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  • Опубликовано: 9 июл 2021
  • Don't have an identity crisis! This week, by popular demand, it's the Basics on the 'bot who everyone always seems to think is just "Red Bumblebee" - the little Autobot go-getter, CLIFFJUMPER!
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  • @ChrisMcFeely
    @ChrisMcFeely  3 года назад +517

    Seeing this discussed in a lot of comments, so time for a pinned post! The reason Cliffjumper was not in the third season of the cartoon was because his toy was no longer being sold. The fact that Kasem would later quit due to a dispute over the racist content of the episode "Thief in the Night" is an unrelated coincidence - that episode didn't come until nearly halfway through the season, after a substantial number of episodes had already been written and recorded with no sign of Cliffjumper. Fans have reverse-engineered a connection between Cliffjumper's absence and Kasem's departure - in the same way that it's often incorrectly claimed Jazz wasn't in the season because Scatman Crothers died - but it's just coincidence.

    • @jonpower9728
      @jonpower9728 3 года назад +34

      I appreciate you taking the time to address your fans and clarifying this misconception

    • @battleupsaber462
      @battleupsaber462 3 года назад +32

      it's still a pretty wild coincidence that both Jazz and Cliffjumper had their voice actors leave just as their characters were being phased out.

    • @smb-c3po
      @smb-c3po 3 года назад +15

      @@battleupsaber462 Like, zoinks, Scoob!

    • @ltb1345
      @ltb1345 3 года назад +11

      What happened in "Thief in the Night"? Season 3 was was my favorite, but I don't remember that episode.

    • @ExtremeEgg80
      @ExtremeEgg80 3 года назад +3

      I was just about to type a question asking this when I noticed the pinned comment. Thank you for saying something about it.

  • @vustvaleo8068
    @vustvaleo8068 3 года назад +550

    TF Prime staff be like: "Dwayne Johnson as Cliffjumper too expensive to pay, kill him off to save budget" probably

    • @ChrisMcFeely
      @ChrisMcFeely  3 года назад +254

      Other way around, more like! They had a bot they knew they were going to kill after 5mins, so they splashed out for a one-time use of a big star!

    • @DarthShadow91
      @DarthShadow91 3 года назад +87

      @@ChrisMcFeely And yet all the promotional material acted like he was going to be around for the long haul.

    • @syabilaazri7834
      @syabilaazri7834 3 года назад +64

      Just like Avatar: the Last Airbender. The original Earthbender was going to be the big guy at the intro but later replace with Toph

    • @clevelandmaker386
      @clevelandmaker386 3 года назад +28

      @@ChrisMcFeely have you ever heard the underground theory that Cliffjumper was secretly a direct descendant of a prime?
      I heard it in whispers when I was a kid

    • @nine_tails137
      @nine_tails137 3 года назад +19

      @@syabilaazri7834 Honestly, Toph was a much better character IMO.

  • @TFfangeek
    @TFfangeek 3 года назад +1220

    Amazing how Cliffjumper has NOT actually jumped off any cliffs to his demise.

    • @ihavewaited90daystochangem51
      @ihavewaited90daystochangem51 3 года назад +10

      ruclips.net/video/JyRZkHHdL_Y/видео.html

    • @SwiftpawWolffox
      @SwiftpawWolffox 3 года назад +111

      Like a lot of G1 names it's more of a personality indicator. Cliffjumper rushes into battle without thinking ahead, leaping into action without a thought to concequences. Like his trying to bazooka Megatron, giving away their location and ruining their spy mission. He's the embodiment of not looking before you leap, which is often portrayed by someone jumping off a cliff without considering the circumstances.

    • @boombox2ikik239
      @boombox2ikik239 3 года назад +49

      Reminds me of Fall of cybertron where he and jazz in the sea of rust jumped in the sewer, before jazz jumps in first, he tries to go first saying he’s “not called Cliffjumper for nothing”.

    • @shadowjeremy3083
      @shadowjeremy3083 2 года назад +16

      It’s also amazing how he hasn’t gotten killed by a cosmically powered Starscream

    • @TFfangeek
      @TFfangeek 2 года назад +26

      @@shadowjeremy3083 Ironic that a character who has died lots of times in recent years was one of the few not killed by Starscream in the G1 comics after becoming cosmically powered.

  • @Big_E_Soul_Fragment
    @Big_E_Soul_Fragment 3 года назад +1111

    Earthrise Cliffjumper to Bumblebee: Look at me, I'm the original toy now.

    • @prime9908
      @prime9908 3 года назад +57

      yes look who's the repaint now

    • @myriadmediamusings
      @myriadmediamusings 3 года назад +30

      @AntoniosPL And the upcoming Shattered Glass Goldbug.

    • @GamingMafia_id
      @GamingMafia_id 3 года назад +42

      *"this is outrageous it's unfair"*
      ~Some Random Yellow Bot

    • @MegaSasquatch420
      @MegaSasquatch420 3 года назад +13

      It's just like Magnus and Galaxy prime from siege

    • @TheSharkKing45
      @TheSharkKing45 3 года назад +10

      @AntoniosPL I hope ER CJ gets redecoed into Wasp (Waspinator) at some point

  • @SirAsdf
    @SirAsdf 3 года назад +391

    The irony that Cliffjumper, a character known for dying a lot, is one of the few OG characters to survive Transformers The Movie is kinda hilarious.

