TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on the TRIPREDACUS COUNCIL 

Beast wars usa: shadow government waiting to take over Beast wars neo: "SEND IN THE DANCING LOBSTER"

It was actually a pretty interesting situation to have these guys in Beast Wars. In most versions of a Transformers story, Megatron is the undisputed leader of his faction. So to have a Megatron that was a rebel and troublemaker to other, higher-ranking antagonists was a fascinating angle to give his character 😊

Interesting how the vagueness surrounding any character(s) can open the door to numerous narrative possibilities. The Council is no exception.

I owned Magnaboss as a kid, but never Tripredacus. Unfortunately, I lost most of the parts for him

Posing as the Jointron brothers was the Tripredacus Council’s sinister plan.

One theory I had as a child (and still wholeheartedly believe in nearly 25 years later) was that the Tri-Predacus Council were in fact the Insecticons. A lot of the evidence on the show seemed to point that way: . 3 insect (or insect-esque) villains. . They're origins were not linked to those Decpticons present on the Ark as they had escaped The Nemesis in an escape pod. . Destroying the Transformers inside the Ark would have left them free to Ravage the Earth. . Even though they "died" in the 86 movie they're still seen both later on in the movie and in season 3, meaning like most insects, they are very hard to kill and would likely have survived the war.

For whatever reason, the BotCon toys' bios heavily implied that Cicadacon and Sea Clamp had been "hiding" as Shockwave and Soundwave. Which... er, that's one way to characterise them, I guess! (Ram Horn, meanwhile, is only said to have either been an Autobot or killed an Autobot and stolen his name. RIP, rhino cassettebot.)

Dawn of the Predacus truly is a continuity headache For instance, Sea Clamp and Cicadacon were implied to be the “true selves” of Soundwave and Shockwave!

It's a shame that because of Fox Kids and Hasbro's handling of Beast Machines we never got a follow up to the Tripredacus plot line, they would have been excellent villains for the series and maybe better fit the stance Megatron had during that series of converting the entire cybertronian race into a "pure elegant machine" with Larry Ditillio's passing, i hope someday we get a follow up to this plot line, maybe in an alternate timeline where events happened differently when the Maximals came out of Transwarp space

Tripredacus was the first Transformer I bought as an adult, back in the day while visiting Italy. That opened up the whole Pandora's box LOL!

Never thought I'd see Transformers and Mariachi's together!😂

Have to admit that the people at Mainframe. Unintentionally created something good and all because the budget was limited. That shows how good they were with making the series.

Getting this three pack as a christmas present is a core memeory for me. Theyre some of my favorite Beast Wars figures. Thanks for the video and the trip down memory lane!🤙🏻

I knew virtually nothing about these guys. It’s rare that I don’t have an even passing knowledge of something from transformers. I enjoyed this episode.

they were also mentioned On two occasions in the 2001 Robots in Disguise dub. Megatron mentions the Predacon Council. Being as the dub was filled with references of past Transformers shows, the Predacon Council likely derived from the Tripredacus Council and not exist in the Japanese version Car Robots, however.

I like the idea of them coming from Generation 2 rather than the spawn of Unicorn because in G1 continuity Unicorn needed to convert dead cybertronian in order to spawn them

Tripredacus council now in session.

In the episode after Tarantulas reveals that the Tripedicus Council and himself, Megatron referred to Tarantulas as "spawn of Unicron", which could be just an insult. However, it wouldn't be the first time that a fairly mundane line from Beast Wars was later developed into having more meaning, like when Terrorsaur told one of the Maximals (Cheetor I think) "welcome to the dark side" when they appeared in their base, which was later expanded to have the Darksyde be the name of their ship.

The inclusion of the line "I and the tripredacus council have different origins" in season 3 of beast wars will forever haunt me. I must know where Tarantulas and the others came from.

I still have that combo toy. I never realized they were the head evil dudes from the show I thought it was just ones they made that weren't in the cg show. Had no idea that all the other toys were from a 2nd Japanese cartoon

I had Tripredacus growing up but had no idea that's who he was til watching this video

Odd how we never saw them return in Beast Machines.

Small role, big impact, and a cool legacy. Such is the way of the Transformers franchise.

Unicron has already have enough heralds, so let these guys work for the G2 Decepticons.

