Beast Wars: Transformers

Name: Beast Wars: Transformers
Genre: Animation, Action & Adventure, Kids
Released: 1996-04-22
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Garry Chalk, David Kaye, Colin Murdock, Scott McNeil, Ian James Corlett

ENDED3 Seasons52 Episodes★ 8.1

Beast Wars: Transformers is an animated action-adventure series on YTV that ran from 1996 to 1999, ending after 3 seasons and 52 episodes.

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NetworkYTV

First AiredApr 22, 1996

Last AiredMay 7, 1999

GenreAnimation, Action & Adventure, Kids

Runtime30 min

Created ByBob Forward, Larry DiTillio

LanguageEnglish

CountryCanada

ProductionMainframe Entertainment, Hasbro, Alliance Atlantis

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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Cast

Garry Chalk

Optimus Primal (voice)

David Kaye

Megatron (voice)

Colin Murdock

Quickstrike (voice)

Scott McNeil

Dinobot / Rattrap / Waspinator (voice)

Ian James Corlett

Cheetor (voice)

Richard Newman

Rhinox (voice)

Venus Terzo

Blackarachnia (voice)

Jim Byrnes

Inferno (voice)

David Sobolov

Depth Charge (voice)

Campbell Lane

Rampage (voice)

Seasons & Episodes3 seasons · 52 episodes

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E1Optimal Situation

Oct 25, 199830m

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.

E2Deep Metal

Nov 1, 199830m

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.

E3Changing of the Guard

Nov 8, 199830m

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.

E4Cutting Edge

Nov 15, 199830m

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.

E5Feral Scream (1)

Jan 31, 199930m

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.

E6Feral Scream (2)

Feb 7, 199930m

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.

E7Proving Grounds

Feb 14, 199930m

Blackarachnia is getting tired of the distrust, and when she overhears Optimus and Rhinox discussing removing her Predacon programming, and the fact that it might leave her mindless, she rushes out on her own... straight into the claws of the waiting Dinobot.

E8Go with the Flow

Feb 18, 199930m

Megatron is building a disruptor ray to scramble the Maximals' circuits, but needs an organic lifeform who won't be affected by it to finish putting the shielding into place. He has one of the cave-human children kidnapped, and it's up to Rattrap and Depthcharge to save her.

E9Crossing the Rubicon

Feb 22, 199930m

Blackarachnia attempts to use the transmetal driver on herself, but all it accomplishes is to disrupt her Predacon programming, making it deteriorate quickly to the point that it will make her mindless unless it is removed.

E10Master Blaster

Mar 15, 199930m

Optimus is implanted with one of Tarantulas' bugs, this one letting Quickstrike remote control him. After securing the Maximal base, Megatron goes after the original Megatron's spark, hoping it will give him equal power to Optimal Optimus.

E11Other Victories

May 5, 199930m

The aliens, the Vok, send Tigerhawk to Earth to stop Megatron's meddling with time. He crashes into the Predacon base, but the Predacons have no intention of takeing this lying down... especially Tarantulas.

E12Nemesis (1)

May 6, 199930m

While Inferno, Quickstrike and Waspinator go looking for a new ""colony"", Megatron discovers one of Tarantulas' secret projects - the reactivation of the gigantic Decepticon warship that shot down the Ark before it crashed into the sea.

E13Nemesis (2)

May 7, 199930m

Destruction rains down on the Maximals as Megatron unleashes the weapons of the Nemesis. Optimus orders a desperate attempt at getting the Ark airborne.

About Beast Wars: Transformers

Beast Wars: Transformers is an animation, action & adventure, kids series on YTV. The show first aired on Apr 22, 1996 and currently has 3 seasons and 52 episodes. Beast Wars: Transformers has ended. It has a rating of 8.1/10 based on 334 votes. The cast includes Garry Chalk, David Kaye, Colin Murdock, Scott McNeil, Ian James Corlett. Created by Bob Forward and Larry DiTillio.