Transformers Have Weird Names (ft.

There's definitely more to these names than meets the eye...
Featuring Solid JJ as Cliffjumper and BP
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[@minimalbstolerance8113]

This is even funnier when you know that there's actual G1 Transformers called Erector, Discharge, Heave and Big Daddy...

[@ronniethompsonRodimusPrime8464]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Titanusrex1616]

Erector most likely likes to stand tall to make others feel insecure

[@LilDemona]

@@Titanusrex1616 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bungieman2810]

Lube and BACKBLAST too lol

[@minimalbstolerance8113]

@@bungieman2810 LOL, I forgot Lube! Thrust is a bit suggestive as well!

[@pridak4567]

I love it that is a younger Optimus voice being used here. You normally have in these fandubs for Transformers it be based off contemporary Cullen's voice, which with age has added that gravitas and seriousness to Prime's voice. Remember, G1 cartoon Prime was playing basketball and going to casinos to gamble

[@TheShockVox]

He sounds a lot like Gary Chalk. I love it

[@kingmonkey460]

I agree! G1 Prime is always a barrel of laughs and his voice was higher pitched

[@dustbunny6381]

It sounds a lot like g1 with a hint of David kaye's optimus in tfa

[@starsteve4143]

Yeah I do kinda miss that younger tone

[@Commander_Shepard.]

Wasn't it Smokescreen who gambled, not Optimus?

[@13JackDiamond]

Definitely a missed opportunity to have the Autobot that does fine work upgrading wheels: Rimjob.

[@voidaspects9173]

Oh that would've been perfect omfg

[@KainSpada09]

Knockout: Ohhh sweet rims

[@diannejohn5346]

well too bad I guess.

[@DDog_steam]

WheelJack?

[@scottsantacruz313]

Yeah, Rimjob! Wheeljack is just so jealous of his cousin' battlefield charisma, Rimjob is famous for taking several Decepticon teams, alone xD.

[@Archone666]

Starscream: "Megatron, do you have ANY idea what his name means!?" Megatron: "YES. YES, I DO. Are you suggesting that his name is NOT terrifying?" Starscream: "...For once, you actually had a good plan, Lord Megatron!"

[@Ijustusethistocommentstuff]

Megatron ABSOLUTELY does it on purpose. He just doesn't realize that naming stuff after sex things is weird. "AH, YES, LET'S STRIKE FEAR INTO THE HEARTS OF THE AUTOBOTS! BUTTSEX, ROLL OUT!"

[@Alamandorious]

@@Ijustusethistocommentstuff SURPRISE THEM BUTTSEX!

[@gl1tchygreml1n]

​@@Alamandorious Please tell me he'd have a French accent and his power is disguising himself as the Autobots lmao

[@mythosinfinite6736]

I'd bet cash that for the millions of years it's been around, the Decepticon army has had at least one guy named "Fingerblaster"

[@arc8687]

@@Ijustusethistocommentstuff might need to join the decpticons then.

[@Mate397]

You know, without context "Reacharound" really does work as a name for a Transformer.

[@paulrippcord506]

It sounds something akin to Longarm from the Autobots

[@charliejenkins3211]

I legit had to go back because I didn’t notice the name lol

[@Mate397]

@@paulrippcord506 Exactly.

[@anotherrandomguy8871]

My mind is corrupt, but not corrupt enough to know what Reach Around actually means, so I honestly just thought that it was a completely normal name and that Cliffjumper was just being weird.

[@VectorPrime-wx3lx]

@@anotherrandomguy8871yeah same man, I thought it was a normal name

[@society7394]

Optimus just being innocent is something I could totally see. Also, I actually really like that Optimus voice unironically. Like it isn’t one to one, but it still carries the spirit.

[@nobodyhere8257]

It's sounds very close to Peter Cullen's voice in G1

[@BerriMura]

It’s the missing the grit you usually hear in his voice but it’s very close

[@SalvadorDolbyvsZAWARUDO]

There was that one time a human had to explain to Optimus how humans reproduce.

[@friendlyneighborhoodkelbea7258]

​@@BerriMura cause it's the G1 voice

[@Dookieman1975]

It’s more so the OG G1 80s version

[@purpleperfection6304]

What I'm most impressed with is the writing here. I feel like Optimus is totally in character throughout the entire video, which is rare in videos like this. Stretching the character for comedy is totally acceptable of course, but sticking to them so solidly is really remarkable I think

[@MyVanir]

Must be the extra solid jj touch.

