Would've been even more traumatising if this had been how KITT got his dash upgrade after losing his old dash in the acid. As opposed to getting a missile fired up his exhaust.
As a kid watching theses episodes i was heart broken every time KITT was damaged. He was my favorite and i swore i'd stop watching the show if he was ever "killed" and replaced. No one could take KITT's place. Knight of the Drones was especially heart breaking , i can still remember having tears in my eyes when Bonnie arrives to take KITT for repairs and KITT says it's so dark and asks if it's night and Bonnie reassures him by saying yes, it's night time now. I cried.
I would have cried too! I never saw that episode! I wish they sold a Knight Rider RC Collection! A 10 scale KITT, KARR, Goliath and maybe the foundation Semi!
Sheesh! I grew up watching Knight Rider as a kid but never was attached to the point that I was crying. But then again, the 80's was the rise of mama raised soy boys/simps.
I can remember watching the Goliath episode when it was first aired and my jaw hanging open in disbelief when KITT got beaten up. To my 10 year old mind it was just inconceivable lol.
The hero's journey. The hero gets a beat down, in this case needs to be rebuilt, and is stronger and has more knowledge and makes him a better person. Yes, a Woman can do this too, but in this case one of the major heroes is a Male Auto.
Who else felt like everytime Kitt got destroyed, it was almost like watching a strong adult you knew getting beat up by someone? It was almost like something that should be impossible to happen. And then the joy, when Kitt got put together again... Such great times. The 80's and 90's had so many great tv shows and animated tv shows. I know that nostalgia kind of blinds us and alot of these shows were very cheesy but nowadays most shows are complete garbage, mostly because the writers are bad at their job and can't put their egos aside for the projects sake. Don't get me wrong, there are still many amazing tv shows but not as many as back then.
i remember when i was a kid, i have so many good memories watching this series and how amazed i was what kitt can all do... now as an adult, its really funny to watch it again.
Kitt's destruction in "Junkyard Dog" i think was the worst of them all. We actually heard him calling Michael for help until his voice synthesizer zeroed out. That was also the only destruction that took place under liquified mud which was heartbreaking.☹😫😭
Funny mistake: 4:37. Kitt is destroyed. Everything inside the chassis is gone, destroyed by the toxic waste, steering wheel, seats, computers… but the tires are still there. 🤣🤣🤣
standard issue tires can survive almost any chemical in an old junkyard tires from the : 1920's 1930's 1940's 1950's 1960's 1970's 1980's have been found intact
@@andrewblanchard2398great point Andrew, and then there's the protective shell. It protects the outside but not the inside. The windows are gone but they probably malfunctioned in the acid pit
Honestly I never would of thought KITT could ever be destroyed. When it happened boy did it take me by surprise. In my opinion two of his worst ones was the acid pit and the one after he loses his protective shell.
The acid one was absolutely brutal. It didn’t just deactivate his program, it ate every internal component. In my opinion, that’s kind of worse than the others.
Out of all the KITT damaged/destroyed episodes the first one was the best. Not only because the audience had never seen KITT so easily overpowered but because it's the only one out of the four that showed Michael and KITT being own their own afterwards having to figure out how to get back to the foundation. I know it makes no sense that without any tools or know how about turbines Michael was able to rig up a ramjet but the tension was built up really well and seeing KITT come back down on all four wheels and then blast out of the desert at 300mph was awesome then as it is now.
4:05 i noticed it when i first watched this episode back in the 80's when it aired, that k.i.t.t looked sorta different, and realized it's a model car sinking lol. The special effects back then....
I know!!! 😂😂😂😂 As a boy I didn’t catch on to that when I watching it in the 80s and only (YEARS) later when I watched re-runs on television in the 90s and saw clips on TH-cam in the 00 noughties did I realise that they were actually toy cars they used in those scenes for those particular storylines that switched to really damaged or destroyed Trans AMs as “KITT” for when David Hasselhoff was in a close up scene as Michael Knight with the different cars!!! 🤭🤭🤭🤭 Just continue to live in the fantasy and don’t make fun of it you!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Although I love the episode "Goliath," I don't think of KITT as being destroyed in that one, just badly damaged. He was still talking and he left the desert under his own power, albeit jerry rigged by Michael.
