What?? There's people who hate this show??!! I thought it was common for everyone to see this series as a masterpiece

People hate Prime? I thought that this was widely regarded as the best tf show ever.

While I agree that a lot of storylines weren’t able to reach their proper conclusion (dreadwing, MECH, breakdown, airachnid) I feel like most other criticisms against the show are relatively minor. Honestly the thing that frustrates me most about the show is that it never gets talked about outside of the transformers fandom. Seriously how does a show win 9 Emmys, an Annie, and other numerous accolades and then is just forgotten about. It infuriates me to no end. Despite its flaws, it’s still amazing overall and is definitely up there shows like Star Wars: the clone wars, atla and samurai jack.

What I liked about the show is that every character looks like they have a unique fighting style. Bumblebee looks like a kickboxer, Predaking looks like he just destroys anything in his way and megatron looks like a gladiator and puts strategy into his fighting

"Was an autistic preteen when it came put" *shows Raf* Same

The reason why sentinel prime’s arm is switched to Maximo prime’s arm is linked to how Sentinel isn’t technically a prime.

Honestly one of my favorite things done was making the earths core unicron cause it gave a reason for why out of all the planets in the universe the cybertronians were attracted to earth of all places.

14:09 A word that I remember learning from Transformers Prime's wide range of vocabulary was "pontificating", when Starscream was referring to Optimus' "preaching".

Poor Ratchet getting his tools broken broken at the worst possible moment.That gag never ceased to get a chuckle out of me 😂 I seriously can't believe that it's been 14 years since the show began, I just absolutely love it and have watched it religiously ever since

Then they do the bumblebee show that leaves so many plot holes, changes the tone, and totally makes the earth defenseless against decepticon attacks even though ratchet spent 10 hrs preparing them

This show was good. Peter Cullen and frank welker really upped their performance.

Bulkhead and the Shredder from TMNT 2012 sharing the same voice actor is something that I've never thought about, but now that You pointed it out, it feels like something clicked inside my brain and now I'm weirdly hyped about it for some reason I can't explain lol.

14:10,bro me too,this show taught me more words than 12yrs schools

My favorite characters are Dreadwing, Predaking and Knockout. Dreadwing because he had the potential to become an Autobot and even Optimus saw that in him. Predaking because he was just a force to be reckoned, he had the strength to defeat Optimus, the only other character to do that was Megatron. Knockout because of his design and funny one liners.

I really dig how slick Soundwave have become. And then I giggled upon seeing his thick version in the flashbacks. As you proposed an idea for a prequel I instantly thought: "Yes, that would be nice. I NEED TO SEE MOVING WIDEWAVE!"

I can never forget the impact this show had on. It taught me a lot about how people behave and interact, showed a good sense of humour and had really good characters and action. Really inspirational show for me

Man, I wish I grew up with this show. I wish I grew up with transformers. But sadly…I didn’t. I just recently got into transformers a couple of months ago, and transformers prime is the first one I watched. And I…Love this show, it is so freaking good, really…ahead of its time in my opinion. The animation, the character designs, the music, the world building, it’s all…So freaking good! And as for my favorite character…Optimus Prime, easily…hands down my favorite. Heck I’m gonna make a video about him and why he’s my favorite…also why I find him to be…Strangely relatable. Anyway, great video…and an absolutely wonderful show

I am 18 and still rewatching it. Its just sooo good

The constant scavenger hunts also prevented a massive battle every single episode. If Arcee and Bumblebee are getting wrecked by Knockout and Breakdown, where's Optimus? Oh, he's in Venezuela getting pinned down by Starscream and Soundwave

I would have liked to see more Predacons in season 3. If you just moved Sky Lynx and Darksteel to the show rather than the movie, you can still have their fight and make it work. Like say because Predaking lost his battle with Unicron, the other two question his leadership and role seeing as he lost. He could then fight them both and still have the same result. Now what the two of them could add to the series is just Predaking actually having forces behind him and also add to the fear of them raised by Starscream.

