I think Wheeljack's personality of being a mad scientist whose inventions didn't always work came from the fact his alt-mode, a Lancia, had a well-earned reputation of being innovative but the innovations didn't always work and was prone to breakdowns. Top Gear did a segment about the Lancia where the car did break down while Stigg was driving it.
As Clarkson put it best: "This, is a collection of art; of madness; of brilliance. This, is a collection of pornography; this, is a collection of Lancias."
Something to note about Prime Wheeljack is that he was in fact quite a good mechanic just like in the original. He actually helped create a drone in Season 3 to follow Lazerbeak. Some characters are actually surprised about it, and Wheeljack says that nobody was born a warrior, implying that he wasnt always the fighter he became, and had to take on arms due to the war.
I really liked the fact that all the autobots have implied that they were just living their lives as laborers, archivists, and so on before the war in Prime
I always loved Prime Wheeljack having a subtle trace of his classic G1 personality. He was obviously a far departure from the norm, but he had very small moments of ingenuity and mechanical wizardry that helped him feel a little less jarring. Not to mention how most of his plans in battle tend to blow up in his face, as is par for the course with good old Jackie.
Wheeljack was not only the first bot to be seen in the first episode of the original cartoon, he also had the first line of dialogue, and was the first to transform into an alternate mode. Wheeljack was masterfully voiced by Chris Latta, who also voiced Starscream and Sparkplug Witwicky! One thing that I have ways been curious to know is why he had those things on the sides of his helmet that would light up in synch with his speech and how he had a solid, unmoving mask over his mouth. Other bots who had a face mask (Optimus Prime, Soundwave, etc.) had ones that moved as they spoke, without anything lighting up. No other bot ever had either of those features that I can recall. Thanks to his "Mad Scientist" personality profile...I always imagined that one of his weaponry experiments must have backfired on him in his past, perhaps almost beyond the point of repair. So an alternate method was developed: a face plate covered what was once his mouth and nose and his vocal circuitry had to be rerouted to output via synchronized audio-visual emmisions from the apparatus on the sides of his head. Maybe I used to think too much about these characters when I was a kid?!?
I'm fairly sure the head was a holdover from his Diaclone toy, and Hasbro kept it possibly out of expedience, or to make him easier to establish as an individual.
Okay, -so I'm the only one who thought of those as his ears? Yes I thought his ears lit up when he spoke... ( Perhaps I thought to weirdly about these characters as a child)
I have always loved Wheeljack. Building the Dinobots in the original cartoon cemented him as a favorite. I do, however, really like his incarnation in Prime. If they had found a way to meld his warrior self with the inventive style, like creating weapons for the wreckers, would have been amazing!! As a request, I'd love to see the basics on Springer or Triple Changers in general!
Prime had all the advanced equipment either coming in the form of relics or off of Ultra Magnus' ship, but Wheeljack did at least get a few engineering moments - he fixed two ships in the series, his own and Magnus' (the latter without permission), hid a grenade inside Laserbeak, and made the drone thingy that imitated Laserbeak and was supposed to help locate the Nemesis... I think... anyways, that thing was shot down by Starscream, despite it being escorted by Optimus Prime.
Rodimus Unicronus you know I thought the exact same thing thing when I saw him and thought to myself “has Hasbro recognised Thew and is honouring him in the show?” This is the first time I’m being introduced to the character.
I actually really loved his Prime Wrecker version he was a bamf every time he was on screen and my favorite battle in that series was Wheeljack and Ultra Magnus vs Predaking
At first, I was surprised by Wheeljack's characterization in TF:P. But I grew to like his character. The role of scientist has already been taken by Ratchet (who was mostly a medic in G1). So turning him into a loose cannon as a foil to the rigid Ultra Magnus was a great idea. Plus, he was a great supplement to Bulkhead's backstory as well.
The first wheeljack was better than TF prime, from story line on down to the cartoon movie, all the originals are better than TF prime, storylines to the characters.
Transformers Energon Wheeljack was the first Transformers action figure i ever got. Ah good times. He now resides on the shelf alongside my now 100+ collection of figures as a reminder of where it all began for me :)
Gotta say, I really enjoyed Wheeljack in the Prime series. His new personality and backstory really grew on me, and he ended up being one of my favorite characters. Not to mention, he and Ultra Magnus had one of the best fights in the series against Predaking.
