Wheelie (G1)

The Wheelie discussed in the page that you're on / Is the rhyming bot from Generation 1. To view all the "Wheelie"s in just one location / Head over to Wheelie (disambiguation)!

This page's rhymed oration is a font of information!

Wheelie is an Autobot—just to clear up ambiguities / From a whole bunch of Generation 1 continuities.

"You give Wheelie sass?
He will kick your ass."

The diminutive Wheelie is an Autobot child / But don't let your guard down; he gets pretty wild!
He's often sold short and gets called hurtful things / But Wheelie won't suffer such arrows and slings!

You see, he survives; that's just what he does / You can't keep him down. How so? Well, because
Of all of the years he's spent fighting in space / With Sharkticon goons and the Quintesson race.

Keeping things peaceful gets a bit tricky / When he hangs out with Daniel Witwicky.
This bot and that child are birds of a feather / And they tend to get into trouble together!

Though reasons may differ across his depictions / Young Wheelie speaks always with curious diction.
But don't be too hateful to this rhyming bot / Or you'll lose an eye to his fine slingshot!

Wheelie say find friends today!Wheelie, The Transformers: The Movie

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

Voice actor: Frank Welker (English), Kazue Komiya (Japanese), Gu Guoyi (Chinese), Dani Albiac (Spain-Spanish), Roberto Alexander (Latin American Spanish), Gerhard Acktun (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1 - 5", "Chaos" & "Call of the Primitives"), Bernd Simon (German, "Fight or Flee"), Claus Brockmeyer (German, "The Movie" TV Dub), Serge Bourrier (European French, "Surprise Party"), Carlos Marques (Portuguese, "The Movie" TV dub), Orlando Prado (Portuguese, "The Movie" VHS dub), Úrsula Bezerra (Portuguese, "The Movie" Fox Kids dub), Mário Jorge Andrade (Portuguese, season 3)

Wheelie, you're such an insufferable brat...
Careful, you'll take someone's eye out with—

After surviving a ghastly crash-landing / Quintessa was where Wheelie found himself standing.
Surviving alone quickly toughened him lots / Enough to impress the mighty Dinobots.
They'd come to Quintessa in search of their friends / And Wheelie was perfectly happy to lend
His expertise on this strange world to these strangers / To keep them from stumbling face-first into danger.
After he helped rescue Hot Rod and Kup / They hijacked a Quintesson ship and flew up
Into space where they destroyed Unicron / Before returning to planet Cybertron!
The Transformers: The Movie

Wheelie’s actions in this animation / Were also recounted in two print adaptations!

Wheelie returned in 2006 / When Metroplex got in a bit of a fix.
He hadn't received his transformation cog / And getting it to him would be a right slog!
Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1

He formed a delivery duo with Blurr / Straight away, though, complications occurred.
Galvatron left them both stuck on a moon / They needed to get the cog down to Earth soon!
Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3

Wheelie and I might have our spats,
But did he deserve to fight all these bats?

The alien lightpoles descended on them / And Wheelie and Blurr simply couldn't contend,
'Til Marissa Faireborn showed up to assist / Bringing her ship down right into their midst.
Into some missiles the lightpoles converted / Blasting her ship and leaving them deserted!
Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4

Sky Lynx showed up and defeated the bats / The Predacons were similarly dispatched.
They made it to Earth in a manner quite dashing / And Metroplex gave Trypticon quite a thrashing!
Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5

Wheelie listened to Kup as he yick-yacked / About how, on Dread, he had fought off an Ick-Yak.
Regarding Chaos, Grimlock was curious / But Wheelie was scared and Kup was furious.
Suddenly, in came a signal from Wreck-Gar / Someone'd attacked the EDC—heck naw!
Together with Blurr, they all boarded Sky Lynx / Ready for mystery-solving high-jinks!
While scanning the station, Kup's technobabble / Was too much for Wheelie and the rest of the rabble.
Kup said, only death crystals could do this damage / But that explanation was all he could manage,
Before from the sky came Blast Off and Runamuck / With their new weapon, hoping to gun a shmuck.
Wheelie and Blurr returned fire with their pistols / As Runamuck blasted a rain of death crystals.
In typical form, Sky Lynx came to the rescue / Picking up Wheelie and all of the rest too.
Grimlock begged, once they had barely absconded / For answers, and at long last Kup responded:
There's only one place in the world you can find / Death Crystals—growing on Chaos's hide.
On Dread, Galvatron's new acquisition / Kup and Blurr went off on the mission.
Wheelie and the others followed where they had gone / And good thing—they helped to fight off the Predacons!
They were able to keep Predaking and Galvs distracted / While Kup made a plan that he quickly enacted
Freeing the miners, to Chaos he beckoned / Before blowing him up with Galvatron's weapon.
Safe back on Sky Lynx, after they'd scrambled / Wheelie groaned as Kup once again rambled...
Chaos

When Optimus Prime came back from the dead / The Quintessons had secretly messed with his head.
He left now-Hot-Rod and the others for scrap / Before leading his army straight into a trap.
When Hot Rod returned, Wheelie was there / To see Hot Rod quite angrily declare:
"Where's that stupid truck of ours? / I'm going to light his darkest hour."
Dark Awakening

A Quintesson plot meant time started repeating / While, against Jazz, Wheelie was competing.
He reckoned he had crossed the finish line—a record race / But in seconds he was back a second time in second place.
Forever Is a Long Time Coming

On Earth, a dinosaur caused a strange mystery / By stealing the most famous buildings in history.
The Dinobots were suspects, but that was just hype / It was Trypticon, working for an ethnic stereotype.
Wheelie helped the Autobots save the dictator / And was there when Rodimus scolded him later.
Thief in the Night

Daniel, we are out of time.
Yet, Wheelie must complete this rhyme!

Wheelie's biggest adventure began / At the surprise party for his dear friend Dan.
Combaticons crashed the event—in the madness / Wheelie's life was saved by Ultra Magnus.
To let Magnus know he was appreciated / They tried to find out when he was created,
Asking around without making it known / To throw him a birthday party of his own.
First they asked Perceptor, who reckoned / The answer might lie in the Hall of Records.
Next at the Hall, they asked the librarian / Who wasn't much help, being quite the contrarian.
He explained the Autobots of the past employed / A secret archive, housed on an asteroid.
Wheelie, being a terrible influence / Stole a garbage ship. By coincidence,
When he blundered into an asteroid field / (Wheelie's too young to be behind a wheel),
The meteor into which their ship crashed / Was the very same one where the data was stashed!
Meanwhile Cyclonus, with abnormal patience / Weirdly had garbage ships under surveillance?
He told Galvatron, who swiftly commanded / He follow and spy on what Wheelie and Dan did.
Witwicky and Wheelie, assessing their freighter / Were harried by eels that flew out of craters.
Into a nearby cave the scamps fled / And Wheelie turned on the torch on his forehead.
They passed through a door with the Autobot sigil / But inside, sentry drones were keeping vigil!
With the killer robots hot on their heels / And to make matters worse, lots more air eels,
Wheelie quipped surely that their goose was cooked / The robotic sentries, in a stroke of luck,
Took out the eels they saw as invaders / Only to sight Wheelie next with their lasers!
But somehow the sentries were the ones to die—blown up / By unlikely saviours: the Sweeps and Cyclonus!
Out of the frying pan, into the fire / Hostages of the Decepticon flier,
They watched the asteroid get redirected as / Cyclonus threatened the peace conference delegates!
Locked up after Cyclonus' recap / Wheelie shone a torch, this time from his kneecap.
Before long, they heard a distant commotion / And so at last Wheelie sprang into motion,
Ramming the door in his car mode, he gets through / And they found Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?
Magnus commanded they fly off with Sky Lynx / But Wheelie, unwilling to leave him to die, thinks
Better to not do what Magnus instructs / And instead to turn on the rock's self-destruct!
With his plan foiled, Cyclonus scarpered / The Autobots made their own departure.
Back home, Daniel explained things to Spike / Who made a suggestion: he said, if they like,
Magnus doesn't know when he was born, meaning / They may as well say it's his birthday this evening!
Wheelie said, shame they only thought of this after / And the episode ended with good-natured laughter.
Surprise Party

