TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on BUMBLEBEE - Updated for 2022!

Bumblebee is probably one of the most iconic and unique marks of the franchise After Optimus and megatron

Honestly I really like both the bayverse and aligned continuity bumblebees, because he's kind and friendly, but he is also a capable warrior when it comes down to it

Dylan O'brien's voice role as Bumblebee in the opening minutes of the 2018 Bumblebee movie will always be the definitive version of the character for me. It's just a few voice lines but they are such well-casted and well-performed voice lines that I'm disappointed he was mute for the rest of the movie, and even more so that Dylan won't be returning to the role for Rise Of The Beasts.

I love the Idea of updating basics videos,it give us a New infos and more details about the character

Hard to believe it’s been five years already. Glad the basics has been going this long and looking forward to the future

I like how the bayverse was the reason why bee is one of the most iconic characters,i love how energic bayverse Bumblebee is،and how Friendly he is,he even got his own movie

I understand the reasons why everyone like his G1 character the best, but still prefer Bayverse and his own movie character, because even if he's tiny, he's not to be underestimated

I find it interesting that the War for Cybertron series on Netflix decided to have Bumblebee disagree with entering the war at the start but end up joining. In the Aligned Continuity video games, he volunteered willingly for the war effort, first as a simple messenger before becoming a soldier under Optimus Prime.

The legacy of bumblebee Will always be fondly remembered and forever be engraved into pop culture and hard core fans alike May he Buzz on!

The goodbye with Raf in TFP always gets, but TFP always gets me.

Cheetor is the missing link between G1 Bumblebee and Hot Rod to Hot Shot and the new versions of bumblebee in the kid appeal evolution line. It was awesome to see Cheetor,Bee and Hot Rod together in Cyberverse

Bumblebee was my favourite character as a kid, along with Grimlock and Wheeljack (so I think that who decided that he was the correct choice as a children appeal character was right) and the G2 version of him was one of the two originals toys I could buy then. I prefer him with his original cheerful personalty, not because I'm against any evolution of the character but because it deprives us of other characters as Hot Shot, who become redundant. I also don't understand the current obsession of making him an angry guy.

I remember watching the original Bumblebee basics recently and when it got to the part about the movie releasing soon I went "man, this is missing so much now!" I'm glad it got updated, even if the post movie content was only 4 items, it's still very satisfying

Goldbug is underused. Every time he appears, either it's very brief, or he literally goes back to being Bumblebee. I like the idea of Bee getting a literal physical upgrade to go alongside his character growth, like Orion Pax to Optimus. Plus Goldbug honestly looks cooler than G1 Bee, IMO.

In the Beast Wars the cheetah was like the Bumblebee character from what I remember

I'm surprised you didn't mention how the bumblebee movie directly paralleled bumblebees first comic appearance, with how he was introduced to both spike witwicky and Charlie Watson, being recovered as a junker and repaired in their garage

“marvel comics writer…” “offline by a cosmically-powered…” “the monster planet…” was the first five minutes of the original video such a bounty for The Basics drinking games?

I will always like the more “edgier” interpretation of Bumblebee. I think those interpretations are the best character arcs and evolution for a character like him. I grew up with Bay/Animated/Prime Bumblebee so, it’s safe to say I’ve seen the vast different interpretations of him very early on. I’ve always found him going into a leadership role to be the most fitting for his character. Having him start off as a lighthearted/hotheaded character before slowly morphing into a serious and grizzled leader is great. Going from “little brother” to essentially “big brother” is by far the best way to handle a character like him. I personally hope this will become his big character traits defining him going forward because, Bumblebee will always be the best fit for it. Hot Rod was a character made specifically for the 1986 movie that came to take Primes role as leader and, it always felt way too forced. Bumblebee on the other hand is natural growth, he’s essentially growing up with the audience and I will always see him as the true successor to Optimus Primes leadership more than anyone else.

I really like the idea of Bumblebee becoming the successor of Optimus Prime as leader of the Autobots. Keep that on him, please.

This was a great episode/update! As much as I love Bumblebee, I think it's a shame how much of Hot Rod's place he's taken these days. I have such fond memories of the original 1986 movie, and I do miss Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime.