History Characters / Bumblebee

* HateSink: '''And how.''' He is a truly reprehensible piece of work who is the most not only the leader of the Terrorcons, but also the most loyal and number one minion of the Transformers franchise-wide equivalent of Satan, he relishes in seeing his victims be put in massive agony, stealing their insignias to keep as his trophies, has no problem whatsoever in trying to dispatch humans, insults other heroic individuals for their rank, and is willing to exterminate all life on planets by having his master Unicron eat them up. Whereas previous villains in the film series at least had some likability to them (e.g. Shatter from ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}''), or at least had motivations for being evil (e.g Sentinel Prime from ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'' turned to the Decepticons so that he can restore Cybertron back to its glory days), Scourge commits some of the most heinous acts ever in the film series with no excuse whatsoever other than to prove his status symbol as a leader of a villainous faction and to display his servitude and UndyingLoyalty to Unicron, completely lacking any amount of moral conscious as a result.

* SuperToughness: As stated with TheJuggernatut, as mentioned above, Scourge has gained strength that allows him to overpower all of his opponents, even to the point that getting stabbed and shot several times are minor inconveniences to him. It takes [[spoiler: Optimus Prime utilizing the surrounding environment to good use to severely weaken him and, eventually at last, put him down forever]].

The heroes of the saga, the Autobots are a band of freedom fighters on the losing side who are forced to abandon their home planet to seek refuge in the stars.

The Decepticons are a ruthless and rogue military force that forced the resistance to flee from Cybertron, and won't stop until they've hunted each one down and permanently destroyed what's left of the rebellion.

* TheEmpire: This take on the Decepticons presents them as such; they control Cybertron with an iron grip and the Autobots are merely a resistance movement against them. Two Decepticons present themselves as alien law enforcement officers to Sector 7, which isn't exactly a lie since that's what they ''are'' from the Decepticons' POV.

* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Thus far the reboot has been LighterAndSofter than the original Transformers movie series. Except for the Decepticons, who murder humans on screen. Even the comedic moments with Shatter and Dropkick still mostly serve to show how evil the duo are.

* NearDeathExperience: During the final battle, [[spoiler: he shields Noah from being gunned down by Scourge, with him taking multiple hits in the process. It appears that, at first, he appears to be [[KilledOffForReal]], with Noah truly upset about his best friend and personal guardian's demise, but his younger brother Kris tells him via walkie-talkie to not cross the DespairEventHorizon. However, following said pep talk, Mirage regains enough consciousness for him to talk to Noah, which relieves him in the process, but because he is too damaged from the bullet barrage to move on his own, so he becomes a [[PoweredArmor exosuit]] as he switches to his low-power mode while still being strong enough to give Noah strength and enhancements, and he uses the exosuit to keep his bestie alive throughout the battle. He's then restored back to full power mode in the movie's final scene, which is TheStinger, as Noah fixes him with various car parts that match the car that he first met him in.]]

* ObviouslyEvil: A BigBad working with the Franchise/Transformers-wide version of Satan himself? A leader of a villainous faction of Cybertronians? A SerialKiller who loves to see his victims in great pain, also enjoys hurting others, taking their insignias as his trophies, is willing to wipe out all life on other planets just to prove his status symbol as a Terrorcon leader and to please his master, not to mention that he has a very scary look with a [[NightmareFace demonic face]] to boot, complete with pitch-black coloration, utterly savage design in both his robot and vehicular alt-modes, and a voice that is intimidating with a deep, gravelly timbre? Yep, he's [[Music/MichaelJackson really, really bad]].

* ObviouslyEvil: A BigBad working with the Franchise/Transformers-wide version of [[Satan]] himself? A leader of a villainous faction of Cybertronians? A SerialKiller who loves to see his victims in great pain, also enjoys hurting others, taking their insignias as his trophies, is willing to wipe out all life on other planets just to prove his status symbol as a Terrorcon leader and to please his master, not to mention that he has a very scary look with a [[NightmareFace demonic face]] to boot, complete with pitch-black coloration, utterly savage design in both his robot and vehicular alt-modes, and a voice that is intimidating with a deep, gravelly timbre? Yep, he's [[Music/MichaelJackson really, really bad]].

