KITT's FIRST-Ever Epic TURBO BOOST | Knight Rider

Buckle up for a heart-pumping scene of Knight Rider! In this thrilling installment, watch as KITT unleashes its full potential with the first-ever epic Turbo Boost, launching Michael into the air and leaving jaws dropped in its wake.
From Knight Rider season 1 episode 1 "Knight of the Phoenix": Michael Knight, fully healed, seeks revenge on the electronics-industry saboteurs who killed his partner.
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[@TheMJKnight]

This scene is legendary. Both Michael & KITT were put to the test and they succeeded with flying colors

[@tthomaselli2]

MJ Knight- Agreed--on all counts.

[@Notoproject2025]

No, kitt was damaged and had to be towed at the end of the episode.

[@bohoward8945]

@@Notoproject2025 Kitt and Michael passed the mission though.

[@alexpowers5117]

I saw flying colors once well it was more like floating or hovering it was not really clear

[@SMD2x]

​@MrRedFace we watch the same episode?

[@Chemdawg2009]

The first episode set the tone for the series. As a 12 year old boy, KITT was the car every kid (and a few adults) wanted to own. The amazing thing is that a few of the more grounded features KITT had eventually became reality in actual cars.

[@vinayaswath8962]

What made this such a great pilot was the fact that Michael was shot and left for dead but ultimately got his revenge on the individual who tried to kill him. "Knight of the Phoenix" indeed...raised up from near death to right the wrong...couldn't be more poetic!

[@nilanjangupta763]

Well put together.

[@jamescity1160]

That's how I feel about my life now.

[@Yeti_Sign]

How could 9 people dislike this? This is classic. This is Speed Racer in the 80's. Love the Hoff.

[@JesseKnight2000]

You have to understand this some pll on KZbin here just Love to do hit dislike that is the thing they like to do

[@Muryohken]

Orbiting Gravity those were criminals who operate above the law ;)

[@Zoras88]

they were rooting for Tanya

[@chrisreimer]

Thank goodness they've hidden dislikes now. People just crazy

[@phoenixblack1220]

This was a fantastic pilot! The music was great, and KITT’s sound effects were amazing!

[@MrJavid870]

It s remind me my childhood time.. That was 1980........we was waiting for 7 days every episode....

[@indrajeet]

Epic soundtrack, combining opera, 70s music and the then emerging synthesizer.

[@XB10001]

What? This was the pilot? That's pretty good indeed!

[@phoenixblack1220]

@@XB10001 it was actually two pilots if you are a die hard fan. This episode was a 20 minute movie pitched to the various networks, and when NBC picked it up, they added a ton more footage to it to make the two hour pilot that we got to see. That is why KITT’s front nose changes throughout the episode.

[@XB10001]

@@phoenixblack1220 I had no idea. I did notice the front changes when I was a kid, but I have only seen bits and pieces since. For the longest time, I did not want to rewatch Knight Rider, for fear it would.not have aged well. You see TV shows differently as a kid.

[@paulscott2037]

The pilot had a grittyness to it that I never really felt in much of the rest of the show. Yes you still had KITT but it felt very grounded somehow.

[@Squicx]

That's what I thought. I wish they kept going with this tone

[@cutesyprincess14]

It really sucks that the show got more light-hearted because parents be complaining about "Gun violence" 😆

[@Squicx]

@@cutesyprincess14 Knight Rider coulda gone in the dark direction Miami Vice was but I guess it delivered some very iconic moments with how it went

[@mattlinkous4356]

@@SquicxI don’t think it would have gone quite that dark but they could have kept going with this more dramatic tone to the adventures and still have allowed for some humor and levity just as this pilot did.

[@KilliK69]

S2 was darker and more serious compared to the others. that's why it's considered the best in the series.

