Beast Wars: Transformers Coming of the Fuzors: Part 1 (1996–1999) Online

Beast Wars: Transformers Coming of the Fuzors: Part 1 (1996–1999) Online

Two stasis pods give birth to a new breed of Transformer: the Fuzors, robots with two animals mixed together in their beast form. Megatron has recruited both for the Predacon cause.

This is the only episode that Optimus Primal doesn't appear in.

This episode, as well as its second part, are clear homages to the Spaghetti Western movies. The final confrontation between the Maximals and Predacons is accompanied by a very western-sounding music track, and you can even see a tumbleweed rolling across the area.

There is evidence that another Maximal protoform has landed on Earth, besides Quickstrike and Silverbolt. Of this Maximal, only its stasis pod ans its scattered remains are seen, though. It is left unclear whether the hand we saw at the end of the last episode belonged to this robot or the others.

The blank protoform was referred to as a "Roc-shaan" in the original script; a reference to Raksha, a controversial female Transformers fan who loathed the cartoon. The term didn't make it into the finished episode, probably due to its offensive nature.

Scott McNeil auditioned for both Silverbolt and Quickstrike during season 2 and was certain he would be cast as Quickstrike but was surprised instead that he was cast as Silverbolt, whom he said was the most difficult character for him to portray in part because, ironically, he was asked to use his regular speaking voice for the role.