This shows that Grimlock, despite not being very bright, is someone very loyal who always thinks of helping if he can. Instead of keeping his intelligence, he used it to build someone who can better use it to help the Autobots, and then he decided to go back to his old self. One of the best.
When Grimlock created the Technobots, he knew as well as had to return to his old self knowing that he gave his new group a combined form in which Gimlock's new intelligence had to be passed onto.
Grimlock's loyalty in this episode is a big departure from how he was portrayed in Season 1 and 2. Back then, the Dinobots and particularly Grimlock were quite rebelious and had disdain for authority. For example; Desertion Of The Dinobots episode.
I believe him, this was propably the definitive Grimlock episode, due to normally you want to someone to revert their old self, instead Grimlock used his new intellect to give birth to the Technobots and making a heroic move by giving Computron his intellect to him, so he can save his friends and he did. Also it seems rather poetic a Dinosaur played a part in creating Scientific themed characters, it's like the past passing the torth to the future, which makes the episode even better. Grimlock may have a rocky relationship with his fellow Autobots, but he was still an Autobot and this episode proved he was worthy of being called one. I bet when Optimus Prime came back and found this out and if both Wheeljack and Racthet were alive, they would be very proud of Grimlock.
Thanks to Grimlock's gifted intelligence, he created the Technobots built out from components of Unicron's brain, its members are: Scattershot, Nosecone, Strafe, Lightspeed and Afterburner, together they combine to form Computron. Their main adversary are the Terrorcons: Hun-Gurr, Blot, Cutthroat, Sinnertwin and Rippersnapper, together they also combine to form Abominus.
I used to have all five (did they burn in a fire, or are they in a storage unit? Who knows?). Loved that one could put them in any position on Scattershot when you made Computron. Though, since it was the only combiner I ever had, I can't say if that's true for all of them.
I had all 5 of them plus the protectobots I also had the predacons I think I still only have triptocon left. I let my boys take a bunch of them when the first transformers movie came out. I had one constructacon and one combaticon one Dinobot blaster soundwave I had one that you had to send in points to get. It was a car that wings under it. I had a six changer. Also blitzwing. I’m probably missing at least 5 more.
In fairness to Grimlock, his random switch-choosing skills saved the universe from Tornitron in “Call of the Primitives”…so he’s right some of the time!
Plus, unless I'm remembering wrong, Unicron never speaks again after this. Maybe Grimlock also killed Unicron between using some of his brain parts to build the Technobots and then shoot around said brain?
The best Grimlock I've seen is from Cyberverse. When he's in dino mode, he acts dumb. When he's in robot mode, he's very articulate and talks too much.
@@Christophiel They were killed off because Hasbro was trying to clear out a lot of their old characters to make way for the next generation. They killed a large roster of not-well-know and well known characters.
@@wilsonweiseng6485Computron’s such an interesting bot when you think about it. It’s not even that his ability to calculate’s slow, it’s that when he’s calculating a possibility, he calculates *_every possible option there is._* When they say Computron always comes to the best possible option, it’s not hyperbole at all. With that in mind, it’s a miracle he reacts as fast as he does.
Transformers G1 took a dark tone beginning in season 2 ep. 43 war dawn. This dark tone continued thru Transformers the movie..all the way into season 3 dark awakening.😔
I was down with Transformers from the beginning, but when Season 3 dropped, when I was fifteen, the terrible animation couldn't compare to the power of girls 🤣
Yeah the animation's quality took a steep dive in Season 3. The music on the other hand, got much better. Whereas Seasons 1 & 2 felt like a '70s show (Season 2's music mostly borrowed from G.I. Joe, itself a '70s cartoon show) Season 3 was pure '80s at its finest: the future, lots of Transformers with futuristic altmodes, often having adventures in space or other planets besides Earth and Cybertron.
I think it's the best Season by far, and even enjoyed it more as a kid. As an adult, I find it better as it has continuity, less Earth, and more sci-fi.
16:54 Wheeljack created "dinobots", then it's leader Grimlock created "techno bots". literally, every one's a creator. Genes are passed from Wheeljack to it's "cybernetic - lines" .
Yeah, although I was watching that part and thinking, first, why have *Grimlock* do it; and second, why the heck is he doing it in dinosaur mode? You’d think the short arms would be a turnoff.
I'm even amazed at how Grimlock, after disappearing into Unicron's head, was able to put the Technobots together as quickly as if they were nothing! In addition, how did he bring them to life and make it clear to Grimlock that the Technobots had to fight the Terrorcons? In the episode 'Call of the Primitives', Grimlock himself would briefly fight the Terrorcons once but later save them all, along with the Dinobots, Predacons, Sky Lynx, Trypticon and the animal cassettes, from the evil vampire-like energy cloud Tornetron!
Grimlock: *(bites the controls)* Grimlock: “I, Grimlock, used my rear molars.” Rodimus Prime: “What did you do, bite the controls?” Grimlock: “That was hardly necessary.”
I liked the new take on the Technobots in IDW 2021 annual. They seem to gel better as a team and you get a sense of how quick they are on the uptake, hence Computron.
It's a same IDW is losing the license to G.I. Joe and Transformers, and aren't continuing it.. They did a real good job. Best Transformers comics ever written.. I am in LOVE with IDW Thundercracker.. And I hate Prowl.
