Wheelie (G1)
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- Wheelie is an Autobot, cheerful as the sun, from the continuity family of Generation 1.
He will kick your ass."
Come hither and listen to this ballad! This song!
Come learn about Wheelie: The Wild Boy of Quintesson!
For Wheelie, so small, is an Autobot child,
But when stakes are high, he gets mean and wild!
He is belittled by many, who call him terrible things,
But Wheelie suffers not their cruel arrows and slings!
You see, Wheelie survives; its just what he does,
Nothing keeps him down. How is that? It's because,
He's a survivalist expert; a self-made Autobot!
The Hellish planet of Quintesson is where he was taught.
Wheelie speaks in a pattern that's structured in rhyme,
And he hangs out with Daniel most of the time.
They're two of a kind; kindred spirits and such,
Causing all sorts of trouble with their mischievous touch!
Wheelie cares not if he's liked; popularity doesn't matter,
And he doesn't care if his rhyming drives others mad as a hatter.
His critics may hate him or even wish he would die,
Wheelie's reaction to them: Here's death in your eye!
Fiction
Cartoon continuity
The Transformers cartoon
- Voice actor: Frank Welker (English), Kazue Komiya (Japanese), Roberto Alexander (Latin American)
It would be me that you all hated!
On far off Quintessa his ship it did crash,
Wheelie survived, but his ship turned to ash.
Though friendless and alone, Wheelie stayed alive,
For Wheelie is strong and the strong must survive!
One fateful day, the Dinobots came in search of their friends,
So Wheelie gaily offered to help them meet their ends.
With his confident walk and his whimsical talk,
Wheelie earned the respect of the Mighty Grimlock!
Then with the help of Hot Rod, Kup and the rest,
Wheelie returned to Cybertron, most can attest.
The Transformers: The Movie
In 2006, for all that it's worth,
He had to bring Metroplex's cog down to Earth.
Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1
To accomplish the task, they paired him with fast-talking Blurr,
But Galvatron stranded them on Io, that villainous cur!
Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3
but did Wheelie deserve to fight all these bats?
Being attacked by lipoles, things began to look grim,
But on account of the fact Blurr was faster than him,
Wheelie threw him the cog and told him to flee,
To Marissa Faireborn's ship and to safety.
But the valiant Blurr refused to leave his friend,
And so the pair of heroes fought through to the end.
When Marissa came and helped, the lipoles got wise,
Targeting her ship and blowing it out of the skies!
Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4
The trio fought on, but their nerves were shaken,
'Til Sky Lynx showed up to save their bacon!
Though the lipoles were dispatched, the Predacons then arrived,
But Sky Lynx had the power to tan all of their hides!
Their foes now defeated, the team flew to Earth,
Completing their mission and proving their worth.
With the cog now delivered, Metroplex came alive.
He thrashed Trypticon, and the dino took a dive!
Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5
With Grimlock and Blurr, Wheelie listened to Kup,
As he yammered on and on and refused to shut up.
His story was about the Ick-Yaks on Dread,
But when Grimlock mentioned Chaos, Kup lost his head!
Chaos
When zombie Optimus Prime came under Quintesson control,
Destruction of the Autobots became his primary goal!
He tricked Wheelie and others into a terrible trap
Full of missiles and explosions to turn them to scrap!
But Wheelie survived when Rodimus Prime returned
And left the zombie Optimus behind to be burned.
Dark Awakening
Not long after that, with no assignment or mission,
Wheelie volunteered for a fun competition.
But the timestream was getting all out of place,
And Wheelie got stuck in an unending race!
Forever Is a Long Time Coming
On Earth Wheelie witnessed crimes that were weird,
As multiple landmarks just disappeared!
The Dinobots were suspected, but he didn't buy the hype,
Because the true criminal was an ethnic stereotype!
Thief in the Night
Yet, Wheelie must complete this rhyme!
In his biggest adventure, Wheelie searched for a way,
To deduce the exact date of Magnus's birthday!
He knew finding the truth would be kind of tricky,
So he went and paired up with Daniel Witwicky.
Their search led them straight to a storage asteroid,
Being spied on by Cyclonus (how paranoid!).
Cyclonus took them hostage and made his demands,
But Magnus wouldn't leave them in villainous hands!
When Magnus arrived, he charged straight at his foe,
But as they went at it, little did they know,
That Wheelie snuck past them and pressed the self-destruct,
Which meant if they lingered their deathbeds would be tucked!
