Oof, sorry about the Japanese pronunciations! I sat there for a while trying to match Google Translate's pronunciations as best I could, but apparently Google's results were FAR from accurate. Good to know!

I'm always caught off guard by how tall the twins are. I keep thinking they're around Bumblebee or Wasp size, just funny little guys. But they stand shoulder to shoulder with Prowl and Jazz, and are only a little shorter than Sentinel. It feels somehow wrong to me that they're that big.

They did absolutely nothing but I still am absolutely obsessed with them they’re so silly

I’ve had no problem with the name “Safeguard,” but “Firestorm” sounds absolutely badass, and much more fitting to these characters. It’s a shame DJW wasn’t able to use that name.

My headcanon is that the combined form WAS called Firestorm, but Sentinel or Magnus had it changed for propaganda reasons.

They should've just called him Stormfire.

Calling a transformers name bad is like calling wrestling staged

>GaoGayGer Absolutely livid, you'll be seeing the coastguard at your door for this minor misspelling

It's also technically a continuity error for Ratchet of all the Autobots to exclaim "No Autobot can fly!" when he's fully aware Omega Supreme exists.

I'd love to see these characters come back in a future storyline of some kind. The idea of Autobot High Command using Starscream as a template for their own seekers is such a cool idea and I'm sad it never got explored on a deeper level.

1:06 "King of the braves GaoGayGer"

Safeguard really isn't that bad of a name IMO, though I agree it doesn't suit them. IDK why they couldn't come up with something more inventive than "Firestorm." There's so many other potentially better ones. Fireflight, Tag Team, Resurgence, Third Wind (a play on 'second wind'), Skyguard. None of those are in use as far as I know. I like the twins a lot, but they show just didn't know WTF to do with them.

Personally, they were my favourite Animated designs. I'd love to see an update of these, with hopefully more poseability in the robot combined form.

It’s pretty pog to see so much behind the scenes details of TFA coming out recently. ✨

I don't think that the name Safeguard is bad and I would like to see an Updated Jetfire and Jetstorm/Safeguard in the Legacy line. I can honestly imagine the Jettwins Powers on full display if S4 was animated by either Studio Trigger,Flying Bark,Mad House,Titmouse or Powerhouse Animation.

Loved the twins. Firestorm is a cool name

I want a legacy update to these 2.

Something I just thought about: I’m surprised they didn’t go with the name “Jetstream” and make it a full naming convention for the pair and their combined form.

I’ve always wondered why, out of all characters, the twins were some of the only Animated characters with no resemblance to their namesakes. Then you for this video, it’s quite enlightening. I find it funny how after a few years of Jetfire being a significant character in three consecutive shows, as soon as he dropped out of the spotlight they went right back to making his existence utterly confusing

It's surreal to hear you talk about GaoGaiGar

Mattel wanted to push Stridor into the He-Man show, and Filmation put it in and set it free. Toy company pushes character into show, showrunners agree their way.

I always like the Jet twins they always cracked me as a kid

"No autobot flies" except for Omega Supreme, Prowl, Bumblebee, and Optimus

Jetstorm (TFA) acting like his Beast Machines self would be pretty cool

those GaoGaiGar name pronunciations lol

I’m honestly quite curious how their combined form would’ve looked if Jetfire looked more like his Generation 1 counterpart, and Jetstorm his Beast Machines counterpart. Their designs just don’t work imo, but the idea that they could still combine would’ve been neat since (I think) they were the only combiners in Animated

Tell me you've never watched GaoGaiGar without telling me you've never watched GaoGaiGar. Which is really sad seeing it ties directly into G1 Transformers history.

Well, if they don't want to use "Firestorm" they can always call it "Jetjet"

I love these 2 as a kid

i will never forgive the jet twins just demolishing the dinobots

Russian accent!? For the longest time, I'd figure they had a more Asian accent. It doesn't help me either when they're also using VAs with high-pitched voices.

