Autobot NEGLECTED as a child! Backstory of Sideswipe

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  • An analysis of Sideswipe from Transformers Robots in Disguise 2015, discussing his insecurities and possible backstory.
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ความคิดเห็น • 256

  • @emperorkumquat
    @emperorkumquat  ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Find me on social media! beacons.ai/emperor_kumquat/

    • @wackywoohoopizzaman
      @wackywoohoopizzaman ปีที่แล้ว +3

      wha-

    • @etabiansosin
      @etabiansosin ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Imagine if there were more Planet-Sized Transformers in the near future. That would be awesome and epic.

    • @whirl909
      @whirl909 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Can you made a video of Strongarm' backstory, i mean one like this but with Strongarm

    • @joannabevan5456
      @joannabevan5456 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Poor Sideswipe😥😥

  • @Mr.Maguro
    @Mr.Maguro ปีที่แล้ว +985

    It's a small thing, but the episode where Sideswipe doesn't want to believe the possibility of Grimlock being a traitor all along is kinda sweet. It makes sense for his character too, of course he would latch on to a fellow misunderstood youngster with a criminal record, the only of his teammates that didn't want to arrest him or assumed the worst of him. Grimlock being a traitor would probably have made him feel even more alone and miserable than he already was.

    • @autobotjedi3457
      @autobotjedi3457 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      That's one of my favorite episodes! And I like your theory - it makes sense

    • @blueraccoon1088
      @blueraccoon1088 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's not small it's a big arc for him he may not care for the history record but let's be real he must have been a fan and bee was a hero to him

    • @geomania8533
      @geomania8533 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Still it was sweet of him to defend Grimlock.

    • @helloiwanttootakeoverthewo3217
      @helloiwanttootakeoverthewo3217 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Well not the only person it was literally only strong arm thought grimlock was evil cause she has no brains

    • @Starstudent-ship
      @Starstudent-ship 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I like that very much, but also , I think Sideswipe sees Grimlock as the same age, though I think Grimlock is at least a young adult who just thinks irrationally. But yeah, Grimlock is kiddish, so Sideswipe getting attached to him makes sense. Plus, Grimlock is the only bot on the team that doesn't try to correct or, in Sideswipe's mind, control him about his actions.

  • @15oClock
    @15oClock ปีที่แล้ว +257

    Sideswipe is the archetype of the funny kid at school vs the funny kid at home.

  • @DeeRizz
    @DeeRizz ปีที่แล้ว +627

    RiD Sideswipe is really underrated, would you call a human stupid if they were always left and never had a true family, plus he was always abandoned. This is one of the times when RiD hits really hard

    • @googleyoflolz9930
      @googleyoflolz9930 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      He was the only conpitent character imop

    • @TheManWhoErasedHisNane
      @TheManWhoErasedHisNane ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@googleyoflolz9930 That’s fact especially when other characters have nerfed intelligence especially the returning ones

    • @googleyoflolz9930
      @googleyoflolz9930 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@TheManWhoErasedHisNane And for some reason he bothered to save Russel when he first met him (multiple times) showing that he does actually care about people. Even the ones he doesn't know.

    • @Wolfstar18659
      @Wolfstar18659 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      the writers try to capture what made Prime special. in some ways it didn't work, but in some ways it did.

  • @metal_fusion
    @metal_fusion ปีที่แล้ว +518

    Man everyone needs a family and it’s ironic that no other continuity includes his brother Sunstreaker

    • @potatospeedwagon3994
      @potatospeedwagon3994 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Yeah, I want more Transformers content with the twins.

    • @swankytable84
      @swankytable84 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Ikr? And the possibilities of adding Sunstreaker into RiD would've been amazing.
      Or any other continuity, too.

    • @Timelordderpy
      @Timelordderpy ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Exactly! It’s not far! Sideswipe needs to have his brother!

    • @miyako1909
      @miyako1909 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      There are 2 Sideswipes in this continuity. WFC Sideswipe and RID Sideswipe. There is a WFC Sunstreaker, too. RID Sideswipe probably was named after WFC Sideswipe, just like how RID Grimlock took on the name of WFC Grimlock.

    • @miyako1909
      @miyako1909 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @swankytable84 But there is a Sunstreaker in this continuity. RID belongs to the Aligned Continuity along with the WFC, FOC games and TFP. There is a WFC Sideswipe and a WFC Sunstreaker.

