Kup Retrospective - The Autobot with MANY Old Stories!

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One of the oldest Autobots, Kup has a bunch of old war stories to tell while mentoring the young turbo revving young punks into shape. He's also the top security officer on Cybertron and isn't afraid to get his hands dirty busting up Decepticons!
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@Nagatem 2 жыл бұрын

Kup: back in my day we didn’t have any of that new fangled “Social Medias” to archive information about cybertronian’s, we had good old fashioned cyber squid Ink and robo paper

@captainfantastic9158 2 жыл бұрын

Kup: "When ya wanted somethin' canceled, ya took out yer musket rifle and canceled it the old-fashioned way!"

@pabloiriqui6128 2 жыл бұрын

Kup is like the grumpy uncle that no matter how much tabaco and whiskey consumes he still holds up.

@daanvos194 Жыл бұрын

You mean a bit like churchill

@lazarussolomon3541 2 жыл бұрын

There's something about an old soldier still active on the fight that compelles us. After all being a soldier is where men die young, so an old man in such a job should always be feared

@Idkjustrandom2746 2 жыл бұрын

Always loved when Grimlock would ask Kup to tell him the old war story’s

@loutzenheiser6081 2 жыл бұрын

Kup's old stories are fantastic. I'd love a series where it's a retired Kup telling different stories to Academy cadets and each episode is a different story.

@patricklenigan4309 9 ай бұрын

Imagine if that was all G1 Season 3 was? Would explain how wacky it was, compared to season 1 and 2

@loutzenheiser6081 9 ай бұрын

@patricklenigan4309 Hah! Yeah that sounds like it would be an interesting way to look at all that went down! I like it

@jackdubz4247 2 жыл бұрын

I will always have a soft spot for the trio of Kup, Hot Rod and Blur.

@frederickgrandison3609 2 жыл бұрын

Springer

@captainfantastic9158 2 жыл бұрын

Arcee! ❤

@Nephalem2002 2 жыл бұрын

Rrrrrodimus Prime

@RDSArcade 2 жыл бұрын

@@Nephalem2002 Exactly, bro! Say his name with style or don't bother saying it. 😂😂😂

@captainfantastic9158 2 жыл бұрын

@@Nephalem2002 No one takes on the Decepticons like Rrrrrodimus Prime!!!

@slicerneons3300 2 жыл бұрын

His Generations figure is excellent. IDW did him dirty. Strange how it took Cyberverse to get him to Say I'm too Old for this. Kup is probably too old for a lot of things. I sure could spend all day listening to his stories. Maybe I could transcribe them and make bank while I'm at it!😎

@MrRe-pg7fj 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah the IDW incarnation of Kip went through a lot of hell.

@ChrisHopkinsBass 2 жыл бұрын

Me Chris love Kup’s old war stories

@captainfantastic9158 2 жыл бұрын

IDW does ALL the bots dirty. I hope they lose the TF license sooner rather than later.

@2bdaqueen268 2 жыл бұрын

@@captainfantastic9158 you say that but they made background characters fully fleshed out (ie Skids, Whirl, Swerve, pipes.) and made a lot of the G1 originals more interesting (Prowl, Cyclonus, Rodimus, Ultra Magnus, Starscream, Soundwave.) and made a few awesome characters of their own (Pharma, The DJD, Rung). I’d say when they do TF alright.

@captainfantastic9158 2 жыл бұрын

@@2bdaqueen268 I agree with you on the lesser known G1s like Swerve and Tailgate, but for me, they RUINED the credibility of my favourite TF, Prowl. I'm sure you don't see it like that, but as Jazz once said, "Prowl has strong notions about truth and justice." IDW just spat on that. I guess we disagree. Have you read the Marvel U.K. stories from the 80s? Ultra Magnus got plenty of good characterization there!

