TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on THRUST

Combine equal parts G1, Beast Era, and Unicron Trilogy, mix well, and you get The Basics on THRUST!
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[@hybirdmaximus6285]

The fact that they called thrust by "squid head" in armada like the name "conehead" who it was created by fans,make it even funnier

[@CRAIGKMSBISMARCKTIRPITZ533]

Yep 😂. I Was About To Say This 😂

[@chaoticneutral7976]

They even mention the term "cone head" by name in Armada

[@angusmcnay5449]

Does it?

[@angusmcnay5449]

(it doesn't btw, disregard the incorrect guy who agreed with this notion)

[@punchcounterpunch9137]

Hello again, toa of ice

[@jlr1357]

It's funny how in TF Armada Thrust is actually Starscream and Starscream is actually Dinobot (personality wise)

[@clownplayer7265]

Mmm, yes and no. Both are typical cowardly assholes with thirst for power. That being said, Starscream is rather powerful despite his flaws and much more individualistic whereas Thrust is a bit of a flunky and prone to leech behavior. Case in point, whereas Thrust was lured by Sideways to become Unicron's ally he contently bowed to his new master as rely on him for everything. Starscream meanwhile made an alliance with Unicron to get a new body but at the very time he got what he wanted Starscream quickly throw Unicron under the bus. Sure, Unicron was weakened as a head, but given the chance Starscream would have still tried to find a way to betray Unicron nonetheless. Thrust it's also trusted by Megatron at first with no riffs, once again Thrust for all his strategic accumen has no real stand power and ultimately only betray his master after finding a new more powerful one. Starscream meanwhile would only grovel if his life depends on it since the seeker never had compunctions about critizicing Megatron's leadership and as such Megatron always treated him (admittedly not totally undeserved) as shit, and for Starscream there's no factions or masters above him, he's totally all for himself.

[@jakealter5504]

@@clownplayer7265 Juan Lera was talking about how armada starscream was basically dinobot

[@clownplayer7265]

@@jakealter5504 Yeah, but I wasn't talking about Armada Starscream. I was comparing Armada Thrust with G1 Starscream.

[@jakealter5504]

@@clownplayer7265 I do agree that armada thrust is very similar to g1 starscream, thrust was just a bit smarter

[@clownplayer7265]

@@jakealter5504 Emm, again, debatable. G1 Starscream was a scientist before the war and even gave Megatron medical attention. Thrust meanwhile is more of a military strategists. Starscream made ocasional observations about Megatron's plans often going to fail and is deceitfully good at picking up stuff no one would expect, like for example quickly understanding the sub-atlanticans were bad news. Thrust meanwhile is more of a manipulator instead of a schemer, sweet talking Megatron and taking advantage of his boss' blindness to the Unicron problem. It's more like being masters at different areas.

[@tannerprice2018]

Remember when we all thought the green Seeker from the Bumblebee movie was actually Acid Storm, but it wasn’t until later when the concept art was revealed that we found out he was based on Squidhead?

[@DarkknightChris]

1st the Starscream and Blitzwing getting mixed up, now this.

[@martl8615]

@@DarkknightChris I think the Starscream thing was a mistake. I expect the scene was already made, then veto'd by Hasbro or something. "Yeah, you can't kill Starscream at this point. Give him another name. Some throwaway like Blitzwing or something"

[@proginges3499]

@@martl8615 I've always head-Canon/ theorized that at some point after the events of bumblebee that shockwave or some other decepticon scientist would somehow manage to revive him using the other two deceased decepticons thus giving us the spilt personality he's known for

[@lumethecrow2632]

@@proginges3499 That would actually be cool if they did that

[@robrice7246]

@@lumethecrow2632 And give some meaning behind his Nitro Series toy.

[@liopleurodonthedinoman3637]

I like how Chris though that Thrust from the Bumblebee movie was Acid Storm, but eventually learned that this supposed “Acid Storm” was actually Thrust instead

[@bilal_MH-907]

Armada thrust is probably the best version of the character,he got the unique g1 conehead design and alt mod,he got the original g1 thrust personality,his death was brutal and funny at the same Time honestly

[@Karlos1234ify]

Armada Thrust was pretty cool. He was kind of like G1 Starscream

[@THANATOS-PRIME]

Love that Squidhead! 🦑

[@baconator_x4098]

@@THANATOS-PRIME Well, yeah how about I call Megatron flat-head?

[@A88mph]

It was also a bit of Poetic Justice: A bot who cared not for others, slain by one who cared not for him.

