You're Wrong About Him

The pinnacle of all Transformers: Dark of the Moon Shockwave defense videos.
In this video I take over 40 minutes to assess a character with 2 minutes of screentime to explain why he was great. This video was one that is really special to me, so I hope you enjoy.
Here's some timestamps so you can navigate the chapters in this video more easily:
00:00 - Introduction
02:27 - Screentime
07:06 - Design
11:54 - Characterization
38:12 - Impact & Legacy
40:45 - Speculation
42:29 - The Comics
44:28 - Conclusion
#transformers #transformersone #optimusprime #megatron #shockwave #memes

[@A7-13.]

It’d be pretty cool to see shockwave as the main villain in dark of the moon

[@_MECHA_]

Holy shit yes

[@yourlocaltapeworm]

Didn't i see you on that one man in the suit video?

[@A7-13.]

@@yourlocaltapeworm yes you are correct again

[@nickthebabba7767]

I can imagine him saying the “we were gods once” line That would be so badass

[@_MECHA_]

@@nickthebabba7767 fr dude

[@thegargantua12]

Fun fact: In the animatics for the movie, Optimus spares shockwave and just leaves him struggling in the ground.

[@moonwhooper]

Damn.

[@thescarletking3301]

Bro slaughtered all the minion Decepticons and then spared the final boss 💀

[@jcdenton6427]

@@thescarletking3301 last of us 2

[@samurexatlas7373]

Which supports the Empurata theory.

[@quakywacky8048]

Man imagine if he then became the main villain of Age of Extinction, would've been awesome

[@deltaknight2764]

Bro. Your defense for his characterization completely flipped my perception for this Shockwave. His plan of pretending to steal the fuel cell so the Autobots and NEST are pressured to go get Sentinel, UNKNOWINGLY doing EXACTLY what the Decepticons want... That just genuinely made me stop for a moment to hold my head in my hands over how BRILLIANT that was.

[@samurexatlas7373]

A plan so masterminded you'd accidentally call it a plothole.

[@deinVater751]

Nuh uh​@@samurexatlas7373

[@rhysofsneezingdragon1758]

Tbh, i always thought that was the case. Someone figured that, since sentinel was out of commission, they needed the matrix to revive him. So, they let the autobots grab him, just letting them know he was there.

[@nachonaitor5535]

​@@samurexatlas7373true

[@user-ij6sn3lo8u]

His design was sick. Sick as hell.

[@SilverBush86]

Honestly! Though I'd like it if there was some purple implemented on his design

[@thegargantua12]

Wtf is that pfp

[@Pythix-zu5gf]

@@SilverBush86 he is literally purple..

[@chokicheung5609]

Rude dude 😑

[@SilverBush86]

@@Pythix-zu5gf I meant in the bayverse design

[@nova_zar]

I already said this before but: "actions speak louder than words" is a fitting description for this Shockwave.

[@neometallX]

"Clarity of thought before rashness of action."

[@LegendaryDarkKnight602]

I knew Shockwave's voice sounded familiar. That's how G1 Soundwave sounded without the notes.

[@orhandalegend]

People really underestimate how smart Megatron and Shockwave were in the bayverse.

[@soundwavetheminiconcarrier]

Also it shows that shockwave is possibly Megatrons most trusted ally by trusting him to wipe out the autobots without his assistance.

[@friendlyreaper9012]

Isn't Megatron actually afraid of Shockwave canonically? I don't know if this applies to the Michael Bay movies.

[@tunatunafishie]

@@friendlyreaper9012 I think soundwave is megatrons most trusted. Correct me if I’m wrong but hasn’t he been Decepticon leader multiple times?

[@elkefransisca3747]

@@tunatunafishie Your correct, Soundwave is the most loyal (and trusted) ally of Megatron. While I don't think Soundwave has ever really been leader of the decepticons, he will vehemently defend the position of leader of decepticons against any other decepticons until Megatron returns

[@ArcTrooperRod-269]

31:31 Like *SHOCKWAVE OBVIOUSLY's gonna struggle to take the parachute off his face when said parachute is being constantly tangled by the soldier wearing it & while also he's being MASSIVELY riddled by god knows how many shoters, & yet he manages to get out & the only one who were able to Finally take him down was OPTIMUS HIMSELF*

[@xenomorphlad9895]

Also, can you imagine how many times that parachute got caught in his complex ass design? I'm surprised he didn't just rip it apart from his spiky ass body constantly catching it.

[@GarrettIngallJr]

He also might of not known what the heck it was too. Put ur self in his shoes, Ur fighting and a white thing falls on u and u can't see.

[@blazingjuggernaut4422]

Yeah but if you remember from just a few minutes ago shockwave literally shrugged off the destroyers' bigger gatling gun rounds AND CONTINUE WALKING FORWARD. I don't think he'd have any trouble against the human's tiny and comparably weaker assault rifle rounds.

[@ThomasKubera]

Shockwave is my favorite war criminal.

[@frederickyin4422]

Hes got nothing on Optimus Prime's list

[@ThomasKubera]

@@frederickyin4422 true

[@Michchall]

Also tie-in comics made him absolute terror. No wonder Optimus went hard on him every time he saw him.

