Shame Raoul was only in 2 episodes of this show. A former car jacker teaming up with the Autobots would make for some good character dynamics. That and Raoul had the balls to take on Megatron, AND HE WON. Dude deserves more love.
Perhaps Raul helped the Autobots construct Metroplex in the episode Scramble City. (Chip, Spike, & Carly are shown early in the episode Scramble City.)
And that girl from Fire on the Mountain. Yes, Carly was the best match for Spike, but I thought that Peruvian girl would've made the show more interesting. Can't remember her name, sry. Don't think they mention it in the episode, although I know she does have one.
Who else could have helped the Autobots build Scramble City? The racer Augie Canay from the episode Trans Europa Express. (Initially he just wanted to win a one million dollar first place prize. Eventually, he realized that helping the Autubots defeat the Stunticons was more important.)
I love a lot about this show but the many unique voices is right up there near the top for me. They had an incredible cast of voice actors. As a side note, I have a friend that can mimic Seaspray's voice perfectly. I don't know how he does it.
That's Allan Oppenheimer's voice who also did Mer-Man voice in He-Man. He used the exact same voice and joke what's the worst that can happen, I sue myself for gimmick infringement. Lol.
@@Kat_MacGrath I don't remember much about Sam and Cade to compare. For Noah, his character was okay at first but then was horribly written when the gang come to Peru. His relationship with Mirage is pretty one-side to me cus only Mirage wants to make friends
@daothucanh9621 Did you not watch the full movie + the PCS? Noah warmed up to Mirage and was very concerned for his safety during the final battle. He initiated the fist bump before Mirage went to go distract Scourge. That was like him saying he valued Mirage's friendship. And then he spent countless hours rebuilding Mirage after what happened during the final battle. It's very clear that Noah wants to be friends with Mirage as much as Mirage wants to be friends with him. Hell, there was so much unresolved, dare I say _sexual_ or strange tension between those two afterward. Noah and Mirage are an iconic duo!
Also, quick reminder that at 20:25, Tracks threatens to outright KILL Megatron if he hurts Raoul. And keep in mind, Megatron has survived two Energon cube explosions (one that moved Cybertron out of Earth’s orbit) AND a lava bath by this point in the series.
Love these series and the artistic freedoms . Sometimes Transformers are larger than a house, sometimes they can use human stairs . Sometimes their lasers sting a bit, sometimes they knock someone out, sometimes they do damage. Still such good series to watch, total throwback into cooler / better times. As far as "Tracks" goes, he was always a Corvette in my eyes, and I bought an 84 Corvette because I loved them so much as a kid.
You're right about Tracks. He was a Corvette. I had the G1 toy as a kid because I just loved Corvettes and years later when Toys 'R' Us had G1 reissues, I managed to score another Tracks to replace my childhood toy. Tracks rocks!
Tracks reminds me a lot of what we get with Knockout in Transformers Prime. I like these episodes centring around one slightly less prominent character though. I remember in the UK comic run Tracks gets a story which has some similarities but feels slightly grittier. I could have imagined him doing some fun stuff with Nightbeat later down the line.
Tracks ( G1!Transformers ) = Michael McConnohie ( Narrator on Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo and Hunter x Hunter; The Necromancer in Diablo II; Azulongmon in Digimon Tamers; Gork in Masked Rider; Keiichi Ikari in Paranoia Agent; Rolf Emerson in Robotech; Manzou the Saw in Samurai Champloo; Hot Shot and Ironhide in Transformers: Robots in Disguise(2001); D in Vampire Hunter D, Chief Inquisitor Margulis in Xenosaga; Charles zi Britannia in Code Geass; The Lich King, Uther The Lightbringer, Kel'Thuzad,in Warcraft 3 games World of Warcraft expansions, and Heroes of Storm; etc. )
I love that I can watch this on RUclips now, I don’t have to worry about advertising longer than the episode itself, and I get to experience my childhood all over again, I may only be 17 but I remember getting a disc set of the original show as a birthday present and falling in love, I still remember going to the theaters for the original live action movie
@15:15 - one of the greatest action sequences in the series ever. I can't get enough of this no matter how many times I see it. And the way the scene concludes is just rock-solid. B-)
@@LittlePixieBot If that happened, then the Autobots would've gotten involved in stopping the more extreme plans of the various bad guys that threatened to kill off all life on Earth as they consider life to be sacred and wouldn't hesitate to save the Earth.
@@girlgarde yeah but he’s there for them when it counts as shown In Trans Europe express episode he had Bluestreak and Bee’s backs and Blaster’s in Autobop, well he’s at least easier to deal with then Sunstreaker who isn’t really nice to anyone except sideswipe, but only sometimes
He maybe a snob but at least he doesn’t have the generic autobot personality, the 1970’s good ol’ boy factory worker schtick lol his toy was a lot of fun in both modes
I found Tracks' snarky remarks to Raul somewhat reminiscent of KITT's interactions with Michael Knight in "Knight Rider." BTW a shame they weren't able to get William Daniels to voice an Autobot character on the show. Would have been a great little quasi-crossover deal after Peter Cullen voiced KITT's evil twin KARR in KARR's debut episode. Actually, now that I think about it, howcum there hasn't been some sort of Transformers/Knight Rider crossover yet? They've already teamed up with the Ghostbusters, Star Wars, Back to the Future, Top Gun, The Terminator, and the animated Star Trek crew in toys and/or and/or comic books... what's the holdup, huh?
