Long after Beast Wars was seen on television I decided to re watch the whole show. Even as grown man I couldn't help but cry at Dinobots death. He will be remembered, always.

"In the beginning, came the beasts, and all that creeped, crawled and cried, but nature lies! They're robots in disguise!

As a kid of the '90s, Beast era was MY introduction to Transformers!

I wish Hasbro would repeat the formula used for Beast Wars. I'm not saying that they should redo Beast Wars (although I certainly wouldn't protest), but they should throw the rulebook out and try something fresh and controversial like they did back then. All the series now are just the same basic setup again and again, and it's getting a little stale. Yeah, Bumblebee's cool and all, but do we need another 57 toys of him to come out this year? Give us something new. Give us something fresh. Give us something weird.

Beast Wars was my introduction to Transformers. I think the deeper story and character focus was more of a Mainframe thing at the time considering they had also made the series Reboot and Shadow Raiders.

Ron Perlman as Primal well That's just Prime

Beast Wars today is still my favorite Transformers series, had great characters and an interesting story, wish people could look over the animation and give it a chance. awesome vid dude

I think that the main reason that 'Beast Machines' failed was due to the character designs -- none of them look "cool." Even the transformations were just sort of glossed over in the show, and as a result the toys didn't resemble their digital counterparts very closely, adding to the disappointment. Plus, they took the noble, cool-looking flying wolf-knight Silverbolt and turned him into an angry, disgusting samurai bird, so I for one could never love the series as much as Beast Wars, even though it had the more interesting story.

I wasn't allowed to watch _Beast Wars_ as a kid, so 2008's _Transformers: Animated_ was my introduction to franchise, but I'm so happy I went back and watched all of _Beast Wars._ And you know what, I can actually appreciate a good chunk of _Beast Machines._ Like, okay, seeing my favorites Rhinox and Silverbolt as _very_ different bots (even after their brainwashing was "reversed") was a bit frustrating, but the animation and sound were nice. It's really cool to see the Beast Era characters reimagined into the more "vehicle heavy" franchises. I love _Animated's_ take on Waspinator, and I'm sure I'll love their appearances in IDW once I get around to reading them.

I loved Rattrap and Dinobot in beast wars. Watching Dinobot die while giving one last jab at Rattrap made me cry.

Tigatron has been and will always be my favorite Transformer. Just started rewatching Beast Wars to relive the fun from my youth.

So, a fun fact about this episode - it started out as being specifically a Beast Wars-dedicated episode, but I found I couldn't do proper justice to the cartoon's cast and stories while also working in all the information on the franchise's origins, toyline, and legacy, so I decided to switch it up to a Beast Era overview. We've got Beast Wars Uprising coming up in a few episodes' time, but a dedicated BW toon episode is now an easier prospect, and if you're hungry for more info about all the different cartoons and comics in this video, they're all bound to receive their own dedicated Basics episodes in the fullness of time!

Am I the only one who wants to know more about their plans for TransTech or even see it done in the modern era?

Man Transmutate was such a great episode and a really bold thing to try and talk about in show that existed to sell toys to kids. The writing in this was some of the best in any piece of transformers media.

OH MY GOD I LOVED this show when I was a little kid! I had so many of them, I remember my mom bought me one every paycheck and she'd get me the giant ones for my birthday and Christmas like Optimal Optimus, Depth Charge, Rampage, and Tigerhawk! I would still be playing with them today if I had any of them still.

