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8.1327 votes1996TV-Y730mEndedAnimationAction & AdventureKids

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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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1. Beast Wars (1)Now viewing1996-04-2230m6.0A band of benevolent Maximals follows a pack of power-seeking Predacons to a new planet.
2. Beast Wars (2)1996-04-2330m6.0Dinobot challenges Optimus for leadership of the Maximals, but while they fight the Predacons launch an ambush.
3. The Web1996-09-1830m6.0Cheetor becomes trapped in Tarantulas's net of deceit and torture.
4. Equal Measures1996-09-2330m6.0The 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.
5. Chain of Command1996-09-2430m6.0A 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. Power Surge1996-09-2530m6.0Terrorsaur 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.
7. Fallen Comrades1996-09-3030m6.0One 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.
8. Double Jeopardy1996-10-0730m6.0After 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.
9. A Better Mousetrap1996-10-0830m6.0While 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.
10. Gorilla Warfare1996-10-1430m6.0Scorponok 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.
11. The Probe1996-10-1530m6.0Rhinox 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.
12. Victory1996-11-0130m6.0After 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.
13. Dark Designs1996-11-0430m6.0After 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.
14. Double Dinobot1996-11-0530m6.0Megatron creates a clone of Dinobot's beastmode, and sends him off to deactivate Sentinel while Terrorsaur traps the real Dinobot in a cave.
15. The Spark1996-11-1130m6.0Rhinox 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.
16. The Trigger (1)1996-11-1830m6.0Tigatron 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.
17. The Trigger (2)1996-11-1930m6.0Optimus and Rattrap race to the island to assist Tigatron and the wounded Airrazor, while Scorponok and Blackarachnia make their way towards the obelisk.
18. Spider's Game1997-01-0630m6.0Predicting 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.
19. Call of the Wild1997-01-0730m6.0The 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.
20. Dark Voyage1997-01-2730m6.0A 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.
21. Possession1997-02-0330m6.0During 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.
22. The Low Road1997-02-1030m6.0Tarantulas 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...
23. Law of the Jungle1997-02-1730m6.0Tigatron 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.
24. Before the Storm1997-02-2130m6.0Inferno 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.
25. Other Voices (1)1997-03-3130m6.0An 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.
26. Other Voices (2)1997-04-0130m6.0The 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.

Cast

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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)

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Is Beast Wars: Transformers available to watch online?

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How many seasons does Beast Wars: Transformers have?

Beast Wars: Transformers has 3 seasons and 52 episodes.

When did Beast Wars: Transformers first air?

Beast Wars: Transformers first aired in 1996.

Is Beast Wars: Transformers still running?

Beast Wars: Transformers's status on TMDB is: Ended.

What genre is Beast Wars: Transformers?

Beast Wars: Transformers is classified as Animation, Action & Adventure, Kids.