Beast Wars: Transformers - Everything You Didn’t Know | SYFY WIRE

When you think of Transformers, chances are you think of the 80’s and those “robots in disguise”. Or maybe your brain goes straight to the “bayhem” of the Michael Bay movies. But one Transformer series can’t be forgotten…that’s right, we’re talking about BEAST WARS: TRANSFORMERS.
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Beast Wars: Transformers - Everything You Didn’t Know | SYFY WIRE

[@MetalPharoah]

Beast Wars is dear to my heart. I'm a survivor of extreme child abuse, and for a short summer my father had temporary custody of me. I watched Beast Wars, Mama's Family, and it defined me. I actually enjoyed myself and finally was happy and safe. Obviously I didn't have any chance to get any of the toys, but thinking about BW today I just cry because it was a pivotal part of me.

[@kyrauniversal]

I'm glad that you were able to find that happiness, PJ. A lot of people did, in different, or same circumstances. I had to hide in my house from neighborhood bullies, and would watch the show on KZbin with my dad, before the first Adpocalypse occurred. Found My light hearted courageous aspects in Beast Wars, and the realization of self empowerment in Beast Machines.

[@shanestrickland8481]

I had a couple of the figures when I was little but I no longer have them.

[@shanestrickland8481]

@@kyrauniversal speaking of Adpocalypse anyone remember the whole Y2K fear of the computers shutting down ? It never happened but my dad and mom stocked up on groceries big time.

[@Kable_TV]

Please tell strangers on the internet about your extreme child abuse PJ

[@kyrauniversal]

@@Kable_TV How about you go look into a mirror, because it clearly shows that the last person to ever love you, is yourself.

[@the_bearded_jay]

Megatron was my absolute favorite, mostly because of the voice acting from David Kane. Anytime he would go "Yesssss" it made me smile. Even the Maximals called him out and often imitated him for talking the way he did.

[@terrenced7742]

This show hit so well. The voice acting was stellar. I remember getting so emotional during Code of Hero. For me, Dinobot's death was a gut-punch, but also the best and only way to end the character's journey. It wasn't death for the sake of itself, it was true sacrifice and death really having a meaning.

[@jens.einzelgaenger.mp4]

Code of hero is still bringing tears even after more than 20 watching it.

[@devilnier]

dinobot was the character that made me live my life with honor

[@warmfridge856]

Spoilers

[@SRosenberg203]

23 years later, I still can't watch Code of Hero without crying like a baby.

[@SEGplus]

Wow i remember tht too..

[@YouGuessIGuess]

This was the show that single-handedly got me interested in voice acting. I can still remember the character's voices so clearly after all these years.

[@wolfgang6442]

Yeah I agree hella memorable👍

[@tempyst409]

My absolute favorite moment was when Dinobot and Rattrap were fighting and Tarantulas tried to interrupt. Dinobot and Rattrap at the same time punched Tarantulas in the face 😂 Another fun memory was my mom asking my baby brother at the time. Why he always kept Waspinator and Terrosaur in pieces all the time? And he replied, but Mom that's how they always end up on the show 😂

[@signal_msw]

Hahah! So true. I would always try and impersonate Terrosaur's transformation and go into a coughing fit haha.

[@SilverPrime315]

Recall the episode of how the day was won by Rhinox farting? “Do not turn your back on me, Maximal scum!”

[@miltonpearson7325]

Tarantulas: DIEEEE MAXIMALLSSS!!! Dinobot & Rattrap: SHUUUUTT UP!! 😂😂😂 ah the memories 😌

[@pepperidgefarms6539]

Waspinator becomes the ruler of prehistoric earth in the end. :D "Waspinator happy at last!"

[@Jaxvidstar]

@@pepperidgefarms6539 for a while, at least....

[@cre8gnr8nrg]

Megatron talking to himself and getting called out on it one time and he made some comment about it being the only way he can have an intelligent conversation. LOL

[@brianquincyscott1955]

I say that a lot...it must have settled in my subconscious.

[@BroAnarchy]

There are great little moments like this in the series, another reason why BW is so good and fun

[@chrisSandersASX]

Best line ever

[@Arsenal1410]

Beast Wars is the best Transformers show in my opinion. The animation was great, I enjoyed the fight scenes, solid voice acting and the character models were well done.

[@TheDalisama]

Prime was made by a lot of the same people and it's quality shows. Too bad the ending was rushed.

[@Shahaneh]

Yes, both Beast Wars and beast machines. The animation use to look a million times better back down. My memories give it better animation then re-watching these clips. But it was the best animation in an animated show at the time and looked beautiful back then. The stories and plots and characters as well as action and transformations and such.

[@gregorclegane7563]

Great story too. That velociraptor guy was this show's Vegeta. It was awesome!