[@CourtneyCoulson]

More accurate than Michael Bay's Optimus.

[@jackboy2387]

The voice was spot on for optimus as well! This was pretty fun to watch

[@omarsalem1219]

Ikr I am so used to comedy optimus being a huge jerk this felt refreshing

[@samuelbrock]

Absolutely! That's what I enjoyed most about it lol; even the voice acting is on point!

[@TFanPage101]

In a line where Erector is a legitimate name, i could be convinced

[@notlaodefinitely5435]

There's a robot that's literally named Dickbot the blender guy...in the Michael Bay universe

[@carmineredpigment]

@@notlaodefinitely5435We don't mention Dickbot the Blender Guy in this house

[@kalibininsabunu]

In my previous power plant project we have " Steel Structures Erection Manager" 😂

[@GhaniPulangDariSawah]

​@@notlaodefinitely5435 Those 3 words and a name makes it go from surprising to disappointingly expected

[@coreywong6229]

We don't mention kiss players either.

[@stryderlordofweird.6108]

3:11 this frame completely removed from context is hilarious. Just Optimus pointing at you and saying “Please explain to me what a buttplug is”

[@Hypersaiyanike]

Aaaaaand saved.

[@CyberDragon10K]

"Hmmm... a booby trap that _actually_ traps boobies."

[@Man_Aslume]

Just rename it and boom you have a template

[@Jeffreydefinitelynotdahmer]

2010 memes😂

[@_stupidbro]

​@@Hypersaiyanikesamw

[@megahellreaper]

I absolutely adore how straight optimus was played in this. The joke lands, but every character is acted exactly as if they're actually themselves.

[@GabeTheSilly]

You can't tell me we have the exact. Same. Profile picture.

[@megahellreaper]

@@GabeTheSilly I've had this same picture for a decade now, I think? It's certainly been a while.

[@GabeTheSilly]

@@megahellreaper Welk, dang. Our profile pictures are almost exactly the same though.

[@grizzlyadams5410]

That profile pic makes me feel old.

[@megahellreaper]

@@grizzlyadams5410 Oh you have no idea how long I've stuck with this. I have no intentions of changing it.

[@aparzoo]

Personally I love how it ends with Starscream confused, like he's about to start the whole video over but from the Decepticon side

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

Difference is, when Starscream questions the name, he’ll get shot at by Megatron for interrupting him again.

[@korsekil]

@@alexanderchristopher6237 Also, it's pretty easy to explain, and Megatron would probably go ahead with it because it is genuinely terrifying.

[@pragmax]

Starscream as the voice of reason for a change.

[@toastergaming7783]

​@@korsekil "Lord Megatron... That name means uh... **Whispers** " "Oh! That sounds wonderful! Let's test it on you first."

[@warbosswurldsmasha5414]

I like the idea of Optimus Prime getting a sex ed lesson and being fascinated and slightly disgusted.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

“organics do that stuff to each other?”

[@MegatronEnthusiast]

Animated Optimus already got the abridged version.

[@jimtaylor294]

"Amazing; a Booby Trap that actually catches Boobies" - G1 Optimus

[@seijin4426]

I still kinda am disgusted by it, but at least I understand better.

[@seijin4426]

​@@bostonrailfan2427yes, quite often.

[@dislikebutton6269]

*C O C K A N D B A L L T O R T U R E*

[@Cringe_Control_Cameron]

“The Autobots will bend over to the Decepticons!”

[@AlwaysADekaranger]

Wait His name is what?

[@papyrus_52]

*C O C K A N D B A L L T O R T U R E*

[@Saynuhuh]

💀💀💀

[@welcomeboi8991]

5:21

[@nilzero5686]

fun fact, a few years ago hasbro put out a combining robot special edition transformer called Nexus Maximus. Then a fan did a google search on the term and reported back that the name was already in use for a vibrator Hasbro had the name changed to Nexus Prime not long after.

[@neldon3131]

Da frick

[@dodecahedron1]

his name was originally supposed to be nexus prime or maximus prime but hasbro changed it to protect the prime name, then changed it again shortly afterwards after being told it was already in use, hasbro had done a search prior to the announcement but since their research was done with safesearch on they didn't know about the vibrator

[@RAFMnBgaming]

damn IDK how I haven't heard this one before. That's gold.