Thanks, I hated it. But the last one is sweet in that K.I.T.T. injected Michael to save his human companion when he realized he wouldn't be able to protect him or save himself. And at least K.I.T.T. survived every major hit he took, even if he sometimes struggled during the comeback.
Michael was definitely a air-head at times. He did Kitt bad especially going against Goliath. Common sense would tell you not to go against a semi that has the same protective shield as a car. A car never wins against a semi.
Michael: "If we're quick enough, we can knock out his right front wheel." Me: "What part of 'the truck is protected by the molecular bonded shell' did you not understand? If a guy at a gas station couldn't pop the tires on KITT due to the bonded shell, what makes you think you can knock out that right front wheel, Michael?" I agree. He can definitely be an air-head.
The Goliath one as a kid was awesome! I remember part 2 when Michael wakes up and pulls out the Knight Industries 2000 car manual to get Kitt working again 😂
KITT was destroyed twice, once against the forklift aka the Junkyard Dog, and once against the Juggernaut. Goliath and the Drone only damaged KITT but KITT could still function and communicate with Micheal.
3:40 disturbing thought the bucket loader forklift driver didn't know there wasn't anyone in KITT he literally tried to commit PREMEDITATED MURDER in the : 1st DEGREE 2nd DEGREE 3rd DEGREE
The destructions that always unnerved me as a kid were the acid one and the Juggernaut, in that order. The one that was just plain dumb in a preventable way was the Hoff taking on Goliath, literally, head on.
Every time KITT got his bumper kicked in, Michael was way too overconfident in his abilities. Partners know each other’s weaknesses and seek to cover them up, lest they be exploited. Michael overmatched KITT’s adaptability every time.
KITT is only destroyed in the acid pit. It ate away everything except his shell. The other times, he was still intact and still talking. Bascially, he was knocked unconscious those times.
@@thomaskampa7254 The tires are bulletproof too, but the sunroof (and side windows) are gone with the acid - so the tires have to ! And uranium (?) bullets can destroy the tires (other episode) !
@@sa_si_ra the side windows must have fallen into the doors as the lift mechanism was degraded by the acid. Sunroof fell off as its mounts also decomposed. these parts are installed internally, so they have not been treated with the molecular seal. 😉
In junkyard dog Kitt doesnt get destroyed but ANNIHILATED. That scene was so burned into my mind that I used to reenact it over and over as a kid with my toys. I had a toy car that looked just like kitt.
@@dspencer8827 That too, but I was actually mentioning the super speed mode. Which didn't make any sense, since he widened his surface and air resistance. But it was the 80's, so we just had fun.
That one always kind of annoyed me. They were obviously locking onto his exhaust with a heat seeking missle, but in the season one episode Deadly Maneuvers, KITT uses a rear flamethrower to prevent getting hit by a heat seeking missle. Why didn't he just do that again?
@@pdennis93 As well as the oil slick, or smoke fume, or laser, or a number of other gizmos KITT supposedly had. I'm starting to think that KITT might not have been armed at all times, but only gets reloaded according to the mission. I can't see how a car that size could have enough room to stock all that weaponry anyway. But I think KITT always had the micro-jam installed because it was used many times. Not sure why they didn't consider it.
2:33 I blame this one totally on Michael. Kitt already told you Goliath has its same protective shell, ans you still want to ram it? The wheels are not upfront, there's chassis before you get to them, pal!
Oh man, I still remember the one where KITT got dropped into the acid. That moment literally scarred my 4-year-old psyche. As far as I was concerned, KITT was just as much a 'person' as any human, and the idea of him getting dissolved was traumatizing.
FUN FACT MICHAEL was GARTHE's fraternal twin put up for adoption as a baby which is why WILTON KNIGHT kept an eye on him & also why MICHAEL was so easily surgically altered to look like GARTHE GARTHE was supposed to be KARR'S driver but he got arrested in AFRICA after joining forces with TSOMBE KUNA
I would love for someone to have picked up the CPU of KARR from the desert and got him reactivated somehow, then combined him with Goliath. THAT would have been an epic story. They kinda left things open by showing the blinking CPU behind the front grill.
