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Jet judo

2022-03-01T21:42:17Z

DarkJohan: /* The Transformers cartoon */

[[File:RollForIt Sunstreak JetJudo.jpg|thumb|The master in action.]]
'''Jet judo''' is the art of judoing jets. When one performs Jet Judo, one usually is propelled into the air and jumps on top of a [[Transformer]] with a jet [[alternate mode]].

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
[[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] tried to do it to the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] once, but failed. {{storylink|Roll for It}} Sideswipe later proceeded to do this to [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] while the Autobots were in New York trying to recover two more of Optimus Prime's body parts, specifically his right arm and ion rifle. {{storylink|City of Steel}}

===Shattered Glass===
In this reality, it apparently is the art of judoing ''by'' jets, as [[Blitzwing (SG)|Blitzwing]] used a Jet-Judo throw to incapacitate [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]]. {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}

[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
[[Category:Prime]]
[[Category:Martial arts]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass]]

Jet judo

2022-03-01T21:41:29Z

DarkJohan: /* The Transformers cartoon */

[[File:RollForIt Sunstreak JetJudo.jpg|thumb|The master in action.]]
'''Jet judo''' is the art of judoing jets. When one performs Jet Judo, one usually is propelled into the air and jumps on top of a [[Transformer]] with a jet [[alternate mode]].

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
[[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] tried to do it to the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] once, but failed. {{storylink|Roll for It}} Sideswipe later proceeded to do this to [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] while the Autobots were in New York trying to recover Optimus Prime's right arm and rifle. {{storylink|City of Steel}}

===Shattered Glass===
In this reality, it apparently is the art of judoing ''by'' jets, as [[Blitzwing (SG)|Blitzwing]] used a Jet-Judo throw to incapacitate [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]]. {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}

[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
[[Category:Prime]]
[[Category:Martial arts]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass]]

Jet judo

2022-03-01T21:38:25Z

DarkJohan: /* The Transformers cartoon */

[[File:RollForIt Sunstreak JetJudo.jpg|thumb|The master in action.]]
'''Jet judo''' is the art of judoing jets. When one performs Jet Judo, one usually is propelled into the air and jumps on top of a [[Transformer]] with a jet [[alternate mode]].

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
[[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] tried to do it to the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] once, but failed. {{storylink|Roll for It}} Sideswipe later proceeded to do this to [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] while the Autobots were in New York trying to recover one of Optimus Prime's arms. {{storylink|City of Steel}}

===Shattered Glass===
In this reality, it apparently is the art of judoing ''by'' jets, as [[Blitzwing (SG)|Blitzwing]] used a Jet-Judo throw to incapacitate [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]]. {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}

[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
[[Category:Prime]]
[[Category:Martial arts]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass]]

Sky Shadow (Energon)

2022-02-25T18:19:04Z

DarkJohan: /* Energon cartoon */

{{Picsneeded|Japanese toy}}
{{factions|autobot|{{factions/icons|custom=Energon Powerlinx Blue symbol.png|cLink=Powerlinx}}}}
{{disambig3|Sky Shadow}}
:''Sky Shadow is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:Energon SkyShadow card.jpg|right|280px|thumb|"''[[Shockblast]]'' gets a ''gun'' for an arm, and I get a ''hair dryer''? Well screw you and your Beast Wars, Megatron, I'm switching sides! (Sorry [[Kickback (Energon)|Kickback]], it's not about you, I ''swear'')"]]
'''Sky Shadow''' is one of the five [[Air Team]] robots who make up the mighty super robot [[Superion Maximus]]. Did he know about [[Sky Shadow (Cybertron)|his Decepticon namesake from the legendary Beast Wars]], or was this Sky Shadow, a warrior from times long past, himself the inspiration for the Beast Warrior or even ''was he'' a Decepticon once? The answer is lost to all outside the [[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]].

==Fiction==
===''Energon'' cartoon===
[[Image:Distribution SkyShadow.jpg|left|200px|thumb|You're supposed to be aligned with the action lines, Sky Shadow.]]
When the current Decepticon leader [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] discovered a hidden chamber and four ancient, towering guardians, he destroyed one of the Autobot guardians, reactivating the ones that remained and revealing the [[Super Energon]] pool they had been guarding for countless years. {{storylink|Ambition}} Superion Maximus awoke to find [[Dauntless Maximus|his brother]] dead, with the Decepticon leader claiming the Super Energon for himself, absorbing its power to become Galvatron. Superion tried to stop him to no avail, so he split up into the Air Team and escaped, with [[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]] and [[Constructicon Maximus]] in hot pursuit. {{storylink|Wishes}}

During a virtual training match between the Autobots and Decepticons, Sky Shadow was part of [[Storm Jet (Energon)|Storm Jet]]'s Air Team, fighting the [[Destruction Team]] and the [[Construction Team]]. The Autobots combined into Superion Maximus to take on both Bruticus Maximus and Constructicon Maximus, but were eventually defeated. {{storylink|Distribution}}

Superion Maximus flew in his component vehicle modes as the Autobots made their way through the maze-like routes beneath Cybertron's surface. {{storylink|The Omega Train}}

Sky Shadow and the Air Team had their revenge against the Destruction and Construction teams during a final show down with the treacherous Decepticon combiners. Bruticus Maximus and Constructicon Maximus double teamed Superion Maximus, who held his own, managing to briefly fend off Bruticus before crushing Constructicon's spark. However, Bruticus Maximus recovered and destroyed Sky Shadow and the other three Superion limbs, leaving Storm Jet alone. {{storylink|Spark (episode)|Spark}}

{{note|Sky Shadow was never referred to by name, nor was he ever presented as a sentient, individual being. Most of his appearances were as the right leg of Superion Maximus.}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Energon''===
*'''Superion''' (Multi-pack, [[September 30]] 2004)
**''ID number:'' '''SC-26'''
**''Accessories:'' Energon shield/double-cannon, Autobot energon star

: [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)#Takara Super Link toyline|Super Link]]'' Sling shares a mold with his teammate [[Terradive (Energon)#Toys|Skydive]], transforming into a red and black [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#A-10 Thunderbolt II|A-10 Thunderbolt II]]. In jet mode, his robot head's adjustable "goggles" visor acts as an under-slung (non-firing) double-gun pod.

: Sling can form an arm or leg to any ''Energon''-style "[[Powerlinx]] [[Combiner]]" super robot, though his nominal placement is as the right leg to [[Superion Maximus#Toys|Superion]]. In limb mode his shield/cannon weapon forms either a foot or a weird two-thumbed padde-fingered hand.

: All five members of Superion were only available in the Takara ''Super Link'' line as part of a complete super-robot multi-pack, released in the sixteenth wave of toys.

: This mold was also used to make [[Fun Publications]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]]-[[exclusive]] ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Skyfall (Cybertron)#Toys|Skyfall]]; the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|2008 ''Universe'' toyline's]] [[Superion (G1)#Universe (2008)|Superion]] components [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)/toys#Universe08Superion|Skydive]] and [[Fireflight (G1)/toys#Universe 2008|Fireflight]], as well as the identical [[Target]]-[[exclusive]] ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Superion (ROTF)#Toys|Superion]] components [[Skydive (Movie)#Toys|Skydive]] and [[Fireflight (ROTF)#Toys|Fireflight]]

::*''[http://snakas.web.fc2.com/energon/a2.html Comparison between Sky Shadow and Sling at Autobase Aichi]''

{{-}}{{anchor|Hasbro}}
[[Image:EnergonSkyShadow toy.jpg|right|upright=1.8|thumb|Send out your best first.]]
*'''Sky Shadow''' (Energon Class, 2004)
**''Team ID number:'' '''A2'''
**''Accessories:'' Energon shield/double-cannon, Autobot energon chip

: The [[Hasbro]] release of Sky Shadow was sold on an individual card, in the sixth wave of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' "Energon Class" (aka "Basic") toys, the first wave to feature the combiner components.

: Sky Shadow has several deco changes from Takara's Sling; most notably he uses metallic silver paint rather than the Takara version's matte gray, and his his clear-blue plastic is a lighter shade. ''Most'' Sky Shadows also have the gear-shaped "[[Powerlinx]]" symbol on the right-side wing, a detail Sling lacks... but the initial release of Sky Shadow lacks this [[tampograph]], added in later waves. Whoops!

::*''[http://tfu.info/2005/Autobot/SkyShadow/skyshadow.htm More information on Sky Shadow at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

==Notes==
*Sky Shadow is the only member of the Air Team who ''wasn't'' re-released in [[rebranding|rebranded]] ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' packaging for discount-chain sale.
*It has been suggested by fans that the name "Sky Shadow" would be better applied to his teammate [[Treadshot (Energon)|Treadshot]], whose coloration is much darker overall. Switching names would also give the nonsensical "Treadshot" meaning, as it would then be applied to an A-10, known colloquially as a "{{w|A-10 Thunderbolt II#Nicknames|Tankbuster}}".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Sling''' (スリング ''Suringu'')

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/SkyShadow/skyshadow.htm Sky Shadow at TFU.info]
* [http://snakas.web.fc2.com/energon/a2.html Comparison between Sky Shadow and his Japanese counterpart Sling at Autobase Aichi]

[[Category:Energon Autobots]]
[[Category:Energon combiners]]

Triple Changer

2022-01-27T21:15:02Z

DarkJohan: /* Animated */

[[File:5 blitzwing new world order.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Blitzwing demonstrates his triple-changing abilities, transforming from an ''incredibly'' unconvincing jet into a tank that's only ''slightly'' unconvincing.]]
In their quest for ever-greater machines of war, the [[Decepticon]]s developed warriors with two distinct [[alternate mode]]s. These '''Triple Changers''' can travel by land and air with equal ease and in the heat of battle they can rapidly change form to confuse and outflank the enemy. To counter this threat, the [[Autobot]]s also developed their own group of Triple Changers.

The Triple Changers are:

<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Octane]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]}}
</ul>

{{note|In Transformers fiction, the term "Triple Changer" refers almost exclusively to these two subgroups which are the only such characters ever shown as cohesive teams. However, other official sources such as toy packaging, catalogs, [[Hasbro]] spokespersons and commercials have applied the term "Triple Changer" rather haphazardly to other characters from [[Continuity family|various continuities]]. Further muddying the waters, a few characters with three distinct modes have never been labeled as Triple Changers in toys or fiction even in cases where it would really make sense to do so.}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:TripleTakeover Blitzwing Astrotrain stadium.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
The Triple Changers [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] joined [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s forces sometime after their leader woke up from a 4-million year sleep. Blitzwing took part in the sacking of [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]] {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} while Astrotrain helped take over [[Earth]] after the Autobots were exiled. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}} The pair were soon integrated into Megatron's forces with Astrotrain regularly providing transport {{storylink|Blaster Blues}} {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}} {{storylink|The Gambler}} {{storylink|Sea Change}} and Blitzwing providing extra muscle. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}} {{storylink|Quest for Survival}} Astrotrain had the opportunity to command a mission after shooting down [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] over [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] and took advantage of [[Titan (species)|the native species]]' [[Religion|superstitions]] by posing as one of their [[Sky God]]s. {{storylink|The God Gambit}}

It wasn't long before the two Triple Changers fell in with [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and plotted to overthrow Megatron. What their co-conspirator didn't realize was that Astrotrain and Blitzwing intended to rule alone and once both he and their leader were out of the way the Triple Changers attempted to take over Earth in their own fashion. Astrotrain created a number of trains he controlled while Blitzwing took over a football stadium. Their rule lasted roughly as long as it took for Megatron and Starscream to thaw themselves out and then the pair found they faced [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}}

The two Triple Changers were dispatched to negotiate with [[Chumley|Lord Chumley]] for his help in destroying the Autobots, but the pair instead fell foul of the traps Chumley had intended for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Chumley released them when it became clear he'd lost against Optimus, but instead of attacking the Autobots as he assumed they would the two Decepticons went after him. {{storylink|Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target}} Astrotrain largely returned to transportation duties following this {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}} {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)|Hoist Goes Hollywood}} {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} even transporting Starscream into exile. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

By [[2005]], the Autobot Triple Changer [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] had arrived on Earth and was at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] when the Decepticons, including Astrotrain and Blitzwing attacked it. Following the climactic battle between Megatron and Prime, Astrotrain served as getaway ship taking the surviving Decepticons back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. After a second attack on Autobot City, Springer fled Earth with the other Autobots and after a stopover on [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]] took part in the effort to defeat [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} Following Unicron's defeat the Decepticons including Astrotrain, Blitzwing and [[Octane]] ended up seeking refuge on [[Chaar]] where they survived in an [[energon]]-starved state. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} The Quintessons took advantage of this and manipulated both sides to attempt to destroy them all. Blitzwing, in the process of helping halt the Quintesson plan effectively turned traitor in [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s eyes and was banished from the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

[[File:SandstormOctane BFF.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] also arrived on Earth and helped take part in investigations when Octane took control of [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], using the huge Transformer's might to secure him a deal with [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]]. At the end of the affair Octane was also banished from the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}} The Autobots encountered another Triple Changer, [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] on the planet [[Paradron]]. Sandstorm was descended from early Cybertronian migrants who had come to Paradron fleeing the war. After Paradron's destruction, Sandstorm joined the Autobot forces on Earth. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}} It was while on Earth that he befriended Octane though he was unable to prevent the Decepticons tracking the renegade down. Octane eventually fell in with Starscream, who had been reduced to an apparition and was trying to resurrect Unicron. This didn't go well. {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}} Broadside continued to work with the Autobots as transport and occasionally muscle {{storylink|Carnage in C-Minor}} {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}} and for the Decepticons so did both Astrotrain {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}} {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}} and apparently Octane. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}
{{groupstub}}
====Marvel Comics continuity====
=====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics=====
{{noteukonly}}
''[[Steamhammer (G1)|Steamhammer]] fought Autobots in a battle near the town of [[Yuss]] using both his jet and tank modes. He was killed.'' {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}

[[File:Ratbatcratercritters.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Didja ever wonder what guys like Astrotrain do if they have an itch in the middle of their back? That's gotta ''suck'' for 'em. There is ''no way'' he can reach back there.]]
''The Decepticon Triple Changers served alongside the [[Conehead]]s and [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] where Octane and Blitzwing developed a reputation as two of the Decepticons' [[Ten Deadliest Killers|deadliest killers]]: key targets in [[Operation: Volcano]].'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}} ''The deadly killer Octane would later oversee a [[Decepticon fuel store|fuel store]] and run away screaming from Autobots.'' {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

The Decepticon Triple Changers were called into service by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] when a freighter that he had sent to [[Earth]] failed to make contact upon its arrival. The three Triple Changers traveled to Earth via [[space bridge]] and located the crashed freighter at the bottom of an impact crater. They quickly discovered that the pilot had become infected with [[scraplet]]s...which immediately infected ''them'' as well. Despite the rapidly spreading disease, they were happy to attack two Autobots who arrived to investigate the crater. One of the Autobots fled while the other proved to be a fair match for the trio. {{storylink|Crater Critters}}

Eventually, they overpowered and captured [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], taking him prisoner. Astrotrain contacted Ratbat on Cybertron, requesting a cure. Instead, Ratbat dispatched a group of captured Autobots with orders to destroy all the infected Transformers on Earth with canisters of acid... including his own troops! Weakened by the disease, the Triple Changers could do little but sit around in the crater and wait for the end to come, whether by acid melting or scraplet consumption.

Luckily for the Triple Changers, the other Autobot, [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]], had managed to find a cure for the disease. Though Blaster demanded that Goldbug kill him along with the Decepticons rather than curing them, Goldbug's hand was forced the other way when the scraplets merged into a titanic combined form. He sprayed [[water|the cure]] on all the crater's occupants, including the Decepticons. Quickly recovering, the Triple Changers rallied to the attack, bringing down the combined scraplet monster with their weapons. Subsequently, they grabbed the cargo of the crashed freighter and made good their escape. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

The Triple Changers subsequently joined the main force of Decepticons on Earth, initially under [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]'s command, then later Ratbat's. They participated in the great battle against the Autobots on the Moon, {{storylink|Totaled!}} played host to human guests at [[Club Con]], {{storylink|Club Con!}} and battled [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s forces in the [[Arctic]], a battle in which they fared particularly well. {{storylink|Cold War!}} They didn't fare so well against the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], however, who slaughtered all three of them in a single blast. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

In a dystopian future, they served under [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] and killed [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]]. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

[[File:Triplechangerstarget2006.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
''The Autobot Triple Changers first came to prominence in the days leading up to [[Operation: Volcano]]; they were called into service by [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]] to fill in for Ultra Magnus, should the latter not return from Earth in time to participate in the mission. They convinced the [[Wrecker]]s' leader, [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], that they would be up to the challenge by beating the stuffing out of him before rocketing back to the Autobot base, [[Debris]]. When Impactor was killed in the aborted mission, Triple Changer Springer took over as Wrecker leader, with the other two becoming part of the force as well.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

''The Triple Changers participated in several of the Wreckers' missions on Cybertron'' {{storylink|City of Fear!}} ''and Earth.'' {{storylink|Wrecking Havoc}} ''After the latter mission turned into a near-disaster, Sandstorm and Broadside were sent to Earth along with Inferno as an advance guard.'' {{storylink|Firebug!}} {{storylink|Cold Comfort and Joy!}}

''They were still with the Wreckers during the catastrophic battle against [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], which saw Sandstorm destroyed. Broadside and Springer survived ''{{storylink|Time Wars}} ''eventually going on to form the [[Survivors]] group.'' {{storylink|Survivors!}}
{{note|The Survivors' storyline then suffered a minor continuity switch ending up in the Earthforce continuity as seen below.}}
{{-}}

======Earthforce======
{{earthforcefiction}}
[[File:Triple changers shockwave secrets.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb]]
During the [[Decepticon Civil War]] on Earth, the Decepticon Triple Changers would serve under Shockwave. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}} Their great highlights were helping beat the snot out of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] {{storylink|Secrets (G1)|Secrets}} and joining the massed attack on Autobot [[Earthbase]]. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}} Their lowlight was Octane getting stuck on a military firing range while full of fuel, and Astrotrain and Blitzwing leaving him behind out of annoyance. {{storylink|Manoeuvres!}}

Meanwhile, Springer and Broadside had to deal with the Decepticon [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] leaving the Survivors to avenge his friend [[Catilla (G1)|Catilla]]'s death at the hands of the new [[Mayhem Attack Squad]], {{storylink|Wolf in the Fold!}} hooking up with [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s [[Earthforce]] to assist him in defeating the Decepticon unit. {{storylink|Where Wolf?}} They would go on to defend an [[oil tanker]] from Starscream in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}
{{-}}

======Marvel UK future timelines======
[[File:Rodimus technobots wreckers peace.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
In one possible future, Broadside, Springer and Sandstorm would be three of the last Autobots when the war ended in [[2510]]. [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] made Springer his successor, only for fighting to break out over it; Sandstorm fired the second shot, killing [[Triton]]. {{storylink|Peace}}
{{-}}

=====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic=====
Broadside was part of a team of "[[Firestormer]]s" that raided various Decepticon outposts across the galaxy. {{storylink|War Without End!}} Springer, meanwhile, had apparently joined [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s main force of Autobots and participated in a counter-Decepticon raid on [[Ethos]] {{storylink|Escalation!}} as well as the final battle against the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]] on Earth. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

Octane was also present in the conflict, but [[Death|not for long]]. {{storylink|Total War!}}

=====''Regeneration One''=====
{{NoteRG1}}
Megatron reanimated and lobotomized all three Decepticon Triple Changers after recovering their remains from the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and utilized them as part of his [[zombie]] army. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}} The Autobot Triple Changers, as part of the Wreckers, travelled to Earth to combat this threat, though Megatron executed Springer in cold blood to provoke Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}} With Megatron dead and [[Aunty|Auntie]] deactivated, the inert zombies were dumped into a pit and vaporised from orbit. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}

Sandstorm and the injured Broadside returned to Cybertron aboard the ''[[Valiant (G1)|Valiant]]'' {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}} where Sandstorm continued to serve with the Wreckers; keeping the peace at [[Eugenesis Plaza]] {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} and [[Auto-artery RG1]] {{storylink|Destiny, Part Two}} and participating in a failed attack at [[Fort Scyk]] to root out [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s Neo-Decepticons. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} With the arrival of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s ''[[Warworld]]'' above the planet, he formed part of a raid on the Decepticon ship but was caught unawares by the master of [[Metallikato]] and found himself impaled by a sword. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

Both Broadside and Sandstorm were well enough recovered to join Rodimus Prime's assault on the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]], with the Wreckers operating separately from the main Autobot forces and using the Hub's interplanetary "[[slam rail]]" tube system to avoid detection while causing massive explosions to detach planets from its superstructure. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}}

====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity====
[[File:BlitzwingDissectionDreamwave.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This detailed scientific cutaway view reveals that underneath all that armor Blitzwing is... made of [[:Category:Transformer anatomy|mechanical stuff]].]]
Triple Changers Blitzwing, Octane, Astrotrain and [[Fumes]] were involved in Decepticon battle operations around the time that Optimus Prime rose to command the Autobots. They participated in a major attack on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} and came close to victory {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} before [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] managed to destroy the entire [[Polities of Cybertron|city-state]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

{{note|Blitzwing is shown to transform into all three modes during the attack on Iacon though this would seem to be retconned away by subsequent issues.}}

