Daniel Witwicky (G1)
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- Daniel Witwicky is a human from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Daniel Witwicky is the human son of Spike and Carly Witwicky. He is approximately 12 years of age in 2005, and was presumably born sometime between 1990 and 1993. He is the grandson of Sparkplug Witwicky.
Daniel often gets into trouble, which requires either his father or the Autobots to save him. He is very good friends with the Autobots, particularly Wheelie, Grimlock, and Hot Rod, but the one he's closest to is Arcee, who views him as a surrogate son. Come to think of it, he doesn't seem to have any human friends. What a shock.
Daniel is (sometimes) the Headmaster partner to Arcee.
Fiction
Generation 1 cartoon continuity
The Transformers cartoon
- Voice actor: David Mendenhall (English), Mayumi Tanaka (Japanese, The Movie), Masumi Gotō (Japanese, Transformers 2010), Yoshiko Kamei (Japanese, The Rebirth), Francette Vernillat (Fench)
In the year 2005, Daniel appeared to be in the care of Hot Rod (smart choice) at Autobot City while his father was preparing for an assault on the Decepticon-held planet Cybertron from Moonbase One. The separation from his dad had left Daniel feeling blue, but his spirits were lifted when he saw an incoming Autobot shuttle. Hot Rod gave him a lift to Lookout Mountain to get a better view, but Daniel found something he'd rather not see; a massive hole in the shuttle's side, revealing that it had been commandeered by the Decepticon army!
This chance discovery caused Hot Rod to attack the shuttle, forcing Megatron to evacuate his troops and giving the Autobots a chance to prepare the city's defenses. Daniel nearly perished when Megatron blasted the observation platform below him, but Hot Rod managed to keep him safe as they headed for the besieged city with Kup.
Following a brutal battle in which he was almost killed, Daniel tearfully witnessed the death of Optimus Prime, sobbing on the fallen commander's hand as the color left his corpse. (We forgive Daniel's crying on this occasion, as everyone else cried as well.)
Escaping from a second Decepticon attack, Daniel and a group of Autobots were stranded on Junkion, where Daniel donned his father's old exosuit to weather the harsh environment. He did not get much time to enjoy the suit, as yet another Decepticon assault left Ultra Magnus dead and stirred the native Junkions into violent action. Daniel proved his worth in this battle by smacking Junkion leader Wreck-Gar with an I-beam, saving a prone Springer.
Hostilities with the Junkions were settled with the arrival of Hot Rod and Kup, Ultra Magnus was revived, and a brief celebration was held wherein Daniel showed he could boogey down.
Daniel joined the combined Autobot-Junkion attack force in the assault on Unicron. He was on the ship that plunged into Unicron's eye, and soon became separated from the main Autobot group. As luck would have it, he ended up in Unicron's acid-based digestion center, where he was able to save his father, Bumblebee, Jazz, and Cliffjumper from certain death.
Daniel and the rest soon met up with the other Autobots inside of Unicron. Everything around them was exploding! And then came this Rodimus Prime guy. Spike and Daniel hopped into his front seat, all of the Autobots drove out of Unicron's undamaged eye, through space (!), and back to Cybertron as Unicron blew up. Daniel looked on as Rodimus gave a heroic speech. The Transformers: The Movie
The Witwickys attended the first Galactic Olympics on Athenia. The event was attacked by Quintesson forces, who kidnapped Daniel's father. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1 Some time later, Spike and Daniel were on a mission with the Autobots when they sought refuge on the Autobot Mausoleum. Exploring on his own, Daniel encountered what appeared to be Optimus Prime, and they soon found that Optimus was back from the dead. After it turned out that Optimus had been resurrected by the Quintessons as a trap, and Optimus sacrificed himself to save the Autobots, Daniel grieved for the Autobot leader all over again. Dark Awakening
After the Autobots threw a birthday party for Daniel, he started to wonder if Ultra Magnus had a birthday. The quest to find out led Daniel and Wheelie to steal a spacecraft and locate a lost storage asteroid. They were followed by Cyclonus who took Daniel hostage and attempted to crash the asteroid into Cybertron, but Daniel and Wheelie escaped during a rescue by Ultra Magnus. Surprise Party Bored with a diplomatic event, Daniel went exploring on Cybertron with Grimlock and the pair were inadvertently transported to Menonia, a realm of magic. They met the Red Wizard—in reality the exiled Quintesson Mara-Al-Utha, who tricked Grimlock into helping him while imprisoning Daniel. Daniel escaped with the help of a fellow prisoner and, with the help of some Autobots who had followed him, freed the Golden One who overturned Mara-Al-Utha's rule. Madman's Paradise
When Daniel was plagued by bad dreams about a giant Galvatron, Rodimus advised him to visualize a giant Rodimus to fight the Galvatron. Daniel was later abducted by the Quintessons who projected his dreams into reality. He struggled to mentally help the Autobots caught up in the projection, but when a giant Galvatron appeared, Rodimus realized what was happening and encouraged Daniel to overcome the Quintessons' machine. Daniel was thus able to be rescued. Nightmare Planet Following the theft of Metroplex's transformation cog, Spike and Daniel disguised themselves as workers and stole Trypticon's cog to replace it. The Ultimate Weapon
To demonstrate Brainstorm's theory that human partners could help, Hot Rod engaged in a race with Blurr, with Daniel helping Hot Rod by shooting enemies from the driver's seat. Following an attempt by the Decepticons to open the Plasma Energy Chamber, Spike, Daniel and a group of Autobots were hurled across space to the plant of Nebulos. After a slight misunderstanding with the locals, the Autobots had a brief battle with the Decepticons who had followed them there. When Daniel tried to help Arcee against Snapdragon, the Decepticon used him as a chew-toy, severely injuring him. Though he survived, he required extensive life support. Following those adventures, Daniel took on the role of "chew-toy" and was seriously injured in an attack by Snapdragon and required extensive life support. Arcee volunteered her own systems to assist in saving Daniel's life. The Rebirth, Part 1 Arcee's head was reconfigured into an exosuit, allowing Daniel to become Arcee's Headmaster partner.
