that "This is against protocol." The narrator tells the computer to relax then instructs kids (with the help of their parents) to go to [[Cartoon Network]]'s website to [[Construct-Bots Builder|"construct, customize and convert your own ultimate custom bots."]]
: Notes: The narrator refers to the camera/computer combo as 'Cyborg'.
: ''Welcome to Cybertron Construction Zone.'' "Sixty-seven pieces for Optimus Prime, sixty-eight for Megatron. No mixing." ''Let's get to work kid. Hold on. That's, uh, Megatron's.'' "This is against protocol." ''Relax, Cyborg. Kids, grab a parent and go to CartoonNetwork.com/Transformers to construct, customize and convert your own ultimate custom bots. Should've tried that years ago.''

== Age of Extinction ==
Fourth movie, fourth movie sized marketing campaign.
{{main|Commercial/Age of Extinction}}

==Angry Birds Transformers==
[[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers]] took a unique approach to advertising the game, by eschewing narration of any type and largely letting animation, gameplay footage and behind the scenes commentary do the talking. With characters as personality filled as the Angry Bird Transformers, the game's endearing brand of humor and a Transformers legend in the form of [[Vince DiCola]] on-hand, who needs a narrator? In addition to having DiCola help compose the music, the Angry Birds team also demonstrated their love of the [[The Transformers (franchise)|80's incarnation of Transformers]] by producing several animated trailers in the style of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]].

===2014===
====Game====
[[File:AngryBirdsCinematicTrailer1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Comic-Con trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExD-ZX-Z_Ds 1:06]
: Notes: Uploaded [[July 24]], 2014. [[Red (AB)|Red]] is deployed by [[Astrotrain (G1)|a familiar looking space shuttle]] onto a beach dotted with palms. He runs across the beach and into a jungle, taking out a trio of pigs as he goes. Red stops at the sight of a pile of rocks which transforms into a robot in order to attack him. Red tries to fight back but finds his attack to be ineffective. This prompts him to use a [[telepod]] to call in [[King Pig]] to help him. After defeating the robot, Red goes to shake Pig's hand. Pig does the old "pull hand away and slick back your hair" trick and then laughs at Red. Jerk.

[[File:AngryBirdsCinematicTrailer2.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Holy crap Prime. It's just a Taco Bell.]]
*'''Cinematic trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lL_rOz2DUY 1:18]
: Notes: Uploaded [[August 29]], 2014. A comet?, streak of light? cross the universe and deposits the [[AllSpark#Angry Birds Transformers continuity family|AllSpark Egg]] onto a planet much like [[Earth|our own]]. The Angry Birds and Pigs race toward a standoff in a rocky, desert-like area. The Allspark egg turns them into the [[Autobird]]s and [[Deceptihog]]s. Nearby eggs are turned into the [[Eggbot (AB)|Eggbots]], who open fire on both groups. They also start turning rocks into automated gun turrets. Red and King Pig have a tense arm wrestling lockup which causes rocks to start flying. This is interrupted by the Eggbots who draw the Autobirds' full attentions. The Autobirds destroy the turrets and chase the Eggbots off towards a volcano. This trailer is an homage to the Season 1 [[title sequence]] of ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' complete with its own unique theme song (written in part by [[Vince DiCola]] himself), the title text coming out from behind the volcano, and what sounds like a recording of the transforming sound taken from the cartoon. The creators even went so far as to make the animation look like it's an authentic 1980's production ripped from a VHS tape with film defects and tracking issues.
: ''Angry Birds! Transformers! Birds disguised as robots in disguise!''

*'''Gameplay Trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejZmRyraq2g 1:07]
: Notes: Uploaded [[September 25]], 2014. A montage of gameplay footage. It is soundtracked to the Angry Birds Transformers theme from the Cinematic trailer.

*'''Character trailers'''
: Notes: Brief demos of the model for the highlighted character.
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veUmALdUbfo Red as Optimus Prime!]"
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzLL96i3WPs Chuck as Bumblebee!]"
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svl_hrkIGAg Hal as Grimlock!]"
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK0j9Bh2jCM Corporal Pig as Galvatron!]"
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE_GNEGexxg Foreman Pig as Lockdown!]"

*'''Behind the scenes with Vince DiCola and Kenny Meriedeth!''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LlkMgAQIkk 2:22]
: Notes: Uploaded [[August 29]], 2014. Vince DiCola and [[Kenny Meriedeth]] talk about what went into creating the soundtrack for [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers]]. Emulates a VHS tape with the 80's style logo screen from the Cinematic Trailer and distortion effects on the live action segments.

* '''Launch trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp9MW6Yj0NA 1:00]
: Notes: Uploaded [[October 30]], 2014. A mixture of footage from the Cinematic trailer, the Gameplay trailer, and the Character trailers combined with footage of Angry Birds cosplayers at [[New York Comic Con#2014|New York Comic Con 2014]], set to the Angry Birds Transformers theme song. The soundtrack and the new ability to take a teammate into events are highlighted features.
:[Killer soundtrack!]

====Toys====
[[File:Angry Birds Telepods Commercial.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
* '''Telepods''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNmwjCc3Rvg 30 sec]
: Animation: CGI [[Red (AB)|Red]] as Optimus Prime, [[Chuck (AB)|Chuck]] as Bumblebee and [[Hal]] as Grey Slam Grimlock run across a desk chasing and shooting a group of [[Minion Pig#As the Eggbot Army|Minion Pigs]].
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy segement: A hand transforms the Optimus Prime racer, places it on it's [[Telepod]] stand and then uses the Telepod to transport it into the game. It then does the same with the Bumblebee racer.
: ''NEW! Telepods Angry Birds Transformers gets the bot in the game! All these bots can take out the piggies, but which one to choose? Aw yeah, it's Optimus Prime time! Teleport different birds for different weapons in the game. And blast those Piggies to smithereens. Teleport 'em in for the power to win! You can collect them all and unlock their powers. Figures and app each sold separately, ask a parent to go online. Telepods, power up your game.

===2015===
====Game====
[[File:Angry Birds Deceptihogs Revenge Trailer.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|One shall stand, two shall fall?]]
* '''Deceptihogs' Revenge''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOLaQG34eSM 1:38]
: Notes: Uploaded [[January 14]], 2015. Optimus Prime Bird and Megatron Pig fist-bump as they drive up to the EggSpark. Megatron Pig reaches it first, and is entranced by its glow. Optimus Prime Bird reaches out to him to be helped up... but Megatron Pig laughs maniacally in his face and pulls the fake handshake trick again as the EggSpark upgrades him into Dark Megatron Pig! Dark Megatron Pig kicks Optimus Prime Bird away, and returns to the Deceptihogs' lair. He is followed by the Autobirds, who burst in to find... the Deceptihogs using the EggSpark as a dancelight. This trailer is a sort of "sequel" to the Cinematic Trailer detailed above, animated in the same style. The gameplay footage highlights the "Deceptihogs' Revenge" update.

* '''Best Buddies''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnCsp0bVv6g 42 sec]
: Notes: Uploaded [[April 28]], 2015. Bumblebee Bird faces off against a swarm of flying Pigbots, barely holding his own... then spots Heatwave Bird relaxing nearby in a hammock. Perplexed, he goes up to his friend for help, but Heatwave Bird is uninterested... until a stray shot blows off the little umbrella from his drink. Heatwave Bird blows up the Deceptihogs with one shot, before going back to nursing his drink.

* '''Arcee and Airachnid join the team!''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwEBZB9mcVs 42 sec]
: Notes: Uploaded [[May 21]], 2015. Arcee Bird does some heavy-lifting at the gym. As she finishes up, she walks by Galvatron Pig, spotting Megatron Pig at a nearby weight station. Galvatron Pig is distracted by Arcee Bird, and picks up her discarded lollipop, while Megatron Pig struggles with the weight he attempted to lift. Airachnid Bird does some yoga stretches, surrounded by Japanese lanterns... but gets her leg stuck behind her neck. She hops past Megatron Pig, now at a punching bag. Optimus Prime Bird jogs across the countryside, and meets with Arcee Bird, Airachnid Bird, and Megatron Pig. They jump up in cheer together. Freezeframe.

* '''Meet Bluestreak and Prowl!''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMnFZn16BV8 1:00]
: Notes: Uploaded [[July 15]], 2015. Optimus Prime Bird and Arcee Bird are on the run from some Flying Pigbots! Arriving at a cliff edge, they try to fight back, only to find that they are out of ammo. They duck behind a boulder for cover... And are rescued by Bluestreak Bird, teleporting in! Elsewhere, Heatwave Bird and Bumblebee Bird are driving by when... Aww, someone taped over this part with some gameplay footage! This trailer is yet another one made to look as though it was ripped from a VHS tape. In keeping with the theme, a short portion of another "commercial" can be seen before the Angry Birds: Transformers" footage begins.

* '''Introduction to Energonicons''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r13C9W01Re8 57 sec]
: Notes: Uploaded [[July 24]], 2015. Nick from the Angry Birds Transformers team covers the subject of "Energonicons," a new feature included in the game as of its "1.6" update. Emulates a VHS tape with the 80's style logo screen from the previous trailers and distortion effects on the live action segments.

* '''Introduction to Crafting''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCZFTlNLQ68 1:14]
: Notes: Uploaded [[July 27]], 2015. Nick from the Angry Birds Transformers team covers the subject of "Crafting" a new feature included in the game as of its "1.6" update. Emulates a VHS tape with the 80's style logo screen from the previous trailers and distortion effects on the live action segments.

* '''Introduction to Bluestreak''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7Tr_nY_ruw 49 sec]
: Notes: Uploaded [[July 27]], 2015. Nick from the Angry Birds Transformers team covers the subject of new character "Bluestreak" an addition to the game as of its "1.6" update. Emulates a VHS tape with the 80's style logo screen from the previous trailers and distortion effects on the live action segments.

== Hero Mashers ==
Hero Mashers continues the long history of music in Transformers commercials. This time however, it isn't a rap or rock song. It's a parody of ''[[w:The Hokey Pokey|The Hokey Pokey]]''. That was also the theme of the [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnTxu4L55COVpbq7O2U50bQ Hero Mashers advertising] in general. Between Transformers, Jurassic Park, multiple standard [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] figure ads, and a Marvel ''micro'' figure ad, some poor songwriter has probably heard enough Hokey Pokey to last a lifetime!
[[File:HeroMashersCommercial.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|No more, Optimus Prime! Grant me mercy, I beg of you! Use a breath mint!]]
=== 2014 ===
* '''Hero Mashers''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SK0PfQAdos 30 sec], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AaaJIvc3W0 20 sec]
: Animation: Megatron battles it out on city street with Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Grimlock. The three Autobots swap parts all the while and Prime borrows a few of Megs' parts at one point.
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy segment: None.
: Notes: The narration bookends a parody of the Hokey Pokey, with the song doing the heavy lifting for describing the play pattern.
: ''New Transformers Hero Mashers!'' {1,2,3,4!} (Briskly, to the tune of "The Hokey Pokey") {Optimus stumbles upon, pieces of Megatron. He tries them on for size, and they all fit to his surprise. More powerful than ever, enemies meet their demise, that's what it's all about. Autobots combine, Megatron's missiles miss. Using Grimlock's arms, they stop him with a dino fist. Taking bad guys down is easy, when you're mashing that with this. That's what it's all about.} ''Now there are even more ways to make your ultimate mashup. New Transformers Hero Mashers.''

== Battle Masters ==
[[File:BattleMastersCommercial.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Now boys, fight clean. No rough stuff. None of this. Or this. Or this. Or like so. Or this. Or this. Or this. You understand?]]
=== 2014 ===
* '''Trailer''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH68rDpKlXo 1:50]
: Animation: The announcer welcomes us to "Transformers Battle Masters Fight Night" as we see a shot of live action fans crowded around the arena with an advertisement of "Optimus Prime vs Megatron" on the flat screen marquee. He proceeds to talk about tonight's matchup as we see Optimus Prime sitting in his locker room, contemplating tonight's bout. The narrator says that after "months of intense training" the "night to settle the score" is finally here, as we begin to see a flashback training montage of Optimus Prime. The montage shows him bench-pressing a smashed SUV, heavy bag training using a metal shipping container as his heavy bag, and jumping rope in a warehouse using a large chain. Cutting back to the present, Prime throws a couple warmup punches in the air. As Megatron is being announced, he is shown using a standing monitor screen as a fast bag, bench-pressing an actual set of weights and absorbing energy from an unknown source. "The Calamity of Humanity" plays to the crowd and points to his bicep as he walks to the ring. Optimus Prime is announced as the "The Diesel Destroyer" and does a Hulk Hogan-like flexing taunt, with flames spewing from his exhaust pipes as he curls his arms in front of his chest. Megatron, being surprisingly sportsman-like, initiates the pre-match fist pound. The match starts off with Prime backup towards his corner to avoid several alternating hooks from Megatron. Prime then takes advantage of an opening, throwing a couple quick hooks and what can only be described as [[w:Roman Reigns|Roman Reigns]]' "Superman Punch" to stun Megatron and back him into his own corner. Prime follows this up with a flurry of body blows. Megatron puts a halt to Prime's assault by grabbing his hands and headbutting him, a move described by the announcer as "a cheap shot". This backs Prime off to the middle of the ring. The separation and stun allow Megatron to come out of the corner with a barrage of hooks, some involving him holding Prime's shoulder with his other hand as he wails on him. He finishes the barrage with a double axe handle, dropping Prime to one knee. Prime appears to be down and out, but Megatron's grandstanding allows him time to clear out the cobwebs. Megatron goes in to finish him but Prime blocks two of his punches before coming back with his own flurry. Prime ends it by dropping Megatron with a right cross to the jaw. Prime plays to the crowd, before a cut to the log. After cutting back, we end with Prime using two hands to hoist his rather generic looking title belt over his head.
: Narration: [[Battle Masters Guy]].
: Notes: It's not exactly clear what type of combat Optimus and Megatron are engaging in. The announcer speaks in manner consistent with that of a boxing announcer, a headbutt is considered a cheapshot and Prime hoists his title like a boxing champion. But the manner in which Megatron and Prime play to the crowd as they enter, and their use of other tactics that would be considered illegal in boxing but not called out here as such, give the impression that they are having a professional wrestling match. Megatron using one hand to hold Prime in place while pummeling him, Megatron using a double axe handle and Optimus Prime using a "Superman Punch" (running, jumping up then throwing a hook punch on the way down) are techniques that perfectly valid in pro wrestling but of dubious legality at best in boxing.
:''Welcome to Transformers Battle Masters Fight Night. Tonight's main event promises to be the battle for the ages. After months of intense training, the night to settle the score is finally here. Two fighters will enter, but only one will walk out with the title. Introducing first, he comes from the darkest regions of Cybertron, he is the leader of the Decepticons, The Calamity of Humanity, Megaaatronnnn! And his opponent, the leader of the Autobots, The Diesel Destroyer, Optimuuus Prime! Fans, this promises to be a real [[Slugfest (G1)|slugfest]]. And there's the bell. Megatron comes out swinging. Oh! Optimus connects! Megatron is in trouble! Look out! A cheap shot from Megatron. And the tide of this fight is turned. The Decepticon is relentless. Optimus is down! OP-TI-MUS IS DOWN! This could be it! But don't count him out just yet, the Diesel Destroyer is fighting back. [[Knockout (G1)|KO]]! [[Knock Out (Prime)|KO]]! That's it, it's all over. Optimus Prime wins! Rule the ring, with Transformers Battle Masters. From Hasbro Games.''

* '''Battle Masters''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww93TBZLG0I 30 sec], [https://www.ispot.tv/ad/7yLH/transformers-battle-masters 15 sec]
: Animation: [[Optimus Prime (Battle Masters)|Optimus Prime]] sits in his locker room, pumping himself up to fight [[Megatron (Battle Masters)|Megatron]]. After the fight, Prime hoists the title above a defeated Megatron.
: Narration: [[Battle Masters Guy]].
: Toy segment: Two boys play with the Battle Masters in the center of a boxing ring.
: Notes: This commercial was animated by [[Clockwork VFX]]
: ''Transformers Battle Masters. Welcome to Fight Night. Now you can bring the battle home, with Optimus Prime and Megatron. This is gonna be the battle you've been waiting for. Control the action with Battle Masters and knock their head off to win! The new Transformers Battle Masters game. You can find it in the gaming aisle. Rule the ring!''
:* '''Battle Masters 2''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_cqiYGB5oM 15 sec] - A shortened version of the previous ad with a different narration.
:: ''Transformers Battle Masters. '''Now''' you can bring the battle home, with Optimus Prime, and Megatron. Control the action with Battle Masters. Go toe to toe with your opponent and knock their head off to win! The Transformers Battle Masters game. The new generation of fighters. Rule the ring!''

* '''Battle Masters Fight Night''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjTT94ptmsM 20 sec]
: Animation: External and internal views of an arena, re-used from the trailer. Optimus Prime's fist smashing through the Battle Masters logo at the end.
: Narration: [[Battle Masters Guy]].
: Notes: An ad for a three day promotion for the [[Battle Masters mobile game]] where if a player beat the tournament, they would unlock "The Brazen Brawler", [[Knockout (Battle Masters)|Knockout]]. The promotion ran from [[August 15]] to [[August 17]], [[2014]].
:''Transformers Battle Masters! For three days only, August 15th, 16th and 17th, win the Fight Night tournament to unlock the newest virtual fighter. "The Brazer Brawler", Knockout! And add him to your collection. Ask a parent to download. Transformers Battle Masters. Rule the ring!''

== Robots in Disguise (2015) ==
''Robots in Disguise'' went back and forth with it's approach to animation. The first toy ad in 2015 used live action footage with CGI characters, but subsequent ads in the same year utilized animation in the style of the cartoon. This continued with the first ad of 2016. The marketing team then switched back to the live action/CGI blend for the Power Surge subline and the remainder of the line. ''Robots in Disguise'' has the unique distinction of having three McDonald's promotions (the most of any Transformers [[Franchises|franchise]]) and commercials for each of them. It also has the distinction of having the first (and to date only) promotional campaign for an officially licensed Transformers museum exhibit, with the brand having partnered up with the Children's Museum of Indianapolis in 2015.

=== 2014 ===
* '''Exclusive First Look''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwsLeDPQCvA 1:13]
: Notes: Premiered [[July 24]], [[2014]] at [[San Diego Comic-Con]]. Features clips from ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots In Disguise]]'' set to a techno track without any dialogue or sound effects.

* '''Season 1 trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KjHtPfhHCg 1:04]
: Narration: Unknown.
: Notes: Uploaded [[October 7]], 2014 to the Hasbro Studios YouTube channel. Presented on [[October 9]], 2014 at [[New York Comic Con]].
: ''Get ready...'' "I need you on Earth Bumblebee." "Optimus?" ''for a new mission...'' "We could be looking at a Decepticon army trying to take this planet." "Yeah I noticed that." ''with a new team...'' "Where's your squadron?" "I'm afraid we're it." "And I'm supposed to be the one with the faulty hiring, uh-wiring." ''and a new leader.'' "I'm not Optimus!" "Too bad because we could really use a Prime right about now." ''Coming in 2015...'' "Several of Cybertron's most wanted Decepticons are at large." "How many is several?" "Ohhh, a couple of hundred." ''a new team will roll out.'' "We're a team now, so let's do what we have to do." "Kinda wish I was a bigger bot." "If we're going to wrap these fugitives up, we need to look like something humans will accept. We need to be robots in disguise." ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise. Coming in 2015.''

===2015===
====Toys====
[[File:RID2015 One And Three Step Changers Commercial.jpg|upright=1.46|thumb]]
* '''One Step and Three Step Changers''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMoSzgFDL0U 30 sec] [http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7JM4/transformers-robots-in-disguise-take-on-the-battle 15 sec]
: Animation: Full CGI Bumblebee pulls into a parking lot near a beach as [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] pops out of some sand behind a live action boy. Bumblebee battles Steeljaw, eventually tossing him into the ocean.
: Narration: Standard RID 2015 Guy
: Toy segment: Live action kid transforming One Step Steeljaw and Three Step Bumblebee.
: Notes: Uploaded [[February 20]], 2015 to the Official Transformers Channel. Bumblebee's voice is provided by [[Will Friedle]].
:* '''One Step and Three Step Changers with Warrior Class Optimus Prime'''
: An edited version of the commercial above, featuring a brief clip of [[:File:Transformers-RID2015-spring-CM-ver-2-Optimus-Prime.jpg|Warrior Class Optimus Prime]].
: ''Notes:'' This [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] features unpainted thighs.
:* '''One Step and Three Step Changers''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOvHl0OGNqU 15 sec]
: An edited version of the original commercial, featuring One Step Grimlock instead of Steeljaw. The ending shot also is replaced with a new one, showcasing One Step Grimlock and Sideswipe (the second mold), Warrior Optimus Prime and Strongarm, and Three Step Bumblebee and Thunderhoof.
:''All new Transformers, are Robots in Disguise.'' Kid: "Get 'em Bumblebee!" Bee: "Why don't you...cool off Decepticon!" Kid: "Whoa..." Bee: "Booyah! Slam dunk!" ''Get on the action fast with One-Step, and Three Step Changers! Part of the new Transformers: Robots in Disguise Collection. Each sold separately.'' Bee: "Ha ha!" Kid: "Yeah!"

[[File:RID2015 Mega Optimus Prime Commercial.jpg|upright=1.46|thumb]]
* '''Mega Optimus Prime''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owcaYg2OnEE 20 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBmjJuAAMYw 15 sec]
: Animation: Optimus Prime takes on [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]], [[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]], and [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] in their rampage.
: Narration: Standard RID 2015 Guy
: Toy segment: Kid in yellow hoodie transforms Optimus Prime after driving him through a diorama.
: Notes: Uploaded [[June 16]], 2015 to the Official Transformers Channel. Optimus Prime's voice is not provided by [[Peter Cullen]], nor are Fracture, Divebomb and Airazor's voices provided by [[Kevin Pollak]], [[Khary Payton]] and [[Roger Craig Smith]].
:''New Transformers Mega Optimus Prime!'' Fracture: "Nothing can stop us." Airazor: "Ha ha ha ha..." Divebomb: "Uh-oh!" ''The ultimate Autobot is here.'' Divebomb: "Oh no!" Optimus Prime: "Take that! Decepticon." ''Mega Optimus Prime converts fast in 3 Steps, from bot to battle! Part of the Transformers: Robots in Disguise Collection. Each sold separately.'' Fracture: "Ohhh...." Airazor: "What happened?"

[[File:RID2015 Deployers Science Commercial.jpg|upright=1.46|thumb]]
* '''Deployers: 'Mini-Con'''' [https://www.ispot.tv/ad/7UnS/transformers-deployers-mini-con 30 sec]
: Animation: None, apart from CGI manufacturing robot arms manipulating toys into place for the end shot.
: Narration: Standard RID 2015 Guy
: Toy segment: Two kid scientists demonstrate the "science" of the Deployer gimmick, but end up fighting with their respective deployers when one of them accidentally knocks off their ''only'' beaker.
: Notes: When the camera pans out to show the two kids fighting across the table, there's no sign of the beaker anywhere despite the entire room being visible. Speaking of the beaker falling, those kids must've REALLY souped up their Fracture's launcher to be able to shoot out the Mini-Con with enough force to move the beaker by hitting it at it's base.
: Kid 1: "Welcome back to the lab." Kid 2: "We're testing out Transformers: Robots in Disguise Mini-Con Deployers and Mini-Con toys." Kid 1: "The science is rather rudimentary." Kid 2: "Just convert, load, launch." Kid 1: "Hey, that was our only beaker! Autobot Drift, Jetstorm, move out!" Kid 2: "Attack Fracture, you mighty Decepticon!" ''Oh yeah, now that's science! Collect all the Mini-Con toys. Part of the Transformers: Robots in Disguise collection. Each Deployer comes with one Min-Con. Deployers and additional Mini-Cons each sold separately.''

[[File:RID2015 Deployers Commercial.jpg|upright=1.46|thumb]]
* '''Deployers''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BbcQTNPsPg 30 sec]
: Animation: Three different segments: [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] deploys [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]]; Fracture deploys Airazor and [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]]; Drift deploys both Jetstorm and [[Slipstream (RID)]] and Fracture deploys his Mini-cons leading to a clash. Only the aftermath of the clash is seen with the Autobots standing tall over, and in the case of the Mini-cons standing tall on, the Decepticons.
: Narration: Standard RID 2015 Guy
: Toy segment: Two boys duel with Drift, Fracture and their Min-cons in a diorama.
: Notes: Uploaded September 20, 2015. Diorama is the same one used for the Mega Optimus Prime ad. Divebomb's voice is supplied by his [[Khary Payton|usual actor]] this time. Jetstorm and Slipstream's voices also seem to be their usual actors.
:''New Transformers Mini-Cons! Transformers Deployers and their Mini-Cons are ready for battle! Convert, load, launch, and take the battle to the next level.'' Divebomb: "Ha ha, Mini-Cons rule!" ''Convert, load, launch. Load and launch, as bot or vehicle. '''MINI'''. '''CONS'''.'' Divebomb: "You are going down!" ''From the Robots in Disguise collection. You can collect them all. Each Deployer comes with one Min-Con. Single Mini-Cons each sold separately.'' Jetstorm & Slipstream: "Mini-cons!"

[[File:RID2015 Super Bumblebee Commercial.jpg|upright=1.46|thumb]]
* '''Super Bumblebee''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiTpA1zsWHI 20 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT-9ZCgOhAk 15 sec]
: Animation: Steeljaw approaches Bumblebee, and bee transforms himself into a ''bigger'' bot, and then plays Steeljaw like a toy.
: Toy segment: A boy drives Bumblebee through a scenic diorama before transforming him. His scale with other figures and electronic features are also demonstrated.
: Notes: The diorama is the same as the previous commercial. Steeljaw's voice is provided by his usual actor,
: Steeljaw: "Bumblebee?" ''Su-per Bumblebee: converts fast!'' Steeljaw: "Oh, no!" ''New Super Bumblebee is the biggest converting Bumblebee ever with lights and sounds!'' Toy: "Roll up and roll out!" ''Super Bumblebee, part of the Robots In Disguise collection. Each sold separately.'' Steeljaw: "Augh, ow!"

====Cartoon====
* '''Season 1 trailer #2''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_xFCPPbkUs 30 sec]
: Narration: Unknown.
: Notes: Uploaded [[February 23]], [[2015]] to the Official Transformers Channel.
: "I need you on Earth Bumblebee." "Optimus!" "We could be looking at a Decepticon army trying to take this planet." "Ready for your backup plan, sir." "I don't have one!" "Why don't we just start punchin' and see how it turns out?" "If we're gonna wrap these fugitives up, we need to be robots in disguise." "Woah." ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise. A brand new series. Only on Cartoon Network.''

* '''Series Premiere''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAb-J-EMk1U 30 sec]
: Narration: Unknown.
: Notes: Aired [[March 14]], [[2015]].
: "Playtime's over." ''The Transformers have a new mission.'' "And I'm stranded on Earth with two teenagers." ''Catch every fugitive Decepticon on Earth and get them back into their cells.'' "I could eat the whole planet. Just the crunchy parts." ''But it's not gonna be easy...'' "Roll up and roll out! I'll work on that last part." ''Transformers: Robots In Disguise. One hour series premiere. Tonight at six, five Central. On Cartoon Network.''

====Other====
[[File:RID2015 Childrens Museum Commercial.jpg|upright=1.46|thumb|Recruitment in the [[Cybertronian Civil Wars]] has really taken a hit.]]
* '''Exhibit at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis''' [https://youtu.be/psXk7_r_yHE 30 sec]
: Narration: Optimus Prime narrates, appealing to the citizens of Earth to join [[Autobot|his team]] to defend the Earth from the Decepticons, who have been sighted near the museum. This narration accompanies various shots of the exhibit being enjoyed by children and their parents.
: Notes: Optimus Prime's narration is provided by his usual cartoon voice actor, [[Peter Cullen]].
: "Citizens of Earth, Decepticons have been sighted at the children's museum. We need you to join our team. Are you Autobot or Decepticon? Where do you stand? You must choose. You must prepare yourself to explore our world. Train the young. Design new Transformers characters. To protect the Allspark, join me Optimus Prime, to defend Earth." "Transformers: Robots In Disguise, at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Open now."

* '''McDonald's Happy Meal''' [https://youtu.be/JQtx3wIYxwI?t=29 30 sec]
: Narration: Unknown.
: Notes: Happy Meal box A pulls out a Yoplait Go-Gurt tube from behind his back, much to the delight of a second Happy Meal box. Happy Meal box B spins the GoGurt (and thereby also twists the arm of box A) like an airplane propeller. This causes box A to fly around like an airplane, eventually knocking down box B from behind. After B gets up and sees A fly away again, Bumblebee shows up. B hops into Bee's driver seat and starts pressing all around Bumblebee's interior touch screen controls, triggering his transformation. Once transformed, Bee is tickled by the Happy Meal box banging around inside him, trying to get out. Box B eventually manages to pop out of a hatch behind Bumblebee's head, and the zaniness of the whole thing gives both of them a good laugh. Box A flies through the still shot of the actual toys just before his arm propeller runs out of steam and he crashes.
: ''Becoming a force for good, has never been easier. When you choose to team Bumblebee or another epic Transformers: Robots in Disguise toy with the goodness of Go-Gurt strawberry yogurt in '''your''' McDonald's Happy Meal.''
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===2016===
====Toys====
[[File:RID2015 Cyclone Deployers Commercial.jpg|upright=1.46|thumb|Oh yeah!]]
* '''[[Cyclone]] Deployers''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udt_Ms_CGsQ 20 sec]
: Animation: [[Overload (RID)|Overload]] busts through the wall of a construction site, transforms to tank mode and deploys two Mini-Cons. [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] and [[Hammer (RID)|Hammer]] transform and lunge at Bumblebee and Grimlock.
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy segment: A pair of hands demonstrates the toys inside a demolished construction site diorama.
: Notes: The diorama does not feature any construction equipment and has strangely high number of rocks/boulders strewn about. It also seems to be mis-scaled such that the Deployers would be roughly the size of humans. Apparently, Overload was able to borrow [[Crazybolt (RID)|Crazybolt]]'s Minicon, Hammer. There is a single line of dialoge from the animated characters, a yell of "Mini-Cons!" used as a stinger at the end. It is not clear which Mini-Con utters it. Though Hammer does his mouth open, neither he nor Backtrack have been previously been shown to be capable of speech.
: ''Transformers Cyclone Deployers are mightier with...new Cyclone Mini-Cons. Choose any Cyclone Mini-Con you want to roll into battle, and make your Cyclone Deployer even mightier with the Cyclone Mini-Cons! Part of the Robots in Disguise collection. Each deployer comes with one Mini-Con. Other Min-Cons sold separately. You can collect them all!'' Hammer?: "Mini-Cons!"
[[File:RID2015 Power Surge Prime Commercial.jpg|upright=1.46|thumb]]

* '''Power Surge Optimus Prime''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkSXc6Nyewg 15 sec]
: Animation: CGI [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] lands in front of house where a boy comes out to defend it with his Power Surge Optimus Prime figure on a stormy night. Starscream then recoils in fear as [[Aerobolt]] being snapped onto the toy chest and activating its gimmicks causes the real Optimus Prime to show up.
: Narration: [[Peter Cullen]] with the Standard RID 2015 Guy doing the figure description at the end.
: Toy segment: Live action boy, flipping back the cab portion of the toy, then attaching Aerobolt to Prime's chest to trigger his pop-out wings and cannons.
: Narrator 1: ''Transformers. When evil casts its shadow, step into the light to power up and be more than meets the eye.'' Narrator 2: ''Power Surge Optimus Prime and Weaponizer.''

[[File:RID2015 Power Surge Bee Commercial.jpg|upright=1.46|thumb]]
* '''Power Surge Bumblebee''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hRyIz-3_hk 15 sec]
: Animation: CGI [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]] transforms in the middle of a downtown intersection with a number of humans looking on. One of them, a young boy, steps up and holds his Power Surge Bumblebee figure up to Thunderhoof. This prompts the Decepticon to laugh and point at the child. The boy snaps [[Buzzstrike]] to the figure's chest to power it up. Thunderhoof is not swayed and continues laughing until he notices the real Bumblebee is standing behind him with Buzzstrike in-hand.
: Narration: Peter Cullen with the Standard RID 2015 Guy doing the figure description at the end.
: Toy Segment: Boy transforms Buzzstrike to chestplate mode and attaches him to Bumblebee.
: Narrator 1: ''Transformers. Some forces will always try to stop you, but you have a choice. Power up and be more than meets the eye.'' Narrator 2: ''Power Surge Bumblebee and Weaponizer. Other figures sold separately.''

====Cartoon====
* '''Season 2 Trailer''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4x2_7fjwX8 1:08]
: Animation: Excerpts from the cartoon.
: Narration: Unknown.
: ''Dark forces are gathering...'' Bumblebee: "There are Decepticons scattered all over the globe." ''A new power is rising...'' Optimus Prime: "Prepare yourselves for battle." ''And when a legendary hero is weakened...'' Bumblebee: "Stop you're tearing him apart!" ''The enemies of Earth grow stronger.'' Bumblebee: "Steeljaw is trying to build an army, and that makes him twice as dangerous." Steeljaw: "I want to assemble a different team, a better team." ''To defeat this evil...'' Glowstrike: "These elite warriors seem more than adequate." ''the Autobots that stood united...'' Windblade: "Optimus isn't up to this." Optimus Prime: "Your concern is unwarranted." ''Must face this enemy...divided.'' Strongarm: "Is this really a good idea sir?" Bumblebee: "My order stands." Saberhorn: "You are either undeniably brave or foolish." Grimlock: "I'm gonna go with the first one." ''Transformers: Robots In Disguise''

====Other====
* '''McDonald's Happy Meal''' [http://youtu.be/PlYlycQN1hk?t=26 30 sec]
: Narration: Unknown.
: Notes:Four kids sit on the front steps of a house, eating their [[McDonald's]] Happy Meal. One kid pulls out a robot mode Optimus Prime figure, which is strangely not bagged, from his Happy Meal box. As he shouts "Whoa, cool!", one of the other kids pulls out a robot mode Steeljaw figure. A third kid then shouts "You're outnumbered now, Optimus Prime!" as he holds up his robot mode Thunderhoof figure. Kid number four takes a bite out of his McNugget and nods knowingly at kid number one. After the still shot of the four toys, we find out that in an incredible coincidence kid four got vehicle mode Bumblebee. He asks "Who's out numbered now?" and flicks the toy forward. As the toy leaves the frame, it's replaced by a yellow Chevy Camaro that the four boys take to be the [[Bumblebee (Movie)|real-life Bumblebee]]. The second half of the ad is a near totally unrelated plug for the return of Cuties in Happy Meals, featuring a CGI Happy Meal Box diving and swimming Scrooge McDuck-in-his-money-bin style in a farm trailer full of Cuties.
: Kid 1: "Whoaaa, cool!" Kid 3: "You're outnumbered now, Optimus Prime!" ''Now in '''your''' Happy Meal, you can team up for good, with a Transformers: Robots in Disguise toy.'' Kid 4: "Who's out numbered now?" ''And the goodness of fresh Cuties. Only at McDonald's.''
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===2017===
====Toys====
[[File:RID2015 When Bots Collide Commercial.jpg|upright=1.46|thumb]]
* '''Combiner Force: When Bots Collide''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlU2yNP1Gt0 30 sec]
: Animation: CGI Optimus Prime & [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] collide and combine into [[Primestrong]] in a Southwestern U.S. desert. This happens behind a boy doing the same with his action figures.
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy Segment: The animation segment is revealed to be a figment of the boy's imagination as a pan out from his eye shows him playing with the [[Combiner Force]] toys at what appears to be a picnic table.
:''New Transformers: Combiner Force. Crash! and combine forces to become more than meets the eye! Now you can have the power to turn two, into one. With new Robots in Disguise Crash Combiners ...and Activators. Transformers: Combiner Force. Each pair sold separately.''

