Fun fact: Ol' screamer was supposed to be electrocuted by "the cage" but the animators didn't put the moment in so he's just standing there screaming like a petulant child, which I think works on so many levels.
Well, since she's a giant robot, I really don't think by human standards she works well for assassination......... Wanton destruction on the other hand.
@@Kat_MacGrath That is a bit nebulous. In both cases, they were thought to be Derived from farming tools, though their typical designs are quite distinct and had different names compared their humble counterparts.
Then what EXACTLY the HELL would SHE be DOING with ALL that ninja WEAPONRY in her POSSESSION if she HERSELF WASN'T meant for COMBAT @MiddleEasternBorder?
@@girlgarde they prolly been on it even on the road, hell they started it even on Ark. Optimus reasoning is to keep them in focus, I mean look at what happened, Decepticons succeeded lol
@@GamingMafia_id That, and it's professional courtsey. If you were unveiling a new product and requested certain audience to help in protecting it, how would you feel if they were making jokes about your product without first understanding how it works? A bit inconsiderate and rude, even if the jokes are good-natured.
@@LockeLynx Ratchet and Wheeljack I think tend to dismiss anything Humans create machine wise as being primitive and quaint. In fact, both the Autobots AND the Decepticons have that problem regarding Human technology which is understandable but the Autobots need to realize that we Humans only stopped being cavemen 10,000 years ago while they and the Decepticons were born as an advanced civilization and have been that way for millions of years.
18:16 You know, despite G1 Starscream usually being a coward, this is the only time in the entire cartoon where he outright punched Megatron, like no null ray, no otherside help, he just straight up slugged him and actually knocked him to the ground.
All of these under one minute... 18:02 - Megatron finally found a wife 18:16 - Starscream pissed 18:33 - Starscream's scream 18:50 - Megatron was impressed of the Autobot's Electro-Mesh prison. 18:57 - Megatron just realized they took his soon-to-be wife.
I still can't believe Starscream just decked Megatron like that. I was like "Damn, Starscream really just sucker punched Megatron with enough force to knock him down."
Absolutely love that Nightbird straight up has a lightsaber! A proper one, because you can hear it is thanks to the show having the Ben Burtt effects. This episode is amazing.
This isn’t the first time they’ve used a famous sci-fi franchise for sound affects they actually used the sound of the elevator opening in Star Trek. Edit: in the first episode where Soundwave was producing boxes to store the energon in
I love 18:50 and the bit after it. Megatron goes from sounding intrigued to utterly distraught within a second. It's like he just realized how bad that was for him in that moment.
@16:50 if you listen carefully right after Nightbird pulls out her lightsaber you can actually hear Darth Vader breathing. It is almost like they lifted the sound effects straight from the Star Wars films unfiltered 😂
@@LOBOLAMUARTEStar Wars (Ep. 4) 1977 Ep. 5 (ESB) 1980 EP 6 RotJ) 1983 Transformers S1 1984 Transformers S2 1985 So, no, Star Wars pre-dates. Transformers doesn't own the rights to the SFX.
I've heard a lot of star wars sounds. Primarily the lightsaber turning on, clashing, waving, and tie fighter noises. On rare occasions I'll hear the star trek starship enterprise door opening/closing sound.
Nightbird was definitely an underutilized character it would have been interesting if 'she' had made a reappearance or get somehow reformatted and be able to transform
That’s because Starscream looks up to Megatron as a father figure. LOL! One of the original ideas for Megatron background story that he was going to be a female leader of the Decepticon who was Prime Girlfriend before she turn evil and StarScream was going to be her boyfriend. But the idea was rejected and some subplots were kept in the G1 series. So it would not be crazy to think that Megatron was into Guy Robots even tho it’s only implied in the series. He might be bisexual in Cybertron terms. LOL! 😂
@@illseeyaonthedarksideofthemoon come on man this episode was just straight up gay, lines like hot enough to replace you or the entire scene where Starscream punches Megatron outnof jaleousy makes it really hard not to see it that way. And this is coming from somebody who doesn't even ships the characters or cares about it
Peopke like you are weird. Only weird gay shippers see that. You are talking about 2 characters that try to kill and beat each other on a daily basic. Starscream threw Megatron into space while Megatron returned as Galvatron and killed Starscream. Starscream just doesn't want his position of second-in-command to be taken away. The only things Starscream loves is himself and power.
@@ironmaster6496 Hot has many different meanings. You can call something or someone hot without romantic subtext. You are reading too much into a children cartoon in the 80s. Starscream just doesn't want to lose his position as second-in-command. You should remember that Starscream tries to kill Megatron on a daily basic and Megatron beats him like a punching bag. The only things Starscream loves are himself and power.
In a transformers fanfic written by Pro-Decepticon fan Raksha in the late 90's, Megatron and the Decepticons tracked down Starscream and then Megatron beat him within a inch of his life. Starscream only survived because he told Megatron that only he stunned her and then Soundwave confirmed it using his telepathy. Even then, it took Soundwave and Thundercracker taking him back to base so Soundwave could repair him to insure that Starscream survived.