[@jakealter5504]

@@A88mph and even more ironic, starscream was the first to suspect thrust of being a traitor

[@darthpaul99]

G1 Thrust was the only original seeker that I had as a kid, and I always liked the VTOL jet design he has.

[@sivanlevi3867]

If Thrust appeared in Transformers Animated, he'd have represented Starscream's aggression while Dirge would've represented his greed.

[@michaelziemba7350]

I believe I read an old interview with Floro Dery that the "coneheads" were one of his first design contributions to the transformers, as a way to distinguish Thrust, Ramjet, and Dirge from the first generation of seekers

[@redlantern6669]

"Trust if you dare to have dreams of power... You will be consumed by them."

[@greggheist8762]

“If you dare to have dreams of power you will be consumed by them.”

[@jonpower9728]

So many that they could form the Thrustice League

[@jeremytung1632]

Armada Thrust is my favorite, he has so much personality, especially compared to his counterparts.

[@mrandmrsduquette1904]

Additionally, Armada Thrust was based on the F-35, as evidenced by his mid-fuselage turbine.

[@dodge1515]

Yup, funny how Armada was ahead of it's time in alot of ways.

[@todddavis2041]

Armada Thrust was my first Decepticon and second Transformers figure after Beast Machines Scavenger so ive always like him. Beast Machines Thrust is also a nice version.

[@alxporrini8563]

The WFC Earthrise figure is literally the hardest toy of him to get.

[@azura6366]

agree. it is very difficult to find in indonesia as well :'(

[@alxporrini8563]

@@azura6366 well, I did find someone on Facebook who offered me $60usd for him plus Netflix Hotlink for $60usd as well. He’s holding on to them for me until the 4th of June.

[@azura6366]

@@alxporrini8563 damn you are so lucky bro, in Indonesia i only find in 1 store and its very expensive 😔

[@bradtobin839]

I need all three of the coneheads from that series for stopmotion projects, plus maybe G2 Sandstorm as a fourth.

[@alxporrini8563]

@@bradtobin839 You have better luck getting G2 Sandstorm. He's $32 on Big Bad Toy Store.

[@cylasbreakdown6140]

In case anyone’s wondering, Thrust did appear in IDW’s comics, but it was not a major role. He was one of the Decepticons left behind on Earth after Megatron’s failed invasion, and he was executed by government organization Skywatch. His remains, along with Ramjet’s, would be used as templates for a human built army of zombie-like clones.

[@orinanime]

my favorite was definitely the overly arrogant version from Armada. I loved that he got his rude awakening and comeuppance all at once

[@jackytran7818]

Evolution of thurst: 9:03 G1 to beast era (0:18-3:34-4:40-9:51-9:58) The unicron trilogy/micron trilogy (6:36) The transformers franchise reboot (9:47/9:39) Cyber Verse/evergreen (9:30) Grand Galvatron (8:33/8:36)

[@wirikidor]

For some reason the original G1 Thrust was my favorite seeker toy as a child, probably because of the VTOL gimmick. I really hope they make an MP-52+ of Thrust.

[@brainstorm9560]

Armada Thrust is by far the best version of the character

[@antonissa8345]

You should do Dirge next and later Ramjet. You know because the cone heads are always considered a trio and that’s the order people say their names.

[@JeremiahEcks777]

I'd love to see Dirge for sure. Ramjet, notsomuch, but if you have to do Thrust and Dirge, Ramjet is inevitable.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Someone might have mentioned this, but Beast Machines Thrust got one more toy that wasn't mentioned in the video: the Vehicle Drone was redecoed in Japan for Beast Wars Returns rather than his original toy. It's a very minor redeco at that - the plastic is about the same shade of magenta, and the translucenct yellow is only a bit darker, plus a couple of paint applications were added.

[@martl8615]

All Japanese reissue toys had different shades and additional detailing. It's not really worth mentioning for a basic

[@Nostroman_Praetor]

fun fact about thrust in transformers the movie, there was a cut scene of him getting his head shoved into the floor by Optimus, which is why the cut aways for the startup of the fight between Prime and Megatron looks a little off.

[@TheAnimationStationTAS]

With the UT characters finally getting some more love, I'm hoping that we'll see a Legacy Armada Thrust eventually, because I've always dug his design and color scheme, especially the squidhead.

[@serPomiz]

yeah, he was a nice take on a jet, that we only saw one other time for the bayverse game as a generic trooper

[@mew888]

As a kid watching the cartoon it always stood out to me that he was one of a few G1 Decepticon that didnt have red eyes.

[@skybite]

Armada Thrust in the Dreamwave comics was Quickstrike lite.

