@@Rhino-Prime true friendship my friend. A long-lasting friendship between two seriously badass homies. One famous, and the other isn't and treated like shit.
i wonder what they would say, probably hurling abuse at starscream cause he is a bloody moron after all and as is typical of the intelligent, we subtly and wittily hurl abuse as the stupid people. it is fun you should try it some time
Another instance of soundwave showing to care is on the game war for cybertron where he is hiding behind a force field sending laserbeak and rumble to attack,but when they are damaged he rushes off cover to save them
Media: people will treat robots like slaves in the future. People: this imaginary robot bird has a complex storm of emotions after being tortured by the good guys, and deserves recognition.
Kumquat: "Ratchet! Look what we've uncovered from your past!" Ratchet: "What? Those old tweets? What's so bad about them?" Kumquat: "You keep on calling Minicons objects!" Ratchet: "But they are!" Audience: *audibly gasps*
This only makes me like Soundwave more. One can only imagine how Soundwave's heart broke when he lost his other deployer minicons, dead or alive. In text Soundwave says simply, "I do not speak or else I would cry endlessly."
1. He's madly respect the Megatron 2. He lost his minions Thats the two reasons why Soundwave is badassly silent. but one word "Soundwave Supperior, Autobots Inferior!"
I'm not a huge fan of RID and try to pretend it wasn't a "sequel" to Prime, but I appreciated them acknowledging Laserbeak as his own being, and not just an extension of Soundwave
It was always clear to me that Soundwave and Laserbeak have a bond too strong for either of them to be considered drones. They both show emotion and compassion, and even Soundwave shows a sense of humour when he takes a photo of Miko in lieu of a sassy comeback to her taking a photo of him, and also when he remixes Optimus' words and shows a smiley face. Laserbeak too seems to exchange knowing glances with him and when he was targeted by the Autobots in RID Soundwave actually clenched his fists in anger before jumping to his rescue. I really wish more had been made of Laserbeak's character. Your content is amazing and I adore your channel! ♥ ♡ ♥ Maybe we'll see some more Starscream essays soon? No hurry though!
Also -when Laserbeak is chasing Fowler, he does a little flip to show off -when Soundwave duels Wheeljack and steals his sword, he has the smuggest face I've ever not seen
@@sansthememe3288 yeah too bad the decepticons side is always showed as pure evil therefore you rarely see any of them kick ass, even though lore wise they kinda won the war its just that there was nothing to win off it.
i have a feeling back when he had all 5 there was QUITE the threat to just him being in the field, because that means something big is going on and megatron does not want it to go wrong. also clearly thoes mini bots with him are quite loved i suspect both him and laserbeack have moments of just remembering their lost companions
Soundwave having the "Taken Phone call" speech, is VERY fitting. Why? Because he's got skills he's acquired over a long career, that make him anyone's worse nightmare, he's very protective of his Minicon(s), and he immediately left with Laserbeak, when it looked like Laserbeak was apparently unconscious, and no apparent Autobot in sight. Also, Knowing Soundwave, he's likely to have found quotes of Taken, and found the line decent enough to be useful in interrogating someone... Not to mention that he literally trolled Optimus Prime when he was interrogating the Decepticon. It's funny to imagine Soundwave trolling the Autobots with that Taken Phone call.
Never seen this channel before and this was a very interesting video. In Fall of Cybertron, Soundwave rebuilds Megatron in a lab. When you gain control of Megatron, you can approach Laserbeak resting on a perch. He snaps at Megatron and then Megs gives a hearty laugh before running off to handle Starscream.
"Have you heard of the guy who is 10 feet tall? He scares people away cuz he's got no face at all He's got super long arms with tentacle ends, but the tragedy is he just want to make friends"
I've always seen Laserbeak as an individual, he's in practically all the transformers incarnations and is key when working with Soundwave, even if he usually works 'alone'. Great video to shine some light on him :D
TFP was the first Transformers show that I was watching and from the very beginning I knew Laserbeak was alive and then I was arguing with others beacouse they just refused to believe it.
Same here. I was introduced to the fandom through the Bay movies (at least they're good for something) and was the directed to TF Prime and G1. And it has become my absolute favorite fandom with Soundwave and Lazerbeak being my all time favorites.
In the scene it actually came off like a "Dad! There is a stranger at the door!" call and reaction. He threw everything he was doing and blasted off to look after Laserbeak.
Megatron: What? I totally have friends! My best friend is Soundwave! Right, Soundwave? Soundwave: ... Megatron: Soundwave, who's your best friend? Soundwave: (points to Lazerbeak) Megatron: *Ö*
It would have been incredible if in a single scene, we saw someone, either starscream, or knockout, go retrieve starscream, go into a room and see Soundwave playing with lazarbeak, like a bird, then notices the other deception and immediately go back to stoic unemotional killer
Transformers prime is quickly gaining a theme of “WE WERE ROBBED”! Oh gosh that would have been so great. Like if Soundwave was playing with Laserbeak and projecting a smiley face on his visor or something, and then Starscream interrupts them and tells Soundwave to do something, and we see the smiley face very briefly turn into a frowny face that rolls it’s eyes before disappearing😂
Now I'm just imagining Soundwave rewarding Laserbeak in private like petting him by stroking his chest or giving him a well deserve rest while muttering "good work" or "good job" to the minicon.
I'm just going to keep making more until I get more subscribers, but generally the Starscream content gets me the most. I want to cover everything, so I might have to stagger Starscream-something else-Starscream-something else... But I hope that a very large project I am working on will get everyone's attention in the future. But hey, in January I had less than 100 subscribers. Yay me!
@DreamSmasher There are literally different species/races marked by name in the aligned continuity. Do more homework. I've been studying this for years, and your comment hurts my eyes.
DreamSmasher Watching Transformers Prime and looking at everything in the aligned continuity. You may not have noticed, but that’s what this video is about! Also, sounds like any mention of different races riles you up. Predacon, Insecticon, Minicon, Arachnicon, Mutacon, Corvicon... oooOooO... Look at these terms I made up! Lol, sjw isn’t an insult to normal people, you know
Considering we have seen plenty of animalistic minicons who can talk, but we never heard Laserbeak talk, which further shows how deep his bond is with Soundwave
In my head I imagine laserbeak fanboying over soundwave and thinking he's cool, so laser beak just copies soundwave and just doesn't talk, trying to be cool and edgy.
