The BEST episodes of Beast Wars: Transformers

Every episode of Beast Wars: Transformers ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Beast Wars: Transformers!

Trapped on a primitive planet, two opposing factions, the Maximals and the Predacons, of Transformers, a race of sentient robots, fight over its precious Energon. Soon they discover that there are other forces at work on the planet - a powerful alien race that does not approve of their presence. And as they delve deeper into the planet's history, they uncover a terrible secret, one that must not be allowed to fall into the wrong hands, or their entire race's very existence could be threatened.

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Code of Hero
star
8.76
34 votes

#1 - Code of Hero

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/9/1998

Dinobot sees a chance to regain his lost honor when he spots Megatron attempting to alter history using the knowledge on the remaining golden disk.

Writer: Ian Weir
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The Agenda (3)
star
8.50
30 votes

#2 - The Agenda (3)

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/13/1998

The Maximals manage to take out the transwarp cruiser and fend of the Predacon attack. But the battle is far from over, as Megatron heads for the now uncovered Autobot Ark - containing the heroes and villains who'll shape the Cybertron where the Predacons and Maximals come from.

Writer: Bob Forward
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Nemesis (2)
star
8.45
62 votes

#3 - Nemesis (2)

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/7/1999

Destruction rains down on the Maximals as Megatron unleashes the weapons of the Nemesis. Optimus orders a desperate attempt at getting the Ark airborne.

Writer: Simon Furman
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The Agenda (2)
star
8.35
31 votes

#4 - The Agenda (2)

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/12/1998

Megatron is captured, but the battle used up too much of the cruiser's energon supply for there to be enough for the travel back to Cybertron. While Ravage interrogates Megatron about where they might find more, Primal confronts Silverbolt about his relationship Blackarachnia, leading the Fuzor to go off on his own to find her.

Directors: Owen Hurley
Writer: Bob Forward
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The Agenda (1)
star
8.27
30 votes

#5 - The Agenda (1)

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/11/1998

As the transwarp wave generated by the explosion in ""Other Voices (2)"" nears Cybertron, the Maximals rejoice, thinking the rescue is on its way. But unbeknownst to them, it is intercepted and diverted by the leaders of the Cybertronian Predacon alliance, who view Megatron as a loose cannon and wants to deal with him quietly, by sending one of their covert operatives.

Directors: Cal Shumiatcher
Writer: Bob Forward
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Nemesis (1)
star
8.23
60 votes

#6 - Nemesis (1)

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/6/1999

While Inferno, Quickstrike and Waspinator go looking for a new ""colony"", Megatron discovers one of Tarantulas' secret projects - the reactivation of the gigantic Decepticon warship that shot down the Ark before it crashed into the sea.

Directors: Ezekiel Norton
Writer: Bob Forward
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The Spark
star
8.09
33 votes

#7 - The Spark

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/11/1996

Rhinox spots a falling stasis pod while surveying unused Predacon territory. He is the first to arrive, but the pod is damaged and he is unable to activate the DNA scanner. Unless he can get it working again soon, the protoform's spark will be extinguished.

Directors: Colin Davies
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Transmutate
star
8.07
29 votes

#8 - Transmutate

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/10/1998

A series of earthquakes uncovers a heavily damaged stasispod. Out of it comes a freakish robot - barely sentient, but with extremely powerful weapons. Scoffed at by the others, both Silverbolt and Rampage sense a kindred spirit, each in their own way.

Writer: Christy Marx
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Bad Spark
star
8.06
32 votes

#9 - Bad Spark

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/22/1998

Cheetor discovers a huge stasis pod, containing Protoform X - a failed Maximal experiment that created an indestructible spark but drove it insane in the process. When Predacons arrive, a fight breaks out over it, setting off an energon storm that leaves Blackarachnia and Silverbolt together damaged, having to fend for themselves - While Protoform X awakens, looking for a victim...

Writer: Greg Johnson
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Other Voices (1)
star
8.06
33 votes

#10 - Other Voices (1)

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/31/1997

An alien spacecraft lands and captures Airrazor while she's examining it. Optimus and Rattrap enter to rescue her, while the Predacons stand outside, ready to break the truce at a moment's notice.

Directors: Colin Davies
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Coming of the Fuzors (2)
star
8.03
34 votes

#11 - Coming of the Fuzors (2)

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/9/1997

Hopelessly outnumbered and outgunned, Rattrap, Cheetor and Dinobot try to keep the Predacons away from the Axalon where Rhinox lies delving deep into the Matrix, pursuing a faint hope...

