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Reflector (G1)

2007-09-05T05:08:51Z

71.56.207.118: /* Animated continuity */

:''Reflector is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:ReflectorG1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|It's a Kodak moment.]]

'''Reflector''' likes to watch. He lives (they live?) to observe anything and everything, from scenery, to wildlife, to architecture. But above all else, Reflector likes to watch his comrades, learn their dark secrets, and profit from them. Reflector is also very impressed with his own abilities both in the fields of observation and blackmail.

Reflector is composed of three separate robots - [[Spectro]], [[Spyglass]] and [[Viewfinder]] - who combine into the single camera [[altmode]] that is Reflector.

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===

:''Voice actor:'' [[Chris Latta]] (US), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japan)

[[Image:ReflectorCartoon1.jpg|left|250px|thumb|I (we?) see EVERYTHING!]]

Reflector is unique among the Decepticons: he is three robots who talk and act in unison as a single mind in three (largely identical) bodies. He was (they were?) with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] on the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]] during its assault on the [[Ark]]. He was thus among Megatron's troops after their reawakening on [[Earth]]. Reflector and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] did some scouting shortly after the Decepticons left the Ark. Reflector demonstrated his ability to zoom-focus and print pictures in camera mode.

He later spied on the laboratory of [[Dr. Alcazar]], the mentor of boy genius [[Chip Chase]]. Using his zoom-focus and photographic powers once more, Reflector secretly obtained the entry-code for the laboratory's security system. He claimed that stealing the anti-matter formula was going to be a piece of [[oil cake]]. Megatron used the code to sneak into the laboratory, though he was still too slow, as Dr. Alcazar had enough time to transfer all the information on the anti-matter formula to Chip Chase's home computer via something called the internet. Reflector later gathered valuable intelligence prior to the Decepticon attack on the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power plant.

Beyond the trio that makes up the camera, there are other Reflector-type Decepticon soldiers considered separate. One of these with a lens chestplate was nearly sacrificed to send over the [[Space Bridge]] with a shipment of Energon cube. Two more without the lense chestplate were later seen on Cybertron assisting Starscream in transporting an injured Doctor Arkeville. This would constitute the three Reflector-type soldiers that appeared alongside the standard Reflector in "More Than Meets the Eye". What alternate form these soldiers take is unknown at this time.

Reflector becomes less active as the battle for Earth went on, almost disappearing entirely. He was last seen in 2005, participating in the initial Decepticon assault on Autobot City.

''('''Note:''' The individual names Spectro, Spyglass, and Viewfinder are never used in the cartoon, he (all three of him) is simply "Reflector." In his cartoon design all three robots are based on the center (Viewfinder) section of the toy, though they're given a humanized face and only one of the three Reflectors would have the actual camera lens in his chest. The series story bible specifically discouraged writers from using Reflector, as plans to include the toy in the regular toyline were, for some reason, scrapped after the series was developed.)''

====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform'' manga====

[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] photographed the incomplete [[Autobot City]], with the aid of Reflector's camera mode, so that Megatron could decipher whether or not it was powerful enough to stand up to [[Trypticon]].

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

Reflector were not part of Megatron's crew, but worked for [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], monitoring the planet and its inhabitants for him from a central mainframe. They were seemingly destroyed by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]].

''('''Note:''' Dreamwave continuity is the only place in official fiction (so far) where the three Reflector components are portrayed as separate characters rather than the single composite being described by their tech spec and shown in the cartoon. The ''[[Keepers Trilogy|Fusion]]'' novel set in Dreamwave continuity erroneously presented Reflector as being on Earth prior to this, and in compensation, its sequel, ''[[Keepers Trilogy|Annihilation]]'', identified the Earthbound Reflector as the "true" Reflector, and the Cybertron-based one as a "copy" of some form.)''

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Reflector''' (Mail-away, 1986/1987; wide release in Japan, 1985)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''21'''

: Reflector was available only as a mail away promotion in 1986-1987 (ironically after his character had long since disappeared from the cartoon), at a cost of $10 and two [[robot points]]. It is composed of three distinct robots that combine to form a camera. It includes a telephoto lens and old-style flashcube accessories as well as various guns. His role early in the cartoon makes it seem likely his toy was originally planned for inclusion in the original 1984 line. Why Hasbro decided not to release it so late in the game is unknown, as is what reversed the decision later to make it a viable mail-away. However, he was given a full release in Japan.

===Merchandise===
* '''Reflector''' (Decoy, 1986)

: A small plastic [[decoy]] of Reflector was part of the Decoy promotion and given away with many smaller TFs. It was based on the cartoon design of the central (lensed) Reflector unit. He came in either red or purple plastic: the red version is much rareer and goes for a lot more on the secondary market.

==Trivia==
[[Image:Canon Robo.jpg|thumb|right|150px|A screenshot from Solar Adventure. Reflector had kids to feed, dammit!]]

*Reflector's original toy was used in the South Korean cartoon ''[http://www.cyrusfirst.com/guests/digiview/dev/detail.php?p=105 Solar Adventure]'' (초 합금 로보트 쏠라 원, 투, 드리) as the "Canon Robo" in which [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0SZM_G5l3w he kills a bunch of North Koreans].

*Early on in the cartoon, the animators filled out the Decepticon ranks on Earth by adding numerous unnamed robots based on the main characters; extra Reflector units were frequently among these. The practice lessened and finally stopped as more actual Decepticon characters were introduced.

*The episode ''[[Divide and Conquer]]'' shows Reflector displaying an ability that is otherwise never spoken of or utilised. When one of his components is hurled backwards at the other two, and impacts with one, it disappears in a flash. The remaining component then topples back into the last one, and again, vanishes in a flash, leaving only one Reflector robot remaining. This seems to suggest that Reflector may be one individual who is capable of duplicating his form; such an idea would help explain the appearance of the numerous Reflector-style robots noted above.

[[Image:PreReflector.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Say "Cheese" and die.]]
* Not so surprisingly, Reflector (or rather his [[Microchange]] counterpart, Microx) was first designed as a single unit.
{{-}}

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Decoys/Reflector/reflector.htm Reflector at TFU.info]

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[[Category: Decepticons]]
[[Category: Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category: Spies]]
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Reflector (G1)

2007-09-05T05:07:37Z

71.56.207.118: /* Animated continuity */

:''Reflector is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:ReflectorG1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|It's a Kodak moment.]]

'''Reflector''' likes to watch. He lives (they live?) to observe anything and everything, from scenery, to wildlife, to architecture. But above all else, Reflector likes to watch his comrades, learn their dark secrets, and profit from them. Reflector is also very impressed with his own abilities both in the fields of observation and blackmail.

Reflector is composed of three separate robots - [[Spectro]], [[Spyglass]] and [[Viewfinder]] - who combine into the single camera [[altmode]] that is Reflector.

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===

:''Voice actor:'' [[Chris Latta]] (US), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japan)

[[Image:ReflectorCartoon1.jpg|left|250px|thumb|I (we?) see EVERYTHING!]]

Reflector is unique among the Decepticons: he is three robots who talk and act in unison as a single mind in three (largely identical) bodies. He was (they were?) with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] on the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]] during its assault on the [[Ark]]. He was thus among Megatron's troops after their reawakening on [[Earth]]. Reflector and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] did some scouting shortly after the Decepticons left the Ark. Reflector demonstrated his ability to zoom-focus and print pictures in camera mode.

He later spied on the laboratory of [[Dr. Alcazar]], the mentor of boy genius [[Chip Chase]]. Using his zoom-focus and photographic powers once more, Reflector secretly obtained the entry-code for the laboratory's security system. He claimed that stealing the anti-matter formula was going to be a piece of [[oil cake]]. Megatron used the code to sneak into the laboratory, though he was still too slow, as Dr. Alcazar had enough time to transfer all the information on the anti-matter formula to Chip Chase's home computer via something called the internet. Reflector later gathered valuable intelligence prior to the Decepticon attack on the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power plant.

Beyond the trio that makes up the camera, there are other Reflector-type Decepticon soldiers considered separate. One of these with a lens chestplate was nearly sacrificed to send over the [[Space Bridge]] with a shipment of Energon cube. Two more without the lense chestplate were later seen on Cybertron assisting Starscream in transporting an injured Doctor Arkeville. This would constitute the three Reflector-type soldiers that appeared alongside the standard Reflector in "More Than Meets the Eye".

Reflector becomes less active as the battle for Earth went on, almost disappearing entirely. He was last seen in 2005, participating in the initial Decepticon assault on Autobot City.

''('''Note:''' The individual names Spectro, Spyglass, and Viewfinder are never used in the cartoon, he (all three of him) is simply "Reflector." In his cartoon design all three robots are based on the center (Viewfinder) section of the toy, though they're given a humanized face and only one of the three Reflectors would have the actual camera lens in his chest. The series story bible specifically discouraged writers from using Reflector, as plans to include the toy in the regular toyline were, for some reason, scrapped after the series was developed.)''

====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform'' manga====

[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] photographed the incomplete [[Autobot City]], with the aid of Reflector's camera mode, so that Megatron could decipher whether or not it was powerful enough to stand up to [[Trypticon]].

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

Reflector were not part of Megatron's crew, but worked for [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], monitoring the planet and its inhabitants for him from a central mainframe. They were seemingly destroyed by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]].

