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Beast Wars: Transformers
Genre Animated Science Fiction
Starring Scott McNeil
Composer(s) Robert Buckley
Country of origin Canada
United States
Language(s) English
No. Computer Graphics is a publication of ACM SIGGRAPH. It has published the yearly proceedings of the annual SIGGRAPH conferences as well as a variety of Scott McNeil (born September 15, 1962 in Brisbane, Australia) is an Australian born Voice actor. Robert Earl Buckley (born May 2, 1981 in Los Angeles County California) is an actor living in Los Angeles Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States of seasons 3
No.  of episodes 52 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Christopher J. This is a list of episodes from the animated television series Beast Wars Transformers. Brough
Stéphane Reichel
Steven DeNure
Producer(s) Jonathan Goodwill
Running time 30 minutes (with commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel Syndication (1996-1998)
Cartoon Network (1998-1999)
YTV
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
Original run September 16, 1996 – March 7, 1999
Chronology
Followed by Beast Machines
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Beast Wars: Transformers (Beasties on YTV, due to YTV discomfort over the name[1]) is a Transformers toyline released by Hasbro between 1995 and 1999. In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through YTV is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel aimed at Youth, available nationwide through cable 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode The i, which is sometimes uppercase stands for Interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Beast Machines is an Animated television series produced by Mainframe Entertainment and distribuited by Universal Pictures that was a direct YTV is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel aimed at Youth, available nationwide through cable The Transformers is a line of toys produced by the toy companies Takara and Hasbro. Hasbro ( is an American Toy company It is one of the largest toy makers in the world second only to the toy giant Mattel. The toys spawned an Emmy Award-winning, full-CG animated series set in the "original" Transformers universe, produced by Mainframe Entertainment of Canada. Computer graphics are Graphics created by Computers and more generally the Representation and Manipulation of Pictorial Data An animated cartoon is a short hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn Film for the cinema, Television or computer Rainmaker Animation Inc, formerly Mainframe Entertainment Inc Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The series debuted in 1996, as a sequel to the original Transformers (which was later rebooted by various limited comic book stories from several companies including Dreamwave comics and IDW. The Transformers is the original Transformers toy line that was produced from 1984 to 1991 Reboot, in serial Fiction, means a discarding of much or even all previous continuity in the series to start anew Dreamwave Productions is a Canadian art design studio and Comic book publisher best known for their multiple Transformers comic book series IDW Publishing (a division of Idea and Design Works is an American Comic book company. )

The story editors for the Beast Wars TV series were Bob Forward and Larry DiTillio. A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Robert D Forward (born 1958 commonly known as Bob Forward, is an American Writer, director and producer. Lawrence G "Larry" DiTillio is an American Film and TV series writer All three seasons are currently available on DVD in the USA and other Region 1 territories. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In Australia, to coincide with the show's tenth anniversary in 2006, Madman Entertainment released all three seasons in Region 4 format. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Madman Entertainment is an Australian company that specialises in the distribution of Japanese Anime and Manga in Australia and New These boxsets are loaded with 'world exclusive' special features, including commentaries and interviews with the voice talent.

The Production Designer for the show, Clyde Klotz, won an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation in 1997 for his work on Beast Wars. Clyde Klotz (born Errol Clyde Klotz on June 8, 1961) is a Canadian television Art director and Production designer. [2]

Contents

Setting and plot

The two main factions of robot Transformers are descendants of the two main factions in the original cartoon series: the Maximals are the descendants of the Autobots and the Predacons are the descendants of the Decepticons. Maximals are a faction in the Transformers toyline by Hasbro and the accompanying Animated television series Beast The Autobot, a faction of Sentient Robots from the planet Cybertron are the main Protagonists in the fictional universe of the Transformers, Predacons are a faction in the fictional Transformers universe created by Hasbro. "Deceptacon" redirects here but is also the name of a song by the group Le Tigre. The names were intended to stem from the terms Mammal and Predator but were not necessarily consistent with the alternate forms of the Transformers. Mammals ( class Mammalia) are a class of Vertebrate Animals characterized by the presence of Sweat glands, including sweat glands (In Beast Machines, the process during which Autobots and Decepticons became Maximals and Predacons is respectively referred to as the "The Great Upgrade". Beast Machines is an Animated television series produced by Mainframe Entertainment and distribuited by Universal Pictures that was a direct )

The leader of the Predacons team is Megatron. He and his forces are a splinter group on the hunt for powerful crystals known as Energon, to be used in a ploy for power and dominance. They do this with the aid of artifacts known as the Golden Disk and Megatron's stolen ship, the Darkside, which is equipped with a transwarp drive. The Golden Disk is a fictional artifact from the Transformers universes. In the Beast Wars Television series the Darksyde is the name of the Predacon transwarp ship stolen by Megatron and his Predacon rebels A Maximal exploration ship, the Axalon, led by Optimus Primal, is sent to stop them. The Axalon is the name of the Maximal ship in the Beast Wars cartoon and comic books Optimus Primal ( Convoy, later Beast Convoy to differentiate him from the original Convoy, Blackjack in some European markets is a fictional character from the Together the ships plunge through a time/space phenomenon created by the transwarp device during their battle in space, and land on a mysterious planet.

