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Skullitron

2017-07-14T14:18:30Z

Bioniclepluslotr: /* The Last Knight */

{{faction|autobot}}
:''Skullitron is a [[Knights of Iacon|Knight of Iacon]] from [[Transformers: The Last Knight (franchise)|The Last Knight]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:TLK Skullitron attacks.jpg|thumb|right|upright=2.2|He chose... poorly.]]

'''Skullitron''' is one of the legendary [[Knights of Iacon]] and a sworn protector of the [[Staff of Merlin]]. The past millennium or so hasn't been kind to him.

His face came off, for example.

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==Fiction==
====''The Last Knight'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English)}}
{{spoiler|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|July 21}}
Skullitron lay rusting and inactive aboard the Knights' ship deep beneath the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. Awakened from his repose by the arrival of [[Viviane Wembly]] and [[Cade Yeager]], the disoriented and decomposing Knight violently attempted to defend the Staff of Merlin from the human interlopers, but the arrival of the [[Transformers Reaction Force]] and ensuing battle led to the severely damaged Skullitron plunging down a chasm into the ship's bowels. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

==Toys==
===The Last Knight===
[[File:Deluxe-Skullitron.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|''Spooky scary Skullitrons send shivers down your spine.'']]
*'''Skullitron''' (Deluxe Class, 2017)
:Released as part of the Toys R Us exclusive portion of the ''Mission to Cybertron'' promotion in the ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (toyline)|The Last Knight]]'' line, Skullitron is a slight retool of [[Steelbane#The Last Knight|Steelbane]], giving the mold a new, decomposing skull face and a deco designed to evoke oxidised copper.

:Unfortunately, Skullitron still suffers from the same loose ball joints, if not even to a more severe degree, as Steelbane.

==Notes==
*None of the Knights in the film are named; this wiki assumes based on the facial similarity to the toy that the first Knight to awaken is ''Skullitron''
*Skullitron's own box is strangely lacking any information on his allegiance. The cross-sell on his wavemate Megatron's box advertises Skullitron as an Autobot and his instructions are printed in red, but the interior backing of his packaging features the Decepticon logo.

[[Category:Knights]]
[[Category:The Last Knight Autobots]]
[[Category:Toys "R" Us exclusives]]

Skullitron

2017-07-14T14:17:39Z

Bioniclepluslotr:

{{faction|autobot}}
:''Skullitron is a [[Knights of Iacon|Knight of Iacon]] from [[Transformers: The Last Knight (franchise)|The Last Knight]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:TLK Skullitron attacks.jpg|thumb|right|upright=2.2|He chose... poorly.]]

'''Skullitron''' is one of the legendary [[Knights of Iacon]] and a sworn protector of the [[Staff of Merlin]]. The past millennium or so hasn't been kind to him.

His face came off, for example.

{{TOCclear}}

==Fiction==
====''The Last Knight'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English)}}
{{spoiler|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|July 21}}
Skullitron lay rusting and inactive aboard the Knights' ship deep beneath the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. Awakened from his repose by the arrival of [[Viviane Wembly]] and [[Cade Yeager]], the disoriented and decomposing Knight violently attempted to defend the Staff of Merlin from the human interlopers, but the arrival of the [[Transformers Reaction Force]] and ensuing battle led to the severely damaged Skullitron plunging down a chasm into the ship's bowels. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

==Toys==
===The Last Knight===
[[File:Deluxe-Skullitron.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|''Spooky scary Skullitrons send shivers down your spine.'']]
*'''Skullitron''' (Deluxe Class, 2017)
:Released as part of the Toys R Us exclusive portion of the ''Mission to Cybertron'' promotion in the ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (toyline)|The Last Knight]]'' line, Skullitron is a slight retool of [[Steelbane#The Last Knight|Steelbane]], giving the mold a new, decomposing skull face and a deco designed to evoke oxidised copper.

:Unfortunately, Skullitron still suffers from the same loose ball joints, if not even to a more severe degree, as Steelbane.

{{comingsoontoy}}

==Notes==
*None of the Knights in the film are named; this wiki assumes based on the facial similarity to the toy that the first Knight to awaken is ''Skullitron''
*Skullitron's own box is strangely lacking any information on his allegiance. The cross-sell on his wavemate Megatron's box advertises Skullitron as an Autobot and his instructions are printed in red, but the interior backing of his packaging features the Decepticon logo.

[[Category:Knights]]
[[Category:The Last Knight Autobots]]
[[Category:Toys "R" Us exclusives]]

Lockdown (ROTF)

2014-09-02T22:06:56Z

Bioniclepluslotr: /* Generations */

{{faction|decepticonfilm}}
{{disambig3|Lockdown}}
:''Lockdown is an unaligned transformer mercenary, and is disgusted by, but sometimes aligned with the [[Decepticon]]s, from the [[Movie continuity|live-action movie continuity]].''
[[File:AOE Lockdown walks.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5||In 2007, we were all pretty sure there would be a fourth live-action ''Transformers'' movie with Lockdown as the main villain.]]

Even the Decepticons are afraid of ''this'' guy, because once '''Lockdown''' has been hired to track down a subject, nothing stops him from completing his transaction short of total deactivation! Answering only to his enigmatic "[[Creator (AOE)|Creators]]", Lockdown holds himself above the Autobot/Decepticon war and sees both sides as squabbling children that he has to reign in personally. He doesn't think much higher of other civilized species across the galaxy (particularly humans), though isn't above working with them if it suits him.

Unfortunately for the [[Autobot]] medic, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] is Lockdown's next target, and Lockdown, as always, has been paid handsomely for his destruction. He's also run afoul of [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] previously, in some unspecified circumstance.<ref>Hasbro's website describes both Arcee and Ratchet as Lockdown's enemy on their respective pages, mirroring their relationship in ''Animated''.</ref>

Using his [[Supercharger]], he stores the kinetic energy from racing in his alternate form and uses it to boost his own speed for short bursts. This is his favorite device... because his favorite tactic is to catch up with targets and sink in his [[Capture Hook]] for the up-close-and-''personal'' kill.<ref name="BB">Lockdown's [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/play/details.cfm?guid=841165f8-19b9-f369-1057-0b57c1e069b6 Battle Bio.]</ref> His other great weapon is the exposed skeletal spinal cord down his back, which gives him a level of agility that the average Cybertronian does not have. Lockdown's also been known to loot weaponry from the foes he kills, so his armoury is constantly changing!<ref>[[Transformers Comic issue 5.1]] bio: "The Lockdown on Lockdown" The spare parts is an ''Animated'' trait that was added in.</ref>

He trained [[Axor]] a long time ago, and the younger hunter has even ''rebuilt himself'' to better resemble Lockdown (though he denies it if you ask). He views his mentor as his closest comrade, which Lockdown has been willing to let him believe.<ref>Axor's [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/play/details.cfm?guid=841165f8-19b9-f369-1057-0b57c1e069b6 Battle Bio]</ref> ''His'' closest comrade is Megatron, cos that's who's currently paying him, in [[energon star|energon chips]]!<ref name="BB"/>

These days, a long scar runs down his face. There are many rumours about where it came from, some saying it was a run-in with Megatron, but nobody knows for sure...<ref>[[Transformers Comic issue 5.1]] bio: "The Lockdown on Lockdown"</ref>

{{quote|Autobots, Decepticons, like little children. Always fighting, making a mess out of the universe. Then ''I've'' got to clean it up.|Lockdown|[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|''Age of Extinction'']]}}

==Fiction==
===Cyber Missions===
{{voiceactor|[[Bronco D. Jackson]] (English)|[[Juan Carlos Tinoco]] (Latin American-Spanish)}}
[[File:CyberMissions3-Lockdown.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Lockdown is bad at missions that involve cyber because he only has one hand.]]

{{quote|Science will not win this war!|Says the transforming giant robot|[[Cyber Missions 3|''Cyber Missions'' #3]]}}

Lockdown was cruising the city streets when he was encountered by [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], who had been alerted to Lockdown's presence by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] due to their "violent history". For blocks, Lockdown fled Ratchet silently as the Autobot fired his [[EMP]] blaster until he transformed into robot mode and expressed his frustration. Finally, when Ratchet's EMP blaster failed him, Lockdown transformed as well. He mocked Ratchet for never being able to best him, knocked him around, and when the Autobot had had enough, the Decepticon bounty hunter stole Ratchet's EMP blaster as a memento. As Lockdown sped away, he wondered if he could fix Ratchet's faulty weapon. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 3|Cyber Missions #3}}

Later, Lockdown managed to evade [[Diego Garcia]]'s security measures and sneak into Autobot Headquarters undetected. After cutting power to the facilities, he snuck up behind [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] in the target practice range. Ratchet's EMP blaster, attached to Lockdown's arm, was now in proper working order, and the bounty hunter vowed to also take Sideswipe's new sidearms. Lockdown was shocked when the EMP blaster was shot off his arm and out of his reach by Ratchet. Wounded, the Decepticon fled. Unfortunately for Lockdown, he retreated to the medical bay, where Ratchet's surgical tools restrained and sedated him. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 7|Cyber Missions #7}}

Later, Lockdown and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] confronted [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. Looking to steal one of Ironhide's weapons, Lockdown took a missile instead, which blew up in his face. The explosion damaged his optics, so he fled. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 11|Cyber Missions #11}}
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===Titan Comics ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===

Lockdown had been captured by [[NEST]] under unknown circumstances... only to become part of [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon's]] jailbreak! He joined Bludgeon's splinter cell of Decepticons and took great pleasure in talking out all his "hurting" on [[Smokescreen (Movie)|Smokescreen]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}}

When the Autobots tracked down the Decepticon base in [[Russia]], Lockdown was ordered to prepare an ambush for them. He loyally served Bludgeon in this until Megatron arrived {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.20|Divided Loyalties}}, and then he not-so-loyally ran away. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.21|A Short, Sharp Lesson!}}

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===IDW Publishing ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===
[[File:Nefarious 5 lockdown.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Is that you, Lockdown?]]
A partly-green robot with a hook in place of his right hand was among the Transformers captured by the [[Initiative]] and mind-controlled into doing their bidding. When Optimus Prime and the Autobots assaulted the Initiative's mobile headquarters, the brainwashed Lockdown, [[Thrust (ROTF)|Thrust]] and another Transformer battled [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]], [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]] and [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knock Out]]. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}} They were eventually subdued. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}}
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===''Unite for the Universe''===
Lockdown was part of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s small group who planned to apply [[Project Unite|Project: Unite]] to Decepticons. After reporting to Starscream that [[Skystalker (ROTF)|Skystalker]] had found that some Autobots were approaching their base in [[Greece]], he moved out to attack them and cut down [[Breacher]]. His victory was short-lived, though, as he was swiftly defeated and captured by [[Sea Spray]] and [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]]. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 2|Bludgeon's Revenge}}

===''How to Ride your Dinobot'' cartoon===

Lockdown found himself cornered by the duo of [[Slug (AOE)|Slug]] and [[Drift (ROTF)|Drift]], but to the bounty hunter's luck, Drift was an inexperienced Dinobot rider indeed. Lockdown impatiently waited for Drift to get his act together and attack him already, but to Lockdown's amusement, Drift fried himself with Slug's weaponry. However, it turned out to be a bad day for all, since Lockdown got zapped too.

One must wonder why Lockdown didn't flee while Drift spent a long time trying to figure out Slug's weaponry...

{{storylink|How to Fight}}

===Titan Comics ''Age of Extinction'' comics===

[[File:Titan AOE Drif's crew.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|In the grim darkness of the recent past, there is only war!]]

Five years before the Battle of [[Chicago]],<ref>''Dark of the Moon'' has no explicit date but as Sam has graduated, it's set in 2012 at the earliest</ref> Lockdown was part of a three-Con team with [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] and [[Knucklehead]] on Cybertron. While Drift wanted to take an Autobot outpost with minimal bloodshed, Lockdown thought this was sissy hippy crap and they should just bomb everything (even though that would mean having no outpost to capture); when they sneaked instead, he disobeyed orders and decided to execute prisoners out of hand. Drift stopped him, giving a gleeful Lockdown the chance to claim the guy was a traitor and kill him off. Knucklehead and Drift sent him down into a molten moat, swearing revenge on them both. Of course, he couldn't actually kill them when Megatron was still in charge or the big boss would be unhappy.

As we saw further up the page, Lockdown had come to Earth and in 2011 he fell in with Megatron again. Soon after the big boss was killed at Chicago and Lockdown immediately murdered Knucklehead. Drift, now an Autobot, would find the corpse on the moon and knew the hunter had become more powerful than before. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.1|Adrift in Time and Space}}

{{note|You, the reader, are probably just now thinking "wait, Megatron wasn't in charge five years before DOTM because he was frozen". Uh, I guess Lockdown didn't know that...?}}

Lockdown took control of the remaining Decepticon forces but kept himself out of the limelight. He oversaw an ambush in [[Indonesia]]: three Decepticons would kill a few hundred humans, getting the predictable Autobots to give chase and be ambushed at an old [[Netherlands|Dutch]] fort. He watched as [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] didn’t rush in head on and wiped out his team, but the Autobots remained unaware he was around so ''he'' was alright! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.2|Thousand Island Flight}}

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===''Age of Extinction'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[Mark Ryan]] (English), [[Tsutomu Isobe]] (Japanese)|[[Carlos Segundo]] (Latin American Spanish)}}
{{quote|We all work for someone.|Lockdown to Optimus}}
[[File:Aoe-lockdown-hook.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|I have a [[Lockdown (Animated)|hook]] now, happy?]]

Lockdown was tasked with hunting down [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] for the Creators, as they wanted the Autobot leader returned to them alive. To accomplish this goal, he travelled to Earth and began to help the human organization [[Cemetery Wind]], who had already begun hunting and killing the surviving Autobots on Earth. In exchange for the safe apprehension of Prime, he promised [[Harold Attinger]] a Seed, a device that could cyberform a massive area of land, in exhange for their assistance in capturing Optimus.

At some point after the Battle of Chicago, Lockdown and Cemetery Wind managed to lay a trap for Optimus in [[Mexico City]]. Despite suffering grievous wounds, Prime managed to escape his pursuers.

Lockdown would eventually help bring down [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]. After the Autobot medic had been seriously wounded, he demanded Optimus' location in exchange for his life. When Ratchet refused, Lockdown ripped his spark from his chest, killing him and incidentally fulfilling an old contract. Lockdown later met Attinger on the hull of his ship to discuss their arrangements. When Prime eventually came out of hiding, Lockdown joined Cemetery Wind in the chase and battled Prime across the length of Paris, Texas. Lockdown lost the fight, but killed [[Cade Yeager]]'s friend [[Lucas Flannery|Lucas]] with one of his grenades in the process.
[[File:Lockdown gun face.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|GIVE ME YOUR]]- Err.. face-gun!]]

Later, after the Autobots had attacked [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated|KSI]], Optimus was battling [[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]] when Lockdown ambushed him and took him and [[Tessa Yeager]] captive, explaining that he was working for the Creators and that they wanted Optimus back. He flew his ship over Chicago to meet Cemetery Wind and gave the humans the Seed as payment for their help, expressing his relief to be leaving Earth.

After explaining the origins of his ship and why the Creators wanted him, he locked Prime up with the [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobots]]. Lockdown soon took off into space, unaware that the Autobots had rescued Optimus, as well as steal the part of the ship containing his trophies.

Eventually figuring it out, Lockdown angrily returned to Earth and utilized a magnetic weapon on his ship to pull vehicles into the air and drop them on the Autobots. After Optimus destroyed the weapon, Lockdown descended to Hong Kong to battle him in person. Optimus and Lockdown had a vicious fight, with Lockdown gaining the upper hand after Optimus was distracted due to the Prime killing Attinger to save Cade. Lockdown then impaled Optimus with his own [[sword]], telling him what a shame it was about him defending the human instead of saving himself. But before he could finish him, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], Cade , Tessa and [[Shane Dyson]] all teamed up against him. Optimus' allies' attack on him proved difficult for him to counter. After dispatching Bumblebee, he prepared to kill Cade, and didn't notice that Shane and Tessa had freed Optimus. Optimus then stabbed Lockdown through the spark with his sword and cut his head and upper body in half, brutally killing him. Before taking off with the humans, Optimus used one of Lockdown's grenades to finish the remaining KSI drones while the Hong Kong Air Force began to attack his inactive ship. Optimus Prime then took of into space to investigate who were the said creators Lockdown constantly mentioned. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Joey Camen]]
[[File:DOTMDS Lockdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
On [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s orders as relayed by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], Lockdown broke into a [[NEST]] facility and stole information from the super-computer relating to NEST operations in the Pacific. When he had finished basking in his victory, he sent the data to Starscream, who ordered Lockdown to investigate a reactivated [[Sector Seven|Sector 7]] base, and the Decepticon ended up tangling with [[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage]]. He was later called on again to provide a diversion by destroying communication arrays in an Autobot base as part of Megatron's plan to reactivate [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]. {{Storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons}}

===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
Some time during his stay on Earth, Lockdown tracked down the [[Dark Spark]] as it made its way toward the planet. The Autobots realized the destruction the relic could cause and moved to retrieve it, only to be stopped by the bounty hunter. Intercepting the Autobots, Lockdown grabbed the Dark Spark first and took it for himself. Despite Optimus Prime's pleas, Lockdown was more interested in the profit he could make from its power. As Prime attempted to tackle Lockdown and take the artifact, Lockdown activated its power and froze the Autobots in place long enough to escape.

Later, the Autobots attempted to infiltrate Lockdown's base but were unsuccessful. Drift was captured while Bumblebee escaped, but only long enough to find an alternate path to retrieve his colleague. Lockdown sent a titan after them to prevent their escape, but the Autobots were able to slip out and regroup.

Finally breaking into Lockdown's base, they discovered he had been using the power of the Dark Spark to create a time bridge to go back in time and prevent the Autobot's victory at the Battle of Chicago. In doing so, he would revive the war and with it his main source of income. Optimus once again pleaded to rethink, citing the destruction that Earth would have to endure if the war were to continue, but as usual Lockdown didn't care. Optimus once again tried to tackle Lockdown, who activated the Dark Spark's power again to stop him in mid-air. In true super villain fashion, Lockdown monologued his plan rather than do something about Prime, who was able to break free of the Dark Spark's power. The two fought to a standstill until Drift was able to move in and cut the Dark Spark from Lockdown's chest. Fumbling to catch it, Lockdown instead knocked it into Drift's hand long enough for Optimus to activate the Matrix of Leadership and blast it into the time bridge. Lockdown took the opportunity to escape, swearing that "this isn't the end".

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==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
[[File:ROTF deluxe Lockdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|[[Lockdown (Animated)|Almost identical]].]]
* '''Lockdown''' (Deluxe, 2010)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-26'''
**''Accessories'': Engine

:Lockdown's design strongly homages his [[Lockdown (Animated)|''Transformers Animated'' counterpart]], but with a completely different transformation. Once again, Lockdown transforms into an amalgam of a 1980s Corvette and a 1960s Cougar, with lots of spikes and a cow-catcher on his bumper. The toy's [[Mech Alive]] feature rotates cylinders inside his thighs as his lower legs rotate, and pneumatic cylinders extend as his [[Capture Hook]] is deployed.

:Lockdown may have the most articulated neck ever for a Transformer, having two ball joints and a swivel joint. Craziness.

:Similar to his ''Animated'' counterpart, Lockdown's arm-mounted hot rod engine weapon can be removed and can be replaced by ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Deluxe [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]'s weapon. Likewise, Ratchet can store Lockdown's engine on his roof; it cannot, however, attach to his arm. Interestingly, the plug for Lockdown's engine is the same general shape as the plug for ''Animated'' Lockdown's EMP blaster/engine, but smaller; as such, it isn't compatible with ''Animated'' Lockdown, or with ''Animated'' [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] or [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]], for that matter.

:This mold was retooled to make [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010]] [[Axor]] as well as [[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]] [[Circuit (Movie)|Circuit]]. This toy was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/Lockdown/lockdown.htm More information on Lockdown at TFU.info]''

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===Age of Extinction===
====Generations====
[[File:Aoe-deluxe-lockdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Finally a real gun-face, but no hook?]]
[[File:Lost Age AD-26 Lockdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|I'm a Japanese release and I still don't have a hook. What is wrong with you humans?]]
*'''Lockdown''' (Deluxe, 2014)
**''Accessories'': Face-gun
:Lockdown transforms into an officially licensed Lamborghini Aventador, and is decently articulated in robot mode, with only the waist lacking articulation. He comes with a missile-firing blaster that can either be held using his hands (via 5mm posts), or attached to his head (via two small slots on the helmet) to simulate his "face-gun" from Age of Extinction. The blaster can also peg onto a 5mm port on the top of his vehicle mode. His transformation shares similarities to Deluxe [[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]]'s.

:The Takara ''[[Movie Advanced Series]]'' version of the figure replaces much of the robot mode's grey plastic with black, creating a more movie-accurate appearance.
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====Robots in Disguise====
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[[File:AoE flip and change Lockdown.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|Having an adequate Leader-sized Lockdown comes at the cost of having a messed up Lambo.]]
*'''Lockdown''' (Flip & Change, 2014)

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[[File:Aoe-one-step-changers-lockdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Lockdown''' (One Step Changers, 2014)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''LA09'''

:Similar to an Activators toy, Lockdown can transform into a robot by pressing a button on his vehicle mode. This version of him does ''not'' have a licensed Lamborghini Aventador car mode (No licensing information is printed on his packaging, nor does the car have a Lamborghini symbol).

:The Japanese release of Lockdown does away with the blue paint on his robot mode and car rear, and features black and metallic blue paint detail on his robot parts.

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[[File:AoE Power Battler Lockdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Lockdown''' (Power Battlers, 2014)
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*'''Lockdown with Wolf''' (Dino Sparkers, 2014)
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*'''Lockdown''' (Titan Heroes, 2014)
:Titan Heroes Lockdown is an extremely simplified 12-inch tall action figures with a mere five points of articulation meant for younger audiences.
{{comingsoontoy}}

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====Kre-O====
:*''See: '''[[Lockdown (Kre-O)]]'''''

====Construct-Bots====
:*''See: '''[[Lockdown (CB)]]'''''

==Merchandise==
===Robot Powered Machines===
[[File:RPMMetalHeroesLockdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|It's a lockdown, baby, you drive me crazy.]]
*'''Lockdown''' (2010)
**''Series'': '''Metal Heroes'''
**''Number'': '''08'''

:''[[Robot Powered Machines]]'' Mini-Vehicle Lockdown is a small, non-transforming, [[die-cast]] rendition of his vehicle mode. His robot mode is sculpted underneath the vehicle, and his wheels use through-axle construction that lets the toy zip around at high speeds on smooth surfaces.

:The intended ''RPM'' release of "Metal Heroes" Lockdown never came out. Though it eventually saw release in ''Speed Stars'', the ''RPM'' version had more paint operations, featuring a painted cowcatcher, engine and roof spikes. While only "Stunticon" Lockdown was officially listed during the run of the ''RPM'' series (on the back of the Asian market release of ''RPM'' "Stunticon" [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]), images of the two were revealed by a downloadable poster on the official ''Transformers'' website of Turkey.

{{canceledrpmspeedstar}}

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[[File:RPMStunticonLockdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2FDPgvm2l0&feature=kp Lock me up and throw away the key.]]]
*'''Lockdown''' (2010)
**''Series'': '''Stunticon'''
**''Number'': '''03'''

:"Stunticon" Lockdown was to have been a redeco of "Metal Heroes" Lockdown in black, purple and red. While "Stunticon" Lockdown was officially listed during the run of the ''RPM'' series (on the back of the Asian market release of ''RPM'' "Stunticon" [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]), the only image of it was revealed by a downloadable poster on the official ''Transformers'' website of Turkey.

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===Speed Stars===
[[File:SpeedStars MetalHeroes Lockdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|He needs the bounty money to complete his dream of a solid gold butt tattoo.]]
[[File:MetalHeroesLockdownPoster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Pimp my Bounty Hunter.]]
*'''Lockdown''' (2010)
**''Series'': '''Metal Heroes'''
**''Number'': '''08'''

:''[[Speed Stars]]'' Lockdown is a small, non-transforming, [[die-cast]] rendition of his vehicle mode. His robot mode is sculpted underneath the vehicle, and his wheels use through-axle construction that lets the toy zip around at high speeds on smooth surfaces.

:When shown at [[BotCon 2010]], Lockdown had a completely different color scheme, being predominantly gold with blue flames on his hood, green hubcaps, a red engine, and a gray bumper and spoiler. Though this version of "Metal Heroes" Lockdown was also depicted on a downloadable poster on the ''Speed Stars'' website, the toy was eventually released using Lockdown's proper colors.

:This mold was also used to make ''Speed Stars'' Stunticon Series [[Axel]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/SpeedStarsLockdown/lockdown.htm More information on ''Speed Stars'' Lockdown at TFU.info]''

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*'''Lockdown''' (2011?)
**''Series'': '''Stunticon'''
**''Number'': '''03'''

:"Stunticon" Lockdown is a redeco of his previous ''Speed Stars'' toy in black, purple and red - or ''was'' back when the line was ''Robot Powered Machines'' (see above). Though Lockdown is listed on the back of ''Speed Stars'' Stunticon [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s packaging, a Lockdown redeco named Axor was shown as part of the Stunticon series at [[BotCon 2010]] (who was in turn named as Axel on the ''Speed Stars'' website). Given there were a few wholesale deco changes between ''RPMs'' and ''Speed Stars'' within series, it's possible that Lockdown's place in the Stunticons was taken by Axor/Axel... but considering that ALL of these items seem to be canceled, it's impossible to say for certain.

{{canceledrpmspeedstar}}

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===Dark of the Moon===
====Speed Stars====
[[File:DOTMNintendoDSDecepticonsLockdown.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Decepticons''' (2011)

:An original redeco of the ''RPM''/''Speed Stars'' Lockdown mold was included as a free pack-in with certain editions of the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons|Dark of the Moon: Decepticons]]'' Nintendo DS video game.

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[[File:DOTMSpeedStarsBeastMachinesLockdown.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Lockdown''' (2011)
**''Series'': '''Beast Machines'''
**''Number'': '''03 of 03'''

:"Beast Machines" Lockdown is a redeco of the ''Speed Stars'' Lockdown mold in light grey and green with silver, snake-themed markings.

{{canceledrpmspeedstar}}
{{-}}

==Notes==
* The head on ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Deluxe Lockdown's instruction lineart is actually that of his retool, [[Axor]]. The head can be seen in much clearer detail on page 8 of the [[San Diego Comic-Con]] [[Hasbro Design Sketchbook]], volume 2.
* Much like his namesake, Lockdown goes from having a [[size changing|relatively Deluxe-sized vehicle mode to a towering, Leader-sized robot mode]].
* In an even bigger reference to his ''[[Lockdown (Animated)|Animated]]'' counterpart, Lockdown's ''AOE'' incarnation has the ability to transform his hands into various weapons, such as the famous hook, a blaster, a spark extractor device, and even his chainsaw-hand. He can also turn his head into a sniper rifle-esque cannon, lending credence to the fact that he's probably been building on himself like his original incarnation.

===Foreign names===
*''Hungarian:'' '''Vesztegzár''' ("Quarantine")

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Age of Extinction Decepticons]]
[[Category:Bounty hunters]]
[[Category:Cyber Missions characters]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons]]

Slog (AOE)

2014-08-26T03:14:12Z

Bioniclepluslotr: Undo revision 897890 by Escargon (talk)

{{factions|autobotfilm}}
{{disambig2|the Dinobot from Age of Extinction|the Pretender Monster from Generation 1|Slog (G1)}}
:''Slog is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:movie slog card.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Not coming to a theater near you.]]
One of the mighty [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobots]], '''Slog''' is a warrior from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s ancient past who transforms into a robotic Brachiosaurus.
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==Toys==
===Age of Extinction===
====Generations====
[[File:AoE voyager Slog.jpg|thumb|300px|Digivolves from Skullgreymon.]]
*'''Slog''' (Voyager Class, 2014)
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

[[File:Thrilling 30 Amazon Slog.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Slog''' (Voyager Class, 2014)
**'''18 OF 30'''
:18 of 30 in the [[Thrilling 30]] collection, this version of Slog appears in the colors of [[Sludge (G1)|Generation 1 Dinobot Sludge]] and is exclusive to Amazon.

{{comingsoontoy}}

{{-}}

[[Category:Age of Extinction Autobots]]
[[Category:Dinobots]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]

Snarl (AOE)

2014-08-13T21:15:29Z

Bioniclepluslotr: /* Generations */

{{factions|autobotfilm}}
{{disambig3|Snarl}}
:''Snarl is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

{{mainpic}}

==Toys==
===Age of Extinction===
====Robots in Disguise====
*'''Snarl''' (Power Battlers, 2014)
:Power Battlers Snarl is a simplified version of Snarl with a 'Hammer Strike' gimmick.

{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

====Generations====
[[file:AoE_deluxe_Snarl.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]
*'''Snarl''' (Deluxe Class, 2014)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''AD28'''
:Part of the third wave of deluxe class toys, ''Generations'' Snarl transforms into a robotic ''Stegosaurus'' with a layout inspired by his [[Snarl (G1)|G1 counterpart]]. This mold is also redecoed in a G1-inspired deco as part of a SDCC 2014 exclusive Dinobot four-pack.

Snarl's largest pair of plates and tail are removable as accessories in robot mode. Interestingly, one of his legs has a false head tucked into the side, and his real head folds in symmetrically on his other leg. However, this gives the impression that he has ''two'' dinosaur heads in robot mode.

{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

[[Category: Age of Extinction Autobots]]
[[Category: Dinobots]]

Talk:Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)

2014-08-08T14:10:49Z

Bioniclepluslotr: /* Heads */

== Archives ==

*[[Talk:Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)/Archive 1|Archive 1]] - discussion from before the actual release of the film

== "Explicable discrepancies"? ==

Do we really need a section that's basically TFWiki users attempting to Marvel No-Prize the movie's slip-ups?--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 01:35, 29 June 2014 (EDT)
: NOPE. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 01:38, 29 June 2014 (EDT)
::We've had this for the other movies, for common stuff like "Why did Astrotrain need to jettison weight?" Not defending the current content, but it isn't unprecedented. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] ([[User talk:Repowers|talk]]) 08:19, 29 June 2014 (EDT)

==Cyclonus?==
So, did Cyclonus appeared in this movie? [[User:Xenotime|Xenotime]] ([[User talk:Xenotime|talk]]) 05:40, 29 June 2014 (EDT)
:No. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 08:54, 29 June 2014 (EDT)
::Some KSI Prototypes were based on his concept robot mode though.[[User:Observedhalo|Observedhalo]] ([[User talk:Observedhalo|talk]]) 03:39, 5 July 2014 (EDT)
No he was the code name for Galvatron.[[User:Speedzone7|Speedzone7]]

== Foreign names ==

[http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Donny_Finkleberg&diff=prev&oldid=736467]
[http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Skyquake_(Prime)&diff=prev&oldid=814427]
[http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Transcendent_Technomorph&diff=prev&oldid=810163]
I found these as evidence off-hand. There are other, more direct examples, but after trawling through eight thousand of Walky's contribs and two thousand of Sipher's, I could no longer be arsed to keep looking. Additionally, as I mentioned, those names are clutter. The film is called either ''Age of Extinction'' or ''Lost Age''--or a direct translation thereof--in all but a couple of languages. Ergo, we don't care about the French, Italian, Spanish, etc., titles, just the English one and those that are different from both it and from any other title. [[User:Pirateblue|Pirateblue]] ([[User talk:Pirateblue|talk]]) 16:35, 29 June 2014 (EDT)
:All episode articles show foreign names regardless of whether they're direct translations or not. Movie articles aren't any different. [[User:Mimi|Mimi]] ([[User talk:Mimi|talk]]) 17:13, 29 June 2014 (EDT)
::Yes, cartoon episodes do show all foreign names. However, ''episodes'' are not the same thing as ''movies''; episode pages note '''original airdate''' and discrepancies form the original. Movie pages do not, and should not, note this stuff; that belongs in '''Other editions'''. The bits that ''are'' notable, however, are the names that aren't "Age of Extinction" or "Lost Age": for example, the fact that in Mandarin, it's "Extinct Rebirth" or that it has no subtitle whatsoever in Argentina. Having no less than '''fourteen''' word-for-word translations of "Age of Extinction" in one big blob prevents the reader from seeing the interesting stuff. [[User:Pirateblue|Pirateblue]] ([[User talk:Pirateblue|talk]]) 18:14, 29 June 2014 (EDT)
:::"Lost Age" is the same title as "Age of Extinction"? --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 18:43, 29 June 2014 (EDT)
::::No, it is not; there are, however, fourteen other names in that list that are. [[User:Pirateblue|Pirateblue]] ([[User talk:Pirateblue|talk]]) 20:01, 29 June 2014 (EDT)

== Synopsis ==

Wait, was that originally copied and pasted from Wikipedia? --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 17:10, 29 June 2014 (EDT)
:Everything besides the Psittacosaurus scene that I added to the beginning is from wikipedia, I think. I changed parts of it, but other than that, it seems to matches Wikipedia's. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 17:17, 29 June 2014 (EDT)
::The copied parts kinda need to be rewritten in that case! --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 18:03, 29 June 2014 (EDT)

== "_______ Decepticon" generics ==
Wouldn't it better suit them to be called "_______ Vehicon"?--[[User:Carrion|Carrion]] ([[User talk:Carrion|talk]]) 21:48, 29 June 2014 (EDT)
:Well, Vehicon wouldn't really be correct either, since the only non-Kre-O AOE things to officially be named Vehicons are [[Vehicon (AOE)|these toy-only guys]], but I agree that 'Decepticon' isn't really appropriate either. Maybe '_____ robot'? [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 10:30, 30 June 2014 (EDT)
::In the movie, the manmade Transformers are referred to be three designations: "KSI's newest civilian prototype robots" (by a KSI staff member), "the Prototypes" (by one of the main human cast members), and "Brothers" (by Galvatron). If they're to be referred to as anything in a general sense (meaning both before and after the film's climax), I'd say just "Prototypes" would be the safest term. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 22:34, 3 July 2014 (EDT)

== Paleontology weeps ==

Why do we need this? The Dinobots clearly weren't made by the grenade blast, so there's no reason to presume they're anything but generically based on the fossils seen by the Creators -- their size, lack of organic carapace a la Alice, ''twin heads'', and very non-standard spikes-every-gotdang-where should make it clear they're intended to be closer to the Animated Dinobots than direct scanning.

Plus, isn't that how virtually every series has done the Dinobots anyway?[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] ([[User talk:KrytenKoro|talk]]) 09:48, 30 June 2014 (EDT)
:It's talking about a sequence at the beginning with real dinosaurs, although quite frankly, it's one of the most accurate depictions of dinosaurs I've seen in cinema. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 10:42, 30 June 2014 (EDT)
::But do we still need that last bit about the Dinobots not looking like dinosaurs? I mean, they're space robots and as has been said already, there isn't any reason to not presume that they were only generically based on ancient fossils instead of some direct scan. [[User:LordTacos|LordTacos]] ([[User talk:LordTacos|talk]]) 20:31, 4 July 2014 (EDT)
::: You'd think Strafe would "be the biggest offender" by NOT BEING A FRIGGIN' DINOSAUR. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 21:31, 4 July 2014 (EDT)
::::Done.[[User:Observedhalo|Observedhalo]] ([[User talk:Observedhalo|talk]]) 03:50, 5 July 2014 (EDT)
:::::Still objecting to the herbivore line and the aesthetics tidbit. There is no reason to believe that the Dinobots were created from actual dinosaurs (size, two-headed Pteranodon, etc.); Alice's unskinned form is just as much a human as these guys are dinosaurs. Even if they were, the Seeds appear to add frills to the things they explode on, as seen with the dug-up dinosaur shells and wossname who dies at the beginning. Finally, virtually all of the Dinobots we've seen, barring the IDW guys and Beast Wars, were created from scratch ''based-on'' dinosaurs rather than scanning them (and even those were scanning fossils, not live specimens).[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] ([[User talk:KrytenKoro|talk]]) 11:07, 8 July 2014 (EDT)

Which other Michael Bay film began with the extinction of the dinosaurs? I assumed it was Armageddon, but its Wikipedia article doesn't mention it. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 17:46, 14 July 2014 (EDT)
:Yep, Armageddon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy2QyiedFV0 -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul|Dark T Zeratul]] ([[User talk:Dark T Zeratul|talk]]) 18:12, 14 July 2014 (EDT)

=="Four years" of "five years"==
Didn't Attinger or some other character in the film mention "five", not "four" years? [[User:CAJH|CAJH]] ([[User talk:CAJH|talk]]) 15:36, 7 July 2014 (EDT)

:Is anyone reading this? I meant that even though it was previously reported to be that the fourth movie takes palve four years after the third one, in the movie it is said that the Chicago's destruction happened FIVE years ago. [[User:CAJH|CAJH]] ([[User talk:CAJH|talk]]) 11:03, 10 July 2014 (EDT)
::Yeah, I noticed that too, wasn't sure if I misheard at the time. In-fiction information trumps promotional copy, I suppose. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 11:36, 10 July 2014 (EDT)

==Picture Captions==
Seeing how the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|DOTM]] page all has Star Trek quotes in its captions, should AOE use Game of Thrones quotes? We already have "Winter Is Coming / Brace yourself." --[[User:Dragonzzilla|Dragonzzilla]] ([[User talk:Dragonzzilla|talk]]) 17:11, 10 July 2014 (EDT)
:Might be a good idea, we definitely need a caption theme or all of the new editors who joined due to AOE will be writing any old thing. --[[User:TheSpartanD|TheSpartanD]] ([[User talk:TheSpartanD|talk]]) 18:34, 10 July 2014 (EDT)
::I think we decided on Jurassic Park: The Lost World quotes in the AllSpark thread. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 18:35, 10 July 2014 (EDT)
:::Well, something dinosaur-y at least. The Land Before Time was also mooted. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 18:39, 10 July 2014 (EDT)

== Prototypes or Decepticons ==

Seeing as there is no description of what Galvatron's army is in the film, what should we call them in the film articles? --[[User:TheSpartanD|TheSpartanD]] ([[User talk:TheSpartanD|talk]]) 09:31, 18 July 2014 (EDT)
We can call then traxes,bosses and two heads.[[User:Speedzone7|Speedzone7]]

== Heads ==
I do not understand why Sentinel Prime's head and Megatron's head are listed as part of the "Main Cast." Those aren't characters, those are props. Okay, maybe I can see it with Megatron given the story, but Sentinel Prime's head is not part of the "Main Cast." Or part of the "cast" at all. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 17:35, 20 July 2014 (EDT)
:Because "the funny". [[User:Bioniclepluslotr|Bioniclepluslotr]] ([[User talk:Bioniclepluslotr|talk]]) 10:10, 8 August 2014 (EDT)

== Captions ==
Ok, who came up with the image captions? They don't make any sense and aren't even funny. [[User:Bioniclepluslotr|Bioniclepluslotr]] ([[User talk:Bioniclepluslotr|talk]]) 10:10, 8 August 2014 (EDT)

Stinger (AOE)

2014-07-18T04:17:17Z

Bioniclepluslotr: /* Age of Extinction film */

{{faction|decepticonfilm}}
{{disambig3|Stinger}}
:''Stinger is a Decepticon from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:AOE Stinger concept.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Who are you calling [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]]?"]]
Innovation. Efficiency. Style. [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated|KSI]] rolls them out as you've never before experienced with '''Stinger''', the all-new transformable robot produced on and exclusively for the [[Earth]] market. Improving on our [[Bumblebee (Movie)|competitor's efforts]], Stinger specialises in serving all your sabotage needs.<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/characters.cfm?bot=Stinger Stinger bio at Hasbro]</ref> A combination of years of KSI's intensive engineering research with the cutting-edge styling of their partners at [http://www.pagani.com/ Pagani Automobili], Stinger is as beautiful as it is functional.

==Fiction==
===''Age of Extinction'' film===
{{spoiler|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|July 28}}
{{quote|Inspired by Bumblebee, but '''better'''.|KSI Promotional Video on Stinger}}
[[Image:Stingerstings.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"I've heard of [[Partformer|partsforming]], but this is ridiculous."]]

The Stinger prototype was being displayed in KSI headquarters when [[Cade Yeager|Cade]], [[Shane Dyson|Shane]], and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] snuck in. A nearby video promoting Stinger claimed that it was "Inspired by Bumblebee, but better in every way!". In the video, the lead engineers claimed that Bumblebee's design was antique and ugly and how Stinger was an improvement. Bumblebee took great offense to the video, and destroyed the prototype when KSI's staff arrived, forcing him to hide.

Later, Stinger was deployed with [[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]] to chase down the Autobots. During the battle, Stinger fired one missile at the Autobots, which missed. He pursued the other Autobots, but his role was mostly overshadowed by Galvatron's free will and relentless pursuit of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Prime]]. He was later recalled once Prime was incapacitated and shipped to China, to avoid the feds discovering KSI's prototypes.

When Galvatron assumed command of the prototypes, Stinger was among the KSI-made Transformers brought to live. Stinger followed him into battle in Hong Kong. Stinger pursued Bumblebee and his party, and engaged Bumblebee and later Strafe in battle. Both he and Bumblebee then sparred on the Dinobot's back as he flew through Hong Kong's cityscape, but Bumblebee eventually defeated him, blowing him apart through a bus. Stinger's decapitated head was then eaten by one of Strafe's heads. A smug Bumblebee remarked "I hate cheap [[Knockoff|knock-offs]]". (''So do we, Bumblebee. So do we.'')

{{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

==Games==
===Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark===
{{Note|Stinger is not a playable character in the campaign of ''Rise of the Dark Spark''. However, he makes a brief cameo as part of [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]'s crew late in the game, and is available to play as in Escalation if the game is purchased from [[Walmart]].}}

{{--}}

==Toys==
===Age of Extinction===
====Robots in Disguise====
{{anchor|OneStep}}
*'''Decepticon Stinger''' (One Step Changers, 2014, Walmart Exclusive)

{{comingsoontoy}}

{{anchor|WalmartVsSlug}}
*'''Dinobot Slug vs. Decepticon Stinger''' (Legion two-pack, 2014)
: Stinger is a [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]] redeco of Legends Class [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] from the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' toyline. Stinger is packaged with a repaint of ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (toyline)| Beast Wars Neo]]'' [[Guiledart#Toys|Guiledart]] as [[Slug (AOE)|Slug]].

: This mold was also [[redeco]]ed to make [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'']] [[Override (TF 2010)|Override]] and and [[retool]]ed to make [[Cyberverse]] Series 2 [[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage]].

[[Category: Age of Extinction Decepticons]]
[[Category: Man-made transformers]]

Stinger (AOE)

2014-07-16T13:52:04Z

Bioniclepluslotr: /* Age of Extinction film */

{{faction|decepticonfilm}}
{{disambig3|Stinger}}
:''Stinger is a Decepticon from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:AOE Stinger concept.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Who are you calling [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]]?"]]
Innovation. Efficiency. Style. [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated|KSI]] rolls them out as you've never before experienced with '''Stinger''', the all-new transformable robot produced on and exclusively for the [[Earth]] market. Improving on our [[Bumblebee (Movie)|competitor's efforts]], Stinger specialises in serving all your sabotage needs.<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/characters.cfm?bot=Stinger Stinger bio at Hasbro]</ref> A combination of years of KSI's intensive engineering research with the cutting-edge styling of their partners at [http://www.pagani.com/ Pagani Automobili], Stinger is as beautiful as it is functional.

==Fiction==
===''Age of Extinction'' film===
{{spoiler|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|July 28}}
[[Image:Stingerstings.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"I've heard of [[Partformer|partsforming]], but this is ridiculous."]]

The Stinger prototype was being displayed in KSI headquarters when [[Cade Yeager|Cade]], [[Shane Dyson|Shane]], and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] snuck in. A nearby video promoting Stinger claimed that it was "Inspired by Bumblebee, but better in every way!". In the video, the lead engineers claimed that Bumblebee's design was antique and ugly and how Stinger was an improvement. Bumblebee took great offense to the video, and destroyed the prototype when KSI's staff arrived, forcing him to hide.

Later, Stinger was deployed with [[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]] to chase down the Autobots. During the battle, Stinger fired one missile at the Autobots, which missed, but was mostly overshadowed by Galvatron's free will and relentless pursuit of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Prime]]. He was later recalled once Prime was incapacitated and shipped to China, to avoid the feds discovering KSI's prototypes.

When Galvatron assumed command of the prototypes, Stinger followed him into battle in Hong Kong. Stinger engaged Bumblebee and Strafe, and briefly sparred on the Dinobot's back. Bumblebee defeated him and his head was then eaten by a [[Strafe (AOE)|Dinobot]]. A smug Bumblebee remarked "I hate cheap [[Knockoff|knock-offs]]". (''So do we Bumblebee. So do we.'')

{{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

==Games==
===Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark===
{{Note|Stinger is not a playable character in the campaign of ''Rise of the Dark Spark''. However, he makes a brief cameo as part of [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]'s crew late in the game, and is available to play as in Escalation if the game is purchased from [[Walmart]].}}

{{--}}

==Toys==
===Age of Extinction===
====Robots in Disguise====
{{anchor|OneStep}}
*'''Decepticon Stinger''' (One Step Changers, 2014, Walmart Exclusive)

{{comingsoontoy}}

[[Category: Age of Extinction Decepticons]]
[[Category: Man-made transformers]]

Talk:Stinger (AOE)

2014-07-16T13:48:13Z

Bioniclepluslotr: /* How Many Are There? */ new section

"Stinger is a man-made Transformer which joins the Decepticons."
Is says the same thing on [[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron's]] page. Is this information correct? Just wondering.
[[User:TFan99|- TFan99, Herald of Christ]] ([[User talk:TFan99|talk]]) 21:13, 10 May 2014 (EDT)
:Yes. Check the references on the Age of Extinction page. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 21:46, 10 May 2014 (EDT)
Right, my bad. I'll do this in the future. [[User:TFan99|- TFan99, Herald of Christ]] ([[User talk:TFan99|talk]]) 21:27, 11 May 2014 (EDT)
::At this point in time, is it really accurate to state that he "joins the Decepticons" if we're specifically referring to the character as portrayed in the movie? Cuz, right now, we do not know if he joins the Decepticon or not at all. While his toys are marketed as Decepticon-factioned toys, it's not unheard of for non-Decepticon villain/antagonist characters to have their toys labeled as Decepticons while the characters themselves remain non-Cons. And same goes for Galvatron. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 22:41, 11 May 2014 (EDT)
Some people write here that there would be multiple Stingers. Are you certain you're not mixing them with red Trax drones? Some of the drones are red and they have green visors so it's easy to mix them with Stinger. [[User:CAJH|CAJH]] ([[User talk:CAJH|talk]]) 03:20, 28 June 2014 (EDT)
::It definitely joins the Decepticons, though not by choice. It's a mindless drone that Galvatron gives the breath of life to to allow it to act under his servitude, without a pilot.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] ([[User talk:KrytenKoro|talk]]) 11:07, 28 June 2014 (EDT)
::There were two Stingers on display in KSI, one in robot mode and the other in vehicle. It's possible that the vehicle mode was actually just a regular vehicle. I was under the impression that the prototypes were to be mass produced. [[User:Bioniclepluslotr|Bioniclepluslotr]] ([[User talk:Bioniclepluslotr|talk]]) 11:15, 28 June 2014 (EDT)
::I just saw the film. Only one Stinger appeared and the other red were Trax drones. I you look more carefully. There were black and silver similar ones, but with red visors instead of green. [[User:CAJH|CAJH]] ([[User talk:CAJH|talk]]) 12:09, 28 June 2014 (EDT)

== Walmart Exclusive ==

Where did the Walmart exclusive news come from? Is the regular Deluxe Stinger only available at Walmart, or is it a special variant? [[User:Bioniclepluslotr|Bioniclepluslotr]] ([[User talk:Bioniclepluslotr|talk]]) 11:58, 29 June 2014 (EDT)
:A TFW2005 staff member asked Hasbro reps at BotCon about the absence of Stinger from the panel reveals. They were told that there would be some Walmart-exclusive Stinger toys revealed at SDCC, and that's all we know until then. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 13:08, 29 June 2014 (EDT)
::I heard he is to be a reshelling of the 2014 Concept Camero BB with a new head. Would buy if I saw it. It looks like a solid mold after seeing it transformed correctly. BB even has a flip down battle mask and an arm cannon! Hope Hasbro does that more in the future, and I can't wait to see the prenium re colors.[[User:Observedhalo|Observedhalo]] ([[User talk:Observedhalo|talk]]) 01:28, 30 June 2014 (EDT)
:::That would be interesting. Stinger's vehicle is quite the different shape than Bumblebee though. [[User:Bioniclepluslotr|Bioniclepluslotr]] ([[User talk:Bioniclepluslotr|talk]]) 10:37, 2 July 2014 (EDT)

== Stinger's VA ==

So I was watching some gameplay for RotDS escalation on youtube, and the you tuber was playing as Stinger. He appeared to have custom lines. Can anyone verify this? If so, who is his voice actor. Also, he appeared to have been in some parts of the campaign with Lockdown. Can anyone document what he did I don't have the game. He was standing next to Lockdown in the cutseen where they are interrogating Drift.[[User:Observedhalo|Observedhalo]] ([[User talk:Observedhalo|talk]]) 03:40, 6 July 2014 (EDT)

== How Many Are There? ==

Someone's changed the article again to say that there are multiple Stingers. I thought we agreed that there was only one. [[User:Bioniclepluslotr|Bioniclepluslotr]] ([[User talk:Bioniclepluslotr|talk]]) 09:48, 16 July 2014 (EDT)

Triple Changer

2014-07-09T04:19:28Z

Bioniclepluslotr: /* Live-action film series continuity */

[[File:5 blitzwing new world order.jpg|300px|thumb|Blitzwing demonstrates his triple-changing abilities, transforming from an ''incredibly'' unconvincing jet into a tank that's only ''slightly'' unconvincing.]]
In their quest for ever-greater machines of war, the [[Decepticon]]s developed warriors with two distinct alternate forms. These '''Triple Changers''' can travel by land and air with equal ease, and in the heat of battle they can rapidly change form to confuse and outflank the enemy. To counter this threat, the [[Autobot]]s also developed their own group of Triple Changers.

The Triple Changers are:

{{collist|2|
*Decepticons:
**[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
**[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]
**[[Octane (G1)|Octane]]

*Autobots:
**[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
**[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]
**[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]
}}

{{note|In Transformers fiction, the term "Triple Changer" refers almost exclusively to these two subgroups, which are the only such characters ever shown as cohesive teams. However, other official sources such as toy packaging, catalogs, Hasbro spokespersons, and commercials have applied the term "Triple Changer" rather haphazardly to many other characters from various continuities. Further muddying the waters, a few characters with three distinct modes have never been labeled as Triple Changers in toys or fiction, even in cases where it would really make sense to do so.}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:TripleTakeover Blitzwing Astrotrain stadium.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
The Triple Changers [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] joined [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s forces sometime after their leader woke up from a 4 million year sleep. Blitzwing took part in the sacking of [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]] {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} while Astrotrain helped take over [[Earth]] after the Autobots were exiled. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}} The pair were soon integrated into Megatron's forces, with Astrotrain regularly providing transport {{storylink|Blaster Blues}} {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}} {{storylink|The Gambler}} {{storylink|Sea Change}} and Blitzwing providing extra muscle {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}} {{storylink|Quest for Survival}} Astrotrain had the opportunity to command a mission after shooting down [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] over [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], and took advantage of the native [[Titan (species)|Titans']] superstition by posing as one of their [[Sky God]]s. {{storylink|The God Gambit}}

It wasn't long before the two Triple Changers fell in with [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and plotted to overthrow Megatron. What their co-conspirator didn't realize was that Astrotrain and Blitzwing intended to rule alone, and once both he and their leader were out of the way, the Triple Changers attempted to take over Earth in their own way. Astrotrain created a number of trains he controlled, while Blitzwing took over a football stadium. Their rule lasted roughly as long as it took for Megatron and Starscream to thaw themselves out, and then the pair found they faced [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}}

The two Triple Changers were dispatched to negotiate with [[Chumley|Lord Chumley]] for his help in destroying the Autobots, but the pair instead fell foul of the traps Chumley had intended for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Chumley released them when it became clear he'd lost against Optimus, but instead of attacking the Autobots as he assumed they would, the two Decepticons went after him. {{storylink|Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target}} Astrotrain largely returned to transportation duties following this {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}} {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood}} {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} even transporting Starscream into exile. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

By [[2005]], the Autobot Triple Changer [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] had arrived on Earth and was at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] when the Decepticons, including Astrotrain and Blitzwing, attacked it. Following the climactic battle between Megatron and Prime, Astrotrain served as getaway ship, taking the surviving Decepticons back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. After a second attack on Autobot City, Springer fled Earth with the other Autobots and, after a stopover on [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], took part in the effort to defeat [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} Following Unicron's defeat, the Decepticons including Astrotrain, Blitzwing and [[Octane (G1)|Octane]], ended up seeking refuge on [[Chaar]], where they survived in an [[energon]]-starved state. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} The Quintessons took advantage of this and manipulated both sides to attempt to destroy them all. Blitzwing, in the process of helping halt the Quintesson plan, effectively turned traitor in [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s eyes and was banished from the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

[[File:SandstormOctane BFF.jpg|thumb|250px]]
[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] also arrived on Earth and helped take part in investigations when Octane took control of [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], using the huge Transformer's might to secure him a deal with [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]]. At the end of the affair, Octane was also banished from the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}} The Autobots encountered another Triple Changer, [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], on the planet [[Paradron]]. Sandstorm was descended from early migrants from Cybertron who had come to Paradron fleeing the war. After Paradron's destruction, Sandstorm joined the Autobot forces on Earth. {{storylink|Fight or Flee}} It was while on Earth that he befriended Octane, though he was unable to prevent the Decepticons tracking the renegade down. Octane eventually fell in with Starscream, who had been reduced to an apparition and was trying to resurrect Unicron. This didn't go well. {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}} Broadside continued to work with the Autobots as transport and occasionally muscle {{storylink|Carnage in C-Minor}} {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}} and for the Decepticons, so did both Astrotrain {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}} {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}} and, apparently, Octane. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

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====Marvel Comics continuity====
=====Generation 1=====
{{noteukonly}}
''[[Steamhammer (G1)|Steamhammer]] fought Autobots in a battle near the town of [[Yuss]] using both his jet and tank modes. He was killed.'' {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}

[[File:Ratbatcratercritters.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Didja ever wonder what guys like Astrotrain do if they have an itch in the middle of their back? That's gotta ''suck'' for 'em. There is ''no way'' he can reach back there.]]
''The Decepticon Triple Changers served alongside the [[Conehead]]s and [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] where Octane and Blitzwing developed a reputation as two of the Decepticons' [[Ten Deadliest Killers|deadliest killers]]: key targets in [[Operation: Volcano]].'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}} ''The deadly killer Octane would later oversee a [[Decepticon fuel store|fuel store]] and run away screaming from Autobots.'' {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

The Decepticon Triple Changers were called into service by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] when a freighter that he had sent to [[Earth]] failed to make contact upon its arrival. The three Triple Changers traveled to Earth via [[space bridge]] and located the crashed freighter at the bottom of an impact crater. They quickly discovered that the pilot had become infected with [[scraplet]]s...which immediately infected ''them'' as well. Despite the rapidly spreading disease, they were happy to attack two Autobots who arrived to investigate the crater. One of the Autobots fled, while the other proved to be a fair match for the trio. {{storylink|Crater Critters}}

Eventually, they overpowered and captured [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], taking him prisoner. Astrotrain contacted Ratbat on Cybertron, requesting a cure. Instead, Ratbat dispatched a group of captured Autobots with orders to destroy all the infected Transformers on Earth with canisters of acid... including his own troops! Weakened by the disease, the Triple Changers could do little but sit around in the crater and wait for the end to come, whether by acid melting or scraplet consumption.

