I think the disloyal versions of Shockwave make significantly more sense than the loyal ones. After all, he's an emotionless machine driven purely by logic, while most versions of Megatron are, well... total nutbars. Prime Shockwave is a good example of this, because he's so methodical and smart and then he's also absolutely loyal to this megalomaniacal madman with a Space Cocaine addiction who destroyed their world over a spat with his ex. Like my guy, Starscream was legitimately doing a better job before Megatron came back from his coke sabbatical to make zombies and lost the entire war within like eighteen months.
@@Kadeem.C. Which is why Shockwave following Megatron in Animated makes perfect sense. Most versions of Megatron are nearly insane, but TFA Megatron is a cold, calculating, ruthless war machine.
I mean, Shockwave did second guess him on Megatron wanting to Cyberform earth. He wanted a logical explanation. Besides that, it's kinda stated that Shockwave goes with the Decepticons because they have resources and facilities for him to experiment, and they don't care how inhumane he is with his experimentation. The Autobots would just say "No, don't split open that bot to play with his spark. The Decepticons go "Sure, whatever, he's the buzzsaw and pincers, have fun."
Even though Shockwave in the film didn't do much of anything, I will admit, his design is my favorite out of them all, with only the design from Transformers Prime nearly outmatching it it terms of my favorite.
Yep. He actually looks monstrous. Sad how the game is the only piece of media that gave him justice, while the films made him into simple cannon fodder.
@@hxtpl that "fodder" took the humans + the wreckers + Optimus to take down, and only after having his eye (brain) got taken out, man was literally still standing with half a torso and his eye gouging out
It's interesting how Shockwave is one of most 4 iconic Decepticons alongside Megatron, Starscream, and Soundwave despite not having much of a big role in g1.
For me cyberverse and tf prime are my definitive shockwaves and are probably the best representations of the character since g1. Animated is good too despite my brief exposure to that version of Shockwave and idc if bayverse shockwave was utterly wasted, that design remains as my favorite one.
Probably because we only properly got introduced to Shockwave in the final season which had limited episodes. Even still he was intimidating af in every single scene he appeared in, that show did him justice
I honestly want a Shockwave in a animated show that ends up actually betraying Megatron and takes over the Decepticons like in the original Marvel comics.
Energon Shockblast is cool too but you know “energon bad” Seriously Shockblast (aka shockwave) was a menace in energon and definitely the most sadistic version
And yet he still comes off as emotionless in terms of personality, the brow just makes him more intimidating which is a given to his character since some characters find him imposing with just 1 eye alone alongside his twisted personality.
@@Kaiju-bm4ts Personally I find the menacing brow less intimidating, as giving shockwave anything that could indicate what emotion he's feeling. I however the bayformers shockwave adds a sort of face to him that doesn't decrease his intimidation as there is no way to show emotion through a row of 8 vertical fangs covered by moving panels.
You should do Ultra Magnus next. A lot of people hated him since he was meant to replace Optimus, and also his leadership was terrible. Then he got rebooted as one of Optimus' top officers who was on (implied) equal footing with him. My favorite version of him was Animated where he was completely overhauled to be Optimus' superior and had the skills to back it all up
I mean, I've seen his G1 gun alt being referred to as a "Space Gun", which makes sense since he doesn't seen to change size as far as I remember, and has a more mad Decapticon Scientist vibe of making deadly space lasers
Personally I've never counted Transformers Prime as part of any sort of Canon. The thing that got me is that the Autobots are stuck with like 5 people, only 3 (not counting Cliffjumper since for some reason he had to "rejoin" up with Optimus with Arcee via Shockwaves Space Bridge?) of which were on The Ark as we saw in Transformers Fall of Cybertron. I do understand the reason they didn't have over 100 different Autobots running around is because that'd become very expensive very quickly. But on the other hand that's no excuse for sloppy or poor writing. G1 had over 50 different and unique characters, with their own personalities, weapons, voices, sounds, etc. (Will admit a few Decepticons were simply different colors of each other, but it was the 90s, so I am lenient). I think Transformers War for Cybertron & G1 are my personal Canon, as they don't particularly contradict each other and could be updated into a sort of Unified Timeline.
it’s shockwaveing time
biased
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@@priyapepsi wth what’s the problem
*proceeds to shockwave all over the place*
@@theonlyMoancore lol
I think the disloyal versions of Shockwave make significantly more sense than the loyal ones. After all, he's an emotionless machine driven purely by logic, while most versions of Megatron are, well... total nutbars.
Prime Shockwave is a good example of this, because he's so methodical and smart and then he's also absolutely loyal to this megalomaniacal madman with a Space Cocaine addiction who destroyed their world over a spat with his ex. Like my guy, Starscream was legitimately doing a better job before Megatron came back from his coke sabbatical to make zombies and lost the entire war within like eighteen months.
Well said, Megatron is usually irrational
@@Kadeem.C. Which is why Shockwave following Megatron in Animated makes perfect sense. Most versions of Megatron are nearly insane, but TFA Megatron is a cold, calculating, ruthless war machine.
I mean, Shockwave did second guess him on Megatron wanting to Cyberform earth. He wanted a logical explanation.
Besides that, it's kinda stated that Shockwave goes with the Decepticons because they have resources and facilities for him to experiment, and they don't care how inhumane he is with his experimentation. The Autobots would just say "No, don't split open that bot to play with his spark. The Decepticons go "Sure, whatever, he's the buzzsaw and pincers, have fun."
