Bumblebee

Trivia: The film was originally made and marketed as a prequel to the prior "Transformers" films directed by Michael Bay. After the film was released to a much warmer critical and audience reception than the prior films, it was confirmed that instead of a prequel, "Bumblebee" will instead serve as a sort-of "reboot" of the series, and that future films will serve as direct sequels to it, without necessarily acknowledging the continuity of the Bay films.

TedStixon

Trivia: Star Hailee Steinfeld wasn't born until 9 years after the film is set. She actually had to be given lessons on things like 80's lingo and how to properly use a Walkman.

TedStixon

Trivia: Both the shortest "Transformers" movie (coming in at under two hours) and the least expensive film in the series. (Costing under $130 million, as compared to the $150-$200 million the other films cost).

TedStixon

Trivia: Pay attention to the name tags and you will notice one of the junior agents is named Simmons, a major character in the films which take place after this one.

Factual error: In the landing scene with Bumblebee it says it's 1987. But you see H1 Humvees pull up. Humvees were not used by the military until 1989 in Panama.

Upvote valid corrections to help move entries into the corrections section.

Suggested correction: HumVees were in use since 1984.

More mistakes in Bumblebee

Memo: The darkest nights produce the brightest stars.

More quotes from Bumblebee

Question: How long was Bumblebee in his vehicle mode before being found by Charlie at the mechanic's?

More questions & answers from Bumblebee

Join the mailing list

Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback.