TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on GRIMLOCK

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[@greggberger6321]

ME GRIMLOCK LOVE CHRIS MCFEELY'S GRIMLOCK EPISODE!!!

[@whiterabbit75]

ME GRIMLOCK THINK EVERYONE SHOULD WATCH IT! [points blaster at audience] GRIMLOCK SAID _EVERYONE!_

[@BoneChill8902]

Grimlock king! He deserves basics and leadership

[@rte3384]

It can’t be... the legend himself!?!?

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

Grimlock King ok Dinobots!

[@arminrazzaghi2297]

me grimlok happy

[@toolatetocolonize]

Grimlock’s insistence on hearing Kup’s war stories is one of my favorite parts of the movie

[@elmendelasarten8365]

me grimlock want to hear your war stories! you are in one right now grimlock

[@secretname9346]

I have the movie on vhs

[@SeviathTheHumanDrago]

@@secretname9346 I HAD the 25th? Or something like that anniversary release as a kid and now I have the blu-ray DVD re-release. I love it so much, pretty much the only exposure a kid born in 96 like me can have with G1.

[@schlieffenman957]

"Tell Grimlock about petrorabbits again!" "I'll give YOU petrorabbits!"

[@angelicoe9540]

"What killed the dinosaurs?" "A cosmically powered Starscream"

[@jokelethkurueisner9229]

THE ICE AGE!

[@anueutsuho7425]

8 Year Old Me: "Why do the Decepticons have all the cool stuff" Grimlock: exists Me: "Oh god you're right"

[@turtle3527]

I think the Fall of Cybertron version of Grimlock is my favorite. Pure unrestricted badass. Two of my favorite ever moments of grimlock will always be when he fights bombshell/hardshell in the game and he repeatedly smashes hardshell's face into a computer terminal to knock him out and then the computer goes "Optical scan recognized" and opens the door lol as well as the end of the game when he manages to transform despite shockwave's shackles and tears off shockwave's arm

[@neptuneplaneptune3367]

@Joshua Ethan Fulo He was Nothing but a jumbled Mess of Metal. Same problem with Megatron. Until he transformed i dindt even know that was suppose to be Grimlock.

[@potatosoup9536]

Me too. Fall of Cybertron Grimlock is the coolest!

[@blackburnazx_1941]

I refuse to believe fall of cybertron is Connected to transformers animated

[@voltronimusprime3833]

@@blackburnazx_1941 the Cybertron games and Animated have never been related, do you mean the Cybertron games and Prime, along with Robots In Disguise(2015)?

[@blackburnazx_1941]

Voltronimus Prime yeah my bad for the confusion

[@toygrind]

"...until he was offlined by the cosmically-powered Starscream" is basically your catchphrase

[@andrewknickerbocker314]

Glad to k own you're human too and watch KZbin videos lol

[@michaellombardi1620]

Thew Adams, time master

[@ChrisMcFeely]

Thew's a Patreon supporter, so he and all supporters get early access to new episodes!

[@battleupsaber462]

Thew Adams was one of Chris Mcfeely's Patreon supporters, until he was offlined by the cosmically-powered Starscream

[@soundblaster1987reviews]

Hey Thew, ever heard of TJOmega? Watch his Top 10 Starscreams video to get a detailed kill count for the Underbase Saga. Over 56 bots, including Skywarp, were offlined by the cosmically empowered Starscream...

[@samishes1434]

Grimlock: Me King! Shockwave: This is illogical.

[@Sevenizer1]

Mr.Universumm Me Grimlock squash logic! Me Grimlock defy explanation!

[@zacimusprime4865]

Mr.Universumm brilliant😂😂😂!!!

[@shadow_king12344]

schockwave:YOUR WELCOME

[@tjjames7054]

Why yes it is kind of illogical so yeas😂

[@cupcakeprime559]

"THE TOOTH FAIRY IS REAL!"

[@Depth217]

“When me Grimlock go clubbing, me Grimlock bring extra mace just in case” is still one of the best TF Wiki captions.

[@idwrewind8273]

Me Grimlock… Minecraft?

[@optillian4182]

"Me Grimlock no Yoshi. Me Grimlock king!"

