Bug Bite (GoBots)
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- Bug Bite is a Renegade from the GoBots continuity family.
Bug Bite (aka Bugbite) is a brilliant yet amoral scientist, specializing in coopting and adapting others' technology and advancements for his own use. He is a cyborg hailing from Gobotron which is, similarly to Cybertron, consumed by an endless civil war.
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Fiction
Timelines
As their universe neared its destruction, a threat posed by a multiversal Cataclysm, a team of six GoBots were chosen to travel to a parallel dimension, assimilate themselves into the Transformers' war, and determine the cause of the cataclysm. Bug Bite, with his mad scientific genius, was chosen to be part of this group. Withered Hope Prior to leaving, he created Bug Bite II as a spare body, but the drone was ultimately left behind on GoBotron. Bug Bite II bio
But instead of landing in the Transformers universe that originated the cataclysm, Bug Bite—along with companions Small Foot, Treds, Bad Boy, Road Ranger, and Path Finder—was snagged in mid-journey into the Transformers universe populated by the TransTech. As the team were tagged, examined, and interrogated, Bug Bite remained petulantly indignant throughout. At the first opportunity, he snuck off alone into the "offworlder" portion of Axiom Nexus using a portable Astro-Beam. Hearing about some stolen black-ops passes that would get him off-world unimpeded, he murdered a "new friend" for his money, and sold the Astro-Beam to the passes' new owner Escargon in order to obtain one. Using his new funds, he had his cortex installed into a new body by Swindle, Swindle and Swindle on the black market, and used the black-ops pass to travel to their original destination universe... leaving his teammates to deal with the fallout of his actions. Withered Hope Bug Bite's Timelines profile
Bug Bite appeared on Cybertron approximately at the time of the battle with Unicron. He eventually fit in with Bludgeon's troops, quickly becoming favored. (Bug Bite had also reverse-engineered a mind-control device using cerebro-shell technology. Let's just say the other Decepticons suddenly liked him very much.)
Bug Bite discovered that Megatron was somehow responsible for the death of his universe, so he rounded up his amazingly loyal troops and landed on Earth. He requested an audience with Megatron through Starscream and his Seekers, but this meeting was merely a ploy by Bug Bite to snare these Decepticons with cerebro-shells.
Subsequently, Bug Bite marched straight into Megatron's stronghold, the Ark, under the pretense of striking a deal. Almost immediately, Bug Bite switched on the other Decepticons' mind control, and Megatron found himself surrounded by weapons pointed in his direction. Unfortunately, rogue Autobots led by Ultra Magnus were waiting outside and jammed the cerebro-shells' signal, though with mixed results. Bug Bite appeared dead during the following battle after Megatron blew off his head. Games of Deception
While Dreadwind pulled the damaged bodies of Weirdwolf and Bug Bite into the repair room of their ship, Bug Bite's dimension-traveling GoBot companions arrived via a portal. Bug Bite revealed himself to be alive after all, explaining that he'd kept his organic brain behind his windshield, like on his original GoBot body, not inside his new Transformer-styled head. He announced to the others that they should expect other GoBot travelers very soon... Withered Hope During a subsequent recharge cycle on the way to the rendezvous, Bug Bite ditched his comrades once again. Sunrise
Legends comic
Bug Bite was among the evil Kreons summoned by Megatron to conquer the Legends World. Special Chapter
Renegade Rhetoric
Bug Bite was a minion of Gunnyr, subjugating Guardians deep inside Gobotron. Eventually his leader was deposed by Ace and Dart, leaving him imprisoned on one of Gobotron's moons. Cy-Kill freed him and his leader, and Bug Bite became a seemingly loyal Renegade. Cy-Kill thought he had his own agenda, but he never crossed the line. Renegade Rhetoric (1), 2015/10/15
When the Rock Lords arrived on Gobotron to establish a treaty, Cy-Kill sent Bug Bite and Spoiler to Gobotolis to upset the accords. The Renegades manipulated the Guardians (particularly Turbo) into suspecting the unfamiliar Rock Roller of sabotage, driving a wedge between the allies. When Leader-1 was injured in an explosion seemingly caused by Rock Roller, Turbo seized command and demanded all the Rock Lords imprisoned. Unfortunately for the Renegades, the truth eventually came out and the treaty was ratified. On the Rocks
Bug Bite later joined six other Renegades under Cy-Kill's command in an attempt to take over the formerly lost Communication Moon of Gobotron, which Fitor had captured with an Astro-Beam. In spite of being injured, Leader-1 singlehandedly defeated the entire squad, taking out Bug Bite by knocking a pile of girders onto him. The Stolen Moon