''('''Note:''' Dreamwave continuity is the only place in official fiction (so far) where the three Reflector components are portrayed as separate characters rather than the single composite being described by their tech spec and shown in the cartoon. The ''[[Keepers Trilogy|Fusion]]'' novel set in Dreamwave continuity erroneously presented Reflector as being on Earth prior to this, and in compensation, its sequel, ''[[Keepers Trilogy|Annihilation]]'', identified the Earthbound Reflector as the "true" Reflector, and the Cybertron-based one as a "copy" of some form.)''

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Reflector''' (Mail-away, 1986/1987; wide release in Japan, 1985)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''21'''

: Reflector was available only as a mail away promotion in 1986-1987 (ironically after his character had long since disappeared from the cartoon), at a cost of $10 and two [[robot points]]. It is composed of three distinct robots that combine to form a camera. It includes a telephoto lens and old-style flashcube accessories as well as various guns. His role early in the cartoon makes it seem likely his toy was originally planned for inclusion in the original 1984 line. Why Hasbro decided not to release it so late in the game is unknown, as is what reversed the decision later to make it a viable mail-away. However, he was given a full release in Japan.

===Merchandise===
* '''Reflector''' (Decoy, 1986)

: A small plastic [[decoy]] of Reflector was part of the Decoy promotion and given away with many smaller TFs. It was based on the cartoon design of the central (lensed) Reflector unit. He came in either red or purple plastic: the red version is much rareer and goes for a lot more on the secondary market.

==Trivia==
[[Image:Canon Robo.jpg|thumb|right|150px|A screenshot from Solar Adventure. Reflector had kids to feed, dammit!]]

*Reflector's original toy was used in the South Korean cartoon ''[http://www.cyrusfirst.com/guests/digiview/dev/detail.php?p=105 Solar Adventure]'' (초 합금 로보트 쏠라 원, 투, 드리) as the "Canon Robo" in which [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0SZM_G5l3w he kills a bunch of North Koreans].

*Early on in the cartoon, the animators filled out the Decepticon ranks on Earth by adding numerous unnamed robots based on the main characters; extra Reflector units were frequently among these. The practice lessened and finally stopped as more actual Decepticon characters were introduced.

*The episode ''[[Divide and Conquer]]'' shows Reflector displaying an ability that is otherwise never spoken of or utilised. When one of his components is hurled backwards at the other two, and impacts with one, it disappears in a flash. The remaining component then topples back into the last one, and again, vanishes in a flash, leaving only one Reflector robot remaining. This seems to suggest that Reflector may be one individual who is capable of duplicating his form; such an idea would help explain the appearance of the numerous Reflector-style robots noted above.

[[Image:PreReflector.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Say "Cheese" and die.]]
* Not so surprisingly, Reflector (or rather his [[Microchange]] counterpart, Microx) was first designed as a single unit.
{{-}}

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Decoys/Reflector/reflector.htm Reflector at TFU.info]

[[Category: Combiners]]
[[Category: Decepticons]]
[[Category: Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category: Spies]]
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List of computers

2007-09-02T16:26:08Z

71.56.207.118: /* Other */

==Autobot Computers==
*[[Teletraan I]]
*[[Teletraan II]]
*[[Teletraan 10]]
*[[Teletraan 15]]
*Auntie
*[[T-AI (RiD)|T-AI]]

==Decepticon Computers==

*Deceptitran
*Torq III

==Maximal Computers==
*Sentinel
*Navi
*Navi II

==Predacon Computers==
*Navi-Ko
*D-Navi
*Envoy

==Other==
*[[Vector Sigma]] / Oracle

[[Category:Computers]]
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List of computers

2007-09-02T16:25:54Z

71.56.207.118: /* Decepticon Computers */

==Autobot Computers==
*[[Teletraan I]]
*[[Teletraan II]]
*[[Teletraan 10]]
*[[Teletraan 15]]
*Auntie
*[[T-AI (RiD)|T-AI]]

==Decepticon Computers==

*Deceptitran
*Torq III

==Maximal Computers==
*Sentinel
*Navi
*Navi II

==Predacon Computers==
*Navi-Ko
*D-Navi
*Envoy

==Other==
*[[Vector Sigma]] / Oracle
*Torq III

[[Category:Computers]]
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List of computers

2007-09-02T16:25:21Z

71.56.207.118: /* Decepticon Computers */

==Autobot Computers==
*[[Teletraan I]]
*[[Teletraan II]]
*[[Teletraan 10]]
*[[Teletraan 15]]
*Auntie
*[[T-AI (RiD)|T-AI]]

==Decepticon Computers==

Deceptitran

==Maximal Computers==
*Sentinel
*Navi
*Navi II

==Predacon Computers==
*Navi-Ko
*D-Navi
*Envoy

==Other==
*[[Vector Sigma]] / Oracle
*Torq III

[[Category:Computers]]
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User talk:71.56.207.118

2007-09-01T04:55:17Z

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Please understand that we do not order the fictional section by which continuity you think is totally cooler. We list continuities in order of publication date, then by chronological order of events. Marvel's Transformers #1 was published long before the first episode of the cartoon aired. (See [[Transformers timeline]]), therefore it gets listed first. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 04:49, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
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Megatron (G1)

2007-09-01T04:49:48Z

71.56.207.118: well still they are crap

{{featured}}

{{disambig3|Megatron}}
:''Megatron is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Megatrong1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Baby, you know I don't mean to hurt you.]]

{{quote|You destroy everything you touch Megatron.|Optimus Prime}}
{{quote|That's because everything I touch is food for my hunger. My hunger for power!!!.|Megatron}}
'''Megatron''' is the founder of the Decepticon uprising, and their most well-known and feared [[Emperor of Destruction|leader]]. As a young, charismatic leader forged in battle and the heritage of war, he began to believe in a grand purpose for his race—it is the Transformers' glorious destiny to rule. The opposite of his mortal enemy [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], he feels great contempt for other Transformers who, he feels, betray their proud heritage by demanding peace and cooperation with weaker life forms. It is the destiny of the Decepticons to bring order to the universe through conquest, though in the millions of years since coining this purpose it remains to be seen how much of his mission statement is altruistic... and how much of it is mere words built to fuel warriors to further his desire for personal power.

Megatron will attempt almost anything to achieve his goals, but his schemes are rarely in any way subtle. This is perhaps due to his arrogance, but his pride is not so strong as to dissuade him from abandoning a battle he is losing. Some would question his sanity, though these few are mostly now dead by his hands...or his [[Fusion cannon]], depending on his mood.

Sometimes, Megatron is later reborn as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]].

==Fiction==

===Animated continuity===

====Generation 1 cartoon====

:''Voice Actor:'' [[Frank Welker]] (US), [[Seizō Katō]] (Japan)<br>

[[Image:Megatronffod.jpg|left|250px|thumb|And then in 1984, Megatron creates the [[Constructicon]]s. It all comes full circle.]]

Following a war between the Decepticons and the other robot race, the [[Autobot|Autobots]], the Decepticons were defeated by the Autobots' invention of transformation, which allowed them the advantage of stealth. The Autobot victory in the war began the [[Golden Age of Cybertron]], but a viper lurked within this paradise. Eventually, Decepticons too developed transformation, leading to the creation of Megatron by the [[Constructicon]]s. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4|FFOD, Part 4}}

Gathering a small number of troops together, Megatron made a small strike on an outer city, killing the current Autobot leader. Megatron used a device called the [[Robo-Smasher]] to permanently reprogram Autobots and Decepticons into servitude of his cause, thus swelling the Decepticon ranks into a proper army. Among the robots forced into servitude were the Constructicons. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme}}

However, these events were not made public knowledge, and young robots like the naive [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] still looked up to Megatron and his followers because of their new robot-mode flight powers. However, Pax soon learned the error of his ways when Megatron duped him into allowing him access to [[Energon]] warehouses, and Megatron fatally injured him in a scuffle. However, the ancient Autobot, [[Alpha Trion]], reconstructed Pax into a battle hardy configuration - now, he was [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], leader of the Autobots and Megatron's sworn opponent as the civil war erupted again. {{storylink|War Dawn}}

[[Image:G1Megatron-Flail.jpg|right|thumb|Megatron and his energy flail/mace/morning star/thingamajig.]]

Eventually, the war drained Cybertron of most of its energy, necessitating that both factions seek out new worlds and new sources of power. Megatron and his elite forces pursued the Autobots' craft, (referred to as the [[Ark|The Ark]] in Beast Wars, following the ship's name from the G1 Marvel Comics) in their star cruiser (referred to as the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]] in Beast Wars) and attacked and boarded the craft, causing it to crash on a prehistoric planet, entombing all on the ship in emergency stasis as it crashed into a dormant volcano. {{storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1|MTMTE, Part 1}}

Four million years later, a volcanic eruption reactivated the Transformers and the war began again on the energy-rich world they found themselves on; Earth. After their first series of battles, the Autobots believed Megatron and the Decepticons destroyed when their [[Decepticon space cruiser|new space cruiser]] crashed into the [[Pacific Ocean]], but in reality they survived and reconstructed the cruiser to serve as a sub-oceanic staging base and bunker. {{storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 2|MTMTE, Part 2}}

Megatron re-established contact with Cybertron, and began construction of an intergalactic transport system called a "space bridge," although the early tests nearly resulted in his destruction when he was sucked into the portal and teleported to Cybertron. The technology was eventually stabilised, however, and used in a grand scheme to transport Cybertron through space into Earth's orbit, where the natural disasters its gravity wreaked created tremendous energy that Megatron and the Decepticons gathered. {{storylink|Transport to Oblivion}} {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}}

