Knowing Optimus was a Librarian makes the scene where he picks apart Sky-Byte's poetry even funnier. It's like watching an english teacher grading his student's work.
There’s something hysterically awesome about how Animated Sky-Byte uses Lugnut’s body-type. Also crazy how he basically represents the RID series in the grand scheme of the franchise.
@@alexlemonds2838 I saw a consep art of sky-byte earth mode, he transforms into a shark-themed submarine, and he looked much more like his version of RiD 2001.
Not to mention deathsaurus was the leader of the decepticons and had the combaticons for shock troops but was defeated and killed by a young megatron and when the combaticons refused to fall under the leadership of megatron he had the Sparks and personality components torn out of their bodies and placed in a secret hidden locked vault to keep them there until many years later in search of troops starscream found the long lost combaticons parts and placed them into old ww2 vehicles to become the combaticons mk-2 and fight megatron for leadership of the decepticons.
the real Robots in Disguise never gets enough credit for nailing the spirit of the original series. It mixed serious world-threatening plots, with good action and just the right amount of comedy/WTF to make it. Sky-Byte is a perfect example of that in character form.
Personally I found the main issue was that those elements weren't really presented cohesively. Sometimes it would jump back and forth too quickly. But the main issue I had was that half the toyline was recolors of G1 and Beast Wars toys while most of the rest were shellformers. The show was merely okay. But then, I feel the same for G1; it doesn't impress me nearly as much as some older fans insist it should, but has lots of very good individual episodes.
I'm surprised RID15 didn't try to bring him back in some form, as it sounds like he would've fit right in with the (mostly) sillier, stylized, animal-themed Decepticons. He was locked up on the *Alchemor* for Volgon poetry-style crimes.
Here, after reading the sad news, RIP Peter Spellos, Thank you for your work in bringing to life one of the most endearing Predacons of RID 2001 and for making Sky-Byte one of my favorite Predacons. At 2:59 I'll never forget that moment besides the Transformation of when Sky-Byte says "Terrorize!", it gives me the idea to order a Sky-Byte toy on eBay to honor Peter Spellos.
🎵Who’s the baddest shark around? Who’s the smartest shark in town? Sky Byte, that’s me! Who’ll drive Scourge into the ground, and never let old Megatron down? Sky Byte, that’s me! 🎵
Sky-Byte is my favorite beast mode Transformers, and it's great to hear that he'll return in Cyberverse season 2. -Thank you for giving us the history on the robotic Jaws from outerspace.
Just caught the news. Thank you Spellos for your work in bringing to life one of the most endearing original TF characters of the early 2000s, an era that juggled nostalgia and experimenting with new characters. And that's not to mention all the voice and acting roles beyond TF too. Rest in peace.
Honestly the first robots in disguise was just an "okay" show. But with Sky-Byte it was a great show. I've wanted him to come back (personality intact) for so long.
Remember when Chris did a Basics on the Gobots? It was an April fools day video, that still managed to be equally informative. I love The Basics series.
Aye! My fishboi finally has some attention! I fell in love with him after getting his generations figure, which brought me to watching Japanese RID series just because of him... was not disappointed.
Thanks for making this video. As fan of the franchise the one series i lacked any knowledge on was RID. I never understood why Skybyte was such a reoccurring figure, especially since I knew him as Maximal Cybershark.
fun fact: when I started watching transformers when I was around 6, I always thought Sky-byte was the Leader of the Decepticons. I didn't see Megatron yet so later I was confused why he wasn't in Armada lol
Thank you for another great video im a G1 guy and i love all the comics, so i am not knowledgeable on skybite. Thank you for helping me discover a cool character i would only know from idw since i didnt watch his show
This guy will always be one of my favorite decepticons in my opinion, i just wish appeared in more media, i hope he appears in the next season of earthspark or in skybounds comics, rip to Peter Spellos btw, press F to pay respect.
4:57 Skybite holds the head of Scourge, whose name was used by his rival in Car Robots/Robots in Disguise. I choose to believe it was a deliberate homage.
Lol this one was one of the few characters my older brother and I could agree on from Robots in Disguise. Oh gosh I remember when he disguised himself as a car to enter a race, that was hilarious!
