Bumblebee (Cyberverse)
| The name or term "Bumblebee" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Bumblebee (disambiguation). |
- Bumblebee is an Autobot from the Cyberverse continuity family.
"I can't remember."
"Where you from?"
"I can't remember."
"Can't you remember anything?"
"I remember the Alamo."
Bumblebee is totally the bravest, coolest, most epic scout in the Autobot ranks... or, at least, he thinks he is. Problem is, his memory chip was damaged on Earth, and now he can't remember his critical mission, or how he got to the planet in the first place. It's a good thing that he has the help of his best friend Windblade and his leader Optimus Prime to rely on, because with Megatron and the Decepticons hot on his tail, getting his memories back isn't going to be easy.
Fiction
Cyberverse cartoon
- Voice actor: Jeremy Levy (English), Ryōhei Kimura (Japanese), Alessandro Bevilacqua (French), Steven Merting (German), Alessandro Capra (Italian)
In the era prior to the Great War, Bumblebee was close friends with Grimlock and Maccadam (though he heavily doubted the barkeep was one of the Thirteen). Maccadam's Like many bots of the time, Bumblebee was drawn to the rhetoric of the charismatic gladiator Megatron. Megatron Is My Hero
A fan of Cube, Bumblebee tried to sneak into the Cube World Championship, even briefly posing as the mascot, where he befriended the Camien Windblade before security tossed him out. When Windblade called him back in via cityspeaking, the two found Starscream trying to sabotage the match and tried to thwart him, an adventure that ended in Bumblebee himself being on the Cube court and becoming the star of the show. Cube Bumblebee took his new friend to Maccadam's Old Oil House where he introduced her to his many friends and the barkeep himself who pegged that the duo were hiding in a cave. Maccadam's At one point afterwards, Bumblebee played a round of Cube with Windblade, but lost despite his best efforts. Jovially, the two friends then had a rematch. Siloed
Alongside his friend Hot Rod, Bumblebee took a vacation to Velocitron where he introduced his friend to Blurr. As his friends clashed egos, Bumblebee tried to offer aid to a stumbling fellow only to be rebuked. A three way between the trio ended in disaster when the Plague of Rust struck Velocitron destroying the cities and infrastructure in mere hours. With the planet utterly lost, the trio made a mad dash for the space bridge with Blurr, infected by the Plague, stayed behind to destroy the portal and prevent the spread of the disease to other Cybertronian worlds. Terminal Velocity
With Megatron's Decepticon movement gaining unprecedented popularity, the gladiator's personality took on darker shades with open war soon becoming a real possibility. Bumblebee accompanied Optimus to a last peace talk where he bore witness to Megatron declaring the Great War. Megatron Is My Hero When Megatron had slew the High Council, Bumblebee brought Optimus to speak with Alpha Trion, the sole survivor of the attack. With the last vestiges of his power, Trion bestowed the Matrix of Leadership onto his protege turning him into Optimus Prime. In one battle of the war, Bumblebee and Wheeljack were separated from Prowl. Though Bumblebee wanted to go back for their friend, Optimus soon arrived, carrying the wounded tactician over his shoulders. Matrix of Leadership
Bumblebee undertook a mission to rescue Optimus from the notorious assassin Shadow Striker. Bumblebee managed to quickly dispatch the Seeker guards and free the Prime, blasting an energon crate to cover their escape, the explosion consuming Shadow Striker. Shadowstriker When the Decepticon Deadlock tried to defect, Bumblebee brought him to the safe refuge of Maccadam's before Megatron arrived and threatened to start a brawl. Maccadam then barged in and transformed into his monstrous alternate mode, claiming that there would be no fighting in his bar and cowing Megatron enough for him to retreat. Bumblebee congrulated the accomplishment only for Maccadam to shrug it off considering Bumblebee had just driven off a shuttle and blasted a ship with a triple-barrel ion shoulder cannon in mid-air. Confused, Bumblebee advised that the barkeep not drink so much. Maccadam's
Bumblebee's past would soon return to haunt him as when he attempted to prevent an energon shipment from crashing into Iacon City. As Bumblebee scrambled to steer the tanker away from a crash landing, Shadow Striker returned, knocking him out and sending the craft plunging into the ice of Cybertron's poles. As the two duked it out, they found themselves pinned under a beam where Shadow Striker recounted the tale behind her survival and reconstruction. When the shifting of the craft allowed Bumblebee to free himself, he showed Shadow Striker mercy only for her to make another attempt to kill him, his life being saved by the timely arrival of Grimlock. Though the Dinobot wanted to pursue the assassin, Bumblebee convinced his friend to let her go. Shadowstriker
