TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on FEMALE TRANSFORMERS

A long-awaited episode has the longest running time yet as we finally dive into The Basics on Female Transformers!
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[@Nerdcoresteve1]

I am much more of a fan of Arcee knowing that a writer fought for her inclusion on behalf of his daughter.

[@pirotess2]

And actually, more boys are fan of Arcee. Thus Arcee in IDW comic become some kind of strong/mad fighter.

[@kaijuguy19]

Same here. Pretty interesting to hear that and makes me appreciate Arcee even more. :)

[@Nerdcoresteve1]

I also wish I had the cash to get into the comics. It sounds like they're better than they've ever been. SJW Cybertronians? Sign me up!

[@SonicCam04]

Nerdcoresteve1 while I wouldn’t say it is sjw, because that term has been reclaimed as somewhat of a slur and insult I can suggest a website that does have a large selection of idw comics readcomiconline.to if you have a strong Adblock and can stand clearing any cookies it might give you has practically every comic imaginable I personally use it to read long unsold comics from decades ago and also use it to catch up on Optimus prime

[@Nerdcoresteve1]

SonicCam04 I'm a polyamorous pansexual who paints his nails and is in favor of socialism. I'm absolutely an SJW snowflake.

[@leekalba4652]

The original five flavor pack Arcee - bubblegum Moonracer - mint Elita-1 - fruit punch Chromia - blue raspberry Firestar - cinnamon

[@MrSinisterCollector]

Best comment 👍🏼

[@tausiftaha12]

TFP arcee Blueberry bubblegum

[@FireFly-kz2te]

Clober = Mint 5 gum

[@joeygamer5387]

Blackarachnia-.....Grape/Citrus flavor?

[@CrowAkechi_The_Luminary]

Where's spicy?

[@PallysCafe]

Regardless of gender, I think we can all agree on one thing transformers are awesome male or female 👍🏻

[@NeomDrac]

Paladin Entertainment finally some one who gets it all transformers are cool

[@PallysCafe]

Dank Starscream if the transformers assign with gender then that's OK, in my eyes though there just characters that I hold to my heart.

[@tragictransformerelectra3319]

Paladin Entertainment Exactly! Sometimes I wish Transformers really exist. Sometimes I wish I'm one so that way it feels more natural to drive.

[@madmaddie1702]

Paladin Entertainment finally someone who has common sense!!!

[@GringleGromps]

People ruin everything

[@lioncrafter7900]

"Yes we exist. And we always will!"-Autobot Chromia, G1 Mr. McFeely probably should've put that quote in at the end, IMO.

[@alexramey2062]

Shatter from the new Bumblebee movie was great. Her calculating personality contrasted well with Blitstreak's trigger friendly one. Overall I think the inclusion of more female presenting transformers introduces a whole new avenue of creativity for future designs and characters.

[@prosto-random]

Name of shatter's sidekick is dropkick

[@facundopollacino7956]

Su socio se llama Dropkick, no Blitstreak

[@BtDunce]

My four year old has been playing with my transformers since he was 6 months old, and before he knew any story, he randomly assigned gender to them. For instance, he's dead set concrete sure that Astrotrain (the titan's return version) is a she. He decided it the second he picked up the toy. No idea why, but he's done the same thing with others. It's very interesting.

[@lordstopmotionstudios5626]

That’s cool. I though Megatron was a fembot when I was little. Didn’t help that someone in beast wars called Megatron, “My Queen”

[@griffinbaxter4754]

Jason Week Honestly with how high pitched his voice was it took me a long time as a kid to realize Starscream wasn’t a girl like I thought he was. Find it funny now since Animated brought in Slipstream that now it’s come full circle.

[@deltaknight2764]

Gender-bending some guy transformers to make more fembots is a rather neat and easy idea.

[@rodster6campingprepper]

The original Astrotrain toy did have tits.

[@bensadfleck9972]

@@lordstopmotionstudios5626 Megatrans....

[@AtticusTsaiMcCarthy]

Nautical, hands down, is my favorite. So genuine and intelligent, able to hold her own in a fight, and even teach some bots how to dance.

[@SonicCam04]

Atticus Tsai-McCarthy she also sold of her freaking friendship and sorrow and gained nothing If that ain’t tragic I don’t know what is

[@AtticusTsaiMcCarthy]

SonicCam04 all in an attempt to bring said friend back. Her's is truly a tragic story.

[@koolmckool7039]

I also ship her with Skids. We must make this canon in a new show.

[@PoolD3ad007]

Omega supreme : where is my pet ?🤣🤣 Btw, Arcee and Elita 1 are the best and oldest autobots ever created G1 transformers more cooler and with awesome art style 😜😜

[@vernonhampton5863]

I didn't know that we owe the creation of female characters in the TV show to a writer's daughter. That was cool. Also, being an 80s kid, knew first hand that girls love Transformers as much as we did, so i don't see a reason why not have male and female bots.

