1997

The year 1997 (MCMXCVII) is the fourteenth year of the Transformers brand.

For further information, see: Transformers timeline

Events

Non-Fiction

• Scotti Bros. Records is sold to Pearson PLC, ending its existence as a company.
• Simon Spotlight is launched.
• August 29 — Netflix is founded.

Beast Wars production

Season 2

• June 9 - First Draft of Aftermath
• June 10 - First Draft of Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)
• June 19 - Second Draft of Aftermath
• June 24 - Finalized Script of Aftermath
• June 24 - Second Draft of Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)
• June 26 - Finalized Script of Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)
• July 1 - First Draft of Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)
• July 10 - Second Draft of Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)
• July 28 - First Draft of Tangled Web
• July 30 - Revised Script of Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)
• August 1 - Second Draft of Tangled Web
• August 5 - Finalized Script of Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2) and Tangled Web
• August 17 - First Draft of Bad Spark
• August 26 - Second Draft of Other Visits (Part 1)
• August 27 - First Draft of Other Visits (Part 2)
• August 27 - Second Draft of Bad Spark
• September 12 - First Draft of Transmutate
• September 15 - First Draft of Code of Hero
• September 22 - Second Draft of Code of Hero
• October 6 - First Draft of The Agenda (Part 1)
• October 10 - First Draft of The Agenda (Part 2)
• October 22 - Second Draft of The Agenda (Part 1), and The Agenda (Part 2)
• October 24 - Finalized Script of The Agenda (Part 1), The Agenda (Part 2) and The Agenda (Part III)

Births

• ???? — Mikołaj Śliwa
• April 2 — Hinako Sakurai
• April 22 — Taichi Takeda
• April 24 — Samina König
• May 1 — Jake Foushee, JW Stafford
• May 15 — Emanuela Ionica
• June 2 — Nycolle González
• June 26 — Azucena Estrada
• June 28 — Yuri Nakae
• July 2 — Mei Shyoji
• July 10 — Suzuka Kimura
• July 30 — Umi Miyao
• September 12 — Shunsuke Takeuchi
• September 19 — Vyni Takahashi
• December 15 — Ayano Konishi

Deaths

• January 10 — Ronaldo Magalhães
• March 9 — The Notorious B.I.G.
• March 14 — André Filho
• May 18 — Phyllis Craig
• August 28 — Werner Abrolat
• September 19 — Enrico Carabelli
• October 24 — Don Messick

Conventions

• BotCon 1997: July 18–20
• BotCon Japan 1997: June 8

• Transcon II: July 1997

Media

Television

• Beast Wars Season 1 episodes 18–26
• Beast Wars Season 2 episodes 1–5
• Super Lifeform Transformers Beast Wars

Music

Albums

• 'Til All Are One: Featuring Stan Bush and Vince DiCola

Singles

• "WAR WAR! STOP IT"/"CAN WE PLAY OFF"
• "WAR WAR! STOP IT"/"FOR THE DREAM"

Print

Comics

3H Enterprises

• Tales from the Beast Wars: Transformers: Critical Mass #1 (one-shot)

Books

Pancake Press (AUS)

• Beast Wars Pt.1: Trace & Colour
• Beast Wars Pt.2: Colouring Book
• Beast Wars Pt.3: Paint with Water
• Beast Wars Pt.4: Sticker Fun

Games

Console

• Beast Wars: Transformers (PSX)

Collections

Home Video

Malofilm (CAN)

VHS

• The Transformers — War of the Dinobots

Pioneer (Japan)

VHS

• Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers — Enter the Super Lifeform Transformers
• Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers — Cheetus' Crisis

Merchandise

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Toys

Hasbro

Beast Wars

Maximals

Predacons

MicroVerse playsets

• Arachnid
• Orcanoch

Machine Wars

BotCon 1997 Exclusives

• Fractyl
• Packrat

Takara

Beast Wars