The Earth was saved, however, when Megatron's stockpiles of energy were detonated by the Autobots, the explosion forcing Cybertron out of orbit. Again, however, Megatron was able to cheat death, and was forced to team up with Optimus Prime in order to stop the machinations of his treacherous lieutenant, [[Starscream_(G1)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}} {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction}}

In his next scheme, Megatron absorbed all the separate powers of the other Decepticons into himself, and challenged Optimus Prime to one-on-one combat. With the added abilities of all his minions, Megatron easily defeated Prime in the battle, but when his deception was revealed, he and his followers were defeated in a group attack. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

Over the following years, Megatron's schemes to obtain Earth's energies continued. His assorted plans included various attempts to harness the power of Earth's core, thefts of several unstable energy devices from human scientists, the draining of energy from a time-lost prehistoric island, and partnership with a human politician that allowed him to force the Autobots off of Earth, and actually allowed him to conquer [[Central City (G1)|Central City]] among [[Giant Purple Griffin|many]], many others. {{storylink|The Core}} {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} {{storylink|Aerial Assualt}}

====Fight! Super Robot Life Transformers manga (Japan-only)====

Between the second season and ''[[The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|The Movie]]'', Megatron shifted the focus of his energy plundering schemes to the energy-rich [[Japan]]. His many schemes, including attacking with the [[Seeker]]s and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and turning himself into the [[Super Megatron Gun]], were thwarted by the Autobots and their new human ally, [[Kenji]]. His one major success, however, was sending [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Reflector]] to steal secrets from [[Scramble City]] which he used to build [[Trypticon]].

====Scramble City OVA (Japan-only)====

Hoping to thwart the construction of [[Scramble City]], Megatron sent his entire army of [[combiner]]s to the city's secret location (which had been discovered by [[Ratbat]]). The Autobots struggled to fight off Megatron's combiner army until [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] activated Scramble City and sent in [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], who fought the Decepticons off. Megatron then revealed his trumpcard: Trypticon.

====''Robot Masters'' (Japan-only)====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Jirō Saitō]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Rmrebirthmegatron.JPG|thumb|HAH! I fooled you for all of five seconds!]]

In the year 2004, Megatron was lost in an undisclosed accident, leaving his time-displaced descendant from the Beast Wars to take his place as Decepticon leader. Later, the original Megatron's consciousness took possession of the body of [[Reverse Convoy]], leader of the planet [[Vehicon_(planet)|Vehicon]], via an inter-dimensional uplink to a black hole, and then used it to pose as an ally to the Autobots, only to betray them by revealing himself as the aptly-named "Rebirth Megatron".

====Binaltech (Japan-only)====
After [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] was revived by [[I.I.I.]] installing the uploaded consciousness from the flight recorder of the starship he used on prehistoric Earth, he used [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s [[Chronosphere]] on Cybertron to transport Megatron and his fleet to the year 2006, so the Autobots would have to bear the brunt of Unicron's attack in 2005 and the time-displaced Decepticons could return to crush their weakened forces.

====The Transformers: The Movie====
[[Image:Megatron1986movie.jpg|left|thumb|250px|No, not drawn by [[Pat Lee]]-- that's actually battle damage.]]
Eventually, however, Megatron turned his attention away from Earth, and succeeded in completely conquering Cybertron by the Earth year 2005. However, the Autobots maintained control of two of Cybertron's moons, and retained a large reserve force on Earth. Learning the Autobots were preparing a strike against the planet, Megatron and the Decepticons intercepted the shuttle sent to Earth to acquire energy to power the raid, and unleashed a mighty assault on [[Autobot City]]. In the course of the conflict, word was sent to Optimus Prime, who arrived the following morning after the slaughter and confronted Megatron in another one-on-one struggle. Megatron appeared beaten, but spying a discarded pistol, stalled for time by pleading for mercy as he attempted to reach it. The young Autobot [[Hot Rod]] then intervened, tackling Megatron, but amazingly, one of the most powerful Decepticon was too much for him, seizing him and using him as shield as he grabbed the pistol and opened fire on Prime. Funny that. The wounds were fatal and sent Prime to the grave - but not before he delivered his own final blow to Megatron, seriously damaging him and forcing the Decepticons to flee.

On the return trip to Cybertron, it became necessary to jettison excess mass, or the Decepticons would be unable to reach the planet. The wounded Decepticons were voted out, and set adrift in space, with Starscream personally jettisoning Megatron. But this was not to be the end for the great slag-maker, as the world-devourer, [[Unicron]], found him and recreated him into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

====''The Transformer'' manga (Japan-only)====

After the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|The Transformers: The Movie]]'' and ''[[Five Faces of Darkness]]'', Galvatron attempted to destroy the Autobots with a legion of Megatron clones dubbed [[Megatron Military|"The Megatron Military"]]. Each clone was equipped with its own unique fusion cannon and were capable of combining the blasts into an intense attack. As a unified force, the Megatron Military crushed [[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]. Their victory was assured until Rodimus managed to deduce that the Megatron Military was being controlled by Galvatron. As it turned out, Galvatron was actually disguised as one of the Megatron clones. Once Rodimus defeated Galvatron, all the Megatron clones lost power and were easily vanquished.

====Battlestars: Return of Convoy (Japan-only)====
[[Image:Supermeg.jpg|left|thumb|Super Megatron transforms into a "spaceship"]]

''(Note: With his transformation into Galvatron, Megatron departed from the animated continuity, until five years later, in the Japanese-exclusive storyline, ''Battlestars: The Return of Convoy'', which, although not animated itself (told instead through one chapter of [[manga]] and several [[story page]]s), continues the tale of the cartoon universe.)''

A evil force named [[Dark Nova]] recovered Galvatron's body from the iceberg he was buried in and restored him to life as '''Super Megatron''', pitting him against [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Battlestars: Return of Convoy (Japan-only)|Star Convoy]], the reborn Optimus Prime, and his Autobots. Super Megatron didn't fare too well against his old adversary and was swiftly defeated. Dark Nova then upgraded him into '''Ultra Megatron''', who had a similar success rate.

For the final battle, Dark Nova merged with the remains of Ultra Megatron and formed the massive [[Dark Nova|Star Giant]]. Star Giant was virtually invincible from the outside, so Star Convoy, [[Grandus]] and [[Sky Garry]] traveled inside his body and began tearing up the joint. As soon as they'd inflicted enough damage, the trio escaped just as Star Giant detonated, leaving only his head some-what intact. Fortunately for Megatron, his body was stored within the head, allowing him to survive the explosion.

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====Generation 2 manga (Japan-only)====

[[Image:JapG2Meg.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He hasn't lost his knack for monologuing in his old age]]

Megatron recovered from the Star Giant incident and returned to his original body. Appearing to have discarded his evil ways, he joined with Optimus Prime to form the [[Cybertron Alliance]] and ushered in the Second Generation of Transformers. However, after human soldiers killed one of his dearest comrades, he adopted a new body and began the war anew.

Megatron coordinated an onslaught of attacks which mortally wounded Optimus Prime (who had adopted a new missile trailer mode to counter Megatron). Megatron then delivered the fatal blow personally and believed his enemy dead. Killing Optimus Prime wasn't so easy, as the [[spark|essences]] of the previous Autobot Supreme Commanders within the [[Matrix of Leadership]] used the [[Reconfiguration Matrix]] to transform Optimus into Laser Optimus Prime. The fight raged on for a while until Prime managed to drive the Decepticon forces to retreat into outer space.

====Generation 2: "The Earth is in Danger!"====

''(Note: this manga special is not in continuity with the Japanese G2 story pages and minicomics.)''

In the year 199X, the Decepticons had learned of a powerful new energy source known as [[forestonite]] which just happened to be located (surprise surprise) on [[Earth]]. Megatron sent his trio of [[Cyberjet]]s to Earth first to draw out the enemy Autobots. The Cyberjets made quick work of [[Electro]] but were soon halted by the appearance of Optimus Prime.

Megatron then entered the fray and fired his Black Hole Burn attack from his fusion cannon, narrowly missing Optimus Prime but vaporizing [[Hooligan]] in the process. Prime fought fiercely but Megatron began to take the upper-hand in battle.

However, Prime was encouraged to keep fighting by the cheers of a human boy named [[Junpei]]. Megatron, surprised at Prime's resiliance, attempted to finish his foe off with his Tornado Axe attack. Prime countered with his Double Wheel-Torque Mega-Ton, which trumped Megatron's attack and injured the Decepticon badly. Megatron teleported back to his ship and left Earth's atmosphere, vowing to return.

===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books continuity===
:''Voice actor: Earl Hammond(?)''

Megatron calls Soundwave a "blundering tape-filled idiot." {{storylink|When Continents Collide}} This is notable because it is hilarious. Also, Megatron totally sounds like "Mumm-Ra" from ''Thundercats''. Megatron had an odd obsession with drills, mole machines, and other burrowing devices, as he used them frequently in his plans for energy gathering and conquest.

===Marvel Books Big Looker Storybook continuity===

[[Image:KidsCliff1.jpg|left|150px|thumb|MTV pimps Megatron's ride.]]

A bunch of humans set up a race for charity, and the victor would received a year's supply of oil and gasoline. Well, the Decepticons desperately wanted that bounty, so rather than just steal it, they decided to sneak into the race. [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] was one of the Autobots driving in the rally and was unaware that the scary black Cadillac was actually being driven by Megatron! Megatron dogged Cliffjumper for quite a while but ended up losing to the Minibot. Cliffjumper won the race and everybody smiled, even Optimus Prime. {{storylink|The Great Car Rally}}

Frighteningly.

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:Megatrong1gladiator.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Gladiators can afford extra paint applications.]]

Young Megatron was a gladiatorial combatant in the depths of [[Cybertron_(planet)|Cybertron]]’s underworld. As victory upon victory mounted, he began to realize that the games were nothing more than an elaborate conspiracy by the [[Council of Ancients]] to divert the attentions of the masses from the dangerous truth of Cybertron’s history. When Megatron began to show interest in Cybertron's buried past through exploration and research, the Council of Ancients attempted to have him assassinated - a plan that only resulted in stirring up even more discontent among Cybertronians, allowing Megatron to begin recruiting for the Decepticon movement.

First his "inner circle," then many of the gladiators, and then finally disgruntled civilians answered his call to action. The Decepticons were born. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

[[Image:Fledglingcause.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Megatron is so grass-roots.]]

Megatron's forces began a civil war of Autobot against Decepticon in order to mask his reactivation of the ancient planetary engines buried beneath Cybertron’s surface. As a result, Cybertron would be transformed into a massive warworld that would cut a swathe of destruction through the galaxy. This plan failed. During a conflict with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Megatron's lieutenant [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] activated the planet mechaforming process too soon, resulting in the destruction of the machinery.

Roughly 7.4 million years BCE, Megatron and Optimus Prime disappeared in an early test of the then-unstable [[Space Bridge]] matter-transport system. Spending an undisclosed time on the planet [[Quintessa]], Megatron returned with an overwhelming army of lifeless [[Air Warrior|seeker clones]], quickly subjugating Cybertron. ''(This story was never finished due to the closure of Dreamwave, though the seekers and presumably Megatron as well were eventually defeated.)''

Four million years BCE, Cybertron was threatened by a massive approaching asteroid, so Optimus Prime led a contingent of Autobots aboard the [[Ark]] to blow the rock to fragments, which were transported away by an orbital Space Bridge network. When this task was completed, Megatron chose this moment to strike, attacking the Ark with his troops. Crippled, the craft flew through one of the Space Bridge portals, and was transported to prehistoric Earth, where it crashed, entombing the occupants in stasis for four million years.

The Autobots and Decepticons were reactivated in 1984, but specific details of the battles were unrecorded until 1999, when a Autobot/Human military alliance succeeded in capturing and deactivating the Decepticons. However, the [[Ark II]] spaceship carrying them back to Cybertron exploded shortly after liftoff, and the Transformers were believed destroyed. In actuality, they had been scattered back to Earth, where they lay in [[stasis lock]] across the globe for three years. This slumber was brought to an end when [[Lazarus|Adam Rook]] (aka Lazarus), a rogue military scientist who had devised a method of controlling Transformers, salvaged many of the fallen Cybertronians and reprogrammed them as mass killing machines, which he then attempted to sell on the black market. Megatron was first to break free of the human's control, overriding the new programming and capturing Lazarus during an auction. Megatron forced Lazarus to watch as he unleashed a technorganic virus designed to transform all of Earth into a new Cybertron. It also served to lure Optimus Prime and the Autobots, also now reactivated, to his location. Megatron, tired of the war, continuously asked Prime to join him. After his first failed attempt, Megatron unleashed [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] on [[San Francisco]], ensuing in mass slaughter, in an attempt to show Prime the humans were not worth fighting for. However, the selfless sacrifice of several firemen restored Prime's faith in humanity and allowed him and the Autobots to beat back Megatron.

[[Image:Shockwavedwwarandpeace.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Megatron's a bottom.]]Several months later. Megatron was subliminally summoned to a remote area in Alaska along with the other Earthbound Transformers. There they battled until Megatron's former second-in-command, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], arrived and revealed that in their absence the war on Cybertron had ended. He arrested Megatron, Prime, and their troops as war criminals. Megatron, weakened by battle, was quickly defeated by Shockwave and loaded aboard his shuttle for return to Cybertron, only to have Starscream seize the opportunity by jettisoning him into space on the return trip. Megatron used the time floating in space to contemplate his existence and the Decepticon goal. Realizing that he had wasted millennia in his feud with Prime, Megatron resolved to once again conquer Cybertron as a means of enhancing the Transformer race and strengthening it from outside threats. It seemed as through he would not live to accomplish this goal, however, as death closed in on him... only for him to be retrieved by the [[Junkion]] [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]. Wreck-Gar took Megatron to the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] and repaired and re-armed him, as well as digging up and reactivating a number of seeker clones that had wound up there after being dumped through space bridge portals. Megatron returned the favor by stabbing him in the back with an energy dagger.

Traveling to the Planet [[Beest]], Megatron defeated the exiled Decepticon warlords, the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], and rebuilt them into the mightiest of all combiners, [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], to serve as his ace in the hole in his quest to reclaim leadership of the Decepticons. Moving in stealth on Cybertron, Megatron defeated Shockwave, severing his laser arm and forcing him into servitude. He then returned to Earth to collect the remaining Decepticons under Starscream's command, and to teach Starscream a lesson long in coming.

''While it was alluded that Megatron had a grand goal in mind that also included the subjugation of the [[Quintessons]], the remainder of the story has yet to be told due to the closure of Dreamwave. However it has been stated by representatives of IDW publishing, the current holders of the Transformer comic license, that once Dreamwave has exited bankruptcy court, they intend to finish the story.''

===Dreamwave ''Transformers/G.I. Joe'' continuity===
Megatron and the other Decepticons were unintentionally revived by [[Major Bludd]]. Bludd's leader, [[Cobra Commander]] used Megatron as a weapon of global conquest. Megatron took the opportunity to harvest energy from the conquered human establishments. To enforce Megatron's loyalty, the Commander was willing to use his possesion of [[The Matrix]] as a weapon capable of causing Megatron great pain. Megatron eagerly awaited the Commander's death.

When Cobra Commander's legs were crushed during Bruticus's rampage, Megatron suggested the Commander use Megatron's gun mode as a means of killing himself to relieve the pain, but it was Baroness who was bold enough to fire the killing shot.

Then Snake-Eyes broke the Matrix and Megatron died. He remained dead.
{{storylink|Transformers/G.I. Joe}}

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs. The Transformers'' continuity===
[[Image:Megatronddjoe.jpg|left|thumb|250px|[[Joey Slick]] > [[Cobra Commander]]]]
After [[Cobra]], a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world, found a crashed spaceship full of Transformers in [[stasis lock]], these beings were rebuilt into Cobra vehicles and reprogrammed to serve Cobra. One exception to the latter detail was Megatron, who was rebuilt to transform into a Walther P38 handgun, but only was locked in this mode and not reprogrammed. He mocked [[Cobra Commander]]'s decisions, especially deciding [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], Megatron's traitorous lieutenant, would serve as the Commander's choice of transport.

Megatron was able to bargain for his freedom when the Transformers were cleared of their reprogramming, including a very stern [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. The two leaders clashed, but ultimately Megatron was defeated. Unbeknownst to the victors, Megatron's remains were seized by the United States government. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers}}

Megatron's remains were eventually used to create [[Serpent O.R.]], a synthetic creature that combined the personalities of several of [[Earth]]'s most famous warmongers and Megatron. During a Cobra raid, Serpent O.R. was prematurely activated. After discerning his origins, Serpent O.R. considered himself the son of Megatron. {{storylink|The Art of War}}

=== IDW comics continuity ===

{{disambig2|Megatron, the one time min'''e'''r|the clone of Optimus Primal|Optimus Minor}}

{{spoiler}}
Long ago, before the war, Megatron was an [[Energon]] miner, a member of the lower class, in [[Mine C-12]]. One day [[Senator Decimus]] arrived at the mine to announce that the mine was being closed immediately and the workers would be relocated. However, one of the Senator's guards killed a worker for insubordination and claims of Senate corruption, which spurred Megatron into action. He attacked Senator Decimus and killed the guard in self-defense, which afterwards caused him much grief. He and the other miners were en route to imprisonment when [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] broke free and started a riot aboard their ship. They escaped and made their way to [[Kaon]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin, Part 1}} After evading law enforcement, Megatron joined a team of gladiators under the tutelage of [[Clench]]. Eventually, he surpassed his mentor and became a star of the games, earning the attention of self-serving, opportunistic Senator [[Ratbat]]. Subsequently, Megatron encountered the information broker [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], who, on behalf of an unnamed third party, offered him weaponry and technology to upgrade himself and his comrades into living weapons.{{storylink|Megatron Origin, Part 2}}

[[Image:Megatrong1idwpreearth.jpg|left|thumb|150px|450 years ago, his helmet was black, but now it's gray. The difference time makes, huh?]]The war between Megatron's Decepticons and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s Autobots was so great that it created an impending energy crisis and threatened the stability of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] itself. When [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] left Cybertron, secretly pursuing alternate energy sources, Megatron asked [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] to investigate his files, secretly assigning Soundwave to investigate Bludgeon. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

Later, a Decepticon scientist, [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], came to Megatron with a revolutionary, controversial plan to stave off this energy death by encasing themselves in "symbiotic carapaces," or shells created from living tissue. When Megatron dismissed him angrily and cut him down, Thunderwing did not abandon his research, but instead experimented on himself. As a result, this made Thunderwing so powerful that Megatron had to join forces with Optimus Prime to stop him. This battle at [[Thunderhead Pass]] accelerated the apocalypse destined to befall Cybertron, leaving it an uninhabitable, radioactive husk and forcing both armies to continue their war on other worlds.

[[Image:Megatrong1idwgunbody.jpg|right|thumb|150px|I ''also'' wonder.]]