[[File:RID2015 Team Combiners Commercial.jpg|upright=1.46|thumb]]
* '''Combiner Force: Team Combiners''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BsjKtGTtM0 17 sec]
: Animation: CGI Team [[Ultra Bee]] combines, starting with Grimlock transforming into his legs, then Bee creating the torso and head and ending with Sideswipe and Strongarm becoming the arms.
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy Segment: A kid plays with Team Ultra Bee on a picnic table. Suddenly, the shadow of the Menasor toy looms overhead. The kid looks up to see a hand holding Menasor. Cut to the animation segment of Team Ultra Bee combining. This is then shown, via a pan out through the kid's eye, to be all in his head. The kid smiles, and finishes the last steps of Ultra Bee by snapping the torso and arms onto the legs and then flipping up the head. It is then revealed that a second kid was the one holding Menasor and he sits down to join the first kid in a friendly toy battle.
: ''Transformers. In the shadow of danger, four must combine to become stronger as one and be, '''more''' than meets the eye! Team Ultra Bee vs Menasor. Transformers Team Combiners. Each sold separately.''

====Cartoon====
* '''Season 3 Trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnUq4ojVS2I 45 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from the cartoon.
: Narration: Unknown.
: ''New enemies are rising...'' Drag Strip: "Show 'em how we rumble." Soundwave: "You have done well." ''New heroes are uniting...'' Sideswipe: "Blurr, shouldn't you be rescuing someone?" Blurr: "Thought I just did." ''And new forces are combining.'' Motormaster: "Show 'em we're serious." Fixit: "The human encountered two Stunticons that combined into one." Optimus Prime: "This power is a legend." Bumblebee: "Let's make it our mission to merge into one giant form." Grimlock: "Am I the bottom? I knew it." Motormaster: "No." Drag Strip: "It can't be!" ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force. New episodes air Saturday morning at 6:30. Only on Cartoon Network.''

====Other====
* '''McDonald's Happy Meal''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeJM-CtOgbQ 30 sec]
: Narration: Unknown male narrator for the first half, unknown female narrator for the second half.
: Notes: Two kids eat their Happy Meals and play with their toys at McDonald's, with various zany sound effects accompanying them. The camera then pans out to show the sound effects are being provided by their dad sitting next to them. After the usual "narrator chimes in with a cut to professional photography of the toys" bit, we cut back to one of the boys trying to do the sound effects himself, with the dad affectionately mussing the kid's hair to show his approval. The second half of the ad is a promo for the McDonald's McPlay app with a different dad and his two kids sitting at a different McDonald's table. They demonstrate using the app on a smartphone to scan a Transformers toy from their Happy Meal to unlock "even more fun".
: "Milk and apples <bew>, the ultimate alliance <bew>." Narrator 1: ''You can join the team, with the goodness of apple slices and a Transformers action figure or mask in every McDonald's Happy Meal.'' Narrator 2: ''The Happy Meal fun goes on and on, when you download the McPlay app. You can scan your Happy Meal toy unlock even more fun! Ask your parents to download McPlay today and you can enjoy it with the goodness of milk and apple slices. Only at McDonald's.''
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== Combiner Wars ==
Combiner Wars ads showed a snippet of toy footage in between clips of CGI animation. Arguably, the CGI in the ads is actually ''more'' fluid than that of the [[Transformers: Combiner Wars (cartoon)|supporting media]]. Combiner Wars is also the first toyline to have a trailer for one of its releases.
===2015===
[[File:Transformers-Combiner-Wars-Commercial-Superion.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Transformers Generations: Combiner Wars''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy-n-pzrJvI 30 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUXbTUKK6W4 15 sec]
:Uploaded June 28, 2015 to the Official Transformers Channel.
: Animation: A head shot of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] talking about the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], while said team flies to the city to stop the rampaging [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. The Aerialbots combine to form [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], and they battle against the Decepticon gestalt.
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy Segment: The Aerialbots are combined into Superion, who faces off with Menasor. Optimus Prime's voice is not provided by Peter Cullen.
: Notes: Powerglide only shows up in the toy segment after Superion is formed. It seems [[Scramble Power]] or something similar is at play in this universe as Prime doesn't mention a specific team when talking about the Decepticons forming Menasor nor when commanding the "Autobots" to combine into Superion.
: ''Transformers: Combiner Wars.'' "Autobots, this is Optimus Prime. The Decepticons have formed Menasor. And the threat is bigger than ever. Autobots, combine. Into. SUPERION." ''Connect six Combiner Wars figures, to build even BIGger robots. And defeat the Decepticons. Transformers: Combiner Wars figures. Each sold separately. Courage is stronger when combined.''

*'''Transformers Generations: Combiner Wars: Defensor''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3Mv1lNDMhg 30 sec]
: Animation: Same as the first Combiner Wars ad but with the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] replacing the Aerialbots and Superion as the Autobot combiner team taking on Menasor.
: Narration: Unknown, same as the Superion ad.
: Toy Segment: Same as the Superion ad, except now it's the Protectobots combining and facing off against Menasor.
: Notes: Groove is not present on the first scene of the Protectobot's alt modes, and he later appears to form Defensor's chest. Once again, Prime does not specify specific combiner teams.
: ''Transformers: Combiner Wars.'' "Autobots, this is Optimus Prime. The Decepticons have formed Menasor. And the threat is bigger than ever. Autobots, combine. Into. DEFENSOR." ''Connect six Combiner Wars figures, to build even BIGger robots. And defeat the Decepticons. Transformers: Combiner Wars figures. Each sold separately. Courage is stronger when combined.''

*'''Transformers Generations: Combiner Wars: Sky Reign''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKQXMwiE69k 20 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn7tZTWrDJE 15 sec]
: Animation: An abbreviated version of the animation from the first two Combiner Wars ads, featuring Menasor and Superion as the combiners. Optimus Prime's lines have been shortened as well. This time, instead of referring to any specific Transformers (himself included), he merely says "Six Decepticons have formed a massive combiner. Autobots, you have the power to combine." The animation from the end of the commercial has been omitted completely.
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy Segment: [[Sky Reign]] is formed and placed in a faceoff against [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]].
: ''Transformers: Combiner Wars.'' "Six Decepticons have formed a massive combiner. Autobots, you have the power to combine." ''YOUR Combiner Wars figures connect together to form Sky Reign, to take on Bruticus and the Decepticons.even BIGger robots. And defeat the Decepticons. Transformers: Combiner Wars figures. Each sold separately.''

*'''Transformers Generations: Combiner Wars: Devastator trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CELuyLdOg4 52 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from [[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]].
: Notes: The trailer is composed of text narration interspersed with snippets of the G1 cartoon and still frames of Devastators' various comic appearances all set to a background techno rock track. The cartoon snippets are occasionally accompanied by re-dubbed dialogue, presumably to avoid paying royalties for the use of the original voice actors' performances.
: ''The '''original''' combiner was made of | TOUGH STUFF | His return from G-1 [sic] | Has been 30 years in the making'' "Constructicons, merge into Dev-a-sta-tor." ''And now | We bring you'' "Devastator is back!" ''Devastator''
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== Titans Return ==
Titans Return takes an unusal, but quite appropriate given the line's gimmick, approach by focusing it's advertising on the more expensive items in the line (Titan Fortress Maximus, Leader class Powermaster Optimus Prime and Voyager class Optimus Prime) and how those toys can interact with the least expensive items, the Titan Masters. Again, the CGI animation produced for the ads is arguably more fluid than the [[Transformers: Titans Return (cartoon)|cartoon]].
===2016===
[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-CM.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Powermaster Optimus Prime'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfSTaOAyRc8 15 sec]
: Animation: [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] transforming into robots with their Titan Masters forming their heads, with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] appearing from behind.
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy Segment: An array of Titan Masters are shown standing in a row. [[Hyperfire]] is converted into Blurr's head, followed by a fast motion montage of various Titan Masters serving as Blurr's head. [[Hi-Q|Apex]] is plugged in as Powermaster Prime's head, followed by shots of the full robot mode on a turntable and then the vehicle mode.
: Notes: This commercial was first seen at Cybertron Con 2016. The array of Titan Masters includes, from left to right, [[Grimlock (G1)|Clobber]], [[Quig|Loudmouth]], [[Infinitus]], [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], [[Flywheels|Skytread]], Hyperfire, [[Squeezeplay (G1)|Crashbash]], [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], Apex, [[Emissary (TR)|Emissary]], [[Horri-bull|Terri-bull]], and [[Apeface]].
:''On Cybertron, the ancient Titans have returned. To control the battle, power up with the Titan Masters. Convert your Titan master to head mode. You can even take control of Powermaster Optimus Prime! Transformers Generations: Titans Return. Each figure sold separately.''

*'''Fortress Maximus''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBYZ_6Q2kd8 15 sec]
: Animation: [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] transforming into robots with their Titan Masters forming their heads, with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] appearing from behind.
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy Segment: Similar to the Powermaster Optimus Prime ad, the segment starts with an array of Titan Masters standing in a row. [[Hyperfire]] is converted into Blurr's head, followed by a fast motion montage of various Titan Masters serving as Blurr's head. Fort Max is shown standing next to Sentinel Prime on a turntable, followed by a brief demonstration of Fort Max's lights and laser gun sounds. The segment ends with Sentinel Prime in spaceship mode and Blurr in car mode being placed next to Fort Max in his spaceship mode.
: Notes: This commercial was first seen at Cybertron Con 2016. The array of Titan Masters includes, from left to right, Clobber, Loudmouth, Infinitus, Brawn, Skytread, Hyperfire, Crashbash, Nightbeat, Apex, Emissary, Terri-bull, and Apeface.
:''On Cybertron, the ancient Titans have returned. To control the battle, power up with the Titan Masters. Convert your Titan master to head mode. You can even take control of Fortress Maximus! Transformers Generations: Titans Return. Each figure sold separately. Batteries not included.''

===2017===
*'''Transformers: Titans Return - "More than Meets the Eye"''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM_0jMmkIio 20 sec]
: Animation: [[Lione|Sawback]] replaces [[Diac]] as Optimus Prime's head, then he shoots at Megatron. Megatron dodges, then Fangry becomes his head and he stomps the ground, making a quake that Optimus dodges. Hot Rod runs by, [[Swoop (G1)|Ptero]] becomes his head and then he transforms.
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy Segment: Diac is detached from Optimus Prime and transformed into robot mode, then Sawback is selected from an array of Titan Masters to replace him. Ending shot shows Optimus Prime, Hot Rod and Sawback.
: Notes: The array of Titan Masters from which Sawback is selected also includes [[Gort|Xort]], Loudmouth, Infinitus, [[Firedrive]], a second Diac, [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]], Ptero, [[Getaway|Throttle]], [[Daburu (TR)|Daburu]] and [[Blowpipe (G1)|Blowpipe]]
:''The Titans have returned. And the power to enhance the MIGHTY Optimus Prime, is IN YOUR HANDS! On Cybertron, Titan Masters increase Optimus Prime's [[Fireblast]], Megatron's Strength AND Hot Rod's Speed! Become MORE than meets the eye, with Transformers: Titans Return. Each sold separately.''
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== The Last Knight ==
{{main|Commercial/The Last Knight}}

== Power of the Primes ==
Power of the Primes received two ads, taking drastically different approaches. The first uses the traditional format of animation followed by footage of the actual toys. The second is a live action story featuring a boy asking questions of a super computer and being shown video of toys. The animation in the first ad, much like that of the first two parts of the trilogy, manages to outdo it's [[Transformers: Power of the Primes (cartoon)|respective cartoon]].

=== 2017 ===
[[File:POTP Commercial.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Transformers: Power of the Primes''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXtMR-jiUNY 20 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMziLNsacoI 15 sec]
: Animation: [[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] lands on Cybertron. [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] escapes from [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s attacks, then Micronus comes out and boosts Jazz's power.
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy Segment: Starscream lands and aims at Jazz and Micronus. Micronus is pulled out from his [[Prime Master|Decoy Armor]] and placed inside Jazz's chest armor.
: Notes: The 15 second version curiously uses a different final shot, adding Beachcomber to the mix.
:''Transformers: Power of the Primes. As a Prime Master lands on Cybertron, Autobot Jazz races to find it, '''before''' Decepticon Starscream. Legend has it, Prime Master Micronus has the power to give '''extra''' strength. Unleash the Prime to become more than meets the eye! Transformers: Power of the Primes, each figure sold separately.''

[[File:POTP Leaders Commercial.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Transformers: Power of the Primes Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBPUi8aksB4 30 sec]
: Narration: Each sold separately tag by the Super Computer.
: Toy Segment: A kid asks a super computer how [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] became [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]s. The computer answers that [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] became them by the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. The kid transforms the two toys, pulls out Optimus's Matrix and inserts Rodimus's into his compartment.
: Notes: Multiple scenes from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' are shown in the super computer's screen. When validating the child's authority to access it, the computer scans the child's iris and states "[[Size class|Leader class]] confirmed." Funny, he doesn't look that tall.
: Computer: "Leader class confirmed." Boy: "How did Optimus and Rodimus become Primes?" Computer: "Orion Pax and Hot Rod. Each legendary Autobot became a Prime using the Matrix of Leadership." Computer: ''Transformers Leader class Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime, each sold separately.''

== Studio Series ==
Studio Series has only had one ad so far, but one is probably all it needs. Since Studio Series is not driven by media, there's no need to update the ad as the marketing gimmick of the line (movie accurate sculpts) isn't changing. And with an adult target audience, not much advertising is needed when you're preaching to the [[Fandom|choir]].

=== 2018 ===
[[File:Studio Series Commercial.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|For truth, justice, and the Autobot way.]]
*'''Transformers Studio Series''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95Sp8a_TpHg 20 sec]
: Animation: Brief clip of Bumblebee transforming from ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]''.
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy Segment: [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] are set in front of the cardboard backdrops included with them.
:''Discover the moments and bring home the characters that defined a generation! You set the stage... with Transformers Studio Series. More than meets the eye! Each sold separately.''
:*'''Transformers Studio Series''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQCgOcalodA 20 sec], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zeg9O8zIwSU 15 sec]
:: Same as the previous ad, but [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] replaces Ratchet.
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== Rescue Bots Academy ==
[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (franchise)|Rescue Bots Academy]], like it's predecessor, had it's share of cartoon promos. Unlike it's predecessor, it does not appear to have produced any toy commercials. At least, we haven't found any yet.
=== 2018 ===
* '''Trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpLrWnO6Ubk 55 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from the cartoon.
: Narration: Text only.
: Whirl: "Follow me team!" Hoist: "How about a tow?" Cody Burns: "Nice reflexes" [JOIN THE NEW RECRUITS] Hot Shot: "Oh yeah! Uh huh!" Whirl: "I'm Whirl. This is how humans meet each other. Or they do this. ''Or'' this!" [TRAIN WITH THE BEST] Hot Shot: "Optimus Prime?!?" Optimus Prime: "Rescue Bot Training Academy has chosen the best of the best to join it's first class." Whirl: "I can't believe we're going to be learning from ''the'' Heatwave!" [ROLL TO THE RESCUE] Whirl: "Whoa-hoa-hoa!" Medix: "I'm on it." Heatwave: "Roll to the rescue."

=== 2019 ===
* '''Season One promo''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UNVsiCk3jc 30 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from the cartoon.
: Narration: Unknown.
: ''Saturday...'' Optimus Prime: "I am here with a greater mission." ''Are your kids ready to master the powers of generosity, teamwork and responsibility?'' Hot Shot: "Oh you like that huh?" ''Then it's time to join the ranks of the Rescue Bots!'' Heatwave: "Welcome to the Rescue Bots Training Academy." ''Cause there's no rescue too big...'' Wedge: "Hit it Hot Shot!" ''And no hero too small.'' Whirl: "Yes, we saved you!" ''In the brand new Transformers Rescue Bots Academy. Saturday at 9 AM on Discovery Family.''

=== 2020 ===
* '''Season Two Trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb1DIGtAaN4 1:34]
: Animation: Excerpts from the cartoon.
: Narration: None.
: Optimus Prime: "Recruits, congratulations on completing year one." Heatwave: "Welcome to year two of training." Hot Shot: "I got this thing down." Hoist: "What could go wrong?" Hot Shot: "Nailed it!" Optimus Prime: "Each of you will be partnered with a mentor who will guide you through year two." Hoist: "Chase, Blades, Bumblebee, Heatwave, and Grimlock!" Grimlock: "Hey Babybot, what's uuuuuup!?" Hoist: "Augh!" Optimus Prime: "Now, the real work begins." Heatwave: "Optimus chose you because you aren't bound by rules." Medix: "So nothing else unexpected should happen today!" Blades: "Huh? Whoa!" Heatwave: "I'm not even going to ask." Heatwave: "You'll need help developing your indvidual skills." Bumblebee: "That's why we're here." Hoist: "Power up and energize!" Heatwave: "It's time for you to learn to truly multichange." Hoist: "Whoa!" Wedge: "All three forms in one day!" Optimus Prime: "You've just scratched the surface of what the Multicog can do." Hot Shot: "It does more?!?" Bumblebee: "A rescuer has to play to their strengths." Whirl: "It doesn't matter what we do, as long as we do it together." Wedge: "You know what that means." Boulder: "Rescue Bot recruits roll out!" Medix: "Let's do this!" Hot Shot: "Sure, knock yourself out." Medix: "Why would I render myself unconcious?"

[[File:Rescue Bots Academy Cartoon Promo.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
* '''Continues Next promo''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8sMM_9g1TA 30 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from the cartoon.
: Narration: Unknown.
: ''It doesn't matter if your energetic...'' Hot Shot: "Activate. Sweet!" ''...enthusiastic...'' Whirl: "Ohhh! I can't wait for the lessons to start!" ''...competitive...'' Wedge: "Rescue work is about action!" ''...analytical...'' Medix: "My servos are swiveling with excitement." ''...or strong.'' Hoist: "Power up and energize!" ''There's a place for you at the Transformers Rescue Bots Academy. All-new, continues next. Only on Discovery Family.

* '''Continues Next promo 2''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4peTknjyWA 15 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from the cartoon.
: Narration: Unknown.
: ''The Rescue Bots are back!'' Grimlock: "What's uuuuup!" ''With new adventures!'' Bumblebee: "This'll be your first spacewalk." ''Roll to the rescue with a brand season of... Transformers Rescue Bots Academy! Continues next, only on Discovery Family.

* '''Continues Next promo 3''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpI28rJ49lQ 15 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from the cartoon.
: Narration: Unknown.
: ''At the Rescue Bots Academy, no challenge is too big...'' Hot Shot: "Boulder!" ''And no hero is too small.'' Wedge: "We gotta save them!" ''Transformers Rescue Bots Academy all-new continues next, only on Discovery Family.
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== Cyberverse ==
''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]]'' seems to have picked up where ''Robots in Disguise'' (2015) left off by continuing with the blended CGI/live action toy segments. It is the first franchise since [[The Transformers (franchise)|the original]] to regularly utilize animation unique to the toy commercials (albeit brief ones) with the character voices reprised by their cartoon actors. While there are trailers for each season, so far no commercials for the cartoon have surfaced online.
=== 2018 ===
====Toys ====
[[File:Cyberverse Action Attackers Commercial.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|GRIMLOCK TOY = POGGERS]]
*'''Action Attackers''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOTHF3QWBM4 20 sec], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyCpyIMe0SE 15 sec]
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy Segment: A kid transforms [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] and gasps at the activation of his car mode gimmick. He then transforms [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)|Grimlock]] too and activates his fire-breathing gimmick. This prompts Bumblebee to pop up from behind the sofa to gasp at it in unison with the kid.
:'''''New''' Transformers Cyberverse. Convert to activate Hive Swarm Attack.'' Boy (whispering): "Whoa!" ''"WHOA" is right. Feel that thrill. There's always more than meets the eye!'' Bumblebee (whispering): "Whoa!" ''GET MORE WHOA with new Transformers Cyberverse Action Attackers!''

====Cartoon====
* '''Season 1 Trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1ICb1uoGog 57 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from the cartoon.
: Narration: None.
: Notes: The trailer seems to abruptly cut off after an animation montage rather than making a closing pitch.
: Windblade: "Bumblebee, I'm going to access your memory." Bumblebee: "This is my mind?" Windblade: "Let's find some answers." [THE KEY TO THE FUTURE] Megatron: "Fellow Cybertronians, we stand together, [['Til all are one|'til all are one]]!" [LIES IN THE PAST] Optimus: "This is not the way. Old friend." Megatron: "Then it will be war!" "You'd have made a good Decepticon." Bumblebee: "I made my choice a long time ago." Optimus: "Autobots, our long term survival has become critical." Grimlock: "Our immediate survival isn't exactly set in stone either." Windblade: "The Autobots are somewhere here on Earth." Bumblebee: "Then you and I have to find them." Slipstream: "Where are the Autobots? Is Optimus Prime with you?" Windblade: "Yeah, want me to call him for you?" Bumblebee: "Who-oa! I need one of those!"

=== 2019 ===
==== Toys ====
[[File:Cyberverse Spark Armor Commercial.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
* '''Spark Armor figures''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cscqh-bq0NY 15 sec]
: Animation: A jet swoops around as Optimus Prime is running a long a short cliff wall. Bumblebee is on lower ground running alongside Optimus and tells him to "power up with [[Sky Turbine|that jet]]."
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy Segment: Kid combines Elite Class Optimus Prime with his [[Spark Armor]] on top of a table in his backyard. CG Optimus Prime with Spark Armor walks up alongside him as he proudly holds out his combined toy. Optimus Prime does his best [[w:Kool-Aid Man|Kool-Aid Man]] impression: "Oh yeah!"
: Notes: Bumblebee and Optimus Prime's voices are provided by their usual Cyberverse actors, [[Jeremy Levy]] and [[Jake Foushee]] respectively.
: Bumblebee: "Optimus, power up with that jet!" ''With the energy of the Allspark, combine ''and'' convert to armor up Optimus Prime!" Optimus Prime: "Oh yeah!" ''New Spark Armor figures, from Transformers: Cyberverse. Each sold separately.''

[[File:Cyberverse Ark Power Prime Commercial.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
* '''Ark Power Optimus Prime''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEZiMjSJiIw 15sec]
: Animation: Optimus Prime stands on the edge of a cliff as the [[Ark (Cyberverse)|Ark]] flies overhead and Bumblebee yells from offscreen for him to "use the Ark to power up".
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy Segment: A kid plays with the toy on the front steps of his house. He then stands up in front of the house and holds out the combined figure as CGI Ark Power Optimus Prime walks up beside him and does his Kool-Aid Man impression again.
: Notes: Bumblebee and Optimus Prime's voices are provided by their usual Cyberverse actors, [[Jeremy Levy]] and [[Jake Foushee]] respectively.
: ''New from Transformers: Cyberverse.'' Bumblebee: "Optimus, use the Ark to power up!" ''With the energy of the ark, combine, and convert, to armor up Optimus Prime.'' Optimus Prime: "Oh yeah!" ''New Ark Power Optimus. From Transformers: Cyberverse.''

==== Cartoon ====
* '''Season 2 Trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EJ-8UPZMM8 57 sec]
: Animation: Excerpts from the cartoon.
: Narration: Unknown.
: Starscream: "After countless milennia of conflict, the Allspark is mine!" Slipstream: "Starscream's gone mad." Starscream: "Ha ha ha...!" Optimus Prime: "Starscream presents a danger to the Autobots ''and'' the Decepticons." Megatron: "We are in agreement." Optimus Prime: "As long as he's a threat, we must work together." Megatron: "Very well Prime." [SWORN ENEMIES] Windblade: "We can't trust them." Grimlock: "That my friend, is an understatement." [MUST JOIN FORCES] Starscream: "Optimus Prime, YOU'RE A LITTLE LATE!" Optimus Prime: "We fight not just for ourselves, but for all of Cybertron." Windblade: "RAUGGGGGGH!" ''Transformers: Cyberverse Season Two. The adventure continues.''

=== 2020 ===
==== Toys ====
[[File:Cyberverse Energon Armor Commercial.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|There. Sure glad we don't look stupid in this.]]
* '''Energon Armor Optimus Prime & Bumblebee''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubcQmnnn3D8 20 sec]
: Animation: In a rocky desert area, Bumblebee jumps back to avoid the blast of Shockwave. Optimus Prime rolls into view, transforms and leaps into the air before slamming his axe into Shockwave. At the end of the ad, Prime and Bee stand in ready poses and activate their Energon Armor.
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy Segment: Two kids, in a fullscale diorama of the rocky desert, play with the toys on a table cleverly disguised as a large flat rock.
: Notes: The very end of the toy segment shows the kids also having Ultra Class Hot Rod, Ultimate Class Shockwave, and Ultra Class Clobber on hand.
: ''New from Transformers: Bumblebee Cyberverse Adventures. Now you '''can'''. Convert and conquer with. Ultimate twist and change action. And activate Energon Armor. To totally own the battle. There's more than meets the eye. With new Bumblebee Cyberverse Adventures figures. Each sold separately.''

[[File:Cyberverse Battle Call Commercial.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
* '''Battle Call figures''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9TqZ4n-t3U 20 sec]
: Animation: CG Battle Call Bumblebee and Optimus Prime running on a bridge, away from a live action kid standing in front of a tower and yelling "Go!". This takes place on what looks to be [[Cybertron (planet)]].
: Narration: Unknown.
: Toy segment: Two kids transform the toys and demonstrate their voice activated features in front of a green-screened Cybertronian door background. Every time the kids are shown giving a voice command, a sound wave (no, not a [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)|Soundwave]]) graphic is added to emphasize that the sound is coming from their mouths.
: ''New Transformers: Cyberverse Battle Call. Voice activated play that turns '''your''' voice into a battle call.'' Kid 1: "Bumblebee activate Energon armor." Toy: "GO AUTOBOTS!" ''Convert, then command to:'' Both kids: "Power up!" Optimus toy: "Shield's up." Bumblebee toy: "You got this Optimus." ''With the new Transformers Battle Call figures. Each sold separately, batteries not included.''

====Cartoon====
* '''Season 3 trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5LQ3ZRHNb0 1:12]
: Animation: Excerpts from the cartoon.
: Narration: None.
: Optimus Prime: "Bumblebee...I have you seen you fight bravely in all corners of the universe. But now, our journey is at an end. Someday you will be called upon to be a leader. Before that day, you must return to Cybertron and restore life to our world." Bumblebee: "Optimus, nobody even knows what's down there." "This doesn't look like home." Megatron: "I arrived here LONG before you old friend." Bumblebee: "That's not good." [The War For the Allspark] Optimus: "Megatron, we end this once and for all." [Comes Home] Bumblebee: "Autobots, let's finish this." Megatron: "You have no chance." Bumblebee: "That's it!" Chromia: "Bee! Are you crazy?" Bumblebee: "Yes!"

== BotBots ==
''[[Transformers: BotBots]]'s'' catchy advertising jingle and fun and zany animation segments mesh perfectly with it's "gotta catch 'em all" type marketing gimmick.
=== 2018 ===
[[File:BotBots Digital Commercial 1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
[[File:BotBots Digital Commercial 2.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
{{anchor|Official Digital Commercial}}
* '''Official Digital Commercial''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpjZoZl7qp0 54 sec]
: Animation: Pan down from the BotBots logo to show lighting shooting out from a cloud at night and striking a [[mall (BotBots)|mall]]. Inside, the electricity crackles and flows into various storefronts leading to an explosion of light and dust. The BotBots start coming to life and the silhouettes of [[Point Dexter]], [[Sticky McGee]], [[Rootwing]] and [[Batsby]] are seen transforming outside a store while [[Remorsel]] transforms in full view. A series of shots are timed to the chorus of the song: [[Fomo]], hangs off the 'B' in 'BOT' before pulling it over on himself while [[Dr. Moggly]] mogs, er, mugs for the camera; The letter 'O' from a different 'BOT' falls over and traps the [[The Plop Father]] inside; [[King Toots]] and [[Pucksie]] stand on either side of a third 'BOT', Toots shoots a few squares at the 'B' while Pucksie kind of turns his body from side to side before placing a hand on the T, causing the 'BOT' to expand into 'BOTBOTS' and push out the two BotBots. [[Goob Toob]] appears on security cam footage looking into the camera while a bunch of generic BotBots run around in the background. Cut to the [[food court]] where the [[Greaser Gang]] is tearing it up. [[S'up Dawg]] and [[Shredder Jack]] have a diving contest refereed by [[Fottle Barts]]. S'up Dawg jumps and transforms mid-air before landing perfectly in a cup of mustard. Almost simultaneously, Shredder Jack loses his balance and splats into a cup of tomato based sauce, breaking the cup. Fottle Barts gives them both a 10. Elsewhere in the food court, [[Duderoni]] drinks soda from a fountain machine while [[Twerple Burple]] uses the same machine to fuel her blaster as she shoots it into [[Angry Cheese]]'s mouth. Duderoni rips off a belch while Angry Cheese becomes overloaded with soda, leading to it spraying out both of her eyes and both sides of her head. Meanwhile in a [[bathroom]] stall somewhere, the [[Toilet Troop]] gets into mischief. [[Sergeant Scrubadub]] log rolls on the toliet paoper dispenser as [[Frohawk]] draws poo grafitti on the base of the toilet. [[Poo Sham]] brings in a bar of chocolate and forms into a replica pile of poo. Just then, the toilet paper runs out, causing Sergeant Scrubadub to fall off and into the replica pile of poo. Chorus animation repeats, before a cut to a [[sports store|sporting goods store]] where the [[Jock Squad]] is having fun. [[Dinger]] is jumping "rope", the rope being the shoelace of a soccer cleat being twirled by [[Laceface]]. [[Kidd Klobber]] busts out of a nearby shoebox through the side, prompting Laceface to transform. This allows Kidd Klobber to placekick him through an animated basketball hoop placed at the end of a shelving unit. The kick is good and Dinger does a celebratory dance. Cut to set of shelves sitting behind a desk, presumably the mall's [[Lost and Found (BotBots)|Lost and Found]]. [[Lost Bots]] [[Stinkeye Stapleton]], [[Game Over]], [[Bonz-Eye]], [[Frostferatu]], [[Dimlit]], and [[Clogstopper]] along with [[Playroom Posse]] member [[Kikmee]] jump out of the shelves and towards the camera.
: Narration: BotBot Guy
: Toy segment: None
: Notes: While most of the featured BotBots are series one, Dinger and Kikmee are from series three. Kikmee is also oddly out place, being grouped in with the Lost Bots instead of his actual subgroup, the Playroom Posse. To be fair though, the Playroom Posse subgroup wouldn't debut until series three either.
: ''One stormy night, at a mall near by, Energon power fell from the sky. It hit the mall with it's powerful might and gave everyday objects robot life-fe-fe!'' {Here-a bot. There-a bot. Everywhere-a Bot Bot! Different tribes, throughout the mall. Started making mischief, big and small. The Greaser Gang went to town. Squirting condiments on whatever they found. The tribe in the bathroom the Toilet Troop, smashed choclate bars to look like- <squish> }Here-a bot. There-a bot. Everywhere-a Bot Bot! Deflating balls and making punts, the Jock Squad's up to wicked stunts. And then there's ones, that no one knows. The Lost Bots lurking in the sha-a-dows. You don't know where they're hidingyou'rein for a surprise! BotBots are more than meets the eye!} "BotBots." {Transformers!}

* '''Frostferatu and Sprinkleberry D'uhnut''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdQIFX26d0U 15 sec]
: Animation: The food court segment from the previous commercial.
: Narration: BotBot Guy
: Toy segment: A boy pops Frostferatu out of his package and onto his kitchen table. Zoom in on the boys hands transforming Frostferatu and then zoom in on another pair of hands transforming [[Sprinkleberry D'uhnut]]. Pan over the series one toys laid out on the table.
: {Here-a bot. There-a bot. Everywhere-a Bot Bot!} ''Pop 'em out, convert and see what Bots you got. With new Transformers BotBots. You can collect 190 in 2019. Each sold separately.'' {Here-a bot. There-a bot. Everywhere-a Bot Bot!} Sprinkleberry D'uhnut: "What Bot you got?"