Transformers prime was the first transformers cartoon of my childhood. Now when I am grown up I just wonder how such type of incredible TV show was made possible in 2010. It is an emotion for me. After realizing that this series had ended I felt so bad. Like why?? This type of TV show is just no match to any other shows right now and don't know if it ever will be. My only wish is that some one just revives transformers prime in this way of language, art and graphics.

Transformers Prime was definitely one of THE shows I’ve watched as a kid. Even more then watching G1 episodes on Netflix or Rescue Bots or even one of the movies. Prime took the best parts from both G1 and the Bayverse, and combined them into what I think, was the best of both worlds. It had badass fight scenes, gritty atmosphere, and a serious & compelling story that the Bayverse had, while also giving the Autobots unique personalities & characteristics that stands out from each other, as well as giving each of the major characters go through arcs that evolves their development that G1 had. It’s really baffling how Transformers Prime’s now getting a ton of fan backlash, while the Bayverse are actually getting more praise. It’s a messed up world we’re living in. Now granted, I do think the show has its problems, such as how some of the characters get killed off unnecessarily because of celebrities being unavailable, or how Bumblebee doesn’t talk until the very end of the show, however, the same could be said to all of the Transformers shows. I mean look at G1, sure it started this whole franchise but it’s still a bit campy & over the top. Even Beast Wars, and Transformers Animated had its issues (Like all the CGI in BW looks very ugly & nightmarish, or how some of the characters like Elita-1 & BlackArachinia are somehow one in the same in TFA, when they shouldn’t have been the same character.), so I really don’t think we should only criticize TFP when we should criticize all the Transformers shows, even if we think they’re good. For a long time, I considered Transformers Prime to be one of the last great Transforrmers cartoons, as everything after RID15 became more G1 based, or at least inspired by G1. The War For Cybertron was one of the worst things I’ve ever seen, and Cyberverse didn’t make me feel interested into the show because of how bland it is. Sure, I love the Bumblebee movie but that was an exception in my part. But, after a few episodes/several clips of Earthspark, as well as seeing Rise of the Beasts, I’d say Transformers is back to its glory… and now that it’s been 14 years since Transformers Prime first aired, I can’t help but applaud the show despite its flaws. I think TFP’s a flawed series, but I still rank it up there with some of the best Transformers has ever come up.

Robots in Disguise should’ve been Smokescreen’s spotlight show following up on the Matrix scene, I would’ve loved to see him follow up on Optimus’s final speech and become a leader without the Matrix. Bee getting his voice back and becoming the leader was a mistake

Think there was a poll somewhere for when Prime was supposed to pass the Matrix, who was gonna get it. Optimus name was in the poll and obviously won but I think Arcee was nominated second highest on the vote. There was a name even made for her 'Prime' form but for the life of me I can't remember it.

I think the rock voicing him was the worst thing to happen to cliffjumper.

I watched the series a few months back for the first time. Yeah, it ain't perfect, but i just had so much fun with it. The action scenes still blow me away

Sometimes I forget that my perspective on this show is entirely different then most because of how little knowledge I have on any other form of transformers media so it’s a little reassuring to hear that prime still holds up.

honestly, the only negatives I can think of are the unfinished plotlines. season 3 getting rushed was noticeable but not really enough to bother me. Prime is easily the best TF show.

Transformers Prime is my definitive Transformers incarnation that I will watch till I die. And as a person of age 24, I'm still terrified of Frank Welker's Megatron to this day. It only shows how powerful voice actor can be if they can voice cruel dictator and talking mystery-solving dog and you would have no idea they are the same voice actor. Also RID 2015 is non canon in my eyes.

Thanks for pointing out the vocabulary of the show. I learned zenith because of this show and its one of my favorite words now.

Here are some ideas autobots that were cut like iron-hide and sea-spray, season three with 26 episodes originally, season four plans, instead of robot in disguise the original sequel would have tied up loose ends in prime.

One of my biggest issues with the show, while mostly a nitpick, is that Megatron wasn't renamed Galvatron in the Predacons Rising film.

My first episode was Crisscross. Really nice way to start the series. I originally thought MECH was a government agency until Fowler showed up.

13:31 anytime I’m looking for something, think I see it but it isn’t I just instantly go “no, that is a rock” and it kills me every time I say it to myself

Kevin was ALSO one of the Primes who appeared to Sam Witwicky in Revenge of the Fallen.

