Transformers Attack On The Shuttle

[@8bitsniper568]

This has hands down got to be the most metal way a company has ever discontinued a toy line

[@jaypeadieL611]

Well it also ended the series in a way

[@8bitsniper568]

@@jaypeadieL611 yeah, on that note- I think the Japanese version sold only Seasons 1 & 2 as the original series and they rebranded Season 3 as a sequel series and used that to kickstart a bunch of Japanese-Exclusive sequel series

[@kyodairiker]

@@jaypeadieL611 transformers G1 was purely about making money and selling toys

[@jaypeadieL611]

My intro to the franchise was this movie and when i started the G1 series i was confused how their weapon did like only stun damage and as much as a beast prime is got confused witht he scene with him falling off the side of a hill

[@cybertron851975]

@@kyodairiker dude… literally every cartoon is about selling toys and merchandise

[@equaliser1980]

When you're excited about getting Prowl and Ironhide figures for your 6th birthday, get taken to the cinema as an extra supprise, and then this scene happens. Don't think I have ever recovered from the trauma.

[@vmondude]

🤣 I still feel the pain

[@Jhiaxus315]

We're you excited when you found out Ironhide was missing his head?

[@57_mex]

​@@Jhiaxus315the black spot inside

[@nandogonzales7938]

Pain is a fact😢

[@motorcity_stig1893]

​@@Jhiaxus315Well hey, they made him more toy accurate!

[@theunseenparagon7074]

'Such heroic nonsense.' To this DAY that is probably the coolest line Megatron has ever said. The delivery is perfect, the execution (no pun intended) was phenomenal, and the scene itself is brutally magnificent. Megatron does not give him some speech about how the Decepticons will 'kill his friends' or will 'watch them suffer'. He does not even move to finish him. He just smirks and fires.

[@PoppaCYS]

Agreed. Also, and ironically, Ironhide's actions foiled Megatron's plan. He blew a huge hole in the bottom of the shuttle that allowed Hot Rod to surmise the shuttle was compromised.

[@goldencodyx2138]

@@PoppaCYSthe hole was already in the shuttle from when the decepticons entrance into it it’s they same hole they entered in

[@PoppaCYS]

@@goldencodyx2138 I just rewatched it - you're right. I thought the hole was at the bottom but freezing the frame shows it's clearly on the side. I guess Megatron was right.

[@goldencodyx2138]

@@PoppaCYS well he did lose in the end so it wasn’t just heroic nonsense

[@ellaanddevin1138]

I’m just glad when sentinal killed ironhide, he didn’t say that, if he did, that would’ve made me even more sad then when we realized he betrayed them

[@BrotherApexx]

In a matter of minutes, the Autobots lost their second-strongest member and demolitions expert, their military strategist, their medic, and the head of security. Ish got real with this scene.

[@streetwatcher_]

More like seconds

[@daboi6509]

But there wasn’t a fifth crew member

[@tarnsanders259]

@@daboi6509 Brawn is both the second-strongest member and the demolitions expert

[@daboi6509]

@@tarnsanders259 man when was the last time brawn got a win

[@nastynas7]

@@daboi6509look at season 2, he got a couple good wins against decepticons

[@breadaholic6445]

This wasn't an attack... it was a massacre

[@shiteface6678]

Ryan Overcash or an ambush

[@sethdiaz7075]

Yes it was a massacre the Autobots had no idea the Decepticons were waiting they were waiting for the Autobots to leave on one of the planets and then that's when they found out where they were they blew a hole in the shuttle they put up a good fight until the Decepticons destroyed it them they didn't stand a chance it's kind of sad seen Autobots destroyed like that so quickly soon as you are heard explosion inside your shuttle and then then you see it Decepticon blast straight in and then the Autobots looked at each other then one of the Autobots go Megatron Decepticons then they went in going and Gage the enemy and then got shot strains damn shoulder then the other Autobots so then they got up to their off their chairs and start shooting at the Decepticons then the Decepticons just went straight in for the kill boom no more Autobots then when Megatron goes when we destroy the Autobot City the Autobots will be Vanquish forever then Ironhide goes no grabs Megatron's leg Megatron goes searching heroic nonsense Kaboom straight to the Head of ironhide's God I hate surprises can you imagine you are just traveling straight to Earth to be with the rest of the Autobots then the enemies attacked at you and destroyed you completely and then the enemies were already went straight over there attacking kind of reminds me of the video game now reminds me on how they lost their planet to begin with

[@KingJames-vq5bc]

@@sethdiaz7075 not really. A massacre is like a few hundred this was an attack

[@tylerroberts9556]

I know, right? Poor Autobots.

[@pokebreeder2517]

yyeah they all got one shotted

[@comewithit2952]

When I was a 10 year old kid seeing this in 1986 at the theater, the sight of Megatron smoking Ironhide at point blank range blew my little mind.

[@Beast_WarsFan597]

‘Such heroic nosense.’ one of the best lines in cinematic history, Transformers: the movie.

[@jamaldominicbarr7379]

The best dialogue in any film ever!

[@echoechoecho7142]

lol "Cinematic history"

[@snipetysniper]

I love Starscreams face at 1:07 after Megatron calls him an idiot, hes like, okay then...

[@diegomelendez9918]

Louis Purkis must of been like asshole

[@matthew_natividad]

Starscream: damnit megs

[@thewanderingcreative7173]

*tough talk for a guy I’m gonna throw out into space.

[@jonmolina948]

“Then I took it personally.”

[@WigTheC0wb0y]

I was happy when I threw megatron out of astrotrain

[@mtfinn74]

I remember this scene like it was the back of my head. As a 12 year old, I was truly shocked and traumatized at seeing the carnage and death being unfolded in this scene. I always took for granted that the Autobots would always beat the Decepticons, as a sort of archetype of good always triumphing over evil..... So you can imagine my horror when I saw "Brawn" and "Prowl" who were the epitome of "good guys," die in the first few seconds of this scene. I think it was the beginning of my eyes being open and knowing what evil was....

[@twistedyogert]

A good way to hit home the idea that war is hell.

