A Plague of Insecticons | Transformers: Generation 1 | Season 1 | E16 | Hasbro Pulse
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A Plague of Insecticons | Transformers Generation 1 | Season 1 | E16 | Hasbro Pulse
The Insecticons have come to Earth. They certainly give the Autobots and the Decepticons good reason to take notice. The Insecticons have more in common with the latter than the former. These collective enemies don't scare the Autobots into submission, but bravery is hardly enough. Faced with such sheer power, the Autobots must rely on their intelligence and all of their resources to win.
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17:46 "what is that helium headed grasshopper talking about" megatron LMFAO
15:16 That's the most casual I've ever seen Megatron.
wow he even put down his fusion cannon.
@@XTRABIG Carrying that fusion cannon is a pain. And it causes Megatron list slightly to the right as he walks.
Him throwing a cube at starscream seemed more casual lol
What about when Megs (and the other Decepticons) got drunk off energon? As he said then "Those were the days!"
@@AnimeNut101 That was the day I took up booze. I wanted to be like Megatron.
18:16:
Shrapnel:"Taste the lighting, Autobot wimp!"
Wheejack:"It tastes terrible."
I saw that scene when I see your comment
18:12 Actually.
Without starscream it seems megatron is more calm
Cap
Given how mouthy and disrespectful Starscream is, I don't blame Megaton for being angry much of the time. Wanting to seize power is one thing but Starscream needs to chill out and learn when to pick his battles.
StarSCREAM
I imagine your mood would improve if someone didn’t keep second guessing and undermining every decision you make.
@@jeremytung1632 Yeah, I don't blame Megatron for being pissed off at Starscream all the time. Starscream REALLY needs to word his criticism better and not be so jerky about it.
Are we just gonna ignore the fact that Optimus threw a GIANT FUCKING BOAT AT MEGATRON?!
And without Cyber-steroids to boot!
He didn't do it. The Matrix did😁
Just shows how strong Prime really was 👍🏾 😉
He probably holds back his power all the time and this is him after super saiyan level 1. In many episodes he tells Ironhide to let the decepticons go when they retreat rather than pursuing them. That indicates he probably holds back his true strength in fights too imo. He only uses a tiny amount to not accidentally murder his rival faction. Optimus is secretly a super robot.
Not even a boat it’s cargo ship that weights 100x more then a boat 😭
15:15 This portrayal of a "cool Megatron" stuck in my brain since then... It is here that we get a glimpse of certain attraction forces keeping certain parts of theirs together.
'Ahhhh! I knew we should've sprayed the grass! ' 🤣😂
20:29 Damn Optimus is strong!
If the insecticons and dinobots teamed up they would be a nightmare.
I agree. Just imagine the strength of the Dinobots combined with the cunning of the Insecticons.
However the stubbornness of the Dinobots alone would cause the team to crumble
Even just seeing them as rivals, like implied by the box art, would have been cool in the cartoon.
Always liked the Insecticons. Shrapnel was my favorite...favorite.😁
Nice 👍
I cosplay as him a lot.
I had Kickback when I was a kid. Wish I still did
That voice though... though
So many puns and jokes in this episode. I more than appreciate them now, but when I was a kid most of them went over my head lol.
Kickback, Bombshell and Shrapnel. Three of the best names
Bob Budiansky from Marvel Comics did a great job at creating a lot of cool names for The Transformers. 👍🏼
I was born almost three decades after this show first aired but I loved watching it when I was younger.
Same here.
When u were younger?
I u were born under 30 years after this show making u around 10 years old meaning that theres 1% change that u saw this when u were younger and that 1% being that u had it as a dvd wait did u have a dvd wait did dvds exist when this came? Did u have the vhs or dvd for this?
Edit i dont think they actually made vhsbtapes out of tv series back then when this was made so ur gonna have to explain
@@spardo91101 well im 15 and this is all watched when i was younger lmao had it on dvds
@@ebks now im confused even more since dvds came out in 1997 an this series came out 1984-1987 (?) The dvds came out 10 years later
@@spardo91101 yes I had the DVD’s for this show. My dad bought me like the whole collection of episodes compiled on these DVD’s and I would watch them on repeat.
