Infamous G1 Animation Errors (And What Caused Them)

[@KRBrickBot]

Even as kids pointing out the errors was a fun thing to do.

[@SixshotRevan]

5:50 There was a parody years ago where Megatron noticed Soundwave's purple Autobot symbol, and then Soundwave started flipping through faction symbols to find his Decepticon one again. My favorite part was when he reached the Predacon symbol and said "getting warmer".

[@Democracylover710]

Do you remember what it’s called?

[@henry605]

What is it called?

[@OptimusPhillip]

21:15 You call that an error, I call it a rare appearance of Cyclonus's Armada.

[@KRBrickBot]

When there’s a visual fiction slip-up there’s gotta be an in-universe explanation, like Vector Prime says they are blips of reality-bending anomalies from various locations in the cartoon.

[@Cdr2002]

6:06 Sky Lynx would have a shattered glass Decepticon symbol from time to time

[@DarthBoardBVE]

While it might be test footage, what’s actually happening with the missing face plates is that they were on a different cell from the figures, likely so that the face plates could move when they talk without having to redraw the entire figure just for the face plate movement. Ultimately, the animation was shot with the overlay cells of the face plates missing. Whether that was early footage that did not get reshot in full, I can’t say, but it’s not like it was an effect that would have been comped in later. It was just a missing cell layer in the shot.

[@Roboshi2007]

or they miss-layered the cells so the faceplate was under the face rather than over it.

[@DarthBoardBVE]

@@Roboshi2007 with the rush they were under to make season 2, it is possible.

[@amwfan88]

My favorite animation error in Five Face of Darkness comes in (I think) Part 5, where Sky Lynx, Blurr and Wheelie are tossing the transforming cog back and forth. Wheelie grabs it, laughs, then turns and screams, "Oh no!" when he sees a line of Decepticons. But several of them are the Insecticons, who are supposed to be dead (I never bought that explanation that they were clones). I always joke that Wheelie was saying "Oh no!" not because of the Decepticons, but because half of them were zombies.

[@s.p.d.magentaranger1822]

I mean, if I was faced with a horde of zombies, I would say "Oh no!" Maybe more...

[@medafan53]

The best 'combiner shows up with his components' error you missed, when a group of decepticons all borded Blast Off to escape a battle... including Bruticus, who is somehow smaller than his own arm, which is also still in place. Also the Rebirth Part 3 error does help my argument that Goldbug should get a distinct separate mold to Bumblebee, since we can see here, while a similar transformation scheme, they are two notably different character models.

[@Roboshi2007]

one animation error that ended up being quite important was the time Jetfire/skyfire was coloured in Skywarp colours. This became the basis for his shattered glass design.

[@jackofallclaws6672]

Not to mention that Blitzwing being a Decepticon again is probably the most famous animation errors…and I’m surprised that TJ didn’t mention them.

[@MidAsher23]

15:39 “Crash? SHOOooot, I’m the world’s best backwards driver! Just watch this right here, lover boy”

[@kallethen9389]

What I think is crazy is that I don't remember us noticing all the errors when watching the G1 cartoon back in the day. Or if we did, we just basically ignored them.

[@JRJohnson1701]

21:19 - there's where Cyclonus's Armada went!

[@trustyourforce4041]

In Beast Wars, they had Rattrap's original body at Dinobot's funeral.

[@Alverant]

I liked when in Rebirth 3 the neublons exo-suits were done as their Autobot partners only to be taken off and fixed a split-second in.

[@Hyren_Seris2000]

21:16 Cyclonus... the warrior... and his armada.

[@philipjohnston5822]

Let's not forget when Skyfire had a red Decepticon insignia!

[@hotwheelsbrothers687]

And imagine that was on his Siege toy,

[@Waspinator1998]

Perceptor had one too in an episode, if I recall.

[@TheSharkKing45]

Post "Timelines: Invasion" shenanigans occurring in the cartoon universe

[@philipjohnston5822]

@@Waspinator1998 WAZZPINATOR RULEZZ!!

[@Jason_Rocket]

Toddler-sized Ratchet cracks me up everytime I see it.

[@kingdareth09]

Big boy sized Ironhide 🗿🗿🗿

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

And it’s official now. Buy a Core Class Ratchet and a Voyager Ironhide!

[@SpaceGarfieldboi777]

Imagine big sized Bumblebee lmao

[@zoltanperei4789]

21:21 That's Cyclonus and his Armada.

