Megatron (other incarnations)

As the Transformers franchise has grown, more continuities separate from the original series and its subsidiaries have come into existence, each featuring their own unique version of the Decepticon leader Megatron.

Beast Era

Megatron was the name given to the Predacon leader in Beast Wars and Beast Machines. He had three different forms within series run.

Transformers: Robots in Disguise

Template:Transformers character Megatron is a Six-Changer, powerful enough to transform into five additional modes besides his robot form - twin-headed dragon, bat-gargoyle creature, race car, spaceship and claw (GigaDragon, GigaBat, GigaFormula, GigaJet and GigaHand in Japanese). Each form has its own different frightening capabilities, making Megatron a very unstable and unpredictable fighter. (In Car Robots, each mode even had its own personality.) Unlike his namesake, Megatron would often sit back from a conflict and allow his subordinates to do the dirty work, like his counterparts, he is arrogant, but unlike them, he also was incompetent, as most of his schemes were badly planned, and badly executed.

(It should be noted that in the original Car Robots series, the character was developed as a new, unique villain character, rather than a Megatron, however the name was used in the U.S. due to recognition, as well as maintaining ownership of the trademark.)

Animated series

A Predacon warlord before coming to Earth, he is believed to have decimated numerous planets in his quest for energy. Optimus stated that Megatron left entire planets as "lifeless barren rocks". Needing ever more energy, Megatron targeted Earth's energy; to that end, he kidnapped the human energy-research expert, Doctor Kenneth Onishi, using his psycho-probe to drain information on Earth's energy sources from his mind. But even his subordinates were unaware that Megatron had a greater scheme in motion...

His attempts to amass energy thwarted by the Autobots and the incompetence of his own troops, Megatron sought to bolster his forces, locating six Autobot protoforms in a crashed Cybertronian spaceship, bestowing them with military vehicle modes and corrupting them with his own Spark energy, creating the Decepticons. However, their leader, Scourge, happened to scan Optimus Prime along with the tanker that would form his alternate mode, and as a result became something of an "evil clone" of Prime, whose cruelty and cunning eventually extended to plotting against Megatron.

In the pursuit of his greater agenda, Megatron began seeking the mysterious O-Parts, which led to the Orb of Sigma, in a subterranean pyramid. The orb would lead to Cerebros, the power key to the huge Autobot battle station, Fortress Maximus, who, it was revealed, he had actually come to Earth to obtain. When Megatron was buried in the ruins of the pyramid following a failed attempt to steal the orb from the Autobots, he underwent his most startling transformation of all, as the energies of the pyramid resurrected him as the vampiric Galvatron (known in Japan as DevilGigatron), able to enhance his own strength by draining the life energy from others. As Galvatron, he possessed four additional transformations - a hydrofoil, a gryphon, a pteradactyl and an elephant, used to terrifying effect when he drained the energy of Fortress Maximus and engaged Omega Prime in a final battle at the Earth's core. Thankfully, Prime was able to defeat him with the gathered energy of Earth's children, courtesy of Fortress Maximus, and he was sent back to Cybertron for imprisonment.

Dreamwave Productions

The character of RiD Megatron made one appearance in Dreamwave comics Summer Special issue before the company went under, sending his bickering lieutenants Scourge and Sky-Byte to steal a nuclear generator while he led the other Decepticons and Predacons to distract the Autobots. There was a contest in the issue as to whether RiD or Beast Wars would be the next Dreamwave comic series, which Beast Wars won.

Toys

• Car Robots Gigatron

This mold was also remolded as the BotCon 2005 exclusive figure Deathsaurus.

• Car Robots Devil Gigatron

A remold of Gigatron.

• Robots in Disguise Ultra Megatron

In Japan, Car Robots Gigatron has 6 modes, while Car Robots Devil Gigatron has retooling to support 10 modes. However when the line was brought to the U.S., RiD Megatron was based on the retooled Devil Gigatron mold, but with the Gigatron paint mask, and is therefore capable of the same 10 modes as RiD Galvatron.

• Robots in Disguise Ultra Galvatron

A redeco of Megatron.

Unicron Trilogy

Megatron was also the name given to the leader of the Decepticon in Transformers: Armada, Transformers: Energon, and Transformers: Cybertron. In each series, he was featured with a different look.

