Sqweeks
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- Sqweeks is an Autobot from The Last Knight portion of the movie continuity family.
Izabella found Sqweeks in the ruins of Chicago, and immediately took in the little Autobot as a new friend and travelling companion. Badly damaged, unable to transform, and prone to falling apart, Sqweeks' damaged vocal processor limits him to a single word, which he uses to its fullest.
Sqweeks isn't the biggest or toughest Autobot around — and in fact most other Autobots find him either ugly, annoying, or both — but what he lacks in size and bulk he makes up for in pluck, determination, devotion to his friends... and a massive, fortification-leveling blaster.
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Fiction
The Last Knight film
- Voice actor: Reno Wilson (English), Lutz Scheffer (German), Luiz Sérgio Vieira (Portuguese)
Sqweeks was hiding out in the ruins of Chicago with his best buddies Izabella and Canopy and had mostly lost his ability to speak. In the TRF attack that killed Canopy, Sqweeks was damaged, losing his right arm and his ability to transform. Nonetheless, he utilized an old maneuver to destroy two TRF walker drones when Izzy and some kids came under attack. He then bore witness to Cade Yeager and Bumblebee's sudden appearance. He and Izabella rode all the way back to Cade's junkyard by clinging to the bottom of Hound's vehicle mode. When they arrived at the scrap yard and Hound transformed, he was flung to the ground and managed to get to cover without being noticed. He and Izzy then witnessed Cade's confrontation with the massive Grimlock. After Izabella bargained for an extended stay, she outfitted him with a small Decepticon arm to replace his lost one. The first thing he did with it was flick away Wheelie after the small bot called him ugly.
Unfortunately, the next day, The Decepticons and the TRF discovered the Autobots' refuge. He and Izzy fled with the others to a nearby town, though Jimmy wanted to leave him behind, saying he could take care of himself. Before a trap could be sprung on the Decepticons, Sqweeks made the mistake of blowing his cover right in front of Megatron himself. He was dangled by his head by Megatron, and attempted to escape termination by showing the Decepticon emblem on his new arm, but the Decepticon leader only felt disgust for the small bot. Izabella then angrily ran out to face Megatron herself to protect him, and he was quickly dropped when the Decepticons noticed Cade. After Cogman appeared and took Cade and Bumblebee with him to England, Sqweeks went back to the junkyard with Izzy under Crosshairs's temporary leadership.
He was present when everyone noticed another moon had appeared in the sky, which was actually the recently arrived Cybertron. Sqweeks went with Izzy and the Autobots to England and somehow tagged along with Izabella in stowing away on one of the Ospreys. Cade, Viviane Wembly, William Lennox, and Santos finally noticed her and Izzy argued that Sqweeks should be left behind, but the plane had already taken off. He mostly stayed behind lines in the final battle until Izzy told him to go destroy a gun emplacement that was keeping the soldiers and Autobots from advancing. Using his diminutive size to sneak past the battlefield, Sqweeks reached the gun emplacement. It immediately turned to aim at him, but Sqweeks simply cursed at it before deploying an ungodly huge blaster from his new arm and blowing it to bits, earning him Hot Rod's appreciation. Sqweeks helped provide cover fire before he was scooped up and carried to safety by Hot Rod as Lennox called a retreat. He was reunited with Izabella in the aftermath and watched as Optimus Prime gave a speech and the Autobots returned to Cybertron. The Last Knight
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Toys
The Last Knight
- Autobot Sqweeks (Deluxe Class, 2017)
- Japanese Release Date: 2017-07-15
- Japanese ID Number: TLK-13
- Accessories: Large cannon arm, cargo trailer/maintenance bay, right arm, left and right handle bars
- Known designers: John Warden (Hasbro)
- Released as part of the second wave of The Last Knight Premier Edition Deluxes, Sqweeks transforms from a small wheeled robot into an unlicensed approximation of a Vespa scooter with an attachable cargo trailer, which also changes into his maintenance bay. Sqweeks has a pair of screen-accurate small rubber handlebar arms which can be removed and swapped for either a disproportionately bigger robotic right arm, or a large multi-barreled gun arm, both based on his salvaged Decepticon arm, and its cannon mode from the film. Though undocumented in the instructions, the said arm can also wield the gun arm as a gun via 5mm peg if you'd rather do it that way, but take note that the combination of the large cannon's rubbery plastic and its seemingly heavy weight allows it to fall off from the right arm's hand very often.
- His maintenance bay features an opening toolbox and articulated crane arm and rocket packs. All of Sqweeks parts can be stored inside of the toolbox when in trailer mode, except for the large gun which has to be mounted atop the trailer via a 5mm post instead. When in robot mode, his trailer can combine with him to form a super-mode of sorts which gives him shoulder-mounted (non-firing) missile packs. Due to his transformation scheme, he ends up having two additional faux handlebars in his head mode. All four handlebars happen to be C-Joint clip compatible.
- Similar to Berserker's arm kibble, Sqweek's vehicle mode headlight piece does not have any glue holding it in place and tends to pop out during transformation. Take note that storing the rubbery parts such as the right arm and the handle bars into the painted toolbox for a very long time may cause some paint to chip and stick onto them.