Blitzwing was a dangerous experiment of Shockwave's captured and kept in containment by the Autobots. He possessed unique qualities that led [[the Fallen]] to seek him out for the [[Unbinding]]. During this time, Springer led the splinter faction the Wreckers. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}}

Later, Blitzwing and Astrotrain spontaneously began to grow new parts perhaps heralding their evolution into Triple Changers. (Yes, we know this makes no sense.) {{storylink|Recipe for Hate}}

Obsessed with improving the Cybertronian race, Shockwave created the [[Duocon]]s and though they were unstable it convinced him to go one stage further and modify several other Transformers into Triple Changers starting with Springer. Triple Changers can change between modes three times as fast as a normal Transformer. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye}}

Sandstorm, Broadside, Octane and Blitzwing formed Shockwave's Triple Changer Strike Team and travelled to Earth to apprehend the rogue crews of the ''Ark'' and ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|New World Order}} On their return to Cybertron it was revealed the Autobots had doubts about their alliance with the former Decepticons and released Prime's crew to the Autobot resistance though Sandstorm was killed by [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]]. Meanwhile, Octane chanced across the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and provoked [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] into decapitating him. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} When [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] returned to wrest control of the Decepticons from Shockwave, Blitzwing remained steadfastly loyal to the one-eyed commander and so was torn apart by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] for his trouble. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}}
====2005 IDW continuity====
[[File:Overcharge shadowplay.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67]]
Long before the war started Blitzwing and [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]] were members of the [[Triorian Guard]], the [[Senate]]'s unit of multi-terrain Triple Changers charged with guarding the body of [[Nominus Prime]] as it lay in the [[Primal Basilica]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}} Around the same time, [[Trepan]]'s [[Relinquishment Clinic]] was running a special offer on Triple Changers that proved very popular. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}}

Astrotrain and Blitzwing joined the Decepticons early in the war {{storylink|The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy}} and [[Octane|Tankor]] transported energy for the Decepticon army on several occasions. {{storylink|Faces of Darkness}} {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

The orphaned [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] [[Stardrive]] was a Triple Changer able to turn into both a car and jet. After meeting more Cybertronians, she was surprised and confused to learn not all of them possessed this ability. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 3|Shining Armor #3}}

Astrotrain and Blitzwing were part of Starscream's [[Infiltration protocol|infiltration unit]] on Earth. {{storylink|The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration}} They survived attacks by the [[Reaper]]s and Autobots before they were driven from the planet. {{storylink|The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation}} When the Autobots returned with Omega Supreme the Decepticons retreated into space ferried by Astrotrain. {{storylink|The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron}} Tankor was left behind until [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] returned to Earth and reunited his army. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine|Enemy Mine}}

[[File:Wreckersstormbringer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
The Autobot Triple Changers were part of the [[Wrecker]]s until the team fractured leaving only Springer {{storylink|Bullets}} who was then put in a coma by [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]]. {{storylink|Zero Point}} Broadside and Sandstorm ended up with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s forces on Earth after the [[Surge (event)|Surge]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers}} After the war formally ended, Broadside aided [[Autobot High Command]] in rebuilding society on Cybertron. Astrotrain and Blitzwing aided [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] in preparing for Megatron's return while Tankor fell in with [[NAIL|the neutrals]] and left the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Verge}}

The two remaining Decepticons would then fall under the command of [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}} and returned to Earth as part of his plan to locate [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]. {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} Broadside and Sandstorm served as Megatron's guards during his trial on [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]]; {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} Broadside then went on to serve under Megatron as part of the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]''. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}} Meanwhile, Tankor joined a motley crew of former Autobots and Decepticons on Cybertron who would become allied with the Camiens [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]]. {{storylink|Windblade issue 3|Windblade #3}}

The [[Hydrobot (G1)|Hydrobots]] counted at least two Triple Changers among their number: [[Aquabat]] and "the other one". {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}}

===Live-action film series===
According to hypotheses chronicled in [[Vector Sigma]]'s [[datatrax]], the ability to have two or even more alternate modes may be connected to a Transformer's [[CNA|genetics]].<ref>Hasbro's online [http://web.archive.org/web/20100330183135/http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/TRANSFORMERS-Glossary.cfm Transformers glossary].</ref>

When resurrected by an [[AllSpark]] fragment, [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] gained the altmode of a flying Cybertronian tank thanks to an infusion of new parts from [[Scrapmetal (ROTF)|ze little one]], in addition to his Cybertronian jet mode from [[Transformers (film)|before]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|Revenge of the Fallen comic adaptation}}

[[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] is shown contorting into a gun-emplacement artillery mode during [[Operation: Firestorm]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

[[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]] takes on many different disguises including a printer, TV and human-sized pink [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

[[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] is shown to be able to transform into both a helicopter and a Bugatti Veyron at will without having to [[scanning|scan]] a new form. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}} Since switching into a Mercedes AMG GT R, it is currently unknown if he still possesses a third mode. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

[[Blitzwing (BB)|Blitzwing]] is also a Triple Changer, following along with [[Blitzwing (G1)|his]] [[Blitzwing (Animated)|roots]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel|Bumblebee Movie Prequel}}

[[Shatter]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] were originally standard Transformers, each with their own muscle car mode, before upgrading into Triple Changers by scanning a {{w|Harrier Jump Jet|Harrier jet}} and a {{w|Bell AH-1 SuperCobra}} helicopter, respectively. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}

===''Animated''===
[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] was experimented on by [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] and rebuilt as a Triple Changer, but this had the result of fracturing his mind into three distinct personalities: "Icy" Blitzwing, a cold, cunning and stone-faced tactician; "Hothead" Blitzwing, a destructively uncontained vent of rage; and "Random" Blitzwing, a comically-insane and rambling maniac. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}} However, when it came to an [[Earth]]-based alternate mode two of his personalities, Icy and Hothead were unable to choose between a jet for the former and a tank for the latter until his Random side suggested scanning ''both'' of them. Unfortunately, his personalities changed primarily in sync with his vehicle modes, especially if he converted from Icy or Random to Hothead which [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] later noticed allowing the Autobots to exploit this weakness by using [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]'s - as Prowl put it - "obnoxious personality" to cause him to crash when he converted from jet mode to tank mode mid-flight. {{storylink|Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found}} {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

It is unknown if [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm Prime/Shockwave]] counts as a Triple Changer since his "Longarm" form had a crane-alternate mode while his default "Shockwave" form had a tank-alternate mode. This may have been due to his unique [[size changing]] abilities he employed during his extended infiltration of the Autobot ranks. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}} {{storylink|TransWarped}}

===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
Transformers can readily scan additional modes bringing up their total to three or more. {{storylink|Changes}} {{storylink|Land Before Prime (episode)|Land Before Prime}} [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]], [[Boulder]], [[Chase (RB)|Chase]], and [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] are all eventually referred to as Triple Changers, having each taken on third Dinobot forms. {{storylink|Quarry's Quarry}} Blades believes the use of Triple-Changing is unfair when used in a game of [[Rescue Ball]]. {{storylink|Rise of the Heroes}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:Blitzwingg1toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|In a line cut from ''The Transformers: The Movie'', Blitzwing says that as a Triple Changer he's worth any two of his comrades. But it turns out that he retailed for a bit less than the Seekers.]]
*'''Decepticon Triple Changers''' (1985)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]}}

*'''Autobot Triple Changers''' (1986)
{{Bp-a1|[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]}}

*'''Decepticon Triple Changers''' (1986)
{{Bp-d1|[[Octane]]}}
</ul>

:The original Triple Changers were released in the second year of Generation 1, and were sufficiently popular to inspire four more in [[1986]]. Springer, Sandstorm, Astrotrain, and Octane were re-released in [[1991]] as part of the [[Europe]]an ''[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]'' line.

===''Classics''===
[[File:ClassicsAstrotrain.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)/toys#Classics|Astrotrain]]

===''Universe'' (2008)===
*[[Octane|Tankor]]
:Octane with a new name.

===''Generations''===
*[[Blitzwing (G1)/toys#Generations|Blitzwing]]
*[[Sandstorm (G1)#Generations|Sandstorm]]
*[[Springer (G1)/toys#Thrilling 30|Autobot Springer]]
*All [[Titans Return]] Voyagers.
{{note|This list includes only toys that actually have three modes. Several of the Triple Changer characters have had later releases in other toy molds, most notably Sandstorm and Springer, but these forms lacked the third mode required to qualify as Triple Changers.}}

===Subsequent toys labeled as "Triple Changers"===
[[File:G1 Scorponok toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
;Generation 1
*[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (called a "Headmaster Triple Changer base" in a commercial and in "[[Doomsday for Nebulos]].")

;''Generation 2''
*[[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]] (1994)
:The bomber/tank/robot describes himself as "triple-changing Dreadwing" in a television [[commercial]]. Another commercial has the announcer saying "Dreadwing is a Triple Changer."

;''Beast Wars''
[[File:BW-toy Depthcharge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]]: a triple-changing [[Transmetal]] from the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'']]
*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] (1998)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (1998)
:Although the packaging says "3 mode conversion", the commercial announcer says that each of these characters "triple changes".

;''Armada''
[[File:Arm-toy Laserbeak.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|The only Triple Changer from ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'': [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]]]]
*[[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] (2002)

;''Energon''
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (2004)
*[[Shockblast]] (2004)
*[[Six Shot (Energon)|Six Shot]] (2005)

;''Cybertron''
*[[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Megatron]] (2005)
*[[Anti-Blaze]] (2006)
*[[Checkpoint (Cybertron)|Checkpoint]] (2006)
*[[Scythe (Cybertron)|Scythe]] (2006)
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Cryo Scourge]] (2006)
*[[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Galvatron]] (2006)

;''Animated''
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (2008)

;''Revenge of the Fallen''
[[File:Soundwaverotfpreviewtoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Triple-changing [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], superior!]]
*[[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] (2009)
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)/toys|Soundwave]] (2009)
*[[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Megatron]]<ref>Megatron was identified as a Triple Changer in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe|Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe]]'' and was shown with two alternate modes in [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|''Revenge of the Fallen'' comic adaption]]. He did not display this ability in [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|the film]], nor [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|his toys]].</ref> (2009)

;''Dark of the Moon''
[[File:DOTM-toy Backfire SpikeWitwicky.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Triple-changing [[Backfire (TF 2010)|Backfire]], who's being ridden by [[Spike Witwicky (DOTM)|some guy]].]]
*[[Thunderhead]] (2011)
*[[Sandstorm (TF 2010)|Sandstorm]] (2011)
*[[Icepick (PCC)|Icepick]] (2011)
*[[Backfire (TF 2010)|Backfire]] (2011)
*[[Whirl (ROTF)|Whirl]] (2011)
*[[Tailpipe (DOTM)|Tailpipe]] & [[Pinpointer (DOTM)|Pinpointer]] (2011)
*[[Drag Strip (DOTM)|Drag Strip]] (2011)
*[[Half-Track (DOTM)|Half-Track]] (2011)
*[[Reverb (DOTM)|Reverb]] (2011)
*[[Crosshairs (Movie)|Crosshairs]] (2011)
:''All'' the [[Human Alliance]] Basic-class robot figures are Triple Changers.
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys 4|Striker Optimus]] (2011)

;''Construct-Bots''
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Construct-Bots|Bumblebee]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)/toys#Construct-Bots|Blitzwing]]

;Unreleased
*"[[Dropshot (Armada)|Dropshot]]"
*"[[Fumes]]"
*ATB Megatron (called a Triple Changer by a Hasbro pitch man.)
*Marauder Megatron

===Retroactively labeled as Triple Changers===
[[File:G1toy Snapdragon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*[[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' profile book series identifies [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|''G1'' Snapdragon]] as Triple Changers.
*Dreamwave's ''[[More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|More Than Meets The Eye: Armada]]'' book labels [[Over-Run (Armada)|''Armada'' Over-Run]] as a Triple Changer, also stating that other Mini-Cons with a third mode are Triple Changers.
*[[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'' labels [[B'Boom]] as a Triple Changer but not [[Apache]].
*The mobile game ''[[Transformers: Earth Wars|Earth Wars]]'' identifies [[Sky Lynx (G1)|''G1'' Sky Lynx]] as a Triple Changer, with the appropriate in-game ability boost.
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Triple Changer''' (トリプルチェンジャー ''Toripuru Chenjā''), '''Triplebot''' (Autobots, トリプルボット ''Toripurubotto''), '''Tripletron''' (Decepticons, トリプルトロン ''Toripurutoron'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Triplaváltozók'''
*''Italian:'' '''Tripla Azione''' ("Triple Action")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Sānbiàn Rén''' (Taiwan, 三變人, "Triple Changer"), '''Sānbiàn Jīngāng''' (Taiwan, 三變金剛, "Triple-change Vajra"), '''Sānbiàn Zhànshì''' (China, 三变战士, "Triple-change Fighter")
*''Polish:'' '''Trójzmienny'''

==See also==
*[[Super Mode]]
*[[Attack mode]]
*[[Transportation mode]]
*[[:Category:Transformers with three modes|Transformers with three modes]]
*[[Transmetal]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars subgroups]]
[[Category:Cybertron franchise]]
[[Category:Energon franchise]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Gimmicks]]
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[[Category:Toys]]
[[Category:Triple Changers| ]]

Triple Changer

2022-01-27T21:13:48Z

DarkJohan: /* Animated */

[[File:5 blitzwing new world order.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Blitzwing demonstrates his triple-changing abilities, transforming from an ''incredibly'' unconvincing jet into a tank that's only ''slightly'' unconvincing.]]
In their quest for ever-greater machines of war, the [[Decepticon]]s developed warriors with two distinct [[alternate mode]]s. These '''Triple Changers''' can travel by land and air with equal ease and in the heat of battle they can rapidly change form to confuse and outflank the enemy. To counter this threat, the [[Autobot]]s also developed their own group of Triple Changers.

The Triple Changers are:

<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Octane]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]}}
</ul>

{{note|In Transformers fiction, the term "Triple Changer" refers almost exclusively to these two subgroups which are the only such characters ever shown as cohesive teams. However, other official sources such as toy packaging, catalogs, [[Hasbro]] spokespersons and commercials have applied the term "Triple Changer" rather haphazardly to other characters from [[Continuity family|various continuities]]. Further muddying the waters, a few characters with three distinct modes have never been labeled as Triple Changers in toys or fiction even in cases where it would really make sense to do so.}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:TripleTakeover Blitzwing Astrotrain stadium.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
The Triple Changers [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] joined [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s forces sometime after their leader woke up from a 4-million year sleep. Blitzwing took part in the sacking of [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]] {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} while Astrotrain helped take over [[Earth]] after the Autobots were exiled. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}} The pair were soon integrated into Megatron's forces with Astrotrain regularly providing transport {{storylink|Blaster Blues}} {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}} {{storylink|The Gambler}} {{storylink|Sea Change}} and Blitzwing providing extra muscle. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}} {{storylink|Quest for Survival}} Astrotrain had the opportunity to command a mission after shooting down [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] over [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] and took advantage of [[Titan (species)|the native species]]' [[Religion|superstitions]] by posing as one of their [[Sky God]]s. {{storylink|The God Gambit}}

It wasn't long before the two Triple Changers fell in with [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and plotted to overthrow Megatron. What their co-conspirator didn't realize was that Astrotrain and Blitzwing intended to rule alone and once both he and their leader were out of the way the Triple Changers attempted to take over Earth in their own fashion. Astrotrain created a number of trains he controlled while Blitzwing took over a football stadium. Their rule lasted roughly as long as it took for Megatron and Starscream to thaw themselves out and then the pair found they faced [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}}

The two Triple Changers were dispatched to negotiate with [[Chumley|Lord Chumley]] for his help in destroying the Autobots, but the pair instead fell foul of the traps Chumley had intended for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Chumley released them when it became clear he'd lost against Optimus, but instead of attacking the Autobots as he assumed they would the two Decepticons went after him. {{storylink|Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target}} Astrotrain largely returned to transportation duties following this {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}} {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)|Hoist Goes Hollywood}} {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} even transporting Starscream into exile. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

By [[2005]], the Autobot Triple Changer [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] had arrived on Earth and was at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] when the Decepticons, including Astrotrain and Blitzwing attacked it. Following the climactic battle between Megatron and Prime, Astrotrain served as getaway ship taking the surviving Decepticons back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. After a second attack on Autobot City, Springer fled Earth with the other Autobots and after a stopover on [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]] took part in the effort to defeat [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} Following Unicron's defeat the Decepticons including Astrotrain, Blitzwing and [[Octane]] ended up seeking refuge on [[Chaar]] where they survived in an [[energon]]-starved state. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} The Quintessons took advantage of this and manipulated both sides to attempt to destroy them all. Blitzwing, in the process of helping halt the Quintesson plan effectively turned traitor in [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s eyes and was banished from the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

[[File:SandstormOctane BFF.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] also arrived on Earth and helped take part in investigations when Octane took control of [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], using the huge Transformer's might to secure him a deal with [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]]. At the end of the affair Octane was also banished from the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}} The Autobots encountered another Triple Changer, [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] on the planet [[Paradron]]. Sandstorm was descended from early Cybertronian migrants who had come to Paradron fleeing the war. After Paradron's destruction, Sandstorm joined the Autobot forces on Earth. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}} It was while on Earth that he befriended Octane though he was unable to prevent the Decepticons tracking the renegade down. Octane eventually fell in with Starscream, who had been reduced to an apparition and was trying to resurrect Unicron. This didn't go well. {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}} Broadside continued to work with the Autobots as transport and occasionally muscle {{storylink|Carnage in C-Minor}} {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}} and for the Decepticons so did both Astrotrain {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}} {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}} and apparently Octane. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}
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====Marvel Comics continuity====
=====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics=====
{{noteukonly}}
''[[Steamhammer (G1)|Steamhammer]] fought Autobots in a battle near the town of [[Yuss]] using both his jet and tank modes. He was killed.'' {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}

[[File:Ratbatcratercritters.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Didja ever wonder what guys like Astrotrain do if they have an itch in the middle of their back? That's gotta ''suck'' for 'em. There is ''no way'' he can reach back there.]]
''The Decepticon Triple Changers served alongside the [[Conehead]]s and [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] where Octane and Blitzwing developed a reputation as two of the Decepticons' [[Ten Deadliest Killers|deadliest killers]]: key targets in [[Operation: Volcano]].'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}} ''The deadly killer Octane would later oversee a [[Decepticon fuel store|fuel store]] and run away screaming from Autobots.'' {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

The Decepticon Triple Changers were called into service by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] when a freighter that he had sent to [[Earth]] failed to make contact upon its arrival. The three Triple Changers traveled to Earth via [[space bridge]] and located the crashed freighter at the bottom of an impact crater. They quickly discovered that the pilot had become infected with [[scraplet]]s...which immediately infected ''them'' as well. Despite the rapidly spreading disease, they were happy to attack two Autobots who arrived to investigate the crater. One of the Autobots fled while the other proved to be a fair match for the trio. {{storylink|Crater Critters}}

Eventually, they overpowered and captured [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], taking him prisoner. Astrotrain contacted Ratbat on Cybertron, requesting a cure. Instead, Ratbat dispatched a group of captured Autobots with orders to destroy all the infected Transformers on Earth with canisters of acid... including his own troops! Weakened by the disease, the Triple Changers could do little but sit around in the crater and wait for the end to come, whether by acid melting or scraplet consumption.