I first really grew to love Wheeljack in Transformers Devastation, the action game developed by Platinum Games. There, he was the ranged specialist, and while he was definitely taking after his original G1 incarnation like everyone else, he was given his Prime incarnation's combat skills, though instead of swords he was dual-wielding wrenches.
As a G1 fan, my favorite incarnation is actually TFP Wheeljack. I couldn't get into the mad scientist, there was already too much of that going around back then. But brooding loner badass Wheeljack!? MORE, PLEASE!! That said, I wonder if the G1 Wheeljack was actually a mustachioed bro-ham...given that the Masterpiece toy has him with a mustache if you remove the faceplate.
I enjoyed this video. G1 Wheeljack from the 80's was my first transformer as a kid. I replaced the spring in his missle weapon from a pen to make it shoot much further.
And his Studio Series figure is simply elegant. Excellent engineering, super screen-accurate (even improving some details and proportions), great articulation and posing, and almost no kibble to be seen. It's kind of a work of art.
Mmmmh I don't know about that...Mythbuster start in 2003, The Masterpieces were around the same year(maybe earlier in Japan) and the masterpiece of Wheeljack have the same mustaches under the face plate...so I guess they've put mustaches only because he's(kinda) italian...like Mario or Luigi.
@@TheSmart-CasualGamer Forge wasn't useless... His mutant power was machinery... U could tell him what u wanted it to do and he built it... Or how to repair.. Even ones he's never seen before.. Mad scientist Forge was not... Bad ass engineer??? Oh hells yea
Wheeljack did get a new toy in the siege line. It was very similar to his 1984 appearance. He got a second release in the earthrise installment with proper paint and details in place that were appropriate for 1984 earthmode wheeljack
Wheeljack also appeared without dialogue several times during the post-movie cartoon episodes, seemingly as an animation error, but potentially an explanation for why he showed up in Victory.
Oh my goodness, I had no idea that Wheeljack had a recolor as Downshift. It makes me think that the Decepticon, Makeshift in Transformers Prime who disguised himself as Wheeljack may infact be a clever nod towards Downshift. Thank you so much for making this video, wow!
I also always liked that in my mind he was one of the bots with "super power" (like skywarp, or brawn) and that his super power was being really smart (like brainiac 5, or forge from the X-Men)
Wheeljack has, in fact, done engineering stuff in Transformers Prime. Though mainly this is fixing his own crashed ship, he does in fact also upgrade Ultra Magnus' ship and build a sort of fake Laserbeak out of parts lying around. I can't recall exactly why, though. Mainly, he didn't do mad scientist stuff - though he also had a knack for stuffing grenades in places they shouldn't go (into logs going down a river, using a box of them to destroy a swarm of Insecticons IN MID-AIR, and even putting a grenade INSIDE LASERBEAK that would distract from the presence of a computer virus left by Ratchet), often to the detriment of the Decepticons, though once to the detriment of the Autobots as he tried to put one into "the belly of the beast" and instead got the Wreckers buried in a rockslide.
You are doing a remarkable job by doing all these videos. It's a great way to keep myself inspired while working on TF commissions for the community. Keep up the excellent work.
I actually have the toys of the three Wheeljacks. The first is from Transformers: Armada , the second is this from Transformers: Energon, and the third is from Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon. I actually find myself fortunate to have these three Wheeljacks, though I wish I got this green Wheeljack 5:35 too. I actually categorize them base on all the Wheeljacks in the Transformers franchise as separate cybertronians, just for fun. 3:52 Downshift: Autobot turned Decepticon from Transformers Armada. The name fits this version better then in Energon. 5:04 Wheeljack: The Wrecker from Transformers Prime. I actually like this version more then the G1 and others that had the similar G1 design. And I was a fan of Wheeljack personality and function from TFPrime. 6:13 Que: The investor that he's well known for. Despite not looking like G1, I still like the Einstein look and investor role.
Wheeljack is one of my favorite G1 Autobots. I was excited when I first heard he's going to be in the movies. But Michael Bay just ruin my childhood memories.
4:57 Why couldn't "Armada" Wheeljack have just been upgraded into "Energon" generation-1-Wheeljack-inspired body to solve the name problem? Ask Hasbro, not me.
We’re not gonna talk about his Rise of the Beasts design. Cause it’s so repulsing that not even shockwave would want to consider him a logical opponent.
I know you probably get a lot of Demands and requests for videos but. need to do a couple of more Basics episodes on Concepts in the universe like Energon and all it's variations or mechanimals or maybe even an episode on the quintessons. heck you could do one on other alien species of the Transformers expand universe. . I don't know these are just a couple of suggestions I would love to see turn into videos.
