I've always found "evil autobots" (or at least, "morally flexible" autobots) to be an interesting concept in the franchise, because it adds a bit more nuance to their lore than just "autobots good, decepticons bad!" It sort of hammers home the idea that if you take away the insignias, the cybertronians really aren't that much different than human beings.
Gotta love Rodimus' last message before his fight with the DJD in the comics "After I die, I want someone to sell my innermost energon - it's matrix enriched, so, it'll fetch a good price - and use the proceeds to employ a bounty hunter. There's this freelance peacekeeping agent on Elpasos. Horns, detachable hand, eyebrows that would make Rung jealous. Use him. I want what's left of my body turned into a Pathblaster - Brainstorm says it's totally possible - and I want the bounty hunter to use the pathblaster to SHOOT GETAWAY IN THE FACE. Now ideally the pathblaster would be in my colors? But the main thing is that Getaway dies knowing that I was personally responsible for his lack of a head. In fact - "
The ironic thing is I actually like that they made Getaway a villian. An evil Autobot is sorta rare in my perspective, seeing as I have read a few Idw comics in the past, mainly the MTMTE series.
@@Its_Charlie_Young He’d perhaps be a spy for the decepticons in that universe. Similar to punch/counterpunch but actually good at what he does. Perhaps to the point where the decepticons wouldn’t even know that he is or ever was on their side. There’d need to be a lot more that’d need to go into it but that would be the obvious path I think. I would imagine if getaway was just a really nice autobot who put others ahead of himself. He would be dead I’m pretty sure.
Getaway is an amazing character in MtMtE and Lost Light. An M.T.O who was literally created to fight, who was seen by both himself and others as disposable. He never really chose to be an Autobot; he was MADE an Autobot. So it makes sense that he never really embraced Autobot ideals, and ended up with a personality disorder. What I find brilliant is how his glib, charming personality even manages to draw in a lot of the audience, which is how you know a psychopathic/narcissistic character is really written well. His issue was never really with Megatron being on the ship. He just used the justified resentment of the other crew members to get them on his side for the mutiny. But his finely-honed ability to manipulate people's emotions to his advantage made even much of the audience believe that he was being sincere. A true psychopath, through and through.
Ah Getaway. God I lovehate that glorious bastard. The writers did amazingly with him in mtmte/ll, I will never get over him as a character. They actually really outdid themselves with all their villains, come to think of it.
I don't necessary like his characterization, but I do like how IDW takes obscure characters in to bigger roles in the lore, whether it be good or full blown psychopaths (cough cough Star Saber)..
Agreed. They're still kinda doing it in the reboot-verse, with Quake, going from some nobody, to from what I see appears to be Cybertron's equivalent of JACK THE RIPPER. I love IDW.
Personally I’d love to see a more complex version of the character containing both virtuous traits from his earlier incarnations and the more villainous steak of his IDW one. A character who performs morally dubious actions but has his own sense of ethics that prevent him from being an outright mustache twirling villain, like I feel the IDW version of him became over time.
@@cylasbreakdown6140 obviously not the exact same characterization because I’m not trying to create something redundant for people to easily dismiss, but yes there are similarities
Could you do a Basics for the following: Humans- the fleshy pals that tag along for better or for worse Beast Wars- the era that redefined so much Combiners- when one bot isn't enough The War- why are they fighting in the first place The Insecticons- the ravenous swarm Pretenders- Robots in disguise, in disguise Theme Songs- The songs that tell the story.
@@tartatovsky But it’s on brand for what Chris says. Besides, we’re arguing about TRANSFORMING ROBOT CARS FROM SPACE. At that point everyone has the right to say something that would make at least one person cringe.
After this came out, Getaway did perish, when the Red Scraplet horde he kept inside the Lost Light as a means of executing mutineers bonded with the colony that was under Whirl's care. The Scraplets then merged into the image of Primus (the fake one from myth, not Rung) and ate Getaway alive.
