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Episodes: All (52)

Season: 1  |  2  |  3
Year: 1996  |  1997  |  1998  |  1999


Season 1


Season 1, Episode 1: Beast Wars: Part 1

Original Air Date—16 September 1996
A band of benevolent Maximals track a pack of power-seeking Predacons to a mysterious planet. When they both crash-land, they establish themselves upon the planet and clash, commencing the Beast Wars.

Season 1, Episode 2: Beast Wars: Part 2

Original Air Date—17 September 1996
A large mountain containing the precious mineral Energon is discovered. This leads to a race between the Maximals and Predacons that culminates in a brawl between beasts.

Season 1, Episode 3: The Web

Original Air Date—18 September 1996
When Cheetor messes up an important mission, he decides to fix it on his own. But when he is lured into Tarantulas's net of deceit and torture, Rattrap is the only one who can save him.

Season 1, Episode 4: Equal Measures

Original Air Date—23 September 1996

Season 1, Episode 5: Chain of Command

Original Air Date—24 September 1996
Optimus Primal is abducted by an otherwordly probe, leaving the Maximals leaderless. Amidst their bickering and squabbling, the Predacons prepare to launch an attack.

Season 1, Episode 6: Power Surge

Original Air Date—25 September 1996
Terrorsaur discovers a floating mountain, rich with the mineral Energon. With a surge in his power, he scraps Megatron and takes control over the Predacons. Now the Maximals must destroy the mountain to stop his power-mad reign.

Season 1, Episode 7: Fallen Comrades

Original Air Date—30 September 1996
A stasis pod, containing the spark-soul of a robot, lands on Earth. Both Maximals and Predacons race against time to claim the spark as one of their own.

Season 1, Episode 8: Double Jeopardy

Original Air Date—7 October 1996
After being led into a trap and losing a stasis pod to the Predacons, Dinobot accuses Rattrap of working with the Predacons as the Maximal that led them there. To everyone's shock, Optimus agrees with this suspicion and sends Rattrap on a mission near Predacon base to test his loyalty. When Rattrap is beaten by Terrorsaur in battle, he surprises all by not only begging for mercy but swearing allegiance to the Predacons. Is Rattrap really a traitor?

Season 1, Episode 9: The Probe

Original Air Date—15 October 1996
The Maximals are elated to find that a Cybertron probe looking for their stranded ship has arrived. However, the Predacons don't wish for them to be found. Tarantulas introduces a locking lens, which can trap the Maximals in beast mode. This makes the Maximals unable to finish their beacon to contact the probe. Are the Maximals stranded for good?

Season 1, Episode 10: Gorilla Warfare

Original Air Date—14 October 1996
Scorponok plants a personality-modifying virus on Optimus Primal which will render him a cowardly, submissive weakling. But the virus malfunctions, and Primal gets very, very angry.

Season 1, Episode 11: A Better Mousetrap

Original Air Date—8 October 1996
A prank from Rattrap causes the Maximal ship to turn on its residents with its new defenses. Determined to fix his fault, Rattrap journeys into the malfunctioning ship to reboot the system.

Season 1, Episode 12: Victory

Original Air Date—1 November 1996
An explosion at the Predacon base leaves no survivors, and the Maximals assume they have scored a final victory in the Beast Wars. However, Dinobot makes an investigation that changes everything.

Season 1, Episode 13: Dark Designs

Original Air Date—4 November 1996
Megatron becomes impressed with the Maximal Rhinox, capturing and reprogramming him into a Predacon. Unfortunately, an evil Rhinox ends up doing more harm than good within the Predacon ranks.

Season 1, Episode 14: Double Dinobot

Original Air Date—5 November 1996
Megatron introduces an evil clone of Dinobot, different than the original in that it can only stay in beast mode. With the real Dinobot incapacitated, the clone begins to run amok among the Maximals. When it comes down to Dinobot against Dinobot, which one will win?

Season 1, Episode 15: The Spark

Original Air Date—11 November 1996
When a stasis pod falls to Earth, a race ensues between Maximals and Predacons to collect it. But when it is discovered to be damaged, the Maximals attempt to protect and defend it from a Predacon attack.

Season 1, Episode 16: The Trigger: Part 1

Original Air Date—18 November 1996
In the aftermath of a Predacon attack, Tigatron comes upon a strange floating island, and settles down on it to lead a peaceful, content life. However, Blackarachnia and Scorponok are not far away.

Season 1, Episode 17: The Trigger: Part 2

Original Air Date—19 November 1996
A skirmish occurs between Maximals and Predacons for control of a floating island: the Maximals for its use as a base, the Predacons for its destructive capabilities.

Season 1, Episode 18: Spider's Game

Original Air Date—6 January 1997
Tarantulas and Blackarachnia team up to obtain the newest stasis pod. The pod births Inferno, a deranged Predacon who believes himself to be an ant rather than a robot. While Blackarachnia works with Inferno, Tarantulas takes the true prize he wanted: the stasis pod. Maximal Tigatron manages to destroy the pod Tarantulas has taken, but finds himself trapped in Predacon grounds against the spiders and Inferno.

Season 1, Episode 19: Call of the Wild

Original Air Date—7 January 1997
A Predacon attack on the Maximal base leaves it malfunctioning, necessitating the Maximals to remain in beast mode until it is repaired. However, the longer they stay in beast mode, the more their animal side starts to take control.

Season 1, Episode 20: Dark Voyage

Original Air Date—27 January 1997
A Predacon attack blinds a Maximal squad and now Rhinox, Rattrap, Cheetor and Dinobot must embark on a voyage through darkness, relying on each other, to make it back to home base.

