Arcee Retrospective - The Compassionate Female Autobot Warrior 

Japanese Arcee: “Ara Ara” Me: *Has PTSD due to modern Anime*

Arcee- "Then, you probably didn't understand the situation" Everyone with the Bayverse timeline

I'm representing G1 Arcee all the way. She has a kind heart, but will kneecap you if you mess with her loved ones.

When people ask me why robots can be girls or boys. My response is a simple one; "Well, why not?"

Arcee is an example of a character in the cartoon, that has no toy. She's a great character in the G1 Cartoon.

Watching the movie as a kid and even now, she totally pulled off the compassionate but stern Princess Leia vibe. When she and Hot Rod had that exchange, I could hear her saying, "Someone has to save our skins."

The moment you realize that Transformers The Movie is basically a retelling of Star Wars A New Hope. O.O

The Prime iteration is my personal favorite. She’s like a ninja with her speed and blades. Plus her cold on the outside, warm on the inside demeanor made for some really good interactions. It’s almost like they combined the motherly and witty G1 Arcee with the brutal and vengeful IDW Arcee. (Without the bad writing) Btw good vid.

RP: "...Since the original Star Wars trilogy inspired many of the elements of Transformers The Movie." Me: Giant sphere destroying planets, Hot Rod in a lightsaber fight, some of the sound effects... 🙂

It still amazes me that someone had to fight to get female Autobots in Transformers but GoBots had female robot characters right out the gate, lol.

I always felt it was a shame that we never saw Arcee interacting with Elita-1 or the other female Autobots. Obviously she was introduced to fans after Season 2, but it would have been nice to see her as a minor character in the background or even have a single line, considering the movie was in development before the Season 2 episode was animated.

Arcee is one of my favorites. The Prime version is definitely the best! She had such great writing.

Ah yes the Arcee _ara ara ~_ 6:22

Arcee is so slept on lately. Would love to see her return centrefold with Optimus Prime and Bumblebee as faces for the franchise.

Gosh, this AND the bacics episode?That's a lot of Arcee.

Really want to see the connection between GI Joe and Transformers. And also the explanation on Cobra Commander being an old man

Apart from Elita1, Blackarachnia Chromia, Windblade and Slipstream Arcee was always be my personal favorite

Anyone else excited for the Earthrise and Masterpiece Arcees?

How could anyone NOT like Arcee? Sure, Chromia, Elita 1, and Windblade showed up afterwards, but you know what, Arcee will always be the first 👍👍 Also happy 10th anniversary to you guys! 😇

G1 movie Arcee is my favorite character too. I was 6 when I saw the movie on the big screen and became attached to her compassionate personality.

The minicon Sureshock from Armada was actually called Arcee in the Japanese version, Micron Legend. So her two-wheeler origins can technically be traced back to a cute, orange moped.

My favorite version of Arcee is the large gun wielding, selfie taking, adventurous party animal from Cyberverse. Great video.

RodimusPrimal: The connection between G.I. Joe and The Transformers will be a discussion for another day. Me: A discussion that needs to happen extremely badly.

It's good to find more about a character who I didn't know much about other than that she was a fierce warrior

Ironhide:🤯 Cromia: we exist and we always will Me: CORRECT!

Who else always saw Arcee as Daniels mother figure I mean let's face it she protects him she helped him walk for the first time ( in the exo suit ) and shes protective of him and would risk to do anything for him she even chose Daniel to be her headmaster cause she wanted to stay with her "son"

I had no issue with Arcee, but Chromia was my favourite femme. It took a while for the movie to be released in New Zealand in such a format that I could manage to see it, so for the longest time, I only had the season 2 episode to go by. And as a girl it was kinda big deal that they had femmes now. When you're a little kid you really don't care about the logic of gender in alien robots. And many hearty congrats to you and your wife!

Arcees Adorable ;)

Congratulations on your 10th wedding anniversary and I like the original caring characteristic also. I cannot wait for the earth rise toy to come into the shop. You are tempting me to think of Elita One. I personally like Elita One better because her relationship with Optimus Prime related to my personal relationship.

It's so sad that when a great storyline ends abruptly because the company who creates it suddenly bankrupts

Both you Rodimus Primal and McFreely have done a great job on your Arcee videos! She was easily a favorite of mine and still is as iconic as the many 80s gals of tv! Thank you so much!

G1 Arcee : I protecc hooman Tfp Arcee : "Tell them about me and I'll hunt you down."

6:22 Ara ara-cee

I liked how you added cobra commander in this. I loved that part when old snake said cobra at the end of that episode. I can't wait to get the new earth rise arcee figure. I'm been planning on making photo recreating the scene cybertron war from the bumblebee movie. And if I can get the others too. I also agree with you, the g1 cartoon version of Arcee and her personality.

My personal favorite Arcee is by Doujinshi artist and Illustrator Ban; who showed you can make a very alluring design from a classic icon!