Great episode Chris! It’s really a shame we didn’t get more of the Council in Beast Wars and even Machines! Would’ve loved to see their reaction to Megatron returning to Cybertron before the Maximals.

So basically the Autobot version of the group were like the Mexicools

I honestly think that sea clamp would be a good rival to sea spray Also i think a transforming lobster is just awesome

Great video Chris and that takes me back I used to have Tripredacus and Magnaboss I got both as birthday gifts as a kid and had great time playing with them and I wouldn’t mind if we gotten new toys of them in the TF Legacy toyline but that’s a big “IF” but all and all I had great childhood memories.

Huh. I always thought these guys were part of the ORIGINGAL Predacon group we saw introduced in G1 that engaged Skylinx in the Five Faces of Darkness episodes. That always explained the line of "not coming from Decepticons", because Predaking and his component Predacons were built by the Quintessons.

0:17 These guys would make an awesome commander class toy!!!

Had the Tripredacus toy as a kid while my best friend had Magnaboss! Naturally we would make them battle! Never dawned on me as a kid that the Tripredacus Council were meant to be the same characters, probably because of their vastly different appearance in the cartoon. It is a shame that because of Beast Wars' budgetary restraints and the changeover of creative team in Beast Machines that we never quite found out what their grand scheme was in the original continuity, still I think for shady characters it works better leaving it up to the imagination! Sadly the only member of my original Tripredacus toy I was able to salvage was Sea Clamp, no idea what happened to the other two. I’ll just say the Maximals found them out and they were terminated while Sea Clamp made a run for it! 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

Beast Wars content is always great!

Huh. I never actually realized the Jointron combiner was supposed to be pronounced "triple-DAHkus". Only ever having read the name in text, I always figured it was just pronounced the same name as their Western counterpart but with the "r" sound swapped for the "l". 😅

I love how the recent BW comic, (RIP), has them in their original toy colors, but the Hologram-device they were using casts them as red

I stopped watching these like 4 years ago, then I remember Transformers faintly and then find you, 4 years later, still doing it. We are all better for it. That is commitment.

I loved the Jointrons in Beast Wars II, they always find a way to be funny

Not really part of the tripredacus council but there was concept art made for Ramhorn in Rise of the Beasts.

Thats a pretty big contrast between east and west!

As a Kid this was my favourite combiner/gestalt as it didn't brake apart when playing with it. So many good times !! Definitely a character that needs a revival and further development ❤. Great video thanks !!!

man, beast wars is so much deeper than we thought, maybe one day we´ll have some more cybertronian history source

Sea Clamp looks like he wants you to return the slab.

Tripredacus was my first Beast Wars toy and I still have them though Cecadacons clear plastic swords have broken.

The coolest villains yet their mystery is even bigger than owning a rare unopened Japanese TF toy.

Cool Beans! I’ve always enjoyed classic Transformers box art. These guys look great! Great Stuff, as always!

I Was 5 or 6 when beastwars was on tv; was so excited when they showed the council just to never see them again 😅

Here's my theory: The Tripredacus Council and to an extent, their maximal counterparts, is likely the consequence of the cybertronians meddling with the affairs of other sentient species. Earth is a no-fly zone, which implies that headmaster and pretender technology advanced far enough that both converged into the protoform technology used in the present day on top of a newer, smaller size to make them even more discreet with the locals, hence the gag in Beast Wars with Cheetor catching up to two other (justifiably spooked) cheetahs.

I AM GOING TO TFNATION FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR! (Great video)

I did not know about the Japanese version of these guys. Crazy stuff! Awesome video!

Say, that is a VERY interesting episode about this mysterious triumvirate from the Beast Wars era. Gotta say, I consider them somewhat my favorites, even though they appeared in ONLY ONE episode in the Beast Wars cartoon. 👍

Great episode!! It’s been so long since seeing these guys in Beast Wars that I totally forgot about them. Loving the exclusive version of them for Bot Con too. Thanks again for all you do!

I must have been in a creative tear that day. I imagined Tripredicus as a title rather than a name. Tripredicus was similar to a Roman Triumvirate. Any time you got 3 generals/warlords to agree to attack something other than each other you had a Tripredicus. Given how ego driven Decepticons and/or Predacons can be, this arrangement is uncommon and when it happens won't last long. Someone is always plotting something.