The planet is soon found to be rich in deposits of raw Energon, to the point that it proves to be poisonous to both factions' robot forms, forcing the factions to take on alternate organic forms for protection until their robot forms are needed. Thus the robots take on the beast forms of recognizable animals including mammals, birds, dinosaurs, arachnids and insects.

Before crashing, the Axalon deployed its cargo of “stasis pods” containing Maximal protoforms- Transformer robots with vulnerable and undeveloped physical forms, which are left to orbit the planet as an alternative to possible destruction in the initial crash landing. In the fictional world of the Transformers, protoforms are "basic frames" of a Cybertronian placed in stasis until a suitable form can be found Throughout the series, stasis pods lose altitude and crash-land on the planet, and the Maximals and Predacons race and fight to acquire them, as protoforms acquired by Megatron's forces can be reprogrammed to become Predacons, as is the case with Blackarachnia and Inferno. Blackarachnia is the name of several Fictional characters from the various Transformers universes. Inferno is the name of four fictional characters from the various Transformers universes. The stasis pods were used as a plot device to introduce new characters. A plot device is an element introduced into a story solely to advance or resolve the plot of the story

Megatron, as he appeared pre-Beast Wars in Dreamwave comics, stealing the Golden Disk (note that is the incorrect disk, as he is seen holding the Alien Disk).
Megatron, as he appeared pre-Beast Wars in Dreamwave comics, stealing the Golden Disk (note that is the incorrect disk, as he is seen holding the Alien Disk).

Eventually it is discovered that the Transformers have in fact travelled back in time and landed on ancient Earth. Megatron decides to wipe out human civilization (currently a small group of proto-humans living in a single ravine), take control of the previously-crashed Autobot spaceship the Ark and kill the dormant, original Optimus Prime, Optimus Primal's ancestor. This refers to the original character For other uses see Optimus Prime (disambiguation Optimus Prime (known as Convoy in Japan This would win the Beast Wars for the Predacons, alter the timeline, prevent the Autobots from being awakened by humanity in 1984 and ultimately defeating the Decepticons, and leave Megatron the ruler of the universe.

The later plot was developed following the discovery of a message made by the original Megatron for any Decepticons who would uncover it within the Golden Disks. Megatron The Predacon Megatron would successfully infiltrate the Ark and destroy the original Optimus, but Optimus Primal took the spark of Prime into his own body in order to protect it (which transformed his body into the Optimal Optimus form) while Rhinox and the other Maximals performed vital repairs on Optimus Prime's body. Rhinox is the name of two Fictional characters from various Transformers universes. When the repairs were complete, the timeline was restored to its original state.

Many of the plots involved interaction with artifacts from an unknown alien source. These artifacts were related to a great source of power. Activating an alien beacon destroyed what was originally thought to be Earth's second moon but was revealed be a massive alien transmitter. This sent a signal to the aliens. The energy pulse was so strong that it affected the transformers on the surface of the planet, which lead to deaths of some characters and the re-configuration of others into Transmetals, while the rest were left unchanged. Transmetals are a subgroup of Beast Wars in the Fictional Transformers Universe featuring toys with mechanical animal modes and techno-organic

Beast Wars was the first Transformers series to include deaths in the television episodes (the original 80s series continuity had several characters die in the theatrical movie, but no characters died in the series itself). The Transformers The Movie is a 1986 animated feature film based on the animated series of the same name. In the end, of the ten characters that appear in episode one, only six survived the entire series, and out of these, only three survived to the end of Beast Machines. Notably among them is the character Waspinator, who was blown to pieces or otherwise dismantled in almost every episode of the series, but never officially "died". Waspinator is the name of several Fictional characters from the various Transformers universes. Even in the sequel series Beast Machines, Waspinator survived, albeit in a new body and identity, as Thrust. Beast Machines is an Animated television series produced by Mainframe Entertainment and distribuited by Universal Pictures that was a direct Thrust is the name of several Fictional characters in the various Transformers universes.

