Editing Wreck-Gar (G1)

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:''Wreck-Gar is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:GenesisArtofTransformers-WreckGar.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Happy motoring. Cock-a-doodle-doo!]]

'''Wreck-Gar''' is a product of his environment. Unfortunately, this environment is the [[Junkion (planet)|Planet of Junkion]], a distant world of trash which is bombarded by old [[Earth]] television broadcasts. Not only is Wreck-Gar's mismatched body collected from the detritus around him, but his mind is an equally mismatched hodgepodge of Earthling pop culture. These humans' cheesy slogans and sales pitches from decades past form the patchwork of Wreck-Gar's scatterbrained personality.

It is with this demeanor that Wreck-Gar leads the Junkions, a tribe (or possibly race) of junk-robot [[Transformer]]s who inhabit his world. Despite the pop culture of his race being derived from strangers light years away, Wreck-Gar can be strongly xenophobic towards intruders. Thankfully, this attitude is easily broken, and once he befriends you, he will be a selfless ally. He oversees his people's daily activities of "sorting" through their planet's collection of scrap, though what basis they use to sort the material has yet to be identified. Something of a romantic, Wreck-Gar has been known to woo several Junkion ladies in different universes, including [[Nancy]] and [[Rum-Maj]].

In battle, Wreck-Gar is easy to knock down, but near-impossible to ''keep'' down, thanks to the unique physiology of the Junkions. He tends to lose pieces easily when he takes damage, but he can repair that damage with lightning speed, and it's possible that even if he's reduced to a pile of parts it's only a short time before he's back on his feet again swinging his axe. This rapid-healing ability reaches almost instantaneous speed on his home planet of Junk, or anywhere he can get his hands on scrap metal. Wreck-Gar wields, in addition to his energy axe, a [[decelerator laser]] that can bring the cerebral activity of its victim to a lumbering halt.

Steadfast and dependable, powerful and unexpectedly wise, Wreck-Gar reveals himself to be much more than the sum of his parts.

{{quote|Yes, friends, act now! Destroy [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]! Kill the Grand Poobah! Eliminate even the toughest stains!|Wreck-Gar|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Eric Idle]] (''The Movie'', English), [[Tony Pope]] (season 3, English), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese)|[[Enrique Garduza]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Dani Albiac]] (Spain-Spanish, ''The Movie''), [[Massimiliano Alto]] (Italian, second ''The Movie'' dub), [[Ulrich Frank]] (German, ''The Movie'' TV dub), [[Christoph Lindert]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4", "Chaos" and "The Dweller in the Depths"), [[Fritz von Hardenberg]] (German, "The Killing Jar" and "Forever Is a Long Time Coming"), [[Imo Heite]] (German, "The Big Broadcast of 2006"), [[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1"), [[Francisco José]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" VHS dub, "The Killing Jar", "Chaos"), [[Orlando Prado]] (Portuguese, season 3), [[Ricardo Schnetzer]] (Portuguese, "The Big Broadcast of 2006"), [[Fábio Vilalonga]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" Fox Kids dub), [[Francis Lax]] (European French), [[Éric Etcheverry]] (European French, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4"), [[Bruno Magne]] (European French, "The Dweller in the Depths"), [[Albert Augier]] (European French, "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1")}}
[[File:TFTM-WreckGarsits.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|''You're'' excited?! Feel these nipples!]]
When a ship crash-landed on the planet of Junk, Wreck-Gar at first viewed the invaders as thieves and enemies. But he and his Junkions chose not to engage them immediately, and kept out of sight while other invaders attacked and destroyed the initial group's [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|leader]]. This moment of weakness was when Wreck-Gar chose to attack. After getting the invaders on the run, Wreck-Gar fought [[Springer (G1)|one of them]] for a while, cornering him, before [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|one of the smaller, squishier invaders]] took him out with an I-beam to the back of the head.

Wreck-Gar came to just as more invaders arrived: [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]], [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. After some explanations and introductions, Wreck-Gar and his Junkions were pacified with the [[universal greeting]]. After Wreck-Gar ordered the Junkions rebuilt Ultra Magnus, their fallen leader, he joined forces with these "Autobots" in their quest to destroy the planet-eater, [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], once and for all. With the press of a few buttons, Wreck-Gar unleashed [[Minnow|a ship]] from underneath the wreckage of his planet of junk, suitable for escorting his new comrades to the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where Unicron was headed next.

[[File:TFTM-WreckGarbang.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Get it on, bang a gong.]]
The Junkions, like pretty much everyone else, didn't fare well against Unicron. Their ship managed to last longer than most in the battle, proving to be highly resistant to Unicron's fire-breath (due in part certainly to the Junkions' rapid-repair skills), but was ultimately crushed by Unicron's hand. 

Wreck-Gar survived, as did their Autobot travel mates, appearing with the rest of Rodimus Prime's Autobot team on Cybertron after Unicron's destruction. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Wreck-Gar’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]," the storybook "[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]" and the "Special Edition The Transformers: The Movie extra page" of "[[Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe]]."}}

On the planet [[Goo 8739-B|Goo]], Rodimus and Ultra Magnus communicated with Wreck-Gar using a two-way TV. Surprised at the sight of his kemosabes being healthy on a dangerous planet like Goo, he was nonetheless capable of striking up a deal with Rodimus. During a battle with Galvatron and the Quintessons, Wreck-Gar was able to control the planet so that it would suck the Autobots into safety while rejecting their enemies. After that, he calmed [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] by reviving a previously-disassembled Springer faster than snap, crackle, pop. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

[[File:KillingJar-WreckGar Negative.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.35|Wreck-Gar gave himself a new paint job in anticipation of G2. Alas, it was not meant to be.]]
Tricked into boarding a Quintesson scientist's ship (disguised as a junky television shuttle), Wreck-Gar was placed into a completely sterile room. The Quintesson speculated that being removed from the messiest place in the universe and put in a clean room would send Wreck-Gar into a fetal position of shock and despair; instead, Wreck-Gar tore the room apart until it resembled the surface of Junk, then sat down on a large chunk of metal, happily proclaiming "Home sweet home!" He then met his fellow study subjects: [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], and [[Marissa Faireborn]]. When the ship was caught in an electron storm, Wreck-Gar fired his detachable hand at the cell controls, disabling the bars, then battled the Quintessons' bodyguard, losing his weapon-arm in the process (which he easily fixed). However, the ship was caught in the grip of a black hole, and Wreck-Gar was part of an escape pod scuffle that left everyone stranded on the ship as it was pulled into a [[negative universe]]. He then used some of his components, along with ones from the other Transformers, to fix the ship and allow them to escape the black hole.