Transformers prime is the best of the transformer shows and I’ve seen them all

I agree with the fact that other characters could’ve filled certain roles better. I don’t like when the personality of one character is placed onto another, or when an unrelated character is just given a pre-existing name. I’d like the core of a character to be maintained.

What always irked me about this show were 2 big things. 1st: The 3rd season was filled with missed opportunities and insanely rushed because Hasbro was pulling the plug for reasons? Idk maybe the animation got too expensive lol. 2nd: Every good thing that happened for the Autobots was almost immediately undone within the same episode or the very next episode, it was awful in season 2. Bumblebee's T-Cog stolen, they get the Forge, Megatron immediately shows up and shoots Bulkhead in the back. (How did he instantly know when to jump in? Was lazerbeak watching?). Smokescreen knocks Starscream out of his armor, Starscream immediately shoots the large chunk of red energon below OP, Bumblebee and Arcee. (You have THREE Autobots there! HOW can you not just hold one down and grab it!?). Optimus obtains the Star Saber, immediately destroyed the very next episode. Autobots open the Omega Lock, cons show up with captured humans. (The single biggest mission of the entire war and you allow the cons to capture your weakest allies? Gross tactical error).

I've always loved how TF's uses grown up words. I learned 'nadir' from Prime.

Great video! Ive seen this show many times and I actually never noticed Megatron's Fusion Cannon gone from his arm when he injects Cliffjumper with the shard. You made really good takes, and a couple i disagree with. Overall, very solid!

I think my biggest criticism is that the guns felt so inconsistent, especially RC, I don’t even know why she even tried shooting anyone

11:22 how are you gonna mention the LEGEND of Nolan North but not mention some of his most ICONIC rolls outside of TF and TMNT twin😭😭😭

I had a serious déjà vu of your video, felt like sharing that

Best animated series ever imo!

I grew up watching this and reruns of G1 on the Hub so those will always be my favorite and nostalgic Transformers shows.

I wish TFP had an actual sequel where ultra magnus learns to be a prime/leader of the autobots instead of Optimus returning for the 7337th time

"HotRod" was not used because of some copyright issues over the name in a lot of countries at that time.

I, too, was an autistic pre-teen with copious amounts of plastic robots when this show released. Good to know I'm far from the only one.

Not mentioning soundwave was tragic, one of the best characters, beautiful design and his death scene was one of the coolest in the show. Sorry not trying to hate, loved the vid bro

I remember watching it when it came out but also I just rewatched it and it was as good as I remember. It’s so damn good

Tbf wheeljack was a mechanic in prime fixing the jsckhammer and he told miko he wasnt always a wrecker Its a small thing

Thanks for defending the action, I watched a youtuber (who will remain anonymous) complaining that the fight scenes were the same throughout the whole show yet he defended Beast Wars where the show BARELY has any non ranged fight scenes (like no joke, I can count on one hand the amount of CQC fights that lasted close to or over a minute in beast wars (Primal vs Dinobot, Dragon Megs vs Optimal Optimus, TM2 Cheetor vs TM2 Dinobot, Depth Charge vs Ramapge (still hate how they died) and that's all I can recall for CQC fights)). Like pretty much every fight in BW was "both sides shoot at one another till one side dips". I also remember him mention the plot was boring when BW also felt boring (seriously did season one even HAVE a plot other than "Maximals screw up Predacon plan number XXX). also G1 Transformers never had a plot to my knowledge (I don't care it was a 80's show, BW had a friggin plot in season 3 and so G1 has NO excuse) yet he still defends that thing likes its the second coming of christ. Not to mention he also called the characters boring and lifeless ESPECIALLY Optimus which is straight up false saying how "Prime should be funny not serious" when that defeats the whole purpose of the friggin show. How out of place would it be if the show remained the same only G1 optimus was in it and he kept makin jokes every episode. 12:00 I'll never be able to unsee Bulkhead with shredder claws and now I want a toy of that

I remember growing up with prime but not beast hunters because some complications happen. But I missed this show once I got older until at some point it was on Netflix years back and I finally got to finish the show. It was worth binging and I remember making some paper swords because of the Star saber and dark saber swords then my mom caught me up in the middle of the night.