[@ptertaintv]

I love this Knight Rider pilot episode. It was at the time it aired, and even to this very day your reading this message absolutely fantastic. Lots of modern TV shows throw in filthy language, very often it's totally unnecessary. Knight Rider on the other hand is good clean fun for all the family. 😎

[@Mango-bf1oj]

4:32 To everyone saying KITT needs tinted windows. What makes KITT cool is he has the feature of enabling tinted windows at will when on stealth mode

[@actioncom2748]

And THAT, children, is how we ended the pilots of family television shows in the 80's.

[@phoenixblack1220]

I still remember this like it was 1982 all over again! What a fantastic pilot!!

[@bohoward8945]

I like how kitt rams through a semi, jumps a semi and the helicopter pilot hands him a shotgun, case he gets through. Lol

[@dcdrew3]

LOL.

[@encounteratfarpoint]

😂😂

[@kellyweingart3692]

😂😂😂😂

[@kellyweingart3692]

“Or a blotter” 😂

[@robertray4191]

Well ya knowww..jusst in case ;)

[@chaff5]

Shotgun blast reflected back so hard, the damage was done to the other side of the helicopter lol

[@dcdrew3]

Right! A bit ridiculous. :)

[@kellyweingart3692]

LOL

[@alski200]

@Bimmer man Continuity didn't mean shit back then

[@teledapindooppo7271]

F

[@homeone4054]

That was the same bullet that got JFK

[@MikeLutton]

my favorite part of the first ever episode

[@brianvincentdoucet4273]

The first time I ever watched this scene, I was so on the edge of my seat. When Tanya discerned Michael’s secret, I kept wondering what would happen next. I guess it was poetic justice that Tanya killed herself in her failed attempt to kill Michael, and took that secret to her grave. I also recall this scene with the exploding plane was used in an early third season episode involving the usage of a poison from a unique plant. Both Michael and a dancer nearly died. [Guess what - I made the 100th comment on this video. Go figure.]

[@troyannozaurus327]

This was the first sequence I saw back in 2005? Started from Michael sneaking inside the Comtron facility or the prison bust out right through and it got me hooked since

[@kellyweingart3692]

Dead of Knight

[@neovoltron25]

It was her fear that did her in.

[@audreyseddon9749]

I'm not sure if it was this episode or another where Michael was injured and refused to allow KITT to take control. KITT comments that Michael seemed to be keeping himself alive through sheer force of will. I really enjoyed this show and was terribly disappointed that the remake-sequel of a few years ago failed so badly.

[@1AstralKing]

You’re thinking of a season three episode where Mike is poisoned. That episode actually reuses footage from this scene where the plane explodes.

[@kmensa]

The score has always stayed with me. When it came to pilots this was legit... 'No Tania.... dont.. the windows are....'

[@user-sf7je7zi4t]

Bulletproof. Stupid blood-firsty blonde!

[@user-tm3si7pw3u]

Bullet-proof! That's what you get for been bloodthirsty.

[@builder396]

2:10 KITT is clearly a Jedi...

[@kellyweingart3692]

“He hit us!” “No, YOU hit us” 😂

[@gamemaster2192]

KITT USE THE FORCE!!!

[@NewYorkCitySubwayR160BSiemens]

@@gamemaster21922:14-2:15

[@kinginfamousz]

3:03 this music made this epic.

[@606danco]

It really kicks around 3:00

[@SteamPunkAssasin]

2021 and still watching, love this show.

[@jaredjdigirolamo7686]

ME 2

[@phillipduncan2380]

ME 3

[@ianfalconer1473]

LOVE THAT CAR KITT

[@GreenRiver72]

"The strength of the individual. We may have to put that to the test." ...After nearly 40 years of hindsight I would have to agree.

[@feralfeline6137]

1:51 That slack jawed face of the truck driver is priceless.