I have to say that I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this channel. I was a g1 guy who hated beast era & still have a hard time with it, but because of these videos I’m slowly coming around. I was die-hard g1 & I know as much about that era as u do, but since I hated g2 & grew out of comics I& by time the beast era was over I was a grown up I missed a lot. Didn’t know a lot. Idk I love this channel. Thanks peeps!

these videos are the best saturday morning cartoon

Awesome video, I loved the Beast Era it was such an cool time in Transformers history. I remember when I saw the first advertisement for the figures on TV, I was so excited because I honestly thought that Transformers came to an end again after not seeing any more G2 figures on the shelves. I will admit, at first I was like "WTH" why are they all animals and what was with the odd names, and even after getting the two pack with the comic, I really loved the figures but still thought the concept was odd. Then came the animated show for Beast Wars and after that I was hooked. And I have said this before but it is one of the best written Transformers show ever, and even though some didn't like it, so was Beast Machines. The other high point of the Era was the figures, they were so "out there" , very abstract and just plain original, it is sad to think we may never see designs like them again.

I don't know if I've said it anywhere already, but I love this "basics" series. Very well done!

Damn! I scour the wiki all the time to learn new and interesting facts and even though I understand all the basis information, these videos still feel fresh and brand new! There is just something about the way you make these that make them seem revelatory. From a younger yet still very invested fan, I offer the greatest thanks!

I don't know if maybe you've already done one, but would you consider doing a "The Basics on Fuzors" video? Fuzors were one of the cooler ideas to come out of the Beast Era, in my opinion, and I'd love to have a video breaking down the various (largely toyline exclusive) characters who fell into this hybrid beast. You could even explore their even shorter-lived Beast Machines follow-up faction, the Mutants; former Fuzors who reacted so badly to Megatron's mode-lock virus that they ended up losing their robot mode and instead changing between two separate beast odes.

I don't know why Beast machines gets so much hate. Great writing, intelligent story arc, a fairly mature theme. I loved it then, and I still love it now.

I hope you cover Blackarachnia sometime soon, I really enjoy the information you provide on these guys. And I love your voice!

That's right where I got into transformers. Had a lot of G2 from the intro and a couple of beast wars :-D

Beast Wars and the cartoon show Reboot was 2 of the biggest shows i watched growing up.

Die cast construction: It's a lost art.

I'm a G1 nut through and through and when Beast wars came out I didn't give it any attention. This video has given me the poke I needed to have another, closer look at the series. Thanks man!

Best series, I just remember getting pumped to see what kind of animal those pods would scan when they fell to earth,hype!!

I was shocked by the sheer hatred TF fans has for Beast Wars. I loved how it created a huge new fan base and the animated series was brilliant. As this video shows the TF ‘Beast era’ it was really, really great. I loved both the toy range and animated series. 1996-2001 was a brilliant era. I loved the era and find them far more better than Robots in Disguise that follows in 2000-2.

Season 2 of Beast Wars is still the best Transformers we've ever had on screen.

Dinobot was my all time favorite Predacon/Maximal. He was also the second Transformer that I actually felt something for when he was destroyed.

I if I could say something to the beast era it would be “thanks for saving the franchise”

Wothout beast wars i woulnt be the transformers nutter i am today. It was my absolute favourite show as a child.

As someone who's 13 and watched Beast Wars just now, I gotta say.... Holy shit. It's amazing. I just didn't expect so many dirty jokes from it, lol.

I was born in 1991 just when G2 line was getting in the end and till dawn of the Beast Wars line came. I even saw BW Transmetal TV commercials and BW toys.

This series deserves much more love and it's beyond time Hasbro realized that we want MORE

I want to see the return of Lio Convoy and Big Convoy

Damn straight the Beast era was awesome! I just recently bought the entire Beast Wars collection, happy to be able to watch stuff again that I used to watch when I was a kid

Waspinator: *buzzing* "Waspinator, terrorize!" *buzzing* "why does the universe hate Waspinator!?"

Beast machines is a fantastic show with brilliant themes and an epic scope. It deserves more recognition

"The Beast Wars are over Optimus you loose ahaha ahaha!!" "No! NOOOO!!!! MEGATROOOOOOOONNNNNN!!!!!!"

Theres no words to be said ur a legend thank you so much for this.

Imagine a Beast Wars series done by Big Finish Productions that fills in the narrative gaps and tie together all four of the show's together in a cohesive matter. Maybe produce Dark Glass with the original cast as a missing tale.