You have to understand why KARR became what he is. He was created first, abandoned, and left to survive on his own, then to see number 2 get all the cool upgrades, a driver, and a personal mechanic. Anyone would've gone mad too.
I seem to remember all of these destructions happened in the season finale, then we got a "new and improved" KITT for the next season with upgraded gadgets every time he got rebuilt. KITT also got some minor cosmetic changes, especially the front bumper, I always thought this was to keep up with the current model Firebird/Trans-am.
KITT was always a supercar to me, seeing him hurt or damaged and i never understood how or why... But it broke my heart every time 😢 Still does, i love my KITT ❤
Both was good .but juggernaut.have me jumping . 👊 Punch Right 😱 Thur kitt 😢 Thur the doors and everything windows 🪟 it's everything it's was crazy.kitt been Thur alot . watching knight rider kitt is like a friend too us we love him
Nice Editing skills, KITT was damaged 3 times, acid john Destroyes KITT, so much that Michael had to call devon and get him to call the original team Wilton Knight assembled and have them design everything from the ground up
Love how KITT's "Knight of the Juggernaut" destruction is the only one done with actual vehicles without any miniatures. Though miniatures do still appear at other points in the episode.
hello. i did see a few of these. i had no idea kitt was destroyed this many times. my question is about the juggernaut. it looks like a version of the vehicle used in Molly Ringwalds 1983 movie spacehunter. is it the same one?
Guys I know we all were sorry for those episodes. Yes, that was great show but I can't help myself thinking some gaps in the scenario. :)) Destroy No.1: First of all KITT could've detected wire and explosion system buried into the walls. He detected the molecular shell of The Goliath. He could've calculated the collision and ejected Michael out or taken the control to save Michael and himself. :) Destroy No.2: KITT was even able to unlock a door lock from the distance. He could've taken the control of that loader machine to stop it. Destroy No.3: This episode was weird. When KITT was showered with a special liquid, he could've detected the liquid's specs or the failure on his molecular shell. Just one hit has already taken KITT out actually. We saw that KITT was extremely weak without molecular shell. :)) Destroy No.4: We saw in this episode, they had no need a special liquid to mess with KITT's shell, one rocket was enough to break KITT. :) Actually KITT foresaw how they would destroy him. Again he could've taken the control and turn a 180 degree maneuver to avoid from the rocket... Ok ok ok, I know these episodes left our memory for long years. The show wouldn't be excited without these traumatic shocks. :) I love them but everytime I watch those, I'm still thinking all of these. :))
Wasn't the armoured vehicle a modified version of the vehicle that Peter Strauss drove in the feature film Spacehunter: Adventure In The Forbidden Zone which also starred Michael Ironside?
In the first couple of episodes or so, Michael referred to KITT as an "it". By the time of "Junkyard Dog", seeing KITT about to be dropped into an acid pond had him just as torn up as if it had been Devon or Bonnie (or April).
3:59
" MICHAEL , HELP ME ! "
that broke my heart
when I was a kid & it still does
I still feel sorry for KITT in that episode.
I'm not even a fan and it was sad.
Me too 😢
Would've been even more traumatising if this had been how KITT got his dash upgrade after losing his old dash in the acid. As opposed to getting a missile fired up his exhaust.
Agreed I didn't like that even though I like Garth and Gollith
I only remember the acid one but KITT's desperate pleas for help have stuck in memory for almost 40 years.
I like the mud scene 😁👍🏾
It was toxic waste...
@@MrPAULONEAL no it was not.
Correct
@@bp6329 yes it was, it was mud full of acid stuff.
As a kid watching theses episodes i was heart broken every time KITT was damaged. He was my favorite and i swore i'd stop watching the show if he was ever "killed" and replaced. No one could take KITT's place.
Knight of the Drones was especially heart breaking , i can still remember having tears in my eyes when Bonnie arrives to take KITT for repairs and KITT says it's so dark and asks if it's night and Bonnie reassures him by saying yes, it's night time now.
I cried.
Yep
I would have cried too! I never saw that episode! I wish they sold a Knight Rider RC Collection! A 10 scale KITT, KARR, Goliath and maybe the foundation Semi!
i cried when kitt yelled "no mikey, no!"
