Rafael Esquivel

Rafael "Raf" Esquivel is one of the main human protagonists of Transformers: Prime. He's a very intelligent 12-year-old boy that knows how to hack into any piece of technology, which usually comes in handy. Bumblebee is his guardian and best friend. He's very smart for his age, and is the youngest of the 3 kids who are official members of Team Prime, the other two being Jack Darby and Miko Nakadai. He enjoys video games.
==Appearance==
Rafael is a 12 year old pre-teen of average height for someone his age, but still shorter in comparison to Jack and Miko. He has spiky brown hair that sticks upwards, brown eyes, and usually wears a red pair of glasses along with a pair of jeans and a dress shirt, covered up by an orange dress sweater.
==Personality==
Being a pre-teen and the youngest of the group, Raf is understandably timid but he is loyal and dedicated to the Autobots and their cause, especially his friend and protector, Bumblebee. When the situation calls for it, he can muster the courage he needs to complete the task at hand. His kind and pure demeanor has an effect on those around him, particularly the strict Ratchet, who states, when Raf is almost killed by Megatron, "He has grown to need him."
==Skills==
Despite his young age, Raf is a skilled computer expert, hacker, and well-informed of various subjects, which comes in handy from time to time for his friends and the Autobots, and he has sometimes assisted Ratchet in mechanical engineering while also using his hacking skills to delete pics or articles on conspiracy sites regarding the bots or cons. One of his crowning achievements was designing a source-code and virus for Ratchet to download into Laserbeak that copied the entire Iacon Database into the Autbots' computer mainframe, right under Soundwave's metaphorical nose, a feat of hacking for which Ratchet praised Raf as a genius. On a side-note, he is the only human shown thus far capable of understanding Bumblebee before his voice was restored.
==Gallery==
The main characters of the PRIME-Series.jpg|Jack Darby, Rafael Esquivel, Miko Nakadai, June Darby & William Fowler
Rafael (PRIME).jpg
Rafael Out of the Shape.jpg|Rafael Out of Shape
Jack, Raf, & Miko Prisoner.jpg|Jack, Rafael & Miko Imprison
Jack Miko & Raf.jpg|Jack, Miko & Rafael
Jack, Raf, & Miko in Shadowzone.jpg|Jack, Rafael & Miko in Shadowzone
Rafael & Miko Hugs.png
Rafael is a Cutie.png
Rafael & Miko Meet Again.gif
Rafael in Laptop.jpg|Rafael & his computer
Imprisoned Rafael.png|Decepticons are captured Rafael
Transformers Prime Series' Humans.jpg
Jack, Rafael, June and Fowler.jpg
Jack, Miko and Rafael are now in the Shadowzone.jpg
Many Human allies of the Autobots.jpg
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