@@Eyrothath I am the opposite. I am glad that they can't write any more Transformers comic. IDW continuity is a mess. The writers somehow can't write a cohesive story and each time the comic changed writer, the new writer disregarded what the previous writer established. Too many nonsense crossovers, boring politics and too much romance. They destroyed the image of Optimus Prime, turned him into a villain. The way they wrote Autobot Megatron is so ridiculous. Letting him be a captain of an Autobot ship? Most of the crew should have tried to kill him on a daily basic. They killed off many beloved characters like Mirage, Trailbreaker, Kup, Cliffjumper, etc. in such ridiculous ways to leave space for their OCs. The Camiens like Windblade, Pyra Magna, Aileron are incredibly annoying Mary Sues. Windblade called Optimus a liar and a killer at his funeral. The later half of of MTMTE and Lostlight turned into some weird fanfictions with so much nonsensical ideas.
Oddly, none of the Dinobots seemed to be able to transform after the movie came out. They were just basically big metal dinosaurs, rather than Transformers.
The fact he perfectly explained why he did what he did to shut down the generator means that Grimlock is indeed pretty smart he's just a little impaired in communicating.
Great episode, Grimlock was always dumb and stupid but to see him become smart after seeing him in so many primitive mind states(such as the S. O. S dinobots episode where he mindlessly attacked the autobots in their own headquarters) this one was a milestone episode seeing him just as smart as his fellow autobots. Funny how Grimlock and Rodimus had a lil snickering going on. "What did you do Grimlock, bite the controls" lol
Marvel Comic book Grimlock was a dictator who took over the leadership of autobots for a while. He wanted to execute anyone who disagreed with him. Very similar to Megatron but more brutal. Think of an evil Conan the Barbarian but with an autobot patch. haha
@@UToobUsername01: Sounds interesting, which comic issue is that? I'm not so familair with Transformers comic books as in... I actually not really read them properly. In the G1 cartoon I always thought somehow Grimlock would challenge Prime for the Autobot leadership but after War Of The Dinobots, things remained calm but Grimlock and the Dinobots always acted a bit rebels after...
@@tonystark8201 It has to do with the idea that Dinobots only respect people who are strong warriors and the way to prove you are worthy of leading is to fight and win against them. If you lose you are not worthy to boss them around as they see themselves as having soveriegnty over their own tribe. If you are smaller and weaker than them you have no right to lead them. However this changes if you rescue them from danger as Optimus Prime did in the cartoon. But Dinobots are adamant that since they are the strongest autobots that they are King and that any order given is merely them agreeing to be allied to the autobots and not a command but a request. If they say no, then you are going to have to accept that. And it's a clever idea because it shows they don't want people telling them what to do if they can lead themselves. They represent people who just want to be free. No man should be able to demand from another man a service without their consent unless they agree to it by contract. And the Dinobots are representative of people who guard their own freedom to rule themselves by demonstration of might. You can't argue with that as history has shown that the strongest people end up conquering and ruling over the weak and the weak benefit from their protection. In the american Marvel comics Grimlock takes over and some of the autobots do not trust Grimlock to be a good leader and just like a king he wants to execute those who are not loyal to him. It is a lot more serious than the cartoon one. But you got to understand that comics and novels can get away with more than tv shows aimed at children. Violent messages that are broadcast to wide audience are naturally going to get more attention from the parents groups that feel that it's too much for a saturday morning cartoon. This has always been the case for many other properties not just Transformers. It was the 1980s and censorship was big back then. (even in the 1990s when Dragon Ball Z anime was localised to western tv they censored out a lot of blood for the kiddies)
Anti-electrons - the precursor to Dark Energon...just think how crazy Grimlock would be on Dark Energon :D This was one of my favs from Season 3! Rock on Grimlock!
These cool weird 80's music scenes gave that "only in G1 Season 3" vibe. 6:43. Rodimus and Ultra Magnus walking down a hall with that eerie feeling some issue was about to arise. Then as if that were almost a certainty Rodimus has his knees give out and can't control his transformation. Also, 11:34 with the Deceptions flying together in their ship heading back to Unicron gets me very nostalgic about Transformers The Movie. The handful of Unicron appearances in Season 3 felt big to me back as a kid watching it. The best part about both was that nothing significant in the plot was necessarily happening but seeing more of the underground tunnels of Cybertron and the inside Unicron were just cool in general.
Yea, never got why they seemingly forgot he had a robot mode in this. Logically it would have made far more sense for him to spend most of the time in robot mode and could have been used to highlight the differences between his regular dinobot mode and this super intelligent version.
Scourge and Cyclonus argue with Galvatron’s un fairly together out schemes, a once again strong reminder of Thundercracker (Scourge’s previous incarnation before his reformat) and Skywarp arguing with Starscream.
I kind of appreciate the second generation a little more these days as an adult. When I was little though I gave up on the cartoon after the movie! They really pulled a game of thrones in that mug
Grimlock became MCU's Tony Starks. Tony built MK1 from scrap metals & missile parts. Grimlock built the ENTIRE TEAM of functional & sentient Autobot known as Technobots from Unicron's components.
@@tsm688 well. Just symbolically, pal. Beside. Being able to make a group of powerful & above average intelligent Autobots (i had some look at their profile. Their firepower is very formidable) from parts of a gigiantic lifeform within minutes. That's insanely awesome
13:48 did the anti-electrons affect the matrix as well? Cuz Rodimus completely reverts to Hot Rod for a couple shots, voice higher, age lines on his face are gone and gets his old transformation.
