Bumblebee

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**Bumblebee** is a Cybertronian Transformer.

## Biography

Around 2001, Bumblebee was assigned to the tactical response unit deployed to Earth under Prowl's command.

With the Humans aboard *Ark-19*, Ratchet gained their trust and downloaded the information on the SM-40 Notebook. The data pointed to an abandoned Decepticon Command Bunker in Nebraska which Ratchet felt needed to be investigated, but did not want to take the Humans into danger again. Bumblebee was eavesdropping on the conversation and convinced Ratchet that investigating was the right call. The Autobot also decided to accompany Ratchet and the Humans to Nebraska.

Arriving in northwest Nebraska, Bumblebee and Ratchet assisted the Humans in descending into the abandoned command bunker. They warned them that the Decepticons were prone to booby-trapping their former bases but hoped that the Human's size would not set them off. While waiting on the surface, their position came under attack from the Decepticons Skywarp and Blitzwing.

Realizing that they were not the primary target, the Autobots deduced the base was. As the ordnance began collapsing the ground above the base, Ratchet ordered the Humans to abort before coming under attack from the Decepticons again. While Ratchet engaged Blitzwing, Bumblebee targeted Skywarp but his shot missed when the flyer teleported.

Using his processor speed to predict probable teleport coordinates, Bumblebee began firing at possible exit points. One of his shots paid off and struck Skywarp in the wing, sending him fleeing. As Skywarp and Blitzwing continued their assault on the base, Bumblebee went to check on Ratchet. The medic had been fighting Blitzwing and taken a shot to the chest; Ratchet was still alive, although he had also been run over by Blitzwing while in tank mode. With the attack still ongoing, the ground underneath them was destabilising and threatening to cave in on the installation below.

Bumblebee and Ratchet returned to the ingress point where the Humans had entered the base. they found Hunter and Jimmy on the surface waiting for Verity to ascend. While Ratchet warned them of the dangers of the collpasing superstructure, they insisted on waiting for Verity. As the tree they had attached their rope to began to fall into the pit, Bumblebee managed to stabilize it long enough for Verity to get to the surface by transforming and bracing the tree with his own body. All three Humans piled into Ratchet as the two Autobots sped away from the collapsing base. As they moved off, Bumblebee and Ratchet became aware of the arrival of Megatron, a fact that they then reported to Prowl and Ironhide.

While Ratchet took the Humans back to *Ark-19*, Bumblebee headed for the command bunker in Oregon to keep an eye on the situation. He witnessed Megatron's arrival by Orbital Bounce to challenge Starscream. As Bumblebee observed the situation, he was spotted by Runabout and shot at. Prowl, having recently arrived at the scene, returned fire and hit Runabout in the chest. Once the situation between Megatron and Starscream had been resolved, Prowl led the Autobots back to *Ark-19*, where they found that Optimus Prime had arrived on Earth.

## Appearances

* *The Transformers: Infiltration #3* (First appearance)
* *The Transformers: Infiltration #4*
* *The Transformers: Infiltration #5*
* *The Transformers: Infiltration #6*

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 *The Transformers: Infiltration #3*
2. ↑ The timeline given in *Revolutionaries #1* dates the events of the Transformers arrival on Earth to 2001.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 *The Transformers: Infiltration #4*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *The Transformers: Infiltration #5*
5. ↑ *The Transformers: Infiltration #6*