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User talk:Jalaguy

2012-10-16T03:27:49Z

Joybells:

I hope I'm not bothering but, who is going to write the new episodes in TFP? [[User:Joybells|Joybells]] 09:57, 15 October 2012 (EDT)Joybells

Thanks for helping me with that question though. I'll just wait.[[User:Joybells|Joybells]] 23:27, 15 October 2012 (EDT)Joybells

User talk:Jalaguy

2012-10-16T03:27:34Z

Joybells:

I hope I'm not bothering but, who is going to write the new episodes in TFP? [[User:Joybells|Joybells]] 09:57, 15 October 2012 (EDT)Joybells
Thanks for helping me with that question though. I'll just wait.[[User:Joybells|Joybells]] 23:27, 15 October 2012 (EDT)Joybells

User:Joybells

2012-10-16T03:12:04Z

Joybells: /* The Three Faces of Bee */

Hi there! I'm a girl, and proud to be a fan of Transformers!! I love 'Bee the most because he's just like me, and the youngest too! This wiki is simply outstanding, I find the information excellent! I don't care if it's boyish because I love Ben 10 and Generator Rex too! I really wish Bee is real...

== The Three Faces of Bee ==

Which Bumblebee I like best? Hmmm.. Let's find out, shall we? Take a look below.

'''1. Prime Bumblebee'''

He certainly looks the best, because he's not too complicated (like movie) or too simple (like Animated). Also, I like his personality best here, although Prime Bee is very similar to Movie Bee. I love that the creators of Transformers Prime is making him speak in Cybetronian! Cool!

'''2. Movie Bumblebee'''

He is second because he is very similar to Prime Bee, but, his looks is way too complicated. I like the idea that poor Bee uses a radio to talk, it's more understandable than him speaking in Cybertronian.

'''3. Animated Bumblebee'''

Cute, fast, naive, and funky! This personality is very different than the other two! I'm like this too! Immature and impulsive. What I really don't like his is personality though, I mean it's great to be funny, but I'm more used to Bee as the gentlest and more kindest of the group. At least all three Bee's have the kid-friendly nature!

User:Joybells

2012-10-16T03:11:07Z

Joybells:

Hi there! I'm a girl, and proud to be a fan of Transformers!! I love 'Bee the most because he's just like me, and the youngest too! This wiki is simply outstanding, I find the information excellent! I don't care if it's boyish because I love Ben 10 and Generator Rex too! I really wish Bee is real...

== The Three Faces of Bee ==

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Which Bumblebee I like best? Hmmm.. Let's find out, shall we? Take a look below.

'''1. Prime Bumblebee'''

He certainly looks the best, because he's not too complicated (like movie) or too simple (like Animated). Also, I like his personality best here, although Prime Bee is very similar to Movie Bee. I love that the creators of Transformers Prime is making him speak in Cybetronian! Cool!

'''2. Movie Bumblebee'''

He is second because he is very similar to Prime Bee, but, his looks is way too complicated. I like the idea that poor Bee uses a radio to talk, it's more understandable than him speaking in Cybertronian.

'''3. Animated Bumblebee'''

Cute, fast, naive, and funky! This personality is very different than the other two! I'm like this too! Immature and impulsive. What I really don't like his is personality though, I mean it's great to be funny, but I'm more used to Bee as the gentlest and more kindest of the group. At least all three Bee's have the kid-friendly nature!

User:Joybells

2012-10-16T03:09:29Z

Joybells:

Hi there! I'm a girl, and proud to be a fan of Transformers!! I love 'Bee the most because he's just like me, and the youngest too! This wiki is simply outstanding, I find the information excellent! I don't care if it's boyish because I love Ben 10 and Generator Rex too! I really wish Bee is real...

== The Three Faces of Bee ==

----
Which Bumblebee I like best? Hmmm.. Let's find out, shall we? Take a look below.

[[Image:PrimeBee.jpg]]
'''1. Prime Bumblebee'''

He certainly looks the best, because he's not too complicated (like movie) or too simple (like Animated). Also, I like his personality best here, although Prime Bee is very similar to Movie Bee. I love that the creators of Transformers Prime is making him speak in Cybetronian! Cool!
[[Image:BumblebeePrimecarmode.jpg]]

[[Image:MovieBumblebee render1.jpg]]
'''2. Movie Bumblebee'''

He is second because he is very similar to Prime Bee, but, his looks is way too complicated. I like the idea that poor Bee uses a radio to talk, it's more understandable than him speaking in Cybertronian.
[[Image:Movie_bumblebee_vehicle.jpg]]