He is one of the few beings in the galaxy who likes [[Lippo the Clown|clowns]]. {{storylink|The Killing Jar (episode)|The Killing Jar}}

[[File:Chaos-WreckGar Junk.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|"What do you see here, my friends?"<br>"A hunk of garbage."<br>"A ''glorious'' hunk of garbage!"]]
Wreck-Gar interrupted one of Kup's stories to inform him of a calamity on Goo, to Grimlock's confusion and frustration. When they arrived, Wreck-Gar pointed the Autobots to a destroyed [[Earth Defense Command]] station and said that a lot of things have landed on the planet lately. Though [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] and [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] swooped down to attack, Wreck-Gar and the others made their getaway inside Sky Lynx. Arriving on [[Dread (planet)|Dread]], Wreck-Gar helped fight off the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] that were menacing Kup, and then shot at Galvatron's forces with the other Autobots. While they did this, Kup was able to defeat [[Chaos (alien)|the monster]] inhabiting Dread, causing a volcanic eruption in the process. Wreck-Gar and his comrades boarded Sky Lynx and flew off... but he was not pleased at the prospect of Kup telling another one of his stories on the way back. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

Joining [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]], [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]], and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] on a mission to examine strange chronal energy readings in an asteroid belt, Wreck-Gar got more than he bargained for when they were attacked by a legion of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s. After chopping apart his fair share of the brutes, he was accidentally sent back in time nine million years along with everyone except Perceptor, to when the [[Quintesson]]s ruled Cybertron. After fleeing from a [[guardian robot]] and teaming up with a rebel Autobot group, Wreck-Gar aided the others in their attack on the Quintessons' base, which would have ended in their untimely demise if [[Alpha Trion (G1)|A-3]] had not returned to the past and deactivated the Guardians, forcing the Quintessons to flee. The time-displaced Autobots then returned to their proper era. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

[[File:Nancy2006.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.05|One lucky robot.]]
One day, Wreck-Gar was watching television with his [[Nancy|lady friend]], but little did they know that Quintessons were spying on them. Wreck-Gar and his Junkions forced off the Quintessons and their Sharkticon pawns, but the Quintessons, aware of Wreck-Gar's love for television, inserted subliminal messages into his programs. These messages managed to convince him and his species to clean the planet and attack all other life forms, Autobot and Decepticon included. Now the centerpiece of their master plan, the hypnotized Wreck-Gar sent a Quintesson broadcast throughout the galaxy, causing tension between all forms of life that now refused to accept each other. Blaster was able to counter the transmissions with some of his own, and Wreck-Gar returned to the Autobots' side. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

[[File:DwellerinDepths-WreckGar Vampire.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|[[Simon Belmondo|What a horrible night to have a curse!]]]]
Wreck-Gar followed Galvatron down an old shaft with a team of other Autobots when the Decepticon came to Cybertron looking for Perceptor's new power core. They only found an array of mutants, whom the Autobots soundly fought off. They were unprepared for what came next; a [[Dweller (G1)|colossal beast]] that trapped Ultra Magnus. Wreck-Gar saved Magnus with his axe while yelling [[G.I. Joe (team)|a familiar battle cry]], but got himself caught in the process. Wreck-Gar bemoaned his fate as the Dweller drained him of his energy. The angered Springer managed to recover his friend's body, but he discovered that Wreck-Gar had now become an [[energy vampire]], bent on taking the energy from other beings. Wreck-Gar promptly infected Springer, and later got to many other Transformers (including Scourge and Cyclonus!), and would not stop there. Thinking quickly, Perceptor created an energy imbalance that returned the vampires to their normal states. {{storylink|The Dweller in the Depths}}

During the outbreak of the [[Hate Plague]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] summoned Wreck-Gar to attempt to repair [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], but unfortunately, [[Leonard McCoy|he was dead, Jim]]. Wreck-Gar remained on Earth to assist in trying to stop the hate plague, showing up later to rescue Rodimus from the infected Ultra Magnus, but this quickly proved unsuccessful as Ultra Magnus escaped Wreck-Gar's lasso and infected him. In turn, Wreck-Gar infected Rodimus Prime. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} His warehouses were overstocked with hate plague priced to move, for a [[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2|limited time only]].
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====''Transformers in 3-D''====
{{note|''[[Transformers in 3-D]]'' takes place at some point after the events of "[[The Rebirth]]".}}
As the Autobots attempted to repel a [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]-led Decepticon attack, Wreck-Gar rushed up to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] with the news that [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] was attacking the energon plant. He led the Autobot leader there, but they were too late—the [[Nullification Cannon]] had destroyed the energon stocks. A while later, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] returned from [[Tau-Ursa]] with a [[Logicon]] recording revealing the location of [[Metascan Alpha]], a storehouse of energon. Wreck-Gar was present at its playing, and subsequently fought off two Decepticon spies, the [[Clone (subgroup)|Clone]]s. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

====Rodimus vs. Cyclonus====
Wreck-Gar was there to witness a Quintesson ship, ridden by Hot Rod, Kup, and others, landing on the Planet of Junk. {{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}

====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====e-HOBBY toy bios=====
[[Detritus (G1)|Detritus]]'s ultimate goal was to overthrow Wreck-Gar as leader of the Junkions. {{storylink|Detritus (G1)#Toys|''Collector's Edition'' Detritus bio}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
[[File:FourWarriors Decepticon attack viewscreen.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|When this round thing's in your face, you get, uh, [[Springer (G1)|Sprung]].]]
{{voiceactor|[[Ryōichi Tanaka]] (Japanese)}}
In 2011, Wreck-Gar was hanging out at Autobot headquarters on Cybertron when Galvatron and his new [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] warriors attacked the planet. He merely pointed out the Decepticons' attack being shown on the telly and (successfully) bossed Grimlock around before running off to try to help anyone who might have fallen and been unable to get up. While Kup and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] were debating the weakness in [[Vector Sigma]], he told them to make sure operators were standing by and darted back off into the hallway, never to be seen again. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}

=====''Macrocosmic Seekers''=====
Wreck-Gar helped the Autobots Rodimus and Kup defend a "treasure" recently found on Junk by his fellow Junkion, Scrapheap. They were attacked by Galvatron's forces before an entity known as the Seeker arrived and spirited away Wreck-Gar's allies and opponents. {{storylink|Unending Battle}}

After his friends returned from their adventure, Wreck-Gar was present to congratulate Scrapheap when Rodimus Prime offered his a position in the Autobots. {{storylink|Macrocosmic Seekers (issue)|Macrocosmic Seekers}}
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===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
====Marvel UK future timelines====
{{note|The movie adaptation, originally published by Marvel US, is in italics}}
[[File:Springer wreck gar the final battle.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
''After a group of Autobots crash-landed on the [[Junkion (planet)|planet of Junk]], Wreck-Gar and his fellow Junkions saw their intrusion as an unwelcomed one... especially after the Autobots began "stealing" their garbage to repair their ship! Wreck-Gar ordered several Junk Guns brought forth to blast the Autobots, but didn't get a chance to use them before another arrival made his presence known: [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]! The Junkions held back as the Decepticon leader and his lackeys opened fire on the Autobots, ripped their leader to shreds and took off with a [[Matrix of Leadership|bauble]] the Autobots had with them at the time.''

