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93-563: Following their victory in the Beast Wars, the surviving Maximals – Optimus Primal , Cheetor , Blackarachnia and Rattrap – finally return to Cybertron only to discover that their people have vanished, and the world is now ruled by the mindless Vehicons . To make matters worse, the quartet are trapped in their beast forms without any of the upgrades they gained during the Beast Wars – and they are swiftly losing their memories of anything but each other. Forced to retreat deep underground,

186-677: A tarantula beast mode who is later revealed to be a spy for the Tripedacus Council, thereby making him a descendant of Unicron. He often schemes against Megatron and hatches his own plans to destroy the Ark to erase both the Autobots and Decepticons, and thus the Maximals and Predacons, from existence. Tarantulas despises the extraterrestrial Vok and attempts to eradicate them on numerous occasions. Terrorsaur (voiced by Doug Parker )

279-478: A Transmetal body. Depth Charge often works separately from the other Maximals and clashes with them, instead concentrating on hunting Rampage, though he often does wind up appearing to aid in the middle of a battle. In the series finale, he is sent to stop Megatron from activating the Nemesis . Rampage attacks him, and the two battle; ultimately, Depth Charge impales Rampage's spark with a piece of raw energon, causing

372-522: A battle that sees them use their full power to resurrect Optimus. A black hole transports a small number of Autobots and Decepticons to a barren world where they are ravaged by Nemesis Prime, a twisted clone of Optimus, and have their power and armor enhanced by the Mini-Cons and with Megatron renaming himself Galvatron. Subsequently, the Decepticons return to Cybertron and quickly overthrow most of

465-419: A bee drone from one of his claws. Scorponok dies in the season 2 premiere, when the quantum surge causes him and Terrorsaur to fall into a pit of lava. Blackarachnia (voiced by Venus Terzo ) is a female Predacon, who later defects to the Maximals. Her beast mode is a black widow spider . Blackarachnia's selfishness and desire to preserve her own life ironically placed her on the side of the Maximals, as she

558-452: A booby trap rigged by Megatron. However, in "The Coming of the Fuzors", Rhinox implants his spark in a blank protoform, reviving him in a Transmetal body. After Megatron fatally wounded Optimus Prime, threatening to erase the Maximals from existence, Optimus Primal takes his namesake’s spark into his body, transforming him into the highly powerful Optimal Optimus . During the finale, he attacks

651-413: A capable warrior, aided by his mutations into a Transmetal and then a Transmetal II form granting him greater strength. In Beast Machines , he is promoted to second-in-command after his suspicions about an organic tree being 'dangerous' to the Maximals' techno-organic beast modes prove correct, nearly causing Optimus, Blackarachnia and Rattrap to regress to their beast instincts. For a time Cheetor becomes

744-454: A fight. In the third season, Depth Charge arrives on Earth to hunt down Rampage, who is thrilled by this and the opportunity for revenge. The two fight numerous times over the course of the series, Rampage always narrowly escaping from death. Megatron uses his half of Rampage’s spark to create Dinobot II, who willingly inflicts damage upon the spark to keep Rampage in line. In the series finale, Rampage attacks Depth Charge while he tries to destroy

837-427: A fire-breathing mutant dragon. It was unintentionally created and possessed by Megatron when he tried to purge his own beast mode. After being abandoned by Megatron's spark, the creature continued to live in an animal-like state, forming a bond with Nightscream, similar to that of a boy and his dog. Noble is killed defending Nightscream from Megatron. Botanica (voiced by Kathleen Barr ) is a scientist and botanist and

930-487: A former Autobot who has joined the Decepticons, believing that Hot Shot betrayed him on Cybertron. Thrust formulates a new scheme that allows the Decepticons to steal the Requiem Blaster, which involves mortally wounding Smokescreen in the process, causing Red Alert to re-format him into the more powerful form of Hoist. Starscream is his patsy, leading the already-alienated Decepticon to turn on Megatron and side with

1023-732: A gesture resembling a middle finger in "Home Soil" and "Savage Noble." Furthermore, cameo appearances of characters like Inferno and Quickstrike, along with pre-human figures Hammer, Jack, and Una, were included in flashback scenes. Beast Machines: Transformers (Episodes # 1–5) Canada / United States Beast Machines: Transformers – The Complete Series Canada / United States Beast Machines – Transformers: Series 1 Beast Machines – Transformers: Series 2 UK Beast Machines – Transformers: Season 1 – Volumes 1 & 2 Classification: PG (Parental Guidance) Beast Machines – Transformers: Season 2 – Volumes 1 & 2 US / Canada Beast Machines: Transformers – The Complete Series Written into

