Season 1
(1996)
Cast
as Optimus Primal (voice)
as Megatron (voice)
as Dinobot / Rattrap / Waspinator (voice)
as Cheetor (voice)
as Rhinox (voice)
as Blackarachnia (voice)
as Tarantulas (voice)
as Scorponok (voice)
as Terrorsaur (voice)
as Airazor (voice)
as Tigertron (voice)
Episodes
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) 6.0
April 23, 1996
Dinobot challenges Optimus for leadership of the Maximals, but while they fight the Predacons launch an ambush.
The Web 6.0
September 18, 1996
Cheetor becomes trapped in Tarantulas's net of deceit and torture.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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) 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) 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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) 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) 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…