Voice box

This article is about the Transformer component. For the dubbing company, see Voicebox Productions.

A voice box, sometimes spelled voicebox is a biomechanism that allows a Transformer to speak in English or Cybertronian language. Without the aid of a voice box, a Transformer can usually only communicate via electronic noises which can be interpreted by other Transformers but not generally by humans—unless you are Raf Esquivel...

Or Cody Burns.

Fiction

Prime cartoon

During the Great War, Megatron tortured Bumblebee for information. His life was saved by Ratchet, but his voice box was not. Operation Bumblebee, Part 1

Megatron said the first Decepticon on his crew to address Orion Pax as Optimus Prime would have their voice box torn out. Orion Pax, Part 1

Ratchet regretted his inability to repair Bumblebee's voice box and doubted he'd be able to repair Bee's T-cog as well. Operation Bumblebee, Part 2

While Bumblebee was able to adjust to his limited form of speech, bringing up the topic of his voice box was still a sore subject for him. He was particularly offended by Smokescreen's saying that his substitute voice box was his signature and he shouldn't want to replace it. Minus One

Ratchet mentioned Megatron's destruction of Bumblebee's voice box as one of the reasons for refusing to help perfect the Synthetic Energon formula for him. Persuasion

When Bumblebee's lifeless body fell into the Omega Lock's energy field, the cyber-matter not only restored his spark but his voice box as well. Deadlock

Robots in Disguise 2015

Upon realizing that Blastwave was unable to speak except through grunting and Cybertronian Sign Language, Bumblebee thought that the bounty-hunter's voice box was also damaged like his had originally been.Guilty As Charged