Wildwheel (Cyberverse)
- Wild Wheel is a Decepticon and former Autobot from the Cyberverse continuity family.
It's always a tragedy when a good 'bot goes bad, and Wild Wheel ain't no exception. Once as stalwart an Autobot as you can name, his accidental abandonment has soured him. Any goodness in his Spark has been buried under a streak of viciousness and resentment a mile wide, and now Wild Wheel wanders the spaceways, using his sharpshooting skills and tremendous strength to barely eke out a living, all the while hunting the 'bot he holds solely responsible for his tragic fall: Optimus Prime. And when he finds that son of a glitch... he'd better hope he's quicker on the draw than Wild Wheel.
But on the plus side, he rocks the space poncho look.
Fiction
Cyberverse cartoon
- Voice actor: Rich Orlow (English)
Wild Wheel was a crewmember on-board the Ark when it made its fateful voyage to look for the Allspark. While he was in stasis, the ship suffered a hull breach, and Wild Wheel's pod was one of those sucked out of the hold, falling into the gravity of a nearby blue-green planet. Wild Wheel's pod burnt up in the atmosphere, and he crash-landed on the continent of what would one day become America. For the next sixty-odd million years, Wild Wheel was trapped, only managing to get free in the 1800s. He promptly fell in with a gang of human outlaws, and was reduced to petty crimes to survive, soon earning a bounty on his head. As time passed, he became increasingly resentful toward his Autobot comrades, feeling they had abandoned him, with a particular hatred for Optimus Prime himself. He eventually managed to leave Earth on his own.
Wandering through space, Wild Wheel took harsh jobs as a bounty hunter in order to survive, while still looking for the Autobot leader. After the Quintesson invasion of Cybertron, Wild Wheel returned to his home planet. Arriving on the Decepticon half of the planet, he began roughly interrogating everyone he ran into as to the whereabouts of his former commander, until he encountered Megatron, the Decepticon leader being all too happy to point him in Optimus's direction. As he departed, Megatron offered him a place amongst the Decepticons if he survived.
Repeating his rough inquiries on the Autobot side of the planet, Wild Wheel tracked Optimus to Cobalt Springs, where he was attending to restoration efforts, which Wild Wheel sabotaged in order to get his attention. Optimus tried reasoning with the former Autobot, who rebuffed his efforts and challenged him to a quick-shooting duel. Optimus succeed, and once again tried to reason with Wild Wheel to let go of his hatred and rejoin the Autobots. Wild Wheel refused, and took off, heading back toward the Decepticon side of Cybertron. Wild Wild Wheel
At some point after officially joining the Decepticons, Wild Wheel became aware of a threat known only as "the Other One". He joined his leader in searching for the missing Insecticons. Finding that the trio made a makeshift craft to take their chances and flee, Wild Wheel was prevented by Megatron from firing on Shrapnel and could do nothing more but watch the bugs fly off like cowards. Silent Strike
Along with the other Decepticons, Wild Wheel held off several Perfect Decepticons belonging to the Other One and attempting to pledge his loyalty to said entity. However, the alternate Megatron laughed them off, citing the other Decepticons as being "unnecessary". The Other One
Toys
Cyberverse
- Wild Wheel (Battle Call Trooper, 2020)
- Accessories: Two pistols
- Released as part of the Cyberverse's Battle Call subline, the Trooper Class Wild Wheel is a Deluxe-sized mold that converts from a cowboy-themed Bot into a Cybertronian car and back. Like his sub-line's brethren, Wild Wheel features a "Battle Call" voice-activated gimmick, which automatically deploys his armor and activates his battle sounds if "Power Up" is spoken.
- Sadly, he does not come with a lasso or poncho.
Notes
- Wild Wheel's design, especially his poncho, homages that of the Man with No Name of Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy.
- Mae Catt would love the idea of Wild Wheel wild west-style robbing Astrotrain in train-mode.[1]