I was lucky to missed those episodes at 5 years old!
I would have cry too!
KITT was the car I dreamed to own
Sheesh! I grew up watching Knight Rider as a kid but never was attached to the point that I was crying. But then again, the 80's was the rise of mama raised soy boys/simps.
You forgot the worst destruction of all...by the production company who cancelled the show. 😞
Precisely. There was no recovery after that. No KITT V5... I mean, V6
You mean the production company that came up with the bad remake.
Everything good must end, so it can keep its glory!
@@richard77231 wasnt a remake. A sequel
We don't talk about that horrible, HORRIBLE thing they called a sequel/remake
I can remember watching the Goliath episode when it was first aired and my jaw hanging open in disbelief when KITT got beaten up. To my 10 year old mind it was just inconceivable lol.
I felt the same way about that oversized box of hammers!!
Even in my early teens, I couldn't believe Michael was foolish enough to risk getting destroyed just to try and give the truck a flat tire.
It hit me hard to my twelve year old mind as well😊
haha I remember that episode as well-- I was in disbelief when KITT got destroyed vs Goliath
The hero's journey. The hero gets a beat down, in this case needs to be rebuilt, and is stronger and has more knowledge and makes him a better person. Yes, a Woman can do this too, but in this case one of the major heroes is a Male Auto.
Who else felt like everytime Kitt got destroyed, it was almost like watching a strong adult you knew getting beat up by someone? It was almost like something that should be impossible to happen. And then the joy, when Kitt got put together again...
Such great times.
The 80's and 90's had so many great tv shows and animated tv shows.
I know that nostalgia kind of blinds us and alot of these shows were very cheesy but nowadays most shows are complete garbage, mostly because the writers are bad at their job and can't put their egos aside for the projects sake.
Don't get me wrong, there are still many amazing tv shows but not as many as back then.
It felt like watching the Enterprise go down in Star Trek 3
i remember when i was a kid, i have so many good memories watching this series and how amazed i was what kitt can all do... now as an adult, its really funny to watch it again.
Junk Yard dog when KITT gets put in the acid pit was so upsetting😢
And painful too.
Kitt's destruction in "Junkyard Dog" i think was the worst of them all. We actually heard him calling Michael for help until his voice synthesizer zeroed out. That was also the only destruction that took place under liquified mud which was heartbreaking.☹😫😭
That liquid mud looks like it would feel great to jump in though 😁
You can say that again I think I got nightmares I was about 10 years old when I saw it.
@@CarlosLopez-oc9nh 😁
Yup but the tyres were fine though 🤣🤣
@@warrenb666that's because of the protective shell. It protects the outside but not the inside
These episodes were intense back in the day. I remember as a kid wondering if KITT was gonna make it a couple of those times.
KITT's demise in "The junkyard dog" episode is the one that got me so mad/shocked.
Wilton knight would be turning in his grave if he saw his creation destroyed in such ways.
Funny mistake: 4:37. Kitt is destroyed. Everything inside the chassis is gone, destroyed by the toxic waste, steering wheel, seats, computers… but the tires are still there. 🤣🤣🤣
standard issue tires
can survive
almost any chemical
in an old junkyard
tires from the :
1920's
1930's
1940's
1950's
1960's
1970's
1980's
have been found intact
@@andrewblanchard2398great point Andrew, and then there's the protective shell. It protects the outside but not the inside. The windows are gone but they probably malfunctioned in the acid pit
@@redneckranger2144 it's definitely the most depressing scene in the entire series 😢
Honestly I never would of thought KITT could ever be destroyed. When it happened boy did it take me by surprise. In my opinion two of his worst ones was the acid pit and the one after he loses his protective shell.
He couldn't be "destroyed" but was most definitely disabled
@@williammitchell4417 that is true. And when he was rebuilt he was better than before
The acid one was absolutely brutal. It didn’t just deactivate his program, it ate every internal component. In my opinion, that’s kind of worse than the others.
@@Agent_1701-D i remember seeing the acid pit one for the first time and was like wtf just happened.