Seven hundred [[Units of time|stellar cycles]] later, in current times, it was discovered that as a result of digging through Shockwave's files, Bludgeon had resurrected Thunderwing's dangerous project. Megatron ordered [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]], in a ship orbiting Cybertron, to obliterate the planet if absolutely necessary. However, Optimus Prime and the [[Wreckers]] were able to thwart both Bludgeon and a reanimated Thunderwing, and so destruction of the planet was averted. {{storylink|Stormbringer (comics)|Stormbringer}}

Megatron, meanwhile, was on Earth, investigating Starscream's infiltration team. He discovered that Starscream had stumbled across [[Ore-13]], an incredible energy source which had been [[Spotlight: Shockwave|mysteriously seeded there]], and that the Air Commander was planning to use it to usurp Megatron's command. After seriously damaging the hesitantly rebellious [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Blitzwing]], Megatron faced a super-powered Starscream. Though the Ore-13 made Starscream a formidable adversary, Megatron was still more deadly than he, and Starscream was destroyed. Whether he can be restored is still unknown. {{storylink|Infiltration}}

Megatron took stock of Starscream's progress on Earth in light of the discovery of Ore-13, repaired Skywarp and Blitzwing, and made Starscream's former troops aware, in no uncertain terms, that any further insurrections would be met with deadly force. But instead of leaving Earth in the hands of a new commander, Megatron stayed to guide the second stage of the Decepticons' plans, wishing to try out his new Earth-inspired handgun (Walther P99) [[altmode]]. {{storylink|Escalation}}

He then used Ore-13's power for fancy [[size changing|mass-displacement technology]] and turned into a pistol [[Scale|for use in human hands]], proclaiming himself to be the most powerful living weapon in the universe. Or maybe he just wanted to be held. He personally took charge of the Decepticon subterfuge in Brasnia, guiding the fascimile of [[Georgi Koska]] in an attempt to escalate an international incident into a full polarising war. However, his choice of disguise quickly proved to be a really, really stupid move as apparently fleshie constructs holding guns are no match for armored cars with weapons. Stuck on the ground, he then transformed as Optimus Prime came into his range and started a full-blown melee with his longtime foe for all the nuts and bolts.

Though he lost his fusion cannon almost right away, Megatron soon gained the upper hand, bursting at the seams with an Ore-13 high. Incapacitating Prime, he reached into his battered foe's chest and squeezed, seemingly kililng his longtime opponent. Aghast, the Autobots moved into a full but ineffective counterattack, unable to stop the rampaging Decepticon (who fortunately couldn't just mow them down with his gun). However, Prime's death was a desperate ruse, and the Autobot leader countered with a suprise attack on Megatron, using the same tactics he used against Thunderwing to force Megatron to burn through his reserves prematurely. Now on the ropes, his plan in shambles, Megatron transformed and retreated with Skywarp and Thundercracker before being finished off.

Upon returning to base and being refueled and repaired, Megatron was hopping mad. Mad enough to prematurely call in his ultimate living weapon - [[Sixshot]] -despite Astrotrain's panic attack on hearing that.

===IDW ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'' continuity===
He is referred to (as a leader [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] wants to replace, big surprise), but does not appear.
====IDW ''Hearts of Steel'' Concept Art micro-continuity====
Megatron is depicted with three different altmodes: a giant cannon (with big studded wheels that become shoulder-shields), a 19th-century Colt revolver, possibly a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_1851_Navy_Revolver Colt 1851 Navy], and another very similar revolver, with an anachronistic scope and a bulkier muzzle. Since these altmodes have no place in the story, these sketches constitute a [[micro-continuity]] in which [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] and Megatron are active in the late 19th century.

===Beast Wars===
:''Voice actor:''  [[Gary Chalk]]  (US)

[[Image:G1Megatron_MasterBlaster_stasislock.jpg|left|thumb|150px|I know we all need our beauty sleep, but 4 million years, now thats taking the pee.]]

After the Autobot/Decepticon war moved to Earth, Megatron hunted down the [[Voyager probe]] as it travelled through the [[Solar System]] and encoded on its disc a message. Should his efforts fail, he left detailed instructions to any Decepticon descendants who recovered the disc, instructions which apparently condoned use of [[transwarp]] technology to alter history in his favor by locating the ''Ark'' before it is reactivated, with access codes to the ''Ark'' stored in the Disk, and killing Optimus Prime before the Autobots and Decepticons reawaken. {{storylink|The Agenda, Part 2|The Agenda, Part 2 (backstory)}}

[[Image:G1Megatron_Disc_Agenda_part2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Now thats what I call a smile.]]

The disk (dubbed the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]]) eventually fell into Cybertronian hands and was stolen by a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] who shared Megatron's name. {{storylink|Beast Wars, Part 1}} This new [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], later stranded in Earth's past, was able to use a recording of the original Megatron to sway one of the original Megatron's most loyal troops, [[Ravage]], to his cause. {{storylink|The Agenda, Part 2}}

[[Image:G1Megs_Nemesis_part2_deletedclip.jpg|left|thumb|150px|I was cut out?! This is Starscream's doing!]]

The original Megatron himself was stranded in Earth's past on board the Ark, offline. Before long, Predacon Megatron was able to approach the comatose body of his namesake and steal his [[Spark]], integrating it into his own systems. Almost immediately, however, during Predacon Megatron's painful reaction to this integration, he was thrown into a pool of lava by his treacherous underlings. In spite of -- or perhaps because of -- this, Predacon Megatron emerged from the lava, with a new body that could now transform into a fire-breathing dragon. It is unknown how much influence the original Megatron's Spark had in this metamorphosis. {{storylink|Master Blaster}} At the end of the Beast Wars, after Predacon Megatron was succumbed, the original Megatron's Spark was returned to his body, restoring the flow of history. <ref>This scene was cut out of [[Nemesis, Part 2]] for time, but its occurrence is still implied by [[Optimus Primal]]'s note that all was as it should be. The clip was added as a special feature to [[Kid Rhino]]'s and [[Madman Entertainment]]'s ''Beast Wars'' season 3 DVD box sets.</ref>

A Megatron is mentioned in the [[Covenant of Primus]], an ancient sacred text which claims to prophesy future events, including the Beast Wars. It is implied that both Megatrons took their name from here. {{storylink|Nemesis, Part 2}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
''(Note: Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.)''

[[Image:Megatrong1marvelarmy.jpg|left|thumb|250px|No, not fascist at all.]]

Four million years ago, ''rising from his beginnings as a gladiator for the city-state of [[Tarn]],'' Megatron and the Decepticons developed the ability of transformation, using it to begin the war against the Autobots, who fought back by mimicking the technology. Megatron declared his intent to transform [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] into a "cosmic dreadnought" to conquer the universe. {{storylink|The Transformers (comic issue)|The Transformers}} ''However, he would only get as far as building massive engines deep beneath the planet's surface. {{storylink|Legion of the Lost!, Part 1}}''

Megatron also vowed to possess the planet's superdatabase, the [[Underbase]], for himself, so he followed a young Optimus Prime on his quest into the [[Temple of Knowledge]], where he destroyed the temple's curator, [[Boltax]]. In order to keep the Underbase out of Megatron's hands, Optimus Prime destroyed the temple and launched the Underbase into space. {{storylink|The Flames of Boltax!}}

[[Image:Megatrong1earlymarvel.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Check out my awesome preproduction model!]]

''After the death of [[Sentinel Prime]], Megatron's troops poised themselves around the Autobot capital city of [[Iacon]], slowly disintegrating its defenses. [[Emirate Xaaron]] chose [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], a warrior, to take the [[Council of Autobot Elders]]' place as leader of the Autobot forces. Optimus Prime and Megatron's armies then met in battle, and Megatron's forces were defeated - with help from an exploding bridge. {{storylink|And There Shall Come... A Leader!}}''

In time, the war grew so fierce that Cybertron itself was shaken from its orbit, and set adrift in the cosmos. Eventually, over a thousand years after Megatron's war had begun <ref>The length of the war is given as "over a thousand years" in [[The Transformers (comic issue)|Marvel Comics #1]], but it's said to be just a hundred years in Marvel UK's [[Legion of the Lost, Part 1]].</ref>, the planet fell into the path of an asteroid cluster in the Sol system that threatened to destroy it, and so Optimus Prime led a contingent of his troops in the Ark to reduce the asteroids to rubble, saving Cybertron. The plan was a success, but immediately afterwards, Megatron and his troops attacked, forcing Optimus Prime to crash the Ark into prehistoric Earth.

Four million years later, in 1984, the Transformers were reawakened, and Megatron immediately set about trying to locate a source of fuel for the Decepticons. Unable to ingest common Earth gasoline, the Decepticons kidnapped [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] and forced him to develop a conversion process. Megatron soon found his Decepticons and his base of operations under seige by the Autobot [[Gears]] and a strange superpowered human named [[Spider-Man]]. The pair escaped with Sparkplug, but not before he had managed to convert Earth fuel into usable energy.{{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

[[Image:Megatrong1marvelblackhole.jpg|thumb|left|150px|My god. He's full of stars.]]