They tested out their new partnership on the Hive's machines, and when Optimus arrived on the planet, the pair were able to recapture the key to the Plasma Energy Chamber from the Decepticons. The Rebirth, Part 2 Unfortunately Scorponok arrived and grabbed Arcee in his mighty pincer. She and Daniel were taken back to Cybertron as captives aboard the fortress, and Arcee was forced to either turn over the key or watch Daniel be tortured. Spike, binary bonded to Cerebros, staged a rescue shortly before Scorponok was shot off into space. After Cybertron entered a new Golden Age, Daniel and Arcee returned to Nebulos to help rebuild. The Rebirth, Part 3
Japanese cartoon continuity
The Great Transformer War
Daniel and Spike celebrated the success of Doctor Dalton's upgrades to the Autobots. When Computron was coated in Cohesive Control Liquid, Daniel offered to go help deal with it as humans wouldn't be affected by the substance, however Spike vetoed that notion and went himself. The Great Transformer War #2
The Headmasters cartoon
- Voice actor: Tomiko Suzuki (Japanese)
In 2011, Cybertron came under attack by the Decepticons. While Daniel and Wheelie were planning to travel there, they encountered Trypticon and, thanks to some quick thinking from Wheelie, managed to trick him into plunging into a ravine. Donning his exosuit, Daniel accompanied Wheelie on the Trainbots to Cybertron, where he immediately managed to get into trouble, encountering Tantrum. He was rescued by Shōki, who told the pair they should evacuate the planet forthwith. Four Warriors Come out of the Sky Daniel joined his parents on Athenia. Following the battle, the triumphant Autobot Headmasters also arrived on Athenia to introduce themselves. Daniel went into mourning after Blaster died while helping Hot Rod find the Matrix on Earth. The Mystery of Planet Master
Back on Cybertron, Daniel and Wheelie played computer games while they waited for the outcome of Hot Rod and Optimus Prime's respective missions. Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime When the Autobot Cassettes refused to go on a mission, Daniel spoke up for them, pointing out that they were still mourning Blaster's death. They were all overjoyed when Fortress was able to resurrect Blaster as Twincast, though Daniel took a bit of reminding to remember his new name. The Great Cassette Operation Daniel and Wheelie stowed away aboard Battleship Maximus, and, as a result, paid a visit to planet Beast, where they befriended a young Beastformer, were temporarily captured by the Decepticons, and helped free the Beastformers from Decepticon rule.Rebellion on Planet Beast
When the Decepticons sent a metal-warping meteor towards Athenia and Spike was too injured to go, Daniel volunteered to plant bombs on it. Partway there, he started having second thoughts, but after Fortress made funny faces at him, he calmed down and completed the mission on his own. Approach of the Demon Meteorite Daniel and Wheelie were shopping in Japan with the Trainbots when a mysterious figure began blackmailing the world's governments. Daniel was upset when Chromedome argued with the Trainbots over the shopping trip; however, a ninja star he'd bought caused Chromedome to remember the ninja Sixshot, who it turned out was behind the blackmail. Terror! The Six Shadows
After the destruction of Cybertron, Daniel touched down on the remains of the planet with the Autobots, and watched as Rodimus Prime, Kup, and Blurr departed on a mission to find a new home for the Transformers. Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2 Though glum at Rodimus's departure, Daniel and Wheelie attended a party put on by Fortress to celebrate the completion of the Sol 1 satellite. They also went to the launch itself. The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok Spike, Daniel and Wheelie rode along with the Autobots as they went to save the village of Pan from an erupting volcano, and Daniel met Pipiro and his sister Alyssa. The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts
Daniel took some seeds back to Athenia to plant, unaware they'd been switched for alien seeds. The resulting buridanka plant attacked the Autobot base there and Daniel courageously tried to fight it off with a stick, but it exploded anyway when the Headmasters destroyed another buridanka on Earth. Head On!! Fortress Maximus Spike and his father helped the Autobots conduct a geological survey on Mars (at least when Daniel wasn't playing jokes on Wheelie) until they detected some strange activity. Daniel, Wheelie, and Shōki were captured by Decepticons, but, by staging a fight, they used the Autobot insignia from Daniel's exosuit to alert Spike to their predicament. Once the Headmasters rescued them, they evacuated back to Athenia in the Trainbots. Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger From there, they monitored the efforts of the Autobots as they unsuccessfully tried to prevent the Decepticons from destroying Mars. Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears
After Daniel and Wheelie were buzzed by a UFO on Athenia, Daniel became obsessed with calling the aliens back using a musical technique he'd seen in a movie. Unfortunately, the UFO later turned out to be a spacecraft carrying Galvatron and Daniel smashed his musical instrument in disgust. Return of the Immortal Emperor When the Autobots received an SOS from Sandra, a world nearly depleted of energy, Daniel and Wheelie went along on the mission of mercy. SOS from Planet Sandra Spike decided to try to negotiate with the Decepticons, and went to Earth with Daniel and Carly to meet with Galvatron and try to persuade the Decepticon leader that they could work together. The Decepticons insisted on holding Daniel and Carly hostage for the duration. When Galvatron insisted that one of the preconditions of any arrangement would be that Daniel would have to stay on Earth, apart from his father, Daniel tearfully agreed. It later turned out that it had all been a trick, and "Galvatron" was really Sixshot. With the subsequent destruction of the space bridge network, the Autobots opted to pursue the Decepticons into space in Battleship Maximus, and Daniel insisted on going too. Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!
They first followed the Decepticons to Hive. Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!! When they were approaching the Twin Star system, Daniel and Wheelie were sent with Arcee and Brainstorm to Toruin for safety's sake. Instead, the foursome found that the population of neighboring Sperity had evacuated there to escape the Decepticon attack. Battle for Defense of the False Planet Daniel practiced his gun-slinging by playing Video Challenger and trying to shoot balls out of Wheelie's hand. When the Headmasters rescued some people from Daros, one of them, Curl, took Daniel hostage. With the help of his Challenge Blaster, he broke free, and the Autobots subsequently helped Curl overturn the planet's corrupt rulers. Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!
On Paradise, Daniel met a young girl named Papika and the Autobots chased the Decepticons off the planet. Head Formation of Friendship As Maximus moved through the Space Graveyard, Daniel was interested in a spaceship resembling a pirate ship though they couldn't stop to investigate further. He got the chance to when Highbrow later discovered a pyramid on the Pirate Planet, and the spaceship's skull figurehead turned out to be the key. Daniel used his Challenge Blaster, upgraded by Highbrow, to fend off Soundblaster while they retrieved the skull. Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship
As they headed back to Earth, Daniel and Wheelie tried fruitlessly to help Highbrow find a weak spot in Scorponok's transtector design. They reached Earth to find that Sixshot had attacked and killed Ultra Magnus, much to Daniel's distress. Ultra Magnus Dies!! Back on Athenia, Daniel and Spike monitored the Decepticons' mounting devastation of Earth. The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg When Spike was critically wounded during a Decepticon attack, Daniel refused to blame Chromedome (though Wheelie did). He paid a visit to his father in the medical bay before Fortress used telepathy to successfully remove the shrapnel that endangered Spike's life. Daniel later helped Chromedome unravel the secret of Scorponok's weak point. I Risk My Life for Earth
Daniel and Wheelie accompanied Spike to the United Nations as he tried to coordinate recovery efforts after the Decepticons abandoned Earth. Wheelie's "friends", whom Daniel had assumed he'd made up, finally arrived in the form of Pointblank, Sureshot and Crosshairs. Daniel went on board Maximus as the Autobots took some bombs into space for disposal. Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1) Following the unexpected creation of the Targetmasters, Daniel persuaded his father to let him head to planet Master with the Autobots to head off the Decepticons. He and Wheelie helped cheer Chromedome up after the death of Jack. Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)
Wheelie claimed he was going to learn to become a Headmaster and sneaked off, only to be captured by the Decepticons. When they tried to ransom the tiny Autobot for information about the Master Sword, Daniel immediately set out to mount a rescue with the help of Chromedome. As Scorponok's defenses were geared towards Transformers, Daniel slipped through them with ease and successfully rescued Wheelie. The Decepticons still got the information they were after, and Daniel, Wheelie and Chromedome were relegated to cleaning duties. The Master Sword Is in Danger!! Daniel and Wheelie caught Weirdwolf doing something on Battleship Maximus's hull, and Daniel took a few shots at the Decepticon with his Challenge Blaster until Fortress told him to get back inside. The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide
Annoyed at the failure to stop the Decepticons constructing the Zarak Shield, Daniel and Wheelie turned to video games, but found even those had lost their appeal. Operation: Destroy the Decepticons On the way back to Earth, Daniel decided to take a look at Maximus's laser turrets. Unfortunately, the ship got into a battle with the Decepticons, and the damaged laser turret was jettisoned, landing on the barren world of Daira. Also stranded there was Sixshot, who had no intention of dishonorably killing a small unarmed boy, and instead protected Daniel from the rock people until the Autobots arrived. Daniel stopped Chromedome from shooting Sixshot, as he'd come to regard the Decepticon as a friend. My Friend Sixshot!