5:54 to those who can't figure out what that blip is from its whenever Kirk or the others open their Communication Phones or receive a call. seems like Hasbro is using all the culture sound bits from lightsaber activation sounds to things from Star Trek lol.
Kinda sad when the creator of the technobots who viewed them as an equal sacrificed 'himself' for them and his friends leaving them with grimlock but not the grimlock that built them
Can we have a Transformers What If episode where Grimlock found a way to remain smart? Maybe he could've found a way to make the other dinos smart and combine into Volcanicus or whatever it was from the Power of the Primes series.
I mean I love the series as a whole, but I kind of hate that S3 basically heavily downsized the Dinobots and kept them in their alt modes the vast amount of the time... I mean Grimlock being the same height as Kup?
Ratchet’s Ghost: *sigh* Our Dinobot is growing up! It’s very sad we didn’t live long enough to see our new Grandchildren.. THANKS A LOT HASBRO!!!! Hasbro writing a mountain of apology letters to extremely pissed off parents for traumatizing their kids by killing off a lot of the old characters in brutally sadistic ways, especially Optimus Prime: FOR THE MILLIONTH TIME I SAID I’M SORRY!!!!!! Wheeljack’s Ghost: Ah yes, it was just like back In 1984 when we and others found Grimlock and the others inside the Ark.. *sniff* They age so fast…! *cries tears of Joy and lands on Ratchet’s arm* Ratchet’s Ghost: Get tf off of me Wheeljack
As far as I can recall, when "The Transformers", "G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero", & "Jem", were on WGN-TV Channel 9, in Chicago, those programs were broadcast, in the afternoons, Monday through Friday, from 3:00pm until 5:00pm. They were always 'Syndicated' programs, 'not' Saturday morning cartoons.
@@grantorino2325 Not that I recall. I do recall that all of these programs were just really bad "American 30 minute Toy Commercial Knock offs". That's why there were 'rules' prohibiting the actual toy Iine's 'commercials' COULDN'T be aired during the program. I.E., Commercials for G.I. Joe toys, couldn't be seen in the commercial breaks of the G.I. Joe cartoons. They simply aired Commercials for 'Jem' toys, or Transformers toys, instead.
Grimlock may be short on brains, but sometimes that’s a good thing. Sometimes it takes simple thinking in situations where people try to overthink it. Call of the primitives is the perfect example of that.
He lost his whole "Viking berserker warrior" spirit that we got from his debut episodes. After the constructicons the dinobots became less and less relevent as "potential overthrowers of the autobot leadership" due to their significantly higher strength than the regular car robots. (because something even bigger and more powerful than them exists: Devastator) Basically they were modified in secret. Possibly wheeljack snuck in to the chambers they lock them in and made them more easy to control. That's my opinion. So now they are like pets more than strong willed warrior badasses that think for themselves and value individual choice and independence from the autobots. (as was their original character design - think of it like how america became independent from britain and doesn't want to bow down to monarchs) The grimlock post movie is a different character. He is like Hulk if Hulk was just a dog that its owner has around for companionship. Real Grimlock to me is a king that demands his title as king because he fights for that title by having his subordinates prove that they can beat him in a fight one on one. If you can actually beat grimlock in a test of might then you become the king, and that is how you ensure the tribe is kept strong by not having weaklings tell the other warriors what to do and mislead them. Very similar to mandalorian warrior culture in star wars or the Orcs in Elder Scrolls. "Beat me up and win in a fight with me to prove you are the stronger leader, and then you get to lead and win my crown"
Somewhere in the Well Of All Sparks, Wheeljack is seeing Grimlock assemble the Technobots and cries with joy at the thought of becoming a grandpa.
lol
Lol, true that
and Ratchet is sitting somewhere trying to remember how they ot to this point
I wish that season 3 shows the well of Sparks and Wheel Jack and Ratchet toasting a pint of energon
WheelJack laughing in his grave.
This shows that Grimlock, despite not being very bright, is someone very loyal who always thinks of helping if he can. Instead of keeping his intelligence, he used it to build someone who can better use it to help the Autobots, and then he decided to go back to his old self.
One of the best.
and at every chance he gets using the slurs others have used for their inteligance against them
That's why I admire Grimlock. Persistent, has guts and great leader of the Dinobots
Somewhere Wheeljack is crying liquid pride.
When Grimlock created the Technobots, he knew as well as had to return to his old self knowing that he gave his new group a combined form in which Gimlock's new intelligence had to be passed onto.
Grimlock's loyalty in this episode is a big departure from how he was portrayed in Season 1 and 2. Back then, the Dinobots and particularly Grimlock were quite rebelious and had disdain for authority. For example; Desertion Of The Dinobots episode.
One of my favorite episodes. I still can't fathom Grimlock being the creator of the Technobots!
I missed this episode back when I was a kid. Imagine my surprise when I found out. lol
It's still a revelation to this day.
And using parts from Unicron's head!
Grimlock is so smart that he didn't need help from Vector Sigma
Fun fact: Greg Burger, Grimlock's VA has gone on record saying that his is his favorite episode.
Why Not???? Its truly a Grimlock centered story.
@@donmccullen1973 And he probably had fun voicing Grim when he was super smart. :)
@@BryonYoungblood That Too.
