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Beast Wars: Transformers

Season 1 1996 - 1997
TV-Y7

  • 1996-04-22T04:00:00Z on Syndication
  • 30m
  • 13h (26 episodes)
  • Canada
  • Chinese, English, Italian, Spanish; Castilian
  • Action, Adventure, Donghua
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...

26 episodes

Series Premiere

1996-04-22T04:00:00Z

1x01 (1) Beast Wars (1)

Series Premiere

1x01 (1) Beast Wars (1)

  • 1996-04-22T04:00:00Z30m

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

1996-04-23T04:00:00Z

1x02 (2) Beast Wars (2)

1x02 (2) Beast Wars (2)

  • 1996-04-23T04:00:00Z30m

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

1996-09-18T04:00:00Z

1x03 (3) The Web

1x03 (3) The Web

  • 1996-09-18T04:00:00Z30m

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

1996-09-23T04:00:00Z

1x04 (4) Equal Measures

1x04 (4) Equal Measures

  • 1996-09-23T04:00:00Z30m

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.

1996-09-24T04:00:00Z

1x05 (5) Chain of Command

1x05 (5) Chain of Command

  • 1996-09-24T04:00:00Z30m

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.

1996-09-25T04:00:00Z

1x06 (6) Power Surge

1x06 (6) Power Surge

  • 1996-09-25T04:00:00Z30m

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.

1996-09-30T04:00:00Z

1x07 (7) Fallen Comrades

1x07 (7) Fallen Comrades

  • 1996-09-30T04:00:00Z30m

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 an ambush that nearly kills the Maximal leader. Without a flyer, the Maximals race to the pod in hope of getting it before the Predacons reprogram the dormant robot inside.

1996-10-07T04:00:00Z

1x08 (8) Double Jeopardy

1x08 (8) Double Jeopardy

  • 1996-10-07T04:00:00Z30m

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 look for energon. Once there, he is attacked by Terrorsaur, and offers to surrender... and become a Predacon.

1996-10-08T04:00:00Z

1x09 (9) A Better Mousetrap

1x09 (9) A Better Mousetrap

  • 1996-10-08T04:00:00Z30m

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's learnt to recognize the Maximals as friendlies.

1996-10-14T04:00:00Z

1x10 (10) Gorilla Warfare

1x10 (10) Gorilla Warfare

  • 1996-10-14T04:00:00Z30m

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 alone.

1996-10-15T04:00:00Z

1x11 (11) The Probe

1x11 (11) The Probe

  • 1996-10-15T04:00:00Z30m

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 probe leaves, but the nearest suitable place is in the middle of Predacon territory.

1996-11-01T05:00:00Z

1x12 (12) Victory

1x12 (12) Victory

  • 1996-11-01T05:00:00Z30m

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 no signs of life, so it looks like they won, and can go back to Cybertron with salvaged parts from the remains of the Predacon ship.

1996-11-04T05:00:00Z

1x13 (13) Dark Designs

1x13 (13) Dark Designs

  • 1996-11-04T05:00:00Z30m

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 new ally will make overrunning the Maximal base easy, though it seems like the new Rhinox has other ideas.

1996-11-05T05:00:00Z

1x14 (14) Double Dinobot

1x14 (14) Double Dinobot

  • 1996-11-05T05:00:00Z30m

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

1996-11-11T05:00:00Z

1x15 (15) The Spark

1x15 (15) The Spark

  • 1996-11-11T05:00:00Z30m

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 he can get it working again soon, the protoform's spark will be extinguished.

1996-11-18T05:00:00Z

1x16 (16) The Trigger (1)

1x16 (16) The Trigger (1)

  • 1996-11-18T05:00:00Z30m

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 and sends out Scorponok and Blackarachnia to seize it.

1996-11-19T05:00:00Z

1x17 (17) The Trigger (2)

1x17 (17) The Trigger (2)

  • 1996-11-19T05:00:00Z30m

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

1997-01-06T05:00:00Z

1x18 (18) Spider's Game

1x18 (18) Spider's Game

  • 1997-01-06T05:00:00Z30m

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 let Blackarachnia tag along when she discovers him scheming.

1997-01-07T05:00:00Z

1x19 (19) Call of the Wild

1x19 (19) Call of the Wild

  • 1997-01-07T05:00:00Z30m

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 that of their organic counterparts.

1997-01-27T05:00:00Z

1x20 (20) Dark Voyage

1x20 (20) Dark Voyage

  • 1997-01-27T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1997-02-03T05:00:00Z

1x21 (21) Possession

1x21 (21) Possession

  • 1997-02-03T05:00:00Z30m

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 attack on the Maximal base, which he knows to be offline. His skills are after all considerable... but then again - so is his treachery.

1997-02-10T05:00:00Z

1x22 (22) The Low Road

1x22 (22) The Low Road

  • 1997-02-10T05:00:00Z30m

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 antidote, and they end up having to follow the spider into its underground lair...

1997-02-17T05:00:00Z

1x23 (23) Law of the Jungle

1x23 (23) Law of the Jungle

  • 1997-02-17T05:00:00Z30m

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 Maximals.

1997-02-21T05:00:00Z

1x24 (24) Before the Storm

1x24 (24) Before the Storm

  • 1997-02-21T05:00:00Z30m

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 Optimus a truce. Meanwhile, Tarantulas is even more determined to leave the planet than ever.

1997-03-31T05:00:00Z

1x25 (25) Other Voices (1)

1x25 (25) Other Voices (1)

  • 1997-03-31T05:00:00Z30m

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 moment's notice.

Season Finale

1997-04-01T05:00:00Z

1x26 (26) Other Voices (2)

Season Finale

1x26 (26) Other Voices (2)

  • 1997-04-01T05:00:00Z30m

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 find Rhinox and Dinobot off-line... and spiders in their basement.

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