TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on BLACKARACHNIA

Enter the Spider-Verse with this week's episode as we take a look at The Basics on the greatest female villain the Transformers franchise has produced - BLACKARACHNIA! And Airachid's here too!
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[@tannerprice2018]

I find it funny how her design was based on an exotic dancer, and yet the Takara Legends version of Blackarachnia works at a nightclub.

[@bluzillaz2427]

Did not see that coming

[@allblazing1160]

@@bluzillaz2427 you know megatron strip teased ultramagnis

[@Arkaeus04]

That’s a big bruh moment

[@dumpertron1]

@@allblazing1160 he fucking WHAT NOW?

[@jhonathanbarthomelewoswald1936]

Japanese men want this type of stuff

[@milesfoster8190]

Fun fact: in the Japanese dub of prime, she is a bubbly, giggling, high-strung chatterbox that is obsessed with collecting the heads of "handsome boys" as trophies rather than endangered creatures. Played up as something of a female Pepé Le Pew, she constantly swoons over Jack, calling him her "hunk", her "darling", her "cutie Jack-chan", and various other lovey-dovey remarks as she amorously pursues him (even going so far as to sing love songs to him, mid-chase). When she finally catches Jack near the end of "Mystery Insect Transformation! Forest of the Spider Woman!", she even proposes marriage to him. This behaviour is probably based off the Japanese yandere trope. (No, I’m not making this up. This is ripped straight from tfwiki!

[@illseeyaonthedarksideofthemoon]

Classic Japan

[@thelegendmaster3935]

That Freaking Kill la Kill VA and also for Neco Arc

[@fightingmedialounge519]

Wouldn't take a wiki completely at face value.

[@XmanXX181]

Japan wilding

[@TheRisingStorm316]

Airachnid in the Japanese dub of Transformers Prime was nothing more than a Decepticon Yandere.

[@soyavocado]

Airachnid: I’m gonna take over the Decepticons! Soundwave: *ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT*

[@samwatson-tayler2805]

Soundwave: ...

[@livianmonaxia]

*John Cena appears on Soundwaves face*

[@dkkanofkash8798]

Do you have the time to hear about our Lord and Savior Pestilence?

[@Xeeb_the_Dweeb]

Star scream: am I a joke to you?

[@direwolfkaniz9192]

Beware the silence one

[@lepetitmonstre-3410]

Airachnid takes a lot of queues from Blackarachnia, but I think she's also largely influenced by Lockdown - given her introduction as a head hunter.

[@LittleAl016]

That said, their characterizations differ in that Black Arachnia is morally gray whereas Airachnid is a straight up evil.

[@liljenborg2517]

The relationship between Silverbolt and Black Arachnia was by far the second best thing about Beast Wars (Dinobot's death is still the best). I hated how they broke Silverbolt in Beast Machines.

[@humangirl2122]

They didn't.Silverbolt still loved Blackarachnia and I've got the video to prove it.

[@SUNIKIGAMING]

Beast machines broke everything mate.

[@dantewilson182]

Well they didn't actually break-up, they just went through relationship problems cause Silverbolt became an edgy anti-hero & annoyed everyone on the team as a result. Honestly the whole thing would have been more bearable if they looked less ugly. God the Beast Machines designs were hideous. No wonder the toyline flopped.

[@zeterzero4356]

@@dantewilson182 That Black Arachnia one was alright.

[@humangirl2122]

@@SUNIKIGAMING No it didn't!

[@Nougatbars]

I hope Blackarachnia continues to be used for morally conflicted characters, and Airachnid for straight villains, but time will tell. At least the first part seems fairly set!

[@SaruwatariMasahiro]

Well she does appear as Elita in War for Cybertron (first arch just released on netflix)

[@gerard935]

@@SaruwatariMasahiro wait elita will turn into BA again?

[@SaruwatariMasahiro]

a rando on the internet no idea, but definitely foreshadowing her going down the dark path

[@keithtorgersen9664]

@Nougatbar, something that Airachnid said to Arcee when they met up again after eons, something about partners being lost wasn’t just to torment Arcee, but I almost caught of regret in her voice as though she herself experienced some sort of tragedy ages ago. She is still straight up psychotic but maybe there is some fragmented of herself that can be reached.

[@Vilgax00]

Hope it will became something like Megatron-Galvatron stuation,where they decide to make them diffrent chracters.

[@cyclownus3658]

My favourite incarnation of Blackarachnia is the Animated version since she’s a Decepticon you can pity, hate and sympathise.

