Animorphs Aliens Ranked | Which is my Favourite Extra-Terrestrial Civilization?

[@chaoticinkinc.3145]

I honestly forgot how many aliens were in the series. Hork Bajir followed closely by the Andalites are my favs. Especially after becoming a Halo fan, I want a Hork Bajir to go toe-to-toe with an Elite.

[@AnimorphsUniverse]

Would be a smashing tussle!

[@hisdudeness8328]

I always was interested with the idea of the Leerans. While not particularly useful as any sort of physical hosts, apart from worlds where potential hosts live under water, their ability to read minds is rather fascinating to me. The Andalites can use telepathy, but that’s seems to be just about it beyond projecting images into another’s mind that they have direct contact with. My main thing was if there were some Leeran controllers off world at the time of the battle for the planet. If there were I could imagine the Yeerk Emperor secretly keep one for themselves as a side host so that they can know all the thoughts of those around them, even the other council members. It would be the absolute perfect way to know who was loyal and who wasn’t, which might explain why towards the end ‘Visser’ several council members are supposedly taken out.

[@AnimorphsUniverse]

Yep! It's a shame that, like many other aliens, their use wasn't explored past the main book they were used in.

[@ZSpaceAlloran]

Timestamps: 2:50 The Teir System 1:08 The Anati 3:00 Andalites 3:52 The Arn (Quafijinivon's Species) 4:34 The Capasins (The Ellimist Chronicles) 5:33 The Chee (Androids) 6:33 The Dayang 6:49 The Five 7:07 Garatrons 7:09 Gedds 8:26 Graffen's Children 8:59 Hawjabran 9:34 The Helmacrons 10:06 Hork-Bajir 10:13 The Howlers 10:32 Iskoort (Isk and Yoort) 11:33 Kelbrids 12:25 Ketrans 13:03 Leerans 13:27 Mercora 13:42 The Nesk 13:50 Mortron (The Andalite Chronicles, such wasted potential) 14:04 Nartec (Technically not aliens but still) 14:49 Ongachic 15:33 Orff (Are they even real?) 16:03 The Pemalite's 16:42 Skrit Na 17:45 Taxxons 18:25 The Unemites (The Ellimist Chronicles) 19:01 The Veleek (Megamorphs 1: The Andalite's Gift) 19:53 The Venber 20:14 Yeerks 20:26 Vanarx/Yeerkbane (Seriously Rachel, why didn't you mention this to the other animorphs? It could have come in handy. And people wonder why I give you, Cassie and Jake a hard time)

[@IonIsFalling7217]

I think the Arn are so important because they’re a foil to the Andalites. But then, I’m biased to literally every part of the Hork Bajir Chronicles. 😅

[@AnimorphsUniverse]

Not surprising! Such a good book.

[@mitchellmadden183]

I don't remember a third of these but I bet the yeerks had a couple of these other aliens besides an andalite, hork bajir, ged, taxons and us.

[@AnimorphsUniverse]

There are a lot of obscure ones, that's for sure!

[@joshuamckay9561]

i like a garatron as a concept but one they need a huge nerf in ability and two more details on their biology and relation to the andalites.

[@AnimorphsUniverse]

After 37, I think it would take a miracle to bring it to respectability. Then again, Rachel's character came back from the brink in 48!

[@DrFuntimes]

Capasins saying they are actually killing people is kinda like adults thinking video games cause violence

[@AnimorphsUniverse]

Silly buggers!

[@lancemagmer9701]

It's possible that they thought it was a training exercise for what they wanted to do.

[@NataliaJuliaNowak]

Helmacrons = why do these exist?

[@Padre_diego_longoose]

It was just nice revisiting the different aliens from the series. Lots of thanks!

[@AnimorphsUniverse]

Thanks for watching!

[@lancemagmer9701]

Taxxons deserve more love with how the yeerks always tried to find uses for them

[@hisdudeness8328]

I always imagined that the Yeerks used the Taxxons as a sort of living prison. Yeerks that screwed up a lot, badly failed their superiors, or committed minor crimes, instead of putting them a physical prison, the Yeerks just put in Taxxons. Being subjected to that endless hunger would be horrific torture.