[@davidriley9194]

2:00 Michael: That’s about as close you can get! KITT: Tell me about it

[@blaineangelo1525]

I love this scene how cops arrived too late and one of them was like 'What the heck happened here'

[@johnantoine9067]

I really love this scene and I love watching knight rider show it's the best of the 80s TV show

[@tthomaselli2]

0:00-0:10.; The truck driver with the cigar in his mouth was Red West--the same guy who played Red Webster in the 1989 movie 'Road House'. I first saw him in 'Road House' when I was about 7 & when I saw him in his episode of 'Knight Rider’, I immediately knew who it was just by how he sounded. Amazing the things I first picked up on, back then & still remember, today... I believe Red West passed away in July of 2017, but, I could be wrong.

[@robertyoung3992]

and the Mechanic Red in Baa Baa Black Sheep/Black Sheep Squadron

[@tthomaselli2]

@@robertyoung3992- Never had a clue... The only ways I remember him are because of 'Road House' & this episode of 'Knight Rider'. I'll have to check out the role that you just pointed out to me, however.

[@stephenm6100]

red west was elvis presleys friend.. Part of the memphis mafia Like frank sinatra's rat pack🥃🍺

[@mikeb6902]

1:58 "dont be ridiculous" I was like dude, you were right there, werent you watching?!

[@dcdrew3]

There is a lot of writing flaws through out the 1st season. & some others as well.

[@The2Coolest2]

Its like 2 AM storywise. Its hard to see, especially a black car, going 100+ and looking from a heli.

[@loanaoftheshellpeople5627]

The poor guy disbelieved his own eyes.

[@Jbaxter85]

Fantastic Pilot, well-written & well-directed with wonderful casts.

[@tyrondavis6727]

Indeed, Jwbaxter85.....I would put a pilot episode on the report..... For the record....... thank you for the comment sector update 👍 and have a great morning

[@blairbrown4812]

"...but clearly the bad guys don't have a clue."

[@CE11SCAN]

This is such an epic scene amazing

[@phillipduncan2380]

My favorite scenes is Tanya tries to kills Michael again but not, kitt is bulletproof. Me: don't mess with the knight. 4:35

[@Desslar]

What a cast! That's Vince Edwards (Ben Casey) and Lance LeGault (The A-Team) in the chopper.

[@tnawcwvictoria]

and Tanya is the played by the late Phyllis Davis from abc's Vega$ with the late Robert Urich and Bart Braverman

[@Desslar]

@@tnawcwvictoria I guess I should have spotted that. Haven't watched much Vegas. The pilot was a little slow, but maybe it picks up later.

[@Muryohken]

11 criminals who operate above the law disliked this video.

[@julvonnaknight7844]

Ha! Very nice! 😁😁😁

[@gamemaster2192]

its now 54 Criminals who operate above the law disliked this video.

[@DojoKanojoCho]

@@gamemaster2192 Now its 101 (use a special plugin to see the like-to-dislike ratio)

[@AndrewChapman]

Great sequence when KITT rams into the plane's wing and then the plane explodes. So great, they reused the footage again later in the Season 3 episode "Dead of Knight".

[@matthewhudson7883]

I saw that. I can't really blame them though, they had to keep production costs down when they could but at least they reused their own stuff. Using that dam collapse sequence from Superman was rather cheap though. I'd say that a lot of people had already seen that movie and knew where Universal stole the footage from. - I'd love to see this series updated with todays CGI effects. A little CGI in the right places could easily cover up some of the budgetary shortcomings and other issues they had back then.

[@SuperheroMovieReactor]

RIGHT?!! LOL!!

[@peskyfly6087]

And in both episodes, Knight was weak. In this episode,it was because he'd been shot. In Dead of Knight, he was poisoned.

[@AndrewChapman]

@@matthewhudson7883 Maybe if they'd done something like that, but have the Blu-ray allow viewers the option to choose which version of the episodes to watch like they did with the original Star Trek series.

[@Angyali]

Every hero must have a firecross-mission that starts him off that path.

[@user-sf7je7zi4t]

4:36 bulletproof! Who's the loser now, Tanya?

[@user-tm3si7pw3u]

4:42 Who's the loser now, Tanya? Like they say, a poetic justice: you've shot Michael with a gun, and you died from the same gun. I guess, you're even!

