IDW had the best Starscream quote: "I killed Metalhawk. I took control of Cybertron under false pretenses. I lied and deceived and did it all for glory and you know what? I'm still the best the best leader in the history of Cybertron. I didn't subjugate the populace for eons, I never plunged us into four million years of war. I didn't even come back from the grave to try and destroy the world multiple times. History will see me, at worst, as a step in the right direction." This is Starscream. He knows he's horrible. He just doesn't give a damn.

2:14 Megatron(angry): You're either lying or you're stupid! Starscream(begging for mercy): I'm stupid, I'm stupid! That right there is pure Transformers comedy gold. 🤣

Megatron: goes to sleep Starscream: “look at me, I’m the commander now”

Megatron: *dies* Starscream: Well boys we did it megatron is no more.

Finally I, the great and mighty Lord Starscream, get the attention I so rightly deserve.

G1 Starscream. Ow my foot!! Movie Starscream. my arm!! Animated Starscream. my head Prime Starscream. My T.Cog Titans return Starscream. My everything lol

So, Starscream defeated himself by using the power of the Underbase.......meaning even HE was killed by a Cosmically Powered Starscream.

"you are either lying,or you're stupid" "i'm stupid,i'm stupid!" those lines are really funny

"Using treachery, back stabbing, and even killing his opponent..." Starscream sounded like he was always MEANT to be a politician! Lmao

Megatron: *trips* Starscream: I'm the leader now.

In this episode, you have to take a drink every time Chris says "But returned as a ghost" and "betrayal"

“WHO DISRUPTS MY CORONATION” rest In peace Chris Latta

My favorite Starscream incarnations in a nutshell: G1: MEGATRON HAS FALLEN! Armada: While you were out partying, I studied the blade. Prime: Stilettos and treachery IDW comics: When you try your best and you don't succeed

Cons: "All hail Starscream!" Starscream: "I can't hear you!" Cons: "All hail Starscream!" Starscream: "One more time!" Cons: "All hail Starscream!" Starscream: *Starts dancing* Cons: "All hail Starscream!" Knockout: "This is going to be *juicy* !"

Starscream is probably the most complicated character in the whole mythos, as is demonstrated by the occasional story depicting him as fundamentally good, or at least less of an outright villain. Starscream is the perfect example of a character guided almost exclusively by his own pride. His origins as a scientist turned more than competent fighter probably leads him to believe he must carry the best traits of both. He is reasonably talented as a tactician, has the grudging respect of most of his colleagues, and can scheme with the best of them when the stars align. It is his stratospheric pride, the belief that everything can be perfect as long as he is the one making the decisions, that holds Starscream back from fulfilling his full potential. He makes truly stupid decisions at times. He schemes without fully thinking things through. And he focuses on his impending glorious future right at the moment when he should be more focused on the present. It is those fleeting moments when Starscream lets go of his pride, such as universe-ending events, when we see what the character could become. It's also worth noting that his observed cowardice is often the product of pragmatism more than an unwillingness to put himself at risk. He will grovel without hesitation when his life depends on it, but he is not afraid to go into battle if he thinks he has a fighting chance.

You’ve heard of Cosmically Powered Starscream, now get ready for: Allspark Powered Starscream!

Can't believe you didn't actually play the line, "Megatron, is that you?" "Here's a hint!"

Megatron: you are either lying or you are stupid Starscream: I’m stupid I’m stupid My favorite transformers scene ever

Megatron: _blinks wrong_ Star scream: *coffin dance music starts playing*

Armada Starscream will always be my favorite version of the character. He actually got character development beyond simply “power-hungry traitor.”

Starscream in the 1986 movie: "Finally Megatron is no more! Now I rule the Decepticons!" Galvatron: "I'm about to end this man's whole career."

Megatron: *Trips over* Starscream: MEGATRON IS NO MORE!

G1 Starscream: The original Unicron trilogy: The competent one Animated: The strongest one Bayverse: The best voice Aligned continuity: The most character depth Bumblebee movie: Well, uh. He'll be getting a Studio Series toy soon. Which is cool, i guess?

My favorites are Prime and IDW Starscream because the two of them do learn somewhat from their failures.

So wait... A cosmically powered starscream was the cause of his death, too?

I love Prime Starscream but once he moved into politics, IDW Screamer became my favourite. It's a pity him and Megatron never got to meet before the end to see how much they had both changed and maybe get closure on their messed up relationship.

1986 Movie Starscream: "the throne is finally mine" Galvatron: "bruh"

Transformers Armada's depiction of Starscream was the best version of him. A well-written script of character development for Starscream was inspiring for me to watch as a kid despite him not getting enough screentime for it. Seeing Starscream develop a conscious & moral value moved me, as well as his heroic & valiant death that sparked the unison of Autobots & Decepticons for the *FIRST TIME* in Transformers history, albeit it was only temporary. Cybertron may have revived him, but it wasn't for the better if we're being honest.

