Dropkick is aDecepticon and also a bunch of mass-produceddrones used by both sides from theMovie 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 onEarth, but he wasn't given much choice. If he had his way, he'd be back onCybertron right now, sitting alone in the dark and feeling angry. He doesn't really "get" why folks are so interested in theAllSpark or why theAutobots are making things so hard for him... but at least once theDecepticons get what they want, he'll have plenty of things to blow up andhumans to liquefy, and his partner-in-crimeShatter gives him plenty of opportunities to do so.

Fiction

Titan movie comics

In Soviet Russia, You want Dropkick. Here, DROPKICK WANTSYOU!

In adivergent timeline, the Decepticons succeeded at Mission City and conquered the United States. Dropkick was Megatron's right-hand man in the occupation ofEarth. The other Decepticons heard Megatron's orders through him.Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1 Having goneway down in the world afterStarscream seized command, Dropkick ended up acting as "escort" to ensureBumblebee 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 andIncinerator toFlorida, where they completely destroyed an American military base before scanning suitable Earth forms.Alliance #3 Their victory was short-lived, as soon afterwards, theAutobots and theirhuman allies tracked the Decepticons down and systematically destroyed them one by one. Dropkick was defeated byOptimus Prime and was finished off byNEST soldiers.Alliance #4

The Veiled Threat

Dropkick was one of a number of Decepticons who responded toStarscream's signal and came to Earth. He admired the alternate form he'd chosen for its primitive elegance. After Starscream enlisted the help of theHuman Accessory Force, Dropkick helped them raid aZambian dam construction site, confrontingMajor 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 andPayload 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 withIronhide. 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 byKaminari Ishihara'sEMP gun.The Veiled Threat

Bumblebee film

Voice actor:Justin Theroux (English),Daiki Hamano (Japanese),Darko Bozovic (European French),Marc-André Bélanger (Canadian French),Lutz Schnell (German),Ramón Canals (Spain Spanish),Alex Montiel (Latin-American Spanish),Simone D'Andrea (Italian),Samay Raj Thakkar (Hindi),Guilherme Lopes (Portuguese),Zeki Atlı (Turkish)

Ha! Suck it,Prowl! I got to be in a movie before you!

Dropkick was among the Decepticons under the command ofShockwave andSoundwave in their conquest forCybertron inMegatron's absence. AfterOptimus Prime was attacked byRavage, Dropkick and the other Decepticons closed in to attack the Autobot leader. Following the apparent failure of the Autobot resistance effort, Dropkick was paired withShatter and the two began hunting Autobots who escaped the planet.

By1987, Dropkick assisted Shatter in following Autobot lieutenantCliffjumper to one ofSaturn's moons, where they tortured him in an attempt to learn the whereabouts of Optimus Prime. Though the Autobot refused to co-operate, they received a signal from Autobot scoutB-127 on the nearby planetEarth, prompting the pair to change course for the planet, but not before Dropkick vertically bisected Cliffjumper, killing him instantaneously.

Upon their arrival near a trailer park, Dropkick acquired a muscle caralternate mode and killeda random human, expressing his disappointment with the primitive indigenous species yet taking pleasure in how they "popped." The two then headed towards the West Coast in the direction of B-127's signal, with Dropkick picking up aBell AH-1 SuperCobra alt mode whilst driving through Texas. They were then intercepted by AgentJack Burns and his team ofSector Seven agents, accompanied byDr. Powell. Dropkick wanted to dispose of the humans when Shatter came up with the idea of them masquerading as a "Decepticon peacekeeping patrol" pursuing the "dangerous escaped criminal" B-127, which he begrudgingly went along with. The Decepticons were escorted to a Sector Seven outpost and given limited access to their satellites, thus creatinga global system of interconnected computer networks to track B-127.

SOME. DAY. Love will find you!
BREAK. THOSE. Chains that bi-
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A briefEnergon surge inCalifornia attracted the Decepticons' attention, and they accompanied Sector Seven in capturing B-127, now calling himself "Bumblebee". Dropkick tortured Bumblebee to find out Prime's location, when he accidentally triggered a video message from the Autobot leader revealing his plans to retreat to Earth from Cybertron. Before departing to inform their comrades on Cybertron of this information via a radio tower at a nearby harbor, Dropkick killed Powell (who overheard their conversation and informed Burns of the Decepticons' true colors) and left the critically injured Bumblebee for dead.

