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Commercial/The Last Knight

2019-01-01T22:15:54Z

Nut: /* TV Spots */

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Following in the footsteps of the first four live action films, ''Transformers: The Last Knight'' had its explosively large advertising campaign.

==Theatrical trailers==
* '''Teaser #1''' [https://www.instagram.com/p/BFfCGhRoMmW/]
Released [[May 17]], [[2016]], the first teaser for the movie features a static image of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] with Optimus Prime's voice in the background and a cut to the title logo.

* '''Teaser #2''' [https://www.instagram.com/p/BGFE1yyoMle/]
Released [[May 31]], [[2016]], the second teaser features a static image of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] with growling noises in the background and a cut to the title logo.

* '''Trailer #3''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyVKK87hYYM]
Released [[December 5]], [[2016]]. "It has been said... through the ages... without sacrifice, there can be no victory." "''From director Michael Bay''" "Two species at war - one flesh, one metal. Optimus Prime has left us. One hundred billion trillion planets in the cosmos... You want to know, don't you? Why they keep coming here?" "I want to stay... and I want to fight them." "And now, two worlds colliding... only one survives." "Oh my God." "Forgive me."

The trailer features a cover of the song ''Do You Realize??'' by [[Ursine Vulpine]] (Frederick Lloyd).

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==TV Spots==
*'''TV Spot #1 - Choose a Side''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZUiOCPjZaw]
The first TV spot for the film consists of brief shots of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and [[Cade Yeager]] between the words "RETHINK YOUR HEROES", concluding with Optimus Prime subduing and beginning to stab [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and a cut to the title logo.

*'''TV Spot #2 - Keep Coming''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anp90IB6F24]
This TV spot begins with the text "ON JUNE 23", followed by shots of Optimus Prime drifting in space and [[Izabella]] running through a junkyard. More text, reading "TWO WORLDS COLLIDE", appears, followed by more shots of the disassembled [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] floating towards Earth, Cade turning around and an [[Michael Bay|explosion]]. One final frame of dramatic text, reading "ONLY ONE SURVIVES", appears, and the shot of Optimus 'stabbing' Bumblebee plays again before the title logo cut.

==Online==
{{stub}}

*'''Optimus Prime Dialogue Coach''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7toS4s_79ZA]
Behind the scenes of the [[United Kingdom]] set, Optimus tests the patience of a dialect coach who is annoyed as he doesn't even try to make a British accent.
** In Brazil, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8rPEdRxZjA&list=PLsX3_DFG6oLPVL8T_lI1tEfti8U5tIWub seven dubbed versions of that commercial] (all featuring [[Guilherme Briggs]] as Optimus and Nádia Carvalho as the coach) have Optimus struggling to say regional slang from various Brazilian states.

==Toys==
*'''Deluxe & Voyager Class''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xngO6v6R2ck] (30-second version) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_QLYA6HyBw] (15-second version)
:Narration: Unknown.
:''Toy segment'': Several shots of Optimus Prime's truck mode was shown, before it slowly transforms into robot mode by hand.
:''Notes'': Includes tail-end spot for the first waves of Deluxes & Voyagers.
:''For eons, they have lived among you, hiding in plain sight, waiting to become, more than meets the eye.''
{{-}}
[[File:TF-TLK-Knight-Armor-CM-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Knight Armor Turbo Changers''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrbcFO-kBdw] (20-second version) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KShGsFSdSI4] (15-second version) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Fk1qa_aLq4] (6-second version)
:Narration: Some guy that sounds like Sir Edmond.
:''Toy segment'': Knight Armor Turbo Changer Optimus Prime toy being transformed into robot by a kid. The battle mask gimmick was later shown in the tail-end of the commercial.
:''Kidmation'': A blonde kid looks at a statue before he transforms a Knight Armor Turbo Changer Optimus Prime toy. And then, the kid imagines himself in a medieval battle field, and sees the arrival of Optimus Prime, and raises his toy and shouts "Knight Armor!" and Optimus Prime converts his Battle Mask.
:''Take Optimus Prime from a hero, to a legend!''
{{-}}

*'''Bumblebee Knight Armor Turbo Changer''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me7kF9KnlBs] (30-second version) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npesIxZfkPo] (16-second version)
:Narration: Unknown.
:''Toy segment'': tbd
:''Answer the call of destiny.''

{{-}}
*'''Transformers & Enterprise''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07MDqPvv2b8]
:Narration: Unknown
:''Toy segment'': Megatron and Barricade being crashed by puny Enterprise toy cars, and Optimus Prime beating down Berserker.
:''Kidmation'': An African-American kid saying "How do you like that Customer Service, Megatron?" while he topples Megatron with a car, And a blonde kid saying "You just got ''sold''!" while crashing his car to poor, poor Barricade. Later, the kids gave a "whoa!" and high fives to each other.
:''The Decepticons are back, and the Autobots need help...from Enterprise!
:''Note'': First look to the samples of Deluxe Class Bumblebee, Crosshairs, Drift, and Leader Class Megatron & Optimus Prime.
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[[Category:Commercials]]

Commercial/The Last Knight

2019-01-01T21:47:28Z

Nut: /* TV Spots */

{{suite}}
{{nav-tlk}}

Following in the footsteps of the first four live action films, ''Transformers: The Last Knight'' had its explosively large advertising campaign.

==Theatrical trailers==
* '''Teaser #1''' [https://www.instagram.com/p/BFfCGhRoMmW/]
Released [[May 17]], [[2016]], the first teaser for the movie features a static image of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] with Optimus Prime's voice in the background and a cut to the title logo.

* '''Teaser #2''' [https://www.instagram.com/p/BGFE1yyoMle/]
Released [[May 31]], [[2016]], the second teaser features a static image of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] with growling noises in the background and a cut to the title logo.

* '''Trailer #3''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyVKK87hYYM]
Released [[December 5]], [[2016]]. "It has been said... through the ages... without sacrifice, there can be no victory." "''From director Michael Bay''" "Two species at war - one flesh, one metal. Optimus Prime has left us. One hundred billion trillion planets in the cosmos... You want to know, don't you? Why they keep coming here?" "I want to stay... and I want to fight them." "And now, two worlds colliding... only one survives." "Oh my God." "Forgive me."

The trailer features a cover of the song ''Do You Realize??'' by [[Ursine Vulpine]] (Frederick Lloyd).

{{stub}}

==TV Spots==
*'"TV Spot #1 - Choose a Side"' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZUiOCPjZaw]
The first TV spot for the film consists of brief shots of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and [[Cade Yeager]] between the words "RETHINK YOUR HEROES", concluding with Optimus Prime subduing and beginning to stab [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and a cut to the title logo.

