See also:
* [[Awesome/BeastWars Crowning Moment Of Awesome]]
* [[Funny/BeastWars Crowning Moment Of Funny]]
* [[Fridge/BeastWars Fridge Logic]]
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* CompleteMonster: Megatron and Tarantulas.
* CrazyAwesome: Inferno. For the Royalty!
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Theme of Hero," the quasi-orchestral song that plays during [[spoiler:Dinobot's funeral]] in "Code of Hero."
** The Japanese opening themes for Beast Wars Metals:
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4VloLcGylw "Evolution of the Spirit"]]
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEOKvV6RSrU "Millennium Soldier"]]
*** While ''Beast Wars: Transmetals" was a pretty bad game, it had [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AaMVWRjK9s this gem]].
* EnsembleDarkHorse:
** Waspinator. When the series started, he was a semi-skilled fighter that only stood out because of his unique speech patterns. The writers generally disliked him, but were required to use him, so they purposefully made him the ButtMonkey of the series. This comedic take struck a chord with fans and the writers soon warmed up to the character, as well. Waspinator was to be killed off in Season 2 as part of the effort to make room for new characters, but was spared due to his popularity. He gets the last line in the series [[spoiler:and ''Beast Machines'']], and he was the second BW cast member to appear in the Transformers Hall of Fame.
** Dinobot, largely because of [[spoiler:his HeroicSacrifice]]. Evident when many years later, he emerged as the first member of the Transformers Hall of Fame. He beat out SOUNDWAVE for the spot!
** Blackarachnia.
* EvenBetterSequel: There are quite a few fans who hold the opinion that ''Beast Wars'' is the best Transformers series yet made, as stated above. In fact, ''Beast Wars'' is one of the few ''Transformers'' incarnations not to be heavily criticized by the ''Generation 1'' purists.
** In fact it's gotten to the point where ''Beast Wars'' has done a sort of stealth AdaptationDisplacement to ''Generation 1''. Many of the traits self-proclaimed Transformers purists proclaim they wanted out of the movies (little to no humans, just lots of action of robots beating each other up) were from ''Beast Wars'', whereas the movies were actually much closer to ''Generation 1'' in their level of involving humans and the amount of action.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Terrorsaur jokingly states, "Hunting from the air with automatic weapons—now ''that's'' a sport!". Some took note of this later because of a few prominent [[SarahPalin Republican]] [[RickPerry Governors]] would come to echo this sentiment, though OlderThanYouThink can also apply.
** Blackarachnia asks, "What is it with guys and explosives?" Later, [[Creator/MichaelBay an infamous film director]] would come to echo this sentiment and utilize it in the ''Transformers'' franchise.
** In his very last words of the entire series, Rattrap muses with a smirk, "And you know what the best part is? We don't have to see Megatron's ugly butt again 'till we get back to Cybertron!" [[WesternAnimation/BeastMachines How right you are, Rattrap]]. [[CrapsackWorld How right you are]].
* HeartwarmingInHindsight: During [[spoiler:the original Dinobot's death]], Optimus states "May his Spark join the Matrix, the greatest of Cybertron." In 2010 came the Transformers "Hall of Fame" where, every year, Hasbro began honouring fictional characters (one of which was a fan-voted) and real people associated with the franchise. In regards to the former, in 2010, Dinobot was intended as a joke candidate since the idea that he'd beat out G1 veterans like Soundwave, Grimlock, Jazz and Shockwave was seen as inconceivable. Guess who the fans voted for that year?
** Also heartwarming in that Dinobot was a Predacon, a decendant of the Decepticons. If just one of them could learn the value of honor and a simple human life, then maybe there's hope for the rest of them?
* HilariousInHindsight: Megatron's frequent annoyance with the ever-devoted Inferno becomes even funnier after DavidKaye voiced [[TransformersAnimated Lugnut]].
** It gets better. At one point this Megatron asks (rhetorically) of his troops, "Eager to begin another [[MemeticMutation glorious]] Predacon day are we?"
** When the series first premiered, there was the cry of "TRUKK NOT MUNKY!" from detractors. In season 3's premiere episode "Optimal Situation", as Optimus shares the spark of [[spoiler:Optimus Prime]], he turns into a new transformer whose modes include truck ''and'' monkey (gorilla).
