Memo Gutierrez

Guillermo "Memo" Gutierrez is the tritagonist of the 2018 science fiction film Bumblebee. He is a neighbor of Charlie Watson, whom he has feelings for, who becomes a trusted friend of her and the autobot Bumblebee, who disguises himself as Charlie's Volkswagon Beetle.

He is portrayed by Jorge Lendeborg Jr.

Biography

Bumblebee (2018)

Memo lived in the town of in Brighton Falls, California, where he was considered an outcast among his peers at school, due to being thought up as a nerd and his lack of social skills. In 1987, Memo worked at the churro stand, Quique's Churros, on Brighton Falls boardwalk, one day while working, he watched his neighbor Charlie Watson, who worked at the hotdog stand, Hot Dog on a Stick, Memo attempted to talk her while was taking some drinks to customers but she brushed him off, which distracted her and inadvertently lead to her being distracted and spilling a drink on Tripp Summers, a popular guy from their school and caused Charlie humiliate herself in the process. A few days later, while reading a Gobots magazine Memo spotted Charlie, he then attempted introduce himself to her, but she was busy as she learned her mother took her new Volkswagon Beetle that she got on her birthday the day before, so she brushed him off again. Later that night after Memo got home on his bike, he saw a shadow coming from Charlie's garage, then he came over intending to ask Charlie out on a date, he barged into her garage but reacted in shock when he saw a giant robot that turned into Charlie's Beetle. Although he was initially terrified, Memo officially introduced himself to Charlie, and she had swear to secrecy, and she introduced him to the robot, who she calls Bumblebee. The next day while Memo was going for a ride inside Bumblebee with Charlie, she has Memo give her his shirt, promising to gave it back to him later, so can blindfold herself while standing in the skylight. Memo then does it with her, although Charlie loses his shirt in the process, the two still enjoy it. As the drive continues, Memo and Charlie both realize that Bumblebee is attempting to teach himself how to talk using the radio. They both then end up at a cliff side party, where Tripp Summers decides to jump off a cliff and asks for a volunteer.

Trivia

• He is a fan of the Gobots, a franchise similar to Transformers, in a deleted scene he assumed that Bumblebee was one.