Wheelie was present when Sandstorm, the paragon / of the utopian planet Paradron,
Asked Rodimus Prime and the rest to assist / In freeing his people from Galvatron's fist.
Using a spare ship as a decoy / They let Galvatron think they'd been destroyed
Before secretly deploying a platoon / From a secret staging ground on Paradron's moon.
Wheelie was in Ultra Magnus's squadron / Planning to take back the planet's energon,
But Galvatron's army was much too effective / Forcing them to change the mission objectives.
Wheelie managed to spot a trapdoor / So Magnus could get to the energon core—
See, rather than let the Decepticons have it / they decided to blow up the entire planet!
Fight or Flee

When Perceptor unveiled his new generator / Wheelie was stood in the crowd of spectators.
Grimlock's New Brain

Our energy was drained.
No jokes have remained.

When Tornedron fell into Cybertron's sink / Wheelie, Slingshot and Blades didn't blink:
They aimed at the spider while pulling their triggers / But their laser blasts only made it grow bigger!
Their bodies' energy, it drained all that too / Turning them white; they toppled like statues.
(Lucky for Wheelie, Tornedron's defeat / Presumably put him right back on his feet.)
Call of the Primitives

Rodimus led an Autobot strikeforce / To get back Optimus Prime's corpse
Making up one of the subgroups were / Bumblebee, Steeljaw, Wheelie and Blurr.
At the lab, Rodimus Prime made his entry / Ordering Wheelie and the rest to play sentry.
The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1

To hear Sky Lynx tell it, Wheelie had been one / Of the Autobots hurt by a rogue Superion.
(But, that event wasn't seen in the last part / And lying there unconscious wasn't Wheelie, but Blaster!
So, maybe Sky Lynx was simply mistaken / And Wheelie had gone off on well-earned vacation.)
The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2

Tommy Kennedy was feeling quite rotten / Because he thought Optimus Prime had forgotten
His birthday, so he was nicely surprised / When the Autobots gave him a cake, robot-sized!
Tommy thanked them, and blew out the candles / And Wheelie cheered just like he had for Daniel.
Season 5: Surprise Party

Rodimus vs. Cyclonus

This later pack-in comic invents / A new scene set during the movie's events.

As they blasted off, with Kup ever-rambling / Wheelie wowed Hot Rod with his expert handling.
They set course for Magnus's last known location / And found the debris from that ship's separation.
Wheelie deduced the Autobots' gambit / And guessed that they'd fled to the nearby Junk planet.
But, at that moment, Cyclonus attacked! / On Kup's command, Wheelie fired back.
Cyclonus dodged, too agile in flight. / Then Hot Rod was struck by divine insight.
Through Wheelie, Rod hailed Cyclonus to tell 'im / Invoking the Challenge of Aria-Bellum,
He wanted to meet the Decepticon upon / The ship for a little one-on-one.
Cyclonus and Rod traded backhands, grappled. / Meanwhile, Wheelie hailed Tracks and Grapple,
Who, nearby, were doing some research / not far from the boss of the Sweeps—Scourge!
See, as Cyclonus ranted, Kup listened / So he knew about Galvatron's competition.
By luring both lackies to the same region / They pitted Cyclonus against Scourge and his legion.
While the goons fought over who'd get the kills / The Autobots happily ran for the hills.
After they split, they landed on Junkion / Where all the new friends would soon get their funk on.
But, if you want to see them get groovy / You'll have to go watch The Transformers: The Movie.
Rodimus vs. Cyclonus

Japanese cartoon continuity

The Headmasters cartoon

Voice actor: Kazue Komiya (Japanese), Erika Robledo (Latin-American Spanish)

Headmasters Wheelie could be as snarky as you please!
His words to Chromedome? "It's too late for apologies!"

By 2011, Wheelie was too petulant to rhyme / He blamed everything on Chromedome, like, all of the time.
Although a jerk to the core, Wheelie was not all alone / He hung out with Daniel, and the two were quite danger-prone.

While chilling on Earth, the pair were met with surprise / By the titanic Trypticon with glowing death in his eyes!
The Decepticon gave chase, but Wheelie outsmarted their foe / Luring him onto a busted bridge, where he slipped and fell below.

They then stowed away on the Trainbots and returned to Cybertron / To help battle the Decepticons with their (limited) brawn.
Daniel, the wuss, was soon attacked by Tantrum / So Wheelie had to pound the bull's head like a drum!
Four Warriors Come out of the Sky

Before leaving with Hot Rod to face matters unpleasant / Blaster bequeathed to Wheelie a very special present.
It was a mix-tape of music he'd composed on his own / And Wheelie played it after Blaster died in battle alone.
The Mystery of Planet Master

As Hot Rod searched Earth for the Matrix he'd lost / Kup told Wheelie to believe in him, no matter the cost.
Wheelie brushed off Kup's words, thinking them silly / And was acting all snarky, at least up until he
Was interrupted by Fortress, who had a better attitude / So he offered to help instead of standing 'round being rude.
Wheelie, however, couldn't help them one whit / So he went to an arcade with Daniel to complain about it.
He thought himself far more useful than the adults all around him / And yet even at video games, Daniel proceeded to pound him.
Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime

Next, Blaster's untimely death sent Wheelie into depression / "No one cares Blaster's gone" was his bitter impression.
But Wheelie was wrong; Rodimus Prime cared quite a bit / He knew Blaster's death was a mistake and sought to rectify it!
So Blaster was revived as Twincast, much to Wheelie's elation / And thus began the Great Cassette Operation!
The Great Cassette Operation

Wheelie hears what you mutter.
Get your mind out of the gutter.

Daniel and Wheelie then stowed away on Fortress's battleship / And accompanied the Autobots on their perilous trip
To the Beastformer homeworld, known simply as Beast / Where the 'Cons were causing trouble (to say only the least).
Wheelie and Daniel then tried to rescue the Beastformer slaves / But were imprisoned themselves in the dungeon-like caves!
Luckily for Wheelie, the Headmasters were there / They drove off all the villains and rescued the pair.
Rebellion on Planet Beast

The meteorite Metamorphose then threatened Autobot space / By warping anything metal in its magnetic embrace!
Only Daniel was safe. Only he could defeat it / Wheelie cheered Daniel on—he was sure he could beat it!
But Daniel was a crybaby, a big blubbering sack / So Wheelie chided his buddy and cut him no slack.
Daniel eventually manned up and blew up the rock / But Wheelie, such a jerk, continued to mock.
Approach of the Demon Meteorite

The Trainbots later invited both Wheelie and Dan / To come visit their birthplace in far-off Japan.
Soon after arriving, Sixshot made some trouble / Stirring up the Autobots, who countered on the double!
The Headmasters went searching all over the planet / While Dan and Wheelie went shopping and...well, dammit,
The Trainbots shopped with them, and Chromedome made a fuss / Causing Daniel to run away crying. (Jeez, what a wuss.)
Terror! The Six Shadows

Wheelie later observed as the Autobots fought / To reach Vector Sigma first, for if they could not,
The Decepticons would get there, and then there'd be trouble / Because they'd use Sigma's Cybertonuron to turn the Autobots to rubble!