    • @thelonewolf2929
      @thelonewolf2929 Год назад +44

      And Jazz, the first autobot to be killed off in Bayverse also survived☠️

    • @SwaveyHardaway
      @SwaveyHardaway Год назад +6

      Ironyyyyy

    • @thepolarphantasm2319
      @thepolarphantasm2319 Год назад +11

      ​@@thelonewolf2929 man, what didn't bayverse f*** up? Ugh.

    • @SilverStreak9841uoattob
      @SilverStreak9841uoattob 8 месяцев назад +7

      Only for them both to be phased out of the show after the season 3 premiere.

    • @highbrow2373
      @highbrow2373 8 месяцев назад +3

      People act like 75 percent of the discontinuations were on screen. Most of the ones cut frim the movie dont breach 30% . If we saw omega supreme killing all the Decepticon combiners it would be. But optimus and megatron and maybe 20 of their guys (not each) isnt most characters. They just stopped showing up. Whats notable is cliffjumper is shown escaping unicron with all the char that have dofferent designs and may as well be a diff show. Being one of few we can say was there, saw it, and got out. Most of them we can only assume died. Or did as jazz did and became diplomats / celebrities. Which is a sweeter thought.

  • @whitewing2
    @whitewing2 3 года назад +931

    Cliffjumper: I could never leave Bumblebee's shadow
    Seekers: Thats rough buddy

    • @Protosilver97
      @Protosilver97 3 года назад +23

      Wait, isn't that an Absurdly Awesome reference?

    • @redlion-paladin4609
      @redlion-paladin4609 3 года назад +15

      @@Protosilver97 I think it's an Avatar the last airbender reference

    • @nil981
      @nil981 3 года назад +33

      The seekers: really? Nobody cares about the rest of us because we all share a body type with starscream.

    • @redalert923
      @redalert923 3 года назад +9

      @@nil981 that's rough bubby

    • @HunhowsShadowStalker
      @HunhowsShadowStalker 3 года назад +33

      @@nil981
      "You have no idea what it's like to have a whole squad with the same body type."
      "Got that right, Skywarp."
      "I'm Thrust."
      _"You're_ Thrust? I thought _I_ was Thrust!"
      "Shut it, Dirge!"
      "Idiot, that's actually Starscream!"

  • @battleupsaber462
    @battleupsaber462 3 года назад +849

    The only thing here that's actually dead is the "Cliffjumper always dies" joke

  • @killingragethrowback
    @killingragethrowback 3 года назад +612

    So he's the Luigi to Bumblebee's Mario. Once you're in that role, there is no escape.

    • @BossEvasion
      @BossEvasion 3 года назад +39

      So he can win the cybertronian war by doing absolutely nothing? Neat

    • @DJmouchi777
      @DJmouchi777 3 года назад +45

      Cliffjumper's Mansion when?

    • @sabix2005
      @sabix2005 3 года назад +16

      cliffjumper is the robin to
      bumblebee's Batman
      i'm bumblebee I'm awesome
      i got own movie

    • @deltaknight2764
      @deltaknight2764 3 года назад +8

      Except he's not a fan of being in bee's shadow.

    • @l.a.nproduction3
      @l.a.nproduction3 3 года назад +5

      @@BossEvasion i was hoping someone would say that.

  • @mattr75
    @mattr75 3 года назад +848

    I hope that Cliffjumper gets a starring role in the future and not destined to be the Autobot equivalent of Star Trek's red shirts

    • @kociarzultimate384
      @kociarzultimate384 3 года назад +33

      Well, he is red too...

    • @THANATOS-PRIME
      @THANATOS-PRIME 3 года назад +9

      He certainly deserves it.

    • @agentcairney1802
      @agentcairney1802 3 года назад +5

      How is this 4 days ago?

    • @Pokemc0831
      @Pokemc0831 3 года назад +12

      He is dressed for the part

    • @nylok4566
      @nylok4566 3 года назад +4

      @@agentcairney1802 patron member I got confused when I first saw it before I knew about it

  • @misterbadguy7325
    @misterbadguy7325 3 года назад +522

    It's kinda funny how Cliffjumper developed a rep for always dying when the fact is, he's gotten two deaths of actual meaningful significance and every other time, he died in times when a bunch of other characters died.

    • @RW2996
      @RW2996 3 года назад +56

      Optimus Prime has died ALOT more than Cliffjumper.

    • @ShinGallon
      @ShinGallon 3 года назад +19

      Fandoms online take things out of context and blow them way out of proportion, you say? I'm shocked!

    • @ltb1345
      @ltb1345 3 года назад +47

      @@RW2996 Although Optimus almost always comes back to life as well, so he's more like the "resurrection guy".