Her G1 and Prime incarnations are my personal favorite. Just such an awesome character

HAPPY ANIVERSARY MY FRIEND! My favorite Arcee is the G1 Version and the Prime one by equals!

Arcee is still my favorite female transformer. It took me almost 20 years to finally have a figure of her which is the Legends series.

19:13,Sweet Solus Prime that adorable, Congrats man

One thing that gets me is why people have a problem with fembots looking feminine, at least after some proper character development is established. I understand they wouldn't want her to look curvy just for the sake of looking curvy, but prime arcee alone has proven her metal almost every time i see her on screen. P.s. happy anniversary

I'm excited for Earthrise Arcee. I'll probably display her right next to Siege Springer.

Eh, let Windblade have the primary female position. Arcee is now performing live with the Cybertronic Spree.

Arcee videos from you and Chris McFeely on the same day Is this heaven?

I love this video arcee is my favorite character 💝💝💝😍😍

17:59, I don't need sleep, I need *that manga*

This was a awesome anniversary present 💝 for the wife with her being a fan of RC. Very thoughtful homeboy...

So when people insist that Arcee wasn't the first female Transformer they're wrong. She might not have appeared first, but her creation preceeded and opened the door for the existence of the season 2 fembots.

I loved "Only Human" and what I loved about the end of the episode was, Cobra Commander's scene.

Simon Furman REALLY loved making a mockery out of Arcee, didn’t he?

YesSsSs! Arcee, my favorite Fembot my only favorite is g1. It’s really interesting when you look into her history. Also, happy anniversary RP. We all wish you and your wife the best.

Congratulations on the Anniversary, Primal!

My fav Arcee; G1! Always will be! The toys are really nice too!

Happy Anniversary RodimusPrimal!!!!!!! :D Arcee has always been my favorite female Autobot. :)

Original Arcee IS the best! Happy anniversary, Rodimus! :)

I'm honestly torn between Prime's and G1's Arcee. They were both so good.

Arcee is one of my favorite characters

My favorite version of Arcee, is her G1 incarnation, and I'm excited that she's getting two new toy versions of herself. Oh, and by the way, Rodimus, Happy Anniversary, to you, and your wife.

I think prime arcee is more of a chromia then arcee but that's my opinion

Old Snake is Cobra Commander sounds hilarious if you're a metal gear fan. I always liked Arcee, she's cool.

Happy anniversary to you and your wife.

Arcee's role in G1 Season 3 and TF Prime became similar to G1 Bumblebee's. Her best iterations arguably were a main friend of a human child charcter who had the caring and compassion you alluded to..It worked well with both the kindest(G1) and toughest(TFP) versions of Arcee. TF Prime having each human paired closely with certain Autobots went all in on the concept and reflected the importance of the partnership. It was Nebulon/ Human - Transformer Headmaster like relationships between Raphael-Bumblebee, Miko-Bulkhead and Jack- Arcee minus transforming exosuits.. The iterations that went with human robot best friends just felt more like staying true to the old G1 Spike-Bumblebee days . Loved the retrospsctive! Happy 10th Mr and Mrs Rodimus Primal!

6:33 I always had the theory that Springer was killed during the heat plague for the US version or that he was killed during Scorponok coup for the Headmaster version, leaving her withour her love

Thank you for making me sit thru the horrifying corpses of Wheeljack and Windcharger again. I needed something to cry myself to sleep!

My favorite version of Arcee in the Transformers Franchise has to be G1.

I never realized that arcee was first introduced in the movie! she's such an iconic character that I just assumed she had been there since the beginning

So excited to get the Earthrise Arcee! I really hope we eventually see a re-release of her Prime incarnation since that’s my favorite version of her.

Megatron is Still Moron for keep Starscream Alive

Congratulations to both of you on your tenure anniversary, my wife and I are coming up on 7.5 years married! Another awesome and very thorough video!

Awesome video Rodimus this video was great and Arcee retrospective was awesome I leave a like Rodimus

I always liked her

Happy Anniversary, Rodimus! I wish you and Mrs. Primal many more years of love and happiness. TILL ALL ARE ONE!🥂🥂🥂🎂

@19:14 That’s so sweet! Happy Anniversary!

The G1 is my personal favorite too, I mean she was the first one that started it all and I like the prime version too, but I see her more as Chromia then Arcee.