Good old Energon Downshift, who despite being based on G1 Wheeljack, couldn't be called Wheeljack because they'd already given that name to a character based on G1 Sideswipe, who couldn't be called Sideswipe because they'd already given that name to a character based on G1 Nightbeat, who couldn't be called Nightbeat because they'd already already given that name to his Mini-Con partner. God bless the Unicron Trilogy.
9:40 "Cybertronian alternate modes..." Truthfully though, seeing what's been revealed so far, their alt-modes are still pretty earth-like. The exceptions being Starscream, Shockwave, Soundwave, and Chromia.
@@foldabotZ along with Red Alert as a Sideswipe repaint. Not sure if they will do a Sunstreaker, they might but I'm not expecting it until the 2nd or third line in this WFC line.
@@ЪвИнтернете Prime Wheeljack showed his engineering skills subtly, being that his position within the Wreckers was their explosives expert (which in real life requires complicated scientific understanding of chemistry and thermodynamics) as well as designing his own weapons. He's still a science boi, just not a super nerd mad inventor type.
And in rise of the beasts SPOILER ALERT wheeljack got a new design transforming into a Volkswagen van and has those glasses and a Mexican accent and he was more of the peaceful autobot
its nuts that considering how well we got to know him in the 84 cartoon he is then summarily killed OFFSCREEN in the movie lol, man so many traumatized kids because of that damn movie XD
I've noticed that in Prime Wheeljack is usually really good at fighting against multiple opponents but struggles in one on one fights against exceptionally powerful enemies and for that reason I would say that if he were a lightsaber duellist he would be a form 1 Shii-Cho practitioner
"The toy that would become Wheeljack was originally released as part of the Japanese--- **DIACLONE TOYLINE!!!!**" Recurring information is delivered in such a uniform manner across all of your videos that I can't help but chant the "diaclone toyline" line whenever you say it.
My favorites autobots in order: #1: Bumblebee #2: Ratchet #3: Ironhide #4: Wheeljack #5: Cliffjumper #6: Hot Rod #7: Optimus Prime #8: Blurr Of course G1 versions are my favorites
4:57 Considering what's going on with Rise of the Beast's Wheeljack, I wonder if it's the same situation, since in the Bumblebee movie, we see a bot who looks like classic Wheeljack, but then Rise of the Beast's Wheeljack has a different design....
Great video. But I have a question: How come there's no explanation for G1 Wheeljack's toy & original box art about the lack of eyes and his signature mouthplate effectively stretched into a visor in the same vein as G.I. Joe's Snake Eyes?
2:06 it is said that they mixed wheeljack with other character there. It wasnt suppose to be wheeljack lying there, but the animation team(i recall) mixed itbup and drew him there instead
I remember really liking wheeljack when I watched transformers prime of a morning. I specifically remember in prime him throwing a ball of scrap, ratchet getting pissed, hitting agent foulers (I definitely spelt that wrong) door to his office. Also i remember him saying he thought bulkhead would catch it. God it’s been so long.....
Just recently, Wheeljack appeared in Transformers Earthspark being the mechanic who designed Optimus' drones, for which Twitch got her alt. mode. Moreover, in his debut episode, Twitch even considered him a father-like figure and learns a few tricks later in the episode through his training.
The last good one was 2011 and it was still a little wonky. The Combiner Wars version was... okay, at least if you painted the black parts on his robot mode. But yes, a good figure that transforms in an interesting way and has a decent robot mode has been a LONG time coming.
Wheeljack is a very special transformer for me. He’s my favorite Autobot and he kinda introduced me to rally racing as well (I’m a gearhead) since his alt mode is a Lancia Stratos rally car ❤️🛠️
Armada Wheeljack presented a continuity issue in Hot Shot's backstory. Hot Shot was originally presented as not being a combat veteran, but suddenly, he now was.
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I think Wheeljack's personality of being a mad scientist whose inventions didn't always work came from the fact his alt-mode, a Lancia, had a well-earned reputation of being innovative but the innovations didn't always work and was prone to breakdowns. Top Gear did a segment about the Lancia where the car did break down while Stigg was driving it.
Thats actually a pretty good ass comparison. Thats Head Canon RN.
Surprised it wasn't Hammond
As Clarkson put it best: "This, is a collection of art; of madness; of brilliance. This, is a collection of pornography; this, is a collection of Lancias."
