Bumblebee (Michael Bay pentalogy)

Bumblebee is the current second-in-command of the Autobots as well as the kid-appeal character. Similar to Optimus Prime, he has been badly butchered.

Why He Sucks

 * 1) Michael Bay went literal with the definition of the name "Bumblebee", thus painting him under the colors of an actual bumblebee. However, that's not the creepy thing, the creepy thing is that his face was directly based off of an actual bumblebee.
 * 2) Him having a gas cap and talking with a radio voice is very annoying.
 * 3) In fact, Bumblebee barely talks except in Transformers (2007) and Transformers 5: The Last Knight.
 * 4) Bumblebee's relationship with Sam Witwicky is very cringeworthy.
 * 5) In the 2007 film, he p***ed on a human, Optimus Prime later told him to stop doing that to the victim.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) He bought the popularity of Bumblebee back and influenced his next incarnations well.
 * 2) Bumblebee is not as bad as Optimus Prime.

Trivia

 * 1) Hot Shot was originally going to be cast in Transformers: Animated rather than Bumblebee, but because this particular incarnation increased the popularity of Bumblebee, the latter was casted rather than Hot Shot.