Go-Bots comic
Bug Bite was one of the earliest Go-Bots. When Cy-Kill led the Go-Bots in revolt against humanity, Bug Bite joined the cause, shooting up a diner. Go-Bots #2 Thousands of years in the future, after the conquered Earth had been rebuilt into Gobotron, Bug Bite arose as Road Ranger's second-in-command, aiding him in killing the Vamps attacking the cities and riding with him to Gobotropolis. Road Ranger eventually decided to leave Earth behind, taking Gobotron into deep space so the Go-Bots could find their place in the universe. As the planet streaked through hyperspace, Bug Bite questioned Road Ranger about his future plans. Road Ranger revealed that they would begin building new Go-Bots and new Gobotrons, seeding mechanical life throughout the multiverse. Stating that he was creating an optimized heir, Road Ranger encouraged Bug Bite to do the same. As the Volkswagen considered it, he questioned what should be done with Leader-1 and Cy-Kill. Road Ranger ordered his second to take what parts could be salvaged from either and use them to build a new Go-Bot. One that, hopefully, would embody the best of both leaders. Go-Bots #5
Toys
Collector's Edition
- G1 GoBots (Multi-pack, 2004)
- ID number: 84
- Known designers: Hirofumi Ichikawa (deco artist)
- Bug Bite is a redeco of the retooled The Transformers Collection Bumblebee, transforming into a "penny racer"-proportioned Volkswagen Beetle. This version of the mold has a new head/face mold based on Bumblebee's animation model.
- Bug Bite's name does not appear in any of the final product material of this set; it only appears in an early photoshopped promotional image on the e-HOBBY website. The individual toys' names were dropped when Takara's legal department became concerned at how Bandai—the company that made the toys that would become the Tonka GoBots—would react to the names being used, despite the minimal chance of provable trademark infringement on Takara's part.
- He was only available in an e-HOBBY-exclusive Collector's Edition six-pack with Bad Boy, Path Finder, Road Ranger, Small Foot, and Treds.
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Timelines
- Games of Deception! (Multi-pack, 2007)
- Bug Bite is part of the Classics-themed BotCon 2007 box set, along with Dirge, Dreadwind, Thrust, and Thundercracker. Bug Bite is a white and black redeco of the Classics Bumblebee toy, transforming into a sports coupe of indeterminate model. He tows a small trailer with his "Tidal Wave" drone-unit on the back, which converts into a jet-pack to give him "flight" in robot mode. As with most Classics toys, he features a heat-sensitive rubsign.
- There were 1500 Classics Bug Bite figures produced.
- This mold was also used to make Classics Cliffjumper.
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Generations Selects
Merchandise
BotCon 2007
- Deco Pin (2007)
- The first 100 people to pre-register for a BotCon 2007 Primus package also received a bonus metal pin with Bug Bite's "tribal" deco on it.
Flame Toys
Notes
- According to Timelines collaborator Ben Yee, Lanny Lathem of Fun Publications intended Bug Bite's purple "tribal" paint applications to be a highly stylized version of the Decepticon insignia.
- Bug Bite's Classics body model is an "off-white C1186-P0019" (the product number for the Classics Bumblebee toy in the real world), according to the black market bodyshop Swindle, Swindle and Swindle in "Withered Hope". He also bought a gutted Wave Crusher and a Decepticon signal transponder, but declined the X-03 custom add-ons (referring to the fan-made custom parts kit for Classics Cliffjumper).
- When Bug Bite gets a new head at the end of "Withered Hope", it is pointed out by Dreadwing that it doesn't quite match his body's off-white. This is a reference to the fact that his Timelines toy's head was much more white than his body.
- The BotCon 2007 Bug Bite toy's coloration was used for the "Shattered Glass" Animated version of Bumblebee.
- Kreon Bug Bite wears the Bumblebee helmet, naturally.
- Bug Bite's color scheme serves as the basis for the Waruder mecha Paralyzer and, by extension, the Renegade drone Bug Bite II.
- Versions of Bug Bite have also appeared in the War for Cybertron Trilogy and Cyberverse cartoons. As there is no clear evidence of this being the same dimension-hopping Gobotron native, TFWiki.net has opted to treat Generation 1 Bug Bite and Cyberverse Bug Bite as separate characters.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Bug Bite (バグバイト Bagu Baito)
See also
References
- ↑ "You may know Bugbite from Transformers Earthrise. I had worked with @PlayWithThisToo closely on this one, as we went back & forth on colors, and ultimately came up with a white Classics Bumblebee repaint. The final figure ditched the metallic blue/gray in the end."—Joe Moore, Twitter, 2021/03/11
External links
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