@@ironmaster6496 Yeah, the fanfic portrayed the Decepticons as being more then just generic bad guys for the Autobots to fight but then again, Raksha was always big on that message in her fanfics and essays. She may have been far from perfect personality wise but she DID get me to re-think how I regarded the Decepticons.
I haven't watched the whole series yet, but this might be my favorite G1 Transformers episode. This is an episode I think the writers knew was ridiculous and just ran with it. It's just so ridiculous, yet the premise is played almost totally straight.
Its easily the gayest episode XD Like i'm not into yaoi especially in Transformers but man the whole episode was basically Megatron dumping Starscream for a word for word hotter bot, witch Starscream acting like a jealous ex girlfriend
@@SirCap You wanna know what's even funnier: Transformers Animated gave us Grimlock going nuts over a thorn in his foot and the Autobots fighting a fat Robin Hood, and yet you guys think that show is "deep" while G1 is plain ridiculous! 🤣🤣
I wish Nightbird returned. She was a cool character. She was the closest we ever got to a female Decepticon in G1. Even though the end looked promising for a return, it sadly never happened. Such a shame.
Mmm, come to think about it, considering current Nightbird has been actually embraced by supplemental material as an actual Transformer with toys and all, she's arguably the first female Decepticon the same way Elita One and her squad are the first female autobots.
It's funny that the G1 Jazz would know so much about Human ninjas as the Transformers Animated Jazz was a Cyber Ninja himself along with the Animated Prowl.
@@123k4chris the Star Wars sound effects were used heavily in The Transformers. There’s even X-Wing and TIE Fighter sound effects being used as they had the rights to use them.
09:07 - "I don't understand anything the Decepticons do." - Prowl, master strategist and tactician, ladies and gentlemen. Yeah, the writers always forgot Prowl was supposed to be a strategist and Prime's second in command. He only shined in the comics. Also, "formidable fighting force"? Did Spike watch the Kentucky Fried Movie? :D
@@Tracks2008 Thing about the Autobots is that they are Not Soldiers they are a Militia of Civilian Freedom Fighters. Optimus Prime was just a Warehouse Dock Worker. The Decepticons are the Soldiers. Personally I think the New Comics and Stuff fail Optimus when they don't make his Beginnings as Orion just a Blue Collar Guy. As an Archivist he becomes a Detached Intellectual, as an Cop he becomes apart of the System of Control. Blue Collar Optimus was a warm guy who gave a Shit and it showed.
@@Fenris30 Yeah, most of the Autobots had civilian jobs before the war. Optimus was a dock worker, Jazz was a musician most likely, Bumblebee was likely a courier, Ratchet was a doctor and so on. In contrast, the Decepticons are all built for combat. Even those like the Constructicons and Soundwave who have great talents in things other then combat are made for warfare and enjoy combat.
@@girlgarde "use him as a shield" Define hostage for me. Also, a low-on-energy Optimus was overpowering Megatron since Blaster Blues. The only reason Megatron was able to kill him was because Optimus fell for a mercy ruse.
It's hilarious how someone thought making a giant robot ninja lady would "benefit mankind". Also, while she looks cool, Nightbird ultimately sucks. She only managed to win and escape because the Autobots were under orders not to shoot her.
Sixshot will always be a S.T.A.G. (Solo Transformer Assault Group) to me. Headmasters turning him into a ninja just felt like a lame attempt to make him cool. Waste of time because he was already cool.
She was in Takara Legends, made a cameo in Dreamwave, featured in a few TFCC comics and a few new toys like Legends, Generations Selects, and now Masterpiece.
Not in episode, but she did make a comic, with many sisters. When Daniel was grown up, him and Wheelie went down to Cybertron, outnumberd and looking at death in the face, the two set off a big bomb to wipe out the Nightbird's. This drove Arcee into madness.
When I was a kid, I never understood why they made Nightbird a one-off character, never to be seen or heard from again in the cartoon. I mean she had so much potential for future episodes.
Ok I just love the sound that comes with bombshells voice also a robot ninja holding a literal lightsaber in a show completely unrelated to star wars is just amazing
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I always wanted to see Nightbird come back, even in another show and another continuity. She would’ve been awesome in something like Transformers: Prime or War for Cybertron as a stealth helicopter or something similar. And yes, I’d love it if they kept Megatron’s massive hard-on for her. That’s funny as hell.
Ratchet: "Dr. Fujiyama's doohickey's under that drape!" Wheeljack: "If it walks, it probably needs a long extension cord. Ha ha!" Ratchet: "Heh heh heh! I wonder if batteries are included. Heh heh heh!" Wheeljack: "When they turn it on, it'll probably blow the lights!" Optimus: "We're here to guard the robot, not to make jokes at its expense." LOL!! I just love that line! 🤣🤣🤣
Makes you wonder if Ratchet and Wheeljack had survived in Transformers: The Movie if they were both capable of repairing Prime after his battle with Megatron at Autobot City.