Hawk Stratos. the psychopath of all cars
What if the Top Gear hosts drove Transformers?
Something to note about Prime Wheeljack is that he was in fact quite a good mechanic just like in the original. He actually helped create a drone in Season 3 to follow Lazerbeak. Some characters are actually surprised about it, and Wheeljack says that nobody was born a warrior, implying that he wasnt always the fighter he became, and had to take on arms due to the war.
I really liked the fact that all the autobots have implied that they were just living their lives as laborers, archivists, and so on before the war in Prime
Nah his character sucks in that show
To be honest prime wheeljack is the best wheeljack in my opion
@@nightbling8905....no
"Prime" Wheeljack's intolerance of command rather corresponds with the absent-minded discoverer part of his "Generation 1" personality.
"Please don't call me doc!"
"Whatever you say.... Sunshine."
I ship it
Autobot Drift same lmao
Lol TFP
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...why does this exist
Ah wheeljack a character who's overlooked and deserves more praise
I agree with deserves more praise
I don't agree with overlooked
The sexy one
He was in the hall of fame he has praise
He is hands down my favorite Autobot/Maximal and the only character I like more being Soundwave
Agreed
I always loved Prime Wheeljack having a subtle trace of his classic G1 personality. He was obviously a far departure from the norm, but he had very small moments of ingenuity and mechanical wizardry that helped him feel a little less jarring. Not to mention how most of his plans in battle tend to blow up in his face, as is par for the course with good old Jackie.
Wheeljack was not only the first bot to be seen in the first episode of the original cartoon, he also had the first line of dialogue, and was the first to transform into an alternate mode. Wheeljack was masterfully voiced by Chris Latta, who also voiced Starscream and Sparkplug Witwicky! One thing that I have ways been curious to know is why he had those things on the sides of his helmet that would light up in synch with his speech and how he had a solid, unmoving mask over his mouth. Other bots who had a face mask (Optimus Prime, Soundwave, etc.) had ones that moved as they spoke, without anything lighting up. No other bot ever had either of those features that I can recall. Thanks to his "Mad Scientist" personality profile...I always imagined that one of his weaponry experiments must have backfired on him in his past, perhaps almost beyond the point of repair. So an alternate method was developed: a face plate covered what was once his mouth and nose and his vocal circuitry had to be rerouted to output via synchronized audio-visual emmisions from the apparatus on the sides of his head. Maybe I used to think too much about these characters when I was a kid?!?
I'm fairly sure the head was a holdover from his Diaclone toy, and Hasbro kept it possibly out of expedience, or to make him easier to establish as an individual.
Rodimus75 I'll consider what you wrote as canon from now on
By Primus! I cant believe it, ever since I got into transformers I also had the same idea for Wheeljack
Okay, -so I'm the only one who thought of those as his ears? Yes I thought his ears lit up when he spoke... ( Perhaps I thought to weirdly about these characters as a child)
I thought his mask was to protect his face should one of his inventions blow up in his face. I think one of his toy bios specifically stated that.
I have always loved Wheeljack. Building the Dinobots in the original cartoon cemented him as a favorite. I do, however, really like his incarnation in Prime. If they had found a way to meld his warrior self with the inventive style, like creating weapons for the wreckers, would have been amazing!!
As a request, I'd love to see the basics on Springer or Triple Changers in general!
Prime had all the advanced equipment either coming in the form of relics or off of Ultra Magnus' ship, but Wheeljack did at least get a few engineering moments - he fixed two ships in the series, his own and Magnus' (the latter without permission), hid a grenade inside Laserbeak, and made the drone thingy that imitated Laserbeak and was supposed to help locate the Nemesis... I think... anyways, that thing was shot down by Starscream, despite it being escorted by Optimus Prime.
That chair turn at 1:59
Thew, you beat me here.
By 3 days no less. Thew is a Time Lord confirmed!
He is such a mysterious being with power beyond anything I understand.
Indeed, just like maccadam from cybervserse (and thew does kinda look like Mac in the show
Rodimus Unicronus you know I thought the exact same thing thing when I saw him and thought to myself “has Hasbro recognised Thew and is honouring him in the show?” This is the first time I’m being introduced to the character.
I actually really loved his Prime Wrecker version he was a bamf every time he was on screen and my favorite battle in that series was Wheeljack and Ultra Magnus vs Predaking
Ratchet and Wheeljack are the original Mythbusters.
