Generation One Cartoon Thread

[Oasis]

When I was a kid I loved "The Search for Alpha Trion" because it had female Autobots. That was big for me, since I got a lot of grief for liking a "boy's cartoon." Now it's "Prime Target" and "Triple Takeover." (Excepting the cringe-worthy lines from Prowl. Ugh.) Hands-down, the most underrated is "Hoist gos Hollywood." They made fun of Harrison Ford while he was still cool. That was great.

[Robimus]

Search for Alpha Trion is great, I would still love to see toys for all those ladies(accurate ones, not motor scooters) but I'll take what I can get.
Also in season 4 what is the deal with Rodimus's demotion back to regular grunt. He could have still been second in command, I mean I realize Prime likes Magnus cause he's a semi and all but check his references...................

[GMfan]

Prime did...Magnus out qualified him after Rodimus kept whining to a statue :P. My favourite was in 5 faces of darkness when UM told Rodimus to get out of there and eh would hold of the decepticons alone....he just rocks.

[Aernaroth]

Im surprised he was able to deal with that then.

[Robimus]

Originally Posted by GMfan101

Prime did...Magnus out qualified him after Rodimus kept whining to a statue :P. My favourite was in 5 faces of darkness when UM told Rodimus to get out of there and eh would hold of the decepticons alone....he just rocks.

Valid point, and he did have a birthday party too I still think all Semi's stick together though,..... um. I guess Huffer never was second in command. I concede, but who demoted Jazz anyway?

[Aernaroth]

Well, he DID let an entire moon get destroyed.

[Robimus]

I'm gonna blame that one on....er....um.......Cliffjumper. Yeah thats it, Cliffjumper messed up the whole thing. Jazz took the fall, cause thats the kind of stand up guy he is. Always lookin' out for the little bots.

Then latter he felt so bad about losing the moon that he changed his name and went into racing. He won the race at the start of season three, yet somehow nobody knew it was Jazz. Something about the new generation not respecting their elders I'm sure.

[GMfan]

Don't think we even saw or heard about Jazz after that point in season three...come to think of it that was also the last series we saw bumblebee. In fact I think 5 faces of Darkness was the "death" of all the pre-movie autobots.

[RedOktobre]

Originally Posted by Robimus

Search for Alpha Trion is great, I would still love to see toys for all those ladies(accurate ones, not motor scooters) but I'll take what I can get.
Also in season 4 what is the deal with Rodimus's demotion back to regular grunt. He could have still been second in command, I mean I realize Prime likes Magnus cause he's a semi and all but check his references...................

I feel that Prime chose Magnus over Rodimus/Hot Rod because:
1. Hot Rod recklessness caused Prime's death in the Battle of Autobot City on Earth
2. Magnus has been the established 2nd in command for a long time
3. Magnus is much more mature, experienced, and responsible than Rodimus/Hot Rod
4. Rodimus/Hot Rod lacks Magnus' maturity
5. Rodimus/Hot Rod can be too headstrong, "hot-headed" and aggressive at times

However,
1. Rodimus Prime is strong and more powerful than Magnus
2. Rodimus' agressiveness helps in fighting Galvatron
3. Rodimus is very intelligent and a savy strategist

One of other thing... my sister and I strongly feel that Anakin Skywalker of Star Wars would have become someone very similar to Rodimus Prime if Anakin had NOT be seduced to the Dark Side of the Force. Like Rodimus Prime, Anakin would have been one of the most powerful and aggressive Jedi leaders, but would still lack Yoda's experience, maturity, and sense of responsibility.

[xeonshock]

I just finished season 1, going through 2 currently. It sure is nice to see all the episodes that I haven't seen since my childhood!