''The fighting having come to an end, Wreck-Gar led a charge against the remaining Autobots, only to be once more interrupted; another ship made planetfall, containing yet more Autobots! One of the latest arrivals spoke the [[universal greeting]] and offered Wreck-Gar some "[[Energon|tasty sticks]]," which he readily accepted. Now friends with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] and his kin, Wreck-Gar had his men rebuild [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] as his show of good faith. The Autobots next told their hosts that they had to leave to confront the world-eater, [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], a battle the Junkions were eager to be a part of. Wreck-Gar revealed that planet Junk itself was a sort of Transformer, and converted it into a massive spacecraft to do battle with the titan. Though things looked grim when the Autobots' craft wound up crashing into the enemy, they soon escaped from Unicron's body, the latter then exploding thanks to the actions the Autobots had taken part in while inside him.'' {{storylink|The Final Battle!}}

[[File:Hunters2-WreckGarBumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|Oops, did I do that?]]
After the destruction of Unicron, Wreck-Gar remained on Cybertron for a time and helped the Autobots regain control of the planet while attempting to fend off [[Airborne hunter squad|Decepticon attacks]] under the new command of [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!}} When [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] planned a [[time travel]] adventure to end the threat posed by former Decepticon commander, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Wreck-Gar decided to come along and leapt into the time-jump effect at the last second, causing his landing vector to be significantly displaced away from his fellow travelers. {{storylink|Burning Sky!}} Stumbling across the deactivated body of [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] by chance, Wreck-Gar put his considerable mechanical talents to work and rebuilt the scrapped Autobot into a new form as [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]]. The two then joined Wreck-Gar's allies and the present-day [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] in an attempt to stop Galvatron's schemes. {{storylink|Hunters}} Wreck-Gar managed to get a hold of Galvatron's [[Time-jump mechanism|time jump trigger device]], and planned to jury rig the device to send all the time travelers permanently back to [[2007]]. His recalibrations failed, though, and the Autobots returned to the future while Galvatron remained in the past. {{storylink|Fire on High!}} {{storylink|Vicious Circle!}}

Still, Wreck-Gar had proven himself a worthy ally, and Rodimus gave him an official escort back to the planet of Junk and his people. Upon arriving home, however, Wreck-Gar stumbled into a plot by the Dark God himself, Unicron, to co-opt the planet Junk as a new body. It seems Unicron's head had blown free when his original body was destroyed by the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] and had drifted into range of the planetoid. Unicron's vast mental powers had enabled him to enslave the entire Junkion people, and Wreck-Gar was forced to [[Death|"cancel"]] [[Scrapheap (G1)|one of his fellow Junkions]] while making his escape, an act for which he swore Unicron would pay dearly. After escaping [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]], another of Unicron's mind-pawns, Wreck-Gar gathered a large quantity of explosives directly underneath Unicron's head and set them to blow. He managed to destroy what was left of Unicron's body just as Rodimus Prime contained the Chaos-Bringer's living essence within the confines of the Matrix, ending his threat for the moment. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

[[File:BigBroadcastUK-WreckGar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|LUBUFF!]]
Sometime later, by sheer cosmic chance, Wreck-Gar came into possession of a [[Quintesson Journal]], a message canister containing details of their plans to leave the dying planet [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]] and colonize other mechanical worlds, including Cybertron. When he attempted to bring this information to Rodimus Prime and the Autobots, Wreck-Gar was intercepted en route by the Quintessons and taken captive. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}} [[Mister Regan|They]] tried to torture the location of the canister out of him, but all they got was [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#The Big Broadcast of 2006|total nonsense]]. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}} Managing to escape, Wreck-Gar hooked up with an Autobot spy named [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], and the two of them blasted off from Quintessa. After eluding his pursuers, Wreck-Gar met up with [[Scrapheap (G1)|some of]] [[Junkyard (G1)|his fellow Junkions]] and rigged the message canister so that its contents were broadcast across the universe. Instantly, all the potential colony worlds were alerted and forewarned of the possibility of a Quintesson invasion, and overnight the Quintessons became one of the most hated and hunted races in all the galaxies, throwing all their future plans into turmoil. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}
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====The Big Broadcast of 2006====
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[[File:BigBroadcastUS-WreckGar.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.85|The best kind of melee weapon is the one that shoots lasers.]]
In a strange alternate future, Wreck-Gar and his [[Nancy|lady]] were interrupted in their television watching by a [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] attack. Wreck-Gar rallied his fellow [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] to repel the invaders. He didn't know that the Sharkticons were sent by the [[Quintesson]]s to look for their [[Quintesson Journal|data canisters]] which, during the fight, was hopelessly lost amongst all the junk. The Quintessons then initiated a new plan which involved beaming a hypnotic signal through the Junkions' televisions. The signal made the Junkions extremely hostile to any foreigners as well as compelling them to meticulously organize their junk. In this way the Junkions would find the data canister for the Quintessons. In an encounter with the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s, the hypnotic signal was momentarily altered to compel Wreck-Gar to bounce the signal throughout the galaxy, causing television watchers everywhere to attack their neighbors and travel to [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]].

The Autobots also arrived and successfully disrupted the hypnosis signal. Once freed, Wreck-Gar and his Junkions joined the Autobots in driving the Decepticons off the planet. Rodimus Prime questioned Wreck-Gar about what had transpired, but the Junkion leader was just as much in the dark about the whole affair as he was. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}
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===Marvel coloring books===
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===''Sticker Adventures'' books===
[[File:Springer botjp.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|At least this is how Springer tells it.]]
When an [[Autobot shuttle]] was forced to land on [[Junkion (planet)|The Junk Planet]] for repairs, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] caught the attention of Wreck-Gar. Wreck-Gar was impressed by Blurr's powerful engine...and decided he wanted it! He attacked the Autobots with a horde of Junkions, intent on hacking the still-sputtering engine from Blurr's body, and fought [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] in the process.

The misunderstanding came to an end when [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], an old hand at negotiating with natives, located their missing shuttle and instead engaged the Junkions in a barter session, trading weapons and energon. The Junkions waved as their new friends departed with all their parts intact. {{storylink|Battle on the Junk Planet}}
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===Toy pack-in material===
Wreck-Gar participated in a tumultuous battle on a moon base, wherein he charged [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] alongside [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]. {{storylink|Decipher the Decepticon}}

===Project Brain Drain===
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In one possible scenario, after having learned that the Decepticons were planning to use a [[Brain Drain device]] on a crowd concert goers that included his son, Sparkplug Witwicky attempted to contact the Autobots via radio. He came in communication with Wreck-Gar instead. Sparkplug told the Junkion that he needed to talk to Ultra Magnus asap, and so Wreck-Gar found his way to Sparkplug's house, and prompted the human to hop onto his motorcycle mode. The pair took off in direction of the Autobots’ city, Metroplex. As they were driving, however, they spotted an old abandoned building guarded by Decepticons. Sparkplug realized that the Brain Drain device might be held within.

If Sparkplug decided to keep on pushing Wreck-Gar to head for Metroplex, the strain caused the Junkion to break down. Stranded in the middle of nowhere, without any spare parts to repair Wreck-Gar, the pair were unable to reach the Autobots in time to warn them of the Decepticons’ plot.

