Beast Wars is an action series created in 1996 and serves as a spin-off of the Transformers franchise.
Many of the major characters in Beast Wars are killed off, usually near the end, sometimes to make room or new characters. There are two instances of a character coming back to life.
There is a sequel series, Beast Machines.
Victims[]
Beast Wars (1996-1999)[]
Season 1[]
Beast Wars[]
- Tyrannosaurus Rex - Killed when a meteor hit Earth off-screen, skeleton seen.
- Velociraptor - Killed when a meteor hit Earth off-screen, skeleton seen.
- Pterodactyl - Killed when a meteor hit Earth off-screen, skeleton seen.
- Total - 3
The Web[]
- None
Equal Measures[]
- None
Chain of Command[]
- None
Power Surge[]
- Eagle - Eaten by Terrorsaur.
- Total - 1
Fallen Comrades[]
- None
Double Jeopardy[]
- Spider - Eaten by a bigger spider.
A Better Mousetrap[]
- None
Gorilla Warfare[]
- Cyber-Bee - Self destructed after Scorponok pulled it off Megatron.
- Total - 1
The Probe[]
- None
Victory[]
- Mouse - Eaten by Tarantulas.
- Total - 1
Dark Designs[]
- None
Double Dinoot[]
- Dinobot Clone - Eaten by Dinobot off-screen, claw seen.
- Total - 1
The Spark[]
- None
The Trigger[]
- None
Spider's Game[]
- None
Call of The Wild[]
- None
Dark Voyage[]
- Snake - Thrown into the air by Rhinox.
- Total - 1
Possession[]
- Cyber-Bee - Shot by Cheetor.
- Total - 1
The Low Road[]
- None
Law of The Jungle[]
- Dragonfly - Eaten by a frog.
- Frog - Eaten by a snake.
- Snake - Eaten by a hawk.
- Snowstalker - Killed when Tigatron shot at Inferno, but missed, causing an avalanche that crushed Snowstalker to death. (not an actual transformer, but a white tiger).
- Gazelle - Eaten by a tiger.
- Total - 5
Before the Storm[]
- None
Other Voices[]
- Optimus Primal - Destroyed by Megatron when trying to stop a blast from hitting Earth. Later revived by Rhinox.
- Total - 1
Season 2[]
Aftermath[]
- Scorponok- Lost control of his hover platform during the quantum surge; collided with Terrorsaur and fell into the lava.
- Terrorsaur - Lost control of his hover platform during the quantum surge; collided with Scorponok and fell into the lava.
- Total - 2
Coming of The Fuzors[]
- None
Tangled Web[]
- Spider-Bot - Stomped on by Tarantulas.
- Total - 1
Maximal No More[]
- None
Other Visits[]
- Tigertron - Captured by the Vok alongside Airazor. Their sparks were removed and their bodies were fused into Tigerhawk. Dies when Tigerhawk is killed by Megatron.
- Airazor - Captured by the Vok alongside Tigertron. Their sparks were removed and their bodies were fused into Tigerhawk. Dies when Tigerhawk is killed by Megatron.
- Total - 2
Bad Spark[]
- White Tiger - Knocked off a cliff by Silverbolt.
- Total - 1
Code of Hero[]
- Protohuman - Bitten by a snake and died due to it's venom.
- Dinobot - Shot by Tarantulas, Blackarachnia, Rampage and Quickstrike while protecting protohumans, also knocked over by Megatron. Used the last of his energy to destroy the Golden Disk, and succumbs to his injuries in the Maximals arms.
- Snake - Smacked in the face by Blix with a stone hammer.
- Total - 3
Transmutate[]
- Transmutate - Attempted to stop Silverbolt and Rampage from fighting, jumped between their attacks and was destroyed by them.
- Total - 1
The Agenda[]
- Ravage - Blown up when Rattrap set off bombs in his ship.
- Total - 1
Season 3[]
Optimal Situation[]
- None
Deep Metal[]
- None
Changing of Guard[]
- None
Cutting Edge[]
- Protohuman - Mauled to death by a Cyber Raptor.
- Cyber Raptor - Shot against a rock cliff by Optimus Primal and crushed by a boulder.
- Cyber Raptor - Blown up by Optimus Primal.
- Cyber Raptor - Cyber controls smashed by Blix with a stone hammer.
- Cyber Raptor - Cyber controls shot by Blackarachnia.