[@vicviper4538]

Armada Thrust is like the Hazama of transformers

[@rubenlopez7142]

I must say that I love the Bumblebee movie SS Thrust figure!

[@anwenlokier2292]

In my school vr game thrust was a boss where to defeat him you need to blast him out of the sky's and in a cutseen he landed on unicron shoulder when was going to robot mode which unicron was jammed by decepticon calamity weapon Goalius who destroyed unicron t cog and ultimately thrust was killed by the barbatos lupas rex a gundam that was fighting goalius and fyi he was goalius old Cybertronian caretaker for goalius during the big guys surgery and was in his flashbacks and he gave goalius his invisible clock from armada

[@stevieturner9338]

I never knew they were called the cones heads. I remember as a child hating that appearence. But in time it grew on me. Thank you again for the infirnitive video.

[@apex2000]

Still own (most of) my G1 thrust.

[@Blastertronus]

Apparently Cyberverse Thrust was originally gonna return as a conehead later in to the show after his death, but it was ultimately scrapped.

[@zemox2534]

Too bad. Cyberverse was a fun show. It got better after S1

[@clownplayer7265]

Yeah. Poor guy, the seekers were underused after Starscream used the power of the allspark to kill most of the named ones.

[@muhammadhabibieamiro3639]

I do like they reference thrust from armada in the Bumblebee movie

[@trent1895]

Man I love this channel

[@vxrdrummer]

The Comedy Duo are so good in BW2.

[@VillainHunter]

Those are my favorite alien species in transformers besides the tranformers

[@lordmanimani-]

Never had a toy or really paid a lot of attention to him in what G1 I saw, but Thrust was a (self) named character in The Golden Lagoon, my first TF exposure ever and still my favorite singular story, so I automatically have a fondness for him.

[@cobaltprime9467]

Armada Thrust had the best death. You can argue which one was the best Thrust. But that fitting end and Galvatron’s speech was in the top 10 moments from all of the Unicron Trilogy. Maybe even top 5

[@Steven-ip8xo]

Hi Chris Thrust is one of My favorite Decepticons and also one of my most favorite Transformers characters of all time,My favorite Version of Thrust is The G1Original Classic Cartoon Retroboot Version who's Allegiance is :Decepticon function (as of 2022)Warrior, he is also a loud-mouthed braggart who is prone to pompously claim certain victory before a fight has barley begun but in truth his courage is as much bluster and noise as his actions and words a strong or strongest counterattack by an opponent usually results in thrust's retreat,also Thrust possesses Above-Average Strength, Intelligence and Courage and he is a highly skilled Warrior as a jet he can reach speeds of mach 2.5,but also armed with two concussion bombs also in robot mode he wields two compressed air rifles each one can punch a hole through steel at a distance of 1,200 yards,also the G1Thrust is a member of both The Evil Decepticons and The Seekers,also thank you for sharing Chris keep up the good work and have a nice day.🙂👍⚖️🏋️🇺🇲

[@user-yq6ti7hm7e]

I have a theory why does he have a conehead. You see, he was introduced in second season and in second season characters have more toy accurate build. I think they decided to do same aproach here, but holding the cone upwards so his head would be rotatable. He also has yellow eyes, like the original toy

[@christianlewis6789]

Either that or purely based on the issue of stability at the hip joints. I guess we would have to chat with the art designers for the scoop...

[@dkkanofkash8798]

Ah, Thrust, the best and my own personal favorite Conehead.

[@MrPooPooJohn]

One of my favorite Decpticons. Great video, as usual.

[@MikeD974]

G1 Thrust is my favorite seeker his look is so cool and unique compared to the others

[@calebporter3735]

Thrust will always be one of my favourite Armada characters. He's a sleazy goofball who not only WANTS to kill you, but can come up with multiple ways HOW. And for some reason, that's kinda scary.

[@Actionfigurexpert]

I am surprised you did not mention his little part in the golden lagoon the g o l d e n l a g o o n

[@baruscream7279]

I love the Armada-inspired Thrust from the Bumblebee movie, the mold itself is amazing. I hope we get a new Armada Thrust in Legacy or the next toyline, he deserves some love already.

[@Jainka1]

Armada Thrust was my first ever Transformers figure.

[@felixdeplanques3614]

Beast Machines and Armada version of Thrust are my favorites !

[@Jalanko13]

I always like to think of Armada Thrust as essentially Decepticon Tarantulas

[@JoleneBlake]

Armada Thrust's death scene is hilarious. "Haha, with the power of Unicron I can overthrow Megatron and conquer the galaxy - HELP ME MEGATRON"

[@fulltilt7270]

Was it not Galvatron

[@CasualRonin]

@@fulltilt7270 Megatron in the Japanese release. Galvatron for the English dub.