@@erikthomsen4768 I wonder if it would be revealed that laserbeak is the last of soundwaves minicon partners. The others like Ravage, Frenzy, Rumble, Ratbat, Overkill and Slugest are sadly dead
10:33 One other thing that might explain Soundwave's actions is that he wouldn’t want to lose his last partner. Frenzy, Rumble, Ravage were all gone. Rian Johnson made a Star Wars movie with one of the themes was about winning the war by surviving. Soundwave may have felt the same fear of loosing his partner again like Arcee or the Wreckers. Tailgate, Cliffjumper, Seaspray. A long war costs a lot of lives. Always be careful of old men in a business where young men die. Because these veterans ain’t gonna lose their partners again. No matter what.
@beril şevval bekret There’s nothing to prove that they were killed in action. But it wouldn’t be outside the norm. We do know from the Megatronus flashback that Soundwave had a way larger body and arms before the civil war. And considering that his quick is his smaller partners. You get what I’m saying. Here’s what I mean at 1:39 m.ua-cam.com/video/_U_naYQ5O_w/v-deo.html
I grew up with G1, and while I love the Prime series the relationship between Laserbeak and the other Decepticons was very different. As Megatron said himself "Ah, welcome Laserbeak. Unlike my other warriors you never fail me."
Soundwave and laserbeak are practically soulmates. Just imagine laserbeak just chose not to talk because he is an introvert, and soundwave is simlpy the only one he talks to, because soundwave is the only one he trusts. Would make sense, because they wouldnt need to talk through actual language. And that laserbeak is secretly happy everyone sees him as an extention of soundwave, because then, he can enjoy not being disturbed by anyone. Both laserbeak and soundwave are awesome
I Just realized how wholesome the relationship between soundwave and lazerbeak is. He's like his papa or an older brother. Really puts a smile on my face 🙂
another thing, soundwave watches and follows lazerbeaks movements most of the time. it's something shown among human parents as well where we don't try to let ourselves get distracted while watching our kids. just thought of pointing it out.
I evaded because I watched the G1 series although it still strikes me as odd that megatron allowed starscream to wield him in gun mode when he is the most treacherous Decepticon of all.
This video is awesome. I love thinking about this type of stuff, and being someone who only recently finished the series prior to the movie I really enjoy learning all I can about it. These vids are very informative and I greatly appreciate them. Thanks for making them and being epic.
I think part of the problem with all this disregard for Laserbeak throughout the show is that a *lot* of mainstream transformers media - both in the writers and the audience - has treated minicons with that exact mentality. Right since G1, all of Soundwave's minicons besides Rumble and Frenzy were pretty much just pets. Sure, in there was a lot of focus on minicons in the Unicron trilogy, but that's only because they were seen as tools/power-ups for larger transformers. Minicons as characters have really only gotten to shine in the comics. That said, in more recent years in TV shows, there has been more focus on minicons as characters, and theres even been in-universe recognition of the prejudices they experience (RiD 2015). In fairness, in-universe racism towards minicons does make sense as a societal issue they could experience, and there's potential for a lot of great storytelling and metaphors in it. Additionally, a lot of the writers/producers for mainstream content probably aren't doing it with the intent of disregarding minicons as characters; in the case of TFP Laserbeak, they may have just felt that there wasn't really room to focus on his personality, and it may have clashed with Soundwave's extreme silence throughout the show. There's also the chance that they may not even be aware they're doing it; for all they know, minicons could literally just be transformers animals and that's that, nothing deeper to look into. While this is an honest and forgivable mistake, and if it is indeed happening, the fact that it occurs so much tells me that they didn't put much (or any) effort into correcting this for a long time, though again, they might not even know they should be. TL;DR Ultimately, my point is that this in-universe disregard for minicons stems from the writers and producers of transformers content doing that themselves (which is, in itself, just one part of an even larger issue of "they're robots, they don't have real feelings" mindset that so many people look at transformers with, but that's a topic for another day; this comment is already long enough lol).
Hopefully some day we'll get an extension or another show with Prime's lore, there are so many characters like Laserbeak that deserve more love and runtime.
You forgot to mention that during the scene that soundwave is examining laserbeak after the explosion, he SLOWLY retracts them, and its obvious he'd rather be trying to help him than opening the space bridge for knockout-and Shockwave but they had no idea he was there
When Laserbeak transformed into pink Bumblebee I was in love! I really loved his part in Cyberverse. It showed his individuality. There is a episode for Rescue Bots Academy where the recruits have interactions with Laserbeak and have strong opinions about him. Then one of the recruits admits he was a decepticon. Perceptor lets them know that Laserbeak is cool and everyone can change or something like that. They never aired the episode,which is a shame.
One of the things I noticed, in G1, Soundwave would specifically give credit to his Minicons when they accomplish something. But since he doesn’t talk in Prime, and their does Laserbeak, that leads to the Decepticons giving Soundwave all the credit. Plus, in this show Laserbeak actually looks EXACTLY like a Drone. Most of his mass is his wings and his actual body doesn’t extend beyond them very much, and barely has a head. Kinda hard not to be seen as a drone, when ya look like one. If he looked like an actual robo birb, it’d probably be a different story. Just a thought I had.