At the end, Tracks nudged Raul to take preemptive community service instead of the human justice system (such as the car thieves got at the beginning of the episode).
Starscream was loving every bit of Megatron being defeated by a former carjacker with a spray can. Raoul and Tracks episode beats Powerglide and the girl.
I like the idea of mass production zombie car robots that become the cannon fodder for the good guys to fight against. They had them in Transformers Prime and I am surprised that you don't see them as standard enemies for humans to battle against as a support during autobot vs decepticon battles. It would make fights seem more epic and larger scale sort of like the regular droid army in the star wars clone wars cartoon.
@@blastvortex Seen it and its good. What I mean is why the autobots don't have them all the time as guards or security patrols around bases and stuff? Just let them be background dudes with no names. It would be like how Soundwave has minions but these wouldn't speak at all and just be there all the time.
@@UToobUsername01 I could swear I remember something where "lesser"--well, not rly that but perhaps weaker or with fewer or "no" special abilities--were used for something in series, but I may be thinking of some other show or iteration. Noggin gets a bit jumbled sometimes. Anyway, real point was to say that I think that would conflict with Autobot values and their sanctity regarding life. Hell, even those "no talent" Autobots I alluded to earlier? I'm sure any *good* Autobot would say that their daily duties are their special talent, and they couldn't find anyone else that would want to fill their boots. I know that sounds cheesy, or perhaps reaks of other Hasbro shows, but it's modern thinking. Also, all Hasbro shows try to stress the same overall values: unity, compassion, friendship, and how much better life is when yada, yada, yada, same old story, same old song and dance.
The idea behind G1 was that energy was supposed to be scarce, and the Transformers consumed it at a high rate. They probably wouldn't want to ration much of it to drones, when they could horde it to themselves. But part of the idea behind the construction of Autobot City between Season 2 and The Movie was the development of a lot of alternative energy technologies that could aid humans and the Autobots. So who knows? Maybe there would be enough of a surplus to field armies of drones, by then?
@@texasbeast239 Well the idea is that drones could be turned on or off at will. You would have a guy that operates the switch in his head to place them on patrol at certain times and like the droids in star wars he could remotely turn them off again. It will enable fights to be larger in scale. The idea of a base which is run by so few people isn't realistic. You will need people to man it, and that is why i say drones/guards who just patrol would make sense. In the marvel comics the government of earth helped the autobots with energon in exchange for helping them ward off decepticons. After the movie earth was sort of the "capital of the galaxy" because the humans and autobots just destroyed a giant demon robot. It's where the heroes of the galaxy hang out and humans started to explore with space age spacecraft themselves at that point. So in my version of G1, you got humans, transformers which see themselves as self aware beings with souls called "sparks", drones (such as the clones that insecticons create using space magick) and robots which are run by computers or others. (the earth kind of drone which would be like the droids in star wars) The last type is what makes battles a littler more involving. The drones would go in scout ahead of the main force, gather data, and return much in the same way laserbeak or ravage already do for Soundwave but instead of be transformers, they are just plain ole robots made for one purpose without self awareness. (you give them an order they do it, and don't talk to you just like you can train your dog to fetch slippers)
I love how they are giving episodes to certain transformers such as 1 or 2 episodes ago they gave a dedicated episode to omega supreme jazz and percepter and another for warpath and hoist and now tracks cosmos and seaspray
This is one of my favorite episodes from the 2nd season, only because it takes place where I live in New York City. "Auto-Bop" is the other one, and and it's just as cool, even though Tracks and Blaster are the only 2 Autobots in it. If I'm not mistaken, the rest of the series is supposed to take place in the dust bowl.
Okay aside from the size difference between Hoist and Huffer, why the hell was Hoist DRIVING Huffer in the first place?! Did he somehow forget he's a towtruck?
thanks to his double cross megatron will have future trouble dealing with humans if all he does is double cross them in the end, even the ones that do the job right.
Does anyone remember watching these on commercial TV back in the 80's? More specifically with some networks and how they would interrrupt the cartoon with stupid stuff. Competitions etc.. Dragging out the entire episode to over an hour. It could have been just an Australian thing. 10 year old me missed the ending to this episode. Because we had to go out. It still annoys me all these years later. I did see get to see it eventually like a year or more after. I could have recorded it but we were away on holidays at the time with no VCR.