[@zirkalda9502]

*Autobots:* "Look, we've got four of the main characters onboard. I think we'll be just fine." *Decepticons:* "Allow us to introduce ourselves..."

[@dcspidey1218]

People at that age didn't deserve to know that horrible truth

[@cyberswiper6317]

DC Spidey unfortunately truth must be told and shown, nowadays People are too afraid of the truth I’m not

[@deskryptic]

In the cartoon they would get blasted left and right and not die. What happened i asked as a shortie. Still go that question.

[@babysinclairfan]

There is a deleted scene that explains how the decepticons got on the ship. As the shuttle makes its way through space, it passes through a field of frozen asteroids (It is implied that the decepticons were waiting on one of these). *Ironhide almost crashes the shuttle into one* Prowl: easy Ironhide… Ironhide: I can dodge decepticon lasers, I sure as shootin' can dodge some ice chunks. *Ship starts to shake* Prowl: What was that? Ironhide: That wasn't no ice chunk. The scene was cut to avoid paying prowl's voice actor.

[@monkeybubbles1828]

Wasn't aware of that deleted scene. Thanks for the info, much appreciated

[@stradlemonkey444]

Really? Is there any way to find that edition? I'll go crazy now if I never see it!

[@babysinclairfan]

Cardboard Box The scene was never animated, but the storyboards were leaked by a guy who called himself "wombatking" The original web page is gone, but if you google image search transformers storyboards, you should find it.

[@fooberdooge3103]

But didn't. Michael bell play scrapper and swoop, who both had lines in the movie?

[@monkeybubbles1828]

Foober Dooge not sure about scrapper (he does sound like swoop) but michael bell definatly played swoop and in the tv show too

[@MisterR82]

And to think....this was the "edited" final version. Originally, Brawn was to be blasted in half at the shoulder across the stomach by Megatron in gun mode, Prowl was to be melted entirely, not just his insides, Ratchet & Ironhide were to be shot with so many blasts that they would've been fused together, then Starscream exploding them into "smoking glowing fragments" Jesus, the writers were trying to send kids to the fucking psychologist at movies end....FUCK

[@dndboy13]

honestly, prowls death as it is probably looks a lot more horrific than if he just simply melted, you can see his agonized expression as his smoking innards exit out of his mouth and eyes

[@OPMaster1978]

Wow, where did you see that? B-R-U-T-A-L. As it was, two things have always bugged me about this scene. 1) Brawn was a tough as nails strongman/bot. One shot to the SHOULDER kills him? 2) Scavenger killed Prowl. Prowl, who for all intents and purposes was the second in command of the original G1 Autobots. That's like a perpetual PFC scoring a miracle killshot on an enemy colonel.

[@monkeynt5780]

That would have been a better death for Brawn, but the other ones are just plain absurd.

[@2010thekingofkings]

Am I the only who thought, "why didn't Prime just send the Dinobots?"

[@2010thekingofkings]

Brawn didn't die, but he was on his way without repairs. Prowl definitely died, he turned gray.

[@stradlemonkey444]

When Prowl gets shot up, the way his eyes dim, then smoke billows out of his face- that's great animation but also very dark for kids! Then Megatron fires his cannon point-blank at Ironhide while insulting his valor. I guess Ironhide and Ratchet got was was coming to them for not having heads as toys.

[@austinfistilla8315]

Cardboard Box megatron was only making a toy accurate ironhide lol

[@MrBrendanlittle]

Cardboard Box i rekon, i remember my eyes falling out of my head as a kid when i watched this movie the first time. whats this song??

[@austinfistilla8315]

MrBrendanlittle instruments of destruction by N.R.G

[@magicalmax1000]

MrBrendanlittle instruments of destruction by NRG

[@hilti78]

Recently read somewhere that the animators made a mistake and that it was meant to be bluestreak on the shuttle and prowl at auto it city,if you pause it when kups watching hot rod fire at the shuttle bluestreak is standing there but his doors are prowls and he is missing his rocket launchers.

[@23DrakeDOTN23]

Megatron: That was almost too easy, Starscream. Starscream: Much easier when our blasters are set to Kill rather than “Mildly Inconvenience”, Mighty Megatron.

[@lancecurry7538]

*MEGATRON:* You're an idiot, Starscream. *STARSCREAM:* Uh, actually, I was the one who suggested we kill them all. Who's the idiot?

[@josiahkam8659]

The writers really buffed the damage on those guns since the tv show

[@luckydannumber2]

@@josiahkam8659 Well Megatron got a hard one for this movie, he was soft for the rest of the series.

[@RodimusMinor1987]

Megatron " Decepticons Set your Weapons to Kill" Starscream " Shouldn't we have done that from day 1?" Megatron " Shut Up Starscream" Starscream "Yes Sir"

[@Termi103]

+RodimusMinor1987 more like Starscream "that makes me a new leader" not "yes sir" lol

[@jackgrimshaw5030]

+Termi103 Or a heavily sarcastic "Yes, 'mighty' Megatron..."

[@Termi103]

YIIISSS :D Jack Grimshaw

[@kanra2689]

Same goes for the Autobots

[@LexingtonDeville984]

"DIE AUTOBOTS!" And with that, the Decepticons became bad-ass.

[@nigelmurphy6761]

Yeah. Until Optimus Prime and the Dinobots showed up!

[@mickeyjohnson5247]

Nigel Murphy That's right!!! 💯💯💯

[@LexingtonDeville984]

Nigel Murphy As much as I love the Dinobots, even they got whupped. Only Slag got in a shot on Devastator.

[@wyldshot666]

Yes !!! Bad ass song !!!!

[@diegomelendez9918]

That saying never gets old

[@SkywarpV]

R.I.P. Childhood innocence 1986

[@mmoran3]

Yes, that's a great way to put it. I was 12 when this came out and loved Transformers, however, I wasn't ready for this scene. The robots in the cartoon never died and yet in the first 10 mins of the movie All these Autobots were executed without mercy. Geez that messed me up lol

[@infinitecontent8001]

Between this scene and Prime dying, a generation of kids were emotionally scarred... only for it to happen again when the Lion King came out a decade later.

