In what order do you rate the G1 cartoon TV series?

[BigTransformerTrev]

Season 2
Masterforce


I rank US season two over season one. Those were the episodes I saw most as a kid and have the most fondness for. Possibly helps that season two has a lot more episodes. It definitely helps that the cast in season two is a mix of the whole 1985 toy range (still my favourite range of characters ever).

I'd also score Season two higher for it's great multiple part episodes. Season one's Ultimate Doom is not very good, but season two gives us "Dinobot Island", "Megatron's Master Plan", "Desertion of the Dinobots", and "Key to Vector Sigma" - all great two parters, as well as the unofficial two parter Combaticon episodes.

Masterforce is terrific, but if I could have only one series, Season 2 would beat it out so I've placed it second.

I think also Season 2 not only gave us a wider cast but a greater variety of alt-modes. In Season 1 there were Cars, Trucks, Dinosaurs and Jetfire on the Autobot side and there were Jets, Construction Vehicles, Insects and handheld objects (camera, guns, tape deck) on the other. That was still a decent bit of variety I'll grant you.

However in Season 2 suddenly we had hovercrafts, tanks, trains, space shuttles, UFO's, Flying Cars, Motorcycles, Helicopters, Fire Engines, Dune Buggy's, VTOL's, Rocket Bases etc. It made for more interesting combat and opened up a greater range of storylines. Also there was a lot more crossover with the alt-modes (the Cons now had cars and trucks and the Bots had fighter jets etc).

I think I may have to rewatch Masterforce as it seems quite a few people liked it.

Season 3 as it also has cool characters but I honestly recall feeling something missing with Prime not present.

Yeah, Rodimus just never really stepped up and inspired the fans the way Optimus did

Poll doesn't include Scramble City.

P.S: I did not include the animated movie and Scramble City for the fact neither was intended to be a TV series.

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