TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on MACCADAM'S OLD OIL HOUSE
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- Pull up a stool and wet your whistle with The Basics on the most famous bar on Cybertron - and its mysterious manager! - in this episode sponsored by Patreon supporter Jolene Blake!
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You know the bar is good when the bartender is basically a demigod.
Reminds me of K'rul's Bar in Darujhistan, in the fantasy series Malazan Book of the Fallen.
I'll drink to that. ^w^
This is like a DND joke where the shop owners and bartenders are all retired high level adventurers
@@PartigradeCannon of course the old guy that gives you the quest turns out to be some legendary wizard
More like a primordial
It's got to feel good to have a theory/thoughtpiece you made included in canon in the future. That's the dream right there.
So true, imagine having your own theory be incorporated into future shows/movies/games/comics
i think he is a prime
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@@Zenith-SMK Good job
6:30 Wait, you were a WHAT?!
This ENTIRE segment of the lore was YOUR idea?! HOLY SCRAP, THAT'S INCREDIBLE!
Well, it was a half-joking suggestion based on tenuous evidence. But if there's one thing Transformers fans are good at, it's latching onto hints and rumors and turning them into canon.
7:37 Sir, you didn't just find a plausible candidate for Maccadam: you found the PERFECT candidate!
@@OtakuUnitedStudio Well then, I'll throw the idea about Liege Maximo having ties to Pretender technology(See comments on Chris' video om him) into the pot. Fingers crossed.
@@OtakuUnitedStudio I think the same can be said for all types of fans. For example, Disney made a cartoon series, 101 Dalmatian Street, which tells the story of a new modern 101 Dalmatians, the mother of which is the great great granddaughter of Pongo and Perdita. Many fans have theorized that two of the main puppies; DJ, a chill musician boy, and Da Vinci, an expressionistic painter girl, share a close bond because they each specialize in a type of art. Some have paired them as a couple, while others have just considered them to have a close sibling bond. Either way, the final scene of the last episode of the show's only season shows DJ and Da Vinci vibing to music from DJ's headphones together. It's pretty adorable.
Glad I could give you the opportunity to talk about what has to be your biggest contribution to Transformers canon!
Boy, that was a weird day!
Thank you so much! I've been wanting so much more info about him and his bar. Appreciate it!
@@ChrisMcFeely please do maccadam next
@@ChrisMcFeely please make the basic on barricade
@@OAnalista-l9g yeah
I love the idea of a Prime giving up his position of power so he can be just a regular dude, living with the common folks and make drinks for everyone.
I love that trope
reminds me of velika from bionicle
@@im_ener Eh, Velika had a more devious agenda; but he was responsible for giving the inhabitants of Mata Nui's robotic body life. Also, in an alternate timeline, he was one of six Matoran chosen by Takanuva to receive his power and become new Toa,
Yeah it makes him a lot cooler than being just a god
What I like the most about the Maccadam/Alchemist Prime version is both that he was simply mingling with the "mortals", but also that when push came to shove and he was forced to transform into his alternate mode, it was so alien and terrifying *even to the transformers themselves* that neither side dared to break his rule of No Fighting in his bar.
Maccadam's is just Moe's Tavern for Cybertronians, run by Thew Adams if he were a Cybertronian.
Pretty accurate, i'd say.
Maccadams "Maccadam speaking"
Liege Maximo "yes hello, I'm looking for a friend of mine, his first name is Copper, and his last name is But"
Maccadams "hang on a sec, Copper But?, I Am Look for a Copper But!"
everyone in the Bar "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
Maccadams "wait a minute, Liege is that you?!, I told you not to call this place again, and now your banned for two more Stellar Cycle from my bar
Liege Maximo hang up "haha, worth it"
I kinda want to see a movie/show/episode based on this.
True
@@twilightjester5672 "Call this place one more time, and I'm gonna rip out your optics and attach them to your aft, so you can watch as I beat the slag out of you!"
To quote Homer Simpson
“To alcohol, the cause and solution to all of life’s problems.
Cheers, il drink to that
🍻
“Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name 🎶🎵”
Making your way through the war today, takes everything you got,
Not getting shot by a former friend, sure would help a lot.
Wouldn't it by nice to get a drink...
Sometimes you want to go
Where every bot can be your friend.
And your insigna is just a mark.
Go to a place where energons cheap, and bots and cons mean nothing.