I think they could've. Considering how useful the two are, I was really surprised (and horrified) they still died in the first place. I guess the idiot writers felt they weren't needed anymore since they had Perceptor. 😞
This episode is the most nostalgic for me. This was the only episode of the transformers, that I had left recorded on a VHS tape since 80`s.. Great episode!
Definitely one of my favorites from the series. The battle scene is a great example of why this show was so much better than G I Joe. Every other line was a hokey joke in GI JOE, but Transformers could pull a semi-serious battle scene when they really wanted to, and this was one of the better ones imo.
18:33 a starscream highlight for me and maybe some of us Also the sfx are extremely loud in some moments of G1 like in this episode 1:43 your welcome for some folk out there
in my story, Nightbird would be part of Sixshot's unit as his enforcer and bodyguard. and like a ninja , silent and deadly. maybe have a japanese actress voice her, the accent would add flavor.
Fujiyama is all like "shouganai" when Prime apologizes for letting the Decepticons slip through his butter fingers with Nightbird. That's even more Japanese than the bowing. I've always liked how Wheeljack, the Autobots' top inventor, has a woikin' class Brooklyn accent.
18:16 This is the madest Starscream any bot has ever seen. And Megatron fears it because he's calling the two Seekers to restrain Starscream and had hum thrown in a cage!! 😂😂
Nightbird is Doctor Fujiyama's first man-made attempt to create an Artificial Intelligent humanoid robot prototype, he's also planned a second prototype called Windblade (the latter in which case is the first Transformers toy built by fans).
optimus prime: wait we can't risk hurting the humans me-that's why optimus prime is a good leader because good leaders cares about the safety of innocent people
Oh my gods, Megatron brought to life his very own anime waifu. Joshing aside... ... What, did the doctor exactly mean, by "Benefit Mankind"? That Bot is loaded up with every weapon known to everything, and the Decepitcons clearly didn't arm her previously. ... Unless... Benefit Mankind actually meant "By defending it from outer space robots"... Interesting intrigue fridge idea, and yet, never once expanded upon or intended...
Trough out the series there is a reference to Star Trek (sliding doors - whoosh sound), Star Wars (lightsaber sound and Tie Fighter firing/flying) and Battlestar Galactica TOS (blaster sound). Transformers G1 are the Best Transformers series and film ever
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“She’s not so hot.”
“She’s hot enough to replace you whenever I choose!”
*BEST LINES EVER*
Later... 18:16.
The implied gay sexual tension subtext between Megatron and Starscream is hilarious in this scene 😂
@@edkwon funny thing is, there are canonically gay transformers, and even canon gay marriges lol
Starscream acting like jealous girlfriend lmao
"Replace me? Never!"
The only Autobot that couldn't jump up the cliff was Cliff Jumper....
Lol
Irony!
@@SwiftNimblefoot ironyhide 😃
It's literally his name and he couldn't do it 🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂🤣😂. Subtle humor. Gotta love storytelling back then. Today everything is on the nose and the humor boring.
Fun fact: Ol' screamer was supposed to be electrocuted by "the cage" but the animators didn't put the moment in so he's just standing there screaming like a petulant child, which I think works on so many levels.
I think it's better they didn't add it
It's SO much better, I'm so glad they didn't animate him getting shocked 😂
Yeah fits the opportunistic baby perfectly
Afanof1 He woulda been, "AREEEHHEEE AEEEEEHHHHHH AHHHH."
A giant purple Decepticon insignia in the middle of the desert. Truly, an undetectable hidden base.
Not to mention you don't mark a base under your insignia if it's "temporary."
Gee, I wonder who might be in there????
Yeah just like how the decepticons know where the autobots base but haven't destroyed it yet
No better hiding place than in plain sight.
@@MachineD3vil it could be anyone
"She is not meant for battle or assassination"
*Wields a nunchuck, sai, dagger, and katana*
Well, since she's a giant robot, I really don't think by human standards she works well for assassination.........
Wanton destruction on the other hand.
Literal ninja warrior; "nope, no assassination shenanigans here!".
@@Kat_MacGrath That is a bit nebulous. In both cases, they were thought to be Derived from farming tools, though their typical designs are quite distinct and had different names compared their humble counterparts.
@@clownplayer7265You could assassinate a giant robot with her.
Then what EXACTLY the HELL would SHE be DOING with ALL that ninja WEAPONRY in her POSSESSION if she HERSELF WASN'T meant for COMBAT @MiddleEasternBorder?
'We're here to guard the robot. Not to make jokes at its expense' -Optimus lol
I found their jokes to be funny and besides, the robot wasn't a living being at that point so what was the big deal about making jokes about it?
That's one of the strangest talks Optimus has ever done.
@@girlgarde they prolly been on it even on the road, hell they started it even on Ark. Optimus reasoning is to keep them in focus, I mean look at what happened, Decepticons succeeded lol
@@GamingMafia_id That, and it's professional courtsey. If you were unveiling a new product and requested certain audience to help in protecting it, how would you feel if they were making jokes about your product without first understanding how it works? A bit inconsiderate and rude, even if the jokes are good-natured.
