Call of the Primitives | Transformers: Generation 1 | Season 3 | E26 | Hasbro Pulse

[@katmore9]

Man, Predaking went out like a BOSS at 16:16!!! Knew he was done for and still said, "To the end!" Epic line!!!

[@CasualNickname]

He knew he was a dead man, but he wanted to go down swinging, like the warrior he is.

[@ju87d-3stuka7]

My favorite part of this episode.

[@b111372]

He really did, Predaking is always my favorite!

[@b111372]

Predaking is the most perfect soldier, but the seacons were the most powerful.

[@b111372]

I don't know about you ...but Megatrons back flip transformation did it for me!

[@nnthayer]

14:39 Love this so much. Sky Lynx's response to seeing Grimlock (presumably) killed is raw emotion: "Suffer my rage, monster! I will show you no mercy!!" For all his arrogance, he loves all his comrades deeply.

[@damonkinc]

Yeah that part was good. He showed so much raw realistic emotions.

[@damonkinc]

That's why I like season 3 the best. I actually liked rodimus prime's challenges as a leader. He had a lot on his plate dealing with a insane deception leader, the quintessons, lead a much larger group of autobots. He had survivors guilt over Optimus prime. And becoming the leader in which he didn't choose to be. The matrix choose him to be the leader.

[@SuperLuis225]

​@damonkincaid74 not to mention he had to sign peace treaties, host the space Olympics and somehow be a battle hardened warrior like optimus. He's a great character

[@manicmidwife]

Also, SkyLynx is usually pretty restrained and mild mannered in how he handles himself. To see him angry...

[@Leadblast]

And then the rambunctious Slag surprisingly showing up leadership and tactician skills. You would NEVER have guessed that.

[@Alverant]

This is one of my favorite episodes. The animation, the story, the music, the lesson. Seriously, Grimlock finding the reverse switch taught me a life lesson about checking for the simple solution first. You'd be surprised at how often it works.

[@primalconvoy]

"Have you attempted to connect the main power cable with your electricity supply yet, Sir? Ok, now I would like you to move the switch to the 'on' position..."

[@daanvos194]

It was also to the side he overl9oked it

[@dirtmcgirt7125]

"Sir. Have you tried pressing 'any' key?"

[@manicmidwife]

I like to think that he retained some wisdom from 'Grimlock's New Brain'

[@manicmidwife]

Like the Return of Optimus Prime "The wisdom of the ages... it's lost!" "No, not lost... we're all a little wiser now"

[@isaned]

Ahh, that Moment when Grimlock was possibly the LAST TRANSFORMER ALIVE! And, I guess THIS wasn't their darkest hour? You had ONE JOB, Matrix of Leadership, and Grimlock did it for you. All Hail The Dinobot King!

[@themorningstar3254]

So was that the matrix? Before it went to a prime? Was the cave a manifestation of it? Why didn’t it alert Rodimus? Oh yeah it needed instincts.

[@ValiantWrestling]

It wasn't the Matrix, it was just the form Primacron's assistant took, he appeared as a robotic monkey type crreature in the flashback and on the planet and as a portal of light.

[@catiebellas]

@@ValiantWrestling its been confirmed that the 'assistant' was actually a form for Primus so it was the matrix.

[@acidmack1041]

​@@catiebellas confirmed by who? The creators of this episode who had that as part of the story in 1986 or by people who have added to the Transformers story years later?

[@catiebellas]

@@acidmack1041 it was stated by the Legends manga which then became cannon

[@ryanmason2502]

15:47 One of my favorite scenes as a kid. Ravage and Ramhorn turning in unison to attack. Always loved it when 'Bots and 'Cons teamed up.

[@dvdjkaufmn]

Till all are one.

[@toufas]

and the music at that point is SO good! I am 42 and i still remember it since i watched it when i was a kid!

[@JeremiahEcks777]

Shame it's the last shot we ever see with Ravage in US G1.

[@sakazukiakainu9749]

This episode marks the last appearance of the Dinobots, Trypticon, Ravage, Jazz, and Unicron in the western cartoon.

[@mcstabba]

Cool that good old Grimlock got to finish on a high note by saving everyone.

[@marcobaker1475]

I wonder why because I loved Jazz and the dinobots!!

[@athlonen]

@@marcobaker1475 Scatman Crothers (voice of Jazz) died before Season 3 even started.

[@reggiebrown9508]

I hated that season 3 the Dinobots was in Dino mode 90% of the time.