Nightmare 13
What about the episode “The Juggernaut”? That was another one where KITT got destroyed
Hearing KITT call for help in that pond of sludge traumatised me as a kid
could have turboost out as soon as dropp in
@@liljohn309may have caused an explosion
4:15 I used to replay that scene as a kid. Dug a little hole, filled it with mud and drowned all my Matchbox cars in it. Great times!
Me too!😀
😊
Out of all the KITT damaged/destroyed episodes the first one was the best. Not only because the audience had never seen KITT so easily overpowered but because it's the only one out of the four that showed Michael and KITT being own their own afterwards having to figure out how to get back to the foundation. I know it makes no sense that without any tools or know how about turbines Michael was able to rig up a ramjet but the tension was built up really well and seeing KITT come back down on all four wheels and then blast out of the desert at 300mph was awesome then as it is now.
4:05 i noticed it when i first watched this episode back in the 80's when it aired, that k.i.t.t looked sorta different, and realized it's a model car sinking lol. The special effects back then....
I always felt bad that KITT was destroyed but it made it cool to think that KITT was in the end venerable which made him even more human than anything
you clearly see they are destroying model cars of kitt😂😂😂😂
I know!!! 😂😂😂😂 As a boy I didn’t catch on to that when I watching it in the 80s and only (YEARS) later when I watched re-runs on television in the 90s and saw clips on TH-cam in the 00 noughties did I realise that they were actually toy cars they used in those scenes for those particular storylines that switched to really damaged or destroyed Trans AMs as “KITT” for when David Hasselhoff was in a close up scene as Michael Knight with the different cars!!! 🤭🤭🤭🤭 Just continue to live in the fantasy and don’t make fun of it you!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Although I love the episode "Goliath," I don't think of KITT as being destroyed in that one, just badly damaged. He was still talking and he left the desert under his own power, albeit jerry rigged by Michael.
That’s true. I think in Knight of The Drones he was still talking after being hit with the rocket as well.
I remember. Michael pulled out the car manual. "Thank you for buying a knight rider 2000..." 😆
@@ninjamaster3453
😂
@@ninjamaster3453knight *Industries 2000
Yeap, that one was pretty easy on Kitt, considering the other three destructions.
I can still remember watching when it first aired as a kid and being absolutely shocked when this happened.
I only knew the juggernaut destruction!
I remember that I was devastated and the next day at school was the number 1 topic!
Thanks, I hated it. But the last one is sweet in that K.I.T.T. injected Michael to save his human companion when he realized he wouldn't be able to protect him or save himself.
And at least K.I.T.T. survived every major hit he took, even if he sometimes struggled during the comeback.
Well that is K.I.T.T's primary function, to protect human life.
Michael was definitely a air-head at times. He did Kitt bad especially going against Goliath. Common sense would tell you not to go against a semi that has the same protective shield as a car. A car never wins against a semi.
He’s definitely an idiot
Michael: "If we're quick enough, we can knock out his right front wheel."
Me: "What part of 'the truck is protected by the molecular bonded shell' did you not understand? If a guy at a gas station couldn't pop the tires on KITT due to the bonded shell, what makes you think you can knock out that right front wheel, Michael?"
I agree. He can definitely be an air-head.
Lol KITT shoulda took over
The only problem was that they zigged when they should have zagged...
@@fuego09esmeralda LOL, they should have zagged away to fight another day.
as a kid
the acid pit episode
and
the juggernaut episode
made me cry
How.u feel.andrew.
@@ciarantormey6446
they still do
The only thing that didn't get destroyed was David's mullet during the 4 seasons.
lol
Well, it did look a bit better in the last season when it was trimmed down.
@@02chevyguy season 2 hair was 👌🏼
It's not really a mullet when the hair was all one length
Felt Really Bad for KIIT seeing it in such condition and situation.
the Goliath episode.i remember we were all shocked and everyone at school talking about it.and waited for the part 2
The Goliath one as a kid was awesome! I remember part 2 when Michael wakes up and pulls out the Knight Industries 2000 car manual to get Kitt working again 😂
KITT was destroyed twice, once against the forklift aka the Junkyard Dog, and once against the Juggernaut. Goliath and the Drone only damaged KITT but KITT could still function and communicate with Micheal.
