Fred was the best (and possibly only) friend of Billy, Lincoln Middle School's resident would-be-bully. Fred was rather unmotivated by the prospect of bullying Rad and Carlos, preferring to occupy his time with eating assorted snack foods and mentioning that he was still hungry. Later on, he and Billy became good friends with their former would-be victims, participating in many adventures with them due to the fact Fred is awesome and indispensable to the Autobots. Plus, somebody had to bring all the food along.