The ace reporter of Autobot City News, Jitterbug is always ready to chase a scoop or get an interview. Unfortunately, most bots are put off not only by her near endless energy but also her strange way of talking. An odd quirk happened when she scanned her vehicle mode. She began talking in human slang from the 1940s, but she knows it's not. Nevertheless, she continues to move forward in her journalist career, always in search of truth. She transforms into a 1940 tiffany blue Mercury Convertible.