3:40
disturbing thought
the
bucket loader forklift driver
didn't know there wasn't anyone in
KITT
he literally tried to commit
PREMEDITATED MURDER
in the :
1st DEGREE
2nd DEGREE
3rd DEGREE
The destructions that always unnerved me as a kid were the acid one and the Juggernaut, in that order. The one that was just plain dumb in a preventable way was the Hoff taking on Goliath, literally, head on.
The Goliath one was like bringing a knife to a gunfight.
Don't blame Michael. He was a detective not a physicist.
Even kit said dont attack that monster head on😊😊
Every time KITT got his bumper kicked in, Michael was way too overconfident in his abilities. Partners know each other’s weaknesses and seek to cover them up, lest they be exploited. Michael overmatched KITT’s adaptability every time.
Yeah, I was shocked to find out how often KITT had to pay the price for Michael's hubris.
In the juggernot and the acid there was anything he could do
@@fredericomoreira6113 with “Juggernaut”, KITT told him he couldn’t scan for anything due to the environment. Michael should have left.
He kept going down the road and drove in to the trap
Michael is only human.
Jeez.
KITT is only destroyed in the acid pit. It ate away everything except his shell. The other times, he was still intact and still talking. Bascially, he was knocked unconscious those times.
I cannot believe the acid has no effect on the tires !!! 😂
@@sa_si_ra The tires are indestructible like the shell. kitt has often driven over nail barriers without the tires bursting.
@@thomaskampa7254 The tires are bulletproof too, but the sunroof (and side windows) are gone with the acid - so the tires have to ! And uranium (?) bullets can destroy the tires (other episode) !
@@sa_si_ra the side windows must have fallen into the doors as the lift mechanism was degraded by the acid. Sunroof fell off as its mounts also decomposed. these parts are installed internally, so they have not been treated with the molecular seal. 😉
@@thomaskampa7254 Why had the acid enter the mainroom but not the tires - was KITT so stupid to let the side window open ?
I like how Michael land on his feet after being ejected
And KITT just accelerated to 90mph before that.
DH's stuntman musta called in sick that day lolol
Wow. They really had to use a toy car to show KITT sinking in the mud pit🥴
The mud looks awesome 😁
@@ifeelbetterabouthis.louis3 Umm .. Yummy...
@@ThisuraYapa 😁
Cost cutting. Lol
As a kid I was devastated by it.. but seeing it now makes it so comical and obvious
Thursday, November 17, 2022--6:36 am CST
I'm always a little sad win KITT gets destroyed, But I'm always happy when he's rebuilt.
I was so crying watching these when i was little.....Thank you for the clips.👍
How dare you put me through the heartache all over again of losing KITT!!!
Those moments were truly heartbreaking, watching my beloved KITT getting hurt! 😢
They did such a good job establishing KITT's indestructibility that the first time he got destroyed, it really threw me--that was some good TV. :D
In junkyard dog Kitt doesnt get destroyed but ANNIHILATED. That scene was so burned into my mind that I used to reenact it over and over as a kid with my toys. I had a toy car that looked just like kitt.
That mud pit sequence wins the reward for the worst bit of miniature work in all of TV 😂
I notized the same 😂
I remember KITT gets a nice upgrade after he gets destroyed by the Juggernaut.
Yes he did ,convertable
@@dspencer8827 That too, but I was actually mentioning the super speed mode. Which didn't make any sense, since he widened his surface and air resistance.
But it was the 80's, so we just had fun.
It was actually SPM super pursuit mode! 😉👍
@@mattayres5238 True, they translated to Super Speed Mode in my country.
@Metalders As a child, I HATED every bit of that upgrade too. Super Pursuit mode made the car look so ugly.
KITT: Michael, he's zeroing in on my exhaust system!
Michael: I read ya, pal.
KITT: Sorry, pal. Forgive me.
Michael: What?
Like Star Wars blowing up the Death Star through the exaust port.
That one always kind of annoyed me. They were obviously locking onto his exhaust with a heat seeking missle, but in the season one episode Deadly Maneuvers, KITT uses a rear flamethrower to prevent getting hit by a heat seeking missle. Why didn't he just do that again?
