He knew he was a dead man, but he wanted to go down swinging, like the warrior he is.

My favorite part of this episode.

He really did, Predaking is always my favorite!

Predaking is the most perfect soldier, but the seacons were the most powerful.

I don't know about you ...but Megatrons back flip transformation did it for me!

So was that the matrix? Before it went to a prime? Was the cave a manifestation of it? Why didn’t it alert Rodimus? Oh yeah it needed instincts.

It wasn't the Matrix, it was just the form Primacron's assistant took, he appeared as a robotic monkey type crreature in the flashback and on the planet and as a portal of light.

@@ValiantWrestling its been confirmed that the 'assistant' was actually a form for Primus so it was the matrix.

​@@catiebellas confirmed by who? The creators of this episode who had that as part of the story in 1986 or by people who have added to the Transformers story years later?

@@acidmack1041 it was stated by the Legends manga which then became cannon

Yeah that part was good. He showed so much raw realistic emotions.

That's why I like season 3 the best. I actually liked rodimus prime's challenges as a leader. He had a lot on his plate dealing with a insane deception leader, the quintessons, lead a much larger group of autobots. He had survivors guilt over Optimus prime. And becoming the leader in which he didn't choose to be. The matrix choose him to be the leader.

​@damonkincaid74 not to mention he had to sign peace treaties, host the space Olympics and somehow be a battle hardened warrior like optimus. He's a great character

Also, SkyLynx is usually pretty restrained and mild mannered in how he handles himself. To see him angry...

And then the rambunctious Slag surprisingly showing up leadership and tactician skills. You would NEVER have guessed that.

Cool that good old Grimlock got to finish on a high note by saving everyone.

I wonder why because I loved Jazz and the dinobots!!

@@marcobaker1475 Scatman Crothers (voice of Jazz) died before Season 3 even started.

I hated that season 3 the Dinobots was in Dino mode 90% of the time.

And Windcharger, apparently

Defintely for Season 3 atleast

I agree, looks almost like an anime for the time

Man I was just thinking the same thing.

Facts!

That one badass shot of abominus

Sky Lynx was Predaking's rival, the Predacons had to combine to be consider their equal.

Might is right and the cons believe in that and sky lynx was the strongest among them and the most intelligent

The most competent yielding the highest rank, i like it

@@Hektols Sky Lynx would tell you he is without rival.

@@theevilascotcompany9255 he was autobot lieutenant commander

"Have you attempted to connect the main power cable with your electricity supply yet, Sir? Ok, now I would like you to move the switch to the 'on' position..."

It was also to the side he overl9oked it

"Sir. Have you tried pressing 'any' key?"

I like to think that he retained some wisdom from 'Grimlock's New Brain'

Like the Return of Optimus Prime "The wisdom of the ages... it's lost!" "No, not lost... we're all a little wiser now"

Till all are one.

and the music at that point is SO good! I am 42 and i still remember it since i watched it when i was a kid!

Grimlock trying to run as fast as his stubby legs can take him is cute.

also amaze how Sludge runs faster than Grimlock 😆

@@kagemusha168 And yet he has rockets in his feet to fly around as we see him pursue Tornatron. hehe

The Dinobots love each other.

​@@Fauntleroy. swoop said in the comics dinobots fight together and die together Grimlock went out to look for a cure for nucleon cause slag went crazy in rg1

I agree, I think the studio who animated this either must of been great fans themselves or needed to impress an investor for their own idea.

It still is tho

They should have stuck with whoever animated these episodes for the entire run. More Than Meets The Eye 1-3 Heavy Metal War Roll For It Microbots Traitor Call Of The Primitives

@@PrinceRawD His name is Nobuyoshi Habara. =)

epiosde =episode! this the reason why nobody take you serious!

Omg the art alone would have possibly saved the series

It's like that this episode is the exact opposite of Carnage in C Minor when it comes to animation.

barely animated at all, really... typical for Japanese studios, though.

Imagine if the 86 movie had the same animation style as this episode.

True. We can only dream.

MAAAAAAN, that was so tough. To watch them stop and slide & take their stance.

Furmanism

They knew full well they didn’t stand a chance…and they didn’t care. Predaking is a warrior, and he died a warrior’s death.

100% and one of my favourite episodes

Definitely a standout episode outta season 3.

Best episode ever

Probably really really expensive

Too expensive. Also doesn't help Transformers was losing popularity and had the budget cut for most of this season as well.