I’ve been really liking your videos, thanks for all the effort you put into them! Also, I’d love to see a Cybertronian biology video, it’s one of my special interests sooo

I enjoyed this show a lot as a child, Prime’s soft spoken voice and attitude fits..it gives him character instead of “RIP AND TEAR” and being aggressively impulsive in his behavior.. And I appreciated the part during the space bridge fight where they added his menacing line “I might derail its objective…by removing its head”… Loved that they kept that touch from the movies lol.. As for how the rest of it played out, I feel indifferent..I definitely felt it hanging super low by the time the beast hunters crap came..so I have no opinion to the ending but it makes sense.. Also I am SO HAPPY you mentioned the broad vocabulary ! That’s like the biggest highlight that I loved about the show along with not having shame to be semi-dark/gore-like..

Honestly one of my favorite TF series

Sadly my innocent brain when I was young chose to watch RiD then Prime. I feel very bad to my old self 😔 Favorite character? Maybe about 3?: Ratchet - The iconic lines he kept saying, thankfully not that much. Plus who wouldn't like a grumpy bot? Ratchet gave some inspiration about the character development to me. I, myself, did not also like some of the humans. (Especially Miko) But later on, they kind of got some purpose in the show :> Wheeljack - hear me out, he was badass in this show. Though I understand how much of a change he had from a mad scientist to a ninja wrecker, I appreciate the design, and the character. He and Ultra Magnus's relationship was actually good for me. Like the thing why Wheeljack left, and what it affected to the friendship between Bulkhead and Wheeljack. Knock out - when I started watching the first few episodes, my volume was on mute (I watch Prime at night time and my old self did not want to get caught) then like, after a few days or weeks, I turned off the volume, and HOLY GUACAMOLE HIS VOICE IS JUIC- *ehem ehem* as I was saying, I was not expecting that kind of voice over. Darran Norris nailed his role, for a moment without his voice over, I thought it was like the normal voices they give to the scientist roles. And finally, his relationship with Breakdown. Them as a duo was cool :D Favorite quotes: "Wisdom cannot be granted, it must be earned." "That one line arcee said when she opened up after she overcame her trauma (i don't remember exactly but I think ut was about don't close yourself to others thingy)" "Do not lament my absence, for in my spark, I know this is not the end, but merely, a new beginning, simply put, another transformation." Update: I still keep rewatching Prime over and over.

Was a masterpiece!!!

this era of cartoons was peak

00:11 as a fellow KZfaqr THIS IS SO RELATABLE XD

I like both TFP & its sequel, RID 2015. Anyway, nice video. I liked it.

Personally this is probably the best show ever made period i know its an controversial opinion but i dont care this show was the definitive Transformers show every character in this show is likeable my favourite characters being Megatron,Shockwave,Soundwave and wheeljack there are also many concepts in this show like dark energon being unicrons blood,earths core being unicron and the word "Prime" being a title of some sorts are ideas that are genius in my eyes this show deserves to be talked more about i think this show is way better then shows or even movies coming out these years and i dont think i have to mention that the music and animation is this show being PERFECT this may be the best animated show ever i dont think the animation of this show is getting talked about nearly as much as it has to be and every fightstyle and Voices of the characters and even sound design makes this show the perfect show i had seen and yes this show definetly has its problems but i dont care i just love this show its probably the best show ever made even with its flaws

i grew up with this show (i was like 7-9 when i was in this phase) and i must say, i've been rewatching it recently. it absolutely holds up. i'm only on the one with the harvester (i believe knockout and breakdown's debut???) and i must say, i was really surprised when i noticed that Silas (from mech) sounds almost exactly like Long Feng from Avatar, or Mr. Krabs. my one critique on a technical level is that jack looks like my xbox 360 profile character (yes i'm that old). but overall, it looks really cool, and it has some really good moments (i skipped the scraplets episode tho bc that one kinda gave me ptsd). i think this was my introduction to darker themes. i don't i'd seen something where the show's main villain was once bffs with the protagonist, and i'm really interested to see how they incorporate those themes of caste and megatron's corruption arc in the new Transformers One

