
Charlie pursues and Bumblebee waves at her, with Charlie taking over driving the rest of the way. The next day, Charlie discovers the Beetle is gone, as Charlie's mother is using it it to take her dog to the vet. Intrigued, Charlie nicknames him Bumblebee. Charlie manages to get it back to her garage, where she discovers it is actually a robot. After driving it around for a bit, the Beetle begins to break down. As a result, she goes to Uncle Hank's to buy the Beetle. The following day, the now adult Charlie decides she needs a major life change, starting with a new ride. After work, she goes to Uncle Hank's auto shop to pick up car parts for the Corvette, she finds a strange yellow Beetle, which somehow manages to start up despite Uncle Hank removing the batteries from all his cars.

At her job, her shift in personality isolates her from her friends. She and her father had been working on fixing up an old Corvette together, but ever since his recent passing, she has been feeling depressed and like she no longer fits in with the rest of her family.

The human Agent Burns remains convinced of the danger Cybertronians posed to the planet, and begins planning to eliminate the robot before it can destroy the Earth.įive years later, in 1987, Charlie Watson wakes up the day before her 18th birthday. He manages to scan a Volkswagen Beetle before falling unconscious. In 1982, the injured Autobot B-127 flees from an encounter with a Decepticon and a secret human military organization, unable to speak.