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1116-556: A giant red king crab beast mode which also has a tank mode, and goes on a rampage, attacking Maximals and Predacons alike until he is defeated by Silverbolt. Megatron finds his unconscious body and tears out half of his spark, using it to keep him under his control after throwing him in the Restoration Chamber and renames him Rampage. Rampage is clearly angry with this arrangement, frequently expressing his hatred for Megatron and occasionally threatening him. In "Transmutate",

1209-451: A lot of unfinished animation (which would go on to be perfected for the completed Japanese episodes), and a hastily produced dub which features many errors in naming such as Sureshock being repeatedly called "Grindor" in multiple episodes, Hot Shot being called "Hot Rod", and Optimus's Mini-Con partner Sparkplug being called "Leader-1" (the same name as Megatron's Mini-Con), as well as transliteration and nonsensical dialogue which does not match

1302-530: A massive explosion that kills them both. The following Maximals have appeared in other media adaptations outside of the toyline: Megatron (voiced by David Kaye ) is the ruthless leader of the Darksyde crew of Predacons and the main antagonist of both Beast Wars and Beast Machines . Megatron's original beast mode is a purple Tyrannosaurus but he later upgrades into a red European dragon after stealing his namesake's spark. He inherited his name from

1395-406: A message board known as Bottalk. The Hasbro toys for Beast Machines gained notoriety for bearing little resemblance to the show's characters, both in shape and color. Additionally, they were disproportionately scaled. The discrepancy arose because the show creators and toy creators developed the characters independently in the first year, leading to the release of slightly more show-accrue. Many of

1488-479: A more sympathetic side of Rampage is shown when he meets the titular character, a deformed and simpleminded Transformer, befriending it and talking Megatron out of executing it and into allowing it to join the Predacons. Ultimately, Transmutate is destroyed while stopping Rampage and Silverbolt, both of whom it had bonded with, from killing each other. Rampage is grief-stricken and allows the Maximals to leave without

1581-474: A mysterious higher power. Thrust arrives and puts his tactical prowess into play, only for his schemes to be foiled by the arrival of the second-in-command Autobot, Jetfire, whose power to combine with Optimus defeats Thrust's schemes. Eventually, Sideways' deception is discovered and Megatron destroys him with the Star Saber, only for Sideways to escape by reforming his body. Tidal Wave arrives on Earth, and

1674-617: A new character called Immorticon. The storyline of Beast Machines is continued in the short-lived comic book Transformers: Universe by 3H Publishing, which has stories taking place during the second season of Beast Machines (in the Transformers: Wreckers comic) and after the Beast Machines story (in the Transformers: Universe comic). Maximals This is a list of characters in

1767-469: A pair of Vehicon generals who once were Autobots. Obsidian transforms into a tiltrotor while Strika transforms into a six-wheeled assault tank where they lead the Copter Drones and Artillery Drones that are modeled after them. Although reputed and proven to be the most intelligent military tacticians in history, Obsidian and Strika had limited moral judgement and were absolutely obedient to whoever

1860-553: A pit of lava. Megatron survives and attempts to execute Quickstrike, only to pardon him and allow him back into the Predacon forces after Tigerhawk arrives. In the series finale, Quickstrike and Inferno are killed when they are caught in the crossfire of the Nemesis when Megatron has it blast the primitive humans' settlement. Rampage/Protoform X (voiced by Campbell Lane ) was created by a Maximal experiment to recreate Starscream’s immortal spark; while he became nigh invulnerable, he

1953-472: A quest to liberate the sparks Megatron had taken. After several failed attempts, he manipulates Megatron into allowing him to learn the location of the sparks. Optimus and the Maximals seemingly defeat Megatron, only for Megatron to return, leading his drones to extract the sparks of all except Optimus. Optimus battles Megatron, who absorbs the sparks of every Cybertronian and attempts to reformat Cybertron's core. Optimus distracts Megatron and knocks them both into

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2046-582: A side effect of Megatron's anti-conversion virus that left them unable to have Cybertronian forms. They represent their own side as they are not on the side of the Maximals or the Predacons. Each of the Mutants have appeared in the IDW Publishing comics. Nightscream (voiced by Alessandro Juliani ) is an urban youth who never left Cybertron. He survived on his own during the Vehicon invasion until he

2139-484: A special edition comic book was a character by the name of Primal Prime . Appearing only in this book, he is a side character to the Beast Machines story and was later written into the toy lines of both Beast Machines and Transformers: Universe . In the Universe story line, he eventually gains a new body, which combined with Apelinq to create Sentinel Maximus. The head writers used to post and answer questions on

2232-525: Is a condor following his reformatting from his Jetstorm form. Depth Charge (voiced by David Sobolov ) is a former security officer turned vigilante whose beast mode is a manta ray . He operates independently to hunt down and properly execute the criminal turned Predacon, Rampage, who had killed everyone in the colony Depth Charge had been assigned to protect. Depth Charge captured Rampage and brought him in. Believing Optimus would fail at transporting him, he followed them, winding up on prehistoric Earth with

2325-401: Is a warrior and former Predacon turned Maximal whose beast mode is a velociraptor . Dinobot joined the Maximals after he attempted a failed coup against Megatron, believing they had crashlanded on a random planet. Dinobot values pride and honor above all else, sticking to a strict code of ethics. Dinobot's abrasive personality often leads to conflict with the other Maximals, particularly Rattrap;

2418-620: Is also available for streaming online on Tubi , Pluto TV , Amazon Prime Video and The Roku Channel , as well as the Transformers YouTube channel (the first 15 episodes only). Entertainment Rights owned worldwide home video rights to the series. In 2003, Entertainment Rights signed a North American home video deal with Rhino Entertainment Company to release the series on DVD in North America. These sets are now discontinued and out-of-print. In August 2013, it

2511-419: Is an ambitious and power-hungry aerial fighter who openly wishes to usurp Megatron as leader of the Predacons. His beast mode is a pteranodon , which erroneously is toothed. Similar to Starscream , Terrorsaur makes numerous attempts to overthrow Megatron throughout the series, and on two occasions managed to successfully depose Megatron. However, he proved an incompetent leader. During the season 2 premiere, he

2604-522: Is brought to the forefront by Optimus, but his time as Tankor had corrupted his personality and caused him to embrace Megatron's plan for a purely technological Cybertron. Rhinox decided that Megatron was unfit to carry out this plan and that he instead should be the one to do so. He began plotting against Megatron, intending to betray him. However, when Rhinox makes his final move and attempts to murder him, Megatron reveals he had programmed his generals to be unable to shoot him. Megatron shuts Rhinox off, and he

2697-669: Is in power, thus making them allied to Megatron, who had successfully taken over Cybertron at the time. The Mole Drones are drones that are used by the Vehicons for digging purposes and don't have robot modes. The Diagnostic Drones (voiced by Paul Dobson and Christopher Gaze ) appear as servants of Megatron. One Diagnostic Drone serves as Megatron's personal assistant, until Rhinox/Tankor reprograms it to serve him instead. Transformers Armada Transformers: Armada , known in Japan as Super Robot Life-Form Transformers: Legends of

2790-458: Is killed by plasma energy. Rhinox's spirit later approaches Optimus inside the Matrix, expressing regret for his misguided actions. Rattrap (voiced by Scott McNeil ) is the hacker, saboteur, and demolitions expert whose beast mode is a rat . He is cunning and resourceful, but sarcastic and querulous. Rattrap at first seems to come as a coward, often proclaiming “We’re all gonna die!” whenever he

2883-427: Is killed during the quantum surge where he and Scorponok fall into a pit of lava. Scorponok (voiced by Don Brown ) is Megatron's loyal but unintelligent second-in-command whose beast mode is a scorpion . In spite of his idiocy, Scorponok is actually highly tech-savvy, developing weapons for the Predacons. On occasion, however, these weapons backfire spectacularly. Scorponok possesses a toxic sting attack and can emit

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2976-458: Is killed in a battle with Tankor and Megatron when he causes a storm of plasma energy. His spirit comes to the realization that he has become a fanatic and that his true purpose is to create a balance between the technological and the organic. After apologizing to his friends, Optimus chooses to remain on Cybertron rather than pass on, and is revived by the Oracle. Optimus then leads his companions on

3069-618: Is loosely based on the Armada series. In the game you play as three Autobots : Optimus Prime , Hot Shot , and Red Alert . The general story is the same as the TV show, you must find and collect the Mini-Cons and fight off Megatron and his Decepticons . In the game, you travel through various large environments on Earth (such as the Amazon Jungle and Antarctica) while fighting off Megatron's "Decepticlone" army and finding Mini-Cons that give

3162-423: Is put in danger. However, he has proven himself to be quite brave, risking his life multiple times for his teammates. He develops an odd cross between a friendship and a rivalry with Dinobot, the two often bickering with each other, albeit sharing a mutual respect. After Dinobot’s betrayal, Rattrap is enraged and loathes him for it, although he forgives Dinobot as he dies of his injuries. In Beast Machines , Rattrap

3255-444: Is revealed that via this, they played a part in the development of the Mini-Cons revealed to be the cells of Unicron. Rad convinces High Wire which eventually leads the Mini-Cons to leave Cybertron setting the whole events. Galvatron refuses to believe in the threat of Unicron and Starscream forces him into a duel - a duel Starscream purposefully loses, sacrificing himself to prove to Galvatron the threat of Unicron exists. Sideways steals

3348-424: Is unable to transform after being reformatted for several episodes due to his frantic nature; when he does, he finds his body is far weaker, resulting in him developing insecurities over his perceived uselessness and his teammates' anger at him. However, his new body eventually proves useful due to its ability to hack into technology. He later develops a relationship with Botanica. Dinobot (voiced by Scott McNeil)

3441-643: The Beast Wars franchise , which is part of the larger Transformers franchise from Hasbro . This includes characters appearing in an animated series, comics or video games. This does not include characters only appearing in collector's club or convention-related comics (from 3H or Fun Publications ), or toy-only characters. Appearances within the Beast Wars Sourcebook are not counted as appearances within IDW fiction for purposes of this table, as

3534-546: The Beast Machines toy line who didn't make appearances in the television series. These included: After Beast Machines ended, Hasbro planned a follow-up series called Transtech , which would have been a combination of Beast Wars , Beast Machines , and G1 . The series was supposed to bring back some of the characters who died in Beast Wars along with some characters from the original 1980s cartoon, all in new, organic-looking bodies, with vehicle alternate modes instead of

3627-510: The Beast Wars finale, the death of Rampage causes him to retake the personality of the original Dinobot and rebel against Megatron, saving the Maximals and the future. However, he dies in the explosion of the Nemesis after bidding Optimus Primal a final farewell. The following Predacons have appeared in other media adaptations outside of the toyline: The Mutants are Cybertronians that can transform from one animal form to another animal form as

3720-566: The Nemesis after it fires on and kills Tigerhawk, before boarding it and battling Megatron. He defeats Megatron, and he and the Maximals tie him to an Autobots shuttle. Before they depart the planet, Optimus memorializes his dead friends and declares the Beast Wars over. In Beast Machines , Optimus becomes a more spiritual character, seeing visions from and communicating with the Oracle. He slowly becomes fanatical, becoming convinced that he must make Cybertron completely organic, resulting in him and Cheetor coming into conflict multiple times. Optimus

3813-537: The Nemesis . The two battle once again; ultimately, a cackling Rampage allows Depth Charge to impale him with a shard of raw energon, causing a massive explosion that kills them both. Dinobot II (voiced by Scott McNeil) is a clone of the original Dinobot in Transmetal 2 form. He possesses half of the spark of Rampage, given by Megatron to make sure Rampage is under control. Unlike the original Dinobot, he blindly follows Megatron, never challenging orders. However, in

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3906-402: The queen of his colony. Inferno exhibits symptoms of pyromania, taking great joy in using his flamethrower to burn things, and is fanatically loyal to Megatron, willing to lose his own life to aid Megatron and killing anyone Megatron orders him to. This results in him being promoted to Megatron’s second-in-command after the death of Scorponok. Ironically, he is inadvertently killed by Megatron in

3999-591: The Aero Drones that are modeled after him. He was the brainwashed spark of Silverbolt until Blackarachnia restored him to normal. Tankor (voiced by Paul Dobson as the original voice, Richard Newman in Rhinox' voice) is the brutish Vehicon who turns into a tank and is the general of the Tank Drones that are modeled after him. He was the brainwashed spark of Rhinox. After breaking free from Megatron's control,

4092-549: The Autobots prove vastly outmatched. Rad, Carlos, and Alexis are alerted to the existence of the Requiem Blaster, the third Mini-Con weapon by Sideways, and locate Skyblast, one of its components. Skyblast sings an eerie harmony that summons the other two Mini-Cons from their stasis, and they form the Blaster, allowing Optimus to defeat Tidal Wave. Both sides soon gain new members in Sideswipe, an eager new Autobot, and Wheeljack,

4185-490: The Autobots. Starscream forms a friendship with the kids, particularly Alexis, and allows the Autobots access to the Decepticons' base. A raid allows the Autobots to free the Mini-Cons. Still, Starscream discreetly catches Thrust scheming with Sideways and makes a tough choice to steal the Skyboom Shield and Star Saber and rejoin the Decepticons as a double agent. With all three Mini-Con weapons now in their possession,

4278-585: The Beast Wars Sourcebook was an attempt to include all characters from all Beast Wars fiction. A list of characters who appeared in both the Beast Wars and Beast Machines TV series. Optimus Primal (voiced by Garry Chalk ) is the commander of the Axalon crew and the main character of both Beast Wars and Beast Machines whose beast mode is a gorilla . Optimus starts off the series as a charismatic and competent but young and inexperienced leader. As

