Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers



The series has a much lighter tone and is aimed more towards children, than the more accessible Beast Wars which was enjoyed by a much wider age range. The series also uses conventional animation rather than CGI.

Characters

Maximals Lio Convoy Scuba Tasmanian Kid Diver Bighorn Apache Lio Junior: Leader of the Magna Boss sqaud. Skywarp Santon

Insecticons Formerly mercenaries, the Insectrons ended up on the Antarctica region of Gaia where they live peacefully. Starscream tricked them into fighting the Maximals until they the ruse was ruined by Galvatron's fits. They later allied themselves with the Maximals. They had encountered their sworn rivals the AutoRollers. The toys for the Insectrons was recolors of several Beast Wars Predacons with insect forms, but they don't seem to be the same characters at all.

Bigmos (same mold as Transquito in US): The team leader. He was saved by Autostinger in his mercenary days. Beast mode is a mosquito, with a 'antion' mode. Powerhug (same mold as Retrax in US): Judo master who sets store by etiquette. Beast mode is a pillbug. Tonbotto (same mold as Jetstorm in US): A affectioned scout, the fastest flyer in his group. Beast mode is a dragonfly. Mantis (Transformers) (same mold as Manterror in US): A lone samurai who doesn't hesitate to attack anybody who gets in his space. Beast mode is a preying mantis. Drillnuts (same mold as Drillbit in US): The team inventor, his beast mode is a wevil. Scissorboy (same mold as Powerpinch in US): The shatty and shrewd safecracker who becomes good friends with Tasmania Kid. Beast mode is an earwig.

Jointron Brothers A trio of brothers from Planet Trias, able to Combine to form Tripledacus. The Jointron Brothers are hispanic in personality then to dress up as a Mexican mariachi band.

DJ: Motorarm Gimlet

Predacons Galvatron Megastorm/Gigastorm Starscream/Hellscream BB/Max-B Dirge/Dirgegun Thrust/Thrustol Auto Rollers Despite many of the Predacons having a vehicle alternate mode instead of a beast mode, they were still considered Predacons, as the faction name does not imply a beast mode. Also, there should be noted that, though several Predacons (besides Megastorm and BB) have classic Decepticon names, they are not the same characters.

Seacon Space Pirates Halfshell Scylle Colagon SeaPhantom TerrorMantar

Episodes "The New Forces Arrive!" "Run, White Lion, run!" "Bighorn's Rage" "The Lake Trap" "Galvatron Revived" "Mystery of the Ancient Ruins" "The Insectrons Arrive" "Friend or Foe? Insect robo" "The Strongest Tag Team?" "Galvatron Runs Wild" "Danger! Scissor Boy." "Autorollers, roll out!" "Destron general offense!" "Combined giant Tripledacus" "The Cheerful Jointrons" "A terrible combination plan?" "Who is the leader?" "Black Lioconvoy" "Space pirate Seacons!" "Who is the strongest warrior?" "Scuba is saved" "Megastorm's reckoning" "Showdown in the Sea" "To Face the Setting Sun" "The Last Battle" "Enter, Liojunior!" "Megastorm reborn" "New weapon: the Tako Tank" "Dark Planet Nemesis" "Gigastorm's Treachery" "The End of Starscream" "Lioconvoy Assasination Plan" "The Great Angolmois Freezing Operation" "Knock out Nemesis!" "Liojunior's revolt?" "Emissary of the Fourth Planet" "Crisis of Planet Gaea" "Fly out! Planet Gaea" "Assemble, 39th Warrior" "Revenge of the Space Pirates" "Breaking into Nemesis" "Legend! The Green Warrior" "Farewell!, Lioconvoy"

Toyline The series was primarily repaints of non-show Beast Wars figures and repaints of G2 figures (including two unreleased AutoRoller figures and the black Dreadwing/Smokecreen repaint, planned for the cancelled 1996 assortment of figures)

It did feature new molds for LioConvoy and Galvatron, as well as the TakuTank. G1 Trypticon, and Beast Wars Dinobot, Cybershark, Wolfgang, and Waspinator were remolded as "upgraded" versions of Megastorm, Starscream, BB, Dirge and Thrust. The remolded Cybershark saw release as Overbite in the US as a Target exclusive