==Online==
{{stub}}

*'''Optimus Prime Dialogue Coach''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7toS4s_79ZA]
Behind the scenes of the [[United Kingdom]] set, Optimus tests the patience of a dialect coach who is annoyed as he doesn't even try to make a British accent.
** In Brazil, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8rPEdRxZjA&list=PLsX3_DFG6oLPVL8T_lI1tEfti8U5tIWub seven dubbed versions of that commercial] (all featuring [[Guilherme Briggs]] as Optimus and Nádia Carvalho as the coach) have Optimus struggling to say regional slang from various Brazilian states.

==Toys==
*'''Deluxe & Voyager Class''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xngO6v6R2ck] (30-second version) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_QLYA6HyBw] (15-second version)
:Narration: Unknown.
:''Toy segment'': Several shots of Optimus Prime's truck mode was shown, before it slowly transforms into robot mode by hand.
:''Notes'': Includes tail-end spot for the first waves of Deluxes & Voyagers.
:''For eons, they have lived among you, hiding in plain sight, waiting to become, more than meets the eye.''
{{-}}
[[File:TF-TLK-Knight-Armor-CM-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Knight Armor Turbo Changers''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrbcFO-kBdw] (20-second version) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KShGsFSdSI4] (15-second version) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Fk1qa_aLq4] (6-second version)
:Narration: Some guy that sounds like Sir Edmond.
:''Toy segment'': Knight Armor Turbo Changer Optimus Prime toy being transformed into robot by a kid. The battle mask gimmick was later shown in the tail-end of the commercial.
:''Kidmation'': A blonde kid looks at a statue before he transforms a Knight Armor Turbo Changer Optimus Prime toy. And then, the kid imagines himself in a medieval battle field, and sees the arrival of Optimus Prime, and raises his toy and shouts "Knight Armor!" and Optimus Prime converts his Battle Mask.
:''Take Optimus Prime from a hero, to a legend!''
{{-}}

*'''Bumblebee Knight Armor Turbo Changer''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me7kF9KnlBs] (30-second version) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npesIxZfkPo] (16-second version)
:Narration: Unknown.
:''Toy segment'': tbd
:''Answer the call of destiny.''

{{-}}
*'''Transformers & Enterprise''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07MDqPvv2b8]
:Narration: Unknown
:''Toy segment'': Megatron and Barricade being crashed by puny Enterprise toy cars, and Optimus Prime beating down Berserker.
:''Kidmation'': An African-American kid saying "How do you like that Customer Service, Megatron?" while he topples Megatron with a car, And a blonde kid saying "You just got ''sold''!" while crashing his car to poor, poor Barricade. Later, the kids gave a "whoa!" and high fives to each other.
:''The Decepticons are back, and the Autobots need help...from Enterprise!
:''Note'': First look to the samples of Deluxe Class Bumblebee, Crosshairs, Drift, and Leader Class Megatron & Optimus Prime.
{{stub}}

[[Category:Commercials]]

Commercial/The Last Knight

2019-01-01T21:28:25Z

Nut: grammar nazism

{{suite}}
{{nav-tlk}}

Following in the footsteps of the first four live action films, ''Transformers: The Last Knight'' had its explosively large advertising campaign.

==Theatrical trailers==
* '''Teaser #1''' [https://www.instagram.com/p/BFfCGhRoMmW/]
Released [[May 17]], [[2016]], the first teaser for the movie features a static image of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] with Optimus Prime's voice in the background and a cut to the title logo.

* '''Teaser #2''' [https://www.instagram.com/p/BGFE1yyoMle/]
Released [[May 31]], [[2016]], the second teaser features a static image of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] with growling noises in the background and a cut to the title logo.

* '''Trailer #3''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyVKK87hYYM]
Released [[December 5]], [[2016]]. "It has been said... through the ages... without sacrifice, there can be no victory." "''From director Michael Bay''" "Two species at war - one flesh, one metal. Optimus Prime has left us. One hundred billion trillion planets in the cosmos... You want to know, don't you? Why they keep coming here?" "I want to stay... and I want to fight them." "And now, two worlds colliding... only one survives." "Oh my God." "Forgive me."

The trailer features a cover of the song ''Do You Realize??'' by [[Ursine Vulpine]] (Frederick Lloyd).

{{stub}}

==TV Spots==
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==Online==
{{stub}}

*'''Optimus Prime Dialogue Coach''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7toS4s_79ZA]
Behind the scenes of the [[United Kingdom]] set, Optimus tests the patience of a dialect coach who is annoyed as he doesn't even try to make a British accent.
** In Brazil, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8rPEdRxZjA&list=PLsX3_DFG6oLPVL8T_lI1tEfti8U5tIWub seven dubbed versions of that commercial] (all featuring [[Guilherme Briggs]] as Optimus and Nádia Carvalho as the coach) have Optimus struggling to say regional slang from various Brazilian states.

==Toys==
*'''Deluxe & Voyager Class''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xngO6v6R2ck] (30-second version) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_QLYA6HyBw] (15-second version)
:Narration: Unknown.
:''Toy segment'': Several shots of Optimus Prime's truck mode was shown, before it slowly transforms into robot mode by hand.
:''Notes'': Includes tail-end spot for the first waves of Deluxes & Voyagers.
:''For eons, they have lived among you, hiding in plain sight, waiting to become, more than meets the eye.''
{{-}}
[[File:TF-TLK-Knight-Armor-CM-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Knight Armor Turbo Changers''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrbcFO-kBdw] (20-second version) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KShGsFSdSI4] (15-second version) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Fk1qa_aLq4] (6-second version)
:Narration: Some guy that sounds like Sir Edmond.
:''Toy segment'': Knight Armor Turbo Changer Optimus Prime toy being transformed into robot by a kid. The battle mask gimmick was later shown in the tail-end of the commercial.
:''Kidmation'': A blonde kid looks at a statue before he transforms a Knight Armor Turbo Changer Optimus Prime toy. And then, the kid imagines himself in a medieval battle field, and sees the arrival of Optimus Prime, and raises his toy and shouts "Knight Armor!" and Optimus Prime converts his Battle Mask.
:''Take Optimus Prime from a hero, to a legend!''
{{-}}

*'''Bumblebee Knight Armor Turbo Changer''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me7kF9KnlBs] (30-second version) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npesIxZfkPo] (16-second version)
:Narration: Unknown.
:''Toy segment'': tbd
:''Answer the call of destiny.''