As the war wound down, the Decepticons captured Vector Sigma with Bumblebee being sent to scout the area and determine the Decepticons' plans for the computer only for one of Shockwave's drones to sight him. Though managing to shake off Starscream and Shadow Striker, Bumblebee was defeated by Soundwave and brought to Megatron who revealed his master plan was to use Vector Sigma to reprogram the AllSpark and have it birth a generation of loyal Decepticons. Information he was only telling Bumblebee because he made sure that the scout would never tell Optimus, a statement he backed up by ripping up the scout's voice box. Megatron Is My Hero
Despite his disability, Bumblebee managed to inform Optimus of Megatron's plan prompting the Prime to launch the AllSpark off-world. Tasked with transporting the artifact, Bumblebee was caught off-guard by the AllSpark speaking to him before Starscream struck, destroying the depot Bumblebee was to hide it in. With no recourse, Bumblebee made his way to the space bridge in Iacon where, despite a heavy Decepticon presence, Optimus managed to launch the AllSpark off Cybertron. AllSpark
Without the AllSpark however, Cybertron's deterioration sped up. In a later mission, Bumblebee and Optimus fought off the Seekers in the ruins of the Grand Imperium. Once they'd been chased off, Optimus used the sorry state of the once magnificent structure to emphasize the great damage the war had done to Cybertron and the mistake he'd made in launching the AllSpark, declaring that they had to retrieve it and restore their world. Matrix of Leadership The new Vanguard-class vessel, the Ark, was soon completed and ready to launch, Bumblebee among its crew. Unable to convince Windblade to join him, the two took a last trip to Maccadam's, now totally ruined, where the old barkeep offered them some energon from his private supply. Maccadam informed the two he would be staying behind but reassured them that, though they would go their separate ways for awhile, they'd see each other again and their friendship would endure. As the two shared a toast to their friendship, Maccadam told them to find "the king of the dinosaurs" before Grimlock called them to the launchpad. Maccadam's On the launchpad, Bumblebee said a heartfelt goodbye to Windblade before Optimus called him aboard. Memory
The Ark's journey was not a glamorous one and soon its energon supply began to dwindle. Once a rich bounty of energon had been detected on a frozen moon, Bumblebee joined Optimus and Grimlock to find the source only for the trio to be attacked by native insects. Though the three Autobots fought valiantly, their weapons had no effect on the aliens with Optimus ordering a retreat. Back on the Ark, Optimus had Teletraan-1 confirm his hypothesis that the aliens had evolved to feed off the energon. With Optimus deeming the aliens' extinction too high a moral price to pay, he ordered everyone into the stasis pods and the ship to be placed under Teletraan's control. Seconds before the cryo-gas overtook Bumblebee, Teletraan detected the AllSpark only for the scout to fall into stasis before he could abort the hibernation sequence. The Journey
As the Ark arrived over Earth, it suffered an engine malfunction prompting Teletraan-1 to reactivate Grimlock so he could deal with the problem only for a hull breach to open in the hibernation bay. Thrown around by the change in pressure, Grimlock shook loose the restraints on several stasis pods, causing them to fly out of the ship. Grimlock desperately clung onto the last of the pods, Bumblebee's, only to loose his grip and send his friend hurtling down to the primitive planet. King of the Dinosaurs
Bumblebee crashed in the Himalayas and eventually reawoke, though suffering from heavy amnesia. Confused, he befriended a tribe of local goats and lived amongst them for awhile before he went off exploring, leaving behind his stasis pod and blaster. Whiteout
While joyriding through a desert, Bumblebee was found by Windblade only for amnesia to prevent him from recognizing her and mistaking Thundercracker for a friend Windblade had brought. Enough of Bumblebee's memories remained for him to access his stinger and momentarily paralyzed the Seeker after he'd shown his hostile intentions. After Thundercracker was taken care of, Windblade attempted to use a cortical psychic patch to connect with Bumblebee's mind and jog his memories only for the device to cause both Autobots to fall into stasis lock. Fractured
When the two rebooted, they soon came under attack from Thundercracker and Nova Storm. While Bumblebee tried his best to hold Thundercracker off, his stinger malfunctioned and Windblade ordered him to retreat to a nearby mineshaft instead. He did as instructed, allowing Windblade to bury both Decepticons under a pile of rubble. The two then found the Decepticon scout ship with Windblade using its additional computing power to successfully use the cortical psychic patch and access Bumblebee's mind only to find he could not recall the location of the AllSpark but Bumblebee did find a memory of the Ark which convinced him of his and Windblade's friendship. The happy moment was cut short when Starscream contacted the ship to know how his scouts were doing. Bumblebee, not remembering that Starscream was an enemy, cheerily answered the call and promptly blew their cover. Memory