    • @chrisedwards3214
      @chrisedwards3214 3 года назад +6

      Cj didn't even die that much brawn and bumblebee took more hits and deaths

    • @chrisedwards3214
      @chrisedwards3214 3 года назад +5

      @@RW2996optimus prime died more than anybody else
      Sentinel.prime was killed before the series began and killed on flashbacks when you see sentinel hes either dead or gonna die
      Solus prime seems to die in every continuity now it seems

  • @Tamashikiri
    @Tamashikiri 3 года назад +78

    In a Transformers AU that a friend and I are actually making a joke about Cliffjumper's recently acquired "always dies" reputation by writing a running gag that Cliffjumper keeps winding up in situations where it _looks_ like he's a goner... only to narrowly escape with his life every time. :P

    • @mechanwhal6590
      @mechanwhal6590 3 года назад +8

      Maybe he’ll start a club with Dirge and Waspinator.

  • @scottjennings503
    @scottjennings503 3 года назад +288

    Chris: "In the comic, he was one of several Autobots knocked off-line by--"
    Longtime Basics viewers: *"Say the line, Chris!"*
    Chris: "-- a Decepticon-controlled copy of Optimus Prime."
    Longtime Basics viewers: "... Oh."

    • @therandomnessstrikes1435
      @therandomnessstrikes1435 3 года назад +34

      Knocked offline by a cosmically powered Starscream. That is the the line that he often says because Starscream is a crazed madman of a bot who will gladly kill any bot who he dislikes or in some cases just any random bot

    • @justzillathekingofgames6867
      @justzillathekingofgames6867 3 года назад +9

      Yeah I was waiting for him to say too.

    • @multiversalsingularity398
      @multiversalsingularity398 3 года назад +9

      Well if it wasnt starscream it would be a Decepticon comtrolled copy of optimus prime. If not one then the other in my book

    • @ChristoTitan
      @ChristoTitan 3 года назад +3

      That was one heck of a bait and switch

    • @coltonspellman2067
      @coltonspellman2067 3 года назад +2

      May as well keep the same audio and voice over the characters name each episode

  • @Devcon
    @Devcon 3 года назад +238

    "The little red Autobot who everyone seems to think is just Bumblebee in different colours".
    Cliffjumper was my 1st Transformer back in 84. He wasn't a red Bumblebee. It's Bumblebee who always was a yellow Cliffjumper .

    • @ericdunn360
      @ericdunn360 3 года назад +12

      Good for You.

    • @turtleanton6539
      @turtleanton6539 Год назад

      Oh

    • @Mystic-Mango
      @Mystic-Mango Год назад +1

      Unfortunately not everyone sees that since Bumblebee is the more popular character and star number 2 of the franchise

    • @Rene-r5n
      @Rene-r5n 8 дней назад

      I found a "Bumble-Jumper" (the red Bumblebee?) I never realized his value and gave him to a collector who was trading me
      Beast Wars characters. I'd LOVE to see a Legacy version of Bumblebee in red with his classic face from the 1st toy. It'd just be a cool nod to the repaints. I'd also love Tap-Out, and Glyph! A Green Cliff' and Blue Bee? But with a more fem look? I'm sold!

    • @_V.Va_
      @_V.Va_ 5 дней назад

      Bumblebee's the one who got more toys and his own film, so no.

  • @myriadmediamusings
    @myriadmediamusings 3 года назад +108

    Fans: We…we thought you were dead!
    Cliffjumper: My deaths were…greatly exaggerated.

  • @SirBroccolingtonIII
    @SirBroccolingtonIII 3 года назад +153

    Cliffjumper is so overlooked that his Classics toy didn't even have eyes installed.

  • @DeamonChocobo
    @DeamonChocobo 3 года назад +124

    I like how they are playing up the "living in Bumblebees shadow" angle. In my mind I always pictured him and Bumblebee as "Brothers" like Sideswipe and Sunstreaker, also I always grouped him in with Ironhide and Warpath as the more Military minded of the Autobots (Clifjumper like a Private, Ironhide as a Sergeant, and Warpath is the General).

    • @DeamonChocobo
      @DeamonChocobo 3 года назад +6

      @TIAGO PEREZ VENERO ARIAS he has a military alt mode but I always saw him as more of someone who is done with war and ready to live peacefully on earth. Now the Movie Hound would definitely be in this group.

  • @omega-rattrap
    @omega-rattrap 3 года назад +132

    Cliffjumper: “Look at me!”
    Bumblebee: **looks**
    Cliffjumper: “*I’m* the new toy mold now!”

    • @eugeniamonerratpinzonbalam3451
      @eugeniamonerratpinzonbalam3451 3 года назад +2

      I’m the new Toy Mold, I’m the ones who Wins!!!

    • @ilyte1
      @ilyte1 3 года назад +1

      And I'm most Superior one as I have references to the cartoon and my mold was given great care you just look like your original vehicle and you inherited my parts forming muahaha

  • @Skybaby79
    @Skybaby79 3 года назад +144

    Everyone makes fun of the little Scout class
    Until he breaks out a bazooka

    • @JGreen-le8xx
      @JGreen-le8xx 3 года назад +13

      Too bad he studied at the Stormtrooper School of Marksmenship. Taught by Helen Keller and Ray Charles.

    • @Skybaby79
      @Skybaby79 3 года назад +7

      @@JGreen-le8xx I hear Dr. Megatron is good with Optics.