* HoYay: Rattrap and Dinobot's [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple whole thing]] has inspired many a slashfic.
* MagnificentBastard: Megatron.
** Tarantulas could qualify to a lesser extent, though he is usually overshadowed by Megatron.
* MemeticBadass: Megatron's rubber ducky
* MemeticMutation:
** '''TRUKK NOT MUNKY!'''[[note]]The cry of fans spitting the dummy that the Transformers are recast with animal alt-modes, but particularly that Optimus Prime is an ape.[[/note]]
** On a more positive note, we have [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rubber_Ducky Megatron's rubber ducky.]]
** "Beast Mode" is now a popular phrase amongst many people in times of intensity.
* MoralEventHorizon: Megatron crosses it several times: he planned from the beginning [[spoiler:to wipe out an entire ''timeline's'' worth of Transformers and other lifeforms]]; in the episode "Code of Hero", where he attempts genocide against defenseless proto-humans; and in the series finale.
** [[spoiler: For Dinobot 2, who had recently gained access to his namesakes' code of honor, Megatron crossed the line when he decided to use ''capital scale weaponry on a single proto-human''.]]
* {{Narm}}: Working in the exceedingly cheesy names into character's introductions, as well as Optimus Primal's TitleDrop (seen as the page quote on the main page).
* NarmCharm: [[WorldOfHam Everyone is incredibly hammy]], yet somehow they manage to make it work ''perfectly''.
* NightmareFuel:
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Tarantulas ''gets off on sucking blood''.
** And Rampage.
* NightmareRetardant: Whereas his general characterisation is pretty much NightmareFuel, his reactions to when things didn't quite go his way were significantly less dark. His OhCrap moments were some of the funniest in the series.
* OneTruePairing: Dinobot and Rattrap are a very popular pairing, also Dinobot with Primal in that DefrostingTheIceQueen way. Dinobot's small smile at the end of Gorilla Warfare probably started it.
* RewatchBonus: WordOfGod revealed that [[spoiler: Dinobot]] knew he was going to die 5 episodes before he actually did right up til the last moment. Rewatching said episodes with this knowledge causes a lot of [[spoiler: Dinobot's]] actions and dialogue to take on a whole new meaning.
* SavedByTheFans: Waspinator was set to die at the start of Season 2 [[spoiler:along with Scorponok]], but the creators were aware of how popular he was with the online fanbase, and that [[spoiler:Terrorsaur]] was becoming fairly redundant with the much more successful traitor of Tarantulas on board.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The early episodes (obviously, due to technology limitations) look like crap, there's also several other moments which combine this with OffModel (such as Rattrap reverting to his old CG model in ''Code of Hero''). Plus there's seams on several of organic beast modes if you look closely.
** The explosion in ''Other Voices, Part 2'' consists of real elements poorly composited over the animation. Similar techniques are used in many instances when Inferno uses his flamethrower.
* TooCoolToLive: [[spoiler:Tigerhawk.]]
** [[spoiler:Dinobot]] as well.
** [[spoiler:Depth Charge]] too.
* UncannyValley: Transmutate.
* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Waspinator.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Despite the toyline and therefore the show being ostensibly aimed somewhere around the 10-12-year-old boys slot, the show features clever writing, complex characterizations, ''truckloads'' of GettingCrapPastTheRadar, and surprisingly mature takes on themes such as warfare and revenge, with a healthy dose of KilledOffForReal to match.
** And the fun doesn't stop there when you get down to analyzing individual episodes. Bad Spark comes off like a horror movie, between the fetid-swamp setting and the mass-murderous psychotic Predacon lurking for blood (oil) throughout. And, sweet Primus, that ending scene. And then there's the burned-out wastelands that make up the bulk of season 2's scenery, with the clear and present knowledge that most of the natural life on the planet is [[spoiler:dead or crippled after the Eldritch planetbuster]] at the end of the last season. A lot of the fighting is surprisingly brutal in some episodes. And on, and on...
* TheWoobie:
** Waspinator.
-->''"Inferno blow up, Waspinator must salvage. Waspinator blow up, nobody salvage. Why universe hate Waspinator?"''
** Transmutate. She's a misshapen, childlike being who [[spoiler:died trying to stop her/its only friends from hurting each other.]]


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