[@River-Ocean]

Dark Scream she had more reason to be ‘evil’ (i.e. being left for dead and being shunned by everyone including the ones you love) than the beast are version (she was evil because she was)

[@nil981]

Why would I pity something that ugly?

[@drstephenstrange897]

Totally.

[@Blackarachnia1996]

Beast Wars Blackarachnia was evil because of programming... I find that more excusable than being angry and doing terrible things. BW BA didn’t really have much of a choice, and she was the one who decided to break away from it... Animated BA was never redeemed.

[@drstephenstrange897]

@@Blackarachnia1996 PERFECT!

[@scottodrowsky9835]

Loved the Beast Wars version. SilverBolt/Blackarachnia: "Are you...damaged?" Blackarachnia/Silverbolt: "Just enough...to make me...interesting."

[@bromicorn]

I always felt like they were shoving silverarachnia down our face,and i've always preferred airazor,anyways

[@AwesomeMooseSmile]

@@bromicorn Yeah I think tigatron and airazor had way more chemistry between each other and build-up, unfortunately the payoff sucked.

[@bromicorn]

@@AwesomeMooseSmile i agree strongly

[@Loremastrful]

Its a coin toss between BW Black Arachnia and Prime Airachnid. BW gave her layers: deadly, but fiercely independent. And smart enough to keep up with schemers like Tarantulas and Starscream. Prime was ruthless from start to finish. Plus I love Gina Torres portrayal. She came in on a Predator send up and went out on a zombie one.

[@albertschoise8091]

Rahsaan Footman and Arachnid?

[@enrique6335]

Not just Tarantulas and Starscream. I rank Blackarachnia as one of the smartest characters in the entire show, second only to Megatron only because he ultimately outmaneuvered her but she was still intelligent enough to piece together what his plans were all along and sought to escape to ensure her own survival.

[@ColonelFrontline1152]

Please make an episode about the *Aerialbots.*

[@jorgy7958]

Yes please.

[@nil981]

Basics on broadside.

[@jacobpdeleon2747]

What the joke?

[@legendaryswagboss1631]

They should make The Basics on Vehicons and The Basics on Maximals.

[@predaprime]

Well, you got one!

[@Arro3]

I think I'll always prefer the Beast Wars version since it's nostalgic for me, and had the most screentime to get to know her. Airachnid's pretty cool too, I LOVE her voice. A shame she never really got a good toy or resolution to her story.

[@kaijuguy19]

Yeah the BW version is the one version of her that I'll always like the most. I also dig her season 1 design the most for well two obvious reasons.

[@MustProtectUwU42069]

For me is animated and prime

[@Moizsh10]

Who ever designed Airachnid needs to get serious props for the genius idea of the name pun and using helicopter blades for her legs in the spiderish alt mode

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

@Death trooper what?

[@james5685]

@fritzdaddy-135mm get staggered how dare you

[@AlmostAnimixers]

Love that you included Airachnid. In my mind, she's always been the Prime version of Blackarachnia, just with a different name. In much the same way that Downshift is the Energon version of Wheeljack with a different name, something you touched upon last time.

[@ChrisMcFeely]

I couldn't not! Partly because Airachnid would need to do a LOT more before she'd justify an episode of her own, but the ep would just feel incomplete if I left out the other Decepticon spider-woman!

[@kaijuguy19]

Truth be told I see Airachnid having more in common with Tarantulas since they equally share the same sadistic cruel personality.

[@patrickwentzell4638]

@@ChrisMcFeely this new female is some one you want to be on your side fighting with you instead of being the enemy against you that will never stop or surrender but there is the love story that fascinates me so I say let it continue on

[@Spidersapien5]

Airachnid is just Black Arachnia without any of her redeeming qualities

[@Spidersapien5]

And Bayverse Hound is an adaptation of Bulkhead in all but name.

[@sivanlevi3867]

It's always fun to "love to hate" Blackarachnia, but the starcrossed love story of Beast Wars really gets me. We also root for the demise of Airachnid, but I think her becoming a Terrorcon zombie was her real demise.

[@rave123456v]

Blackarachnia weirdly attractive character known weird crush for everyone involved with Beast Wars for whatever reason she completely pulls it out.

[@myriadmediamusings]

Laughed at the unexpected referencing of G1-esque Airachnid in Star Trek VS Transformers, where she commented at how Captain Kirk was cute and wanted to keep him as a pet. Yes, seriously. Animated Blackarachnia was my introduction to that character and at that time as a TF noob I was puzzled at this animalistic looking Decepticon. Later research brought me to Beast Wars and now it all made sense. An amazing, spectacular, and sensational episode on the complex web of Blackarachnia.

