Beast Machines and Beast Wars
Episode Guide


BEAST WARS SEASON 1

  • 01 - Beast Wars, Part One:
    An interstellar battle through a galactic wormhole causes the heroic Maximals and the evil Predacons to crash on a strange planet. The planet turns out to be rich with the powerful crystal Energon, which causes the robotic forms of the Maximals and Predacons to short out over extended periods of time. To prevent damage, they take alternate forms based on the planet's native animals. Then the battle for the Energon begins.
  • 02 - Beast Wars, Part Two:
    Dinobot, one for the Predacons, is cast out by Megatron and joins the Maximals after a brief struggle for power with Optimus. The discovery of a giant Energon crystal leads to a climactic battle between the Maximals and the Predacons in their new beast forms.
  • 03 - The Web:
    When Cheetor disobeys an order from Optimus, he finds himself caught in the web of Tarantulas. With the young Maximal's life on the line, Rattrap tries to outwit his eight-legged nemesis. There, Cheetor is trapped in a stasis web which begins draining his life energy. He is finally saved by Rattrap who gets into Tarantulas's lair and battles the spider for the life of Cheetor.
  • 04 - Equal Measure:
    A combination of high-tech equipment and fluke of nature creates a transport device that beams Cheetor into the Predacon stronghold and Terrorsaur into the Maximal base.
  • 05 - Chain of Command:
    While investigating strange ruins on the planet, Optimus mysteriously vanishes inside an alien probe. this leads to conflict within the Maximal ranks as they try to determine leadership while battling the Predacons for the probe - and Optimus' life!
  • 06 - Power Surge:
    Terrorsaur finds a floating mountain of Energon crystals and accidentally gets supercharged by them. He goes on a rampage which puts him in charge of the Predacons, then prepares to turn his power on the Maximals.
  • 07 - Fallen Comrades:
    One of the stasis pods lost in orbit during the initial space battle falls to ground in the frozen north. This leads to a race on both sides to recover the pod and the protoform transformer inside. Introduction of the character TIGATRON.
  • 08 - Double Jeopardy:
    When a "mole" is suspected within the Maximal cadre, Rattrap must pretend to be a traitor to discover how the Predacons are learning of maximal missions.
  • 09 - The Probe:
    When a probe from the Planet Cybertron arrives looking for the Maximal ship, the Maximals must battle overwhelming odds to build a transmitter capable of reaching the probe and getting them all back home.
  • 10 - Gorilla Warfare:
    A 'viral mine' created by Scorponok is supposed to turn Optimus into a pacifist and coward. Instead, it turns him into a battle-hungry manic that is almost too dangerous for either side to handle.
  • 11 - A Better Mousetrap:
    Rattrap inadvertently sabotages Rhinox's defense system and finds himself trapped by it. While he risks his hide to set things right, Tigatron battle Predacons who are trying to tunnel their way into the Maximal base.
  • 12 - Victory:
    An explosion at the Predacon base appears to have wiped out the enemy and the Maximals think they have won the Beast Wars. Using equipment scavenged from the enemy base, they repair their ship and prepare to return.
  • 13 - Dark Designs:
    Rhinox is captured by Megatron and reprogrammed as a Predacon. But an evil, conniving, ruthless and powerful Rhinox is the most dangerous enemy Megatron has ever faced!
  • 14 - Double Dinobot:
    Megatron creates a clone of Dinobot, then sends it to the Maximal Base to destroy their defense grid. The clever clone does its job, but there is one things it is not prepared for - the real Dinobot.
  • 15 - The Spark:
    Rhinox and Cheetor must battle Predacons and perform Cybertronic field surgery to try and save the life of a new Maximal
  • 16 - The Trigger, Part 1:
    A mysterious flying island which supports its own ecosystem and is equipped with alien weaponry attracts both sides of the Beast Wars. Tigatron wants to save the island and its ecosystem from depredation. The Predacons want it for its power and strategic advantage.
  • 17 - The Trigger, Part 2:
    The battle for the flying island grows intense as warriors from both sides attempt to wrest control of the mysterious artifact. Blackarachnia gains control of the island's power - but Tigatron must make the painful decision to destroy the island and its ecosystem to prevent its destructive power from being unleashed
  • 18 - Spider's Game:
    Tarantulas and Blackarachnia team up to retrieve a Maximal stasis pod, as Tigatron and AirRazor attempt to stop them. Tarantulas manages to create a new Predacon.
  • 19 - Call of the Wild:
    Damage from a Predacon attack causes the maximal base to lose its shielding against Energon effects. As a result the Maximals must remain in beast mode. To their consternation, the nature of their beast forms begin to dominate their lives - which is all part of Megatron's plan!
  • 20 - Dark Voyage:
    When Rhinox, Cheetor, Rattrap and Dinobot are blinded by an Energon explosion, they must use their animal sense to battle Predacons and make it back to their base before their systems give out.
  • 21 - Possession:
    The 'spark' from the ancient Decepticon warrior Starscream manages to take control of Waspinator's body. As a result, the Predacons gain a new and able warrior - and the Maximals are in serious danger!