I wanna go where I can get a Hot drink
Makin' your way on a quest today takes everythin' you got
Takin' a break from all that war stuff sure has helped a lot
Maybe one day we'll find the knights
But 'til then you wanna go
Down to D Deck and to Swerve's
You'll have more fun than you deserve
You wanna go where Megs won't go
Where the drinks all taste the same
You wanna go where Ten can't even say your name
I know this is Swerve's'/Swearth's Theme Song and not Maccadam's Old Oil House's Theme Song but I couldnt resist
Dude I love Cheers. I've been binge watching it for weeks. Lots of nostalgia.
"That's B127 signal!"
"Can you trace it?"
"Already did."
@@WhysoSeriousSamual you are amazing
I'm gonna be honest, before your show my entire knowledge of Transformers was limited to the Animated and Prime tv shows, the live action movies, and some childhood memories of when my cousin would put on the old G1 cartoon for me to watch when he babysat me. There are so many characters, ideas, and plotlines I never knew existed until I found this channel. Funnily enough, after your Primes video where you mentioned Alchemist being "a bit of a drinker" and in other videos you mentioned Maccadam's Old Oil House and how it was pretty much neutral territory during the war, I instantly had my own headcanon that Alchemist has to run the establishment or at least be connected to it in such a way that everyone respects it as a neutral ground. Now I see that headcanon is, at least in some continuities, true.
Yep, in the Handbook it said that it was rumored that the bartender was one of the original primes
Dracorexion Ouranos G1 is on demand
Dracorexion Ouranos exactly the same for me
Wow so you basically came up with Mac being Alchemist! Your contribution is immortalized in Cyberverse!
He is Alchemist Prime. Read the Covenant of Primus. Macadams's ability to foresee things is Alchemist Prime's ability.
@@marcushicks380 Yes, but it was mr. McFeely himself who first came up with the idea that Maccadam was Alchemist Prime.
marcus hicks yeah but Chris said he came up with that for Ask Vector Prime, which came first.
Quite suprisied he didnt bring up the fact that Cyberverse Maccadam looks like Thew
Who?
@@tracytron7162 Thew Adams, he is a TH-camr who focuses on transformers
@@tracytron7162 Look up Thew's Awesome Transformers Reviews. You're in for a treat.
Probably because it's more than likely just a coincidence. Thew only just recently hit 50,000 subscribers. I was surprised to realize he isn't more well known than that, and his Cyberverse design was probably finalized at a time when a few Hasbro employees knew OF Thew, but probably not a lot of them watched his videos.
@@OtakuUnitedStudio Vangelus has less than 45k NOW and he was in Animated so like
I can't imagine how it must feel to have contributed something so important to modern Transformers lore. Great episode!
When war wears you down, nothing gets the gears turning like Maccadam's finest fuel. There's no drink like it on Cybertron, or in the entire galaxy! So good that enemies will lay down their weapons and sit down near for a few hours just to have it.
I'll always have the deepest respect for the character of Maccadam, especially in Cyberverse. If I were a Cybertronian, and I needed a drink, his Old Oil House would definitely be the first place I go to. :)
I have been following the story since it was pinched in the Ultimate guide, then I learned about the Original stories in the Marvel Comics, then asked Vector Prime. I rejoiced when I saw this in the Transformers Cyberverse show!
Diego S now the question is should we bring back iaconus
Chris, if there's one thing being part of this fandom has taught me, if there is some obscure hint, rumor, or theory posited by a big name fan, it will eventually get included as canon.
A toast to "The Basics" partying on at Maccadam's Old Oil House!
Come to MacAdam’s, MacAdam’s is fun, come right now, don’t walk. Run!
Commenting before I watch, but I love the idea of MacAdam’s. Goes ways in defining the Transformers as fully living beings that do other stuff besides waging battles to destroy each other. Though I briefly remembered it in Animated, it came back to the forefront for me when you mentioned it in the Basics of Quickswitch.
I understood that reference.
And talk yobborobbo with ThewAdams!
You forgot a C.
Does MacAdam's met humans before? Cause I'm a human...
Megatron:those were the good old days on Cybertron didn't have to sneak around
... in ugly Earth disguises.
I REMEMBER!