- Total - 5
Feral Scream[]
- None
Proving Grounds[]
- None
Go With the Flow[]
- Arachnoid - Crushed by Rattrap using his weapon.
- Arachnoid - Hit into the air by Rattrap.
- Total - 2
Crossing the Rubicon[]
- Blackarachnia - Killed when Tarantulas blasted at the Maximal Base, causing Rhinox to fail to destroy the virus in her core. Revived shortly after by the Transmetal Driver.
- Total - 1
Master Blaster[]
- None
Other Victories[]
- Arachnoid - Crushed by Tarantulas using his hands.
- Arachnoid - Torn apart by Cheetor.
- Arachnoid - Smashed against the ground by Cheetor.
- Arachnoid - Crushed by Cheetor's jaws.
- Tarantulas - Accidentally blown up with his own gun while attempting to shoot at the Vok.
- The Vok - Presumably killed when Tarantulas blew himself up.
- Butterfly - Blown up by a bomb set by Megatron, Rampage and Dinobot 2.
- Rampage/Protoform X - Stabbed in his spark by Depth Charge using a shard of raw energon, causing a huge explosion.
- Depth Charge - After stabbing Rampage, he was destroyed in the resulting explosion of Rampage's death.
- Tigerhawk - Incinerated by Megatron using a laser beam from the Nemesis.
- Inferno - Unintentionally incinerated by Megatron when he used the Nemesis's massive laser beam to fire on the village.
- Quickstrike - Unintentionally incinerated by Megatron when he used the Nemesis's massive laser beam to fire on the village.
- Dinobot 2 - After Rhinox flew his ship through the Nemesis, Dinobot 2 volunteerly went down with the ship.
- Turkey - Cooked by Protohumans.
- Total - 14
Beast Machines (1999-2000)[]
Season 1[]
The Reformatting[]
- General Ram Horn - Destroyed when Megatron unleashed a virus on Cybertron, alongside billions of other transformers.
- General Sea Clamp - Destroyed when Megatron unleashed a virus on Cybertron, alongside billions of other transformers.
- General Cicadacon - Destroyed when Megatron unleashed a virus on Cybertron, alongside billions of other transformers.
- Vehicon - Head accidentally shot off by another Vehicon
- Cycle Drone - Fell off a cliff.
- Cycle Drone - Crashed into a wall after being jumped on by Cheetor.
- Cycle Drone - Crashed into a wall after its parts were bitten by Rattrap.
- Cycle Drone - Eaten by Blackarachnia.
- Cycle Drone - Thrown off a cliff by Optimus Primal.
- Cycle Drone - Punched against a wall by Optimus Primal.
- Cycle Drone - Either punched against a wall or punched off a cliff by Optimus Primal.
- Cycle Drone - Head punched by Optimus Primal, causing it to shatter to pieces.
- Two Cycle Drones - Blown up by Optimus Primal with a beam of light.
- Two Cycle Drones - Fell to their deaths after they caused Optimus Primal to drop them.
- Total - 16
Master of The House[]
- Mole Drone - Destroyed by Optimus Primal with an energy blast.
- Two Aero Drones - Crashed after Optimus Primal used an energy blast on them.
- Aero Drone - Crashed after Optimus Primal used an energy blast on them.
- Aero Drone - Electrocuted by Blackarachnia.
- Two Aero Drones - Slashed multiple times and hit against walls by Cheetor.
- Aero Drone - Slashed multiple times in the back by Cheetor.
- Vehicon - Accidentally blown up by another vehicon.
- Six Biker Drones - Charged through by Optimus Primal.
- Vehicon - Kicked off a building by Blackarachnia.
- Eight Vehicons - Accidentally deactivated by Megatron via detaching his wires.
- 12 Biker Drones - Electrocuted by Blackarachnia.
- Seven Biker Drones - Crashed into a doorway.
- Total - 43
Fires of The Past[]
- Six Tank Drones - Blown up by Optimus Primal.
- Two Vehicons - Hit by Cheetor using his weapon.
- Vehicon - Accidentally shot by another vehicon.
- At Least 42 Vehicons - Crushed by a statue they shot down.
- Total - 51
Mercenary Pursuits[]
- None
Forbidden Fruit[]
- Three Aero Drones - Blown up by Optimus Primal.
- Three Aero Drones - Shot to death by an Aero Drone.
- Three Aero Drones - Blown up by Nightscream.
- Total - 9
The Weak Component[]
- Two Aero Drones - Struck with Nightscream's powered scream.