[@good7bad138]

I had friends who had no clue about Fembots. Then I showed them Arcee. Suddenly after 7 years they take an interest. XD

[@good7bad138]

Dank Starscream you can probably guess their interest

[@kaijuguy19]

I can already tell why they took such a fast interest if you know what I mean. XD

[@mrdude88]

“Yeah baby,” - Austin Powers

[@GigawingsVideo]

Certain rule bring good stuff ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@thomasturtle7207]

Yep

[@tatsu280]

McFeely: "...including Chromia, Moonracer, Firestar, and others..." Lancer: "What about me-" McFeely: "AND others...!"

[@windsweeper8002]

I think there's a simple way of explaining why there's female Transformers. Given that the Transformers were built as products and weapons by the Quintessons for sale to alien races many of whom would have gender, it could be seen as a way to make them relatable to female customers. In the Marvel comic, or any series using a Primus origin, Primus would have surmised they would encounter alien races and again, the gender would make them relatable to them. Great video as always.

[@detpackman]

i would go to say that Primus before the creation of the cybertonians explored the universe discovered other life and mimicked it , when he made the 13 that would explain why the body types are the way they are from mouths to other "ASSETS" also the age of the cybertrionian race predates even humans in both origins also so there gender isn't necessarily based on human physiology but some other species

[@kaijuguy19]

I dig the Quintesson idea. :)

[@kaijuguy19]

I love that idea for the Primus route. :D

[@luvblueybingoheeler3150]

Didn't Transformers existed before organic life? However, it could be possible that he was inspired. Hey maybe bots were inspired to have a family/kids.

[@PrimusProductions]

I really like the Quintesson origin story. It also explains why their products are humanoid despite they themselves being five headed floating eggs with tentacles; they sold Cybertronians to alien customers with humanoid bodies and gender.

[@overheat4905]

If I had to meet and greet anyone alive today, it would be Chris Mcfeely, I love this guy and the work he does is phenomenal beyond measure

[@DredgenFenrir]

Favorite female transformers (pretty much all of them) in no particular order: Solus Prime Windblade Arcee (abviously) Chromia Elita 1 Victorion Nautica Blackarachnia Dinobot Slash Moonracer Firestar

[@navaneethkrishnansenthilku4043]

Huh neat mine is basically the same but put Arcee on top

[@srikanthramprasad565]

What about Slipstream?

[@paulgarrett1445]

I like the idea of female Autobots being descended from Solus Prime. Also, I miss Elita One and her relationship with Optimus

[@Loremastrful]

My fav is Black Arachnia. Love her because she chose which side to fight. Tarantulas did tinker with her protoform, but she always made decisions with herself in the equation. She wasn't going to die for Megatron or Tarantulas ambition. Arachnid and Prime's Arcee are a close tie for second. When TF: Prime first started and introduced us to Arcee I thought to myself. A shame they didn't get Gina Torres. She'd be awesome for the role of Arcee. Then they introduced Airachnid in 'Predatory' voiced by Gina Torress and I was hooked.

[@brobot500]

What did you think of TFA Blackarachnia? I really liked her as a character, and I wish her character arc completed, because season 3 only started her new growth, since S4 ideas stated she was going to build a Predacon army.

[@turboshocker0836]

I like Airachnid. She's so cold and emotionless to me she's just badass, and she has a cool alt mode and robot mode

[@tarksaglk6837]

For actual boobs?

[@amouramarie]

I love Airachnid. Gina Torres is brilliant with her, too.

[@whiterabbit75]

I dunno, mang. Sumalee Montano really brought Arcee to life.

[@robertoluna6606]

I'm quite happy that Solus Prime is sort of the Primes' blacksmith, instead of only having her gender to differentiate her from the others.

[@seananderson7153]

Arcee is still my favorite. I finally picked up toys of her and Hot Rod last year, and they both stand together proudly on my dresser.

[@arielcantada3902]

mine is arcee and springer...hahaha

[@seananderson7153]

It’s good she has choices! ✨♥️👍✨

[@skullman-us7wn]

This video can be accurately summarized as “God dammit Simon Furman”

[@adamstewart1458]

And Bob Buddianski...

[@ZedKaizoku]

Arcee, Elita one, Chromia and windblade

[@HouseholdWheel]

butwaittheresmore... Moonracer, Ariel, Victorion, Pyra Magna, Jumpstream, Rust Dust, Dust up, Skyburst, Stormclash, Megatronia, FlowSpade, TrickDiamond, LunaClub, MoonHeart, MegaEmpress, Red Alert (animated), Strongarm(RID), Scilla, Override, etc.

[@danielcarrera886]

Dank Starscream Don’t forget the female red alert form the animated cartoon

[@nil981]

@@BasedVegeta thunderblast was the most cringeworthy female decepticons I've had the misfortune to have known as a kid.

[@AgentMaroon78]

Dank Starscream Didn’t Animated also have a female Autobot Inferno as well who was named Flashpoint? The different name was due to the fact Decepticon (or Predacon) Inferno already being used.