[@jodecideion]

No Female can resist the charm of James T! LOL

[@omegamaximus1727]

Would Star Trek came Transformers work as an animated Mini-Series or a an animated movie .

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

@@jodecideion woman*

[@jodecideion]

Thomas takes a toll for the dark you are right! Just played it safe!

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

@@jodecideion eh, I get it. The internet is a tightrope above a pit of harassment and idiots these days

[@Roboshi2007]

funny thing is, her story seems very much inspired by the studio's previous show ReBoot and their villainess "hexadecimal"

[@ALiteralLamp]

I’ve always been fascinated by Transtech, the designs seem incomprehensible to me and I wish there was more concept art and lore associated with it

[@sokaybraun2188]

Transformers franchise's first great female villain Nightbird: well screw you too.

[@violetbean8928]

Nightbird was created by a scientist and wasn't a true Cybertronian, and it is debatable whether she gained sentience when the Decepticons experimented on her. plus she only appeared in one episode. Blackarachnia was a true Cybertronian, she undoubtedly had sentience. she had a major role in both Beast Wars and Beast Machines.

[@BelligerentKnight2481]

@@violetbean8928 Cybertronian or not Nightbird was still first

[@violetbean8928]

@@Ecl1ps0_ oh cool

[@michelcoolguy1701]

Besides she only appeared in one episode at that time

[@tokunerdmore3028]

If you ask me, I really like her persona in Animated having her be Elita One and almost seemingly having a bond with Optimus heck it would be cool if we see her relationship with Optimus in a darker toned Transformers series giving a sorta Batman x Catwoman relationship

[@PrincessMavenKittyDarkholme]

I agree

[@PrincessMavenKittyDarkholme]

I have a similar one

[@KrytenMark]

Ah yes, Blackarachnia, the deadly Widow Spider that's been attracting countless fanboys since October 7, 1996... Possibly even myself... Don't quote me on that. ^^; lol

[@ingonyama70]

Eh, no judgment here, I feel the same way about Silverbolt.

[@TicTonic96]

I was born around October 6 1996 lol so I didn’t see this

[@heroman479]

Your not wrong ...I was in love with her at the time bw toys were still selling

[@heroman479]

@@TicTonic96 yo same but I was born in January 12 1996

[@61tmd]

To late you have been quoted on that

[@angrypvz1646]

0:23 black arachnia was the first female transformers toy Me: poor arcee

[@joyd7530]

@ANGRYPVZ couldn’t agree enough

[@marcthesaddletankprod9777]

Well there was one "Unofficial" female Autobot Sold in Japan Forgor her name but all I know that she is headmaster & a recolor

[@aidansmith1446]

Her story in Transformers Prime was quite good.

[@sirdroolsalot12]

I would have loved to see an episode or five of prime set in their own version of the shattered glass universe, in which Airachnid is Jack's partner and Arcee is the psychopath.

[@cybersilver5816]

Wouldn't Jack be evil too? Or are humans not mirrored in Shatter Glass?

[@brandonatwood2401]

Cyber Silver humans are mirrored.

[@sirdroolsalot12]

Jack and the gang would have traveled there from their home universe. Guess I should have said that.

[@gar2yc]

Airachnid

[@Nothin2seehere-e4z]

Arcee is a psychopath in the SG? So that were Simon got his idea from. Arcee was piss off about that, but she got over it in the last several years.

[@bryanprime3438]

I like her in the Beast Wars. Her ambition and sense of humor was funny as well as cool to watch

[@timothyhansen6581]

"Wrapped other Predacons around her finger." Uhh...WHAT finger? She doesn't get fingers until Beast Machines!

[@fazbearmaniac166]

Right 1 big finger

[@chinacarter8319]

I'm actually a big fan of every single incarnation of Black Arachnia!! Each had something different to offer while giving deep nods to the original!!