[@CT-9904-Crosshair]

That is amazing

[@burningbronze7555]

what did you not hear about the Dinobot who got its name changed because of the Brits?

[@Kemot300]

"Those names are perfectly normal for the Transformers civilisation - a civilisation of hundreds of million of years of history. It's those newcomers - the Humans - that given those names such perverse meaning" - Soundwave

[@mehtWPD]

In the Russian localization, he was called Sandwave, btw

[@darthtreleys2509]

"I agree with the stranger" -Shockwave

[@Blajah_]

This is why soundwave speaks facts and no one can convince me otherwise

[@3AnxiousFerretsInATrenchcoat]

Oh god now evern soundwave sounds like an awful name.... sounding.... hrrrrrnl😟 One of those -do not ever google- terms

[@thegreygoblin5165]

To be fair, there's an Autobot named Erector

[@OldStank]

With the context of them being aliens and not being exposed to the dirty, double meanings of some words. I would jump straight to questioning Cliffjumper on how he knows these.

[@MizukiStone44]

Clearly he's just spent more time than most Autobots digging into the human lexacon, not just getting surface meanings, but also slang terms. If anything he's right on calling out the other Autobots on not putting enough effort into localizing their names in a way that won't confuse the locals.

[@Dtitilator]

Too much internet for him

[@yoursonisold8743]

They don't have human anatomy, how would they know! Cliffjumper is just diving to ghastly conclusions.

[@jams-0739]

​@Dtitilator Erm, actually that takes place in 1984-

[@Dtitilator]

@jams-0739 _"whoosh"_

[@GodzillaMendoza]

I really love this Optimus Prime voice. It's like a nice middleground between Cullen and Chalk

[@screenname8206]

Cool your here too!

[@glory2cybertron]

Cullen's actual Optimus voice changed over the years too. His old G1 voice was higher pitched and the speech was faster if compared to Bayverse

[@videogollumer]

​@@glory2cybertron Wasn't Optimus in the 2007 live-action film based more on his portrayal in the 1986 animated film?

[@DD-863]

That's true.

[@linkimusprimeproductions7890]

I was thinking the same!

[@Huggbees]

"The assault has to happen tonight, because tomorrow's the Sabbath" is the kind of line that gets me very, very good.

[@dukeofwellington624]

the OY VEY near the end really ties it together

[@RatSmacking]

Yeah, I didn’t know Optimus was Jewish

[@comradeopthomasthehedgehog]

It’s a Family Guy joke Edit: 69 likes? Impressive!

[@snoote533]

I'm both shocked and unsurprised that you're here

[@deadbeef576]

I request an explanation on "How Autobots are made"

[@mattrare4459]

I don't see anyone appreciating the fact it is the Michael Bay Bumblebee just inserted into the animated Transformers show/movie scenes. Underappreciated comedy right there

[@illyanesterenko8930]

An actually it's not Bayverse, it's Travis Knight one.

[@ryderadams8575]

Yes thank you.

[@zikry4787]

But it's not

[@AwesomeGamer-om4hm]

​@@illyanesterenko8930To be fair, Michael Bay's redesign pretty much became the current standard for most of Bumblebee's appearances post-2007, starting with TFP.

[@illyanesterenko8930]

@@AwesomeGamer-om4hm and I hate it.

[@dforman4770]

Optimus not knowing sexual names/stuff is weirdly in character for him

[@dwainpannell8366]

I wonder if cliff jumper would have felt more comfortable if he were paired with hot rod, crankshaft or sun streaker

[@tetrachart4156]

wait, what the hell is even a sunstre- you know what, don't tell me. Better this way.

[@ihavenoclevername8300]

What about erector

[@kyototomokui6676]

Hot rod and Crankshaft make sense, but Sun Streaker just sounds like someone who goes streaking in broad daylight.

[@SqualidsargeStudios]

Reacharound doesn’t hold a candle by crank shaft XD

[@lourdespachla6516]

​@@tetrachart4156a sunstreaker is a type of solar panel.

[@jeidough]

Thank gosh Lube and Erector weren't there during that convo, they would've flipped out (Yes, those are actual Transformers characters)

[@bromodragone8405]

Don't forget Discharge

[@thewatcher7078]

WHO NAME THESE TRANFORMERS?! 😂😂😂😂

[@bromodragone8405]

@@thewatcher7078 Bob Budiansky, I think

[@imao15]

*RODIMUS PRIME*

[@anotherrandomguy8871]

I knew about Erector, but why is there a transformer that’s named Lube?