[@FlatPlaneReality]

It had some comedy too

[@dinobotcypertron4602]

Bob Forward andr Larry DiTillio are great story editors

[@ThaSandwitch]

A side effects of having to keep the cast small was you ended up with more character development. One of my favourite lines from any show is still when Megatron goes on one of his expository monologues and Blackarachnia asks why he always talks to himself, and he responds with "Uh, I simply have a penchant for intelligent conversation"

[@animemanz]

The tie in to the og transformers was a great story thread.

[@andrewwhitfield5480]

I grew up with G1 and seeing G1 characters animated for the first time in cgi for Beast Wars was amazing for that time.

[@k9commander]

I learned about G1 through Beast Wars.

[@JosephDillman]

What's insane is that the writers didn't really know anything about G1. They got close to hitting on some OG lore and got feedback sounding a lot like your comment and then started purposely making those bad @$$ tie-ins! I love how they were all smaller than the G1 guys and they mentioned how tough they were, issuing the best line, "Die-cast. It's a lost art." A total nod to how the toys were all smaller and made of cheaper plastic. Too bad they had to follow up with Beast Machines.

[@yussairikhairil1054]

Yes, the Agenda episodes is really badass, especially when it ended with Ravage declaring 'Decepticon forever!' and transformed into a cassette with the classic transformation sound.

[@Shahaneh]

@@JosephDillman beast machines was awesome. It basically continue to same stories and plots, vut toke everything up several notches.

[@Allhailclaytron]

“Scott McNeil voiced Dinobot and Rattrap, along with less minor character Waspinator” Silverbolt: “Am I a joke to you?”

[@EvilEye0]

Megatron: Yesss.

[@genobreaker1054]

@@EvilEye0 😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I....I can't....I can't breathe.....🤣🤣🤣

[@thornajal1045]

Silverbolt!!!!!!!

[@BroAnarchy]

_why does the universe hate wassspinatorrr???_

[@Cheprock83]

Heroic tune plays in background

[@crimsonvoid1595]

Beast Wars was a huge part of my childhood. I still have a ton of the toys. Both Transmetals and regulars. I even have a few toys that never were on the show.

[@SyFyWire]

Those collectibles would look real nice on Juan's shelf 👀 (🙃 kidding!)

[@crimsonvoid1595]

SYFY WIRE Unfortunately I misplaced my Prototype Bat Optimus Primal and Crocodile Megatron and several others and I recently accidentally broke my Silver Bolt Action Figure.

[@cemeteryhill]

Same here! I even won a Transmetal Rhinox from Toonami when they had a crossover with WB & aired Beast Wars for like a week. They now live in my garage ona shelf with all my other banished old stuff. Lol

[@jens.einzelgaenger.mp4]

I used to collect those when I was 14. Best toys I ever had.

[@jamesdubeck4920]

I have alot of the toys. Im always in the market. Who do u have? Any goodies?

[@albirieo]

This is honestly the best series, MEgatron was competent, he actually wins, and the scene where he kills OG optimus from G1 is still horrifying today.

[@genobreaker1054]

Not to mention the trauma of the deaths of Dinobot and Transmutate. Or the truly unnerving savagery of Rampage, or, one of my favorites, the single minded insanity of Inferno. The show may not have had many characters at a time, but they were each so distinct.

[@CaptainBlankENT]

This show practically defined my childhood. I'll never forget that "holy sh*t" moment when Cheetor achieved his third transformation. The epitome of 90's hype.

[@shaneblackburn8910]

Same here

[@MACSX7]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@handsanitizer2457]

The best part about it, was that rather than changing everyone. They changes a few people on each team. Which showed how war can dynamically change with just a few enhanced soldiers. The power would constantly shift back and forth as the show progressed, that was my favorite part of the show

[@genobreaker1054]

"Ah, it seems someone is out for a midnight stroll. At mach two."

[@shanestephens4728]

I literally had a loose tooth fall out of my mouth when Optimus returned. Good times.

[@stephenmiller2544]

I cried when dinobot sacrificed himself. I'm pretty sure I was in highschool.

[@genobreaker1054]

Oh man, and when Rampage and Silverbolt accidentally kill Transmutate...not as harsh as Dinobot's death, but it still hits me. "Friend, good. Friend, dark. I. Am. Hurt."

[@lastat00293]

Dinobot was my favorite Beasts Wars character. Went out like a badass.

[@ethanmcdowell1164]

Stephen Miller too bad he got brought back as a bad guy transmetal 2 later 😑

[@kyog1990]

Me a my son he was about 4 watched and weaped when dino bot died. Code of hero was epic

[@FrankieEatsPoop]

Dinobot was me & my sisters favorite, Dinobot & Rattrap. I still have my action figures of both.

[@newageBoundhippie]

Beast Wars is still my favorite Transformers series ( sorry G1, I grew up with you & I love ya but omg Beast Was is so goooood ), and 2 of my favorite characters in it were voiced by Scott McNeil ( Dinobot & Silverbolt ). Really wish we could get a Beast Wars game on par with War For Cybertron & Fall of Cybertron....