So Cyclonus retreated as the asteroid blew up,
And Magnus saved the kids from their monumental screw up!
As it turned out, Magnus didn't know his own birthday,
So their entire adventure was pointless, anyway.
Surprise Party
With other Autobots, Wheelie found Paradron,
A utopian planet that Sandstorm lived on!
Galvatron tried to take it and make it his base,
But gave up when Ultra Magnus blew up the place.
Fight or Flee
On another adventure, Wheelie didn't do much,
But fill out the crowds, standing around and such.
Grimlock's New Brain
No jokes have remained.
Wheelie was slightly more active in his next major caper,
As Cybertron was being drained of its energy vapor!
Wheelie opened fire at a Tornedron, a spider bathed in light,
But Tornedron drained his life, leaving Wheelie's body white.
Luckily for Wheelie, Tornedron was defeated,
And his life was restored, death successfully cheated!
Call of the Primitives
Wheelie, Kup, Bumblebee, and Blurr happened on a human's plot,
And when they battled a plagued Superion, Wheelie was shot!
The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1
He was revived by a Quintesson who tried to work faster,
But when Optimus Prime set out, they replaced him with Blaster!
The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2
Rodimus vs. Cyclonus
Before making it all the way to the Planet of Junk,
Wheelie and friends found themselves in a funk.
Though he was an expert pilot who could get them there fast,
Cyclonus showed up and their fun would not last.
Cyclonus was challenged to battle by Hot Rod (so brave),
But Cyclonus's power almost banished him to his grave!
Kup then requested help and Wheelie replied
By talking to some friends who he knew were on his side.
To make their ship visible was what Kup had asked,
So Grapple and Warpath Tracks did so... and fast!
When Hot Rod began winning, Cyclonus became a goner
He admitted this act was one without honor.
They at last made it to Junkion and found all their friends.
Now watch the rest of the movie to see how it ends.
Rodimus vs. Cyclonus
Japanese cartoon continuity
The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers comic
In 2010, Galvatron hatched a plan,
To gobble up spaceships as fast as he can!
To accomplish this, he built a mechanical creature
With huge, toothy jaws as its primary feature.
Then just buy yourself an enormous gun!
The Autobots found out and were quickly deployed,
Vowing not to give up until the beast was destroyed!
Wheelie was among the heroes enlisted to fight,
And helped Rodimus sneak inside the gargantuan blight.
Rodimus blew up the creature with a smartly placed bomb,
And when the Autobots celebrated, Wheelie joined right along.
The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 1
When planet Feminia and its Prime Energy Tower
Came under attack from Decepticon power,
Wheelie joined the Autobots in defending the thing,
Though their best efforts proved futile against Predaking.
Observing the fight, Wheelie compared it to a game,
Prompting Kup to lash out, calling him stupid and lame!
The Decepticons eventually lost and were driven away,
When the Omnibots arrived to help win the day!
The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5
The Great Transformer War comic
During a battle between Abominus and Computron,
Wheelie mocked and insulted the defeated Terrorcon!
But Wheelie's cries of joy soon became cries of horror,
When the Terrorcons brainwashed the Technobot warrior!
The Cohesive Control Liquid had seized Computron's mind
And forced him to join up with the Decepticons' kind!
Luckily, Spike was there, observing the fight,
And used a special device to turn everything right!
The Great Transformer War issue 2
The Headmasters cartoon
- Voice actor: Kazue Komiya (Japanese)
His words to Chromedome? "It's too late for apologies!"
By 2011, Wheelie was too petulant to rhyme,
He blamed everything on Chromedome, like, all of the time.
Although a jerk to the core, Wheelie was not all alone,
He hung out with Daniel, and the two were quite danger-prone.
While chilling on Earth, the pair were met with surprise
By the titanic Trypticon with glowing death in his eyes!
The Decepticon gave chase, but Wheelie outsmarted their foe,
Luring him onto a busted bridge, where he slipped and fell below.
They then stowed away on the Trainbots and returned to Cybertron,
To help battle the Decepticons with their (limited) brawn.
Daniel, the wuss, was soon attacked by Tantrum,
So Wheelie had to pound the bull's head like a drum!
Four Warriors Come out of the Sky
Before leaving with Hot Rod to face matters unpleasant,
Blaster bequeathed to Wheelie a very special present.