You should. Transformers 2001 Robots In Disguise was an interesting series to watch from start to finish, and the entirety of this series is on UA-cam to watch and it's also free to do so. So if you have any time to watch, then you can and should go watch Transformers 2001 Robots In Disguise.
Can’t believe you mentioned Animated Sky-Byte and didn’t show off his terrifying OG face. (I mean, I can, because it’s not exactly notable, but it is in my nightmares every time I sleep.)
I loved Robots in Disguise. I didn't grow up with G1, beast wars was my intro to transformers, so this was my first intro to non-BW transformers and Skybite was my dude. He was like the anti-dinobot
Car 'bots/in Disguise I saw little of that show But Sky-Byte I'd like Yeah, I only watched the first two episodes of that show, but after hearing your description of Sky-Byte, I might continue that series someday. Not to mention the idea of haiku-loving, robotic shark sounds awesome.
It was unexpected that Transformers Car Robot (A.K.A. Robots in Disguise), which was hardly popular in Japan, would be well received in the U.S. However, when Car Robot was introduced to the U.S., the character's personality was not changed and he remained as a funny character. It is rare that they continue to be loved by Americans. After all, American villains are often ruthless, brutal, and psychotic.
Even after all these years, he's still the best part of Robots in Disguise. Really is like Waspinator, he absolutely endeared the audience to his shenanigans. Absolutely would love to see him more.
You left out something really important about the RID version. His first appearance in the show he was a much more intelligent and cunning strategist. His first scheme nearly succeeded too. At the end of that episode though he was launched into space where he became frozen. He was brought back down to Earth and revived by the Predacons but they noted that Sky-Byte had gone insane due to permanent damage from his time in the vacuum of space. This is why all his future schemes were so bad and never came close to succeeding, or would backfire on him completely. Megatron/Galvatron as shown in a later episode still had a deep respect for the genius strategist that Sky-Byte once was, that's why he was kept around despite all his failures. That and because Scourge despite being far more competent was also a back stabbing traitor who wanted to lead over the Predacons and Deceptions. Sky-Byte was actually loyal to Megatron/Galvatron. His rivalry with Scourge was kinda one sided and only served to keep Scourge from accomplishing his true goals.
Whos the baddest shark around? Whos the smartest shark in town? Sky-Byte that's me! Who'll drive Scourge into the ground? And never let old Megatron down Sky-Byte that's me Sky-Byte thas him!
I was (and still is) a big fan of Sky Byte when I met my girlfriend (who is now my wife) way back in 2007. I was in Sky Byte mode so much that I bought a shark plush for her as a birthday gift. Since then she has been calling me her “shark”.
Who's the baddest shark around? Who's the smartest shark in town? Sky-Byte, that's me! Who'll drive Scourge into the ground? And never let old Megatron down? Sky-Byte, that's me!
It's nice to have more insight on BotCon Sky-Byte. I always imagined that (like the G1 Predacons), the Quintessons built him for Galvatron, though in my interpretation, he was meant to act as a go-between/interpreter for Decepticon command and the primal Predaking. Ironically, when Energon Sharkticon came out in 2003-04, I printed out his picture from the instructions and colored them in Sky-Byte's colors. I was amazed to see that 2010 Sky-Byte's colors were _almost_ exactly the same (Hasbro used ivory whereas I kept the lavender)!
![A Tribute to Sky-Byte [Best of Compilation]](/img/n.gif)
Knowing Optimus was a Librarian makes the scene where he picks apart Sky-Byte's poetry even funnier. It's like watching an english teacher grading his student's work.
Jackie Wilson omg!! Yeah, that’s what I thought as well!! Hahaha
That was brilliant
Jackie Wilson ha!
Was he a librarian in RIDverse?
@@BlamoStramo Prime, actually. Had a big and very clever part to the plot actually
1:51 I know why they call him Fire Convoy now. Because that was one sick burn.
call him optimus call him convoy whatever he is called he is a savage
Noice!
might not of been movie prime, but Sky-Byte definetly lost face there.
easy Ricoh just take off Junkets nice and slow
(YELLING) HAY..... WATCH WHAT U SAY ABOUT THE AUTOBOT LEADER HE IS NOT A SAVAGE
“Who’s the baddest shark in town?