[@samuelwithers2221]

And Windcharger, apparently

[@jurassicking112]

at 14:03 i love how snarl is concerned for his leader and urges him to run faster it shows Snarl not only Cares about Grimlock as a Leader but a Friend

[@kagemusha168]

Grimlock trying to run as fast as his stubby legs can take him is cute.

[@alandrak3227]

also amaze how Sludge runs faster than Grimlock 😆

[@UToobUsername01]

@@kagemusha168 And yet he has rockets in his feet to fly around as we see him pursue Tornatron. hehe

[@Fauntleroy.]

The Dinobots love each other.

[@chrisedwards3214]

​@@Fauntleroy. swoop said in the comics dinobots fight together and die together Grimlock went out to look for a cure for nucleon cause slag went crazy in rg1

[@aggressiveattitudeera887]

Possibly the best drawn episode of the series.

[@diobrando7759]

Defintely for Season 3 atleast

[@alexgeorge501]

I agree, looks almost like an anime for the time

[@DireTribble]

Man I was just thinking the same thing.

[@chucksolo6617]

Facts!

[@prince_thomas]

That one badass shot of abominus

[@battleupsaber462]

G1 would be considered one of the greatest animated shows of all time if every epiosde had animation like this.

[@MarsGundam]

I agree, I think the studio who animated this either must of been great fans themselves or needed to impress an investor for their own idea.

[@FakeJake5843]

It still is tho

[@PrinceRawD]

They should have stuck with whoever animated these episodes for the entire run. More Than Meets The Eye 1-3 Heavy Metal War Roll For It Microbots Traitor Call Of The Primitives

[@mrbeggar76]

@@PrinceRawD His name is Nobuyoshi Habara. =)

[@eddiejoewalt7746]

epiosde =episode! this the reason why nobody take you serious!

[@IndolentNinja]

I like how the Decepticons accepted Skylynx as their leader, even panicking when he went down.

[@Hektols]

Sky Lynx was Predaking's rival, the Predacons had to combine to be consider their equal.

[@chrisedwards3214]

Might is right and the cons believe in that and sky lynx was the strongest among them and the most intelligent

[@daanvos194]

The most competent yielding the highest rank, i like it

[@theevilascotcompany9255]

@@Hektols Sky Lynx would tell you he is without rival.

[@chrisedwards3214]

@@theevilascotcompany9255 he was autobot lieutenant commander

[@Khaos768]

Not only is this episode visually stunning, but the soundtrack mix is the best in the whole series!

[@Eyeballpaul84]

100% and one of my favourite episodes

[@robotx9285]

Definitely a standout episode outta season 3.

[@Andrew-jf5dq]

Best episode ever

[@torie4Life]

The animation in this episode is top notch! Why couldn’t all the episodes be this beautiful?

[@DonMegaPLP]

Probably really really expensive

[@SpacedCobraIII]

Too expensive. Also doesn't help Transformers was losing popularity and had the budget cut for most of this season as well.

[@CinfamousM]

Original episode

[@georgeowain]

@@SpacedCobraIII Plus other studios were then later hired to complete episodes and meet deadlines.

[@dvdjkaufmn]

Up till season 3, they were spending money on writers. You can tell season 3 is when they hired a bunch of psychos, who were really good at art, but not writing. lol

[@sabishiihito]

Gotta love how vailant the Predacons were. "I would rather die fighting! To the end!"

[@jorgetomas380]

MAAAAAAN, that was so tough. To watch them stop and slide & take their stance.

[@chrisedwards3214]

Furmanism

[@CasualNickname]

They knew full well they didn’t stand a chance…and they didn’t care. Predaking is a warrior, and he died a warrior’s death.

[@bradz9413]

✊

[@superomegaprimemk2]

Grimlock always seems to steal the show when he on screen, hands down one of the best G1 characters of all time, simple minded, yet just funny to watch!

[@creoleDJ]

Kinda like the Transformers’ own version of The Hulk!😂

[@JasonTodd971]

Ugh he’s annoying AF Snarl and Swoop were more interesting to me But I like how they were so powerful

[@Hektols]

In the Marvel Comics Grimlock was as smart as the average transformer but very rude.

[@superomegaprimemk2]

@@Hektols True but I was refering to the Cartoon

[@quigonkenny]

"Good thing me, Grimlock, have hard head!"

[@MoonshineSazerac]

There's something so distinctive about these episodes post-Movie, the ones with Rodimus Prime, Galvatron, and the Quintessons. The music, the leitmotifs, the audio, the sound design. They're...unnerving, scary, sharp. They feel more...adult.