[@hellodarknessmyoldfriend905]

I was not born yet but I seen when I was 5 in 2010 and now I'm 14 love the show and orbital movie

[@vector_pleevich1925]

+

[@Scorpion-fo6tc]

@@infinitecontent8001 Dude, Optimus’ death scarred me. 😭😭😭😭

[@dbooker34]

Amazingly, the original draft script was actually *more* intense: Brawn gets *ripped in half* by Megatron's blast, Prowl is *melted down*, Ratchet and Ironhide get *fused together by a blast then blown apart into glowing fragments.* No joke. So nice of the writers to "tone it down" for the kids LOL

[@jaythomas3224]

Where can I find that cut-out

[@jefffox1012]

I don't think it was ever storyboarded nor animated.

[@garytackett8426]

It's time to find some cartoonists and get on this!

[@Jryder933]

Get the fuck outta here!!😂😂😆😆🤣🤣 you need to stop smoking that shit!!

[@williamthompson5504]

This is true. Cyclonus was suppose to rip gears in half when the Decepticons returned to Autobot city. Hoist and Trailbreaker were supposed to be gunned down by a barrage of cons.

[@christopherofarrell8665]

Every time I watch this, I can't help but think that while the film is remembered fondly for Starscream finally making his move on Megatron and getting vaporized for his trouble, the initial battle where Megatron does this awesome backflip into his gun mode, into Starscreams hand? Who then promptly used Megatron to obliterate the shuttle crew? It showed that when the two actually worked *together*, they were an incredibly powerful and lethal team.

[@Maladjester]

The Autobots' biggest asset by far was teamwork. Take Prime away, the Autobots would still have been a formidable force. The Decepticons only followed strength. Take Megatron away, the Decepticons would have been less of a faction and more a couple dozen splinter gangs each going their own way at best and actively destroying each other at worst.

[@henkman00]

@@Maladjester which fits with the start of season 3. without Megatron (aka Galvatron) the Decepticons fell apart. they needed him back.

[@chrisedwards3214]

​@@Maladjesterthat's what they did everytime megs was absent The autobits seemed to not know what to do without prime sometimes

[@stradlemonkey444]

This may be my all-time favorite scene from any movie. It's ruthless, violent, shocking and has a "Instruments of Destruction" playing!

[@Echo4Bravo]

Cardboard Box Man i'm 44 saw in the theater. It's a close second to watching Aliens in the theater back in the day.

[@captainmartin1219]

+Cardboard Box I have this as my ring tone on my cellphone.

[@KurticusGT]

As a kid, I was walking into the theater during this scene. After the Ironhide portion ended, my 7 year old brain was like, "Wait, what the heck just happened?! They'll be OK, right?" They weren't... 😢

[@mosesjones5376]

+Kurticus GT You must've ran in when you overheard "Die Autobots!"

[@KurticusGT]

Moses Jones I heard the quote on my way in, but it didn't register until it was too late. 😥 RIP shuttle Autobots...

[@Raul_Menendez]

Whats amazing is Megatron didn't even use the kid friendly version of "die" like destroy. Just straight up says DIE AUTOBOTS!

[@peterang78]

True. It basically tells the audience that this isn't going to be their usual Saturday Morning Cartoon schtick. Things are about to get brutal and serious.

[@ganados0]

Optimus: "Dinobots DESTROY Devastator!" Later on in the cartoon itself, Rebirth episode 3. Zarak: "When you DIE they all DIE!" Spike: "Don't make any funeral arrangements yet!"

[@highlander723]

Imagine 1986 a seven-year-old or maybe an 8 year old are walking in the Transformers the movie with popcorn and candy and hand happy to see their Heroes on the big screen.... then we saw this. Popcorn and Candy hit the ground and tears flowed as we saw our heroes die mercilessly... IT WAS GREAT!

[@dangerfindertreasureseeker8905]

And the this was just a taste of the real heartache to come. Seeing Huffer , Wheel Jack and Gears laying dead then the headliner fight Optimus and Megatron . Amazing battle but only to end with Prime fall then later dies. Any kid who grew up with these cartoons would be completely heart broken.

[@Jarred-J254]

I ain't an 80s kid, I'm a 2000s kid who saw this movie back when I was like 10, possibly 11, I always been a Decepticon fan and I had a blast watching the Decepticons finally kick some Autobot ass and win for once.

[@twistedyogert]

Back then, cartoons taught lessons. This movie taught kids that war is hell.

[@matthew_natividad]

Hopefully you had their toys by then

[@poolee77]

@@twistedyogert it was done to sell new toys but it ended up being the right thing to do. This movie wouldn't be as loved today if it didn't wipe out the old Autobots

[@2TCHOLMES]

This scene sets the stage for the entire movie and would change the way people viewed animation and Transformers forever.

[@Metalhead15712]

megatron didnt just kill iron hide. HE FLAT OUT EXECUTED HIM

[@Nephalem2002]

Metalhead15712 guilty or innocent?

[@stonedcold5746]

@@Nephalem2002 Innocent!

[@TheCastellan]

Still, your chances are better there than in Texas >_>

[@jaycob1830]

He made Ironhide accurate to his toy

[@reptile1677]

That’s still killing him

[@jackgrimshaw5030]

Megatron's smirk as he blows Ironhide away...god I wish I was that badass.

[@andyhart3837]

The real life equivelant would be a mass murder dictator standing over a soldier with a .50 caliber desert eagle.

[@terrelltownsend8016]

"Such heroic nonsense."

[@Leondrius]

I don't think you want that karma. 😄

[@redsirius8844]

@@andyhart3837 more like a RPG

[@coletrain583]

Actually, that was terrifying. It just shows much merciless he is.

[@wepruitt3]

if you remember this. You're childhood was amazing

[@Aristoverse]

I remember watching this in the anniversary special, I cried at this scene

[@johnmoyle4195]

*your

[@kurtasa3884]

I made my mom stay until after the end credits hoping and in complete shock that Optimus Prime was actually dead. I then cried for the next few days....this movie was awesome.

