Dusty Crophopper

Dusty Crophopper is the main protagonist of Disney's Planes franchise. 
He has a problem: he's afraid of heights (which other planes find shameful and embarrassing). It's up to his mentor Skipper and other planes to teach him to fly up high so he can race to the top of the sky.
He was voiced by , who also played Zack Bradley in Employee of the Month.
== Personality ==
Dusty is one of those who is friendly, brave, curious, and courageous. Originally, he had a fear of heights, because he had never flown so high during his job of crop-dusting. However, when attempting to win the final leg of the Wings Around the Globe, he overcame his fears when going above the clouds so to gain more speed. although he was formerly afraid of heights. Additionally, he is heroic, first shown when he saved Bulldog from having an accident, and again when he saved the Smokejumpers from a wildfire (despite being scolded afterwards by Blade for breaking formation).
== Voice ==
When the first film was announced, Jon Cryer was announced to do Dusty's voice, but he soon left the project, leaving Dane Cook to voice Dusty instead.
== Physical appearance ==
Although Dusty's model seems to be fictional, it takes inspiration from the Air Tractor AT-502, Cessna and the PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader, with 680½ horsepower, one propeller, and a wingspan that is 23 feet (7 meters).
He is painted orange and white, and has blue eyes. While working as a crop duster, he has black stripes on his sides, as well as a M5000 crop sprayer attached to his undercarriage. Before coming to the first location of the Wings Around the Globe, he gets the Jolly Wrenches insignia painted on him, as well as his first name's initial and racing number, #7, painted in white on his vertical stabilizer.
Before doing the third leg of the Wings Around the Globe, he gets his sprayer removed, along with a new paint job, where his black stripes are replaced by blue stripes that are different shapes, and an inscription of his name is placed on his sides, which also have his racing number on a black-outlined white circle that is additionally on his right wing. Additionally, the color of his tailplane is changed to blue.
As he is being upgraded in time for the final leg, he gets T33 wings, which are painted white, with the tip tanks being orange, and black stripes in place of the blue ones. The orange color on his front is changed to gray, while his back has the white color replaced with orange, along with part of his vertical stabilizer and tailplane changed to gray. Additionally, he uses a four-bladed Sky Slycer Mark Five propeller.
Soon afterwards, Dusty is painted gray and black after being honored by the Jolly Wrenches, along with their insignia, initials and logo painted at the back.
Soon into his career, Dusty goes back to the paint job he received in Germany, as well as using his original propeller, but keeps his T33 wings. When he comes to Piston Peak National Park, his landing gear gets replaced by gray pontoons with blue and black stripes. Additionally, his tip tanks get removed.
Upon being certified as a firefighter, he gets repainted red, with his racing number painted in a different font style, being white on his vertical stabilizer, and black on his right wing. His pontoons are also changed to white, with red and black stripes on them as well as the inscription of his name, while his fan cowl door is changed to black.
== Biography ==
=== Planes teaser trailer ===
Dusty stars in the first film's teaser trailer which contains animation not in the film itself, as well as clearly taking place after the film. He is shown to be preparing to take off from the Dwight D. Flysenhower, but soon begins to have second thoughts, just before he is released from the catapult. Dusty seems to be having trouble at first, when he is heard exclaiming off-screen, to which Bravo wonders if he is going to be okay. Echo agrees when seeing that Dusty has been skywriting "Cool", and Dusty continues flying.
There have been two versions of the teaser trailer. The first version, released in 2011, had Dusty voiced by Jon Cryer, while the second version, released in 2013, had the voice of Dane Cook.
=== Meet Dusty ===
Dusty makes an appearance in his very own short that was made to promote the first film. In the short, he comes to the Fill n' Fly to get refueled by Chug, having noticed that he had just refueled a fighter jet. Dusty admits that these kinds of jets are not seen very often, to which Chug admits that they use a type of fuel that makes them go fast. Dusty soon goes to take off, unaware that Chug had accidentally given him the wrong fuel. Before Chug can warn him, Dusty takes off at a high speed, getting startled as he tries to control himself while flying around Propwash Junction. Eventually, he runs out of fuel, and lands back on the runway, but continues to slide along, and applies his brakes just in time before he reaches the cliff. Chug immediately comes to apologize, before Dusty remarks, "That was awesome!"