[@LexingtonDeville984]

16:02 - "He is right! Predacons UNITE!" Razorclaw echoing Headstrong’s badass sentiment to stand and fight rather than run, even if they go down in five seconds. The animation here is, hands down, the best in the entire G1 series.

[@chrisedwards3214]

That was a furmanism better to fight and die than live with the knowledge that I ran

[@Darthzilla99]

If nothing else, they unintentionally gave Grimlock more time to find the creator and save everyone. So this is the Predacons most heroic moment.

[@LexingtonDeville984]

@@Darthzilla99 True. This was the Predacons most badass moment.

[@tsm688]

but its so stupid they know guns just make it stronger lure it into a valley and topple something on it or just throw ffn rocks at it dinobots may be dumb but they're not stupid. They could do that.

[@LexingtonDeville984]

@@tsm688 It’s better to stand and fight rather than run. Look at the Mini Cassettes. All they did was run and pay the price. At least The Predacons, Terrorcons and Dinobots had the balls to face it, even if they all got drained.

[@usedtissuepaper42]

imagine if the entire series had been animated like this… we can only dream.

[@CjackProductions]

Omg the art alone would have possibly saved the series

[@DanielGannon2000]

It's like that this episode is the exact opposite of Carnage in C Minor when it comes to animation.

[@nooneofconsequence1251]

barely animated at all, really... typical for Japanese studios, though.

[@cianfoley3117]

Imagine if the 86 movie had the same animation style as this episode.

[@MatthewTheWolf2029]

True. We can only dream.

[@RenoEdits]

15:53 Respect for Headstrong and the Predacons right here.

[@chrisedwards3214]

That's one of Furman best lines I'd rather go out fighting or die fighting

[@kingstarscream3807]

@@chrisedwards3214 I think they've been saying that since ancient Sparta.

[@fabianrocha9924]

Well who wants to live forever right?

[@gutz1981]

Like a Fvcking Spartan!

[@akashgurung2308]

Honestly so nice Grimlock and the Dinobots got leave on a high note considering this is their last appearance.

[@br61499]

This is their last appearance in g1?

[@akashgurung2308]

@@br61499 yeah

[@Press_X_to_doubt]

but why?

[@Press_X_to_doubt]

but why?

[@akashgurung2308]

@@Press_X_to_doubt to replace older characters I'm pretty sure

[@marclewis5505]

I always liked how the solution to defeating Tornadron was so simple that Grimlock figured it out.

[@yerunti]

Probably the best animated episode of G1. Gorgeous! Thank you guys for uploading the entire G1 run!

[@StandingUpForBetter]

Agreed!

[@kjharris2973]

I said the same thing

[@Soundwave32791]

This has even better animation than the 1986 movie.

[@FakeJake5843]

@@Soundwave32791 ya probably

[@FakeJake5843]

This episode is gorgeous

[@sefronsuper]

"Now remember, before you do anything think 'is this what Sky lynx would do in my position?' and you will not go far wrong." damn it i love him

[@MrCat-zz5eo]

Good advice, Sky Lynx. Question though: if I was to hypothetically shell $200 on a rare Sky Lynx figure, is that what Sky Lynx would do?

[@sefronsuper]

@@MrCat-zz5eo if he wasn't broke then absolutely

[@MrCat-zz5eo]

@shenronsuper How dare you think the mighty Sky Lynx would be bankrupt! His Magnificence pays for itself in gracing all with its glory! ...though I do wonder if he really _does_ get paid.

[@sefronsuper]

@@MrCat-zz5eo lmaoo 'doubt it, the autobots started the whole war by forcing the miners into unpaid labor, they are GREEDY. I feel that Skylynx would honestly not even consider that he could be paid and just swoops in to save the day and tell everyone about how show-stopping he was.

[@MrCat-zz5eo]

@shenronsuper Wrong canon, that's One and IDW. G1 cartoon suggests that it was sadly inherent to the 'Cons, being derived from weapons platforms. (...admittedly One and Animated and IDW handled the motivations behind the 'Cons much better.)

[@IloveOtherPplsMsry]

Grimlock saved the universe by flipping a switch. Process that.

[@ericfisher1203]

send him to The White House

[@n1c704]

“YOU GOT THE TOUCH”

[@jimmyskwid9002]

The matrix of leadership: * reconsiders its decision on autobot leader*

[@manicmidwife]

What's more - he got it right first time, and in the previous recent episode Grimlock's New Brain he made many mistakes

[@gutz1981]

"I detest fleeing. I would rather die fighting!" "He is right. Predacons, unite." "Tordnadron, face PREADKING!!!! TO THE END!!!" That one of the most Spartan scene I have ever seen in a kids cartoon.

