He was later reconstructed into a stronger, more mature form as Goldbug.Īt BotCon 2010, Hasbro named Bumblebee as one of the first five robot inductees in the Transformers Hall of Fame. He is highly fuel-efficient, has great visual acuity, is particularly adaptable to undersea environments and transforms into a Saturn yellow Volkswagen Beetle. Although a bit of a smart aleck, he is a capable and reliable messenger and spy, his small size allowing him to go places that his larger commanders cannot. This often causes him to take risks that put him in danger.
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Bumblebee is a fan-favorite character and he appears in most of the series and later becomes the main protagonist in Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Bumblebee, and Transformers: Cyberverse. The character is named after the bumblebee, a black-and-yellow striped insect which inspired his paint scheme. The original vehicle-mode design was based on a classic European Type 1 Volkswagen Beetle. In the live action movies, he has appeared as vehicles inspired by several generations of the Chevrolet American muscle cars – with the live-action film versions being a yellow Camaro with black racing stripes. In the original toy line and animated series, Bumblebee is a small yellow Volkswagen Beetle. The character is a member of the Autobots, a group of sentient self-configuring modular extraterrestrial robotic lifeforms. " To know others you must know yourself first." (Goldbug)Ĭybertronian Car, Volkswagen Beetle, Suzuki Swift, muscle carīumblebee is a fictional robot character in the many continuities in the Transformers franchise. " The least likely can be the most dangerous." (Bumblebee) Minicars, Throttlebots, Pretenders, Action Masters, Go-Bots, Deluxe machinesĮspionage, Espionage Director, Spy, Scoutīrawn, Cliffjumper, Optimus Prime, Spike Witwicky, Chip Chase, Pipes, Tailgate, Swerve, Warpath, Huffer, Cosmos, Powerglide, Gears, Outback Yoku Shioya (Generation 1) Michitaka Kobayashi (The Headmasters)