@@LockeLynx Ratchet and Wheeljack I think tend to dismiss anything Humans create machine wise as being primitive and quaint. In fact, both the Autobots AND the Decepticons have that problem regarding Human technology which is understandable but the Autobots need to realize that we Humans only stopped being cavemen 10,000 years ago while they and the Decepticons were born as an advanced civilization and have been that way for millions of years.
18:16 You know, despite G1 Starscream usually being a coward, this is the only time in the entire cartoon where he outright punched Megatron, like no null ray, no otherside help, he just straight up slugged him and actually knocked him to the ground.
Looked more like he punched the air in front of him.
Starscream sure was mad-jealous of that Female Ninja Robot.... just sayin'......
Not only! He had even the balls to shot Nightwing and then troll Megatron.
Starscream powered up then went apeshit.
And the gaurd a 3:45 wasn't watching
12:11 Optimus: She was playing Robotopossum.
Me: The F*ck is Robotopossum 😂
She was playing dead.
robot-possum
possums like to play dead
These made-up words kill me. They were at their worst in those 3 Spider-Man-style episodes: "And if you interfere ONE mini-con...."
Do they have Cyberpossums on Cybertron. Are they poisonous?
LMAO....yoooo that shit had me dying
All of these under one minute...
18:02 - Megatron finally found a wife
18:16 - Starscream pissed
18:33 - Starscream's scream
18:50 - Megatron was impressed of the Autobot's Electro-Mesh prison.
18:57 - Megatron just realized they took his soon-to-be wife.
Hahaha, Nightbird the homewrecker.
Screamstar stars
I still can't believe Starscream just decked Megatron like that. I was like "Damn, Starscream really just sucker punched Megatron with enough force to knock him down."
So… they’re a duo or?….
@@eastlakebaytalk4138 Too bad she only appeared in this Episode
Megatron: It's not fair! Optimus has a girlfriend, why can't I?!
@cjetelomar2010 if megs had a girlfriend they would have complained about violence towards females
Is starscream a male of female?
Actually nvm because i kinda think he acts like a female
Yeah, that wasn't fair. Optimus has Elita One so why couldn't Megatron have Nightbird?
If Megatron and Nightbird hooked up, it would be one of the most dysfunctional relationships in animated history and I will enjoy every minute of it.
Prime didn't even know what a ninja was at the beginning of the episode but by the end he's a freakin expert. 🤣
He probably did some reading on ninja after Nightbird was stolen.
Learning from close encounters XD
@@Animeaddiction yes, he's a very quick study
@@manicmidwife It's not that hard for living robots to scan books or download data. Remember Johnny Five from Short Circuit?
18:29 “You can’t keep me in here Megatron, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA” I love Starscream 💀
18:33 Thats a really manly scream from Starscream
5:10 I find Prime's to be more confusing
@@pureserenity524 😂🤣😂 omg you two are some seriously perceptive people.
Absolutely love that Nightbird straight up has a lightsaber! A proper one, because you can hear it is thanks to the show having the Ben Burtt effects. This episode is amazing.
This isn’t the first time they’ve used a famous sci-fi franchise for sound affects they actually used the sound of the elevator opening in Star Trek. Edit: in the first episode where Soundwave was producing boxes to store the energon in
@@harrywhitfield2688Does it sound like Darth Vader's breathing at 16:50 to you? For like half a second?
Starscream and the seekers often sound like tie fighters, and other blasters sound like star wars blasters sometimes. It gets me every time
She SHOULD'VE BEEN yet ANOTHER EVIL DECEPTION TRANSFORMER okay.
Nightdird SHOULD'VE BEEN YET ANOTHER EVIL DECEPTICON TRANSFORMER too as well okay @RussellSmithOmegaW.
The Autobots: Look at this piece of shit lol
Nightbird: *proceeds to beat all of their asses*
I love 18:50 and the bit after it. Megatron goes from sounding intrigued to utterly distraught within a second. It's like he just realized how bad that was for him in that moment.
@16:50 if you listen carefully right after Nightbird pulls out her lightsaber you can actually hear Darth Vader breathing. It is almost like they lifted the sound effects straight from the Star Wars films unfiltered 😂
Bruh you’re right! What the heck!?!?!? Did they copy Star Wars or something?
@@luistyleralvarez6702 to be fair I think TFG1 has came up before Star wars so most likely Hasbro has rights to own this.
@@LOBOLAMUARTEStar Wars (Ep. 4) 1977
Ep. 5 (ESB) 1980
EP 6 RotJ) 1983
Transformers S1 1984
Transformers S2 1985
So, no, Star Wars pre-dates. Transformers doesn't own the rights to the SFX.
@@luistyleralvarez6702 3:11
Um, Spike. You got the term of a warrior's home place incorrect. Ninjas are Chinese, not Japanese. Samurais are Japanese.
