The Rebirth, Part 1 | Transformers: Generation 1 | Season 4 | E01 | Hasbro Pulse

[@prince_thomas]

RIP to the writer of this episode, David Wise, who died last year due to lung cancer. He wrote some of the most popular episodes including War Dawn and The Key to Vector Sigma.

[@mitchfletcher2386]

Yup...I miss him a lot.

[@houseofno]

He also wrote a couple of controversial ones. Some would say that "Kremzeek" and "Day of the Machines" was not exactly his best work. Condolences to David Wise's family.

[@henkman00]

Kremzeek was a fun episode. “Faster, Prime. Faster!” (Catching up to the train) “SLOWER, PRIME, SLOWER!” Still cracks me up 😂

[@donmccullen1973]

@@houseofno Day of the Machines was not so bad.

[@mrefromninjago7665]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Wymorence]

7:41 - Galvatron: "Sixshot, show the kids all your toy's forms!"

[@csand2015]

Took me 2 weeks as a kid to change him to all modes

[@Soundwave32791]

Sixshot was such a badass in Headmasters.

[@brandonvortex995]

Also a ninja consultant too

[@leo11lim]

@@brandonvortex995 and now defected to the Autobots as Great Shot.

[@RyanEX2000]

@@leo11lim to be fair, in the comic at least, he was a free agent.

[@zandercruz3487]

How many toys do you want to introduce in one episode? Hasbro: "Yes".

[@claytonbouldin9381]

"All of them...and then a couple more...."

[@Mechagodzillareturns56]

Predacon Megatron: “Yessssss.”

[@Darkbotsz5]

Paramount: very adaptation characters series and movies.

[@emp0rizzle]

I got Hardhead for Christmas in 1987 haha

[@Darkbotsz5]

Toys g1 season 3 1985 1986

[@NarffetWerlz]

_Your childhood Christmas wishlist will be back after these messages_

[@MichaelWorthy25]

Exactly 😊

[@Karah]

Dude I wasn’t even though of at this time but my Christmas Wishlist is all the way to CYBERTRON and back lol

[@navyreviewer]

One of the wisest bits in transformers. "we're already (involved)" Having grown up, married, and become a parent in this war Spike has accepted evil cant be called someone else's problem or ignored. Deep.

[@Noshadow83]

True 🙏

[@Ace-vf2uf]

Well said.

[@BryonYoungblood]

Oh yeah. It shows how much Spike has grown given his long involvement with the Autobots along with his dad, Carly, and Daniel.

[@jonathanpowell613]

Non-intervention, in cases like this, is complicity, so Spike definitely made the right choice.

[@BryonYoungblood]

@@jonathanpowell613 And like I said, Spike's been involved since he was a teenager, and now as a husband and a dad, he knows what you said is true, considering that the war still rages on.

[@marclewis5505]

7:42 The introduction of Sixshot was so badass yo! This blew me away and I wanted him so bad!

[@chrisedwards3214]

He showed the aerialbots how old toys are dealt with

[@MoskusMoskiferus1611]

He was like the ultimate Decepticon

[@RockdownPlus]

​@@chrisedwards3214lol.

[@BryonYoungblood]

@@MoskusMoskiferus1611 Yeah. His being a one 'Con army with his six forms makes him dangerous, and that he has power on par with Decepticon leaders like Megatron and Galvatron says a lot.

[@Cretaceous158]

The decepticons' ninja consultant.

[@bradphippsnz]

After 3 seasons of voicing Autobots, Peter Cullen lends his voice to no less than 3 Decepticons in this mini series.

[@AnIndianBoi1905]

@Brad Phipps, who were those three lucky decepticons, got got the voice of legendary Peter Cullen?

[@bradphippsnz]

@@AnIndianBoi1905 Wingspan, Slugslinger and Nightstick.

[@chrisedwards3214]

@Chrystian Song frank Welker played pinpointer and chromedome

[@daveadamson3629]

@Chrystian Song that was Frank Welker, the voice of Megatron/Galvatron and Fred Jones of scooby doo

[@angelriverasantana7755]

@Chrystian Song That's Frank Welker, who already does a lot in this show lol

[@THANATOS-PRIME]

While their time on screen may have been brief I find that most of the new Decepticons in this shortened season to be some of coolest.

[@TF80s]

Never liked the Gorilla or Bat..but the rest, yeah, they looked great.

