Stinger (weapon)

The name or term "Stinger" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Stinger (disambiguation).

Can fry anything except the guys he's shooting at.

Stingers are weapons capable of firing blasts of concentrated electricity.

Fiction

Animated continuity

Bumblebee's stingers are among the few energy weapons that Optimus Prime's crew have at their disposal. They can easily go through rock, space barnacles, and any old Earth material.

Decepticon armor-plating? Not so much.

Wasp, who shares a bodyform with Bumblebee, appears to have much better control of his stingers. In fact, his skill with them earned him his name... and Bumblebee's lack of skill earned him his. Autoboot Camp

Ratchet eventually upgraded Bumblebee's stingers to battle grade, increasing their effectiveness. TransWarped

Revenge of the Fallen

Battle bios

Bumblebee is equipped with stingers that can demolish machines at short range. Some Transformers can be temporarily disabled with them.

Cyberverse cartoon

Bumblebee can transform one of his hands into a stinger, delivering a massive jolt of electricity into any enemy he strikes with it. This seems to leave them in a stasis-lock-like state for a brief period. The weapon can also function as a blade, and the jolt is surprisingly accurate to the point that when it hits two bots in close contact, only the intended target gets shocked.

Notes

Unused movie stinger model.

• Bumblebee's stingers were first developed as a concept for the first live-action movie, but went unused.
• Considering Wasp and Bumblebee seem to share the stingers because they share a body-type, this would imply all other 65356-9292-346 wearers to have stingers as well.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Stingersword (スティンガーソード Sutingāsōdo, Cyberverse)