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[[Image:Dannigun.jpg|thumb|300px|Give a boy a gun and you arm him for a day.  Teach him how to '''make''' a gun... and the whole metaphor breaks down]]
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Daniel Witwicky is the human son of Spike and Carly Witwicky, whose first appearance is in Transformers: The Movie. He is approximately 12 years of age in 2005. Though Daniel is supposedly characterized as a 'normal pre-teen boy', he often comes across as annoying, and often gets into serious trouble which requires either his father or the [[Autobots]] to save him.
'''Daniel Witwicky''' is the human son of [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]] and [[Carly|Carly Witwicky]]. He is approximately 12 years of age in 2005. Though Daniel is supposedly characterized as a 'normal pre-teen boy', he often comes across as annoying, and often gets into serious trouble which requires either his father or the [[Autobots]] to save him.


Despite his shortcomings, Daniel has been an asset at times, including saving a number of autobots from Unicron in 2005, and helped bring a mad Quintesson to justice in 2006. Daniel's misadventures often had him either paired with [[Wheelie_(G1)|Wheelie]] or [[Grimlock_(G1)|Grimlock]].  
Daniel is the [[Headmaster]] partner to [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]].


Finally, during the 'Rebirth Saga', Daniel was seriously injured in an attack by [[Decepticon]]s and required extensive life support. [[Arcee_(G1)|Arcee]] volunteered her own systems to assist in saving Daniel's life. Her head was reconfigured into an exo-suit, and allowed Daniel to become Arcee's Headmaster partner.
=Fiction=
===Animated continuity===
'''Voice actor:''' [[David Mendenhall]] (US), ? (Japan)


This new body wouldn't do much to help Daniel's luck, however, as he was captured by the Decepticons again and forced to turn over the key to the [[Plasma_Energy_Chamber|Plasma Energy Chamber]]. When [[Vector_Sigma|Vector Sigma]] revitalized Cybertron using that energy, Arcee and Daniel joined [[Cerebros_(G1)|Cerebros]] and [[Spike_Witwicky|Spike Witwicky]] on Nebulos to finish the eradication of the Decepticon allies, the Hive.
Despite his shortcomings, Daniel has been an asset at times, including saving a number of Autobots from [[Unicron]] in 2005, and helped bring a mad [[Quintesson]] to justice in 2006. Daniel's misadventures often had him either paired with [[Wheelie_(G1)|Wheelie]] or [[Grimlock_(G1)|Grimlock]].
 
====Rebirth (US)====
 
Daniel was seriously injured in an attack by [[Decepticon]]s and required extensive life support. [[Arcee_(G1)|Arcee]] volunteered her own systems to assist in saving Daniel's life. Her head was reconfigured into an [[exo-suit]], and allowed Daniel to become Arcee's [[Headmaster]] partner.
 
This new body wouldn't do much to help Daniel's luck, however, as he was captured by the Decepticons again and forced to turn over the key to the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]]. When [[Vector Sigma]] revitalized Cybertron using that energy, Arcee and Daniel joined [[Cerebros_(G1)|Cerebros]] and [[Spike Witwicky]] on Nebulos to finish the eradication of the Decepticon allies, the [[Hive]].
 
====Headmasters (Japan)====


===3H Wreckers Comics===
===3H Wreckers Comics===
In 2025 or so, [[Daniel Witwicky]] detonated an explosive to destroy a legion of [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]] drones, killing himself and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] in the process. This event caused [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] to enter a deep depression, setting the stage for her personality change as she became a Wrecker.  
In 2025 or so, [[Daniel Witwicky]] detonated an explosive to destroy a legion of [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]] drones, killing himself and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] in the process. This event caused [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] to enter a deep depression, setting the stage for her personality change as she became a Wrecker.  