- Two Aero Drones - Exploded after Nightscream caused them to collide with each other.
- Three Biker Drones - Blown up after Cheetor deflected their own blasts back at them.
- Nine Biker Drones - Deactivated by Nightscream.
- Five Vehicons - Blown up after Cheetor deflected their blasts back at them.
- Tank Drone - Crushed by a camera.
- Biker Drone - Deactivated by a power outage. Revived when reactivated.
- Aero Drone - Deactivated by a power outage. Revived when reactivated.
- Four Vehicons - Deactivated by a power outage. Revived when reactivated.
- Total - 28
Revelations[]
- Two Biker Drones - Killed in acid flood caused by Optimus Primal.
- Two Aero Drones - Crashed into a wall and exploded.
- Four Aero Drones - Collided in a crash caused by Rattrap.
- Two Aero Drones - Blasts deflected back at them by Cheetor.
- Three Aero Drones - Killed in an explosion caused by Blackarachnia.
- Aero Drone - Crashed by Blackarachnia.
- Four Tank Drones - Accidentally shot by Tankor.
- Blackarachnia - Spark removed by Jetstorm. Revived by Nightscream.
- Total - 19
Survivor[]
- None
The Key[]
- Four Biker Drones - Killed in an explosion after crashing into each other.
- Three Mole Drones - Fell to their deaths after Megatron turned the ship they were in upside down.
- Total - 7
The Catalyst[]
- None
End of The Line[]
- Tank Drone - Killed by an organic plant trap thrown by Rattrap.
- Tank Drone - Crashed with another Tank Drone after Rattrap put a plant trap on it.
- Two Tank Drones - Killed by an organic plant trap thrown by Rattrap.
- Mole Drone - Destroyed by Optimus Primal with the Plasma Energy Chamber.
- The Diagonostic Drone - Face smashed by Megatron.
- Total - 6
Season 2[]
Fallout[]
- Rhinox/Tankor - When Optimus Primal opened the Plasma Energy Chamber and Megatron fired the Key Weapon, the resulting energy from both caused an enormous maelstrom that swept across the planet which incinerated Rhinox.
- At Least 30 Tank Drones - Deactivated by Optimus Primal. Revived by Megatron.
- At Least 36 Aero Drones - Deactivated by Optimus Primal. Revived by Megatron.
- At Least 12 Biker Drones - Deactivated by Optimus Primal. Revived by Megatron.
- Total - 79
Savage Noble[]
- None
Prometheus Unbound[]
- Two Sentient Spark Extractors - Shot by Optimus Primal.
- Sentient Spark Extractor - Cut in half by Cheetor.
- Two Sentient Spark Extractors - Electrocuted by Blackarachnia.
- Sentient Spark Extractor - Killed by Nightscream.
- Sentient Spark Extractor - Blown up by Nightscream.
- Sentient Spark Extractor - Bitten Savage/Noble under Megatron's control.
- Sentient Spark Extractor - Sliced by Cheetor.
- Two Sentient Spark Extractors - Electrocuted by Blackarachnia.
- Two Sentient Spark Extractors - Bitten Savage/Noble under Megatron's control.
- Two Aero Drones - Shot by Optimus Primal.
- Total - 15
In Darkest Knight[]
- Two Aero Drones - Killed by Cheetor.
- Three Biker Drones - Fell off an edge.
- Jetstorm - Shell Program deleted by Blackarachnia.
- Total - 6
A Wolf in The Fold[]
- Two Biker Drones - Chopped to pieces by Cheetor.
- Four Biker Drones - Electrocuted by Blackarachnia.
- Three Biker Drones - Blown up by Nightscream.
- Total - 9
Home Soil[]
- Two Biker Drones - Shot each other after Cheetor moved their blasters.
- Two Biker Drones - Blown up by Optimus Primal.
- Two Biker Drones - Killed by Silverbolt.
- Biker Drone - Blown up by Nightscream.
- Biker Drone - Electrocuted by Blackarachnia.
- Biker Drone - Killed by Rattrap.
- Six Aero Drones - Crashed into each other.
- Two Tank Drones - Deactivated by Optimus Primal.
- Tank Drone - Exploded after being thrown by Optimus Primal.
- Tank Drone - Slashed by Cheetor.
- Tank Drone - Bitten by Nightscream.
- Tank Drone - Killed in a blast deflected back at it by Cheetor.
- Two Biker Drones - Torn apart by Rattrap using a mole drone.
- Mole Drone - Blown up by Thrust.
