Beast Machines: Transformers Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

The Reformatting

Sat, Sep 18, 1999

Optimus Primal, Rattrap, Cheetor and Blackarachnia find themselves in their old bodies, without any memories and unable to transform on a barren and deserted Cybertron that's been overrun by mysterious mindless vehicle Transformers. A guiding vision tells Optimus to lead his crew to the Oracle, which grants them strange technorganic bodies. However, they still have trouble transforming.

Episode 2

Master of the House

Sat, Sep 25, 1999

The Maximuls begin to understand and master their new bodies, only to find that Cybertron is now under the control of a old enemy.

Episode 3

Fires of the Past

Sat, Oct 2, 1999

The maximuls attempt to recover the cybetron backup files only to find them wiped clean. Blackaracnia begins having flashbacks of her missing comrades and heads out with rattrap to find some answers. Megatron gives them trouble though when he brings three sparks back online to give his drones an edge.

Episode 4

Mercenary Pursuits

Sat, Oct 9, 1999

Rattrap uses a transformation enhancer, with disastrous results. Optimus tries to persuade Tankor to join them, successfully until Megatron regains control.

Episode 5

Forbidden Fruit

Sat, Oct 16, 1999

While patrolling, Optimus discovers a bat hiding in the shadows. At first he flees when Optimus tries to speak to him. At one point in the storyline, Jetstorm ambushes the Maximals and the new maximal must cooperate to save his life and at the same time, the life of his new friends.

Episode 6

The Weak Component

Sat, Oct 23, 1999

On a recon mission Rattrap finally learns how to transform, but accidentally wrecks the mission. Humiliated and angry with his friends' reactions, he attempts to make a deal with Megatron.

Episode 7

Revelations I: Discovery

Sat, Oct 30, 1999

Running from Vehicons, the Maximals find themselves in a giant spark extractor facility, surrounded by dead Cybertronians. When Thrust saves Blackarachnia, she realises that the sparks of their dead comrades are being recycled into drones.

Episode 8

Revelations II: Descent

Sat, Nov 6, 1999

Cheetor takes over while Optimus communes with the Allspark. Tankor unwittingly reveals their recent history as Rattrap taps into his mind. Jetstorm attacks Blackarachnia.

Episode 9

Revelations Part 3: Apocalypse

Sat, Nov 13, 199920 mins

Nightscream fights to retrieve Black Arachnia's stolen Spark. Meanwhile, Optimus is able to contact Rhinox's Spark, but Rhinox deals him a major surprise.

Episode 10

Survivor

Sat, Nov 27, 1999

A startling discovery reveals a disturbing secret about Cybertron's past. And reviving Rhinox may have been a very bad idea.

Episode 11

Techno-Organic War I: The Key

Sat, Dec 4, 1999

The Key to Vector Sigma transforms organic life into technomatter - and Tankor now possesses it. But if he's dead, how can he fulfil his own agenda?

Episode 12

Techno-Organic War II: The Catalyst

Sat, Dec 11, 1999

Liquid from Cybertron's organic core nourishes the Maximal's orchard: Blackarachnia persuades Rattrap to let her use some to try to resurrect SIlverbolt's spark from within Thrust. But her belief proves false.

Episode 13

Techno-Organic War III: End of the Line

Sat, Dec 18, 1999

Megatron plans to use the Vector Sigma Keys to transform everything organic, including the planet's core, into technomatter: Optimus will counter by unleashing Plasma Energy, which destroys everything technological. Will anything survive?

Episode 14

Episode #1.14

Having destroyed his world, Optimus must face the consequences before The Matrix.

Episode 15

Episode #1.15

Megatron survived, but is he still sentient? The Maximals meet a new transformer, a mysterious beast with a strange alternative mode.

Episode 16

Episode #1.16

The Maximals attempt to infiltrate Megatron's former fortress, only to have their mission threatened by their supposed new ally.

Episode 17

Episode #1.17

Nightscream still believes Noble to be his friend. Blackarachnia brings back Silverbolt, and together they head off to rescue Optimus and Cheetor, who have been captured by Megatron.

Episode 18

Episode #1.18

Megatron infects Silverbolt with a variety of Hate Plague virus, which he then passes to the other Maximals.

Episode 19

Episode #1.19

The perilous arrival of the powerful transformer Botanica may give the Maximals a fighting chance in their attempt to re-balance Cybertron, turning it into the technorganic world the Matrix desires.

Episode 20

Sparkwar: The Strike

When Megatron resurrects the two greatest generals in Cybertron's history, Botanica - reluctantly - proves herself to be as good a warrior as a scientist. Optimus vows to rescue the captured sparks.

Episode 21

Sparkwar: The Search

The Maximals split into teams to search for the sparks.

Episode 22

Sparkwar Pt. Iii: The Seige

Megatron has been absorbing the sparks, intending to 'ascend' and become the most powerful, perfect being in the universe. Noble's sacrifice causes Nightscream to lash out, disrupting the process.

Episode 23

Episode #1.23

Megtron's spark survived, and is forced into the frame of a diagnostic drone by Rattrap. Gathering Strika and Obsidian, the tyrant plans to regroup and continue towards his goal.

Episode 24

Endgame: The Downward Spiral

Banding together inside Megatron's floating fortress, the Maximals must protect the Sparks from the desperate despot.

Episode 25

Endgame: When Legends Fall

Horribly outnumbered, the Maximals make their final stand in a desperate attempt to protect the Sparks.

Episode 26

Endgame: Seeds Of The Future

It takes a final, catastrophic battle and the ultimate sacrifice, but Optimus's Oracle-inspired vision of a balanced technorganic world may now be realized.