Wheeljack (SG)
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- Wheeljack is an evil Autobot from the Shattered Glass continuity family.
Wheeljack (aka Slicer) is a mad scientist in both senses of the word: crazy and angry. He's been laughed out of the Autobot ranks, and he's itching for a chance to prove his inventions aren't worthless.
Sometimes, Wheeljack identifies as a Decepticon (we're as confused as you on that one) and is partners with the walking Exo-Suit Roritchi.
Fiction
Fun Publications Shattered Glass continuity
Wheeljack created an army of Dinobots to rain vengeance upon Optimus Prime for laughing at his genius. Dramatically riding into battle upon the head of a sauropod-styled Dinobot, Wheeljack proclaimed his intentions. However, Optimus convinced Wheeljack that if his Dinobots were able to take out the Decepticons, he would be welcomed back into the fold. Upon being ordered to attack the Decepticons, the enthusiastic beasts gave out a rousing battle cry. Then they turned on each other. As punishment for his failure, Wheeljack found himself performing degradingly basic repairs to the Ark's computer systems and was told that, should he sabotage the ship, he would be on it when it launched. Dungeons & Dinobots
Following the Ark's crash onto Earth, Rodimus ordered Wheeljack to adjust the ship's computer Teletraan-X to accept commands from only the two of them. After that was done, he, Rodimus, and Goldbug, aided by some human allies, infiltrated and took over Burpleson Air Force Base, a command station for a human orbital defense weapon. When the Decepticons attacked the base, Wheeljack was somewhat damaged and wandering the corridors when he was accosted by Ravage and a Decepticon-allied human who accused him, him of being crazy. So he gave chase. Eye in the Sky
Goldbug enlisted Wheeljack and Side Burn to build a Stellar Spanner, claiming that Rodimus had commanded it be done under "project silence". They were lacking a volunteer to try the Spanner when they were fortuitously attacked by Heatwave. While Heatwave blasted Side Burn (who was later Mysteriously Fine), Wheeljack and Goldbug grabbed Heatwave, and Wheeljack had the idea of forcing the Decepticon to transform. They bound him up and put him in the spanner, though he still managed to deliver a solid kick to Wheeljack. Annoyed, Wheeljack was so deep in this thoughts that he didn't have time to react when Blitzwing subsequently took him out with a Jet-Judo throw. Wheeljack was merely feigning, of course, and used an electro-shell to activate the Spanner. His victory was short-lived, as Blitzwing began broadcasting the noise the humans called "music" over the Autobot comm frequency, forcing Wheeljack to retreat with the others. Blitzwing Bop
When Sephie Beller had herself augmented with Cybertronian technology, Rodimus had Wheeljack turn his microwave gun on her. The gun successfully neutralized her, though Wheeljack was offended by Rodimus's suggestion she was dead, affirming that she would be perfectly fine when he and Ratchet vivisected her. Once he had Sephie properly bound, Wheeljack restored her to consciousness and asked her to answer some scientific questions while he carried out his work. Unfortunately Wheeljack didn't get a chance to get started before Beachcomber started acting up. When Rodimus informed him that there was a jamming field covering the area, Wheeljack realized with disappointment that his test subject was going to be used as a hostage instead. When the party was crashed by R.J. Blackrock in a giant suit of power armor, Wheeljack tried to turn the microwave gun on him, only to be sent flying by a missile. Transhuman
Still serving Rodimus, Wheeljack eventually perfected a portable form of the stellar spanner, which he was able to mount as a drive system for a spacecraft. Using this, he began travel to other universes, in an effort to track the journey of Nexus Prime. On one such excursion he managed to deceive Slicer into thinking he was a future version of the Decepticon, and so through trade he obtained a sample of Forestonite. Before Slicer could realize that he had been given a bum deal, Wheeljack was long gone. Generation 2: Redux