I remember having their toys as a kid, but I was too stupid to transform them

I didn't dislike the Jet twins for the sole reason that it presented in cannon that flying Autobots were being made and, had the show continued, there would likely be more.

My only real gripe with them is how easily they beat the Dinobots… you can’t do my favorite Autobot subgroup like that… Otherwise, I actually like their designs and voice acting, they’re just generally serviceable characters.

GaoGaiGar (gao-guy-gar)

I really hope they make a legacy version of these guys, I had the original toys as a kid but they recently broke when getting them out of storage. Need new figures of these!

Safeguard was likely chosen as a means to hold onto the trademark for the name. It had been used the previous year for Vector Prime's Mini-Con partner. Firestorm would have been totally awesome, but I don't think Safeguard is terrible.

It’s so weird seeing a transformers animated themed video in 2023

I love the twins, but damn, I forgot how quickly they were swept to the side. Especially since this was the few times the symmetrical docking, to my knowledge was featured in a American cartoon. Hell I feel like they could've called the combined form Sky fire as a reference to Jet fire's G1 name

"Creatively Compromised" sums up the entirety of Transformers Animated beautifully.

I always felt like jetfire and jetstorm were kinda underused/had wasted potential, so I clicked on this one pretty fast (also because any day keyan uploads a tfa analysis video is a good day) Also definitely prefer "firestorm" over "safeguard"

I always wondered what Transformers animated would have been like if Jetfire and Jetstorm had been part of the main cast as originally planned and what their dynamics would be like with Optimus, Ratchet, Bumbleblee, Prowl and Bulkhead 🤔

How about wean they combined there name will be skyfire

would have been cool to have them grow into versions that more resemble the traditional uses of their names! firestorm is defeated, they lose their groove together, they both train, upgrade, and unlock a new gestalt form a la unicron trilogy that accomodates for their new personalities and bodies. either that, or have them "grow" and change during a timeskip

i keep forgetting that these characters even exist to be honest

Should've been called jetjet

I get why they couldn't use the Firestorm name, because of DC already having a character of that name (although they could have name him Stormfire instead, but that's just me) but the fact that was originally Safeguard's name it would have been really ironic since, the DC's Firestorm's whole deal that he is a fusion of two people. Maybe that was another point of contention lol.

As a longtime fan of G1 and Armada Jetfire. I don't mind the animated iteration of him, hes a completely different character

They just sat there and looked cool

As much as I love jetfire he always causes some problems in the background lol

Maybe we could get a commander class Firestorm someday.

I love transformers animated but I don’t have any of the toys the reason why I love it is because they made the transformers in that show truely unique and special

i think about these goofballs alot, they have some alien charm to them that burns them into my brain. especially jetstorm

So... I just realized their combined form looks kinda similar to dreadwing/skyquakes design (mostly in the shoulders)?

They could’ve called him Stormfire if Firestorm was taken and they didn’t like Safeguard

OMG i had the blue one but never knew it was a combination thingy

They only appeared for a small amount? I thought they appeared more. They were some of my favorite characters!

Me and my brother always loved these 2 characters (we also had the toys at one point when we were like 5 but broke em years ago, still got what's left somewhere) but we always vibed with these 2 because we are also twin :) and I'm planning on shelling out like 90 for these 2 again

9:36 Sentinel Prime temps Bumblebee to join the Autobot Elite Guard with him. And, Sentinel told Bumblebee to abandoned Sari, Optimus Prime and his Autobots. And, the Jet Twins, Jetfire and Jetstorm was very curious at their mentor and idol Sentinel.

some of my favorite characters in TFA, both as a kid and now. always wished they had a bigger role 😔

They coulda called Safeguard ‘Skyfire’.

