- Wide Load (also officially parsed as "Wideload") is an Autobot in the Generation 1 continuity
Wide Load, a Throttlebot who transforms into a dump truck, can haul as much as one million pounds in his role as a materials transporter. This sort of work keeps him pretty filthy most of the time yet, paradoxically, he's a neat freak. Highly superficial, he prides himself on his appearance and judges others on theirs. His unusual susceptibility to rust is thus a source of embarassment.
French-Canadian name: Fadeau
Italian name: Rollerbot
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Thanks to a Decepticon Titanium-class Destruction Drone, Wide Load and his fellow Throttlebots are captured and brought to the Chief Decepticon Fuel Auditor Ratbat. An outbreak of Scraplets had begun on Earth, and Ratbat ordered them to travel there and destroy all of the infected -- or he would destroy the planet itself to prevent spread of the deadly disease. Given new Earth-style vehicle forms and canisters of corrosive acid, Wide Load and the others arrive on Earth and soon find Goldbug in the death throes of a Scraplets infection. They attempted to destroy him, but during the skirmish, Goldbug's human friend Charley Fong discovered a cure for Scraplets, the "rare chemical" water. With this knowledge, they managed to destroy all the Scraplets with help from G.B. Blackrock.
Animated continuity
Voice Actor: Corey Burton (US), Takao Ishii (Japan)
Wide Load was a member of the strike force assembled by Rodimus Prime to retrieve the body of Optimus Prime from Mark Morgan and Gregory Swafford. During the mission he became infected with the Hate Plague.
Rebirth (American continuity)
Wide Load later participated in the defense of Autobot City during the attack launched by Galvatron to divert attention while the Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber was stolen.
Headmasters (Japanese continuity)
Even though Wide Load says it is "so obvious that we're gonna win," he and the other Throttlebots were all apparently killed by the Decepticons' "Evil Meteor." Despite being dead, the Throttlebots reappear for the series finale.
Toys
Generation 1
- Wideload (Throttlebot)
- Japanese ID number: C-92
- Wideload transforms into an "earth-mover" dump truck. Like all Throttlebots, he features a pull-back motor taht zips him forward on smooth surfaces in both vehicle and robot modes.
- Though he was re-released as part of the European-market "Classics" line, unlike his fellow Throttlebots he retained the indent for the heat-sensitive rubsign insignia decal, even though said decal was replaced by a normal paper sigil decal.
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