History and development

Early Beast Wars toy tech spec cards painted a picture of the Transformers taking on giant-sized forms in the present era (similar to the '80s series it was based upon). However, when Forward and DiTillio began writing the show, they instead chose a considerably earlier setting; this would later be revealed to be Earth’s prehistoric past, long after the original Transformers ship The Ark crash-landed inside a volcano. The Ark is an Autobot spacecraft in the fictional Transformers Universe. Plate tectonics and hotspots Divergent plate boundaries At the Larry DiTillio revealed that the decision to make Earth the planet was not made until the end of the first season. They gave the planet two satellites and decided that they would destroy one moon if the planet was indeed to be Earth.

Originally, the series was going to be set in the present, with certain characters from the original cartoon series reborn in new bodies. This was very much evident in the Tech Specs of the first line of toys. The writers of the series, however, knew next to nothing about the original series at first, and since they were given free rein to do what they wanted with a series whose purpose was to promote what was, at the time, a dying franchise, they rewrote the premise so that it had apparently no connection to the original series outside of a few recycled names. When Bob Forward and Larry Ditillio discovered an online Transformers chat forum and learned more about the original series however, they began to work in elements from it, placing the series in the same universe.

Early concepts for the series show that the original faction leaders (Primal and Megatron) were in fact going to be re-imaginations of the original 'series faction leaders, Optimus Prime and Megatron (later Galvatron), but the series itself shows that they are indeed separate characters. (Both Primal and Megatron come face-to-face with the currently-deactivated forms of their ancestors inside the Ark at different points. ) The idea of both faction leaders being the original characters was probably abandoned when the idea of the series taking place in modern times was dropped.

The show was originally going to feature a much larger cast of characters, but limitations on CGI at the time meant that the animators had to shorten the cast to five members on both sides, adding new characters sparingly. Bob Forward has credited this as being part of the reason why the show was so successful, because a smaller cast meant he could focus on character development and personality for every character, as opposed to the ungainly task of writing for an entire army's worth of characters.

Also, instead of Tigatron, the toy-only character Wolfang was supposed to be in the show, but was replaced at the last moment to conserve money, as Tigatron was a repaint of Cheetor in the toy line, and thus would be easy to tweak the existing Cheetor CGI figure to look like the white tiger Maximal. Cheetor is the name of several Fictional characters from the Transformers toyline. This reuse of character CGI figures to introduce new characters is a fairly common money-saving tactic for most CGI-based television shows, and was used in Beast Wars to make Blackarachnia (a slight remodel and remap of Tarantulas) and Ravage whose head was a repainted version of Tigatron's beast mode head, mounted on a robot body which was a remodel of Transmetal Cheetor's robot mode body.

Susan Blu, who provided the voice of Arcee in the original Transformers series, was the voice director for the Beast Wars series, as well as the voice of Transmutate in the episode of the same name. Graduated from Stephens College Columbia Missouri 1968 Susan Blu sometimes credited as Sue Blu, is an American voice actress voice director and casting director in Transmutate is the name of a Fictional character from the various Transformers universes.

Initially, Waspinator, not Terrorsaur, was to die at the beginning of Season Two. Because people enjoyed Waspinator as comic relief for the series, the creators decided to kill off Terrorsaur instead. Waspinator went on to be the only Predacon to survive both Beast Wars and Beast Machines (not counting Blackarachnia, who defected in season three of Beast Wars).

The third season of the TV show was originally supposed to include an episode called "Dark Glass", written by Christy Marx. Christy Marx (b c1952 grew up in Danville Illinois and is an American writer and a photographer The script of the episode depicted an encounter between Rattrap and the Dinobot Clone, where Rattrap finds that the datatracks of the original Dinobot in the ship's computer, and goes on a suicide mission to install it into the transmetal II clone in a desperate bid to bring his old friend/foe back. However, the script was seen as "too dark" for little children to watch, and so the episode was never produced. A considerably lighter and more jocular episode called "Go with the Flow" was created in its place. Transcripts of the episode survived, however, and it is now considered part of the Beast Wars continuity, mainly for its explanation on how the Dinobot Clone regained the original's personality after Rampage was destroyed at the end of Season Three. This was also made in a fancomic. [3]

Characters

Main article: List of Beast Wars characters

Episodes and media releases

Main article: List of Beast Wars episodes

DVD Releases

Beast Wars - Transformers: Season 1

Beast Wars - Transformers: Season 2

Beast Wars - Transformers: Season 3

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Reception

While the toy line was lauded for its innovative joint construction and the show mostly liked by fans, some more extreme Transformers purists decried the entire series as a mistake, having gone as far as to angrily post slogans like "TRUKK NOT MUNKY" (intentionally misspelled) on the internet to show their resentment over the use of animals instead of vehicles for the line's alternate forms. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. This quickly died out, especially in light of the fact that some Transformers from the original series (such as the Dinobots and Insecticons) had beast-like modes. The Dinobots are several teams of characters in the fictional Transformers Universe. Insecticons is the name given to a sub-group of Fictional characters in the Transformers Universes, referred to as Insectrons in the Japanese version Overall, Beast Wars was well-received and is often praised for its mature tone and darker storylines, in addition to its character development.

Beast Machines

Main article: Beast Machines

Beast Wars was followed up by Beast Machines, a new series with a new creative team in charge of the cartoon. Beast Machines is an Animated television series produced by Mainframe Entertainment and distribuited by Universal Pictures that was a direct As a sequel, it was not initially well received among some fans mostly due to the surviving Maximals and Predacons being out-of-character to a variable, and others to a considerable, degree. Others did not find its techno-organic Cybertron concept to be agreeable, as the planet was always referred to previously as never having organic life. In the Marvel Comics universe and Transformers Beast Machines, techno-organic material is a material with properties and abilities of both organic However, in more recent years, it has been held in slightly higher regard by some fans, especially compared to the perceived poor quality of the newer and Japanese produced series that are unconnected to the original core universe.

Japanese treatment

The Japanese series Beast Wars II and Beast Wars Neo were created to fill the gap while the second and third seasons of Beast Wars were being translated into Japanese (called Beast Wars: Metals). The characters originate from the future that the Beast Wars teams left, but the events of the series take place in the far future. The series are noted primarily for the return of Unicron, but more negatively, for their childish, comedic nature, as the Transformers franchise is aimed at a very young age group in Japan in comparison to the United States. Unicron is a Fictional character from the ''Transformers'' universe and toyline. Beast Wars II spawned a theatrical movie. The Beast Wars Neo toyline was created to cater to the Japanese market. Whereas the cybernetic transmetal Beast Wars Transformers sold well in Western markets, Japanese fans preferred more realistic looking beast modes, thus Beast Wars Metals was not as successful with Japanese fans. The second and third season of Beast Wars and its toy line only lasted a few months before being quickly replaced by Transformers: Car Robots in the following new year, in which several unused Transmetal 2 molds were used as Destrongers (Predacons). Transformers Robots in Disguise is the title of the 2001 English- dubbed version of the Japanese television series Transformers Car Robot

Comic books

While the Beast Wars and Beast Machines series officially exist as the future of the original cartoon series, it also incorporated bits and pieces of the Marvel comics as well, while introducing new elements into the Transformer mythos, such as sparks and protoforms (however, it should be noted that beyond use of the comic-only term, "The Ark", and the comic book entity, Primus, all of the show's references are based on the original cartoon). Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc The Ark is an Autobot spacecraft in the fictional Transformers Universe. Primus is the "benevolent" godlike entity in the fictional Transformers comic universe who fought against the Chaos-Bringer Unicron. This would be carried on into the Dreamwave comics, which seemed to integrate elements from both lines while working towards maintaining continuity with Beast Wars.

BotCon comics

In the BotCon comics, two particular Beast Wars storylines are tapped.

In the Point Omega storyline, several events lead up to a tremendous battle against Shokaract, a Predacon fueled by the Dark Essence of Unicron himself. Shokaract is a character from the Transformers toy line and comic series Unicron is a Fictional character from the ''Transformers'' universe and toyline. This also serves as an introduction for Apelinq, and the only appearances of Windrazor, Sandstorm, Antagony, and Cataclysm. Windrazor is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers universe.

In the Primeval Dawn story, Tarantulas comes back from the dead alongside Ravage, Spittor, Iguanus and Razorclaw to complete the mission he set out to do, while the Vok create Primal Prime to stand in his way; Primal Prime teams up with Airazor, Tigatron and Ramulus, who have come back from the dead as well. Primal Prime is a fictional character from the Transformers toy and story lines

Dreamwave Productions

Dreamwave Productions released a Summer Special which contained a Beast Wars story. Dreamwave Productions is a Canadian art design studio and Comic book publisher best known for their multiple Transformers comic book series It introduced three new characters, Optimus Minor, Bonecrusher and Wolfang. Optimus Minor is the name of a Fictional character in the various Transformers universes. Bonecrusher is the name of several Fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. The comic had a survey as to whether Dreamwave's new comic would be Robots In Disguise or Beast Wars. Beast Wars won.