Followed suit by Animated Perceptor and Wheeljack.
@@lowgunfire2671 yep.
And original perceptor
damn straight....but which 1 is Adam and which 1 is Jamie?
He’s right you know
At first, I was surprised by Wheeljack's characterization in TF:P. But I grew to like his character. The role of scientist has already been taken by Ratchet (who was mostly a medic in G1). So turning him into a loose cannon as a foil to the rigid Ultra Magnus was a great idea. Plus, he was a great supplement to Bulkhead's backstory as well.
Personally I liked Prime Wheeljack... Then again, he was the first Wheeljack I saw... I am liking the one of Cyberverse, he is interesting to watch
Same the way his personality is he should've been called drift instead with a totally different design
I'm okay with Prime Wheeljack, but I think they should have given that role to another bot. Wheeljack will always be a mad scientist to me.
I like g1
Same
The first wheeljack was better than TF prime, from story line on down to the cartoon movie, all the originals are better than TF prime, storylines to the characters.
Transformers Energon Wheeljack was the first Transformers action figure i ever got. Ah good times. He now resides on the shelf alongside my now 100+ collection of figures as a reminder of where it all began for me :)
Energon Wheeljack? You mean Downshift?
@@Its_Charlie_Young You're right. That was Downshift.
Gotta say, I really enjoyed Wheeljack in the Prime series. His new personality and backstory really grew on me, and he ended up being one of my favorite characters. Not to mention, he and Ultra Magnus had one of the best fights in the series against Predaking.
I first really grew to love Wheeljack in Transformers Devastation, the action game developed by Platinum Games. There, he was the ranged specialist, and while he was definitely taking after his original G1 incarnation like everyone else, he was given his Prime incarnation's combat skills, though instead of swords he was dual-wielding wrenches.
Dual-wielding wrenches?? That's awesome!
Wheeljack is great in that game. The opening image of him in this very video has him with those wrenches too.
Spiny Justspiny
Same he is my favorite character to play as in that game
@@filletofish2200 The hell are you talking about? TF Devastation was made by Platinum Games!
As a G1 fan, my favorite incarnation is actually TFP Wheeljack. I couldn't get into the mad scientist, there was already too much of that going around back then. But brooding loner badass Wheeljack!? MORE, PLEASE!!
That said, I wonder if the G1 Wheeljack was actually a mustachioed bro-ham...given that the Masterpiece toy has him with a mustache if you remove the faceplate.
I enjoyed this video. G1 Wheeljack from the 80's was my first transformer as a kid. I replaced the spring in his missle weapon from a pen to make it shoot much further.
His design in the Bumblebee movie made me so happy
And his Studio Series figure is simply elegant. Excellent engineering, super screen-accurate (even improving some details and proportions), great articulation and posing, and almost no kibble to be seen. It's kind of a work of art.
Seeing bots in their G1 form in 2018's Bumblebee gave me lots of hope for more of them in 2023's ROTB. Then, I saw ROTB Wheeljack......😢
Wallace and Gromit, just with robots in space. Definitely a good thing.
Also, 6:45 "Sod Off Decepticons!"
Out of all his incarnations, G1 and Prime Wheeljack are my faves. I plan on combing the two personalities together in my fanfiction.
I won't stop asking for jazz until you do jazz
How's this?
🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎵🎵🎶🎵🎶🎶🎶🎵
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Indeed Jazz is the bot!!
Let me guess.... *ya like Jazz* ?.....
Olivia King Can he cut it in half?
Jazz is my favorite bot
Animated Wheeljack also homages Mythbusters host Jamie Hyneman.
Mmmmh I don't know about that...Mythbuster start in 2003, The Masterpieces were around the same year(maybe earlier in Japan) and the masterpiece of Wheeljack have the same mustaches under the face plate...so I guess they've put mustaches only because he's(kinda) italian...like Mario or Luigi.
It wasn’t intended but yeah
That scene with the "Shock Blast cannon" makes me laugh everytime.
He's the Forge or the Hank Pym of the Autobots
@@TheSmart-CasualGamer Forge wasn't useless... His mutant power was machinery... U could tell him what u wanted it to do and he built it... Or how to repair.. Even ones he's never seen before..
Mad scientist Forge was not...
Bad ass engineer??? Oh hells yea
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I like how Wheeljack could remove the mouth covering in Prime like Optimus could. Actually like his design better without the cover
FINALLY!!!!! WHEELJACK, MY BOY!!!!!!!!