If Sparkplug instructed Wreck-Gar to try and sneak into the lab, the Junkion circled around until they came upon the building's backdoor, seemingly unwatched. They made a dash for the opening, only to run into Soundwave exiting the building. Soundwave began firing upon the duo, forcing them to retreat. Unfortunately, as they tried to run, they found their escape route cut off by a whole detachment of Decepticons. The pair, now surrounded by Decepticons, were instructed to surrender.

If Wreck-Gar did surrender, he was immediately blown to smithereens by the lying Decepticons.

If instead, Sparkplug and Wreck-Gar made a mad dash to escape, the two of them managed to get past the Decepticons surrounding them, but were then chased down by Thrust and Laserbeak, who managed to send them skidding into a nearby lake. As the Decepticons moved in for the kill, Hot Rod, Kup and Jazz showed up, shifting the odds and rescuing Sparkplug and Wreck-Gar. With Thrust and Laserbeak retreating, the Autobots were brought up-to-date on the situation, and had to decide whether they would launch a counter-attack on the Decepticons’ lab, or if they would send Hot Rod for reinforcements while the rest of them headed for the rock concert.

If the Autobots decided to storm the laboratory, the group attacked with such ferocity and suddenness that they scared off most of the Decepticons guarding the place. Finding their only opposition left being a small group of Decepticons, Wreck-Gar and the others successfully beat them back, until Soundwave attempted to escape with the Brain Drain device in hand.

If Hot Rod attempted to stop Soundwave, Laserbeak managed to grab hold of the device and flew off to meet Galvatron. The Autobots being too low on power to pursue meant that the Decepticons would ultimately be victorious. If Jazz attempted to stop him however, he was successful in doing so and the Autobots successfully destroyed the Brain Drain device.

Alternatively, if Wreck-Gar, Sparkplug, Kup and Jazz headed towards the concert while Hot Rod headed back to Metroplex for reinforcements, the small group found themselves wondering how they could defend the huge sea of people by themselves upon their arrival. Hearing the Decepticons approaching, but uncertain from which direction they were coming from, the Autobots had to decide whether they would station themselves on the west side of the concert, or at its south.

If the Autobots decided to head for the west side of the concert, Wreck-Gar and the others positioned themselves just in time to see a whole squadron of Decepticons coming into view. Catching the Decepticons by surprise with a first volley, the Autobots managed to buy themselves a few minutes as the Decepticons regrouped before circling around for another pass. During the Decepticons’ second pass, Wreck-Gar was blown to pieces. With Sparkplug's help, he was able to reassemble himself. But then Wreck-Gar was hit by Decepticon fire once more, causing him to again fall to pieces.

If Sparkplug went off to alert an incoming convoy of Autobots, Wreck-Gar was left to reassemble himself. He presumably returned to full health as the Autobots soon succeeded in destroying the Brain Drain device and drove the Decepticons away.

If Sparkplug continued to fix Wreck-Gar instead, the Junkion assumed his motorcycle mode as soon as he was back in one piece. Using a nearby toppled speaker as a ramp, Wreck lept into Galvatron, smashing the Brain Drain device. Autobot reinforcements arrived just in time to congratulate Wreck-Gar as the Decepticons fled. 

Alternatively, if the Autobots headed for the south side of the concert, they were unable to see the Decepticons coming from the other direction, and were destroyed in a surprise Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Project Brain Drain}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:RunninWithTheDevil-WreckGar.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Amount anyone will pay to never hear this commercial referenced again: ''Anything.'']]
Wreck-Gar found the chassis of the near-dead [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] floating in space, where he had been abandoned by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], while on a supply run. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} Wreck-Gar brought Megatron back on-line and even salvaged several [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] drone bodies from the surface of Junk for him so he could reclaim his position as leader of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}} For Wreck-Gar's efforts, Megatron stabbed him through the chest. {{storylink|Runnin' with the Devil}}
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===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
When the [[Recyclon]]s arrived on Junk, intending to convert the planet into energon for their overseers, the [[Harvest Lords of Sigrath]], Wreck-Gar approached the leader, [[Salvage (G1)|Salvage]], and got two blaster bolts in the chest. After a near-instantaneous repair job, Wreck-Gar called out his fellows and swarmed the Recyclons, severely damaging them and forcing them to retreat to their ship, the ''[[Reclamation]]'', and lift off.

Salvage returned to the planet's surface, leaving the ''Reclamation'' in orbit, in order to make peace with Wreck-Gar. But it was all a ruse; Salvage slapped a device on Wreck-Gar, a more powerful version of the Junkion leader's own [[decelerator laser]], preventing him from attacking or calling his people while the orbiting Recyclons fired a beam from the [[Prime Processing Unit]] to convert the planet to energon from space. However, Wreck-Gar proved even stronger than Salvage expected, and he called the Junkions to fire a tractor beam at the ''Reclamation'', sending it crashing into Junk seconds before the Prime Processing Unit activated, causing the ship to explode. Salvage himself lived only a few seconds more than his fellows, as the Junkions closed in on him immediately afterwards. {{storylink|Collect and Save}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Derelicts|''Transformers: Monstrosity'' #1]]; [[New Cybertron Part 2: A Lonely Pillar on the Plain|''Optimus Prime'' #2]] (Modern era)

{{quote|Do you ever '''die'''? I don't. At least not '''yet'''. '''This''' can all be yours! '''Operators''' are standing by!"|Wreck-Gar|[[New Cybertron Part 2: A Lonely Pillar on the Plain|A Lonely Pillar on the Plain]]}}

[[File:ALonelyPillarOnThePlain-WreckGar.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"I come out, I throw trash, all over - all over the ring! And then I start eating garbage! And then I pick up the trash can, and I BASH the guy on the head!"]]

When [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] was banished to Junkion early into the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], Wreck-Gar spotted his arrival and readied his fellow Junkions to cannibalize the newcomer for parts. {{storylink|Derelicts}} He watched from the sidelines as the other Junkions attacked... and were massacred by Megatron. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}}

The Transformers eventually came back to Junkion as their war intensified; during the subsequent "[[Battle of Junkion]]" the planet became a minor battleground in the Cybertronian war—and culminated in the planet's destruction, when the battle of intellects between [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] and [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] ended with one side sabotaging the planet's gravimetric core to detonate. Wreck-Gar, Rum-Maj, and thousands of Junkion refugees and their [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] slaves piled aboard a gigantic [[Quintesson Cruiser|corkscrew-shaped vessel]] and abandoned the shattered remnants of their homeworld. They became nomadic traders, scavenging, bartering for, and exchanging esoteric technologies and trinkets as they wandered from planet to planet. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 2: A Lonely Pillar on the Plain|A Lonely Pillar on the Plain}} During their interplanetary travels, he fell in love with [[Rum-Maj]] on the planet [[Thrull]] {{storylink|Time Will Rust}} and eventually took her on as his new consort, having been "wounded in the heart" by an earlier relationship. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 2: A Lonely Pillar on the Plain|A Lonely Pillar on the Plain}}

[[File:ALonelyPillarOnThePlain-WreckGarsHead.jpg|thumb|left|260px|Prices so low, you'll swear we've lost our heads!]]