Writer: Bob Forward
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Crossing the Rubicon
star
7.98
59 votes

#12 - Crossing the Rubicon

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/22/1999

Blackarachnia attempts to use the transmetal driver on herself, but all it accomplishes is to disrupt her Predacon programming, making it deteriorate quickly to the point that it will make her mindless unless it is removed.

Writer: D.C. Fontana
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Feral Scream (1)
star
7.97
60 votes

#13 - Feral Scream (1)

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/31/1999

Using a newly discovered blank protoform, and his part of Rampage's spark, Megatron creates a clone of Dinobot incorporating his enhanced transmetal 2 technology. Discovering the experiment, Cheetor and Depthcharge try to destroy the equipment, but it is activated during the fight and blows up - the cat getting caught in the blast.

Writer: Greg Johnson
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Coming of the Fuzors (1)
star
7.94
33 votes

#14 - Coming of the Fuzors (1)

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/2/1997

Two new Maximals awake in Predacon territory, both with bizarre looks and unusual personalities due to the damaged systems in their stasispods. Taking advantage of their confusion, Megatron convinces them they are Predacons, hoping to finally crush the Maximals with these reinforcements. Meanwhile, Blackarachnia returns to the Predacon base with Tarantulas' body, Tigatron and Airrazor go of looking for more stasispods, Rhinox shuts down and connects to the Axalon in an attempt at reaching Optimus' spark, and Dinobot realizes that the aborted armageddon has left the planet looking awfully familiar.

Writer: Bob Forward
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Other Visits (2)
star
7.90
31 votes

#15 - Other Visits (2)

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/15/1998

Surviving the energon surge thanks to their new transmetal bodies, Tarantulas sets up a shield around the alien construct and heads inside along with Megatron and Quckstrike. Outside, Optimus and Rattrap try to figure a way in, while the two other transmetalized Maximals return the wounded Rhinox and Dinobot the CR chambers.

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Chain of Command
star
7.82
44 votes

#16 - Chain of Command

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/24/1996

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.

Directors: Andrew Doucette
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The Trigger (2)
star
7.81
32 votes

#17 - The Trigger (2)

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/19/1996

Optimus and Rattrap race to the island to assist Tigatron and the wounded Airrazor, while Scorponok and Blackarachnia make their way towards the obelisk.

Writer: Bob Forward
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Aftermath
star
7.81
36 votes

#18 - Aftermath

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/26/1997

The alien machine is destroyed and Optimus went up with it, but the explosion sets off a quantum surge that changes the planet - and several of the robots. In his new, more powerful transmetal body, Megatron hopes to take out the Maximals before they have a chance to regroup and recover.

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Master Blaster
star
7.78
59 votes

#19 - Master Blaster

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/15/1999

Optimus is implanted with one of Tarantulas' bugs, this one letting Quickstrike remote control him. After securing the Maximal base, Megatron goes after the original Megatron's spark, hoping it will give him equal power to Optimal Optimus.

Writer: Eric Torin
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Other Victories
star
7.77
60 votes

#20 - Other Victories

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/5/1999

The aliens, the Vok, send Tigerhawk to Earth to stop Megatron's meddling with time. He crashes into the Predacon base, but the Predacons have no intention of takeing this lying down... especially Tarantulas.

Directors: William Lau
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Other Voices (2)
star
7.76
34 votes

#21 - Other Voices (2)

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/1/1997

The spacecraft leaves, but not before revealing the second moon's true purpose - planet destruction. As it gets ready to fire, Optimus and the others return to the Axalon only to find Rhinox and Dinobot off-line... and spiders in their basement.

Directors: Ezekiel Norton
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Possession
star
7.75
32 votes

#22 - Possession

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/3/1997

During a fierce storm, the immortal spark of the Deception Starscream lands on the planet and takes control of Waspinator's body. He convinces Megatron to let him help with an attack on the Maximal base, which he knows to be offline. His skills are after all considerable... but then again - so is his treachery.

Directors: Owen Hurley
Writer: Ian Weir
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The Web
star
7.72
53 votes

#23 - The Web

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/18/1996

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

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Maximal, No More
star
7.71
31 votes

#24 - Maximal, No More

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/23/1997

Dinobot is captured while on a recognizance mission, and surprisingly asks Megatron for permission to rejoin the Predacons, offering the golden disk as proof of his sincerity.

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Spider's Game
star
7.69
32 votes

#25 - Spider's Game

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/6/1997

Predicting the next stasis pod's landing, Tarantulas knocks out both the Preds' and the Maximals' computer systems. He plans to recruit the protoform robot for himself, but has to let Blackarachnia tag along when she discovers him scheming.

Directors: James Boshier
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