It was a mix-tape of music he'd composed on his own,
And Wheelie played it after Blaster died in battle alone.
The Mystery of Planet Master
As Hot Rod searched Earth for the Matrix he'd lost,
Kup told Wheelie to believe in him, no matter the cost.
Wheelie brushed off Kup's words, thinking them silly,
And was acting all snarky, at least up until he
Was interrupted by Fortress, who had a better attitude,
So he offered to help instead of standing 'round being rude.
Wheelie, however, couldn't help them one whit,
So he went to an arcade with Daniel to complain about it.
He thought himself far more useful than the adults all around him,
And yet even at video games, Daniel proceeded to pound him.
Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime
Next, Blaster's untimely death sent Wheelie into depression.
"No one cares Blaster's gone" was his bitter impression.
But Wheelie was wrong; Rodimus Prime cared quite a bit.
He knew Blaster's death was a mistake and sought to rectify it!
So Blaster was revived as Twincast, much to Wheelie's elation,
And thus began the Great Cassette Operation!
The Great Cassette Operation
But Fortress's cannon is big and most phallic.
Daniel and Wheelie then stowed away on Fortress's battleship
And accompanied the Autobots on their perilous trip
To the Beastformer homeworld, known simply as Beast,
Where the 'Cons were causing trouble (to say only the least).
Wheelie and Daniel then tried to rescue the Beastformer slaves,
But were imprisoned themselves in the dungeon-like caves!
Luckily for Wheelie, the Headmasters were there.
They drove off all the villains and rescued the pair.
Rebellion on Planet Beast
The meteorite Metamorphose then threatened Autobot space,
By warping anything metal in its magnetic embrace!
Only Daniel was safe. Only he could defeat it.
Wheelie cheered Daniel on—he was sure he could beat it!
But Daniel was a crybaby, a big blubbering sack,
So Wheelie chided his buddy and cut him no slack.
Daniel eventually manned up and blew up the rock,
But Wheelie, such a jerk, continued to mock.
Approach of the Demon Meteorite
The Trainbots later invited both Wheelie and Dan
To come visit their birthplace in far-off Japan.
Soon after arriving, Sixshot made some trouble,
Stirring up the Autobots, who countered on the double!
The Headmasters went searching all over the planet,
While Dan and Wheelie went shopping and...well, dammit,
The Trainbots shopped with them, and Chromedome made a fuss,
Causing Daniel to run away crying. (Jeez, what a wuss.)
Terror! The Six Shadows
Wheelie later observed as the Autobots fought,
To reach Vector Sigma first, for if they could not,
The Decepticons would get there, and then there'd be trouble,
Because they'd use Sigma's Cybertonuron to turn the Autobots to rubble!
But they were wrong—Scorponok had a more menacing scheme:
To blow up all of Cybertron! How terribly obscene!
The bombs could not be removed, much to Wheelie's frustration,
Leaving Rodimus to call for the planet's evacuation.
And so Wheelie was forced to watch his planet go KER-PEW!
Poor little guy...his day kind of blew.
Rodimus then departed on an outer space quest,
Leaving Arcee to raise Wheelie (or at least do her best).
Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2
His favorite cereal is Frankenberry.
Crippled with sorrow over Cybertron's end,
The Autobots threw a party to help their wounds mend.
Wheelie, the hedonist, had too much to drink,
And got drunk and passed out, that little rat-fink!
The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok
Along with Daniel and Spike, Wheelie went to Peru
To prevent the members of the Decepticon crew
From making a volcano blow up sky-high,
Leaving the villagers below to helplessly fry.
As the mountain erupted, they approached in Broadside,
But he couldn't beat the heat, no matter how hard he tried!
So Wheelie tried once again, this time with the Trainbots,
But the heat drove them off too, just like they were lame-bots!
With no options left, they evacuated the town,
Saving the villagers while the magma poured down.
The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts
On Athenia, Daniel was planting some seeds
And began watering them to tend to their needs.
As Wheelie observed this dull gardening show,
He was shocked when he saw the plant starting to grow!
The plant was a creature from the world of Darhos
That could grow to great heights, turning slimy and gross!
But might Wheelie assist in planting your spice garden?"
Wheelie and Daniel called to Spike for some aid.
Spike then looked to Arcee (since she was their maid).
But they could do nothing, and the plant almost trashed their base,
Luckily, Fortress wiped it out, leaving not even a trace.