[@thecwackhead9028]

4:10 the way they fall is funny 10/10 acting 😂

[@bobbova8708]

Red West is perfect as the truck driver!

[@niceguy60]

4:34, smart guy figure out the windows were bullet resistant, to bad she didn't

[@loanaoftheshellpeople5627]

This was such a Good Show.

[@tyrondavis6727]

Damn. I like how did Michael Knight DROPPED that "Evil Tayna" at the last second at the airport. So much for her trying to finish/killing him in the Knight Rider pilot scene. But nevertheless, in the end, Michael Knight are the right man for the job.🇺🇸📺😎☕

[@markheaton1597]

That what I called Justice

[@tnawcwvictoria]

Beatrice Travis from Vega$ and Dr. Ben Casey were no match for Knight Rider and K.I.T.T. aka Mitch Buchanan from Baywatch and Mr. George Feeny from Boy Meets World who is also known as John Adams in 1776 and Dr. Mark Craig from St. Elsewhere R.I.P. Phyllis Davis and Vince Edwards - 2 talented stars

[@colleenvantrease4977]

It most certainly would be great if we as fans could watch Knight Rider all the way through without any commercials at all . I love the program but not the commercials at all .

[@kimberlywalters7592]

Best scene ever!!!

[@oggyeggy2518]

Did u know that Lance legault is the guest of this episode the enemy in the helicopter on left side. Even the e13 s2. He also know as colonel decker from the a-team

[@alunroberts1439]

That is a blast from the past. Think I was in 2nd year seniors when that was on. Happy days with my commodore VIC 20 with 16K ram pack.

[@KyleEvra]

I really love how Knight Rider let's their main protagonist get wounded. I always hated other shows that treated their protagonist like nothing could harm them.

[@SandsOfArrakis]

Airwolf was another such show.

[@franciscs1604]

Other shows - classic Bond Knight Rider - Daniel Craig

[@GabrielLopez-qe2od]

@@SandsOfArrakis Magnum P.I too

[@alexpowers5117]

Then don’t watch the transporter series dude in that show wins all the time with almost no problem

[@hopeminton8699]

kitt is bulletproof anytime something is bulletproof you don't shoot at it the bullet bounce off of and the bullet come right back at you and she should of listen to micheal that's her fault for not listening to micheal

[@TheMikeX74]

Did he not try to shoot at KITT earlier in the episode with no effect? Why would he think things would be different?

[@606danco]

TheMikeX74 Well he did say the Windows are bulletproof but it was to late

[@thebandit0256]

He has a bigger gun so he would think a Shotgun would been better

[@The2Coolest2]

Guess they thought shotgun would be better?

[@dcdrew3]

Cause the gun shot a hole in the plot! 😂

[@normanbejar6547]

I think Tanya gets the last laugh & her being bad got backfired.

[@RavenHawkes]

Whoa...I never noticed til now that metal piece coming out of the explosion and flying towards the camera at 4:13

[@thelatiosmaster]

Well, that's the beauty of 80's movies: no CGI or some digital editing: you needed a giant explosion? You DO a giant explosion!

[@cutesyprincess14]

I agree. I wish movies should go easy on the CGI

[@thelatiosmaster]

So... they didn’t had the budget to destroy a helycopter, but they blew up a private jet. Ah the 80's... XD

[@GhostbustersReturns]

Awesome Turbo Boost!! 👍👍

[@AldenRDavis]

It’s like the SPEED RACER of the 80s.

[@Bangla_te_Shob]

Yeah, they even have the karr, similar to mach 5 vs mach 5 episode

[@TheBrainSquared]

Fleeing a crime scene.. and the cops didnt even try to stop him...

[@indrajeet]

The cops were bought out

[@The2Coolest2]

???? Its FBI and State Police who 10 mins prior showed Devon telling them what's going on.

