The Protectobots Retrospective - The Original Autobot Rescue Bots

The Autobots team of First Responders, the Protectobots are quick to come into action. Unlike the Rescue Bots, this team can combine to form the mighty, Defensor. But their origins are widely unknown to many and is the topic of this Transformers Discussion.
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[@propheci]

I really dug their cameo in TF Devastation: "Protect and serve, Optimus. That's our job". - Defensor.

[@blueraccoon1088]

"Like defensor we too stand ready. You don't have to do this alone" -superion transformers devastation

[@magicmaker15]

Link?

[@propheci]

@@magicmaker15 at about the 2:40 mark: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZXQZ2eNoJyCY8U

[@madskillz808]

Voiced by Steve blum as well.

[@propheci]

@@madskillz808 yes indeed.

[@ChanghisKhansBasement]

Man I forget the range of Peter Cullen's voice acting. Streetwise sounds nothing like Optimus or Ironhide.

[@RodimusPrimal]

Yeah he has quite a range thst people tend to forget. He used to be a big part of the Disney afternoon too.

[@shebakoby]

@@RodimusPrimal i was surprised as heck when i found out he voiced Eddie, Haunter, and Bratarat on Filmation Ghostbusters. an oldie most of us forgot about is he voiced Mario on the Saturday Supercade Donkey Kong show.

[@treymcknight6057]

shebakoby he’s done eeyore in Winnie the Pooh as well.

[@shebakoby]

@@treymcknight6057 oh yeah i remember that well. There was a few times he sounded like Ironhide though, as Lucky in The Puppy's Great Adventure/The Puppy's Further Adventures in the early 80s and as Gunnur in Dinoriders.

[@josephtarvin8555]

RodimusPrimal wanna review the Brave series?

[@nexusshark]

I feel like RescueBots would have been a good opportunity to give the Protectobots their own show.

[@ricknick5318]

A group of Autobots that are there straight up to protect humans explains a lot of why even casualties are low during a battle

[@breenotcheese746]

The Protectobots are, in my opinion, the best Autobot combiner team. They should have more toys and screentime.

[@alphatrion100]

The most boring combiner team. First aid is the only one with a personality in the cartoon. And that was in season 3

[@hayamasterstudio3.0re37]

Yes, they should, Their figures were what got me into transformers, I was susprised with the toys and then, I knew how to combine them, and that blowed my mind.

[@adawnicusautocon]

Agreed, but it seems that First Aid is rising into popularity

[@monkeyman8445]

@@alphatrion100 Computron is lamer, the entire team lacks personality.

[@thedarkknight4956]

I agree the protectobots were the best.

[@friendlyandroid]

"This did not set well with her father. Who released a hate plague on the universe." Fine parenting that... Love the video!

[@TheAncardia]

Transformers version of 28 Days Later.

[@Koontah]

Return of Optimus Prime was a story ahead of its time, wasn't it?

[@prophetoffuture6596]

.... Why did I think of OverSimplified?

[@oliveragag8576]

@@prophetoffuture6596 This angered Adolf's father who punished him severly

[@turtleshock7513]

The world needs to protectobots once again

[@pistonx3544]

Well cyberverse has strika, skybyte, cheetor and kup so maybe?

[@trickymander]

Or we can just change the name of the rescue bots and give them a combiner

[@pistonx3544]

@@trickymander that would be kinda awesome but it wouldn't be the same

[@ceres_lang]

This did not age well

[@KingRogue]

@@ceres_lang how?

[@sebastianxftw]

for having the least amount of spotlight from the original teams, they’re still my favorite combiner team

[@Jethammer117]

J. Mtz i never really liked computron until the prime wars animated trilogy

[@darthpaul99]

They’re my favorite combiner team, and they deserve more respect. 👍

[@M567dk]

If we ever needed a Transformers PSA in these current times, then the Protectobots are the Autobots we could use right now.

[@StarFighters76]

Doing a video about the Protectobots is rather appropriate considering everything going on right now.

