Wheeljack (Movie)
| 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 live-action film continuity family. He is sometimes referred to as Que.
Wheeljack will hook you up with all the latest stuff. He resembles a certain famous scientist too!
Fiction
IDW Dark of the Moon prequel comics
Thousands of years ago on Cybertron, Wheeljack was one of Sentinel Prime's followers. He was a crucial figure in the culmination of Sentinel Prime's plan to save the dying planet: While Sentinel's other pupils held off an attack by the heretic Thetacons, Wheeljack's technical skills went to work creating a device that, once linked to the AllSpark, warped time and space, teleporting a sun into Cybertronian space. The sun's energy revitalized the AllSpark, bringing life and energy back to Cybertron, and Wheeljack calmly remarked that, wouldn't you know it, it seemed they'd only gone and saved the world. Foundation #1 Soon after, Wheeljack stood by Sentinel Prime's side when he addressed the collective populace of the planet on Unification Day, announcing the new direction for the revitalized Cybertron. The world was to be governed by a Science Division led by Optimus, and a Defense Force under Megatron's command; naturally, Wheeljack elected to join the former.Foundation #2
Years later, Wheeljack was with Sentinel Prime and Elita-One at one of the division's archaeological digs when they came under attack from Megatron's forces, which he had rechristened "Decepticons" with the intent of seizing control of the planet. Optimus—now Optimus Prime—rallied those who opposed Megatron under him as the Autobots, Wheeljack included. Foundation #3
As the war worsened, Sentinel Prime presented the Autobots with a mysterious "torch" he had invented that would somehow end the war. An Autobot strike team under Optimus assault Simfur in order to activate the torch by bringing it into contact with the AllSpark, while Wheeljack stayed by Sentinel's side, awaiting its return and preparing to depart aboard the two great Arks the Autobots had built. Elita-One soon arrived with the active torch, at which point Sentinel ordered a reluctant Wheeljack to take the first Ark and collected the other Autobots from their base in Tyger Pax, while Sentinel himself took the torch and went to pick up Optimus's team aboard his own Ark. Consequently, Sentinel's Ark and all aboard were apparently destroyed by the Decepticons upon arrival. Furious at the death of his mentor, Optimus Prime enacted a new plan: while he kept Megatron busy, Wheeljack took the rest of the Autobots and attacked Simfur again, overwhelming the weakened Decepticons there and capturing the AllSpark. The cube was removed from the machine Wheeljack had invented, which caused Cybertron's sun to disappear. Foundation #4
Thousands of years later, Wheeljack joined Optimus Prime on Earth at some point after 2009, alongside Mirage. The pair joined NEST, and were assigned to a unit stationed in Washington, D.C.. Rising Storm issue 3 This put them closest to the action when a huge Decepticon battalion attacked Sam Witwicky's school in Philadelphia, and they arrived just in time to help Bumblebee fight off the villains. Rising Storm issue 2 Wheeljack generated a powerful force field to shield Sam and other human bystanders as they ran from the battle, Rising Storm issue 3 and the pair helped hold the line until Optimus Prime arrived with reinforcements. Observing that the Decepticons were attempting to flee, Prime ordered Wheeljack to extend his force field in order to keep them from escaping, but before the scientist could comply, the merciless Shockwave descended onto the battlefield and grievously damaged Wheeljack with a powerful blast. Luckily, Wheeljack remained just functional enough to complete his recalibration, trapping Shockwave inside his force field with a very unhappy Optimus Prime. After Prime defeated Shockwave, Ratchet examined Wheeljack's broken body and reported that he could be repaired, though he probably wouldn't be "quite the same". Rising Storm issue 4
Dark of the Moon film
- Voice actor: George Coe (English), Abel Rocha (Latin American Spanish), Giorgio Lopez (Italian)
 Plot details for Dark of the Moon (film) follow. |
Que, disguised as a blue Mercedes-Benz E550, posed as an escort to the prime minister’s vehicle to cross the Iranian border. Once there, he, Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Dino investigated and destroyed an illegal nuclear facility.