Luckily for the Triple Changers, the other Autobot, [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]], had managed to find a cure for the disease. Though Blaster demanded that Goldbug kill him along with the Decepticons rather than curing them, Goldbug's hand was forced the other way when the scraplets merged into a titanic combined form. He sprayed [[water|the cure]] on all the crater's occupants, including the Decepticons. Quickly recovering, the Triple Changers rallied to the attack, bringing down the combined scraplet monster with their weapons. Subsequently, they grabbed the cargo of the crashed freighter and made good their escape. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

The Triple Changers subsequently joined the main force of Decepticons on Earth, initially under [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s command, then later Ratbat's. They participated in the great battle against the Autobots on the Moon, {{storylink|Totaled!}} played host to human guests at [[Club Con]], {{storylink|Club Con!}} and battled [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s forces in the Arctic, a battle in which they fared particularly well. {{storylink|Cold War!}} They didn't fare so well against the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], however, who slaughtered all three of them in a single blast.

''During the [[Earthforce]] conflict of... er, whenever it was, the Triple Changers would serve under Shockwave. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}} Their great highlights were helping beat the snot out of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] {{storylink|Secrets (G1)|Secrets}} and joining the massed attack on Autobot [[Earthbase]]. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}} Their lowlight was Octane getting stuck on a military firing range while full of fuel, and Astrotrain and Blitzwing leaving him behind out of annoyance. {{storylink|Manoeuvres!}}

In a dystopian future, they served under [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] and killed [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]]. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

[[File:Triplechangerstarget2006.jpg|thumb|250px|]]
''The Autobot Triple Changers first came to prominence in the days leading up to Operation: Volcano; they were called into service by Emirate [[Xaaron]] to fill in for Ultra Magnus, should the latter not return from Earth in time to participate in the mission. They convinced the Wreckers' leader, [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], that they would be up to the challenge by beating the stuffing out of him before rocketing back to the Autobot base, [[Debris]]. When Impactor was killed in the aborted mission, Triple Changer Springer took over as Wrecker leader, with the other two becoming part of the force as well.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

''The Triple Changers participated in several of the Wreckers' missions on Cybertron {{storylink|City of Fear!}} and Earth. {{storylink|Wrecking Havoc}} After the latter mission turned into a near-disaster, Sandstorm and Broadside were sent to Earth along with Inferno as an advance guard.'' {{storylink|Firebug!}} {{storylink|Cold Comfort and Joy!}}

''They were still with the Wreckers during the catastrophic battle against Megatron and Galvatron, which saw Sandstorm destroyed. Broadside and Springer survived, {{storylink|Time Wars}} eventually going on to form the Survivors group {{storylink|Survivors!}} and later hooking up with Grimlock's [[Earthforce]]''. {{storylink|Wolf in the Fold!}}

''In a possible future, Springer and Sandstorm would be two of the last Autobots when the war ended in 2510. [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] made Springer his successor, only for fighting to break out over it; Sandstorm fired the second shot, killing [[Triton]].'' {{storylink|Peace}}

=====''Generation 2''=====
Broadside was part of a team of "[[Firestormer]]s" that raided various Decepticon outposts across the galaxy. {{storylink|War Without End!}} Springer, meanwhile, had apparently joined Optimus Prime's main force of Autobots and participated in a counter-Decepticon raid on [[Ethos]] {{storylink|Escalation!}} as well as the final battle against the Swarm on Earth. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

Octane was also present in the conflict, but [[Death|not for long]]. {{storylink|Total War!}}

=====''Regeneration One''=====
Megatron reanimated and lobotomized all three Decepticon Triple Changers after recovering their remains from the Ark, and utilized them as part of his zombie army. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}}

====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' comics====
[[File:BlitzwingDissectionDreamwave.jpg|200px|thumb|This detailed, scientific cut-away view reveals that underneath all that armor, Blitzwing is... made of mechanical stuff.]]
Triple Changers Blitzwing, Octane, Astrotrain and the [[jet-helicopter Decepticon]] were involved in Decepticon battle operations around the time that Optimus Prime rose to command the Autobots. They participated in a major attack on Iacon {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} and came close to victory {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} before [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] managed to destroy the entire [[Polities of Cybertron|city-state]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

{{note|Blitzwing is shown to transform into all three modes during the attack on Iacon, though this would seem to be retconned away by subsequent issues.}}

Blitzwing was a dangerous experiment of Shockwave's, captured and kept in containment by the Autobots. He possessed unique qualities that led [[The Fallen]] to seek him out for the [[Unbinding]]. During this time, Springer led the splinter faction the Wreckers. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}}

Later, Blitzwing and Astrotrain spontaneously began to grow new parts, perhaps heralding their evolution into Triple Changers. Yes, we know this makes no sense. {{storylink|Recipe for Hate}}

Obsessed with improving the Cybertronian race, Shockwave created the [[Duocon]]s and though they were unstable, it convinced him to go one stage further and modify several other Transformers into Triple Changers, starting with Springer. Triple Changers can change between modes three times as fast as a normal Transformer. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye}}

Sandstorm, Broadside, Octane, and Blitzwing formed Shockwave's Triple Changer Strike Team and travelled to Earth to apprehend the rogue crews of the Ark and ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|New World Order}} On their return to Cybertron it was revealed that the Autobots had doubts about their alliance with the former Decepticons and released Prime's crew to the Autobot resistance, though Sandstorm was killed by [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]]. Meanwhile, Octane chanced across the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and provoked [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] into decapitating him. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}

====IDW Generation 1 continuity====
Long before the war started, Blitzwing and [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]] were members of the [[Triorian Guard]], the [[Senate]]'s unit of multi-terrain Triple Changers charged with guarding the body of [[Nominus Prime]] as it lay in state in the [[Primal Basilica]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}

Astrotrain and Blitzwing joined the Decepticons early in the war, {{storylink|The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy}} and [[Octane (G1)|Tankor]] transported energy for the Decepticon army on several occasions. {{storylink|Faces of Darkness}} {{storylink|The Iron Age}} Astrotrain and Blitzwing were part of Starscream's [[Infiltration protocol|Infiltration Unit]] on Earth. {{storylink|The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration}} They survived attacks by the [[Reaper]]s and Autobots before the Autobots were driven from the planet. {{storylink|The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation}} When the Autobots returned with Omega Supreme, the Decepticons retreated into space, ferried by Astrotrain. {{storylink|The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron}} Tankor was left behind until [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] returned to Earth and reunited his army. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine|Enemy Mine}}

The Autobot Triple Changers were part of the [[Wrecker]]s until the team fractured, leaving only Springer {{storylink|Bullets}} who was then put in a coma by [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]. {{storylink|Zero Point}} Broadside and Sandstorm ended up with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s forces on Earth after the [[Surge (event)|Surge]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers}} After the war formally ended, Broadside aided [[Autobot High Command]] in rebuilding society on Cybertron. Astrotrain and Blitzwing aided [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] in preparing for Megatron's return, while Tankor fell in with the [[NAIL|neutrals]] and left the Decepticons. Sandstorm's whereabouts are unknown. {{storylink|The Verge}}
{{-}}

===Live-action film series continuity===
====Vector Sigma data tracks====
According to hypothesis, the ability to have two alternate modes may be connected to the Transformer's [[CNA|genetics]].<ref>Hasbro's online [http://web.archive.org/web/20100330183135/http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/TRANSFORMERS-Glossary.cfm Transformers glossary].</ref>
====''Revenge of the Fallen''====
[[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] is shown contorting into an artillery mode during [[Operation: Firestorm |Operation: Firestorm]]
====''Dark of the Moon''====
[[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]] takes on many different disguises including a printer, TV and a pink Bumblebee.
====''Age of Extinction''====
[[Drift (ROTF)|Drift]] is shown to be able to transform into both a helicopter and a sports car at will without having to scan a new form.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:Blitzwingg1toy.jpg|250px|thumb|In a line cut from ''The Transformers: The Movie'', Blitzwing says that as a Triple Changer, he's worth any two of his comrades. But it turns out that he retailed for a bit less than the Seekers.]]
*'''Decepticon Triple Changers''' (1985)
**[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
**[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]

*'''Autobot Triple Changers''' (1986)
**[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
**[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]
**[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]

*'''Decepticon Triple Changers''' (1986)
**[[Octane (G1)|Octane]]

:The original Triple Changers were released in the second year of Generation 1, and were sufficiently popular to inspire 4 more in 1986.

===Classics===
*Astrotrain (2006)

===Universe (2008)===
*[[Octane (G1)|Tankor]]
:Octane with a new name.

===Generations===
* [[Blitzwing (G1)#Generations|Blitzwing]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1)#Generations|Sandstorm]]
* [[Springer (G1)#Voyager|Autobot Springer]]

{{note|This list includes only toys that actually have three modes. Several of the Triple Changer characters have had later releases in other toy molds, most notably Sandstorm and Springer, but these forms lacked the third mode required to qualify as Triple Changers.}}

===Subsequent toys labeled as "Triple Changers"===
;Generation 1
*[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (called a "Headmaster Triple Changer base" in a commercial and in "[[Doomsday for Nebulos]].")

;Generation 2
*[[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]] (1994)
:The bomber/tank/robot describes himself as "triple-changing Dreadwing" in a television [[commercial]]. Another commercial has the announcer saying "Dreadwing is a Triple Changer."

;Beast Wars
[[File:BW-toy Depthcharge.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]]: a triple-changing [[Transmetal]] from the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'']]
*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] (1998)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (1998)
:Although the packaging says "3 mode conversion", the commercial announcer says that each of these characters "triple changes".

;Armada
[[File:Armada Laserbeak toy.jpg|thumb|250px|The only Triple Changer from ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'': [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]]]]
*[[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] (2002)

;Energon
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (2004)
*[[Shockblast]] (2004)
*[[Six Shot (Energon)|Six Shot]] (2005)

;Cybertron
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (2005)
*[[Anti-Blaze]] (2006)
*[[Checkpoint (Cybertron)|Checkpoint]] (2006)
*[[Scythe]] (2006)
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Cryo Scourge]] (2006)
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] (2006)

;Animated
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (2008)

;Revenge of the Fallen
[[File:Soundwaverotfpreviewtoy.jpg|thumb|250px|Triple-changing [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], superior!]]
*[[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] (2009)
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] (2009)
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]<ref>Megatron was identified as a Triple Changer in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe|Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe]]'' and was shown with two alternate modes in [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|''Revenge of the Fallen'' comic adaption]]. He did not display this ability in [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|the film]], nor [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|his toys]].</ref> (2009)

;Dark of the Moon
[[File:DOTM-toy Backfire SpikeWitwicky.jpg|thumb|250px|Triple-changing [[Backfire (TF 2010)|Backfire]], who's being ridden by [[Spike Witwicky (DOTM)|some guy]].]]
*[[Thunderhead]] (2011)
*[[Sandstorm (TF 2010)|Sandstorm]] (2011)
*[[Icepick (PCC)|Icepick]] (2011)
*[[Backfire (TF 2010)|Backfire]] (2011)
*[[Whirl (ROTF)|Whirl]] (2011)
*[[Tailpipe (DOTM)|Tailpipe]] & [[Pinpointer (DOTM)|Pinpointer]] (2011)
*[[Drag Strip (DOTM)|Drag Strip]] (2011)
*[[Half-Track (DOTM)|Half-Track]] (2011)
*[[Reverb (DOTM)|Reverb]] (2011)
*[[Crosshairs (Movie)|Crosshairs]] (2011)
:''All'' the [[Human Alliance]] Basic-class robot figures are Triple Changers.
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys 4|Striker Optimus]] (2011)

;Construct-Bots
*[[Bumblebee (Construct-Bots)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Blitzwing (Construct-Bots)|Blitzwing]]

;Unreleased
*''[[Dropshot (Armada)|Dropshot]]''
*[[Jet-helicopter Decepticon|A helicopter/plane Triple Changer]]
*ATB Megatron (called a Triple Changer by a Hasbro pitch man.)
*Marauder Megatron

===Retroactively labeled as Triple Changers===
*Dreamwave's ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' profile book series identifies [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] as Triple Changers.
*Dreamwave's ''[[More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|More Than Meets The Eye: Armada]]'' book labels [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] as a Triple Changer, also stating that other Mini-Cons with a third mode are Triple Changers.
*IDW's ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'' labels [[Apache]] as a Triple Changer, but not B'Boom

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Triple Changer''' (トリプルチェンジャー ''Toripuru Chenjā''), '''Triplebot''' (Autobots, トリプルボット ''Toripurubotto''), '''Tripletron''' (Decepticons, トリプルトロン ''Toripurutoron'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Triplaváltozók'''
*''Polish:'' '''Trójzmienny'''

==See also==
*[[Attack mode]]

==References==
<references/>

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[[Category:Cybertron franchise]]
[[Category:Energon franchise]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
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Sandstorm (MW)

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Bioniclepluslotr: /* Machine Wars */

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:''Sandstorm is a [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

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'''Sandstorm''' is a clone of [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] and in charge of the [[Sandstorm drone]]s.

==Fiction==
===''Wings Universe''===
{{Wingsnote}}

When [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] planned his invasion of Cybertron using a cloned army, he chose to give the Autobots and Decepticons one last chance to avoid termination. He constructed a modified clone of the renowned Autobot pacifist [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] and replace the original with his copy. A sleeper agent, the Sandstorm clone was programmed to use his template's existing reputation for peace to convince his peers to lay down arms and accept the new rule. He failed, and the [[Machine Wars]] broke out over Cybertron. Jhiaxus eventually activated Sandstorm's true programming during an encounter at Iacon, after determining his existing general [[Megaplex (MW)|Megaplex]] was too easily swayed by ''his'' template's battlelust. Sandstorm and his newly-revealed force of helicopter clones joined Jhiaxus's forces against [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika's]] team. {{storylink|Termination}}

==Toys==
===Machine Wars===
*'''Autobot Electrons / Sandstorm''' (souvenir pack, [[BotCon 2013]])
**''Accessories:'' MechTech rifle/sword, two missile pods

:Sandstorm is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Skyhammer (DOTM)|Skyhammer]], transforming into a made-up assault helicopter that resembles a cross between a [[wikipedia:Eurocopter Tiger|Eurocopter Tiger]] and a [[wikipedia:Mil Mi-24|Mil Mi-24]], colored in homage to the ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]]'' [[Sandstorm (G1)#Machine Wars|Sandstorm]] toy. He features [[5mm post|5mm peg-holes]] for his hands, one on each of his forearms, a pair under each of his wings, a port on the backs/insides of each of his shoulder cockpit halves, and a port underneath his cockpit.

:Sandstorm retains Skyhammer's [[MechTech]] gimmick, a large weapons system that converts from a double-barreled rifle to his a sword. He also features two detachable missile pods underneath his wings. Both weapons use 5mm pegs, and the MechTech weapon features a peg-hole on either side. As the MechTech weapon cannot be mounted underneath the cockpit without retracting the front landing gear, the weapon itself cleverly features a molded landing gear wheel on the corner of the blade's base.

:Sandstorm was only available as a [[BotCon 2013]] at-show [[exclusive]], in a two-pack with [[Electro (G2)#Timelines|Autobot Electrons]], limited to 2000 pieces.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/BCSandstorm/sandstorm.htm More information on Sandstorm at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
:Sandstorm's [[bio]] describes him as though he were the original Sandstorm, presumably to avoid giving away the reveal at the end of the comic.

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Mixmaster (ROTF)

2014-07-07T03:22:07Z

Bioniclepluslotr: /* Voyager Class toys */ Found Takara Instructions

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:''Mixmaster is a [[Decepticon]] [[Triple Changer]] from the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:ROTF Mixmaster concept art.jpg|thumb|right|300px|You can never have too many shields.]]

A genius chemist, '''Mixmaster''' serves as a weapons designer to the Decepticon elite. He has spent his entire lifespan mastering the intricacies of chemical reactions, becoming an expert in poisons, corrosive substances, and most especially explosives. He has a knack for improvisation, being able to make deadly concoctions from just the native materials a world has to offer. A member of the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]], he forms the head of [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] when the group combines into the lumbering beast.

There are at least two 'bots of his model; the other may or may not be also named "Mixmaster".

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
[[Image:Defiance4_Constructicons.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Not shown: Mixmaster learning to use a bone as a club.]]

In the distant past, the [[AllSpark]] Cube created [[Thirteen|a race]] of powerful, trans-dimensional beings as the first inhabitants of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. The Cube gave these beings mighty powers, as well as terraforming their world, but it was not limitless, and gradually became depleted. The first beings learned that the AllSpark's power could be replenished by harvesting the energy of stars, but they were unable to locate new stars to suit their purposes, despite their amazing ability to travel between dimensions. Once again, the Cube came to the rescue, creating a race of workers, who had the ability to change their shape.

The "Mixmaster" body-type was among the very first of these new beings, one of several "builders" who would construct a [[Star Harvester|harvester]] when a suitable sun had been found. Once built, the device would drain the energy of these stars, thus replenishing the AllSpark. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4}}

One of the Mixmasters was part of [[The Fallen]]'s early Decepticons. On [[Earth]], he and his brothers were sicced on the turncoat [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]]. Mixmaster was the last one standing and managed to get the Seeker in a crushing embrace, informing him "You die". Jetfire got out of this by teleporting into Earth's atmosphere, causing Mix's death by atmosphere re-entry. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 3}}

It is presumed that at some point during the civil war on Cybertron, a surviving Mixmaster(s) sided with [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], the new protege of the Fallen.

Mixmaster was the leader of the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s on the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]''. He grumbled at [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] for ordering them to stay in the ''[[Longshot (DOTM)|Longshot]]'''s cargo hold when they left the damaged ''Nemesis'' to pursue the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 1}}
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===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie===
[[Image:ROTFMegatronrebirth.jpg|thumb|250px|Can we fix him? Yes we can!]]
After the [[AllSpark]] shard was retrieved from [[NEST]]'s secure bunker at [[Diego Garcia]], [[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]], [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]], Mixmaster, [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]], [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] and [[Scrapmetal (ROTF)|another, smaller Constructicon]] secreted themselves aboard the ''[[Bayos]]'' freighter heading towards the North Atlantic. Once the ship passed over the [[Laurentian Abyss]], the Decepticons jumped overboard and dove down to where [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s broken body lay. Scalpel ordered the death of the smallest Constructicon to rebuild Megatron, a request that Mixmaster and the others obliged with. Soon, Megatron was reborn!

After Megatron killed [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], Mixmaster climbed the Brooklyn Bridge and knocked down the American flag in a display of dominance.

Some time later, Mixmaster and another Constructicon with the same [[body-type]] were present in [[Egypt]] during [[Operation: Firestorm]]. Mixmaster and several other Constructicons waited in a quarry in their construction vehicle disguises until the [[human]]s [[Seymour Simmons]], [[Leo Spitz]] and their Autobot guardians [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] approached. The Constructicons [[combiner|combined]] into the mighty Devastator and attacked.

[[Image:Mixmaster-ROTFcannonmode.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Good luck figuring this out on my toy.]]

Elsewhere, the other Mixmaster fought against the NEST forces in the Egyptian town near the great ruins of the pyramids, using his cannon emplacement mode to cause serious problems, until the ex-Decepticon [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] arrived to slice him in half and crush his torso, popping his head off and killing him.

[[Image:ROTF Mixmaster death.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Jetfire stomps Mixmaster's head off (in case you were unable to see due to [[Michael Bay|motion blurs]])]]
Meanwhile, Devastator had shrugged off the Autobot twins and was busy demolishing the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]] when Simmons called upon the [[United States Navy]] to attack Devastator. The [[United States Navy#U.S.S. Kidd (DDG-100)|U.S.S. ''Kidd'']] fired her experimental [[rail gun]], smashing one of his arms to pieces and destroying Devastator. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' - The Game===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Dave Boat]]

====Xbox 360/PS3====
[[Image:Ironhide VS Mixmaster.jpg|thumb|right|400px]]
Mixmaster was one of the Decepticons dispatched to intercept an evacuation led by [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and a NEST convoy. He led an assault group which was able to destroy the convoy; however, the evacuation had already ended. Since his mission had failed, Mixmaster tried to console himself by killing Ratchet and was able to put him in a critical state before Ironhide arrived and helped him. Mixmaster threw Ratchet away and ordered his troops to attack Ironhide, but the Autobot defeated them. Mixmaster then decided to take care of the situation by himself, but ended up trapped under a platform dropped by Ironhide.

However, this didn't stop him for too long, and he was able to quickly get out and place his remaining soldiers into a scrapyard. The troops were once again defeated by Ironhide and his [[Heavy Iron 2.0|new weapon]] sent by [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]]. Mixmaster was too confident that the weapon wasn't strong enough to take out his shields, and he attacked with no warning. During the battle, his shields were in fact destroyed by Ironhide's new weapon, turning the tide of the battle towards Ironhide's favor. Ironhide defeated the Decepticon and terminated his opponent, gangland execution-style.
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====Autobots/Decepticons====
While the other Decepticons were infiltrating NEST facilities, Mixmaster tried to bring back the Constructicons... somehow... and was probably stopped by the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons|Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons}}
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==Toys==
===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
====Legends Class toys====
[[Image:ROTF_Legends_Mixmaster.jpg|thumb|200px|My arms hurt...]]
*'''Decepticon Mixmaster''' (Legends, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number'' '''D2'''
:Mixmaster and the six other Legends class Constructicons combine to form Devastator. In Japan, the Legends class Constructicons were sold individually. Mixmaster has the dubious honor of pulling Devastator's face around like a rectal growth in robot mode. He forms (you guessed it) the head of Devastator.

*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (Legends figure multi-pack, 2010)

:In [[Hasbro]]'s markets, the Legends Constructicons were sold together as an [[exclusive]] multi-pack at [[Walmart]] in North America and Argos in the UK.

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[[Image:ROTFLegends_MixmasterG1Colors.JPG|thumb|right|250px|]]
*'''EZ Collection Devastator - G1 Colors Version''' (Legends, 2010)
:Takara also released the seven Legend class Constructicons in Generation 1-inspired green and purple color schemes.

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====Voyager Class toys====
[[Image:Mixmaster ROTF Voyager toy.jpg|right|thumb|400px|My arms still hurt...]]
*'''Mixmaster''' (Voyager, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-12'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile

: Voyager Class ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Mixmaster transforms into a gray and silver cement mixer with purple windows and headlights, based loosely on the [[Wikipedia:Mack Trucks|Mack Granite]] truck seen in the film. The vehicle mode's mixing drum is incapable of rotating due to the transformation, but does boast a pair of gigantic Decepticon logos on either side. The cement chute at the rear of the vehicle mode can accurately raise and lower on a hinge, and the cannon can be fixed to fire directly overhead or behind at pursuing vehicles.

: His robot mode is designed to be squat with very long arms, but in order to be fully functional and look like the stock photo, his legs at the hip joints must be slightly mistransformed from what is depicted in his instructions. This results in a robot mode that is very thin and lanky, with numerous joints on the extremely long arms alone. The packaging calls out [[Mech Alive]] gimmickry in the form of "spinning gears" on his chest, but the feature is only present at the thighs and forearms, which reveal shifting internal bits when the joints are rotated. The robot mode's missile-firing cannon is locked in place on its back pointing straight upward; it can be raised over Mixmaster's head, although this involves letting the cab hang loose on his back as it's designed to attach to the cannon. Alternately the toy can be transformed to its artillery cannon-like Battle Mode that has him essentially performing a belly flop, letting the launcher fire forward. At least, according to the Battle Mode's official depiction on the instructions.

[[Image:ROTFVoyager_MixmasterBattleMode.JPG|thumb|left|250px|BUMM]]
: The instructions and the box pictures show the joint that attaches the cab to the robot to be inverted, with the released toy having the cab joint [[Misassembly|upside-down]] as compared with what is in the instructions and box pictures. Out of the box, the toy cannot exactly mimic the battle mode of the instructions or [[stock photography|stock photo]]s, but it's close enough for most people to assume they were doing something wrong until one realizes this mis-assembly. The joint can be corrected by the removal and re-attachment of the metal pin behind the front-bumper, but this is not as easy as it sounds and may potentially be damaging to the toy. This only applies to the Hasbro version of the instructions, however, as the Japanese Takara release had instructions depicting a completely different battle mode<ref>[http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showpost.php?p=124022&postcount=13 Thread about Mixmaster's faulty instructions.]</ref>, which utilised the joint in the direction it is assembled, as well as pegs and holes present on the rear wheel segments and the inside of the cab respectively.<ref>[http://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/toy/products/TF/products/movie2/03_manual.html Takara's instruction with alternate battle mode.]</ref>

: The image of the cement mixer mode on the packaging has been flipped horizontally as well, leaving the location of the ladder switched. Additionally, the robot mode image on the packaging has a different mold for the mixing drum shells, with rectangular-shaped pegs rather than circular.

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[[Image:ROTF-toy_GreenMixmaster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|My arms hurt so ''you'' can pretend it's still the 80s. I hate you.]]
*'''Back Road Brawl''' (Figure multi-pack, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' Missile

:Available only in the [[Toys"R"Us]]-[[exclusive]] "Back Road Brawl" figure pack with [[Hoist (Movie)|Hoist]], this release of Mixmaster features a new head that was gang-molded to Mixmaster, but until now went unused. His colour scheme has been extensively [[redeco]]ed in a layout resembling the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. He is decorated with a small [[tampograph]] reading "Ol' Lefty", a reference to how Generation 1 [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] formed [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]'s left leg.

:He retains the mis-assembled cab joint/faulty instructions.

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====Combiner Class toys====
[[Image:ROTF_Devastator_combiner_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|My arms don't hurt anymore.... Wait.... WHERE ARE MY ARMS!?!?!?!?!?!]]
*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (2009)

:The Mixmaster component of the Devastator set becomes Devastator's head. He contains the lights and sounds for Devastator, as well as individual sounds for his vehicle mode. They are motion activated, which means he never, ever shuts up. As with the other Constructicon members in this set, Mixmaster does not have his own robot mode. To activate sounds (if you're willing to do so, that is), press down on a lever on Devastator's chest. Doing so will raise Devastator's mighty head and open his mouth, and cause one of a myriad of sounds to play, including: "I am.... DEVASTATOR!" "CRUSH... AUTOBOTS!" "MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" "I am...DECEPTICON!". In Devastator mode, pressing the button down for a few moments also activates his "vortex grinder". Transforming him back into his own component activates the transformation sound when the face cover is pulled from the underside of his truck mode. After that, he randomly starts making engine stalling noises whenever you look at him funny.
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====Mega Power Bots====
[[Image:ROTF MegaPowerBots Devastator.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Sometimes it's just Orange Day.]]
*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (2009)
: [[Mega Power Bots]] Devastator is a simple toy for younger children, featuring plenty of playing sounds and flashing lights. His limbs have limited swivel articulation and do not detach into separate vehicles. He has a distinctly more humanoid stature than normal.

: Unlike regular [[Power Bots]], and unlike other portrayals of the character in general, Devastator features a transformation! It consists of putting his arms up and laying him flat on his stomach, which lets him roll around using the wheels on his limbs.

: Pressing down the Decepticon shield on his crotch (!) spins the vortex in his chest, lights up his eyes and makes him utter one of many Welker-recorded phrases, including [[The Transformers: The Movie|"Prepare for extermination!"]], "Crush Autobots!" and "I am Devastator!" Pressing on the crane of his excavator arm makes a cannon blast sound effect, while pressing the cab of his loader arm turns the scoop into claws.

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===Transformers (2010)===
====Legends Class toys====
[[Image:TF2010-toy_Legends_green_Mixmaster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Okay, so they managed to hide the combiner face well enough... but that doesn't help my arms, now does it?]]
*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (Legends figure giftset, 2010)

:A [[Toys"R"Us]]-exclusive Generation 1-themed redeco of Legends Devastator and his components. Unlike Takara's go at the same idea, Mixmaster and the other Constructicons are mostly just lime green and gray, with the only bits of purple being their windshields. They do, however, have brown [[paint operation]]s on and around their wheels to simulate dirt.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/TRUMixmaster/mixmaster.htm More information on 2010 Mixmaster at TFU.info]''

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*'''Megatron Rising''' (Figure multi-pack)
[[Image:TF2010MegsRisingMegsAndConstructs.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
:This retailer exclusive multi-pack recreated the scene in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' where the Constructicons resurrect Megatron. The Mixmaster figure itself appears to be an unchanged version from the Revenge of the Fallen release of the Legends Constructicon Devastator combiner figure, and comes packed with (apparently) similarly unchanged Constructicon Devastator figures of [[Long Haul (ROTF)#MegatronRising|Long Haul]], [[Rampage (ROTF)#MegatronRising|Rampage]], a red redeco of [[Scrapper (ROTF)#MegatronRising|Scrapper]], who was probably intended to be [[Scrapmetal (ROTF)|Scrapmetal]], and a metallic green redeco of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Voyager Class [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#MegatronRising|Megatron]].

:It has never been revealed for which retailer this multi-pack was intended.
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==Merchandise==
===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:Robotheroesironhidemixmaster.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Hi, I'm Mixmaster, and I'm extremely pleased to be your villain this evening.]]
*'''Ironhide and Mixmaster''' (2009)
:Part of the second wave of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' portion of the ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' line, Mixmaster is a new sculpt that comes with a [[redeco]] of the first ''Robot Heroes'' [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]].

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*'''Desert Devastation''' (Multi-pack, 2009)

[[Image:rotf_desertdevastation_rh.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Munchy!]]

:Mixmaster is the sculpted head of "Desert Devastation" Devastator, a super-sized ''Robot Heroes'' figure. He is only available in a multi-pack with [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] in their vehicle modes and [[William Lennox]].
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===RPMs — Robot Powered Machines===
[[Image:ROTF-toy_RPM_Mixmaster.jpg|thumb|300px|Proudly covering his ears.]]
*'''Mixmaster''' (2009)
**''Series:'' '''Commander Series'''
**''Number:'' '''04 of 04'''

:[[Robot Powered Machines|Mini-Vehicle]] Mixmaster is a small non-transformable mixing truck with his robot mode sculpted on the vehicle's underside. His wheels feature through-axle construction that allow the toy to zip along at high speeds on smooth surfaces.

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[[Image:ROTFRPMBattleSeries2Mixmaster.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Enforcer Ironhide VS Mixmaster''' (2010)
**''Series:'' '''Battle Series 2'''
**''Number:'' '''06 of 06'''

:This two-pack contains a [[redeco]] of Mini-Vehicle Mixmaster in mostly white with an orange mixing drum, alongside a red [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. There are some differences between the final product and the stock photography on the cardback - notably, the retail release had brown wheels in place of black, and the cab's smokestacks were originally longer.

:As part of the final wave of RPMs, Battle Series 2 did not get released through normal retail outlets in the United States, instead showing up for sale first in Canada, Asia and Europe. Later, though, it would show up in the US though [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs Express]] mall stores and discount chains like Ross and TJ Maxx.
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===Speed Stars===
[[Image:SpeedStars_BattleSeries_IronhideMixmaster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]
*'''Enforcer Ironhide VS Mixmaster''' (2010)
**''Series'': '''Battle Series 2'''
**''Number'': '''06 of 06'''

: Battle Series 2 was re-released as part of the ''[[Speed Stars]]'' line. While the Mixmaster and Ironhide redecos were available more widely than the RPM versions, they lost several [[paint operation]]s in the process.

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==Notes==
*According to [[Ben Procter]]'s [http://conceptartworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/ben_procter_rotf_12.jpg concept art], Mixmaster originally had a ''friendly'' face based on that of actor [[Wikipedia:Brendan Gleeson|Brendan Gleeson]]... and was apparently going to be an ''Autobot''. The early head design was actually put to use in the Generation 1 [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]-themed [[redeco]] store exclusive, as well as the Legends Mixmaster.
*Not unlike [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] in the first movie, ''Revenge of the Fallen'' sees Mixmaster (and indeed, quite a lot of other Decepticons) emit some heavily-processed, garbled Cybertronian noise that desire has occasionally led fans to misinterpret it as real dialogue. The difference is that the DVD subtitles actually interpret the roar he lets out before transforming to battle mode as the sentence fragment "Listen up..." Unlike Bonecrusher, however, no voice actor is listed in the end credits.
*Though the green Mixmaster was a Toy'R Us exclusive, he was featured as a co-sell on exclusive products sent to competing stores (notably the Super Tuner Showdown, exclusive to Walmart)
*There are evidently two or three Mixmasters. One forms Devastator's head, another was killed by Jetfire, and the one in the Dark of the Moon video game for PS3 and XBOX 360 could be the same one that formed Devastator's head, or possibly another one, then again the Transformers website and ''Tales of the Fallen'' would later confirm the Constructicons are all drones, thus there are possibly more than 3 Mixmasters.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Mixmaster''' (ミックスマスター ''Mikkusumasutā'')

==Footnotes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/Mixmaster/mixmaster.htm Mixmaster at TFU.info]

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[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Constructicons]]
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Strafe (AOE)

2014-07-04T04:03:53Z

Bioniclepluslotr: /* Generations */

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{{disambig3|Strafe}}
:''Strafe is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:AOE Pteranodon concept.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Pterosaurs can sting too, okay [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]?]]

You'd be forgiven if upon seeing '''Strafe''' appear on the battlefield, you had some sort of embarrassing evacuation. After all, a gigantic, two-headed ''Pteranodon'' swooping down on you would shake the toughest minds. Yet Strafe is an interesting contradiction in terms. A powerful and merciless warrior on the field, off of it Strafe is one of the most friendly and approachable individuals you're ever likely to meet. Strafe is very good friends with Bumblebee.

==Fiction==
===''How to Ride your Dinobot'' cartoon===
Strafe found himself the unwilling target for [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee's]] first Dinobot riding lesson. Strafe ensured the Autobot had a rough first lesson, flying out of his reach for the majority of the time while trying to feed on scrap metal. Bumblebee laid a trap for Strafe with a tasty gear, and finally held onto a rope that had snared around his leg... but Strafe happily flew Bumblebee into a mountain's wall. Bumblebee seemed to have learned not to mess with Strafe, since he destroyed the Dinobot-riding instruction manual and quit listening to that maddeningly unhelpful narrator.

{{storylink|Getting on a Dinobot}}

===''Age of Extinction'' film===
{{spoiler|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|July 28}}
[[File:AOEStrafeandBumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|400px|"Somewhere else, Swoop is crying"]]
Strafe was among the Dinobots freed from [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]'s ship, and subsequently yielded to [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s command. During the battle in Hong Kong, Strafe aided [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] as he battled [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]]. The two fought on Strafe's back until Stinger was defeated, and Strafe got to munch on Stinger's head. Strafe aided in escorting the Seed to safety until Lockdown returned and unleashed his magnetic vortex upon the group. Though he briefly freed [[Slug (AOE)|Slug]] from the vortex, the Dinobots were trapped in it again until Optimus destroyed it. Strafe helped hold the line on a bridge until the Seed was transported to safety and Lockdown was defeated. The battle over, Strafe and the Dinobots were freed from Optimus' command and parted on good terms with their new allies.
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==Toys==
===Age of Extinction===
====Robots in Disguise====
[[File:AOE PowerBattlers Strafe.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Yeah, but "Kaijubots" just doesn't have the same ring to it.]]
*'''Dinobot Strafe''' (Power Battlers, 2014)

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[[Image:AoE dino sparker Bumblebee and Strafe.jpg|thumb|right||300px]]
*'''Bumblebee & Dinobot Strafe''' (Dino Sparkers, 2014)

: Part of the first wave of [[Dino Sparkers]], this toy is a friction-motor pterosaur cast in semi-translucent plastic. When rolled along, [[sparking gimmick|"cold" sparks]] flash inside the creature's back end. Affixed to Strafe's back is a simplified figure of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] wielding one hella-long sword.
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====Generations====
[[File:AoE deluxe Strafe.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Look, to get the cool shoulder armor I have to use a two-headed ''Pteranodon'' mode, okay?"]]
*'''Dinobot Strafe''' (Deluxe, 2014)
*''Series'': '''M4: #0??'''
**''Accessories:'' Crossbow/launcher, missile, 2 swords

: "Generations" Strafe is a more complex and less [[gimmick]]-focused version of Strafe than the "Robots in Disguise" toy. Twin swords peg onto his wings, which can be hand-held in robot mode. He also comes with a pressure-launch missile-firing "crossbow". Pegs on the crossbow allow the swords to attach and create a larger weapon. His tails are made of soft rubber, but due to his packaging, they are almost always bent at an extreme angle out of the package. This can be fixed by soaking the rubber in hot water and then correcting the bends.

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*'''Strafe''' (Evolution 2-Pack, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Crossbow/launcher, missile, 2 swords

: Available only at [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] stores in the US and Canada, this two-pack features the "Generations" Deluxe Strafe toy, with no known differences from the normal retail release, packed with a "[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]" iteration of the original [[Strafe (G1)#Age of Extinction|Strafe]]... yes, the ''[[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] Strafe''... which is just a seemingly-unchanged re-release of the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)| Dark of the Moon]]'' Mini-Con [[Rav (DOTM)|Rav]].

: We're as confused as you are, folks.

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*'''Bumblebee with Strafe vs. Decepticon Stinger''' (3-pack, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Crossbow/launcher, missile, 2 swords

: Another [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] [[exclusive]] pack, this is ''again'' the "Generations" Deluxe Strafe toy, with no known differences from the normal retail release, only this time he's packaged in a box with [[Cyberverse]] versions of [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#TRUStrafeBeeStingerPack|Bumblebee]] and [[Stinger (AOE)#TRUStrafeBeeStingerPack|Stinger]].
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[[File:AoE Wal-Mart 2-pack scout Strafe.jpg|right|300px|thumb|There, one head. [[GEEWUN|Ya happy now!?]]]]
*'''Bumblebee & Dinobot Strafe''' (Legion two-pack, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Submachine gun

: This bizarre entry is redeco of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Terrorsaur (BW)#Toys|Terrorsaur]], a mold ''nearly 20 years old at this point''. He transforms from an organic ''Pteranodon'' to robot mode with a [[autotransformation|spring-loaded one-step transformation]]. A small gun stores in his robot mode back which can be removed, unfolded, and pegged into his robot mode fist.

: He was only available as part of a [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]] set with a [[Cyberverse]] Legion-class version of [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#WalmartCyberverse2pk|Bumblebee]].

: This mold was also used for Terrorsaur, [[Fractyl#Toys|Fractyl]], [[Lazorbeak#Toys|Lazorbeak]], [[Hydra (BWN)#Toys|Hydra]], and [[Terranotron (Dinobots)|Terranotron]].
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====Construct-Bots====
:*''See: '''[[Strafe (Construct-Bots)]]'''''

====Kre-O====
:*''See: '''[[Strafe (Kre-O Dinobot)]]'''''
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==Notes==
*According to ''Transformers'' Manager of Global Brand Development Mark Weber at New York [[Toy Fair 2014]], Strafe is named so not because of [[trademark]] reasons, but because the film's two-headed design was considered too great a departure from previous [[Swoop (disambiguation)|Swoop]] characters.

[[Category: Age of Extinction Autobots]]
[[Category: Dinobots]]
[[Category: Knights]]

Lockdown (ROTF)

2014-07-02T22:50:19Z

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{{disambig3|Lockdown}}
:''Lockdown is a bounty hunter commonly allied with the [[Decepticon]]s from the [[Movie continuity|live-action movie continuity]].''
{{spoiler|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|July 28}}
[[File:AOE Lockdown walks.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5||In 2007, we were all pretty sure there would be a fourth live-action ''Transformers'' movie with Lockdown as the main villain.]]

Even the Decepticons are afraid of ''this'' guy, because once '''Lockdown''' has been hired to track down a subject, nothing stops him from completing his transaction short of total deactivation! Unfortunately for the [[Autobot]] medic, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] is Lockdown's next target, and Lockdown, as always, has been paid handsomely for his destruction. He's also run afoul of [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] previously, in some unspecified circumstance.<ref>Hasbro's website describes both Arcee and Ratchet as Lockdown's enemy on their respective pages, mirroring their relationship in ''Animated''.</ref>

Using his [[Supercharger]], he stores the kinetic energy from racing in his alternate form and uses it to boost his own speed for short bursts. This is his favorite device... because his favorite tactic is to catch up with targets and sink in his [[Capture Hook]] for the up-close-and-''personal'' kill.<ref name="BB">Lockdown's [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/play/details.cfm?guid=841165f8-19b9-f369-1057-0b57c1e069b6 Battle Bio.]</ref> His other great weapon is the exposed skeletal spinal cord down his back, which gives him a level of agility that the average Cybertronian does not have. Lockdown's also been known to loot weaponry from the foes he kills, so his armoury is constantly changing!<ref>[[Transformers Comic issue 5.1]] bio: "The Lockdown on Lockdown" The spare parts is an ''Animated'' trait that was added in.</ref>

He trained [[Axor]] a long time ago, and the younger hunter has even ''rebuilt himself'' to better resemble Lockdown (though he denies it if you ask). He views his mentor as his closest comrade, which Lockdown has been willing to let him believe.<ref>Axor's [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/play/details.cfm?guid=841165f8-19b9-f369-1057-0b57c1e069b6 Battle Bio]</ref> ''His'' closest comrade is Megatron, cos that's who's currently paying him, in [[energon star|energon chips]]!<ref name="BB"/>

These days, a long scar runs down his face. There are many rumours about where it came from, some saying it was a run-in with Megatron, but nobody knows for sure... <ref>[[Transformers Comic issue 5.1]] bio: "The Lockdown on Lockdown" </ref>

{{quote|Autobots, Decepticons, like little children. Always fighting, making a mess out of the universe. Then ''I've'' got to clean it up.|Lockdown|[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|''Age of Extinction'']]}}

==Fiction==
===Cyber Missions===
{{voiceactor|[[Bronco D. Jackson]] (English)|[[Juan Carlos Tinoco]] (Latin American-Spanish)}}
[[Image:CyberMissions3-Lockdown.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Lockdown is bad at missions that involve cyber because he only has one hand.]]

{{quote|Science will not win this war!|Says the transforming giant robot|[[Cyber Missions 3|''Cyber Missions'' #3]]}}

Lockdown was cruising the city streets when he was encountered by [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], who had been alerted to Lockdown's presence by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] due to their "violent history". For blocks, Lockdown fled Ratchet silently as the Autobot fired his [[EMP]] blaster until he transformed into robot mode and expressed his frustration. Finally, when Ratchet's EMP blaster failed him, Lockdown transformed as well. He mocked Ratchet for never being able to best him, knocked him around, and when the Autobot had had enough, the Decepticon bounty hunter stole Ratchet's EMP blaster as a memento. As Lockdown sped away, he wondered if he could fix Ratchet's faulty weapon. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 3|Cyber Missions #3}}

Later, Lockdown managed to evade [[Diego Garcia]]'s security measures and sneak into Autobot Headquarters undetected. After cutting power to the facilities, he snuck up behind [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] in the target practice range. Ratchet's EMP blaster, attached to Lockdown's arm, was now in proper working order, and the bounty hunter vowed to also take Sideswipe's new sidearms. Lockdown was shocked when the EMP blaster was shot off his arm and out of his reach by Ratchet. Wounded, the Decepticon fled. Unfortunately for Lockdown, he retreated to the medical bay, where Ratchet's surgical tools restrained and sedated him. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 7|Cyber Missions #7}}

Later, Lockdown and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] confronted [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. Looking to steal one of Ironhide's weapons, Lockdown took a missile instead, which blew up in his face. The explosion damaged his optics, so he fled. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 11|Cyber Missions #11}}
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===Titan Magazines ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===

Lockdown had been captured by [[NEST]] under unknown circumstances... only to become part of [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon's]] jailbreak! He joined Bludgeon's splinter cell of Decepticons and took great pleasure in talking out all his "hurting" on [[Smokescreen (Movie)|Smokescreen]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}}

When the Autobots tracked down the Decepticon base in [[Russia]], Lockdown was ordered to prepare an ambush for them. He loyally served Bludgeon in this until Megatron arrived {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.20|Divided Loyalties}}, and then he not-so-loyally ran away. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.21|A Short, Sharp Lesson!}}

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===IDW Publishing ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===
[[Image:Nefarious_5_lockdown.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Is that you, Lockdown?]]
A partly-green robot with a hook in place of his right hand was among the Transformers captured by the [[Initiative]] and mind-controlled into doing their bidding. When Optimus Prime and the Autobots assaulted the Initiative's mobile headquarters, the brainwashed Lockdown, [[Thrust (ROTF)|Thrust]] and another Transformer battled [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]], [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]] and [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knock Out]]. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}} They were eventually subdued. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}}
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===''Unite for the Universe''===
Lockdown was part of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s small group who planned to apply [[Project Unite|Project: Unite]] to Decepticons. After reporting to Starscream that [[Skystalker (ROTF)|Skystalker]] had found that some Autobots were approaching their base in [[Greece]], he moved out to attack them and cut down [[Breacher]]. His victory was short-lived, though, as he was swiftly defeated and captured by [[Sea Spray]] and [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]]. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 2|Bludgeon's Revenge}}

===''How to Ride your Dinobot'' cartoon===

Lockdown found himself cornered by the duo of [[Slug (AOE)|Slug]] and [[Drift (ROTF)|Drift]], but to the bounty hunter's luck, Drift was an inexperienced Dinobot rider indeed. Lockdown impatiently waited for Drift to get his act together and attack him already, but to Lockdown's amusement, Drift fried himself with Slug's weaponry. However, it turned out to be a bad day for all, since Lockdown got zapped too.

One must wonder why Lockdown didn't flee while Drift spent a long time trying to figure out Slug's weaponry...

{{storylink|How to Fight}}

===Titan Magazines ''Age of Extinction'' comics===

In 2006, Lockdown was part of a three-Con team with [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] and [[Knucklehead]] on Cybertron. While Drift wanted to take an Autobot outpost with minimal bloodshed, Lockdown thought this was sissy hippy crap and they should just bomb everything (even though that would mean having no outpost to capture); when they sneaked instead, he disobeyed orders and decided to execute prisoners out of hand. Drift stopped him, giving a gleeful Lockdown the chance to claim the guy was a traitor and kill him off. Knucklehead and Drift sent him down into a molten moat, swearing revenge on them both. Of course, he couldn't actually kill them when Megatron was still in charge or the big boss would be unhappy. ''(You, the reader, are probably just now thinking "wait, Megatron wasn't in charge in 2006 because he was frozen")''

In 2011, the big boss was [[Chicago|killed in battle]] and Lockdown murdered Knucklehead. Drift, now an Autobot, would find the corpse on the moon and knew the hunter had become more powerful than before. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.1|Adrift in Time and Space}}

===''Age of Extinction'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[Mark Ryan]] (English)|}}
{{quote|Do you think you were born? No! You were built! And your creators want you back.|Lockdown to Optimus}}
[[Image:Aoe-lockdown-hook.jpg|thumb|right|350px|I have a [[Lockdown (Animated)|hook]] now, happy?]]

Working for the Transformer race's creators, Lockdown works to hunt down [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] with the help of the human organization [[Cemetery Wind]], who he promises the Seed, a device that can cyber-form a massive area of land. Lockdown helps Cemetery Wind take down [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and demands Optimus' location from him. When Ratchet refuses, Lockdown rips his spark from his chest, killing him. Lockdown later aids in the search for Optimus, fighting him across Paris, Texas, but eventually loses him, killing [[Cade Yeager]]'s friend Lucas along the way. Later, while Optimus is fleeing [[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]], Lockdown ambushes him and takes him and [[Tessa Yeager]] captive, explaining that he is working for the Creators and that they want Optimus and gives the humans the Seed as payment for their help. Locking him up with the [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobots]], Lockdown takes off into space, unaware that the Autobots have rescue Optimus. Eventually figuring it out, Lockdown returns to Earth where he uses a magnetic weapon to pull vehicles into the air and drop them on the Autobots. After Optimus destroys the weapon, Lockdown descends to Hong Kong to battle him in person. Optimus and Lockdown have a vicious fight, aided by [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], Cade Yeager, [[Tessa Yeager]] and [[Shane Dyson]]. Lockdown gets the upper hand when Optimus is distracted for a moment with killing [[Harold Attinger]] to save Cade. Lockdown impales Optimus with his own sword, but before he can finish him, Optimus' allies resume their attack on him. Preparing to kill Cade, Lockdown doesn't notice that Shane and Tessa have freed Optimus who stabs Lockdown through the spark with his sword then cuts his head in half, killing Lockdown. Before taking off with the humans, Optimus uses one of Lockdown's grenades to finish the remaining KSI drones. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Joey Camen]]
[[Image:DOTMDS Lockdown.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
On [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s orders as relayed by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], Lockdown broke into a [[NEST]] facility and stole information from the super-computer relating to NEST operations in the Pacific. When he had finished basking in his victory, he sent the data to Starscream, who ordered Lockdown to investigate a reactivated [[Sector Seven|Sector 7]] base, and the Decepticon ended up tangling with [[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage]]. He was later called on again to provide a diversion by destroying communication arrays in an Autobot base as part of Megatron's plan to reactivate [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]. {{Storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons}}

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==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
[[Image:ROTF_deluxe_Lockdown.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Lockdown (Animated)|Almost identical]].]]
* '''Lockdown''' (Deluxe, 2010)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-26'''
**''Accessories'': Engine

:Lockdown's design strongly homages his [[Lockdown (Animated)|''Transformers Animated'' counterpart]], but with a completely different transformation. Once again, Lockdown transforms into an amalgam of a 1980s Corvette and a 1960s Cougar, with lots of spikes and a cow-catcher on his bumper. The toy's [[Mech Alive]] feature rotates cylinders inside his thighs as his lower legs rotate, and pneumatic cylinders extend as his [[Capture Hook]] is deployed.

:Lockdown may have the most articulated neck ever for a Transformer, having two ball joints and a swivel joint. Craziness.

:Similar to his ''Animated'' counterpart, Lockdown's arm-mounted hot rod engine weapon can be removed and can be replaced by ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Deluxe [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]'s weapon. Likewise, Ratchet can store Lockdown's engine on his roof; it cannot, however, attach to his arm. Interestingly, the plug for Lockdown's engine is the same general shape as the plug for ''Animated'' Lockdown's EMP blaster/engine, but smaller; as such, it isn't compatible with ''Animated'' Lockdown, or with ''Animated'' [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] or [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]], for that matter.

