"Beast Machines: Transformers" (1999) TV series 1999-2001

Directors:

Greg Donis
William Lau

Writers:

Steven Melching (writer)
Len Wein (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | unknown

Genre:

Action | Animation | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The Maximals awaken on there home planet of Cybertron and are chased by mindless Veicons created by Megatron. The Maximals must free the planet from Megatron and restore it to it's real way of living.

Plot Keywords:

Organic | Gorilla | Afterlife | Plantation | Megalomaniac

Cast

Gary Chalk	...	Optimus Primal / ... (26 episodes, 1999-2000)
Ian James Corlett	...	Cheetor (26 episodes, 1999-2000)
Scott McNeil	...	Rattrap / ... (26 episodes, 1999-2000)
Venus Terzo	...	Blackarachnia (26 episodes, 1999-2000)
Alessandro Juliani	...	Nightscream (22 episodes, 1999-2000)
David Kaye	...	Megatron / ... (22 episodes, 1999-2000)
Jim Byrnes	...	Thrust (19 episodes, 1999-2000)
Paul Dobson	...	Tankor / ... (13 episodes, 1999-2000)
Brian Drummond	...	Jetstorm (12 episodes, 1999-2000)

Also Known As:

Beast Machines: Battle for the Sparks (USA) (second season title)
Transformers: Beast Hunters (Canada: English title) (working title)

Runtime:

30 min (26 episodes)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Certification:

Australia:PG | USA:TV-Y7

Company:

Hasbro

Trivia:

Saban entertainment, who co-owned FoxKids at the time, created a special promotional music video for the series called "Evolution Revolution". It aired only once on the Network, and featured a clip of a frozen-in-time Cheetor, where the camera circled around him. The clip was never featured in any episode.

Quotes:

Botanica: [muttering to herself] Everyone else gets a partner. I get a furry little travel agent.

Movie Connections:

Follows "Beast Wars: Transformers" (1996)

Soundtrack:

Phat Planet

now we've seen the preview... and were not happy!

Bob Skir was asked... he said it would never happen. He said a 'Transformer' show would never have the characters "morph"... well, obviously he lied.

The preview, music video, whatever you can call it, showed promise. The one thing, the thing the fans begged to NEVER happen, the morphing, is the one ruining aspect of the show. I pray they change this little problem before the shows actually air, but for now, the fans are very disappointed.