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how the hell did Bumblebee get his voice back at the end anyway? Did he get it back when he touched the Alspark... kind of like how Frenzy got his body back. Then he just didn't realize he got his voice back until after all the fighting was over...????

I mean..... not like Rachet had time to fix him. And he had been damaged since Megatron messed up his voice box. It's not like it can just come back all of a sudden right??? (and Yes... I know that on the back of one of the new toys it says Bumblebe got his voice shot out by another transformer other than Megatron but the prequel comic says otherwise)

Plus after Bumblebee touches the Alspark he is heavily involved in a battle until the end of the movie. So maybe he just doesn't realize he has it back until the end???

Anyone want to take this?

I think one of the producers mentioned that whatever Ratchet used on him during the Autobots' introductory scene finally kicked in. In that scene, you see Ratchet point a laser at BB's throat, which causes the latter to "cough."

Archanubis wrote:I think one of the producers mentioned that whatever Ratchet used on him during the Autobots' introductory scene finally kicked in. In that scene, you see Ratchet point a laser at BB's throat, which causes the latter to "cough."

That thought had occurred to me as well. But how much could Ratchet have repaired in such a short time? I like the idea of the cube fixing BB's voice on contact but its inconsistent w/ other actions of the cube. What I mean is this: it restores Frenzy's body, it is used by humans to give life to a Nokia cell phone and it becomes evil (or really pissed off that it's imprisoned in a bullet and rocket proof cage), it gives life to an car steering wheel which latches itself to a woman's face, it gives life to an Xbox 360 and all we see it do is try to break out of it's packaging, and finally it animates a Mountain Dew vending machine upon which is promptly starts shooting MD cans @ humans. I don't see a whole lot of good coming out of the cube.

Blackstreak wrote:

Archanubis wrote:I think one of the producers mentioned that whatever Ratchet used on him during the Autobots' introductory scene finally kicked in. In that scene, you see Ratchet point a laser at BB's throat, which causes the latter to "cough."

That thought had occurred to me as well. But how much could Ratchet have repaired in such a short time? I like the idea of the cube fixing BB's voice on contact but its inconsistent w/ other actions of the cube. What I mean is this: it restores Frenzy's body, it is used by humans to give life to a Nokia cell phone and it becomes evil (or really pissed off that it's imprisoned in a bullet and rocket proof cage), it gives life to an car steering wheel which latches itself to a woman's face, it gives life to an Xbox 360 and all we see it do is try to break out of it's packaging, and finally it animates a Mountain Dew vending machine upon which is promptly starts shooting MD cans @ humans. I don't see a whole lot of good coming out of the cube.

I think the Cube is evillllll.....

I really should keep a copy of this some where so I can just copy and paste each time ...

Psychological trauma.

Yeah, that's right. Bumblebee had more problems in his head than just his vocal processors.

See, back on Cybertron, waaaaaay before the movie, Megatron crushed little ol Bumblebee's vocal processors, Ratchet himself admitted in the prequel comics that he couldn't repair him but would keep working on it.

Now, people are subscribing to two theories.

The first!
Ratchet's laser doohickey did it - Oh sure this seems the most likely, but come on, it took the WHOLE of the movie to kick in properly and AFTER the battle was ended? I know we have to have happy endings but that's just corny.

The second!
The AllSpark - Sure, it fixed Frenzy up, but it was instantaneous, and rebuilt an entire body. But what, we're expected to believe it took the length of the final battle for the AllSpark to fix a couple of damaged circuits?

So this is my theory, Ratchet's laser doohickey probably did fix him, however, Bumblebee suffered immense emotional trauma at the hands of Megatron to the point that even when repaired he was too emotionally scarred to use his voice until Megatron was defeated.

I like it because it adds depth to the storyline, and actually makes sense.

Talk about beating a dead horse.

Mattamus Prime wrote:Anyone want to take this?

Is there a reason why you attach unrelated pictures with your posts?

The writers already said it was Ratchets doo-hicky that did it.

He gave a nice cough after ratchet fired it at him, so there was one sign.

That's pretty much all there is to it.

The Mad Asshatter wrote:

Mattamus Prime wrote:Anyone want to take this?

Is there a reason why you attach unrelated pictures with your posts?

hilarious, and a good question.

The Mad Asshatter wrote:

Mattamus Prime wrote:Anyone want to take this?

Is there a reason why you attach unrelated pictures with your posts?

Most of them are posted in Movie-related topics and depict vehicles photoshopped to bear G1 vehicle mode colors. I guess he wants to point out that "This movie is based on G1!"

Rushie wrote:

The Mad Asshatter wrote:

Mattamus Prime wrote:Anyone want to take this?

Is there a reason why you attach unrelated pictures with your posts?

Most of them are posted in Movie-related topics and depict vehicles photoshopped to bear G1 vehicle mode colors. I guess he wants to point out that "This movie is based on G1!"

By showing images of Transformers that not only failed to appear in the movie Transformers but aren't actually Transformers? What a well-considered campaign!

Briggs wrote:The writers already said it was Ratchets doo-hicky that did it.

He gave a nice cough after ratchet fired it at him, so there was one sign.

That's pretty much all there is to it.

That's what i thought too, maybe Ratchet repaired the vocals but it took quite a while for it to start up and reactivate.

After all, BB did spend loads of years not talking at all...

I think he didn't use his voice until the end of the movie because he would have the chance to get it ripped out again by Megatron, and I could hear Megatron saying,
"I AM NOT GOING TO LET YOU HAVE YOUR VOICE BACK, (rips out his voice thingy)OR LET YOU LIVE! (rips out his spark and eats it.)"

Or maybe he didn't feel the need to speak during the fight. In the heat of battle, actions are worth more than words. Or he was just so frightened, he couldn't 'find his voice'.

It just needed to kick in.

Burn wrote:I really should keep a copy of this some where so I can just copy and paste each time ...

Psychological trauma.

Yeah, that's right. Bumblebee had more problems in his head than just his vocal processors.

See, back on Cybertron, waaaaaay before the movie, Megatron crushed little ol Bumblebee's vocal processors, Ratchet himself admitted in the prequel comics that he couldn't repair him but would keep working on it.

Now, people are subscribing to two theories.

The first!
Ratchet's laser doohickey did it - Oh sure this seems the most likely, but come on, it took the WHOLE of the movie to kick in properly and AFTER the battle was ended? I know we have to have happy endings but that's just corny.

The second!
The AllSpark - Sure, it fixed Frenzy up, but it was instantaneous, and rebuilt an entire body. But what, we're expected to believe it took the length of the final battle for the AllSpark to fix a couple of damaged circuits?

So this is my theory, Ratchet's laser doohickey probably did fix him, however, Bumblebee suffered immense emotional trauma at the hands of Megatron to the point that even when repaired he was too emotionally scarred to use his voice until Megatron was defeated.

I like it because it adds depth to the storyline, and actually makes sense.

while i like this answer the most, i really can't give Bay that much credit for character developement... still good theory Burn