Poor Laserbeak, people are so inconsiderate of him. I like how much Soundwave cares about him though, and I like how Starscream treats him like a sentient being:3 I also always saw Laserbeak as his own individual character, even if his credit does end up going to Soundwave. Also, on another note, I am curious about how Megatron feels about Starscream. I mean, we know Starscream hates and fears Megs and only becomes loyal out of his own need to survive. But what I wanna know is what does Megatron feel about Starscream? Does he hate Starscream? Does he like him? Does he see potential in him? His behavior towards Starscream in the series is pretty peculiar. Here we have a little guy who often betrays his master, yet the master just punishes him and lets him live, not even locking him up for his treachery. And he accepts Starscream back in their ranks so easily, despite having been away for so long and not being trustworthy at all. And let's not forget that he KILLED DREADWING TO SAVE STARSCREAM. True, as you said in an earlier video, he killed Dreadwing because he disobeyed his orders, but it still seems a bit odd considering how he treats Starscream throughout it all. Does Megatron really only keep Starscream around as a punching bag and to keep himself on his toes, or does Megatron actually care about Starscream in some way? I would like to see an analysis of Megatron's relationship with Starscream, if you get the time for it, of course. :) I love your character analyses, you go so deep into everything and even include other characters relevant to the main character's analysis. :3
Rubywing4 I could talk about Starscream and Megatron. The easiest explanation I see is that Megatron in his spark hates him, but at the same time is so used to him being around. He is attached to the bugger whether he realizes it or not, unable to dispose of him in cases when he would others. He doesn’t have reason to kpeep him around to be sharp, I mean he would rather have a useful second in command who offers ideas. And Starscream does constantly surprise him with ideas and offer entertainment. And Megatron figured out the pattern to control Starscream, whereas Dreadwing is too strong and can get out of control
@@emperorkumquat That's true, when I talked about Star "keeping Megs on his toes", I was thinking about the G1 version, which of course isn't the same as here, I forgot XP I just find their relationship interesting and funny, as it seems to be universal that Megatron can't seem to get himself to kill Starscream despite his treachery:P (perhaps with the exception of their Animated incarnations where Megatron really couldn't care less if Star is dead or alive... oh, and Cyberverse as well.)
@@oceanicking8988 nah, soundwave is much more terrifying by a significant margin. The silence, the speed, and the lack of information about him is what makes him a terrifying opponent
Great video! You don't get the attention you deserve. The Transformers-community is so big yet so little people seem to look beyond collecting toys. Which is perfectly fine of course
I need to look through your videos. I'm curious what you think of Soundwave's aggression/passiveness. I notice he doesn't indulge ego or revenge. He frequently spares lives, esp the kids even though they prove to be a real threat, and only goes for the kill when ordered to. Just finished the video. The ending was great lol. Really good Laserbeak video! n_n I hope to see another really cool incarnation or sequel universe where we can have Soundwave's full team again.
Oh my gosh this is so cool and it's awesome to find someone else who is also passionate about the Aligned Continuity! I love how you used the books as part of your evidence as well. I can't wait to watch the rest of your discussion videos!
_sees video_ Wait, *Prime* Laserbeak? How on earth do you make a video on *_Prime_* Laserbeak? _watches_ Oh okay, neat. Not really my favorite incarnation of our bird cassette boi, (cough idw Laserbeak and Ravage are best bois) but it’s cool to know there’s more stuff to him than one’d think.
Great video. You sure can get me thinking. I really feel for the Minicons and Vehicons now. Though I've never had to deal with racism I do understand prejudice and judgment.
I don't know why. But the Prime version of Soundwave terrified me as a kid 9 years ago. Mabey because of the fact that he was mute. And had no proper face. Just a dark look into the void.
In almost all continuities, the deployers are close friends of Soundwave. And in at least one continuity, Soundwave sided with Megatron because the Decepticon addressed Ravage separately from Soundwave, as an intelligent and fellow cybertronian.
Soundwave and Laserbeak are my favorites. It was a silent friendship and even though they were bad guys, I found them extremely likable. I think Laserbeak is depicted more animal like in this show, someone mentioned he could talk in like a comic or something, but Laserbeak and Soundwave reminded me of something like a falcon and a falconer but with deeper bonds than that.
13.56 Consider this; in the original G1 cartoon, in Japan, the cassette-cons refer to Soundwave as 'Aniki'. As in, it's not only slang for a yakuza leader, they were also refer to him as Big Brother. Make of that what you will.
Dude I never realized how damn ballsy laserbeak was. He fought an upgraded Optimus prime on his own and actually managed to take him on. Flew directly into a base filled with Autobots that could take him out of the sky with a single shot, and didn’t send any kind of beacon when he was shot out of the air while ABOVE THE CLOUDS
Honestly I really liked Soundwave's design here and that Lazerbeak is basically his transforming chest armor. I would love to have Soundwave as like a mini-combiner of all his cassettes: Ravage, Lazerbeak, Rumble, and Frenzy
I was watching TFP with my sister for the first time in years. At first I thought of him as a drone as well, but later realised this was not the case. I'm pretty sure this started when my sister misheard his name as "Leipä" (Finnish for "bread") because after that we got attached and began to notice how endearing Soundwave's treatment of him was
PLOT TWIST!: Soundwave has his other minicons' minds and sparks downloaded into his database, and the way it would happen could be something like this; "What are you doing?" "I'm hacking into Soundwave's servers." "Soundwave has servers?" "But of what...?" "How many servers?" Lets see...each one has a gigantic file in it the first is labeled 'Ravage'...okay...the next is titled 'Frenzy'...strange...the third is named 'Rumble'...riiight...number four, five and six are 'Buzzsaw', 'Wingthing and 'Ratbat' (which seems to partially be larger than th others)...? Oh and the seventh is known as...."Extra back-up data for the minicons and I" which is a custom sever made from twenty three other severs and are all zetabyte class sever units with number seven being a yobibyte class unit?!?!?! That's almost bigger than the internet sever!" Meanwhile Soundwave has noticed the hacker in his database and remembers the other minicons and hacks Shockwaves files on making avatars and recontructing bodies. And stays undetected
I always loved how Soundwave is so focused on the mission that he was the only one to retrieve an Iacon relic, but also genuinely cares about Laserbeak so much that he doesn’t even kill Wheeljack and just instantly flies off to go help him. Also, 13:45 that’s pretty funny.
When Soundwave was imprisoned by the autobots, why didn't they notice the absence of Laserbeak and anticipate his potential attack? Sometimes the autobots are so ignorant...
This is so true, Laserbeak is my favorite character then sound wave, to be honest if i was in transformers prime and if i was sound wave i would have slapped starscream. Laser beak is like me, he knows how it feels to be forgotten.
Laserbeak prompted one of the most cold and awesome scenes of Soundwave's. Since he literally woke up from a dead sleep and took out three autobots effortlessly.
