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'''Optimus:''' Both...and neither. }}

''Beast Machines'' was the followup cartoon and toyline to ''[[~~Beast Wars (Animation)|~~Beast Wars]]''; like its predecessor, it was animated entirely in [[C Gi]] by [[Mainframe Entertainment]] but featured a massive change to the production and writing staff. It begins a new story with the characters of ''Beast Wars'' but in general is not considered a continuous storyline.

''Beast Machines'' was the followup cartoon and toyline to ''[[Beast Wars]]''; like its predecessor, it was animated entirely in [[C Gi]] by [[Mainframe Entertainment]] but featured a massive change to the production and writing staff. It begins a new story with the characters of ''Beast Wars'' but in general is not considered a continuous storyline.

The story opens with Optimus Primal in his original ''Beast Wars'' body, awakening on Cybertron to find the planet deserted and himself being pursued by Vehicons, a strange race of sparkless Transformers under the control of Megatron, who, as it's further revealed, has somehow managed to conquer Cybertron. Unable to transform, Optimus runs, and manages to find some of his fellow surviving Maximals. Deep beneath the surface of Cybertron, they manage to find the Oracle supercomputer, which reformats them into 'technorganic' beings, a perfect blend of biological and technogical parts. From then on, they embark on a mission to restore organic life to Cybertron and bring down Megatron.

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The toys were a mixed bag. The Vehicons had a living machine theme, and the toys were generally pretty good, but [[Show Accuracy Toy Accuracy|looked nothing like the characters on screen]]. The Maximals aimed for a technological animal feel, but were of mixed quality and exceedingly show-inaccurate. Better quality, show-accurate toys were later released as part of the "Battle for the Spark" Beast Machines subline, and a few were held over until the ''[[Transformers Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' line.

It has a [[Beast Machines ~~(Animation)~~/Characters|character sheet]].

It has a [[Beast Machines/Characters|character sheet]].

* [[A Boy and His X]]: Nightscream and Noble Have this relationship after {{spoiler|Megatron's consciousness exits Noble.}}

* [[After the End]]: Cybertron under Megatron's control.

* [[Always Night]]: Both ''[[~~Beast Wars (Animation)|~~Beast Wars]]'' and this series established Cybertron being in orbit of a star, but this trope was rarely averted. Justified in that the Maximals (now as [[La Résistance]]) can't risk being easily spotted.

* [[Always Night]]: Both ''[[Beast Wars]]'' and this series established Cybertron being in orbit of a star, but this trope was rarely averted. Justified in that the Maximals (now as [[La Résistance]]) can't risk being easily spotted.

* [[Apocalypse How]]: A [[Apocalypse How/Class X|Class X]] was narrowly averted. The Oracle reveals that the combination of plasma energy and the energy from the key to Vector Sigma would have produced this, utterly destroying Cybertron.

* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: Organic goo pretty much fulfils this role.

* [[Ax Crazy]]: Jetstorm.

* [[Art Evolution]]: A step up even from the last few episodes of [[~~Beast Wars (Animation)|~~Beast Wars]], and [[Dull Surprise|Energon's CGI]] made it look even better in hindsight.

* [[Art Evolution]]: A step up even from the last few episodes of [[Beast Wars]], and [[Dull Surprise|Energon's CGI]] made it look even better in hindsight.

* [[Back From the Brink]]: When the group arrives on Cybertron, Megatron has pretty much [[The Bad Guy Wins|already won]] and conquered the planet. The heroes are soon [[Mode Lock|Mode Locked]] and being hunted down by Megatron's massive army, having pretty much no one they can turn to since the entire planet has pretty much had their sparks stolen. The only thing that saved Cybertron was the Oracle stepping in and reformating them.

* [[Book Ends]]:

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** A subtle example in the opening sequence. {{spoiler|the last thing we see before the title is a zooming-out view of Cheetor standing alone, hinting at his promotion to [[The Hero]] at the end of the show.}}

* [[Forgot I Could Fly]]: {{spoiler|Megatron, while suffering a ''[[Disney Villain Death]].''}}

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: [[~~Beast Wars (Animation)|~~Beast Wars]] was ''legendary'' for this. ''[[~~Beast Machines (Animation)|~~Beast Machines]]'' was far less naughty than its predecessor, but when it did this, it was even more audacious.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: [[Beast Wars]] was ''legendary'' for this. ''[[Beast Machines]]'' was far less naughty than its predecessor, but when it did this, it was even more audacious.

** In "Home Soil," Thrust clearly gives Optimus The finger (helps that he only has three on each hand). Optimus is unamused.

** In the same episode, we have Blackarachnia ''checking herself out'' in the background before glaring at Botanica. Feeling inadequate, Legs?

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* [[Irony]]: And it is ''glorious.''

** Megatron uses {{spoiler|the Optimal Optimus body}} to try and finish off that meddlesome Optimus in the finale. With the {{spoiler|Optimus Prime-style helmet}} and everything. How fitting that the Maximals' cause would almost be laid to ruin with ''that.''