[@lennykoopa7289]

DannyDehDuck Same. :)

[@cyberswiper6317]

You guys had the best films back then, my favourite movie ever is aliens 1986

[@KurticusGT]

Unlike in the show, Decepticon targeting accuracy was at 99.9% in this scene.

[@bagsikdangal]

While the Autobots in this scene kept on missing their shots by 100% of the time.

[@CountryMetal01]

they're almost as bad as Law Enforcement

[@SkywarpV]

Actually if you go back and watch the shows...they actually do get shot...they just aren't lethal like in the movie. There is one episode where the Autobots are pounding Megatron with lasers but he is so strong he is able to endure most of the blasts.

[@breadaholic6445]

But they didn't miss once

[@roguelead72]

Reverse plot armor, the Autobots start shooting like Stormtroopers and a Constructicon with a firepower rating slightly higher than Bumblebee's just completely negates Prowl's armor.

[@sleepydork]

prowls death is freakin' brutal

[@othyization]

Not a brutal as Ironhide's, he gets his face blown off at point-blank range... now that's cold.

[@rodimusunicronus2089]

othyization prowl original death in the script was that he will melt from inside out, meaning we were supposed to see his face slowly melt away as the smoke coming through the mouth and most likely the optic

[@rodimusunicronus2089]

Brown SugarV2 well you do have a point ,just like they alter magnus's dismiss (originally he was supposed to be ripped apart by the sweep using energon rope that tie on each of his limbs and tear his entire body apart) but assuming if prowl did die like that and seeing how the corpse in the next shot is facing backwards instead of the frount in the previous shot,after prowl got shot,he bodys is melting and when he was desperately struggling and crawling in pain, and eventually die as his faces melt away

[@MrAnt-sf2sk]

Prowls insides were melted,thats why he started vaping

[@VadersFist95]

@@brownsugarv2935 Ergh not really.

[@voodazz]

Never understood why Brawn just ran right into a mess of decepticons unarmed. Guess that's why his name wasn't "Brains". Get it? It's funny.

[@intellektualPoet]

Lmao!

[@Daywalker_27]

I'm guessing he was expecting a fist fight

[@Alknix]

voodazz He thought it was the pussy TV show where noone gets killed.

[@detpackman]

+voodazz Brawn was supposedly thick armored in the past most decepitcon fire would be absorbed with little or no damage , kinda like that scene later with Optimus Prime at autobot city . though Megatrons weapon could always break thru Brawn"s armor as i believe Shockwaves as well could wound brawn . Brawn was always listed as tough as Optimus just in a smaller chassis so Brawn was used to being a "tank"for the autobots

[@hyperion3145]

+Alknix actually characters did die in the tv show.

[@terrelltownsend8016]

"Such heroic nonsense."

[@ricardoduarte1802]

Terrell Townsend nooo

[@caelusprime5278]

Terrell Townsend One of the most iconic quotes of this movie.

[@tailgatestudios3878]

Terrell Townsend best thing Megatron has ever said.

[@wyldshot666]

I lost and gained respect for Megatron....at the same time.

[@gflucas13]

Die autobots

[@MrBratkenSolov]

Me at 9 years "Yay, tranformers!" Me at 25 years "Wow, nice soundtrack, haven''t notice before"

[@sometrash7462]

Same

[@kaizozhang15]

+Shane Walsh Yeah the same

[@TheInsensitiveAsshole]

+MrBratkenSolov Same =)

[@AlexOjideagu2]

I always noticed the soundtrack, and it got me into learning the guitar

[@chaoticproductions3922]

How were you looking at this as yay transformers and not OH DEAR GOD EVERYONES DEAD

[@morbuskid1720]

I always thought this was the most badass scene in the movie just because of how the song fits the scenario and the beat reacts at the right time

[@6bambolbi6]

I was born in 2000 but I can imagine how the 80s kids felt. Like, imagine being a kid, going watch a movie about your favorite heroes and then they all get brutally murdered and their leader die in the most sad scene possible. Imagine how your heart would be shredded.

[@ironmaster6496]

Totally, especially considering that unlike the children movies that do open like that, nobody gets ressurrected at the end, everyone dies and that's it

[@PCGamer77]

I saw it in the theater at age 9. Honestly, it all was kind of overwhelming. There was no time to grieve, my little mind was just trying to keep up with the movie until the end.

[@Pokeblade-f2x]

Yep, it was horrid. We’d grown up with these characters in the tv series and to see them wiped out so quickly was pretty shocking and saddening. Even today when I watch it, can feel it.

[@Robert-nl3fd]

Every Autobot kill felt like Megatron was kinda giving us the bird..and being trolled. It really pussed me off...and I never watched Transformers again...just re aired episodes of before the war movie

[@aaronsarchive82]

​@@PCGamer77It's a long flick, too. Two hours would be a lot for kids then and unheard of today. I can't imagine your little brain trying to process everything going on for such a runtime like that.

[@nivekm95]

"Megatron!" "Decepticons!" "DIE AUTOBOTS!!" Crazy

[@hyperion3145]

Brawn: "Decepticons!" Starscream: "Where?!"

[@diegomelendez9918]

Kevin Mendoza that’s how you start the beginning of an attack

[@collegerebel]

1:21 The moment when Megatron made Ironhide toy accurate.

[@mustafaamin9516]

💀💀💀

[@K.C.-Games]

I guess that is why Ironhide’s head was gone

[@nevergivethedmideas7252]

Ouch, 34 years too soon man.

[@TFIGBassPlayer]

The shot where Ironhide has his head blown off was not in the vhs clip like this one. We saw that full shot in the theater.

