Kickback (SG)

This article is about the heroic Insecticon. For his evil counterpart, see Kickback (G1). For a list of other meanings, see Kickback (disambiguation).

Kickback is a heroic Decepticon Insecticon from the Shattered Glass continuity family.

Kickback is the one beside Dirge. No, not the one that gets impaled later on, the green one.

Kickback is one of the many Cybertronians who have allied themselves with the "Old One," Alpha Trion.

Fiction

Fun Publications Shattered Glass continuity

And Kickback never attempted a Rider Kick again.

Summoned by the return of Alpha Trion to his home universe, Kickback, Dirge, Perceptor, Sky Lynx, and the Technobots arrived in time to take his prisoners. Kickback subdued a very confused Topspin, Reunification: Part 1 only for his captive to telekinetically rip out his ember. Ow. Reunification: Part 2

IDW Shattered Glass Comic

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Present for the war's final battle on Earth, Kickback was seen among those retreating back to Cybertron after the battle was lost. Shattered Glass issue 4

Over a megacycle after the war, he was part of the Insecticon task force sent to infiltrate Goldbug's Gold City base, taking out several guards before being intercepted by the warlord himself, who incapacitated both him and Ransack by throwing Bombshell's corpse at the two. Shattered Glass issue 4

Toys

Collector's Edition

Go! Go! Let's go! Kagayaku Machine!

• Insectron Clone Army (Multi-pack, 2004)

• ID number: 73 (individual), 76 (clones set)
• Accessories: "Electrothermal Radiation Tube" rifle, energon cube

Collector's Edition Shothole was repurposed as Shattered Glass Kickback.

Collector's Edition Shothole is a redeco of the original Kickback mold, transforming into a mechanical grasshopper. His coloration is based on the mold's original pre-Transformers "Waruder Battas" Diaclone release. The "control seat" in the insect-mode back / robot-mode chest can open up and store one of the three energon cubes that come with the set (or whatever else you can get to fit in there).

As a Japanese release, it has the original "pointy" wings rather than the altered-for-safety-reasons Hasbro wings with the circular bits on the ends.

Shothole was only available in an e-HOBBY exclusive three-piece set with Salvo and Zaptrap.

• More information on Shothole at TFU.info

Notes

• In IDW Publishing's comic, Kickback might be modeled on the Titans Return Legends Class Kickback toy. It's hard to tell.