Starscream was my favorite character in Transformers Prime. He easily had the most character development out of the whole cast, and Steve Blum's performance as him was just great.

As someone who started with Armada, I kinda wanna see the return of a noble starscream . It looks like they are kinda doing that with his sacrifice in the newer story

I feel like starscream needs more respect, I mean in the entire transformers franchise he has one of the highest kill counts, he was ruler of both the decepticons and cybertron itself plus he's a cool character

The fact the Starscream sacrifice to himself for the Autobots and Decepticons, makes me want to cry

"As your new leader I.. Who interrupts my coronation?" "Coronation Starscream?" "Megatron, is that you?" "Here's a hint..."

Armada Starscream was by far my favourite. His character arc was amazing and his death was actually emotional

Megatron: * leaves for 0.1 seconds * Starscream: I AM NOW LEADER OF THE DECEPTICONS!

“Hapless schmuck” had me rolling and laughing my ass off

The IDW comics also had it be revealed that Starscream was constructed cold, and that his body was one of a mass produced line, which constantly grated on him.

In my opinion I think that it was Chris Latta's voice that made Starscream so epic.

So all 3 seekers in the comics went good, Thundercracker and skywarp joined the US military, and starscream gave up his life to save everyone. This is why I love the idw comics

After Armada, even the mention of Starscream making a heroic sacrifice is enough to make me tear up. Such a well written and tragic character, Starscream as a whole. I would love to see more depressing stories with him coming to terms with his reality of being a failure. Across the transformers multiverse, I believe that Starscream truly is the most tragic transformer as a character overall.

You scream, I scream, we all scream for Starscream!

Megatron: Starscream: I will defeat you one day! *megatron looks at him* Starscream: Sorry ...nevermind

*"May you rust in peace!!"* -StarScream

Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, and Chris Latta. The trilogy of legendary Transformers voices. What can I say? They are the best ever!

G1 has the nostalgia, Animated has the laughs, Prime has the character. Even Movie Screamer has a special place in my heart. How can I pick one?

"Armada Starscream was like Beast Wars Dinobot for edgy fangirls." - JobbytheHong

I love Starscream's cunning and deceitful nature and while his moments of begging and cowardliness are good comic relief I like it more when Starscream is also as good of a warrior as he is a schemer.

Armada was definitely my favorite incarnation of Starscream. And making him one of my all time favorites.

An A-grade character that will never die, literally. Favorite Starscream incarnations: Generation 1, Animated, and Prime (I would also pick IDW but I never read the comics unfortunately)

Starscream is such an interesting character. A scientist turned warrior who is a master of manipulation and death, one of the last seekers. He is truly the only one who decides his fate, and I believe he could achieve most anything out of pure spite as long as he stayed out of his own way.

2:13 my parents questioning me about my grades, and me saying i dont know why i got such low grades

Tom Kenny brings so much life to TFA Starscream.

Armada Starscream is my personal favorite incarnation, his arc was absolutely perfect for the character and cemented him as my favorite character.

I loved Starscream's and Alexis' bond.

Y'know I would LOVE and I mean LOVE to see a Starscream spin-off movie.

My headcanon for why Cybertron's Starscream acts more like his g1 counterpart is that after Possession, Starscream's Ghost somehow made it into the universe of the Unicron Trilogy and fully possessed and bonded with his counterpart in the time between Energon and Cybertron, hence why he looks more like his g1 counterpart and acts more like him.

Ok, "hapless schmuck" got me to do a laughing spit take. But seriously, great episode. Thank you. I didn't know about the TV Tropes thing. Something new. And one more thing: I love the fact that for the vast majority of the versions of him, Starscream just either cannot, or will not, stay dead. It's like he is a glutton for punishment.

All Hail STARSCREAM!!!!, wait which Starscream?, why any of them, all of them!

Every early G1 character: My day be so fine! Then *taken offline by a cosmically powered starscream*

My favorite is IDW. Perfect mix between Armada Screamer’s honor and Prime Screamer’s sliminess.

Megatron: *Trips* Starscream: Megatron has fallen deceptions follow me!

Ah. Starscream. To this day I still cannot justify why I like him so much...

Megatron: *Coughs* Starscream: I am the new leader of the Decepticons!

Megatron: either you're brave or stupid Starscream: I'm stupid I'm stupid

Hahaha, "hapless schmuck!" I love it.

Taking bets on if Starscream is killed by a Cosmic-powered Starscream.