* ObvioulsyEvil: A BigBad working with the Franchise/Transformers-wide version of Satan himself? A leader of a villainous faction of Cybertronians? A SerialKiller who loves to see his victims in great pain, also enjoys hurting others, taking their insignias as his trophies, is willing to wipe out all life on other planets just to prove his status symbol as a Terrorcon leader and to please his master, not to mention that he has a very scary look with a [[NightmareFace demonic face]] to boot, complete with pitch-black coloration, utterly savage design in both his robot and vehicular alt-modes, and a voice that is intimidating with a deep, gravelly timbre? Yep, he's [[Music/MichaelJackson really, really bad]].

* SacrificalLion: After having been a supporting Maximal for much of the movie, just before the climax, [[spoiler: she ultimately gets corrupted by Scourge with the HatePlague, leading to [[MercyKill Primal putting her down to end her suffering]], showing how serious and urgent Scourge's plan to bring his master Unicron to Earth truly is. It also spurs Prime and Noah to set aside their differences and work together with the others.]]

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrificeDuring the final battle, Mirage shields Noah from Scourge as he takes multiple rounds of his cannon blasts, knowing well that he could get killed in the process.]] When Noah sees him afterwards, all he can see is his best friend lifeless as his optics go out, and he can do noting but remind Kris of his unfortunate demise. However, after the pep talk, Mirage is revealed to have survived the barrage, giving Noah a bit of catharsis, and uses the last of his strength to become a powered exosuit for Noah, which he uses to keep the Autobot alive for the remainder of the final showdown. At the very end of the film, Noah fixes him back up and he returns to life upon transforming, with him transforming either into a completely different vehicle or, similar to Bumblebee after he was revived, a car that is identical to his original self in due time.]]

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:During the final battle, Mirage shields Noah from Scourge as he takes multiple rounds of his cannon blasts, knowing well that he could get killed in the process. When Noah sees him afterwards, all he can see is his best friend lifeless as his optics go out, and he can do noting but remind Kris of his unfortunate demise. However, after the pep talk, Mirage is revealed to have survived the barrage, giving Noah a bit of catharsis, and uses the last of his strength to become a powered exosuit for Noah, which he uses to keep the Autobot alive for the remainder of the final showdown. At the very end of the film, Noah fixes him back up and he returns to life upon transforming, with him transforming either into a completely different vehicle or, similar to Bumblebee after he was revived, a car that is identical to his original self in due time.]]

* HateSink: '''And how.''' He is a truly reprehensible piece of work who is the most not only the leader of the Terrorcons, but also the most loyal and number one minion of the Transformers franchise-wide equivalent of Satan, he relishes in seeing his victims be put in [[Sadist massive agony]], stealing their insignias to keep as his trophies, has no problem whatsoever in trying to dispatch humans, insults other heroic individuals for their rank, and is willing to exterminate all life on planets by having his master Unicron eat them up. Whereas previous villains in the film series at least had some likability to them (e.g. Shatter from ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}''), or at least had motivations for being evil (e.g Sentinel Prime from ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'' turned to the Decepticons so that he can restore Cybertron back to its glory days), Scourge commits some of the most heinous acts ever in the film series with no excuse whatsoever other than to prove his status symbol as a leader of a villainous faction and to display his servitude and UndyingLoyalty to Unicron, completely lacking any amount of moral conscious as a result.

* HateSink: '''And how.''' He is a truly reprehensible piece of work who is the most not only the leader of the Terrorcons, but also the most loyal and number one minion of the Transformers franchise-wide equivalent of Satan, he relishes in seeing his victims be put in [[sadist massive agony]], stealing their insignias to keep as his trophies, has no problem whatsoever in trying to dispatch humans, insults other heroic individuals for their rank, and is willing to exterminate all life on planets by having his master Unicron eat them up. Whereas previous villains in the film series at least had some likability to them (e.g. Shatter from ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}''), or at least had motivations for being evil (e.g Sentinel Prime from ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'' turned to the Decepticons so that he can restore Cybertron back to its glory days), Scourge commits some of the most heinous acts ever in the film series with no excuse whatsoever other than to prove his status symbol as a leader of a villainous faction and to display his servitude and UndyingLoyalty to Unicron, completely lacking any amount of moral conscious as a result.