[@Bolty128]

Optimus having apparently converted to a human religion is both amusing and genuinely touching

[@RDSArcade]

I mean, his name does have a certain Jewish feel to it. As well as Orion Pax, his former self. 😅

[@zidanetribal1406]

I think it’s a reference to a Family Guy joke. Where Optimus Prime was seen during a sabbath. “Optimus Prime! He’s Jewish?!”

[@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447]

how does "Optimus prime" sound Jewish? it's 100% latin.

[@robertwagstaff1126]

@@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447 He changed it from Optimiah Priman when he joined the Country Club.

[@Melody_Raventress]

Shiiit funniest part to me, lofuckingl!

[@SpectreSkirt]

"Look what ya did, ya upset Buttplug" being delivered so casually and with concern in the voice is just perfect. A+ video

[@yeetthefeet2504]

It helps that he's doing a really solid impression of that version of Prime

[@bunnyonabunwithagunnicepun5689]

2:48 the PERFECT screengrab

[@ShwappaJ]

Thank you

[@nmj7towa]

3:10 is pretty good too😂

[@scratchman]

3:45 has my vote 😂

[@anthonyvtuber]

4:33 as well

[@Жнец-ь1ы]

@@anthonyvtuber 4:34

[@carolart4700]

I mean, Erectror is straight up a real chatacter. And so is Big Daddy. These names could fit in no problem.

[@julesvermillion321]

Missed opportunity to not end the skit with Cliffjumper finally living up to his namesake. 🤣

[@markellzey1531]

Yea, that would have given me a chuckle instead of the confused silence watching the rest.

[@JohnSkao]

It would be funnier if he tried to leave but there was a cliff on the way and no matter how he tried he was unable to jump over it, his whole life was a lie

[@That_Russel_Pup]

*NAAAHHHHHH* 💀

[@UnstoppableRobot]

@@JohnSkaoThere’s an episode in the show where the Autobots jump over a cliff but Cliffjumper is the only one who fails the jump and needs help

[@VashVicious2]

"Hold on to your crank shafts" from the first episode of original transformers still kills me

[@ShinDangaioh]

Funny thing is that Crankshaft is the name of an Autobort

[@dylanphilpott8698]

Yeah “haul assets bumblebee” from FOC is a good one too

[@toyocolla]

And "Don't just stand there with your pistons in your servos!" from Sentinel Prime in TF:A In TF:A, they refer to their hands as servos... as for pistons, well....

[@VashVicious2]

@@toyocolla wow, just wow

[@iamfiefo]

"DeePee reporting for active duty, Optimus!" "Good. What did you and Hard-On find out about that new Deception that can transform into a vacuum cleaner?" "Well, Carpet Muncher nearly stole some rocket fuel but, luckily, Come Shot stopped him by spraying laser blasts all around him."

[@glory2cybertron]

report to Captain Creampie

[@Knee6811]

"Dont pull out butt plug!" *do you even hear yourself right now*

[@blitzcon9088]

Keep it in

[@Knee6811]

@@blitzcon9088 💀

[@jommisalami]

Optimus is legit so wholesome, just let him stay in the dark about the names 😭

[@ireallycantthinkofaname4726]

Fr

[@Rosetintedwater]

I never watched transformers but I'm pretty sure Optimus is like that, but why did he look so guilty at 0:55😭

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

Megatron: *literally sadistic so doesn't care*

[@Lemuel928]

But where’s the Decepticons’ ultimate gladiator Backbreaker?

[@lilithofthevoid4922]

That one's actually really plausible, since we have a Skullcruncher/Skullsmasher

[@swolie]

Not as powerful as the mighty SODOMY

[@Smashboi76]

Megatron killed him on accident in the weekly fight club

[@beastmaster0934]

Backbreaker actually sounds like a cool name for a Decepticon. I can imagine him pulling the back-breaking move that Bane did to Batman.

[@ms.moronic9165]

I think I saw him with Drag Strip.

[@HiperPivociarz]

I love that Cliffjumper is written like a character in a youtube skit, while Optimus is literally just Optimus, and he does not understand why Cliff is cursing or why he's talking around the subject.