:This mold was retooled to make [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010]] [[Axor]] as well as [[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]] [[Circuit (Movie)|Circuit]]. This toy was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/Lockdown/lockdown.htm More information on Lockdown at TFU.info]''

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===Age of Extinction===
====Generations====
*'''Lockdown''' (Deluxe, 2014)
**''Accessories'': Face-gun
:Lockdown transformers into an officially licensed Lamborghini Aventador. He comes with his face-gun which can attach to his head or be held in either hand. His transformation is similar to [[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]]'s.
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====Robots in Disguise====
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[[Image:AoE flip and change Lockdown.jpg|right|350px|thumb]]
*'''Lockdown''' (Flip & Change, 2014)

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*'''Lockdown''' (One Step Changers, 2014)
[[File:Aoe-one-step-changers-lockdown.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

:Similar to an Activators toy, Lockdown can transform into a robot by pressing a button on his vehicle mode.

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[[File:AoE Power Battler Lockdown.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Lockdown''' (Power Battlers, 2014)

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*'''Lockdown''' (Titan Heroes, 2014)
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====Kre-O====
:*''See: '''[[Lockdown (Kre-O)]]'''''

====Construct-Bots====
:*''See: '''[[Lockdown (Construct-Bots)]]'''''

==Merchandise==
===Robot Powered Machines===
[[Image:RPMMetalHeroesLockdown.jpg|thumb|200px]]
*'''Lockdown''' (2010)
**''Series'': '''Metal Heroes'''
**''Number'': '''08'''

:''[[Robot Powered Machines]]'' Mini-Vehicle Lockdown is a small, non-transforming, [[die-cast]] rendition of his vehicle mode. His robot mode is sculpted underneath the vehicle, and his wheels use through-axle construction that lets the toy zip around at high speeds on smooth surfaces.

:The intended ''RPM'' release of "Metal Heroes" Lockdown never came out. Though it eventually saw release in ''Speed Stars'', the ''RPM'' version had more paint operations, featuring a painted cowcatcher, engine and roof spikes. While only "Stunticon" Lockdown was officially listed during the run of the ''RPM'' series (on the back of the Asian market release of ''RPM'' "Stunticon" [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]), images of the two were revealed by a downloadable poster on the official ''Transformers'' website of Turkey.

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[[Image:RPMStunticonLockdown.jpg|thumb|200px|]]
*'''Lockdown''' (2010)
**''Series'': '''Stunticon'''
**''Number'': '''03'''

:"Stunticon" Lockdown was to have been a redeco of "Metal Heroes" Lockdown in black, purple and red. While "Stunticon" Lockdown was officially listed during the run of the ''RPM'' series (on the back of the Asian market release of ''RPM'' "Stunticon" [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]), the only image of it was revealed by a downloadable poster on the official ''Transformers'' website of Turkey.

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===Speed Stars===
[[Image:SpeedStars_MetalHeroes_Lockdown.jpg|thumb|right|250px|He needs the bounty money to complete his dream of a solid gold butt tattoo.]]
[[Image:MetalHeroesLockdownPoster.jpg|thumb|250px|Pimp my Bounty Hunter.]]
*'''Lockdown''' (2010)
**''Series'': '''Metal Heroes'''
**''Number'': '''08'''

:''[[Speed Stars]]'' Lockdown is a small, non-transforming, [[die-cast]] rendition of his vehicle mode. His robot mode is sculpted underneath the vehicle, and his wheels use through-axle construction that lets the toy zip around at high speeds on smooth surfaces.

:When shown at [[BotCon 2010]], Lockdown had a completely different color scheme, being predominantly gold with blue flames on his hood, green hubcaps, a red engine, and a gray bumper and spoiler. Though this version of "Metal Heroes" Lockdown was also depicted on a downloadable poster on the ''Speed Stars'' website, the toy was eventually released using Lockdown's proper colors.

:This mold was also used to make ''Speed Stars'' Stunticon Series [[Axel]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/SpeedStarsLockdown/lockdown.htm More information on ''Speed Stars'' Lockdown at TFU.info]''

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*'''Lockdown''' (2011?)
**''Series'': '''Stunticon'''
**''Number'': '''03'''

:"Stunticon" Lockdown is a redeco of his previous ''Speed Stars'' toy in black, purple and red - or ''was'' back when the line was ''Robot Powered Machines'' (see above). Though Lockdown is listed on the back of ''Speed Stars'' Stunticon [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s packaging, a Lockdown redeco named Axor was shown as part of the Stunticon series at [[BotCon 2010]] (who was in turn named as Axel on the ''Speed Stars'' website). Given there were a few wholesale deco changes between ''RPMs'' and ''Speed Stars'' within series, it's possible that Lockdown's place in the Stunticons was taken by Axor/Axel... but considering that ALL of these items seem to be canceled, it's impossible to say for certain.

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===Dark of the Moon===
====Speed Stars====
[[Image:DOTMNintendoDSDecepticonsLockdown.jpg|thumb|]]
*'''Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Decepticons''' (2011)

:An original redeco of the ''RPM''/''Speed Stars'' Lockdown mold was included as a free pack-in with certain editions of the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons|Dark of the Moon: Decepticons]]'' Nintendo DS video game.

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[[Image:DOTMSpeedStarsBeastMachinesLockdown.jpg|thumb|]]
*'''Lockdown''' (2011)
**''Series'': '''Beast Machines'''
**''Number'': '''03 of 03'''

:"Beast Machines" Lockdown is a redeco of the ''Speed Stars'' Lockdown mold in light grey and green with silver, snake-themed markings.

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==Notes==
* The head on ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Deluxe Lockdown's instruction lineart is actually that of his retool, [[Axor]]. The head can be seen in much clearer detail on page 8 of the [[San Diego Comic-Con]] [[Hasbro Design Sketchbook]], volume 2.
* Much like his namesake, Lockdown goes from having a [[size changing|relatively Deluxe-sized vehicle mode to a towering, Leader-sized robot mode]].
* In an even bigger reference to his ''[[Lockdown (Animated)|Animated]]'' counterpart, Lockdown's ''AOE'' incarnation has the ability to transform his hands into various weapons, such as the famous hook, a blaster, a spark extractor device, and even his chainsaw-hand. He can also turn his head into a sniper rifle-esque cannon, lending credence to the fact that he's probably been building on himself like his original incarnation.

===Foreign names===
*''Hungarian:'' '''Vesztegzár''' ("Quarantine")

==References==
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[[Category:Age of Extinction Decepticons]]
[[Category:Bounty hunters]]
[[Category:Cyber Missions characters]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons]]

Lockdown (ROTF)

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:''Lockdown is a bounty hunter commonly allied with the [[Decepticon]]s from the [[Movie continuity|live-action movie continuity]].''
{{spoiler|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|July 28}}
[[File:AOE Lockdown walks.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5||In 2007, we were all pretty sure there would be a fourth live-action ''Transformers'' movie with Lockdown as the main villain.]]

Even the Decepticons are afraid of ''this'' guy, because once '''Lockdown''' has been hired to track down a subject, nothing stops him from completing his transaction short of total deactivation! Unfortunately for the [[Autobot]] medic, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] is Lockdown's next target, and Lockdown, as always, has been paid handsomely for his destruction. He's also run afoul of [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] previously, in some unspecified circumstance.<ref>Hasbro's website describes both Arcee and Ratchet as Lockdown's enemy on their respective pages, mirroring their relationship in ''Animated''.</ref>

Using his [[Supercharger]], he stores the kinetic energy from racing in his alternate form and uses it to boost his own speed for short bursts. This is his favorite device... because his favorite tactic is to catch up with targets and sink in his [[Capture Hook]] for the up-close-and-''personal'' kill.<ref name="BB">Lockdown's [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/play/details.cfm?guid=841165f8-19b9-f369-1057-0b57c1e069b6 Battle Bio.]</ref> His other great weapon is the exposed skeletal spinal cord down his back, which gives him a level of agility that the average Cybertronian does not have. Lockdown's also been known to loot weaponry from the foes he kills, so his armoury is constantly changing!<ref>[[Transformers Comic issue 5.1]] bio: "The Lockdown on Lockdown" The spare parts is an ''Animated'' trait that was added in.</ref>

He trained [[Axor]] a long time ago, and the younger hunter has even ''rebuilt himself'' to better resemble Lockdown (though he denies it if you ask). He views his mentor as his closest comrade, which Lockdown has been willing to let him believe.<ref>Axor's [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/play/details.cfm?guid=841165f8-19b9-f369-1057-0b57c1e069b6 Battle Bio]</ref> ''His'' closest comrade is Megatron, cos that's who's currently paying him, in [[energon star|energon chips]]!<ref name="BB"/>

These days, a long scar runs down his face. There are many rumours about where it came from, some saying it was a run-in with Megatron, but nobody knows for sure... <ref>[[Transformers Comic issue 5.1]] bio: "The Lockdown on Lockdown" </ref>

{{quote|Autobots, Decepticons, like little children. Always fighting, making a mess out of the universe. Then ''I've'' got to clean it up.|Lockdown|[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|''Age of Extinction'']]}}

==Fiction==
===Cyber Missions===
{{voiceactor|[[Bronco D. Jackson]] (English)|[[Juan Carlos Tinoco]] (Latin American-Spanish)}}
[[Image:CyberMissions3-Lockdown.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Lockdown is bad at missions that involve cyber because he only has one hand.]]

{{quote|Science will not win this war!|Says the transforming giant robot|[[Cyber Missions 3|''Cyber Missions'' #3]]}}

Lockdown was cruising the city streets when he was encountered by [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], who had been alerted to Lockdown's presence by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] due to their "violent history". For blocks, Lockdown fled Ratchet silently as the Autobot fired his [[EMP]] blaster until he transformed into robot mode and expressed his frustration. Finally, when Ratchet's EMP blaster failed him, Lockdown transformed as well. He mocked Ratchet for never being able to best him, knocked him around, and when the Autobot had had enough, the Decepticon bounty hunter stole Ratchet's EMP blaster as a memento. As Lockdown sped away, he wondered if he could fix Ratchet's faulty weapon. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 3|Cyber Missions #3}}

Later, Lockdown managed to evade [[Diego Garcia]]'s security measures and sneak into Autobot Headquarters undetected. After cutting power to the facilities, he snuck up behind [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] in the target practice range. Ratchet's EMP blaster, attached to Lockdown's arm, was now in proper working order, and the bounty hunter vowed to also take Sideswipe's new sidearms. Lockdown was shocked when the EMP blaster was shot off his arm and out of his reach by Ratchet. Wounded, the Decepticon fled. Unfortunately for Lockdown, he retreated to the medical bay, where Ratchet's surgical tools restrained and sedated him. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 7|Cyber Missions #7}}

Later, Lockdown and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] confronted [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. Looking to steal one of Ironhide's weapons, Lockdown took a missile instead, which blew up in his face. The explosion damaged his optics, so he fled. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 11|Cyber Missions #11}}
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===Titan Magazines ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===

Lockdown had been captured by [[NEST]] under unknown circumstances... only to become part of [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon's]] jailbreak! He joined Bludgeon's splinter cell of Decepticons and took great pleasure in talking out all his "hurting" on [[Smokescreen (Movie)|Smokescreen]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}}

When the Autobots tracked down the Decepticon base in [[Russia]], Lockdown was ordered to prepare an ambush for them. He loyally served Bludgeon in this until Megatron arrived {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.20|Divided Loyalties}}, and then he not-so-loyally ran away. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.21|A Short, Sharp Lesson!}}

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===IDW Publishing ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===
[[Image:Nefarious_5_lockdown.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Is that you, Lockdown?]]
A partly-green robot with a hook in place of his right hand was among the Transformers captured by the [[Initiative]] and mind-controlled into doing their bidding. When Optimus Prime and the Autobots assaulted the Initiative's mobile headquarters, the brainwashed Lockdown, [[Thrust (ROTF)|Thrust]] and another Transformer battled [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]], [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]] and [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knock Out]]. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}} They were eventually subdued. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}}
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===''Unite for the Universe''===
Lockdown was part of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s small group who planned to apply [[Project Unite|Project: Unite]] to Decepticons. After reporting to Starscream that [[Skystalker (ROTF)|Skystalker]] had found that some Autobots were approaching their base in [[Greece]], he moved out to attack them and cut down [[Breacher]]. His victory was short-lived, though, as he was swiftly defeated and captured by [[Sea Spray]] and [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]]. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 2|Bludgeon's Revenge}}

===''How to Ride your Dinobot'' cartoon===

Lockdown found himself cornered by the duo of [[Slug (AOE)|Slug]] and [[Drift (ROTF)|Drift]], but to the bounty hunter's luck, Drift was an inexperienced Dinobot rider indeed. Lockdown impatiently waited for Drift to get his act together and attack him already, but to Lockdown's amusement, Drift fried himself with Slug's weaponry. However, it turned out to be a bad day for all, since Lockdown got zapped too.

One must wonder why Lockdown didn't flee while Drift spent a long time trying to figure out Slug's weaponry...

{{storylink|How to Fight}}

===Titan Magazines ''Age of Extinction'' comics===

In 2006, Lockdown was part of a three-Con team with [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] and [[Knucklehead]] on Cybertron. While Drift wanted to take an Autobot outpost with minimal bloodshed, Lockdown thought this was sissy hippy crap and they should just bomb everything (even though that would mean having no outpost to capture); when they sneaked instead, he disobeyed orders and decided to execute prisoners out of hand. Drift stopped him, giving a gleeful Lockdown the chance to claim the guy was a traitor and kill him off. Knucklehead and Drift sent him down into a molten moat, swearing revenge on them both. Of course, he couldn't actually kill them when Megatron was still in charge or the big boss would be unhappy. ''(You, the reader, are probably just now thinking "wait, Megatron wasn't in charge in 2006 because he was frozen")''

In 2011, the big boss was [[Chicago|killed in battle]] and Lockdown murdered Knucklehead. Drift, now an Autobot, would find the corpse on the moon and knew the hunter had become more powerful than before. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.1|Adrift in Time and Space}}

===''Age of Extinction'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[Mark Ryan]] (English)|}}
{{quote|Do you think you were born? No! You were built! And your creators want you back.|Lockdown to Optimus}}
[[Image:Aoe-lockdown-hook.jpg|thumb|right|350px|I have a [[Lockdown (Animated)|hook]] now, happy?]]

Working for the Transformer race's creators, Lockdown works to hunt down [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] with the help of the human organization [[Cemetery Wind]], who he promises the Seed, a device that can cyber-form a massive area of land. Lockdown helps Cemetery Wind take down [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and demands Optimus' location from him. When Ratchet refuses, Lockdown rips his spark from his chest, killing him. Lockdown later aids in the search for Optimus, fighting him across Paris, Texas, but eventually loses him, killing [[Cade Yeager]]'s friend Lucas along the way. Later, while Optimus is fleeing [[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]], Lockdown ambushes him and takes him and [[Tessa Yeager]] captive, explaining that he is working for the Creators and that they want Optimus and gives the humans the Seed as payment for their help. Locking him up with the [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobots]], Lockdown takes off into space, unaware that the Autobots have rescue Optimus. Eventually figuring it out, Lockdown returns to Earth where he uses a magnetic weapon to pull vehicles into the air and drop them on the Autobots. After Optimus destroys the weapon, Lockdown descends to Hong Kong to battle him in person. Optimus and Lockdown have a vicious fight, aided by [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], Cade Yeager, [[Tessa Yeager]] and [[Shane Dyson]]. Lockdown gets the upper hand when Optimus is distracted for a moment with killing [[Harold Attinger]] to save Cade. Lockdown impales Optimus with his own sword, but before he can finish him, Optimus' allies resume their attack on him. Preparing to kill Cade, Lockdown doesn't notice that Shane and Tessa have freed Optimus who stabs Lockdown through the spark with his sword then cuts his head in half, killing Lockdown. Before taking off with the humans, Optimus uses one of Lockdown's grenades to finish the remaining KSI drones. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Joey Camen]]
[[Image:DOTMDS Lockdown.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
On [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s orders as relayed by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], Lockdown broke into a [[NEST]] facility and stole information from the super-computer relating to NEST operations in the Pacific. When he had finished basking in his victory, he sent the data to Starscream, who ordered Lockdown to investigate a reactivated [[Sector Seven|Sector 7]] base, and the Decepticon ended up tangling with [[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage]]. He was later called on again to provide a diversion by destroying communication arrays in an Autobot base as part of Megatron's plan to reactivate [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]. {{Storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons}}

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==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
[[Image:ROTF_deluxe_Lockdown.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Lockdown (Animated)|Almost identical]].]]
* '''Lockdown''' (Deluxe, 2010)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-26'''
**''Accessories'': Engine

:Lockdown's design strongly homages his [[Lockdown (Animated)|''Transformers Animated'' counterpart]], but with a completely different transformation. Once again, Lockdown transforms into an amalgam of a 1980s Corvette and a 1960s Cougar, with lots of spikes and a cow-catcher on his bumper. The toy's [[Mech Alive]] feature rotates cylinders inside his thighs as his lower legs rotate, and pneumatic cylinders extend as his [[Capture Hook]] is deployed.

:Lockdown may have the most articulated neck ever for a Transformer, having two ball joints and a swivel joint. Craziness.

:Similar to his ''Animated'' counterpart, Lockdown's arm-mounted hot rod engine weapon can be removed and can be replaced by ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Deluxe [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]'s weapon. Likewise, Ratchet can store Lockdown's engine on his roof; it cannot, however, attach to his arm. Interestingly, the plug for Lockdown's engine is the same general shape as the plug for ''Animated'' Lockdown's EMP blaster/engine, but smaller; as such, it isn't compatible with ''Animated'' Lockdown, or with ''Animated'' [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] or [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]], for that matter.

:This mold was retooled to make [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010]] [[Axor]] as well as [[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]] [[Circuit (Movie)|Circuit]]. This toy was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/Lockdown/lockdown.htm More information on Lockdown at TFU.info]''

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===Age of Extinction===
====Generations====
*'''Lockdown''' (Deluxe, 2014)
**''Accessories'': Face-gun
:Lockdown transformers into an officially licensed Lamborghini Aventador. He comes with his face-gun which can attach to his head or be held in either hand. His transformation is similar to [[Roadbuster (DOTM)]]'s.
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====Robots in Disguise====
{{anchor|Flip&Change}}
[[Image:AoE flip and change Lockdown.jpg|right|350px|thumb]]
*'''Lockdown''' (Flip & Change, 2014)

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*'''Lockdown''' (One Step Changers, 2014)
[[File:Aoe-one-step-changers-lockdown.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

:Similar to an Activators toy, Lockdown can transform into a robot by pressing a button on his vehicle mode.

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[[File:AoE Power Battler Lockdown.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Lockdown''' (Power Battlers, 2014)

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*'''Lockdown''' (Titan Heroes, 2014)
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====Kre-O====
:*''See: '''[[Lockdown (Kre-O)]]'''''

====Construct-Bots====
:*''See: '''[[Lockdown (Construct-Bots)]]'''''

==Merchandise==
===Robot Powered Machines===
[[Image:RPMMetalHeroesLockdown.jpg|thumb|200px]]
*'''Lockdown''' (2010)
**''Series'': '''Metal Heroes'''
**''Number'': '''08'''

:''[[Robot Powered Machines]]'' Mini-Vehicle Lockdown is a small, non-transforming, [[die-cast]] rendition of his vehicle mode. His robot mode is sculpted underneath the vehicle, and his wheels use through-axle construction that lets the toy zip around at high speeds on smooth surfaces.

:The intended ''RPM'' release of "Metal Heroes" Lockdown never came out. Though it eventually saw release in ''Speed Stars'', the ''RPM'' version had more paint operations, featuring a painted cowcatcher, engine and roof spikes. While only "Stunticon" Lockdown was officially listed during the run of the ''RPM'' series (on the back of the Asian market release of ''RPM'' "Stunticon" [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]), images of the two were revealed by a downloadable poster on the official ''Transformers'' website of Turkey.

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[[Image:RPMStunticonLockdown.jpg|thumb|200px|]]
*'''Lockdown''' (2010)
**''Series'': '''Stunticon'''
**''Number'': '''03'''

:"Stunticon" Lockdown was to have been a redeco of "Metal Heroes" Lockdown in black, purple and red. While "Stunticon" Lockdown was officially listed during the run of the ''RPM'' series (on the back of the Asian market release of ''RPM'' "Stunticon" [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]), the only image of it was revealed by a downloadable poster on the official ''Transformers'' website of Turkey.

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===Speed Stars===
[[Image:SpeedStars_MetalHeroes_Lockdown.jpg|thumb|right|250px|He needs the bounty money to complete his dream of a solid gold butt tattoo.]]
[[Image:MetalHeroesLockdownPoster.jpg|thumb|250px|Pimp my Bounty Hunter.]]
*'''Lockdown''' (2010)
**''Series'': '''Metal Heroes'''
**''Number'': '''08'''

:''[[Speed Stars]]'' Lockdown is a small, non-transforming, [[die-cast]] rendition of his vehicle mode. His robot mode is sculpted underneath the vehicle, and his wheels use through-axle construction that lets the toy zip around at high speeds on smooth surfaces.

:When shown at [[BotCon 2010]], Lockdown had a completely different color scheme, being predominantly gold with blue flames on his hood, green hubcaps, a red engine, and a gray bumper and spoiler. Though this version of "Metal Heroes" Lockdown was also depicted on a downloadable poster on the ''Speed Stars'' website, the toy was eventually released using Lockdown's proper colors.

:This mold was also used to make ''Speed Stars'' Stunticon Series [[Axel]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/SpeedStarsLockdown/lockdown.htm More information on ''Speed Stars'' Lockdown at TFU.info]''

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*'''Lockdown''' (2011?)
**''Series'': '''Stunticon'''
**''Number'': '''03'''

:"Stunticon" Lockdown is a redeco of his previous ''Speed Stars'' toy in black, purple and red - or ''was'' back when the line was ''Robot Powered Machines'' (see above). Though Lockdown is listed on the back of ''Speed Stars'' Stunticon [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s packaging, a Lockdown redeco named Axor was shown as part of the Stunticon series at [[BotCon 2010]] (who was in turn named as Axel on the ''Speed Stars'' website). Given there were a few wholesale deco changes between ''RPMs'' and ''Speed Stars'' within series, it's possible that Lockdown's place in the Stunticons was taken by Axor/Axel... but considering that ALL of these items seem to be canceled, it's impossible to say for certain.

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===Dark of the Moon===
====Speed Stars====
[[Image:DOTMNintendoDSDecepticonsLockdown.jpg|thumb|]]
*'''Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Decepticons''' (2011)

:An original redeco of the ''RPM''/''Speed Stars'' Lockdown mold was included as a free pack-in with certain editions of the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons|Dark of the Moon: Decepticons]]'' Nintendo DS video game.

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[[Image:DOTMSpeedStarsBeastMachinesLockdown.jpg|thumb|]]
*'''Lockdown''' (2011)
**''Series'': '''Beast Machines'''
**''Number'': '''03 of 03'''

:"Beast Machines" Lockdown is a redeco of the ''Speed Stars'' Lockdown mold in light grey and green with silver, snake-themed markings.

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==Notes==
* The head on ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Deluxe Lockdown's instruction lineart is actually that of his retool, [[Axor]]. The head can be seen in much clearer detail on page 8 of the [[San Diego Comic-Con]] [[Hasbro Design Sketchbook]], volume 2.
* Much like his namesake, Lockdown goes from having a [[size changing|relatively Deluxe-sized vehicle mode to a towering, Leader-sized robot mode]].
* In an even bigger reference to his ''[[Lockdown (Animated)|Animated]]'' counterpart, Lockdown's ''AOE'' incarnation has the ability to transform his hands into various weapons, such as the famous hook, a blaster, a spark extractor device, and even his chainsaw-hand. He can also turn his head into a sniper rifle-esque cannon, lending credence to the fact that he's probably been building on himself like his original incarnation.

===Foreign names===
*''Hungarian:'' '''Vesztegzár''' ("Quarantine")

==References==
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[[Category:Age of Extinction Decepticons]]
[[Category:Bounty hunters]]
[[Category:Cyber Missions characters]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons]]

Lockdown (ROTF)

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{{disambig3|Lockdown}}
:''Lockdown is a bounty hunter commonly allied with the [[Decepticon]]s from the [[Movie continuity|live-action movie continuity]].''
{{spoiler|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|July 28}}
[[File:AOE Lockdown walks.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5||In 2007, we were all pretty sure there would be a fourth live-action ''Transformers'' movie with Lockdown as the main villain.]]

Even the Decepticons are afraid of ''this'' guy, because once '''Lockdown''' has been hired to track down a subject, nothing stops him from completing his transaction short of total deactivation! Unfortunately for the [[Autobot]] medic, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] is Lockdown's next target, and Lockdown, as always, has been paid handsomely for his destruction. He's also run afoul of [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] previously, in some unspecified circumstance.<ref>Hasbro's website describes both Arcee and Ratchet as Lockdown's enemy on their respective pages, mirroring their relationship in ''Animated''.</ref>

Using his [[Supercharger]], he stores the kinetic energy from racing in his alternate form and uses it to boost his own speed for short bursts. This is his favorite device... because his favorite tactic is to catch up with targets and sink in his [[Capture Hook]] for the up-close-and-''personal'' kill.<ref name="BB">Lockdown's [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/play/details.cfm?guid=841165f8-19b9-f369-1057-0b57c1e069b6 Battle Bio.]</ref> His other great weapon is the exposed skeletal spinal cord down his back, which gives him a level of agility that the average Cybertronian does not have. Lockdown's also been known to loot weaponry from the foes he kills, so his armoury is constantly changing!<ref>[[Transformers Comic issue 5.1]] bio: "The Lockdown on Lockdown" The spare parts is an ''Animated'' trait that was added in.</ref>

He trained [[Axor]] a long time ago, and the younger hunter has even ''rebuilt himself'' to better resemble Lockdown (though he denies it if you ask). He views his mentor as his closest comrade, which Lockdown has been willing to let him believe.<ref>Axor's [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/play/details.cfm?guid=841165f8-19b9-f369-1057-0b57c1e069b6 Battle Bio]</ref> ''His'' closest comrade is Megatron, cos that's who's currently paying him, in [[energon star|energon chips]]!<ref name="BB"/>

These days, a long scar runs down his face. There are many rumours about where it came from, some saying it was a run-in with Megatron, but nobody knows for sure... <ref>[[Transformers Comic issue 5.1]] bio: "The Lockdown on Lockdown" </ref>

{{quote|Autobots, Decepticons, like little children. Always fighting, making a mess out of the universe. Then ''I've'' got to clean it up.|Lockdown|[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|''Age of Extinction'']]}}

==Fiction==
===Cyber Missions===
{{voiceactor|[[Bronco D. Jackson]] (English)|[[Juan Carlos Tinoco]] (Latin American-Spanish)}}
[[Image:CyberMissions3-Lockdown.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Lockdown is bad at missions that involve cyber because he only has one hand.]]

{{quote|Science will not win this war!|Says the transforming giant robot|[[Cyber Missions 3|''Cyber Missions'' #3]]}}

Lockdown was cruising the city streets when he was encountered by [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], who had been alerted to Lockdown's presence by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] due to their "violent history". For blocks, Lockdown fled Ratchet silently as the Autobot fired his [[EMP]] blaster until he transformed into robot mode and expressed his frustration. Finally, when Ratchet's EMP blaster failed him, Lockdown transformed as well. He mocked Ratchet for never being able to best him, knocked him around, and when the Autobot had had enough, the Decepticon bounty hunter stole Ratchet's EMP blaster as a memento. As Lockdown sped away, he wondered if he could fix Ratchet's faulty weapon. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 3|Cyber Missions #3}}

Later, Lockdown managed to evade [[Diego Garcia]]'s security measures and sneak into Autobot Headquarters undetected. After cutting power to the facilities, he snuck up behind [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] in the target practice range. Ratchet's EMP blaster, attached to Lockdown's arm, was now in proper working order, and the bounty hunter vowed to also take Sideswipe's new sidearms. Lockdown was shocked when the EMP blaster was shot off his arm and out of his reach by Ratchet. Wounded, the Decepticon fled. Unfortunately for Lockdown, he retreated to the medical bay, where Ratchet's surgical tools restrained and sedated him. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 7|Cyber Missions #7}}

Later, Lockdown and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] confronted [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. Looking to steal one of Ironhide's weapons, Lockdown took a missile instead, which blew up in his face. The explosion damaged his optics, so he fled. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 11|Cyber Missions #11}}
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===Titan Magazines ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===

Lockdown had been captured by [[NEST]] under unknown circumstances... only to become part of [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon's]] jailbreak! He joined Bludgeon's splinter cell of Decepticons and took great pleasure in talking out all his "hurting" on [[Smokescreen (Movie)|Smokescreen]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}}

When the Autobots tracked down the Decepticon base in [[Russia]], Lockdown was ordered to prepare an ambush for them. He loyally served Bludgeon in this until Megatron arrived {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.20|Divided Loyalties}}, and then he not-so-loyally ran away. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.21|A Short, Sharp Lesson!}}

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===IDW Publishing ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===
[[Image:Nefarious_5_lockdown.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Is that you, Lockdown?]]
A partly-green robot with a hook in place of his right hand was among the Transformers captured by the [[Initiative]] and mind-controlled into doing their bidding. When Optimus Prime and the Autobots assaulted the Initiative's mobile headquarters, the brainwashed Lockdown, [[Thrust (ROTF)|Thrust]] and another Transformer battled [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]], [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]] and [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knock Out]]. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}} They were eventually subdued. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}}
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===''Unite for the Universe''===
Lockdown was part of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s small group who planned to apply [[Project Unite|Project: Unite]] to Decepticons. After reporting to Starscream that [[Skystalker (ROTF)|Skystalker]] had found that some Autobots were approaching their base in [[Greece]], he moved out to attack them and cut down [[Breacher]]. His victory was short-lived, though, as he was swiftly defeated and captured by [[Sea Spray]] and [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]]. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 2|Bludgeon's Revenge}}

===''How to Ride your Dinobot'' cartoon===

Lockdown found himself cornered by the duo of [[Slug (AOE)|Slug]] and [[Drift (ROTF)|Drift]], but to the bounty hunter's luck, Drift was an inexperienced Dinobot rider indeed. Lockdown impatiently waited for Drift to get his act together and attack him already, but to Lockdown's amusement, Drift fried himself with Slug's weaponry. However, it turned out to be a bad day for all, since Lockdown got zapped too.

One must wonder why Lockdown didn't flee while Drift spent a long time trying to figure out Slug's weaponry...

{{storylink|How to Fight}}

===Titan Magazines ''Age of Extinction'' comics===

In 2006, Lockdown was part of a three-Con team with [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] and [[Knucklehead]] on Cybertron. While Drift wanted to take an Autobot outpost with minimal bloodshed, Lockdown thought this was sissy hippy crap and they should just bomb everything (even though that would mean having no outpost to capture); when they sneaked instead, he disobeyed orders and decided to execute prisoners out of hand. Drift stopped him, giving a gleeful Lockdown the chance to claim the guy was a traitor and kill him off. Knucklehead and Drift sent him down into a molten moat, swearing revenge on them both. Of course, he couldn't actually kill them when Megatron was still in charge or the big boss would be unhappy. ''(You, the reader, are probably just now thinking "wait, Megatron wasn't in charge in 2006 because he was frozen")''

In 2011, the big boss was [[Chicago|killed in battle]] and Lockdown murdered Knucklehead. Drift, now an Autobot, would find the corpse on the moon and knew the hunter had become more powerful than before. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.1|Adrift in Time and Space}}

===''Age of Extinction'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[Mark Ryan]] (English)|}}
{{quote|Do you think you were born? No! You were built! And your creators want you back.|Lockdown to Optimus}}
[[Image:Aoe-lockdown-hook.jpg|thumb|right|350px|I have a [[Lockdown (Animated)|hook]] now, happy?]]

Working for the Transformer race's creators, Lockdown works to hunt down [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] with the help of the human organization [[Cemetery Wind]], who he promises the Seed, a device that can cyber-form a massive area of land. Lockdown helps Cemetery Wind take down [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and demands Optimus' location from him. When Ratchet refuses, Lockdown rips his spark from his chest, killing him. Lockdown later aids in the search for Optimus, fighting him across Paris, Texas, but eventually loses him, killing [[Cade Yeager]]'s friend Lucas along the way. Later, while Optimus is fleeing [[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]], Lockdown ambushes him and takes him and [[Tessa Yeager]] captive, explaining that he is working for the Creators and that they want Optimus and gives the humans the Seed as payment for their help. Locking him up with the [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobots]], Lockdown takes off into space, unaware that the Autobots have rescue Optimus. Eventually figuring it out, Lockdown returns to Earth where he uses a magnetic weapon to pull vehicles into the air and drop them on the Autobots. After Optimus destroys the weapon, Lockdown descends to Hong Kong to battle him in person. Optimus and Lockdown have a vicious fight, aided by [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], Cade Yeager, [[Tessa Yeager]] and [[Shane Dyson]]. Lockdown gets the upper hand when Optimus is distracted for a moment with killing [[Harold Attinger]] to save Cade. Lockdown impales Optimus with his own sword, but before he can finish him, Optimus' allies resume their attack on him. Preparing to kill Cade, Lockdown doesn't notice that Shane and Tessa have freed Optimus who stabs Lockdown through the spark with his sword then cuts his head in half, killing Lockdown. Before taking off with the humans, Optimus uses one of Lockdown's grenades to finish the remaining KSI drones. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Joey Camen]]
[[Image:DOTMDS Lockdown.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
On [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s orders as relayed by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], Lockdown broke into a [[NEST]] facility and stole information from the super-computer relating to NEST operations in the Pacific. When he had finished basking in his victory, he sent the data to Starscream, who ordered Lockdown to investigate a reactivated [[Sector Seven|Sector 7]] base, and the Decepticon ended up tangling with [[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage]]. He was later called on again to provide a diversion by destroying communication arrays in an Autobot base as part of Megatron's plan to reactivate [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]. {{Storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons}}

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==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
[[Image:ROTF_deluxe_Lockdown.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Lockdown (Animated)|Almost identical]].]]
* '''Lockdown''' (Deluxe, 2010)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-26'''
**''Accessories'': Engine

:Lockdown's design strongly homages his [[Lockdown (Animated)|''Transformers Animated'' counterpart]], but with a completely different transformation. Once again, Lockdown transforms into an amalgam of a 1980s Corvette and a 1960s Cougar, with lots of spikes and a cow-catcher on his bumper. The toy's [[Mech Alive]] feature rotates cylinders inside his thighs as his lower legs rotate, and pneumatic cylinders extend as his [[Capture Hook]] is deployed.

:Lockdown may have the most articulated neck ever for a Transformer, having two ball joints and a swivel joint. Craziness.

:Similar to his ''Animated'' counterpart, Lockdown's arm-mounted hot rod engine weapon can be removed and can be replaced by ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Deluxe [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]'s weapon. Likewise, Ratchet can store Lockdown's engine on his roof; it cannot, however, attach to his arm. Interestingly, the plug for Lockdown's engine is the same general shape as the plug for ''Animated'' Lockdown's EMP blaster/engine, but smaller; as such, it isn't compatible with ''Animated'' Lockdown, or with ''Animated'' [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] or [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]], for that matter.

:This mold was retooled to make [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010]] [[Axor]] as well as [[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]] [[Circuit (Movie)|Circuit]]. This toy was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/Lockdown/lockdown.htm More information on Lockdown at TFU.info]''

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===Age of Extinction===
====Generations====
*'''Lockdown''' (Deluxe, 2014)
:Lockdown transformers into an officially licensed Lamborghini Aventador. He comes with his face-gun which can attach to his head or be held in either hand. His transformation is similar to [[Roadbuster (DOTM)]]'s.
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====Robots in Disguise====
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[[Image:AoE flip and change Lockdown.jpg|right|350px|thumb]]
*'''Lockdown''' (Flip & Change, 2014)

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*'''Lockdown''' (One Step Changers, 2014)
[[File:Aoe-one-step-changers-lockdown.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

:Similar to an Activators toy, Lockdown can transform into a robot by pressing a button on his vehicle mode.

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[[File:AoE Power Battler Lockdown.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Lockdown''' (Power Battlers, 2014)

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*'''Lockdown''' (Titan Heroes, 2014)
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====Kre-O====
:*''See: '''[[Lockdown (Kre-O)]]'''''

====Construct-Bots====
:*''See: '''[[Lockdown (Construct-Bots)]]'''''

==Merchandise==
===Robot Powered Machines===
[[Image:RPMMetalHeroesLockdown.jpg|thumb|200px]]
*'''Lockdown''' (2010)
**''Series'': '''Metal Heroes'''
**''Number'': '''08'''

:''[[Robot Powered Machines]]'' Mini-Vehicle Lockdown is a small, non-transforming, [[die-cast]] rendition of his vehicle mode. His robot mode is sculpted underneath the vehicle, and his wheels use through-axle construction that lets the toy zip around at high speeds on smooth surfaces.

:The intended ''RPM'' release of "Metal Heroes" Lockdown never came out. Though it eventually saw release in ''Speed Stars'', the ''RPM'' version had more paint operations, featuring a painted cowcatcher, engine and roof spikes. While only "Stunticon" Lockdown was officially listed during the run of the ''RPM'' series (on the back of the Asian market release of ''RPM'' "Stunticon" [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]), images of the two were revealed by a downloadable poster on the official ''Transformers'' website of Turkey.

{{canceledrpmspeedstar}}

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[[Image:RPMStunticonLockdown.jpg|thumb|200px|]]
*'''Lockdown''' (2010)
**''Series'': '''Stunticon'''
**''Number'': '''03'''

:"Stunticon" Lockdown was to have been a redeco of "Metal Heroes" Lockdown in black, purple and red. While "Stunticon" Lockdown was officially listed during the run of the ''RPM'' series (on the back of the Asian market release of ''RPM'' "Stunticon" [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]), the only image of it was revealed by a downloadable poster on the official ''Transformers'' website of Turkey.

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===Speed Stars===
[[Image:SpeedStars_MetalHeroes_Lockdown.jpg|thumb|right|250px|He needs the bounty money to complete his dream of a solid gold butt tattoo.]]
[[Image:MetalHeroesLockdownPoster.jpg|thumb|250px|Pimp my Bounty Hunter.]]
*'''Lockdown''' (2010)
**''Series'': '''Metal Heroes'''
**''Number'': '''08'''

:''[[Speed Stars]]'' Lockdown is a small, non-transforming, [[die-cast]] rendition of his vehicle mode. His robot mode is sculpted underneath the vehicle, and his wheels use through-axle construction that lets the toy zip around at high speeds on smooth surfaces.

:When shown at [[BotCon 2010]], Lockdown had a completely different color scheme, being predominantly gold with blue flames on his hood, green hubcaps, a red engine, and a gray bumper and spoiler. Though this version of "Metal Heroes" Lockdown was also depicted on a downloadable poster on the ''Speed Stars'' website, the toy was eventually released using Lockdown's proper colors.

:This mold was also used to make ''Speed Stars'' Stunticon Series [[Axel]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/SpeedStarsLockdown/lockdown.htm More information on ''Speed Stars'' Lockdown at TFU.info]''

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*'''Lockdown''' (2011?)
**''Series'': '''Stunticon'''
**''Number'': '''03'''

:"Stunticon" Lockdown is a redeco of his previous ''Speed Stars'' toy in black, purple and red - or ''was'' back when the line was ''Robot Powered Machines'' (see above). Though Lockdown is listed on the back of ''Speed Stars'' Stunticon [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s packaging, a Lockdown redeco named Axor was shown as part of the Stunticon series at [[BotCon 2010]] (who was in turn named as Axel on the ''Speed Stars'' website). Given there were a few wholesale deco changes between ''RPMs'' and ''Speed Stars'' within series, it's possible that Lockdown's place in the Stunticons was taken by Axor/Axel... but considering that ALL of these items seem to be canceled, it's impossible to say for certain.

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===Dark of the Moon===
====Speed Stars====
[[Image:DOTMNintendoDSDecepticonsLockdown.jpg|thumb|]]
*'''Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Decepticons''' (2011)

:An original redeco of the ''RPM''/''Speed Stars'' Lockdown mold was included as a free pack-in with certain editions of the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons|Dark of the Moon: Decepticons]]'' Nintendo DS video game.

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[[Image:DOTMSpeedStarsBeastMachinesLockdown.jpg|thumb|]]
*'''Lockdown''' (2011)
**''Series'': '''Beast Machines'''
**''Number'': '''03 of 03'''

:"Beast Machines" Lockdown is a redeco of the ''Speed Stars'' Lockdown mold in light grey and green with silver, snake-themed markings.

{{canceledrpmspeedstar}}
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==Notes==
* The head on ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Deluxe Lockdown's instruction lineart is actually that of his retool, [[Axor]]. The head can be seen in much clearer detail on page 8 of the [[San Diego Comic-Con]] [[Hasbro Design Sketchbook]], volume 2.
* Much like his namesake, Lockdown goes from having a [[size changing|relatively Deluxe-sized vehicle mode to a towering, Leader-sized robot mode]].
* In an even bigger reference to his ''[[Lockdown (Animated)|Animated]]'' counterpart, Lockdown's ''AOE'' incarnation has the ability to transform his hands into various weapons, such as the famous hook, a blaster, a spark extractor device, and even his chainsaw-hand. He can also turn his head into a sniper rifle-esque cannon, lending credence to the fact that he's probably been building on himself like his original incarnation.

===Foreign names===
*''Hungarian:'' '''Vesztegzár''' ("Quarantine")

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Age of Extinction Decepticons]]
[[Category:Bounty hunters]]
[[Category:Cyber Missions characters]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons]]

Grimlock (AOE)

2014-07-02T15:02:24Z

Bioniclepluslotr: /* Voyager Class toys */

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{{disambig3|Grimlock}}

:''Grimlock is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:AOE Grimlock concept.jpg|thumb|right|400px]]
'''Grimlock''' is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] with a rather rough n' tough attitude. One of the most powerful warriors alive, his general approach to a problem is to smash it first, worry about the specifics later. This attitudes extends to his [[Autobot]] [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|companions]], who are expected to meet Grimlock's standard of strength. That said, the Autobots have a lot less to fear from this behemoth than the [[Decepticon]]s.

==Fiction==
===''How to Ride your Dinobot'' cartoon===
Grimlock found himself being the guinea pig for [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus']] Dinobot-riding lessons. To his irritation, Optimus rudely beckoned him to move forward, and was thus thrown into a barn. Optimus' mood did not improve much, but Grimlock's did, as it was now time for him to ride Optimus. The Autobot leader proved a much more compliant steed, to Grimlock's joy.

{{storylink|How to Ride}}

===''Age of Extinction'' film===
{{spoiler|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|July 28}}
[[File:AOEOptimusRidingGrimlock.jpg|thumb|right|300px| Me Grimlock no Yoshi! Me Grimlock KING!]]
Grimlock was captured aboard [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]'s ship until the Autobots detached that section and flew it to China, though Optimus did not inform his troops of their presence. When [[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]]'s new Decepticons shot down their ship, Optimus went to recruit the Dinobots for their aid. Optimus was nevertheless amazed that the "legend" existed, and freed Grimlock and his men. Optimus explained to Grimlock that the Creators intended to wipe them all out, and urged them to stand with him, or refuse and die. Grimlock immediately challenged Optimus, but despite his immense size and strength, was bested in combat. Grimlock submitted to Optimus' lead, and allowed the Autobot leader to mount him. Grimlock and Optimus led the Dinobot-Autobot charge into Hong Kong, where Grimlock killed many Decepticons with ease.

Grimlock later helped escort the Seed to a safe location, but Lockdown arrived and turned his tractor beam on them. Grimlock and the Dinobots would've been captured once again had Optimus not destroyed the tractor beam with a well-placed shot. Optimus ordered Grimlock and the others to flee while he fought Lockdown. The group subsequently held the line on a nearby bridge until Optimus, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], and their human allies triumphed and killed Lockdown. Optimus granted Grimlock and the Dinobots their freedom, and Grimlock happily departed with his team for parts unknown.
{{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
{{charstubgame}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark}}

==Toys==
===Age of Extinction===
====Robots in Disguise====
=====Flip & Change=====
[[Image:AoE flip and change Grimlock.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Optimus Prime's gonna have a hard time trying to mount on Grimlock.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Flip & Change, 2014)

:Part of the first wave of Flip & Change toys, Grimlock transforms into a robotic horned Tyrannosaurus by way of an [[autotransformation]] gimmick, triggered by holding his tail parts and flipping him over and over himself. The toy was inadvertently sold by some [[Walmart]]s before the official May 17th street date for ''Age of Extinction'' merchandise.
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=====Power Battlers=====
[[Image:AoE Power Battler Grimlock.jpg|right|300px|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Power Battlers, 2014)
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=====One Step Changers=====
[[Image:AoE 1-step Grimlock.jpg|right|300px|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (One Step Changers, 2014)
:One-Step Changer Grimlock features a one-step autotransformation in both directions from robot to dinosaur, triggered by folding his robot shoulders/dinosaur thighs.
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[[Image:AoE stomp and chomp Grimlock.jpg|right|300px|thumb]]
*'''Electronic Stomp & Chomp Grimlock''' (One Step Changers, 2014)
:Stomp & Chomp Grimlock is a 22" tall figure designed as a centerpiece for the One-Step Changer line, featuring light and sound effects and a one-step autotransformation performed by folding him at the waist. A One-Step Changer, Power Battler, or the included non-transforming Optimus Prime figure can ride him in dinosaur mode, and the toy is able to detect if said rider is Autobot or Decepticon and change its electronics effects accordingly.
{{comingsoontoy}}
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=====Dino Sparkers=====
[[Image:AoE dino sparker Optimus and Grimlock.jpg|thumb|right|The unexpected return of the [[Beast Rider]]s!|300px]]
*'''Optimus Prime & Grimlock''' (Dino Sparkers, 2014)
:Dino Sparker Grimlock is a static figure cast in translucent plastic, and features a sparking pull-back-and-go motor and a Optimus Prime rider figure.
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=====Titan Guardians=====
*'''Grimlock''' (Titan Guardians, 2014)
:Titan Guardian Grimlock is a 16" tall non-transforming action figure with five points of articulation. He includes a spiked club weapon.
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====Generations====
=====Voyager Class toys=====
[[File:AOEVoyagerGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|So I picked [[Grimlock (WFC)#Generations|skinny legs]]... you wanna question that decision in front of my face? Thought so. ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:Lost Age AD-03 Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|right|thumb|''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (Voyager, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''M4 / #002'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''AD03'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[May 17|5-17-]][[2014|14]]'''
**''Accessories:'' Two-piece spiked maul

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction:]] [[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Voyager Class toys, Grimlock transforms into a silver and bronze Tyrannosaurus with [[Articulation|articulated]] horns, and a button-activated, spring-loaded chomping jaw. He comes with a spiked maul that he can ''sorta'' wield via the smaller [[5mm post|5mm handle]] at the top of its haft. The maul's head and handle are two separate pieces, and the weapon can slide onto to his tail to store in dino mode... as a ''really'' long tail extension. Yeah...

:The TakaraTomy version, part of the first wave of ''Lost Age: Movie Advanced'' toys, lacks the silver paint on his dinosaur head, features additional paint on his robot face and legs, and has red dinosaur eyes.
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*'''Grimlock''' (Evolution 2-Pack, 2014)
:As a Toys R Us exclusive, this pack includes a redecoed ''Age of Extinction'' Grimlock and a voyager Classics Grimlock. He has various swapping of black and silver paint.
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=====Leader Class toys=====
[[File:Aoeleadergimlocktoy.jpg|right|thumb|400px|He tore that mace out of a [[Windrazor (Prime)#Beast Hunters|(now-dead) dragon]]'s hands. ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:Lost Age AD-20 Grimlock.jpg|right|thumb|400px|"...I've had worse." ''(Takara version pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (Leader, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''M4 / #002'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''AD20'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[July 19|7-19-]]14'''
**''Accessories:'' "Dragontooth Mace", shield

:Part of the first wave of ''Age of Extinction: Generations'' Leader Class toys, this version of Grimlock transforms into an oddly-elongated, [[Vacuum metallizing|chromed out]], black-and-bronze Tyrannosaurus with an articulated jaw, and ''tiny'' vestigial arms. A large section of his dino mode rear detaches and splits into two accessories: a spiked mace-like weapon formed out of his rather short, pointy tail, which he can wield ''normally'' via 5mm post, as well as a spiky, sawbladed shield formed from the dino mode's hip armor, which can slot onto the dino feet on his forearms.

:He features chrome on several pegs, tabs, slots, and holes, all of which have a nasty tendency to flake.

:The TakaraTomy version is dubbed '''Black Knight Grimlock''', and features a [[Show-accuracy|screen-accurate]] deco... meaning he's almost entirely silver and grey, but with a bit of bronze.
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==Notes==

*[[Transformers Comic issue 5.1|Titan's bio for Grimlock]] says he was given his dino mode "during [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave's]] experiments... which left him low on intellect". Different [[Grimlock (FOC)|Grimlock]] there!

[[Category: Age of Extinction Autobots]]
[[Category: Dinobots]]
[[Category: Hall of Fame]]

Talk:Stinger (AOE)

2014-07-02T14:37:21Z

Bioniclepluslotr: /* Walmart Exclusive */

Talk:Galvatron (AOE)

2014-07-01T17:36:33Z

Bioniclepluslotr:

What if galvatron turns out to be megatron's new form will this page be merged with [[Megatron (Movie)]] or will it remain a seperate article (does it depend on personality)?
:Wait for the movie. --[[User:Inkblot|Inkblot]] ([[User talk:Inkblot|talk]]) 04:05, 27 February 2014 (EST)

This page now redirects to [[Galvatron (ROTF)]] and I do not understand why. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 08:34, 5 March 2014

Expanding on that, we don't yet know exactly what AOE Galvatron will be (new form of Megatron? human made clone? new character of his own?), but whatever he turns out to be surely won't be the same thing as a random video game enemy from two movies ago. The pages should NOT have been merged. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 08:39, 5 March 2014 (EST)
:I concur. Why on Earth did Transfan 1992 do this? --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 13:20, 5 March 2014 (EST)
::Well, SanityOrMadness posted the merge tag. Transfan performed the merge about two weeks later. No one seemed to have noticed the merge discussion tag in the interim. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 13:47, 5 March 2014 (EST)
:::Okay, so why did Sanity post the merge tag? Aren't we supposed to be just waiting for more info before doing anything drastic? --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 14:01, 5 March 2014 (EST)
::::I posted the merge tag for discussion. I wasn't going to do any merging before the movie itself came out. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] ([[User talk:SanityOrMadness|talk]]) 14:25, 5 March 2014 (EST)
:::::Huh. I guess Transfan then saw it and interpreted it as a request instead of a call for discussion. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 14:33, 5 March 2014 (EST)
::::::Definitely need to merge.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] ([[User talk:KrytenKoro|talk]]) 01:21, 27 June 2014 (EDT)
:::::::This page will have to be merged with Megatron's after all but if we're worried about spoiling things we can keep separate for now.--[[User:BlackStarscream|BlackStarscream]] ([[User talk:BlackStarscream|talk]]) 05:52, 27 June 2014 (EDT)

== Spoiler in intro? ==

Is this allowed? I mean, yeah, caveat reader or whatever, but the movie isn't even out yet. [[User:Magaroja|Magaroja]] ([[User talk:Magaroja|talk]]) 13:51, 19 April 2014 (EDT)

== Generic? ==

In the new trailer released on iTunes today, as "Trailer 2," when Optimus Prime is with Grimlock near the end of the trailer, Optimus is seen swinging his sword at not 1, not 2, but 3 Galvatrons! Could it mean they are generic? Like Clone Troopers? [[User:CheeseMan|CheeseMan]] ([[User talk:CheeseMan|talk]]) 09:10, 15 May 2014 (EDT)
:I'm fairly certain that those are silver ones of the generic Chevy Trax guys. Note the twin arm blades [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/attach/1/AoE-Trailer-3-Screen-Caps-086_1400142741.jpg here] and [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/attach/7/3/8/6/3/27432955d1397935945-chevy-trax-statue-image_1397937446.jpg here]. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 09:36, 15 May 2014 (EDT)
::Yes those were the "Vehicons" that transform into various colored Chevy Trax's.--[[User:MrGameAndToy|MrGameAndToy]] ([[User talk:MrGameAndToy|talk]]) 13:22, 16 May 2014 (EDT)

==He took the ship?==
Did he actually take Lockdown's ship like the article says? There's been some debate about it on TFW2005 boards and most people seem to agree that he just wandered off talking of how he's been reborn. [[User:Bioniclepluslotr|Bioniclepluslotr]] ([[User talk:Bioniclepluslotr|talk]]) 13:36, 1 July 2014 (EDT)

Strafe (AOE)

2014-07-01T12:55:17Z

Bioniclepluslotr: /* Age of Extinction film */

{{factions|autobotfilm}}
{{disambig3|Strafe}}
:''Strafe is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:AOE Pteranodon concept.jpg|thumb|right|450px]]

You'd be forgiven if upon seeing '''Strafe''' appear on the battlefield, you had some sort of embarrassing evacuation. After all, a gigantic, two-headed ''Pteranodon'' swooping down on you would shake the toughest minds. Yet Strafe is an interesting contradiction in terms. A powerful and merciless warrior on the field, off of it Strafe is one of the most friendly and approachable individuals you're ever likely to meet.