Who’s the smartest shark in town?
Sky-Byte that’s me!”
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Who's the smartest shark around?
Who's rhe smartest shark in town?
Sky-Byte, that's me!
*coughing and muttering under breath* Soundwave superior.
XD
@@soundwavesuperior7522 SOUNDWAVE CAN %$#@ HIMSELF!!! 🤣🤣
@@Anonymus_M8 XD
There’s something hysterically awesome about how Animated Sky-Byte uses Lugnut’s body-type.
Also crazy how he basically represents the RID series in the grand scheme of the franchise.
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I would say Kelly was a comic relief as well.
Hopefully he'll get reformatted into a new, shark mode equipped body somewhere down the road.
@@EclipseWarlord Poor Kelly. Her insurance forms must be a nightmare.
@@vutava8292
At least she doesn't have to pay to get her Mercedes-Benz SUV fixed. Unfortunately said SUV tends to abandon her in odd locations.
@@alexlemonds2838 I saw a consep art of sky-byte earth mode, he transforms into a shark-themed submarine, and he looked much more like his version of RiD 2001.
He truly was the greatest shark around. Rest in peace Peter spellos. ❤
Who's the smartest shark around?
Who's the coolest shark in town?
Sky-Byte
That's me!
whoa whoa whoa back up- HE FOUNDED THE PRED FACTION IN BEAST WARS?!
only the smartest shark around and the baddest shark in town, could do something like that.
JaySilverhood with Predacon Combiner Team yes
In cybershark
Not to mention deathsaurus was the leader of the decepticons and had the combaticons for shock troops but was defeated and killed by a young megatron and when the combaticons refused to fall under the leadership of megatron he had the Sparks and personality components torn out of their bodies and placed in a secret hidden locked vault to keep them there until many years later in search of troops starscream found the long lost combaticons parts and placed them into old ww2 vehicles to become the combaticons mk-2 and fight megatron for leadership of the decepticons.
The show would have been 1000000000000000x better if it had sky bite
the real Robots in Disguise never gets enough credit for nailing the spirit of the original series. It mixed serious world-threatening plots, with good action and just the right amount of comedy/WTF to make it. Sky-Byte is a perfect example of that in character form.
Personally I found the main issue was that those elements weren't really presented cohesively. Sometimes it would jump back and forth too quickly. But the main issue I had was that half the toyline was recolors of G1 and Beast Wars toys while most of the rest were shellformers. The show was merely okay. But then, I feel the same for G1; it doesn't impress me nearly as much as some older fans insist it should, but has lots of very good individual episodes.
You said 'the real Robots In Disguise'.
I'm guessing that means you find the current one, that's supposed to carry on from Prime, to be a poser?
5:05 I would've also loved to have seen Galvatron in the background of the audience, in a callback to the '86 movie, saying "This is bad poetry."
Imagination, Sky-byte? This is bad poetry.
Waspinator and Sky-byte would be a perfect duo
Oh hell yeah! They'd be ro-bros for life!
Now that's *good* comedy!
GIMME THE COMIC NOW HAS-TAC
Well, maybe a few years late. But in one comic. Waspinator and Sky-Byte did share a duet song at Blurr's bar during the IDW run in 2005.
Sky-Byte should deserve a his own Spinoff Move with a awesome performance and a BIG BIG Bugdet for the Oscars!
Maybe for a sequel to Rise of the Beasts? My guess is that he will begin as a Predacon, but later switch sides to Maximal after listening to Dinobot.
No haikus for me.
They are much too difficult.
I’ll just write normal.
... Whoops. But I bet Sky-Byte would’ve liked it. XD
I'm surprised RID15 didn't try to bring him back in some form, as it sounds like he would've fit right in with the (mostly) sillier, stylized, animal-themed Decepticons.
He was locked up on the *Alchemor* for Volgon poetry-style crimes.
well instead of a shark being his alt mode he'd be a shark for his robot mode
Sky-Byte has returned
And then all the fans rejoiced
Welcome back Sky-Byte!