Dreamwave Productions had plans to release a Beast Wars comic in early 2005, which would have been done by the War Within creative team of Simon Furman and Don Figueroa. Simon Christopher Francis Furman is a Comic book writer particularly associated with of a number of notable Transformers comics for Marvel UK, Donald Allan Figueroa is a Filipino American Comic book artist. Brad Mick and Adam Patyk were originally planned to write the series until they left Dreamwave after not being paid for several projects. However, although some cover art did appear on the internet, Dreamwave entered bankruptcy before one issue could be published.

IDW Publishing

Main article: Beast Wars: The Gathering

After Dreamwave filed for bankruptcy in January 2005, the license for all Transformers comics, including Beast Wars were picked up by IDW Publishing, and was released in early 2006 as a four-issue miniseries. Beast Wars The Gathering is a four-issue Comic book mini-series, published by IDW Publishing. IDW Publishing (a division of Idea and Design Works is an American Comic book company. The series was written by Simon Furman and drawn by Don Figueroa. Simon Christopher Francis Furman is a Comic book writer particularly associated with of a number of notable Transformers comics for Marvel UK, Donald Allan Figueroa is a Filipino American Comic book artist. The Beast Wars comic takes place parallel to the third season of Beast Wars and introduced characters who were not shown in the original series such as Magmatron, Razorbeast and Injector. Magmatron is a Transformers character who first appeared in the Japanese Beast Wars Neo series was later released in the American Beast Machines Razorbeast is the name of a fictional character from the Transformers toyline that appeared in the Beast Wars The Gathering. Other characters who made an appearance are Grimlock in his Beast Wars body (a recolored Dinobot toy) and Ravage in his Transmetal II "Tripredacus Agent" incarnation. Grimlock is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers universes. Ravage is the name of several Fictional characters in the Transformers universes

Taking place around the events of the season three episode Deep Metal (the Predacons are just installing Sentinel), the comic focused on Magmatron, sent by the Tripredacus Council to capture Megatron after Ravage's failure. The Tripredacus Council is a group of Fictional characters from the Transformers universe However, Magmatron had his own agenda - to create his own army from the stasis pods the Axalon had ejected in the pilot episode. His scheme was partially thwarted by the Maximal double-agent Razorbeast, who ensured the shell program used reconfigured many of the protoforms as Maximals rather than Predacons. The two sides would clash in an attempt to stop Magmatron from returning to Cybertron with a captured Megatron, with some unexpected aid from Grimlock ensuring Magmatron was sent back to Cybertron empty handed. However, Razorbeast's Maximals and many Predacons (led by Ravage, resurrected in a transmetal II body) were left on Earth, opening the way for future series.

The series is important in that it wraps up many of the loose ends that the show did not address – most importantly, what happened to the various protoforms that the Maximals jettisoned. Also the presence of both Lio Convoy and Big Convoy in flashback sequences implies that the Japanese Beast Wars II and Beast Wars Neo take place in the same continuity. Leo Prime is the name of a Fictional character in various the Transformers universes. Big Convoy is the name of a Maximal in the fictional Transformers universes.

IDW editor-in-chief Chris Ryall recently confirmed the second Beast Wars series, titled The Ascending, as well as a series of character profile books, will be due in August. [4][5]

Video games

There have been two Beast Wars video games, both for the PlayStation and Nintendo 64 home systems, though one (the first one (not the second one)) was released for the PC, as well. The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or informally as PSX) is a 32-bit fifth generation Video game console The, often abbreviated as N64, is Nintendo 's third home Video game console for the international market IBM PC compatible computers are those generally similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT. The first, based on the first season of the show, is a third person shooter in which you can control either the Maximals or the Predacons in a series of missions to undermine the other faction's attempts at gaining enough resources to win the war between them and escape the planet. Third-person shooter ( TPS) is a genre of 3D computer and video games in which the Player character is seen at a distance from a number This one was released in 1998 by Hasbro Interactive. Hasbro Interactive was a video game production and publishing subsidiary of Hasbro, the large Game and Toy company The other, Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals, is a Fighting Vipers-style fighting game based on the second season and was also released by Hasbro Interactive, though only the PlayStation version; the Nintendo 64 version was released by bam! Entertainment. Transformers Beast Wars Transmetals is a Fighting game for the Nintendo 64 and PlayStation. Fighting Vipers is a 3D fighting game developed by Sega-AM2. The game was first released in the arcade in 1995 using Neither of these games did well, commercially, and were overall panned by critics and fans alike, although the second game was memorable for having most of the voice actors from the show itself reprise their roles as the characters. The PC version of the first game also has a multiplayer feature (removed from the console releases) that allowed up to 8 players to play over LAN, and had its own play rooms in the MSN Gaming Zone, though it's been subsequently removed. MSN Games (also known as Zonecom - formerly known as The Village, Internet Gaming Zone, MSN Gaming Zone, and MSN Games by Zone A third game was in the works for the PlayStation 2, but was scrapped in pre-production, without any official word as to why, or how far the project was before the plug was pulled. See also Filmmaking Pre-production is the process of preparing all the elements involved in a Film, play, or other Performance. [6]