[@PapaSmurf11182nd]

newageBoundhippie bruh, truth!

[@Di7manya]

Silverbolt was so cool. His relationship with Blackarachnia was also really interesting.

[@kidbu916]

Bruhhhhh I WISH

[@Jtob410]

In my best Megatron voice: YEEEEEEESSSSSSS

[@SEGplus]

Factz

[@genobreaker1054]

"BURN, MAXIMAL!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!" -Inferno Given the fact that the original Transformers had the Dinobots and the Insecticons, Beast Wars did not exactly come out of left field and anyone who says Vehicles only is not being honest about the fact that the show was designed to promote two toys in one.

[@ChaoticDrako]

This show was dope. When Megatron became a dragon, I wanted that toy so bad. It was my favorite transformer series. Mentioning Reboot takes me way back. I watched that one as well.

[@loneshinobi2682]

ChaosDrako I can still remember getting that dragon figure for Christmas. I was beyond stoked lol

[@carterslade8771]

Yeah, the dragon Megatron had like four different modes to transform into. It was my favorite for a long time. I always wanted a Depth Charge, but I could never find one.

[@loneshinobi2682]

Carter Slade I had Depth Charge. The big one. My dad used to frequent flea markets a lot because he’s a collector of sorts and he found me one. Didn’t realize they were difficult to come by at the time?

[@carterslade8771]

@@loneshinobi2682 I don't remember seeing it in stores as a kid, and only one of my friends had him. Man, I was jealous. But I still have my favorites, like the dragon Megatron and skeletal dinobot, and it's the memories that count, anyhow.

[@FEARitself100]

I owned megatron from beast wars, one of the best transformer models to ever come out

[@ajb3229]

This is too funny 😂 my mom taught me how to record this show on VHS when I was a kid. And I was definitely a Rattrap fan he was my first toy

[@CrudeConduct666]

I loved rattrap and had his toy too :)

[@TonyfromTO]

Just picked up a rattrap toy today too i recomend it.

[@0ptimusv0ltr0n]

Rattrap was one of my favorites!!

[@sgtmyers88]

Oh for bootin up cold!

[@d3-penguin954]

Beast wars is underrated

[@zerochi2119]

Cybertron is underrated

[@MACSX7]

Not here

[@jamespetersen6439]

This stupid channel proves it's overrated. The show sucked

[@WALDENSOFTWARE]

@@jamespetersen6439 name one better show.

[@Groovaystaypuft1234]

James Petersen ouch you’re did not have to say that

[@RingoLoadagain]

Beast Wars did for me what the Bay movies did for a lot of younger fans: it reminded me that Transformers existed and cemented it in my mind as something awesome.

[@swarlly]

McNeil is a badass voice actor with that range of characters.

[@RoninXDarknight]

Duo Maxwell from Gundam Wing is the roll of his that I remember most.

[@Boom12]

Beast Wars: Saying Beast Mode way before it was cool.

[@justiceh3599]

It was cool when the opening song first aired

[@janetplanet4595]

You have to wonder if that's what started it all

[@YakBat]

7am showings on WB during my junior and senior years of high school, is what killed my perfect attendance record. Some things are, to this day, just more important than an A in math.

[@volcom05345]

I was in 4th grade. I always watched the first half then had go go to school, but my friend who lived closer to school and who was always late haha would watch the whole episodes. I used to bug him everyday what happened in Beast Wars until one day be got fed up with me asking him all the time lol. 😂

[@Dracon08]

This was and still is for me one of the greatest shows of all time, perfect voice acting, amazing music, and the best story, they don't make shows like this anymore. Beast wars for life

[@Gamma5232]

This show was my JAM! I actual gave it a rewatch in college.

[@wolfskinchanger]

Fun fact: Whenever Scott McNeil's characters on this show were having conversations between themselves, he recorded those conversations in real time if at all possible. You can see it in Rattrap's and Dinobot's interactions especially; one of them is always silent whenever the other speaks, the only exception I can name being their synchronized "SHUT UP!" to Tarantulas.

[@BathrobeKeck]

I've always loved how Beast Wars connected to and expanded on the lore of OG

[@KrawmKruach]

That is what a GOOD tie in show should do, blew e away when it was revealed they where on earth. such a fantastic show.

[@marypatry7750]

TRANSFORMERS BEAST WARS AND BEAST MACHINES ARE THE CGI TV SERIES OF THE TRANSFORMERS LEGACY OF TOYS

[@WarlockInTraining]

As a kid Beast Wars was one of the most played toys and watch shows. Loved it.