Oh please.. Are we really supposed to buy that super advanced alien Tracks, just can't steer straight enough, to not run into a light pole, and damage the one thing that should be located in the middle instead of underneath the bumper cover? 😂 And more importantly, where exactly is Hoist taking off to with that car, after interfering with human laws and adding hit and run to their record?! For real here..🤣
I would have loved to have seen Raoul as a proper part of the team and work at Autobot HQ as their personal mechanic who fixes them up after they get damaged. He would have made a fine additon and brought plenty of fun vibes with Tracks
Tracks was so easy to take out it was a little bit embarrassing. One major chord and he's just a car but give me a break. I being not sophisticated would not have chords like that LOL. I even thought this when I saw it when I was 8 years old. Still love the show though I wish I had a child with or a boy I should say. Thank you for downloading these
And if you think about it, his engine is located inside his lower legs, which have to extend and then separate during his transformation process. So this delicate wire should have been stressed and busted a long time ago. Why did they just put it back in there all loose and floppy again, then?
7:21 ok ok, I know this is a cartoon and it's a cartoon from the 80s but WHAAT? Hoist is driving freaking Huffer!?? Huffer was supposed to be a small minibot, how is Hoist, a Toyota Hilux from the early 80s driving a bot smaller than him?
@@StealthBeeKid The most BS example I can think of is in Season 3. In Carnage in C-Minor I think? Broadside flys above Devastator in Jet mode, transforms into an aircraft carrier, grows huge, and crushes him.
Okay... Megatron's arrogance in thinking humans are worthless almost got him killed.... Push a button on his access panel, use a wielding torch on his circuitry and watch the sparks fly from his eyes.... Shame that Prime didnt take the opportunity to pursue and put an end to him and that tower could've waited!
Yeah you said nothing but 💯 facts that's the problem with Megatron and decpcons as a whole they see anything that are not transformers level weak and ass but don't see the inside of what they can do.
Tracks: Autobot Earth lover and Professional bait car. The Teletraan I inside Sparkplug's garage is none other than Autobot Mainframe, a deluxe class toy character from WFC Kingdom Ark titan class figure!
New York was everywhere on the big screen and small screen in the 80's. I can't help but feel that Ghostbusters really set the trend. So TF had to do a show set there as well. That's my guess anyway.
There isn't as much difference as you might think. When everything was "bright and new", that was beyond a long time ago. Any city eventually reaches that point of dysfunction and clean up where it appears more like a stall, and things are in the same shape now as they were back then. The good ol' days aren't really as good and old as people remember them to be, they just think they were. Entropy, and the energy it takes to counter it. Look into it. Anyway, New York's always had... trouble. Don't believe me? Look up "Hooverville". Yeah, I know, mitigating circumstances, but still.... And ftr, New York is still a great city. It wouldn't still be there if it wasn't. Always will be as long as there are people to care for it.
One of my fave episodes! I still can't get over the fact that Raoul really showed no fear towards Megatron and actually escaped his clutches. It's honestly hilarious! 😂 He is such a fiesty character and you can see how Noah Diaz's character was inspired by him. Both characters became friends with an Autobot that compliments their personality. Too bad Raoul is only featured in 2 episodes though. 😔
Any of the motor vehicles from 7:10 through 7:40 could be Autobots from Seasons One through Four. First Aid could have been a bus before becoming a Protectobot Ambulance.
01:21- Autobots stop car robbers, before they've a chance to escape, saving the N.Y.P.D. a lot of time. Imagine they would beat Cobra in the same manner, but the Autobots will leave them to G.I. Joe and take care of the Decepticons!!!
Tracks ( G1!Transformers ) = Michael McConnohie ( Narrator on Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo and Hunter x Hunter; The Necromancer in Diablo II; Azulongmon in Digimon Tamers; Gork in Masked Rider; Keiichi Ikari in Paranoia Agent; Rolf Emerson in Robotech; Manzou the Saw in Samurai Champloo; Hot Shot and Ironhide in Transformers: Robots in Disguise(2001); D in Vampire Hunter D, Chief Inquisitor Margulis in Xenosaga; Charles zi Britannia in Code Geass; The Lich King, Uther The Lightbringer, Kel'Thuzad,in Warcraft 3 games World of Warcraft expansions, and Heroes of Storm; etc. )
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Shame Raoul was only in 2 episodes of this show. A former car jacker teaming up with the Autobots would make for some good character dynamics.
That and Raoul had the balls to take on Megatron, AND HE WON. Dude deserves more love.
My sentiments exactly......he could have been an interesting choice in transformers the movie
Perhaps Raul helped the Autobots construct Metroplex in the episode Scramble City. (Chip, Spike, & Carly are shown early in the episode Scramble City.)
@@736693 good point
And that girl from Fire on the Mountain. Yes, Carly was the best match for Spike, but I thought that Peruvian girl would've made the show more interesting. Can't remember her name, sry. Don't think they mention it in the episode, although I know she does have one.
Who else could have helped the Autobots build Scramble City? The racer Augie Canay from the episode Trans Europa Express. (Initially he just wanted to win a one million dollar first place prize. Eventually, he realized that helping the Autubots defeat the Stunticons was more important.)
Gotta love seaspray's voice. He sounds like he is constantly underwater.
