Kicker Jones
- Kicker is a human character in the Energon portion of the Unicron Trilogy.
Chad "Kicker" Jones is the son of Dr. Brian Jones and Miranda Jones. During the war over energon, Kicker accompanied the Autobots on many of their missions, even fighting Decepticons and Terrorcons himself by utilizing a high-tech battlesuit developed by his father. He is a top-notch cyclist, though his real strength is in his mysterious ability to detect and harness the power of energon.
Kicker is brash and headstrong, always ready to leap before he looks. He harbors some resentment towards his father due the elder Jones' misuse of his son's powers. Nevertheless, he still cares about his family, especially his younger sister, Sally, and will fight to protect them. He is in a long-distance relationship with Misha, a young scientist stationed on a research outpost in Plain City.
Fiction
Animated continuity
Energon
Voice actor: Brad Swaile (US), Daisuke Kishio (Japan), Masumi Asano (Young Kicker, Japan)
Soon after the end of the Unicron Battles, Optimus Prime returned to Cybertron to lead the new Autobot-Decepticon alliance. With it came contact and diplomatic ties to Earth's governments, after Rad secretly invited the Jones family to Cybertron.
The Autobots transported them aboard their flagship, the Axalon, and among the occupants were their friends Rad White, Carlos Lopez and Alexis, as well as Dr. Brian Jones, humanity's foremost expert on the newly discovered ore, energon. He brought along his young son, Chad (nicknamed Kicker), who was very afraid of this strange, metal world and its towering giant robot inhabitants. While his father was busy, Kicker ran away, hiding in a long-ruined part of Cybertron. This led Optimus Prime to search for him, warning that the areas was strictly off-limits.
While trying to escape the Autobot leader, Kicker accidentally fell down a long shaft and was suddenly saved by a mysterious glowing entity who later revealed himself to be Primus. Primus was fascinated by the human child, and declared that he would unleash Kicker's full potential. Having sensed the 'scene of the sun' on Kicker, Primus jumpstarted an evolutionary trait and Kicker was imbued with the essense of energon.Cybertron City
Primus' gift to Kicker was an unusual ability to detect energon, manifesting itself as an eerie glowing of his hair, and this power was exploited by his father. Dr. Jones dragged the young Kicker from planet to planet, wherever they expected to find energon. Over time, due to his experiences on Cybertron, this mysterious power, as well as his father's often casual indifference to his son's well-being and wishes, led Kicker to greatly resent his father and the Transformers.
In battle, he was usually partnered with the young Autobot Ironhide. Early on, neither of the pair got along with each other with Kicker being all angsty and Ironhide being a doofus, but eventually both became good friends.
Dreamwave comics continuity
Energon
Toys
- Kicker (Microman, 2004)
- Japanese ID number: SL-14
- The first Kicker toy is based upon Takara's 2003 Microman body. As such, it is super-posable, and its parts are fully interchangeable with other Microman figures. He is armed with a small, non-transforming silver version of the Energon Saber, plus his torso armor and belt are removable.
- The toy is incredibly breakable. Some people have bought them only to find them broken in-package.
- STD Grand Convoy and Kicker (Multi-pack, 2004)
- Japanese ID number: SS-03
- This limited-edition set (celebrating the 30th anniversary of Microman and the 20th anniversary of Transformers in Japan) contains an exclusive variant of Kicker, with an exclusive variant of the Deluxe-level Optimus Prime toy. This version of Kicker uses clear-black plastic rather than opaque (which makes it even more susceptible to breaking with even moderate pressure than the normal Microman Kicker, so be careful), uses vacuum-metalized chrome on the body armor, plus along with a gold-chromed version of the Energon Saber accessory, also has an exclusive chromed Megatron Sword.
- Kicker Energon Edition (Microman, 2004)
- This special clear-red version of Kicker is a Lucky Draw prize, limited to 100 pieces. He also comes with a red-chromed Energon Saber accessory (and goes very well with the Japanese mail-away "Fire" version of STD Grand Convoy). Contest entries were found in the Super Link soundtrack CD and the first three volumes of the Super Link DVD, and the prize winners were announced in August 2004.
- Energon Kicker with High Wire (Deluxe, 2005)
- Hasbro's release of Kicker is an all-new sculpt, based around the 3'3/4 inch 2003 G.I. Joe "Valor Vs Venom" body design. He comes packed with a Joe-scaled (though slightly oversized) version of High Wire, also an all-new sculpt. Kicker has a Spark crystal located on his backpack, which can be used as a mounting point for energon chips.
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