{{-}}
*'''Transformers & Enterprise''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07MDqPvv2b8]
:Narration: Unknown
:''Toy segment'': Megatron and Barricade being crashed by puny Enterprise toy cars, and Optimus Prime beating down Berserker.
:''Kidmation'': An African-American kid saying "How do you like that Customer Service, Megatron?" while he topples Megatron with a car, And a blonde kid saying "You just got ''sold''!" while crashing his car to poor, poor Barricade. Later, the kids gave a "whoa!" and high fives to each other.
:''The Decepticons are back, and the Autobots need help...from Enterprise!
:''Note'': First look to the samples of Deluxe Class Bumblebee, Crosshairs, Drift, and Leader Class Megatron & Optimus Prime.
{{stub}}

[[Category:Commercials]]

User talk:Nut

2019-01-01T21:20:52Z

Nut:

Hey, where can I get a list of stubs to edit? ---Nut ([[User:Nut]]), 21:08, 1st January 2018
:[[:Category:Stub|Right this way]]. Alternatively, there's a lot of [[Special:WantedPages|wanted pages]] that need making as well. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 16:19, 1 January 2019 (EST)
Thanks, dude. ---Nut ([[User:Nut]]), 21:20, 1st January 2018

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Dropkick (Movie)

2019-01-01T21:04:43Z

Nut: /* Bumblebee film */

{{factions|decepticon|autobot}}
{{disambig2|the movieverse individual/drones|the Generation 1 drones|Dropkick (G1)}}
:''Dropkick is a [[Decepticon]] and also a bunch of mass-produced [[Drone Unit (Movie)|drones]] used by both sides from the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:BumblebeeMovie Dropkick.jpg|thumb|250px|This planet is too loud. I'm hungry. I wish I was on Cybertron playing simultronics. My feet hurt.]]

'''Dropkick''' really doesn't like being on [[Earth]], but [[Shatter]] made him come. If he had his way, he'd be back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] right now, sitting alone in the dark and feeling angry. He doesn't really "get" why folks are so interested in the [[AllSpark]] or why the [[Autobot]]s like [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] are making things so hard for him, and he thinks having to pretend to work with [[Sector Seven|the humans]] is humiliating... but at least once the [[Decepticon]]s get what they want, he'll have plenty of things to blow up and humans to liquefy.

[[Transformers The Game|Sometimes]] there are lots of him. On both sides.

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The six movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}
====''Bumblebee'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Justin Theroux]] (English)|[[Simone D'Andrea]] (Italian)}}

Following Autobot lieutenant [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper's]] departure from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] following the failure of the resistance effort against the Decepticons, Dropkick, albeit begrudgingly, and his partner [[Shatter]] follow his personal escape craft to one of [[Saturn|Saturn's]] moons, where they attempt to torture him to learn the whereabouts of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]. Though the Autobot refuses to co-operate, Shatter receives a signal from Autobot scout [[Bumblebee (Movie)|B-127]] on the nearby planet [[Earth]], prompting the pair to change course for the planet, but not before Dropkick vertically bisects Cliffjumper, killing him instantaneously.

Upon their arrival near a trailer park, Dropkick acquires a muscle car [[Alternate mode|alt mode]] and kills a random human, expressing his disappointment with the primitive indigenous species. He and Shatter then head to the West Coast in the direction of B-127's signal, picking up airborne alt modes along the way, before they are intercepted in Texas by Agent [[Jack Burns]] and his team of [[Sector Seven]] agents, accompanied by [[Dr. Powell]]. Dropkick, as per Shatter's insistence, masquerades as a member of a 'Decepticon peacekeeping patrol' pursuing the 'dangerous escaped criminal' B-127, despite his murderous intent. The two Decepticons request access to Sector Seven's satellites, and are escorted to a Sector Seven outpost where they are given limited access to said satellites, using them to create [[Internet|a global system of interconnected computer networks]] to track B-127.

A brief [[Energon]] surge in California attracts the Decepticons' attention, and they are brought B-127 after he is apprehended by Sector Seven's forces. Dropkick tortures B-127 to find out Optimus Prime's location, but accidentally triggers a video message from the Autobot leader revealing his plans to retreat to Earth from Cybertron. Shatter immediately resolves to inform their comrades on Cybertron of this information via a radio tower at a nearby harbour, and Dropkick supposedly kills B-127 before following her. While Shatter is transmitting the message to Cybertron, B-127 arrives and opens fire on the radio tower, provoking Dropkick to engage the scout in combat. They fight and Bumblebee gains the upper hand, prompting Dropkick to assume his helicopter mode. B-127 subsequently ensnares Dropkick's propeller in a discarded chain, and he transforms into robot mode in a failed attempt to escape, further tangling himself in the chain. B-127 then pulls on the chain, tearing Dropkick apart and killing him. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}

===Titan movie comic===
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[[Image:Titan9_Dropkick.JPG|right|200px|thumb|In Soviet Russia, You want Dropkick. Here, DROPKICK WANTS '''YOU'''!]]

Dropkick was Megatron's right-hand man in the occupation of [[Earth]]. The other Decepticons heard Megatron's orders through him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}}

Having gone ''way'' down in the world after Starscream seized command, he ended up acting as "escort" to ensure [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] would leave human areas. In a final "up yours", Bumblebee led Dropkick in a high-speed chase which saw the Decepticon damaged and humiliated. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution Part 1}}

===IDW movie comics===
[[File:Dropkickincineratorscanningalliance3.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.5|left|It looks like he's scanning that truck. But he's actually crying all over it.]]
[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] dispatched Dropkick and [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]] to [[Florida]], where they completely destroyed an American military base before scanning suitable Earth forms. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} Their victory was short-lived, as soon afterwards, the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and their [[human]] allies tracked the Decepticons down and systematically destroyed them one by one. Dropkick was defeated by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and was finished off by [[NEST]] soldiers. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}
{{-}}

===''The Veiled Threat''===
{{Note|The events of ''The Veiled Threat'' take place during [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers: Alliance|Alliance]]'' comic.}}
Dropkick was one of a number of Decepticons who responded to [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s signal and came to Earth. He admired the alternate form he'd chosen for its primitive elegance. After Starscream enlisted the help of the [[Human Accessory Force]], Dropkick helped them raid a [[Zambia]]n dam construction site, confronting [[Ghiwa|Major Ghiwa]], whom he was disappointed to realize was not armed, and therefore not much sport. He tried to do a trick with a piece of fencing to entrap the Major, but it didn't work as he'd hoped.

When Autobots responded to the Decepticon activities, Dropkick, [[Macerator (ROTF)|Macerator]] and [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] lured them into the Zambezi River. Dropkick attempted to keep Ratchet distracted as they were pulled downstream towards Victoria Falls, but the plan didn't work as well as hoped, and he retreated with a damaged arm. The Decepticon trio next went to cause havoc at Kariba dam. The Autobots, however, followed them. Optimus rammed Macerator and Dropkick, the latter of whom found himself wrestling with [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. After Macerator was terminated by Optimus, and Payload was lost in the waters released from the dam, Starscream ordered Dropkick to retreat. Dropkick fled, though not without being stung by [[Kaminari Ishihara]]'s [[Electromagnetic pulse|EMP]] gun. {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: The Game'' (console)===
[[Image:Dropkick-gamedrone.jpg|thumb|right|120px|Hey, who let this guy have a new name?! What the hell?]]
Hordes of identical Dropkick units are used by both the Autobot and Decepticon armies. Decepticons are blue like Blowpipe with a lens-face, while Autobot versions are red like Salvage and have a facemask with individual optics. They are protected from most artillery by energy shields in robot mode ([[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout's]] EMP bombs can penetrate the shields & damages them easily), and are fond of throwing stuff at foes rather than getting in with melee attacks.