[@jaycob1830]

Nahhh man Apeface is cool

[@TF80s]

@@jaycob1830 as a robot and jet, yeah but that Ape mode was awful to me.

[@deathisonlythebeginning5098]

@@TF80s Ratbat was the leader of the Deceps in the comic for a while.

[@TF80s]

@@deathisonlythebeginning5098 l knew there was a reason l hated the comics.

[@m.e.c.hn.e.s.t4757]

11:25 To this day, the way Hardhead shut poor Blurr up remains one of the biggest and most unsolved misteries of history.

[@simpletoastvibes]

Pff I'm sure hes... fine...

[@alec9228]

yea hmm man i wonder what he did to make him shut up 🧐🧐 (kissed him clearly!!!)

[@maipful]

Hardhead was forced to silence Blurr because his rapid speech caused discomfort and hopelessness in the other Autobots.. Käännä

[@SoundwaveDevastation]

@@alec9228chocking him clearly

[@arezdabro]

@@simpletoastvibes oh hey, I watched your g1 out of context vids and they were a blast 😂😂😂😂😂, I haven’t laughed so long on transformers ever since absurdly awesome

[@tinselfrog3596]

Best part of the episode is seeing Snapdragon and Apeface for the first time. Two of the best and criminally underused characters and toys in TF. I mean, c'mon, he's a Decepticon named after a flower! That's awesome!

[@butterflykatana]

Totally with you on Snapdragon, thought he was kick-ass since his G1 box art, he's new figure from ER is cool too.

[@UToobUsername01]

@@butterflykatana I like it. It kinda looks like a SR-71 blackbird. Too bad the cartoon ended. At this time I think the kids who grew up watching the transformers while in elementary school were in highschool by that time and probably outgrew playing with toys at this point which usually means you got to reboot the cartoon again for the next kids. That's probably why the story had to end to wrap things up. If nobody is buying the toys the animation has no funding. Toy sales keep cartoons alive. Thundercats reboot in 2011 is proof of this. Got cancelled prematurely. It would have lived if the toys were marketed heavily and there were kids buying the merch. So far hasbro is doing is great job with the Siege, earthrise, Kingdom toys quality by exploiting our nostaglia for the original 80s and 90s G1 era toon. It seems to work because adult have more disposable income and miss the 1980s cheese.

[@chrisedwards3214]

Like like thehorrorcons came kicking ass their characters had no.tjme to develop since the show was cancelled

[@deathisonlythebeginning5098]

Snapdragon was in the original G1 comic book. Apeface makes me think of that hideous Beast Wars.

[@sonicguyver7445]

You're speaking my language! Many stellar cycles ago my brother and I got Apeface (me) and Snapdragon (him) for Christmas. Since then I was attached to that pair. I even kept mine in decent condition for all these years and payed about $35 getting a replacement gun and shield for him on eBay.

[@SebaxJimenez]

The intro of this season is awesome ❤

[@crb4059]

they used snippets from the toy commercials

[@arceerogueharleyquinncapta9925]

i love how arcee is like a second mom to daniel.

[@navyreviewer]

Yeah even though that wasnt a thing in the previous season. Hey, where is Carly anyway? Must... not... over think... hour... long.. toy commercials.

[@Dumfuk343]

@@navyreviewer so im not the only one who saw it as kinda flirtatious

[@sabishiihito]

@@navyreviewer maybe a victim of the Cybertronian Wars

[@BryonYoungblood]

Me too, or a big sister. :) Just like how Hot Rod can be a big brother to Daniel too.

[@Wing-Zero-si1eu]

@@BryonYoungbloodyeah Arcee is more of a big sister to him, which would make Hot Rod a brother in law.

[@houseofno]

"There will be no war today, Optimus Prime. You have earned Galvatron's respect," Galvatron said. Next day, it's "Decepticons attack!" Did someone forget to tell Optimus Prime that Galvatron has gone completely psycho since his makeover from Unicron?

[@donmccullen1973]

The lava made him more psycho.