** Said {{spoiler|Optimal body, even expanded to massive proportions and supercharged with the sparks of the entire planet's population}}, is to slow and unwieldy for Megatron to stop Optimus from {{spoiler|plunging them both into the organic core with a well-placed energy blast. ''[[Death By Irony|Ouch.]]''}}

** Said {{spoiler|Optimal body, even expanded to massive proportions and supercharged with the sparks of the entire planet's population}}, is to slow and unwieldy for Megatron to stop Optimus from {{spoiler|plunging them both into the organic core with a well-placed energy blast. ''[[Death by Irony|Ouch.]]''}}

** Lest you forget the greatest one of all: {{spoiler|Megatron's [[Famous Last Words|Famous Last Word]]. Yes, it's a [[Big No]]}}.

{{quote| '''Megatron:''' {{spoiler|NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! ''(Falls into the core and dies)''}}}}

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{{quote| '''Jetstorm''': ''Only three things wrong with that little theory: One, we're not drones, two, we're not mindless, and three, '''[[Badass Boast|problem's my middle name]]'''.''}}

* [[Necessary Drawback]]: In combination with a Necessary Advantage. Their new technorganic robot forms give them weapons and advanced combat abilities, but Rattrap learns by accident that their beast forms shield them from the Vehicon sensors. Both forms were needed in order to survive.

* [[Never Say Die]]: Subverted. In the first few episodes this is played straight with replacements like "sparkless body" and "extinguished spark", but as the series progresses, death and dying are referred to directly more and more often.

* [[Never Say "Die"]]: Subverted. In the first few episodes this is played straight with replacements like "sparkless body" and "extinguished spark", but as the series progresses, death and dying are referred to directly more and more often.

* [[Not-So-Harmless Villain]]: Tankor. Full stop.

* [[Plot Tumour]]: Sparks, an interesting and occasionally important aspect of the ''Transformers'' [[Mythology|mythos]], introduced in ''[[~~Beast Wars (Animation)|~~Beast Wars]]'', ends up being central to the plot of ''Beast Machines''.

* [[Plot Tumour]]: Sparks, an interesting and occasionally important aspect of the ''Transformers'' [[Mythology|mythos]], introduced in ''[[Beast Wars]]'', ends up being central to the plot of ''Beast Machines''.

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Loads. Cheetor and Optimus, Rattrap and Botanica, Jetstorm and Thrust, Strika and Obsidian, Blackarachnia and Silverbolt, Nightscream and Silverbolt, [[Overly Long Gag|Everyone]] [[Rule of Three|and Silverbolt]]...

* [[Same Character but Different]]: ''The'' source of flack the series gets. Applies to pretty much the whole cast.

* [[Shout-Out]]: From "Revelations, Part 1", while attacking the others:

{{quote| '''Jetstorm''': ''All I need's a spider, and I've got the whole set. [[Pokémon ~~(Franchise)~~|Gotta catch 'em all!]]''}}

{{quote| '''Jetstorm''': ''All I need's a spider, and I've got the whole set. [[Pokémon|Gotta catch 'em all!]]''}}

* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Ultimately subverted. Blackarachnia is the sole female character for the first season and half of the second, but is then joined by Botanica. Strika, a female Vehicon general appears an episode after Botanica makes her appearance.

* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: Jetstorm and Thrust, Strika and Obsidian.

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Cheetor, as part of his promotion from [[The Chick]] in ''[[~~Beast Wars (Animation)|~~Beast Wars]]'' to [[The Lancer]] in ''[[~~Beast Machines (Animation)|~~Beast Machines]].''

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Cheetor, as part of his promotion from [[The Chick]] in ''[[Beast Wars]]'' to [[The Lancer]] in ''[[Beast Machines]].''

** Silverbolt, too. Goes from a [[Knight in Shining Armor]] who was only really dangerous if you [[Berserk Button|hurt Blackarachnia]] to an angsty [[Anti-Hero]] who ''mows'' down Vehicon soldiers.

** Thrust is perhaps the greatest example of this in the whole Transformers mythos. {{spoiler|He. Used. To. Be. [[The Chew Toy|Waspinator]].}} Seriously, I'm not making any of this up.

* [[What Happened to ~~The~~ Mouse?]]: We never do find out what happens to {{spoiler|Strika and Obsidian after Cheetor shoots them into orbit.}} Could double as a [[Bolivian Army Ending]].

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: We never do find out what happens to {{spoiler|Strika and Obsidian after Cheetor shoots them into orbit.}} Could double as a [[Bolivian Army Ending]].

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Beast Machines is ''made'' of this trope.

** "The Weak Component" has several instances:<br /><br />''Megatron'', of all people, calls Blackarachnia, Cheetor and Nightscream on mistreating Rattrap and Optimus for promising more than he can deliver.<br /><br />They also call Rattrap on making a deal with Megatron and Optimus calls him for attacking them.