Thanks, I always love good background stories on certain characters 👍

Obviously, G1 Arcee is the sweetest, the sharpest and the best! TF: PRIME Arcee is a close second, and her rivalry with Airachnid was the stuff of legend! The IDW version, however - though I love and respect Simon Furman - was the worst---psychopathic transgen Arcee was revolting. Still, I'm thankful for his U.K. comic representation of her, giving her much-needed love. And I'll always wish that Dreamwave hadn't gone under because I was aching to see where they would have gone with Arcee and the other fembots. I'm glad this retrospective was such a labour of love for you, Rodimus. Happy Anniversary to you and your wife! TILL TWO ARE ONE!! ❤❤

Happy anniversary, dude! Another great look into another great character 🤘😁🤘

Ah, Arcee. A very popular character that rarely gets handled well. I loved the Sunbow and Marvel G1 versions. Even to this day, I feel this is the best version of Arcee. And we should thank Ron Friedman for fighting for her inclusion in the movie. Although I felt most of the introduced characters were one-dimensional in the movie, the one without a toy actually had the most depth. I just love how friendly, kind and relatable she was. It's just whack that they put her original relationship with Hot Rod/Rodimus aside and had her hang out with Springer (again, I always felt Springer was a lame character). I feel the Rodimus/Arcee relationship is a lot more interesting and compelling (especially in the Marvel UK comics), whereas whenever she was with Springer, I was more focused on how Arcee had the better jokes than the lame-o Triple Changer. Space Pirates was always one of my favorite stories in the UK series, and the relationship between Roddy and Arcee was just perfectly handled in that. Headmasters was the first major downgrade in the show. She is just bland and didn't do anything at all. Extremely forgettable. I liked Dreamwave Arcee at first, but I really wasn't thrilled when she started hanging out with Springer. Energon Arcee was kinda okay, but a bit forgettable. TFA Arcee was a waste of a very good Susan Blu. She just does nothing other than be a glorified plot device. Movie Arcee was, once again, forgettable. IDW Arcee was the first of two Arcees that I absolutely hated. I just really disliked how she was handled in that one and it really left a bitter taste in my mouth. The TFP version... seriously, I hate her. I just felt her PTSD was handled pretty badly and her constant whining just made me dislike her a whole lot. I always found her insufferable and her emotional moments really felt incredibly tacked on and flat. I could go on talking about how much I hate this version, but I'll leave it at that. Cyberverse Arcee was fine... but I really felt she should have been Nautica instead. The whole partying attitude and youthful excitement really reminds me more of Nautica than Arcee. But even then, I like her and she is a close second to the G1 version, which is sad because it is the only version since the Sunbow and Marvel G1 ones that I've liked.

Happy Anniversary, and thank you both for your continued work!

i like the prime version of arcee, but the g1 is my favorite,perhaps they will do a mix of both in the next movie or the series after cyberverse .

Definitely excited for the Arcee Masterpiece, and hoping one day for a complete Masterpiece lineup of the "new generation" G1 characters (Springer, Blur, Kup, etc.) as the 1986 movie was the one that introduced me to the Transformers all those years ago. ALSO, happy 10th anniversary to you and your wife!

One of your best videos. And congrats to you both. Prime Arcee was great.

i agree completely. g1 arcee is my favorite version of the character as well and she was certainly a big step forward for the franchise.however, there is still one thing i find disappointing. most of the female characters we recognize today, such as arcee, chromia, firestar, moonracer, elita one and cybertron's override to name a few, are all autuobots. aside from various versions of blackarachnia and cybertron's thunderblast, there are almost no original female decepticon characters. considering that there are numerous examples of popular and iconic female villains throughout comics, film and television this is a concept that i personally would love to see more of in transformers and i think should be explored further in the franchise. but, "what do you think?"

Happy Anniversary guys. Awesome vid my dude.

Happy anniversary to the both of you and thank you for making this video on the iconic female autobot heroine.

Grats on spending ten good years and loved the Arcee/Springer thing. Have fun and make it another ten years. Also an interesting retrospective indeed.

7:22 The similarities with what would happen modern day is astounding. Was he trying to warn us?

I wanted to add that I love your content and that I hope you keep doing what you're doing. Happy anniversary!

One thing's first: congratulations on your anniversary. Like you, I like Arcee from the original cartoon, not only due to her caring and lovely personality, but also because of her lovely voice (much love to the voice actress, Susan Blu). I also love the bond she shared with Daniel (romantically?) by the time of the 'rebirth'. Love the character in the movie Bumblebee as well (which was considered to be a reboot of the movie franchise, although Hasbro and Paramount were reluctant to admit it at first). I hope to see more of her in the near future...

I looking forward to get Earthrise Arcee can't wait to get her.

But Kup and Hot Rod are outside of the city We can´t wait they´ll have to fend for themselves I love that part

Happy Anniversary to you and your wife my friend

Great video man, always enjoy these!

G1 is my favorite too. I love how many of her are out this year.

I loved the episode with Old Snake when I was a kid. It brought back the synthoids from G.I. Joe that actually scared me and gave me nightmares. Go figure.

Congrats on 10 years! Happy anniversary!

I have to say that I like your take on RC better that anyone else. You are thorough on the characters. Thanks.

Happy Anniversary guys.

Congrats on your 10 years of marriage! I always liked G1 Arcee. Im really looking forward to the 3rd party NICEE though controversial . I love the stylized look to it.

This is WAAAAAAAY late, but HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!! Great episode!!

Congratulations on your 10th wedding anniversary. It's cool you are able to include your wife in something that brings you joy...