I've heard a lot of star wars sounds. Primarily the lightsaber turning on, clashing, waving, and tie fighter noises. On rare occasions I'll hear the star trek starship enterprise door opening/closing sound.
20:05 "Watch how my anti-matter blaster yeets out energy!"
Nightbird was definitely an underutilized character it would have been interesting if 'she' had made a reappearance or get somehow reformatted and be able to transform
She’s gonna be one of the antagonists of the upcoming Transformers: Rise of the Beasts film in 2023
She had a role in cyberverse alongside Soundblaster the other mercs so that was pretty cool
@@aderose Will the Insecticons be in Rise of the Beasts?
@@HunterTheHero nah it’s gonna be heavily inspired by the Beast Wars series
Transform into what?
The implied sexual tension subtext between Starscream (jealousy over Nightbird) and Megatron in this episode is hilarious 😂
That’s because Starscream looks up to Megatron as a father figure. LOL! One of the original ideas for Megatron background story that he was going to be a female leader of the Decepticon who was Prime Girlfriend before she turn evil and StarScream was going to be her boyfriend. But the idea was rejected and some subplots were kept in the G1 series. So it would not be crazy to think that Megatron was into Guy Robots even tho it’s only implied in the series. He might be bisexual in Cybertron terms. LOL! 😂
Mentally ill transformers fans...
@@illseeyaonthedarksideofthemoon come on man this episode was just straight up gay, lines like hot enough to replace you or the entire scene where Starscream punches Megatron outnof jaleousy makes it really hard not to see it that way.
And this is coming from somebody who doesn't even ships the characters or cares about it
Peopke like you are weird. Only weird gay shippers see that. You are talking about 2 characters that try to kill and beat each other on a daily basic. Starscream threw Megatron into space while Megatron returned as Galvatron and killed Starscream. Starscream just doesn't want his position of second-in-command to be taken away. The only things Starscream loves is himself and power.
@@ironmaster6496 Hot has many different meanings. You can call something or someone hot without romantic subtext. You are reading too much into a children cartoon in the 80s. Starscream just doesn't want to lose his position as second-in-command. You should remember that Starscream tries to kill Megatron on a daily basic and Megatron beats him like a punching bag. The only things Starscream loves are himself and power.
5:11 What the heck was that noise?!
"Ah! Uh-huh? Aah!" 😆😂🤣
You don't have to type it. Dang, you just made my day
Apparently Mirage was hit at some point in the original script? LOL
Sounds like megatron inserted his fusion cannon in prime’s back door
IM DYIUNGGVG
The sound Prime makes when Megatron shot him in the back at 5:11 always cracks me up!
HAHAHAH I NEVER NOTICED THAT HOLY S***
i noticed it straight away and was laughing my ass of just now XD
Sounds like Mirage's voice.
It’s an error. Or it’s the VA for Mirage trying not to bust a gut laughing at something.
He sounds like he aged 20 years
I really can t see how Starscream could get away with what he has done in this episode. He really did cross the point of no return here
In a transformers fanfic written by Pro-Decepticon fan Raksha in the late 90's, Megatron and the Decepticons tracked down Starscream and then Megatron beat him within a inch of his life. Starscream only survived because he told Megatron that only he stunned her and then Soundwave confirmed it using his telepathy. Even then, it took Soundwave and Thundercracker taking him back to base so Soundwave could repair him to insure that Starscream survived.
@@girlgarde Wow that's sounds pretty awesome, an interesting and logical route
@@ironmaster6496 Yeah, the fanfic portrayed the Decepticons as being more then just generic bad guys for the Autobots to fight but then again, Raksha was always big on that message in her fanfics and essays. She may have been far from perfect personality wise but she DID get me to re-think how I regarded the Decepticons.
He's done worse. Remember when he tried to blow up Earth and left Megatron behind
@@girlgardewhat is the name of the fanfic?
I haven't watched the whole series yet, but this might be my favorite G1 Transformers episode. This is an episode I think the writers knew was ridiculous and just ran with it. It's just so ridiculous, yet the premise is played almost totally straight.
“It’s just so ridiculous, yet the premise is played almost totally straight.” You just summed up G1 Transformers, and why I love it so much.
Its easily the gayest episode XD
Like i'm not into yaoi especially in Transformers but man the whole episode was basically Megatron dumping Starscream for a word for word hotter bot, witch Starscream acting like a jealous ex girlfriend
@@SirCap
You wanna know what's even funnier: Transformers Animated gave us Grimlock going nuts over a thorn in his foot and the Autobots fighting a fat Robin Hood, and yet you guys think that show is "deep" while G1 is plain ridiculous! 🤣🤣
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@@SirCap that's all transformers
I wish Nightbird returned. She was a cool character. She was the closest we ever got to a female Decepticon in G1. Even though the end looked promising for a return, it sadly never happened. Such a shame.
What about Arcee?
@@carminajanis1672 Arcee is an Autobot. I was referring to a female Decepticon.
Mmm, come to think about it, considering current Nightbird has been actually embraced by supplemental material as an actual Transformer with toys and all, she's arguably the first female Decepticon the same way Elita One and her squad are the first female autobots.