[@illyanesterenko8930]

If only they an actually tell us, why Optimus killed him so, and not just "Read comics, so you will understand"

[@shauntempley9757]

@@illyanesterenko8930 There was a tie in game that shows how nasty he was. He was slaughtering Autobot waves effortlessly. In this film, Shockwave is as powerful as Megatron in the first film, just emotionless.

[@illyanesterenko8930]

@@shauntempley9757 Oh yeah, but why nothing of it was showed IN THE FRICKIN MOVIE?! Why I have to play, to see how cool Shockwave was in the games, while in the movie he was nothing.

[@Ohmannn25]

@@illyanesterenko8930you don’t understand anything and clearly didn’t watch the video or movie

[@illyanesterenko8930]

@@Ohmannn25 oh, I watched the movie, of course I did watch. Why would I even type this comment if I didn't watch the movie?

[@AryaanStudiosum]

i think the lack of screentime adds to this boogeyman effect, that nobody really knows who shockwave is and what hes always planning. Makes him more mysterious which contrasts his drillerbot that is wreckless.

[@TheSapphireStarOfficial]

Exactly. I compare it to Godzilla 2014. Not much screen time but DAMN he has a presence

[@ShockwaveMuncher]

Yeah he is planning to get dismembered by Optimus. He is a red herring for sentinel, that is all.

[@luxuriouswatera9532]

Yeah no, his lack of appearence before the chicago fight is a fair argument, but after that it's still bad, he should've had more screen time of him attacking and fighting the autobots, and he shouldn't get killed by a parachute

[@WSPonPlayStationandXbox]

@@luxuriouswatera9532 I don't wanna be rude but you didn't watch the entirety of this video have you lol.

[@SatorisYT]

A note on TF Prime's Shockwave and why I think he is really tough and not easy to take down: In his debut episode and throughout the rest of the series, Shockwave no sells fire power from the autobot canons regularly, most of the time not even flinching. He ragdolls Cliffjumper, takes him down with a single blast that doesn't even hit him head on, only explodes at his feet. Shockwave only takes damage when Arcree shoots him directly in the eye, blinding him, and even then, Shockwave stays on his feet and keeps firing until the space bridge explodes with him still inside it. Shockwave survives being at ground 0 of a space bridge explosion and remains functional enough to repair himself, even though he's blind too now. A similar space bridge explosion would later leave Megatron, who was also juiced up on Dark Energon, in a coma for half of a season. Megatron would have died if it he hadn't gotten treatment. When Shockwave comes back in season 3, he jumps off of a mountain-height tower and slams into the ground hard enough to raise a massive dust cloud and seems completely unphased. He takes Wheeljack and Bulkhead, two wreckers with immense durability and combat experience, down with a single shot of his canon. Later, he takes both of them on in a close quarters fight and dominates for the most part. Shockwave takes on Ultra Magnus, a highly renowned combatant, in a close quarters fight, and while it's clear he is outmatched in terms of skill, he takes numerous blows from the larger bot without going down and catches a couple of his blows with his hand. Shockwave ragdolls Smokescreen and Bumblebee, the only times they manage to knock him down are when they take him by surprize and blindside him. Shockwave survives a mauling from a horde of undread predacons without bleeding one bit. The one weird part is him going down to a punch from Bumblebee, but it was directly to the eye, which could be his weak spot. And he gets up right after anyway. So while I do agree that movie Shockwave is much tougher than people give him credit for, I do think putting TF Prime Shockwave as an example of a Shockwave that goes down easily is doing him a bit dirty.

[@Blotzwave]

Very true, I honestly never even thought about the space bridge explosion effects before. I didn't mean to imply that TFP Shockwave was weak, because he absolutely isn't, I just meant to say there where times he'd go down easily for a breif moment or so despite his strengths, though the guy would always get back up and continue the fight.

[@SatorisYT]

@@Blotzwave Yeah, that's fair (:

[@Heatwave298]

@@Blotzwave I am happy to see that there’s also a shockwave fan

[@pan1c974]

Ya TFPrime Shockwave was a problem in basically every encounter

[@Richtofen-gy9cj]

Two things you forgot to mention, TFP Megatron only clung on to dear life because of the dark energon, Shockwave didn't require that and before being knocked down by Bumblebee, he took down both Ratchet and Smokescreen, the latter was holding the Star Saber so he still did his part and then some despite the small role in the final episode

[@-0M3GA-]

38:49 The DOTM video game actually tells us what Shockwave was doing all of those years: He was frozen just like Megatron was in the 1st movie! From what I recall (i have not played it in a bit), Shockwave was frozen by the Soviets / Russians, and in the video game, we play as Megatron activating the thaw process to free shockwave, and then we play as Optimus not long after to face Shockwave head on in an epic fight before Shockwave eventually retreats.

[@dravensanders6157]

Yeah, that's exactly what happened and this game was confirmed as a canon prequel to the movie set very soon before it begins.