Since g1 soundwave and lazerbeak have always been my favorite characters I’ve always considered him as a cyberteronian it’s funny because I never even thought of the perspective shown in this video
yo i love it when you do this kind of analysis videos please do more especially about starscream i love watching your videos and your voice is lovely 🥺💕
Yep, gonna do more about Starscream in the future. I want to have videos for his body language, his different sense of morality, and how Megatron is able to control him
@@emperorkumquat you are very good at analyzing these scenes, i'm sure it'll be another of those videos i just can't get enough of of watching. I have your notifications on! I can't wait for more 🥺❤
@@rassierassbedash1429 Awww, thanks! I will be making more videos, but I am also very busy making drawings for TFP as part of a huge project you will probably love. If I can, I will try to put one out every two weeks (or sooner!)
Imagine how more scary Soundwave could of been if he had his full team instead of just Laserbeak. I also remember soundwave had more then just 4. I can think of at least 6 from the G1 Era but I think there was even more in the comics.
"Well? Did any of the surveillance data survive?"
. . .
"Piss off, 'm fixing my best bud."
He even ignored mega
XD
This gets even funnier if you think about Transformers 3, where Soundwave didn't even react when Lazerbeak got blown up.
@@Rhino-Prime true friendship my friend. A long-lasting friendship between two seriously badass homies. One famous, and the other isn't and treated like shit.
@@diddlysheep6690 *that's not my soundwave*
Soundwave and laserbeak probably have great conversations with each other, we just can't hear them
Imagine them underlying situations with funny music. Like Starscream running from Megatron with the Billy Hill (?) theme.
Lol
@@HexenkoeniginVonAngmar benny hill, and the track is called yankity sax
i wonder what they would say, probably hurling abuse at starscream cause he is a bloody moron after all and as is typical of the intelligent, we subtly and wittily hurl abuse as the stupid people. it is fun you should try it some time
Maybe they cominicate throught some sort of mind communication.
"Starscream, a known racist." This makes me laugh way too much
I fucking died😂
I did not know this
I never really thought about it
Means that he did not afraid of saying the N-word
"Oh, you're one of THOSE bots"
Another instance of soundwave showing to care is on the game war for cybertron where he is hiding behind a force field sending laserbeak and rumble to attack,but when they are damaged he rushes off cover to save them
I need to rewatch that videogame.
@@moonlightshadow6226 boss battle at the end of mission 7
@@iironhide6209 Thanks
Don't forget Frenzy
The power of friendship.
>”Starscream, a known racist...”
“LORD MEGATRON, I HAVE COME TO SAY THE N WORD!!”
Lord Megatron, i don't mean to sound racist, buttttt
@@francescolombardi3438 *Laser blast*
Knockout: "NO STARSCREAM, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MESSING WITH!"
Megatron:”NO STARSCREAM THAT IS TOO EVIL EVEN FOR ME”
Starscream: "NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII..."
Media: people will treat robots like slaves in the future.
People: this imaginary robot bird has a complex storm of emotions after being tortured by the good guys, and deserves recognition.
Robots looking up movies and human media gonna be real fucking confused
Humanity tends to not have the highest opinion of it's self.
In this episode, Emperor Cumquat cancels Rachet by digging up some old racist tweets...
This is the best comment I have read all year bravo.
Kumquat: "Ratchet! Look what we've uncovered from your past!"
Ratchet: "What? Those old tweets? What's so bad about them?"
Kumquat: "You keep on calling Minicons objects!"
Ratchet: "But they are!"
Audience: *audibly gasps*
Everyone asks where is lazerbeak but never ask how is lazerbeak
Soundwave does
No duh Sherlock
no offense
Laser... With an s
*why is lazerbeak*
Imma keep it real witchu chief, I wouldn't mind being called an extension of Soundwave.
Darn right, it would indeed be a real honor and privilege to be called an extension of one of the most bada$$ characters out of a cartoon.
Damn right
Damn right man
I mean who doesent love him?
We are the eyes, ears and nose of soundwave.
By we I mean you guys.
I am soundwave's dick.
This only makes me like Soundwave more. One can only imagine how Soundwave's heart broke when he lost his other deployer minicons, dead or alive.
In text Soundwave says simply, "I do not speak or else I would cry endlessly."
the fact that it was autobots who killed them in some way gives him all the reason that the autobots, the higher caste guys, will never change
1. He's madly respect the Megatron
2. He lost his minions
Thats the two reasons why Soundwave is badassly silent.
but one word "Soundwave Supperior, Autobots Inferior!"
@@friendlyfire3412
That's four.
@@DocWolph Don't try to argue. You are right, but don't try to argue.
@BOS_Sentinel
Uhm... Whoosh at 12 o'clock. Both of you.
It wasn't worth saying anything but now...
I'm not a huge fan of RID and try to pretend it wasn't a "sequel" to Prime, but I appreciated them acknowledging Laserbeak as his own being, and not just an extension of Soundwave
Well... it was a minicon talking about another minicon.
Jonathan Flanagan yeah
also, in the words of another commenter:
I'ma keep it real with you chief, I wouldn't mind being called an extension of Soundwave.
I also love his bird-like redesign since I hated his tfp design
@@nra3zehuti781
I feel like Laserbeak should have few modes. And the design in TFP would be his so called "drone mode"
Wow you're really passionate about The Aligned Continuity.
I like when people go in depth about aligned.
Im hoping for videos about the games
Abdoulhay Ceesay expect fail to mention war for and fall of cybertron
The Aligned Continuity is great as fuck.
Holy scrap. A new title for rescuebots released and there's gonna be a DECEPTICON in it.
It was always clear to me that Soundwave and Laserbeak have a bond too strong for either of them to be considered drones. They both show emotion and compassion, and even Soundwave shows a sense of humour when he takes a photo of Miko in lieu of a sassy comeback to her taking a photo of him, and also when he remixes Optimus' words and shows a smiley face. Laserbeak too seems to exchange knowing glances with him and when he was targeted by the Autobots in RID Soundwave actually clenched his fists in anger before jumping to his rescue. I really wish more had been made of Laserbeak's character.
Your content is amazing and I adore your channel! ♥ ♡ ♥
Maybe we'll see some more Starscream essays soon? No hurry though!
Sassywave 😄
@@xRaiofSunshine Thank you for this very important addition 😂
@@xRaiofSunshine XD LOL
Also
-when Laserbeak is chasing Fowler, he does a little flip to show off
-when Soundwave duels Wheeljack and steals his sword, he has the smuggest face I've ever not seen
@@liljatupsu These are excellent additions, thank you.