You'll love the Transformers Legends manga then.
14:02 best moment in transformers history
Bro Fr so true
😂
5:06 Why does Optimus sound like a old man who is stumbling suddenly? XD
That was ironhide
And probably why you guest that was ironhide was also voiced by peter Cullen who voiced optimus prime
@noodlecat6199 he meant at 5:12, where Optimus was blasted in the back.
Which Autobot has trouble scaling a cliffside? Cliffjumper. Oh, the irony.
12:10 is the greatest line I've ever heard in a cartoon
I love the fact Starscream could have broke himself out of the cage anytime he wished, but instead sat back and watched the battle first.
It's funny that the G1 Jazz would know so much about Human ninjas as the Transformers Animated Jazz was a Cyber Ninja himself along with the Animated Prowl.
The very obvious lightsaber copy has me laughing, they even used the sound 😂
Ikr I'm a star wars guy hearing the lightsaber ignite put a smile on my face
@@123k4chris the Star Wars sound effects were used heavily in The Transformers. There’s even X-Wing and TIE Fighter sound effects being used as they had the rights to use them.
@@RetroActionUK no it's because the same dude who worked on sfx for this worked on star wars
@@ALPHATRIXY that makes the most sense.
@@ALPHATRIXY No it's because they're stock sound effects. No one owns the rights to them. They're royalty free.
5:35 did starscream just say "Autoboobs" 😂😂😂
"Autoboobs, Decepticreeps, Decepticoocoo..." this show is gold😂😂
The fact he said " Floptimus Prime"😭🤣🤣
I love the way starsceam punch Megatron 😆😆
09:07 - "I don't understand anything the Decepticons do." - Prowl, master strategist and tactician, ladies and gentlemen. Yeah, the writers always forgot Prowl was supposed to be a strategist and Prime's second in command. He only shined in the comics.
Also, "formidable fighting force"? Did Spike watch the Kentucky Fried Movie? :D
He means that he doesn't understand why they are so evil and motivated only by conquest.
Apparently not Jazz is the number two with Ironhide later taking over.
@@Tracks2008 Thing about the Autobots is that they are Not Soldiers they are a Militia of Civilian Freedom Fighters. Optimus Prime was just a Warehouse Dock Worker. The Decepticons are the Soldiers. Personally I think the New Comics and Stuff fail Optimus when they don't make his Beginnings as Orion just a Blue Collar Guy. As an Archivist he becomes a Detached Intellectual, as an Cop he becomes apart of the System of Control. Blue Collar Optimus was a warm guy who gave a Shit and it showed.
@@Fenris30 I know that I said nothing against that.
@@Fenris30 Yeah, most of the Autobots had civilian jobs before the war. Optimus was a dock worker, Jazz was a musician most likely, Bumblebee was likely a courier, Ratchet was a doctor and so on.
In contrast, the Decepticons are all built for combat. Even those like the Constructicons and Soundwave who have great talents in things other then combat are made for warfare and enjoy combat.
21:57 "Just you wait...I'll escape someday and join the Decepticons..."
In my head canon she's dating Hot Rod. Sorta like Jinx and Falcon.
@@meg-k-waldrenstill need elaboration.
Cus for me, Megatron *claimed* her
14:00 Megatron being a man of culture?
THAT'S RIGHT
*She’s hot enough to replace YOU whenever I choose!*
"She's everything I always wanted" Why I do believe Megatron is falling in love.
Megatron calls new base temporary.
Carves a huge purple Decepticon logo out of the side of the mountain...
4:48 Hey Hot Rod! THAT’S how you guard your leader from an attack!
Jesus Christ that was loud!
Exactly. I know Hot Rod wanted to stop Megatron but he should've known that Megatron would've been able to overpower him and use him as a shield.
4:40 why are people so bad at timestamping?
@@guest9243I can't help but think of the pipe clanging sound effect and now I can't stop laughing
@@girlgarde "use him as a shield"
Define hostage for me.
Also, a low-on-energy Optimus was overpowering Megatron since Blaster Blues. The only reason Megatron was able to kill him was because Optimus fell for a mercy ruse.
It's hilarious how someone thought making a giant robot ninja lady would "benefit mankind". Also, while she looks cool, Nightbird ultimately sucks. She only managed to win and escape because the Autobots were under orders not to shoot her.
Yeah but there is a ninja robot called sixshot in one of the japanese TF cartoons who isn't sucky. Maybe she became the inspiration for that guy.
Basically, it's just some kinda warbot that would cause trouble and not benefit mankind at all.
@@kirongauff4934 well in war it reduces death on the side of the good guys if its just fighting war robots so I guess it does have a purpose
@@UToobUsername01 Sixshot was already an established character who then (for whatever reason) was turned into a ninja.
Sixshot will always be a S.T.A.G. (Solo Transformer Assault Group) to me. Headmasters turning him into a ninja just felt like a lame attempt to make him cool.
Waste of time because he was already cool.