[@DarkdustDragon]

The crowd shot at 20:28 would have been a great time to point out Blast Off's messee up character model that colours his forehead as his visor, giving him a messed up face

[@Melrrian]

12:25 Another animation error; the interactable buttons overlaying the background buttons on the computer.

[@samhill2874]

did not expect this video to start with some gangster shit ngl

[@OverseerXIII]

In the '86 movie, Unicron is placed incorrectly when he approaches Lithone, making him look super tiny and just hovering above buildings instead of being planet-szied and approaching from space

[@thecondiffs]

why does it seem I'm the only one to notice that they messed up and showed the same clip twice in a row in the very first EP when the the Autobots prepared for battle when the Decepticons were boarding the Ark I believe it was supposed to show the Decipticons in the Nemesis but it showed the same Ark clip instead

[@JRJohnson1701]

20:54 - I think we should get a special Octane repaint in these colors, and a Snarl repaint in Rodimus's colors!

[@Shadrach92]

All those coloring errors you’d think Nel Yomtov was in charge.

[@Captain_Timezone]

20:58 beast wars hotrod

[@brentsimard977]

Wow. You blew my mind with that Springer in Kup colors error. I never noticed that

[@jackofallclaws6672]

What’s funny is that the Rodimus Dinobot error actually works.

[@RockinRhinox]

In the "SOS DInobots" example it's not only Prime that is all blue all of the Autobots that are chanied up are blue. I'm pretty sure that is intentional because that's their way of showing that the energon chains are draining the Autobot's energies.

[@s.p.d.magentaranger1822]

This is what's great about G1: Ever feel down, you can just turn it on and laugh your head off at the absurdity of it all.

[@Benjamin0119]

Those animation errors are classic. It happened so many times with the Seekers. Haha I also didn't notice the season 3 title error for so long. I always thought that was just Kup. 🤣 Oh Five Faces of Darkness is an awesome series of episodes for the story, but that Decepticon crowd shot is HILARIOUS! The Snarl colored as Rodimus is the best.

[@robrice7246]

I know there's a fan website that's dedicated to OG characters based on animation errors (forgot the name and link though). Wondering if the WFC/Legacy design team might reference them?

[@haydenreviewscustomcombos]

1:57 squid-imus prime. Because he looks like Squidward thanks to this animation error.

[@shoestringscifi]

Kup driving backward was just a senior moment.

[@goemonbeatsnaruto]

one of the famous errors is fight or flee when bruticus talking to galvatron like it meant be cyclonus while combaticons were out and about

[@noahasencio8589]

My favorite drining game is taking a shot for every animation mistake. My best is two episodes.

[@s.p.d.magentaranger1822]

How about with a non-alcoholic beverage?

[@TheSharkKing45]

11:35 i normally chalk up the Blue prime to *not* actually be Optimus, but either Delta Magnus or Magna Convoy.. (Both blue Prime repaints)

[@GardeniaCreations]

That tiny Bruticus is kind of adorable though

[@seatspud]

It's Action Master Bruticus! (Hope someone remembers Action Master Devestator)

[@VZMkII]

I wonder if the cause of the all blue Optimus was because they had only had access to the Diaclone Ultra Magnus (the Prime figure was all blue there).

[@Alverant]

I blamed it on water washing out their color.

[@klipsfilmsmelbourne]

Audio error in g1 cartoon soundwave voice had normal voice said excellent ravage and s3 galvatrons voice audio error whenever galvatron try to revert back to megatron voice

[@lanternshaven]

I, Optimus prime refuse to use the door of this space shuttle. But, I shall phase through it.

[@SpaceGarfieldboi777]

Lmao

[@death_reaver6638]

6:01 Perceptor was actually shown with a red decpticon symbol on his chest during his debut episode where he and a few of the minibots shrunk down and went inside megatron

[@twistedyogert]

21:34 Attack of the Clones

[@Envy1359]

For how bizarre Transformers G1 is and how many errors it has makes it even more hilarious in my opinion LMAO. I love it! XD

[@thisisbadcomedy5156]

To be honest at first the wildrider colored like Scourge almost looked like that new female decepticon junkion character lol.

[@mattr75]

Beast Wars had a notable animation error in Code of Hero with Rattrap

[@thisisbadcomedy5156]

21:35 now I know where Cyclonus' armada went lol.

[@Warppig]

Pretty sure sky lynx repeatedly had a decepticon symbol, but I think his animation model might actually be to blame for that - it's rumoured that he was originally to be a decepticon and the predaons autobots.

