This episode was the victim of an April Fools joke gone horribly wrong. Before it aired, a fake script got leaked to the Internet, which shared basic plot elements with the finished script, but also contained parts that were so vulgar in nature that they shocked the fans to the core. One of these infamous bits is a disturbing sex-scene between the characters Rattrap and Transmutate, with Cheetor trying to join in. Thankfully, when the episode finally aired, it was revealed to be a hoax. It is still unclear to this day how that gag script got leaked to the net.
Although originally, there weren't any toys of Transmutate, when Hasbro reissued the original Beast Wars toys on the show's 10th anniversary, some of them contained various Transmutate pieces which could be assembled to form a complete figure.
Rattrap speaks of his "great-aunt Arcee." This refers to the Autobot Arcee, who first appeared in The Transformers: The Movie (1986) and who was voiced by Susan Blu, who voices Transmutate.
In Japan, this episode was called "Kani Jai!" or "I'm a Crab!" This strange title refers to Rampage, who is in the focus of this episode.