That's part of the irony of his hatred of the reformed Megatron: He acts in a very similar manner to the way Megs did before he was redeemed. Furthermore, he also has heavy parallels with Rodimus, whom he also hates. Rodders isn't a terrible leader, but he does have the fatal flaw of having a massive ego and a hero complex. 'The Gloaming' spells it out that Rodimus hates not being able to save his comrades, he hates the idea of failing them, even if someone else saved them in the end, and this dates back all the way to Spotlight: Hot Rod, where his entire squad was massacred on his watch, and he spent years blaming himself for it. Like Rodimus, Getaway is a reasonably competent leader, but he is weakened by his massive ego and god complex. While people have put forward that point that perhaps Getaway was right to try and remove Megatron from the ship by forcing him to kill one of the crew, the fact that he takes the thoroughly unheroic route of emotionally manipulating Tailgate, instead of the heroic route of attempt to sacrifice himself, exposes the fact that, in his mind, it's all about him.
Megs acted pretty darn redeemed, and his new Fusion Cannon, one of Brainstorm's morality-detecting weapons, was firing Autobot orange lasers. He tried to sacrifice himself to the DJD's mercy if it protected the rest of the crew, with no-one watching, and chose to stay and defend the lost ones even when he believed that they were organics. He'd still be trying to get to Cyberutopia if Terminus hadn't betrayed him. Rodimus: Brought the incredibly powerful and murderous Overlord onto the Lost Light. Getaway: Brought the incredibly powerful and murderous Sunder on board, then repeated the performance with Star Saber. Rodimus: Makes a reward system based on his own face, but it actually works and motivates the crew. Getaway: Feeds dissenting crewmembers to Sunder. Rodimus: Endangers his crew by leading them into missions where they might die. Getaway: Murders his crew personally. Megatron: Wants to find Cyberutopia so he can give the Transformers a new home, in place of the one he and Optimus destroyed, and leave a better legacy than death and destruction. Getaway: Wants to find Cyberutopia because he's deluded enough to think of himself as worthy of Primacy. Yeah, Rodimus may have earned the ire of his crew, but Getaway actively kills them. I'll stick with the Megs-and-Rod Squad.
I feel the same. I read a bit of "Lost Light", and everyone apart from Whirl could use a good butt-kicking. Anyone who would be willing to administer some is a-okay in my book! Besides, he looks cool.
Spoiler warning in the description proving insufficient, so I'll pin it here as well - there's a single-panel spoiler for LOST LIGHT #12 at 6:46-6:53. Nothing in the narration (and I know because I wrote it before #12 came out!) just in this visual, so if you want to just look away, you can!
Chris McFeely that you should have said in the ending “whatever happens to getaway in the future... it’s a faith he surely won’t GET AWAY from” see what I did there?
It’s funny that Getaway’s Titan Master is named Throttle because in G1 Throttle was the Powermaster partner to Darkwing, one of the Decepticon Powermasters.
I love him as a character, but hate him as a person. I squee every time he’s in it, but at the same time, would give anything to see him die a slow and agonising death.
Getaway and Slapdash, followed by Lightspeed the Motorvator were some of my last few Transformers generation 1 toys as child- I must have been 5/6 I think. I still have them to this day. I had no idea anything more had been made of Getaway outside of the marvel comics I collected. I always partnered him with the other Autobot cars such as Jazz and Hotrod during my 'epic wars'!
In MTMTE Getaway/Breakaway he, in my opinion really, REALLY the strangest autobot in Rodimus crew! "Be a friend like autobot or HURT and KILL like a deception, what is matter ?" - Getaway/Breakaway.
(SPOILER WARNING FOR GETAWAYS ULTIMATE FATE IN IDW) In case any of you are curious Getaway's ultimate fate in the IDW comics he and Rodimus engaged in a final duel. Getaway ended up in a position where he would have gotten killed by a raging fire but Rodimus vowing to prove that he wasn't like Getaway even after everything Getaway did saved him intending to take him to a proper trial. So naturally how does Getaway repay Rodimus? He tries to stab him in the back first chance he gets but right before he does Getway sees a vision of Primus. Getaway reaches out ready to become a prime...but it turns out Primus was just a horde of scraplets that disguised themselves as Primus. And thus Getaway's story ends with him being eaten alive by scraplets. Karma is a bitch ain't it?
