Ghost in the Machine | Transformers: Generation 1 | Season 3 | E17 | Hasbro Pulse 

he would return centuries later possessing Waspinator in an episode of Beast Wars

@@skeaneable Whhhyyyyy everyone alwayzzz try to pozzezzz Wazzzpinator???

He still screams like a lil' b*tch tho

If Season 4 hadn't been cut short, he would have returned to cause more trouble.

@@lordblu4316 very interesting. I wonder if he'd be surprised and shocked to see Optimus prime came back too.

He was also the first voice of Montgomery burns

I not sure why

@@juandavidtirado954 what are you talking about me and bag were talking about chris latta

@Mercenary He was also in a couple of episodes of Married...With Children.

Damn the voice of Star scream is gone when?

Oh yes....

Megatron is much better.

@@gyelamagneechavez one of Megatron's commands? As transform.or die

Considering the previous episode they got back from a planet that tried to cure Galvatrons madness 😅

Well, he would know, wouldn't he?

Would've made a perfect meme.

@@williamcrowe2576 Actually its; BLAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

lol

That was one of his finest moments for sure pff.

When your parents see your room dirty after you said you cleaned it

my boy was whispering over and over please please please , when he heard unicron would give star scream his body back for his service

I am a casual Transformers fan and I never remembered anything of the episodes of this season. It got really wacky! Lol I grew up watching TF as a little kid but that was a long time ago. Im enjoying watching all the episodes here.

@@jamarmiller that's EXACTLY how I felt, and STILL feel, every time I watch it

Can you imagine how AWESOME Season 3 would have been with Starscream running around causing trouble, plotting mayhem, feuding with Cyclonus and trying to exact revenge on Galvatron??.

@@jonathonholifield3166 but then with him as a ghost in every episode. It would get stale pretty fast.

First, you 2 let Scourge and Starscream steal one of Trypticon's eyes. And then you 2 allowed Astrotrain to be used as their escape vehicle. So Scourge is helping Starscream voluntarily, and you 4 were unable to stop them. Well, all i can say is... RAAAGHGHGHG

Well... I would say Toei was too expensive than AKOM.

As do I.

Too be fair Galvatron is insane, and seems to be less smart than a dinobot.

@Track- lash the cons kicked the autobots asses the throttlebots, techno it's and punch was taken out Six shot took out the aerialbits the protectobots Was taken out it was dark

Starscream: "He's done more in two days than you have in TWO YEARS!"

@Track- lash That could be because the Matrix of Leadership brought back his sanity when Optimus used it to cure that madness plague.

sometimes i think galva/mega - tron was never REALLY a bad guy ... he s just there to keep the autobots busy and up to par so to speak ... if he d really had the chance to opress the universe he could not do it ... and that is the reason why he never went anywhere with his doings .... i mean he always complained about how weak the autobots are ...kinda drousy like a stoner

And I'm sure he would not be repaired

That's *exactly* what he means.

15:31 Good ear, Vicki. Also, check out how Scourge had to admit he actually doubted Unicron! Scourge is even the one in the Movie that had to remind Galvatron that "we belong to HIM!"

The sheer audacity of Starscream surpasses all imagination.

@@CasualNickname The original voice actor for Starscream just hits it there, especially when at 20:26 he just says "Do it yourself" and that was so Starscream attitude there.

Is it ironic that between em thrust ultra Magnus and starscream stopped unicron,I’ve always wondered what happened to trypticon when starscream left his body he was missing an eye surely he should have gone on a rampage like metroplex did

I had to look up Unicron's VA for the episode. Carmel sounds almost exactly like Welles. Not sure how much of that was his vocal impression vs. post-processing, but either way, WOW.

AGREED. Season 3 expanded the franchise instead of just simply being ok Earth all the time. Lots of space travel, aliens, in addition to new transformers. I never minded Season 3 at all with exception of a few episodes. 😎👍🏿

@@tenebrous-merciless.3962 i think season 3 is my favorite season actually. it has a very different and good vibe

@@dogma9609 I get it … most folks feel some type of way about Rodimus Prime. However besides that Season 3 had a crap ton more events going on in it. I forgot to mention the Quintessons as a 3rd element against the Autobots and Decepticons. Season 3 actually as well as the previous seasons. 😊

Agreed, season 3 is as good as other seasons but in its own ways. I first thought it's all serious and dark but the humorous touches are still there - this episode for example. I do miss Starscream and his sass though, wish he'd cause more headaches to Galvatron this season.

@@tenebrous-merciless.3962 , the only thing really bad about S3 was the sloppy third rate animation from Akom studios. the animation of season 2 was superior. many fans were turned off by this. and i get it. but as u said, it was far more expansive than the first 2.

