Archibald Witwicky

Archibald AmundsenWitwickyis ahumanfrom themoviecontinuity family.

That be the smell of treasure, lads.

CaptainArchibald Amundsen Witwicky,^[1]father ofClarence Witwicky,led theNational Arctic Circle Expeditionin1897.

He basically went bonkers afterMegatronburned out his eyes, and spent the rest of his life in an asylum. He diedAugust 13,1938.

Archy's great-great-grandsonSam Witwickythinks he is lame, and wants toeBayhis priceless heirlooms to buya car.

Fiction

Movies

Transformersfilm

Actor:William Morgan Sheppard

Voice actor:Yuzuru Fujimoto(Japanese dub),César Árias(Latin-American Spanish dub),Emilio Freixas(Castilian Spanish dub),Miguel Rosenberg(Brazilian Portuguese dub),Hasso Zorn(German dub),Jang Kwang(Korean dub)

Shiny oh so shiny.

During the National Arctic Circle Expedition, Witwicky's ship became frozen in the water. As the crew chipped the ship free, he told his crew "no sacrifice, no victory!" (all the while standing and doing nothing to help). During the attempt, the dogs were attracted to a break in the ice, which Witwicky and a dog fell through. As he got his bearings, he came face to face with "a great discovery"...at which point said discovery used his navigational system to burn the coordinates of theAllSparkinto hisglasses,which had the byproduct of rendering Witwicky blind and insane. Witwicky spent the rest of his life in psychiatric hospitals, drawingstrange symbolsand ranting about anIce man.

110 years after his discovery,his descendant Sam Witwicky tried to raise money for a car by auctioning off his equipment, including his compass, his sextant, his telescope, and (for some bizarre reason) his glasses.Transformers

The Last Knightfilm

Archibald's photo was with the Witwiccan family tree unearthed bySir Edmund Burtonalong with his descendant Sam's profile picture from his ebay account "ladiesman217", revealing that both were descendants of the Medieval wizardMerlinand members of theOrder of the Witwiccans.The Last Knight

IDW movie comics

It's so cold his beard fell off.

In1897,Captain Archibald Witwicky led the National Arctic Circle Expedition when their ship became frozen in the ice. His first mateReginald Danconoticed that their dogs were keenly interested in whatever lay beneath the frozen wastes and called Witwicky over to investigate. Despite Danco's well-founded caution in light the expedition's foul luck, Witwicky bravely dug into the ice, and what he saw underneath changed him. Witwicky became blind and insane and despite his blindness, spent the next three months filling one hundred and seventy-six pieces of paper with strange patterns and glyphs. By1898,Witwicky was in theBoston Secure Hospital,and was interviewed by two independent adventurers namedWalter SimmonsandTheodore Joseph Wells,who were drafted by thePresident of the United Statesto investigate his tales about a "devil man". They managed to discredit Witwicky and sent his effects to his family.Movie Prequel #2Original

Witwicky spent the rest of his life in themost politically incorrect asyluminLouisiana,raving about taglines yet to be written and movies yet to be produced. Decades after his death, Archibald's descendantRonaldpresented hissonwith the explorer's personal effects. The boy was not impressed with the junk from a "crazy man", and later sought to auction them off to fund the purchase of acar.Movie Prequel #3

Transformers: Beginnings

Voice actor:Patrick Viall(English)

Transformers: Beginnings

Games

Transformers: The Game (PSP)

He was Sam's grandfather. When Sam was a child, Archibald used to tell his grandson about an ice-man he found. This of course means that Sam should be at least 70 in 2007, but never mind that.Transformers The Game (PSP)

Notes

• Archibald's middle name is a reference toRoald Amundsen,the leader of the first successful expedition to the South Pole, and notMitchell Amundsen,the film's director of photography.

Foreign names

• Japanese:Archibald Witwicky(アーチボルド・ウィトウィッキーĀchiborudo Witowikkī)

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