But they were wrong—Scorponok had a more menacing scheme: / To blow up all of Cybertron! How terribly obscene!
The bombs could not be removed, much to Wheelie's frustration / Leaving Rodimus to call for the planet's evacuation.
And so Wheelie was forced to watch his planet go KER-PEW! / Poor little guy...his day kind of blew.
Rodimus then departed on an outer space quest / Leaving Arcee to raise Wheelie (or at least do her best).
Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2

Wheelie likes to eat, drink and be merry,
His favorite cereal is Frankenberry.

Crippled with sorrow over Cybertron's end / The Autobots threw a party to help their wounds mend.
Wheelie, the hedonist, had too much to drink / And got drunk and passed out, that little rat-fink!
The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok

Along with Daniel and Spike, Wheelie went to Peru / To prevent the members of the Decepticon crew
From making a volcano blow up sky-high / Leaving the villagers below to helplessly fry.
As the mountain erupted, they approached in Broadside / But he couldn't beat the heat, no matter how hard he tried!
So Wheelie tried once again, this time with the Trainbots / But the heat drove them off too, just like they were lame-bots!
With no options left, they evacuated the town / Saving the villagers while the magma poured down.
The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts

"Excuse me, good sir, I'm beggin' your pardon,
But might Wheelie assist in planting your spice garden?"

On Athenia, Daniel was planting some seeds / And began watering them to tend to their needs.
As Wheelie observed this dull gardening show / He was shocked when he saw the plant starting to grow!
The plant was a creature from the world of Darhos / That could grow to great heights, turning slimy and gross!

Wheelie and Daniel called to Spike for some aid / Spike then looked to Arcee (since she was their maid).
But they could do nothing, and the plant almost trashed their base / Luckily, Fortress wiped it out, leaving not even a trace.
Head On!! Fortress Maximus

When Wheelie and Daniel went to Mars on a geological mission / They found that the red planet was in perilous condition!
Scorponok had planted bombs near the planet's core / And once they went off, Mars would then be no more!
Then the pair were attacked by the Terrorcon Rippersnapper / Who easily abducted the duo of lame whippersnappers!

Imprisoned deep underground in a series of caves / Daniel concocted a scheme to trick the foul knaves.
He staged an argument with Wheelie and even a fake brawl / Which let him secretly send an Autobot distress call!
The Headmasters then arrived and rescued the youths / But could not find the time bombs. (What terrible sleuths!)
Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger

Returned to Athenia, Wheelie looked on in fright / Praying Fortress would survive his terrible fight!
When they found that their leader had been injured severely / Wheelie swore to the skies that the Decepticons would pay dearly!
But Wheelie's swearing and screeching couldn't stop what was fated / Mars was blown into bits and Mega Zarak was created.
Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears

With the threat of Mega Zarak now looming ahead / Wheelie admitted to Daniel his feelings of dread.
But Daniel wouldn't hear it; he knew Fortress was stronger / He'd had enough of Wheelie's crap, and he'd take it no longer.
So with inhuman strength (and overreacting a bit) / He shoved Wheelie into a lake after throwing a fit.

Before Wheelie could crush him with his mighty robot fist / A flying saucer zoomed past. (Oh my gawd, aliens do exist!)
Daniel thought that the alien might be friend and not foe / So he tried to use a keyboard to communicate with it and, whoah,
Daniel was completely wrong—about as wrong as you can get / The alien was Galvatron. (He was off by more than a bit.)
Humiliated by his actions, Daniel started to weep / Leaving Wheelie no choice but to soothe the little creep.
Return of the Immortal Emperor

When the planet called Sandra sent an SOS into space / Asking for Energon cubes to save their dying race,
The Autobots, always kindly, agreed to give them their aid / And Wheelie and Daniel tagged along to see the delivery made.
Then the Decepticons attacked! But Spike knew that they would / And he set up a small cargo ship just so that they could
Slip away in the battle and deliver the cubes / Wheelie and Daniel laughed out loud at the Decepticon rubes.
And so the cargo was delivered and Sandra was saved! / Wheelie didn't do much this time, but at least he behaved.
SOS from Planet Sandra

Normally, this would bring Wheelie to tears,
But he wouldn't touch a bug in a million years!

When the Decepticons Apeface and Snapdragon showed up at last / Brainstorm told Wheelie all about their mysterious past.
He revealed unto Wheelie that they used to be friends / But when they joined Scorponok, they could not make amends.
Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!

Wheelie and the Autobots then found themselves stuck in a race / To prevent the Decepticons from plundering space.
The planet of Hive was the villains' first victim / But they were thwarted when the Autobots arrived to evict 'em.
Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!

As for the twin planets of Sperity and Toruin / Galvatron planned to ransack them and bring them to ruin.
As Sperity was attacked for its huge energy stash / Wheelie was sent to Toruin before he could do anything rash.

And on that barren planet Wheelie made a find: / The people of Sperity had left their old planet behind!
They had taken their energon far away from there / Which is why Galvatron couldn't find it anywhere!
Eventually, Galvatron was forced to just call it quits / And the Autobots left the Speritans to start over in the pits.
Battle for Defense of the False Planet

At Video Challenger, Daniel proved very skilled / But Wheelie's reaction to him was a little less thrilled.
So he challenged the kid to shoot an apple that he held up / But Daniel shot his arm instead when his aim got fouled up.

A penal colony on Daros was their next landing point / So they could rescue some war criminals being slaughtered in the joint.
One of the criminals, though, tried to cut Daniel's neck / And Wheelie was helpless to stop him, but hey, what the heck.
As it turns out, the criminal wasn't really that bad / And when he let Daniel go, no one really got mad.
He gave information that helped them unravel a serious knot / And let them defeat MegaZarak. (Though they hadn't found his weak spot.)
Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!

So when Wheelie is horny his eyes glow like the Devil's?
This is unsettling on soooo many levels...

The Decepticons drew them next to the jungle planet Paradise / Where they were plundering energy and doing things not-so-nice!
So with the Headmasters setting out to solve their enemy's tests / Daniel and Wheelie met Papika and her voluptuous... face.
Wheelie was smitten quite quickly, and his eyes glowed deep red / It's best not to imagine the thoughts that went through his head.

After learning to fish, Wheelie tried his best to impress her / By transforming into a car, but his skills proved the lesser
When compared to Papika's; she could talk to beasts large and small / Making it clear that Wheelie couldn't impress her at all.
Later, the Headmasters won the day, just like they always did / And Wheelie gave up on Papika. (She was out of your league, kid.)
Head Formation of Friendship

On their travels, the Decepticons proved formidable foes / Having stolen energy from six planets. Why? Lord only knows.
Approaching Pirate Planet, Wheelie spotted something quite freaky: / An old space pirate ship that was battered, damaged and leaky.
And then an awesome adventure immediately began / Involving pirates! And pyramids! Treasure! Clones! And...aw, man.
Wheelie sat the whole thing out, letting Daniel have all the fun / Of all the adventures to miss, he had to skip out on that one?
Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship

As Highbrow struggled in vain to crack Scorponok's secret code / Daniel and Wheelie tried to help him cross that long, bumpy road.
Unfortunately, their "help" proved far too insufficient / And they had to start over from scratch (not very efficient).
Then Sixshot attacked and blew Ultra Magnus into bits / And Wheelie attended his funeral between crying fits.
Ultra Magnus Dies!!