[@chrisedwards3214]

That was a temporary truce plus months passed since the return of optimus prime and rebirth

[@UToobUsername01]

Galvatron has to deal with the loss of the last war as shown in the 1986 movie..and the overall autobot dominance of space. Prior to that, autobots were the underdogs running away from Megatron as guerilla fighters. So I can understand him losing his shit and being angry all the time like a mob boss who is getting his corners taken by rival gangs haha -Season 1: autobots are the rebel alliance having to run all the time and their home planet of Cybertron is dominated by the bad guys. Autobots are constantly on the defensive for most of the time while the decepticons are raiding earth for energon to stockpile in hopes of killing off the autobots once and for all. -post movie: autobots are happy and now control cybertron, earth and also have humans traveling in space as patrols as support crew. Overall the decepticons are the underdogs trying to claw back some of the power they once had. The leader is more powerful than megatron but competing with other evil aliens in the galaxy for dominance. His decepticons are not as feared as they were in season 1 as humans are "more futuristic" now. (the military must have progressed a lot since the 1980s tech they had in season 1) Even Astrotrain comments that decepticons were not so starving for energon and fighting amoungst themselves "in the days of megatron". He can see they are now the ones having to struggle to survive and it makes perfect sense because after a war the losing side is much poorer now and in the real world the winning side usually expects the loser to even pay reparations for the damage caused by the war. (eg germany after WW2) Obviously that didn't happen and decepticons are free to roam around like bandits but the effect is the same since they have no outside support as quintessons are just there to exploit them for their own agenda. Whereas the autobots have the humans and other peaceful aliens who attended the galactic olympics. (having friends = more resources plus being good guys they are not going to backstab you)

[@SwaggerLikeUz]

Brian Weir lol true

[@img00]

@@donmccullen1973 yes but by the Return of Optimus Prime and certainly that last scene he was pretty much sane again, even bantering with his old foe as they searched for the ore Prime needed. Crazy Galvatron was fun for a while (eg : webworld) but I always missed Megatron during S3 except for that above episode. As a Star Trek fan too you'd think I'd prefer Leonard Nimoy's interpretation of the character in the movie, but Frank Welker was the man for Megatron - before and after his run in with Unicron - which is also why it was great to have him back in Transformers Prime.

[@gutz1981]

This is the season where even as a kid I could feel they were just trying to sell me toys.

[@trence5]

hahaha yeah.

[@swordkingx4874]

This episode cranks the toy marketing to 11, most everyone that shows up in this season didn't exist till it started. Yet the show acts like they've always existed.

[@deathisonlythebeginning5098]

@@swordkingx4874 You must have never read the comic book. It started the G1 show and lasted several years after it was cancelled. They always had a feature robot at the back of the book, and often the spot that said first appearance was: "Right here". But at least this is better than season 3 that basically took all the cool deceps and even autos and made them dumb shit. Like Rodimus, sweeps, Galvatron and Cyclonus.

[@bradphippsnz]

@@deathisonlythebeginning5098 Season 3 is frustrating. I don't know whose decision it was to bring in the Quintessons but the show is called Transformers. Why switch the main bad guy to someone who doesn't transform AND isn't available as a toy?

[@TF80s]

This season is so underrated and unfairly criticised by the fan base imo..l love it, it's full of action right from the start..Prime is back kicking ass, Vector Sigma and Alpha Trion are back in the action, Hotrod is back being great as Hotrod. The animation is fine for the most part, (except for the scale of Cybertron) it's like a blend of season 2&3 animation. I'm really glad it was only a 3 parter and wasn't dragged out like the borefest of Five Faces of Darkness but l wish there had been a full season after this to flesh out all the new characters. I was sad to learn these were the last episodes but if it had to end, re establishing the Golden age of Cybertron was the perfect way to do it as that was the whole purpose of the series from the beginning. Also having Spike be the one responsible for revitalising the planet was ingenious as it brought the show full circle. You could say Vector Sigma was involved in the events going right back to the very first episode, pulling the strings right from the start. Firstly by arranging for them to leave Cybertron in search of energy, to crash land on Earth, to be in stasis for four million years, then to meet Spike who would one day use the power of Earth's Sun to revitalise Cybertron. Also Spike becoming part of the most powerful Autobot ever to exist was very fitting and satisfying. But that's just my take on it all.

[@grodimusprime1343]

Just like you said the three episodes of the rebirth was the best to me Optimus prime with back that the sigma was back prime kicking ass and taking names now that’s what’s up the intro oh my goodness I could go on and on about how awesome the intro is or was the head masters The target masters Man I’m so glad Hasbro Are finally releasing the transformers on KZbin

[@kennethdemuchest3985]

I like the 3rd series.

[@TF80s]

@@kennethdemuchest3985 l like all seasons..they're all different but great in their own way.