[@Karnage316]

One of the reasons Predaking was one of my favourites, Decepticon or not :D

[@PrinceRawD]

That was a great scene. Predaking instantly joined my fav Decepticons along with the Terrorcons after that scene

[@isaned]

And....dead.

[@Nergalsama01]

Yeah, the Predacons were kinda badass in this one.

[@kennethdemuchest3985]

I'm malfunctioning. Ejection is self activations.

[@JROfDoom]

"GRIMLOCK KNOW WHAT HE DOES!" has made me Crack up hysterically for over 30 years

[@ray1amuro350]

16:08 Predaking looks dope!

[@minicle426]

They make the Combiners look like a single robot here, as opposed to five blocks joined together.

[@PGHammer21A]

@@minicle426 The Predacons become the first Decepticon Head Masters in "Rebirth" - and keep Predaking as well.

[@rustymixer2886]

Except head looks wierd

[@Jryder933]

@@PGHammer21A That don't make any sense!!

[@CasualNickname]

@@minicle426 While not necessarily the intention, it kind of shows how the Predacons are different from most other combiners. They’re not an insane shrieking maniac like Menasor, or dumb as a brick like Bruticus. Predaking is well and truly his own bot, one perfect combination.

[@Kooster69]

For me, one of the best post-TF The Movie animated episodes.

[@Kooster69]

@v souvann What does one word response even mean?

[@blahdelablah]

@@Kooster69 It means "I agree completely".

[@TF80s]

I love the "Sweeps six and seven coming in for a strike"" line..it was the first time the script actually acknowledged that there were more than just three of them and that it wasn't just because of sloppy animation errors.

[@wefinishthisnow3883]

With the music and camera movement between the planets/moon, it was perfection. I would have loved to have seen something like that with Vince DiCola's themes in the real-life adaptations.

[@mrf19741]

Without question, the best drawn & animated episode of the G1 series. Not to mention one of my all-time favorites. Thank you for posting!

[@PGHammer21A]

Then you have NOT seen "Rebirth" yet - a four-parter and the genesis of the Head Master and Target Master subseries of each side. (Each side gets their biggest battle station as well - the Decepticon Head Master Scorponok and Autobot Headmaster Fortress Maximus.) Yes; that is none other than Spike WItwicky that is Fortress Maximus' secondary operator - and his SECOND turn as an Autobot (he is briefly one in "Autobot Spike" - his son Daniel is Arcee's secondary operator (for the same reason that Spike himself did his original temporary stint as an Autobot - medical issues). The relationship between Daniel and Arcee is right out of "The Girl Who Loved Powerglide" and the similar episode with Seaspray - both in Season Three. Two of my all-time favorite quotes are from "Rebirth" as well. "Two heads are better than one, Cy-CLOWNus!" - Daniel Witwicky - who then nearly turns the mentioned Decepticon into a colander. I get the quip-fu; that seems to be a Witwicky trait; but where the heck did Daniel learn how to operate laser weapons? Then comes Spike's followup - "Eat THIS, Decepticon slime!" - Spike Witwicky, before going full-tilt battlestation.

[@LegionesCataegis429]

@@PGHammer21A Just watched that one earlier, a quite nice ending for this series. If only the animation on those episodes were just as neat as this I would 100% agree with you.

[@mrf19741]

​@@PGHammer21A I've seen all of those episodes. BTW, Rebirth was a three-parter, not a four parter.

[@johndoe4880]

i love grimlock "smartest think he has ever Done" i love thats

[@jakekaufman8302]

How about when he created the technobots.

[@Soundwave32791]

This was most certainly the smartest thing he had ever done when he was dumb.

[@jamesbellefeuille2926]

Primacron must feel so utterly humiliated. Serves him right.

[@wreday720]

I really wish they blew this animation budget on Five Faces of Darkness and Dark Awakening instead, but I'm glad we were blessed with this incredible art anyway, it is honestly amazing

[@MatthewTheWolf2029]

Yeah. This episode has some pretty impressive art. Shame the rest of the show couldn't look this way.

[@IBlackE]

@@MatthewTheWolf2029 yeah it would have been cool if they used this art style for the rest of the show but I'm pretty sure it was more expensive.

[@MatthewTheWolf2029]

@@IBlackE I don't doubt that.

[@jsttv]

Nice to see all the primitives, and working together.

[@isaned]

You don't realize how many their are until you see this episode, and you pretty much figure out why the next logical step was Beast Wars.

[@n1c704]

They were my favorites.