[@Green_The_Gamer]

That’s fucking epic. I’ll need to get a copy of that game lol

[@-0M3GA-]

@@Green_The_Gamer I highly recommend it. It plays very similarly to War For Cybertron, since it was made by High Moon., so you know you'll be in for a good experience.

[@Richtofen-gy9cj]

@@dravensanders6157 It's not canon

[@sensevison1464]

@@Richtofen-gy9cj while its not in continuity with the films, the backstory that states that shockwave was frozen was used for pretty much ALL tie in media for DOTM despite the fact literally none of it is connected to the game, kinda implying that is meant to be his canon backstory

[@TheConsumerDinoGuy]

can we agree that Shockwave is a better deceiver than Quintessa?

[@skylord1846]

Yes.

[@Green_The_Gamer]

Absolutely.

[@ThatIckyGuy]

As a Shockwave fan myself, I do see your points. I think you've changed my mind, but I've had a DotM Shockwave figure for a while now anyway. Just wanted to mention: If you've played the DotM game (which may or may not be canon) it is a prequel to the movie and it shows that Shockwave was frozen. Megatron thawed him out in the prequel and there's a big final boss fight with Shockwave and his driller. That game was part of the reason I'm more willing to accept the Bayverse Shockwave.

[@cockblockersupreme]

Unlocking and dominating as him in multiplayer was such a good time. I always found it strange he had no alt mode in the game despite the toy having one.

[@rhysofsneezingdragon1758]

I'm pretty sure the DotM game is canon

[@mothman20]

People always complain how the Bay movies have designs that you can't recognize compared to their original versions, but with Shockwave it's pretty damn obvious who he's supposed to be. I love his design and overall presence in the movie. His eye being much bigger than his original design is also creepy as hell

[@SNDWV99]

THIS. My main problem when it comes to bayverse designs is that 90% of they don't follow the same design philosophy Shockwave and Optimus do. New and unique, but instantly recognizable as who they're supposed to be.

[@mohammadhossain9608]

@@SNDWV99 Unicron trilogy Red alert, tfp arcee, animated prowl, armada megatron, tfp soundwave and starscream, rotb scourge and battletrap, bb dropkick. These designs are unique and still looks good yet does not match the original. Do not give the "G1 started it" G1 was made just to sell toys, comic and merchandise you are saying that because it came first. Example bayverse blackout and barricade both designs override their original design no one is going to look at the micromaster and think that's them, Blackout design came into animated and tfp comics while barricade design is literally so popular that newer design took it as inspiration, wfc trilogy barricade, wfc game which took his black colour schemes, and animated guidebook which also made barricade a cop. Transformers design is always changin so why does only bayverse get flaked upon this was a trend back at the time with unicron trilogy, animated and prime. Also bulkhead from energon was a helicopter junkie while from animated he is big, lovable guy which prime took inspiration from his design and put him in. Tfp starscream who looks nothing like his g1 counterpart yet acts like him his a traitorus con in the first 2 seasons. Tfp soundwave looks like nothing and yet he acts like soundwave, loyal to megatron, eyes and ears of the decepticons and spy on his enemies. Armada starscream look little bit accurate as he has no blue but only red and white and yet he's different he is loyal to him and only betrays when he is mistreated and decided to join the autobots and died to make two faction to join alliance to stop unicron. Tfa ratchet looks accurate and he acts like a grumpy guy with ptsd while his g1 counterpart is overall a nice doc. Que looks nothing like wheeljack and yet he acts like wheeljack as he creates weapon for his teammates, while tfp captured his coolness and wrecklessness. Bays ironhide looks like a grizzly tough guy which his original counterpart was depicted and he acted like that, while his tfa counterpart who looks like the og but doesn't act like him. Bays Bumblebee is so iconic to the point that many shows depict him with this design, tfp, cyberverse, earthspark and rid2015 with different head and even with the reebot unicerse, it's iconic to the point that bumblebee is a car with yellow colour and black stripes. Bays crosshair while looks nothing like his og counter part and yet he recieved lots of new toys of aoe and tlk. Edit: and probably is iconic at some point. Another one is Bays constructicon they look nothing like their ogs and yet they still looks good with the exception of maybe hightower. Another one bays soundwave despite his design he acted like soundwave in rotf, he gathered intel where megatron was dropped and send ravage to get the shard and later sends a team of constructicons to revive him, he later calls the cons to earth after primes death, he later tracked sam in egypt, in dotm soundwave acted as carly's car, which no one suspected until after he gathered intel he revealed himself like in g1 where spike found a small cassete and took it where soundwave gathered intel and later revealed himselft. What did bb soundwave do commanded the cons and ejected ravage, that's all he did, while future movies will come we will see and maybe i will change my opinion on him. It doesn't matter if they look the same everyone grows with their own show or movies but acting like every design should be the same will slowly become bland, if the designs look like they fit the character and acts like what it looks like it's good. Another example tfp megatron mixture of g1 and bayverse and i will argue that he looks more threatining than his g1 counterpart as he doesn't give the leader of the decepticons vibe than tfp or tfa. Bays megatron while he was a lacky after 2007 he planned the operation to retrieve sentinel, he fooled the humans and wait patiently when they were making galvatron and later took over it's body like tfa. BB dropkick does not like his orignial and yet he's my fav design while scourge and battletrap who looks nothing like their og and yet still looks good, i get the criticism on aoe and tlk as we cannot see the car kibble but complaining that they should like their g1 counterpart is at this point is overated. I get you want traditional characters look like their traditional characters but this make transformers unique, characters in different continuity looks different than their original counterparts and yet still looks unique and fresh, this is the beauty of transformers.