Luckily for the Triple Changers, the other Autobot, [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]], had managed to find a cure for the disease. Though Blaster demanded that Goldbug kill him along with the Decepticons rather than curing them, Goldbug's hand was forced the other way when the scraplets merged into a titanic combined form. He sprayed [[water|the cure]] on all the crater's occupants, including the Decepticons. Quickly recovering, the Triple Changers rallied to the attack, bringing down the combined scraplet monster with their weapons. Subsequently, they grabbed the cargo of the crashed freighter and made good their escape. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

The Triple Changers subsequently joined the main force of Decepticons on Earth, initially under [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]'s command, then later Ratbat's. They participated in the great battle against the Autobots on the Moon, {{storylink|Totaled!}} played host to human guests at [[Club Con]], {{storylink|Club Con!}} and battled [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s forces in the [[Arctic]], a battle in which they fared particularly well. {{storylink|Cold War!}} They didn't fare so well against the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], however, who slaughtered all three of them in a single blast. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

In a dystopian future, they served under [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] and killed [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]]. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

[[File:Triplechangerstarget2006.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
''The Autobot Triple Changers first came to prominence in the days leading up to [[Operation: Volcano]]; they were called into service by [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]] to fill in for Ultra Magnus, should the latter not return from Earth in time to participate in the mission. They convinced the [[Wrecker]]s' leader, [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], that they would be up to the challenge by beating the stuffing out of him before rocketing back to the Autobot base, [[Debris]]. When Impactor was killed in the aborted mission, Triple Changer Springer took over as Wrecker leader, with the other two becoming part of the force as well.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

''The Triple Changers participated in several of the Wreckers' missions on Cybertron'' {{storylink|City of Fear!}} ''and Earth.'' {{storylink|Wrecking Havoc}} ''After the latter mission turned into a near-disaster, Sandstorm and Broadside were sent to Earth along with Inferno as an advance guard.'' {{storylink|Firebug!}} {{storylink|Cold Comfort and Joy!}}

''They were still with the Wreckers during the catastrophic battle against [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], which saw Sandstorm destroyed. Broadside and Springer survived ''{{storylink|Time Wars}} ''eventually going on to form the [[Survivors]] group.'' {{storylink|Survivors!}}
{{note|The Survivors' storyline then suffered a minor continuity switch ending up in the Earthforce continuity as seen below.}}
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======Earthforce======
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[[File:Triple changers shockwave secrets.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb]]
During the [[Decepticon Civil War]] on Earth, the Decepticon Triple Changers would serve under Shockwave. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}} Their great highlights were helping beat the snot out of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] {{storylink|Secrets (G1)|Secrets}} and joining the massed attack on Autobot [[Earthbase]]. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}} Their lowlight was Octane getting stuck on a military firing range while full of fuel, and Astrotrain and Blitzwing leaving him behind out of annoyance. {{storylink|Manoeuvres!}}

Meanwhile, Springer and Broadside had to deal with the Decepticon [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] leaving the Survivors to avenge his friend [[Catilla (G1)|Catilla]]'s death at the hands of the new [[Mayhem Attack Squad]], {{storylink|Wolf in the Fold!}} hooking up with [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s [[Earthforce]] to assist him in defeating the Decepticon unit. {{storylink|Where Wolf?}} They would go on to defend an [[oil tanker]] from Starscream in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}
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======Marvel UK future timelines======
[[File:Rodimus technobots wreckers peace.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
In one possible future, Broadside, Springer and Sandstorm would be three of the last Autobots when the war ended in [[2510]]. [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] made Springer his successor, only for fighting to break out over it; Sandstorm fired the second shot, killing [[Triton]]. {{storylink|Peace}}
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=====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic=====
Broadside was part of a team of "[[Firestormer]]s" that raided various Decepticon outposts across the galaxy. {{storylink|War Without End!}} Springer, meanwhile, had apparently joined [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s main force of Autobots and participated in a counter-Decepticon raid on [[Ethos]] {{storylink|Escalation!}} as well as the final battle against the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]] on Earth. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

Octane was also present in the conflict, but [[Death|not for long]]. {{storylink|Total War!}}

=====''Regeneration One''=====
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Megatron reanimated and lobotomized all three Decepticon Triple Changers after recovering their remains from the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and utilized them as part of his [[zombie]] army. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}} The Autobot Triple Changers, as part of the Wreckers, travelled to Earth to combat this threat, though Megatron executed Springer in cold blood to provoke Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}} With Megatron dead and [[Aunty|Auntie]] deactivated, the inert zombies were dumped into a pit and vaporised from orbit. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}

Sandstorm and the injured Broadside returned to Cybertron aboard the ''[[Valiant (G1)|Valiant]]'' {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}} where Sandstorm continued to serve with the Wreckers; keeping the peace at [[Eugenesis Plaza]] {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} and [[Auto-artery RG1]] {{storylink|Destiny, Part Two}} and participating in a failed attack at [[Fort Scyk]] to root out [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s Neo-Decepticons. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} With the arrival of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s ''[[Warworld]]'' above the planet, he formed part of a raid on the Decepticon ship but was caught unawares by the master of [[Metallikato]] and found himself impaled by a sword. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

Both Broadside and Sandstorm were well enough recovered to join Rodimus Prime's assault on the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]], with the Wreckers operating separately from the main Autobot forces and using the Hub's interplanetary "[[slam rail]]" tube system to avoid detection while causing massive explosions to detach planets from its superstructure. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}}

====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity====
[[File:BlitzwingDissectionDreamwave.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This detailed scientific cutaway view reveals that underneath all that armor Blitzwing is... made of [[:Category:Transformer anatomy|mechanical stuff]].]]
Triple Changers Blitzwing, Octane, Astrotrain and [[Fumes]] were involved in Decepticon battle operations around the time that Optimus Prime rose to command the Autobots. They participated in a major attack on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} and came close to victory {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} before [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] managed to destroy the entire [[Polities of Cybertron|city-state]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

{{note|Blitzwing is shown to transform into all three modes during the attack on Iacon though this would seem to be retconned away by subsequent issues.}}

Blitzwing was a dangerous experiment of Shockwave's captured and kept in containment by the Autobots. He possessed unique qualities that led [[the Fallen]] to seek him out for the [[Unbinding]]. During this time, Springer led the splinter faction the Wreckers. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}}

Later, Blitzwing and Astrotrain spontaneously began to grow new parts perhaps heralding their evolution into Triple Changers. (Yes, we know this makes no sense.) {{storylink|Recipe for Hate}}

Obsessed with improving the Cybertronian race, Shockwave created the [[Duocon]]s and though they were unstable it convinced him to go one stage further and modify several other Transformers into Triple Changers starting with Springer. Triple Changers can change between modes three times as fast as a normal Transformer. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye}}

Sandstorm, Broadside, Octane and Blitzwing formed Shockwave's Triple Changer Strike Team and travelled to Earth to apprehend the rogue crews of the ''Ark'' and ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|New World Order}} On their return to Cybertron it was revealed the Autobots had doubts about their alliance with the former Decepticons and released Prime's crew to the Autobot resistance though Sandstorm was killed by [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]]. Meanwhile, Octane chanced across the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and provoked [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] into decapitating him. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} When [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] returned to wrest control of the Decepticons from Shockwave, Blitzwing remained steadfastly loyal to the one-eyed commander and so was torn apart by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] for his trouble. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}}
====2005 IDW continuity====
[[File:Overcharge shadowplay.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67]]
Long before the war started Blitzwing and [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]] were members of the [[Triorian Guard]], the [[Senate]]'s unit of multi-terrain Triple Changers charged with guarding the body of [[Nominus Prime]] as it lay in the [[Primal Basilica]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}} Around the same time, [[Trepan]]'s [[Relinquishment Clinic]] was running a special offer on Triple Changers that proved very popular. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}}

Astrotrain and Blitzwing joined the Decepticons early in the war {{storylink|The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy}} and [[Octane|Tankor]] transported energy for the Decepticon army on several occasions. {{storylink|Faces of Darkness}} {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

The orphaned [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] [[Stardrive]] was a Triple Changer able to turn into both a car and jet. After meeting more Cybertronians, she was surprised and confused to learn not all of them possessed this ability. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 3|Shining Armor #3}}

Astrotrain and Blitzwing were part of Starscream's [[Infiltration protocol|infiltration unit]] on Earth. {{storylink|The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration}} They survived attacks by the [[Reaper]]s and Autobots before they were driven from the planet. {{storylink|The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation}} When the Autobots returned with Omega Supreme the Decepticons retreated into space ferried by Astrotrain. {{storylink|The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron}} Tankor was left behind until [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] returned to Earth and reunited his army. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine|Enemy Mine}}

[[File:Wreckersstormbringer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
The Autobot Triple Changers were part of the [[Wrecker]]s until the team fractured leaving only Springer {{storylink|Bullets}} who was then put in a coma by [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]]. {{storylink|Zero Point}} Broadside and Sandstorm ended up with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s forces on Earth after the [[Surge (event)|Surge]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers}} After the war formally ended, Broadside aided [[Autobot High Command]] in rebuilding society on Cybertron. Astrotrain and Blitzwing aided [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] in preparing for Megatron's return while Tankor fell in with [[NAIL|the neutrals]] and left the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Verge}}

The two remaining Decepticons would then fall under the command of [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}} and returned to Earth as part of his plan to locate [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]. {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} Broadside and Sandstorm served as Megatron's guards during his trial on [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]]; {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} Broadside then went on to serve under Megatron as part of the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]''. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}} Meanwhile, Tankor joined a motley crew of former Autobots and Decepticons on Cybertron who would become allied with the Camiens [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]]. {{storylink|Windblade issue 3|Windblade #3}}

The [[Hydrobot (G1)|Hydrobots]] counted at least two Triple Changers among their number: [[Aquabat]] and "the other one". {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}}

===Live-action film series===
According to hypotheses chronicled in [[Vector Sigma]]'s [[datatrax]], the ability to have two or even more alternate modes may be connected to a Transformer's [[CNA|genetics]].<ref>Hasbro's online [http://web.archive.org/web/20100330183135/http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/TRANSFORMERS-Glossary.cfm Transformers glossary].</ref>

When resurrected by an [[AllSpark]] fragment, [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] gained the altmode of a flying Cybertronian tank thanks to an infusion of new parts from [[Scrapmetal (ROTF)|ze little one]], in addition to his Cybertronian jet mode from [[Transformers (film)|before]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|Revenge of the Fallen comic adaptation}}

[[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] is shown contorting into a gun-emplacement artillery mode during [[Operation: Firestorm]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

[[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]] takes on many different disguises including a printer, TV and human-sized pink [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

[[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] is shown to be able to transform into both a helicopter and a Bugatti Veyron at will without having to [[scanning|scan]] a new form. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}} Since switching into a Mercedes AMG GT R, it is currently unknown if he still possesses a third mode. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

[[Blitzwing (BB)|Blitzwing]] is also a Triple Changer, following along with [[Blitzwing (G1)|his]] [[Blitzwing (Animated)|roots]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel|Bumblebee Movie Prequel}}

[[Shatter]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] were originally standard Transformers, each with their own muscle car mode, before upgrading into Triple Changers by scanning a {{w|Harrier Jump Jet|Harrier jet}} and a {{w|Bell AH-1 SuperCobra}} helicopter, respectively. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}

===''Animated''===
[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] was experimented on by [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] and rebuilt as a Triple Changer, but this had the result of fracturing his mind into three distinct personalities: "Icy" Blitzwing, a cold, cunning and stone-faced tactician; "Hothead" Blitzwing, a destructively uncontained vent of rage; and "Random" Blitzwing, a comically-insane and rambling maniac. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}} However, when it came to an [[Earth]]-based alternate mode two of his personalities, Icy and Hothead were unable to choose between a jet for the former and a tank for the latter until his Random side suggested scanning ''both'' of them. Unfortunately, his personalities changed primarily in sync with his vehicle modes, especially if he converted from Icy or Random to Hothead which [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] later noticed allowing the Autobots to exploit this weakness by using Bumblebee's - as Prowl put it - "obnoxious personality" to cause him to crash when he converted from jet mode to tank mode mid-flight. {{storylink|Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found}} {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

It is unknown if [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm Prime/Shockwave]] counts as a Triple Changer since his "Longarm" form had a crane-alternate mode while his default "Shockwave" form had a tank-alternate mode. This may have been due to his unique [[size changing]] abilities he employed during his extended infiltration of the Autobot ranks. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}} {{storylink|TransWarped}}

===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
Transformers can readily scan additional modes bringing up their total to three or more. {{storylink|Changes}} {{storylink|Land Before Prime (episode)|Land Before Prime}} [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]], [[Boulder]], [[Chase (RB)|Chase]], and [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] are all eventually referred to as Triple Changers, having each taken on third Dinobot forms. {{storylink|Quarry's Quarry}} Blades believes the use of Triple-Changing is unfair when used in a game of [[Rescue Ball]]. {{storylink|Rise of the Heroes}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:Blitzwingg1toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|In a line cut from ''The Transformers: The Movie'', Blitzwing says that as a Triple Changer he's worth any two of his comrades. But it turns out that he retailed for a bit less than the Seekers.]]
*'''Decepticon Triple Changers''' (1985)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]}}

*'''Autobot Triple Changers''' (1986)
{{Bp-a1|[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]}}

*'''Decepticon Triple Changers''' (1986)
{{Bp-d1|[[Octane]]}}
</ul>

:The original Triple Changers were released in the second year of Generation 1, and were sufficiently popular to inspire four more in [[1986]]. Springer, Sandstorm, Astrotrain, and Octane were re-released in [[1991]] as part of the [[Europe]]an ''[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]'' line.

===''Classics''===
[[File:ClassicsAstrotrain.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)/toys#Classics|Astrotrain]]

===''Universe'' (2008)===
*[[Octane|Tankor]]
:Octane with a new name.

===''Generations''===
*[[Blitzwing (G1)/toys#Generations|Blitzwing]]
*[[Sandstorm (G1)#Generations|Sandstorm]]
*[[Springer (G1)/toys#Thrilling 30|Autobot Springer]]
*All [[Titans Return]] Voyagers.
{{note|This list includes only toys that actually have three modes. Several of the Triple Changer characters have had later releases in other toy molds, most notably Sandstorm and Springer, but these forms lacked the third mode required to qualify as Triple Changers.}}

===Subsequent toys labeled as "Triple Changers"===
[[File:G1 Scorponok toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
;Generation 1
*[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (called a "Headmaster Triple Changer base" in a commercial and in "[[Doomsday for Nebulos]].")

;''Generation 2''
*[[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]] (1994)
:The bomber/tank/robot describes himself as "triple-changing Dreadwing" in a television [[commercial]]. Another commercial has the announcer saying "Dreadwing is a Triple Changer."

;''Beast Wars''
[[File:BW-toy Depthcharge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]]: a triple-changing [[Transmetal]] from the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'']]
*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] (1998)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (1998)
:Although the packaging says "3 mode conversion", the commercial announcer says that each of these characters "triple changes".

;''Armada''
[[File:Arm-toy Laserbeak.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|The only Triple Changer from ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'': [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]]]]
*[[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] (2002)

;''Energon''
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (2004)
*[[Shockblast]] (2004)
*[[Six Shot (Energon)|Six Shot]] (2005)

;''Cybertron''
*[[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Megatron]] (2005)
*[[Anti-Blaze]] (2006)
*[[Checkpoint (Cybertron)|Checkpoint]] (2006)
*[[Scythe (Cybertron)|Scythe]] (2006)
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Cryo Scourge]] (2006)
*[[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Galvatron]] (2006)

;''Animated''
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (2008)

;''Revenge of the Fallen''
[[File:Soundwaverotfpreviewtoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Triple-changing [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], superior!]]
*[[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] (2009)
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)/toys|Soundwave]] (2009)
*[[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Megatron]]<ref>Megatron was identified as a Triple Changer in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe|Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe]]'' and was shown with two alternate modes in [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|''Revenge of the Fallen'' comic adaption]]. He did not display this ability in [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|the film]], nor [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|his toys]].</ref> (2009)

;''Dark of the Moon''
[[File:DOTM-toy Backfire SpikeWitwicky.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Triple-changing [[Backfire (TF 2010)|Backfire]], who's being ridden by [[Spike Witwicky (DOTM)|some guy]].]]
*[[Thunderhead]] (2011)
*[[Sandstorm (TF 2010)|Sandstorm]] (2011)
*[[Icepick (PCC)|Icepick]] (2011)
*[[Backfire (TF 2010)|Backfire]] (2011)
*[[Whirl (ROTF)|Whirl]] (2011)
*[[Tailpipe (DOTM)|Tailpipe]] & [[Pinpointer (DOTM)|Pinpointer]] (2011)
*[[Drag Strip (DOTM)|Drag Strip]] (2011)
*[[Half-Track (DOTM)|Half-Track]] (2011)
*[[Reverb (DOTM)|Reverb]] (2011)
*[[Crosshairs (Movie)|Crosshairs]] (2011)
:''All'' the [[Human Alliance]] Basic-class robot figures are Triple Changers.
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys 4|Striker Optimus]] (2011)

;''Construct-Bots''
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Construct-Bots|Bumblebee]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)/toys#Construct-Bots|Blitzwing]]

;Unreleased
*"[[Dropshot (Armada)|Dropshot]]"
*"[[Fumes]]"
*ATB Megatron (called a Triple Changer by a Hasbro pitch man.)
*Marauder Megatron

===Retroactively labeled as Triple Changers===
[[File:G1toy Snapdragon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*[[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' profile book series identifies [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|''G1'' Snapdragon]] as Triple Changers.
*Dreamwave's ''[[More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|More Than Meets The Eye: Armada]]'' book labels [[Over-Run (Armada)|''Armada'' Over-Run]] as a Triple Changer, also stating that other Mini-Cons with a third mode are Triple Changers.
*[[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'' labels [[B'Boom]] as a Triple Changer but not [[Apache]].
*The mobile game ''[[Transformers: Earth Wars|Earth Wars]]'' identifies [[Sky Lynx (G1)|''G1'' Sky Lynx]] as a Triple Changer, with the appropriate in-game ability boost.
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Triple Changer''' (トリプルチェンジャー ''Toripuru Chenjā''), '''Triplebot''' (Autobots, トリプルボット ''Toripurubotto''), '''Tripletron''' (Decepticons, トリプルトロン ''Toripurutoron'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Triplaváltozók'''
*''Italian:'' '''Tripla Azione''' ("Triple Action")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Sānbiàn Rén''' (Taiwan, 三變人, "Triple Changer"), '''Sānbiàn Jīngāng''' (Taiwan, 三變金剛, "Triple-change Vajra"), '''Sānbiàn Zhànshì''' (China, 三变战士, "Triple-change Fighter")
*''Polish:'' '''Trójzmienny'''

==See also==
*[[Super Mode]]
*[[Attack mode]]
*[[Transportation mode]]
*[[:Category:Transformers with three modes|Transformers with three modes]]
*[[Transmetal]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars subgroups]]
[[Category:Cybertron franchise]]
[[Category:Energon franchise]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Gimmicks]]
[[Category:Subgroups]]
[[Category:Toys]]
[[Category:Triple Changers| ]]

Bumblebee (Animated)

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:''Bumblebee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Bumblebee Leapfrog-AA.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Little. Yellow. Different.]]

'''Bumblebee''' is the youngest, yellowest, and most energetic of the Autobots...[[Bumblebee (G1)|as]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)|usual]]. A hyperactive wisecracker, Bumblebee is quite convinced he's the fastest—and coolest—thing on four wheels. He has a tendency to bite off more than he can chew, so it's a good thing he pals around with the massive [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]. He does ''not'' take well to being called short, and his over-eager ways can get on [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet's]] nerves all too easily. Still, Bumblebee is good with people, as evidenced by his fast friendship with [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]].

{{bigquote|I may be small, but I'm scrappy! And I can ride circles around your big, old, rusty chassis!|Bumblebee to Bulkhead|"[[Total Meltdown]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
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{{voiceactor|[[Bumper Robinson]] (English), [[Tom Kenny]] (English, "[[Where Is Thy Sting?]]"), [[Daisuke Kishio]] (Japanese)|[[Arttu Ala-Jokimäki]] (Finnish), [[Santiago Ziesmer]] (German), [[Bruno Magne]] (French), [[Renato Novara]] (Italian), [[Yong-wu Sin]] (Korean), [[Krzysztof Korzeniowski]] (Polish), [[Márcio Araújo]] (Portuguese), [[Cristian Lizama]] (Latin American Spanish, seasons 1 and 2), [[Javier Rodríguez Castellanos]] (Latin American Spanish, season 3), [[Sergio Rodríguez-Guisán]] (Castilian Spanish)}}

[[File:Autobot Cadets.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|There's a [[Wasp|green me]] and a [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|red me]]!]]
Early in his career, Bumblebee dreamed of becoming a member of the [[Elite Guard]]. He joined the [[Autobot boot camp]], but things didn't exactly go as planned—his [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|drill sergeant]] was a jerk, [[Wasp|most]] of his [[Ironhide (Animated)|classmates]] bullied him and the only bot willing to befriend him was a complete [[Bulkhead (Animated)|mudflap]]. His luck seemed to change, however, when he accidentally overheard someone communicating with [[Lugnut (Animated)|a Decepticon]]. He then saw classmate [[Wasp]] walk out, which aroused his suspicions. After taking the advice of [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm]], Bumblebee attempted to weed out the spy, but Sentinel Minor got in the way twice. Needless to say, this resulted in many [[transform-up]]s for his squadron. After Wasp and Ironhide tore off his legs and put him in a closet, he was saved by Longarm, who encouraged him not to give up. Later that day, the group was put through their first training exercise—combat in a simulated battlezone. When somebody switched the turret settings to fire actual lasers, it was Bulkhead who saved Bumblebee. However, they accidentally knocked over a building in the process, flattening Sentinel.

[[File:Beecybermode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Very Wacky Races.]]
When Sentinel was conducting a surprise locker inspection, Sentinel discovered a Decepticon communicator in Wasp's trunk, ousting him as a traitor. Sentinel was prepared to put Bumblebee on an Elite Guard fast track program. Sadly, his new friendship with Bulkhead forced him to throw it all away in order to prevent his new buddy being kicked out, and they both wound up working on [[space bridge]]s. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

[[File:Bumblebeeanimatedpreearth.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Wait... who are [[Hot Shot (Animated)|you]]?]]

The two friends were assigned to [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]'s space bridge repair [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|vessel]]. During one mission, Bumblebee and Bulkhead stumbled across [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]], a ninja-bot meditating near an isolated space bridge. Due to an [[energon cube]] accident on [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]]'s part, Prowl's spaceship was destroyed, and he was forced to join their crew. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}} After this, Bumblebee's work continued as usual until the crew discovered the [[AllSpark]] itself on another asteroid, which unfortunately attracted the attention of [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. Even though he expressed significant fear of the [[Decepticon]] leader, Bumblebee still managed to crack wise at his appearance once they were face-to-face. The humor vanished when Megatron pulled out his sword. After Megatron was thrown off the ship, Bumblebee entered stasis with the rest of the crew just before the crew's ship crash-landed on [[Earth]].

Fifty years later, Teletran-1 awoke the crew to alert them to the intrusion of a [[nanite]]-powered bug-slug. Sending out a probe to find local disguises, the probe scanned [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]]'s [[Captain Fanzone's car|car]] amongst other things. Bumblebee was given the car for his new bodyform. Lucky him.

