Pillock

Eat medicine that's out of date

Melbourne International Film Festival (having popcorn)

Dumb Ways to Die 3: World Tour

Dumb Ways to Dash!

The Dumb Ways to Die Fan Sisters!

**Pillock** is a bean who ate expired medicine.

## About

*"Pillock invented the cure for cancer, and then forgot it straight away. He's so absent-minded he even forgets his own birthday. In a moment of brilliance he wrote a reminder in steam on the bathroom mirror. The message said, 'Check the use-by date on medicine.' The next morning the message was gone. And so was Pillock."*
- Dumb Ways to Die: Crazy Chronicles Activity

## Appearance

Pillock is a turquoise, oval-shaped bean. After consuming expired medicine, lumps swarmed his entire body save for his limbs.

## In the song

In the video, Pillock throws expired drugs into his mouth and develops an allergic reaction that spawns lumps all over his body, and he is presumably poisoned to death.

## Games

### Dumb Ways to Die (Application)

Pillock can be unlocked for the player's Train Station in the first game. In both versions, he is the 3rd bean to arrive at the train station. In the old version, just play through the game a second time to get him. In the new version, the player needs 39200 points to unlock him; he is the 12th thing that can be unlocked.

### Kill Pill

The player needs to check a calendar placed nearby and compare it with the four canisters. The only canister that has a date later than the listed one is safe to consume. If successful, Pillock stays normal after taking the pill and flashes a thumbs up. Otherwise, the lumps emerge from Pillock's body.

### Solution Solution

In this game the player needs to monitor the liquid level in a cup. The liquid's surface must be between the 2 markers and to stop the flow the cup must be abruptly dragged away. If successful, Pillock drinks it and grows hair. If otherwise, he flatlines.

### Sugar Pill

Pillock has an Easter game where the player has to pick all the eggs and avoid the pills. If you win, a rabbit hops out of his basket. Otherwise, Pillock will eat the first pill you pick and breaks into bubbles again, but this time as an egg-shape

### Dumb Ways to Die 2: The Games

Pillock does not have any major appearances in Dumb Ways to Die 2, although he appears in the Back to School album. In the photo, he is sat on a train, holding a backpack. It can be assumed that he is traveling to School by train.

### Dumb Ways to Die 3: World Tour

Pillock is a Rare character in this game obtainable only through gifts.

He is tagged with "Stim Pack", and his ability allows him to survive a single fatal hit.

### Dumb Ways to Dash!

Pillock can be unlocked in Dumb Ways to Dash, at an unknown level.

## Deaths

* Safety goggles post: Impaled by nails, alongside Mishap.

## Trivia

### Comparisons and Design

* He is one of the characters to change body shape.
* Pillock, along with Lax and Calamity, died of eating something.
* According to early storyboard of Dumb Ways to Die, he has some hair and his death was blowing up by Medicine that was out of date.
	+ Pillock gains hair if you win his second minigame, which could be a possible reference or callback to this.
	+ In a different early storyboard, his arms would have also fell off after consuming medicine.
* He is the only character in group one to not have a plush toy.
* He is the only turquoise character in the video.
	+ However, on one of the train wraps, Pillock was colored red, indicating that he was sunburned.

### General

* Pillock (pronounced: /ˈpɪlək/) is a real-life slang adjective often used to deniote stupidity. It also refers to how he dies by eating pills.
* In Melbourne International Film Festival, he was seen in the movie theater eating popcorn before Hapless' phone rings.
* In the older version of dumbwaystodie.com, he only appears on Mac OS, Windows 7 and Windows 8.

### DWtD3

* His ability's name "Stim Pack" may refer to the eponymous regenerative medication syringe (Stimulation Pack) featured in several games and also his association with medicine in general.

## Gallery

Pillock in MIFF (he is behind Numpty and Dippy; he is next to Dunce).Pillock eating popcorn.Pillock holding a popcorn bag.Announcement of his first minigame.Pillock is red.Pillock in the earliest storyboard. Notice he has hair then.Him on a shirt, with pills around him.