Editing Wheelie (ROTF)

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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''...

{{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), [[Gérard Surugue]] (European French), [[Renaud Paradis]] (Canadian French)}}

[[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), [[Sérgio Stern]] (Portuguese), [[Gérard Surugue]] (European French), [[Renaud Paradis]] (Canadian French)}}
[[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)}} 
[[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 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.  It is unclear what happened to him during the battle and if he returned to the scrapyard or went to [[England]] with the Autobots.
{{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===
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[[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 (Kre-O)|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, 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 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 details 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, 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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===Generations===
====Studio Series====
[[File:TF-Studio-Series-Shockwave-Wheelie-figurine.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|]]
* '''Shockwave''' (Leader Class, [[2019]])
**''ID Number:'' '''56'''
**''Japanese 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]].
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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]]. He, in fact, humps her leg later in the movie.
*[[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.

===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]]
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[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
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[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Autobots]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons]]
[[Category:Spies]]
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[[Category:The Last Knight Autobots]]
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