Ah, what I wouldn't give to see a Prime with the budget and rating to show all of this. What a show that would be.

"Why dont autobots fly"
: laughs in Jetfire

Wow, I just realized Megatron should not have had the fusion cannon in alt form with his new hand. Big oversight

*the first two decepticons we see*: literally Gods

*all the other*: I die like stormtrooper

though not necessarily cannon to the aligned continuity. it has been confirmed in the animated series that cybertronians can intake inorganic metal into their body, and their biology quickly assimilates it into cybermetal or whatever they are actually made of. i believe this was also referenced in IDW, but i cannot confirm that.
love your channel, made me re-watch prime all over again with new understandings about the bots and cons.

*edit. forgot to list the scene.... oops tranformers animated season 1 Ep 15-16 "Megatron Rising"

I always thought that Skyquake couldn't transform into a vehicle because it had probably been millions of years since he left cybertron. My thought has always been that being in stasis for that long causes a cybertronian to lose their vehicle form and be forced to accquire a new one

I have a theory to “pain variation”.
Most of the weapons they use can either be pea shooters or full-blast autos. The force of the different types of guns are different, such as Skyquake’s machine gun. His gun literally shoved Optimus 20 feet in human measures, but it was lacking in accuracy. Then, Arcee has blasters that were accurate, but it was like throwing pebbles at a stop sign.

Another addition to this theory is that some bots can take more of a beating than others. Skyquake was almost a tank, taking hits from the Autobots like he was Megatron. And this also goes for his brother. Starscream is easier to hit because he’s frail and inexperienced in hand-to-hand combat. Take that he has no sword or melee weapon except for his “claws”. All he has as an advantage is his highly-explosive missiles, which striked Predaking right on the back and stunned him. But then, there’s the Vehicons. Oh boy I don’t need to explain it....

"Even you, my blaster"
Dreadwing, before his death.

9:38-Maybe because Predaking is tougher.

I figure that flight was far more common in Cybertron's past, as most Transformers we see appear to have some form of vestigial wings, most commonly reconfigured to form doors of their car Alt-forms.

Great video, Emperor! Just a few things I hope might help: On the subject of how transformers might see in their alt-forms, you mention that they might have small cameras or scanners along their form, and how this might have enabled Starscream to see behind him. I think something to support this is that this does exist IRL. Most modern fighter jets have radar to help the pilots see beyond their visual range and warn them of incoming threats or other things, and a new fighter jet, the F-35 Lightning II, actually does have cameras all over its frame to give the pilot 360° visibility, with AR vision to boot. And concerning Starscream's size: he appears to transform into a considerably modified version of a General Dynamics F-16 'Viper' (his version appears to have a different cockpit design and extra wings), a light fighter jet that is very small even compared to other fighter jets in its class (fighters like the Saab Gripen, Dassault Rafale, and Mitsubishi F-2A (yes, THAT Mitsubishi) are marginally larger), so his size appears to be about accurate for his alt form. Just pointing out a few things to help, have a good day.

Also star scream may have not felt the pain because of the dark energeon as well as an adrenaline rush from the auto bots arriving

As to how they see, cybertronians with a military shape, tanks and combat aircraft, can see all around themselves because they come with a scanner/radar.  Non-military grounders in vehicle mode see through their headlights and mirrors.  It is possible, and plausible, that non-military fliers have 360-sensors like the military ones have as a flight safety requirement.

I just recently found your channel and I've been showing your videos to a friend of mine as he had just gotten through watching the entirety of Transformers Prime and I'm trying to initiate him into the fandom. I'm glad to know that there are still people talking about this awesome series.

9:55 we should also consider that he could be used to pain since he is abused by Megatron or that the blast was not as painful as Megatron's beatings (this poor bot needs to be saved)

I always thought that too, if you replace a Cybertronian's body part, their body adapts to having that new part, and it too becomes living metal

For how they get weapons the war for cybertron games explains that when you pick up a weapon the bot sort of scans it onto their arm

6:36 "Dino thing that sprays water"
He's a Brachiosaurus, one of the most well-known Dinosaurs. Partly due to Jurassic Park.

10:40 is that why starscream makes a point of belittling knockout for "choosing" to be an automobile because even though doc knock was probably born a grounder, the decepticons mastered the science to convert grounders? Also, I feel like automobile might hint at knockout being autosexual especially since he likes the way he looks in steel belted radials (I know Cybertronians are ace but still)