Wheeljack Instant Immobilizer
- The Immobilizer is a piece of Autobot technology in the Generation 1 continuity family.
The Immobilizer is a powerful device created by Wheeljack to immobilize Decepticon enemies, or anything else for that matter. It is operated by a small remote.
Fiction
Generation 1 cartoon
While Wheeljack demonstrated the powers of the Immobilizer on a waterfall, Spike stepped on the remote device and immobilized the device's inventor. Luckily, the effects of the Immobilizer were only temporary and Wheeljack reverted back to normal a short time later. Unfortunately, Megatron got his hands on the device and was able to change the effect from temporary to permanent.
During a battle with the Autobots, Rumble used the Immobilizer to freeze several members of the Autobot team. With Brawn's help, Carly managed to get close enough to the Immobilizer to switch the device's polarity, in effect reversing the immobilizing effect. The affected Autobots reverted back to their normal selves once Ironhide managed to hit them a second time with the Immobilizer beam. Ironhide then smashed the Immobilizer into the ground to keep it from falling back into Decepticon hands. The Immobilizer
