Arthur Wedgewood

Commandant of the SkiesArthur Wedgewood
Member Profile
Name	Arthur Wedgewood
Weight	62 kg
Size	178cm
Age	36
Occupation	GDA Senior Officer
Hobby	Reading
Origin	USA
Assignment	GDA
Gameplay Information
Number	Member No.109 Wonderful File No.016 Wonderful Figure No.109
Secret Information
Code-Name	Wonder-Daddy
Weapon	Daddy's Claw
Unite Morph	Unite Claw
Body Type	Normal
Other Information
Voiced By	Charlie Schlatter (ENG) Ryohei Kimura (JP)

"I can still close my eyes and see Red's father being gunned down. I was there, you know. Twenty years ago."
― Commander Nelson recalling Arthur's final moments to Wonder-Blue, Operation 006-B

Arthur Wedgewood was an officer in the Gaia Defense Army during Earth Defense War II, 20 years prior to the events of The Wonderful 101.

A respected and high-ranking officer the GDA, Arthur was an old friend of Laurence Nelson back when he was still a Wonderful One, and the father of young Will Wedgewood (the new Wonder-Red.) Though Arthur still had a bright future ahead of him, he was ultimately forced to make the ultimate sacrifice during the second GEATHJERK invasion of Earth in order to win the war for Humanity.

Though Wonder-Red frequently recalls his last moments with his father, Arthur's only appearance in the story is during Operation 006-B's flashback sequence.
Arthur is also playable as a Secret Character with the ability to form a unique Unite Claw.

Wonderful File

A high-ranking officer in the Gaia Defense Army and Will's father.

Back when Nelson was in the CENTINELS as a Wonderful One, Arthur and Nelson were old friends who fought numerous battles together. Arthur was calm and together, the opposite of Nelson's hot-tempered, reckless personality, but that was why the two felt drawn to each other, developing mutual respect.

This deep respect extended to Arthur's subordinates, and the man was pegged to have a bright future. Yet he ultimately made the gravest of sacrifices during Earth Defense War II 20 years ago, entrusting his son to Nelson in order to launch an all-out offensive on the invader's mothership and secure victory for Earth.

[Added after unlocking Wonder-Daddy as a Secret Character]
Wonder-Daddy
Weapon: Daddy's Claw
Draw a Unite Claw sign to Unite Morph. This is a fire-elemental attack by default.

Description

Appearance

Arthur Wedgewood closely resembled his now adult son, Wonder-Red, but with a slightly older appearance. Arthur had bright blue eyes and short blond hair, which was swept back in a manner identical to Wonder-Red's hair style, complete with the lock of hair loosely hanging over his forehead. Arthur also had a short circle beard goatee.
Arthur wore a white GDA uniform consisting of black boots, white pants, and a white jacket with black cuffs, a golden front zipper, golden shoulder boards, and a bright red collar that covered his neck. Arthur also wore a red side cap with a GDA pin on its front.

As Wonder-Daddy, Arthur returns from the afterlife — complete with a golden angelic halo floating above his head — to don a Wonder-Mask and arm himself with Daddy's Claws: a pair of golden metal claws with dark red arm guards featuring a silver Wonderful One emblem on their back.
When Wonder-Daddy activates Unlimited Form a cape is released from the back of his clothing and protective plates extend from his mask, covering his mouth. When unmasked, Arthur is reduced to black briefs, his cap, and his halo.

Personality and Traits

Arthur Wedgewood was a calm and responsible GDA officer who was well respected by those under his command, and willing to make any sacrifice to safeguard humanity's future — not unlike the man his son would grow up to become.

Despite their opposing personalities, Nelson was an old friend of the hotheaded and reckless Laurence Nelson, the original Wonder-Red, with a long history of battling together that apparently resulted in Nelson frequently ending up indebted to Arthur.

Nelson's habit of owing favors to Arthur resulted in a fateful encounter in the final hours of Earth Defense War II: In a last-ditch attack against the GEATHJERK, Arthur planned to ram the GEATHJERK Mothership with his warship after its missile guidance systems were knocked offline: a suicide attack that would guarantee victory for Earth, as the warship was carrying a special Digital Pandemic Missile designed by Professor Shirogane to disable the entire GEATHJERK invasion force.
This plan was complicated by the fact that Arthur's son, Young Will, snuck onboard the warship to be with his father. Although he already evacuated the rest of the warship's crew, Arthur apparently trusted no one else but Nelson with Will's life, and summoned the Wonderful One to personally take him to safety. Though Nelson instead insisted on taking control of the warship himself so that Arthur and Will could escape together, their argument was suddenly interrupted by the GEATHJERK Officer Laambo boarding the warship to take it down:
After shielding Arthur and Will from Laambo's initial attack, Nelson was unmasked and separated from his Wonder-Pendant, forcing Arthur to bravely run out into the open to retrieve the pendant for him, after which he was mortally wounded by Laambo in front of Will — a sight that would scar his son forever.