[@Lcgmatheus]

The cops were called by Devon, they were certainly told the black TransAm had nothing to do with the criminals

[@TheBrainSquared]

@@Lcgmatheus Yes but, law enforcement will always want to talk to all parties..

[@user-qt8rf2gn6r]

If they did chase after micheal i think micheal would have instructed kitt to out run them as he was in need of medical aid himself 😂😂❤

[@paulsmith-ll9vg]

how not only were we watching a great tv show about a man and his incredible car, but we also have to come to realise that although off course this is still only a tv series and not real life, but i do have to conclude that compared to cars even today kitt still makes them all look like scrap metal, and if they ever do make a kitt for real, where can i buy one, and along with airwolf still possibly being able to blow anything out of the sky, street hawk still being the fastest motor bike ever, and blue thunder still being one hell of a helicopter, god we loved our 80s super machines.

[@homeone4054]

Awesome music in this sequence

[@georgeisaak5321]

nice episode !!!!

[@jehb8945]

I absolutely loved this sequence Michael with his last ounces of life literally running out of his body clings to consciousness just enough to get through the obstacles that Wilson and Tanya threw into his path so he could stop the woman who had almost ended his life from getting away to strike again only to be killed with her own gun

[@The2Coolest2]

Not just who tried to kill him, but to also honor the guy who saved his life by fulfilling his dying request.

[@markjones-uv9qb]

Good show to watch

[@janbuawa7658]

Mój ukochany serial ♥️

[@knightriderfan5700]

I'm 17 and love watching knight rider

[@ryiin]

I still love this ❤

[@freddymolina4079]

Great ending

[@mvol5973]

After Tanya shoots herself....."Hey Tanya, KITT is bulletproof"

[@jv8296]

So I love this channel because I love everything Knight Rider. However, this is not the first ever Turbo Boost. That happens minutes before this one when another truck is trying to block the road so KITT can't get through. KITT - "If you're going through with this may I suggest that you permit me to activate the Turbo Boost?" Michael - "The what?" KITT - "Nevermind, allow me to demonstrate." That scene is actually in a video you posted 7 days after this one where KITT helps Michael escape from Comtron.

[@freddymolina4079]

Did Tanya really think she was gone kill Michael

[@liamclarke5761]

Yep

[@morganrussman]

She probably didn't know the windows were bulletproof. Yeah, she could have opened the door, but rage can blind/mask ones better judgment.

[@starsiegeplayer]

The pilot seems alot more serious than the series.

[@cutesyprincess14]

It really sucks that the show got more light-hearted because parents be complaining about "Gun violence" 😆

[@Angyali]

I just gave the 600. like to this video! Legendary show, pilotepisode and scene!

[@Ridders-yh4nf]

The turbo boost was used earlier in this scene when the 1st lorry attempts to block kitt. Kitt says to Michael he should use use the turbo boost Michael is confused so kitt says allow me

[@dcdrew3]

Correct.

[@bmaiceman]

He hit us... No you hit us... Sparks FLYING. We will be lucky to make it to the airport.......... .. Despite the fact that the bullet damage...Sparks are no where near the Engine turrit... !!! Got to love 1980s tv logic

[@andykewley5416]

Not to mention that the car was on the port side yet the bullet managed to maintain momentum, follow a curved trajectory, and hit the starboard side of the Bell! haha

[@LongJumpingSurprise]

The truck driver is played by Red West who best known as a long time member of Elvis Presley’s Memphis Mafia. Some people say he was a friend, others say he was an enabler of Elvis’ bad habits

[@MsDemonBunny]

Love that both Devon and Michael refer to K.I.T.T. as he and him. It's AI, never implied that he's sentient (like Data), but K.I.T.T.'s not a thing or an it. There's so much personality in the program that he's more than the sum of his parts. (And it amuses me no end how K.I.T.T. had his own Lore with K.A.R.R. or I guess since they were first, it's more Data had his own version of K.A.R.R. with Lore. Frankly, this two shows were about the only times the whole evil twin plot actually worked, at least for me.)