[@arch81l32]

@@BasedVegeta jobby the hong

[@shadowdramon01]

3:17: “No explaination for female robots was deemed necessary in the cartoon” And that’s something that’s always peeved me off about female Transformers: the fact that they are rarely to never featured because “we need to explain why robots, in what amounts to a toy commercial for kids, have genders”. 😑. I’m glad the more recent incarnations have started to get away from that nonsense.

[@DeisFortuna]

If an explanation is absolutely needed, the fact that they’re robots means you could have a human character spout technobabble and explain how “multimodal reflection sorting of their personality.ini file in the firmware of their spark’s cerebral Zero Point Module” is responsible for their gender. Yes I know I mixed technobabble from several different sources. The point is that they should make the definitive explanation one that’s poking fun at the need to explain why the robots have gender.

[@illseeyaonthedarksideofthemoon]

I think an explanation on why an asexual species have sexual dimorphism could be interesting to say the least...

[@mattfrank85]

Primus bless you, Chris. (RIP comments section 😂)

[@NeomDrac]

Matt Frank oh yeah comment section is cancer

[@shadowdramon01]

Naw. The comments are okay, from what I’ve seen. Honestly, from my experience, not a whole lot of people get pissed off about women in geek properties unless it’s something like replacing beloved male characters with female characters and then attacking the fan base as a bunch of misogynist for not liking the change or things of that nature.

[@bigboi5545]

@@shadowdramon01 This comment is based. Thank you.

[@shadowdramon01]

@@ChangedMyNameFinally69 - HAHAHAHAHAHA! No

[@kellydolan9717]

Is it bad that I can't help but laugh like a six year old at Optimus Prime's line "Ladies and...er Ladies"? Also I had heard somewhere that Ratchet was originally supposed to be female. I really liked that idea, don't know how I feel about her being named after the witch nurse from One Flew Over the Coco's Nest.

[@SilverScarletSpider]

Slipstream, Arcee, Thunderblast, Windblade, Override, Elita One, Chromia they are all so awesome!

[@willrigby8202]

This is way more convoluted than it should be. Female Transformers, not this video.

[@Flipbug_The_Whimsical]

Kind of mirrors the real-world movements into inclusivity. The same thing happened with other toylines - Lego for example, didn't have female minifigs or sets that were designed for girls until the mid-90's. Until then, Lego was exclusively marketed to boys.

[@magicman3163]

Rob Wood yeah cause they sold unlike the girls shit BIONICLE was fucking lit

[@SarcyBoi41]

@@magicman3163 at least there were female Bionicles right from the start.

[@battleupsaber462]

Wait...Shockwave seriously thought an entire gender of bots was EXTINCT??? Did he mean all female Transformers or just female Autobots specifically? What made Shockwave think they were "extinct" instead of simply dead or missing? Is it even possible for Transformers to go extinct? Is Shockwave simply really sexist? That one line raises so many questions.

[@ChrisMcFeely]

Well, I guess a lot can happen in four million years. :\

[@apex2000]

Yeah he did. Female Autobots were so dangerous the deceptions made the priority targets.

[@th6420]

Or Shockwave expect female Transformer not been a figther (or he just sexist because that wat i thought of when i heard that)

[@Sathzur]

The Decepticons had near total control of Cybertron at that point so Shockwave had every right to believe that female Autobots would not be there

[@thewerewolff7248]

BattleUp Saber maybe it was joke or something?

[@conflicthorizon]

I like how they have handled the female bots. They are just there and no need to make it a thing. The Prime series was my favorite transformers series thus far. All the characters were awesome and arcee was among them. She was just another well written character and didn't feel like it needed to be divisive. Also, keep in mind that this is a war between the two factions. In warfare, you typically see more males in combat then females. I just don't want transformers to be as divisive as a lot of modern franchises have become.

[@arch81l32]

True agree with you

[@dominusexmachina]

Here's hoping the Transformers IP doesn't get woke (and that's assuming it hasn't already done so, considering what happened with the 2015 "Robots in Disguise" series and what's going on with IDW Publishing).

[@daltonwilliams1723]

@@dominusexmachina the comics are "woke" as fuck and nobody cares(note should they).

[@purpleemerald5299]

Dalton Williams Are we talking “subtle” woke or “in-your-face” woke? He’s talking about the crazy woke.

[@oliviawilliams6204]

For the combat role things, it's mostly a human things that female don't take part in battles. Lioness are the one hunting, Hyena female are the pack leaders, lot of female spiders are larger than their male conterparts... There's no reason female robots would not have active combat roles

[@TFfangeek]

Say Chris, would you consider doing a "The Basics" video on the G2 franchise, it tends to be overlooked more often than any other Transformers franchise. Also, THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER FANTASTIC BASICS VIDEO!!!!! Your "Transformers The Basics" has become my all time favorite video series. :D

[@ChrisMcFeely]

Feels like G2 has been suggested a lot lately, I'll have to add it to the list!

