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“ | I know we have different ideas of what being a superhero means, and honestly, that's what makes us... made us, such a good team. But what made us a great team is that we always agreed on the one thing a superhero isn't. Selfish. We've been putting our own issues ahead of the greater good. Whether it's a big shadow only you can see, or questioning the virtue of someone you love, or questioning the virtue in yourself. Or maybe you're just afraid to tell your friends to be quiet and listen when they're making a huge mistake. Well, it's time to get over ourselves. | „ |
~ Bumblebee |
Karen Elena Beecher (also known as Bumblebee) is one of the main characters in the second generation of the DC Super Hero Girls franchise. She is a member of the Super Hero Girls and a student at Metropolis High School.
Superpowers
- Flight:
- Energy Projection:
- Ability to Shrink:
- Speed and Reflexes:
- Unexplained strength:
- Electrokinesis:
- Stingers
Skills
- Genius Level Intellect:
- Engineering:
- Robotic:
Equipment
- Super Suit
- Designs Sonic Bursts:
- Super Attire - (Improves Strength and Flight):
- Sight display:
Relationships
Main Article: Bumblebee (G2)/Relationships
Personality
Karen can be very shy and nervous. She is also awkward and clumsy as shown in her first scene in Sweet Justice where she tripped when walking off the bus. Not to mention the fact she often stumbles and mess up her words around. When she has to she is brave, heroic, and will never try, but will to save the day. Even though she is shy, that doesn't mean she doesn't know how to put bad guys in their place. Despite her shyness, she can be a little aggressive when she's pushed too far. She is also a fan of romance, showing excitement should someone be.
The role that she has in the team of heroines is to be the voice of reason. This has been shown on more than one occasion by motivating her friends; like when she taught Supergirl how to be a hero, Wonder Woman that it's okay not to be perfect, and when she gave her teammates the motivation to come together again with a speech.
Designs
Main Article: Bumblebee (G2)/Designs
Karen is a short, skinny, light brown-skinned teenage black girl with sage-green eyes, maroon-brown lips and long, curly, dark brown hair with honey-blonde highlights, usually tied-up into pigtail-buns.
As a civilian, Karen wears a large, light yellow-and-dark brown-striped turtleneck sweater; the pattern resembling that of a bumblebee. She also sported a short yellow skirt over dark brown tights, and large beige-brown boots with off-white fluffy cuffs.
As Bumblebee, she wears a custom-made armor to resemble a bumblebee, complete with sky-blue wings attached to it, allowing her to have the ability to fly. She also wears a matching helmet with black antennas attached to it, as well a green visor.
Depiction in the series
Season 1
Karen Beecher is an A+ student at Metropolis High School. In "Sweet Justice", when she was about to walk off the school bus, she tripped and dropped all her equipment which led to her meeting Barbara Gordon, who helped her gather all her equipment. She was very skeptical of being a superhero at first, but after Barbra's incredible speech, she along with her friends were willing to give it another shot. Near the end of part 4 in Sweet Justice, she saved the day by connecting arm to the wire and shutting Lena Luthor's suit down.
Super Shorts
Season 2
Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse
Trivia
- Her main enemy is Giganta, most likely due to their opposing powers.
- She loves romance as seen in "The Bird and the Bee".
- However, she hates the Diana and Steve's relationship. This is mostly likely because Diana is always distracted by Steve's presence whenever he is around and loses concentration on other things.
- She holds the most numerous times in which her transformation sequence is shown as showcased in Season 1.
- She is the shortest in the group.
- She is 14 years old, as revealed in both "League Of Shadows" and "Crash Course".
- She is currently the only member of the team to not have her parents physically appear in the show.
- Bumblebee along with Aqualad and Poison Ivy are the youngest of their groups.
- Bumblebee and Wonder Woman are so far the only members of the Super Hero Girls who knows of Bruce Wayne's identity as Batman.
- The yellow stripe in her hair is a parallel to her first generation counterpart.
- She loves tacos, but she doesn't like burritos. Ironically, both are Mexican food dishes.
- In most of the episodes she appears in she is offering her help to some of the girls, mainly to Zatanna and Supergirl.
- Bumblebee is the third member of the Super Hero Girls who motivated another character to be a hero.
- She first did Wonder Woman with Katana when protecting an innocent.
- Later Supergirl did it by saving Ted Kord resulting in him becoming Blue Beetle.
- And third, with the speech she gave to her team, she motivated Harley Quinn to do the right thing.
- She is similar to Fluttershy from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, another work by Lauren Faust. Also, most of the cartoon's main characters resemble the main characters from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic in terms of personality. Bumblebee's eye design is very similar to Fluttershy's.
- Previously, in the Brazilian version, she was voiced by Ana Lucia Menezes, but due to her death in 2021, currently Bumblebee was voiced by Bia Menezes, who voiced her in the episodes of season two, some episodes of Teen Titans Go, and Cartoon Network's Teen Titans Go and DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in Multiverse.
Appearances Throughout the Franchise
Season 1
- Sweet Justice
- Meet The Cheetah
- Beeline
- Super Who?
- Shock It To Me
- She Might Be Giant
- Fight At The Museum
- Crushing It
- Misgiving Tree (no lines)
- Illusions of Grandeur
- DC Super Hero Boys
- Frenemies
- Soul Sisters
- Abracadabrapalooza
- Back In a Flash (no lines)
- Power Surge
- Scrambled Eggs
- Drama Queen
- Ally Cat
- Retreat
- Living the Nightmare
- All About Zee
- Tween Titans
- Emperor Penguin (no lines)
- Breaking News
- Crash Course
- League Of Shadows
- House Pest
- The Bird and the Bee
- Fantastic Beasts and How To Mind Them
- Awesome Aunt Antiope
- The Fresh Princess of Ren Faire
Season 2
- Am Batgirl
- According to Garth
- Super Wonder Bat Bee Zee Lantern Mobile
- Sirens Conch
- Happy Birthday Zee
- Enter Night Sting
- Working Stiff
- MultipliciZee
- The Minus
- Accept No Substitute
- Mother Knows Best
- Detention Club (no lines) (cameo)
- Small Victories
- Cruz Control (episode)
- One Enchanted Evening
- The Aquaman Cometh
- Nightmare in Gotham
Video Games
Mini-Movies
- The Late Batsby (no lines)
Shorts
- Hashtag Frowny Face
- Plight of the Bumblebee
- Buzzkill
- Go Fish
- Kara Care (no lines)
- Taco Tuesday
- The Slow And The Furious
- Big Screen Bully
- Lost And Found
- Ad Blockers (no lines)
- Artificial Intelligence
- Vanity Insanity
- Photo Oops
- Vegecide
- Stress Test (no lines)
- Sofa So Good
- The Bee Stands Alone
- Shell Shock
- AbraKachoo
Crossovers
Graphic Novels
- Spaced Out (cameo in G1)
- At Metropolis High
- Powerless
- Weird Science
- Midterms
- DC Flash Facts (cameo)
- Ghosting
Books
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