From the Athenia base, Wheelie watched Spike blow his top; / The 'Cons were ransacking Earth and weren't going to stop!
They were blaming Chromedome for the team's lack of success / But Arcee told them to chill and to give it a rest.
The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg

Wheelie likes to blame Chromedome for all that he can.
He's a serious douchebag in this cartoon from Japan.

On a mission to Earth, Chromedome had just one simple job / To keep Spike from getting killed, but that big robotic knob
Screwed it all up and Spike went into intensive care / Daniel forgave Chromedome, but Wheelie wouldn't let it end there.
Chromedome tried to say sorry, but Wheelie said it wasn't enough / Even by Wheelie's standards, he was treating Chromedome pretty rough.

As Spike recovered from surgery, Wheelie was then put to work / Helping to find Mega Zarak's weakspot for Chromedome (that jerk).
After tens of minutes of labor, they all figured it out / The weak spot was on his chest beyond all shadow of a doubt!
I Risk My Life for Earth

With the Decepticons banished from Earth, the Autobots needed aid / In gathering Plasma energy bombs so the humans would not be afraid.
To accomplish this goal, Wheelie offered to call on friends that he knew / But Daniel laughed in his face! Wheelie was friendless and a fibber, too!

Then much to Daniel's surprise, Wheelie proved him totally wrong / When his good "friends" Pointblank, Crosshairs and Sureshot came along!
Those Autobots were great warriors! Daniel was very impressed! / But at being called Wheelie's "friends" the trio became very distressed.
As it turns out, they weren't his "friends"; Wheelie was an absolute liar! / They were his superior officers! His robo-pants were on fire!
Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)

With Wheelie's good "friends" now turned into powerful Targetmasters / The veterans began insulting the obsolete Headmasters.
In front of Daniel and Wheelie, Pointblank came down on Chromedome / Who feared the after effects of the disrespect he was shown.
But Daniel and Wheelie didn't respect Chromedome any less / (If they respected him at all is, well, anyone's guess).
Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)

Okay, sure, Wheelie. Whatever you say.
Daniel can't be a Headmaster (in this continuity, anyway).

While set down on planet Master, Wheelie became full of himself / Vowing to become a Headmaster by improving fitness and health.
Daniel rolled his eyes and laughed out loud; Wheelie's dreams were too silly / Wheelie told Daniel he could never be one; he was too fleshy and frilly.
Very early the next morning, Wheelie snuck outside for a run / Only to be captured by Sixshot, whose evil scheme had begun!

Sixshot threatened to dip Wheelie in acid if Fortress didn't agree / To give up the Master Sword's secrets and to do it quickly!
Pointblank coldly suggested they just let Wheelie melt and die / But Daniel and Chromedome disagreed! They'd save the little guy!
Going against orders, the pair snuck inside of Scorponok / With Daniel using his size to sneak past the energy locks.

They got Wheelie out safely, but alas, their rescue was too late / Fortress had just handed over his secrets! Well, ain't that just great?
Furious at the trio for leaving the ship without orders / He gave them a mop and a bucket and said to wash all the quarters.
The Master Sword Is in Danger!!

Thanks to Wheelie's epic failure, the Decepticons took what they stole / And began construction of the Zarak Shield as their ultimate goal.
As the Headmasters traversed Master to thwart the sinister plan / Wheelie stood ontop of Battleship Maximus, hanging with Dan.
They were startled by Weirdwolf, who had concocted a plan all his own / He'd set bombs on the ship and didn't want their cover to be blown!
Weirdwolf's plan was a success; the bombs completely ruined the ship / And with his fancy new shield, Zarak prepared to beat on the crip.
The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide

While Raiden and Defensor worked double-time on repairs / Wheelie and Dan found themselves useless to help with such affairs.
As the grown-ups worked diligently to create tactics and plans / The kids went to play video games at their elder's demands.
Operation: Destroy the Decepticons

With the Maximus repaired, the Autobots set off into space / After Mega Zarak whom they once again had to chase.
In an effort to kill time, Wheelie had his greatest idea yet: / He and Daniel would see what it was like inside a laser turret!
Then the turret was damaged with Daniel still stuck inside / And jettisoned away from the ship; Wheelie just about cried.
Daniel made it back (with Sixshot's help), much to Wheelie's relief; / If he had caused Daniel's death, Wheelie would have been crippled with grief!
My Friend Sixshot!

Sixshot may have saved Daniel, but he was still no Autobot friend / And challenged Chromedome to a duel where he'd surely meet his end.
Wheelie, that eavesdropping punk, heard about the whole situation / And ran and told Daniel, who wasn't keen on the confrontation.
Duel on the Asteroid

Here's a joke that's a real zinger.
Go ahead, Daniel, pull my finger!

Because of that stupid duel, Mega Zarak made it to Earth first / Once again, it was all Chromedome's fault (that guy is really the worst).
Daniel was busy pouting, thinking Sixshot had died in the fight / Wheelie teased the brat, anyway (never one to pass on a slight).
They eventually reached Earth, but tragedy wasn't far behind: / Spike's plane crashed down in the Andes and they were all in a bind!
Wheelie followed his good buddy, who had to rescue his mother / And Daniel saved the day, yet again! A true hero! (Oh brother...)
The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)

It turned out Scorponok's master plan involved blowing up the Earth / And gathering up the released energy (which was of tremendous worth).
With friends and justice, the Autobots joined hands in formation / And prevented Scorponok's insidius detonation!
Mega Zarak destroyed and the Decepticons driven away / Wheelie and Daniel were left with only goodbyes to say.
Wheelie promised to visit Daniel again when he was older / And though they were apart, their passions would forever smolder.
The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)

15 Go! Go! comics

Wheelie may be drawn as his worst toy of all time,
but that's still a punishment lighter than fits the crime.

Teletraan 15's panties were so frilly and white,
But when Wheelie peeked, Teletraan 10 took this as a slight!
10 taught him a lesson with a kick from her high heel
That split open his head and ground his face into meal!
Wheelie Volume

Kup then showed up to give that perv Wheelie a scolding,
And then hugged poor 15, whose spine would need some remolding!
Kup Volume

Legends comic

Wheelie concedes soccer is pretty fun,
as long as the ball is also a gun.

Ten years after his defeat, old Scorponok came back,
So Wheelie joined Fortress and his crew for a counterattack.
His friends shrunk when bad guys made a black hole detonate,
But Wheelie saved himself and some humans from sharing their fate.
Headmaster Chapter Prologue

Wheelie came with the rest to the Legends Universe,
Where he flipped skirts at a soccer game (he's kind of perverse).
He argued with Shūta that soccer is boring,
But cut it out when the head-mode Megatron came soaring.
The culprit was a Galvatron without a head,
So Wheelie and Shūta took him down without getting dead.
An impressed Wheelie found Shūta's kick moves exciting,
And admitted that soccer could be just as fun as fighting.
Bonus Edition Vol. 29

TV Magazine comic continuity

The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers

In 2010, Galvatron hatched a plan,
To gobble up spaceships as fast as he can!
To accomplish this, he built a mechanical creature
With huge, toothy jaws as its primary feature.

Want to compensate for being a tiny one?
Then just buy yourself an enormous gun!

