TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on QUICKSWITCH 

Yes, America, that's right - outside your country, some words are pronounced differently! If "puma" blows your mind, wait'll you hear about "tuna" or "duty" or "duel" - and hold onto your SOCKS for "aluminium"! ;)

Why not combine all three? Quickswitch was raised by Six Shot until discovering Six Shot's Decepticon activities, in an attempt to right the wrongs of his father figure joined the Autobot's elite team of The Wreckers, however while he was still a rookie he was horribly injured in a bombing. To save his life, the Autobots used his injured body in a super soldier program that merged him with rare metals from Cybertron's moon, when he awoke he discovered he now had the same six-changing power as Six Shot.

Sixshot: Quickswitch, I am your father! Quickswitch: NOOOOOOOOOOOO

Hexadeathimal is the one of the most ridiculous 'Con names I've heard... ...Its amazing.

I wish we’d have got a Hexdeathimal toy, a Name like that can’t go to waste

Such an underrated character. If you ask me, Quickswitch deserves just as much attention as his Dad Six Shot has. ☺ Yes, I'm totally onboard with him being Six Shot's son. X3

HEXADEATHIMAL! I can't believe I'm only hearing about him now.

his G1 backstory is already interesting enough, being an Autobot who's father is a Decepticon, i hope they explore more on the dysfunctional father and son relationship.

Quickshot being a son from the commercial was what caught my attention as a kid.

Father-son relationship means creator-invention. Sixshot created Quickswitch so Quickswitch was Sixshot's son. In relation to this, that is the reason why Nosecone asked Grimlock if he is his father.

I Quickswitch'd from the video I was watching to watch a new episode of The Basics.

Is anybody else happy AF that Chris McFeely and Thew Adams are rising over every other TF content provider? No offence but this is REAL entertainment.

I know that Titans Return is a remake of the Headmaster concept, but it deserves its own Basics video! I love the idea and it should be made into a more appropriate TV series or a DVD/blue-ray series!!!!

Please bring Quickswitch as a normal character, Hasbro! I would love to see the dynamic between him and Sixshot!

I love the 'son' idea if Hasbro could ever get down to writing what that means

I really love the father son dynamic of sixshot & quickswitch. It’s such an interesting idea

Chris, I really enjoyed the TF Historian! Good job!

The fact that Quickswitch is Six Shot's son blew my fricken mind!!🤯🤯

I have no transformers merch, books or toys in my apartment but I look forward to this show every Saturday. This is all so fascinating

I like idea of Quickswitch been Six Shot's son concept. It's shame though that Hasbro didn't retool TR Quickswitch's helmet like CGI pic of him showed as Hasbro just retooled his Titan Master's face and repainted the rest. While I would like and *still* would like to have TR Six Shot, I admit that I have interest for TR Quickswitch. *My kingdom for that TR Chaos on Velocitron set! As well as TR Siege of Cybertron box set!*

Awesome man, Ive recently got back into Transformers. I really do love your content as you go over all the history. Could you do Vipor or one of the Terracons next?

I have the Titans return fig but I knew nothing about him, I even read the short story with him in the bar a while back but totally forgot it. Keep the great Vids coming Till all are one.

Ah, so good to be back, missed your series immensely. I agree with your closing, QuickSwitch is a character who had plenty of interesting possibilities that never really got a chance to shine.

Interesting character. I actually like the idea of the Transformers being able to breed so Sixshot being his dad appeals to me. It's odd that Hasbro allowed that in there at all considering they were trying to avoid that aspect at all costs. Fingers crossed they have some kind of breeding in the new comic. Wishful thinking, I know but one can hope.

I really wish they would expand more on the Sixshot father story and the aggressive personality he has from having Decepticon parentage

Hi Chris, this is Derek. Love that you highlighted a potentially cool character that should have gotten more attention back in the day. I had the toy as a kid and it was one of my favorites as an Autobot version of Sixshot. Anyway, I hope you'll do a video on the Protectobots. i play Transformers Earth Wars and they are about to release Streetwise in a couple weeks but some of my alliance members don't know anything about them. I'd love to be able to show them one of your videos to help introduce them to him and the other Protectobots.

I'd love to see a Basics episode on Maccaddam's Old Oil House. It's got a more fleshed out history than Acid Storm and even Skywarp.

Tight work my brother, I extend to you the highest of honors in that your videos always make me want to go out and purchase the toy and in some cases I actually do. Really appreciate your style and delivery, thank you!

I know that guy. That's Sixshot's baby boy.

Crossing my fingers for an episode on the Duocons. Love those lil nobodies.

I was lucky enough to buy this toy years ago before G1 figures went really expensive. I always liked the coloring on him and all the different modes. Good job on the video for him.

Do sixshot next!!!

Great video! I knew nothing about this character. I learned quite a bit today. As for origin/stories, I never liked the idea that Transformers could have Offspring in some form. Unless they were the equivalent of test tube babies, whereupon the Transformer designed it (conception) and assembled it themselves (birth). Or unless father/son is more like mentor/ward like an adoption of sorts. The disgraced Decepticon becoming an Autobot after losing a duel with their leader - reminds me of Dinobot vs Optimus Primal in Beast Wars.