[@SNDWV99]

@mohammadhossain9608 The problem with everything you just said is character recognition. Not to us fans, but to the general audience. Let me ask you a question: do you have a problem with Spider-Man always looking like Spider-Man? Or Batman always looking like Batman? Not talking about the one off suits like the Big Time or Zebra suits. The main costume in every show and movie. I'm assuming no, because those characters are so iconic and well recognized that even a 70 year old in a place with no internet knows who they are. Why can't Soundwave have that same treatment? Or Red-Alert? ESPECIALLY Megatron. That's what Hasbro's goal is with the evergreen designs. THIS is what our characters look like. You can tweak them to fit the new style of whatever new project you're working on, but they NEED to resemble THIS. Also, the whole "G1 was just an advertisement for toys" argument is incredibly misguided. Every piece of Transformers media is a toy commercial. Even bayverse. They got rid of the integrated weapons of the first two films so they could market the new Mechtech gimmick for the toys. If the franchise ever wants to have any staying power in the public consciousness, it needs to have recognizable characters as well as good stories.

[@mohammadhossain9608]

@@SNDWV99 I agree with some parts of the arguement that characters being recognizible, firstly that legacy character should be mostly recognizable like, Optimus prime, Megatron, Bumblebee, Starscream, Shockwave, Soundwave, Ironhide, Ratchet, Ultra magnus, Galvatron etc. Optimus: red and blue colour scheme Megatron: grey colour scheme with canons like tfp or g1 or retractable like bays Starscream: The plane cockpit should be on his chest (Idk about his colour scheme as he is a military earth jet which is mostly grey however if he revealed himself to the humans then he could paint job himself to be prideful) Shockwave: one eye, purple colour scheme and hand gun Soundwave blue and gold colour scheme, with face mask and visor( though i like bay's soundwave design, but it was silver due to make a revealation that he is carly's car to shock the audience) Bumblebee: yellow colour scheme with black stripes Ironhide: Red, black, canons like his tfp counterpart ratchet: depends if he's an ambulance then red and white however if he's an emergency vehicle then maybe green Ultra magnus: red, blue, and white or mostly blue and slight red like his tfp counterpart Galvatron: purple colur scheme with grey or colour scheme like his angry birds counterpart and orange canon Though characters like barricade, blackout, crosshairs, knockout, strongarm, and shadow striker who were forgotten characters literally had a redesign which we all recognize them as now (Barricade: cop car, blackout: helicopter, crosshairs: green sports car, strongarm: female cop, shadow striker: a bot damage to the point that after being rebuilt she looks like frankestein) these characters are forgotten but later were remembered as what they are now. Though design with some tweaks work like optimus with flames, bumblebee's stealth form, megatron's upgraded colour scheme (night stalker, dark energon redecos). There are also some artist like shan4rt and maxeralfa07 who mixes animated, g1 and bayverse to make unique redesign. But I agree with the points you made easily recognizable characters but with some few tweaks i agree with points, but i feel like hasbro should mix up design which create new, recognizable and unique design like armada optimus who had red and blue colour, with some tweaks like his truck grill being the body and smoke stacks on his forearms but still recognizable not flat up g1 with mechanical design, this is why i loved rotb arcee she resembles her g1 counterpart like the head, visor but had a different colour.

[@SNDWV99]

@mohammadhossain9608 I don't disagree. Barricade and Blackout are two of my favorite character designs, with Barricade being one of my favorite characters. None of that is due to the original micromaster. No-name characters like that can be revamped and reworked due to their obscurity. I just don't want every character except Optimus and Bumblebee to be treated that way.

[@user-xy9my9ng4u]

something people don't talk about this Shockwave design is how his mouth looks like a spider's mouth, most of his design and voicelines are made to make him look inhumane, contrary to most Transformers who have faces, hell, Optimus fucking looks like a human, shockwave looks like an alien, like a weapon

[@The-jy3yq]

Funnily enough, it matches his G1 self pretty well. Shockwave doesn't have a face. He has only one arm. His alt mode is literally a giant weapon. Shockwave is more of a machine than a human. Hell, more of a machine than a _transformer._ So this...mutation to a strictly inhuman(e) creature is very welcome indeed

[@randoliz]

i saw a video that adds subtitles to him talking, now whenever he shoots Optimus while he's up on the crane i can never unhear him yelling "Dummkopf!"

[@stadic5311]

The dotm video game states that shock wave is a “decepticon assassin” which was supposed to be some what of a prequel to the movie.

[@dravensanders6157]

The developers confirmed in the making of the game that it was a hard set prequel to the movie set briefly before it to explain certain details of the film.