[[File:TFA TFandRollout Sari followedmehome.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Can we keep it?"]]
Upon noticing [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|"a little creature"]] struggling with her [[Sparkplug (robot dog)|"owner"]], Bumblebee and Bulkhead showed their unfamiliarity with organic life by assuming the owner/pet relationship was reversed. Their speculation was interrupted by the attacks of the giant, nanite-fueled bug monster, and Bumblebee intervened to get Sari out of the way. Later in the battle, Bumblebee was called on to deliver the override command to the beast's nanites, as he was the fastest and most nimble of the crew.

[[File:Bumblebeedives-Dispatches.jpeg|thumb|left|upright=0.75]]
His defeat of the monster seriously impressed Sari, who decided to befriend him. Sari's definition of befriending included cajoling him into sneaking her aboard the Autobots' ship. Of course, Sari wouldn't stay still as Bumblebee asked, compelling him to jettison her into a ventilation shaft. After introducing her to the group, Sari and Bumblebee became fast friends. When [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] attacked [[Detroit]], Bumblebee took a shot intended for Sari, allowing Starscream to capture Bumblebee, [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]], Captain Fanzone, and the Mayor. Sari, with [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]'s help, managed to rescue them. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} {{storylink|Dispatches}}

The Autobots quickly became famous for their heroic deeds in Detroit, much to Bumblebee's delight. Prowl, on the other hand, was less enthusiastic about all the attention, however, and he and Bumblebee quickly had a clash of opinions on the values of peace and quiet versus the values of fun. When the Autobots' factory base was turned against them, however, Bumblebee was forced to listen to Prowl's "stillness and strike" attitude to get past the motion sensors preventing him from shutting the factory down. In the aftermath, he had a newfound respect for Prowl as the two played a relaxed game of Twister™. {{storylink|Home Is Where the Spark Is}}

At one point, Bumblebee took part in a match against [[Colossus Rhodes|Cyrus "Colossus" Rhodes]], hosted by [[Meltdown (Animated)|Prometheus Black]] to show off the effectiveness of biotechnology. Unfortunately, Cyrus [[Hulk|hulked up]], then proceeded to beat the [[Slag (slang)|slag]] out of Bumblebee. The other Autobots were forced to rescue him, using it as a chance to riff on his small stature. However, only Bumblebee was able to get into [[Sumdac Tower]] when [[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]] went to kill Isaac Sumdac. Bumblebee managed to get him to the ground floor, but Meltdown arrived. Bulkhead tried to stop him, but Meltdown threw a glob of acid at Bulkhead, which Bumblebee took instead. Bulkhead offered his apologies over his comments, saying he was only having a little fun—which sent Bumblebee into declaring his good moves and speed. He's going to be pretty impossible to live with for a while. {{storylink|Total Meltdown}}

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''Bumblebee and the Autobots accidentally upstaged a local Detroit hero named the [[Wraith]], exposing his spook act for the holographic trickery it was. Bumblebee in particular continued to upstage the Wraith, and even got invited in his place to perform at the University of Michigan half-time show. Mad with envy, the Wraith staged an attack on the game, taking Bumblebee out of the picture with some well placed "boots" while using holograms to simulate the little yellow robot on a rampage. Bumblebee eventually broke free and the Autobots had Wraith arrested for his antics. {{storylink|The Arrival issue 2#"Attention Surplus Disorder"|Attention Surplus Disorder}}''

''After a break-in at Sumdac Systems, Bumblebee and the Autobots tracked the culprit, [[Stiletto (Animated)|Stiletto]], to the Ambassador Bridge. Although she managed to slice his tires, Bumblebee and the others succeeded in capturing Stiletto. {{storylink|The Arrival issue 3#"Stiletto"|Stiletto}}''

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''Later on, [[Porter C. Powell]] attempted to cash in on Bulkhead's name without his permission, so Bumblebee and the others helped Bulky set Powell up to admit his products were "gas-guzzling deathtraps". The adventure inspired Bumblebee to get a garish paintjob, similar to the [[Bulkhead (vehicle)|vehicles]] Powell was forced to recall. {{storylink|The Arrival issue 4#"The Insincerest Form of Flattery"|The Insincerest Form of Flattery}}''

The troubles in Detroit were far from over, as the Autobots soon found themselves facing three rampaging [[Dinobot (Animated)|robotic dinosaurs]]. During the battle, Bumblebee combined his [[Stinger (weapon)|stingers]]' electrical with Ratchet's magnets to create an [[electromagnetic pulse]] that would hopefully shut the prehistoric menaces down. Sari decided to pitch in by boosting Bumblebee's stingers with her [[AllSpark Key]], which proved enough to defeat the "Dinobots"... but also provided them with [[spark]]s. {{storylink|Blast from the Past}} He later bought a neat car horn and tried to chase down a mysterious muscle car with little success. The car turned out to be the bounty hunter [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], who kidnapped Optimus Prime and made short work of Bumblebee as well, threatening to take his stingers. In the end, Lockdown was defeated by Ratchet and Prime was saved. {{storylink|The Thrill of the Hunt}}

[[File:TFA Nanosec Bumblebee turbo boosters.JPG|thumb|left|upright=1.4|BB got back!]]
After Bumblebee showed a lack of ability (or inclination) to be subtle on Earth, Prime had Prowl try to teach Bumblebee how to blend in. This ruined some plans with Sari, as she wanted to attach some [[turbo booster]]s to him to make him go even faster. During the exercise, they encountered [[Nanosec]], a crook that had gained Professor Sumdac's new speed suit via [[Megatron (Animated)|unknown patrons]]. Unable to keep up with Nanosec, Bumblebee was convinced by Sari attach the turbo boosters against Prime's orders. Unfortunately, he couldn't control them in vehicle mode, allowing Nanosec to escape from the Autobots twice. Worse, he was carrying enough [[Destronium]] to destroy all of Detroit. Overhearing Bulkhead and Prowl's comments on his change of appearance, Bumblebee realized that the suit was causing him to age the more he used it, so he purposefully ran him into old age (cold, Bee). With the Destronium about to go critical, Bumblebee, with help from Prowl and Bulkhead, managed to use his turbo boosters to head into the outer atmosphere and get the Destronium away from the city before detonating. The whole experience seems have given Bumblebee a bit more respect for subtlety. {{storylink|Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec}}

October soon came around, and Sari decided to teach the Autobots about [[Halloween]]. Bumblebee dressed up as "Count Dracubot", but his trick-and-treating session went sour when he and Bulkhead were attacked by the spider-bot [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] and knocked unconscious. They recovered in time to save Sari from falling off a skyscraper, although Bumblebee blew out his tires in the process. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}} After participating in Sari's eighth birthday party, Bumblebee decided that he also wanted one of those cool [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] toys. He was less enthusiastic after Soundwave took control of all [[automaton]]s in Detroit and faked Bumblebee's voice in order to confuse the Autobots. {{storylink|Sound and Fury}} While Soundwave was eventually defeated, the Decepticon attacks were far from over—[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] soon arrived on Earth in their search for Megatron. Bumblebee and the others were knocked unconscious by Lugnut's [[Punch of Kill Everything|mighty punch]] in their first battle, but the odds were in the Autobots' favour when they later fought in the muddy waters of [[Lake Erie]]. Bumblebee got to electrocute Blitzwing a bit before both Decepticons were blasted to pieces by Teletran-1's main cannon. {{storylink|Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found}}

When Sari was later kidnapped by a [[Swoop (Animated)|pterosaur]], Bumblebee participated in the police investigation. {{storylink|Survival of the Fittest}} Bulkhead later got into the fine arts, so Bumblebee helped out by modeling for him until his friend got his body hijacked by the human villain known as the [[Headmaster (Animated)|Headmaster]]. As the other Autobots investigated, Bumblebee kept Bulkhead's head company and helped him create art pieces for his upcoming gallery (all while relentlessly cracking jokes about the situation, naturally). The Headmaster soon threatened to destroy Detroit using Bulkhead's body, so the Autobots approached him by pretending to be rescue vehicles, with Bumblebee being driven by Captain Fanzone. During the battle against the Headmaster, he got to play both bowling and football with Bulkhead's head before it was returned to its body. {{storylink|Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster}}

Some time during that winter, Bumblebee and Sari were playing video games and listening to music while ignoring Prowl's lectures on how spending so much time on "electronic devices" was unnecessary. All three of them were then sent out to investigate a Cybertronic energy signal in the woods; a prospect which filled Bumblebee with dread as nature was just so ''incredibly'' boring compared to his TV, games and music back home. He came along on what Sari described as a "camping trip" anyway, although he brought plenty of electronic devices with him. Prowl was not impressed, and even less so when Bumblebee decided to use his holographic projector as a TV screen. The lack of electricity proved to be the least of Bumblebee's problems, however, as the group was attacked by a [[Space barnacle|space barnacle monster]] shortly after nightfall. After a drawn-out fight with the creature, Bumblebee eventually knocked it off a cliff with his stingers, only to find that Prowl had been infected by the barnacles himself. While Sari had the bright idea of trapping the crazed Prowl in a mine, Bumblebee ended up trapping both of ''them'' in it as well, and got himself infected. Ultimately, Sari saved the day by using hot water to remove the barnacles, and in the aftermath Bumblebee voiced his opinion that nature should just be paved over as soon as possible. {{storylink|Nature Calls}}

[[File:Megatron rising 1 Starscream freakout.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Bumblebee followed this moment by offering Starscream a polo.]]
When Decepticon activity was detected in high levels, Bulkhead spilled the beans on what he and Prowl had done with the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]], and Optimus Prime pretty much lost it. Ranting that all he had was a group of insubordinate malfunctions, he told Ratchet to take Sari's [[AllSpark Key]] from her, saying it wasn't safe in her hands. As she ran off crying, Bumblebee defended her, and Prime pointed out that Bumblebee wasn't a good character witness. Bumblebee mouthed off that their situation meant that Prime wasn't fit to command and then went looking for Sari, not only ignoring Prime telling him to come back, but also dismissing his orders to return to base (again... cold, Bee). Heading to [[Sumdac Tower]], Bumblebee spotted Starscream, and disobeyed Prime's order to hold off. Heading up the elevator (which somehow could not only fit him, but also carry his weight), Bumblebee charged, firing his stingers at Starscream. All it really did was interrupt his speech, which made Starscream ''seriously'' freak out. However, a crane pulled Starscream, who was holding Bumblebee, up to the roof, where the two fought it out... ''right'' until Megatron burst through the roof of the tower. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}

After Megatron's restoration, Starscream absentmindedly beat on Bumblebee for a while, then threw him aside when Megatron called the Decepticons to him. Once he'd been repaired with remaining AllSpark Key energy in Professor Sumdac's lab, Bumblebee called Prime on his previous statements, and Optimus apologized, saying he'd been out of line. When Ratchet brought the Autobots' ship to them, the Autobots and Sumdacs boarded the vessel in an attempt to lead Megatron and the Decepticons off-planet, but were shot down and crashed on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. As the Autobots rallied to defend the AllSpark, Bumblebee, Ratchet, and Prowl took on [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]]. Ratchet and Bumblebee teamed up again to create an [[electromagnetic pulse]], causing him to crash. After shelling them in tank mode, Blitzwing again took to the air for some strafing runs. Prowl noticed a connection between Blitzwing's alternate modes and personalities, so they had Bumblebee use his greatest strength, his obnoxious personality, to cause Angry Blitzwing to emerge. Taunting the triple changer, Bumblebee got him to transform accidentally into tank mode and crash into the lake. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

[[File:Super secretary.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"[[Aaron Archer]]'s office. Please hold."]]

Following the defeat of Megatron and the disappearance of Professor Sumdac, Bumblebee helped Sari run [[Sumdac Systems]] until the arrival of the [[Elite Guard|Cybertron Elite Guard]]. Among their numbers was [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], Bumblebee and Bulkhead's old sergeant from boot camp, but thankfully he didn't seem to remember them. Bumblebee and the rest of the crew were subsequently contained within the [[Sigma Supreme|Elite Guard flagship]] while the Sentinel and [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] went with Optimus Prime to investigate the supposed defeat of Megatron and dispersion of the AllSpark, but soon had to leave to deal with an out-of-control [[police drone]] factory. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}} Shortly afterwards, Bumblebee greeted Sari when she was thrown out of Sumdac Tower by [[Porter C. Powell]] and forced to live with the Autobots. He and Bulkhead tried to cheer her up by saying that living together would be like a non-stop party, making her food and teaching her about "stuff and how it works", but were met with limited success. Prowl intervened, and advised the pair to simply listen to their friend. Sari then let out her frustration over recent events, while Bumblebee and Bulkhead comforted her. {{storylink|The Return of the Headmaster}}

Bumblebee and Sari later helped stop a runaway train powered by an AllSpark fragment. When Starscream stopped by again, Bumblebee and Ratchet again combined their powers to attack him with an electromagnetic pulse, but the AllSpark-powered Decepticon shrugged it off like it was nothing. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}} After noticing truly how bad Ratchet's people skills were, Optimus Prime assigned Bumblebee and Sari to help him improve on them, something neither party was very enthusiastic about. During their training, the three encountered the newly created Transformer [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]], who proceeded to throw beef and motorcycles at Bumblebee. The Autobots chased Wreck-Gar across the city to retrieve the experimental nanobots he had in his backpack, but Bumblebee was not present during Ratchet's final confrontation with the confused 'bot. {{storylink|Garbage In, Garbage Out}}

[[File:TFA Velocity Bumblebee Blurr meet.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|"If you're [[Auggie Cahnay (G1)|Auggie Cahnay]], your ass is grass!"]]
Bumblebee became involved in the illegal street races organised by the criminal [[Master Disaster (Animated)|Master Disaster]]. Believing himself to be the fastest things on wheels, Bumblebee was unsurprisingly shocked after getting thrashed in a race by a [[Blurr (Animated)|Mysterious Blue Race Car]]. Following this, AllSpark traces, and the appearance of Blitzwing at the race track, Bumblebee became determined to get to the bottom of the mystery (although deep down he just wanted another chance to beat the Unknown Racer.) He made a deal with Master Disaster to appear in his races. Enlisting the help of Sari, Bumblebee returned to the track, and, to cut a long story short, ending up being pursued by the maniacal Blitzwing. After nearly being frozen one minute and melted to slag the next, Bumblebee was eventually rescued by the Mysterious Racer driving into Blitzwing. The excitement wasn't over for Bumblebee yet, as when returning to Master Disaster's trailer for answers, he and his pal Bulkhead (who had angrily followed Bumblebee there for defying him) had to face off against Blitzwing (he was desperate for that AllSpark fragment...), and had to be rescued once again... although this time it was Sari using Master Disaster's controlling device. {{storylink|Velocity (episode)|Velocity}}

The Autobots' ongoing efforts to fix up Detroit continued, and Bumblebee found the task as boring as ever. As the Autobots repaired an overpass, Bumblebee spotted Blitzwing and Lugnut trying to sneak off with some construction supplies. He attempted to stop them on his own, with his stingers being as ineffective as usual against the Decepticons. The pair got away, causing even more damage to the overpass on their way out, forcing the Autobots had to stay late to repair it. Again. Later, Bulkhead brought two new 'bots back to Autobot headquarters: [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] and [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]]. Though they were insufferable to begin with, the Constructibots became an actual threat when they allied themselves with Megatron. They attempted to snatch away the Autobots' AllSpark fragments for their new boss, and Bumblebee was taken hostage during the scuffle. The Autobots were ultimately able to drive off the Constructibots and retrieved their AllSpark fragments.{{storylink|Rise of the Constructicons}}

Later, he went on a trip to the Five Banners Roller Coaster Kingdom theme park with Sari. Optimus, fool that he is, believed him when he called it "an important fact-finding mission". {{storylink|A Fistful of Energon}}

[[File:Watching SUVs.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|If they start to do it, let me see, ok?]]
On another occasion, Bumblebee was attempting to clear up the streets of Detroit by catching some of their [[Nanosec|small]] [[Angry Archer|time]] [[Professor Princess|criminals]]. However, in each case, whenever Bumblebee came close to the capture, he froze up completely, and allowed the baddies to escape. It later became apparent that this was due to the AllSpark-infused timepiece belonging to [[Slo-Mo]]. After revealing himself and snatching the timepiece, [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] froze all of the Autobots and looked set for victory. However, after being lifted to Sumdac Tower by Sari and the members of the [[Society of Ultimate Villainy|SUV]] and repaired, Bumblebee took on Swindle (even managing to floor him at one point with his stingers). After getting the timepiece back from Swindle, Bumblebee was double-crossed by the SUV, but fortunately for the Autobot, the rest of his pals were back online by now, and managed to get the criminals arrested. {{storylink|SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy}}

After learning of Wasp's escape, Bumblebee felt a stirring of his old dreams, and dragged Bulkhead off to trace a signal leaked to them, containing a conversation between Megatron and his spy. As they tracked it down, Bumblebee fell into old habits, and started putting Bulkhead down, just like in the old days. It took a nasty fall to remind him that Bulkhead was the best friend he'd ever have, and he didn't need to spend his time chasing big dreams. Together, the two headed home, never realizing they were just outside of the carbon mines where the Decepticons were hiding.

Later, Bumblebee relayed the information they'd gathered to his old friend, Longarm, now Longarm ''Prime'', head of Cybertron Intel. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

[[File:TFA Black Friday Meltdown Bee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|IDK, my BFF Jill?]]
Due to his inability to stay quiet, Prowl placed a bet on Bumblebee—that he couldn't go 10 [[Units of time|cycle]]s without talking. Should he keep to this, a sweet can of axle grease would be his! However, the poor bot just couldn't do it. Prime took Bumblebee and Prowl with him to Dinobot Island to investigate Meltdown's prison break, and the plucky yellow bot vowed he would win the axle grease. However, the bet was put on hold after both he and Prowl were off-lined by [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia's]] [[cyber venom]]. After the day was saved, Prime used the antidote on the bots, and Bumblebee pointed out he'd been quiet for ages! Prowl dryly noted it took Bumblebee being comatose to achieve this, but the yellow bot didn't care—he just wanted his grease! {{storylink|Black Friday (episode)| Black Friday}}

Bumblebee began to neglect his chassis, allowing it to leak oil without taking notice. Bulkhead and Ratchet pointed this out to the little 'bot, but Bumblebee was in complete denial over the fact that he needed a tune-up. Then, the Autobots learned that Mixmaster and Scrapper had resurfaced, and headed out to look for them throughout Detroit. Bumblebee didn't realize that the trail of oil he let drip out as he drove along would lead the Constructobots back to Autobot headquarters, where Sari would have to take on the two of them by herself. He did eventually get patched up by Ratchet in the field though. By the time Bumblebee received a call from Sari informing him of her situation, Blitzwing had dropped in on the Autobots, and they were too busy dealing with the triple-changer to head back... until Blitzwing suddenly decided to ditch the battle. By the time the Autobots made it back home, Sari had already managed to get rid of the intruders by herself. {{storylink|Sari, No One's Home}}

After insulting Bulkhead's latest abstract painting of Sari, Bumblebee realized that he was wrong and actually apologized for his comments. It didn't go over very well, and that was before Megatron showed up with Professor Sumdac. Though Bumblebee suspected that Sumdac was a willing accomplice, Sari refused to hear it. At that moment, the mysterious blue racer from before appeared. Thinking he was a Decepticon, Bumblebee rolled after the racer, running him off the road. It was only at this point that the racer revealed that he was [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]], a member of the Elite Guard sent to keep tabs on Decepticons and Prime's crew. Worse, Bumblebee's actions allowed Bulkhead to be kidnapped by Megatron. Once Optimus Prime was informed that the Decepticons were building a [[space bridge]] to attack Cybertron, Bumblebee went with the Autobots to rescue Bulkhead and destroy the bridge. During a brief skirmish with Lugnut and Blitzwing, Bumblebee admitted that he'd lost his title as "fastest thing on wheels" to Blurr. Unfortunately, when they confronted Megatron himself, the [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicons]] managed to incapacitate the pair...just in time for Starscream and his [[Starscream clone (Animated)|clones]] to attack. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

Managing to escape the Decepticons, the Autobots went for the clones, apparently deciding that they were the greater evil. The battle went poorly for them, as Blurr was lost in the space bridge and Bumblebee was cemented to a wall. When Isaac Sumdac decapitated Starscream and took his body with the [[Headmaster (Animated)|Headmaster unit]], Bumblebee was convinced that he was working for the Decepticons, though Sumdac revealed that it was to destroy Megatron. That didn't work out too well. After Megatron explained his plan to the captive Autobots, the Decepticon [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] revealed that he was Longarm Prime and Bumblebee reached the horrifying realization that he had sent an innocent Wasp to the stockade. Fortunately, [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] arrived, reactivated thanks to Sari and Ratchet, and sacrificed himself to save the Autobots and Sumdacs. With the threat passed, Sumdac revealed that he had been forced to help the Decepticons, and Bumblebee's mistrust of the professor presumably faded away—only to return when Sari saw that the skin of her right arm had torn... revealing robotic circuitry underneath! {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

Despite the revelation that one of his best friends was a robot, Bumblebee actually remained focused on the larger picture: namely, Shockwave's presence on Cybertron. Optimus reasoned that since Bulkhead was a genius with regards to space bridges (something Bumblebee said he'd never get used to, revealing his high opinion of his other best friend), so the two headed out to the mine. Bumblebee managed to find a recall beacon generator, which was needed to locate the position in space, and the plasmadynamic thruster, which generated the transwarp field. Unfortunately, the thruster activated before Bumblebee could give it to Bulkhead, sending him across the galaxy. After catching another transwarp wave, he was again transported to another part of the galaxy—where he was swallowed by a [[Rock Lord]].