==Fiction==
===''How to Ride your Dinobot'' cartoon===
Strafe found himself the unwilling target for [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee's]] first Dinobot riding lesson. Strafe ensured the Autobot had a rough first lesson, flying out of his reach for the majority of the time while trying to feed on scrap metal. Bumblebee laid a trap for Strafe with a tasty gear, and finally held onto a rope that had snared around his leg... but Strafe happily flew Bumblebee into a mountain's wall. Bumblebee seemed to have learned not to mess with Strafe, since he destroyed the Dinobot-riding instruction manual and quit listening to that maddeningly unhelpful narrator.

{{storylink|Getting on a Dinobot}}

===''Age of Extinction'' film===
{{spoiler|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|July 28}}
[[File:AOEStrafeandBumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|400px|"Somewhere else, Swoop is crying"]]
Strafe was among the Dinobots freed from [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]'s ship, and subsequently yielded to [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s command. During the battle in Hong Kong, Strafe aided [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] as he battled [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]]. The two fought on Strafe's back until Stinger was defeated, and Strafe got to munch on Stinger's head. Strafe aided in escorting the Seed to safety until Lockdown returned and unleashed his magnetic vortex upon the group. Though he briefly freed [[Slug (AOE)|Slug]] from the vortex, the Dinobots were trapped in it again until Optimus destroyed it. Strafe helped hold the line on a bridge until the Seed was transported to safety and Lockdown was defeated. The battle over, Strafe and the Dinobots were freed from Optimus' command and parted on good terms with their new allies.
{{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)}}

==Toys==
===Age of Extinction===
====Robots in Disguise====
[[File:AOE PowerBattlers Strafe.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Yeah, but "Kaijubots" just doesn't have the same ring to it.]]
*'''Dinobot Strafe''' (Power Battlers, 2014)

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[[Image:AoE dino sparker Bumblebee and Strafe.jpg|thumb|right||300px]]
*'''Bumblebee & Dinobot Strafe''' (Dino Sparkers, 2014)

: Part of the first wave of [[Dino Sparkers]], this toy is a friction-motor pterosaur cast in semi-translucent plastic. When rolled along, [[sparking gimmick|"cold" sparks]] flash inside the creature's back end. Affixed to Strafe's back is a simplified figure of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] wielding one hella-long sword.
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====Generations====
[[File:AoE deluxe Strafe.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Look, to get the cool shoulder armor I have to use a two-headed ''Pteranodon'' mode, okay?"]]
*'''Dinobot Strafe''' (Deluxe, 2014)
*''Series'': '''M4: #0??'''
**''Accessories:'' Crossbow/launcher, missile, 2 swords

: "Generations" Strafe is a more complex and less [[gimmick]]-focused version of Strafe than the "Robots in Disguise" toy. Twin swords peg onto his wings, which can be hand-held in robot mode. He also comes with a pressure-launch missile-firing"crossbow". Pegs on the crossbow allow the swords to attach and create a larger weapon.

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*'''Strafe''' (Evolution 2-Pack, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Crossbow/launcher, missile, 2 swords

: Available only at [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] stores in the US and Canada, this two-pack features the "Generations" Deluxe Strafe toy, with no known differences from the normal retail release, packed with a "[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]" iteration of the original [[Strafe (G1)#Age of Extinction|Strafe]]... yes, the ''[[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] Strafe''... which is just a seemingly-unchanged re-release of the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)| Dark of the Moon]]'' Mini-Con [[Rav (DOTM)|Rav]].

: We're as confused as you are, folks.

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*'''Bumblebee with Strafe vs. Decepticon Stinger''' (3-pack, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Crossbow/launcher, missile, 2 swords

: Another [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] [[exclusive]] pack, this is ''again'' the "Generations" Deluxe Strafe toy, with no known differences from the normal retail release, only this time he's packaged in a box with [[Cyberverse]] versions of [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#TRUStrafeBeeStingerPack|Bumblebee]] and [[Stinger (AOE)#TRUStrafeBeeStingerPack|Stinger]].
{{comingsoontoy}}

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[[File:AoE Wal-Mart 2-pack scout Strafe.jpg|right|300px|thumb|There, one head. [[GEEWUN|Ya happy now!?]]]]
*'''Bumblebee & Dinobot Strafe''' (Legion two-pack, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Submachine gun

: This bizarre entry is redeco of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Terrorsaur (BW)#Toys|Terrorsaur]], a mold ''nearly 20 years old at this point''. He transforms from an organic ''Pteranodon'' to robot mode with a [[autotransformation|spring-loaded one-step transformation]]. A small gun stores in his robot mode back which can be removed, unfolded, and pegged into his robot mode fist.

: He was only available as part of a [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]] set with a [[Cyberverse]] Legion-class version of [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#WalmartCyberverse2pk|Bumblebee]].

: This mold was also used for Terrorsaur, [[Fractyl#Toys|Fractyl]], [[Lazorbeak#Toys|Lazorbeak]], [[Hydra (BWN)#Toys|Hydra]], and [[Terranotron (Dinobots)|Terranotron]].
{{comingsoontoy}}

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====Construct-Bots====
:*''See: '''[[Strafe (Construct-Bots)]]'''''

====Kre-O====
:*''See: '''[[Strafe (Kre-O Dinobot)]]'''''
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==Notes==
*According to ''Transformers'' Manager of Global Brand Development Mark Weber at New York [[Toy Fair 2014]], Strafe is named so not because of [[trademark]] reasons, but because the film's two-headed design was considered too great a departure from previous [[Swoop (disambiguation)|Swoop]] characters.

[[Category: Age of Extinction Autobots]]
[[Category: Dinobots]]
[[Category: Knights]]

Stinger (AOE)

2014-06-29T15:59:25Z

Bioniclepluslotr: /* Deluxe */

Talk:Stinger (AOE)

2014-06-29T15:58:39Z

Bioniclepluslotr: /* Walmart Exclusive */ new section

Lucas Flannery

2014-06-29T15:53:21Z

Bioniclepluslotr:

:''Lucas Flannery is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''
'''Lucas Flannery''' is [[Cade Yeager]]'s <s>partner</s> employee.

==Fiction==
===''Age of Extinction'' film===
:''Actor:'' [[T. J. Miller]]
{{comingsoon|when=June 27, 2014}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

Grimlock (AOE)

2014-06-28T22:09:12Z

Bioniclepluslotr: /* Voyager Class toys */

{{factions|autobotfilm|hofsilver}}
{{disambig3|Grimlock}}

:''Grimlock is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:AOEOptimusRidingGrimlock.jpg|thumb|right|500px| Me Grimlock no Yoshi! Me Grimlock KING!]]
'''Grimlock''' is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] with a rather rough n' tough attitude. One of the most powerful warriors alive, his general approach to a problem is to smash it first, worry about the specifics later. This attitudes extends to his [[Autobot]] [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|companions]], who are expected to meet Grimlock's standard of strength. That said, the Autobots have a lot less to fear from this behemoth than the [[Decepticon]]s.

==Fiction==
===''How to Ride your Dinobot'' cartoon===
Grimlock found himself being the guinea pig for [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus']] Dinobot-riding lessons. To his irritation, Optimus rudely beckoned him to move forward, and was thus thrown into a barn. Optimus' mood did not improve much, but Grimlock's did, as it was now time for him to ride Optimus. The Autobot leader proved a much more compliant steed, to Grimlock's joy.

{{storylink|How to Ride}}

===''Age of Extinction'' film===
{{spoiler|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|July 28}}
Grimlock was captured aboard [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]'s ship until the Autobots detached that section and flew it to China, though Optimus did not inform his troops of their presence. When [[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]]'s new Decepticons shot down their ship, Optimus went to recruit the Dinobots for their aid. Optimus was nevertheless amazed that the "legend" existed, and freed Grimlock and his men. Optimus explained to Grimlock that the Creators intended to wipe them all out, and urged them to stand with him, or refuse and die. Grimlock immediately challenged Optimus, but despite his immense size and strength, was bested in combat. Grimlock submitted to Optimus' lead, and allowed the Autobot leader to mount him. Grimlock and Optimus led the Dinobot-Autobot charge into Hong Kong, where Grimlock killed many Decepticons with ease.

Grimlock later helped escort the Seed to a safe location, but Lockdown arrived and turned his tractor beam on them. Grimlock and the Dinobots would've been captured once again had Optimus not destroyed the tractor beam with a well-placed shot. Optimus ordered Grimlock and the others to flee while he fought Lockdown. The group subsequently held the line on a nearby bridge until Optimus, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], and their human allies triumphed and killed Lockdown. Optimus granted Grimlock and the Dinobots their freedom, and Grimlock happily departed with his team for parts unknown.
{{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
{{comingsoon}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark}}

==Toys==
===Age of Extinction===
====Robots in Disguise====
=====Flip & Change=====
[[Image:AoE flip and change Grimlock.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Optimus Prime's gonna have a hard time trying to mount on Grimlock.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Flip & Change, 2014)

:Part of the first wave of Flip & Change toys, Grimlock transforms into a robotic horned Tyrannosaurus by way of an [[autotransformation]] gimmick, triggered by holding his tail parts and flipping him over and over himself. The toy was inadvertently sold by some [[Walmart]]s before the official May 17th street date for ''Age of Extinction'' merchandise.
{{-}}

=====Power Battlers=====
[[Image:AoE Power Battler Grimlock.jpg|right|300px|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Power Battlers, 2014)
{{-}}

=====One Step Changers=====
[[Image:AoE 1-step Grimlock.jpg|right|300px|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (One Step Changers, 2014)
:One-Step Changer Grimlock features a one-step autotransformation in both directions from robot to dinosaur, triggered by folding his robot shoulders/dinosaur thighs.
{{-}}

[[Image:AoE stomp and chomp Grimlock.jpg|right|300px|thumb]]
*'''Electronic Stomp & Chomp Grimlock''' (One Step Changers, 2014)
:Stomp & Chomp Grimlock is a 22" tall figure designed as a centerpiece for the One-Step Changer line, featuring light and sound effects and a one-step autotransformation performed by folding him at the waist. A One-Step Changer, Power Battler, or the included non-transforming Optimus Prime figure can ride him in dinosaur mode, and the toy is able to detect if said rider is Autobot or Decepticon and change its electronics effects accordingly.
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

=====Dino Sparkers=====
[[Image:AoE dino sparker Optimus and Grimlock.jpg|thumb|right|The unexpected return of the [[Beast Rider]]s!|300px]]
*'''Optimus Prime & Grimlock''' (Dino Sparkers, 2014)
:Dino Sparker Grimlock is a static figure cast in translucent plastic, and features a sparking pull-back-and-go motor and a Optimus Prime rider figure.
{{-}}

=====Titan Guardians=====
*'''Grimlock''' (Titan Guardians, 2014)
:Titan Guardian Grimlock is a 16" tall non-transforming action figure with five points of articulation. He includes a spiked club weapon.
{{-}}

====Generations====
=====Voyager Class toys=====
[[File:AOEVoyagerGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|So I picked [[Grimlock (WFC)#Generations|skinny legs]]... you wanna question that decision in front of my face? Thought so. ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:Lost Age AD-03 Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|right|thumb|''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (Voyager, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''M4 / #002'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''AD03'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[May 17|5-17-]][[2014|14]]'''
**''Accessories:'' Two-piece spiked maul

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction:]] [[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Voyager Class toys, Grimlock transforms into a silver and bronze Tyrannosaurus with [[Articulation|articulated]] horns, and a button-activated, spring-loaded chomping jaw. He comes with a spiked maul that he can ''sorta'' wield via the smaller [[5mm post|5mm handle]] at the top of its haft. The maul's head and handle are two separate pieces, and the weapon can slide onto to his tail to store in dino mode... as a ''really'' long tail extension. Yeah...

:The TakaraTomy version, part of the first wave of ''Lost Age: Movie Advanced'' toys, lacks the silver paint on his dinosaur head, features additional paint on his robot face and legs, and has red dinosaur eyes.
{{-}}

*'''Grimlock''' (Evolution 2-Pack, 2014)
:As a Toys R Us exclusive, this pack includes a redecoed ''Age of Extinction'' Grimlock and a voyager Classics Grimlock.
{{-}}

=====Leader Class toys=====
[[File:Aoeleadergimlocktoy.jpg|right|thumb|400px|He tore that mace out of a [[Windrazor (Prime)#Beast Hunters|(now-dead) dragon]]'s hands. ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:Lost Age AD-20 Grimlock.jpg|right|thumb|400px|"...I've had worse." ''(Takara version pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (Leader, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''M4 / #002'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''AD20'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[July 19|7-19-]]14'''
**''Accessories:'' "Dragontooth Mace", shield

:Part of the first wave of ''Age of Extinction: Generations'' Leader Class toys, this version of Grimlock transforms into an oddly-elongated, [[Vacuum metallizing|chromed out]], black-and-bronze Tyrannosaurus with an articulated jaw, and ''tiny'' vestigial arms. A large section of his dino mode rear detaches and splits into two accessories: a spiked mace-like weapon formed out of his rather short, pointy tail, which he can wield ''normally'' via 5mm post, as well as a spiky, sawbladed shield formed from the dino mode's hip armor, which can slot onto the dino feet on his forearms.

:He features chrome on several pegs, tabs, slots, and holes, all of which have a nasty tendency to flake.

:The TakaraTomy version is dubbed '''Black Knight Grimlock''', and features a [[Show-accuracy|screen-accurate]] deco...meaning he's almost entirely silver and grey, juuuust like most of the other robots in the movie.
{{--}}

[[Category: Age of Extinction Autobots]]
[[Category: Dinobots]]
[[Category: Hall of Fame]]

Grimlock (AOE)

2014-06-28T22:08:42Z

Bioniclepluslotr: /* Generations */

{{factions|autobotfilm|hofsilver}}
{{disambig3|Grimlock}}

:''Grimlock is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:AOEOptimusRidingGrimlock.jpg|thumb|right|500px| Me Grimlock no Yoshi! Me Grimlock KING!]]
'''Grimlock''' is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] with a rather rough n' tough attitude. One of the most powerful warriors alive, his general approach to a problem is to smash it first, worry about the specifics later. This attitudes extends to his [[Autobot]] [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|companions]], who are expected to meet Grimlock's standard of strength. That said, the Autobots have a lot less to fear from this behemoth than the [[Decepticon]]s.

==Fiction==
===''How to Ride your Dinobot'' cartoon===
Grimlock found himself being the guinea pig for [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus']] Dinobot-riding lessons. To his irritation, Optimus rudely beckoned him to move forward, and was thus thrown into a barn. Optimus' mood did not improve much, but Grimlock's did, as it was now time for him to ride Optimus. The Autobot leader proved a much more compliant steed, to Grimlock's joy.

{{storylink|How to Ride}}

===''Age of Extinction'' film===
{{spoiler|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|July 28}}
Grimlock was captured aboard [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]'s ship until the Autobots detached that section and flew it to China, though Optimus did not inform his troops of their presence. When [[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]]'s new Decepticons shot down their ship, Optimus went to recruit the Dinobots for their aid. Optimus was nevertheless amazed that the "legend" existed, and freed Grimlock and his men. Optimus explained to Grimlock that the Creators intended to wipe them all out, and urged them to stand with him, or refuse and die. Grimlock immediately challenged Optimus, but despite his immense size and strength, was bested in combat. Grimlock submitted to Optimus' lead, and allowed the Autobot leader to mount him. Grimlock and Optimus led the Dinobot-Autobot charge into Hong Kong, where Grimlock killed many Decepticons with ease.

Grimlock later helped escort the Seed to a safe location, but Lockdown arrived and turned his tractor beam on them. Grimlock and the Dinobots would've been captured once again had Optimus not destroyed the tractor beam with a well-placed shot. Optimus ordered Grimlock and the others to flee while he fought Lockdown. The group subsequently held the line on a nearby bridge until Optimus, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], and their human allies triumphed and killed Lockdown. Optimus granted Grimlock and the Dinobots their freedom, and Grimlock happily departed with his team for parts unknown.
{{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
{{comingsoon}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark}}

==Toys==
===Age of Extinction===
====Robots in Disguise====
=====Flip & Change=====
[[Image:AoE flip and change Grimlock.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Optimus Prime's gonna have a hard time trying to mount on Grimlock.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Flip & Change, 2014)

:Part of the first wave of Flip & Change toys, Grimlock transforms into a robotic horned Tyrannosaurus by way of an [[autotransformation]] gimmick, triggered by holding his tail parts and flipping him over and over himself. The toy was inadvertently sold by some [[Walmart]]s before the official May 17th street date for ''Age of Extinction'' merchandise.
{{-}}

=====Power Battlers=====
[[Image:AoE Power Battler Grimlock.jpg|right|300px|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Power Battlers, 2014)
{{-}}

=====One Step Changers=====
[[Image:AoE 1-step Grimlock.jpg|right|300px|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (One Step Changers, 2014)
:One-Step Changer Grimlock features a one-step autotransformation in both directions from robot to dinosaur, triggered by folding his robot shoulders/dinosaur thighs.
{{-}}

[[Image:AoE stomp and chomp Grimlock.jpg|right|300px|thumb]]
*'''Electronic Stomp & Chomp Grimlock''' (One Step Changers, 2014)
:Stomp & Chomp Grimlock is a 22" tall figure designed as a centerpiece for the One-Step Changer line, featuring light and sound effects and a one-step autotransformation performed by folding him at the waist. A One-Step Changer, Power Battler, or the included non-transforming Optimus Prime figure can ride him in dinosaur mode, and the toy is able to detect if said rider is Autobot or Decepticon and change its electronics effects accordingly.
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

=====Dino Sparkers=====
[[Image:AoE dino sparker Optimus and Grimlock.jpg|thumb|right|The unexpected return of the [[Beast Rider]]s!|300px]]
*'''Optimus Prime & Grimlock''' (Dino Sparkers, 2014)
:Dino Sparker Grimlock is a static figure cast in translucent plastic, and features a sparking pull-back-and-go motor and a Optimus Prime rider figure.
{{-}}

=====Titan Guardians=====
*'''Grimlock''' (Titan Guardians, 2014)
:Titan Guardian Grimlock is a 16" tall non-transforming action figure with five points of articulation. He includes a spiked club weapon.
{{-}}

====Generations====
=====Voyager Class toys=====
[[File:AOEVoyagerGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|So I picked [[Grimlock (WFC)#Generations|skinny legs]]... you wanna question that decision in front of my face? Thought so. ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:Lost Age AD-03 Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|right|thumb|''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (Voyager, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''M4 / #002'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''AD03'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[May 17|5-17-]][[2014|14]]'''
**''Accessories:'' Two-piece spiked maul

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction:]] [[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Voyager Class toys, Grimlock transforms into a silver and bronze Tyrannosaurus with [[Articulation|articulated]] horns, and a button-activated, spring-loaded chomping jaw. He comes with a spiked maul that he can ''sorta'' wield via the smaller [[5mm post|5mm handle]] at the top of its haft. The maul's head and handle are two separate pieces, and the weapon can slide onto to his tail to store in dino mode... as a ''really'' long tail extension. Yeah...

:The TakaraTomy version, part of the first wave of ''Lost Age: Movie Advanced'' toys, lacks the silver paint on his dinosaur head, features additional paint on his robot face and legs, and has red dinosaur eyes.
{{-}}

*'''Grimlock''' (Evolution 2-Pack, 2014)
:As a Toys R Us exclusive, this pack includes a redecoed '"Age of Extinction'' Grimlock and a Classics Grimlock.
{{-}}
=====Leader Class toys=====
[[File:Aoeleadergimlocktoy.jpg|right|thumb|400px|He tore that mace out of a [[Windrazor (Prime)#Beast Hunters|(now-dead) dragon]]'s hands. ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:Lost Age AD-20 Grimlock.jpg|right|thumb|400px|"...I've had worse." ''(Takara version pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (Leader, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''M4 / #002'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''AD20'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[July 19|7-19-]]14'''
**''Accessories:'' "Dragontooth Mace", shield

:Part of the first wave of ''Age of Extinction: Generations'' Leader Class toys, this version of Grimlock transforms into an oddly-elongated, [[Vacuum metallizing|chromed out]], black-and-bronze Tyrannosaurus with an articulated jaw, and ''tiny'' vestigial arms. A large section of his dino mode rear detaches and splits into two accessories: a spiked mace-like weapon formed out of his rather short, pointy tail, which he can wield ''normally'' via 5mm post, as well as a spiky, sawbladed shield formed from the dino mode's hip armor, which can slot onto the dino feet on his forearms.

:He features chrome on several pegs, tabs, slots, and holes, all of which have a nasty tendency to flake.

:The TakaraTomy version is dubbed '''Black Knight Grimlock''', and features a [[Show-accuracy|screen-accurate]] deco...meaning he's almost entirely silver and grey, juuuust like most of the other robots in the movie.
{{--}}

[[Category: Age of Extinction Autobots]]
[[Category: Dinobots]]
[[Category: Hall of Fame]]

Lucas Flannery

2014-06-28T20:15:40Z

Bioniclepluslotr: Created page with ":''Lucas Flannery is a human from the Age of Extinction portion of the live-action film series continuity family.''..."

:''Lucas Flannery is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''
'''Lucas Flannery''' is the <s>partner</s> employee of [[Cade Yeager]].

==Fiction==
===''Age of Extinction'' film===
:''Actor:'' [[T. J. Miller]]
{{comingsoon|when=June 27, 2014}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

Talk:Slug (AOE)

2014-06-28T18:48:44Z

Bioniclepluslotr:

==Wrong Alternate Mode?==
I don't know if I'm mistaken, but in the movie, I thought I saw the Dinobot with Slug's robot mode (based from the toy) transform into a Spinosaurus when they agree to join Optimus. Did anyone else catch that? [[User:Bioniclepluslotr|Bioniclepluslotr]] ([[User talk:Bioniclepluslotr|talk]]) 19:23, 27 June 2014 (EDT)
:Their heads are pretty similar, tho.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] ([[User talk:KrytenKoro|talk]]) 11:00, 28 June 2014 (EDT)
::Yeah, but they have distinct shapes. I have both figures so I could recognize them in robot mode but I think they switched them in the movie somehow. [[User:Bioniclepluslotr|Bioniclepluslotr]] ([[User talk:Bioniclepluslotr|talk]]) 14:48, 28 June 2014 (EDT)

Stinger (AOE)

2014-06-28T18:45:11Z

Bioniclepluslotr: /* Age of Extinction film */

Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)

2014-06-28T15:16:59Z

Bioniclepluslotr: /* Target */

{{Nav-aoe}}

The '''''Transformers: Age of Extinction''''' toyline coincides with the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|fourth film]] in [[Michael Bay]]'s [[live-action film series]].

Unlike the toy lines of the previous three films, this line is divided into two distinct series:
*"Robots in Disguise", a series of simpler, more [[gimmick]]y toys aimed towards younger children. Included in this series are the non-transforming [[Titan Heroes]] figures. In Japan, these were sold under the main "Lost Age Series" label.
*An ''Age of Extinction''-specific version of ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'', featuring more complex and [[show-accuracy|movie-accurate]] toys aimed towards older children and adult collectors. In Japan, toys from this line were sold under the "Movie Advanced" subtitle.

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise===
====One-Step Changers====
One-Step Changers are smaller figures which, as the name suggests, can be transformed either direction in one step, more or less. Exactly how the transformation is accomplished varies from figure, ranging from [[Activators|Activator]]-style spring loading to complete [[autotransformation]].

'''Wave 1'''
*[[Drift (ROTF)#1StepChanger|Autobot Drift]]
*[[Grimlock (AOE)#One Step Changers|Grimlock]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#1StepChanger|Optimus Prime]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#One Step Changers|Bumblebee]]
*[[Crosshairs (Movie)#1StepChanger|Crosshairs]]
*[[Hound (Movie)#1StepChanger|Autobot Hound]]
*[[Lockdown (ROTF)#1StepChanger|Lockdown]]
*[[Slash (AOE)#1StepChanger|Dinobot Slash]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Drift (ROTF)|Autobot Drift]] (helicopter)
*[[Galvatron (AOE)#1StepChanger|Galvatron]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#One Step Changers|High Octane Bumblebee]]
*[[Slug (AOE)|Dinobot Slug]]
*[[Steeljaw (AOE)|Steeljaw]]

'''Wave 4'''
*[[Strafe (AOE)|Dinobot Strafe]]
*[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Age of Extinction|Megatron]]
*[[Prowl (Movie)|Prowl]]
*[[Rollbar (AOE)|Rollbar]]

'''Future waves'''
*[[Stinger (AOE)#1StepChanger|Stinger]]

'''Mega One-Step'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#MEga1Step|Bumblebee]]

'''Electronic Chomp & Stomp'''
*[[Grimlock (AOE)#Chomp&Stomp|Grimlock]]

====Power Battlers====
Spiritual successors to the [[Fast Action Battlers]], Power Battlers are Deluxe-sized figures with basic transformations and a 'battling' action feature in robot mode.

'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]] (Power Punch!)
*[[Crosshairs (Movie)|Crosshairs]] (Power Punch!)
*[[Hound (Movie)|Autobot Hound]] (Quick Draw!)
*[[Strafe (AOE)|Dinobot Strafe]] (Spin Attack!)

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Drift (ROTF)|Autobot Drift]] (Sword Slash!)
*[[Scorn (AOE)|Dinobot Scorn]] (Tail Whip!)

'''Wave 2.5'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]] (Blade Strike!)

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Slug (AOE)|Dinobot Slug]]
*[[Snarl (AOE)|Dinobot Snarl]]
*[[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]]
*[[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]]
*[[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]

'''Wave 4'''
*[[Junkheap (AOE)|Junkheap]]
*[[Vehicon (AOE)|Vehicon]]

====Dino Sparkers====
Dino Sparkers each include non-transforming static figures of a Dinobot and a rider. The Dinobot is cast in translucent plastic, and features a pull-back-and-go motor with a [[sparking gimmick]].

*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]] with [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]] with [[Strafe (AOE)|Dinobot Strafe]]
*[[Drift (ROTF)|Autobot Drift]] with [[Slug (AOE)|Dinobot Slug]]

'''Future waves'''
*[[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] with [[Wolf]]

====Flip & Change/Smash & Change====
This assortment of larger figures focuses, like One-Step Changers, on simple transformations. All but the first wave's Optimus Prime use a form of autotransformation that has one flip the figure over itself.

'''Wave 1'''
*[[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] (Flip)
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]] (Smash)

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]] (Flip)
*[[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] (Flip)

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Drift (ROTF)|Drift]] (Flip)

====Titan Heroes====
Like previous toys under the 'Titan' branding, Titan Heroes are 12 inch tall action figures with a basic five points of articulation.

*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]]
*[[Drift (ROTF)|Autobot Drift]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]

====Titan Guardians====
Much like the Titan Hero assortment, but with a larger 16 inch height.

*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]]

===Generations (Series M4)===
With Hasbro's renewed focus on simpler toys for children, the "traditional" Deluxe, Voyager and Leader Class assortments were explicitly split off under the ''Generations'' banner, receiving a much reduced focus in marketing and even being entirely store exclusive in the [[United Kingdom]].

====Deluxe====
'''Wave 1'''
* #001 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|High Octane Bumblebee]]
* #002 [[Crosshairs (Movie)|Crosshairs]]
* #003 [[Slug (AOE)|Dinobot Slug]]
* #004 [[Scorn (AOE)|Scorn]]

'''Wave 2'''
* #005 [[Strafe (AOE)|Strafe]]
* #006 [[Drift (ROTF)|Autobot Drift]]
* #007 [[Slash (AOE)|Dinobot Slash]]

'''Wave 2.5'''
* #008 [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]

'''Wave 3'''
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Snarl (AOE)|Dinobot Snarl]]
* [[Hot Shot (AOE)|Hot Shot]]

'''Future waves'''
* [[Stinger (AOE)|Decepticon Stinger]]

====Voyager====
'''Wave 1'''
* #001 [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 5|Evasion Mode Optimus Prime]]
* #002 [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]]

'''Wave 2'''
* #003 [[Hound (Movie)|Autobot Hound]]
* #004 [[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]]

'''Wave 3'''
* [[Slog (AOE)|Slog]]
* [[Drift (ROTF)|Autobot Drift]] (retool of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Skyhammer (DOTM)|Skyhammer]])

====Leader====
'''Wave 1'''
* #001 [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys 5|Optimus Prime]]
* #002 [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]]

'''Wave 2'''
* #003 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]] (redeco of ''Dark of the Moon'' Leader Bumblebee without Mechtech weaponry)

====Exclusives====
=====Amazon.com=====
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Age of Extinction|First Edition Optimus Prime]]

=====Target=====
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Silver Knight Optimus Prime]] & [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] (''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Deluxe Class and ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Voyager Class redecoes)
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Silver Knight Optimus Prime]] (redeco of Smash & Change Optimus Prime)
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Silver Knight Optimus Prime]] (redeco of Titan Hero Optimus Prime)

=====Toys"R"Us=====
'''Evolution 2-Packs'''
* [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] (Voyager Class and Mega Class two-pack, includes a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Grimlock (Energon)|Grimlock]] as Generation 1 [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]])
* [[Slug (AOE)|Dinobot Slug]] (Deluxe Class and Mini-Con two-pack, includes an unchanged ''Dark of the Moon'' [[Triceradon (DOTM)|Triceradon]] as... [[Slag (G1)|G1 Dinobot Slug]]?)
* [[Strafe (AOE)|Strafe]] (Deluxe Class and Mini-Con two-pack, includes an unchanged ''Dark of the Moon'' [[Rav (DOTM)|Rav]] as... [[Strafe (G1)|G1 Technobot Strafe?]] [[Swoop (G1)|Dinobot Swoop?]] augh headache)
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] (Deluxe Class and Legends Class two-pack, includes a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]] [[Thrilling 30]]'' [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] as Generation 1 [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]])
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] (Voyager Class two-pack, includes a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Classics_.282006.29|Optimus Prime]] as Generation 1 [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and a redeco/retool of ''Age of Extinction'' Evasion Mode Optimus Prime)

=====Walmart=====
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]] vs. [[Stinger (AOE)|Decepticon Stinger]] with [[Strafe (AOE)|Strafe]] (''Dark of the Moon'' ''[[Cyberverse]]'' Legion Bumblebee and ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ''Cyberverse'' Legion Knock Out redecoes with unchanged ''Age of Extinction'' Deluxe Class Strafe)
'''Legion Class'''
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]] (''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Legends Class Bumblebee redeco)
* [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] (''Transformers: Prime'' ''Cyberverse'' Legion [[Rippersnapper (Prime)|Rippersnapper]] redeco)
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]] (''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends Class Optimus Prime redeco)
* [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] (''Transformers: Prime'' ''Cyberverse'' Legion [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] redeco)

'''Legion Class and Scout Class'''
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]] & [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] (''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends Class Optimus Prime and ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Cruellock]] redecoes)
* [[Slug (AOE)|Dinobot Slug]] & [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] (''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (toyline)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' [[Guiledart]] and ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends Class [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] redecoes)
* [[Strafe (AOE)|Strafe]] & [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]] (''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] and ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends Class Bumblebee redecoes)

===Movie Advanced (TakaraTomy)===
*AD01 [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys 5|Optimus Prime]] ([[Show-accuracy|screen-accurate]] redeco of Leader Class Optimus Prime)
*AD02 [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 5|Classic Optimus Prime]] (redeco of Voyager Class Evasion Mode Optimus Prime)
*AD03 [[Grimlock_(AOE)#Voyager_Class_toys|Grimlock]] (redeco of Voyager Class Grimlock)
*AD04 [[Bumblebee_(Movie)/toys#Deluxe_Class|Classic Bumblebee]] (redeco of Deluxe Class High Octane Bumblebee)
*AD05 [[Scorn_(AOE)|Dinobot Scorn]] (redeco of Deluxe Class Scorn)
*AD06 [[Crosshairs_(Movie)#Deluxe_Class|Crosshairs]] (redeco of Deluxe Class Crosshairs)
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*AD10 [[Starscream_(Movie)/toys|Starscream]] (redeco of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Deluxe Class Starscream in first movie colors)
*AD11 [[Dispensor]] (redeco/retool of ''Transformers'' (2007) [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] with a <strike>Mountain Dew</strike>[[Mood Whiplash]]-inspired deco as well as a new head sculpt and weapons)
*AD12 [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 5|Revenge Optimus Prime]] (redeco of ''Transformers'' (2010) Battle Blades Optimus Prime with a metallic paint job)
*AD13 [[Devastator_(ROTF)|Devastator]] (screen-accurate redeco of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Legends Class Devastator)
*AD14 [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] (redeco of ''Dark of the Moon'' Deluxe Class Jolt in ROTF colors and screen accurate whips)
*AD15 [[Ratchet_(Movie)/toys|Ratchet]] (redeco of ''Dark of the Moon'' Deluxe Class Ratchet in G1 colors)
*AD16 [[Mirage (Movie)|Autobot Dino]] (redeco/retool of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Deluxe Class [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] with a new head and removable arm blades)
*AD17 [[Soundwave_(ROTF)|Darkside Soundwave]] (redeco of ''Dark of the Moon'' Deluxe Class Soundwave in black and red)
*AD20 [[Grimlock_(AOE)|Black Knight Grimlock]] (screen-accurate redeco of Leader Class Grimlock)
*AD21 [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]] (screen-accurate redeco of Voyager Class Hound)

====Japanese Exclusives====
* Silver Roller - redeco of [[Transformers: Generations|Generations]] [[Roller (G1)#Generations|Autobot Roller]], available exclusively at ToysЯUs stores.
* Micron Jolt - redeco of [[Transformers: Generations|Generations]] [[Blaze Master#Generations|Blaze Master]], available exclusively at AEON stores.
* Buzzsaw - redeco of [[Transformers: Generations|Generations]] [[Waspinator (BW)#Generations|Waspinator]], available exclusively at Joshin and Bic Camera stores.
* Beatchop - redeco of [[Transformers: Generations|Generations]] [[Chop Shop#Generations|Chop Shop]], available exclusively at Edion, Best Denki, Yamada Denki, Yodobashi Camera, and other stores.

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Bioniclepluslotr:

Triple Changer

2014-06-27T23:54:22Z

Bioniclepluslotr: /* Age of Extinction */

[[File:5 blitzwing new world order.jpg|300px|thumb|Blitzwing demonstrates his triple-changing abilities, transforming from an ''incredibly'' unconvincing jet into a tank that's only ''slightly'' unconvincing.]]
In their quest for ever-greater machines of war, the [[Decepticon]]s developed warriors with two distinct alternate forms. These '''Triple Changers''' can travel by land and air with equal ease, and in the heat of battle they can rapidly change form to confuse and outflank the enemy. To counter this threat, the [[Autobot]]s also developed their own group of Triple Changers.

The Triple Changers are:

{{collist|2|
*Decepticons:
**[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
**[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]
**[[Octane (G1)|Octane]]

*Autobots:
**[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
**[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]
**[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]
}}

{{note|In Transformers fiction, the term "Triple Changer" refers almost exclusively to these two subgroups, which are the only such characters ever shown as cohesive teams. However, other official sources such as toy packaging, catalogs, Hasbro spokespersons, and commercials have applied the term "Triple Changer" rather haphazardly to many other characters from various continuities. Further muddying the waters, a few characters with three distinct modes have never been labeled as Triple Changers in toys or fiction, even in cases where it would really make sense to do so.}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:TripleTakeover Blitzwing Astrotrain stadium.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
The Triple Changers [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] joined [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s forces sometime after their leader woke up from a 4 million year sleep. Blitzwing took part in the sacking of [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]] {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} while Astrotrain helped take over [[Earth]] after the Autobots were exiled. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}} The pair were soon integrated into Megatron's forces, with Astrotrain regularly providing transport {{storylink|Blaster Blues}} {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}} {{storylink|The Gambler}} {{storylink|Sea Change}} and Blitzwing providing extra muscle {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}} {{storylink|Quest for Survival}} Astrotrain had the opportunity to command a mission after shooting down [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] over [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], and took advantage of the native [[Titan (species)|Titans']] superstition by posing as one of their [[Sky God]]s. {{storylink|The God Gambit}}

It wasn't long before the two Triple Changers fell in with [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and plotted to overthrow Megatron. What their co-conspirator didn't realize was that Astrotrain and Blitzwing intended to rule alone, and once both he and their leader were out of the way, the Triple Changers attempted to take over Earth in their own way. Astrotrain created a number of trains he controlled, while Blitzwing took over a football stadium. Their rule lasted roughly as long as it took for Megatron and Starscream to thaw themselves out, and then the pair found they faced [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}}

The two Triple Changers were dispatched to negotiate with [[Chumley|Lord Chumley]] for his help in destroying the Autobots, but the pair instead fell foul of the traps Chumley had intended for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Chumley released them when it became clear he'd lost against Optimus, but instead of attacking the Autobots as he assumed they would, the two Decepticons went after him. {{storylink|Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target}} Astrotrain largely returned to transportation duties following this {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}} {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood}} {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} even transporting Starscream into exile. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

By [[2005]], the Autobot Triple Changer [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] had arrived on Earth and was at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] when the Decepticons, including Astrotrain and Blitzwing, attacked it. Following the climactic battle between Megatron and Prime, Astrotrain served as getaway ship, taking the surviving Decepticons back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. After a second attack on Autobot City, Springer fled Earth with the other Autobots and, after a stopover on [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], took part in the effort to defeat [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} Following Unicron's defeat, the Decepticons including Astrotrain, Blitzwing and [[Octane (G1)|Octane]], ended up seeking refuge on [[Chaar]], where they survived in an [[energon]]-starved state. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} The Quintessons took advantage of this and manipulated both sides to attempt to destroy them all. Blitzwing, in the process of helping halt the Quintesson plan, effectively turned traitor in [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s eyes and was banished from the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

[[File:SandstormOctane BFF.jpg|thumb|250px]]
[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] also arrived on Earth and helped take part in investigations when Octane took control of [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], using the huge Transformer's might to secure him a deal with [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]]. At the end of the affair, Octane was also banished from the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}} The Autobots encountered another Triple Changer, [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], on the planet [[Paradron]]. Sandstorm was descended from early migrants from Cybertron who had come to Paradron fleeing the war. After Paradron's destruction, Sandstorm joined the Autobot forces on Earth. {{storylink|Fight or Flee}} It was while on Earth that he befriended Octane, though he was unable to prevent the Decepticons tracking the renegade down. Octane eventually fell in with Starscream, who had been reduced to an apparition and was trying to resurrect Unicron. This didn't go well. {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}} Broadside continued to work with the Autobots as transport and occasionally muscle {{storylink|Carnage in C-Minor}} {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}} and for the Decepticons, so did both Astrotrain {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}} {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}} and, apparently, Octane. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

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====Marvel Comics continuity====
=====Generation 1=====
{{noteukonly}}
''[[Steamhammer (G1)|Steamhammer]] fought Autobots in a battle near the town of [[Yuss]] using both his jet and tank modes. He was killed.'' {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}

[[File:Ratbatcratercritters.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Didja ever wonder what guys like Astrotrain do if they have an itch in the middle of their back? That's gotta ''suck'' for 'em. There is ''no way'' he can reach back there.]]
''The Decepticon Triple Changers served alongside the [[Conehead]]s and [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] where Octane and Blitzwing developed a reputation as two of the Decepticons' [[Ten Deadliest Killers|deadliest killers]]: key targets in [[Operation: Volcano]].'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}} ''The deadly killer Octane would later oversee a [[Decepticon fuel store|fuel store]] and run away screaming from Autobots.'' {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

The Decepticon Triple Changers were called into service by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] when a freighter that he had sent to [[Earth]] failed to make contact upon its arrival. The three Triple Changers traveled to Earth via [[space bridge]] and located the crashed freighter at the bottom of an impact crater. They quickly discovered that the pilot had become infected with [[scraplet]]s...which immediately infected ''them'' as well. Despite the rapidly spreading disease, they were happy to attack two Autobots who arrived to investigate the crater. One of the Autobots fled, while the other proved to be a fair match for the trio. {{storylink|Crater Critters}}

Eventually, they overpowered and captured [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], taking him prisoner. Astrotrain contacted Ratbat on Cybertron, requesting a cure. Instead, Ratbat dispatched a group of captured Autobots with orders to destroy all the infected Transformers on Earth with canisters of acid... including his own troops! Weakened by the disease, the Triple Changers could do little but sit around in the crater and wait for the end to come, whether by acid melting or scraplet consumption.

Luckily for the Triple Changers, the other Autobot, [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]], had managed to find a cure for the disease. Though Blaster demanded that Goldbug kill him along with the Decepticons rather than curing them, Goldbug's hand was forced the other way when the scraplets merged into a titanic combined form. He sprayed [[water|the cure]] on all the crater's occupants, including the Decepticons. Quickly recovering, the Triple Changers rallied to the attack, bringing down the combined scraplet monster with their weapons. Subsequently, they grabbed the cargo of the crashed freighter and made good their escape. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

The Triple Changers subsequently joined the main force of Decepticons on Earth, initially under [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s command, then later Ratbat's. They participated in the great battle against the Autobots on the Moon, {{storylink|Totaled!}} played host to human guests at [[Club Con]], {{storylink|Club Con!}} and battled [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s forces in the Arctic, a battle in which they fared particularly well. {{storylink|Cold War!}} They didn't fare so well against the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], however, who slaughtered all three of them in a single blast.

''During the [[Earthforce]] conflict of... er, whenever it was, the Triple Changers would serve under Shockwave. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}} Their great highlights were helping beat the snot out of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] {{storylink|Secrets (G1)|Secrets}} and joining the massed attack on Autobot [[Earthbase]]. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}} Their lowlight was Octane getting stuck on a military firing range while full of fuel, and Astrotrain and Blitzwing leaving him behind out of annoyance. {{storylink|Manoeuvres!}}

In a dystopian future, they served under [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] and killed [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]]. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

[[File:Triplechangerstarget2006.jpg|thumb|250px|]]
''The Autobot Triple Changers first came to prominence in the days leading up to Operation: Volcano; they were called into service by Emirate [[Xaaron]] to fill in for Ultra Magnus, should the latter not return from Earth in time to participate in the mission. They convinced the Wreckers' leader, [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], that they would be up to the challenge by beating the stuffing out of him before rocketing back to the Autobot base, [[Debris]]. When Impactor was killed in the aborted mission, Triple Changer Springer took over as Wrecker leader, with the other two becoming part of the force as well.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

''The Triple Changers participated in several of the Wreckers' missions on Cybertron {{storylink|City of Fear!}} and Earth. {{storylink|Wrecking Havoc}} After the latter mission turned into a near-disaster, Sandstorm and Broadside were sent to Earth along with Inferno as an advance guard.'' {{storylink|Firebug!}} {{storylink|Cold Comfort and Joy!}}

''They were still with the Wreckers during the catastrophic battle against Megatron and Galvatron, which saw Sandstorm destroyed. Broadside and Springer survived, {{storylink|Time Wars}} eventually going on to form the Survivors group {{storylink|Survivors!}} and later hooking up with Grimlock's [[Earthforce]]''. {{storylink|Wolf in the Fold!}}

''In a possible future, Springer and Sandstorm would be two of the last Autobots when the war ended in 2510. [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] made Springer his successor, only for fighting to break out over it; Sandstorm fired the second shot, killing [[Triton]].'' {{storylink|Peace}}

=====''Generation 2''=====
Broadside was part of a team of "[[Firestormer]]s" that raided various Decepticon outposts across the galaxy. {{storylink|War Without End!}} Springer, meanwhile, had apparently joined Optimus Prime's main force of Autobots and participated in a counter-Decepticon raid on [[Ethos]] {{storylink|Escalation!}} as well as the final battle against the Swarm on Earth. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

Octane was also present in the conflict, but [[Death|not for long]]. {{storylink|Total War!}}

=====''Regeneration One''=====
Megatron reanimated and lobotomized all three Decepticon Triple Changers after recovering their remains from the Ark, and utilized them as part of his zombie army. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}}

====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' comics====
[[File:BlitzwingDissectionDreamwave.jpg|200px|thumb|This detailed, scientific cut-away view reveals that underneath all that armor, Blitzwing is... made of mechanical stuff.]]
Triple Changers Blitzwing, Octane, Astrotrain and the [[jet-helicopter Decepticon]] were involved in Decepticon battle operations around the time that Optimus Prime rose to command the Autobots. They participated in a major attack on Iacon {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} and came close to victory {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} before [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] managed to destroy the entire [[Polities of Cybertron|city-state]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

{{note|Blitzwing is shown to transform into all three modes during the attack on Iacon, though this would seem to be retconned away by subsequent issues.}}

Blitzwing was a dangerous experiment of Shockwave's, captured and kept in containment by the Autobots. He possessed unique qualities that led [[The Fallen]] to seek him out for the [[Unbinding]]. During this time, Springer led the splinter faction the Wreckers. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}}

Later, Blitzwing and Astrotrain spontaneously began to grow new parts, perhaps heralding their evolution into Triple Changers. Yes, we know this makes no sense. {{storylink|Recipe for Hate}}

Obsessed with improving the Cybertronian race, Shockwave created the [[Duocon]]s and though they were unstable, it convinced him to go one stage further and modify several other Transformers into Triple Changers, starting with Springer. Triple Changers can change between modes three times as fast as a normal Transformer. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye}}

Sandstorm, Broadside, Octane, and Blitzwing formed Shockwave's Triple Changer Strike Team and travelled to Earth to apprehend the rogue crews of the Ark and ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|New World Order}} On their return to Cybertron it was revealed that the Autobots had doubts about their alliance with the former Decepticons and released Prime's crew to the Autobot resistance, though Sandstorm was killed by [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]]. Meanwhile, Octane chanced across the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and provoked [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] into decapitating him. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}

====IDW Generation 1 continuity====
Long before the war started, Blitzwing and [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]] were members of the [[Triorian Guard]], the [[Senate]]'s unit of multi-terrain Triple Changers charged with guarding the body of [[Nominus Prime]] as it lay in state in the [[Primal Basilica]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}

Astrotrain and Blitzwing joined the Decepticons early in the war, {{storylink|The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy}} and [[Octane (G1)|Tankor]] transported energy for the Decepticon army on several occasions. {{storylink|Faces of Darkness}} {{storylink|The Iron Age}} Astrotrain and Blitzwing were part of Starscream's [[Infiltration protocol|Infiltration Unit]] on Earth. {{storylink|The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration}} They survived attacks by the [[Reaper]]s and Autobots before the Autobots were driven from the planet. {{storylink|The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation}} When the Autobots returned with Omega Supreme, the Decepticons retreated into space, ferried by Astrotrain. {{storylink|The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron}} Tankor was left behind until [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] returned to Earth and reunited his army. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine|Enemy Mine}}

The Autobot Triple Changers were part of the [[Wrecker]]s until the team fractured, leaving only Springer {{storylink|Bullets}} who was then put in a coma by [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]. {{storylink|Zero Point}} Broadside and Sandstorm ended up with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s forces on Earth after the [[Surge (event)|Surge]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers}} After the war formally ended, Broadside aided [[Autobot High Command]] in rebuilding society on Cybertron. Astrotrain and Blitzwing aided [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] in preparing for Megatron's return, while Tankor fell in with the [[NAIL|neutrals]] and left the Decepticons. Sandstorm's whereabouts are unknown. {{storylink|The Verge}}
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===Live-action film series continuity===
====Vector Sigma data tracks====
According to hypothesis, the ability to have two alternate modes may be connected to the Transformer's [[CNA|genetics]].<ref>Hasbro's online [http://web.archive.org/web/20100330183135/http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/TRANSFORMERS-Glossary.cfm Transformers glossary].</ref>
====''Age of Extinction''====
[[Drift (ROTF)|Drift]] is shown to be able to transform into both a helicopter and a sports car at will without having to scan a new form.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:Blitzwingg1toy.jpg|250px|thumb|In a line cut from ''The Transformers: The Movie'', Blitzwing says that as a Triple Changer, he's worth any two of his comrades. But it turns out that he retailed for a bit less than the Seekers.]]
*'''Decepticon Triple Changers''' (1985)
**[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
**[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]

*'''Autobot Triple Changers''' (1986)
**[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
**[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]
**[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]

*'''Decepticon Triple Changers''' (1986)
**[[Octane (G1)|Octane]]

:The original Triple Changers were released in the second year of Generation 1, and were sufficiently popular to inspire 4 more in 1986.

===Classics===
*Astrotrain (2006)

===Universe (2008)===
*[[Octane (G1)|Tankor]]
:Octane with a new name.

===Generations===
* [[Blitzwing (G1)#Generations|Blitzwing]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1)#Generations|Sandstorm]]
* [[Springer (G1)#Voyager|Autobot Springer]]

{{note|This list includes only toys that actually have three modes. Several of the Triple Changer characters have had later releases in other toy molds, most notably Sandstorm and Springer, but these forms lacked the third mode required to qualify as Triple Changers.}}

===Subsequent toys labeled as "Triple Changers"===
;Generation 1
*[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (called a "Headmaster Triple Changer base" in a commercial and in "[[Doomsday for Nebulos]].")

;Generation 2
*[[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]] (1994)
:The bomber/tank/robot describes himself as "triple-changing Dreadwing" in a television [[commercial]]. Another commercial has the announcer saying "Dreadwing is a Triple Changer."

;Beast Wars
[[File:BW-toy Depthcharge.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]]: a triple-changing [[Transmetal]] from the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'']]
*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] (1998)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (1998)
:Although the packaging says "3 mode conversion", the commercial announcer says that each of these characters "triple changes".

;Armada
[[File:Armada Laserbeak toy.jpg|thumb|250px|The only Triple Changer from ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'': [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]]]]
*[[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] (2002)

;Energon
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (2004)
*[[Shockblast]] (2004)
*[[Six Shot (Energon)|Six Shot]] (2005)

;Cybertron
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (2005)
*[[Anti-Blaze]] (2006)
*[[Checkpoint (Cybertron)|Checkpoint]] (2006)
*[[Scythe]] (2006)
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Cryo Scourge]] (2006)
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] (2006)

;Animated
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (2008)

;Revenge of the Fallen
[[File:Soundwaverotfpreviewtoy.jpg|thumb|250px|Triple-changing [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], superior!]]
*[[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] (2009)
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] (2009)
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]<ref>Megatron was identified as a Triple Changer in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe|Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe]]'' and was shown with two alternate modes in [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|''Revenge of the Fallen'' comic adaption]]. He did not display this ability in [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|the film]], nor [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|his toys]].</ref> (2009)

;Dark of the Moon
[[File:DOTM-toy Backfire SpikeWitwicky.jpg|thumb|250px|Triple-changing [[Backfire (TF 2010)|Backfire]], who's being ridden by [[Spike Witwicky (DOTM)|some guy]].]]
*[[Thunderhead]] (2011)
*[[Sandstorm (TF 2010)|Sandstorm]] (2011)
*[[Icepick (PCC)|Icepick]] (2011)
*[[Backfire (TF 2010)|Backfire]] (2011)
*[[Whirl (ROTF)|Whirl]] (2011)
*[[Tailpipe (DOTM)|Tailpipe]] & [[Pinpointer (DOTM)|Pinpointer]] (2011)
*[[Drag Strip (DOTM)|Drag Strip]] (2011)
*[[Half-Track (DOTM)|Half-Track]] (2011)
*[[Reverb (DOTM)|Reverb]] (2011)
*[[Crosshairs (Movie)|Crosshairs]] (2011)
:''All'' the [[Human Alliance]] Basic-class robot figures are Triple Changers.
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys 4|Striker Optimus]] (2011)

;Construct-Bots
*[[Bumblebee (Construct-Bots)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Blitzwing (Construct-Bots)|Blitzwing]]

;Unreleased
*''[[Dropshot (Armada)|Dropshot]]''
*[[Jet-helicopter Decepticon|A helicopter/plane Triple Changer]]
*ATB Megatron (called a Triple Changer by a Hasbro pitch man.)
*Marauder Megatron

===Retroactively labeled as Triple Changers===
*Dreamwave's ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' profile book series identifies [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] as Triple Changers.
*Dreamwave's ''[[More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|More Than Meets The Eye: Armada]]'' book labels [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] as a Triple Changer, also stating that other Mini-Cons with a third mode are Triple Changers.
*IDW's ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'' labels [[Apache]] as a Triple Changer, but not B'Boom

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Triple Changer''' (トリプルチェンジャー ''Toripuru Chenjā''), '''Triplebot''' (Autobots, トリプルボット ''Toripurubotto''), '''Tripletron''' (Decepticons, トリプルトロン ''Toripurutoron'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Triplaváltozók'''
*''Polish:'' '''Trójzmienny'''

==See also==
*[[Attack mode]]

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Beast Wars subgroups]]
[[Category:Cybertron franchise]]
[[Category:Energon franchise]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Gimmicks]]
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[[Category:Triple Changers| ]]

Triple Changer

2014-06-27T23:54:05Z

Bioniclepluslotr: /* Live-action film series continuity */

[[File:5 blitzwing new world order.jpg|300px|thumb|Blitzwing demonstrates his triple-changing abilities, transforming from an ''incredibly'' unconvincing jet into a tank that's only ''slightly'' unconvincing.]]
In their quest for ever-greater machines of war, the [[Decepticon]]s developed warriors with two distinct alternate forms. These '''Triple Changers''' can travel by land and air with equal ease, and in the heat of battle they can rapidly change form to confuse and outflank the enemy. To counter this threat, the [[Autobot]]s also developed their own group of Triple Changers.