[@gavinlamp5426]

*Meanwhile* Megatron: "What's your name?' Acid Rain: "Golden Shower." Megatron: "....How about Acid Rain...?"

[@MorglortheMangler]

Optimus being serious about the whole situation was the funniest part.

[@lukebisping1417]

You know how to keep the Dadness in Optimus, I love the hand puns he made, like he's just being funny and supportive without knowing what the other meaning is.

[@En_Jaay]

Everyone is talking about your optimus voice, BUT HOLY HELL THAT MEGATRON IS GENUINELY PERFECT. It's a voice I could only DREAM of ever getting right, and you have! Not just the voice acting, but the editing and voice filters really just sell the g1 anesthetic perfectly. From a die hard transformers fan to (maybe?) Another: Fricking bravo.

[@Sylvan404]

Agreed. Would love to hear this guy's take on the wave duo.

[@En_Jaay]

@@Sylvan404 oh Lord I didn't even think about those two. Would be great.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

The kindness of Optimus really shows...so is his innocence.

[@gem9535]

Optimus, the leader of the Autobots, being secretly naive and innocent will always be my favorite headcanon.

[@Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17]

I feel conflicted because Optimus is being such a supportive and patient leader, but these Transformer names are absolutely insane and need to be pointed out lmao

[@thejonbrownshow8470]

Yeah i feel that lol

[@plantgang8738]

Honestly most of them were fine.

[@orca8433]

I love how open-minded both leaders are

[@SirCap]

I love the usage of the transformation sound being used to censor swears. I also love that Optimus voice

[@mannofdober873]

I like to think Optimus and Megatron are both in on the joke and are mass-gaslighting everyone on both sides.

[@reidcunningham5906]

I love the side joke of Optimus being Jewish. A fun callback to Family Guy.

[@LunarBiohazard321]

I love how all of the autobot AND decepticon voices are spot-on... Then there's Starscream who sounds like some random dude on the sidewalk.

[@2bdaqueen268]

Tbf it’s probably very hard to replicate G1 Starscream’s voice

[@LunarBiohazard321]

@@2bdaqueen268 yeah ik but still

[@Wh4tIfN0]

Honestly I like the Starscream voice

[@LunarBiohazard321]

@@Wh4tIfN0 I never said I didn't like it, I'm just saying I found it hilarious.

[@AMWZPN]

It’s so funny yet the voice surprisingly fits him.

[@TristianMaikhaelMichaelFlood23]

"Reacharound" is a great name for a transformer:3 the transformer can be triggerhappy who always reaches for his or her weapons

[@peposo7]

One of those toys that have the upper part rotating 360 degrees.

[@superplushtiman7ti075]

​​​@@peposo7excavator alt-mode? With his/her tracks as his/her legs

[@KodyCrimson]

"You can't be this naive". You know, that's the thing, when it comes to Earth culture he totally is. These names definitely wouldn't have the same connotation on Cybertron. But either way, as. Transformers fan I love this skit, there are so many nonsense names.

[@Saurophaganax1931]

At least COCK AND BALL TORTURE is an actually threatening name and not just an invitation for a good time, though some people might not see the difference.

[@Kami74159]

I love how all the names, regardless of how absurd, still follow Transformers naming conventions. And then Cock and Ball Torture just... Doesn't.

[@DezarasPrime]

I'ma be pissed if Cock and Ball Torture isn't the next HasLab project.

[@chancepaladin]

Is there an NFT of him made yet, cuz if there isn't, there needs to be.

[@Eclipse.thegodofthemoon]

Cock and ball torture

[@TheKpa11]

Any word can be a transformer name

[@DinoLoverGaming]

@@chancepaladin silence, cryptonerd

[@SlowpokeWooper21]

4:18 gotta be the funniest thing I’ve ever heard Optimus say

[@omarisimmons4331]

With the help of our new assassin “Backshot”

[@matthewmatthew981]

He shoots you, behind your back!

[@BillPotter-r2j]

Back shot to Megatron I'm in your bed by the way

[@toaster9922]

Love that Optimus's reaction to Cliffjumper's explanation of what a buttplug is isn't disgust at what he just heard, but just confusion that Cliffjumper would know what it was in the first place

[@brandonwilcox3307]

I've always wondered what they called Bumblebee before he got to earth because there's no way that a bunch of cybernetic organism from a metal planet have bees.

[@AwesomeGamer-om4hm]

IIRC, in the Bumblebee movie from years ago, his past name was B-127.

