
1987. Fleeing from pursuit, Bumblebee arrives on Earth, where he immediately encounters the military. As a result of a confrontation with Earthlings and a Decepticon, Bumblebee loses his voice module, damages his memory and scans a nearby Volkswagen Beetle before passing out. A short time later, a girl named Charlie finds it in an automobile junkyard in a California town and receives it as an 18th birthday present. Rolling the car into her garage, Charlie is surprised to find out that she got a yellow Volkswagen Beetle.