Monday, February 9, 2026

Transformers Rewatch Beast Machines Season 1D

Survivor
Megatron is mad about having his Beast Mode because it is “organic.” 
It is a Shiny (which means Trans Metal) Dragon, I don’t think you can be less organic than that, can you?To fix it, Megatron and his pals want to capture Teen-Bat and reverse how he scanned a Beast Mode form… What?
That pause the large general had was a smidge of Tankor rebellion there as Megatron's orders were given, methinks.
I’m sorry, I know all the redesigns are elongated, but Blackarachnia’s legs are just stupid, she looks like a Daddy Long Legs.
Optimus needs the secrets of where Teen-Bat got his organic scan and literally says, “Open your Spark to me.” Is he Maximal Madonna?
Rattrap is surprised all Transformers have a built in DNA scanner for finding Beast Mode. Dude, you had one that was used a short time ago. Granted, it has been a while since we had (the usually fairly frequent occurrence of) Cybertronians who are surprised by their own technology.
Primal is now an extremist organic evangelist. Never meet your heroes, I guess.
There are only a dozen episodes a season, I know the Ninties’ kids were traumatized, but did they really need to be shown a flashback of stuff that happened less than two months ago in original broadcast time?
Optimus Primal’s big solution is to replant the tree that made them all go crazy. Morons! Morons everywhere!
More techno beat music chases. Woo.
Fight time, so EVERYONE has to say, “I am transformed!” Please, shut up.
Blackarachnia is having yet another moment with motorcycle general Thrust who has grown again.
Tankor took out everyone by himself. He is HUGE. I legit think he’s Generation One Transformer size.
The regeneration chamber is having no effect on Teen-Bat so the Vehicons who captured him have let him out. Morons. Luckily for them, he’s a bigger moron and got knocked right back in. He has organic things inside his beast mode that heal him. Yes, we learned that in the first episodes of the last show.
Then they get too close to him again and Boom! All Morons!
Wait, Vehicons stay in robot mode to heal? That’s the opposite of what they just reminded us about.
Tankor has unleashed all of Rhinox’s intelligence and embraced his bad guy role. He’s decided to take over because the worst part of Megatron’s plan is… Megatron. While Megatron is consistently not a moron, Tankor is not wrong.
Cybertron has a dirt center? What?
Blackarachnia swoons over Thrust again and the Maximals end up under a rock… again. She’s really taken on the “sad puppy” personality from Silverbolt.
Down in the dirt depths of Cybertron the bat fossil Teen-Bat scanned has been found, plus dinosaurs and other stuff? 
Um, isn’t Cybertron Primus, the good, planet sized, Transformer like Unicron? What part of him is dirt and rocks? Did he have a drinking problem and it’s his liver?
Optimus, this may not be the great place to replant the tree that made you all crazy you think it is… for many reasons.
Optimus and Teen-Bat are sharing massive guilt trips about being selfish. Have a fun afternoon Nineties’ kids.
I figured out why this show looks so weird compared to Beast Wars. The animation is actually better, but the designs are far worse.  
Megatron says now he wants to keep his Beast Mode. Oooh, but that is a lie. I think he’s still a few steps ahead of all of them.
Meanwhile, Tankor is screwing over everyone and found the Oracle. GET ‘EM!
 
 
The Key
Tankor learns that the Oracle is Vector Sigma! And also learns of the Key. I saw both of those destroyed so gimme some LORE here.  
The passive aggressive, smart ass little drone that Tankor stole and is using as a double agent with Megatron is my favorite character now. Yes, no one is surprised.
Oh, the Key to Vector Sigma has been transmogrified into code... meaning they could have made one a heck of a lot sooner and easier. And it still doesn’t explain how Vector Sigma still works. Someone sacrificed the annoying Aerialbots to bring it back, didn’t they?
Cheetor calls Optimus’s idea to replant the trees a Terrible Waste of Time. Thank you for being the only sensible one!
This whole stupid, Optimus and Cheetor aren’t speaking to each other so they talk through a third party thing needs to go now, though.
They drilled into the dirt part of Cybertron and found green slime that grew a forest. I have SO MANY questions.
“I am Transformed” and they strike a pose. Plbbbth.
“I thought the Key was an old Autobot legend.” People on your planet live millions of years, they used it a couple hundred ago, you moron.
In any case, the Key still works and now the trees are all techno… and so is Teen-Bat. This means he’s-
A) Blue 
and 
B) Shiny 
and 
C) Yelling like a nut.
“Organics do not belong on this planet.” Thank you Tankor. Can we have our Autobots and Decepticons back, please.
Wait... Tankor was going for victory, but he shorted out. For… reasons.
Oh no. His friends are freaking out because Teen-Bat is “Pure Techno Matter.”  He’s a robot you morons.
But Blackaracnhia threw him in the slime and it un-blued him…briefly. Oh well.
They need more of Cybertron’s magic organic slime to fix him permanently. Marv Wolfman, I expected so much better from you.
ANOTHER techno pop chase. You guys needed to work on lengthening those scripts.
Megatron just beamed a light pulse across Cybertron to make New Cybertopolis. And something happened. Maybe. I think.   
Oh look, it is the Labyrinth Cleaner things again. What are those?
They teamed Blackarachnia with the kid once more. I’m sure it will be… and she’s infected too.
The Cleaner Things are “Moles,” which don’t rate a general, I guess.
Rattrap just plugged his tail into a Mole and took it over. Nothing weird about that. No, sir.
Ah. Megatron…still not a moron, faked losing control of the Mole to use it as an actual “mole” and find the Maximal base.
However, jumping on the Mole still allows control of it, “for... reasons.” And it was used to dig up an OCEAN of magic organic slime to save everyone. Whatever.
Cheetor really is all growed up now as he continually points out Optimus Primal has become an extra moron.
Tankor faked his death to continue his machinations. Go get ‘em! Purge Lycanthropy from Cybertron!

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