[@IsaiahINRI]

Fuckin hell lol

[@tonezone117]

0:20 pause and look at how happy Bonecrusher is lol

[@MrAnt-sf2sk]

And starscream

[@oscarh.hansen2490]

So sadistic

[@DukeFavre]

SICK

[@AudioAndroid]

Bonecrusher was the one who mixed and created the potent Deathshot Energon and Deathshot Rounds used just for this particular fight for Megatron's Gun Mode, the Deathshot rounds are very hard to make and only a Master Builder and Creator can pull off this Receipt of Destruction. The ingredients are a secret but the one most important item needed has always been known to all as it consist of Pure Energon, Pure Energon that required each Decepticon to Donate. Bonecrusher used his Alchemy Skills to make the Devastating Deathshot Rounds and as the Generals Gathered to plan out the strategy the Decepticons picked their best shooter in tight quarters The Decepticon General Starscream to take the shots on the Autobots, knowing they only had but so many rounds of the special ammunition they had to get this right especially knowing their would be two class A Autobots present onboard (Ironhide and Prowl) that would give them plenty of FIGHT if they weren't taken out as quickly as possible. The Decepticons used the Radar Interference caused by a passing Meteor Shower to attack and board the Autobot Shuttle and as Starscream unloaded and Autobots began to fall Bonecrusher knew right away he was successful and Megatron would be pleased with him after the battle was over, Bonecrusher smiled, a smile of Victory for he and his Brothers.

[@KingJames-vq5bc]

Hes about to kill and I would be to if I was gonna kill dom autoscrap

[@tomtommerson6320]

"You're an idiot" I love how Starscream keeps his expression like he has to process what he heard

[@twenty1stpilot]

"DIE AUTOBOTS!!" the most badass thing Megatron has ever said

[@joehudson3042]

Twentyfirstpilot no it's the"such heroic nonsense " line

[@drew4564]

"There defenses are broken! Let the slaughter begin!!!"

[@mauricehopes9105]

And right after that they brutally murder all of them. Megatron was no joke.

[@jhoyhikaru6971]

megatron's face when he said DIE AUTOBOTS! is very creepy

[@oconnoclast]

My father took me to see this at the cinema, and it was my first outing there ever. I was telling them all who the Autobots were and then suddenly I was 😮😧😨😱😭😭😭😭. He tried so hard to keep three-year-old me from wailing uncontrollably. Bless.

[@iheartbong]

Bro we might need a support group for all people age three to ten I think who saw this upon release. I tried not to cry for Ironhide and did well but about 40 other kids in there were rightfully upset. I was eight so I am glad I had few years on you. I could not imagine watching this at three or four and like asking my parents "What happened???" In a way I am glad we saw this though. As much as it blew us away as kids, when we now look back on it everyone in this comment section is like holy shit that was awesome. It really does suck sort of now that kids today won't go through this. Yeah they look up scary shit online but they will never experience sitting in a theater at 4-10 years old having their minds blown all at once together. The best part to me was the entire theatre filled with people just like me thinking "I'm not sure what I just saw but it was awesome and scary and I want to cry." I mean how many movies can you say did this to you as a child, hell I am glad we got to experience this. NES as well but I wasn't into that as much, but if I were, then probably same exact feeling and you guys know exactly what I am talking about.

[@koolgame224]

Most kids after watching this: “Oh they’ll get up.” **Megatron blasts Ironhide’s face point blank.** Kids: 0_0

[@nof-bdybs6948]

This scene knocked me on my ASS the first time I saw it. Age 10,in the theater. As you all know, both the Autobots, and Deceps were pretty much half-assing the war. Within 15min, Brawn, Prowl, Ironhide, and the Ambulance dude, all characters that had been a staple since the first episode, are slaughtered! Prowl getting hit and overheating, before collapsing on the floor, is forever in my mind. Then, Starscream blows a hole THROUGH the others with Walther P38 Megatron. My childhood ended in that theater

[@custommediacreations]

That should be a third party’s toy name for Ratchet. Today we’ll be unboxing Ambulance Dude. Well a company known as Lemon Tree named Shockwave Purple Potato... I’m not even kidding.

[@mercaptan097]

@@custommediacreations imagine Megatron telling Purple Potato to look after Cybertron while you went into space

[@custommediacreations]

@@mercaptan097 that would be hilarious, in fact I’m pretty sure that it would be remembered forever.

[@drew4564]

How do you not know ratchet name 🤣

[@custommediacreations]

@@drew4564 some people can’t remember names, it happens. I, for one, forget names sometimes.

[@Audioholics]

Brawn was way stronger than depicted here. Prowl deserved better. So few Decipticons died in this movie as the damaged ones were rebuilt. Autobots got really screwed.

[@flagflow1232]

Automotive?

[@CartoonFinder]

Machines, the transformers. All of the above

[@WigTheC0wb0y]

Well at least I died I guess

[@TacticalMatt17]

yeah but it can get a pass since the decepticons had a massive advantage with their energon stock. it also explains why the autobots died so easily

[@Ushio01]

It's because the number of Autobot toys significantly out numbered the Decepticon toys. You had 29 Decepticons which includes 6 Constructicons and Soundwave with 5 cassettes while the Autobots had over 55. Since the purpose of the film was to get rid of some early characters to make room for new ones a lot more Autobots needed to be retired.

[@jonmolina948]

0:24 Starscream's like "who else wants some of this shit?"

[@justynthompson5457]

I know right.

[@hyperion3145]

"Give me all your weed!"

[@its-amemegatron.9521]

I NEVER NOTICED THAT!

[@atypicalinternetdweller4997]

+Tyler Falcon (Mariotron) Best picture ever

[@its-amemegatron.9521]

Jacob Chang Thanks. I'm very proud of my profile picture

[@IcaroPhantoka]

Everyone talks about the "Such Heroic nonsense" but Brawn screaming "DECEPTICONS!!!" and Megs screaming "Die Autobots!" Are great too.... every line from this is great and memorable

[@EnigmaticParadigm]

As a kid that was 10 years old in the theater watching this move with no knowledge of the plot (rabid cartoon series fan), this is one of the scenes that first taught me about the concept of death. Watching 3 old school characters die in the span of 60 seconds was brutal on my young psyche... ...Then I watched in horror as my childhood hero, Optimus Prime, died in front of my eyes. Even though I was 10 at the time, I remember looking around the packed theater for other people's reaction, and it was all the same: kids completely silent, mouths open, and silent tears. That movie, aimed at the target audience of my age group, left us all in shock. Months later when the GI Joe Movie came out, Duke was supposed to die. But, due to the backlash from parents due to this movie and the trauma of their kids, the scene was altered to have Duke "mortally wounded;" to which he made a recovery. Not trying to sound like a gaping vagina, but watching Optimus die on a screen 100X bigger than my TV in full stereo changed how I viewed cartoons forever. It was like a "coming of age" moment when you first realized what death was and how it can even take someone you look up to. I'm 37 now, and have seen the movie countless times since 1986, but certain scenes with all the old school Autobots dying still tug at heartstrings. Brilliant movie, awesome animation, and crazy mature plots for being aimed at children. Being an 80's kid was amazing!