2007 Transformers film

Template:Transformers character In the 2007 live action Transformers film, Megatron appears as a Cybertronian jet. The apparent explanation for the departure from his gun form is that director Michael Bay does not want to include any sort of size changing in the transformations, which the writers described as "cheating". (This significant change in size is known in Transformers fan communities as "mass shifting".) In one of the special features on the DVD, G1 Megatron's transformation was likened to Darth Vader turning into his own lightsaber to be wielded by someone else.

Hugo Weaving provides the voice of Megatron in the film. His voice in the film seems to have been modulated to give it a deeper, growling tone as well as the other voice actors. The original voice of Megatron, Frank Welker, provides his voice for the official videogames of the movie, along with the exclusive animated prequel.

Like all characters in the film, Megatron was heavily redesigned for purposes of realism and focus on an alien aspect of the Transformer race. He appears very bio-mechanical. Nonetheless, he is still silver, has a helmet, heavily built shoulders and large legs, characteristics that mirror the Generation 1 look. It can also be reasoned that because there was no advanced mechanical technology on earth at the time of his arrival, Megatron never gained an "earth form" as did the rest of the Autobots and Decepticons, and stayed in his Cybertronian form. As shown in the film, he can transform his right hand into a gun and fire energy blasts. or combine both of his arms to form his iconic fusion cannon , and can transform his right arm into a steel flail, both helping keep some resemblance to his original G1 form. It's also apparent that the earlier concepts for Megatron's film adaptation were very similar to his appearances in 'Beast Machines'

According to an early interview with Michael Bay, Megatron stands at 34 feet(10.3M) tall , but according to his profile in the second issue of the Transformers UK comic Megatron stands "over 35 feet(10.6M) tall" and weighs 5.7 tons. Additionally the magazine, and the Movie Guide states he is powered by a self-regenerating dark matter power core. His alternate mode is a Cybertronian stealth jet capable of firing wing-tip lightning generators and a tractor beam. He is capable of creating localized foldspace to transverse interstellar distances. The official guide to the Transformers video game says also he's 35 feet tall.

BotCon Malaysia 2007 featured a parking space which was "Reserved for Megatron". A car parked in the space had been totaled, presumably by the Decepticon leader for taking his spot.

IDW Publishing

The back story of Megatron is told in both Transformers: Defiance and issue #1 of the Transformers: Movie Prequel comic. In the comics, Megatron is revealed to have co-ruled Cybertron together with Optimus Prime, serving as Lord High Protector. After Starscream returned to Cybertron after encountering an enemy scout ship in the Eshems Nebula, Megatron and Optimus learned that an alien force is coming to their planet for the Allspark, just as a mysterious artifact was unearthed. Megatron was gravely injured, but the artifact (containing the Fallen) awoke and healed him, swaying him with promises of power. Megatron soon desired power over the Allspark, ordering Optimus Prime to counter-attack Cybertron's invaders without mercy, but Optimus instead organized a resistance to Megatron's decision. Megatron then led a team of Cybertronians to counter-attack the aliens who had invaded Cybertron, massacring them. Under the Fallen's influence, Megatron became even more despotic, engineerng an attack on Optimus and his supporters. Though it failed, Megatron used the excuse to form the Decepticons, sending the bulk of his soldiers in a craft, the Nemsis, with the Fallen to locate the Sun Harvester.

The Autobots attempted to hide the Allspark in Tyger Pax, but Megatron saw through the ruse and launched a full scale attack, during which Allspark was launched into space. After unitentionally finding the Nemesis on one of Saturn's moons, Megatron almost caught up with the Allspark as it landed on a planet 10,000 years ago — Earth. In his reckless desire to possess it, Megatron pursues it right into Earth's atmosphere, losing contact with it in the process as he crashlanded on the Arctic ice sheets; his heated body mass from entry causing the ice to give way beneath, sending him into the ocean waters. The rapid temperature change and low energon supply forces Megatron into stasis lock and he becomes frozen in ice beneath the surface. At the turn of the 20th century, Captain Archibald Witwicky discovers the Decepticon during an Arctic expedition. A crew of men later take his body, dubbing him the "Ice-man", and keep him in storage up until the present day, eventually relocating him to Nevada.

He also appeared in the official movie sequel comic called "Transformers: The Reign of Starscream". This divulged the reasons for the dissension between Megatron and Starscream, as Starscream is instructed to follow the Autobot ship and eliminate it while Megatron pursued the Allspark. Despite being warned not to fail, his ship is crippled by a minefield. Over the course of the story Starscream becomes determined not to repeat Megatron's mistakes, seeing him as consumed with personal power rather than the good of the Decepticons.

In Transformers: Alliance #2 the bodies of Brawl, Blackout and Megatron are seen being loaded onto trucks at the Nevada desert for disposal in the ocean (for the scene from the end of 2007 film).

Movie plot

After being discovered by Archibald Witwicky, Megatron's frozen body was transported to Hoover Dam to be guarded by Sector Seven, a secret government organization who studies extraterrestrial activities. Agent Reggie Simmons explained that Megatron's technology was reverse-engineered, producing the world's modern technology (e.g. space travel, satellites, lasers, etc.) Megatron's location, as well as the Allspark's were located by a group of Decepticons led by Starscream. Frenzy thawed out Megatron who escaped outside where he had a brief reunion with Starscream, claiming that Starscream failed him again when the latter tells him that the humans have the Allspark. Megatron pursued the Autobots and their allies to Mission City where he quickly disposed of Jazz and then battled Optimus Prime. He defeated Optimus and then pursued Sam Witwicky up a condemned building, offering to keep Sam as a pet if he gave him the Allspark. Sam declined, prompting Megatron to knock the boy off the roof of the building with his flail. Optimus saved Sam and battled Megatron again. Blackout, one of Megatron's loyal followers, attempted to ambush Optimus but he was killed by U.S. soldiers. Megatron is then bombarded by missiles fired from fighter jets, knocked down by Optimus, and attempted to seize the Allspark, only to have it shoved into his exposed spark chamber by Sam, killing him. Megatron's body was dumped in the Laurentian Abyss with the other deceased Decepticons.

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Megatron tank mode in Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen

Megatron returns for the sequel film, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Megatron is revived by Scalpel and the Constructicons with an Allspark shard and now takes on the form of a Cybertronian tank, that has the ability to fly because of its wings. He then flies to the Nemesis, the Fallen's ship, and has a tense moment with Starscream whom he accused of abandoning him. He then talks to his master, the Fallen, of the Allspark's demise before discovering its knowledge passed on to Sam is the key for providing energon. While getting away from Alice, Sam, Mikaela and Leo get picked up by Grindor and get dropped into an abandoned factory where Megatron meets them. Pinning down Sam, whom he intended to torture to death after acquiring what he needed, Megatron orders Scalpel to remove energon information from Sam's brain, but Scalpel is quickly stopped by Optimus Prime. Megatron and Prime fight outside and Starscream and Grindor join in. The fight ends with Megatron impaling Prime in the back after Prime kills Grindor, and blasting through Prime's chest, but then is forced to escape due to Autobot reinforcements. Megatron then declares to Starscream that they reveal themselves to the humans in order to flush out Sam. He fights in the final battle in Egypt, where he loses an arm and half of his face to Optimus Prime's jetpack form. After seeing the Fallen defeated, he and Starscream retreat, vowing that it wouldn't be over.

Titan Magazines

In Titan Magazines' UK Transformers magazine, the UK-originated strips (written by Simon Furman) revealed Megatron's actions between issues #1 and 2 of the IDW comic. Pursuing the Allspark into space following the events of Movie Prequel #1, Megatron was delayed in his pursuit by a tractor beam from Cybertron. Breaking free and attacking the culprits - Jazz, Ratchet and Ironhide - Megatron realized that if he engaged them, he would be delayed further. Summoning Devastator to deal with them, he resumed his pursuit - but the desperate gamble had worked and he (temporarily) lost the Allspark's trail.

The character profile the magazine provided shed a little more light on Megatron's desire to possess the Allspark. He believed that while Cybertronians could already transform into other forms via a scanning process, the Allspark could allow Transformers to simply imagine the form they wanted and change accordingly. Interfacing with the Allspark directly, Megatron gained his deadly jet mode. and now began his plans to obtain it permanently.

