Kip Killigan

Kip Killigan
Commando Elite
Rank	Private
Function	Assassin
Favourite Weapon	Ninja Stars
Capabilities	Hand-To-Hand Combat Specialist
Personality	Completely wired and more than a little twisted. Gleefully gets into his work
Spoken Line	"Sharp as a razor, Sir!"
Other
Gender	Male
Actor	Ernest Borgnine

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“Kip Killigan. Covert insurgent. Sharp as a razor, sir!” ―Kip Killigan

Kip Killigan is an animatronic toy, and a secondary antagonist of Small Soldiers (film).

Design

“He's the total villain. He's mischievous and psycho. He's a little whacked out. This guy looks like he's a dedicated professional. He used to be called Kip Killcrazy, hence the sort of twisted look in his face. In his toy form, he's loaded down with everything from ninja stars to samurai swords and blades. He never smokes the cigar, it's just planted there on his lower jaw.” ―John Rosengrant

Small Soldiers (film)

Kip Killigan was designed by Larry Benson, a toy designer for Heartland Play Systems, and acts as the covert operations assassin of the Commando Elite.

Kip Killigan took part in many operations that took action in trying to destroy the Gorgonites. The first operation Butch Meathook took place in was when his commander Chip Hazard, activated him and then they set out throughout the toy store to destroy the Gorgonites they saw. The only Gorgonite that the Commandos successfully disassembled was Troglokhan. He also took part in almost destroying Archer, until Alan Abernathy came in to see what all the hub-bub was about. Another operation he took part in was when Alan and Christy Fimple were escaping, the Commandos launched an assault that blew the garage door off, in which Kip Killigan had his own vehicle which was presumably quite destructive as the others, but it's function was never shown.

Kip Killigan and the rest of the Commando Elite (except Chip Hazard) were destroyed after Christy and Alan made the jump over the small river. When the Commandos tried to jump the river, they were unsuccessful and were destroyed in from the fall in a huge explosion. 

Chip later activated more versions of him in a final battle, but they failed when their X-1000 chips were destroyed.

Books

Small Soldiers Top Secret Dossier lists his "Chromo-Mold accessories" as:

• Kip Killigan's Ninja Stars "Five to a Set"
• Kip Killigan's Sniper Scope Rifle

Video Games

Small Soldiers (PS1):
Small Soldiers: Squad Commander: Present

Trivia

• Known as "Kip Killcrazy" during production.
• Kip appears from his box wearing a bandana, which is then missing in the following scene, making him one of the only characters to significantly change their appearance in the film. It should be noted that he is never seen wearing this bandana in any marketing material, including illustrations and the in-universe box he comes from, except:
  • The real-life "Battle Changing" figure of Kip; one of the last, and rarest of the figures released.^{[citation needed]}
  • Small Soldiers: Squad Commander; though the game's events are entirely non-canon.
• Kip is one of the only two Commandos that Chip Hazard actually has direct contact with; the other being Nick Nitro.^{[citation needed]}
• The surname "Killigan" is of Northern Irish descent.^{[citation needed]}

Gallery

Exiting his box for the first time
with bandana

Roll-call with the Commandos
with bandana

During the debriefing
without bandana

Kip's statistics in Small Soldiers: Squad Commander

"Battle Changing Kip" Box
Front

"Battle Changing Kip" Box
Rear