Michael Has His Revenge | Knight Rider

Michael gets revenge on the man who destroyed KITT by plunging him into hazardous waste.
From Knight Rider season 3 episode 14 ‘Junkyard Dog’: While Michael visits an industrialist suspected of illegally disposing of chemical wastes, K.I.T.T. is dropped into an acid-filled pit.
Watch full seasons of Knight Rider here: www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/...
Welcome to the official home of Knight Rider on KZbin! A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist. Michael Knight, a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the powerless, the helpless in a world of criminals who operate above the law. Watch full episodes here: www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/...
Subscribe now to follow the adventures of Michael Knight (David Hasselhoff) and his technologically advanced, artificially intelligent automobile, KITT.
TUNE IN HERE: / @knightrider
#KnightRider #MichaelKnight #DavidHasselhoff #KITT #TVClips #TVShow

[@wettuga2762]

The pause at 3:16 that shows KITT's voice box in silence after Michael explains how he overcame his trauma is what always gets me in this scene, it shows KITT finally understanding how to overcome its own "trauma". By the way, "Silent Mode" is what we nowadays call "electric car"

[@darthstarkiller1912]

KITT is without a doubt the coolest car ever.

[@AchtungBaby77]

To this day, out of all cars that have featured on TV shows or movies, KITT is still the coolest and will always turn heads 😎👍

[@charleskadletc2431]

Exactly. Now fast forward to 2022. Cars that drive itself, warn us to check back seats for CHILDREN etc, etc.

[@brianna44marie71]

Very true kitt was the coolest and still is to this day as well.

[@cyberstar251]

definitely the sassiest.

[@mishong3]

@@AchtungBaby77 my kind of car to have

[@ImmortalfireTheMod]

Hasselhoff said scenes like these were some of his favorites on the show, where Michael was able to help KITT understand humanity and the nature of friendship.

[@Angyali]

Agree with him completely.

[@pablocisternas1954]

It is beautiful to see how KITT, despite the fear, begins to act so bravely. Michael gave him the final push. I love and will love this scene.

[@IllusivePrime]

Micheal's pep-talk was just what KITT needed.

[@pablocisternas1954]

@@IllusivePrime Yes! I will always be proud of both! Cheers!!

[@davidbarlow1979]

All I did was refuse to give into it and do what I knew had to be done. I owe this episode so much after my accident

[@audreyseddon9749]

This was one of the most heartbreaking episodes for me. That an AI could experience this shows how much KITT has evolved through the series.

[@Longlostpuss]

This was a great episode, in small part due the fact that here you really start to see that K.I.T.T. evolved into more than the simple matter of fact emotionless CPU he'd started life at from the earlier seasons. He'd learned over time what it meant to feel vulnerability and to an extent what it meant to be human, purely because of how much time he'd spent with Michael.

[@samuelitoarce4932]

Lgsshksygl

[@1983jblack]

I guess it's only me but I liked KITT from earlier - He was almost amused when people tried to damage him, almost arrogant. I especially liked the earliest episodes when Michael and KITT were rather sarcastic to each other to where Michael would tell him to shut up

[@Pacifica74]

@@1983jblack I agree. Those early episodes had a certain appeal.

[@justina249]

Youre as much fun as a divorce which isn't a bad idea! I want custody of me!

[@Longlostpuss]

@Jesse Pinkman I think that was his choice, he did his lines in the studio away from everyone else apparently and nobody really saw him from a social point of view, so that may have been his own doing. My theory is that when the original concept first broke for the series, there may have been a possibility that he saw the idea as slightly ridiculous and chose to lend himself cautiously to it while disassociaing himself at the same time to preserve his career status, not realising it was about to blow up. Once the series got big and pay politics started to surface, maybe Daniels had unfortunately already positioned himself not to be able to get credit from that point on and it was hard to wrestle control at that point. I could be totally wrong of course, but I can't see any other reason, unless he is just that altruistic a person that he didn't want the credit and/or his share of the money. Would have to ask him, but it would seem odd that he wouldn't want to make bank out of such a successful show seeing that K.I.T.T. was arguably the shows MVP rather than even Hasslehoff.

[@koolkev2020able]

I was almost in tears, with the advice Michael gave to KITT. @2.44. The guys talking to a car and I'm experiencing an emotional reaction. This shows how great these old skool 80's TV series where pure class. And good clean fun for all the family. Not like the degraded learn nothing from filth on TV today.

[@JackFoxtrotEDM]

“You ready?” “Yes Michael, I am. And Michael? …Thanks.”

