The Golden Lagoon | Transformers: Generation 1 | Season 2 | E27 | Hasbro Pulse 

Megatron-"SHOW NO MERCY!" Starscream-"Did we ever?" Love that little exchange.

The one episode that they are almost GUARANTEED not to have any animation errors, because EVERYONE IS THE SAME COLOR.

After all these years, this episode ending still haunts me. The melancholy "We won." is one of the most rememberable lines in any children's cartoon.

6:48 Starscream: Personally I need proof. Megatron: Personally I don't care what you need.😆

I love that somber ending. All of the Autobots are celebrating victory except for the one that saw the Golden Lagoon as a place of beauty and tranquility, not just a strategic asset. I wish that Beachcomber's final scene would've been a second or two longer...

An episode where you get a glimpse of what happened to Cybertron.

"We won..." An example of a phyrric victory

Lesson learned: No victory comes without a price.

The final scene wasn't lost on me back when I was a child watching this in the 80's. The message was loud and clear.

This is certainly one of the most mature episodes of the entire franchise. Victory at a heavy cost, a message about war and destroying the environment, and only one lone bot to mourn for the animals and the loss of their home. Behind the show’s goofy and silly exterior lies a serious message.

One of the standouts of the show, not only for coming out during the more standalone, toyetic Season 2, but also for having a surprisingly sophisticated episode for this era of children’s television.

15:03 The moment Soundwave became "The man with the Golden Gun!"

I feel bad for Beachcomber. The way he said, “We won,” was so sarcastic after seeing the aftermath of the animal’s home. He was sad that they survived and kept their home but the animals lost theirs.

For G1 this is actually a very sophisticated episode full of themes and good moral lessons for children. This is the type of stuff they should've really done more of

Love how sarcastic Omega Supreme is. "Information unnecessary. Results disappointing." Oh Omega. 😆

11:32 I love how sunstreaker is so shock that he just talks normally, like the va just broke character for that take lmao

I just like how the Autobots run towards the Golden Lagoon excitedly or how the Decepticons are hanging around in it like it's a pool party 😂

Despite the bittersweet ending, if there were a moment that happened after the episode, I'm sure Optimus would tell a mourning Beachcomber that they'll do wat they can to restore the nearly destroyed forest. Plant new trees, refurbish the land and watever else. For the Electrum, it's hard to say if any more would even come back in a new lagoon, unless it's from a source outside of Earth. Either way, if this all were to happen, the forest restored and the animals returning, it's likely Optimus would make sure this area of paradise would remain hidden from everyone for the animals to live in peace, and to sugarcoat it more, because why not, a new source of Electrum would start to develop where the original, and now bigger, lagoon was.

Beach Comber really became a Disney princess at the start of this episode

I know optimus prime is gentle but beach comber is one of THE MOST GENTLE autobots out there.

Loved the ending for this episode with Beachcomber as it was very bittersweet, the Autobots won the battle but at a heavy price, it really sent a powerful message that no matter how many times victories, there will always be casualties.

One has to wonder how deep that Golden Lagoon was if Omega Supreme was able to hide in it.

Easily a top 5 episode of the series. Beyond the messaging, I freaking love when Omega Supreme gets involved both times. Once his confidence does nothing and he gets his ass handed to him. Then when he comes out of the pond and annihilates everyone, that's epic.

“We Won” 😢

When I was a child I saw all the G1 episodes multiple times but the "we won" at the end is one of the moments I recall most vividly.

Fun fact: electrum is a real thing and it's a mixture of gold and silver which is brought up at 0:50. I'm pretty sure it doesn't make robots invincible to lasers though.

This was one of my favorite episodes as a kid.

2:45 “How do I say ‘It’s a beautiful day?’” Simple. It’s “Zip a dee do da zip a dee ay.”

Starscream: personally i need proof. Megatron:personally i dont care what you need. Megatron always has the best comebacks😂

I felt everything beachcomber did. Depressed me to see how traumatized the animals were.

One of the most impactful episodes ever. Such heavy messaging for little ones back then.

16:31 Somewhere just off-screen, an X-Wing can briefly be heard flying by & firing it's lasers.

This is the only episode I fully remember from being a kid. Omega Supreme was so awesome!

For a cartoon this was close to home. Nothing ever good comes from war. Makes you really think how human can destroy everything they touch. So sad 😞

This might be one of the only two G1 episodes made me sad back then. The only other one is the death of Optimus after he pulled himself out of Quintessons' control, made Rodimus a Prime again, and died by crashing his ship into the space fortress of Quitessons, with his body already possibly in the worst shape it can be. And both episodes sadden when I review them. For the first one, we all know life do not come back on Earth, and how difficult and time-consuming it is to restore nature's beauty and vitality. For the second, now I know Quintesson can literally predict almost all transformers' behavior, yet Optimus Prime becomes the one they expect the least. So, Optimus is truly the living proof of how Transformers become free from their creators.