I love a lot about this show but the many unique voices is right up there near the top for me. They had an incredible cast of voice actors. As a side note, I have a friend that can mimic Seaspray's voice perfectly. I don't know how he does it.
@@EmpoweredTravels me too i have a friend that can do that,
I just put his head underwater, and just “ask” where is my money
@@bassistomaster Haha! You're funny! I guess that's another way of doing it!
kinda more like a watery mouthed Autobot
That's Allan Oppenheimer's voice who also did Mer-Man voice in He-Man. He used the exact same voice and joke what's the worst that can happen, I sue myself for gimmick infringement. Lol.
Raoul and Tracks should have been in more episodes as a team. However they did make a figurine of Raoul in a later toyline.
My legends scale tracks came with Raul and a mini Blaster in boombox mode. It's a cool tracks
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@@kyledamron Niiiice!!!
Too bad just like Chip, Raoul never appeared in Season 3.
@@Isaac-gh5ku Chip could’ve used an exo-suit just like Spike and Daniel. It would’ve been great to see him overcome his paralysis with it.
Noah Diaz and Mirage’s relationship seemed to be modeled after Tracks & Raoul. Even Down to the car jacking situation
Yeah, though I would say that the relationship between Tracks and Raoul is way better written, and Raoul is more likable as a human character
@@Kat_MacGrath I don't remember much about Sam and Cade to compare. For Noah, his character was okay at first but then was horribly written when the gang come to Peru. His relationship with Mirage is pretty one-side to me cus only Mirage wants to make friends
@daothucanh9621 Did you not watch the full movie + the PCS? Noah warmed up to Mirage and was very concerned for his safety during the final battle. He initiated the fist bump before Mirage went to go distract Scourge. That was like him saying he valued Mirage's friendship. And then he spent countless hours rebuilding Mirage after what happened during the final battle. It's very clear that Noah wants to be friends with Mirage as much as Mirage wants to be friends with him. Hell, there was so much unresolved, dare I say _sexual_ or strange tension between those two afterward. Noah and Mirage are an iconic duo!
@@b1njjj95 > sexual
Thats Mirage's fault, Noah doesn't want any robo-bussy
@@b1njjj95 s e x u a l ? ? 😂
"I wish the directory could show us where to find Starscream."
My favorite line in the whole episode.
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19:50 *"We're putting your company into bankruptcy, Megatron!!!"* That badass line never gets old.
That's telling him Optimus Prime! Show Megatron who's boss.
Also, quick reminder that at 20:25, Tracks threatens to outright KILL Megatron if he hurts Raoul.
And keep in mind, Megatron has survived two Energon cube explosions (one that moved Cybertron out of Earth’s orbit) AND a lava bath by this point in the series.
I love that there’s just a skyscraper with the word BANANNA on it 😂 5:27
Tracks should be more appreciated. Would love to see him in live action movies.
so should other robots too!
They'd just ruin him. Lol
@@samulmagnus1 actually that's a good point. I would like to see him in the newer cartoons though. 🥲
Why? So they can bastardize into a flaming femboy? They've pulled crap like that before.
Noah is similar in that he finds a transformer when attempting to steel a car.
Love these series and the artistic freedoms . Sometimes Transformers are larger than a house, sometimes they can use human stairs . Sometimes their lasers sting a bit, sometimes they knock someone out, sometimes they do damage. Still such good series to watch, total throwback into cooler / better times. As far as "Tracks" goes, he was always a Corvette in my eyes, and I bought an 84 Corvette because I loved them so much as a kid.
How long it take you to save up for one? Years? Months?
@@GladDestronger I always have some savings :)
You're right about Tracks. He was a Corvette. I had the G1 toy as a kid because I just loved Corvettes and years later when Toys 'R' Us had G1 reissues, I managed to score another Tracks to replace my childhood toy. Tracks rocks!
I like how the dealer gets to shoot Megatron with his little pistol after being crossed as if he was in the streets with a regular thug. 😂😂😂😂
Lol
It reminded me of the coke factory assault scene in RoboCop for some reason.
A Decepticon will double-cross you if you're not careful. Especially Megatron and Starscream.
@@aaronbaker5887 Yeah, be sure to have a way to screw them over if they opt to betray you.
I thought it was funny the gangster's handgun shot pinkish purple energy laser beams just like a Decepticon blaster! 😂
20:34 "How pathetic of you, Megatron! To be defeated by a flesh creature with a mere can of spray paint!"
Megatron, likely to Starscream who likely said this:
"Says the idiot who lost to a rainbow colored horse!"
@@Teachermook eyy death battle reference!
The way Sideswipe slams Ravage to the ground is hilarious 😂 😃
Ain't that animal abuse
16:28
Sideswipe can actually WWE
@@PerfectYakon2219 ehhhhhhhhhh it's a Grey area because Deceptacon. But yeah, Soundwave would have a case.
@@PerfectYakon2219 He's literally a Decepticon, in case you haven't noticed. And Sideswipe had a human to protect.
This seems like a precursor to Megatron creating the Stunticons. He realized building an army of car robots was useless without giving them brains.
