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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:08 am

The Hub has been running a new promo for this week's episode of Transformers: Prime featuring everybody's favorite Autobot mad scientist, Wheeljack! However, it looks like Wheeljack has traded in his lab equipment for a pair of swords! Check out Wheeljack in action in the embedded video below.

News Credits: 62 · by **#Sideways#** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:19 am

At first I was like:

"YES! Wheeljack in G1 colors! YAY!"

But now... Seeing him charging into a laser war-zone with humongous swords of death and destruction, I'm guessing that he dies at the end of the episode.

And his ears don't flash when he talks! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! :sad:

News Credits: 1 · by **Lord Onixprime** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:29 am

Having flash back's to Cliffjumper already.

by **griftimus prime** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:14 am

wheeljack with swords? acting like a ninja? wtf?

hes gonna be a scientist right?

by **xtsaur** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:17 am

This show is beyond amazing!!!!! Cant wait for the next episode!!! But I really cant wait to see what Devastator looks like!!!

News Credits: 2 · by **partholon** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:34 am

looking like he's been brainwashed by the cons to me and then set on his friends.

if its done well it could be good.

by **Godzillabot Primal** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:07 am

If anybody could post a image of the new wheeljack in a full body shot I would be extremely grateful.

News Credits: 1 · by **T-Macksimus** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:34 am

Looks like there's a possibility that the Turncoat scenario I proposed before for Wheeljacks appearance may happen. Also looks like this version of him is channeling the Spirit of IDW's Drift character. It's pretty bad-ass (albeit somewhat insane) bringing swords to a gun fight, but even more bad-ass when you actually win and I'm getting the funny feeling that even if he doesn't win, a lot of bots will go down before he's done.

News Credits: 5 · by **alexison** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:15 pm

Yeah, I'm guess he "sacrifices" himself at the end of the episode too unforunately. I don't see the cast getting any bigger than it already is..

by **G1 Smoketreader** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:54 pm

Swords, Huh?

"Never do what your enemy expects you to" he says.

For all those people who expect Wheeljack to build Dinobots: Anticipate anything. Expect nothing.

News Credits: 187 · by **GetRightRobot** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:11 pm

Ole Jack is back and looks friggin tough!!! I approve

by **Red 50** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:15 pm

If they want him to be a one-time only character, then they'll have to kill him in this episode (Though I hope they don't) since they can't leave the planet.

Let's really hope that he'll be in main cast for a while.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:37 pm

So he goes from geek to Drift wanna-be? I'm starting to like Prime!

News Credits: 2 · by **Twitchythe3rd** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:53 pm

If they pull another "Hi-and-Die" like they did with Skyquake, I will be dissapointed.

News Credits: 26 · by **Wheeljack35** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:46 pm

I made a better version of this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G_HToLc9Yc

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 5:30 pm

looks like it will be a fine way to introduce Driftjack...I mean Wheeljack!

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 5:34 pm

Just a quick reminder for everyone to tune into the Hub this evening for the latest episode of Transformers Prime featuring Wheeljack! In this episode entitled "Con Job" Bulkhead eagerly awaits the arrival of this old friend Wheeljack, but things don't go quite as planned. The episode will air shortly at 6:30 Eastern/ 3:30 Pacific.

Here's the promo to get you fired up!

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 5:41 pm

With a title like 'Con Job' and the introduction of a new Autobot to the Transformers PRIME cast, you don't want to miss tonight's epidsode.

"Season 1, Episode 8
Episode Synopsis: Bulkhead awaits a visit from his buddy Wheeljack, but his arrival does not go as planned."

Swords and Wheeljack. Watch to see if the PRIME version of Wheeljack has more Drift in him, as the video somewhat implies, or if he shows us he's the more classic 'jack eccentric inventor, with a love for some cool blades he made.

Be sure to check it out tonight at 6:30Eastern/3:30Pacific on the Hub.

by **TylerDante69** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 7:57 pm

Wheeljack's personality fits more of Sideswipe.

They should have made Sideswipe instead of Wheeljack.

Wheeljack is the mad scientist NOT an accomplished warrior.

And WHY they made Starscream a b****ch!!!

At least in Animated, Starscream was a force to be reckoned with.

News Credits: 37 · by **SlyTF1** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 8:14 pm

TylerDante69 wrote:Wheeljack's personality fits more of Sideswipe.

They should have made Sideswipe instead of Wheeljack.

Wheeljack is the mad scientist NOT an accomplished warrior.

And WHY they made Starscream a b****ch!!!

At least in Animated, Starscream was a force to be reckoned with.

THIS! All of this! Especially the Starscream thing. I loved Animated Starscream, but this...is wrong.

by **prowl123** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:20 pm

Just saw it.

So much for Wheeljack being a permanent character.

At lest it had clones.

by **TimothyR** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:13 pm

this show would be so much better if it were actually in HD.

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 12:12 am

For a show done with 3D animation the stories and characters are very 1D.

You could almost speak the dialog along with the characters. It was like they pulled the last 2 episodes out of a Mad Libs for TV scripts!

Wheeljack is one of my all-time favorites, but for how they used him, you could easily have replaced him with ANYONE else. He seemed a helluva lot more like Drift than Wheeljack to me.

I REALLY liked the original 5-part story, but since then each new episode has just gotten less interesting. :roll:

I hope the show is just in a lull.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 12:16 am

Just saw it. Wheeljack isn't Wheeljack at all! It's merely ROTF Sideswipe in disguise! He has harnessed the power to morph! :lol:

by **Red 50** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:12 am

I think it was pretty good.

They could have given REAL Wheeljack some more screentime, though.
This incarnation of WJ isn't quite what I was hoping for (I too am a G1 WJ's fan. He really should have gotten more credit) but this one's really cool too. They MUST make him return sometime. WITH an ALT-mode!!!

Wonder if this is the only time we see Makeshift?

Is this really the first time we see Prime smiling?

The WRECKERS are first mentioned. WJ and Bulkhead were in the Group. (A matter of luck and time if we get Kup and Springer, too)

Starscream was bleeding... FROM MOUTH!! Should have spitted a tooth while he was at it.

Wonder if the guy from next episode's preview is related to Lord Chumley? (Himself or his hired soldier or his son, maybe?)

Next episode: I'm pretty sure I saw Prime with a TRAILER!!!
And we get Fowler again!