List of Beast Wars episodes
Season 1: 1996–1997
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<tr> <th>#</th><th>Title</th><th>Writer</th><th>Director</th><th>Original airdate</th><th>Production code </th></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep1"> 1 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Beast Wars (Part 1) </td><td>Bob Forward </td><td>Ian Pearson </td><td>September 16, 1996 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">The Maximal and Predacon forces crash-land on a mysterious, primitive world. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep2"> 2 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Beast Wars (Part 2) </td><td>Bob Forward </td><td>Steve Ball </td><td>September 17, 1996 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">After a battle between Optimus and Dinobot, a huge cache of Energon is discovered. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep3"> 3 </td><td style="text-align: left;">The Web </td><td>Larry DiTillio </td><td>C. Michael Easton </td><td>September 18, 1996 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">While testing a new communications device, Cheetor runs into trouble. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep4"> 4 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Equal Measures </td><td>Greg Johnson </td><td>T.W. Peacocke </td><td>September 23, 1996 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">While placing communication relay devices, Cheetor is accidentally transported to the Darksyde. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep5"> 5 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Chain of Command </td><td>Jesse Winfield </td><td>Andrew Doucette </td><td>September 24, 1996 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">After Optimus is abducted by an alien probe, the remaining Maximals must decide on a new leader. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep6"> 6 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Power Surge </td><td>Larry DiTillio </td><td>Nicholas Kendall </td><td>September 25, 1996 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">Terrorsaur discovers a cache of energon on a floating mountain that gives him enough power to overthrow Megatron. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep7"> 7 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Fallen Comrades </td><td>Bob Forward </td><td>Steve Ball </td><td>September 30, 1996 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">A stasis pod falls form orbit into an icy region of the planet and the Maximals and Predacons race to obtain it. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep8"> 8 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Double Jeopardy </td><td>Jesse Winfield </td><td>Mark Schiemann </td><td>October 7, 1996 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">After a series of failed missions, Rattrap's loyalty is brought into question. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep9"> 9 </td><td style="text-align: left;">A Better Mousetrap </td><td>Karen Willson,<br />Chris Weber </td><td>J. Falconer </td><td>October 8, 1996 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">Rattrap is trapped inside the Axalon when the new Sentinel security program malfunctions, and must disarm it. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep10"> 10 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Gorilla Warfare </td><td>Greg Johnson </td><td>James Boshier </td><td>October 14, 1996 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">A virus, courtesy of Scorponok turns Optimus into an overly-aggressive fighting machine. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep11"> 11 </td><td style="text-align: left;">The Probe </td><td>Craig Miller,<br />Marvin Wolfman </td><td>Ezekiel Norton </td><td>October 15, 1996 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">As a probe from Cybertron approaches the planet, the Maximals desperately try to make contact with it, but Megatron has other plans. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep12"> 12 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Victory </td><td>Wendy Reardon </td><td>Steve Ball </td><td>November 1, 1996 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">A rebellion (and explosion) at the Predacon base seemingly leads to a Maximal victory. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep13"> 13 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Dark Designs </td><td>Ian Weir </td><td>Owen Hurley </td><td>November 4, 1996 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">Megatron captures Rhinox and reprograms him into a Predacon. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep14"> 14 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Double Dinobot </td><td>Rowby Goren </td><td>John Pozer </td><td>November 5, 1996 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">Megatron creates a non-transforming clone of Dinobot in an effort to disable Sentinel. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep15"> 15 </td><td style="text-align: left;">The Spark </td><td>Larry DiTillio </td><td>Colin Davies </td><td>November 11, 1996 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">Rhinox and Cheetor assist a downed stasis pod and the damaged protoform within. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep16"> 16 </td><td style="text-align: left;">The Trigger, Part 1 </td><td>Bob Forward </td><td>J. Falconer </td><td>November 18, 1996 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">Tigatron discovers a flying island with amazing alien power, but the Predacons are after it as well. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep17"> 17 </td><td style="text-align: left;">The Trigger, Part 2 </td><td>Bob Forward </td><td>Michaela Zabranska </td><td>November 19, 1996 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">With the flying island under Predacon control, the Maximal base and the Beast Wars are in jeopardy. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep18"> 18 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Spider's Game </td><td>Larry DiTillio </td><td>James Boshier </td><td>January 6, 1997 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">Tarantulas detects a new stasis pod and attempts to turn the protoform into a new Predacon. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep19"> 19 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Call of the Wild </td><td>Bob Forward </td><td>Jonathan Goodwill </td><td>January 7, 1997 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">The Predacons steal the Axalon's Energon Dampener which causes the Maximals to revert into a more feral state. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep20"> 20 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Dark Voyage </td><td>Samuel Warren Joseph </td><td>Steve Ball </td><td>January 27, 1997 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">After an energon explosion, Rhinox must lead the blinded Maximals back to base. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep21"> 21 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Possession </td><td>Ian Weir </td><td>Owen Hurley </td><td>February 3, 1997 </td><td id="pcBW021">BW021 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">Waspinator finds himself possessed by none other than the original Decepticon traitor, Starscream! </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep22"> 22 </td><td style="text-align: left;">The Low Road </td><td>Bob Forward </td><td>J. Falconer </td><td>February 10, 1997 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">Rhinox is infected with a strange energon discharge virus and if a cure isn't found he'll destroy the Maximal base. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep23"> 23 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Law of the Jungle </td><td>Mark Leiren-Young </td><td>John Pozer </td><td>February 17, 1997 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">After an innocent is killed, Tigatron questions his commitment to the Maximal cause. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep24"> 24 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Before the Storm </td><td>Bob Forward </td><td>Adam Wood </td><td>February 21, 1997 </td><td id="pcBW024">BW024 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">Inferno brings Megatron an alien golden disk that causes him to offer a too good to be true cease fire to the Maximals. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep25"> 25 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Other Voices, Part 1 </td><td>Larry DiTillio,<br />Bob Forward </td><td>Colin Davies </td><td>March 31, 1997 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">The plans of both Megatron and the mysterious aliens are coming to a head as one of the two moons transforms. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep26"> 26 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Other Voices, Part 2 </td><td>Larry DiTillio </td><td>Ezekiel Norton </td><td>April 1, 1997 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="6">As the Planet Buster begins destroying the planet's energon, Optimus devises a desperate plan to destroy the alien device. </td></tr></table>
Season 2: 1997–1998
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<tr> <th>#</th><th>Title</th><th>Writer</th><th>Director</th><th>Original airdate</th><th>Production code </th></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep27"> 27 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Aftermath </td><td>Larry DiTillio </td><td>Colin Davies </td><td>October 26, 1997 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #801818" colspan="6">After the destruction of the Planet Buster and the death of Optimus, the remaining Maximals are left to pick up the pieces and fend off the Predacons. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep28"> 28 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1) </td><td>Bob Forward </td><td>Steve Sacks </td><td>November 2, 1997 </td><td id="pcBW028">BW028 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #801818" colspan="6">Dinobot breaks into the Predacon base and steals the golden disks, meanwhile two oddly misshapen transformers emerge from their stasis pods. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep29"> 29 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2) </td><td>Bob Forward </td><td>Cal Shumiatcher </td><td>November 9, 1997 </td><td id="pcBW028">BW028 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #801818" colspan="6">Vastly outnumbered, the remaining Maximals must defend their base from a Predacon assault while Rhinox takes a dangerous journey. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep30"> 30 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Tangled Web </td><td>Len Wein </td><td>Craig McEwen </td><td>November 16, 1997 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #801818" colspan="6">Megatron sends Tarantulas to build a new energon processing station, but Tarantulas has other plans. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep31"> 31 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Maximal, No More </td><td>Patrick Barry </td><td>Trenton Carlson </td><td>November 23, 1997 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #801818" colspan="6">With the contents of the Golden Disks weighing heavily on his mind, Dinobot must decide which side of the conflict he truly belongs to. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep32"> 32 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Other Visits (Part 1) </td><td>Larry DiTillio </td><td>John Pozer </td><td>February 8, 1998 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #801818" colspan="6">A new alien site and device are discovered, and Megatron intends to have both for himself. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep33"> 33 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Other Visits (Part 2) </td><td>Larry DiTillio </td><td>Colin Davies </td><td>February 15, 1998 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #801818" colspan="6">With the alien craft in his possession, Megatron intends to use it to conquer Cybertron! </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep34"> 34 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Bad Spark </td><td>Greg Johnson </td><td>Steve Sacks,<br />Jonathan Goodwill </td><td>February 22, 1998 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #801818" colspan="6">An oversize stasis pod reveals the secrets of Protoform X. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep35"> 35 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Code of Hero </td><td>Ian Weir </td><td>Bob Forward </td><td>March 9, 1998 </td><td id="pcBW035">BW035 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #801818" colspan="6">Dinobot makes a choice. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep36"> 36 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Transmutate </td><td>Christy Marx </td><td>J. Falconer,<br />Sean Osborne,<br />George Samilski </td><td>March 10, 1998 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #801818" colspan="6">A strange creature emerges from a damaged stasis pod, and both Rampage and Silverbolt find a strange type of kinship with it. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep37"> 37 </td><td style="text-align: left;">The Agenda (Part 1) </td><td>Bob Forward </td><td>Cal Shumiatcher </td><td>March 11, 1998 </td><td id="pcBW037">BW037 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #801818" colspan="6">The Tripredacus Council sends an agent to Earth to bring back Megatron and his band of criminals. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep38"> 38 </td><td style="text-align: left;">The Agenda (Part 2) </td><td>Bob Forward </td><td>Owen Hurley </td><td>March 12, 1998 </td><td id="pcBW038">BW038 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #801818" colspan="6">Captured by Ravage, Megatron lets the former Decepticon warrior in on the secret of the Golden Disk, and gets him to switch sides. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep39"> 39 </td><td style="text-align: left;">The Agenda (Part III) </td><td>Bob Forward </td><td>Asaph Fipke,<br />Colin Davies </td><td>March 12, 1998 </td><td id="pcBW039">BW039 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #801818" colspan="6">His plans crumbling, Megatron takes a final stab at winning the Beast Wars and changing history. </td></tr></table>
Season 3: 1998–1999
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<tr> <th>#</th><th>Title</th><th>Writer</th><th>Director</th><th>Original airdate</th><th>Production code </th></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep40"> 40 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Optimal Situation </td><td>Bob Forward </td><td>Steve Sacks </td><td>October 24, 1998 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #006699" colspan="6">With Optimus Prime in critical condition after Megatron's attack, Optimus Primal takes on his spark to save the timestream. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep41"> 41 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Deep Metal </td><td>Larry DiTillio </td><td>Owen Hurley </td><td>November 1, 1998 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #006699" colspan="6">Depth Charge arrives on Earth continuing his obsessive quest to hunt down Protoform X. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep42"> 42 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Changing of the Guard </td><td>Evan Somers </td><td>Steve Sacks </td><td>November 8, 1998 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #006699" colspan="6">While trying to salvage the Sentinel program from the ruins of the Axalon, Rattrap finds himself caught between Depth Charge and Rampage. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep43"> 43 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Cutting Edge </td><td>Ian Weir </td><td>Trenton Carlson </td><td>November 15, 1998 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #006699" colspan="6">A new group of raptor clones attacks the proto-human tribe, and it falls to Cheetor and Blackarachnia to defend them. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep44"> 44 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Feral Scream Part 1 </td><td>Greg Johnson </td><td>John Pozer </td><td>January 31, 1999 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #006699" colspan="6">Megatron creates a new Transmetal 2 Dinobot using alien technology, and Cheetor is caught in the blast as the device malfunctions. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep45"> 45 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Feral Scream Part 2 </td><td>Greg Johnson </td><td>Steve Sacks </td><td>February 7, 1999 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #006699" colspan="6">Cheetor is behaving oddly after the accident, and a new Transmetal 2 creature is stalking both camps. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep46"> 46 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Proving Grounds </td><td>Arthur Sellers </td><td>William Lau </td><td>February 14, 1999 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #006699" colspan="6">Blackarachnia discovers that removing a shell program could free her from Predacon control... or wipe her mind entirely. Believing this revelation to be the latest in a long line of mistrust between her and the Maximals, Blackarachnia strikes out on her own, only to be pulled into a dangerous cat-and-mouse game within a Predacon jamming zone by Dinobot. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep47"> 47 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Go with the Flow </td><td>Bob Forward </td><td>Cal Shumiatcher </td><td>February 18, 1999 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #006699" colspan="6">Megatron and the Predacons are building a cannon that could destroy the Ark and the Maximals, but requires an organic life-form to finish the construction. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep48"> 48 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Crossing the Rubicon </td><td>D.C. Fontana </td><td>Trenton Carlson </td><td>February 22, 1999 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #006699" colspan="6">After experimenting with the Transmetal Driver, Blackarachnia's core consciousness begins to crash and Rhinox has to perform emergency surgery. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep49"> 49 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Master Blaster </td><td>Eric Torin </td><td>Steve Sacks </td><td>March 1, 1999 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #006699" colspan="6">After taking control of Optimus and capturing the Maximals, Megatron enters the Ark and absorbs the original Megatron's spark. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep50"> 50 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Other Victories </td><td>Larry DiTillio </td><td>William Lau </td><td>May 5, 1999 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #006699" colspan="6">The Vok send their powerful new emissary, Tigerhawk to Earth to stop the continued disruption of the time stream. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep51"> 51 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Nemesis Part 1 </td><td>Bob Forward </td><td>Ezekiel Norton </td><td>May 6, 1999 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #006699" colspan="6">Down, but not out, Megatron discovers Tarantulas' secret tunnel network that leads to the Decepticon warship the Nemesis. </td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"> <td id="ep52"> 52 </td><td style="text-align: left;">Nemesis Part 2 </td><td>Simon Furman </td><td>Cal Shumiatcher,<br />Steve Sacks </td><td>May 7, 1999 </td><td id="pc"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:3px solid #006699" colspan="6">The end of the Beast Wars. Megatron has possession of the Nemesis, and Optimus and the Maximals need a last-minute miracle to stop him. </td></tr></table>