[@DaDualityofMan]

Same thing I always said lol, it's even funnier when there's media that shows them on Cybertron before Earth where they were still named those things.

[@metalsonic4.1therobothedge24]

I mean they have mechanical copies of birds and fishes

[@theshuman100]

​@@metalsonic4.1therobothedge24 honestly if youre gonna have a planet of robot people there shouldnt be a reaspn for there *not* to have robot animals

[@heatsink47]

Well the beastformers are a thing

[@jaketaller8567]

1:12 Optimus: This assault has to happen today because tomorrow’s the Sabbath. Me: I’m Jewish and I respect that joke.

[@belovedwarrior3192]

I'm pretty sure there has been several comments about Optimus Prime being Jewish. Even Family Guy did that joke once. Not certain where it originated from though

[@darkspark5854]

@@belovedwarrior3192He’s either Jewish or Christian. Definitely one of those two. More likely Christian because he’s basically space Jesus.

[@ifanthanese]

He actually has his own religion. The Church of prime. churchofprime.wordpress.com/

[@ultramarinescaptain3840]

​@@darkspark5854But Jesus was Jewish. So if Optimus is Space Jesus, he's Space Jewish!

[@RAFMnBgaming]

@@ultramarinescaptain3840 this makes sense.

[@Xlappahony]

5:24 HOW!!!? Could you speak that line without cracking up???

Many retakes, probably.

[@snoote533]

​@ I wonder how many... I'd guess a few thousand, probably.

[@aceplaysstuff2621]

Thanks now i can spam this timestamp

[@Jimmy-cg9db]

You know he's powerful because you see he takes their co-

[@O-P-96]

I like how with the Autobots, these names are at least passable if you don’t know the meaning behind them. Unlike the Decepticons who threw subtlety out of the window and went with something that doesn’t leave much room for ambiguity. XD

[@NepetasShippingWall1642]

except buttplug. there is 0 ambiguity with that

[@CT-9904-Crosshair]

I personally was thinking “I wonder what clever innuendo they’re gonna come up with” then got hit with… well I don’t want to spoil it for people who haven’t watched the full video

[@potatoheadpokemario1931]

What about butt plug?

[@cosmicspacething3474]

They keep getting less and less subtle

[@ambias9125]

I didn't even know what "reacharound" was until I watched this video. Of course, I did the stupid thing and searched it up, and now I lost a bit of my remaining innocence.

[@bman1128]

1:16 did anyone notice the 2nd optimus prime here? 😂

[@TheLookingGlass001]

1:15 - Optimus Prime honoring Sabbath is hilarious and I love that. Definitely a hilarious video

[@Tomhortone]

It’s not a family guy reference?

[@akiro7640]

And also another optimus???

[@edcr2959]

​@@Tomhortone this optimus is jewish: oy vey.

[@cylasbreakdown6140]

There was one transformer who, due to Hasbro having SafeSearch on, accidentally wound up being named after a sex toy. Nexus Prime of the Thirteen, formerly and unfortunately known as Nexus Maximus.

[@ferd617]

In their defense, if you do a Google search _now_ with Safe Search off, you don't get any sex toy results, it's 90% Transformers-related stuff. The original sex toy was apparently fairly obscure, and is now discontinued. So, Hasbro won without even being in the fight.

[@OlOleander]

"Because tomorrow's the Sabbath" hit me like a truck, but I was simply not prepared in any way for the new recruit announcing himself.

[@bennie1079]

I like optimus’ personality here. He’s REALLY easy to care about.

[@weegee_hates_the_blind]

Okay this is genuinely the most well written skit yet. And prime’s voice is scarily accurate which makes it even more funny.

[@TheRealKazberry]

Why didn't Optimus just call Wackoff for this? He's strokes ahead in Autobot recon knowledge.

[@JaredRmz]

I love how you captured Younger Peter Cullen's Optimus here as pitch perfect as possible!!! Outstanding job!!!

[@michaeldaniels642]

3:25 asking the real questions here Optimus. How do you know these things Cliffjumper?

[@Raff_Craft_001]

Corn addiction

[@barraki6706]

"Yeah, well, all the best names are taken." ~Ratchet, 2012

[@anotherrandomguy8871]

Those names are pretty lewd anyways for kids. If I were to name a few new recruit transformers I’d call them something like SnowStreak, or GreenHigh, or SlowSpeed, or Cycane, or Overdoze. Those names are safer for kids and encourage good values.

