TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on BREAKDOWN
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- čas přidán 22. 03. 2024
- Don't let this episode's subject know I've made a video about him - he wouldn't like the idea of being watched by so many people! It's The Basics on the paranoid Stunticon, BREAKDOWN!
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“Before Transformers: Prime, I was a wimp! Now I’m a jerk and everyone loves me!”
Prime Breakdown is one of my favorite characters in the show. I liked how he and Bulkhead had a sort of begrudging respect for each other while still wanting to destroy each other. It's a shame he was killed off so unceremoniously. And then they just couldn't let the poor guy rest in peace.
I still regret I didn't get the Prime Breakdown toy when it was reissued
I like to imagine it was his friendship with Knockout that helped Breakdown out of being nervous and paranoid.
I got the Cylas Breakdown toy as a kid. For whatever reason, I chose it as my online name.
I always liked how the desecration of Breakdown's corpse was one of only two things that genuinely pissed off Knockout. It still bugs me that they hinted at Breakdown possibly joining the Autobots, then killed him off, only for them to do the same damn thing with Dreadwing later on.
This might be an unpopular opinion, but my favorite Breakdown isn’t Prime- it’s EarthSpark. We so infrequently get meaningful of interesting Autobot/Decepticon relationships across faction lines aside from the greatest hits (Optimus/Megatron, Starscream/Jetfire, etc) but just in one episode the dynamic between Breakdown and Bee is right up there for me, and Roger Craig Smith absolutely understood the assignment of Breakdown as a cocky jerk with a heart of gold.
Almost every IDW segment of these videos is about how they paired up the character into a romance. I swear those comics became a romcom in the end.
I found it funny how in the beginning if WFC Megatron shot and killed a random trooper for being concerned about ramming a ship into a space station but the moment breakdown appeared he kept whining throughout the Decepticon campaign😂
Breakdown’s death in Transformers Prime was just cruel I hate that we never got to see Knockout grieving for him and the show instead made him not care about his partner’s death
It’s annoying that they killed off Breakdown in TF Prime considering they originally planned to give him a redemption arc & would’ve joined the Autobots, but because of the shows budget being slashed they couldn’t afford Adam Baldwin anymore.
Random background characters: has about 2 seconds of screen time along with little to no personality or depth
I also remember that TFP Breakdown is pretty chill with the Vehicons. The scene where he was having a normal chat with a Vehicon about how he was somewhat attracted to Airachnid and the part where he praise the Vehicons for a good job.
That Earthspark episode legitimately deserves an Emmy or something, it was an emotional roller coaster
I still remember Bumblebee's saying "Breakdown, you reckless fool!" from Earthspark.
I like how Earthspark Breakdown has a transformation that's not far off from how a lot of versions of Bumblebee transform. It suggests that maybe at some point they shared a body-type and they've just had different upgrades.
Breakdown having friendships with Knockout and Bumblebee is definitely something that I feel future iterations of the character can play around with. It just adds a lot more depth to him, as a lot of decepticons are pretty one-note characters that don't really seem like they have a reason to be around each other.
I liked how, despite his varying different designs, he kept design aspects like his blue head with his orange face and shoulder wheels so we knew who he'd be based on.
I kind of wish in RID, the Stunticons would have alluded to Breakdown.
Prime Breakdown is the best in terms of his design and rivalry with Bulkhead but Earthsparks is my favourite with how different he is and is almost like a brother to Bee instead of Cliffjumper despite being on opposite sides