4371-577: The Decepticons create the Hydra Cannon, a weapon that combines all their power and plans to destroy Earth from orbit. Optimus uses his Matrix to absorb the blast but sacrifices himself in the process. The Decepticons head for Cybertron in their craft, and the Autobots, now with Hot Shot in command, hastily construct a craft named the Axalon to pursue them. The Mini-Cons, now unleashing their true powers, accompany them into space, immediately leading into

4464-443: The Maximals discover the Oracle, a powerful supercomputer that reformats their bodies into new, even more, powerful techno-organic forms. The Maximals soon learn that their old enemy Megatron – who managed to break free and return to Cybertron before them – is the malevolent intelligence behind the Vehicons. Megatron has declared war on both beast modes and free will itself, imprisoning the sparks of Cyberton's entire population. With

4557-453: The Maximals shortly before the end of Beast Wars , but dies in the finale, killed by Megatron using the Nemesis. Silverbolt (voiced by Scott McNeil) is a knight and has a chivalrous personality to match. His reluctance to ever hurt a female leads him to refuse fighting Blackarachnia; eventually, the two develop a romance and fall in love. He is a Fuzor whose beast mode is a gray wolf / golden eagle hybrid. His beast mode in Beast Machines

4650-435: The Maximals' military leader while Optimus becomes fixated on his new link to the Oracle, but Optimus eventually returns to his role as leader when he gains a better understanding of his mission. In the finale, it is strongly implied that Cheetor will become the new full-time leader after Optimus's death in the final battle. Rhinox (voiced by Richard Newman ) is the tech expert of the Axalon crew, close friend of Optimus, and

4743-467: The Maximals. He almost always refers to himself in the third person and blisters under his bad luck. His beast mode is a wasp . By the end of Beast Wars , Waspinator was the only survivor of the Nemesis' fusion cannon attack. In Beast Machines , Waspinator somehow found his way back to Cybertron where Megatron used his spark to create Thrust. Tarantulas (voiced by Alec Willows) is the treacherous and sadistic Predacon scientist on Megatron's crew with

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4836-691: The Microns ( 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー マイクロン伝説 ) , is a Japanese anime series which debuted on August 23, 2002. As the first series co-produced between the American toy company Hasbro and their Japanese partner Takara , Armada begins a new continuity/universe for Transformers , with no ties to any of the previous series, including its direct predecessor Transformers: Robots in Disguise in 2001. It inspired two sequels, Transformers: Energon (2004) and Transformers: Cybertron (2005). Hasbro handled

4929-501: The Mini-Cons back under his master's control only to have Rad re-awaken their minds, allowing the Mini-Con weapons to free themselves, de-powering Unicron. With Sideways eliminated and the threat of Unicron apparently gone, Galvatron challenges Optimus to a final battle, only for the energy released from their conflict to reactivate Unicron. Upon realizing his mistake in continuing their hatred, Galvatron decides to sacrifice himself to end

5022-552: The Star Saber, fully awakening Unicron, as the Autobots and Decepticons unite into one armada to attack the colossal Transformer who had been disguised as Cybertron's moon. During the battle, Galvatron confronts Thrust over his betrayal and leaves him to perish after the latter inadvertently gets himself crushed in Unicron's shoulder. While Unicron attacks Cybertron, Galvatron, and Optimus enter Unicron's body, where Sideways reveals himself to be created by Unicron as an emissary to bring

5115-597: The Vehicon Generals, were recolored and used as the Vehicon Generals instead in the Beast Wars Returns toy line. A line of simple McDonald's Beast Machines toys was sold which did look more like the show characters, and this line was recolored for release in other countries by other fast-food restaurants. A number of toy sub-groups didn't make it into the animated series, but had small stories on their toy boxes. A number of characters appeared in

5208-403: The Vehicon faction. The show's early episodes were produced under the title "Skybolt" but were later edited to reflect the modified name. Originally, there was a plan for Thrust to possess Silverbolt's spark, but this concept was altered, leading to the decision for him to carry Waspinator's spark instead. Within specific episodes, instances of certain gestures were observed, such as Thrust making

5301-547: The Vehicons. They each appeared in the 3H Comics, the IDW Publishing comics, and the Beast Wars: Uprising comics. The Vehicons are the second group that is led by Megatron. The foot soldiers are just drones that are led by Vehicons who sport the different sparks in Megatron's possession. Jetstorm (voiced by Brian Drummond ) is a psychopathic Vehicon general who transforms into a fighter jet and commands