{{anchor|Goldrush Games Digital Commercial}}
[[File:BotBots commercial - Goldrush Games.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
* '''Goldrush Games Digital Commercial''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xfb8s7kyKU 27 sec]
: Animation: [[Gold Punch]], [[Goldenberry D'uhnut]], [[Goldsferatu]], [[SPF Gold]], [[Goldface]], [[Goldie Rock]], and [[Gold Dexter]] of the [[Winner's Circle]] sit in [[alternate mode|alt modes]] at the top of the [[mall (BotBots)|mall's]] escalators. As the camera pans in, they [[transformation|transform]]. The camera pans out to showing members of the [[Backpack Bunch]] [[Fresh Squeezes]], [[Spoiled Rottens]], [[Greaser Gang]], [[Jock Squad]] and [[Music Mob]] tribes in the courtyard area below, cheering at the gold Botbots. The Jock Squad, Fresh Squeezes and Music Mob transform, ready to compete. [[Batsby]] and [[Dinger]] transform. [[Dimlit]] grabs Batsby and hits [[Dinger]] sending him him flying! They Jock Squad charges forward. [[Sensei Spiny]] slashes a juice carton, making a puddle that [[Arctic Guzzlerush]] slips on. The Fresh Squeezes then run off. The Music Mob get ready, with [[Smooth Shaker]] transforming and shakes excitedly. She transforms back, grabbing a flag as [[Batterhead]] grabs [[Dingledeedoo]] by her handle. The Music Mob charge forward as well. The gold BotBots head down the escalator and head to the tiered podium, climbing up. They look left then right as [[Pop-O the Clown]] pokes their head in from the right side of the screen. He waggles his arms and the BotBots Goldrush Games logo appears on screen.
: Narration: BotBot Guy
: Toy segment: None
: Notes: Gold Punch is missing his face details, showing it to be completely blank. Dimlit and Smooth Shaker of the [[Lost Bots]] are shown with the Jock Squad and Music Mob, tribes they were respectively lost from. A red version of [[Axwell]] is shown with the Music Mob. The mall itself is shown as being in scale with the BotBots. This either means the Botbots are all human size, or the mall itself is very tiny. Multiple duplicate BotBots can seen sitting in non tribal groups in the courtyard area. The tribal [[insignia]]s for the [[Hibotchi Heats]], [[Retro Replays]] and [[Techie Team]] be can be seen on store fronts in the background, though no members of those tribes appear in the commercial.
: "Shiny new gold trophy BotBots are here....and every tribe wants one! Tribes will compete to prove they're the most mischievous, to try to win one of the gold trophy bots. Who will grab the gold with the all new BotBots Goldrush Games?

== War for Cybertron Trilogy ==
The recent trend of shorter fifteen and twenty second toy commercials seems poised to continue based on the marketing for the [[War for Cybertron Trilogy (franchise)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]. So far, Hasbro seems content to only commission ads for the first wave of product of a given year. Even the more child focused lines, ''Rescue Bots Academy'' and ''Cyberverse'', seem to have fewer and shorter commercials. It is unclear if this indicative of a reduced TV advertising budget due to kids not watching as much TV, having to spread the budget across more simultaneous product lines than before (in addition to the aforementioned lines, ''Studio Series'' and ''BotBots'' are also simultaneously on shelves), or both.
=== 2019 ===
=== Toys ===
* '''Siege Wave 1''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcDAsT49EbI 15 sec]
: Animation: [[Lionizer (G1)|Lionizer]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Six-Gun|Autobot Sixgun]] run past [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] on a bridge on Cybertron during a battle. Prime jumps to a stop as Lionzier transforms into his sword and Sixgun weaponizes with Prime.
: Narration: Unknown announcer and [[Jon Bailey]] as Optimus Prime.
: Toy segment: The toys are shown in a Cybertronian city diorama. It starts with Prime in truck mode, having the roof of the toy flipped up before a jump cut to Prime in robot mode that pans over to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] in robot mode. The camera continues panning down and to the right to show Lionizer, then Sixgun a short ways in front. Prime has somehow teleported as the camera continues panning to the right to show him standing next to Sixgun. As the camera continues to pan further right still, we see Prime from the torso up, weaponized with Sixgun and holding Lionizer. The camera then does slight turn back to the left before panning backwards to show [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], weaponized Prime, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and Sideswipe facing off against [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], Starscream and [[Reflector (G1)|Refraktor]]. All these scenes appear to be greenscreened with first a doorway background and later an outdoor background with a collapsing tower animation.
: Notes: [[Flywheels|Skytread]] can be seen standing on the bridge in the background as the Autobots are running.
: ''Combine and weaponize with NEW Transformers War For Cybertron!'' "Calling all Autobots. The Decepticon siege has pushed us to the brink, but war rages on. Combine together and help protect what's left of Cybertron." ''New Transformers War for Cybertron. Each sold separately.''

=== Cartoon ===
* '''New York Toy Fair Netflix Teaser''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6vnmS1Dfuk 1:46]
: Animation: Excerpts from the cartoon.
: Narration: None.
: Ultra Magnus: "Cybertron is in ruins. I fear...the war is lost. Optimus, at this moment we must focus on surviving as a race. Not winning a war." Megatron: "Yet again, the Autobots have escalated this conflict to the point where must answer their aggression with force. I empower you Decepticons to bring this painful chapter of our history to a close." Ultra Magnus: "We're facing extinction at the hands of the Decepticons." Megatron: "Cybertron needs strength...MY strength." Optimus Prime: "Cybertron. NEEDS. FREE-DOM." "We must not allow Megatron to find the Allspark. With it, he will destroy everything we are." Bumblebee: "You're fighting to win and that's going to get you all killed." Optimus Prime: "The Autobots fight for the day we no longer have to fight." Elita-One: "This is not the life I imagined for us." Optimus Prime: "It's a life...worth fighting for."

* '''Trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lj9lE4Id-U 2:00]
: Animation: Excerpts from the cartoon.
: Narration: None.
: Megatron: "I have done what I have to do to end this war... Honor will not win this war... This is the final day...of the Autobot resistance." Optimus Prime: "I...cannot help but ask myself: Is this a hopeless crusade? Have my actions led to the extinction of our people?" Ratchet: "The Allspark is a vessel of life." Optimus Prime: "In the hands of Megatron, there's no telling what he might do." Megatron: "The Allspark...yes." Shockwave: "A clean and decisive victory." [A NETFLIX ORIGINAL ANIME SERIES] Ultra Magnus: "If we continue on this course, no one will be left to win." [THE FINAL HOURS ARE HERE] Jetfire: "I've got him." [TWO LEADERS] Megatron: "The circle closes Prime." [MUST MAKE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE] "You are defeated." "We end this war...now."

=== 2020 ===
=== Toys ===
* '''Earthrise Wave 1''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njqpC6lyp-0 20 sec]
: Animation: CGI.
[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] approaches [[Earth]] and flies overhead of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Prime's trailer pops open to reveal [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] shooting at Astrotrain with Prime transforming to robot mode to follow suit.
: Narration: Unknown announcer and [[Jon Bailey]] as Optimus Prime.
: Toy segment: The toys are shown in a rather nice mountain forest diorama. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and Astrotain stand shoulder to shoulder on a rocky outcropping. At the base of a mountain? [[Ironworks (facility)|Ironworks]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] stand around while Cliffjumper, [[Big Daddy (G1)|Daddy-O]] and [[Trip-Up]] hangout in car mode. Ironworks has his arm removed as he's pulled offscreen and replaced with one already in base mode. Hoist is shown standing on a rock, overlooking car mode Optimus Prime and Cliffjumper. A group shot is shown with Cliffjumper (with blast effect), Trip-Up, [[Soundbarrier]], Optimus Prime, Ironworks (base mode), Daddy-O (car mode) and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (holding [[Smashdown]]) all placed at varying levels amongst a group of rocks at the base of the mountain. The camera pans out to reveal Astrotrain and Starscream facing the Autobots.
: Notes: Optimus Prime's narration makes it sound like all the Autobots can convert to battle stations. Curiously, despite Prime's urging to weaponize, that gimmick is not actually demonstrated. Instead Hoist is shown holding his gun in robot mode alongside Cliffjumper in car mode with his cannon mounted and Optimus Prime in truck mode, with... no weapons.
: ''Build your battlefield with Transformers War For Cybertron: Earthrise.'' "This is Optimus Prime. Autobots, convert to battle stations. Weaponize, and prepare for battle...on Earth." ''New Transformers War For Cybertron: Earthrise. Each sold separately.''
{{-}}
=== Cartoon ===
* '''Trailer'''[https://youtu.be/8s00QLjolFg 2:21]
: Animation: Excerpts from the cartoon.
: Narration: None.
:Doubledealer: "Anybody home?!" Deseeus: "Do you know who I am?." Optimus Prime: "I know what you are. That is enough." Deseeus: "Bring me the ugly one." Bumblebee: "Come on!" Optimus Prime: "Wheeljack!" [NETFLIX] Sky Lynx: "The future... is unwritten. Focus your mind. Take us to the AllSpark." Red Alert: "I hate to break it to the Decepticons, but they´ve already won the war." Chromia: "Not yet, they haven´t. There´s still some spark left in my circuits." Red Alert: "I´m so glad someone on our team can fly!" Sky Lynx: "You´ll never escape this dead place." "You must stay on the path... or a much darker future awaits." Galvatron: "I will guide you to your rightful destiny." "You will kill Optimus Prime and take the Matrix for yourself." Megatron: "I don´t trust you." Galvatron: "Good. Never trust anyone."
{{-}}
=== Stop Motion ===
* '''Crashing the K-Wave''' [https://youtu.be/V5yPePvP5ew 3:00]
: Animation: Stop Motion.
:[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] sees that [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] has become really popular on social media, getting furious. After seeing the Autobots enjoy a Korean drama on TV he gets inspired to shoot one himself, starring [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]].
:The two portray a couple that falls in love during a rainy night in which Ironhide offers to cover Chromia from the rain with his umbrella as she walks back home. Once she arrives, the two lovers realize their feelings for each other and kiss, ending the story.
:After the Autobots finish the shoot and celebrate their successful drama, the Decepticons watch it via Megatron´s phone with mixed reactions. Their leader leaves an angry comment after seeing the numbers it was making online and marches off.

[[Category:Commercials| ]]
[[Category:Toys]]

Enter the Nightbird (film)

2021-10-16T04:40:27Z

Grimbee: /* Dreamwave Generation One continuity */

{{disambig3|Enter the Nightbird}}
:Enter the Nightbird'' is a film from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].
[[Image:Infestation Aztec Theatres inside.jpg|300px|thumb|We do, too.]]

'''''Enter the Nightbird''''' is a "kung fu creature" [[film]] starring a [[Nightbird (G1)|female ninja robot]].

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
Unit Bravo, sent to [[San Desto]] to investigate on the disappearance of the town's nine thousand citizens, came across the [[Aztec Theatres]], playing ''Enter the Nightbird'' with ''[[Demon Swamp (film)|Demon Swamp]]'' as a double feature and secretly a front for an [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] hideout. Taking a look inside, the unit found ''Enter the Nightbird'' running, showing Nightbird kicking off a robot's head and distracting one of the unit by virtue of it being one of his favorite movies. As he sat down with a bowl of popcorn to watch his heroine in action, his colleague played a prank on him with the shadows of a [[Tako Tank]] toy's tentacles. [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] chose that moment to [[cerebro-shell]] the angered soldier, and when his partner came to investigate the sudden silence, did the same to him, though not before a warning could be sent out. {{storylink|Infestation (Dreamwave)|Infestation}}

==Notes==
*The film is a reference to the episode "[[Enter the Nightbird]]".

[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1]]
[[Category:Films]]

Bullets

2021-10-16T04:36:59Z

Grimbee:

{{disambig3|Bullet}}
{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers]]''
|next=Out of Bullets
|title="Bullets"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[September 1]], [[2010]] illustrated version [[May 30]], [[2019]]
|story=[[James Roberts]]
|editor=[[Shaun Knowler]]
|continuity=[[2005 IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[2005 IDW timeline|Current era (2010)]]
}}
'''Seeds for the new Wreckers take root.'''

==Synopsis==
[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]]'s boss, [[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]], catches him reading datalog #113 of ''[[Wreckers: Declassified]]'' when he should be working and orders him to go check on a "Fader". While going to check on [[Roulette (G1)|Roulette]], First Aid recalls the time when [[Springer (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Springer]] contacted him asking for help with a special project. He is surprised when newly injured members of [[Dogfight (G1)|Dogfight]]'s recon team are brought into the medical ward. First Aid began carefully checking them all over, paying special attention to their Autobot [[insignia]]s, while everyone else is confused by his strange behavior. He finds something of interest on [[Dodger (G1)|Dodger]] and excitedly tells him he has to operate immediately. First Aid contacts Springer letting him know what he found.
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
[[Rung (G1)|Rung]] treats the shell-shocked [[Flattop (Autobot)|Flattop]] and finds out that he is a survivor of the [[Babu Yar]] atrocity. He was given a new body like any survivor who requested one, and assigned to [[Bluestreak (G1)|Silverstreak]]'s group. On his first mission after recovering from Babu Yar, Flattop saw the [[Shimmer]], which completely pushed him over the edge, and was why he was being treated by Rung now. As Rung gives Flattop scientific and psychoanalytical explanations for the Shimmer, Flattop dies right there in his office.
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
[[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]] is questioned by the [[Ethics Committee]] regarding his invention of [[cerebro-sensitive bullet]]s. The committee comes to the conclusion that use of the bullets would constitute a war crime, and orders him to surrender the bullets within 36 hours. On the way out, he runs into [[Skyfall (G1)|Skyfall]], who's impressed by his restrained reaction to the Committee confiscating his work. [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] arrives, bringing his latest development, the [[Time case|Malevolent Counterintuitive Pathogen]], before the committee, Ironfist and Skyfall aren't quite sure if he's kidding as they head back to the lab.
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
On [[Hydrus 5]], [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]] and [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] survey the wrecked planet, newly freed from the threat of the Decepticons. Afterburner compliments Pyro on his bravery before speeding off, just before Pyro finds himself experiencing The Shimmer.
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
Springer stands on the command deck of the ''[[Debris]]'', mulling over [[Dominus Ambus|Agent 113]]'s report, retrieved from a slug lodged in Dodger's Autobot insignia. The report warns of recent happenings at the [[Garrus-9]] penal colony. With it in mind, Springer is deciding on who to invite to join the [[Wrecker]]s.
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
[[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]], currently stationed at the [[Igue-Moor Fuel Depot]], is shooting statues with [[The Judge (weapon)|The Judge]] when he sees a sort of shimmer...
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
In his workshop, Ironfist reviews the schematic of his head and the cerebro-sensitive bullet lodged in it, remembering his long relationship with Skyfall. He had developed [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s [[ion blaster]], though the Autobot leader attributed its invention to Skyfall. Ironfist had continued to support Skyfall, after the latter spent a hundred years in the Decepticon [[Grindcore (prison)|Grindcore prison camp]], and after the [[glass gas|black phosphex]] incident when Skyfall was assigned for a time as a guard at Garrus 9.
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
[[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]] enjoys the victory the Autobots have just attained in the battle of [[Karashi-Delta|Karashi Delta]], but even that is tainted by his memories of the [[Iaconian Aerial Academy]], and the bullying he suffered at the hands of his instructor, [[Whirl (G1)|Jetstream]]. He's brought out of his reverie when he spies the Shimmer and opens fire at it.
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
Springer decides on the four Autobots who will be invited to join the Wreckers: Rotorstorm, Guzzle, Pyro and Skyfall.
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
Skyfall passes on reactions to the "[[Fisitron (G1)|Fisitron]]" datalogs to Ironfist, such as readers having coined the term "[[Fisitronism]]s". Irritated by the criticisms, Ironfist returns to packing up the cerebro-cannons and Skyfall leaves. Shortly afterward Ironfist receives a call from [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]], who's well aware that he's behind Fisitron.
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
Springer meets with [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]], and reveals that Prowl has vetoed Skyfall as a Wrecker and is sending a substitute. Kup relates a story of how Prowl once killed [[Violator|a Decepticon]] by reading [[Tyrest Accord|Cybertron law]] at him until he triggered his own kill-switch. The current Wreckers vote on the three Autobots whom Springer has picked to invite.
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
As Ironfist tidies his workshop, Springer appears to him in a shimmer and invites him to join the Wreckers. Ironfist naturally agrees, and Springer reports back to the other Wreckers that the only one who turned him down was Guzzle. However [[Twin Twist]] reports that Guzzle's holding on line 2.
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
Skyfall is astounded at Ironfist's being accepted into the Wreckers. When Ironfist gives him the workshop, he's so excited that he doesn't hear Ironfist saying that he doesn't think he'll be coming back. Once his friend has left, Ironfist receives another call...
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
Ironfist arrives at Igue Moor and meets Guzzle, who's impressed when Ironfist reveals he's Fisitron. The pair encounter Rotorstorm and then Pyro, who they at first mistake for Optimus Prime come to see them off. They decide to try out the [[lightformer cannon]] Ironfist has brought along.
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
Nine months later, Skyfall objects to the Ethics Committee cleaning out the contents of his workshop, due to his failure to attend hearings. No sooner has [[Xaaron]] disconnected the call than a pre-recorded message begins to play, triggered by Ironfist's death. Ironfist reveals that he knows Skyfall tampered with the cerebro-gun so it would "accidentally" go off, and that Skyfall leaked the [[Gideon's Glue]] research to the Decepticons. As the recording is also being sent out as a datalog, the [[Enforcement Squad]] begins banging on the workshop door in short order. With nowhere to run, Skyfall drinks a vial of Gideon's Glue found concealed in the [[sky-sled]].

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}}
*[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (1)
*[[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]] (2)
*[[Springer (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Springer]] (3)
*[[Roulette (G1)|Roulette]] (4)
*[[Ambulon]] (5)
*[[Schema]] (6)
*[[Dogfight (G1)|Dogfight]] (7)
*[[Dodger (G1)|Dodger]] (8)
*[[Backstreet (G1)|Backstreet]] (9)
*[[Rung (G1)|Rung]] (10)
*[[Flattop (Autobot)|Flattop]] (11)
*[[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]] (12)
*[[Xaaron]] (13)
{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}}
*[[Animus]] (14)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (15)
*[[Skyfall (G1)|Skyfall]] (16)
*[[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] (17)
*[[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]] (18)
*[[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] (19)
*[[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]] (20)
*[[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]] (21)
*[[Landfill (G1)|Landfill]] (23)
*[[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]] (24)
*[[Twin Twist]] (25)
*[[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] (26)
*[[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Perceptor]] (27)
{{!}}}
}}

==Mentioned characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
*[[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] (1)
*[[Rack'n'Ruin (G1)|Rack n' Ruin]] (2)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (3)
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (4)
*[[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] (5)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Silverstreak]] (6)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] (10)
*[[Solomus|Tyrest]] (11)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (12)
*[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] (13)
*[[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] (16)
*[[Tripwire (G1)|Tripwire]] (17)
*"[[Dominus Ambus|Agent 113]]" (22)
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Fortress Maximus]] (24)
*[[Crest]] (25)
*[[Hyperion (G1)|Hyperion]] (26)
*[[Dipstick]] (27)
*[[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] (28)
*[[Kaput]] (30)
*[[Whirl (G1)|Jetstream]] (31)
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (32)
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (33)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (34)
*[[Atomizer]] (35)
*[[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] (36)
*[[Calculus]] (37)
*[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] (39)
{{!}}}
|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] (7)
*[[Gideon]] (9)
*[[Seizor]] (18)
*[[Aftershock (G1)|Aftershock]] (19)
*[[Fracture (G1)|Fracture]] (20)
*[[Tectonix]] (21)
*[[Skyquake (G1)|Sky Quake]] (23)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] (29)
*[[Violator]] (38)
}}

==Quotes==
"That, is the best story ever."
:—'''Springer''', upon hearing Kup tell him about the time Prowl literally ''bored'' someone to death.

"A head shot at close range...not a pleasant way to go."
:—'''Rotorstorm''', unknowingly being ironic.

"I nearly forgot to tell you, I've programmed the workshop terminal to treat this message as one of Fisitron's datalogs. Which means that every one of my subscribers will have these words beamed directly into their neural processors. You said you were a slow reader, Skyfall. You're a slow listener as well. There are 4,000 Autobots out there who've heard this part of the message before you have."
:—'''Ironfist''' from beyond the grave, telling Skyfall that he's screwed.

==Notes==
*This text-only story was released as a bonus feature in ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'' trade paperback, and is a framing device for the material in the trade.
*The story had some minor revisions in the version printed in the hardcover edition, most notably Rung's deliberations on vocal synthesizers. The errors mentioned below are still present. Additionally, the hardcover also includes several scenes originally intended for "Bullets" that had been cut for space, as a sort of "deleted scenes" extra under the name "[[Out of Bullets]]". The hardcover edition of ''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' is the only way to obtain these extra scenes; they're ''not'' included in the subsequent ''[[Transformers: The Wreckers Saga|Wreckers Saga]]'' trade paperback.
*Rung has a model of the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark-1]]''.
*[[Delphi]] was the name of a secret Autobot base in James Roberts's ''Eugenesis'' fanfiction.
*The number [[113 (disambiguation)|113]] crops up in a bunch of places: [[Dominus Ambus|Agent 113]] is the spy who passes on the information about Garrus-9, [[Room 113]] is where the Ethic Committee meets, and Datalog 113 is the one that concerns the Pova incident. This is a little in-joke by James Roberts, in reference to [[Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!|issue #113]] of the Marvel UK ''Transformers'' comic, which was the issue that got him hooked on the series.
*The description of Pyro's attack on the [[Tremorcon]]s—how he runs over two of them before boosting up and transforming in mid-air—is very similar to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime's]] famous entrance into [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] during ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*In the story Kup tells to Springer about raiding a Decepticon ship named the ''[[Fatal Consequence]]'', he lists a group named the [[Heliobot]]s among the Autobots who were accompanying him during said raid. However, in the text story "[[Zero Point]]" published in the hardcover edition of ''Last Stand of the Wreckers'', Springer ''himself'' is said to have been a member of the Heliobots, which would suggest that he should have been there during the events Kup describes to him in this story. For the reprint of "Bullets" in the hardcover edition of ''Last Stand'', Kup's mention of the Heliobots was thus changed to refer to only "a dozen other" Autobots in order to avoid the contradiction; however, the ''[[Transformers: The Wreckers Saga|Wreckers Saga]]'' trade paperback, which also contains reprints of both "Bullets" and "Zero Point", again features the original version of the line in question with the Heliobots as part of the raid.
*An illustrated version of "Bullets" (resembling the old Marvel UK annual text stories) was printed in the Swedish oversized hardcover collection - ''Transformers: Mer än ögat kan se''. The illustrations were done by [[Nick Roche]], [[Stephen Baskerville]], [[Jeff Anderson]], and [[Thomas Sjöström]], with colours by [[Malin Sasse]] and [[Winston Chan]]. The hardcover was published by [[Ades Media]] and was limited to 500 copies.

===Errors===
*[[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] is described as being killed by a sniper. [[The Transformers: Autocracy|Later fiction]] would retcon this by having Megatron kill Zeta in his climactic final battle.
*On page 123, "you're" should be "your".
*On page 125, there's an extra "to" in Xaaron's dialogue.
*On page 127, "centric" is misspelled "centirc".
*One scene begins with Perceptor describing the effects of "vicarious perception", but randomly jumps focus to Ironfist after the first few lines. It looks like those lines were actually meant to be the final lines of the previous scene, and that the scene switch was erroneously inserted a paragraph too late.
*Skyfall, at Kimia, fears that an incoming communication might be from Perceptor, "about last night's brawl in the [[Exit Rooms]]." Since the transmission in question was triggered by Ironfist's death, Perceptor would presumably still be with the remaining Wreckers en route to Earth when the aforementioned brawl occurred.

===Foreign localization===
'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Jūdan'''" (銃弾, "Bullet")

'''Swedish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kulor'''" ("Bullets")

[[Category:Last Stand of the Wreckers issues]]
[[Category:Text stories]]

London Eye

2021-10-15T21:37:07Z

Grimbee: /* 2005 IDW Continuity */

The ‘’’London Eye’’’ is a Ferris Wheel.

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW Continuity===
[[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]], using a chest cannon that [[Bryce Chan]] installed in him, launched [[Transit (G1)| Transit]] through it. {{storylink|Upgrade}}

London Eye

2021-10-15T21:36:52Z

Grimbee: Created page with "The ‘’’London Eye’’’ is a Ferris Wheel. ==Fiction== ===2005 IDW Continuity=== Kup, using a chest cannon that Bryce Chan insta..."

Kaiser Johnson

2021-10-15T21:22:12Z

Grimbee:

'''Eric Kaiser Johnson''' (born [[February 25]], [[1986]]) is an American actor with both on-screen and voiceover roles. Among his credits are Tyler Dean in ''Youthful Daze'', X in ''Hipsters Anonymous'', and an evil Russian in ''Stranger Things''.

==Voice roles==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy''===
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*[[Reflector (G1)|Refraktors]]
*[[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]
*[[Sparkless]]

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3068383/ Internet Movie Database Profile]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Kaiser}}
[[Category:English voice actors]]

File:CNlogo2.svg

2021-09-10T14:08:05Z

Grimbee:

Cartoon Network's logo, circa 2014.

{{logo|owner=The [[Cartoon Network]] Inc.}}

[[Category:Logos]]

File:CNlogo2.svg

2021-09-10T14:07:43Z

Grimbee:

Cartoon Network's logo, circa 2014. A piece of dung.

{{logo|owner=The [[Cartoon Network]] Inc.}}

[[Category:Logos]]

Wing Saber (Energon)

2021-09-10T04:11:40Z

Grimbee: /* Energon cartoon */

{{disambig3|Wing Saber}}
{{factions|autobot|{{factions/icons|custom=Energon Powerlinx symbol.png|cLink=Powerlinx}}}}
:''Wing Saber is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:WingSaber-comic.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Wing Saber joins Robots in Disguise Ultra Magnus in the proud tradition of being a Power Mushroom for an Optimus.]]
'''Wing Dagger''' was an Autobot security officer assigned to watch over the dangerous Decepticon criminal, [[Shockblast]]. Incredibly devoted to his [[Padlock (Energon)|friends]], he would stop at nothing to protect, and honour them. Unfortunately, both his job and his passions led to his demise, when he was cruelly destroyed trying to contain the prisoner that he had sworn to bring to justice. He would not die in vain though, as he was revived by [[Primus]] into a newer, more powerful body, and given the name '''Wing Saber'''. It was then when he was given a new purpose in life, to serve [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] in the fight against the evil [[Unicron]]. As time went on though, he developed a cockier nature, and his respect for Optimus slowly degraded, which affected his performace, and standing within the team, negatively. Regardless of how he's perceived by his peers now though, one thing that nobody can doubt is his incredible skill, and power, that has steadily increased over the years.

Wing Saber even has his own personal team of [[Mini-Con]]s, the [[Caliber Mini-Con Team]].

{{quote|Spinnin' around, big ol' guns comin' out, SHOWIN' MY WINGSPAN!|Wing Saber, Mr. Modest. [[United]]}}

==Fiction==
===Toy pack-in comics===
When [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] was downed in battle and under imminent attack by several [[Decepticon]]s, Wing Saber swooped to the rescue by blasting away the Decepticons and combining with Optimus Prime. With this new power, Optimus Prime was able to defeat [[Shockblast]] and [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. Soon after, Optimus welcomed Wing Saber to the Autobots. {{storylink|Energon Volume 4}}

===Cartoon continuity===
====''Energon'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Colin Murdoch]] (English), [[Kōji Yusa]] (Japanese)|[[Christian Jernbro]] (Swedish), [[Ari Wirta]] (Finnish), [[Rais David Báscones]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Rolman Bastidas]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
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[[File:WingDagger ep21.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1]]

Wing Dagger served the Autobots as a security guard on Cybertron; he was the jailer in charge of the Decepticon criminal [[Shockblast]]. During a Decepticon uprising, Shockblast escaped his prison. {{storylink|Alpha Q: Identity}} Wing Dagger and his friend [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]] pursued him, but Shockblast ended up killing Padlock. Wing Dagger grieved for his friend and swore revenge on Shockblast. {{storylink|Shockblast: Rampage}}

[[File:Energon-Wing-Dagger-Dead.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|"I asked the producers if I could be hand-drawn. They said I'll be hand-drawn when I'm dead. I thought they were just being colorful."]]

During a Decepticon assault on Cybertron, Wing Dagger lassoed Shockblast with energy bands, but the powerful Decepticon simply pulled him up into the air. As they wove through the sky among the [[energon tower]]s, the Decepticon blasted one of the towers, causing it to crash down upon Wing Dagger and Tidal Wave. Tidal Wave survived with damage, but Wing Dagger died. {{storylink|Each One Fights...}}

Wing Dagger's inert form was taken to [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Unicron Unleashed}} With the aid of [[Rad White|Rad]], Primus restored the warrior, imbuing him with a [[Spark of Combination]]. {{storylink|Open Fire!}} Reformatted into Wing Saber, he joined [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s team not only to end Megatron's tyranny, but to avenge the death of his friend. He tracked down Optimus within Unicron's body, and combined with him to allow the Autobot commander to rejoin the rest of his squad, who had gone ahead of him to track down Megatron. Optimus's team then pursued [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] into [[Alpha Q's universe|a fledgling new dimension]]. {{storylink|Ripped Up Space}}

‘“Wing Saber understood and began to view himself as being Optimus Prime's personal servant. Optimus Prime reminded Wing Saber that he was not Prime's property, but Wing Saber seemed to have issues figuring out who he was.'' He eventually faced off with Shockblast again on [[Iron Planet]]. After making sure that his half-dozen buddies were backing him up, he gave the lone Decepticon a thorough trashing and captured him. Oh, brave Wing Saber! Shockblast was defeated at last; Padlock was avenged, and justice was served. {{storylink|Protection}}

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Shockblast escaped about a day later. Wing Saber didn't seem to notice much, instead keeping focused on aiding Optimus by linking up with him. {{storylink|Imprisoned Inferno}} Wing Saber and the Autobots were investigating the rift for signs of Unicron when the Decepticons attacked Jungle Planet. Wing Saber was forced into a space battle that kept him from stopping the Terrorcons' pillaging down planet-side, despite being combined with Optimus. The fortunate arrival of Bulkhead, Downshift, and Cliffjumper allowed Optimus/Wing Saber to break away and make it into the planet's atmosphere; although they were met with a relentless bombardment from Megatron, they were able to blow him out of the sky and teach him a lesson about how the Autobots' teamwork granted them greater power. {{storylink|Jungle Planet (episode)|Jungle Planet}}

When Optimus caught word that Bulkhead's shuttle, en route to Cybertron to acquire an energon tower, was under assault, he linked up with Wing Saber to fly out and assist them. {{storylink|Bulkhead (episode)|Bulkhead}}

Wing Saber was still combined with Optimus as he coordinated several Energon Towers' deployment to the rest of the planets in Alpha Q's universe. [[Ocean Planet]] was the only location where the Autobots failed to set up a tower. To remedy this, Inferno was sent to distract the Decepticons and buy the Autobots the time they needed to prepare their last tower. Ironhide, posted to keep watch over Inferno, sent out a flare to signal when the Decepticons had taken the bait. Thanks to the Autobots' coordinated effort, Optimus Prime/Wing Saber warped in their last tower and successfully defended it until its activation. {{storylink|Farewell Inferno}} ''Wing Saber stood solemnly by when Optimus dispatched Jetfire to bring [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]]'s raw spark back to [[Primus]] for repairs. Later, he combined with Optimus as he led the Autobots to the newly revitalized [[Planet Q]] to stand guard over it; Alpha Q's latest effort had spawned the planet outside of the energon grid. {{storylink|Return! Our Scorponok}}''

[[Image:FarewellInferno optimus wingsaber.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
When Optimus learned that the Autobots had nearly all taken off to get some "R&R" in an [[Autobot Grand Prix]], he brought Wing Saber along with him to view the race... and make it a little more interesting by shooting up the road! {{storylink|Crash Course}}

Afterward, Wing Saber braved the hazards of the [[Rift|rift in space]] to locate Unicron's missing body. He found Unicron was regenerating himself from energon and reported back. Wing Saber and the other Autobots battled the Decepticons to keep them from fully reactivating the body, and while that failed, they did witness the return of [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|Omega Supreme (episode)|Omega Supreme}} The Autobots persisted in trying to gain entry to Unicron, but when Unicron plowed through the Energon grid, his surface was left super-heated. Optimus disengaged from his combined form with Wing Saber so the younger 'bot could take Rodimus to safety. Wing Saber hesitated, but could not disobey a direct order for his commander, and left Optimus behind. Thankfully, Optimus was rescued by Omega Supreme, and repaired via Energon infusion. {{storylink|A Heroic Battle}} Wing Saber, Bulkhead, and Jetfire kept the lesser Decepticons busy outside of Unicron while the other Autobots sought to reach Megatron's throne room and disconnect him from the Planet-Eater, while the later was still dormant. The fliers later reconvened with the ''Miranda II'', where Misha gave them an update on Optimus Prime and Kicker's teams, then fighting a Unicron-empowered Shockblast and retrieving Alpha Q's body respectively. {{storylink|The Power of Unicron}}

Like most of the team, Wing Saber was severely damaged during the final confrontation with Unicron and was sent to the ''Miranda II''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s sick bay. {{storylink|Optimus Supreme}} He recovered quickly, however, and prepared to launch into battle once again before Kicker talked him into helping coordinate the energon towers assault instead. With the towers, the power of Primus, and the teamwork of the Optimus Supreme combination, Unicron was finally defeated, his essence scattering to the solar winds. {{storylink|Unicron Perishes}}

Everything done and fully fixed, and with Optimus in stasis to heal up, Wing Saber and friends took a break. It was a short break: as various Autobots went into regeneration, Saber had a report that Megatron and the Terrorcons were attacking [[Central City (Cybertron)|Central City]], Cybertron! The Autobots rushed back home {{storylink|Ambition}} and fought an underground resistance against Galvatron's invasion of the planet. Wing Saber personally assured the hiding population that Optimus was on his way.{{storylink|Galvatron!}} His team was found by a Terrorcon patrol, and were soon entrenched in combat against Scorponok. {{storylink|Break Through}}

At some point in time, the Autobots played a fighting simulation game where the Wing Saber/Optimus Prime tag-team won defeated Landmine and Cliffjumper, but lost to Rodimus and Hot Shot. {{storylink|Distribution}}

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Optimus and his troops then finally met up with Wing Saber's rag-tag group of resistance fighters. After formulating a strategy to free the rest of their allies around the planet, Optimus and Wing Saber linked up once more to stand up against Galvatron. {{storylink|The Omega Train}} They took a direct hit from the planet's [[energon grid]], however, and went down in flames. Wing Saber was left unconscious and was nearly destroyed by Galvatron until the Omnicons arrived to restore him. He and Optimus recombined, striking a devastating blow to Galvatron, prompting him to retreat. {{storylink|Decepticon Army}} The Autobots continued to struggle with the Decepticons on the surface until the efforts of Dr. Jones and the Omnicons recharged Primus at Cybertron's core. This remotely revitalized Optimus Prime's Combination Spark, and he disengaged from his combination with Wing Saber to join up with Omega Supreme instead and delivered a stunning series of attacks against his foes. {{storylink|Ironhide Team}} But Six Shot found a way to turn the situation to the Decepticons' advantage once more; by allowing the energon gas build up underground, he engineered an enormous explosion that sent Wing Saber and those fighting alongside him into space. Although damaged, the Autobots resolutely continued to fight, assaulting the energon towers to prevent Cybertron from destroying the planets it was passing by through space. {{storylink|Formidable}}

Once Cybertron's propulsion through space had been halted, Wing Saber returned to Primus's chamber. There, he learned that Sally had managed to infiltrate the Decepticons' base by herself. Wing Saber left with Jetfire to bring the girl back to safety. But Sally's position proved to be a huge boon, and thanks to her help, the Autobots were able to take control of the Decepticons' base. This, in turn, granted them access to Cybertron's warp gate system again. {{storylink|Galvatron Terror}}

Wing Saber came upon Galvatron after he had submerged himself into the super energon pool a second time, causing him to grow to enormous proportions. Galvatron then launched himself into space, dragging Cybertron behind him with a tether of super energon. While a team headed by Kicker severed the tether, Wing Saber's team continued to make war against the Decepticons around Galvatron, fluttering around the Decepticon leader like skirmishing insects. {{storylink|Destructive Power}} Wing Saber allowed Landmine to ride atop of him like a surfboard, as he continued to battle around the now space-borne Galvatron. When the battle moved beyond their ability to contribute, Wing Saber and the Autobots kept in a holding pattern around Jungle Planet as the massive Optimus and the Unicron-possessed Galvatron grappled one another. {{storylink|Spark (episode)|Spark}}

Wing Saber was among the gathered troops who joined with Optimus Prime in spark form to confront the massive [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]-[[Unicron]] fusion. Like the others, he was restored to his own body after the battle's conclusion. {{storylink|The Sun}}

====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Kelamis]] (English), [[Takayasu Usui]] (Japanese)|[[Shen Dawei]] (Chinese), [[Ari Wirta]] (Finnish), [[Juan Navarro Torelló]] (Castilian Spanish)}}

{{note|In the original ''Galaxy Force'' version of the show, "Sonic Bomber" is unrelated to the Wing Saber who appears in ''Super Link''/''Energon''.}}

[[File:Cyb ep28 thumbsup.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.3|"I'm one tubular flying machine, dudeirino bro-guy!"]]