Though Nelson was able to drive off Laambo after transforming back into a Wonderful One, Arthur's mortal injuries made the decision for him to stay onboard obvious. As a result, Arthur entrusted Will to Nelson, and completed his attack on the GEATHJERK Mothership, sacrificing himself to win the war for Earth.

Gameplay

Arthur becomes a playable character once unlocked as the Secret Wonderful One, Wonder-Daddy.

Wonder-Daddy is a Unite Claw user with a special ability: instead of carrying an ice element like a normal Unite Claw, Wonder-Daddy's Unite Claw is a fire element attack, just like Unite Hand or Unite Drill, and it's lit on fire by default in the same way Unite Hands or Unite Drills are any time your Combo multiplier reaches ×2.50. This means that Wonder-Daddy's Unite Claw can absorb fire attacks, and instead of shooting icy shock waves with your basic attacks you'll throw bouncing fireballs instead. To represent its fire element, Wonder-Daddy's Unite Claw is red instead of white.

As a side effect of having the fire element applied to Unite Claw, Wonder-Daddy's Unite Claw possesses the unintended ability to throw fireballs and ignite enemies even while underwater.

Regardless of the set Unite Claw user, Wonder-Daddy is automatically switched to any time a Size 100 Unite Claw is drawn.

Collectibles

Member No.109

Arthur (as Wonder-Daddy) can be unlocked as a Secret Wonderful One, making him a playable character, by earning the following Bottle-Caps:

Bottle‑Caps needed to unlock Wonder‑Daddy 

Number	Bottle-Cap	Secret
No.010	The Cold and Callous Commander	109 Wonder-Daddy
No.015	Operations 007-009 (Normal)	109 Wonder-Daddy
No.024	The Whole Wonderful 100	109 Wonder-Daddy
No.043	Heave Ho!	109 Wonder-Daddy
No.045	Mind If I Borrow That?	109 Wonder-Daddy
No.046	We Come in Peace	109 Wonder-Daddy
No.095	Finders Keepers (Operation 008)	109 Wonder-Daddy

Wonder-Daddy can also be unlocked early without Bottle-Caps by inputting a Platinum Code or Wonderful Code.

Wonderful File No.016

• Location: Operation 006-B

At the pressure plate puzzle in the starting area of the main part of the level (after Mission 003,) move the statues onto the pressure plates to unlock a path to a small side area to the left. In this side area, Arthur's Wonderful File can be found by using Unite Build to repair the damaged shrine.

Wonderful Figure No.109

• Location: Operation 005-B

Wonder-Daddy's Wonderful Figure is the reward for completing Operation 005-B's Kahkoo-regah on 101% Hard.

Quotes

"I can still close my eyes and see Red's father being gunned down. I was there, you know. Twenty years ago."
― Commander Nelson recalling Arthur's final moments to Wonder-Blue, Operation 006-B

"Don't be a fool, Larry! Even your CENTINEL-Suit won't withstand that blast wave. This is my job."
― Arthur taking his fate into his own hands, Operation 006-B

"We WILL use force!"
― Wonder-Daddy's taunt

Gallery

Renders

Wonderful Code render, as Wonder-Daddy

Gameplay and Cutscenes

Arthur with his son on the GDA warship

Arthur's GDA ID card

Shielding Will from Laambo

Nelson protecting Arthur and Will from Laambo's attack

Arthur retrieving Nelson's pendant... and paying the price

Nelson returning to Will and Arthur after dealing with Laambo

Arthur watching Nelson take Will away to safety

Arthur launching his attack on the Mothership

Member File (Wonder-Daddy)

Profile

Background

CENTINEL-Suit

Unlimited Form

Unmasked

HQ Model Gallery

Front

Back

Art Gallery

Concept art

Finalized claw weapon art. Notably, Arthur's last name is spelled "Wedgwood" here

Other Images

Arthur's ID card

Wonderful File Photo A

Wonderful file Photo B

Unmasked photo from the Member Files

Weapon photo

Rank up picture

Unused Wonder-Daddy ID card photo

Trivia

• Unite Claw weapon concept art in the in-game Gallery reveals that Arthur (and his son's) last name was originally spelled "Wedgwood", which is a habitational surname of English origins.
• Arthur Wedgewood shares the same voice actors (Charlie Schlatter and Ryohei Kimura) as his grown-up son, Wonder-Red, as well as the Secret Character, Poseman. Apart from Poseman's unique Taunt, all three characters use the same voice lines in combat.
• Strangely, an unused image of Wonder-Daddy formatted to appear on an ID card exists unused in the game's files.