[@cryppi1510]

I actually love optimus here, so innocent and the voice is so gentle and wise omg, I'd tolerate all the buttplug allies for him

[@EKOddLink]

Unironically this would actually make sense for Prime, the transformers don't have reproductive organs and have time and time again been displayed not understanding about things like physical intimacy (Except for IDW, and even then, I always hated that cause it never made sense) let alone reproductive organs and sexual acts. And Prime's a busy guy. While he may take his time to enjoy the Earth customs and culture sometimes, he's busy planning various things. Not just plans to defeat the decepticons, but looking after his Autobots, increasing base defenses, cooperation with humans. It makes sense he wouldn't have a degree of understanding for these phrases that we as a species made up. I always just assumed that the Autobot names were like Call signs (which that part is obvious), and what they come out to in English is the closest thing that matches what their names mean in Cybertronian. So with that being said I could totally see one having a name like fuckin Hand Job out of confusion.

[@thegrimlockreaper1279]

To be fair romantic relationships involving transformers have been around since at least gen 1 with sea spray.

[@EKOddLink]

@thegrimlockreaper1279 I don't mind Romantic Relationships, I actually like how they were represented in episodes like the Search for Alpha Trion, where the relationship is displayed not as a physical one but as a deep bond with someone that's much more emotional than anything else. Which always came across as profound to me cause these are beings that not only have lived for Millions of years, but have gone through War for many of them. So a connection like that carries even more weight and emotion when it's over hundreds of thousands of our life times. My Problem is with how things like IDW make them have very physical relationships, despite it making no sense at all for Robots. And they try to make it seem like it's "More mature" when it actually comes across as less mature, and more just forced. And I know part of the reason physical intimacy isn't displayed in other transformers media is also because it is after all a franchise made for kids, but that doesn't change the fact that it doesn't make sense for Robots. As well as the way they depict it even in G1 is again just kind of profound. That they express that romantic love purely through how they talk and refer to eachother, and how much respect the hold for the other and how much they value the other. I find that a much more mature depiction of Cybertronian Romance

[@gmork1090]

The IDW thing was weird, but..eh. Social constructs and all. Don't think sex had anything to do with it. Powerglide had a human love him and Seaspray scored with a mermaid lol, so I kinda let the IDW thing slide. Plus Prime had Elita, etc. Asexual robots super liking each other is fine.

[@mo-s-]

Isn't this what happens sometimes when chinese people adopt western names and vice versa?

[@AMWZPN]

@@gmork1090 There were a lot of sexual innuendos and references in some of the cartoons and mangas. Not to mention the movies. It’s there, you just kind of have to look.

[@UltraGalaxyify]

Yeah, I'm kinda with Optimus on this one, how the hell does an alien robot KNOW about these things? What, is he into alien porn? Got a thing for Xenos or something?

[@wachyfanning]

Reacharound. You're safe in his hand.

[@williamgiambatista7925]

It feels like they’re doing a David Kaye with a bit of Peter Cullen and honestly I love that voice for Optimus, they did really good

[@crudnom7090]

I just gotta say as a g1 fan this is the most accurate younger peter cullen impersonation Ive ever heard, you genuinely sound like prime from the old cartoon, and I think alot of people dont know what that sounds like cause wr’re all used to his much deeper older voice in the live action movies and TFP

[@sotl7749]

Yea makes me miss my good old day watching G1 transformers on a square box heavy TV

[@Ani-RayAnimations]

I hate how this is genuinely a great Optimus Prine adaptation you've created

[@averagewooperenjoyer16]

It’s so jarring going from the Death Battle Megatron being an absolute badass to hearing him say Cock and Ball Torture

[@AnnoyingAntagonist]

The fact cliffjumper didn’t violently die is disappointing, it’s tradition he is killed off within the first few seconds of screen time

[@tranqle73]

I like to think that unlike the Autobots, the Decepticons are gleefully intentional about their names and Starscream is the only one who isn’t in on it… yet

[@jakecarn]

Optimus asking me to tell him what a buttplug is has to be the best and worst thing ever

[@psychogamer7213]

Ah YES!!! COCK AND BALL TORTURE! My FAVORITE Decepticon! Who could EVER forget that one episode where he REALLY let Starscream live up to his name after his billionth betrayal? He had some SERIOUS Character development in that episode.