[@p.g89]

A blue Optimus was done in Japan as magna convoy

[@CarnoReviews]

When it comes to autobots having decepticon symbols, bumboebee had one for a few frames in tfa. Ik this video is about g1 but i find its wirth noting. Its in the cinstructicins secind episode btw (cant remember the name)

[@SuperGamefreak18]

the monster truck bumblebee looks like an attempt at making a low angle shot and keep spike in the window but it didnt turn out....right

[@Teddy-ev1zo]

😮what about the scene in season 3 when they show the ending credits and kup look like he is dancing or jerking his arm in a disturbing manner.

[@Nsinger998]

4:02 - We are Starscream for we are legion!

[@Lazrael32]

Everyone talks about G1 errors, but i would genuinely be interested in seeing errors from across the franchise. (though topping Carnage in C minor is probably impossible).

[@jackofallclaws6672]

Oh hey, Rodimus Primal IS in G1!

[@HypercatZ]

Another common G1 mistake was Devastator's eyes flip-flopping from separate eyes to a visor. My guess is that the official cartoon design has a visor while the toy and it's box artwork had separate eyes, leading artists to confusion. Speaking of eyes, blue eyes Starscream was another common mistake and it's hilarious because we know the guy is not trustable at all, so it fits his personality to look like an autobot for some frames. And, let's be honest, he looks pretty handsome with blue eyes.

[@scorpioproductions7068]

Honestly a toyline that is just animation errors would be hilarious & brilliant.

[@plantainsame2049]

I'm surprised solid blue Optimus prime isn't sold all the time As a stealth mode

[@scorpioproductions7068]

@@plantainsame2049 I mean it's essentially the Nightwatch repaint from the movie toyline

[@WindigoTP]

Springer colored as Kup just blew my mynd to shreds...

[@mrheroprimes]

I'll be honest I don't think that was an animation error in SOS Dino Bots. Because when wheeljack repowers them back up they get their regular color schemes back so I think the colors being screwed up is deliberate because it's supposed to represent them being depowered from getting soaked.

[@Teddy-ev1zo]

What about that episode where sideswipe is standing next to Megatron at deception base, or the one in season one where Megatron is levitating. And the one in search for vector sigma where I think one of the airealbots are flying with the deceptions I think, Im not sure about that one, and five faces of darkness episode 4 where one of the airealbots scene standing with decepticons.

[@oliverhendrix8176]

They should make subline that’s just animation errors paint jobs on figures.

[@Lanier2369]

I love that shot of the decepticons from the beginning of FFOD with Galvatron and the predicon when they weren't supposed to be there.... The smiles that most of the decepticons have are so bizarre. Especially the predicon (sorry, drawing a blank of his name at the moment for some reason) and Motormaster since they are front and center the most so it's especially glaring. Lol

[@shawnkarg3794]

Watching the G1 series as a kid, sure, some of the errors were obvious. However, the color scheme/character model thing in Season 3 seemed to be an effort to fill out the ranks, much like they did with all those unnamed seekers in the first season. But no, it was all about laziness, cheap production, and no one worrying about the continuity.

[@TJOmega]

In season 1 when they had to fill crowds it was because they had about 10 Decepticons to work with at times, they had no choice. By season 3 you had dozens of Decepticons, around 50 by my count, so they had no excuse for not having enough characters to fill shots.

[@shawnkarg3794]

@@TJOmega Right? Again, that was my take as a kid watching season 3 in 1986/87. I didn't get around to rewatching until the 2014 DVD release.

[@prismstar438]

There was a pretty major error in "Revenge of Bruticus", where Onslaught says "Combaticons, merge into Bruticus!", but Vortex was animated for that shot.

[@plantainsame2049]

Slanted front Prime Looks like he's midway Scanning a long nose truck

[@TFGourmet]

I pressed the "like" btn, at the beginning of the video, because I knew this was going to be a good one!!!! LOL

[@katsomeday1]

Animation errors are why I can subscribe to the Brawn didn't die in the movie theory. 😁

[@PagesOfSun]

I wonder if there's an episode of the G1 cartoon with NO animation errors?

[@havokan45]

Hound was there to when Hot Rod busted the Road Block and seen getting off Primes Shuttle . Atlantis Arise the first time it aired was a 2 parter here it cut off right before the monument was about to fall the second part had the Dinobots in it more and fish man talked to Wheeljack more and hinted it wasn't the first time his people came a cross Transformers . Blasters open chest kind of looks like the inside of a old tape deck but upside down.Wonder if the Combiner errors could have been the show the Combiner and they split up and the Combiner still stuck in the scene

[@RichLuciano1]

Potential Mandela effect, but I thought the larger image of Prime with the Washington Monument was supposed to be Grimlock because he came in with an assist.

