| “ | If used logically, madness makes a great weapon. | „ |
| ~ Whirl's toy bio |
Whirl is a member of the Wreckers, and is a minor character in The Transformers franchise. Mostly appearing in the Transformers Marvel comics, Whirl is depicted as a enthusiastic and reckless Wrecker, fond of using unpredictable moves and manoeuvres on his enemies. While Whirl was a minor character in the wider franchise for many years, his reimagining in IDW Publishing led him to be used in other media, including prequels and sequels to the Marvel comics.
History[]
Transformers '84[]
In this prequel, Whirl is part of the Autobot Resistance on Cybertron. In Secrets & Lies, he is recruited by Impactor as part of the group that would become the Wreckers when Straxus plotted to restart Project Dreadnought, turning Cybertron into a mobile weapon. Attacking the planetary turbines, Whirl flew Rack'N'Ruin into Stanix to scout ahead, only to encounter the Decepticon Combiner Abominus defending the turbines. Whirl brought Rack'n'Ruin within striking distance of the combiner and the conjoined duo whacked Abominus with a hammer blow hard enough to knock him down. The Wreckers then engaged the individual Terrorcons and the Decepticons until they managed to plant and detonate explosives that destroyed Project Dreadnought. From thereon, the Wreckers functioned as an autonomous unit within the Autobot army, engaging in hit-and-run raids against Straxus' forces as the war continued to rage on for years.
Marvel's the Transformers[]
In Target: 2006, Whirl was one of the Wreckers scheduled to take part in Operation: Volcano, a plan to lure ten of the deadliest Decepticons into ambush by tricking them into believing the Autobot resistance leaders were holding a meeting. However, Impactor was convinced the operation would fail without the support of Ultra Magnus, who had been sent to Earth, and wanted to call it off. Accepting the decision, Whirl retired for a drink with Roadbuster and Twin Twist. When they saw a Decepticon picking on a smaller Transformer, Twin Twist stepped in and gave him a beating, galvanising the group into accepting they must challenge Decepticon wherever. Ultimately, however, Operation: Volcano was a failure. Most of the targets were recalled by Megatron before the trap could be sprung and the remaining one, Macabre, managed to kill Impactor before Whirl and the others took him down.
In Distant Thunder, Whirl and the other Wreckers hunted Optimus Prime after being tricked into believing he was a Decepticon impostor. As they located him, Emirate Xaaron intervened, with Optimus Prime's caring for a wounded Outback having convinced him he was the genuine article, and welcomed Optimus Prime home.
Peace[]
In on timeline, Whirl and the Wreckers survived to the year 2150, where they killed the last Decepticon, ending the war. At a ceremony to mark the war's end, Rodimus Prime handed over leadership to Springer, but an Autobot called Triton argued that Ultra Magnus would make a better leader than a fighter like Springer. Whirl took offence to this, loudly rebuking him that the Wreckers were the ones who won the war. Triton thus hit Whirl, and Roadbuster pulled a gun on his assailant, and after shots were fired, the Wreckers and the Technobots began fighting, restarted the waar, with none aware that Triton was a Decepticon spy who prevented there being peace to Cybertron.
Regeneration One[]
To be added
Dreamwave Productions[]
IDW Comics[]
- Main article: Whirl (IDW Comics)
Transformers Animated[]
Whirl made a tiny cameo in Bots of Science, as part of a force led by Warpath during the Great War. As with the majority of his team, he was presumably killed in the battle. Presumably, as all Animated Autobots bar a few exceptions could not fly, he did not transform into a helicopter.
Aligned Universe[]
Whirl appears in media surrounding Fall of Cybertron as a Wrecker with a similar, "showy" personality. As well as this, like the other Wreckers he can combine into Ruination. However, the most notable Whirl from the Aligned Universe in the Rescue Bots Academy Whirl, a young female Rescue Bot. The Wrecker Whirl also makes a tiny cameo, in his IDW design, in a drawing of him and her together.
- Main article: Whirl (Rescue Bots Academy)
Cyberverse[]
- Main article: Whirl (Transformers Cyberverse)