@mattmann8422 2 жыл бұрын

I like the scene in the movie where Kup and Hot Rod are racing toward Autobot City to get in before the bridge closes and Kup says "those insecticons are in our way." Hot Rod immediately changes it around to "no, they're our way in!" Interesting how the elder experienced Kup saw a barrier, where the wild, inexperienced Hot Rod saw the situation in a different way, a way to use to enemy blocking them to achieve their desired goal. Rather than explain his idea to Kup, he merely speeds ahead to show him! Kup learned something new that day!!!

@diegos7337 2 жыл бұрын

Kup is an excellent character! When I was younger I hated how Hot Rod ridiculed Kup. Now I understand the interactions from certain generations. Great retrospective! Thanks!

@258Nil 2 жыл бұрын

Kup of tea

@frederickgrandison3609 2 жыл бұрын

Nice

@Grillenheimer 2 жыл бұрын

"Kaji, I'm a boy."

@MechWomanWarrior15 2 жыл бұрын

When I start telling a story, I often find myself saying "Did I ever tell you about the time...?" I can't help but think of Kup every time it happens. Must mean I'm getting old...and experience :)

@Hektols 2 жыл бұрын

At first Scourge was supposed to be Kup's Decepticon counterpart as an old soldier, it would be great if they used that idea in future projects, he would be an excellent rival for Kup.

@johnzillastudio 2 жыл бұрын

I love G1 Kup, he was a great old mentor character and the coolest character, awesome Retrospective on the old timer.👍😁

@frederickgrandison3609 2 жыл бұрын

He's entertaining

@RazyelKayneReviews 2 жыл бұрын

That was a great retrospective, well researched. One thing we never got to see that would have been cool, is a scene, or even an episode, where Ironhide and Kup trade war stories. But anyway, I feel that as I grow older I find Kup more interesting. I guess his wisdom never hit home with my younger self. Great work Rodimus, I really enjoyed it.

@RodimusPrimal 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it would have been. Ironhide died before we even got introduced to Kup. But we did see them have a moment in the Dreamwave Comics.

@Ryder-a-Blaze 2 жыл бұрын

He’s the best old timer ever.

@DavidSamuelBl10 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely.😀

@dontemorgan1517 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see Kup and Abe Simpsons battle out each other with stories. That would have been funny.

@DavidSamuelBl10 2 жыл бұрын

@@dontemorgan1517 really?

@dontemorgan1517 2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidSamuelBl10 Yup

@matthewreynoso6904 2 жыл бұрын

@Paw Patrol and Transformers Old timer? That’s something you’ll never be if you don’t get back to the city!

@anerysium 2 жыл бұрын

As a kid I never liked Kup. Probably he was old and cranky. However the older I got I started to like him more and my reasons for not liking him back then are now one of the reasons I like him. He was also bad ass in fighting too. It prompted me to pick up his Generations toy when it was on sale and still kept it til this day.

@DCMarvelMultiverse 2 жыл бұрын

Every Arthur needs their Merlin. And so Rod had Kup. I wrote a fanfic years after the show. Kup was even older. Recoil died of old age. Visiting his old partner's grave, Kup finally goes offline himself. All those stories he had yet to tell die with him.

@andrewgrant2990 2 жыл бұрын

I bet that makes for a good read!

@garethjames1300 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds good

@captainfantastic9158 2 жыл бұрын

I'm probably one of the few G1 Transfans who didn't "get" Kup's name until I got Marvel Comics' TRANSFORMERS UNIVERSE mini where they wrote that his name was short for picKUP truck. As a wordsmith myself, I felt silly for not getting that immediately! 😛 Speaking of character bios, I believe Kup's greatest moment ever is in the Dreamwave MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE series where, when listing Hot Rod's weaknesses, he literally runs out of room on the page!! 🤣

@PlatinumKnight-je3vy 2 жыл бұрын

Kup’s possibly one of the Autobots that I’ve just known all my life and still liked him, I believe my first ever introduction to him was on Absurdly Awesome’s Transformers: The next generation One series?