  • @IzzyMarrie
    @IzzyMarrie ปีที่แล้ว +500

    Always saw the kid in him, and even when I got frustrated with him, I always felt bad for him, too. Maybe it's because I was a lonely kid who sometimes acted out for attention, but him begging others not to leave him endeared me to him

  • @mooniegoodie
    @mooniegoodie ปีที่แล้ว +150

    Give this bot a hug
    And a blankey
    And another hug
    And some therapy

    • @Multi_Fandom_Fangirl278
      @Multi_Fandom_Fangirl278 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I know!! He was put through so much in his past. (He’s my 3rd favorite character actually. I found that out now-)

    • @K4yThen
      @K4yThen 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      and a cup of hot chocy

  • @Mythical4227
    @Mythical4227 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    I got mad at the treatment for being clingy. They’re his friends, they should notice. Kids will see traumatic responses brushed off until they admit their vulnerability.
    It’s like *an episode of struggles* “I’m scared of being left behind!” “We won’t leave you behind!” *end* when saying something clingy IS admitting vulnerability to sideswipe. They could just talk to him! Like, “Hey. Sticking together is what teams do, it’s a given. Why do you feel more nervous?” BAM! EASY! It would even teach kids to ask how others are doing!

  • @gem9535
    @gem9535 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    It’s kinda sad how much potential this show had, but quantity was put over quality.

  • @cheungmichealcheungkimchi1341
    @cheungmichealcheungkimchi1341 ปีที่แล้ว +372

    If only they gave him character development throughout the series, the potentials are there, sad they didn’t do anything meaningful with it

    • @clogs4956
      @clogs4956 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Remember that Cybertronians have personality components holding key traits.
      Maybe poor Sideswipe was created with abandonment issues and he just couldn’t help misinterpreting situations, like we see in the series.

    • @cheungmichealcheungkimchi1341
      @cheungmichealcheungkimchi1341 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@clogs4956 in Prime or I guess the whole aigned continuity cybertronians are more biology than technology, their minds can grow and mature just like us, Smokescreen was one example, he started off rash and hotheaded, disobeying orders and such, but at the end of the series he became more capable, while he still disobeyed orders from Optimus like returning to the base as Optimus sacrifices himself ,it was because smokescreen believes it is the right thing to do ,he even declined the Matrix being passed on to him even though at the beginning this is what he dreamed of. He was still the smug eager young bot but the way he thinks has changed drastically

    • @Mr.Maguro
      @Mr.Maguro ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Prime had very little character development anyways, and it undid what little it had, with Optimus downright forgetting that he wanted to kill Megatron after the Orion Pax episode.
      Honestly, RID suffers from the same problems as Prime, the only difference is the artstyle and light-hearted tone.

    • @miyako1909
      @miyako1909 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @clogs4956 Nope. Cybertronians are capable of growing and changing. Ir was shown in many continuities. They aren't different from humans in that aspect. In G1, we have the Aerialbots who were disrespectful to other Autobots and dislike humans, matured and grew. They became serious in the duty of protecting humans. Even made friends with one human. Hot Rod who was reckless, became a responsible leader as Rodimus Prime.

    • @IrishKyokushin
      @IrishKyokushin ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Jeff Kline (the producer for Prime and RID) insisted that the staus quo be restored at the end of every episode.

  • @syrenking
    @syrenking ปีที่แล้ว +165

    9:26 "i don't know if you will still be here when i get back"
    Is an interesting and heartbreaking line
    as if someone did exactly that to him in the past

    • @autobotjedi3457
      @autobotjedi3457 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yeah, which opens a window into his past

    • @tashafrancis8999
      @tashafrancis8999 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If it remember right, Sunstreaker died during war/fall of Cybertron if Sideswipe was on a patrol Sunstreaker could have died before Sideswipe got back

    • @autobotjedi3457
      @autobotjedi3457 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@tashafrancis8999 ow, no wonder he'd have abandonment/loneliness issues.
      My poor boy...🥺

  • @Eramiskel
    @Eramiskel ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Another factor of Sideswipes hidden clingy side is that he usually fights with Strongarm for pretty much anything and seems like he dislikes her, but in the episode he gets split in two, his softer side expresses a few times via dialogue and actions that he actually likes her a lot and doesn't like when they fight one another. He wants to be get along and get to know Strongarm but his delinquent side is restricting any progress.

  • @rainbowracer9576
    @rainbowracer9576 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    The more I learned of sideswipe’s backstory was told, the more I felt sorry for him.

