Wheelie (Transformers)
Encyclopedia
Wheelie is the name of two different fictional characters in the Transformers
series.
who turns into a car. He has a distinctive style of speech, in which he rhymes his sentences while speaking in a high pitched voice, making him sound like a child. A young Autobot, Wheelie's function is listed as "survivalist". He despises the Quintessons and their Sharkticon minions, but only fights when he has no alternative.
Wheelie was voted one of the top robot characters that does not look like her toy by Topless Robots.
He was also picked as the 9th worst Transformer by X-Entertainment.http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/547.html
in escaping from the Quintessons, whose homeworld was dying due to a rift in space-time. The two then transmit the Quintessons' plan for colonization throughout the galaxy, making the Quintessons' targets aware of their plans. Wheelie retains his distinctive style of speech in his comic appearance.
and 2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon voiced by Tom Kenny
.
In some early script drafts and fiction he was called Wheels.
Wheelie was picked as the 100th "Coolest Movie Robot" by Matt Patches of UGO.com.
IGN described Wheelie humping the leg of Mikaela as one of the worst moments of the Transformers movies.
Wheelie appears as a character in the book Transformers: Dark of the Moon The Junior Novel
.
. He was sent by Soundwave to spy on Mikaela Banes
, who is given a shard of the All Spark by her boyfriend Sam Witwicky. However when trying to steal the shard from a vault he is immediately caught by Mikaela, who destroys his left eye with a blowtorch. He pleads for her to give him the shard as The Fallen needed it and would die if he failed. She then locks him in a suitcase and flies to the East Coast to rendezvous with Sam. When Mikaela, Sam and his dorm mate Leo Spitz meet up with former Sector 7 agent Seymour Simmons, Mikaela releases Wheelie from the suitcase and convinces him to translate the symbols from the Sector 7 photo archives. He tells them that it was the language of the Primes and couldn't read it, but offered to find them someone who could. He then helps the humans locate the former Decepticon Jetfire at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
in Washington, D.C.
After Jetfire is awakened, Wheelie swears allegiance to the Autobots as he hates the Decepticons. He joins the group in searching for the Matrix of Leadership in Egypt, but disappeared after a while.
Wheelie reappears in the 2011 film Transformers: Dark of the Moon. He was Sam's 'pet', along side his new friend Brains
. Wheelie and Sam have been dumped by Mikaela and Wheelie isn't entirely happy with his and Brains' "living arrangements", as the U.S. government didn't care for the two small robots. His damaged eye is already healed in the third film. Later they are among the Autobots as they are exiled from Earth and presumed killed as their ship is blown up by Starscream. During the battle in Chicago, Wheelie stated the Autobots were staying to win the war, and though excited to help, he is angry when he and Brains are accidentally left behind by the Wreckers. Wheelie and Brains wandered the streets and used a crashed Decepticon fighter to fly to the main battlecruiser. Once there, he and Brains sabotaged the ship, saving Bumblebee and the other captured Autobots, and the ship came crashing down in the water. Their survival is a mystery.
However the last lines said by Wheelie and Brains: "We had a nice one Brains, you and me" and "Yeah, we're gonna die", along with the fact that they are not shown again in Dark of the Moon, unlike the other surviving Autobots (in the end), hint that perhaps both of them did not survive.
Transformers
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series.
Generation 1
The first Wheelie is a young AutobotAutobot
Autobot, a faction of sentient robots from the planet Cybertron, are usually the main protagonists in the fictional universe of the Transformers, a collection of various toys, graphic novels, paperback books, cartoons and movies first introduced in 1984. In all but one Transformer story, the...
who turns into a car. He has a distinctive style of speech, in which he rhymes his sentences while speaking in a high pitched voice, making him sound like a child. A young Autobot, Wheelie's function is listed as "survivalist". He despises the Quintessons and their Sharkticon minions, but only fights when he has no alternative.
Reception
Wheelie was chosen as the "Annoying character of the day" column by IGN.Wheelie was voted one of the top robot characters that does not look like her toy by Topless Robots.
He was also picked as the 9th worst Transformer by X-Entertainment.http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/547.html
Marvel Comics
Wheelie's existence was acknowledged only by the UK Transformers Marvel Comics community, where adventures were inserted in-between the stories sourced in the US. He aids Wreck-GarWreck-Gar
Wreck-Gar is the name of two characters from the Transformers universes. Both are unpredictable good-aligned characters who provide comic relief in their series.-Transformers: Generation 1:Wreck-gar is the idiosyncratic leader of the Junkions....
in escaping from the Quintessons, whose homeworld was dying due to a rift in space-time. The two then transmit the Quintessons' plan for colonization throughout the galaxy, making the Quintessons' targets aware of their plans. Wheelie retains his distinctive style of speech in his comic appearance.
IDW Comics
Wheelie was the centtal character in Spotlight: Wheelie where he had confronted the Decepticons Spectro, Viewfinder and Spyglass.Books
Wheelie appears in the 1986 story and coloring book The Lost Treasure of Cybertron by Marvel Books.Toys
- Generation 1 Mini-Bot Wheelie (1986)
- A new toy designed for the 1986 Transformers movie.