=== Planes ===
In Planes, Dusty is first seen dreaming of racing two fighter jets. He is introduced as a crop duster that works for Leadbottom, and dreams of competing in the Wings Around the Globe rally, but is afraid of heights. After qualifying for the competition, Dusty comes in sixth place, meaning he can't be in the competition. However, the next day, Roper comes to Propwash Junction and tells Dusty and his team that the plane ahead of him used nitromethane, which is an illegal fuel, and was disqualified, so Dusty was now eligible to compete. After meeting his racing idols, most of which were mean to him for being "just a crop duster", Dusty made friends with El Chupacabra. He was told by Bulldog that it was a competition, and that every man was in it for themselves. During the first leg he did not fly high resulting him finishing the leg in last place. On the leg to Germany Bulldog sprung an oil leak, and the wind forced the oil into his eyes, blinding him. Dusty saved Bulldog by navigating him through the castle.
At the next leg of the race Dusty made it from last all the way to eight place. During his time in India Dusty fell in love with Ishani, who gave him advice to fly low, so he didn't get scared when flying high. Dusty followed Ishani's advice, only to nearly die by being hit by an oncoming train. When he reaches Nepal he was in first place which made Ripslinger very upset. When Dusty reaches China he helped El Chupacabra win the love of his life Rochelle with a love song.
Later in one of the legs, Ripslinger's sidekick Zed broke off Dusty's antenna, and he got lost at sea, but was rescued by two fighter jets. On the way back to where he should be, Dusty was caught in a storm, and sunk, but was rescued once again by a pity. At the hospital, Dusty was severely damaged, including having a broken wing. The next day, all of the competitors gave Dusty new parts so he could race again.
While Dottie repaired him, Chug watched some of Ripslinger's races, and figured out that before every victory, Ripslinger turns to his right side so the cameras can get good photos of him. During the final leg, Dusty fought Ned and Zed, while Skipper took on Ripslinger. After Ned and Zed got stuck between each other in between two rocks, Dusty caught up to Ripslinger when he was close to the finish line, and when Ripslinger leaned to his side, and Dusty saw the chance he was looking for, and sped by Ripslinger at the last second.
At the end of the film, Skipper and Dusty were onboard the flight deck of the Jolly Wrenches ship, and the two flew over the sea, back to Propwash Junction.
=== Planes 2: Fire & Rescue ===
Having become famous for winning the Wings Around the Globe rally, Dusty starts off a racing career. After winning the Red Bulldozer race, Dusty returns to Propwash for the annual Corn Festival. Soon after, he goes out flying with Skipper, but the excursion causes damage to his gearbox. With that particular model of gearbox now out of production and none available anywhere, Dottie fits a warning light to his control panel to ensure he does not damage his gearbox any further. No longer able to race and faced with the possibility of returning to his old job as a crop duster, Dusty goes on a defiant flight and tests his limits. In doing so, Dusty exceeds his limits and makes a forced landing at Propwash Junction airport, causing a fire. He, Skipper, Chug and Mayday narrowly manage to put it out. The next day, government inspector Ryker condemns the airport due to inadequate firefighting personnel. While Dottie and Sparky plan on refurbishing Mayday to meet Ryker's regulations, Propwash requires a second firefighter to be reopened. Dusty then learns from Mayday about SEATs (Single Engine Air Tankers), inspiring him to get certified as a firefighter. Mayday instructs him to go to Piston Peak to look for Blade Ranger to get trained and certified. When he gets to Piston Peak, he meets his biggest fan Dipper, a heavy lift helicopter called Windlifter, and an ex-military transport heavy plane named Cabbie. He then finds out their job is to go and fight fires, and then Dusty gets so interested that he goes along with the planes. He then meets Blade Ranger, who tells him to get out of the airspace, but he does not listen, getting sprayed with fire retardant by Dipper. After being hosed off back at base, Blade Ranger dismisses Dusty as a tourist before Windlifter identifies him as the new trainee. Maru then operates on him, giving him pontoons to firefight. Subsequently, Dusty begins to struggle under Blade's tutelage, hesitating to increase power to his gearbox during training sessions. During one exercise, Dusty mistakes a campfire started by a few campers as a spot fire, and extinguishes it, prompting the RVs to send a complaint to superintendent Cad Spinner. Cad drives into the base to pass on the complaint, but then takes note of Dusty and invites him to his party at the Grand Fusel Lodge. As Cad drives off, he remarks that Dusty is more famous than "Blazin' Blade". Later, the rest of the firefighters reveal to Dusty that Blade was once a television star on CHoPs (parody of CHiPs).