[@agent_meister477]

All the Primatives, except for Laserbeak and Buzzsaw.

[@davidgi3]

@@agent_meister477I know right! Why weren’t they included I always wondered ? 🤔

[@ciaramikics9284]

This episode was the best drawn out of ALL of the G1 episodes!

[@thedragonslayer7294]

“Come now Snarl, Sweep, Swoop, and Slag.” 😂

[@CarsickPig]

That reverse switch always gets me every time!!!

[@David315842]

Oh boy, what an episode! Written by Donald F. Glut who wrote the novelisation to The Empire Strikes Back, he created a small monkey that nobody would take seriously. So it was up to Simon Furman to say "hold my lager" and practically made a new origin that even Japan preferred at the end of the day, LOL. Just goes to show that what may work for one sci-fi franchise, may not entirely work for another. Still, it was nice that most of the bestial Transformers at the time got a spot light episode. Now unto the animation, according to director Eiji Suganuma, this episode was assigned to Toei, however due to deadlines the animation had to be outsourced to others. Enter; Studio Look who took on the project, as well as some art students fresh out of art school; the International Animation Institute to be exact. That explains why we have a Viking head in space that's supposed to be Unicron's. Though some of the designs seen here, look practically like they were drawn by Masami Ōbari, or at least someone was inspired by his mecha designs. So it's possible Ashi may have also provided a bit of extra animation here, that would make sense as Toei would often outsource to Ashi during their productions of Seasons 1 and 2 of the show. (Thanks TFWiki for finally providing ACURATE information).

[@onetrackmind3558]

I love how the Beastformers left and joined together as united team. They accepted Skylynx to lead, of course with the cons might is right and even for Tripticons to obey him is interesting, same with the Predicons. It makes me wonder if we'll see this again, to see Volcanicus, Predicking, Abominis, Skylynx, Tripticon, Cassette Beastformers/Minicons, and Sharkicons in an ultimate fight to save the universe.

[@PatrickJFurlong-c6z]

Never heard the term Beastformers used before and I like it.

[@onetrackmind3558]

@@PatrickJFurlong-c6z basically a term for transformers with beast modes.

[@LURKLORD92]

18:41 this OST goes hard AF, they really was jamming in the 80s😎

[@RyansPlasticPlanet]

This is possibly the BEST episode of the entire series.

[@martinhudecek8886]

I prefer many... S3 has for example dark awakening even if it is retconned.

[@jsttv]

This and the return of Optimus Prime for me.

[@yehah]

There are many, Webworld is also good in S3; Masterbuilder from S2.

[@FakeJake5843]

Megatrons master plan is my personal favorite

[@Rocket1377]

No way. The animation is stunning, but the story is dreadful.

[@isaned]

It's also kinda horrifying when you realize their only weapons are all energy-based, and they are fighting Kremzeek 2.0 with the one thing that will make it more powerful. That's gotta suck. It would be like shooting something that absorbs and feeds off of lead from bullets and kinetic impacts.

[@daanvos194]

Though one of the terrorcons uaed rocks

[@primalconvoy]

It would be like shooting meat-pies at a fat kid.

[@rustymixer2886]

@@daanvos194 indeed, burying it might be only way try beat it

[@beastmaster0934]

It’d be like trying to use gasoline to put out a fire.

[@Suralin0]

@@daanvos194 Props to Hun-Grrr for trying something different, I guess.

[@technewsfortechnoobs]

I remember when this episode first aired when I was in school...even back then I appreciated how much better the animation was in a majority of this episode than almost the entire season.

[@ShaneJoshua1980]

The dialogue is really good you really get a sense of who each character is. If I had never seen the series and had my eyes closed you'd get a real sense from what they say and how they say it especially Springer and Rodimus

[@Seravee088]

Soundwave at 5:30. Most glorious animated moments for him in the G1 series. The colors also beautiful here not just the animation!

[@QuickMind]

I just noticed, even his door chest has a hinge never seen before, now that is detail!

[@nnthayer]

They even did his voice justice. With some other post-movie eps you can tell the sound guys didn't care

[@manicmidwife]

@@nnthayer yes I was going to say that the processing here is very nuanced

[@MinasTsambanis]

Season 3 was notorious for it's poor animation but daaaaawn, this one pays the bill quite terrific. Probably the most beautiful visuals i have ever seen in the series. And it is extremely akward that this animation was never used again, even when the series went full japanese.

[@grantoden8242]

at 16:11 Predaking is simultaneously drawn really well and really badly lol

[@MrDEMarq]

...Budget?