While Shatter was busy transmitting the message to Cybertron, Bumblebee appeared and opened fire on the radio tower, provoking Dropkick to engage the scout. During their fight, Bumblebee'shuman friend sneaked her way towards the radio tower. Once Bumblebee gained the upper hand, Dropkick assumed his helicopter mode only for his propeller to become ensnared in a discarded chain wielded by Bumblebee. Dropkick transformed into robot mode in a failed attempt to escape, which forced the chain to wind under his armor as his parts shifted between modes. He mocked Bumblebee's "little chains", but before he could finish the sentence, the Autobot yanked the chainhard, dismembering him and rupturing his internals, causing him to explode; his burning, decapitated head landed beside the Autobot scout's feet.Bumblebee

Bumblebee Vol. 2 Retro Pop Highway figure online description

Dropkick's positive opinion on the movie-inspired details on theBumblebee Vol. 2 Retro Pop Highwayfigure was published onRolling Decepticon.^[1]

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

Battle for the Allspark

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)

Rise of the Dark Spark

Toys

Transformers (2007)

His Decepticon symbol can be seen from space.

• Dropkick (Deluxe Class,2007)

• TakaraTomy ID number:MD-18
• Accessories: Bed cover/claw weapon
• Known designers:Takashi Kunihiro (TakaraTomy)

Released in the sixth wave ofTransformers Deluxes, Dropkick transforms into an unlicensed pick-up truck that resembles aChevrolet Silverado. His hood and roof feature a fairly cleverly done gigantic Decepticon symbol. His flatbed cover conceals a giant claw 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 figures based on mass-produced drones seen inTransformers The Game, Dropkick doesnot use the Decepticon "lens-face", instead going with a new design (it is alsonot the Autobot face from the game, but it is similar).

This mold was laterredecoed as the AutobotsSalvage andRevenge of the FallenBlowpipe.

• 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,Bumblebee Energon Igniters 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 releasedEnergon Igniters Power Hot Rod and was later retooled intoShatter.

I got my guns and now I need some drums.

• Dropkick (Nitro Series,2019)

• Accessories: Igniter Core

Bumblebee Energon Igniters Nitro Dropkick is an approximately Voyager Class-sized mold that transforms into an attack helicopter. Like other Energon Igniters, he comes with a core that he can interact with, as well as being able to interact with the cores that come with other figures in the line.

Studio Series

TheBlue Thunder/Transformers crossover we never thought we’d get.

• Dropkick (Deluxe Class, 2018)

• Movie:Bumblebee
• Hasbro ID number:22
• TakaraTomy ID number:SS-28
• TakaraTomy release date:March 23,2019
• Accessories: Two guns, "Autobot Pursuit" backdrop

Part of the fourth wave ofStudio Series Deluxes, Dropkick transforms from robot to an officially-licensedBell AH-1 SuperCobra attack helicopter and back. Similar tohis fellowtriple changers, he only transforms intotwo of his three modes. Dropkick's robot mode has knee accents to imitate car taillights and back "wings" to imitate car doors. However, his car kibble in robot mode is missing, making this one of the less screen-accurateStudio Series toys and one of the possible reasons for this toy becoming ashelfwarmer.

The figure comes with two guns and a cardboard backdrop display depicting the aerial dogfight scene that... never actually happened in the movie. Rather, the blurb implies this was meant to be where Dropkick and Shatter fly in on Bumblebee after discovering his energon signal. The backdrop reuses assets fromStudio SeriesThundercracker's backdrop.

A post on his right arm prevents his tail kibble from folding as flat as on the other arm in robot mode.

Stock photos for Dropkick show him with very light blues, but the final toy uses accurate shades. The toy's CG render show paint apps on the thighs and a Decepticon symbol not present on the final release. Regardless, the toy's deco is inaccurate to the movie's helicopter deco due to the addition of the skull flag and missing blue along the entire bottom half of the aircraft (see image in#Notes below).

This figure wasextensively retooled intoStudio SeriesDrift.

"Am I blanchin, girl we blanchin."

• Dropkick (Deluxe Class, 2019)

• Movie:Bumblebee
• Hasbro ID number:46
• TakaraTomy name:Dropkick 2
• TakaraTomy ID number:SS-36
• TakaraTomy release date:August 31, 2019
• Accessories: Liquification gun, "Decepticon Arrival" backdrop

Released in the seventh wave ofStudio Series, this version of Dropkick transforms from a robot accurate to his pre-Triple Changer body into his 1974 AMC Javelin muscle car alternate mode in 26 steps. He comes with the gun he uses to liquefy humans in the film and a cardboard backdrop display depicting his and Shatter's arrival on Earth. The gun can be stored in vehicle mode by clipping it onto the rear of the car, though this can cause paint chipping over time.

