KITT Flunks His Test | Knight Rider 

I love how KITT is everyone at once. He's a wide-eyed innocent kid, a grumpy old man, a veteran with PTSD and most of all a great friend. How is it possible to feel so much for what is essentially just a voice. William Daniels will forever be a legend.

To this day, K.I.T.T being dumped into that acid is the most heartbreaking scene I’ve ever watched. Seeing him literally destroyed like that was so devastating for me as a kid growing up. To me, K.I.T.T isn’t just a car and a computer. He’s like a person and a friend. Even though he was hurt, I believe this made him grow and be even better. To me, K.I.T.T will always be the greatest car of all time.

1:47 jesus that moment kitt says ta-da-aaa was soo cute

KITT puts on a brave face, but he's really so scared inside. I can tell. It reminds me of some private moments I've had with my own car. She's proud, but sometimes she needs encouragement. That Trans Am was a great actor.

You clearly can see the pain in his face, as he watched K.I.T.T. struggling around the course.

To this day this is one of my favourite episodes in the series. It shows not only that KITT is like a person when he's hurt, but his friendship with Michael has become so close.

It's at that point I knew as a kids that K.I.T.T. was more than a machine that his computer program developped a soul. It was at that moment I knew K.I.T.T. was no more but Kitt rose to became his own thing a living being in a shape of Trans-Am ♥

Not gonna lie, as a kid this episode hit me right in the feels. I wasn't willing to accept that this was the end of the road for KITT.

The moment they realize KITT was, in simple terms, scared and afraid but trying to act brave to hide it, was very heartbreaking. Not so much for their realization, but for KITT himself to be under such condition. Even though he's basically just a machine with a built-in highly advanced computer onboard. That AI has far more personality and emotions than most human beings, so it is really easy to sympathize with him.

KITT is like very human like here....he's been hurt from the acid pit, and fears being hurt again so he goes through the course haphazardly.

Knowing Dr. Von Vorman was right about KITT's new fear, Michael still stood up for him and said he was capable of recovering. That's a friend.

I remember the scene where KITT was dumped into the toxic waste. It actually made me cry.

Michael: 'the world's greatest automobile!' Herbie: hold my Castrol.

Michael: "KITT, back before we met. Back when I was Michael Long...(scoffs) what am I telling you this for huh, you already know the story. But maybe you don't know all of it. When I was shot, for weeks after that.. everytime headlights went by or someone lit a match, I'd flinch." KITT: "How did you overcome it?" Michael: "I didn't. It overcame itself. All I did was refuse to give into it and do what I knew had to be done."

The fact that they were able to repair him to this point from almost nothing left but an empty shell and a few memory bank chips tells me they shouldn’t have given up on KITT so easily.

To see KITT face his vulnerable side, it shows he has failings and weaknesses as a human being to deal with a serious injury or adversity for you to rise up and conquer your limits.

no one ever seems to have their mind blown by the fact KITT is basically a fully sentient very intelligent entity with a fully formed personality of like and dislikes. He's basically a human with cars body and a computers computaional speed and in real life some 30 odd years later we're just barely beginning to create AI and it's not one fraction as devoloped as KITT.

I'm so glad I own a 1988 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am! This is such a great show and KITT is awesome! :)

Everyone needs a car like a kitt in their life

When he blew fire he should’ve said “oh, excuse me” 😂😂

“I have been poked, prodded, and violated” 😏

That Michael's "i wouldn't miss it for the world" is just means so much that michael cares kitt a lot

During my child hood I wish I could have a car like kitt But still now it's my dream In 2020 Who else agree Hit like...

My heart broke for KITT when he wasn't feeling well..

KITT is the Knight Rider car no matter however many times he gets destroyed he'll always come back

Michael: Very fine automobile?! KITT is the world's greatest automobile! What are you gonna do? Turn him into a golf-kart?

I have been poked, prodded and violated!! FRRRTTTT!! Oh, my!! What the hell did they do to poor Kitt?!

Without a doubt, one of the best episodes if not the best episode of Season 3.