After Galvatron's defeat, Wing Saber started to become one cocky jack-the-lad!

Wing Saber and Optimus Prime went on a mission to save a stranded astronaut in the [[Chaar asteroid belt]]; to navigate, they had to get through it in a back-to-back formation and started to feel a whole new combination coming on. Wing Saber span out of control and almost hit an asteroid, but was saved by Optimus. {{storylink|United}} However, after a while, he grew fed up of taking orders and split from the Autobots. He even attacked Optimus! ("Well, hey, the big guy had it comin'.") {{storylink|Assault}}

While Wing Saber was AWOL, the [[Unicron Singularity]] altered people's memories {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 2}} and Wing Saber and Optimus forgot all those other times they'd combined. Some Autobots even forgot who Wing Saber ''was!'' {{storylink|United}} {{storylink|Assault}}

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Wing Saber returned during the search for the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s when he encountered the [[Omega Frequency]] wave after the [[Velocitron|Speed Planet]] Key was inserted into the [[Omega Lock]] on [[Earth]]. He approached the Earth at a breakneck speed, blazing like a meteor. Reaching the volcanic island where his comrades were doing battle with the Decepticons, he nailed Megatron with missiles before the Decepticon could fire his Death Machine Gun at Optimus Prime. Jetfire, while not entirely happy to see Wing Saber again, provided him with an Earth [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], a powerful fighter-bomber. ("Looks good to me!") Wing Saber now showed signs of a new, defiant attitude toward his former allies, even to the point of violence. He fired at Hot Shot's feet when the latter questioned him once, but cooled down, with Jetfire explaining to a worried [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] that "That's just how he is." However, Wing Saber quickly found himself part of the team again, taking to the air to dogfight with Megatron and keep him away from [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Assault}}

[[File:United optimus sonicwingmode.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Sonic Wing Mode. Basically, he's Prime's shirt and trousers.]]

Wing Saber continued to battle Megatron while Optimus Prime and Vector Prime pursued the Lock, and later rescued Vector Prime after Starscream's growth to skyscraper size caused an eruption. [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] attempted to stop them from leaving, but was defeated by Wing Saber's [[Cyber Key]] cannon. {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}}

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Several attempts to take Starscream down were made, all of which failed. After Starscream thwarted one attempt by filling the air between him and the Autobots with chunks of rock, Wing Saber was reminded of the mission in the Chaar asteroid belt. He suggested trying the same trick again and attempted to link up with Optimus. The attempt failed, but Prime agreed the method from the first attempt to clear the asteroids worked. Wing Saber and Prime flew together through the boulders to reach clear sky, which led to reviving his ability to combine with Optimus Prime to create their Sonic Wing Mode. Wing Saber took the place of Prime's Super Mode backpack,lending his leader his weapons and his powerful jet engines. This and the power of the merge allowed Optimus to deliver a powerful slashing blow to Starscream, knocking him out. {{storylink|United}}

Following this, Wing Saber followed Optimus back to Cybertron in defense of the [[Omega Lock]] but when he combined with Optimus to fight off Megatron, the villain craftily cheated and ran off with the Lock. So the two followed with through a [[dimension gate]]! In a ferocious fight, Megatron was defeated and his fiery dimension collapsed, and a stunned Wing Saber would watch his home planet transform into the body of [[Primus]] himself! {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} The deity explained the plot to them before Starscream and sneaky [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] showed up, leading to Wing Saber combining into Sonic Wing Mode yet again {{storylink|Balance}} and Megatron coming back from the apparent dead after a whole half hour away and yet ''another'' combined fight, this time against [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]], before Optimus Prime left him to bond with another guy. {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}} Then he ran for the Omega Lock again and there was more fighting! {{storylink|Memory (Cybertron)|Memory}} Then more combining to fight! Wing Saber was having a very samey day.

Insult to injury, Optimus dissed one of his battle cries. In fairness, "This time you're taking the express train to Loserville!" is lame. {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}}

When the ''[[Atlantis]]'' and [[Bud]] within it was captured by Sideways, Wing Saber scoured the depths of space looking for the ship. {{storylink|Family}} Soon after Jetfire joined him, they found a trail of Bud-signed garbage marking the way. Unfortunately, the two jets found themselves dealing with both ''Atlantis''' guns and a large Decepticon attack force! The ''Atlantis'' warped away and Wing Saber had to retreat. {{storylink|Titans}}

The Autobot's follow-up was to make their way to the newly discovered [[Gigantion]], and Wing Saber was ready and raring to go before it was pointed out that the car robots would need, y'know, a ship. He had honestly forgot not all Transformers flew. The Autobots duly made use of the ''[[Ogygia (Cybertron)|Ogygia]]'', warping through a bizarre space-tunnel and fending off the ''Atlantis'' before arriving at the planet. {{storylink|Warp}} Exploring the vast cities that covered Gigantion, Wing Saber showed his smarts by trying to body-slam a rock out of the way of a door. After contact was made with the local giants, the Decepticons attacked and it was combiner time for Saber again. He helped Optimus dogfight their new foe [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]]. After Autobot victory, the locals [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]] and [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]] joined the mission. {{storylink|Giant}}

Megatron came back minutes later in his new Galvatron form and Wing Saber, trying to protect the human kids, was swiftly flattened. {{storylink|Fury (Cybertron)|Fury}} Minutes after ''that'', the Autobots finally located the ''Atlantis'' and Wing Saber was part of a diversion, fighting Starscream so others could infiltrate the ship and rescue Bud. {{storylink|City}}

In the search for the [[Cyber Planet Key]] deep beneath Gigantion, our boy was teamed up with Lori and [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]]; he glibly pointed out how easy it would be to ambush them down there, which the Decepticons duly did! In the ensuing fight, Thunderblast was clearly baiting Autobots to follow her into a trap... but Wing Saber went anyway, terrified of saying "no" to an enraged Lori. The trap was a vast lake, where boat-former Thunderblast had the upper hand and the jet felt he should retreat. Instead, Lori had him use trickery; he dropped her off, then was "shot down" and when Thunderblast went for the kill, she was trapped by debris Lori dropped around her. Then Wing Saber fired his guns and blew her away, Team Rocket style.

Wing Saber followed this up by saving Lori from some debris. All over, right? Nope, to finish this off, they discovered information about [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]] and its ancient war with Gigantion. {{storylink|Ambush (episode)|Ambush}} Man, this is big stuff, it'd sure suck if all Wing Saber got to do next episode was show up to blow away some minor bad guys and form Sonic Wing Mode instead of tell people about what he'd seen! {{storylink|Challenge}}

After helping beat up Scourge for reasons {{storylink|Scourge (episode)|Scourge}}, Wing Saber took off with Override to find the lost colony ship ''[[Lemuria (Cybertron)|Lemuria]]''. They found it resting in a great lake and managed to call it in before the Decepticons showed up; Saber once again bonded with Optimus. However, Galvatron began a campaign of psychological terror, hinting Optimus saw his men as disposable. When an enraged Wing Saber, now separate, tried and failed to stop the tyrant alone, they attempted a re-link until Galvatron said he'd simply hit ''only'' Wing Saber's parts. Optimus refused to [[Powerlinx]] and was decimated. Wing Saber ignored orders and tried to fight the villain himself again and his defeat only deepended Prime's funk. After gathering himself, Saber helped take the ''Lemuria'' and was a joyful witness to Optimus' mental recovery (and battering of Galvatron). {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}}

All the Cyber Planet Keys were in their hands but the great black hole had become vastly worse. The Autobots departed Gigantion for Cybertron, though Wing Saber and the others had to watch [[Vector Prime]] die to give them the chance. {{storylink|Showdown (Cybertron)|Showdown}} In a multi-planet operation, Wing Saber defended the weakened Primus by (you guessed!) forming Sonic Wing Mode with Optimus. He and Optimus almost died fighting Galvatron but were saved in time by massed Autobot reinforcements. {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}} {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}} In the final battle to reclaim the Lock and Keys from Galvatron, Wing Saber yet again linked up with Prime into Sonic Wing Mode. His powerful engines and his speed helped Optimus pursue the Omega Lock into the depths of the Unicron Singularity. and snatch it back just before it reached the point of no return. {{storylink|End}}

Wing Saber helped realign one of the rockets that propelled the Jungle Planet through the space bridge back to its proper orbit, and then watched as his leader dealt Galvatron a fatal sword blow, at long last ending the war. {{storylink|Unfinished}}

While preparations for the renewed Space Bridge Project were being completed Wing Saber departed and eventually encountered (and dueled with) the mighty [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]], who had somehow survived his duel with Galvatron on [[Gigantion|the Giant Planet]]. Landmine and Mudflap joined him. {{storylink|Beginning}}

===''Energon'' comic===
{{Unreleased energon comic}}

Wing Saber was part of a three-man reinforcement team who, with [[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]], went to help [[Alterenergy]] track down and rescue [[Kicker Jones]]. He helped hold off [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] long enough for Kicker to escape, gumming up [[Alpha Quintesson]]'s schemes. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 4}} After the kid zapped Demolishor, Wing Saber and chums returned to Cybertron to help battle the resurrected [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 5}}

===''Galaxy Force'' manga===
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===Ask Sideways===
After hijacking Vector Prime's [[Axiom Nexus News]] column, known liar [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] stated that he once replaced Wing Saber's motherboard with used pinball machine parts so that Wing Saber would light up every time he was smacked around. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Ask Sideways|Ask Sideways, 2015/07/02}}

==Toys==
===''Energon''===
[[File:EnergonWingSaber.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Brickimus Maximus!]]
*'''Wing Saber''' (Mega Class, 2004)
**''Takara ID Number'': '''SC-17'''
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles

: ''Energon'' Wing Saber transforms into a Cybertronic "flying wing" jet, vaguely resembling a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. In both jet and [[robot mode]] he has a pair of spring-loaded missile launchers. The launchers end up on his knees in robot mode. They can be removed from their mounting brackets [[for safety reasons|to prevent permanent breakage if dropped]], but lack any other method of attaching them to Wing Saber or any other figure.

: He disassembles into four portions, which attach to the limbs on the [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Energon|Super-class ''Energon'' Optimus Prime toy]]. When Wing Saber's upper-body parts and wings are attached to Prime's arms, they are in "Flight Mode", while the lower-body-as-arms configuration brings Wing Saber's non-firing cannons to the forefront, forming "Cannon Mode". His parts can also attach to the [[Omega Supreme (Energon)#Toys|Omega Supreme]] and [[Omega Sentinel (Energon)#Toys|Omega Sentinel]] toys.

: As Wing Saber is essentially a glorified accessory for the Super class Optimus Prime figure, his robot mode is a [[brick (term)|brick]], with almost no articulation beyond some minor movement in his lower arms.

: The [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] version predated the [[Hasbro]] release by several months. The two versions are largely identical, but Takara's has a greater number of more intricate [[Paint operation|paint applications]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/WingSaber/wingsaber.htm More information on Wing Saber at TFU.info]''
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===''Cybertron''===
[[File:Cyb wingsaber toy.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|His guns have guns on them which also shoot tiny guns. (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
[[File:GF SonicBomber toy.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|FAINARU FYU- Oh wait, [[Brave (franchise)|wrong show]]. (''Takara version pictured'')]]
*'''Wing Saber''' (Ultra Class, 2005)
**''Takara ID Number:'' '''GC-22'''
**''Takara release date'':
**''Accessories'': Left & right blades, 2 blade-handles, left & right spring-loaded missile launchers, 2 missiles, Cybertron Autobot Cyber Key
**''Cyber Key Code'': '''uya7'''

: ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Wing Saber transforms into a heavily armed military plane based on an [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#A-10 Thunderbolt II|A-10 Thunderbolt]]. Pressing the button behind his cockpit canopy causes a mini-gun sound to emit from a speaker on the bottom of the nosecone. Plugging a Cyber Key into the key slot behind his canopy splits the nosecone fuselage in half and exposes a cannon with a red LED. Pressing the button activates the same mini-gun sound effect, this time with the red LED flashing unobstructed.

:Wing Saber's wing-flaps detach to form swords; for Wing Saber to use them, they need to be inserted into sword-handles that plug into 5mm holes in his forearms, as his hands are incompatible with the standard weapon-pegs. His removable spring-loaded missile launchers, mounted under his wings, can also be attached to those ports. His Key-activated cockpit [[gimmick]] can also be used in robot mode, being mounted over his head via a supporting strut, although it points at an upward angle. Wing Saber can also form a backpack for [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Cybertron|''Cybertron'' Leader Class Optimus Prime]]'s super mode, forming their "Sonic Wing Mode". Optimus Prime can hold Wing Saber's swords in any of his modes and the sword hilts also act as adaptors to allow Optimus to hold and use [[5 mm post|5mm post]] weapons

:[[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''Galaxy Force'' "Sonic Bomber" figure preceded [[Hasbro]]'s Wing Saber by several months, and has a slightly different deco. These figures tended have a misaligned "nose guard" that can obscure the eyes in some cases, and were fixed for the [[Hasbro]] release. Deco differences include silver-chromed saber blades and a gold chromed chest shield, while minor changes were made to the graphics on the plane, such as a red striped nosecone as opposed to Wing Saber's entirely red nosecone, and larger [[Autobot]] insignias on the wings.

:This toy doubles as the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' character [[Wing Saber (BWU)|Wing Saber]], and this mold was [[redeco]]ed to make [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|the 2007 movie toyline's]] [[Wingblade#Toys|Wingblade]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/WingSaber/wingsaber.htm More information on ''Cybertron'' Wing Saber at TFU.info]''

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*'''Sonic Convoy''' (Multi-pack, 2005)
**''ID Number'': '''EX-02'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right blades, 2 blade-handles, left & right spring-loaded missile launchers, 2 missiles, Autobot [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] [[Cyber Key]]

: Part of a large [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] multi-pack, this release of Sonic Bomber received a number of small detailing changes; his saber blades were changed from silver chrome to gold chrome, all red paint was changed to metallic red, and the chest shield halves were now red chrome rather than gold. Benefiting from the Hasbro tweak, this version also has a properly aligned "nose guard".

: He was only available in the "Sonic Convoy" set with a largely-transparent [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#SonicConvoy|Galaxy Convoy]] and the [[Cobybot#Toys|Coby ''Sen'yō'' Ramble]].

: None of the toys in this box set were given bio cards. Aww.

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[[File:Cybertrontoy prime wingsaber 2pack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Optimus Prime / Wing Saber''' (Multi-pack, 2006)
**''Accessories'': Left & right blades, 2 blade-handles, left & right spring-loaded missile launchers, 2 missiles, Autobot [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] [[Cyber Key]]
**''Cyber Key Code'': '''uya7'''

:This set, consisting of totally unmodified versions of ''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime and Wing Saber, was released as a CostCo exclusive, and also includes a DVD with the [[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|''Cybertron'' cartoon]] episode "[[United]]". This set comes in a particularly huge box, and sold for $35.99, five dollars less than the MSRP for Optimus Prime ''by himself''. Now that's a deal!
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==Merchandise==
===Energon===
*'''Wing Convoy Chō Real Figure''' (2004)

:Wing Convoy Super Real Figure (ウイングコンボイ超リアルフィギュア, ''Wing Convoy Chō Real Figure'') is a PVC of Optimus Prime combined with Wing Saber in Flight Mode. It was sold exclusively with the August issue of ''Televi-kun'' (てれびくん) magazine, first on sale July 1, 2004.

::*''[http://snakas.web.fc2.com/energon/wingfig_televi.htm More information on Wing Convoy Chō Real Figure at Autobase Aichi]''

*'''Wing Convoy Original Figure''' (2004)
[[File:WingConvoyOriginalFigure.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Nemesis Saber? Wing Sweep?]]

:A [[redeco]] of the Wing Convoy Super Real Figure, Wing Convoy Original Figure (ウイングコンボイオリジナルフィギュア) was exclusively scotch taped inside Wing Saber figures sold at [[JUSCO]] department stores starting on July 30, 2004. A sticker was placed on Wing Saber's packaging to note the promotion.

:Despite being sold as Wing Convoy/Optimus Prime, the figure's color scheme bears a striking resemblance to that of [[Grand Scourge]], whose model kit was on sale the same month.

::*''[http://snakas.web.fc2.com/energon/wingfig_jusco.htm More information on Wing Convoy Original Figure at Autobase Aichi]''
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==Notes==
* ''Energon'' Wing Saber was a toy-concept initiated by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] and left largely to their own design team to develop, though they had to follow various [[Hasbro]] price-point mandates. The toy was detail-designed by noted Japanese fan [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] and incorporates elements of fan-favorites [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] and [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]].
* Ichikawa originally envisioned Wing Saber's personal weapon to be the [[Energon Saber]]. This was nixed by the animation production staff, however, along with many other toy-team concepts.
* ''Energon'' Wing Saber was originally named '''[[Superion Maximus]]''' for his western incarnation, but the name was shelved in favor of simply reusing the established Japanese name. "Superion Maximus" was reused for the combined form of the ''Energon'' [[Air Team]] shortly thereafter.
[[File:CYB sonic bomber originalsculpt.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|Sonic Bomber has wing sabers.]]
* Wing Saber's [[bio]] on Transformers.com, first appearing under the "Superion Maximus" title, was largely different from anything else, wherein "Wing Saber" was a venerable defender of high ranking Autobots and was the personal carrier of the Autobot high council.
* ''Cybertron'' Wing Saber's original [[prototype]] featured a different [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] nosecone design than seen on the final toy. As revealed by the Japanese online retailer [http://www.amenbo.com Amenbo.com] on April 29, 2005, the original sculpt had a much greater resemblance to the A-10 Thunderbolt, with a rounded nose cone, a correctly shaped (translucent) canopy, and twin translucent gatling cannons. It's possible that the [[design change|change]] from this more realistic sculpt to the entirely opaque one seen on the final toy occurred in order to avoid licensing issues.
* ''Cybertron'' Wing Saber was originally named '''Knockdown''', but this was presumably shelved to have another preexisting character in the series.
* ''Cybertron'' Wing Saber's Mach 1-plus speed capabilities are notably ironic, considering his altmode was nicknamed the "Warthog" for being bulky and slow.

===Foreign names===
====''Energon''====
*''Japanese:'' '''Wing Saber''' (ウイングセイバー ''Uingu Seibā''), '''Wing Dagger''' (ウイングダガー ''Uingu Dagā'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Éleskard''' ("Sharp Sword"), '''Éleskés''' (Wing Dagger, "Sharp Knife")<ref>In "[[Optimus Prime vs Megatron: The Ultimate Battle]]", Wing Dagger is called '''Tőrszárny''', the most accurate of the translations (it means "Dagger Wing"), but not the most fancy-sounding.</ref>
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jīyì Wǔlì''' (Taiwan, 機翼武力, "Wing Force"), '''Yì Jiàn''' (China, 翼剑, "Wing Sword")
*''Russian:'' '''Ostrokryl''' (Wing Dagger, Острокрыл, "Sharp Wing"), '''Sablekryl''' (Саблекрыл, "Saber Wing")

====''Cybertron''====
*''Japanese:'' '''Sonic Bomber''' (ソニックボンバー ''Sonikku Bonbā'')
*''Korean:'' '''Ultra Jet''' (울트라제트 ''Ulteura Jeteu'')

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_frm/thread/b064ea50d2b114d0/43847f79db724831?lnk=st&q=&rnum=3&hl=en#43847f79db724831 An interview with Hirofumi Ichikawa on his ''Energon'' work]

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Cybertron City (episode)

2021-09-10T03:01:48Z

Grimbee: /* Continuity notes */

{{disambig3|Cybertron City}}
{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=1
|prev=Mortal Combat
|next=Energon Stars
|title="Cybertron City"
|japanese=浮上! オーシャンシティ
|romaji=Fujō! Ocean City
|translation=Arise! Ocean City
|image=E1_titlecard.jpg
|caption=You're going to wish Hot Shot had a trigger finger.
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Yutaka Satoh]], [[Jun Kawagoe]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[January 9|9 January]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[January 31]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy continuity|Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Ten years after the defeat of Unicron, a new threat arises...'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Energon Ocean City rises.jpg|thumb|left|200px|We built this city on rock and roll!]]

Deep within the shattered remains of [[Unicron]], [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]]—one of Unicron's many victims—is resurrected, to gather [[energon]] to revive Unicron. Alpha Q releases a horde of energon-eating [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s, which will scavenge [[Earth]]'s abundant supplies of the power source.

As [[Ocean City]] and its bridge rise and unfold from one of Earth's oceans, [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] narrates: it has been ten years since [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and Unicron disappeared in the depths of space. He and the other surviving [[Decepticon]]s have had to suffer through working with the [[Autobot]]s and [[human]]s in search of energon, and he's ''not'' happy about it.

The city has surfaced so that the human known as [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] can go out on [[High Wire (Armada)|his motorbike]] and get some fresh air, much to Demolishor's consternation. [[Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Hot Shot]] shows up too, and berates Demolishor for neglecting his work before running off in pursuit of the wayward Kicker. Kicker's tired of being cooped up in the submerged city and taking orders from 'bots. Suddenly, his hair flashes golden.

[[File:Cybertron City Optimus and Ironhide train.jpg|thumb|200px|Primedouken!]]

Below the waves, the [[Omnicon]]s are hard at work mining; they suddenly hit a golden glowing seam.

On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Rad White|Rad]] pays a visit to Earth's [[Extraterrestrial Research and Development Center]], where he communicates briefly with [[Sally Jones|Sally]]. Rad tells Kicker's father, [[Brian Jones|Dr. Jones]], that the Omnicons have hit a big vein of energon right where Dr. Jones predicted. Energon is a clean energy source, needed to get Earth through an energy crisis, as well as the [[Transformer]]s' requirements for the repair of Cybertron.

On an asteroid colony, two 'bots give the stoic [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] a hard time about his terminal silence. Suddenly, a barrage of lights from the depths of space pound the colony, as the mysterious Terrorcon drones attack.

In a training arena, [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] spars with [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], and is ready to go again despite getting put down. Optimus comments that the young 'bot reminds him a lot of Hot Shot, which Ironhide regards as about the best compliment ever.

Rad and Dr. Jones report the attack to Optimus, telling him that their [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] depot is under attack, as reported by [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]]. Prime speaks with [[Primus]] about the strange development. Prime rounds up [[Jetfire (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Jetfire]] and [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] to check out the situation, and Ironhide insists on coming too. Rad activates a [[space bridge]] gate, and the four Autobots roll out.

[[File:E01 shinjiface.jpg|left|200px|thumb|This is my "Shinji" face.]]

Arriving on Mars, the four find the smoking ruins of [[Mars City]]. The team detects no life, even though there were many Transformers working there. They quickly head to Earth.

At Ocean City, Sally and [[Miranda Jones|her mother]] observe the Omnicons' energon research, and squabble with Kicker. Kicker recalls arriving on planet Cybertron as a very young boy with his father, and meeting the gargantuan and rather terrifying Autobots. Present-day Kicker grumbles that he doesn't need any [[Transformer]]s to protect him.

Carlos reports that the Mars base was destroyed by asteroids. Kicker urgently tells Hot Shot that they're under attack, and he must submerge the city. He and Hot Shot race outside.

[[File:E01 glowing kicker.jpg|200px|thumb|'''Finding God:''' Yer doing it wrong!]]

In a flashback sequence...

:''Optimus Prime searches for a young Kicker, who, driven by his fear of the Autobots, has run away and hidden in a restricted zone. Falling into a void, Kicker is snared by a glowing light. The voice of Primus speaks, wondering what energy source powers humans. Primus then bestows Kicker with a sixth-sense granting him the ability to detect danger and energon.''

Present day, Hot Shot and Kicker observe as a huge swarm of Terrorcons appear in the sky, opening fire. Hot Shot returns fire. Demolishor soon finds himself against a pile of the creatures. The timely arrival of Optimus's crew saves Kicker from another group. Prime unleashes his [[Prime Force]] drones, then gives Hot Shot a [[Spark of Combination]], allowing him to [[Powerlinx]] with Inferno. [[Super Mode|Prime merges with his drones]], and blows away a ton of the Terrorcons.

Kicker leaps aboard Ironhide and makes good use of his cannon, but ultimately has to be saved by Prime, who launches a suit from his Spark of Combination to protect him from a fall. The surprised Kicker is told that the suit was made for him by his father. Kicker is furious—this is his planet and nobody can tell him what to do!

Alpha Q observes that the first attack was a failure, but there are many hands yet to be played.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Hot Shot]] (8)
*[[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]]s (9)
*[[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]]s (10)
*[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (15)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (16)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Jetfire]] (17)
*[[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (18)
*[[Prime Force]] (24)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s corpse (4)
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (5)
*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (14)

|c3=
*[[Kicker Jones]] (6)
*[[Rad White]] (11)
*[[Sally Jones]] (12)
*[[Brian Jones]] (13)
*[[Carlos Lopez]] (19)
*[[Miranda Jones]] (21)
*[[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] (22, flashback)

|c4=
*[[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (1)
*[[Battle Ravage]]s (2)
*[[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]]s (3)
*[[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (7)
*[[Primus]] (20)
*[[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] (23)
}}

==Quotes==
"You're not the boss of me, Autobot!"
:—'''Demolishor''' apparently liked taking orders from [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|his last boss]] more.

"Tidal Wave like Asteroid Belt."
:—'''Tidal Wave''' enjoying the view on the moon.

"She said our Earth station has detected molecular activity at the precise coordinates where you suspected energon to be."
:—'''Rad''' begins the grand ''Energon'' tradition of things making no sense at all.

"Is that energon?" 
"Yes. It's the energy source that all Transformers need to survive, Sally." 
"I'm not sure I get it, Mom."
:—'''Sally''' and '''Mrs. Jones''', who doesn't know much about biology.

"Kicker! Don't be an idiot!"
:—'''Hot Shot''' is a real optimist.
{{--}}

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Super Link''===
*There are two distinct English-language dubs of this episode—a version broadcast on television, which is a straight dub of the Japanese edition of the episode, and the substantially-altered version released on the Paramount DVD. In addition to a ''heavily'' re-written script, the DVD version re-orders several scenes, chief among them the opening sequence with Alpha Q and Kicker's flashbacks, and inserts a new opening monologue from Optimus Prime, along with clips from ''Armada''. The original televised version of the episode was restored for the Shout! Factory release.
*The prolonged sequence of Ocean City rising up from beneath the waves differs across the various editions of this episode. The ''Super Link'' version features only music and sound effects. The TV-broadcast version of ''Energon'' features a monologue from Demolishor touching upon the events of the last ten years, to cement the series as a continuation of ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]''. The Paramount DVD version replaces this monologue with an argument between Kicker and [[Misha Miramond|Misha]] about raising the city. Misha does not actually appear in the episode, though, and shouldn't actually ''be'' in Ocean City anyway.
*In the opening sequence of this episode, Alpha Q states that Unicron has brought him back online, in order to stop Unicron from going offline—a claim that is totally at odds with what we will learn of the character and his history as the series progresses. As an error, it's entirely confined to ''Energon'', but unlike the multitude of errors that would come to populate ''Energon'', this one was ''not'' a product of stupidity, but instead, a very deliberately inserted line. This "minion of Unicron" role was Hasbro's intention for the character, and is how he is portrayed in the [[Transformers: Energon (comic)|Dreamwave comic]], but the Japanese production staff wound up creating an entirely different story for the character that contradicted it. To get things back in order, the line was deleted from the Paramount DVD release of the ''Energon'' episode.
*Curiously, the Paramount DVD version of this episode removed the cameos of young Alexis, Carlos, and Rad departing the Autobot starship [[Axalon (Armada)|''Axalon'']] from Kicker's flashback sequence, instead jumping straight to Dr. Jones and Kicker leaving the vessel.

===Pain count===
The "Uh?"s start very early:
*"Uh?": 9

===Animation and technical errors===
*This episode's English title fails to localize the faction name "Cybertron" to "Autobot".
*In the version broadcast on television, there is an audio synch mistake when Rad and Dr. Jones watch Prime's Autobots depart for Mars; their dialogue begins too soon, cringingly causing their lip movements to lag behind it. Surprisingly, this was fixed for the DVD release.
*During the attack on Ocean City, Sally wonders where her brother is, and her mother adds "Where's Kicker?" in Sally's voice. Oops. This was not fixed for the DVD release.

===Continuity notes===
*Just like ''Armada'', it is never explicitly stated what year the events of ''Energon'' take place. All [[canon]] sources establish each show in the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]] taking place ten years apart from one another, starting with the then-future year of [[2010]], meaning ''Energon'' takes place in [[2020]].
**However, the Paramount DVD release suggests it's been 20 years since the [[Unicron Battles]], making it [[2030]], which is the year the events of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' take place.
**In the ''Armada'' episode "[[Chase (episode)|Chase]]", [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]]'s laptop has [[2002]] listed as the year, obviously due to the year the episode was animated/released, long before 2010 became the established year.
*The corpse of [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] is briefly shown in the opening scene, when the camera is moving through Unicron's body.
*While the returning Autobots and [[Mini-Con]]s from ''Armada'' have been upgraded into entirely new bodies, fit with new weapons systems and alternate forms, the extent of the returning Decepticons' upgrades are merely reduced to new color schemes. This, topped off with the fact that the Decepticons only serve as guards of energon mining facilities, suggests there is no equality between the Autobots and Decepticons. Who are the ''real'' villains again?
*The poor [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Mini-Cons]] have had their roles reduced to washing cars and being used as Kicker's transportation.
*Gadgets and powers:
**Kicker can sense Energon and danger, a power bestowed upon him by Primus.
**Terrorcons have the ability to eat raw Energon and convert it into [[Energon star]]s.
**Copter-2 can slice through enemies with its rotor blades.
**Digger-3 can create whirlwinds with its drill.
**Submarine-4 fires torpedos.
**Optimus carries the [[Spark of Combination]] in his chest where his [[Matrix of Leadership]] used to be. He also carried Kicker's armor inside the Spark of Combination too.
**Ironhide can deploy his head in vehicle mode like a [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]].
**Powerlinx Hot Shot wields both his and Inferno's weapons.
**Optimus fire his "Energon Blast" attack in [[Super Mode]].
*[[Powerlinx]] forms:
**Perceptor (first use)
**Powerlinx Hot Shot with Inferno (first use)
**Optimus Prime Super Mode (first use)

===Continuity errors===
*In Optimus Prime's opening monologue in the Paramount DVD version of the episode, he refers to the series as taking place 20 years after the Unicron Battles of ''Armada'', rather than 10.
*Optimus Prime is somehow able to identify the Terrorcons by name, before he has any way to know what they are. Again, this line was not in ''Super Link'', and was removed for the Paramount DVD release of ''Energon''.
*As stated [[#Differences with Super Link|above]] the Paramount DVD version of the episode has Misha placed in Ocean City, when subsequent episodes reveal she had been in [[Desert City]] the entire time, hence the converstaion featured in the [[Energon Stars|next episode]], post-evacuation, has Misha and Kicker talking from screens rather than in person.

===Transformers references===
[[File:EnergonCybertronCityTakaraBike.jpg|200px|thumb]]
*A close-up of High Wire's motorbike mode reveals TAKARA branding, an obvious reference to [[TakaraTomy]] (who at the time was still just called "Takara" before the brand merge with Tomy in [[2006]]).
*The aforementioned inequality between Autobots and Decepticons is very similar to the state of Cybertron during the [[Beast Era]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].

===Real-world references===
*According to the ''[[Transformers: Energon Official Guidebook]]'', the sparring match was Optimus Prime training the others in the martial arts discipline {{w|Kumite}}.

