Transformers: Prime had a take on Arcee that was the most well-received by fans, with the weary warrior being far more than just the "girl" of the group. Nevertheless, the best version of Arcee disregarded the G1 car entirely for the bike form. That's why, in the case of the latter, kid appeal character Bumblebee even took on his iconic Volkswagen Beetle form.
These exceptions were Transformers: Animated, Transformers: Cyberverse and the Transformers: War for Cybertron trilogy, which all had designs closer to Generation 1. With only a few exceptions, the motorcycle form has been the go-to alternate mode for Arcee since it was introduced.
But the first two Bay-directed movies wouldn't be the only place an "official" version of the character would transform on two wheels. In Transformers: Superlink, the original Japanese version of the series, she was known as Ariel, however. But to be fair, a version of Arcee that turned into a bike debuted in the series Transformers: Energon. A motorcycle alternate mode was also used when Arcee was officially introduced in the second film, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Instead of the classic Cybertronian car mode that she sported in Generation 1, this version of Arcee turned into a motorcycle (a Buell Firebolt, to be exact). Though this design had a fuchsia color scheme that evoked the original character, her alternate mode's general look was different. Despite not appearing in the final film, Arcee did have extensive concept art that even became an action figure in the film's toy line. This idea was nixed, however, with the idea of female Transformers apparently being too strange a concept to explain in the first movie. In the planning stages for the first live-action Transformers film in 2007, Arcee was going to be one of the Autobots.
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