[@TFfangeek]

Thank you for the consideration, will you also consider doing a "The Basics" video on the Monsterbots, I just picked up all three of the Titans Return Deluxe class Monsterbots, and I know it will be entertaining hearing your thoughts on Doublecross, Repugnus, and Grotusque.

[@GEEKICIDALTENDENCIES]

Fantastic analysis and detailed explanation Video!

[@UrbanTheFox]

I so dearly want a New Official Strika Toy. She is such a wonderful collection of character concepts.

[@silverfoil8854]

UrbanTheFox She's a qt.

[@brobot500]

If I recall, the peeps at Botcon (can’t remember which year atm) thought of a retooled Voyager (or leader?) Bulkhead, to look like Strika.

[@brobot500]

ok uhh, found it, and yep. Botcon 2014 almost had a Strika fig using Voyager Bulky: www.toycollectors.com.au/bc14/bc14br.html just scroll to the “ALMOST happened” category.

[@brobot500]

ok uh last comment or something. Cus someone did it, a mad man did it! Someone made a custom Strika using Voy Bulky, and it look really good! kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2TbpYqXhbehicU

[@UrbanTheFox]

Cool but thinking of officially mass released.

[@StrykerPrimeProductions]

I'm glad that fembots became a thing. It pisses me off when people think that women can't be hero's like men can. God bless you Ron Friedman.

[@deathtogabi3867]

wonder womans been around since the 80s stfu filthy feminist

[@TheNewYorker7899]

Deborah comes to mind when you said that.

[@sleadaddy]

I thought one thing Furman did right, or at least interestingly, with respect to gender in the Phase 1 IDW comics was that the TFs had holographic representations of humans to serve as their drivers, and to allow for easier human interaction. The gender of these was often pretty interesting - Sunstreaker's was a woman, I recall. And then later, in Lost Light, that went even further, with Ultra Magnus picking the only human he knew (a woman) as his avatar.

[@returnedtomonkey8886]

... Tailgate was a baby. And he was Cyclonus' bf by the end of the story.

[@sleadaddy]

@@returnedtomonkey8886 yes. That was important - despite dying of old age, Tailgate had only lived consciously for a very short time. Hence the baby form.

[@miyako1909]

​@@returnedtomonkey8886 That is one of the reasons why I dislike MTMTE/LL or James Roberts' works in general. They are disturbingly weird. I also hate the romance and pairings.

[@spriggylotus4476]

@@miyako1909 This. Transformers has the benefit of being one of the only series that can't get bogged down by romance and messy stuff like that, and instead focus on platonic camaraderie. Romance should not be a thing for an asexual robotic species. Friendships and comrades are much deeper than romance.

[@sivanlevi3867]

With Transformers Earthspark now introducing Nightshade as a non-binary, it feels like Transformers are making great strides in making Cybertronians more like a race rather than a bunch of machines, and also more relatable to us. That said, I'm still shocked at how much hate is aimed at that decision. It's gotta stop, for the sake of new generations of LGBT everywhere, like me. I'm conducting a Transformers roleplay with an online friend, and we've made many LGBT characters ourselves, so I hope with all my being (and a spark if I had one) that this phenomenon will become more commonplace with time.

[@animatronic2409]

Its because the decision is entirely corporate, to cater to twitter freaks.

[@thenerdbeast7375]

Basics on Technorganic?

[@meikastudios]

Theriomancer Beast Machines

[@misterpeterman]

I think this is one of your best videos.

[@kal0247]

Why??🤔

[@kal0247]

@Nakor Prime It's a good video but IMO not his best just curious why you think it's the best?

[@TristanAndersen]

Thank you Chris for making this series. I have been enjoying them and been sharing them with my fellow transformer loving friends

[@leviswranglers2813]

Thank you very much for all doing this channel Chris. You do a wonderful job and I hope you can tell that us fans really appreciate it. Keep up the good work!

[@rugalheidbernstein9944]

Windblade is my favorite female transformer, she's such a cool design, though she's not the first geisha bot in the series.

[@Phanto5692]

I liked the idea of female Transformers being descended from Solus Prime as well as the idea that the concept of genders being unknown to Cybertronians. I think a lot of creators forget that concepts which may seem normal to humans may be alien to non-human species.

[@godking]

Correct a species which reproduces asexually and lives for millenia would not realistically understand the concept of gender.

[@person14876]

If I was to remake the IDW continuity I'd make females just apart of their world Arcee would have simply been experimented on

[@ChrisMcFeely]

I agree, I think any new continuities created going forward will do the same, especially whatever rebooted universe IDW does next after the current one finishes!

[@MANJYOMETHUNDER111]

Chris McFeely Arcee was simply experimented on. The retconned Furman's (incredibly stupid) plotline and simply made Arcee's 'experimented' on a rebuild.

[@pious83]

In context, Spotlight Arcee was one of the most interesting new takes on her character since her creation. Her last role before was "secretary" after all.