Blitzwing against warpath... Why didn't we get more of that?

8:02 this scene made me die of laughter lol

Y’all are goats for uploading the full episodes

Beachcomber: "Oh my bum-bum-da-doo-boo it's paradise."

9:10 Mirage was here since the beginning of the episode.

"Just shoot at the whole cloud, he's in there somewhere!" and with that Megatron points out who completely useless Smokescreen is

I loved this episode because the first Transformers I bought were all there, Warpath, Seaspray, Blitzwing, Powerglide :-)

I've always loved this episode, after about 27 years I still remember the last line.

21:56 yes...but the victory held a heavy price tag.

This episode is very bittersweet to me. The care Beachcomber has for the place and the animals. Just to have it get destroyed before his eyes. I'm sure a part of him wishes he never even found the place. This episode shows that nothing is without consequences. War is not without consequences.

So this was a sophisticated episode with a strong message... ...Are there any other stand-out episodes in G1 like this?

I never thought the parakeet at 2:34 would get an official toy, but here we are!

I love how this episode ends, no “all the animals got out safe”, no “we can restore this place”, no “look on the bright side…”, just “we won” and a shot of the destroyed environment.

Regardless of ones political persuasion: this is genuinely one of the most thought provoking and well thought out episodes. It was a perfect allegory of the Cold War at its height; illustrating that even the good guys commit sins and leave scars. I was about 8 or 9 when this originally aired and it summed up the end days of the cold war so beautifully. Funny how after all these years how Transformers and GI Joe are still relevant. It goes to show how good story telling, characterization and looking at an issue from a universal point of view, as opposed to an ideological one, is timeless. The morally and creatively bankrupt scum in Hollywood these days could learn a thing or two from this. Hollywood thinks changing gender or skin color of an existing character in a reboot is creative. It is not. These cartoons were brilliant in focusing on personality and inner conflict, as this episode beautifully demonstrated.

I like Omega's confidence: "Failure impossible".

Thought provoking ending.

6:49 Starscream: Personally i need Proof! Meanwhile Thrust Standing there like : Am i a Joke to you?! xDDD

This was the saddest episode of the Transformers. 😢😢😢

This show is a masterpiece

The little things you don't pay attention to as a child, Starscream plugging his nose before diving into the energy lake.

Poor Beachcomber, he is so sad about the Destruction of this wonderful Glen! Poor Animals!

I would like to think that the Autobots came back and reforest that place.

7:24 starscream holded his nose as if the transformers have lungs

Starscream: "Personally, I need proof." Megatron: "Personally, I don't care what you need!" Just such a great exchange.

Im convinced Allen ophhenheimet was high when he played warpath, beachcomber and seaspray

The distruction of the forest because of their fighting....

The Real Victory is to not let the War to happen

This episode in a nutshell: damn the fighting, take a break and everybody dive hard in the pool!

I'm sure it's not only Beachcomber who felt sad, the others may too, just because they didn't show it directly doesn't mean they don't care, they are glad that further damage could be avoided though the price is heavy. besides the Autobots are those family who willing to lend their shoulder and ear, by that alone is enough to tell an extra story if Beachcomber want to do save the forest, he can call upon the Autobots to help him

8:02 me and my friends playing a new game and testing if friendly fire is on

Beachcomber: _Watches his companions fight an electrum-coated Thrust and runs off_ Beachcomber (10 minutes later): "No, it's not possible! They found the golden lagoon!"

At 11:25, how could Sunstreaker have positively identified Starscream? He, Skywarp, and Thundercracker only differ in color normally, and now all of them are gold from head to toe. For that matter, is it just me, or does *nobody* notice that the Decepticons are all yellow? I'd think that would be something a character would mention ...

The power of that P38 versus Omega Supreme! Always a treat, whenever my boy Megs would transform into that gun!

Omega coming out of the lagoon was awesome!!

This episode is the reason why I like beachcomber

One of my favorite g1 episodes. Love the music during the last battle

One of my first transformer toys was the G2 chrome green Beachcomber, so the little geologist holds a special place in my heart.

Someday someone will find a way to make Golden Lagoon Omega Supreme work.

Lol. I think you guys all missed it. Starscream was holding his nose when taking the plunge.