Circa [[2017]], the Junkions stumbled across the planet [[Earth]] during their travels, a planet with abundant supplies of [[Ore-13]] and the key, the Junkions believed, to restoring their ravaged homeworld to its former glory. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}} {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 2: A Lonely Pillar on the Plain|A Lonely Pillar on the Plain}}

Making planetfall in the [[Alps]], {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}} Wreck-Gar and Rum-Maj disembarked, meeting [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the other Autobots. The two Junkions laid out their sales pitch: they had come to Earth in the hopes of trading their many technological secrets for the mineral they sought. Initial diplomatic overtures went poorly; Rum-Maj remained skeptical about Prime's diplomatic status, and when a curious Wreck-Gar investigated an incoming [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] taskforce, he was knocked apart by a [[Sky Hawk]]—though the Junkion leader was unfazed, and his head continued negotiations as some other Junkions cobbled his body back together. On the behest of G.I. Joe, the Autobots withdrew to [[Metrotitan (G1)|Autobot City]], and some hours later the two Junkion leaders arrived aboard a shuttle for a tour of the base. Noting the critically wounded [[Sideswipe (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sideswipe]], Wreck-Gar offered the Transformers a [[positron core]], one of the few objects capable of repairing the dying Autobot. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 2: A Lonely Pillar on the Plain|A Lonely Pillar on the Plain}} 

Back aboard their vessel, the two Junkions watched as [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] carried out what they thought was a covert infiltration of the Junkion mothership on Prime's orders... unaware that their [[stealth paint]] failed to conceal them from advanced Junkion sensors until they stumbled upon the ship's Sharkticon holding pen. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back|Behind My Bleeding Back}} Wreck-Gar and Rum-Maj observed the creatures incapacitate the interlopers; while Wreck-Gar was still keen to make a deal with the Transformers, Rum-Maj asserted that they couldn't trust Optimus and hatched a plan of her own—if they couldn't ''bargain'' for the Ore-13, then they would simply ''take'' it by forcefully colonizing the planet.

At a diplomatic summit between Optimus, the Junkions, and several human leaders, Wreck-Gar joined his beloved in tossing Cosmos's battered but still-living body off of their shuttle as a warning before he reluctantly gave the order to unleash the Sharkticon school on the Autobots and humans alike. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 4: Dance Among the Shadows|Dance Among the Shadows}} The battle soon began going south for the Junkions and so Wreck-Gar opted to slip away, taking the positron core with him. Before he could get far, however, he was intercepted by [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]], who demanded that he take her to the positron core. Wreck-Gar babbled for a while before revealing that he was carrying it in his chest. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 5: Future Glories Lost|Future Glories Lost}} 

[[File:FeelSafeWithoutRegrets-WreckGarExplodes.jpg|thumb|left|250px|FORE! HEAD!]]

Determined to save Sideswipe, Arcee pummelled Wreck-Gar at length, but his ramshackle physiology meant that he was hard to put down. As the beatdown continued, the Sharkticons—swayed by [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]]'s rhetoric and having turned against their former masters—stormed the ship ahead of Prime and his [[Colonist Soldiers]], and amidst the chaos a stray shot hit the precious core... causing it to detonate, blowing Wreck-Gar's body to bits in the process. A defeated Rum-Maj cradled Wreck-Gar's still-living head in her arms as she lamented her failure to rebuild their world. Rather than finish off his enemies, however, Prime managed to convince his troops to lay down arms, hoping to negotiate a lasting peace between the two cultures, and the two Junkion leaders gratefully accepted his terms of surrender.

[[File:FeelSafeWithoutRegrets-WreckGarRumMaj.jpg|thumb|right|240px|"I'm off to the Head Museum, to hang out with classy heads like me who appreciate the finer things: poetry, philosophy, hats."]]

On [[Marissa Faireborn]]'s suggestion, the Junkions relocated to the abandoned [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]] base in the [[Marshall Islands|Bikini Atoll]], and under their direction the derelict facility would be torn down and rebuilt into a new city for Transformers and their ilk on Earth, a "[[Little Cybertron]]." {{storylink|New Cybertron End: Feel Safe Without Regrets|Feel Safe Without Regrets}} He and Rum-Maj helped supervise the construction of their new home, affectionately bickering with each other all the while, though some of Wreck-Gar's... unorthodox architectural designs proved unstable at best. {{storylink|The Next Day, and the Next}} Still a disembodied head, Wreck-Gar and some other Junkions tried to repair the positron core as a show of goodwill, but were unable to restore the artifact. Instead, the Junkion leader offered up a [[mnemopathis projector]] so that the Autobots could humanely terminate Sideswipe's failing life support systems. The Junkion supervised the initial operation; after Sideswipe's passing, he mourned his inability to fix the device that would have allowed him to save the red Autobot's life. {{storylink|The Life of Sideswipe}}

Months later, Rum-Maj and Wreck-Gar—still a head—attended the opening of a new Ore-13 mine in [[Kentucky]]. Despite Rum-Maj's gloomy proclamations, Wreck-Gar tried to keep her spirits up. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}} After retiring to Little Cybertron some time later, Wreck-Gar's manservant [[Detritus (G1)|Detritus]] informed his boss that [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] had recently been arrested by G.I. Joe in order to facilitate [[Rom]]'s voyage to Cybertron, and later related this news to [[Slide]] and the other colonists. {{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}} 

[[File:UnstoppedAndUnstoppable-DetritusAndWreckGar.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Wreck-Gar took his Talking Heads tribute a little too literally...]]

This tidbit of news was soon overshadowed when the threat of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] made itself manifest; as the monster planet tore through the Cybertronian colony worlds until only Earth remained, Slide and the other colonists set out on a mission of vengeance, intent on rectifying Prime's perceived failures through force, and when word came of their attack on [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] at [[Mount Rushmore]], Wreck-Gar glumly mused that he had encouraged the young Autobots. Determined to not let their new home fall to violence, the pair set out aboard a shoal of Sharkticons, but arrived too late to stop the violence that resulted in the deaths of [[Gimlet]] and Joe soldier [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]]—but just in time to watch as Unicron materialized over the planet. {{storylink|Time Will Rust}} As a grieving Soundwave cradled Mainframe's dead body, the two were momentarily overwhelmed by the [[Outlier (group)|outlier]]'s telepathic abilities amplifying his emotions, though Wreck-Gar cheerfully pointed out that the situation would translate to good PR regarding human-Cybertronian relations. {{storylink|A Sunrise Dark}}

During the final battle against Unicron and his [[Maximal]]s, Wreck-Gar and Rum-Maj flew their fleet of Sharkticons to [[Washington, D.C.]], where they arrived just in time to rescue the [[President of the United States]] and her retinue from the Maximals who had survived the crash of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s [[Worldsweeper]]. {{storylink|Ceremony}}