So, that means Soundwave has actually been nerfed this whole time because he didn't have all of his minicons!
He's always been nerfed, nowadays he's an equal to bumblebee
@@yourfbiagent7689 he literally fucked autobots at there own base and captured rachet he should been in a spotlight more
Well imagine if he did, the autobots would be obliterated within seconds
@@sansthememe3288 yeah too bad the decepticons side is always showed as pure evil therefore you rarely see any of them kick ass, even though lore wise they kinda won the war its just that there was nothing to win off it.
i have a feeling back when he had all 5 there was QUITE the threat to just him being in the field, because that means something big is going on and megatron does not want it to go wrong. also clearly thoes mini bots with him are quite loved i suspect both him and laserbeack have moments of just remembering their lost companions
Soundwave is actually one of my favorite characters including laserbreak . By THE way you are so good youtuber
Honesty Soundwave isn't just one of my favorite characters in transformers...he IS my favorite
It is actually LASERBEAK not lazerBreak🙄
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I love Soundwave!
I can and will agree
Soundwave having the "Taken Phone call" speech, is VERY fitting.
Why? Because he's got skills he's acquired over a long career, that make him anyone's worse nightmare, he's very protective of his Minicon(s), and he immediately left with Laserbeak, when it looked like Laserbeak was apparently unconscious, and no apparent Autobot in sight.
Also, Knowing Soundwave, he's likely to have found quotes of Taken, and found the line decent enough to be useful in interrogating someone... Not to mention that he literally trolled Optimus Prime when he was interrogating the Decepticon.
It's funny to imagine Soundwave trolling the Autobots with that Taken Phone call.
Or playing creepy sounds at night in the Nemesis.
@@HexenkoeniginVonAngmar UHHHHH yeh XD
Tem in te Neme be like:
**help** **what is that sound-**
@@HexenkoeniginVonAngmar Soundwave plays the Minecraft cave noises to freak everyone out and then laughs internally when Starscream well, screams.
Never seen this channel before and this was a very interesting video.
In Fall of Cybertron, Soundwave rebuilds Megatron in a lab. When you gain control of Megatron, you can approach Laserbeak resting on a perch. He snaps at Megatron and then Megs gives a hearty laugh before running off to handle Starscream.
But he lets himself get pet by Soundwave. So adorable.
Yoooo yes! Haha
You've got a Link to the scene?
Found it
Only the first half tho.
"Have you heard of the guy who is 10 feet tall?
He scares people away cuz he's got no face at all
He's got super long arms with tentacle ends,
but the tragedy is he just want to make friends"
Slenderman is soundwave confirmed
@@nitrus1933 slenderman is 8 feet tall
@@delsol335 close enough :)
@@soundwavesuperior6761 Yes. You get an energon cookie. You deserve it.
@@soundwavesuperior6761 nobody in this universe deserves an energon cookie more than u soundwave
I've always considered Lazerbeak as any other Cybertronian because of G1 or just because he has a name or just that he's a intelligent being.
Same
Yea same
Same. I always thought him more animalistic because of G1 but still very alive and conscious
yeah, i think to people who watched G1 first it's easier to think that Lazerbeak is not a mindless drone
@@ashreadalot2048 true but I still think he was alive even if I didn't watch G1.
"Starscream, a known racist" gave me a laugh.
I've always seen Laserbeak as an individual, he's in practically all the transformers incarnations and is key when working with Soundwave, even if he usually works 'alone'. Great video to shine some light on him :D
@@soundwavesuperior6761 Yeah but in our case it would be if a human was in the form of a dog, not just a dog alone.
@@soundwavesuperior6761 Well tell him that and see how he feels.
@@soundwavesuperior6761 Ravage does talk eventually.
That “yay I helped” from Lazerbeak was so wholesome.
TFP was the first Transformers show that I was watching and from the very beginning I knew Laserbeak was alive and then I was arguing with others beacouse they just refused to believe it.
Drago The Predator Since he is called a minicon, everyone should most certainly believe it. All minicons are Cybertronians born of the Allspark
Same here. I was introduced to the fandom through the Bay movies (at least they're good for something) and was the directed to TF Prime and G1. And it has become my absolute favorite fandom with Soundwave and Lazerbeak being my all time favorites.
Also as bin
It was cute when soundwave saves laserbeak in time of need.
In the scene it actually came off like a "Dad! There is a stranger at the door!" call and reaction. He threw everything he was doing and blasted off to look after Laserbeak.
Megatron: What? I totally have friends! My best friend is Soundwave! Right, Soundwave?
Soundwave: ...
Megatron: Soundwave, who's your best friend?
Soundwave: (points to Lazerbeak)
Megatron: *Ö*
I don't think I've ever seen anyone use ö as an emote but I love it
@@liljatupsu - I got it from one of my internet friends. cx
It would have been incredible if in a single scene, we saw someone, either starscream, or knockout, go retrieve starscream, go into a room and see Soundwave playing with lazarbeak, like a bird, then notices the other deception and immediately go back to stoic unemotional killer
Transformers prime is quickly gaining a theme of “WE WERE ROBBED”! Oh gosh that would have been so great. Like if Soundwave was playing with Laserbeak and projecting a smiley face on his visor or something, and then Starscream interrupts them and tells Soundwave to do something, and we see the smiley face very briefly turn into a frowny face that rolls it’s eyes before disappearing😂
@@not_zippy So basically Zer0 from Borderlands?
Now I'm just imagining Soundwave rewarding Laserbeak in private like petting him by stroking his chest or giving him a well deserve rest while muttering "good work" or "good job" to the minicon.
Sound wave is a good dad in basically every continuity
Awesome video, this channel is underrated these vids are amazing
I'm just going to keep making more until I get more subscribers, but generally the Starscream content gets me the most. I want to cover everything, so I might have to stagger Starscream-something else-Starscream-something else... But I hope that a very large project I am working on will get everyone's attention in the future. But hey, in January I had less than 100 subscribers. Yay me!
Hi TRANS
Trans theories you sent me here and I am very happy with my first impressions
@DreamSmasher There are literally different species/races marked by name in the aligned continuity. Do more homework. I've been studying this for years, and your comment hurts my eyes.
