Beast Wars - Maximals. They were based in the spaceship Axalon. Optimus Primal: Supreme Commander of the Maximals whose beast-form is a silver-back gorilla, without a silver back. Also, the face is more cartoonish, and less oblong. Optimus is a sensitive leader with much concern for his friends and comrades. In addition, he is also imperfect (sometimes making flawed judgements, a trait that sets him apart from other Autobot leaders) and prone to losing his temper under pressure. He uses ...

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Beast Wars, Beast Wars - Pilot episode, Beast Wars - Further adventures, Beast Wars - Characters, Beast Wars - Maximals, Beast Wars - Predacons, Beast Wars - Non-Aligned Characters, Beast Wars - Generation 1 characters included, Beast Wars - Sequel, Beast Wars - DVD Release, Beast Wars - Botcon Comic, Beast Wars - Japanese treatment, Beast Wars - Comic books, Beast Wars - Cast Canada, Beast Wars - Cast Japan, Beast Wars - Trivia

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Beast Wars, Beast Wars - Pilot episode, Beast Wars - Further adventures, Beast Wars - Characters, Beast Wars - Maximals, Beast Wars - Predacons, Beast Wars - Non-Aligned Characters, Beast Wars - Generation 1 characters included, Beast Wars - Sequel, Beast Wars - DVD Release, Beast Wars - Botcon Comic, Beast Wars - Japanese treatment, Beast Wars - Comic books, Beast Wars - Cast Canada, Beast Wars - Cast Japan, Beast Wars - Trivia

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In the BotCon comics, two particular Beast Wars storylines are tapped. In the Point Omega storyline, several events lead up to a tremendous battle against Shokaract, a Predacon fueled by the Dark Essence of Unicron himself. This also serves as an introduction for Apelinq, and the only appearances of Windrazor, Sandstorm, Antagony, and Cataclysm. In the Primeval Dawn story, Tarantulas comes back from the dead alongside Ravage, Spittor and Razorclaw to complete the mission he set out to do, while the Vok create Primal Prime to stand in his way; Primal Prime teams up with Airazor and Tigatron ...

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Beast Wars, Beast Wars - Pilot episode, Beast Wars - Further adventures, Beast Wars - Characters, Beast Wars - Maximals, Beast Wars - Predacons, Beast Wars - Non-Aligned Characters, Beast Wars - Generation 1 characters included, Beast Wars - Sequel, Beast Wars - DVD Release, Beast Wars - Botcon Comic, Beast Wars - Japanese treatment, Beast Wars - Comic books, Beast Wars - Cast Canada, Beast Wars - Cast Japan, Beast Wars - Trivia

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Beast Wars (Beasties in Canada) was a line of toys in the Transformers range, released by Hasbro in the late 1990s. The toys spawned a full-CG animated series set in the Transformers universe, produced by the Transformers Production Company. The series was made in the 1990s, and some have seen it as a sequel to the original Transformers cartoons of the 1980s, though others point to story elements originating in other versions of the Transformers story. The Dreamwave Generation 1 ongoing series seems to show evidence that ...

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Beast Wars - Pilot episode Beast Wars - Further adventures Beast Wars - Characters
Beast Wars - Maximals Beast Wars - Predacons Beast Wars - Non-Aligned Characters Beast Wars - Generation 1 characters included
Beast Wars - Sequel Beast Wars - DVD Release Beast Wars - Botcon Comic Beast Wars - Japanese treatment Beast Wars - Comic books Beast Wars - Cast Canada Beast Wars - Cast Japan Beast Wars - Trivia

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Unicron had no explained origin in the movie, but later, in the third season episode "Call of the Primitives," his history in the animated continuity was revealed - Unicron was created near the beginning of time by an ancient genius called Primacron, to destroy the universe for him to remake in his own image. But Unicron decided that he would be the one to rule the universe, not Primacron, and rebelled again ...