After the battle had been won, Wreck-Gar and Rum-Maj reconvened in Little Cybertron to help bury the dead and attend Optimus Prime's funeral. There, Rum-Maj mused that the cost of victory had been so high that it hardly ''felt'' like a victory; Wreck-Gar, on the other hand, opined that since life kept going, with or with out you, ''nothing'' could truly be called a victory, and you simply had to do your best for as long as you lived. {{storylink|Post}}

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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:Kreo_wreckgar_bot.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
Wreck-Gar was attacked by [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], but was saved when [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] convinced the other Combaticons to withdraw. {{storylink|New Military Unit Combaticon! Bruticus, Combine!}}

He later appeared in motorcycle form among the collapsing bricks of Bruticus, [[Devastator (Kre-O)|Devastator]], and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. {{storylink|Megatron's Ambition!? The Solar Tower Is Built!}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Wreck-Gar was built just in time to remember the days of the [[Iacon (polity)|Iaconian]] salons on Cybertron, before Megatron's rule became absolute. His was a mind always hungering for something new, but Megatron's world was one of sameness and obeisance. Wreck-Gar turned to narcotic substances to slow down his own mind, numbing away his need for change. When the word came that Optimus had returned to liberate his world, Wreck-Gar abandoned his drugs and joined the uprising, tackling down a Decepticon trying to enforce the Autobots' curfew. {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}} He joined up with the Autobot army and marched with them to the final showdown with the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}} When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] emerged to participate in the battle, Wreck-Gar posed alongside him. After the war ended, he remained on Cybertron under the command of Rodimus Prime, and together the two would become known as "philosopher kings" who often visited [[Uranus]] to meditate in silence. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:SpringerWreckGarCommercial1.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.65|The sad thing is that they actually get along pretty well!]]
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English)}}
When [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]'s shuttle crash landed on the planet of Junk, Wreck-Gar and another Junkion were there to do endless battle with him! [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] sure liked Wreck-Gar a lot. Maybe he's a Decepticon? Yeah, he's probably a Decepticon. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Springer and Wreck-Gar|Springer and Wreck-Gar commercial}}
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==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{Note|Wreck-Gar is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
When [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] became stranded on the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], he was forced to fight off Wreck-Gar and the hordes of cannibalistic Junkions until he could be rescued by [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. {{storylink|Wreckage (Legends)|Wreckage}}

Wreck-Gar and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] joined up with the Autobots on Junkion. The pair subsequently accompanied [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] back to Earth to assist in rebuilding, only for Wreck-Gar to wander off on a holy pilgrimage to a TV station, and fall victim to a surprise attack from the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]]. {{storylink|Junkion Reunion}}

Wreck-Gar aided Grimlock in rescuing Rodimus and Kup when the pair were put on trial by the Quintessons. {{storylink|Mockery of Justice}}

Wreck-Gar, alongside Ultra Magnus, intercepted Galvatron and his troops when the Decepticons attacked the facility which contained the Dweller and the Trans-Organics. When the creatures were unleashed, Wreck-Gar pushed Ultra Magnus to safety, and attempted to face the Trans-Organic horde by himself. Both the Autobots and the Decepticons were eventually able to escape, and rocketed back to their respective bases. {{storylink|Dweller in the Depths (Legends)|Dweller in the Depths}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1-toy WreckGar.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hurry, hurry! Operators are standing by!]]
*'''Wreck-Gar''' (Autobot Hero, [[1986]])
**''Takara ID number'': '''C-81'''
**''Accessories'': "[[Decelerator laser]]" gun, "Armor Axe", tire/shield

: One of two "Heroes" toys released in the third year of the [[The Transformers (toyline)|original Hasbro ''Transformers'' toyline]], Wreck-Gar transforms into a Cybertronic "junk" motorcycle. His accessories all use [[5 mm post]]s, meaning they are compatible with ''all'' of the Wreck-Gar toys that (eventually) followed. His rifle and axe can be "stored" in vehicle mode by plugging them into his fists outside his front wheel, but it's a bit awkward.

: This toy is noteworthy for being one of the earliest uses of ball-and-socket joints in the entire franchise.

: Unfortunately, he completely lacks his cartoon model's sweet facial "hair". Also unfortunately, a robot-mode Wreck-Gar toy cannot properly ride a motorcycle-mode Wreck-Gar, unlike the action depicted in the movie. ''Sigh.''

::*''[http://tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Wreck-Gar/wreck-gar.htm More information on Wreck-Gar at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/autobot/1986/instr_wreck-gar.jpg Instruction booklet for Wreck-Gar at Botchthecrab.com]''
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===''Transformers'' (2010)===
[[File:TF2010-toy WreckGar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|This is the breakfast your Wreck-Gar could look like, can you see me now?]]
[[File:RTS-WreckGar-RidingHimself.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Each sold separately.]]
*'''Wreck-Gar''' (Deluxe Class, [[2011]])
**''Accessories'': "4-bladed battle axe"/tailpipe

:Part of the sixth wave of the [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'' toyline]], Wreck-Gar transforms into a ''Road Warrior''-esque junker off-road motorcycle. His exhaust pipe and rear hubcap detach (via a [[C joint|clip joint]]) and unfold to become his axe weapon. As part of the ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)#Hasbro Reveal the Shield subline|Reveal the Shield]]'' subline, Wreck-Gar features a [[rubsign]] on his windscreen/right leg. The front tire is mounted on a ball joint, allowing it to pivot downward and serve as a shield in [[robot mode]]. It can kinda-sorta peg onto his elbow in this position, but doing so limits articulation. The wheel can also be popped out of the ball-joint socket, and held in Wreck-Gar's hand as a shield/axe/melee thingy.

: One Wreck-Gar can totally ride another (or another toy based on the same sculpt) in the style seen in the movie! Double pegs under his pelvis correspond to sockets in his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] seat. Furthermore, the figure has tabs and sockets on his robot mode ankles that are ''supposed'' to connect to corresponding sockets and tabs of his bike mode to secure his feet, but this is done with very limited success as a result of some part interference. Additionally, the left side of his chest/shoulder assembly refuses to peg in properly in robot mode, a very common problem across all later versions of this mold.

: Wreck-Gar suffers from a very intricate transformation that often requires just the right amount of force being applied for it to work; however, applying too much force, or not paying attention to certain parts, can result in outright breakage. His translucent helmet-horns are ''very'' fragile and might even break simply from accidentally turning the head while in vehicle mode, and his sculpted-open hands are prone to stress marks from simply holding the axe. Don't even ''think'' about turning the axe inside his hand! The worst offender, though, are the hinges that connect the rubber handles to the gas tank: those can break after just a few transformations, regardless of whether one uses the automorph by pulling up on the gas tank and thereby dislodging the handles and moving them to the side as intended, or tries to unhinge the handlebars manually beforehand. Sadly, cutting the nubs off has been the only consistent fix to prevent breakage. Hasbro addressed this problem by cutting the nubs off at the factory level for subsequent redecos and retools of the sculpt, starting with ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' [[Junkyard (G1)#Generations|Junkheap]].

