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* ActorAllusion: In "The Agenda: Part Three", Silverbolt looks up at Venus in the sky and says it reminds him of Blackarachnia. Blackarachnia's voice actress is named Venus Terzo.
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* MarketBasedTitle: Canadian regulations do not allow a children's show to have the word "war" in its title, thus the show is called ''Beasties'' in Canada. Don't tell the really sensitive walks of fandom this; we'll ''NEVER'' hear the end of it. (''WesternAnimation/WarPlanets'', another Mainframe production, went under the alternate title ''Shadow Raiders'' also because of that same rule.)
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** The reason why there are so few characters [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters compared to G1]] is because CGI was quite expensive when it was created, forcing the creators to limit the number of characters on each side. Of course, fewer characters meant a stronger focus on the characterization of the existing characters, so it wasn't all bad.
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** The reason why there are so few characters [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters compared to G1]] is because CGI was quite expensive when it was created, forcing the creators to limit the number of characters on each side. This even led to several characters being bumped off to keep costs down. Of course, fewer characters meant a stronger focus on the characterization of the existing characters, so it wasn't all bad.
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** A number of other decisions resulted from the troubles of CGI. Early versions had the series taking place on modern Earth, which was obviously impractical. Wolfang was meant to show up, but the animators went with Tigatron instead because he could be made by tweaking Cheetor's model.
** The second season finale has a lot of characters in states of UncertainDoom, because at the time the writers didn't know who Hasbro wanted alive. It turned out it was most of them, leading to Blackarachnia and Inferno surviving what looked like lethal fates.
** The second season finale has a lot of characters in states of UncertainDoom, because at the time the writers didn't know who Hasbro wanted alive. It turned out it was most of them, leading to Blackarachnia and Inferno surviving what looked like lethal fates.
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** At the time the third season was produced, the state of Tigerhawk's toy was in flux, and at several points, it wasn't going to see release. It didn't help that the state of the series was similarly in doubt. As a result, Tigerhawk showed up very late and very suddenly, and after a ridiculous display of MerchandiseDriven power, he was killed off just a few episodes later because Hasbro had decided they weren't going to release his toy--a decision they then went back on.
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* ActorAllusion: In "The Agenda: Part Three", Silverbolt looks up at Venus in the sky and says it reminds him of Blackarachnia. Blackarachnia's voice actress is Venus Terzo.
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* ActorAllusion: In "The Agenda: Part Three", Silverbolt looks up at Venus in the sky and says it reminds him of Blackarachnia. Blackarachnia's voice actress is named Venus Terzo.
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** Early test animations shown [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVJAxel0sx0 here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaLU_BnqfO4 here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQP9OHDxTWA there]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3566v35718 there]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BERscrqEbkc here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC6iSy7l4CE here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLaPpISVe9E here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_ns_lcOfZ0 and there]], show that most of the characters resembled their toys much more accurately but possibly due to the [=FCC's=] regulation on TV show advertising towards children, They were changed to look different from the toys to make it less obvious despite Hasbro demanding that every piece of the toy be on the characters in some way.
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** Early test animations shown [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVJAxel0sx0 here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaLU_BnqfO4 here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQP9OHDxTWA there]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3566v35718 there]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BERscrqEbkc here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC6iSy7l4CE here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLaPpISVe9E here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_ns_lcOfZ0 and there]], show that most of the characters resembled their toys much more accurately but possibly due to the [=FCC's=] regulation regulations on TV show advertising towards children, They they were changed to look different from the toys to make it less obvious despite Hasbro Creator/{{Hasbro}} demanding that every piece of the toy be on the characters in some way.
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** Speaking of Inferno, according [[https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/alt.toys.transformers/szTUVRTiarQ to an interview with story editor Bob Forward from 1997,]] Inferno was originally planned to be a body for Megatron. The plan was for Megatron to be killed off and revived with his new body being what would instead become Inferno. The original concept was given a nod during the series itself when Inferno and Megatron swapped heads in a collision gag during ''Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2).''