Dropkicks are most commonly found in [[Tranquility|urban missions]], but pop up for certain sub-missions in other areas as well. {{Storylink|Transformers The Game (console)}}

===''Battle for the Allspark''===
{{note|Dropkick was used as the basis for a chassis available to players as their combatant for the ''Battle for the Allspark'' game. Units using this body came in two variations. Autobot-aligned units had a helmet and facemask that vaguely resembled Optimus Prime, while the Decepticon-aligned units had the single-lens design seen in other film-related media.}}
[[Image:Dropkick head.jpg|thumb|left|Dropkick units can be either Autobot (top) or Decepticon (bottom). Both feel nobody understands them.]]
Dropkick units had equal Attack & Speed abilities with a strong Defense skill. {{Storylink|Battle for the Allspark}}
{{-}}

===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark'' (3DS)===
{{Note|Dropkick appears in the [[Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (3DS)|Rise of the Dark Spark]] game for Nintendo 3DS as support a unit. Equipping him allows all Earth Mercenaries with the Ranged Attack ability to deal double damage.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (3DS)|Rise of the Dark Spark}}

==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
[[Image:Movie2007_Dropkick_toy.jpg|upright=1.66||thumb|His Decepticon symbol can be seen from space.]]
*'''Dropkick''' (Deluxe, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Claw/plier weapon
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MD-18'''

: Dropkick transforms into a customized {{w|Chevrolet Silverado}} pickup truck (or a similar model just different enough to avoid paying a licensing fee). His hood and roof feature a fairly cleverly done gigantic Decepticon symbol. His flatbed cover conceals a giant claw/plier deployed from the tailgate by a sliding knob on top. This assembly becomes a hand-held weapon for his robot mode. He also has (non-firing) twin blasters on the underside of each forearm in robot mode.

: Unlike most of the other "drone" toys, Dropkick does not use the Decepticon "lens-face", instead going with a new, more complicated face design with a visor. (It is ''not'' the Autobot face from the game, but it is similar.)

:This mold was later [[redeco]]ed as the Autobot [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Blowpipe (ROTF)|Blowpipe]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/Dropkick/dropkick.htm More information on Dropkick at TFU.info]''
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===Bumblebee===
[[File:EnergonIgnitersPowerDropkick.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb| All right, who honestly expected me to come back?]]
*'''Dropkick''' (Power Series, 2018)
:Standing at approximately 5-inches, Power Dropkick transforms into a blue and black muscle car loosely based on the first generation Chevrolet Camaro (rather than the AMC Javelin mode he has in the film). As with other Power Series figures, he can interact with the Cores of larger Energon Igniters toys. Note that his stock photography is slightly mistransformed, with the arms not completely tabbed in for vehicle mode.

:This mold was also used for the simultaneously released [[Hot Rod (DOTM)#Bumblebee|Energon Igniters Power Hot Rod]] and was later retooled into [[Shatter#Energon Igniters|Shatter]].
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{{anchor|Nitro}}
*'''Dropkick''' (Nitro Series, [[2019]])
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===Generations===
====Studio Series====
[[File:Studio-Series-MV6-Deluxe-Dropkick.jpg|thumb|300px|The ''Blue Thunder/Transformers'' crossover we never thought we’d get.]]
*'''Dropkick''' (Deluxe Class, 2018)
**''Number:'' '''22'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''SS-28'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[March 23]], 2019'''
**''Accessories:'' Two guns, Aerial Dogfight backdrop
:''[[Studio Series]]'' Dropkick transforms from an officially-licensed {{w|Bell AH-1 SuperCobra}} attack helicopter to robot and back! Similar to [[Drift (AOE)#Toys|his fellow]] [[Shatter#Toys|triple changers]], he only transforms into ''two'' of his three modes. The figure comes with two guns and a cardboard backdrop display depicting an aerial dogfight scene from ''Bumblebee''.
{{-}}

====Movie Edition====
[[File:Movie-Edition-Tiny-Turbo-Changers-Series-4-Dropkick.jpg|thumb|300px| He really wanted to become a Tiny Triple Changer, but turned even bluer upon hearing he was mistaken.]]
*'''Dropkick''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2018)
**''Series'' '''4'''
**''Bag Code'': '''D'''
:Released in Series 4 of [[Tiny Turbo Changers]], Dropkick is a blue redeco of the Series 2 [[Cogman#Toys|Cogman]] figure.
{{anchor|ChopperTTC}}
*'''Chopper Mode Dropkick''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2018)
**''Series'' '''4'''
**''Bag Code'': '''G'''
:Also released in Series 4 of Tiny Turbo Changers, Chopper Mode Dropkick is a blue redeco of the Series 1 [[Blackout (Movie)#The Last Knight|Blackout]] figure.

:This mold was also used to make [[Chopter]].
{{--}}

==Merchandise==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[Image:3DBattleCard_Dropkick.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Face down in the gutter, won't admit defeat...]]
* '''Dropkick''' (3D Battle Card, 2007)
**''Card number:''

: In the [[3D Battle-Card Game]], Dropkick is on the Decepticon side. Pieces punched out from two different cards can be assembled to form a pickup truck or a robot, while a third double-sided card gives its stats and attacks for each mode. He (it?) uses the same parts layout as Movie [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and Generation 1 [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (or Movie [[Skids (Movie)|Skids]]).

{{-}}

==Notes==
* Artist [[Ken Christiansen]] designed Dropkick, along with the other new characters in the [[Transformers The Game|''Transformers'' - The Game]] and [[Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game]] video games.
[[Image:DropkickWipers.jpg|thumb|right|100px|I'm angsty because my [[gimmick]] sucks.]]
* Dropkick's card art shows him with windshield wipers on his visor. They are probably to wipe away his tears.
* Dropkick appears on several covers for [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]'' comic despite not actually appearing in the story itself.
* ''Bumblebee'' Dropkick is, admittedly, probably not intentionally based on the movie toyline's Dropkick... but, whether through coincidence or otherwise, they're both blue Decepticon grunts who love to grumble and moan about being on Earth, so we're considering them to be the same character!