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Unicron, Unicron - Transformers: The Movie, Unicron - US Cartoon Generation One series, Unicron - Marvel comics, Unicron - Beast Wars Transformers, Unicron - Beast Wars Second/Neo, Unicron - Transformers Armada Energon & Cybertron, Unicron - Transformers: Universe, Unicron - Revisions and Additions - Fleer Cards Armada Comics and The Ultimate Guide, Unicron - Trivia

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Meanwhile, while working on the UK Transformers comic book, creator Simon Furman decided to cannibalise the best elements of the movie and work them into his stories, creating a future universe based on the movie's events. After stories such as "Target 2006" and "Fallen Angel", featuring Galvatron traveling into Earth's past, Furman brought Unicron back by revealing that his head had crashed onto the Planet of Junk, where he had e ...

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Unicron, Unicron - Transformers: The Movie, Unicron - US Cartoon Generation One series, Unicron - Marvel comics, Unicron - Beast Wars Transformers, Unicron - Beast Wars Second/Neo, Unicron - Transformers Armada Energon & Cybertron, Unicron - Transformers: Universe, Unicron - Revisions and Additions - Fleer Cards Armada Comics and The Ultimate Guide, Unicron - Trivia

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For many years the toyline had no Unicron toy, despite a number of prototypes. This changed in 2003 when Unicron was reintroduced in yet another alternate timeline, the Transformers Armada universe, and was finally rendered in toy form. In this universe, it is known that, disguised as Cybertron's moon, Unicron created the race of small robots known as the Mini-Cons, to increase the ferocity of the Autobot/Decepticon war, so that he might feed off the energies released, allowing him to be reborn. When the Mini-Cons found their way to Earth, a ...

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Unicron, Unicron - Transformers: The Movie, Unicron - US Cartoon Generation One series, Unicron - Marvel comics, Unicron - Beast Wars Transformers, Unicron - Beast Wars Second/Neo, Unicron - Transformers Armada Energon & Cybertron, Unicron - Transformers: Universe, Unicron - Revisions and Additions - Fleer Cards Armada Comics and The Ultimate Guide, Unicron - Trivia

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Making his entrance by dramatically consuming Lithone, a planet supporting mechanical life (similar to Cybertron), of which only a single inhabitant survives, Unicron went on to appear before the battered Megatron, demanding that he destroy the Autobot Matrix of Leadership, "...the one thing, the only thing, that can stand in my way." To allow him to perform the task, Unicron "reformatted" him and a half-dozen other severely damaged Decepticons and provided them with a starship. When Galvatron returned with the Matrix, he tried to ope ...

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Unicron, Unicron - Transformers: The Movie, Unicron - US Cartoon Generation One series, Unicron - Marvel comics, Unicron - Beast Wars Transformers, Unicron - Beast Wars Second/Neo, Unicron - Transformers Armada Energon & Cybertron, Unicron - Transformers: Universe, Unicron - Revisions and Additions - Fleer Cards Armada Comics and The Ultimate Guide, Unicron - Trivia

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When Fleer released a series of Transformers: Armada trading cards, the biography printed on Unicron's presented this incarnation of the character to be one of two heralds created by the Allspark to explore the newly-birthed universe. The other herald was Primus, and the brothers set about this task, until they came upon a region of space teeming with pure Energon. Unicron wanted this power for himself, and cut Primus down before he could report it to the Allspark, casting his brother's body into the orbit of a nearby star. ...

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Unicron, Unicron - Transformers: The Movie, Unicron - US Cartoon Generation One series, Unicron - Marvel comics, Unicron - Beast Wars Transformers, Unicron - Beast Wars Second/Neo, Unicron - Transformers Armada Energon & Cybertron, Unicron - Transformers: Universe, Unicron - Revisions and Additions - Fleer Cards Armada Comics and The Ultimate Guide, Unicron - Trivia

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The following Transformers toys came out: Transformers (1984-1990) - retroactively called Generation 1 or G1 since then. Transformers (1984-1992) - Japan and UK series ran longer than US. Transformers: Generation 2 (1992-1995) Beast Wars: Transformers (1995-1999) Machine Wars: Transformers (1997) - a limited release Kay Bee exclusive Beast Machines: Transformers (2000-2001) Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001-2002) Transformers G1 Commemorative Series ...