It has been reported on multiple copies that due to a molding error on the mushroom peg, his right thigh swivel is difficult and in some instances, downright impossible to be used without popping his right leg off from the loose ball joint.

Despite the grooves on top of his head being painted in promotional images, they are unpainted on the figure itself. Amusingly, his CG render has his left hand clipping through his gun, as well as additional paint apps on the feet that did not make it to the final toy.

Movie Edition

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 ofTiny Turbo Changers, Dropkick is a blue and black redeco of the Series 2Cogman figure, changing from robot to an unlicensed approximation of an Aston Martin DB11 in a few steps.

Blueout.

• 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 1Blackout figure, changing from robot to an unlicensed approximation of the MH53 Pave-Low Helicopter.

This mold was also used to makeChopter.

Buzzworthy Bumblebee

• Bumblebee VS Dropkick (Battle Pack,2021)

• Series:Studio Series
• Movie:Bumblebee
• ID number:46BB
• Accessories: Liquification gun, "Showdown by the Docks" backdrop

Buzzworthy Bumblebee Dropkick is a re-issue of the secondStudio Series figure, released in a battle pack with the Volkswagen Beetle modeBumblebee figure from the same line. Though the pack itself is inspired by their showdown inBumblebee, Dropkick is depicted in his initial pre-Triple Changer body.

Merchandise

3D Battle-Card Game

Face down in the gutter, won't admit defeat...

• Dropkick (3D Battle Card, 2007)

• Card number:

In the3D 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. The credit for the card's artist,Lucio Parrillo, doesn't capitalise his surname. He (it?) uses the same parts layout as MovieIronhide and Generation 1Skids (or MovieSkids).

Killerbody

Doesn'tpop, but close enough.

• Dropkick (High-end Baby Figurine, 2019)

• Accessories: Stand

Released byKillerbody, this non-converting super deformed car mode Dropkick features a shaking head, light-up eyes, shoulder articulation and a Bluetooth speaker stand.

• Bumblebee (Mask) & Dropkick (Dual Set, 2019)

• Accessories: Stand

This Dropkick was also released in a 2-pack withBumblebee (Mask).

• Dropkick (War Version) (High-end Baby Figurine, 2019)

• Accessories: Stand

This version of Dropkick comes in his Triple Changer body and has the same features as above, except for the stand which is now non-functional.

• Bumblebee (Broadsword) & Dropkick (War Version) (Dual Set, 2019)

• Accessories: Stand

This Dropkick was also released in a 2-pack withBumblebee (Broadsword).

Notes

I'm angsty because mygimmick sucks.

• There has been noofficial word on whetherBumblebee Dropkick was inspired by the character from the 2007 movie toyline — but they're both blue-and-grey Decepticon grunts from the live-action movie continuity who grumble and moan about being on Earth, so for the purposes of the wiki we're considering them to be the same character.
  • Dropkick's partner, Shatter, similarly seems toshare conceptual DNA withanother 2007 movie character, which lends some credence to the idea that the pair were at least partially inspired by those characters.
    • Furthermore, Dropkick bears some resemblance to theGoBots characterCop-Tur, both being blue "dumb muscle" characters who transform into helicopters, and who are often seen with Shatter/Crasher.
• Dropkick's name is derived from a professional wrestling maneuver in which a wrestler jumps up and lands a kick with both feet, often knocking their opponent to the ground.

2007 toyline

• ArtistKen Christiansen designed Dropkick, along with the other new characters in theTransformers - The Game andTransformers: Revenge of the Fallen - The Game video games.
• 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 forIDW Publishing'sThe Reign of Starscream comic despite not actually appearing in the story itself.

Bumblebee

Suck itWhirl!

• In the film and the firstStudio Series toy, Dropkick's helicopter model is depicted as a Bell AH-1W SuperCobra with two blades. However, his robot mode kibble is actually from a Bell AH-1Z Viper, with four blades (with bright yellow stripes) and different turbine sections, placed on his lower back.
• Dropkick's car mode features his aircraft mode's ejector seat warning triangles, even before he scans the helicopter.

Foreign names

• Japanese:Dropkick (ドロップキックDoroppukikku)

References

External links

• Dropkick concepts andfinal rendering on Ken Christiansen's blog.