[@grodimusprime1343]

What I also love about the rebirth series is RC it’s like a mother to Daniel I love it she protects him like a parent friggin beautiful man

[@chrisedwards3214]

Vector sigma was asleep until the episode he was introduced Now alpha trion was planning on restoring Cybertron. To the golden age from the start A3 goes into the future meets rodimus and seed the future then goes back to his time leads the rebellion defeats the quints then start to planning on the future of Cybertron He saw Orion pax was from the prime lineage so he rebuilt him into Optimus and later before he merged with.vector sigma he told prime I created you Alpha trion didn't die which shocked prime at first alpha trion spoke through vector sigma and was never shut down Ironically Megatron didn't think to destroy vector sigma when he conquered cybertron

[@errolthomas9426]

Wow. After 34 years I still can't believe that there was three episodes for season four.

[@Artiststan]

I finally sat down and watched all 3 episodes. I don't mind this introduction of Headmasters and Targetmasters. I also thought the combination of Daniel and Arcee, and Spike and Cerebros was well done.

[@Dumfuk343]

i still think there was a slight flirtatious dynamic between daniel and arcee i could be wrong tho

[@dogma9609]

, Artist Stan, you've never seen these episodes before???

[@joelcambalon9517]

Thumbs up to Hasbro Pulse!

[@MinasTsambanis]

And there we have it. The final storyarc of the american G1 cartoon. After that, Takara steps in. One thing i instantly got is these major Space Odyssey of Arthur Clark vibes through the entire 3 parter.

[@athlonen]

Actually, I'd say the other way around. Takara before this series. If it were after, there would be a problem in the timeline to explain how Daniel's injury/paralysis "goes away" in the Japanese Headmasters series, let alone Optimus Prime again.

[@MinasTsambanis]

@@athlonen Assuming you are reffering to my suggestions for linking the Rebirth with a HYPOTHETICAL american dub of HM , you got it all wrong. I never said the injuries ''went away''. I said that due to advanced cybertronian tech, Daniel managed to recover.

[@tigerbread78]

@@athlonen Takara actually ignored rebirth (season 4) entirely, so Optimus returns at the end of season 3, then it's straight into their own continuity, Daniel has no injuries to explain away, as they happened in season 4

[@acarter9277]

Arcee: He saved my life and he's my dearest friend in all the world. Me: Then how come you hardly ever spend time with him, you're always with Hot Rod and Springer. 😂

[@Dumfuk343]

yea she got passed around like a joint and left daniel with the doobie

[@cellytron]

Well, she did say “the world”, not “the Galaxy”. That’s like saying “he’s my best friend at work” as opposed to your actual best friend 😂

[@Optimus-Prime-Rib]

Wish there was more than 3 episodes of this

[@alanguages]

It was initially planned for five parts. Unfortunately, they were told to restrict it and could not do the five parter. Hence, the words of one of the guy who contributed, the balonium factor was put in to finish it up.

[@donmccullen1973]

@@alanguages I still would like a direct sequel series to this.

[@alanguages]

@@donmccullen1973 The Japanese Transformers: Headmasters ignores Rebirth and is the closest thing to a sequel. Then Tranformers: Super-god Masterforce, Victory, and finally Zone. That is it for G1.

[@donmccullen1973]

@@alanguages Does not have to be, and the new series can be 3-D computer animated. Just like they did with some of the video games.

[@alanguages]

@@donmccullen1973 Oh, you mean a new continuation. Not including what was already done. Personally, I did not like Season 3, I would want a reboot after Transformers the Movie.

[@jtsmith1817]

11:23-11:26 Alright, admit it. When you first watched this episode, you thought Hardhead was KISSING Blurr instead of shutting him up.

[@leah_calamari]

i still do lmao and this is my third time watching g1

[@M.J.Conway]

That never occurred to me, but now that you mention it...

[@ShinGallon]

I didn't see this until years after G1 had ended because I lived out of the US from 1986-1990. During that time I became fully invested in the Marvel comic version of Transformers, and let me say, seeing Zarak as a goofy green alien in the cartoon was...something.

[@chrisedwards3214]

It was cool seeing zarak being taken over by scorpions personality in the comics when you make a deal with the devil

[@Noshadow83]

Had this on vhs. Feel truely blessed to have watched this when I was a kid. This set the bar to what would come

[@FoolyCoolyBlackLagoony]

So cool that the whole original series is on KZbin now, hoping @HasbroPulse will put things Headmasters and Victory on here (assuming they have the rights)

[@coolsunsgoldenclassics]

Transformers victory is on here but the sound quality is really something. Headmasters keeps popping up and then disappearing.