After an erratic chase, Bumblebee set the ship down at a radio tower, exploiting the radio transmissions as cover, Windblade helped Bumblebee remember the AllSpark which roused the scout's memories of the Ark and Optimus Prime which served as a catalyst for Bumblebee's memories to begin self-repairing. Allspark Further use of the patch helped Bumblebee remember going into stasis and the AllSpark being detected but he could not say where the Ark had wound up. The Journey When Windblade extracted the location of Bumblebee's stasis pod, she went off to investigate leaving her friend to watch human television, presenting him with his old blaster when she returned. Whiteout
As Bumblebee started to remember his early encounters with Megatron, he began to idolize the gladiator once again much to Windblade's alarm. With the cityspeaker's prodding, Bumblebee remember more of the atrocities the warlord had committed, culminating in reliving his voice box being torn out by the tyrant. Megatron Is My Hero Poking around the shuttle some more, Bumblebee found a Cube, reawakening his memories of his and Windblade's first meeting. Cube An attempt to use the patch without Windblade brought back Bumblebee's memories of Velocitron's demise, Terminal Velocity and a sparring match brought back his memories of Shadow Striker and a hard lesson in picking battles. Shadowstriker
While evading a second Decepticon shuttle near Earth's space bridge, Bumblebee remembered Maccadam's on his own. Once he'd used a triple-barrel ion shoulder cannon to deter the Decepticons, the two set down in cave that looked like Bumblebee's head where they used the patch to remember more about Maccadam. In the session the two realized Maccadam's habit of rambling had in fact been prophecies relating to their current adventure and the barkeep's way of helping them, setting them on the search for "the king of the dinosaurs", Maccadam's a task made harder by the duo's ignorance on what dinosaurs were. Instead, Windblade directed Bumblebee to a new memory regarding the Ark, hoping to find the ship's location. Within the memory Bumblebee found he was a deep cover Decepticon who'd sabotaged the Ark and led Megatron right to it. After being tried, Bumblebee broke free and was found by Optimus, a fellow deep cover agent. Realizing such events would never occur, Bumblebee shattered the memory revealing Windblade had been replaced by Shockwave who demanded to know where the Ark was in exchange for Windblade's safety. Disconnecting himself, Bumblebee set the shuttle on a collision course with the hangar the Seekers were using as a base once he'd primed the ship's self-destruct. When the two Autobots fled, Bumblebee assured his friend that their being alive was victory enough. Sabotage
As the two sought shelter at an airfield, Bumblebee picked up an Autobot distress signal. The beacon led them to a missile silo where they found Teletraan-X, an auxiliary date drone from the Ark. Unfortunately, the drone was the bait in a trap laid by the Seekers. As Bumblebee was the only one Teletraan would answer to, Slipstream took Windblade hostage to force the scout's compliance only for Bumblebee to soon be on the receiving end of the torture, rousing the drone's security protocols into action. Using Teletraan's map of the complex, the trio made their escape only to be cornered at the exit. With great regret, Bumblebee was forced to leave Windblade behind as he got Teletraan to safety. Teletraan-X After listening to Teletraan recount the entirety of human history (which took 4.5 hours), Bumblebee outright asked where the Ark was... something Teletraan didn't know. Noticing that Bumblebee had retained the cortical psychic patch, Teletraan helped the scout remember more about Optimus Prime and to understand that everyone, even the greatest of heroes, was fallible. Inspired, Bumblebee raced back to the missile silo to free his friend, Matrix of Leadership only to find she'd freed herself and found the location of a new Autobot. Siloed
Windblade led the group to a human construction site where Teletraan-X excavated the Autobot whom he then identified as Grimlock, along with a video clip of how Bumblebee and he had been separated. Using the human power grid, the Autobots reactivated Grimlock only to find his beast mode instincts were dominating his mind. Having found Grimlock's crown, an elaborate homing beacon, Bumblebee had Teletraan crown Grimlock which sent the Dinobot running away. Following the three found Grimlock's base where his video logs managed to trigger his transformation back to robot mode. King of the Dinosaurs