    • @JGreen-le8xx
      @JGreen-le8xx 3 года назад +4

      @@Skybaby79 I know he's got an excellent record for taking them out, but oddly enough, no record of putting them back in....🤔

    • @Skybaby79
      @Skybaby79 3 года назад +2

      @@JGreen-le8xx Indeed, why throw away your sight so recklessly.
      ok I'm done lol

  • @GunNutproductionsOG
    @GunNutproductionsOG 3 года назад +63

    Intentional or not Cliff’s early personality as a Decepticons hating bot really seems to be like a prototype for Rattrap’s distrust of predicons. If only new media had him pairing up with one but I think that went to Mirage in the war for cybertron series where he worked alongside Impactor.

  • @cobaltprime9467
    @cobaltprime9467 3 года назад +122

    I wish they found a way to bring Cliffjumper back in Prime. His design was so cool.

    • @electricfeverx976
      @electricfeverx976 3 года назад +26

      Him being voiced by Dwayne Johnson already meant he was gonna be used sparingly. Johnson is an expensive celebrity, so Cliff would need to barely appear in the show to cover costs.

    • @purplex360
      @purplex360 3 года назад +12

      @@electricfeverx976 yeah they shouldn't have thought of using a big name movie star to voice Cliff

    • @chobispider2178
      @chobispider2178 3 года назад +7

      @@electricfeverx976 especially with how many times the show went overbudget

    • @footlessmoonbadger7189
      @footlessmoonbadger7189 3 года назад +5

      I'm pretty sure when they brought him back for that flashback later on that they used a different voice actor anyway.

    • @Jimboliah3985
      @Jimboliah3985 3 года назад +3

      Nope. He was voiced by Billy Brown in that flashback episode.

  • @videogollumer
    @videogollumer 6 месяцев назад +5

    The shoe's really on the other foot now in Skybound's Energon Universe Transformers comic. In the first issue, it's Bumblebee who gets killed-off by Starscream; and Cliffjumper ends up being one of the main characters.

  • @captaingamedesigner
    @captaingamedesigner 3 года назад +83

    The galaxies story was fun and it's pretty ominous that Deathsaur is basically living a VR fantasy of killing him over and over. I wonder if that's setting him up for a bigger arc in the series. Rivals with Deathsaur is an upgrade I think.

  • @Briximusprimedia
    @Briximusprimedia 3 года назад +35

    We all love cliffjumper, he’s mis understood in both toys, and in personality and we all love and appreciate him
    Hope he grows more and more as a much bigger character in the future

  • @seanm9823
    @seanm9823 3 года назад +77

    Dwayne Johnson voiced Cliffjumper in Prime!? WHAT!? How did I not know this

    • @Narutonarutonaruto85
      @Narutonarutonaruto85 3 года назад +14

      Because he doesn't have many lines before he dies.

    • @seanm9823
      @seanm9823 3 года назад +2

      @@bxlmusic1054 dude I’m well aware of who the Rock is. Cliff jumper didn’t get much screen time so I never pieced it together.

  • @rayray6490
    @rayray6490 3 года назад +11

    G1 Cliffjumper was lovable in that he’s loyal AF and was always ready for a fight. Him pulling out a giant cannon out of nowhere to snipe Megatron in the first episode was hilarious

  • @Cent_Reviews
    @Cent_Reviews 3 года назад +20

    I love how cliffjumper was stuck as a retool for so many years, only to spawn an army of retools in ER

  • @ProfessM
    @ProfessM 3 года назад +116

    Always felt sorry for Cliff. He felt more like a character then Bee ever did. Also he could have won the war in G1 if he just used a scope!

  • @JDRider02
    @JDRider02 3 года назад +9

    Cliffjumper being remembered for dying feels weird since it happens so few times but then I remember TF Prime (which has the most infamous version) is over 10 years old, which makes me realize that really must've been influential on his character for many.

  • @Depth217
    @Depth217 3 года назад +15

    The Star map scene in FOC is one of the best moments in all of Transformers. I SO love that they gave you the chance to just stay there as long as you want and take it in.

  • @Lazrael32
    @Lazrael32 3 года назад +17

    And now we are getting a bumblebee repaint of the current cliff jumper.... the world has come full circle.

  • @ondururagittandeska2004
    @ondururagittandeska2004 3 года назад +17

    I think it would be cool if Cliffjumper and Bumble bee were characterised as brothers with them having a Physic link to each other

  • @robrice7246
    @robrice7246 3 года назад +8

    7:17 "And Cliffjumper DIED at the hands of (a cosmically powered) Starscream in the first episode!!!"

  • @vibe_man-4562
    @vibe_man-4562 3 года назад +12

    Cliffjumper is my favorite transformer and his IWD spotlight comic was sad and badass as hell.

  • @Phantom9252
    @Phantom9252 3 года назад +11

    The fact Casey Kasem voiced both Cliffjumper and Shaggy from Scooby-Doo really speaks to his talent.

    • @thepolarphantasm2319
      @thepolarphantasm2319 Год назад +2

      And Megatron is scooby Doo 😂
      ...and ravage too, now that I think about it

  • @KamenRiderSeiryuXV0
    @KamenRiderSeiryuXV0 3 года назад +23

    Cliffjumper is one of fave transformers character. I like his hot-blooded but brave personality. lol

  • @ufsman
    @ufsman 3 года назад +8

    The cliff jumper on his own story where he’s on a planet with those native children was my favourite part of his stories.