[@BryonYoungblood]

2:07 - Gotta give Freeway props for trying to tell Snapdragon to back off, before he got punted into a wall HARD. It also was funny when Freeway said "Well, since ya put it that way--!" in a bit of an embarrassed tone.

[@MrDEMarq]

I would redo these three episodes, but without the organic aspect and replace them as mini-cons that left Cybertron to create their own colony (like in the Japanese version) , but are also in a civil war like the Auto-Bots and Decepticons. But Spike STILL creates Fort-Max. I"m just happy that everyone can now see why this genre has lasted for soo long and can be shared with everyone!

[@monster-mecha_enthusiast_2002]

Saddest part is that i'm usally the only one that likes the Mini-Cons/Micromasters since i'm mostly a sucker for mini Transformer toys to collect.

[@LexingtonDeville984]

2:38 - Scattershot proving to be the only Autobot willing to put up a fight while everyone else gets bitchslapped by the Decepticons.

[@Dumfuk343]

yea the decepticons absolutely fucked up the autobots not as bad as in the movie tho

[@SwaggerLikeUz]

The greatest heartbreak of my 80's childhood was G1 ending on a Rebirth cliffhanger & cancelled.

[@marclewis5505]

I feel ya on that yo. Luckily Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles came out right after Transformers ended.

[@WarhawkBeyond2040]

I remember my dad buying this for me on VHS from a secondhand store that used to have a mini video library of different genres and every week in the children's section was Transformers tapes, i found a copy of The Rebirth which had a cool pic of Fortress Maximus on the cover and it blew me away to see all of these unusual Autobbots and Decepticons appearing out of nowhere every second. Even though, i always consider the Return Of Optimus Prime to be the true series finale of the show, The Rebirth still to this day remains an important part of my childhood.

[@peterscoop2647]

I've never had the chance to watch this in such high quality! Thank you so much!

[@Tricob1974]

Don't ask me to hate Season 4. Yes, AKOM did 100% of the animation here, but aside from some silly mistakes in the first few minutes, they actually did a good job this time around. There's lots of wonderfully fluid animation here. Add in bits of intrigue and some great lines of dialog, and this trilogy of episodes turned out a lot better than it had any right to be.

[@JoseBronxRican]

It's in-house this time: for the first time ever, the animators are listed in the credits, and longtime AKOM head staffer Jae Ho Hong is involved. AKOM outsourced mostly to Sam Young in season 3, so they receive blame mostly as the production company.

[@EmperorOfTheScrubs]

I like how Japan was like "this is good but our thing is better"

[@RockdownPlus]

It really wasn't though.

[@phillipwattsjr.4714]

The Japanese version falls under "so bad it's good", mostly because of the unintentionally comical English dubbing. This 3-parter on the other hand was just dreadful.

[@EliElijah-gh1ft]

​@@phillipwattsjr.4714 nobody wants to watch that garbage

[@thespaceram2879]

This U.S. sunbow rebirth three parter is much better than the whole Japanese series.

[@narlord8613]

@@thespaceram2879 Not really.

[@ericdemby4644]

at 11:30 Arcee holding Daniel like an action figure is funny

[@donaldroberson9522]

God I miss this era we had the best cartoons .

[@Soundwave32791]

This three-parter is okay but I always preferred the Japanese Headmaster concept of smaller robots connecting to larger robot bodies.

[@AlizelAwakened]

I dont like that concept.

[@OMGYOUARER8GHT]

@@AlizelAwakened I don't like Humans controlling transformers inside heads

[@Cyclownus]

7:39 “Sixshot, show em who’s the new toy on toy shelves!”

[@AnIndianBoi1905]

7:40 Six shot is just the upper level of the triple changers (Astrotrain & Blitzwing).

[@cellytron]

16:43 Oooh god, better not move him, his neck and spine are probably both broken- 16:50 Oh okay go ahead Arcee, play with the flesh creature like he’s a rag doll, that’s cool

[@LeonedeBeaumont]

Thank you for saving these great series for us! We love you HASBRO! 😘

[@animallover1404]

Happy 39th Anniversary "TRANSFORMERS G1" (SEPTEMBER 17, 1984) (R.I.P. to all those who gave us all these amazing characters just like the actors)

[@Darkbotsz5]

Happy 40th anniversary Transformers September 17 1982.