DreamSmasher Watching Transformers Prime and looking at everything in the aligned continuity. You may not have noticed, but that’s what this video is about! Also, sounds like any mention of different races riles you up. Predacon, Insecticon, Minicon, Arachnicon, Mutacon, Corvicon... oooOooO... Look at these terms I made up!
Lol, sjw isn’t an insult to normal people, you know
There's something so funny about the line "starscream, a known racist"
"LORD MEGATRON, I AM GOING TO SAY THE N WORD.
NUTS."
Considering we have seen plenty of animalistic minicons who can talk, but we never heard Laserbeak talk, which further shows how deep his bond is with Soundwave
In my head I imagine laserbeak fanboying over soundwave and thinking he's cool, so laser beak just copies soundwave and just doesn't talk, trying to be cool and edgy.
Is it possible that the four Minicons: Frenzy, Rumble, Ravage and Laserbeak all took the same vow of silence as Soundwave?
@@erikthomsen4768 I could never imagine rumble not talk lol, the loudmouth
@@erikthomsen4768 I wonder if it would be revealed that laserbeak is the last of soundwaves minicon partners. The others like Ravage, Frenzy, Rumble, Ratbat, Overkill and Slugest are sadly dead
My boy is probably silent because his pal Ravage is gone. I'd probably not talk much either if three of my friends who're closer than brothers died.
10:33
One other thing that might explain Soundwave's actions is that he wouldn’t want to lose his last partner.
Frenzy, Rumble, Ravage were all gone.
Rian Johnson made a Star Wars movie with one of the themes was about winning the war by surviving.
Soundwave may have felt the same fear of loosing his partner again like Arcee or the Wreckers.
Tailgate, Cliffjumper, Seaspray. A long war costs a lot of lives.
Always be careful of old men in a business where young men die.
Because these veterans ain’t gonna lose their partners again. No matter what.
I love this but where in it says that Ravage Rumble and Frenzy are killed? Which content?
@beril şevval bekret
There’s nothing to prove that they were killed in action. But it wouldn’t be outside the norm.
We do know from the Megatronus flashback that Soundwave had a way larger body and arms before the civil war.
And considering that his quick is his smaller partners. You get what I’m saying.
Here’s what I mean at 1:39
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@@berilsevvalbekret772 in one of the novels, i think
"Let's face it, if Starscream is going to say something racist, nothing is going to stop him."
fucking golden
Gosh, I always loved Laserbeak in TFP. He is adorable and ignored :/
I love Laserbeak and Ravage their so cute
Good point but he's fucking huge
Compared to us? Yes. Compared to Cybertronians? Nope.
I grew up with G1, and while I love the Prime series the relationship between Laserbeak and the other Decepticons was very different. As Megatron said himself "Ah, welcome Laserbeak. Unlike my other warriors you never fail me."
Soundwave and laserbeak are practically soulmates. Just imagine laserbeak just chose not to talk because he is an introvert, and soundwave is simlpy the only one he talks to, because soundwave is the only one he trusts. Would make sense, because they wouldnt need to talk through actual language. And that laserbeak is secretly happy everyone sees him as an extention of soundwave, because then, he can enjoy not being disturbed by anyone. Both laserbeak and soundwave are awesome
I Just realized how wholesome the relationship between soundwave and lazerbeak is. He's like his papa or an older brother. Really puts a smile on my face 🙂
Now I really wanna know what Soundwave would do if Megatron harmed Laserbeak
Well if that ever happens there won't be a Megatron left for us to find out by the time Soundwave gets done with him
@@shadowhunter791 yeah, megatron would be screwed
another thing, soundwave watches and follows lazerbeaks movements most of the time. it's something shown among human parents as well where we don't try to let ourselves get distracted while watching our kids.
just thought of pointing it out.
"Let's face it, if Starscream is going to say something racist, nothing is going to stop him."
Best fucking thing I have ever read in a long time.
the fact that laserbeak in the cannon to prime cybertron games is his own character made me evade this trap
I evaded because I watched the G1 series although it still strikes me as odd that megatron allowed starscream to wield him in gun mode when he is the most treacherous Decepticon of all.
15:33 "Did any of the surveillance data survive?" Damn it Megatron! His baby is hurting! How dare you ask him that while he's trying to fix him?
(Shows a video of someone hitting Starscream)
KO: What did you tell him?
Starscream: Nothing racist.
This video is awesome. I love thinking about this type of stuff, and being someone who only recently finished the series prior to the movie I really enjoy learning all I can about it. These vids are very informative and I greatly appreciate them. Thanks for making them and being epic.
I think part of the problem with all this disregard for Laserbeak throughout the show is that a *lot* of mainstream transformers media - both in the writers and the audience - has treated minicons with that exact mentality. Right since G1, all of Soundwave's minicons besides Rumble and Frenzy were pretty much just pets. Sure, in there was a lot of focus on minicons in the Unicron trilogy, but that's only because they were seen as tools/power-ups for larger transformers. Minicons as characters have really only gotten to shine in the comics. That said, in more recent years in TV shows, there has been more focus on minicons as characters, and theres even been in-universe recognition of the prejudices they experience (RiD 2015).
In fairness, in-universe racism towards minicons does make sense as a societal issue they could experience, and there's potential for a lot of great storytelling and metaphors in it. Additionally, a lot of the writers/producers for mainstream content probably aren't doing it with the intent of disregarding minicons as characters; in the case of TFP Laserbeak, they may have just felt that there wasn't really room to focus on his personality, and it may have clashed with Soundwave's extreme silence throughout the show. There's also the chance that they may not even be aware they're doing it; for all they know, minicons could literally just be transformers animals and that's that, nothing deeper to look into. While this is an honest and forgivable mistake, and if it is indeed happening, the fact that it occurs so much tells me that they didn't put much (or any) effort into correcting this for a long time, though again, they might not even know they should be.
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Ultimately, my point is that this in-universe disregard for minicons stems from the writers and producers of transformers content doing that themselves (which is, in itself, just one part of an even larger issue of "they're robots, they don't have real feelings" mindset that so many people look at transformers with, but that's a topic for another day; this comment is already long enough lol).
Nobody:
Emperor Kumquat: Your all robot racist.
The real forgotten ones are Rumble and Frenzy. Change my mind.
And Buzzsaw. The G1 Soundwave toy was shipped with a tape called Buzzsaw.