[@ajrob9708]

Still gets me 2

[@Leondrius]

Agree with everything you said, except the theater part. Didn't see it until it came out on VHS. Even the destruction of Lithone was disturbing to me. I guess it was necessary for so many to die in order to fit the story line, but I wonder if the producers thought about what impact it would have on children. It might have been only a cartoon, but they were living personalities to us children.

[@stainshield]

I know what you mean and because the movie, I couldn't get into season 3 as I did with seasons 1 and 2. Because the high hopes I had for season 3 went down the drain because of the movie. But that is life and life goes on.

[@RobinSwede]

I watched this when I was five on the 25th anniversary edition .i thought they were revived at one point,though I was kinda traumatized...

[@zoletajohneiner8388]

Registered Murse i

[@Arkanoid1212]

This, ladies and gentelmen, was the building of the francise. You notice the difference: the villain is cool and capable, not a piece of one-syllable uttering junk. In fact i always liked the villains more than the hero characters. Megatron is trooper, commander, demon and restrained, slow burning rage all in one character. He was evil, alright, but in a civilized way and *not* a wild animal. Starscream, the all time plotting ursupator, unruly and waiting for his chance to take over and also quite clumsy - a fact he never could accept. And Soundwave... the most atypical decepticon around. Always distanced from his allies but absolutely and utterly atypical for a evil guy totall loyal to his leader. Megatron lead by force but in Soundwaves case that wasn't neccesary. He is also the only one not abandonig his commander under grim conditions. Of all the bots i liked him best.

[@stradlemonkey444]

It's now pretty obvious that Soundwave and Megatron were "bot-buddies"

[@williamthompson5504]

Soundwave is/was a great toy as well.

[@yukonyeti6296]

Soundwave's awesome

[@matthew_natividad]

But also this was a ploy to sell toys

[@brianbuck70]

According to the director of the film, Starscream won the battle for leadership by hiding until it was over and sucker punching the winner. And Soundwave sought the leadership in order to go back and rescue Megatron.

[@Ben82077]

Prowl: You know, I’m surprised the decepticons haven’t tried to attack. Ironside: Yeah usually it’s at this time those assholes, attack. (Megatron ripping through the hull) Brawn: Megatron! DECEPTICONS!! Ironhide / Prowl: (point at each other 👉🏻 👈🏻) Jinx!!

[@zirkalda9502]

*Autobots:* "Look, we've got four of the main characters onboard. I think we'll be just fine." *Decepticons:* "Allow us to introduce ourselves..."

[@matthew_natividad]

Victor Jechart *megatron* I’m about to end those bots career

[@lancecurry7538]

*MEGATRON:* _DIE,_ AUTOBOTS!

[@Zero_Ninety]

Movie Megatron was the ruthless bad-ass the TV series Megatron never was.

[@monkeynt5780]

By that you mean this movie right?

[@Zero_Ninety]

xCrandle Crandle44 Yes.

[@genericyoutubechannel3790]

Zero Ninety I guess he was fed up with fighting the Autobots for over 20 years on Earth.

[@jeremywilliams5675]

Megatron on Transformers Prime seem ruthless but he was never

[@robertj.3383]

TF Prime Megatron was no joke. He was a scary bad ass. That was one of the finest TF tv shows on tv. Better than most of Bay's TF movies. Remember when that cyber terrorist basically got himself fused to a dead decepticon's body after getting injured and killed his crew who did that for him? I was like "WHAT?" "Did that just happen?"

[@picknroll8221]

Also respect Meg's for leading the charge and ripping right through the hull himself.

[@Careerender]

He was done fucking around.

[@nickjarzynski9203]

"God, what did I just take you to?" I remember my dad asking himself that rather loudly after the Megatron/Ironhide finale of the shuttle scene in the theater back when I was seven years old. He owned a VCR back in the early 80's, and he recorded every cartoon for me. I still have them, too. Transformers, G.I. Joe, He-Man, Thundarr, Dungeons and Dragons, The Get Along Gang...good times. The audio and video quality on the cassettes are absolutely awful now, though. The "Instruments Of Destruction" scene was absolutely iconic, I think...wasn't it? That traumatized the hell out of me. I mean, they're shooting each other like they always did on the show...but they're actually dying from it now...and in dark, menacing fashion.

[@LAKingfish24]

I remember kids in the movie theater crying over all these Autobot DEATHS. There was no way to know back then that this kinda massacre was about to go down on the silver screen.

[@DalekTheSupreme]

I also like how in the cartoon they confirmed the kills by having an Autobot MORGUE in space.

[@twistedyogert]

I'd consider digitizing those tapes to avoid loosing some good stuff.

[@KentKaliber]

Man the 1980's were so INNOCENT in retrospect. Parents actually CARED about what their kids were watching. Today's parents just hand their 7 year olds an iPhone and DONT give a care what they watch. Your dad's protective spirit was showing there!

[@TheCastellan]

To those who wonder why Brawn died from a shoulder blast.....it's not the entry wound that did it, it's the EXIT WOUND. His back exploded.

[@victorjechart2179]

*Autobots:* "Look, we've got four of the main characters onboard. I think we'll be just fine." *Decepticons:* "Allow us to introduce ourselves..."

[@BingBong67489]

This scene is still so hard to watch. All those adventures we went on with these four characters, and suddenly they just get gunned down right in front of us..... But at the same time I love that they were ballsy enough to do this in a kids' show.

[@Jorduan100]

This 1.25 of media is 99% responsible for me growing up to be a Metal Head. Thank you Megatron.