  • @panelvixen
    @panelvixen 3 года назад +3

    Watching a new episode of The Basics early Saturday morning reminds me so much of my childhood when I would wake up early Saturday morning to watch an episode of Transformers.

  • @DisgruntledWatcher
    @DisgruntledWatcher 3 года назад +1

    Cliffjumper was my very first Transformer toy back in the 80s. I had seen and fell in love with the show, and one day my mom came home from shopping and had a Transformer each for me and my older brother.
    He got Bumblebee, and despite my getting the ‘worse’ of the two, I was hooked for life.

  • @Starman973
    @Starman973 3 года назад +2

    When I first bought Transformer toys, I bought Wheeljack and Cliffjumper. Those two will always hold a special place in my heart because of that.

  • @UrdnotRed
    @UrdnotRed 3 года назад +6

    Prime Cliffjumper just felt the most unique, in my opinion. He had a full personality that actually made it suck that he died.

  • @stiglapoint5672
    @stiglapoint5672 3 года назад +17

    His Spotlight and Galaxies story were wonderful

  • @ChristianHernandez-yt
    @ChristianHernandez-yt 3 года назад +10

    I really love Transformers Prime's Cliffjumper, it's a shame he had such a small role in the story. It's probably because Dwayne Johnson's such an expensive actor that he couldn't stay long.

  • @minilopgamer1950
    @minilopgamer1950 3 года назад +5

    Cliffjumper has always been one of my favorite here’s hoping he gets a big role that isn’t him dying

  • @aircraftcarrierwo-class
    @aircraftcarrierwo-class 2 года назад +3

    I always saw Cliffjumper and Brawn as the two premiere examples of "short-bot syndrome". Always picking fights with more powerful Decepticons and never really learning a lesson from doing so.

  • @MasterArchfiend
    @MasterArchfiend 3 года назад +18

    I once stole my Dad's Cliffjumper toy as a kid. I still don't know cars very well, but I thought he was a racing beetle and the old Volkswagen beetles are my favorite cars.
    I mainly kept it in vehicle mode, transforming him so he could catch a cliff made of books or something when playing with him and my mini-con collection.
    It bugs me that they used him for the Bumblebee movie just to be killed to progress plot. They really could've used any Autobot, especially ones with a history of looking similar to him and Bumblebee if they didn't want to make a new model.
    Though I don't get the myth that he always dies. He has two deaths of just him and any others he's part of the discontinued toy massacre because Hasbro didn't know how kids work.

    • @SirBroccolingtonIII
      @SirBroccolingtonIII 3 года назад

      The reason is that the most well-known versions of Cliffjumper are famous for dying, and since some less popular versions also end up dying in their own respective continuities, people assume that he's always killed off.

  • @sivanlevi3867
    @sivanlevi3867 Год назад +2

    I think my favorite part about Cliffjumper is that the original was voiced by the late Casey Kasem, who also voiced Robin in the old Batman and Superfriends cartoons, the computer Teletraan 1 (also from G1), and the first and best voice of Shaggy Rogers in Scooby Doo media right up until his death.

  • @SonicPrimus
    @SonicPrimus 2 года назад +2

    The fact that Prime Cliffjumper was voiced by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson blows my mind! The Rock playing a Transformer, and an Autobot at that?! Mind BLOWN!!

  • @Doma_Kuroda
    @Doma_Kuroda 3 года назад +19

    Cliffjumper is tough and always ready for action. He is like Ironhide, becuz they are father and son. They are the best in 80er Cartoon.

  • @andretheterminator
    @andretheterminator 3 года назад +6

    cliffjumper has always been my 2nd favorite minibot.
    I love his personality (which I can relate to when I play video games) and favorite version of him is IDW, G1 and Idw reboot.
    I just hope to seen him being used more so I can see him strike first, strike fast and strike hard.

  • @teab0244
    @teab0244 3 года назад +7

    Very interesting! I really like Cliffjumper‘a portrayal in the G1 cartoon, and hope to pick up his figure someday.

  • @tannerprice2018
    @tannerprice2018 3 года назад +3

    Cliffjumper is pretty much the most popular recolor character. Dude keeps being mistaken for a red Bumblebee, he’s characterized as a hothead, shows up in more cartoons than most other recolor characters since G1, ever since Prime everyone thought he died a lot, it goes to show that the little dude’s very stand-out even in the smallest of roles.

    • @_V.Va_
      @_V.Va_ 5 дней назад

      Nemesis Prime.

  • @jayvbspdx
    @jayvbspdx 3 года назад +45

    I had read that Casey Kasem had departed the Transformers series in the third season due to the depiction of Arabs in one of the episodes. While I'm unsurprised you didn't cover that, I'd still like to know more information on that.
    Also, there were pretty great Cliffjumpers in the 2000's cartoons. He deserves to be his own character and design! What in the world is the 2007 movie recolor?! That's enough to give one nightmares!

