Beast Wars: Transformers (1996–1999)

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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.

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Cast

Series cast summary:
Scott McNeil ...
 Dinobot (52 episodes, 1996-1999)
...
 Optimus Primal (51 episodes, 1996-1999)
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 Cheetor (50 episodes, 1996-1999)
Richard Newman ...
 Rhinox (50 episodes, 1996-1999)
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 Megatron (48 episodes, 1996-1999)
Venus Terzo ...
 Blackarachnia (39 episodes, 1996-1999)
Alec Willows ...
 Tarantulas (35 episodes, 1996-1999)
Jim Byrnes ...
 Inferno (27 episodes, 1997-1999)
Doug Parker ...
 Terrorsaur (25 episodes, 1996-1997)
Don Brown ...
 Scorponok (24 episodes, 1996-1997)
...
 Tigatron (21 episodes, 1996-1999)
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Storyline

Two spaceships, one manned by benevolent Maximals, the other by evil Predacons, crash-land on a pre-humanoid planet while en route to Earth. Their crews assume indigenous animal forms to protect themselves from an overabundance of natural energy, transforming into robots to do battle. Thus, the Beast Wars have begun... Written by Aaron Teitlebaum <arteitle@engin.umich.edu>

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The Transformers story continues in the acclaimed sequel!


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TV-Y7 | See all certifications »

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6 August 1996 (Canada)  »

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Transformers: Beast Wars  »

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| (52 episodes)

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(1997-)| (1996-1997)

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1.33 : 1
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Trivia

The Mainframe animators initially created animation models for the character based closely on their toy forms. These included the infamous "mutant masks", along with all the faults the toys had (disproportionate body parts, various excess pieces hanging off their bodies, etc). Later the designs gradually changed, and by the finalized versions, some of the characters only very faintly resembled their original action figures. Thus, although their transformations are wholly unfeasible in most cases, the characters in the show ended up looking far more clean and workable than the toys would have been. See more »

Goofs

The eye color of Scorponok changes randomly from red to yellow a lot during the first season. See more »

Quotes

Inferno: For the glory of the royalty!
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Featured in Atop the Fourth Wall: Barbi Twins Adventures #1 (2011) See more »

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User Reviews

More than meets the eye... in the 90s and in CGI
7 July 1999 | by (Ardmore, PA) – See all my reviews

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.


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