Good ol' Cybertron, planet of metal moons! *Blegh* (crash)
I thought he said "this ugly @ss disguises"
@@twistedgaming9185 am i the only one that thought he said "ugly ass disguises"
Ah, the true tried and tested equalizer regardless of species or faction: *booze*
Actually as proven by WW2, Soda is the most common unifying drink of choice in times of war. Even the Nazis drank Coca-Cola.
Are you Boomstick from Death Battle?
As Homer Simpson put it: To Alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems
👁️👄👁️
and the threat of vivisection
"Where every bit knows your name."
Hoist: Hey everyone
The bar: Hoist!
Hot Shot: Beautiful day isn't it Mr. Hoist?
Hoist: It will be once I have mug of Energeon in me.
I wonder if this bar exsist in rescue bot version, would the student able to get in with their mentor to have a drink?
Sorry, PERCEPTOR took over The Old Oil House? Something feels off about that.
Sometimes the best ideas and inspirations can happen when you’re drunk, so Perceptor taking over can make sense.
I also thought that was weird, especially when you look at his IDW incarnation who was one of the few on the Lost Light who did not get drunk. Even the whole socializing bit is not really a part of his character. The only thing I can think of is that he was concerned that Hot Rod would take over and that would be pure chaos.
he isn't as powerful
Yeah...it doesn’t hold up under a microscope 😏
maybe he was studying his oil to make it as perfect as possible.
Imagine if there were scottish transformers they would be drinking down whole barrels of oil
Many fans interpret IDW Skids as scottish. Soooo...I hope?
What about Bulkhead and Constructicons from Animated?
Would that make the Junkions Cockneys?
@023 Studios i cannot agree more
@023 Studios Actually no. I'm russian and we don't drink too much. Today is may 9. The day of Victory over Germany. And I haven't seen anybody drinking yet.
I love these kinds of episodes. Maccadam was a name that I was familiar with, having browsed TFWiki regularly over the years and I remembered when Ratchet name dropped the place in Animated but here is when I learned all the juicy details.
Its 5AM and I was about to go to sleep then Chris Mcfeely just had to post a basics video.
Dang it now I cant sleep
Me either
Same here
alcoholic oil will do that to you.
Wow, this is incredible. I remember hearing about the bar in the Ultimate Guide, but I never knew where it came from. I am equally amazed at how it has developed. Just like Nightbird, the smallest single things in G1 can influence things for years to come. Can't wait for your next video.
"Ah, those were the good ol' days, back on Cybertron...Didn' hafta...sneak around in these...ugly Earth disguises, heh..."
Since best scene in all of G1. Especially when they try to stand up to fight, then stumble into each other and fall over.
Followed by Laserbeak spinning out of control and crash landing, because someone gave the bird a drink too.
Classic!
"GO CYBERTRON! Land of the metal rule."
no one:
Hot Rod in almost every continuity: oops looks like i got someone killed
Maccadam: “Skywarp, how do you keep getting in here?”
Skywarp: “I’m a drunk, I don’t know nothing about anything.”
*Maccadam throws Skywarp out, only for Skywarp to appear behind him*
1:17. The BASICS on Squadron X & The Mayhem Attack Squad.
(Sung to Cheers themesong)
Making your way in a war today takes everything you got...
If there was a place to wipe away your faction....sure would help a lot...
Wouldn't you like to get away?
Sometimes you wanna go where time is totally out of phase
And you won't get blasted in the face
You wanna be where cybertronians drink
And having fusion cannons aren't a crime
Possibly though, the owner is Alchemist Prime..
I loved macadam’s character in cyberverse.
I always loved the idea of a precursor who sticks around, runs a business, and keeps a finger on the pulse of the planet. It helps that he's just so friendly! Plus, there's that science fiction short story series about a benevolent alien running a bar...
Not gonna lie, after seeing you on Twitter, I was half expecting this entire episode to be incoherent screaming about birds making noise
Neat video
Any story: Rumor has it...
That’s code for “This is how it is.” I don’t think I’ve ever read a story where old rumors didn’t have a grains of truth in them.
On a side note, why weren't there more books after Retribution? There's still a millions-of-years gap between Retribution and Prime. There could've been a lot more Aligned stories.
Hasbro can't stick to anything for that long except G1 Rescue Bots and MLP FIM
Gl, Primal and Armada Prime sharing a drink together huh...sounds jolly!
I want fanart of that.
How does G1 Prime drink without a mouth?