[@Double_D__]

Airachnid: Out of my way, Soundwave! I'm gonna lead the Decepticons! Soundwave: *I'm about to end this woman's whole career*

[@ALiteralLamp]

The Transtech line is so interesting to me in its bizarreness of designs, I wish more concept art existed of it because the ones we know about are a complete quagmire of lines and are barely distinguishable. I really want to see exactly what was envisioned

[@CommissarPickle]

I'm really happy Takara decided to do a masterpiece toy of her, she's more than earned it

[@b1akn3ss93]

2:30 I like how the toy has telekinetic abilities. I could never get mine to work though…

[@stephencastro4723]

"Dark venom of my heart!" -Silverbolt

[@bromicorn]

Beast wars couples in a nutshell Blackarachnia: i am a predacon Silverbolt:m'lady *tips fedora* Ba:never mind Tigatron:i like nature Airazor:same lol

[@Kusanagikaiser999]

One of my all times favorites Transformers characters, Blackarachnia is one of the most complex characters the TF universe have give us and when ever she shows up, she is always awesome, I love her equality the same in Beast Wars, Animated and Prime, such and amazing character, and HOPE she can crossover to the big screen if Travis Knight continues his Bumblebee universe as a reboot, I want to see Black Arachnia or Arachnid in that universe.

[@DeamonChocobo]

I would love to see Airachnid's character taken in a way basically opposite of Overhaul/Leobreaker from Cybertron, a Transformer from a colony of Beast Mode Transformers who changes to a Vehicle Alt-Mode after joining the Decepticons.

[@CelticVictory]

Blackarachnia was such a great character and is one of my favorites. Airachnid was a great character in her own right.

[@SosaStarlight]

I remember being told that Beast Wars didn't count as real transformers but seeing how much some of the characters endured and wove themselves into the mythos makes me happy

[@megatron2171]

Everytime blackarachnia approach every cybertronian boi : *yeheeee boiiii*

[@corruptedeevee5574]

DEATHSTROKE lmao

[@moonknightslair8498]

When I was a kid I was introduced to Blackarachnia from Transformers the Animated series and her origin genuenly terryfied the life out of me! 😳

[@adamofblastworks1517]

3:37 I can't get over those eyes. It reminds me of how our old dog looked when his immune system started attacking his eye muscles, until we got medication for it. Except his eyes were also bulging out of his head. Unnerving to say the least

[@EclipseWarlord]

I like all versions of Black Arachnia. In my opinion, the Beast Wars version was the most fleshed out in character and personality.

[@PrincessMavenKittyDarkholme]

TFA

[@kaiserdashawn5219]

I love black arachnia and Silverbolt as a couple the two have great chemistry

[@CheeseTaterson]

4:23 Damn, those TransTech designs were all amazing; can't believe I'd never seen hers before. It is interesting to note though, how much influence some of those designs would would later have on TF: Prime and the live action films (on which Draxhall also did design work, IIRC).

[@SuperGodzilla2]

Blackarachnia will always be one of my favorite characters

[@matthewknight5926]

God I loved this character, I remember back when Animated was on the air, It was Lockdown and Blackarcnia that I actually got the toys for. God I miss that series, and I wish I could find the figure

[@barrybend7189]

Same but I also have Prowl and Swoop.

[@ProfessM]

As a guy with a massive fear of bugs and spider I still love the spider bots of Beast Wars. Tarantulas is still my fav villain bot followed by BW Megatron and G1 Soundwave. I liked her more as a pred working with the Maximal then anything Beast Machines did with her. Okay season three of animated still sounds better then almost anything post it. That said Airachnid might be my fav villain of Prime. I could never really get into Prime's Megatron, but maybe it was cause of a fembot cat fights I give her bonus points. Still I always get a laugh at of her and Silverbolt in BW so got to say that's still my fav version. I hope one day to get a basics on Tarantulas, the bot with the best insane laugh.

[@literallyglados]

Yeah, beast machines really missed the mark

[@heroman479]

Tarantulas's laughter is easley one of the creepest but yet best evil laugh ever

[@humangirl2122]

@@literallyglados No they didn't

[@s_mitua4653]

2:58 look at who's not gonna sleep tonight

[@holyloli69420]

7:05 Rule 34 Artist: Welp, my time is finally come (ง ˙ω˙)ว

[@joeysopinion4463]

Yeah people will sexualize everything

[@m.s.e.advanced2842]

Mr. Silverbolt I don't feel so good

[@Its_Charlie_Young]

M.S.Piranha Plant Advanced ARGH!!!!! *fades out of existence*

[@kaijuguy19]

Glad we got a video of good old sexy Blackarachnia. :D She truly earned the title of being among the best female characters in the brand as well as being among the best TF characters in general. Her original BW versions is the one version of her that I like the most along with her original seasons 1 and 2 design for obvious reasons. As for Airachnid I honestly see her having more in common with Tarantulas since she shares his same type of sadistic messed up personality traits along with having scientific knowledge that is equally as messed up then with Blackarachnia who's more like Catwoman where despite being a bad girl she's not a horrible monster.