  • @shadowmarauder6033
    @shadowmarauder6033 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    The problem was, they never developed him or any of the characters in a major permanent way. I would’ve loved an episode where his teammates have to go inside his brain module to try to help him recover from something, but discover his past & the reasons he’s both very clingy & quick to think he’s replaceable.
    Also, Sideswipe’s behavior reminds me of Silver or Gladion from Pokémon.

    • @urmomisgay916
      @urmomisgay916 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I wish some talented animator could make such an episode for the fans...

    • @nightwing6821
      @nightwing6821 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That's true an episode that was more Sideswipe Centric would be a good idea

  • @mariaisabelg4701
    @mariaisabelg4701 ปีที่แล้ว +189

    It's little things like these that really makes you think that RiD 2015 could've been so much better. I love Sideswipe and I really wish the RiD could've explored these themes rather than to always restart the status quo and this is coming from someone who enjoyed RiD low-key.
    Your analysis' have always been amazing. I'm glad that RiD Sideswipe is getting the spotlight.

  • @kickbrosmasher5155
    @kickbrosmasher5155 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Rid had a lot of potential with great concepts that were poorly handled

  • @Boingnania
    @Boingnania ปีที่แล้ว +134

    As a kid, my favourite character in RID was always Sideswipe, and seeing this makes me love the character more

    • @googleyoflolz9930
      @googleyoflolz9930 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He's the most cimpitent character

    • @gem9535
      @gem9535 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I cannot tell you how old this comment makes me feel 😂

  • @onyx_gabriel
    @onyx_gabriel ปีที่แล้ว +96

    You know, in that in the episode where Bee’s team was captured and had nightmares, I wished that Sideswipe’s nightmare was about his abandonment issues rather than his claustrophobia

    • @swankytable84
      @swankytable84 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Wait, he has claustrophobia?

    • @onyx_gabriel
      @onyx_gabriel ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@swankytable84 yeah. In his nightmare he was stuck in a traffic jam in Cybertron, he transformed out and everything started to close in on him. “I need some room to move!”

    • @swankytable84
      @swankytable84 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@onyx_gabriel And the writers thought "Huh, let's give this character with a LOT of potential a fear that has nothing to do with his trauma. GENIUS!!"
      Though to be fair, they probably just didn't want to make the show 'too dark' for their target audience.

    • @onyx_gabriel
      @onyx_gabriel ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Eashgirl2 possible

    • @swankytable84
      @swankytable84 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Eashgirl2 True, true

  • @adawnicusautocon
    @adawnicusautocon ปีที่แล้ว +95

    Tbh I never hated Sideswipe, sure he was a punk but I like that dynamic of him and him growing up, he and Strongarm gave me underdog vibes. And you elaborating the backstory of this young bot really helps. Also, while people might ship Sideswipe with Windblade, I'm a Strongarm x Sideswipe fan, I'm into the whole magnetic romantic thing, Opposites attract.

  • @pancho855
    @pancho855 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Man, really feel bad for him. As the Sideswipe I'm the most familiar with, it's nice to know more about him

  • @slippahmastah
    @slippahmastah ปีที่แล้ว +80

    This is why the Aligned Continuity needs to continue. It’s creates interesting backstories but doesn’t really touch more into it.

    • @Rubywing4
      @Rubywing4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      We really need a good TF show that delves deep into the characters' backstories, personalities, worldbuilding and lore, and also make some good character development and redemption for those who were bad guys but want to/get encouraged to do better.
      Like, battle scenes are cool and all, but they don't have to take up the majority of the shows, there's gotta be room for a good story and well-written characters, and an interesting world they live in.
      This is, of course, hard to do with cartoons because of run time and sometimes a limit on how many episodes can be released, idk, for some reason Animated's season 4 was cancelled even though everyone wanted to see it.
      It's easier to delve deep into everything when it comes to comics, coz there ain't a limit to how many issues a continuity/series has to have, and though there may be a limit on pages, it can always say "To Be Continued" and then take as much time as it needs to be finished, polished and enjoyable to the readers.
      At least, that's my interpretation of it all.

    • @robrice7246
      @robrice7246 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ​@@Rubywing4 Isn't that what Earthspark is currently doing?