I don't watch the Transformers Cyberverse cartoon, but I will definetely collect the toys to form MacCadam! Thanks Chris!
There's got to be at least one real-life Maccadam's Old *Ale* House somewhere in the world. That's a great name for a pub, bar, restuarant, etc.
Dang why does Hot Rod always get someone killed
Cliffjumper better keep his distance
Transformers lore is Amazing.
Maccadam's Old Oil House is basically the Moe's Tavern of Transformers...
Only with better service
@@mcpics4448 and less sarcasm and shotguns...
And the one to prank him is Blurr.
I just saw the cyberverse episode and it's crazy seeing all the Decepticons and Autobots just hanging out and having a good time would love to see a series that shows more of that before the war.
Plus Soundwave my dog has some moves!!!
I haven't watched cyberverse yet, but I've found a new reason to.
I had watched it it’s good but look I gotta be honest bumblebees friend ship is awesome 😎
8:57 When you can make Megatron leak himself, you’re officially the biggest badass on Cybertron.
Man I really want to watch the Cyber verse series now
You can watch on dailymotion
As well as on Kisscartoon.nz
It is on the official Transformers youtube channel, though those episodes are a few weeks behind.
Seasons 1 and 2 are on youtube and about 1/4 of Season 3
Angelina Pax has a VK.com link that has all season 3
Samuel Richards oh I didn’t realize TH-cam was behind and was wondering how everyone knew spoilers for it already.
I had no idea Maccadam's lore went that far back! Fantastic video as always, Chirs.
I absolutely love the idea that Maccadom is a prime. I just find it cool that one of the strongest beings just became a bartender.
"Transformers like a drink"
-I sure do
8:12,I don't know why but when I see iaconus an imagine Fort Max stand next like a side kick,Potential story
This is another great example of why I love Transformers. From the obscure one-off idea of a neutral bar in the middle of a civil war with a mysterious owner to the headquarters of an underground resistance bartended by the last of the Thirteen Primes, it's ideas like these that get passed from one author to another, from fan to fan, changing and becoming more that makes me love this franchise.
Great video as always. Question for all us Transformers fans....Simon Furman had so many great ideas for Transformers so why does no one bring him in as a consultant on any of the movies?
Ikr
That is amazing. As a theorycrafter myself, I know the love of putting things together to make sense of it all. But you have taken it one step further. Your idea got canonized by the staff, something I've yet to achieve. What did it feel like when you first realized it? When you saw him for the first time in Cyberverse, were you like "holy crap, they're really doing this!?" Props to you good sir. props to you.
6:53 that image of Alchemist does look like cyberverse McAdam
This really give me the continental hotels vibe from the John Wick movies, a safehaven for everyone good or evil
I bet thew's happy about this
I now want to watch that scene just because that’s funny as hell.
His alternate mode is so monstrous and weapon heavy it makes Megatron and his men terrified. Now that is a feat worthy of a prime.
When your transformation is such a flex it shook Megatron and everyone quiet.
I love characters within the transformers lore can have the most innocuous debuts only to then become some of the most intriguing/integral aspects of the transformers universe
Amazing that you Contributed to the Lore. That's something only a few Transformers fans could achieve.
Out of all the videos I've seen so far this one is my new favourites.
Of all the lore videos I've watched on this channel, this is most probably my favorite.
Not only does Chris knows almost everything about the Transformers lore, he helped to develop the lore.
Honestly had no idea about Mac Adams until now and I've been following the franchise since I was very young. But now that I know about it, I've gotta say it has to be one of my favourite aspects of the franchise
Cyberverse episode where we see it for the first time is my favourite episode of the series
I really liked this one. Not a regularly appearing character or subject but something strange and obscure that has more interest and significance than you might think.
I come back to this video every now and then just because Mac is one of my all time favorites
You need to ask the artist if they based his design on Thew Adams. I mean Thew is a big, bearded, chill, reviewer that knows a lot about TFs and who IS known to partake of the liquid fuel occasionally. It's like they saw the name and went "I can make an homage easter egg out of this."
Wow, what an interesting Transformer, and one you help to flesh out in the deep lore of Transformers. Too cool. I especially love how in the Cyberverse his alternate mode is too scary to even be shown, a clever way to keep both fractions of bots in check for the best robot bar in the universe.