I hope in the new IDW Comic book continuity, they focus more on under appreciated characters like Quickswitch; as the son of Sixshot, there's so much untapped story potential there.

Enjoy your videos greatly Mr. McFeely. Thanks to IDW, I came up with an explanation for the whole "Sixshot's son" thing. Simple; Quickswitch/Six Knight was cold constructed so Sixshot's own spark was used to "jumpstart" his. *chuckles* That works for me.

I actually like Quickswitch and maybe I'll give him a good backstory in my Transformers fanfiction. Even it's a long time before another official story comes out about him, like a ninja, we can only be patient.

In the original Quickswitch ad Getaway immediately assumes Quickswitch is a Decepticon as soon as he sees him. Is Getaway racist?

I'm so thrilled to see poor Quickswitch get a nudge. One of my all time favorites!

You are killing it with this series, keep it up! 🔥🔥🔥

Wow. This video was amazing !!! How could you remember that moment from G2 when Optimus refers to him. Amazing job Chris. Thank you so much !!!

I wasn't *Quick* enough to see the video right when it dropped

I've NEVER heard of Quickswitch until I saw your video! 🤯

I like Quickswitch a lot and it’s a shame that he doesn’t get a lot of time in the spotlight. I like that he was chosen as a wrecker rookie, but would be replaced as SixKnight.

I really enjoy your channel. I grew up with the G1 cartoon and have began to collect the toys but didn't realize there was so much history

I hope Roberts gets to use his vision of Quickswitch in the IDW reboot. The whole Pacifist super warrior is really cool

Love his colour scheme and the 'pacifist super worrier' idea would have been interesting to see.

Gonna have to say Sixshot's son, something about that idea sounds like it could have been an interesting idea had the cartoon in the States lasted longer.

It's the fact that he was Sixshot's son that grabbed my attention with him. There should be a Son vs Father duel about that in the future.

I enjoy your informative videos a great deal; one transformer that I think would make for a...contemplative shall we say, video, owing to his complicated toy releases and potentially variable characterizations in IDW's original Transformers comics would be Bluestreak. Anyway, just an idea

He has the logical notation symbol for "for all" (an upside-down A) on his forehead, which is pretty neat. In the world of giant robots, he shares this trait with the Turn A Gundam.

Updated: Shadow Strika (not the Cyberverse) is stated to have a childhood in her bio. I kinda like Cybertron having kids, but not the sameway organics do. Idk know about you guys, but I also like them having a childhood, but in a mental and emotional sense ( physical childhood is rare or doesn't exist among these aliens). That would make them human and yet alien both at the sametime. Some people think that they have no childhood, but they can and do. In Idw Optimus Prime #25 at the end of the page, you'll see young Cybertronians listening to a story along with organic childern. They weren't kids in a physical sense, but where one in a mental sense and probably a social-cultural sense too. RID2 Slipstream also had a childhood in a short called Slipstream Tragdey. Wheelie himself is a child too. Let's not forget about Cheetor. Yes he was physically an adult, but he had the mind of a child. He didn't care about girls in the first season of BW. Anyway, they do and can have a childhood, just rarely phyiscal sense.

Quickswitch needs some love it’s shame he never gets a spotlight

“Hexadeathimal” That physically hurt me to listen to

I think Quickswitch was briefly seen in the cartoon during the Scorponok/Fortress Maximus era. But he was just a background character that was fighting.

By now I don’t watch his videos for facts, I know enough. I watch his videos because Chris is awesome

Sixshot's son Quickswitch is awesome thank you for the video you are awesome and your channel too.

Awesome job as always dude! I’m really enjoying the obscure characters month. Thank you!

This was one of my favorite G1 toys but I could never remember his name! Thanks for this!

Love this series of videos. Can’t wait to see what’s next!

Great series! Quickswitch's profile as a bot with an inconsistent personality to match his separate modes fits in nicely with Shockwave's 'failed duocon experiments'. I think the character should have been explored further in that vien. Sixshot was always the cooler looking toy and character, but Quickswitch had massive potential based on his fractured psyche alone.

Great stuff as always, Chris! Also, thanks and very well done on "Historia". A remarkable achievement, distilling so much in such an informative, easy-to-read and entertaining way. And, perhaps unsurprisingly, I "heard" the entire thing in your voice which was wonderful.

I have always liked this G1 character. Over the past year I purchased a G1 with box and I also purchased the titan master box set "chaos on velocitron". Thanks for the video and keep em coming!!

Can you do Starscream next please? I want to know more about his history in the Unicron Trilogy. I would really appreciate it

Lol I have Sandstorm lying around my flat and never knew he was a triple changer! I'm going to put him into dune buggy mode now!