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** Speaking of Inferno, according [[https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/alt.toys.transformers/szTUVRTiarQ to an interview with story editor Bob Forward from 1997,]] Inferno was originally planned to be a body for Megatron. The plan was for Megatron to be killed off and revived with his new body being what would instead become Inferno. The original concept was [[DevelopmentGag given a nod nod]] during the series itself when Inferno and Megatron swapped heads in a collision gag during ''Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2).''
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*** Early in the series' development, the crew wanted to have Chris Latta reprise his role as Starscream. Unfortunately, he died in 1994, two years before "Possession" aired, and had to have Terrorsaur's VA, Doug Parker, impersonate him.
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*** Early in the series' development, the crew wanted to have Chris Latta reprise his role as Starscream. Unfortunately, he died in 1994, two years before "Possession" aired, and they had to have Terrorsaur's VA, Doug Parker, impersonate him.
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* CreatorBacklash: Hirofumi Ichikawa decried Yoshikazu Iwakami's take on the Japanese dub, which he considers it as a {{Macekre} that removes the sci-fi seriousness in the original English version.
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* CreatorBacklash: Hirofumi Ichikawa decried Yoshikazu Iwakami's take on the Japanese dub, which he considers it as a {{Macekre} {{Macekre}} that removes the sci-fi seriousness in the original English version.
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* CreatorBacklash: Hirofumi Ichikawa decried Yoshikazu Iwakami's take on the Japanese dub, which he considers it as a {{Main/Mackere}} that removes the sci-fi seriousness in the original English version.
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* CreatorBacklash: Hirofumi Ichikawa decried Yoshikazu Iwakami's take on the Japanese dub, which he considers it as a {{Main/Mackere}} {{Macekre} that removes the sci-fi seriousness in the original English version.
* TheOtherDarrin: A few G1 cameos pop up with speaking roles. However, their [=VAs=] were either busy (G1 Megatron) or deceased (Starscream).
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* TheOtherDarrin: A few G1 cameos pop up with speaking roles. However, their [=VAs=] were either busy (G1 Megatron) or deceased (Starscream).
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* CreatorBacklash: Hirofumi Ichikawa decried Yoshikazu Iwakami's take on the Japanese dub, which he considers it as a {{Mackere}} {{Main/Mackere}} that removes the sci-fi seriousness in the original English version.
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* CreatorBacklash: Hirofumi Ichikawa decried Yoshikazu Iwakami's take on the Japanese dub, which he considers it as a {{Mackere}} that removes the sci-fi seriousness in the original English version.
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* PropRecycling: In the first episode Megatron pre-Beastmode form is the same model for the "Giant Mecha Robot" from the Season 2 episode of ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' "Nullzilla", The model is recolored and lacking certen details.
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* PropRecycling: In the first episode Megatron pre-Beastmode form is the same model for the "Giant Mecha Robot" from the Season 2 episode of ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' "Nullzilla", The model is recolored and lacking certen certain details.
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** During early production, Primal and Megatron would have ''four'' modes, including the bat and alligator forms their early toys took. This was far too difficult to animate so they got stuck with the gorilla and T-rex modes. Except, numerous scripts had already been written with Primal flying around due to his bat mode. The bat mode was dropped but his flight capabilities were retained to avoid having to rewrite things, even if his ability to fly didn't make logical sense now.
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** During early production, Primal and Megatron would have ''four'' modes, including the bat and alligator forms their early toys took. This was far too difficult to animate so they got stuck with the gorilla and T-rex T. rex modes. Except, numerous scripts had already been written with Primal flying around due to his bat mode. The bat mode was dropped but his flight capabilities were retained to avoid having to rewrite things, even if his ability to fly didn't make logical sense now.
