Beast Wars: Transformers
Beast Wars: Transformers
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Beast Wars: Transformers

8.1 / 10
1996
3 seasons
52 episodes
AnimationAction & AdventureKids

Two spaceships, one manned by benevolent Maximals, the other by evil Predacons, crash-land on a pre-humanoid planet while en route to Earth. Their crews assume indigenous animal forms to protect themselves from an overabundance of natural energy, transforming into robots to do battle. Thus, the Beast Wars have begun...

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Trailer

S1 Opening | Beast Wars Theme - Robert Buckley

Cast

Seasons

  • Beast Wars (1)

    1.Beast Wars (1)

    6.0
    22-04-199630m

    A band of benevolent Maximals follows a pack of power-seeking Predacons to a new planet.

  • Beast Wars (2)

    2.Beast Wars (2)

    6.0
    23-04-199630m

    Dinobot challenges Optimus for leadership of the Maximals, but while they fight the Predacons launch an ambush.

  • The Web

    3.The Web

    6.0
    18-09-199630m

    Cheetor becomes trapped in Tarantulas's net of deceit and torture.

  • Equal Measures

    4.Equal Measures

    6.0
    23-09-199630m

    The Maximals are preparing to place out a Predacon detection system, but Optimus postpones it due to a fierce storm. Cheetor is however again out to prove himself, and starts setti...

  • Chain of Command

    5.Chain of Command

    6.0
    24-09-199630m

    A stone circle, showing abnormal energon readings, is activated during a Predacon attack and attracts an alien probe. While investigating it, Optimus is disintegrated, leaving the...

  • Power Surge

    6.Power Surge

    6.0
    25-09-199630m

    Terrorsaur comes across a mountain of energon floating in mid air. He chances robot mode to get a sample, but instead of damaging him, the energon supercharges him. With his newly...

  • Fallen Comrades

    7.Fallen Comrades

    6.0
    30-09-199630m

    One of the Maximal stasis pods, put in orbit before the crash, falls down in the north, and Optimus rushes out to retrieve it. Unfortunately, Megatron anticipates this and sets up...

  • Double Jeopardy

    8.Double Jeopardy

    6.0
    07-10-199630m

    After repeated ambushes by the Predacons, this time costing the Maximals a stasis pod, Optimus calls Rattrap's loyalty into question, and sends him off into Predacon territory to l...

  • A Better Mousetrap

    9.A Better Mousetrap

    6.0
    08-10-199630m

    While the Predacons are preparing to strike at the Maximal base by creating a hole in the ground below it, Dinobot accidentally activates the Maximal's new defense system before it...

  • Gorilla Warfare

    10.Gorilla Warfare

    6.0
    14-10-199630m

    Scorponok infects Optimus with a virus supposed to make him a coward, but it turns him into a battle-crazed berserker instead. Filled with fury, Optimus attacks the Predacon base a...

  • The Probe

    11.The Probe

    6.0
    15-10-199630m

    Rhinox detects a Cybertronian probe entering the star system, but is unable to contact it though the energon fields. The only option is build a more powerful transmitter before the...

  • Victory

    12.Victory

    6.0
    01-11-199630m

    After installing a hidden camera in the Predacon base, the Maximals watch them destroy themselves during a power-struggle between Terrorsaur and Megatron. Investigating, they find...

  • Dark Designs

    13.Dark Designs

    6.0
    04-11-199630m

    After Rhinox thwarts a Predacon trap, Megatron decides it's time to test Tarantulas' newest device on him - reprogramming the Maximal into a Predacon. Megatron is certain that the...

  • Double Dinobot

    14.Double Dinobot

    6.0
    05-11-199630m

    Megatron creates a clone of Dinobot's beastmode, and sends him off to deactivate Sentinel while Terrorsaur traps the real Dinobot in a cave.

  • The Spark

    15.The Spark

    6.0
    11-11-199630m

    Rhinox spots a falling stasis pod while surveying unused Predacon territory. He is the first to arrive, but the pod is damaged and he is unable to activate the DNA scanner. Unless...

  • The Trigger (1)

    16.The Trigger (1)

    6.0
    18-11-199630m

    Tigatron discovers a floating island, with a giant obelisk in its center. When the obelisk fries Waspinator and Terrorsaur with a single blast, Megatron decides he wants that power...

  • The Trigger (2)

    17.The Trigger (2)

    6.0
    19-11-199630m

    Optimus and Rattrap race to the island to assist Tigatron and the wounded Airrazor, while Scorponok and Blackarachnia make their way towards the obelisk.

  • Spider's Game

    18.Spider's Game

    6.0
    06-01-199730m

    Predicting the next stasis pod's landing, Tarantulas knocks out both the Preds' and the Maximals' computer systems. He plans to recruit the protoform robot for himself, but has to...

  • Call of the Wild

    19.Call of the Wild

    6.0
    07-01-199730m

    The Predacons steal the Maximals' rectifier-coil, leaving the Axalon without Energon shielding. Forced to remain in beastmode, the Maximals' mentality becomes closer and closer to...

  • Dark Voyage

    20.Dark Voyage

    6.0
    27-01-199730m

    A Predacon attack sets off a large energon explosion, leaving a group of Maximals with their optic-sensors non-functional while they try to make it back to the base.

  • Possession

    21.Possession

    6.0
    03-02-199730m

    During a fierce storm, the immortal spark of the Deception Starscream lands on the planet and takes control of Waspinator's body. He convinces Megatron to let him help with an atta...

  • The Low Road

    22.The Low Road

    6.0
    10-02-199730m

    Tarantulas infects Rhinox with a virus that causes him to sneeze raw energon, rapidly depleting the Maximal's power cells. Optimus sends out Dinobot and Rattrap to look for an anti...

  • Law of the Jungle

    23.Law of the Jungle

    6.0
    17-02-199730m

    Tigatron accidentally blows up a Predacon ammo storage, and the resulting avalanche kills a feline friend. Tired of fighting, he sets of alone, renouncing his membership from the M...

  • Before the Storm

    24.Before the Storm

    6.0
    21-02-199730m

    Inferno retrieves a golden disk hidden inside a glowing mountain. When Megatron sees it, he decides there are far more important things to worry about than the Maximals, and offers...

  • Other Voices (1)

    25.Other Voices (1)

    6.0
    31-03-199730m

    An alien spacecraft lands and captures Airrazor while she's examining it. Optimus and Rattrap enter to rescue her, while the Predacons stand outside, ready to break the truce at a...

  • Other Voices (2)

    26.Other Voices (2)

    6.0
    01-04-199730m

    The spacecraft leaves, but not before revealing the second moon's true purpose - planet destruction. As it gets ready to fire, Optimus and the others return to the Axalon only to f...

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