QUICKSWITCH BIRTH: Sixshot fought a group of Autobots in a battle to the death. The Autobots died, but blasted away a tiny piece of Sixshot's spark, this tiny spark fragment contained all of Sixshot's compassion. An Autobot recovery team found the spark fragment on the battle field floating in a pool of Energon flowing from the lifeless bodies of their fallen friends. Accidentally concluding that the spark fragment was the last piece of life from a fellow Autobot the recovery team took the spark fragment to Vector Sigma and ask for new life to be given to the spark fragment. Vector Sigma restored the fragment into a brand new spark and made it an Autobot, but sensing the spark came from Sixshot, Vector Sigma made the new Autobot a six-changer. The new Autobot was QUICK to prove his loyalty and was able to SWITCH between his six modes at an instant, earning himself the name of Quickswitch.

Quickswitch! Show them what a one-Wrecker army can do!

Great work I like your videos you really do a fantastic job of capturing all the details.

QUICKSWITCH for TRANSFORMERS EARTH WARS = LIKE SIXKNIGHT for TRANSFORMERS EARTH WARS = COMMENT 👇

Punch/CounterPunch,SixShot And His Son QuickSwitch Are One Of The Most Underrated Transformers Characters Ever

Watching Sixknight run roughshod over the decepticon headmaster juniors is one of my favorite moments from masterforce.

One of the rare occasions where I prefer the Japanese color scheme over the Western one!

I had this guy! Amazing six toys in one. I pegged him as a show off with really only one alternate personality, his flying puma. Yes, that is the actual term for his beast mode. My grandma was fascinated by it and tried to figure it out like it was a rubic's cube. I also paired him with my Vanessa Warfield M.A.S.K. figure for some reason. She was his nemesis that he had a crush on but she hated him and tricked him to serve Miles Mayhem. Ha. Good times.

I might be alone in this, but I find I enjoy your videos more because of the British accent. Thanks for all the great work on these videos

another fun concept transformer that would be fun to see being used, who knows, maybe even with all interpretations at use.

One of the first videos you've done that I really knew nothing about, great stuff as always Chris. I would have enjoyed seeing Quickswitch in either of those IDW ideas, Wrecker or One-percenter spark powered. I know you get tons of requests but I'd enjoy seeing a video on any of the following sometime in the future, I think they'd be prime candidates due to their multiple continuity appearances: Thundercracker, Scorponok, Springer, Brainstorm, Waspinator, the Aerialbots, the Stunticons. Keep up the awesome work, we all appreciate it.

Well... Thats my favorite cause i had it as a child , and it brings back so many memories...

I'd like to say that decepticon colored quickswitch was him before he joined the autobots

In theory, the highest would be a septuple changer, given any existing sixchanger, which, is only so many, and by giving them the power of "Zone", this would allow an additional form on top of what they already had. As in Dai Atlas is in theory a quad changer, since he has robot, drill car, ship and the zone mode. Unfortunately, Zone only got one OVA and there is only one manga that is pretty much not possible to find, sucks. I would really like to see people expand on the idea of Zone mode more.

Love your content! I learn so much from your channel and definitely gonna try to pick up the historia. Hopefully you will do a video on Warpath in the future.

Gotta add Quickswitch into my collection now. Love these videos!!

I own G1 Quickswitch and he's fucking awesome. I can even pull off a 7th mode, some kind of bird beast using the boat's front ski as the bird head.

Original Sixshot actually had six alternate modes. Thus technically making him a seven changer. Also Autobot Megatron is weird as hell.

Poor guy he was wasted on the *Visionaries* crossover. *Visionaries*!

I just got the Titans Return Quickswitch and I think the idea of him being Six Shot's son sounds interesting but in need of further explanation.

I want a Hexadeathimal figure! That is such a Transformers name!

Ure one my fave childhood chans,bless u brother.

4:16 Then I got Legends Greatshot, I swapped headmasters between him and "Chaos on Velocitron" Quickswitch for the letter to have more unique design.

Pacifist super warrior mixed with rookie wrecker past sounds really interesting

I still don't get how Transformers relatives work

Great video again Chris I never heard of quick switch before at least I don't think that I have lol. can't wait the more

i have the comic quickswitch was in were he was in macadums but it is in black and white not in color as seen in the video

3:45 That is the best name for a giant robot EVER.

Could you do a Basics for the following: Humans- the fleshy pals that tag along for better or for worse The War- why are they fighting in the first place Japanese only series- The shows that never made it to the west. Maccadam- The oil house and its owner who spans continuities Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime- The Prime who succeeded Optimus Action Masters- Transformers without the transformation Energon- the lifeblood of cybertronians and all its variants

I hope Quickswitch gets a new toy in the Transformers Siege toyline and also he appears in cartoons and in live action movies.

Three years and we're just not going to address the fact that at 1:41 optimus clearly has Decepticon logos on his shoulders? Ok.

A jet fighter, a hovercraft, a laser pistol, a drill tank... and a pew-ma. AKA *stinky kitty* 🙀💨😝

Total shot in the dark for what next episode is: Toxitron.

Anyone else watching this in the lead-up to the Sixshot video this week?

I prefer Quickswitch as Six Shots son, and he is on our side

Love the videos, can you please do Sky Lynx?