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** Originally, Waspinator was going to die at the beginning of the second season alongside [[spoiler:Scorponok]], while [[spoiler:Terrorsaur]] was going to survive and become a Transmetal. However,[[PopularityPower Waspinator's popularity]] as TheChewToy saved him, with [[spoiler:Terrorsaur]] dying instead. [[spoiler:Scorponok]] was already planned to die, however, because [[spoiler:Inferno was a more entertaining character and would serve as TheDragon to Megatron even better]], giving him little reason to remain alive [[note]] Terrorsaur had been made similarly redundant due to Tarantulas serving as a far more competent [[TheStarscream treacherous Predacon]] [[/note]]. Both characters who perished did so because the costly limitations of CGI at the time (which lead to a limited character count) meant that characters needed to be removed so that new ones could be introduced and [[MerchandiseDriven promote the toyline]], among other things. Incidently, this also lead - in part - to the meticulous plotting of [[spoiler:Dinobot's redemptive StoryArc]], so some good came out of it all by the end.
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** Originally, Waspinator was going to die at the beginning of the second season alongside [[spoiler:Scorponok]], while [[spoiler:Terrorsaur]] was going to survive and become a Transmetal. However,[[PopularityPower However, [[PopularityPower Waspinator's popularity]] as TheChewToy saved him, with [[spoiler:Terrorsaur]] dying instead. [[spoiler:Scorponok]] was already planned to die, however, because [[spoiler:Inferno was a more entertaining character and would serve as TheDragon to Megatron even better]], giving him little reason to remain alive [[note]] Terrorsaur had been made similarly redundant due to Tarantulas serving as a far more competent [[TheStarscream treacherous Predacon]] [[/note]]. Both characters who perished did so because the costly limitations of CGI at the time (which lead to a limited character count) meant that characters needed to be removed so that new ones could be introduced and [[MerchandiseDriven promote the toyline]], among other things. Incidently, Incidentally, this also lead - in part - to the meticulous plotting of [[spoiler:Dinobot's redemptive StoryArc]], so some good came out of it all by the end.
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*** On top of that, it was originally intended that the two-part GrandFinale was meant to only conclude Season 3 - except as a ''three''-part story, with the preceeding Vok-based episode (that introduced Tigerhawk) being the 1st episode. It would have explained Tarantulas' past and motives in greater detail and revealed the reasons for his hatred of the Vok. When ExecutiveMeddling (the desire to create the [[BrokenBase controversial]] ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'') kicked in and resulted in Season 3 being the last season (dropping a potential Season 4), this idea was scrapped and the resolution to the "Tarantulas vs. the Vok" became an AbortedArc. Remnants of the writers' idea ''do'' appear in the SpinOff comics, however.
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*** On top of that, it was originally intended that the two-part GrandFinale was meant to only conclude Season 3 - except as a ''three''-part story, with the preceeding preceding Vok-based episode (that introduced Tigerhawk) being the 1st episode. It would have explained Tarantulas' past and motives in greater detail and revealed the reasons for his hatred of the Vok. When ExecutiveMeddling (the desire to create the [[BrokenBase controversial]] ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'') kicked in and resulted in Season 3 being the last season (dropping a potential Season 4), this idea was scrapped and the resolution to the "Tarantulas vs. the Vok" became an AbortedArc. Remnants of the writers' idea ''do'' appear in the SpinOff comics, however.
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** The fourth season would've had the show leave Earth and go into space to chase Megatron after he escaped in the ''Nemesis'', with the series rechristened as ''Beast Hunter's''. A planned subplot would've been the Maximals questioning if they can trust Tigerhawk since he was a Vok emissary, G1 Megatron's Spark trying to take control of his descendant's body, and the Coneheads being recurring villains.
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** The fourth season would've had the show leave Earth and go into space to chase Megatron after he escaped in the ''Nemesis'', with the series rechristened as ''Beast Hunter's''.Hunters''. A planned subplot would've been the Maximals questioning if they can trust Tigerhawk since he was a Vok emissary, G1 Megatron's Spark trying to take control of his descendant's body, and the Coneheads being recurring villains.