[@KamisamanoOtaku]

I never got around to reading Furman's take on Arcee. I heard about the broad strokes and it sounded like an awful idea. Now? Now I'm thinking I need to read it because I've seen much *worse* approaches taken. I wonder, did he take such a hamfisted approach because he thought people were doing that already?

[@lorcannagle]

Furman's take on Arcee in IDW came a few years before trans issues really started to get recognised in mainstream media, it was presented more as a body horror type thing - Arcee having been experimented on in such a way that other Transformers felt uncomfortable around her. And in hindsight it's incredibly problematic, but didn't necessarily feel that way at the time.

[@megamanpwn3dmario]

"Arcee in the comics was created to appease a mob of human feminists." Ho-ly shit that's funny.

[@jeremytung1632]

Why do robots need genders? I don't know, why do robot's have beards, why do robots have names instead of numerical designations, why do robots become wrestling champions? You see where I'm going with this?

[@Legend4hala]

Because....they cute and so...hot ?

[@Mestari1Gaming]

​@@Legend4halaI do love robot girls. ❤🤖

[@a.z.pantera5577]

Arcee is probably my favorite character in TF Prime, narrowly beating Knock Out. She was a very nuanced character, never came off as forced, shown to be perhaps the most protective having a heartwarming big sister role with Jack, and she also kicked as much ass as the rest of the bots and cons despite being half their size. Also Sumalee Montano voices the character perfectly.

[@Azurios]

I like the explanation around solus prime. It explains the lack of female transformers and gives them a logical origin. I never thought of them as "not normal". Beasts, combiners, minicon and females are normal transformers .

[@majesticgothitelle1802]

Override, Arcee is my favorite fembots and slipstream, thunderblast my favorite ladycons

[@carlinejoseph5276]

My favorite is override buh

[@bigchungusstarscream7319]

AGREED :D

[@callumquinn6572]

Could you do a the basics on Chris McFeely?

[@willrigby8202]

Mcfreely worked as a gas station attendant at Fossil Fuel.

[@ironthanos2190]

*insert Obama awarding himself a medal*

[@bromicorn]

That is a perfect basics anniversary episode

[@clownplayer7265]

Funfact: In the french version of Transformers The Movie (1986), Starscream was female.

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

Dude, I think Arcee is a feminist icon! Also, love the humph at 4:07. It's says so much than words ever could. XD

[@fishingforlikes3093]

I think, in the UK comics, Arcee became a thing because of feminist characters :P

[@revenfox3592]

I like the fact how some of the male combiners are a bit slow but victorion is basically 1 person despite her 5 counter parts. She is probably one of the most stable combiners

[@Akiba_Arts]

My favorite Femme are Nightbird and Glyph, Nightbird because even tho she was a human experiment she prove that she could handle herself really while plus she was so awesome!! And if Hasbro bring her back one day they can use the Circle of Light as a reason for where she got her sword training. Glyph is an expert in data decryption, languages, forensic science, and dating of archaeological specimens through radiocarbon dating and other methods. She love learning about Aliens past and current culture. Glyph isn't much of a fighter but she makes but for it in smart and being able to stand on her own ground verbally Plus I'm also a hella whole nerd and she just relate to me 😅

[@arch81l32]

No night bird was being controlled by the decepticons that's why she could handle herself

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

As a child who grew up during the 90’s the romance between Blackarachnia and Silverbolt was one of the highlights of _Beast Wars._ And yes, I hated _Beast Machines._

[@Krendall2]

Hasbro's focus-grouping (or, in this case, assumptions) in the early franchise will never stop pissing me off. I always liked female characters in boy-focused shows. Hell, Cheetara was my favorite Thundercat when I was young. I think boys having a "girls are icky" attitude was really dying out in the '80s (I know I never did) and it took awhile for toylines and children's media to catch up.

[@asinineAbbreviations]

Honestly my main hc for Transformers (in general, not specifically in or out of any continuities), is that they are biologically genderless and has no concept of it until they interacted with other species. Most are referred to as "he", as plenty of people seem to use that as a pronoun for unknown or unspecified people (despite the fact singular they exists...), but some considered the perspective of other races and cultures and how gender works and decided "Hey! I want to specifically be a he, or a she, or a they!" Especially those that came to Earth

[@Zenacra]

Wait, there are transgender Cybertronians?! Transformers has represented women like me?! You have no idea how happy this makes me!

[@arch81l32]

There aren't transgender transformers you fucking moron

[@TheGrimoiresVoice]

Sure sounded like it.

[@ctshaffer1999]

I love that the only significant difference between the female version of Lugnut in Cyberverse (renamed “Clobber”) and the male version in Animated is that the Cyberverse version has lipstick.

[@ZstackZip]

My favorite female bot is anode because I have multiple trans friends and personally think it’s really cool that the writers are supporting the trans community, also cause her alt mode is a biplane and that’s cool too

[@julianbangayan6116]

Windblade might be the most famous female cybertronian warrior she is in the modern transformers cartoon

[@ZimMan2]

The world needs more Strongarm.