Ok the guy who played Hellboy as Optimus primal. Ok that's awesome.

Beast Wars may not have looked like much at its beginning, but like any Transformers cartoon series, it proved that it really was a Transformers show... because it proved that it really was *more than meets the eye.* ;)

My favorite Series. I really love the Gathering comics

The BEAST WARS series was the first Transformers series that me and my little brother sat down and watched all the way thru when it aired on tv. I remember when it was advertised on tv before it aired and thought WOW FINALLY a new Transformers series to watch! Because by that point the last cartoon for Transformers on tv was the Generation One cartoon that I can remember and it had been long gone by that point. I did grow up with the Generation One cartoon but by the time I was old enough on what was going on, it was nothing but the same rerun episodes that they played over and over again on tv. So I knew very little on the whole series and characters of Generation One until years later when I bought the series on home video.

This makes my Saturday morning worth while. Love the content, keep it up.

Even though I know all of the stuff you cover, I still love to watch these videos. They are done so well!

Magic!

Beast wars was what got me into transformers as a kid, still hold it dearly to this day💖

I like Beast Wars when it first came out. I can take each new thing and like it for its differences and look for the similarities at the same time. I enjoy the idea of Transformers turning into animals as well as much as I like them turning into vehicles. I had no problem with either way. Whether it's Optimus Prime or Optimus primal he's still the greatest leader of all time.

Beast Wars was amazing! Great video and research, thank you 😊

This video needs an update now that Transformers Rise of the Beasts is coming out this year in 2023.

Beast Wars is one of my favorite Transformers series. I used to set an alarm so I wouldn't miss it & program the video recorder so I could watch the episode on video when I couldn't see it. My favorite characters are Optimus Primal, Dinobot & Cheetor. I have the 2 Beast Machines Seasons on DVD but was disappointed when I first saw it.I had to force myself to watch it till the final episode, just to know how it would end.

I can't wait to see Transformers WFC: Kingdom and Rise of the Beasts. It'll be interesting to see how different writers handle the G1 cast interacting with Beast Wars characters and how they incorporate the Beast Wars into a continuity.

Look at those volasa-rotor blades Edit: Could you do your next episode on Blitzwing if you could that would be awesome since he my favorite character

Who’s here after hearing about the new transformers beast movie

Wow those old commercials. I have like 90% of those toys shown. Mostly in a box somewhere. There was only like 3 I never got

I love Transformers:Beast Wars! Sadly, Rhinox never became transmetal like his toy depicted.

The thing about Beast wars that intrigued me most was the more extensive look into relations between cybertronians. Their ability to love, and chose their allegiance. I know Jetfire/Skyfire is the first to show this in G1 but it was never really touched upon again until Beast wars. It also makes me like Jetfire a lot. Blackarachnia is probably my favorite BW character. And I am curious how their procreation works exactly. I mean they said that they are the descendants of the Autobots and Decepticons. But all we saw in G1 was that either they get created Dinobots and Technobots or inanimated robots given life by vector sigma like the Stunticons and Aerialbots. Which does not exclude one or the other as a side. Having a direct lineage like what happened when Megatron shot Primes face clear off, which would "erase" all maximals because of their direct lineage to Prime. With Blackarachnia who was a pred/maximal protoform also kicking the bucket if he died.It makes me curious if they make life from their own spark? Something like that.

This was my era of of Transformers, and it had a big impact on views of Transformers as a whole for years to come. For instance since Beast Wars introduced the idea that the Beast Modes protected their robot forms from overexposure so I thought that was the case with EVERY Transformers series until Transformers Energon. I really loved Beast Machines as a kid (though not as much as Beast Wars) but I have to admit it had its problems, most of the characters were REALLY ugly and uncomfortable to look at and even as a kid I noticed a lot of them didn't match their toys. Maybe if they had tried to be less ambitious with their character designs and tried to match the toys more closely the show would have been better recieved.