''After an argument with Megatron, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] left their headquarters and set about on a plan to position himself above Megatron in the eyes of his comrades. [[Ravage]], sent by Megatron to spy on Starscream, was discovered overhearing Starscream's treachery, and so Starscream tried to eliminate the elusive jaguar. This enraged Megatron, who punished Starscream by having him duel the Autobot [[Brawn]]. {{storylink|The Enemy Within!}} Soon, Megatron and the full fury of the Decepticons under his command, sieged the Ark itself, but his attack was stopped short by a malfunctioning [[Auntie]], the Ark's computer system. Captured with Optimus Prime in a stasis field, Auntie's fatal intentions towards them prompted Megatron to activate his rarely-used ability to tap into the power of a black hole. This proved unnecessary after [[Ravage]] and [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] saved them, so Megatron moved to use his cosmic power on Prime - until Windcharger magnetically launched him out of the Ark and into the stratosphere. {{storylink|Raiders of the Lost Ark}}''

While Sparkplug was kidnapped, this had only afforded him the chance to poison their fuel, and the Decepticons were forcibly deactivated at the end of a climactic fight between the two factions. The Autobots were not saved, however, as [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] suddenly arrived and defeated the Autobots with a single blast. He brought the Decepticons back online to serve him - including Megatron. Chafing under his command, Megatron battled Shockwave, but was soundly defeated.

[[Image:Megatrong1marvelhumiliation.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Get used to this, Megatron.]]

This forced Megatron him into an alliance with [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], who located and reactivated the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], who had defeated Shockwave in the past. However, Ratchet loosed them on Megatron, and was willing to sacrifice himself to knock Megatron off a cliff. While Ratchet survived, Megatron disappeared for some time.

Soon, however, Megatron re-emerged, trapped in pistol mode, his higher brain functions disconnected. Used as a weapon by wannabe gangster, [[Joey Slick]], Megatron eventually restored himself, and was impressed enough with Slick for standing up to him that he allowed him to live. But at this point, Megatron was desperately low on fuel, and attacked a coal mine, attempting to locate some, when he eventually completely ran out, and froze in place. He was soon located by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], who brought him back online, and they subsequently entered into an alliance with the human [[Donny Finkleberg]], who used the alias of "Robot-Master" to con humankind into thinking the Transformers worked for him.

Shockwave and Megatron entered into a period of shared leadership, but when a two-pronged attack by the Autobots saw Megatron defeated by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], and Shockwave allowing the Autobots to capture the secrets of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], Megatron was able to spin the situation and reclaim his leadership.

[[Image:Megatrong1marveltarget2006.jpg|left|thumb|250px|SPOILERS!]]

''A mysterious Decepticon called [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], along with his henchmen [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], entered the Decepticon camp and claimed he was the future Decepticon leader from the year 2006. Megatron found this preposterous, but though he tried to destroy the alleged imposter, he and Soundwave were buried under rubble by the powerful newcomers. Megatron was retrieved from the rubble by [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], and he and the Autobots forged an uneasy alliance against Galvatron. This was still not enough, as Galvatron (who was revealed to be Megatron himself from the future) easily disposed of all of them, and was only deterred when he was tricked into believing he had travelled back in time to a past that would not become his own future. {{storylink|Target 2006}}''

''Megatron summoned the [[Predacon]]s to Earth with the intention of having them hunt down Optimus Prime, but Shockwave used the opportunity to try and remove Megatron from the picture. After trailing Prime through a forest and bringing him to his knees, the Predacons turned on Megatron, blindsiding him, stealing his fusion cannon, and absconding. When Megatron came to, he continued hunting Prime, but when the Autobot leader attacked him, he summoned the [[space bridge]] in hopes of escaping to Cybertron, only for Prime to be transported with him. On Cybertron, Megatron established contact with local Decepticon commander Lord [[Straxus]], whose body had been destroyed by [[Blaster]], leaving him a head floating in a jar.''

''Straxus soon came to consider the irrational Megatron a liability and sought to dispose of him by transplating his mind into Megatron's body, giving him mobility again while trapping Megatron in his remains. Megatron resisted the transfer, however, and the process went awry, leaving both Straxus and Megatron's minds trapped in Megatron's body together. Outwardly, Megatron seemed to become more and more unstable as the two personalities inside him battled for control; when attacked by Prime and [[Ultra Magnus]], he even proved desperate enough to use his [[antimatter]] manipulation powers, nearly destroying the entire Decepticon complex, until [[Ratbat]] activated the space bridge and sent him back to Earth. Straxus's consciousness fled Megatron's body, and Megatron himself was left with no memory of the whole affair.''

[[Image:Megatrong1marveltooclever.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Yes, you're very smart. Shut up.]]

In order to attain possession of a new energy-generating device, the hydrothermacline, Megatron battled Optimus Prime in a video game duel, using a cheat code to continue the fight after he had lost. Prime defeated him again, but at the expense of some of the game's characters, and ruled himself the loser because he would not have committed such an act in real life. Prime was destroyed, and Megatron's elation soon turned into paranoia, as he had not killed Prime with his own hands, and believed he could still be alive. Bringing the Predacons ''back'' to Earth, Shockwave had them pose as Autobots and attack Megatron in another attempt to remove his threat, but the plan failed when the deranged Megatron defeated even [[Predaking]]. Believing (correctly, as it would turn out) that Prime's mind could have been preserved on computer disk, Megatron descended into outright insanity, and boarded the space bridge, vowing to go where Prime could not follow - right before he blew it up with his fusion cannon, apparently killing himself.

[[Image:Megatrong1marveltwomegatrons.jpg|left|thumb|200px|buggabuggaWHA?]]

''Megatron's absence allowed a contingency plan arranged by Lord Straxus to be put into motion. In the event that his attempt to seize Megatron's body failed, Straxus had had a clone of Megatron created, complete with a copy of his brain patterns, into which his consciousness retreated following the previous debacle. Straxus lay dormant within the clone, which was activated following Megatron's seeming demise, and sent to Earth, to the sewers beneath [[London]]. There, the clone - believing itself to be the genuine article - battled the Autobots, [[G.I. Joe|Action Force]], and the mechanoid [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]], and wound up submerged in the Thames river.''

''Some time later, it was salvaged by Shockwave, who brainwashed it and unleashed it on [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], a recreated future version of Megatron who had traveled back in time from the year 2006 and posed a threat to Shockwave's leadership. The clone Megatron, however, saw a possible partner in Galvatron, and the two teamed up to battle Autobots and Decepticons from both present and future in the apocalyptic [[Time Wars]]. Subsequently, the clone returned to Cybertron, where it defeated the ruling Decepticon Triumvirate, but was then confronted with the ''real'' Megatron - ''the Spacebridge explosion had deposited him in the Dead End region of Cybertron, where he had wandered, with no recollection of who he was, until he had saved [[Blackjack|a Decepticon]] from Autobots and regained his memories.'' The clone Megatron subsequently destroyed itself to prevent Straxus, buried inside its mind, from taking over.''

[[Image:Megs_ratch.jpg|right|thumb|200px|As you can tell, the Marvel Comics weren't very good to Megatron.]]

While Megatron's [[Micromaster]] [[Air Strike Patrol]] created a diversion which pitted Optimus Prime's forces against [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s, Megatron sent his [[Micromaster]] [[Sports Car Patrol]] to capture Ratchet from the Ark, bringing him to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Back from the Dead}} Threatening Ratchet with the destruction of the Ark and all of his patients aboard, Megatron forced him to recreate Starscream as a [[Pretender]]. Ratchet did so, but also restored [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Jazz]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] in the same manner, thwarting his scheme, and also bringing the explosives on board the Ark through a [[trans-time dimensional portal]] into Megatron's base. When Megatron then attempted to flee through the portal, Ratchet tackled him as the Decepticon's base exploded around them, apparently killing them both. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

Soon after, however, Autobot detective [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] discovered that the explosion had actually blown them through the portal, and he dispatched a probe to pull them back from the gaps between reality. However, when they rematerialised, it was revealed that the explosion had fused the two enemies together, into a hideous, twisted mockery of a being, which ran rampant through the Ark. The half that was Ratchet begged Optimus Prime to kill them, but Prime could not, and had the [[Micromaster]] [[Fixit]] separate their bodies. Unfortunately, Fixit could not separate their minds, as they were bonded at a molecular level; one could not survive without the other.

Their separated bodies lay in the Ark's medbay until Grimlock pumped them full of [[Nucleon]], though the revitalizing effect took some time to help Ratchet and Megatron come to. Megatron awoke to find [[Galvatron II]], another version of him from the future, wandering the halls of the Ark as it returned to Earth. Galvatron II, driven to insanity, initially tried to kill Megatron to purge the memory of him that haunted his mind. Megatron was in no state to comprehend what was going on around him, and began interpreting Galvatron II's blows as coming from Ratchet.

Though Galvatron II and Megatron eventually came to terms with each other while beating up Shockwave (he and Starscream had stolen the ship), vowing to join forces and take over the galaxy, Ratchet doomed them all by igniting the Ark's engines and spiralling the Autobot spacecraft into the Earth below. Megatron was presumed dead among the remains that constituted the crash site in northern [[Canada]]. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}}

=====Earthforce=====
''In an offshoot of the Marvel timeline following the restoration of the Autobots aboard the Ark with Nucleon, but before... uh ... ''(okay, see [[Earthforce]] for continuity notes, it's pretty complicated...)''

[[Image:Megs_earthforce.jpg|right|thumb|150px|The real culprit behind global warming.]]

