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News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:06 pm

Seibertron's own Savagery, has informed us that IGN.com have started a new article: "Annoying Character of the day", and opened with none other than Wheelie himself.

It seems the Number #1 reason for Wheelie gaining the Inaugural Annoying Character of the Day wards is his incessant rhyming. To check out IGN's full report on why they believe Wheelie deserves such an honour, please click here.

So what do you think? Are IGN right? Does Wheelie deserve such an honour? Discuss below.

by **Grimshock** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:09 pm

I agree. If not him, then Bumblebee.

News Credits: 49 · by **Scaleface** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:14 pm

Darn shame, the tech spec for wheelie painted him as a toughened survivalist. It's the movie writers who turned him into a rhyming child. After that the personality stuck.

by **ghostscream127** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:15 pm

I LOVE WHEELIE. IS IT JUST BECAUSE THE RYMING? SHESH :sad:

by **Grimshock** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:17 pm

I agree with Scaleface. In fact, that describes so much about TF's. The tech specs introduced amazing characters, then writers went and screwed them up. We really have not been blessed with good writers in any of our media.

News Credits: 3 · by **Autobot Jazz** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:23 pm

Of couse Wheelie deserves such an honour, maybe they'll do Kicker next or one of the other kids from the Unicron Trilogy

News Credits: 1 · by **Mechabreaker** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:25 pm

AHAAHAHAHAA!!! This is just too funny! :mrgreen:

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:37 pm

Poor Wheelie

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:41 pm

Armada SideSwipe must be pissed!

by **soundwave13c** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:44 pm

i agree with scaleface too. but the writers image of him deserves this tittle

News Credits: 3 · by **ShGarland_1383** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:48 pm

Liege Evilmus wrote:Armada SideSwipe must be pissed!

Why? As much as I liked Wheelie and from what I remember of Armada Side Swipe, Wheelie (at least as he was portrayed in the movie) was much more annoying.

News Credits: 21 · by **dragons** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:55 pm

i agree because of the movie and the series but his tech specs ive never seen before acutally no i disagree i say the humans are more annoying than weelei

by **imotron** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:24 pm

LOL

News Credits: 1 · by **Blackstreak** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:46 pm

I found his rhyming to be an interesting writing situation. Can you imagine having to be the writer who has to come up w/ all those lines and make them work? I couldn't do it. I don't find Wheelie to be annoying, I find him to be a challenge, and a perfect companion to Daniel in regards to being a peer and guardian. Kind of like a younger version of Spike & Bumblebee.

News Credits: 6 · by **Dr. Caelus** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:49 pm

Maybe IDW will do a spotlight that shows off his original Tech Spec character. Done right, the rhyming could come off kind of creepy like Wierdwolf or Shrapnel's eccentricities, though creepy wouldn't really fit either incarnation of the character.*

Almost wish the Kup Spotlight had been Wheelie instead. Insanity would have been good justification for his rhyming.

*I just remembered, someone did a Mosaic like that, didn't they?

Edit: For those curious about Wheelie's original take:

Function: Survivalist

"Only the fierce shall live"

TECH SPEC BIO
Wheelie is the sole survivor from a party of intergalactic colonists who crash landed on Earth. He's a barbaric little savage who managed to stay alive by cunning, stealth, and fearlessness. Speaks in odd rhyming sentences and despises the Decepticons. Fights only when he's under attack and has to defend himself. Staunch friend to the Dinobots and a reliable ally for Hot Rod and Kup.

PROFILE
Wheelie is the "wild boy" of Quintesson- an Autobot-like youth lost when his ship went down, the only survivor of his party, staying alive by cunning and stealth and fearlessness. He speaks in odd, rhyming sentences and despises the Sharkticons and Quintessons, who are his mortal enemies. He is a staunch friend to the Dinobots, who take to him immediately, and a reliable ally in difficulties for Hot Rod and Kup when they take on the Sharkticons.

ABILITIES
He fights only when he's under attack and has to defend himself. He uses a three-bladed knife and a sling which hurls fire stones when he must attack his enemies or defend himself.

by **Autobot Snake Eyes** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:59 pm

Congrats wheelie.
You actually got some credit you deserve.
:APPLAUSE:

by **Pyrostrata** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:13 pm

Well, I can't argue about the Wheelie-annoyance-factor from the G1 series......from the second I heard that little fart, I wanted to gouge his optics out with a coke-spoon!

A well-deserved honor indeed for a truly annoying animated character! :grin:

News Credits: 1 · by **Solrac333** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:01 pm

I say Jar Jar then Wheelie.

News Credits: 1 · by **Blozor** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:24 pm

I think Dreamwave's take on him was getting him closer to the original tech spec bio. I can't remember if he talked in rhymes, though, or at all even.

News Credits: 2 · by **X3ROhour** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:32 pm

More annoying than Starscream? or HUMANS!? i don't think so.

by **Pyrostrata** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:43 pm

Manitou Z3ROhour wrote:More annoying than Starscream? or HUMANS!? i don't think so.

Oh! Wheelie is 897389897537896534876 times more annoying than Starscream! Although Wheelie and all the humans fall into the "Please Die Now!" category!

News Credits: 7 · by **Chaoslock** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:02 am

There's only one person that's more annoying than Wheelie: Mrs. Witwicky :!:

by **Pyrostrata** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:04 am

Chaoslock wrote:There's only one person that's more annoying than Wheelie: Mrs. Witwicky

Oh wow! QFT! Although I dunno if she qualifies as part of the "All the humans" category though!

She is kinda sub-human!

News Credits: 5 · by **Sledge** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:36 am

Problem is, no matter who else they nominate in the future, you're going to think "Ok, I see where they're coming from. But still not as annoying as Wheelie."