[@AnimorphsUniverse]

I think this is contradicted at the start of Visser. Edriss is tasked to have a Taxxon host as just a change of duty. Essam cocked up by letting a Dayang ship take a bunch of Hork-Bajir hosts, and yet he was able to keep his body; he just lost his rank.

[@lancemagmer9701]

@@AnimorphsUniverse Didn't Edriss interpret her transfer to a Taxxon body as an assassination attempt?

[@AnimorphsUniverse]

Not a take I've heard before! Worth me looking into...

[@lancemagmer9701]

@@AnimorphsUniverse Have you seen the theory that Crayak is responsible for the taxxons?

[@Erica-jn1pq]

I agree with most of the rankings, for me yeerks would be #2 as interesting

[@AnimorphsUniverse]

Any you disagree with?

[@starlightsoiree]

I'm literally only halfway through the series, what's the deal with the Garatrons? What crimes have they committed?

[@AnimorphsUniverse]

Go read 37 and get back to me... =P

[@medichampion328]

What you should have done here was did the tier list on your own, then have Pebble do the same tier list on her own, then compare the two.

[@joshuamckay9561]

not a bad idea

[@AnimorphsUniverse]

My opinion is basically hers. I am but a puppet.

[@marcusconley8059]

When I see animorphs the tv show when they fighting the yeeks and principal chapmen is controlled and Marco telling to Jake that his brother Tom is controlled but Jake don't believe him that his brother is controller I like Marco because he is good character funny he always because he is smartass person

[@A_Bottle-Of_Orange_Crush]

I don't think the Valeek and Mortrons really count as sentient. I actually kind of liked the idea of the Valeek coming from our own solar system.

[@joshuamckay9561]

my personal headcanon the valeek are an abandoned living weapon that just dumped on sols gas giants

[@A_Bottle-Of_Orange_Crush]

@@joshuamckay9561 That's a interesting theory that makes quite a but of sense. I always got the impression that the Veleek was a single entity and not a actual species.

[@joshuamckay9561]

@@A_Bottle-Of_Orange_Crush thank you. As I think about it. There appears to be no other life on Saturn and how its described sounds a lot like a cloud of rampaging nanobots than an animal lifeform. Plus the in the books they are being told from the children's perspective nanotechnology was not a common topic in media back then in comparison to now.

[@AnimorphsUniverse]

In hindsight, yes, you're correct. I suppose I just felt the list needed filling out, and they were quite notable.

[@braydenb1581]

Number one for me are the Yeerks. So they fit the cartoons nature of bad guys for a kid series but it makes sense, honestly. It is too cheesey to have them so evil. Cool with killing one another and laughing while taking over a host. But... what's neat IMO is how that makes absolute sense. Okay... so... imagine you think and feel but have to enslave someone whose thoughts you share. You have to dehumanize that person to even live with yourself. The guilt of the yeerks does get explored. So by dehumanizing them, you can now enslave them without much guilt if any. But... okay... so now you've convinced yourselves these bladed dinosaurs are beneath you and stupid and don't deserve to live... well, bro... your mom and dad and lover and kids are these bladed dinosaurs. I know that's not how yeerks have kids and such but hear me out... when you look at the people who mean the most to you,you don't see that person. You don't see your wife, you see that thing you decided is stupid and worth enslaving. You have this natural reason why they are so okay with killing each other because to the yeerk they aren't killing a yeerk, they are killing the dumb dinosaur thing. It also doesn't help that those who are guilty by this are enslaved themselves so have a "ya well you hate being a slave? So do i" ... a yeerk can't just not listen to their boss. Their boss holds the keys to their food ... the yeerk pool. The yeerks themselves are slaves to their own government. Again, a reason they cartoonishly hate other yeerks

[@AnimorphsUniverse]

Hit the nail on the head. The Yeerks do not value individuality, for the most part, because they can't naturally fend for themselves.

[@chistinelane]

I'm not sure if he even really counts under your guide lines... But for me Father will always be number one. If non sapient species were allowed... I'd absolutely choose the jubba jubba from the hork bajir chronicals. We never get a good look at them but I'll never get over the mental image of a massive, gorilla like beast, capable of only one thought : Kill. KILL AND KILL AND KILL.