I believe him, this was propably the definitive Grimlock episode, due to normally you want to someone to revert their old self, instead Grimlock used his new intellect to give birth to the Technobots and making a heroic move by giving Computron his intellect to him, so he can save his friends and he did. Also it seems rather poetic a Dinosaur played a part in creating Scientific themed characters, it's like the past passing the torth to the future, which makes the episode even better. Grimlock may have a rocky relationship with his fellow Autobots, but he was still an Autobot and this episode proved he was worthy of being called one. I bet when Optimus Prime came back and found this out and if both Wheeljack and Racthet were alive, they would be very proud of Grimlock.
@@coletrain583 They made Grimlock a little more comical in the third season.
I love how even Super Genius Grimlock still refers to himself as 'Me, Grimlock' but using the correct 'I, Grimlock' instead
"Good thinking, Grimlock." Roddy totally should have said "Now there's a sentence I never thought I'd say."
Given what a schmuckobot Roddy has been to Grimlock, that makes sense.
Don't forget how arrogant hot rod was before he got the matrix
dr. berger in episode megatron master plan
Thanks to Grimlock's gifted intelligence, he created the Technobots built out from components of Unicron's brain, its members are: Scattershot, Nosecone, Strafe, Lightspeed and Afterburner, together they combine to form Computron. Their main adversary are the Terrorcons: Hun-Gurr, Blot, Cutthroat, Sinnertwin and Rippersnapper, together they also combine to form Abominus.
I have Scattershot :)
I used to have all five (did they burn in a fire, or are they in a storage unit? Who knows?). Loved that one could put them in any position on Scattershot when you made Computron. Though, since it was the only combiner I ever had, I can't say if that's true for all of them.
I had all the Terrorcons at one point.
I had all 5 of them plus the protectobots I also had the predacons I think I still only have triptocon left. I let my boys take a bunch of them when the first transformers movie came out. I had one constructacon and one combaticon one Dinobot blaster soundwave I had one that you had to send in points to get. It was a car that wings under it. I had a six changer. Also blitzwing. I’m probably missing at least 5 more.
In fairness to Grimlock, his random switch-choosing skills saved the universe from Tornitron in “Call of the Primitives”…so he’s right some of the time!
Plus a switch that important should be labeled. That’s a design flaw and not Grimlock’s fault.
@@MasterArchfiend as if grimlock can read
@@tsm688 you do a rocket from guardians and ask for some tape or a marker then.
Plus, unless I'm remembering wrong, Unicron never speaks again after this. Maybe Grimlock also killed Unicron between using some of his brain parts to build the Technobots and then shoot around said brain?
I love how he continues to refer to himself in the third person even when he's a genius.
You level of intelligence doesn’t change your inability to use pronouns.
old habits die hard
Even if he became Ultron or Brainiac.
Third person is his signature :))
Whats funnier is he actually began doing it correctly. He used to say “me Grimlock,” but here he says “I, Grimlock,” like what Skylinx does.
Self motivation
The funny thing is when you read Grimlock's profile hes a military genius with a speech impediment.
Yeah, that's more like his version in the Comics.
The speech impediment is pretty variable, he doesn't have it all the time, most notably early in the first IDW continuity.
The best Grimlock I've seen is from Cyberverse. When he's in dino mode, he acts dumb. When he's in robot mode, he's very articulate and talks too much.
In the Marvel comic he led The Autobots after Optimus died.
Comic version was a mean son of a gun
Ah yes, the episode where Grimlock got so smart he could create Autobots without Vector Sigma.
Shame Wheeljack and Ratchet didn't live long enough to see their grandchildren.
@@DEADMETALSTAN I hated that part of the movie.. If it was so easy to take out the Autobots how did they last so long on earth?
Christophiel: Maybe because they were smart and in the movie they were caught off guard.
@@Christophiel They were killed off because Hasbro was trying to clear out a lot of their old characters to make way for the next generation. They killed a large roster of not-well-know and well known characters.
Don't Forget, Wheeljack and Ratchet and Sparkplug were smart enough to create the dinobots without vector sigma.
Love the fact that Computron used his intelligence to cope with Abominus's strength.
If only his CPU speed is faster
He couldn’t beat them when they were one bot, so logically he decombined them.
@@wilsonweiseng6485Computron’s such an interesting bot when you think about it. It’s not even that his ability to calculate’s slow, it’s that when he’s calculating a possibility, he calculates *_every possible option there is._* When they say Computron always comes to the best possible option, it’s not hyperbole at all. With that in mind, it’s a miracle he reacts as fast as he does.
I love how Grimlock never transforms into robot mode the entire episode.
The entire season 3 was 98% Grimlock in dinosaur form. I think it was only twice he was a robot for a few seconds, and that was it.
Yeah, to this day I can't understand that. Probably there was a reason I missed. I think the other dinobots did transform at least when they showed 🤔.
I don't like it, to much dinosaur
The reason was because of animation cost and time. You gotta think when they draw them transformering how much time that takes.
@@Brazil144hopefulthat’s likely why they usually “cheat” their way through transformations.
That’s too bad considering …it’s in the NAME.
12:35 _"The more you get intelligent, the more your friends get 'filtered out' for your like-minded personality"_ .
GRIMLOCK ROCKS!
Slag: Grimlock no fun
Gregg Berger needs a sign, a shirt, a pendant, and a tattoo that says "Genius at Work" when he records his voice for Grimlock.
I met him at TF Con last week. I got his autograph and did a Grimlock impression that he really liked. Grimlock himself approves!
@@obitwokenobi9808 I'm glad for you for having that positive experience!
The real idiot is the one who gave Grimlock the controls.
Rodimus....lol
Underrated comment!
I know, right?!
Watch rude awakening of Optimus prime
Rodimus must have really wanted to make grimlock.feel important
"This switch real rad gonna pull" has got to be one of my favorite grimlock qoutes
I love every frame of Season 3!!! There are quite a few dark, weird, excellent episodes with a few kooky ones thrown in too.
It's way too dark and too busy for a little kid. Season 2 was much better.
Transformers G1 took a dark tone beginning in season 2 ep. 43 war dawn. This dark tone continued thru Transformers the movie..all the way into season 3 dark awakening.😔
I was down with Transformers from the beginning, but when Season 3 dropped, when I was fifteen, the terrible animation couldn't compare to the power of girls 🤣
Yeah the animation's quality took a steep dive in Season 3. The music on the other hand, got much better.
Whereas Seasons 1 & 2 felt like a '70s show (Season 2's music mostly borrowed from G.I. Joe, itself a '70s cartoon show) Season 3 was pure '80s at its finest: the future, lots of Transformers with futuristic altmodes, often having adventures in space or other planets besides Earth and Cybertron.
I think it's the best Season by far, and even enjoyed it more as a kid. As an adult, I find it better as it has continuity, less Earth, and more sci-fi.
We get the introduction of the Technobots created by Grimlock. Still unbelievable. Scattershot, Strafe, Afterburner, Lightspeed and Nosecone.
16:54 Wheeljack created "dinobots", then it's leader Grimlock created "techno bots". literally, every one's a creator. Genes are passed from Wheeljack to it's "cybernetic - lines" .
Wheeljack would be like, “Grimlock I am happy for you😢😢!”
14:50 the most wholesome moments in the show.
Nose cone: Are you my father?
@@Jimmy_Valmer Grimlock: In a way. But you I'd rather you think of me as your fellow autobot.
I'm 35 years old and I just got chills @ 17:52 They don't make shows like this anymore.
'I went through it with him 5 times' just hearing Rodimus say that still makes me laugh to this day.
Rodimus: "Good thinking Grimlock"
Rodimus' life is pretty damn Curb Your Enthusiasm 😂
Yeah, although I was watching that part and thinking, first, why have *Grimlock* do it; and second, why the heck is he doing it in dinosaur mode? You’d think the short arms would be a turnoff.
I'm even amazed at how Grimlock, after disappearing into Unicron's head, was able to put the Technobots together as quickly as if they were nothing! In addition, how did he bring them to life and make it clear to Grimlock that the Technobots had to fight the Terrorcons?
In the episode 'Call of the Primitives', Grimlock himself would briefly fight the Terrorcons once but later save them all, along with the Dinobots, Predacons, Sky Lynx, Trypticon and the animal cassettes, from the evil vampire-like energy cloud Tornetron!
Grimlock: *(bites the controls)*
Grimlock: “I, Grimlock, used my rear molars.”
Rodimus Prime: “What did you do, bite the controls?”
Grimlock: “That was hardly necessary.”
I love the fact that Grimlock was willingly going to give up his Super intelligent to help the Autobots
Optimus prime would had been proud!
@@LuisVillalobosYT not to mention wheel jack.
@@TigerWing141 right! Definitely wheel Jack!
@@LuisVillalobosYT and 16:52
I’m just happy that one of these “dunce temporality becomes smart” episodes actually has LASTING results - in the form of -new toys- new Autobots.
Wheeljack would of been proud of Grimlock.
Sob.
The Dinobots are literally the best thing he ever invented.
RIP wheeljack
I guess the Technobots are sort of Wheeljack's grandchildren.
@@BrotherDerrick3X Exactly!!
The arrival of the techno bots vs terror cons was the best part of season 3
I liked the new take on the Technobots in IDW 2021 annual.
They seem to gel better as a team and you get a sense of how quick they are on the uptake, hence Computron.
Yes i.loved the episode with Marisa we really got to know theim and the terror cons was cool too a shame the series was cancelled
It's a same IDW is losing the license to G.I. Joe and Transformers, and aren't continuing it.. They did a real good job. Best Transformers comics ever written.. I am in LOVE with IDW Thundercracker.. And I hate Prowl.
@@Eyrothath I am the opposite. I am glad that they can't write any more Transformers comic. IDW continuity is a mess. The writers somehow can't write a cohesive story and each time the comic changed writer, the new writer disregarded what the previous writer established. Too many nonsense crossovers, boring politics and too much romance. They destroyed the image of Optimus Prime, turned him into a villain. The way they wrote Autobot Megatron is so ridiculous. Letting him be a captain of an Autobot ship? Most of the crew should have tried to kill him on a daily basic. They killed off many beloved characters like Mirage, Trailbreaker, Kup, Cliffjumper, etc. in such ridiculous ways to leave space for their OCs. The Camiens like Windblade, Pyra Magna, Aileron are incredibly annoying Mary Sues. Windblade called Optimus a liar and a killer at his funeral. The later half of of MTMTE and Lostlight turned into some weird fanfictions with so much nonsensical ideas.
@@EyrothathThe only thing good about IDW is the Wreckers Saga. It is a shame that the Wreckers stop being included in later phases of the comic.
9:51 that expression of snarl always gets me XD
Lololol
I hate you because I can’t unsee this 😂
Lmao
7:00 just like optimus, Rodimus too gets its triler out of nowhere when transforming!