[@ArcTrooperRod-269]

I found Funny how Both Shockwave's VA in the Bayverae were previoulsy Megatron aswell -Daniel Riordan, his voice in the 2007 Game, played Predacon Megs in RID 2001 -Fred Tatasciore, his voice in the DOTM game ALSO played Megatron in that game & in Fall of Cybertron -& Of course, Frank Welker, his voice in DOTM, I think he doesn't really need me to present him 😊

[@sebastianmguia1673]

cool

[@ClownPrinceCrime]

I’m…impressed with how informed your opinion is on this iteration of Shockwave. I always thought they did him dirty in this movie, but after watching this video…my perspective on him has somewhat changed. Well done. I still think he should have gotten more screen time, but I suppose less is more in his case. Great job 👏🏼

[@Theorymus]

Amazing work my guy, love this type of content 👏

[@Blotzwave]

Coming from you, that means a lot. Thanks so much man!

[@GarrettIngallJr]

Ay! Theorymus is here! Hi

[@Steersclear]

Shockwave in dark of moon design is really cool

[@unnamed_insomniac]

Truth

[@richejuggath8920]

35:32. Shockwave was like I didn’t hear no bell

[@TheProfessionalNoobster]

Unpopular Opinion: Bayformers Shockwave design is a lot better and superior than the G1 design. I said what I said

[@Agus_Black_716.]

i completely agree with you good sir

[@bingbong_luver]

I like it but its hard to tell apart from the other decepticons. Imagine they were all standing next to each other, facing away from the camera. Just a row of the same texture and silhouette

[@TheProfessionalNoobster]

@@bingbong_luver not bad for me, I have no issue with it

[@mohammadhossain9608]

@@bingbong_luver He has purple to identify him but due to the dust we can't see it but still true.

[@spongeboymebob771]

Seconded.

[@Basedwave411]

Shockwave will always be FOCKING AWESOME!!

[@videowarlock1760]

Shockwave in Dark of the Moon takes basically all the nest soldiers, the wreckers, and Optimus Prime to finally bring down Shockwave in Transformers Prime get distracted by a shiny sword and gets knocked out with one punch from bumblebee of all people Edit: don't get me wrong Bumblebee in Prime definitely have them hands but he's not the strongest character and I'm mainly just focusing on how it's a bad showing for Shockwave and side note that's kind of the whole point of bumblebees character he's supposed to be this weakish character who is capable of bringing down characters who are much stronger than him that's what makes him awesome

[@waterh2o299]

Bumblebee was pretty strong in Prime though

[@kennethsatria6607]

You really gonna ignore all his other feats in that show?

[@ThaBababoey]

damn cherrypicking at its finest lmao

[@filoz2005]

@@ThaBababoey nah i've watched the show fully like 3 or 4 times and he's kinda right, that was a dumb moment

[@gabethereivewer]

We are in for a good time when the first thing we are served is grilled cheese

[@HarryMarron-eb1xt]

I would say shockwave is my favourite decepticon too. I didn’t really have an issue with him to begin with but you just gave me more reasons to love him

[@avocado1714]

Ngl, I think a good character redesign should at least acknowledge previous iterations, which DOTM shockwave does plenty. The single eye, purple color (I think), cannon arm, and (supposed) tank alt mode, as multiple other versions have had, and all this together makes it obvious who this is

[@yeetman2773]

Shockwave’s an absolute unit

[@monolophosaurus]

This video was quite… LOGICAL On a side note; I think elements of the Bayverse films should be incorporated into other Transformers media, like, give Shockwave a pet Drill-worm, give Sideswipe some wheel-feet, give the Constructicons unique designs, etc

[@YoBoyAJ16]

This is my favorite shockwave design. I like that shockwave look like a skeletal insect made form sharpe metal. And it look very close to gen1 shockwave well still being different enough.

[@beemaister4316]

Fun fact: a model of DOTM Shockwave can be found in the files of Genshin Impact

[@dedarhossain8278]

I heard deleting the model can crash the game.

[@mohammadhossain9608]

@@dedarhossain8278 True someone did that and it crashed source: Someone from the transformers memes subreddit did that and it happened.

[@WSPonPlayStationandXbox]

WAIT WHAT THE FUCK LMAOOOOOO.

[@nachonaitor5535]

Really?

[@deltaknight2764]

@@dedarhossain8278 That's a low bearing Shockwave, there.

[@WeaponizedAutism7]

You got me. I’m a convert. You also just made me appreciate DotM’s plot so much more

[@ArcTrooperRod-269]

7:29 Linda-058 Argus Redesign in Halo 5 & Halo Fall Of Reach: *OH, I DON'T THINK*

[@yonderjam]

This video is pretty great. However, I would have Shockwave cameo in both the scenes in Africa and when Sentinel opens the portal in Washington. I will agree he was utilised well in the final battle. Also, I was colourblind to his Purple in the film initially.

[@incomprehensiblegaming]

Awesome video. Seriously helped me appreciate Dark of the Moon even more. Definitely made me appreciate Shockwave a lot more.

[@TheIce_Demon]

This is such a well made video, put it up with Theorymus' why Megatron got weaker video. Great job dude!