[@Launchpad05]

@@backfandangoX Other people though it was Sunrise that did the animation. Though this is near TMS level quality.

[@porkflaps4717]

Agreed, but even the AKOM episodes add to the legendary charm of the series

[@Launchpad05]

@@porkflaps4717 Akon's animation can be painful to watch sometimes. They only do passible work if a studio like Warner Bros. pushes them to go beyond their limits.

[@jonlee8819]

The music choreography is awesome.

[@UToobUsername01]

This episode has an epic feeling to it like the animators wanted to make it into a high quality movie. Notice the clean lines and panel-lining all across Trypticon at 11:11 which was unecessary but was done anyway? It reminds me of early episode of SDF Macross with all the details on the VF-1 drawn in to convince you its a real spacecraft and not a kid's cartoon version of one. They could have made a direct-to-video animated movie using this episode as a base. If they had remade G1 with this quality that would have been awesome.

[@UToobUsername01]

@@rickdavis32 The 1980s was the anime boom. If you like the detailed anime look of this episode, please look for "Bubblegum Crisis" (the dark and gritty 80s version not the 90s one - think of the 80s one as Terminator 1 level of darkness). It has a blade runner style universe and some great animation from the 1980s with lot of mechanical detail and lineart in the still drawings. Whenever a scene has a lot of still objects that don't move they use the opportunity to give a really high level of detail in the objects themselves and it ends up looking really cool. Mechs that were once toyish looking becomes these highly complex multipart structures that have internal details and more shading and definition. The Macross Movie "Do you Remember Love" is a great example of what happens when you get a high level of detail + high level of animation frames when there is a tons of money thrown at a project. Now imagine if Hasbro took the "Macross Do you Remember Love?" approach to transformers and made an anime that looked like it came from the 1980s and had large budget. Fans would lose their shit! Although I understand that 3D is the thing these days I miss that grity hand-drawn looks of the 1980s mecha animes like Macross where there is a level of realism that gives it a lived-in look to it. IE high amount of shading and tone, with high mechanical details and smooth motion. (if its a movie - usually tv series only has high detail if the animation is still in that scene due to lower budget)

[@lambda494]

Studio Look and Studio OX alums animated this. Very stylized work, probably the best of the series

[@JinzoCrash]

Are they related to Tokyo Movie Shinsha? Because it took me and my brother by surprise, in a "Bionic Six / Mighty Orbots" opening kind of way. (We were delightfully confused. lol).

[@kirongauff4934]

Springer's one liners and jokes are always funny to hear. 5:02😂🤣

[@rah7866]

You can tell the Japanese studio did these episodes the artwork is so much more Crisp Also Predaking is such a Boss no fear true warrior! Slag brief leadership and plan was brilliant as Dinobots go

[@tdtellem]

Very cool how Grimlock saved the day... I think about how, if Wheeljack were still around, he would've most likely invented something to beat the monster... And technically, he did. 😁😁😁❤️❤️❤️😁😁

[@mrefromninjago7665]

That's a way of putting it.

[@Launchpad05]

This is one of the best looking episodes of season 3. I wish the rest of season 3 looked this good.

[@TheCastellan]

10:30 interesting how Tornitron took the shape of the Primarcon assistant. I also think the assistant is Primus. I also feel BOTH Unicron origins could be mixed.....after Unicron was put in his asteroid prison, he, using his mental power, looked for a being, or beings, who could help free him. It probably took eons, but he found Primarcron, and through dreams and visions, nudged him to get the inspiration to go to the asteroid Unicorn was trapped in and to begin the process of converting it into a large, machine body. Primus, seeing this, probably was able to control, or convince the Primarcon assistant to intervene....possibly to take the device that would become the matrix, and use it to make it a gateway to the matrix/all spark, and as a device that can kill Unicron. Primus probably saved the Primacron assistant from destruction in return. I THINK, there was a manga about Primacron made in the 80's or 90's, The Universe of Primacron, I believe it was called.

[@catiebellas]

Yes!!! Love this comment. It was later written in that the assistant was actually Primus from when they had the 'only one Unicron and one Primus for every universe' story before the aligned continuity

[@TheCastellan]

@@catiebellas Oh, neat. :)

[@Cretaceous158]

My theory is Primacron and the Quintessons created Primus and Unicron, as Unicron was shown to have also have been made by Quintessons in a Hasbro Pulse stop motion, and we know the Quintessons created the transformers

[@mervstash3692]

This was my favourite episode as a kid. Love the different animation

[@JNPollard]

Man 80s cartoons hit different than any other time period.