The Autobots found out and were quickly deployed,
Vowing not to give up until the beast was destroyed!
Wheelie was among the heroes enlisted to fight,
And helped Rodimus sneak inside the gargantuan blight.
Rodimus blew up the creature with a smartly placed bomb,
And when the Autobots celebrated, Wheelie joined right along.
The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #1

When planet Feminia and its Prime Energy Tower
Came under attack from Decepticon power,
Wheelie joined the Autobots in defending the thing,
Though their best efforts proved futile against Predaking.

Observing the fight, Wheelie compared it to a game,
Prompting Kup to lash out, calling him stupid and lame!
The Decepticons eventually lost and were driven away,
When the Omnibots arrived to help win the day!
The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5

The Great Transformer War

During a battle between Abominus and Computron,
Wheelie mocked and insulted the defeated Terrorcon!
But Wheelie's cries of joy soon became cries of horror,
When the Terrorcons brainwashed the Technobot warrior!

The Cohesive Control Liquid had seized Computron's mind
And forced him to join up with the Decepticons' kind!
Luckily, Spike was there, observing the fight,
And used a special device to turn everything right!
The Great Transformer War #2

The Headmasters comic

When you have at this frame peered,
You'll have to admit, it's pretty weird.

Shortly after the defeat of Mega Zarak,
Soundblaster showed up and began to attack!
Wheelie, unprepared, took a kick right to the face.
All can agree he was put in his place!

When Slugfest and Overkill took hostage Carly and Spike,
Daniel went berserk and started to strike!
Sending the Cassette dinosaurs running back home,
Soundblaster was left open to an attack from Chromedome.

As the Autobots left Earth, Wheelie and Daniel said "Goodbye."
They cuddled and they snuggled and started to cry.
The Headmasters #8

Marvel Comics continuity

Marvel The Transformers comics

We don't see him giving the Dinobots trouble
His part was chopped down to just one speech bubble.

Though his speech filters through a rhyming prism,
Wheelie still can manage a Furmanism!

Below, the italics is just a mnemonic / To show that this happened in the UK comic.

In one possible future timeline / Wheelie appeared suddenly on the sidelines
He'd found a ship while on the run from Quintessons / To which Hot Rod was welcome—good first impression!
Judgment Day!

On Junkion, when their ship made its arrival / Wheelie bore witness to Magnus' revival.
(One can assume things went otherwise similar / To Wheelie's adventure as was seen in cinemas.)
The Final Battle!

Wheelie later returned to Quintessa / Acting as Rodimus Prime's intercessor.
Wreck-Gar, about to be Sharkticon chowder / Was rescued by Wheelie, who dropped him a ladder.
With Quintesson fighters patrolling, they waited. / Unsure whether to run, they debated.
Wheelie convinced him, and so they scrambled / Using emergency thrust as a gamble.
Jets overheating, pursued by a squadron / Wreck-Gar set course for the Delta Six quadrant.
There, on an asteroid, his Junkion friends / Had the message canister ready to send.
In a flash, Wreck-Gar's radio station / Successfully ruined the Quints' reputation.
Space Pirates!

Generation 2

In the background, he briefly emerged / On a Cybertron highway near Blurr and Scourge.
The Power and the Glory

Marvel coloring books

Wheelie's battery-powered and knows how to vibrate!
(No, that's not what we meant, you perverted primate.)

Wheelie and others were enjoying a picnic / When Kup chose to share an unusual titbit:
Long ago, back when the Ark crashed / They lost some energon cubes—a large cache!
Hot Rod thought it was a no-brainer / To go on a hunt for the missing container.
But Laserbeak, who had been secretly spying / Escaped with the news thanks to his clever flying.
With no time to waste they went back to the city / Where Ultra Magnus gathered up a committee.
But by the time they arrived at Mt. St. Hillary / Galvatron was claiming the cubes for his villainy!
Starscream saw everyone caught up with brawling / Opened his mouth, and shovelled the cubes all in!
Galvatron, not similarly energon-empowered / Was still an even match for the coward.
So, while the two would-be leaders were bickering / The Autobots sidled off home, snickering.
The Lost Treasure of Cybertron

When Hot Rod and Daniel were attacked by Scourge and the Sweeps,
Those wicked Decepticons were playing for keeps!
He fled from the scene to go fetch some reinforcements.
Wheelie moved so fast he could've had NASCAR endorsements!
At Autobot City, Ultra Magnus heard the news
And soon those evil Decepticons were singing the blues!
Hot Rod's Escape

Big Looker storybooks

So you think that Wheelie's stupid and just hate his guts?
Well Wheelie's ten times cooler than you are, you sniveling putz!

While Wheelie was flying through space with his parents / Their corkscrew-shaped rocket ran out of propellant.
When it exploded, Wheelie was thrown forth and / Left on the planet dazed, lost, and orphaned.
The Quintessons came across the boy where he fell / And dragged him away to one of their cells.
Not long after regaining consciousness / Wheelie got a taste of Quintesson justice:
When he was pushed out over a Sharkticon tank. / But, leaping up in an arc from the plank,
Wheelie fled out through the halls to the jungle / And attempts to recapture the boy were all bungled.
Thanks to a firestone sling and a laser knife / And the love of his parents, he eked out a life.
On Earth, loading up boxes one-by-one / Hot Rod and friends prepared for a supply run,
But the Dinobots loaded too much shipment on / And so they too wound up crashed on Quintesson!
Luckily Wheelie leapt out from the treeline / To take out the Quintessons creeping up behind.
Wheelie turned to go, but got stopped / By a friendly greeting from Hot Rod.
With more reinforcements quick to follow / Wheelie and his friends fled into the hollow.
Together with Hot Rod, Wheelie raced / To his parents'—and their ship's—resting place.
The others bought them the time they required / For Hot Rod to fix the ship so they could fly her.
Wheelie, on watch, thought he felt an earthquake / But it was only the Dinobots making the ground shake.
He motioned for them to get onto the corkscrew / And waved, sad he'd soon have nobody to talk to.
But at the last minute, Hot Rod made him get on! / So went The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson

Toy pack-in material

On a moon base, Wheelie helped Rodimus Prime. / Hot Rod was weirdly there at the same time...?
Decipher the Decepticon

3H comics

For Daniel only Arcee cried,
But poor Wheelie also died!

Wheelie and Daniel, now much better fighters / Helped Arcee hold off an army of Nightbirds
So Doc Fujiyama, the legion's creator / Could make an escape on a Micro Trailer.
Just as the doctor made it to evac / A ninja-bot stabbed Wheelie in the back.
As Wheelie lay dying, his friend Daniel stayed / To make a last stand, pulling out a grenade.
Together they went out in a blaze of honor / As Arcee watched on from the shuttle in horror.
Departure

This Wheelie's not one for hawing and hemming,
He'll jump into lava pools like a lemming.

A different Wheelie to that old one / Plucked from his home timeline, wound up in the Cauldron,
Where kidnapped Transformers were forced into duels / Releasing their sparks to give Unicron fuel.
Freeing the prisoners, Trailbreaker and Silverbolt / Led Wheelie and countless more abductees in revolt.
Wheelie helped stop the two sparring brothers / Sunstreaker and Sideswipe, from killing each other.
After watching Optimus Primal take / A leap of faith into a molten lake
Only for Primus to come to his rescue / Wheelie jumped in, passing the test too.
In beams of light, the Children dispersed. / Maybe Wheelie went back to his universe?
Escape

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

Wheelie's gone feral!
(Let's hope he's sterile.)

Dreamwave made one good decision:
Giving Wheelie supervision.

In Dreamwave's Generation 1 reboot / Wheelie was depicted as totally mute.