In "Twilight's Last Gleaming" part 3 Bumblebee attempted to take on Megatron in the Sector 7 base as Mikaela attempted to free Optimus Prime, but she was attacked by Frenzy. In part 4 Mikaela frees Optimus Prime and freezes Frenzy just as Bumblebee gets some unexpected help fighting Megatron by the arrival of Elita One, Skyblast and Strongarm.

Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday

Megatron appeared in the prequel novel Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday, where it was revealed that reverse engineering of his body had produced a spacecraft called "Ghost-1", which was sent into space in 1969, where they encountered the Autobots and Decepticons. It was also revealed that the humans keep Megatron in stasis by maintaining his body at a very low temperature.

In 1969, Megatron (here referred to throughout as the "Ice Man") was moved from the Arctic to Southern Nevada briefly reanimated in the middle of a battle between Americans and Russians. Colonel Kinnear, the convoy commander, and Colonel Nolan died to freeze him again.

Video games

he appera in the film's videogame adaptation, Transformers: The Game

In Autobot Campaign Megatron appears at the last cut scene on level three being released from Hoover Dam in the Autobot campaign. He later appears as a boss on the last mission on the last level and is killed when Optimus Prime shoves the Allspark into his Chest.

In Decepticon Campaign Megatron is freed by Starscream and Blackout at the last cut scene in level four and on mission four on level four when he goes on a rampage through the city looking for Optimus Prime, Sam and the Allspark. He is also playable on the last mission on the last level where you have to fight Optimus Prime. At the end he thinks Optimus is dead but then see's him sneaking up towards the Allspark But Megatron stops him in his path when he kills him by hitting him in the head with his chain. He then appears on the last cut scene where he rules Earth and he orders Barricade, Starscream, Blackout and Brawl to kill off the rest of the human race.

Megatron is among the playable characters in the 2009 Revenge of the Fallen video game by Activision.

Books

The children's book, Transformers - Meet The Decepticons by Jennifer Frantz, had a slightly different ending than the movie. This book had all six Decepticons leaving Earth together after being defeated by the Autobots, instead of having most of their numbers die.

In the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen coloring book Megatron is depicted attacking Starscream and telling him he is the commander of the Decepticons.

Toys

• Transformers Legends Megatron (2007)

A simple Micro class version of the movie figure. This toy is 7.5 centimeters tall. With movie Megatron's official height of 35 feet (1,067 centimeters), that makes this toy about 1/142 scale.

• Transformers Jollibee Megatron (2007)

A kids meal toy promotional item available at Jollibee restaurants from June to July 2007. This toy was a slightly enlarged and simplified version of the Movie Legends mold.

• Transformers Fast Action Battlers Fusion Blast Megatron (2007)

A Deluxe class toy with a simplified transformation for younger children. This toy is 15 centimeters tall. With movie Megatron's official height of 35 feet (1,067 centimeters), that makes this toy about 1/71 scale.

• Transformers Voyager Class Megatron (2007)

A version of Megatron that is of the same size as Voyager Class Optimus Prime. Features Automorph technology and is decorated with ice particles. This toy is 18 centimeters tall. With movie Megatron's official height of 35 feet (1,067 centimeters), that makes this toy about 1/59 scale.

A Best Buy exclusive version, released simultaneously with the DVD/HD-DVD versions of the film, featured a metallic paint finish.

• Transformers Leader Class Megatron (2007)

The largest version of Megatron. It is approximately the same size as both Leader Optimus Prime and Leader-class Brawl. Features Advanced Automorph technology exclusive to the Leader-class toys, which incorporates lights and sound along with mechanical movement during transformation. It does include a flail and fusion cannon in robot mode. Unlike Optimus Prime (whose head is limited to side rotation) and Brawl (whose head is connected with a ball joint), Megatron's head is permanently fixed. This toy is 23 centimeters tall. With movie Megatron's official height of 35 feet (1,067 centimeters), that makes this toy about 1/46 scale.

• Transformers Legends Ice Megatron (2008)

A repaint of Legends Megatron with blue on several parts to represent ice particles. Comes in a 2-pack with Battle Jazz.

• Transformers Premium Leader Class Megatron (2008)

A redeco of the Movie Leader Megatron with metallic paint. The mechanical screeching sounds of the regular version are replaced with the traditional transformation sound effect.

