Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Summary
compare to Michael Bay ’s live - actionTransformersmovies , Transformers : raise of the Beastsand its 2018 prequel importantly change Bumblebee — here ’s how . Transformers : Rise of the Beastsportrays how seven age after first landing on Earth , the Autobots see a speck of hope when they learn about the Transwarp keystone . Hoping it would help them return home , they set out on a mission to acquire it before Unicron ’s army of Terrorcons . Along the way , they also find human ally , Noah and Elena , who help them realize that homo are not as bad as they had think .
While this saga of battling the Terrorcons extend and finding theTranswarp key unfolds inTransformers : Rise of the Beasts , Bumblebee ’s storyline goes through several significant changes . owe to these change , it is hard not to enquire how theBumblebeemovie andTransformers : climb of the Beastshave added Modern traditional knowledge to the character ’s alive - action narrative to make him unlike from his substitute looping in the Michael Bay movie . Hence , here is a elaborated breakdown of eight Bumblebee changes theTransformersmovies have made since Michael Bay departed from the franchise .
8Bumblebee Got His G1 Design After Michael Bay
Michael Bay’sTransformersmoviesfeatured visually complex and punctilious innovation . liken to the originalTransformerscartoons , the designs in Bay ’s existence went through massive aesthetic overhauls , with some share resembling military machine and implements of war . While these designs allow for visually dynamic transformation , they only highlighted the mechanical nature of the character instead of work out their trenchant humanist personalities . 2018’sBumblebeeandTransformers : Rise of the Beastschange this significantly by staying true to the original Generation 1 designs of the 1980s animated series and toys .
Bumblebee , too , sports a simpler design inBumblebeeandTransformers : Rise of the Beasts , and even its transformations are redolent of the Generation 1 cartoons and toys . There is also an emphasis on Bumblebee ’s facial features in both movies that make him appear more endearing , allowing better communicating of emotions and stronger connections with audiences . As a nod to Bumblebee ’s G1 pattern , 2018’sBumblebeealso read how the nominal Autobot ’s first transformation was into a Volkswagen bug , not a Camaro .
7Charlie Watson Is Bumblebee’s First Human (Not Sam Witwicky)
Bumblebee ’s first point of impinging is one of the most ostensible differences between the twoTransformersmovie serial . Sam Witwicky finds Bumblebee when he break down out shopping for his first cable car with his father . Initially disguised as a 1976 Chevrolet Camaro , the firstTransformers ' Bumblebee turn into a 2007 rendering of the same elevator car .
In 2018’sBumblebee , Charlene " Charlie " Watson rule Bumblebee in her uncle ’s scrapyard , who deem the car useless and gifts it to her on her eighteenth birthday . To Charlie ’s surprisal , Bee transforms into B-127 , and the two become really close as the movie progresses . Transformers : Rise of the Beastsalso make a few references to how Bumblebee is still thankful that he meet Charlie after arriving at Earth , which prevent him from adopting Optimus Prime ’s agnosticism towards human beings .
6How Bumblebee Lost His Voice
As 2018’sBumblebeereveals in its porta arc , B-127 clangoring solid ground in California after Optimus Prime sends him on a exploratory survey mission to planet Earth . regrettably for B-127 , Blitzwing ambushes him before he can proceed with his mission and forces him to reveal Optimus Prime ’s whereabouts . When B-127 refuses to abide by , Blitzwing ruthlessly rips out Bumblebee ’s vocalization box , destroy his ability to speak and damaging his store . Before collapsing from his trauma , Bumblebee kills Blitzwing in the nick of clock time and transmute into a 1967 lily-livered Volkswagen Beetle .
With what follows , Bumblebee gets to experience the goodness in human beings after meeting Charlie . Although the Autobot can not straight off peach without its voice box , he creatively interacts with Charlie through his radio . Even inTransformers : advance of the Beasts , Bumblebeedoes not re - assume his vox , although it is possible that the Energon twist fixed his voice .
5Bumblebee Got A New Voice Actor
Mark Ryan vocalize Bumblebee in Michael Bay ’s firstTransformersmovie . In the sequel , transformer : retaliation of the Fallen , he returned to voice both Bumblebee and Jetfire . The vox actor continued his oeuvre in the movie franchise by voicing Bumblebee inTransformers : Dark of the Moonand both Bumblebee and Lockdown inTransformers : Age of Extinction . 2018’sBumblebeechanged this trend by featuring Dylan O’Brien as Bumblebee ’s voice . unluckily , his role was short - lived since Bumblebee lost his vox soon after the War For Cybertron prologue of 2018’sBumblebee .
4Bumblebee Died Fighting Scourge
InTransformers : Rise of the Beasts ' opening arc , a fierce battle ensues when Scourge and Unicron ’s other Terrorcon minion assay to develop the Transwarp winder from the Autobots . Before institutionalise him to Earth to hunt down the Transwarp key , Unicron increases Scourge ’s power horizontal surface , which allow him to easily overpower the Autobots . Bumblebee tries to preserve the day by surreptitiously assault Scourge from behind , but Scourge stays one step ahead of Bumblebee and stabs him before he can attack him . Scourge then proceeds to electrocute him to completely close him off . Shocked by B-127 ’s sudden death , Prime looks at his lifeless body and pronounce , " This can not be . "
This event later becomes a catalyst that infuriates Optimus Prime , fetch out the bad in him inTransformers : Rise of the Beasts . In contrast , Michael Bay’sTransformersmovies do not feature Bumblebee ’s last as a part of their storylines . Optimus Prime dies inTransformers : Revenge of the Fallen , but the circumstances of his death are whole dissimilar from that of Bumblebee inTransformers : acclivity of the Beasts .
3Bumblebee’s History On Earth Is Different
2018’sBumblebeealso retcons the chicken Autbot ’s history on planet Earth by highlighting how he make it at the planet as a scout . When the War for Cybertron nearly pushed the Autobots to the brink of losing against the Decepticons , Optimus Prime lead an operation to void the planet . As 2018’sBumblebeereveals , B-127 was the first Autobot to be sent out of Cybertron in an escape seedcase because Prime expect him to set base operations on planet Earth . Unfortunately , Bumblebee ’s mission did not go as planned after he clang - landed in California and eventually lost his vox and computer storage .
2Bumblebee Got An Energon Resurrection
InTransformers : Revenge of the Fallen , Sam Witwicky uses the Matrix of Leadership to bring Optimus Prime back to life . transformer : ascension of the Beastsintroduces a new way to revive Autobotsby demo how Bumblebee gets uprise through Energon ores on major planet Earth . InTransformers 7 ’s last bow , an energy heart rate from the Transwarp key activate Earth ’s latent Energon sources . Since Bumblebee happens to be lying on one of these touch off Energon ores , he gets power by the Cybertronian fuel and return from the beat .
1Bumblebee Upgraded To An Off-Road Camaro
The Energon collapse not only resurrects Bumblebee but also take some young climb to his shift . For instance , towardsTransformers : cost increase of the animal ' ending , Bumblebee transform into an off - road Camaro , romp a unbending crash bar , high-minded suspension , and a brand roll cage . This conniption proves that the Energon root on planet Earth inTransformers : Rise of the Beastsis one of the rarest form of the fuel , capable of revivify Cybertronians and triggering pregnant change in their transformations .