When Shockwave took over as Cybertron's commander / Not every bot fell for his propaganada.
Out in the Wastelands, the rebels met freely / And at some point they picked up Gnaw and Wheelie.
Wheelie was an orphan—the Sharkticon / Had decided to act as the little bot's guardian?
Later, after Gnaw rescued Optimus / It was Wheelie and Blurr who stopped him just
In time from killing the shark by mistake / In his confusion once he was awake.
Wheelie, taking after his new dad's example / Gave Optimus Prime a bite on the ankle.
Passive Aggression

Convening once Shockwave's rule was no more / Magnus gave Wheelie and Hot Rod a chore,
One that Hot Rod thought a waste / Of their talents: to guard Autobase.
The Route of All Evil

The following issues were cancelled abruptly / Because of Dreamwave Productions' bankruptcy.

As they watched over Prime, still in stasis / The sound of a space bridge put shock on their faces.
Come to steal Prime from his unconscious swimmin' / Was the worst enemy they'd yet faced: women,
Designed by a Quintesson illuminati / To conquer with feminine skill and karate.
A stomp from Elita had Hot Rod out cold / So Gnaw, transforming to shark mode, told
Wheelie to stay back, worried for his son. / We'll never know if Wheelie did listen!
Generation 1 #11

Lil Formers

Wheelie was sure he'd be invited to play a role in the Transformers live-action movie.
He was wearing a pair of sunglasses, which made him look pretty groovy.
Lil Formers

2005 IDW continuity

• First Appearance: Spotlight: Optimus Prime (cameo); Spotlight: Wheelie (full)

Wheelie is sad,
for once again he's been had!

All that Wheelie ever wanted was to help one and all,
But the bigger, tougher Autobots thought he was too small.
Then finally, one day, Wheelie at last got his due,
And then radiation malfunctioned his ship—boo-hoo!
Spotlight: Wheelie

Wheelie sent out a transmission, hoping someone might help.
Optimus Prime got the call but ignored the little whelp!
Spotlight: Optimus Prime

So since no Autobot cared if Wheelie lived or died,
His ship crashed into a planet and its systems were fried!

The foul creatures of that world towered great heights over him,
And when he tried greeting one, it just tore off his limb!
Wheelie got it back later, so he wasn't totally sunk,
But the place where he found it stunk ten times worse than a skunk.
Alas, poor Wheelie had to dig through poop piles in vain.
And after all of that, transforming caused him severe pain.

The trail of a crashed ship was what he next embarked upon,
And found that it had been piloted by Decepticons!

An alien was being tortured by Spectro and Spyglass,
So Wheelie swooped in like a superhero and saved the shmuck's ass.
For that poor guy's sake, Wheelie had saved him just in time,
So the grateful little guy taught Wheelie how to rhyme!

And Varta (the alien) even had a ship that flew!
To get it up and running, Wheelie's power source would do.
Together, the friends both prepared to leave the wretched place,
But their dreams were crushed when Spyglass shot Varta in the face!

The Decepticons took the ship and left Wheelie to his doom,
But he surprised all the 'Cons and made the ship go Kaboom!
In a year, Varta recovered and the pair built a home.
And from then on, his fate Wheelie would no longer bemoan!
Spotlight: Wheelie

From the future, Orion Pax travelled backward through time,
To prevent Bludgeon from committing an insidious crime.
Orion Pax met with Wheelie and the two formed a team,
Intent on thwarting Bludgeon and his whole sinister scheme.

Wheelie's poor friend Varta was killed in the altercation,
Then Jhiaxus showed up to confuse the situation.
Jhiaxus's intent was to steal Wheelie's escape ship,
Before the 'Bot could use it for his homecoming trip.
Wheelie stalled Monstructor (who was apparently there, too),
With creatures he'd hoped to take home and lock up in a zoo.

Wheelie has done things he cannot forget.
(But he'd do them again without regret.)

The whole battle proved futile, as time rippled out of sync,
Leaving Wheelie alone (but with plenty of time to think).
Syndromica (2)

But Wheelie would not spend eternity trapped in that place;
He used the ship Jhiaxus wanted to travel through space.
He didn't make it very far (only just next door),
Where he found himself stranded all by himself, once more.
Time slowly began to take its toll on poor Wheelie's brain,
So he took up playing music to keep himself sane.

One day Rodimus showed up and Wheelie came to his aid.
They'd known each other once, but Wheelie's memory was frayed.
Then together with Rodimus and some other guy,
Wheelie stole another ship and bid his prison bye, bye.
The Stars My Destination

While their trip back to Cybertron was a success,
Years of war had rendered the whole planet a mess.
The only ones there were Sunstreaker and Ironhide,
Who gladly got on Wheelie and Rodimus's ride.

Cybertron was occupied by Galvatron's deadly Sweeps,
And Wheelie had to defend himself against one of the creeps.
The Autobots decided they could waste no more time,
They had to report this invasion to Optimus Prime!
Heart of Darkness #4 Out of the Silent Planet

Their motley crew traveled to the planet of Earth,
Where Wheelie was greeted with a surplus of mirth.
He was reunited with the others at Omega Supreme
Where his comrades finally stopped to listen to him, it would seem.
Orphans of the Helix

When Cyclonus seized control of the Kimia station,
Omega Supreme was first on the list for devastation.
Along with Cliffjumper, Wheelie was assigned as a scout,
But when he sniped a Sweep he gave their position out!
Pinned down by the horde, it looked as if their lives would be gone
Until they were suddenly rescued by the heroic... Megatron?
Numbers

Things only got worse as the Decepticons began to merge,
Creating the Deceptigod; a most terrible scourge!
Wheelie fell back with the others as the monster did advance
And it destroyed Omega Supreme, who didn't stand a chance.
Kings

Wheelie could do nothing but scramble in the huge creature's wake,
But luckily Hot Rod was around to make Optimus break
Open the Matrix so its energy could be released.
And with no thanks to Wheelie, the monster's threat suddenly ceased.
Genesis

Underage drinkin' is hella bitchin'!
(This stays between us; don't be snitchin'!)

With his mind not so well after years of taking flight,
Wheelie sought active duty to keep his brain going right.
So he accompanied Hardhead and Garnak with a smile,
Guarding the sinister Jhiaxus in self-imposed exile!

"Hey, let's all shit on Wheelie! That sounds like plenty of fun!"
Writers hate this guy more than that certain other someone.

On Arduria, Wheelie became discombobulated,
When Bludgeon had Jhiaxus fiercely liberated!
In pursuit of Regenesis, the villains immediately fled
To the distant LV system (a place that messed with Wheelie's head).
Syndromica (1)

He and his friends gave chase through space's vast infinity,
But found not their quarry but another 'Con trinity.
It was none other than the trio that should have been dead.
And yet somehow they were out piloting a spaceship instead!

The reason for this soon became known (if not so much clear)
When they followed them to a place that filled Wheelie with fear.
It was the very same planet where Wheelie had been stranded,
(And the same place where Reflector had gotten his ass handed).
For Shockwave had tampered with this world, long long ago,
And plucked it from the lockstep of time's regular flow.
Flashes of the past and future collided, cor blimey!
All in all, it was an adventure most timey-wimey.

