He is driven by a desire to win the battle against the Decepticons. In, “The Return of Optimus Prime part 2,” Bumblebee was rebuilt and renamed GoldBug.įive Faces of Darkness (Part 1) in a flashback from The Transformers: The Movie, (Casey Kasem left the show during season 3 due to objection to the portrayal of Arab characters as stereotypical villains.) As the most trusted lieutenant of Optimus Prime, he will do whatever it takes to protect earth and its people. He is a very close ally to human Spike Witwicky, Often seen as an underdog and not the biggest bot he has more courage than any soldier from Cybertron. This battle-tested robot was the first autobot to forge an alliance with the humans. Although physically the weakest Autobot, his stealth more than compensates for this inadequacy. He can go underwater for reconnaissance and salvage missions. He is the most energy efficient and has the best vision of all the Autobots. He idolizes the bigger Autobots, especially Optimus Prime and Prowl, and strives to be accepted. Due to his small size, he dares to go where others cannot and will not. Small, eager, and brave, Bumblebee acts as a messenger, scout, and spy. He was rebuilt and turned into from Goldbug in The Return of Optimus Prime Part 2, and last appeared in The Rebirth Part 3 (as an animation error.) He has been killed and revived numerous times throughout the franchise. Injury to one module is felt by the other two. the combat deck equipped with a versatile mechanic/artillery robot. a spy who operates up to 1200 miles away and 3) Autobot Headquarters. the brain center known as the Commander 2) Roller, the Autobot scout car. Splits into three autonomous modules: 1) Optimus Prime. Fights unceasingly to defeat the Decepticons. Feels his role is the protection of all life, including Earth-life. Optimus Prime is the strongest and most courageous of all Autobots. Other terms for the Autobots are Autorobots (in Italy), Autoboterna (in Sweden), Kibery (in Ukraine), and Robotrikim (in Israel). cartoon line, the Autobots were the descendants of a line of robots created as consumer goods by the Quintessons the Decepticons, are descended instead from robots designed as military hardware. They are constantly at war with the Decepticons. Their main leader is Optimus Prime, but other "Primes" have also commanded the Autobots such as Rodimus Prime. Predaking: You assume that because I turned against Megatron, I can forgive the Autobots their role in the destruction of my brethren on Earth? Leave me be and dare not trespass here again.The Autobots (also known as Cybertrons in Japan) are the heroes in the Transformers toyline and related spin-off comics and cartoons. So help us prove what Megatron was never willing to: that more than one race can peacefully co-exist on our planet. And now the darkness has followed us all the way home.īumblebee: Optimus Prime would deem it a tragedy to stain Cybertron's fresh soil with any newly-spilled energon. Each forming the core of their own separate worlds, Cybertron and Earth. Good and evil order and chaos one victorious, one vanquished. How many more times do we have to save a world? Have to fight for the survival of our home? Ratchet: Regrettably, the struggle between creation and destruction is an eternal one, and the battle lines which separate the two run through the very spark of Cybertron. but to settle scores!Īrcee: It isn't fair. Starscream: This is not quite how I envisioned my rise to the throne, but since Megatron all but surrendered it to me, I will gladly revive the Decepticons in my name.though, perhaps, the throne is more befitting of an actual king? Predaking: I am not here to seize thrones, Starscream. And in my view, you have each acted as a Prime. But while this may very well mark the end of the Age of Primes, leadership can be earned, with or without the Matrix. Lord Smokescreen, Emperor of Destruction!ĭialogue Optimus Prime: Because the Matrix must now be relinquished with the Allspark, it cannot be restored, or passed down to another.The past shall consume the future, the dead shall consume the living, and chaos shall reign supreme!.I say we show the 'Lord of the Undead' what it's like to be unliving!.In the name of the mighty legions of Predacons who preceded me, I shall never again yield to your charge! But I will heed your previous advice, and face my true enemy as a beast!.The Decepticons are no more, and that is final.Do not lament my absence, for in my spark, I know that this is not the end, but merely a new beginning.As even Megatron has demonstrated on this day, every sentient being possesses the capacity for change.