Original episode

@@SpacedCobraIII Plus other studios were then later hired to complete episodes and meet deadlines.

Up till season 3, they were spending money on writers. You can tell season 3 is when they hired a bunch of psychos, who were really good at art, but not writing. lol

send him to The White House

“YOU GOT THE TOUCH”

The matrix of leadership: * reconsiders its decision on autobot leader*

What's more - he got it right first time, and in the previous recent episode Grimlock's New Brain he made many mistakes

That's one of Furman best lines I'd rather go out fighting or die fighting

@@chrisedwards3214 I think they've been saying that since ancient Sparta.

Well who wants to live forever right?

Kinda like the Transformers’ own version of The Hulk!😂

Ugh he’s annoying AF Snarl and Swoop were more interesting to me But I like how they were so powerful

In the Marvel Comics Grimlock was as smart as the average transformer but very rude.

@@Hektols True but I was refering to the Cartoon

"Good thing me, Grimlock, have hard head!"

This is their last appearance in g1?

@@br61499 yeah

but why?

but why?

@@handleyoassbiatch to replace older characters I'm pretty sure

That was a furmanism better to fight and die than live with the knowledge that I ran

If nothing else, they unintentionally gave Grimlock more time to find the creator and save everyone. So this is the Predacons most heroic moment.

@@Darthzilla99 True. This was the Predacons most badass moment.

but its so stupid they know guns just make it stronger lure it into a valley and topple something on it or just throw ffn rocks at it dinobots may be dumb but they're not stupid. They could do that.

@@tsm688 It’s better to stand and fight rather than run. Look at the Mini Cassettes. All they did was run and pay the price. At least The Predacons, Terrorcons and Dinobots had the balls to face it, even if they all got drained.

How about when he created the technobots.

This was most certainly the smartest thing he had ever done when he was dumb.

Yeah. This episode has some pretty impressive art. Shame the rest of the show couldn't look this way.

@v souvann What does one word response even mean?

@@Kooster69 It means "I agree completely".

Agreed!

I said the same thing

This has even better animation than the 1986 movie.

@@Soundwave32791 ya probably

This episode is gorgeous

Then you have NOT seen "Rebirth" yet - a four-parter and the genesis of the Head Master and Target Master subseries of each side. (Each side gets their biggest battle station as well - the Decepticon Head Master Scorponok and Autobot Headmaster Fortress Maximus.) Yes; that is none other than Spike WItwicky that is Fortress Maximus' secondary operator - and his SECOND turn as an Autobot (he is briefly one in "Autobot Spike" - his son Daniel is Arcee's secondary operator (for the same reason that Spike himself did his original temporary stint as an Autobot - medical issues). The relationship between Daniel and Arcee is right out of "The Girl Who Loved Powerglide" and the similar episode with Seaspray - both in Season Three. Two of my all-time favorite quotes are from "Rebirth" as well. "Two heads are better than one, Cy-CLOWNus!" - Daniel Witwicky - who then nearly turns the mentioned Decepticon into a colander. I get the quip-fu; that seems to be a Witwicky trait; but where the heck did Daniel learn how to operate laser weapons? Then comes Spike's followup - "Eat THIS, Decepticon slime!" - Spike Witwicky, before going full-tilt battlestation.

@@PGHammer21A Just watched that one earlier, a quite nice ending for this series. If only the animation on those episodes were just as neat as this I would 100% agree with you.

Though one of the terrorcons uaed rocks

It would be like shooting meat-pies at a fat kid.

@@daanvos194 indeed, burying it might be only way try beat it

It’d be like trying to use gasoline to put out a fire.

@@daanvos194 Props to Hun-Grrr for trying something different, I guess.

They make the Combiners look like a single robot here, as opposed to five blocks joined together.

@@minicle426 The Predacons become the first Decepticon Head Masters in "Rebirth" - and keep Predaking as well.

Except head looks wierd

@@PGHammer21A That don't make any sense!!

@@minicle426 While not necessarily the intention, it kind of shows how the Predacons are different from most other combiners. They’re not an insane shrieking maniac like Menasor, or dumb as a brick like Bruticus. Predaking is well and truly his own bot, one perfect combination.

You don't realize how many their are until you see this episode, and you pretty much figure out why the next logical step was Beast Wars.

They were my favorites.

All the Primatives, except for Laserbeak and Buzzsaw.