[@burri06]

I love the detail in this scene. Especially Ratchet's concerned look as Ironhide gets hit at 0:44

[@custommediacreations]

Another detail I missed of my favourite movie.

[@1974neill]

Ratchet is a medic first! Then A soldier Iron hide getting hit distracted his attention out of concern that that would’ve made any difference they were outnumbered and leaderless wipeout!!!

[@daboi6509]

I mean ratchet could have survived if he didn’t return fire but then again, these are the decepticons. War crimes are more abundant than grass in a garden with them

[@KomradeSeals]

This scene and Optimus' death was essentially a giant middle finger to your childhood innocence.

[@adnan_honest_jihadist5775]

we all know the makers of this movie care only about money

[@astupidrandomperson7215]

@@adnan_honest_jihadist5775not the makers. Most of them did not really like the idea. It’s Hasbro’s fault. For killing Optimus prime

[@kurokage2337]

As a kid, I always WANTED to see the good guys win. Wanted. But even then, I was smart enough to know that life is not fair, and this scene solidified that fact for me. Ironhide got the most brutal death, even worse than Prowl.

[@JerseyNYC83]

This song fits this scene perfectly and set the tone for the entire movie. Unlike the tv series-the Decepticons up the ante by actually killing and taking great delight in killing their Autobot counterparts. Brutal when you watched this as a kid but so freaking cool years later.

[@bigmack6344]

This will always be “transformers the movie” for me! That’s one of the best scenes of all time ! Megatron GOAT

[@Awgichew]

G1 Megatron is still hands down my favorite Transformers character almost 40 years later.

[@jonathandelgado3755]

This is the scene where 80s kids learned that bullets don’t bounce off you just because you’re a good guy lol.

[@jefffox1012]

When theatrically released animated feature films had balls.

[@freddyrichards878]

they still pretty much do

[@breadaholic6445]

I think he means that had shows

[@KentKaliber]

@@freddyrichards878 No they don't.

[@silhouettoofaman2935]

You wanna see balls in animation? Watch Rango, that's probably the most mature modern PG animated movie i've ever seen.

[@yukonyeti6296]

@@silhouettoofaman2935 that's a good movie

[@KamenGrayz]

Starscream: That was too easy Yeah I know right you guys actually aim this time! can't say the same for Iron hide and the rest. Seriously guys AIM!!!

[@AlexOjideagu2]

Ha watch the episode "Enter the Night Bird" They actually hit each other!

[@captainmartin1219]

They hit each all the time in the tv series, but no one dies. I think that was one thing that made me like the shot better than gi Joe. They were actually able to hit each other even though it usually caused minor damage or the person would be okay at the end of the episode.

[@ToonReel001]

One thing I liked about the show was while there was a status quo, they shown it hurt BOTH sides. The Decepticons could never win against the Autobots, but they had several episodes where the Autobots tried to take a permanent toll on the Decepticons and Megatron always outsmarted them (eg. Mirage trying to turn the Insecticons on them, or Wheeljack's Dominator Disc and Immobiliser inventions, they all got turned against them like a standard bad guy scheme). This made it believable that at some point the Decepticons could actually turn the tides because the Autobots, while always repelling them, couldn't ever weaken their chances.

[@twistedyogert]

They were caught off guard.

[@nevergivethedmideas7252]

At least they aren't stormtroopers.

[@bubbafontleroy]

Ironhide’s execution is probably the single best Megatron moment in history. Jesus what a movie.

[@ishirotanaka]

0:31 Prowl’s death was perhaps the most brutal of the entire massacre. Being shot through the spark Chamber and having your body melt from the inside out.

[@ashtonbrown5436]

the part where it goes "INSTRUEMENTS OF DESTRUCTIOOON, TOOLS OF POWERPLAYS, ITS A VIOLENT ERUPTION, EXISTANCE DRIFTS AWAY" is my ringtone and it went off during my 10th grade spanish class and i got 20 extra credit points because my teacher remembers seeing this in theaters......YEAAAAAH!

[@SilhouetteJudas]

Your teacher's the shit.

[@ashtonbrown5436]

He is XD

[@bl4ckw1ngz64]

...wait what.

[@ashtonbrown5436]

what?? XD

[@RobinSwede]

Cool story bro...

[@OberynTheRedViper]

The fact that Ratchet picked up guns and was shooting was what really put this scene over the top for me. I mean sure, the sudden realness of deaths in a series notorius for deathlessness was an eye opener, but I knew it was beyond bad if Ratchet tried to harm another transformer.

[@j2times2006]

i was 10 years old and traumatized. Thanks Hasbro.

[@hyperion3145]

You're welcome, come watch Optimus Prime die in astounding animation!

[@j2times2006]

LOL

[@custommediacreations]

@@j2times2006 in never before seen vivid Technicolor.

[@nono-xm8yl]

"You're an idiot Starscream." That is the singular greatest sentence that Megatron has ever said or ever will say.

[@lancecurry7538]

Nah... it's gotta be "Such heroic nonsense."

[@brianbuck70]

Nope. This is: "If you stand in my way, if anyone stands in my way, I will respond by killing. Murder on an industrial scale. Because in the final analysis, I would happily wade across a river of corpses, chest deep in rust, grease and engine oil, just to crush the spark of the last Autobot standing. And I would not do this simply as a means to an end. No, Prime. I would do it because it would give me pleasure."

[@wyldshot666]

A perfect display of being amused by the song and Megatron's backflip into badassery to being destroyed on the inside by the butchering of Autobots I grown to love. All at the same time.

[@NeoReoxis]

I’m cryin, in universe Megatron and Starscream deadass just randomly decided to lock in one day 😭

[@aaronm6291]

Hard to believe this movie is 30 years old seem just like yesterday and this scene was bad ass along with the song playing in the background I miss these days.

[@aaronm6291]

And the Autobots start hiding in their chairs when Starscream was shooting at them at 0:24 never noticed that as a kid what a classic.

[@OPMaster1978]

Prowl was their chief strategist: I always loved how in this scene he tried to fake out the Deceps by feigning spinning out of the chair one way, then firing from the other side. It always bugged me that freaking SCAVENGER of all characters killed him.