Some people says G1 optimus isnt cool
G1 optimus: 20:29
What's even funnier, is how he just says "CATCH" like it was a beach ball and throws that behemoth with little to no sound effects.
This episode is one of my favorites… favorites. I loved the voices of the insecticons… insecticons, and how they are established as independent Decepticon Faction… faction.
Shrapnel's voice was my favorite. I love how he repeats the last word he says. "Insecticons transform...transform! Attack...attack!" 😄
Shrapnel's voice was great!!
"Kickback your meal is escaping... Escaping"
Love Shrapnel! I actually cosplay as him too…… too.
FUCK yeah. Skrapnel's voice is iconic. This episode is badass, and freakin ACTION-PACKED. It's got everything: Megatron's evil laugh [several times], that cool shot of him leaning on the wall with his arms crossed, chillin with his fusion canon off, Skyfire and Wheeljack being awesome, Prime ramming thru walls, lightning, flaming oil tanker used as a weapon, hilarious 1980's foreign stereotypes, the list goes on and on and on.....Hell, the one-liner at the end isn't even too corny
I love how robotic the insecticons voices are, if you know what I mean, mean.
Really wish they would have done this in proper canonical timeline order. But thank you, Hasbro for uploading the entire Season! It was great to relive my youth.
Most loved Sentence: "Megatron! Catch!" 🙂
did Kickback just call Skyfire an “Autobot booby?” (11:43)
🤣😂😂😂
Yes XD
Yes and I couldn't stop laughing.
Booby needs idiot or moron
Great characterisations of the Insecticons as being a rogue faction that even got on the Decepticons' nerves 👍🏾
To any *new* viewers: This episode is preceded by "Countdown to Extinction" (S1, E14), and followed by "Heavy Metal War" (S1 finale, E16).
Starscream is not present, likely because of whatever unpleasant punishment Megatron gave him after the previous episode.
I guess Starscream must've been put on a Decepticon Time-out for a couple of episodes.
@@usamazahid3882 Or might have been shut down for a day.
Dayum
Why the hell are these in zhe wrong order then?
22:43
To the kind folks at Hasbro: Your 1st season playlist has these episodes out of order. For the first season, the production order is also the chronological order.
I think this is true for all of these seasons unfortunately, these playlists are only sorted by air date rather than production order. I was made aware these were out of order when Jetfire, Snarl and Swoop had their introduction episodes AFTER they’d appeared, I was,, mildly confused myself lol
@@gore4332 Strangely they fixed the last four episodes of season 2 to to present the Combaticons in order of story appearance(as they aired out of order and the Combaticons appeared before their debut story)
I did notice this. Not knowing the correct order, though, I am just watching them in the order here.
@@IndyGibb That’s what I’m doing as well
It’s also 1985 and not 1984. The latter is when the concept is copyrighted.
Love how Spike gets dropped 50 feet from Skyfire and he’s perfectly fine. LOL 6:40
he was holding onto bumblebee
The Insecticon voices were always one of my favorite things about the G1 cartoon.
Soundwave called, he said "hold my energon cube"
Megatron threw sideswipe like a empty can
And swatted Sunstreaker like a fly.
Sky Fire to Sideswipe: "That's no way to travel, little fella." Sideswipe to Sky Fire:"yeah, next time I will call a cab"
I appreciate how Megatron is direct and matter of fact about his command:
"Well done Laserbeak" We must intercept them at once."
"Prepare for areal rendezvous"
"Soundwave send Ravage to investigate"
Lol good point. I like how Megatron actually seemed to have a soft spot for Laserbeak.
@@jeremykrause9443 Unlike some of his other warriors, Laserbeak never fails him.