Head On!! Fortress Maximus
When Wheelie and Daniel went to Mars on a geological mission,
They found that the red planet was in perilous condition!
Scorponok had planted bombs near the planet's core,
And once they went off, Mars would then be no more!
Then the pair were attacked by the Terrorcon Rippersnapper,
Who easily abducted the duo of lame whippersnappers!
Imprisoned deep underground in a series of caves,
Daniel concocted a scheme to trick the foul knaves.
He staged an argument with Wheelie and even a fake brawl,
Which let him secretly send an Autobot distress call!
The Headmasters then arrived and rescued the youths,
But could not find the time bombs. (What terrible sleuths!)
Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger
Returned to Athenia, Wheelie looked on in fright,
Praying Fortress would survive his terrible fight!
When they found that their leader had been injured severely,
Wheelie swore to the skies that the Decepticons would pay dearly!
But Wheelie's swearing and screeching couldn't stop what was fated;
Mars was blown into bits and Mega Zarak was created.
Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears
With the threat of Mega Zarak now looming ahead,
Wheelie admitted to Daniel his feelings of dread.
But Daniel wouldn't hear it; he knew Fortress was stronger,
He'd had enough of Wheelie's crap, and he'd take it no longer.
So with inhuman strength (and overreacting a bit),
He shoved Wheelie into a lake after throwing a fit.
Before Wheelie could crush him with his mighty robot fist,
A flying saucer zoomed past. (Oh my gawd, aliens do exist!)
Daniel thought that the alien might be friend and not foe,
So he tried to use a keyboard to communicate with it and, whoah,
Daniel was completely wrong—about as wrong as you can get.
The alien was Galvatron. (He was off by more than a bit.)
Humiliated by his actions, Daniel started to weep,
Leaving Wheelie no choice but to soothe the little creep.
Return of the Immortal Emperor
When the planet called Sandra sent an SOS into space,
Asking for Energon cubes to save their dying race,
The Autobots, always kindly, agreed to give them their aid,
And Wheelie and Daniel tagged along to see the delivery made.
Then the Decepticons attacked! But Spike knew that they would,
And he set up a small cargo ship just so that they could
Slip away in the battle and deliver the cubes.
Wheelie and Daniel laughed out loud at the Decepticon rubes.
And so the cargo was delivered and Sandra was saved!
Wheelie didn't do much this time, but at least he behaved.
SOS from Planet Sandra
But he wouldn't touch a bug in a million years!
When the Decepticons Apeface and Snapdragon showed up at last,
Brainstorm told Wheelie all about their mysterious past.
He revealed unto Wheelie that they used to be friends,
But when they joined Scorponok, they could not make amends.
Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!
Wheelie and the Autobots then found themselves stuck in a race
To prevent the Decepticons from plundering space.
The planet of Hive was the villains' first victim,
But they were thwarted when the Autobots arrived to evict 'em.
Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!
As for the twin planets of Sperity and Toruin ,
Galvatron planned to ransack them and bring them to ruin.
As Sperity was attacked for its huge energy stash,
Wheelie was sent to Toruin before he could do anything rash.
And on that barren planet Wheelie made a find:
The people of Sperity had left their old planet behind!
They had taken their energon far away from there,
Which is why Galvatron couldn't find it anywhere!
Eventually, Galvatron was forced to just call it quits,
And the Autobots left the Speritans to start over in the pits.
Battle for Defense of the False Planet
At Video Challenger, Daniel proved very skilled,
But Wheelie's reaction to him was a little less thrilled.
So he challenged the kid to shoot an apple that he held up,
But Daniel shot his arm instead when his aim got fouled up.
A penal colony on Daros was their next landing point,
So they could rescue some war criminals being slaughtered in the joint.
One of the criminals, though, tried to cut Daniel's neck,
And Wheelie was helpless to stop him, but hey, what the heck.
As it turns out, the criminal wasn't really that bad,
And when he let Daniel go, no one really got mad.
He gave information that helped them unravel a serious knot
And let them defeat MegaZarak. (Though they hadn't found his weak spot.)
Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!
This is unsettling on soooo many levels...
The Decepticons drew them next to the jungle planet Paradise,
Where they were plundering energy and doing things not-so-nice!
So with the Headmasters setting out to solve their enemy's tests,
Daniel and Wheelie met Papika and her voluptuous... face.
Wheelie was smitten quite quickly, and his eyes glowed deep red.