  • 22 - The Low Road:
    Tarantulas has infected Rhinox with an Energon Discharge Virus, threatening to destroy not only Rhinox but the entire base in the process. The only hope is for Rattrap and Dinobot to take the captured Tarantulas back to his lab and obtain the countervirus. But Megatron has no intention of letting them succeed. And Rattrap and Dinobot are not exactly the best of friends...
  • 23 - Law of the Jungle:
    The Predacons and the Maximals end up in a heated battle on Tigatron's turf. Waspinator and Terrorsaur have Cheetor cornered and he appears to be in serious trouble when Tigatron shows up to save the day.
  • 24 - Before the Storm:
    The detection of strange signal from a remote mountain leads to the discover of another alien artifact. Megatron proposes a truce with the Maximals while they work to discover the meaning of the signal. Optimus agrees, but only buy time while Tigatron infiltrates the Predacon fortress to determine what secret Megatron is hiding...
  • 25 - Other Voices, Part One:
    An alien base arrives on the planet, and it abducts Air Razor for interrogation. When Optimus and Rattrap go to her rescue, Tarantulas and Blackarachnia invade the Maximal base, planning to steal a stasis pod and convert it into an escape craft. But before they can finish, the aliens decide that the Maximals and Predacons have caused too much 'contamination' of the planetary experiment. They beam an ominous signal to the planet's secondary moon...
  • 26 - Other Voices, Part Two:
    The planet's secondary moon is revealed to be an alien space station. Despite Optimus' protests, the aliens activate it to destroy the planet. Optimus must risk his life in a desperate attempt to use Tarantulas' escape pod to destroy the space station- little knowing that Megatron has arranged that he will be going to his doom!
  • BEAST WARS SEASON 2
  • 27 - Aftermath:
    Following the explosion of the alien moon, the Maximals and Predacons find themselves with new forms.
  • 28 - Coming of the Fuzors, Part One:
    Strange new "Fuzors" Quickstrike and Silverbolt emerge from damaged stasis pods and are recruited by Megatron.
  • 29 - Coming of the Fuzors, Part Two:
    As the Maximals are almost wiped out, the fuzor Silverbolt has a crisis of identity.
  • 30 - Tangled Web:
    On a mission for Megatron, Tarantulas presents the other arachnids with a compelling proposal.
  • 31 - Maximal No More:
    Fed up with the Maximal philosophy, Dinobot comes to a difficult decision.
  • 32 - Other Visits, Part One:
    The mysterious aliens return to the planet, but find Megatron ready for them.
  • 33 - Other Visits, Part Two:
    Megatron tries to turn the power of the alien technology to his own ends.
  • 34 - Bad Spark:
    A mysterious discovery leads to a disaster and an unlikely team-up between Maximal and Predacon. Introduction of the character RAMPAGE.
  • 35 - Code of Hero:
    Dinobot's sense of honor forces him into the ultimate test.
  • 36 - Transmutate:
    A badly damaged stasis pod creates a creature that is neither Maximal nor Predacon.
  • 37 - The Agenda, Part One:
    The transwarp wave passes through Cybertronian space, triggering a momentous decision.
  • 38 - The Agenda, Part Two:
    Disaster looms as Megatron reveals his hidden agenda.
  • 39 - The Agenda, Part Three:
    Megatron's evil manipulations threaten the entire universe.
  • BEAST WARS SEASON 3
  • 40 - Optimal Situation:
    Faced with the extinction of the Maximals, Optimus must take a bold step to restore what Megatron has tried to destroy.
  • 41 - Deep Metal:
    The Beast Wars dives underwater as a new Maximal arrives on the planet.
  • 42 - Changing Of The Guard:
    The Maximals try to salvage Sentinel from their old base, now in ruins underwater.
  • 43 - Cutting Edge:
    The Maximals discover a terrified tribe of Neanderthals is threatened by long-extinct Raptors.
  • 44 - Feral Scream, Part One:
    Trying to shift the balance of power Megatron creates a surprising new ally.
  • 45 - Feral Scream, Part Two:
    The Maximals are threatened by an eerie monster which seems wild and uncontrollable.
  • 46 - Proving Grounds:
    Blackarachnia decides to leave the Maximals, but is drawn into a brutal running battle with the new Dinobot.
  • 47 - Go With The Flow:
    Megatron's newest weapon needs a non-Cybertronian to complete the construction.
  • 48 - Crossing the Rubicon:
    Blackarachnia agrees to undergo a dangerous procedure which will turn her back into her true Maximal self. Or destroy her.
  • 49 - Master Blaster:
    Using a device created by Tarantulas, Megatron takes control of Optimal Optimus and prepares to end the Beast Wars in one devastating stroke.
  • 50 - Other Victories:
    The aliens return in the form of a strange, godlike Fuzor(Tigerhawk), whose mission is to destroy the planet.
  • 51 - Nemesis, Part One:
    Megatron, outnumbered by the Maximals and without a base, seems beaten. But a secret project of the now-dead Tarantulas is discovered which promises to turn the tide.
