Transformer show tier lists

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  1. Maximus Danz

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    I thought this would be fun to make, I would like to see all of your tier lists!
    My tier list:
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    S: Animated, Victory, Zone, G1

    A: BWII, BW, Super-God Masterforce

    B: Prime, Armada

    C: Headmasters, Cyberverse.

    D: Power of the Prime, Energon, RID15

    F: Whatever G2 was, CW, TR

    Haven't Watched: Rescue bots, Beast Machines, RID01, BW Neo, Cybertron.
     
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    Interesting. In my case, this would be it...

    S tier (or the Big Bois, as videogamedunkey would put it :p  ):
    G1 seasons 3 and 4
    Beast Machines
    2001 RiD

    A tier:
    Victory
    Zone
    Beast Wars

    B tier:
    G1 season 2
    Masterforce
    Rescue Bots
    2015 RiD

    C tier:
    Cyberverse

    D tier:
    G1 season 1
    Cybertron

    F tier:
    Headmasters
    Armada
    Energon
    Animated
    Prime
    Prime Wars Trilogy
    Cyber Missions

    Didn't watch:
    Japanese BW cartoons (BWII and Neo)
    Japanese Aligned cartoons (Go and Adventure)
    Siege (and I'm not planning to watch it)
     
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    For me

    S tier: prime, animated, beast wars

    A tier: cyberverse, g1

    B tier: beast machines, rid 2001

    C tier: armada, power of the primes

    D tier: cybertron

    F tier: robots in disguise 2015, combiner wars, titans returns, rescue bots

    This place is reserved for energon

    Didn’t watch : any of the japenese shows
     
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    i havent watched the japanese series, so not including them. oh, and rescue bots. and cyberverse.

    S tier: BW, Animated
    A tier: Prime
    B tier: Armada, Cybertron, G1
    C tier: Rid 2001&2015, BM
    F tier: Energon, Prime Wars trilogy
     
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    I'm only ranking what I've watched, which isn't all that much.

    S: Animated
    A: Prime S1-2, Armada, G1 S2
    B: Cybertron, Prime S3, G1 S1
    C: Energon, RiD '01
    D: Go!
    F: Machinima trilogy
     
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    S Tier: Animated, Beast Wars

    A Tier: Rescue Bots, Victory

    B Tier: Beast Wars Neo, Car Robots

    C Tier: Superlink (not Energon), Cybertron, G1

    D Tier: Masterforce, Cyberverse

    E Tier: RID (2015), Beast Machines, Headmasters

    F Tier: Armada, Prime, Zone, Rescue Bots Academy*, Machinima Series



    I'm leaving BWII off the list for now, as I never saw the entire series, I saw the first half dozen or so and then the movie. I also realized I saw less than half of Go!, so it's also off the list. Though I'll be giving it a watch after I finish rewatching BWNeo (Which may move up depending on how I feel after this rewatch). I'll also be honest, I actually gave up on Rescue Bots Academy, so there's a chance it got better or found a voice or something, but it was so bad I couldn't enjoy it at all.

    Were I to break them up by seasons, Cyberverse season 3 would be much higher; Beast Machines would've also benefited from this as well.

    If we're a little more open, while it's not official, "Geewun redone Combiner Wars special" would be on the list as a B. :p  Since that's really the only part of that dreadful Machinima series that I enjoyed.
     
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    Here's mine. I looked up the tier list maker I think you used, although it looks like original RID isn't on there:
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    Prime is easily the best. Honestly nothing past G1 cartoon is all that good, which is more than half, haha. And even I'm not huge on the G1 cartoon, but I can accept it for what it was, which is a hokey, poorly animated, but endearing 80s toy commercial.
     
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    Of the ones I've seen:

    S: Beast Wars, Animated
    A: Beast Machines
    B:
    C: Prime, RID01, Victory, Cybertron
    D: G1, RID15, Armada, Masterforce
    F: Energon, Prime Wars trilogy, Headmasters, Cyberverse

    Never watched Rescue Bots. :oops:  If I had the ability to make a proper tier list I would.
     