* KidAppeal Character: He's basically this for ROTB and practically the entire rebooted continuity of the Transformers Film Series, effectively replacing Bumblebee to second place. The fact that he's a Cool Big Brother to Noah and Kris, as well as being a comedic sidekick to the human, not to mention being a young Autobot, also counts.

* HateSink: '''And how.''' He is a truly reprehensible piece of work who is the most not only the leader of the Terrorcons, but also the most loyal and number one minion of the Transformers franchise-wide equivalent of [[Satan]], he relishes in seeing his victims be put in [[sadist massive agony]], stealing their insignias to keep as his trophies, has no problem whatsoever in trying to dispatch humans, insults other heroic individuals for their rank, and is willing to exterminate all life on planets by having his master Unicron eat them up. Whereas previous villains in the film series at least had some likability to them (e.g. Shatter from ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}''), or at least had motivations for being evil (e.g Sentinel Prime from ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'' turned to the Decepticons so that he can restore Cybertron back to its glory days), Scourge commits some of the most heinous acts ever in the film series with no excuse whatsoever other than to prove his status symbol as a leader of a villainous faction and to display his servitude and UndyingLoyalty to Unicron, completely lacking any amount of moral conscious as a result.

* HateSink: '''And how.''' He is a truly reprehensible piece of work who is the most not only the leader of the Terrorcons, but also the most loyal and number one minion of the Transformers franchise-wide equivalent of [[Satan]], he relishes in seeing his victims be put in [[sadist massive agony]], stealing their insignias to keep as his trophies, has no problem whatsoever in trying to dispatch humans, and is willing to exterminate all life on planets by having his master Unicron eat them up. Whereas previous villains in the film series at least had some likability to them (e.g. Shatter from ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}''), or at least had motivations for being evil (e.g Sentinel Prime from ''Film/{{TransformersDarkOfTheMoon}}'' turned to the Decepticons so that he can restore Cybertron back to its glory days), Scourge commits some of the most heinous acts ever in the film series with no excuse whatsoever other than to prove his status symbol as a leader of a villainous faction and to display his servitude and UndyingLoyalty to Unicron, completely lacking any amount of moral conscious as a result.

The Maximal leader before Optimus Primal. A just, reasonable leader, Apelinq was more than aware of the "needs of the many", perfectly willing to lay down his life -- and even that of his own planet -- if it meant helping the many

* LaserGuidedKarma: He gets what he has got coming after what he has done throughout the entire film. [[spoiler: Specifically, by screwing over Optimus Prime at his lowest point a few times too many. After [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomping him]] in his first encounter which leads to Bumblebee perishing at his hands, stealing his insignia as his trophy, corrupting the Maximal Airazor which leads to Primal [[MercyKill putting her down to end her suffering a la Old Yeller (but with robots)]], critically wounding Mirage and putting him into a temporary coma, performing an attempted murder on both Noah and Elena, and is willing to let his master [[Satan Unicron]] destroy Earth, practically endangering '''ALL''' life on it, he is ultimately brutalized and slayed by Optimus Prime, who rips his head off, takes back Bee's insignia, and makes his plans end in failure by destroying the key to prevent Unicron from claiming Earth as his.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: He gets what he has got coming after what he has done throughout the entire film. [[spoiler: Specifically, by screwing over Optimus Prime at his lowest point a few times too many. After [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomping him]] in his first encounter which leads to Bumblebee perishing at his hands, stealing his insignia as his trophy, corrupting the Maximal Airazor which leads to Primal [[MercyKill putting her down to end her suffering a la Old Yeller (but with robots), critically wounding Mirage and putting him into a temporary coma, performing an attemped murder on both Noah and Elena, and is willing to let his master [[Satan Unicron]] destroy Earth, practically endangering '''ALL''' life on it, he is ultimately brutalized and slayed by Optimus Prime, who rips his head off, takes back Bee's insignia, and makes his plans end in failure by destroying the key to prevent Unicron from claiming Earth as his.]]

* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:Even while Prime is shoving him face-first into a lava flow, Scourge absolutely refuses to allow Unicron's arrival to be prevented, blasting the control console despite being in obvious agony to prevent Elena from stopping the portal.]]

* AdaptationalWimp: Primal lacks the shoulder and wrist cannons his original incarnation had, making him a solely hand-to-hand fighter.