TV Show

Beast Wars: Transformers

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...

TV Show Stats +8%

3 seasons

52 episodes total

Status

Ended

First Aired

1996

Rating

TV Show

8.1/10

307 votes • HD

Season 1

26 episodes
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Beast Wars (1)
Episode 1

Beast Wars (1)

Episode 1 • Apr 22, 1996

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

6.0
30m
Beast Wars (2)
Episode 2

Beast Wars (2)

Episode 2 • Apr 23, 1996

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

6.0
30m
The Web
Episode 3

The Web

Episode 3 • Sep 18, 1996

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

6.0
30m
Equal Measures
Episode 4

Equal Measures

Episode 4 • Sep 23, 1996

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 setting it up anyway - ignoring the storm until a freak lighting somehow transports him into the Predacon base.

6.0
30m
Chain of Command
Episode 5

Chain of Command

Episode 5 • Sep 24, 1996

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 Maximals bickering over who's in charge, while the Predacons prepare to attack.

6.0
30m
Power Surge
Episode 6

Power Surge

Episode 6 • Sep 25, 1996

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 gained powers he sets out to depose Megatron and then destroy the Maximals.

6.0
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Season 2

13 episodes
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Aftermath
Episode 1

Aftermath

Episode 1 • Oct 26, 1997

The alien machine is destroyed and Optimus went up with it, but the explosion sets off a quantum surge that changes the planet - and several of the robots. In his new, more powerful transmetal body, Megatron hopes to take out the Maximals before they have a chance to regroup and recover.

6.0
30m
Coming of the Fuzors (1)
Episode 2

Coming of the Fuzors (1)

Episode 2 • Nov 02, 1997

A new breed of transformer, robots with two animals mixed together when in beast form.

6.0
30m
Coming of the Fuzors (2)
Episode 3

Coming of the Fuzors (2)

Episode 3 • Nov 09, 1997

Hopelessly outnumbered and outgunned, Rattrap, Cheetor and Dinobot try to keep the Predacons away from the Axalon where Rhinox lies delving deep into the Matrix, pursuing a faint hope...

6.0
30m
Tangled Web
Episode 4

Tangled Web

Episode 4 • Nov 16, 1997

Megatron sends out Tarantulas, Blackarachnia and Quickstrike to build an energon refueling station, though the spiders' scheming complicates even the simplest task.

6.0
30m
Maximal, No More
Episode 5

Maximal, No More

Episode 5 • Nov 23, 1997

Dinobot is captured while on a recognizance mission, and surprisingly asks Megatron for permission to rejoin the Predacons, offering the golden disk as proof of his sincerity.

6.0
30m
Other Visits (1)
Episode 6

Other Visits (1)

Episode 6 • Feb 08, 1998

While out surveying the planet, Airrazor and Tigatron trigger a remaining alien site. While the Maximals scramble to their rescue, Tarantulas is already on his way, determined to thwart the aliens' plans.

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Season 3

13 episodes
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Optimal Situation
Episode 1

Optimal Situation

Episode 1 • Oct 25, 1998

Realizing that without the Maximals she would never have existed, Blackarachnia actives the Ark's defenses and forces Megatron out of the ship. The Maximals start initial repairs and the time storm subsides a bit, but Optimus Prime's life still hangs in the balance - it could swing either way. Megatron rallies his troops to make sure it swings in his favor.

6.0
30m
Deep Metal
Episode 2

Deep Metal

Episode 2 • Nov 01, 1998

The Maximal Depthcharge flies into a temporal disruption while out searching for Protoform X, and is sent back in time to the Beast Wars. He and Rampage has some unfinished business, and neither cares if anything gets in their way.

6.0
30m
Changing of the Guard
Episode 3

Changing of the Guard

Episode 3 • Nov 08, 1998

Unable to jury-rig defenses using parts from the Ark, the Maximals send Rattrap down under water in a small capsule to retrieve Sentinel from wreckage of the Axalon. But Megatron wants to lay his hands on it too, and Rampage and Depthcharge fighting it out in the area, nobody's safe.

6.0
30m
Cutting Edge
Episode 4

Cutting Edge

Episode 4 • Nov 15, 1998

Two young cave-humans are separated from their parents by an attack from Megatron's new transmetal enhanced raptor clones. Optimus chases off the raptors and charges Blackarachnia and Cheetor with escorting the kids back to their homes.

6.0
30m
Feral Scream (1)
Episode 5

Feral Scream (1)

Episode 5 • Jan 31, 1999

Using a newly discovered blank protoform, and his part of Rampage's spark, Megatron creates a clone of Dinobot incorporating his enhanced transmetal 2 technology. Discovering the experiment, Cheetor and Depthcharge try to destroy the equipment, but it is activated during the fight and blows up - the cat getting caught in the blast.

6.0
30m
Feral Scream (2)
Episode 6

Feral Scream (2)

Episode 6 • Feb 07, 1999

Afraid of what he's becoming and unable to control it, Cheetor tries to hide his temporary transmetal 2 transformation, leading the others to believe a mutant beast has destroyed him.

6.0
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