[[Image:Tfa_bumlbebee_robot_robot.jpg]]

Cute, fast, naive, and funky! This personality is very different than the other two! I'm like this too! Immature and impulsive. What I really don't like his is personality though, I mean it's great to be funny, but I'm more used to Bee as the gentlest and more kindest of the group. At least all three Bee's have the kid-friendly nature!
[[Image:Tfa_bumblebee_vehicle.jpg]]

User:Joybells

2012-10-15T14:26:55Z

Joybells:

Hi there! I'm a girl, and proud to be a fan of Transformers!! I love 'Bee the most because he's just like me, and the youngest too! This wiki is simply outstanding, I find the information excellent! I don't care if it's boyish because I love Ben 10 and Generator Rex too! I really wish Bee is real...

== The Three Faces of Bee ==

----
Which Bumblebee I like best? Hmmm.. Let's find out, shall we? Take a look below.

[[Image:tfp_bumblebee_robot.jpg]]
'''1. Prime Bumblebee'''

He certainly looks the best, because he's not too complicated (like movie) or too simple (like Animated). Also, I like his personality best here, although Prime Bee is very similar to Movie Bee. I love that the creators of Transformers Prime is making him speak in Cybetronian! Cool!
[[Image:Tfp_bumblebee_vehicle.jpg]]

[[Image:Movie_bumblebee_robot.jpg]]
'''2. Movie Bumblebee'''

He is second because he is very similar to Prime Bee, but, his looks is way too complicated. I like the idea that poor Bee uses a radio to talk, it's more understandable than him speaking in Cybertronian.
[[Image:Movie_bumblebee_vehicle.jpg]]

[[Image:Tfa_bumblebee_robot.jpg]]

Cute, fast, naive, and funky! This personality is very different than the other two! I'm like this too! Immature and impulsive. What I really don't like his is personality though, I mean it's great to be funny, but I'm more used to Bee as the gentlest and more kindest of the group. At least all three Bee's have the kid-friendly nature!
[[Image:Tfa_bumblebee_vehicle.jpg]]

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2012-10-15T14:26:17Z

Joybells:

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2012-10-15T14:11:56Z

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2012-10-15T14:06:48Z

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2012-10-15T14:02:26Z

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2012-10-15T14:01:38Z

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2012-10-15T14:00:19Z

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2012-10-15T13:59:14Z

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User talk:Jalaguy

2012-10-15T13:57:50Z

Joybells: New page: I hope I'm not bothering but, who is going to write the new episodes in TFP? ~~~~Joybells

I hope I'm not bothering but, who is going to write the new episodes in TFP? [[User:Joybells|Joybells]] 09:57, 15 October 2012 (EDT)Joybells

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2012-10-15T13:11:36Z

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2012-10-15T13:09:07Z

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2012-10-15T11:38:51Z

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2012-10-15T11:38:29Z

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2012-10-15T11:23:12Z

Joybells: New page: Hi there! I'm a girl, and proud to be a fan of Transformers!! I love 'Bee the most because he's just like me, and the youngest too! This wiki is simply outstanding, I find the information ...

Hi there! I'm a girl, and proud to be a fan of Transformers!! I love 'Bee the most because he's just like me, and the youngest too! This wiki is simply outstanding, I find the information excellent!

Operation Bumblebee, Part 1

2012-10-15T11:17:13Z

Joybells:

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 30
|prev=Orion Pax, Part 3
|next=Operation Bumblebee, Part 2
|image=OperationBumblebee1 Bumblebee's new ride.jpg
|caption="Listen, this isn't what it looks like..."
|title="Operation Bumblebee, Part 1"
|airdate=[[March 10]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Bumblebee questions his worthiness to his team after he is compromised.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:OperationBumblebee1 extractor yoink.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Yoink!]]
[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] stake out a [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] mining operation overseen by [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]. Optimus isn't about to let Megatron have whatever gave off the signal that led him and Ratchet here, and he confronts Megatron just as the Vehicons break earth and hand the package to him. Megatron advises Optimus to stow his weapons; the device they've unearthed is a deadly [[spark extractor]], capable of sapping the spark from the body of every Cybertronian in its radius. He takes the opportunity to gloat about how Optimus—ahem, ''Orion''—led him to it before stepping through the [[GroundBridge]], and ordering the Vehicons to hold Ratchet and Optimus off. Close by, [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] speeds over a cliff and through the attacking Vehicons, before driving into the GroundBridge. He transforms and grabs the package from Megatron's hand, before turning around and bolting. Megatron runs after him, but upon arriving outside the vortex, finds his troops destroyed and all three Autobots gone.

