Beast Wars: Transformers

The Transformers' war continues in an older time, through a new generation. On pliocenic Earth, the heroic Maximals and the evil Predacons battle for survival against each other and against a violent planet.

Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure

Cast:Scott McNeil , Andrea Libman , Garry Chalk , Ian James Corlett , Richard Newman , David Kaye , Venus Terzo , Alec Willows , Jim Byrnes , Don Brown , Doug Parker , Blu Mankuma , Colin Murdock , Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff , Campbell Lane , Pauline Newstone , David Sobolov , Susan Blu

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Beast Wars: Part 1

Mon, Sep 16, 1996

A band of benevolent Maximals track a pack of power-seeking Predacons to a mysterious planet. When they both crash-land, they establish themselves upon the planet and clash, commencing the Beast Wars.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Beast Wars: Part 2

Tue, Sep 17, 1996

A large mountain containing the precious mineral Energon is discovered. This leads to a race between the Maximals and Predacons that culminates in a brawl between beasts.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ The Web

Wed, Sep 18, 1996

When Cheetor messes up an important mission, he decides to fix it on his own. But when he is lured into Tarantulas's net of deceit and torture, Rattrap is the only one who can save him.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Equal Measures

Mon, Sep 23, 1996

Cheetor disobeys a direct order from Optimus by leaving the Maximals base to place survey posts on the planet. A lightning bolt strikes one of the posts, creating a direct teleportation route between the Predicons' and Maximals' bases.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Chain of Command

Tue, Sep 24, 1996

Optimus Primal is abducted by an otherwordly probe, leaving the Maximals leaderless. Amidst their bickering and squabbling, the Predacons prepare to launch an attack.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Power Surge

Wed, Sep 25, 1996

Terrorsaur discovers a floating mountain, rich with the mineral Energon. With a surge in his power, he scraps Megatron and takes control over the Predacons. Now the Maximals must destroy the mountain to stop his power-mad reign.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Fallen Comrades

Mon, Sep 30, 1996

A stasis pod, containing the spark-soul of a robot, lands on Earth. Both Maximals and Predacons race against time to claim the spark as one of their own.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Double Jeopardy

Mon, Oct 7, 1996

After being led into a trap and losing a stasis pod to the Predacons, Dinobot accuses Rattrap of working with the Predacons as the Maximal that led them there. To everyone's shock, Optimus agrees with this suspicion and sends Rattrap on a mission near Predacon base to test his loyalty. When Rattrap is beaten by Terrorsaur in battle, he surprises all by not only begging for mercy but swearing allegiance to the Predacons. Is Rattrap really a traitor?

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ The Probe

Tue, Oct 15, 1996

The Maximals are elated to find that a Cybertron probe looking for their stranded ship has arrived. However, the Predacons don't wish for them to be found. Tarantulas introduces a locking lens, which can trap the Maximals in beast mode. This makes the Maximals unable to finish their beacon to contact the probe. Are the Maximals stranded for good?

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Gorilla Warfare

Mon, Oct 14, 1996

Scorponok plants a personality-modifying virus on Optimus Primal which will render him a cowardly, submissive weakling. But the virus malfunctions, and Primal gets very, very angry.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ A Better Mousetrap

Tue, Oct 8, 1996

A prank from Rattrap causes the Maximal ship to turn on its residents with its new defenses. Determined to fix his fault, Rattrap journeys into the malfunctioning ship to reboot the system.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ Victory

Fri, Nov 1, 1996

An explosion at the Predacon base leaves no survivors, and the Maximals assume they have scored a final victory in the Beast Wars. However, Dinobot makes an investigation that changes everything.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Dark Designs

Mon, Nov 4, 1996

Megatron becomes impressed with the Maximal Rhinox, capturing and reprogramming him into a Predacon. Unfortunately, an evil Rhinox ends up doing more harm than good within the Predacon ranks.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ Double Dinobot

Tue, Nov 5, 1996

Megatron introduces an evil clone of Dinobot, different than the original in that it can only stay in beast mode. With the real Dinobot incapacitated, the clone begins to run amok among the Maximals. When it comes down to Dinobot against Dinobot, which one will win?

