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'''''Beast Machines''''' was a followup [[franchise]] to the very successful ''[[Beast Wars]]''. It included several returning characters and the associated fiction directly followed the storyline of the [[Beast Wars (cartoon)|BW cartoon]].<br />
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''Beast Machines'' featured a distinctive visual style in both toy design and the art design of its television series. The television series was both darker and grittier then the more lighthearted [[Beast Wars]], and introduced controversial new plotlines, such as the "organic Cybertron" theory and [[Optimus Primal]]'s death at the end of the series. The toyline was oft-known for it's disregarding for [[scale]] and [[show-accuracy]], and the widespread use of [[Spark Crystals]] for both factions. Additionally, the franchise reintroduced Transformers which turn into machinery and vehicles instead of animals with the new faction known as [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]s.<br />
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The ''Beast Machines'' franchise featured the following primary components:<br />
*[[Beast Machines (toyline)|A toyline]]<br />
*[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|A cartoon series]]<br />
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Though officially they are part of the ''Universe'' franchise, 3H's ''[[Universe (comic)|Universe]]'' comics also built on the storyline of the ''Beast Machines'' cartoon.<br />
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==Beast Wars Returns==<br />
''Beast Machines'' was not released in Japan for several years until 2005, when [[Takara]] imported a dubbed version of the television series and some of the toyline as ''Beast Wars Returns''. <br />
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The Beast Wars Returns release was far more low-key than the Beast Wars or Beast Wars Metals releases. The cartoon series was aired only on a satellite station and the toys were released as exclusives to Toys "R" Us. Additionally, rather than record an all-new theme song, they simply recycled "[[Phat Planet]]" from the Canadian version, a first for the Japanese release of an American Transformers cartoon.<br />
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