| “ | I like it when they pop. | „ |
| ~ Dropkick, on killing humans. |
Dropkick is a Decepticon spy tasked with hunting down and killing Autobots and is one of the main antagonists. of Bumblebee.
History[]
Dropkick was first seen assisting Shatter in following Autobot lieutenant Cliffjumper to one of Saturn'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 scout B-127 on the nearby Earth, 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 car alternate mode and killed a human, 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 a helicopter alt mode whilst driving through Texas. They were then intercepted by Agent Jack Burns and his team of Sector Seven agents, accompanied by Dr. 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 creating a global system of interconnected computer networks to track B-127.
A brief Energon surge in California 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) and left 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. 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, further tangling himself in the chain. Whilst mocking Bumblebee, he pulled on the chain before he could finish, thus tearing Dropkick apart before he exploded.
Trivia[]
- Dropkick, and Shatter are triple changers, meaning they can take on two alternate modes.
- The model of helicopter Dropkick adopts is a Bell AH-1 SuperCobra.