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Quote1There's not a man alive who can tell me what to do!Quote2
―Bumblebee to Cyborg[src]

Bumblebee is a former H.I.V.E. Academy student, and a founding member and leader of the Titans East.

Character history[]

Bumblebee is an assertive, highly skilled, and cocky former H.I.V.E. Academy student, who had actually enrolled to infiltrate and discover all of their motives and secrets for Aqualad. She had been keeping track of the H.I.V.E long before Cyborg posed as 'Stone'. Bumblebee was able to resist Brother Blood's mind-control powers eventually the first time. Her abilities as a H.I.V.E. student entrusted her to Brother Blood, but Blood was shocked to find that she was also a spy when she assisted Cyborg in stopping Brother Blood's latest plan.

Blood escaped to Steel City, where he was followed by Bumblebee and Aqualad. While in Steel City, Bumblebee and Aqualad formed Titans East with Speedy and Más y Menos, and got into an argument. Cyborg soon followed and helped the team build their tower, but Blood entered with his new Cyborg copies and beat the Titans East whom he then placed under mind-control to attack and capture Cyborg, whom Blood wanted to examine. However, Bumblebee displayed some resistance to the mind control, which was quickly dissipated by Blood. Eventually, Brother Blood was defeated, freeing the Titans East. Towards the end of "Titans East - Part 2", Cyborg decided to return to his fellow Titans and appointed Bumblebee as the new leader of Titans East.

During the episode "For Real", Bumblebee, along with her fellow Titans East members, arrived in Jump City to watch over Titans Tower because the Teen Titans were in Siberia. The Titans East defeated Andre Le Blanc without trouble. However, they later encountered Control Freak, who had escaped from prison. Bumblebee was forced to participate in Control Freak's challenge, she was restrained to a collar, which required her to stop a subway car with a bomb on it while remaining at her small stature. She managed to deactivate the bomb that was attached to the subway and, along with the rest of her team, defeated and captured Control Freak.

Bumblebee was targeted by the Brotherhood of Evil and was overpowered by Punk Rocket and Angel when they attacked her in "Calling All Titans!". She somehow got rescued by Starfire and joined the Titans' assault on the Brotherhood of Evil's base. She subsequently socialized with the other assembled Titans in Titans Tower and participated in the recapture of Doctor Light after he robbed a bank.

Physical appearance[]

Bumblebee is an attractive black heroine typically depicted wearing red lipstick with her hair is styled in Afro puffs. She has a slim build and she wears a black and yellow turtleneck top revealing her midriff. She wears a golden belt and long, black pants with her boots built in, as well as long, golden arm bands. Being half-bee, she has large, white wings strong enough to lift her into the air and fly at fast speeds.

Personality[]

Bumblebee is one of the "cockiest" characters. She can be a bit bossy with her teammates but deeply cares for them. Bumblebee is also extremely intelligent, and she tries too hard. She is observant, kind, and very open-minded. She is an intelligent character and is able to recognize things faster than others. Bumblebee made the strongest bond with Aqualad first, but they fight less than she does with Speedy. She is cooperative and patient. Bumblebee has a very independent and brash personality, and a very confident and outgoing attitude. Being very independent, she doesn't like being told what to do, such as when Cyborg tells her what to do in "Wavelength". On a more comical note, Bumblebee's pigtails tend to react to her emotions, sometimes going erect when annoyed, and shooting upwards when surprised. Más y Menos are also shown hiding in her puffs in the episode "For Real", when Control Freak surprises them in the Ops as soon as they arrive.

Powers and abilities[]

Quote1Bumblebee, the little bee who packs a big sting.Quote2
Control Freak[src]

In the comics, Karen Beecher was a scientist who created a super suit with a bee theme in order to show the Teen Titans that her boyfriend and later husband, Mal Duncan (Herald), was worth being on the team. In the continuity of Teen Titans, however, Karen's wings and powers appear to be a natural feature.

  • Size Alteration: Bumblebee can shrink into a size like a bee, and it helps her fly with more speed and agility and thus making it hard for enemies to bring her down. She can even dodge projectile-based attacks. While shrunken, Bumblebee retains her full-size voice and strength but seems to be weakened in self-defense.
  • Flight: Bumblebee is able to fly using the insectoid wings growing from her back.
  • Stingers: Bumblebee carries a pair of B-shaped weapons that she refers to as her "stingers." These weapons are used to discharge incredibly powerful blasts of electricity that can be fired in both short bursts and long streams. She is also able to use them to conduct electricity and move it from one source to another not to harm herself. It can also absorb the electricity and travel it through both stingers.
  • Hand-To-Hand Combat: Bumblebee is a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant. She was able to fight on par with both Cyborg and Brother Blood and was able to defeat the former in one episode.
  • Enhanced Agility: She is very agile.
  • Enhanced Strength: She is very strong, as shown when she is fighting Cyborg in "Wavelength".
  • Enhanced Durability: Though not that resistant, she can withstand most hits.
  • Mind-Control Resistance: She can resist mind control to some extent, as shown in "Titans East - Part 2".
  • Her voice:" is comprised of humming and buzz, buzz sounds needed to distract her enemies who con her into being good.

