Season 1 poster

Season 1

(1996)

Cast

Garry Chalk as Optimus Primal (voice)
Garry Chalk

as Optimus Primal (voice)

David Kaye as Megatron (voice)
David Kaye

as Megatron (voice)

Scott McNeil as Dinobot / Rattrap / Waspinator (voice)
Scott McNeil

as Dinobot / Rattrap / Waspinator (voice)

Ian James Corlett as Cheetor (voice)
Ian James Corlett

as Cheetor (voice)

Richard Newman as Rhinox (voice)
Richard Newman

as Rhinox (voice)

Venus Terzo as Blackarachnia (voice)
Venus Terzo

as Blackarachnia (voice)

Alec Willows as Tarantulas (voice)
Alec Willows

as Tarantulas (voice)

Don Brown as Scorponok (voice)
Don Brown

as Scorponok (voice)

Doug Parker as Terrorsaur (voice)
Doug Parker

as Terrorsaur (voice)

Pauline Newstone as Airazor (voice)
Pauline Newstone

as Airazor (voice)

Blu Mankuma as Tigertron (voice)
Blu Mankuma

as Tigertron (voice)

Episodes

Beast Wars (1) poster

Beast Wars (1) 6.0

April 22, 1996

A band of benevolent Maximals follows a pack of power-seeking Predacons to a new planet.

Beast Wars (2) poster

Beast Wars (2) 6.0

April 23, 1996

Dinobot challenges Optimus for leadership of the Maximals, but while they fight the Predacons launch an ambush.

The Web poster

The Web 6.0

September 18, 1996

Cheetor becomes trapped in Tarantulas's net of deceit and torture.

Equal Measures poster

Equal Measures 6.0

September 23, 1996

The Maximals are preparing to place out a Predacon detection system, but Optimus postpones it due to a fierce storm. Ch…

Chain of Command poster

Chain of Command 6.0

September 24, 1996

A stone circle, showing abnormal energon readings, is activated during a Predacon attack and attracts an alien probe. W…

Power Surge poster

Power Surge 6.0

September 25, 1996

Terrorsaur comes across a mountain of energon floating in mid air. He chances robot mode to get a sample, but instead o…

Fallen Comrades poster

Fallen Comrades 6.0

September 30, 1996

One of the Maximal stasis pods, put in orbit before the crash, falls down in the north, and Optimus rushes out to retri…

Double Jeopardy poster

Double Jeopardy 6.0

October 7, 1996

After repeated ambushes by the Predacons, this time costing the Maximals a stasis pod, Optimus calls Rattrap's loyalty …

A Better Mousetrap poster

A Better Mousetrap 6.0

October 8, 1996

While the Predacons are preparing to strike at the Maximal base by creating a hole in the ground below it, Dinobot acci…

Gorilla Warfare poster

Gorilla Warfare 6.0

October 14, 1996

Scorponok infects Optimus with a virus supposed to make him a coward, but it turns him into a battle-crazed berserker i…

The Probe poster

The Probe 6.0

October 15, 1996

Rhinox detects a Cybertronian probe entering the star system, but is unable to contact it though the energon fields. Th…

Victory poster

Victory 6.0

November 1, 1996

After installing a hidden camera in the Predacon base, the Maximals watch them destroy themselves during a power-strugg…

Dark Designs poster

Dark Designs 6.0

November 4, 1996

After Rhinox thwarts a Predacon trap, Megatron decides it's time to test Tarantulas' newest device on him - reprogrammi…

Double Dinobot poster

Double Dinobot 6.0

November 5, 1996

Megatron creates a clone of Dinobot's beastmode, and sends him off to deactivate Sentinel while Terrorsaur traps the re…

The Spark poster

The Spark 6.0

November 11, 1996

Rhinox spots a falling stasis pod while surveying unused Predacon territory. He is the first to arrive, but the pod is …

The Trigger (1) poster

The Trigger (1) 6.0

November 18, 1996

Tigatron discovers a floating island, with a giant obelisk in its center. When the obelisk fries Waspinator and Terrors…

The Trigger (2) poster

The Trigger (2) 6.0

November 19, 1996

Optimus and Rattrap race to the island to assist Tigatron and the wounded Airrazor, while Scorponok and Blackarachnia m…

Spider's Game poster

Spider's Game 6.0

January 6, 1997

Predicting the next stasis pod's landing, Tarantulas knocks out both the Preds' and the Maximals' computer systems. He …

Call of the Wild poster

Call of the Wild 6.0

January 7, 1997

The Predacons steal the Maximals' rectifier-coil, leaving the Axalon without Energon shielding. Forced to remain in bea…

Dark Voyage poster

Dark Voyage 6.0

January 27, 1997

A Predacon attack sets off a large energon explosion, leaving a group of Maximals with their optic-sensors non-function…

Possession poster

Possession 6.0

February 3, 1997

During a fierce storm, the immortal spark of the Deception Starscream lands on the planet and takes control of Waspinat…

The Low Road poster

The Low Road 6.0

February 10, 1997

Tarantulas infects Rhinox with a virus that causes him to sneeze raw energon, rapidly depleting the Maximal's power cel…

Law of the Jungle poster

Law of the Jungle 6.0

February 17, 1997

Tigatron accidentally blows up a Predacon ammo storage, and the resulting avalanche kills a feline friend. Tired of fig…

Before the Storm poster

Before the Storm 6.0

February 21, 1997

Inferno retrieves a golden disk hidden inside a glowing mountain. When Megatron sees it, he decides there are far more …

Other Voices (1) poster

Other Voices (1) 6.0

March 31, 1997

An alien spacecraft lands and captures Airrazor while she's examining it. Optimus and Rattrap enter to rescue her, whil…

Other Voices (2) poster

Other Voices (2) 6.0

April 1, 1997

The spacecraft leaves, but not before revealing the second moon's true purpose - planet destruction. As it gets ready t…