Respect Bumblebee! (Michael Bay's Transformers)
Bumblebee
"You're the best, Bee! You're the best!"
"YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT-and don't ever forget it!"
Many years ago on the distant planet of Cybertron, a race of mechanical aliens called Transformers engaged in a brutal civil war for the fate of their homeworld. The tyranical Decepticons were opposed by a rebel group led by Optimus Prime known as the Autobots. As one of Optimus' most trusted allies and friends, Bumblebee would fight valiantly before the source of all life on Cybertron, the Allspark, left the planet. The Autobots would proceed to leave Cybertron in search of the Allspark, leading Bumblebee to land on Earth in the middle of World War II. Despite assisting the allies in some battles, he would mostly remain in hiding until the present day, when a hint of the Allspark caused him to summon his fellow Autobots to Earth just in time to battle the Decepticons that had also arrived. When the Allspark was destroyed in the following conflict, Bumblebee and the rest of the Autobots would opt to remain on Earth, defending the humans from whatever threat came their way, even when the humans themselves turned against them.
Along with the strength and durability that comes with being a giant robot, Bumblebee is a surprisingly agile fighter, often outdoing his tougher opponents through various dodges and flips. That isn't to say he can't pack a punch though, because through his arm canon, missiles, and other firepower Bumblebee is capable of standing up to some of the biggest threats that the series has to offer. Like all Transformers, Bumblebee is capable of scanning machines (though this is primarily used on vehicles) and mimicking their shapes and appearances. Throughout the series Bumblebee has copied various vehicles, but typically operates as a bright yellow Camaro.
Source Key
Transformers - T
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - RF
Transformers: Dark of the Moon - DM
Transformers: Age of Extinction - AE
Transformers: The Last Knight - LK
Strength
- While in car form he opens his door and easily pushes aside another car^(T)
- While in car form he knocks over Barricade who had previously sent cars flying just by running through them^(T)
- Throws Barricade through a small shack and we later see he defeated Barricade off screen^(T)
- Tilts up a truck with Ironhide^(T)
- Easily shoves aside cars^(T)
- Leaps through a window and part of warehouse wall^(RF)
- Rips out a small Decepticon's spine^(RF)
- Jumps high into the air, knocking back Rampage with a knee to the face^(RF)
- Picks up and throws some smaller Autobots^(RF)
- Rips off Rampage's arms^(RF)
- Fires a cable into a boat which he pulls high into the air^(AE)
- Stabs through Stinger's head with armblades^(AE)
- Flings a car at Lockdown before knocking him away with his strikes^(AE)
- While underwater he staggers Optimus Prime by throwing his battle hammer at him^(LK)
- Knocks away Optimus Prime and smashes his head into the ground^(LK)
Speed/Agility
- Balances on only two wheels while in car form^(T)
- Flips off a bridge^(T)
- Saves Sam Witwicky and Megan Fox's character from falling from the bottom of a bridge^(T)
- Battles Rampage, performing various flips and dodges as he does so^(RF)
- In the middle of a high speed car chase he flips over various flying cars, even managing to protect Sam Witwicky from debris mid transformation^(DM)
- Avoids multiple shots from Sentinel Prime^(DM)
- Avoids blows from Sentinel Prime who fights evenly with Optimus Prime^(DM)
- Aim dodges multiple energy blasts from a Decepticon^(DM)
- Runs along the side of a wall to save to falling humans^(DM)
- Moves at relative speeds to and then swerves to avoid a rocket^(AE)
- Climbs a building's interior and grabs onto the bottom of a helicopter^(AE)
- Leaps high over a series of car crashes and a highway overpass, passing off his various passengers to Optimus Prime while midair^(AE)
- Jumps off an airborn spacecraft, swings on a cable and grabs several falling humans before stopping their fall by sliding down the side of a building^(AE)
- Battles Stinger while riding on the back of a flying Dinobot as it erratically flew through a city^(AE)
- Attacks Lockdown with various flips and strikes while avoiding Lockdown's reciprocation, who could get the better of Optimus Prime^(AE)
- While not on the same level, he is capable of fighting at comparable speeds to Optimus Prime himself^(LK)
Durability
- Gets tackled and later sent flying by Barricade^(T)
- [Limit] When nothing else worked, the U.S. military discovers that transformers are susceptible to extreme heat when their SABO rounds which burn at 6000 degrees and are meant to melt through tank armor proved effective against them^(T)
- Gets hit by Starscream's misisles (though this does blow off his legs)^(T)
- Gets launched high into the air^(RF)
- Gets knocked away by Sentinel Prime who could block and knock away strikes from Optimus Prime as well as seriously damage him^(DM)
- Gets flung around by Lockdown who could deflect attacks from and damage Optimus Prime^(AE)
- Isn't effected by a gatling gun^(LK)
- Gets knocked back after Optimus Prime blasts the ground at his feet^(LK)
- His armor is capable of deflects stabs from Optimus Prime's blade after he had been brainwashed into becoming Nemesis Prime^(LK)
- Gets thrown against and punched into the ground by Optimus Prime after he had been brainwashed into becoming Nemesis Prime^(LK)
Firepower
- A combination of his arm cannon and shoulder rockets push back and destroy Brawl^(T)
- Blows up the top of Sam Witwicky's house^(RF)
- Creates large explosions^(RF)
- Blasts through metal^(RF)
- Blows up a sentry station and chunks of the road with rockets^(DM)
- Fires machine guns, gatling guns, and rockets while in a half-transformed state^(DM)
- Blows off the head of multiple Decepticons^(DM)
- Fires arm missiles at Galvatron^(DM)
- Missiles send cars and lesser Decepticons flying^(AE)
- Destroys a U.S. sentinel^(LK)
- Has a gun in his toe^(LK)
- Destroys Mohawk^(LK)
- Defeats Quintessa^(LK)
Misc.
- Transformers can scan machines and nearly instantly replicate them^(T/AE)
- Transformers can quickly change from humanoid form to car form and vice-versa^(T)
- Produces a sonic burst that shatters all the windows in a used car lot^(T)
- Because his vocal processors were damaged in battle he is forced to communicate via radio^(T)
- The area around Transformers possesses low levels of radiation, with even people that have spent a small amount of time with them having fourteen rads^(T)
- While not very confident in his ability he managed to fly Sam Witwicky up a skyscraper in a Decepticon fighter ship and later fire upon the enemies inside^(DM)
- After a drone scans an ID card Bumblebee is able to copy it onto a blank piece of plastic^(AE)
- Fires an anchor which is embedded in a ship^(AE)
- Pilots a bounty hunter's fighter ship through the air, flying through narrow turns and obstacles^(AE)
- He is able to fall apart at will, controlling every individual piece before reassembling himself^(LK)
- Can fire a cable from his mouth to latch onto things^(LK)
- Even while in car form he can half transform to access his arm cannon^(LK)
- Operates fine underwater^(LK)
- Pisses on the feds^(T)
- Fucked up nazis during World War II^(LK)
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"Sting like a bee."
Posted Sep 7, 2023, 8:01 PM UTC