Atleast movie wheeljack made inventions that actually work
Que: This gun is the perfect invention, Ironhide!
Ironhide: Right.
And ones that actually do anything
Yeah, but he was ugly, even for a Bayformer.
Wheeljack did get a new toy in the siege line. It was very similar to his 1984 appearance. He got a second release in the earthrise installment with proper paint and details in place that were appropriate for 1984 earthmode wheeljack
Wheeljack also appeared without dialogue several times during the post-movie cartoon episodes, seemingly as an animation error, but potentially an explanation for why he showed up in Victory.
Honestly, I loved him in Prime, and Ol Jackie will always be a classic form of him for me.
William Burgess the last sentence did not make sense but ok
Your spent Money His nickname in Prime was Jackie.
Wheeljack is *the coolest* Ford Mustang and Lancia Stratos transformer from the Alternators/Binaltech series. Barricade can eat his heart out.
"It's pain in the ass!"
-WheelJack in Johnnyflash
1:57 He one shots freaking Megatron. Crazy engineer almost won the war right there.
The tea: Wheeljack, regardless of universe/continuity, is a high quality chaotic gremlin. No, I don't accept constructive criticism.
Oh my goodness, I had no idea that Wheeljack had a recolor as Downshift. It makes me think that the Decepticon, Makeshift in Transformers Prime who disguised himself as Wheeljack may infact be a clever nod towards Downshift. Thank you so much for making this video, wow!
G1 Wheeljack will always be my favourite.
Same
Mine is Prime Wheeljack
I am content with all designs, even DOTM Wheeljack
@@nightmarehyrsx2952 mines is g1 and dark of the moon
@@tylersaxon285 Nice
Just something about that headsculpt. That and the fact that he had a definitive role in the team always made Wheeljack (g1) one of my favorites
I also always liked that in my mind he was one of the bots with "super power" (like skywarp, or brawn) and that his super power was being really smart (like brainiac 5, or forge from the X-Men)
Thank you so much for this video Chris! Wheeljack is one of my favorites and the first Transformer I had owned as a kid.
Seriously you are one of the few reasons I still watch videos on RUclips! Keep up the good work!
I agree with the missed opportunity for a Siege Wheeljack. At least we got an Earthrise figure for him shortly after Siege and it's a good figure too!
Wheeljack has, in fact, done engineering stuff in Transformers Prime. Though mainly this is fixing his own crashed ship, he does in fact also upgrade Ultra Magnus' ship and build a sort of fake Laserbeak out of parts lying around. I can't recall exactly why, though. Mainly, he didn't do mad scientist stuff - though he also had a knack for stuffing grenades in places they shouldn't go (into logs going down a river, using a box of them to destroy a swarm of Insecticons IN MID-AIR, and even putting a grenade INSIDE LASERBEAK that would distract from the presence of a computer virus left by Ratchet), often to the detriment of the Decepticons, though once to the detriment of the Autobots as he tried to put one into "the belly of the beast" and instead got the Wreckers buried in a rockslide.
My favorite version of weeljack is the Que and deserves to be his own charater since he has a name.
You are doing a remarkable job by doing all these videos. It's a great way to keep myself inspired while working on TF commissions for the community. Keep up the excellent work.
Wheeljack has forever and will forever be my absolute guy.
Here’s a theory:
Wheeljack didn’t die in the movie. His “corpse” was actually just him knocked out.
I actually have the toys of the three Wheeljacks. The first is from Transformers: Armada , the second is this from Transformers: Energon, and the third is from Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon. I actually find myself fortunate to have these three Wheeljacks, though I wish I got this green Wheeljack 5:35 too. I actually categorize them base on all the Wheeljacks in the Transformers franchise as separate cybertronians, just for fun.
3:52 Downshift: Autobot turned Decepticon from Transformers Armada. The name fits this version better then in Energon.
5:04 Wheeljack: The Wrecker from Transformers Prime. I actually like this version more then the G1 and others that had the similar G1 design. And I was a fan of Wheeljack personality and function from TFPrime.
6:13 Que: The investor that he's well known for. Despite not looking like G1, I still like the Einstein look and investor role.
Such a great character! Loved his robot and alt modes in G1, and he had an outstanding voice actor. Thanks for the homage!
I met Wheeljack as a Wrecker in Prime, but IDW did it better.
Good video, BTW.
Also, about The Basics on Arcee...?
Who doesn’t love Wheeljack? Everytime I see him I think of the classic Dr. Smoov parody “SOS Wheeljack”.