[@spectrexr1]

Agreed

Michael: Ohh! Welcome back, buddy! Welcome back! KITT: I must admit this is a good feeling, Michael.

[@Exoneos]

Clearly KITT and Michael or Michael and KITT are among the iconic duo of the 80's and I love them for that ♥

[@orjitmayengbam7185]

YouTde

[@mattayres371]

U see the 80s was ultra modern even back then! They even had video chat back then! 🤣🤣

[@AndrewChapman]

MICHAEL: Everytime somebody lit a match or car headlights went by in my face, I'd flinch. KITT: Oh, well in that case, I'm sorry I scared you when we first met, Michael. When I flashed my headlights in your face and came racing towards you in the dark. MICHAEL: That's okay, pal. We'll just blame that on Devon as he was sitting in the driver's seat at the time.

[@kellyweingart3692]

lol

[@morganrussman]

That and the fact that kitt wasn't activated until after Micheal crashed through the garage door.

[@saulamaral574]

It saddens me to see KITT nearly died in that acid pit. But KITT returns with a vengeance.

[@maryhlad7501]

Me too. I met KITT when my mom and I went to Universal Studios Hollywood when we went to Los Angeles and visited my Uncle Nick and Aunt Thelma.

[@KTJohnsonkidThunder]

KITT is indestructible despite surviving getting destroyed by Goliath and being in the acid pit.

[@houseofno]

Let's not forget that taking a missile hit in Knight Of The Drones wasn't exactly a superficial scrape either.

[@jessihawkins9116]

@@maryhlad7501 kitt isn’t real 🙄

[@ccarlson5755]

Cody hiop

[@michaelknight2721]

I loved this episode but cried when KITT got dumped in the acid pit.

[@NoMiedo1]

Same. Ah, the 80s...

[@dininliketony917]

That scene literally broke my heart.

[@dininliketony917]

@The Bad Shepherd It’s a figure of speech. But my point was that it was a painful scene to watch.

[@kennyfordham6208]

I wasn't crying 😢. It's just...just allergies. 😔

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

Yeah

[@actioncom2748]

I give the villian in this episode a lot of credit. He was able to give the Michael/KITT team a bloody nose. As compared to others who just kidnapped somebody.

[@AchtungBaby77]

I'd call what happened to KITT in this episode was a heck of a lot more than a bloody nose! 😂

[@justincooper5189]

Considering KITT was dropped in acid, that wasn't just a bloody nose, the guy almost broke the team. So, I'm calling him the second most dangerous criminal on the show. Right behind the guy who drove the juggernaut.

[@actioncom2748]

@@justincooper5189 @Achtung Baby But what I like is that the team got their revenge...Old Testament style. An acid pool FOR an acid pool.

[@phillipwalling7470]

Yeah. But I still like KARR, Garth and Goliath more. But this guy and his "Junkyard Dog" are really the catalyst of KITT's character development.

[@resetsetmefree478]

@@phillipwalling7470 come to think of it, we never get to see exactly who if *anybody* ....was driving the Junkyard Dog😳. Could it be that Acid John found KARRs cpu which was still blinking, and then hired Marco Bario (from season 4 Killer KITT) to build the Junkyard Dog in order for it to be a self driving robot? Just a thought....

[@The_Curious_Cat]

Michael: "You must be real proud of that photograph that is from a completely different angle from what you took" KITT: "Yeah, how did you do that? Not even my circuits understand that".

[@erichanastacio9695]

Yeah! The Impossible Photograph! The picture (7:50) was taken from one side but she was located on the opposite side (7:00)

[@michealoceallaigh4716]

She obviously ran down to the side of the pit and grabbed more shots from the front and sides, (Before Michael and KITT had to rescue him)

[@jimi4985]

Actually I think KITT's circuits DO understand that very well!! At 0:14 we are shown that KITT and Michael are on top of a hill next to the site looking down, but when KITT activates his audiovisual recorder at 1:50 the angle is from ground level. She obviously used the same technique as KITT!

[@SteliosStylianou]

Love the fear reference in this episode such a positive message as is false evidence appearing real. Great to see Kitt not let the past hurt beat him just like Michael this why it’s such positive show about making a difference that will stand the test of time.

KITT: I was hoping I never see this place again, Michael.

[@noahjohnson9360]

i know how you feel things work out this will be the last time

[@736693]

The same could be said when the Juggernaut destroyed KITT before KITT destroyed the Juggernaut.

[@calhoun24]

@@736693Or when Goliath re-emerged.