Fortunately, Bulkhead was able to capture Bumblebee's signal, and reel him in. Sadly, it also brought the alien to Detroit. As the Autobots struggled to figure out how to defeat the monster and save Bumblebee, Sari used the AllSpark Key on herself to upgrade with new weapons and a teenage appearance. Sari quickly trounced the monster, freeing Bumblebee. Unfortunately, Sari didn't remove the Key after the upgrade, causing her to overload and lose control of her abilities. Bumblebee made a mad dash to try to remove the Key, but Sari's defenses systems registered him as a threat, and Sari horrifically watched as she stabbed Bumblebee through the chest and blasted him across the street. Ratchet immediately went to work, saying that he could repair Bumblebee without the Key. However, the damage was severe, and Bumblebee's spark was fading fast. Even when they got the Key, Ratchet was still hard pressed, as the Key had been burned out upgrading Sari. Fortunately, Ratchet managed to stabilize Bumblebee with his magnets, but Ratchet was forced to deactivate Sari with his EMP generator.

[[File:TransWarpedBumblebeeSari.jpg|upright=1.4|left|thumb|''OOOOOOOOOH, MY AASSSSSSSSSSS!'']]
After Ratchet made what repairs he could, the Autobots allowed Professor Sumdac some time alone with Sari. Lamenting on how troubled their day had been, Bumblebee tempted fate by asking how much worse it could get. On cue, the plasmadynamic thruster began to power up, but Bulkhead managed to shut it down. Unfortunately, Omega Supreme soon arrived, under the control of Megatron. Bumblebee was given an illegal stinger upgrade to help against Omega Supreme, but it still did little good. Optimus and Prowl managed to sneak inside and remove Megatron's control while Bumblebee and Bulkhead served as <s>bait</s> a distraction. However, Starscream managed to gain control, and soon moved to conquer Cybertron. Bumblebee came up with the idea to throw the plasmadynamic thruster inside Omega to send the three randomly warping across the galaxy, managing to reach the altitude with his [[turbo booster]]s (why Optimus let him keep those is unknown). Later, Sari was awakened, and all was well with the Autobots... except for being out of contact with Cybertron, but still, it's the thought that counts. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

While Bulkhead and Professor Sumdac began constructing a space bridge, Bumblebee and the other Autobots focused on hunting down the remaining Decepticons on Earth. The first one they found was Lugnut, who was defeated and [[stasis cuffs|stasis cuffed]] after a drawn-out battle. Unfortunately, this left the Autobot force trying to pull the massive Decepticon out of the deep crater he had caused during the fight—a daunting task that they spent the rest of the night working on. Before any real progress could be made, Bumblebee and the others were called away to help Bulkhead, who had been dragged into an oil-stealing scheme by the Constructicons. Upon arriving at the [[Fossil Fuel]] oil refinery, Bumblebee fought against Scrapper, but was warned to watch his stingers so he wouldn't set fire to a nearby oil spill. Unfortunately, a collision between Scrapper and Mixmaster led to a spark setting fire to it anyway, so the Autobots were forced to transwarp an entire oil tank (with the Constructicons on it) out to Lake Erie, where it exploded. {{storylink|Three's a Crowd}}

[[File:WhereIsThySting-hotdogbot.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Bumblebee attempts to kitbash himself.]]

Some time later, Bumblebee's old friend Wasp arrived on Earth, with a few screws loose and a vendetta against the 'bot who put him away. That night, Bumblebee was on monitor duty as the other Autobots were searching for Wasp, but spent his time playing ''[[Ninja Gladiator]]'' instead (after all, a TV is a monitor too!), which led to Wasp easily getting the drop on him. Bumblebee tried explaining how Longarm had set the whole thing up back in the day, but the deranged Wasp wouldn't listen, instead knocking Bumblebee out and saying it was ''his'' turn to lose everything he'd ever had. When Bumblebee woke up, he found himself equipped with Wasp's helmet, paintjob and voice synthesizer and all his friends staring down at him... including Wasp dressed up as himself. Unable to prove his own identity, Bumblebee was forced to escape from his own friends, only to be chased down by Elite Guard members [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]]. Luckily for the small 'bot, Jetstorm's wind blasts were too powerful for him, and he was blown away from danger. A desperate Bumblebee tried painting himself yellow with mustard from a hot dog stand, only to be confronted by Bulkhead and Prowl. Thinking of ideas to prove his innocence, Bumblebee reminded Bulkhead of their misadventures in boot camp—misadventures Wasp could never have known about. While his friends were finally convinced, the newly arrived Jetstorm and Jetfire were not, and a fight broke out until Optimus and Sentinel arrived and sorted it out. Returning to the Autobot base, they confronted Wasp, who had unfortunately spent the meantime researching Bumblebee's past and could easily list many of Bumblebee's past adventures like he was there in person. With no way to prove who was the real deal, Bulkhead suggested that they simply play ''Ninja Gladiator'' for the title of Bumblebee... after all, the real one would ''never'' lose at ''Ninja Gladiator''. The plan worked, as Wasp cracked under the pressure before the match could even begin, grabbing Bumblebee and holding him at stinger-point. With the Autobots unable to attack, Wasp cancelled his and Bumblebee's [[electronic paint job]]s and made a getaway, leaving Bumblebee to be pummelled by a confused Bulkhead. {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}}

Chasing Wasp across Detroit, the Autobots eventually cornered him, and Bumblebee again tried explaining the "funny story" on how Longarm was the true Decepticon spy who caused Wasp's misfortune. However, Wasp didn't see the funny part of it, and Bumblebee nearly got himself blasted in the face for trying. Before the group could capture Wasp, he was suddenly abducted by [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]], so Optimus Prime and Bumblebee had to follow him to [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. Upon arrival, Prime suggested that Bumblebee stopped making excuses like blaming Longarm and tried ''apologizing'' to Wasp instead. Making their way into the tunnels of the island, the two soon found Wasp... mutated into a large, monstrous [[technorganic]] form by Blackarachnia. Face to face with the monster, Bumblebee followed Prime's advice and apologized for everything he did and didn't do to Wasp. His old nemesis responded (in Wasp's voice) that Wasp forgave him... but he was Wasp''inator'' now, and Waspinator would ''never'' forgive Bumblebee! However, before Waspinator could destroy Bumblebee once and for all, his new body started going out of control, and he went back to Blackarachnia. After being run down by both the spider and the wasp as the latter chased the former, Bumblebee helped carry the damaged Sentinel Prime out of the tunnels. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Animated)|Predacons Rising}}

[[File:TFAni Human Error Part 1 Bumblebee vs Blitzwing.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Human Bumblebee is stronger than [[:File:RollForIt FloppyDisk destruction.jpg|Chip Chase]].]]
Christmas eventually came around, and between shaking his presents and decorating the tree, Bumblebee didn't notice a [[Sound Wave]] toy poisoning the Autobots' [[oilnog]]. After having a taste, the 'bots all felt strangely tired and decided to take a stasis nap... only to wake up in human bodies. Bumblebee took it with a pinch of humor as he made fun of Bulkhead for being small, before the "Automen" headed out to see if Professor Sumdac could find out what was going on. However, during a brief break for food at [[Burger Bot]], the city came under attack from a large force of Decepticons. The Autobots chose to fight back despite their small fleshy bodies, but Bumblebee grabbing onto Starscream's leg had no real effect on the marauding Decepticon, and the heroes were quickly forced to run. Eventually arriving at Sumdac Tower, Bumblebee was shocked when Cybertron itself appeared in the sky and blasted part of the tower to smithereens, followed by the arrival of Megatron himself. However, by this stage, Optimus Prime and Prowl had figured out that none of this was actually happening—they were trapped in some kind of simulated reality. Realizing that they could break through the illusion with their imagination, the Autobots fought back and defeated the simulated Decepticons, with the tiny human Bumblebee easily punching out Blitzwing before transforming back into a robot. But before the Autobots could figure out how to escape from the virtual reality, they were subdued by a giant Soundwave—the one who had trapped them to begin with in order to brainwash them into becoming his mind slaves. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}
[[File:EndgamePart1-BumblebeeArcee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"I think I've seen this [[Spotlight: Arcee|somewhere]] before."]]

As Soundwave increased his control over the simulation, Bumblebee and the others were transformed back into humans. Deciding that they had to find Soundwave's interface to the world, they grabbed some vehicles matching their alternate modes, leading to Bumblebee pushing a virtual Captain Fanzone out of his own car. The Autobots took to chasing after a black Soundwave van, only to fall into a trap that let Soundwave brainwash them completely. As Sari and her "[[Substitute Autobot]]s" came to save the day, Soundwave used the Autobots' bodies to fight back, with Bumblebee and Prowl teaming up against Wreck-Gar. However, controlling five people at once proved too much for Soundwave, and as he lost focus, Bumblebee's mindless body found itself bound up in Christmas lights and defeated. Shortly afterward, Bumblebee's mind was returned to normal when Optimus Prime shattered Soundwave's body using {{Laserbeak (Animated)|Laserbeak}}'s guitar mode as an axe. {{storylink|Human Error, Part II}}

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When the Autobots discovered Decepticon signals on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], Bumblebee found himself a volunteering (read: ordered) to transwarp there and plant a transmitter. However, the transmitter was inadvertently broken by [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] shortly after arrival, so Bumblebee changed his strategy into infiltrating Omega Supreme. Inside, he found [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] babbling on and on about school. Deeming it impossible to take her back to Earth, Bumblebee chose to activate Arcee's transmitter before leaving, using her to spy on the Decepticons. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}} When Megatron used the information inside Arcee to attack Detroit with a trio of "[[Lugnut Supreme]]s", Bumblebee went back to the moon alongside Bulkhead, Ratchet and Sari to attempt a retrieval of Omega Supreme. They quickly located Arcee again, only to be attacked by Shockwave. While Bumblebee's stingers had no effect on his old platoonmate, he was eventually defeated by Bulkhead's brawns. Shockwave transformed back to his Longarm mode in an attempt to trick his "old pals", but failed and was captured. Bumblebee was aboard Omega Supreme when he battled against the oversized Lugnuts-turned-oversized Starscreams, and following their victory, was told that Prowl had died during the battle. When the Autobots returned to Cybertron, he helped carry his friend's coffin. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}

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''Bumblebee attended the Stunti-Con's show in Kaon, unaware that the entire affair was a Decepticon plot to break Megatron out of the nearby Trypticon Prison. Thankfully, [[Sideswipe (Animated)|Sideswipe]] and [[Cheetor (Animated)|Cheetor]] interrupted the show, and with [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]]'s help thwarted the Decepticons' plans.''{{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}

===Toy bios===
[[File:Animatedpatrolbumblebeepackageart.jpg|upright=0.85|left|thumb|"C.O.P.S. will be right back after these messages!"]]
At some point, Bumblebee began taking stealth lessons from Prowl, presenting him with a new battle tactic: sneaking up from behind instead of racing fender-first into danger. To further that end, Bumblebee apparently painted himself as a police patrol car. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Animated)#ActivPatrol|Patrol Bumblebee}}

After "getting up close to members of the AUTOBOT Elite Guard", Bumblebee decided more than ever that he wanted to join their ranks. He had Sari borrow some of her dad's auto-painting robots so that he could truly look the part of an Elite Guard team member. He also began doing combat training with Prowl, and may have gotten his energy stingers enhanced. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Animated)#EliteGuard|Elite Guard Bumblebee}}

{{note|Presumably Bumblebee's "getting up close to members of the AUTOBOT Elite Guard" refers to the events of the episodes [[The Elite Guard]], [[The Return of the Headmaster]] and [[Mission Accomplished]]. However, at the time of those episodes, Isaac Sumdac was missing and Sari no longer had access to Sumdac Systems technology, so, uh... just go with it. OR, possibly, by "borrow" they mean "steal the robots out from under Powell's greasy nose"}}

===''Be the Hero'' books===
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====Prime Suspect====
After [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Prime]] was framed for breaking and entering, Bumblebee and [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]] tried to warn him in advance that the Detroit police were after him. Bumblebee helped Sari and [[You|another kid]] check out the police station for leads. Unsuccessful in their search, they went to the scene of the crime, [[HomeTech]]'s laboratory where they rendezvoused with the other Autobots. As the Autobots were too big to fit inside, they sent the kids in, which resulted in Bumblebee and [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] having to rescue them dramatically. Evidence was found, leading the Autobots to HomeTech's main warehouse. Breaking in, Bumblebee clumsily knocked over a stack of crates, but somehow managed to avoid bringing security down on them. The Autobots split up and eventually found and defeated [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], who'd been behind the whole thing. {{storylink|Prime Suspect (Animated)|Prime Suspect}}

====Quest for the AllSpark====
When [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] made an attempt to obtain the [[AllSpark]] by taking control of [[Detroit]]'s robot workforce, the Autobots came up with a plan to hide useless copies of the AllSpark. Bumblebee concealed his at the [[Race Track]], however when the other Autobots failed to show up back at base, he found Sari and another kid, and the three of them went looking for [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]. When they found him, he fought Bumblebee while laboring under a misconception, which was quickly straightened out. They collected Prowl and finally caught up with Prime and [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]], joining in a battle to defeat [[Crush-A]]. {{storylink|Quest for the AllSpark}}

====Web of Deception====
Bumblebee saved Sari and her friend from a fiery death on [[Lake Erie]] before finding the Autobot ship lifeless. After getting everything working again, Ratchet found that Optimus was missing, and [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]'s ship was parked on the lake bed nearby, sending Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Prowl and the two young humans on a mission to investigate. While fighting the bounty hunter, they discovered the involvement of [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]], who wanted revenge on Prime. They ended up tracking down and fighting Blackarachnia, only for her to absorb Bumblebee's stinger ability, and sprout a stinger on each of her spider legs. All three Autobots were incapacitated, but Sari and her friend were able to follow Blackarachnia, leading to her eventual defeat. {{storylink|Web of Deception}}

====Time-Quake====
When Detroit was plagued by a series of strange time disturbances, the Autobots used scanning devices to scour the city. Bulkhead and Bumblebee both tracked the source of the temporal anomalies to the [[Lions Tower]] building downtown and broke in to find a time machine on the empty top floor. While Bulkhead and a human were sent back in time, Bumblebee encountered those responsible — [[Natasha Pyraniac]] and [[Blast-X]]. Bulkhead returned to the present in time to aid Bumblebee's fight against the Decepticon. Blast-X was defeated shortly after Pyraniac departed in the time machine. {{storylink|Time-Quake}}

===Titan Magazines===
In battle with new villain [[Quake-Maker]], Bumblebee got to not only mock the villain but fight alongside the super-cool new Autobot [[Afterburn]]. {{storylink|Animated Comic issue 1#Burnout|Burnout}}

The two later went on a mission to Dinobot Island to stop a Rage virus infection, a mission that had Bumblebee nervous. During the mission, Bumblebee screwed up a landing that Afterburn aced, got thrown into a mud puddle by Swoop, was left with an incredibly dirty finish, and generally looked worse than Afterburn and on ''four separate occasions'' got put down by him. This made him sad. {{storylink|Animated Comic issue 2|Ratchet & Grimlock Are DEAD?}}

When [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] was in a huff, it was Bumblebee who convinced him to help them against the [[Wraith-X]] by appealing to that greatest of emotions, the ego! He didn't have time to gloat though, as he then found Afterburn reporting back to ''Megatron'', who then stormed the base, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Divebomb}} killed Afterburn, and started a massive battle. Bumblebee was shocked to find Afterburn had only been a sparkless drone infiltrator, but still viewed him as a real Autobot, ''taking on Megatron himself'' out of anger for what had happened.

Optimus later consoled Bumblebee that he'd been a hero and that Afterburn hadn't been real anyway. But he'd been real to Bumblebee...{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Megatron's Revenge}}

[[File:Bumblebeepizza Titan25.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Why said cheese pizza has several toppings on it is a mystery.]]

But then he got over that and started breaking traffic laws for fun to get pizzas to Sari quickly! This led to Prowl dissing him and claiming Bumblebee wouldn't be so fast if he had to obey some rules, which led to a race between the two at [[Crazy Coyote Canyon]] (plus Bulkhead joined in, which gave Bumblebee a good laugh). Autobots doing ''anything'', of course, leads to Decepticon plots, and Bumblebee (who had a Decepticon tracer stuck on his butt) found they'd ambushed Prowl halfway through the race. Locating the tracer, he stuck it on ''Lugnut's'' butt and helped Prowl escape to win.

All that excitement had allowed Bulkhead to win the race unopposed though, making him the official fastest thing in Detroit. Bumblebee accepted it amiably enough. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|The Race}}
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===''TransTech''===
{{voiceactor|[[Bumper Robinson]] (English)}}
Isaac Sumdac presented his newest creation to Optimus, Bumblebee, and Sari; the "[[Bi-directional Unified Transit Terminal]]". The professor explained that his B.U.T.T. could easily shoot them all off to Cybertron... in theory. Bumblebee agreed to be part of the device's test drive, but the B.U.T.T. malfunctioned, sending Optimus, Sari, and Bumblebee to [[Axiom Nexus]] instead of their intended destination. The trio soon encountered officer [[Flareup (G1)|Flareup]], who informed them that Optimus was breaking the law by virtue of simply being a "Prime" in Axiom Nexus. After being through 17 grueling hours of processing, Optimus and Sari were put in the care of [[Shockwave (TransTech)|Shockwave]]. Bumblebee was determined to be a non-threat without a "spunky kid sidekick" to help him out, and was set free. Flareup informed Bumblebee of the gravity of the situation his friends found themselves in, and agreed to help rescue them... though Bumblebee took the time to order some fast-food first. In the drive-through line-up, Bumblebee met with the "heroic Predacon [[Megatron (BW)|Joe]]" who also agreed to help him out. Bumblebee then formulated a crazed plan that involved a marching band of trained chimps... which failed completely to accomplish anything. Joe then suggested a better plan; both he and Bumblebee posed as "illegal Primes" so that they could make their way to Axiom Nexus's detention center. "Beeimus Prime" and "Joe Convoy" thus managed to sneak into Shockwave's lab, despite the Narrator nearly blowing their cover. Bumblebee and Flareup then set upon distracting the morally-ambiguous scientist while Joe was tasked with freeing the hostages... only for the Predacon to reveal himself to be in truth a "Megatron" with plans of conquest!

Using Sari's Key, Megatron turned Shockwave's lab equipment into a miniature army. Unable to take on the newly awakened robots through force, Optimus, Sari, Bumblebee, Flareup, and Shockwave instead devised a means to turn them against their master; bureaucracy! They convinced Megatron's army that the amount of paperwork they'd need to go through for simply being born was a huge hassle, causing the robots to turn on their master.