[@royfarris5889]

Me too I had all the figures up till they did transmetals by that time I was done playing with them and started collecting since I was in high school I loved watching that show before school every morning

[@dbanks2393]

@Alex H a11a

[@bennyboo7502]

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[@TBB_productions]

@Alex H popping

[@MrBlack252]

Me too! When Dinobot turned face then died I felt super sad then Megatron made like a new bone Dinobot with an an evil allspark

[@sleepydumbdude]

This is the reason I was late to school a lot. Might Max then this was on.

[@hounds760]

Same with me super late

[@cemeteryhill]

Same here.

[@slicktom300]

fUCk school dude

[@Newjourney14]

you all had school on Saturday's?

[@sleepydumbdude]

No that show was on with new episodes Monday - Friday. Beast Machines was on fox Saturdays

[@TheDonmayo]

Reboot and Beast Wars I both remember clearly. I remember Waspinator ending up staying behind and living the good life. The Rhino and Raptor were my fovorites though x3.

[@JessP1]

Growing up in L.A. 12 year old me in '97 learned to set up a recording timer on VHS, since the show came on at 9am, after i left for school. Years later the show came out on FOX Kids in the afternoon, and the more brutal scenes and some dialogue/sound effects were censored or edited out. Still own the original 2003 Rhinomation DVD's.

[@kalekhalili8130]

I was 7-8 doing the same thing lol. VHS saved my life with this show

[@Oddball-dc2qt]

How could anyone hate the stainless steel rat? Not only was he literally the only bot on either side that Tarantulous never got the best of, but put him in the same room with Dinobot, and it was pure comedy gold.

[@RHETT2K]

Without question, dispute or doubt, Dinobot was one of the greatest animated television show characters EVER! If ANY animated character (outside the classics like Batman or Speed Racer etc.) ever deserved its own video to explore the greatness of complexity and depth of the character, it’s Dinobot!!

[@genobreaker1054]

Every other character in the show was one dimensional compared to him. Which is saying something since freaking every character had their own development arc.

[@lastat00293]

Dinobot was the best damn character

[@disintegrateallhumans3067]

I remember those days.... Stay up late for Monday night Raw. Wake up early for Beast Wars. My childhood was awesome.

[@TripChebook]

Bringing me way back. For me it was Saturday mornings on fox kids and Mon-Fri at 4:00 pm. On UPN. Those were the days.

[@sideshowbob2908]

Wow, totally forgot about UPN. Years gone by.

[@SoundwaveX7]

I remember Fox Kids and UPN. :)

[@thefrozengoat]

one of my FAVORITE morning cartoons. And yeah, I too watched it while getting ready for school and eating cereal :)

[@x10sam]

I remember my family having a yard sale when I was 10ish. I sold some of my old stuff and used the money to buy the dragon megatron for my friend for her birthday. I got the tigerhawk one for myself. We were so stoked on Beast Wars but also liked ReBoot, DBZ, and the Toonami lineup. Just a couple geeky girls in the late 90's, early 00's.

[@brookswilliams5239]

Awesome nice to see a geek girl 😍😍

[@WALDENSOFTWARE]

That was so nice of you. These memories are now priceless.

[@popomomo12]

Hey all my reminiscing friends! Beast wars was the shiznit

[@omegaXjammur]

90's kids: remember when Transformers were associated with CGI? early 2000's kids: remember when Transformers were associated with anime? late 2000's kids: remember when Transformers were associated with explosions? 2010 kids: wtf is a rescue bot and why do I want it?

[@DinobotKiryu]

Not everything in the late 2000s was Michael Bay. There was also a great Cartoon Network show out.

[@omegaXjammur]

@@DinobotKiryu yeah I remember Transformers: Animated, but it was over shadowed by the Prime series. Not to say say that prime is better but it did receive much more promotion than Animated.

[@DinobotKiryu]

@@omegaXjammur I know. TFA for me deserved at least 1 more Season.

[@madscientist2621]

Beast Wars was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid and now my kids love Rescue Bots!

[@zerochi2119]

I miss transformers anime tbh

[@groundbreaker91]

Ah, Beast Wars. That was actually my first exposure to the Transformers franchise. Good times indeed... And OMG, I seriously remember those toys from McDonalds! I had every one of them except for Dinobot, Scorponok, and the Panther!

[@Polymathically]

I already knew most of this. Beast Wars is one of my all-time favorite shows from that era. They could've gone with some bland, generic thing built solely for selling the toys, but they really went the extra mile in terms of storytelling and characterization. The story took off near the end of Season 1, and just kept building on it. Aside from the early episodic stuff, there were real consequences, character development, intrigue, etc. And yeah, Dinobot is still the best character on the show.

[@Silvers24]

What makes Beast Wars so amazing is the fact that they started this show with NO knowledge of G1 transformers. You can see this as you progress from SS1 to SS2, when they started getting more and more involved with the fans of the show and those who loved G1. So by then they dug in and did more research, and that is how we have the most badass sequale to g1 Transformers to ever exist.