It's best not to imagine the thoughts that went through his head.
After learning to fish, Wheelie tried his best to impress her
By transforming into a car, but his skills proved the lesser
When compared to Papika's; she could talk to beasts large and small,
Making it clear that Wheelie couldn't impress her at all.
Later, the Headmasters won the day, just like they always did,
And Wheelie gave up on Papika. (She was out of your league, kid.)
Head Formation of Friendship
On their travels, the Decepticons proved formidable foes,
Having stolen energy from six planets. Why? Lord only knows.
Approaching Pirate Planet, Wheelie spotted something quite freaky:
An old space pirate ship that was battered, damaged and leaky.
And then an awesome adventure immediately began
Involving pirates! And pyramids! Treasure! Clones! And...aw, man.
Wheelie sat the whole thing out, letting Daniel have all the fun.
Of all the adventures to miss, he had to skip out on that one?
Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship
As Highbrow struggled in vain to crack Scorponok's secret code,
Daniel and Wheelie tried to help him cross that long, bumpy road.
Unfortunately, their "help" proved far too insufficient,
And they had to start over from scratch (not very efficient).
Then Sixshot attacked and blew Ultra Magnus into bits,
And Wheelie attended his funeral between crying fits.
Ultra Magnus Dies!!
From the Athenia base, Wheelie watched Spike blow his top;
The 'Cons were ransacking Earth and weren't going to stop!
They were blaming Chromedome for the team's lack of success,
But Arcee told them to chill and to give it a rest.
The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg
He's a serious douchebag in this cartoon from Japan.
On a mission to Earth, Chromedome had just one simple job,
To keep Spike from getting killed, but that big robotic knob
Screwed it all up and Spike went into intensive care.
Daniel forgave Chromedome, but Wheelie wouldn't let it end there.
Chromedome tried to say sorry, but Wheelie said it wasn't enough.
Even by Wheelie's standards, he was treating Chromedome pretty rough.
As Spike recovered from surgery, Wheelie was then put to work,
Helping to find Mega Zarak's weakspot for Chromedome (that jerk).
After tens of minutes of labor, they all figured it out:
The weakspot was on his chest beyond all shadow of a doubt!
I Risk My Life for Earth
With the Decepticons banished from Earth, the Autobots needed aid
In gathering Plasma energy bombs so the humans would not be afraid.
To accomplish this goal, Wheelie offered to call on friends that he knew,
But Daniel laughed in his face! Wheelie was friendless and a fibber, too!
Then much to Daniel's surprise, Wheelie proved him totally wrong,
When his good "friends" Pointblank, Crosshairs and Sureshot came along!
Those Autobots were great warriors! Daniel was very impressed!
But at being called Wheelie's "friends" the trio became very distressed.
As it turns out, they weren't his "friends"; Wheelie was an absolute liar!
They were his superior officers! His robo-pants were on fire!
Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)
With Wheelie's good "friends" now turned into powerful Targetmasters,
The veterens began insulting the obsolete Headmasters.
In front of Daniel and Wheelie, Pointblank came down on Chromedome,
Who feared the after effects of the disrespect he was shown.
But Daniel and Wheelie didn't respect Chromedome any less
(If they respected him at all is, well, anyone's guess).
Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)
Daniel can't be a Headmaster (in this continuity, anyway).
While set down on planet Master, Wheelie became full of himself,
Vowing to become a Headmaster by improving fitness and health.
Daniel rolled his eyes and laughed out loud; Wheelie's dreams were too silly.
Wheelie told Daniel he could never be one; he was too fleshy and frilly.
Very early the next morning, Wheelie snuck outside for a run,
Only to be captured by Sixshot, whose evil scheme had begun!
Sixshot threatened to dip Wheelie in acid if Fortress didn't agree
To give up the Master Sword's secrets and to do it quickly!
Pointblank coldly suggested they just let Wheelie melt and die,
But Daniel and Chromedome disagreed! They'd save the little guy!
Going against orders, the pair snuck inside of Scorponok,
With Daniel using his size to sneak past the energy locks.
They got Wheelie out safely, but alas, their rescue was too late.
Fortress had just handed over his secrets! Well, ain't that just great?
Furious at the trio for leaving the ship without orders,
He gave them a mop and a bucket and said to wash all the quarters.
The Master Sword Is in Danger!!