[@aamirrazak3467]

The tf wiki has some fantastic captions

[@geeker6350]

The TFWiki is a gift unto this unworthy world.

[@concept5631]

​@@aamirrazak3467 Thanks for sending me down that rabbit hole

[@nothisispatrick4644]

"I welcome you to.. Dinobot park" **proceeds to be burned to death by the dinobots**

[@gadielgonzalez2755]

Is this the krusty krab

[@kpmann8775]

@@gadielgonzalez2755 no this is Patrick

[@gadielgonzalez2755]

Is this the krusty krab?

[@kpmann8775]

@@gadielgonzalez2755 no this is Patrick

[@L1701]

"ME GRIMOCK THINK YOU PEOPLE SICK PERVERTS!"

[@TheRyanAndes]

This is super freakin cool! This should have been mandatory viewing for me before I started voicing Grim on the new cyberverse. I was a fan before, but now even more so! ME *ACTUALLY* GRIMLOCK!!

[@renebranstetter7414]

Holy primus!!! YOU'RE A TRANSFORMERS legend!!!

[@TheRyanAndes]

I sure am!

[@MichaelAlexKawa]

I have really been enjoying Cyberverse, and your new take on the character.

[@TheRyanAndes]

@@MichaelAlexKawa Thank you so much! It's been a lot of fun!

[@MichaelAlexKawa]

@ @@TheRyanAndes You're welcome.

[@antonissa8345]

Me:”Don’t you say it, don’t you say it!” Chris mcfeely: “... they were offlined by an cosmic empowered Starscream” Me: “Primus damn it”

[@assassinmaster3419]

I feel like whenever Optimus prime dies, he just punches a card and leaves

[@neptuneplaneptune3367]

Kinda. I mean he ALWAYS Comes back no matter how he dies. G1? He Comes back. Beast Machines? He Comes back. Animated? He Comes Back. The Movies? He came Back! Sirouelsey its starts to get ridicioulous.

[@d3-penguin954]

Neptune Planeptune Optimus primal and Optimus prime are two separate characters.

[@zeterzero4356]

@@d3-penguin954 Prime got blown up in Beast Wars and Primal stories his spark for a while so that kind of counts.

[@theponydalek7923]

Three more and he gets a free energon pizza

[@assassinmaster3419]

@@theponydalek7923 Good one. Death literally had no meaning

[@ChubiPanda]

The fall of cybertron grimlock is my favorite. I love the idea that he was a rebellious sub faction leader and the explanation that shock wave focused more processing power on brute strength rather than cognitive thought was interesting.

[@elmendelasarten8365]

"96% of your entire designed is focused on the total destruction of your enemy" "Lucky YOU"

[@thatoneguy9857]

Me too! I like how they actually gave him a logical reason to be dumb

[@awesomeface2749]

@@elmendelasarten8365God bro the dialogue in that game is gold.

[@thenerdbeast7375]

With how much Grimlock stays in and is influenced by his Dinosaur Mode, perhaps we should refer to that as his true mode and his robot form as his "Alternate Mode."

[@aamirrazak3467]

That’s a good point he does have some more primal characteristics in robot form probs influenced by his T. rex mode

[@darthregulus]

Yes, Grimlock kills in Dino mode!

[@soundblaster1987reviews]

You missed out the suave, intelligent Grimlock of the SG timeline as mentioned in passing during your Shattered Glass episode.

[@Gaia_BentosZX5]

He got that covered in Cyberverse Grimlock, which drew inspiration from the 69 robot in disguise~

[@kyletanking]

I see this as lock grimlock

[@OttoGraff-fu8pj]

I, Grimlock, am not a fool, I am a king!

[@stevenstrange3222]

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[@Watcher2275]

@@Gaia_BentosZX5 0

[@dinosoid2000]

Grimlock and the Dinobots are what got me into Transformers in the first place. Anyone else remember watching G1 reruns on USA's Catoon Express?

[@zeterzero4356]

Yes. Vaguely.

[@silhouettoofaman2935]

Was that an 80's thing? I've never heard of it before.

