| “ | Bendy hailed a taxi and exclaimed "Going my way?" But then Bendy stiffed him and didn’t pay. Now Gaskette is chasing and Bendy is screaming just like Fae Wray. | „ |
| ~ Gaskette's bio image in Bendy in Nightmare Run. |
| “ | Blood Wheel, Blood Wheel, can you hear the brakes squeal? Blood Wheel, Blood Wheel, coming round the bend, coming round the bend... | „ |
| ~ The "Blood Wheel" song. |
Gaskette, also known as Blood Wheel, is a minor antagonist in the Bendy indie horror franchise, serving as one of the four main antagonists in the 2018 mobile game Bendy in Nightmare Run and the main antagonist of the 2024 spin-off Bendy: Secrets of the Machine.
He is a cartoon taxi created by Riley Wells as a representation of the trauma she felt following her parents' deaths in a car accident. He would be later used for the Bendy cartoon "Death and Taxis", which features Bendy not paying Gaskette for giving him a ride, which angers Gaskette enough to chase after Bendy and beat him to a pulp for revenge.
Appearance[]
In Bendy in Nightmare Run, Gaskette is a taxi from the 1920's to 30's, but grayscale due to being in a cartoon. His headlights act like irises, he has 2 pie cutout eyes, he supports razor sharp teeth in his mouth, checkers on his door and a sign labeled "TAXI" on top of him.
His ink form in Bendy: Secrets of the Machine is a mostly accurate and colored recreation of the cartoon character. The exception are the teeth, which are dirty and realistic, giving him a much more terrifying appearance.
Personality[]
Gaskette is not evil at first, but is shown to be rather petty, as he tried to beat up Bendy for not paying him. This also makes him rather determined, even resurrecting himself after being defeated by Bendy.
History[]
Bendy in Nightmare Run[]
Geskette is the second boss the player will face, unlocked after collecting 5,000 Bacon Soup. Like the other bosses, Gaskette will fall behind Bendy (or Boris or Alice, depending on who the player character is) and growl before backing up and chasing him. He has several attacks:
- Gaskette spits out his engine.
- Gaskette throws a barrel.
- Gaskette throws a spiked tire.
- Gaskette fires two lasers from his eyes.
After his health is reduced, he will jump into the sky and summon a Gwen.
If the player's health is reduced to 0, then they will trip, Gaskette takes advantage of this and starts beating Bendy (or Boris or Alice) into a pulp.
If Gaskette's health is reduced to 0 in Act 1-4, then he will stop, growl menacingly at the player character, then turn around and drive away.
If Gaskette's health is reduced to 0 in Act 5 and his health is reduced to 0 in his revived state in Nightmare Mode, he will trip, his right headlight breaks off, his right wheel comes off too and his teeth become crooked, his pie cutout eyes being replaced by X's to symbolize his death.
If Gaskette's health is reduced to 0 in Nightmare Mode, than he will have his death animation again. However, he then starts levitating, his wheel and headlight come back on, and he revives himself while roaring, continuing to chase after the player.
Bendy: Secrets of the Machine[]
Gaskette is revealed to have been created by a 17 year old Riley Wells after she was hired at Joey Drew Studios, as a representation of the trauma she suffered by watching her parents get killed by a taxi when she was 6. Riley was ultimately fired due to the "grim and disturbing" drawings she made, implicitly involving Gaskette.
After enough loops, when the player enters the Drawing Room, the entrance to the main area is gone. Once the player goes to the end of hallway, they see a deactivated Gaskette. Suddenly, his headlights turn on, and after a few seconds he will begin to chase the player. There is no way to escape from him, and he will inevitably catch and kill the player. The game will then reset to normal, presumably succeeding in killing the last remaining member of the Wells family.
Trivia[]
- Gaskette's name is a pun of a gasket.
- Gaskette's design is inspired by other anthropomorphic cartoon cars such as the taxicabs in Mickey Mouses' 1931 "Traffic Troubles" cartoon and Benny the Cab from the 1988 live-action/animated hybrid film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
- Despite being called a "he" in Nightmare Run, the Blood Wheel song refers to Gaskette as a female.
- As of Secrets of the Machine, Gaskette and Wilson Arch are the only non-Ink Demon characters to be the main antagonist of an official video game.
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