[@TheYeti37]

Dinobot always reminded me of a Vegeta type character. He had that vibe

[@KamikazeSP06]

Mr.Yeti64 which is why he’s the greatest character on the show.....JUST LIKE VEGETA! 🤣🤣

[@artfire28]

I felt so uneasy with Dinobot as a character. He looked and sounded same as Predecons but his deep sense of honor was the one I got intrigued..

[@sabrevanson4412]

@@KamikazeSP06 Agreed, Vegeta and Dinobot are best.

[@peacegawd5192]

Wildy awesome character that couldnt catch a win....yea sounds about right

[@ArlanKels]

His episode was one of the best episodes out of all the cartoons I saw back then.

[@avip8539]

Beast Wars was so deep in the last few episodes. Loved Dinobots arc. 😭

[@alitalore]

nostalgia radar sounded when i see beast wars in the title of this video. must watch this now

[@SyFyWire]

🚨🚨🚨

[@Lrbearclaw]

Alita, I been searching for MONTHS and found it again. Look up "tubi". It can be streamed there.

[@christopherchilton-smith6482]

I use to own the T-rex Megatron as a kid, my dad and little brother would watch this show every time it came on. Good feels.

[@Ghost_-_]

Lol I was trying to remember what beast wars was called I knew it was called beast but I didn't remember well minutes then this popped up I watched this like years ago when i was younger like maybe 2011 i forgot what year cause I didn't know the calendar back then my Dad showed me Beast War and I loved it also cause I was a transformers fan I didn't remember them saying bad words tho cause I didn't even know bad words cause I was so innocent I'm still innocent but just smarter then back then cause i was just smart Last time I watched this was like a year ago or 2

[@alexdg7755]

Same lol, it was even an ad and I clicked

[@signal_msw]

"I like to beat my opponents the old fashioned way: BRUTALLY!"

[@mrandmrsduquette1904]

"I do not 'rock-and-roll'. I buuuurrnn, rawr."

[@genobreaker1054]

"For the ROYALTY!!"

[@visualcreativemt]

SYFY WIRE: My least favorite? Rat Trap. That f~beep~ker is annoying! Rat Trap: HEY!!! You can just kiss my pink hairless- *End Transmission*

[@vincentgonzalez5232]

Ok am I the only one who wants him to do the show Mummys Alive, because that show was amazing

[@MrFra1311]

BIG UPS TO THIS MAN RIGHT HERE ! I thought i was the only one who remembered that show

[@feliciawalker8491]

@Lauti Garro h v get TV fe

[@MadC-pu5or]

I could go on and on about forgotten gems from the 80’s-90’s. Inhumanoids, silver hawk, M.A.S.K., the littles, skeleton warriors, air raiders, robotex, brave star ranger, COPS, visionaries, and a lot more I’d like to see back stories on. I must say if you’ve never seen inhumanoids, go find a source to watch it. That show was very dark and wouldn’t fly on regular TV today.

[@jess2322]

That's show was great too.

[@desenova9135]

Reboot was awesome and deserves another look because it's essentially the lives of AI. And let's not forget Dinobot's Shakespearean monologues...in a kid's show. Just gold.

[@sideshowbob2908]

Agreed!

[@MyBretski]

I watched reboot as a kid but when I was more of an adult I couldn't get passed the first episode

[@SRosenberg203]

I literally remember reading Hamlet in High School and wondering why all the lines sounded so familiar. I didn't make the connection to Beast Wars until I learned how to torrent old shows to re-watch them lol.

[@FastEddie829]

Megatron can sure monologue!!!! I loved it every time

[@wolfgang6442]

Facts💯

[@lburwell99]

Given all the references, I really hope they do a episode on Reboot. I'm 34 so Beast Wars and Reboot were shows I saw as a kid after school. I remember Reboot fondly. I loved how it had episodes referencing other pop culture stuff. For some reason an episode referencing the movie Army of Darkness always sticks with me lol.

[@ChicoDiamante]

BEAST WARS is the only Transformers related media I absolutely ADORE. I will ALWAYS defend it.

[@samuelhannah8970]

I used to love this show. One of the best cartoons of my childhood

[@sideshowbob2908]

Agreed!

[@sanyatesGRIA]

When he said he was watching this while getting ready for school, I felt that in my spirit 🤣🤣🤣

[@julianmoreno2922]

One of the best shows worthy to be connected to the Transformers.

[@nathanbuttgame]

Beast Wars was on when I got home from high school. I literally ran home to catch the beginning. Idgaf if it was nerdy I loved it.

[@TheConnonedrum]

Beast Wars was a very underrated show and should have gone on longer.

[@markmolino6091]

Agreed. It definitely was

[@WillZuidema]

... And beast machines was overrated, and should have ended sooner.

