The Energon Pub

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:27 pm

The official Transformers Facebook page has just let everyone know about something big and yellow to happen in the very near future: Bumblebee will speak for the first time in the Prime Beast Hunters series! Check out the news below, mirrored for your convenience, and discuss who you think will voice him or who you'd like to see in our Energon Pub forum.

Hasbro just announced that, for the first time ever in Transformers Prime, Bumblebee will speak in the episode airing July 26th! Fans at San Diego Comic-Con will get a sneak peek at Bumblebee's voice during the Transformers Prime Beast Hunters panel this Thursday at 11 am PT!

News Credits: 1 · by **njb902** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:29 pm

Bah he speaks all the time...... We just can't understand him.

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:43 pm

any word on the VA? I know he's really difficult to track down and super shy about having been Bumblebee's iconic G1 voice, but after the fan service of Soundwave's line last week it'd be pretty awesome if they got Dan Gilvezan.

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:44 pm

njb902 wrote:Bah he speaks all the time...... We just can't understand him.

sounding like a Bop-It is not speaking.

by **Venowtron** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:49 pm

seriously the last episode

News Credits: 2 · by **Convotron** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:55 pm

I'm quite curious as to how the voice will turn out. I'm looking forward to it.

On a less serious note, I can imagine the studio hiring David Kaye to voice BB and he will basically use his BW Megatron performance.

"Raf! I can speak! Yeeeesssssssss!"

News Credits: 7 · by **Noideaforaname** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:59 pm

Meh. BB hasn't really been much of a major character in this show, nor has his beeping really been a hindrance since everyone understands him perfectly fine anyways, and Predaking and Soundwave just had big reveals of their own (both of which I felt were lackluster), so this is a bit... not really all that interesting.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 2:02 pm

Frank Welker already does the prerecorded voice of Bumblebee before the beeps are added in, so I can see them using him.

Though, inner fanboy wish: Forget Dan Gilvezan! Gimme back JOHNNY YONG BOSCH! :michaelbay:

JOHNNY YONG BOSCH! JOHNNY YONG BOSCH! JOHNNY YONG BOSCH! JOHNNY YONG BOSCH! :KREMZEEK:

News Credits: 1 · by **njb902** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 2:03 pm

craggy wrote:
njb902 wrote:Bah he speaks all the time...... We just can't understand him.

sounding like a Bop-It is not speaking.

How so? He makes noises that people/bots can understand. Isn't that all speaking is?

by **Jack Hallows** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 2:08 pm

Samuel L. Jackson.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 2:08 pm

njb902 wrote:
craggy wrote:
njb902 wrote:Bah he speaks all the time...... We just can't understand him.

sounding like a Bop-It is not speaking.

How so? He makes noises that people/bots can understand. Isn't that all speaking is?

Maybe it should be rephrased at "Bumblebee to finally speak in a language the audience can understand" :lol:

News Credits: 25 · by **VirusCarnage** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 2:14 pm

I hope to god Primus that they don't make him speak in a flashback or something, then having his R2 D2 voice in the present.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 3:12 pm

Jack Hallows wrote:Samuel L. Jackson.

"BLEEP BLOP MOTHERBOARD INTERFACER, DO YOU SPEAK IT?!"

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 3:12 pm

so they finaly realized that no one likes r2-d2 bumblebee, watch he'll have 1 line & itll be something stupid & in a flashback. Wonder who the VA is would be cool if its Dan Gilvezan, id tune in for that.

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 3:36 pm

If they allow him to speak in the present, they better write it in better than the movies did. Maybe Ratchet or someone steals some high-tech equipment from the Nemesis?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 3:46 pm

PrymeStriker wrote:If they allow him to speak in the present, they better write it in better than the movies did. Maybe Ratchet or someone steals some high-tech equipment from the Nemesis?

"The miracle elixir that is Synthetic Energon." - I can so see them going that route at the last minute. :roll:

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 3:59 pm

Interesting. I agree with the general population: I wouldn't like it if he speaks in a flashback, but it wouldn't be the end of the world if it was.

Dan Gilvezan, yes please!

Oddly, I can see Prime Bumblebee sounding like his original Generation One predecessor.

News Credits: 1 · by **njb902** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 3:59 pm

Since Welker voices him already I think an interesting take would be to do a less raspy younger sounding megaton voice.

by **rekka** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 4:44 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Frank Welker already does the prerecorded voice of Bumblebee before the beeps are added in, so I can see them using him.

Though, inner fanboy wish: Forget Dan Gilvezan! Gimme back JOHNNY YONG BOSCH!

JOHNNY YONG BOSCH! JOHNNY YONG BOSCH! JOHNNY YONG BOSCH! JOHNNY YONG BOSCH!

Unfortunately Johnny will unlikely be the voice because he is a non-union voice talent and unable to do a union voice gig such as Prime. Which sucks because he was a great BB in War for Cybertron.

by **ILL-Star** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:05 pm

I don't really look at episode 13 as the last episode given how the movie premiers in the fall and is 90 minutes long. That's about an additional four episodes. My point being if Bumblebee speaks in the present, he may speak in the movie.

News Credits: 1 · by **YRQRM0** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:06 pm

Am I the only one that doesn't mind BB not speaking? Personally I found him kind of annoying in Animated, and the movies have established him as mute to a whole new generation. Plus the show has at least mentioned it on multiple occasions, addressing that it was Megatron who ripped his voice box out. It's served some emotional moments, not to mention that it's supposed to be cannon with WFC/FOC.

Prime has had a good amount of fanboy nods already. I like that there's some originality in things like R2 Bee (or at least a mix from different universes). I almost wouldn't want Dan, I don't like everything to just be a service to the fans, unless it just really fits. In 20 years half the fan base will be in nostalgic joy when a new series comes out with a beeping BB lol.

If it's a flashback, I guess that's fine. If his voice gets fixed, cool I guess. With Prime ending though his voice isn't really gonna stick with him being mute the entire series, unless it's just an amazing episode or the movie features him greatly (please no).

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:17 pm

rekka wrote:Unfortunately Johnny will unlikely be the voice because he is a non-union voice talent and unable to do a union voice gig such as Prime. Which sucks because he was a great BB in War for Cybertron.

News Credits: 7 · by **Noideaforaname** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 6:39 pm

Do we have any idea as to what Frank actually says while recording BB's, err, "voice"? Like is there actual dialogue, or does he read some nonsense text, or something else entirely?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 6:46 pm

Noideaforaname wrote:Do we have any idea as to what Frank actually says while recording BB's, err, "voice"? Like is there actual dialogue, or does he read some nonsense text, or something else entirely?

Seems to be actual dialogue, according to the Autobits of episode 53 and the Rescue Bots crew panel at BotCon 2013 (though, they mentioned there that Nicole Dubuc voices Bee on that show, but they said that she does what Frank does and reads actual dialogue).

BTW, her Bumblebee voice sounds like Stitch.