Witwicky (surname)
Witwicky is a surname frequently used for humans in the Transformers brand.
Contrary to popular belief, Witwicky is a real name... but a vanishingly rare one. The U.S. Social Security Death Index records the passing of only two people with that name in the United States in the last 50 years.[1] However, the alternate spelling Witwicki is a relatively more common one, occurring 33 times in the Social Security Death Index.[2] It is possible that the name originates from the Poland/Ukraine area of Eastern Europe, specifically the village of Witwica, and that the name itself means 'the one from Witwica'.[3]
The motto of the Witwicky family (at least the fictional one) is "No sacrifice, no victory," or in Latin, Absque sui detrimento non datur victoria[4]
- "Sparkplug"
- First name: William and/or Irving[5] Marvel Comics
- First name: Daniel IDW
- Father to: Spike and Buster Marvel Comics/Dreamwave
- Father to: Spike Cartoon/IDW
- Father to: Butch Forest Rescue Mission
- Spike
- Sparkplug's only or oldest son and pal of the Autobots.Marvel Comics/Dreamwave/Cartoon
- Married Carly. Father of Daniel. Dreamwave/Cartoon/Marvel UK future timeline[6]
- Buster - Sparkplug's youngest son and pal to the Autobots. Marvel Comics/Dreamwave
- Butch - Sparkplug's son and pal of the Autobots. Forest Rescue Mission
- Carly - (Maiden name unknown) Married Spike. Mother of Daniel. Dreamwave/Cartoon
- Daniel
- Spike and Carly's son. Dreamwave/Cartoon/Marvel UK future timeline[6]
- Buster and Jesse's son. The Lost Treasure of Cybertron
Transformers 2007 film continuity family
- Samuel "Sam" James - Son to Ron and Judy, and friend of the Autobots.
- Ronald "Ron" - Sam's father and Judy's husband.
- Judy - Sam's mother and Ron's wife.
- Ben - Ron's older brother.
- Herbert - Ron and Ben's father, son of Clarence.
- Clarence - Herbert's father, son of Captain Archibald Witwicky.
- Archibald Amundsen - Clarence's father, famous explorer of the Arctic.
Transformers Animated continuity family
- Spike - Daniel's father and Carly's husband.
- Carly - Daniel's mother and Spike's wife.
- Daniel - First child of Spike and Carly.
- Nancy - baby girl delivered shortly after "Garbage In, Garbage Out."
Shattered Glass continuity family
- Spike - the oldest brother
- Buster - the middle brother
- Bruce - a.k.a. "Buzz", the other middle brother, and the only one with a legitimate job (as a military sergeant)
- Butch - the youngest brother
Notes
- The geneology chart shown above provides an entirely different Witwicky family tree than established in the Movie comics, eliminating or renaming most of the above characters. It might be imagined that this established the movie comics and movie itself as separate continuities, but then again it's a horribly mangled poster that is full of inbreeding and an apparently unrelated digression off to the side and may establish nothing more than the fact that Sam's "A-" was a damn miracle.
References
- ↑ U.S. Social Security Death Index: Witwicky
- ↑ U.S. Social Security Death Index: Witwicki
- ↑ PolishRoots.org: A discussion of the origins of the name Witwicki
- ↑ Latin translation of Witwicky motto
- ↑ In The Last Stand, Sparkplug had a dream sequence where he identified his first name as William. Later, in Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom, while hypnotized, he identified his first name as Irving. As he was unlikely to be lying in either of those situations, the most likely answer is that his full name is either William Irving Witwicky or Irving William Witwicky.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Carly is not mentioned in the UK continuity, but really. Who else could be Daniel's mom?
