I hate Cheetor so much right now
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2020 2:19 am
Since we're all stuck at home for a while, I'm introducing my four year old to Beast Wars! I'm happy to say he's taken to it a lot more than he ever did to the various other TF series we've tried. I think it's because he likes the animals they turn into. He did have a minor TRUKK NOT MUNKY moment when he first saw Primal, but he got over it quickly and just calls him Optimus Monkey now. Also he adores Tarantulas because he laughs like the Joker.
All in all, it's been lots of fun! But holy shit do I ever want to throw things at the TV any time Cheetor speaks up. I know that he's got a bit of a heavy load to bear, since the lack of any humans in the cast mean that he has to be Bumblebee, Spike, Hot Rod, Wheelie and Daniel all at once. And I know that he gets better as the show goes on and transitions into Beast Machines. But what in the world were they thinking?
I'm not even sure what's the worst part of the character, either. Is it the painfully cheesy catchphrases that were never going to catch on, even in the 90s? The Homer Simpson-esque "Don't worry, Primal. I haven't learned a thing! *cue laugh track*" every time he nearly gets them all killed doing something stupid? The fact that he's less mature than the literal newborns who come online during the run of the show? The way he treats his friends like garbage? Or how in spite of all that, the early episodes are written on the assumption that he's definitely going to be everyone's favourite character?
Actually, no. I think the worst part is that I actually DID like him when I was a kid. Albeit mainly because his head sculpt looked awesome.
Honestly, I always forget just how wobbly the first few episodes of the show were. It gets better once it starts to dawn on the writers that Dinobot, Rattrap, Blackarachnia and Tarantulas were who they should be concentrating on rather than Cheetor and Terrorsaur, but the early episodes that feature those two prominently are a bit tough to sit through.
All in all, it's been lots of fun! But holy shit do I ever want to throw things at the TV any time Cheetor speaks up. I know that he's got a bit of a heavy load to bear, since the lack of any humans in the cast mean that he has to be Bumblebee, Spike, Hot Rod, Wheelie and Daniel all at once. And I know that he gets better as the show goes on and transitions into Beast Machines. But what in the world were they thinking?
I'm not even sure what's the worst part of the character, either. Is it the painfully cheesy catchphrases that were never going to catch on, even in the 90s? The Homer Simpson-esque "Don't worry, Primal. I haven't learned a thing! *cue laugh track*" every time he nearly gets them all killed doing something stupid? The fact that he's less mature than the literal newborns who come online during the run of the show? The way he treats his friends like garbage? Or how in spite of all that, the early episodes are written on the assumption that he's definitely going to be everyone's favourite character?
Actually, no. I think the worst part is that I actually DID like him when I was a kid. Albeit mainly because his head sculpt looked awesome.
Honestly, I always forget just how wobbly the first few episodes of the show were. It gets better once it starts to dawn on the writers that Dinobot, Rattrap, Blackarachnia and Tarantulas were who they should be concentrating on rather than Cheetor and Terrorsaur, but the early episodes that feature those two prominently are a bit tough to sit through.