- In Asia, Sqweeks and the rest of the Wave 2 Deluxes are later dumped at Popular Book stores in Malaysia, sold in a discounted price of RM89.90 ($21), though the price is later cut down to RM69.90 ($16) as part of the "Must Buy!" offers. TakaraTomy's stock photo of the robot mode figure was later used as a cutout "battle figure" included with Telebi Magazine's Burning Megatron.
- Autobot Sqweeks (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2017)
- Series: 2
- Bag Code: F
- Released as part of the 2nd wave of blindbagged Tiny Turbo Changers, Sqweeks is a small soft-plastic figure that transforms from robot into a scooter in just a few easy steps. Unlike most Turbo Changers, Sqweeks does not have any 3mm compatible hands or shoulder articulation, and like the rest of the figures, his wheels are completely immobile.
- Autobot Sqweeks RC (2017)
- Japanese Release Date: 2017-11-11
- Accessories: remote control, blaster
- Sqweeks is a non-transforming, 8.5-inch remote-controlled figure, based on his appearance in the movie. His articulation is limited to shoulder swivels, with his larger Decepticon arm featuring a ratchet joint to keep it steady. Once "awoken" by titling him in the manner of a Furby, Sqweeks enters his default state, in which his eyes light up blue and he can be remote-controlled to trundle about, all the while spouting sound effects and variations on "Chihuahua!" When left to idle for a few seconds, he will talk and make small movements on his own. Fitting his giant blaster onto his Decepticon arm places him in "Blaster Mode", switching his eyes to red.
- Two shoulder buttons on the remote control activate additional features. The right-hand button activates "Dance Mode", in which Sqweeks plays funky music, and spins and dances by himself, whilst the left button "fires" his blaster, playing a variety of weapon sound effects which Sqweeks will "recoil" backward in sync with. Pressing the button without the blaster attached will play clicking trigger sounds and a disappointed "Chihuahua..." Sqweeks can be put back to sleep by turning him upside-down until he lets out a sluggish "Chihuahua..." and his eyes turn off.
- Sqweeks saw pre-release on June 23 before officially hitting shelves in July, and, surprising nobody, shelfwarmed to the point of clotting store shelves, even a full year after the release of the film. RC Sqweeks also saw release in Japan on November 11.
- Autobot Sqweeks (Allspark Tech, Starter Set, 2017)
- Accessories: Allspark, blaster, USB cord
- Allspark Tech Sqweeks is a non-transforming electronic figure with limited articulation. His main gimmick is the included electronic Allspark cube which can be inserted in his chest. The cube emits lights and sounds and can be recharged via the included USB cord. He also includes a large blaster attachment which he can wear on his right fist.
Merchandise
The Last Knight
Roleplay
- Autobot Sqweeks Voice Changer Mask (2017)
- This roleplay toy mask can play one of fifteen different Sqweeks sound effects by pressing the Autobot symbol on the side of the "cheek". Holding the button for a few seconds will activate or deactivate the voice changing capability. The dome top of the mask wobbles. It's also removable, allowing access to the battery compartment underneath. It was slightly retooled to remove the damaged and released for Bumblebee.
MetaColle
- Sqweeks (2017)
- MetaColle Sqweeks is a palm-sized, non-transforming mini figure with articulation in his shoulders, waist and neck. Like all MetaColle figures, Sqweeks is partially die-cast. He is also scaled with the rest of the Deluxe-to-Leader figures.
RCM Media
- Sqweeks (Figurine Toppers, 2017)
- Manufactured by RCM Media, this Sqweeks figurine topper is a smaller, non-transforming mold.
- Figurine Play Set (Universal Studios exclusive 4-pack, 2017)
- The Sqweeks topper is once again released as a Universal Studios exclusive 4-pack with the equally unchanged Megatron, Optimus, & Bumblebee.
Cinema City
- Sqweeks (Figurine Toppers, 2017)
- Released only in Russian theaters, this Sqweeks figurine is a different mold.
Threezero
- Sqweeks (Premium Scale, 2018)
- Accessories: TBA
Prime 1 Studio
- Autobot Sqweeks (
201?)
- Movie: The Last Knight
- ID Number: MMTFM-18
- Accessories: Base
- A non-transforming but screen-accurate statue of Sqweeks with light-up LED eyes was going to be released by Prime 1 Studio as part of their Museum Masterline series in a limited number of 500 pieces, but ended up being canceled.
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Bumblebee
- Autobot Sqweeks Voice Changer Mask (2018)
- A slight retool of The Last Knight roleplay mask, this release removed the rusted battle damage on the dome of the original version.
Notes
- Although toys depict Sqweeks as transforming into a scooter (seemingly a 1960s Vespa 150), he never transforms in the feature film, due to being damaged early in the story.
- Judging from some early concept art for Canopy, Sqweeks was apparently planned to be slightly taller and to move around with a single wheel during early development.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Sqweeks (スクィークス Sukwīkusu)
- Mandarin: Xiǎolíngtōng (China, 小灵通, "Knowledgeable Kid")
- Ukrainian: Skryp (Скрип, "Creak")