[@mibromibro2779]

@@silhouettoofaman2935 PPPPPPFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTTT WHAT?!?!?

[@cmiller0987]

Wow, USA's Cartoon Express. Now I feel old. I remember watching reruns of Ghost Busters and G.I.Joe but not Transformers. I remember seeing reruns of G1 Transformers on The Hub back when they were played at a normal hour instead of six in the morning but thats it. They also played some reruns on the SciFi Channel's Animation Station, but they were mostly just the post-Movie eps

[@jojogarlin8369]

Yep

[@willrigby8202]

Ah Grimlock, the most popular Transformer to ever answer mail.

[@ChrisMcFeely]

Aw dang, I should've mentioned his letter-answering stint!

[@PBK1977]

How did you forget Grim Grams?

[@ChrisMcFeely]

@@PBK1977 with great shame!!

[@Ghost-ns8vs]

@@ChrisMcFeely what was it?

[@ChrisMcFeely]

@@Ghost-ns8vs Grim Grams? That was the name of the letters page in the UK comic during the years Grimlock hosted it, replying to readers' letters.

[@ConnorGarrett]

Grimlock: (Sees cyber verse version of himself) Me smart. Me no understand

[@dairenoh693]

Ha! I get it!

[@ConnorGarrett]

indeed

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

FoC Grimlock: oh great... I sound like a poet...

[@hero-bo7qc]

@@thesymbiotenation.4552 and ya know it?

[@miyako1909]

But Grimlock is smart in comics. Only G1 and Animated turned him dumb.

[@alexandergonyea4642]

While I do enjoy and respect the epic and tragic stories of Grimlock from Fall of Cybertron and IDW, there's something so charming and somewhat adorable about the dimwitted, caveman dialectic Grimlock from G1 and Animated that I can't get over.

[@cyclownus3658]

“Tell Grimlock about petro-rabbits again”

[@NotReinaHamazaki]

I'll give you petro rabbits

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Haha, yes, the kids love those references to 1960's adult literature.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

Bit weird isn't it?

[@disposable_hero1725]

Grimlock to Megatron "Me Grimlock say Me gonna Fuck You Up"

[@Its_Charlie_Young]

Me Grimlock LOVE Kup's war stories!

[@3Rayfire]

He's basically Transformers' Wolverine. And for once I mean that as a compliment.

[@foldabotZ]

With a bit of the Hulk, too, If they make him at least mildly smart in robot mode.

[@knuxenglish]

If Grimlock had a main gun it could be call ”grimglock”

[@Green24152]

what

[@knuxenglish]

Unknown Legend like a Glock mixed with Grimlock

[@PowerRedBullTypology]

Grimlock is one of the characters in the TF history who really has a distinct and clear personality. A lot of transformers in G1 really did not have that much personality

[@thelaughingrouge]

Grimlock in the cartoon: Cheesy goofball. Grimlock in the comics: Ice cold murderer.

[@silicabeastmaster1175]

To me Grimlock is my dream transformer. An anti-hero bad boy. A badass robot form that transforms into a T-Rex. And even when he got a car form into a Ford Mustang (one of the best looking cars of all time). So it was almost destiny that Grimlock is my favourite transformer.

[@Maswartz226]

Could you do a Basics for the following: Humans- the fleshy pals that tag along for better or for worse The War- why are they fighting in the first place Relics of the Primes- special weapons or tools like the star saber or the forge of Solus Prime Action Masters- Transformers without the transformation Energon- the lifeblood of cybertronians and all its variants Robots in disguise (original)- The middle child between the beast era and the Unicron trilogy

[@M_HeckuvaDoor_king]

basics on jazz, basics on jazz, basics on jazz, basics on jazz, basics on jazz, basics on jazz, basics on jazz!

[@EclipseWarlord]

Basics on Jazz!

