TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on DARK ENERGON
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- UNICRON IS COMING! Ahead of the chaos-bringer's return to the big screen in this summer's "Rise of the Beasts," get primed with this history of his evil energy and its many unearthly abilities in The Basics on DARK ENERGON!
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it turns out Nostrodamus really could predict the future, unfortunately his ability was restricted to predicting the storylines of cartoons.
With the state of the world, he could have been right.
Not world ending but close enough?
Well, cartoons and manga.
@@streetwatcher_ I prefer that really
You know, Quasimodo predicted all this.
Every time Ratchet says "Daaarrrk energon" on Transformers Prime is a gift.
Galvatron: "Pure energy."
Fr fr
Indeed
"I needed that!"
Something something something...daarrrk side.
Generations Selects establishing that Angolmois is the source of the power of both Primus and Unicron really feels like the natural conclusion of how it was presented as a strange but ultimately neutral source of power in the Japanese Beast Wars series.
Correctly, they explained since Primacron discovered the energy and showed to Primus, but he was afraid of it. Not wanting to lose it, Primacron created Neo Primus as prototype for Unicron. Unicron's purpose was to collect and contain Augumla energy, but he rebelled.
Wow 😮
Agreed I can understand Furman altering it to be Evil because of how he made Unicron as basically Transformers equivalent to the Devil but I do prefer the Japanese version because Power though it can be destructive can be used for either good or evil.
I mean it makes sense, demons were originally of heavenly stock ya know.
@@docbaker3333 I came up with an infinity spark!!
PRIMACON: I'll call this dark energy...Angolmois!
CYBERTRONIAN: Still loving french cuisine,eh?
It always bothers me how scary it is for the fact that aligned Megatron will never find peace in the afterlife because if he dies he will always go back to Unicron's Antispark, even when it has been sealed in the container at the end of Predacon's Rising finale. And once Megatron do go back to Unicron, he will undoubtedly be tortured for eternity for his betrayal against Unicron.
i think megatron trying to free himself from the influence of unicron and make it so he can be one with the allspark again could be a good premise for a show
Starscream as well.
@@ltb1345 I don't think so because unlike Megatron, he did not have the DE permanently imbedded in his body. He jabbed a piece of DE inside his Spark once, pull it out and never used it again. Megatron on the other hand used a DE shard to resurrect himself from his coma and it had stayed in his Spark through the remainder of the show. I believe as long as you take out the DE out of your body, if it's possible it is still in its solid form, you can be completely free of its influence as if you had never had it in your body to begin with.
Which begs the question; does that mean Silas, after he died he goes ro Unicron's Antispark? Because he was forced to take DE in liquid form.
@@alphaaufa1890 Don't think humans have a connection of that sort. Dark Energon acts more like a poison to the squishies.
@@alphaaufa1890 I feel like if god does exist in tfp he would have sent silos at the bare minimum to purgatory and at worst hell but I can now only imagine primus and Unicron arguing only for God to come out of nowhere and smack them both and telling to shut up because humanity is trying to sleep
Something I find terrifying about Dark Energon and Megatron's use of it in the Aligned Continuity is that, because he used it on himself and is now forever banished from becoming one with the Allspark and Primus himself.
Megatron effectively ensured that the phrase "Till All are One" will never come to pass since he will be the only one of Primus's children to never be reunited with him and the others in the afterlife.
Isn't Starscream in the boat as well?
@@cillianstewart9441 presumably
@@cillianstewart9441 he removed his shared and was never able to synchronize with it like Megatron did
One of the first things Megatron did after obtaining it was transfer some to Barricade and Brawl, who accompanied him in raiding the station. One can presume that this is what led to the two becoming the exceptionally angry and violent Decepticons we know them to be. So, what about them?
@@ShanaReviews I "get" what you're trying to say. But just like with modern religion, I'm sure there is a work around to it.