I like to imagine that it follows them around just off-camera.
Sub space pocket! I think it’s explained in the newer comics.
The main thing I didn't like about this episode-Grimlock does not transform. Building a ship in Dino form.
Oddly, none of the Dinobots seemed to be able to transform after the movie came out. They were just basically big metal dinosaurs, rather than Transformers.
@@rosalindshays5679 They preferred their Dino modes because they could not be damaged in that form.
@@Tracks2008 They seemed to be in Dino mode all of the time though...even when there were no Decepticons around.
@@rosalindshays5679 They simply like their dino modes. I think it may have something to do with the fact they feel stronger and safer in dino mode.
Yes, should've almost immediately gone into robot mode.
I could watch OG "Gen 1" Cartoons all day & week long in a consistent loop without disappointment!
Grimlock went all Flowers for Algernon in this ep.
The Dinobots are my favorite Transformers. They know their limitations, but they still strive forward.
The fact he perfectly explained why he did what he did to shut down the generator means that Grimlock is indeed pretty smart he's just a little impaired in communicating.
Great episode, Grimlock was always dumb and stupid but to see him become smart after seeing him in so many primitive mind states(such as the S. O. S dinobots episode where he mindlessly attacked the autobots in their own headquarters) this one was a milestone episode seeing him just as smart as his fellow autobots. Funny how Grimlock and Rodimus had a lil snickering going on. "What did you do Grimlock, bite the controls" lol
In the first seasons Grimlock was quite intimidating but in season 3 he's so cute 🤗
Marvel Comic book Grimlock was a dictator who took over the leadership of autobots for a while. He wanted to execute anyone who disagreed with him. Very similar to Megatron but more brutal. Think of an evil Conan the Barbarian but with an autobot patch. haha
His character changed in the animated movie first. He had more personality as did the other dinos.
@@UToobUsername01: Sounds interesting, which comic issue is that? I'm not so familair with Transformers comic books as in... I actually not really read them properly. In the G1 cartoon I always thought somehow Grimlock would challenge Prime for the Autobot leadership but after War Of The Dinobots, things remained calm but Grimlock and the Dinobots always acted a bit rebels after...
@@UToobUsername01 Does he talk like a brutish dummy in the comics, too?
@@tonystark8201 It has to do with the idea that Dinobots only respect people who are strong warriors and the way to prove you are worthy of leading is to fight and win against them. If you lose you are not worthy to boss them around as they see themselves as having soveriegnty over their own tribe. If you are smaller and weaker than them you have no right to lead them. However this changes if you rescue them from danger as Optimus Prime did in the cartoon. But Dinobots are adamant that since they are the strongest autobots that they are King and that any order given is merely them agreeing to be allied to the autobots and not a command but a request. If they say no, then you are going to have to accept that. And it's a clever idea because it shows they don't want people telling them what to do if they can lead themselves. They represent people who just want to be free. No man should be able to demand from another man a service without their consent unless they agree to it by contract. And the Dinobots are representative of people who guard their own freedom to rule themselves by demonstration of might. You can't argue with that as history has shown that the strongest people end up conquering and ruling over the weak and the weak benefit from their protection. In the american Marvel comics Grimlock takes over and some of the autobots do not trust Grimlock to be a good leader and just like a king he wants to execute those who are not loyal to him. It is a lot more serious than the cartoon one. But you got to understand that comics and novels can get away with more than tv shows aimed at children. Violent messages that are broadcast to wide audience are naturally going to get more attention from the parents groups that feel that it's too much for a saturday morning cartoon. This has always been the case for many other properties not just Transformers. It was the 1980s and censorship was big back then. (even in the 1990s when Dragon Ball Z anime was localised to western tv they censored out a lot of blood for the kiddies)
We ignoring the fact Grimlock called Preceptor stupid? Feel that’s an oversight not discussed enough.
Grimlock sure did talk a lot of smack to Preceptor in this episode
Terrorcons and Technobots debut. Awesome.
Anti-electrons - the precursor to Dark Energon...just think how crazy Grimlock would be on Dark Energon :D This was one of my favs from Season 3! Rock on Grimlock!
One of my favorite episodes!! Thanks for uploading!! I wish they had an episode where the dinobots and technobots fought side by side.
1:41 "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe!" Grimlock was pulling a Homer long before Homer!
These cool weird 80's music scenes gave that "only in G1 Season 3" vibe. 6:43. Rodimus and Ultra Magnus walking down a hall with that eerie feeling some issue was about to arise. Then as if that were almost a certainty Rodimus has his knees give out and can't control his transformation.
Also, 11:34 with the Deceptions flying together in their ship heading back to Unicron gets me very nostalgic about Transformers The Movie. The handful of Unicron appearances in Season 3 felt big to me back as a kid watching it.
The best part about both was that nothing significant in the plot was necessarily happening but seeing more of the underground tunnels of Cybertron and the inside Unicron were just cool in general.
Only problem with this episode is them did not include Swoop, The Dinobot should always be 5 not 4.
They lost his rights when a writer left.
@@stuartmcclurey9926 No, he appeared in "Call of the Primitives".
They also didn't include Snarl in the movie. Odd how often Dinobots randomly disappeared like that.
@@rosalindshays5679 actually, Snarl appeared on Autobot city, when they learned about Unicron.