4:14 For a minute there, KITT was confused. He must of thought he was a Fiero (fire joke).

This was my favorite episode but now that I'm 40 years old they talked to him like if he's a real patient he's hurt..lol

K.I.T.T. in the acid pit. Artax in the Swamp of Sadness. The mental and emotional resilience we developed because of great writing and plot in the 80s. Plus, I think this scene at least implies that K.I.T.T.'s AI gained some form of sentience unless it's just that human habit of giving such qualities to things with a personality.

Great episode, just goes to show you that even back then things were that advanced that even computerised talking fictional cars had a soul, sort of, KITT was more than a molecular bonded shell, diodes and AI software. KITT was and is the best 👍

This was... This is... Old but Gold!

KITT with the primer looks out of shape, I feel bad for him. He’s scared as he should, he got rocked. But I’m glad Michael pushed him, everyone needs a good friend to be honest with them, and he got KITTs confidence back.

I wish I was born in the 80’s just to see this show live

1:26 You know, while "Junk Yard Dog" and "Knight of the Drones" are both great episodes, I often feel KITT sinking in acid could've happened at the start of Season 3, leading to his dashboard upgrade. KITT sinking with his old dash disintegrating would've felt like a tragic loss after being associated with it in Seasons 1 & 2. Then of course introduce his new dash when he's being recreated and restored. Sometimes feel that would've been a better cause for KITT's dash upgrade than a missile fired up his exhaust in "Drones". But hey, I still enjoy these episodes as they are. Was just merely thinking 'what if' :)

They made the mistake of using what would later become Tesla self-driving technology. Luckily they switched back to Knight Industries tech and KITT was back to his old self.

This episode was my favourite in the series...

KITT: Michael! I'm so glad to see you! I have new diodes, and circuit-boards.

I am 35 years old I still enjoy this show just like I did when I was a kid.What I love about Knight Rider is how Kitt became more human as the show progressed much like Robot B9 in Lost in Space he became more human like with feelings that’s what I love about these shows along with the action and story 😀.

KITT's issue was not having enough useless blinking things on & around him in the lab

Still entertaining..... it was a masterpiece ahead of its times...... missing everything

It seems like when i see this i get a depressed feeling until Michael turns it around and saves his best pal KITT then a good feeling arouses .

Around 40 years old but still classic TV. Managed to get the 4 seasons on dvd.

this is not only an episode of knight rider, thia is also to show how hard the process of change can be for a person, kitt is that person.

I was correct with "16" and "Helena." KITT lost me after that. LOL

KITT looks surprisingly sharp in white

The moment Michael took command and Bonnie joined him was highly underrated!!!!

You can forgive kITT this one big time because he was hurt like nothing else that had happened to him. Considering all the incredible things kITT was able to do. Really wish the series didn't finish.

KITT looks like a ghost with the white paint.

KITT: Maybe they should tow me back to...

"I have been poked, prodded and violated" It sounds like KITT would have been in jail or something.

At this point it's more of a psychological issue than any computer or mechanical one. Though it's funny seeing KITT blowing out fire like he just drive-thru ordered Taco Bell, lol

When i first saw when I was a young I saw kITT like this my heart went out to him.

I keep seeing this episode everytime on TV Hits and felt Michael's anger and loved it.

This deserved to be a 2-hour episode. Also, I read somewhere, this particular car was the car they used to become the Super Pursuit Mode car. Not sure how true that is.

Just got the entire 4 seasons in the mail this morning, thank goodness it is a rainy day. Watching season 1 now!

I have all four seasons on Blu-Ray. Watching it now it seems like every season someone tries to destroy KITT.

Loved this show back in the 80s! I’m so close to pulling the trigger on the blu-ray box set, but am holding out for a sale.

I felt really sorry for KITT.

In this episode, Kit teaches history to a young kid skipping class. This reminded me of Bill and Ted and also back to the future when Kit calls the kid chicken.

I love that KITT asked Michael to be at his test run. It was nice Michael said he wouldn't miss it for the world, after all he let KITT die in a vat of acid.