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* PropRecycling: In the first episode Megatron pre-Beastmoad form is the same model for the "Giant Mecha Robot" from the Season 2 episode of ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' "Nullzilla", The model is recolored and lacking certen details.
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* PropRecycling: In the first episode Megatron pre-Beastmoad pre-Beastmode form is the same model for the "Giant Mecha Robot" from the Season 2 episode of ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' "Nullzilla", The model is recolored and lacking certen details.
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** Originally, Waspinator was going to die at the beginning of the second season alongside[spoiler:Scorponok]], while [[spoiler:Terrorsaur]] was going to survive and become a Transmetal. However,[[PopularityPower Waspinator's popularity]] as TheChewToy saved him, with [[spoiler:Terrorsaur]] dying instead. [[spoiler:Scorponok]] was already planned to die, however, because [[spoiler:Inferno was a more entertaining character and would serve as TheDragon to Megatron even better]], giving him little reason to remain alive [[note]] Terrorsaur had been made similarly redundant due to Tarantulas serving as a far more competent [[TheStarscream traitor]] [[/note]]. Both characters who perished did so because the costly limitations of CGI at the time (which lead to a limited character count) meant that characters needed to be removed so that new ones could be introduced and [[MerchandiseDriven promote the toyline]], among other things. Incidently, this also lead - in part - to the meticulous plotting of [[spoiler:Dinobot's redemptive StoryArc]], so some good came out of it all by the end.
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** Originally, Waspinator was going to die at the beginning of the second season alongside[spoiler:Scorponok]], alongside [[spoiler:Scorponok]], while [[spoiler:Terrorsaur]] was going to survive and become a Transmetal. However,[[PopularityPower Waspinator's popularity]] as TheChewToy saved him, with [[spoiler:Terrorsaur]] dying instead. [[spoiler:Scorponok]] was already planned to die, however, because [[spoiler:Inferno was a more entertaining character and would serve as TheDragon to Megatron even better]], giving him little reason to remain alive [[note]] Terrorsaur had been made similarly redundant due to Tarantulas serving as a far more competent [[TheStarscream traitor]] treacherous Predacon]] [[/note]]. Both characters who perished did so because the costly limitations of CGI at the time (which lead to a limited character count) meant that characters needed to be removed so that new ones could be introduced and [[MerchandiseDriven promote the toyline]], among other things. Incidently, this also lead - in part - to the meticulous plotting of [[spoiler:Dinobot's redemptive StoryArc]], so some good came out of it all by the end.
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** Waspinator was going to be sacrificed at the beginning of the second season, but [[PopularityPower his popularity]] as TheChewToy saved him, with [[spoiler:Terrorsaur]] being sacrificed instead. [[spoiler:Scorponok]] was already planned to die, however, because [[spoiler:Inferno was a more entertaining character and would serve as TheDragon to Megatron even better]], giving him little reason to remain alive. Both characters who perished did so because the costly limitations of CGI at the time (which lead to a limited character count) meant that characters needed to be removed so that new ones could be introduced and [[MerchandiseDriven promote the toyline]], among other things. Incidently, this also lead - in part - to the meticulous plotting of [[spoiler:Dinobot's redemptive StoryArc]], so some good came out of it all by the end.
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** Originally, Waspinator was going to be sacrificed die at the beginning of the second season, but [[PopularityPower his season alongside[spoiler:Scorponok]], while [[spoiler:Terrorsaur]] was going to survive and become a Transmetal. However,[[PopularityPower Waspinator's popularity]] as TheChewToy saved him, with [[spoiler:Terrorsaur]] being sacrificed dying instead. [[spoiler:Scorponok]] was already planned to die, however, because [[spoiler:Inferno was a more entertaining character and would serve as TheDragon to Megatron even better]], giving him little reason to remain alive.alive [[note]] Terrorsaur had been made similarly redundant due to Tarantulas serving as a far more competent [[TheStarscream traitor]] [[/note]]. Both characters who perished did so because the costly limitations of CGI at the time (which lead to a limited character count) meant that characters needed to be removed so that new ones could be introduced and [[MerchandiseDriven promote the toyline]], among other things. Incidently, this also lead - in part - to the meticulous plotting of [[spoiler:Dinobot's redemptive StoryArc]], so some good came out of it all by the end.