I prefered him over Perceptor in G1.
He didn't deserve to die in the 1986 movie
@@filletofish2200 He appeared in the Japanese universe
Perceptor is boring asf!
I prefer Wheeljack over Brainstorm too.
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5 years has passed and we now have wheeljacks original g1 van figure :D
Wheeljack is one of my favorite G1 Autobots.
I was excited when I first heard he's going to be in the movies.
But Michael Bay just ruin my childhood memories.
Cry about it.
What a timing! Just this morning I had an Amazon package delivered at my doorstep cotaining Exhaust - an decepticon repaint of Masterpeice Wheeljack.
4:57 Why couldn't "Armada" Wheeljack have just been upgraded into "Energon" generation-1-Wheeljack-inspired body to solve the name problem? Ask Hasbro, not me.
We’re not gonna talk about his Rise of the Beasts design. Cause it’s so repulsing that not even shockwave would want to consider him a logical opponent.
I know you probably get a lot of Demands and requests for videos but.
need to do a couple of more Basics episodes on Concepts in the universe like Energon and all it's variations
or mechanimals or maybe even an episode on the quintessons.
heck you could do one on other alien species of the Transformers expand universe.
.
I don't know these are just a couple of suggestions I would love to see turn into videos.
YEEEES
I'd like one on Battle Beasts, as one of the Japanese series ties them and Transformers together.
When you said mechanimals I was surprised because I thought you were talking about that Discovery Kids show.
They did wheeljack dirty in the Bayverse
In prime I believe wheel jack was an inventor before he joined the wreckers his interactions with ratchet definitely show that the two have history
Good old Energon Downshift, who despite being based on G1 Wheeljack, couldn't be called Wheeljack because they'd already given that name to a character based on G1 Sideswipe, who couldn't be called Sideswipe because they'd already given that name to a character based on G1 Nightbeat, who couldn't be called Nightbeat because they'd already already given that name to his Mini-Con partner. God bless the Unicron Trilogy.
Oh God it was that complicated?
Next to Prime, my favorite Autobot!
Wheeljack is my favorite g1 transformer and my favorite of all time
9:40 "Cybertronian alternate modes..." Truthfully though, seeing what's been revealed so far, their alt-modes are still pretty earth-like. The exceptions being Starscream, Shockwave, Soundwave, and Chromia.
Ironhide and his repaint, ratchet. Look to be very cybertronian like Titan's Return Kup's alt mode.
@@filthygaming265 oh, Ratchet's beem confirmed for the Siege line? Nice.
@@foldabotZ along with Red Alert as a Sideswipe repaint. Not sure if they will do a Sunstreaker, they might but I'm not expecting it until the 2nd or third line in this WFC line.
Shockwaves alt mode is his g1 gun made flipped upsie down
TFP Wheeljack is best Wheeljack.
Change my mind.
Wheeljack is a science boi!
No need need to. He's best Wheeljack.
@@ЪвИнтернете Prime Wheeljack showed his engineering skills subtly, being that his position within the Wreckers was their explosives expert (which in real life requires complicated scientific understanding of chemistry and thermodynamics) as well as designing his own weapons. He's still a science boi, just not a super nerd mad inventor type.
Him fighting with Ultra Magnus against Predaking is probably the best fight in TFP
He isn’t a mad scientist....he is basically drift, he has a flat face...
And in rise of the beasts SPOILER ALERT
wheeljack got a new design transforming into a Volkswagen van and has those glasses and a Mexican accent and he was more of the peaceful autobot
Wheeljack was my first G1 Autobot. He will always have a special place in my heart. I still have him too!
Could you please make a dedicate episode on my favourite Autobot combiner team: *"The Aerialbots."*
its nuts that considering how well we got to know him in the 84 cartoon he is then summarily killed OFFSCREEN in the movie lol, man so many traumatized kids because of that damn movie XD
Wheel jack from the Prime Series was my second favorite!!!👍👍👍
Thanks, between you and me G1 Wheeljack is my best fave!!👍👍😀
I've noticed that in Prime Wheeljack is usually really good at fighting against multiple opponents but struggles in one on one fights against exceptionally powerful enemies and for that reason I would say that if he were a lightsaber duellist he would be a form 1 Shii-Cho practitioner
The basics on Starscream!