Here, after reading the sad news, RIP Peter Spellos, Thank you for your work in bringing to life one of the most endearing Predacons of RID 2001 and for making Sky-Byte one of my favorite Predacons.
At 2:59
I'll never forget that moment besides the Transformation of when Sky-Byte says "Terrorize!", it gives me the idea to order a Sky-Byte toy on eBay to honor Peter Spellos.
Well, Sky-Byte is coming out in the toyline next year after Legacy
1:52
I see why they call him “Fire Convoy” that was one sick burn🔥
😉
New basics video
Chris McFeely tells it all
Sky-Byte would be proud
New basics video is six syllables.
@@TheSmart-CasualGamer
If we change it to "New Basics Vid," we can make it work.
That's four syllables though. But "A New Basics vid" would be perfect.
Nice hiku, nice ku. 👍🐬
@@TheSmart-CasualGamer "that's one to many syllables, pub."
I will admit I watched RiD mostly for old SkyBite.
Breakout Predacon,
Superhero of his world,
Wonderful Sky-Byte.
Should have put this on Shark Week.
@OmegaRattrap it after shark week so he could use the line "just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water"
🎵Who’s the baddest shark around? Who’s the smartest shark in town?
Sky Byte, that’s me!
Who’ll drive Scourge into the ground, and never let old Megatron down?
Sky Byte, that’s me! 🎵
Sky Byte: Hey you want to hear my poem Optimus?
Prime: Your imagery is derivative
Sky-Byte is my favorite beast mode Transformers, and it's great to hear that he'll return in Cyberverse season 2.
-Thank you for giving us the history on the robotic Jaws from outerspace.
What perfect timing
I bought Cyberverse Sky-Byte
He arrives today
1:56, geez Optimus is a harsh critic.
Everybody is a critic this days.
Just caught the news. Thank you Spellos for your work in bringing to life one of the most endearing original TF characters of the early 2000s, an era that juggled nostalgia and experimenting with new characters. And that's not to mention all the voice and acting roles beyond TF too. Rest in peace.
Rhythm, flow and beat
Soul, grace, poetry with bite
The sky's the limit
Honestly the first robots in disguise was just an "okay" show. But with Sky-Byte it was a great show. I've wanted him to come back (personality intact) for so long.
Sky-bite is the boss
He can bite me any time
Let's all jump the shark
Host of Shark Sonnets
Most excellent substitute
Of wise Vector Prime
Now i want Jim Carrey to voice Sky Bite for some reason.
Let's just get the Sonic movie over first before we jump to decisions lol
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalrighty then!
Indeed. Mr Carrey would make an excellent Skybite.
Maybe for the future sequel for bumblebee???
@@RobsonRoverRepair You before we jump the shark?
Selachian dork?
Or true Predacon poet?
Sky-Byte proves his depths.
I will miss Sky-Byte
He was an amazing Shark
Sky-Byte, that was him…
RIP Peter Spellos
Cyberverse: *is awful*
Also cyberverse: *adds skybite back into cannon*
“I forgive you”
imo cyberverse isn't very bad, though I do agree that some episodes are just stupid or pointless
@@re57k season 3: hold my Megatron X
@@re57k you should see S2/S3 it's good and is dark
@@uainjansun Lol, I already did.
Now a Legacy Sky-Byte is required to be done in order to honor this legend
Maybe he'll get another stab at the Hall of Fame once Cyberverse has raised his profile a bit!
Funny shark robot
Making poems and mistakes
That is him, Sky-Byte
This video? Grand!
Skybyte's legacy is strong
He shall live forever!
The last line is six syllables..
@@HunhowsShadowStalker I dunno. Forever has always struck me as a 2 syllable word.
@@TheSkyatollah It's literally the combination of the words "for" and "ever" and is pronounced for-ev-er.
@@HunhowsShadowStalker Forever? ForEVER EVER? FOREVER ever?
@@TheSkyatollah Well, so much for a decent discussion. I'll come back when you've actually got something to say.
It's our favorite shark!
Oh delight! Oh happy day!
Top-notch video!