Orion Pax went back in time on some ridiculous trip,
And in the end Jhiaxus made away with the 'Con's spaceship.
Syndromica (2)

They chased that evil rascal all the way to Gorlam Prime
In the desperate hope that they could possibly stop him in time.
Their investigation led them deep beneath the surface
To an abandoned city that served no obvious purpose.
Wheelie found out the hard way to keep his hand in his pocket,
As a corrosive dissolved his arm right up to its socket.
The city turned out to be a slumbering Titan,
Whom Jhiaxus awoke, primed and ready for fightin'!
With his colossal new pal, Jhiaxus quickly flew the coop,
Leaving Wheelie behind to disintegrate alongside his group.
Gorlam Prime was dissolving, but Orion wasn't scared:
For just such an occasion, he had an escape ship prepared!
At last understanding Jhiaxus's convoluted scheme,
One-armed Wheelie set course for Cybertron (along with his team).
Homecoming

The ship tried to escape Gorlam's gravity well,
But they couldn't break free! Things didn't look swell.
The Lost Light soon saved them, and blasted ahead
All the way home, while Wheelie spoke with Hardhead.
Wheelie said that the Knights were a lie, and he didn't believe,
But there was no time to argue, because Orion had to leave!
Dark Dawn

Pax left for the Dead Universe, that cold, morbid realm
Wheelie wished him farewell and let Pax take the helm.
Black Metal

While Orion embarked on his perilous trip,
Wheelie and Garnak remained behind on the ship.
Orion, in trouble, asked the pair for a lift,
But Wheelie informed him that there was no more rift!
The former Prime was stranded, he couldn't get through,
And poor Wheelie had no idea what he could do.
The Becoming

But Wheelie and Garnak hadn't thrown in the towel!
Though we don't know how, they met up with Prowl.
The redoubtable trio - plus new friend, Stardrive -
Were next to be seen on Regalis V.
Marooned Throttlebots were under some threat
From bad Maximals - but weren't dead yet!
The Dead Come Home, Part 1

They boarded Prowl's ship, and all took a seat,
Put it in gear, and made hasty retreat.
The Dead Come Home, Part 2

The crew persevered despite Cybertron's scouring,
Then helped save the Earth! Pretty empowering!
Road's EndAssemblyCeremony

Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga

When your parents have a new kid,
Out you go on the dustbin lid!

As a full-on member of the Minibot team,
Wheelie went on a mission that was more than it seemed.
Following energy signatures, the group of peons
Unearthed a dino-Transformer who'd been buried for eons!

Wheelie wasn't congratulated for his hard work.
Instead, the confused Dinobot up and went berserk!
Hot Shot intervened and handed the Predacon defeat,
Which was good news for Wheelie, who almost became dead meat.
Henkei! Henkei! volume 11

TransTech

A bunch of guys mistook 'Bee for someone named "Wheelie"
As well as some others whom he never was, really.
Bee in the City

Transformers vs. G.I. Joe

Overthrowing the Prez, General Flagg led the Joes
On a mission to Cybertron to engage their foes.
But the big metal planet was in a state of unrest
And Wheelie was snatched by a unit programmed to harvest.
Pax Megatronus

But Wheelie escaped! He's a tough little guy.
He survived till the end of the war, and that's why
when Cybertron then passed into Rodimus's care,
Wheelie was present! Look–he's right there!
The War Never Ends

Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material

Wheelie was fast! He felt the need
To challenge Blurr, on the planet of speed.
But Scourge and Crashbash attacked! They had one desire–
To abduct Blurr's partner Hyperfire! Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters

Last Bot Standing

Time sure takes its toll.
You know how the saying goes:
One day, heads will roll.

A change in writer,
Yet strangely Wheelie is still
An ankle-biter.

The most annoying
bot in Steeljaw's whole crew was
named the Veteran.

Steeljaw had first used
The group's fuel stocks to revive
all the better ones.
Last Bot Standing issue 2

He was brought online
To talk to Rodimus, who
wasn't much psyched to

Learn that he, Wheelie,
Reduced to a rolling head,
Now spoke in haikus.

Kindly, Wheelie let
Rodimus embrace Shib, who
He wanted to eat.

To his shock, Shib used
her key to put Rodimus
back up on two feet.

Sending goons to warn
the rest, he made his last stand
(so to speak), floored it—

And chomped on Rod's leg.
Unimpressed, Rodimus kicked
him into orbit.
Last Bot Standing issue 3

Commercial appearances

While stranded on hostile Quintessa with Hot Rod and Kup,
Wheelie made sure the Sharkticons didn't gobble them up!
Sharkticon commercial

He later helped his fellow Autobots charge Galvatron,
But when Sixshot joined in, he had to get gone!
Sixshot commercial

Games

The Transformers (PS2)

In the distant year 2010, things were looking quite bleak:
Shockwave had seized command from Galvatron, that psychotic freak!
Most of the Autobots were now dead, buried and gone
Because Shockwave used the Zel Quartz to destroy Cybertron!

But Wheelie had survived alongside Rodimus Prime
And along with some others, they travelled backward in time
To 2003, before Shockwave had gone totally nuts
And squarely kicked all of the Decepticons' butts.

And yet it wasn't Wheelie who ended up saving the day;
Starscream wound-up thwarting the Decepticons (in his own stupid way).

With Shockwave's sinister future now erased from the timeline,
Wheelie vanished into nothingness, leaving sparkling starshine.
The Transformers

Transformers Legends

In the future, the Autobots found Wheelie on Junkion.
He keenly joined up with them, after the end of Unicron.
Magnus brought him to Earth to help the Autobots rebuild,
But when the Insecticons attacked, they were all almost killed!
Junkion Reunion

When Quintessons put Rodimus and Kup on trial
Wheelie helped Grimlock rescue them with a smile.
Mockery of Justice

Transformers: Battle Tactics

As an Epic character, all my stats were very strong!
Yet I wasn't around for very long!
As the last Transformers game from DeNA, you see,
Transformers: Battle Tactics was gone in 2016!

Wheelie fought several Decepticons, Autobots, and others.
Sometimes he fought with identical brothers!
He first appeared in the event, "Transform and Roll Out!"
Whether he was easy to build with 50 Wheelie cores, I doubt. Transformers: Battle Tactics

Toys

The Transformers

You think I'll get taller when I get older?
Right now, my head's lower than both my shoulders!

• Wheelie (Mini Vehicle, 1986)
  • Takara ID number: C-80

In just a few steps, Wheelie's G1 toy / Turns from "minicar" to a strange looking boy.

We think his alt-mode, which looks pretty nifty / Was based on the Fiat Abarth 750.

Of the Minibots from 1986 / Wheelie's the only new mold in the mix.

He came with a rubsign, for checking his faction / And early ones came with a badge you could patch-on.

Instead of a blister, when sold by Takara / He was packed in a box with a card of his artwork.

This mold was redecoed much later on / Into Optimus Prime's old friend Dion.

• If you head on to TFU.info / there's much more on Wheelie that soon you will know!

The Transformers Collection

The latest trend in space fashion:
Making your face ashen.

• Future Cybertron (Multi-pack, 2005)
  • ID number: 20

When reissued for The Transformers Collection / Wheelie was given a brand-new complexion

To match with the show—no longer orange / His face, now gray, smiles out from under his door-hinge.

But that's not all! The set also includes / Kup and Recoil, Targetmaster dudes.

• You guessed it—check out the great TFU / to find out much more on this gray reissue!

Universe (2008)

Bumblebee swine,
Your alt mode's mine!

• Autobot Wheelie (Legends Class, 2009)
  • Series: G1 Series

Universe Wheelie, from the Legends Class / Is still pocket-sized but much more badass.

He now turns into a "Junk Planet speeder" / Sculpted with a slingshot for spooking the reader.

If a redecoed version is something you lack / "You can have any colour, so long as it's black."

• For more on Universe Wheelie / check out TF University!

Henkei! Henkei!