- 14 Tank Drones - Destroyed by Botancia.
- Total - 38
Sparkwar[]
- Copter Drone - Shot to death by another Copter drone, under Botancia's control.
- Two Artillery Drones - Blown up by another artillery drone, under Botancia's control.
- Seven Artillery Drones - Shot eachother while under Botancia's control.
- Two Artillery Drones - Electrocuted by Botancia.
- Two Copter Drones - Shot by Silverbolt.
- Copter Drone - Blown up by Silverbolt.
- Four Copter Drones - Blown up by Cheetor.
- Four Biker Drones - Thrown into the air by Savage.
- Two Copter Drones - Hit by Cheetor's weapon after he threw it.
- Artillery Drone - Blown to pieces by Blackarachnia.
- Two Artillery Drones - Killed by Nightscream's scream.
- Artillery Drone - Killed by Cheetor using his weapon.
- Artillery Drone - Stabbed by Cheetor.
- Copter Drone - Shot to death by other copter drones believing it was a Maximal.
- 15 Copter Drones - Shot each other off-screen, bodies seen.
- Noble/Savage - Blasted by Megatron with a ball of energy.
- Total - 47
Spark of Darkness[]
- None
Endgame[]
- Three Prospectic Drones - Shot to death by Obsidian, for having a Maximal signature.
- Three Copter Drones - Shot to death by Obsidian, mistaking them for Maximals.
- Five Biker Drones - Shot by Thrust off-screen, mistaking them for Maximals, bodies seen.
- Seven Copter Drones - Crashed into the Grand Mals shield.
- Two Biker Drones - Shot to death by Strika, mistaking them for Maximals.
- Aero Drone - Blown up by Optimus Primal.
- Mole Drone - Deactivated by Nightscream.
- Mole Drone - Torn apart by Rattrap using another Mole Drone.
- Tank Drone - Blown up by Optimus Primal.
- Two Tank Drones - Killed by Optimus Primal using his powers.
- Tank Drone - Rammed into by Cheetor.
- Two Artillery Drones - Rammed into by Cheetor.
- Two Tank Drones - Rammed into by Cheetor.
- Artillery Drone - Rammed into by Cheetor.
- Four Aero Drones - Flown into by Blackarachnia.
- Five Copter Drones - Killed by Silverbolt using powers given to him by The Oracle.
- Two Mole Drones - Blown up by Nightscream.
- Obsidian - Blasted into space alongside Strika when Cheetor activated the anti gravity generator in the Grand Mals energy room.
- Strika - Blasted into space alongside Obsidian when Cheetor activated the anti gravity generator in the Grand Mals energy room.
- Waspinator/Thrust - Spark removed from his body by Cheetor. Revived after Megatron's death.
- Blackarachnia - Spark removed from her body by Megatron's drones. Revived after Megatron's death.
- Cheetor - Spark removed from his body by Megatron's drones. Revived after Megatron's death.
- Rattrap - Spark removed from his body by Megatron's drones. Revived after Megatron's death.
- Silverbolt - Spark removed from his body by Megatron's drones. Revived after Megatron's death.
- Nightscream - Spark removed from his body by Megatron's drones off-screen, body seen. Revived after Megatron's death.
- Botancia - Spark removed from her body by Megatron's drones. Revived after Megatron's death.
- Megatron - Incinerated when Optimus Primal pushed him into the planets core.
- Optimus Primal - Sacrificed himself to revive Cybertron by pushing Megatron into the planets core, incinerating them both.
- Total - 54
Kill Counts[]
- Optimus Primal - 125 (Deceased)
- Cheetor - 42
- Blackarachnia - 37
- Nightscream - 29
- Botancia - 26
- Megatron - 25 (Deceased)
- Rattrap - 15
- Silverbolt - 12
- Savage/Noble - 7 (Deceased)
- Thrust - 6
- Tarantulas - 6 (Deceased)
- Rhinox/Tankor - 6 (Deceased)
- Obsidian - 6 (Deceased)
- Rampage/Protoform X - 3 (Deceased)
- Blix - 2
- Strika - 2 (Deceased)
- Terrorsaur - 1 (Deceased)
- Scorponok - 1 (Deceased)
- Dinobot - 1 (Deceased)
- Tigatron - 1 (Deceased)
- Quickstrike - 1 (Deceased)
- Dinobot 2 - 1 (Deceased)
- Depth Charge - 1 (Deceased)
- Jetstorm - 1 (Deceased)