Back at base, Bumblebee brags about his vehicular acrobatics. Ratchet informs Optimus of the reason for the Autobot homing beacon on the device—it was sealed away in Iacon during the war, but was jettisoned offworld when the Decepticons raided the city. [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] asks if Optimus remembers if he transcribed any other coordinates, but Optimus regrets that he does not. Ratchet posits that Megatron said he decrypted multiple targets to play havoc with Optimus' psyche.

On the ''[[Trypticon (Prime)|Nemesis]]'', Megatron laments over the loss of the spark extractor, and regrets that he did no more than destroy Bumblebee's [[voice box]] back on Cybertron. [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] reminds Megatron that there are still two contacts on Earth to investigate.

[[Image:OperationBumblebee1 Bumblebee's operation.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''Doctor''': So what are we transplanting today?<br>'''Silas''': A T-cog--er, I mean liver.<br>'''Doctor''': A liver? In a robot?<br>'''Silas''': And?]]
On the road, Bumblebee sounds off to [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] to rendezvous with him at the coordinates of the new distress beacon. Upon arriving, however, the only device present is an upright beacon. Suddenly, Bumblebee is stunned by a large electrical blast, and he falls unconscious. [[Silas]] and a [[MECH]] team emerge from the shadows, including a [[MECH Surgeon]] who starts work on Bumblebee. Unseen by the troops below, Starscream arrives and transforms on an overlooking cliff. As MECH spots Bulkhead incoming, the surgeon finishes his work, and the team departs in a helicopter. Bulkhead arrives and asks Bumblebee who did it, but Bumblebee doesn't recall. Bulkhead advises pursuit, and transforms to roll—but Bumblebee doesn't. Antsy at the hold-up, Bulkhead asks Bumblebee why he's not transforming, and Bumblebee replies that he can't.

Back at base, Ratchet scans Bumblebee and discovers that his [[transformation cog|T-cog]] is missing. The Autobots quickly work out MECH is behind it, and Optimus tells Bumblebee he's going to have to rely on his friends for a while. Bumblebee is very depressed. Optimus is worried about what Megatron might unearth next.

[[Image:OperationBumblebee1 Silas meets Starscream.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"So, which of us should be called Scarface?"]]
MECH install Bumblebee's T-cog into the robot they've built, but when they power it up and have it scan a helicopter, the robot is unable to transform. Starscream, who has been spying on them, reveals himself and proposes an alliance. He explains the T-cog requires [[energon]] to work. He intends to supply MECH with information on energon so they can work out a way to find energon deposits.

Bumblebee is making a pain of himself bugging Ratchet, who asks [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] and [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] to keep him busy. Unfortunately all of their entertainment reminds Bumblebee of his missing vehicle mode. Raf makes another attempt to make Bumblebee feel better, but is undermined by Arcee and [[Jack Darby|Jack]] racing into the base at high speed. Ratchet has to stop Bumblebee from going out for a walk, but feels guilty at his inability to fix his fellow Autobot. Some time later, Ratchet picks Raf up outside [[Memorial High School|school]], much to the boy's discomfort.

[[Image:OperationBumblebee1 Bumblebee runs after Knock Out.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Robots in mirror are closer than they appear.]]
On monitoring duty, Bulkhead detects a signal, and Bumblebee insists on going with him to investigate.

Raf asks how Bumblebee's voice box was damaged, and Ratchet tells how Bumblebee was captured at [[Tyger Pax]] and given a working over by the Decepticons. Though a [[Ratchet (Prime)|field medic]] saved the scout, it wasn't enough to save his voice box.

Bulkhead and Bumblebee track the signal to a cave. [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] soon comes barreling out, closely followed by [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]]. While Bulkhead tackles the latter, Bumblebee attempts to chase Knock Out on foot. He soon finds he can't even transform his arms to deploy his guns, and is forced to continue the pursuit by using an old truck as an impromptu go-kart. Unfortunately it loses a wheel, and as Knock Out speeds off with the pilfered device, Bumblebee is sent flying off a cliff.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (7)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (9)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (2)
*[[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] (10)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (18)
*[[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] (19)
|c3=
*[[Jack Darby]] (6)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (7)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (8)
*[[Silas]] (11)
*[[MECH Surgeon]] (12)
*[[Sierra]] (14)
*[[Sierra's friend]] (15)
*[[Starter Guy]] (16)
*[[Vince]] (17)

|c4=
*[[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
[[Image:UrbanaOffendsBumblebee01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Whoa check it out their showing transformers prime on television."]]
"The new Urbana 500. It won't just rock your world. It will transform it."
:—The '''commercial narrator''' hates Bumblebee.