===Apocrypha===
=Toy=
Daniel is generally considered by many fans to be something of a low-point character, largely because of how poorly he was generally utilized. In several season three episodes, Daniel was easily considered as annoying, as he provided the impetus for bad plots, showed little capability for anything other than being captured. Lastly, the voice actor's take on the character certainly did not help matters, using a high-pitched and whiny tone to his voice at all times.
*A pink [[redeco]] of [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] as Headmaster Arcee was considered by Takara at one time. Presumably Daniel would have been the Headmaster partner.
*A PVC figure of Daniel in his exo-suit was released in Takara's Super Figure Collection.


A common marketing and television practice is to bring in younger characters into a show in order to renew interest and target younger audiences. It's believed that Daniel's inclusion into the show, and Wheelie's creation, was specifically mandated by Hasbro for this reason, as a large number of 'first wave' fans were leaving Transformers as they were getting older. As a toy company, it's certainly understandable that Hasbro would be concerned about this, as 10 year olds who came into Transformers at the beginning would be looking at their teenage years in season three.
=Additional notes=
* It has been supposited that Daniel's inclusion was mandated by [[Hasbro]].  This has not been supported by any known sources.
* In Japanese continuity, it is not explained why Daniel did not seem to age between the animated film, which took place in 2005, and their season three, which took place in 2010.  To the contrary, in Headmasters his mental age seemed to regress.


If that really was the reason for their inclusion, then, it backfired. Daniel (and Wheelie's) presence in the final regular seasion of the cartoon seemed to do more to alienate many existing fans than to bring any new ones in. The Transformers would effectively be cancelled after season three, with only three new episodes made afterwards, and a slow and lingering death-spiral for the entire franchise as many older fans continued to feel alienated and moved on to other things.
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Revision as of 18:36, 28 April 2006

Daniel Witwicky is a human in Generation 1 continuity

File:Dannigun.jpg
Give a boy a gun and you arm him for a day. Teach him how to make a gun... and the whole metaphor breaks down

Daniel Witwicky is the human son of Spike and Carly Witwicky. He is approximately 12 years of age in 2005. Though Daniel is supposedly characterized as a 'normal pre-teen boy', he often comes across as annoying, and often gets into serious trouble which requires either his father or the Autobots to save him.

Daniel is the Headmaster partner to Arcee.

Fiction

Animated continuity

Voice actor: David Mendenhall (US), ? (Japan)

Despite his shortcomings, Daniel has been an asset at times, including saving a number of Autobots from Unicron in 2005, and helped bring a mad Quintesson to justice in 2006. Daniel's misadventures often had him either paired with Wheelie or Grimlock.

Rebirth (US)

Daniel was seriously injured in an attack by Decepticons and required extensive life support. Arcee volunteered her own systems to assist in saving Daniel's life. Her head was reconfigured into an exo-suit, and allowed Daniel to become Arcee's Headmaster partner.

This new body wouldn't do much to help Daniel's luck, however, as he was captured by the Decepticons again and forced to turn over the key to the Plasma Energy Chamber. When Vector Sigma revitalized Cybertron using that energy, Arcee and Daniel joined Cerebros and Spike Witwicky on Nebulos to finish the eradication of the Decepticon allies, the Hive.

Headmasters (Japan)

3H Wreckers Comics

In 2025 or so, Daniel Witwicky detonated an explosive to destroy a legion of Nightbird drones, killing himself and Wheelie in the process. This event caused Arcee to enter a deep depression, setting the stage for her personality change as she became a Wrecker.

Toy

  • A pink redeco of Chromedome as Headmaster Arcee was considered by Takara at one time. Presumably Daniel would have been the Headmaster partner.
  • A PVC figure of Daniel in his exo-suit was released in Takara's Super Figure Collection.

Additional notes

  • It has been supposited that Daniel's inclusion was mandated by Hasbro. This has not been supported by any known sources.
  • In Japanese continuity, it is not explained why Daniel did not seem to age between the animated film, which took place in 2005, and their season three, which took place in 2010. To the contrary, in Headmasters his mental age seemed to regress.



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