[@mrhero696]

Wait, his name is what?

[@bred269]

Devastator recolor: * COCK AND BALL TORTURE *

[@royalreaper1483]

There's got to be a sequel to this, this travesty of name-sakes is a fucking masterpiece. I have to hear the conversation surrounding "the most powerful Decepticon recruit yet."

[@CamboJam.]

“…because tomorrow’s the Sabbath”😂

[@sean8599]

I love how on character Optimus is

[@HORRIOR1]

5:18 I cant help but wonder if this was a ROTF reference.

[@basedbattledroid3507]

I really should've reconsidered watching this in public but fantastic work damn

[@nonamejustbecause]

2:30 this has every potential to be a great reaction image

[@Runa_Lyna]

Or a meme even ToT

[@corruptfoxy6988]

I was fully expecting “Powerbottom” to be that decepticon’s name

[@DinoLoverGaming]

Reacharound could legitimately be an actual valid Autobot name

[@Nil_25k]

Man i kinda feel bad for Buttplug. He's part of a Long lineage of brave souls, and cliffjumper just disrespects him immediately

[@DustyGamma]

5:14 That is an intimidating Decepticon name. ...Or it would be if Autobots had any of those parts.

[@Space-1255]

I feel like I had this exact conversation with my D&D group in-character. Whenever I need to improvise a name for something not serious, I always roll a d100. The lower the result, the weirder the name, and the more I have to try to make it seem completely normal. I know what I'm doing next session for the dungeon I still need to name.

[@bred269]

I respect this

[@neothurmic3780]

The first DnD game I played featured the Dragon 'Luc-a-tachi the mad'... named after the Lucasade the GM was drinking...

[@snoote533]

So, how did that dungeon go?

[@neothurmic3780]

@@snoote533 Pretty good, we mostly talked our way out of it, the Dragon turned out to be pretty chill

[@mateusfranco5938]

I think the funniest part of this to me was the fact Desvastator is one of my all time favorites, so when I saw his face and his name I just burst out laughing like a maniac

[@monkeywithdaticket1987]

5:10 MAN IM DED 💀

[@drluigi3760]

I love this whole interaction, and I love Optimus' characterization.

[@FernandoMazzo175]

That is genuely one of the best G1 Optimus voices of all time. Also, the Decepticons have an unbeatable soldier on their side!

[@OverlordIntecris]

Between the perfect voices and effects, as well as the barrage of jokes, this is pretty much some of the best Transformers content in ages

[@ryanchristensen4449]

Would like this comment but it’s at 69 likes •-•

[@nonnn6884]

2:25 Optimus Prime isn't a dirty minded like others

[@GGreen-iz3sc]

It's said that when Buttplug, Reacharound, and Handjob combine, they form one of the most formidable combiners in history: Threeway.

[@Chancherpancher]

(1:55) *Cliffjumper:* And Bumblebee is Yellow, self-explanatory. *Bumblebee:* [🎵⚫️🟡 Black and Yellow. Black and Yellow.]

[@Paperbag34]

the decepticon part just completely killed me lmao

[@VNM-Venom252]

Honestly Optimus should have asked why Cliffjumper knows all these human terms. I’m sure in any continuity the Autobots have been on earth long enough to know the basics of human reproduction. A man, a woman, 9 months and then you have a baby. Anything beyond those basics had to have been actively sought out by Cliffjumper which in the context of this video is kind of weird.

[@Wobmiar]

The Internet can inform you about a lot of things without you even wanting to know it ^^

[@Ringolero]

He did ask.

[@autinjones7194]

@@Wobmiar the Internet pretty much did not exist when this came out.Well at least the original run this is the old old old version of the show.

[@DaDualityofMan]

Maybe Spike told him

[@ArtisticBoredom]

@@DaDualityofMan reading tf fanfiction has ruined my interpretation of the word "spike"

[@mcdonalds5972]

Nothing wrong with Cock and Ball Torture's name so far as I'm concerned. When you need a break, he'll be there to bust you out of a jam. The kind of guy who goes balls deep and sound off. Really stretches you to your limit.

[@metajore3580]

In my opinion it means someone that tortured a chicken with a ball.

[@rifter0x0000]

Cliffjumper actually does jump off cliffs fairly often, but so do the other Autobots.

[@ColdTRex]

Your Optimus Prime and Megatron impressions are frickin god-tier