References to Transformers and other media

Beast Wars is known for its frequent fan references. Transformers fan and proprietor of www. bwtf. com Ben Yee had been called on many times to provide insight into the Transformers mythos to Mainframe so they could properly incorporate content from the original series into the show. As thanks for his help, Ben Yee is given a commendation within an episode of the show as an in-joke. When Rhinox was reprogrammed as a Predacon, he sabotaged various aspects of the base, and even Waspinator's personality. When Blackarachnia referred to him as "wacko", Waspinator replied "Wacko? No, Wonko! Wonko the Sane!" before saluting the screen. This is a reference to a character from Douglas Adams' So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, and was the screen name of Ben Yee at the time. Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 &ndash 11 May 2001 was an English author comic Radio dramatist So Long and Thanks for All the Fish ( 1984, ISBN 0-345-39183-7 is the fourth book of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series written In addition to Ben Yee, other fan references were spread throughout the series. Notable fan references include:

While not as common, Beast Wars also makes a few entertaining pop culture references. One of them appeared in the episode "Victory" when the Axalon's engines were failing. This is a list of episodes from the animated television series Beast Wars Transformers. The crash was avoided thanks to Optimus, who guided the ship to a landing position using his Prime Jets and incredible strength. To add further comic relief, the Maximals suggest that it could be "a bird" or "a plane" until they realize that it is Optimus flying to their rescue. This is a clear reference to the DC Comics hero, Superman. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon In the episode "Gorilla Warfare", Waspinator stands with his back against a wall, when Optimus Primal suddenly punches through the wall behind Waspinator from the other side, and pulls Waspinator through the hole to be finished off. Batman used a very similar tactic in The Dark Knight Returns. Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created Batman The Dark Knight Returns, originally published under the title Batman The Dark Knight, is a Batman comic book mini-series

At another point, Silverbolt points out Venus to Blackarachnia, saying it reminds him of her; this is a subtle reference to Venus Terzo, who provides the voice of Blackarachnia. In the show, Rattrap once referred to his vehicle form as "Knievel mode" which likens his driving form (and possibly driving skills) to the daredevil Evel Knievel. This article is about the stunt performer For the wooden roller coaster by the same name see Evel Knievel (roller coaster Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel After Rattrap complains about Silverbolt's attitude, Cheetor tells him to forget it, and says: "You and I can go to the Six Lasers Over Cybertron amusement park. " The name is a nod to the Six Flags amusement park chain. Six Flags Inc (commonly Six Flags) is one of the world's largest chains of Amusement parks and Theme parks, based on quantity of properties

Cheetor also makes a reference to American football in the episode Dark Designs. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with When the Maximals storm the Predacon base, Cheetor says 'how about we punt your butt a hundred yards down the field?' An American football field is 100 yards long, and since the show was made in North America, it is safe to assume that 'punting' is a reference to American football (as opposed to other kinds of football).

In the episode Victory, when the Maximals are inspecting the deserted Darkside, Cheetor waves some of Tarantulas' legs at Dinobot. This is a list of episodes from the animated television series Beast Wars Transformers. Dinobot takes them and says "Alas, poor Tarantulas. I knew him, Cheetor. " This is a direct reference to the play Hamlet when Hamlet holds a skull and says "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio. " Dinobot also quoted Hamlet in Coming of the Fuzors pt. 1 when he said "to be, or not to be, that is the question" (this quote was the start of a speech referring to the Golden Disks). He goes on to reference the play again as he dies in Code of Hero, uttering Hamlet's final words, "the rest is silence. "

In the episode "Proving Grounds" Rattrap is seen playing video games on the Maximal computer. The games are similar to Street Fighter, with Megatron and Optimus Prime fighting (It even took the announcer's voice from Street Fighter II), and a second that is similar to Doom, with Rattrap's gun and enemies that look like Waspinator. or commonly abbreviated as SF, is a popular series of Fighting games in which the players pit combatants from around the world each with his or her own Doom (officially cased DOOM) is a 1993 Computer game by Id Software that is a landmark title in the First-person shooter In the episode "Power Surge", Rattrap is seen playing a game of cards against a pair of holographic hands. The cards themselves are holographic and have the Maximal logo on the back.