[@somethingorother3559]

Or me

[@HouseholdWheel]

For many people Jazz theory presents an impenetrable barrier which only the most dedicated or gifted can breach. Certainly some of the chord progressions which Jazz musicians are expected to improvise over can test even an advanced practitioner of the style; not least because of the tempos. While this article does not claim to improve your improvisational or performance abilities, it will I hope, introduce you to the language of Jazz. Because Jazz music spans over a century of styles and sub-genres, the theory which I will discuss below is broadly based on concepts which underpin most of these styles. Much Jazz theory is drawn from existing usage in Classical or other styles of music and I will connect these where applicable. Before we go on, however, it is essential that you remember this fact: Jazz essentially uses the same 12 notes that Pop, Rock, Classical, Blues and most all other Western music uses. It is how these notes are stacked, grouped and performed which gives Jazz its sound.

[@jaykoblue172]

Olivia King tfwiki.net/wiki/Jazz Yes I agree do the basics on Jazz.

[@dragoonunleashed9962]

It will have to be in *2 parts*

[@Jackson-hp7rt]

IDW and Fall Of Cybertron Grimlock are easily my favorite versions of the character. Not only because of their design, but also personality and character development.

[@elmendelasarten8365]

lucky YOU

[@miyako1909]

IDW made him a pet of the Scavengers and didn't let him reunite with the rest of the Dinobots, then killed most of them in the final arc.

[@Gaia_BentosZX5]

This needs a part two, he has a habit of breaking the fourth wall to the point he ran a newsletter once that was taken over by other characters during the UK Marvel Comics run.

[@Alverant]

Who else has the gears to kick Unicron in the butt and live to tell about it?

[@a.thompson5518]

Ha! Gears.

[@whiterabbit75]

@@a.thompson5518 Perhaps ball bearings would work better?

[@a.thompson5518]

whiterabbit75 Lol yeah but I was laughing at the fact, he said gears since that's a character in Transformers

[@larniieplayz6285]

Daniel Shay uh what

[@_V.Va_]

*_B R A S S B E A R I N G S_*

[@RDPendleton]

The best part of waking up is The Basics in your cup. Literally, it's 6:30 am for me right now.

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

Our favourite Grimlock story is Fall of cybertron, why didn't his story continue in Transformers Prime?

[@yourspentmoney6418]

The Symbiote Nation. You mean yours lol...who is our?

[@SapphiyY]

@@yourspentmoney6418 its a venom reference.

[@joezilla1018]

I don’t think that they are in the same universe manly because I just feel like there are to many plot holes

[@z-man1237]

He did appear in a comic for tfp

[@-Wayla-]

I hate how they changed him in RID... A sequel to Prime.. Which is connected to FOC

[@JunkJester6131]

A personal theory of mine is that RiD 2015 Grimlock is actually an Aligned version of Beast Wars Dinobot who took on the Fall of Cybertron Grimlock's name as a title out of respect.

[@miyako1909]

He is actually a different character. Rescue Bots Academy confirmed that he had another name before adopting the name Grimlock.

[@danielbrant6740]

Surprised that you didn't mention G1 Grimlock's appearance in Transformers: Devastation game since he had the most unique controls out of the 5 playable Autobots (like his flame breath attack being accessible in his Dinobot mode.)

[@colinv.2691]

Yesss

[@Green24152]

Oh boy, people talking about this game! The chapter 1 completion weapon is overpowered. The dang ranged attack (despite this being a melee weapon) is ridiculous.

[@Oturan20]

@@Green24152 Have you beaten the Magnus difficulty yet?

[@oolooo]

Grimlock will always be super cool .He is adorable and loveable and he is a freaking giant Robot Dinosaur . His greatest moment will always be the time he met Spike from My Little Pony .God , I love that Crossover .

[@setaside2]

The much maligned (and, in my opinion, mistakenly so) Titanium toy line had a brilliant, vehicle based Grimlock toy, taken from the Fall of Cybertron (edit: maybe it was War Within... I can't remember! Mine is currently in storage until I finish my move) era. It is one of the true statement pieces of the line, short lived as it was, and he's beautiful.

[@Getwright-]

Just so you know, I third party company is making a new figure of that design (war within) and it's should scale with masterpiece figures

[@obitwokenobi9808]

I met Grimlock back in TFcon this year. I even showed him my Grimlock impression and he said he liked it!