Fun fact about The Basics: One notable reoccurring quote you will hear on some of these videos are the bot who were "taken offline by a cosmically empowered Starscream" the event of this mass deactivation happened in the Marvel Comics issue 50, "Dark Star" 23 bots and 7 combiner teams were taken offline by Starscream during this rampage. This series has covered all of them, except for 6 bots, Bluestreak, Gears, Octane, Buzzsaw, First Aid, and Sunstreaker, and the group known as the Throttlebots, who were briefly mentioned in the Mini-Bots episode but have yet to receive a dedicated episode. Once we get videos on these 7, we will have the whole set. This fact is completely unrelated to this video, but this is the most recent episode, so why not.

Thank you for this video. Your work is always amazing.

Even though the hint at them being descended from Unicron wasn't meant to be taken literally, It's actually my favorite angle. Plus, it makes SO much sense for Tarantulas specifically

Really interesting! Thanks!

They have some of my favorite designs of all Beast Wars characters (not the cartoon ones). I hope with the influx of Beast Wars in media recently, they can make major appearances somewhere. Honestly, I don't know what their origins should be though.

The Tripredicus counsel were name dropped in my school vr game as they in there combine form Predacus assisted the Triadian King, Magnus (not Ultra Magnus) in imprisoning which they continued buying there time but unfortunately we're ratted out by Megatron (Earthspark) and killed by Dinobot Grimlock

Fantastic video and story 👍👍👍👍👍👍

When I told a friend about the Jointrons and what they were like, he looked at me in confusion because of how strange they were.

Awesome episode Chris!👏🏻

I like the Unicron angle.

It's great to hear more about these guys, thanks 😊

Love this! Keep going it's great! 🙂

In the Latin American dub, we got their names said out loud, so I thought that Predacons turned into animals, even if they hadn't visited Earth.

Getting a new Transformers toy in 3, 2, 1……..

4:20 I, too, can melt anything with my super-heated horn

My head canon was that they were Quintassons plotting to retake Cybertron

Gotta love the massive contrast between the Hasbro and Takara versions of Tripredacus. With Hasbro, you have this dark presence looming over both Maximal and Predacon alike, and realizing Megatron’s schemes as a threat to Predacon as well as Maximal. And then the writers of Beast Wars basically forgot about them entirely when writing Beast Machines. With Takara, you just have three schmucks singing La Cucaracha over and over again.

I always liked the idea that they and their top mole are Unicorn spawns. But not under his will.

I like to imagine the conflicting origin stories were the result of the Council spreading misinformation around and these resulting from conspiracy theories.

The three most powerful Predacons. And they're two insects and a crustacean. I always wished they were dinosaurs or other reptiles

The Tripredacus Councils or The Trypticon Councils *The Japanese dub name in the comedy of Beast Wars in Japan for them* waiting for the long waiting game when the Predacons will rise up for their Decepticons, but Beast Wars Megatron don't agree with them, so their got two members to hunt him, Decepticon become Beast Wars Ravage and Tarantulas. Idk what story they will show them very soon. Nice work.

Sitting in that darkened chamber, they have a Quintesson vibe to them.

I don't remember which episode, I think season 3, where Tarantulus mention that he and the Tripredacus Council were of Unicron origin so when the time stream got wiped, they weren't going to be affected. The Tripredacus Council did get named dropped often beyond Tarantulus and Ravage.

They look so damn goofy in that dark room with the swinging light.

What a coincidence! I play the Earth Wars mobile game and just a couple days ago unlocked Tripredicus as a combiner.