[@aaronm6291]

OPMaster1978 Good eye they put so much detail into a kids cartoon I appreciate it even more now.

[@isuruFO]

prowl: oh they’ll just miss when they attack us don’t worry brawn:*gets destroyed* prowl: *SHIT*

[@NoBody-qs7op]

“THEY DISABLED OUR PLOT ARMOR!”

[@Sikorsky1111]

They got hit in the cartoons as well. Only that it wasn't as powerful. Guess they started working with ore 13 rounds.

[@rubyrose746]

@@Sikorsky1111 no they control cybertrons energon supply so they upgraded their weapons...meaning megatrons fusion pistol mode is much more powerful

[@Memelord1117]

@@rubyrose746 and the fact they went to earth meant the moon bases were low on energon

[@b111372]

That backflip transformation gets in tears

[@ScyllaIo]

Anyone else notice Prowl turning gray before hitting the ground?

[@breadaholic6445]

It's cuz he's dead

[@breadaholic6445]

Prime did too

[@2010thekingofkings]

Holy crap how could have I missed that all of these years, lol. Yea that's when you know he's definitely dead. It makes sense too since he got shot up in the heart area, lol. I thought it was just an color error. But at the 1:00 mark you can see the fallen Autobots with color except for Prowl.

[@fusionfury4437]

@@2010thekingofkings yeah, except the other Autobots are colored... Holy shit. I just figured something out. Brawn and Ratchet are still colored, so that means...they were still alive, slowly dying from their injuries. As if this scene wasn't dark enough.

[@kanra2689]

Just like prime

[@SorenDoesStuff]

When I watched this as a kid I was expecting this to just be a normal g1 episode but in movie length. And then this scene happened

[@Bcilloz]

I think Megatron must have gotten mad at the box art for saying "Heroic Autobots" for all those years!

[@jayecooney]

That was Brazil vs Germany right there

[@TheKingofbrooklin]

Hahahahaha so true

[@Leidon00]

Oof

[@erichunsaker4969]

Hahaha

[@lerryperry]

Tears 😢

[@andreypotulnitskiy-yq5ie]

Damn my boy starscream really nailed this fight. Sick aim!

[@mrf19741]

Prowl was the first Transformer I ever got. This scene wrecked me as a kid, and I'm still traumatized from it.

[@SpaceMonke99]

Watching this for the first time with my jaw on the floor because all of a sudden transformers became mortal.

[@SenetTheSnek]

RIP: Brawn : Never given the chance to show Preceptor how much he learned not to just use your strength. RIP: Prowl : Never to see Cybertron or Earth free from Megatron's tyranny RIP: Ratchet : Never given the chance to just heal during peaceful times RIP : Ironhide : Never given the moment to stand alongside Optimus when the war finally ends

[@patrickoakley7890]

0:49 what a bad ass shot, all the Decepticons lined up victorious. Killer.

[@dominictemple]

Wow, those autobots have stormtrooper levels of aiming.

[@diobrando6868]

Megatron in the Cartoon: "nyehehe i'll build a giant purple griffin to defeat the dumb autobots and maybe i'll let starscream cook me cookies again" Megatron in the Movie: *D I E AUTOBOTS*.

[@Mechagodzillareturns56]

0:33 I don’t know why but prowl’s death is the most scariest and gruesome death to me. It is a robot equivalent of a human coughing blood before dying.

[@SebaxJimenez]

This movie is pure gold!

[@rivitedrailfan]

One of the saddest scenes from the 1986 movie. But Instruments of Destruction is a good song and really fits into the scene.

[@superiorshotgun4348]

Brawn ran up like it was still the cartoon and he got a quick reality check

[@RyanRoemer8624]

Lol 😂

[@edsalisch4322]

I was 8 when I saw this in the theater and I loved this scene and the whole movie. Kids were "made of sterner stuff" back then.

[@asdfoifhvjbkaos]

this whole movie was absolutely raw

[@josephbondoc2561]

If Jazz had died this way instead of being merely discontinued, I'd have needed a shrink at 8 years old. Prowl burning up from the inside is still haunting.

[@AAX1975]

Oh hell. Definitely man. Could you imagine if they wiped out the entire line? Fug.

[@rhynouk1]

@@AAX1975 I think that's what Hasbro actually wanted. Wipe out the entire first run.

[@omegamaximus1727]

When Megatron said , “DIE AUTOBOTS “ he really meant it.

[@ralphg2771]

Having been born in 76, I can remember being on the playground in the 5th grade when the movie released. A kid us group of kids were speaking to mentioned watching the movie and told us Prime died. Not only that, the movie took place in the year 2005...........I cant tell you how futuristic that year seemed in 1986. All movies that took place in 2000+ always had floating cars, space travel was normal, robots everywhere, etc.

[@infuryo1001]

I love how the autobots die so quickly, well the plot demands it!

[@imagin8663]

More like the toyline demands it lol

[@custommediacreations]

@@imagin8663 indeed.

[@stormtroopertk8]

I loved all of these guys too. Brawn, Prowl, Ratchet, and Iron Hide. I broke my heart to see these guys go after watching G1

[@galvatronleader3358]

This was off the hook! 👍🏿luv the way Megatron jus transformed n jumped into Starscreams hand and let loose then went back into robot mode and just finished Ironhide off wit no fucks given!

[@zach2269]

That time you notice the majority of characters you loved in the cartoon for years just all die before your eyes.

[@GoLion]

The brutality of this scene still gives me chills. Cold blooded af.

[@crowejagerson3628]

This was the first Transformers animation I ever saw and it hooked me and established Megatron as my all time favorite transformer.

[@acusticsunri4255]

Brawn didn't realize he was in a movie...where you can actually die when charging naively... This ain't the tv series...

[@Leondrius]

It was his fault for not listening to the soundtrack. If he heard a 🎶" Dun dun. Dun dun. Dunna dunna dunna dunna,"🎶 he would've been all good.

[@officialkirbyfan6899]

Yeah because he survived Megatron's blast in the show!

[@Leondrius]

@@officialkirbyfan6899 Right. Didn't even faze him.