    • @robrice7246
      @robrice7246 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I do have a headcannon version of the most recent TF show that connects it to the Aligned continuity. Mostly because of three things:
      1. Quintus Prime & the Emberstone
      2. Megatron's redemption
      3. Starscream

  • @onaidysolis-wv2pe
    @onaidysolis-wv2pe ปีที่แล้ว +18

    As someone who has a fear of being abandoned I can relate to sideswipe and his story sounds really sad I feel so sorry for him

  • @zara-hope5518
    @zara-hope5518 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    You think Sunstreak would adopt him? After all the old Sideswripe could of been killed during the war and sunny may have been trapped within his grief waiting for a brother who will never come back and then after RID Sideswipe is taken back to Cybertron and is paired up with Sunstreak. they could help each other with their traumas of loss one who lost a family member and one who never really had someone to make him feel that he had a real home and someone to love him. I also think he would have Bob as an emotional support insecticon because of his PTSD plus he wold help Sideswripe's anxiety so he doesn't feel alone when Sunstreak goes to work or comes back from school.
    Boy I come up with great plots.

    • @diegodankquixote-wry3242
      @diegodankquixote-wry3242 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Obviously Cloudracer would adopt him. He has the same robot mode but turns into a jet. 🌚😈🌚

  • @Rubywing4
    @Rubywing4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Honestly, despite all the fights between Sideswipe and Strongarm being annoying and they don't seem to be learning better throughout the show, I actually also like the detailed insecurities of Sideswipe with abandonment throughout the show, really makes him feel like an actual character and not just some walking joke for cheap laughs or anything.
    Especially in "Exiles" I felt his fear when he got left behind in the battlefield, I would absolutely have freaked out if that was me and done the same thing as him, running around in panic and just hiding and crying for help, hoping to be heard.
    I don't have any traumas like he has, but still having anxiety to some degree, I can relate well to that side of him.
    Also I think it's fine to call young Cybertronians teenagers, at least if the bots saying it are familiar with the Earth term, like Bumblebee is.
    Other than that, I think Cybertronians do sometimes refer to young bots as kids, even before going to/learning about Earth?
    "Kid" could be a universal term just referring to young minds and not necessarily just the physical youth, whereas "teenager" is more of an Earth term for the transition between childhood and adulthood.
    Sometimes even adults can be called "kid" by other, older adults, which often is an insult, whether intentional or unintentional.
    I wonder if any new bots from before the war started - like mid caste and especially high caste (not low caste coz those were slaves) - were adopted by older bots to learn how the world worked? Or were new bots perhaps just thrown into work immediately, including high caste work like military, science, art, school and stuff without anyone to guide them through?
    Coz I imagine bots with mental disorders like autism, ADHD, anxiety or such, even if "born" into the high caste like Starscream (who I definitely think has something like that, if not all three), would have trouble settling in and doing well without a mentor to guide them.

  • @Vivigreeny25
    @Vivigreeny25 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Im so frustrated that the show flopped the way it did, because it’s characters have a lot of potential, but they don’t do anything with it.
    Like, I like the family dynamic they have going on but the bickering and fighting is literally never resolved. Nobody ever learns anything for longer than an episode.

  • @allexmussen9107
    @allexmussen9107 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I love RiD Sideswipe. He's a cool character and actually pretty interesting as a RiD character compared to some other ones

  • @Kaila.Falcon
    @Kaila.Falcon ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Great analysis! This show and it's characters had so much potential but it was wasted. Such a shame... :(
    Still a major part of my childhood though.

  • @icebearlikestrains6238
    @icebearlikestrains6238 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    YES! thank you. i've always found RiD15 Sidewipe to actually be really interesting, and a lot of people just don't seem to see it (even saw someone say he "can go choke", like :/ ? way to misunderstand him). the way they write his character with his abandonment issues and other characteristics is subtle and i feel he is one of the few competently written characters in RiD15.

  • @realm69437
    @realm69437 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    He could've had a backstory with sunstreaker and maybe thats the reason why he's disrespectful to optimus because sunstreaker died in the war and optimus couldn't save him

  • @Galvawave
    @Galvawave ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Personally, Sideswipe has always been a favorite of mine. I'd be surprised if he was a different character is RID 15 because that's the first version of Sideswipe I got introduced to

  • @kennethsatria6607
    @kennethsatria6607 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    My god a redeemable feature for the show, maybe I might rewatch

  • @littlemittenz7553
    @littlemittenz7553 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    When episode 62 came out, I kept replaying Sideswipe's breakdown so many times. I found it very intriguing and important that they covered something like this, although a bit sad they didn't expand on it in the next episode, but at the same time, I think they wrapped it up nicely. Sideswipe was the only factor why I kept watching this show. I like your comparison to IDW2, and I think your theory is really well put together. 💕

  • @j-starchaser
    @j-starchaser ปีที่แล้ว +19

    UUUGGHHH There was so much potential!!
    Also, we appreciate your sacrifice - watching all of RID15 to get those references!

