Wreckage (Movie)
| The name or term "Wreckage" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Wreckage (disambiguation). |
- Wreckage is a Decepticon from the 2007 movie franchise in the live-action film continuity family.
Cold, distant, quiet. Wreckage is the counterpart to the hot-wired Brawl. Deliberate and methodical in his attacks, he enjoys watching his foe squirm in agony as his twin swords cut deep below their armor. Circuits popping and vital processors sizzling to uselessness are the music he longs to make, and none of the Decepticons can argue with his taste for making Autobots suffer.
Even though he’s an avid supporter of Megatron, and he’s been involved in his share of Decepticon victories, he’s not considered to be one of their more reliable or trustworthy soldiers. He has a bad habit of caving under pressure, which makes him a poor candidate for leading missions. And all things considered, that’s not going to clear up any time soon. But that doesn’t stop him from thinking he deserves to be Megatron’s right hand man more than Starscream.
Fiction
IDW Transformers movie comics
Many years ago, Wreckage was a member of Cybertron's defense forces, under the command of Protector Megatron. After the discovery of a mysterious relic and an alien attack on Cybertron Defiance issue 1, Megatron changed significantly, altering the military's mission from one of protection of their homeworld to the new aim of making war upon the hostile aliens and anybody who would stand in their way. Wreckage was present at Megatron's war rally in Trypticon, where the military leader demanded the control of all of Cybertron's forces in his vengeful attack on the aliens from the Eshems Nebula. Defiance issue 2 Wreckage was presumably at Megatron's rally where he unveiled his new "Decepticon" faction. Defiance issue 3
During the subsequent civil war, Wreckage was one of several Decepticons under the command of Starscream during the battle of Tyger Pax. He was finishing off an Autobot with his sword when Brawl arrived with news that Megatron knew where the All Spark was located. After witnessing the successful Autobot launch of the All Spark and Megatron's subsequent pursuit of it, Wreckage left Cybertron with Starscream's group in search of their leader.
Arriving on Earth many years later in Afghanistan, Wreckage scanned and destroyed a human military carrier vehicle sent to investigate their planetfall. He was able to trace the location of the Bargam US airbase and jam their communications to prevent them from calling for help. Under Starscream's orders, Wreckage led the group to attack, initially confusing the soldiers with his vehicle mode. Whilst observing Barricade slaughter human soldiers the latter had tricked, Wreckage was hit with a localized electromagnetic pulse and disabled. Barricade was ordered by Starscream to leave their comrade behind, because either he would recover eventually, or if not, then it didn't matter. Planetfall The Reign of Starscream #1
Starscream learned from Frenzy's datatrax that Wreckage's body had been claimed by Sector Seven The Reign of Starscream #2, and that Wreckage had made arrangements with Sector Seven, incurring the air commander's wrath. The Reign of Starscream #4
Buried by his comrades, Wreckage was eventually discovered by agents of Sector Seven who unearthed and transported him to a secret base in Nevada. He was reactivated under the watch of Sector Seven operative Salazar. Trading information for his own survival, Wreckage was deactivated by Salazar after the battle at Mission City that claimed the life of Megatron, due to a growing danger he presented. Alliance issue 2 Salazar was soon inadvertently killed when Starscream escaped Earth, leaving Wreckage inert. Seymour Simmons, however, planned to use William Lennox's Autobot contacts to awaken him... Alliance issue 1
When Optimus Prime left the Allspark sliver with Sector Seven, they brought it underground for safe keeping. Unfortunately, it was drawn to Wreckage, awakening him. Wreckage broke free, intent on finding Salazar and stripping him to the bone. As he escaped, he tries to scan a green jeep but is interrupted. The Allspark sliver had also activated a number of Landmine units. They proved no match for Wreckage, but upon defeating them, he was suddenly confronted with an enraged Starscream. Although Wreckage gained the upper hand, a shot from Bumblebee destroyed his arm, and bought Starscream the chance to slaughter him. Alliance issue 2
Titan Magazines Transformers movie comics
Wreckage was seen defending Decepticon borders when Starscream claimed a portion of the United States. Return to Cybertron: Part 4 He later got to smash up part of Pittsburgh as part of a punitive campaign against relations with the Autobots. Revolution Part 1 Later still, he got exiled on Cybertron. Revolution Part 3
What an exciting entry!
Games
"Flight of the Bumblebee" online game
Wreckage was one of a group of Decepticons who trapped Bumblebee in a canyon. He stood around on a rocky butte, walking back and forth and waiting for Bumblebee to drive up to him. When the impudent Autobot dropped in (nearly landing on poor Wreckage's head), Wreckage immediately opened fire, blasting Bumblebee over and over and over and over and over. Unfortunately, Bumblebee had the idea to shoot back, blasting Wreckage right out of the picture with just one shot. Flight of the Bumblebee
Toys
Transformers (2007)
- Wreckage (Deluxe, 2007)
- Japanese ID number: MD-10
- Accessories: 2 spring-loaded blades
- Wreckage transforms into an M1126 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle in urban or arctic camo, armed with a M2 .50 cal machine gun and two other machine guns mounted extending out of the troop compartment. Unusually for a Transformer with a military vehicle alternate mode, Wreckage does not feature significant embellishments to his design, even though he is not a licensed toy. However, his white plastic obscures much of his sculpted detailing.
- His Automorphing feature is activated during transformation by swinging his machine gun down, pushing it against a translucent red panel, which simultaneously raises his shoulders, lowers his torso, raises his head and extends his stomach-mounted cannon all in one movement.
- The smaller machine gun weapons feature flip-out energy blades that can be held in his hands, mounted under his forearms or on any of the wheels. They can also connect together to form an undocumented but certainly intended double-bladed weapon; mounting this on his forearm wheels gives him an awesome spinning blade weapon.
- There is a minor issue on Wreckage where moving his arms down or towards his back at the shoulder will activate his Automorphing feature and begin to fold the torso back into its vehicle mode position. The best way to avoid this is to hold the grey gun plugging into his back in position while moving his arms.
- Wreckage was later redecoed for the Toys"R"Us-exclusive Masters of Metallikato battle pack as Bludgeon, for the Revenge of the Fallen toyline. Bludgeon's colour scheme was used in IDW Publishing's "Alliance issue 2" as an attempted disguise by Wreckage, months before the toy was officially acknowledged.
Merchandise
3D Battle Card Game
- Wreckage (3D Battle Card, 2007)
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- A 35-point "Uncommon" card, Wreckage is assembled from punch-out parts of two cards, which can be fit together to make either a robot or a tank. Since he uses the same parts layout as Brawl, his central cannon is considerably oversized when compared to his toy.
Trivia
- As revealed at BotCon 2007's Hasbro tour, Wreckage is the toy company's elaboration of a design for a Transformer abandoned early in the Movie's development. It had no name and was thus labeled Stryker, the name of its vehicle mode.
- It was also revealed at BotCon 2008's Designer panel that the reason Wreckage's head doesn't match "Stryker"'s concept art was because Takara couldn't make out the detail from the design sketches that were sent to them. Aaron Archer drew a new head in five minutes, before catching a plane to Tokyo.
- This "Stryker" concept art was later used as a Decepticon piece in the Transformers Risk game.
- Wreckage's new colour scheme in The Reign of Starscream appears to be based on Bludgeon.
