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  • ️Thu Sep 15 2005
Spike Witwicky is a human from the Dark of the Moon portion of the movie continuity family.

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Lieutenant Butch V. "Buster" Witwicky, codenamed Spike, is an urban warfare expert, which comes in handy when he joins his partner Backfire in hunting for Decepticons in Earth's cities. His primary specialty is Special Warfare Officer, with a secondary specialty in Communications.

Fiction

Ask Vector Prime

The arrogant and abrasive Buster Witwicky had an uneasy relationship with his father, rejecting everything about him. He attended the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis and became a Navy SEAL, partially due to his abilities, partially due to his father using his influence to keep him out of trouble. After leading a team to destroy the damaged Decepticon Sonar in Long Island, he joined NEST. Witwicky was able to work with Backfire, but in general was skeptical about relying on any machine, even an Autobot. Finding out that his cousin was personally decorated by the President made him feel intensely competitive. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/05 and 2015/09/07

Toys

Dark of the Moon

  • Spike Witwicky / Backfire (Human Alliance Basic, 2011)
    • Japanese ID number: DA21
Part of the first wave of Dark of the Moon Human Alliance Triple Changer figures, Spike Witwicky is partnered with Backfire. He is compatible with other MechTech figures.
This mold was also used to make Sergeant Detour.

Notes

  • Clearly Spike shares a rather uncommon last name with Sam Witwicky and his family. The Facebook edition of Ask Vector Prime would later established that his father is Ron Witwicky's brother.
    • Ask Vector Prime also combined the names of all three of Generation 1 Sparkplug Witwicky's sons for Dark of the Moon Spike.
  • Backfire and Bumblebee were partnered with Sam Witwicky in the Autobot Daredevil Squad exclusive multi-pack. Make of that what you will.
  • Coincidentally, Sam was credited as Sam "Spike" Witwicky in the Latin American Spanish dub of Transformers. Yeah, that's not helping at all.
  • Spike's birthplace of Portland, Oregon is likely a nod to Marvel G1 Buster Witwicky.
  • Spike's personality, as well as the fact that he attended the Naval Academy in Annapolis, is likely a reference to his IDW counterpart.

Foreign names

  • Japanese: Spike Witwicky (スパイク・ウィトウィッキー Supaiku Witowikkī)

See also