[@dunkanbulk14]

she's now part of the g1 idw continuity via beast wars uprising and requem of the wreckers

[@zusk8556]

One of the best new female characters hands-down imo. I prefer her to Windblade

[@koolmckool7039]

She just needs some bits of her personality changed, and she needs to have moments with Sideswipe (I SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT) and I'll be fine with her.

[@cupcakeprime559]

Maybe if she lighten up

[@ulty1472]

ZimMan2 which one Energon Strongarn, Movie Strongarm (Via the toyline, IDW, and Titan comics), animated Strongarm (via Allspark Almanac), or RID 2015 Strongarm?

[@barrybend7189]

Basics on wheeljack please.

[@TheTeebocks]

My favorite thing about Lug and Anode is when Lug transforms into a backpack (toolbox) and her girlfriend carries her around, its adorable

[@kingtrophyguide4362]

Generation 1: Arcee sisters! Robots in Disguise: Windblade and Strongarm Cyberverse: Autobots: Windblade, Elita one Decepticons: Slipstream, Shadow Striker

[@eternallylearning2811]

I wish they reuse strongarm she was an okay cool they made her bulky I remember having an bulky fem of an OC so long ago I don't even remember her name but I dislike robots in disguise for what they did to Soundwave and bumblebee I actually stopped watching it instead of putting it on hold whitch is something I rarely do with series.

[@ProfessM]

I'm rather fond of the Megatronia girls. Has nothing to do with their official art. Though it does help. No my fav fem bot is Prime's take of Arcee, nice and classy, badass biker babe bot.

[@arch81l32]

Do you mean elita one or some stupid art

[@johnfkennedyinanopentopcar8976]

The back of the box i think

[@MrTomFung]

My mom told me that when I was little I had a crush on Arcee, so she is my favorite. Not favorite female transformer, favorite transformer.

[@bromicorn]

I am so proud that transmetal airazor is the first female mold transformer because airazor is my favorite femme she's just awesome

[@optombomber2980]

Now this is my favorite transformers video teaching and educating me on female transformers

[@justinpayne4734]

This is one of your best videos to date, as well as your most interesting. Well done. And I love Arcee. She rules! 🤖💖💖💖💖

[@cyclownus3658]

0:08 To defeat the Huns.

[@sivanlevi3867]

My favorite female is Elita One with Arcee in second and Blackarachnia in third. I'm going to include some more females in my fanfiction, including a female Seeker with a crush on Starscream. By the way, if you're wondering who the components of Victorion are, they are the Combiner team known as the Torch Bearers from Caminus, specifically a splinter faction called the Rust Renegades. Off-balance motorcyle Rust Dust Extremely focused Ferrari 458 Italia Dustup Swift teleporting Lamborghini Diablo Jumpstream Gemini twin helicopters Skyburst and Stormclash And their leader, tough and serious fire truck Pyra Magna.

[@loganhanssen6004]

Nice to see my fave female Autobots in this video. They are Windblade, Arcee from G1, and Arcee from Transformers Prime. I have the Prime Arcee and Windblade figure's. I even have Thunderblast and Override figure's from Transformer's Cybertron line.

[@Deadwolf27]

Hey Chris I think this has been my favorite episode so far, it has such an interesting history and it's a topic I find really cool but never thought about before. Thanks so much for making it

[@sarahquinn6849]

Awwww I had no idea that characters like Anode and Lug would even be considered in Transformers and I love it... If Hasbro (or a third party company) ever makes figures for them then I’m buying two of each

[@purpleemerald5299]

Sarah Quinn They’d probably have gender-swapped alternates for their robot modes. XD *_TRANSformers!_*

[@digimaniacstudios5959]

Anode best girl

[@DeisFortuna]

They’re definitely putting the “Trans” in Transformers,

[@applepye1353]

Your "oof" reactions were on point both times. Ferman's treatment on female Cybertronians is... "oof". I hope the new IDW series does it right from the start.

[@jase7474]

Very cool interesting that Ratchet was named after the nurse in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Great topic one of my favs with the Combiners. This is why I like booth Transformers and Gobots since Gobots had the likes of Crasher from the start of the series. One thing I wish they would of done in the G1 Series was have some more episodes with the original Female Autobots a few more episodes though we did get to see Ariel before she became Elita 1 in the episode for Optimus' Origin.

[@trence5]

I remember reading, yeeeeeeaaars ago, that there was neither male or female cybetronians but just that there were some individuals that were deemed as female due to humans subconsciously assigning our characteristics to things we encounter(think seeing faces in the clouds if you will.)

[@flyingfoamtv2169]

thats how ive always assumed it worked.

[@mrfluffsalot8587]

My favorite fembots are actually quickshadow from rescue bots (the voice is so good) and slipstream from the animated series (not robots in disguise)

[@DragonTail49]

Beautifully done, Chris. Beautifully done. Well worth the wait.

