TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on the WRECKERS

Another episode by popular demand - this week, we're wrecking and ruling as we look at the history of the team who don't call for backup... they call for cleanup! It's The Basics on THE WRECKERS!

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[thesupershinymegagengar]

"Wreckers don't call for backup. They call for cleanup!"

Man I love that quote!

[andrewkeyes]

Also seaspray was a wrecker in the aligned continuity, wheeljack informs bulkhead that he found him ripped to shreads floating in space

[Enterprise-D]

Wheeljack: You know Wreckers don’t call for backup.
Bulkhead and Wheeljack: THEY CALL FOR CLEANUP!

[OtakuUnitedStudio]

I absolutely fell in love with the Wreckers the first time I heard of them. The idea of a self contained Autobot suicide squad who perform tactical strikes on key Decepticon targets while breaking as much crap as possible? And have a higher success rate than any other specialist team? It's like The Expendables, except Jason Statham is a robot.

[zeroblade]

I always found warpath and brawn good candidates for the wreckers

[shadowdramon]

I like the idea of the Wreckers being mostly, or if possible, entirely obscure or lesser used Autobots, just for the sake of giving them something to do instead of always putting the focus on Prime and Bee.

[person]

Who'd love to see this adapted into a film?

I would

[ReaverPrime]

I was mad salty when Prime's Wreckers team used the tagline "We don't call backup. We call for clean up". That was my unit's motto in Iraq back in 08.

Still, it was awesome to hear it on TV years later.

[pious]

Last Stand of the Wreckers is probably the single best story in IDWverse.

[kumastansloona]

Wow! I absolutely love this series! You bring great information about transformers and have great visuals and awesome narrating. You definitely deserve more attention!

-Kummalee

[tayojones]

I've only read last stand and I loved it! I hope to read the rest of the trilogy one day. Great video as always Chris.

[leterops]

The rain makers and cone heads plz, also you're great

[myriadmediamusings]

Was great to see this one be a Basics episode. Until very, very recently, I knew absolutely jack diddly about the Wreckers. The first instance I ever heard of this team was, in all things, the mobile game Transformers: Earth Wars. So I know the Wreckers mostly as consisting of Ultra Magnus, Springer, Kup and Arcee. That they're actually this recurring team throughout multiple continuities is pretty neat, and considering the Wreckers had obscure humble beginnings, it's no wonder I haven't heard of them before.

And now I can understand the reasoning of the Mirage/Impactor choice in the upcoming Cybertron: Siege line. Assuming that Cybertron: Siege will get its own cartoon a la Machinima's Prime Wars, it would be neat if they actually do the story that's laid out in that fan poll description, that Mirage must convince Impactor and the Wreckers to join the Autobots.

[MrDoctorVK]

I don't know has anyone realized but TF Generations from Thrilling 30 and Titans Return toyline; fans have been able to build TF IDW-verse's main Wreckers from Springer, Sandstorm, Whirl, Roadbuster, Perceptor, Topspin, Kup, Twin Twist and Broadside.

[KamoseMills]

Great video Chris!!! I watched the Beast era as a kid and saw the live action movies as I got older but I never really understood or got into Transformers until you started this channel.

[SoulsofCatz]

Can you do the BASICS of Wreck Gar I miss that dude :(

[willrigby]

If only they had an iconic catchphrase to spam...ah yes.
"Life Persists".

[nicholasdickens]

I loved the Wreckers. Impactor was one of my favourite Transformers – can it really be 32 years ago now that I was reading Target: 2006 now?

Thank you for the great video Mr FcFeely. You do by far the best Transformers Videos ever.

[LieutenantAlaki]

3:15 Oh hey Dreamwave art. Shockwave, stop posing like that. Even a JoJo character wouldn't be caught dead with that kind of posture.

[SwordInTheStorm]

The Original G1 Wreckers were some of the ugliest transformers but from the moment they appeared in the uk comic they were my 2nd favourite sub group bested only by the Dinobots. Wreck and Rule!!!!