Soundwave and his cassettes barely failed megs Rumble was one of megs favorites
@@jeremykrause9443 When you watch through the first season there's so many times Laserbeak would just land on Megatrons shoulder for fun, Megatron never had an issue. All the tapedecks were valued members of the team. Rumble used to give Hound problems every episode lol
@@chrisedwards3214 Rumble always cracked me up. Such a mouthy little punk
20:28 Optimus prime just lift the oil tanker ship and he got some super strength too. Optimus prime said " Megatron catch ".
Did anyone also see Skyfire flying along with the Decepticons after the field battle!! 10:50
LOL he went back to the decepticons
I thought it was Thundercracker or Skywarp accidentally made to be Starscream
13:58 ah yes, Optimus starts in truck mode, transforms from robot mode to truck mode, then is immediately back In robot mode, because that make so much sense
I appreciate that no one turned off the comments section for youtube kids
Hard to believe i was 10 years old in 1984 when transformers came to the home screen. I remember every single episode from the start till almost the end of season 3. What a great childhood i had and to think im still watching the original episodes to this day is GEEKEY. But I dont care. Optimus Prime is still my hero!!
The nest time to be alive. We are part of the generation that saw everything evolve
I loved this show back in the 80's.
If I had kids of my own, I'd watch this alongside them.
Whose kids do you have?
That's what I'm doing with my son right now
@@dougc190 How's He taking'em so far?
@@1bridge11 None whatsoever.
@@noahpartic7586 he likes him a lot we just finished season 1, and he's bugging me for season 2 but I told him next week over the weekend. So far he likes Optimus prime and Brawn.... I'm concerned about showing him the movie though... At least for me and my brother that ended our transformer obsession we never cared or watched season 3 or 4.
Starscream was likely in Decepticon time out after his foiled plot from 'Countdown to Extinction'
And we get a rare Skyfire appearance!
Amazing! I Like how Optimus Prime lifted and throw a giant supertanker with Superman-like sthength.
5:25 well I guess that answers the "if all your friends jump off a cliff" question
My 80's childhood after school EVERDAY followed by GI Joe. Ironically Starscream and Cobra Commander are the same voice. Loved these days😊
I hate the the Insecticons have been regulated to mindless drones
in comics now...
At least in War and Fall of Cybertron gave them a bigger roll.
I mean, to be fair, when this cartoon gave them the ability to multiply themselves into hundreds, it’s not hard to see why most TF stories nowadays would depict them as such. I agree Shrapnel, Bombshell and Kickback would definitely benefit from being brought back to a starting role, but it’s not hard to see why newer TF media would have them be massive drone armies.
Would be fun if they make the Insecticons themselves leaders of there own respective drones like in Beast machines with the Vehicons
@@slappybio1686 Yeah, the G1 formula made more sense..
The main threat of insecticons is they represent the "plague of locusts" in biblical apocalyptic times. The fact that they have swarms that can eat all your energon and there is nothing you can do about it is what makes them so scary. (ie they symbolise coming starvation and famine for all when resources are taken away)
@@tannerprice2018 Just Hardshell, not Bombshell, it sounds better.
I wonder what Skywarp was doing in this episode.
Guessing he was guarding Starscream's cell.
No doubt he was taunting Starscream in the process and making him blow a gasket for kicks like he always does.
Also the funniest line from the insecticons when Sky fire shows up it's that crazy jet again
the autobots have lost their way while the decepticons are constantly finding ways to provide energon to cybertron.
Shrapnel: controls lightning and makes clones
Bombshell: brain washes his enemies
Kickback: 🦵
Kickback:
.....kicks things?
He can also leap huge distances, making him by far the fastest of the Insecticons, able to get into and out of locations quickly. Plus he can fly quicker and further than the other two. Bombshell can only fly for 5.7 miles before he has to refuel, whereas Kickback has a range of 100 miles. The Insecticons each have unique abilities suited to their functions.
Shrapnel and Bombshell are both warriors, whereas Kickback is a spy.
Hasbro 's got hungry hungry hippos. Transformers got the Insecticons.The hungry hungry bots.
This was my favorite show growing up. Still love it but as an adult I notice a few inconsistencies. Like when Spike says Wheeljack should probably wait on designing him a vehicle transform until after he is old enough to drive. Yet in episode 1 he is apparently old enough to work on an oil rig.