[@Jethammer117]

J. Mtz I always forget about computron but I’ve always loved defensor and superion

[@petrosdimakogiannis9223]

Blue lives matter

[@ilyte1]

@@petrosdimakogiannis9223 and so do black lives

[@petrosdimakogiannis9223]

@@ilyte1 yeah All lives matter, the reason I said blue lives is because the protectobots consist of first responders

[@ilyte1]

@@petrosdimakogiannis9223 👌

[@dracone4370]

I think the Protectobots deserve more attention, and I'm kind of disappointed they don't get more attention, especially considering that they are supposed to be a team of first responders in their own right. I think that all the Protectobots, not just one or two, having personalities centered around helping others and avoiding conflict is always a good idea, it helps show their priorities are on keeping others safe in an emergency, but also showing they're capable in a combat scenario also helps show that they aren't pushovers either. I think the real problem for the lack of love on the part of bots in the series is the lack of impact they had with their appearances, the Protectobots in their appearances barely made an impact, even in their debut episode and focus episode. Now, I don't have a great deal of love for the Protectobots, but I still remembered them because I have a tendency to latch onto things that are bit more obscure than most other things, I tend to remember things that slip past other people's memories while being a bit clueless on some of the more well-known stuff.

[@Nagatem]

dracone, first to respond, last to get Acknowledgment

[@IrishKyokushin]

The problem was that their vehicle modes were already use. Inferno was already a fire engine, Prowl was already a police car and Ratchet was already an ambulance. Plus the Aerialbots had already debuted taking away Blade's uniqueness an an aerial mode Autobot. Only Groove had a unique mode.

[@dracone4370]

@@IrishKyokushin And before the Aeriel Bots there was Power Glide, the first Autobot with official flying abilities. But you're right, most of the Protectobots was that their particular niches or vehicle forms were already being made use of by other members of the Autobot cast

[@twistedgaming9185]

@@IrishKyokushin Jetfire and Omega Supreme can fly too, but their use was limited (Jetfire is a Bandai mold, Omega Supreme was made by a different company).

[@dracone4370]

@J. Mtz Well, they had more of an impact in their first few appearnaces. That said, Computron is very well suited for battle, at times he'll take a bit too long to process and analyze things to get optimal results

[@fisitron7256]

Perfect timing for a Protectobots retrospective! (and fun fact: I've made the headcanon that the Protectobots' holomatter avatars are based on the human partners of the Rescue Bots)

[@davidbailey6917]

Rescue Bots are sort of the Protectobots. Heatwave is the Hot Spot of the Rescue Bots, Chase is the Streetwise, Quickshadow is sort of Streetwise too, and Blades is obviously the Blades. Boulder is the only Rescue Bot who is not resemble a G1 Protectobot. He is an Autobot Rescue Bot Contructicon.

[@VkmSpouge]

The Protectorbots were the first combiner team I ever completed. I was so happy and in awe the day I got to combine them all into Defensor, I swear I kept them as Defensor for a week afterwards.

[@RodimusPrimal]

I still love the G1 Protectobots as toys, and Defensor is one of the most stable combiners. Totally underutilized though.

[@ShimadaHideo]

My origin for the protectobots is they are natives of Cybertron, and when the war started they would often have to respond to the disasters caused by the decepticons, and to stop the decepticons they joined the autobots. And they would eventually join the earthbound autobots and scan emergency vehicles and the protectobots work in saving humans from decepticon attacks made the "Autobot-Human" alliance more possible.

[@jefferyharambe5067]

motorway the autobot mine is them being a reserve group for off world missions to ensure the native population’s safety that made its way to earth to act as a liaison for the EDF and other world powers for the use of minimizing human casualties

[@ShimadaHideo]

@@jefferyharambe5067 Nice.

[@legoawcstopmotioner9435]

I really like First Aid. I wish he was in more Transformers shows.

[@ankhale1033]

LegoAWC Stopmotioner that mean Ratchet must die because we can’t have 2 medics

[@legoawcstopmotioner9435]

Ankha Le He could be Ratchet's trainee.

