Wheeljack (Armada)

This article is about the Armada Decepticon. For the Generation 1 Autobot, see Wheeljack (G1).

Wheeljack is a Decepticon from the Armada portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

"My vengence will be long-winded and repetitive!"

Wheeljack isn't here for vengeance, he's here for vengeance.

Japanese name: Rampage

Fiction

Animated continuity

Armada

Voice actor: Michael Daingerfield (US), Susumu Chiba (Japan)

Wheeljack was once an Autobot in the same military unit as Hot Shot, looking up to his peer due to his own inexperience in battle, and they considered each other good friends. However, that friendship was broken one day when Wheeljack was trapped under rubble in the middle of an intense fire. Hot Shot alone could not lift the wreckage, and left to get some help, promising to return, but he never did. An arrogant Autobot officer forbade Hot Shot from returning to the conflagration but ultimately failed to stop the young Autobot.

Meanwhile, Wheeljack saw a figure approaching through the flames, thinking that at last, Hot Shot had returned. But it was Megatron who saved him that day, and in return, Wheeljack became a Decepticon.

Wheeljack claims to have put the past behind him, and that he isn't here for revenge, but at the same time, he constantly thinks about the incident and has definately returned for revenge. This is possibly due to bad translation or bad writing.

Toys

Armada

File:Armada Wheeljack toy.jpg

Revenge is a dish best served with pinto beans and muffins.

• Wheeljack with Mini-Con Windsheer (Deluxe, 2003)

Japanese ID number: MD-07

Armada Wheeljack transforms into a supercar of vague origin. He is cast in dark green plastic in vehicle mode, with white and yellow for robot parts. His most distinctive feature is the large, scarred Autobot symbol on the center of his chest. When his Mini-Con Windsheer is attached to his active Powerlinx port, both doors either side of the vehicle mode open up like wings, which also give access to the triggers for his door-mounted missile launchers. In robot mode, these missiles can be held in his hands as melee weapons. Unusually, his right wrist features a swivel joint while his left wrist is immobile.

The Japanese release of Wheeljack, named Rampage, has some major colour differences. His predominant vehicle mode plastic is now black, with the large yellow paint striping replaced with much smaller light blue stripes, and his eyes are painted blue, matching his cartoon model.

This mold was also used to make a proposed Universe Battle in a Box Deluge/Drench, but the toy was never released.

Trivia

• According to Aaron Archer, the final head design for Armada Wheeljack is unintentional, at least to Hasbro. Unbeknownst to the american toy company, Takara had designed and sculpted the head to resemble G1 Sideswipe, no doubt due to the similarity of the robot modes on both toys, and Hasbro's team were surprised when they recieved the prototype toy from Japan.

External links

• Wheeljack at TFU.info
  
  
  From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.