Seasons & episodes

S0 · E1Theft of the Golden Disk 2007-07-01 · 30 min＋

A gang of Predacons plot a heist that will ultimately impact time itself...

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Optimus putting the spark back into Megatron.

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Reps from Hasbro and Mainframe talk about how the Transformers franchise needed a boost in the 90s to deal with declining consumer interest. Talks about how not just the cartoon but the Beast Wars IP came into being.

Look back feature with Bob Forward and Larry DiTillio reminiscing.

Mainframe takes us through what goes into making an episode. Plenty of vintage behind the scenes footage is shown, and some brief interviews, such as with Gary Chalk, voice of Optimus.

S1 · E1Beast Wars (1) 1996-04-22 · 30 min＋

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

S1 · E2Beast Wars (2) 1996-04-23 · 30 min＋

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

S1 · E3The Web 1996-09-18 · 30 min＋

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

S1 · E4Equal Measures 1996-09-23 · 30 min＋

The 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.

S1 · E5Chain of Command 1996-09-24 · 30 min＋

A 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.

S1 · E6Power Surge 1996-09-25 · 30 min＋

Terrorsaur 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.

S1 · E7Fallen Comrades 1996-09-30 · 30 min＋

One 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.

S1 · E8Double Jeopardy 1996-10-07 · 30 min＋

After 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.

S1 · E9A Better Mousetrap 1996-10-08 · 30 min＋

While 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.

S1 · E10Gorilla Warfare 1996-10-14 · 30 min＋

Scorponok 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.