[@slacknhash]

No mention of Thrust's Marvel UK role as one of the Decepticon's "ten deadliest killers", along with the other Coneheads, the Insecticons, the Triple-Changers, and that bastard Macabre?

[@Tokumastu1]

It would be refreshing to have him back in a more commanding role with his scheming persona. It would be a nice change of pace from having Starscream be the schemer.

[@Firetrigger2110]

Armada Thrust was already an arrogant jerk so combining that with his G1 personality as a sadistic goon makes sense. A sociopathic, abrasive tactician who gets his kicks from the misery he causes.

[@BrodyW2012]

Squid head was one of my favorite characters in Armada

[@slkric1724]

Great video! I hope you do "The Basics " on the other cone head jets. 👍🏽

[@jamesianhutchison1165]

Was kinda hoping there'd be some explanation behind his unique wing design. Same thing with Ramjet and Dirge with their delta wing and canards design. The "Royal Eagle" never got off the drawing board. And I've no idea what Thrust is supposed to be. 😅

[@mikeyjhilli]

Interesting. Thanks. G1 is my favorite. Trust in Thrust to be there is a good line.

[@westonbradshaw1063]

Fun fact in transformers devastation the level 2 type of seekers are identical to thrust and are based off g1 thrusts design

[@NovaSaber]

Armada Thrust is my favorite, but BWII Thrust gets points for having his vehicle mode and beast mode both be raptors.

[@mrjukeboxparty4563]

I would love to see a basics on lug nut please

[@ericdunn7352]

Waspinator never gets what Waspinator wants!

[@backonja7255]

I honestly wouldn't mind If some future interpretation of the character combines his G1 and Armada depictions into one. Imagine Thrust that initially starts out as another regular seeker, under command of Starscream, with his Armada color scheme but design that's a bit of a blend of Armada and G1. But unlike Armada Thrust that acts as your classic Megatron bootlicker, this version could be a Starscream supporter and his biggest fanatic (since I don't think we've seen much of that personality type in media). This could even be highlighted, with him eventually deciding to change his Armada color scheme to his traditional G1 color scheme, as a way to be "color-coordinated" with his commander...Maybe even bringing this to a point where, when Starscream temporary seize leadership over Decepticons, he promotes Thrust, as his second-in-command. Thank you for staying on my ted talk.

[@crossover1015]

The Basics on: 1. The Transformers Multiverse 2. The History of Transformers Video Games 3. Machine Wars 4. TransTech 5. Generation 2 6. Transformers Crossovers

[@jackytran7818]

That's a great idea, mate.😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@nine_tails137]

I've only seen Beast Machines and Armada Thrust. And out of the 2, Armada Thrust is my favorite.

[@zuttoaragi8349]

Indeed. I always wanted his toy when I was a kid, but I wound up with a very scant collection of Decepticons. Cyclonus and Megatron alone IIRC.

[@nine_tails137]

@@zuttoaragi8349 Honestly, I never got any of the Armada Toyline, except for Tidal Wave a few years later. Then my dad gave all my Transformers toys away. Now I'm trying to rebuild by collection with current figures from the War for Cybertron Trilogy, plus a few others. Mostly picking my favorites.

[@zuttoaragi8349]

@@nine_tails137 I'm sort of doing that. I spent a few years building a CHUG collection, but then suddenly I've gotten the itch for Armada figures and I've put together almost the entire thing. Almost every character that appeared in the show except a couple.

[@nine_tails137]

@@zuttoaragi8349 Believe it or not, I heard one youtube reviewer bought armada Optimus Prime, and the toy caught fire. Which honestly, makes me glad I never got that toy. But I still miss not owning any Armada toys as a kid.

[@zuttoaragi8349]

@@nine_tails137 That happened to a friend of mine. I was lucky enough for it not to happen to my original Prime, and my new one just straight up doesn't work, so I don't think that's a concern, knock on wood.

[@tarn4633]

'Remember Thrust if you have dreams for power, you will be consumed by them.'

[@setaside2]

The Titanium repaint of Thrust is a personal favorite. A beautiful figure.

[@1065chris]

Eyy. An episode on Squidhead.

[@SteamTrainTy]

I was thinking about The Basics on.

[@robstein1313]

Another great video

[@LordProteus]

Would you consider a video specifically on the Transformers Legends manga? As I recall, it went to great lengths to try to fix plot holes, errors and inconsistencies throughout the franchise, which I find to be very interesting.

[@mekman4]

Great Stuff, as always!