[@TheHumbleFellow]

3:32 Counterpunch: Yo, my Autobot counterpart is nearby. REAL nearby... Wingspan: K, we'll be ready for him when he attacks. Punch: *surprised Pikachu face*

[@chrisedwards3214]

They.punched him out

[@marclewis5505]

20:14 Highbrow: I suppose it's the only meritorious way out of a meretricious situation. Hardhead: Yeah me too, like he said. 😆

[@ganados0]

The amount of creativity in these final episodes only shown we were robbed of what could have been a fantastic season. The new characters were great, the new Transformer Nebulon dynamic would have really shaken things up instead it went to Takara where they sucked all their individuality out and cancelled characters like Sky Lynx.

[@great159]

Sky Lynx wasn't even in Headmasters but I agree with the rest👌

[@seld2040]

Why did they ended this season so soon?

[@MrPsarn]

(2:20) In Season 3 the Technobots were suppose to be the Autbots most advanced combiner. Yet in Season 4 they seem completely amateur, being easily overpowered by the new Decepticons. Actually this was true about a lot of the Combiners - in one season they were powerful, the next season they were completely useless - the Constructicons in particular from Seasons 2 -> 3.

[@animallover1404]

Happy 34th Anniversary Season 4 of "Transformers G1" (November 9, 1987)!!!!!!!!!!

[@Brainstorm_2002]

Man here i am at the end of the original cartoon and im sad. I still love the new cons and autobots. Headmasters are the best

[@shadowspidey7327]

Having Optimus back was great Rodimus did a great job when he was leader.

[@great159]

Optimus was better off dead. He was a OUTSTANDING leader but he had his time.

[@shadowspidey7327]

@@great159 I understand that we've had Optimus for years now as leader of the Autobots just saying having him back was good back then. Even having him now today but yeah I guess someone could take over Bumblebee sort of did in the last Transfomers series.

[@DylanMartin-o6s]

7:35 Galvatron & Decepticons Vs. Autobots

[@jayddenburgos]

Hot Rod: hey blur long time no see Blur: don't give me that stuff I was wrong that was robbie and hear me this whole thing is fix he had an unfair advantage.

[@Handclap-i1z]

Ultra Magnus and Optimus prime look great together

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

Man when I first saw Cerebros in this episode and the way he talks reminds me a bit of both First Aide and the Technobots as First Aide was a pacifist who hates fighting and the Technobots talk in technobabble.

[@JoseBronxRican]

18:08 - "Raldnszhjungg--LOOK OUTT!!!!!"

[@leemorganthesmashbrosking1977]

16:23 grab the fallen autobots and clear out!

[@BrappyHour]

Man. You guys are right. They advertised more new toys in this episode than the first episode of G1!

[@jasonbari5997]

The whole cartoon was one big toy commercial lol

[@kenjimaurerfromdisneyland2001]

5:19 - Buster bunny: They call this place a Halloween maze. 5:31 - Oh no, watch it, Sylvester Jr. 5:35 - Babs Bunny: Mischievous ninja jerk, Ah!

[@crz033]

I remember being 10 years old the fall this premiered. My local station had advertised they were moving the show from the prime (no pun intended) timeslot of 4:00 PM, to 6:00 AM, the very beginning of their broadcast day. Although I hated getting up earlier than necessary before school, it would be worth it for my favorite show. Imagine my shock when by week's end they were back to running "Rocky and Bullwinkle" in that timeslot instead. Of course, this was before the internet, so I thought my local station had just cancelled it abruptly. I was so mad! Little did I know that the whole season was just going to be this three parter and that would be all she wrote. I wish Hasbro had been able to justify a full fourth season. There were still stories to tell. Alas, you know what they say about "all good things."

[@ultramaximusreviews]

This episode introduced an entire new line up of figures of Autobots and Decepticons that year LOL

[@gemini82Q]

What a deflation of quality compared to Seasons 1 and 2.

[@charliemcgraffin]

1:32 ''It's Starting!" Said G1 Optimus Prime! ''It's Starting!" Said The Fat Controller!

[@deadmanlyndon]

saw this episode as a kid, i got grey hair coming out now, and i never never nevvvvvvvvver forgot about 6 shot

[@DaVinciNoir]

Holy toy commercial 😂 I mean I know the whole series is a commercial but sheesh.