Yea but they are used more in the cybertron games
And Ratbat
Hopefully some day we'll get an extension or another show with Prime's lore, there are so many characters like Laserbeak that deserve more love and runtime.
Technically the Rescue Bots tv show is part of the Aligned Continuity... Yeah I know it isn't much.
@@livium9149 late but ironically, Rescue Bots' own sequel actually DID give Laserbeak more focus.
Starscream: I’m going to say the N Word!
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It's ok guys he's gray, he can say it.
@@fornax5798 He can only say half of it tho
This gives me another reason that laser beak and soundwave are my favorite characters in all transformers
I've always considered Soundwave the cybertronian equivalent of a masked mercenary and Laserbeak as his loyal pet falcon.
You forgot to mention that during the scene that soundwave is examining laserbeak after the explosion, he SLOWLY retracts them, and its obvious he'd rather be trying to help him than opening the space bridge for knockout-and Shockwave but they had no idea he was there
What I find interesting is that laser beak is the one that restored sound waves memories. It’s like a backup file. And soundwave entrusts that to him.
I’d rather be called an extension of Soundwave than an extension of just about anyone else
When Laserbeak transformed into pink Bumblebee I was in love! I really loved his part in Cyberverse. It showed his individuality. There is a episode for Rescue Bots Academy where the recruits have interactions with Laserbeak and have strong opinions about him. Then one of the recruits admits he was a decepticon. Perceptor lets them know that Laserbeak is cool and everyone can change or something like that. They never aired the episode,which is a shame.
Wedge was the one who admitted that he was a decepticon
One of the things I noticed, in G1, Soundwave would specifically give credit to his Minicons when they accomplish something. But since he doesn’t talk in Prime, and their does Laserbeak, that leads to the Decepticons giving Soundwave all the credit.
Plus, in this show Laserbeak actually looks EXACTLY like a Drone. Most of his mass is his wings and his actual body doesn’t extend beyond them very much, and barely has a head. Kinda hard not to be seen as a drone, when ya look like one. If he looked like an actual robo birb, it’d probably be a different story. Just a thought I had.
I've always viewed Lazerbeak as a full sparked cybertronian.
But I still like how this video goes indepth on the apparent psychology of the TFP cast!
Poor Laserbeak, people are so inconsiderate of him.
I like how much Soundwave cares about him though, and I like how Starscream treats him like a sentient being:3
I also always saw Laserbeak as his own individual character, even if his credit does end up going to Soundwave.
Also, on another note, I am curious about how Megatron feels about Starscream.
I mean, we know Starscream hates and fears Megs and only becomes loyal out of his own need to survive.
But what I wanna know is what does Megatron feel about Starscream?
Does he hate Starscream? Does he like him? Does he see potential in him?
His behavior towards Starscream in the series is pretty peculiar.
Here we have a little guy who often betrays his master, yet the master just punishes him and lets him live, not even locking him up for his treachery. And he accepts Starscream back in their ranks so easily, despite having been away for so long and not being trustworthy at all. And let's not forget that he KILLED DREADWING TO SAVE STARSCREAM.
True, as you said in an earlier video, he killed Dreadwing because he disobeyed his orders, but it still seems a bit odd considering how he treats Starscream throughout it all.
Does Megatron really only keep Starscream around as a punching bag and to keep himself on his toes, or does Megatron actually care about Starscream in some way?
I would like to see an analysis of Megatron's relationship with Starscream, if you get the time for it, of course. :)
I love your character analyses, you go so deep into everything and even include other characters relevant to the main character's analysis. :3
Rubywing4 I could talk about Starscream and Megatron. The easiest explanation I see is that Megatron in his spark hates him, but at the same time is so used to him being around. He is attached to the bugger whether he realizes it or not, unable to dispose of him in cases when he would others. He doesn’t have reason to kpeep him around to be sharp, I mean he would rather have a useful second in command who offers ideas. And Starscream does constantly surprise him with ideas and offer entertainment. And Megatron figured out the pattern to control Starscream, whereas Dreadwing is too strong and can get out of control
@@emperorkumquat That's true, when I talked about Star "keeping Megs on his toes", I was thinking about the G1 version, which of course isn't the same as here, I forgot XP
I just find their relationship interesting and funny, as it seems to be universal that Megatron can't seem to get himself to kill Starscream despite his treachery:P (perhaps with the exception of their Animated incarnations where Megatron really couldn't care less if Star is dead or alive... oh, and Cyberverse as well.)
@DreamSmasher when they called laserbeak an 'it' he was unconscious. THAT is both discrimination and racism.
in the IDW comics he keeps starscream around because his scheming keeps megatron's mind sharp and on his toes.
Nah Starscream is defiantly scared of Soundwave
everyone is scared of soundwave
@@watyhu99 Shockwave*
@@oceanicking8988 nah, soundwave is much more terrifying by a significant margin. The silence, the speed, and the lack of information about him is what makes him a terrifying opponent
Great video! You don't get the attention you deserve. The Transformers-community is so big yet so little people seem to look beyond collecting toys. Which is perfectly fine of course
I need to look through your videos. I'm curious what you think of Soundwave's aggression/passiveness. I notice he doesn't indulge ego or revenge. He frequently spares lives, esp the kids even though they prove to be a real threat, and only goes for the kill when ordered to.
Just finished the video. The ending was great lol. Really good Laserbeak video! n_n I hope to see another really cool incarnation or sequel universe where we can have Soundwave's full team again.
Deepclaw I think Soundwave is just generally and honestly not a very aggressive individual
Just more reasons to add why Soundwave is my favorite decepticon.
I guess we didn’t realize how sentient he was unlike the decepticons.
Oh my gosh this is so cool and it's awesome to find someone else who is also passionate about the Aligned Continuity! I love how you used the books as part of your evidence as well. I can't wait to watch the rest of your discussion videos!
8:40 He even says "If you are listening," on the off chance that it's "just" Laserbeak.
Ah yes. The most competent Decepticon in history.
_sees video_
Wait, *Prime* Laserbeak? How on earth do you make a video on *_Prime_* Laserbeak?
_watches_
Oh okay, neat. Not really my favorite incarnation of our bird cassette boi, (cough idw Laserbeak and Ravage are best bois) but it’s cool to know there’s more stuff to him than one’d think.
