Sqweeks

Sqweeks is an Autobot from The Last Knight portion of the live-action film series continuity family.

"Leader-1! Scooter calling Leader-1!"

Izabella found Sqweeks in the ruins of Chicago, and immediately took in the little Autobot as a new friend and travelling companion. Badly damaged, unable to transform, and prone to falling apart, Sqweeks' damaged vocal processor limits him to a single word, which he uses to its fullest.

Sqweeks isn't the biggest or toughest Autobot around — and in fact most other Autobots find him either ugly, annoying, or both — but what he lacks in size and bulk he makes up for in pluck, determination, devotion to his friends... and a massive, fortification-leveling blaster.

Chihuahua!Sqweeks, The Last Knight

Fiction

The Last Knight film

Voice actor: Reno Wilson (English)

Sqweeks was hiding out in the ruins of Chicago with his best buddies Izabella and Canopy and had mostly lost his ability to speak. In the TRF attack that killed Canopy, Sqweeks was damaged, losing his right arm and losing his ability to transform. Nonetheless, he utilized an old maneuver to destroy two TRF walker drones when Izzy and some kids came under attack. He then bore witness to Cade Yeager and Bumblebee's sudden appearance. He and Izabella rode all the way back to Cade's junkyard by clinging to the bottom of Hound's vehicle mode. When they arrived at the scrap yard and Hound transformed, he was flung to the ground and managed to get to cover without being noticed. He and Izzy then witnessed Cade's confrontation with the massive Grimlock. After Izabella bargained for an extended stay, she outfitted him with a small Decepticon arm to replace his lost one. The first thing he did with it was flick away Wheelie after the small bot called him ugly.

Unfortunately, the next day, The Decepticons and the TRF discovered the Autobots' refuge. He and Izzy fled with the others to a nearby town, though Jimmy wanted to leave him behind, saying he could take care of himself. Before a trap could be sprung on the Decepticon, Sqweeks made the mistake of blowing his cover right in front of Megatron himself. He was dangled by his head by Megatron, and attempted to escape termination by showing the Decepticon emblem on his new arm, but the Decepticon leader only felt disgust for the small bot. Izabella then angrily ran out to face Megatron herself to protect him, and he was quickly dropped when the Decepticons noticed Cade. After Cogman appeared and took Cade and Bumblebee with him to England, Sqweeks went back to the junkyard with Izzy under Crosshairs's temporary leadership.

He was present when Izzy told Jimmy that another moon had appeared in the sky, which was actually the recently arrived Cybertron. Sqweeks went with the Autobots to England and somehow tagged along with Izabella in stowing away on one of the Ospreys. Cade, Viviane Wembly, William Lennox, and Santos finally noticed her and Izzy argued that Sqweeks should be left behind, but the plane had already taken off. He mostly stayed behind lines in the final battle until Izzy told him to go destroy a gun emplacement that was keeping the human soldiers and Autobots from advancing. Using his diminutive size to sneak past the battlefield, Sqweeks reached the gun emplacement. It immediately turned to aim at him, but Sqweeks simply cursed at it before deploying an ungodly huge blaster from his new arm and blowing it to bits, earning him Hot Rod's appreciation. When Lennox rallied his men to advance, Sqweeks was seen being carried by Hot Rod as the latter was retreating. He was reunited with Izabella in the aftermath and watched as Optimus Prime gave a speech and the Autobots returned to Cybertron. The Last Knight

Toys

The Last Knight

"The name is Scooter... but you can call me Scoot!"

• Autobot Sqweeks (Deluxe, 2017)
  • Japanese Release Date: 2017-07-15
  • Japanese ID Number: TLK-13
  • Accessories: Large cannon arm, cargo trailer/Maintenance Bay, right arm, left and right handle bars

Released as part of the second wave of The Last Knight Premier Edition Deluxes, Sqweeks transforms from a small wheeled robot into a moped scooter with an attachable cargo trailer, which also changes into his maintenance bay. Sqweeks has a pair of screen-accurate small rubber handlebar arms which can be removed and swapped for either a large multi-barreled gun arm or a disproportionately bigger robotic right arm. Said arm can also wield the gun arm as a gun via 5mm peg if you'd rather do it that way. His maintenance bay features an opening toolbox and articulated crane arm and rocket packs. All of Sqweeks parts can be stored inside of the toolbox when in trailer mode, except for the large gun which has to be mounted atop the trailer via a 5mm post instead. When in robot mode, his trailer can combine with him to form a super-mode of sorts which gives him shoulder mounted (non-firing) missile packs. Due to his transformation scheme, he ends up having two additional faux handlebars in his head mode.