You... you _didn't_ work in a coalmine, factory or oil rig as a child during the 80s? Huh. I've never heard of such a thing.
I'm wondering whether that suggestion of Wheeljack's could be the origin of Spike's exosuit that we see much later.
8:19 - My all-time favorite animation error in the whole series: three characters mouthing the same line at the same time, and the character who said it is NOT EVEN ONSCREEN!
After seeing that lightning maneuver I can confirm that yes , the insecticons are op lol
Love all the insecticon episodes but I wish they had a few more appearances.
I loved both Shrapnel's and Kickback's voices...voices,both are iconic...iconic.
2:00 it is weirdly funny that it was said that it took place in Island of Bali, Indonesia but the people spoke like Indians/Bengalis using British accent
Is it just me or is Brawn literally the Wolverine of the G1 autobots? He is always charging into battle and if he gets damaged a bit he heals quickly. Whereas jetfire/skyfire is always getting damaged and someone is always having to repair him?
And he’s a short tough guy. So yeah, kinda.
He doesn't heal quickly, but like Wolverine, he is a short tough guy.
(Also, like Wolverine, Optimus and Prowl, worry that he's reckless in action and might hurt someone.)
@@Quintesson05 Yes but being tough means he isn't easy to hurt, so perhaps Optimus underestimates him just because he is small? Fact is small guys need to PROVE that they are badasses to that is probably why he rushes forward to show off that he isn't weak. Short people have always had it tough so they got to flex harder and that shows in how he is the "charge forward" guy.
Brawn's small so I guess he feels like he has something to prove plus he has the toughness to back up his feisty attitude.
@@girlgarde He is the muscular dwarf archetype in all the fantasy RPG games. Probably not quick enough to effortlessly dodge a shot from a canon, (too slow) or strong enough to take that hit without feeling it (Ironhide - basically the "tank" or Paladin of the G1 cartoon crew with Ratchet being the medic/healer), but can hit you really hard if you let him get in a good clean shot. Which I think would not be easy for him against the quicker guys given his short size. After they introduced Grimlock the 'strong guy' or muscle man member of the team was handed over to him and his dinobots. It cost them however because Grimlock is dumb so it's like having the Thing replaced with The incredible Hulk - you lose some IQ points for being 'big plus strong'. Usually dumb people are hard to control and command them properly due to the power they wield which prevents them actually caring about what happens to the team or listening. So maybe that was not good because it's like trying to control a monster.
I think the writers need a lesson on how electricity works. If a lightning bolt can jump through a mile of open air...trust me, a few inches of wet rubber ain't gonna stop it!
Yup. It's the faraday cage effect that protects you inside the car.
I had forgotten that this was the one episode I had never watched and always wanted to as a kid and Ive watched up to and thru the headmasters!
The line from Skyfire when the insecticons grabbed his wing hey stop bugging me
That farmer’s scream was hilarious! Oah!
“I knew we should have sprayed the crops!”
@@HunterTheHero "The monsturrs are back! Rrrrrru-u-unnnnnnn!"
20:36 Error: When the Insecticons were confused that they picked the wrong allies, Some parts of Bombshell are black.
This episode stuck in my head as a kid, must’ve been about 2-3 years old when I saw it. I was terrified by the insecticons haha 😂
Thanks hasbro, make indonesia popular in G1 episode😁
Sideswipe sounds like Prowl. And good to see my first Transformer Windcharger.
Him & Prowl have the same voice actor
Thanx, I didn't know that.
@@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 Michael Bell, who also does Scrapper, Bombshell(!), Swoop, Dr Fujyama, and (if you have watched Rebirth) you will recognise him immediately as Brainstorm
we need to talk about the fact that Spike can't drive and he look's like an adult
So, if Beast Wars is canon to G1, would the Insecticons basically be Pre-BW Predacons?
They landed on Earth around the same time as Megatron, they were reformatted to adapt to life on Earth by having them feast on organic food and giving them insect alt modes. That’s basically what happened to the Predacons when they arrived on Prehistoric Earth and took on the beast alt modes.