  • @honeylemontea8541
    @honeylemontea8541 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    When I tell you I sobbed to “Exiles”. It freaking hurts. I was literally just-😩

  • @longshot9757
    @longshot9757 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    An excellent case study. Thank you for this.

  • @sggoldensun6903
    @sggoldensun6903 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Yeah, I can agree with the video about this version of Sideswipe. I also have to do a lot of research over the past months about RiD2015 since I was bored and I need information to gain. Overall, Sideswipe is very underrated if you understand where he's coming from and his words hints out a lot of information. Even when he jokes about it, not everyone gets it because they don't know what he faced in his youth. I always have to see what Vector Prime has on Tumblr because RiD2015 is has a lot of plot holes and you can learn what plot holes he filled up. Sideswipe is a great character overall imo, I sometimes just wished that Sunstreaker and Bob existed.

    • @diegodankquixote-wry3242
      @diegodankquixote-wry3242 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Vector Prime was never on Tumblr, he was on Facebook. 😱
      Also most people have iusses with rid2015 character writing, humor, worship of status quo, etc. and not the actual plots of most episodes, so I'm not sure how some unofficial Tumblr ask Vector Prime could save rid2015 in that way.

  • @edsonjairquinteromagana9079
    @edsonjairquinteromagana9079 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Wow, now i realise how insecure Sideswipe was, he is begging for company all the time, praying to don´t be left behind and his delinquent activities were just a mask to hide his feelings, poor kid.

  • @mikeyrosenblum7219
    @mikeyrosenblum7219 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    All the sideswipes would be pissed at Rid 2015 sideswipe

    • @metal_fusion
      @metal_fusion ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Damn i’m good
      - Roft Sideswipe

  • @NoirRaven
    @NoirRaven ปีที่แล้ว +12

    As a child of abandonment myself, i should empathize with Sodeswipe...but all I can concentrate on is how much of a whining annoyance he is. Christ, no wonder people left me back then.

  • @spookycircuits455
    @spookycircuits455 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The show could have been better then it was if it was more willing to explore these plot lines.

    • @swankytable84
      @swankytable84 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tbh, if it explored this plot line, then I would've actually tolerated the show.

  • @scoutravenson3641
    @scoutravenson3641 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    9:08 “which one are you going to keep? Me right?!”
    Maybe his creators kept his twin Sunstreaker and abandoned him. Maybe that’s where Sunny is.☹️😢💔

  • @mdxque8393
    @mdxque8393 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Wait? Your talking about something positive in RID?! Who are you what have ya done to Kumquat!?

    • @Mariawasnthere
      @Mariawasnthere ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SOMEONE GET THE CRUCIFIX THERES A DEMON POSSESSING KUMQUATS BODY /jjjj

    • @diegodankquixote-wry3242
      @diegodankquixote-wry3242 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Kinda sus Kumquat made a video character analyzing one from rid2015 before rid2001, but we'll live.

    • @mdxque8393
      @mdxque8393 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@diegodankquixote-wry3242 heh. :D

  • @Crystre
    @Crystre ปีที่แล้ว +6

    He’s literally the one autobot in the show I don’t absolutely hate (Grimlock is just dinobot to me, being neither autobot or decepticon)

  • @nil981
    @nil981 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Wait....did sideswipe just, break the fourth wall when asking jazz when he will be back?

  • @melaniecamp3407
    @melaniecamp3407 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sideswpies story is emotional and it kinda reminded it of myself when I was way younger, when ever my family would get in the car without me it made me feel they would leave me. Then I became a loner later in my life. Acting quiet and cool but now I'm way different. Now I'm more cautious but still quiet and shy. But still having trust issues. This story is emotional but I still really like sideswipe. He might as well be one of my favs.