4:32 WAIT UP. I recognize some of these from the game, they've added concept art and even a video of how making an episode is. I played this game a lot and it got me interested in the series. I didn't have any toy (though i wanted a Bumblebee toy as this is my favorite design for him), but i did have the game and watched it all i could. Recently the KZfaq algorithm has sent me on a wave of Transformers Prime videos and i never thought this series was considered that great

16:34 that arm actually belongs to leige maximo Also i really think that the wheeljack in this show is more like wheeljack as this is the first ever Transformers content i saw so the wheeljack here is most most fitting according to me rather than an inventor

TFP is almost the sole reason as to why a 10 year old me at the time had a college reading level haha.

Steve blum’s starscream’s voice is burned into my mind whenever i read a sneaky asshole in a book i just hear starscream lol

I, for one, would love a video about cybertronian biology in this universe! It was one of my favorite aspects of this show.

Orochimaru Starscream is just amazing

Last time i watched the full series on Netflix I noticed the stakes constantly being big to the point that it felt like the writers never knew at first if our bots would make it, there are definitely a couple of times optimus Comes close to dying before the end I wonder if that was just for marketing or if they never knew if the show would go on, in the case of smokescreen I think originally Optimus Was goes to dye and he would take the matrix of leadership But because most fans Hated smokescreen , they decide to use this moment for character growth. Just thoughts.

The game for Transformers Prime is amazing

The magical stuff bugged me a little bit. Partially because I'm a hard sci fi fan, but mostly because it removes the permanence of events, and replaces struggle and skill with light shows and ridiculous "upgrades." Another minor irritant was the writers lack of basic knowledge of mechanics and biology. Despite this, I've rewatched TFP more than any other TV show, or film ever made. It's exciting, but not chaotic. The chemistry between all the characters, and their individual personalities make them all likeable and relatable. The story has better continuity than most, and the sound - the music, effects and voices - is smooth and poetic. They made even the most ridiculous concepts convincing and beautiful. I like to end the show with the final episode, and pretend Predacons Rising didn't happen. If nothing else, I want Prime to get a break for a change. Like in that Titans Return (I think that's what it's called?), where he'd been drifting on the edge of society for a while.

i just think that us transformer fans don’t get enough genuinely good content to hate on transformers prime. like if youre hating on transformers prime then what is ur gold standard of transformers television. obv most of us love g1 but im sure we can all agree its nowhere near coherent at times. beast wars is great throughout. but what else?? unicron trilogy gets hella hate but i love it still. i just don’t feel like any of us have the authority to hate on prime. it’s just leagues better than the majority of transformers content. every transformers show has several issues (besides beast wars) edit: transformers animated is amazing too but my point still stands

This shit was gold. Everything following has been downhill ever since.

What i would improve on this show is casting J.K. Simmons as Ratchet, Sam Worthington as Smokescreen, Fred Tatasciore as Breakdown, Stephen Lang as Silas, and Keith David as Soundwave and the reasons why? For Ratchet’s case, after hearing J.K. Simmons voice as Tenzin from Legend Of Korra, it made me wish he voiced Ratchet instead, for Smokescreen’s case, after hearing Worthington’s voice after finish TF Prime, it made me wish he voiced Smokescreen instead, for Breakdown’s case, I never liked how he sounded like and he should’ve sounded more like Hulk if he’s going to be bulky and Fred Tatasciore should’ve voiced Breakdown instead using his Hulk voice, for Silas’s case, like Smokescreen, after hearing Stephen lang’s voice after finishing TF Prime, he should’ve been casted as the voice of Silas as Stephen Lang’s voice sounds better for Silas than Clancy Brown’s voice and for Soundwave’s case, I hated how he sounded like in Transformers Prime despite the fact he’s voiced by Frank Welker, it just doesn’t sound good and it’s the same problem I have with the bayverse movie Soundwave and if they wanted him to sound more sinister, they should’ve casted Keith David instead and if you watched Young Justice in which Keith David voiced Mongul, his voice sounds better and bad ass and doesn’t need to be gruff and it’s the reason why Keith David should’ve voiced Soundwave instead using his Mongul voice from Young Justice.