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

Ya know when I first saw this episode it reminded me of the season 2 episode 'City of Steel' where after the Constructicon Hook disassembled Optimus and through half of the episode Optimus was a talking disembodied head who could control his scattered body parts whether they were his legs,his right arm or an Alligatacon that was his whole torso and left arm it was like Optimus had become the very first Humanoid/Beast Headmaster Transformer as he was able to control or summon his body parts with a signal from his brain and as a disembodied head he was able to still talk all anyone had to do was take hold of his vocalizer wires.

[@shirakotakamoto.4178]

11:26 in the South american dub Kup literally says "there's always a gay in every TV show" AND I'M NOT KIDDING

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

The Targetmasters get more screen time in the title sequence than they do in the whole story

[@LJLMETAL]

@13:25; that guy sounds like Fred from Scooby Doo.

[@SuperMookles]

Once again, no explanation of where half the characters suddenly appeared from. I think the producers underestimated the intelligence of children and just how much origin stories like "SOS Dinobots", "The Key to Vector Sigma", "Starscream's Brigade" etc were appreciated!

[@monkeynt5780]

Well in this case you could say they were always on Cybertron. It's not like season 2 where they just inexplicably appear with Optimus' group on Earth

[@minicle426]

According to the Secret Files of Teletraan 2, a number of Autobots escaped off world during the war. Seemingly implying where all these new characters came from. Cosmic Rust/Fight or Flee for example established there were other Autobot colonies. In addition to the Junkions.

[@alphatrion100]

Do you know every person in your city?

[@SuperMookles]

@@alphatrion100 feeble analogy.

[@bradphippsnz]

Yeah but origin stories often conflict each other further down the line. Heavy Metal War, The Secret of Omega Supreme and The Five Faces of Darkness Ep4 all offer differing views of where the Constructicons came from. By saying they 'just appeared' allows people to make up whatever they want without worrying about future writers ballsing it up

[@andycabrera8160]

Nothing like the 80s. Good era to be a kid with these types of cartoon to see and enjoy. It was very entertaining to spend time. Wish they could create cartoon for the children to see like the ones the had in the 80s.

[@phillipwattsjr.4714]

16:05--What a lot of you came for. I'll say this for Danny, though...it did take some testicular fortitude to do this.

[@MidnightGarou94]

lmao so true i laughed even harder rewatching it again

[@Megatron-sl5us]

We never got to see the final battle between Optimus Prime and Galvatron aka Megatron in season 4. I felt it was a miss opportunity.

[@catpin]

You mean Optimus Prime and the return of Megatron that Megatron is not being Galvatron Megatron is being Megatron at the same time Megatron gets back to his old body for the final battle.

[@Megatron-sl5us]

@@catpin No, I meant what I said. Prime Vs Galvatron. We never got to these two fight their final battle.

[@catpin]

@@Megatron-sl5us we don't know what could be if Galvatron becomes Megatron again in America as Megatron comes back Megatron being Megatron Megatron goes back to his old body.

[@catpin]

@@Megatron-sl5us it's very hard to tell if if the final battle between Optimus Prime vs Megatron again and and if the final battles there and I guess Megaton no longer is Galvatron he's Megatron once again.

[@ArcticPrice]

11:25 ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh that's where that came from

[@dcspidey1218]

Wish we could of had a battle between optimus prime and galvatron

[@darrylmartin5642]

Real the G1 Marvel comic.

[@mamorusempai]

Hasbro needs to put this on SD Blu-ray.

[@MegaBeast6854]

7:38 Galvatron: Sixshot, show 'em what a one-robot-army is!!

[@Wing-Zero-si1eu]

Guess Glavatron decided to go back to how things were, before the movie, now that Optimus Prime is back.

[@alexadams4358]

Sometimes I think in a alternative universe, Counterpunch and Punch would be a split personality disorder.

[@stingerplayz2128]

I think they did that in a comic version of him

[@sabishiihito]

10:45 Galvatron kneeling down to get on Scourge's level seems almost *considerate* Then he orders him around lol. Don't ever change, 'Tron (Megs or Galvy).

[@raymondyee2008]

07:33 most unforgiving that the Aerialbots got killed off that fast. Thought they lasted long enough after being in combat for so long. I’ve been scratching my head where the hell was Springer, Sky Lynx, Blaster, Perceptor etc. especially after the events of the season 3 finale.

[@acarter9277]

Notice how Daniel is too big to fit in Arcees head sometimes and then suddenly he shrinks and his dad crams him up in her head?

