I grew up watching G1 Transformers, and reading the comics, then Beast Wars came out while I was a young adult living in a dorm. I was introduced to it by a roommate and while I was skeptical at first, it only took one episode before I was hooked. The story lines were amazing and just got better as it went. Having a small concise group allowed the show to develop the individual characters, this series was storytelling at it's best, and how it tied into the universe just made it better. Even now almost 25 years later this is still my favorite Transformers cartoons (along with it's sequel seasons Beast Machines). I've watched this many times over, own on VHS and DVD (still!) and have introduced it to my son!
Predacons.. TERRORIZE!