• Revenge of the Fallen Legends Class Megatron (2009)

A new mold. On the back of the packaging for the Legends figure, he is referred to as a fusion tank.

• Revenge of the Fallen Fast Action Battlers Megatron (2009)

A new version of the Deluxe Class toy for younger children.

• Revenge of the Fallen Voyager Class Megatron (2009)

An all-new Voyager toy of Megatron, painted greenish gray rather than silver. Unlike the Leader Class toy, this Megatron has wings for jet mode. New MechAlive feature consists of visible moving gears in the upper torso.

• Revenge of the Fallen Leader Class Megatron (2009)

An all-new toy of Megatron. In contrast to his Cybertronian jet mode from the first film, this Megatron transforms into a Cybertronian tank that features lights and sounds. According to the data on the back of the box packaging, he was rebuilt using cannibalized parts from other Decepticons; hence the tank tread feet and the irregular proportions of his arms. His right arm is a cannon that fires projectiles and can also transform into a sword. A recording of Hugo Weaving saying, "I am Megatron!" plays when the button on is chest is pressed.

Non-transforming merchandise

• Transformers Robot Replicas Megatron (2007)

A poseable, non-transforming action figure that comes with a Fusion Cannon that can be attached on both arms. This toy is 13.5 centimeters tall. With movie Megatron's official height of 35 feet (1067 centimeters), that makes this toy about 1/79 scale.

• Transformers Robot Replicas Optimus Prime vs. Megatron (2007)

A Wal-Mart exclusive gift pack of Robot Replicas Prime and Megatron. [1]

• Transformers Unleashed Turnarounds Megatron (2007)

A non-posable, non-transforming sculpture featuring Megatron's robot mode on one side and his Cybertronian jet mode on the other.

Transformers: Animated

Template:Transformers character In the Transformers Animated series in 2008, Megatron was not the main antagonist for much of the first season, but in Season two he took back the role of the primary Antagonist, Megatron's Cybertronian design hearkens to the movie version but with more human-like features, while his Earth design bears similarities to the "Super Megatron" form of his G1 incarnation. He wields his trademark fusion cannon (which is much larger than usual in this series), and carries a pair of swords. (It should be noted that the swords do not resemble the katana in the image at right, taken from an earlier design.) His original alternate mode is an unknown Cybertronian space vehicle, but becomes a tiltrotor aircraft once he is rebuilt into his Earth form.

Much like the movie version, he is portrayed as larger and more powerful than many other Transformers in the series. Animated Megatron, in an Earth-based tiltrotor mode, appears as a hidden character in the Transformers Netjet video game by Hasbro.

In this series, Megatron has his own catchphrase: "Decepticons, transform and rise up!", contrasting Optimus Prime's classic "Autobots, transform and roll out!" line. A marked contrast between this and other series is that Megatron and Optimus Prime's antagonism is not personal: before their first battle they had never met, and they continue to clash on the basis that they are on opposite sides rather than on any particularly personal hatred. Megatron does not even bother to remember Optimus's name until the series finale.

This version is less tolerant of Starscream's treachery: after gaining his new body, he uses Sari Sumdac's key to slay Starscream, and takes great pleasure in killing him several times once he discovers that Starscream has become immortal, and he would later destroy Starscream's replacement body, moments after he got it, once the treacherous Decepticon had outgrown his usefulness.

Megatron is also the most cool-headed among his other adaptations (but he is just as arrogant as his predecessors). Furthermore he doesn't consider Optimus of any actual importance until the climatic final battle on Earth, where Megatron finally acknowledged him as a threat by name.

Animated series

As revealed in "Transform and Roll Out", Megatron had spent 4 million solar cycles (years) in search of the Allspark. Even though he found it, Megatron was betrayed at the beginning of the series by Starscream. Due to the explosion that crippled the Autobots craft, Megatron's lifeless body crashed on earth, contracting "space barnacles," while his disembodied head was found by a young Isaac Sumdac, who used the technology to create his own robots. Megatron subsequently became a keystone for Sumdac's various creations.

