Beast Wars: Transformers

S01E15: The Spark

Rhinox spots a falling stasis pod while surveying unused Predacon territory. He is the first to arrive, but the pod is damaged and he is unable to activate the DNA scanner. Unless he can get it working again soon, the protoform's spark will be extinguished.

Overview

Two spaceships, one manned by benevolent Maximals, the other by evil Predacons, crash-land on a pre-humanoid planet while en route to Earth. Their crews assume indigenous animal forms to protect themselves from an overabundance of natural energy, transforming into robots to do battle. Thus, the Beast Wars have begun...

Episodes

Beast Wars (1)

S01E01 Beast Wars (1)

April 22, 1996 6.0 30 min
A band of benevolent Maximals follows a pack of power-seeking Predacons to a new planet.
Beast Wars (2)

S01E02 Beast Wars (2)

April 23, 1996 6.0 30 min
Dinobot challenges Optimus for leadership of the Maximals, but while they fight the Predacons launch an ambush.
The Web

S01E03 The Web

September 18, 1996 6.0 30 min
Cheetor becomes trapped in Tarantulas's net of deceit and torture.
Equal Measures

S01E04 Equal Measures

September 23, 1996 6.0 30 min
The Maximals are preparing to place out a Predacon detection system, but Optimus postpones it due to a fierce storm. Cheetor is however again out to prove himself, and starts setting it up anyway -...
Chain of Command

S01E05 Chain of Command

September 24, 1996 6.0 30 min
A stone circle, showing abnormal energon readings, is activated during a Predacon attack and attracts an alien probe. While investigating it, Optimus is disintegrated, leaving the Maximals bickering over who's in charge, while the Predacons...
Power Surge

S01E06 Power Surge

September 25, 1996 6.0 30 min
Terrorsaur comes across a mountain of energon floating in mid air. He chances robot mode to get a sample, but instead of damaging him, the energon supercharges him. With his newly gained powers he sets...
Fallen Comrades

S01E07 Fallen Comrades

September 30, 1996 6.0 30 min
One of the Maximal stasis pods, put in orbit before the crash, falls down in the north, and Optimus rushes out to retrieve it. Unfortunately, Megatron anticipates this and sets up an ambush that nearly...
Double Jeopardy

S01E08 Double Jeopardy

October 7, 1996 6.0 30 min
After repeated ambushes by the Predacons, this time costing the Maximals a stasis pod, Optimus calls Rattrap's loyalty into question, and sends him off into Predacon territory to look for energon. Once there, he is...
A Better Mousetrap

S01E09 A Better Mousetrap

October 8, 1996 6.0 30 min
While the Predacons are preparing to strike at the Maximal base by creating a hole in the ground below it, Dinobot accidentally activates the Maximal's new defense system before it's learnt to recognize the Maximals...
Gorilla Warfare

S01E10 Gorilla Warfare

October 14, 1996 6.0 30 min
Scorponok infects Optimus with a virus supposed to make him a coward, but it turns him into a battle-crazed berserker instead. Filled with fury, Optimus attacks the Predacon base alone.
The Probe

S01E11 The Probe

October 15, 1996 6.0 30 min
Rhinox detects a Cybertronian probe entering the star system, but is unable to contact it though the energon fields. The only option is build a more powerful transmitter before the probe leaves, but the nearest...
Victory

S01E12 Victory

November 1, 1996 6.0 30 min
After installing a hidden camera in the Predacon base, the Maximals watch them destroy themselves during a power-struggle between Terrorsaur and Megatron. Investigating, they find no signs of life, so it looks like they won,...
Dark Designs

S01E13 Dark Designs

November 4, 1996 6.0 30 min
After Rhinox thwarts a Predacon trap, Megatron decides it's time to test Tarantulas' newest device on him - reprogramming the Maximal into a Predacon. Megatron is certain that the new ally will make overrunning the...
Double Dinobot

S01E14 Double Dinobot

November 5, 1996 6.0 30 min
Megatron creates a clone of Dinobot's beastmode, and sends him off to deactivate Sentinel while Terrorsaur traps the real Dinobot in a cave.
The Spark