===Trivia===
*Compared to later episodes, this one is ''astonishingly'' well-animated and acted.
*Kicker is apparently able to raise and lower the city without anyone stopping him or even asking why.
*The space shuttles the humans use are partarially designed to reflect Jetfire's shuttle mode. The most significant difference between the two is the absence of the red booster rocket portion that forms Jetfire's legs and torso in robot mode. This would also mean in-universe that Jetfire has since reformatted into the newest Earth model of space shuttle.
*Due to use of an earlier unfinished CGI model, Jetfire's rifle is incorrectly colored gray. The colors won't be corrected until "[[Starscream the Mysterious Mercenary]]."
{{--}}

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount)
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 001 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume One (Shout! Factory)

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Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant

2021-09-10T02:38:33Z

Grimbee:

The '''Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant''' was the first grid connected nuclear power plant in the world, located in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]].

==Fiction==
===IDW movie comics===
The Soviets used files taken from [[Sector Seven]] by their agent [[Joe Danco]] to advance their scientific research, resulting in the creation of nuclear power plants beginning with Obninsk. {{storylink|Frozen}} {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}

==External links==
*{{w|Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant}} on Wikipedia

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Sistex University

2021-09-10T01:47:20Z

Grimbee:

'''Sistex University''' is likely an education facility in [[Sistex]].

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[Hatchet (BWU)|Hatchet]] was a professor at Sistex University. {{storylink|Lio Convoy: Unity Through Tyranny}}

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CNN

2021-09-10T01:00:30Z

Grimbee: /* Transformers film */

[[File:TLK-CNN.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
'''CNN''' is a television news network owned by WarnerMedia. Since its launch on [[June 1]], [[1980]] through Ted Turner himself, it is the first television channel to provide news coverage 24 hours a day.

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
[[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]], [[Verity Carlo]], and [[Jimmy Pink]] escaped the crash of the ''[[Ark-19]]'' in an escape pod that landed in [[Wicksburg]]. Before leaving the site, Ratchet made sure to destroy the pod, noting that it was one less piece of Cybertronian technology to see on CNN. {{Storylink|Devastation issue 3|Devastation #3}}

===Live-action film series===
====''Transformers'' film====
On [[Air Force One]], the President watched [[Jeffrey Abrams]] report on the SOCCENT base attack. Later, he reported that 40 C-17s that flew off an hour ago and told viewers they were to attack North Korea.
{{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
[[Leo Spitz]] was seen watching a news report regarding the German government labeling [[The Fallen]]'s world broadcast a hacking. In the same report, they also disclosed that [[United States military|U.S. Military]] forces were treating the outbreak of [[Decepticon]] attacks on Earth as critical-level threats and were assuming condition delta. A [[NEST]] team in an undisclosed location in [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]] were also seen watching the same report.

CNN was also one of many news stations that covered an [[FBI]] press meeting regarding the hunt for [[Sam Witwicky]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
{{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}
{{stub}}

==External links==
*[http://www.cnn.com/ CNN's website]
*{{w|CNN}} at Wikipedia

{{Stub}}

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CNN

2021-09-10T00:59:35Z

Grimbee: /* Transformers film */

[[File:TLK-CNN.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
'''CNN''' is a television news network owned by WarnerMedia. Since its launch on [[June 1]], [[1980]] through Ted Turner himself, it is the first television channel to provide news coverage 24 hours a day.

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
[[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]], [[Verity Carlo]], and [[Jimmy Pink]] escaped the crash of the ''[[Ark-19]]'' in an escape pod that landed in [[Wicksburg]]. Before leaving the site, Ratchet made sure to destroy the pod, noting that it was one less piece of Cybertronian technology to see on CNN. {{Storylink|Devastation issue 3|Devastation #3}}

===Live-action film series===
====''Transformers'' film====
On {{Air Force One}}, the President watched {{Jeffrey Abrams}} report on the SOCCENT base attack. Later, he reported that 40 C-17s that flew off an hour ago and told viewers they were to attack North Korea.
{{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
[[Leo Spitz]] was seen watching a news report regarding the German government labeling [[The Fallen]]'s world broadcast a hacking. In the same report, they also disclosed that [[United States military|U.S. Military]] forces were treating the outbreak of [[Decepticon]] attacks on Earth as critical-level threats and were assuming condition delta. A [[NEST]] team in an undisclosed location in [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]] were also seen watching the same report.

CNN was also one of many news stations that covered an [[FBI]] press meeting regarding the hunt for [[Sam Witwicky]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
{{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}
{{stub}}

==External links==
*[http://www.cnn.com/ CNN's website]
*{{w|CNN}} at Wikipedia

{{Stub}}

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Red Arrows

2021-09-09T00:32:06Z

Grimbee:

[[File:Muk-87annual redarrows.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"It's gettin' so you can't swing a dead cat around here!"]]
The '''Red Arrows''' are a [[United Kingdom|British]] airplane team which does both stunt flying and military operations, which is led, appropriately enough, by [[Red Leader (human)|Red Leader]].

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
{{noteukexclusive|The Red Arrows}}
[[Sacha]]'s family drove out to see the Red Arrows train. This particular training was interrupted by a confused [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], who shortly landed to avoid attention. He would find himself in combat with [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]], which attracted the attention of the Red Arrows. Both [[Transformer]]s retreated into hiding from the Red Arrows. {{Storylink|To a Power Unknown!}}

==External links==
*{{w|Red Arrows}} at Wikipedia
*[http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/ Red Arrows webpage]

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Planetfall (BWR)

2021-09-08T01:12:01Z

Grimbee: /* Real-world references */

{{disambig2|the ''Beast Wars Reborn'' issue|the ''Movie Prequel'' issue|Planetfall (Movie)}}

{{comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[Beast Wars Reborn]]'' #3
|prev=Master of the Game
|next=The Extraordinary Reformat
|image=Megatron Animatron.jpg
|caption=
|title="Planetfall"
|japanese=惑星上陸
|romaji=Wakusei Jōriku
|date=[[April 24]], [[2006]]
|coverdate=May [[2006]]
|published in=''[[Figure Ō]]'' No. 99
|story=[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]]
|pencils=[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]]
}}

'''As part of his game, Soundblaster sends Megatron and Optimus Primal to a planet to hunt down the key to his power.'''

==Synopsis==
On the astral plane, [[Vector Prime]] confronts his wayward brother, [[Logos Prime]]. The two are of the "[[Thirteen|Ancients]]", the first [[Transformer]]s created by [[Primus]] before the god took the form of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Vector Prime remembers Logos's power as surpassing his own, and Logos's soul as noble. As such, Soundblaster's new plot to pass his powers onto a "heretic" leaves the Guardian of Space and Time flummoxed. Soundblaster acknowledges Vector's concern, explaining that Logos is no more, and he is merely a "living corpse with a shattered soul, awaiting imminent destruction". He then swoops in to attack his former comrade.

In the physical plane, [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]'s attempt to strike at Soundblaster proves ineffective as the [[Maximal]] is knocked back by infrasonic waves from his opponent. [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] responds to Soundblaster's offer with a boast that power naturally flows to those who can use it to the fullest, such as himself. Nevertheless, he has internal doubts as to Soundblaster's claim. Speaking for his master, [[Hell Buzzsaw]] invites Megatron to test out his theory, and Soundblaster reveals the key to his power, the [[Zeonomicon]]. Soon after the artifact is revealed, the vast darkness the three Transformers are in lights up to reveal [[Jungle Planet (colony)|a planet]] underneath. The Zeonomicon is then sent to the planet, much to the annoyance of Megatron, who takes this as evidence of a hunting competition. Soundblaster clarifies, saying that the two will be marked with a sacred crest and that the entire process is recorded on the [[Golden Disk (BWR)|Golden Disk]], but before he can finish his explanation, Optimus fires on the pillar containing the disk, destroys it, retrieves the disk, and attempts to escape. Soundblaster, unfazed by Optimus's actions, freezes the two Transformers and grants them their memories back before sending them to the surface of the planet. All the while, the temple they are in is self-destructing.

On the planet, Megatron suddenly finds himself on a rocky hill. Seeing the temple explode in the sky, he muses that the game has begun. Optimus Primal is elsewhere and speculates on the whereabouts of Soundblaster. After an initial suspicion that the planet is [[Earth]], he comes across two fierce, gigantic beasts—[[Bear Transformer|an ursine creature]] and [[Scourge (Cybertron)|a wingless dragon]]. Realizing that the planet is not Earth, Optimus transforms into robot mode and attempts to join the battle, only to be knocked away by the unknowing dragon's tail. While the Maximal is lying on his back, a mechanical rhino approaches. Optimus mistakes him for [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], and the rhino transforms into robot mode to introduce himself as [[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]] of Animatron.

==Featured characters==
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*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (3)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (4)

|c4=
*[[Vector Prime]] (1)
*[[Logos Prime]] (2)
*[[Hell Buzzsaw]] (5)
*[[Bear Transformer]] (6)
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (7)
*[[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]] (8)
}}

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===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

==External links== https://web.archive.org/web/20141026044928/http://www.allspark.com/content/2014/03/beast-wars-reborn-chapter-3-of-4-planetfall/ Translation of "Planetfall"] at The Allspark

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Mechatopia.com

2021-09-07T13:52:28Z

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[[File:Mechatopiacom.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]

'''Mechatopia.com''' is a website run by [[Hunter O'Nion]], dedicated to collecting and discussing evidence of the presence of [[Transformer|giant alien robots]] on [[Earth]].

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
While giving [[Verity Carlo]] a ride through the [[Arizona]] desert, Hunter showed her a printout of Mechatopia.com's main page to show that he was seeking out giant alien robots. Verity was a little incredulous. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 0|Infiltration #0}}

==Notes==
*For a while, [http://www.Mechatopia.com mechtopia.com] was an [https://web.archive.org/web/20050924194452/http://www.mechatopia.com/ actual website] maintained as a teaser for [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]'' comic series. The text of the website is presented in the first panel of [[Infiltration issue 1]]. The domain used to be owned by the YouTube channel Comic Drake and now redirects to a metalworking site.

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Tranquility Mall

2021-09-07T01:50:59Z

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:''Tranquility Mall is a human-run center of business in the video game portion of the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Tranquilitymall.jpg|right|150px|thumb|No loud music in ''this'' mall.]]

'''Tranquility Mall''' is a shopping center in the eastern area of the city of [[Tranquility]]. Some of its signs identify it as "The Mall", suggesting it is the only such shopping center in Tranquility.

==Featured businesses==
'''Awesome Purchase'''

[[Image:Awesomepurchase.jpg|left|150px|thumb|It's kind of like a CJNickels.]]
Occupying a large, separate building on the lot, this is presumably a retail store that sells only things which are awesome. {{w|Best Buy}} may want to call their lawyers.

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'''Ron's Movie 12'''

[[Image:Ronsmovie12.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Now with butter-flavored topping.]]
Also separate, and currently showing ''Mellon Goes to NY'', ''X-Treme B-Movie'', ''Wednesday With Coco'', and ''Smooth Timber''. G-Rated cinema, this is not.

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'''Issam's Games And More!'''

Where you can buy..... games and more!

'''Greg O Racing Academy'''

[[Image:Itisthemall.jpg|left|150px|thumb|There is no other like it!]]

You can race there.

==Notes==
[[File:TTG-OptimusPrime-MetroplexTranquilityMall.jpg|thumb|The Metroplex.]]
In the console version of the game, the Tranquility mall is known as "Metroplex". [[Metroplex (G1)|Coincidence?]]

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Quick Kick

2021-09-06T21:28:18Z

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:''Quick Kick is a [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]-aligned [[human]] from the [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:GIJoevsTF2 QuickKick.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"I'm not ripplin' them. They do that by ''themselves''."]]

'''MacArthur S. Ito''', codename '''Quick Kick''', is 50% [[South Korea|Korean]], 50% [[Japan]]ese and 100% capable of kicking [[Cobra]] butt with the half-dozen martial arts he's mastered over the years.

Sometimes his real name is '''Gordon Hung''' and he is of [[China|Chinese]] descent.

==Fiction==
===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
Shortly after the creation of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], Quick Kick had a friendly sparring match with [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]], claiming that he'd show the other Joes why his codename was accurate. Roadblock joked that "Slow Punch" would be more fitting, but before either of them won the fight, they were both challenged by [[Snake-Eyes]]. Despite their confidence, the agile ninja defeated them within seconds. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}}

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A short while later, Quick Kick was set to guard the inside of the [[SPS Research Facility]] alongside [[Mutt]] and his dog [[Junkyard (G.I. Joe)|Junkyard]], but all three were knocked out by an invisible [[Zartan]] when Cobra attacked. Upon waking up, they followed their assailant's footsteps, only to run straight into [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. Quick Kick's martial art skills proved ineffective against the robotic jaguar, but thankfully it ran away before they had to resort to a suicide attack with a grenade. After cracking a joke, Quick Kick helped drag the injured Mutt away, only for [[Firefly]] to blow up the building with the Joes still inside. Quick Kick was later reported to have survived with minor injuries. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}} He recovered in time to participate in G.I. Joe's attack on [[Cobra Island]]. His team arrived on the island already in chaos as the Autobots, Decepticons, and Cobra troops fought a three-way brawl. Quick Kick paraglided down to earth, and joined the scuffle on the Autobots' side.{{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. The Transformers #5}} He was among the soldiers who took on Megatron himself, though it was Optimus Prime who ultimately defeated the tyrant. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

Roughly two years later, Quick Kick was among the Joes asked to assist dealing with [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
Quick Kick participated in a crackdown on a Cobra smuggling facility on [[New York City]], but things went awry when Cobra retaliated with [[Flight Pod]]s. As he flipped away from a missile blast, Quick Kick commented that the machines were like something out of a ''[[Twilight Zone]]'' episode. {{storylink|Targets of Opportunity}}

===''Kre-O'' cartoon===
[[File:CarnivalFaceOff Quick Kick.jpg|thumb|100px|His belt doesn't go all the way around.]]
Quick Kick was among a group of Joes who went to a carnival. He was handed a hammer by [[Wild Bill]], however despite doing a somersault, he was unable to win at a "ring the bell" strongman contest. Moments later he and the other Joes watched open-mouthed as the Terrorcons combined into [[Abominus (Kre-O)|Abominus]] and smashed the game so hard it broke. {{storylink|Carnival Face Off}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Quick Kick was part of a Joe strike force. Their mission: to raid the town of [[Springfield (G.I. Joe)|Springfield]], secretly a Cobra hide-out. After rounding-up the Cobra agents in the town, Quick Kick and the Joes received their next assignment; to travel to and infiltrate the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], its inhabitants having proved themselves hostile. {{storylink|I Saw Three Ships}}

The Joes began their attack on Cybertron by sending down "green bombs" from the air. But when they targeted the mobile city of [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], they found it protected by a forcefield. Their attempt to bomb it provoked a counter-attack from the Decepticons. Quick Kick escaped the ''[[Defiant (G.I. Joe)|Defiant]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s destruction, and made it back to Green Zone 0-8-6, the Joes' temporary base on the alien world. {{storylink|Targetmasters (issue)|Targetmasters}}

When [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] stumbled into one of the perimeter traps protecting the Joes' camp, Quick Kick stood guard while his fellow Joes vivisected the Cybertronian. Wheeljack began spouting snippets of Earth broadcasts as the humans operated on him, leading Quick Kick to question if he wasn't pleading with his captives to stop. When Wheeljack relayed a presidential speech, [[Scarlett]] acquiesced that he might indeed be sentient and tabled Wheeljack's dissassembly. Just then, Wheeljack's friends to burst in on the scene and launch an offensive against the Joes. The humans returned fire, until blasts from both sides rendered all combatants unconscious. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}}

Both teams eventually awakened and readied to take up arms once more when [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] showed up, accompanied by [[Breaker]], [[Jinx]], [[Cover Girl]], and [[Clutch (G.I. Joe)|Clutch]]. Grimlock declared a truce between the Joes and the Autobots had been reached, and both factions partied together to cement their alliance. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}}

After several Joes and Autobots were taken captive by the Decepticobra alliance, Quick Kick participated in an attack on the [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] in an effort to free them. Though they were unsuccessful in busting anyone out, Quick Kick, Scarlett, [[Beachhead]], and [[Steeler]] managed to hitch a ride atop of the train, all the way to the city of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}} But once they arrived, the Joes were subjected to mind-manipulation tactics by "[[Doctor Mindbender|Doctor Mindelbender]]." Quick Kick was made to think that none of his adventures with G.I. Joe had ever happened, and that he was instead a normal suburbanite from the town of Springfield. Scarlett managed to hold on to her identity throughout the process, and helped free the others from the illusion they were being held under. Together, the Joes rounded up the Autobots (locked in their vehicle modes and in an unresponsive state) and busted their way out of the city built into Scorponok's back. {{storylink|Headmasters (issue)|Headmasters}} While the Joes had been inside Scorponok, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] had returned to Cybertron to liberate his people. Quick Kick witnessed Prime be slain by Megatron, and subsequently plummet down into the bowels of Cybertron. {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}}

Following a collision between Earth and Cybertron that seemingly destroyed their homeworld, the Joes holed up in a new [[T.H.E. P.I.T.|Pit]] on Cybertron where Quick Kick was seen sparring with [[Ambush (G.I. Joe)|Ambush]]. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}} He then watched the the [[Rescuebot]]s form [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] during the Joes and Autobots' preparation for the final battle with Cobra and the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}} Once the battle was won and Earth turned out to be intact, Quick Kick joined the crew of the ''[[Ark II|Ark 2]]'', a ship on a mission to find the [[Quintesson|Creators]] of both humanity and Transformerkind. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:HasbroHeroesSourcebook-Quick Kick.jpg|thumb|150px|]]
{{mainIDW|Quick Kick}}

Gordon Hung was born to immigrant parents in the Chinatown neighborhood of Flushing, [[New York City|Queens]]. After developing a taste for kung-fu films as a child, Gordon began studying any martial arts he could. However, his education didn't truly begin until he began spending his summer vacations in [[China]] with his grandparents. While there, he studied kung fu and wing chun at the feet of revered masters of those arts and would even travel to Shaolin temples to learn hand-to-hand and weapon based combat from the monks. He also spent some time with the Peking opera.

Traveling to [[Los Angeles]], Hung became a stuntman and found work in a wide variety of films and television shows. Though he enjoyed his work and the fact that it let him show off and hone his abilities, Hung was still left wanting something more. That something eventually came in the form of an invitation to join the elite [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] special forces unit. Hung, however, declined the offer, not wanting to get special treatment. Instead, he enlisted in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]], wanting to work his way up the ranks and earn his position in G.I. Joe the "right" way. After quickly working his way up to the rank of corporal, Hung was finally invited to join Joe once again with the codename "Quick Kick". {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook|Quick Kick profile}}

When G.I. Joe was recommissioned to deal with the rising [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] threat, Quick Kick was part of a team handpicked by Scarlett to investigate why the [[Earth Defense Command]] base at [[Bikini Atoll]] had gone silent. After arriving on the island via a torpedoing process (which Quick Kick wondered why they were doing instead of letting [[Wild Bill]] fly them in), Quick Kick was assigned to Team Bravo along with Bill and [[Rock 'n Roll]]. Staying behind while Scarlett and Roadblock tried the direct approach to getting into the base, Quick Kick dived to save Rock from a knife wielding Wild Bill. With Bill having revealed himself as a [[Dire Wraith]], Quick Kick wasted no time putting his martial arts skills to use on the alien but struggled against him, sustaining heavy injuries during the fight. As Wild Bill extended tentacles to wrap around Quick Kick's throat, he was saved by Rock savagely beating the Wraith to death with his gun, only stopping after Kick asked him for some medical attention. After having his wounds wrapped up, Rock loaded Quick Kick onto his back and carried him into the base, the silent weapons expert giving his much more loud and proud teammate pointers on being stealthy between moments of passing out from pain. After Rock shot his way through an entire room full of Dire Wraiths, Quick Kick asked his teammate to just set him down, feeling that he was just slowing Rock down. {{storylink|D.T.A.}}

[[File:GIJoeVol.5issue4-MeteorHammer.jpg|thumb|200px|left]]
After the newly international Joes received a message from China, Scarlett had [[Dial-Tone|Dial Tone]] pass it along to Quick Kick for translation, not trusting their auto-translation software. After getting the translation taken care of and confirming the message with the Chinese government, Quick Kick and Scarlett explained to Roadblock the nature of their new mission: liberating [[Inner Mongolia]] from [[Crystal Ball]] and the Dreadnoks. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 1|G.I. Joe vol. 5 #1}} After the team arrived in [[Hohhot]], Quick Kick took issue with Rock 'n Roll being glad he was with them instead of Snake Eyes as he was able to speak Mandarin and Cantonese, angrily saying he should be glad that he was with them because he was the best martial artist in the world rather than some guy who relied on guns and [[Agent Helix|a human computer]]. As the group's guides Ying and Yong guided them to Crystal Ball's palace, Quick Kick turned down Cover Girl's offer of a sidearm, saying he had everything he needed in his bag. After the team arrived at the palace and discovered their guides were actually Zandar and Zarana in disguise leading them into a trap, Kick took on [[Crusher (G.I. Joe)|Crusher]] after he clotheslined Rock 'n Roll, chugging a beer as he delivered a beatdown on the Dreadnok. {{storylink|G.I Joe vol. 5 issue 2|G.I. Joe vol. 5 #2}} As a legion of mind controlled civilians began rushing the Joes, a now slightly drunken Quick Kick was frustrated by Roadblock's insistence that they not harm them. However, the squad leader did give him permission to ''gently'' use his skills on the civilians so that he could clear a path for Cover Girl to escape and find a vehicle for them to escape in. When Crusher came back for more, Roadblock's permission proved unnecessary as Kick tossed the burly Dreadnok through the locked doors, breaking both of them off their hinges. Later, as [[Ripper (G.I. Joe)|Ripper]] opened fire with his knife shooting gun to prevent Rock 'n Roll from grabbing Crystal Ball, Quick Kick grabbed one of the projectiles out of the air and threw it back at the weapon, destroying it. With Crystal Ball in their tow, the team escaped out of the palace to wait for Cover Girl's return, Quick Kick and Roadblock holding off the mind controlled hordes as best they could before she finally arrived in a beat up jeep. {{storylink|G.I Joe vol. 5 issue 3|G.I. Joe vol. 5 #3}}

With the Dreadnoks in pursuit, Quick Kick leaped from the vehicle onto the chainsaw staff [[Buzzer (G.I. Joe)|Buzzer]] was attempting to cut their wheels with before kneeing him in the face, correcting Zandar's movie referencing as he did so. With his ATV slowed down by Cover Girl taking a shot at him and [[Burn Out (G.I. Joe)|Burn Out]], Quick Kick continued his humiliation of Crusher, this time opting to use a pair of tonfa to beat on the larger man. However, this distracted him long enough to allow [[Road Pig (G.I. Joe)|Road Pig]] to hit him in the back with his sledgehammer. Recovering quickly, Quick Kick pulled out a hammer of his own from his bag, a meteor hammer, that he then used to easily take out both Crusher and Road Pig! With Cover Girl's vehicle on its last legs, the Joes were forced to get out and make a stand against the Dreadnoks, Quick Kick leaping to face them up close while his teammates opened fire on them. Soon after they started making their stand, the sudden emergence of a [[Fatal Fluffy]] from out of the ground took care of the Dreadnoks for them, the giant monster grabbing them and pulling them back underground with him just as suddenly as he appeared. In the aftermath of the incident, Quick Kick spoke with soldiers from the Chinese army about the Dreadnok tech left over from the incident. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 4|G.I. Joe vol. 5 #4}}

Back at G.I. Joe's new underwater base ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Lemuria]]'', Quick Kick attended an all-hands meeting about the Fatal Fluffies. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 5|G.I. Joe vol. 5 #5}} Later, when Duke (who was now no longer part of G.I. Joe) arrived to take Baroness and Crystal Ball out of the group's custody, Quick Kick led the latter out of his cell. Not happy about this, Quick Kick offered to take on Duke and his team for Scarlett, feeling he was more than capable of taking them. While she didn't take Kick up on that offer, she did soon bring him along when another situation where he could make use of his talents presented itself. As Scarlett chewed out Snake Eyes and Agent Helix for running off on yet another unauthorized mission and mentioned that Duke had taken off with the prisoners, Quick Kick stopped Snake Eyes before he could run off in an attempt to get them back. Though Helix thought Kick was insane for thinking he could take on Snake Eyes, he felt that if the ninja were to go against him in a one-on-one fight with no guns he'd have no problem proving who the better fighter was. Snake Eyes took Quick Kick up on his offer, letting him lead the way to the dojo. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 7|G.I. Joe vol. 5 #7}}

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Once they arrived and Snake Eyes disarmed himself of all his "inelegant" weapons, Quick Kick explained to Helix that this fight was a matter of pride for him, wanting to prove once and for all who the best martial artist both in G.I. Joe and the entire world was. Letting Snake Eyes take the first move, Kick taunted him about how he's grown complacent and begun relying on the same old moves. As they continued to fight, Snake Eyes began to get a few hits in and even managed to nick Quick Kick's jacket with a hidden knife. Disappointed that his favorite weighted training jacket got torn, Quick Kick threw the 83.4 pound garment off to the side and grabbed a Guandao off the wall. Charging Snake Eyes, the ninja quickly cut Kick's weapon in two and knocked him to the ground, unaware of his opponent's proficiency in Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu. Locking Snake's head between his legs, Quick Kick seemed to finally have his opponent on the ropes before a sudden burst of strength allowed him to slam Kick against the ground. As an exhausted Snake Eyes went for a sword, Kick donned several iron rings on his arms and blocked the ninja's attack before unleashing a fast retaliatory strike, knocking Snake Eyes to his knees. As he monologued about how sick he is of his opponent getting all the attention, Kick let the rings drop from his arms and prepared to deliver a punch to the ninja's face before Scarlett suddenly called out to him, making him realize that Snake Eyes was surrendering. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 8|G.I. Joe vol. 5 #8}}

After the amazingly not-dead Dreadnoks arrived to break Baroness and Crystal Ball out of the custody of Duke's team in [[The Hague]], Quick Kick was among the Joes Scarlett brought with her to the scene to make sure they didn't get away. Bringing a sword along with him, the mere sight of Kick was enough to send Road Pig and Crusher running. When the two extra-large "progenitors" of the Fatal Fluffies suddenly appeared on the scene, Quick Kick informed Scarlett that he believed the other Dreadnoks were using the chaos to escape with the prisoners, forcing her to make the hard call that protecting the city and civilians from the monsters was a bigger priority. With that in mind, Quick Kick called out to G.I. Joe's new ally [[Spitfire (G.I. Joe)||Farooq "Spitfire" Shah]] and asked him to give him a lift since he'd commandeered Zanzibar's hoverboard. Once he was in the air, Quick Kick dropped down onto one of the Fluffies and stabbed it in the head with his sword, killing it instantly. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 9|G.I. Joe vol. 5 #9}}

While [[Earth]] was being inducted into the Cybertronian [[Council of Worlds]], Quick Kick was inside the ''Lemuria'' monitor womb watching the event live on television with his fellow Joes. As [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] approached the podium to give an opening address, the ceremony was suddenly interrupted by a huge explosion, something that was quickly followed by footage of humans attacking the Cybertronians and the news feed going down. Before it did, however, Scarlett caught a glimpse of [[Joe Colton|Baron Ironblood]], the supervillain identity of G.I. Joe founder Joe Colton, leading the attack, something Kick glibly joked about not being good. After it was discovered Colton's base of operations was a bunker in the [[Swiss Alps]], Quick Kick was part of Scarlett's team to break inside, bringing his trusty meteor hammer along with him. Once inside, the team encountered a hallway filled with "Oscillating Evisceration Beams". As the most athletic member of the team, Quick Kick was naturally the first choice to make his way through the laser hallway. Though he was vocally unhappy about it, Quick Kick still gracefully made it through to the other side and deactivated the beams. As they pushed deeper into the base, they eventually found Colton's office. {{storylink|First Strike issue 1|First Strike #1}} However, Colton had predicted this and laid a trap in the form of hundreds of [[Red Shadows]], the cyberninjas arriving in such numbers that even Quick Kick began to feel overwhelmed. {{storylink|First Strike issue 2|First Strike #2}}

Quick Kick participated in the joint assault on [[Castle Destro]] made by G.I. Joe, [[M.A.S.K.]], and the Cybertronians [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]], [[Stormclash]], and [[Skyburst (G1)|Skyburst]] to gain control of the [[M.A.S.S. Device]] Colton's team used to reach Cybertron. Once they reached the teleporter, Scarlett ordered Quick Kick and Doc to stay behind on Earth to tell the others where she and the others had gone and to formulate a Plan B just in case they failed to stop Colton. {{storylink|First Strike issue 3|First Strike #3}}

When the resurgent Cobra began working together with [[V.E.N.O.M.]] to raid various museums across the world, interim Joe commander [[Shipwreck]] had Quick Kick keep watch on the [[New York]] [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]. When V.E.N.O.M. did indeed show up, Quick Kick radioed it in and headed inside to protect the antediluvian artifacts Cobra was after. Showing up just in time to catch [[Firefly]] preparing to steal some kind of serpentine dagger, Quick Kick talked some casual smack to the arsonist, who then turned the tables on him by revealing he'd come prepared with a legion of Red Shadows! {{storylink|G.I. Joe First Strike}} As he fought off the hordes of ninja with ease, taking care to not let any of the museum's artifacts come to harm, Quick Kick disarmed Firefly and even amazingly dodged his bullets after he shoved the barrel of his Uzi up his nose. However, he was eventually knocked out by his own Meteor Hammer by [[Storm Shadow]], the ninja having come along to see the man who bested Snake Eyes in action. Though Firefly prepared to kill the unconscious Kick, Storm Shadow stopped him as he wanted to someday take Quick Kick on fair and square. Due to his injuries, Kick was placed in the infirmary after the mission. {{storylink|M.A.S.K.: First Strike}} Feeling humiliated by his defeat, Quick Kick began working tirelessly to further improve his skills, watching security footage of Storm Shadow's attack to motivate himself as he trained.

Picking him in part because he worried Quick Kick wasn't getting out enough lately, Roadblock chose to have Kick accompany him on a mission to attack Cobra's base at the [[North Pole]]. Once they arrived, the Joes found themselves in a lush prehistoric jungle that had been beneath the ice caps, complete with dinosaurs! {{storylink|Scarlett's Strike Force issue 1|Scarlett's Strike Force #1}} After beating up some ''Velociraptor''s, Quick Kick was amazed by the moves of an [[Intruder]] who scared off an ''Anklyosaurus'' that was menacing the team. Though he couldn't understand his language, Quick Kick began teaching "[[Friday]]" in the ways of martial arts and later saved him from being eaten by [[Raptor (G.I. Joe)|Raptor]]'s pet ''Tyrannosaurus''. {{storylink|Scarlett's Strike Force issue 2|Scarlett's Strike Force #2}}
==Notes==
* Quick Kick is a Bruce Lee ripoff.
==External links==
*[http://www.yojoe.com/action/85/quickkick.shtml Quick Kick at YoJoe.com]

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==User account created, but no activity==
Something I've noticed when I'd pop in every once in awhile when checking the Recent Changes/User Creation Log is that once a new user account has been created, there's no activity. Granted, some have been blocked for various reasons (mostly the autoblocks), but I wonder whether there should be anything done to the others (aside of just leaving them alone). Like, delete the username after a certain period of no activity, or would that affect the IP address? I'm reminded of how one user had a history of creating and then camping subreddits, which was against Reddit's TOS. -- [[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] ([[User talk:Lonegamer78|talk]]) 00:12, 7 January 2020 (EST)
:There is a maintenance script we can run which deletes old users with no edits to their name, ISTR. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 17:20, 7 January 2020 (EST)
::That sounds good. -- [[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] ([[User talk:Lonegamer78|talk]]) 20:26, 10 January 2020 (EST)

== Minor skin tweak ==

The latest version of Firefox was making the scrollbars look funky and blue on our site, so I have put some css in to fix them. Hopefully this should not affect any other browsers, but please let me know if you're using Chrome or IE7 or something and it is causing a problem. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 20:20, 8 January 2020 (EST)

== 2007 Movie Universe and 2018 Movie Universe ==

Since Bumblebee is officially a reboot, will we be separating the sections on the movies similar to what has been recently done with the IDW 2005 and 2019 sections? --[[User:Waspscream|Waspscream]] ([[User talk:Waspscream|talk]]) 21:36, 16 January 2020 (EST)
: No, because we don't know it's a proper reboot yet, so we have no reason to do so. This has been discussed at length already. [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers#Bumblebee|Please read this.]] -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 23:05, 16 January 2020 (EST)

== Prime Wars Placement ==

I'm probably being an idiot and there's a perfectly valid reason for it, but why aren't the Prime Wars Trilogy bios placed in character's G1 Cartoon sections? Is it the slight IDW influence, or not enough evidence that they belong there? --[[User:Waspscream|Waspscream]] ([[User talk:Waspscream|talk]]) 23:16, 26 January 2020 (EST)
:The Prime Wars Trilogy is a completely separate continuity from the G1 cartoon. The G1 Cartoon sections are for information detailing a character's exploits in continuities tied directly or nearly directly to that 1984-1987 animated series produced by Marvel Productions and Sunbow Productions, which the Prime Wars Trilogy has no connection to and therefore gets it own separate section on each character's page. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 23:25, 26 January 2020 (EST)
::I could agree to that back when Combiner Wars was out, but by the time of Power Of The Primes, there were a lot of additions, such as Megatron once having been Galvatron and Unicron stuck as a head, that seem to attempt to connect it to the cartoon. At the very least, it's somewhat tied to the cartoon, even with many incongruities. -- [[User:Waspscream|Waspscream]] ([[User talk:Waspscream|talk]]) 16:20, 27 January 2020 (EST)
:::It's really not. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 16:41, 27 January 2020 (EST)
:::"Things are referencing the first really huge piece of popular media most people are familiar with" is not exactly slam-dunk proof of "actually part of the same timeline". --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 21:13, 27 January 2020 (EST)
:::: Admittedly, I didn't explain my opinions very well, but while Megatron being Galvatron is common, the use of it here seems like an attempt to reconcile the series as somewhat connected to the G1 cartoon, on a similar level to Beast Wars, I guess. There were other examples, that was just the first that came to mind. There isn't really any true proof for it, so I guess I'll leave it at that. I guess the entire thing is in a grey area free for personal interpretation of where it could belong. I'm kinda new around here, and I'm not trying to start an argument, just get some clarification about what belongs where. -- [[User:Waspscream|Waspscream]] ([[User talk:Waspscream|talk]]) 21:38, 27 January 2020 (EST)
:::::Power of the Primes also hinted that when Unicron turned Megatron into Galvatron, it was by the power of the Matrix of Chaos, a device that did not exist in the G1 cartoon and thus which was not used by Unicron to turn Megatron into Galvatron in the 1986 movie. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 00:39, 28 January 2020 (EST)
::::::And that Unicron was destroyed in ancient times by the Requiem Blaster, a thing that very much did not happen in the original cartoon. (And for the record, we don't treat Beast Wars as a direct cartoon followup either since it blends elements from both Marvel and Sunbow.) -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 00:57, 28 January 2020 (EST)
::::::: I am aware of that. -- [[User:Waspscream|Waspscream]] ([[User talk:Waspscream|talk]]) 22:13, 29 January 2020 (EST)
:::::::Given the prominence of the G1 cartoon, it is not surprising that so many later stories make reference to it or homage it. But that's all that this is, referencing and homages. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 08:13, 28 January 2020 (EST)

== Franchise pages ==

I wanted to float an idea regarding our franchise pages. They're typically pretty sparse and some which aren't are just plain paragraphs of text with lists. What do people think about formatting the franchise pages more like the main page? I've made an [[User:Abates/Franchise sandbox|example sandbox]]. I used Rescue Bots Academy as an example, since we currently have it linked on the sidebar, so there's boxes for the cartoon, toyline, major characters, and a featured article (which I think would be best as a random article rather than manually being changed each month). --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 19:46, 20 March 2020 (EDT)
:I like this a LOT. That said, how would this template handle pages with way more information like Beast Wars? Also, a suggestion made on the Discord was for the featured article to change between premade selections similar to the [[Main Page/disambig|main page disambiguation template]] or [[multilingual packaging]]. Would that be worth exploring? -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 20:34, 20 March 2020 (EDT)
::That was my thinking as to how the featured article section would work. As for something like Beast Wars, probably everything below, say, "A dramatic change" could stay as is. The idea is to present the main info in a more appealing manner, but there's nothing to say we couldn't have more conventional sections further down. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 21:39, 20 March 2020 (EDT)

== Source namespace ==

We currently have a bunch of source documents which have names like "Angry Birds Transformers bios/src". It's possible to create a Source namespace so instead they would be at names like "Source:Angry Birds Transformers bios".