One of the most comical references appeared in "Possession", when Optimus defeated Starscream, saying "hasta la vista Starscream" referring to a similar quote from the movie, Terminator 2: Judgment Day. This is a list of episodes from the animated television series Beast Wars Transformers. Terminator 2 Judgment Day, commonly abbreviated as T2, is a 1991 action / Science fiction film directed co-written Sunglasses also appeared over his eyes briefly, another reference to the Terminator movies.

In one episode, Rhinox and Inferno fight each other in the style of 'Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots'. Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots is a two-player Game / Toy designed by Marvin Glass and Associates and released by Marx toys in 1966. Rhinox wins causing Inferno's head to come up; Megatron shoots Rhinox and shoves Inferno's head back down.

After the Quantum Surge, Blackarachnia exits the Axalon and views the newly altered Earth and claims how things have changed. Then Airazor states "The more things change, the more they stay the same," a famous American proverb.

In the episode Feral Scream pt 1, when Megatron and Waspinator are creating a Transmetal II clone of Dinobot, the twisted experiment is a parody of Frankenstein, with Waspinator rubbing his hands together anxiously, with the posture of Igor as he says "Yes, Master". Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, generally known as Frankenstein, is a Novel written by the British author Mary Shelley Also, when the Predacons hold Depth Charge captive there is a dual reference to Warner Brothers Cartoons. When Megatron is hit by a direct charge from Transmetal II Cheetor, he is spun away in a manner reminiscent of Taz the Tasmanian Devil. He then falls off a cliff, looking up for a few seconds then falling like Wile E Coyote.

In 'Coming of the Fuzors pt. 1', Inferno is attacking Silverbolt and Quickstrike. When Megatron saves them by knocking Inferno out, he says 'goodbye bad cop, hello good cop'. The good cop/bad cop interrogation technique has become well-known throughout pop-culture (thanks to movies and TV shows) and the phrase 'good cop, bad cop' is a pop-culture reference in itself (and is sometimes used in reference to other situations besides interrogations).

Optimus Primal's Gorilla form and Megatron's T. Rex forms are also an homage to King Kong where the gorilla, Kong, fights a Tyrannosaurus rex. In the episode 'Beast Wars Part 2', Optimus and Megatron do fight in their beast modes. It also likely a reference to Godzilla's and King Kong's relationships in the film franchise. Etymology Name "Godzilla" is a combination of two Japanese words and. King Kong is the name of a fictional giant ape from the fictional Skull Island, who has appeared in several works since 1933 It has also been believed that the Predacons are based on monsters that were featured in the series.

In the first two episodes, Optimus frequently rode on Rhinox's back when both were in beast mode. This may have been an obscure reference to the videogame Donkey Kong Country, where Donkey Kong is able to ride a rhino called Rambi. Donkey Kong Country ( Super Donkey Kong in Japan is a Video game developed by Rare, featuring the popular arcade character Donkey

In the episode Equal Measures Terrasoaur refers to Cheetor as Kit Kat.

Time is constantly referred to in terms of 'cycles' with prefixes attached to delineate units of tens or more. Megacycles are referred to in some episodes supposedly referring to one million cycles. The term "stellar cycle" is also used to refer to some number of cycles, not made known to the viewers. In 'Code of Hero', Rhinox mentions that the temporal wavefront of the transwarp explosion will reach cybertronian space in 'approximately 2. 218 decacycles. ' which suggests that they might use a few other metric prefixes for time that are never mentioned explicitly in the episodes. Of note, most half-hour TV shows are about 22. 18 minutes long to allow time for commercials, but since there is a second episode between 'Code of Hero' and 'The Agenda (Part 1)' where the wave actually enters cybertron's space, this may be simple coincidence, or it could mean that a single decacycle is about a day long. This may be considered contradicting, because in 'Equal Measures' Optimus freely said, "That storm will hit us within the hour!" when replying to Cheetor, who offered to fix the bomb. The Transformers used "minute" and "second" quite frequently in the first half of the series. It was only until towards the end of season one that they began to use "cycle" more regularly, although they did still occasionally slip up and use human time.

Beast Wars even made references to itself in certain episodes. When Rhinox was reprogrammed, Optimus said 'yesss', which was Megatron's catchphrase (this may have been a subtle play on the fact that Garry Chalk, who voiced Optimus, originally auditioned for Megatron). When Optimus wanted to fly at maximum speed, he said "maximum burn" but in 'Coming of the Fuzors Part 1', Rattrap (in vehicle mode) said "maximum rubber burn!" This also works as a pop-culture reference: burning rubber is a slang term for driving really fast, since tires are made of rubber and will melt if spun too fast (due to the friction against the road). The show was also very self-aware and referred to everyday things in more 'robotic' terms (such as 'metal violin' and 'cyber puberty' and calling male Transformers “bots” and females ones “fem-bots”).

