Welcome back to the review everybody, this segment will be split in two, first the kids, autobots and the minicons!
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The Kids
Rad - He is your typical kid, who is also the son of brilliant scientists. He has a natural, insatiable curiousity about all things. His parents hope some day, Rad can channel this curiousity more productively.
He is, in my opinion, the least annoying of the kids and i like his personality and how caring he is.
Carlos - He is a typical kid and Rad's best friend. He goes to the same school and likes skateboarding.
Carlos is an adverage character in my opinion, at least compared to the others in terms of character development and he mainly stays the same from point A to B...but he is the funniest of the bunch. LOL!
Alexis - She is the interlect of the group and is also the most mature. When she grows up, she wants to be president.
My favourite of the kids. She is the one who gets the most development through out the show. She goes from being all out mature and strict to showing more emotions later in the show, especially to Starscream, but i'll talk about that later. ;)
Fred and Billy (Tony Sampson and Andrew Francis) - These two are the bullies of the group...at least at first, but then join the other kids and the autobots in the search for the minicons.
At first i honestly hated these two some much! Always pickin on Rad and Carlos. But when they join the team, they become friends and actually become more like comic-relief instead and could be helpful when they wanted to, which is why they both tie as my second favourite human characters in the show.
The Autobots
Optimus Prime (Garry Chalk) - What can say about Optimus that has already been said. He is the leader of the Autobots and will do anything to protect both Earth and Cybertron. He deserves to be the leader of the Autobots with strength, the matrix of leadership and the right amount of kindness and strictness for a true leader. Minicon - Sparkplug
Hot Shot (Brent Miller) - He is the quintessential young hero. Honestly, i...don't really like Hot Shot, he is funny, but he is also lazy and the voice is annoying, and before you get at me, let me explain. I don't hate Hot Shot, i just find him kinda boring...at the beginning of the show.
Later in the show, he actually became more interesting and likable and has a pretty emotional back story to boot. So Hot Shot...your lucky...unlike your toy. (Rage) Minicon -Jolt
Red Alert (Brian Dobson) - Red Alert is the teams medic and is pretty good at it too. He is quite melo and a little dull, but it works for his character and he does care for the others as well.
Minicon - Longarm
Scavenger (Ward Perry) - Scavenger was first seen with the Decepticons, but soon is revealed to be a spy for the Autobots and refers back to them and stays with the Autobots for the rest of the show.
He is on the middle ground with me, i don't love him, but i don't hate him either. He is strict and can teach Decepticreeps a lesson they won't forget, but he also gets dull when it isn't a battle scene happening. So 50/50 for him. Minicon -Rollbar
Smokescreen/Hoist (Dale Wilson) - He is one of the toughest of the Autobots, but is quite friendly around the Autobot base.
Of course, after his death (which i'll get into later) he is rebuilt shortly after and is then known from then on as Hoist, who is, i must admit, a bit of a down grade...at least in personality, in strength he is even stronger now then before. Minicon -Liftor
(Hoist kinda feels like a mary sue now that i think about it.)
Blurr (Brian Drummond) - He is a serious minded, yet higly competitive warrior. But quite frankly, he is the most badass of the autobots and god damn is that voice awesome, he is also very fast and is an expert sniper and i love a sniper in my transformers. :) Minicon -Incinerator
Jetfire (Scott McNeil) - Yes. He is voiced by THE Scott McNeil. But thats not the only awesome thing about Jetfire. He can power link with Optimus Prime, has a cool, wild and friendly demeanor about him and can transform into a fucking shuttle...four words...this. bot. is. AWESOME! Minicon -Comettor, Overload and Rollout
Sideswipe (Sam Vincent) - He is willing and eager, and also kinda dumb, not thinking before doing.
For me, he is the most lovable of the transformers and is hilarious when it comes to his idolisation of Hot Shot...and he is apparently a capable codebreaker...okay if you say so. Minicon -Nightbeat
The Minicons - Their backstory goes something like this. They were created by Unicron to be mindless tools, sent to Cybertron as an agitating element to the Transformers' civil war. I like this backstory and the minicons have some pretty good looks and interesting transformations, not too bad for bot who are the size of a regular human teen.
Thats it for part one of my character opinions. Next time will have a look at the Decepticons, Sideways, Thrust, Nemesis Prime and the giant planet eater himself..UNICRON!
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