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In Enzo's defence, the pink thing at the end of the Bar has been inert lately. He really didn't think it a problem to go to that end for an order of chips.

Oh, how wrong he was.

He realizes his mistake as the music begins and he starts dancing involuntarily.

Thank goodness he hadn't picked up the chips yet.

[Uh-oh, the Karaoke Machine's on! Watch the ~~horror~~fun, or get ensnared yourself!]

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Seriously, what is this?!

^♫A full commitment's what I'm thinking of,
You wouldn't get this from any other guy!^♫

Bee will explain to him later!

"So ladies!- yeah!- Ladies!- yeah!-
If you wanna roll in my Mercedes!
Turn around! Stick it out!
Even white boys got to shout!"

And then Dot will turn Bee into scrap!

^♫Never gonna give you up!
Never gonna let you down!
Never gonna run around and desert you!^♫

"Baby! Got! "

^♫Never gonna make you cry!
Never gonna say goodbye!
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you!^♫

"Baby! Got!-"

Bumblebee spins on one foot before shifting to the next verse.

"'Cause them punks like to hit it and quit it
And I'd rather stay and play!
'Cause I'm long, and I'm strong
And I'm down to get the friction on!
So, ladies! {Yeah!} Ladies! {Yeah}
If you wanna roll in my Mercedes {Yeah!}
Then turn around! Stick it out!
Even white boys got to shout-"

Okay, now that the shock is wearing off, this is actually really funny. I mean, if nothing else, there's a rapping, dancing Autobot.

^♫Never gonna give you up!
Never gonna let you down!
Never gonna run around and desert you!^♫

It's almost physically impossible to embarrass Bumblebee over his taste in music. To do so would require the presence of Optimus Prime and Ironhide and the use of Eric Idle's "FCC Song". And possibly the presence of Sam and Mikaela. Hence the gleeful enthusiasm-

"Baby! Got! Back!"

And the dancing. Dignity is for other mechs.

Enzo can be embarrassed, but not so much by this, and dignity is something that happens when you grow up.

^♫Never gonna make you cry!
Never gonna say goodbye!
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you!^♫

"Baby! Got! Back!" Bee chirrups, and spins around in first one direction, then the other. There's not much left to the song. He might as well enjoy it, right?

Enzo's dancing is now synchronized with the robot's. It's true, may as well get into it!

^♫Never gonna give you up!
Never gonna let you down!
Never gonna run around and desert you!
Never gonna make you cry!
Never gonna say goodbye!
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you!^♫

And with one more gleeful proclamation that Baby does, indeed, got back, Bumblebee spins out and finishes the song in a suitably dramatic pose.

... and provides his own applause, because if you have the recording, you might as well USE it.

Enzo maintains his own pose until the Machine releases its hold on him, and then collapses in laughter.

"What-w-what was that?" he splutters.

"Karaoke!" says Bumblebee brightly, and points at the pink machine. "It provides the musical track. You provide the vocals. I was able to override its selection of music the first time I heard it, but this one seemed like enough fun not to bother."

"I know that," chortles Enzo, "but this song was even more random than last time it got me!"

And last time it was a song about being green. That was a strange song, but at least it made sense in context.

"Oh- well, that was two songs." Bumblebee shrugs, a complex gesture when you've got shoulders like his. "Yours isn't normally sung with mine. I don't know who saw fit to splice them together, but it wasn't too bad, was it?"

"It was funny! Why's there a song about girls with big butts?"

"Because some humans will sing about anything," Bumblebee says. "I suppose Sir Mix-a-Lot felt very strongly about that particular topic."

Bumblebee doesn't much care one way or the other, himself. Human body parts are for humans to take an interest in.

"Users're nuts," Enzo confirms cheerfully.

Oh, just you wait 'til you're old enough, Enzo.

"Oh yes," says Bumblebee. "Still, at least it was enjoyable. I may tell Sam about it, when I go home."

"Who's Sam?"

"The human I live with," says Bumblebee. "When I came to Earth and tried to track down the Allspark, I couldn't find it myself. But I did find that a young human named Sam Witwicky had an object in his possession that could point us to it. I passed myself off as a car so that I could live in his driveway and protect him until the other Autobots arrived. I still do, now."

Enzo nods, listening avidly. There's really only one part of this he finds weird...

"You live in a driveway?"

"Or a garage. I could have quarters at Autobase, but I would rather stay with Sam," Bumblebee says simply.

"That's cool." And awful nice of him. The garage sounds a bit better than the driveway, at least. He supposes it must be comfortable if you're a car.

"You're Bumblebee, right?"