
Bumblebee is a fan-favorite character and he appears in most of the series and later becomes the main protagonist in Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Bumblebee, and Transformers: Cyberverse.

The character is named after the bumblebee, a black-and-yellow striped insect which inspired his paint scheme. The original vehicle-mode design was based on a classic European Type 1 Volkswagen Beetle. In the live action movies, he has appeared as vehicles inspired by the Chevrolet American muscle cars – with the live-action film versions being a yellow Camaro with black racing stripes.

In the original line of toys and in the animated series, Bumblebee is a small yellow Volkswagen Beetle. The character is a member of the Autobots, a group of sentient, self-configuring, modular extraterrestrial robotic lifeforms. " To know others you must know yourself first." (Goldbug)Ĭybertronian Car, Volkswagen Beetle, Suzuki Swift, muscle carīumblebee is a fictional robot character appearing in the many continuities in the Transformers franchise. " The least likely can be the most dangerous." (Bumblebee) Minicars, Throttlebots, Pretenders, Action Masters, Go-Bots, Deluxe machinesĮspionage, Espionage Director, Spy, Scoutīrawn, Cliffjumper, Optimus Prime, Spike Witwicky, Chip Chase, Pipes, Tailgate, Swerve, Warpath, Huffer, Cosmos, Powerglide, Gears, Outback

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