As the firefighters take on a forest fire caused by overnight lightning, Dusty disregards Blade's orders, extinguishing a fire trapping Dynamite's team instead of letting Dipper do it. Back at base, Blade admonishes Dusty for breaking formation in a crowded airspace and that he could have been spread all over the woods instead of fire retardant. Before leaving, he tells him to not plan his certification party yet. Dipper tries to reassure Dusty that it is Blade's way of saying thanks.
Dusty then takes Dipper, Windlifter, and Maru to Cad's party at the Fusel Lodge. Upon entering, Dusty is recognized by a fan, who has him record his voicemail, before Cad rudely shoves off the little forklift. Cad starts talking to Dusty before getting distracted by the arrival of Boat Reynolds. Dusty then gets formally introduced to Winnie and Harvey, and along with his colleagues, have a discussion about firefighting being a second job for him. The next morning, Dusty gets a call from Skipper and Chug who tells him that the gearbox that came in was the wrong one and that the crate was mislabeled. They also pointed out that they tried calling every shop in the country, but no one has his gearbox. A depressed Dusty suddenly realizes that his racing career is over and is forced to return to his old career. As a result of Cad's VIPs flying in too low, air eddies blow embers about, creating a larger fire, and thereby forcing the need for an evacuation. While on the mission, Dusty, who is still upset that all attempts to fix his gearbox have failed, doesn't listen to Blade's orders and attempts to refill his pontoons, only to be caught in the rapids. Blade saves him from going down the big waterfall and they both get into an heated argument, which reached to a point when Dusty finally confess that his gearbox is broken, which is why he pulled power and kept disobeying orders. Quietly understanding his situation, Blade tells him that while life does not always go the way he expects, he cannot quit otherwise he may lose a chance to save lives in the future. Dusty and Blade then take shelter in an abandoned mine as the fire continues to spread. Blade then uses his body to shield Dusty from the flames, and is temporarily grounded for repairs. While Blade recovers, Maru reveals to Dusty of how Blade's co-star on CHoPs was killed during a stunt gone wrong on set that Blade was helpless to stop, so he decided to become a firefighter to save lives for real.
As the fire had spread to the main road and blocked off the evacuees, Windlifter takes de facto command and orders everyone to head out. However, Cad had selfishly diverted the water supply to the lodge's rooftop sprinklers, forcing the firefighters to go with their pre-existing tanks. Dusty uses his supply to extinguish the flames on a fallen trunk blocking the railroad. They then receive a radio from Patch, informing them that Winnie and Harvey are trapped on a bridge in Augerin Canyon. With Windlifter's permission, Dusty heads off to save them. As Blade arrives on scene and uses his hook to keep the two RVs from falling, Dusty puts his engine into the red zone as he climbs the falls to refill his pontoons, before diving down to extinguish the flames blocking the couple's exit, allowing the campers to escape just before the bridge collapses, but his overstressed gearbox fails completely and his engine stalls.
Dusty is airlifted back to base, where Maru tends to him for five days. When he wakes up, he learns that Maru made him a better gearbox to allow full performance. Suddenly, he discovers that Jammer had replaced Cad as superintendent due to his misconduct during the crisis. Impressed at Dusty's skill and heroism, Blade certifies him as a firefighter. Dusty then returns to Propwash Junction with his firefighting colleagues, and becomes the airport's second firefighter, enabling Propwash's reopening, just in time for the Corn Festival. Chug then drives up, announcing that he was elected official Corn Colonel, and asks if he could wear his hat to his race next Saturday. Dusty consents and asks Mayday if he can have time off, to which Mayday complies. Dusty and his firefighting colleagues then perform an aerial show for all of Propwash.
== In other media ==
=== Planes: The Video Game ===
Dusty is one of the playable characters in the Planes video game. In "Training Mode", Skipper trains him to do tricks and find several destinations with his navigation strobes. In "Trouble in Propwash", Propwash Junction gets damaged, and Dusty has to help clean it up by getting rid of the rubble piles Ripslinger had put over the river, spraying Vitaminamulch onto the crops, and repainting the barns. In "Himalayan Hero", he has to help villagers in Nepal following an avalanche. First, he has to plow the snow piles, then light the fire pits, and finally rescue various forklifts in the snow. In "Ripslinger's Revenge", Dusty searches for a sponsor in Dubai, only to be challenged by Ripslinger to a race. In "Blown Out of Proportion", Dusty heads back to Propwash Junction to find the town in danger of tornadoes. To save the town, Dusty has to use a magnet to take four tractors back to Pete's field, and use the De-Tornadofier to get rid of the tornadoes. Finally, Dusty has to make a safe landing on the town's runway.