The moment when Raf was infected by dark energon thanks to a energy blast by megatron was one of the dark moments that shook me in transformers prime. It was the first time to see a human, let alone a child and one of the main supporters have a near death experience being exposed to the dark substance of unicorn
And it shows how dangerous dark energon can be to not just transformers but to humans as well
It won't be surprising if Raf had to deal with the trauma of nearly getting killed from Dark Energon.
Optimus actually stops desiring to make amends with Megatron and actually tries to go for the kill afterwards.
Megatron at that moment crossed the line for Optimus.
I like the idea that Primacron is actually the singularity that created Primus and Unicron. The scientist in "The Call of the Primatives" just took the name to pump himself up. Like a magician who adds 'the Magnificent' or 'Amazing' to their title.
I thought the thing that created them was called the one
And respectively primus and unicron mean like the 1st and unique one don't they?
@@plantainsame2049 It's complicated but there's two (technically three but it doesn't matter for this conversation) types of Unicron's in the multiverse.
The US G1 cartoon universe and Japanese G1 cartoon universe has the Unicron that is created by a version of Primacron and these are called Primacronian Unicrons.
The second type of Unicron was created as one half of The One at the beginning of the multiverse and is the one you see the most in TF media. He's known as the multiversal singularity Unicron.
However, a certain event in one of the TF comics, The Shroud, caused the multiversal singularity Unicron to separate across the multiverse and basically rewrote history so that every Unicron (apart from the Primacronian Unicrons and the other type I talked about obviously) had separate forms and memories for each universe and forgot about their multiversal pasts.
Confusing, I know but hopefully this helps you out :)
@@mildcomedy9865 and in the shattered glass universe primus is the evil one and Unicron is the good guy so imagine him being earth in that universe and him getting pissed off by the fact that humanity is dead thanks to primus and just going ape shit on him
I always figured Unicron was still always a dark god in the Gen1 universe, but that Primacron was controlled/influenced by Unacron to build him a body.
*Unicron
Technically that was canon until the Shroud happened. I still claim that is still the case.
Unicron in the US G1 cartoon universe and Japanese G1 cartoon universe are actually a different type of Unicron that is separate from the (once was) multiversal singularity Unicron. Obviously, it doesn't really matter what the differences are now because of the Shroud but it's still nice to know lol
@@mildcomedy9865 still really hate the idea of the Shroud as that was a cool concept that ended up ruined…
@@Megamanlanprime I think the intent of giving writer's more freedom when writing their own versions of Unicron, Primus, the OG Primes and the artifacts was nice but it kinda just made the multiverse more confusing than it already is, especially considering the fact that they for some reason made it harder to travel to different universes which nobody really followed cause it pretty much meant that most writers couldn't write any multiversal stories unless they introduced something that changes the rules of the Shroud.
At the end of the day, if Hasbro wanted to have more freedom with writing anything related to Primus or Unicron, they could've just made up another universal cluster that's outside of the multiverse like what the Uniend cluster used to be.
I’d like to see a Transformers video game where the Autobots and decepticons fight off waves of Terrorcon Zombies similar to Call of duty: Zombies, that would Radical AF.
Unicron with a Dragon alternate mode sounds incredibly awesome
I love how Japan flat out turned Primacron into a villain.
I thought he was always a villain? It's been a while since I watched the original G1 cartoon but I always recall him being an antagonist
@warlordsquerk5338 He was only really a villain in the sense that he created Unicron and Tornedron, who both rebelled against him and go consuming everything in sight. Primacron himself was a relatively neutral figure who let his ego get the better of him. Either way he only appeared in one episode, and Grimlock ended his threat for good by absentmimdedly destroying his lab.
Unicron is just a hungry dude lol.
It's nice having these videos to explain ideas like this easier. Thanks for making this!
Unicron= Galactus ;p
@@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299 I mean your not exactly wrong there
Guy needs a Snickers badly. Though I'm not sure how you'd procure one large enough for him.