In a bit of an unexpected bonus, all four handlebars are C Joint clip compatible. The tiny brake and gas handles on the rubber detachable handlebars can also easily poke through small holes found on other weapons, such as the sword hilts included on the Wheeljack Prime deluxe mold. Together with the absurd levels of 5mm posts on Sqweeks means he can be even more ridiculously over armed than ever before.

Similar to Berserker's arm kibble, Sqweek's vehicle mode headlight piece does not have any glue holding it in place and tends to pop out during transformation.

TakaraTomy's stock photo of the robot mode figure was later used as a cutout "battle figure" included with Telebi Magazine's Burning Megatron.

"I'm just glad we made it in one piece."

• Autobot Sqweeks (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2017)
  • Series: 2
  • Bag Code: F

Released as part of the 2nd wave of blindbagged Tiny Turbo Changers, Sqweeks is a small soft-plastic figure that transforms from robot into a scooter in just a few easy steps. Unlike most Turbo Changers, Sqweeks does not have any 3mm compatible hands or shoulder articulation, and like the rest of the figures, his wheels are completely immobile.

"Give me a hand Small Foot?"

• Autobot Sqweeks RC (2017)
  • Japanese Release Date: 2017-11-11
  • Accessories: Remote Control, Large Cannon

Sqweeks is a non-transforming 8.5 inch remote-controlled figure which is based on his appearance in the movie. Apart from the basic movements, Sqweeks can activate two additional modes: Dancing and Blaster modes, and he features lights (light blue is his normal mode, while red eyes indicate his attack mode), sounds, and phrases ("Chihwahwa", "Wuuwoohhhh", "Yeehehehehee" etc). Sqweeks also comes with a Large Cannon, which can be attached to his right hand while he initiates his Blaster mode. Sqweeks saw pre-release on June 23 before officially hitting shelves in July, and surprising nobody shelfwarmed to the point of clotting store shelves. RC Sqweeks also saw release in Japan on November 11.

And no, he still cannot swear regardless of how you wanted to.

Merchandise

MetaColle

"They're heading right towards us! I'll radio Leader-1 for help."

• Sqweeks (2017)

MetaColle Sqweeks is a palm-sized, non-transforming mini figure with articulation in his shoulders, waist and neck. Like all MetaColle figures, Sqweeks is partially die-cast. He is also scaled with the rest of the Deluxe-to-Leader figures.

RCM Media

"Did I say "we." I'll handle it by myself this time Small Foot."

• Optimus Prime (Figurine Toppers, 2017)

Manufactured by RCM Media, this Sqweeks figurine topper is a smaller, non-transforming mold.

• Figurine Play Set (Universal Studios exclusive 4-pack, 2017)

The Sqweeks topper is once again released as a Universal Studios exclusive 4-pack with the equally unchanged Megatron, Optimus, & Bumblebee.

Cinema City

"YOU! You're not the Last Engineer at all."

• Optimus Prime (Figurine Toppers, 2017)

Released only in Russian theaters, this Sqweeks figurine is a different mold.

Notes

• Although toys depict Sqweeks as transforming into a scooter (seemingly a 1960s Vespa 150), he never transforms in the feature film, due to being damaged early in the story.
• Judging from some early concept art for Canopy, Sqweeks was apparently planned to be slightly taller and to move around with a single wheel during early development.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Sqweeks (スクィークス Sukwīkusu)
• Mandarin: Xiǎolíngtōng (China, 小灵通, "Knowledgeable Kid")
• Ukrainian: Skryp (Скрип, "Sqweeks")

External links

• Debut photo of Sqweeks