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Transformers toyline, Transformers toyline - Incarnations, Transformers toyline - Transformers Generation 1 1984-1992, Transformers toyline - Transformers: Generation 2 1992-1995, Transformers toyline - Beast Wars/Machines 1995-2001, Transformers toyline - Backstory, Transformers toyline - Trivia, Transformers toyline - The Transformers 2007

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The following Transformers toys came out: Transformers (1984-1990) - retroactively called Generation 1 or G1 since then. Transformers (1984-1992) - Japan and UK series ran longer than US. Transformers: Generation 2 (1992-1995) Beast Wars: Transformers (1995-1999) Machine Wars: Transformers (1997) - a limited release Kay Bee exclusive Beast Machines: Transformers (2000-2001) Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001-2002) Transformers G1 Commemorative Series ...

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Transformers toyline, Transformers toyline - Incarnations, Transformers toyline - Transformers Generation 1 1984-1992, Transformers toyline - Transformers: Generation 2 1992-1995, Transformers toyline - Beast Wars/Machines 1995-2001, Transformers toyline - Robots in Disguise 2001-2002, Transformers toyline - Backstory, Transformers toyline - Trivia, Transformers toyline - The Transformers 2007

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(Note: This only applies to original G1 cartoon continuity, and not to many of the later series.) Ravaged from the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons, Cybertron was almost completely drained of its energy resources. Neither side had enough energy reserves to continue the battle, which led to a stalemate. The Autobots, with their leader Optimus Prime, left their home planet to seek new sources of energy. The Decepticons pursue them and board the Autobot starship (called the Ark in the comic). During the ensuing fight, they cr ...

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Transformers toyline, Transformers toyline - Incarnations, Transformers toyline - Transformers Generation 1 1984-1992, Transformers toyline - Transformers: Generation 2 1992-1995, Transformers toyline - Beast Wars/Machines 1995-2001, Transformers toyline - Backstory, Transformers toyline - Trivia, Transformers toyline - The Transformers 2007

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(Note: This only applies to original G1 cartoon continuity, and not to many of the later series.) Ravaged from the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons, Cybertron was almost completely drained of its energy resources. Neither side had enough energy reserves to continue the battle, which led to a stalemate. The Autobots, with their leader Optimus Prime, left their home planet to seek new sources of energy. The Decepticons pursue them and board the Autobot starship (called the Ark in the comic). During the ensuing fight, they cr ...

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Transformers toyline, Transformers toyline - Incarnations, Transformers toyline - Transformers Generation 1 1984-1992, Transformers toyline - Transformers: Generation 2 1992-1995, Transformers toyline - Beast Wars/Machines 1995-2001, Transformers toyline - Robots in Disguise 2001-2002, Transformers toyline - Backstory, Transformers toyline - Trivia, Transformers toyline - The Transformers 2007

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Zato-1 - Background. Originally, Zato-1 was just another member of the Assassin's Guild. However, at some point, the Post-War Administration Bureau offered him a "forbidden beast" - a parasitic organism derived from Gear technology. After gaining control of the forbidden beast through a secret ritual that required Zato-1 to forsake his sight, he grew strong and became the leader of the Assassin's Guild. Because of his membership with the guild, he personally knows both of the other assassins in the Guilty Gear cast, former Assassin's Guild member Millia Rage, and Venom. Zato-1 - Guilty Ge ...

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Zato-1, Zato-1 - Gameplay, Zato-1 - Story, Zato-1 - Background, Zato-1 - Guilty Gear: The Missing Link, Zato-1 - Guilty Gear X: By Your Side, Zato-1 - Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival, Zato-1 - Music References, Zato-1 - Trivia

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He is perhaps best known for his acting in Beast Wars where he filled the roles of multiple characters and in some instances spent entire scenes literally talking to himself in real time. McNeil is one of the most popular figures among the voice acting fandom for his general friendliness, exuberance, and tendency to speak as one of his many characters at the request of his fans. He appears at many anime conventions, and occasionally gathers an entourage so large as to obscure hall traffic. When he and other convention gu ...

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Scott McNeil, Scott McNeil - Dubbed Anime, Scott McNeil - Other, Scott McNeil - Trivia

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There are some theories about Marco's transformation into a pig and back to human. One possible explanation is that he became a pig because he was disillusioned with humanity, and in fact he transforms after the air attack in which he loses his comrades. Miyazaki has pointed out several times in his works (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Howl's Moving Castle) his position about war, describing how it merely brings death and destruction, causing people to become beasts. This metaphorical analogy is present thou ...