    • @sephiroth4857
      @sephiroth4857 3 года назад +6

      He made a brief reference to it during his video on Teletraan I, which Kasem also voiced and showed how Teletraan II was changed to Frank Welker

    • @ShanaReviews
      @ShanaReviews 3 года назад +8

      it's sort of understandable why he didn't cover it since that's something more tied to the G1 cartoon itself and not the character, plus Cliff's absence in the series was probably a combination of Casey's dissatisfaction with said depiction and Hasbro already geared to phase him out anyway

    • @Davethe3rd
      @Davethe3rd 3 года назад +17

      Well, when you're of Arab decent, and the writers want you to reference a fictional Middle Eastern country called "Carbombya"...
      (Racist as f***....)

    • @jayvbspdx
      @jayvbspdx 3 года назад

      @@sephiroth4857 That's likely the reason I actually know that 😂

    • @Schregger
      @Schregger 3 года назад +3

      @@Davethe3rd Hell, ive seen alot of stereotypes used for comedy purpose way back when, but that was just to much...

  • @shadowdramon01
    @shadowdramon01 3 года назад +3

    The Casey Kasem Cliffjumper from the OG cartoon is one of my all-time favorite Transformers.

  • @miles501st
    @miles501st 3 года назад +2

    My first, ever transformer back in 84. Him and hubcap were the only minibots I ever had as a kid. So pleased to get both again all these years later when Earthrise came around

  • @coollizzylou
    @coollizzylou 3 года назад +8

    Listen, Cliffjumper my beloved. His bit part in Prime was very memorable and his design did not have to be so distinct but it was and it slaps.
    Also thank you so so much for these videos they are so good and a gold mine for inspiration for fan content ❤️

  • @Hartzilla2007
    @Hartzilla2007 3 года назад +5

    The 2019 continuity also kind of homaged the Cliffjumper dying thing with Deathsaurus fantasizing about killing him over and over again since he is holding a grudge for getting his ass kicked.

  • @jacksonjguyguadagnino5792
    @jacksonjguyguadagnino5792 3 года назад +3

    The Prime incarnation is my favorite design for his alt-mode, but the IDW version is my favorite version of his character.
    I don't own any IDW TF comics, but I've seen bits and pieces online, and I love these two scenes with Cliffjumper:
    1) Bumblebee and Jetfire are stranded in space. Bumble questions, "who's gonna be just waiting around for a red light to come on?!" The very next panel, a red light comes one and Cliffjumper has a beaming smile, ready for action.
    2) A bunch of Decepticons tell their commander they attacked an Autobot and there's nothing to worry about. The commander asks, "is he short?" 'Yes.' "Is he red?" 'Yes.' "Does he have horns?" 'Yes.' "(panicked) MAN YOUR BATTLE STATIONS!!!"

  • @Feedback105
    @Feedback105 3 года назад +2

    I'd honestly crack up, if out of nowhere, cliff puls out a big honkin bazooka, and just starts blasting things

  • @Thevishisland
    @Thevishisland 3 года назад +18

    Fun fact: the beetle was actually made by Porsche’s founder

    • @JohnnyLouisXIX
      @JohnnyLouisXIX 3 года назад +4

      More like requested by the moustache man himself.

    • @SirBroccolingtonIII
      @SirBroccolingtonIII 3 года назад

      And ripped off the design of a Tatra vehicle.

  • @jimmyjeff1777
    @jimmyjeff1777 2 года назад +4

    Honestly, I'm glad that some versions of cliffjumper has his own unique design instead of just being "the red bumblebee" he deserves much better than that

  • @LightningZetton
    @LightningZetton 3 года назад +37

    Red bumblebee. I would love to imagine a new TF series having cliffjumper for one scene and it's him getting killed off again... That would be hilarious

    • @theghostofjeffgoldblumdail9613
      @theghostofjeffgoldblumdail9613 3 года назад +2

      Bumblebee movie: *sweating profusely*

    • @eternalfox1714
      @eternalfox1714 3 года назад +2

      Well then look no further than tf prime he dies in ep 1

    • @joshuasatterwhite9520
      @joshuasatterwhite9520 3 года назад +3

      Please no

    • @ГотаБГ
      @ГотаБГ 3 года назад

      Nah, that just boring... I think that there can be another scene, where Cliffjumper somehow recolored to the yellow, and everyone starts to name him Bumblebee, what will make Cliffjumper pissed off, and he will shout out something like: "I AM CLIFFJUMPER!!! STOP MUDDLE ME WITH BUMBLEBEE!!!"

  • @twilightnite13
    @twilightnite13 3 года назад +2

    I liked the Aligned version of Cliffjumper, it shows that you might have started out with a similar body frame, ut you can choose choose what your forms are later in life. comparing how they looked in the Cybertron War games and centuries later on Earth with different Alt. mods.

  • @SnowFiresinger
    @SnowFiresinger 3 года назад +5

    Even when he suffered from the Transformers version of red-shirt syndrome, Prime's version of Cliffjumper was my favorite so far.

  • @schmidington
    @schmidington 3 года назад +7

    Hasbro did ole Cliffy good in Earthrise, finally showing some respect to the red horned-head. I mean c'mon, Deathsaurus causes larger bots anxiety but Cliffjumper steps up and takes him down.

  • @crumb7192
    @crumb7192 3 года назад +4

    I always thought Cliffjumper was Bumblebees older brother since they were so similar in the cartoon.