:This mold was [[redeco]]ed into ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Wreck-Gar (SG)|Wreck-Gar]]. It was also [[retool]]ed into ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Scrapheap (G1)#Toys|Scrapheap]] (later also released under the ''Generations'' branding) and ''Generations'' Junkheap, each sporting a different head sculpt. Those two were redecoed into [[Scrap Iron (SG)#Toys|''Shattered Glass'' Scrap Iron]] and [[Junkheap (SG)#Toys|''Shattered Glass'' Junkheap]], respectively. This mold also served as the basis of the non-toy ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' incarnation of [[Crazybolt (BW)|Crazybolt]].

: Wreck-Gar's [[instructions]] depict Junkheap's head sculpt, thus hinting at the retool before it was announced as a separate release. 

::*''[http://tfu.info/2011/Autobot/Wreck-Gar/wreck-gar.htm More information on ''Reveal the Shield'' Wreck-Gar at TFU.info]''
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===''United''===
[[File:United-toy WreckGar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|A shine so bright you could eat off it!]]
*'''Wreck-Gar''' (Deluxe Class, [[February 26]], 2011)
**''ID number:'' '''UN-18'''
**''Accessories'': "Battle axe"/tailpipe

:Part of the third wave of [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' toyline, this version of Wreck-Gar is an ''extensively'' painted [[redeco]] of the [[Hasbro]] 2010 release in (surprise!) a much brighter, more cartoon-inspired deco. Like most toys in the line, he makes use of metallic paint, mainly a bright reflective red on his chest and legs.

:Initial [[stock photography|stock photos]] used to illustrate preorders depicted a sample in the Hasbro version's deco (but different from the existing Hasbro stock photos) before being replaced by new stock photos depicting the finalized deco.
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===''Combiner Wars''===
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[[File:CW-toy WreckGar.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Now in bite size!]]
*'''Wreck-Gar''' (Legends Class, [[2016]])

:The only new item in the sixth and final wave of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]] [[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Legends-class toys, Wreck-Gar is a [[retool]]ing of [[Groove (G1)#Generations|Groove]], sporting a brand new noggin. He transforms into a motorcycle of made-up model.

: He can also convert into chest armor for [[Defensor (G1)#Generations|Defensor]] and other iterations of the ''Combiner Wars'' [[Hot Spot (G1)#Combiner Wars|Hot Spot]] mold. Early packaging sample photography showed a sticker boasting it being part of the Sky Reign team, but the final product omits this information as Wreck-Gar has no solid way to ''actually'' combine with Sky Reign in a functional way.

:The original version of this mold was also used to make [[Rust Dust#Toys|Rust Dust]] and ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Adventure]]'' [[Override (RID)#Toys|Override]]. It also served as the basis of the non-toy ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' character [[Vampire (BWU)|Vampire]] and the ''[[Spatiotemporal Challengers]]'' incarnation of [[Scooter (GoBots)|Scooter]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/CWWreck-Gar/wreck-gar.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' Wreck-Gar at TFU.info]''
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===''Platinum Edition''===
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[[File:Gen-toy WreckGar Platinum.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Call now and we'll double the offer! Just pay separate processing and handling.]]
*'''Planet of Junk Clash''' (Platinum Edition Deluxe 3-pack, 2016)
**''Accessories'':"Battle axe"/tailpipe

:Part of Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' offerings for 2016 intended to commemorate the 30th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', this Wreck-Gar is a redeco of the ''Reveal the Shield'' figure above. While the overall deco is very similar to the first version, every plastic color has changed and darkened slightly, plus his flame deco is now bright yellow. The clear plastic was replaced with clear orange plastic. Unlike previous releases of the sculpt, Wreck-Gar has no insignia applied on his windshield/right leg.

:Wreck-Gar was only available as a part of the "Planet of Junk Clash" set with [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Autobot Hot Rod]] and [[Scrapheap (G1)#Generations|Junkion Scrapheap]]. In the United States, this set was officially a [[Target]] exclusive, though only ever found at a single Target store, otherwise only available via the company's website. However, it was also stocked by several US-based online retailers [[BigBadToyStore]] and TFSource, who supposedly obtained it as an import from Asia. It was available in several of Hasbro's Asian markets (namely Singapore and the Philippines; it's currently unknown whether it was exclusive to any particular stores there or not). In Canada, it was sold at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores, whereas in Chile, it was sold at Ripley stores. In the United Kingdom, it was also sold at Toys"R"Us stores, whereas in Spain, it was available via the Spanish subsidiary of [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]], as well as the department store chain El Corte Inglés. It's currently unknown if it was also available in stores, or limited to online purchases. In Italy, it was sold at Toys Center stores, making it the first ''Platinum'' set ever released in that country.

: The illustration on the front of the box erroneously depicts Wreck-Gar in his 2010 deco. Whoops!

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/PlatinumWreck-Gar/wreck-gar.htm More information on ''Platinum Edition'' Wreck-Gar at TFU.info]''
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===''Power of the Primes''===
[[File:POTP-toy WreckGar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|And what better way to say "I love you" than with the gift of a Junkion?]]
*'''Wreck-Gar''' (Deluxe Class, [[2018]])
**''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''PP-41'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[December 29]], 2018
**''Accessories'': Axe/tailpipe, Prime Armor/combiner hand, Prime Master gap filler/gun

:''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Wreck-Gar is a new-head retooling of ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' [[Groove (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Groove]], transforming into a motorcycle of made-up model. Wreck-Gar can also change into a limb for any ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]''-style Combiner.

: Like all ''Power of the Primes'' Deluxe Class figures, he comes with Prime Armor (redecoed from the [[Dinobot (G1)#Power of the Primes|Dinobots]] and the [[Terrorcon (G1)#Generations|Terrorcons]]) with a spot for [[Prime Master#Toys|Prime Master]]s (and by extension, [[Titan Master#Toys|Titan Master]]s, [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Enigmas]], or [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix cores]]) and can form a Combiner hand. He includes a piece that can fill the gap in the armor or be held as a gun. Unlike most Deluxes in the subline, there is no way to attach the Prime Armor to his chest without [[Customizing|modifications]]. He also includes a redeco of the axe weapon that came with the ''[[#Transformers (2010)|Reveal the Shield]]'' figure above, which is ''really awkward'' for him to hold the only way he can, at the very bottom of the long shaft. However, the "[[C joint]]" clip can attach to his left arm's kickstand, turning it into an arm-mounted blade.

