Bumblebee

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"Beemish Snudooo, Bumpbump snableday, beemish Snudoo, Bumpbump snableday..."
— Bumblebee about Sundew, The Poison Jungle

Template:Charbox Bumblebee is a young HiveWing who was introduced in The Hive Queen. Since Bumblebee's egg was most likely only injected once with Queen Wasp's stinger, which contains the Breath of Evil, she is likely immune to the Othermind's mind control. She is currently on the run towards The Distant Kingdoms with Sundew, Cricket, Princess Tsunami, Prince Turtle, and several LeafWing and SilkWing refugees.

Appearance

Bumblebee is a small[1] dragonet with black scales that are striped with wide fuzzy swaths of bright yellow[2], making her look like a bumblebee. Patches of black scales circle[3] her yellow-gold-amber eyes and she was also mentioned to have small, sharp claws[4]. She was described to be the size of a large mango, and three times smaller than a tsetse fly in the Poison Jungle.

Personality

Being a young dragonet, Bumblebee is very demanding and loves to eat. She constantly gets on Sundew's nerves, but proves herself to be a good listener when she and Sundew get trapped in a large sundew plant. The small HiveWing is noted to be very smart and a fast learner, and frequently finds more and more ways to communicate with the grown dragon (despite not getting the words quite right). Bumblebee has positive relationships with Cricket, Blue , Swordtail, and Sundew, but she is shown to favor Sundew over others.

Biography

The Hive Queen

Bumblebee's egg was first introduced when Cricket snuck into the Nest in Jewel Hive. Her egg had been marked 'ORPHANAGE,' and had only one of Queen Wasp's poisonous stinger marks on its shell. Cricket rescued Bumblebee from the Nest because she pitied the egg and hoped that she, like Cricket herself, would be immune from Wasp's mind control. After leaving the Nest, Cricket took Bumblebee's egg to one of Sundew's hideouts, where Bumblebee hatched shortly after their arrival. After feeding her a fish, Cricket tucked the sleeping newborn into a scarf sling around her chest. Bumblebee was present around Cricket's chest as Blue, Cricket, Sundew, and Swordtail destroyed most of Queen Wasp's Breath of Evil supply.

The Poison Jungle

After Sundew and Cricket started arguing, Bumblebee cried out to Sundew, and she realized that the dragonet was trying to say her name. When Sundew spoke to Blue and the others about the horrors of The Poison Jungle, she said that the loud and flappy ones always get eaten first, implying that there could be danger ahead for Bumblebee.

A little later, Bumblebee suddenly piped up and jabbed Cricket in the chin. She turned her head towards Sundew and reached hopefully towards the LeafWing, saying something similar to 'eat now please', which came out as something completely different. As Cricket explained what she believed Bumblebee said, the dragonet repeated herself and attempted to wiggle out of her sling.

During the mission to find Hawthorn, Bumblebee yanked at Sundew's horns and caused them both to run into an actual giant sundew plant. This was due to an enormous tsetse fly in front of Sundew.

Bumblebee was present when Sundew, Cricket, Willow, Mandrake and Nettle reached the Den of Vipers. The dragonet was asleep in her sling but Sundew looked at her and wondered if they shouldn't have taken her with them.

When Cricket, Sundew and the others got back to the SapWing village with the antidote, Cricket left Bumblebee with Tsunami. Bumblebee responded with lots of yelling but Cricket insisted that Bumblebee needed to stay safe.

When Cricket and Sundew returned to the throne room to get Bumblebee, she ran to Sundew and bumped against her feet and was reaching to be picked up. Sundew lifted her and called her "little bug". When the dragons heard crashing overhead, Bumblebee squeaked because Sundew had tightened her arms around her. The dragonet squirmed out of Sundew's grasp and climbed into Cricket's back.

Bumblebee was with Cricket, Sundew, Willow, Hazel and many other LeafWings and SilkWings when they crossed the ocean toward the Distant Kingdoms.

Relationships

Cricket

Bumblebee adores Cricket, who saved her egg from the orphanage and Queen Wasp's mind control. She also carried Bumblebee all the way to Wasp Hive in a scarf sling tied around her chest while they destroyed Queen Wasp's supply of mind-controlling plants. Cricket acts motherly towards her such as praising her when she correctly followed Sundew's directions, calling her a "good listener" and "such a smart dragon", and talking to her like a mother would her child, "You don't have to be mean and scary, no you don't. You won't be like the other HiveWings.”

Sundew

Bumblebee has a special fondness of Sundew and looks up to her greatly, which probably started as the result of Sundew giving her food. During their journey to Wasp Hive, Bumblebee tried to reach Sundew by wriggling out of Cricket's chest pouch. After Sundew gave a dried mango to the newborn dragonet to keep her still, she was mentioned to "give Sundew a worshipful look."[5] Bumblebee often calls Sundew "Snudoo". In The Poison Jungle, Sundew starts to grow affection towards Bumblebee, starting to hold her and give her food.

