Wheeljack

* Robot Mode
* Car Mode

Skids

Arcee

Smokescreen

Drift

Sunstreaker & Sideswipe

Starscream

Brainstorm (scientific rival)

Wheeljack is a main character in Transformers Loud. A member of the Autobot Resistance, he serves as Team Rodimus's chief engineer for weapons & other kinds of technology, often helping to repair stuff around the base or sometimes designing new weapons for their efforts on Earth. He also acts as Lisa's guardian.

## Personality

Unlike most scientists or engineers, Wheeljack is quite the free spirit. While he spends a good amount of time in his lab, creating all kinds of strange new weapons to hook the guys up with to help win the war effort or a gadget for some sort of personal use (usually when he's bored), he spends just as time hanging out with his bros, sharing a pint of energon, cracking dumb jokes with them or racing them down the road. It helps to have some guys that has his back on and off the field when most of his inventions end up literally blowing up in his face. He's also a consummate problem-solver, highly skilled at developing solutions to any situation he is presented with. He can also be a bit of a maverick though, believing there's no problem too big or too small that he can't tackle and often being too stubborn for his own good when, well, he often can't.

## History

### The Rebellion

Like the rest of his team, Wheeljack came from the city of Nyon.

## Abilities

* Transformation
* Laser Pistol
* Magnetic Inducer

Wheeljack's shoulder cannon is able to fire a photon burst that can disable a Cybertronian's motor relays.

* Rocket Jet Forearms

Wheeljack has a pair solid-fuel rocket jets stored in his forearms and, combined with the wings on his back, he's able to fly short distances (though he's not exactly a flying ace).

* Welding Visor

Wheeljack is able to pull down a visor in front of his eyes when working on an invention or repairs, like a welding mask.

* Hydrofoils

Wheeljack constructed for himself and the rest of his team a set of Hydrofoils that swap out for their wheels in alt mode to move across water.

* Shock Blast Cannon

Wheeljack developed a weapon that he dubbed the "Shock Blast Cannon" that fires a burst of energy that's meant to pack quite a punch. Of course, orignally, he was the one who felt the "shock" by having it be one of *many* experiments that exploded right in his face. But by the time of the final assault, he and Lisa had managed to work out the kinks & make it functional for battle.

## Relationships

### Lisa Loud

Wheeljack and Lisa's work dynamic is... complicated, to put it lightly. Considering Jackie is more of a "free-spirited scientist" while Lisa is a more straight-forward one, the two's ideals clash often. They contrast so much that Jackie's even made it his personal mission to get Lisa to have more fun once in a while.

### Skids

Though they don't interact much, Skids and Wheeljack have a generally good brotherly dynamic like the rest of the team. They in particular are known to "geek out" whenever they encounter really cool old Cybertronian tech.

### Arcee & Lynn

Wheeljack and Arcee have a bit of a turbulant relationship. Like the rest of Team Rodimus, Jackie cares about 'Cee like a Spark-sister; but slag if it isn't annoying how she's often the first one to make fun of him whenever one of his experiments malfunctions, or make a wisecrack about how it'll fail before he even fires it up. Not helped at all when Lynn joined in on the "gag" when they got to Earth.

## Notes

While this version of Wheeljack still maintains his default position as team scientist, this element of his character has been toned down a little bit to help emphasis an often-overlooked part of his profile for his orignal toy, where he was described as the most adept of all the Autobots at driving while in car mode and liked to show off his stunts. This has taken into making him a much more laid-back 'bot that likes to joke around and kick butt as much as he does make gadgets, making this version of the Bots' resident mad scientist similar to geniuses like Donatello from TMNT, particularly how his more jokey self in the original 1990 film. There's also a bit of influence from his Prime incarnation by being much more keen to fight and a bit more rebellious, especially towards authority figures so as to help him fit a little better with his "bros" on the team. Plus, it sort of helps to spice up his relationship with Lisa and make it a little more interesting; a real Spock & McCoy-type dynamic where one favors logic and the other emotion, but there is still an underlying loyalty & respect towards one another.

Similarly to Jazz, Wheeljack has been given a different paintjob in this series; though his is a *much* different paintjob. Jackie's new colors come from his Armada incarnation, namely taking influence from how it was to create a new look for his "mold mate" Slicer in the Magic: the Gathering Universe's Beyond set (see this article to get a better understanding as to why), mainly to make him a little more different from how he appears in practically every piece of modern TF material with the same basic design scheme (some movies not withstanding) and as another way to show the audience that he's a little different from the Wheeljack most people know. And also like Jazz, he's been given a more "normal" car (in addition to having normal doors) as compared to his original sponser-decaled Lancia Stratos Turbo alt mode, now having the alt mode he had in Devastation and for his Generations toy.

On a couple of occasions in this series, Wheeljack will be paired up with Springer as another nod to his Prime counterpart and that version's relationship with Bulkhead, another big green guy that acted as the team's muscle.