Joyride (story)

This article is about the Legends story. For the Autobot Powermaster, see Joyride (G1).

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"Joyride"
Publisher	ibooks
First published	November 30, 2004
Writer	Jenifer A. Ruth
Continuity	Generation 1 (Unique)
Page count	11

Bumblebee gets carjacked. Again. Dude needs to install Lojack or something.

Synopsis

Bumblebee arrives at school with Spike and waits in the car park while Spike goes in. While the small Autobot is thinking to himself, Jack and Rick, two car thieves, approach him. Though Rick is reluctant to steal such a "girly car", Jack talks him into it, and Rick attempts to hotwire 'Bee, who humors the pair by starting up.

Once they drive out of town, Bumblebee flicks on his car stereo, and starts driving erratically, passing cars at dangerous speeds and crossing the center line. He then goes offroad, driving across a desert floor and jumping sand dunes, all the while Rick and Jack are getting greener and more scared. Once the pair have had enough, he speeds back to the high school and asks what they think of his vehicle mode now.

After the two would-be thieves flee, Spike emerges from the school. Though Bumblebee claims nothing had been happening, Spike wonders why the seat is wet and Bumblebee's interior smells like a locker room.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Humans
Bumblebee (1)	Spike Witwicky (2) Jack (3) Rick (4)

Continuity

This story occurs in a variant of Generation 1 in which Spike attends high school.

Items of note

• Bumblebee was also stolen in "Plight of the Bumblebee!".