[@SyFyWire]

Agreed 👍

[@KamisamanoOtaku]

Yup, Beast Machines was a really underrated show... wait, Beast Wars? The highly celebrated Beast Wars that even now you'll get called a "geewunner" if you point out any of its non-technical flaws? XD Beast Machines did a lot wrong, but it did NOT do everything wrong. In fact, it did many things RIGHT yet it is still badly underrated. I know this because, back in the mid-to-late 2000's, I blew $40 USD I really shouldn't have on the Kid Rhino DVD box set of Beast Machines, just so I could argue how bad it was in some thread over on the Allspark. XD The thing is, in doing so I finally saw all the good things I'd been ignoring, and it greatly elevated my opinion of Beast Machines. It also cemented my hatred of Botanica, and the series ending too soon because we did NOT get enough time with Obsidian and Strika.

[@EnsignRedSquad]

Beast Machines was like Star Trek Picard-crapped on it killed all our favorite character. It should have never happened.

[@jasonbeach345]

Before school it was like this, animaniacs, sonic underground, bragonball z, and beast wars, we had it soo much better than kids now a days

[@homelee665]

Beastwars was my jam. It came on in the mornings when I was in high school while I was eating breakfast.

[@sideshowbob2908]

Yup!

[@umbraemilitos]

I would love a remaster of Beast Wars. There was so much gold within it

[@biologicalmale]

My childhood toys: 50% LEGOs, 40% beast wars, 10% misc.

[@mrandmrsduquette1904]

By 'miscellaneous' you of course mean 'Micromachines' or 'Star Wars', I'm guessing? 😁

[@realJoeMavro]

For me, it was 25% Beast Wars, 25% Star Wars, 25% Dragon Ball Z, 24% Batman, and 1% Misc.

[@jasonlee186]

It’s about damn time someone shows affection for this show. It’s still the best part about waking up early before going to school.

[@AndrewThomasSpecialEffects]

Titled Beasties: Transformers in Canada. I remembered a friend arguing with me about it being called Beast Wars.... Some channels like YTV called it that to be more kid friendly. Reboot was brilliant! Although the newer remake is really bad.

[@GDkitty]

I came here to comment just this. It was funny, as in the show, they called it 'the beast wars' anyways, etc. I am trying to remember, about the toys here.. were they labeled beasties? or beast wars? (as canada generally has its own packaging to have the eng/french)

[@AndrewThomasSpecialEffects]

@@GDkitty All the ones I had were labeled Beast Wars. I don't think Hasbro worried as much about the name as YTV did lol The same friend I said argued with me also had told me "Small Soldiers" was called "Toy Soldiers".

[@Raziel312]

Says something about Canadian culture. The thing Canadian censors put their foot down on was having a kids show with "war" in the title.

[@MightyGreenLantern17]

Beast Wars was my first introduction to Transformers, so I definitely take my hat off to it

[@tankedwarthog6424]

Loved beast wars as a kid and i refuse to watch it as an adult because I want those memories to stay pure I went back and rewatched re:boot while it is still a good show it is amazing how much technology has evolved since then

[@Nagatem]

tanked warthog it still holds up, unlike beast machines outside of the “gotta catch em all” joke from jetstorm or the moments with thrust

[@jamjox9922]

Beast Wars is so well written and the characters are well defined that you get used to the low-tech they had at the time. Beast Machines on the other hand, is rougher to watch even though it has better everything--except for the writing, which is....rough.

[@SRosenberg203]

Beast Wars really does hold up. Some of the "Predacon Plot of the Week" episodes in the first Season get a little boring on re-watch as an adult, but once you get into the actual serialized storylines it's just as good as it was when you were 10.

[@DrVink86]

I just re-watched the whole series a few weeks ago and it's just as good as I remember!

[@brianschlicher59]

One of my favorites for early morning before school cartoons. That animation does look old now, but it was amazing at the time.

[@musicman2410]

I miss Beast Wars. One of the best shows when I was a kid.

[@Crim_Highwind]

Beast Wars is the soul reason I got into transformers at all. I didnt know much of anything transformers related before this other than robots disguised as vehicles...when Beast Wars came out like most of us I caught this and Dragonball Z before school and then the insane amount of money my dad spent on Beast Wars toys and the hours upon hours of fun I had playing with them...man this brought back a lot of great child hood memories I neede to brighten up my year...Thank you!

[@TransformersCars]

No mention of Starscream’s Ghost and Ravage being guest stars? 🤷‍♂️

[@keronstewart9446]

clearly he's biased

[@jarodnole4618]

Maybe he doesn't want to give away spoilers to newer transformers fans?

[@Tvirus12]

The reveal of Ravage was insane and so was his death scene

[@ChemSpider-kv9de]

My grandmother used to watch it with me she liked Tigatron.

[@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu]

Rhinox was the coolest. I loved how he was probably the most chill and down to earth guy but he also didn't take no stuff. He wouldn't let the youngbloods working under him get a swole head and I remember him handily whooping Megatron on occasion.