Well, technically the G1 era that occurred prior to Beast Wars is said to be a combination of both the Sunbow cartoon and the Marvel comics. So it's hard to say if during Beast Wars the Insecticons were supposed to be somewhere on Earth trying to adapt, or back on Cybertron serving under Straxus. But either way, the Insecticons were the forerunners to the Predacons and the Dinobots were the forerunners to the Maximals, as the first Transformers with beast modes in the franchise. The Pretenders and Micromasters were forerunners to both groups as well. The Pretenders were the first to have bio-organic disguises, and the Micromasters were the first to have smaller bodies to conserve on energy.
Beast Wars...smh
Late to comment, but Beast modes aren't what differentiated Maximals and Predacons from Autobots and Decepticons.
Maximals and Precdocons were upgraded successors to Autobots and Decepticons, that prioritised energy efficiency over size and power.
Beast Wars isn't canon to G1
@@damo9961 And yet the BW cartoon not only makes references and callbacks to G1, but also returning characters like Starscream’s Ghost, Unicron, Teletraan-1, the dormant bodies of Prowl, Megatron, Soundwave and Optimus Prime himself, and the whole plot of Season 3 revolving around the Maximals trying to guard the Autobot Ark trapped in the volcano, said by Blackarachnia to erupt in the year 1984.
As well as Beast Machines not only bringing back the Hate Plague from the final episode of G1 Season 3, but also the Key to Vector Sigma, and G1 body-types showing up throughout the series. Even implying that Vector Sigma from G1 evolved into the Oracle Supercomputer that reformatted the Maximals.
Out of all three Insecticons, Bombshell was my favourite because he was not only smart but he could control any Transformer through his cerebro shells which to me made him the most dangerous of the trio plus i always looked at him as the true leader of the team.
21:16 xwing sound
Since the Beast Wars Predacon insignia looks more bug-like and less beast-like, I refer to it as the Insecticon insignia.
I've watched this series of Transformers mentioned one of Indonesia's province, that is Bali. Thx for Hasbro which show this scene.
"I dont know you yet I feel a kinship" Shrapnel says...how could the Insecticons not know who Megatron is???????
most common answer given: Its a kids show from the early 80's. dont ask so many questions
You're everywhere! Lol seems you're going through the whole series just like me. You ever get an answer to that question we were discussing last week of why the autobots weapons malfunctioned? (Because it's a kids show from the '80s It's pretty much the explanation for anything odd 😂)
@@MarkW1210 , yup, I'm rediscovering my love for G1 while Im n the hospital.
But i think u r correct:
its a cartoon. so maybe I shouldn't be asking so many questions.
but its weird. there is goofy things about this show, and there are very deep things equally. things that fans debate for decades.
not too many shows can do that
@@dogma9609 what are you in the hospital for?
@@MarkW1210 , bacterial meningitis.
it really sucks bad
@@dogma9609 well hopefully you heal up soon!
I love the insectacons.
The episode that introduce my favorite trio: The INSECTICONS!! I mostly love Shrapnel.
Part of the enjoyment of watching these again is picking up the little animation screw-ups, like at 2:57. ;-)
those local Indonesian speaks English language fluently,im very proud
Bali has many Australian tourist visitors
'Megatron Catch' man that was something seeing Optimus pick up that tanker like that it showed just how strong he was.
Thanks for all season 1 brings me back to my childhood memories. Can't wait to start season 2 .
19:56 optimus’s famous strength feet
Anyone else noticed the goof where Skyfire flew with the decepticons at 10:50
Yeh I noticed that g1 had quite a lot of animation errors there quite funny sometimes
@@notapeopleperson9390 Yes, like two versions of Starscream in season one is one of many 😂
@@AndyKirtland11 or where iron hide tranforms into vehicle mode then is some how is robot mode next shot not to mention he was supposed to be transforming into robot mode
they really gave the insecticons like 8 powers each
The insecticons were my fave transformers
Thanks guys! We need a Transformers Victory English dub now!
