For the other movie Wheeljack, see Wheeljack (ROTB).
Wheeljack (aka Que in DOTM) was one of the Autobots' top scientists. Que would be the one to make the most unimaginable weapons and gadgets for both his fellow Autobots friends, and N.E.S.T.
History[]
Dark of the Moon: The Game[]
Note: This game serves as a prequel to Dark of the Moon, but is not in same continuity to the IDW comics. At some point after the Battle of Egypt, Wheeljack arrived on Earth, along with Mirage.
Wheeljack providing mechtech weapons to human allies, delivery new heavy iron gun 2.0 to Ironhide to help him defeat Mixmaster. He also heavily implied created Optimus Prime's flight gear from Jetfire's spare parts samples, as well as creating Optimus Prime's rear trailer.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon []
As a member of a NEST strike team, Que, in his vehicle form, posed as the Iranian defense minister's vehicle to cross a checkpoint. Once he and the others reached an illegal nuclear facility, he, Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Dino investigated and destroyed it.
Later at NEST's new base of operations in Washington, D.C., Que provided weapons-specialist Ironhide with a weapons upgrade, supplying him with two powerful rifles, much to Ironhide's liking. When National Intelligence Director Charlotte Mearing arrived, he politely introduced himself and informed them about Optimus Prime's upset mood. Mearing thought this was the silent treatment but Que and Ironhide assured that this was not that, it was worse. He stood in the background with his fellow Autobots and observed Optimus berate the government officials for keeping the wreckage of the Ark a secret from the Autobots.
When the Autobots were ordered to be exiled from Earth by the government on Sentinel Prime's demands, Que helped to prepare the Autobot ship, the Xantium for launch alongside his fellow Autobots. However, after launch, Starscream attacked the Xantium and destroyed the ship, presumably killing Que and the other Autobots on board.
Secretly, the Autobots had suspected treachery, and hid inside one of their shuttle's booster rockets which had detached shortly before Starscream's attack. Que went alongside his comrades into the midst of the Decepticon-occupied Chicago. Before the Autobots went off to battle, Que provided Sam Witwicky, Robert Epps and a team of soldiers with several new anti-Decepticon weapons that he had constructed which would kick butt, such as boom sticks, and a grapple glove.
Later on, when several Autobots were overwhelmed and captured, he was taken hostage alongside Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Dino and Ratchet. At Dylan Gould's prodding, Soundwave decided to make trophies of the prisoners, starting with Que. Que voiced his fears to Bumblebee just as Barricade pushed him forward, telling him his "time was up". Despite Que's pleas for mercy, he was shot in the chest by a Decepticon protoform. He fell to his knees in pain, asking why they were doing this before Barricade shot him in the back, killing him. His body fell to the ground and his deactivated head rolled away from his broken body.
His death left Bumblebee distraught, mourning his dead friend, while Barricade added insult to injury by laughing at the fallen Autobot. Soundwave even pushed Bumblebee onto Que's dead body to torment him before his own execution. Bumblebee soon avenged his fallen friend by killing Soundwave. Que would also avenge his own death, in a way, as his Boomsticks were used to help take down his killer, Barricade.
Transformers: The Game (PSP)[]
Note: The Transformers video game serves as an alternative version of the movie, so is not in continuity with the main film series.
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Foundation[]
Thousands of years ago on Cybertron, Wheeljack was one of Sentinel Prime's followers. While Sentinel's other pupils held off an attack by the heretic Thetacons, Wheeljack created a device that, once linked to the AllSpark, would teleport a sun into Cybertron's solar system. The sun's energy revitalised the AllSpark, bringing life and energy back to Cybertron, and Wheeljack calmly remarked that they had saved the world. Soon after, Wheeljack stood by Sentinel Prime's side when he addressed the population on Unification Day, announcing that the world would be governed by a Science Division led by Optimus, and a Defence Force led by Megatron. Wheeljack joined the Science Division.
Years later, Wheeljack, Sentinel Prime and Elita-One were at one of the division's archaeological digs when they came under attack from Megatron's forces, now rechristened "Decepticons" with the intent of seizing control of the planet. Wheeljack joined Optimus Prime in opposing the Decepticons as the Autobots.