@@pdennis93 As well as the oil slick, or smoke fume, or laser, or a number of other gizmos KITT supposedly had. I'm starting to think that KITT might not have been armed at all times, but only gets reloaded according to the mission. I can't see how a car that size could have enough room to stock all that weaponry anyway. But I think KITT always had the micro-jam installed because it was used many times. Not sure why they didn't consider it.
When you least expect it, it will happen one way or another and it is tough to watch Kitt getting damaged in more ways than one.
2:33 I blame this one totally on Michael. Kitt already told you Goliath has its same protective shell, ans you still want to ram it? The wheels are not upfront, there's chassis before you get to them, pal!
I hated it when they did this. Poor KITT!
Oh man, I still remember the one where KITT got dropped into the acid. That moment literally scarred my 4-year-old psyche. As far as I was concerned, KITT was just as much a 'person' as any human, and the idea of him getting dissolved was traumatizing.
I felt that way too.
As A kid it hurt me so to see A Hero of mine hurt in the ways K.I.T.T was.
Garth was driven crazy he comes home to find an imposter with his name 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
FUN FACT
MICHAEL
was
GARTHE's fraternal twin
put up for adoption
as a baby
which is why
WILTON KNIGHT
kept an eye on him
&
also why
MICHAEL
was so easily
surgically altered to look like
GARTHE
GARTHE
was supposed to be
KARR'S driver
but he got arrested in
AFRICA
after joining forces with
TSOMBE KUNA
Sounds like a soldier coming home from tour
Karr gave up after being destroyed two times.
Kitt is still going strong after being destroyed five times.
KARR was like ya know what? F this. It’s not worth it.
I would love for someone to have picked up the CPU of KARR from the desert and got him reactivated somehow, then combined him with Goliath. THAT would have been an epic story. They kinda left things open by showing the blinking CPU behind the front grill.
You have to understand why KARR became what he is. He was created first, abandoned, and left to survive on his own, then to see number 2 get all the cool upgrades, a driver, and a personal mechanic. Anyone would've gone mad too.
This always brings me to tears 😢
I seem to remember all of these destructions happened in the season finale, then we got a "new and improved" KITT for the next season with upgraded gadgets every time he got rebuilt.
KITT also got some minor cosmetic changes, especially the front bumper, I always thought this was to keep up with the current model Firebird/Trans-am.
KITT was always a supercar to me, seeing him hurt or damaged and i never understood how or why... But it broke my heart every time 😢 Still does, i love my KITT ❤
I always wanted to see garth knight and Karr to team up against Michael and Kitt that seemed like the logical next step
and fake Devon join forces too
always loved the tire screeching on gravel and sand.
I remember on a Universal Studios tour in 1985, around the corner was an auto carrying semi truck with 6 or 8 Kitts on the trailer.😊
1:07 I’ll never forget that stock explosion sound effect they use in every single episode.
Both was good .but juggernaut.have me jumping . 👊 Punch Right 😱 Thur kitt 😢 Thur the doors and everything windows 🪟 it's everything it's was crazy.kitt been Thur alot . watching knight rider kitt is like a friend too us we love him
Technically it's 5 times, you forgot to add the most emotional one of all, when KITT is flooded underwater in KR2000
Nice Editing skills, KITT was damaged 3 times, acid john Destroyes KITT, so much that Michael had to call devon and get him to call the original team Wilton Knight assembled and have them design everything from the ground up
Which do you think was the worst one? I’m thinking junkyard dog, but juggernaut is a close second
Love how KITT's "Knight of the Juggernaut" destruction is the only one done with actual vehicles without any miniatures. Though miniatures do still appear at other points in the episode.
I wouldn't consider KITT getting bashed by Goliath as being destroyed. KITT is badly damaged by the collision, but he's still in one piece.
All of these situations helped Mr. Feeney toughen up to be a school principal and turned Michael Knight into Mitch Buchanan later on in the 90s
09:02 I remember I cried when KITT realized can't avoid the misil and he prefered to save Michael with those words: "sorry, pal. Forgive me". 😢
Missed the one where KITT gets knocked over the side of a mountain and rolls over with Michael inside and taking some damage.