:The side of Wreck-Gar's packaging shows a cropped view of the unnamed [[Inferno Combiner]],<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/pictorial-review-of-transformers-power-of-the-primes-wreckgar/41754/ Seibertron photo review of ''Power of the Primes'' Wreck-Gar, 31 July 2018]</ref> though as it turns out, Wreck-Gar himself is not even part of the art.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/666702265/posts/10157930309492266/ Facebook post by Robby Musso, 4 October 2020]</ref>

:He was first discovered in a listing in [[Walgreens]]' internal systems during the course of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' as a Walgreens exclusive. He then debuted at Taiwanese retail prior to any official acknowledgement from Hasbro, though by this point TakaraTomy had announced their general retail release. Wreck-Gar was also available at EB Games in Canada before he became available in the United States. In the Netherlands, he was available at Kruidvat stores in mid-2019 (as an official release in European packaging), where he was sold on discount for a mere 10 Euros per figure alongside other ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Deluxe Class figures and ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' Warrior Class figures for the same price.
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:TF-Studio-Series-86-09-Voyager-Wreck-Gar.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I have a dream. I believe, one day, that everyone, everywhere.... will know the wonders of my nipples!]]
*'''Wreck-Gar''' (Voyager Class, [[2021]])
**''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''86-09'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-69'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[November 27]], 2021
**''Accessories'': Front wheel shield (wide), back wheel shield (thin), four-bladed axe, "[[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] Dance Party" backdrop

:Released to commemorate the 35th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', ''[[Studio Series]]'' Wreck-Gar is a Voyager Class-sized mold accurate to his appearance in the Generation 1 cartoon, right down to his laser nipples. Said nipples are actually mounted on [[ball joint]]s, allowing them to point in different directions.

:He comes with his two spiky shields, which can attach to ports on his forearms or the sides of his knees in robot mode or form his wheels when in motorcycle mode. Wreck-Gar also comes with his four-bladed axe, which can either be stored on his back or held in his hand. Much like the [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Transformers (2010)|2010 ''Reveal the Shield'']] release, one figure of Wreck-Gar can ride another in their alternate mode, although the riding figure is visibly larger than the scale of the motorcycle-mode figure, which is more [[:File:TF-Studio-Series-86-Hot-Rod-riding-Wreck-Gar.jpg|suited towards deluxe-scale figures]] such as [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Studio Series|''Studio Series'' Hot Rod]].  While his wheels are capable of spinning, the studs on them mean that they are more likely to scrap if pushed along a hard surface so care should be taken to avoid scratching the figure.

:Like the other ''Studio Series'' toys, the interior of the package forms a display background for the toy. In this case, it's the dance party on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]].

:The figure was heavily retooled to make [[Junkyard (G1)#Studio Series|Junkyard]].
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==Merchandise==
===''MyClone''===
[[File:G1-toy WreckGar-MyClone.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|He's a [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Kre-O online comic|Kre-O]] Maniac!]]
*'''Wreck-Gar''' (MyClone, [[2003]])
**''ID number'': '''MTF009'''
**''Accessories'': Stand

:A "[[super deformed]]" mini-figure of Wreck-Gar was created as part of the second wave of [[MyClone]] Transformers in Japan. These toys could be disassembled and their parts mixed-and-matched thanks to a generic base body. In Wreck-Gar's case, this is especially appropriate.
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===''Tiny Titans''===
[[File:TinyTitans WreckGar.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Bite-size for infant-type babies!]]
*'''Wreck-Gar''' (Tiny Titan, [[2015]])
**''Series'': '''3'''
**''Number'': '''3/12'''

: Part of the third assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacks]], this version of wreck-Gar is a very small, soft-plastic figure of him in robot mode. Unusually, the spikes on his elbows and knees are on the ''insides'' of his limbs, rather than on the outside as normally depicted (such as on the included collector card).

: He includes a collectible card that renders him in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'']] styling. The card includes a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.
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==Notes==
[[File:FloroDeryJunkionnotes.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Always read the fine print.]]
{{quote|One of them (WRECK-GAR) has a rusty junk metal version of a Viking helmet and a BRILLO like wooly wiremetal vest.|The 4/27/1985 draft of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''<ref>[http://boltax.blogspot.com/2010/12/heritaage-auctions-transformers-movie.html Heritage Auctions - The Transformers The Movie draft script]@ Disciples of Boltax</ref>}}
*Given the above quote, we're going to take a painful leap to the conclusion that Wreck-Gar was named after the famed newspaper comic strip Viking, {{w|Hägar the Horrible|Hä'''gar''' the Horrible}}. That, or his name is a portmanteau of "'''wreck'''age" and "'''gar'''bage".
*Like the rest of the central ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' cast, Wreck-Gar had a (ridiculously overdetailed) preliminary [[character model]] by [[Floro Dery]] that was revised by Japanese artists before final animation. And just like the rest of the central movie cast, that early model was used as a basis for his toy design, and for his Marvel Comics appearances. 
*During Wreck-Gar's first appearance in ''The Transformers: The Movie'', his speech pattern was a mashup of contemporary pop culture catchphrases, each line taking from a multitude of sources and scrambling them together to make a (somewhat) coherent new statement. ("Don't look behind Door Number Two, Monty! It's time to play 'End of the Line, My Valentine'! Geroni-doo-run-run-ronimooooo!") In Wreck-Gar's subsequent appearances, however, writers seemed content to give him unaltered lines from television and movies. ("I'm a pepper! Wouldn't you like to be a pepper, too?")
*Of course, in Wreck-Gar's [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|Marvel UK]] appearances, he repeats local British pop culturisms. ("And that's ''Blockbusters''!" and "Jim'll fix it!", though that last one is now in poor taste.)
*In the Japanese dub, Wreck-Gar speaks in the {{w|Kyowa-go}} dialect, an obsolete and obscure dialect often associated with those of mixed Chinese-Japanese heritage. It is considered difficult to understand.
*For nearly 20 years, Wreck-Gar was the ''only'' Junkion toy, until the creation of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive [[Detritus (G1)|Detritus]].
*A motorcycle based on Wreck-Gar makes a brief [[easter egg]] appearance in the ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' episode "[[Garbage In, Garbage Out]]". Wreck-Gar's [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|''Animated'' counterpart]] throws it at [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] in a fit of misguided helpfulness.
*Like all non-toy robot Kreons in the ''Kre-O'' manga, Wreck-Gar is made from existing ''Kre-O'' parts. He uses [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]]'s helmet and a scythe-weapon from the ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]] Kre-O'' sets.
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===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Wreck-Gar''' (レックガー ''Rekkugā'')
*''French:'' '''Ferraille''' (Canada, "Scrap"), '''Attilus''' (France, early season 3)
*''Italian:'' '''Chopper'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Yíngjiù Chē''' (营救车, "Rescue Vehicle")
*''Russian:'' '''Remontnik''' (Ремонтник, "Repairman")

==See also==
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 |disambig=Wreck-Gar (disambiguation)
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*[[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]], the AllSpark-created Autobot from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]].''
*[[Wreck-Gar (Prime)|Wreck-Gar]], the Junkion from the [[Aligned continuity family]].}}

==References==
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[[Category:Combiner Wars Autobots]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) aliens]]
[[Category:Junkions]]
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:MyClone]]
[[Category:Platinum Edition]]
[[Category:Power of the Primes Autobots]]
[[Category:Studio Series Autobots]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
[[Category:United Autobots]]