His head did not get reactivated until "Home is Where the Spark Is" when Sari used her key to open her father's door to his lab. When Megatron wass reactivated, he immediately found out that Starscream was the one who reduced him to a head, and immediately plotted payback, but had to get a body to do so. When he found out that the Autobots were on Earth, he used one of Sumdac's pocket bots to find out more, and hack the motor plant's systems to try and kill the autobots, even though this plan failed, and he would have been discovered by the Autobots if it weren't for Bulkhead accidentally destroying the pocket bot.

In "Blast from the Past", he revealed his existence to Issac Sumdac while he was repairing tutor-bot and the future Dinobots. Even though Issac wanted to tell the Autobots, Megatron convinced him that he (Megatron) was an Autobot and didn't want the real Autobots to see him in his weakened state. Eventually, Issac repaired the dinobots with "help" from Megatron. The dinobots went on a rampage, got their new Cybertronian-like forms, and Megatron got his second taste of what Sari's key could do. He then proceeded to tell the dinobots that the earth cars were evil fossil feeders and the Autobots were even worse, sending them on another rampage.

In "Nanosec", he told Sumdac to hurry up with building a body and that he required destronium (a play on the words cybertonium, the stuff all Cybertronians are made of and require in G1, and Destron, the japanese name for the Decepticons), but the only destronium available was across town, and if it wasn't delivered in under 10 minutes, then it would be useless. Upon hearing this, and seeing a test run with a super-speed suit, Megatron got a petty crook out of jail and created Nanosec, paying him to deliver the destronium to him, even though both were unaware that if destronium was moved at high speed, it would become unstable, volatile, and explosive.

During "Sound and Fury", he created Soundwave, originally a musical toy he created for Sari's birthday, even though his actual reason for creating Soundwave was to create a new body when Sari used her key to upgrade Soundwave. However, Sari used her key too many times and gave Soundwave a spark, and after hearing about this, Megatron recruited him to destroy the humans, all other organics, and the Autobots, who Megatron said are "traitors who live to serve the humans."

After Lugnut and Blitzwing arrived on Earth during "Lost and Found", Megatron initially waited to see if they were truly loyal. After Lugnut and Blitzwing's battle, Megatron deeeds Blitzwing unstable and Lugnut truly loyal to the Decepticon cause, and spent the rest of the episode communicating exclusively to Lugnut, who Blitzwing thought was even more insane than himself.

At the end of "Nature Calls", Megatron's body had been taken over by space barnacles, and was terrorizing the local forest, until it was defeated by Prowl Bumblebee and Sari, and Issac found it at the bottom of a cliff and by a river.

During the "Megatron Rising" saga, Megatron got impatient with Sumdac since he hadn't much progress in repairing his body. Then he tried to communicate with Lugnut again, even though he and Blitzwing were with Starscream, who also thought that Lugnut had gone insane. After having his signal detected, Megatron got an unexpected visit from Starscream, who, even though he had the upper hand, didn't do anything except talk to Megatron. Then when Bumblebee bursted in, Megatron threw Starscream and Bumblebee outside and convinced Issac that he should complete his body to "help" his "Autobot brothers". Lugnut and Blitzwing then flew in, and Blitzwing found out that Lugnut wasn't insane, then placed Sari's key into Megatron's head, resulting in his being resurrected into his new Earth mode. After he got outside, Megatron beat up Optimus, Bulkhead, and Prowl; kille Starscream; and lead Lugnut and Blitzwing to Dinobot Island to retrieve the Allspark. When they got there, Megatron immediately battled Optimus and both combatants ended up inside Omega Supreme's vehicle mode, which Megatron said that is where their struggle began. When Megatron got ahold of the allspark, he placed it in his own spark chamber, giving him more power. Even though he had the upper hand, Issac tried taking him down by disrupting his equilibrium circuits, which distracted Megatron long enough for Optimus to disperse the Allspark and seriously wound Megaron, but not before he kidnapped Issac Sumdac and got an incomplete design spec for a Space Bridge.

In "The Elite Guard" Megatron put in motion his plans to create a Space Bridge, so that his forces could transwarp to Cybertron and conquer the planet from within. During construction, Megatron found an Allspark fragment in one of Sumdac's worker robots. In "Mission Accomplished", the Allspark fragment-revived Starscream repeatedly tried to destroy Megatron, only to be repelled each time. Using a tachyon transmitter stolen from the Elite Guard's ship, megatron sent a message to his fellow Decepticons letting them now of his return. In "A Fistfull of Energon", Megatron put out a bounty on Starscream, randomly escaping an explosive-clone trap led by the traitor. In "Rise of The Constructicons" Megatron recruited Scrapper and Mixmaster to build the Space bridge, plying them with oil.

