Beast Wars: Transformers

Season 1

TV-Y7

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The Transformers' war continues in an older time, through a new generation. On pliocenic Earth, the heroic Maximals and the evil Predacons battle for survival against each other and against a violent planet.

26 Episodes

Beast Wars (1)
E1
Episode 1Beast Wars (1)A band of benevolent Maximals follows a pack of power-seeking Predacons to a new planet.
Beast Wars (2)
E2
Episode 2Beast Wars (2)Dinobot challenges Optimus for leadership of the Maximals, but while they fight the Predacons launch an ambush.
The Web
E3
Episode 3The WebCheetor becomes trapped in Tarantulas's net of deceit and torture.
Equal Measures
E4
Episode 4Equal MeasuresThe 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 setting it up anyway - ignoring the storm until a freak lighting somehow transports him into the Predacon base.
Chain of Command
E5
Episode 5Chain of CommandA 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 Maximals bickering over who's in charge, while the Predacons prepare to attack.
Power Surge
E6
Episode 6Power SurgeTerrorsaur 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 gained powers he sets out to depose Megatron and then destroy the Maximals.
Fallen Comrades
E7
Episode 7Fallen ComradesOne 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 an ambush that nearly kills the Maximal leader. Without a flyer, the Maximals race to the pod in hope of getting it before the Predacons reprogram the dormant robot inside.
Double Jeopardy
E8
Episode 8Double JeopardyAfter 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 look for energon. Once there, he is attacked by Terrorsaur, and offers to surrender... and become a Predacon.
A Better Mousetrap
E9
Episode 9A Better MousetrapWhile 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's learnt to recognize the Maximals as friendlies.
Gorilla Warfare
E10
Episode 10Gorilla WarfareScorponok 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 alone.
The Probe
E11
Episode 11The ProbeRhinox 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 probe leaves, but the nearest suitable place is in the middle of Predacon territory.
Victory
E12
Episode 12VictoryAfter 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 no signs of life, so it looks like they won, and can go back to Cybertron with salvaged parts from the remains of the Predacon ship.
Dark Designs
E13
Episode 13Dark DesignsAfter 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 new ally will make overrunning the Maximal base easy, though it seems like the new Rhinox has other ideas.
Double Dinobot
E14
Episode 14Double DinobotMegatron 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?
The Spark
E15
Episode 15The SparkRhinox 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 he can get it working again soon, the protoform's spark will be extinguished.
The Trigger (1)
E16
Episode 16The Trigger (1)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 and sends out Scorponok and Blackarachnia to seize it.
The Trigger (2)
E17
Episode 17The Trigger (2)As Predacons Blackarachnia and Scorponok get closer to obtaining the energy weapon on the flying island, Tigatron and a damaged Airazor must maneuver the island's many traps until reinforcements arrive. When the island and its weapon falls into Blackarachnia's hands, will Tigatron be willing to sacrifice the island to protect the Maximals?
Spider's Game
E18
Episode 18Spider's GamePredicting 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 let Blackarachnia tag along when she discovers him scheming.
Call of the Wild
E19
Episode 19Call of the WildThe 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 that of their organic counterparts.
Dark Voyage
E20
Episode 20Dark VoyageFour of the Maximals are caught in an energon explosion, damaging their optical sensors. Effectively blind, the Maximals must use their beast senses to help them find their way back to base. If they don't get back fast, they'll die from energon contamination.
Possession
E21
Episode 21PossessionDuring 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 attack on the Maximal base, which he knows to be offline. His skills are after all considerable... but then again - so is his treachery.
The Low Road
E22
Episode 22The Low RoadRhinox is contaminated with an energon depleting virus. Dinobot and Rattrap are forced to put aside their differences to find the counter-virus.
Law of the Jungle
E23
Episode 23Law of the JungleTigatron 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 Maximals.
Before the Storm
E24
Episode 24Before the StormInferno 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 Optimus a truce. Meanwhile, Tarantulas is even more determined to leave the planet than ever.
Other Voices (1)
E25
Episode 25Other Voices (1)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 moment's notice.
Other Voices (2)
E26
Episode 26Other Voices (2)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 find Rhinox and Dinobot off-line... and spiders in their basement.