Why didn’t they bring her back in future episodes? “Return of the Nightbird” would of been a great title episode.
She did. She's in Megatron's closet.
She was in Takara Legends, made a cameo in Dreamwave, featured in a few TFCC comics and a few new toys like Legends, Generations Selects, and now Masterpiece.
@@tannerprice2018 I know. Thank you for the info, but Sunbow/Hasbro should of made the additional appearance in the G1 series.
Not in episode, but she did make a comic, with many sisters. When Daniel was grown up, him and Wheelie went down to Cybertron, outnumberd and looking at death in the face, the two set off a big bomb to wipe out the Nightbird's. This drove Arcee into madness.
When I was a kid, I never understood why they made Nightbird a one-off character, never to be seen or heard from again in the cartoon. I mean she had so much potential for future episodes.
Best line goes to Starscream. He calls the Autobots Autoboobs as he steals a fembot! Lol!
Ok I just love the sound that comes with bombshells voice also a robot ninja holding a literal lightsaber in a show completely unrelated to star wars is just amazing
4:30 that's how you make an entrance.
Kool-Aid man is eyeing Megatron suspiciously.
"Doors? I love that band!"
-Megatron, likely
Nightbird: *exists*
Megatron: I came
Everyone else gets shot and they are really hurt. Optimus gets shot in the butt and his plot armor is thickest there. 😂
@5:11- I've never heard Optimus sound as goofy as when he got struck in the back by Megatron!😹😹😹 He smacked him back properly, though!👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾
Megatron: NIGHTBIRD, NO!!!
Starscream: EY BOSS!
Megatron: hahaha, I found my mistress who shares the same color tone.
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Nightbird: Dies because of Starscream*
Megatron:Haha.. Looks like I don't have a girlfriend anymore........
18:32
nobody:
starscream: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
21:10
"Hey! Say Goodnight To Your Megatron! Ahahahahahahaha!!!!"
"Decepticons, AFTER HIM! I WANT THAT TRAITOR'S STEEL HIDE!"
Once again, having a roof on their base would have saved the Autobots a lot of grief.
Man, TFs always brings back the best memories of being a kid in the 80s. Definitely picking up MP Nightbird. LOL
Starscreams insecurity was the best part of this episode! XD
Is nobody talking about the fact there's a freaking LIGHTSABER that has THE SAME SOUND EFFECTS FROM STAR WARS?
1:43 WoahhhhhH!!!!!!! Optimus stop saying that in every franchise!
Important episode for anyone going to see Rise of the Beasts as Nightbird makes her first proper jump to the big screen as one of the terrorcons
In name only, really
I always wanted to see Nightbird come back, even in another show and another continuity. She would’ve been awesome in something like Transformers: Prime or War for Cybertron as a stealth helicopter or something similar. And yes, I’d love it if they kept Megatron’s massive hard-on for her. That’s funny as hell.
I know it's a shame we only saw her once
That opening fight scene was gold! And damn, did Megatron have all the best lines: Magatron: Mirage! Prepare to disappear. PERMANENTLY.
looks like Megatron has a crush
18:33
"AEAEAEEAHHH"
- The most beautiful scream in existence
Spike: "It's over my head too" At 9:10 it is literally.
Wow, you got the visual gag, you must be proud of yourself
Ratchet: "Dr. Fujiyama's doohickey's under that drape!"
Wheeljack: "If it walks, it probably needs a long extension cord. Ha ha!"
Ratchet: "Heh heh heh! I wonder if batteries are included. Heh heh heh!"
Wheeljack: "When they turn it on, it'll probably blow the lights!"
Optimus: "We're here to guard the robot, not to make jokes at its expense."
LOL!! I just love that line! 🤣🤣🤣
21:11 “SAY GOODNIGHT TO YOUR MEGATRON! AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAAAH!!😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣”
14:02 "She's hot enough to replace YOU whenever I choose!" - reinforces my theory that Megatron and Starscream dated back on Cybertron.
It has more homoeroticism than Interview with a Vampire.
@@mroctober3657 who can understand those robosexuals.... then again, I'm sure there's a reason they're called TRANSformers ;)
James Robert's took notes
18:33 perfectly cut scream
Makes you wonder if Ratchet and Wheeljack had survived in Transformers: The Movie if they were both capable of repairing Prime after his battle with Megatron at Autobot City.
Well, Perceptor was there and he's as skilled at repair jobs as them but even HE couldn't repair Prime or else he would've done so.
he 100% could, but Hasbro said no. Even in this episode Prime survived a full blast of Megatron's fusion cannon lol 5:09
I think they could've.
Considering how useful the two are, I was really surprised (and horrified) they still died in the first place. I guess the idiot writers felt they weren't needed anymore since they had Perceptor. 😞
She was playing robotopossum
One of the stupidest lines uttered by Prime.
Maybe there are robotopossums on Cybertron. They get into the trash cans of Autobot headquarters.
@@duanebarry2817 ikr.