Starscream is one of those characters that’s just good, seemingly not matter what you do with him. In his classic role of scheming second in command, he’s the good old Saturday morning cartoon villian we all loved to hate growing up. But he’s at his most interesting when his character is taken in a new direction. I think all of us deep down are all rooting for starscream in a way. He’s a conniving, arrogant, rat but after seeing him fail so much and continue to believe In himself (no matter how delusional that belief may be) you kinda sympathize for him. Like Tom in Tom and Jerry. You just start to feel bad for the guy at certain point. Not bad enough to legitimately want him to win, but bad enough that you want to see him achieve something. This is what makes his moments of rare introspection and self reflection so interesting, and even a little inspiring. It’s cathartic to finally see him realize that he’s his own worst enemy, and actually make some positive changes in his life. Even if those changes don’t end with him becoming a full on good guy, literally anything is a step up from his default state. Anyways thank you for coming to my TED talk on why starscream is (in my opinion) the best deception

Despite his strategic brilliance Starscream is his own worst enemy. - Agent Fowler (Transformers Prime)

Prime Starscream is and will always be my favorite! Steve Blum did a phenomenal job voicing him, and his design was just so perfect. The sheer arrogance and privilege shines through in the way Starscream carries himself. Not to mention those heels!

“The treacherous starsceam” perfectly suits the characters

I did love how Terrorsaur's VA portrayed Starscream in Beast Wars, very appropriate given Terrorsaur is basically the show's version of Starscream in all but name. And my rankings of versions I'm familiar with... 1. Armada 2. IDW 3. Aligned 4. Animated 5. Cybertron 6. G1 cartoon 7. Marvel 8. Cyberverse (so far) 9. Bayformers 10. Energon

his death in armada when unicron killed him was one of the best scenes in any transformers anime.

G1 Starscream will always be my fave. Though Cyberversescream having an actual sonic scream attack, is also nice.

I usually go for Animated Starscream as my favourite version of the character. I've got to say though, your recap of Armada Starscream's sacrifice really seems to have dragged up some deeply seeded childhood trauma I'd buried deep down inside me.

13:13 that design is probably the best thing to come out of Robots in Disguise

9:30 Amada Starscream was a true hero in that series.

Underbase Starscream massacred many, including.....himself? Wow.

My favourite incarnation of screamer is in transformers prime Also starscream has the most deaths EVER!

11:52 why does the person who's tell about each starscream in the show sounds like Ben 10

"You've fail me yet again, Jet Robo." That would've been terrible.

Starscream has always been one of my all time favorite characters Thank you, Chris

I remember a one-off UK comic book where the Classic Pretender Starscream actually befriended a young human (maybe a reference to what happened in one of the cartoons). I also recall that the UK comics gave Starscream's back-story as being one of the leaders of Vos (a Cybertronian city-state), which was destroyed in a nuclear war. Megatron famously united the survivors of Vos and its rival, Tarn, to form the Decepticons but it made sense that Starscream's treachery was an attempt to reclaim the position that he'd lost to Megatron (a far more charismatic personality in his younger days). With this in mind, Starscream abandoning Galvatron's warlike ways and becoming the leader of the peaceful Decepticons after the end of the Great War and ultimately giving his position and life in service of the entire Transformer race really is a logical end to his character arc.

Animated will always be my favourite version of Starscream, but I have a soft spot for Armada Scream.

Even Star Scream was taken out by a cosmically powered Star Scream

Megatron: *Trips* Starscream: "MEGATRON HAS FALLEN, I'M THE LEADER NOW!!!"

G1 is treacherous, Armada is kind Animated is beauty Prime is life 😍🖤

My favorite iterations of Starscream is a tie between Armada and Cybertron. I loved the fact that Starscream managed to see reason and sacrifieced himself to save the universe from Unicron and finally getting Megatron's respect. I also really enjoyed his ascension to near godhood by absorbing part of Primus's power and going toe to toe with Galvatron in what I believe is the best fight in the Armada/Energon/Cybertron Trilogy. Anytime starscream makes an appearance, chances are I am going to be rooting for him.

My favourite seeker by having the best character development of any seekers.

The G1 episode "Fire in the Sky" and Transformers Armada cemented Starscream as one of my faves.

Octane reacting to Starscream's ghost in G1 is priceless!

14:33 ...that cold sensation under your feet? That's Hell *freezing over.*

My favourite starscream has to be TFP version because I love the design and he had some of the best lines and I love his arguments with knockout, would love to see a video on the basics of G1 megatron

Excellent! Time to finally get an answer to the cosmically powered Starscream offlining so many characters, and seeing the cosmically powered Starscream having misfortune constantly happen to him/be offlined by the corporately powered writers!

*ARMADA STARCREAM: MY ALEXIS* *ENERGON 2004 STARSCREAM: MY PHYSICAL BODY* *CYBERTON 2005 STARSCREAM: MY HEIGHT*

I was introduced to transformers with Armada and he will always be my favorite Starscream

I just want to say that BW2 Starscream has an extremely sexy voice That is all

basics on starscream: *gets made* galvatron: This is bad comedy

Really glad Armada Starscream is getting a legacy figure.

Out of all the different incarcerations of Starscrean, Amanda Starscream stood out the most to me and is still my favorite version of him.

Armada's Starscream for me was the most memorable of all the scenes of him with alexis up to leading to his death would make even a grown man cry.