You know there's this whole theory about how Cliffjumper can't go into the afterlife because he had dark energon within him, and at first I thought "Oh thats pretty cool" but as I dived in more I was like "HOLY S**T poor Cliffjumper"
He was dead for hours before they injected his corpse. His spark had already moved on by that point
I’d hope that his spark had already joined the Allspark so he and the other zombie terror cons sparks weren’t affected
This video says dark Energon so much I felt I was playing the Cybertron games
11:26 A shame that after nearly 40 years of the franchise we have never get an animated battle between Unicron and Primus in their robots modes
I do not understand how that’s possible!
Be it Dark Energon or Angolmois, one thing is certain: Power can often either bring out the best or worst for those who see it's potential.
I will say that the notion that it behaves almost like Darkseid's Omega Sanction, where the individual can never truly die only suffer with each ended existentence....it is gruesome
Truly correct
Every time I think I know everything about Transformers lore,
Chris uploads a new video, teaching me stuff I never knew.☺
I just had a thought.
Unicron eats planets, presumably to sustain himself. And his blood is dark energon.
So that means that Unicron most likely has some kind of machine inside him that changes planetary materials into dark energon
So, you're saying he has a small intestine?
@@videogollumer In a nutshell
Yes, I guess
im late i know, but he's not so much hungry as he just hates existence and so consumes everything its like a hurricane who hates you and your existence
Yay! Now do THE BASICS on THE VEHICONS!
2 weeks more
And Autobot drones
@@streetwatcher_ You mean Autotroopers, as coined by Transformers Animated tie-in media.
@@bradtobin839 never heard of that
@@streetwatcher_ Derrick Wyatt and the Animated crew coined that in and outside of Botcon before the "Season 4" Comics like the Stunticon Job were introduced, to explain the generic soldiers in season 3 that look like an obese Tailgate. This term was then used for the Autobot generics in the scrapped MOTA Transformers Universe.
It's pretty impressive that Unicron revived and upgraded Megatron in TFP movie.
Of two names for Unicron's energy, Dark Energon feels modern name while Angolmois would be older name for this unholy power.
In my fanwork of Transformers, Angolmois is a drug made from a successful mixer of Energon and Dark Energon. The Cons get their hands on it to fight the war. I say successful because if not done right, kaboom.
Nostradamus related to Transformers lore is the most unexpected thing I will see today, for sure 😅😆😁 Thanks for the video! Great content as usual!
Angolmois Energy is notable as one of the first Japanese-original TF concepts to make it big in Western TF fiction. Long before Beast Wars Neo was properly subbed, the English speaking fandom got ahold of the idea of Unicron having his own evil energy mirroring Primus, and latched onto the concept, often being used in fanworks before eventually working its way into the IDW Beast Wars comics.
Damn, I'm so glad content like this exists online, I'm only a casual fan and subjects like this can be quite confusing, these sorts of videos help a great deal.
You missed a trick, Chris: Today should have been "The Basics on Starscream's Coronation"
He had no idea if was on this day.
Plus Unicron fever is still high after ROTB so why not do something related to him?
@@gabrielchee8470 The Basics on the "Heralds of Unicron"? You could even include the Four Horsemen from the Armada and Energon toyline-tie-in comics universe by Dreamwave Productions, and feature the originals from G1 all the way to Scourge's team in ROTB.
Of all the powerful energy sources in the universe...whether it be minicons or the Blood of Unicron himself...invoke such reverence to his majesticness ?
10:38 you can hear the venom in Chris’ voice having to utter those words again
Interesting episode of The Basics. It would make sense about Angolmois from the Animated Movie. Also, where can I find the picture of Unicron vs. Primus, before the credit roll? That's awesome looking.
