Drench (G1)
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- Drench is a Decepticon Stormtrooper from the Generation 1 continuity family.
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Drench is the kind of bot that will steal a Mini-spy's energon credits, or tie a firecracker to a glitch mouse's tail. (To be fair, the pea-brained Go-Bot was just asking for that last one.) He's not so pleasant, though, when he's in a bad mood. Cross him, he'll take a terrible revenge.
Fortunately, this mean-spirited, foul-tempered bully is not very brave. Oh, he's certainly willing to blast limbs off Empties with his high-pressure fluid cannon, but if their friends show up to help, Drench is sure to change to his speedy vehicle mode and flee back to his safe desk job, where he can push his subordinates around with impunity, as the short-tempered tyrant of the Decepticon coordination department.
Everyone hates him and, this being the Decepticons, it's likely he would've "accidentally" tripped into the Smelting Pool if not for one thing—he can coordinate units of Decepticons with incredible efficiency. He's an indispensible part of the Decepticon war machine, meaning you'll have to lump it when he sticks your head down the bog.
Were this office bully to meet the youthful Autobot nerd who shares his name, the results would be familiar to anybody with school experience. Most likely they'd involve a waste-disposal unit.
- French and Dutch name: Hydrocruiser
Fiction
Toy catalogue comic
For some reason Drench is seen driving away from two Fearswoops and warning somebody (presumably the Autobots) that Decepticon forces were about to strike. Crazy Europeans!
Fleetway Generation 2 comics
The Stormtroopers were part of Bludgeon's forces dispatched on Earth to basically wreck stuff until Optimus Prime came to stop them. When Megatron appeared to take back leadership of the Decepticons, the Stormtroopers were called in to attack Megatron. Drench questioned if they should, since Megatron was a former Decepticon leader and all, but apparently that doesn't hold much water (ha ha), so they blasted him anyway. War Zone
Wings of Honor
Nine million years ago, Drench served as second-in-command of the Stormtroopers under Rage. A group of miscreants ostensibly operating under the Decepticon banner of rebellion, they were really little more than petty thugs and thieves looking to draw the attention of the real Decepticons and move up in the world. Drench took his position to heart, adopting a strict military formality which was a source of endless amusement for Rage.
Drench and the Stormtroopers had had encounters with the Elite Guard in the past during their criminal enterprises. Drench nearly got the drop on the Alpha Team's leader Thunder Clash before Landshark tore him to shreds. He barely made it back to home base in large enough pieces of Hydradread to properly reassemble and repair.
As tactical coordinator, Drench arranged for Terror-Tread and Cement-Head to take their places for the raid on Median. Rage was hoping to acquire an object of unspeakable power and worth called the Heart of the Dragon. Their invasion was complicated by the arrival of two Elite Guard teams, but continued nevertheless. Drench and Hydradread kept the majority of the Elite Guard occupied while Rage and Aquablast snuck past the defenses to steal the Heart. Aquablast didn't make it out, but otherwise Terror-Tread and Cement-Head were properly placed to cover the escape of Drench and the other Stormtroopers.
Back at the Metrotitan, Drench started to have serious reservations about his commander's plots. The Heart of the Dragon turned out to be a living laser core, capable of empowering any exo-frame with significant power and resurrecting the "dragon" named Brimstone. Drench questioned the logic of bringing such a powerful creature to life in a micro-frame, much less installing the laser core in the Metrotitan itself as Rage ultimately planned to do. Power for power's sake was not what Drench had in mind when he joined the Stormtroopers, and so he made a discreet exit to go and assist the Elite Guardsmen who were on the run from Brimstone. Drench alerted the Elite Guardsmen that Brimstone's power was unstable...volatilely unstable. His warning came just in time for them to all escape the Metrotitan before Brimstone exploded from within.
At Elite Guard headquarters, Drench complied fully with the Autobots' debriefing, and even provided a sample of Hydradread's liquid weaponry for reverse-engineering. At last record, Drench was undergoing significant retrofitting and paint modification before submitting an application to the Elite Guard himself. Flames of Yesterday
Toys
Generation 1 & Generation 2
- Drench (Stormtrooper, 1993)
- Accessories: Water cannon
- Drench transforms into a 1986 Chevrolet Corvette Indy concept car. His long-barreled water cannon goes under his car form, with the bellows in back, and the nozzle under Drench's front bumper. His hood uses color changing paint, turning pale when exposed to warm water.
- He was only available in various European, Australian and New Zealand markets in both the "transitional" Generation 1 series, and in Generation 2 proper.
Notes
- Drench's bio was lifted almost word-for-word for the American Generation 2 series Color Changer Jetstorm.