Wheelie's popular in Japan, but hey, that ain't a crime.
Why do they like him so much? Because he doesn't... talk poetry.

• Minibot Spy Team (Multi-pack, 2009)
  • ID number: C-19

The same as above, but a little more mellow / Henkei! Henkei! Wheelie's a light orange-yellow.

With one more friend, they could've sold us a four-pack / Alas, he just came with Adams and Warpath.

Generations

Recently Wheelie has gotten much buffer
From lugging about a pair of subwoofers.

• Wheelie (Deluxe Class, 2012)
  • Accessories: Two speakers, slingshot/blaster

The beefiest Wheelie was from Generations / The "Global Development Organization"

Used the mold of Reveal the Shield Jazz / With the C-clip speakers that other toy has.

Aside from a new head, Wheelie also swapped / Jazz's dumb gun for his classic slingshot!

But in a bit of a branding disaster / The package art still shows him with Jazz's blaster.

The toy was exclusive to Asia, before / Hasbro released it in Toys"R"Us stores.

Aside from Jazz, the original tooling / was used for a few other figures including:

United Stepper, and from Shattered Glass / Stepper again and Longarm's Custom Class,

Treadshot employed the mold's alternate head / While Kick-Over tooled a brand-new one instead.

• You know the drill, here's Wheelie GDO / as covered by TFU.info!

Transformers (2010) mold: Jazz
Hasbro: Reveal the Shield Special Ops Jazz Generations Autobot Jazz (Ultimate Gift Set) Wheelie (GDO) Fun Publications: Timelines Kick-Over Treadshot (Shattered Glass) Longarm (Shattered Glass) Stepper (Shattered Glass) TakaraTomy: United UN-12 Autobot Jazz Million Publishing: United Stepper

Kre-O

So what if no other Transformer listens?
He's compatible with other building-brick systems!

• Autobot Wheelie (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
  • Collection: Age of Extinction Collection 2
  • Accessories: Logo brick, large rifle

This blind-bagged Wheelie, made up of bricks / Was part of Kre-O Micro-Changers Wave 6.

Molded in orange that borders on neon / He can be built as a car or a Kreon.

The helmet he uses is borrowed from Hound / He has no ID code, and so, to be found,

You'll either have to buy his whole damn box / Or stand in the aisle feeling for his blocks.

Toys"R"Us dropped the line, so every fan had ta / Buy them from Asia, Australia or Canada

In 2015, though, the fans were in luck / Dollar Tree sold them each for just a buck.

Titans Return

Hey, world, are you jelly?
I fit tiny men in my belly!

• Autobot Wheelie (Legends Class, 2016)

For Titans Return, Wheelie's new figure / (another Legends, but a little bit bigger)

is more closely based on the show than his last was / and turns into a car which can seat Titan Masters.

In robot mode, he stands just shy of four-inch / Tastefully decked out in two shades of orange,

But his collector card's art is differently-hued / And depicts a slingshot he doesn't include.

A space for a badge sits just under his chin—though / the final toy puts it right on the window.

Tolerances vary with this toy, some copies / Don't quite peg together and seem a bit floppy.

• For Wheelie's toy from Titans Return / TFU.info has more you can learn!

Legends

Run to order me on your computer,
I come packaged with a little Go Shooter!

• Wheelie & Goshooter (Two-pack, September 24, 2016)
  • ID number: LG29

Takara's release of that same Wheelie lavished / Him with tons of paint to make him more slavish.

The clear windshield lets his insignia come through / But in car mode one more's stuck right on the front too!

Goshooter and Wheelie were sold as a pair / The former can sit inside if you so care.

Studio Series

Hasbro you big jerk,
My legs won't work!

• Grimlock & Autobot Wheelie (Leader Class, 2021)
  • Movie: The Transformers: The Movie
  • Hasbro ID number: 86-06
  • TakaraTomy ID number: SS-64
  • TakaraTomy release date: May 29, 2021
  • Accessories: Slingshot

In 2021, Hasbro devised / To sell the Dinobots at the right size.

At long last the fans would finally snag / The full team, starting with Grimlock, then Slug

And all the rest under Studio Series / Why does this matter? Well, here's our theory:

Hasbro's designers began with a fear / That with only three or four Leaders per year

And rising production costs on the horizon / How could they do them all without downsizin'?!

Simple: start small, and with the leftover budget / Try something—surely the fans won't begrudge it

If maybe they threw in a fun little freebie / A Core Class figurine of ol' Wheelie.

But pretty soon they had the realization / They could only afford five-point articulation

So when they revealed him, the fans all seethed / "Why, this Wheelie's got no knees!"

"Since when did you guys care about Wheelie?" / "Uhh, since always, we care EXTREMELY."

"He can ride Grimlock! Isn't that fun? / And he looks just like he did in G1."

They raged: had it really come to this? / A squatting, smirking, rhyming homunculus.

Merchandise

Imaginarium Art

This midlife crisis
Looks the nicest!

• Grimlock (2018)

A static Wheelie came attached to / This 20-inch-high Grimlock statue,

Slingshot pulled back to deliver / Death to a Sharkticon shiver.

150 made, it cost two grand: / Hope your wife will understand.

ULTIMATES!

• Grimlock (2021)
  • Accessories: Wheelie figure, mind transfer helmet, apron, serving tray, 6 drinking glasses, fish, crown, 6 sets of dino forelimb claws

Roses are red

Violets are blue

A non-transforming figurine of Wheelie was included with Transformers ULTIMATES! Grimlock

Whoop-de-doo

Notes

I could've had a touch of blue,
But Hasbro said "that just won't do."

It sure is a good thing I'm not black and yellow;
You might've confused me with some other fellow!

Two designs that we were spared,
Because nobody really cared.

• Wheelie was in commercials and the show / Frank Welker provided both voices, although
  His lines in the former had a lower pitch / Producing, on balance, a performance which
  Sounded a lot, and we're sure you'll agree / Like the voice of the Smurfs' good friend "Peewee"!

• In the cartoon's dub shown in Italy / Wheelie speaks noticeably differently.
  His rhyming speech is left wholly unsaid / He just randomly says "wroom wroom" instead.

• The toy which appears in this catalog ain't / The finalised figure—which had different paint!
  Though that Wheelie didn't end up going on sale / He used those colours in more than one tale!

• In 2010, Ron Friedman sold off a set / Of Wheelie's old character models—and yet
  Rather than orange, this art had him clad / In different hues: all yellow and black!

• Floro Dery's said, of all his designs / Wheelie's the one he most fiercely maligns!

• As making new models just would've been harder / His model was used in Transformers: Armada:
  First as a full-sized bot on Cybertron / Then as a fill-up-a-crowd Mini-Con.

• Look at his Spotlight—Scherwinski employs / A look for him based on that of JIZAITOYS'.

• For All Hail Megatron, to make him less weedy / Wheelie was redesigned by Guido Guidi.
  But seeing as he was marooned on a comet / There was no way he could show up in the comic.

• Wheelie's dear parents apparently hailed / From planet Gobotron—as once was detailed
  In a note that Sorenson snuck into / The code text of The AllSpark Almanac II.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Wheelie (ウィーリー Wīrī)
• English: Willy (Omni Productions dub)
• French: Tourbillo (Canada)
• Hungarian: Ugrabot (The Movie)
• Italian: Scooter, Saetta (The Movie)
• Korean: Wheelie (휠리 Hwilli)
• Mandarin: Wiley (Taiwan, 威利 Wēi Lì), Zhuàn Lún (China, 转轮, "Reel")
• Portuguese: Rodinhas (Portugal Comic)