I agree. I thought Powerglide died in the battle of Autobot city but turns out he didn't! so happy to see one of my fav characters still be alive.

(Galvatron) What happened back there!?

Looks like Unicron bet on the wrong pony. lol

Starscream has so many issues lol Hes great

I agree , My treacherous ex was like Starscream...

@@binki890 she sounds cool lol

He is best starscream

Possibly Galvatron saying ‘Trypticon had neutralised their weapons’ (‘their’ meaning Galvatron, Cyclonus and the Predacons’ weapons) was him merely making excuses that he didn’t care about ‘Unicron wanting Cybertron for his body’ (then again, Galvatron not caring could have been his insanity getting the better of him, which always happened, when, had Galvatron’s insanity been curable, of course he’d have cared, just like when he was his old self - Megatron, until the movie). The movie (Galvatron’s first appearance) is even the only time he ever was fully sane (him gaining his insanity, post-movie, after the length he spent, in the lava, on Thrull, after the fight he lost, in the movie, to Hot Rod, when he became Rodimus Prime, is how and why he went back to having Frank Welker as his voice actor, albeit with a completely different vocal style, to his Megatron voice). I’m aware Galvatron was quite sane in ‘The Ultimate Weapon’ (not counting his ‘bluff’); when the hate plague was cured, at the end of part 2, of the last season 3 (post-movie) episode (as well as the penultimate episode of the 80s G1 Transformers cartoon in the States) ‘The Return of Optimus Prime’, it additionally cured his insanity, but, by the three part episode ‘Headmasters’ (aka ‘The Rebirth’) [the only season 4, post-movie, episode, and, most of all, the last 80s G1 Transformers episode - at least in the States], his insanity quickly came back. I’ve seen the season 3 (post-movie) episode ‘Webworld’, meaning I’m aware that Galvatron’s insanity was just incurable.

Galvatron may have caught up with Starscream and finished him off. Don't forget, Starscream's ghost showed up in an episode of Beast Wars. Lol.

He died again and then became a ghost and possessed Waspinator in Beast Wars.

@@miyako1909 Obviously, Galvatron caught up with Starscream. He holds too much of a grudge to not have been considered the one who did it.

@@RDSArcade It would be absurd if we weren't because Galvatron was sent to therapy once demonstrating he's legitimately out of his mind to do something like that. What would have happened if the therapists decided to make him a rorschach test and one of the ink blots looks like a seeker?

You forgot Stan jones

@@chrisedwards3214 let's not forget him, that he also played the voice of Lex Luthor.

@@aaronbaker5887 Let us give them thanks for giving us our favorite cartoon and bringing our favorite characters to life.

Definitely@@detmstr341

​@@chrisedwards3214Forgot Ed Gilbert (Thrust's voice actor) too.

Yeah. They practically helped save Cybertron.

I always thought thrust was killed in the movie. I was confused when I saw him alive again... 💀

@@EliElijah-gh1ft probably one of the generics that were incorrectly colored like him.

😂😂😂

😂😂😂 hypocrite

It's only Shockwave was here

I love rewatching them again and I'm 51

how? I saw it once when it aired but we never got re-runs too often.

Yea me too 80s kid here

*Galvatron punches Cyclonus*

What did you expect? He got stronger and more ruthless when Unicron gave him that body to begin with.

Megatron did it too. He would threaten to destroy anyone that failed him but in the end he would give them a chance to redeem themselves in some way. The bad guys always rule through fear and intimidation. If they are not respected for being the strongest and most powerful they lose credibility as a leader because the decepticons believe in might = right. If you are more powerful than the guy you take orders from then you can challenge them to a fight and prove you are the better leader by demonstrating that you can beat them up. Only the strong should survive and the weak are given subordinate jobs. Since Megatron is both intelligent as well as powerful nobody dares to stand up to him. The fusion cannon is very powerful plus he is cunning enough to have soundwave act as his personal spy to listen in on his men for evidence of conspiracy. (it's not just physical intimidation but the idea that soundwave is always there breathing down the necks of everyone to dob them in)

@@UToobUsername01 Soundwave had spies ravage and ratbat was the sneakily and laserbeak and buzzsaw was sneaky Reflector could take pictures

@@chrisedwards3214 He is basically the most hated and most relied upon decepticon. Without him megatron probably couldn't keep tabs on his decepticons to ensure they were not plotting to assassinate him while his back was turned. And he is also hated due to not having any plan of his own ie if megatron falls he isn't going to show much respect for a weak leader who no longer intimidates the other decepticons. Soundwave is essentially viewed by everyone else (other than his own cassette minions) as a teacher's pet with no original idea of his own. People that are "yes men" in businesses are always sucking up to the boss for brownie points and it makes sense why he would be hated (nobody trusts him to be friends) and respected (the high status of being close to megatron and trusted) at the same time.