[@BLADESTER128]

"NO ONE CONTROLS GRIMLOCK" Cool episode. I was wondering, since theres a basics episode on Skywarp, what about Starscream and/or Thundercracker? Or even just Seekers in general. Keep up the good work Chris

[@bromicorn]

There's a playlist dedicated to the seekers

[@Tautolonaut]

I always liked the idea that the (G1) Dinobots were originally Decepticons, mistakenly resurrected by the Ark as Autobots. It explains their unusual personality traits.

[@ulty1472]

FOC Grimlock: I'm Grimlock RID 2015 Grimlock: So am I FOC Grimlock: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@72acemon4]

“Me Grimlock not kisser! Me Grimlock king!” Personally one of my favorite quotes. 😁

[@danielsnyder9200]

"Me Grimlock kick BUTT!......Me Grimlock need new strategy..." I thought Bumblebee said Grimlock was imprisoned on the Alchemor for "property damage due to Grimlock being... Grimlock" referencing that version's occasional destructive clumsiness.

[@YurtletheTurtle377]

He did seem to imply that was the case. Bee said Grim was imprisonsed on the Alchemor for “Grimlock being Grimlock”. And knowing RID 2015 Grimlock, the dude loves smashing stuff and punching Decepticons.

[@DMDarren]

@@YurtletheTurtle377 honestly I liked 2015 Grimlock, I found him pretty funny (I may be in the minority there but hey, I usually am)

[@wanderingaceminecraftandmo8034]

@@DMDarren I liked RID grimlock, but... the show overall paled...

[@idioticmerc1512]

"ME GRIMLOCK NO BOZO ME GRIMLOCK KING" I love that catchphrase

[@ermac9275]

My favorite version of grimlock is the comic version where all he says is,”me grimlock, me badass”

[@urrsys9765]

"ME Grimlock am most popular around! Me Grimlock got to shrink into dalmatian, build giant nerd, and even wear skinny friend as pants! Me Grimlock LIVING THE *DREAM*!!"

[@soundblaster1987reviews]

RID 2001 Grimlock should have been called Scavenger if you ask me...

[@marcossandrosilva6979]

I think it would be better if it was Grimstone or something

[@juliankirby9880]

I got lucky. I was a wee child during the g2 era, we got a g1 grimlock at toys r us in 93/94 by checking the back of the shelf. Didn’t realize how lucky I was as a child to get a new in box g1 grimlock from the store

[@knexxpert]

While I know it wasn't intentional but, you have no idea how much joy you brought me. You have posted a video about my single favorite Cybertronian on my Birthday. Thank You!

[@nikhilsilva5244]

Congrats

[@divin3nightmar339]

My favorite is fall of cybertron but I loved AOE design. If they put fall off cybertron voice and actions with aoe design... PERFECT GRIMLOCK

[@FirestreakRodimusPr]

I think the only thing you missed was his relationship with Rodimus Prime, whom he apparently respected more then Optimus.

[@titan_redeemer7371]

The Fall of Cybertron Grimlock is by far my favorite, his design, his backstory, his unquestioned badassness. You can truly feel the trama he has experienced, especially when he is in the operating room portion of the playable area when he tells Swoop that he remembers being cut open and being torn apart by Shockwave. His delivery of the single word, “yes” always sends shivers up my spine

[@omegaus817]

The voice actor of Grimlock from G1 is my favorite one and I like when Grimlock say Me Grimlock he is awesome thank you for the video this is the best video ever.

[@omegaus817]

I like the G1 and the RID 2015 and Transformers Cyberverse one too I like it when he say Me Grimlock. Me Grimlock.

[@colinv.2691]

Hes here in the comments up higher

[@j-sant-animations8105]

Lightning Strike Coalition. Sound familiar?

[@OttoGraff-fu8pj]

No

[@lisatrappedmeinygsbasement848]

No

[@Bananananananananan]

No

[@j-sant-animations8105]

It was their team name in the Fall of Cybertron game...

[@ToaPaul959]

Fall of Cybertron Grimlock is my favorite version of my favorite Transformer. Great episode as always! Now I'm looking forward to a Wheeljack episode someday.

