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*'''Autobot Wheelie''' (2009) | *'''Autobot Wheelie''' (2009) | ||
:''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Wheelie features an [[insignia]] that changes from Decepticon to Autobot . | :''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Wheelie features an [[insignia]] that changes from Decepticon to Autobot. He is highly poseable, with an articulated neck, individual fingers, eyes, and mouth (all part of his transformation scheme), although his shoulder joints are rather stiff. While transforming him from 'bot to truck, the two halves of the hood and fenders that are suppose to connect together a difficult to push together. Care should be taken when doing this, or you'll break the clear plastic tab that forms his headlights. Another thing is that his legs are extremely difficult to get fully together in R/C truck mode, but not impossible. Wheelie also features a highly generic alternate mode, looking nowhere similar to the Ford F-250 body of the truck. He has both one of the smallest alt-modes and one of the largest robot modes of any Deluxe-class figure. Odd. | ||
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Revision as of 01:35, 7 July 2009
| The name or term "Wheelie" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Wheelie (disambiguation). |
- Wheelie is an Autobot and a Decepticon from the Revenge of the Fallen portion of the live-action film series continuity family. He is sometimes known as Wheels.
Wheelie is a sneaky little salvage and scrap bot, always underfoot when you least expect it. As a reconnaissance specialist, he's equipped to the teeth with mid-range surveillance equipment. But his real asset is stealth, tooling along unseen and unsuspected while he accomplishes his mission. Unfortunately for his mission, he often bites off more than he can chew—and ends up being the one chewed on!
Wheelie isn't really a bad sort: a loving home and a little strict discipline could whip him into shape, although he does seem to have a bit of a "mouth" on him.
- German name: Wheeler (movie dub only)
Fiction
Revenge of the Fallen film
Voice Actor: Tom Kenny (English), Naoki Tatsuta (Japanese), Rainer Fritzsche (German)
 Plot details for Revenge of the Fallen (film) follow. |
Disguised as a remote-controlled monster truck toy, Wheelie was ordered by Soundwave to steal the All Spark fragment that belonged to Mikaela Banes. Wheelie attempted to unlock the safe in her garage containing the fragment, but the noise he made in trying to avoid the various dangerous objects on the floor alerted her to his presence, so she picked him up with tongs and burnt out his left eye with a blowtorch. Despite his protests, Mikaela locked him inside a box, which she took to Princeton University when Sam Witwicky told her he had been having visions and breakdowns induced by the fragment. Although Starscream later bisected Mikaela's car, Wheelie's box was undamaged and she retrieved and stored it in Bumblebee's boot.
Wheelie was let out of the box at Seymour Simmons's deli in New York City. Mikaela held him with a chain, but promised she would not hurt him if he promised to explain the Cyberglyphics Sam had been hallucinating about and answer whether he could find a Seeker. Wheelie did, and he accompanied Mikaela, Sam, Simmons, Leo Spitz, Bumblebee, Skids and Mudflap to find Jetfire at the Smithsonian. Wheelie was enraptured by Jetfire's discussion of how he defected from the Decepticons to the Autobots, and decided he too would defect, humping Mikaela's leg in joy. Sam objected, but Mikaela noted Wheelie was faithful, unlike her boyfriend.
Wheelie was taken by Jetfire's space bridge to Jordan, and from there he travelled with the humans and Autobots to the Pyramids of Egypt, where he presumably decided to stay safely while everyone else searched for the Tomb of the Primes. Revenge of the Fallen
Toys
Revenge of the Fallen
Deluxe Class Toys
- Autobot Wheelie (2009)
- Revenge of the Fallen Wheelie features an insignia that changes from Decepticon to Autobot. He is highly poseable, with an articulated neck, individual fingers, eyes, and mouth (all part of his transformation scheme), although his shoulder joints are rather stiff. While transforming him from 'bot to truck, the two halves of the hood and fenders that are suppose to connect together a difficult to push together. Care should be taken when doing this, or you'll break the clear plastic tab that forms his headlights. Another thing is that his legs are extremely difficult to get fully together in R/C truck mode, but not impossible. Wheelie also features a highly generic alternate mode, looking nowhere similar to the Ford F-250 body of the truck. He has both one of the smallest alt-modes and one of the largest robot modes of any Deluxe-class figure. Odd.
Notes
- Wheelie does not have a fast-talking Brooklyn accent in the novelization. "I worship Warrior Goddess! Need discipline!", he says of Mikaela.
- Seeing Mikaela for the first time, Wheelie describes her as "hot" but "not too bright." Interesting that a sentient machine would find a human sexually attractive. He, in fact, humps her leg later in the movie.