Thanks to Wheelie's epic failure, the Decepticons took what they stole
And began construction of the Zarak Shield as their ultimate goal.
As the Headmasters traversed Master to thwart the sinister plan,
Wheelie stood ontop of Battleship Maximus, hanging with Dan.
They were startled by Weirdwolf, who had concocted a plan all his own,
He'd set bombs on the ship and didn't want their cover to be blown!
Weirdwolf's plan was a success; the bombs completely ruined the ship
And with his fancy new shield, Zarak prepared to beat on the crip.
The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide
While Raiden and Defensor worked double-time on repairs,
Wheelie and Dan found themselves useless to help with such affairs.
As the grown-ups worked diligently to create tactics and plans,
The kids went to play video games at their elder's demands.
Operation: Destroy the Decepticons
With the Maximus repaired, the Autobots set off into space
After Mega Zarak whom they once again had to chase.
In an effort to kill time, Wheelie had his greatest idea yet:
He and Daniel would see what it was like inside a laser turret!
Then the turret was damaged with Daniel still stuck inside,
And jettisoned away from the ship; Wheelie just about cried.
Daniel made it back (with Sixshot's help), much to Wheelie's relief;
If he had caused Daniel's death, Wheelie would have been crippled with grief!
My Friend Sixshot!
Sixshot may have saved Daniel, but he was still no Autobot friend
And challenged Chromedome to a duel where he'd surely meet his end.
Wheelie, that eavesdropping punk, heard about the whole situation
And ran and told Daniel, who wasn't keen on the confrontation.
Duel on the Asteroid
Because of that stupid duel, Mega Zarak made it to Earth first,
Once again, it was all Chromedome's fault (that guy is really the worst).
Daniel was busy pouting, thinking Sixshot had died in the fight.
Wheelie teased the brat, anyway (never one to pass on a slight).
They eventually reached Earth, but tragedy wasn't far behind:
Spike's plane crashed down in the Andes and they were all in a bind!
Wheelie followed his good buddy, who had to rescue his mother,
And Daniel saved the day, yet again! A true hero! (Oh brother...)
The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)
Not quite as beautiful is this giant robo-shlong.
It turned out Scorponok's master plan involved blowing up the Earth
And gathering up the released energy (which was of tremendous worth).
With friends and justice, the Autobots joined hands in formation
And prevented Scorponok's insidius detonation!
Mega Zarak destroyed and the Decepticons driven away,
Wheelie and Daniel were left with only goodbyes to say.
Wheelie promised to visit Daniel again when he was older,
And though they were apart, their passions would forever smolder.
The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)
The Headmasters comic
best of all is supple young boys!
Shortly after the defeat of Mega Zarak,
Soundblaster showed up and began to attack!
Wheelie, unprepared, took a kick right to the face.
All can agree he was put in his place!
When Slugfest and Overkill took hostage Carly and Spike,
Daniel went berserk and started to strike!
Sending the Cassette dinosaurs running back home,
Soundblaster was left open to an attack from Chromedome.
As the Autobots left Earth, Wheelie and Daniel said "Goodbye."
They cuddled and they snuggled and started to cry.
The Headmasters issue 8
15 Go! Go! comics
(Teletraan 10 will be furious.)
Teletraan 15's panties were so frilly and white,
But when Wheelie peeked, Teletraan 10 took this as a slight!
10 taught him a lesson with a kick from her high heel
That split open his head and ground his face into meal!
Kup then showed up to give that perv Wheelie a scolding,
And then hugged poor 15, whose spine would need some remolding!
Wheelie Volume
Marvel Comics continuity
The Transformers
Wheelie still can manage a Furmanism!
Marvel UK
Not especially far did poor little Wheelie roam,
Still, all things considered, he called Quintesson his home.
So for Rodimus Prime he made himself quite the spy,
And routinely reported on what the locals would try.
The rescue of Wreck-Gar was his biggest claim to fame,
And that's how Wheelie helped to spoil the Quintessons' name.
Space Pirates!
Generation 2
Later, in the present, Wheelie wasn't much seen,
He could've been too young, if you know what that means?
Still, one could glimpse him out and about in this abode...
Hey check it out, there's Wheelie! He's right there on the road!
The Power and the Glory
Big Looker storybooks
Well Wheelie's ten times cooler than you are, you sniveling putz!
When Wheelie went on a space trip with his mom and his dad,
They crashed down on Quintesson and their ship was damaged quite bad!