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Porco Rosso, Porco Rosso - Plot, Porco Rosso - History and politics, Porco Rosso - Marco's Transformation, Porco Rosso - Notes, Porco Rosso - Trivia, Porco Rosso - Credits, Porco Rosso - Cast

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The original screenplay was written by Dan O'Bannon, who had collaborated with John Carpenter on the cult sci-fi film Dark Star. O'Bannon's original script was titled Star Beast, and was a revision of an idea O'Bannon had years before, about gremlins getting loose aboard a World War II bomber and wreaking havoc with the crew. O'Bannon's original script bears many resemblances to the film that was actually produced, yet with significant differences. The spaceship—designed with a low-budget production in mind—was a sma ...

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Alien film, Alien film - Plot, Alien film - Early versions, Alien film - Production, Alien film - Music, Alien film - Themes, Alien film - Influence, Alien film - Alien Special Edition a.k.a. Director's Cut 2003, Alien film - Feature films within the same storyline, Alien film - Quadrilogy plot-summary, Alien film - Spin-offs, Alien film - Trivia

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The original screenplay was written by Dan O'Bannon, who had collaborated with John Carpenter on the cult sci-fi film Dark Star. O'Bannon's original script was titled Star Beast, and was a revision of some earlier ideas of O'Bannon's, one of which was from some years before, about gremlins getting loose aboard a World War II bomber and wreaking havoc with the crew. O'Bannon's original script bears many resemblances to the film that was actually produced, yet with significant differences. The spaceship—designed with a l ...

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Alien film, Alien film - Plot, Alien film - Early versions, Alien film - Production, Alien film - Music, Alien film - Themes, Alien film - Influence, Alien film - Alien Special Edition a.k.a. Director's Cut 2003, Alien film - Feature films within the same storyline, Alien film - Quadrilogy plot-summary, Alien film - Spin-offs, Alien film - Trivia

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170,000,000 years ago, five ancient human kingdoms, with the protection of the Shōgozyu, coexisted peacefully with the dinosaurs. This ended when an evil witch named Bandora started a war. In the end, five kingdoms were ruined and the dinosaurs became extinct. The Shōgozyu sealed Bandora and her minions on the planet Nemesis before going into hibernation. In 1992, Nemesis returned to near Earth's orbit. Two Japanese astronauts exploring the planet accidentally released her and her minions from their prison. With Bandora free, her enemy, th ...

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Kyoryuu Sentai ZyuRanger, Kyoryuu Sentai ZyuRanger - Plot, Kyoryuu Sentai ZyuRanger - ZyuRangers, Kyoryuu Sentai ZyuRanger - Allies, Kyoryuu Sentai ZyuRanger - Shōgozyu Guardian Beast, Kyoryuu Sentai ZyuRanger - Others, Kyoryuu Sentai ZyuRanger - Villains, Kyoryuu Sentai ZyuRanger - Dora Monsters, Kyoryuu Sentai ZyuRanger - Episodes, Kyoryuu Sentai ZyuRanger - Trivia, Kyoryuu Sentai ZyuRanger - Cast

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Before the Maximal ship crashed on the planet's surface, it ejected dozens of stasis pods, containing dormant Transformers, into a safe orbit. When the stasis pods come down to the planet's surface, the pod's computer scans the immediate area for animals (searching for a suitable beast form). Eventually, a new Transformer emerges; upon detecting the pods' electronic signals, the Maximals and Predacons each race to rescue (or reprogram) him or her first. Thus, as the first season progresses ...

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Beast Wars, Beast Wars - Pilot episode, Beast Wars - Further adventures, Beast Wars - Characters, Beast Wars - Maximals, Beast Wars - Predacons, Beast Wars - Non-Aligned Characters, Beast Wars - Generation 1 characters included, Beast Wars - Sequel, Beast Wars - DVD Release, Beast Wars - Botcon Comic, Beast Wars - Japanese treatment, Beast Wars - Comic books, Beast Wars - Cast Canada, Beast Wars - Cast Japan, Beast Wars - Trivia

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