Remember when Chris did a Basics on the Gobots? It was an April fools day video, that still managed to be equally informative. I love The Basics series.
This was surprisingly sweet. Like showing his poetry off while jazz plays away. A shark of my own heart ♡
Love that sharky boi
He's a dope, a goof, a fool
But he's a good friend.
If we get another Transformers and G.I. Joe crossover, let's see a rhyming battle between Sky-Byte and Roadblock!
Don't forget Jazz and Major Blood.
Who would be more annoying?
Starscream or Commander Cobra
(Both had the same VA back then)
Skie Bite is the hero we need. His no other shark his a poet
I love him when i was a kid and very happy when i heard he will return in cyberverse. I hope my son will love him as much i do when i was a kid
Aye! My fishboi finally has some attention! I fell in love with him after getting his generations figure, which brought me to watching Japanese RID series just because of him... was not disappointed.
Who's the well beloved shark around?
Who's the fan favourite shark in town?
Sky-Byte, that's who!
Can we just take a second to stan Sky Byte? He’s honestly just a more confused version of Transmutate!
Thanks for making this video. As fan of the franchise the one series i lacked any knowledge on was RID. I never understood why Skybyte was such a reoccurring figure, especially since I knew him as Maximal Cybershark.
5:11 this should've at least been a mini series
fun fact: when I started watching transformers when I was around 6, I always thought Sky-byte was the Leader of the Decepticons. I didn't see Megatron yet so later I was confused why he wasn't in Armada lol
Well done on this Chris, it's good that after all these years Sky-Byte has managed to earn the popularity he deserves.
Perfect as always
done the character justice
cant wait for next one!
Rest In peace Peter Spellos
this character had more personality in him than the whole bayverse cast.
I'm a big movieverse fan....but I have to agree with you on that one.
I can't believe you pulled off a haiku at the end! Just great!
Thank you for another great video im a G1 guy and i love all the comics, so i am not knowledgeable on skybite. Thank you for helping me discover a cool character i would only know from idw since i didnt watch his show
Sky bite was my first ever transformer. Thanks to that gift, I became a huge fan of transformers.
This guy will always be one of my favorite decepticons in my opinion, i just wish appeared in more media, i hope he appears in the next season of earthspark or in skybounds comics, rip to Peter Spellos btw, press F to pay respect.
SB: ''Loyalty is but a flower in the winds of fear and temptation''
Optimus: ''What the hell are you sayin?''
SB: ''It's a haiku''
Never knew this guy until now. Thanks for this excellent series. Also love your sonic podcast
A shark who’s all bite and bark
Triumphant in his own mind
Sky-Byte, conquerer of our hearts
4:57 Skybite holds the head of Scourge, whose name was used by his rival in Car Robots/Robots in Disguise. I choose to believe it was a deliberate homage.
Lol this one was one of the few characters my older brother and I could agree on from Robots in Disguise. Oh gosh I remember when he disguised himself as a car to enter a race, that was hilarious!
RIP Peter Spellos
I honestly get confused between Sky-Byte and Depth Charge
This might clear things up
Depth Charge is Batman reference
Sky-Byte is a god
Character-wise they are nothing alike. Depth Charge is a vengeful Maximal while Sky-Byte is a lovable Decepticon.
@@TheForeverRanger *Predacon
That haiku at the end was *chef's kiss*
Blue, grey, and yellow
Though he is fishy in smell
He is in my heart
I had precisely zero interest in Sky-Byte but this video has sold me on him VERY strongly. I should probably get around to RiD2001 at some point.
The looks....
The character....
Who wouldn't like this badboy?
You should. Transformers 2001 Robots In Disguise was an interesting series to watch from start to finish, and the entirety of this series is on UA-cam to watch and it's also free to do so. So if you have any time to watch, then you can and should go watch Transformers 2001 Robots In Disguise.
Can’t believe you mentioned Animated Sky-Byte and didn’t show off his terrifying OG face.
(I mean, I can, because it’s not exactly notable, but it is in my nightmares every time I sleep.)
I really like the 2001 RID cartoon, much more than the 2015 version. Skybite was the highlight of that Cartoon!
