Bobby Bolivia


 * Bobby Bolivia is a human in the Movie continuity family.



Robert "Bobby" Bolivia owns and operates Bolivia's Finest Quality Used Cars and Petting Zoo. A car salesman of the tackily-dressed, always-smiling, overly-friendly, back-slapping, smooth-talking, horsehockey-spewing variety, he claims that a driver doesn't choose the car, it's the car that chooses its driver.

Though sometimes a car picks a driver with a cheapass father.

Transformers (2007 film)

 * Actor: Bernie Mac

When Sam's father promises to buy him his first car, he takes him to Bobby Bolivia (much to Sam's chagrin). After telling his mechanic Manny to remove the heat-stroke-afflicted clown from the sidewalk because he's "scarin' the white folk", Bobby feeds the father/son pair his "mystical bond" line, and takes them on a tour of the lot.

Bobby agrees to sell Sam a mysterious "custom faded paint" Camaro he's never seen on his lot before for $4000, a thousand less than his made-up-on-the-spot asking price... but only after the windows of every other car on the lot are mysteriously shattered by a high-pitched noise.

Bobby's mother lives in sight of his car dealership, and apparently he has wronged her in some way. Hopefully prequel material will address this.

Transformers the Movie Storybook


Bobby wears pink. He still hugs customers. His mother's never going to be a grandmammy, is she?

Transformers the Game (console)
After Bumblebee beats the Decepticons to Bolivia's car lot, Sam and his father arrive to buy a new car. Bobby tries to sell them an old blue beater, but the tires mysteriously pop and deflate. Sam chooses the alien robot in disguise, and dad begins negotiations.


 * (Note: Bobby is never actually seen in the game, only heard.)

Trivia

 * According to an article on Edmunds.com, all three 1976 Camaros used in the film were purchased for under $6000 individually, with one of them costing even less than $2000. That one didn't run.


 * Buying your first car at Bobby's car lot makes you family. Frightening.