Even though Shockwave in the film didn't do much of anything, I will admit, his design is my favorite out of them all, with only the design from Transformers Prime nearly outmatching it it terms of my favorite.
Yep. He actually looks monstrous. Sad how the game is the only piece of media that gave him justice, while the films made him into simple cannon fodder.
Which film? Bumblebee?
I just realized that I didn't specify. Transformers: Dark of the Moon was the one I was talking about.
@@hxtpl that "fodder" took the humans + the wreckers + Optimus to take down, and only after having his eye (brain) got taken out, man was literally still standing with half a torso and his eye gouging out
@@etam8099 man got taken out by a parachute and barely did anything
His characterization and interpretation in Prime was highly………… LOGICAL.
"Quite an act of providence."
It's interesting how Shockwave is one of most 4 iconic Decepticons alongside Megatron, Starscream, and Soundwave despite not having much of a big role in g1.
For me cyberverse and tf prime are my definitive shockwaves and are probably the best representations of the character since g1. Animated is good too despite my brief exposure to that version of Shockwave and idc if bayverse shockwave was utterly wasted, that design remains as my favorite one.
Tf prime shockwave is amazing but he gets overshadowed by the absolute menace of soundwave.
Probably because we only properly got introduced to Shockwave in the final season which had limited episodes. Even still he was intimidating af in every single scene he appeared in, that show did him justice
I honestly want a Shockwave in a animated show that ends up actually betraying Megatron and takes over the Decepticons like in the original Marvel comics.
I am surprised you didn't mentioned Cyberverse Shockwave. But anyway, awesome video. Can't wait for you FOC Video.
Energon Shockblast is cool too but you know “energon bad”
Seriously Shockblast (aka shockwave) was a menace in energon and definitely the most sadistic version
He was funny asf
My problem with Cyberverse is that they try to give Shockwave a Brow which kind of defeats the No Emotion thing💀
And yet he still comes off as emotionless in terms of personality, the brow just makes him more intimidating which is a given to his character since some characters find him imposing with just 1 eye alone alongside his twisted personality.
@@Kaiju-bm4ts Personally I find the menacing brow less intimidating, as giving shockwave anything that could indicate what emotion he's feeling. I however the bayformers shockwave adds a sort of face to him that doesn't decrease his intimidation as there is no way to show emotion through a row of 8 vertical fangs covered by moving panels.
A Brow?
Where?
@@Berd-Wasted. look at the 2d renders of cyberverse shockwave, he has that "brow" or eyelid in the show
Shockwave is my favourite version of him along with Transformers Prime character.
Love his voice too.
Tf prime shockwave looks bulky like dark of the moon but has the intelligence of his other versions in my opinion
I think shockwave in the movies was awesome, just think they should add the burgerking fight without the burger king in a definitive edition
You should do Ultra Magnus next. A lot of people hated him since he was meant to replace Optimus, and also his leadership was terrible. Then he got rebooted as one of Optimus' top officers who was on (implied) equal footing with him. My favorite version of him was Animated where he was completely overhauled to be Optimus' superior and had the skills to back it all up
Shockwave: logical just logical
Shockwave is a badass
2nd and tf prime Shockwave is my favorite. G1 second. Great video bro. Keep it up.
Shockwaves my fav decepticon + first
Only 1.5k views? Thought it would at least have 100k!
Actually animated blurr survived as his spark was intact
who is your favoritre shockwave and his voice actor
I mean, I've seen his G1 gun alt being referred to as a "Space Gun", which makes sense since he doesn't seen to change size as far as I remember, and has a more mad Decapticon Scientist vibe of making deadly space lasers
Love the content man!
My favorite decepticon
0:32 oh hey... that's me there.
Warpath, Sixshot, and Cyclonus are definitely goats
This analasys was...
logical.
shockwave not only soundwave bettor you.
Me again could you direct me to the best place to purchase the comics that tie into the cybertron games like a website or something.
1:07 ER, SoundblastER!
11:47 Bumbulbee XP
You forgot cybervers he's one of my favorites
Poor Sludge...
I think u like Shockwave cause he cyclops
Did you know that shockwaves arm cannon that is always his left arm was on the right arm for dark of the moon and I don’t know what he’s talking about
no cyberverse Shockwave??? :(((
Cyclops3050 are you G.I. Joe fan?
Please make a warpath; cyclones and six shot videos!
erhm actually you misspelled bumblebee 🤓 (great video btw)
best boy
Up is not jump vibes
No mention of shockblast huh? Shame
Your bias
Personally I've never counted Transformers Prime as part of any sort of Canon. The thing that got me is that the Autobots are stuck with like 5 people, only 3 (not counting Cliffjumper since for some reason he had to "rejoin" up with Optimus with Arcee via Shockwaves Space Bridge?) of which were on The Ark as we saw in Transformers Fall of Cybertron.
I do understand the reason they didn't have over 100 different Autobots running around is because that'd become very expensive very quickly. But on the other hand that's no excuse for sloppy or poor writing. G1 had over 50 different and unique characters, with their own personalities, weapons, voices, sounds, etc. (Will admit a few Decepticons were simply different colors of each other, but it was the 90s, so I am lenient).
I think Transformers War for Cybertron & G1 are my personal Canon, as they don't particularly contradict each other and could be updated into a sort of Unified Timeline.