Poor Wheelie, so young, lost both of his parents that day,
And now with nowhere to go, he had no choice but to stay.
But the Quintessons, those meanies, didn't like Wheelie one bit,
So they threw him first in a dungeon, then in a Sharkticon pit!
Wheelie, however, was not about to be killed,
As it turns out, in gymnastics, Wheelie was very skilled!
Using the gangplank as a springboard, he made his escape,
Then fled into the jungle to live off the land like an ape!
An undetermined time after that, a spoiled brat named Hot Rod,
Went on a space trip with his homies and, well, isn't it odd,
They crash-landed on Quintesson just like Wheelie did?
Except none of them died like the parents of that kid.
No sooner had they landed, they were menaced by danger;
The Quintessons were attacking, but what's even stranger,
Is that Wheelie saved their lives, launching fireballs at the villains,
All the while bustin' mad rhymes that were krunk, phresh and illin'.
Wheelie then led his new friends to his damaged old spaceship,
And Hot Rod began on repairs so they all could make the trip,
Away from Quintesson and they needed to leave soon,
For the Quintessons had returned with some Sharkticon goons!
Hot Rod repaired the spaceship and just barely in time,
And Wheelie escaped with his friends, his health and his rhymes.
The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson
3H comics
but alas poor Wheelie also died!
With Dr. Fujiyama in tow, the Autobots were quite screwed.
It seems a legion of Nightbirds were in a terrible mood!
With Wheelie injured thanks to a shot in the back,
Scar-faced Daniel realized the villains would cut them no slack.
Prepared to die to stop the evil hordes,
Wheelie told Daniel these few final words:
With a grenade pin pulled, signalling doom,
Daniel ended their friendship with a massive Kaboom!
Departure
From Nightbird death? We'll never know!
Centuries passed, with Wars both Great and of Beast,
And once again Unicron was prepared to feast!
An alternate Wheelie was poached from his home,
And locked in the Cauldron where no one could roam.
He would fight other Transformers till death, either one;
The loser would feed his spark to hungry Unicron!
Trapped in a cage, Wheelie was doomed to meet his maker,
However, he was saved by Silverbolt and Trailbreaker!
He escaped with the others, through a portal they were hurled,
Towards perhaps his home universe, a return to his world!
Escape
Dreamwave comics continuity
(Let's hope he's sterile.)
Although Shockwave promised peace to one and all,
Wheelie was smart and for that ruse he did not fall.
He joined a team along with Gnaw, his Sharkticon pet.
Together they strove to unveil Shockwave's evil threat.
Optimus Prime wasted no time in joining their side,
But thought Gnaw was attacking and beat his ugly hide.
Wheelie didn't take this well and thought Prime a brute,
So in retaliation, he bit the Commander's boot!
Passive Aggression
IDW comics continuity
for once again he's been had!
All that Wheelie ever wanted was to help one and all,
But the bigger, tougher Autobots thought he was too small.
Then finally, one day, Wheelie at last got his due,
And then radiation malfunctioned his ship—Wheelie cried boo-hoo!
Spotlight: Wheelie
Wheelie sent out a transmission, hoping someone might help.
Optimus Prime got the call but completely ignored the whelp!
Spotlight: Optimus Prime
So since no Autobot cared if Wheelie lived or died,
His ship crashed into a planet, and its systems were fried!
The foul creatures of that world towered great heights over him,
And when he tried greeting one, it just tore off his limb!
Wheelie got it back later, so he wasn't totally sunk,
But the place where he found it stunk ten times worse than a skunk.
Alas, poor Wheelie had to dig through poop piles in vain.
And after all of that, transforming caused him great pain.
The trail of a crashed ship was what he next embarked upon,
But he then found that it had been piloted by Decepticons!
An innocent alien was being tortured by Spectro and Spyglass,
So Wheelie swooped in like a superhero and saved the shmuck's ass.
And for that poor guy's sake, Wheelie had saved him just in time,
So the grateful little guy taught Wheelie how to rhyme!
And Varta (the alien) even had a ship that flew!
To get it up and running, Wheelie's power source would do.
Together, the friends both prepared to leave the wretched place,
But their dreams where shattered when Spyglass shot Varta in the face!
The Decepticons took the ship and left Wheelie to his doom,
But he surprised all the 'Cons and made the ship go kaboom!