@goggleheroomegamaple820 2 жыл бұрын

i used to work with 2 men like kup when i worked nights at my local walmart, one of them even knew who kup was, and said it was his favourite character in the movie when he took his son to see it when it came out

@The_Mimewar 2 жыл бұрын

“Yeah, but there are a lot more of those can diggin, grill crackin things!”

@RodimusPrimal 2 жыл бұрын

There was so many good lines I wanted to add to the video....

@The_Mimewar 2 жыл бұрын

@@RodimusPrimal I can only imagine! Grimlocks noodle comes to mind haha

@lazarussolomon3541 2 жыл бұрын

Kup and arcee were the best part of Transformers the movie for me as a kid

@frederickgrandison3609 2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Blurr

@taqresu5865 2 жыл бұрын

Whoever wrote the scenes with Kup and the Dinobots in the Movie was a comedic genius, hands down some of my favorite moments in the film. When the rest of the SS86 Dinobots come out, I want to recreate those scenes using my LEGO pieces to build the interior of the ship. Also, are we going to get that bot Hot Rod was sparing with?

@aliciachapman 2 жыл бұрын

Kup is one of the greatest Autobots ever! He's one of my favorite!

@frederickgrandison3609 2 жыл бұрын

And an entertaining character

@crimsondynamo615 2 жыл бұрын

Cyberverse Kup referencing Patton had me absolutely floored

@Kaden10 6 ай бұрын

Like Stan Lee I would gladly take a seat and listen to Kup tell stories all day.

@omegamaximus1727 2 жыл бұрын

My introduction to Kup was the 1986 Transformers Movie and Kup became one my favorite characters in all of Transformers.

@batmanbeyond5766 2 жыл бұрын

Kup, rodimus prime and ultra magness. The true autobot trio.

@EuReeka23 2 жыл бұрын

Kup & Grimlock...always love that scene. 🤣

@DavidSamuelBl10 2 жыл бұрын

Me 2!

@frederickgrandison3609 2 жыл бұрын

Same

@BBBHuey 2 жыл бұрын

Kup always made me think of him as an old beat cop. Always by the book, trying to keep a rebellious youth like Hot Rod out of trouble and straighten him out. To give him words of wisdom and encouragement when things got really tough.

@matthewreynoso6904 2 жыл бұрын

Finally Kup! I always thought he was an underused character in the franchise!

@RodimusPrimal 2 жыл бұрын

It's because he hasn't had a lot of cartoon appearances outside of G1.

@NoelWesley 7 ай бұрын

I'm 46 and got the 86 Studio Series Kup for myself this Christmas. As I've gotten older my friends say I've become Kup. I stopped watching after the 86 movie so I was not aware of Kup's history. This retrospective is excellent. The parallels in my life to Kup are hilarious. I had military training when I was a teenager. I was promoted to Sergeant. Then went into Security in my 20's. Promoted to Supervisor very quickly due to my previous experience. I spent the next 20 years in almost every aspect of Security. I'm currently training to be a Combatives Instructor to train Security how to protect themselves and others. I've had many work injuries over the years, one serious enough to hospitalise me and needing ongoing physiotherapy to keep going. Yes, I have many stories too and being a fan of Lethal Weapon I quote Murtaugh alot. My friends were right. I became Kup lol. Till all are one.

@RodimusPrimal 7 ай бұрын

That's awesome. Thank you for your service and I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Till all are one!

@NoelWesley 7 ай бұрын

@@RodimusPrimal I wasn't deployed I just trained. I'm glad I found your channel. I have a lot of catching up to do.

@YungKenKanekiYT 2 жыл бұрын

Tanjiro in a Transformers Retrospective? Awesome. Also, I love Kup and loved his appearance in the '86 film and Lionel Stander's performance as him will be remembered forever. Rest In Peace Lionel Stander and John Stephenson💔

@frederickgrandison3609 2 жыл бұрын

I think he watched it

@YungKenKanekiYT 2 жыл бұрын

@@basedpota don't patronize me

@YungKenKanekiYT 2 жыл бұрын

@@frederickgrandison3609 noice

@basedpota 2 жыл бұрын

@@YungKenKanekiYT Wait how is that patronizing?