I thought this back in 86
Yeah as regular decepticons. They should be taken to vector segma to giving them all life form
I think these are the precursors to the Vehicons from the Aligned Universe.
This episode would’ve been a good chance to introduce the Decepticon Battle Chargers.
That what beast era Megatron thought.
Traks: we appear to be outnumbered
Raoul: let split!
*proceed to run in the same direction*
"Split" doesn't mean "split up." It means "run!" :D
"Keep their rivers clean?" It's the Hudson. The. Hudson. Honestly, be surprised it doesn't dissolve things on contact.
Megatron's chuckle after he'd doublecrossed those gangsters was priceless😆🤣😆🤣.
Tracks reminds me a lot of what we get with Knockout in Transformers Prime. I like these episodes centring around one slightly less prominent character though.
I remember in the UK comic run Tracks gets a story which has some similarities but feels slightly grittier. I could have imagined him doing some fun stuff with Nightbeat later down the line.
To be honest, Tracks reminds me of TFP Knockout a lot
Oh my gosh can you please tell me the comic? Would love to read it
Grimlock didn't like tracks he didn't want him to get a nucleon shot
Tracks ( G1!Transformers ) =
Michael McConnohie ( Narrator on Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo and Hunter x Hunter; The Necromancer in Diablo II; Azulongmon in Digimon Tamers; Gork in Masked Rider; Keiichi Ikari in Paranoia Agent; Rolf Emerson in Robotech; Manzou the Saw in Samurai Champloo; Hot Shot and Ironhide in Transformers: Robots in Disguise(2001); D in Vampire Hunter D, Chief Inquisitor Margulis in Xenosaga; Charles zi Britannia in Code Geass; The Lich King, Uther The Lightbringer, Kel'Thuzad,in Warcraft 3 games World of Warcraft expansions, and Heroes of Storm; etc. )
I love that I can watch this on RUclips now, I don’t have to worry about advertising longer than the episode itself, and I get to experience my childhood all over again, I may only be 17 but I remember getting a disc set of the original show as a birthday present and falling in love, I still remember going to the theaters for the original live action movie
Pause at 9:11, Hasbro advertised the Transformers the movie way before it even came into theatres.
@15:15 - one of the greatest action sequences in the series ever. I can't get enough of this no matter how many times I see it. And the way the scene concludes is just rock-solid. B-)
I like the way sideswipe brutally slams ravage to the ground haha
Sideswipe happened To be My favorite character back in 88 when i Saw this. It was wow when he caught ravage from nowhere!
In the beginning of this episode they show us what Rock Steady and Bebop were doing before they join the Foot Clan.
You know, the Transformers and TMNT could exist in the same universe.
@@LittlePixieBot If that happened, then the Autobots would've gotten involved in stopping the more extreme plans of the various bad guys that threatened to kill off all life on Earth as they consider life to be sacred and wouldn't hesitate to save the Earth.
Also Rocksteady was name of Raoul's friends in "Auto-bop".
@@LittlePixieBot and there was TMNT toys tak resemble Transformers - look up TMNT Mutations figures.
Maybe energon jello shots were The Ooze?
Gotta to give credit to the constructicons as they always build these giant "Bases" for Megatron
And they're so quick about it. No running late and going way over-budget for the Constructicons!
Tracks has the same voice actor as one of the construct icons
"i have this floppy unsecured wire right here that if damaged will render me essentially dead." Makes sense.
Wheeljack, you so crazy! Autobot mad scientist strikes again.
I wonder if all the other transformers have that same wire
3:18 THAT WALK IS SO FRUITY
A UFO and an A-10 patrolling the skies over NYC...that won't attract attention. :)
Honestly he doesn't show up that much but tracks is one of my favorite autobots
He looks cool but he's snobbish and arrogant plus he seems to butt heads with his fellow Autobots.
@@girlgarde yeah but he’s there for them when it counts as shown In Trans Europe express episode he had Bluestreak and Bee’s backs and Blaster’s in Autobop, well he’s at least easier to deal with then Sunstreaker who isn’t really nice to anyone except sideswipe, but only sometimes
He maybe a snob but at least he doesn’t have the generic autobot personality, the 1970’s good ol’ boy factory worker schtick lol his toy was a lot of fun in both modes
I love how Transformers the movie is advertised in the background @ 18:38 and @ 21:07
nice
9:11 also
Man, talk about subtle foreshadowing.
@dogma9609 Let's hope it's directed by that guy from Hoist goes Hollywood but is not produced by someone named lorenzo or Kathleen
I found Tracks' snarky remarks to Raul somewhat reminiscent of KITT's interactions with Michael Knight in "Knight Rider."
BTW a shame they weren't able to get William Daniels to voice an Autobot character on the show. Would have been a great little quasi-crossover deal after Peter Cullen voiced KITT's evil twin KARR in KARR's debut episode.
Actually, now that I think about it, howcum there hasn't been some sort of Transformers/Knight Rider crossover yet? They've already teamed up with the Ghostbusters, Star Wars, Back to the Future, Top Gun, The Terminator, and the animated Star Trek crew in toys and/or and/or comic books... what's the holdup, huh?