7:01,Anyone else see that design would work in The Bumblebee 2,maybe in a flash back
I'm very sure he was mentioned in the name of an achievement in the fall of Cybertron games escalation mode when you beat one of the maps. You cant get the achievement any more cus the server shutdown but hey he is mentioned in the achievement and you can always view it online.
I had no idea you'd contributed to Transformers lore this way, Chris! I thought you just relayed it to us all in a delightful way. That's great, man!
Another enjoyable video. :)
Y'know, since Maccadam and his Old Oil House exsists in all universes (or at least used to), you'd think he would have been a guest on Ask Vector Prime, kinda like Sideways and Cy-Kill but friendlier.
Every time I think I know about a subject, you come along and blow my mind. You deserve way more subs
This is awesome . Thanks for creating these informative videos on Transformers characters . This is one of my favorites . Great job
UK issue #82 is my favourite ever. I had three copies of the same issue through mistake so I cut out the Fang being smashed by Twin Twist and laminated it. It stayed on my bedroom wall until I was 31.
I like to think he is the bar it self. Possibility a direct decedent of Amalgamous Prime. He is the bar tender. He is the piano. He's everything inside
Maccadam being alchemist prime is PERFECT
I was wondering why this was in the Primes playlist. It's awesome you got to create an actual piece of lore for the franchise!
The idea that a soft spoken eccentric barkeeper secretly being a demigod from ancient myth is so crazy and out of left field I’m surprised it hasn’t been adopted into D&D yet.
Then again my D&D knowledge is so little, so I could be talking Serilium Salami
Sounds like something Odin would do
Man you have the BEST transformers channel on TH-cam.
I look forward to all your videos, even if I don’t know who the bots are or if I’m interested in the toy line (generation/comic series).
Thank you.
Thank you for another bit of lore that I haven't heard of or missed completely in watching the shows. I love how your theory became canon eventually, and how he is his own bouncer. That is just epic. Any ideas on his alternate mode?
Hey Chris, thanks for contributing to the ever expanding lore of Transformers! Who'd have thought such a question could change a character such a cool way!
Such a great video, and it's a lovely contribution you've made to the lore
Bartender Root Beer Float triple scoop of vanilla, this round is on me ladies and gents. To Macadam a true Transformer a legend in disguise.
Now see, they missed an opportunity to have Maccadams BE the bar. A gigantic Transformer who took the form of a building that provided refreshment to whoever needed it.
I love it when transformers shows goes deep into the lore for The Primes. I also love it when Maccadam's Oil House shows up. I think they should keep the idea that, as an establishment of a Prime, the bar actually exists outside of space time itself. I love that level of mystique. It gives the bar the ability to show up in practically any Transformers continuity any time.
I hope we get a spotlight scene with the bar on Cybertron the upcoming Transformers/G.I Joe cross-over movie. Even if it's just a flashback memory or something. We need at least one live action incarnation of the bar if they insist on making the movies.
6:31) CHRIS WAS WHAT?! *slams the table*
9:16) CHRIS PLEASE INFORM OF THE SPOILER NEXT TIME
I love your vids ❤️ I always watch/listen to them while doing my chores or doing my hwk they never get old
I do remember getting an achievement from Fall of Cybertron, saying McCadams old oil house. It was in the escalation game mode. It was the one with onslaught, brawl, swindle, and quake. When I got the alert noise I was happy to see that pop up.
Thanks for the info on everyone's favorite bartender. I'd always thought back in the old G1 comics days that he was called macaddam as an homage to the guy that invented Tarmac for road surfaces but that was just my own theory
Going with the idea of "Maccadam" being a fake name Alchemist Adopted to hide his identity, I like to think that any future owners of the bar would/should adopt it as well, to keep the in-universe mystery of just who he is going. Like, it would sorta lend to the idea that, sure, Transformers can live for a long time, but this Maccadam guy, whoever he is, has been around *forever*.
So, like the Dread Pirate Roberts of bots? I can dig it.
Very educational. I really enjoyed this story of Cybertronian history and one of its humble founding Primes.
"Hey! it was working when i got it. i mean, would i lie?"
*Swindle: Currently Lying*
Thanks for the information you give every episode, makes me love the franchise even more.
Petition for Thew Adams to voice Maccadam in the next series.
The idea of an Alchemist turned Bartender is pretty good
You were the one who helped make Alchemist Prime into Maccadam? You sir are grade-A awesome, well even more so than you were for making The Basics in the first place.