[@derenzoharris3121]

Didn't he turn evil I forgot

[@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu]

@@derenzoharris3121 not in Beast Wars I don't think.

[@MrDante1maycry]

he was evil in one episode but still was competent talk about messing with a gentle old giant. By beast machines he was all evil.

[@detumus]

when dinobot died fighting for the good guys that was the 1st time I ever cried from a tv show or movie.

[@SlicingDicingGamingENT]

Nah RatTrap was the homie lol. I'm bias because I had his toy when they changed colors and he was red

[@poopoogigolo]

I had it too. It was so dope

[@MrBlonde47]

The red and blue variants were exclusively to certain retailers. So depending where you shopped determined the color of rattrap available.

[@EnsignRedSquad]

☝️ I agree. He was great. I hated that they took away his gun in Beast Machines though.

[@stevenm1832]

Rat trap was the best. Most annoying was cheetor for sure

[@Trickyluck]

Yeeeeees

[@MarcoSilva-jj6xo]

Story, voice acting and nostalgia was the best in beast wars. I remember watching the first episode and couldn't help comparing the similarities between the original G1 transformers and BW. The animation was phenomenal and, imo, still holds up today. The death of Dinobot was the first time I ever cried to a cartoon. Still brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it.

[@11triumpha11]

My thoughts exactly!

[@SirStanleytheStumbler]

I mean my favourite was Cheetor but how could anyone hate "the stainless steel rat"?

[@Beanie-Sandals]

Sir Stanley the Stumbler Rattrap and Cheetor were my favorite!

[@mrandmrsduquette1904]

That Sir, was an epic double call-out. A book series as great as this show!

[@gozer825]

Beast wars was epic. I was like you and woke up in the morning just to watch it.

[@CorderoStephens]

Beast Wars is 🔥🔥🔥! Really got me into Transformer lore. Also, the animation got better as the show went on.

[@JohnSmith-pe6wo]

You know as good as "Bad CGI" in shows like this is what helped them be so great, I can't be the only one who actually wants to see a remastered version of this and ReBoot done in the traditional 2D hand-drawn way?

[@xxknightxxgutierrez8086]

I grew up in the 2010's and I still grew up watching beast wars

[@TheDefconsd1]

I gotta pause the video to read the comments section case this is something dear and personal to my childhood. I'm Serious *laughed*

[@mehoolrach2987]

Do MUMMIES ALIVE!!!

[@victorstewartjr.106]

Fuck yes!!!!!! Loooooove that show to this day.

[@ShawnMathew]

Anyone else here after hearing the news that the new transformers movie is gonna be about beast wars

[@halesharp4270]

Here's hoping if and when they make the Beast Wars film, we get some of the great cast and story with it!

[@benyura]

Rat trap was one of my favorites on my rewatch of the series. He was second in command, earning that title by being a master strategist and having good decision making skills (also he was witty/sassy as shit).

[@emeraldknight7741]

Ok, your favorite was Optimus Primal, well that's just prime. However, you didn't like Rattrap? That's it, we're all gonna die.😁

[@ShadowTheYoukai]

Jeez, I remember getting one of the Beast Wars toys as a kid from Toys R Us when they were still in business: Nightscream the vampire bat. And he was one of the big foot-tall ones that shot out those plastic discs. Ah, good times.

[@carterslade8771]

That's awesome. Though, to split hairs, Nightscream was from Beast Machines.

[@ShadowTheYoukai]

@@carterslade8771 Yeah, you're right, lol. It's just been so long since I've seen it. Pretty sure Beast Machines had Blackarachnia go from bad gal to good gal, as well. But my memeory's a bit fuzzy about that. ^^'

[@carterslade8771]

@@ShadowTheYoukai her character had been gradually becoming a good guy over the course of Wars, they really cemented it though in Machines. The two series blur together, to the point where machines really just feels like a finale.

[@gennigfox8368]

I remember it was called "Beasties" Now I have to collect the Beast Wars toys.

[@johnny5guns]

I remember it was called Beasties on YTV and Beast Wars on teletoon. No idea why.

[@lilyluck884]

There's a reason why it's called Beasties in certain areas. It's because considering war in certain kids cartoon is kindna taboo for kids to watch especially with war so in the title. Kindna stupid and weird I know but that's how it was.

[@SRosenberg203]

@@johnny5guns Probably because some ridiculous 90s Censorship board didn't want them to have the word "War" in the title. It's the same reason that Kingpin threatens to "destroy" instead of kill Spider-man all the time in Spider-man TAS, and why Uncle Ben is "gone" and not just dead.