  • @fgl8044
    @fgl8044 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The biggest reason I always disliked Sideswipe in this show is exactly this.
    Sideswipe in the comics as a kid was a badass, reliable, always ready for a fight and to support his fellow autobots. Even IDW Sideswipe was coolheaded and strong, but this isn't him. It's some other bot with his name, marketed as Sideswipe. But unlike many characters in shows and such that don't feel like the original, this Sideswipe feels especially wrong. I feel the same for the black and green Grimlock (especially since in comics, Grimlock had a vehicle mode before a dinomode, it's stupid he just CAN'T get a new one and has to ride on the back of a trailer. His stupidity also feels forced but that I can look past to some extent)
    Not only that but his basic design was also a turn off for me. He was essentially the only design for this show I genuinely disliked. The hot red color, the red symbol on his chest that's almost unnoticeable with his base color, his face (everyone's faces look weird in this show, same for Prime to me but somehow Prime's artstyle made it less noticable), and his Hair?? Why did he have hair? Nobody else in this show or Prime had a head sculpt like that, just him. I hated it. I loved the level of humanity and such that Prime gave the cybertronian characters, and the lore that seperated humans and cybertronians proper but still had similarities to relate to them. Like, sure, there's such thing as a "young" bot, but the most we see is early Bumblebee's stubbornness and Smokescreen's recklessness and disregard of serious aspects like loss and such since he has only just then joined the war versus everyone else who've been fighting for years. But Sideswipe in this show was always *too human* to me, too young, y'know?
    I genuinely hate how Sideswipe is more relatable as a kid stand-in than the actual human child in the show, especially since he's supposed to be a dilenquant teenager.
    I don't hate RID, but there are so many parts that just feel too odd to enjoy for me.

    • @YautjaSpacePirate
      @YautjaSpacePirate ปีที่แล้ว

      Ehh...yeah. I agree. I realize it's geared more towards small kids, but still. That's why I liked TFP better. Both kids and adults can enjoy it.

  • @sepp4815
    @sepp4815 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    my theory know is that Sideswipe name is actually Fastlane and he just later changed its name to onnor the hero Sideswipe or he could ones meat real Sideswip and got inspired by him or something like that

    • @MrBrandonStar
      @MrBrandonStar 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’m guessing sideswipe is idk 6 years old as and Bumblebee million years old

  • @masonlaw3520
    @masonlaw3520 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Honestly, this just makes me wish this show was better than it was.

    • @semapeker2426
      @semapeker2426 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As someone who was ok with and enjoyed this show, i agree.

  • @n0ir945
    @n0ir945 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    But they just always forget sunstreaker 🤦🏾‍♂️

    • @blueraccoon1088
      @blueraccoon1088 ปีที่แล้ว

      If they painted his insecure half yellow that I make him cannon

  • @green-legacy
    @green-legacy ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i like your theory’s on RID

  • @AAA-2100
    @AAA-2100 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I never thought I would feel sorry for this dude

  • @FriendlyNeighborhoodGeek99
    @FriendlyNeighborhoodGeek99 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I liked this take on sideswipe tbh, great video!

  • @jaytait8192
    @jaytait8192 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    since the heavy casualties on Cybertron, i wouldn’t be surprised if the OG Sideswipe died and was put in a new body with a resurrected spark. so instead of being a hardened vet, he’s like a kid again, and has a whole legacy to live up to with the survivors of the war all expecting him to be great and passing him on when he fails to do what they want. so we have a rogue childlike Sideswipe, overshadowed by his original counterpart, abandoned by any and all mentors simply because he isn’t the pilot of The Ark anymore.

  • @Emoconsan
    @Emoconsan ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I never hated this sideswipe and I'm happy that the designers made this character l love it🥺

  • @ru_gamerandotaku2431
    @ru_gamerandotaku2431 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Still sucks that rid got the worst treatment of basically insulting kid's intelligence and basically made a show that never has a lasting consequences instead of the last episode

  • @Mega_man_X69
    @Mega_man_X69 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I wonder what younger Sideswipe's reaction be to meeting older Sideswipe(The Sideswipe who piloted the Ark).

  • @Bluegamerheart
    @Bluegamerheart ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This was actually super cool and unique. It made me realize how much I can relate to him aside from delinquent qualities. It's all so sad how Sideswipe suffers from all this. My opinion of him being somewhat annoying just completely changed
    (Off topic though, you should do an analysis of RID Drift like this. I'd like to see what you have to say. His backstory with shadowraker and his students are kinda cool. Just an idea

  • @Saturnlock
    @Saturnlock ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I always liked the design for Sideswipe, but wasn't really a fan of the character.

