"Beast Wars: Transformers" (1996) TV series 1996-1999

User Rating:

8.8/10   

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

6 August 1996 (Canada)

Genre:

Action | Fantasy | Animation | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

The Transformers story continues in the acclaimed sequel!

Plot:

Two spaceships, one manned by benevolent Maximals, the other by evil Predacons, crash-land on a pre-humanoid planet while en route to Earth...

Plot Keywords:

Planet | Battle | Robot | Spaceship | Alien

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Scott McNeil	...	Dinobot / ... (51 episodes, 1996-1999)
Gary Chalk	...	Optimus Primal / ... (50 episodes, 1996-1999)
Richard Newman	...	Rhinox / ... (49 episodes, 1996-1999)
Ian James Corlett	...	Cheetor / ... (48 episodes, 1996-1999)
David Kaye	...	Megatron (47 episodes, 1996-1999)
Venus Terzo	...	Blackarachnia (39 episodes, 1996-1999)
Alec Willows	...	Tarantulas (35 episodes, 1996-1999)
Jim Byrnes	...	Inferno (28 episodes, 1997-1999)
Doug Parker	...	Terrorsaur / ... (25 episodes, 1996-1997)
Don Brown	...	Scorponok (23 episodes, 1996-1997)

Also Known As:

"Beasties: Transformers" (Canada: English title)
"Beasties" (Canada: English title)
"Transformers: Beast Wars" (USA) (last season title)

Runtime:

30 min (52 episodes)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby (1997-) | Matrix Surround (1996-1997)

Certification:

Australia:PG (some episodes) | Singapore:PG | Australia:G (some episodes) | USA:TV-Y7

Company:

Alliance Atlantis Communications

Trivia:

Originally, Waspinator was supposed to fall in the lava and die in the beginning of season two while Terrorsaur survived and became a transmetal. However due to his growing popularity the writers killed off Terrorsaur and let Waspinator live.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the episode "Fallen Comrade", during the fight over the bridge, Waspinator is missing his stripes on his posterior. They are missing again when he and Terrorsaur are attempting to open the stasis pod

Quotes:

Rhinox: Is it just me or is our boy particularly happy today?
Rattrap: It's the spider lady that I'm worried about.
Rhinox: What do you mean?
Rattrap: Call me paranoid but I don't trust spiders, I don't trust Predacons and I don't trust dames who sneak in and out of classified areas when they think that nobody is watching.

Movie Connections:

Follows "Transformers: The Headmasters" (1987)

More than meets the eye... in the 90s and in CGI

Beast Wars updated the classic 80s cartoon series and made it CGI. Beast Wars was filled with great stories, an interesting plot that connected it to the 80s cartoon, superb characters and so much more. Also the voices were very good and the characters were so diverse, that contributed to it's greatness.