S01E15 The Spark

November 11, 1996 6.0 30 min
Rhinox spots a falling stasis pod while surveying unused Predacon territory. He is the first to arrive, but the pod is damaged and he is unable to activate the DNA scanner. Unless he can get...
The Trigger (1)

S01E16 The Trigger (1)

November 18, 1996 6.0 30 min
Tigatron discovers a floating island, with a giant obelisk in its center. When the obelisk fries Waspinator and Terrorsaur with a single blast, Megatron decides he wants that power and sends out Scorponok and Blackarachnia...
The Trigger (2)

S01E17 The Trigger (2)

November 19, 1996 6.0 30 min
Optimus and Rattrap race to the island to assist Tigatron and the wounded Airrazor, while Scorponok and Blackarachnia make their way towards the obelisk.
Spider's Game

S01E18 Spider's Game

January 6, 1997 6.0 30 min
Predicting the next stasis pod's landing, Tarantulas knocks out both the Preds' and the Maximals' computer systems. He plans to recruit the protoform robot for himself, but has to let Blackarachnia tag along when she...
Call of the Wild

S01E19 Call of the Wild

January 7, 1997 6.0 30 min
The Predacons steal the Maximals' rectifier-coil, leaving the Axalon without Energon shielding. Forced to remain in beastmode, the Maximals' mentality becomes closer and closer to that of their organic counterparts.
Dark Voyage

S01E20 Dark Voyage

January 27, 1997 6.0 30 min
A Predacon attack sets off a large energon explosion, leaving a group of Maximals with their optic-sensors non-functional while they try to make it back to the base.
Possession

S01E21 Possession

February 3, 1997 6.0 30 min
During a fierce storm, the immortal spark of the Deception Starscream lands on the planet and takes control of Waspinator's body. He convinces Megatron to let him help with an attack on the Maximal base,...
The Low Road

S01E22 The Low Road

February 10, 1997 6.0 30 min
Tarantulas infects Rhinox with a virus that causes him to sneeze raw energon, rapidly depleting the Maximal's power cells. Optimus sends out Dinobot and Rattrap to look for an antidote, and they end up having...
Law of the Jungle

S01E23 Law of the Jungle

February 17, 1997 6.0 30 min
Tigatron accidentally blows up a Predacon ammo storage, and the resulting avalanche kills a feline friend. Tired of fighting, he sets of alone, renouncing his membership from the Maximals.
Before the Storm

S01E24 Before the Storm

February 21, 1997 6.0 30 min
Inferno retrieves a golden disk hidden inside a glowing mountain. When Megatron sees it, he decides there are far more important things to worry about than the Maximals, and offers Optimus a truce. Meanwhile, Tarantulas...
Other Voices (1)

S01E25 Other Voices (1)

March 31, 1997 6.0 30 min
An alien spacecraft lands and captures Airrazor while she's examining it. Optimus and Rattrap enter to rescue her, while the Predacons stand outside, ready to break the truce at a moment's notice.
Other Voices (2)

S01E26 Other Voices (2)

April 1, 1997 6.0 30 min
The spacecraft leaves, but not before revealing the second moon's true purpose - planet destruction. As it gets ready to fire, Optimus and the others return to the Axalon only to find Rhinox and Dinobot...

Cast

Garry Chalk
Garry Chalk
Optimus Primal (voice)
David Kaye
David Kaye
Megatron (voice)
Colin Murdock
Colin Murdock
Quickstrike (voice)
Scott McNeil
Scott McNeil
Dinobot / Rattrap / Waspinator (voice)
Ian James Corlett
Ian James Corlett
Cheetor (voice)
Richard Newman
Richard Newman
Rhinox (voice)
Venus Terzo
Venus Terzo
Blackarachnia (voice)
Jim Byrnes
Jim Byrnes
Inferno (voice)
David Sobolov
David Sobolov
Depth Charge (voice)
Campbell Lane
Campbell Lane
Rampage (voice)

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