[@Qu1nt0-415]

2015 Robots in Disguise Grimlock is always gonna be my favourite

[@alanguages]

For some reason the Monsterbots remind me of the Dinobots.

[@HouseholdWheel]

Well they're basically the same thing but fictional creatures instead of dinosaurs.

[@alanguages]

@@HouseholdWheel Yes, but from what I have read both teams are powerful and enjoy fighting. I noticed the Dinobots are portrayed as strong practically indestructible, but dim witted characters. (Sport Jocks type) The Monsterbots are similar, though they are not dim witted. More like judgement impaired team, because they like to rough house. Similar to people who pick a fight at a pub for the sake of having a rowdy good time and they are drunk. (Competitive Rough Housers) I guess they are closer alike with such a minor difference, that it is barely noticeable. You are correct, they are basically the same. I would like to have seen them together in the G1 cartoon, to see the type of chemistry the writers come up with, but it never happened.

[@goodputin4324]

@@alanguages Dinobots = SAS, Monsterbots =SBS

[@ikecarr5989]

I thought Grimlock was messed up by Overlord during his incarceration on Garus-9 ,but escaped before the Wreckers showed up I. THE LAST STAND OF THE WRECKERS ?

[@HouseholdWheel]

G1 Grimlock: *Jurassic Park theme* AoE Grimlock: *Harmonica version*

[@luvblueybingoheeler3150]

You mean the kazoo version.

[@megathot3734]

Grimlock and Optimus fighting over Elita 1 is the best thing ever omg

[@luckyexplorer1053]

I think Fall of Cybertron’s interpretation of Grimlock feels like the definitive modern take on Grimlock. It feels like the best of both worlds where he has his aggressive and rebellious personality from the Marvel comics, while having the original voice and one percent of his humor from the G1 cartoon.

[@santiagoarrieta2175]

Some revealed in comics it that the other 2 dinobots of animated can talk but Grimlock don't let then. When one of then try he atack him and claim something like "Grimlock is one who speaks"

[@person14876]

Do the basics on hot rod

[@luvblueybingoheeler3150]

Yes please

[@nine_tails137]

I preach to this as well!

[@blammers]

Seconded

[@soundwaveelfurritobonito8084]

Wow.....iam your sub and I dont even know how =P

[@SapphiyY]

Dont mention that name.

[@battleupsaber462]

So how long until Takara redecoes MP Dinobot into BW Grimlock?

[@pious83]

Given MP Shadow Panther exists, not too long I would imagine. Probably minus the electronics to make him cheaper too. That's before you get to the two Beast Wars Neo retools of the original Dinobot toy, that could also join the MP line.

[@Barbariandisks]

And remold the head also.

[@Ob1tuber]

I want to see a pure Masterpiece Grimlock

[@TheHalf_Canadian]

Thank you for including an image of the binaltech version, I love having my favorite transformers as one of my childhood favorite cars

[@lachauntiswashington231]

I love Grimlock. He's my favorite in robots in disguise and cyberverse.

[@Cole_Clawheart-Clips]

I am glad that The Dinobots made it into the movies, I just wish that they had a proper story for them

[@joe.black-mortem.angelos]

This proves that Grimlock's design is timeless

[@PaigeRobins-ky4qc]

I like robots in disguise with grimlock to show how appreciative can be delivered because when you look at him you might think he's a monster but when getting to know him he has a sweet heart.❤😊

[@Blakewyattdunfee]

Grimlock and the hulk are two of my mom's favorite characters and she often said that they should team up and break stuff. Hmm a hulk colored grimlock.

[@sivanlevi3867]

Both Robots in Disguise Grimlock characters from 2001 and 2015 are green in color, which I don't think is a coincidence.

[@sigurdgram]

I love these episodes. overviews of specific characters are great. I've been writing fanfiction for fifteen years, and stuff like this really helps with the transformers stuff I'm working on. In making my own continuity in which to set my story, I have a lot of different interpretations of characters to draw on to populate it. episodes like this help me look at all the traits of the different versions of the characters and see which bits are the most core to the character. I mean, grimlock was never an issue for that, I've got my grimlock pretty well formed in my head. but there are so many other characters that this series has really helped me with.