[@JM64]

Tarantulas is also a cannibal like Airachnid would later become

[@GeekBearReporter]

It was very exciting to see her debut and characterization throughout the series of Beast Wars and onward because she became an instant favorite :)

[@Thex552]

Ohhh dark poison of my heart

[@adiancraft]

You have given me knowledge of great things, please do the basics on sideswipe.

[@SpiderHam]

Yessss! The amount of research you put into these never ceases to amaze me!

[@jodecideion]

Since the end of Saturday Morning Cartoons! Saturdays have not been the same. Thanks for making it feel like it' the 80s again with your Videos!

[@jasonfanclub4267]

90's!!!

[@termbob5638]

Great to see an episode on the character that was inspired by a stripper

[@zacharyjochumsen9677]

Term Bob yeh sbackarchina in beast warsvdies kind lokk like bsi ling from the crow and wild wild west

[@vickerandflips8061]

I always thought of Arachnid as more of a Lockdown ripoff than Blackarachnia. Both are loners who pretend to ally with the Decepticons, both travel to other planets in search of prey to hunt, and both have a ship full of exotic aliens.

[@smugfortune9977]

I like her 90s animated incarnation it's sexy yet badass

[@ionacustoyreviews857]

That was amazing. BA was one of my favorite characters in beast wars. This has been the best episode yet

[@cietalvon6850]

Wow! I didnt know she was gonna have a much bigger role if animated continued! They even had an inferno lookalike concept!

[@ChrisMcFeely]

Jim Sorenson (author of the Animated guidebooks) has said he thhhhinks these recolours (Inferno is Waspinator with a new head) were more a case of the Animated character designer trying to influence the TF fan club into making exclusive toys years after the fact rather than a literal reflection of what the show would have done with the idea, but we can dream...!

[@alluringming]

I love to see you do video talking about airachnid and black airachnid world from the idw comic. Funny how they seem to enjoy organic nature better than cybertronian nature

[@darnellhutchins7878]

Depth charge episode please 😊he is my favorite character

[@uainjansun]

And plaese include transtech depth charge

[@LordMegatron-qk2gz]

Bruh,Depth charge was wasted and I feel like he had more potential had he not been killed. I wish he was in more pieces of Transformers media.

[@junethefox5834]

I just got the Spider-Verse reference in the description. dagnabbit

[@angelcarmona3933]

I just saw Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse in Theaters and it was Amazing I really enjoy that Movie 👍

[@mfcomicjaidein1201]

Black Arachnia, Black Arachnia. Does whatever a spider can. Spins a web, any size. Catches Autobots- just like flies. Watch out! Here comes Black Arachnia.

[@OneNationUnderPug]

“She wrap Predacons around her little finger.” What fingers?

[@icon_uk624]

I was wondering if you might mention the TM2 Blackarchnia repaint used as Arcee's Maximal form as a Botcon exclusive. I think that was the first time that "Spider as precognitive" idea was featured (Though Arcess only gained the power to tell when someone was going to sie, which is a bit of a downer all things considered)

[@evilcorp4301]

Wow just one of the most amazing channels on KZbin! No need for drama, just good ol content!

[@swarz08]

I thought Arachnid was actually Blackarachnia. Wow, I never notice the name change.

[@Krendall2]

While it's nice you gave the real-world reason for her design, it's a shame you didn't mention the heavy implication in the show itself that Tarantulas basically designed her look and her beast mode. Megatron even mildly called him out on it.

[@jaysonlee4394]

Just got my MP-46 Blackaracnia..and yes she is awesome..cant get enough of iy..

[@ReligiousPrime]

I just noticed Airachnid's head sculpt. She kind of looks like Malefacent.

[@davinsmith7543]

I kind of see it, now that you mentioned it.

[@incitossol]

Animated incarnation: Never do anything with Sentinel.

[@musicfighter282]

I think Blackarachnia's story in BW is so interesting, and a microcosm of one of the main conceits of the series: that Cybertronians don't really choose their factions like a political identity, but rather it is a genetic difference. Pretty sure this draws from the G1 cartoon, where the Quintessons designed the TFs that would eventually become Autobots and Decepticons for different purposes. But then BW goes further and essentially claims that before "birth", a Transformer can be programmed for a specific side. Just an interesting observation. I tend to prefer to more IDW style of faction alignment, where it's pretty much a political choice. But I think there's a lot of potential in following some of the ideas laid out in BW.