The Triple Changers are:

{{collist|2|
*Decepticons:
**[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
**[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]
**[[Octane (G1)|Octane]]

*Autobots:
**[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
**[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]
**[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]
}}

{{note|In Transformers fiction, the term "Triple Changer" refers almost exclusively to these two subgroups, which are the only such characters ever shown as cohesive teams. However, other official sources such as toy packaging, catalogs, Hasbro spokespersons, and commercials have applied the term "Triple Changer" rather haphazardly to many other characters from various continuities. Further muddying the waters, a few characters with three distinct modes have never been labeled as Triple Changers in toys or fiction, even in cases where it would really make sense to do so.}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:TripleTakeover Blitzwing Astrotrain stadium.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
The Triple Changers [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] joined [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s forces sometime after their leader woke up from a 4 million year sleep. Blitzwing took part in the sacking of [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]] {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} while Astrotrain helped take over [[Earth]] after the Autobots were exiled. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}} The pair were soon integrated into Megatron's forces, with Astrotrain regularly providing transport {{storylink|Blaster Blues}} {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}} {{storylink|The Gambler}} {{storylink|Sea Change}} and Blitzwing providing extra muscle {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}} {{storylink|Quest for Survival}} Astrotrain had the opportunity to command a mission after shooting down [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] over [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], and took advantage of the native [[Titan (species)|Titans']] superstition by posing as one of their [[Sky God]]s. {{storylink|The God Gambit}}

It wasn't long before the two Triple Changers fell in with [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and plotted to overthrow Megatron. What their co-conspirator didn't realize was that Astrotrain and Blitzwing intended to rule alone, and once both he and their leader were out of the way, the Triple Changers attempted to take over Earth in their own way. Astrotrain created a number of trains he controlled, while Blitzwing took over a football stadium. Their rule lasted roughly as long as it took for Megatron and Starscream to thaw themselves out, and then the pair found they faced [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}}

The two Triple Changers were dispatched to negotiate with [[Chumley|Lord Chumley]] for his help in destroying the Autobots, but the pair instead fell foul of the traps Chumley had intended for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Chumley released them when it became clear he'd lost against Optimus, but instead of attacking the Autobots as he assumed they would, the two Decepticons went after him. {{storylink|Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target}} Astrotrain largely returned to transportation duties following this {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}} {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood}} {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} even transporting Starscream into exile. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

By [[2005]], the Autobot Triple Changer [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] had arrived on Earth and was at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] when the Decepticons, including Astrotrain and Blitzwing, attacked it. Following the climactic battle between Megatron and Prime, Astrotrain served as getaway ship, taking the surviving Decepticons back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. After a second attack on Autobot City, Springer fled Earth with the other Autobots and, after a stopover on [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], took part in the effort to defeat [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} Following Unicron's defeat, the Decepticons including Astrotrain, Blitzwing and [[Octane (G1)|Octane]], ended up seeking refuge on [[Chaar]], where they survived in an [[energon]]-starved state. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} The Quintessons took advantage of this and manipulated both sides to attempt to destroy them all. Blitzwing, in the process of helping halt the Quintesson plan, effectively turned traitor in [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s eyes and was banished from the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

[[File:SandstormOctane BFF.jpg|thumb|250px]]
[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] also arrived on Earth and helped take part in investigations when Octane took control of [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], using the huge Transformer's might to secure him a deal with [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]]. At the end of the affair, Octane was also banished from the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}} The Autobots encountered another Triple Changer, [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], on the planet [[Paradron]]. Sandstorm was descended from early migrants from Cybertron who had come to Paradron fleeing the war. After Paradron's destruction, Sandstorm joined the Autobot forces on Earth. {{storylink|Fight or Flee}} It was while on Earth that he befriended Octane, though he was unable to prevent the Decepticons tracking the renegade down. Octane eventually fell in with Starscream, who had been reduced to an apparition and was trying to resurrect Unicron. This didn't go well. {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}} Broadside continued to work with the Autobots as transport and occasionally muscle {{storylink|Carnage in C-Minor}} {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}} and for the Decepticons, so did both Astrotrain {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}} {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}} and, apparently, Octane. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

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====Marvel Comics continuity====
=====Generation 1=====
{{noteukonly}}
''[[Steamhammer (G1)|Steamhammer]] fought Autobots in a battle near the town of [[Yuss]] using both his jet and tank modes. He was killed.'' {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}

[[File:Ratbatcratercritters.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Didja ever wonder what guys like Astrotrain do if they have an itch in the middle of their back? That's gotta ''suck'' for 'em. There is ''no way'' he can reach back there.]]
''The Decepticon Triple Changers served alongside the [[Conehead]]s and [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] where Octane and Blitzwing developed a reputation as two of the Decepticons' [[Ten Deadliest Killers|deadliest killers]]: key targets in [[Operation: Volcano]].'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}} ''The deadly killer Octane would later oversee a [[Decepticon fuel store|fuel store]] and run away screaming from Autobots.'' {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

The Decepticon Triple Changers were called into service by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] when a freighter that he had sent to [[Earth]] failed to make contact upon its arrival. The three Triple Changers traveled to Earth via [[space bridge]] and located the crashed freighter at the bottom of an impact crater. They quickly discovered that the pilot had become infected with [[scraplet]]s...which immediately infected ''them'' as well. Despite the rapidly spreading disease, they were happy to attack two Autobots who arrived to investigate the crater. One of the Autobots fled, while the other proved to be a fair match for the trio. {{storylink|Crater Critters}}

Eventually, they overpowered and captured [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], taking him prisoner. Astrotrain contacted Ratbat on Cybertron, requesting a cure. Instead, Ratbat dispatched a group of captured Autobots with orders to destroy all the infected Transformers on Earth with canisters of acid... including his own troops! Weakened by the disease, the Triple Changers could do little but sit around in the crater and wait for the end to come, whether by acid melting or scraplet consumption.

Luckily for the Triple Changers, the other Autobot, [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]], had managed to find a cure for the disease. Though Blaster demanded that Goldbug kill him along with the Decepticons rather than curing them, Goldbug's hand was forced the other way when the scraplets merged into a titanic combined form. He sprayed [[water|the cure]] on all the crater's occupants, including the Decepticons. Quickly recovering, the Triple Changers rallied to the attack, bringing down the combined scraplet monster with their weapons. Subsequently, they grabbed the cargo of the crashed freighter and made good their escape. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

The Triple Changers subsequently joined the main force of Decepticons on Earth, initially under [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s command, then later Ratbat's. They participated in the great battle against the Autobots on the Moon, {{storylink|Totaled!}} played host to human guests at [[Club Con]], {{storylink|Club Con!}} and battled [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s forces in the Arctic, a battle in which they fared particularly well. {{storylink|Cold War!}} They didn't fare so well against the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], however, who slaughtered all three of them in a single blast.

''During the [[Earthforce]] conflict of... er, whenever it was, the Triple Changers would serve under Shockwave. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}} Their great highlights were helping beat the snot out of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] {{storylink|Secrets (G1)|Secrets}} and joining the massed attack on Autobot [[Earthbase]]. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}} Their lowlight was Octane getting stuck on a military firing range while full of fuel, and Astrotrain and Blitzwing leaving him behind out of annoyance. {{storylink|Manoeuvres!}}

In a dystopian future, they served under [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] and killed [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]]. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

[[File:Triplechangerstarget2006.jpg|thumb|250px|]]
''The Autobot Triple Changers first came to prominence in the days leading up to Operation: Volcano; they were called into service by Emirate [[Xaaron]] to fill in for Ultra Magnus, should the latter not return from Earth in time to participate in the mission. They convinced the Wreckers' leader, [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], that they would be up to the challenge by beating the stuffing out of him before rocketing back to the Autobot base, [[Debris]]. When Impactor was killed in the aborted mission, Triple Changer Springer took over as Wrecker leader, with the other two becoming part of the force as well.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

''The Triple Changers participated in several of the Wreckers' missions on Cybertron {{storylink|City of Fear!}} and Earth. {{storylink|Wrecking Havoc}} After the latter mission turned into a near-disaster, Sandstorm and Broadside were sent to Earth along with Inferno as an advance guard.'' {{storylink|Firebug!}} {{storylink|Cold Comfort and Joy!}}

''They were still with the Wreckers during the catastrophic battle against Megatron and Galvatron, which saw Sandstorm destroyed. Broadside and Springer survived, {{storylink|Time Wars}} eventually going on to form the Survivors group {{storylink|Survivors!}} and later hooking up with Grimlock's [[Earthforce]]''. {{storylink|Wolf in the Fold!}}

''In a possible future, Springer and Sandstorm would be two of the last Autobots when the war ended in 2510. [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] made Springer his successor, only for fighting to break out over it; Sandstorm fired the second shot, killing [[Triton]].'' {{storylink|Peace}}

=====''Generation 2''=====
Broadside was part of a team of "[[Firestormer]]s" that raided various Decepticon outposts across the galaxy. {{storylink|War Without End!}} Springer, meanwhile, had apparently joined Optimus Prime's main force of Autobots and participated in a counter-Decepticon raid on [[Ethos]] {{storylink|Escalation!}} as well as the final battle against the Swarm on Earth. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

Octane was also present in the conflict, but [[Death|not for long]]. {{storylink|Total War!}}

=====''Regeneration One''=====
Megatron reanimated and lobotomized all three Decepticon Triple Changers after recovering their remains from the Ark, and utilized them as part of his zombie army. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}}

====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' comics====
[[File:BlitzwingDissectionDreamwave.jpg|200px|thumb|This detailed, scientific cut-away view reveals that underneath all that armor, Blitzwing is... made of mechanical stuff.]]
Triple Changers Blitzwing, Octane, Astrotrain and the [[jet-helicopter Decepticon]] were involved in Decepticon battle operations around the time that Optimus Prime rose to command the Autobots. They participated in a major attack on Iacon {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} and came close to victory {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} before [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] managed to destroy the entire [[Polities of Cybertron|city-state]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

{{note|Blitzwing is shown to transform into all three modes during the attack on Iacon, though this would seem to be retconned away by subsequent issues.}}

Blitzwing was a dangerous experiment of Shockwave's, captured and kept in containment by the Autobots. He possessed unique qualities that led [[The Fallen]] to seek him out for the [[Unbinding]]. During this time, Springer led the splinter faction the Wreckers. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}}

Later, Blitzwing and Astrotrain spontaneously began to grow new parts, perhaps heralding their evolution into Triple Changers. Yes, we know this makes no sense. {{storylink|Recipe for Hate}}

Obsessed with improving the Cybertronian race, Shockwave created the [[Duocon]]s and though they were unstable, it convinced him to go one stage further and modify several other Transformers into Triple Changers, starting with Springer. Triple Changers can change between modes three times as fast as a normal Transformer. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye}}

Sandstorm, Broadside, Octane, and Blitzwing formed Shockwave's Triple Changer Strike Team and travelled to Earth to apprehend the rogue crews of the Ark and ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|New World Order}} On their return to Cybertron it was revealed that the Autobots had doubts about their alliance with the former Decepticons and released Prime's crew to the Autobot resistance, though Sandstorm was killed by [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]]. Meanwhile, Octane chanced across the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and provoked [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] into decapitating him. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}

====IDW Generation 1 continuity====
Long before the war started, Blitzwing and [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]] were members of the [[Triorian Guard]], the [[Senate]]'s unit of multi-terrain Triple Changers charged with guarding the body of [[Nominus Prime]] as it lay in state in the [[Primal Basilica]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}

Astrotrain and Blitzwing joined the Decepticons early in the war, {{storylink|The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy}} and [[Octane (G1)|Tankor]] transported energy for the Decepticon army on several occasions. {{storylink|Faces of Darkness}} {{storylink|The Iron Age}} Astrotrain and Blitzwing were part of Starscream's [[Infiltration protocol|Infiltration Unit]] on Earth. {{storylink|The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration}} They survived attacks by the [[Reaper]]s and Autobots before the Autobots were driven from the planet. {{storylink|The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation}} When the Autobots returned with Omega Supreme, the Decepticons retreated into space, ferried by Astrotrain. {{storylink|The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron}} Tankor was left behind until [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] returned to Earth and reunited his army. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine|Enemy Mine}}

The Autobot Triple Changers were part of the [[Wrecker]]s until the team fractured, leaving only Springer {{storylink|Bullets}} who was then put in a coma by [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]. {{storylink|Zero Point}} Broadside and Sandstorm ended up with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s forces on Earth after the [[Surge (event)|Surge]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers}} After the war formally ended, Broadside aided [[Autobot High Command]] in rebuilding society on Cybertron. Astrotrain and Blitzwing aided [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] in preparing for Megatron's return, while Tankor fell in with the [[NAIL|neutrals]] and left the Decepticons. Sandstorm's whereabouts are unknown. {{storylink|The Verge}}
{{-}}

===Live-action film series continuity===
====Vector Sigma data tracks====
According to hypothesis, the ability to have two alternate modes may be connected to the Transformer's [[CNA|genetics]].<ref>Hasbro's online [http://web.archive.org/web/20100330183135/http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/TRANSFORMERS-Glossary.cfm Transformers glossary].</ref>
====''Age of Extinction''====
Drift is shown to be able to transform into both a helicopter and a sports car at will without having to scan a new form.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:Blitzwingg1toy.jpg|250px|thumb|In a line cut from ''The Transformers: The Movie'', Blitzwing says that as a Triple Changer, he's worth any two of his comrades. But it turns out that he retailed for a bit less than the Seekers.]]
*'''Decepticon Triple Changers''' (1985)
**[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
**[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]

*'''Autobot Triple Changers''' (1986)
**[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
**[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]
**[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]

*'''Decepticon Triple Changers''' (1986)
**[[Octane (G1)|Octane]]

:The original Triple Changers were released in the second year of Generation 1, and were sufficiently popular to inspire 4 more in 1986.

===Classics===
*Astrotrain (2006)

===Universe (2008)===
*[[Octane (G1)|Tankor]]
:Octane with a new name.

===Generations===
* [[Blitzwing (G1)#Generations|Blitzwing]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1)#Generations|Sandstorm]]
* [[Springer (G1)#Voyager|Autobot Springer]]

{{note|This list includes only toys that actually have three modes. Several of the Triple Changer characters have had later releases in other toy molds, most notably Sandstorm and Springer, but these forms lacked the third mode required to qualify as Triple Changers.}}

===Subsequent toys labeled as "Triple Changers"===
;Generation 1
*[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (called a "Headmaster Triple Changer base" in a commercial and in "[[Doomsday for Nebulos]].")

;Generation 2
*[[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]] (1994)
:The bomber/tank/robot describes himself as "triple-changing Dreadwing" in a television [[commercial]]. Another commercial has the announcer saying "Dreadwing is a Triple Changer."

;Beast Wars
[[File:BW-toy Depthcharge.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]]: a triple-changing [[Transmetal]] from the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'']]
*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] (1998)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (1998)
:Although the packaging says "3 mode conversion", the commercial announcer says that each of these characters "triple changes".

;Armada
[[File:Armada Laserbeak toy.jpg|thumb|250px|The only Triple Changer from ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'': [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]]]]
*[[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] (2002)

;Energon
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (2004)
*[[Shockblast]] (2004)
*[[Six Shot (Energon)|Six Shot]] (2005)

;Cybertron
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (2005)
*[[Anti-Blaze]] (2006)
*[[Checkpoint (Cybertron)|Checkpoint]] (2006)
*[[Scythe]] (2006)
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Cryo Scourge]] (2006)
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] (2006)

;Animated
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (2008)

;Revenge of the Fallen
[[File:Soundwaverotfpreviewtoy.jpg|thumb|250px|Triple-changing [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], superior!]]
*[[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] (2009)
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] (2009)
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]<ref>Megatron was identified as a Triple Changer in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe|Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe]]'' and was shown with two alternate modes in [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|''Revenge of the Fallen'' comic adaption]]. He did not display this ability in [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|the film]], nor [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|his toys]].</ref> (2009)

;Dark of the Moon
[[File:DOTM-toy Backfire SpikeWitwicky.jpg|thumb|250px|Triple-changing [[Backfire (TF 2010)|Backfire]], who's being ridden by [[Spike Witwicky (DOTM)|some guy]].]]
*[[Thunderhead]] (2011)
*[[Sandstorm (TF 2010)|Sandstorm]] (2011)
*[[Icepick (PCC)|Icepick]] (2011)
*[[Backfire (TF 2010)|Backfire]] (2011)
*[[Whirl (ROTF)|Whirl]] (2011)
*[[Tailpipe (DOTM)|Tailpipe]] & [[Pinpointer (DOTM)|Pinpointer]] (2011)
*[[Drag Strip (DOTM)|Drag Strip]] (2011)
*[[Half-Track (DOTM)|Half-Track]] (2011)
*[[Reverb (DOTM)|Reverb]] (2011)
*[[Crosshairs (Movie)|Crosshairs]] (2011)
:''All'' the [[Human Alliance]] Basic-class robot figures are Triple Changers.
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys 4|Striker Optimus]] (2011)

;Construct-Bots
*[[Bumblebee (Construct-Bots)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Blitzwing (Construct-Bots)|Blitzwing]]

;Unreleased
*''[[Dropshot (Armada)|Dropshot]]''
*[[Jet-helicopter Decepticon|A helicopter/plane Triple Changer]]
*ATB Megatron (called a Triple Changer by a Hasbro pitch man.)
*Marauder Megatron

===Retroactively labeled as Triple Changers===
*Dreamwave's ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' profile book series identifies [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] as Triple Changers.
*Dreamwave's ''[[More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|More Than Meets The Eye: Armada]]'' book labels [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] as a Triple Changer, also stating that other Mini-Cons with a third mode are Triple Changers.
*IDW's ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'' labels [[Apache]] as a Triple Changer, but not B'Boom

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Triple Changer''' (トリプルチェンジャー ''Toripuru Chenjā''), '''Triplebot''' (Autobots, トリプルボット ''Toripurubotto''), '''Tripletron''' (Decepticons, トリプルトロン ''Toripurutoron'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Triplaváltozók'''
*''Polish:'' '''Trójzmienny'''

==See also==
*[[Attack mode]]

==References==
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[[Category:Cybertron franchise]]
[[Category:Energon franchise]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Gimmicks]]
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:''Galvatron is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''
{{spoiler|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|July 28}}
[[File:AOEGalvatron.jpg|thumb|right|355px|Pal, you picked the wrong car to terrorize.]]
'''Galvatron''' is a man-made [[Transformer]] which the mostly-dead [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] seeks to possess. His KSI-construction and lack of a true [[Spark]] renders him virtually invincible, allowing him to simply discompose into a cloud of metal when he would otherwise take damage.

==Fiction==
===''Age of Extinction'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English)|}}
{{spoiler|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|July 28}}
Though believed dead, Megatron actually survived the battle of [[Chicago]] though he remained a non-functioning and immobile head. Megatron's head was collected by Joshua Joyce's KSI, and used to produce man-made Transformers. Learning of KSI and Cemetary Wind's alliance with [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] in order to obtain a Seed, Megatron silently bided his time until KSI finished creating a new body for him to inhabit, with which he plotted to rebel against KSI and take the Seed for himself to simultaneously wipe out millions of humans, and to announce his return. Only [[Brains]], who was forced into hard labor by KSI, knew Megatron lived, but was unwilling to share this information with his captors. The new body unit was dubbed "Galvatron", but thanks to its source coding being developed from Megatron, its body was twisted and very reminiscent of it's source. This came to the chagrin of Joyce, who wanted the robot to have the friendlier appearance of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]].

After the Autobots left KSI after an attempted raid, [[Harold Attinger]] ordered Galvatron deployed with [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] to destroy Optimus. Upon activation, Galvatron pretended to obey KSI's remote control, but showed several signs of free will during the operation, including firing weapons unbidden. Galvatron separated Optimus from [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and the Autobots, attacking many civilians in his way. Galvatron soon came to fight Optimus in robot mode, and held his own against the Autobot leader. When Optimus declared Galvatron had no soul, he retorted that it left him without any fear in exchange. It was this verbal exchange that alerted Optimus to Galvatron's true nature, but before the fight could be resolved, Lockdown arrived and easily dispatched his prey. Galvatron was retrieved from the field by a furious Joyce, declaring Galvatron's signs of autonomy as critical flaws.

Brains revealed Galvatron's scheme to [[Cade Yeager]], who called Joyce and alerted him of the danger Galvatron posed should he obtain the Seed. Having ended his deal with Lockdown, Attinger handed over the Seed he'd received in exchange for Optimus. Though efforts were made to tighten security, Galvatron activated on his own, and breathed life into the other KSI Transformers, allowing them to rebel against their creators. However, Joyce was able to flee the facility from both Galvatron and the CIA with the Seed, attempting to rendezvous with the Autobots and Yeagers in Hong Kong. Galvatron ordered his new Decepticons to pursue Joyce, and his troops were able to shoot down the Autobot ship just as Joyce was about to hand over the Seed, causing the ship to crash in the nearby Wulong Valley, leaving only [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]] and Bumblebee to protect the humans and the Seed. However, just as the two were about to be overwhelmed, the other Autobots returned with the [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]]s in tow, quickly turning the tide of battle and slaying most of the Decepticons. Galvatron was only saved by the timely reappearance of [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]], whose attack on Prime left the mercenary ship unhelmed and ripe for Galvatron's taking. With his plans temporarily stymied, Galvatron swore retribution against Prime and fled into space. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)}}

==Toys==
===Robots In Disguise===
====One-Step Changers====
[[File:Onestepgalvatronaoetoy.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]
*'''Galvatron''' (2014)
{{comingsoontoy}}
===Power Battlers===
*'''Galvatron''' (2014)
{{comingsoontoy}}
===Generations===
====Voyager Class toys====

[[File:TF4-Voyager-Galvatron.JPG|400px|thumb|right|'''''[[Trukk not munky |KANNON NOT TRUKK]]''''']]
*'''Galvatron''' (Voyager, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Cannon
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''AD22'''
Galvatron transforms into a 2012 Freightliner Argosy - and not surprisingly, he is a ''complete'' shell-former, with his truck mode folding up solely along his back and calves. As with Evasion Optimus Prime, he has a different paint scheme than seen on his packaging, with less paint applications on his body and weapon. His truck mode is also a darkish grey, rather than the black seen in the movie footage. His cannon can either be held like a gun, or fitted on his hand in a way that appears as if it is coming out of his arm.

:Galvatron's package is the only packaging in the Age of Extinction toyline thus far that neglects to mention what his alternate mode is called. The only mention of Freightliner being involved with his alternate mode is mentioned in the tiny copyright information section of the box.

==Notes==
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*Concept art for Galvatron in [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon|''Dark of the Moon'']] was created by [[Massive Black]] artist [[Bruno 'Nox' Gore]].
*Interestingly (perhaps to avoid movie spoilers), the toy-bio for Galvatron on the Voyager packaging does not mention ''anything'' about Galvatron, but rather how the Autobots face new adversaries after the Battle of Chicago.
* ''Age of Extinction'' sees Frank Welker make his debut as the live-action incarnation of Megatron, returning to the role he originated in 1984 and was passed over for the first three films. Amusingly, Welker voiced both Megatron and Galvatron in the original series, so he is reprising two roles at once! Though as Brains puts it in the film, different name, same guy underneath.
[[Category: Age of Extinction Decepticons]]

Megatron (Movie)

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:''Megatron is the [[Decepticon]] leader from the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Movie_Megatron_Defiance3.jpg|thumb|300px|Friends, [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticonians]], countrybots, lend me your audio receptors!]]

'''Megatron''' was not always the viciously powerful and brutally direct leader of the Decepticons: he was once brothers-in-arms with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] and a student of [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], appointed to be Cybertron's [[Lord High Protector|Protector]] and commander of its [[Defense Force]]. But Megatron resented his comrade, knowing he was a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] and therefore Sentinel's favored son. This anger allowed [[The Fallen]] to ensnare him and led to the revival of the Decepticons. Even without The Fallen though, it's not hard to imagine Megatron would have erupted Cybertron into war to rid himself of Optimus.

Megatron tends to become so obsessed with the object of his desires that he can ignore "secondary" matters, glaring flaws in his plans. Otherwise, he likely wouldn't have chased after the [[AllSpark]] alone, and spent centuries entombed in the [[Arctic]]. Trying to talk Megatron out of blindly going for his goals is useless. He will risk his world, his troops, and even his own [[spark]] to achieve his goals; these things do not matter to Megatron. Like his master, Megatron feels a violent hatred towards [[human]]s and views them as only slightly above bacteria, a feeling exacerbated by spending decades as their prisoner.

{{quote|You still fight for the weak! That is why ''you lose!''|Megatron to Optimus|[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]}}

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
During the dark age of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] after the fall of the [[Dynasty of Primes]], Megatron became a follower of [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]. Sentinel recovered the [[AllSpark]], and planned to transport a sun to repower it and the rest of Cybertron. The [[Thetacon (tribe)|Thetacon]]s, who believed Sentinel to be a mad heretic, launched an attack on the AllSpark's facility. Megatron, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]], [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] fended off the Thetacons when Sentinel and [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] successfully transported a star to Cybertron. The Thetacons laid down their arms, but Megatron resented that so many of his comrades had died before Cybertron's new dawn, and it was only by Optimus's persuasion that Megatron found it within himself to forgive his enemies and shake the Thetacon [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]'s hand. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1}}

That evening, Megatron eavesdropped on a conversation between Sentinel and Optimus. Sentinel claimed Optimus was also a Prime, and intended to make him the new ruler of Cybertron. Optimus refused, unable to accept he was a Prime and somehow superior to his comrades. The next day, Megatron grumbled to Shockwave that if he were Optimus, he would have accepted Sentinel's offer. They came across a [[Driller]] attacking a [[hatchling]] field trip, and successfully shot the creature to pieces. Megatron asked for the name of the Cybertronian who volunteered to guard the hatchlings: his name was [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]].

Three days later at the capital city of [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticon]], Sentinel Prime officially declared Cybertron's unification, and announced the planet would be governed by Optimus's [[Science Division]], and Megatron's [[Defense Force]]. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2}} For two generations, Optimus and Megatron ruled Cybertron successfully, creating a balance of fair and firm leadership. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} When [[Malcontent]] activity increased on Cybertron, Megatron met with Optimus and requested supreme authority in protecting the planet. Optimus obliged. Megatron then requested to be called [[Lord High Protector]] and to be addressed as "sir". {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

[[Image:Defiance1 Megs Prime argument.jpg|left|350px|thumb|"Know your place, boy!"]]

After Commander Starscream returned from his patrol in the [[Eshems Nebula]], Optimus was reporting on his science sector's continuing excavation of the site near [[Simfur Temple]] and the unusual pulse waves that the AllSpark had been emitting ever since work began. At the excavation site, while Optimus' scientists were concerned with disturbing the ancient artifacts, all Megatron cared about was whether these relics might provide the same revitalising energy as the AllSpark. He was nettled when Optimus asserted the sector's dominion over all scientific and archaeological discoveries and reminded his junior that it was his defence force that protected this world, demanding to be informed of all possible threats from the excavation's findings. When Optimus dared to remind Megatron of the military's treatment of such discoveries as hostile, Megatron told Optimus that when ''he'' tried to be the leader of Cybertron, he could make those decisions, not ''now''. When a mysterious relic was discovered, Megatron ordered it removed at once, a demand that Optimus disagreed with. Just as the pair were about to launch into another argument, Cybertron fell under attack from Nebula inhabitants. Megatron had the relic quickly moved to his quarters under the guise of protecting it from the invaders. Arriving to find [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] seeking cover within the temple of Simfur, Megatron chastised their alleged lack of courage before he was hit by an alien tank vehicle. After destroying it, he told Starscream to keep Optimus' team out of the military's way and staggered back to his quarters in Trypticon. Drawn towards the relic, he ignored his injuries and scraped away at the layers of debris encrusting it before losing consciousness. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}}

[[Image:Defiance2_Megatron_warrally.jpg|thumb|250px|Mein Führer!]]

The relic used what little power it had left to repair Megatron's wounds. At first Megatron was angry, demanding the being to show himself to the Protector of all Cybertron. The relic explained that it was unable to do so without Megatron's help, and ''if'' he helped, the relic would truly make him '''Lord''' of Cybertron. The relic then fired beams of energy into Megatron's mind (turning his white optic sensors red), explaining what needed to be done, filling him with delusions of grandeur. When Optimus came looking for the Protector, Megatron had changed; he had become even more aggressive in his speech and demeanor, and what's more, he demanded Optimus gather his scientists to go to war. When Optimus explained the sector was not combat-trained, Megatron shot back that the scientists should have known what the aliens were after: the AllSpark. Optimus refused, stating that the army's mission was of defense, and it went against everything their society was based upon to exacerbate war. Megatron slammed Optimus into the wall and stated that their society then needed to ''change''. He held a massive saber-rattling war rally outside Trypticon, demanding vengeance upon the alien aggressors. He claimed that until the war ended, he would assume full control of the military, and everybody would answer only to him. Megatron ordered all flight-capable Cybertronians accompany him to the Eshems Nebula, where they launched a surprise attack against the still-unknown aliens. Megatron fought his way inside the alien flagship and personally executed the alien leader. He then ordered Starscream and his units to conduct a war of genocide: ''none'' of the aliens were to survive. {{storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}}

[[Image:Defiance3_wearenowDECEPTICONS.jpg|thumb|left|200px|I'm going to enjoy watching you die, Mr. Anderson. ]]

Megatron returned from the front with news of their success and awaited further instructions from his master. The relic ordered Megatron to prepare the way for his return by expanding the army, and at the end, Cybertron would be Megatron's, while everything else the master's. Megatron was enraged when the relic informed him that Optimus had snooped inside his quarters while he was fighting the aliens, and convinced the Protector that Optimus was after the same power the relic had promised ''him''. Now seeing that there were "enemies" within Cybertron as well as without, Megatron arranged to have the "traitors" taken care of by ordering [[Prowl (Movie)|Prowl]]'s security team to arrest Optimus, and sent Starscream's soldiers to kill all bar Optimus. However, Megatron underestimated Optimus, who personally defeated Starscream's squad. Nonetheless, he used the survivors as propaganda that treacherous malcontents sought to betray them all, and declared that Megatron's followers would now be reformed under a new image and a new name: '''Decepticons'''. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}} He ordered the execution of the "false" Primes — though he knew Sentinel and Optimus were Primes, he needed to give his followers a villain. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}}

Optimus's forces having eluded him for now, Megatron was given new orders by his master: build a [[Nemesis (ROTF)|mighty starship]] that would scour the stars for something very important to the relic's plans. The relic counseled Megatron to not make the same mistakes he did thousands of years ago, that his protege should strike without mercy or hesitation. The relic told Megatron the story of his mighty race, and how the AllSpark granted them great power and created the Transformer race, but it needed to be recharged by draining the power of a sun using specially-constructed [[Star Harvester|harvesting]] devices, and their under-construction starship would be used to search for the last harvester in the galaxy. When Megatron presumed to believe he would accompany his master, he was rebuked and punished. Much later, the ''Nemesis'' was finally completed, and Megatron assigned [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to command the ship. The relic praising Megatron for his fine work, and ordered him to stay behind to continue the war. Over the next thousand years, the Autobots and Decepticons clashed in a bloody struggle. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}

As Cybertron is devastated by the worsening war, Sentinel Prime is forced to make a deal with Megatron to seek out another planet whose resources they can exploit to restore their homeworld. The chosen planet is the resting place of the Primes' Star Harvester. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}{{storylink|Dark of the Moon issue 3}}

Ironhide led an attack on Simfur Temple. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} Megatron stood at the gate and slaughtered many Autobots as Elita-One and [[Chromia (ROTF)|her]] [[Arcee (Movie)|sisters]] used the AllSpark to activate a "torch" made by Sentinel. Optimus finally appeared to fend off Megatron and ensure Elita-One escaped to give Sentinel the torch. Sentinel boarded the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]] with the torch to retrieve Optimus from Simfur, but to both Optimus and Megatron's horror, Starscream attacked the Ark, destroying it. The Autobots fled, but Megatron correctly deduced Optimus would return with a vengeance. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}} From his [[Lord High Protector citadel|citadel]], Megatron watched as Optimus and Ironhide battled their way through his defenses. When Optimus finally entered the tower, he found Megatron covered in hatchlings and daring him to kill them with him, gloating that Optimus would never go far enough. Optimus revealed he didn't: it had all been a distraction as Wheeljack, Chromia and Arcee stole the AllSpark aboard a second [[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]. With the AllSpark removed from Sentinel's device, the sun it held in place disappeared. Optimus escaped, rescuing Ironhide from Starscream and Shockwave while leaving Megatron to free himself of his hungry hatchlings. Megatron swore he would recover the AllSpark, and that if he would have to travel across the entire universe to do so, he would kill every Autobot. {{storylink|Transformers: Foundation|Foundation #1-4}}

[[Image:Movie Megatron Targetcomic sure.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"Sit, boy — or I'll beat you to death."]]

During an assault on the Autobots personally led by Megatron and his hound, [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], the tyrant crushed an Autobot opponent's spark before casually tossing his corpse over his shoulder. He declared that the AllSpark would be his again, to which Blackout assured his leader that he would personally see to it. Megatron was pleased by his minion's loyalty, but decided to dispatch him to assist Starscream's unit to prevent Optimus Prime's reinforcements from entering [[Tyger Pax]]. He then left to meet his destiny, but it slipped from his grasp; Prime had commissioned the AllSpark to be launched into the abyss of outer space. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}}

[[Image:MovieMegatron Bumblebee torture comic.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Better get some ice on that.]]
After realizing Bumblebee had stalled him from claiming the Cube so the operation could be completed, Megatron tore off Bumblebee's arm—removing his weapon—and crushed his voice box, destroying his vocal processors so that the young Autobot would never speak of the affront to his destiny. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} Megatron, believing Prime to be a desperate, inexperienced fool, gave chase. On the way, he detected the ''Nemesis's'' distress signal and soon found the mighty starship on a barren world, abandoned by all but his master. Megatron was berated for allowing the Cube to slip away from his grasp and ordered to thoroughly continue his chase. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} As Megatron tracked the AllSpark through space, he mused about his reasons for the war and how he and his "brother" were not all that different, as seen by Optimus' sentencing their home to a slow death by launching the Cube into space. Tracing the AllSpark via energy signature to [[Earth|a primitive world]], he lost contact with it upon atmospheric entry and crashed into the planet's icy northern pole. Low on [[energon]], his safety buffers exhausted, Megatron went into [[stasis lock]].

[[Image:MoviePrequel2-Megatrondownfall.jpg|thumb|200px|"I HAVE WALKED INTO THIS!"]]

Millennia later, in the year [[1897]], [[Archibald Witwicky]], the leader of the National Arctic Circle Expedition, discovered Megatron buried deep in the ice. Accidentally triggering Megatron's navigation system, Witwicky was blinded by a burst of light from the Decepticon leader's eyes, which imprinted the location of the AllSpark on his [[glasses]]. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}} Witwicky was subsequently driven insane by the experience, and upon his return to land, became the subject of attention by the United States government, who recruited adventurers [[Walter Simmons]] and [[Theodore Joseph Wells]] to investigate his fantastic claims. Simmons, Wells and their group followed Witwicky's route back to the Arctic, arriving early [[1898]], where they discovered Megatron's frozen body, and like Witwicky before them, inadvertently activated one of his systems upon entry into the cave, bringing him partially back on-line. The energy pulse this released caught the attention of [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]], a [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]] abandoned on Earth by The Fallen, who quickly made his way to the Arctic, believing that The Fallen himself was the source of the pulse. Discovering the truth, Jetfire angrily informed Megatron that he has never heard of him, and punched him in the face. Simmons and Wells's group subsequently used explosives to send Jetfire punging into the freezing ocean; Megatron, too, was submerged, but jut before the cold overwhelmed him and he shut down again, he weakly proclaimed his name, which Simmons mis-heard as "Mega-Man". {{storylink|Original}} Simmons's organization set about constructing an environment dome around Megatron so he could be excavated and studied, which was completed in [[1899]]. Then, in [[1902]], the group discovered the AllSpark in the Colorado River, and quickly drew a correlation between it and their frozen "Mega-Man" because of the similar symbols that they were both decorated with. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}}

Eventually naming itself [[Sector Seven]] and arranging construction of the [[Hoover Dam]] to contain the AllSpark, the group initially planned to move Megatron to the dam as well in [[1935]]. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}} Unfortunately, some delays in the installation of the cryo-block system that would keep Megatron frozen delayed the planned move, however, and the outbreak of [[World War II]] put it on permanent hold. {{storylink|Weapon (issue)|Weapon}} It was in [[1954]] when Sector Seven definitively learned that they could not trust the Arctic cold to keep Megatron frozen when Communist sabotage of the organization's Arctic command post caused the Decepticon leader to thaw out, threatening the lives of the skeleton crew manning the base. Walter Simmons called for liquid nitrogen bombs to be dropped on the base, freezing Megatron solid once more only minutes after he awoke. {{storylink|Frozen}} In [[1969]], Megatron was at last transferred from the Arctic to the Hoover Dam headquarters. as Walter Simmons stayed looking at him. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}
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===''Transformers: Beginnings''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Frank Welker]]

{{note|Transformers: Beginnings is a condensed, flash-animated retelling of the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] [[Transformers: Movie Prequel |Movie Prequel]] that is detailed above this section.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Beginnings (Movie)|Transformers: Beginnings}}

===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comic===
[[Image:MegatronMovie_GeoffSenior.jpg|right|150px|thumb|''The Beast and its armies shall rise from the pit to make war against God.'']]

The [[AllSpark]] had not been blindly launched into space, however—its trajectory was leading it directly towards the [[Alkaris Anomaly]], a wormhole that could potentially transport the cube to any one of an infinite number of locations in the universe. Megatron was fully capable of catching up to the cube before it would enter the wormhole, but as he passed Cybertron's moon, he found himself ensnared by an Autobot tractor beam of remarkable strength that pulled him down to the moon's surface.

Enraged by the ignominy of it all, Megatron turned his weapons on the Autobots responsible, but quickly calmed down enough to realize that this was only playing into their hands, and instead ordered [[Brawl (Movie)|Devastator]] to take his place in the battle. Megatron swooped back into space, hot on the AllSpark's heels, but was unable to stop the cube from falling through the anomaly. Determined to have the AllSpark's power, Megatron chose to enter the wormhole himself, only to be spat out in some far-off star system, with no trace of the AllSpark... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2}}

Megatron entered the [[Solar system]], where he freed [[The Fallen]] from his pocket dimension prison on one of [[Saturn]]'s moons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|The Fallen's profile}}

''This led into [[Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2]].''

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In another reality, he defeated Optimus at [[Mission City]], killed Sam Witwicky and took control of the AllSpark. He was fully linked to it and drew on its power—"It is me and I am it!"—giving him greater might and the ability to heal any wound. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4}}

After conquering an unknown chunk of Earth (including the entire [[United States of America]]) with [[Dropkick]] as his second-in-command, he used the AllSpark's power to start turning Earth from an organic world into a new Cybertron. Optimus Prime lay frozen in the [[Hoover Dam|old Sector Seven base]], Autobot resistance was scattered, and NATO's threat to nuke occupied America was hardly much of one. [[Image:Megatron Bumbleslap.jpg|left|350px|thumb|"''Sigh'' Even mindless violence seems boring today..."]] The only thing bothering Megatron was those rebels breaking into Hoover Dam... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}}

Megatron personally arrived to face [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and hunted for him, trying to bait him into appearing. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2}} Realising the Autobot must have come with a human ally, he deliberately threatened to go after the human and thus got an emotional Bumblebee to make a defiant attack... at which point he backhanded Bumblebee into the wall and prepared to eviscerate him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 11|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3}} He gave the Autobot a chance at a swift death if he begged for mercy, and was quite impressed when Bumblebee merely asked "that all you got?", but was less impressed when Autobot reinforcements arrived. [[Image:Megatron Titan12.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Megatron's BDSM Dungeon just wasn't meeting expectations.]] He effortlessly smashed them aside and was about to kill [[Skyblast (Movie)|Skyblast]] when a new challenger arrived: the revived Optimus! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4}}

Optimus Prime got the snot beaten out of him, every attack he landed on Megatron being repaired by AllSpark power. However, he distracted Megatron long enough for Bumblebee to hit him with the ''other'' thing they'd broken into the Dam for: Sector Seven's greatest weapon, a nanovirus that targeted AllSpark operation frequencies. Infected, the tyrant was consumed from within by his own power and collapsed dead. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}}

Or so it appeared. He'd downloaded his mind into the AllSpark interface module, knowing Starscream would take it and assimilate it into himself. And so Megatron was able to be a voice in Starscream's head for weeks and weeks—and finally, when Starscream had suffered a setback and wanted a plan to stop the Autobots, Megatron gave him one: to let him out... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

While Starscream didn't, he ''did'' follow Megatron's tactical suggestions. He had the Decepticons use both carrot (promise of truce) ''and'' stick (multiple attacks) to make the US government, prompted by [[Theodore Allen|the mind-controlled President Allen]], boot out the Autobots—and then nuke them as they left, giving the Decepticons a clear shot at reconquest! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution Part 1}} This plan backfired when [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] intervened, and Megatron visited a broken, gibbering Starscream to once again tell him the only way out was to release him and let him walk the Earth again. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution Part 2}}
[[Image:Starscreamseesthings_Titan25.jpg|left|350px|thumb|''You're looking throooough me...'']]

This time Starscream ''did''... much to his dismay when he realised what he'd done. And so, when Stockade's New Decepticons stormed the [[Decepticon Heartland]], Megatron was there to "greet" them with fiery death!

Megatron fought Stockade in single combat, and [[Nucleon]]-fueled punches rained down on him—only for him to ''grab'' a punch and use the momentum to hurl his opponent, berating him for lacking clear ambition to support his strength. This fight would've carried on except then the Autobots turned up. Trashing a rebellion, conquering Earth, ''and'' killing Optimus Prime in one day?! WOOOOO!

But Optimus drew first blood, and before Megatron could truly fight back, he was forcibly teleported with his Decepticons to Cybertron. A dead Cybertron. A dead Cybertron that itself teleported to an unknown area of space, leaving them trapped with no way back and no way off, ''forever''.

{{bigquote|'''PRIIIIIME!'''}}

{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part Three}}

===''Ghosts of Yesterday'' prequel novel===
"The Ice Man" was kept in deep freeze by [[Sector Seven]] in their super-secret [[Sector Seven High Arctic Base|High Arctic Base]] until they decided to move him closer to the [[Allspark]] in [[1969]]. The convoy was disrupted when the driver of the lead truck spun out causing the rest of the vehicles to pile up on the icy roads. It was determined later that the driver was the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] spy [[Sergei Tasarov]] who had taken the place of the Sector Seven agent Peter Hodgson.

While the convoy prepared their defenses and a Soviet strike force attacked trying to obtain the Ice Man.

When Megatron came partially online, it was obvious that some time had passed. Not only was he encased in a primitive transport, but there were [[Human|lifeforms]] fighting over him. Before Megatron could properly exterminate them, another crude transport crashed into his, causing a massive (but not spark-threatening) explosion. Megatron would have been pleased to know that the fire only added to his terrifying visage in the eyes of the maggots. Regaining his composure, Megatron noticed [[Philip Nolan|an insect]] standing near him. As Megatron reached out to grab it, [[Thomas Kinnear|another insect]], this one terminally damaged, began firing crude projectiles which his body armor easily deflected. Waiting until after the creature had expended its ammunition, Megatron grabbed it in his hand, only to discover that it had packed itself with explosives, which threw Megatron to the ground when they detonated. Then, the aforementioned first insect began spraying liquid nitrogen on Megatron, causing him to go back into stasis. Unable to escape, Megatron screamed a dark vengeance upon his captors. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

===''Transformers'' (2007 movie)===
{{voiceactor|[[Hugo Weaving]] (English), [[Kōtarō Nakamura]] (Japanese)|[[José Santa Cruz]] (Brazil), [[Hans-Jürgen Wolf]] (German) [[Luca Biagini]] (Italian), [[Gerardo Vásquez]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}

[[Image:Movie2007_Megatron_ArchibaldWitwicky.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Oh baby, you know just the spot to turn me on!]]

Megatron eventually succeeded in tracking the AllSpark to [[Earth]], where he rather embarrassingly crash-landed in the Arctic Circle and was frozen solid for thousands of years. In [[1897]], some 100 Earth-years before the arrival of the other Transformers, he was discovered by an explorer named [[Archibald Witwicky|Archibald Amundsen Witwicky]]. Captain Witwicky accidentally activated Megatron's navigation system and caused the coordinates of the AllSpark to be etched onto the explorer's glasses. Megatron remained imprisoned in the Arctic until the 1930s, when he was dug out by the United States government and moved to a secret [[Sector Seven]] stronghold inside [[Hoover Dam]]. In the years that followed, many modern devices (by Earth standards) were reverse-engineered from his frozen body.

[[Image:Movie Megatron breakout.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Mace isn't for spraying, it's for hitting.]]

In the present day, having searched the galaxy for the AllSpark and being drawn to Earth, the remaining Decepticons learned of Witwicky's glasses. Through the Internet, they determined the location of both Megatron and the AllSpark inside Hoover Dam. [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] infiltrated the dam and shut down the power systems, while Starscream attacked the external powerlines, resulting in Megatron's thawing out. Once again online, the leader of the Decepticons informed the worthless insects of his true name, shouting "I am Megatron!" (to clear up all that N.B.E.-01/Ice Man nonsense), randomly killed a few of them while destroying his former prison, then transformed and flew off after the AllSpark again. He met up with Starscream for the first time in thousands of years on the outside, and, never one for pleasantries, immediately demanded to know where the Cube was. Upon learning that the humans had moved the AllSpark, Megatron berated Starscream for yet another failure.

[[Image:Movie2007_Megatron_Starscream.jpg|thumb|left|250px|You fail me yet again Starscream... will I ever meet [[Starscream (SG)|a Starscream that is truly loyal?]]]]

After Starscream and Devastator's opening attacks in [[Mission City]], Megatron arrived, and again declared his name (he really wants people to know who he is). The Autobots were so panicked by the sight of their long lost nemesis that [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] called for a temporary retreat. Megatron blasted [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] away when the diminutive Autobot attempted to attack, then threw him into the air before crushing him on top of a tower with his clawed talons. Jazz vainly fought on, asking if Megatron wanted a "piece", but doing little damage to Megatron. The Decepticon leader killed the Autobot by tearing him in half, callously declaring that he wanted "two".

[[Image:Movie Megatron jetmode cityfight.jpg|250px|thumb|Whoa, that energon's not settling too well.]]

As [[Sam Witwicky|the human boy]] ran off with the AllSpark, Megatron ordered the Decepticons to [[Decepticons, attack|attack]]. Devastator attacked the armed insects, while Starscream and [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] fought [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and Ratchet for the AllSpark. At that moment, Optimus Prime appeared and challenged Megatron. Millennia in the ice had done nothing to lessen the animosity Megatron felt for his brother, however. Barely managing to growl out Prime's name, he transformed and flew at Prime at full speed. The Autobot leader leapt and grabbed a hold of Megatron, who slammed him into a building before flying right through a skyscraper. Both leaders landed in the middle of an intersection, but Megatron was the first to recover and leaped upon his brother, snarling that the humans were undeserving of life. Optimus Prime replied that they had the right to choose for themselves before he threw his brother off. Megatron declared that if Prime wished to defend them, he should "join them in extinction", forming his [[fusion cannon]]. Before he could fire, the Autobot leader drew his [[ion blaster]] and fired, hitting Megatron. The Decepticon leader shrugged off this attack, spun around from the momentum and fired his cannon, throwing Optimus Prime into the side of a building.

[[Image:Movie Megatron Samonroof.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Oh look I found a stray human... wonder if I can keep him as a pet... come on boy, don't be scared. I'll take you to a new home.]]

Megatron pursued the young human who had removed the AllSpark from Hoover Dam, destroying everything that stood in his way. The boy ran to a dilapidated building that was the designated coordinates for a human military evacuation team, and Megatron smashed his way through, yelling that he could smell the human maggot. Starscream destroyed the helicopter intended to take the AllSpark, and Megatron burst through the floor, inquiring if it was courage or fear that compelled him. Finally cornering him on a ledge, Megatron offered that if the human gave him the AllSpark, the boy might live as [[Ravage (G1)|his]] [[Laserbeak (G1)|pet]]. The Decepticon leader relished the human's defiant refusal and destroyed the ledge the human was standing upon, sending the boy tumbling to the ground.

[[Image:Movie2007_Prime_Megatron.jpg|thumb|250px|Get up, so I can knock you back down!]]

Unfortunately, the human was caught by Optimus Prime, who then tried to escape down the side of the building before Megatron tackled him and sent all three slamming into the pavement. As a nearby [[Michael Bay|human bystander]] attempted to run, the Decepticon expressed his disgust at the insect's proximity and flicked it away. Protecting the young boy, Prime declared that their war would end here and it was now just between the two brothers. Though lusting for the AllSpark, Megatron decided to indulge his brother's obvious death wish, declaring that only he was in this fight. Despite Optimus Prime's best efforts, Megatron was relentless, matching the Autobot leader with blow after devastating blow until he collapsed. Adding insult to injury, Megatron informed Prime that his defense of the "weak" was the real reason he lost.

[[Image:Megatron allspark merge.JPG|left|250px|thumb| The AllSpark will give you sparkburn!]]

The Decepticon leader turned his attention back to the human boy, but was suddenly attacked by the human fighter jets and [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]]'s ground soldiers firing sabot rounds. Optimus took this chance, striking Megatron and knocking him down. His armor a damaged, shattered mess, Megatron ignored the punishment and focused on the human boy, growling that he would kill the boy and that the AllSpark was his. As Optimus Prime ordered the boy to place the AllSpark into his chest, the human instead pushed it into the now-exposed [[spark]] in Megatron's chest, overloading him with energy and extinguishing the Decepticon's life force. As Optimus Prime stood over Megatron's lifeless shell, watching the light flicker out of his brother's [[Sensors#Optical sensors|optics]], he remarked somberly, yet remorsefully, that Megatron had left him no choice, and removed a shard of the AllSpark from his brother's spark cavity.

Megatron's body was dumped into the [[Laurentian Abyss]] at its deepest point, along with the remains of the other Decepticons, where the near-freezing temperatures would, hopefully, keep them dormant indefinitely. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}
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===Toy bios===
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Megatron was ''born'' evil, always wanting domination of everything. {{storylink|Megatron (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys|Voyager Megatron}} His fiery diatribes still managed to sway thousands, however. {{storylink|Megatron (Movie)/toys#Robot Replicas|Robot Replica Megatron}}

At some point, he took a stealth mode so he could attack Optimus without warning. {{storylink|Megatron (Movie)/toys#Fast Action Battlers|Night Attack Megatron}}

When frozen on Earth, he remained vaguely conscious and remembers a few things from when he warmed up slightly. At one point, his body was worshipped as a god by [[protohuman]]s. {{storylink|Megatron (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys|Premium Series Megatron}}

===Beast Wars Diorama Story===
[[Image:BWDiorama Megatrons.jpg|thumb|left|]]
On Earth in the past and in another universe, a group of [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], led by another [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], battled a contingent of [[Maximal]]s in a forest. {{storylink|Optimus Primal Chapter}}

Some time into the battle, a warp opened, bringing with it [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]. After being defeated by the Maximals, Starscream joined the Predacons. {{storylink|Tigatron Chapter}} [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] later appeared and joined the Predacons, as well. As the battled raged, Megatron came in through the warp. {{storylink|Gimlet Chapter}}

The Decepticon Megatron brought along [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]], and the two Megatrons combined their troops into a fearsome force against the Autobots and Maximals. In the ensuing skirmish, Megatron stood on a cliff edge and loomed over the battle. The two factions then took formation against each other with the intention of combining their energies to attack the opposing side. The Predacon Megatron led the combined Predacon/Decepticon force. With [[Motorarm (BWII)|Motorarm]] leading the charge, the Maximals and the Autobots attacked first. {{storylink|Motorarm Chapter}}
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===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
In the aftermath of the battle in Mission City, [[Sector Seven]] hauled away Megatron's corpse along with the other Decepticon bodies. The clandestine human organisation brought the bodies to a secret facility in the Nevada desert, with the intention of getting every bit of information they can out of the dead Decepticons before they were forced to dump them into the sea. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1}} When he arrived to oversee the burial of those who fell in Mission City, Optimus Prime noticed the surviving AllSpark fragment glowed when near Megatron's body, and gave it to [[Vine|Professor Vine]] for safekeeping. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2}} Weeks later, Megatron, along with Blackout, was dumped into the Laurentian Abyss. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3}}
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===Transformers Mix & Match book===
{{Note|Due to the malleable storytelling format of the Mix & Match book, listed here is Megatron's story role if all the segments visually featuring him are lined-up. For all the possible iterations of his role in the story, see the [[Transformers Mix & Match]] page.}}
Megatron prepared to engage Optimus Prime in a battle that would decide mankind's fate, as both Blackout in vehicle mode, and the humans in their fighter jets, swarmed the skies around them. {{storylink|Transformers Mix & Match}}
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===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie===
{{voiceactor|[[Hugo Weaving]] (English), [[Kōtarō Nakamura]] (Japan)|[[Hans-Jürgen Wolf]] (German), [[José Santa Cruz]] (Brazil) [[Luca Biagini]] (Italian), [[Gerardo Vásquez]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}

[[Image:ROTFMegatronRising.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Now, where's Starscream? I want to give him a piece of my mind.]]