''Somewhere in the [[Arizona]] desert, Megatron and the [[Constructicon]]s built a rocket that would launch into Earth's atmosphere and detonate, converting the atmosphere into [[energon]]. He was interrupted by [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and though Megatron insisted they were too late to stop the rocket, {{storylink|Starting Over!}} Prowl rode the rocket into the atmosphere, and was able to destroy the satellite the rocket carried before it released its gas canisters. {{storylink|Desert Island Risks!}}''

''Now that [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s [[Earthforce]] had installed itself to counter Megatron and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s Decepticons on Earth, the two leaders decided to hold a [[Bad Guy's Ball]] to foster unity. This event was sabotaged by the Earthforce, and once again, Megatron and Shockwave's respective groups were at each other's throats. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}''

====="Another Time And Place" text story=====
[[Image:Megatrong1anothertime.jpg|right|thumb|50px|Yuk!]]

:''"Another Time and Place" was retconned out of continuity a few years later by the Generation 2 comic books.''

Trapped in nontransforming Action Master bodies, Grimlock and the Dinobots snuck a shuttle to [[Hydrus Four]], where rumor had it a new, less destructive brand of [[Nucleon]] had been developed. However, the allegedly defeated Decepticons were waiting for just such a trip, and followed the Dinobots to the planet's surface, where they were ambushed and captured. Grimlock woke up to hear endless chants of "Megatron! Megatron! Megatron!" as technicians had strung up the late Decepticon leader's body, culled from his supposed doom on Earth, for repairs. Bludgeon would revive him, revive their fallen, and then the war would begin anew.

But Bludgeon wouldn't get the chance. The cavalry arrived, and Optimus Prime's Autobots quickly quelled the Decepticons' would-be resurgance. As Bludgeon was taken apart to pieces by a vicious repair spider, a partially-restored Megatron, a visual monstrocity, lunged half-alive at Grimlock and Optimus Prime. With a double-teamed punch, Megatron's undead corpse was easily defeated. The war was truly over. {{storylink|Another Time and Place}}

====Generation 2====
[[Image:Megatrong2cobra.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Green with evil!]]

Although thought dead for a year or two, Megatron had actually survived the Ark crash (though his mental link with Ratchet was forgotten), and had quietly worked to repair it, concealing it beneath the ground. From there, Megatron tracked a signal, mistakenly believing it was another Transformer, but instead he found the shape-shifting castle of the terrorist organisation, [[Cobra]]. He entered into a bargain with its leader, [[Cobra Commander]], offering him the technology of the Ark in exchange for the new weapons his organization was developing. Reconstructed into a new tank body with a powerful rail gun, Megatron defeated a squad of Autobots sent to stop him, and then turned on Cobra, capturing the scientist who had developed his gun, [[Dr. Biggles-Jones|Doctor Biggles-Jones]] and escaping in the Ark.

Both [[Skydive (G1)|Skydive]] and [[Spike Witwicky]] had snuck on board, and following a clearly one-sided battle with Spike's [[Headmaster]] partner, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], Megatron was seemingly killed again when Fortress Maximus threw himself into the Ark's power core, destroying it once and for all. But Megatron (and a repaired Starscream) rejoined the Decepticons on Earth to challenge the current Decepticon leader, Bludgeon. Bludgeon was deposed, fatally, though Megatron continued many of the Pretender's ongoing projects, such as calling the attentions of Optimus Prime to Earth by indiscriminately rampaging across it. When Prime finally showed up, Megatron's old foe at first attempted to talk and join forces against the new threat of [[Jhiaxus]] and his [[Advanced-Decepticon]]s, but Megatron ignored him, ripped the [[Creation Matrix]] from his chest, and left to infuse a new generation of warriors with life. But after securing the galvanizing additive known as [[Rheanium]], his forces were bested by Jhiaxus.

[[Image:megatrong2idiot.jpg|thumb|300px|Megatron's getting a little too self-aware.]]

Megatron himself was humbled brutally in battle against Jhiaxus, so he entered into an alliance with the Autobots to "put their house in order." Conversely, they were betrayed by Starscream, who joined forces with Jhiaxus' troops, alerted Jhiaxus to the location of the Autobot/Decepticon camp on Earth, and then again betrayed both sides by using the opportunity to steal the Creation Matrix and Megatron's [[Warworld]]. Starscream, using the powers of the Matrix, fused himself with the War World, which gave Megatron and Optimus Prime great difficulty as they fought their way through its shifting insides. Ultimately, Starscream relinquished the Creation Matrix to Optimus Prime when it was discovered that the artifact was making him nice, allowing Megatron to load a ship with canisters of [[Rheanium]] gas and head back to Earth, where the [[Swarm]] was beginning its attack. Megatron arrived just in time to coat the remaining Transformers with the gas, which protected them from the Swarm long enough for Optimus Prime to defeat the Swarm with the Matrix. The Swarm departed, changed into a force for good, leaving both Autobot and Decepticon seemingly united for good.
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====Fun Publications ''Classics'' comics====

''(Note: The Classics comic takes place after the end of the original Marvel Comic, but in a new timeline that does not include the events of the Marvel UK-exclusive stories or Generation 2.)''

[[Image:Megatronclassicscrossingover.jpg|left|thumb|175px|I got your child safety right here pal!]]

Fifteen years had passed since Megatron supposedly died along with Shockwave, Starscream, and Ratchet when the Ark crashed violently into the Yukon. The defeated Decepticon army scattered, and the Autobots were able to return to a peaceful Cybertron.

Inexplicably, Megatron returned (in a new body) and once again stalked the Earth, rallying the remaining Decepticons to him. Megatron rebuilt many of these Decepticons using altered specifications created by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], shortly before Megatron presumably had Shockwave decommissioned in an unspecified way. Eventually, Megatron, roaming free, stumbled across [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]] and [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], who had travelled from [[Unicron Trilogy|their universe]] in a fantastic energon/forcefield explosion, but his evil intentions for them were interrupted by human-piloted [[Armored Robot Hunters]] (or RUNTs) and subsequently a small team of Autobots led by Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Crossing Over, Part 1}}

Megatron managed to escape with Landquake and return with him to the Decepticons' base of operations, where he had Landquake restrained, interrogated, and inspected. Megatron was intrigued by Landquake's claims of being from another dimension. He was further intrigued by a radiation wavelength signature detected in South America that exactly matched Landquake's readouts, and so Megatron led his Decepticons to the source of the signature. {{storylink|Crossing Over, Part 2}} There, he encountered not only a fleet of jet-piloting RUNTs, but also the Autobots again. This time, with the might of his Decepticons behind him, he eagerly engaged in battle. {{storylink|Crossing Over, Part 3}}

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==Toys==
:See [[Megatron (G1) toys]]

==Trivia==
[[Image:P-Megatron.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Microman Megatron's concept model. Back then, he was a little less happy to see you.]]

[[Image:Earlymegatron.jpg|right|thumb|120px|The [[fusion cannon]]'s got that handle because... well, we're not sure.]]

* Early in the ''Transformers'' series preproduction, Megatron's look was based not on the toy, but on concept art for an unproduced prototype version. This early version, sporting a different, black head, a very different scope/fusion cannon, and the gun's barrel on his back, managed to make its way into not only early commercial animation and licensed material, but into the art of the early Marvel Comics. Though the model was altered before the animated series was produced, elements from the first model were perpetuated such as the back-mounted barrel in both the comic and the cartoon. The Marvel Comics continued to color Megatron's helmet black (well, blue) until the end of its run.

* [[Bob Budiansky]] suggested the name "Megatron," but [[Hasbro]] initially rejected it, claiming that "mega" conjured images of nuclear bombs. Budiansky reminded them that the name was supposed to sound evil, because he's the leader of the bad guys. Hasbro responded, "Oh, right," and then approved the name. <ref>[http://www.alteredstatesmag.com/features/qanda/bbudiansky_2.php ASM: A Little Q&A with... Bob Budiansky]</ref>

* In the UK comics, [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] explains that Megatron is the equivalent of a 'blueblood,' possessing some royal lineage.<ref>[[Letters page (Marvel UK)]] #227</ref>

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==Footnotes==
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==External links==
* [http://tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Megatron/megatron.htm Megatron at TFU.info]
* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Megatron Megatron's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Megatron (G1)

2007-09-01T04:44:02Z

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Reflector (G1)

2007-08-26T17:59:52Z

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:''Reflector is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:ReflectorG1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|It's a Kodak moment.]]

'''Reflector''' likes to watch. He lives (they live?) to observe anything and everything, from scenery, to wildlife, to architecture. But above all else, Reflector likes to watch his comrades, learn their dark secrets, and profit from them. Reflector is also very impressed with his own abilities both in the fields of observation and blackmail.

Reflector is composed of three separate robots - [[Spectro]], [[Spyglass]] and [[Viewfinder]] - who combine into the single camera [[altmode]] that is Reflector.

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===

:''Voice actor:'' [[Chris Latta]] (US), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japan)

[[Image:ReflectorCartoon1.jpg|left|250px|thumb|I (we?) see EVERYTHING!]]

Reflector is unique among the Decepticons: he is three robots who talk and act in unison as a single mind in three (largely identical) bodies. He (they?) was (were?) with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] on the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]] during its assault on the [[Ark]]. He was thus among Megatron's troops after their reawakening on [[Earth]]. Reflector and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] did some scouting shortly after the Decepticons left the Ark. Reflector demonstrated his ability to zoom-focus and print pictures in camera mode.

He later spied on the laboratory of [[Dr. Alcazar]], the mentor of boy genius [[Chip Chase]]. Using his zoom-focus and photographic powers once more, Reflector secretly obtained the entry-code for the laboratory's security system. He claimed that stealing the anti-matter formula was going to be a piece of [[oil cake]]. Megatron used the code to sneak into the laboratory, though he was still too slow, as Dr. Alcazar had enough time to transfer all the information on the anti-matter formula to Chip Chase's home computer via something called the internet. Reflector later gathered valuable intelligence prior to the Decepticon attack on the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power plant.

