Wasp (TFA)




 * Wasp is an Autobot from the Transformers Animated continuity family.

Wasp is a lot like Bumblebee. Built from the same chassis and sharing many of the same specifications and subroutines, the two Autobots attended boot camp together. Wasp's personality leaves something to be desired, but he had a lot going for him, being highly skilled in the use of his stingers and knowing just how to toe the line with the drill sergeant. In a better life, he might have been Cybertronian Elite Guard commander material.

Might have.

"Bumblebot not hide from Wasp. Wasp swears he finds Bumblebot. Wasp make Bumblebot pay for ruining Wasp's life!"

- Wasp twitching his eyes while alone.

Animated cartoon

 * Voice actor: Tom Kenny (English)

Wasp was a cadet in the same group as Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Ironhide and Longarm, under the heavy hand of Sentinel Minor. The loud-mouthed sergeant took an immediate liking to "Wasp", as he dubbed him, while Wasp and Ironhide immediately became close friends.

After Bumblebee "bumbled" several times, leading to many transform-ups for the whole group, Wasp and Ironhide decided to take matters into their own hands, unscrewing Bumblebee's lower legs and leaving them out of reach even before they dumped the rest of him in a locker.

Unbeknownst to Wasp, however, the reason for Bumblebee's foul-ups was that he was trying to out a traitor in the group—and had pegged Wasp as the likely culprit after seeing him walk out of a hangar in which someone had contacted Megatron. At Longarm's prompting, Bumblebee eventually found evidence incriminating Wasp as a spy. Wasp was stripped of his Autobot insignia and wheeled away, protesting his innocence and swearing revenge on Bumblebee.

Many years later, Wasp escaped from Autobot custody and apparently eluded the now-Sentinel Prime by jumping through a space bridge. In reality, however, the innocent bot—broken physically and mentally by his years of imprisonment—had been set up with evidence planted by "Longarm", who had also arranged Wasp's "escape" to divert suspicion from himself. What was left of Wasp hid beneath the bridge as Sentinel left, buzzing and twittering to himself, still swearing revenge on "Bumblebot"...

Trivia

 * Wasp's time in prison seems to have shattered his mind and transformed him into a character akin to Waspinator of Beast Wars fame. Both of these people get misfortune spung on them, but this character's misfortune is in a more serious vein than slapstick violence.
 * In the present day, after Wasp escapes, his gold is now lime green and his eyes are now purple.
 * We certainly hope Hasbro recognizes the redeco/retool potential here.