[2] Unlike its contemporaries, such as Power Rangers, the show had a greater emphasis on sitcom elements, rather than a villain of the week.

Set in the fictional town of Charterville, three "typical average kids" — Andrew "Drew" McCormick (Wesley Barker), his younger sister Josephine "Jo" McCormick (Shannon Chandler, later Brittany Konarzewski), and their best friend Roland Williams (Herbie Baez) — enter the supposedly haunted Hillhurst Mansion after accepting a dare from rich snobs Van and Trip.

In the midst of a chase, the kids accidentally bump a pipe organ, releasing a phasm named Flabber (Billy Forester).

In the penultimate episode of the first season, the Magnavores steal a picture of a new villain named Nukus from Art Fortunes' office.

Nukus assists them by planning devastating attacks on the city and creating Borgslayer, a hybrid of all the Magnavore monsters.

In response to the rise of the Crustaceans, Art creates new powers, armor, vehicles, and weapons, which Flabber then brings to life again for the kids, who rechristen themselves as Beetleborgs Metallix, hence the title.

After many battles, the Beetleborgs finally get their hands on the Astral Sword and all eight coins, using it to summon Roboborg, who, soon after, demonstrates his powers by sending the Mantrons back to the Lost Comic.

To fight Roboborg, the Crustaceans eventually created their own giant robot named Boron, while Nukus and Vilor gain upgraded Mega forms.

The series concluded with the Beetleborgs gaining the enemy Boron as an ally, stripping Nukus of his greatest weapon during the fight against Repgillian.

Les Fortunes makes the decision to return willingly to Charterville Prison, disabling Nukus' ability to create new monsters out of illustrations.

More violent scenes from B-Fighter were either covered up with large, Batman-esque sound effects or were cut out through comic-book-panel transitions.

At that time Saban owned airing rights to Spider-Man: The Animated Series, The Tick and Samurai Pizza Cats.

The background score, composed by Inon Zur, had several cues which were also used on Saban's concurrent Power Rangers Turbo.

In Australia, Big Bad Beetleborgs began airing on Network Ten's Cheez TV morning block during February 1998.

On May 7, 2010, as part of the sale of the Power Rangers franchise, the copyright for Beetleborgs was transferred from BVS Entertainment to Saban Capital Group.

Factory began putting the series out on DVD with the October 16, 2012 release of Beetleborgs: Season 1, Part 1.