[@AshleyTogepi]

@@legoawcstopmotioner9435 That's litterally what happens in More Than Meets the Eye and Lost Light. First Aid is Ratchet's protege, and eventually becomes his successor.

[@twistedgaming9185]

@@AshleyTogepi Except First Aid passed it to Velocity two issues later to take part in Combiner Wars (since he had a toy to sell). First Aid did return to the Lost Light after the event ended.

[@legoawcstopmotioner9435]

@@AshleyTogepi Cool!

[@paulscott2037]

Protectobots are my favourite combiner team. If only because they were the only full set I owned. Plus Hot Spot was my Autobot leader for the longest time.

[@antonyo4u]

As a G1 Fan, I always thought that Rescue Bots should've instead just been the "Protectobots" especially since it was hinted to be Canon with Transformers: Prime! Just replace Boulder with First Aid and add Groove to the team and BOOM: a whole series dedicated to our Autobot First Responders!

[@Bt3615]

I still think that Defensor is the best looking G1 Combiner and even that it looks better than the Combiner Wars version.

[@victorystarsaber7807]

I love the protectobots they were my first g1 combiner thank you!

[@ReaverPrime]

Some wanted to be astronauts. Others wanted to be pro wrestlers. I was the kid in kindergarten that always wanted to be a policeman (and I and did it after the military). Because of that, the Protectobots always held a special place in my heart. Hell, my favorite cartoon outside of Transformers growing up was C.O.P.S. (Central Organization of Police Specialists). I made a specific point to own as many emergency service themed toys as I could. I have owned nearly every Prowl, Ratchet, Red Alert and Inferno incarnation and RiD Optimus is still one of my favorites.

[@BrotherApexx]

My favorite combiners! I was always disappointed that I didn't see more of them in the cartoons or comics.

[@RoseSupreme]

6:58 Who the *HELL* unleashes a hate plague in retaliation for an Autobot helping their daughter to walk again?

[@basedpota]

An idiot

[@RoseSupreme]

@@basedpota Exactly.

[@axl1632]

Humans are always hypocrites…

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

I remember a kid in my class acted out an origin for them. He had them as being rebuilt from the Autobots who were seen only once on the show. He said they got crushed and rebuilt.

[@jozeph2932]

The protectobots could have a more military alt-mode while then rescuebots could have a more civilian alt-mode.

[@bbenjers]

I like Defensor; he has more (Autobot) personality than Superion or Computron. He also seems to coalesce w/ less internal conflict, & even his (G1) toy looks good. Thanks for explaining his origin👍

[@lewisfairley8642]

I really hope the protectobots appear in a transformers movie it's about time they need to be remembered

[@charscreamAA]

Thank you for this the Protectabots are my favorite group of bots and no one ever talks about them

[@Matunahelper]

Great video! I had always wondered as a kid where the heck the Protectobots came from. They just randomly showed up without reason one episode and was bummed to have never gotten an origin story.

[@Slyarno2795]

I wish the protectobots were real and help us. At least they were awesome in the G1 cartoon.

[@AE-jo2fy]

Huh, I never knew what the difference between a scramble ciy combiner and the other ones were. Great video on some cool, somewhat obscure characters!

[@everetth-top4760]

I loved, loved, loved the Protectobot toys. It was my first complete combiner I was ever able to get all of the toys of when I was a lad. Thanks for making this episode.

[@jonahg4472]

Great video. Sadly, that one small segment near the end is probably the closest we'll ever get to a Rescue bots video, considering most people just gloss over them. Poor guys.

[@FerFel5]

The Protectobots are the only Transformers I ever owned, Now I'm a First Responder.

[@kennymcgowan2880]

Yes they deserve to be in their own episodes

[@zetaandnazboojunkie]

I like how the toy for G1 Streetwise was given a separate connector post instead of using his head like it was with all other Scramble City combiner team limb bots. The more show accurate head he was given looks cool. I also liked the alternate name of Hot Zone that was given to Hot Spot.