This line got a genuine laugh out of me. I'm not sure if it was intended but it was funny
@@SwiftNimblefoot no sense of humor
I can't believe Cliffjumper never said "On the top of the charts this week is..."
5 mins in and wow that decepticon suprise assault on the building to capture nightbird was amazing🔥💯
I love that Spike disappears halfway through.
13:45 Starscream’s jealousy at its finest.
Also 14:00.
This episode is the most nostalgic for me. This was the only episode of the transformers, that I had left recorded on a VHS tape since 80`s.. Great episode!
This was an episode I also taped, I watched it so many times on VHS.
Definitely one of my favorites from the series. The battle scene is a great example of why this show was so much better than G I Joe. Every other line was a hokey joke in GI JOE, but Transformers could pull a semi-serious battle scene when they really wanted to, and this was one of the better ones imo.
21:18 Decepticons after him! I want that traitor steelhide!
And then they fly off into the sunset. THE END
5:30 Did Starscream say AutoBOOBS?
Yes he did😆
I love the writing back in the day. They said some crazy shit. Modern day too policed.
In season 3 Ghost in the Machine episode Starscream's ghost calls them autocunts
@@mroctober3657 Thanks 👍. I didn't know that.
Yes, but not the kind some of you are thinking of. Starscream was always full of himself and viewed himself smarter than most.
One of the best things about this show is Megatron and Starscream arguing. It's really great in this episode.
15:47 HEY! Put that thing down before we get sued!
18:33 a starscream highlight for me and maybe some of us
Also the sfx are extremely loud in some moments of G1 like in this episode
1:43 your welcome for some folk out there
Starscream: Replace me? NEVER!!
in my story, Nightbird would be part of Sixshot's unit as his enforcer and bodyguard. and like a ninja , silent and deadly. maybe have a japanese actress voice her, the accent would add flavor.
I believe Nightbird would be part of the terrorcons in rise of the Beast now.
She will be voiced by a Hispanic transwoman in the Movie
Fujiyama is all like "shouganai" when Prime apologizes for letting the Decepticons slip through his butter fingers with Nightbird. That's even more Japanese than the bowing.
I've always liked how Wheeljack, the Autobots' top inventor, has a woikin' class Brooklyn accent.
18:16 This is the madest Starscream any bot has ever seen. And Megatron fears it because he's calling the two Seekers to restrain Starscream and had hum thrown in a cage!! 😂😂
So nobody was on guard outside the building. Ok.
😂😂
And Frenzy opening fire on tightly packed people and nobody getting hurt 😂
Budget cuts
Ikr? Hate those damn plot-holes
Does not Matter. The deceptions would have been able to get nightbird. They are to strong for the autobots
“My curiosity is aroused.”
I love the SW lightsaber sound fx! Was obsessed with ninjas and Tramsformers in the 80s, easily my favorite episode!
Megatron always interested about Nightbird is a perfect ninja robot.
Megatron! You fiend!
Makes me laugh everytime
Nightbird is Doctor Fujiyama's first man-made attempt to create an Artificial Intelligent humanoid robot prototype, he's also planned a second prototype called Windblade (the latter in which case is the first Transformers toy built by fans).
optimus prime: wait we can't risk hurting the humans
me-that's why optimus prime is a good leader because good leaders cares about the safety of innocent people
6:34 Who knew it was Bombshell and not Paris Hilton who started the expression "LOVE IT."
Oh my gods, Megatron brought to life his very own anime waifu.
Joshing aside...
... What, did the doctor exactly mean, by "Benefit Mankind"? That Bot is loaded up with every weapon known to everything, and the Decepitcons clearly didn't arm her previously.
... Unless... Benefit Mankind actually meant "By defending it from outer space robots"... Interesting intrigue fridge idea, and yet, never once expanded upon or intended...
10:21 After 38 years, in Rise of The Beasts, Nightbird still hates Mirage
Poor Mirage can't catch a break; he already has to put up with Cliffjumper and Ironhide suspecting him of treachery.
you can't keep me in here megaton!AAAAA-
Her alt mode should be an unmanned drone for surveillance and stealth bombing
Her alt mode should alt goth baddie
HAHAHAHA Prime saying “She was playing robot-opossum” 😂😂😂😂
1:43 Optimus Prime: "My Curiosity is aroused...we will come doctor." lmao 🤣🤣🤣
Seriously Braun! You're willing to walk all the way to the US from Japan?
😂😂
Trough out the series there is a reference to Star Trek (sliding doors - whoosh sound), Star Wars (lightsaber sound and Tie Fighter firing/flying) and Battlestar Galactica TOS (blaster sound). Transformers G1 are the Best Transformers series and film ever
And in the first episode they briefly used the Dr Who sonic screwdriver sound
There's also sound effects from Flash Gordon and War of the World's used in this episode.
At least this NightBird is so much better than the other one in Rise of the Beasts.
IDK I think both versions are good.
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@mrefromninjago7665, at least one of them is. And I mean from the cartoon.
@@VJ87GNightbird’s fate in RotB was a good metaphor for the entire movie. 😂