@@agent_meister477I know right! Why weren’t they included I always wondered ? 🤔

One of the reasons Predaking was one of my favourites, Decepticon or not :D

That was a great scene. Predaking instantly joined my fav Decepticons along with the Terrorcons after that scene

And....dead.

Yeah, the Predacons were kinda badass in this one.

I'm malfunctioning. Ejection is self activations.

I just noticed, even his door chest has a hinge never seen before, now that is detail!

They even did his voice justice. With some other post-movie eps you can tell the sound guys didn't care

@@nnthayer yes I was going to say that the processing here is very nuanced

I prefer many... S3 has for example dark awakening even if it is retconned.

This and the return of Optimus Prime for me.

There are many, Webworld is also good in S3; Masterbuilder from S2.

Megatrons master plan is my personal favorite

No way. The animation is stunning, but the story is dreadful.

It didn’t matter that they didn’t stand a chance, the Predacons are _warriors,_ and they’re gonna die fighting like warriors.

@@CasualNickname warriors to the end!

It did remind me me of maccross,when predaking forms his drawlines,posture and details are very MN a cross he looks almost like a valkerie.

@@rickdavis32 The 1980s was the anime boom. If you like the detailed anime look of this episode, please look for "Bubblegum Crisis" (the dark and gritty 80s version not the 90s one - think of the 80s one as Terminator 1 level of darkness). It has a blade runner style universe and some great animation from the 1980s with lot of mechanical detail and lineart in the still drawings. Whenever a scene has a lot of still objects that don't move they use the opportunity to give a really high level of detail in the objects themselves and it ends up looking really cool. Mechs that were once toyish looking becomes these highly complex multipart structures that have internal details and more shading and definition. The Macross Movie "Do you Remember Love" is a great example of what happens when you get a high level of detail + high level of animation frames when there is a tons of money thrown at a project. Now imagine if Hasbro took the "Macross Do you Remember Love?" approach to transformers and made an anime that looked like it came from the 1980s and had large budget. Fans would lose their shit! Although I understand that 3D is the thing these days I miss that grity hand-drawn looks of the 1980s mecha animes like Macross where there is a level of realism that gives it a lived-in look to it. IE high amount of shading and tone, with high mechanical details and smooth motion. (if its a movie - usually tv series only has high detail if the animation is still in that scene due to lower budget)

Are they related to Tokyo Movie Shinsha? Because it took me and my brother by surprise, in a "Bionic Six / Mighty Orbots" opening kind of way. (We were delightfully confused. lol).

Yes!!! Love this comment. It was later written in that the assistant was actually Primus from when they had the 'only one Unicron and one Primus for every universe' story before the aligned continuity

@@catiebellas Oh, neat. :)

My theory is Primacron and the Quintessons created Primus and Unicron, as Unicron was shown to have also have been made by Quintessons in a Hasbro Pulse stop motion, and we know the Quintessons created the transformers

That's a way of putting it.

Agreed

Slugfest appears two more times: in the crowd shot at 5:48 and when everyone is backing away at 14:58, so I can only assume Overkill is with him. But I do wish we'd seen them more. They should've been able to talk like Ramhorn did IMO.

at 16:11 Predaking is simultaneously drawn really well and really badly lol

...Budget?

@@backfandangoX Other people though it was Sunrise that did the animation. Though this is near TMS level quality.

Agreed, but even the AKOM episodes add to the legendary charm of the series

@@porkflaps4717 Akon's animation can be painful to watch sometimes. They only do passible work if a studio like Warner Bros. pushes them to go beyond their limits.

I think this was the only appearance of Overkill and Slugfest..

@@athlonen It is, because Slugfest, and Overkill never appeard again after this episode. I wish they would have made more appearance's though.

Where were you able to see that it was done by a different animation studio

"clever girl...."

prometheus school of running away fails again

In some continuities, Trypticon is a kaiju-bot.

I had them as a kid. They came together in a 2 pack back in the day

It was their only appearance I believe.

@@charlesdavis7285 yes it was why they never popped up in headmasters or the og comics is beyond my understanding

@@chrisedwards3214 Remember seeing their file in the back of one of the original G1 comics but that's it.

"Well, well. Commander Modesty is here!"

Taking over, not here... If you're going to quote it, at least get it right..

@@ValiantWrestling What?, you might want to watch it again.

eh... he's hard to describe!

I think he finally died.

I took 2yrs to make the Transformers 86' Movie ,and the animation is WAAAAAAYYYYYY better than this episode and even though the art style animation is great, it's second rate animation .