[@WhiskeyShred]

I remember as a kid I had all the protectobots except blades... then they rereleased him as a classic but I was 15, and had enough cash for a pack of cigarettes (stupid) or blades. I didn’t choose blades. Still wish I could go back in time and slap myself

[@ralphdary7050]

Cigarettes will kill you but not protectobot blades.

[@Grillenheimer]

They were my first combiners I got as a kid waaay back then. I didn't get the constructicons originally but during the G2 recolor... I was growing up a bit but did try and get those slowly but I never got them all. I eventually DID get the original constructicons but i was all over Defensor and Bruticus when I was an early teen. And I loved drawing them to death too... it was the whole combiner toy line and characters that inspired me to create the Spedabots. Ok, it's a shoe in. I've GOT to draw a new Strydor (Spedabots combined) for the card game now.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Strange that the first thing that came to my mind whenever I hear the word "First Responders" during this time of our quarantine were the Protectobots.

[@steelwind2825]

I love the protectobots and really think they need more love and more depiction in transformers media. They perfectly contrast there rivals the combaticons and they really represent the autobot faction with the whole goal of protecting innocent life. Sadly they don't get as much attention as the arielbots which i think is a shame cause i see a lot of potential in them. I've been hoping to see a video on them for a long time and Thank you Rodimus for turning my hope into a reality!

[@RodimusPrimal]

Glad I could oblige. It's very true, the Protectobots do match the Autobots goal of protecting life. I also think it's cool to have a team of jets too since the Autobots were made up of mostly cars.

[@steelwind2825]

@@RodimusPrimal I agree, i love how the special teams play very important particular roles within there faction. Wether it be construction, military force, air support so on and so forth. To tell you the truth i haven't really been able to grow an attachment to victorian and the torch bearers because they lack a particular role to play so it feels like they don't have anything that makes them stand out from the other special teams other then all being female but i digress

[@Yojimbo16]

Same. Defensor is my favorite Autobot G1 Combiner so you can imagine how I felt when I learned that his first appearance was in what's considered to be THE worst episode of the entire original cartoon.

[@IrishKyokushin]

Protectobots dont get enough appreciation.

[@RF-4C.95]

the Protectobots are deffinetly underrated. they are an intresting team and should be included in more storys.

[@Lazrael32]

Thanks for this! despite not getting a lot of love over the years (probably from a lack of an origin) the protectobots have always been my favorite combiner team. (in my head continuity Hotspot is a reformed version of Nemesis prime. lol)

[@brianretz1701]

I actually just bought the G1 gift set of these guys. Can't wait to get it.

[@captainfantastic9158]

The original from the 80s, or a repackage?

[@brianretz1701]

@@captainfantastic9158 it's a KO. Hard to find a good priced original one.

[@donaldbridgewater5786]

I wish the protectorbots will appearing in the movie

[@Kurotitan7125]

I totally forgot about this one! 😅 the Protectobots are truly unique among the Autobots and they should gain more attention

[@g1optimusprime401]

I wish the protectbots was real so they can help us with this epidemic going are.great video review keep up the good work rodimus

[@onetrackmind3558]

I like how you made this video during the virus, very clever.

[@melvinshine9841]

I've watched so many Chris McFeely videos I just expect any G1 Transformer that appeared in the comic books to have murdered by a cosmically powered Starscream. Wait, the G1 cartoon had an episode where someone became a paraplegic? How the hell did an 80s cartoon get away with that?

[@RodimusPrimal]

They got away with it by bringing back Optimus Prime!

[@twistedgaming9185]

@@RodimusPrimal And playing The Touch uncensored for broadcast!

[@Theopheus]

The 80's cartoons dealt with a lot of serious issues. Go watch He-Man's "Problem with Power" where he believes he killed a man and gave up his sword. The Thundercats were depicted without clothes in their origin episode and I believe there was an issue where one of the Thundercats tried drugs. I KNOW there was a he-man episode where a child did drugs. But when the adult shows came on you were told to leave the room and porn was getting your hands on a swim suit issue or sneaking into your dad's magazine collection. Nowadays everyone tries to pretend that children's cartoons all have to be fluffy and nice and teach something, while every kid gets a cell phone at 12 with free access to porn and violence.