[@frankmitchell5128]

It's arguably the best drawn episode since the movie! This is probably 90% of the comments 🤣

[@marclewis5505]

Call Of The Primitives is the best drawn episode of season 3 in my opinion. It looks almost like anime.😎

[@StandingUpForBetter]

Awesome! This was one of my favorite episodes ever back in the day. Even back then I could tell the quality of animation was something special. It was like watching Transformers the Animated Movie at home. Thanks Hasbro Pulse! BTW all these episodes look fantastic in HD. Does that mean an HD Blu-ray set will be coming soon? Keep up the great work and thanks for the memories!

[@brianretz1701]

This is one of my favorite episodes. Very well done artwork.

[@FakeJake5843]

If only all of season 3 was animated like this

[@MarcoSilva-jj6xo]

I love the predacons so much, headstrong turning around saying he'd rather die fighting then razorclaw acknowledging gives me goosebumps. Such a great episode

[@mrefromninjago7665]

Agreed

[@FullMetalLuffy]

This episode is my entire childhood, thank you random early 90s bootleg VHS

[@Prime_76]

Gotta love Sky Lynx he is so damn arrogant. But this is one of the best episodes

[@Penfold101]

For some reason, the only episode given to a different animation studio (one that could actually draw) and the most amazing looking one in all of G1 (apart from when Predaking disassembles…) Luckily this was the first episode I bought on VCR, and came with The Girl Who Loved Powerglide…

[@nitramskimada8964]

Best episode of the G1 series. I recorded it on Beta cassette and watched it so much that i ruined the tape. I Prolly seen this episode hundreds of times.

[@VengadorDorado91]

ohh, this is the famous "anime AF-looking" episode, nice!

[@wefinishthisnow3883]

This episode was the best episode of all Transformers ever made and could/should have been a second movie. From the opening with Vince DiCola's attack theme playing as the swoops passed between planets/moons declaring they were coming in for a strike, to the introduction of Tornedron - easily the most powerful 'transformer' in all Transformer universes, getting to see some great battles, combiners, getting the 'primatives' together, to ending with the humour of Grimlock. It just had everything I ever wanted in an episode.

[@thehellobandwiscthehelloba7655]

15:54 balls, beyond balls, a true warrior with honor and courage

[@mew19forever]

This episode is beautifully animated and one of my favorites! Sky Lynx is my favorite Autobot of all time and he really shines here. ^^

[@moatguy4471]

20:24-33 Me Grimlock think that is smartest thing I ever done! LOL Grimlock's last line and laugh in the G1 show was a great way to leave his legacy.

[@dallas2vabeach]

Galvatron cracks me up! "GET BACK HERE DESERTEEEEER!" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@gryndkor]

Easily one of the best and a personal favourite episode from S3

[@zenjii1]

Such great animation in this episode. I only wish more episodes of season 3 were done with this animation studio!!!

[@WarhawkBeyond2040]

The best animated Transformers episode ever and visually the most beautifully drawn

[@raymondj.2351]

This episode was visually as close to the animation drawings on the TV Commercials, Transformers Rebirth should have finished off Season 4 looking just like this or looking the same way it did for the episodes on the Return of Optimus Prime; that would have been phenomenal.

[@Dr.JHIrons]

Watched this episode ages ago and loved it… @15:53 straight gangsta!

[@Deka4891]

This episode had so many memorable and fantastic Grimlock quotes!😂👏🏼. Gregg Berger killed it in this one!!

[@jetsal4297]

Best line in Transformer, 15:52 Headstrong: "I detest fleeing! I would rather die fighting!" Razorclaw: "He is right! Predacons, unite!" Predaking: "To the end!"

[@CasualNickname]

It didn’t matter that they didn’t stand a chance, the Predacons are _warriors,_ and they’re gonna die fighting like warriors.

[@jetsal4297]

@@CasualNickname warriors to the end!

[@JohnMichaelson]

One of the silliest voice errors was in this one when the voice calls to the Dinobots, "Come Snarl, Sweep, Swoop, and Slag." Who the hell is Sweep? You mean Sludge.

[@alexodium9944]

I really wish both Headmasters and Masterforce are animated like this too. The delicious proportions and effects always remind me of Machine Robo and Zeta Gundam

[@porkflaps4717]

YES! Thank you Hasbro Pulse for putting up season 3 !!!

[@seanbrown2697]

Seeing Overkill and Slugfest really confused me as a kid; wasn’t till many years later that I learned who they were.

[@thegreattreon0177]

I had them as a kid. They came together in a 2 pack back in the day

[@charlesdavis7285]

It was their only appearance I believe.

