Beast Machines: Transformers

Seasons

1999

Canada

6.7

TV-Y7

Returning to find Cybertron populated only by Vehicon drone armies controlled by Megatron, the fugitive Maximals are given new technorganic bodies and begin a guerrilla war against Megatron and his dreams of a world ruled by a single mind.

Episode List

S1 • E1

The Reformatting

After escaping from new foes, Optimus Primal, Rattrap, Cheetor and Blackarachnia are given strange new bodies by a mysterious supercomputer.

S1 • E2

Master of the House

The Maximuls begin to understand and master their new bodies, only to find that Cybertron is now under the control of a old enemy.

S1 • E3

Fires of the Past

The maximuls attempt to recover the cybetron backup files only to find them wiped clean. Blackaracnia begins having flashbacks of her missing comrades and heads out with rattrap to find some answers. Megatron gives them trouble though when he brings three sparks back online to give his drones an edge.

S1 • E4

Mercenary Pursuits

Rattrap uses a transformation enhancer, with disastrous results. Optimus tries to persuade Tankor to join them, successfully until Megatron regains control.

S1 • E5

Forbidden Fruit

While patrolling, Optimus discovers a bat hiding in the shadows. At first he flees when Optimus tries to speak to him. At one point in the storyline, Jetstorm ambushes the Maximals and the new maximal must cooperate to save his life and at the same time, the life of his new friends.

S1 • E6

The Weak Component

On a recon mission Rattrap finally learns how to transform, but accidentally wrecks the mission. Humiliated and angry with his friends' reactions, he attempts to make a deal with Megatron.

S1 • E7

Revelations I: Discovery

Running from Vehicons, the Maximals find themselves in a giant spark extractor facility, surrounded by dead Cybertronians. When Thrust saves Blackarachnia, she realises that the sparks of their dead comrades are being recycled into drones.

S1 • E8

Revelations II: Descent

Cheetor takes over while Optimus communes with the Allspark. Tankor unwittingly reveals their recent history as Rattrap taps into his mind. Jetstorm attacks Blackarachnia.

S1 • E9

Revelations Part 3: Apocalypse

Nightscream fights to retrieve Black Arachnia's stolen Spark. Meanwhile, Optimus is able to contact Rhinox's Spark, but Rhinox deals him a major surprise.

S1 • E10

Survivor

A startling discovery reveals a disturbing secret about Cybertron's past. And reviving Rhinox may have been a very bad idea.

S1 • E11

Techno-Organic War I: The Key

The Key to Vector Sigma transforms organic life into technomatter - and Tankor now possesses it. But if he's dead, how can he fulfil his own agenda?

S1 • E12

Techno-Organic War II: The Catalyst

Liquid from Cybertron's organic core nourishes the Maximal's orchard: Blackarachnia persuades Rattrap to let her use some to try to resurrect SIlverbolt's spark from within Thrust. But her belief proves false.

S1 • E13

Techno-Organic War III: End of the Line

Megatron plans to use the Vector Sigma Keys to transform everything organic, including the planet's core, into technomatter: Optimus will counter by unleashing Plasma Energy, which destroys everything technological. Will anything survive?

S1 • E14

Episode #1.14

Having destroyed his world, Optimus must face the consequences before The Matrix.

S1 • E15

Episode #1.15

Megatron survived, but is he still sentient? The Maximals meet a new transformer, a mysterious beast with a strange alternative mode.

S1 • E16

Episode #1.16

The Maximals attempt to infiltrate Megatron's former fortress, only to have their mission threatened by their supposed new ally.

S1 • E17

Episode #1.17

Nightscream still believes Noble to be his friend. Blackarachnia brings back Silverbolt, and together they head off to rescue Optimus and Cheetor, who have been captured by Megatron.

S1 • E18

Episode #1.18

Megatron infects Silverbolt with a variety of Hate Plague virus, which he then passes to the other Maximals.

S1 • E19

Episode #1.19

The perilous arrival of the powerful transformer Botanica may give the Maximals a fighting chance in their attempt to re-balance Cybertron, turning it into the technorganic world the Matrix desires.

S1 • E20

Sparkwar: The Strike

When Megatron resurrects the two greatest generals in Cybertron's history, Botanica - reluctantly - proves herself to be as good a warrior as a scientist. Optimus vows to rescue the captured sparks.

S1 • E21

Sparkwar: The Search

The Maximals split into teams to search for the sparks.

S1 • E22

Sparkwar Pt. Iii: The Seige

Megatron has been absorbing the sparks, intending to 'ascend' and become the most powerful, perfect being in the universe. Noble's sacrifice causes Nightscream to lash out, disrupting the process.

S1 • E23

Episode #1.23

Megtron's spark survived, and is forced into the frame of a diagnostic drone by Rattrap. Gathering Strika and Obsidian, the tyrant plans to regroup and continue towards his goal.

S1 • E24

Endgame: The Downward Spiral

Banding together inside Megatron's floating fortress, the Maximals must protect the Sparks from the desperate despot.

S1 • E25

Endgame: When Legends Fall

Horribly outnumbered, the Maximals make their final stand in a desperate attempt to protect the Sparks.

S1 • E26

Endgame: Seeds Of The Future

It takes a final, catastrophic battle and the ultimate sacrifice, but Optimus's Oracle-inspired vision of a balanced technorganic world may now be realized.