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    S Tier: Beast Wars, Animated, and honestly Rescue Bots. I am still amazed at how good the writing quality of that show was.
    A Tier: Beast Machines, Cybertron
    B Tier: Armada, Beast Wars II, Beast Wars Neo, G1, RID01, Prime
    C Tier: Cyberverse
    D Tier: RID15, Energon
    F Tier: The entire Prime Wars trilogy

    Haven't watched any of the Japanese G1 continuations but when it comes to Headmasters it sounds like I'm not missing much
     
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    S: Beast Wars, Armada
    A: Cybertron, Beast Machines, Animated
    C: G1, Prime
    D: Cyberverse, RID01
    F: Energon, Prime Wars, Zone
     
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    Ranking based on how much I enjoyed them...

    S: Beast Wars, Animated
    A: Prime, Armada
    B: Beast Machines, RID'15
    C: G1, Cyberverse Quintesson Arc
    D: Cyberverse
    F: Energon, Prime Wars

    Now if we were ranking based on writing quality Beast Machines would take the top spot. I'd need some time to sort out the rest.
     
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  12. Maximus Danz

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    That is quite an interesting F Tier, my friend.
    Guys! We found our first-person who bothered to watch TF: Go!
    Yep, you found the right one. I recommend you watch the Japanese shows, Headmasters is weird, It has great animation and voice acting (Japanse dub) but has really bad writing. Masterforce doesn't even feel like a TF and it's a bit bizarre but fun. Victory is just one of the top tear shows, like Prime but with more anime designs and less filler.

    Also, as an amendment to my first post, I just watched Zone, and I slot it in Under Victor and Above G1
     
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    There's still plenty of TF shows for me to watch, but what I did see I would rank them as such. I really only have one favorite show so far but Beast Wars, Rescue Bots, and Cyberverse all range from great to very well done for what they are. Like the chart says, not my favorites but I respect and acknowledge their quality.

    Considering G2 consists entirely of G1 episodes, it's not unwatchable garbage. The CG additions are distracting but you're still getting mostly the original episodes intact so if you enjoyed those, you'll find stuff to enjoy with G2.

    RID01 is not on here, but it goes in the last tier.
     
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    I missed TF anime lol. Still do, hope Trigger gets to pick the franchise up one day
     
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    Same man.
     
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    Yeah, those are the shows that really made me tear my hair out (Animated and Prime in particular did have some good ideas and a few enjoyable characters in them, but a lot of stuff just made me angry or annoyed me to no end that just didn't add any enjoyment to me, despite the fact that they are pretty popular with the mass audience, but I've always been into the more underrated stuff like Beast Machines, 2001 RiD and the third and fourth seasons of G1).
     
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    Well, you do you, man! we all have our tastes. I do really need to get on to RID01 and BM, I've been powering through the Takara Trilogy +Zone. I'm content never watch Cybertron.
     
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    Indeed, bruh.

    I like BM and 2001 RiD a whole lot. IMO, BM is pretty much the best TF cartoon with a darker tone, while RiD 2001 is the best at the opposite end of the spectrum. The off-the-wall tone and characters just make this pretty enjoyable and I do think the dub does hold up better than what we got in the Unicron Trilogy.

    Cybertron is the better part of the Unicron Trilogy, but yeah, that's not saying much. The humor during the transformation sequences and the less formal dialogue compared to Armada and Energon is appreciated but the pacing is pretty off.

    The Japanese continuity started pretty bad with Headmasters, but it started getting better with Masterforce and then Victory came about and blew it out of the water.
     
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    Yeah, for sure on the TT Trilogy (T3). Also, since you like RID01, based on your description, you'll probably like BWII. I also still need to watch the NEO subtitles that came out a few months back.

    Also, the worst part about ZONE, it stopped.
     
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    Oh, nice. Guess I might check BWII soon.

    Yeah, I do wish Zone had lasted longer. It was a pretty good one-off (much better than Scramble City ever was).
     
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