Wideload (Transformers)
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Wideload is the name of three different fictional characters in the Transformers universes.
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[edit] Transformers: Generation 1 (1987)
| Transformers character | |
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| Wideload | |
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| Affiliation | Autobot  |
| Sub-Group | Throttlebots |
| Function | Materials Transport |
| Motto | "Look good and you'll have the world in your pocket." |
| Alternate Modes | Dump Truck |
| Series | Transformers: Generation 1 |
| English voice actor | Corey Burton |
Wideload (Rollerbot in Italy) is a member of the Throttlebot team; Wideload transforms into a dump truck. Wideload's most glaring personality trait is that he is very concerned about his appearance, and ironically seeks to remain clean and shiny at all times.
[edit] Animated Series
Wideload's first appearance was in The Rebirth where he formed the front line defense at Autobot City: Earth along with various other Autobots against the attacking Decepticons.
[edit] Marvel Comics
Wideload's first appearance was in #30 where he and the other four Cybertronian Throttlebots were part of a gang of Autobot thieves stealing Energon from the Decepticons.
In Transformers (Marvel Comics U.S.) issues #29-30, Goldbug encounters, and later leads the Throttlebots (Chase, Freeway, Rollbar, Searchlight, and Wideload) after he and Blaster are overwhelmed by a group of Decepticon Triple Changers infected by 'scraplets', a group of toy-sized viral robots that turn into bolts and screws and eat metal upon contact. Due to side stories and changes in the books direction, the Throttlebots (excluding Goldbug) appear very infrequently.
[edit] Transformers: Energon (2005)
| Transformers character | |
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| Wideload | |
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| Affiliation | Decepticon  |
| Sub-Group | Basic Vehicles |
| Series | Transformers: Energon Transforers: Universe |
Wideload is a member of the Decepticon Construction Team; Wideload transforms into a crane. He was is to combine with his team to form the giant robot Constructicon Maximus. In the Energon TV show, Wideload is a non-sentient drone commanded by team leader Steamhammer. As with all of the Energon combiner limbs, Wideload has a twin brother on his team - Duststorm. Their energon weapon is a claw. In the Japanese series, each member shares his name with a G1 Constructicon - Wideload's name is Glen (Crane), the same as the Takara name for Hook.
[edit] Transformers: Universe (2006)
Along with other various other over-stocked Energon toys, Wideload was re-released in Universe packaging and was sold at Family Dollar and Ocean State Job Lot. Unlike many Transformers: Universe toys, Wideload did not have a new color scheme. Wideload does not have a bio or any official press release of the storyline detailing his inclusion in the Transformers: Universe toyline.
[edit] Transformers: Classics (2006)
| Transformers character | |
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| Wideload | |
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| Affiliation | Decepticon |
| Sub-Group | Mini-Con |
| Motto | "We play dirty." |
| Alternate Modes | Dump Truck |
| Series | Transformers: Classics |
During the latter half of August 2006, three new Mini-Con teams in packs of three were unveiled by Hasbro. One of these teams was the Decepticon Demolition Team of which a Transformer named Wideload is a member of who transforms into a dump truck. Although in Classics packaging, neither the word "Classics" or the word "Mini-Con" have appeared on the packaging shots revealed so far; it is likely that they were originally intended for Cybertron. Due to the current lack of individual bios on the toy packaging, Wideload is assumed to be a completely new individual unrelated to either of the previous characters. The following bio is all that is known about the Demolition Team.
If it can be built, the Demolition Team can bring it down. Every member of the team is an expert engineer, specializing in weakening and destroying the foundation of any structure they encounter. Before any important battle you'll find the Demolition Team on site, tunneling beneath enemy fortifications. Entire AUTOBOT cities have collapsed in a thunderous cloud of dust because of the work of those three.