@@stuartmcclurey9926 oh damn I didn’t know that
Every other autobot stayed in robot mode most of the time. Dinobots, rarely left dinosaur mode
In season 2 it's mentioned that they're vulrenable in robot mode which is why I believe that they stay in dino mode.
They didn't transform into robot mode after the movie came out, for some odd reason.
@@rosalindshays5679 Weird but true. My memory of season 3 is kinda vague but only remember seeing Grimlock in robot mode in one episode.
If you could be a giant robot dinosaur, would you not chose to be a giant robot dinosaur as much as possible?
(Galvatron)”What who are you?!”(20:01)
(Computron)”Name Computron Primary goal Obliterate Decepticons!!!”(20:04)
Such deep character development as this is what makes G1 the series that tops all that followed over the last forty years.
Love the banter between Rodimus and Grimlock LOL
Also kudos for Hasbro Pulse not making this video "just for kids".
See? COPPA! Even Hasbro respects grown fans.
Which one is COPPA, again?
When grimlock got smart and created the technobots, my heart melted because he actually became smart
14:36 with tiny hand dinosaur grimlock can built technobots really fast, not in robot mode 👍
so inspirational
Yea, never got why they seemingly forgot he had a robot mode in this. Logically it would have made far more sense for him to spend most of the time in robot mode and could have been used to highlight the differences between his regular dinobot mode and this super intelligent version.
Bert Kramer's performance was astonishing. His voice was absolutely perfect for Computron.
That's the one thing I like about the TechnoBots they're the only Autobot combiner team whose team leader is a Triple Changer.
2:16 you can blame that one on whelljack
Scourge and Cyclonus argue with Galvatron’s un fairly together out schemes, a once again strong reminder of Thundercracker (Scourge’s previous incarnation before his reformat) and Skywarp arguing with Starscream.
Now what if Grimlock used that new brain to convert himself and his fellow Dinobots into combiners?
Beast?
@@obitwokenobi9808 more like volcanicas from power of the primes
In grimlock tone, “If we dinobots combine into volcanicus, we got some serious havoc on devastator!”
4:47 First Rodimus, then perceptor and then grimlock, appearing from nowhere....
If only wheeljack could have seen grimlock now. R.I.P Wheeljack 😢
😢
It was great to have optimus back but it's sucks that some of the more cooler characters were killed off as well
Maybe Spike should have LIED to Wheeljack. Maybe he should've told him dinosaurs were intelligent.
7:00 I'm I the only one questioning how his second half just appears from behind out of nowhere and then just leaves.
Playing as Grimlock in the games is awesome wish he had more levels to play more as.
Which ones, the Cybertron games, or Devastation?
Wow, this was one of the first episodes my aunt ever showed me of Transformers.
Joseph, I am also an aunt too. My nephews like Transformers episodes too.
7:30 "Me Grimlock to tuen-off the machine right now" that was the turning point of him to become Intelligent and mannered (7:55).
Grimlock: "Gee Megatron. What you want to do tonight?"
BW Megatron: "The same thing we do every night. Try and take over the world! Yesss."
😂😂😂😂
Narf!
@@dpt6849 Poit!
🎶They’re Meggy and the Grim, yes, Meggy and the Grim
One is a genius, the other kills on whim🎶
Pinky and the brain
I kind of appreciate the second generation a little more these days as an adult. When I was little though I gave up on the cartoon after the movie! They really pulled a game of thrones in that mug
19:07 Grinlocks birthday present to Conputron.
Not a half-bad one, in my opinion.
The rarest substance in the universe, kept in a glass bubble with a simple cork in the bottom.
8:04 at this moment Grimlock's voice just suddenly becomes wise for the rest of the episode!
Grimlock became MCU's Tony Starks.
Tony built MK1 from scrap metals & missile parts.
Grimlock built the ENTIRE TEAM of functional & sentient Autobot known as Technobots from Unicron's components.
it's not inconceivable unicron kept some useful stuff ready to go. he did make galvatron and his army out of something.
@@tsm688 well. Just symbolically, pal.
Beside. Being able to make a group of powerful & above average intelligent Autobots (i had some look at their profile. Their firepower is very formidable) from parts of a gigiantic lifeform within minutes. That's insanely awesome
13:48 did the anti-electrons affect the matrix as well? Cuz Rodimus completely reverts to Hot Rod for a couple shots, voice higher, age lines on his face are gone and gets his old transformation.
yep, it's in the script. someone called it animation error but apparently its in the script
yes the color also change maroon to magenta. nice catch! I never notice that
I saw that too
6:10 Grimlock That's not a toy!
Grimlock is so stupid.
"Guide?. No need guide, have Grimlock"
"Dont remind me"
*ROTFLMAO*
Birth of the Techo-Bots!!
Sweetness!
"Are you my father?" I will hug him and pet him and I will name him George!
@@Robizoid 😂😅
Why even bring Grimlock along on a mission this delicate? I know there's a story to tell here, but C'mon!
5:54 to those who can't figure out what that blip is from its whenever Kirk or the others open their Communication Phones or receive a call. seems like Hasbro is using all the culture sound bits from lightsaber activation sounds to things from Star Trek lol.
I am literally obsessed with computron. Would love a new main line version of him some day.
Grimlock: I say you smart now
Computron’s my favorite combiner, he’s so underrated.
Ratchet and Wheeljack would be proud to see their son Grimlock build them some grandsons...