[@chrisedwards3214]

@@charlesdavis7285 yes it was why they never popped up in headmasters or the og comics is beyond my understanding

[@charlesdavis7285]

@@chrisedwards3214 Remember seeing their file in the back of one of the original G1 comics but that's it.

[@SoundsofDecay]

This was always my favourite one, the animation still looks stunning today. Shame the rest were rarely this pretty.

[@jpdunphy1]

Yes, it's, WOW, 35 stinking years later. But, looking at episodes like this, and comparing this animation and soundtrack to most of the absolute turd festival that was the cut rate animation and recycled music of season 3, one can't help even in 2021 to wonder "what if" Sunbow, Hasbro, whomever involved had ponied up a bit more dough to make sure the entire season was this interesting visually and aurally.

[@jsttv]

First appearance of Overkill, & Slugfest.

[@athlonen]

I think this was the only appearance of Overkill and Slugfest..

[@Jryder933]

@@athlonen It is, because Slugfest, and Overkill never appeard again after this episode. I wish they would have made more appearance's though.

[@MatthewTheWolf2029]

Also, gotta love how detailed the animation is in this episode! Seems like a lot of genuine effort was put into this one! But production values aside, I really enjoyed this episode. Because this battle was VERY CLOSE. The Transformers almost lost the battle against a monster twice as dangerous as Unicron, and Grimlock saved the day! Cheers for Grimlock!

[@TheHumbleFellow]

5:41 Hi Slugfest and Overkill! Bye Slugfest and Overkill!

[@Fauntleroy.]

Slugfest appears two more times: in the crowd shot at 5:48 and when everyone is backing away at 14:58, so I can only assume Overkill is with him. But I do wish we'd seen them more. They should've been able to talk like Ramhorn did IMO.

[@Antilluminati]

the animation is very dynamic looking in this episode. Top notch work.

[@johnoconnell5004]

I'm gonna be honest: I like it better when Unicron is a god of chaos and Primus' rivial than him being created by an alien scientist. Also I keep forgetting that Sky Lynx is the douchebag of the Autobots.

[@adambowman5964]

This episode was one of my favorites. It had some awesome animation.

[@gutz1981]

How ironic that Grimlock was crushed by another T-Rex transformer.

[@isaned]

"clever girl...."

[@kentlangres2879]

prometheus school of running away fails again

[@primalconvoy]

In some continuities, Trypticon is a kaiju-bot.

[@Rodsuper]

One of the best animation in G1 season 3 and Transformers lore!!!

[@josiaharaki7310]

It's insane that the best animated G1 Episode has the most insane and nigh-incomprehensible plot. Weird monkey man shows up with giant Kremzeek, claims he built Unicron, his robot assistant turns into the matrix, then Grimlock switches not-kremzeek from suck to blow.

[@MichaelVincentGChua]

Yeah I notice that this particular episode of season 3 has better animation than the rest of season 3 episodes, maybe even better than the 1986 movie. XD

[@complex37]

I took 2yrs to make the Transformers 86' Movie ,and the animation is WAAAAAAYYYYYY better than this episode and even though the art style animation is great, it's second rate animation .

[@myriadmediamusings]

Probably not the best origin story for Unicron. You can see why most later on not only prefer to use something more akin to the Marvel Comics origin, but also retroactively declare that the assitant of Primacron was the G1 cartoon version of Primus.

[@leo11lim]

In the Japanese g1 timeline primus, primacron’s assistant and vector sigma/oracle are the same character.

[@lordblu4316]

I know this is going to be an unpopular opinion, but I prefer this origin to the "mad god" origin from the comics. It's way less complicated and convoluted.

[@OneNationUnderPug]

Yeah it seems the implications was that The assistant was responsible for the cybertronian race gaining sentience in the first place.

[@TheCastellan]

@@lordblu4316 Same here.

[@DougZbikowski]

I like the “We ran short on story so let’s have a commercial for new toys at the end…” 😂

[@Penfold101]

They had these at the end of most episodes

[@anthonyhaas4610]

I loved the history lessons At the end of season 3 episodes . In the days of Megatron .

[@snesfan8935]

Studio OX inspired art and I love it! So much details in designs.

[@optimussurvivor9347]

The remix of the soundtrack sounds....."galvanized" 😆

[@victorysaber1608]

This episode was so good. A creature far greater than any transformer. Even the planet. And it just about destroys the entire universe. And then grimlock pulls a lever, problem solved... cartoon logic.

[@Rockabillyman26]

2:32 Windcharger lives, 2:34 Jazz and Bumblebee