Beast Wars: Transformers (1996)

Action · Adventure · Animation

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...

IMDb rating: 8.1 (9,277 votes)
Episode average: 8.0 -0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 3
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 3 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1996)

7.79 avg 26 episodes 7.6 → 8.7 21 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Beast Wars: Part 1	7.6	201
2	Beast Wars: Part 2	7.6	167
3	The Web	7.0	152
4	Equal Measures	7.3	140
5	Chain of Command	7.7	136
6	Power Surge	7.3	134
7	Fallen Comrades	7.7	135
8	Double Jeopardy	7.7	126
9	The Probe	7.8	129
10	Gorilla Warfare	7.6	123
11	A Better Mousetrap	7.5	126
12	Victory	8.2	122
13	Dark Designs	7.7	118
14	Double Dinobot	7.5	120
15	The Spark	8.2	118
16	The Trigger: Part 1	8.0	118
17	The Trigger: Part 2	8.0	120
18	Spider's Game	8.2	120
19	Call of the Wild	7.6	118
20	Dark Voyage	7.7	115
21	Possession	8.3	118
22	The Low Road	7.4	118
23	Law of the Jungle	7.9	110
24	Before the Storm	8.0	109
25	Other Voices: Part 1	8.4	109
26	Other Voices: Part 2	8.7	116

Season 2 (1997)

8.33 avg 13 episodes 7.9 → 8.7 22 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Aftermath	7.9	118
2	Coming of the Fuzors: Part 1	8.3	112
3	Coming of the Fuzors: Part 2	8.4	114
4	Tangled Web	7.4	105
5	Maximal, No More	8.3	112
6	Other Visits: Part 1	8.2	107
7	Other Visits: Part 2	8.2	111
8	Bad Spark	8.2	116
9	Code of Hero	9.5	332
10	Transmutate	8.1	141
11	The Agenda: Part 1	8.5	116
12	The Agenda: Part 2	8.6	116
13	The Agenda: Part III	8.7	121

Season 3 (1998)

8.11 avg 14 episodes 8.2 → 8.5

Rebound

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Optimal Situation	8.2	114
2	Deep Metal	8.1	104
3	Changing of the Guard	7.9	102
4	Cutting Edge	7.8	99
5	Feral Scream: Part 1	8.2	104
6	Feral Scream: Part 2	8.0	100
7	Proving Grounds	7.6	102
8	Go with the Flow	7.5	98
9	Crossing the Rubicon	8.2	100
10	Master Blaster	8.0	97
11	Other Victories	8.4	111
12	Nemesis: Part 1	8.7	120
13	Nemesis: Part 2	8.5	133
14	Episode #3.14	8.5	20