During the "A Bridge too Close" two-part special, Megatron officially initiated the Constructicons into the Decepticon ranks. He received word from Shockwave that Cybertron's best foremost space-bridge expert was Bulkhead, whom he kidnapped and threatened with a Headmaster unit all in part 1. In part 2 he battles Starscream, his clones and the Autobots at the same time, telling the Autobots about his plan to conquer Cybertron when the Autobots are at their weakest. Unfortunately, the allspark fragment he got from the beginning of season 2 wasn't enough to power the Decepticon space-bridge, so he used the fragment in Starscream's head for more power, but he overloaded the power core and sent himself, Starscream's head, Omega Supreme, and the Space-bridge equipment through, ending up drifting in space with Starscream's head, the two arguing amongst themselves.

However, during Transwarped, Starscream freed Megatron from the stasis cuffs by shooting a laser from his mouth. Omega Supreme showed up and Megatron took control of him by using Starscream's head. He attacked the Autobots after transwarping back to Earth to prevent them from exposing Shockwave's cover. After Prowl severed his control of Omega, Megatron battled Optimus beating easily him despite having his weapons confiscated earlier. He then got trapped by Starscream and they both along with Omega got stuck warping across the universe, courtesy of plasma dynamic thruster Bumblebee placed on Omega. By the time they managed to get the thruster off Omega, they found themselves in the middle of space with Lugnut drifting towards them. After picking up Shockwave once he had acquired Arcee, Megatron transwarped Omega to Earth's moon to begin his master plan: the construction of Omega Supreme clones. With Lugnut in possession of the activation codes, Megatron entered one of the clones to personally oversee the destruction of Earth's Autobots before focusing on Cybertron. However, Optimus Prime, wielding the Magnus Hammer, was able to disable the clone Megatron is riding, forcing him to enter the battle himself. During the course of the conflict, the clones were revealed to have been rigged by Starscream to explode, with Megatron ending up caught in the explosion. Surviving in spite of heavy damage to his body, Megatron attempted to destroy Optimus, only to be knocked to the ground by a swing from the Magnus Hammer. Megatron told Optimus to finish him, but was spared, so that he would face justice for his war crimes on Cybertron.

Toys

• Animated McDonalds Happy Meal Megatron (2008)

A small, simple transforming Megatron toy packaged as a prize with McDonalds Happy Meals.

• Animated Activator Megatron (2008)

A small version of Earth mode Megatron that transforms at the push of a button. First seen at SDCC 2008.

• Animated Deluxe Cybertron-mode Megatron Battle Damaged (2008)

A Deluxe class toy with painted battle damage and silver paint. This toy was sold later in a Walmart exclusive 2-pack with Prowl.

• Animated Voyager Megatron (Cybertron Mode) (2008)

A Voyager class toy which represents Megatron in his Cybertronian form from before the series begins; as seen in the series debut episode. Features a single projectile-launching fusion cannon, and an extendable blade weapon.

• Animated Leader Megatron (2008)

A Leader sized version of Megatron was announced at the UK Toyfair in 2008. A special Toys-R-Us value pack of Leader Megatron comes with Animated Activators Starscream as a bonus.

Released as part of the first wave of toys for the series, it is Megatron as he appears after he gains access to Sari's key card in "Megatron Rising, Pt.1"; as a double-rotor heavy attack helicopter. Features linked main rotors that spin together (and which later transform into swords), single projectile-launching fusion cannon, and- as with all Leader-class figures from this series- a light-&-sound function with light-up eyes, chest, & cockpit. When the SFX button on his chest is depressed, the mouth opens, and his brow drops slightly to one side.

• Animated Leader Shadow Blade Megatron (2009)

A redeco of the first Leader Class Megatron in purple and black colors inspired by Maleficent. First announced at SDCC 2008.