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Dropkick''' (ドロップキック ''Doroppukikku'')

==External links==
* [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/tf1-truck-drone-01.html Dropkick concepts] and [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/tf1-truck-drone-02.html final rendering] on Ken Christiansen's blog.
* [http://www.transformersgame.com/battle/index.html ''Battle For the Allspark'' online game]
* [http://www.wizards.com/transformers/ 3D Battle Card Game at Wizards of the Coast]

[[Category:3D Battle-Cards]]
[[Category:Bumblebee Decepticons]]
[[Category:Drones]]
[[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]
[[Category:Movie Autobots]]
[[Category:Movie Decepticons]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons]]
[[Category:Studio Series]]
[[Category:Triple Changers]]

Dropkick (Movie)

2019-01-01T21:04:03Z

Nut: /* Bumblebee film */

{{factions|decepticon|autobot}}
{{disambig2|the movieverse individual/drones|the Generation 1 drones|Dropkick (G1)}}
:''Dropkick is a [[Decepticon]] and also a bunch of mass-produced [[Drone Unit (Movie)|drones]] used by both sides from the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:BumblebeeMovie Dropkick.jpg|thumb|250px|This planet is too loud. I'm hungry. I wish I was on Cybertron playing simultronics. My feet hurt.]]

'''Dropkick''' really doesn't like being on [[Earth]], but [[Shatter]] made him come. If he had his way, he'd be back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] right now, sitting alone in the dark and feeling angry. He doesn't really "get" why folks are so interested in the [[AllSpark]] or why the [[Autobot]]s like [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] are making things so hard for him, and he thinks having to pretend to work with [[Sector Seven|the humans]] is humiliating... but at least once the [[Decepticon]]s get what they want, he'll have plenty of things to blow up and humans to liquefy.

[[Transformers The Game|Sometimes]] there are lots of him. On both sides.

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The six movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}
====''Bumblebee'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Justin Theroux]] (English)|[[Simone D'Andrea]] (Italian)}}

Following Autobot lieutenant [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper's]] departure from [[Cybertron]] following the failure of the resistance effort against the Decepticons, Dropkick, albeit begrudgingly, and his partner [[Shatter]] follow his personal escape craft to one of [[Saturn|Saturn's]] moons, where they attempt to torture him to learn the whereabouts of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]. Though the Autobot refuses to co-operate, Shatter receives a signal from Autobot scout [[Bumblebee (Movie)|B-127]] on the nearby planet [[Earth]], prompting the pair to change course for the planet, but not before Dropkick vertically bisects Cliffjumper, killing him instantaneously.

Upon their arrival near a trailer park, Dropkick acquires a muscle car [[Alternate mode|alt mode]] and kills a random human, expressing his disappointment with the primitive indigenous species. He and Shatter then head to the West Coast in the direction of B-127's signal, picking up airborne alt modes along the way, before they are intercepted in Texas by Agent [[Jack Burns]] and his team of [[Sector Seven]] agents, accompanied by [[Dr. Powell]]. Dropkick, as per Shatter's insistence, masquerades as a member of a 'Decepticon peacekeeping patrol' pursuing the 'dangerous escaped criminal' B-127, despite his murderous intent. The two Decepticons request access to Sector Seven's satellites, and are escorted to a Sector Seven outpost where they are given limited access to said satellites, using them to create [[Internet|a global system of interconnected computer networks]] to track B-127.

A brief [[Energon]] surge in California attracts the Decepticons' attention, and they are brought B-127 after he is apprehended by Sector Seven's forces. Dropkick tortures B-127 to find out Optimus Prime's location, but accidentally triggers a video message from the Autobot leader revealing his plans to retreat to Earth from Cybertron. Shatter immediately resolves to inform their comrades on Cybertron of this information via a radio tower at a nearby harbour, and Dropkick supposedly kills B-127 before following her. While Shatter is transmitting the message to Cybertron, B-127 arrives and opens fire on the radio tower, provoking Dropkick to engage the scout in combat. They fight and Bumblebee gains the upper hand, prompting Dropkick to assume his helicopter mode. B-127 subsequently ensnares Dropkick's propeller in a discarded chain, and he transforms into robot mode in a failed attempt to escape, further tangling himself in the chain. B-127 then pulls on the chain, tearing Dropkick apart and killing him. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}

===Titan movie comic===
{{notetitantlg}}
[[Image:Titan9_Dropkick.JPG|right|200px|thumb|In Soviet Russia, You want Dropkick. Here, DROPKICK WANTS '''YOU'''!]]

Dropkick was Megatron's right-hand man in the occupation of [[Earth]]. The other Decepticons heard Megatron's orders through him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}}

Having gone ''way'' down in the world after Starscream seized command, he ended up acting as "escort" to ensure [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] would leave human areas. In a final "up yours", Bumblebee led Dropkick in a high-speed chase which saw the Decepticon damaged and humiliated. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution Part 1}}

===IDW movie comics===
[[File:Dropkickincineratorscanningalliance3.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.5|left|It looks like he's scanning that truck. But he's actually crying all over it.]]
[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] dispatched Dropkick and [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]] to [[Florida]], where they completely destroyed an American military base before scanning suitable Earth forms. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} Their victory was short-lived, as soon afterwards, the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and their [[human]] allies tracked the Decepticons down and systematically destroyed them one by one. Dropkick was defeated by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and was finished off by [[NEST]] soldiers. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}
{{-}}

===''The Veiled Threat''===
{{Note|The events of ''The Veiled Threat'' take place during [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers: Alliance|Alliance]]'' comic.}}
Dropkick was one of a number of Decepticons who responded to [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s signal and came to Earth. He admired the alternate form he'd chosen for its primitive elegance. After Starscream enlisted the help of the [[Human Accessory Force]], Dropkick helped them raid a [[Zambia]]n dam construction site, confronting [[Ghiwa|Major Ghiwa]], whom he was disappointed to realize was not armed, and therefore not much sport. He tried to do a trick with a piece of fencing to entrap the Major, but it didn't work as he'd hoped.

When Autobots responded to the Decepticon activities, Dropkick, [[Macerator (ROTF)|Macerator]] and [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] lured them into the Zambezi River. Dropkick attempted to keep Ratchet distracted as they were pulled downstream towards Victoria Falls, but the plan didn't work as well as hoped, and he retreated with a damaged arm. The Decepticon trio next went to cause havoc at Kariba dam. The Autobots, however, followed them. Optimus rammed Macerator and Dropkick, the latter of whom found himself wrestling with [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. After Macerator was terminated by Optimus, and Payload was lost in the waters released from the dam, Starscream ordered Dropkick to retreat. Dropkick fled, though not without being stung by [[Kaminari Ishihara]]'s [[Electromagnetic pulse|EMP]] gun. {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: The Game'' (console)===
[[Image:Dropkick-gamedrone.jpg|thumb|right|120px|Hey, who let this guy have a new name?! What the hell?]]
Hordes of identical Dropkick units are used by both the Autobot and Decepticon armies. Decepticons are blue like Blowpipe with a lens-face, while Autobot versions are red like Salvage and have a facemask with individual optics. They are protected from most artillery by energy shields in robot mode ([[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout's]] EMP bombs can penetrate the shields & damages them easily), and are fond of throwing stuff at foes rather than getting in with melee attacks.