[@michealoceallaigh4716]

Michael grabs a document KITT has just printed and says "Here's a confession for you to sign Johnny"

[@calhoun24]

The only regular season episode that has KITT destroyed and rebuilt. Every time before and after, it happens during a season premiere two-hour episode. But even with all of that, this was disputably the worst of them all since it broke KITT’s spirit.

[@stevenallan5822]

Yes, I mind this episode where KITT gets dunked in a pool of acid and gets rebuilt, good one 👍 KITT 1 BAD GUYS 0

[@DeathToGlobalistsDavidSmith]

KITT : I can't find anything in the accompanying article that indicates who put those Neanderthals into that acid pit. 👍 It's great to see KITT back. Over 2 decades later KITT is still a cool looking car.

[@paulwhite6745]

Two decades? Three and a half.

[@GERRYMALONEY47]

This was and still is such a great show

[@andrewblanchard2398]

here's a weird thought the bucket loader driver didn't know that there wasn't a person in KITT when he dropped him into the ACID PIT so as far as he knew he committed PREMEDITATED COLD BLOODED MURDER

[@ryankillpatrick]

talkabout timeless!!! MICHEAL KNIGHT/THE HOFF, BONNIE, DEVIN, KITT, and all of KNIGHT INDUSTRIES 2000 was the coolest thing back when, and is STILL cooler than most things nowadays!!! last of the STAND-UP AMERICAN HEROICS vibe!!! i could binge this all day!!!

[@sterlingwillis3452]

A picnic is a picnic 😄😂

[@gammaraider]

Season 3 is amazing. All the action and all the feels

[@sp4604]

KITT pushing that pay loader had me rollin!!

[@sonicson8694]

Living talking vehicles are amazing

[@anthonystephenson4180]

Mike gives Kitt a pep talk

[@GERRYMALONEY47]

David Hasselhoff is an excellent actor

[@leejohnstone4663]

Michael never truly got over being shot in the pilot. Which explains why he quit the foundation in Scent of Roses. He was fatally shot for a second time which brought back his anxieties along with his PTSD

[@janeporter818]

I love David Hasselhoff! ❤😍❤

[@ncc1701chris]

This was a good episode....junk yard dog it was called. Kitt had to be completely rebuilt. On the plus side, kitt came back better than ever.

[@francis1971]

That was until KITT went to Chicago at the start of Season 4

[@ncc1701chris]

@@francis1971 true. I remember when they were here filming.

[@francis1971]

@@ncc1701chris Wow! That must've been great to see!

[@ncc1701chris]

@@francis1971 it was interesting. They had about 5 cars there that all looked like kitt.

[@jamesnoble8205]

I never liked Super Pursuit Mode. Made KITT look like a bad Lego project plus all the random stuff jutting out of the car wouldn't make it faster

[@colonelkurtz2269]

Don't Hassle the Hoff!😎

[@saulamaral574]

It was 😎 that KITT faces fear and anxiety in the payback of Byrock.

[@siak2910]

Can't get rid of the screeching sound on the muddy tracks; every single time.. 😂😂 so 80s.....luv it!!!!

[@AchtungBaby77]

One of the best episodes for sure👍 I love how you can clearly see the protective bumper on at 6:23... the editing mistakes in this show always make me smile 😁

[@Henzzman]

well the scene is as ridiculous as it is, a 1.7t rear wheel drive car pushing a 22t 4 wheel drive front loader with differential locks into a pool of waste

[@danwat1234]

@@Henzzman True but I wouldn't be surprised if K.I.T.T. had a far higher curb weight than the stock Pontiac. But the car does break the laws of physics in terms of handling and muscle and grip throughout the show (it can't be excellent at everything). You have to take your imagination to the next level.

[@mattayres371]

Notice the 1980s ford fiesta! 😆😆made in the UK.

[@sygonprime4823]

7:50 how she got that shot if the picture got taken from the front of the loader with them standing on the hill🤨🤔80s TV shows gotta love em🤣😆🤣 7:04

[@Pustynna_Burza]

xD

[@19TheFallen]

Two ways come to mind. 1. She came down there and took a few shots from that angle as well, but they didn't show that, and liked them best. 2. Maybe all of her shots sucked, so K.I.T.T. gave her one he took, just to rub the salt in that guy's wounds! Only explanations I could think of!

[@resetsetmefree478]

​@@19TheFallen Kitt had the only digital camera then, so his pic was better

[@annasturkie5482]

Definitely my favorite episode of the series. The scene when KITT was in the acid pit, calling out for Michael to help him... 😭😭😭

[@andrewblanchard2398]

the bucket loader looked like a ELEPHANT in mud in the ACID PIT

[@pablopatallorojo4961]

Knight Rider, (el coche fantastico) en España, es una buena serie, como las que no hacen hoy dia, enseña, transmite valores y principios que buena falta hacen hoy dia.