"...You want to ride with the siren on?"<br>
"No, thank you."
:—'''Ratchet''' attempts to cheer up '''Raf'''.

"Still don't know how you talked me into this. You're worse than Miko."
:—'''Bulkhead''' on Bumblebee's persuasiveness.

"Bumblebee, where's your famous horsepower? Show me some ''speed''!"
:—'''Knock Out''', unintentionally striking a nerve.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* Though Ratchet has standard vehicle instrumentation, the needles don't move, at least while they're in shot. His speedometer is showing a higher reading as they slowly move away from the school than later when they're driving down the street.
* When Optimus draws his weapon at the start of the episode, he draws his left cannon. When he charges Megatron he's then wielding his right cannon.

===Continuity errors===
*In "[[Darkness Rising, Part 2]]", [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] refers to Bumblebee as a custom muscle car, but in this episode he is revealed to be an apparently-uncustomized [[Urbana 500]].

===Continuity notes===
*This marks the first mention of Megatron being responsible for destroying Bumblebee's capacity to speak at [[Tyger Pax]], having been established in ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]'' for the Aligned continuity.
*Megatron calls Optimus by his pre-Prime name "Orion Pax" from the previous episodes. The three sets of coordinates the Decepticons are investigating here are likewise the fruits of [[Project Iacon]].
*We first heard about [[Project Chimera]] in "[[Operation: Breakdown]]", the events of which Starscream makes mention of. Here we finally see what the project is—an attempt to create a MECH-designed Transformer.
*The old pickup truck Bumblebee uses to chase Knock Out was first seen in "[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]", and again in "[[Metal Attraction]]" and "[[New Recruit]]".
*MECH's attacks on Breakdown and Arcee are brought up, which happened in "[[Operation: Breakdown]]" and "[[Crisscross]]", respectively.
*Starscream compares facial scars with Silas, having gotten his from Arcee in "[[Partners]]".

===Transformers references===
[[Image:OperationBumblebee1 spark extractor.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Behold, the latest handheld gaming system: THE SEGA MATRIX, with the ability to transform into any gaming system in the world, even those NOT made by [[Sega|SEGA]]!]]
*The ''device dú jour'' today is the spark extractor, courtesy of ancient Decepticons. However, unlike the [[spark extractor|original]], this one seems to be more of a bomb-like device, sapping the sparks of everyone in its radius. It might not be a coincidence that the device showed up in an episode written by [[Marty Isenberg]], given that he was one of the two showrunners of the [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|series]] it originated from.
*The T-cog is a reference to the [[transformation cog]] of G1 lore. It was first referred to in the ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' episode "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1]]", in which the lack of a transformation cog meant that [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] was stuck in city mode.
*Ratchet also has to explain to Bumblebee that the Autobots are "[[Robots in Disguise (disambiguation)|Robots In Disguise]]", which is why he can't leave the base while his T-Cog is missing.
* The reason behind the loss of Bumblebee's voice is near identical to the explanation given for [[Bumblebee (Movie)|another Bumblebee]]. In fact, several of the visuals for the flashback scene are lifted almost directly from [[IDW Publishing|IDW's]] ''[[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]]'' [[Movie Prequel issue 1|issue 1]].

===Real-world references===
*Megatron uses the term "mutually assured destruction", a longtime slogan for the effect of nuclear war.
*Knock Out references Rent-A-Car, a real-world car rental service, though given what a generic name it has, this may be a coincidence.

===Trivia===
*In a first for the series, Bumblebee's car mode is revealed as the [[Urbana 500]].
*This is the first time a fight has happened ''inside'' the GroundBridge. Seeing as it's quite long, this may explain how in other episodes, characters sometimes exit the GroundBridge in a different order than they entered it.
*Bumblebee, Ratchet and Starscream's Cybertronian modes, again, have Earth vehicle kibble.
*The title is a nod to a Season 1 episode "[[Operation: Breakdown]]".
*It was revealed that several artifacts were jettisoned into space during the war, explaining why [[Energon Harvester|earlier]] [[polarity gauntlet|devices]] were found on Earth.
*Bumblebee's door wings move with his emotions just like with Starscream. They act like animal ears.
*Optimus has finally been repaired from the damage he got in his battle with Megatron in "[[One Shall Fall]]".
* [[Project Chimera]]'s fingers and right shoulder armor look ''very'' similar to Optimus's. We see why [[Nemesis Prime (episode)|episodes later]].
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