Dropkicks are most commonly found in [[Tranquility|urban missions]], but pop up for certain sub-missions in other areas as well. {{Storylink|Transformers The Game (console)}}

===''Battle for the Allspark''===
{{note|Dropkick was used as the basis for a chassis available to players as their combatant for the ''Battle for the Allspark'' game. Units using this body came in two variations. Autobot-aligned units had a helmet and facemask that vaguely resembled Optimus Prime, while the Decepticon-aligned units had the single-lens design seen in other film-related media.}}
[[Image:Dropkick head.jpg|thumb|left|Dropkick units can be either Autobot (top) or Decepticon (bottom). Both feel nobody understands them.]]
Dropkick units had equal Attack & Speed abilities with a strong Defense skill. {{Storylink|Battle for the Allspark}}
{{-}}

===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark'' (3DS)===
{{Note|Dropkick appears in the [[Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (3DS)|Rise of the Dark Spark]] game for Nintendo 3DS as support a unit. Equipping him allows all Earth Mercenaries with the Ranged Attack ability to deal double damage.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (3DS)|Rise of the Dark Spark}}

==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
[[Image:Movie2007_Dropkick_toy.jpg|upright=1.66||thumb|His Decepticon symbol can be seen from space.]]
*'''Dropkick''' (Deluxe, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Claw/plier weapon
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MD-18'''

: Dropkick transforms into a customized {{w|Chevrolet Silverado}} pickup truck (or a similar model just different enough to avoid paying a licensing fee). His hood and roof feature a fairly cleverly done gigantic Decepticon symbol. His flatbed cover conceals a giant claw/plier deployed from the tailgate by a sliding knob on top. This assembly becomes a hand-held weapon for his robot mode. He also has (non-firing) twin blasters on the underside of each forearm in robot mode.

: Unlike most of the other "drone" toys, Dropkick does not use the Decepticon "lens-face", instead going with a new, more complicated face design with a visor. (It is ''not'' the Autobot face from the game, but it is similar.)

:This mold was later [[redeco]]ed as the Autobot [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Blowpipe (ROTF)|Blowpipe]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/Dropkick/dropkick.htm More information on Dropkick at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

===Bumblebee===
[[File:EnergonIgnitersPowerDropkick.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb| All right, who honestly expected me to come back?]]
*'''Dropkick''' (Power Series, 2018)
:Standing at approximately 5-inches, Power Dropkick transforms into a blue and black muscle car loosely based on the first generation Chevrolet Camaro (rather than the AMC Javelin mode he has in the film). As with other Power Series figures, he can interact with the Cores of larger Energon Igniters toys. Note that his stock photography is slightly mistransformed, with the arms not completely tabbed in for vehicle mode.

:This mold was also used for the simultaneously released [[Hot Rod (DOTM)#Bumblebee|Energon Igniters Power Hot Rod]] and was later retooled into [[Shatter#Energon Igniters|Shatter]].
{{-}}

{{anchor|Nitro}}
*'''Dropkick''' (Nitro Series, [[2019]])
{{Charstubtoys}}
{{Comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

===Generations===
====Studio Series====
[[File:Studio-Series-MV6-Deluxe-Dropkick.jpg|thumb|300px|The ''Blue Thunder/Transformers'' crossover we never thought we’d get.]]
*'''Dropkick''' (Deluxe Class, 2018)
**''Number:'' '''22'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''SS-28'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[March 23]], 2019'''
**''Accessories:'' Two guns, Aerial Dogfight backdrop
:''[[Studio Series]]'' Dropkick transforms from an officially-licensed {{w|Bell AH-1 SuperCobra}} attack helicopter to robot and back! Similar to [[Drift (AOE)#Toys|his fellow]] [[Shatter#Toys|triple changers]], he only transforms into ''two'' of his three modes. The figure comes with two guns and a cardboard backdrop display depicting an aerial dogfight scene from ''Bumblebee''.
{{-}}

====Movie Edition====
[[File:Movie-Edition-Tiny-Turbo-Changers-Series-4-Dropkick.jpg|thumb|300px| He really wanted to become a Tiny Triple Changer, but turned even bluer upon hearing he was mistaken.]]
*'''Dropkick''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2018)
**''Series'' '''4'''
**''Bag Code'': '''D'''
:Released in Series 4 of [[Tiny Turbo Changers]], Dropkick is a blue redeco of the Series 2 [[Cogman#Toys|Cogman]] figure.
{{anchor|ChopperTTC}}
*'''Chopper Mode Dropkick''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2018)
**''Series'' '''4'''
**''Bag Code'': '''G'''
:Also released in Series 4 of Tiny Turbo Changers, Chopper Mode Dropkick is a blue redeco of the Series 1 [[Blackout (Movie)#The Last Knight|Blackout]] figure.

:This mold was also used to make [[Chopter]].
{{--}}

==Merchandise==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[Image:3DBattleCard_Dropkick.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Face down in the gutter, won't admit defeat...]]
* '''Dropkick''' (3D Battle Card, 2007)
**''Card number:''

: In the [[3D Battle-Card Game]], Dropkick is on the Decepticon side. Pieces punched out from two different cards can be assembled to form a pickup truck or a robot, while a third double-sided card gives its stats and attacks for each mode. He (it?) uses the same parts layout as Movie [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and Generation 1 [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (or Movie [[Skids (Movie)|Skids]]).

{{-}}

==Notes==
* Artist [[Ken Christiansen]] designed Dropkick, along with the other new characters in the [[Transformers The Game|''Transformers'' - The Game]] and [[Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game]] video games.
[[Image:DropkickWipers.jpg|thumb|right|100px|I'm angsty because my [[gimmick]] sucks.]]
* Dropkick's card art shows him with windshield wipers on his visor. They are probably to wipe away his tears.
* Dropkick appears on several covers for [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]'' comic despite not actually appearing in the story itself.
* ''Bumblebee'' Dropkick is, admittedly, probably not intentionally based on the movie toyline's Dropkick... but, whether through coincidence or otherwise, they're both blue Decepticon grunts who love to grumble and moan about being on Earth, so we're considering them to be the same character!