  • @KrytenMark
    @KrytenMark 3 года назад +6

    He'll always be much more than just a simple red Bumblebee in my eyes. Cliffjumper's his own bot, and he always will be. Plus, I'm really glad he came first for once, in Earthrise. :)

  • @GreatCaesarsGhost1111
    @GreatCaesarsGhost1111 3 года назад +2

    I believe it's official you are "The" Transformers Historian... every part of human history should have it's own experts and recorders of events... I'm certainly glad that you are ours!

  • @pancho855
    @pancho855 3 года назад +4

    Been waiting for this for a long time, glad to see Cliffjumper get some appreciation outside of toy shelfs.

  • @Triceratopping
    @Triceratopping 3 года назад +23

    "Cliffjumper is frequently mistaken for Bumblebee"
    Hubcap: *anxiety intensifies*

    • @pious83
      @pious83 3 года назад +2

      *Goldbug cries in a corner*

    • @frostfive3991
      @frostfive3991 3 года назад +2

      Bumper and Bugbite: * Heavy breathing *

    • @GCHumanGuy
      @GCHumanGuy 3 года назад

      @@pious83 isn't Goldbug just Bee

    • @Triceratopping
      @Triceratopping 3 года назад +2

      @@pious83 "I feel better than ever! I feel like a gold bug!"
      "Hahaha! And that's exactly who'll you be from now on, Bumblebee; Goldbug!"
      "Err, geez, I was hoping I could still be called Bumbleb-"
      "Quiet Goldbug."

    • @pious83
      @pious83 3 года назад

      @@GCHumanGuy Not always.

  • @mistermann4163
    @mistermann4163 3 года назад +2

    Kind of funny that Cliffjumper gets this treatment and not the other recolors.

  • @Technodreamer
    @Technodreamer 3 года назад +3

    The Fall of Cybertron level made me an instant fan of both Cliffjumper and Jazz. I hope we get to see them buddy up again in something soon!
    (Best fistbump ever.)

  • @mariaisabelg4701
    @mariaisabelg4701 3 года назад +4

    Cliffjumper's vehicle mode in Earthrise has got to be my favorite version of this angry acorn. It's practically an amalgamation of all of his previous modes. From his cute and compact Porsche from the g1 series, to the cool and sleek muscle car from Prime. I've truly never seen a vehicle that practically screams Cliffjumper than in Earthrise.

    • @SirBroccolingtonIII
      @SirBroccolingtonIII 3 года назад +1

      It's actually an amalgamation of a Porsche 924 and a Mitsubishi Starion, a small Japanese sports car from the eighties (I use the term amalgamation loosely, since it's basically a Starion with a 924's taillights). It has nothing to do with any muscle cars.

    • @mariaisabelg4701
      @mariaisabelg4701 3 года назад

      @@SirBroccolingtonIII oh I am aware. I was more or less referring to the overall vibe. It's has a certain edge to it that reminds me of Prime's Cliffjumper vehicle mode. It's hard to explain but I'm definitely aware Earthrise Cliffjumper is a loose combination of those vehicles you mentioned. Either way, whoever designed Earthrise Cliffjumper put so much love to it and I adore it all the more.

    • @SirBroccolingtonIII
      @SirBroccolingtonIII 3 года назад +1

      @@mariaisabelg4701 Yeah. A lot of eighties Japanese cars looked like muscle cars, despite being quite a bit smaller.

  • @MrExplodinGuy
    @MrExplodinGuy 3 года назад +5

    Cliffjumper was my favorite as a kid. I always thought he had a cool voice and since he was one of the mini figures his retail price was low so a lot of kids had him. Unfortunately, I was never able to get my own figure until I was an adult. 😥

  • @stormcaller2737
    @stormcaller2737 3 года назад +2

    Playing as Cliffjumper during the sea of rust mission was so much fun, I loved being able to assassinate Decepticons and the whole stealth approach. Fall of Cybertron was such a good game! 😁👌✨🔥

  • @mymaskofshame
    @mymaskofshame 3 года назад +3

    "OMG, you killed Cliffjumper!"
    "You Bastard" 😂

  • @godzillaguy5467
    @godzillaguy5467 3 года назад +3

    My favorite character Cliffjumper, he’s an absolutely fantastic character fight me, I will love him forever as my favorite Autobot

  • @diegos7337
    @diegos7337 3 года назад +8

    I love Cliffjumper! I have always liked him more than Bumblebee. He is much more daring, he have eve beated Starscream and many other decepticons on his own! He deserves the Proper Master Piece Treatment, not "Red Bumblebee".

    • @FifthRobin
      @FifthRobin 3 года назад +3

      Tbh, I only began liking him once I read the IDW Cliffjumper spotlight comic, still though I slightly prefer Bumblebee...

  • @Zonorheso
    @Zonorheso 3 года назад +2

    2:16 just realized that Cliffjumper's G1 face design is suppose to resemble the Autobot insignia (you can really see it when comparing it to his toy art's insignia, 1:23)

    • @frostfive3991
      @frostfive3991 3 года назад

      Prowl's face: Am I a joke to you?

  • @EviscerVIII
    @EviscerVIII 3 года назад +9

    Kinda surprised that you didn’t mention his original voice actor, Casey Kasim, and the issue surrounding him quitting the G1 show.

