Kickback
Last Insecticon we'll look at this month. Starting out as a Diaclone Waruder Insect Robo Battas figure, this one went from robot to grasshopper. Since it was also a Battas figure, there was a small cockpit for a figure American audiences never saw.
The filecard had him as a real nasty bit of work. Blackmail seems to be his reason for living, only befriends bots so he can dig dirt of them, holding it against them.
As far as the comic go, Kickback was first introduced as a loyal warrior to Lord Staxus but he had no issues switching over to Megatron. He would mostly show up with the other Insecticons until he faded away, with #41 being his last appearance.
The cartoon wasn't much better. Voiced by Clive Revill, he was mostly a thug. He wasn't much on blackmail but he could clone himself, so there's that. Like his Insecticon brethren, he had one main episode then slowly faded into the background. He was featured in the Movie, being crushed by Kup and possibly being turned into Sweep. He seemingly got better and showed up in a few episodes during the third season, but as Kickback so I guess it was a clone that got changed?
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