Megatron's death would not last long, however. [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] tapped into a conversation between [[NEST]] and General [[Morshower]], listening to Director [[Theodore Galloway]] mention that 1) a shard of the [[AllSpark]] was in storage in [[Diego Garcia]] and 2) Megatron's body lay in the [[Laurentian Abyss]]. [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] was sent to steal the shard, and swam to the Abyss with [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]], [[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]], [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]], [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]] and [[Scrapmetal (ROTF)|Scrapmetal]]. Scalpel ordered spare parts be used to repair Megatron's body with "ze little one", who was torn apart by his larger brethren, and then struck Megatron with the shard: the Decepticon leader was reborn as a Cybertronian tank with flight capabilities and a [[death-lock pincer]]. Megatron flew up to the surface, striking a [[USS Topeka|submarine]] on his way, before journeying into space to find the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]''.

[[Image:TheFallen-ROTFNemesis.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"My Master, I have fai--" "I'm trying to watch the game here!"]]

On the ruined ship, Megatron met up with [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and chastised his subordinate for leaving him to die on Earth. Starscream defended his actions by saying that he had to take care of the [[hatchling]]s, who were dying without [[energon]], as someone had to take command in Megatron's absence. Furious, Megatron bashed Starscream into a wall containing protoform sacks, and told Starscream that even in death, there is no command but Megatron's. Megatron met up with [[The Fallen]], who was weakened and in a life support chair. Megatron told his master he had failed and allowed the AllSpark to be destroyed, but The Fallen told Megatron that the knowledge of the AllSpark had instead been transferred to the human boy who killed him, [[Sam Witwicky]]. With the knowledge within Sam's mind, they could find another energon source, hidden away from The Fallen eons ago. Already eager to avenge himself, Megatron begged The Fallen for the chance to strip the flesh from Sam, but The Fallen asked for patience. Before they could act, Megatron was to kill [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], who was the last of the [[Dynasty of Primes]], which made him the only one that could kill the Fallen. Megatron knew that Optimus would protect the boy, and ordered him captured.

[[Image:ROTF Megatron tank mode.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Don't blink. He isn't like this much.]]

Megatron sprang a trap, dispatching [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] to take [[Sam Witwicky]], [[Mikaela Banes]] and [[Leo Spitz]] to him at an abandoned factory. Although Megatron would have rather killed Sam slowly and painfully, Sam had valuable information as to the energon source's location in his mind, which he had received from his own AllSpark fragment. Megatron held the boy down while Scalpel performed several invasive probes of Sam's mind. Scalpel's probes confirmed The Fallen's claims, and Scalpel declared that they needed Sam's brain on the table, something Megatron had no objections to. Just as Scalpel was ready to dissect Sam's brain, Optimus and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] burst in to rescue the humans. Megatron attempted to attack Optimus, but was instead shot out of the factory. Optimus drove Sam to a forest, with Megatron in hot pursuit. The Autobot and Decepticon leaders transformed and battled as Sam fled. Optimus was pretty easily dominating the fight, trash talking Megatron all the while, forcing Megatron to call his Decepticons for help.

[[Image:ROTFPrimePunch.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Body or face, Megatron?" "Not the face!" "Too bad!"]]

Starscream and Grindor arrived to aid their commander, as Megatron told Prime that Sam could lead them to another energon source. Kicking off his [[mouthplate]] and blasting him, Megatron asked Prime if one boy was worth the future of the Cybertronians. Prime replied that he'd never stop at killing just one, then took on all three Decepticons. Surprisingly, he was winning, stabbing Megatron multiple times and knocking off Starscream's arm. As a weary Prime tore Grindor apart, Megatron [[Death-lock pincer|stabbed]] him in the back and blasted through his spark: Prime fell, mortally wounded. As Megatron moved for the boy, the rest of the Autobots arrived and provided enough cover for Bumblebee to spirit Sam away. Already injured from the battle with Prime, Megatron and Starscream were forced to retreat.

[[Image:ROTF_movie_MegatronStarscream_roofchat.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"That's IT! No more Mr. Nice Megatron!" "But you were never—" "SHUT UP!"]]

With Prime dead, Megatron was quite pleased, until Starscream informed him that the boy had escaped. Furious, Megatron smacked his lieutenant with his own severed arm and ran his treads on him for a moment for losing track of a single insect, but Starscream countered that he was one of seven billion, and could be anywhere. Considering the situation, Megatron decided it was time to end their secret war, and that if they couldn't find the boy, they'd have the humans bring him to the Decepticons. Soundwave used his scanning abilities to locate the boys parents, the rejuvenated Fallen broadcast a message to deliver Sam to them across the planet. Megatron himself broadcasted the Fallen's message by rewiring the [[Empire State Building]]'s radio tower.

[[Image:ROTFMegatronSam.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Hey, he stole my purse! Wallet! I mean wallet!]]

He then flew to [[Egypt]], where nineteen thousand years before, the Fallen had built a [[Star Harvester]] to harness the [[Sun]] for energon. Starscream informed him that the humans had brought Prime's body with them, and Megatron surmised the boy's intentions. Commanding the rest of the Decepticons to begin their [[Operation: Firestorm|assault]], Megatron ordered [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] to destroy the pyramid that was built over the harvester, while he himself chased Sam for the [[Matrix of Leadership]], which would activate the harvester. Megatron almost killed Sam, but was overwhelmed by human gunfire, and flew off.

[[Image:ROTF Megatron not over.JPG|thumb|right|250px|It's just a flesh wound. Err, armor wound.]]

Fortunately, The Fallen managed to take the Matrix and activate the harvester, but it had already been used to resurrect Optimus. Optimus combined with [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] and destroyed the harvester, knocking Megatron off the pyramid while Prime went for The Fallen. Quickly recovering, Megatron attacked Optimus from behind, leading to a two on one match with Megatron and the Fallen battling Prime. This one went better for Optimus than the last one, as he used Megatron's own cannon to blast half his face off, and then severed the arm. Finally, Optimus used his afterburners to send Megatron hurtling through some ruins, ending his role in the battle. Megatron was so damaged he could barely call out for "Tharscweam!", but it soon mattered little as Optimus Prime killed the Fallen. Horrified at the loss of the power behind the Decepticons, Megatron acknowledged Starscream's advice that they should flee, but noted that "This isn't over." {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
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===Cyber Missions===
{{voiceactor|[[Tony Gialluca II]] (English)|[[Gerardo Vásquez]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
[[Image:CyberMissions4_Megatron.JPG|right|thumb|300|You wants a Megatron more ugly?]]

Hiding in a disused factory, Megatron was able to cloak the energy signature of his spark, so that when Optimus and Sideswipe turned up, they didn't notice him hiding under a pile of girders. He was able to get the drop on them and sneeringly mocked them as they fought, until Sideswipe jabbed him in the foot. Optimus suggested he surrender, but Megatron instead transformed to tank mode and brought the roof down on them. By the time the two Autobots recovered, Megatron was gone. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 4}}

Not soon after the encounter, Megatron ordered his subordinate [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] to rendezvous somewhere in the Arctic, and revealed that he knew of his ambition to take over leadership of the Decepticons. However, due to the Autobots tracking Starscream en route to Megatron's location, Optimus Prime appeared not long after. Starscream and Megatron double-teamed Optimus for a brief time before the other members of Optimus's team arrived. Ordering Starscream to deal with the others, Megatron continued to attack. Megatron is soon beaten down and asks his foe if he will finish him, but Optimus grants him mercy and allows him to escape. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 12}}

Megatron received the energy signature of [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], and tracked him to a bullet train, which he soon stopped dead in its tracks (literally). [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]], [[Barricade (Movie)| Barricade]], Starscream, and [[Mindwipe (ROTF)| Mindwipe]] soon arrived on the scene. As Megatron attempted to retrieve his fallen communications officer, he discovered that it was in fact a hologram created by [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], and was a distraction while the Autobots arrived. Megatron once again fought Optimus, who pointed out that Megatron's alliances were merely because of fear, unlike the Autobots' alliances. The human military arrived, and the Decepticons were backed into a corner. Optimus then declared that they leave Earth or face the consequences. The other 'Cons retreated, while Megatron made one final promise to destroy Earth the next time around, and blasted off into space. {{storylink|Decepticons Attack}}

===IDW ''Dark of the Moon'' comics===
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===''Prepare to Battle'' prequel material===
Long ago, during his search for [[AllSpark]], Megatron knew that the [[Knights of Cybertron]] would stand between him and the AllSpark, so he approached them offering to surrender in return for amnesty, in reality planning to get rid of them. The Knights reluctantly accepted and the entirety of their group arrived for the meeting. Megatron and his forces used this occasion to trap and destroy them.

Centuries later, [[Soundwave (ROTF) |Soundwave]] reported an intercepted transmission from [[Evac (Ride)|Evac]], the last of the Knights. Realizing that Evac represented an era of Cybertron before him, an era he wished to erase, and that he was also after the last shard of the All Spark, Megatron knew the destruction of the Knights and possession of the shard were in his reach. {{storylink|Prepare for Battle (website)}}

===''Dark of the Moon'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[Hugo Weaving]] (English), [[Kōtarō Nakamura]] (Japanese)|[[Gerardo Vásquez]] (Latin American Spanish)}}

{{quote|Cybertron... you are saved, at last.|Megatron|[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]}}

[[Image:Dotm-megatron-face.jpg|left|thumb|250 px|[[Doctor Doom|Curse you]], [[Fantastic Four]]!]]

Three years after Operation: Firestorm and the death of the Fallen, Megatron finally adopted an Earth form - ironically, a large tractor-trailer not unlike that of his hated enemy - and hid out in the plains of Namibia, Africa, in exile. There, still visibly bearing the scars of his battle with Optimus Prime, he spent most of his time sitting on a ramshackle throne of junk, with only [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]], and the diminutive [[Igor]] to command. Megatron regularly went out to find food for the [[Hatchling]]s that lived in a collection of oil drums at the camp, occasionally scaring the local wildlife with his roaring and bellowing. Starscream expressed his concern for his master's wounds, but Megatron was not fooled by his sucking up. Laserbeak returned after observing [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]'s fight with Optimus, and he and Soundwave told Megatron that the Autobots had discovered a fuel cell from the Ark, which had been thought lost. Megatron noted his approval of the two's work, and decided that the humans that were working for them had served their purpose, and ordered them to be eliminated.

[[Image:DOTM-MegatronLincolnMemorialchair.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Finally, a reference to "[[Atlantis, Arise!]]"]]
After [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] betrayed the Autobots, Megatron and Starscream travelled to Washington D.C., where Megatron outlined his scheme to his second-in-command. Apparently, Sentinel was supposed to rendezvous with Megatron there on Earth, but the circumstances caused them both to be deactivated, and Sentinel was the only one who knew how to activate the [[space bridge]]. However, Megatron had a contingency plan: since they already had the pillars on the Moon and Optimus had recovered the Matrix of Leadership, he merely needed Optimus to revive Sentinel, so he could activate the pillars. And so arrived that moment, and Megatron blasted President Lincoln off his stone throne, and used the remains as a seat. Optimus arrived to stop Sentinel but was too late. Megatron watched this happen, after which he declared, "Here we are. Fight us ''now''."

[[Image:DOTM-SentinelandMegatron.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Megatron just needs to crash on Sentinel's couch for a few days until he can get back on his feet.]]

Soon, they travelled to Chicago, Illinois, where Sentinel and Megatron planned to start their global takeover. They set up their base of operations on the [[wikipedia:35_East_Wacker | Jewelers' Building]]. Human [[Dylan Gould]], who was working for the Decepticons, came with [[Carly Spencer]] to watch, but Megatron ordered him to leave. Dylan did so but muttered to Carly "he's such a dick". After the Decepticons successfully occupied Chicago, Megatron stated that this was the world that he promised, that this way Cybertron would be restored. Sentinel, feeling his partner was getting too chummy, violently reminded Megatron of his place; Sentinel did not work ''for'' Megatron, he worked ''with'' Megatron, and warned the Decepticon to remember the difference.

Much later, Dylan shouted to Megatron that the Autobots who, were seemingly destroyed by Starscream, were still alive. Megatron ordered the bridges to be raised and all [[Orbital Assault Carrier|Decepticon ships]] to find the Autobots.

[[Image:DOTM off with his head.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Insert your own "Give me your face" joke here.]]
Sentinel would take control of the Decepticon forces in the fight against the Autobots, and so, as the battle raged Megatron lay in another throne of junk, sulking. That is, until he was goaded by [[Carly Spencer]], a human, to return to battle and kill Sentinel for apparently usurping him. That is what he came close to doing: he intervened in the battle just before Sentinel was about to deal the fatal blow to Optimus, and severely wounded Sentinel. Megatron realized how far he had fallen in power within the past few years, and had decided to once again take his rightful place at the top of the command chain. He attempted to make a truce with Optimus, as long he could remain in charge of his Decepticon forces, saying, "After all, what would you be without me, Prime?" However, Optimus was no longer interested in peace, and answered "Time to find out." Just as Megatron was about to shoot, Optimus shoved Megatron to the ground, smashed Megatron's head with an energy axe, and tore it off his body, killing the tyrant once and for all. Optimus then used his nemesis' fusion shotgun to end Sentinel's life as well.

{{note|In an earlier draft of the movie's script, Megatron is sincere when he offers Optimus Prime a truce at the end. Optimus accepts, and Megatron and the remaining Decepticons leave Earth to rebuild Cybertron. This ending is used for the novelization and the comic adaptation.}}

{{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

===Mega-Mouth===
[[Megatron (WFC)|A certain Megatron]] from an alternate universe seemed to think he was ''this'' Megatron, as he claimed he attacked Sentinel. {{storylink|Transformers_Comic_issue_4.1#Mega-Mouth|Mega-Mouth #1}} He also explained why he wore a cowl in ''Dark of the Moon'', {{storylink|Transformers_Comic_issue_4.4#Mega-Mouth|Mega-Mouth #4}} and claimed that he survived ''Dark of the Moon''. {{storylink|Transformers_Comic_issue_4.5#Mega-Mouth|Mega-Mouth #5}}

===''Age of Extinction'' film===
{{spoiler|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|July 28}}
:''See: [[Galvatron (AOE)]]

Megatron's severed head was acquired by KSI, who forced [[Brains]] to transfer data from the Decepticon leader to the man-made Galvatron. Brains discovered that Megatron was not dead, and that he was playing the humans to complete Galvatron and eventually take over the new body.

==Games==
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==Toys==

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==Merchandise==
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==Notes==
[[Image:Movie Megatron olduglyface.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I'm blind!]]
* The prototype photographs on the back of Leader and Voyager class Megatrons' packaging show him with a completely different head based upon an earlier version of CGI design (seen on the right) that was dropped after much negative fan reaction.
* According to The Movie Guide, Megatron is one of the few Transformers capable of space travel without reverting to a Protoform. This explains how he was capable of chasing the AllSpark ''immediately'' after its launch.
[[Image:EarlyMegsMovieConceptartwithG1headandbody.jpg|right|200px|thumb|This would've shut [[GEEWUN|them]] up.]]
* The earliest concept designs of Megatron gave him a look very much inspired by his ''Generation One'' counterpart. Unlike the Cybertronic jet seen in the first movie, this Megatron was intended to transform into an army tank.
* According to [[The Quest for the AllSpark]] paperback's opening paragraph, "...Most revered were Optimus and Megatron. They were twin brothers of the Prime dynasty." (This implies that Megatron may have also had the surname "Prime" at one time.) Similarly, in the ''Autobots'' version of the same DS game, it is noted that Megatron "took the spark" of his and Optimus' father. However, in the [[Transformers Comic issue 2.12|twelfth issue of Titan's ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comic]], [[Barricade (Movie)|"Barricade"]] informed readers that Megatron and Optimus weren't related, the term "brother" was just because they'd known each other for so long.
* Early script drafts and a [[Optimus Prime Versus Megatron|children's picture book]] featured Megatron consuming the [[spark]]s of his fallen foes, but this didn't make it into the final film due to time constraints. The novelisation of the movie, on the other hand, sees him chow down on Jazz in the final battle; similarly, although not outright stated in dialogue, his animalistic pouncing on the fallen bodies of various characters (including Optimus Prime, Starscream, Jazz and the [[Create-A-Bot (Decepticon)|Decepticon Create-A-Bot]]) in the Movie Nintendo DS games, following by what appears to be rooting around in their innards, seems to suggest he's doing the same there.
* Despite his undeniable hatred of humans, Megatron is the only Decepticon in the movie who doesn't speak [[Cybertronian languages|Cybertronian]] for the majority of his dialogue. In fact, he speaks ''fluent'' English upon reviving, despite the fact that [[wikipedia:Modern English|Modern English]] came into existence around the Sixteenth century, when he was presumably still frozen in the ice. This could suggest that he still was somehow conscious when he was studied by Sector Seven (which he also overtly states upon awakening in the IDW comic adaptation). This would explain why his first action after thawing was declaring his name—imagine being frozen for generations being referred to as "N.B.E. 1", or even worse: "Mega-Man" ''and'' "Ice-man".
*[[Detroit]] Lions American football player Calvin Johnson has earned the nickname Megatron, due to his large stature and unstoppability. Since he got the nickname around the same time as the movie was in theaters, we assume he was named for this Megatron. Johnson has worn a hat with the Decepticon logo on it. <ref>[http://larrybrownsports.com/football/calvin-johnson-now-rocks-a-megatron-transformers-hat-picture/92078 Calvin Johnson now rocks a Megatron Transformers hat]</ref> Nike came out with a limited edition line "Megatron" styled sports gear for the 2012 Thanksgiving day game.<ref>[http://www.nikeblog.com/2012/11/22/nike-calvin-johnson-megatron-collection/ Nike Calvin Johnson ‘Megatron’ Collection]</ref>
* The Megatron computer generated model consisted of 2411 individual pieces, 433,949 polygons, 8924 rig nodes, and 1437 texture maps. The pieces combined gave a volume of 10,325 cubic feet.<ref>Robertson, Barbara (2007). Heavy Metal. ''Computer Graphics, 30''(7), 12-17.</ref>
[[Image:MBMovieMegatronAttacks.jpg|thumb|250px|You'll find battling me A COSTLY MISTAKE, Optimus Prime!]]
*The [[Milton Bradley]] [[Transformers Battling Card Game]] depicts a couple of unique attacks for Megatron's original form; one card gives him a pair of forearm-mounted blades as an "Arm Sword", and another shows him firing a swarm of missiles from his chest in a "Missile Attack".
*It was decided that Megatron would not be renamed Galvatron in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' for the sake of the general audience.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/180451-welcome-mr-roberto-orci-you-may-ask-him-questions-229.html#post3421064 Roberto Orci answers fan questions on the TFW2005 boards.]
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*While ''[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe]]'' and the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|comic adaptation]] create the idea that Megatron is a [[Triple Changer]] that alternates between his robot, jet, and tank modes, there is absolutely nothing to support this in the movie. Throughout the entire film, he only transforms into a winged tank portrayed by the Voyager figure and is more than capable of flying in said mode. Of course, whether or not his flying tank mode is considered a third mode is up to interpretation.
*According to his bio on the Hasbro sticker sheets, ''Revenge'' Megatron weighs in at 5.7 metric tons, is 35 feet tall, uses an 'Ion-fused chain whip' for his primary weapon, has a 'Strength power level' of 10, and changes into an 'Interstellar jet.' The mention of a chain whip and a jet mode seem to indicate the card's stats were based on his original form, rather than his ''Revenge of the Fallen'' tank mode. The card also surmises that Megatron's might will 'make the Earth quake, and the stars fall from the sky.' The two-disc special edition of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' DVD also gives him a height of 35 feet.
*In the ''[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe]]'', it states Megatron possesses an internal self-regenerating dark matter power core which is possibly of alien origin.
*His weatherbeaten Mack tanker truck mode and Cybertronian sawed-off shotgun as seen in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'' are fairly straightforward nods to the 1981 film ''[[Wikipedia:Mad Max 2|Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior]]''.
*The whole notion of him even being [[Megatron_(Movie)/toys#Voyager_Class_toys_4|a tanker truck]] in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'' in the first place might be a nod to executive producer [[Steven Spielberg]]'s first movie, [[Wikipedia:Duel (1971 film)|Duel]], where a similar truck is the main "bad guy".
*Early concepts for his ''Dark of the Moon'' design called him Cyclonus in an attempt to curb leaks and spread misinformation.
*Megatron's story was altered significantly twice during development of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' and ''Dark of the Moon'': the climax of the second film would have revealed Megatron served The Fallen under the pretense of becoming a Prime, which Optimus exposes a lie, explaining Primes are born, not made. An angered Megatron refused to aid The Fallen in his final battle, and returned to the ''Nemesis'' via The Fallen's space bridge to raise an army of hatchlings. In the film he is removed from the battle by having Optimus disfigure him with his own cannon, forcing him to hide as a truck in Africa. Megatron would have survived ''Dark of the Moon'', with Optimus accepting the truce after helping kill Sentinel, with Megatron returning to Cybertron and leaving the possibility open to a fourth film. On screen, Megatron's offer comes across as less than sincere, allowing Optimus to finally tear his head off.
*Although Megatron uses [[Death-lock pincer|Fusion Cannon]] in both previous films, in ''Dark of the Moon'' Megatron's weapon changes to a Fusion Shotgun.
*Megatron is the only character to have appeared in all three movies to have received a distinctly different body design and alternate form for each film. Each subsequent change having an in-story reason as well (brought back from the dead and repaired in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', and being forced into hiding due to injuries he sustained at the end of the former-mentioned film in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''). This trend even follows into ''[[Transformers: The Ride – 3D]]'', wherein Megatron appears in his DOTM body, but with the ROTF "Murder arm".
* In all three movies, Megatron's fusion cannon makes a distinctive noise as it charges that none of the other weapons in the films make. Generation 1 Megatron's fusion cannon also had a unique sound effect.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Megatron''' (メガトロン ''Megatoron'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Megaton''' (Taiwan, 密卡登 ''Mìkǎdēng''), '''Wēi Zhèn Tīan''' (China, 威震天, "Extremely Prestigious", literally "Heaven-shaking Might")

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/toytables/movie_megatron.htm Megatron at TFU.info]

==References==
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Megatron (Movie)

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:''Megatron is the [[Decepticon]] leader from the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Movie_Megatron_Defiance3.jpg|thumb|300px|Friends, [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticonians]], countrybots, lend me your audio receptors!]]

'''Megatron''' was not always the viciously powerful and brutally direct leader of the Decepticons: he was once brothers-in-arms with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] and a student of [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], appointed to be Cybertron's [[Lord High Protector|Protector]] and commander of its [[Defense Force]]. But Megatron resented his comrade, knowing he was a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] and therefore Sentinel's favored son. This anger allowed [[The Fallen]] to ensnare him and led to the revival of the Decepticons. Even without The Fallen though, it's not hard to imagine Megatron would have erupted Cybertron into war to rid himself of Optimus.

Megatron tends to become so obsessed with the object of his desires that he can ignore "secondary" matters, glaring flaws in his plans. Otherwise, he likely wouldn't have chased after the [[AllSpark]] alone, and spent centuries entombed in the [[Arctic]]. Trying to talk Megatron out of blindly going for his goals is useless. He will risk his world, his troops, and even his own [[spark]] to achieve his goals; these things do not matter to Megatron. Like his master, Megatron feels a violent hatred towards [[human]]s and views them as only slightly above bacteria, a feeling exacerbated by spending decades as their prisoner.

{{quote|You still fight for the weak! That is why ''you lose!''|Megatron to Optimus|[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]}}

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
During the dark age of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] after the fall of the [[Dynasty of Primes]], Megatron became a follower of [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]. Sentinel recovered the [[AllSpark]], and planned to transport a sun to repower it and the rest of Cybertron. The [[Thetacon (tribe)|Thetacon]]s, who believed Sentinel to be a mad heretic, launched an attack on the AllSpark's facility. Megatron, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]], [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] fended off the Thetacons when Sentinel and [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] successfully transported a star to Cybertron. The Thetacons laid down their arms, but Megatron resented that so many of his comrades had died before Cybertron's new dawn, and it was only by Optimus's persuasion that Megatron found it within himself to forgive his enemies and shake the Thetacon [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]'s hand. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1}}

That evening, Megatron eavesdropped on a conversation between Sentinel and Optimus. Sentinel claimed Optimus was also a Prime, and intended to make him the new ruler of Cybertron. Optimus refused, unable to accept he was a Prime and somehow superior to his comrades. The next day, Megatron grumbled to Shockwave that if he were Optimus, he would have accepted Sentinel's offer. They came across a [[Driller]] attacking a [[hatchling]] field trip, and successfully shot the creature to pieces. Megatron asked for the name of the Cybertronian who volunteered to guard the hatchlings: his name was [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]].

Three days later at the capital city of [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticon]], Sentinel Prime officially declared Cybertron's unification, and announced the planet would be governed by Optimus's [[Science Division]], and Megatron's [[Defense Force]]. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2}} For two generations, Optimus and Megatron ruled Cybertron successfully, creating a balance of fair and firm leadership. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} When [[Malcontent]] activity increased on Cybertron, Megatron met with Optimus and requested supreme authority in protecting the planet. Optimus obliged. Megatron then requested to be called [[Lord High Protector]] and to be addressed as "sir". {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

[[Image:Defiance1 Megs Prime argument.jpg|left|350px|thumb|"Know your place, boy!"]]

After Commander Starscream returned from his patrol in the [[Eshems Nebula]], Optimus was reporting on his science sector's continuing excavation of the site near [[Simfur Temple]] and the unusual pulse waves that the AllSpark had been emitting ever since work began. At the excavation site, while Optimus' scientists were concerned with disturbing the ancient artifacts, all Megatron cared about was whether these relics might provide the same revitalising energy as the AllSpark. He was nettled when Optimus asserted the sector's dominion over all scientific and archaeological discoveries and reminded his junior that it was his defence force that protected this world, demanding to be informed of all possible threats from the excavation's findings. When Optimus dared to remind Megatron of the military's treatment of such discoveries as hostile, Megatron told Optimus that when ''he'' tried to be the leader of Cybertron, he could make those decisions, not ''now''. When a mysterious relic was discovered, Megatron ordered it removed at once, a demand that Optimus disagreed with. Just as the pair were about to launch into another argument, Cybertron fell under attack from Nebula inhabitants. Megatron had the relic quickly moved to his quarters under the guise of protecting it from the invaders. Arriving to find [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] seeking cover within the temple of Simfur, Megatron chastised their alleged lack of courage before he was hit by an alien tank vehicle. After destroying it, he told Starscream to keep Optimus' team out of the military's way and staggered back to his quarters in Trypticon. Drawn towards the relic, he ignored his injuries and scraped away at the layers of debris encrusting it before losing consciousness. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}}

[[Image:Defiance2_Megatron_warrally.jpg|thumb|250px|Mein Führer!]]

The relic used what little power it had left to repair Megatron's wounds. At first Megatron was angry, demanding the being to show himself to the Protector of all Cybertron. The relic explained that it was unable to do so without Megatron's help, and ''if'' he helped, the relic would truly make him '''Lord''' of Cybertron. The relic then fired beams of energy into Megatron's mind (turning his white optic sensors red), explaining what needed to be done, filling him with delusions of grandeur. When Optimus came looking for the Protector, Megatron had changed; he had become even more aggressive in his speech and demeanor, and what's more, he demanded Optimus gather his scientists to go to war. When Optimus explained the sector was not combat-trained, Megatron shot back that the scientists should have known what the aliens were after: the AllSpark. Optimus refused, stating that the army's mission was of defense, and it went against everything their society was based upon to exacerbate war. Megatron slammed Optimus into the wall and stated that their society then needed to ''change''. He held a massive saber-rattling war rally outside Trypticon, demanding vengeance upon the alien aggressors. He claimed that until the war ended, he would assume full control of the military, and everybody would answer only to him. Megatron ordered all flight-capable Cybertronians accompany him to the Eshems Nebula, where they launched a surprise attack against the still-unknown aliens. Megatron fought his way inside the alien flagship and personally executed the alien leader. He then ordered Starscream and his units to conduct a war of genocide: ''none'' of the aliens were to survive. {{storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}}

[[Image:Defiance3_wearenowDECEPTICONS.jpg|thumb|left|200px|I'm going to enjoy watching you die, Mr. Anderson. ]]

Megatron returned from the front with news of their success and awaited further instructions from his master. The relic ordered Megatron to prepare the way for his return by expanding the army, and at the end, Cybertron would be Megatron's, while everything else the master's. Megatron was enraged when the relic informed him that Optimus had snooped inside his quarters while he was fighting the aliens, and convinced the Protector that Optimus was after the same power the relic had promised ''him''. Now seeing that there were "enemies" within Cybertron as well as without, Megatron arranged to have the "traitors" taken care of by ordering [[Prowl (Movie)|Prowl]]'s security team to arrest Optimus, and sent Starscream's soldiers to kill all bar Optimus. However, Megatron underestimated Optimus, who personally defeated Starscream's squad. Nonetheless, he used the survivors as propaganda that treacherous malcontents sought to betray them all, and declared that Megatron's followers would now be reformed under a new image and a new name: '''Decepticons'''. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}} He ordered the execution of the "false" Primes — though he knew Sentinel and Optimus were Primes, he needed to give his followers a villain. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}}

Optimus's forces having eluded him for now, Megatron was given new orders by his master: build a [[Nemesis (ROTF)|mighty starship]] that would scour the stars for something very important to the relic's plans. The relic counseled Megatron to not make the same mistakes he did thousands of years ago, that his protege should strike without mercy or hesitation. The relic told Megatron the story of his mighty race, and how the AllSpark granted them great power and created the Transformer race, but it needed to be recharged by draining the power of a sun using specially-constructed [[Star Harvester|harvesting]] devices, and their under-construction starship would be used to search for the last harvester in the galaxy. When Megatron presumed to believe he would accompany his master, he was rebuked and punished. Much later, the ''Nemesis'' was finally completed, and Megatron assigned [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to command the ship. The relic praising Megatron for his fine work, and ordered him to stay behind to continue the war. Over the next thousand years, the Autobots and Decepticons clashed in a bloody struggle. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}

As Cybertron is devastated by the worsening war, Sentinel Prime is forced to make a deal with Megatron to seek out another planet whose resources they can exploit to restore their homeworld. The chosen planet is the resting place of the Primes' Star Harvester. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}{{storylink|Dark of the Moon issue 3}}

Ironhide led an attack on Simfur Temple. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} Megatron stood at the gate and slaughtered many Autobots as Elita-One and [[Chromia (ROTF)|her]] [[Arcee (Movie)|sisters]] used the AllSpark to activate a "torch" made by Sentinel. Optimus finally appeared to fend off Megatron and ensure Elita-One escaped to give Sentinel the torch. Sentinel boarded the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]] with the torch to retrieve Optimus from Simfur, but to both Optimus and Megatron's horror, Starscream attacked the Ark, destroying it. The Autobots fled, but Megatron correctly deduced Optimus would return with a vengeance. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}} From his [[Lord High Protector citadel|citadel]], Megatron watched as Optimus and Ironhide battled their way through his defenses. When Optimus finally entered the tower, he found Megatron covered in hatchlings and daring him to kill them with him, gloating that Optimus would never go far enough. Optimus revealed he didn't: it had all been a distraction as Wheeljack, Chromia and Arcee stole the AllSpark aboard a second [[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]. With the AllSpark removed from Sentinel's device, the sun it held in place disappeared. Optimus escaped, rescuing Ironhide from Starscream and Shockwave while leaving Megatron to free himself of his hungry hatchlings. Megatron swore he would recover the AllSpark, and that if he would have to travel across the entire universe to do so, he would kill every Autobot. {{storylink|Transformers: Foundation|Foundation #1-4}}

[[Image:Movie Megatron Targetcomic sure.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"Sit, boy — or I'll beat you to death."]]

During an assault on the Autobots personally led by Megatron and his hound, [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], the tyrant crushed an Autobot opponent's spark before casually tossing his corpse over his shoulder. He declared that the AllSpark would be his again, to which Blackout assured his leader that he would personally see to it. Megatron was pleased by his minion's loyalty, but decided to dispatch him to assist Starscream's unit to prevent Optimus Prime's reinforcements from entering [[Tyger Pax]]. He then left to meet his destiny, but it slipped from his grasp; Prime had commissioned the AllSpark to be launched into the abyss of outer space. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}}

[[Image:MovieMegatron Bumblebee torture comic.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Better get some ice on that.]]
After realizing Bumblebee had stalled him from claiming the Cube so the operation could be completed, Megatron tore off Bumblebee's arm—removing his weapon—and crushed his voice box, destroying his vocal processors so that the young Autobot would never speak of the affront to his destiny. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} Megatron, believing Prime to be a desperate, inexperienced fool, gave chase. On the way, he detected the ''Nemesis's'' distress signal and soon found the mighty starship on a barren world, abandoned by all but his master. Megatron was berated for allowing the Cube to slip away from his grasp and ordered to thoroughly continue his chase. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} As Megatron tracked the AllSpark through space, he mused about his reasons for the war and how he and his "brother" were not all that different, as seen by Optimus' sentencing their home to a slow death by launching the Cube into space. Tracing the AllSpark via energy signature to [[Earth|a primitive world]], he lost contact with it upon atmospheric entry and crashed into the planet's icy northern pole. Low on [[energon]], his safety buffers exhausted, Megatron went into [[stasis lock]].

[[Image:MoviePrequel2-Megatrondownfall.jpg|thumb|200px|"I HAVE WALKED INTO THIS!"]]

Millennia later, in the year [[1897]], [[Archibald Witwicky]], the leader of the National Arctic Circle Expedition, discovered Megatron buried deep in the ice. Accidentally triggering Megatron's navigation system, Witwicky was blinded by a burst of light from the Decepticon leader's eyes, which imprinted the location of the AllSpark on his [[glasses]]. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}} Witwicky was subsequently driven insane by the experience, and upon his return to land, became the subject of attention by the United States government, who recruited adventurers [[Walter Simmons]] and [[Theodore Joseph Wells]] to investigate his fantastic claims. Simmons, Wells and their group followed Witwicky's route back to the Arctic, arriving early [[1898]], where they discovered Megatron's frozen body, and like Witwicky before them, inadvertently activated one of his systems upon entry into the cave, bringing him partially back on-line. The energy pulse this released caught the attention of [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]], a [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]] abandoned on Earth by The Fallen, who quickly made his way to the Arctic, believing that The Fallen himself was the source of the pulse. Discovering the truth, Jetfire angrily informed Megatron that he has never heard of him, and punched him in the face. Simmons and Wells's group subsequently used explosives to send Jetfire punging into the freezing ocean; Megatron, too, was submerged, but jut before the cold overwhelmed him and he shut down again, he weakly proclaimed his name, which Simmons mis-heard as "Mega-Man". {{storylink|Original}} Simmons's organization set about constructing an environment dome around Megatron so he could be excavated and studied, which was completed in [[1899]]. Then, in [[1902]], the group discovered the AllSpark in the Colorado River, and quickly drew a correlation between it and their frozen "Mega-Man" because of the similar symbols that they were both decorated with. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}}

Eventually naming itself [[Sector Seven]] and arranging construction of the [[Hoover Dam]] to contain the AllSpark, the group initially planned to move Megatron to the dam as well in [[1935]]. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}} Unfortunately, some delays in the installation of the cryo-block system that would keep Megatron frozen delayed the planned move, however, and the outbreak of [[World War II]] put it on permanent hold. {{storylink|Weapon (issue)|Weapon}} It was in [[1954]] when Sector Seven definitively learned that they could not trust the Arctic cold to keep Megatron frozen when Communist sabotage of the organization's Arctic command post caused the Decepticon leader to thaw out, threatening the lives of the skeleton crew manning the base. Walter Simmons called for liquid nitrogen bombs to be dropped on the base, freezing Megatron solid once more only minutes after he awoke. {{storylink|Frozen}} In [[1969]], Megatron was at last transferred from the Arctic to the Hoover Dam headquarters. as Walter Simmons stayed looking at him. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}
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===''Transformers: Beginnings''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Frank Welker]]

{{note|Transformers: Beginnings is a condensed, flash-animated retelling of the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] [[Transformers: Movie Prequel |Movie Prequel]] that is detailed above this section.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Beginnings (Movie)|Transformers: Beginnings}}

===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comic===
[[Image:MegatronMovie_GeoffSenior.jpg|right|150px|thumb|''The Beast and its armies shall rise from the pit to make war against God.'']]

The [[AllSpark]] had not been blindly launched into space, however—its trajectory was leading it directly towards the [[Alkaris Anomaly]], a wormhole that could potentially transport the cube to any one of an infinite number of locations in the universe. Megatron was fully capable of catching up to the cube before it would enter the wormhole, but as he passed Cybertron's moon, he found himself ensnared by an Autobot tractor beam of remarkable strength that pulled him down to the moon's surface.

Enraged by the ignominy of it all, Megatron turned his weapons on the Autobots responsible, but quickly calmed down enough to realize that this was only playing into their hands, and instead ordered [[Brawl (Movie)|Devastator]] to take his place in the battle. Megatron swooped back into space, hot on the AllSpark's heels, but was unable to stop the cube from falling through the anomaly. Determined to have the AllSpark's power, Megatron chose to enter the wormhole himself, only to be spat out in some far-off star system, with no trace of the AllSpark... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2}}

Megatron entered the [[Solar system]], where he freed [[The Fallen]] from his pocket dimension prison on one of [[Saturn]]'s moons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|The Fallen's profile}}

''This led into [[Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2]].''

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In another reality, he defeated Optimus at [[Mission City]], killed Sam Witwicky and took control of the AllSpark. He was fully linked to it and drew on its power—"It is me and I am it!"—giving him greater might and the ability to heal any wound. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4}}

After conquering an unknown chunk of Earth (including the entire [[United States of America]]) with [[Dropkick]] as his second-in-command, he used the AllSpark's power to start turning Earth from an organic world into a new Cybertron. Optimus Prime lay frozen in the [[Hoover Dam|old Sector Seven base]], Autobot resistance was scattered, and NATO's threat to nuke occupied America was hardly much of one. [[Image:Megatron Bumbleslap.jpg|left|350px|thumb|"''Sigh'' Even mindless violence seems boring today..."]] The only thing bothering Megatron was those rebels breaking into Hoover Dam... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}}

Megatron personally arrived to face [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and hunted for him, trying to bait him into appearing. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2}} Realising the Autobot must have come with a human ally, he deliberately threatened to go after the human and thus got an emotional Bumblebee to make a defiant attack... at which point he backhanded Bumblebee into the wall and prepared to eviscerate him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 11|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3}} He gave the Autobot a chance at a swift death if he begged for mercy, and was quite impressed when Bumblebee merely asked "that all you got?", but was less impressed when Autobot reinforcements arrived. [[Image:Megatron Titan12.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Megatron's BDSM Dungeon just wasn't meeting expectations.]] He effortlessly smashed them aside and was about to kill [[Skyblast (Movie)|Skyblast]] when a new challenger arrived: the revived Optimus! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4}}

Optimus Prime got the snot beaten out of him, every attack he landed on Megatron being repaired by AllSpark power. However, he distracted Megatron long enough for Bumblebee to hit him with the ''other'' thing they'd broken into the Dam for: Sector Seven's greatest weapon, a nanovirus that targeted AllSpark operation frequencies. Infected, the tyrant was consumed from within by his own power and collapsed dead. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}}

Or so it appeared. He'd downloaded his mind into the AllSpark interface module, knowing Starscream would take it and assimilate it into himself. And so Megatron was able to be a voice in Starscream's head for weeks and weeks—and finally, when Starscream had suffered a setback and wanted a plan to stop the Autobots, Megatron gave him one: to let him out... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

While Starscream didn't, he ''did'' follow Megatron's tactical suggestions. He had the Decepticons use both carrot (promise of truce) ''and'' stick (multiple attacks) to make the US government, prompted by [[Theodore Allen|the mind-controlled President Allen]], boot out the Autobots—and then nuke them as they left, giving the Decepticons a clear shot at reconquest! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution Part 1}} This plan backfired when [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] intervened, and Megatron visited a broken, gibbering Starscream to once again tell him the only way out was to release him and let him walk the Earth again. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution Part 2}}
[[Image:Starscreamseesthings_Titan25.jpg|left|350px|thumb|''You're looking throooough me...'']]

This time Starscream ''did''... much to his dismay when he realised what he'd done. And so, when Stockade's New Decepticons stormed the [[Decepticon Heartland]], Megatron was there to "greet" them with fiery death!

Megatron fought Stockade in single combat, and [[Nucleon]]-fueled punches rained down on him—only for him to ''grab'' a punch and use the momentum to hurl his opponent, berating him for lacking clear ambition to support his strength. This fight would've carried on except then the Autobots turned up. Trashing a rebellion, conquering Earth, ''and'' killing Optimus Prime in one day?! WOOOOO!

But Optimus drew first blood, and before Megatron could truly fight back, he was forcibly teleported with his Decepticons to Cybertron. A dead Cybertron. A dead Cybertron that itself teleported to an unknown area of space, leaving them trapped with no way back and no way off, ''forever''.

{{bigquote|'''PRIIIIIME!'''}}

{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part Three}}

===''Ghosts of Yesterday'' prequel novel===
"The Ice Man" was kept in deep freeze by [[Sector Seven]] in their super-secret [[Sector Seven High Arctic Base|High Arctic Base]] until they decided to move him closer to the [[Allspark]] in [[1969]]. The convoy was disrupted when the driver of the lead truck spun out causing the rest of the vehicles to pile up on the icy roads. It was determined later that the driver was the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] spy [[Sergei Tasarov]] who had taken the place of the Sector Seven agent Peter Hodgson.

While the convoy prepared their defenses and a Soviet strike force attacked trying to obtain the Ice Man.

When Megatron came partially online, it was obvious that some time had passed. Not only was he encased in a primitive transport, but there were [[Human|lifeforms]] fighting over him. Before Megatron could properly exterminate them, another crude transport crashed into his, causing a massive (but not spark-threatening) explosion. Megatron would have been pleased to know that the fire only added to his terrifying visage in the eyes of the maggots. Regaining his composure, Megatron noticed [[Philip Nolan|an insect]] standing near him. As Megatron reached out to grab it, [[Thomas Kinnear|another insect]], this one terminally damaged, began firing crude projectiles which his body armor easily deflected. Waiting until after the creature had expended its ammunition, Megatron grabbed it in his hand, only to discover that it had packed itself with explosives, which threw Megatron to the ground when they detonated. Then, the aforementioned first insect began spraying liquid nitrogen on Megatron, causing him to go back into stasis. Unable to escape, Megatron screamed a dark vengeance upon his captors. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

===''Transformers'' (2007 movie)===
{{voiceactor|[[Hugo Weaving]] (English), [[Kōtarō Nakamura]] (Japanese)|[[José Santa Cruz]] (Brazil), [[Hans-Jürgen Wolf]] (German) [[Luca Biagini]] (Italian), [[Gerardo Vásquez]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}

[[Image:Movie2007_Megatron_ArchibaldWitwicky.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Oh baby, you know just the spot to turn me on!]]

Megatron eventually succeeded in tracking the AllSpark to [[Earth]], where he rather embarrassingly crash-landed in the Arctic Circle and was frozen solid for thousands of years. In [[1897]], some 100 Earth-years before the arrival of the other Transformers, he was discovered by an explorer named [[Archibald Witwicky|Archibald Amundsen Witwicky]]. Captain Witwicky accidentally activated Megatron's navigation system and caused the coordinates of the AllSpark to be etched onto the explorer's glasses. Megatron remained imprisoned in the Arctic until the 1930s, when he was dug out by the United States government and moved to a secret [[Sector Seven]] stronghold inside [[Hoover Dam]]. In the years that followed, many modern devices (by Earth standards) were reverse-engineered from his frozen body.

[[Image:Movie Megatron breakout.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Mace isn't for spraying, it's for hitting.]]

In the present day, having searched the galaxy for the AllSpark and being drawn to Earth, the remaining Decepticons learned of Witwicky's glasses. Through the Internet, they determined the location of both Megatron and the AllSpark inside Hoover Dam. [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] infiltrated the dam and shut down the power systems, while Starscream attacked the external powerlines, resulting in Megatron's thawing out. Once again online, the leader of the Decepticons informed the worthless insects of his true name, shouting "I am Megatron!" (to clear up all that N.B.E.-01/Ice Man nonsense), randomly killed a few of them while destroying his former prison, then transformed and flew off after the AllSpark again. He met up with Starscream for the first time in thousands of years on the outside, and, never one for pleasantries, immediately demanded to know where the Cube was. Upon learning that the humans had moved the AllSpark, Megatron berated Starscream for yet another failure.

[[Image:Movie2007_Megatron_Starscream.jpg|thumb|left|250px|You fail me yet again Starscream... will I ever meet [[Starscream (SG)|a Starscream that is truly loyal?]]]]

After Starscream and Devastator's opening attacks in [[Mission City]], Megatron arrived, and again declared his name (he really wants people to know who he is). The Autobots were so panicked by the sight of their long lost nemesis that [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] called for a temporary retreat. Megatron blasted [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] away when the diminutive Autobot attempted to attack, then threw him into the air before crushing him on top of a tower with his clawed talons. Jazz vainly fought on, asking if Megatron wanted a "piece", but doing little damage to Megatron. The Decepticon leader killed the Autobot by tearing him in half, callously declaring that he wanted "two".

[[Image:Movie Megatron jetmode cityfight.jpg|250px|thumb|Whoa, that energon's not settling too well.]]

As [[Sam Witwicky|the human boy]] ran off with the AllSpark, Megatron ordered the Decepticons to [[Decepticons, attack|attack]]. Devastator attacked the armed insects, while Starscream and [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] fought [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and Ratchet for the AllSpark. At that moment, Optimus Prime appeared and challenged Megatron. Millennia in the ice had done nothing to lessen the animosity Megatron felt for his brother, however. Barely managing to growl out Prime's name, he transformed and flew at Prime at full speed. The Autobot leader leapt and grabbed a hold of Megatron, who slammed him into a building before flying right through a skyscraper. Both leaders landed in the middle of an intersection, but Megatron was the first to recover and leaped upon his brother, snarling that the humans were undeserving of life. Optimus Prime replied that they had the right to choose for themselves before he threw his brother off. Megatron declared that if Prime wished to defend them, he should "join them in extinction", forming his [[fusion cannon]]. Before he could fire, the Autobot leader drew his [[ion blaster]] and fired, hitting Megatron. The Decepticon leader shrugged off this attack, spun around from the momentum and fired his cannon, throwing Optimus Prime into the side of a building.

[[Image:Movie Megatron Samonroof.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Oh look I found a stray human... wonder if I can keep him as a pet... come on boy, don't be scared. I'll take you to a new home.]]

Megatron pursued the young human who had removed the AllSpark from Hoover Dam, destroying everything that stood in his way. The boy ran to a dilapidated building that was the designated coordinates for a human military evacuation team, and Megatron smashed his way through, yelling that he could smell the human maggot. Starscream destroyed the helicopter intended to take the AllSpark, and Megatron burst through the floor, inquiring if it was courage or fear that compelled him. Finally cornering him on a ledge, Megatron offered that if the human gave him the AllSpark, the boy might live as [[Ravage (G1)|his]] [[Laserbeak (G1)|pet]]. The Decepticon leader relished the human's defiant refusal and destroyed the ledge the human was standing upon, sending the boy tumbling to the ground.

[[Image:Movie2007_Prime_Megatron.jpg|thumb|250px|Get up, so I can knock you back down!]]

Unfortunately, the human was caught by Optimus Prime, who then tried to escape down the side of the building before Megatron tackled him and sent all three slamming into the pavement. As a nearby [[Michael Bay|human bystander]] attempted to run, the Decepticon expressed his disgust at the insect's proximity and flicked it away. Protecting the young boy, Prime declared that their war would end here and it was now just between the two brothers. Though lusting for the AllSpark, Megatron decided to indulge his brother's obvious death wish, declaring that only he was in this fight. Despite Optimus Prime's best efforts, Megatron was relentless, matching the Autobot leader with blow after devastating blow until he collapsed. Adding insult to injury, Megatron informed Prime that his defense of the "weak" was the real reason he lost.

[[Image:Megatron allspark merge.JPG|left|250px|thumb| The AllSpark will give you sparkburn!]]

The Decepticon leader turned his attention back to the human boy, but was suddenly attacked by the human fighter jets and [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]]'s ground soldiers firing sabot rounds. Optimus took this chance, striking Megatron and knocking him down. His armor a damaged, shattered mess, Megatron ignored the punishment and focused on the human boy, growling that he would kill the boy and that the AllSpark was his. As Optimus Prime ordered the boy to place the AllSpark into his chest, the human instead pushed it into the now-exposed [[spark]] in Megatron's chest, overloading him with energy and extinguishing the Decepticon's life force. As Optimus Prime stood over Megatron's lifeless shell, watching the light flicker out of his brother's [[Sensors#Optical sensors|optics]], he remarked somberly, yet remorsefully, that Megatron had left him no choice, and removed a shard of the AllSpark from his brother's spark cavity.

Megatron's body was dumped into the [[Laurentian Abyss]] at its deepest point, along with the remains of the other Decepticons, where the near-freezing temperatures would, hopefully, keep them dormant indefinitely. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}
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===Toy bios===
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Megatron was ''born'' evil, always wanting domination of everything. {{storylink|Megatron (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys|Voyager Megatron}} His fiery diatribes still managed to sway thousands, however. {{storylink|Megatron (Movie)/toys#Robot Replicas|Robot Replica Megatron}}

At some point, he took a stealth mode so he could attack Optimus without warning. {{storylink|Megatron (Movie)/toys#Fast Action Battlers|Night Attack Megatron}}

When frozen on Earth, he remained vaguely conscious and remembers a few things from when he warmed up slightly. At one point, his body was worshipped as a god by [[protohuman]]s. {{storylink|Megatron (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys|Premium Series Megatron}}

===Beast Wars Diorama Story===
[[Image:BWDiorama Megatrons.jpg|thumb|left|]]
On Earth in the past and in another universe, a group of [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], led by another [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], battled a contingent of [[Maximal]]s in a forest. {{storylink|Optimus Primal Chapter}}

Some time into the battle, a warp opened, bringing with it [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]. After being defeated by the Maximals, Starscream joined the Predacons. {{storylink|Tigatron Chapter}} [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] later appeared and joined the Predacons, as well. As the battled raged, Megatron came in through the warp. {{storylink|Gimlet Chapter}}

The Decepticon Megatron brought along [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]], and the two Megatrons combined their troops into a fearsome force against the Autobots and Maximals. In the ensuing skirmish, Megatron stood on a cliff edge and loomed over the battle. The two factions then took formation against each other with the intention of combining their energies to attack the opposing side. The Predacon Megatron led the combined Predacon/Decepticon force. With [[Motorarm (BWII)|Motorarm]] leading the charge, the Maximals and the Autobots attacked first. {{storylink|Motorarm Chapter}}
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===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
In the aftermath of the battle in Mission City, [[Sector Seven]] hauled away Megatron's corpse along with the other Decepticon bodies. The clandestine human organisation brought the bodies to a secret facility in the Nevada desert, with the intention of getting every bit of information they can out of the dead Decepticons before they were forced to dump them into the sea. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1}} When he arrived to oversee the burial of those who fell in Mission City, Optimus Prime noticed the surviving AllSpark fragment glowed when near Megatron's body, and gave it to [[Vine|Professor Vine]] for safekeeping. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2}} Weeks later, Megatron, along with Blackout, was dumped into the Laurentian Abyss. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3}}
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===Transformers Mix & Match book===
{{Note|Due to the malleable storytelling format of the Mix & Match book, listed here is Megatron's story role if all the segments visually featuring him are lined-up. For all the possible iterations of his role in the story, see the [[Transformers Mix & Match]] page.}}
Megatron prepared to engage Optimus Prime in a battle that would decide mankind's fate, as both Blackout in vehicle mode, and the humans in their fighter jets, swarmed the skies around them. {{storylink|Transformers Mix & Match}}
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===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie===
{{voiceactor|[[Hugo Weaving]] (English), [[Kōtarō Nakamura]] (Japan)|[[Hans-Jürgen Wolf]] (German), [[José Santa Cruz]] (Brazil) [[Luca Biagini]] (Italian), [[Gerardo Vásquez]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}

[[Image:ROTFMegatronRising.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Now, where's Starscream? I want to give him a piece of my mind.]]