[@zoltanperei4789]

And he was killed by humans in the IDW comics. Tht was his whole character arc there.

[@JeremiahEcks777]

I mean, so did Scrapper in IDW, and Scrapper is a helluva more competent and important. I really disagreed with killing Thrust that early into the run, and in that particular way.

[@cowboyquebecanimations3068]

I Want that as botcon coin "Trust in Thrust"

[@Halbared]

I didn't know about the toy head looking more like the original three. I loved the new jets as they arrived under the rule of Straxus, I thought they were a great addition to bolter the flagging Cons forces. I liked the individual abilities of each of the jets. Hard to choose the best one.

[@justinsigler1565]

I hope he does the stunticons next...

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

Thrust is one pretty dope jet deception

[@DevilManthehero7786]

Amazing

[@benjamincoutts5864]

Thanks!

[@DarkknightChris]

I wanted to know more about G1 Thrust seeing his BM counterpart was named after him but after watching G1, he was mostly a generic seeker. His Armada counterpart was neat memorial character. Can you do an episode of the Witwicky family or the movie's expanded universe?

[@baratacom]

Likely due to it being my first exposure to the character, but my favorite is BM's Vehicon Thrust And it's really a shame that other BM characters get no love from Hasbro as the cunning brooding biker who is someone else transfigured but whose original identity is misidentified sounds like too cool of a concept to never have appeared again Not to mention Obsidian and Stryka who are still up there as some of my favorite TF villains

[@clogs4956]

BM's Thrust's best Waspinator line: Chickbots dig brooding loner bit...

[@cartkart1]

Never seen Armada, but I want the toy of him, really just because I love Studio Series Thrust

[@anotherdimension9116]

Was there not a scene in armada were Optimus says that a autobot named Thrust was in charge while he was gone or am I imagining that scene?

[@chaoticneutral7976]

Yeah that was a dub mistake he was supposed to say "Jetfire"

[@javiersantanaaviles5885]

My favorite Thrust is Beast Machines Thrust, that was a deadly and cool bike

[@olvacron22]

Idk why but I've always seen Thrust as the leader of the Coneheads for some reason.

[@CriticsCupofficial]

When are we getting an episode on Beast Machines I love that show and still got the box sets also I couldn’t find if there is an episode on Beast Wars I would love that as well as that’s my favourite transformers show

[@darrenheideman2546]

If any new series were to reuse his Armada personality, I could easily see a plotline like what was seen between the Chamberlain and the General in The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. Starscream finishing off a mortally wounded Thrust, Thrust: Why? Starscream: Because you took my seat. Now I'm reclaiming it. And later when the aftermath, Starscream: Thrust suffered fatal wounds, I was there so he wasn't alone when he succumbed to them.

[@reinhartjonathan7385]

Megatron nicknamed armada thrust as "squidhead" do perfectlly matches with armada thrust design, his head do looked like a squid 😂

[@saskruffriders8234]

I like the cone head look, otherwise they look exactly like the seekers. G1 episodes: the god gambit, the golden lagoon are two of my favorite episodes.

[@martinpku101]

Ahh Thrust, Who Doesnt Love Robot With A Goofy Head

[@VillainHunter]

The collab will be a special basics video

[@faustocosta-9177]

Beast Machines Thrust and JetStorm are a coolest duo.

[@schorpioen007]

Beast Machines Thrust version is my favoriet

[@punchcounterpunch9137]

I personally think that, out of the 3 coneheads, Thrust is the most memorable and developed.

[@BoisegangGaming]

Whenever the macguffin of Beast Wars 2 appears in the script I imagine there's this moment of "Okay how tf do I pronounce this"

[@AgentNevets]

For whatever reason, my second favorite Seeker (behind Skywarp).

[@apileofcandy1244]

Thrustinator just sounds so wrong

[@packapunch1901]

i watched armada when i was like 5 on dvd and i dont know why it was always in my head that it was star scream that got crunched in a unicron panel not thrust, i still remember his death sigh

[@lynngreen7978]

I notice the BM Thrust concept toy was a give-away that he was Waspinator.

[@ChrisMcFeely]

I've always wondered if those waspy yellow stripes were meant as a deliberate reference to his true identity!

[@lynngreen7978]

@@ChrisMcFeely He's shaped like a wasp, that stripes are on the abdomen.

[@mjlee29]

Squidhead’s quirks were amusing. Almost as amusing when his arrogance caused his crushing defeat. However I like the bikerbot version too, before and after becoming Thrustinator.

[@hasbrosbeforehoes]

love thrust

[@charleefulop1544]

Computron and the five Technobots. Probability of appearing in THE BASICS series: ?.??%