Dusty is playable in his original Propwash Junction paint job in all versions of the game, with his Racing and Turbo paint jobs available in the console versions, and his Jolly Wrenches paint job and modifications in the handheld versions.
=== Planes 2: Fire & Rescue - The Video Game ===
Dusty is one of the playable characters in Planes: Fire & Rescue: The Video Game, in his firefighting paint job. In the game, Dusty helps out the Piston Peak Air Attack team by keeping a lookout for any emergencies, spraying water over fires, and calling the rest of the team to help complete the missions, such as calling Blade to pick up a stranded tourist.
== Aliases ==
Chug occasionally calls him "Duster" and "Dustmeister" throughout the series, while Sparky refers to him as "Dusterino" when Chug and Dottie tell him the news of coming to Mexico. He uses the nickname "Strut Jetstream" given by Chug for entering the Wings Around the Globe Rally qualifying, before later explaining to Roper about his actual name.
Ripslinger at one point refers to him as a "farm boy" after he arrives in New York City.
In Planes 2: Fire & Rescue, Dipper calls him different names numerous times, such as "Dust Storm", "Dust Muffin", "sweet SEAT" and "Dusty-poo". Blade Ranger refers to him as "Champ" until after he saves Harvey and Winnie, when Blade finally starts referring to him by his real name. He is also mistaken as Ripslinger by Cad Spinner at first, to which he corrects Cad on his actual name. Cad later mistakenly refers to him as "Dusty Cropslinger" when leaving the Air Attack team's base.
== Relationships ==
=== Allies ===
* Skipper Riley
* Chug (best friend)
* Dottie
* Sparky
* El Chupacabra
* Ishani (1st love interest)
* Blade Ranger
* Lil' Dipper (current love interest)
* Windlifter
* Bravo and Echo
* Leadbottom
* Bulldog
* Rochelle
* Franz/Von Fligenhosen
* Smokejumpers
* Ryker
* Secretary of the Interior
* Ol' Jammer
* Pulaski
* Cabbie
* André
* Mayday
=== Enemies ===
* Ripslinger (former idol-turned-archenemy)
* Ned and Zed
* Cad Spinner
==Quotes==
*Why, hello ladies. You ready to lose? (first words)
*Tell you what. I'll give you a head start. You're gonna need it!
*You know what? I finally get it! You're afraid of getting beat! By a crop duster!
*But Dottie, you're saying, I... I can't... race anymore.
*I don't know what it was. I wasn't doing anything different. You know like Pylon turns like we do everyday.
*A new gearbox?!
*You're the super inte-- What happened to Cad?
*Okay. Time to eat my dust!
*Roger that, Skip!
*Last one back to Propwash buys!
*One mission. So much for Volo pro veritas.
*I CAN'T! MY GEARBOX IS BUSTED! ALRIGHT?! THAT'S WHY I PULLED POWER! (stammers) I'm ne-- I'm never gonna... (falls silent)
== Trivia ==
*, , , , and were all considered for the role of Dusty Crophopper before was cast.
*Dusty's racing number is #7, which some say is a lucky number which could based on late NASCAR driver Alan Kulwicki racing number #7 who won 1992 NASCAR Cup Series drivers and owners championship famous for Polish victory lap who had passed away in 1993 whiling traveling to Bristol.
*His flying style is keeping it nice and low, but keeping his speed up.
*Although Jon Cryer did not voice Dusty in the final version, he did additional story material with Roberts Gannaway for the first film. Cryer's voice however, can still be heard in the original 2011 teaser trailer.
*Dusty's crop sprayer is an M5000 model.
*Dusty's wing span is twenty-three feet.
*Dusty Crophopper is the only character whose promotional short isn't a music video, a backstory, or commercial.
*His inspiration is Lightning McQueen from the Cars franchise, as their both main characters.
==Gallery==
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File:Dusty and Blade gets into a heated argument.png|Blade pushes Dusty too far by telling him to go back to racing when Dusty says that he never wanted to become a firefighter in the first place
File:Dusty confesses his disability.png|Thanks to Blade's poor choice of words, Dusty finally confesses to him.
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