[@SatorisYT]

I've always thought this version of Shockwave had a banger design and an amazing death scene, but was lackluster otherwise. I can confidently say now that You have changed my mind on the whole lackluster bit! He's way cooler than I'd previously thought!

[@demolishingtank8853]

Maybe u might do a powerscaling video on him?

[@SatorisYT]

@@demolishingtank8853 I'd love to if there's any interest

[@levizilla-rf1pm]

i already liked shockwvae in dark of the moon but now i know hes a f#cking genius also i really like the idea of the driller bot being his pet as it just shows how strong he is

[@rohandeo6424]

Dude, this perfectly describes the impact that shockwave had on the film with that being a secondary villain and also goes to show how absolutely strong the character is in this iteration with him taking on multiple attacks from both the autobots and humans, this video does the con a lot of justice

[@Mischief350]

The BEST Bayverse design. I don't wanna hear otherwise.

[@SentinelPrime-sn9kb]

he's peak

[@KristopherPrime]

Good point. Shockwave lacking screen time is normal for him. He only appears in season 3 of prime, his animated presence is a double agent, he only has a few episodes in Energon before dying, and being guardian of Cybertron automatically means he wouldn’t do much in G1 outside of contacting earth or dealing with anything that came to Cybertron. And yet, most of his scenes just make him excellent every time.

[@renegadedjinn5325]

Dude! I never thought of Shockwave as anymore more than a cameo in "Dark of the Moon". You fully convinced me.

[@DuzdyAnimates]

You DEFINITELY changed my opinion! Thanks!

[@GeneralMcBride]

This video is great. The only thing i would have added is a short segment on the ps3 transformers dotm prequel game because I'm pretty sure it was stated to be canon? Or if it was just a non canon way of explaining canon events like you said. Great video as always tho

[@Blotzwave]

Oh yeah totally understandable point to add, the only reason I didn't mention the games is that, again, I just didn't want to have to rely on tie-in media in order to make my points. Also the games contradict the comic events, as in the game, I don't think Megatron has ever met Shockwave until the end of the DotM game? And even then, not only would I have to analyze that game, but I'd have to analyze it's DS counterpart port, which is technically two games as there is an Auotbot campaign version and a Decepticon campaign version. And who knows how those differ. Basically it would have been alot of research I would have had to do just for me to disregard it anyway, so I just omitted it entirely. Would definitely go into it if I was to piece together a timeline for Shockwave though. In the meantime, thanks so much man, and thanks for watching as well!

[@Enderwave22]

17:33 Starscream: “Lord Megatron, shouldn't we be doing more than just sitting around in this place?” Megatron: “Nah, let Shockwave cook.” Starscream: “🤨🤔 *nods in agreement* ”

[@ComboFood]

I was on the fence about Shockwave in DOTM until I saw this, but this video made me realise how *awesome* this Shockwave is

[@plagueknight2689]

if his eye was never dangling he probably would have been packing up optimus prime and died to being jumped by the autobots

[@Spooder-man691]

This video did change my perspective on this version of shockwave and i also wanna add I always assumed he spoke in his native language as like a dignity thing, he saw it is as below him to speak in a Lower races laungage but your interpretation also works

[@akeemreese1050]

Plus if you're still not satisfied with shockwave depiction in the movie just go play the dark of the moon game and there he gets way more character development, and porgreshion.

[@ArielMurrayDrakonslayer777]

The fact that they need to put a fatality or brutality on him just to kill him is incredibly bad ass. I just wish we sometimes would’ve gone at least a bit more screen time for also can’t wait for the re-issue of the studio series toy I missed out initially I’m waiting for it to come back.

[@ArcTrooperRod-269]

19:15 I always saw them as Tentacle Blades

[@Blotzwave]

That's actually a much better way to put it.

[@21_315]

Good video, absolutely agree

[@celestialspartan1176]

I remember seeing Shockwave in the DOTM Rising Storm prequel comics getting clobbered, heavily damaged by Optimus Prime. So, I had a theory that, by the time of DOTM, Shockwave got rebuilt into what we see in the film and became more bloodthirsty and crazed. Especially when it comes to his mandibles and teeth. Bro was basically a one-eyed Yautja (Predator)!

[@kafos4617]

bro did 45 min video about guy that have 2 min screen time, thats impresive

[@chuckthecluckisoutofluck2197]

It's amazing how this movie is just Shockwave carrying his entire team and he's gone, everything goes to shit immediately. He was one cool cyclops.

[@belindatrimble8638]

You have made me think differently about shockwave in this movie

[@thejupiterjumper8472]

This is a really great video ngl. I’ve now definitely gained a newfound appreciation for this version of Shockwave.

[@solomanhenry8400]

Thanks for the eye opening explanation! I was part of those who thought he was weak without thinking much of the context, just on what is told to us directly.

