The BEST episodes of Beast Wars: Transformers season 3

Every episode of Beast Wars: Transformers season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Beast Wars: Transformers season 3!

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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Nemesis (2)
star
8.45
62 votes

#1 - 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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Nemesis (1)
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8.23
60 votes

#2 - 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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Crossing the Rubicon
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7.98
59 votes

#3 - 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

#4 - 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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Master Blaster
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7.78
59 votes

#5 - 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
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7.77
60 votes

#6 - 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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Changing of the Guard
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7.69
32 votes

#7 - Changing of the Guard

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/8/1998

Unable to jury-rig defenses using parts from the Ark, the Maximals send Rattrap down under water in a small capsule to retrieve Sentinel from wreckage of the Axalon. But Megatron wants to lay his hands on it too, and Rampage and Depthcharge fighting it out in the area, nobody's safe.

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Deep Metal
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7.67
61 votes

#8 - Deep Metal

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/1/1998

The Maximal Depthcharge flies into a temporal disruption while out searching for Protoform X, and is sent back in time to the Beast Wars. He and Rampage has some unfinished business, and neither cares if anything gets in their way.

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Feral Scream (2)
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7.56
61 votes

#9 - Feral Scream (2)

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/7/1999

Afraid of what he's becoming and unable to control it, Cheetor tries to hide his temporary transmetal 2 transformation, leading the others to believe a mutant beast has destroyed him.

Writer: Jules Dennis
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Proving Grounds
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7.53
59 votes

#10 - Proving Grounds

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/14/1999

Blackarachnia is getting tired of the distrust, and when she overhears Optimus and Rhinox discussing removing her Predacon programming, and the fact that it might leave her mindless, she rushes out on her own... straight into the claws of the waiting Dinobot.

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Cutting Edge
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7.52
31 votes

#11 - Cutting Edge

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/15/1998

Two young cave-humans are separated from their parents by an attack from Megatron's new transmetal enhanced raptor clones. Optimus chases off the raptors and charges Blackarachnia and Cheetor with escorting the kids back to their homes.

Writer: Ian Weir
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Optimal Situation
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7.37
63 votes

#12 - Optimal Situation

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/25/1998

Realizing that without the Maximals she would never have existed, Blackarachnia actives the Ark's defenses and forces Megatron out of the ship. The Maximals start initial repairs and the time storm subsides a bit, but Optimus Prime's life still hangs in the balance - it could swing either way. Megatron rallies his troops to make sure it swings in his favor.

Writer: Bob Forward
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Go with the Flow
star
7.35
60 votes

#13 - Go with the Flow

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/18/1999

Megatron is building a disruptor ray to scramble the Maximals' circuits, but needs an organic lifeform who won't be affected by it to finish putting the shielding into place. He has one of the cave-human children kidnapped, and it's up to Rattrap and Depthcharge to save her.

Directors: Cal Shumiatcher
Writer: Bob Forward
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