Character facts[]

  • Bumblebee has made a few appearances in the Teen Titans Go! comic book series (#20, 25, & 29). She also appears in issue #39 and is in love with Herald.
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  • The animated Bumblebee is able to shrink to tiny size and electric blasts from a pair of hand-held weapons, as well as fly, like Marvel Comics' Wasp.
  • The size manipulation may also be a nod to the change in Bumblebee's physiology in the DC comics. Unlike her comic incarnation, she does never wear a mask or goggles.

Appearances[]

Season 3[]

Season 5[]

New Teen Titans shorts[]

Teen Titans Go![]

Video game appearances[]

Gallery[]

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Characters
Teen Titans
Robin | Cyborg | Starfire | Raven | Beast Boy
Titans East
Bumblebee | Aqualad | Speedy | Más y Menos
Titans North
Red Star | Argent | Kole | Gnarrk | Mirage | Flamebird
Titans South
Pantha | Herald | Jericho | Wildebeest | Hot Spot
Titans West
Bushido | Melvin | Teether | Timmy Tantrum | Bobby
Honorary Titans
Thunder and Lightning | Tramm | Kid Flash | Killowat | Jinx | Wonder Girl
Doom Patrol
Mento | Elasti-Girl | Negative Man | Robot Man
Allies
Terra | Silkie | Fixit | Larry | Geo-Force | Brotherhood of Justice
Villains
Slade | Trigon | Blackfire | Brother Blood | Cinderblock | Plasmus | Mumbo | Doctor Light | Puppet King | Trident | Red X | Mad Mod | Overload | Warp | Atlas | Control Freak | Katarou | Killer Moth | Kitten | Fang | Master of Games | Johnny Rancid | Professor Chang | Malchior | Kardiak | Adonis | Steamroller | Punk Rocket | Mother Mae-Eye | Private H.I.V.E. | Baron Ryang | Fire demons | Andre Le Blanc | Trogaar | Gordanian | Ding Dong Daddy | Ternion | XL Terrestrial | Psimon | Cheshire | Wrestling Star | Phobia | H.I.V.E. Headmistress | Wintergreen | I.N.S.T.I.G.A.T.O.R. | Uehara Daizo | Brushogun | Kwiz Kid | Rock, Paper, Scissors
H.I.V.E. Five
Gizmo | Mammoth | Billy Numerous | See-More | Kyd Wykkyd
Brotherhood of Evil
The Brain | Monsieur Mallah | Madame Rouge | General Immortus
Brushogun's creations
Saico-Tek | Nya-Nya | Timoko | Scarface | Mecha-Boi | Deka-Mido
One-time villains
Ultimate fire demon | Red Raven | Sammy and Cash | Wicked Scary Monster | Cironielian Chrysalis Eater | Virus | Seven-Gorn-Seven | The Creature from Jones Lake | Off-World Outlaw | Krall | Witch | The Source | Bob | Locrix | Nega Cyborg | Nega Starfire | Nega Beast Boy | Gate Guard | Moroccan Thief | Radiation monster | White Monster | Arsenal | Daughter Blood | Ice Kate | Joy Stick | Kid Kold | Lanista | Mad Maud | Marionette | Pink X | Ravager | Tempest | COTP Droids | H.I.V.E. Soldiers | Demonic rats | Giant Monster
Humans
Agent 257 | Amber | Anchorman | Armadillo Man | Chef | Chu-hui | Dionne | French chef | Game show host | Joaquim | Little Boy | Mr. Wolf | Pelican | Raskov | Rebecca | Rorek | Sarah Simms | Sarasim | Space Hero | Spike | Steel City Tigers | The Mayor of Tokyo | Tokyo Girl
Aliens
Tamaranean | Kai | Cron | Blue aliens | Red aliens | Green aliens | Orange aliens | Carnivorous plant | Galfore | Glgrdsklechhh | Soto | Soto's dog | Val-Yor | Shrieker | Shallas
Animals
Mind Control Squid | Chu-hui's Guardians | Utahraptors
Robots
Alien probe | Blocker | Brotherhood's robots | Cybot | Cyclones | Rex | Rexzilla | Robot Army | Robot Commandos
Teen Titans Go! comics characters
Aquagirl | Aquaman | Azrael | Batman | Battalion | Captain Pegleg Jack | Cassie Sandsmark | Cupid | Flamebird | Flash | Gill Girl | Golden Eagle | Green Lantern | Hawkgirl | Mirage | Nightwing | Robby Reed | Secret | Sultan of Shahrazad | Superman | The Flying Graysons | Wildfire | Wonder Woman
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