Michael mentions to KITT his experience he had before they met shot in the face to help KITT before going after Byrock

" Acording to my calculations". My first intellectual phrase. The first time I consider college.

KITT: Can Michael Jackson moonwalk?

4:15 BURN BABY BURN!!!

How many great lessons that series taught us back in the '80s regarding AI!

One of my childhood hero .

My favourite episode of all four seasons without a doubt.

Michael knew kitt better than the guys that built him if Wilton knight had been alive he would have told them get kitt right

Michael in this episode: *"you should never fear KITT, that's not a life worth living"* Michael in the Scent of Roses: *"yeah bye I'm scared of being killed everything I told KITT IS bogus I'm a hypocrite I know bye lol"*

Season 3 .... Knightrider! Love it. 😍👍

I love kitt but at the last part his in pain when his fire came on and that was so bad i can feel kitt pain how bad that hurts but thank god Michael was there to fix that problem with kitt❤

This is in the top 5 episodes easily. Great stuff

"Maybe they should tow me" A tow truck would have been a huge insult to the old KITT

Michael and KITT are my heroes ❤️

I like how an obviously serious mechanical issue causing a fireball is pooh-poohed by Michael as KITT just needing to get in shape.

I love Kitt

Random fact. William Daniels (the voice of KITT, 94 and still going btw) only agreed to the show if the mechanic who worked on him could be named after his wife. That's why she is called Bonnie after Bonnie Bartlett.

So… nobody’s going to talk about how sick Kitt actually looks in all white..?

Love KITT ❤️❤️

Ahhhh the good ol 80s proud to say I was born that decade n can't say the same for most cars or shows from the 80s but the trans am and Knightrider were some of the best ones out there

i have always loved the night rider theme song

Between the General Lee and KITT, I learned to humanize cars and see them other than machines. lol

I remember that, "TARAAAH" phrase when he uttered it on his first test run, this episode is such a memory in my head.

The driver in the car had a little too much to drink. Its not KITT's fault. He wan in manuel mode.

Did anyone notice a cone fell already in the timestamp 2:06

KITT: A little rusty, but not bad. Eh, Michael?

KITT must have ate some spicy gasoline, he farted fire.

2:44 Good thing we replaced the school children with cones.

Afterci saw this episode, I used to call KITT the Light Rider, because of the Primer

Not gonna lie, this episode confused me. For a number of reasons... After his acid dip, there was NOTHING left but a shell. Nothing at all. There was nothing to start over with. Nothing left inside of the car even resembled KITT. It also happened in the middle of a season. Typically, when something this catastrophic would happen to KITT, it was a season opener. A better budget could have been used had it been a season opener. But, regardless, Junk Yard Dog was still a great episode and one of my Top 10 favorite episodes of KR.

Thanks for informed

thats what makes this show so good you know kitt is strong but kitt can get damaged and destroyed

Awesome me to had Knight Rider on dvd.😊👍

KITT: Oh! Oh my!

KITT definitely had PTSD, he looked so pale

I love this show, and seeing it as a kid it was sooo awesome but let me say mind out: for an (supposedly) indestructible car KITT sure got destroyed and damaged easily. When i saw him being dipped to the acid I thought - surely he has some turboboosters or some microjam to prevent him from beind dipped. But he got dipped and I was sad and pissed at the same time. It was kind of a let down, i felt he could have escaped somehow. Rocket boosters, harpoon and winch maybe? And that's not the only episode, where i felt that. He had been tampered with and whatever multiple times. For an top secret project he had surprisingly bad security for one- like not noticing "Bonnie" doing harmful things or whatever it might have been in a particular episodes. And molecular shell composition being stolen... list goes on and on. I realize those were plot requirements. Obviously if KITT had been indestructible, then there would have been no danger of him destroyed in many episodes. He would have TuboBoosted straight through Goliath and others just like that. But that for one would't have worked well now wouldn't it.

This show looks awesome! 😎 Can't wait for the release date 📅 hopefully 🔜 eager to see it. Also, the Hi-Tech looks great! 😃👍💯

You bet!!!! Lets put Kitt into shape!!!!