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** Early test animations shown [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVJAxel0sx0 here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaLU_BnqfO4 here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQP9OHDxTWA there]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3566v35718 there]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BERscrqEbkc here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC6iSy7l4CE here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLaPpISVe9E here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_ns_lcOfZ0 and there]], show that most of the characters resembled their toys much more accurately but due to the [=FCC's=] regulation on TV show commercials, They were changed to look different from the toys to make it less obvious.
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** Early test animations shown [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVJAxel0sx0 here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaLU_BnqfO4 here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQP9OHDxTWA there]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3566v35718 there]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BERscrqEbkc here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC6iSy7l4CE here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLaPpISVe9E here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_ns_lcOfZ0 and there]], show that most of the characters resembled their toys much more accurately but possibly due to the [=FCC's=] regulation on TV show commercials, advertising towards children, They were changed to look different from the toys to make it less obvious.obvious despite Hasbro demanding that every piece of the toy be on the characters in some way.
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* PropRecycling: In the first episode Megatron pre-Beastmoad form is the same model for the ''Giant Mecha Robot'' from Season 2 episode of ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' ''Nullzilla'' just recolored and lacking details.
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* PropRecycling: In the first episode Megatron pre-Beastmoad form is the same model for the ''Giant "Giant Mecha Robot'' Robot" from the Season 2 episode of ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' ''Nullzilla'' just "Nullzilla", The model is recolored and lacking certen details.
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* PropRecycling: In the first episode Megatron pre-Beastmoad form is the same model for the ''Giant Mecha Robot'' from Season 2 episode of [[WesternAnimation/ReBoot]] ''Nullzilla'' just recolored and lacking details.
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* PropRecycling: In the first episode Megatron pre-Beastmoad form is the same model for the ''Giant Mecha Robot'' from Season 2 episode of [[WesternAnimation/ReBoot]] ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' ''Nullzilla'' just recolored and lacking details.
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* PropRecycling: In the first episode Megatron pre-Beastmoad form is the same model for the ''Giant Mecha Robot'' from Season 2 episode of [[WesternAnimation/ReBoot]] ''Nullzilla'' just recolored and lacking details.
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** Early test animations at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVJAxel0sx0 here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaLU_BnqfO4 here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQP9OHDxTWA there]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3566v35718 there]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BERscrqEbkc here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC6iSy7l4CE here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLaPpISVe9E here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_ns_lcOfZ0 and there]] show that most of the characters resembled their toys much more accurately but due to the [=FCC's=] regulation on TV show commercials, They were changed to look different from the toys to make it less obvious.
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** Early test animations at shown [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVJAxel0sx0 here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaLU_BnqfO4 here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQP9OHDxTWA there]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3566v35718 there]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BERscrqEbkc here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC6iSy7l4CE here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLaPpISVe9E here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_ns_lcOfZ0 and there]] there]], show that most of the characters resembled their toys much more accurately but due to the [=FCC's=] regulation on TV show commercials, They were changed to look different from the toys to make it less obvious.
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** Early test animations at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVJAxel0sx0 here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaLU_BnqfO4 here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQP9OHDxTWA there]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3566v35718 there]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BERscrqEbkc here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC6iSy7l4CE here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLaPpISVe9E here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_ns_lcOfZ0 and there]] show that most of the characters resembled their toys much more accurately but due to the [=FCCs=] regulation on TV show commercials, They were changed to look different from the toys to make it less obvious.