[@twistedgaming9185]

@@Theopheus It's the birth of hypocrisy.

[@Theopheus]

@@twistedgaming9185 In fairness, a lot of the cartoon changes came because of the government sticking their noses in it and deciding kids needed more educational content. It basically killed Saturday Morning Cartoons. It's ironic to me that 80's cartoons always get accused of being 30 minute commercials for the toys, but they somehow managed to include values, and compelling and well written stories more anything anyone is putting out today, with the average reboot getting shelved after a season or 2. Also, Filmation, famously had total creative control over He-Man and told Mattel on a number of occasions that they weren't putting certain toys in their cartoon. Retroblasting (see their KZbin channel) goes into this and says that Lou Schemer famously said he wasn't putting "A walking fart joke" into his cartoon when Mattel pressured him to introduce "Stinkor" to the television lineup.

[@mikew2151]

I got all of them for my Birthday back in 1986... good times.

[@cobaltprime9467]

Oh yeah. It’s weird how so many other obscure characters or groups have gotten a revival in some way, but not these guys.

[@twistedgaming9185]

At least they got new toys.

[@gto2323]

Defensor is one of my favourite combiners in transformers

[@alexandergonyea4642]

I really love the Protectobots, probably my favorite Combiner in general. MTMTE especially helped me fall in love with First Aid as an individual character. I hope they return to prominence one day.

[@suprasport9118]

My Gosh!! He Blasted Bruticus to pieces!!...simply incredible! Wish we had more episodes! Would love to see them in the 1986 movie! Thank you for the upload!♥️

[@sketchasaurrex4087]

They definitely deserve more screentime

[@challengestars944]

Yes we need more of the Protectobots!

[@autobotleane8621]

Cool I really love the protectobots 😁😁😁😍😍

[@PrimeProductionsULTD]

All the clips shared in this video of the Protectobots speaking was one of my favorite things about this video. Overall this Protectobot video was very satisfying and a well done & informative tribute to the team. Thank you for such a good video. I never realized Frank was doing 2 of them. I just knew that the one sounded exactly like Trailbreaker. Every single one of those actors have shown their versatility.

[@Phant0mwolf-Productions]

I just want to say thank you for making a retrospective on this group. They are one of my favorite combiner teams of all times and I have the complete unite Warriors set of them from Japan. I love the research he put into your retrospective videos I do hope you keep it up because it gives great information for those who already know a lot and for the newcomers to the franchise

[@juancabeza5809]

I just completed my Combiner Wars Defensor the other day. This video helped me understand who they are a lot better. Please do a Superion video too sometime, Thanks!

[@superion1739]

the earth need the protectbots

[@mecha53107]

My favorite of the Protectobots is Streetwise just because of this line: *"Hey Screamer, you're pilot's license just expired!"*

[@mellowprime2500]

the protectobots would be perfect for earthrise

[@twistedgaming9185]

They've already gotten toys in Combiner Wars.

[@jase7474]

Nice never knew Hot Spot had a third mode. Even if they had a nice little run in Season 3, I still think they are one of the most underrated combiner groups.

[@ericcampbell4211]

They definitely should be included in more videos. I love all the G1 combiners. Please do videos on any you haven't done yet.

[@aurafireheart]

They're definitely one of my favourite combiners, largely because they weren't designed for combat but to help people especially in situations that may prove too dangerous for human responders. I do also like the Aerialbots too though but especially the Protectobots. I feel like they're underutilised and definitely could do with more screentime

[@Jhin730]

Finally, someone willing to do the protectobots retrospective, can do the aerial bots retrospective

[@RodimusPrimal]

I fully intend to cover the various teams. I did two huge videos on combiners in general though.

[@jeremywilliams5675]

In the episode B.O.T they should have at least have the episode to themselves, and they should have been in more episodes they weren't advertised very well and the origin story of Omega finding them that could have been a good story for them

[@amethyst7084]

The Protectobots should easily have been featured in more of the G1 cartoons.