A good one, hopefully
Agreed.
@@ItsAdamMC Yeah, the dub I watched as a kid seemed good...but when u rewatch it as an adult, OMG the voice acting was bad
By Hasbro-Allspark? Maybe.
Your first, well done
Megatron seems more calm with screamer not around
Megatron has been cruised with a tanker ship.... I GUESS THAT MAKES ME THE NEW LEADER!
"Nooo!!! You will not defeat Shrapnel! (Shrapnel)"
The first ever appearance and constant annoyance of the Insecticons, Shrapnel has the most interesting voice, voice, voice?
The Incecticons always confused me. Have they been hanging out and eating on Earth for 4 million years or did they just reawaken for some reason? And a Deception escape pod has the ability to change their shapes like Teletran-1 but the Nemesis didn't?
I think of it like how Beast Wars portrayed their respective escape pods. That they came packaged with alternate mode scanners.
Not to mention the Autobots and Decepticons were both on the ARK rather than the Nemesis when they crashed into Earth. But it's safe to say the Nemesis probably also had an alternate mode scanner as well.
ur thinkin waaay too hard about this...
@@unplugged123 Nah I'm just making fun speculations.
All of the known Nemesis Decepticons boarded the Autobots' _Ark_ to wipe them out. When the Ark was pulled into Earth's gravitational field and/or Optimus Prime crashed the ship (in order to keep the Decepticons from discovering Autobot secrets), The tethered Nemesis was pulled down too, making it crash... somewhere else. (According to Beast Wars' final episodes, Tarantulas and the Predacons found it, attempted to use it against the downed Ark, and upon losing control, had it crash in a new location.) Nevertheless, a human archeology team discovered the crashed Nemesis in Latin America.
@@Quintesson05 Given how the Ark was in the Pacific Northwest and Beast Wars Megatron brought the Nemesis there only for it to go down after the final battle of the war, it makes me wonder how it got to South America?
Just finished season 1 and I thought, why cant they just get along? Why do they have to fight? There’s enough for everybody.
I saw this episode in spanish, in english sounds cool! Thank you for share this episode!
I never thought bali (my part indonesia country) was involved it
There seems to be some missing audio.. Certain explosions and effects make no sound. 1:11 1:23 8:59
Actually, I think they may be present, it's just that the vocal track is loud and some sound effects have significantly lower volume.
I've noticed that too.
Most likely a kid rhino thing whose DVDs this is taken from. They often used unfinished prints (due to the newer ones being of to poor quality) when they released the series and many such errors exist on them.
Yeah, also check at 02:57 is that just a decal they have on the door? Old animation is hilarious
@@AnhDonoiNo, I think it was an animation glitch, I think the door closed way too fast when Spike finished waving goodbye, and as a result we get that beautiful scene.
I think this is the only time that Megatron ever refered to Ravage as the Ravage cassette.
They may be the second most medal transformers right after the Dino bots.
I like how we can still see Bumblebee and Spike after Skyfire's door closes at 2:58.
This Episode was peak TF pre movie disaster.
9:22 You don’t remember escaping from the ship like Megatron said at 4:13?
Thank you Hasbro for sharing these
There's something about the simplicity of the Insecticons that I just really like. They don't have huge aspirations for power or control...they're just hungry lol. Set them up at a home town buffet or something and they'd probably end up staying out of the way. Also their voices are just so cool to listen too, something about the vocal effects used hits different.
21:11- "Destroy the Insecticons!!"
"For once, I wish Megatron the best of luck."
Decepticon space model with the autobot symbol! .🤣🤣
11:43 What kickback say ?
did they just say BALI??
Wait, Spike was old enough to be working on an offshore oil rig, but not old enough to drive?
Megatron was kinda a badass 😂😂
The insecticons crash on earth before the Autobots and Decepticons.
9:26 possessed bombshell
When are we getting season 2?
Tomorrow morning on thw HasbroPulse UA-cam channel!
Yesterday
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To this day I have Vietnam flashbacks to this episode whenever I see a big