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** Early test animations at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVJAxel0sx0 here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaLU_BnqfO4 here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQP9OHDxTWA there]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3566v35718 there]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BERscrqEbkc here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC6iSy7l4CE here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLaPpISVe9E here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_ns_lcOfZ0 and there]] show that most of the characters resembled their toys much more accurately but due to the [=FCCs=] [=FCC's=] regulation on TV show commercials, They were changed to look different from the toys to make it less obvious.
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** Early test animations at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVJAxel0sx0 here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaLU_BnqfO4 here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQP9OHDxTWA there]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3566v35718 there]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BERscrqEbkc here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC6iSy7l4CE here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLaPpISVe9E here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_ns_lcOfZ0 and there]] show that most of the characters resembled their toys much more accurately but due to the [=FCCs=] regulation on TV show commercials, They were changed to look different from the toys to make it less obvious.
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* MarketBasedTitle: Canadian regulations do not allow a children's show to have the word "war" in its title, thus the show is called ''Beasties'' in Canada. Don't tell the really sensitive walks of fandom this; we'll ''NEVER'' hear the end of it.
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* MarketBasedTitle: Canadian regulations do not allow a children's show to have the word "war" in its title, thus the show is called ''Beasties'' in Canada. Don't tell the really sensitive walks of fandom this; we'll ''NEVER'' hear the end of it. (''WesternAnimation/WarPlanets'', another Mainframe production, went under the alternate title ''Shadow Raiders'' also because of that same rule.)
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** Speaking of Inferno, according [[https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/alt.toys.transformers/szTUVRTiarQ to an interview with story editor Bob Forward from 1997,]] Inferno was originally planned to be a body for Megatron. The plan was for Megatron to be killed off and revived with his new body being what would instead become Inferno. The original concept was given a nod during the series itself when Inferno and Megatron swapped heads in a collision gag during ''Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2).''
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The dated CGI makes it clear that this is a 90s show.
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* CreatorsPest: Played straight, but subverted later on. The writers hated Waspinator and his speech pattern, along with being required to appear regularly, so they took every opportunity that they had to write him out of episodes by [[TheChewToy blowing him to pieces]]. After a while, when the character became a fan-favorite and the writers' opinions softened on him, they eventually ''requested Hasbro'' spare him in Season 2's ending on the basis of his popularity.
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* RelationshipVoiceActor: DavidKaye is a fearsome badass, while Don Brown is his somewhat more comedic second-in-command - not only here, but in ''Anime/InuYasha''.
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* RelationshipVoiceActor: DavidKaye Creator/DavidKaye is a fearsome badass, while Don Brown is his somewhat more comedic second-in-command - not only here, but in ''Anime/InuYasha''.
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** Speaking of Megatron and Creator/GaryChalk, he originally auditioned for ''this'' show's version of Megatron. The role went to DavidKaye, however, and Chalk ended up voicing Optimus Primal instead.
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** Speaking of Megatron and Creator/GaryChalk, he originally auditioned for ''this'' show's version of Megatron. The role went to DavidKaye, Creator/DavidKaye, however, and Chalk ended up voicing Optimus Primal instead.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The Maximals are several times seen using data discs that strongly resemble floppies.
** Towards the end of "Dark Designs," when Cheetor asks Rhinox what it was like to be a Predacon, he answers "it's like you're three gigabytes of attitude on a two-gig hard drive." No, he didn't say flash drive, he said ''hard drive''.
** Towards the end of "Dark Designs," when Cheetor asks Rhinox what it was like to be a Predacon, he answers "it's like you're three gigabytes of attitude on a two-gig hard drive." No, he didn't say flash drive, he said ''hard drive''.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: TechnologyMarchesOn:
** The Maximals are several times seen using data discs that strongly resemble floppies.
** Towards the end of "Dark Designs," when Cheetor asks Rhinox what it was like to be a Predacon, he answers "it's like you're three gigabytes of attitude on a two-gig hard drive." No, he didn't say flash drive, he said ''hard drive''. To say nothing of the fact that portable storage in the ''hundreds'' of gigabytes is now possible.