  • 52 - Nemesis, Part Two:
    Megatron makes a spectacular last-ditch effort the Ark.
  • BEAST MACHINES SEASON ONE
  • 53(1) - The Reformatting:
    The Maximals awaken on their homeworld of Cybertron, with no memory of how they got there. Unable to Transform, they are hunted down by mindless Vehicle Transformer Drones known as Vehicons.
  • 54(2) - Master of the House:
    Seeking out allies, Black Arachnia and Cheetor discover that the entire Transformer population of Cybertron has mysteriously vanished. Rescuing them from a Vehicon attack, Optimus discovers the truth about Cybertron.
  • 55(3) - Fires of the Past:
    While searching for clues to their missing memories, Black Arachnia and Rattrap encounter Jetstorm, Thrust and Tankorr - three deadly new Vehicon Generals created by Megatron.
  • 56(4) - Mercenary Pursuits:
    Rattrap discovers a counter-virus that helps him Transform - but once he starts, he can't stop.
  • 57(5) - Forbidden Fruit:
    The Maximals discover a new Beast Mode Maximal - a bat named Nightscream - and a mysterious fruit tree, neither of which should exist on the machine world of Cybertron.
  • 58(6) - The Weak Component:
    Rattrap finally learns how to Transform, only to discover his Robot Mode has no weapons. With nowhere else to turn for protection, he strikes a deal with Megatron.
  • 59(7) - Revelations, Part One: Discovery (aka Lost and Found):
    The Maximals discover a junkyard facility where the robot shells of the missing Transformers are stored. Meanwhile, Black Arachnia and Thrust discover a fatal attraction for one another.
  • 60(8) - Revelations, Part Two: Descent:
    Cheetor leads a dangerous mission to try and bring out Tankorr's old Maximal personality. In doing so, Rattrap discovers a major clue to the Maximals' missing memories.
  • 61(9) - Revelations, Part Three: Apocalypse!:
    Nightscream fights to retrieve Black Arachnia's stolen Spark. Meanwhile, Optimus is able to contact Rhinox's Spark, but Rhinox deals him a major surprise.
  • 62(10) - Survivor:
    Megatron sends his Generals and Diagnostic Drone into the catacombs to kidnap Nightscream and learn the secret behind his Beast Mode. Nightscream is forced to relive a painful memory from his past.
  • 63(11) - The Key(Techno-Organic War, Part One):
    Tankorr uncovers an ancient weapon with the power to turn organic material into cybernetic metal. Nightscream gets hit by the weapon and the Maximals race against time to save him from going off-line.
  • 64(12) - The Catalyst(Techno-Organic War, Part Two):
    Rattrap uncovers a catalyst program that speeds up the growth of Cybertron's newfound plant life. Meanwhile, Black Arachnia discovers the truth about Thrust's Spark.
  • 65(13) - End of the Line(Techno-Organic War, Part Three):
    Megatron prepares a doomsday weapon that can wipe out everything organic on Cybertron - including the Maximals. Meanwhile, Optimus discovers his own doomsday weapon...
  • BEAST MACHINES SEASON TWO
  • 66(14) - Fallout:
    Having destroyed his world, Optimus must face the consequences before The Matrix.
  • 67(15) - Savage Noble:
    While trying to recruit the Vehicons, the Maximals discover themselves being stalked by an all-new threat.
  • 68(16) - Prometheus Unbound:
    The Maximals attempt to infiltrate Megatron's former fortress, only to have their mission threatened by their supposed new ally!
  • 69(17) - In Darkest Knight:
    Black Arachnia finally revives Silverbolt... but is he glad to be reawakened?
  • 70(18) - A Wolf In The Fold:
    Defending themselves against Megatron, the Maximals face their most dangerous enemies -- each other!
  • 71(19) - Home Soil (aka Native Soil):
    A seemingly empty spaceship crashes onto Cybertron, unleashing a dangerous entity!
  • 72(20) - Sparkwar, Part One: The Strike:
    Megatron unleashes a new set of Generals - who are not exactly as they appear!
  • 73(21) - Sparkwar, Part Two: The Search:
    Desperate to thwart Megatron, the Maximals search for the missing Sparks.
  • 74(22) - Sparkwar, Part Three: The Siege:
    Having discovered the location of the missing Sparks, the Maximals race against time to stop Megatron from achieving his ultimate Ascension.
  • 75(23) - Spark Of Darkness (aka Demon-Haunted World):
    In the wake of Megatron's demise, something horrible haunts the planet Cybertron.
  • 76(24) - Endgame, Part One: The Downward Spiral:
    Banding together inside Megatron's floating fortress, the Maximals must protect the Sparks from the desperate despot.
  • 77(25) - Endgame, Part Two: When Legends Fall:
    Horribly outnumbered, the Maximals make their final stand in a desperate attempt to protect the Sparks.
  • 78(26) - Endgame, Part Three: The Seeds Of The Future:
    Now entirely alone, Optimus faces the most unexpected foe of all!

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