Advantages: Everything that's an official document would be all in one namespace, searchable independently of mainspace articles. 
Disadvantages: We wouldn't be able to have a namespace article with a title starting "Source:", but I think it's unlikely to be an issue. We have [[Source]] which is a redirect, but I don't believe it would be affected.

What does everyone think? --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 19:32, 26 April 2020 (EDT)
:Makes sense to me. There's a lot of online-only text that's disappeared from official websites (Legends card game, Robotmasters, Cloud, lots of bios, etc.) Preserving this stuff would help in the future. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 19:38, 26 April 2020 (EDT)
::I'm in agreement. I think the pros heavily outweigh the cons, and I'm sure we can find a workaround if there's a story title that starts with "Source" down the line. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 19:57, 26 April 2020 (EDT)
:::If there aren't any objections then, I'll get it set up! --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 01:55, 27 April 2020 (EDT)

== Should we add a category for "Toy of the Year" winners of the Hall of fame? ==

Seeing that we already have categories for "Hall of Fame characters," and "Hall of Fame creators," we probably should make a category for the "Toy(s) of the Year(s)." Just my opinion. [[User:DDog|DDog]] ([[User talk:DDog|talk]]) 17:03, 1 May 2020 (EDT)

== Minor edits ==

I just wanted to post a reminder about minor edits, because I've seen people mark edits as minor which I don't think should be considered minor. Minor edits are things like spelling and grammar corrections, formatting corrections, and the like. If you're adding an entire sentence to an article or a whole new note, it shouldn't be marked minor. We've got a brief section on this here: [[Help:Style guide#Minor and major edits]]. I'm not looking to single anyone out, just post a reminder because it seems to be more common recently. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 19:09, 3 May 2020 (EDT)

=="Japanese ID number"==
I dunno if "uncomfortable" is the right word, but "Japanese ID number" feels off for a variety of reasons, including these toys not being sold ONLY in Japan. I'm increasingly thinking there's a better option for this info in the toy entries.
*For entries that cover both the Hasbro and Takara versions, "Takara ID number" works better. (Conversely, those handful of Hasbro toys w/ numbers, "Hasbro ID number")
*For entries about toys ONLY released in Takara lines, just plain old "ID number" should suffice.
I realize this is... a buttload of changes across the wiki, and not a top priority or anything, but maybe something folks can pick up here and there while making other edits in the relevant sections. Thoughts? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 00:50, 5 May 2020 (EDT)

== Do Euro-Classics get their own listing or not? ==
We are currently very inconsistent on whether [[Classics (Europe)]] counts as a G1 toy release as distinct as a Targetmaster or Pretender upgrade. Look at [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys]] and [[Prowl (G1)/toys]] and compare to [[Sludge (G1)]] or [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys]]. I think they should all be listed distinctly - that the Sunstreaker approach is right. Is there any reason why we wouldn't do this? --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 20:26, 5 May 2020 (EDT)
:I think it's just that no one has bothered to do it. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 21:07, 5 May 2020 (EDT)
::Pretty much. A LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT of old stuff on this wiki -particularly the toy entries- needs to be dusted off and looked at and brought up to modern standards/consistency. But that's a pretty dang involved process and while it seems many of us have more spare time now, it's still... a kinda draining, droning way to spend it. (I've been tackling BW but hoofta, it's a lot.) --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 00:01, 6 May 2020 (EDT)
;I brought this up years ago, I think I updated some of them, and there wasn't really any resistance I'm aware of.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] ([[User talk:Nevermore|talk]]) 08:04, 30 May 2021 (EDT)

== TF Car Robots concept materials? ==
Z226_JUPITER on [https://twitter.com/Z226_JUPITER Twitter] had been tweeting several behind-the-scenes stuff on ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Car Robots]]'', namely design notes, storyboards, and [https://twitter.com/Z226_JUPITER/status/1258406704334532614 height chart], like how the Almanacs were for Animated. One of the more recent [https://twitter.com/Z226_JUPITER/status/1260473367192317955 tweets] noted a possible 176-page book being released, as well a PDF version. Unfortunately, I don't know anyone here who's fluent in Japanese to be able to better ask Z226_JUPITER about it, much less how a copy could be obtained to further supplement the wiki here for non-Japanese readers. One thing is that I don't know if this is something like a fan-release thing or something OKed by Takara, given how there have been the occasional official doujinshi/fan-supplemented materials green-lit by companies. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] ([[User talk:Lonegamer78|talk]]) 17:42, 14 May 2020 (EDT)
:I've crossposted this to the Discord server and one of our Japanese speaking users there (Star-Spangled Sam) volunteered to look into it. Abates and I looked at it a bit too, and found that Z226_Jupiter has a link in his Twitter profile to his works on booth.pm. That site appears to be a place for self publishing fan works and related to Pixiv, a Japanese site which is similar to DeviantArt. The book can be purchased from that site. As for whether it has any approval from TakaraTomy, that's unclear so far. The description when run through Google Translate reads like the speaker is not affilated with TT (which makes sense given this is a fanwork) but beyond that there's no indication. We're waiting to see what Sam comes up with. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] ([[User talk:Tigerpaw28|talk]]) 14:34, 3 June 2020 (EDT)
::Much kudos. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] ([[User talk:Lonegamer78|talk]]) 18:52, 5 June 2020 (EDT)

== New bot proposal ==
After some discussion on the Discord about the need for a new bot and having been thinking about writing one for awhile now, I've put together a proposal for how a new bot would work, and what kinds of things it might likely do. This done with the idea that [[User:Deceptitran|Deceptitran]]'s functionality would need to be replaced, given [[User:Derik|Derik]]'s infrequent appearances these days and no else having access to run Deceptitran. There's also a distinct possibility Deceptitran isn't functional at the moment as the URL for the Emopanda site Derik was using for hosting things externally (I presume this includes Deceptitran) is abandoned.

The way I see it, the bot could run a number of recurring tasks at different intervals, plus any one time "on demand" requests from Wiki editors/staff. Requests would made by editing a subpage of the bot's user page and filling out a template. This would be much the same as link fix requests worked with Deceptitran.

Every 15-30 minutes, the bot would check it's user page for new "on demand"/"editor generated" requests and process them.
For these requests, I see two levels of approval they could go through: 1. Request approval and 2. Result approval. The former would be approval of the request before any processing occurs. The latter would be approval of the results of a request before the bot actually makes any changes on the Wiki.

I think the first level of approval could be handled by checking Wiki rights/permission of the requesting user. A bot request approval permission could be created and assigned to any trusted non-mod or Admin user. Then only requests from those users, mods and admins would be processed. This would prevent anons and other untrusted accounts from using the bot for nefarious purposes without requiring active moderation of the request submissions by a human.

Result approvals would be to prevent the bot from making tons of errant changes. Someone would have to manually go through the list of changes proposed by the bot to see if anything looks wrong. To limit the amount of time we have to spend looking over stuff like this, I think it would make sense to make this a requirement only for requests that would produce a minimum (10? 20?) number of changes. This limit could be gradually increased as we become more confident in the bot's logic.

Verification of these changes would be done by logging into a site running on my hosting service, same as the bot would be. As for who would do it, I am willing to do it and/or we could set it up for any mods/admins that would like to. I've also thought about the possibility of having email notifications for when a request needs to be reviewed.

I've come up with the following ideas for what kinds of tasks could be done on demand:
::Link fixing
::Category tagging/untagging
::Section reordering by header level
::Mass page moving

In addition to the recurring on demand processing job, I've come up with some other recurring jobs that I think might be beneficial:

::At least once a day:
:::Page deletion
:::Welcoming users (placing the welcome template on their talkpage)
:::Fix redirects

::Daily:
:::Remove stale dated templates

I'm open to any other ideas on what tasks we'd like to have the bot perform. I'd also like to hear some thoughts on which tasks should get added as functionality first.
--[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] ([[User talk:Tigerpaw28|talk]]) 14:34, 3 June 2020 (EDT)

==G2 Go-Bots mold templates==
Hey y'all, I just knocked out a set of mold templates for the original six G2 Go-Bot toolings, I think I've gotten everything consistent as far as how to refer to stuff, but it's a little idiosyncratic because unlike say, the CW limb guys, you've got a case where Motormouth was released in two slightly different but clearly distinct plastic colors (clear vs opaque) and then RID Ironhide/CR Ox had multiple different uses of the tooling in different colorways, all intended to be the same character, which I'm struggling to think of a comparable situation. If someone else wants to go over the nomeclature I used (especially for the various store exclusive redecos) be my guest.

If I'm feeling REALLY masochistic, I might try to do a template like this for the Armada Mini-Con toolings, which are probably ''Classics'' Seeker level of reused. '''EDIT TO ADD:''' If I were to do the UT Mini-Cons, would the mold templates use the names the toys were sold under (e.g. "X-Dimension Sail") or the names that were retroactively applied by Ask Vector Prime? I'm inclined towards the former and to not even mention the retronyms, because otherwise the box gets really cluttered. I sort of flirted with this with 2003 Universe Camshaft and Hoist, who were just straight reissues of KB W.A.R.S. and Ironhide, but at least they were available on shelves under those names. I didn't bother with the Prowl and Ironhide that were retroactively "declared" to be Red Alert and Trailbreaker because who cares, lol. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] ([[User talk:Hooper X|talk]]) 14:44, 10 July 2020 (EDT)
:Mold templates are indeed geared to names of toys themselves. As you point out, a Japanese-exclusive toy should not use an English retronym. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 15:37, 10 July 2020 (EDT)
::As someone who wrote a lot of bios that gave Japanese Mini-Cons "western" names, yeah, use the names the toys were sold under. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 19:09, 10 July 2020 (EDT)

== Scheduled downtime ==

Our web host has notified me of some downtime scheduled for August 7 at 3AM UTC, so the site will be unavailable for a period at that time. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 02:18, 17 July 2020 (EDT)
:Reminder that this is later this week! --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 18:45, 2 August 2020 (EDT)

== Scoop bastard template ==

Since we have changed the caption bastard template to caption happy, do we wish to change the scoop bastard template as well? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 10:32, 17 July 2020 (EDT)
:Done and done. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 10:55, 17 July 2020 (EDT)

== Privacy Policy ==

I just noticed we have an unofficial, unadopted privacy party that's over a decade old. I raised the question in more detail on [[Project talk:Privacy policy|its talk page]], but it seems like something that should at least have a discussion and official outcome of some sort.--[[User:Cosmos1|Waverod ✈️]] ([[User talk:Cosmos1|talk]]) 20:26, 23 July 2020 (EDT)

== World of Warships article? ==
When Warships first announced this back in August, I was laughing so hard at the reactions. I'm a bit surprised to not see even a stub article about it.

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnGP42M6Dig Announcement trailer] on August 3, 2020.
* [https://worldofwarships.com/en/news/general-news/one-shall-stand/ News announcement] on August 3, 2020 with a one-page comic of Optimus and Bumblebee.
* [https://worldofwarships.com/en/news/sales-and-events/transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye/ September 4, 2020 news update], showing off more assets and another one-page comic of Megatron and Rumble (red).

I suppose any Warships players here and at the discord would have a field day. (I don't play it, I only knew of it through another WW2-theme online game franchise from Japan.) --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] ([[User talk:Lonegamer78|talk]]) 05:39, 12 September 2020 (EDT)

== Officially approved YouTube videos ==

Here are some official videos undocumented on this wiki. Can they be documented?
 
'''Counter656 Hasbro approved stop motion videos'''

[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-wLsNdu7tFM Masterpiece Bumblebee stop motion]

[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m_gEL-qGBoI Movie Masterpiece Ratchet stop motion]
 

'''HISHE Bumblebee'''

[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nVZ6W5EQ9cw HISHE Bumblebee video]

It is approved by Paramount:
[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/paramount-approved-how-bumblebee-should-have-ended-video-featuring-jon-bailey/43183/]
 

'''Pewdiepie video'''

It is sponsored by Earth Wars. The original video is deleted but here is the mirror. The original upload didn't have subtitles):

[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mwRbBD1SIjE Pewdiepie video]
 

'''Lumaken Earth Wars stop motion'''

In the description, he says that this is a collaboration with the SpaceApe Games (Earth Wars developer):

[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xF-F4FlRc3I Lumaken stop motion]

--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 18:47, 18 September 2020 (EDT)
:First two are for sure good, as they were produced for Hasbro (and are even mirrored on the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVnDLnA9mro Transformers YouTube channel]). I'm hesitant at best about HISHE and Lumaken, and absolutely against Pewdiepie's. Also, if we were to document all "approved" videos, we'd have to include every video where Hasbro ever sent an outlet or YouTuber a product for review, and that would be tantamount to lunacy because of just how many videos that would include. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 19:18, 18 September 2020 (EDT)
::I think in regards to reviewers, they can get individual pages and have their approved videos be listed on those pages corresponding to the reviewer in question.--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 19:51, 18 September 2020 (EDT)
:::Again documenting every outlet/individual and instance in which they've been sponsored or sent something would be far too much of an undertaking, and these people are only tangentially related at best. For example, IGN has been sent press kits for TF games, been granted interviews with devs, and received toys for review, but they don't get their own article; we just link to the content where appropriate, like in a game's development section. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 20:05, 18 September 2020 (EDT)
::::Even then, the videos I've posted above all have some sort of narrative. That's far more distinctive than simple reviews and there are less approved narrative-based videos than approved review videos, so it wouldn't be as hard to document.

::::I think there's precedeence to this idea as this wiki documents videos on the official Transformers Youtube channel featuring narrative such as How to Ride your Dinobot but not every other video posted on that channel (most of which aren't short narrative based videos).--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 20:58, 18 September 2020 (EDT)
:::::We can't go documenting everything that Transformers has sponsored or we'd be here all millennium. If they're hosted on the official Transformers YouTube account, then that's something Hasbro produced and worth mentioning. But otherwise, it's tantamount to trying to list every single instance where a Transformers commercial has aired on TV. There's been episodes of TV shows sponsored by Transformers too. It's notable that Transformers has sponsored things in general and the types of things they've sponsored. But the individual things are not notable on their own unless Hasbro or a licensee produced it or paid someone else to produce it. HISHE might have an argument as the content creator asserts that Paramount approved it. The other two not on the official channel don't. Not really sure what SpaceApe's involvement was with the Lumaken video, but it seems like some of their people helped with filming or effects. That said, the video isn't corporately sponsored and thus their involvement does not appear to qualify the video as being an official production. Pewdiepie's has no Hasbro or licensee involvement whatsoever, it's just a paid ad. They bought airtime essentially. He just happened to theme the video around the advertisement. BIG no on that one. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] ([[User talk:Tigerpaw28|talk]]) 22:24, 18 September 2020 (EDT)

== New game "Transformers: Battlegrounds" ==

For the PlayStation, and [https://collider.com/transformers-battlegrounds-review-release-date/ Collider did a hands-on preview of it], saying that it's based on Cyberverse. See also the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUun-tEbF5Q trailer], with [https://twitter.com/Outright_Games/status/1308034152202211334 October 23, 2020] release date. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] ([[User talk:Lonegamer78|talk]]) 19:13, 21 September 2020 (EDT)

== Featured Article nominations ==

We now have a page for nominating articles to be picked as future Featured Articles: [[Transformers Wiki:Featured Article Nominations]]. While there's no guarantee that your suggestion will be picked, that's no reason not to make your voice heard! --[[User:Riptide|Riptide]] ([[User talk:Riptide|talk]]) 20:16, 3 October 2020 (EDT)

== T-Beast ==

Hey all, I was just wondering if the T-Beast Art books were official publications through TakaraTomy? If they are, how come we haven't made pages for them on this wiki? I would make the pages if I knew much about them, but as I can't read or speak Japanese, I'd much rather leave that job for someone who knows more about them or who can translate any of whats in the books. I've watched Emgo316's review on the books on youtube and with the overuse of official names (sometimes ''Engrish'' translated) and faction insignias, it would suggest to me that it is a TakaraTomy publication. I know we won't cover the 3rd party molds based off of the designs from the books because *gasp* that's blasphemous, but the books are worth mentioning. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 02:05, 27 October 2020 (EDT)

Those aren't official liscenced product. We wished they were, but they're not. [[User:ZacAttack|ZacAttack]] ([[User talk:ZacAttack|talk]]) 02:19, 27 October 2020 (EDT)
:Interesting. It's really strange that they got away with having the insignias and names printed in the book without running into licensing issues. Anyways, thanks for clearing that up! :) [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 02:52, 27 October 2020 (EDT)

I think it's different in Japan. Might be wrong, but I think it's different. --[[User:ZacAttack|ZacAttack]] ([[User talk:ZacAttack|talk]]) 03:08, 27 October 2020 (EDT)

== Iron Man in commercial ==

Can I add this commercial appearance to Iron Man page? Both ROTF Megatron and Endgame Iron Man appear in the same commercial.

[https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/sky-advert-featuring-bayverse-rotf-megatron.1202802/ commercial].--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 10:34, 1 November 2020 (EST)

== Can the ROTF viral sites be documented in a source page? ==

Realeffingdeal and Gianteffingrobots.com. Though they will be incomplete since not all of it is saved (especially the second site). I want to archive the surviving images and the posts regardless.--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 13:11, 1 November 2020 (EST).

:Go for it, why not? I wish I'd been able to archive some of the other tie-in web content that's now long since gone. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] ([[User talk:Hooper X|talk]]) 13:10, 4 December 2020 (EST)

== Any luck on finding the Holy Grails? ==

I know that they are called "Holy Grails" for a reason, but just for curiosity, and because the Holy Grail tab hasn't been updated for a while (or at least I think it hasn't), how is it going with the Holy Grails? P.S: I expected it to be hard, and also, what does it mean with "Kiss Players radio play translations"? Is it as in language translation? Supacool9[[User:Supacool9|Supacool9]] ([[User talk:Supacool9|talk]]) 20:09, 19 November 2020 (EST)

:Discission about things on the "Holy Grails" and the attempts to find them, can be found [[Talk:Main Page/holy-grails|here]].[[User:DDog|DDog]] ([[User talk:DDog|talk]]) 22:32, 3 November 2020 (EST)
::PS: make sure you sign your username by adding four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>) at the end, and it will do it automatically.[[User:DDog|DDog]] ([[User talk:DDog|talk]]) 22:32, 3 November 2020 (EST)

== Operation Skyfire ==

Should a page be made for this cancelled movie? [https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/lets-talk-about-operation-skyfire.1149480/ Operation Skyfire forum thread]--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 14:55, 12 November 2020 (EST)

== A moratorium on expanding toy entries? ==

There's been some discussion on the Discord recently about entries for newly-released toys getting clogged up with overlong crufty notes, as a result of people rushing in to expand the entries as soon the figure starts trickling out into the wild. I thought it could be worth discussing ways of combating these editing habits – a potential idea I'd had was a moratorium on expanding entries for newly-released toys, similar to what we did to curb poor editing habits in relation to the Facebook Ask Vector Prime? Maybe do it relative to the first US retail sighting or something? Thoughts welcome! [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 18:35, 27 November 2020 (EST)
:For starters, I'm gonna suggest immediate reversion of any claims of "widespread" defects or quality/sensitivity of pieces for the first month or two of release, so as to determine if it's *actually* a widespread issue and not someone adding personal commentary on the state of their own toy. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 19:00, 27 November 2020 (EST)
::I agree with this, I see mentionings of supposed "widespread" issues mentioned on here all the time that don't have sufficient evidence to back up these claims. [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420's]] idea of holding off for a month or so would probably be a good solution for this. It gives enough time for people to have a figure in-hand long enough to compare and document issues, allowing for us to have a better idea of whether these are as widespread as claimed or whether this is just one out of several million that has had issues with their personal figure. Especially when some people are buying stolen products long before their expected release and note issues that probably aren't even on the finished product and could possibly just be a result of a stolen test-shot. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 19:20, 27 November 2020 (EST)
::I'm going to agree with the """widespread""" issues notes needing to be held off on, but I'm not sure that waiting to just fill out basic info for an entry is going to actually curb the "overlong crufty" parts. That's... just a standard writing/editing issue that can affect toy writeups done years after a toy's release, or character profile entries, or etc. It's part of why I've been trying to "formalize" toy writeups a bit, a kind of "info goes in more or this order, try not to jump around between mode-features, paragraph breaks for X Y Z". Try and keep things less review-y and rambly. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 20:23, 3 December 2020 (EST)
:::Just gonna throw out [[Fasttrack_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron:_Earthrise]] as a recent example. Open with place in toyline, altmode, altmode/robot features... new paragraph for tertiary mode features to keep the first paragraphs from being too chunky.--[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 03:23, 4 December 2020 (EST)

== Messing around with mold templates ==

As seen [[User:Hooper_X/SANDBALLS/Template:G1BumblebeeMold|here for G1 Bee]], [[User:Hooper_X/SANDBALLS/Template:G1CliffjumperMold|here for the rest of the 84 minibots]], [[User:Hooper_X/SANDBALLS/Template:G1CombaticonMolds|here for the Combaticons]] and [[User:Hooper_X/SANDBALLS/Template:G1SeekerMold|here for the G1 Seekers]]. There doesn't seem to be a consistent way to manage significant retools - the Classics Seeker template makes a lot of distinctions, while the Universe Sunstreaker template treats all the retools as one consistent toy. I'm also trying to figure out how to thread the needle on the weird international variants of the minicars, like the "Huffer in Pipes colors" that supposedly came out in Greece and also came out in a different set of "Pipes colors" in Mexico... I'm gonna leave some time for y'all to comment and cogitate on it before I actually start adding these things all over the place. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] ([[User talk:Hooper X|talk]]) 13:13, 4 December 2020 (EST)
:The difference between the ''Classics'' Starscream template and the ''Universe'' Sunstreaker template is simple—if there has been a significant change to the body besides just a new head tooling and accessories, then there is a new group to sort by body style. That is how I reorganised the ''Combiner Wars'' network of templates. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 15:56, 4 December 2020 (EST)
::That works for me - as for the different colored international minibots, I've made a go of it [[User:Hooper X/SANDBALLS/Template:G1CliffjumperMold|here]] where I've broken them down by distributor in alphabetical order, then each colorway in parentheses after. What I'd really love would be little flag emoji to represent the relevant nations - Argentina for Antex, Peru for Lynsa, etc. We could waive these for Hasbro's worldwide releases I suppose. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] ([[User talk:Hooper X|talk]]) 12:57, 7 December 2020 (EST)

== Changing format of some older pages. ==

Hey everyone, it had been discussed earlier today on Discord that the G1 [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] page is in need of a complete revamp. Suggestions had been made to archive the original format of the page to keep the joke alive and available for those who still wish to see and admire it, while starting fresh in our standard character page format. It is nothing against the running joke per se, it mainly boils down to the rhyming starting to take its toll on the information that the page is supposed to present to readers of the wiki. I myself, before joining the wiki and even now, always avoid the page like a plague, as it is hard to navigate and actually obtain any information from, which goes against what the page is intended to do.

That doesn't mean all of the rhyming has to go, it is still welcome in the opening paragraph and image captions, but general consensus on Discord is that it could do to be more informative. I also believe that the long-running joke is starting to take its toll on editors adding any new additions while trying to keep with the rhyming format and quite frankly, I believe that to be another downfall to the article since the wiki is made to be as accessible as possible for anyone to edit and it just adds another layer of complications. I bring this up here rather than on the talk page as it has also been suggested that the same be done to G1 [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]]'s page too for the same reasons.

I advice that you please make these discussions on the individual talk pages: '''[[Talk:Wheelie (G1)]]''' and '''[[Talk:Rewind (G1)]]'''.

Feel free to bring up any other pages worth making similar changes to '''here''' as there is bound to be others that could do to be looked over too.

Thank you and Happy 2021 to all! -- [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 05:53, 1 January 2021 (EST)

:'''Just a quick follow up after reading back over what was said on Discord:''' We could possibly keep the pages as is and keep them as the featured articles they are currently, while having a suite with a link to a more informative version, therefore keeping the jokes and also having a variant that actually makes "sense". Funny still wins as the main page and the other can be for readers to actually learn something more about the characters. -- [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 06:39, 1 January 2021 (EST)
::I'm for redoing both into normal prose. Save the jokes for the intro. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 12:36, 1 January 2021 (EST)

== All the human collaborators should have a page ==

The Human collaborators is the concept of [[Human]]s being allied with the [[Decepticon]]s. It exists since the beginning of the brand, brought to existence in the [[Megatron's Master Plan]] Duology from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Transformers G1 cartoon]] and appeared for the last time in [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]], With DOTM 10th year anniversary on the horizon, i'm thinking of creating a page for all them. In fact i'm creating a sandbox about it and i want to know if its a good idea to do that or not. --[[User:Cybertron Forever|Cybertron Forever]] ([[User talk:Cybertron Forever|talk]]) 14:21, 18 January 2021 (EST)
:Our existing "Category:Humans" is in pretty bad shape. It's divided into dozens of subcategories already so that the "main" listing is nowhere near a single comprehensive list. Instead people went and added subgroups like "Classified Humans" and "Military Humans" and many many etc. From an educational resource perspective it would probably be more useful to streamline the category we already have. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 14:41, 18 January 2021 (EST)
::Okay i'll streamline the "Category:Humans" but how am i supposed to do that? --[[User:Cybertron Forever|Cybertron Forever]] ([[User talk:Cybertron Forever|talk]]) 15:42, 18 January 2021 (EST)
:::Decepticon human collaborators have been around a lot longer than just season 2 of G1. [[Doctor Arkeville]] was actually the first Decepticon ally. Even then, characters collaborating with Decepticons had been around in the years in between G1 and DOTM. the Marvel G1 comics, Dreamwave comics, IDW comics and such, more than likely had a lot of instances where that was a thing too (I'm not too familiar with a lot of those comics). ''Animated'' had some of the human villains working with the Decepticons on some occassions too.

:::As for the human collaborators page, I don't feel that a separate page needs to be made, there was never a collective group or organization of them, just occassional cases of random people being told what to do while more or less being held at gun point, or on some occassions, given the sweet promise of world domination. I think if anything, Thylacine's idea of making a subcategory would probably be your best bet, but a better name would be "Decepticon allied humans" or something. As far as I'm aware, there is no page for Autobot allied humans (which there are crap tons of), so there is really no point in making one for the Decepticon allies. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 18:10, 18 January 2021 (EST)
:::: It most certainly is not "my idea to make a new subcategory." We have too many subcategories already. Most of them are dumb and are at the expense of having a useful, comprehensive Human category.--[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 21:09, 18 January 2021 (EST)

:There really is little to no point to a page for this concept; a category will do. That'd just be opening up for countless list-pages of random Things People In Fiction Sometimes Do, and this wiki is historically not keen on list pages. There's a lot of stuff characters do/are that don't have pages just because the concept is too vague, too broad, or too obvious that a page would not actually provide any new information (or comedy potential) on how its use within ''Transformers'' fiction is different from the immediately obvious. There's no page for "ninjas" (that just links to the Category), but "Cyber-Ninja Corps", a very specifically-defined group of ninjas, does get a page.
:And... look, not to sound mean, but... if you have no idea how a big major overhauling project might be done, maybe you should leave that task to someone else. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 18:40, 18 January 2021 (EST)

:Besides "bad guys" like Shawn Berger or Doctor Arkeville, does Spike count when he went nuts as Autobot Spike and used Megatron to fire on the Autobots? Or do [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] count when the Autobots had a truce with the Decepticons against a [[Dark Star|cosmically-powered Starscream]]? Or take [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]]: he joined G.I.Joe and worked with them. Does that make all of G.I. Joe human collaborators? I hope not. If someone has to think this hard about who actually belongs to a category, it will actually clutter up the wiki instead of clarify relationships. Everything that ''could'' be grouped doesn't necessarily benefit from a page or category. It may be worth noting briefly ''on individual character pages'' about some characters' tendencies to work with Decepticons. [[User:Prime Radiant|Prime Radiant]] ([[User talk:Prime Radiant|talk]]) 19:31, 18 January 2021 (EST)

:Okay it seems a page won't really be necessary, so i won't do it. But i'm until now trying to know how am i supposed to streamline the "Category:humans"? --[[User:Cybertron Forever|Cybertron Forever]] ([[User talk:Cybertron Forever|talk]]) 22:37, 18 January 2021 (EST)
::Coming up with the answer to your question is the bulk of the task itself. It's a lot of work and there's no immediately obvious and clear approach. If you'd like to try something, use a sandbox and communicate with us here. If you need a lot of guidance, it's best to leave it to someone else like Sipher said. [[User:Prime Radiant|Prime Radiant]] ([[User talk:Prime Radiant|talk]]) 22:14, 19 January 2021 (EST)

::I think i'll create a category called "Human Collaborators", but only after the "Category:humans" is streamlined, which is something someone must do here since i don't know how to do this and by doing so will help this wiki a lot. --[[User:Cybertron Forever|Cybertron Forever]] ([[User talk:Cybertron Forever|talk]]) 19:56, 21 January 2021 (EST)
:::I honestly think that is the ''opposite'' of what we need. The first thing to be done after streamlining should not be the addition of more subcategories. The point has been made that there are too many human subcategories already, and I agree. You seem very intent on specifically adding information about Decepticon-allied humans. Keep in mind that this is not an official faction. This is effectively like creating a category about "Humans With Yellow Boots and Blue Pants and Hard Hats". Yes, that group exists, but unless it's very funny, we don't need it. Going forward, I recommend focusing on contributing to what the wiki lacks (say, by adding information on our pages with stubs) instead of searching for differences without distinction. [[User:Prime Radiant|Prime Radiant]] ([[User talk:Prime Radiant|talk]]) 21:04, 21 January 2021 (EST)

== Finishing the "Story sections" in the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (PS2/Wii) and (PSP) pages. ==

The story of the PSP and PS2/Wii versions of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen video game must be concluded and i wanted to do this myself, but i'm having difficulties due to my family and i making preparations to move out. So the question is: Can someone insert the synopsis of the remaining chapters of each version of the game here? Because if you can it will help this wiki a lot. --[[User:Cybertron Forever|Cybertron Forever]] ([[User talk:Cybertron Forever|talk]]) 15:25, 31 January 2021 (EST)
: That is entirely contingent on whether or not any of the regular contributors own the game or a system to play it on. [[User:Grum|Grum]] ([[User talk:Grum|talk]]) 21:07, 31 January 2021 (EST)

What's the matter? can't someone see it on Youtube and then write what they've saw on the articles? Because that's how i got the information about the story of the games i insert here. In fact that's how i got the necessary info to create the [[Quest for Optimus Prime]] and [[MechTech Wars]] online games and to insert the story of [[Transformers: Shadows Rising]]. --[[User:Cybertron Forever|Cybertron Forever]] ([[User talk:Cybertron Forever|talk]]) 21:14, 31 January 2021 (EST)
:You know, petulantly whining at other people to do work there is absolutely no rush on, on a site done on a volunteer basis, doesn't really get any of it done faster. Tends to ''dis''incentivize people to do it, actually. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 01:42, 1 February 2021 (EST)
::The pages have been stubs for this long, I doubt having them being left a little longer will hurt anyone. They're bound to still be there once you're done moving and have more free time on your hands. There's no rush. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 07:33, 1 February 2021 (EST)

== Micro-Sized ==

Hey all, was wondering if we should make a page/archive for the Mini-Con/Micro-Sized profiles from the Collectors' Club website and magazine?

They seem to be rather important pieces of fiction for a lot of those Mini-Cons and I feel we should have some form of proper write ups or a proper link to archives of the profiles themselves at the very least. Half the character pages have the profiles summed up in brief opening paragraphs but some people (me included) may want to read some of the online profiles which the Collectors' Club website doesn't appear to have anymore.

Just an idea I thought might be interesting to look into. -- [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 20:04, 31 January 2021 (EST)

:Yeah, but... is it legal for us to archive that material? I honestly don't know what the current status is of fiction produced under FP (or 3H, for that matter). Does Hasbro "own" it? Does Brian Savage? Does anybody? [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] ([[User talk:Hooper X|talk]]) 12:48, 24 February 2021 (EST)
::Fun Publications produced that material under license from Hasbro and TakaraTomy. I assume Hasbro owns it just as they enable their current comic partner IDW to reprint Marvel and Dreamwave material. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 12:57, 24 February 2021 (EST)

== New signups temporarily suspended ==

New signups have been temporarily suspended due to excessive vandalism. Apologies for the inconvenience. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 04:04, 28 February 2021 (EST)
:And now they should be back on. Thank you for your patience. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 00:46, 7 March 2021 (EST)

== Reducing negative ''Energon'' episode notes. ==

Alrighty, since the wiki has been taking a pretty neutral approach to things over recent years and we had already decided on reducing excessive sarcasm and negativity to the ''Energon'' cartoon page, I feel the episode pages should probably follow suit.