Shockwave was so annoyed by Bumblebee and his friends that he decided to use his authority to quickly deport them from his dimension. Relieved to be back home, Optimus made everyone promise to never speak of their inter-dimensional adventure again. Bumblebee agreed. {{Storylink|Bee in the City}}

===''The Cool'' comic===
Witnessing the mysterious Allspark being uncovered, Bumblebee along with the rest of Optimus Prime's crew fled through a space bridge gate in order to keep the artifact out of Decepticon clutches. Unfortunately, Megatron was able to board their ship and left Bumblebee defeated on the floor, leaving Optimus to deal with the Decepticon leader by himself. {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 3}}

Along with the rest of the Autobots, Bumblebee came to the [[Earth]] city of [[Detroit]] in order to protect the [[AllSpark]] from the Decepticons. During a battle in the streets with [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] and [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], Bumblebee came into contact with [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] moments before nearly being blown to smithereens. He then squared off against, attempting to subdue the Decepticon with his [[Stinger (weapon)|stingers]]. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 1}}

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When [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] died stopping Starscream from abusing the power of the AllSpark, and was subsequently revived, Bumblebee introduced him to Sari, who had brought him back with the power of her [[AllSpark Key|key]]. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 2}}

Bumblebee next participated in a battle against [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] and [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. He performed poorly against Soundwave's sonic attacks and Lugnut's aerial bombardments, and was grateful when the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobot]]s arrived to save the day, remarking how powerful they were. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 3}}

Back in Detroit, Bumblebee was present to dig Optimus Prime out of a pile of rubble dropped onto him by [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]]. Bumblebee did not recognize Blackout's Autobot opponent, [[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard]], leaving Prime to tell him that he was from the [[Elite Guard]]. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 4}}

Bumblebee next engaged Starscream all by himself, resulting in the Decepticon nearly blasting him off the roof of [[Sumdac Systems]] headquarters. Bumblebee was saved when Starscream was distracted by the reborn Megatron, only to be blasted by Megatron's [[fusion cannon]] a short while later. Bumblebee survived the altercation, at least long enough to greet [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] and the Elite Guard. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 5}}

Bumblebee later joined the Autobots in a battle against [[Clone number 2716057|Clone #2716057]]. With Prowl's help, they subdued the clone and took him to a warehouse where they encountered Megatron. The clone had been rigged to explode, but Prowl was able to send him rocketing into the sky before detonation, as Bumblebee stood around watching, doing nothing. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 6}}

At the battle for the Decepticon [[Space bridge|Space Bridge]], Bumblebee joined his fellow speed warrior, [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]], in taking down [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]]. They used their speed to first confuse their opponents, then slapped them with some stasis cuffs. As the Decepticons fell over, paralyzed, the pair of Autobots speedsters skipped off while merrily whistling. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 7}}

When the battle for the Decepticon Space Bridge had ended, Bumblebee joined the other Autobots in bidding farewell to the fallen [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]. Bumblebee then freaked out when he noticed that Sari had robotics sticking through her skin.{{storylink|The Cool Episode 8}}

Not long afterward, Starscream attacked Detroit in Omega Supreme's body. Bumblebee fought to keep the fiend busy until Optimus could return and join the fray. Bumblebee expressed excitement when Sari used her key to upgrade into a teenager, then expressed lament when her newfound powers proved utterly useless against Starscream/Omega Supreme. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 9}}

Prior to the final confrontation against the Decepticons, Bumblebee stood heroically alongside his fellow Autobots. {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 1}}

Upon Megatron's defeat, Bumblebee accompanied the Autobots back to planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where they were all hailed as heroes by the citizenry and even [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]]. {{storylink|The Cool Episode Final}}

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===Legends World===
An actor dressed as Bumblebee appeared at [[Tokyo Toy Show]] 2014, to the joy of ''Animated'' fans [[Optimus Minor]] and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]. {{storylink|Tokyo Toy Show 2014 Report}}

===''Rescue Bots Academy'' cartoon===
[[File:RBA Animated Bumblebee Toy.jpg|thumb|left|50px]]
A figurine of ''Animated'' Bumblebee can be seen in [[Wedge (RBA)|Wedge]]'s collection. {{storylink|Bee Prepared}}

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===Precursor World===
A white Bumblebee was a member of the [[White Order]] of the [[Primus Vanguard]]. He stood at attention in their base on the [[White Planet]] as [[Prowl (Animated)#Precursor World|Prowl]] and their commander [[White Gallant Convoy]] discussed what to do about the conflict broiling between [[G1 World|extradimensional]] warriors [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Star Convoy]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Generations Selects Special Comic (1)|Super Megatron]] on the [[Blue Planet (GS)|Blue Planet]]. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 2}}

==Games==
===Transformers Animated: The Game===
{{voiceactor|[[Bumper Robinson]] (English)}}
[[File:TFAnimated Game Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|123px]]
When [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]] announced he was stepping up Bumblebee and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]'s training, Bumblebee protested he already had plenty of training and was up to level 12. After it was established that video games didn't count, he, Bulkhead and Optimus worked their way through an obstacle course set up by [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]. They got the opportunity to put their skills to a real test a short time later when drones went haywire at a [[Sumdac Systems]] factory, the trio blasting their way through the rogue robots until they found the problem — an [[AllSpark]] fragment lodged in a control console. When they intercepted a transmission indicating that [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] was planning to attack [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Optimus, Bumblebee and Bulkhead searched the factory for more fragments so they could power up Megatron's [[space bridge|Space Bridge]] and follow him.

By following a [[Decepticon Transmitter Drone]], they discovered the location of Megatron's mine base and explored it until they found Megatron and his Space Bridge. A battle ensued, during which Bumblebee powered an electromagnet that they used to defeat the Decepticon leader, but even as they were victorious, Megatron transwarped out. The trio repowered the space bridge with their own AllSpark fragments, but after Optimus and Bulkhead went through, the bridge closed, leaving Bumblebee on Earth. With Sari's help, Bumblebee tracked down more fragments at the factory... only for them to be taken from him by [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]. With the help of his [[turbo booster]]s, Bumblebee hunted down Lockdown and managed to get the fragments back.

Bumblebee and Sari returned to the mine, only for the computer to announce that the self-destruct had been activated. Bumblebee fought his way through the mine in record time to disable it, and used the fragments to repower the space bridge. He arrived on Cybertron to find Prime and Bulkhead searching for Megatron. After intercepting a Decepticon transmission, they headed for the Space Bridge Nexus, where they confronted Megatron again, using the defense systems against him. Megatron was again forced to flee. The Autobots returned to Earth, where Bumblebee announced he was beat, but perked up again when Sari revealed she had an advance copy of ''[[Mage Master Maze Knight]]''. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Game}}

===Transformers Animated: ''Action Packs''===
{{note|Bumblebee is featured as a playable game card. He is a yellow card, has a value of 5 points, and has the following power: "+5 if any Sari is in play".}} {{storylink|Transformers Animated: Action Packs}}
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==Toys==
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==Merchandise==
{{main|Bumblebee (Animated)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
[[File:Bumblebeeanimatedkibble.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|My real windshield is on my heels!]]
*Bumblebee's arm-mounted shock stingers are very likely inspired by an early weapon concept from the 2007 movie version of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]].

*The character who would become Bumblebee was originally conceived as [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], but changed to Bumblebee at the insistence of incoming supervising director [[Matt Youngberg]] and art director [[Derrick J. Wyatt]].<ref>[https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21975298&postID=1516366009698858110&isPopup=true Bumblebee's inclusion explained by Derrick J. Wyatt on twitter]</ref>
**This explains why Bumblebee's character is more like Hot Shot and less like... well, Bumblebee. He also arguably shares personality traits with other, similarly brash characters such as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. Cut from the same cloth, at any rate.

*Bumblebee appears to have a fake car roof on his chest in both his toy and on his [[character model]]. Not only does Bumblebee transform like his toy in his drawn-out animated transformation sequences, with his legs forming the top of the vehicle and the rest forming the underside, but his "real" windshield is drawn on the back of his legs, just like the toy. Plus the headlights on Bumblebee's feet are upside-down, just like the toy's. However, Bumblebee's vehicle mode stripe doesn't change sides like on the toy. Cheatsy!
**In addition to the above, in "[[The Thrill of the Hunt]]", Bumblebee reaches under his '''fake''' car roof kibble to get out his air freshener and fuzzy dice. This would mean that he had kept them in his back seat or trunk. Interestingly enough, on the Deluxe toy, you can actually store small items in his chest thanks to his opening 'trunk'.

*Bumblebee likes to swear a lot. [[Slag (slang)|Slag yeah!]]

[[File:AllSparkAlmanacII-SeasonFour-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] was so horrified his scream blew out [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]]'s audio sensors...and Jazz was in another building at the time.]]
*Bumblebee's apparently got his name for being a bumbler in [[Autobot boot camp]]. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

*On the Transformers Animated Season One DVD set, the "Season Two Sneak Peek" special feature shows Bumblebee's character model [[:File:TFA Bumblebee Elite Guard promoimage.JPG|colored]] in the [[#EliteGuard|Elite Guard Bumblebee toy's deco]]. Bumblebee did not actually ''use'' that color scheme in Season 2, so its inclusion in a Season Two gallery is puzzling at best. It also matches the Japanese toy rather than the finalized color scheme of Hasbro's version, compounding the puzzlement.
**In the unproduced Season 4 premiere, "[[Trial of Megatron, Part 1|Trial of Megatron]]", Bumblebee would have temporarily joined the Elite Guard before eventually resigning and rejoining Optimus' crew.

*With the airing of the two-part episode "Human Error", an interesting and probably unintentional question has been brought up. Bumblebee's human form seems to be much younger than the others, even Prowl and Bulkhead, putting him somewhere in his early to mid-teens. Everything else about the Automen reflect their bot counterparts spot on, down to a scar on Ratchet's face to represent his broken chevron. So, seeing as human Bumblebee appears so young, does that make him a child soldier? Or is he just really, ''really'' short?

*Bumblebee's original [[65356-9292-346]] [[body-type]] is apparently quite common on Cybertron — he shares it with many, many others.

*In the Transformers Animated profile shorts, Bumblebee is introduced to the audience by Sari in "[[Meet Bumblebee]]" and he likewise introduces Ratchet in "[[Meet Ratchet]]".

*Had season 4 been produced, Bumblebee would have looked mostly the same as before but with additional black stripes, to more closely resemble his [[Bumblebee (Movie)|live-action counterpart]].
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===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bumblebee''' (バンブルビー ''Banburubī'')
*''Arabic:'' '''Bumbly''' (cartoon, بامبلي ''Bāmblī''), '''Bumble Bee''' (commercial, بامبل بي ''Bāmbil Bī'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Dà-huáng-fēng''' (大黃蜂, "Bumblebee")

==See also==
{{OtherVersions
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|disambig=Bumblebee (disambiguation)
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*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], the plucky yellow [[kid-appeal character]] from [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]].
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], the voiceless yellow one-man franchise from the [[live-action film series]].
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], the yellow kid-appeal character turned leader from the [[Aligned continuity family]].
*[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]], the amnesiac yellow kid-appeal character from ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Transformers: Cyberverse]].''}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/Bumblebee/bumblebee.htm Bumblebee at TFU.info]
*[http://www.hasbro.com/common/images/news/transformers//Transformers_Draw_Bumblebee.pdf Hasbro.com - How to Draw: Animated Bumblebee]

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:''Bumblebee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Bumblebee Leapfrog-AA.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Little. Yellow. Different.]]

'''Bumblebee''' is the youngest, yellowest, and most energetic of the Autobots...[[Bumblebee (G1)|as]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)|usual]]. A hyperactive wisecracker, Bumblebee is quite convinced he's the fastest—and coolest—thing on four wheels. He has a tendency to bite off more than he can chew, so it's a good thing he pals around with the massive [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]. He does ''not'' take well to being called short, and his over-eager ways can get on [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet's]] nerves all too easily. Still, Bumblebee is good with people, as evidenced by his fast friendship with [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]].

{{bigquote|I may be small, but I'm scrappy! And I can ride circles around your big, old, rusty chassis!|Bumblebee to Bulkhead|"[[Total Meltdown]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
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{{voiceactor|[[Bumper Robinson]] (English), [[Tom Kenny]] (English, "[[Where Is Thy Sting?]]"), [[Daisuke Kishio]] (Japanese)|[[Arttu Ala-Jokimäki]] (Finnish), [[Santiago Ziesmer]] (German), [[Bruno Magne]] (French), [[Renato Novara]] (Italian), [[Yong-wu Sin]] (Korean), [[Krzysztof Korzeniowski]] (Polish), [[Márcio Araújo]] (Portuguese), [[Cristian Lizama]] (Latin American Spanish, seasons 1 and 2), [[Javier Rodríguez Castellanos]] (Latin American Spanish, season 3), [[Sergio Rodríguez-Guisán]] (Castilian Spanish)}}

[[File:Autobot Cadets.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|There's a [[Wasp|green me]] and a [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|red me]]!]]
Early in his career, Bumblebee dreamed of becoming a member of the [[Elite Guard]]. He joined the [[Autobot boot camp]], but things didn't exactly go as planned—his [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|drill sergeant]] was a jerk, [[Wasp|most]] of his [[Ironhide (Animated)|classmates]] bullied him and the only bot willing to befriend him was a complete [[Bulkhead (Animated)|mudflap]]. His luck seemed to change, however, when he accidentally overheard someone communicating with [[Lugnut (Animated)|a Decepticon]]. He then saw classmate [[Wasp]] walk out, which aroused his suspicions. After taking the advice of [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm]], Bumblebee attempted to weed out the spy, but Sentinel Minor got in the way twice. Needless to say, this resulted in many [[transform-up]]s for his squadron. After Wasp and Ironhide tore off his legs and put him in a closet, he was saved by Longarm, who encouraged him not to give up. Later that day, the group was put through their first training exercise—combat in a simulated battlezone. When somebody switched the turret settings to fire actual lasers, it was Bulkhead who saved Bumblebee. However, they accidentally knocked over a building in the process, flattening Sentinel.

[[File:Beecybermode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Very Wacky Races.]]
When Sentinel was conducting a surprise locker inspection, Sentinel discovered a Decepticon communicator in Wasp's trunk, ousting him as a traitor. Sentinel was prepared to put Bumblebee on an Elite Guard fast track program. Sadly, his new friendship with Bulkhead forced him to throw it all away in order to prevent his new buddy being kicked out, and they both wound up working on [[space bridge]]s. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

[[File:Bumblebeeanimatedpreearth.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Wait... who are [[Hot Shot (Animated)|you]]?]]

The two friends were assigned to [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]'s space bridge repair [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|vessel]]. During one mission, Bumblebee and Bulkhead stumbled across [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]], a ninja-bot meditating near an isolated space bridge. Due to an [[energon cube]] accident on [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]]'s part, Prowl's spaceship was destroyed, and he was forced to join their crew. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}} After this, Bumblebee's work continued as usual until the crew discovered the [[AllSpark]] itself on another asteroid, which unfortunately attracted the attention of [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. Even though he expressed significant fear of the [[Decepticon]] leader, Bumblebee still managed to crack wise at his appearance once they were face-to-face. The humor vanished when Megatron pulled out his sword. After Megatron was thrown off the ship, Bumblebee entered stasis with the rest of the crew just before the crew's ship crash-landed on [[Earth]].

Fifty years later, Teletran-1 awoke the crew to alert them to the intrusion of a [[nanite]]-powered bug-slug. Sending out a probe to find local disguises, the probe scanned [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]]'s [[Captain Fanzone's car|car]] amongst other things. Bumblebee was given the car for his new bodyform. Lucky him.

[[File:TFA TFandRollout Sari followedmehome.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Can we keep it?"]]
Upon noticing [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|"a little creature"]] struggling with her [[Sparkplug (robot dog)|"owner"]], Bumblebee and Bulkhead showed their unfamiliarity with organic life by assuming the owner/pet relationship was reversed. Their speculation was interrupted by the attacks of the giant, nanite-fueled bug monster, and Bumblebee intervened to get Sari out of the way. Later in the battle, Bumblebee was called on to deliver the override command to the beast's nanites, as he was the fastest and most nimble of the crew.

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His defeat of the monster seriously impressed Sari, who decided to befriend him. Sari's definition of befriending included cajoling him into sneaking her aboard the Autobots' ship. Of course, Sari wouldn't stay still as Bumblebee asked, compelling him to jettison her into a ventilation shaft. After introducing her to the group, Sari and Bumblebee became fast friends. When [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] attacked [[Detroit]], Bumblebee took a shot intended for Sari, allowing Starscream to capture Bumblebee, [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]], Captain Fanzone, and the Mayor. Sari, with [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]'s help, managed to rescue them. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} {{storylink|Dispatches}}

The Autobots quickly became famous for their heroic deeds in Detroit, much to Bumblebee's delight. Prowl, on the other hand, was less enthusiastic about all the attention, however, and he and Bumblebee quickly had a clash of opinions on the values of peace and quiet versus the values of fun. When the Autobots' factory base was turned against them, however, Bumblebee was forced to listen to Prowl's "stillness and strike" attitude to get past the motion sensors preventing him from shutting the factory down. In the aftermath, he had a newfound respect for Prowl as the two played a relaxed game of Twister™. {{storylink|Home Is Where the Spark Is}}

At one point, Bumblebee took part in a match against [[Colossus Rhodes|Cyrus "Colossus" Rhodes]], hosted by [[Meltdown (Animated)|Prometheus Black]] to show off the effectiveness of biotechnology. Unfortunately, Cyrus [[Hulk|hulked up]], then proceeded to beat the [[Slag (slang)|slag]] out of Bumblebee. The other Autobots were forced to rescue him, using it as a chance to riff on his small stature. However, only Bumblebee was able to get into [[Sumdac Tower]] when [[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]] went to kill Isaac Sumdac. Bumblebee managed to get him to the ground floor, but Meltdown arrived. Bulkhead tried to stop him, but Meltdown threw a glob of acid at Bulkhead, which Bumblebee took instead. Bulkhead offered his apologies over his comments, saying he was only having a little fun—which sent Bumblebee into declaring his good moves and speed. He's going to be pretty impossible to live with for a while. {{storylink|Total Meltdown}}

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''Bumblebee and the Autobots accidentally upstaged a local Detroit hero named the [[Wraith]], exposing his spook act for the holographic trickery it was. Bumblebee in particular continued to upstage the Wraith, and even got invited in his place to perform at the University of Michigan half-time show. Mad with envy, the Wraith staged an attack on the game, taking Bumblebee out of the picture with some well placed "boots" while using holograms to simulate the little yellow robot on a rampage. Bumblebee eventually broke free and the Autobots had Wraith arrested for his antics. {{storylink|The Arrival issue 2#"Attention Surplus Disorder"|Attention Surplus Disorder}}''

''After a break-in at Sumdac Systems, Bumblebee and the Autobots tracked the culprit, [[Stiletto (Animated)|Stiletto]], to the Ambassador Bridge. Although she managed to slice his tires, Bumblebee and the others succeeded in capturing Stiletto. {{storylink|The Arrival issue 3#"Stiletto"|Stiletto}}''

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''Later on, [[Porter C. Powell]] attempted to cash in on Bulkhead's name without his permission, so Bumblebee and the others helped Bulky set Powell up to admit his products were "gas-guzzling deathtraps". The adventure inspired Bumblebee to get a garish paintjob, similar to the [[Bulkhead (vehicle)|vehicles]] Powell was forced to recall. {{storylink|The Arrival issue 4#"The Insincerest Form of Flattery"|The Insincerest Form of Flattery}}''

The troubles in Detroit were far from over, as the Autobots soon found themselves facing three rampaging [[Dinobot (Animated)|robotic dinosaurs]]. During the battle, Bumblebee combined his [[Stinger (weapon)|stingers]]' electrical with Ratchet's magnets to create an [[electromagnetic pulse]] that would hopefully shut the prehistoric menaces down. Sari decided to pitch in by boosting Bumblebee's stingers with her [[AllSpark Key]], which proved enough to defeat the "Dinobots"... but also provided them with [[spark]]s. {{storylink|Blast from the Past}} He later bought a neat car horn and tried to chase down a mysterious muscle car with little success. The car turned out to be the bounty hunter [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], who kidnapped Optimus Prime and made short work of Bumblebee as well, threatening to take his stingers. In the end, Lockdown was defeated by Ratchet and Prime was saved. {{storylink|The Thrill of the Hunt}}

[[File:TFA Nanosec Bumblebee turbo boosters.JPG|thumb|left|upright=1.4|BB got back!]]
After Bumblebee showed a lack of ability (or inclination) to be subtle on Earth, Prime had Prowl try to teach Bumblebee how to blend in. This ruined some plans with Sari, as she wanted to attach some [[turbo booster]]s to him to make him go even faster. During the exercise, they encountered [[Nanosec]], a crook that had gained Professor Sumdac's new speed suit via [[Megatron (Animated)|unknown patrons]]. Unable to keep up with Nanosec, Bumblebee was convinced by Sari attach the turbo boosters against Prime's orders. Unfortunately, he couldn't control them in vehicle mode, allowing Nanosec to escape from the Autobots twice. Worse, he was carrying enough [[Destronium]] to destroy all of Detroit. Overhearing Bulkhead and Prowl's comments on his change of appearance, Bumblebee realized that the suit was causing him to age the more he used it, so he purposefully ran him into old age (cold, Bee). With the Destronium about to go critical, Bumblebee, with help from Prowl and Bulkhead, managed to use his turbo boosters to head into the outer atmosphere and get the Destronium away from the city before detonating. The whole experience seems have given Bumblebee a bit more respect for subtlety. {{storylink|Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec}}

October soon came around, and Sari decided to teach the Autobots about [[Halloween]]. Bumblebee dressed up as "Count Dracubot", but his trick-and-treating session went sour when he and Bulkhead were attacked by the spider-bot [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] and knocked unconscious. They recovered in time to save Sari from falling off a skyscraper, although Bumblebee blew out his tires in the process. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}} After participating in Sari's eighth birthday party, Bumblebee decided that he also wanted one of those cool [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] toys. He was less enthusiastic after Soundwave took control of all [[automaton]]s in Detroit and faked Bumblebee's voice in order to confuse the Autobots. {{storylink|Sound and Fury}} While Soundwave was eventually defeated, the Decepticon attacks were far from over—[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] soon arrived on Earth in their search for Megatron. Bumblebee and the others were knocked unconscious by Lugnut's [[Punch of Kill Everything|mighty punch]] in their first battle, but the odds were in the Autobots' favour when they later fought in the muddy waters of [[Lake Erie]]. Bumblebee got to electrocute Blitzwing a bit before both Decepticons were blasted to pieces by Teletran-1's main cannon. {{storylink|Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found}}

When Sari was later kidnapped by a [[Swoop (Animated)|pterosaur]], Bumblebee participated in the police investigation. {{storylink|Survival of the Fittest}} Bulkhead later got into the fine arts, so Bumblebee helped out by modeling for him until his friend got his body hijacked by the human villain known as the [[Headmaster (Animated)|Headmaster]]. As the other Autobots investigated, Bumblebee kept Bulkhead's head company and helped him create art pieces for his upcoming gallery (all while relentlessly cracking jokes about the situation, naturally). The Headmaster soon threatened to destroy Detroit using Bulkhead's body, so the Autobots approached him by pretending to be rescue vehicles, with Bumblebee being driven by Captain Fanzone. During the battle against the Headmaster, he got to play both bowling and football with Bulkhead's head before it was returned to its body. {{storylink|Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster}}

Some time during that winter, Bumblebee and Sari were playing video games and listening to music while ignoring Prowl's lectures on how spending so much time on "electronic devices" was unnecessary. All three of them were then sent out to investigate a Cybertronic energy signal in the woods; a prospect which filled Bumblebee with dread as nature was just so ''incredibly'' boring compared to his TV, games and music back home. He came along on what Sari described as a "camping trip" anyway, although he brought plenty of electronic devices with him. Prowl was not impressed, and even less so when Bumblebee decided to use his holographic projector as a TV screen. The lack of electricity proved to be the least of Bumblebee's problems, however, as the group was attacked by a [[Space barnacle|space barnacle monster]] shortly after nightfall. After a drawn-out fight with the creature, Bumblebee eventually knocked it off a cliff with his stingers, only to find that Prowl had been infected by the barnacles himself. While Sari had the bright idea of trapping the crazed Prowl in a mine, Bumblebee ended up trapping both of ''them'' in it as well, and got himself infected. Ultimately, Sari saved the day by using hot water to remove the barnacles, and in the aftermath Bumblebee voiced his opinion that nature should just be paved over as soon as possible. {{storylink|Nature Calls}}

[[File:Megatron rising 1 Starscream freakout.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Bumblebee followed this moment by offering Starscream a polo.]]
When Decepticon activity was detected in high levels, Bulkhead spilled the beans on what he and Prowl had done with the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]], and Optimus Prime pretty much lost it. Ranting that all he had was a group of insubordinate malfunctions, he told Ratchet to take Sari's [[AllSpark Key]] from her, saying it wasn't safe in her hands. As she ran off crying, Bumblebee defended her, and Prime pointed out that Bumblebee wasn't a good character witness. Bumblebee mouthed off that their situation meant that Prime wasn't fit to command and then went looking for Sari, not only ignoring Prime telling him to come back, but also dismissing his orders to return to base (again... cold, Bee). Heading to [[Sumdac Tower]], Bumblebee spotted Starscream, and disobeyed Prime's order to hold off. Heading up the elevator (which somehow could not only fit him, but also carry his weight), Bumblebee charged, firing his stingers at Starscream. All it really did was interrupt his speech, which made Starscream ''seriously'' freak out. However, a crane pulled Starscream, who was holding Bumblebee, up to the roof, where the two fought it out... ''right'' until Megatron burst through the roof of the tower. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}

After Megatron's restoration, Starscream absentmindedly beat on Bumblebee for a while, then threw him aside when Megatron called the Decepticons to him. Once he'd been repaired with remaining AllSpark Key energy in Professor Sumdac's lab, Bumblebee called Prime on his previous statements, and Optimus apologized, saying he'd been out of line. When Ratchet brought the Autobots' ship to them, the Autobots and Sumdacs boarded the vessel in an attempt to lead Megatron and the Decepticons off-planet, but were shot down and crashed on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. As the Autobots rallied to defend the AllSpark, Bumblebee, Ratchet, and Prowl took on [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]]. Ratchet and Bumblebee teamed up again to create an [[electromagnetic pulse]], causing him to crash. After shelling them in tank mode, Blitzwing again took to the air for some strafing runs. Prowl noticed a connection between Blitzwing's alternate modes and personalities, so they had Bumblebee use his greatest strength, his obnoxious personality, to cause Angry Blitzwing to emerge. Taunting the triple changer, Bumblebee got him to transform accidentally into tank mode and crash into the lake. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

[[File:Super secretary.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"[[Aaron Archer]]'s office. Please hold."]]