[@hotwheelsbrothers687]

Bruh. I’d love to have animation error Optimus prime toys!!!

[@wyrmofvt]

21:37 Cyclonus: "Finally, my armada!"

[@trapjaw7253]

The most beautiful episodes was call of the primitives, im sure there are errors in it , but so well done none the less.

[@ravennoir7474]

Perceptor had a deception symbol in almost every episode

[@haydenreviewscustomcombos]

I wouldn’t mind if Hasbro started canonizing animation errors like this as G1 Cybertronian alternate modes four characters that didn’t appear with one in the first episode.

[@thefirstguyjaek255]

I was thinking that too. Or similar to how Bandai dropped a version of Vegeta in that orange/brown/yellow Saiyan Armor so just some funky repaints would be cool

[@chrismaturino7938]

Now I want that animation error optimus prime cybertronian truck toy😂😂

[@bumbleprime7713]

SAMEEE buzzworthy bumblebee Origins Optimus Prime when hasbro?

[@Nephalem2002]

Blue Prime feels like they were predicting Ultra Magnus back in his Diaclone Days.

[@flameusprime5332]

you want an example of an autobot wearing a decepticon logo the episode Microbots Perceptor had a red decepticon logo in it

[@Gaming_Nerd1993]

This idea could possibly take a year to go over every single error within TF G1.

[@hotwheelsbrothers687]

Imagine that OPs gotten an origins toy in Buzzworthy! 8:07. 15:33 that could be a good commander class figure.

[@krimsonklaww611]

Nosimus Prime would be a great patron name for TJ to have to say.

[@Transfixed]

This was a fun one. And there is an example of Perceptor briefly sporting a Decepticon symbol. Traitor!

[@NerdRahtio]

I have wanted a Snarlimus Prime every since he was pointed out. I would love a future Walmart line or other “capsule series” to focus on errors.

[@mikeburkhart8336]

In a "Prime Problem" Windcharger had both a Red Autobot AND Decepticon symbol that switched almost in the same series of frames.

[@AJUniverse]

I want someone to take all of these errors as canon and then build lore around how they are all possible.

[@someonewhocommentsonyoutub3779]

As for Autobots sporting a Decepticon logo, it was far rarer but there was an episode where I spotted Kup sporting a Decepticon logo, wish I could remember which episode it was though

[@powerrangerkid16]

Hey, I found cyclonus's armada

[@OptimusPhillip]

I believe there was one instance of Perceptor having a Decepticon symbol in the episode Microbots.

[@Toastman30K]

I heard some people claim that some colouring errors were fixed before episodes aired, (for example the 2 starscreams in heavy metal war), but when they were planning to bring out the episodes in HD in boxsets and the like, the cassettes they used to get the episodes were from before they did colouring fixes, thus the HD versions have *more* errors than their televised counterparts. I dunno if this is true but its kinda funny

[@Mia-gamin-616]

I would love a series of this for all the shows, at least the 2d animated ones

[@Titanhomemovies]

Shlockticon Noun Definition- "New Character just dropped what the hell do we name him"

[@warehog3000]

Akom why does that name sound familiar...OH right Batman the Animated Series!

[@s.p.d.magentaranger1822]

(Growls) Cat Scratch Fever...

[@Captain_Timezone]

What about the scene where ultra magnus transformed like optimus prime

[@darthdmc]

In a series 2 episode, Devastator is mirrored, since Mixmaster becomes the right leg instead of the left. Of course AKOM did all the series 2 episodes with the constructicons.

[@ShadowWingTronix]

Clearly the duplicates were the Decoys with more than one color. Also you missed one of the worst animation errors: Sideswipe's character model hanging out with the Decepticons. I'm wondering if some of the off-models were attempts at attempts to animate movement, like the stretch & squash technique, or in the Bumblebee's case a bad attempt at a dramatic angle?

[@ctshaffer1999]

Looking back, I’m starting to wonder if any animation “errors” in Transformers Animated were actually just G1 references…

[@ryanewald9740]

I think there is one shot where sideswipe is working on a computer in the decepticon base, but not only they show him from the front, I think the next scene shows him from behind sitting at the computer.

[@towzone]

It’s amazing the crap you can produce when you just don’t care.

[@Yojimbo16]

I just noticed one of the duplicate Starscream has one more segment on his chest than the other one.