Dropkick (Movie)

This article is about the movieverse individual/drones. For the Generation 1 drones, see Dropkick (G1).

Dropkick is a Decepticon and also a bunch of mass-produced drones used by both sides from the live-action film series continuity family.

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 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 Autobots like Bumblebee are making things so hard for him, and he thinks having to pretend to work with the humans is humiliating... but at least once the Decepticons get what they want, he'll have plenty of things to blow up and humans to liquefy.

Sometimes there are lots of him. On both sides.

Fiction

Movies

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

Voice actor: Justin Theroux (English), Simone D'Andrea (Italian)

Following Autobot lieutenant 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. Though the Autobot refuses to co-operate, Shatter receives a signal from Autobot scout 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 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 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. Bumblebee

Titan movie comic

The following events occur in a splinter timeline where Megatron won the battle of Mission City.

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. 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 would leave human areas. In a final "up yours", Bumblebee led Dropkick in a high-speed chase which saw the Decepticon damaged and humiliated. Revolution Part 1

IDW movie comics

It looks like he's scanning that truck. But he's actually crying all over it.

Soundwave dispatched Dropkick and Incinerator to Florida, where they completely destroyed an American military base before scanning suitable Earth forms. Alliance #3 Their victory was short-lived, as soon afterwards, the Autobots and their human allies tracked the Decepticons down and systematically destroyed them one by one. Dropkick was defeated by Optimus Prime and was finished off by NEST soldiers. Alliance #4

The Veiled Threat

The events of The Veiled Threat take place during IDW Publishing's Alliance comic.

Dropkick was one of a number of Decepticons who responded to 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 Zambian dam construction site, confronting 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 and 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. 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 EMP gun. The Veiled Threat

Games

Transformers: The Game (console)

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'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 urban missions, but pop up for certain sub-missions in other areas as well. Transformers The Game (console)

Battle for the Allspark

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.

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. Battle for the Allspark

Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (3DS)

Dropkick appears in the 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.

Rise of the Dark Spark

Toys

Transformers (2007)

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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 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 redecoed as the Autobot Salvage and Revenge of the Fallen Blowpipe.

• More information on Dropkick at TFU.info

Bumblebee

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 Energon Igniters Power Hot Rod and was later retooled into Shatter.

• Dropkick (Nitro Series, 2019)

Generations

Studio Series

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 Bell AH-1 SuperCobra attack helicopter to robot and back! Similar to his fellow 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

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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 figure.

• 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 figure.

This mold was also used to make Chopter.

Merchandise

3D Battle-Card Game

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 and Generation 1 Skids (or Movie Skids).

Notes

• Artist Ken Christiansen designed Dropkick, along with the other new characters in the Transformers - The Game and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - The Game video games.

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 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

• Dropkick concepts and final rendering on Ken Christiansen's blog.
• Battle For the Allspark online game
• 3D Battle Card Game at Wizards of the Coast