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Dropkick''' (ドロップキック ''Doroppukikku'')

==External links==
* [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/tf1-truck-drone-01.html Dropkick concepts] and [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/tf1-truck-drone-02.html final rendering] on Ken Christiansen's blog.
* [http://www.transformersgame.com/battle/index.html ''Battle For the Allspark'' online game]
* [http://www.wizards.com/transformers/ 3D Battle Card Game at Wizards of the Coast]

[[Category:3D Battle-Cards]]
[[Category:Bumblebee Decepticons]]
[[Category:Drones]]
[[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]
[[Category:Movie Autobots]]
[[Category:Movie Decepticons]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons]]
[[Category:Studio Series]]
[[Category:Triple Changers]]

Dropkick (Movie)

2019-01-01T21:01:21Z

Nut: /* Bumblebee film */

{{factions|decepticon|autobot}}
{{disambig2|the movieverse individual/drones|the Generation 1 drones|Dropkick (G1)}}
:''Dropkick is a [[Decepticon]] and also a bunch of mass-produced [[Drone Unit (Movie)|drones]] used by both sides from the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:BumblebeeMovie Dropkick.jpg|thumb|250px|This planet is too loud. I'm hungry. I wish I was on Cybertron playing simultronics. My feet hurt.]]

'''Dropkick''' really doesn't like being on [[Earth]], but [[Shatter]] made him come. If he had his way, he'd be back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] right now, sitting alone in the dark and feeling angry. He doesn't really "get" why folks are so interested in the [[AllSpark]] or why the [[Autobot]]s like [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] are making things so hard for him, and he thinks having to pretend to work with [[Sector Seven|the humans]] is humiliating... but at least once the [[Decepticon]]s get what they want, he'll have plenty of things to blow up and humans to liquefy.

[[Transformers The Game|Sometimes]] there are lots of him. On both sides.

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The six movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}
====''Bumblebee'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Justin Theroux]] (English)|[[Simone D'Andrea]] (Italian)}}

Following Autobot lieutenant [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper's]] departure from [[Cybertron]] following the failure of the resistance effort against the Decepticons, Dropkick, albeit begrudgingly, and his partner [[Shatter]] follow his personal escape craft to one of Saturn's moons, where they attempt to torture him to learn the whereabouts of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]. Though the Autobot refuses to co-operate, Shatter receives a signal from Autobot scout [[Bumblebee (Movie)|B-127]] on the nearby planet [[Earth]], prompting the pair to change course for the planet, but not before Dropkick vertically bisects Cliffjumper, killing him instantaneously.

Upon their arrival near a trailer park, Dropkick acquires a muscle car [[Alternate mode|alt mode]] and kills a random human, expressing his disappointment with the primitive indigenous species. He and Shatter then head to the West Coast in the direction of B-127's signal, picking up airborne alt modes along the way, before they are intercepted in Texas by Agent [[Jack Burns]] and his team of [[Sector Seven]] agents, accompanied by [[Dr. Powell]]. Dropkick, as per Shatter's insistence, masquerades as a member of a 'Decepticon peacekeeping patrol' pursuing the 'dangerous escaped criminal' B-127, despite his murderous intent. The two Decepticons request access to Sector Seven's satellites, and are escorted to a Sector Seven outpost where they are given limited access to said satellites, using them to create [[Internet|a global system of interconnected computer networks]] to track B-127.

A brief [[Energon]] surge in California attracts the Decepticons' attention, and they are brought B-127 after he is apprehended by Sector Seven's forces. Dropkick tortures B-127 to find out Optimus Prime's location, but accidentally triggers a video message from the Autobot leader revealing his plans to retreat to Earth from Cybertron. Shatter immediately resolves to inform their comrades on Cybertron of this information via a radio tower at a nearby harbour, and Dropkick supposedly kills B-127 before following her. While Shatter is transmitting the message to Cybertron, B-127 arrives and opens fire on the radio tower, provoking Dropkick to engage the scout in combat. They fight and Bumblebee gains the upper hand, prompting Dropkick to assume his helicopter mode. B-127 subsequently ensnares Dropkick's propeller in a discarded chain, and he transforms into robot mode in a failed attempt to escape, further tangling himself in the chain. B-127 then pulls on the chain, tearing Dropkick apart and killing him. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}

===Titan movie comic===
{{notetitantlg}}
[[Image:Titan9_Dropkick.JPG|right|200px|thumb|In Soviet Russia, You want Dropkick. Here, DROPKICK WANTS '''YOU'''!]]

Dropkick was Megatron's right-hand man in the occupation of [[Earth]]. The other Decepticons heard Megatron's orders through him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}}

Having gone ''way'' down in the world after Starscream seized command, he ended up acting as "escort" to ensure [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] would leave human areas. In a final "up yours", Bumblebee led Dropkick in a high-speed chase which saw the Decepticon damaged and humiliated. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution Part 1}}

===IDW movie comics===
[[File:Dropkickincineratorscanningalliance3.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.5|left|It looks like he's scanning that truck. But he's actually crying all over it.]]
[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] dispatched Dropkick and [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]] to [[Florida]], where they completely destroyed an American military base before scanning suitable Earth forms. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} Their victory was short-lived, as soon afterwards, the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and their [[human]] allies tracked the Decepticons down and systematically destroyed them one by one. Dropkick was defeated by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and was finished off by [[NEST]] soldiers. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}
{{-}}

===''The Veiled Threat''===
{{Note|The events of ''The Veiled Threat'' take place during [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers: Alliance|Alliance]]'' comic.}}
Dropkick was one of a number of Decepticons who responded to [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s signal and came to Earth. He admired the alternate form he'd chosen for its primitive elegance. After Starscream enlisted the help of the [[Human Accessory Force]], Dropkick helped them raid a [[Zambia]]n dam construction site, confronting [[Ghiwa|Major Ghiwa]], whom he was disappointed to realize was not armed, and therefore not much sport. He tried to do a trick with a piece of fencing to entrap the Major, but it didn't work as he'd hoped.

When Autobots responded to the Decepticon activities, Dropkick, [[Macerator (ROTF)|Macerator]] and [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] lured them into the Zambezi River. Dropkick attempted to keep Ratchet distracted as they were pulled downstream towards Victoria Falls, but the plan didn't work as well as hoped, and he retreated with a damaged arm. The Decepticon trio next went to cause havoc at Kariba dam. The Autobots, however, followed them. Optimus rammed Macerator and Dropkick, the latter of whom found himself wrestling with [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. After Macerator was terminated by Optimus, and Payload was lost in the waters released from the dam, Starscream ordered Dropkick to retreat. Dropkick fled, though not without being stung by [[Kaminari Ishihara]]'s [[Electromagnetic pulse|EMP]] gun. {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: The Game'' (console)===
[[Image:Dropkick-gamedrone.jpg|thumb|right|120px|Hey, who let this guy have a new name?! What the hell?]]
Hordes of identical Dropkick units are used by both the Autobot and Decepticon armies. Decepticons are blue like Blowpipe with a lens-face, while Autobot versions are red like Salvage and have a facemask with individual optics. They are protected from most artillery by energy shields in robot mode ([[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout's]] EMP bombs can penetrate the shields & damages them easily), and are fond of throwing stuff at foes rather than getting in with melee attacks.