Probaly why screamer was so loud and bold when plotting against megs he knew Soundwave could read minds and he knew laserbeak was always spying why hide his true feelongs

Yes - Starscream was aware of what would happened, had Unicron gotten a body, hence tricked Unicron after getting his body (and said to Unicron ‘do it yourself!’, followed by Starscream laughing - even Starscream knew what Unicron was like, especially when Unicron even killed two Decepticons, back in the movie, hence were never seen again thereafter, in season 3 - Shockwave and Reflector) [even the Autobots felt sorry for Shockwave and Reflector, hence, both in the movie, and this episode, the Decepticons had to befriend the Autobots, against Unicron, when even Decepticons, even if they’re conquerors, care about Cybertron].

Don't forget Jazz and the Dinobots. As well as Perceptor and the Airelbots that form Superion,

@@jakekaufman8302 hellyeah, same for Protectobots, Blaster, Soundwave, Astrotrain, etc. I wish they had shown the pre-movie characters a little more in Season 3. I know they were only supposed to be pushing the 1986 toy line but still...

They should have thrown jazz in the background

classic Starscream😔

"Passes? I don't have to show you no stinking passes"

Don't forget that thunder cats had the good guys laughing at the end too. What is your opinion of that?

@@jakekaufman8302 As I say, it was a feature of cartoons throughout the 80s and it really dates them. It's like titles sequences from drama series from the 70s where the cast members have to smile at the camera when their credit is on the screen, or gameshows where all the contestants have to wave goodbye to the audience as the closing credits start to roll, which was still happening frequently as late as the 1990s. It makes viewers cringe today. I was always a bit lukewarm about Thundercats anyway, but the end-on-a-laugh feature was a real turn-off, yes. The worst for it though was definitely MASK. I think only about two episodes from its first season didn't end on a forced laugh.

@@martinodoni8943 The 80s also had the public service announcement. Mr T from the A Team would always lecture kids about something to make sure parents saw the popular character as a good role model to society and not be a bad influence. Nobody cares about that anymore and society has become evil. Liberals have placed feminist propaganda in everything now. (see the new He-man netflix show to understand what I mean - the fans of the original cartoon from the 1980s were pissed)

@@UToobUsername01 that's basically what remakes and reboots do. Make changes that piss off fans who grew up with the originals. Especially us who grew up in the 80's.

I know right? But this episode was jam packed with Autobots and Decepticons.

Actually Hound is still Alive. He showed up in Headmasters which was after the movie. Still a majority of 84 cars left.. Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, Hound, Showed up in headmasters. along with the 87 crew. Tracks was there too. I Strange I saw prowl & Bluestreak in headmasters. But then again the magnaboss maximals are suppose to be G1 Ironhide.Silverbolt & prowl. In new bodies.

I agree. Old Screamer is my favourite Decepticon

Absolutely yes, the 3rd season sucks! the comeback of starscream, optimus prime and the appearance of cobra commander was the Best.

@@luisortizsolorzano5109 Cobra commander!?? What episode was that!??

@@ricalvear6829 The episode where the main Autobots were turned human. The evil mastermind in disguise was actually Cobra Commander.

@@ricalvear6829 'Only Human.' There's a guest bad guy in it called 'Old Snake,' but it's quite clear from the way Chris Latta performs him that it's meant to be a then-future incarnation of CC. He even cries out, "COOOOOOOBRA!!!" (albeit with an old man's cough) at the episode's conclusion.

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Galvatron: Deceptacons....TRANSFORM!!!!!!!!

My favourite exchange of the episode

He sure did a good job filling Orson Welles' shoes after he passed away right after the movie was filmed.

Don't forget revenge of bruticus as well. Plus the fact that his spark is immortal. That says it all.

Galvatron's hatred of Starscream must have enhanced his auto repair systems. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I would imagine that neutralize isn't a long term state 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Imagine if Optimus prime had to come up with a plan to stop Unicron. (Not counting when his spirit was in the matrix at the end of the movie). Since Optimus already emptied the matrix to cure the universe of the hate plague, if Unicron came back then, the whole universe would be fucked as we know it.

Unicron was killed in grimlocks new brain

@@jakekaufman8302one script was to have Optimus unleash the matrix in the movie and he dies while hot rod becomes rodimus Optimus was planned to die in the Unicron battle but it was changed into what we saw

The final episode to feature Unicrron was Grimlock's new brain. He came to for a few minutes then Strafe disabled his brain.

I don't think that would've been a good idea. Thanks to the flood of new toys that needed plugging, there were waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many characters in Rebirth as it was, with none of them getting any focus or development as a consequence. Trying to crowbar Starscream back in on top of all that would have derailed the story entirely.

