Beast Machines: Transformers

The Maximals awaken on their home planet of Cybertron and are chased by mindless Vehicons created by Megatron. The Maximals must free the planet from Megatron and restore it to its real way of living.

Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure

Cast:Scott McNeil , Garry Chalk , Venus Terzo , Ian James Corlett , Alessandro Juliani , David Kaye , Jim Byrnes , Paul Dobson , Brian Drummond , Kathleen Barr , Richard Newman , Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff , Christopher Gaze , Patricia Drake

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ The Reformatting

Sat, Sep 18, 1999

After escaping from new foes, Optimus Primal, Rattrap, Cheetor and Blackarachnia are given strange new bodies by a mysterious supercomputer.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Master of the House

Sat, Sep 25, 1999

The Maximuls begin to understand and master their new bodies, only to find that Cybertron is now under the control of a old enemy.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Fires of the Past

Sat, Oct 2, 1999

The maximuls attempt to recover the cybetron backup files only to find them wiped clean. Blackaracnia begins having flashbacks of her missing comrades and heads out with rattrap to find some answers. Megatron gives them trouble though when he brings three sparks back online to give his drones an edge.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Mercenary Pursuits

Sat, Oct 9, 1999

Rattrap uses a transformation enhancer, with disastrous results. Optimus tries to persuade Tankor to join them, successfully until Megatron regains control.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Forbidden Fruit

Sat, Oct 16, 1999

While patrolling, Optimus discovers a bat hiding in the shadows. At first he flees when Optimus tries to speak to him. At one point in the storyline, Jetstorm ambushes the Maximals and the new maximal must cooperate to save his life and at the same time, the life of his new friends.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ The Weak Component

Sat, Oct 23, 1999

On a recon mission Rattrap finally learns how to transform, but accidentally wrecks the mission. Humiliated and angry with his friends' reactions, he attempts to make a deal with Megatron.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Revelations I: Discovery

Sat, Oct 30, 1999

Running from Vehicons, the Maximals find themselves in a giant spark extractor facility, surrounded by dead Cybertronians. When Thrust saves Blackarachnia, she realises that the sparks of their dead comrades are being recycled into drones.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Revelations II: Descent

Sat, Nov 6, 1999

Cheetor takes over while Optimus communes with the Allspark. Tankor unwittingly reveals their recent history as Rattrap taps into his mind. Jetstorm attacks Blackarachnia.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Revelations Part 3: Apocalypse

Sat, Nov 13, 1999

Nightscream fights to retrieve Black Arachnia's stolen Spark. Meanwhile, Optimus is able to contact Rhinox's Spark, but Rhinox deals him a major surprise.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Survivor

Sat, Nov 27, 1999

A startling discovery reveals a disturbing secret about Cybertron's past. And reviving Rhinox may have been a very bad idea.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Techno-Organic War I: The Key

Sat, Dec 4, 1999

The Key to Vector Sigma transforms organic life into technomatter - and Tankor now possesses it. But if he's dead, how can he fulfil his own agenda?

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ Techno-Organic War II: The Catalyst

Sat, Dec 11, 1999

Liquid from Cybertron's organic core nourishes the Maximal's orchard: Blackarachnia persuades Rattrap to let her use some to try to resurrect SIlverbolt's spark from within Thrust. But her belief proves false.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Techno-Organic War III: End of the Line

Sat, Dec 18, 1999

Megatron plans to use the Vector Sigma Keys to transform everything organic, including the planet's core, into technomatter: Optimus will counter by unleashing Plasma Energy, which destroys everything technological. Will anything survive?

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Fallout

Wed, Feb 9, 2000

Having destroyed his world, Optimus must face the consequences before The Matrix.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Savage Noble

Wed, Feb 16, 2000

Megatron survived, but is he still sentient? The Maximals meet a new transformer, a mysterious beast with a strange alternative mode.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Prometheus Unbound

Wed, Feb 23, 2000

Helping Noble turns out to be a huge mistake, and with Megatron resurrected the Maximals troubles increase tenfold.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ In Darkest Knight

Wed, Mar 1, 2000

Nightscream still believes Noble to be his friend. Blackarachnia brings back Silverbolt, and together they head off to rescue Optimus and Cheetor, who have been captured by Megatron. But Silverbolt has changed.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ A Wolf in the Fold

Wed, Mar 8, 2000

Megatron infects Silverbolt with a variety of Hate Plague virus, which he then passes to the other Maximals. Optimus realises they can only stop fighting and hating each other if they all work together - then wonders if Megatron is right.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Home Soil

Wed, Mar 15, 2000

The perilous arrival of the powerful transformer Botanica may give the Maximals a fighting chance in their attempt to re-balance Cybertron, turning it into the technorganic world the Matrix desires.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Sparkwar War I: The Strike

Wed, Mar 22, 2000

When Megatron resurrects the two greatest generals in Cybertron's history, Botanica - reluctantly - proves herself to be as good a warrior as a scientist. Optimus vows to rescue the captured sparks.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Sparkwar War II: The Search

Wed, Mar 29, 2000

The Maximals split into teams to search for the sparks. Underground in the original Iacon, Megatron reveals he's been misdirecting them, and steals the last of the oracle code from Optimus, but also reveals the location of the sparks.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Sparkwar War III: The Siege

Wed, Apr 5, 2000

Megatron has been absorbing the sparks, intending to 'ascend' and become the most powerful, perfect being in the universe. Noble's sacrifice causes Nightscream to lash out, disrupting the process.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Spark of Darkness

Wed, Apr 12, 2000

Megtron's spark survived, and is forced into the frame of a diagnostic drone by Rattrap. Gathering Strika and Obsidian, the tyrant plans to regroup and continue towards his goal.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Endgame I: Downward Spiral

Wed, Apr 19, 2000

Banding together inside Megatron's floating fortress, the Maximals must protect the Sparks from the desperate despot.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Endgame Part 2: When Legends Fall

Wed, Apr 26, 2000

Horribly outnumbered, the Maximals make their final stand in a desperate attempt to protect the Sparks.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Endgame III: Seeds of the Future

Wed, May 3, 2000

It takes a final, catastrophic battle and the ultimate sacrifice, but Optimus's Oracle-inspired vision of a balanced technorganic world may now be realised.