[@uryenatienza4093]

I can generally respect the liking of Bay Shockwave, but I still can't help but see a shit ton of wasted potential. I think this stems from a lack of him interacting with other major characters. No one talks about him, hell, people reference his worm more than him. It'd make up for his lack of screen time if they at least had Autobots and Decepticons talk about him. In that scene where Sentinel and Megatron are standing on the building waiting, we could've had dialogue where Megatron explains to Sentinel that Shockwave can safeguard them. When Shockwave first shows up, instead of Optimus making unnecessary combat noises, he could've acknowledged that HOLY SHIT its Shockwave. Then afterward, we could have a short expository segment of the Autobots explain who Soundwave is. Maybe they could also explain in that scene that the driller is his pet, and not have the info be out of movie stuff. Also I think they should've given him subtitles or let us hear him in English when he's solely facing other Transformers. Keep the alien gibberish for the human parts, but have us fully understand him when he's with other transformers. If we were to keep his limited screen time, then I say he's one of the characters who was shown enough, but not told about enough. It's the rare occasion where it's the opposite of show don't tell. More people would probably interpret and experience Shockwave like he's supposed to be, if we had a better understanding of how he thought, not just how he fought.

[@THEDonnyB]

Shockwave is a rare case of a villain with multiple versions that are always portrayed nearly the same... An exceptionally powerful, extremely loyal (in most iterations at least), fiercely determined, and scarily competent. If Shockwave shows up he can easily tip the balance into the Decepticons favor.

[@Mothbean]

This is an amazing video that didn't change my perspective of him (since I already liked him a lot) but it did bump up what I thought about him. (I also REALLY recommend changing the title to "You're wrong about Bayverse/DotM Shockwave" so more people can see this, since the current title makes it pretty hard to find.)

[@PmpmYRde]

Honestly glad and grateful we live in a timeline where these movie get all the defense it deserved after how many years of being criticized, slandered and mocked. Sooner or later these movie will be praised despite the flaws it get.

[@Oc_TheGrunt]

Honestly I just loved dotm shockwave because of his presence, from his theme and his design, he's just so menacing

[@troywelch8112]

Thank you for making this It gives me faith in humanity I love you

[@jamestalamantez3910]

This was a really smart video and yeah man your right shockwave kicks ass in bayverse !!!

[@swankyjee]

This video was dope. Hoping for one for soundwave just because he's my #1 🙏

[@shocktrapdesigns4296]

A 45 minute long video about Shockwave. This is the stuff that fuels me! I will always love the absolute nightmarish awesomeness that is Shockwave. The only thing I need is more of him, both in media and figure form.

[@yourboytimmyishere]

Shockwave should have his own movie

[@tysonwelch7504]

Welp Blotzwave you have done it, you have convinced me, now all i will need is a studio series 68 Shockwave.

[@Soundwave880stopmotions]

I totally agree with you man. DOTM Shockwave is the best representation of Shockwave to date! Sure, he was thwarted by a parachute and most of his scenes were stolen by Driller, but the only reason for his death was Shockwaves ability to study and understand his enemy before he attacks. His lack of knowledge of the Human race and there weapons led to his failure, like that of so many other great Decepticons who did not have the proper time or research to study humanity. I intend to fix that with my new series, Rise of the Decepticons. My own reboot of the Bayverse following Dark of the moon, and scrapping AOE and Last Knight. If interested, check it out.

[@mohamedrahmouni4362]

Your explanation doesn't rely on something other than your headcanon. "but the only reason for his death was Shockwaves ability to study and understand his enemy before he attacks" like... he had a brain this all time to understand his ennemies? Well ofc not because he's screentime was shit. For the entire movie this one eyed mf acts like a regular Decepticon it's insulting for Shockwave and not even Energon did that

[@Soundwave880stopmotions]

@@mohamedrahmouni4362 Think about it, bro. He is on a planet he has never been on before, not only facing Autobots, but a large assortment of humans. How was he supposed to know they had parachutes? You have to think about these things with an open mind my guy, and not be a negative nancy.

[@DANIELH013]

@@Soundwave880stopmotions agreed dude, people need to take a chill pill

[@the-real-brady-boi]

I absolutely love dark of the moon shockwave. I thought it was cool, but slightly odd, that he had a giant worm everywhere he went. I’m not saying I don’t like the driller, because I do, I’m just saying it’s unique in the fact that no other shockwave has had anything like this before (you could kind of say that tfp shockwave and the predacons are a similar case).another thing is that although I wish shockwave had more screen time, I find it strangely fitting that he doesn’t have a lot. It just kinda adds to him being a mysterious character (idk why I thought of him as a “mysterious character”)

[@a.a.o.t-1213]

Bro been posting nothing but bangers lately and I’m all here for it

[@AppleLover300]

I already liked Shockwave quite a bit in DOTM (in fact, that film is the reason why Shockwave became my favorite decepticon) but, this video really made me appreciate him even more than I did before. Shockwave making the autobots think that he wanted to take the fuel cell by purposefully having Optimus cut off the driller arm holding it is such a cool way to view that scene, I have never thought of that before.