I'm wondering about how I'm gonna feature Dark Energon in my own Transformers story
I want a The Basics on Chromia one day
I had my own head canon made to reconcile the two versions of Unicron. Both Primus and Unicron are both gods who had battle. In order to defeat Unicron, Primus destroyed the physical form of Unicron and the result trapped him into a rock which eventually was settle by the Quintessons. Then Unicorn used a super computer made by the Quintessons called Vector Sigma to accomplish his will and gave sentients to the Transformers. He also gave up portion of himself to create the Matrix of Leadership.
Meanwhile Unicorn drifted without body, shape, or form through the universe until encountering Primacron. Unicron used his supernatural abilities to influence Primacron into making the planet transforming body that we all known and love. Primacron never realizing that while he did make this massive machine, he really didn't give it life, it just became a shell for the supernatural god of chaos to dwell.
My personal view of it is that Dark Energon is to Angolmois what Energon is to Super Energon: the rare super powered stuff that's only truly found/given by the source.
Making dark energon just alter by other energons and normal is effect by purity but primus rare state making light energon pious his mind?
You got to admit that dark energon looks so pretty with it's purple glow
Man I missed these wish it was once a week as I get so much knowledge from these as I’m a G1 toon guy never read the comics so this helps me understand so much about the history that I didn’t know!
WFC and FOC were great games. Great video on the Dark Energon
But also interesting how starscream said dark energon could artificially manufactured
@@streetwatcher_ how is that even possible?
Hearing Shockerakt's plan just makes me think of The Fall of The Eldar and the birth of the Chaos God Slaanesh from Warhammer 40k. 😅
I prefer the aligned continuity and the name from Prime animated series. Dark energon.
I was hoping to see a more in-depth video about this, and you've delivered! Awesome job!!
As Unicron once said in the original transformers comic back then- I can’t not be analyze,study or synthesis! At least that’s what I remember him saying.
The 2004 Transformers Armada PS2 game actually has a cut Minicon known as a "Dark Energon Blaster". The game didn't really have any connection to the show so it is unknown if the Minicons in the game were from Unicron or not. No one would've known about this Minicon back when Dark Energon was introduced, so it's a mere coincidence that a Minicon happened to have a power name similar to the life blood that was introduced later of the one who created them. Also, that Minicon is called "Endgame", which is cool.
Dark Energon, Angolmois You got your Peanut Butter mixed with my Chocolate.
Oh i still remember that scene in Prime when the volcano erupted dark energon
Do THE BASICS on THE AUTOBOT RULES next, Chris!
duly appointed enforcer of the Tyrest accord
My Headcanon: Unicron was a planet sized robot built by the Evil Scientist Primacron which he used a planet rich with Angolmois energy which he used to give Unicron sentients and godlike powers. Unicron then turned on Primacron for his own ambitions
Primus’ Evil brother, Dark Nova who’s lifeblood is Dark Energon. Dark Energon has power raise the Dead as Zombicons. It is very poisonous to bots but 1 in a 100 chance if a bot inserts it into his Spark Chamber he would have his powers increase immensely and can Control Zombicons but the drawback is when a Bot inserts Dark Energon into their sparks they become bound the Dark Nova’s Anti Spark
2:05 We all gonna ignore how big that ship is above Unicron's shoulder?
interesting. Before I saw or heard of any of that (angolmois, dark energon), my fanficverse take on how Unicron got his powers (going by the cartoon/Primacron origin) was consuming planets rich in "Mako" energy (see: Final Fantasy VII) - basically, the "Lifestream" of a planet (which naturally would need to be inhabited by life forms by definition). This would give him magical/supernatural powers.
Chris, you always do fantastic work, but this is one of your best videos ever. The informative and easy-to-understand way you've covered decades worth of topics and concepts is nothing short of masterful. Very well done.
There is a non-zero chance you will ever read this, but do you think you could do a video on the weaponry of the transformers? Basically everything from Prime's Ion cannon to the Netron Assault Rifle in War for Cybertron.
That would be interesting especially in the war/fall of cybertron games
Somehow, all these years, I'd never heard that Unicron as Cybertron was a Japanese Beast Wars idea. Always assumed it was the Titan comic that did it first. Presumably Furman liked the idea when he did the research for the Ascending and sourcebook?