- In Japan, a yellow/white/blue redeco of the figure was released by E-Hobby in 2005 as DionDion (Transformers)Dion is a fictional character from the Transformers series. He is a dock worker from the planet Cybertron and good friend to Orion Pax, who would later become the legendary Autobot leader Optimus Prime.- Animated series :...
.
Live Action Films
The second Wheelie is Decepticon turned Autobot who turns into a blue toy truck and appeared in the 2009 Transformers: Revenge of the FallenTransformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a 2009 American science fiction-action film directed by Michael Bay and produced by Steven Spielberg. It is the sequel to the 2007 film Transformers and the second installment in the live-action Transformers series...
and 2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon voiced by Tom Kenny
Tom Kenny
Thomas James "Tom" Kenny is an American actor, voice actor and comedian. He is especially known for his long-running-role as SpongeBob SquarePants in the television series of the same name, as well as the live-action character Patchy the Pirate, Gary the Snail and the French narrator based on...
.
In some early script drafts and fiction he was called Wheels.
Reception
Wheelie is considered a troublemaker. Some film reviewers commented on the negative racial stereotype of Wheelie's character.Wheelie was picked as the 100th "Coolest Movie Robot" by Matt Patches of UGO.com.
IGN described Wheelie humping the leg of Mikaela as one of the worst moments of the Transformers movies.
Books
Wheelie appears in the novelization of Transformers: Dark of the Moon. During the battle with the Decepticons Wheelie and Brains take over a Decepticon ship and use it against the Decepticons.Wheelie appears as a character in the book Transformers: Dark of the Moon The Junior Novel
Transformers: Dark of the Moon The Junior Novel
Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel is an adaptation of the 2011 film Transformers: Dark of the Moon written by Michael Kelly. For younger readers the violence featured in the movie is scaled down considerably and the book features a different ending than the one seen in the film to...
.
Movie plot
Wheelie first appears in Transformers: Revenge of the FallenTransformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a 2009 American science fiction-action film directed by Michael Bay and produced by Steven Spielberg. It is the sequel to the 2007 film Transformers and the second installment in the live-action Transformers series...
. He was sent by Soundwave to spy on Mikaela Banes
Mikaela Banes
Mikaela Banes is a fictional character from the Transformers universe. She is differentiated from "typical" women in her age group, having inherited mechanical skills from her father, Cal, a grease monkey and paroled car thief...
, who is given a shard of the All Spark by her boyfriend Sam Witwicky. However when trying to steal the shard from a vault he is immediately caught by Mikaela, who destroys his left eye with a blowtorch. He pleads for her to give him the shard as The Fallen needed it and would die if he failed. She then locks him in a suitcase and flies to the East Coast to rendezvous with Sam. When Mikaela, Sam and his dorm mate Leo Spitz meet up with former Sector 7 agent Seymour Simmons, Mikaela releases Wheelie from the suitcase and convinces him to translate the symbols from the Sector 7 photo archives. He tells them that it was the language of the Primes and couldn't read it, but offered to find them someone who could. He then helps the humans locate the former Decepticon Jetfire at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum 's annex at Washington Dulles International Airport in the Chantilly area of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States....
in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
After Jetfire is awakened, Wheelie swears allegiance to the Autobots as he hates the Decepticons. He joins the group in searching for the Matrix of Leadership in Egypt, but disappeared after a while.
Wheelie reappears in the 2011 film Transformers: Dark of the Moon. He was Sam's 'pet', along side his new friend Brains
Brains (Transformers)
-Transformers: Dark of the Moon:Brains is a drone, formerly known as the Brain Unit.-IDW Publishing:The drone calling itself Brains ran away from the Decepticons and runs into Bumblebee and Sam Witwicky in Philadelphia.-Books:...
. Wheelie and Sam have been dumped by Mikaela and Wheelie isn't entirely happy with his and Brains' "living arrangements", as the U.S. government didn't care for the two small robots. His damaged eye is already healed in the third film. Later they are among the Autobots as they are exiled from Earth and presumed killed as their ship is blown up by Starscream. During the battle in Chicago, Wheelie stated the Autobots were staying to win the war, and though excited to help, he is angry when he and Brains are accidentally left behind by the Wreckers. Wheelie and Brains wandered the streets and used a crashed Decepticon fighter to fly to the main battlecruiser. Once there, he and Brains sabotaged the ship, saving Bumblebee and the other captured Autobots, and the ship came crashing down in the water. Their survival is a mystery.
However the last lines said by Wheelie and Brains: "We had a nice one Brains, you and me" and "Yeah, we're gonna die", along with the fact that they are not shown again in Dark of the Moon, unlike the other surviving Autobots (in the end), hint that perhaps both of them did not survive.
Toys
- Revenge of the Fallen Deluxe Class Autobot Wheelie (2009)
- A new mold of Wheelie, which transforms from toy truck to robot. His chest panel switches between Autobot and Decepticon symbols.
- Revenge of the Fallen Legends Class Autobot Wheelie (2009)
- This toy was sold by itself, as sell as in a 2-pack with Legends Soundwave.