[@Starcat5]

I wonder... has anyone in-universe realized that some transformers seem to be descended from multiple Primes? Females with Beast Modes, Minicon Combiners, that sort of thing. Once we get a Female Minicon Combiner with a Beast Mode, be it the entire team or just one, someone HAS to take notice. The division hasn't been one in thirteen in a LONG time.

[@GoGojiraGo]

Orgy of the Primes

[@dragonheart1236]

Prime Universe: "you see, women are in the minority, but they also get badass space blacksmith powers, that clearly give them an advantage over other transformers" Senseless people: "are you trying to say they're some sort of DEFECT!?"

[@Cyberneticfrk]

Literally. I can't believe peoole knew Solus was a genius and that her decendants were slso incredibly smart and that they decided to complain about that.

[@ColonelFrontline1152]

I'm going to be honest but "Female TRANSFORMER Characters" are my all time favorite concept in this series.

[@darksigma0282]

Man it was a different time back then. Nice to see the progress we have now. Nice video

[@nothisispatrick4644]

Arcee is thicc

[@xavieracuna7001]

Neyyss

[@thehaloscrolls391]

Damn right

[@xavieracuna7001]

I dare say Arcee is more thicc then elasta-girl

[@tracytron7162]

And you are blocked

[@thehaloscrolls391]

Tracytron 54321 why?

[@alexlemonds2838]

Chromia is my biggest G1 crush. :)

[@Skullgrin.]

Knocked it outta the park again, Mr. McFeely! Here's hoping we get even more female TFs in future series!!

[@HouseholdWheel]

I've been looking forward to this one, thanks Chris

[@cromanticheer]

Love how you don't gloss over the awfulness of the "Arcee was made to appease angry feminists" and "forcibly transitioned Arcee" origins. Those were some dark times, and I'm happy the franchise (and hopefully Simon Furman too?) has mostly moved past that. RID15's Strongarm has a special place in my heart for feeling different than the other token girl characters, as sorta this Lawful Good rookie SUV with a crossbow. No offense to TFP's Arcee, but her broody tsundere archetype just feels a little too cliche and familiar.

[@crossover1015]

Hasbro definitely needs to make some more fembots into toys. The Rust Renegades we’re a good approach, Elita-1 and Arcee are getting more toys than ever, some more would be nice. I’m thinking maybe a female Titan, a new Windblade figure, perhaps the first ever figure of Solus Prime, etc.

[@gabrielchee8470]

I also want a female headmaster too as I really like wolfwire

[@quantumblauthor7300]

Just pray they're not all shellformers, I wanna see some damn innovation

[@Captain_Rex_0rder66]

3:30 same here Shockwave 😡

[@nicodemusedwards6931]

I never questioned why there were female transformers. I questioned what determines if a transformer is male or female? Like, among Transformers themselves, what decides that Optimus Prime is a guy and Elita-1 is a girl? What traits or factors make those things mean what we think they mean?

[@spinyjustspiny3289]

One of the reasons I like Anode and Lug is because they exemplify the two major kinds of trans women that you'd find: Those with dysphoria and those without. Anode got her chassis slimmed down because she liked the look better, while Lug mostly just liked the new pronouns and didn't see a reason to alter herself (Which I relate to for the most part.) As a bonus, Anode's story about how she came to the conclusion even went a long way in explaining that her realization wasn't a particularly rare thing either; Back when the colonies did business with Cybertron, sometimes Cybertronians that went to Caminus came back having reinvented themselves a bit after seeing the Camiens and deciding that their general presentation felt alright for them.

[@prestonheldibridle2043]

@@gircakes you don't need dysphoria to be trans. Gender euphoria is another way people realize they're trans. When you're just going along with your life and maybe you feel a bit different but nothing feels *bad* or *wrong*, and then one day someone at the grocery store "mistakes" you for a boy and it hits you: Oh. This feels... right. Comfortable. This fits so well. Why does this make me feel so right? I do experience dysphoria occasionally, and there are other trans people who feel dysphoric much more frequently than I. There are also trans people who never feel dysphoric. Doesn't make anyone any less trans.

[@prestonheldibridle2043]

Also it's not ... switching genders. Just because a doctor slapped a label on you when you were born doesn't mean you ever actually were that gender. You're who you are from the start.

[@prestonheldibridle2043]

@@gircakes Ah, yes, I apologize. I wasn't aware you were the Omniscient Lord of Gender. Let's just choose to ignore the experiences of thousands of people. And of course most people are cis. I never said otherwise. I was only clarifying that we don't "switch genders."

[@spinyjustspiny3289]

@@gircakes Sex is not the same as gender. Gender is how we initially rationalized sexual dimorphism, but evolved into a social presentation. Also i'm gonna say they earned the right to be cheeky because you just strolled up to me tut-tutting the idea of a trans-woman without dysphoria and called it sexist to exist as such.

[@spinyjustspiny3289]

@@gircakes Nah, i'm gonna say you're just a transphobic shithead with no concept of reality and leave it at that.