“Results disappointing” Omega Supreme is so funny

Who needs Francisco Scaramanga when Megatron can be and is the Golden Gun himself

Throughout the decades since this was first shown, Megatron's phrase has stuck with me... well, almost. He says, "If we can't have it, nobody can!" - I long misremembered it as "If *I* can't have it... " Either way, it's the sociopathic politician way of doing things that has caused this phrase to echo through my mind, waiting for the next tin-pot dictator who's willing to destroy his people and his country (and maybe the whole world) if he can't hold onto power, or big business leaders who're willing to throw everything away that's decent in the world, just for a few more bucks. Thus, either way... none of us, I think, will have won.

Good episode but they should've worked Devastator into this. Then there could be a huge fight between him and Omega Supreme. The one in "The Secret of Omega Supreme" wasn't all that great.

At least, in the much later movie (aired post-season 2), the Decepticons are, finally, shown to be not as bad as they were initially thought to be (when Unicron transforms to terrifying giant robot mode, which even terrifies Galvatron, especially after Unicron says about ‘Cybertron’s dismemberment’). I’d have loved seeing Galvatron being the one who rescued Spike (who was now an adult), and Bumblebee and Jazz & Cliffjumper, from getting dropped into Unicron’s acid vat, by transforming to laser cannon mode and blasting the acid vat cover (especially when Hot Rod and Galvatron were going to be allies against Unicron). This could have (I mean in a good way) led Galvatron to feel upset about all the things he did (as his old self - Megatron) to the Autobots, like the ending to this episode (and other season 2, pre-movie, episodes, like ‘Kremzeek’).

Cool to see at 19:13 the five 2007 movie autobots standing together

One of my all time favourite episodes!

This is one of the highlights of the show; along with other episodes of this specific time in the second season, this story crafts a heart touching environmental message that has influenced me at a very young age. Thank you and cheers from Israel 🇮🇱

--''Personally, i need proof'' --''Personally, i don t care what you need'' 😆

I know everyone is taking away the "price of war" message, but I honestly feel like there's a deeper meaning that really requires you to put yourself in Beachcomber's place. He was the one who wanted to protect the glen, but he failed. In that regard, I feel that Beachcomber blamed himself more than he did anyone else. He was probably speculating what he could have done differently to have better protected the glen. Now, let's be honest; there was nothing Beachcomber could have done to prevent Thrust from discovering the lagoon; it just plain happened too fast for him to react. Still, things might have gone differently had he not tried to keep it a secret from his fellow Autobots. On the one hand, he did what he thought was right at the time, worrying that the Autobots would want to use the Electrum for the war effort. On the other hand, this shows that he didn't have good faith in his friends and comrades. In the end, he directed them to the lagoon anyway; knowing that they'd all be destroyed without the Electrum. Ultimately, I feel it was a mistake for Beachcomber to try to protect the glen by himself. Protecting the environment simply isn't something that one person can do alone; it takes multiple people, and I mean, come on! Optimus is understanding; he would have heard him out. It wouldn't have guaranteed the survival of the glen, but it might have given it a chance. The Autobots might have been able to get there before the Decepticons had a chance to coat themselves in the Electrum and make a stand to protect the place. Don't get me wrong; Beachcomber obviously felt that it wasn't fair that the glen suffered because of their conflict, and frankly he's right. Still, I can't help but feel he felt some personal guilt for being unable to keep the place safe.

Remember Kids. When great power becomes great responsibility. The Decepticons fought they have the advantage to end the War with the Autobots, by using the golden lagoon, which puts all of nature at risk. So they ended up destroying it, which is for the best.

Loved how the lagoon was big enough to fit omega supreme, but when it was destroyed, it was barely the size of a swimming pool.

Funniest part of this episode? Omega Supreme comes bursting out of the lagoon, but after the Decepticons blow it up, it was only like 10ft deep lol.

18:25 Seekers had it with his BS speeches LOL

Beachcomber: We Won (Mind: but at what Cost) (Beachcomber look at the Destroyed Valley)

16:39 playing in the golden pool

Omega Supreme coming out of the lagoon going GOD mode

6:26 Skywarp was sick that day so his stunt double had to act in his place.

14:27 that's where bay got the idea to have lockdown his face turned to a turret, in the age of extinction...... Well, by the way, Omega Supreme had to turn his head 180 degrees for that?!

Bitter sweet ending.

20:13 is like they are having a fun !!

19:43 StarScream knew out that the autobots lefted! I like how StarScream became so Frustrated about the Dummies 😅

I heard Seaspray's voice and thought "That's Alan Oppenheimer doing his Mer-Man from He-Man" - checked the credits and there he is! Awesome! I never realised he worked on Transformers!

So funny Starscream has to hold his nose fearing of being drowned😂

Anybody else wondering how if the electrum made them invulnerable to being blasted, did they manage to destroy the pool by blasting it?

Those poor animals.