Swordtail 

Bumblebee seems to think that Swordtail is funny. When he told her to be quiet, she fell over giggling. More of this relationship is seen in The Poison Jungle. When she said "Snabble poof", she was probably referring to Swordtail disappearing in the venus dragon-trap.

Tsunami

Bumblebee seems to have a certain disdain for Tsunami, calling her names like "Growleface" and "Argnoraw Rgrumphle" and glowering at Tsunami when being left under her care.

Quotes

"Loobleflooblegooble." - To Sundew

“Florb!” - To a mango

“Smorg bamfibo.” - Mimicking Sundew

“Herkleturklemisshoo.” - To Sundew

"Smeeg smog smockeefee." - Mimicking Sundew

"GWOSE!" - To Cricket

"Snudoo" - To Sundew

"Snabble poof." - Reacting to Swordtail being eaten by a dragon-trap

"RAWR? Bammo slammo eeeeeeenow?" - To Sundew about food

"Beemish Snudoo, Bumpbump snableday, beemish Snudoo, Bumpbump snableday," - Singing while climbing on Sundew while trapped by a sundew.

"Ha HA!" "Beebuf! I sabladay! Me mish! Yim yim yim!" - Bragging about knowing the color blue and listening to Sundew, and saving the day.

"STABEEBAD, YUUUUsafe." - When Cricket says that battle is bad.

"GROWLEFACE! ARGNORAW RGUMPHLE!" - Yelling at Tsunami when being forced to stay with her.

"Meh meh meh meh meh." - Mocking Nettle after complaining about not being in charge.

"Meboo bope!" - To Nettle, voting against Nettle being the leader.

"Ooobeegoo," "Do NOBBY splamflamp." - Mimicking Sundew 

Translation

If you look closely at Bumblebee's dialog, you can see that some of her garbled up speech sounds like an attempt to repeat what other dragons have said.

Boobah = too bad

Pennyfoo = plenty of food

Gimeeeego! Eeeemego! = Give me mango! Eat mango!

Yim = yes, yum, or yay

Nobe/Bope = nope

Gwose = Gross

Snudoo = Sundew

EEEEEEEEEEEEEE = eat

POW = Now

NOBENOBENOBE = No No No!

bumpbump = Bumblebee

stabeebad = stabbing is bad

buf = bug

YUUUUUUU = You

Herkleturklemisshoo = horticultural mission

Smeeg smog smockeefee = I feel like you're mocking me

Smorg bamifo = maybe there’s an antidote

Snableday/Sabladay = save the day or Swordtail save the day

Eeeeeeeepow? = Eat now?

Snabble = Swordtail

EKNO = Heck no

Meboo bope = Me too nope

Beemish Snudoo, Bumpbump snableday = Bug missed Sundew, Bumblebee saves the day

Me mum me = My mommy

Cwickeet: Cricket

Bee = big

Bee buf = big bug


Zob = got it

Trivia

  • The bumblebee is a species of bee in the Apidea family and the class Insectia.
  • Bumblebee was named after her black and yellow stripes.
  • Bumblebee is the fourth dragon to have his or her hatching described in a book, the other three being Darkstalker, Princess Auklet, and Moonwatcher.
  • If one were to study Bumblebee's garbled sentences, most of them can be matched to phrases already stated by the other characters. For example, 'herkleturklemisshoo' sounds vaguely like 'horticultural mission,' something Sundew had said moments previously. Bumblebee repeatedly calls Sundew 'Snudoo' in The Poison Jungle, and she copies Cricket in saying 'gwose' as a creditable imitation of the word 'gross.'
  • From Bumblebee's development in speech thus mentioned, we can infer that dragonets learn to talk properly only a few days to weeks after their hatching. The gap between the ending of The Hive Queen and the beginning of The Poison Jungle is most likely only a few days, which makes Bumblebee about four days old. This is consistent with the age to maturity correlation in Wings of Fire.
  • Based on her lines, it seems that at only a few days old she's already aware of her name, and some others. Calling herself "Bumpbump" and calling Sundew "Snudoo". She's at also somewhat aware of what things are called, as she calls a bug a "buf” , and she can also recognize colors like green and blue.
  • She can also sing as she's seen singing about saving the day while Sundew is trapped by an actual sundew.
  • It is possible that in Pantala, dragonets learn how to talk later than dragonets in Pyrrhia, as Moonwatcher learned how to say "Mommy" properly at only two hours old. However, this could be attributed to Moonwatcher’s ability to read minds.
  • Bumblebee is one of the six dragons known to have a nickname (Bug), the other five being Princess Sunny (Beetle), Ex-Queen Magnificent (Maggie), Moonwatcher (Moon), Princess Snowfox (Fox), and Admiral (Ad).

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References

  1. ↑ The Hive Queen, page 260
  2. ↑ The Hive Queen, page 262
  3. ↑ The Poison Jungle, page 182
  4. ↑ The Hive Queen, page 271
  5. ↑ The Hive Queen, page 275
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