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ The Spark

Mon, Nov 11, 1996

When a stasis pod falls to Earth, a race ensues between Maximals and Predacons to collect it. But when it is discovered to be damaged, the Maximals attempt to protect and defend it from a Predacon attack.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ The Trigger: Part 1

Mon, Nov 18, 1996

In the aftermath of a Predacon attack, Tigatron comes upon a strange floating island, and settles down on it to lead a peaceful, content life. However, Blackarachnia and Scorponok are not far away.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ The Trigger: Part 2

Tue, Nov 19, 1996

A skirmish occurs between Maximals and Predacons for control of a floating island: the Maximals for its use as a base, the Predacons for its destructive capabilities.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ Spider's Game

Mon, Jan 6, 1997

Tarantulas and Blackarachnia team up to obtain the newest stasis pod. The pod births Inferno, a deranged Predacon who believes himself to be an ant rather than a robot. While Blackarachnia works with Inferno, Tarantulas takes the true prize he wanted: the stasis pod. Maximal Tigatron manages to destroy the pod Tarantulas has taken, but finds himself trapped in Predacon grounds against the spiders and Inferno.

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ Call of the Wild

Tue, Jan 7, 1997

A Predacon attack on the Maximal base leaves it malfunctioning, necessitating the Maximals to remain in beast mode until it is repaired. However, the longer they stay in beast mode, the more their animal sides start to take control.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ Dark Voyage

Mon, Jan 27, 1997

A Predacon attack blinds a Maximal squad and now Rhinox, Rattrap, Cheetor and Dinobot must embark on a voyage through darkness, relying on each other, to make it back to home base.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ Possession

Mon, Feb 3, 1997

Waspinator is taken over by the spark of Starscream. The Predacons use his new power and tactical knowledge to take over the Maximal base.

22Season 1

S1.E22 ∙ The Low Road

Mon, Feb 10, 1997

Rhinox is contaminated with an energon depleting virus. Dinobot and Rattrap are forced to put aside their differences to find the counter-virus.

23Season 1

S1.E23 ∙ Law of the Jungle

Mon, Feb 17, 1997

When a battle takes the life of a close friend, Tigatron considers abandoning the Beast Wars.

24Season 1

S1.E24 ∙ Before the Storm

Fri, Feb 21, 1997

The discovery of a new golden disc causes Megatron to declare a truce. The Maximals set out to peacefully discover just what their enemy has found.

25Season 1

S1.E25 ∙ Other Voices: Part 1

Mon, Mar 31, 1997

The mysterious aliens whose artifacts the Maximals and Predacons have been stumbling across arrive. Disappointed by the harm done to their experiments, they set out to destroy the planet.

26Season 1

S1.E26 ∙ Other Voices: Part 2

Tue, Apr 1, 1997

The aliens transform the second moon into a massively powerful weapon. To save the planet, Optimus uses the stasis pod that Tarantulas planned to escape in to fly to the weapon and generate a transwarp portal to destroy it.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Aftermath

Sun, Oct 26, 1997

After the destruction of the alien artefact, a quantum surge hits the planet, transforming Rattrap, Cheetor and Megatron into more powerful 'transmetals'.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Coming of the Fuzors: Part 1

Sun, Nov 2, 1997

Two stasis pods give birth to a new breed of Transformer: the Fuzors, robots with two animals mixed together in their beast form. Megatron has recruited both for the Predacon cause.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Coming of the Fuzors: Part 2

Sun, Nov 9, 1997

The Maximals are being overrun by the Predacons and the new Fuzors. Will Silverbolt's wavering allegiance and a surprise return save the Maximals?

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Tangled Web

Sun, Nov 16, 1997

Blackarachnia, Quickstrike, and Tarantulas are sent to a cave full of energon to build a new fueling station. Tarantulas has his own plans for the energon, however, and tries to persuade the other two Predacons to turn against Megatron.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Maximal, No More

Sun, Nov 23, 1997

Dinobot hands over one of the golden discs to Megatron, betraying the Maximals.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Other Visits: Part 1

Sun, Feb 8, 1998

Tigatron and Airazor discover a new alien artifact, which abducts them and becomes the new prize for the Predacons.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Other Visits: Part 2

Sun, Feb 15, 1998

Megatron boards the latest alien ship, using the golden disc to chart a destructive course back to Cybertron. With Optimus captured, the Maximals stand little chance alone against Megatron.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Bad Spark

