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Beast Wars: Transformers
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...
- Created by:
- Bob Forward, Larry DiTillio
- Cast:
- Garry Chalk, David Kaye, Colin Murdock, Scott McNeil
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- Canada
- Network:
- YTV, Syndication
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 3
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 6.0Optimal Situation
1998-10-25 · 30mRealizing that without the Maximals she would never have existed, Blackarachnia actives the Ark's defenses and forces Megatron out of the ship. The Maximals start initial repairs and the time storm subsides a bit, but Optimus Prime's life still hangs in the balance - it could swing either way. Megatron rallies his troops to make sure it swings in his favor.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 6.5Deep Metal
1998-11-01 · 30mThe Maximal Depthcharge flies into a temporal disruption while out searching for Protoform X, and is sent back in time to the Beast Wars. He and Rampage has some unfinished business, and neither cares if anything gets in their way.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 6.5Changing of the Guard
1998-11-08 · 30mUnable to jury-rig defenses using parts from the Ark, the Maximals send Rattrap down under water in a small capsule to retrieve Sentinel from wreckage of the Axalon. But Megatron wants to lay his hands on it too, and Rampage and Depthcharge fighting it out in the area, nobody's safe.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 6.5Cutting Edge
1998-11-15 · 30mTwo young cave-humans are separated from their parents by an attack from Megatron's new transmetal enhanced raptor clones. Optimus chases off the raptors and charges Blackarachnia and Cheetor with escorting the kids back to their homes.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 6.0Feral Scream (1)
1999-01-31 · 30mUsing a newly discovered blank protoform, and his part of Rampage's spark, Megatron creates a clone of Dinobot incorporating his enhanced transmetal 2 technology. Discovering the experiment, Cheetor and Depthcharge try to destroy the equipment, but it is activated during the fight and blows up - the cat getting caught in the blast.
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E06
Episode 6
★ 6.0Feral Scream (2)
1999-02-07 · 30mAfraid of what he's becoming and unable to control it, Cheetor tries to hide his temporary transmetal 2 transformation, leading the others to believe a mutant beast has destroyed him.
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E07
Episode 7
★ 6.5Proving Grounds
1999-02-14 · 30mBlackarachnia is getting tired of the distrust, and when she overhears Optimus and Rhinox discussing removing her Predacon programming, and the fact that it might leave her mindless, she rushes out on her own... straight into the claws of the waiting Dinobot.
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E08
Episode 8
★ 6.0Go with the Flow
1999-02-18 · 30mMegatron is building a disruptor ray to scramble the Maximals' circuits, but needs an organic lifeform who won't be affected by it to finish putting the shielding into place. He has one of the cave-human children kidnapped, and it's up to Rattrap and Depthcharge to save her.
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E09
Episode 9
★ 6.5Crossing the Rubicon
1999-02-22 · 30mBlackarachnia attempts to use the transmetal driver on herself, but all it accomplishes is to disrupt her Predacon programming, making it deteriorate quickly to the point that it will make her mindless unless it is removed.
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E10
Episode 10
★ 6.0Master Blaster
1999-03-15 · 30mOptimus is implanted with one of Tarantulas' bugs, this one letting Quickstrike remote control him. After securing the Maximal base, Megatron goes after the original Megatron's spark, hoping it will give him equal power to Optimal Optimus.
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E11
Episode 11
★ 6.0Other Victories
1999-05-05 · 30mThe aliens, the Vok, send Tigerhawk to Earth to stop Megatron's meddling with time. He crashes into the Predacon base, but the Predacons have no intention of takeing this lying down... especially Tarantulas.
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E12
Episode 12
★ 6.0Nemesis (1)
1999-05-06 · 30mWhile Inferno, Quickstrike and Waspinator go looking for a new ""colony"", Megatron discovers one of Tarantulas' secret projects - the reactivation of the gigantic Decepticon warship that shot down the Ark before it crashed into the sea.
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E13
Episode 13
★ 7.0Nemesis (2)
1999-05-07 · 30mDestruction rains down on the Maximals as Megatron unleashes the weapons of the Nemesis. Optimus orders a desperate attempt at getting the Ark airborne.
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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)