With Spike and Sparkplug's help, he created a diversion for the Decepticons in the form of a giant fake Autobot so he could rescue the others. Search for Treasure Under the Sea On another occasion, Bumblebee was the only Autobot to escape being captured and put in a special Autobot prison. Unfortunately he ran into Soundwave and Rumble, who took him prisoner. The Autobots headed out in a ship built by Wheeljack, and Bumblebee was sent on an underwater scouting mission.
Goldbug would live to see the next Cybertronian Golden Age.īumblebee overheard the Decepticons plotting to raid sunken ships and warned the Autobots. When Bumblebee was damaged badly during the Hate Plague outbreak in 2006, he had to be rebuilt into a new form, Goldbug. Bumblebee survived Unicron's attack on Cybertron, and remained in action during the leadership of Rodimus Prime. When Bumblebee and the others were awoken in 1984, Bumblebee quickly befriended the human teenager Spike Witwicky.īumblebee and Spike would remain friends up through Spike's adulthood, and were stationed on one of Cybertron's moons in 2005 after the Decepticons conquered Cybertron. He participated in the Matrix Quest and survived their race's united battle against the Chaos Bringer, Unicron.īumblebee was one of the several Autobots who were searching for energy when the Decepticons attacked their spacecraft, forcing them to crash-land on Earth 4 million years ago. After being destroyed by Starscream and the Underbase, Goldbug was rebuilt by Ratchet into a Pretender form and was restored as Bumblebee.
In this form he joined Blaster and the Throttlebots and exiled the Autobots while they were under the rule of Grimlock. Joe or Death's Head and rebuilt into a more formidable form, Goldbug. When Bumblebee and the others were awoken in 1984, Bumblebee quickly befriended the human teenager Buster Witwicky.Ī few years later, Bumblebee was destroyed either by G.I. (This is true of some "matured" versions of Bumblebee without new names or bodies, as well, but is quite markedly associated with the change to Goldbug).īumblebee was one of the several Autobots who were carving a path through space for their planet Cybertron when the Decepticons attacked their spacecraft, the Ark, forcing them to crash-land on Earth 4 million years ago. Bumblebee already has the respect he craves.Īs Goldbug-his rebuilt and "matured" form-Bumblebee retains most of his earlier strengths and weaknesses, but without his crippling need for approval.
He may be small, but he's brave, and he's one of the most well-liked Autobots around. He looks up (so to speak) to the other Autobots, especially Optimus Prime, but what he doesn't realize is that they look up to him. Maybe this is why he makes fast friends among the humans. While his stature allows him to do his job better than most Autobots could manage, he is self-conscious about his size. Bumblebee is one of the smallest and physically weakest Autobots.