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Transformers: The Basics on HOT SHOT!

This weekend, for The Basics' 200th episode, we look at the bot who was to kids of the early 2000s what Bumblebee is to kids today! He's the poster boy of the Unicron Trilogy, the star of Rescue Bots Academy, and he's available now for Patreon supporters to watch early!

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Transformers: The Basics on DARK ENERGON!

UNICRON IS COMING! Prime yourself for the chaos-bringer's return in Rise of the Beasts next month with this history of his unearthly power: from Angolmois Energy to the Blood of Unicron and more!

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Transformers: The Basics on COSMOS!

Reach for the stars with this look at the Autobots' outer space eyes-in-the-sky, and his troubled history of cancelled toys, cartoon, and comic appearances - available for Patreon supporters to watch early right now!

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Transformers: The Basics on CROSSHAIRS!

This episode sets its sights on a popular request from the comments section, and charts the story of how an overlooked Targetmaster became a surly, sharpshooting movie-star! Patreon supporters can watch it early, right now!

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Transformers: The Basics on THE STUNTICONS!

This weekend, we celebrate 200,000 subscribers with an episode that you've all been demanding for a long, long time! Hot off the heels of their newest toys in "Transformers: Legacy," the Decepticon road-hogs THE STUNTICONS finally get The Basics treatment - and Patreon supporters can watch it early right now!

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Transformers: The Basics on the SEEKERS!

And we're back! The first Basics video of 2023 is a big one, looking at the history of one of the most iconic concepts in the "Transformers" universe - the Decepticons' seemingly-endless airforce of lookalike jets! Patreon supporters can watch it early, right now!

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Transformers: The Basics on CRASHER!

Obscure Characters Month wraps up on Christmas Eve, and appropriately for the season, the last subject in this weekly look at lesser-known and cult-fave 'bots is famous for laughing all the way, on her seismic-stomping journey from GoBot to Transformer! Patreon supporters can watch it early, right now!

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Transformers: The Basics on DION!

Obscure Characters Month continues with Optimus Prime's former best friend - who he was and who he might have become, if you listen to the fan theories! Pateon supporters can now watch early!

Also I totally forgot to make a post for last week's inaugural Obscure Character, IGUANUS, which you can watch now!

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Transformers: The Basics on NOVA PRIME!

This episode takes us back to Cybertron's Golden Age, with a look at the dark history of one of the robots who carried the Matrix of Leadership before Optimus Prime... who wasn't nearly so noble a leader! This episode goes live this weekend, but is available for Patreon supporters to watch early right now!

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Transformers: The Basics on LASERBEAK!

This weekend, the bird is the word, as I take a look at the history of Soundwave's favourite cassette! The episode is available to Patreon supporters to watch early right now!

Then, get ready for Obscure Characters Month in December - weekly quickfire episodes about lesser-known and cult-favourite bots!

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Transformers: The Basics on SKULLGRIN!

This weekend, Obscure Characters Month continues with a look at the monstrous mechanoid who's been Marvel movie star, Masterforce myth-maker, and more! Patreon supporters can watch early, right now!

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Transformers: The Basics on STARSCREAM'S GHOST!

Time to get spooky with this year's Halloween special, looking at the story behind the spectral Decepticon with the indestructible spark! Patreon supporters can watch it early, right now!

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Transformers: The Basics on IDW's ROBOTS IN DISGUISE!

This weekend, Patreon supporter Jolene Blake sponsors a look at one of her favourite Transformers comics - writer John Barber's seven-year saga of peacetime, politics, and Primes! If you're a Patreon like Jolene, you can watch it early, right now!

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TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on DEATH'S HEAD!

This mercenary mechanoid was introduced in Transformers comics, but he's also met Doctor Who, Iron Man, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and many other heroes of the Marvel Universe, as he's gone on to have a long, strange history of his own! But if YOU ever meet him... just be sure you don't call him a bounty hunter!

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Transformers: The Basics on DREAMWAVE COMICS!

Patreon supporter Luke Wood sponsors this long-awaited tale of the company that put Transformers comics back on the map... and turned remarkable success into one of the biggest crash-and-burn disaster stories in TF history! It's going live this weekend, but if you're a Patreon supporter too, you can watch it early, right now!

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Transformers: The Basics on LIOKAISER!

This weekend, we've got the whole-chested history of a certain titanic team of Decepticon boobs, and the giant robot they combine into, courtesy of Patreon sponsor Robert Betschman! If you're a Patreon supporter too, you can watch it early, right now!