** The Maximals are several times seen using data discs that strongly resemble floppies.
** Towards the end of "Dark Designs," when Cheetor asks Rhinox what it was like to be a Predacon, he answers "it's like you're three gigabytes of attitude on a two-gig hard drive." No, he didn't say flash drive, he said ''hard drive''. To say nothing of the fact that portable storage in the ''hundreds'' of gigabytes is now possible.
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** During early production, Primal and Megatron would have ''four'' modes, including the bat and alligator forms their early toys took. This was far too difficult to animate so they got stuck with the gorilla and T-rex modes. Except, numerous scripts had already been written with Primal flying around due to his bat mode. The bat mode was dropped but his flight capabilities were retained to avoid having to rewrite things, even if his ability to fly didn't make logical sense now.
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The reason why there are so few characters [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters compared to G1]] is because CGI was quite expensive when it was created, forcing the creators to limit the number of characters on each side. Of course, fewer characters meant a stronger focus on the characterization of the existing characters, so it wasn't all bad.
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: SerendipityWritesThePlot:
** The reason why there are so few characters [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters compared to G1]] is because CGI was quite expensive when it was created, forcing the creators to limit the number of characters on each side. Of course, fewer characters meant a stronger focus on the characterization of the existing characters, so it wasn't allbad.bad.
** During production of Season 3, the obvious problem came up that Optimus' new body was far too big to fit inside the Maximal base. So in the Season 3 premiere the base is destroyed and the Maximals salvage it to make a new base, with Optimus standing on the ruins of the previous base's substructure.
** The reason why there are so few characters [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters compared to G1]] is because CGI was quite expensive when it was created, forcing the creators to limit the number of characters on each side. Of course, fewer characters meant a stronger focus on the characterization of the existing characters, so it wasn't all
** During production of Season 3, the obvious problem came up that Optimus' new body was far too big to fit inside the Maximal base. So in the Season 3 premiere the base is destroyed and the Maximals salvage it to make a new base, with Optimus standing on the ruins of the previous base's substructure.
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* NamesTheSame: ''Beast Wars'' reused a few names from the previous year's ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeExtreme'', which was also designed by Kenner. The recycled names are Inferno, Rampage, and Quickstrike (spelled "[[XtremeKoolLetterz Quick Stryke]]" in ''Extreme'').
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* ChannelHop: After ''Westernanimation/BeastMachines'' began on Creator/FoxKids, edited reruns of ''Beast Wars'' made their way to that block.
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* ChannelHop: After ''Westernanimation/BeastMachines'' ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' began on Creator/FoxKids, edited reruns of ''Beast Wars'' made their way to that block.
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** Waspinator and Rhinox had Transmetal toys in the toy line, even though they never changed bodies in the show. This becomes an important point for Rhinox if you support the theory that he [[spoiler: decides that Cybertron should be made purely technological in ''BeastMachines'']] because he had become hateful of his comparatively useless beast mode.
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** Waspinator and Rhinox had Transmetal toys in the toy line, even though they never changed bodies in the show. This becomes an important point for Rhinox if you support the theory that he [[spoiler: decides that Cybertron should be made purely technological in ''BeastMachines'']] ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'']] because he had become hateful of his comparatively useless beast mode.
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* TheOtherDarrin: A few G1 cameos pop up with speaking roles. However, their VAs were either busy (G1 Megatron) or deceased (Starscream).
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* TheOtherDarrin: A few G1 cameos pop up with speaking roles. However, their VAs [=VAs=] were either busy (G1 Megatron) or deceased (Starscream).
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* TheOtherDarrin: A few G1 cameos pop up with speaking roles. However, their VAs were either busy (G1 Megatron) or deceased (Starscream).
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*** Early in the series' development, the crew wanted to have Chris Latta reprise his role as Starscream. Unfortunately, he died in 1994, two years before "Possession" aired, and had to have Terrorsaur's VA, Doug Parker, impersonate him.