I don’t think Unicron would care what we call it, evil energy is still evil !
Blood, Sang, Sangre, Blut, Sangue, Koko, Кровь, 血, דָם , دم, खून, Αίμα, Bloed, Igazi; we call it by different names, but they essentially mean the same thing.
Thanks and good to know!
I think my take is that it can turn dead TFs into zombies (basically action master sparkless with purple stuff flowing out like prime Terrorcons) and can drive alive TFs who try to use it crazy, but if theyre able to control its effects and become one woth it, they can evolve and gain more super natural powers.
However, unlike those who trained to use it or were created with such powers, they hurt themselves if they used said power, and ultimately became enslaved to the chaos bringer himself.
Never thought we'd be going back to Kiss Players of all things for lore on Dark Energon.
10:27 It IS the evil of Unicron after all!
Wow, I guess my restlessness gifts me with a chris mcfeely
Video
War for Cybertron game shows Megatron starts the War by breaching the moon base where Dark Energon is kept away from Cybertron. It empowered Megatron instead of killing him
You know, I want to see a series where they blend Unicron's origins. Have him and Primus start out as living energy/spirit beings, and perhaps Primacron is a worshipper of Unicron and builds him a physical body so he can interact with the material world, perhaps with the Transformers who would become the Primes devoting Cybertron to Primus in the meantime.
Thank you, Chris, for always making interesting and informative videos.
I still don't know how I feel about the concept, but always loved the word "Angolmois" 😁
The use of Dark Energon in Transformers Prime, most ultimately the price of using it, thus consigning the user’s spirit to Transformer Hell, is really terrifying.
Wouldn't it be messed up if Unicron and Primus were linked, so that as Unicron consumes and destroys it gives Primus the energy and material needed for him to create
I was really interested in seeing how you tackled this topic since it's a bit of a beast, but you handled it masterfully. In videos like this especially I appreciate the balance you manage to strike between the Doylist and Watsonian perspectives.
With concepts of inherent good and evil falling somewhat out of fashion these days, I wonder if we'll ever get a Primus representing Order & Creation and Unicron representing Chaos & Destruction but neither good nor evil? Or maybe Primus being Chaos & Creation and Unicron Order & Destruction?
It could be fun to play around with the cosmological ideas in different ways.
Well done on explaining the basics on Dark Energon. What a great way to start my birthday.
Always incredible when different narrative elements end up meshing together nicely.
Nostradamus even predicted Unicron!
Dark energon
Powers:
More physicall power
Power to raise the death
More durability
Faster healing factor
Side affects/Cost:
Addiction
Your afterlife
Angle? Moi? Surely not.
Surely, you can't be serious.
@@IsiahTomas I am serious, and don't call me Shirley!
I'm of the idea that yes Primecron created Unicron but only his physical body. Primecron was subconsciously influenced by Unicron to build it because Unicron was, for whatever reason, unable to physically manifest himself in the G1 timeline.
The blood of a cosmic robot that is used as a power source. How wild.
But I guess using Dark Energon makes it easier for Unicron to take control of you.
DECEPTICONS! RECIEVE YOUR BIRTHRIGHT!
Megatron: RISE MY ARMY! BEHOLD! THE POWER OF DARK ENERGON!!!!!!!!!!
I actually heard of the Nostradamus "King of Angolmois" prophecy before. The word "terrifying" actually doesn't appear in the original text and is instead a misinterpretation of a similar word.
There was one point that got missed out about Dark Energon, which was answered by the OVA/Finale of Transformers Prime/Beast Hunters- Rise of Predaking:
Those only who have the strong twisted will who infused Dark Energon to themselves, when slain- their Bodies would be reduced to nothing more but empty husks: but their Spark/Spirit not only would be bound for Unicronian Purgatory- but their mortal bodies will be used by Unicron Prime itself to live again.