[@mustangmike8515]

Great episode but was expecting to see more from sixshot (not just a few seconds showing all his transformations). On the japanese Headmasters episode is one of the main characters and we have the opportunity to see more transformations from him combing his gun/beast mode o gun/spaceship mode

[@mikedski9698]

Spike: Autobots, You Are About To Become Headmasters.

[@stingrey1571]

I just binged watched all four seasons. What I loved as a kid but bothered me as an adult is how they would introduce new characters and act as if they have been there the entire time.

[@minicle426]

Always wondered if there would ever be a proper planned ending for G1 if they had continued with S4, instead of the Japanese taking the reigns.

[@enrac]

I think this is as close an ending as we'd get.

[@jimhjortsberg2990]

I alway considered return of optimus prime to be a great finaly. Optimus is back, galvatron is cured of his insanity and the future is open but looking good.

[@saturncrush]

I also think the return of Optimus Prime was the perfect ending. However I would have loved to see what the plans from the writers were projecting forward. The US explanations for the evolutions of the Transformers brand my not have been perfect, but it laid the framework for the its success more then the Japanese version.

[@catpin]

So about the proper ending I think they should in prison the decepticon and the Decepticons will be in jail.

[@athlonen]

Japan didn't take the reigns after this. Takara split with Hasbro during shortly before this series started. In the Japanese series, they had killed off OP again, and Hasbro couldn't do that because of the backlash from the Movie, Dark Awakening, and the Return of Optimus Prime. So Hasbro was stuck and basically went it alone from this series going forward, which rather tanked.

[@roccomitchell-wo9qi]

One of my favorite cartoons of all time 🎉

[@edurodriguez4278]

This is the episode I was looking for. thanks!

[@jamesohara2323]

Blitzwing is cool, Astrotrain is cooler but Sixshot is just another level of awesome. Think about the Aerialbots introductory story and how important they were. They even merge to make an enormous badass super robot for goodness sake. But Sixshot was exactly what Galvatron said he was - “ a one robot army.” He changes his form for each Aerialbot and takes them all down with pretty much one shot each time. Pretty much the dictionary definition of ‘ complete badass.’ The Decepticons were cooler than the Autobots, they just were. They were the toys I wanted when I was a kid and they’re still flipping awesome watching them as a 50 year old with my grandchild. It’s pretty gutting that we never got to see Galvatron and Scorponok try and conquer the galaxy. Instead of endless, *endless* reboots.

[@stingrey1571]

I always rooted for the decepticons. Going back to season 1, there were about 11 decepticons vs 30 autobots.

[@nintendorakyamato1859]

Frank Welker voicing Galvatron since season 3

[@shphatyahyasharalah2321]

I never get tired of that outro song haha just something about it

[@chrisedwards3214]

The cons kicked the autobots asses in the first five minutes

[@ryanthompsonthompson820]

Congratulations on 100,000 subscribers.

[@nooneofconsequence1251]

"that ship left a particle trail a mile wide" wow... that seems EXTREMELY small for deep space... Decepticons must be amazing trackers.

[@GregoriusAP]

I love season 4 more than 3 because of Optimus' return and the new Transformers' designs are better than S3.

[@stroopeproductions9769]

These episode’s color palette always looked darker and not humid than the others, I don’t know if that was intentional or just how the transfer has suffered over the years

[@XTRABIG]

Yes. Good observation. The blues and purples seem noticeable different. But over all I like the color schemes

[@kirbykok4544]

The Rebirth 3 Part Episodes Is the series finale of the Transformers Generation 1 Cartoon and the Rebirth episodes Introduce the Autobot and Decepticon HeadMasters and Target Masters characters In America ! The Rebirth episodes were written by the late Story Editor and Writer: David Wise ! This is the final 3 episodes of the Transformers Generation 1 cartoon In America ! The 3 Part Episodes, the Rebirth , and the Events were Ignored In Japan In the 1980's ! Japan did not air the Rebirth episodes until many years later.

[@Robizoid]

It's great they got Optimus Prime back in charge, but Goldbug would still take some getting used to. This was originally going to be a 5 -part mini- series, but thanks to some deep budget cutbacks, it was reduced to 3.

[@DylanMartin-o6s]

10:04 Galvatron's Rage

[@firebd9]

How are the humans keeping pace walking with giant robots?

[@evanroldan9566]

16:06 That's Painful

[@tokenw1497]

And suddenly a whole bunch of never seen decepticons and autobots.

[@leemorganthesmashbrosking1977]

5:30 blurr is just a big baby