[@RocketHarry865]

wish they got an origin story and how they got end up on earth and how the they joined the Autobots

[@SSRuiz]

4:00 Peter Cullen - Optimus, Ironhide, Streerwise, Snapdragon; Dan Gilvesan - Bumblebee/Goldbug, Hot Spot; Frank Welker - Megatron, Soundwave, Mirage, Mixmaster, Trailbreaker, Blades, Groove; Michael Bell - Sideswipe, Prowl, Swoop, Scrapper, First Aid; Chris Latta - Starscream, Wheeljack, Defensor, Skullcruncher (anyone else voiced by these talented actors?)

[@captainfantastic9158]

Don't forget: Frank for Skywarp, Rumble and Frenzy; Michael for Bombshell and Brainstorm; Chris for Reflector and, if you're counting humans, Sparkplug Witwicky. (And I could be wrong, but I'd swear Frank "voiced" Ravage, Laserbeak and Buzzsaw as well!)

[@SSRuiz]

@@captainfantastic9158 thanks; according to tfwiki.net, Chris voiced Laserbeak; Frank was known for doing animal voices, so ur right about Ravage, Buzzsaw & Ratbat

[@captainfantastic9158]

@@SSRuiz Ha ha, I always loved that Frank voiced so much of the original Decepticon army single-handedly! WAIT! We forgot the Dinobots! Frank did Sludge and Mike did Swoop! And I guess Galvatron goes without saying...

[@SSRuiz]

@@captainfantastic9158 😆

[@BrotherDerrick3X]

@@captainfantastic9158 hell, Frank Welker could have done an episode by himself, though they might have needed Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime.

[@absolutezero7174]

First of all I wishes your family and you a safe day from the recent situation of the cosmic rust. I’m glad to see that you made a new video my friend. I wish they will make more story to do more justice for Defensor. I think you are right that they are not giving Defensor enough story. Also, I like the idea of Omega Supreme discovered the protectobot on a different planet then bring them back to earth. I liked that idea much better.

[@DanzoSrife]

After Transformers the movie 1986, most of my favorite transformers either died , didn't get utilized much and made me feel sore and sloggish for season 3, the Protectobots helped anchor some of those feelings and made the season good. I think they were well designed and their characters were so cool. I really wished they spent more time writing their individual personalities and origins. It made perfect sense to make First Aid the pacifist (as many I meet in real life are) and I enjoyed his story arc. Defensor for me is a must buy in my collection! Great video again pal :)

[@TheSypherMan]

Finally some show light on Defensor/Protectobots

[@rayvenkman2087]

When you think about it, they have the worst luck when it comes to their media depictions. They first appear in the cartoon on the horribly awful B.O.T episode and their IDW appearances as a team only occurs in Combiner Wars and Lost Light which is a really bad place for these guys. Even their Marvel appearances don't do them any favours with their debut being in the US issue where Optimus Prime gets blown up after NPCs were killed in a computer game and considered the worst Marvel US issue of all time.

[@jerrybeckettdd]

Another great show! Thank you for all the details you pack into these origins and history of these Transformers.

[@RodimusPrimal]

Thank you! Hopefully it won't take too long to make the next two!

[@phantom1592]

I never saw an episode with the protectobots back in the old days. Almost skipped him when Combiner Wars came around, but finding out that he's all 'first responders' and that their overall purpose in the 'great war' is to protect the humans who are in the autobot/decepticon crossfire.... Man, I was hooked. Now I think he may be my favorite combiner. Something about that heroic attitude of 'saving people' over 'destroying our enemies' being the objective really appeals to me.

[@OrionOodama]

Sometimes, it is better for characters to be mysterious and not to know their backstory. Or perhaps I've already developed this kind of mindset due to plethora of TF characters that I struggled to keep up. Glad this channel was conceptualized. First Aid has become my favorite character come Season 3. Following the demise of resident mechanics/repair bots in Wheeljack and Ratchet, First Aid subtly or unassumingly took over the role more magnified with the presence of Metroplex. With him as inspiration, "First Aid" (mixed with various characters and numbers) becomes a personal user name in various online platforms.