Don’t forget Star Trek and My little Pony.
I know it's been like two years since you posted this but they have a toy out now!
I'm surprised the Decepticons didn't see Tracks' Autobots insignia on his hood.
And the other one on his roof.
Right??
What's funny is in those scenes, they are oddly missing...
@7:20 Hoist fits inside Huffer's cab?! Talk about mass distortion!! 😜
At the end, Tracks nudged Raul to take preemptive community service instead of the human justice system (such as the car thieves got at the beginning of the episode).
You'd think Blaster's autobot symbol would tip them off somethings wrong.
Tracks's logo comes and goes, too.
The way they gave Trax a feminine strut at 3:17 - 3:21 was a lot for a Saturday morning cartoon in the 1980s!!!
Track is the embodiment of the question “Is he gay or European?”
Tracks' voice is based on Thurston Howell III from Gilligan's Island.
@@OneNationUnderPug He isn't gay
Metrosexual
These were the best cartoons growing up
Finally, Bumblebee xD been so long! I missed the cute mini bot.
Starscream was loving every bit of Megatron being defeated by a former carjacker with a spray can.
Raoul and Tracks episode beats Powerglide and the girl.
Tracks as an investigator is my favorite part of his episodes.
Same
18:35 Mention of a Transformers movie
18:37 - now playing --> "The Transformers: The Movie"
I like the idea of mass production zombie car robots that become the cannon fodder for the good guys to fight against. They had them in Transformers Prime and I am surprised that you don't see them as standard enemies for humans to battle against as a support during autobot vs decepticon battles. It would make fights seem more epic and larger scale sort of like the regular droid army in the star wars clone wars cartoon.
Watch War Dawn.
@@blastvortex Seen it and its good. What I mean is why the autobots don't have them all the time as guards or security patrols around bases and stuff? Just let them be background dudes with no names. It would be like how Soundwave has minions but these wouldn't speak at all and just be there all the time.
@@UToobUsername01 I could swear I remember something where "lesser"--well, not rly that but perhaps weaker or with fewer or "no" special abilities--were used for something in series, but I may be thinking of some other show or iteration. Noggin gets a bit jumbled sometimes.
Anyway, real point was to say that I think that would conflict with Autobot values and their sanctity regarding life. Hell, even those "no talent" Autobots I alluded to earlier? I'm sure any *good* Autobot would say that their daily duties are their special talent, and they couldn't find anyone else that would want to fill their boots. I know that sounds cheesy, or perhaps reaks of other Hasbro shows, but it's modern thinking. Also, all Hasbro shows try to stress the same overall values: unity, compassion, friendship, and how much better life is when yada, yada, yada, same old story, same old song and dance.
The idea behind G1 was that energy was supposed to be scarce, and the Transformers consumed it at a high rate. They probably wouldn't want to ration much of it to drones, when they could horde it to themselves.
But part of the idea behind the construction of Autobot City between Season 2 and The Movie was the development of a lot of alternative energy technologies that could aid humans and the Autobots. So who knows? Maybe there would be enough of a surplus to field armies of drones, by then?
@@texasbeast239 Well the idea is that drones could be turned on or off at will. You would have a guy that operates the switch in his head to place them on patrol at certain times and like the droids in star wars he could remotely turn them off again. It will enable fights to be larger in scale. The idea of a base which is run by so few people isn't realistic. You will need people to man it, and that is why i say drones/guards who just patrol would make sense. In the marvel comics the government of earth helped the autobots with energon in exchange for helping them ward off decepticons. After the movie earth was sort of the "capital of the galaxy" because the humans and autobots just destroyed a giant demon robot. It's where the heroes of the galaxy hang out and humans started to explore with space age spacecraft themselves at that point. So in my version of G1, you got humans, transformers which see themselves as self aware beings with souls called "sparks", drones (such as the clones that insecticons create using space magick) and robots which are run by computers or others. (the earth kind of drone which would be like the droids in star wars) The last type is what makes battles a littler more involving. The drones would go in scout ahead of the main force, gather data, and return much in the same way laserbeak or ravage already do for Soundwave but instead of be transformers, they are just plain ole robots made for one purpose without self awareness. (you give them an order they do it, and don't talk to you just like you can train your dog to fetch slippers)
I love how they are giving episodes to certain transformers such as 1 or 2 episodes ago they gave a dedicated episode to omega supreme jazz and percepter and another for warpath and hoist and now tracks cosmos and seaspray
"Look, I've been shot at, smashed up, and stolen 3 times tonight and I'm in a most foul humor"
Me too, Tracks, me too.
My mom used to record cartoons on VHS for me and my sister and this one was one of the episodes, haven’t seen it in forever
Cosmos: "no sign of decepticons here, just a fender bender"
Optimus: "i know, i was there" 7:14
Cosmos: "wait what?"
Bruh
The animation is really nice in this episode. They must've upgraded at the time. Love it!