I'm just started my annual rewatch of the show and I'm going to add, subtract and alter things like I did in the ''Armada'' episode pages after each watch. I'm already making a start on removing pieces of sarcasm listed as "trivia" that ''really'' doesn't need to be highlighted and is only there for the sake of bashing the show.

That being said, errors, plotholes, continuity issues etc. are fine, but the "pain count" sections probably should either be removed or be relabelled as "stock phrase count" or something along those lines. I'm personally still alright with the caption jokes and quote jokes, but the excessive "This character sucks because the show sucks." is definitely a no go.

After a disscussion on Discord, it had also been suggested that we list common stock phrases from the Unicron Trilogy on a separate page much like we do for [[Furmanism]]s. -- [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 03:25, 2 March 2021 (EST)
:Before anyone goes to the trouble of creating an entire "Energonisms" page, it is worth examining whether the series is well-known or well-liked enough for that to be worthwhile. Furman wrote hundreds of comics & scripts across multiple series and about 25 years; his repeat phrases are more noticeable and important. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 07:36, 2 March 2021 (EST)
::I still disagree with the concept of "Furmanisms". They're just pulpy phrasing. It's hardly unique to him. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 09:14, 2 March 2021 (EST)
:::I'll be honest, the Furmanisms page is filled with rather common oldschool comicbook phrases that aren't ''really'' unique to him or ''Transformers'' for that matter. You can almost guarantee that those phrases have been used in even older comics from the 60s, like ''X-Men'' for example. Hell, they've possibly been used in material even older than that. I generally stay clear of anything that makes references to that page, because it is full of blurred lines. Perhaps this should also be a topic for discussion. In terms of Energonisms, I personally don't agree with it either, but I thought I better bring it up for those who aren't on Discord.
:::My main concern right now is whether we should remove the "pain count" sections from the episode pages. As I've been binging the show and updating episode info, I've been working around them, but they still hold a heavy tone of negativity while everything else around them has been altered to the neutral tone. I've tried to think of a better title to use in its place, but the further through the episode pages I go, the more excessively negative it seems to get. Yes there are a ''lot'' of stock phrases used, but if people start to include other ones that haven't already been listed—and there are quite a few—pretty soon we're gonna end up with entire dub scripts for the episodes listed lol. As for stock footage counts, it's common in practically every Japanese ''Transformers'' series (From BWII onwards at the very least), so listing them is just another example of adding things to bash the show. Our [[Transformers Wiki:Captions#Captions and jokes we're sick of|captions/jokes policies]] also state that ''Energon'' jokes are pretty much frowned upon by today's wiki standards.
:::As I am writing this post, it has also occured to me that ''Cybertron''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s episode pages have pain counts that follow the same outline too (listing stock phrases and stock footage), so perhaps we should look into removing those for the same reasons. -- [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 06:11, 5 March 2021 (EST)
::::I feel it should be pointed out that many of the stock phrases from Energon ("Uh...", "Huh?" "Let's do it!", "Wait up!" etc.) were first used by the same dubbing team back in Armada. If any new page is going to be created for those phrases, it's only fair that those from Armada (and probably from Cybertron too) be included since those phrases are not exclusive to Energon even if it's in that show that they're the worst offender. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 09:58, 5 March 2021 (EST)
:::::I agree with removing the pain counts and overall negativity from the UT-related pages, while I disagree with creating the "Energonisms" page because that would neuter our efforts to remove said negativity. I also never cared for Furmanisms so I don't even see a reason for that page to still exist tbh. [[User:Fritz|Fritz]] ([[User talk:Fritz|talk]]) 13:11, 5 March 2021 (EST)
::::::I don't think there's a need for Energonisms, but I think Furmanisms need to stay based solely on the fact that they're a known factor and both Furman and other creators have leaned into their existence in self-referential and parodical ways, enough that it makes sense to have a page explaining them. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 13:34, 5 March 2021 (EST)
:::::::It's funny you say that, Fritz. ''Armada'' was the first place to use the stock phrases, yet the episode pages were absent of any pain counts or any real negativity in general. As for ''Cybertron'', listing the pain counts on those pages seems to hold the same weight as the negativity I pruned down on the main ''Armada'' page a couple of weeks ago. They seem to be an outdated case of critisms that were made when the show first came out. In my experience, ''Cybertron'', while still not perfect, still remains the pretty widely enjoyed out of the three shows among the Facebook groups and stuff I've been in.

:::::::At the end of the day, I don't feel it's really the wiki's place to tell people how to feel towards something. It's one thing to mention issues and critisms, but when you're pushing personal opinions onto the reader, making them steer clear of the show entirely instead of letting them form their own opinions, it doesn't really help keep the history of the brand we're supposed to be documenting alive. -- [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 15:28, 5 March 2021 (EST)
::::::::The keyword there is "outdated." Energon is from 2003 and the "pain count" stuff was probably all written in 2007 or so. In 2021 no one is creating canon with ironic joking references to a hypothetical Energonism, and even if they did, the whole source of complaint is that the dialogue is so interchangeable and empty that if someone were to say it in a future series it would probably just be seen as unrelated new bad dialogue. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 15:44, 5 March 2021 (EST)
:::::::::So I guess we're all pretty much on the same page here then. From the response I got on Discord a few days ago and the repsonse here, it seems pretty clear that the "Pain counts" should go. -- [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 16:11, 5 March 2021 (EST)
::::::::::Totally agree with you there, Fanofcoolstuff27. I watched ''Energon'' and ''Cybertron'' for the first time just last year and actually enjoyed the latter a lot. At the time I felt that the pain counts were harming my own enjoyment of reading the wiki after watching each episode and I even consider removing them by myself. So I'm glad this is finally up for debate and other people are agreeing on getting rid of them. --[[User:Fritz|Fritz]] ([[User talk:Fritz|talk]]) 16:27, 5 March 2021 (EST)
I think this kind of went off on a big digression about "Energonisms" and personal liking of the series, but I think this is enough consensus to reduce the negativity of the Energon articles. (The episodes could use better summaries as well.) [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 16:35, 5 March 2021 (EST)
:The pain counts can go, but I'm 100% against removing the overal tone of negativity. Like it or not, Energon is a dull show with an objectively mediocre dub, and consistently remains the most disliked of any televised Transformers cartoon. To try and soften that in the Energon articles almost feels like a disservice to 20 years of near-universal fan rejection. (And the reason we say not to make Energon jokes on the caption page was because they were getting excessive across the whole wiki. That said, while other pages shouldn't be saddled with such jokes, there's no reason to sugarcoat things on the Energon articles themselves.) -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 16:41, 5 March 2021 (EST)
::Agreed, and definitely on that last point. Energon is garbage in any language, and I feel we do a disservice to act like it's not a rushed, cheap, ugly job by the lowest bidder that runs out of plot halfway through its episode count and has to start over even BEFORE you take into account the first-draft English dub. And yes, the captions page remark about it and many other objects of derision is mostly about the ''unoriginality'' and ''over-use'' of adding ''new'' joke captions about it, not "it's wrong". --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 17:35, 5 March 2021 (EST)
:::See, my issue here isn't neccessarily the negativity itself, more the overuse of it. I've already taken it upon myself to remove silly pieces of "trivia" that aren't trivia at all and are more just an attempt to bash a bad show. You can mention all of it's flaws and whatever, there is no problem with that. It's the constant nitpickiness that is added, when just about ''every'' Transformers show has more or less the ''exact'' same issues. The line between openly pointing out issues in one show and turning a blind eye to those same issues in other shows is ''very'' blurred.

:::Given our recent response on Discord towards the removal of "Pain counts" from the Energon episode pages, perhaps we could at least settle with a mid-ground compromise. My proposal: The removal of stock footage from the counts. It's not exclusive to Energon at all, so listing them as a ''bad'' thing builds a pretty poor case. Yeah, there is a ''lot'' of stock footage use, but the show is to sell Transformers toys, so highlighting the brand's main attraction is hardly a crime. BWII, BWN, RID/Car Robots, Robot Masters, Armada/Legends of the Microns, Energon/Super Link, Cybertron/Galaxy Force, Animated, Go!, RID 2015 and I wanna say Cyberverse (?) are all guilty of using stock footage. Only about three of them are English-speaking original shows, while the rest of them are Japanese shows. It's practically been a tradition to include stock footage transformations and combinations at this point. -- [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 18:31, 5 March 2021 (EST)

== Voice actor categorization ==

I really don't like the idea of putting voice actors into company categories based on shows or games they've appeared in (see [[:Category:Activision]] or [[:Category:DreamWorks]] for example). This seems a little disingenuous, considering that none of these are employees of these companies, but rather freelance. Furthermore, this doesn't include all the different shows' production companies, but rather more like picking and choosing at random. If you were to categorize them at all, I would either do so based on the studio the series was recorded at (such as Voicebox or Studiopolis) or make new "(show) voice cast" categories. (But honestly, my first choice would be to not do so at all.) -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 00:17, 6 March 2021 (EST)
:How about we create nested categories such as "Category:Activision freelancers"? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 01:34, 22 March 2021 (EDT)
::"Category:Activision voice actors"? Maybe something similar with other videogames or tv series'/movies? "Category:____ voice actors". [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 02:39, 22 March 2021 (EDT)

== Energon Terrorcons ==

I'm having issues with the way we have the ''Energon'' Terrorcon pages currently set up. The pages have a lot of misinformation being spread within them and between them and I'm not entirely sure how we should handle it.

The show presents three different colour variants/breeds/races of flying Terrorcon: Divebomb, a "Stealth Divebomb" (which is the Command Ravage colour palette placed on Divebomb), and the Shadowhawk Cosmo Type/Blackout colour scheme. I've just gone and removed the stealth colour scheme write ups from Blackout's page as they are clearly not the same thing and it would fall under potential citogenesis.

My proposal for this issue would be to move "Blackout (Terrorcon)" to "Shadowhawk Cosmo Type" and just make mention of the Energon dubs' cock up with the names as a note or that an individual Terrorcon named "Blackout" is also among them. Much like "Command Ravage", "Shadowhawk Cosmo Type" is also an official name and it's my understanding that if Hasbro names aren't available, we generally opt for the Takara names instead (e.g. [[Mirror]]), and because "Blackout" is referred to as an individual rather than a race/breed, it would be hard to use that as an offical English-language designation. I also don't feel that there would be enough to warrant an individual Shadowhawk Cosmo Type page and a Blackout page, as they'd contain most of the same information.

Secondly, I'm wondering if the stealth decoed Divebombs warrant their own page under a nickname title? e.g. [[Watchdog (G1)]]. They are clearly a different breed to the two aforementioned races and with the Command Ravages being present alongside them, it only seems fair to mark them on a separate page too. If others agree, I was thinking maybe "Stealth Divebomb" or something, as the title—unless ''Super Link'' has a better term used in the episode?

Thirdly, and the least important of noting on this list of issues: The Planet Q natives featured in the flashback (before the planet was destroyed) use both the Shadowhawk Cosmo Type model and a recoloured version of the Battle Ravage model in the same colours. Do these Battle Ravage redecos warrant a page or is a note on the respective mold pages enough for them?

Thank Primus that the Insecticons and Cruellocks don't suffer from this issue of multiple breeds/repaints presented on-screen.

Let me know what you think. -- [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 05:49, 10 March 2021 (EST)

:I would make a "Shadowhawk Cosmo Type" article for that color scheme in general, but keep the Blackout article for that specific individual. All of the other weird color schemes like "Shadowhawk Desert Type" could just go on the regular article, with notes pointing out their existence. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 15:35, 10 March 2021 (EST)

::Sounds like a plan. I'll get a sandbox started for the Cosmo Type Terrorcons. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 15:44, 10 March 2021 (EST)

== Excessively long toy pages ==

Let's face it. A few pages such as "[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys]]" and "[[Megatron (G1)/toys]]" have become so long that they can slow down a device just to be loaded. Will we allow indefinite expansion such that page scrolling time will balloon further? We need to do some kind of split that will set up a second page for many years to come. Some months back, there was a discussion on the Discord server suggesting the start of ''Generations'' in 2010 as a useful dividing boundary. Thoughts? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 16:38, 13 March 2021 (EST)
:I agree with the split from ''Generations''. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 17:36, 13 March 2021 (EST)
::If no one is against this split, I might make a start on it now because I was editing the G1 Prime page before and I was worried it was going to make Chrome crash with how long it was taking just to load the previews for my edits. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 07:22, 14 April 2021 (EDT)
:Regarding Megatron, I propose splitting out all non-transforming gun mode accessories that were available with other figures into their own page. There are a ''lot'' of those, and they don't need to clutter up a page along with the transforming figures.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] ([[User talk:Nevermore|talk]]) 07:59, 30 May 2021 (EDT)

== Template:quote and Template:bigquote ==

Why do we have both of these? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 07:39, 16 March 2021 (EDT)

:the big one looks much better and less confusing. i suggest getting rid of the normal one. --[[User:GobotsFanForever|GobotsFanForever]] ([[User talk:GobotsFanForever|talk]]) 07:48, 16 March 2021 (EDT)
:While I find the big one hideously obnoxious and would suggest getting rid of it.--[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 11:32, 16 March 2021 (EDT)
:sorry, it turns out that for some reason, the normal quotes were not showing up properly on my computer. but now they are. now the big quotes do seem kinda unnecessary. --[[User:GobotsFanForever|GobotsFanForever]] ([[User talk:GobotsFanForever|talk]]) 21:11, 16 March 2021 (EDT)

== Merge or not to merge the ROTF toyline and N.E.S.T. Global Alliance pages. ==

I think we should merge the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|ROTF toyline]] and the N.E.S.T. Global Alliance pages, since they're both from the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]] movie, along with the fact that some toys from that [[subline imprint]] are in the ROTF page. Besides, the reason why users here want their pages to be merged is the same from the [[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]] and The Unicron Battles, which by the time of this talk, they're already merged. --[[User:Cybertron Forever|Cybertron Forever]] ([[User talk: Cybertron Forever|talk]]) 16:52 18 March 2021 (EST)
:I'm down with that. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 02:40, 22 March 2021 (EDT)

==All those Takara BW-era-ish named weapon pages==
So this caught my eye... we have a buncha pages for the various named weapons from the BW2/Neo-era toys, and... do we need them at all? Do these pages actually contain enough unique information to justify them? I mean, we got individual pages for Archadis's "[[Wing Gundread]]s", "[[Wing Bomb]]s" and "[[Founder Shot]]", and not a one of them has anything that the actual Archadis page doesn't cover. Seems like most of these don't have any special effects like the "torque rifle" or "electro-scrambler" and such; it makes more sense to have those pages since the special effects are all right there without having to sift through non-weapon info, which feels like a good resource for writing purposes to see how these special weapons were used. But if they're all just normal old blasters and swords and whatnot, the individual pages are basically just severely chainsawed versions of the character pages. Feels kind of pointless and wasteful of the reader's time to point them at these pages. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 17:27, 30 March 2021 (EDT)
:After going through it all, I'm starting to think this is a valid point. Half of these weapons wouldn't even have enough information to fill a page to be quite honest—and that's after filling the fiction stubs too. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 08:24, 31 March 2021 (EDT)

==New Molds are Not News==
It quickly gets repetitive for toy entries to say such-and-such is a new mold. I think we should have "new mold" be the default, unsaid expectation, instead pointing out when toys are retools / redecos. "Actually a new mold" should be saved for occasions when something looks or is widely perceived to be a remold but actually isn't (i.e. Smokejumper / Energon Starscream). --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 16:03, 7 April 2021 (EDT)
:Agreed.--[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 16:58, 7 April 2021 (EDT)
::Agreed. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 17:54, 7 April 2021 (EDT)

== Impending upgrade ==

My intention is to attempt an upgrade of the wiki's core software tomorrow. It is not going to be a large jump in versions, so I don't anticipate it will break anything, but you never know. I'll post again here closer to the time. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 05:17, 23 April 2021 (EDT)
:In, let's say, around about three hours. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 00:16, 24 April 2021 (EDT)
::Ten minute warning! --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 02:49, 24 April 2021 (EDT)
All done. Please go about your business. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 03:20, 24 April 2021 (EDT)

== Change to combiner team member lists? ==

Inspired by some comments Chris was pointing out from his new Aerialbot video, I was thinking about how we could better contextualise the various extra/alternate members most combiner teams have wound up with over the years, rather than simply putting them all in a plain list that can, for instance, wrongfully give the impression that Balloon is a noteworthy Aerialbot and not a literal joke. Put together a sandbox to show what I was thinking: [[User:Jalaguy/Sandbox/Aerialbot]] - thoughts? I think this is one of those occasions - like Unicron's history and stuff - where going out-of-universe for a bit is the best way of communicating important context to the reader. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 12:15, 24 April 2021 (EDT)

== Request and code review for adding JS-based tabbed tables ==

A few of us were inspired by the tabbed tables on other wikis. For example, [https://www.khwiki.com/Xehanort the Kingdom Hearts wiki], a main character has tables that contain "Profile" and "Journal" tabs. This request is strictly about tabs, not general infoboxes. I pulled the relevant JS and CSS and created a [[Template:Tab]], and added the custom JS and CSS to my user page, and things seem fine. The tabifier only relies on jQuery, so we don't need to add anything extra. I have videos of the behavior on our Discord too.

Would it be possible for an admin (abates?) to review the proposed additions, and if approved, merge them into the page load?
:JS: https://github.com/tf-wiki-discord/wiki-utils/blob/main/tabber.js
:CSS: https://github.com/tf-wiki-discord/wiki-utils/blob/main/tabber.css

Thanks for reviewing/considering! [[User:Prime Radiant|Prime Radiant]] ([[User talk:Prime Radiant|talk]]) 13:22, 29 April 2021 (EDT)
:What's the intention to use tabs for? My main reservation would be with user experience. E.G. putting stuff behind a tab hides it from a browser search, so if a user googles a term and ends up on a page where the mention of that term is hidden behind a tab, they might not be able to find it. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 16:57, 29 April 2021 (EDT)

::One intended use-case would be supplementary. For most Transformers, I can imagine a "tabbed mainpic", one tab being bot mode and the other being the alt mode. I'm thinking particularly about a ''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]'' or Dreamwave's ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets the Eye]]'', where bot mode and alt mode are viewable together as a single visual unit. And this is extendable to triple- or multi-changers, or can be ignored for Action Masters. This use is not restricted to mainpic use either. I don't think images of alt modes being hidden behind a tab is worse than things are now. [[User:Saix|Saix]] and [[User:AzimuthAcolyte|AzimuthAcolyte]] may want to weigh in here. [[User:Prime Radiant|Prime Radiant]] ([[User talk:Prime Radiant|talk]]) 19:42, 29 April 2021 (EDT)

:::This is essentially a prelude to a more specific policy proposal once we get the machinery up and running and start working with it but I believe this concept of a "tabbed image" to display all modes of a character model, toy, etc without compromising readability to be perhaps the most potent utility of this technology. -[[User:AzimuthAcolyte|AzimuthAcolyte]] ([[User talk:AzimuthAcolyte|talk]]) 20:25, 29 April 2021 (EDT)

::::I can see this possibly being useful for toys that end up with multiple modes used within fiction like any of the ''Legends'' and ''Generations Selects'' characters with canonized "fan-modes" that get a little crazy to document in a single image or maybe having the Hasbro and Takara variants in a tabbed system?

::::The only thing I find that could potentially go wrong using a tab system at the top of an article for robot and alt modes, is the fact that G1 characters (as an example)—especially in the JG1 fiction—have been through multiple bodies with multiple vehicle modes. Even G1 Prime hasn't been the same exact flat-nosed cab for the 35+ years between American continuities. So this still kinda falls under the whole "prioritizing one thing over the rest" argument that the info box discussion created on Discord. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 20:42, 29 April 2021 (EDT)

:::::I don't want to get too ahead of ourselves on the specifics of implementation at this juncture but I will say we've gone round on the philosophy of potential "alt mode mainpics" a bit on the Discord and I believe it would be important to emphasize consistency with the character model selected for the bot mode mainpic as opposed to getting lost in the weeds of a character's "one true alt mode" or what have you. -[[User:AzimuthAcolyte|AzimuthAcolyte]] ([[User talk:AzimuthAcolyte|talk]]) 21:29, 29 April 2021 (EDT)

== New bot account on site ==
I wanted to give a heads up that we have a new bot account on the site: [[User:FuncGammaBot]]. This account is owned by the developer of the WikiClientLibrary library that [[User:Teletraan-X]] uses for logging in to the site. The developer asked to use us for testing his code against MediaWiki 1.19 because Fandom no longer has a 1.19 site for them to test against. I consulted with abates and since he had no issues with the developer using us for unit tests, I let them know it was okay. Unit tests are automated code tests that are run to make sure that: A. a new code fix works and B. that said new code fix doesn't break something else. This testing will allow the library to continue workinga and thus Teletraan-X to continue working while on TFWiki is on version 1.19. The account will only be interacting with it's own sandbox and not making any edits to actual content pages or the like. I wanted to let everyone know so they aren't wondering what this weird account is doing only editing sandbox pages. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] ([[User talk:Tigerpaw28|talk]]) 15:46, 17 May 2021 (EDT)

== Establishing gallery pages for characters ==

So it seems we (and creators) have run into problems with poor references (especially regarding alternate modes) and there's the simple fact that there's a huge lack of ''any'' central resource for official ''Transformers'' renders and art (aka assets)—especially for older media like ''Beast Machines''. In that regard, I'm proposing we create gallery pages for at least characters with multiple bodies and incarnations and also serve as a repository for art. I've created [[User:Saix/Megatron (BW)/gallery|an example for Beast Megatron]] that I hope will illustrate what I imagine those galleries to look like. Any thoughts or concerns about this? [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 17:33, 27 May 2021 (EDT)

== Technically correct but needlessly vague section headers, unhelpful "fiction first" format ==

I stumbled across this on the [[Cyclonus's Armada]] page. For reasons unknown to me, the section that covers how Marvel's comic adaptation of the 1986 animated movie handled Cyclonus and "his Armada" is placed under the not-so-obvious header "Marvel future timelines", with a storylink leading to "Judgment Day!", which I have to click in order to find out that it's actually not a UK future timeline story, but the comic adaptation of the movie. This is not helpful. Especially when there's currently still a deeplink further down in the "Origins" section that links to a now-defunct "Marvel The Transformers: The Movie comic adaptation" section.

Also, I feel like the "Cyclonus's Armada" section is suffering from the "fiction first, real life background information later" format. In cases where the subject of a page is a major conundrum that's more notable for the mystery surrounding it than for its fictional portrayal itself, I propose we should ingore the standard and put the background information above the fiction sections in order to make those pages more accessible to casual readers I'm not sure yet if that should be applied to [[Swerve (Chevy)]] as well.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] ([[User talk:Nevermore|talk]]) 08:30, 30 May 2021 (EDT)

[[Krunix (G1)]] might also benefit from an "explanation first" format. Not quite sure yet regarding [[Mister Johnson]].--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] ([[User talk:Nevermore|talk]]) 08:53, 30 May 2021 (EDT)

== Repurpose notes ==

Does anyone else think it would be a good idea to add a bit to the repurposed toys note to identify where this happened? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 10:09, 9 June 2021 (EDT)
:That is a logical course of action. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 04:26, 18 June 2021 (EDT)

== Beast Era parentheticals ==

As already discussed here on [[Talk:Silverbolt (G1)#Earth Wars BW Silverbolt IS NOT G1 SILVERBOLT|jetliner Silverbolt's talk page]], ''Earth Wars'' has clarified the need to reestablish the original Magnaboss toy trio as their own individuals with separate pages. For some consistency, what is our take on how the parentheticals will work out when Fuzors and Transmetals have not appeared outside the ''Beast Wars'' franchise?

Is this preferable? 
Silverbolt (G1), Silverbolt (BW eagle), Silverbolt (BW Fuzor), Prowl (G1), Prowl (BW lion), Prowl (BW Transmetal 2)

Or is this preferable? 
Silverbolt (G1), Silverbolt (BW eagle), Silverbolt (Fuzor), Prowl (G1), Prowl (BW lion), Prowl (Transmetal 2)

Should the Fuzor and owl still have "BW"? I point out that such labelling does serve as a handy signal for readers as to which franchise a wiki URL belongs. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 19:20, 12 June 2021 (EDT)
:"(BW Transmetal 2)" is definitely too long. In Owl Prowl's case, he either ought to stay at "Prowl II" (due to the complications of his past, or in consistency with Transmetal 2 Dinobot similarly being at "Dinobot II"), or be moved to either "Prowl (BW owl)", "Prowl (BW TM2)", or just "Prowl (TM2)". Of those choices, I'm leaning towards either "Prowl (BW owl)" since it would be consistent with "Prowl (BW lion), or "Prowl (TM2)" since Transmetals 2 are still just a BW-only thing. The latter would also enable the lion to be as "Prowl (BW)", unless that's too misleading since he isn't the only BW Prowl, in which case "(BW lion)" and "(BW owl)" would be the most concise.
:As for the Silverbolts, I've given my piece about them, but for a recap, I'm for "Silverbolt (BW eagle)" and "Silverbolt (BW Fuzor)", with "Silverbolt (BW)" redirected to the latter. While the Fuzor is unquestionably the more prominent of the two, the eagle came first and was, for a whole year, the only BW Silverbolt in existence at the time. He has every right to the "(BW)" tag just as much as the Fuzor does. Keeping "(BW)" in the title of both makes it immediately clear that both are BW-original characters without ever having to read the article.
:Frankly, I am not a fan of "(Magnaboss)" as a tag since, to the uninformed, "Silverbolt (Magnaboss)" and "Prowl (Magnaboss)" make it look like we're saying that this Silverbolt and this Prowl are each "a Magnaboss", which is misleading for anyone who doesn't know who or what Magnaboss is. Sure, it only takes a second to read their articles, but "(BW eagle)" and (BW lion) are more direct and to the point, instantly getting the message across that they both originated from BW.
:And if the eagle gets to keep "BW" in its tag, then certainly the Fuzor should as well since, as mentioned, he is the more prominent of the two BW Silverbolts and shouldn't be forced to lose his "BW" to the eagle, even if the eagle has just as much right to it. Ergo, they both can share. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 00:51, 13 June 2021 (EDT)
I vote for the first option except for Prowl the Owl, who I think works best as Prowl (BW Owl).
[[User:MrRald|MrRald]] ([[User talk:MrRald|talk]]) 01:34, 13 June 2021 (EDT)
:I'm personally thinking "Prowl (BW)", "Prowl (TM2)", "Silverbolt (eagle)" and "Silverbolt (Fuzor)". To me it just needlessly over complicates things by having "(BW eagle)" and "(BW Fuzor)" because we don't go "[[Swerve (Universe)|Swerve (Universe -insert whatever specifics here-)]]" and "[[Swerve (Chevy)|Swerve (Universe Chevy)]]", we try to keep the character page titles as short and sweet as possible. With that, I'd also propose that we move "Dinobot II" to "Dinobot (TM2)" because I don't recall him ever being referred to by that name in the cartoon and it certainly wasn't the name given to the toy. As far as I can tell that was just something the sourcebook added to differentiate between multiple characters with the same name (e.g. Magnaboss II and Silverbolt II). We've also tried to move away from those sourcebook naming conventions due to a lot of them being incorrect or misleading in the wider scheme of things, especially for the Japanese characters. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 01:48, 13 June 2021 (EDT)
::TM2 Dinobot was referred to as "Dinobot 2" in the Dreamwave Summer Special and as "Dinobot II" in Beast Wars Sourcebook. It's not a thing we made up. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 08:14, 18 June 2021 (EDT)
:I continue to be opposed to inventing "compound tags" that aren't canonical terms. "Magnaboss" is a canonical term, just as much as "Stunticon," and I don't think it's so confusing to potential readers seeing it that they wouldn't think to click the link and understand just how it was possible. My votes: Silverbolt (G1), Silverbolt (Magnaboss), Prowl (Magnaboss), Prowl (TM2), Silverbolt (Fuzor). --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 10:51, 14 June 2021 (EDT)
::As I had just stated on [[Talk:Silver Bolt]] and [[Talk:Prowl (Magnaboss)]], I'm actually in favour of using the "(Magnaboss)" parentheticals for all three of the Magnaboss components, after seeing how it looks as an actual page title. It unifies them and is simple and the most effective imo. I am still 100% against using the animal alt-modes in the titles as it just looks unprofessional and made up, as Thylacine had more or less pointed out. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 05:38, 18 June 2021 (EDT)
:::If we ''really'' have to, we could always make it "(BW Magnaboss)" as a happy medium. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 05:42, 18 June 2021 (EDT)
::::That's redundant. "Magnaboss" is simple and straight to the point. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 10:09, 18 June 2021 (EDT)

== Rethinking Shattered Glass as a franchise/continuity family ==

Between the “Shards” mini-series, the new Generations Selects toys, and an increasing amount of high end collector statues, it seems like the concept of a ''Transformers'' mirror universe isn’t going away any time soon. All mirrorverse fiction since the original comic has latched onto the title “Shattered Glass”, even when that name hasn’t been applied to that particular fiction, creating “ghost” franchises like “Shattered Glass ''Animated''” and “Shattered Glass ''Movie''”. Given that these have no bearing on actual franchises – there’s no “real” “Shattered Glass ''Cybertron''”, for example – I’m proposing that we treat “Shattered Glass” as less of a series of franchises and more as one big continuity family.

It’s true that:

a) continuity families are a fake idea made up by the wiki to allow for easier organisation

b) big concepts that span numerous franchises go on one article, e.g. [[Autobot]], [[Decepticon]], [[Cybertron (planet)]]

c) sometimes two characters from different continuity families share a page when they are either straight up the same guy ([[Side Burn (RID)]], [[Sky-Byte (RID)]]), or when their appearance is so negligible that it’s barely worth splitting them ([[Buckshot]], [[Reachout (TF 2010)]])

Given the above, I propose that all of “Shattered Glass” be treated as one continuity family, with subheadings for G1 (the club fiction, “Expectations”, “Recordicons”, SD SG, “Shards”), ''Animated'' (lithographs, bios), ''Movie'' (''Forged to Fight'', high-end statues/merchandise), and whatever other mirror universes are concerned. Character articles should be moved to (SG) namespaces and merged where appropriate.

I’ve whipped up a rough concept for Optimus Prime in my [[User:TheLastGherkin/Sandbox:Shat|sandbox]]. Let me know what you think of this idea below or on the Discord server. [[User:TheLastGherkin|TheLastGherkin]] ([[User talk:TheLastGherkin|talk]]) 07:29, 14 June 2021 (EDT)
: Absolutely against this. It might be fine for Prime, but there is nothing linking SG Goldbug with SG Animated Bumblebee, for example. We can stand having a few smaller articles, not everything should be merged. We aren't Wikipedia, and I don't want to see this implemented. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 09:54, 14 June 2021 (EDT)
::I kinda like this idea, ''but'' I can also see where this could get ''very'' complicated, ''very'' fast, it's definitely not a "one size fits all" type of solution, as Escargon has stated. If nothing else, I think a continuity family page for SG (if we don't already have one) would be a good idea to have the concept laid out in the one place, since it has been used all across the franchise, but combining character articles and such is definitely looking like a possible issue. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 10:07, 14 June 2021 (EDT)
::Bumblebee would be the exception. An ideal SG Bumblebee article would start with a G1 section to the effect of "Bumblebee was small and looked like Cliffjumper; for more information see Goldbug (SG)" followed by the two relatively similar, quiet-spoken backstabber versions from Animated and Forged to Fight. [[User:TheLastGherkin|TheLastGherkin]] ([[User talk:TheLastGherkin|talk]]) 10:16, 14 June 2021 (EDT)
:::I'm really not sure about that. What's the point of folding them together if you're going to split one of the most prominent ones out? It's all or nothing, in my opinion. --[[User:Riptide|Riptide]] ([[User talk:Riptide|talk]]) 10:19, 14 June 2021 (EDT)
::::Even more than that, there's characters like Rhinox; there's nothing linking the gag character with the morally ambiguous TransTech one. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 10:22, 14 June 2021 (EDT)
::::And before anyone brings up classic examples like Marvel v Sunbow guys, those were characters based on the same toys. Not quite the same with SG guys. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 10:24, 14 June 2021 (EDT)
:::::The one thing I agree is that we should have a page compiling all Shattered Glass universes and listing them the same way we do with continuity family pages, like [[Movie continuity family]] for example. Put SG G1 as the "major continuity" and the others as minor. We need this page because most (if not all) SG pages direct to [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass (franchise)]] and that's just plain wrong when we're dealing with SG Animated or SG Movie. All character pages should remain separate, but a singular SG page explaining everything is more than needed. --[[User:Fritz|Fritz]] ([[User talk:Fritz|talk]]) 12:54, 14 June 2021 (EDT)
:::::: On that I absolutely agree. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 13:11, 14 June 2021 (EDT)

:Oof, no. Now, "Shattered Glass" might could use a page for it as a CONCEPT, sticking to out-of-universe discussion of it and how it's been applied to stuff outside the original series. But... not this. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 17:19, 14 June 2021 (EDT)
::I mean, sure, we don't have to treat it as "one big continuity", explaining how the concept expanded is enough. I just think that a page simply listing all instances of a new SG-based universe is going to be important as time goes on if the concept keeps getting revisited. ''And'' would make more sense as a linked page than to link SG Movie Optimus to the original SG franchise page when they have no real connection. It's as wrong as if we claimed that "[[Fire Prime]] is an Autobot from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|RID]] Animated continuity family". Unless we just use the current SG page for these purposes, but I don't see that as the better option. --[[User:Fritz|Fritz]] ([[User talk:Fritz|talk]]) 19:10, 14 June 2021 (EDT)
:::Honestly, if the aim of this is to try and clear up minor pages people don't want, surely it would make more sense to merge the Shattered Glass versions with the ones they're explicitly spinning off from - ie merge SG Animated into Animated pages. (I am not suggesting this as an actual idea.) Shattered Glass is just the transformers name for "evil mirror version" which stuck around, and no-one is saying we should merge all Nemesis Primes from every continuity family together because they share conceptual DNA and a name. [[User:AkibaSilver|AkibaSilver]] ([[User talk:AkibaSilver|talk]]) 19:26, 14 June 2021 (EDT)

== Japanese retail ==

In the process of whipping up a comprehensive list of campaign items (those "buy toy X or Y amount of merchandise and you get this fancy exclusive redeco for free" thingies), the current progress of which can be seen [[User:Nevermore/Sandbox/Campaign item|here]], I've discovered that a lot of the writeups for those individual items are oftentimes based on very rough Google translations, and never fixed.