“They pick you apart from the inside out, going for the small, juicy bits first, fuse by fuse, circuit by circuit, until there’s nothing left. And I mean nothing… not even your optics.” Tis a fitting yet horrifying end for Getaway
Wow! That is a great character arch! I was wondering why anyone would do a spotlight on such an obscure Transformer! I need to read these comics at long last!
I'm surprised you didn't say he was almost similar to starscreams personality. Also do you think the Ginrai & Optimus are a separate character enough for their own individual videos or would you make them share the same video considering they look the same
I wish we would have kept the Autobot deceiver type of story for the movies. Sure, Sentinel Prime betrayed the Autobots, but he did it for a good cause. Getaway for example, was just greedy. That kind of twist would be fun to enjoy in the movies.
I was expecting him to be defeated in the lost light # 12. I was really disappointed that the last issue of the Mutineers Trilogy wasn't a conclusion, of any of the story arcs. Anyway, hopefully soon we will see him beaten somehow. :-) Good video! Thanks for compiling and produce it.
Literally knew nothing about this character. Randomly brought the deluxe class titans return breakaway and became one of my favourites transformer toys only to find out that he’s kinda an asshole lmao. I still try to imagine him as a different character who acts more nice and chivalry or smt like that XD
we need a Starscream equivalent for the Autobots it would be kinda interesting a autobot that’s what’s to be the leader of the autobots that would backstabbed Optimus Prime like how starscream would backstab Megatron who with me guys
This is incredible I just got finished reading issues 10 and 11 of Lost Light where we see Getaway's doing his evil deeds and then I check my youtube feed and see this! :D
Could you pleas do a "TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS" on the Vok. I know of them from the Beast Wars show, but there is so much about them and their motives that I don't understand and want to know more. PS: It's my birthday so please at lest consider it
I still have to say this, and that is, I like Getaways Super God Masterforce version way more. He wasn't hated, and he was a fvcking kick ass godmaster. Which is... basically power masters but has 10 fold special effects and 2 fold power stacked behind them. Seriously, he had super powers. He also got some actual role and screen in the series.
This is the second of your videos I've watched (the first being the Skyfire one - yes, I refuse to use the toy name...I always found it to be lacking :P) and I have now subscribed. Lightfoot is an odd name for a TF, but hey...the Japanese...what are you going to do?
I could totally see a story where in Gettaway, in his complete delusion and desire to become a Prime becomes a Harold of Unicron or makes a deal with Liege Maximo.
It sounds like the IDW writers used Getaway as a analog to our crooked President. (I guess if he were Huffer's shade of orange, it'd be more obvious.) He even seems to have a Trump-sized karma shield. Knowing this, I think I still prefer his G1/Marvel and Masterforce incarnations.
Most of the Transformers from G! and specially in the original Japanesse story had been forgotten or altered so much they are different characters from their originals, Star Saber and Overlord are a clear example
I actually hated how much of a villain he turned into, like seeing Rodimus and his loyalist as the problem to completing the quest and Megatron as a Autobot being a bridge too far made since.
Breakaway is an awesome F-35 fighter jet robot. The problem is that he died before dark of the moon and if they are going to make a real successful transformers live action movie then they must add autobot jets to those movies without having them killed off.
Honestly Getaway's death by Scraplets could not have any sooner in the comics thanks for the great video though I did not know Getaway existed until I watched this video for the first time
It's bit ironic that Getaway makes name of himself by becoming the villain. That must be result of not been in any TF cartoons for long time. But I have feeling that Getaway will get the come up that he has deserved in TF IDW comics.
Getaway also had a number of appearances throughout the G1 comic after issue 42 and survived the Unicron war but in Issue 80, he was blown up by his old Decepticon rivals Darkwing and Dreadwind so I guess in the end, he couldn't get away.... LOL!. He may have been resurrected by the Last Autobot at the end of the issue and series but we'll never know for sure.
