Wildwheel (Cyberverse)

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Wildwheel is a Decepticon and former Autobot from the Cyberverse continuity family.
He was vicious and a killer, though a youth of twenty-four, and the notches on his pistol numbered one an' nineteen more.

It's always a tragedy when a good 'bot goes bad, and Wildwheel (also Wild Wheel) ain't no exception. Once as stalwart an Autobot as you can name, his accidental abandonment has soured him. Any goodness in his Spark has been buried under a streak of viciousness and resentment a mile wide, and now Wildwheel wanders the spaceways, using his sharpshooting skills and tremendous strength to barely eke out a living, all the while hunting the 'bot he holds solely responsible for his tragic fall: Optimus Prime. And when he finds that son of a glitch... he'd better hope he's quicker on the draw than Wildwheel.

But on the plus side, he rocks the space poncho look.

Fiction

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Cyberverse cartoon

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Voice actor: Rich Orlow (English){{#if: Klaus Nietz (German), Cléber Simões (Brazilian Portuguese), Dan Osorio (Latin-American Spanish)|, Klaus Nietz (German), Cléber Simões (Brazilian Portuguese), Dan Osorio (Latin-American Spanish)}}

Wildwheel was a crewmember onboard the Ark when it made its fateful voyage to look for the AllSpark. As energon reserves ran low, the crew entered stasis to survive, setting the Ark on automatic. When the Ark tracked the AllSpark to a blue-green planet, the ship suffered a hull breach, Wildwheel's pod being among those sucked out of the hold, falling into the gravity of the primitive world. Wildwheel's pod burnt up in the atmosphere, and he crash-landed on the continent of what would one day become America. For the next sixty-odd million years, Wildwheel was trapped, only managing to get free in the 1800s. He promptly fell in with a gang of human outlaws and was reduced to petty crimes to survive, soon earning a bounty on his head. As time passed, he became increasingly resentful toward his Autobot comrades, feeling they had abandoned him, with a particular hatred for Optimus Prime himself. He eventually managed to leave Earth on his own.

Wandering through space, Wildwheel took harsh jobs as a bounty hunter in order to survive, while still looking for the Autobot leader. After the Quintesson invasion of Cybertron, Wildwheel returned to his home planet. Arriving on the Decepticon half of the planet, he began roughly interrogating everyone he ran into as to the whereabouts of his former commander. Despite not getting much, he was able to overpower Ramjet, Dirge, and the Insecticons, even using Kickback as a steed. He eventually got a straight answer upon encountering Megatron, the Decepticon leader being all too happy to point him in Optimus's direction. As he departed, Megatron offered him a place amongst the Decepticons if he survived.

Repeating his rough inquiries on the Autobot side of the planet, Wildwheel tracked Optimus to Cobalt Springs, where he sabotaged the restoration efforts in order to get his attention. Optimus tried reasoning with the former Autobot, who rebuffed his efforts and challenged him to a quick-shooting duel. Optimus succeed, and once again tried to reason with Wildwheel to let go of his hatred and rejoin the Autobots. Wildwheel refused and made his way back toward the Decepticon half of Cybertron, stating that his life as an Autobot was over. Wild Wild Wheel

After officially joining the Decepticons, Wildwheel attained a position of prominence in their ranks and became aware of a threat known only as "the Other One". He joined his leader in searching for the missing Insecticons. Finding that the trio made a makeshift craft to take their chances and flee, Wildwheel was prevented by Megatron from firing on Shrapnel and could do nothing more but watch the bugs fly off like cowards. He was later present at Megatron's side just in time for a master race of Decepticons to beam in and surround everyone. Silent Strike

The invaders were quickly identified as Decepticon supersoldiers belonging to the Other One. Along with the other Decepticons and Autobots, Wildwheel fought against the supersoldiers, including helping to free Chromia from one, but they only managed to fall until after he received a power boost of multiverse energy from Megatron. When the Other One revealed himself to be an alternate and more ruthless version of Megatron, the Decepticons attempted to pledge their loyalty to said entity. However, Megatron X laughed them off, citing the other Decepticons as being "unneeded". The Other One