[@kirkauipasculado4338]

Thank you CHRIS FOR THIS series and hope to make MORE. AND IM WAITING FOR BASICS OF DRIFT😃😃

[@SolicitorPirate]

I’m super into the explanation that ALL the girl bots looked at the dumb shit going on in Cybertron, and were like “Aight, I’m out”

[@Cyberneticfrk]

They just said "I ain't dealing with that bs" and and adiosed out of there

[@stephencastro4723]

At long last! There is already this video! Thanks a lot Pal!

[@maskedriderweaver4122]

Love the video, and I applaud the way you show how the story tried to include females at the start, but whether through business decisions (boys toys) or logic (robots are genderless), their existence has been either denied or postponed. Ever since first seeing The Search for Alpha Trion, I have wanted to see a greater female presence. I am curious though, if you agree with the theory for the American G1, that only female Autobots existed (not female Decepticons since none were shown on the American cartoon) because the Autobot ancestors were designed as consumer goods, engineers, scientists, and possibly more domestic functions. Since some buyers might prefer servants with a more female aspect, especially for tradition roles such as dealing with children. For the record, I also believe this explains why the first Transformers with beast modes were Decepticons, because buyers might have a preference for units with an animal abilities versus a standard model. Please let me know what you think of this theory, and once again thank you for another great video.

[@ChrisMcFeely]

It's a solid theory that's been around a long time!

[@maskedriderweaver4122]

Ok, thank you. Just was curious if you were a fan of it.

[@Maswartz226]

Could you do a Basics for the following: Humans- the fleshy pals that tag along for better or for worse The War- why are they fighting in the first place Relics of the Primes- special weapons or tools like the star saber or the forge of Solus Prime Action Masters- Transformers without the transformation

[@originaluddite]

These would be great. In particular the much maligned human characters would be worth looking at. I've even recently been thinking that a way forward for the toys would be to give us more representations of organic and semi-organic characters. I'm okay with things that don't transform as long as they're not meant to. :)

[@GigawingsVideo]

Humans: Pointless add on The War: Kids love pew pew action. What do you want? Senate meeting? Relics of the Primes: Deus Ex machina because writers can't be arsed to write something good Action Masters: Lazy uncreative hacks

[@skywarp1470]

GigawingsVideo There was always a meaning for the war. It just various from different universes.

[@raylenn4444]

@@GigawingsVideo i've never seen someone being so wrang about his opinions...evrything you've just said could not be further from the truth than right now.

[@raylenn4444]

@@GigawingsVideo humans: obligatory presence when the war get taken to earth. Moron. Relics of the primes: old artifact of the past of cybertron that can be used by both autobots AND decepticons.a big part of the lore of the saga. Idiot. Action masters: transformers taking the trending banwagon of action figures to keep the brand alive. Not the best part but a necessary one. That's how it works. Uncultured boy.

[@BARMN89]

WOOOOW, okay i had known that past explanations of female transformers were bad but hadnt looked up specifics, and just wow. I bet those comic writers thought they were sooo smart. I much prefer the explanation of there just being no explanation. its straightforward and i kinda dont trust them with actually having genderless mean what they say.

[@IrishKyokushin]

JPArtSpace they really did not have to go to such lengths. If you look at our Militaries the majority of soldiers are Male. And bulk of them that go into Combat are Male. They could have mirored that without the menral gymnastics.

[@kaijuguy19]

Same here. I mean we don't know actual alien robotic beings in real life so why should they come up with the assumption that they don't have gender when for all we know they do? Just comes across as contrived.

[@hercb4388]

kaijuguy19 I mean every living thing I know has a gender and seeing how similar transformers are to humans I don’t see why it would be different.

[@raylenn4444]

@@kaijuguy19 plus they're nit just dumb mindless machines, they're more akin to a technorganic lifeform with it's own biology, so genders could make sense. Like to give birth to a protoform with a new spark after mating with a male transformers.

[@oliviawilliams6204]

@@IrishKyokushin but that's mostly an human thing that female rarely assume combat roles. nature show a very different story, Lioness are the one hunting, female Hyena lead their packs, in a lot of spider species the female are much larger than their male counterpart. There's no reason to assume female robots would not take combat roles. Particularly with a culture that's millions years older than human history

[@JazGalaxy]

That Solus explanation is incredibly clever in its attempt to explain a problem.

[@f.d.english5080]

I always hit the like button before I even watch your vids. That's how much faith I have in ya.

[@cyclownus3658]

My favourite female Transformer is Blackarachnia in Animated. She has an interesting backstory on how she came to be.

[@orinanime]

Dark Scream My favorite is also BlackArachnia. But from Beast Wars.

[@orinanime]

PersonaX No

[@omegaus817]

The female Transformers are awesome my favorite one is Arcee and Windblade thank you for the video.

[@mizushimo]

This one was so good, love it! Are you going to do basics on the really ubiquitous characters? I'd love to see one on Starscream.

[@satriawibawa1628]

Always always always love your show, cheers 😍😍😍