Dropkicks are most commonly found in [[Tranquility|urban missions]], but pop up for certain sub-missions in other areas as well. {{Storylink|Transformers The Game (console)}}

===''Battle for the Allspark''===
{{note|Dropkick was used as the basis for a chassis available to players as their combatant for the ''Battle for the Allspark'' game. Units using this body came in two variations. Autobot-aligned units had a helmet and facemask that vaguely resembled Optimus Prime, while the Decepticon-aligned units had the single-lens design seen in other film-related media.}}
[[Image:Dropkick head.jpg|thumb|left|Dropkick units can be either Autobot (top) or Decepticon (bottom). Both feel nobody understands them.]]
Dropkick units had equal Attack & Speed abilities with a strong Defense skill. {{Storylink|Battle for the Allspark}}
{{-}}

===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark'' (3DS)===
{{Note|Dropkick appears in the [[Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (3DS)|Rise of the Dark Spark]] game for Nintendo 3DS as support a unit. Equipping him allows all Earth Mercenaries with the Ranged Attack ability to deal double damage.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (3DS)|Rise of the Dark Spark}}

==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
[[Image:Movie2007_Dropkick_toy.jpg|upright=1.66||thumb|His Decepticon symbol can be seen from space.]]
*'''Dropkick''' (Deluxe, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Claw/plier weapon
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MD-18'''

: Dropkick transforms into a customized {{w|Chevrolet Silverado}} pickup truck (or a similar model just different enough to avoid paying a licensing fee). His hood and roof feature a fairly cleverly done gigantic Decepticon symbol. His flatbed cover conceals a giant claw/plier deployed from the tailgate by a sliding knob on top. This assembly becomes a hand-held weapon for his robot mode. He also has (non-firing) twin blasters on the underside of each forearm in robot mode.

: Unlike most of the other "drone" toys, Dropkick does not use the Decepticon "lens-face", instead going with a new, more complicated face design with a visor. (It is ''not'' the Autobot face from the game, but it is similar.)

:This mold was later [[redeco]]ed as the Autobot [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Blowpipe (ROTF)|Blowpipe]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/Dropkick/dropkick.htm More information on Dropkick at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

===Bumblebee===
[[File:EnergonIgnitersPowerDropkick.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb| All right, who honestly expected me to come back?]]
*'''Dropkick''' (Power Series, 2018)
:Standing at approximately 5-inches, Power Dropkick transforms into a blue and black muscle car loosely based on the first generation Chevrolet Camaro (rather than the AMC Javelin mode he has in the film). As with other Power Series figures, he can interact with the Cores of larger Energon Igniters toys. Note that his stock photography is slightly mistransformed, with the arms not completely tabbed in for vehicle mode.

:This mold was also used for the simultaneously released [[Hot Rod (DOTM)#Bumblebee|Energon Igniters Power Hot Rod]] and was later retooled into [[Shatter#Energon Igniters|Shatter]].
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*'''Dropkick''' (Nitro Series, [[2019]])
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===Generations===
====Studio Series====
[[File:Studio-Series-MV6-Deluxe-Dropkick.jpg|thumb|300px|The ''Blue Thunder/Transformers'' crossover we never thought we’d get.]]
*'''Dropkick''' (Deluxe Class, 2018)
**''Number:'' '''22'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''SS-28'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[March 23]], 2019'''
**''Accessories:'' Two guns, Aerial Dogfight backdrop
:''[[Studio Series]]'' Dropkick transforms from an officially-licensed {{w|Bell AH-1 SuperCobra}} attack helicopter to robot and back! Similar to [[Drift (AOE)#Toys|his fellow]] [[Shatter#Toys|triple changers]], he only transforms into ''two'' of his three modes. The figure comes with two guns and a cardboard backdrop display depicting an aerial dogfight scene from ''Bumblebee''.
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====Movie Edition====
[[File:Movie-Edition-Tiny-Turbo-Changers-Series-4-Dropkick.jpg|thumb|300px| He really wanted to become a Tiny Triple Changer, but turned even bluer upon hearing he was mistaken.]]
*'''Dropkick''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2018)
**''Series'' '''4'''
**''Bag Code'': '''D'''
:Released in Series 4 of [[Tiny Turbo Changers]], Dropkick is a blue redeco of the Series 2 [[Cogman#Toys|Cogman]] figure.
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*'''Chopper Mode Dropkick''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2018)
**''Series'' '''4'''
**''Bag Code'': '''G'''
:Also released in Series 4 of Tiny Turbo Changers, Chopper Mode Dropkick is a blue redeco of the Series 1 [[Blackout (Movie)#The Last Knight|Blackout]] figure.

:This mold was also used to make [[Chopter]].
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==Merchandise==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[Image:3DBattleCard_Dropkick.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Face down in the gutter, won't admit defeat...]]
* '''Dropkick''' (3D Battle Card, 2007)
**''Card number:''

: In the [[3D Battle-Card Game]], Dropkick is on the Decepticon side. Pieces punched out from two different cards can be assembled to form a pickup truck or a robot, while a third double-sided card gives its stats and attacks for each mode. He (it?) uses the same parts layout as Movie [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and Generation 1 [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (or Movie [[Skids (Movie)|Skids]]).

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==Notes==
* Artist [[Ken Christiansen]] designed Dropkick, along with the other new characters in the [[Transformers The Game|''Transformers'' - The Game]] and [[Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game]] video games.
[[Image:DropkickWipers.jpg|thumb|right|100px|I'm angsty because my [[gimmick]] sucks.]]
* Dropkick's card art shows him with windshield wipers on his visor. They are probably to wipe away his tears.
* Dropkick appears on several covers for [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]'' comic despite not actually appearing in the story itself.
* ''Bumblebee'' Dropkick is, admittedly, probably not intentionally based on the movie toyline's Dropkick... but, whether through coincidence or otherwise, they're both blue Decepticon grunts who love to grumble and moan about being on Earth, so we're considering them to be the same character!

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Dropkick''' (ドロップキック ''Doroppukikku'')

==External links==
* [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/tf1-truck-drone-01.html Dropkick concepts] and [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/tf1-truck-drone-02.html final rendering] on Ken Christiansen's blog.
* [http://www.transformersgame.com/battle/index.html ''Battle For the Allspark'' online game]
* [http://www.wizards.com/transformers/ 3D Battle Card Game at Wizards of the Coast]

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