[@SeviathTheHumanDrago]

I too would like to make my own transformers series but I am going to make a stop motion KZbin series. I have this idea of including every single version of the characters into 1 single story, the idea being that the cartoon universes are all different planets in the same universe, minicons are just a natural extension of transformers that help bring out their partner bots fulls potential and cyber planet keys further boost a bots capabilites by enhancing them with a unique power granted to them by whichever prime they are specifically descended from since I did take the idea of a few primes being reincarnated via the Wellspring of Allsparks through their descendants from IDW. One of the ideas I also have is that the various Optimus' are all just different commanders on different planets or the same planet just a different quadrant, but Optimus Prime is the actual commander of all autobot forces since he has the Matrix of Leadership. I imagine one of the things that makes Optimus so hard to defeat in my iteration is that his ability literally allows him to create Holo-Replicas of past Actual-Primes to aid him in combat with their unique weapons fighting styles and abilities.

[@metal0474]

autobot: *exists* cosmically-powered starscream: *hello there*

[@Biorythym]

two small points; Worth noting that pre 2000's Grimlock's Dino mode was depicted as a godzilla-like "tail dragging" posture (it wasn't recognized this was an incorrect understanding of a tyrannosaurus biology until around the 1st jurassic Park's time. and b.) during the third season of the original G1 series during his "comic relief' phase, Grimlock only turned into Robot mode (I think) twice

[@iancap2088]

He was always one of my favourites. Like you said, robot dinosaur!

[@thearsenalsystem5027]

I like to think characters like Grimlock and Sideswipe from Robots in Disguise took their names from their predecessors.

[@MasterArchfiend]

It is something mentioned, albeit super rarely, that there are multiple cybertronians who share names be it coincidence or they were named after the more iconic character much like it was once common to name your kid after president and war heroes. Of course the toylines are probably why we rarely see it since Hasbro doesn’t want things getting too muddled with confusion by having characters in the same continuity share names.

[@chaoscoyotex]

And to add for Grimlock.. In the new show, he found a new team of Dinobots who are "mostly" dimwitted and followed him from a message he sent centuries ago. And then became combiners of their own rights.

[@adrianadrian6522]

2:25 I never knew that I needed a Grimlock wearing an apron in my life.

[@fatenabu1]

So don't kill me Transformers fans but one of my favorite versions of the Dinobots is the the G1 repaints of the Last Knight dinobots. Wife got them for me for Christmas the year the came out. Great toys. Two headed Swoop is odd but they are still fun.

[@JTC-qx2no]

They are age of extinction dinobots not the last knight

[@nine_tails137]

Since you did a Basics Video on the Combaticons and the Wreckers, Could you do one on the *Constructicons* and the *Stunticons* ?

[@drextube3841]

Does anyone think that it's kinda funny that Chris's video about ALL the dinobots is shorter than this one, which only talks about a single dino? XD

[@johnosbourn4312]

I love big Grim's G1, War For Cybertron, 2015 Robots In Disguise, Power Of The Primes, and Cyberverse versions.

[@Brettbren]

*I like Cyberverse's take on Grimlock. Sort of, and I do stress SORT OF reminds me of Hank McCoy aka The Beast from the "X-MEN" franchise.*

[@ravenfal1496]

I was a big fan of Grimlock's role in the War Within stories, with how he pushed Optimus to become a stronger leader not blinded by idealism.

[@sophierichards2051]

I Like the way Grimlock looks in the 2015 Transformers Robots in Disguise. 😀

[@seanmorgan2356]

I loved the black and green, Robots in Disguise version.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

ME GRIMLOCK LOVE CHALLENGE! Also, yes Armada, that is OBVIOUSLY Grimlock.

[@audiebavington8789]

I'm going to lose my job over Chris's videos.

[@nicholasdickens2801]

Audie Bavington Well if you absolutely have to lose your job I think watching Chris’s videos are the way to go.

[@gregcurlett2054]

Dude....me too 😂😂.