Megatron's death would not last long, however. [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] tapped into a conversation between [[NEST]] and General [[Morshower]], listening to Director [[Theodore Galloway]] mention that 1) a shard of the [[AllSpark]] was in storage in [[Diego Garcia]] and 2) Megatron's body lay in the [[Laurentian Abyss]]. [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] was sent to steal the shard, and swam to the Abyss with [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]], [[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]], [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]], [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]] and [[Scrapmetal (ROTF)|Scrapmetal]]. Scalpel ordered spare parts be used to repair Megatron's body with "ze little one", who was torn apart by his larger brethren, and then struck Megatron with the shard: the Decepticon leader was reborn as a Cybertronian tank with flight capabilities and a [[death-lock pincer]]. Megatron flew up to the surface, striking a [[USS Topeka|submarine]] on his way, before journeying into space to find the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]''.

[[Image:TheFallen-ROTFNemesis.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"My Master, I have fai--" "I'm trying to watch the game here!"]]

On the ruined ship, Megatron met up with [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and chastised his subordinate for leaving him to die on Earth. Starscream defended his actions by saying that he had to take care of the [[hatchling]]s, who were dying without [[energon]], as someone had to take command in Megatron's absence. Furious, Megatron bashed Starscream into a wall containing protoform sacks, and told Starscream that even in death, there is no command but Megatron's. Megatron met up with [[The Fallen]], who was weakened and in a life support chair. Megatron told his master he had failed and allowed the AllSpark to be destroyed, but The Fallen told Megatron that the knowledge of the AllSpark had instead been transferred to the human boy who killed him, [[Sam Witwicky]]. With the knowledge within Sam's mind, they could find another energon source, hidden away from The Fallen eons ago. Already eager to avenge himself, Megatron begged The Fallen for the chance to strip the flesh from Sam, but The Fallen asked for patience. Before they could act, Megatron was to kill [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], who was the last of the [[Dynasty of Primes]], which made him the only one that could kill the Fallen. Megatron knew that Optimus would protect the boy, and ordered him captured.

[[Image:ROTF Megatron tank mode.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Don't blink. He isn't like this much.]]

Megatron sprang a trap, dispatching [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] to take [[Sam Witwicky]], [[Mikaela Banes]] and [[Leo Spitz]] to him at an abandoned factory. Although Megatron would have rather killed Sam slowly and painfully, Sam had valuable information as to the energon source's location in his mind, which he had received from his own AllSpark fragment. Megatron held the boy down while Scalpel performed several invasive probes of Sam's mind. Scalpel's probes confirmed The Fallen's claims, and Scalpel declared that they needed Sam's brain on the table, something Megatron had no objections to. Just as Scalpel was ready to dissect Sam's brain, Optimus and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] burst in to rescue the humans. Megatron attempted to attack Optimus, but was instead shot out of the factory. Optimus drove Sam to a forest, with Megatron in hot pursuit. The Autobot and Decepticon leaders transformed and battled as Sam fled. Optimus was pretty easily dominating the fight, trash talking Megatron all the while, forcing Megatron to call his Decepticons for help.

[[Image:ROTFPrimePunch.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Body or face, Megatron?" "Not the face!" "Too bad!"]]

Starscream and Grindor arrived to aid their commander, as Megatron told Prime that Sam could lead them to another energon source. Kicking off his [[mouthplate]] and blasting him, Megatron asked Prime if one boy was worth the future of the Cybertronians. Prime replied that he'd never stop at killing just one, then took on all three Decepticons. Surprisingly, he was winning, stabbing Megatron multiple times and knocking off Starscream's arm. As a weary Prime tore Grindor apart, Megatron [[Death-lock pincer|stabbed]] him in the back and blasted through his spark: Prime fell, mortally wounded. As Megatron moved for the boy, the rest of the Autobots arrived and provided enough cover for Bumblebee to spirit Sam away. Already injured from the battle with Prime, Megatron and Starscream were forced to retreat.

[[Image:ROTF_movie_MegatronStarscream_roofchat.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"That's IT! No more Mr. Nice Megatron!" "But you were never—" "SHUT UP!"]]

With Prime dead, Megatron was quite pleased, until Starscream informed him that the boy had escaped. Furious, Megatron smacked his lieutenant with his own severed arm and ran his treads on him for a moment for losing track of a single insect, but Starscream countered that he was one of seven billion, and could be anywhere. Considering the situation, Megatron decided it was time to end their secret war, and that if they couldn't find the boy, they'd have the humans bring him to the Decepticons. Soundwave used his scanning abilities to locate the boys parents, the rejuvenated Fallen broadcast a message to deliver Sam to them across the planet. Megatron himself broadcasted the Fallen's message by rewiring the [[Empire State Building]]'s radio tower.

[[Image:ROTFMegatronSam.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Hey, he stole my purse! Wallet! I mean wallet!]]

He then flew to [[Egypt]], where nineteen thousand years before, the Fallen had built a [[Star Harvester]] to harness the [[Sun]] for energon. Starscream informed him that the humans had brought Prime's body with them, and Megatron surmised the boy's intentions. Commanding the rest of the Decepticons to begin their [[Operation: Firestorm|assault]], Megatron ordered [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] to destroy the pyramid that was built over the harvester, while he himself chased Sam for the [[Matrix of Leadership]], which would activate the harvester. Megatron almost killed Sam, but was overwhelmed by human gunfire, and flew off.

[[Image:ROTF Megatron not over.JPG|thumb|right|250px|It's just a flesh wound. Err, armor wound.]]

Fortunately, The Fallen managed to take the Matrix and activate the harvester, but it had already been used to resurrect Optimus. Optimus combined with [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] and destroyed the harvester, knocking Megatron off the pyramid while Prime went for The Fallen. Quickly recovering, Megatron attacked Optimus from behind, leading to a two on one match with Megatron and the Fallen battling Prime. This one went better for Optimus than the last one, as he used Megatron's own cannon to blast half his face off, and then severed the arm. Finally, Optimus used his afterburners to send Megatron hurtling through some ruins, ending his role in the battle. Megatron was so damaged he could barely call out for "Tharscweam!", but it soon mattered little as Optimus Prime killed the Fallen. Horrified at the loss of the power behind the Decepticons, Megatron acknowledged Starscream's advice that they should flee, but noted that "This isn't over." {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
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===Cyber Missions===
{{voiceactor|[[Tony Gialluca II]] (English)|[[Gerardo Vásquez]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
[[Image:CyberMissions4_Megatron.JPG|right|thumb|300|You wants a Megatron more ugly?]]

Hiding in a disused factory, Megatron was able to cloak the energy signature of his spark, so that when Optimus and Sideswipe turned up, they didn't notice him hiding under a pile of girders. He was able to get the drop on them and sneeringly mocked them as they fought, until Sideswipe jabbed him in the foot. Optimus suggested he surrender, but Megatron instead transformed to tank mode and brought the roof down on them. By the time the two Autobots recovered, Megatron was gone. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 4}}

Not soon after the encounter, Megatron ordered his subordinate [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] to rendezvous somewhere in the Arctic, and revealed that he knew of his ambition to take over leadership of the Decepticons. However, due to the Autobots tracking Starscream en route to Megatron's location, Optimus Prime appeared not long after. Starscream and Megatron double-teamed Optimus for a brief time before the other members of Optimus's team arrived. Ordering Starscream to deal with the others, Megatron continued to attack. Megatron is soon beaten down and asks his foe if he will finish him, but Optimus grants him mercy and allows him to escape. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 12}}

Megatron received the energy signature of [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], and tracked him to a bullet train, which he soon stopped dead in its tracks (literally). [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]], [[Barricade (Movie)| Barricade]], Starscream, and [[Mindwipe (ROTF)| Mindwipe]] soon arrived on the scene. As Megatron attempted to retrieve his fallen communications officer, he discovered that it was in fact a hologram created by [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], and was a distraction while the Autobots arrived. Megatron once again fought Optimus, who pointed out that Megatron's alliances were merely because of fear, unlike the Autobots' alliances. The human military arrived, and the Decepticons were backed into a corner. Optimus then declared that they leave Earth or face the consequences. The other 'Cons retreated, while Megatron made one final promise to destroy Earth the next time around, and blasted off into space. {{storylink|Decepticons Attack}}

===IDW ''Dark of the Moon'' comics===
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===''Prepare to Battle'' prequel material===
Long ago, during his search for [[AllSpark]], Megatron knew that the [[Knights of Cybertron]] would stand between him and the AllSpark, so he approached them offering to surrender in return for amnesty, in reality planning to get rid of them. The Knights reluctantly accepted and the entirety of their group arrived for the meeting. Megatron and his forces used this occasion to trap and destroy them.

Centuries later, [[Soundwave (ROTF) |Soundwave]] reported an intercepted transmission from [[Evac (Ride)|Evac]], the last of the Knights. Realizing that Evac represented an era of Cybertron before him, an era he wished to erase, and that he was also after the last shard of the All Spark, Megatron knew the destruction of the Knights and possession of the shard were in his reach. {{storylink|Prepare for Battle (website)}}

===''Dark of the Moon'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[Hugo Weaving]] (English), [[Kōtarō Nakamura]] (Japanese)|[[Gerardo Vásquez]] (Latin American Spanish)}}

{{quote|Cybertron... you are saved, at last.|Megatron|[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]}}

[[Image:Dotm-megatron-face.jpg|left|thumb|250 px|[[Doctor Doom|Curse you]], [[Fantastic Four]]!]]

Three years after Operation: Firestorm and the death of the Fallen, Megatron finally adopted an Earth form - ironically, a large tractor-trailer not unlike that of his hated enemy - and hid out in the plains of Namibia, Africa, in exile. There, still visibly bearing the scars of his battle with Optimus Prime, he spent most of his time sitting on a ramshackle throne of junk, with only [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]], and the diminutive [[Igor]] to command. Megatron regularly went out to find food for the [[Hatchling]]s that lived in a collection of oil drums at the camp, occasionally scaring the local wildlife with his roaring and bellowing. Starscream expressed his concern for his master's wounds, but Megatron was not fooled by his sucking up. Laserbeak returned after observing [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]'s fight with Optimus, and he and Soundwave told Megatron that the Autobots had discovered a fuel cell from the Ark, which had been thought lost. Megatron noted his approval of the two's work, and decided that the humans that were working for them had served their purpose, and ordered them to be eliminated.

[[Image:DOTM-MegatronLincolnMemorialchair.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Finally, a reference to "[[Atlantis, Arise!]]"]]
After [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] betrayed the Autobots, Megatron and Starscream travelled to Washington D.C., where Megatron outlined his scheme to his second-in-command. Apparently, Sentinel was supposed to rendezvous with Megatron there on Earth, but the circumstances caused them both to be deactivated, and Sentinel was the only one who knew how to activate the [[space bridge]]. However, Megatron had a contingency plan: since they already had the pillars on the Moon and Optimus had recovered the Matrix of Leadership, he merely needed Optimus to revive Sentinel, so he could activate the pillars. And so arrived that moment, and Megatron blasted President Lincoln off his stone throne, and used the remains as a seat. Optimus arrived to stop Sentinel but was too late. Megatron watched this happen, after which he declared, "Here we are. Fight us ''now''."

[[Image:DOTM-SentinelandMegatron.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Megatron just needs to crash on Sentinel's couch for a few days until he can get back on his feet.]]

Soon, they travelled to Chicago, Illinois, where Sentinel and Megatron planned to start their global takeover. They set up their base of operations on the [[wikipedia:35_East_Wacker | Jewelers' Building]]. Human [[Dylan Gould]], who was working for the Decepticons, came with [[Carly Spencer]] to watch, but Megatron ordered him to leave. Dylan did so but muttered to Carly "he's such a dick". After the Decepticons successfully occupied Chicago, Megatron stated that this was the world that he promised, that this way Cybertron would be restored. Sentinel, feeling his partner was getting too chummy, violently reminded Megatron of his place; Sentinel did not work ''for'' Megatron, he worked ''with'' Megatron, and warned the Decepticon to remember the difference.

Much later, Dylan shouted to Megatron that the Autobots who, were seemingly destroyed by Starscream, were still alive. Megatron ordered the bridges to be raised and all [[Orbital Assault Carrier|Decepticon ships]] to find the Autobots.

[[Image:DOTM off with his head.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Insert your own "Give me your face" joke here.]]
Sentinel would take control of the Decepticon forces in the fight against the Autobots, and so, as the battle raged Megatron lay in another throne of junk, sulking. That is, until he was goaded by [[Carly Spencer]], a human, to return to battle and kill Sentinel for apparently usurping him. That is what he came close to doing: he intervened in the battle just before Sentinel was about to deal the fatal blow to Optimus, and severely wounded Sentinel. Megatron realized how far he had fallen in power within the past few years, and had decided to once again take his rightful place at the top of the command chain. He attempted to make a truce with Optimus, as long he could remain in charge of his Decepticon forces, saying, "After all, what would you be without me, Prime?" However, Optimus was no longer interested in peace, and answered "Time to find out." Just as Megatron was about to shoot, Optimus shoved Megatron to the ground, smashed Megatron's head with an energy axe, and tore it off his body, killing the tyrant once and for all. Optimus then used his nemesis' fusion shotgun to end Sentinel's life as well.

{{note|In an earlier draft of the movie's script, Megatron is sincere when he offers Optimus Prime a truce at the end. Optimus accepts, and Megatron and the remaining Decepticons leave Earth to rebuild Cybertron. This ending is used for the novelization and the comic adaptation.}}

{{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

===Mega-Mouth===
[[Megatron (WFC)|A certain Megatron]] from an alternate universe seemed to think he was ''this'' Megatron, as he claimed he attacked Sentinel. {{storylink|Transformers_Comic_issue_4.1#Mega-Mouth|Mega-Mouth #1}} He also explained why he wore a cowl in ''Dark of the Moon'', {{storylink|Transformers_Comic_issue_4.4#Mega-Mouth|Mega-Mouth #4}} and claimed that he survived ''Dark of the Moon''. {{storylink|Transformers_Comic_issue_4.5#Mega-Mouth|Mega-Mouth #5}}

===''Age of Extinction'' film===
{{spoiler|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|July 28}}
:''See: [[Galvatron (AOE)]]

Megatron's severed head was acquired by KSI, who forced [[Brains]] to transfer data from the Decepticon leader to the man-made Galvatron. Brains discovered that Megatron was not dead, and that he was playing the humans to complete Galvatron and take over the new body.

==Games==
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==Toys==

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==Merchandise==
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==Notes==
[[Image:Movie Megatron olduglyface.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I'm blind!]]
* The prototype photographs on the back of Leader and Voyager class Megatrons' packaging show him with a completely different head based upon an earlier version of CGI design (seen on the right) that was dropped after much negative fan reaction.
* According to The Movie Guide, Megatron is one of the few Transformers capable of space travel without reverting to a Protoform. This explains how he was capable of chasing the AllSpark ''immediately'' after its launch.
[[Image:EarlyMegsMovieConceptartwithG1headandbody.jpg|right|200px|thumb|This would've shut [[GEEWUN|them]] up.]]
* The earliest concept designs of Megatron gave him a look very much inspired by his ''Generation One'' counterpart. Unlike the Cybertronic jet seen in the first movie, this Megatron was intended to transform into an army tank.
* According to [[The Quest for the AllSpark]] paperback's opening paragraph, "...Most revered were Optimus and Megatron. They were twin brothers of the Prime dynasty." (This implies that Megatron may have also had the surname "Prime" at one time.) Similarly, in the ''Autobots'' version of the same DS game, it is noted that Megatron "took the spark" of his and Optimus' father. However, in the [[Transformers Comic issue 2.12|twelfth issue of Titan's ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comic]], [[Barricade (Movie)|"Barricade"]] informed readers that Megatron and Optimus weren't related, the term "brother" was just because they'd known each other for so long.
* Early script drafts and a [[Optimus Prime Versus Megatron|children's picture book]] featured Megatron consuming the [[spark]]s of his fallen foes, but this didn't make it into the final film due to time constraints. The novelisation of the movie, on the other hand, sees him chow down on Jazz in the final battle; similarly, although not outright stated in dialogue, his animalistic pouncing on the fallen bodies of various characters (including Optimus Prime, Starscream, Jazz and the [[Create-A-Bot (Decepticon)|Decepticon Create-A-Bot]]) in the Movie Nintendo DS games, following by what appears to be rooting around in their innards, seems to suggest he's doing the same there.
* Despite his undeniable hatred of humans, Megatron is the only Decepticon in the movie who doesn't speak [[Cybertronian languages|Cybertronian]] for the majority of his dialogue. In fact, he speaks ''fluent'' English upon reviving, despite the fact that [[wikipedia:Modern English|Modern English]] came into existence around the Sixteenth century, when he was presumably still frozen in the ice. This could suggest that he still was somehow conscious when he was studied by Sector Seven (which he also overtly states upon awakening in the IDW comic adaptation). This would explain why his first action after thawing was declaring his name—imagine being frozen for generations being referred to as "N.B.E. 1", or even worse: "Mega-Man" ''and'' "Ice-man".
*[[Detroit]] Lions American football player Calvin Johnson has earned the nickname Megatron, due to his large stature and unstoppability. Since he got the nickname around the same time as the movie was in theaters, we assume he was named for this Megatron. Johnson has worn a hat with the Decepticon logo on it. <ref>[http://larrybrownsports.com/football/calvin-johnson-now-rocks-a-megatron-transformers-hat-picture/92078 Calvin Johnson now rocks a Megatron Transformers hat]</ref> Nike came out with a limited edition line "Megatron" styled sports gear for the 2012 Thanksgiving day game.<ref>[http://www.nikeblog.com/2012/11/22/nike-calvin-johnson-megatron-collection/ Nike Calvin Johnson ‘Megatron’ Collection]</ref>
* The Megatron computer generated model consisted of 2411 individual pieces, 433,949 polygons, 8924 rig nodes, and 1437 texture maps. The pieces combined gave a volume of 10,325 cubic feet.<ref>Robertson, Barbara (2007). Heavy Metal. ''Computer Graphics, 30''(7), 12-17.</ref>
[[Image:MBMovieMegatronAttacks.jpg|thumb|250px|You'll find battling me A COSTLY MISTAKE, Optimus Prime!]]
*The [[Milton Bradley]] [[Transformers Battling Card Game]] depicts a couple of unique attacks for Megatron's original form; one card gives him a pair of forearm-mounted blades as an "Arm Sword", and another shows him firing a swarm of missiles from his chest in a "Missile Attack".
*It was decided that Megatron would not be renamed Galvatron in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' for the sake of the general audience.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/180451-welcome-mr-roberto-orci-you-may-ask-him-questions-229.html#post3421064 Roberto Orci answers fan questions on the TFW2005 boards.]
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*While ''[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe]]'' and the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|comic adaptation]] create the idea that Megatron is a [[Triple Changer]] that alternates between his robot, jet, and tank modes, there is absolutely nothing to support this in the movie. Throughout the entire film, he only transforms into a winged tank portrayed by the Voyager figure and is more than capable of flying in said mode. Of course, whether or not his flying tank mode is considered a third mode is up to interpretation.
*According to his bio on the Hasbro sticker sheets, ''Revenge'' Megatron weighs in at 5.7 metric tons, is 35 feet tall, uses an 'Ion-fused chain whip' for his primary weapon, has a 'Strength power level' of 10, and changes into an 'Interstellar jet.' The mention of a chain whip and a jet mode seem to indicate the card's stats were based on his original form, rather than his ''Revenge of the Fallen'' tank mode. The card also surmises that Megatron's might will 'make the Earth quake, and the stars fall from the sky.' The two-disc special edition of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' DVD also gives him a height of 35 feet.
*In the ''[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe]]'', it states Megatron possesses an internal self-regenerating dark matter power core which is possibly of alien origin.
*His weatherbeaten Mack tanker truck mode and Cybertronian sawed-off shotgun as seen in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'' are fairly straightforward nods to the 1981 film ''[[Wikipedia:Mad Max 2|Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior]]''.
*The whole notion of him even being [[Megatron_(Movie)/toys#Voyager_Class_toys_4|a tanker truck]] in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'' in the first place might be a nod to executive producer [[Steven Spielberg]]'s first movie, [[Wikipedia:Duel (1971 film)|Duel]], where a similar truck is the main "bad guy".
*Early concepts for his ''Dark of the Moon'' design called him Cyclonus in an attempt to curb leaks and spread misinformation.
*Megatron's story was altered significantly twice during development of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' and ''Dark of the Moon'': the climax of the second film would have revealed Megatron served The Fallen under the pretense of becoming a Prime, which Optimus exposes a lie, explaining Primes are born, not made. An angered Megatron refused to aid The Fallen in his final battle, and returned to the ''Nemesis'' via The Fallen's space bridge to raise an army of hatchlings. In the film he is removed from the battle by having Optimus disfigure him with his own cannon, forcing him to hide as a truck in Africa. Megatron would have survived ''Dark of the Moon'', with Optimus accepting the truce after helping kill Sentinel, with Megatron returning to Cybertron and leaving the possibility open to a fourth film. On screen, Megatron's offer comes across as less than sincere, allowing Optimus to finally tear his head off.
*Although Megatron uses [[Death-lock pincer|Fusion Cannon]] in both previous films, in ''Dark of the Moon'' Megatron's weapon changes to a Fusion Shotgun.
*Megatron is the only character to have appeared in all three movies to have received a distinctly different body design and alternate form for each film. Each subsequent change having an in-story reason as well (brought back from the dead and repaired in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', and being forced into hiding due to injuries he sustained at the end of the former-mentioned film in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''). This trend even follows into ''[[Transformers: The Ride – 3D]]'', wherein Megatron appears in his DOTM body, but with the ROTF "Murder arm".
* In all three movies, Megatron's fusion cannon makes a distinctive noise as it charges that none of the other weapons in the films make. Generation 1 Megatron's fusion cannon also had a unique sound effect.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Megatron''' (メガトロン ''Megatoron'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Megaton''' (Taiwan, 密卡登 ''Mìkǎdēng''), '''Wēi Zhèn Tīan''' (China, 威震天, "Extremely Prestigious", literally "Heaven-shaking Might")

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/toytables/movie_megatron.htm Megatron at TFU.info]

==References==
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:''Megatron is the [[Decepticon]] leader from the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Movie_Megatron_Defiance3.jpg|thumb|300px|Friends, [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticonians]], countrybots, lend me your audio receptors!]]

'''Megatron''' was not always the viciously powerful and brutally direct leader of the Decepticons: he was once brothers-in-arms with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] and a student of [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], appointed to be Cybertron's [[Lord High Protector|Protector]] and commander of its [[Defense Force]]. But Megatron resented his comrade, knowing he was a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] and therefore Sentinel's favored son. This anger allowed [[The Fallen]] to ensnare him and led to the revival of the Decepticons. Even without The Fallen though, it's not hard to imagine Megatron would have erupted Cybertron into war to rid himself of Optimus.

Megatron tends to become so obsessed with the object of his desires that he can ignore "secondary" matters, glaring flaws in his plans. Otherwise, he likely wouldn't have chased after the [[AllSpark]] alone, and spent centuries entombed in the [[Arctic]]. Trying to talk Megatron out of blindly going for his goals is useless. He will risk his world, his troops, and even his own [[spark]] to achieve his goals; these things do not matter to Megatron. Like his master, Megatron feels a violent hatred towards [[human]]s and views them as only slightly above bacteria, a feeling exacerbated by spending decades as their prisoner.

{{quote|You still fight for the weak! That is why ''you lose!''|Megatron to Optimus|[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]}}

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
During the dark age of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] after the fall of the [[Dynasty of Primes]], Megatron became a follower of [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]. Sentinel recovered the [[AllSpark]], and planned to transport a sun to repower it and the rest of Cybertron. The [[Thetacon (tribe)|Thetacon]]s, who believed Sentinel to be a mad heretic, launched an attack on the AllSpark's facility. Megatron, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]], [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] fended off the Thetacons when Sentinel and [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] successfully transported a star to Cybertron. The Thetacons laid down their arms, but Megatron resented that so many of his comrades had died before Cybertron's new dawn, and it was only by Optimus's persuasion that Megatron found it within himself to forgive his enemies and shake the Thetacon [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]'s hand. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1}}

That evening, Megatron eavesdropped on a conversation between Sentinel and Optimus. Sentinel claimed Optimus was also a Prime, and intended to make him the new ruler of Cybertron. Optimus refused, unable to accept he was a Prime and somehow superior to his comrades. The next day, Megatron grumbled to Shockwave that if he were Optimus, he would have accepted Sentinel's offer. They came across a [[Driller]] attacking a [[hatchling]] field trip, and successfully shot the creature to pieces. Megatron asked for the name of the Cybertronian who volunteered to guard the hatchlings: his name was [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]].

Three days later at the capital city of [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticon]], Sentinel Prime officially declared Cybertron's unification, and announced the planet would be governed by Optimus's [[Science Division]], and Megatron's [[Defense Force]]. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2}} For two generations, Optimus and Megatron ruled Cybertron successfully, creating a balance of fair and firm leadership. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} When [[Malcontent]] activity increased on Cybertron, Megatron met with Optimus and requested supreme authority in protecting the planet. Optimus obliged. Megatron then requested to be called [[Lord High Protector]] and to be addressed as "sir". {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

[[Image:Defiance1 Megs Prime argument.jpg|left|350px|thumb|"Know your place, boy!"]]

After Commander Starscream returned from his patrol in the [[Eshems Nebula]], Optimus was reporting on his science sector's continuing excavation of the site near [[Simfur Temple]] and the unusual pulse waves that the AllSpark had been emitting ever since work began. At the excavation site, while Optimus' scientists were concerned with disturbing the ancient artifacts, all Megatron cared about was whether these relics might provide the same revitalising energy as the AllSpark. He was nettled when Optimus asserted the sector's dominion over all scientific and archaeological discoveries and reminded his junior that it was his defence force that protected this world, demanding to be informed of all possible threats from the excavation's findings. When Optimus dared to remind Megatron of the military's treatment of such discoveries as hostile, Megatron told Optimus that when ''he'' tried to be the leader of Cybertron, he could make those decisions, not ''now''. When a mysterious relic was discovered, Megatron ordered it removed at once, a demand that Optimus disagreed with. Just as the pair were about to launch into another argument, Cybertron fell under attack from Nebula inhabitants. Megatron had the relic quickly moved to his quarters under the guise of protecting it from the invaders. Arriving to find [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] seeking cover within the temple of Simfur, Megatron chastised their alleged lack of courage before he was hit by an alien tank vehicle. After destroying it, he told Starscream to keep Optimus' team out of the military's way and staggered back to his quarters in Trypticon. Drawn towards the relic, he ignored his injuries and scraped away at the layers of debris encrusting it before losing consciousness. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}}

[[Image:Defiance2_Megatron_warrally.jpg|thumb|250px|Mein Führer!]]

The relic used what little power it had left to repair Megatron's wounds. At first Megatron was angry, demanding the being to show himself to the Protector of all Cybertron. The relic explained that it was unable to do so without Megatron's help, and ''if'' he helped, the relic would truly make him '''Lord''' of Cybertron. The relic then fired beams of energy into Megatron's mind (turning his white optic sensors red), explaining what needed to be done, filling him with delusions of grandeur. When Optimus came looking for the Protector, Megatron had changed; he had become even more aggressive in his speech and demeanor, and what's more, he demanded Optimus gather his scientists to go to war. When Optimus explained the sector was not combat-trained, Megatron shot back that the scientists should have known what the aliens were after: the AllSpark. Optimus refused, stating that the army's mission was of defense, and it went against everything their society was based upon to exacerbate war. Megatron slammed Optimus into the wall and stated that their society then needed to ''change''. He held a massive saber-rattling war rally outside Trypticon, demanding vengeance upon the alien aggressors. He claimed that until the war ended, he would assume full control of the military, and everybody would answer only to him. Megatron ordered all flight-capable Cybertronians accompany him to the Eshems Nebula, where they launched a surprise attack against the still-unknown aliens. Megatron fought his way inside the alien flagship and personally executed the alien leader. He then ordered Starscream and his units to conduct a war of genocide: ''none'' of the aliens were to survive. {{storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}}

[[Image:Defiance3_wearenowDECEPTICONS.jpg|thumb|left|200px|I'm going to enjoy watching you die, Mr. Anderson. ]]

Megatron returned from the front with news of their success and awaited further instructions from his master. The relic ordered Megatron to prepare the way for his return by expanding the army, and at the end, Cybertron would be Megatron's, while everything else the master's. Megatron was enraged when the relic informed him that Optimus had snooped inside his quarters while he was fighting the aliens, and convinced the Protector that Optimus was after the same power the relic had promised ''him''. Now seeing that there were "enemies" within Cybertron as well as without, Megatron arranged to have the "traitors" taken care of by ordering [[Prowl (Movie)|Prowl]]'s security team to arrest Optimus, and sent Starscream's soldiers to kill all bar Optimus. However, Megatron underestimated Optimus, who personally defeated Starscream's squad. Nonetheless, he used the survivors as propaganda that treacherous malcontents sought to betray them all, and declared that Megatron's followers would now be reformed under a new image and a new name: '''Decepticons'''. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}} He ordered the execution of the "false" Primes — though he knew Sentinel and Optimus were Primes, he needed to give his followers a villain. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}}

Optimus's forces having eluded him for now, Megatron was given new orders by his master: build a [[Nemesis (ROTF)|mighty starship]] that would scour the stars for something very important to the relic's plans. The relic counseled Megatron to not make the same mistakes he did thousands of years ago, that his protege should strike without mercy or hesitation. The relic told Megatron the story of his mighty race, and how the AllSpark granted them great power and created the Transformer race, but it needed to be recharged by draining the power of a sun using specially-constructed [[Star Harvester|harvesting]] devices, and their under-construction starship would be used to search for the last harvester in the galaxy. When Megatron presumed to believe he would accompany his master, he was rebuked and punished. Much later, the ''Nemesis'' was finally completed, and Megatron assigned [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to command the ship. The relic praising Megatron for his fine work, and ordered him to stay behind to continue the war. Over the next thousand years, the Autobots and Decepticons clashed in a bloody struggle. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}

As Cybertron is devastated by the worsening war, Sentinel Prime is forced to make a deal with Megatron to seek out another planet whose resources they can exploit to restore their homeworld. The chosen planet is the resting place of the Primes' Star Harvester. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}{{storylink|Dark of the Moon issue 3}}

Ironhide led an attack on Simfur Temple. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} Megatron stood at the gate and slaughtered many Autobots as Elita-One and [[Chromia (ROTF)|her]] [[Arcee (Movie)|sisters]] used the AllSpark to activate a "torch" made by Sentinel. Optimus finally appeared to fend off Megatron and ensure Elita-One escaped to give Sentinel the torch. Sentinel boarded the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]] with the torch to retrieve Optimus from Simfur, but to both Optimus and Megatron's horror, Starscream attacked the Ark, destroying it. The Autobots fled, but Megatron correctly deduced Optimus would return with a vengeance. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}} From his [[Lord High Protector citadel|citadel]], Megatron watched as Optimus and Ironhide battled their way through his defenses. When Optimus finally entered the tower, he found Megatron covered in hatchlings and daring him to kill them with him, gloating that Optimus would never go far enough. Optimus revealed he didn't: it had all been a distraction as Wheeljack, Chromia and Arcee stole the AllSpark aboard a second [[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]. With the AllSpark removed from Sentinel's device, the sun it held in place disappeared. Optimus escaped, rescuing Ironhide from Starscream and Shockwave while leaving Megatron to free himself of his hungry hatchlings. Megatron swore he would recover the AllSpark, and that if he would have to travel across the entire universe to do so, he would kill every Autobot. {{storylink|Transformers: Foundation|Foundation #1-4}}

[[Image:Movie Megatron Targetcomic sure.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"Sit, boy — or I'll beat you to death."]]

During an assault on the Autobots personally led by Megatron and his hound, [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], the tyrant crushed an Autobot opponent's spark before casually tossing his corpse over his shoulder. He declared that the AllSpark would be his again, to which Blackout assured his leader that he would personally see to it. Megatron was pleased by his minion's loyalty, but decided to dispatch him to assist Starscream's unit to prevent Optimus Prime's reinforcements from entering [[Tyger Pax]]. He then left to meet his destiny, but it slipped from his grasp; Prime had commissioned the AllSpark to be launched into the abyss of outer space. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}}

[[Image:MovieMegatron Bumblebee torture comic.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Better get some ice on that.]]
After realizing Bumblebee had stalled him from claiming the Cube so the operation could be completed, Megatron tore off Bumblebee's arm—removing his weapon—and crushed his voice box, destroying his vocal processors so that the young Autobot would never speak of the affront to his destiny. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} Megatron, believing Prime to be a desperate, inexperienced fool, gave chase. On the way, he detected the ''Nemesis's'' distress signal and soon found the mighty starship on a barren world, abandoned by all but his master. Megatron was berated for allowing the Cube to slip away from his grasp and ordered to thoroughly continue his chase. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} As Megatron tracked the AllSpark through space, he mused about his reasons for the war and how he and his "brother" were not all that different, as seen by Optimus' sentencing their home to a slow death by launching the Cube into space. Tracing the AllSpark via energy signature to [[Earth|a primitive world]], he lost contact with it upon atmospheric entry and crashed into the planet's icy northern pole. Low on [[energon]], his safety buffers exhausted, Megatron went into [[stasis lock]].

[[Image:MoviePrequel2-Megatrondownfall.jpg|thumb|200px|"I HAVE WALKED INTO THIS!"]]

Millennia later, in the year [[1897]], [[Archibald Witwicky]], the leader of the National Arctic Circle Expedition, discovered Megatron buried deep in the ice. Accidentally triggering Megatron's navigation system, Witwicky was blinded by a burst of light from the Decepticon leader's eyes, which imprinted the location of the AllSpark on his [[glasses]]. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}} Witwicky was subsequently driven insane by the experience, and upon his return to land, became the subject of attention by the United States government, who recruited adventurers [[Walter Simmons]] and [[Theodore Joseph Wells]] to investigate his fantastic claims. Simmons, Wells and their group followed Witwicky's route back to the Arctic, arriving early [[1898]], where they discovered Megatron's frozen body, and like Witwicky before them, inadvertently activated one of his systems upon entry into the cave, bringing him partially back on-line. The energy pulse this released caught the attention of [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]], a [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]] abandoned on Earth by The Fallen, who quickly made his way to the Arctic, believing that The Fallen himself was the source of the pulse. Discovering the truth, Jetfire angrily informed Megatron that he has never heard of him, and punched him in the face. Simmons and Wells's group subsequently used explosives to send Jetfire punging into the freezing ocean; Megatron, too, was submerged, but jut before the cold overwhelmed him and he shut down again, he weakly proclaimed his name, which Simmons mis-heard as "Mega-Man". {{storylink|Original}} Simmons's organization set about constructing an environment dome around Megatron so he could be excavated and studied, which was completed in [[1899]]. Then, in [[1902]], the group discovered the AllSpark in the Colorado River, and quickly drew a correlation between it and their frozen "Mega-Man" because of the similar symbols that they were both decorated with. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}}

Eventually naming itself [[Sector Seven]] and arranging construction of the [[Hoover Dam]] to contain the AllSpark, the group initially planned to move Megatron to the dam as well in [[1935]]. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}} Unfortunately, some delays in the installation of the cryo-block system that would keep Megatron frozen delayed the planned move, however, and the outbreak of [[World War II]] put it on permanent hold. {{storylink|Weapon (issue)|Weapon}} It was in [[1954]] when Sector Seven definitively learned that they could not trust the Arctic cold to keep Megatron frozen when Communist sabotage of the organization's Arctic command post caused the Decepticon leader to thaw out, threatening the lives of the skeleton crew manning the base. Walter Simmons called for liquid nitrogen bombs to be dropped on the base, freezing Megatron solid once more only minutes after he awoke. {{storylink|Frozen}} In [[1969]], Megatron was at last transferred from the Arctic to the Hoover Dam headquarters. as Walter Simmons stayed looking at him. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}
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===''Transformers: Beginnings''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Frank Welker]]

{{note|Transformers: Beginnings is a condensed, flash-animated retelling of the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] [[Transformers: Movie Prequel |Movie Prequel]] that is detailed above this section.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Beginnings (Movie)|Transformers: Beginnings}}

===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comic===
[[Image:MegatronMovie_GeoffSenior.jpg|right|150px|thumb|''The Beast and its armies shall rise from the pit to make war against God.'']]

The [[AllSpark]] had not been blindly launched into space, however—its trajectory was leading it directly towards the [[Alkaris Anomaly]], a wormhole that could potentially transport the cube to any one of an infinite number of locations in the universe. Megatron was fully capable of catching up to the cube before it would enter the wormhole, but as he passed Cybertron's moon, he found himself ensnared by an Autobot tractor beam of remarkable strength that pulled him down to the moon's surface.

Enraged by the ignominy of it all, Megatron turned his weapons on the Autobots responsible, but quickly calmed down enough to realize that this was only playing into their hands, and instead ordered [[Brawl (Movie)|Devastator]] to take his place in the battle. Megatron swooped back into space, hot on the AllSpark's heels, but was unable to stop the cube from falling through the anomaly. Determined to have the AllSpark's power, Megatron chose to enter the wormhole himself, only to be spat out in some far-off star system, with no trace of the AllSpark... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2}}

Megatron entered the [[Solar system]], where he freed [[The Fallen]] from his pocket dimension prison on one of [[Saturn]]'s moons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|The Fallen's profile}}

''This led into [[Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2]].''

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In another reality, he defeated Optimus at [[Mission City]], killed Sam Witwicky and took control of the AllSpark. He was fully linked to it and drew on its power—"It is me and I am it!"—giving him greater might and the ability to heal any wound. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4}}

After conquering an unknown chunk of Earth (including the entire [[United States of America]]) with [[Dropkick]] as his second-in-command, he used the AllSpark's power to start turning Earth from an organic world into a new Cybertron. Optimus Prime lay frozen in the [[Hoover Dam|old Sector Seven base]], Autobot resistance was scattered, and NATO's threat to nuke occupied America was hardly much of one. [[Image:Megatron Bumbleslap.jpg|left|350px|thumb|"''Sigh'' Even mindless violence seems boring today..."]] The only thing bothering Megatron was those rebels breaking into Hoover Dam... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}}

Megatron personally arrived to face [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and hunted for him, trying to bait him into appearing. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2}} Realising the Autobot must have come with a human ally, he deliberately threatened to go after the human and thus got an emotional Bumblebee to make a defiant attack... at which point he backhanded Bumblebee into the wall and prepared to eviscerate him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 11|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3}} He gave the Autobot a chance at a swift death if he begged for mercy, and was quite impressed when Bumblebee merely asked "that all you got?", but was less impressed when Autobot reinforcements arrived. [[Image:Megatron Titan12.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Megatron's BDSM Dungeon just wasn't meeting expectations.]] He effortlessly smashed them aside and was about to kill [[Skyblast (Movie)|Skyblast]] when a new challenger arrived: the revived Optimus! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4}}

Optimus Prime got the snot beaten out of him, every attack he landed on Megatron being repaired by AllSpark power. However, he distracted Megatron long enough for Bumblebee to hit him with the ''other'' thing they'd broken into the Dam for: Sector Seven's greatest weapon, a nanovirus that targeted AllSpark operation frequencies. Infected, the tyrant was consumed from within by his own power and collapsed dead. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}}

Or so it appeared. He'd downloaded his mind into the AllSpark interface module, knowing Starscream would take it and assimilate it into himself. And so Megatron was able to be a voice in Starscream's head for weeks and weeks—and finally, when Starscream had suffered a setback and wanted a plan to stop the Autobots, Megatron gave him one: to let him out... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

While Starscream didn't, he ''did'' follow Megatron's tactical suggestions. He had the Decepticons use both carrot (promise of truce) ''and'' stick (multiple attacks) to make the US government, prompted by [[Theodore Allen|the mind-controlled President Allen]], boot out the Autobots—and then nuke them as they left, giving the Decepticons a clear shot at reconquest! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution Part 1}} This plan backfired when [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] intervened, and Megatron visited a broken, gibbering Starscream to once again tell him the only way out was to release him and let him walk the Earth again. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution Part 2}}
[[Image:Starscreamseesthings_Titan25.jpg|left|350px|thumb|''You're looking throooough me...'']]

This time Starscream ''did''... much to his dismay when he realised what he'd done. And so, when Stockade's New Decepticons stormed the [[Decepticon Heartland]], Megatron was there to "greet" them with fiery death!

Megatron fought Stockade in single combat, and [[Nucleon]]-fueled punches rained down on him—only for him to ''grab'' a punch and use the momentum to hurl his opponent, berating him for lacking clear ambition to support his strength. This fight would've carried on except then the Autobots turned up. Trashing a rebellion, conquering Earth, ''and'' killing Optimus Prime in one day?! WOOOOO!

But Optimus drew first blood, and before Megatron could truly fight back, he was forcibly teleported with his Decepticons to Cybertron. A dead Cybertron. A dead Cybertron that itself teleported to an unknown area of space, leaving them trapped with no way back and no way off, ''forever''.

{{bigquote|'''PRIIIIIME!'''}}

{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part Three}}

===''Ghosts of Yesterday'' prequel novel===
"The Ice Man" was kept in deep freeze by [[Sector Seven]] in their super-secret [[Sector Seven High Arctic Base|High Arctic Base]] until they decided to move him closer to the [[Allspark]] in [[1969]]. The convoy was disrupted when the driver of the lead truck spun out causing the rest of the vehicles to pile up on the icy roads. It was determined later that the driver was the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] spy [[Sergei Tasarov]] who had taken the place of the Sector Seven agent Peter Hodgson.

While the convoy prepared their defenses and a Soviet strike force attacked trying to obtain the Ice Man.

When Megatron came partially online, it was obvious that some time had passed. Not only was he encased in a primitive transport, but there were [[Human|lifeforms]] fighting over him. Before Megatron could properly exterminate them, another crude transport crashed into his, causing a massive (but not spark-threatening) explosion. Megatron would have been pleased to know that the fire only added to his terrifying visage in the eyes of the maggots. Regaining his composure, Megatron noticed [[Philip Nolan|an insect]] standing near him. As Megatron reached out to grab it, [[Thomas Kinnear|another insect]], this one terminally damaged, began firing crude projectiles which his body armor easily deflected. Waiting until after the creature had expended its ammunition, Megatron grabbed it in his hand, only to discover that it had packed itself with explosives, which threw Megatron to the ground when they detonated. Then, the aforementioned first insect began spraying liquid nitrogen on Megatron, causing him to go back into stasis. Unable to escape, Megatron screamed a dark vengeance upon his captors. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

===''Transformers'' (2007 movie)===
{{voiceactor|[[Hugo Weaving]] (English), [[Kōtarō Nakamura]] (Japanese)|[[José Santa Cruz]] (Brazil), [[Hans-Jürgen Wolf]] (German) [[Luca Biagini]] (Italian), [[Gerardo Vásquez]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}

[[Image:Movie2007_Megatron_ArchibaldWitwicky.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Oh baby, you know just the spot to turn me on!]]

Megatron eventually succeeded in tracking the AllSpark to [[Earth]], where he rather embarrassingly crash-landed in the Arctic Circle and was frozen solid for thousands of years. In [[1897]], some 100 Earth-years before the arrival of the other Transformers, he was discovered by an explorer named [[Archibald Witwicky|Archibald Amundsen Witwicky]]. Captain Witwicky accidentally activated Megatron's navigation system and caused the coordinates of the AllSpark to be etched onto the explorer's glasses. Megatron remained imprisoned in the Arctic until the 1930s, when he was dug out by the United States government and moved to a secret [[Sector Seven]] stronghold inside [[Hoover Dam]]. In the years that followed, many modern devices (by Earth standards) were reverse-engineered from his frozen body.

[[Image:Movie Megatron breakout.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Mace isn't for spraying, it's for hitting.]]

In the present day, having searched the galaxy for the AllSpark and being drawn to Earth, the remaining Decepticons learned of Witwicky's glasses. Through the Internet, they determined the location of both Megatron and the AllSpark inside Hoover Dam. [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] infiltrated the dam and shut down the power systems, while Starscream attacked the external powerlines, resulting in Megatron's thawing out. Once again online, the leader of the Decepticons informed the worthless insects of his true name, shouting "I am Megatron!" (to clear up all that N.B.E.-01/Ice Man nonsense), randomly killed a few of them while destroying his former prison, then transformed and flew off after the AllSpark again. He met up with Starscream for the first time in thousands of years on the outside, and, never one for pleasantries, immediately demanded to know where the Cube was. Upon learning that the humans had moved the AllSpark, Megatron berated Starscream for yet another failure.

[[Image:Movie2007_Megatron_Starscream.jpg|thumb|left|250px|You fail me yet again Starscream... will I ever meet [[Starscream (SG)|a Starscream that is truly loyal?]]]]

After Starscream and Devastator's opening attacks in [[Mission City]], Megatron arrived, and again declared his name (he really wants people to know who he is). The Autobots were so panicked by the sight of their long lost nemesis that [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] called for a temporary retreat. Megatron blasted [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] away when the diminutive Autobot attempted to attack, then threw him into the air before crushing him on top of a tower with his clawed talons. Jazz vainly fought on, asking if Megatron wanted a "piece", but doing little damage to Megatron. The Decepticon leader killed the Autobot by tearing him in half, callously declaring that he wanted "two".

[[Image:Movie Megatron jetmode cityfight.jpg|250px|thumb|Whoa, that energon's not settling too well.]]

As [[Sam Witwicky|the human boy]] ran off with the AllSpark, Megatron ordered the Decepticons to [[Decepticons, attack|attack]]. Devastator attacked the armed insects, while Starscream and [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] fought [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and Ratchet for the AllSpark. At that moment, Optimus Prime appeared and challenged Megatron. Millennia in the ice had done nothing to lessen the animosity Megatron felt for his brother, however. Barely managing to growl out Prime's name, he transformed and flew at Prime at full speed. The Autobot leader leapt and grabbed a hold of Megatron, who slammed him into a building before flying right through a skyscraper. Both leaders landed in the middle of an intersection, but Megatron was the first to recover and leaped upon his brother, snarling that the humans were undeserving of life. Optimus Prime replied that they had the right to choose for themselves before he threw his brother off. Megatron declared that if Prime wished to defend them, he should "join them in extinction", forming his [[fusion cannon]]. Before he could fire, the Autobot leader drew his [[ion blaster]] and fired, hitting Megatron. The Decepticon leader shrugged off this attack, spun around from the momentum and fired his cannon, throwing Optimus Prime into the side of a building.

[[Image:Movie Megatron Samonroof.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Oh look I found a stray human... wonder if I can keep him as a pet... come on boy, don't be scared. I'll take you to a new home.]]

Megatron pursued the young human who had removed the AllSpark from Hoover Dam, destroying everything that stood in his way. The boy ran to a dilapidated building that was the designated coordinates for a human military evacuation team, and Megatron smashed his way through, yelling that he could smell the human maggot. Starscream destroyed the helicopter intended to take the AllSpark, and Megatron burst through the floor, inquiring if it was courage or fear that compelled him. Finally cornering him on a ledge, Megatron offered that if the human gave him the AllSpark, the boy might live as [[Ravage (G1)|his]] [[Laserbeak (G1)|pet]]. The Decepticon leader relished the human's defiant refusal and destroyed the ledge the human was standing upon, sending the boy tumbling to the ground.

[[Image:Movie2007_Prime_Megatron.jpg|thumb|250px|Get up, so I can knock you back down!]]

Unfortunately, the human was caught by Optimus Prime, who then tried to escape down the side of the building before Megatron tackled him and sent all three slamming into the pavement. As a nearby [[Michael Bay|human bystander]] attempted to run, the Decepticon expressed his disgust at the insect's proximity and flicked it away. Protecting the young boy, Prime declared that their war would end here and it was now just between the two brothers. Though lusting for the AllSpark, Megatron decided to indulge his brother's obvious death wish, declaring that only he was in this fight. Despite Optimus Prime's best efforts, Megatron was relentless, matching the Autobot leader with blow after devastating blow until he collapsed. Adding insult to injury, Megatron informed Prime that his defense of the "weak" was the real reason he lost.

[[Image:Megatron allspark merge.JPG|left|250px|thumb| The AllSpark will give you sparkburn!]]

The Decepticon leader turned his attention back to the human boy, but was suddenly attacked by the human fighter jets and [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]]'s ground soldiers firing sabot rounds. Optimus took this chance, striking Megatron and knocking him down. His armor a damaged, shattered mess, Megatron ignored the punishment and focused on the human boy, growling that he would kill the boy and that the AllSpark was his. As Optimus Prime ordered the boy to place the AllSpark into his chest, the human instead pushed it into the now-exposed [[spark]] in Megatron's chest, overloading him with energy and extinguishing the Decepticon's life force. As Optimus Prime stood over Megatron's lifeless shell, watching the light flicker out of his brother's [[Sensors#Optical sensors|optics]], he remarked somberly, yet remorsefully, that Megatron had left him no choice, and removed a shard of the AllSpark from his brother's spark cavity.

Megatron's body was dumped into the [[Laurentian Abyss]] at its deepest point, along with the remains of the other Decepticons, where the near-freezing temperatures would, hopefully, keep them dormant indefinitely. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}
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===Toy bios===
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Megatron was ''born'' evil, always wanting domination of everything. {{storylink|Megatron (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys|Voyager Megatron}} His fiery diatribes still managed to sway thousands, however. {{storylink|Megatron (Movie)/toys#Robot Replicas|Robot Replica Megatron}}

At some point, he took a stealth mode so he could attack Optimus without warning. {{storylink|Megatron (Movie)/toys#Fast Action Battlers|Night Attack Megatron}}

When frozen on Earth, he remained vaguely conscious and remembers a few things from when he warmed up slightly. At one point, his body was worshipped as a god by [[protohuman]]s. {{storylink|Megatron (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys|Premium Series Megatron}}

===Beast Wars Diorama Story===
[[Image:BWDiorama Megatrons.jpg|thumb|left|]]
On Earth in the past and in another universe, a group of [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], led by another [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], battled a contingent of [[Maximal]]s in a forest. {{storylink|Optimus Primal Chapter}}

Some time into the battle, a warp opened, bringing with it [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]. After being defeated by the Maximals, Starscream joined the Predacons. {{storylink|Tigatron Chapter}} [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] later appeared and joined the Predacons, as well. As the battled raged, Megatron came in through the warp. {{storylink|Gimlet Chapter}}

The Decepticon Megatron brought along [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]], and the two Megatrons combined their troops into a fearsome force against the Autobots and Maximals. In the ensuing skirmish, Megatron stood on a cliff edge and loomed over the battle. The two factions then took formation against each other with the intention of combining their energies to attack the opposing side. The Predacon Megatron led the combined Predacon/Decepticon force. With [[Motorarm (BWII)|Motorarm]] leading the charge, the Maximals and the Autobots attacked first. {{storylink|Motorarm Chapter}}
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===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
In the aftermath of the battle in Mission City, [[Sector Seven]] hauled away Megatron's corpse along with the other Decepticon bodies. The clandestine human organisation brought the bodies to a secret facility in the Nevada desert, with the intention of getting every bit of information they can out of the dead Decepticons before they were forced to dump them into the sea. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1}} When he arrived to oversee the burial of those who fell in Mission City, Optimus Prime noticed the surviving AllSpark fragment glowed when near Megatron's body, and gave it to [[Vine|Professor Vine]] for safekeeping. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2}} Weeks later, Megatron, along with Blackout, was dumped into the Laurentian Abyss. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3}}
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===Transformers Mix & Match book===
{{Note|Due to the malleable storytelling format of the Mix & Match book, listed here is Megatron's story role if all the segments visually featuring him are lined-up. For all the possible iterations of his role in the story, see the [[Transformers Mix & Match]] page.}}
Megatron prepared to engage Optimus Prime in a battle that would decide mankind's fate, as both Blackout in vehicle mode, and the humans in their fighter jets, swarmed the skies around them. {{storylink|Transformers Mix & Match}}
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===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie===
{{voiceactor|[[Hugo Weaving]] (English), [[Kōtarō Nakamura]] (Japan)|[[Hans-Jürgen Wolf]] (German), [[José Santa Cruz]] (Brazil) [[Luca Biagini]] (Italian), [[Gerardo Vásquez]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}

[[Image:ROTFMegatronRising.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Now, where's Starscream? I want to give him a piece of my mind.]]

Megatron's death would not last long, however. [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] tapped into a conversation between [[NEST]] and General [[Morshower]], listening to Director [[Theodore Galloway]] mention that 1) a shard of the [[AllSpark]] was in storage in [[Diego Garcia]] and 2) Megatron's body lay in the [[Laurentian Abyss]]. [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] was sent to steal the shard, and swam to the Abyss with [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]], [[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]], [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]], [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]] and [[Scrapmetal (ROTF)|Scrapmetal]]. Scalpel ordered spare parts be used to repair Megatron's body with "ze little one", who was torn apart by his larger brethren, and then struck Megatron with the shard: the Decepticon leader was reborn as a Cybertronian tank with flight capabilities and a [[death-lock pincer]]. Megatron flew up to the surface, striking a [[USS Topeka|submarine]] on his way, before journeying into space to find the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]''.

[[Image:TheFallen-ROTFNemesis.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"My Master, I have fai--" "I'm trying to watch the game here!"]]