@RodimusPrimal 2 жыл бұрын

Demon Slayer is awesome. Nuff said.

@catpin 2 жыл бұрын

I wish Kup can come in the Transformers live action movies including a live-action remake based on The Transformers The Movie 1986 movie.

@bjscorpio4041 2 жыл бұрын

Kup was always a reassuring character, you felt the Autobots chances of victory were enhanced when he was around.

@thehoopsobserver9078 2 жыл бұрын

Great retrospective! Kup was definitely the heart and soul of the season 3 autobot crew. Always had a story for every situation.

@xyx1667 2 жыл бұрын

don't see much him in shows but likable and surprising memorable even after years and continuities (though I've always been interested in old tales, legends and myths, so bit biased) glade to see him again in Cyberverse 2:11 one of my fav scenes, the young dinos in a circle listening to the old bot tell stories listening to real life veterans talk about their time in service is also interesting, much of what I've heard were the better moments, bit morbid but they're fond of the inner jokes/gags and other moments shared with their comrades

@dukenukem9770 2 жыл бұрын

New subscriber here. I just recently discovered your channel. Great upload! I vividly remember seeing the comic book that featured Megatron and Ratchet on the store shelves when I was a kid. If my parents wouldn’t have been broke, I would’ve bought it. I miss the 80s…

@nils920 2 жыл бұрын

Something tells me Kup and Ironhide would be pretty good Energon drinking buddies. That is if they don't annoy the Cybertronian Hell out of each other with their own respective war stories or/and try to upstage each other in a "scar competition".

@adamantium9491 2 жыл бұрын

KUP will always remind me of my POPS and his 1990 Toyota pickup truck,he freaking loved that little truck and it's even the same color,I lost him 2 years ago,and I ain't gonna lie but I teared up a lil,seeing this episode,MISS U POPS,AND AUTOBOTS ROLL OUT!

@jamiemcneil9682 2 жыл бұрын

Kup and Hot Rod were the prefect two to take over from the originals in the movie after they fell. If only they were introduced in a few episodes before to make the transition a bit smoother. I love Kup telling his wars stories, so when he doesn't have a story to match up to unicron, it hits harder of the terror they are about to face.

@kathryncampbell9564 2 жыл бұрын

Kup's stories are worth listening to. I've been a great fan of him for years. He has more experience then almost any other Autobot.

@tenchimuyio 2 жыл бұрын

Kup is the man. My favorite autobot, period.

@mikeyjhilli 2 жыл бұрын

I don't have a favorite story. I'm just glad he has them and I like hearing them.

@frederickgrandison3609 2 жыл бұрын

Kup has a special place

@shadowdramon01 2 жыл бұрын

Okay, so how does a race that can live for millions of years age? How do kids like Wheelie become adults, are they upgraded or something like that? And how long do they have to live to become senior citizens like Kup? Stuff like that always confused me.

@RodimusPrimal 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the world of the Transformers. Honestly, I don't know. But there's a few theories floating around that maybe I'll cover in the future

@luvblueybingoheeler3150 2 жыл бұрын

I like to think that Wheelie (the g1 version) was made to look and to act like a kid. Just like fembots are made to look like women by the quints. The same could go for kid transformers like Wheelie.

@luvblueybingoheeler3150 2 жыл бұрын

@@RodimusPrimal Maybe kid bots like Wheelie are made to look like kids by the quints.

@DrMJC13 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome work with Kup on this. Great character and became an instant favorite in '86

@karlfortuin5794 8 ай бұрын

Kup the grandpa of autobots!!

@BladeCrossEXE 2 жыл бұрын

Kup should get a spinoff where we see all his old war stories as they happened.

