Editing Bump (BW)

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:''Bump is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]] portion of the [[Beast Era]] within the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:BWNeo Bump card1.jpg|300px|thumb|Bump sat alone in a boggy marsh/totally motionless except for his spark!]]

'''Bump''' (バンプ ''Banpu'') is exceedingly reserved in character. He rarely shows any extremities in emotion in any way, be it positive or negative. He believes only in [[Atechnogenesis|science]] and considers [[Religion|Cybertronian religions]] and beliefs to be nothing more than over-hyped fairy tales.

The only time Bump is really happy is when he’s retreated into his own private little world of theorems, where he can perform all the experiments he wants without the distractions of others. Though quiet and often times shy, Bump is still good-natured and respectful. Though responsible for many of their greatest weapons, he left the Maximal army when he grew tired of being limited to constructing machines of war. He now works on commission and only on projects that catch his interest. He's quite frugal with his pay and invests it all right back into his studies.

Bump possesses many advanced sensors in his hands and is a quick-draw champion, but has very little actual combat experience.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Eiji Takemoto]] (Japanese)

Bump was a civilian scientist with no taste for warfare, so he immersed himself in researching the desert planet of [[Tasumo]]. Despite his civilian status, he brooked no interruption of his work, and would respond forcefully to such interference with his Claw Blaster beam gun and flail Chain Bomber weapons.

When [[Big Convoy]]'s Maximals landed on Tasumo in search of another [[Angolmois]] capsule, Bump was thoroughly annoyed at the interruption.  So while they were away from their ship, he stole pieces of it and took them back to his lab.  The Maximals returned and discovered the theft, then followed the tracks left on the ground from the dragged pieces to Bump's laboratory.  A brief standoff followed, but eventually, Bump reluctantly agreed to show them the capsule he kept in a storehouse.  As he did, the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] [[Guiledart]] and [[Sling]] attacked and stole the capsule.  (Curiously, Bump didn't seem to mind this destruction of his property as much as he did the Maximals' landing.)  The capsule turned out to be so decrepit that its energy had already transferred to another capsule, which didn't sit well with the Predacons.  They were beaten away and the capsule was retrieved when Big Convoy arrived, so their opinion didn't amount to much.  After the Maximals departed, they discovered Bump had also disconnected their ship's turbo mechanisms, hindering their pace, and they could only marvel at his sheer power. {{storylink|Bump the Physicist}}

===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[File:Ascending Bump.jpg|thumb|200px|Mud flowed up into Bump's [[beast mode|pajamas]]/he totally confused all the passing [[Piranacon (G1)|piranhas]]!]]
Bump was hired by [[Lio Convoy]] for a rather unenviable task. After helping [[Big Convoy]] locate Lio's [[Pack|crew]], he was told to use the [[Angolmois]] that [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] acquired from [[Rartorata]] to develop a cure. The unenviable part: He needed to make enough for all of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. 

Sigh. [[Unicron]] and his accursed [[Shokaract|vessel]]. 

After Shokaract was defeated, Bump finished the first batch of antidote. He could start mass-producing as soon as he had a proper lab. However, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] had [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|other plans...]] {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}
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==Toys==
===Beast Wars Neo===
[[File:BWN-toy Bump.jpg|thumb|300px|He's Bump, he's Bump, he's Bump!/what's in his [[Brain module|head]]?]]
*'''Bump''' (Basic, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-38'''
**''Accessories'': "Chain Bomber" mace/leg, "Claw Blaster" blaster/leg

: A [[redeco]] of the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Armordillo]] mold, Bump transforms into a Brazilian giant armadillo. He shifts to robot mode with a spring-loaded one-step transformation. His left rear beast-mode leg separates to form a non-firing blaster, while the right leg becomes a [[mace|chain-and-mace]] melee weapon.

: This mold was also used to make [[Psycho-Orb]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Cybertron/Bump/bump.htm More information on Bump at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BWN-toy VS38box.jpg|thumb|300px|He's Bump, he's Bump, he's Bump/He might be [[Death|dead]]!]]
*'''Utmost Limits Showdown: Bump VS Bazooka''' (Vs pack, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''VS-38'''
**''Accessories'': "Chain Bomber" mace/leg, "Claw Blaster" blaster/leg

: Bump was available both individually and in a two-pack with the Predacon [[Bazooka (BWN)|Bazooka]]. Both toys were identical to their individual releases.

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==Notes==
* His robot mode appears for all of seven seconds during the ''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon series.
* His beast mode in said series is adorned with a pair of little round spectacles. This is adorable.

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