Wheel jacks vehicle form wasn't actually the group 4 rally stratos but a group 5 protoype version of the car
"The toy that would become Wheeljack was originally released as part of the Japanese--- **DIACLONE TOYLINE!!!!**"
Recurring information is delivered in such a uniform manner across all of your videos that I can't help but chant the "diaclone toyline" line whenever you say it.
"Diaclone Toyline" and "Bob Budianski" have become the opposite of trigger words to me, instead causing a soothing sense of safety.
@@StarkMaximum Honestly. And am is it just me who hums the beginning tune?
Definitely not no.
@@StarkMaximum "... was offlined by a Cosmically Powered Starscream (tm)."
DIA-CLOOOOONNNNNEEE.
Your scripts and delivery in The Basics series are excellent. Fantastic work!
2:54 his legs oh my god
The G1 comics were notorious for this. Can you please devour that continuity, Lord of Destruction?
@@OtakuUnitedStudio I've been planning on doing that for a few years
@@megathot3734 Thank goodness.
What's wrong?
It's time to Jack off
My favorites autobots in order:
#1: Bumblebee
#2: Ratchet
#3: Ironhide
#4: Wheeljack
#5: Cliffjumper
#6: Hot Rod
#7: Optimus Prime
#8: Blurr
Of course G1 versions are my favorites
Prime wheeljack is best wheeljack, fight me
Thank you sooo much of making this video. Wheel jack is my favourite character for g1
I really do hope Wheeljack makes an appearance in Siege.
Leoxandar Magnus What is Siege?
He is appearing in the next toyline after Siege, Earthrise
When they added him to the Fall of Cybertron multiplayer the car class was one of my mains.
Hahah invention go brrr 1:26
4:57
Considering what's going on with Rise of the Beast's Wheeljack, I wonder if it's the same situation, since in the Bumblebee movie, we see a bot who looks like classic Wheeljack, but then Rise of the Beast's Wheeljack has a different design....
Great video. But I have a question:
How come there's no explanation for G1 Wheeljack's toy & original box art about the lack of eyes and his signature mouthplate effectively stretched into a visor in the same vein as G.I. Joe's Snake Eyes?
2:06 it is said that they mixed wheeljack with other character there. It wasnt suppose to be wheeljack lying there, but the animation team(i recall) mixed itbup and drew him there instead
The lancia stratos that wheelack turns into isn't a rally car,it's a gr.5 car
I agree! Wheeljack's alternate mode is a Race car not a Rally car!
I remember really liking wheeljack when I watched transformers prime of a morning. I specifically remember in prime him throwing a ball of scrap, ratchet getting pissed, hitting agent foulers (I definitely spelt that wrong) door to his office. Also i remember him saying he thought bulkhead would catch it.
God it’s been so long.....
Transformers Prime Wheeljack is my favorite version of him. He was badass and was definitely one of the toughest autobots in that show.
Adding to the confusion downshift WAS wheeljack in the Japanese dub.
You should do the basics on reflector and the cone heads!
Wheeljack is an Autobot after my own heart. Always coming up with crazy inventions and concepts.
Who's here after seeing ROTB's Wheel- err, Nerdjack?
This “basics” videos are more informative than most full explanation videos lol, well done man
could you do the basics on Starscream also this video was all awesome keep it up
I love how buff the G1 toy is lol, dude could bench press a truckload of beryllium balogna
Can you do one of starscream. Kinda wanna learn about when he truly led all transformers in the comics
Just recently, Wheeljack appeared in Transformers Earthspark being the mechanic who designed Optimus' drones, for which Twitch got her alt. mode. Moreover, in his debut episode, Twitch even considered him a father-like figure and learns a few tricks later in the episode through his training.
We really need a proper Wheeljack figure
The last good one was 2011 and it was still a little wonky. The Combiner Wars version was... okay, at least if you painted the black parts on his robot mode. But yes, a good figure that transforms in an interesting way and has a decent robot mode has been a LONG time coming.
Earthrise
Wheeljack is a very special transformer for me. He’s my favorite Autobot and he kinda introduced me to rally racing as well (I’m a gearhead) since his alt mode is a Lancia Stratos rally car ❤️🛠️
The only Wheeljack I like is Transformers Prime Wheeljack because he is awesome as a Wacker thank you for the video.
Wrecker dude 😂
@@daisymay6505 Wheeljack is probably a wacker when he's hard up too. We've all been there....
Armada Wheeljack presented a continuity issue in Hot Shot's backstory. Hot Shot was originally presented as not being a combat veteran, but suddenly, he now was.