@kevinrexsavage8108 9 ай бұрын

Kup... I can't help but like this retrospective... You definitely know your Transformers lore. I am impressed and thank you for sharing this.

@Ezrimustheblackconvoy 6 ай бұрын

Yes, his stories are listen to. And he deserves a spotlight in his G1 counterpart style.

@andylanz9628 2 жыл бұрын

Kup was actually the character that got my Mother into Transformers when I was still a kid

@luisgonzalez-ii3gc 2 жыл бұрын

"Back in my day, KZfaq didn't have ads" - Kup

@shawndashno6022 Жыл бұрын

Kup is great, He's kind of like your half drunk grandpa, grumpy, but still has his wits about him. I've lost count of the anount of times I've used the line, "turbo revving young punk!" 😂 And of course, once I memorized the "universal greeting" well, let's just say, it's a great way to find out if a stranger is a TF fan.

@ChoppaBoy 2 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite lines from the movie is Kup's reaction to Unicron. It was the perfect endcap to his story schtick and the Stander's delivery was great.

@crustypaladin 2 жыл бұрын

First, I love your content Primal keep ‘em coming!

@awaisahmed9418 2 жыл бұрын

The best old timer ever.

@alunjones6823 2 жыл бұрын

Kup is one of my favourite Autobots in season 3.

@joshcope9485 2 жыл бұрын

Love the deep dive on Kup. I wasn't able to follow the IDW comics like I wanted to so I enjoyed your highlighting some of the adventures. Been looking to add some TPB collections to catch up, especially the wreckers stories.

@jaysgamingcorner8539 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! It's great to see Kup be featured as a valuable Autobot so often through the years. IMO, his best episode is The Burden Hardest To Bear. The empathy and understanding he shows Rodimus is fantastic.

@RodimusPrimal 2 жыл бұрын

That is one of my favorite episodes of all time. Thanks! Till all are one!

@jaysgamingcorner8539 2 жыл бұрын

@@RodimusPrimal YW. Keep up the great work, your retrospectives are awesome.

@josephwhitmanjr9603 2 жыл бұрын

Great retrospective Roddy! I enjoy every one of these especially this one because Kup is my favorite movie '86 character! Keep these coming I'd love to see you do other franchise characters like Armada/Unicron trilogy Megatron & Cyclonus. That would be off the hook!👍

@marleyhenry5616 2 жыл бұрын

I love that guy Kup He is a legendary guy

@RoninCatholic Жыл бұрын

I too, like Grimlock, was very interested in Kup's stories.

@RestoringYourVoice 2 жыл бұрын

It's about time someone did something on Kup. He has always been one of my favorites. Now that I'm a grizzled war veteran, he is, even more, a favorite of mine. Thanks for doing this.

@-WolfMan- Жыл бұрын

Kup is the True Autobot Combat Veteran!! It would be Wise to listen to such a Soldier!! History is meant to be Learn from... So that we are NOT Doomed to repeat those Same mistakes again. 'Til All Are TWELVE!!

@justinyost8683 2 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite characters, great video

@chrisedwards3214 2 жыл бұрын

Funny when kup and the autobots encountered Unicron he didn't have a flashback lol admitting himself he never saw anything like it

@jonathanulrich4905 2 жыл бұрын

Nice retrospective. Kup has always been one of my favorite autobots.

@tuckapenguin681 2 жыл бұрын

Kup was always my fav!

@whitecrow4839 2 жыл бұрын

Kup got that ancient body/vehicle style of the ancients. He would have been an awesome Autobot leader. He would have looked awesome with a new body from the Matrix of leadership.

@straker454 2 жыл бұрын

See, I always figured the "universal greeting" was something Kup made up to boost Hot Rod's confidence, like he was faking it because he was out of options, but later when Hot Rod used it on the Junkions, it only worked because of their tendency to speak in TV and gibberish.

@Mr.CoolcatsVR 2 жыл бұрын

Kup needs to be in the live action movies!