[@171QA]

I hope they’ll get more screen time in the future.

[@ganados0]

In my comic headcanon, after the Aerialbots and Stunticons were created, both Optimus and Megatron sought more experienced robots for their next combiners, Megatron picked the Combaticons from Cybertron, Optimus imprinted five memories from a crystal onto bodies like he did with the '85 cars in issue 14.

[@GingerNorseman]

By Wreck-gar's, whiskers, thousands of fond childhood memories, rushing back to me, with all your videos.

[@RodimusPrimal]

Thanks! I've got more on the way!

[@mauigio]

This is such an amazing series that you do. You really give such great justice to all these wonderful characters Brilliant series!

[@marshyjoejack8049]

Great segment. The protectobots always seemed to be the forgotten combiner or the least desirable. Keep bringing the awesome content!

[@DESTRAKON]

I had no idea there was another Fairlady Z autobot and it's Streetwise of all people

[@thesailormercury2]

THis video is fitting when it was uploaded and it still is .

[@Theopheus]

I love your Retrospectives the most. Subscribed.

[@tommyv.4226]

Great video as always Rodimus! This makes me want to bring out my combiner wars figures and form Defensor!

[@ZedKaizoku]

Hot spot & First Aid were always my favorites in the protecto bots now Rook also ... i think in the Japanese transformers scramble city movie (taking from season 1 to season 2 before the creation of bruticus) kinda explained that they came or were created when ultra magnus came to earth

[@vassa1972]

Great video as always Sir Merry Christmas to you and your family

[@michealcormier2555]

A very timely and appropriate video during this crisis. Thanks for the upload.

[@darrinronaleerowe3611]

Great video man!

[@pistonx3544]

Thanks so much for giving these guys there own video for once other than the stunticons there my favorite combiner team Thanks for the video

[@thundercracker3778]

It is probably a quirk of releasing around the same time but it is intresting the rescue based vechile protectobots are rivals of the miltary themed combaticons. Showing the two sides of the conflict the defensive autobot side and the more agressive offensive decpticon side.

[@fduranthesee]

Fits well. Helicopters (Blades and Vortex) Trucks (First Aid and Swindle) Defense vehicles (Hot Spot and Onslaught) Escape vehicles (Groove and Blastoff)

[@BxBrix]

Dope vid as always! At the end I caught a 49 minute ad, never seen that in my life but as a fellow youtuber I knew I found gold so I let the whole thing play out for ya! Cheers buddy!

[@DoRag8]

1 of my fave autobot combiner teams besides the aerialbots

[@TrueNomadSkies]

I always liked these guys, and jumped at the chance to get their combiner wars toy even though I wasn't collecting too much at the time. Hot Spot's design is great, and I liked the theme of including a new member to most of the teams, Rook being a great one.

[@nexusprime2006]

I love your videos rodimus primal keep up the good work.

[@BEase44]

Such an underrated group I always wish season 2 went a little bit longer. Another great video! In still hoping you and Chris Mcfeely do a collab project on a big subject.

[@gezi5927]

Cool video dude

[@theflashpr787]

The Protectobots ❤️ thank you for your service, along with the rest of the Autobots 🙏🏽. Till all are one! 💯

[@TransformersCollector-pj5jw]

Excellent!!!

[@CrimsonRaptors]

That's odd, we were just talking about that on the Tales From Teletraan podcast, lol. =P To answer your speculation, I've always assumed that the Protectobots were previously on Cybertron before the Ark launched. And they stayed behind to help Ultra Magnus fight an underground war against Shockwave. I wouldn't trust the Ask Vector Prime stuff. He's from the Unicron Trilogy so he wouldn't know better, haha. Now, as for the Combination origin, that's simply explained away from Optimus Prime asking for volunteers for a Combiner to go up against Starscream's Combaticons. The Protectobots did so, and with the information gained from the Aerialbots/Superion surprise against Menasor, were able to combine into Defensor. Simple and sweet. Anywho, great video, man. Keep up the good work. =P