Stinger (AOE)

The name or term "Stinger" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Stinger (disambiguation).

Stinger is a Prototype from the Age of Extinction portion of the live-action film series continuity family.

"Who are you calling Cliffjumper?"

Innovation. Efficiency. Style. KSI rolls them out as you've never before experienced with Stinger, the all-new transformable drone produced on and exclusively for the Earth market. Improving on our competitor's efforts, Stinger specialises in serving all your sabotage needs. A combination of years of KSI's intensive engineering research with the cutting-edge styling of their partners at Pagani Automobili, Stinger is as beautiful as it is functional.

Fiction

Age of Extinction film

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Inspired by Bumblebee, but better.KSI Promotional Video on Stinger

"I've heard of partsforming, but this is ridiculous."

The Stinger prototype was being displayed in KSI headquarters when Cade, Shane, and Bumblebee snuck in. A nearby display promoting Stinger claimed that it was "Inspired by Bumblebee, but better in every way!". In the promotional video, the lead engineers claimed that Bumblebee's design was antique and ugly, and that Stinger improved on Bumblebee's design flaws. An offended Bumblebee knocked over the prototype, but hid when KSI staff arrived to investigate the disturbance.

In its first field trial, Stinger was deployed alongside Galvatron to chase down and apprehend the Autobots. During the battle, Stinger fired one missile at the Autobots, which missed. He pursued the other Autobots, but his role was mostly overshadowed by Galvatron's free will and relentless pursuit of Prime. He was later recalled once Prime was incapacitated and shipped to China, to avoid the feds discovering KSI's prototypes.

When Galvatron revealed his true nature and commandeered KSI's man-made Transformer army, Stinger was among the many drones deployed in Hong Kong to seize the Seed. Stinger pursued Bumblebee and the other Autobots, and eventually engaged his yellow doppelganger and Strafe in the ensuing battle. Both he and Bumblebee fought on the Dinobot's back as Strafe flew through Hong Kong's cityscape, but Bumblebee eventually defeated him by throwing him through a bus, tearing the drone apart. Strafe happily swallowed Stinger's decapitated head, while a smug Bumblebee remarked "I hate cheap knock-offs". (So do we, Bumblebee. So do we.)

Age of Extinction

Games

Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark

Stinger is not a playable character in the campaign of Rise of the Dark Spark. However, he makes a brief cameo as part of Lockdown's crew late in the game, and is available to play as in Escalation if the game is purchased from Walmart.

Toys

Age of Extinction

Robots in Disguise

• Decepticon Stinger (One Step Changers, 2014)

Stinger was originally solicited as part of the mass retail One Step Changer assortment before TFW2005 learned from Hasbro's staff at BotCon 2014 that at least some of Stinger's toys would be released as Walmart exclusives. Oddly, despite sporting a "Walmart exclusive" sticker on its packaging, One Step Changer Stinger was reported found at multiple Targets stores. The packaging also still sports the mass retail assortment number, implying that the decision to release the toy as a Walmart exclusive was made at the last minute, and the factory simplied went by the product code/assortment numbers on the packaging and shipped the figure with the other mass retail figures, despite the sticker.

• Dinobot Slug vs. Decepticon Stinger (Legion two-pack, 2014)

Stinger is a Walmart exclusive redeco of Legends Class Sideways from the Revenge of the Fallen toyline in a deco that somewhat resembles the on-screen Pagani that Stinger transforms into. This is not the first time that Legends Class Sideways have been redecoed into a red-coloured movie character that doesn't share an alternate mode with him. Stinger is packaged with a redeco of Beast Wars Neo Guiledart as Slug.

This sculpt was also redecoed to make 2010 Transformers Override and and retooled to make Cyberverse Series 2 Mirage.

Notes

• The Pagani Huayra was at one point intended as the alternate mode of a female robot with the working name "Widow Maker".