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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 ...

Including:

• 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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The S-13 is based upon the Naval Brigade of the Jewish pre-military Haganah. Only in the 1970's it was professionalized as a naval SF unit and elite CT force. During the following decades the S-13 based its reputation as the second best elite SF in the IDF. The S-13 took part in Operation Spring of Youth of 1973 in which Israeli special forces raided Beirut secretly overnight and killed some of the members of Black September, which had carried out the Munich Massacre of Israeli athletes in the Munich 1972 Summer Olympics. Beside its great successes, t ...

See also:

Shayetet 13, Shayetet 13 - History, Shayetet 13 - Training, Shayetet 13 - List of famous S-13 operations, Shayetet 13 - Current Status

Read more here: » Shayetet 13: Encyclopedia II - Shayetet 13 - History

Professor Moriarty first appeared in Arthur Conan Doyle's tale The Final Problem, in which Holmes, on the verge of delivering a fatal blow to Moriarty's criminal organisation, is forced to flee to the Continent to escape Moriarty's retribution. Moriarty follows, and the two apparently fall to their deaths whilst locked in mortal combat atop the Reichenbach Falls. Moriarty plays a role in only one other of Conan Doyle's Holmes stories: The Valley of Fear, which was set before The Final Problem, but published afterw ...

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Professor Moriarty, Professor Moriarty - Appearance in Doyle's Fiction, Professor Moriarty - Simon Newcomb and other real world role models, Professor Moriarty - Moriarty's family, Professor Moriarty - Moriarty in pop culture

Read more here: » Professor Moriarty: Encyclopedia II - Professor Moriarty - Appearance in Doyle's Fiction

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

Read more here: » Beast Wars: Encyclopedia II - Beast Wars - Characters

As a member of a noble family and head of the covert ops, Yoruichi acquired a lot of powerful abilities and artifacts. One of her most important and unique abilities is that she can transform into a black cat at will. It is unknown if this ability possesses any time limit, but it is unlikely considering she used it for so long that she has become unused to and dislikes wearing clothing (much to Ichigo's chagrin). As a cat, Yoruichi is still able to use many of her abilities. Her transformation allows her a complete disguise in multiple ways; in addition to not appearing in a human form, her voice as ...

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Yoruichi Shihouin, Yoruichi Shihouin - Character outline, Yoruichi Shihouin - History, Yoruichi Shihouin - Abilities and items, Yoruichi Shihouin - Notable battles, Yoruichi Shihouin - Zanpakutō, Yoruichi Shihouin - Notes, Yoruichi Shihouin - Trivia

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Yoruichi Shihōin is a dark-skinned woman who possesses the ability to transform into a black cat. She can remain in her feline form for a long period of time. She is intelligent and witty, and knows a lot about Soul Society, as she was previously the leader of the Covert Ops corps. Yoruichi doesn't tend to help directly in battles and prefers to help after a fight is over, but will step in if she thinks her side can't win. Since she is familiar with many of the shinigami due to her history, she c ...

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Yoruichi Shihouin, Yoruichi Shihouin - Character outline, Yoruichi Shihouin - History, Yoruichi Shihouin - Abilities and items, Yoruichi Shihouin - Notable battles, Yoruichi Shihouin - Zanpakutō, Yoruichi Shihouin - Notes, Yoruichi Shihouin - Trivia

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Yoruichi Shihōin is the former head of the covert ops brigade. She is also from one of the Four Noble Families and thus was highly respected in Soul Society while she was there. She was the first woman to ever lead the noble Shihōin family. About 200 years prior to the Bleach storyline, she helped Kisuke Urahara in his escape from Soul Society and was thus relieved of her high status. Her relation to Urahara is unknown, but it is clear that they are ...

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Yoruichi Shihouin, Yoruichi Shihouin - Character outline, Yoruichi Shihouin - History, Yoruichi Shihouin - Abilities and items, Yoruichi Shihouin - Notable battles, Yoruichi Shihouin - Zanpakutō, Yoruichi Shihouin - Notes, Yoruichi Shihouin - Trivia

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The stories give a number of indications about the Professor's family, some seemingly contradictory. In The Valley of Fear, Holmes says of him: "He is unmarried. His younger brother is a station master in the west of England." In The Final Problem, Watson refers to "the recent letters in which Colonel James Moriarty defends the memory of his brother." In neither story are we told the Professor's own first name; it is only in The Empty H ...

See also:

Professor Moriarty, Professor Moriarty - Appearance in Doyle's Fiction, Professor Moriarty - Simon Newcomb and other real world role models, Professor Moriarty - Moriarty's family, Professor Moriarty - Moriarty in pop culture

Read more here: » Professor Moriarty: Encyclopedia II - Professor Moriarty - Moriarty's family

During the al-Aqsa Intifada, the S-13 soldiers decided not to limit themselves to naval operations and took part in ground counter terror operations deep within the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The S-13 has performed hundreds of operations, including the arrest and/or killing of many militants of the Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, considered worldwide as terrorists due to their involvement in suicide bombings. S-13 still performs naval operations. It earned high acclaim due to the capture of three Palestinian ...

See also:

Shayetet 13, Shayetet 13 - History, Shayetet 13 - Training, Shayetet 13 - List of famous S-13 operations, Shayetet 13 - Current Status

Read more here: » Shayetet 13: Encyclopedia II - Shayetet 13 - Current Status

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 ...

See also:

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

Read more here: » Beast Wars: Encyclopedia II - Beast Wars - Further adventures

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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The two-part pilot episode, entitled "Beast Wars", chronicles the arrival of both the Maximals and Predacons on a mysterious, uncharted planet. The Predacons have stolen a golden disc which was the most valued relic of the planet Cybertron (the home of the Transformers) and supposedly held the location of a rich Energon source, which could make the Predacons invincible. The Predacons flee into outer space with it in their spacecraft, seeking Earth. (Their exact reasons for seeking Earth are explained later.) They are pursued by a Maximal exp ...

See also:

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

Read more here: » Beast Wars: Encyclopedia II - Beast Wars - Pilot episode

In addition to the master criminal Adam Worth, there has been much speculation among astronomers and Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts that Doyle based his fictional character Moriarty on the American astronomer Simon Newcomb. Newcomb was certainly a multi-talented genius, with a special mastery of mathematics, and he had become internationally famous in the years before Doyle began writing his stories. More pointedly, Newcomb had earned a reputation for spite and m ...

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Professor Moriarty, Professor Moriarty - Appearance in Doyle's Fiction, Professor Moriarty - Simon Newcomb and other real world role models, Professor Moriarty - Moriarty's family, Professor Moriarty - Moriarty in pop culture

Read more here: » Professor Moriarty: Encyclopedia II - Professor Moriarty - Simon Newcomb and other real world role models