5394-442: The ability to transform into hybrid beast modes. Quickstrike quickly fell in with the Predacons due to his violent personality, and stuck with them even after Silverbolt defected. Quickstrike is highly impulsive, making him easily manipulated. Blackarachnia and Tarantulas exploit this to convince him to aid in their plans to overthrow Megatron. In the third season, Tarantulas has Quickstrike attempt to murder Megatron by pushing him into

5487-556: The action onscreen. Veteran Transformers voice actors Garry Chalk and David Kaye appear in the English dub of series as Optimus Prime and Megatron respectively. Chalk previously voiced the equivalent character Optimus Primal in Beast Wars: Transformers and Beast Machines: Transformers , while Kaye voiced a different version of Megatron in the same shows. When Armada was released on DVD in Japan, each of

5580-417: The animals used in Beast Machines . Many concept sketches and even a few toy prototypes were made, but Hasbro scrapped the idea, bringing Car Robots to American markets as a placeholder until Transformers Armada . Concept sketches or prototype toys have been seen for Blackarachnia, Cheetor, Depth Charge , Megatron , Nightscream, Optimus Prime , Scavenger , Shockwave , Soundwave , Starscream , and

5673-408: The characters created as toys never made it on the television series, although some did appear in the comic books. Oddly, the transforming plant Botanica from the television series was not made into a toy for any of the related toy lines. Another characteristic of this toy line was its packaging. Unlike other Transformers lines, wherein each toy had a photo or illustration of themselves on the front of

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5766-407: The core, killing them but restoring the sparks to life. Optimus's spirit speaks to Cheetor one last time, before joining with the Matrix. Cheetor (voiced by Ian James Corlett ) is an impulsive young rookie whose beast mode is a cheetah . He looks up to his elders but doesn't always follow their orders, and he frequently gets into trouble. He matures throughout the series from a typical teenager to

5859-464: The corrupted Rhinox embraced his new name and vehicle form, and planned on usurping Megatron as the ruler of Cybertron. Thrust (voiced by Jim Byrnes) is a suave Vehicon general who transforms into a motorcycle and commands the Cycle Drones that are modeled after him. He was the brainwashed spark of Waspinator. Obsidian (voiced by Paul Dobson ) and Strika (voiced by Patricia Drake ) are

5952-518: The cycle of hatred that allows Unicron to exist. With Galvatron's death, Unicron mysteriously disappears, and peace returns to Cybertron. Despite justice being given to all Transformers, Optimus feels dishonored, stating that he doesn't deserve the Matrix anymore, and goes into exile. The Autobots then sent the kids back to Earth. Transformers: Armada was written and produced in Japan, with creative input from America (the Japanese originally envisioned

6045-474: The early humans, Dinobot battles the Predacons to prevent this. Dinobot succeeds, but is mortally wounded in the process, and dies shortly after the other Maximals arrive. Tigerhawk (voiced by Blu Mankuma) is a fusion of Tigatron and Airazor created by the Vok. His beast mode is a white tiger / peregrine falcon hybrid, resembling a white tiger with the wings and front talons of a peregrine falcon. Tigerhawk rejoins

6138-424: The fray but soon reveals his allegiance to the Decepticons after he betrays Hot Shot, allowing the Star Saber to fall into the Decepticons' hands. Concurrently Scavenger reveals himself to be an undercover Autobot, and rejoins his fellows, soon followed by Blurr, the latest arrival from Cybertron. When the Decepticons complete the Skyboom Shield, a mighty battle ensues that ends with the Autobots gaining possession of

6231-473: The game. There are also subtle references to The Transformers: The Movie . The game is rated T on the ESRB ratings scale . Built to Rule was a building blocks toyline from Hasbro that is compatible with such leading brands as Lego . Each Transformers kit is centered around a "Trans-Skeleton", a very simple humanoid body that folds up for vehicle mode without dis-assembly. From there, extra parts are added to

6324-564: The network's Toonami block) on August 23, 2002 at 4 P.M. with a 90-minute movie special, consisting of the first three episodes titled "First Encounter", "Metamorphosis" and "Base". Following its premiere, new episodes started coming out on August 30, airing every Friday at 6:30 P.M. In the December issue of Japanese magazine Animage , it was announced that the anime would start airing in Japan on January 10, 2003 on TV Tokyo , with new episodes coming out every Friday at 6 P.M. The series

6417-518: The odds stacked against them, the Maximals set out to free the sparks of their people, discover what really happened to their allies Silverbolt and Rhinox , and bring organic life to Cyberton once more. The series initially had the working title "Beast Hunters," as revealed in commentary on the Beast Machines DVD. Notable changes to character names occurred, with "Skybolt" altered to "Jetstorm" to avoid revealing Silverbolt's connection to