  • @Knock0u7-Starscream
    @Knock0u7-Starscream ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Great video, I actually kind of made a mistake on some of my fanfics because when I wrote them I didn't know this wasn't the same Sideswipe and had Sunstriker show up in some of them, And made Knock Out their cousin for story reasons, Some of my stories get weird. XD

    • @swankytable84
      @swankytable84 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There ain't nothing wrong with weird stories! They're great!

  • @superxavxii421
    @superxavxii421 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I feel stupid for never noticing this...

  • @Haah_lah
    @Haah_lah ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thats why sideswipe is my fav character!

  • @Mingau_mig
    @Mingau_mig ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Transformers RID:Jazz cooks decepticons
    Bayverse:jazz gets cooked 💀

  • @inesatt1313
    @inesatt1313 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sideswipe(Fastlane) really needs a friend,I wish they developed his relationship with Strongarm more alongside his sis/bro relationship with Windblade

  • @AUselessHumanCalledSarah
    @AUselessHumanCalledSarah ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Pls protect the child

  • @metalsonic4.1therobothedge24
    @metalsonic4.1therobothedge24 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    1:01 i doubt, at least in Aligned Continuity, they have protoforms, and Rescue Bots Academy seems to imply there can be Cynertronian children, as Hot Shot and the only Cybertronians called "kids" are the small one

  • @C.L.G._Artisa
    @C.L.G._Artisa ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Delicious character analysis, my favorite- 👌🌟

  • @StarshadowStudiosRS
    @StarshadowStudiosRS ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sideswipe was just look like a Teenager Rookie. Before he had an adult voice with Travis Willingham after Darren Criss voice as a Teenager

  • @khansasayed2843
    @khansasayed2843 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think strongarm a bit older she can't be a kid with a gun it doesn't make sense

  • @ancientdino5791
    @ancientdino5791 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I don't know if its just me or does this make it more perfect to add Smokescreen? As Smokescreen was a cocky bot himself and acted as if he was better than everyone else, he can relate to Swideswipe and teach him to be better. As Smokescreen had grown as a bot in Team Prime. I feel this would've given his character more development by guiding Sideswipe into making him into a better bot and Smokescreen would be a role model to him. Though if they did, I just hoped they would keep a similar or mostly same personality as he had in TFP and not make the character completely out of character.

  • @gyrrakavian
    @gyrrakavian ปีที่แล้ว +5

    2:15 And everyone agreed.

  • @emeraldphoenix5868
    @emeraldphoenix5868 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love this version of Sideswipe,I wish that he would get an Update Legacy Figure if Hasbro were to include RID 2015.

  • @goldenreaper8625
    @goldenreaper8625 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    POV: When you realize that there 2 different bots named sideswipe with completely different personalities🤨 (war/fall of cybertron and this one 2015 robots in disguise)
    Love the vid btw

  • @SourelppA
    @SourelppA ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hell ya! Finally found someone talking abt this!!

  • @charperalta9489
    @charperalta9489 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    you know i never thought i'd say this but.......... if there was another show that wasen't recuebots in the aligned countinuiy i'd want this sideswipe to appear

  • @blueraccoon1088
    @blueraccoon1088 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I ship sideblade or windswipe but your right she's 1000 years older i see her more with hot rod after potp and cyberverse hint. Plus blurr and sideswipe are like role reverse in armada.

    • @ishashifar
      @ishashifar ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She's definitely more older than 1000 years tbh, she said primus send her to earth 1000 years ago she never said she was born that year and primus wouldn't send just anybody so windblade had to be over a couple thousand years older than that maybe as old as Arcee,or bulkhead, or starscream

    • @semapeker2426
      @semapeker2426 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'd like to say that they had a older sister - little brother dynamic

  • @ToaBastignika
    @ToaBastignika ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ayyyy never noticed this! Great analysis! I just thought he was a delinquent, I wish they explored his past more now.

  • @lunariona9899
    @lunariona9899 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Omg! I knew I wasn't the only one who wanted to know more about him and his past!

  • @Shadowprime547
    @Shadowprime547 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think some transfomers name them self in modern and older transfomers I think this side swipe named him self and made his color like his same with grim lock I think

  • @rubythomas8197
    @rubythomas8197 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    New video?? Yay!!