Wheeljack next formed an alliance with Ultra Magnus, failed usurper of his brother Optimus Prime. With Magnus armed with the Terminus Blade, stolen from the Vault of the Unknown, they hatched a plan to enter a positive polarity universe. In his dimensional travels, Wheeljack identified a unique substance called Rarified Energon, found only on the Earth of that particular universal stream. Along with Tracks, Wreck-Gar, and the Junkions, they attacked the Autobot mining installation Ironworks on that world, gaining access to the Energon. Wheeljack constructed a device which could destroy the entire universe using the Terminus Blade, channeling the energies of the devastation back into the Blade. Autobots and Decepticons of two worlds attempted to stop Wheeljack and Magnus, but failed. The positive universe was destroyed, leaving only a relative few survivors as the positive-Earth and all who dwelled on it entered the negative polarity universe. Invasion Prologue Invasion
Seeking to consolidate further power from destroyed universes, Wheeljack and the Junkions built the Collector on positive-Earth, letting Ultra Magnus charge the Terminus Blade repeatedly by destroying one universe after another. Treadshot and several heroic Decepticons and Autobots tracked them down, and battle ensued once more. Distant Fissures Ultimately however, Ultra Magnus's forces were undone by Nexus Prime, member of the Thirteen and master of the Star Saber, who retrieved the Terminus Blade, banished Magnus, and demolished their equipment. Restoration
Recordicons
Wheeljack and a team of Autobots under the command of both Rodimus Prime and Optimus Prime fought Thundercracker and Ravage in the Transformers' greatest battle on Earth, "Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction". According to Ravage, anyway. Recordicons #3
IDW Shattered Glass continuity
A spy for Ultra Magnus, Shattered Glass #5 Slicer operated in Gold City, bearing witness to Starscream's torture. Shattered Glass #4 When a Decepticon rescue party led to the liberation of Gold City, Slicer went into hiding, calling Ultra Magnus to inform him that Goldbug had escaped with Starscream's spark and was poised to reactivate Metroplex. Shattered Glass #5
Games
Transformers: Forged to Fight
Toys
Timelines
- Generation 2: Redux (BotCon 2010 attendee freebie)
- A redeco of Energon Downshift, "Decepticon Slice" transforms into a blue sports car with red and black stripes. He has a pair of dark red clear-plastic guns: one a spring-loaded missile launcher, one non-firing. These can be hand-held or attached to Slice in various ways in both modes. He can also form the top or bottom half of any silver or bronze "Powerlinx" combiner. He was given free to BotCon 2010 Primus Package attendees.
- This toy was also redecoed as Universe Downshift.
Shattered Glass Collection
- Decepticon Slicer with Exo-Suit (Deluxe Class, 2022)
- Accessories: Twin blasters
- A redeco of Earthrise Wheeljack, Decepticon Slicer transforms into a blue sports car with red and black stripes. For armaments, Slicer has his shoulder-mounted missile launcher, but also brand-new red blasters (homaging the red guns from the above toy) that can hinge for a (slightly) proper weaponized vehicle mode. He also comes packed with Roritchi, a redeco of Black Roritchi who can split apart so Slicer can really arm himself to the teeth.
- Strangely enough, Slicer is labeled as a Decepticon, which in the Shattered Glass universe, makes him one of the good guys. So theoretically, you can interpret this figure as a bad-guy version of Wheeljack from an alternate universe using a code name or a straightforward good-guy version of the Decepticon Action Master Slicer.
Notes
- In Fun Publications' stories, Wheeljack's body is based on Energon Downshift, while his colors are based on Slicer, who is a redeco of Wheeljack's Action Master toy. Eventually, BotCon 2010 would take advantage of this by releasing a Slicer toy who could double as Wheeljack.
- Meanwhile, his appearance in the Forged to Fight mobile game is based on Generation 1 Wheeljack's Masterpiece toy. Just with red eyes instead of blue ones, a purple Autobot insignia and without Alitalia markings in order to avoid copyright issues.
- As "Slicer", his appearance in IDW Publishing's comic miniseries is modeled on the Earthrise Deluxe Class Wheeljack toy.