Loved these guys as a kid, It was best birthday gift ever

you know what would have been funny to see, if Shockwave's arrest into prison was shown? I'm sure that when Shockwave got arrested, he was THAT guy who literally proofread all his prison documents, and pointed out ALL spelling and grammar, and even formal errors in the documents, meanwhile, the clerk being responsible for those documents corrects them according to how Shockwave pointed it out, and grumbles: "I'm dyslexic, you jerk!" Like, I'm sure that Shockwave is THAT guy. Shockwave doesn't even mean any harm or spite. He just wants things to happen in an orderly and formal manner, even if everyone else would think that Shockwave is trying to spite everyone.

God my childhood favorite toy, god I read that comic book at least a hundred times

I had the comic and the toys. Didn’t get to see their episode for years.

They could've just called him 'Stormfire'

Who gon tell them that safeguard is a name of a soap💀

I have a Jetstorm figure, but it's been modified to only change into robot and jet, scrapping the combination

I often forget these two exist at all.

I really wish people would stop picking on choryujin Junior

Great video.

I remember this guy

Beast Machines Jetstorm is already very comedic. What would taking TFA Jetstorm in that direction change about him?

GOWGAYGER??? Bruh. It’s GOWGUYGAR.

Safeguard really is not that bad of a name but it always reminds me of the bath soap that they sell in the Philippines with the same name.

I just realized that your channel’s profile picture is your onslaught from combaticons

Cool video

Why couldn't their combined mode be called stormfire

Wait, was that Chris Sabat Voicing that Commercial-

Its g ow guy gar

I'm really curious about Animated's development cycle such as the casting decisions. Seriously, who thought it was a good idea for a white person to voice a lead human character of color (yes, I'm talking about Sari)

Hang on a second; couldn’t they have gotten away with calling the combined form Skyfire or maybe even Hurriconus?

Hope you'll have a good day

Jetfire + Jetstorm should have been named the obvious "Jetjet"

I feel like Jetfire and Jetstorm's Fusion Name should've been Jetform. Since they couldn't use Firestorm.

0:00 is that chris sabat voicing this commercial?

Well.... They couldnt name him Firestorm.

They legit could've just done skyfire (its RIGHT THERE), or just flipped the names to stormfire

9:26 where are these slides sourced from? I dont recognize these from any of the comics I own, or Return of Blurr

Transformers Animated was awesome

they could have been called fire-typhoon

so it just had to be made clear heroes was never going to be an actual line it was to pitch the idea of animated.

Unrelated, but am I the only one wondering if there is a way to access beast machines soundtrack? I only saw a-few-second videos where someone trried to extract it

I don't think that Safeguard is a terrible name, but Firestorm is much cooler. I consider that to be their canon name personally, since nothing else is ever used in the show for their combiner form, and it'd be far from the first time a character had a canon name used in a show vs a marketing name used on their toys due to trademark issues. Also, would love to see these two come back in a future toyline. Combining is a fun gimmick, but with how the price of Transformers have risen over the years, a full five or six man team can get really expensive for people who aren't die-hard collectors, so having two who can combine would be a much more affordable alternative.

I always thought those guys where weird

Side note I thought there was supposed to be a season 4 but it got canceled from what I heard was the ratings and money issues how I understand it

My only reasons for disliking them is that they're chummy with Sentinel and cemented the Dinobots as the "Yamcha" of the series... Oh, and the twincest fan art... They spawned so much of it, ewww... 😰

It's should have been StormFire

Skyfire’s name was changed to Jetfire?

I love how when you mention toy needs and ruining a show, you go to Prime, an already fairly weak show, with Predaking, aka one of the few characters in that show that is treated more than a concept to fiddle around and flounder on the ship deck like 90% of the cast outside of Breakdown, Dreadwing, and Starscream aka half of which died when they developed to a mid point of an arc. A better example would be RID15 and Cyberverse with how the year's gimmicks hindered a show like Season 2 of Cyberverse and Season 3 of RID15 (Also kinda the Starscream arc in Season 2 but that arc feels like it should have been a TV Movie anyway to allow the Decepticon insugrence arc more time to breathe).