@johnosbourn4312 2 жыл бұрын

Ah, Kup, you crusty old war bot! Always spinning various war stories to his fellow 'Bots.

@RodimusPrimal 2 жыл бұрын

I'm tryin' to remember. There were an awful log of casualties that day....

@user-jy3gx3xd9t 3 ай бұрын

Kup Famous Autobots Warhero Soldier Transformers😊💙💜

@dionlarman7489 2 жыл бұрын

"Turbo revving young punk"...... I love that line...

@Robizoid 2 ай бұрын

Kup was my favorite of the new Autobots introduced in the 1986 Movie.

@kyledamron 2 жыл бұрын

This is so well done

@piyakhebisonii1001 2 жыл бұрын

Kup is my favorite Old Flinty warrior! I have the Power of the Prime one!

@TransformersCollector 2 жыл бұрын

Great job on this Rodimus!!!!!!

@keithhunt8 Жыл бұрын

I love Kup. I see him as a grandfatherly version on Ironhide. Is kinda weird how he seema to be the only aged Transformer, even among the Decepticons. Who else is there?

@RodimusPrimal Жыл бұрын

Shockwave though its hard to tell he's aged since he doesn't have an emotion filled face. Alpha Trion.

@keithhunt8 Жыл бұрын

@@RodimusPrimal How could I forget Alpha Trion?!

@mrheroprimes 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if G1 Kup was referencing the fact that Optimus Prime had to live up to the standard that have been set by the G1 Sentinel Prime since in the G1 cartoon continuity Sentinel Prime successful ignited a golden age a piece.

@megamouthspike1930 Жыл бұрын

I would have liked to see a Transformers episode featuring a young Kup, that takes place on Cybertron during the 4 million years that Optimus and his crew were embedded in the Earth.

@RodimusPrimal Жыл бұрын

It would be cool for sure. He's got enough war stories you can make an entire series from.

@KydNotorious 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this upload Kup is my absolute favorite. Amazing job as always

@petefischer3820 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Great video.

@djKIR 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know why but Kup allways brought me good mood in the g1 series, a good fellow.

@RodimusPrimal 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@akumaking1 6 ай бұрын

In the TFWiki all of Kup’s captions are Grandpa Simpson stories

@duke2go558 2 жыл бұрын

A variation on my story idea for the ending. I see what you did there! Great retrospective that pays homage to one of the greatest Autobots 👏👏👏

@random_gamer_guy82 2 жыл бұрын

I'm the proud owner of the original press of the transformers the movie soundtrack.....and it's my favourite soundtrack to ANY movie ( it's also on KZfaq premium music) ,kup is absolutely awesome. What a bot ! Awesome video thank you!!! Subscription has been admitted 🤜🏼❄🤛🏼

@574guy 2 жыл бұрын

Kup's G1 alt mode is honestly my favorite truck design

@joeldelgado4526 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite Kup moments from transformers the movie were when Optimus Prime beat Megatron and kup showed up and said "finish him off Prime do it now!" You can tell from that line he was tired from all the fighting and they were close to winning the war if Optimus killed Megatron. And my favorite other kup part was when they flew to face unicron and hot rod was like "doesn't this remind you of anything?" And kup replied "nope never seen anything like this before."

@KatosKollection 2 жыл бұрын

Another great retrospective, dude. 🤘😁🤘

@rickdavis32 2 жыл бұрын

Experience may be the greatest teacher,but good old fashioned attitude and impatience solve problems.

@jjinc1957 2 жыл бұрын

What a fantastic look back!

@MonsterKidCory 2 жыл бұрын

Kup accidentally ended up as one of my favourite Transformers. Back in 1986, of course I was supposed to like Hot Rod, because he was the cool dude! But Kup's toy was on sale, so that's what my parents bought me. And then I kinda' got attached to the old guy... Just the other day I found a loose Generations figure and couldn't pass it up!