The episode 'Master Blaster' was named after the movie 'Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome' in which there was a character named Master Blaster. He was made up of two characters: a stupid giant named 'Blaster' and intelligent dwarf who rode on his shoulders named 'Master'. Together they were called Master Blaster, and apparently the name was chosen because of Quickstrike in his giant metal control suit bearing some resemblance to Master Blaster.

Some other references made were the following: "Nobody calls me chicken!" by Rattrap, referring to Marty McFly from the Back to the Future trilogy, "Persistence is futile" in Season 2 "Bad Spark" by Rampage when he first assumes his tank-like form, referring to the "Resistance is futile" catchphrase used by Star Trek's Borg, and finally the often used "What's new pussycat?" regularly heard in Season 1, used at least once by Rattrap to Cheetor, is the name of a song made famous by Tom Jones. Martin "Marty" McFly is a Fictional character and the main protagonist in the Back to the Future The Back to the Future trilogy is a comedic Science fiction Film Trilogy written by Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis The Borg are a fictional pseudo- race of Cyborgs depicted in the Star Trek franchise Tom Jones can refer to Tom Jones (singer (born 1940 Welsh pop music singer Tommy Lee Jones (born 1946 American actor and director

In one episode, Airazor makes the comment (while in falcon form) "She stoops to conquer". This is a multi-faceted pun referring to the play of that name by Oliver Goldsmith and the falconry term "stoop" which means dive.

Cast

English-language cast

Actor Character
Gary Chalk Optimus Primal
Richard Newman Rhinox, Vok
Ian James Corlett Cheetor, Sentinel, Maximal Computer
Scott McNeil Rattrap, Dinobot, Dinobot II, Silverbolt, Waspinator
Blu Mankuma Tigatron, Tigerhawk, Vok
Pauline Newstone Airazor
David Sobolov Depth Charge
David Kaye Megatron
Don Brown Scorponok
Alec Willows Tarantulas
Doug Parker Terrorsaur, Starscream
Venus Terzo Blackarachnia
Jim Byrnes Inferno
Colin Murdock Quickstrike
Campbell Lane Rampage
Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff Predacon Ship Computer
Lee Tockar Ravage
Susan Blu Transmutate, Una

Leslie West and Joe Lynn Turner provided the voices that said Beast Wars during episodes of the show. Gary Chalk (born November 13, 1953) is a British -born Canadian Actor and Voice actor. Richard Newman (born 1946 is a Voice actor with numerous voice roles in Transformers cartoons Ian James Corlett (born August 29, 1962 in Vancouver) is an animation voice artist writer and musician Scott McNeil (born September 15, 1962 in Brisbane, Australia) is an Australian born Voice actor. Blu Mankuma is an American actor He has appeared in numerous Canadian and American productions filmed in Canada Pauline Newstone is a voice actress Voice Credits Dragon Ball Z - Freeza David Sobolov (born October 23, 1964 in Windsor Ontario) is a voice actor David V Hope (born 14 October 1964) known professionally as David Kaye, is a Canadian Actor who is better recognized for his Donald "Don" Brown is one of the many Canadian voice talents operating out of Vancouver, British Columbia Doug Parker is a Canadian Voice actor and voice director He has been in several cartoons and anime He is probably best known for playing Terrorsaur Venus Terzo (born October 17, 1967, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian Actress best noted for her James Thomas Byrnes was born on September 22, 1948 in St Louis Missouri. Colin Murdock (born September 9, 1958, Calgary Alberta Canada) is a voice actor who is often miscredited as Colin Murdoch. Campbell Lane is a Canadian actor who primarily does work in Vancouver. Lee Tockar (birth 1967 is a Canadian Voice actor who works for several studios in Vancouver British Columbia Canada. Graduated from Stephens College Columbia Missouri 1968 Susan Blu sometimes credited as Sue Blu, is an American voice actress voice director and casting director in Leslie West (born October 22, 1945) is an American rock Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter. Joe Lynn Turner ( JLT) born Joseph Linquito August 2, 1951 in Hackensack New Jersey, is a melodic hard rock singer best known for his work Perhaps by coincidence, a majority of the voice cast, including Cortlett, McNeil, Murdock, Chalk and Terzo, also voiced characters in the 1997 film Warriors of Virtue. Warriors Of Virtue is a 1997 Chinese / Japanese - American Film directed by Ronny Yu.

Japanese cast

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