The Reformatting

The Reformatting

September 18, 1999 TV Episode Beast Machines

Studio
Mainframe Entertainment, BLT, Alliance Communications, YTV, Transformer Productions

Synopsis

Optimus finds himself back on a deserted Cybertron, being chased by an army of mindless tanks. Locked in his original beastmode by a virus, and suffering from amnesia, his only option is to flee. One by one he encounters his old friends, and it becomes apparent that something is leading them... somewhere...

Characters

Maximals: Optimus Primal, Cheetor, Rattrap, Dinobot, Rhinox, Tigatron, Silverbolt
Predacons: Megatron, Scorponok, Waspinator, Black Arachnia, Tarantulus, Terrorsaur

Credits

Directing

Director
William Lau

Producing

Producer
Jonathan Goodwill, Mark Ralston
Executive Producer
Christopher Brough, Ian Pearson, Stephane Reichel, Steven DeNure
Co-Producer
Kim Dent-Wilder
Associate Producer
Jennifer Twiner

Writing

Writer
Marty Isenberg, Robert N. Skir
Executive Story Editors
Bob Forward, Larry DiTillio

Voices

Voice
Gary Chalk (Optimus Primal), Ian James Corlett (Cheetor, Maximal Computer), Scott McNeil (Rattrap, Dinobot, Silverbolt, Waspinator), Richard Newman (Rhinox), Blu Mankuma (Tigatron), David Sobolov (Depth Charge), David Kaye (Megatron), Jim Byrnes (Inferno), Campbell Lane (Rampage), Colin Murdoch (Quickstrike), Venus Terzo (Black Arachnia), Alec Willows (Tarantulus), Carol Savenkoff (Predacon Computer)

Music

Music
Robert Buckley

Art Department

Production Designer
Errol Clyde Klotz

Casting

Casting
Doug Parker

Crew

Executive Consultant
Asaph Fipke
Creative Consultant
Dawn Hurley
Developer
Bob Forward, Larry DiTillio