Sun, Feb 22, 1998

The dark secret of the Axalon's original space mission was to dump Protoform X, a Transformer with an indestructible spark. Now Protoform X has awakened, taking a new form.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Code of Hero

Sat, Apr 25, 1998

When the Predacons proceed to annihilate humanity, Dinobot fights the whole Predacon army to preserve history.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Transmutate

Tue, Mar 10, 1998

A damaged stasis pod reveals a deformed, monstrous robot - dangerous to both Maximal and Predacon. Nevertheless, both Rampage and Silverbolt cultivate a friendship with her. However, the Maximal/Predacon war soon tears the lifeform apart.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ The Agenda: Part 1

Wed, Mar 11, 1998

The transwarp explosion wavefront heading to Cybertron is diverted by the Tripredacus Council so the Maximals can't detect it. They send Ravage, their own operative, to find and capture Megatron.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ The Agenda: Part 2

Thu, Mar 12, 1998

With Megatron in custody, Ravage reveals he plans to kill him - but the prisoner has saved a vital piece of the golden disc with a message from the original Megatron. It changes Ravage's mind. Silverbolt tries to turn Blackarachnia.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ The Agenda: Part III

Fri, Mar 13, 1998

Rattrap sabotages Ravage's ship, making himself a hero. Blackarachnia's history lesson to Silverbolt is interrupted by Megatron, whose treachery sets off a time storm that could end all things.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Optimal Situation

Sat, Oct 24, 1998

The Maximals are sent into a time storm after Megatron attempts to destroy one of their ancestors. But help has come from a very unlikely ally who finds that she's in the same boat as the Maximals.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Deep Metal

Sun, Nov 1, 1998

A Maximal, named Depthcharge, crash lands on Earth as during his search for Protoform X aka Rampage.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Changing of the Guard

Tue, Aug 11, 1998

The Maximals try to recover Sentinel from the old base remains. But the Predacons have the same idea.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Cutting Edge

Sun, Nov 15, 1998

Megatron sends a new fleet of robotic raptors after a tribe of the very first humans. Optimus sends Blackarachnia and Cheetor to protect them.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Feral Scream: Part 1

Sun, Jan 31, 1999

Megatron uses a piece of Rampage's spark on a new blank pod in order to resurrect Dinobot as a Transmetal Predacon. While trying to stop him, Cheetor becomes critically injured.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Feral Scream: Part 2

Sun, Feb 7, 1999

Cheetor's exposure to Megatron's machine is beginning to change him into a Beast Mutant.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Proving Grounds

Sun, Feb 14, 1999

Blackarachnia believes her relationship with the Maximals is not going anywhere, and decides to leave. On her way, she ends up playing a stalking game with Dinobot II.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Go with the Flow

Thu, Feb 18, 1999

Megatron plans to use the early humans to help finish a new weapon.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Crossing the Rubicon

Mon, Feb 22, 1999

Hoping to modify her body, Blackarachnia uses the Transmetal driver on herself...only to end up damaging parts of her programming in the process.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Master Blaster

Mon, Mar 15, 1999

One of Tarantulas' bugs is implanted on Optimus, which allows Quickstrike to control him remotely. Megatron thinks of a way for his powers to be on par with Optimus.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Other Victories

Wed, May 5, 1999

Deep within the depths of outer space an unknown enemy exists. Tigatron and Airazor are in a state of suspended animation and are transformed into a new entity known as Tigerhawk who serves as an emissary of the alien race known as the Vok. The Vok set out to destroy Megatron. In a state of panic Optimus Primal goes out to try and set the Vok straight and prevent the destruction of the time flow.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ Nemesis: Part 1

Thu, May 6, 1999

Inferno, Waspinator and Quickstrike search for a new base, while Megatron, Rampage and Dinobot 2 head underwater to the Nemesis. Depthcharge races after them, but is too late. The Nemesis rises, to Optimus and Tigerhawk's dismay.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ Nemesis: Part 2

Fri, May 7, 1999

With Megatron wreaking mindless violence over the earth and headed for the Ark, Optimus attacks, to no avail. All looks hopeless - unless the sudden resurgence of an old friend can swing the balance in the Maximal's favour.