Editing Jimmy Wycroft

{{Infobox Character
|character name=Jimmy Wycroft
|image=[[File:Wycroft.jpg|250px]]
|gender=Male<ref name="IJatKotCS">''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]''</ref>
|birth=
|death=[[1957]]<br>[[Hangar 51]], [[Nevada]], [[United States of America]]<ref name="IJatKotCS" />
|nationality={{Nat-US}}<ref name="IJatKotCS" />
|profession=*Military Policeman<ref name="IJatKotCS" /><br>
*[[Sergeant]]<ref name="IJatKotCS" />
|allegiances=*[[Military Police]]<ref name="IJatKotCS" />
}}
{{Quote|Sorry gentlemen, this whole area is closed for weapons testing for the next 24 hours. That includes all on-base personnel.|Sergeant Wycroft|Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull}}
MP [[Sergeant]] '''Jimmy Wycroft''' was a member of the US [[Military Police]] stationed at the perimeter of [[Hangar 51]] in [[1957]].

==Biography==
As a teenager, Jimmy Wycroft had worked in [[Jimmy Wycroft's father|his father]]'s garage in Muncie, [[Indiana]], and was familiar with [[United States of America|American]] cars.<ref name="IJatKotCS Novel">[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (novel)|''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' novel]]</ref>

By [[1957]], Wycroft had been based in the desert for [[1952|five years]]. One day that year, when the base went on 24-hour lockdown due to nearby weapons testing, [[Sergeant]] Wycroft, who hated the desert, was left in charge of four men, including [[Higgins|Corporal Higgins]] and [[Mitchell|Private Mitchell]], at the front gate to keep out unauthorized personnel. Watching a [[1932 Ford roadster]] race against the lead car of an Army convoy after grounding an [[scorpion]] under his boot heel, Wycroft bet on the roadster, while Higgins bet on the Army vehicle. Knowing the roadster's engine, Wycroft won the bet and collected Higgins' money.<ref name="IJatKotCS Novel" />

As the Army convoy arrived at the gates, Wycroft and the other MPs left the guard station to approach the front car. Leaning in to the passenger side of the lead car, he let the guests know about the lockdown. After one of his men saluted "[[Antonin Dovchenko|Colonel Truman]]", walking from another vehicle, Wycroft began to repeat the orders regarding the base closure. However it turned out the "Truman" and all of his men were a group of [[Soviet Special Forces]] in disguise. They gunned down Wycroft and his men, and dragged their bodies away from the guard house.<ref name="IJatKotCS" />

==Personality and traits==
A militar, [[Sergeant]] Jimmy Wycroft was willing to do his duties as mandated, like when he forbade "[[Antonin Dovchenko|Colonel Truman]]" and [[Spetsnaz|his men]] from entering [[Hangar 51]] due to the lockdown and repeated such orders to them when it became obvious that they weren't going to obey him.<ref name="IJatKotCS" /> Due being stationed at the desert for [[1952|five years]], Wycroft came to hate it.<ref name="IJatKotCS Novel" />

Having been raised by [[Jimmy Wycroft's father|a mechanic]], Wycroft had great knowledge about [[United States of America|American]] cars, knowledge which then helped him to win a bet with one of his men about which car from the two they were seeing was going to win the race. In a sad twist of irony, such money would have no use for him, as he died shortly afterwards.<ref name="IJatKotCS Novel" />

==Behind the scenes==
Jimmy Wycroft was played by [[Robert Baker]] in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]''. The character was identified as the "MP Sergeant" in the film's credits. The "Air Police" armband identifies him and his men as members of the US Air Force's Air Police.<ref name="IJatKotCS" />

While unnamed in the film itself,<ref name="IJatKotCS" /> Wycroft's character is named in [[James Rollins]]' [[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (novel)|novelization]], which also expands upon his backstory.<ref name="IJatKotCS Novel" /> In the [[Dark Horse Comics]]' [[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (comic)|comic book adaptation]], Wycroft and the other MPs wear different uniforms and round helmets, more similar to Army MP uniforms than those of the Air Force's Air Police. In this version of the story, the Soviets kill Wycroft and the MPs straight after exiting the car instead of Dovchenko distracting Wycroft until his soldiers fire on them. Additionally, their bodies are simply left where they fell.<ref>[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (comic)|''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' comic]]</ref>

In ''[[LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues]]'', all the MPs survive the encounter with the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviets]] and are taken as hostage. They are later forced to flee [[Hangar 51]].<ref>''[[LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues]]''</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]''
*[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (novel)|''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' novel]]
*[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (comic)|''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' comic]]

== Sources ==

* {{Topps|set=Indiana Jones Movie Photo Cards|cardname=Base Under Siege!}}

==Notes and references==
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