Following the defeat of Megatron and the disappearance of Professor Sumdac, Bumblebee helped Sari run [[Sumdac Systems]] until the arrival of the [[Elite Guard|Cybertron Elite Guard]]. Among their numbers was [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], Bumblebee and Bulkhead's old sergeant from boot camp, but thankfully he didn't seem to remember them. Bumblebee and the rest of the crew were subsequently contained within the [[Sigma Supreme|Elite Guard flagship]] while the Sentinel and [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] went with Optimus Prime to investigate the supposed defeat of Megatron and dispersion of the AllSpark, but soon had to leave to deal with an out-of-control [[police drone]] factory. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}} Shortly afterwards, Bumblebee greeted Sari when she was thrown out of Sumdac Tower by [[Porter C. Powell]] and forced to live with the Autobots. He and Bulkhead tried to cheer her up by saying that living together would be like a non-stop party, making her food and teaching her about "stuff and how it works", but were met with limited success. Prowl intervened, and advised the pair to simply listen to their friend. Sari then let out her frustration over recent events, while Bumblebee and Bulkhead comforted her. {{storylink|The Return of the Headmaster}}

Bumblebee and Sari later helped stop a runaway train powered by an AllSpark fragment. When Starscream stopped by again, Bumblebee and Ratchet again combined their powers to attack him with an electromagnetic pulse, but the AllSpark-powered Decepticon shrugged it off like it was nothing. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}} After noticing truly how bad Ratchet's people skills were, Optimus Prime assigned Bumblebee and Sari to help him improve on them, something neither party was very enthusiastic about. During their training, the three encountered the newly created Transformer [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]], who proceeded to throw beef and motorcycles at Bumblebee. The Autobots chased Wreck-Gar across the city to retrieve the experimental nanobots he had in his backpack, but Bumblebee was not present during Ratchet's final confrontation with the confused 'bot. {{storylink|Garbage In, Garbage Out}}

[[File:TFA Velocity Bumblebee Blurr meet.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|"If you're [[Auggie Cahnay (G1)|Auggie Cahnay]], your ass is grass!"]]
Bumblebee became involved in the illegal street races organised by the criminal [[Master Disaster (Animated)|Master Disaster]]. Believing himself to be the fastest things on wheels, Bumblebee was unsurprisingly shocked after getting thrashed in a race by a [[Blurr (Animated)|Mysterious Blue Race Car]]. Following this, AllSpark traces, and the appearance of Blitzwing at the race track, Bumblebee became determined to get to the bottom of the mystery (although deep down he just wanted another chance to beat the Unknown Racer.) He made a deal with Master Disaster to appear in his races. Enlisting the help of Sari, Bumblebee returned to the track, and, to cut a long story short, ending up being pursued by the maniacal Blitzwing. After nearly being frozen one minute and melted to slag the next, Bumblebee was eventually rescued by the Mysterious Racer driving into Blitzwing. The excitement wasn't over for Bumblebee yet, as when returning to Master Disaster's trailer for answers, he and his pal Bulkhead (who had angrily followed Bumblebee there for defying him) had to face off against Blitzwing (he was desperate for that AllSpark fragment...), and had to be rescued once again... although this time it was Sari using Master Disaster's controlling device. {{storylink|Velocity (episode)|Velocity}}

The Autobots' ongoing efforts to fix up Detroit continued, and Bumblebee found the task as boring as ever. As the Autobots repaired an overpass, Bumblebee spotted Blitzwing and Lugnut trying to sneak off with some construction supplies. He attempted to stop them on his own, with his stingers being as ineffective as usual against the Decepticons. The pair got away, causing even more damage to the overpass on their way out, forcing the Autobots had to stay late to repair it. Again. Later, Bulkhead brought two new 'bots back to Autobot headquarters: [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] and [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]]. Though they were insufferable to begin with, the Constructibots became an actual threat when they allied themselves with Megatron. They attempted to snatch away the Autobots' AllSpark fragments for their new boss, and Bumblebee was taken hostage during the scuffle. The Autobots were ultimately able to drive off the Constructibots and retrieved their AllSpark fragments.{{storylink|Rise of the Constructicons}}

Later, he went on a trip to the Five Banners Roller Coaster Kingdom theme park with Sari. Optimus, fool that he is, believed him when he called it "an important fact-finding mission". {{storylink|A Fistful of Energon}}

[[File:Watching SUVs.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|If they start to do it, let me see, ok?]]
On another occasion, Bumblebee was attempting to clear up the streets of Detroit by catching some of their [[Nanosec|small]] [[Angry Archer|time]] [[Professor Princess|criminals]]. However, in each case, whenever Bumblebee came close to the capture, he froze up completely, and allowed the baddies to escape. It later became apparent that this was due to the AllSpark-infused timepiece belonging to [[Slo-Mo]]. After revealing himself and snatching the timepiece, [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] froze all of the Autobots and looked set for victory. However, after being lifted to Sumdac Tower by Sari and the members of the [[Society of Ultimate Villainy|SUV]] and repaired, Bumblebee took on Swindle (even managing to floor him at one point with his stingers). After getting the timepiece back from Swindle, Bumblebee was double-crossed by the SUV, but fortunately for the Autobot, the rest of his pals were back online by now, and managed to get the criminals arrested. {{storylink|SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy}}

After learning of Wasp's escape, Bumblebee felt a stirring of his old dreams, and dragged Bulkhead off to trace a signal leaked to them, containing a conversation between Megatron and his spy. As they tracked it down, Bumblebee fell into old habits, and started putting Bulkhead down, just like in the old days. It took a nasty fall to remind him that Bulkhead was the best friend he'd ever have, and he didn't need to spend his time chasing big dreams. Together, the two headed home, never realizing they were just outside of the carbon mines where the Decepticons were hiding.

Later, Bumblebee relayed the information they'd gathered to his old friend, Longarm, now Longarm ''Prime'', head of Cybertron Intel. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

[[File:TFA Black Friday Meltdown Bee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|IDK, my BFF Jill?]]
Due to his inability to stay quiet, Prowl placed a bet on Bumblebee—that he couldn't go 10 [[Units of time|cycle]]s without talking. Should he keep to this, a sweet can of axle grease would be his! However, the poor bot just couldn't do it. Prime took Bumblebee and Prowl with him to Dinobot Island to investigate Meltdown's prison break, and the plucky yellow bot vowed he would win the axle grease. However, the bet was put on hold after both he and Prowl were off-lined by [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia's]] [[cyber venom]]. After the day was saved, Prime used the antidote on the bots, and Bumblebee pointed out he'd been quiet for ages! Prowl dryly noted it took Bumblebee being comatose to achieve this, but the yellow bot didn't care—he just wanted his grease! {{storylink|Black Friday (episode)| Black Friday}}

Bumblebee began to neglect his chassis, allowing it to leak oil without taking notice. Bulkhead and Ratchet pointed this out to the little 'bot, but Bumblebee was in complete denial over the fact that he needed a tune-up. Then, the Autobots learned that Mixmaster and Scrapper had resurfaced, and headed out to look for them throughout Detroit. Bumblebee didn't realize that the trail of oil he let drip out as he drove along would lead the Constructobots back to Autobot headquarters, where Sari would have to take on the two of them by herself. He did eventually get patched up by Ratchet in the field though. By the time Bumblebee received a call from Sari informing him of her situation, Blitzwing had dropped in on the Autobots, and they were too busy dealing with the triple-changer to head back... until Blitzwing suddenly decided to ditch the battle. By the time the Autobots made it back home, Sari had already managed to get rid of the intruders by herself. {{storylink|Sari, No One's Home}}

After insulting Bulkhead's latest abstract painting of Sari, Bumblebee realized that he was wrong and actually apologized for his comments. It didn't go over very well, and that was before Megatron showed up with Professor Sumdac. Though Bumblebee suspected that Sumdac was a willing accomplice, Sari refused to hear it. At that moment, the mysterious blue racer from before appeared. Thinking he was a Decepticon, Bumblebee rolled after the racer, running him off the road. It was only at this point that the racer revealed that he was [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]], a member of the Elite Guard sent to keep tabs on Decepticons and Prime's crew. Worse, Bumblebee's actions allowed Bulkhead to be kidnapped by Megatron. Once Optimus Prime was informed that the Decepticons were building a [[space bridge]] to attack Cybertron, Bumblebee went with the Autobots to rescue Bulkhead and destroy the bridge. During a brief skirmish with Lugnut and Blitzwing, Bumblebee admitted that he'd lost his title as "fastest thing on wheels" to Blurr. Unfortunately, when they confronted Megatron himself, the [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicons]] managed to incapacitate the pair...just in time for Starscream and his [[Starscream clone (Animated)|clones]] to attack. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

Managing to escape the Decepticons, the Autobots went for the clones, apparently deciding that they were the greater evil. The battle went poorly for them, as Blurr was lost in the space bridge and Bumblebee was cemented to a wall. When Isaac Sumdac decapitated Starscream and took his body with the [[Headmaster (Animated)|Headmaster unit]], Bumblebee was convinced that he was working for the Decepticons, though Sumdac revealed that it was to destroy Megatron. That didn't work out too well. After Megatron explained his plan to the captive Autobots, the Decepticon [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] revealed that he was Longarm Prime and Bumblebee reached the horrifying realization that he had sent an innocent Wasp to the stockade. Fortunately, [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] arrived, reactivated thanks to Sari and Ratchet, and sacrificed himself to save the Autobots and Sumdacs. With the threat passed, Sumdac revealed that he had been forced to help the Decepticons, and Bumblebee's mistrust of the professor presumably faded away—only to return when Sari saw that the skin of her right arm had torn... revealing robotic circuitry underneath! {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

Despite the revelation that one of his best friends was a robot, Bumblebee actually remained focused on the larger picture: namely, Shockwave's presence on Cybertron. Optimus reasoned that since Bulkhead was a genius with regards to space bridges (something Bumblebee said he'd never get used to, revealing his high opinion of his other best friend), so the two headed out to the mine. Bumblebee managed to find a recall beacon generator, which was needed to locate the position in space, and the plasmadynamic thruster, which generated the transwarp field. Unfortunately, the thruster activated before Bumblebee could give it to Bulkhead, sending him across the galaxy. After catching another transwarp wave, he was again transported to another part of the galaxy—where he was swallowed by a [[Rock Lord]].

Fortunately, Bulkhead was able to capture Bumblebee's signal, and reel him in. Sadly, it also brought the alien to Detroit. As the Autobots struggled to figure out how to defeat the monster and save Bumblebee, Sari used the AllSpark Key on herself to upgrade with new weapons and a teenage appearance. Sari quickly trounced the monster, freeing Bumblebee. Unfortunately, Sari didn't remove the Key after the upgrade, causing her to overload and lose control of her abilities. Bumblebee made a mad dash to try to remove the Key, but Sari's defenses systems registered him as a threat, and Sari horrifically watched as she stabbed Bumblebee through the chest and blasted him across the street. Ratchet immediately went to work, saying that he could repair Bumblebee without the Key. However, the damage was severe, and Bumblebee's spark was fading fast. Even when they got the Key, Ratchet was still hard pressed, as the Key had been burned out upgrading Sari. Fortunately, Ratchet managed to stabilize Bumblebee with his magnets, but Ratchet was forced to deactivate Sari with his EMP generator.

[[File:TransWarpedBumblebeeSari.jpg|upright=1.4|left|thumb|''OOOOOOOOOH, MY AASSSSSSSSSSS!'']]
After Ratchet made what repairs he could, the Autobots allowed Professor Sumdac some time alone with Sari. Lamenting on how troubled their day had been, Bumblebee tempted fate by asking how much worse it could get. On cue, the plasmadynamic thruster began to power up, but Bulkhead managed to shut it down. Unfortunately, Omega Supreme soon arrived, under the control of Megatron. Bumblebee was given an illegal stinger upgrade to help against Omega Supreme, but it still did little good. Optimus and Prowl managed to sneak inside and remove Megatron's control while Bumblebee and Bulkhead served as <s>bait</s> a distraction. However, Starscream managed to gain control, and soon moved to conquer Cybertron. Bumblebee came up with the idea to throw the plasmadynamic thruster inside Omega to send the three randomly warping across the galaxy, managing to reach the altitude with his [[turbo booster]]s (why Optimus let him keep those is unknown). Later, Sari was awakened, and all was well with the Autobots... except for being out of contact with Cybertron, but still, it's the thought that counts. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

While Bulkhead and Professor Sumdac began constructing a space bridge, Bumblebee and the other Autobots focused on hunting down the remaining Decepticons on Earth. The first one they found was Lugnut, who was defeated and [[stasis cuffs|stasis cuffed]] after a drawn-out battle. Unfortunately, this left the Autobot force trying to pull the massive Decepticon out of the deep crater he had caused during the fight—a daunting task that they spent the rest of the night working on. Before any real progress could be made, Bumblebee and the others were called away to help Bulkhead, who had been dragged into an oil-stealing scheme by the Constructicons. Upon arriving at the [[Fossil Fuel]] oil refinery, Bumblebee fought against Scrapper, but was warned to watch his stingers so he wouldn't set fire to a nearby oil spill. Unfortunately, a collision between Scrapper and Mixmaster led to a spark setting fire to it anyway, so the Autobots were forced to transwarp an entire oil tank (with the Constructicons on it) out to Lake Erie, where it exploded. {{storylink|Three's a Crowd}}

[[File:WhereIsThySting-hotdogbot.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Bumblebee attempts to kitbash himself.]]

Some time later, Bumblebee's old friend Wasp arrived on Earth, with a few screws loose and a vendetta against the 'bot who put him away. That night, Bumblebee was on monitor duty as the other Autobots were searching for Wasp, but spent his time playing ''[[Ninja Gladiator]]'' instead (after all, a TV is a monitor too!), which led to Wasp easily getting the drop on him. Bumblebee tried explaining how Longarm had set the whole thing up back in the day, but the deranged Wasp wouldn't listen, instead knocking Bumblebee out and saying it was ''his'' turn to lose everything he'd ever had. When Bumblebee woke up, he found himself equipped with Wasp's helmet, paintjob and voice synthesizer and all his friends staring down at him... including Wasp dressed up as himself. Unable to prove his own identity, Bumblebee was forced to escape from his own friends, only to be chased down by Elite Guard members [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]]. Luckily for the small 'bot, Jetstorm's wind blasts were too powerful for him, and he was blown away from danger. A desperate Bumblebee tried painting himself yellow with mustard from a hot dog stand, only to be confronted by Bulkhead and Prowl. Thinking of ideas to prove his innocence, Bumblebee reminded Bulkhead of their misadventures in boot camp—misadventures Wasp could never have known about. While his friends were finally convinced, the newly arrived Jetstorm and Jetfire were not, and a fight broke out until Optimus and Sentinel arrived and sorted it out. Returning to the Autobot base, they confronted Wasp, who had unfortunately spent the meantime researching Bumblebee's past and could easily list many of Bumblebee's past adventures like he was there in person. With no way to prove who was the real deal, Bulkhead suggested that they simply play ''Ninja Gladiator'' for the title of Bumblebee... after all, the real one would ''never'' lose at ''Ninja Gladiator''. The plan worked, as Wasp cracked under the pressure before the match could even begin, grabbing Bumblebee and holding him at stinger-point. With the Autobots unable to attack, Wasp cancelled his and Bumblebee's [[electronic paint job]]s and made a getaway, leaving Bumblebee to be pummelled by a confused Bulkhead. {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}}

Chasing Wasp across Detroit, the Autobots eventually cornered him, and Bumblebee again tried explaining the "funny story" on how Longarm was the true Decepticon spy who caused Wasp's misfortune. However, Wasp didn't see the funny part of it, and Bumblebee nearly got himself blasted in the face for trying. Before the group could capture Wasp, he was suddenly abducted by [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]], so Optimus Prime and Bumblebee had to follow him to [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. Upon arrival, Prime suggested that Bumblebee stopped making excuses like blaming Longarm and tried ''apologizing'' to Wasp instead. Making their way into the tunnels of the island, the two soon found Wasp... mutated into a large, monstrous [[technorganic]] form by Blackarachnia. Face to face with the monster, Bumblebee followed Prime's advice and apologized for everything he did and didn't do to Wasp. His old nemesis responded (in Wasp's voice) that Wasp forgave him... but he was Wasp''inator'' now, and Waspinator would ''never'' forgive Bumblebee! However, before Waspinator could destroy Bumblebee once and for all, his new body started going out of control, and he went back to Blackarachnia. After being run down by both the spider and the wasp as the latter chased the former, Bumblebee helped carry the damaged Sentinel Prime out of the tunnels. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Animated)|Predacons Rising}}

[[File:TFAni Human Error Part 1 Bumblebee vs Blitzwing.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Human Bumblebee is stronger than [[:File:RollForIt FloppyDisk destruction.jpg|Chip Chase]].]]
Christmas eventually came around, and between shaking his presents and decorating the tree, Bumblebee didn't notice a [[Sound Wave]] toy poisoning the Autobots' [[oilnog]]. After having a taste, the 'bots all felt strangely tired and decided to take a stasis nap... only to wake up in human bodies. Bumblebee took it with a pinch of humor as he made fun of Bulkhead for being small, before the "Automen" headed out to see if Professor Sumdac could find out what was going on. However, during a brief break for food at [[Burger Bot]], the city came under attack from a large force of Decepticons. The Autobots chose to fight back despite their small fleshy bodies, but Bumblebee grabbing onto Starscream's leg had no real effect on the marauding Decepticon, and the heroes were quickly forced to run. Eventually arriving at Sumdac Tower, Bumblebee was shocked when Cybertron itself appeared in the sky and blasted part of the tower to smithereens, followed by the arrival of Megatron himself. However, by this stage, Optimus Prime and Prowl had figured out that none of this was actually happening—they were trapped in some kind of simulated reality. Realizing that they could break through the illusion with their imagination, the Autobots fought back and defeated the simulated Decepticons, with the tiny human Bumblebee easily punching out Blitzwing before transforming back into a robot. But before the Autobots could figure out how to escape from the virtual reality, they were subdued by a giant Soundwave—the one who had trapped them to begin with in order to brainwash them into becoming his mind slaves. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}
[[File:EndgamePart1-BumblebeeArcee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"I think I've seen this [[Spotlight: Arcee|somewhere]] before."]]

