

That same year, he received a new Binaltech body, but lost it due to time travel. In a splinter timeline, Wheeljack would have better luck with his inventions and his survival, escaping his supposed death in 2005. Regardless, he remained Prime's top scientist until his death in 2005 during the Battle of Autobot City. And everything else tended to explode on him ( see image at left). His inventions also tended to backfire on him, such as his Immobilizer. His creations tended to backfire on him, such as the unruly Dinobots. Part of the crew of the Ark, Wheeljack served as Optimus Prime's top scientist during the early years of the Autobot-Decepticon conflict on Earth. Main article: Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity 3.11 Transformers Online (2017 video game).3.1 Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons.1.33.2 War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon.1.33.1 War for Cybertron Trilogy marketing material.1.33 War for Cybertron Trilogy continuity.1.17 Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize.


But once in a while he strikes gold, which has won him respect from even the Decepticons. His constant need to invent increasingly complex devices stems from his desire to improve the Autobots' tech, but as a result he's simultaneously one of the Autobots' greatest assets and problems for every successful gadget he builds, there's one which requires Ratchet or Hoist to put him (and his lab) back together. Something of a crackpot inventor, a good half of his creations blow up in his face, and that's just if he's lucky. Optimus Prime! I built a machine that builds machines that build catapults! Come see! Yeah, we can wait for Ratchet.