[@LordNanfoodle]

@@lilyluck884 Not as weird as the edits made in the Japanese dub of the series. In what has to be some hilarious irony, they straight up 4Kids the shit out of Beast Wars (and any other Western-made Transformers TV show pre-Michael Bay), even serious episodes like Code of Hero. Also, the Japanese writers for the dub were sexist as hell, to the point of changing Airazor into a male character named Hayabusa, because, you know, action girls may scar impressionable kid eyes. This, of course, made things even more awkward for them when the whole Tigertron/Airazor romance blossomed, and took them some hoop jumping to work with as well. Basically, the Japanese version of Beast Wars, and generally Transformers, is kind of a mess, seeing as they generally see the franchise more for younger children there. However, the one thing they consistently do right is their opening theme songs, especially Transformers EVO for the 2007 series. Let's... let's just let JAM Project do all the Transformer OP themes from now on... I think I'm getting off-topic, so I'll shut up now.

[@tehshingen]

You couldn’t call a kids show (something wars) - we even had “Bucky o hare and the toad menace” instead of “toad wars” here.

[@Dan-oy7pr]

Beast Wars is what introduced me to Transformers as a kid and will forever be legendary but I think Beast Machines was better, be that a popular opinion or not. It's like what Majora's Mask is to LoZ where OoT is G1.

[@EricRuskoski]

Beast Machines is definitely underrated, I like the idea of re-watching Beast Wars, and basically knowing that the Maximal's Lost! It's such an unexpected twist that makes it super interesting. It's an interesting evolution of the beast wars carried out on Cybertron... I'm glad they made it, its basically Beast Wars season 4 & 5 as far as I'm concerned.

[@evanrussell2172]

Waspinator is still one of my favorite transformers.

[@CSGraves]

Same. Seeing the footage of Scott McNeill voicing him here made me grin.

[@carterslade8771]

I like the way they carried his arc forward with Beast Machines. Little twerp finally got his day in the sun.

[@ambermurray2496]

beast wars was the only transformers show i ever got into. as a kid i woke up early every saturday to catch each episode.

[@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu]

This was a great show from my childhood. One thing I didn't like about it was when they brought Dinobot back as a predicon and the Primes didn't even react to his revival. Like they didn't even previously know him as a friend and ally. I must have missed an episode or two because i don't remember them reacting any type of way. I remember them mostly just treating him like any old predicon like they didn't even remember who he was only for him to end up dead again saving them. But at least in that scene Optimus reacted to Dinobot's impending doom like he did remember. A little late but at least it did happen.

[@Loremastrful]

Yeah, the second and especially the third season had this problem. The toys weren't selling and Hasbro trimmed the order of episodes. The Dinobot II arc was largely dropped. There was a cut episode were Rattrap tried to download saved memories from Dinobot I into the clone. Stuff like that.

[@alexandervelez2774]

It was more than a sequence I believe it was an unfilmed script where like the guy said they try to download dinobot memory into the new one but it's only temporary and resurfaced in the climax of the series when he said the "H" word (Honor) that Megatron hates so much.

[@familyhoarding4814]

Read dark glass it's about rattrap looking to restore dinobot. It's a lost episode

[@TechnoSuperguy]

Dinobot wasn't revived, he was cloned. The clone had a different personality until after Rampage died, and the original Dinobot's memories resurfaced. But yeah, it was weird that the Maximals didn't seem to give a crap.

[@XxLIVRAxX]

A show made to sell toys had no business being this good, it was my favorite show as a kid.

[@vchill79]

I watched Beast Wars back in the day! The graphics look like a cutscene from a PS1 game

[@Dr.Speller]

This was my show back in the day, collected so many Beast Wars...

[@dudebladeX]

If the series has Scott McNeil, it's a good show… unless it's _Energon._

[@KureiSS5]

we will talk about Beast Machines before we talk about Energon

[@brandonfowlkes6547]

You just brought up some major memories just now. I remember my best friends used to play all the time. I was Rat Trap, my guy friend with Optimus, and female friend was Black Widow.

[@mnikss03]

I loved Optimus Primal but then he turned into that giant tank, flying, ape thing on steroids hahah

[@Nagatem]

mnikss03, and then he became terrifying in beast machines like literally every maximal, shudder shudder

[@izzy2802]

I remember beast wars! This show was awesome in it's animation and nailed the voice actors. The writing was so well done that it separated itself from the original g1 storyline. Well done.

[@Deuteromis]

Get Tubi TV almost all the Transformers cartoons are on there.

[@darnelllincoln6026]

Beast Wars?

[@kevinbasta3557]

Darnell Lincoln yes

[@DrVink86]

Yep my brother and I just rewatched the whole series again on tubi

[@Deuteromis]

@@darnelllincoln6026 yup, all the series except Prime and the Bumblebee cartoon

[@kevinbasta3557]

Dead Purple transformers prime as well is there

[@hog-re2zo]

i remember waking up at 5:30am every morning before school just to watch Beast Wars. One of my favorite things i own is the beast wars dvd set i got.