Short and sweet, just like a haiku! Thanks for the vid.
I loved Robots in Disguise. I didn't grow up with G1, beast wars was my intro to transformers, so this was my first intro to non-BW transformers and Skybite was my dude. He was like the anti-dinobot
Not since Armada Starscream did a Decepticon make such a good Autobot.
Car 'bots/in Disguise
I saw little of that show
But Sky-Byte I'd like
Yeah, I only watched the first two episodes of that show, but after hearing your description of Sky-Byte, I might continue that series someday. Not to mention the idea of haiku-loving, robotic shark sounds awesome.
Another underdog transformer that I just learned existed, thank you for this great gift
Skybyte is a precious specimen we must protect
"I don't want to feel good; I want to feel evil..." ~ Skeletor
It was unexpected that Transformers Car Robot (A.K.A. Robots in Disguise), which was hardly popular in Japan, would be well received in the U.S. However, when Car Robot was introduced to the U.S., the character's personality was not changed and he remained as a funny character. It is rare that they continue to be loved by Americans. After all, American villains are often ruthless, brutal, and psychotic.
1:51 So is Optimus consistently that savage throughout the show?
Sharks swim in the sea
Skybyte murders all enemies
With his claw of steel
Skybite looks scary but the goofy animations and cartoonish props made skybite look less threatening
Even after all these years, he's still the best part of Robots in Disguise. Really is like Waspinator, he absolutely endeared the audience to his shenanigans. Absolutely would love to see him more.
Let us start a chain
All of us will make haikus
I will be the start
Flawless haiku, Chris!
Sky-Byte would be proud of you!
Keep up the good work!
Though seen as a fool.
He won the hearts of us all.
We love you Sky-Byte.
You left out something really important about the RID version. His first appearance in the show he was a much more intelligent and cunning strategist. His first scheme nearly succeeded too.
At the end of that episode though he was launched into space where he became frozen. He was brought back down to Earth and revived by the Predacons but they noted that Sky-Byte had gone insane due to permanent damage from his time in the vacuum of space. This is why all his future schemes were so bad and never came close to succeeding, or would backfire on him completely.
Megatron/Galvatron as shown in a later episode still had a deep respect for the genius strategist that Sky-Byte once was, that's why he was kept around despite all his failures. That and because Scourge despite being far more competent was also a back stabbing traitor who wanted to lead over the Predacons and Deceptions. Sky-Byte was actually loyal to Megatron/Galvatron. His rivalry with Scourge was kinda one sided and only served to keep Scourge from accomplishing his true goals.
Oh man..how can you not love this shark bro, thanks for this Chris.
Cybershark should've appeared in Beast Wars.
Whos the baddest shark around? Whos the smartest shark in town?
Sky-Byte that's me!
Who'll drive Scourge into the ground? And never let old Megatron down
Sky-Byte that's me
Sky-Byte thas him!
I was (and still is) a big fan of Sky Byte when I met my girlfriend (who is now my wife) way back in 2007.
I was in Sky Byte mode so much that I bought a shark plush for her as a birthday gift.
Since then she has been calling me her “shark”.
Awesome to see the best shark making it to the hall of fame this year!!!
Who's the baddest shark around? Who's the smartest shark in town?
Sky-Byte, that's me!
Who'll drive Scourge into the ground? And never let old Megatron down?
Sky-Byte, that's me!
So Sky-Byte is a Flying SandShark?
1:51 dude you didn't have to do him like that
Bad news. Peter Spellos died at the age of 69.
I want Sky Byte's autograph. Seems like a great guy
It's nice to have more insight on BotCon Sky-Byte. I always imagined that (like the G1 Predacons), the Quintessons built him for Galvatron, though in my interpretation, he was meant to act as a go-between/interpreter for Decepticon command and the primal Predaking.
Ironically, when Energon Sharkticon came out in 2003-04, I printed out his picture from the instructions and colored them in Sky-Byte's colors. I was amazed to see that 2010 Sky-Byte's colors were _almost_ exactly the same (Hasbro used ivory whereas I kept the lavender)!
We're gonna need a bigger Ark.
JAWS music intensifies