Dipstick

Dipstick is anAutobotfrom the2005 IDW portionof theGeneration 1continuity family.

"SEYMOUR!"

Dipstickis one of the guys in charge of the reconstruction project at theIgue-Moor Fuel Depot.He hates trigger-happy soldiers.

Fiction

2005 IDW continuity

First appearance:Last Stand of the Wreckers#1

Dipstick was aMade To OrderAutobot, a soldierconstructed coldfor the purpose of participating in a particular military operation, in his caseOperation: Doom Patrol.This made his full name "Dipstick of Operation: Doom Patrol",something he didn't particularly enjoy.Twenty Plus One

Well, Seymour, I made it, despite your directions.

Dipstick eventually got stationed at Igue-Moor, where he was not a happy bot whenIronfist's test run of thelightformer cannonresulted in extensive damage to the reconstruction project, and let him and his buddiesPyroandGuzzleknow in blunt terms. Guzzle attempted to justify the incident by claiming that's whatWreckersdo, while Pyro tried to simply apologize for it. Unfortunately, Pyro's apology was cut brief asRotorstormdropped a payload, narrowly missing poor Dipstick. Understandably, he was all too happy to be rid of this troublemaking quatuor as the pick-up signal fromUltra Magnusarrived. As the soon-to-be Wreckers boarded, Pyro told Dipstick they'd be seeing him, but he quipped back that as Wreckers, they probably won't live long enough for that to happen. Rotorstorm quietly expressed his dislike of the bot as he entered the ship.Last Stand of the Wreckers #1

Aurora Borealis!? At this time of year, at this time of day, at this part of the country, localized entirely within your kitchen?!

After Cybertron was reborn in the wake of theD-Void's attack, Dipstick watched on as a viewscreen showedRodimusexplaining his desire to gather a crew to find theKnights of Cybertron.How to Say Goodbye and Mean ItHe ended up joining, and was present for the grand opening of the ship bar,Swerve's.No Guns, No Swords, No BriefcasesAt one point during the journey, Dipstick ended up losing an arm. While receiving medical attention fromFirst Aid,he was temporarily frozen in place by one ofBrainstorm's malfunctioning weapons.The Reluctant SpecialistSome time later, he was part of a group thatRewindgathered to tell a true story over a bottle of "Old Corroder"inSwerve's.(This means Dipstick once had an adventure withXaaron,Atomizer,Sprocket,andSlapdash.)An Intimate Beheading

Dipstick took part in the liberation ofTemptoriafrom Decepticon forces, and at one point elbowedSnapdragonin the face.Before & AfterLater, he was incarcerated in theLost Light's brig byUltra Magnusfor his bad punctuation.Cybertronian Homesick BluesDuring theLegislatorattack on the ship, Dipstick was injured and had to be protected byTrailcutterandHoist.House of Ambus

Dipstick remained on theLost Lighton its second journey under the co-command ofMegatron,and was among the Autobots who abandoned the ship as it began disappearing piece by piece.Predestination: A Beginner's GuideStuck on board theRodpodalongside 19 other evacuees who were disappearing one by one, he contributed to figuring out the pattern to the disappearances by revealing how he was created. He disappeared himself before a solution could be found, however.Twenty Plus One

Eighteen months from theLost Light's launch, theNecrobothad listed Dipstick as deceased...Who's Afraid of the DJD?The deceased Dipstick turned out to be an alternate (or quantum duplicate) who was a victim of theDecepticon Justice Division,while Dipstick himself returned once the cause of the disappearance had been dealt with.The Road Not Taken

"Yes! It's a regional dialect."
"Uh-huh. What region?"
"Uh...upstate New York."

Dipstick was one of the Autobots present when Rodimus gave news aboutThunder Clash's prewake.The Sensuous Frame

Dipstick stood in favor ofGetaway's mutiny, removingMegatronand the members of the crew willing to support him as captain. Getaway was promoted as captain, but he made mistakes and resorted toshadowplayin order to remain in control. ThemnemosurgeonSunderreprogrammed the memories of Dipstick and the crew, making them forget the mutiny while still maintaining Getaway as their captain.Filling in the BlanksDipstick was seen socializing in"Visages"when theProtectobotsreconnected with theLost Light.Full Circle

Beast Wars: Uprising

AnEmptyon post-war Cybertron, Dipstick took up sellingenergon cubesforScorponok.Dipstick was highly successful at it until he was gunned down by theKospegosin an alley outside ofProtoforms of Anarchy.Identity Politics

Notes

• Wow, talk about your unfortunate names...
• At 46.40 ofhis Moonbase 2 interview,James Robertssaid that originally Dipstick was going to let loose with "the rich variety of Transformers based insults and swearwords", but they had to be cut for reasons of "space and decency". Truly the most fantastic, revealed by the authors atAuto Assembly 2010,was "clutch-munching piston-lickers".
  • As a nod to this, in "Twenty Plus One"Ratchetnotes that Dipstick is prone tocoprolalia,a real-world condition defined as "involuntary swearing or the involuntary utterance of obscene words or socially inappropriate and derogatory remarks".
  • In the same story, Dipstick's alternate mode is described as "redundant". To this day, his alternate mode has yet to be seen.
• Dipstick shares a character model (minus his head) with the later characterTappet.

Foreign names

• Japanese:Dipstick(ディップスティックDippusutikku)