Only way it's an upgrade is if you just ignore all the in-house Toei work. At least the "good" AKOM showed up here.
Tracks is slightly wierd but likeable Autobot plus a street smart macanic did some real damage despite being a hostage....that's awesome
هل تشاهد هذا المسلسل الكرتوني؟
@@abbdalraziqkhalid3830 um.....i use too when i was a kid and watch it again once in a while here.....why?
@@madhavmandava Can you speak Arab with me now my friend?
@@madhavmandava Are you from any country from USA or England or any country? Please answer me now my friend
@@madhavmandava lam from middle East from Iraq my friend.
This is one of my favorite episodes from the 2nd season, only because it takes place where I live in New York City. "Auto-Bop" is the other one, and and it's just as cool, even though Tracks and Blaster are the only 2 Autobots in it. If I'm not mistaken, the rest of the series is supposed to take place in the dust bowl.
Okay aside from the size difference between Hoist and Huffer, why the hell was Hoist DRIVING Huffer in the first place?! Did he somehow forget he's a towtruck?
There was a massive traffic jam. The two Autobots probably figured that one vehicle would compound the traffic less than two separate vehicles would.
16:19 & 16:28 Sideswipe totally owned Ravage in this episode LOL
Got to love the Lambros.
No robotic animals were (severely) injured in the making of this motion picture.
16:19 It’s a touchdown!
thanks to his double cross megatron will have future trouble dealing with humans if all he does is double cross them in the end, even the ones that do the job right.
Does anyone remember watching these on commercial TV back in the 80's? More specifically with some networks and how they would interrrupt the cartoon with stupid stuff. Competitions etc.. Dragging out the entire episode to over an hour. It could have been just an Australian thing. 10 year old me missed the ending to this episode. Because we had to go out. It still annoys me all these years later. I did see get to see it eventually like a year or more after. I could have recorded it but we were away on holidays at the time with no VCR.
That one dude counting the money sounds just like Kup. Makes sense since the voice actors all pull double duty or more
Voiced by John Stephenson, who also did Thundercracker, Huffer, Windcharger, and Alpha Trion.
Oh please.. Are we really supposed to buy that super advanced alien Tracks, just can't steer straight enough, to not run into a light pole, and damage the one thing that should be located in the middle instead of underneath the bumper cover? 😂
And more importantly, where exactly is Hoist taking off to with that car, after interfering with human laws and adding hit and run to their record?! For real here..🤣
I would have loved to have seen Raoul as a proper part of the team and work at Autobot HQ as their personal mechanic who fixes them up after they get damaged. He would have made a fine additon and brought plenty of fun vibes with Tracks
Tracks was so easy to take out it was a little bit embarrassing. One major chord and he's just a car but give me a break. I being not sophisticated would not have chords like that LOL. I even thought this when I saw it when I was 8 years old. Still love the show though I wish I had a child with or a boy I should say. Thank you for downloading these
And if you think about it, his engine is located inside his lower legs, which have to extend and then separate during his transformation process. So this delicate wire should have been stressed and busted a long time ago. Why did they just put it back in there all loose and floppy again, then?
7:21 ok ok, I know this is a cartoon and it's a cartoon from the 80s but WHAAT? Hoist is driving freaking Huffer!?? Huffer was supposed to be a small minibot, how is Hoist, a Toyota Hilux from the early 80s driving a bot smaller than him?
mass shifting.
@@pokebreeder2517 but then what the hell is Megatron doing? Just mass shift into a GIGANTIC cannon and kill everyone
@@StealthBeeKid The most BS example I can think of is in Season 3. In Carnage in C-Minor I think?
Broadside flys above Devastator in Jet mode, transforms into an aircraft carrier, grows huge, and crushes him.
Sometimes I like the animators were just messing with us.
That's why it's called a *CARTOON*
I watched this episode and the other one with Tracks SO MANY TIMES as a kid that my disk just gave up XD
I'm so glad I can watch it on RUclips :3
Cosmos needs more recognition and spotlight the way he saves those people in the falling elevator was awesome.
Okay... Megatron's arrogance in thinking humans are worthless almost got him killed.... Push a button on his access panel, use a wielding torch on his circuitry and watch the sparks fly from his eyes.... Shame that Prime didnt take the opportunity to pursue and put an end to him and that tower could've waited!
Yeah you said nothing but 💯 facts that's the problem with Megatron and decpcons as a whole they see anything that are not transformers level weak and ass but don't see the inside of what they can do.
@@darknova1552To be fair, after the lava bath he received in Heavy Metal War, Megatron got a WHOLE LOT STUPIDER in general.
20:38 Do you just Spray Megatron with Hot cheese or something? Well, that's one way to put him out of commission. 😮
17:29 This is what I call a Road Battle with the Decepticons!
Optimus Prime: Led them have it!
9:11
What!? So they really wanted to have a Transformers movie that bad? Damn that was accurate.
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This ep was made in 1985, which was the same year they started producing The Movie, which came out the next year, in 1986.