Great video! Well done. Really informative, thanks! Love this show!

I don’t remember my very first episode but ik one of the very first I saw was the first one with arachnid, which I actually didn’t like too too much after a while cuz it felt like I saw it once every week (watching the show was apart of my nightly routine for a good while)

I'd kill for a Transformers Prime revival :D no, not really, but I seriusly long for seeing Knock Out again :'D

This is My all-time favourite transformer series. Even above G1. I have some issues with it and some personal want like instead of Having bulkhead and smoke screen, I personally would have had Ironhide and hot Rod.

This show is still a masterpiece

My only minor nitpick with the show is that Optimus doesn't appear in all the episodes. Overall, Transformers Prime is FANTASTIC.

It's hard to believe this movie now 11 years old hack! Thirst not only premiered on my last day as 7th grader but my friend's birthday. Lost contact with him during high school and i only saw prime week after my birthday on Saturday mornings in cw vortexx until i got the show on DVD first two seasons and darkness rising and predacons rising and beast hunters

Out of all the TF shows this was my favourite.

Loved this show the best transformers show ever

1:14 We are cool! This show is awesome! - Luke

Man, the cancelation of the space pirates saga for this show would have been so goooood

It wasnt perfect, but no show is. Still probably my favorite design style, better than anything after it, and while I do love g1s styles this has more intricacy that I absolutely love

My entire childhood 😅😅😅

19:05 i always imagined that optimus would just be reborn just as the original optimus prime became orion pax

I feel like the only thing that annoys me about this show and other transformers media that feature Unicron is how they brush over the fact that humans are technically his "kids" if you think about it. Transformers prime kind of explored this. Where Optimus tries to convince Unicron that his Resurrection would destroy all human kind. And even points out that humans evolved from him. Of course Unicron called humans parasites. But I think its potential story telling and gives an excuse for why cybertronians are attracted to earth of all places. Like, if humans came from Unicron it could technically give an excuse as to why Decepticons might hate humans. And Primes' sequel show could have explored this to actually. But the writers really choose to not explore that at all. But those are my thoughts. Overall, i do love prime and I like this video you made. Really is nostalgic seeing everyone share the same love I have for this show.

tbh the only major criticism i think is that bingewatching it could get taxing since as you mentioned people founding it formulaic

I related the the opening of the video SO HEAVILY. like KZfaq, sort out ur copyright, how is a no audio, 3 second edited clip infringing copyright

I love this series so much . My favorite character is Megatron

Peak, I love Prime

Why do people hate prime?!? I never knew someone could have a innocent thing to hate

Alright, just more to add to my list... Clocks and loads several guns.

I use a lot of longer words, simply because of watching prime. Such as propagate, and zenith.

The prime Cliff Jumper original toy was awesome! They released it through Toys “R” Us. I don’t know why they didn’t make it the main stream version because I agree with you they won. They released in the market sucked, but the original version looked just like the character, and they even made a Takara Tomy exclusive where he was his ZOMBIFIED version I still on both to this day and their probably some of my favorite transformers toys I own!

its my favourite show ever probably(not best) even as a kid but i always wondered why people would drone on about how good gumball adventure time regular show was back in 2020 when everyone seemed to have a nostalgia phase, i remember watching them when they came out and i was unimpressed(watched them from time to time to see if it got better but for me it never did)its like pre 2013 the cartoon network shows were forgotten unless you were like 23 back in 2020 since they always talked about teen titans when it was airing or samurai jack even classic ben 10 which i watched re runs (eventually alien and ultimate alien)and thought it was miles better than gumball adventure time regular show. they also seem to have forgot mystery Incorporated which was the best scooby doo show

Man I never had the og TFP toys 😭 I was more of a Bayformer collector courtesy of my parents who’d do to TOYS R US for me. Somehow they never knew I loved TFP until beast hunters when my local rite-aid starting getting beast hunters toys which is where I got a handful of them. Prime, bulkhead, ratchet and some of the concept predacons that didn’t appear in the final product