One year after that, he and Varta had built a home,
And from then on, his fate Wheelie would no longer bemoan!
Spotlight: Wheelie
Bee in the City
A bunch of guys thought 'Bee was Wheelie,
and some other guys who he never was really!
Bee in the City
Games
The Transformers (PS2)
In the distant year 2010, things were looking quite bleak:
Shockwave had seized command from Galvatron, that psychotic freak!
Most of the Autobots were now dead, buried and gone
Because Shockwave used the Zel Quartz to destroy Cybertron!
But Wheelie had survived alongside Rodimus Prime
And along with some others, they travelled backward in time
To 2003, before Shockwave had gone totally nuts
And squarely kicked all of the Decepticons' butts.
And yet it wasn't Wheelie who ended up saving the day;
Starscream wound-up thwarting the Decepticons (in his own stupid way).
With Shockwave's sinister future now erased from the timeline,
Wheelie vanished into nothingness, leaving sparkling starshine.
The Transformers
Toys
Generation 1
But he will still look like crap.
- Wheelie (Mini Vehicle, 1986)
- Japanese ID number: C-80
- Wheelie's transformation does not go very far, he turns into a generic "futuristic car". Surprisingly enough, the fans' fancy he tickles, as he's the only new mold of the third-year Mini Vehicles.
Transformers Collection
- Future Cybertron (Transformers Collection, 2005)
- Japanese ID number: TF-20
- Wheelie was reissued in a The Transformers Collection set. Targetmaster Kup and Recoil, you also did get! The reissue's different in an unexpected way; where the old face was orange, the new one is gray!
Universe (2008)
your alt mode's mine!
- Wheelie (Legends, 2009)
- Series: G1 Series
- Along with many other Mini Vehicles from Generation 1, Wheelie was released as a Legends figure for pocket-sized fun. To make the rhyming one a little neater, he now transforms into a "Junk Planet speeder!"[1] Hasbro was thoughtful, and kept Wheelie armed. They sculpted a slingshot! Enemies be alarmed!
- If an evil redeco of Wheelie you lack, Shadow Striker is this Wheelie in black!
Henkei! Henkei!
- Minibot Spy Team (Multi-pack, 2009)
- Japanese ID number: C-19
- TakaraTomy's Wheelie has colors more mellow; over in Japan, he's light orange-yellow. He comes packed with two other Minibots totaling three, though Warpath and Cosmos are not for free.
Notes
but Hasbro said "that just won't do".
- In the first commercial where Wheelie did appear, his voice didn't sound anywhere near! Although Frank Welker did the gig, Wheelie's voice came much deeper, dig? In fact — and we're sure you'll all agree — he sounded like the Smurfs' pal Peewit! (That's pronounced "Peewee", you see.)
- In an old catalog, Wheelie's toy could be seen, but when his toy hit the market, its colors changed some time in between. And yet this obsolete coloration still lingered around; Wheelie bore the same scheme in some comics, savvy readers had found!
- Among those who dislike Wheelie is Floro Dery, his creator—really! Dery's said that of all his Transformers designs, Wheelie's the one that he most maligns—maybe even the only one! Honest, it's true! You can read for yourself in this interview! [2]
- In the Season 3 Italian dub, Wheelie never rhymes. Instead, he says "wroom wroom" at random times.
because nobody really cared.
- In Armada, his animation model was used. He agreed with his boss, and Hot Shot was abused. They believed Hot Shot's friend had died in those flames. Thanks to those jerks, Hot Shot is who he blames. Past Past II
- Chris Ryall said Wheelie would get a spotlight on his blog. His hide the fans did wish to flog. On Jizai's design Klaus Scherwinski did base, for Wheelie's sake he does not lose face.
- Though Wheelie thought his body looked fine, for AHM he got a redesign! Guido Guidi was not enthused, and in "Spotlight: Wheelie" it didn't get used.
- His parents from Gobotron hail, who knew? The source? The AllSpark Almanac Number Two.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Wheelie (ウィーリー Wīrī)
- English: Willy (Omni Productions dub)
- French: Tourbillo (Canada)
- Hungarian: Ugrabot (The Movie)
- Italian: Scooter, Saetta (The Movie)
- Portuguese: Rodinhas (Portugal Comic)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Wheelie's cardback calls him this, assuming Hasbro's not taking the piss.
- ↑ TransFormers Philippines: Interview With Floro Dery, where he says "I don't like Wheelie"