At NEST’s new base of operations in Washington, D.C., Que provided weapons-specialist Ironhide with a weapons upgrade, supplying him with two powerful rifles. When National Intelligence Director Charlotte Mearing arrived, he politely introduced himself and informed them about Optimus Prime’s upset mood. He stood in the background with his fellow Autobots and observed Optimus berate the government officials for keeping the wreckage of the Ark a secret from the Autobots.
When the Autobots were exiled from Earth by the government, Que boarded the Xantium alongside his fellow Autobots. However, after launch, Starscream attacked the Xantium from space and it exploded.
Secretly, the Autobots had suspected treachery, and hid inside one of their shuttle's fuel pods which had detached shortly before Starscream's attack. Que arrived alongside his comrades as a member of Optimus Prime’s strike team into the midst of the Decepticon-occupied Chicago. Que provided the humans with several new anti-Decepticon weapons that he had constructed that, as he put it, “kick ass.” Later on, when several Autobots were overwhelmed and captured, he was taken hostage alongside Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Dino and Ratchet. At Dylan Gould's prodding, Soundwave decided to make trophies of the prisoners, starting with Que. Despite Que’s pleas for mercy, he was fatally shot by Barricade before being swiftly finished off by Soundwave. His death left Bumblebee distraught, mourning his lost friend. But Bumblebee soon avenged his fallen friend by killing Soundwave. Dark of the Moon (film) In the comic adaptaion, Mirage(Dino) is killed in this scene instead of Wheeljack(Que).
Games
Transformers: Autobots video game
Wheeljack upgraded Create-A-Bot so that he could store the data of and, thus, adopt multiple vehicle forms. Transformers: Autobots
Transformers: The Game (PSP)
- Voice actor: Erik Passoja
Wheeljack arrived on Earth some time after Optimus Prime and his team, apparently at the same time as Hoist and Sideswipe. At that time, the Autobots were coming under attack from an army of Decepticon drones, and Wheeljack was able to concoct a virus that would send the drones back into sleep mode. Hound and Trailbreaker were charged with transmitting the virus to an orbiting satellite, broadcasting it to all the drones simultaneously. Although they succeeded, Wheeljack was left with the unfortunate task of relaying to Optimus Prime that Hound had died in the process.
A little later, Wheeljack accompanied the Autobots on their mission to the Hoover Dam, and was seen escaping the complex when the Decepticons attacked. Transformers The Game (PSP)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon - The Game
- Voice actor: Jamie Alcroft
Xbox 360/PS3
Wheeljack aided his Autobot comrades from behind the scenes, arming them with newer, more potent weaponry almost as soon as he was done building them. He had NEST forces deliver one of these new weapons to Ironhide as the latter was battling the Decepticons in Detroit. The gun Wheeljack sent him enabled Ironhide to destroy Mixmaster's shields, leaving the Decepticon vulnerable.
Soundwave later infiltrated an old Sector Seven base that was evidently used as a workshop by Wheeljack to develop new MechTech weapons. Unfortunately, Soundwave managed to destroy the base and the MechTech with it, while what few weapons were already en route to Optimus Prime were intercepted by Starscream.
Notes
- Wheeljack's onscreen name "Que" is most likely a nod to the famous James Bond character Q, who similarily provided his allies with equipment and gadgets.
- His head design in Dark of the Moon is an homage to Albert Einstein.
- An early working name for him was Steeljaw, and his head was considered to be based on Christopher Lloyd's Doc Brown from the Back to the Future movies rather than Einstein.[1]
- Numerous adaptations of Dark of the Moon (such as the comic adaptation and junior novelization) illustrated that during the Autobot capture in Chicago, it was Dino/Mirage who was executed by Soundwave. However this was changed in the movie to Que/Wheeljack being killed instead while Dino/Mirage survived the battle.
