Episode 1
Beast Wars (1)
30m6.0 / 10
A band of benevolent Maximals follows a pack of power-seeking Predacons to a new planet.
Episode credits
Written by Bob ForwardGuest stars Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff
TV series
Beast Wars: Transformers
1996TV-Y73 seasons8.1 / 10
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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Synopsis
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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Episode 2
Beast Wars (2)
30m6.0 / 10
Dinobot challenges Optimus for leadership of the Maximals, but while they fight the Predacons launch an ambush.
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Written by Bob Forward
Episode 3
The Web
30m6.0 / 10
Cheetor becomes trapped in Tarantulas's net of deceit and torture.
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Written by Larry DiTillioGuest stars Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff
Episode 4
Equal Measures
30m6.0 / 10
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.
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Written by Greg JohnsonGuest stars Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff
Episode 5
Chain of Command
30m6.0 / 10
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.
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Written by Jess Winfield
Episode 6
Power Surge
30m6.0 / 10
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.
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Written by Larry DiTillioGuest stars Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff
Episode 7
Fallen Comrades
30m6.0 / 10
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.
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Written by Bob Forward
Episode 8
Double Jeopardy
30m6.0 / 10
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.
Episode credits
Written by Jess WinfieldGuest stars Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff
Episode 9
A Better Mousetrap
30m6.0 / 10
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.
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Written by Chris Weber, Karen Willson
Episode 10
Gorilla Warfare
30m6.0 / 10
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.
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Written by Greg Johnson
Episode 11
The Probe
30m6.0 / 10
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.
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Written by Craig Miller, Marv Wolfman
Episode 12
Victory
30m6.0 / 10
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.
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Written by Wendy Reardon
Episode 13
Dark Designs
30m6.0 / 10
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.
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Directed by Owen HurleyWritten by Ian Weir
Episode 14
Double Dinobot
30m6.0 / 10
Megatron creates a clone of Dinobot's beastmode, and sends him off to deactivate Sentinel while Terrorsaur traps the real Dinobot in a cave.
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Directed by John PozerWritten by Rowby Goren
Episode 15
The Spark
30m6.0 / 10
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.
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Directed by Colin DaviesWritten by Larry DiTillioGuest stars Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff
Episode 16
The Trigger (1)
30m6.0 / 10
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.
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Written by Bob Forward
Episode 17
The Trigger (2)
30m6.0 / 10
Optimus and Rattrap race to the island to assist Tigatron and the wounded Airrazor, while Scorponok and Blackarachnia make their way towards the obelisk.
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Written by Bob Forward
Episode 18
Spider's Game
30m6.0 / 10
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.
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Written by Larry DiTillioGuest stars Jim Byrnes
Episode 19
Call of the Wild
30m6.0 / 10
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.
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Written by Bob ForwardGuest stars Jim Byrnes
Episode 20
Dark Voyage
30m6.0 / 10
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.
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Written by Samuel Warren Joseph
Episode 21
Possession
30m6.0 / 10
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.
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Directed by Owen HurleyWritten by Ian Weir
Episode 22
The Low Road
30m6.0 / 10
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...
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Written by Bob Forward
Episode 23
Law of the Jungle
30m6.0 / 10
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.
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Directed by John PozerWritten by Mark Leiren-YoungGuest stars Jim Byrnes
Episode 24
Before the Storm
30m6.0 / 10
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.
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Written by Larry DiTillio, Bob ForwardGuest stars Jim Byrnes, Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff
Episode 25
Other Voices (1)
30m6.0 / 10
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.
Episode credits
Directed by Colin DaviesWritten by Larry DiTillio, Bob ForwardGuest stars Jim Byrnes, Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff
Episode 26
Other Voices (2)
30m6.0 / 10finale
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.
Episode credits
Written by Larry DiTillioGuest stars Jim Byrnes, Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
More about Beast Wars: Transformers
Cast
Garry ChalkOptimus Primal (voice)
David KayeMegatron (voice)
Colin MurdockQuickstrike (voice)
Scott McNeilDinobot / Rattrap / Waspinator (voice)
Ian James CorlettCheetor (voice)
Richard NewmanRhinox (voice)
Venus TerzoBlackarachnia (voice)
Alec WillowsTarantulas (voice)Credits
- Created by
- Bob Forward, Larry DiTillio
- Written by
- Bob Forward, Larry DiTillio, Ian Weir, Greg Johnson, Jess Winfield, Christy Marx, Arthur Sellers, Marv Wolfman, Len Wein, Mark Leiren-Young, Evan Somers, Rowby Goren, D.C. Fontana, Jules Dennis, Chris Weber, Karen Willson, Samuel Warren Joseph, Patrick Barry, Craig Miller, Wendy Reardon, Eric Torin, Simon Furman
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 52
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
YTVCanada- SyndicationUnited States
Mainframe EntertainmentCanada
HasbroUnited States
Alliance AtlantisCanada
Alliance FilmsCanada
Themes
absurdadoringbased on toybickeringcelebratorydinosaurdramatichilarious
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