As Grimlock recounted his adventures, his systems picked up Shockwave arriving with two magnetic disruptors which the scientist intended to use to shut down Earth's magnetic field. The Autobots made their way to the North Pole, on a commandeered cargo plane, where Bumblebee acted as the distraction by doing a jaunty dance. His boogying brought out a vengeful Shadow Striker. When the disruptor was destroyed, Bumblebee raced back aboard the cargo plane, escaping only thanks to Shadow Striker's glitchy limbs. The Extinction Event
Back at Grimlock's base, the Dinobot revealed a map of Pangaea which Teletraan used to place the Ark at Mount St. Hilary. When the quartet arrived, they were instantly shot down by the Seekers and Bumblebee found himself used as ammunition in a Fastball Special against Nova Storm. When the group recovered, Teletraan-X revealed that the Decepticon fleet was approaching Earth. Their resolve strengthened, the Autobots breached the volcano where they found the Ark. Awaken Sleeping Giants
Their joy was short-lived as the Decepticons returned, now revealed to have been tracking them via Shockwave's drones. After initially clashing with Shadow Striker, Bumblebee entered the Ark with Teletraan and made his way to the hibernation bay. There they found that Teletraan-1 was dead and Teletraan-X quickly began to upload himself into the ship's mainframe only for Shadow Striker to arrive and destroy the drone. Bumblebee attacked his arch foe only to be defeated and once again being saved by Grimlock. As Bumblebee mourned over Teletraan-X, the second magnetic disruptor struck the volcano... only for Teletraan-X to reveal he'd downloaded himself into the ship's mainframe. After Teletraan had used the ship's guns to take care of the Decepticons, he raised the shields in time to protect them all from the eruption. With everyone safe, Teletraan awoke the rest of the crew, Bumblebee hugging Optimus, before the Decepticon fleet arrived, right above the Ark's resting place. Eruption
The Cybertronians eventually became known to humankind. While outside the Ark, Bumblebee was caught on camera doing a dance, winning the dubious honor of #2 on TOP3WEEKLY's "TOP ROBOT FAILS!!" video. Sea of Tranquility
Alternate universe
Toys
Cyberverse
Tiny Turbo Changers
- Bumblebee (Tiny Turbo Changers, 2019)
- Series 1, 2
- Bag Code: A
- Released in the first Series of Cyberverse Tiny Turbo Changers, Bumblebee changes from sports car to robot and back in a few simple steps. Like many toys in the line, Bumblebee has a molded "attack" weapon; in his case he has a blue "stinger" molded in place of his left hand. Many copies of this figure come with the waist assembled backwards, but this is easily remedied by popping his legs/car hood off and flipping his waist part around.
- Bumblebee was also released without changes in Series 2.
Scout Class
- Bumblebee (Scout Class, 2018)
- Action Attack: "Sting Shot"
- Cyberverse Scout Class Bumblebee is a Legends-sized toy that transforms from a robot to
a robot sitting downa "transformational" mode in six easy steps. His "Sting Shot" Action Attack gimmick causes a blade to pop out of his right arm when triggered.[1]
- Bumblebee (Scout Class, 2019)
- Action Attack: "Hive Swarm"
- This new Bumblebee is a retool of the original Scout Class figure above, featuring a new smirking head and new arms with 5mm hands. His action attack now has twin cyan missile clusters flip from behind the arms. Deco differences include sky blue paint on the forehead crest and shoulder headlight, a yellow pelvis, silver thighs and the paint on the "wings" and biceps were removed.
1-Step Changers
- Bumblebee (1-Step Changer, 2018)
- Cyberverse 1-Step Changer Bumblebee is a redeco of Robots in Disguise "Patrol Mode" Bumblebee, painted to disguise the fact that he's a completely different design, and transforms from robot to vehicle in a single step. He lacks the scannable roof insignia from the Robots in Disguise toy.
- Bumblebee (1-Step Changer, 2019)
- This Bumblebee is an all-new mold, sharing the same transformation scheme with Turbo Changers Drift from the Last Knight toyline. His left arm also features a spinning Stinger gimmick.
Warrior Class
- Bumblebee (Warrior Class, 2018)
- Action Attack: "Sting Shot"
- Cyberverse Warrior Class Bumblebee transforms from robot to car. His "Sting Shot" Action Attack gimmick is activated when his left arm is clicked in place, pushing the chest up. Pushing his chest down causes his arm to spring up and the stinger on his hand to spin and spin. Due to this, he lacks articulation in his left arm entirely, save for this gimmick. The right arm contains a forward swivel in the shoulder and a hinge at the elbow, and the hips are ball jointed.
- The knees are seemingly meant to have joints, but due to their design have a tendency to just pop off - the lower leg is a single piece that simply snaps over the end of the thigh and the small rounded pegs that are meant to hold it together are very small. Additionally, a thick ridge on the rounded bottom end of the thigh forces the two sections apart when the knee is rotated; removing this ridge or swapping the thighs seems to restore this functionality.