  • @cristinagomez3283
    @cristinagomez3283 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    7:59 "you've been busting on me" hol'up

  • @laxmipriyasamalYouTube
    @laxmipriyasamalYouTube ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The last scene totally made the character of Sideswipe. He and Strongarm are totally siblings, always teasing here and there but with deep affection for each other.

  • @rikajougasaki3296
    @rikajougasaki3296 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sideswipe, a name commonly associated with a bot with a twin, was supposed to be called Fastlane, a name also associated with a bot with a twin.
    Where is Sideswipe's sibling, I wonder?
    Well, if there's no Sunstreaker here, I doubt there'd be a Cloudraker if they kept his old name.

  • @arieltorres9513
    @arieltorres9513 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Credit whre credit is due, this was a nice video and a great analysis. Perhaps you’ve learned to appreciate this show.

  • @maisathedragonartist3364
    @maisathedragonartist3364 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for bringing a different perspective on this character, I always found him annoying on the show, but now, I think he's more relatable.🙂😊
    And also, someone needs to give him a hug!!

  • @vishaldutta4375
    @vishaldutta4375 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Are there different elements on Cybertron like we have fire,water,earth,wind and stuff ? 😃😃🤔🤔

  • @Rickettson
    @Rickettson 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have seen fan theories where this Sideswipe is K.O.'s kid, or at least had Con parents, and moving around, and eventually getting separated, or left behind was just an accident, and/or part of staying ahead of the Bots. Or as another of EK video's suggest, he may have been forcibly separated and stuck in a type of foster care system, but no one wanted a Con kid, so they constantly were looking for excuses to toss him to the next home, and eventually, like too many in our version of Foster Care, he just stopped going to the next home and began running the streets. Might explain why he's not to serious around Cons.

  • @TitaniumPrimeOFFICIAL
    @TitaniumPrimeOFFICIAL ปีที่แล้ว +2

    To kind of sum up the video:
    You know when you get lost at the mall that one time and you have past trauma of that, yeah that’s kind of like part of sideswipes personality

  • @CandyThePuppy
    @CandyThePuppy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gosh, it's been a while since I watched this show.

  • @user-Erimej
    @user-Erimej ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That didn't explain how the Recruits from Rescue Bots Academy are a lot smaller than Their teachers

  • @Trailbreaker3966
    @Trailbreaker3966 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Here's a theory what if Arcee was one of sideswipe's caretakers and one day she found out that zombie Arachnid was on one of the moons and died and since she never returned sideswipe thinks she just abandoned him. (we know most of the other prime autobots survive until this show but we don't know anything about arcee's fate)

  • @jamipatton5673
    @jamipatton5673 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Not that it's necessarily related to this, but I always thought it was hella weird that Team Prime just let this corrupt new high council take off after all that they went through in the war

  • @ThePuff18
    @ThePuff18 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wait his Cybertronian mode is a hover car…
    *how tf is he making wheelmarks?*

    • @blueraccoon1088
      @blueraccoon1088 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      See the kibble under? Probably shifts the flow on command

  • @blitzwinganimated3461
    @blitzwinganimated3461 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    sometimes i feel sorry for Wheeljack in armada, for being abandoned by his friend Hotshot but after i saw this, maybe Sideswipe fear is being abandoned bc he knew wheeljack story.

  • @SimpleSideswipe
    @SimpleSideswipe 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sideswipe es amor Sideswipe es vida 😊

  • @griceldaprado4532
    @griceldaprado4532 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    And in season 1 episode 12 drift was able to tell that sideswipe was young as he called him a “ juvenile delinquent” meaning sides was still young. And not a fully grown Autobot but still a young sparkling. So you are probably correct.

  • @clogs4956
    @clogs4956 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I always felt that RiD Sideswipe needed hugs or slaps at various points.
    A bit like TF:P Megatron, but for wholly different reasons.

  • @partyknife1648
    @partyknife1648 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1question if autobots and decepticons can transform into cars and planes .... how did showck wave get his transformation he never been to earth to scan a vehicle?

    • @ishashifar
      @ishashifar ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't think they neccesarily have to scan earth vehicles I doubt all Cybertronians have been to earth at least once so they found other waves

  • @ZephyrBW
    @ZephyrBW 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just a kid looking for a home

  • @TitanumX694
    @TitanumX694 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi love ur vids

  • @geomania8533
    @geomania8533 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wished they focused more on stuff like this. Instead of dissing on Optimus or having Bee be a rude bot. Would be nice to see Bee try and understand Sideswipe and comfort and try to be a good role model for him.