Hi Chris, even though you're Asleep Great video about Transformers: The Basics on The Tripredacus Council, keep them coming, Also your latest video was outstanding, Also The Tripredacus Council are not only three of my most and best favorite Preadcons, not only are the Tripredacus Council three my best and most favorite Bad guys of all time, but also The Tripredacus Council are three of my best and most favorite Transformers Beast Wars Bad Guys/Villains of all time, Also my best and most favorite iteration and version of the Tripredacus Council are the Cartoon Versions of the Tripredacus Council They're also the rulers of the evil Predacons and masters of the long game, preferring to bide their time, scheming in the shadows until the moment is right for them to strike! Also Tripredacus Council is now in session. Also Unicron has already enough heralds, so let these guys work for the G2 Decepticons. Also Huh. I always thought these guys were part of the ORIGINAL Predacon group we saw introduced in G1 that engaged Skylinx in the Five Faces of Darkness episodes. That always explained the line of " not coming from Decepticons". because Preadking and his component Predacons were built by the Quintessions. So basically the Autobot/Maximal version of the group were like the Mexicools, Also Beast Wars content is always great! Also my other favorite iteration of the Tripredacus Council is The Jointrons in Beast Wars 2, they always find a way to be funny, Also Thank you for this video. Your work is always amazing. Also Fantastic video and story👍👍👍👍👍👍 Also It's hilarious for the western version of Beast Wars that The Trippeticous Council had animal mode to protect them from energon.😆 Also Gotta love the massive contrast between the Hasbro and Takara versions of Tripredacus. With Hasbro, you have this dark presence looming over both Maximal and Predacon alike, and realizing Megatron's schemes as a threat to Predacon as well as Maximal. And then the writers of Beast Wars basically forgot about them entirely when writing Beast Machines. With Takara, you just have three schumucks singing La Cucaracha over and over again. Also I too love but also like the personalities and parties of the Japanese version! They were pretty funny, Also Looking forward to the Basics on the remaining Beast Wars characters, Also i not only like but also love the Jointrons. Thier wiki page is hilarious! Also I'm pretty sure that Beast Wars revealed in season 3 that they and Tarantulas were decendants of Unicron. Also Tripredacus Council:1.Tripredacus Cicadacon, 3.Ramhorn, and 4. Sea Clamp, Also Good Tripledacus vs Evil Tripredacus, Also thank you for sharing Chris keep up the good work stay safe out there have a goodnight and have a Happy 4th of July.🙂💪🦸🟢🎆🎇❤️👍😆4:16 am.

Technically the show took place mainly on prehistoric Earth before the Ark and Nemesis’ crews woke up.

What?! In japan they turned these guys into dancers and goofs from shadowlord government. Now I did not see that coming.😂

When I went to botcon, I really wanted the predacus box set, but I couldn’t get it. But thankfully there was a board at the front of the convention hall, and someone didn’t want the box set, so I was able to buy it off them.

It's hilarious for the western version of Beast Wars that the Trippeticous Council had animal mode to protect them from energion. 😆

The jointrons are just the best. Seriously the best. Reissue of tripledacs when? Incoude the mariachi costumes and props as well thanks hasbro

Here's hoping one day we get some new toys of these guys and magnaboss

I had the hardest time getting Ramhorn back into robot form after combining the three! I didn't know the lore back then, however. I was about 11/12ish and i think the only place online was Starbase Rugby that i knew about, anyway.. This is an awesome upload for me. I read mostly everything printed in English amd know there's still a lot I'm going to learn! Thank you so much!

With the release of the commander class Magmatron I would love to see them make a commander class Tripredicus/Tripledacus and Magnaboss

I have both of them MagnaBoss and Tripredacus. I was not aware of the box set from Combiner Wars. Always liked this shadow council and what they could have done in BW cartoon.

I found this video after finishing and uploading my Lego TF tripredacus council figures to my channel 😅

Cicadacon: "Make them cry."

This was awesome I always love beast wars always love your work🤘. say this came to mind, there can be a basics of broadside since theres not a video about him. It would be cool to have a basics about him.

Oooo intriguing

I'm forever salty that the Telemocha line never re-released DJ, leaving my Tripledacus team incomplete.

you forgot the theory of them and tarantulas being descendants of quintessons. I choose to believe this.

I could have swore when Megatron had found the transport built by tarantulas to the resting place of nemesis, he makes a comment on how tarantulas was a spawn of unicron. Not sure if it was meant to be taken literally or as an insult. If the former it would explain the assumption that tripredicus was also descended from unicron since tarantulas was their personal spy.

Y'know who's a Transformer I hope makes it into the next Obscure Characters Month? Blockrock/Flashback. He's the only Autobot redeco of Laserbeak that's not secretly evil like Sundor. Blaster deserves to have his bird show up in more stuff.

Very good

Amazing Man

I love the Jointrons. Their wiki page is hilarious!

What’s their relationship with Cryotek?

I always thought that the Tripredacus council were descended from the Quintessons

I used to have the Tripredacus toy. It was awesome