When he subsequently found out that Sixshot had challenged Chromedome to a duel to the death, Daniel tried to talk the Headmaster out of taking part. When this failed, Daniel donned his exosuit and followed Chromedome to asteroid Juno where he interposed himself between the two fighters. It transpired that Scorponok intended to deal with two problems by blowing up the asteroid. With Sixshot's help, Chromedome and Daniel escaped, but the boy was upset when it appeared that Sixshot had perished in the asteroid's explosion. Duel on the Asteroid
Daniel brooded the rest of the way to Earth. When they arrived, Arcee reported that Spike and Carly's plane had gone down in the Andes, and Daniel insisted on going with the Headmasters on the rescue mission. When they reached the location, Spike was pulling people out of a crevasse, and Daniel volunteered to be the one to haul his unconscious mother to safety. They returned to Battleship Maximus, where the Autobots had found the Decepticons were erecting Death Towers across the planet. The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1) With the Decepticon plan nearing completion, Daniel accompanied the Autobots to the North Pole. He and Wheelie helped Fortress Maximus against Scorponok, but were threatened by Battletrap. After Battletrap was struck by laser fire, Daniel discovered that Sixshot had survived the explosion of Juno after all. Following their defeat, the Decepticons fled into space; as the Autobots departed as well, Daniel gave his friends a tearful send off. The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)
The Headmasters comic
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Shortly after Mega Zarak and the Decepticons were driven from Earth, Soundblaster showed up and took Daniel's family hostage. Not havin' none-a that, Daniel finally snapped. He went insane and took on both Slugfest and Overkill in a bare-knuckle brawl, defeating the pair of Cassette dinosaurs and leaving Soundblaster open to an attack from Chromedome. The Headmasters #8
e-HOBBY comics
MP-1B Cybertron Commander / Convoy Black Ver. MP-3G Destron Air Commander / Starscream Ghost Ver.
Marvel UK Generation 1 comics
In 2009, the Terrorcons and the rest of the Decepticons rampaged across Earth unhindered, and Daniel and his father Spike were rescued from the carnage by Kup. Kup brought them to Autobot City, where Daniel convinced Rodimus Prime that he wasn't devoting enough resources towards defending Earth. Time Wars
The Transformers Coloring Book
Returning home from a road trip with his Autobot friends, Daniel had a sandwich while listening to Kup's story about a lost stash of energon cubes on Earth. While Daniel wanted to participate in the ensuing treasure hunt, the Autobots deemed it too dangerous for the boy, and Hot Rod drove him home to his parents, Buster and Jesse. The Lost Treasure of Cybertron
3H comics
Supposedly, Daniel met Devcon at some point after 1987. Centuries later, the latter would comment he liked Arcee better when she still had "that kid" in her head. Betrayal
Daniel detonated an explosive to destroy a legion of Nightbird drones, killing himself and Wheelie in the process. This event caused Arcee to enter a deep depression, setting the stage for her personality change as she became a Wrecker. Departure
Dreamwave Generation 1 comic
A day after a reactivated Megatron attacked and destroyed a South American rebel militia, a young Daniel reminded Spike to wear his hard hat, which he scrawled his father's name on so he wouldn't forget (the hardhat, not his name). Spike told him to go upstairs when General Robert Hallo invited himself into Spike's home. Prime Directive #1
Toys
Unreleased
A pink redeco of Chromedome as Headmaster Arcee was considered by Hasbro/Takara at one time. Presumably, Daniel would have been the Headmaster partner.
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Merchandise
Super Collection Figure
- Arcee & Daniel (2001)
- A PVC figure of Daniel in his exosuit was released in Takara's Super Collection Figure series. It was only available in ACT-4, coming in the same blind-packed box as Arcee (who was unchanged from her ACT-1 release).
Notes
Foreign names
- Japanese: Daniel Witwicky (ダニエル・ウィトウィッキー Danieru Witowikkī)