[@kdisley]

As someone who grew up with the UK Transformers comic, my favourite Dinobot was always Swoop... I love how the rivalry with the Predacon Divebomb (which grew into a rivalry between the Dinobots and Predacons as teams) all started with a misprint in one of the very early American strips (where Swoop apparently had a different name - Divebomb - in one panel of a Cybertron flashback, while all the other Dinobots had the same names), which raised a question in the UK letters page from some eagle-eyed kid about how his Predacon counterpart ended up with the name, which got a hastily-improvised answer from Mr Furman about some contest to win the name (in which the Predacon had cheated), which led to a story in the black-and-white strip showing this continuing grudge being carried by Swoop over 4 million years until the present day. From an awkward readers' question to an amazing grudge match years later which levelled an entire town as the two Divebombs - former and current - had a spectacular air battle to settle things once and for all, with both being shot down and ploughing through buildings as they crashed... this is why I loved Simon Furman's writing, because he not only used the original two-sentence character notes he was given but added to the mythos and expanded on the basic character traits until you had Transformers that actually felt *sentient* rather than just robots programmed with certain quirks.

[@setaside2]

This is one of your best, ever, pieces of work in your always excellent Basics series. I'm repeatedly impressed by the standard you set in content development and presentation. I came to this episode very late, obviously but... I'm super happy to be here. Like most, I adore Grimlock... my personal favorite iteration, though, is one of his few non-dino modes. His very limited Titanium figure from the Fall of Cybertron series is just superb. The Titanium figurines were always grossly underrated with both his, and Prowl's figures especially contributing to that proof. Thanks for all you do, Chris. You're appreciated out here, especially during the COVID crisis. You add joy, mate, and I for one am grateful.

[@johnosbourn4312]

My favorite versions of Big Grim, are from G1, and the newer RID series.

[@ryantyanmyan2528]

I love how you completely ignored the comic book where the dinobots combined into a combined and killed everybody

[@ditto7047]

We don't mention that abomination by name

[@dankmegatron313]

We don’t talk about that one

[@ditto7047]

@@dankmegatron313 Talk about what? Never happened, have no memory of it.

[@darkhunter2345]

@@ditto7047 What is the comic's name?

[@ditto7047]

@@darkhunter2345 The Beast Within

[@rumblepuss8848]

As much as I love Grimlock, dinosaurs definitely aren't thought to be stupid anymore.

[@metalmatt3431]

I love Grimlock as depicted in The Transformers The Movie and season 3, still a bad-a$$ force to be reckoned with, but of all the characters that are supposed to be humorous (Wheelie, Blur) only he and the other Dinobots (and the Junkions to a lesser extent) actually continue to put a smile on my face

[@AcePi]

Mr. McFeely; I want to say that the work you put into your videos is very much appreciated, and the presentation and attention to detail are both excellent quality. I have been enjoying your content for months, and have been pleased when new videos appear in my feed. However, it disappoints me to no end that you failed to amend a significant error in your video. One that needs to be addressed immediately. It's pronounced *SCAVENGERS!*

[@sacredterrador5611]

Optimus: Freedom is the right of all sentient- whoops, I’m dead again.

[@misterbadguy7325]

I think it's worth mentioning that RID Grimlock (the first one) was also not designed to be Grimlock. His name in Car Robots is Build Hurricane, which is a pretty heavy implication that he was never intended to be anything but a spare combiner limb. Probably one of those "keep the trademark" situations. They're both green and black, too. Wonder if that's a coincidence.

[@voltazurite1832]

Grimlock, the giant lug of metal, made the Technobots? Okay.

[@brycevo]

Grimlock is my favorite. It's awesome

[@platinumdragonslayer6128]

One of the things I hope for if they were to ever make a true and proper reboot of the original series, is that it follows more close to the Cybertron games. Because I’ve never liked how the Transformers could just build the Dinobots and other combiners for that matter out of scrap and spare parts. It just doesn’t make sense for a highly advanced alien robot race. Plus it kinda makes them feel a bit like Frankenstein’s monster kind of deal. Those games were seriously epic and I’m angry we’ll probably never get other games like them.

[@hatmaster1238]

"Me Grimlock kick butt!" *literally starts kicking Unicron's ass*

[@Mushroom_Man]

Grimlock probably has the least amount of deaths out of any major character