Nickbee, as a Vehicon, transformed into a redesigned Volkswagen and led an army of "Bumblecon" drones. In his first appearance (Episode 2: "Enter Nickbee"), he claimed he was the hellish amalgamation of Nick Carter's head (of the Early 21st Century music group The Backstreet Boys) and the body of Bumblebee. Of course, neither of these things were actually true. Nickbee was designed to "annoy the Maximals to death." Clearly not Megatron's best plan. Although unlikely, it was mentioned on several occasions that Nickbee did, in fact, possess an Autobot spark. Why his spark had escaped the Great Upgrade was never explained.