[@gabrielchee8470]

7:54 looks like someone forcefully fused primr arcee and Predaking

[@TrevelyanL85A2]

"First female transformer toy" What about G1 Arcee??

[@ChrisMcFeely]

Didn't have a toy at that point!

[@SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario]

Chris McFeely ouch

[@luminus9556]

Technically she had a prototype toy. But Black Arachnia was the first officially released female Transformers toy.

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

Is it us, or are we in love with Blackarachnia?

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

Also we don't like Airachnid, she's a cold sparked B###.

[@gojifancatzilla6109]

Favorite version for me, Airachnid from TFP.

[@MakiPcr]

Blackarachnia was my favorite Transformer when I was a kid, maybe it was because she was the only girl, but good god she was awesome; and her romance with Silverbolt (my other favorite) was everything.

[@Wintermute01001]

One of my earliest cartoon crushes

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

I used to have a copy of Beast Machines Blackarachnia, but she broke on me back when I was a preteen.

[@milessaxton]

The legends version is actually cuter than I expected

[@marshallhuffer4713]

Blackarachnia was the first female Transformer I ever saw.

[@Gearoidmcnaught]

Oh, be still my spinnerets.

[@seatspud]

Hot, poisonous and deadly.

[@deathserpent9747]

Is that a spider's way of saying my butt is quivering ?

[@joyd7530]

@DeathSerpent when spider jerk thats what he mean

[@LordMegatron-qk2gz]

Imagine putting your hand in a spider's ass and pulling out web. So hot😍😍😍

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

@@LordMegatron-qk2gz.... Go... Go get help

[@lostnumbr]

definitely prefer the original from beast wars. I really liked her transmetal 2 form but we only got to see it for like 3 episodes, 2 of which were the finale. I do like her animated design, it's a fun take on her style

[@nazrertwo5098]

I like how Airracnic travels the galaxy wiping out sentient species just for funzies

[@wulf1046]

0:56 just imagine the designer talking to his boss but he lost his original design but he sees the ad for the club in his drawer and just wings it

[@joyd7530]

@Wolfpack3305 what do you mean man

[@sebastianorduzo322]

I like Prime's Airachnid. But boy, Blackarachnia is better. #notafurry

[@tnemmers5407]

I still have hope for Elita-1.

[@TypicalCynic_]

7:00 Japan, we need to talk. *Again.*

[@anthonyhorton7839]

I just love Black Arachnia. No matter how she's used.

[@jevanjful]

How ironic, Blackarachnia calls herself evil yet she's not really that bad. Or originally evil.

[@TheYoungDoctor]

The Transformers answer to Marvel's Black Widow and the Jessica Drew Spider-Woman.

[@ingonyama70]

She strikes me as being closer to Arachne, the Julia Carpenter version that inspired Spidey's black suit. Operating as a much more fringe character and far less likely to offer allegiance to anyone in particular unless it suits her own ends, and eventually gaining an upgrade (Julia became Madame Web in 2010, replacing the original) that made them considerably more powerful but also took something away from them (Blackarachnia nearly died, Julia went blind).

[@Falkriim]

Great video, I like the TFA backstory

[@xidam8254]

the Takara Legends Version of Blackarachnia was one of my Favorite transformers

[@DominatorLegend]

Please! Do Starscream already! I cannot live any longer without my favourite character's video!

[@shellamariepalce4821]

Please do predacons next

[@nil981]

Predaking!

[@PrinceTrunks26]

I can not wait for her Masterpiece toy

[@heartfeltvalentine710]

Thanks so much for the video! It’s well done! If I could make a request for the next Basics of video, I’d ask for Dipstick. No, I’m not making that up, there’s a real transformer named Dipstick, and he’s actually pretty cool.

[@thecrb1579]

as much as i love black arachnia's story in animated and beast era. I love arachnid more just cause of hoe she was voice acted, and also how much of a genuine threat she was to bots and cons alike

[@ilikeapples1824]

"why didn't you kill the spider in the bathroom are you attracted to it or something?" is this how we should describe all the fanboys attracted to blackarachnia?

[@LordMegatron-qk2gz]

Spiders are hot

[@sassymetalsonic5870]

@@LordMegatron-qk2gz You are really messed up!

[@LordMegatron-qk2gz]

Well so is I like apples

[@FoxNinja4000]

Blackarachnia's TransTech design is weird yet interesting. I kind of wish that show was made just to see her.

[@antr7493]

I really wish there was another season of Transformers Prime to see what happen to her