Wheeljack (Cyberverse)

The name or term "Wheeljack" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Wheeljack (disambiguation).

Wheeljack is an Autobot from the Cyberverse continuity family.

Dream Jackie: A Robot Dad Dating Simulator

Wheeljack is indispensable to the Autobot cause, inventing weapons, armor, explosives and everything else you could want to battle Decepticons. It's just a pity that he gets so enthusiastic about his work that he sometimes ends up just blowing stuff up. On the other hand, he loves blowing up alien technology.

Fiction

Cyberverse cartoon

Voice actor: Billy Bob Thompson (English), Yōji Ueda (Japanese), Olivier Cuvellier (French), Frank Schröder (German), Lorenzo Scattorin (Italian)

I now pronounce this "Hyneman Mountain".

Before the Great War, Wheeljack worked closely with Shockwave, helping his colleague build his helper drones and showing off the prototype to a crowd at Maccadam's. Maccadam's Wheeljack was present at Maccadam's when the Iacon City Cube team won. The Citizen

During the Great War, Wheeljack fled across a battlefield alongside Bumblebee and Prowl only to realize they had become separated from the latter. As Wheeljack attempted to deter Bumblebee from going back for their wounded friend, Optimus Prime arrived, carrying Prowl on his shoulders whereupon he ordered Wheeljack to go find Ratchet. Matrix of Leadership

Part of the Ark crew, Wheeljack devoted his time to improving the ship's systems to speed up their search for the AllSpark though his results were mostly met with explosions and a quick consumption of the ship's increasingly limited energon reserves. By the time that Optimus had ordered everyone into stasis pods, Wheeljack had managed to boost the power of the Ark's scanners by a power of 10. With these modifications, Teletraan-1 was able to pick up the AllSpark... a second after the crew had entered stasis. The Journey

After Shockwave had hacked into Bumblebee's cortical psychic patch, he trapped the scout in a false memory that painted him as a Decepticon spy. Within the memory, Bumblebee had sabotaged the energon filtration systems of engines five and seven, an act witnessed by Wheeljack. When the engineer confronted Bumblebee about this, the scout stunned him and threw him out an airlock only for Ratchet to catch him in the act. Brought back aboard, Wheeljack attended Bumblebee's court martial where he dramatically pointed Bumblebee out to the viewing gallery. Sabotage

Teletraan-1 eventually tracked the AllSpark to Earth only for the Ark to suffer a hull breach and crash land in Mount St. Hilary. Some 66 million years later, Wheeljack, along with the rest of the crew, was reawakened by Bumblebee and Teletraan-X in time to see the Decepticon fleet invade Earth. Eruption

As the Ark entered Cybertron's atmosphere, Wheeljack eagerly awaited to return home. Battle For Cybertron I However, along with the rest of the crew, he bailed out of the ship when Optimus suspected a Decepticon trap. He took part in the fight with the amassed Decepticon forces, during which he fought Shadow Striker and was saved from an execution at the hands of Megatron by Optimus. Battle For Cybertron II

Games

Transformers: Battlegrounds

Voice actor: Billy Bob Thompson (English), Loïc Houdré (French), Frank Schröder (German), Francesco De Francesco (Italian), Julio Lorenzo (Spanish)

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Toys

Cyberverse

He shaved today.

• Wheeljack (1-Step Changer, 2019)
  • Japanese name: Turbo Change Wheeljack
  • Japanese release date: August 2019
  • Japanese ID number: TCV-09
  • Action Attack: "Gravity Cannon"

Released as part of the fourth wave of Cyberverse 1-Step Changers, Wheeljack transforms from vehicle to robot by peeling off his roof and windscreen section (and folding down his feet). In robot mode he features the "Gravity Cannon" Action Attack, a launcher on his shoulder that extends a grey blast effect via pressure launch. This piece does not actually leave the barrel of the cannon as in previous conventional projectile launchers, but merely shoots forward and stops. The cannon itself can detach from Wheeljack's shoulder and be held in either of his 5mm compatible hands. His face is sculpted in an attempt to resemble his bearded mouth on-screen look but fails by not actually sculpting or painting a beard on there.

• Wheeljack (Scout Class, 2019)
  • Action Attack: "Gravity Cannon"

This new Wheeljack is an all new sculpt, featuring a more show-accurate design than the one-step changer. Like the first toy, both of his arms have 5mm compatible fists. Unlike the aformentioned figure, this Wheeljack doesn't fully convert into a vehicle, and the "Gravity Cannon" Action Attack now simply deploys twin missile pods over his shoulders.

Notes

• As many others of the Cyberverse cast, Wheeljack's design is based on an evergreen design inspired by his Generation 1 counterpart, complete with translucent "bandages" (energy? glass?) where he has blown himself up.
• What makes this version of Wheeljack stand out from most other is that he drops the traditional ridged faceplate for a mustache-and-beard combo inspired by Animated Wheeljack, which was previously homaged as a hidden feature on his Generation 1 counterpart's Masterpiece toy.
• Wheeljack's hunched stature, meanwhile, is derived from "Aligned" Wheeljack.
• The nervous bot that carries the Plague of Rust to Velocitron in "Terminal Velocity" reuses Wheeljack's animation model.
• Concept art showed that like his Prime counterpart, Wheeljack has a retractable facemask. Unlike most versions of the character, his wings were retractable.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Wheeljack (ホイルジャック Hoirujakku)

See also

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Versions of Wheeljack have appeared in other continuity families, including:

• Wheeljack, the crackpot Autobot scientist from Generation 1.
• Downshift, the kung-fu-fighting Autobot from the Unicron Trilogy.
• Wheeljack (aka Que), the facial hair-sporting Autobot scientist from the live-action film series.
• Wheeljack, the Autobot Ministry of Science member from Transformers Animated.
• Wheeljack, the sword-wielding Wrecker from the Aligned continuity family.

For more information, see Wheeljack (disambiguation).