6510-418: The only survivor of her own exploration crew. She transforms into an alien plant, making her the only Maximal whose beast mode is not actually a beast. Optimus Primal reformats Botanica when her plant mode goes on a rampage and she joins up with the Maximals. The Dinobots were created by the Oracle from information gathered from the late Dinobot's spark and were created to aid the Maximals against Megatron and

6603-457: The original Decepticon leader from Generation 1, and travels back in time after stealing the golden disk in an attempt to rewrite history so that his Decepticon ancestors will win the Great War against the Autobots, thereby ensuring the Predacons' supremacy. Waspinator (voiced by Scott McNeil) is a dim-witted aerial fighter and comic relief who is often abused by both his fellow Predacons and

6696-520: The packaging, almost all Beast Machines packages had an illustration of Cheetor on the front – regardless of character or faction. The one exception was Nightscream. The toys released in the Beast Wars Returns (a release of Beast Machines in Japan) toy line by Takara were recolored to more closely resemble the show colors. Molds from the drones in the Vehicon Army, which bore more resemblance to

6789-477: The planet through the powers of the Mini-Con weapons. Hot Shot assaults the Decepticon base solo, resulting in the revelation of Thrust's treachery. Thrust escapes with the Skyboom Shield and Requiem Blaster, delivering them to Sideways, who uses them to awaken the great and terrible Unicron, an underlying enemy whose coming the Mini-Cons had foretold. Rad and his friends are sent drifting through time, where it

6882-419: The player's character different abilities in order to get further into the game. The player will also fight a number of familiar Decepticons from the Armada show, such as Starscream , Cyclonus , and Tidal Wave . The plot is similar to Armada, right down to the final battle with Unicron at the end. A few of the voice actors from the show (notably Garry Chalk as Prime and David Kaye as Megatron) voiced for

6975-428: The production of the English dub of the series, which was outsourced over to SD Entertainment . Hasbro themselves handled North American rights, with Entertainment Rights securing international rights, while Takara handled the distribution of the Japanese license. Transformers: Armada and both of its following series are all part of a saga known as the "Unicron Trilogy". On the planet of Cybertron, war rages between

7068-475: The second-in-command whose beast mode is a rhinoceros . Rhinox is highly skilled in combat but is highly spiritual and loves nature. He is highly intelligent as well, serving as the Maximal’s resident technician due to his tech-savvy nature. He primarily uses twin chainguns as weapons. In Beast Machines , Rhinox is captured by Megatron and has his spark used to power the Vehicon general Tankor. Rhinox's personality

7161-576: The series as set in the G1 continuity, but this idea was discarded by Hasbro, who also mandated the inclusion of Unicron, who had not been in the original story treatment for the series). However, the show premiered on Cartoon Network 's Toonami in America before its original Japanese counterpart had aired - the result of a demanding production schedule set by the network, which caused the series to be fast-tracked out of production. Consequently, Armada features

7254-501: The series finale when he is caught in the crossfire of the Nemesis fusion cannon. Quickstrike (voiced by Colin Murdoch ) is an aggressive and highly violent sociopath who is obsessed with fighting and speaks with a Texan accent. He is a Fuzor and his beast mode is a scorpion with a cobra -headed tail. Quickstrike and Silverbolt were both Maximal protoforms whose stasis pods malfunctioned and turned them into Fuzors, Transformers with

7347-482: The series goes on, he proves to be highly competent with a strict form of honor, though he is somewhat irreverent and is perfectly willing to bend the law. A running gag throughout the series is his penchant for stuffy and long speeches, something that Rattrap and even Megatron mock him for. In “Other Voices”, he goes on a risky mission to destroy the Vok Planet Buster. He succeeds, only to be killed thanks to

7440-593: The series. In Australia, Madman Entertainment released both volumes of Transformers: Armada on DVD in Region 4 in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Developed by Atari Melbourne House and released for PlayStation 2 by Atari on May 11, 2004 in North America and May 7, 2004 in Europe, the Transformers video game (originally called Transformers Armada: Prelude to Energon , but simply titled again as Transformers .)