Wildwheel was present at the signing of the Treaty of the Wall, but, along with all the other Autobots and Decepticons, was frozen by the Mercenaries' time blaster. He would later be unfrozen by Wheeljack's machine and could be seen celebrating the reunification of Cybertron with his fellow Cybertronians.The Immobilizers

After Tarn gained control over the Decepticon supersoldiers, he forced Optimus Prime to fight against them in a gladiatorial pit, broadcasting it live to all on Cybertron. He also ordered the Decepticons to destroy the Autobots still on Cybertron. While watching Optimus Prime's battle against the supersoldiers with Dead End and Lockdown, Wildwheel commented on the fight, expressing intrest in Optimus Prime's possible demise. Their attention was then focused on the ongoing battle between three Autobots and two Decepticon supersoldiers. Lockdown, would help the Autobots defeat the two supersoldiers, but Wildwheel and Dead End were inclined to watch from a distance. Later on, Wildwheel and his fellow Decepticons assisted the Autobots in their final battle against Tarn and his supersoldiers. The Perfect Decepticon

Toys

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Cyberverse

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  • Wildwheel (Trooper Class, 2020)
  • Accessories: Two pistols, hat, chest armor, left & right fins
Released as part of the first wave of Cyberverse "Battle Call" toys, the Trooper Class Wildwheel is a Deluxe-sized mold that converts from a cowboy-themed bot into a Cybertronian car and back, with his slanted hover-car wheels from the show model becoming regular wheels. Like his subline's brethren, Wildwheel features a "Battle Call" voice-activated gimmick, wherein if you flip the on-switch on his shoulder and shout at him (or just blow on his torso), the electronic light in his chest glows slightly brighter and sometimes flashes. Unfortunately, it's a red LED behind green plastic, so the light doesn't carry or illuminate him the way other figures in the line, with better-matched plastic and light colors, do.
He also comes with translucent armor pieces you can peg onto him in either mode, and two translucent pistols he can either hold in his fists, holster in his thighs, or store on the car mode. His hat is removable, which is necessary in order for him to transform to vehicle mode, but it can be placed on a large peg sculpted on his battery cover located on his back. The hat can be stored there in either mode, though proceed with caution as it's an extremely tight fit in vehicle mode.
His stock renders show him with an Autobot symbol on his chest, silver paint on his neck and shins/the vents and rear of the vehicle mode, and additional purple paint on his bumper and hood, albeit the latter being show-inaccurate. The vents on his thighs are also colored brown, though this could not be done on the final toy as each thigh is one unpaintable plastic part. The final toy lacks all of the paint color additions and replaces the Autobot symbol with a Decepticon one.
Sadly, he does not come with a lasso or poncho.


He'll be your Huckle-bot-y
  • Wildwheel (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2020)
  • Series: 4
  • Bag code: C
Released in the fourth series of blindpacked Cyberverse Tiny Turbo Changers, Wildwheel is a tiny, minimally-painted soft-plastic toy that changes from a little cowboy robot into a Cybertronian car in a few simple steps.
Unlike the Trooper Class toy above, he has the show accurate slanted hover-car wheels.


Notes

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Op-pas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys...
  • Wildwheel's design, especially his poncho, homages that of the [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Man with No Name|{{#if:||Man with No Name}}]] of [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Sergio Leone|{{#if:||Sergio Leone}}]]'s [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Dollars Trilogy|{{#if:||Dollars Trilogy}}]].
  • Opposite to Shadow Striker and Alpha Strike, Wildwheel's toy/trademark name is spelled as a single word with normal capitalization, as opposed to being rendered as "Wild Wheel" in the Cyberverse show and credits.
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