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This, together with Fire in the sky gotta be two of my favorite episodes
I love how human ballistic guns here are firing lasers as well 😅
Tracks: Autobot Earth lover and Professional bait car. The Teletraan I inside Sparkplug's garage is none other than Autobot Mainframe, a deluxe class toy character from WFC Kingdom Ark titan class figure!
Why does Tracks like NY? I guess in the 80's, it isn't as filthy as it is now.
New York was everywhere on the big screen and small screen in the 80's. I can't help but feel that Ghostbusters really set the trend. So TF had to do a show set there as well. That's my guess anyway.
There isn't as much difference as you might think. When everything was "bright and new", that was beyond a long time ago. Any city eventually reaches that point of dysfunction and clean up where it appears more like a stall, and things are in the same shape now as they were back then. The good ol' days aren't really as good and old as people remember them to be, they just think they were. Entropy, and the energy it takes to counter it. Look into it. Anyway, New York's always had... trouble. Don't believe me? Look up "Hooverville". Yeah, I know, mitigating circumstances, but still....
And ftr, New York is still a great city. It wouldn't still be there if it wasn't. Always will be as long as there are people to care for it.
Mannnnn NY was way filthier in the 80s than now lmaooooo
17:30
The Was Optimus Says "Let 'em have it"
Is so Badass
Dang, I think they based Knockout, in TF Prime, off Tracks. They’re so similar.
One of my fave episodes! I still can't get over the fact that Raoul really showed no fear towards Megatron and actually escaped his clutches. It's honestly hilarious! 😂 He is such a fiesty character and you can see how Noah Diaz's character was inspired by him. Both characters became friends with an Autobot that compliments their personality. Too bad Raoul is only featured in 2 episodes though. 😔
20:37 my favorite scene
20:23 who new Megatron was weak from the inside.
Starscream
I love this story getting to meet tracks for the first time 🙂👍 I often wanted to own a flying car 🚗
A former car jacker teaming up with the Autobots...
SPOILER OF ROTB AHEAD
Is that the episode that inspired the character of Noah in ROTB?
As someone born in the 90's, was New York really like that in the 80's?
It was wayyyy bad lol
20:46 seems like a HUGE design flaw for Megatron.
And WHY didn’t Starscream take advantage of that?!
@@TPDManiacXC626 because he's stupid
If you saw the autobots coming into the city you could see the transformers on the movie name thing
Starscream: Raoul put Megatron down, he is our new leader!
Yeah the human
Okay hear me out
Age of Extinction
Except literally everything with Wahlberg is replaced with Raoul
1:21 Cold Slither
13:00 Hold on. No one's talking about the ENTIRE FREAKING TANK in the collection of stolen cars being given to the Decepticons.
Looks like the Autobot Warpath in his tank mode.
Real subtle, Warpath.
One of the best episodes..megatron have to improvise mindless robot cars just to have an army..hehe
16:53 did the autobots really just captured soundwave? LOL
Wow, never saw this episode 'til now. It was a good one. Not cringy at all.
Any of the motor vehicles from 7:10 through 7:40 could be Autobots from Seasons One through Four. First Aid could have been a bus before becoming a Protectobot Ambulance.
06:03 That's not how wire works.
That beginning is total entrapment!
Halfway Through Season 2!
Does Tracks host the Yacht Rock station on SiriusXM, now?
my dad used to watch transformers when he was little
I liked this episode. Jazz and sideswipe look so cool.
The scene where Sideswipe tackled Ravage was surprisingly fluid.
"I have no desire to be carved into auto sushi." I'll teach you to mess with a Chrysler building." Where does Tracks get this lines?
01:21- Autobots stop car robbers, before they've a chance to escape, saving the N.Y.P.D. a lot of time. Imagine they would beat Cobra in the same manner, but the Autobots will leave them to G.I. Joe and take care of the Decepticons!!!
The person is "Rahul", not "Raoul"
16:54 - That was weird: after Prime spoke, you hear Raul, then Teletraan, then Tracks all speaking thru "radio transmission".
I never noticed it was a fat Kevin Nash in this episode
Tracks hit the street light pole and can’t even transform😅 now I know how powerful stunticons really are!
4:16
KITT is that you?
Tracks is my favorites Autobots in Transformers G1.
Tracks ( G1!Transformers ) =
Michael McConnohie ( Narrator on Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo and Hunter x Hunter; The Necromancer in Diablo II; Azulongmon in Digimon Tamers; Gork in Masked Rider; Keiichi Ikari in Paranoia Agent; Rolf Emerson in Robotech; Manzou the Saw in Samurai Champloo; Hot Shot and Ironhide in Transformers: Robots in Disguise(2001); D in Vampire Hunter D, Chief Inquisitor Margulis in Xenosaga; Charles zi Britannia in Code Geass; The Lich King, Uther The Lightbringer, Kel'Thuzad,in Warcraft 3 games World of Warcraft expansions, and Heroes of Storm; etc. )
I want to see a toy of those decepticon car drones
Wonder if Hasbro will make repaints of those Decepticon drones. There into repaints right now, and wouldn't cost much to mold those faceless heads.