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.

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.

"Please don't call me doc!" "Whatever you say.... Sunshine."

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.

Ah wheeljack a character who's overlooked and deserves more praise

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?!?

Ratchet and Wheeljack are the original Mythbusters.

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!

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

That chair turn at 1:59

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.

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.

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 won't stop asking for jazz until you do jazz

Atleast movie wheeljack made inventions that actually work

Animated Wheeljack also homages Mythbusters host Jamie Hyneman.

His design in the Bumblebee movie made me so happy

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.

Out of all his incarnations, G1 and Prime Wheeljack are my faves. I plan on combing the two personalities together in my fanfiction.

Wallace and Gromit, just with robots in space. Definitely a good thing. Also, 6:45 "Sod Off Decepticons!"

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.

He's the Forge or the Hank Pym of the Autobots

I like how Wheeljack could remove the mouth covering in Prime like Optimus could. Actually like his design better without the cover

That scene with the "Shock Blast cannon" makes me laugh everytime.

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......😢

Honestly, I loved him in Prime, and Ol Jackie will always be a classic form of him for me.

G1 Wheeljack will always be my favourite.

FINALLY!!!!! WHEELJACK, MY BOY!!!!!!!!

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.

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

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!

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

The tea: Wheeljack, regardless of universe/continuity, is a high quality chaotic gremlin. No, I don't accept constructive criticism.

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!

TFP Wheeljack is best Wheeljack. Change my mind.

Who doesn’t love Wheeljack? Everytime I see him I think of the classic Dr. Smoov parody “SOS Wheeljack”.

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.

I met Wheeljack as a Wrecker in Prime, but IDW did it better. Good video, BTW. Also, about The Basics on Arcee...?

My favorite version of weeljack is the Que and deserves to be his own charater since he has a name.

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.

Thank you so much for this video Chris! Wheeljack is one of my favorites and the first Transformer I had owned as a kid.

Wheeljack has forever and will forever be my absolute guy.

1:57 He one shots freaking Megatron. Crazy engineer almost won the war right there.

What a timing! Just this morning I had an Amazon package delivered at my doorstep cotaining Exhaust - an decepticon repaint of Masterpeice Wheeljack.

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 prefered him over Perceptor in G1.

Such a great character! Loved his robot and alt modes in G1, and he had an outstanding voice actor. Thanks for the homage!

Wheeljack was my first G1 Autobot. He will always have a special place in my heart. I still have him too!

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.

Seriously you are one of the few reasons I still watch videos on KZfaq! Keep up the good work!

5 years has passed and we now have wheeljacks original g1 van figure :D

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.

Next to Prime, my favorite Autobot!

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

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

Could you please make a dedicate episode on my favourite Autobot combiner team: *"The Aerialbots."*

Wheel jack from the Prime Series was my second favorite!!!👍👍👍

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

When they added him to the Fall of Cybertron multiplayer the car class was one of my mains.

Wheeljack is an Autobot after my own heart. Always coming up with crazy inventions and concepts.

2:54 his legs oh my god

The basics on Starscream!

G1 Wheeljack was my very first Transformer. Now here I am, an old ass man, and I love the Transformers series more than ever :)

I love how buff the G1 toy is lol, dude could bench press a truckload of beryllium balogna

I really do hope Wheeljack makes an appearance in Siege.

Prime wheeljack is best wheeljack, fight me

In the Japanese dub for Armada, Wheeljack was given the name, "Rampage", allowing Energon Downshift to be called Wheeljack in the Japanese dub, Superlink...

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.....

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.

"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.

Wheel jacks vehicle form wasn't actually the group 4 rally stratos but a group 5 protoype version of the car

I think combined version between the soldier and the scientist is the perfect next personality for him

The lancia stratos that wheelack turns into isn't a rally car,it's a gr.5 car

The only Wheeljack I like is Transformers Prime Wheeljack because he is awesome as a Wacker thank you for the video.

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.

The Unicron series of comics was just released a few months ago, and many people, like myself, hadn't read them yet. Thanks for spoiling his death.

You should do the basics on reflector and the cone heads!

Who's here after seeing ROTB's Wheel- err, Nerdjack?

Second only to Jazz as my favorite Autobot, thanks so much

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 ❤️🛠️

could you do the basics on Starscream also this video was all awesome keep it up

Transformers Prime Wheeljack is my favorite version of him. He was badass and was definitely one of the toughest autobots in that show.

Another great character and one of the only original collection I had to not be stolen....great vid.

I'd like to see future versions of Wheeljack incorporate his lost-to-the-ages talent for racing as well as his Prime-based hardest attitude, while maintaining his scientific routes. He's gonna build a really big gun, and then beat the crap out of you with it.

Can you do one of starscream. Kinda wanna learn about when he truly led all transformers in the comics

We really need a proper Wheeljack figure

This “basics” videos are more informative than most full explanation videos lol, well done man

Wheeljack is my favorite g1 transformer and my favorite of all time

Funny how he didnt get a figure in siege but got one in earthrise

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?

Here’s a theory: Wheeljack didn’t die in the movie. His “corpse” was actually just him knocked out.

Wheeljack is one of my favorite Autobots from Transformers. He's creative with great ideas, and he and Ratchet created the Dinobots. Voiced by Chris Latta. 😊

8:57 Spoiler Alert. I havent got to that part of the comics yet

Do the basics on sidewipe or hot rod or cheetor or hot shot please

Wheeljack has always been my favorite Autobot. I loved his voice actor in the original cartoon and his further characterization in IDW. It was also fun playing as him in Transformers Devastation after he got mostly overlooked in War and Fall of Cybertron. I do like Wrecker-Jack from Prime but the less said about him in the movie-verse, the better.

Thank you sooo much of making this video. Wheel jack is my favourite character for g1