And there’s no other Transformer who I can think of ending in such manner- but the Tyrannical Decepticon Warmonger himself:
Megatron.
Until today, I never could determine how Angolmois was to be pronounced, and just went with Ann-gol-moy. the origin of its name, however, is intriguing, and I thank you for closing the case of how to pronounce it.
6:55 I used to have that issue when it first released... I'm 24 now, and I wish I had taken better care of it... I'm glad I took excellent care of my dad's original g1 character profiles issues and still have the first 4 issues to this day
Megatron: Embrace Dark Energon! EMBRACE MEGATRON!!!
This was the BEST episode in years for me. Good Golly
I think Dark Energon should show up in more series going forward.
Ok I got an awesome idea for this. Imagine that on Earth on a remote island you have all that dark energon, the dark energon is surrounded by a swamp. Now this massive swamp surrounded by deranged mutated wildlife is actually angolmois, water corrupted by the dark energon. That island was feared by the locals and many terrifying stories were told of that place.
Fantastic story! 👍👍👍👍👍😎
I didn't know that Space Crack had such an interesting history :)
So its every other saturday at 2am got it
Currently! But expect things more frequently next month!
@@ChrisMcFeely Say Chris I have an idea for another Basics video if you’re interested, it’s about the Crossover story “Code Prime” A fanfiction crossover story between the Aligned Community of Transformers and the Japanese anime Code Geass.
@@comentnine1574 unless it's official, he'll probably skip it
@@gabrielchee8470 I see.
I think I'm gonna interpret Angolmois into my own transformers continuity. As the In-between, neutral counterpart to Energon and Dark Energon.
Also thinking of renaming Dark Energon to something different.
Maybe some interpretation of the word Energon (En-Er-john). To something like Enehrgunn (Enerr-gun).
Or maybe Lethargon, based off Lethargy (A lack of energy or enthusiasm. Also a medical term for a pathological state of sleepiness or deep unresponsiveness and inactivity.) and replacing the y with "on", like Energy and Energon.
It was confusing about where the Dark Energon really came from.
As a Yugioh 5Ds fan, my spark almost stopped at 2:48. That is so familiar it isn't even funny.
8:46: Behold the power of Dark Energon!
Yes! Give us all the Unicron! And FIRST!
I never knew how to pronounced Angolmois till this video. I never got around watching Japanese Beast Wars and it was a common recurring macguffin when looking up the over convoluted Japanese timeline and people say the Zelda timeline was complicated
Primus & Matrix of the Leadership to save Earth vs Unicron & Dark Energon to destroy Earth🏔🌋
Another great video, Chris!
That’s a lot of good news. Never knew about that energy. Thanks for the review like always.
Great Stuff, as always!
With the recent trailer for _Rise of the Beasts_ last week, that pretty much confirms that the Transformers movie franchise got rebooted, right? Interesting to see if they'll ever tackle Dark Energon from here on.
I understand that the transformers legacy line will be introducing a transforming figure of the deception's space cruiser, the "Nemesis", in addition to the previous figure of the autobot "Ark". so I thought it would make a great topic of discussion for a "Basics" video somewhere down the line.
3:20 I just ordered a Tasmania Kid toy from Hasbro Pulse, and now I wanna know more about him. Obscure Characters Month, maybe?
I Love this basics, now I know how he was created, Tfp, bw2 e neo and armada are my fav shows❤❤❤❤,I Love when the dark energon was explained
Finding it funny that his origins was one of the few times that the comics took the lead instead of the cartoons as it usually goes with the franchise.
This is the kinda lore people look at me weird for remembering because of how obscure it is. But I just don’t care because how fascinating I find any of the lore surrounding unicron.
And people are gonna want to learn about unicron for sure now as the new movie approaches…
Ugh, kiss players. I almost forgot about that again.
But otherwise, cool video. I do like the mirror aspect, where dark energon is a dark reflection of the life giving regular energon.