With the new IDW Beast Wars comics being pitched as an “Ultimates” take on Beast Wars (which if anything makes me really, _really_ hyped because that was basically their pitch towards G1 with the old IDW comics) one new twist that I think would be amazing to do to change things up from the original? _Make Waspinator Protoform X_ It would make so much sense, how he seems so unkillable, which was the entire point of the project, a maximal attempt to recreate the immortal properties of Starscream’s spark

The beast era perfectly showcases how once a tyrant ruler turned into a friendly kind hearted dinosaur who sings songs about friendship for children.

As much as a like Primal I'm still so mad he won the Power of the Primes vote since i think he would get a new toy soon enough regardless of the vote when honestly Star Saber really needs a new figure

I think the main issue with beast machines is they just looked really gaudy. I understand where they are coming from with nature vs machine, but really they could have just g1 decepticons designs with slight tweaks. While the autobots are essentially animals with a laser gun, because aesthetically Mother Nature is really good at picking designs that work in a process called convergent evolution.

You did not even mention the ones in Forged to Fight :( only Rhinox, Waspinator and Optimus Primal are the Beast-era bots as of now. Great vid btw :)

i own the 3 timeline figs, depth charge ,Rampage ,and transmutate. and trust me when I say Rampage was the bane of my existence, until I got lucky finding someone on eBay selling for a fair price with transmutate is bonus.

We need a new beast era

And here we are 3 years later! Beast Wars back front and center and paying a role in the current WFC line! Hell yeah. Oh and of course the fresh new IDW comic run! Crazy how time flies

I was just a bit too young to get into the original G1 show. I couldn't get into the animation and designs. So Beast Wars was the first Transformers that I fell in love with and now I've come back around to loving a lot of the G1 designs as well.

I was born in the 90s, but MY introduction to the transformers was the unicron trilogy.

I grew up with the G1 Transformers cartoon series, but only that (cartoon and toys only, no comics). During the time that G2 tried to be a thing my family had moved to a new town (with considerably fewer retail options) and I had stopped keeping up on it. Then the CGI cartoon happened, and ... well: Beast 'formers are *best* 'formers. BW's fresh take on the franchise paired very well with my distance from it, and the CGI cartoon was inimitable. Beast Machines at least tried to be worthwhile, but _its_ take on the franchise was (and still is) controversial. I have since not watched any of the later series's cartoons significantly (nor still, read any of the comics), and I have since mostly just occasionally 'checked in' with whatever the current toy line is from time to time.

i didnt realize that it was only 300 years between the G1 era and the beast era. that seems so short. considering how long transformers live for, i would have thought 3 million would have sounded better

I’ve only watched Beast Wars on KZfaq lately, and how did it take me this long? I’m loving this.

Those transtech designs look AMAZING.

Ron Perlman? As in In Hellboy and pacific Rim, etc. I hope he can try to give them some voice direction advice so that they can get help with the way that Machinima Show is doing their characters' voice lines. :/

I have the optimus primal and rat-trap first transmutable run, where optimals feet became a snowboard, I haven't touched rat-trap in awhile as he was really my moms toy, I just remember his haunches being wheels

I loved watching beast wars was one of the best shows ever

Beast Wars II is still my favorite TF show, and one of my favorite shows ever. Its so funny and cute, and they did such a great job making most of the characters memorable and quirky.

The best of all the series. I liked Beast Machines too. Don't quite understand why people dislike it. Maybe they are forced to by the ROYALTY!

I gave my wife almost the same synopsis of beast wars and beast machines, im going to show her this video, also you just gained yourself a subscriber.

