Stinger (weapon)
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Stingers are weapons capable of firing blasts of concentrated electricity. As their name suggests, they tend to be favored by 'bots named Bumblebee.
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Fiction
Animated continuity
Both Wasp and Bumblebee possessed stingers, both proudly displaying them to Sentinel Minor at boot camp. The drill sergeant awarded the former his codename for his fine control over his weapons and the latter for his lack thereof. Autoboot Camp
When Bumblebee was demoted to a repair crew, his stingers were reduced in power. TransWarped In this reduced state, they were still able to blast through rock, space barnacles, and any old Earth material. Transform and Roll Out Nature Calls The stinger could also be combined with Ratchet's magnets to create electromagnetic pulses. Blast from the Past Megatron Rising - Part 2
The stingers were however useless against Decepticon armor-plating, their full power harmlessly deflecting off of Starscream. Megatron Rising - Part 1
When facing off against a Megatron controlled Omega Supreme, Ratchet returned Bumblebee's stingers to battle grade. They failed to so much as scratch the Omega Guardian. TransWarped
Live-action film series
Revenge of the Fallen battle bio
Bumblebee is equipped with stingers that can demolish machines at short range. Some Transformers can be temporarily disabled with them.[1]
Bumblebee film
Bumblebee possessed two different stinger weapons. One was the Stinger Sword, a small sword that came out of his wrist. The other was the Stinger Blaster, a blaster that his right arm could transform into.
Upon his arrival on Earth, Bumblebee used his Stinger Sword to damage Blitzwing's jet engines, stripping the Seeker of his flight. When he was impaled by the Sector Seven harpoon guns, Bumblebee used the Stinger Sword to cut the ropes of the harpoons to free himself. The sword was broken off during his fight with Shatter, who impaled him in the shoulder with it. She nearly used it to deliver the killer blow before Bumblebee caused a flood that resulted in Shatter getting crushed to death by a cargo ship. Bumblebee
Cyberverse cartoon
Bumblebee can transform one of his hands into a stinger, delivering a massive jolt of electricity into any enemy he strikes with it. This seems to leave them in a stasis-lock-like state for a brief period. The weapon can also function as a blade, and the jolt is surprisingly accurate to the point that when it hits two bots in close contact, only the intended target gets shocked. Bee can also extend 2 stinger blades from the rims of his tires in vehicle mode. Despite the weapon's effectiveness, a few bots can resist the electric shock, and not even Bee himself is safe from the weapon's power.
When Bumblebee and Chromia faced the Dweller, the latter found that stinger could negate the Dweller's hypnotic gas. Dweller In The Depths
War for Cybertron Trilogy marketing material
The sting(er) blaster was one of Bumblebee's powers and weapons, as was Waspinator's. Kingdom webpage[2]
Earthspark cartoon
Bumblebee wielded his stingers in battle, but could also apply them with more finesse for smaller tasks, such as signing Alex Malto's merchandise. Secret Legacy, Part 2 Moo-ving In Despite this, he refused to use them for menial household chores. House Rules
Notes
- Bumblebee's stingers were first developed as a concept for the first live-action movie before being scrapped from the finished cut. They were eventually repurposed in other media.
- Masterpiece Movie Bumblebee explicitly renames movieverse Bumblebee's primary weapon (formerly known as a "plasma cannon" in most tie-in media) as a "Stinger Blaster". This name change has continued since then.
- Bumblebee's wrist sword and gun arm in the Bumblebee movie were named the Stinger Sword and Stinger Blaster in some toy and merchandise information.[3][4][5] They did not appear to be electrical weapons, unlike other incarnations.
- In the War for Cybertron: Kingdom webpage, both Bumblebee and Waspinator have the stinger blaster as one of their powers and weapons. This is a nod to their Animated counterparts, who shared a body-type prior to Wasp's transformation into Waspinator.
- Considering this, it is implied that all Cybertronians wearing the 65356-9292-346 body-type have stingers.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Stinger Sword (Cyberverse, スティンガーソード Sutingā Sōdo)
Merchandise
- Bumblebee Stinger Blaster (2018)
- Parts: Launching disks (5), Stinger Blaster weapon.
- Based of the appearance in the Bumblebee film, this roleplay toy can convert between blaster and stinger modes, allowing the stinger blade to pop out. As a blaster it can fire included disk projectiles. It also includes a code for the Bee Vision app for use with the Bee Vision Bumblebee Augmented Reality Mask.
