Beast Wars: Transformers: Season 1
Episode Guide
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Beast Wars (1)
Apr 22, 1996 · 30 min
A band of benevolent Maximals follows a pack of power-seeking Predacons to a new planet.
Beast Wars (2)
Apr 23, 1996 · 30 min
Dinobot challenges Optimus for leadership of the Maximals, but while they fight the Predacons launch an ambush.
The Web
Sep 18, 1996 · 30 min
Cheetor becomes trapped in Tarantulas's net of deceit and torture.
Equal Measures
Sep 23, 1996 · 30 min
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 setti
Chain of Command
Sep 24, 1996 · 30 min
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
Power Surge
Sep 25, 1996 · 30 min
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
Fallen Comrades
Sep 30, 1996 · 30 min
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
Double Jeopardy
Oct 7, 1996 · 30 min
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 l
A Better Mousetrap
Oct 8, 1996 · 30 min
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
Gorilla Warfare
Oct 14, 1996 · 30 min
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 a
The Probe
Oct 15, 1996 · 30 min
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
Victory
Nov 1, 1996 · 30 min
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
Dark Designs
Nov 4, 1996 · 30 min
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
Double Dinobot
Nov 5, 1996 · 30 min
Megatron creates a clone of Dinobot's beastmode, and sends him off to deactivate Sentinel while Terrorsaur traps the real Dinobot in a cave.
The Spark
Nov 11, 1996 · 30 min
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
The Trigger (1)
Nov 18, 1996 · 30 min
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
The Trigger (2)
Nov 19, 1996 · 30 min
Optimus and Rattrap race to the island to assist Tigatron and the wounded Airrazor, while Scorponok and Blackarachnia make their way towards the obelisk.
Spider's Game
Jan 6, 1997 · 30 min
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
Call of the Wild
Jan 7, 1997 · 30 min
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
Dark Voyage
Jan 27, 1997 · 30 min
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.
Possession
Feb 3, 1997 · 30 min
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 atta
The Low Road
Feb 10, 1997 · 30 min
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 anti
Law of the Jungle
Feb 17, 1997 · 30 min
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 M
Before the Storm
Feb 21, 1997 · 30 min
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
Other Voices (1)
Mar 31, 1997 · 30 min
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
Other Voices (2)
Apr 1, 1997 · 30 min
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 f