He wasn't destroyed though was he? He just took a bit of impact damage.
can you tell me the number of the episode where a guy hypnotizes michael's friend and captures kitt
I think it was in episode Chariot of Gold (S1E18)
Isnt that episode micheal is hypnotised ?
Voodoo Knight he gets hypnotized
The first time Kitt was destroyed was like when the Undertaker lost the streak. We were all devistated.
It's still heartbreaking seeing kitt get hurt man and I'm in my 40s
I watched this series as a kid
Think I was the only one hoping Airwolf would show up to save K.I.T.T.😂😂😂80s dream crossovers.
I remember as a kid so depressed when kitt got dropped n the acid it was by far the worst for me almost tragic 🤣
LOL!!! What an era we ve lived in!!! That 80s technology seems funny today! 🤣
The Acid Pit Hurt So Deeply. KITT Loses His Molecular Bonded Shell. Brutal. Still An Awesome Machine😊.
6:32 Kitt: "Abandon ship !! Save yourself 🤣🤣"
Said it as a kid back n 85'. The best script should've been Garth returning n Karr as the ultimate revenge
What I've always wanted to know is after KITT was dropped in the acid pit, who went in to attach the chains to pull him out? :P
Lmao good question
@@charlesfindish9488 Someone had some really thick plot armor on
pushing a clutch in changing gears in the peterbilt, full 80s
hello. i did see a few of these. i had no idea kitt was destroyed this many times. my question is about the juggernaut. it looks like a version of the vehicle used in Molly Ringwalds 1983 movie spacehunter. is it the same one?
yes
I was devastated as a child when CAR vs KITT and KITT was damaged.
Knight rider is my very favorite telidrama .it is vey nice and jolly......
Man, I hope one day they remaster the series in 4k.
Guys I know we all were sorry for those episodes. Yes, that was great show but I can't help myself thinking some gaps in the scenario. :))
Destroy No.1: First of all KITT could've detected wire and explosion system buried into the walls. He detected the molecular shell of The Goliath. He could've calculated the collision and ejected Michael out or taken the control to save Michael and himself. :)
Destroy No.2: KITT was even able to unlock a door lock from the distance. He could've taken the control of that loader machine to stop it.
Destroy No.3: This episode was weird. When KITT was showered with a special liquid, he could've detected the liquid's specs or the failure on his molecular shell. Just one hit has already taken KITT out actually. We saw that KITT was extremely weak without molecular shell. :))
Destroy No.4: We saw in this episode, they had no need a special liquid to mess with KITT's shell, one rocket was enough to break KITT. :) Actually KITT foresaw how they would destroy him. Again he could've taken the control and turn a 180 degree maneuver to avoid from the rocket...
Ok ok ok, I know these episodes left our memory for long years. The show wouldn't be excited without these traumatic shocks. :) I love them but everytime I watch those, I'm still thinking all of these. :))
Making evil twin of the protagonist by adding him a mustache is so wise
Junkyard dog was gut wrenching to watch.
Pobre Kitt.Exelente auto y exelente capítulo 🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨
I think what I've learned after watching this, Michael isn't too bright.
Wasn't the armoured vehicle a modified version of the vehicle that Peter Strauss drove in the feature film Spacehunter: Adventure In The Forbidden Zone which also starred Michael Ironside?
The acid one I do remember watching
This hurt’s specially when this video has been downloaded on my birthday 😢
In the first couple of episodes or so, Michael referred to KITT as an "it". By the time of "Junkyard Dog", seeing KITT about to be dropped into an acid pond had him just as torn up as if it had been Devon or Bonnie (or April).
No Brasil... era a SUPER MÁQUINA... passava as quintas feiras na Record... Maravilhosos anos 80... bons tempos... De Jundiaí SP Brasil...
Reliving repeated childhood trauma 🤣🤣😂🤣
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Me: *humming the commercial break*
When I see the "special effects" (aka 1:43 badly made models) of this TV series now, I can't believe I was so into it when I was a kid
Gostei muito deste vídeo parabéns 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Hey you should post Kit vs car on this channel. I fricken loved this show
the microphone hanging in to the right side of the screen every time Michael is talking inside KITT lol