Wheelie first appeared in the 1986 Transformers Animated movie, as a stranded Autobot/heroic robot who behaved like a child: he used a slingshot, and frequently spoke in rhyme, in a high pitched voice. He transformed into a futuristic car for a vehicle mode. Most fans did not like Wheelie much.IDW, a publisher of comic books licensed to print Transformers comics from Hasbro, the American side of Transformers action figures, printed a 2009 Wheelie solo story features the diminutive robot befriending a race of aliens by speaking in their native language, a rhyme. Wheelie's vocal components are slightly damaged, causing him to continue rhyming to the present day.In 2009's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Michael Bay decided to include an homage in the form of a small robot named Wheelie, who is a Decepticon spy known for his foul language. This incarnation of Wheelie (unrelated to the older version) changes into a small RC-style truck with satellite tech. After an encounter with a human and an ancient Decepticon that defects to the Autobots, Wheelie joins up with the good buys, but still retains his rude manners when he humps Mikaela's ankle.