Transformers: Timelines (Transtech)

Template:Transformers character The Megatron of the Transtech world works together with his world's Optimus Prime. Shockwave is one of his chief scientific researchers. Shockwave used to work for the renegade Decepticon Jhiaxus as a scientist, but after Jhiaxus was destroyed Shockwave was brought in by Megatron as a prisoner. Initially put on trail for war crimes he was freed by Megatron, who argued to Sentinel Prime that Shockwave's mind would be an invaluable asset to them.

Fun Publications

In Withered Hope Megatron and Optimus Prime heard the pleas of six Gobots whose home dimension was being destroyed, but he wasn't interested in helping them.

In Transcendent Shockwave kidnapped Breakaway to examine him under the orders of Megatron. After Shockwave discovered that certain systems in Breakaway were unique and might be useful Megatron requested permission from Transtech Ratbat to take the Autobot apart, even if it may kill him. When Alpha Trion's forces raided the lab to free Skyfall Megatron opposed them, but they escaped to another dimension.

Toys

• Transtech Megatron (unreleased)

After the conclusion of the Beast Machines series and toy line, Hasbro's initial plans were for a follow-up series entitled Transtech, which would supposedly bring back some deceased Beast Wars characters, as well as some older Generation 1 characters, all in new, more organic-looking bodies, except with vehicular alternate modes instead of the animal forms which had dominated the two recent series. Although the idea was eventually scrapped in favor of Transformers: Armada (with Transformers: Robots in Disguise being imported for the "filler" year in between), Toronto-based design studio Draxhall Jump produced many concept sketches (from which even a few toy prototypes were produced), among which was a new incarnation of Megatron. Precisely which Megatron, G1 or Beast Wars, is not clear, but it is generally accepted that the design inspired the Megatron of Transformers: Armada.

Transformers: Timelines (Shattered Glass)

Template:Transformers character This Megatron is a good version of the Generation 1 character from the BotCon exclusive "Shattered Glass" comic, in which the Decepticons are on the side of good and the Autobots on the side of evil.

According to his Tech Specs Megatron was once a young mathematician who lectured at one of Cybertron's most prestigious universities.

According to Grimlock's Tech Specs Grimlock was created as an experiment in artificial intelligence by the Decepticons which became too violent and Megatron shut him down. Optimus Prime then liberated Grimlock and let him work for the Autobots.

Megatron transforms into a Cybertronian jet. He has a drone partner named Rumbler, who can act act as a cannon for Megatron or form a neutronic blade weapon.

Among Megatron's troops are Bludgeon, Bombshell, Buzzsaw, Cyclonus, Demolishor, Divebomb, Frenzy, Gutcruncher, Heatwave, Hook, Kickback, Laserbeak, Long Haul, Rampage, Razorclaw, Reflector, Rumble, Scrapper, Slugslinger, Soundwave, Starscream, Stonecruncher, Submarauder, Tailwind , Whisper and Wildrider. He recruited the Autobot Sideswipe to his side after Sideswipe became disenchanted with the Autobots and the dimenional traveler Cliffjumper. His troops later captured several Dinobots who became his troops, including Goryu, Overkill and Slugfest.

Fun Publications

Megatron appeared in the Transformers: Timelines story "Shattered Glass" by Fun Publications. He recruited the Cliffjumper from an alternate reality to aid him against the Autobots. He later lead an attack on the Autobot's Ark launch site.

Megatron appeared in the fiction Dungeons & Dinobots, a text based story. He defended the Arch-Ayr fuel dump from an Autobot attack. He later sent several of his troops to capture and reprogram the rogue Dinobots.

Megatron was captured by the Autobot Targetmasters in Do Over, but was freed thanks to help by the Predacons and Whisper. When confronted by Optimus Prime he attempted to use the Autobot Targetmaster Nightstick to shoot the Autobot leader, but Nightstick took control of Megatron's arm. Megatron then tricked Optimus into using Megatron's own weapon to cut Megatron's hand off, freeing him from Nightstick. He missed the launching of the Decepticon ship Nemesis, which was taken over by Starscream.

Toys

• Timelines Voyager Megatron with Rumbler and Divebomb (2008)

Megatron is a remold of Energon Megatron with the colors of Generation 1 Megatron and a new head. He came packaged with the Decepticon Mini-Con Divebomb and the Autobot Rodimus.