Beast Wars is #9 on my list of Favorite Animated Television Series. Why? Because this was the show that introduced me to Transformers in the first place. I was only three years old when the show first premiered, and I was able to catch the very first episode. In fact, my grandfather decided to videotape as many episodes as he could so I could watch as many of the episodes as I wanted. After watching the show multiple times, I became a great fan of Beast Wars, without even knowing what Transformers was. Now that I am older, have watched multiple Transfomers Stories, and have gotten to know why multiple people love Transformers, I feel grateful to Beast Wars for introducing me to the saga. And I will gladly watch every episode of Beast Wars mutliple times. Especially since, believe it or not, I actually like old time computer animation better than new modern computer animation. I would actually rather watch Toy Story 1 instead of any of its sequels, and I would rather watch Shrek instead of How to Train Your Dragon. I am mad at computer animation for stealing drawing animation's place as the dominant type, and I wish computer animation stayed the way it was in the 1990s. That is another reason for me to like Beast Wars. I am actually happy that is animation is "out of date". As for Beast Machines, I have seen all 26 of its episodes as well, but the idea of the good guys failing to save Cybertron just made me uncomfortable. I would rather watch Beast Wars on its own and think of Beast Machines as a completely different universe. That way, I can keep enjoying Beast Wars as much as I like, without feeling uncomfortable.

We seriously need a new Beast Wars.

Beast Wars is one of the best scripted Transformers shows. I grew up with G1, and when BW came out, I hated that robots turned into animals. I remember it just came out after the Reboot series, and CG animation was still a little bit weird at that time. However, after a friend told me I should look it up, man, I was wrong. The series is fantastically well done in terms of charaters and story. I don't know, but Transformers needs another series put with care like that. In recent years, I liked Tranformers Prime, but it ended.

I don't wanna sound like a broken record and say beast wars was my introduction to transformers. I mean it was and i still love it to this day. Yea it hasn't aged to well but it's still good. I will say that i listen to your videos on my pc as i animate sometimes and they are very entertaining and informative! Keep it up man

I was born in this Era. (Cheetor was and is my favorite)

thank you so much for making this

Recently I rewatched the entire series of Beast Wars, and I was surprised to pick up something that never occurred to me as a kid. The second and third seasons of BW only have one filler episode each. Apart from Transmutate and Go With the Flow, every episode in the latter two seasons advances the overarching plot in some way. Kind of like Avatar: The Last Airbender would over a decade later, it went for the "have your cake and eat it too" when it comes to episodic vs. serialized formats for shows.

Awesome video and for me Beast Wars was my Transformers. I loved the show, characters, stories, everything. Something that I can understand as an adult is at times you do need to grow with your audience but you grow too quick or not quick enough and that's what I think happened with Beast Machines. Because Beast Wars ran for 3 years pretty my time through later elementary school into middle school but was quickly followed up with Beast Machines and the spiritual nature of the stories was too big of a jump for most fans to get into because it's a kid show. And that's why I think as time went on fans while they still love Beast Wars have an appreciation for Beast Machines now that they are older and can understand many of its higher story elements.

Awesome video dude. I really appreciate your hard work in making these.

BEAST ERA! YES! THAT'S MY JAM! I was too young for the original cartoon, so I grew up with Beast Wars, and was forever pissed at Beast Machines (in retrospect Beast Machines wasn't _bad_ it's just the personality transplant given to everyone, and the character assassination of one of my favorite characters, Silverbolt; I am still mad at what they did to Silverbolt). And for the record, putting the Beast characters in the present with the G1 characters is bullshit. They're supposed to be their descendants; not their contemporaries. It's just wrong

The Beast Era will always be a classic series for every TFfan.

Till this day I'm still waiting for a new Terrorsaur toy.

Well said, love the "Beast Wars" one series i don't have on DVD

Well that's just prime

This was my G1

I grew up with the original G1 tv run, but the toys I miss most are my TM2 Megatron T-Rex and TM Airrazor. Must be a heratic: trukk

Good work on the basics Beast Wars Era my friend! I was born in the late 90s and my favorite BW toy is Megatron's dragon form. But still I really love it when I was young.

I REALLY HOPE NEXT ARE THE BASICS ON FEMALE CYBERTRONIANS.