As the war worsened, Sentinel Prime presented the Autobots with a "torch" he had invented that would end the war. Optimus's strike team would assault Simfur to activate the torch by bringing it into contact with the AllSpark, while Wheeljack stayed by Sentinel's side, awaiting its return and preparing to depart aboard the two great Arks the Autobots had built. Elita-One soon arrived with the active torch, at which point Sentinel ordered a reluctant Wheeljack to take the first Ark and collected the other Autobots from their base in Tyger Pax, while Sentinel himself took the torch and went to pick up Optimus's team aboard his own Ark. Consequently, Sentinel's Ark was apparently destroyed by the Decepticons. Optimus Prime enacted a new plan: while he kept Megatron busy, Wheeljack took the rest of the Autobots and attacked Simfur again, overwhelming the weakened Decepticons there and capturing the AllSpark. The cube was removed from the machine Wheeljack had invented, which caused Cybertron's sun to disappear.
Rising Storm[]
At some point after the Battle of Egypt, Wheeljack arrived on Earth, along with Mirage. The pair joined NEST, and were assigned to a unit stationed in Washington, D.C. This put them close to the action when a huge Decepticon battalion attacked Sam Witwicky's Univerity in Philadelphia, and they arrived just in time to help Bumblebee fight off the villains. Wheeljack generated a powerful force field to shield Sam and other human bystanders as they ran from the battle, and the pair helped hold the line until Optimus Prime arrived with reinforcements. Observing that the Decepticons were attempting to flee, Prime ordered Wheeljack to extend his force field in order to keep them from escaping, but before the scientist could comply, Shockwave descended onto the battlefield and grievously damaged Wheeljack with a powerful blast. Wheeljack remained just functional enough to complete his recalibration, trapping Shockwave inside his force field with the furious Optimus Prime. After Prime defeated Shockwave, Ratchet examined Wheeljack's broken body and reported that he could be repaired, though he probably wouldn't be "quite the same".
Dark of the Moon Adaptation[]
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Bumblebee[]
Wheeljack was fighting on Cybertron alongside his fellow Autobots, Ratchet, Ironhide, Arcee, Cliffjumper and Brawn when they were nearly overrun. They were saved by the timely arrival of Optimus Prime who ordered them to escape Cybertron via escape pods and rendezvous on Earth. Wheeljack complied and along with most of the others, escaped Cybertron.
Arrived on Earth he scaned alt-form 1976 Lancia Stratos Turbo, and later in 1987 Porsche 962 1987's.[4]
Tyran 609.23-PX Kappa[]
In Tyran 609.23-PX Kappa timeline that serves an alternate timeline of the live action series. Wheeljack is among Autobots whom survives in Mission City. He along with Autobots were surrounding by outnumbered Decepticons, and taken as their prisoners. However, they're managed to break free thanks to Dinobot's assistances. Wheeljack participate the battle of Chicago, and return back to his homeworld following Cybertron resurrection.Weapons[]
- Boom-Sticks
- Grapple Gloves
- Turbo gun
- Buzzsaw
- Naginata staff
- Cybertronian Electric Machine-gun
Trivia[]
- Confirmed that in Rise of the Beasts Wheeljack was conceived as a distinct character from Dark of the Moon Que/Wheeljack. Rather than take the more Generation 1-inspired design of the Wheeljack seen in Bumblebee, either Hasbro or Paramount wanted to lean more into the idea of the character as a nerdy scientist, as they felt the Wheeljack seen in the fil Bumblebee was too similar to other characters among the Autobots. —Steven Caple Jr. on Uproxx, 2023/06/07
- At the beginning of the script and deleted scenes, initially Dino/Mirage was executed as happened in the IDW comic film adaptation along its movie novelizations. But these was changed to Que whom get executed instead.
- In the movie novelization of third movie gives Que's death a little different compared to the movie version. In these case, Que died in heroic way after saving his human allies from Driller's attacks.
- Despite being less screen times through out the movies. Wheeljack has done a lot of contribute to help the Autobots and human allies. In Dark of the Moon Game, Wheeljack responsible creating Ironhide's newfound hand-handle blasters to help him kills Mixmaster, and responsible creating a mechtech technology that used by NEST. In the movie, he was the one who gives Sam Witwicky a boom sticks, which help Sam kills Starscream. Its heavily implied that Wheeljack is the one whom create Optimus Prime's rear trailer, and a jetpack using the left-over samples of transformium metallic subtances of Jetfire's spare parts.
- Wheeljack was originally considered to appear in the 2007 movie, but he was cut from the film. However, he does debut in the videogame adaptation of first movie.
- His appearance in video game movie adaptation, IDW movie comics, and Bumblebee 2018 take some inspiration through his Generation One potrayal.
Gallery[]
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