Zizza

"Larry, bees have never been afraid to change the world. I mean, what about Bee Columbus, Bee Ghandi, Bee Jesus?"

Zizza is a Decepticon from the Robots in Disguise portion of the Aligned continuity family.

You stand in the presence of greatness. The mighty queen Zizza has deemed you worthy of reading about her glorious self. You should feel fortunate, you filthy commoner. Bow in respect.

No? Oh, you will bow. If you won't do so willingly, then she'll simply inject you with her special mind-altering toxin, making you a thoroughly obedient slave to her will. No fear, no hesitation, only unwavering loyalty, unflinching in the face of death in service to the glorious Zizza, praise be to her.

Praise be to her. Or else.

Fiction

2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon

Voice actor: Jackée Harry (English), Kikuko Inoue (Japanese), Bernadette Mouzon (French), Peggy Sander (German), Rebeca Manriquez (Latin-American Spanish)

"Yellow-black, yellow-black, yellow-black, yellow-black… Oh, black and yellow. Yeah, let’s shake it up a little."

On Cybertron, Zizza hypnotized numerous Cybertronians into doing her bidding. However, she failed to properly consolidate her power before the effects of her mind-control wore off, leading to her capture. She was imprisoned in a stasis pod and sent away from Cybertron aboard the prison ship Alchemor. The ship eventually crashed on Earth, setting her free.

Zizza eventually set up a new base of operations in a human airfield outside Crown City, hypnotizing the airfield's staff. Her new "workers" began renovating the airfield to suit her demands, setting up heat lamps in the central hanger to accommodate her need for high temperatures. The pilots became her new "drones", flying regular patrols over the airfield and warding off any intruders.

Her signal was eventually detected by Bumblebee's team and the visiting Windblade. After evading Zizza's human subjects, Windblade, Strongarm, Grimlock, and Sideswipe broke into her new throne room. When Windblade threatened the Decepticon with arrest, Zizza retaliated by taking her two closest subjects hostage, threatening to kill the innocent humans if Windblade attacked. Strongarm tripped Windblade before she could call Zizza's bluff, and the four Autobots temporarily retreated.

The combined Autobot force eventually launched a second attack on Zizza's hive. While Grimlock distracted her drones, Slipstream and Jetstorm cut power to the base, killing the heat lamps. Realizing her control was eroding, Zizza transformed into her flying insect mode and tried to flee, only to be intercepted by Strongarm. With the aid of Sideswipe and Windblade, Strongarm managed to throw the Decepticon into a truck of refrigerated fire-retardant foam, incapacitating the temperature-sensitive Decepticon and allowing Strongarm to cuff her quarry. The Buzz on Windblade

Zizza's stasis pod was later taken back to Cybertron by Optimus Prime, Windblade, and Ratchet. Decepticon Island (Part 2)

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: Zizza (ジザ Jiza)
• Mandarin: Jījīzhā (唧唧喳, "Chirp-chirp")