  • @ltb1345
    @ltb1345 3 года назад +3

    4:15 That vehicle mode is sick. They should've just done that in red and made it Cliffjumper's vehicle mode from then on. I guess Energon Cliffjumper just didn't have enough of an impact for that to happen.

  • @timothyhansen6581
    @timothyhansen6581 3 года назад +4

    Wait. Gen-1 Cliffjumper was basically Jazz's younger brother? (In terms of the auto mode.) Who knew!?

  • @ChristoTitan
    @ChristoTitan 3 года назад +2

    I don't hold any nostalgia for toys from the 80s, but the vibe of these videos is so upbeat I watch just to stave off the depression.

  • @retro_reflections
    @retro_reflections 3 года назад +3

    Ah, Cliffy - the bot who seems unfortunately destined to be either a Bumble recolour or the TF equivalent of a Star Trek redshirt.

  • @turboking9238
    @turboking9238 6 месяцев назад +4

    Cliffjumper is getting his time to shine in the new comic by Skybound!!

  • @ShinoSarna
    @ShinoSarna 3 года назад +7

    They should just lean into the Bumblebee thing and make a story where they're brothers.

  • @Megamanlanprime
    @Megamanlanprime 3 года назад +1

    My headcanon is that Cliffjumper is something like a sibling type relationship with Bumblebee with the transformation and design being similar even if they are technically not the exact same in Alt mode. Like that bots that share a similar transformation and body type tend to see each other as something akin to family or somewhat close based on how close they were.

  • @desshinta9428
    @desshinta9428 3 года назад +2

    That time Cliffjumper got turned into a Human and secretly ended up being a Tsuburaya Superhero to fight Gijinka-SG- Prime's Kaiju creations.
    Man I love SSSS Gridman.

  • @mannofdober873
    @mannofdober873 3 года назад +31

    Today's focus is Clif-
    Oh... He's dead.

  • @SassySoldier102
    @SassySoldier102 3 года назад +5

    Thanks for this, all I really knew about him was that he looked like bumblebee and he died alot lol 😅

  • @KidConvoy82
    @KidConvoy82 3 года назад +1

    Even though I liked Bumblebee while I watched the G1 cartoon as a kid, I LOVED Cliffjumper. I was a fan of the way he always wanted to jump into battle enjoyed his team-ups with Hound & Jazz. Hope he gets to show more of his stuff in future projects.

  • @robrice7246
    @robrice7246 3 года назад +2

    7:12/7:17 Except in my Robertverse where (in a similar manner to the Universe comic), Primus brought him back from the dead. This happened after the series ended btw.

  • @Rojixus
    @Rojixus 3 года назад +34

    I'm just sick of the "Cliffjumper always dies LOL" jokes.

    • @namelessecho6527
      @namelessecho6527 3 года назад +2

      [Insert Cliffjumper always dies joke here]

  • @Cyclownus
    @Cyclownus 3 года назад +10

    Everyone’s been asking how Cliffjumper is similar to Bumblebee but no one’s been asking how Hubcap is similar to Bumblebee

    • @electricfeverx976
      @electricfeverx976 3 года назад +1

      It's sadder that Hubcap has been mostly forgotten, and placed into obscurity in favour of people making fun of Cliff for looking like Bee when Hubcap exists.

  • @theoking2821
    @theoking2821 2 года назад +1

    Cliffjumper is my absolute favorite Transformer ever! I feel him on a personal level, and he absolutely needs more representation in all media!

  • @acidgolem2132
    @acidgolem2132 3 года назад +1

    Fun fact : in Transformer Energon anime Cliffjumper will sometime be called Downshift, the same also happened to Downshift.

  • @anderson9244MLG
    @anderson9244MLG 3 года назад +7

    You forgot the part when he became gridman's host

  • @alexlemonds2838
    @alexlemonds2838 3 года назад +17

    I'm getting deja vu.
    Could've sworn he'd
    already covered him.

  • @thejazzienerd3780
    @thejazzienerd3780 3 года назад +1

    In Fall of Cybertron, when you access the Teletraan store when playing as Cliffjumper, it sometimes tells you, "Glass gas is unavailable." I had no idea that was a joke until just now.

  • @LowellLucasJr.
    @LowellLucasJr. 3 года назад +2

    Always saw Cliff Jumper as a "tough guy in a small package!" One who shouldn't be underestimated for his size! Sadly I never knew he would suffer so many disasters in his life - from being the mistaken for a bumble bee recolor...to his many deaths...to being overshadowed by his little brother!

    • @ChrisMcFeely
      @ChrisMcFeely  3 года назад

      The thing about Cliffjumper that I don't think a lot of folk get - and this includes some of the people who've written him! - is that his brand of toughness is more a sort of "doggedness" than it is actually being strong. He's always ready to dive into a fight - but he's only got a Tech Spec Strength rating of 4, so he's not very likely to actually win it! He's really the Autobot Scrappy-Doo more than anything else - his bio even includes the quote "Lemme at 'em!"

  • @Retr0Bunn113
    @Retr0Bunn113 3 года назад +6

    Ah yes the Autobot that was created by Hasbro just to get killed for our entertainment.