As a result, I've encountered several instances of the same store being given multiple different names, such as "Eiden", "Ideon" and "Eidon" for Edion (which is the spelling in the company's website URL and official logo), or even worse, "White Peony" and "Shirobotan" (or "Shiro Botan") for Hakubotan (again, the spelling in the company's website URL).

Additionally, there is the occasional bad grammar such as "He was an exclusive in Japan to Edion toy counter" or "Japanese stores like [...] Yamada Denki toy department", sometimes chains like "AEON", "EDION" and "BIC Camera" are spelled in ALLCAPS, and the original writeups made it seem like "Hakuhinkan Toy Park Ginza" and "Shiro Botan Ishinomaki" were both the names of chains with multiple stores, when in fact the stores in question were supposedly specific stores, namely the Hakuhinkan Toy Park main store ''in'' Ginza (Toyko's main shipping district) and the Hakubotan store inside the Aeon mall ''in'' Ishinomaki.

I assume these inconsistencies are the result of different people adding those writeups, but geez, what a mess.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] ([[User talk:Nevermore|talk]]) 07:39, 16 June 2021 (EDT)
:AAAAAND it turns out that AEON and JUSCO are one and the same company. JUSCO used to be a subsidiary of the larger AEON orporation, but the JUSCO stores in Japan all changed their name to AEON in 2011.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] ([[User talk:Nevermore|talk]]) 08:46, 16 June 2021 (EDT)

==Weapons==
Lately I've been going through (mostly) old Marvel stuff to nail down in-fiction appearances of G1 weapons - see [[Electro-kinetic blaster]], [[Plasma-shell shotgun]], and [[Thermal melter]] for examples. I'm thinking of adding something to the Notes section similar to the "Gadgets and Powers" we do for cartoon episodes but for weapon shout-outs in the comics, perhaps titled "Courtesy of my..." as a more ordered way of keeping track of them. Does anyone have any feelings on that one way or the other? --[[User:Emvee|Emvee]] ([[User talk:Emvee|talk]]) 08:48, 18 June 2021 (EDT)

== Request ==

[[Talk:Transformers Legends (comic)#Controversy section]]-if somebody's willing to take this up, I'd appreciate it. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 14:03, 22 June 2021 (EDT)

==Separate voice actor categories by series?==
This is just an off-the-cuff idea, but would it be useful create categories for voice actors that appear in a specific TF series? For example, Peter Cullen would be under "TF 1984 voice actors" (or however we'd title it) and "Prime voice actors," David Kaye in "Beast Wars voice actors" and "Animated voice actors" and so on and so forth. I'm not suggesting these would replace the "English voice actors" category, they would just be in addition to it. Now, granted, I don't know if we would/should separate any Japanese (and other languages) voice actors and make separate categories for each language, which would probably get out of hand or be too much. Or we just lump the non-English VAs with the English ones for each series. Again, this is just a random idea I had and thought I would put it out there for consideration. I totally understand if there is no need or desire for such a thing to be implemented. [[User:Turborun|Turborun]] ([[User talk:Turborun|talk]]) 20:59, 1 July 2021 (EDT)

== Hershey's Kisses Treasure Surprise ==

I just stumbled across some of these that I had forgotten that I had received for Christmas. They are tiny figurines of TF characters packed with four Hershey's Kisses in a light blue clamshell container with a cardboard label wrapper (white card, printed with yellow background to the logos and pictures). The packaging says "Collect all five!" I have only two, but each had a different figurine: Optimus Prime and Starscream. The packaging also shows Bumblebee. To my eyes, the Starscream looks like the Classics design, but they are pretty generic (and my eyes ain't that great). Has anybody else seen these? Where should they be documented? [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 09:47, 11 July 2021 (EDT)
:I've seen them around in the occasional CVS as well, actually; the full list is Optimus, Megatron, Bumblebee, Starscream, and Grimlock, and they all seem to be Evergreen/Cyberverse designs. As for where they should go, I'm honestly not sure. Probably a small page of its own similar to Candy Toy, and a quick write-up in each character's toy or merch section, though I'm not sure whether to list them as G1 or Cyberverse. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 11:21, 11 July 2021 (EDT)
::To my understanding we've been putting anything Evergreen-inspired under G1, except when they're specifically labeled as Cyberverse. So if the packaging only says "Transformers" and not "Cyberverse", I think they belong to G1. --[[User:Fritz|Fritz]] ([[User talk:Fritz|talk]]) 12:51, 11 July 2021 (EDT)

== Reintegration of Hasbroverse wiki content ==

I think we should consider migrating the content from the IDW Hasbro Wiki back here. The addition of another wiki made sense as a preemptive measure when the shared universe was first announced and we had no idea how long it was going to run, but with just two years of content, there really didn't end up being all that much, and a sizable chunk of the non-TF books and related content live here already, either fully or partially. The number of links out on [[Rom]]'s page, for example, is rather low. Plus it just looks kinda silly when we have issues [[Wrath of Karza issue 1|#1]], [[Wrath of Karza issue 4|#4]], and [[Wrath of Karza issue 5|#5]] of a series on the wiki, but not {{i|Wrath of Karza issue 2|#2}} or {{i|Wrath of Karza issue 3|#3}}. The only major sticking point is all of the pre-Revolution G.I. Joe issues, which would be a *big* ask to include. I'd be curious to get other folks' thoughts on the matter, though. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 01:16, 23 July 2021 (EDT)

I think the Hasbroverse is Transformers centric enough to be moved to TFwiki, with GI Joe possibly being an exception.
[[User:MrRald|MrRald]] ([[User talk:MrRald|talk]]) 01:26, 23 July 2021 (EDT)
: I’m fine with post-Revolution stuff being incorporated. It still drives me bonkers that the last Visionaries story isn’t covered here despite 95% of that storyline being here. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 02:00, 23 July 2021 (EDT)
::As for pre-Revolution G.I. Joe, we don't include all of Marvel G.I. Joe either despite both the G1 and G2 crossovers. -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul|Dark T Zeratul]] ([[User talk:Dark T Zeratul|talk]]) 05:04, 23 July 2021 (EDT)

:::It sorta makes sense now. I doubt there will be an attempt to make another shared universe anytime soon. I assume there's a semi-reliable Joe wiki we could link to for the pre-Revolution/post Transformers material, if necessary. --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] ([[User talk:MistaTee|talk]]) 10:06, 23 July 2021 (EDT)
::::Sensible. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 13:06, 23 July 2021 (EDT)
:::::I think the current IDW Hasbroverse wiki could just be converted to solely IDW Joe, since I don't believe the general G.I. Joe wiki is very comprehensive. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 13:25, 23 July 2021 (EDT)
::::::The general GI Joe wiki is nearly moribund. As an admin there, I invite anyone who wants to to come in and help. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 15:58, 23 July 2021 (EDT)
Can't help with this at all but sounds good, have at it [[User:Notsoalex|--notsoalex]] ([[User talk:Notsoalex|talk]]) 00:25, 25 July 2021 (EDT)
:Echoing others that folding in the remainder of the content between Revolution and Unicron is just sensible and we can cross the Joe bridge when we come to it. -[[User:AzimuthAcolyte|AzimuthAcolyte]] ([[User talk:AzimuthAcolyte|talk]]) 10:49, 25 July 2021 (EDT)
I'm gonna leave the discussion open for a few more days to make sure everyone who wants a say can have one, but this seems pretty unanimous so far. That said, while I'm thinking of it, what do we want to do about Jem? The stance on coverage over there is "{{i|Jem and the Holograms (franchise)#Canonicity of Jem in the IDW Hasbro Universe|the characters are canon to Hasbroverse, but the books and stories themselves are not, but we're going to cover them anyway}}". Thus as something that's kinda-sorta-but-not-really related, is that too far outside of scope to carry over, or should those articles be migrated too? -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 20:08, 26 July 2021 (EDT)
:I wouldn't include Jem (or Clue) here. Only media actually in continuity with IDW TF. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 20:52, 26 July 2021 (EDT)

Well, that's good enough for me. I'm starting a [[User:Cyberlink420/IDWSandbox|central hub]] to keep track of all that pages that need to be moved over or merged with existing pages. Please add to this list as you find pages that need migrating or complete the process. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 15:37, 6 August 2021 (EDT)
:'''''Further discussion on this topic has moved to [[User talk:Cyberlink420/IDWSandbox|this page]]; please provide your input.''''' -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 19:57, 6 August 2021 (EDT)

== Pre-''Transformers'' repurposing documentation ==

Hey all, I had been wondering if we should document the repurposings of left over pre-''Transformers'' products in the toy sections instead of the notes sections? Or even both maybe?

I threw together a quick '''[[User:Fanofcoolstuff27/sandbox/Pre-Transformers toys|sandbox]]''' of a couple of ideas I had. The first was just listing them all under the blanket term-header "Pre-''Transformers''" and the other was using their actual franchise of origin as a header (e.g. Diaclone, Micro Change, Microman, etc.).

I just figured that since we document fictional toys of characters that appear in comics etc. under the toy sections, wouldn't it also make sense to add the repurposed Pre-G1 toys? It especially makes sense (to me at least) when a lot of those toys or characters appeared in fiction long before any e-HOBBY, MP or Selects releases of those characters were made, and some of them haven't received official ''Transformers'' updates at all.

Let me know your thoughts. --[[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 00:07, 1 August 2021 (EDT)
:I believe the central debate here will be whether we consider these toys "in-scope." I do think this structure would generally be more user friendly than what we're doing at present if folks do not consider it a bridge too far. With regards to your sandbox, I would say the most sensible title structure would be the bottom one, as there's no sense in playing coy about the names of these toylines, with "Transformers" and "Pre-Transformers" supertitles when applicable. -[[User:AzimuthAcolyte|AzimuthAcolyte]] ([[User talk:AzimuthAcolyte|talk]]) 14:08, 4 August 2021 (EDT)

== Creating a foreign name list ==
A complete list page of all so far known foreign names and phrases. Grouped by continuity families, factions and priority. (First Optimus, Bumblebee, Megatron, Starscream...)
[[User:Kiké Prime|Kiké Prime]] ([[User talk:Kiké Prime|talk]]) 03:50, 6 August 2021 (EDT)
: [[Transformers_Wiki:Policies#We_Hate_Lists]] --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 23:45, 6 August 2021 (EDT)

== Generations subline toy headers on character pages ==

I believe this has received enough support on Discord and on "[[Talk:Transformers: Generations (toyline)]]", but I am reiterating on the Community Portal for everyone in general. It has become clear that Hasbro considers "''Generations''" a catch-all branding for many unrelated lines. Thusly, though I suggested the fix in the first place, it no longer makes sense for us in a post-''Prime Wars Trilogy'' world to lump together many indented subline headers underneath "''Generations''". Concordantly, a lone ''Generations'' figure such as [[Overlord (Masterforce)#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Overlord]] can afford to lose the "''Generations''" label in favour of "''Titans Return''" alone. As a proof-of-concept of restoring plain chronological series order, I just overhauled "[[Galvatron (G1)/toys]]". This eliminates the ridiculous placement of the ''Generations Selects'' figure above the ''Kingdom'' figure due to technically being labelled on packaging as ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' in tandem with the HasLab Unicron pack-in minifigure. In addition, the entry for the ''Legends'' figure is physically nearer to the entry for the contemporary ''Titans Return'' counterpart, and ''Kre-O'' can now naturally come in release order before post-''Thrilling 30'' series. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 04:50, 30 August 2021 (EDT)
:That honestly looks so much better. I've gone and done the same with "[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys]]" so we have an idea on how it would look implemented on split out pages. I've also shifted the G2 Megatron repaints that were originally categorized under "''War for Cybertron: Siege''" and "''War for Cybertron Trilogy''" respectively to the "''Generations Selects''" header with Super Megatron. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 05:21, 30 August 2021 (EDT)
::In addition to simply reorganizing the toy headers, we really ought to be treating "Generations" like we treat "Timelines", only using it for Generations 2010 to Thrilling 30 while everything from Combiner Wars onward should be using their respective line names, including with their own disambigs. There are too many uses of "(Generations)" tags in instances where the much more direct "(CW)", "(TR)", "(POTP)", "(Selects)", "(Siege)", "(Earthrise)", and "(Kingdom)" would be far more concise. Generations stopped being the name of its own line as soon as Combiner Wars took it out of the toy packaging's main title logo and moved it to a tiny little brand logo in the corner.
::Even the tie-in media for Combiner Wars through now never used the "Generations" name. The cartoons were "Transformers: Combiner Wars", "Transformers: Titans Return", "Transformers: Power of the Primes", and "Transformers: War For Cybertron Trilogy". The comic events for Combiner Wars and Titans Return were the same only minus the "Transformers:" part. Even in the TV commercials for each line called them "Transformers: Combiner Wars" and so on, never calling them "Transformers Generations: Combiner Wars" etc.
::These aren't subline imprints, they're their own lines, and ought to be treated as such, right down to having disambiguation tags like "(CW)", "(TR)", "(POTP)", "(Siege)", "(Earthrise)", "(Kingdom)", and "(Selects)". In the cases of FOC and Thrilling 30, those did keep the title as "Transformers: Generations", so those ''were'' subline imprints and should stay as such. It also works to distinguish between Archer Era Generations (a toyline) and Warden Era Generations (an umbrella term/category).
::The current people at Hasbro call these "Generations lines" in the sense that they are each their own line belonging to an umbrella term/category rather than being the same single line that Generations used to be before the changeover of Hasbro teams in 2014-2015. It's basically become how like we would say that Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Japanese Beast Wars, and Car Robots (and arguably Animorphs) are all "Beast Era lines", or like how we'd say Armada, Energon, and Cybertron are all "Unicron Trilogy lines", or like Movie 1, ROTF, DOTM, AOE, TLK, and Bumblebee are all "Movieverse lines". Even things like half of the AOE line and all of Studio Series are officially considered "Generations lines" despite the obvious connotations of "Generations" that most fans do not associate with the Movieverse lines. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 11:26, 30 August 2021 (EDT)
:::I'm fine with changing the section headers and disambigs. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 11:41, 30 August 2021 (EDT)
::::So I'm taking that we're also changing Movieverse toy sections from "Generations" to "Studio Series". I'm down with that. --[[User:Fritz|Fritz]] ([[User talk:Fritz|talk]]) 15:11, 30 August 2021 (EDT)
:::::Hmm, you raise an interesting point. How might we implement something like this to, say, [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys]], which has multiple different "Generations" headers and sub-headers between one-half of AOE's line, the whole of Studio Series/Movie Edition/Premium Finish, and a portion of Buzzworthy Bumblebee? --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 00:12, 31 August 2021 (EDT)
::::::My solution is, we leave the AOE portion just as it is, as it's already placed separately from the rest of Generations and in the right chronological order, and the "Generations" header is necessary there to separate those toys from the "Robots in Disguise" ones. Studio Series, Movie Edition and Premium Finish should get promoted to their own lines just like CW, TR, POTP etc, and as for Buzzworthy we should just change the "Generations" header to "Studio Series". If we all agree on this, I'd like to help implementing these changes myself. --[[User:Fritz|Fritz]] ([[User talk:Fritz|talk]]) 01:14, 31 August 2021 (EDT)

==How old should my account be?==
To make captions? [[User:Grimbee|Grimbee]] ([[User talk:Grimbee|talk]])

User talk:Grimbee

2021-09-05T21:30:31Z

Grimbee:

Please don't create articles with just with one sentence. You've got to put at least some level of effort into it, or else it's very likely to be deleted. We'd rather have no article at all than one that doesn't even try. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 17:30, 5 September 2021 (EDT)

Ok I’m sorry[[User:Grimbee|Grimbee]] ([[User talk:Grimbee|talk]])

Talk:Landshark (G1)

2021-09-05T21:28:17Z

Grimbee:

== "Shreik Bat" ==
Is this a typo for "shriek bat" or "shrike bat"?--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 13:12, 1 June 2010 (EDT)
:It's spelled as "shreik bat" in the comic. Whether that's intentional or a typo on the part of the letterer I haven't a clue. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 18:04, 1 June 2010 (EDT)
::<facepalm at comic>--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 16:28, 24 June 2010 (EDT)

==He-Man Commercial==

Do we really need it? [[User:Grimbee|Grimbee]] ([[User talk:Grimbee|talk]])

Cosmic Crazy Shark

2021-09-05T21:24:47Z

Grimbee:

[[File:Cosmic Berserk Blaster.jpeg|thumb|right|200px]]
[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s '''Cosmic Crazy Shark''' (星海狂鲨 ''Xīnghǎi Kuángshā'') has a quick firing rate, enabling him to have sufficient control while maintaining incredible fire power. {{storylink|Transformers Online (2017 video game)|Transformers Online}}

It has an amazing name.

*Damage: 145
*Rate of Fire: 14.29
*Accuracy: 57%
*Recoil: 0.744
*Ammunition Capacity: 100
*Heatshot damage ratio: 2.50
*Reload time: 3.50

[[Category:Transformers Online (2017) weapons]]

Cosmic Crazy Shark

2021-09-05T21:24:34Z

Grimbee:

[[File:Cosmic Berserk Blaster.jpeg|thumb|right|200px]]
[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s '''Cosmic Crazy Shark''' (星海狂鲨 ''Xīnghǎi Kuángshā'') has a quick firing rate, enabling him to have sufficient control while maintaining incredible fire power. {{storylink|Transformers Online (2017 video game)|Transformers Online}}

It has am amazing name.

*Damage: 145
*Rate of Fire: 14.29
*Accuracy: 57%
*Recoil: 0.744
*Ammunition Capacity: 100
*Heatshot damage ratio: 2.50
*Reload time: 3.50

[[Category:Transformers Online (2017) weapons]]

Nougabot

2021-09-05T02:48:39Z

Grimbee:

[[Image:Nougabot_Packaging.jpg|right|Snickers Are The Right Of All Sentient Beings.|200px|thumb]]
Snickers '''Nougabots''' race to the rescue, protecting the [[human|humans]] during snack time! Peanuts, caramel and yellow nougat combine with a chocolately covering to wipe out hunger forever! They must be cautious, though, as the fiendish [[Delect-o-con|Delect-o-cons]] have also arrived on [[Earth]], satisfying human appetite for their own reasons...

Nougabot is a variation on the classic Snickers candy bar to coincide with the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' movie. The nougat filling has been colored yellow, and the wrappers feature [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]-inspired yellow backgrounds with black racing stripes and black [[Autobot]] symbols.

Also featured on the wrappers are one of four different pairs of facts titled "Transformers Bits & Bytes". The four sets are:

*1 of 4
:In the first Transformers movie the Decepticons' quest for the All-spark included a stop on Mars.
:Snickers® Bars start at Mars, Inc. which serves more than 100 countries around the globe.

*2 of 4
:In the Transformers movies Optimus Prime stands at over 28 feet tall, weighs over 17,000 pounds in vehicle mode and is made up of over 10,000 moving pieces.
:More than 99 tons of peanuts go into making 15 million Snickers® Bars every day.

*3 of 4
:Energon is the primary energy used by the Transformers.
:Snickers® Brand quickly became one of the planet's favorite treats after its introduction in [[1930]] and it is still at the top, 78 years later.

*4 of 4
:Shooting for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen began on [[June 2]], [[2008]].
:In [[1984]], Snickers® Brand represented the U.S. well as the official snack food sponsor of the Olympic games.

[[Category:Factions]]
[[Category:Licensed food]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen]]

Crunchies & Gummies Candy

2021-09-05T02:45:39Z

Grimbee: /* Gummies */

[[Image:ROTFcrunchies&gummiesCandy.jpg|right|thumb|280px|"Autobots, transform and <strike>roll</strike> pig out!"]]

''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' '''Crunchies & Gummies Candy''' is a variety bag of sweets shaped into Transformers-themed images. Manufactured by Au'some Inc and distributed by Greenbrier International, Inc around mid-2010, the 3.3 oz (94 g) bag consists of 20 packets of candy. The packaging follows the same style as seen on ''Revenge of the Fallen'' toy packaging and features a headshot of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and a fullshot of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]].

==Contents==
[[Image:ROTFcrunchy_candy02.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Mmmm, lead poisoning...]]

===Crunchies===
*Similar to SweeTarts, the crunchies come 4-to-6 to a pack with four flavors. They're shaped like the heads of Optimus and Bumblebee, as well as the symbols of both Autobots and Decepticons. The packet features the Decepticon faction logo. Eat at your own risk.

[[Image:ROTFgummy_candy02.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Optimus goes soft.]]

===Gummies===
*Each packet comes with one gummy piece in various flavors. Like the crunchies, they're also shaped like Prime, Bumblebee, and the two faction symbols. The packet features the Autobot logo.

==Notes==
*In a rather unfortunate turn of events, the crunchy candies were recalled because they were contaminated with lead. No, [http://www.ocregister.com/articles/candy-261038-lead-cdph.html really].

[[Category: Revenge of the Fallen]]
[[Category: Licensed food]]

Crunchies & Gummies Candy

2021-09-05T02:45:28Z

Grimbee: /* Crunchies */

[[Image:ROTFcrunchies&gummiesCandy.jpg|right|thumb|280px|"Autobots, transform and <strike>roll</strike> pig out!"]]

''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' '''Crunchies & Gummies Candy''' is a variety bag of sweets shaped into Transformers-themed images. Manufactured by Au'some Inc and distributed by Greenbrier International, Inc around mid-2010, the 3.3 oz (94 g) bag consists of 20 packets of candy. The packaging follows the same style as seen on ''Revenge of the Fallen'' toy packaging and features a headshot of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and a fullshot of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]].

==Contents==
[[Image:ROTFcrunchy_candy02.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Mmmm, lead poisoning...]]

===Crunchies===
*Similar to SweeTarts, the crunchies come 4-to-6 to a pack with four flavors. They're shaped like the heads of Optimus and Bumblebee, as well as the symbols of both Autobots and Decepticons. The packet features the Decepticon faction logo. Eat at your own risk.

[[Image:ROTFgummy_candy02.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Optimus goes soft.]]

===Gummies===
*Each packet comes with one gummy piece in various flavors. Like the crunchies, they're also shaped like Prime, Bumblebee, and the two faction symbols. The packet features the Autobot logo. Eat at your own risk.

==Notes==
*In a rather unfortunate turn of events, the crunchy candies were recalled because they were contaminated with lead. No, [http://www.ocregister.com/articles/candy-261038-lead-cdph.html really].

[[Category: Revenge of the Fallen]]
[[Category: Licensed food]]

Crunchies & Gummies Candy

2021-09-05T02:44:59Z

Grimbee:

[[Image:ROTFcrunchies&gummiesCandy.jpg|right|thumb|280px|"Autobots, transform and <strike>roll</strike> pig out!"]]

''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' '''Crunchies & Gummies Candy''' is a variety bag of sweets shaped into Transformers-themed images. Manufactured by Au'some Inc and distributed by Greenbrier International, Inc around mid-2010, the 3.3 oz (94 g) bag consists of 20 packets of candy. The packaging follows the same style as seen on ''Revenge of the Fallen'' toy packaging and features a headshot of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and a fullshot of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]].

==Contents==
[[Image:ROTFcrunchy_candy02.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Mmmm, lead poisoning...]]

===Crunchies===
*Similar to SweeTarts, the crunchies come 4-to-6 to a pack with four flavors. They're shaped like the heads of Optimus and Bumblebee, as well as the symbols of both Autobots and Decepticons. The packet features the Decepticon faction logo.

[[Image:ROTFgummy_candy02.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Optimus goes soft.]]
===Gummies===
*Each packet comes with one gummy piece in various flavors. Like the crunchies, they're also shaped like Prime, Bumblebee, and the two faction symbols. The packet features the Autobot logo. Eat at your own risk.

==Notes==
*In a rather unfortunate turn of events, the crunchy candies were recalled because they were contaminated with lead. No, [http://www.ocregister.com/articles/candy-261038-lead-cdph.html really].

[[Category: Revenge of the Fallen]]
[[Category: Licensed food]]

Talk:Michael Bay

2021-09-05T02:34:59Z

Grimbee:

I put back in my FUNNY based on the BC06 promo reel. It is not "vandalism." KILL BAY NOW is vandalism, and this article has seen plenty of it, and obviously will have to continue to be watched until the hater cult goes back to masturbating. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 13:04, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

: I think a more substantial article would disuade most vandals. It's a psychological
effect. For something so short people feel like they're not damaging something with much value. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 19:12, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

::Actually, a more substational article about the reasons for killing Bay would probably be a good compromise.

:::Erm... yeah. Because a movie you don't like is worth threatening somebody's life over, right? Riiiight... --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 21:17, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

*Well...I'm absolutely distrubed. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 21:19, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
:Evidently there's no law against threatening somebody on the internet like there is in Real Life. This is just another reason why I think the Internet License Test and the Internet Police should be established. The Internet Police patrol the Knowledge Mega Autobahn. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 21:28, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

::Hmm. Perhaps my suggestion was not the bridge-building compromise I thought it was.
::Credible threats are illegal -- in the US at least -- regardless of how they are made. The "threat" above is obviously not credible. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 22:26, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
:::You ain't seen the movie board people firing their AK-47s wildly into the air ;) --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 14:05, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
:Are you guys kidding? This article isn't nearly mean enough.
::No, we're not kidding. And sign your posts. -- [[User:Semysane|Semysane]] 04:49, 15 July 2010 (EDT)
== Subtle Hint ? ==

Did anyone notice that in the console version of Transformers: The Game, in the suburbs, there is an area marked BAY DEMOLITION. Is it possible this is a Bay death threat (demolish bay)?--[[User:Autobotx1010|Autobotx1010]] 22:18, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

:...

:He makes movies with explosions. Big explosions. Big sets, big cars, set-piece action sequences. ...which are completely ''demolished'' by the end. It's what he's ''known'' for. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 22:23, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

I know it hasn't been unmanageable so far, but it seems this is the page to most frequently have highschool level hinkjinkery inserted in it (hur hur insert). While usually this wiki is at least community-college level hijinkery. So maybe, and this is a big maybe, it would make sense to lock it for a while? I don't know, just tossing the idea out there.--[[User:Zodberg|Zodberg]] 13:01, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
:We should just restrict editing it to registered members. Most trolls don't bother to register an account. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 13:30, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

=="Disgusting"==
Speaking of Bay getting killed, his page is a good spot for the trivia that he's the human Megatron flicks in the movie?

:I think Bay was joking there, considering the "human" in question is likely a CGI puppet. It's worth noting Bay makes the claim, but should also note the likelyhood of him being facetious. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 13:52, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

::IIRC, that's in reference to an entirely different scene Bay was going to be in, one that was filmed but didn't make the final cut. He was in a car that Megs was supposed to pick up and fling away or something. There's a making-of bit about it on the DVD extras disc, with him and a woman in this car as it's lifted into the air by a crane. Unless this reference is part of the DVD commentaries or something, which I never made it all the way through... -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 14:45, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
:::That's different. He cut the SUV sequence, but on the commentary he claimed to be the guy Megatron flicked away in disgust. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 17:19, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

==TF2 HD-DVD/BluRay joke==
Is that still relevant, given that we know he's definately directing the sequel? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 21:35, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
:Maybe move it to trivia and put in past tense.--[[User:Carrion|Carrion]] 22:20, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
==Animated GIF==
This is one of the few places on the wiki where I heartily endorse the use of an animated gif, specifically Bay blowing up something with his Awesome Button. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 20:11, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
: DEAR WIKI - Please consider the following file for use as Michael Bay's primary image. [http://pics.livejournal.com/helljack/pic/00103ep7]
:: Followup: Eventual caption: "The Michael Bay Curse: Everything he touches turns to AWESOME." [[User:Hooper X|Hooper_X]] 10:42, 9 June 2009 (EDT)
:::How about "If it explodes, 'Devastator'. If not, 'Brawl'."--[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 10:53, 9 June 2009 (EDT)

==[[Wikipedia:Ōno Kōjin|Kōjin Ōno]] or 佐藤安太氏 or Yasuta Satō?==
Nelson at Michael's site puts it as [http://michaelbay.com/2009/06/12/bay-accepts-tf-honor-in-japan/ Koujin Ohno] is the one who presented Bay the Optimus Prime trophy. Yet digging around the Japanese sites, I find the [http://news.walkerplus.com/2009/0609/5/photo11.html names] [http://topics.jp.msn.com/entertainment/tv/article.aspx?articleid=77320 佐藤安太氏] and [http://www.moviecollection.jp/news/detail.html?p=424 Yasuta Satō] used instead, which is driving me nuts. Thailand-based Modxtoy has the latest [http://www.modxtoy.com/newboard/index.php?s=579298c1444b178e8399be09d41b7a7c&showtopic=74924 Hyper Hobby August '09] scans and if you look at the bottom covering the [http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w343/poraevil/vjumpmodxtoy/8%20Ultraman/hpaugust_093.jpg Japan/world premiere], it's 佐藤安太氏. Unless 氏 is an honorific of sorts... --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 08:13, 6 July 2009 (EDT)
:It is. 氏 (-shi) is an honorific specifically for males, and so essentially means "Mr." (The equivalent for females is 娘 (jō).)

: ...hunh. For some reason, on this computer, the macron-o's show up in italics for edit summaries on the "Recent Changes" list and as blank spaces on standard article pages, even though they show up just fine in the edit window.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:27, 6 July 2009 (EDT)
::Wow... Really top man to get that attached to his name. Kinda like knighting him, huh?
::Other than name translation, I'm asking on the whole "top man in Takara" - is it Kojin, or is it Yasuta? Yasuta has a [http://www.toyculture.org/annai/inmain.htm profile] at the Japan Toy Culture Foundation. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 14:51, 6 July 2009 (EDT)
:::I actually see the suffix used quite a bit in magazine articles. It's not a title like "Sir" in Great Britain, it's just a respectful suffix—again, like using "Mr." before a name in English. I believe it's no more formal or polite than "-san".
:::As for who's TakaraTomy's top dog, I'm not sure, and don't have the time right now to confirm. I'll see if I can look into it later, but you may find out before I get a chance.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 15:17, 6 July 2009 (EDT)
::::Ah, that makes sense. Looking through TakaraTomy's corporate site on the higher-ups, I'm not seeing him. Although I could be looking in the wrong place.... << >> --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 16:16, 6 July 2009 (EDT)
:::::Searching for Satō-san's name on TakaraTomy's site, I found [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/company/company/history_takara.html their corporate history]. According to that, he founded Satō Vinyl Industries, Ltd., which would later become Takara, on September 17, 1955, and he assumed the office of Representative Director Chairman and Company President in July 1999. I'd say he's the big man there right now.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 21:35, 6 July 2009 (EDT)
::::::Top man. Gonna need to set up an article for both of these two later on.
::::::Nelson, Nelson... *shakes head* --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 12:52, 7 July 2009 (EDT)
:::::::Checking your link, Nelson says Mr. Ōno "is credited with inventing Transformers as we now know them," and considering his history as the designer of many of the Diaclone toys, that's arguably true. However, that's not the same as saying he's the head man at TakaraTomy. [http://news.walkerplus.com/2009/0609/5/photo11.html This link] merely states Mr. Yasuta thanked Bay for making the movie version of TFs. [http://topics.jp.msn.com/entertainment/tv/article.aspx?articleid=77320 This link] says similar, elaborating a bit by directly quoting Mr. Yasuta. However, [http://www.moviecollection.jp/news/detail.html?p=424 this link] credits Mr. Yasuta with presenting the "monument" to Bay. It and the previous article also credit him with developing Transformers, despite Mr. Ōno's design credits. If Mr. Ōno had actually presented the award, you'd think one of the Japanese articles would have mentioned him, but only Mr. Yasuta's name comes up.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:13, 7 July 2009 (EDT)
::::::::Yare yare... Well, at least that clears up my confusion. XD --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 02:16, 9 July 2009 (EDT)

== Quotes glitch? ==

The [[Michael_Bay#Quotes]] section says (among other things) “Explosions as entertainment. I'll never understand you humans.”—Blades, "Rescue Boy"

So why is it that when i use Ctrl+F ("Find on this page" under the "Edit" menu) and search for "humans" or "Blades", Internet Explorer says "No matches found"? and when i search for "Explosions", i only get 2 matches (the last line before the table of contents, and the Note that "The cat was not blown up (which was fortunate), but all three explosions were AWESOME")?

Also, when i click and drag anywhere in the Quotes section, none of the text gets highlighted, like the text is protected from Ctrl+C copying. So far as i can tell, any of the rest of the article will allow itself to be searched and/or highlighted.

[[The Insecticon Syndrome|Another article]] selected at random does not have this kind of problem; Ctrl+F successfully finds search terms which only appear in the Quotes section ("merry", "robotoid", "brain"), and any/all of the Quotes section (or the rest of the article for that matter) seems to easily accept highlighting in prepartion for Ctrl+C use.

This is not a big problem, but it's weird enough that i worry if it's a symptom of some larger concern. i just don't know enough about computers/programming to investigate it myself.

--[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 02:31, 6 January 2014 (EST)
:I'm not experiencing any problems like that in Firefox or Internet Explorer. does the same thing happen on the quote at the top of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)]]? --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 04:30, 6 January 2014 (EST)
::i seem to be able to highlight, search, copy, and paste from that article, including the quote you mentioned:
will wage our battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons wherever it may take us. And one day, we will go home.

”

—Optimus Prime, Exodus

::Having copied and pasted that here, however, i can not use the arrow keys to move around this text-editing window; i can use the left and right arrow keys to move back and forth on the line "—Optimus Prime, Exodus", but if i reach either end (say, the O in Optimus and using the left arrow key several times), the cursor will wind up skipping back to the other end and keep going (to the s, u, d in Exodus). The up and down arrows won't leave that line either.
::The Michael Bay article is still treating me as described previously.
::--[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 18:58, 6 January 2014 (EST)

==Filmento is bad===

So we shouldn’t have a quote by him [[User:Grimbee|Grimbee]] ([[User talk:Grimbee|talk]])