[@tiodosalgado5860]

It always bring me joy to see people appreciating bayverse, Shockwave does look great and your analysis honestly showed things that i haven't noticed or thought before, you sir has earned a new subscriber

[@alobaymar]

Not a comic reader, not even a TF fan. This was my first introduction to Shockwave and for the brilliant cinematography and appearence, this guy felt like he was in the entire film. Personally makes any other shockwave in other continuities boring as hell. idc about the lore i just wanna see this guy explode

[@ShinGoji1987Official]

Absolutely fantastic analysis bro! Really good job at doing the math and calculating how much total screen time he has in each series and you're speculation section about him in the film universe was great! I've only watched dark of the moon once but remember really enjoying it and your definitely making me want to rewatch my dvd of it lol. Keep up the great work!

[@Blotzwave]

Thank you so much for that, the screentime calculations bit was not fun. Like there where so many technicalities I had to figure around such as do I include the intro, the credits, what if Shockwave is in flashback/replayed footage, etc. The speculation bit was much more fun to do, haha. Anyway thanks again man!

[@rgal69]

I'd even argue that Shockwave was the one who suggested sending the dreads. That way, they can slow down the Autobots, draw out a key player like Ironhide, and allow Sentinel to kill him and steal the Pillars. Also, apparently, in the DOTM game, Megatron has beef with Ironhide, so perhaps this was also a test for Sentinel to prove he changed sides.

[@Kramers79]

Shockwave really won me over during his defeat. LITERALLY EVERYONE vs one bad guy is among my favorite combat tropes. Even Megs had one in the first movie, and then all that effort was just to slow him down from getting the Allspark. A headcanon I got is not only does he choose to not transform, but actually removed his ability to in order to add more armor and firepower. With the driller covering transport, the only real advantage to having a tank mode would be a somewhat smaller target from certain angles, and he'd have a little more protection around his head, both at the cost of maneuverability and reflexes. So, I once thought he was pretty good...Congrats, you've absolutely changed my mind. 😎🎉

[@spinomitegames9000]

On the subject of screentime, I think it's fair to say that Shockwave is the definition of, "Quality over quantity".

[@Greninja1103]

As another shockwave fan and loving the character here is a free sub also thank you for showing me other care about him as much as I do have a good day

[@aaronstallings4996]

I have always liked the design of dotm shockwave but now I have a better appreciation for what he did for the film's story

[@samuelopon7037]

I never knew I'll see the day seeing people doing a Transformers analysis.

[@Insomnia013]

Damn this is great stuff.

[@__-be1gk]

Drink every time he says screentime if you want to die

[@ender01o66]

38:47 We kinda get a glimpse of what Shockwave was doing prior to Transformers 3 in the Transformers 3 prequel videogame, which ends with an awesome Shockwave boss fight.

[@featherguardian6023]

I will admit that at first I for some reason thought Soundwave and Shockwave were both the same but not I was just confused and dumb back then, Now I can fully say that not Only is Dark of the Moon One of the Best Movies in the Franchise and Shockwave is one of the Best Decepticons with the Best Redesign of the Emotionless Mad Scientist that he’s basically more Alien and Demonic than even Megatron as ever he has a Bizarre Sense of Honor, Shockwave is Cold and Calculating, Heartless and Deranged, Violent and Ruthless, Sinister and Evil, that’s what this iconic Villain is and the Movie did Alot of Things Right.

[@zeroh2hero]

I'm with you he was the first figure I purchased before watching dotm in theaters in Mexico! 🙌

[@ArcTrooperRod-269]

Cool, hello, my tortilla brother, yup, here in Mexico we got a lot of Mech tech Waves back in 2011

[@Blotzwave]

I loved the Mechtech DotM figures, I dunno, they just have a special charm to them.

[@francisbullen5007]

His g1 box art had the cannon on his right arm. If you haven't checked out the g1 marvel comics, I'd recommend doing that. They're my favourite version of the character. He's as powerful as Megatron, beat Megatron in a 1 to 1 and he''s utterly ruthless. I liked the movie design but it was very disappointing he was practically taken out with small arms fire.

[@BaconBotVbeta]

Frank Welker explaining that Cybertronian dialect is gibberish he made up on the spot makes a lot of sense if you consider the "Decepticons, mobilize" scene from the 2007 film has every Decepticon relay to each other that they're on the move, and their voices sound completely different to one another despite them all speaking the same language. And honestly? I kinda adore it. It reminds me of how in Japanese, speaking the same language different is labeled as having a different "accent" despite the fact you're all speaking the same language. People rag on these films but it's legitimately amazing how much depth they actually have.

[@davidofthedead]

Yup, you indeed made me love DOTM Shockwave. He's peak

[@kansen-san]

I have never seen your channel and this is the first video i ever saw from you and i have to say i absolutely loved it as a shockwave fan myself and him being my fave character in all of transformers !

[@moonwhooper]

I respect the commitment to a character, great video!

[@reversal2341]

Shockwave really be living up to the decepticons name, by completely decepting his enemies

[@WesleyStogsdill-eo1cg]

Your transition to this topic of shockwave to that topic of shockwave was way to cool man

[@kylehyde2747]

I must say it's refreshing to see someone who loves bayverse shockwave as much as I do. Great video you've earned a new subscriber my friend.

[@snoot6629]

aight , you've convinced me , I'm buying toys of this guy.