Season 1, Episode 21: Possession

Original Air Date—3 February 1997
Waspinator is taken over by the spark of Starscream. The Predacons use his new power and tactical knowledge to take over the Maximal base.

Season 1, Episode 22: The Low Road

Original Air Date—10 February 1997
Rhinox is contaminated with an energon depleting virus. Dinobot and Rattrap are forced to put aside their differences to find the counter-virus.

Season 1, Episode 23: Law of the Jungle

Original Air Date—17 February 1997
When a battle takes the life of a close friend, Tigatron considers abandoning the Beast Wars.

Season 1, Episode 24: Before the Storm

Original Air Date—21 February 1997
The discovery of a new golden disc causes Megatron to declare a truce. The Maximals set out to peacefully discover just what their enemy has found.

Season 1, Episode 25: Other Voices: Part 1

Original Air Date—31 March 1997
The mysterious aliens whose artifacts the Maximals and Predacons have been stumbling across arrive. Disappointed by the harm done to their experiments, they set out to destroy the planet.

Season 1, Episode 26: Other Voices: Part 2

Original Air Date—1 April 1997
The mysterious aliens whose artifacts the Maximals and Predacons have been stumbling across arrive. Disappointed by the harm done to their experiments, they set out to destroy the planet.

Season 2


Season 2, Episode 1: Aftermath

Original Air Date—26 October 1997

Season 2, Episode 2: Coming of the Fuzors, Part 1

Original Air Date—2 November 1997
Two stasis pods give birth to a new breed of Transformer: the Fuzors, robots with two animals mixed together in their beast form. Megatron has recruited both for the Predacon cause.

Season 2, Episode 3: Coming of the Fuzors, Part 2

Original Air Date—9 November 1997
The Maximals are being overrun by the Predacons and the new Fuzors. Will Silverbolt's wavering allegiance and a surprise return save the Maximals?

Season 2, Episode 4: Tangled Web

Original Air Date—16 November 1997
Blackarachnia, Quickstrike, and Tarantulas are sent to a cave full of energon to build a new fueling station. Tarantulas has his own plans for the energon, however, and tries to persuade the other two Predacons to turn against Megatron.

Season 2, Episode 5: Maximal, No More

Original Air Date—23 November 1997
Dinobot hands over one of the golden discs to Megatron, betraying the Maximals.

Season 2, Episode 6: Other Visits, Part One

Original Air Date—8 February 1998
Tigatron and Airazor discover a new alien artifact, which abducts them and becomes the new prize for the Predacons.

Season 2, Episode 7: Other Visits, Part Two

Original Air Date—15 February 1998
Megatron boards the latest alien ship, using the golden disc to chart a destructive course back to Cybertron. With Optimus captured, the Maximals stand little chance alone against Megatron.

Season 2, Episode 8: Bad Spark

Original Air Date—22 February 1998
The dark secret of the Axalon's original space mission was to dump Protoform X, a Transformer with an indestructible spark. Now Protoform X has awakened, taking a new form.

Season 2, Episode 9: Code of Hero

Original Air Date—25 April 1998
When the Predacons proceed to annihilate humanity, Dinobot fights the whole Predacon army to preserve history. However, this battle, while his greatest, proves to be his last battle.

Season 2, Episode 10: Transmutate

Original Air Date—10 March 1998
A damaged stasis pod reveals a deformed, monstrous robot - dangerous to both Maximal and Predacon. Nevertheless, both Rampage and Silverbolt cultivate a friendship with her. However, the Maximal/Predacon war soon tears the lifeform apart.

Season 2, Episode 11: The Agenda: Part 1

Original Air Date—11 March 1998

Season 2, Episode 12: The Agenda: Part 2

Original Air Date—12 March 1998

Season 2, Episode 13: The Agenda: Part 3

Original Air Date—13 March 1998

Season 3


Season 3, Episode 1: Optimal Situation

Original Air Date—24 October 1998
The Maximals are sent into a time storm after Megatron attempts to destroy one of their ancestors. But help has come from a very unlikely ally who finds that she's in the same boat as the Maximals.

Season 3, Episode 2: Deep Metal

Original Air Date—1998

Season 3, Episode 3: Changing of the Guard

Original Air Date—11 August 1998

Season 3, Episode 4: Cutting Edge

Original Air Date—15 November 1998

Season 3, Episode 5: Feral Scream: Part 1

Original Air Date—31 January 1999

Season 3, Episode 6: Feral Scream: Part 2

Original Air Date—7 February 1999

Season 3, Episode 7: Proving Ground

Original Air Date—14 February 1999

Season 3, Episode 8: Go with the Flow

Original Air Date—18 February 1999

Season 3, Episode 9: Crossing the Rubicon

Original Air Date—22 February 1999
Hoping to modify her body, Blackarachnia uses the Transmetal driver on herself...only to end up damaging parts of her programming in the process.

Season 3, Episode 10: Master Blaster

Original Air Date—15 March 1999
One of Tarantulas' bugs is implanted on Optimus, which allows Quickstrike to control him remotely. Megatron thinks of a way for his powers to be on par with Optimus.

Season 3, Episode 11: Other Victories

Original Air Date—5 May 1999
Deep within the depths of outer space an unknown enemy exists. Tigertron and Airrazor are in a state of suspended animation and are transformed into a new entity known as Tigerhawk who serves as an emissary of the alien race known as the Vok. The Vok set out to destroy Megatron. In a state of panic Optimus Primal goes out to try and set the Vok straight and prevent the destruction of the time flow.

Season 3, Episode 12: Nemesis: Part 1

Original Air Date—6 May 1999

Season 3, Episode 13: Nemesis: Part 2

Original Air Date—7 May 1999

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