Michael: I believe it's called hazardous waste disposal. Wouldn't you agreed, partner? KITT: I must certainly would.

[@FirstDan2000]

Anyone else appreciate the excellent bit of voice acting from William Daniels at 2.38 ? That mild sentence stutter gives me enough raised heckles to mention it here, many years later.😅

[@brettcooper3893]

Always loved the not-so-Axel F Axel F in this episode.

[@johndoyle2429]

Good point Brett, I was thinking the same thing as well.

[@morganrussman]

​@fritsfelix8423 the axel f wasn't actually a thing until the late 1990s early 2,000's. so, it could Likely be said that it would be reverse.

[@Bladegmmr1]

K.I.T.T. And The Hoff 👀‼

[@williamhaggard451]

Michael helps K I T T over come his fear before they met 😢😢♥️♥️

[@rizalukman7982]

RIP Glenn A.Larson

[@johnmccall1909]

KITT car is the most popular and best & Baddest car ever

[@ashleysilver5594]

80s were terrific, all these amazing serials.

[@tyler_ko_durden]

0:18 Solid Snake Style 😁

[@Met-Tech]

I’ve got computers and electronics parts all over the place right now because I was obsessed with KITT when I was a kid in the 80s. But watching it from my adulthood perch, I can’t help but laugh at the rest of it. It was like two separate things happening: a mind blowing badass computer-controlled car that had a corny, ridiculous show happening around it. These days (besides gawking at KITT like I did 35 years ago) my favorite thing to do is spot the comically bad Michael wigs on the stunt drivers.

[@davidfischer6923]

Knight Rider was better than the 2009 remake

[@skylined5534]

Oh god that was pretty awful. Kind of liked the car though.

[@Angyali]

Nothing, but NOTHING is worthy of the name "Knight Rider" except the original 4 season TV-show.

[@davidfischer6923]

@@Angyali I like the original Knight Rider that was better than the remake in 2009

[@asifahmad2900]

Same here, I don't like the reboot of knight rider 2008.

[@glorifiedng]

ahhh my childhood memories are still in tact!!! THANK YOU !!! Best use of near Axle F as well. Brings back so many good memories of my Jr High days!

[@SparrowNoblePoland]

Imagine his finger slipped a centimeter while going on a bump, and instead of 'Turbo Boost', he pushed 'Eject Left'

[@kellyweingart3692]

😂😂😂😂

[@DodgeCoronet-cs5jf]

I'd personally love to see that happen lmao

[@skylined5534]

I believe that did happen on a bloopers tape but it's long lost now.

[@sallyjoan]

Especially if it was you. Be hilarious. ​@@DodgeCoronet-cs5jf

[@TF2Scout..]

The KITT will return .

[@darthstarkiller1912]

We could use KITT in our current society.

[@Dan-uv5lw]

Junk Yard Dog is a favorite episode. We need to bring shows like this back . I would love to create my own channel but I do have all of these type DVDs.

[@willkeen5010]

One of my favourite episodes. Only thing that bugged me is the pic of the him on the cover. It was taken from Kitts view, not hers from up on the hill in front of the loader.

[@michealoceallaigh4716]

Fran clearly climbed down and got more photos from Michael and KITT's position.

[@jamesnoble8205]

That acid pit looks an awful lot like a standard large puddle of watery mud

[@StormsparkPegasus]

Because it is. The "acid pit" car was one that they had stripped everything out of (including the engine) and painted with the "acid pit" paint job to make it look how it did. The reason they stripped everything out is because it later became the transforming super pursuit mode car (the one with movable panels and no engine). It was one of the train derailment cars that was destroyed at the end of the show as the contract with Pontiac stated sadly. You have to admit though, for 80's TV with very little budget, it was still pretty good special effects for the time.

[@michealoceallaigh4716]

Real acid would be a hazard, risk to the actors, environmental etc., cheaper to use mucky water.

KITT: What exactly are we going to do, Michael?

[@arober9758]

Excellent fantastic job guys!!

[@MGower4465]

That poor front-end loader didn't deserve that...

[@josegarcia5679]

The only car with Funny Attitude and personality

[@kathrynwatts273]

I cry every time that KITT gets destroyed but it gives me joy to see him emerge into the strong, resilient partner that he was created to be.