7533-410: The shield. The two weapons unleash a powerful energy flare, drawing the Decepticons, Thrust, a master tactician, and Tidal Wave, a large and powerful warrior, to Earth. Meanwhile, Sideways surreptitiously stirs trouble in the Decepticon camp by playing on their contradictions. While luring the Autobots' human allies into cyberspace in an attempt to capture their Mini-Cons, Sideways reveals that he serves

7626-462: The ship stays embedded on the Moon, while the other plummets to the planet below. The Mini-Cons, all locked in pentagonal stasis panels, are scattered across the globe. The ship crashes to Earth and 4 million years pass. When two boys Bradley "Rad" White and Carlos Lopez investigate the caves outside their hometown, one of the small towns in an area known as the " High Desert " they accidentally uncover

7719-565: The thirteen volumes came with a four-page mini- manga and an exclusive repainted Mini-Con figure. The manga, titled Tales of the Microns: Linkage , feature these repaints in an original story which served to fill in many of the blank spots and plot holes in the animated series. Despite Transformers: Armada being made by a Japanese studio, it premiered first in the United States. The series premiered on Cartoon Network (via

7812-418: The toyline). The Transformers assume earth vehicle alternate modes and the hunt begins to locate the scattered Mini-Cons. After a series of battles, each of the Transformers successfully acquires a partner Mini-Con. Smokescreen arrives to join the Autobots' team. Hologram recordings in a sunken city reveal the existence of the mighty Mini-Con weapon, the Star Saber sword. The Decepticons possess one component of

7905-551: The two develop a strange cross between a rivalry and a friendship, often arguing with each other. After discovering the Golden Disks, Dinobot begins to wonder if the future can be changed or is set in stone, triggering an existential crisis that leads to him betraying the Maximals to Megatron temporarily. Dinobot discovers that the future can be changed after watching Megatron destroy a mountain, changing an image of it to match its current star; realizing Megatron intends to wipe out

7998-612: The two factions known as the Autobots and the Decepticons over the race of smaller, power-enhancing Transformers called Mini-Cons . Seeking to flee the conflict that surrounds them, the Mini-Cons escape Cybertron with the aid of the Autobots, but an attack by the Decepticons cripples the ship as it flees through a space bridge. The ship materializes in the Solar System and impacts with the Moon, breaking in two. One portion of

8091-463: The weapon and invade the Autobot base to steal the remaining two pieces, only for the Autobots to seize possession of the sword. A mysterious mercenary named Scavenger arrives on Earth and sides with the Decepticons, urging them to locate the components of the Skyboom Shield, another Mini-Con weapon that can counter the power of the Star Saber. At the same time, an Autobot drifter named Sideways enters

8184-584: The wreckage of the Mini-Con ship and activate it, causing it to send a signal that alerts both the Autobots and Decepticons as to the Mini-Cons' presence on Earth. Megatron and Optimus Prime 's forces teleport to Earth from Cybertron as a result. Rad, Carlos, and their friend Alexis Thi Dang befriend the Autobots, along with the Mini-Cons High Wire, Grindor, and Sureshock (known commonly as the Street Action Mini-Con Team in

8277-409: Was a blank protoform who received damage landing on Earth gaining the beast mode of a fire ant , and went insane, gaining the mentality of the actual animal tied in with his beast mode: aggressive, obedient, and loyal to the colony (his stasis pod), as well as making him violent and homicidal. He was defeated by Tigatron, who destroyed his stasis pod, but Megatron reprogrammed Inferno to view Megatron as

8370-461: Was also left in constant pain, driving him insane and causing him to become a violent serial killer. He went on a killing spree, wiping out multiple colonies before being captured by Depth Charge and put into stasis. He was placed aboard the Axalon , to be dumped on a barren planet, only for Protoform X to be ejected during the fight with the Darksyde at the beginning of the series. He is eventually revives after his stasis pod falls out of orbit, gains

8463-491: Was announced that Shout! Factory had partnered with Hasbro Studios to release numerous Transformers series on DVD in the United States, including Transformers: Armada . Shout! Factory would then subsequently released Transformers: Armada: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 on March 11, 2014. In the United Kingdom, Right Entertainment and Universal Pictures Video released several VHS and DVD volumes of

8556-414: Was found by Optimus. His beast mode is a vampire bat when the Maximals first find him and found that he had been eating the strange fruit underground. When Optimus Primal reformats him, Nightscream takes on this name and gains abilities in his transformed state where he can fly and drain energy from Vehicon drones. Noble/Savage (voiced by David Kaye ) is an organism that changes between a werewolf and

8649-436: Was unwilling to sacrifice her existence for Megatron's ambition. She falls in love with Silverbolt, which eventually leads her to fully leave the Predacons to join the Maximals. In Beast Machines, Blackarachnia is a full Maximal, but still retains some bad-girl traits, and spends much of the show trying to find and get Silverbolt back, and then has to help him get over what he did as Jetstorm. Inferno (voiced by Jim Byrnes )

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