Beyond the trio that makes up the camera, there are other Reflector-type Decepticon soldiers considered separate. One of these was nearly sacrificed to send over the [[Space Bridge]] with a shipment of Energon cube.

Reflector becomes less active as the battle for Earth went on, almost disappearing entirely. He was last seen in 2005, participating in the initial Decepticon assault on Autobot City.

''('''Note:''' The individual names Spectro, Spyglass, and Viewfinder are never used in the cartoon, he (all three of him) is simply "Reflector." In his cartoon design all three robots are based on the center (Viewfinder) section of the toy, though they're given a humanized face and only one of the three Reflectors would have the actual camera lens in his chest. The series story bible specifically discouraged writers from using Reflector, as plans to include the toy in the regular toyline were, for some reason, scrapped after the series was developed.)''

====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform'' manga====

[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] photographed the incomplete [[Autobot City]], with the aid of Reflector's camera mode, so that Megatron could decipher whether or not it was powerful enough to stand up to [[Trypticon]].

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

Reflector were not part of Megatron's crew, but worked for [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], monitoring the planet and its inhabitants for him from a central mainframe. They were seemingly destroyed by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]].

''('''Note:''' Dreamwave continuity is the only place in official fiction (so far) where the three Reflector components are portrayed as separate characters rather than the single composite being described by their tech spec and shown in the cartoon. The ''[[Keepers Trilogy|Fusion]]'' novel set in Dreamwave continuity erroneously presented Reflector as being on Earth prior to this, and in compensation, its sequel, ''[[Keepers Trilogy|Annihilation]]'', identified the Earthbound Reflector as the "true" Reflector, and the Cybertron-based one as a "copy" of some form.)''

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Reflector''' (Mail-away, 1986/1987; wide release in Japan, 1985)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''21'''

: Reflector was available only as a mail away promotion in 1986-1987 (ironically after his character had long since disappeared from the cartoon), at a cost of $10 and two [[robot points]]. It is composed of three distinct robots that combine to form a camera. It includes a telephoto lens and old-style flashcube accessories as well as various guns. His role early in the cartoon makes it seem likely his toy was originally planned for inclusion in the original 1984 line. Why Hasbro decided not to release it so late in the game is unknown, as is what reversed the decision later to make it a viable mail-away. However, he was given a full release in Japan.

===Merchandise===
* '''Reflector''' (Decoy, 1986)

: A small plastic [[decoy]] of Reflector was part of the Decoy promotion and given away with many smaller TFs. It was based on the cartoon design of the central (lensed) Reflector unit. He came in either red or purple plastic: the red version is much rareer and goes for a lot more on the secondary market.

==Trivia==
[[Image:Canon Robo.jpg|thumb|right|150px|A screenshot from Solar Adventure. Reflector had kids to feed, dammit!]]

*Reflector's original toy was used in the South Korean cartoon ''[http://www.cyrusfirst.com/guests/digiview/dev/detail.php?p=105 Solar Adventure]'' (초 합금 로보트 쏠라 원, 투, 드리) as the "Canon Robo" in which [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0SZM_G5l3w he kills a bunch of North Koreans].

[[Image:PreReflector.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Say "Cheese" and die.]]
* Not so surprisingly, Reflector (or rather his [[Microchange]] counterpart, Microx) was first designed as a single unit.
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Decoys/Reflector/reflector.htm Reflector at TFU.info]

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Broadside (G1)

2007-08-26T15:33:23Z

71.56.207.118:

{{disambig3|Broadside}}

:''Broadside is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:DW_G1Broadside.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Every mode is a loser.]]

'''Broadside''' is an [[Autobot]] [[Triple Changer]] who turns into an aircraft carrier and an impossibly large "jet". Broadside also happens to be terrified of heights. And gets seasick on the water.

:''Italian name'': '''Mistral'''<br>
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Navalo'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
'''Voice actor:''' [[Bill Martin]] (US), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japan)

Broadside had a troubled history in the animated continuity. A large Autobot spaceship that looked exactly like Broadside's jet mode appeared in ''[[Five Faces of Darkness]]'', but was destroyed in the episode. In the following episode, ''[[The Killing Jar]]'', a [[Quintesson]] scientist disguised his spaceship as Broadside and beckoned the [[Decepticon]] [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] to come inside. For some reason, Cyclonus complied! His first confirmed appearance was in ''[[Thief In The Night]]'', where he appeared in aircraft carrier mode. He fell on [[Devastator]] in ''[[Carnage in C-Minor]]'', appearing in robot mode (albeit an old prototype design). In ''[[Grimlock's New Brain]]'' and ''[[The Burden Hardest to Bear]]'', Broadside finally appeared in his correct robot mode.

===Marvel Comics continuity===

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

During the first arc of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s tenure as Autobot Supreme Commander, Broadside was an enormous warrior, as tall as the special combiner teams, and supposedly nearly as powerful. He helped defend the Autobot capital of [[Iacon]].

A few thousand years after that, Broadside, now the size of a standard transformer, is a member of the [[Wreckers]] fighting in the Tagan Heights. Most notably he organized the evacuation of his team when [[Devastator]] and [[Defensor]] where decimating the area. Possibly, Broadside had himself reduced after the signing of the [[Crisis Intervention Accords]] to keep his combat status nominal.

According to his DW "More Than Meets the Eye" bio Broadside was magically cured of his fear of heights and seasickness when Shockwave turned him into a triple-changer, but he still likes to complain about both anyway. (So basically in the DW-verse he's a whiner instead of a loser.)

===IDW Comics continuity===
Broadside is a member of the elite combat unit "The Wreckers." Broadside appears to be the teams strongarm, and is second only to [[Roadbuster]] for total armament. Typically in the air he worked alongside [[Whirl]] and [[Sandstorm]], while on the ground he worked with Roadbuster and [[Scoop]]. He appears not to have the animated continuity version's phobias.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1_Broadside_toy.jpg|right|thumb|150px|A loser in three modes.]]
*'''Broadside''' (1986)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-85'''

: Broadside transforms into an aircraft carrier, and a rather unconvincing apparently-aircraft carrier-sized jet fighter. He carries a rifle and a small axe as weapons in robot mode.

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==Trivia==
* Broadside has the distinction of having two animated character models, one based on a prototype toy that apparently went just short of production for some reason, and one based on the actual toy. The prototype design - which was used for the 1986 box mural, [[Carnage in C-Minor]] and his [[Marvel Comics]] appearances, albeit with a different coloration - features a head with antennae and a red humanoid face which appears to mounted on a horizontal pivot of some kind within the section of the aircraft carrier that folds back.

*His italian name, Mistral, refers to a [[Wikipedia:Mistral (L9013)|French Navy helicopter carrier]] and the [[Wikipedia:Maserati Mistral|Maserati Mistral]], a Grand Prix car, not an obscure Chilean woman poet, [[Wikipedia:Gabriela Mistral|Gabriela Mistral]].

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Broadside/broadside.htm Broadside at TFU.info]

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Robosmasher

2007-08-18T23:29:57Z

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[[Image:Robo-Smasher.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Responsible for [[Constructicon#origin_controversy|one of the biggest debates in history]].]]

The '''Robo-Smasher''' was a machine built by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in the ''Generation 1'' cartoon continuity. It had the ability to permanently reprogram a [[Transformer]] as a [[Decepticon]].

==Fiction==
The Robo-Smasher was in operation for an unknown length of time in [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s ancient past, before the launch of the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] claims that the device was used to "swell the ranks of the Decepticons", which implies that a significant portion of the Decepticon forces at one time may have been "recruited" through its use. The only specific Transformers it is known to have converted are the [[Constructicon]]s (except for [[Load Hauler]]). It was eventually destroyed by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], shortly after converting the Constructicons, while trying to reprogram him.

==Properties and commentary==
[[Image:Robo-Smasher at work.jpg|thumb|right|''Getting close enough to touch you, Getting brave enough to take you into my arms'' --[http://www.jonathancoulton.com/lyrics/i-crush-everything "I Crush Everything" by Jonathan Coulton]]]

The Robo-Smasher is larger than an average Transformer and has six legs and five tentacles. The three central tentacles are tipped with a device which appears to be some sort of [[laser scalpel]], and the side tentacles are tipped with spiked balls. The side tentacles are used to ensnare and immobilize a victim, and then the central tentacles cut open the Transformer to perform the reprogramming.

The programming job done by the Robo-Smasher is apparently very pervasive, if not completely irreversible. Omega Supreme attempted to undo the Smasher's work on the Constructicons, but was unable to do so. Optimus Prime remarked that Megatron's reprogramming jobs are always permanent. However, in [[The Core|a later encounter]] with the Constructicons once the Transformers were on [[Earth]], the Autobots were able to override Devastator's "evil" programming through the use of [[dominator disk]]s. These disks did not function on the individual Constructicons, but, it is unknown whether they were meant to. It may be that the Autobots didn't even try to activate the disks until the Constructicons had merged.

[[Image:Robo-Smashing.jpg|thumb|left|Transformer brains are constructed from giant wires and capacitors.]]

In the larger canonical view, taking into account material from ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', the Robo-Smasher appears to create Decepticon [[shell program]]s within the minds of the Transformers it attacks. It seems to be a very fast operation, requiring only a few seconds of work once access to the Transformers' circuitry is achieved.

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==See also==
*"[[The Secret of Omega Supreme]]"

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