As Soundwave increased his control over the simulation, Bumblebee and the others were transformed back into humans. Deciding that they had to find Soundwave's interface to the world, they grabbed some vehicles matching their alternate modes, leading to Bumblebee pushing a virtual Captain Fanzone out of his own car. The Autobots took to chasing after a black Soundwave van, only to fall into a trap that let Soundwave brainwash them completely. As Sari and her "[[Substitute Autobot]]s" came to save the day, Soundwave used the Autobots' bodies to fight back, with Bumblebee and Prowl teaming up against Wreck-Gar. However, controlling five people at once proved too much for Soundwave, and as he lost focus, Bumblebee's mindless body found itself bound up in Christmas lights and defeated. Shortly afterward, Bumblebee's mind was returned to normal when Optimus Prime shattered Soundwave's body using {{Laserbeak (Animated)|Laserbeak}}'s guitar mode as an axe. {{storylink|Human Error, Part II}}

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When the Autobots discovered Decepticon signals on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], Bumblebee found himself a volunteering (read: ordered) to transwarp there and plant a transmitter. However, the transmitter was inadvertently broken by [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] shortly after arrival, so Bumblebee changed his strategy into infiltrating Omega Supreme. Inside, he found [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] babbling on and on about school. Deeming it impossible to take her back to Earth, Bumblebee chose to activate Arcee's transmitter before leaving, using her to spy on the Decepticons. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}} When Megatron used the information inside Arcee to attack Detroit with a trio of "[[Lugnut Supreme]]s", Bumblebee went back to the moon alongside Bulkhead, Ratchet and Sari to attempt a retrieval of Omega Supreme. They quickly located Arcee again, only to be attacked by Shockwave. While Bumblebee's stingers had no effect on his old platoonmate, he was eventually defeated by Bulkhead's brawns. Shockwave transformed back to his Longarm mode in an attempt to trick his "old pals", but failed and was captured. Bumblebee was aboard Omega Supreme when he battled against the oversized Lugnuts-turned-oversized Starscreams, and following their victory, was told that Prowl had died during the battle. When the Autobots returned to Cybertron, he helped carry his friend's coffin. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}

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''Bumblebee attended the Stunti-Con's show in Kaon, unaware that the entire affair was a Decepticon plot to break Megatron out of the nearby Trypticon Prison. Thankfully, [[Sideswipe (Animated)|Sideswipe]] and [[Cheetor (Animated)|Cheetor]] interrupted the show, and with [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]]'s help thwarted the Decepticons' plans.''{{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}

===Toy bios===
[[File:Animatedpatrolbumblebeepackageart.jpg|upright=0.85|left|thumb|"C.O.P.S. will be right back after these messages!"]]
At some point, Bumblebee began taking stealth lessons from Prowl, presenting him with a new battle tactic: sneaking up from behind instead of racing fender-first into danger. To further that end, Bumblebee apparently painted himself as a police patrol car. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Animated)#ActivPatrol|Patrol Bumblebee}}

After "getting up close to members of the AUTOBOT Elite Guard", Bumblebee decided more than ever that he wanted to join their ranks. He had Sari borrow some of her dad's auto-painting robots so that he could truly look the part of an Elite Guard team member. He also began doing combat training with Prowl, and may have gotten his energy stingers enhanced. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Animated)#EliteGuard|Elite Guard Bumblebee}}

{{note|Presumably Bumblebee's "getting up close to members of the AUTOBOT Elite Guard" refers to the events of the episodes [[The Elite Guard]], [[The Return of the Headmaster]] and [[Mission Accomplished]]. However, at the time of those episodes, Isaac Sumdac was missing and Sari no longer had access to Sumdac Systems technology, so, uh... just go with it. OR, possibly, by "borrow" they mean "steal the robots out from under Powell's greasy nose"}}

===''Be the Hero'' books===
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====Prime Suspect====
After [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Prime]] was framed for breaking and entering, Bumblebee and [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]] tried to warn him in advance that the Detroit police were after him. Bumblebee helped Sari and [[You|another kid]] check out the police station for leads. Unsuccessful in their search, they went to the scene of the crime, [[HomeTech]]'s laboratory where they rendezvoused with the other Autobots. As the Autobots were too big to fit inside, they sent the kids in, which resulted in Bumblebee and [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] having to rescue them dramatically. Evidence was found, leading the Autobots to HomeTech's main warehouse. Breaking in, Bumblebee clumsily knocked over a stack of crates, but somehow managed to avoid bringing security down on them. The Autobots split up and eventually found and defeated [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], who'd been behind the whole thing. {{storylink|Prime Suspect (Animated)|Prime Suspect}}

====Quest for the AllSpark====
When [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] made an attempt to obtain the [[AllSpark]] by taking control of [[Detroit]]'s robot workforce, the Autobots came up with a plan to hide useless copies of the AllSpark. Bumblebee concealed his at the [[Race Track]], however when the other Autobots failed to show up back at base, he found Sari and another kid, and the three of them went looking for [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]. When they found him, he fought Bumblebee while laboring under a misconception, which was quickly straightened out. They collected Prowl and finally caught up with Prime and [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]], joining in a battle to defeat [[Crush-A]]. {{storylink|Quest for the AllSpark}}

====Web of Deception====
Bumblebee saved Sari and her friend from a fiery death on [[Lake Erie]] before finding the Autobot ship lifeless. After getting everything working again, Ratchet found that Optimus was missing, and [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]'s ship was parked on the lake bed nearby, sending Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Prowl and the two young humans on a mission to investigate. While fighting the bounty hunter, they discovered the involvement of [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]], who wanted revenge on Prime. They ended up tracking down and fighting Blackarachnia, only for her to absorb Bumblebee's stinger ability, and sprout a stinger on each of her spider legs. All three Autobots were incapacitated, but Sari and her friend were able to follow Blackarachnia, leading to her eventual defeat. {{storylink|Web of Deception}}

====Time-Quake====
When Detroit was plagued by a series of strange time disturbances, the Autobots used scanning devices to scour the city. Bulkhead and Bumblebee both tracked the source of the temporal anomalies to the [[Lions Tower]] building downtown and broke in to find a time machine on the empty top floor. While Bulkhead and a human were sent back in time, Bumblebee encountered those responsible — [[Natasha Pyraniac]] and [[Blast-X]]. Bulkhead returned to the present in time to aid Bumblebee's fight against the Decepticon. Blast-X was defeated shortly after Pyraniac departed in the time machine. {{storylink|Time-Quake}}

===Titan Magazines===
In battle with new villain [[Quake-Maker]], Bumblebee got to not only mock the villain but fight alongside the super-cool new Autobot [[Afterburn]]. {{storylink|Animated Comic issue 1#Burnout|Burnout}}

The two later went on a mission to Dinobot Island to stop a Rage virus infection, a mission that had Bumblebee nervous. During the mission, Bumblebee screwed up a landing that Afterburn aced, got thrown into a mud puddle by Swoop, was left with an incredibly dirty finish, and generally looked worse than Afterburn and on ''four separate occasions'' got put down by him. This made him sad. {{storylink|Animated Comic issue 2|Ratchet & Grimlock Are DEAD?}}

When [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] was in a huff, it was Bumblebee who convinced him to help them against the [[Wraith-X]] by appealing to that greatest of emotions, the ego! He didn't have time to gloat though, as he then found Afterburn reporting back to ''Megatron'', who then stormed the base, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Divebomb}} killed Afterburn, and started a massive battle. Bumblebee was shocked to find Afterburn had only been a sparkless drone infiltrator, but still viewed him as a real Autobot, ''taking on Megatron himself'' out of anger for what had happened.

Optimus later consoled Bumblebee that he'd been a hero and that Afterburn hadn't been real anyway. But he'd been real to Bumblebee...{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Megatron's Revenge}}

[[File:Bumblebeepizza Titan25.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Why said cheese pizza has several toppings on it is a mystery.]]

But then he got over that and started breaking traffic laws for fun to get pizzas to Sari quickly! This led to Prowl dissing him and claiming Bumblebee wouldn't be so fast if he had to obey some rules, which led to a race between the two at [[Crazy Coyote Canyon]] (plus Bulkhead joined in, which gave Bumblebee a good laugh). Autobots doing ''anything'', of course, leads to Decepticon plots, and Bumblebee (who had a Decepticon tracer stuck on his butt) found they'd ambushed Prowl halfway through the race. Locating the tracer, he stuck it on ''Lugnut's'' butt and helped Prowl escape to win.

All that excitement had allowed Bulkhead to win the race unopposed though, making him the official fastest thing in Detroit. Bumblebee accepted it amiably enough. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|The Race}}
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===''TransTech''===
{{voiceactor|[[Bumper Robinson]] (English)}}
Isaac Sumdac presented his newest creation to Optimus, Bumblebee, and Sari; the "[[Bi-directional Unified Transit Terminal]]". The professor explained that his B.U.T.T. could easily shoot them all off to Cybertron... in theory. Bumblebee agreed to be part of the device's test drive, but the B.U.T.T. malfunctioned, sending Optimus, Sari, and Bumblebee to [[Axiom Nexus]] instead of their intended destination. The trio soon encountered officer [[Flareup (G1)|Flareup]], who informed them that Optimus was breaking the law by virtue of simply being a "Prime" in Axiom Nexus. After being through 17 grueling hours of processing, Optimus and Sari were put in the care of [[Shockwave (TransTech)|Shockwave]]. Bumblebee was determined to be a non-threat without a "spunky kid sidekick" to help him out, and was set free. Flareup informed Bumblebee of the gravity of the situation his friends found themselves in, and agreed to help rescue them... though Bumblebee took the time to order some fast-food first. In the drive-through line-up, Bumblebee met with the "heroic Predacon [[Megatron (BW)|Joe]]" who also agreed to help him out. Bumblebee then formulated a crazed plan that involved a marching band of trained chimps... which failed completely to accomplish anything. Joe then suggested a better plan; both he and Bumblebee posed as "illegal Primes" so that they could make their way to Axiom Nexus's detention center. "Beeimus Prime" and "Joe Convoy" thus managed to sneak into Shockwave's lab, despite the Narrator nearly blowing their cover. Bumblebee and Flareup then set upon distracting the morally-ambiguous scientist while Joe was tasked with freeing the hostages... only for the Predacon to reveal himself to be in truth a "Megatron" with plans of conquest!

Using Sari's Key, Megatron turned Shockwave's lab equipment into a miniature army. Unable to take on the newly awakened robots through force, Optimus, Sari, Bumblebee, Flareup, and Shockwave instead devised a means to turn them against their master; bureaucracy! They convinced Megatron's army that the amount of paperwork they'd need to go through for simply being born was a huge hassle, causing the robots to turn on their master.

Shockwave was so annoyed by Bumblebee and his friends that he decided to use his authority to quickly deport them from his dimension. Relieved to be back home, Optimus made everyone promise to never speak of their inter-dimensional adventure again. Bumblebee agreed. {{Storylink|Bee in the City}}

===''The Cool'' comic===
Witnessing the mysterious Allspark being uncovered, Bumblebee along with the rest of Optimus Prime's crew fled through a space bridge gate in order to keep the artifact out of Decepticon clutches. Unfortunately, Megatron was able to board their ship and left Bumblebee defeated on the floor, leaving Optimus to deal with the Decepticon leader by himself. {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 3}}

Along with the rest of the Autobots, Bumblebee came to the [[Earth]] city of [[Detroit]] in order to protect the [[AllSpark]] from the Decepticons. During a battle in the streets with [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] and [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], Bumblebee came into contact with [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] moments before nearly being blown to smithereens. He then squared off against, attempting to subdue the Decepticon with his [[Stinger (weapon)|stingers]]. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 1}}

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When [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] died stopping Starscream from abusing the power of the AllSpark, and was subsequently revived, Bumblebee introduced him to Sari, who had brought him back with the power of her [[AllSpark Key|key]]. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 2}}

Bumblebee next participated in a battle against [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] and [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. He performed poorly against Soundwave's sonic attacks and Lugnut's aerial bombardments, and was grateful when the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobot]]s arrived to save the day, remarking how powerful they were. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 3}}

Back in Detroit, Bumblebee was present to dig Optimus Prime out of a pile of rubble dropped onto him by [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]]. Bumblebee did not recognize Blackout's Autobot opponent, [[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard]], leaving Prime to tell him that he was from the [[Elite Guard]]. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 4}}

Bumblebee next engaged Starscream all by himself, resulting in the Decepticon nearly blasting him off the roof of [[Sumdac Systems]] headquarters. Bumblebee was saved when Starscream was distracted by the reborn Megatron, only to be blasted by Megatron's [[fusion cannon]] a short while later. Bumblebee survived the altercation, at least long enough to greet [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] and the Elite Guard. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 5}}

Bumblebee later joined the Autobots in a battle against [[Clone number 2716057|Clone #2716057]]. With Prowl's help, they subdued the clone and took him to a warehouse where they encountered Megatron. The clone had been rigged to explode, but Prowl was able to send him rocketing into the sky before detonation, as Bumblebee stood around watching, doing nothing. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 6}}

At the battle for the Decepticon [[Space bridge|Space Bridge]], Bumblebee joined his fellow speed warrior, [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]], in taking down [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]]. They used their speed to first confuse their opponents, then slapped them with some stasis cuffs. As the Decepticons fell over, paralyzed, the pair of Autobots speedsters skipped off while merrily whistling. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 7}}

When the battle for the Decepticon Space Bridge had ended, Bumblebee joined the other Autobots in bidding farewell to the fallen [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]. Bumblebee then freaked out when he noticed that Sari had robotics sticking through her skin.{{storylink|The Cool Episode 8}}

Not long afterward, Starscream attacked Detroit in Omega Supreme's body. Bumblebee fought to keep the fiend busy until Optimus could return and join the fray. Bumblebee expressed excitement when Sari used her key to upgrade into a teenager, then expressed lament when her newfound powers proved utterly useless against Starscream/Omega Supreme. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 9}}

Prior to the final confrontation against the Decepticons, Bumblebee stood heroically alongside his fellow Autobots. {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 1}}

Upon Megatron's defeat, Bumblebee accompanied the Autobots back to planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where they were all hailed as heroes by the citizenry and even [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]]. {{storylink|The Cool Episode Final}}

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===Legends World===
An actor dressed as Bumblebee appeared at [[Tokyo Toy Show]] 2014, to the joy of ''Animated'' fans [[Optimus Minor]] and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]. {{storylink|Tokyo Toy Show 2014 Report}}

===''Rescue Bots Academy'' cartoon===
[[File:RBA Animated Bumblebee Toy.jpg|thumb|left|50px]]
A figurine of ''Animated'' Bumblebee can be seen in [[Wedge (RBA)|Wedge]]'s collection. {{storylink|Bee Prepared}}

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===Precursor World===
A white Bumblebee was a member of the [[White Order]] of the [[Primus Vanguard]]. He stood at attention in their base on the [[White Planet]] as [[Prowl (Animated)#Precursor World|Prowl]] and their commander [[White Gallant Convoy]] discussed what to do about the conflict broiling between [[G1 World|extradimensional]] warriors [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Star Convoy]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Generations Selects Special Comic (1)|Super Megatron]] on the [[Blue Planet (GS)|Blue Planet]]. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 2}}

==Games==
===Transformers Animated: The Game===
{{voiceactor|[[Bumper Robinson]] (English)}}
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When [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]] announced he was stepping up Bumblebee and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]'s training, Bumblebee protested he already had plenty of training and was up to level 12. After it was established that video games didn't count, he, Bulkhead and Optimus worked their way through an obstacle course set up by [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]. They got the opportunity to put their skills to a real test a short time later when drones went haywire at a [[Sumdac Systems]] factory, the trio blasting their way through the rogue robots until they found the problem — an [[AllSpark]] fragment lodged in a control console. When they intercepted a transmission indicating that [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] was planning to attack [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Optimus, Bumblebee and Bulkhead searched the factory for more fragments so they could power up Megatron's [[space bridge|Space Bridge]] and follow him.

By following a [[Decepticon Transmitter Drone]], they discovered the location of Megatron's mine base and explored it until they found Megatron and his Space Bridge. A battle ensued, during which Bumblebee powered an electromagnet that they used to defeat the Decepticon leader, but even as they were victorious, Megatron transwarped out. The trio repowered the space bridge with their own AllSpark fragments, but after Optimus and Bulkhead went through, the bridge closed, leaving Bumblebee on Earth. With Sari's help, Bumblebee tracked down more fragments at the factory... only for them to be taken from him by [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]. With the help of his [[turbo booster]]s, Bumblebee hunted down Lockdown and managed to get the fragments back.

Bumblebee and Sari returned to the mine, only for the computer to announce that the self-destruct had been activated. Bumblebee fought his way through the mine in record time to disable it, and used the fragments to repower the space bridge. He arrived on Cybertron to find Prime and Bulkhead searching for Megatron. After intercepting a Decepticon transmission, they headed for the Space Bridge Nexus, where they confronted Megatron again, using the defense systems against him. Megatron was again forced to flee. The Autobots returned to Earth, where Bumblebee announced he was beat, but perked up again when Sari revealed she had an advance copy of ''[[Mage Master Maze Knight]]''. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Game}}

===Transformers Animated: ''Action Packs''===
{{note|Bumblebee is featured as a playable game card. He is a yellow card, has a value of 5 points, and has the following power: "+5 if any Sari is in play".}} {{storylink|Transformers Animated: Action Packs}}
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==Toys==
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==Merchandise==
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==Notes==
[[File:Bumblebeeanimatedkibble.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|My real windshield is on my heels!]]
*Bumblebee's arm-mounted shock stingers are very likely inspired by an early weapon concept from the 2007 movie version of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]].

*The character who would become Bumblebee was originally conceived as [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], but changed to Bumblebee at the insistence of incoming supervising director [[Matt Youngberg]] and art director [[Derrick J. Wyatt]].<ref>[https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21975298&postID=1516366009698858110&isPopup=true Bumblebee's inclusion explained by Derrick J. Wyatt on twitter]</ref>
**This explains why Bumblebee's character is more like Hot Shot and less like... well, Bumblebee. He also arguably shares personality traits with other, similarly brash characters such as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. Cut from the same cloth, at any rate.

*Bumblebee appears to have a fake car roof on his chest in both his toy and on his [[character model]]. Not only does Bumblebee transform like his toy in his drawn-out animated transformation sequences, with his legs forming the top of the vehicle and the rest forming the underside, but his "real" windshield is drawn on the back of his legs, just like the toy. Plus the headlights on Bumblebee's feet are upside-down, just like the toy's. However, Bumblebee's vehicle mode stripe doesn't change sides like on the toy. Cheatsy!

**In addition to the above, in "[[The Thrill of the Hunt]]", Bumblebee reaches under his '''fake''' car roof kibble to get out his air freshener and fuzzy dice. This would mean that he had kept them in his back seat or trunk. Interestingly enough, on the Deluxe toy, you can actually store small items in his chest thanks to his opening 'trunk'.

*Bumblebee likes to swear a lot. [[Slag (slang)|Slag yeah!]]

[[File:AllSparkAlmanacII-SeasonFour-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] was so horrified his scream blew out [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]]'s audio sensors...and Jazz was in another building at the time.]]
*Bumblebee's apparently got his name for being a bumbler in [[Autobot boot camp]]. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

*On the Transformers Animated Season One DVD set, the "Season Two Sneak Peek" special feature shows Bumblebee's character model [[:File:TFA Bumblebee Elite Guard promoimage.JPG|colored]] in the [[#EliteGuard|Elite Guard Bumblebee toy's deco]]. Bumblebee did not actually ''use'' that color scheme in Season 2, so its inclusion in a Season Two gallery is puzzling at best. It also matches the Japanese toy rather than the finalized color scheme of Hasbro's version, compounding the puzzlement.
**In the unproduced Season 4 premiere, "[[Trial of Megatron, Part 1|Trial of Megatron]]", Bumblebee would have temporarily joined the Elite Guard before eventually resigning and rejoining Optimus' crew.

*With the airing of the two-part episode "Human Error", an interesting and probably unintentional question has been brought up. Bumblebee's human form seems to be much younger than the others, even Prowl and Bulkhead, putting him somewhere in his early to mid-teens. Everything else about the Automen reflect their bot counterparts spot on, down to a scar on Ratchet's face to represent his broken chevron. So, seeing as human Bumblebee appears so young, does that make him a child soldier? Or is he just really, ''really'' short?

*Bumblebee's original [[65356-9292-346]] [[body-type]] is apparently quite common on Cybertron — he shares it with many, many others.

*In the Transformers Animated profile shorts, Bumblebee is introduced to the audience by Sari in "[[Meet Bumblebee]]" and he likewise introduces Ratchet in "[[Meet Ratchet]]".

*Had season 4 been produced, Bumblebee would have looked mostly the same as before but with additional black stripes, to more closely resemble his [[Bumblebee (Movie)|live-action counterpart]].
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===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bumblebee''' (バンブルビー ''Banburubī'')
*''Arabic:'' '''Bumbly''' (cartoon, بامبلي ''Bāmblī''), '''Bumble Bee''' (commercial, بامبل بي ''Bāmbil Bī'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Dà-huáng-fēng''' (大黃蜂, "Bumblebee")

==See also==
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*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], the plucky yellow [[kid-appeal character]] from [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]].
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], the voiceless yellow one-man franchise from the [[live-action film series]].
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], the yellow kid-appeal character turned leader from the [[Aligned continuity family]].
*[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]], the amnesiac yellow kid-appeal character from ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Transformers: Cyberverse]].''}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/Bumblebee/bumblebee.htm Bumblebee at TFU.info]
*[http://www.hasbro.com/common/images/news/transformers//Transformers_Draw_Bumblebee.pdf Hasbro.com - How to Draw: Animated Bumblebee]

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