Bumblebee (Transformers)

Bumblebee/Goldbug

Autobot
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Sub-group	Minicars, Throttlebots, Pretenders, Action Masters, Go-Bots, Deluxe machines
Function	Espionage, Espionage Director, Spy, Scout
Rank	7
Partner	Brawn, Optimus Prime, Chip Chase, Pipes, Tailgate, Swerve, Warpath, Huffer, Cosmos, Powerglide, Gears, Outback, and Sam Witwicky.
Motto	"The least likely can be the most dangerous." (Bumblebee) "To know others you must know yourself first." (Goldbug) "Data is power." (Classic)
Alternate modes	Cybertronian Car, Volkswagen Beetle, Suzuki Swift, muscle car
Series	Transformers: Generation 1 Transformers: Generation 2 Transformers: Titanium Transformers: Classic Transformers: Attacktix Transformers: Universe Transformers: Alternity Transformers: Reveal the Shield
English voice actor	Dan Gilvezan
Japanese voice actor	Yoku Shioya (Generation 1) Michitaka Kobayashi (The Headmasters)

Bumblebee

Bumblebee in the 2007 Transformers movie
Autobot
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Sub-group	Scout, Cyber Slammers, Deluxe Vehicles, Fast Action Battlers, Micro Vehicles, Supreme Vehicles, Human Alliance
Function	Guardian, Scout, Second in Command
Rank	5 (2007-2014 films), 9 (TLK)
Partner	Optimus Prime, Hot Rod, Cliffjumper, Arcee, Jazz, Ratchet, NEST, Sam Witwicky, Mikaela Banes, Carly Spencer, Skids, Mudflap, Sideswipe, Jolt, Wheeljack, Mirage, Ironhide, Hound, Crosshairs, Strafe, Drift, Wheelie, Brains, Cade Yeager, Tessa Yeager, Shane Dyson, Izabella.
Motto	"Don't worry about the size of the blaster-worry about the sting!", "The least likely can be the most dangerous."
Alternate modes	Entry mode protoform, 1977 Chevrolet Camaro, 2006 Chevrolet Camaro concept/2009 Chevrolet Camaro / 1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS/2014 Chevrolet Camaro concept/custom-built 2016 Camaro ZL1
Series	Transformers Cinematic Universe Transformers (2010) Transformers: Masterpiece
English voice actor	Mark Ryan (2007 Film, 2009 video game) Bronco D. Jackson and Tony Gialluca II (Cyber Missions) Fred Tatasciore (2011 video game)
Japanese voice actor	Hiroshi Iwasaki (2007 Film) Kōichi Yamadera (Age of Extinction) Ryohei Kimura (Q Transformers: Mystery of Convoy)

Bumblebee

Bumblebee in animated form
Autobot
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Sub-group	Activators, Deluxe Vehicles, Micro Vehicles
Function	Speedster
Rank	6 (Hasbro), 5 (Takara)
Partner	Optimus Prime, Bulkhead, Grimlock
Motto	"Enough talk. It's time for action!" "Suh-weet!" "I'm so hot it hurts!" (Elite Guard) "I'm the fastest thing on wheels!" (Bumper Battlers)
Alternate modes	Cybertronian car, Police modified Chevrolet Beat
Series	Transformers Animated Transformers: Universe
English voice actor	Bumper Robinson
Japanese voice actor	Daisuke Kishio

Bumblebee/Goldbug

Goldbug in Shattered Expectations
Autobot
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Sub-group	Convention Exclusives, Deluxe Vehicles
Function	Espionage
Rank	8
Partner	Grimlock, Jazz and Optimus Prime
Motto	"The least likely is always the most dangerous."
Alternate modes	Chrysler ME Four-Twelve
Series	Transformers: Timelines

Bumblebee is a fictional character from the Transformers franchise. In most incarnations, Bumblebee is a small, yellow (with black stripes) Autobot with most of his alternative vehicle modes inspired by several generations of the Chevrolet Camaro/Pontiac Firebird muscle cars (with the live-action film versions being real Camaros: the original vehicle mode was based on a Volkswagen Beetle). The characters and related events are described, below, using in-universe tone. He is named after a genus of bee which inspired his paint scheme.

Bumblebee (known as Abejorro in Mexico, Bumble in Japan, Moscardo in Portugal, Űrdongó in Hungary, Maggiolino in Italy) is the "little brother" of the heroic or protagonistic Autobot faction and a mascot, constantly striving to prove himself in the eyes of the other robots - especially his leader, Optimus Prime. This often causes him to take risks that put him in danger. Although a bit of a smart aleck, he is a capable and reliable messenger and spy, his small size allowing him to go places that his larger commanders cannot. He is highly fuel-efficient, has great visual acuity, is particularly adaptable to undersea environments and transforms into a Saturn yellow Volkswagen Beetle. He was later reconstructed into a stronger, more mature form as Goldbug.

At BotCon 2010, Hasbro named Bumblebee as one of the first five robot inductees in the Transformers Hall of Fame. He is also IGN's second favorite Autobot.

Bumblebee holds the distinction of being the second character to appear on-screen in the original Transformers animated series, while on a mission to recover a small clutch of energy conductors with Wheeljack, illustrating the energy crisis holding sway over their home planet of Cybertron. These two characters were seen often together in the first season and beginning of the second season, sometimes going on missions. Bumblebee is subsequently among the Transformers aboard the Ark as it set off searching for new worlds and new energy sources, which crashed on Earth, causing the Transformers within to be trapped in stasis for four million years. Awakening in 1984, Bumblebee helps Ironhide quell a raging river and uses his small size to help Sparkplug Witwicky plant explosives in the midst of a Decepticon mining operation.