[@mikhaeljohanc.genova2037]

i love knithrider

[@mattayres371]

But if you notice that while kitt is sinking in the acid.. (before the makeover) ..... It's kitt himself for a while.... then u notice it's a toy car 🚗 going in! Cause the bonnet looks smaller!! 😲

[@bobbymonteforte3705]

Dont Hassle with the Hoff

[@seanmthesouthshorerocker3763]

def a great episode... kitt got better...Bonnie in scrubs, long boots, showing both brains, beauty...!

Michael: Payback time. What a shame.

[@Theratron]

And in real life the original hero car, the "true" KITT, was severely damaged during the filming of the scene where they push the payloader into the water. In one shot you can see the front is all messed up. Why they didn't just use a regular stuntcar for that scene I'll never understand. But it was restored, thankfully. One of only 5 cars that survived the show.

[@Ti_Taannikk]

Pushing a bulldozer Lmao 🤣

[@skylined5534]

I know right? You'd think this was a TV show or something!

[@33.tranvutrong73]

This is what you get for almost kill KITT

[@SOCORROSILVA-in7px]

Who, a part from me, loves a happy ending where the bad guys go directly to jail? Please give me thumbs up if you enjoyed watching this clip of "Knight Rider". ©® I would highly appreciate it very much. December 02, 2020 @ 4:20 pm ©®

[@absolutefoot4594]

I love that Michael could help Kitt come to terms with his near death experience because he had had one of his own. He could talk to him about it from a point of legitimate understanding.

[@JamilmariamX]

I SPOTTED A CRASH BUMPER ON kitt when he hit the bolldozer

[@jamescity1160]

Michael and KITT are my heroes ❤️

[@My03Tundra]

They should reboot Knight Rider, BUT, as a video game that plays like a new season of the show, with Hasselhoff voicing Michael Knight

[@adithyafern17]

Play Knight Rider 1 and 2 by Davilex. It's sad that they did not get much recognition for those two games

[@chantalvandenberghe810]

I love you david hasselhoff

[@r850a161]

To be honest, this was KITT's final test

[@bigmaxcc]

I wish my car had a silent mode

[@gophersmith]

2:40 I like that KITT stutters. He really is scared.

[@ericmeland4153]

Now think about this! K.I.T.T. and Airwolf working together, they would be unstoppable!!!

[@jcb4826]

Two interconnected episodes, one on each show would've been awesome.

[@davidfritsch9052]

Love it can’t get enough of that group with it and they kind of rude and in the end live long KiTT

[@Chris-B.]

0:52 Bonnie is looking at the monitor. Not sure where the other woman is looking though

[@glowiever]

the camera?

[@GERRYMALONEY47]

Definitely a channel I could subscribe and enjoy to

[@mrwang967]

Man it makes me smile when KITT stutters, more and more human

[@sebastianabsolution655]

mr feeny.....🍿🍿🍿

[@jcb4826]

6:55 just casually places his hand on the exhaust pipe lol.

[@mattayres371]

What I don't understand is........ok acid can eat through plastic and metal of kitt..... yeah....but how the hell did it eat through the seats?? 🤔🤔🤔🤔 There like fabric...

[@skylined5534]

Acid WILL eat through most fabrics man-made and natural fibres.

[@user-ur8is3ml3i]

My favorite kitt😊 and Michael

[@luigipellegrini92]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I loved KITT's humour

[@indrajeet]

David Hasselhoff's cheek bones - 😍

[@mattayres371]

Dominat proogram! 😆😆

[@stevenshewfelt888]

the boots the ladies were wearing in all the episodes were awesome, i loved it most when bonnie was wearing boots

[@mjg1544]

I love when KITT goes into silent mode. Almost like today’s Turbo Hybrids when his turbines are like twin turbos and silent mode is like today’s electric mode of a PHEV. When science fiction meets science fact like in Star Trek.

[@mackmcmillan9905]

4:34 - You can see the driver seat they made around the stunt driver move ever so slightly if you look close. Fun stuff.

[@AndrewChapman]

Wasn't "Junk Yard Dog" the last episode where Michael flashbacks to "Knight of the Phoenix" when Tanya Walker shot him in the face as Michael Long? Don't recall seeing the flashback again after this episode. So as we also saw the flashback in Season 2's "A Good Knight's Work", Season 4 is the only season not to reshow Michael Long getting shot.

[@BrianKitching-wv5nh]

I cried my head off when KITT was dumped in the acid,thinking that was the end of Michael and KITT.

[@alecpowers8591]

I still wish kitt had weapons particle laser beams or something he could use on big vehicles