- The stock photography (to the right) shows the figure with yellow joints sticking out of the hood, which is grey and black and the final version. The same stock photo also strangely has the right arm lower down the body than the actual figure, despite the toy not being able to do that. Meanwhile: the switch that activates his spinning stinger is yellow in the stock photo instead of the final product's unpaintable black plastic.
- Bumblebee (Warrior Class, 2019)
- Action Attack: "Hive Swarm"
- This Bumblebee is a retool of the Warrior Class figure above, featuring a new head and forearms with missile-based weaponry. His "Sting Shot" Action Attack is replaced with "Hive Swarm", which consists of his spinning missile hand. The black striping on his forehead and center vehicle kibble are omitted.
Ultra Class
- Bumblebee (Ultra Class, 2018)
- Action Attack: "Hive Swarm"
- Cyberverse Ultra Class Bumblebee is a Voyager-sized toy that transforms from robot to car in seven steps. His "Hive Swarm" Action Attack gimmick flips his windows down and springs a cannon on each side.[1]
Ultimate Class
- Bumblebee (Ultimate Class, 2018)
- Released as part of the second wave of Ultimate Class, this Leader-sized Bumblebee transforms into a very show-accurate robot unlike most of his previous toys, but his left arm possesses 2/3 of the vehicle hood chunk (with a sculpted fist), which features a spring-loaded flip-out stinger as his Action Attack gimmick. This gimmick can be activated in both robot and vehicle mode.
- Exercise caution while rolling his vehicle mode as Bumblebee's painted knees are very close to the ground.
Elite Class
- Bumblebee (Elite Class, 2019)
- Cyberverse Elite Class Bumblebee is a Warrior Class-sized, less Action Attack-laden, new mold that transforms from robot to car. He features better articulation and a more screen-accurate design due to a different conversion scheme and lack of built-in gimmick. He also comes with an "Ocean Storm" Spark Armor accessory that is evocative of the Yamato cruiser from Space Battleship Yamato, which can form his battle armor in robot mode. The armor automatically transforms in place if folded down when combined with Bumblebee.
- Like all Cyberverse Elite-class armor, The Ocean Storm features a unique built-in helmet. Its armor mode has limited articulation, with elbow and bicep swivel joints, but does not have any shoulder articulation to speak of due to the way it automatically transforms when attached. As a result, it cannot assume the slightly splayed stance that it is shown in on the back of the package. It also has a flip-out anchor weapon which snaps into place in ship mode and unlocks by changing to armor mode. In addition, the armor features multiple 5 mm post holes, including the hands, shoulders, elbows, and one on the left forearm. The bridge and conning tower are only held in by friction, and as such may pop out during play. The clip that locks into Bumblebee's waist can be rather tight, but can be disconnected by lifting the plate up rather than trying to pull it forward.
- The Ocean Storm was redecoed with a new helmet into Cheetor's Sea Fury armor.
Deluxe Class
- Bumblebee (Deluxe Class, 2020)
- Build-a-Figure part: TBA
- Accessories: Blaster, Stinger, Stinger effect part
- Action Attack: "Sting Shot attack"
- Released as part of the Cyberverse Deluxe Class lineup, this Bumblebee is a show-accurate mold that is more poseable than most of his previous releases. He comes with a handheld blaster and a removable Stinger that can be wielded by his 5mm hands, and an effect part for the Stinger.
Merchandise
- Bumblebee (Happy Meal Toy, 2019)
- As a second Happy Meal promotion for Cyberverse, Bumblebee is a 4-inch-tall non-transforming figure with articulation at the hips and arms. As an Action Masters-esque play feature, he includes a small ship (reminiscent of his Elite Class toy) that can be separated in half and reattached into various pins around his body as weapons or pieces of armor.
Burger King
- Bumblebee (Burger King Toy, 2019)
- Oddly enough released just one month before the aforementioned Happy Meal toy, Burger King's take on Bumblebee is a non-transforming figure that also looks rather reminiscent to his Elite Class toy with the inclusion of grey battleship parts sculpted on his body as armor. His right arm and hips are articulated, whereas his left arm has a spring-loaded projective launcher molded into it.
Notes
- As with the rest of the Cyberverse cast, Bumblebee's design is based on the evergreen design also used for his Generation 1 counterpart, with some minor stylistic tweaks.
- Bumblebee's loss of his voice is a borrowed trait from his movieverse and Aligned counterparts; his use of bleeps to communicate before leaving Cybertron is derived from the latter, while using radio clips to speak on Earth comes from the former.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Bumblebee (バンブルビー Banburubī)