You can still hear Starscream's voice in head master Krunk. Who is the head of Snapdragon. At least briefly.

Lol..you nailed it dude.

Galvatron is to mighty to be possessed. Hence, why he possessed a lower level decepticon.

Starscream wanted to rule the decepticons in his image not someone else

Maybe Galvatron is too insane for him to possess

Definitely. I could watch this over and over and never get sick of it.

And Starscream in beast wars might be from BEFORE he appeared in season 3 (from a timeline perspective)

I agree 👍💯%.. I wish they would 😔 make a new Animated movie 🎥. You don't need humans around. Just Cybertons doing there own thing..

@@shadowr2d2 You could, but this show would definitely need some of the old supporting human cast like Spike. Plus, I don’t mind most of the main human characters from the first two seasons like the aforementioned Spike, Sparkplug and Carly.

I want a remake of the Headmasters series, but better this time.

The problem here, though, is that Season 4 - regardless of Japanese or US - ruined that peace. Without any part of season 4, you'd have no Headmasters.

@@athlonen You can just forget it and just follow it up where Season 3 leaves off. Whether entirely successful or not, plenty of recent legacy sequels/reboots intentionally forget the more unpopular entries with the exception ones that are generally considered good (Halloween 2018 or some of the recent Terminator flicks).

No shit Sherlock.

Damn right, it's no shit. However, Rodimus assumed that the eyes were destroyed in the explosion, and that was just his poor judgment to not have a team actually go determine and if possible retrieve them.

@@tonesdad0408 Shit? No shit. Where see shit? /your 80's abuse for the day

No, but given he can't do anything without someone to connect his head to a new body it's unlikely Unicron would be a threat ever again unless someone else is gullible enough to make a deal with him.

@@bob1986 Unicron is still alive, he just doesn't have means the means to handle or travel. Strange that he can create or change physical form, but he just can't create life itself. He should still be able to make his means, you'd think. I'd wonder if it's an energy issue, if we didn't know any better, but he seems to stills has gobs of the stuff.

Actually that is one of those opps moments. Starscream never died after Unicron gave him a new body.

@@Adam-ln4og is it ever stated what happens to him after this episode

@@potato4901 No! No mention of Starscream or what happened to him after this episode.

@@potato4901 He certainly never makes another appearance in G1. The Beast Wars story 'Possession' brings back his ghost to take control of Waspinator, but we're not sure if that story is set 'after' this episode in Starscream's personal timestream, or before it.

Well Trypticon's security systems won't be triggered by another Deception.

Guess he likes face as preferable look. If he keeps his body he keeps his name he wants to rule his image

That's awesome 🤣🤣

He was originally meant to be a Decepticon and the Predacons were meant to be called the Anibots. Some design elements slipped through even after they decided to switch them out.

Just Like Old Times

Not until Beast Wars anyway.

First megatron is reborn as Galvatron, then unicron revived the air commander Starscream and now Optimus Prime came back from the dead.

Last time they was seen too

And it could’ve started with Starscream’s ghost coming through a portal, implying this is after he was blasted back into the present in beast wars.

Galvatron had a new lover cyclonus who was willing to obey him

@@chrisedwards3214 new lover. Lmao that's funny. As if soundwave wasn't enough of a loyal suck up.

Yeah he did

Absolutely! We never found out what became of Starscream or where he landed.

@@steelman4ever his spark just floated helplessly through space until he came back to possess waspinator in beast wars.

That could have happened no telling what they had plans for the possibilities

Hey, it's Rodimus. He's about as bright as a dollar-store light bulb.

@@phillipwattsjr.4714 isn’t that double insulting him?

Yep, this techno version of the transformers theme is the best. I especially love it when we see Unicron's head being formed at the beginning of the intro.

And/or dead again. (as at least one of Galvatron's blasts hit him)

20:06 Starscream is the worst

The scale was way off though. Unicron's head should have been far bigger in this episode.

Unusual for Cyclonus to initially defend Scourge, but, shortly, even he thinks Scourge is a traitor to the Decepticons (I’m aware not all five Predacons are in this episode, but at least the gestalt Predaking isn’t - the only gestalt I like is Devastator, who’s formed by the Constructicons) [in that, when the ghost of Starscream enters Scourge’s body, it makes Scourge shoot the Predacons, making Galvatron think Scourge additionally tried to kill him - exactly what leads to Galvatron, and especially the Predacons, thinking Scourge is a traitor to the Decepticons, in this episode]. When the ghost of Starscream takes Scourge to the head of Unicron, and Galvatron wants Scourge brought back to Chaar, why does Cyclonus think he should the one to bring Scourge back, and not the Predacons? (needless to say, I mean why does Cyclonus think the Predacons shouldn’t be the ones to bring Scourge back?)

That's what I thought too