[@jodyreeder4820]

KITT to truck: Who who WHOOOOO (Tiggre)

[@isratorres01]

That was the only part in the entire series that KITT was originally named a "Trans-am"

[@bloodshadow7082]

1:49 😂

[@epicplayzgaming2252]

This was posted on my birthday

[@ScreenBlaster13]

What happened to trigger-happy Tanya was poetic justice after the cruel thing she did to Michael.

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

This chase is pure horror and I mean that in a good way.

[@larryhgardnergproductionsi8861]

Love this

[@joop7381ep]

kitt zo good

[@gratefuljr]

Colonel Decker was in this episode

[@stephenm6100]

The hoff was the man of 80s🚘🚘🚘

[@blowersho2017]

This is great but it was the fourth Turbo Boost of the episode.

[@hondamanvtec2894]

Now I know why he couldnt catch the A-Team He was to busy trying to stop The Knight Rider 😂

[@XB10001]

This is one of the very few instances where an explosion is plausible.

[@digitalmagicAR]

This seems to be edited. I recall KITT suggesting that Michael use the turbo boost and then he presses the button. On this online clip Michael just presses it like he already knows about it.

[@wullie823]

ok I've gone through the comments and not one person mentions that the scene where KITT jumps over the truck is probably just the car suspended in the air(not moving) with the truck [moving) passing underneath it, to give the illusion that its turbo boosting over the truck

[@TF2Scout..]

SCENE WHERE MICHAEL GETS SHIT DHRU WINDOW AND BULLET BOUNCECS BACK 😂😂😂KARMA

[@KaristaSwiss]

I wanted to see Kitt shred the wing!

[@maryconnolly8192]

david hasselhoff looks great today, he has aged better than other actors, loved him in baywatch as well, still has lovely wavy hair.

[@levoniaaadams4640]

I saw that

[@roaklin]

anyone else recognize the truck driver and another series? Here's a hint" Think your hot stuff college boy?"

[@jevinrichardson.]

2:43 that is a Learjet 23 Aircraft: Learjet 23 Registration: N664CL

[@yasufang9379]

Bad guy: "Tanya come back here!" Tanya: "You lose Michael" Michael" "No, Tanya, don't!" Bad guy 2: "The windows are..." "Gun fires" Me: "Bulletproof"

[@user-tm3si7pw3u]

Don't mess with the Knight.

[@ee1518]

Clever Tanya

[@user-tm3si7pw3u]

And dumb too.

[@tomaspat4392]

Something realy hit them cuz damage was on the right side of helicopter 🤔

[@ronaldmackall1621]

Tanya: let me just shoot my snub-nosed .38 at this bullet resistant car that took out the wing on my jet. Yeah, that'll stop it!

[@kellyweingart3692]

*bullet bounces off of window* Tanya dies

[@kellyweingart3692]

KITT drives Michael to the hospital

[@kellyweingart3692]

KITT: “Dumb blonde” 😂

[@firstnamelastame6843]

KNIGHT RIDER 2

[@blacksupra001]

can anyone help me ? from childhood when these first were aired i remember kitt and michal being trapped under sand or dirt or something and running out of oxygen and them having to use turbo boost as a last ditch effort, which used up all the oxygen. what episode is that from ? i try searching on google but cant come up with anything. love this show :)

[@michaelramsey82]

You might be thinking of Season 2, episode 24, "Big Iron". A bulldozer pushes KITT down a hillside and buries him under a pile of gravel. They have 5 minutes of air left, and KITT Turbo Boosts out of the gravel.

[@blacksupra001]

THANKS !!! you are my childhood hero haha

[@georgeisaak5321]

I remember the scene you are describing but unfortunately I don't remember the title of that episode .

[@kellyweingart3692]

Big Iron

[@Bangla_te_Shob]

@@michaelramsey82 yeah and they jumped a superb distance too

[@AG3._]

The first Turbo boost was at the demolition derby