Soundwave is the most badass character in TFP or even the whole Transformers. He is so silent yet so badass. I love it about him. 😍👌😎
Great video. You sure can get me thinking. I really feel for the Minicons and Vehicons now. Though I've never had to deal with racism I do understand prejudice and judgment.
I actually want you to do more videos like this, like explore cybertronioan society and racism and maybe even history
Will do
Lol
I just love the line "Starscream; a known racist".
Something about you calling Starscream a known racist is just inexplicably hilarious.
15:48 For a second I was like OH MY GOD SOUNDWAVE TALKED. But then I realised. The ending fit perfectly
I don't know why. But the Prime version of Soundwave terrified me as a kid 9 years ago. Mabey because of the fact that he was mute. And had no proper face. Just a dark look into the void.
In almost all continuities, the deployers are close friends of Soundwave. And in at least one continuity, Soundwave sided with Megatron because the Decepticon addressed Ravage separately from Soundwave, as an intelligent and fellow cybertronian.
Soundwave and Laserbeak are my favorites. It was a silent friendship and even though they were bad guys, I found them extremely likable. I think Laserbeak is depicted more animal like in this show, someone mentioned he could talk in like a comic or something, but Laserbeak and Soundwave reminded me of something like a falcon and a falconer but with deeper bonds than that.
I've always seen the quiet nature of Soundwave and Laserbeak as possibly a way to protect each other and themselves.
When she said: "Starscream, a known racist" I instantly thought about how he interacts with predacons and insceticons. 😂
13.56
Consider this; in the original G1 cartoon, in Japan, the cassette-cons refer to Soundwave as 'Aniki'. As in, it's not only slang for a yakuza leader, they were also refer to him as Big Brother. Make of that what you will.
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Dude I never realized how damn ballsy laserbeak was. He fought an upgraded Optimus prime on his own and actually managed to take him on. Flew directly into a base filled with Autobots that could take him out of the sky with a single shot, and didn’t send any kind of beacon when he was shot out of the air while ABOVE THE CLOUDS
Honestly I really liked Soundwave's design here and that Lazerbeak is basically his transforming chest armor. I would love to have Soundwave as like a mini-combiner of all his cassettes: Ravage, Lazerbeak, Rumble, and Frenzy
I was watching TFP with my sister for the first time in years. At first I thought of him as a drone as well, but later realised this was not the case. I'm pretty sure this started when my sister misheard his name as "Leipä" (Finnish for "bread") because after that we got attached and began to notice how endearing Soundwave's treatment of him was
Soundwave, such a loyal servant, mysterious spy and loving dad (that's why he is my favourite 😏).
You deserve at least 100,000 subs for the quality of content you upload
This is wonderfully well-put together! I'm glad to see people making content like this in the Transformers community and I hope we can see more!
PLOT TWIST!: Soundwave has his other minicons' minds and sparks downloaded into his database, and the way it would happen could be something like this; "What are you doing?" "I'm hacking into Soundwave's servers." "Soundwave has servers?" "But of what...?" "How many servers?" Lets see...each one has a gigantic file in it the first is labeled 'Ravage'...okay...the next is titled 'Frenzy'...strange...the third is named 'Rumble'...riiight...number four, five and six are 'Buzzsaw', 'Wingthing and 'Ratbat' (which seems to partially be larger than th others)...? Oh and the seventh is known as...."Extra back-up data for the minicons and I" which is a custom sever made from twenty three other severs and are all zetabyte class sever units with number seven being a yobibyte class unit?!?!?! That's almost bigger than the internet sever!" Meanwhile Soundwave has noticed the hacker in his database and remembers the other minicons and hacks Shockwaves files on making avatars and recontructing bodies. And stays undetected
Can you imagine megatron just having starscream attached to his chest like laserbeak and soundwave.
I have a feeling the other three were killed on Cybertron during the war and that's another reason why laserbeak means so much to sound wave
I always loved how Soundwave is so focused on the mission that he was the only one to retrieve an Iacon relic, but also genuinely cares about Laserbeak so much that he doesn’t even kill Wheeljack and just instantly flies off to go help him.
Also, 13:45 that’s pretty funny.
i love how you used the google voice to spell triage just so you dont butcher the name 😂
When this came up in my recommended I did not expect an entire freaking persuasive speech! Also now I want to see soundwave and laserbeak cuddles.
When Soundwave was imprisoned by the autobots, why didn't they notice the absence of Laserbeak and anticipate his potential attack? Sometimes the autobots are so ignorant...
This is so true, Laserbeak is my favorite character then sound wave, to be honest if i was in transformers prime and if i was sound wave i would have slapped starscream. Laser beak is like me, he knows how it feels to be forgotten.
Laserbeak prompted one of the most cold and awesome scenes of Soundwave's. Since he literally woke up from a dead sleep and took out three autobots effortlessly.
Since g1 soundwave and lazerbeak have always been my favorite characters I’ve always considered him as a cyberteronian it’s funny because I never even thought of the perspective shown in this video
"starscream, a known racist"
whoa, I did NOT see that coming.
yo i love it when you do this kind of analysis videos please do more especially about starscream i love watching your videos and your voice is lovely 🥺💕
Yep, gonna do more about Starscream in the future. I want to have videos for his body language, his different sense of morality, and how Megatron is able to control him
@@emperorkumquat you are very good at analyzing these scenes, i'm sure it'll be another of those videos i just can't get enough of of watching. I have your notifications on! I can't wait for more 🥺❤
@@rassierassbedash1429 Awww, thanks! I will be making more videos, but I am also very busy making drawings for TFP as part of a huge project you will probably love. If I can, I will try to put one out every two weeks (or sooner!)
@@emperorkumquat which sites are you on? so i can check out those drawings and such? is your name still the same as here as there?
@@rassierassbedash1429 Emperor Kumquat on Tumblr, EmperorKumquat on Deviantart. You can find out more on what I am working on there
If Soundwave lost his other Deployer Minicon then that makes his response to Laserbeak's distress signal even more understandable.
Imagine how more scary Soundwave could of been if he had his full team instead of just Laserbeak. I also remember soundwave had more then just 4. I can think of at least 6 from the G1 Era but I think there was even more in the comics.