William Fowler

William Fowler is a human from the Transformers: Prime continuity family.

Someone buy him a longer tie.

Special Agent William "Bill" Fowler is the type of guy that Theodore Galloway wishes he could be. He's the tough-talking, robot-dissing designated liaison between the United States government and the Autobots, who's got the guts to face down the Decepticons himself. And he doesn't need any military escort! He can pilot his own damn helicopter!

Fowler is leery about trusting the Autobots to handle the Decepticons by themselves and doesn't believe that Earth can't handle its own mess, but for now, while he chews them out and slags them off, he's willing to let them have a chance.

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Fiction

Prime cartoon

Voice actor: Ernie Hudson (English)

Agent Fowler visited Autobot Central Command to chew the Autobots off over mass traffic accidents caused by several odd vehicles, and then demanded to know if this meant the Decepticons were back. When Optimus Prime confirmed this, Fowler stated it was time to "wake up" the Pentagon; he was notably unimpressed by Optimus's claim that only the Autobots could stop the Decepticons, clearly not believing it, but to avoid mass human casualties he agreed to give them a shot at sorting it out.

Bulkhead angrily told Fowler that the Autobots knew how to use appropriate force, but when the agent was gone he noted with respect that Fowler had bearings. Prime noted that Fowler's attitude was due to being afraid for his planet. Darkness Rising, Part 2

"This is some nice steel. How about telling me who gave them to you?"
"Yo mama."

Another explosion had Fowler returning to the Autobot base, but he found only Bulkhead there. When Miko's guitar gave away the presence of her and her two classmates, he announced he was going to take them into federal custody, but Bulkhead prevented him from phoning his superiors. He stormed out and took off in his helicopter, making a report by radio. Unfortunately, the transmission was intercepted by the Decepticons, who captured him and strung him up by chains. Fowler proved difficult to interrogate, so Starscream got out an energon prod to soften him up. Darkness Rising, Part 3

Fowler was on the verge of breaking and telling Starscream where the Autobot base was, when weapons fire became audible outside the brig. Sensing rescue was near, he became awkward again, provoking Starscream into shocking him into unconsciousness. When he awoke, he was in a dazed, rambling state. The Autobots finally reached his location, only to become locked in a standoff with Starscream, until a random outburst from Fowler caused a distraction, and the Autobots chased Starscream off. Fowler rode back to base in Bulkhead, though his dazed state persisted and he became fixated on pie. Once they reached the base, he was given rudimentary medical attention. Darkness Rising, Part 4

When the Autobots discovered that the Decepticons were using a radio telescope array in Texas, Optimus suggested getting Fowler to put the installation on high alert, but Fowler was still too out of it to comply. He had recovered enough to cheer the Autobots on as they destroyed Megatron's space bridge, and later thanked them for saving him from the Decepticons, and for saving the world, before he left the base. Darkness Rising, Part 5

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Why am I not wearing flight gear? Because I CAN!

Responding to reports of strange transmissions, Fowler warned other pilots away from the area as he sped there in a new top-secret jet. He came upon the scene of a battle between Optimus, Bumblebee and the Decepticon Skyquake, the latter of whom seized the opportunity to scan Fowler's jet. Fowler retaliated by firing on Skyquake, but the Decepticon launched a number of heat-seeking missiles that Fowler was forced to use evasive maneuvers to avoid. He later came to Bumblebee's aid, picking up the small Autobot who had just disabled Skyquake in mid-air and was plunging toward the ground as a result. Masters & Students

Notes

• Which agency Fowler's a Special Agent for isn't stated; since he specifically refers to the Pentagon as who he'd talk to, he's presumably with a Department of Defense agency like the Defense Intelligence Agency or the Military Intelligence Corps.
• The Autobots refer to him as their liaison with "the outside world", though he appears to just represent the United States.
• Fowler must have one awesome rank if he can decide on his own whether or not the Pentagon is to go on full alert!
• Apparently, Fowler's grandmother made pretty good cookies.