14:40 So, Grimlock is now the creator of a new Autobot, " *Nose Cone* ".
Le _Vector Sigma_ : "pikachu face"
Reliving my childhood. One episode at a time. 😊
Kinda sad when the creator of the technobots who viewed them as an equal sacrificed 'himself' for them and his friends leaving them with grimlock but not the grimlock that built them
Only 2 seasons later and grimlock has gone from a violent thug to an overgrown child.
He pretty much became a robot Barney the Dinosaur
One thing I disliked in Season 3 is making Grimlock into a joker compared to how was written in S1/S2.
18:17 Little mistake. That's the handgun of Lightspeed and. And not the guns that that Lightspeed uses in his vehiclemode.
One has to wonder whose idea it was for Grimlock, of all ‘bots, to operate the energy reactor.
or serve drinks at the peace convention. etc.
8:27 Smart and suddenly abusive lol.
8:40 Oh no! It's the pencil sharpener of doom!
Since this episode is set in 2006 and the Technobots were born in this episode, that means they would be 17 years old now.
I freaking love smart Grimlock
Can we have a Transformers What If episode where Grimlock found a way to remain smart? Maybe he could've found a way to make the other dinos smart and combine into Volcanicus or whatever it was from the Power of the Primes series.
I agree we should have a Volcanicus vs Devastator
@@gandalflotr2898
But the dinobots are like half the size of Devastator (when the show scales them that way at least)
That dude would be fucking big
You might like the Cyberverse cartoon then.
@@johnnygyro2295 I did see that. It was awesome. I wish they found a way to do that back in the G1 Timestream.
This is one of my favorite episodes!!!!
I mean I love the series as a whole, but I kind of hate that S3 basically heavily downsized the Dinobots and kept them in their alt modes the vast amount of the time... I mean Grimlock being the same height as Kup?
Ratchet’s Ghost: *sigh* Our Dinobot is growing up! It’s very sad we didn’t live long enough to see our new Grandchildren.. THANKS A LOT HASBRO!!!!
Hasbro writing a mountain of apology letters to extremely pissed off parents for traumatizing their kids by killing off a lot of the old characters in brutally sadistic ways, especially Optimus Prime: FOR THE MILLIONTH TIME I SAID I’M SORRY!!!!!!
Wheeljack’s Ghost: Ah yes, it was just like back In 1984 when we and others found Grimlock and the others inside the Ark.. *sniff* They age so fast…! *cries tears of Joy and lands on Ratchet’s arm*
Ratchet’s Ghost: Get tf off of me Wheeljack
As far as I can recall, when "The Transformers", "G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero", & "Jem", were on WGN-TV Channel 9, in Chicago, those programs were broadcast, in the afternoons, Monday through Friday, from 3:00pm until 5:00pm. They were always 'Syndicated' programs, 'not' Saturday morning cartoons.
Wasn't "Jem" a segment of *Super Saturday* (along with "Bigfoot" and "Robotix")?
@@grantorino2325 Not that I recall. I do recall that all of these programs were just really bad "American 30 minute Toy Commercial Knock offs".
That's why there were 'rules' prohibiting the actual toy Iine's 'commercials' COULDN'T be aired during the program. I.E., Commercials for G.I. Joe toys, couldn't be seen in the commercial breaks of the G.I. Joe cartoons. They simply aired Commercials for 'Jem' toys, or Transformers toys, instead.
Grimlock may be short on brains, but sometimes that’s a good thing. Sometimes it takes simple thinking in situations where people try to overthink it. Call of the primitives is the perfect example of that.
The intro didn't start getting better until season 3 I love this cartoon i just wish it would have lasted 3 more seasons
blame the movie!
headmasters vs targetmasters is season 4. Scorponok was my biggest toy.
Amongst one of the most entertaining episodes that season 💯
14:00, that view of Unicron's face really creeps me out.
They ruined the Dinobots with the 86 Movie onwards. They used to be so ruthless and intimidating. That's how I'll always remember them.
Yeah, they were, more often than not, relegated to comic relief.
He lost his whole "Viking berserker warrior" spirit that we got from his debut episodes. After the constructicons the dinobots became less and less relevent as "potential overthrowers of the autobot leadership" due to their significantly higher strength than the regular car robots. (because something even bigger and more powerful than them exists: Devastator) Basically they were modified in secret. Possibly wheeljack snuck in to the chambers they lock them in and made them more easy to control. That's my opinion. So now they are like pets more than strong willed warrior badasses that think for themselves and value individual choice and independence from the autobots. (as was their original character design - think of it like how america became independent from britain and doesn't want to bow down to monarchs) The grimlock post movie is a different character. He is like Hulk if Hulk was just a dog that its owner has around for companionship. Real Grimlock to me is a king that demands his title as king because he fights for that title by having his subordinates prove that they can beat him in a fight one on one. If you can actually beat grimlock in a test of might then you become the king, and that is how you ensure the tribe is kept strong by not having weaklings tell the other warriors what to do and mislead them. Very similar to mandalorian warrior culture in star wars or the Orcs in Elder Scrolls. "Beat me up and win in a fight with me to prove you are the stronger leader, and then you get to lead and win my crown"
"Me grimlock not stupid. Me grimlock smartest dinobot" Perceptor say "unfortunately, that's probably true"
Who's the bigger fool, Grimlock, or the guy who puts Grimlock in charge of something?
"Me Grimlock say you smart now."
Sighs don't you just love metal Barney?