On the ruined ship, Megatron met up with [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and chastised his subordinate for leaving him to die on Earth. Starscream defended his actions by saying that he had to take care of the [[hatchling]]s, who were dying without [[energon]], as someone had to take command in Megatron's absence. Furious, Megatron bashed Starscream into a wall containing protoform sacks, and told Starscream that even in death, there is no command but Megatron's. Megatron met up with [[The Fallen]], who was weakened and in a life support chair. Megatron told his master he had failed and allowed the AllSpark to be destroyed, but The Fallen told Megatron that the knowledge of the AllSpark had instead been transferred to the human boy who killed him, [[Sam Witwicky]]. With the knowledge within Sam's mind, they could find another energon source, hidden away from The Fallen eons ago. Already eager to avenge himself, Megatron begged The Fallen for the chance to strip the flesh from Sam, but The Fallen asked for patience. Before they could act, Megatron was to kill [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], who was the last of the [[Dynasty of Primes]], which made him the only one that could kill the Fallen. Megatron knew that Optimus would protect the boy, and ordered him captured.

[[Image:ROTF Megatron tank mode.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Don't blink. He isn't like this much.]]

Megatron sprang a trap, dispatching [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] to take [[Sam Witwicky]], [[Mikaela Banes]] and [[Leo Spitz]] to him at an abandoned factory. Although Megatron would have rather killed Sam slowly and painfully, Sam had valuable information as to the energon source's location in his mind, which he had received from his own AllSpark fragment. Megatron held the boy down while Scalpel performed several invasive probes of Sam's mind. Scalpel's probes confirmed The Fallen's claims, and Scalpel declared that they needed Sam's brain on the table, something Megatron had no objections to. Just as Scalpel was ready to dissect Sam's brain, Optimus and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] burst in to rescue the humans. Megatron attempted to attack Optimus, but was instead shot out of the factory. Optimus drove Sam to a forest, with Megatron in hot pursuit. The Autobot and Decepticon leaders transformed and battled as Sam fled. Optimus was pretty easily dominating the fight, trash talking Megatron all the while, forcing Megatron to call his Decepticons for help.

[[Image:ROTFPrimePunch.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Body or face, Megatron?" "Not the face!" "Too bad!"]]

Starscream and Grindor arrived to aid their commander, as Megatron told Prime that Sam could lead them to another energon source. Kicking off his [[mouthplate]] and blasting him, Megatron asked Prime if one boy was worth the future of the Cybertronians. Prime replied that he'd never stop at killing just one, then took on all three Decepticons. Surprisingly, he was winning, stabbing Megatron multiple times and knocking off Starscream's arm. As a weary Prime tore Grindor apart, Megatron [[Death-lock pincer|stabbed]] him in the back and blasted through his spark: Prime fell, mortally wounded. As Megatron moved for the boy, the rest of the Autobots arrived and provided enough cover for Bumblebee to spirit Sam away. Already injured from the battle with Prime, Megatron and Starscream were forced to retreat.

[[Image:ROTF_movie_MegatronStarscream_roofchat.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"That's IT! No more Mr. Nice Megatron!" "But you were never—" "SHUT UP!"]]

With Prime dead, Megatron was quite pleased, until Starscream informed him that the boy had escaped. Furious, Megatron smacked his lieutenant with his own severed arm and ran his treads on him for a moment for losing track of a single insect, but Starscream countered that he was one of seven billion, and could be anywhere. Considering the situation, Megatron decided it was time to end their secret war, and that if they couldn't find the boy, they'd have the humans bring him to the Decepticons. Soundwave used his scanning abilities to locate the boys parents, the rejuvenated Fallen broadcast a message to deliver Sam to them across the planet. Megatron himself broadcasted the Fallen's message by rewiring the [[Empire State Building]]'s radio tower.

[[Image:ROTFMegatronSam.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Hey, he stole my purse! Wallet! I mean wallet!]]

He then flew to [[Egypt]], where nineteen thousand years before, the Fallen had built a [[Star Harvester]] to harness the [[Sun]] for energon. Starscream informed him that the humans had brought Prime's body with them, and Megatron surmised the boy's intentions. Commanding the rest of the Decepticons to begin their [[Operation: Firestorm|assault]], Megatron ordered [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] to destroy the pyramid that was built over the harvester, while he himself chased Sam for the [[Matrix of Leadership]], which would activate the harvester. Megatron almost killed Sam, but was overwhelmed by human gunfire, and flew off.

[[Image:ROTF Megatron not over.JPG|thumb|right|250px|It's just a flesh wound. Err, armor wound.]]

Fortunately, The Fallen managed to take the Matrix and activate the harvester, but it had already been used to resurrect Optimus. Optimus combined with [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] and destroyed the harvester, knocking Megatron off the pyramid while Prime went for The Fallen. Quickly recovering, Megatron attacked Optimus from behind, leading to a two on one match with Megatron and the Fallen battling Prime. This one went better for Optimus than the last one, as he used Megatron's own cannon to blast half his face off, and then severed the arm. Finally, Optimus used his afterburners to send Megatron hurtling through some ruins, ending his role in the battle. Megatron was so damaged he could barely call out for "Tharscweam!", but it soon mattered little as Optimus Prime killed the Fallen. Horrified at the loss of the power behind the Decepticons, Megatron acknowledged Starscream's advice that they should flee, but noted that "This isn't over." {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
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===Cyber Missions===
{{voiceactor|[[Tony Gialluca II]] (English)|[[Gerardo Vásquez]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
[[Image:CyberMissions4_Megatron.JPG|right|thumb|300|You wants a Megatron more ugly?]]

Hiding in a disused factory, Megatron was able to cloak the energy signature of his spark, so that when Optimus and Sideswipe turned up, they didn't notice him hiding under a pile of girders. He was able to get the drop on them and sneeringly mocked them as they fought, until Sideswipe jabbed him in the foot. Optimus suggested he surrender, but Megatron instead transformed to tank mode and brought the roof down on them. By the time the two Autobots recovered, Megatron was gone. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 4}}

Not soon after the encounter, Megatron ordered his subordinate [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] to rendezvous somewhere in the Arctic, and revealed that he knew of his ambition to take over leadership of the Decepticons. However, due to the Autobots tracking Starscream en route to Megatron's location, Optimus Prime appeared not long after. Starscream and Megatron double-teamed Optimus for a brief time before the other members of Optimus's team arrived. Ordering Starscream to deal with the others, Megatron continued to attack. Megatron is soon beaten down and asks his foe if he will finish him, but Optimus grants him mercy and allows him to escape. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 12}}

Megatron received the energy signature of [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], and tracked him to a bullet train, which he soon stopped dead in its tracks (literally). [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]], [[Barricade (Movie)| Barricade]], Starscream, and [[Mindwipe (ROTF)| Mindwipe]] soon arrived on the scene. As Megatron attempted to retrieve his fallen communications officer, he discovered that it was in fact a hologram created by [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], and was a distraction while the Autobots arrived. Megatron once again fought Optimus, who pointed out that Megatron's alliances were merely because of fear, unlike the Autobots' alliances. The human military arrived, and the Decepticons were backed into a corner. Optimus then declared that they leave Earth or face the consequences. The other 'Cons retreated, while Megatron made one final promise to destroy Earth the next time around, and blasted off into space. {{storylink|Decepticons Attack}}

===IDW ''Dark of the Moon'' comics===
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{{storylink|Transformers: Starscream}}{{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2}}{{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4}}

===''Prepare to Battle'' prequel material===
Long ago, during his search for [[AllSpark]], Megatron knew that the [[Knights of Cybertron]] would stand between him and the AllSpark, so he approached them offering to surrender in return for amnesty, in reality planning to get rid of them. The Knights reluctantly accepted and the entirety of their group arrived for the meeting. Megatron and his forces used this occasion to trap and destroy them.

Centuries later, [[Soundwave (ROTF) |Soundwave]] reported an intercepted transmission from [[Evac (Ride)|Evac]], the last of the Knights. Realizing that Evac represented an era of Cybertron before him, an era he wished to erase, and that he was also after the last shard of the All Spark, Megatron knew the destruction of the Knights and possession of the shard were in his reach. {{storylink|Prepare for Battle (website)}}

===''Dark of the Moon'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[Hugo Weaving]] (English), [[Kōtarō Nakamura]] (Japanese)|[[Gerardo Vásquez]] (Latin American Spanish)}}

{{quote|Cybertron... you are saved, at last.|Megatron|[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]}}

[[Image:Dotm-megatron-face.jpg|left|thumb|250 px|[[Doctor Doom|Curse you]], [[Fantastic Four]]!]]

Three years after Operation: Firestorm and the death of the Fallen, Megatron finally adopted an Earth form - ironically, a large tractor-trailer not unlike that of his hated enemy - and hid out in the plains of Namibia, Africa, in exile. There, still visibly bearing the scars of his battle with Optimus Prime, he spent most of his time sitting on a ramshackle throne of junk, with only [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]], and the diminutive [[Igor]] to command. Megatron regularly went out to find food for the [[Hatchling]]s that lived in a collection of oil drums at the camp, occasionally scaring the local wildlife with his roaring and bellowing. Starscream expressed his concern for his master's wounds, but Megatron was not fooled by his sucking up. Laserbeak returned after observing [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]'s fight with Optimus, and he and Soundwave told Megatron that the Autobots had discovered a fuel cell from the Ark, which had been thought lost. Megatron noted his approval of the two's work, and decided that the humans that were working for them had served their purpose, and ordered them to be eliminated.

[[Image:DOTM-MegatronLincolnMemorialchair.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Finally, a reference to "[[Atlantis, Arise!]]"]]
After [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] betrayed the Autobots, Megatron and Starscream travelled to Washington D.C., where Megatron outlined his scheme to his second-in-command. Apparently, Sentinel was supposed to rendezvous with Megatron there on Earth, but the circumstances caused them both to be deactivated, and Sentinel was the only one who knew how to activate the [[space bridge]]. However, Megatron had a contingency plan: since they already had the pillars on the Moon and Optimus had recovered the Matrix of Leadership, he merely needed Optimus to revive Sentinel, so he could activate the pillars. And so arrived that moment, and Megatron blasted President Lincoln off his stone throne, and used the remains as a seat. Optimus arrived to stop Sentinel but was too late. Megatron watched this happen, after which he declared, "Here we are. Fight us ''now''."

[[Image:DOTM-SentinelandMegatron.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Megatron just needs to crash on Sentinel's couch for a few days until he can get back on his feet.]]

Soon, they travelled to Chicago, Illinois, where Sentinel and Megatron planned to start their global takeover. They set up their base of operations on the [[wikipedia:35_East_Wacker | Jewelers' Building]]. Human [[Dylan Gould]], who was working for the Decepticons, came with [[Carly Spencer]] to watch, but Megatron ordered him to leave. Dylan did so but muttered to Carly "he's such a dick". After the Decepticons successfully occupied Chicago, Megatron stated that this was the world that he promised, that this way Cybertron would be restored. Sentinel, feeling his partner was getting too chummy, violently reminded Megatron of his place; Sentinel did not work ''for'' Megatron, he worked ''with'' Megatron, and warned the Decepticon to remember the difference.

Much later, Dylan shouted to Megatron that the Autobots who, were seemingly destroyed by Starscream, were still alive. Megatron ordered the bridges to be raised and all [[Orbital Assault Carrier|Decepticon ships]] to find the Autobots.

[[Image:DOTM off with his head.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Insert your own "Give me your face" joke here.]]
Sentinel would take control of the Decepticon forces in the fight against the Autobots, and so, as the battle raged Megatron lay in another throne of junk, sulking. That is, until he was goaded by [[Carly Spencer]], a human, to return to battle and kill Sentinel for apparently usurping him. That is what he came close to doing: he intervened in the battle just before Sentinel was about to deal the fatal blow to Optimus, and severely wounded Sentinel. Megatron realized how far he had fallen in power within the past few years, and had decided to once again take his rightful place at the top of the command chain. He attempted to make a truce with Optimus, as long he could remain in charge of his Decepticon forces, saying, "After all, what would you be without me, Prime?" However, Optimus was no longer interested in peace, and answered "Time to find out." Just as Megatron was about to shoot, Optimus shoved Megatron to the ground, smashed Megatron's head with an energy axe, and tore it off his body, killing the tyrant once and for all. Optimus then used his nemesis' fusion shotgun to end Sentinel's life as well.

{{note|In an earlier draft of the movie's script, Megatron is sincere when he offers Optimus Prime a truce at the end. Optimus accepts, and Megatron and the remaining Decepticons leave Earth to rebuild Cybertron. This ending is used for the novelization and the comic adaptation.}}

{{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

===Mega-Mouth===
[[Megatron (WFC)|A certain Megatron]] from an alternate universe seemed to think he was ''this'' Megatron, as he claimed he attacked Sentinel. {{storylink|Transformers_Comic_issue_4.1#Mega-Mouth|Mega-Mouth #1}} He also explained why he wore a cowl in ''Dark of the Moon'', {{storylink|Transformers_Comic_issue_4.4#Mega-Mouth|Mega-Mouth #4}} and claimed that he survived ''Dark of the Moon''. {{storylink|Transformers_Comic_issue_4.5#Mega-Mouth|Mega-Mouth #5}}

===''Age of Extinction'' film===
{{spoiler|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|July 28}}
:''See: [[Galvatron (AOE)]]

Megatron's severed head was acquired by KSI, who forced [[Brains (DOTM)|Brains]] to transfer data from the Decepticon leader to the man-made Galvatron. Brains discovered that Megatron was not dead, and that he was playing the humans to complete Galvatron and take over the new body.

==Games==
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==Toys==

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==Merchandise==
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==Notes==
[[Image:Movie Megatron olduglyface.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I'm blind!]]
* The prototype photographs on the back of Leader and Voyager class Megatrons' packaging show him with a completely different head based upon an earlier version of CGI design (seen on the right) that was dropped after much negative fan reaction.
* According to The Movie Guide, Megatron is one of the few Transformers capable of space travel without reverting to a Protoform. This explains how he was capable of chasing the AllSpark ''immediately'' after its launch.
[[Image:EarlyMegsMovieConceptartwithG1headandbody.jpg|right|200px|thumb|This would've shut [[GEEWUN|them]] up.]]
* The earliest concept designs of Megatron gave him a look very much inspired by his ''Generation One'' counterpart. Unlike the Cybertronic jet seen in the first movie, this Megatron was intended to transform into an army tank.
* According to [[The Quest for the AllSpark]] paperback's opening paragraph, "...Most revered were Optimus and Megatron. They were twin brothers of the Prime dynasty." (This implies that Megatron may have also had the surname "Prime" at one time.) Similarly, in the ''Autobots'' version of the same DS game, it is noted that Megatron "took the spark" of his and Optimus' father. However, in the [[Transformers Comic issue 2.12|twelfth issue of Titan's ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comic]], [[Barricade (Movie)|"Barricade"]] informed readers that Megatron and Optimus weren't related, the term "brother" was just because they'd known each other for so long.
* Early script drafts and a [[Optimus Prime Versus Megatron|children's picture book]] featured Megatron consuming the [[spark]]s of his fallen foes, but this didn't make it into the final film due to time constraints. The novelisation of the movie, on the other hand, sees him chow down on Jazz in the final battle; similarly, although not outright stated in dialogue, his animalistic pouncing on the fallen bodies of various characters (including Optimus Prime, Starscream, Jazz and the [[Create-A-Bot (Decepticon)|Decepticon Create-A-Bot]]) in the Movie Nintendo DS games, following by what appears to be rooting around in their innards, seems to suggest he's doing the same there.
* Despite his undeniable hatred of humans, Megatron is the only Decepticon in the movie who doesn't speak [[Cybertronian languages|Cybertronian]] for the majority of his dialogue. In fact, he speaks ''fluent'' English upon reviving, despite the fact that [[wikipedia:Modern English|Modern English]] came into existence around the Sixteenth century, when he was presumably still frozen in the ice. This could suggest that he still was somehow conscious when he was studied by Sector Seven (which he also overtly states upon awakening in the IDW comic adaptation). This would explain why his first action after thawing was declaring his name—imagine being frozen for generations being referred to as "N.B.E. 1", or even worse: "Mega-Man" ''and'' "Ice-man".
*[[Detroit]] Lions American football player Calvin Johnson has earned the nickname Megatron, due to his large stature and unstoppability. Since he got the nickname around the same time as the movie was in theaters, we assume he was named for this Megatron. Johnson has worn a hat with the Decepticon logo on it. <ref>[http://larrybrownsports.com/football/calvin-johnson-now-rocks-a-megatron-transformers-hat-picture/92078 Calvin Johnson now rocks a Megatron Transformers hat]</ref> Nike came out with a limited edition line "Megatron" styled sports gear for the 2012 Thanksgiving day game.<ref>[http://www.nikeblog.com/2012/11/22/nike-calvin-johnson-megatron-collection/ Nike Calvin Johnson ‘Megatron’ Collection]</ref>
* The Megatron computer generated model consisted of 2411 individual pieces, 433,949 polygons, 8924 rig nodes, and 1437 texture maps. The pieces combined gave a volume of 10,325 cubic feet.<ref>Robertson, Barbara (2007). Heavy Metal. ''Computer Graphics, 30''(7), 12-17.</ref>
[[Image:MBMovieMegatronAttacks.jpg|thumb|250px|You'll find battling me A COSTLY MISTAKE, Optimus Prime!]]
*The [[Milton Bradley]] [[Transformers Battling Card Game]] depicts a couple of unique attacks for Megatron's original form; one card gives him a pair of forearm-mounted blades as an "Arm Sword", and another shows him firing a swarm of missiles from his chest in a "Missile Attack".
*It was decided that Megatron would not be renamed Galvatron in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' for the sake of the general audience.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/180451-welcome-mr-roberto-orci-you-may-ask-him-questions-229.html#post3421064 Roberto Orci answers fan questions on the TFW2005 boards.]
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*While ''[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe]]'' and the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|comic adaptation]] create the idea that Megatron is a [[Triple Changer]] that alternates between his robot, jet, and tank modes, there is absolutely nothing to support this in the movie. Throughout the entire film, he only transforms into a winged tank portrayed by the Voyager figure and is more than capable of flying in said mode. Of course, whether or not his flying tank mode is considered a third mode is up to interpretation.
*According to his bio on the Hasbro sticker sheets, ''Revenge'' Megatron weighs in at 5.7 metric tons, is 35 feet tall, uses an 'Ion-fused chain whip' for his primary weapon, has a 'Strength power level' of 10, and changes into an 'Interstellar jet.' The mention of a chain whip and a jet mode seem to indicate the card's stats were based on his original form, rather than his ''Revenge of the Fallen'' tank mode. The card also surmises that Megatron's might will 'make the Earth quake, and the stars fall from the sky.' The two-disc special edition of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' DVD also gives him a height of 35 feet.
*In the ''[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe]]'', it states Megatron possesses an internal self-regenerating dark matter power core which is possibly of alien origin.
*His weatherbeaten Mack tanker truck mode and Cybertronian sawed-off shotgun as seen in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'' are fairly straightforward nods to the 1981 film ''[[Wikipedia:Mad Max 2|Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior]]''.
*The whole notion of him even being [[Megatron_(Movie)/toys#Voyager_Class_toys_4|a tanker truck]] in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'' in the first place might be a nod to executive producer [[Steven Spielberg]]'s first movie, [[Wikipedia:Duel (1971 film)|Duel]], where a similar truck is the main "bad guy".
*Early concepts for his ''Dark of the Moon'' design called him Cyclonus in an attempt to curb leaks and spread misinformation.
*Megatron's story was altered significantly twice during development of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' and ''Dark of the Moon'': the climax of the second film would have revealed Megatron served The Fallen under the pretense of becoming a Prime, which Optimus exposes a lie, explaining Primes are born, not made. An angered Megatron refused to aid The Fallen in his final battle, and returned to the ''Nemesis'' via The Fallen's space bridge to raise an army of hatchlings. In the film he is removed from the battle by having Optimus disfigure him with his own cannon, forcing him to hide as a truck in Africa. Megatron would have survived ''Dark of the Moon'', with Optimus accepting the truce after helping kill Sentinel, with Megatron returning to Cybertron and leaving the possibility open to a fourth film. On screen, Megatron's offer comes across as less than sincere, allowing Optimus to finally tear his head off.
*Although Megatron uses [[Death-lock pincer|Fusion Cannon]] in both previous films, in ''Dark of the Moon'' Megatron's weapon changes to a Fusion Shotgun.
*Megatron is the only character to have appeared in all three movies to have received a distinctly different body design and alternate form for each film. Each subsequent change having an in-story reason as well (brought back from the dead and repaired in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', and being forced into hiding due to injuries he sustained at the end of the former-mentioned film in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''). This trend even follows into ''[[Transformers: The Ride – 3D]]'', wherein Megatron appears in his DOTM body, but with the ROTF "Murder arm".
* In all three movies, Megatron's fusion cannon makes a distinctive noise as it charges that none of the other weapons in the films make. Generation 1 Megatron's fusion cannon also had a unique sound effect.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Megatron''' (メガトロン ''Megatoron'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Megaton''' (Taiwan, 密卡登 ''Mìkǎdēng''), '''Wēi Zhèn Tīan''' (China, 威震天, "Extremely Prestigious", literally "Heaven-shaking Might")

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/toytables/movie_megatron.htm Megatron at TFU.info]

==References==
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Megatron (Movie)

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:''Megatron is the [[Decepticon]] leader from the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Movie_Megatron_Defiance3.jpg|thumb|300px|Friends, [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticonians]], countrybots, lend me your audio receptors!]]

'''Megatron''' was not always the viciously powerful and brutally direct leader of the Decepticons: he was once brothers-in-arms with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] and a student of [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], appointed to be Cybertron's [[Lord High Protector|Protector]] and commander of its [[Defense Force]]. But Megatron resented his comrade, knowing he was a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] and therefore Sentinel's favored son. This anger allowed [[The Fallen]] to ensnare him and led to the revival of the Decepticons. Even without The Fallen though, it's not hard to imagine Megatron would have erupted Cybertron into war to rid himself of Optimus.

Megatron tends to become so obsessed with the object of his desires that he can ignore "secondary" matters, glaring flaws in his plans. Otherwise, he likely wouldn't have chased after the [[AllSpark]] alone, and spent centuries entombed in the [[Arctic]]. Trying to talk Megatron out of blindly going for his goals is useless. He will risk his world, his troops, and even his own [[spark]] to achieve his goals; these things do not matter to Megatron. Like his master, Megatron feels a violent hatred towards [[human]]s and views them as only slightly above bacteria, a feeling exacerbated by spending decades as their prisoner.

{{quote|You still fight for the weak! That is why ''you lose!''|Megatron to Optimus|[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]}}

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
During the dark age of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] after the fall of the [[Dynasty of Primes]], Megatron became a follower of [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]. Sentinel recovered the [[AllSpark]], and planned to transport a sun to repower it and the rest of Cybertron. The [[Thetacon (tribe)|Thetacon]]s, who believed Sentinel to be a mad heretic, launched an attack on the AllSpark's facility. Megatron, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]], [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] fended off the Thetacons when Sentinel and [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] successfully transported a star to Cybertron. The Thetacons laid down their arms, but Megatron resented that so many of his comrades had died before Cybertron's new dawn, and it was only by Optimus's persuasion that Megatron found it within himself to forgive his enemies and shake the Thetacon [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]'s hand. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1}}

That evening, Megatron eavesdropped on a conversation between Sentinel and Optimus. Sentinel claimed Optimus was also a Prime, and intended to make him the new ruler of Cybertron. Optimus refused, unable to accept he was a Prime and somehow superior to his comrades. The next day, Megatron grumbled to Shockwave that if he were Optimus, he would have accepted Sentinel's offer. They came across a [[Driller]] attacking a [[hatchling]] field trip, and successfully shot the creature to pieces. Megatron asked for the name of the Cybertronian who volunteered to guard the hatchlings: his name was [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]].

Three days later at the capital city of [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticon]], Sentinel Prime officially declared Cybertron's unification, and announced the planet would be governed by Optimus's [[Science Division]], and Megatron's [[Defense Force]]. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2}} For two generations, Optimus and Megatron ruled Cybertron successfully, creating a balance of fair and firm leadership. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} When [[Malcontent]] activity increased on Cybertron, Megatron met with Optimus and requested supreme authority in protecting the planet. Optimus obliged. Megatron then requested to be called [[Lord High Protector]] and to be addressed as "sir". {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

[[Image:Defiance1 Megs Prime argument.jpg|left|350px|thumb|"Know your place, boy!"]]

After Commander Starscream returned from his patrol in the [[Eshems Nebula]], Optimus was reporting on his science sector's continuing excavation of the site near [[Simfur Temple]] and the unusual pulse waves that the AllSpark had been emitting ever since work began. At the excavation site, while Optimus' scientists were concerned with disturbing the ancient artifacts, all Megatron cared about was whether these relics might provide the same revitalising energy as the AllSpark. He was nettled when Optimus asserted the sector's dominion over all scientific and archaeological discoveries and reminded his junior that it was his defence force that protected this world, demanding to be informed of all possible threats from the excavation's findings. When Optimus dared to remind Megatron of the military's treatment of such discoveries as hostile, Megatron told Optimus that when ''he'' tried to be the leader of Cybertron, he could make those decisions, not ''now''. When a mysterious relic was discovered, Megatron ordered it removed at once, a demand that Optimus disagreed with. Just as the pair were about to launch into another argument, Cybertron fell under attack from Nebula inhabitants. Megatron had the relic quickly moved to his quarters under the guise of protecting it from the invaders. Arriving to find [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] seeking cover within the temple of Simfur, Megatron chastised their alleged lack of courage before he was hit by an alien tank vehicle. After destroying it, he told Starscream to keep Optimus' team out of the military's way and staggered back to his quarters in Trypticon. Drawn towards the relic, he ignored his injuries and scraped away at the layers of debris encrusting it before losing consciousness. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}}

[[Image:Defiance2_Megatron_warrally.jpg|thumb|250px|Mein Führer!]]

The relic used what little power it had left to repair Megatron's wounds. At first Megatron was angry, demanding the being to show himself to the Protector of all Cybertron. The relic explained that it was unable to do so without Megatron's help, and ''if'' he helped, the relic would truly make him '''Lord''' of Cybertron. The relic then fired beams of energy into Megatron's mind (turning his white optic sensors red), explaining what needed to be done, filling him with delusions of grandeur. When Optimus came looking for the Protector, Megatron had changed; he had become even more aggressive in his speech and demeanor, and what's more, he demanded Optimus gather his scientists to go to war. When Optimus explained the sector was not combat-trained, Megatron shot back that the scientists should have known what the aliens were after: the AllSpark. Optimus refused, stating that the army's mission was of defense, and it went against everything their society was based upon to exacerbate war. Megatron slammed Optimus into the wall and stated that their society then needed to ''change''. He held a massive saber-rattling war rally outside Trypticon, demanding vengeance upon the alien aggressors. He claimed that until the war ended, he would assume full control of the military, and everybody would answer only to him. Megatron ordered all flight-capable Cybertronians accompany him to the Eshems Nebula, where they launched a surprise attack against the still-unknown aliens. Megatron fought his way inside the alien flagship and personally executed the alien leader. He then ordered Starscream and his units to conduct a war of genocide: ''none'' of the aliens were to survive. {{storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}}

[[Image:Defiance3_wearenowDECEPTICONS.jpg|thumb|left|200px|I'm going to enjoy watching you die, Mr. Anderson. ]]

Megatron returned from the front with news of their success and awaited further instructions from his master. The relic ordered Megatron to prepare the way for his return by expanding the army, and at the end, Cybertron would be Megatron's, while everything else the master's. Megatron was enraged when the relic informed him that Optimus had snooped inside his quarters while he was fighting the aliens, and convinced the Protector that Optimus was after the same power the relic had promised ''him''. Now seeing that there were "enemies" within Cybertron as well as without, Megatron arranged to have the "traitors" taken care of by ordering [[Prowl (Movie)|Prowl]]'s security team to arrest Optimus, and sent Starscream's soldiers to kill all bar Optimus. However, Megatron underestimated Optimus, who personally defeated Starscream's squad. Nonetheless, he used the survivors as propaganda that treacherous malcontents sought to betray them all, and declared that Megatron's followers would now be reformed under a new image and a new name: '''Decepticons'''. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}} He ordered the execution of the "false" Primes — though he knew Sentinel and Optimus were Primes, he needed to give his followers a villain. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}}

Optimus's forces having eluded him for now, Megatron was given new orders by his master: build a [[Nemesis (ROTF)|mighty starship]] that would scour the stars for something very important to the relic's plans. The relic counseled Megatron to not make the same mistakes he did thousands of years ago, that his protege should strike without mercy or hesitation. The relic told Megatron the story of his mighty race, and how the AllSpark granted them great power and created the Transformer race, but it needed to be recharged by draining the power of a sun using specially-constructed [[Star Harvester|harvesting]] devices, and their under-construction starship would be used to search for the last harvester in the galaxy. When Megatron presumed to believe he would accompany his master, he was rebuked and punished. Much later, the ''Nemesis'' was finally completed, and Megatron assigned [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to command the ship. The relic praising Megatron for his fine work, and ordered him to stay behind to continue the war. Over the next thousand years, the Autobots and Decepticons clashed in a bloody struggle. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}

As Cybertron is devastated by the worsening war, Sentinel Prime is forced to make a deal with Megatron to seek out another planet whose resources they can exploit to restore their homeworld. The chosen planet is the resting place of the Primes' Star Harvester. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}{{storylink|Dark of the Moon issue 3}}

Ironhide led an attack on Simfur Temple. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} Megatron stood at the gate and slaughtered many Autobots as Elita-One and [[Chromia (ROTF)|her]] [[Arcee (Movie)|sisters]] used the AllSpark to activate a "torch" made by Sentinel. Optimus finally appeared to fend off Megatron and ensure Elita-One escaped to give Sentinel the torch. Sentinel boarded the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]] with the torch to retrieve Optimus from Simfur, but to both Optimus and Megatron's horror, Starscream attacked the Ark, destroying it. The Autobots fled, but Megatron correctly deduced Optimus would return with a vengeance. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}} From his [[Lord High Protector citadel|citadel]], Megatron watched as Optimus and Ironhide battled their way through his defenses. When Optimus finally entered the tower, he found Megatron covered in hatchlings and daring him to kill them with him, gloating that Optimus would never go far enough. Optimus revealed he didn't: it had all been a distraction as Wheeljack, Chromia and Arcee stole the AllSpark aboard a second [[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]. With the AllSpark removed from Sentinel's device, the sun it held in place disappeared. Optimus escaped, rescuing Ironhide from Starscream and Shockwave while leaving Megatron to free himself of his hungry hatchlings. Megatron swore he would recover the AllSpark, and that if he would have to travel across the entire universe to do so, he would kill every Autobot. {{storylink|Transformers: Foundation|Foundation #1-4}}

[[Image:Movie Megatron Targetcomic sure.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"Sit, boy — or I'll beat you to death."]]

During an assault on the Autobots personally led by Megatron and his hound, [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], the tyrant crushed an Autobot opponent's spark before casually tossing his corpse over his shoulder. He declared that the AllSpark would be his again, to which Blackout assured his leader that he would personally see to it. Megatron was pleased by his minion's loyalty, but decided to dispatch him to assist Starscream's unit to prevent Optimus Prime's reinforcements from entering [[Tyger Pax]]. He then left to meet his destiny, but it slipped from his grasp; Prime had commissioned the AllSpark to be launched into the abyss of outer space. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}}

[[Image:MovieMegatron Bumblebee torture comic.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Better get some ice on that.]]
After realizing Bumblebee had stalled him from claiming the Cube so the operation could be completed, Megatron tore off Bumblebee's arm—removing his weapon—and crushed his voice box, destroying his vocal processors so that the young Autobot would never speak of the affront to his destiny. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} Megatron, believing Prime to be a desperate, inexperienced fool, gave chase. On the way, he detected the ''Nemesis's'' distress signal and soon found the mighty starship on a barren world, abandoned by all but his master. Megatron was berated for allowing the Cube to slip away from his grasp and ordered to thoroughly continue his chase. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} As Megatron tracked the AllSpark through space, he mused about his reasons for the war and how he and his "brother" were not all that different, as seen by Optimus' sentencing their home to a slow death by launching the Cube into space. Tracing the AllSpark via energy signature to [[Earth|a primitive world]], he lost contact with it upon atmospheric entry and crashed into the planet's icy northern pole. Low on [[energon]], his safety buffers exhausted, Megatron went into [[stasis lock]].

[[Image:MoviePrequel2-Megatrondownfall.jpg|thumb|200px|"I HAVE WALKED INTO THIS!"]]

Millennia later, in the year [[1897]], [[Archibald Witwicky]], the leader of the National Arctic Circle Expedition, discovered Megatron buried deep in the ice. Accidentally triggering Megatron's navigation system, Witwicky was blinded by a burst of light from the Decepticon leader's eyes, which imprinted the location of the AllSpark on his [[glasses]]. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}} Witwicky was subsequently driven insane by the experience, and upon his return to land, became the subject of attention by the United States government, who recruited adventurers [[Walter Simmons]] and [[Theodore Joseph Wells]] to investigate his fantastic claims. Simmons, Wells and their group followed Witwicky's route back to the Arctic, arriving early [[1898]], where they discovered Megatron's frozen body, and like Witwicky before them, inadvertently activated one of his systems upon entry into the cave, bringing him partially back on-line. The energy pulse this released caught the attention of [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]], a [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]] abandoned on Earth by The Fallen, who quickly made his way to the Arctic, believing that The Fallen himself was the source of the pulse. Discovering the truth, Jetfire angrily informed Megatron that he has never heard of him, and punched him in the face. Simmons and Wells's group subsequently used explosives to send Jetfire punging into the freezing ocean; Megatron, too, was submerged, but jut before the cold overwhelmed him and he shut down again, he weakly proclaimed his name, which Simmons mis-heard as "Mega-Man". {{storylink|Original}} Simmons's organization set about constructing an environment dome around Megatron so he could be excavated and studied, which was completed in [[1899]]. Then, in [[1902]], the group discovered the AllSpark in the Colorado River, and quickly drew a correlation between it and their frozen "Mega-Man" because of the similar symbols that they were both decorated with. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}}

Eventually naming itself [[Sector Seven]] and arranging construction of the [[Hoover Dam]] to contain the AllSpark, the group initially planned to move Megatron to the dam as well in [[1935]]. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}} Unfortunately, some delays in the installation of the cryo-block system that would keep Megatron frozen delayed the planned move, however, and the outbreak of [[World War II]] put it on permanent hold. {{storylink|Weapon (issue)|Weapon}} It was in [[1954]] when Sector Seven definitively learned that they could not trust the Arctic cold to keep Megatron frozen when Communist sabotage of the organization's Arctic command post caused the Decepticon leader to thaw out, threatening the lives of the skeleton crew manning the base. Walter Simmons called for liquid nitrogen bombs to be dropped on the base, freezing Megatron solid once more only minutes after he awoke. {{storylink|Frozen}} In [[1969]], Megatron was at last transferred from the Arctic to the Hoover Dam headquarters. as Walter Simmons stayed looking at him. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}
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===''Transformers: Beginnings''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Frank Welker]]

{{note|Transformers: Beginnings is a condensed, flash-animated retelling of the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] [[Transformers: Movie Prequel |Movie Prequel]] that is detailed above this section.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Beginnings (Movie)|Transformers: Beginnings}}

===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comic===
[[Image:MegatronMovie_GeoffSenior.jpg|right|150px|thumb|''The Beast and its armies shall rise from the pit to make war against God.'']]

The [[AllSpark]] had not been blindly launched into space, however—its trajectory was leading it directly towards the [[Alkaris Anomaly]], a wormhole that could potentially transport the cube to any one of an infinite number of locations in the universe. Megatron was fully capable of catching up to the cube before it would enter the wormhole, but as he passed Cybertron's moon, he found himself ensnared by an Autobot tractor beam of remarkable strength that pulled him down to the moon's surface.

Enraged by the ignominy of it all, Megatron turned his weapons on the Autobots responsible, but quickly calmed down enough to realize that this was only playing into their hands, and instead ordered [[Brawl (Movie)|Devastator]] to take his place in the battle. Megatron swooped back into space, hot on the AllSpark's heels, but was unable to stop the cube from falling through the anomaly. Determined to have the AllSpark's power, Megatron chose to enter the wormhole himself, only to be spat out in some far-off star system, with no trace of the AllSpark... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2}}

Megatron entered the [[Solar system]], where he freed [[The Fallen]] from his pocket dimension prison on one of [[Saturn]]'s moons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|The Fallen's profile}}

''This led into [[Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2]].''

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In another reality, he defeated Optimus at [[Mission City]], killed Sam Witwicky and took control of the AllSpark. He was fully linked to it and drew on its power—"It is me and I am it!"—giving him greater might and the ability to heal any wound. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4}}

After conquering an unknown chunk of Earth (including the entire [[United States of America]]) with [[Dropkick]] as his second-in-command, he used the AllSpark's power to start turning Earth from an organic world into a new Cybertron. Optimus Prime lay frozen in the [[Hoover Dam|old Sector Seven base]], Autobot resistance was scattered, and NATO's threat to nuke occupied America was hardly much of one. [[Image:Megatron Bumbleslap.jpg|left|350px|thumb|"''Sigh'' Even mindless violence seems boring today..."]] The only thing bothering Megatron was those rebels breaking into Hoover Dam... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}}

Megatron personally arrived to face [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and hunted for him, trying to bait him into appearing. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2}} Realising the Autobot must have come with a human ally, he deliberately threatened to go after the human and thus got an emotional Bumblebee to make a defiant attack... at which point he backhanded Bumblebee into the wall and prepared to eviscerate him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 11|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3}} He gave the Autobot a chance at a swift death if he begged for mercy, and was quite impressed when Bumblebee merely asked "that all you got?", but was less impressed when Autobot reinforcements arrived. [[Image:Megatron Titan12.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Megatron's BDSM Dungeon just wasn't meeting expectations.]] He effortlessly smashed them aside and was about to kill [[Skyblast (Movie)|Skyblast]] when a new challenger arrived: the revived Optimus! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4}}

Optimus Prime got the snot beaten out of him, every attack he landed on Megatron being repaired by AllSpark power. However, he distracted Megatron long enough for Bumblebee to hit him with the ''other'' thing they'd broken into the Dam for: Sector Seven's greatest weapon, a nanovirus that targeted AllSpark operation frequencies. Infected, the tyrant was consumed from within by his own power and collapsed dead. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}}

Or so it appeared. He'd downloaded his mind into the AllSpark interface module, knowing Starscream would take it and assimilate it into himself. And so Megatron was able to be a voice in Starscream's head for weeks and weeks—and finally, when Starscream had suffered a setback and wanted a plan to stop the Autobots, Megatron gave him one: to let him out... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

While Starscream didn't, he ''did'' follow Megatron's tactical suggestions. He had the Decepticons use both carrot (promise of truce) ''and'' stick (multiple attacks) to make the US government, prompted by [[Theodore Allen|the mind-controlled President Allen]], boot out the Autobots—and then nuke them as they left, giving the Decepticons a clear shot at reconquest! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution Part 1}} This plan backfired when [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] intervened, and Megatron visited a broken, gibbering Starscream to once again tell him the only way out was to release him and let him walk the Earth again. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution Part 2}}
[[Image:Starscreamseesthings_Titan25.jpg|left|350px|thumb|''You're looking throooough me...'']]

This time Starscream ''did''... much to his dismay when he realised what he'd done. And so, when Stockade's New Decepticons stormed the [[Decepticon Heartland]], Megatron was there to "greet" them with fiery death!

Megatron fought Stockade in single combat, and [[Nucleon]]-fueled punches rained down on him—only for him to ''grab'' a punch and use the momentum to hurl his opponent, berating him for lacking clear ambition to support his strength. This fight would've carried on except then the Autobots turned up. Trashing a rebellion, conquering Earth, ''and'' killing Optimus Prime in one day?! WOOOOO!

But Optimus drew first blood, and before Megatron could truly fight back, he was forcibly teleported with his Decepticons to Cybertron. A dead Cybertron. A dead Cybertron that itself teleported to an unknown area of space, leaving them trapped with no way back and no way off, ''forever''.

{{bigquote|'''PRIIIIIME!'''}}

{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part Three}}

===''Ghosts of Yesterday'' prequel novel===
"The Ice Man" was kept in deep freeze by [[Sector Seven]] in their super-secret [[Sector Seven High Arctic Base|High Arctic Base]] until they decided to move him closer to the [[Allspark]] in [[1969]]. The convoy was disrupted when the driver of the lead truck spun out causing the rest of the vehicles to pile up on the icy roads. It was determined later that the driver was the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] spy [[Sergei Tasarov]] who had taken the place of the Sector Seven agent Peter Hodgson.

While the convoy prepared their defenses and a Soviet strike force attacked trying to obtain the Ice Man.

When Megatron came partially online, it was obvious that some time had passed. Not only was he encased in a primitive transport, but there were [[Human|lifeforms]] fighting over him. Before Megatron could properly exterminate them, another crude transport crashed into his, causing a massive (but not spark-threatening) explosion. Megatron would have been pleased to know that the fire only added to his terrifying visage in the eyes of the maggots. Regaining his composure, Megatron noticed [[Philip Nolan|an insect]] standing near him. As Megatron reached out to grab it, [[Thomas Kinnear|another insect]], this one terminally damaged, began firing crude projectiles which his body armor easily deflected. Waiting until after the creature had expended its ammunition, Megatron grabbed it in his hand, only to discover that it had packed itself with explosives, which threw Megatron to the ground when they detonated. Then, the aforementioned first insect began spraying liquid nitrogen on Megatron, causing him to go back into stasis. Unable to escape, Megatron screamed a dark vengeance upon his captors. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

===''Transformers'' (2007 movie)===
{{voiceactor|[[Hugo Weaving]] (English), [[Kōtarō Nakamura]] (Japanese)|[[José Santa Cruz]] (Brazil), [[Hans-Jürgen Wolf]] (German) [[Luca Biagini]] (Italian), [[Gerardo Vásquez]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}

[[Image:Movie2007_Megatron_ArchibaldWitwicky.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Oh baby, you know just the spot to turn me on!]]

Megatron eventually succeeded in tracking the AllSpark to [[Earth]], where he rather embarrassingly crash-landed in the Arctic Circle and was frozen solid for thousands of years. In [[1897]], some 100 Earth-years before the arrival of the other Transformers, he was discovered by an explorer named [[Archibald Witwicky|Archibald Amundsen Witwicky]]. Captain Witwicky accidentally activated Megatron's navigation system and caused the coordinates of the AllSpark to be etched onto the explorer's glasses. Megatron remained imprisoned in the Arctic until the 1930s, when he was dug out by the United States government and moved to a secret [[Sector Seven]] stronghold inside [[Hoover Dam]]. In the years that followed, many modern devices (by Earth standards) were reverse-engineered from his frozen body.

[[Image:Movie Megatron breakout.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Mace isn't for spraying, it's for hitting.]]

In the present day, having searched the galaxy for the AllSpark and being drawn to Earth, the remaining Decepticons learned of Witwicky's glasses. Through the Internet, they determined the location of both Megatron and the AllSpark inside Hoover Dam. [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] infiltrated the dam and shut down the power systems, while Starscream attacked the external powerlines, resulting in Megatron's thawing out. Once again online, the leader of the Decepticons informed the worthless insects of his true name, shouting "I am Megatron!" (to clear up all that N.B.E.-01/Ice Man nonsense), randomly killed a few of them while destroying his former prison, then transformed and flew off after the AllSpark again. He met up with Starscream for the first time in thousands of years on the outside, and, never one for pleasantries, immediately demanded to know where the Cube was. Upon learning that the humans had moved the AllSpark, Megatron berated Starscream for yet another failure.

[[Image:Movie2007_Megatron_Starscream.jpg|thumb|left|250px|You fail me yet again Starscream... will I ever meet [[Starscream (SG)|a Starscream that is truly loyal?]]]]

After Starscream and Devastator's opening attacks in [[Mission City]], Megatron arrived, and again declared his name (he really wants people to know who he is). The Autobots were so panicked by the sight of their long lost nemesis that [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] called for a temporary retreat. Megatron blasted [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] away when the diminutive Autobot attempted to attack, then threw him into the air before crushing him on top of a tower with his clawed talons. Jazz vainly fought on, asking if Megatron wanted a "piece", but doing little damage to Megatron. The Decepticon leader killed the Autobot by tearing him in half, callously declaring that he wanted "two".

[[Image:Movie Megatron jetmode cityfight.jpg|250px|thumb|Whoa, that energon's not settling too well.]]

As [[Sam Witwicky|the human boy]] ran off with the AllSpark, Megatron ordered the Decepticons to [[Decepticons, attack|attack]]. Devastator attacked the armed insects, while Starscream and [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] fought [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and Ratchet for the AllSpark. At that moment, Optimus Prime appeared and challenged Megatron. Millennia in the ice had done nothing to lessen the animosity Megatron felt for his brother, however. Barely managing to growl out Prime's name, he transformed and flew at Prime at full speed. The Autobot leader leapt and grabbed a hold of Megatron, who slammed him into a building before flying right through a skyscraper. Both leaders landed in the middle of an intersection, but Megatron was the first to recover and leaped upon his brother, snarling that the humans were undeserving of life. Optimus Prime replied that they had the right to choose for themselves before he threw his brother off. Megatron declared that if Prime wished to defend them, he should "join them in extinction", forming his [[fusion cannon]]. Before he could fire, the Autobot leader drew his [[ion blaster]] and fired, hitting Megatron. The Decepticon leader shrugged off this attack, spun around from the momentum and fired his cannon, throwing Optimus Prime into the side of a building.

[[Image:Movie Megatron Samonroof.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Oh look I found a stray human... wonder if I can keep him as a pet... come on boy, don't be scared. I'll take you to a new home.]]

Megatron pursued the young human who had removed the AllSpark from Hoover Dam, destroying everything that stood in his way. The boy ran to a dilapidated building that was the designated coordinates for a human military evacuation team, and Megatron smashed his way through, yelling that he could smell the human maggot. Starscream destroyed the helicopter intended to take the AllSpark, and Megatron burst through the floor, inquiring if it was courage or fear that compelled him. Finally cornering him on a ledge, Megatron offered that if the human gave him the AllSpark, the boy might live as [[Ravage (G1)|his]] [[Laserbeak (G1)|pet]]. The Decepticon leader relished the human's defiant refusal and destroyed the ledge the human was standing upon, sending the boy tumbling to the ground.

[[Image:Movie2007_Prime_Megatron.jpg|thumb|250px|Get up, so I can knock you back down!]]

Unfortunately, the human was caught by Optimus Prime, who then tried to escape down the side of the building before Megatron tackled him and sent all three slamming into the pavement. As a nearby [[Michael Bay|human bystander]] attempted to run, the Decepticon expressed his disgust at the insect's proximity and flicked it away. Protecting the young boy, Prime declared that their war would end here and it was now just between the two brothers. Though lusting for the AllSpark, Megatron decided to indulge his brother's obvious death wish, declaring that only he was in this fight. Despite Optimus Prime's best efforts, Megatron was relentless, matching the Autobot leader with blow after devastating blow until he collapsed. Adding insult to injury, Megatron informed Prime that his defense of the "weak" was the real reason he lost.

[[Image:Megatron allspark merge.JPG|left|250px|thumb| The AllSpark will give you sparkburn!]]

The Decepticon leader turned his attention back to the human boy, but was suddenly attacked by the human fighter jets and [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]]'s ground soldiers firing sabot rounds. Optimus took this chance, striking Megatron and knocking him down. His armor a damaged, shattered mess, Megatron ignored the punishment and focused on the human boy, growling that he would kill the boy and that the AllSpark was his. As Optimus Prime ordered the boy to place the AllSpark into his chest, the human instead pushed it into the now-exposed [[spark]] in Megatron's chest, overloading him with energy and extinguishing the Decepticon's life force. As Optimus Prime stood over Megatron's lifeless shell, watching the light flicker out of his brother's [[Sensors#Optical sensors|optics]], he remarked somberly, yet remorsefully, that Megatron had left him no choice, and removed a shard of the AllSpark from his brother's spark cavity.

Megatron's body was dumped into the [[Laurentian Abyss]] at its deepest point, along with the remains of the other Decepticons, where the near-freezing temperatures would, hopefully, keep them dormant indefinitely. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}
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===Toy bios===
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Megatron was ''born'' evil, always wanting domination of everything. {{storylink|Megatron (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys|Voyager Megatron}} His fiery diatribes still managed to sway thousands, however. {{storylink|Megatron (Movie)/toys#Robot Replicas|Robot Replica Megatron}}

At some point, he took a stealth mode so he could attack Optimus without warning. {{storylink|Megatron (Movie)/toys#Fast Action Battlers|Night Attack Megatron}}

When frozen on Earth, he remained vaguely conscious and remembers a few things from when he warmed up slightly. At one point, his body was worshipped as a god by [[protohuman]]s. {{storylink|Megatron (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys|Premium Series Megatron}}

===Beast Wars Diorama Story===
[[Image:BWDiorama Megatrons.jpg|thumb|left|]]
On Earth in the past and in another universe, a group of [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], led by another [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], battled a contingent of [[Maximal]]s in a forest. {{storylink|Optimus Primal Chapter}}

Some time into the battle, a warp opened, bringing with it [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]. After being defeated by the Maximals, Starscream joined the Predacons. {{storylink|Tigatron Chapter}} [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] later appeared and joined the Predacons, as well. As the battled raged, Megatron came in through the warp. {{storylink|Gimlet Chapter}}

The Decepticon Megatron brought along [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]], and the two Megatrons combined their troops into a fearsome force against the Autobots and Maximals. In the ensuing skirmish, Megatron stood on a cliff edge and loomed over the battle. The two factions then took formation against each other with the intention of combining their energies to attack the opposing side. The Predacon Megatron led the combined Predacon/Decepticon force. With [[Motorarm (BWII)|Motorarm]] leading the charge, the Maximals and the Autobots attacked first. {{storylink|Motorarm Chapter}}
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===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
In the aftermath of the battle in Mission City, [[Sector Seven]] hauled away Megatron's corpse along with the other Decepticon bodies. The clandestine human organisation brought the bodies to a secret facility in the Nevada desert, with the intention of getting every bit of information they can out of the dead Decepticons before they were forced to dump them into the sea. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1}} When he arrived to oversee the burial of those who fell in Mission City, Optimus Prime noticed the surviving AllSpark fragment glowed when near Megatron's body, and gave it to [[Vine|Professor Vine]] for safekeeping. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2}} Weeks later, Megatron, along with Blackout, was dumped into the Laurentian Abyss. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3}}
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===Transformers Mix & Match book===
{{Note|Due to the malleable storytelling format of the Mix & Match book, listed here is Megatron's story role if all the segments visually featuring him are lined-up. For all the possible iterations of his role in the story, see the [[Transformers Mix & Match]] page.}}
Megatron prepared to engage Optimus Prime in a battle that would decide mankind's fate, as both Blackout in vehicle mode, and the humans in their fighter jets, swarmed the skies around them. {{storylink|Transformers Mix & Match}}
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===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie===
{{voiceactor|[[Hugo Weaving]] (English), [[Kōtarō Nakamura]] (Japan)|[[Hans-Jürgen Wolf]] (German), [[José Santa Cruz]] (Brazil) [[Luca Biagini]] (Italian), [[Gerardo Vásquez]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}

[[Image:ROTFMegatronRising.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Now, where's Starscream? I want to give him a piece of my mind.]]

Megatron's death would not last long, however. [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] tapped into a conversation between [[NEST]] and General [[Morshower]], listening to Director [[Theodore Galloway]] mention that 1) a shard of the [[AllSpark]] was in storage in [[Diego Garcia]] and 2) Megatron's body lay in the [[Laurentian Abyss]]. [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] was sent to steal the shard, and swam to the Abyss with [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]], [[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]], [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]], [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]] and [[Scrapmetal (ROTF)|Scrapmetal]]. Scalpel ordered spare parts be used to repair Megatron's body with "ze little one", who was torn apart by his larger brethren, and then struck Megatron with the shard: the Decepticon leader was reborn as a Cybertronian tank with flight capabilities and a [[death-lock pincer]]. Megatron flew up to the surface, striking a [[USS Topeka|submarine]] on his way, before journeying into space to find the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]''.

[[Image:TheFallen-ROTFNemesis.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"My Master, I have fai--" "I'm trying to watch the game here!"]]

On the ruined ship, Megatron met up with [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and chastised his subordinate for leaving him to die on Earth. Starscream defended his actions by saying that he had to take care of the [[hatchling]]s, who were dying without [[energon]], as someone had to take command in Megatron's absence. Furious, Megatron bashed Starscream into a wall containing protoform sacks, and told Starscream that even in death, there is no command but Megatron's. Megatron met up with [[The Fallen]], who was weakened and in a life support chair. Megatron told his master he had failed and allowed the AllSpark to be destroyed, but The Fallen told Megatron that the knowledge of the AllSpark had instead been transferred to the human boy who killed him, [[Sam Witwicky]]. With the knowledge within Sam's mind, they could find another energon source, hidden away from The Fallen eons ago. Already eager to avenge himself, Megatron begged The Fallen for the chance to strip the flesh from Sam, but The Fallen asked for patience. Before they could act, Megatron was to kill [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], who was the last of the [[Dynasty of Primes]], which made him the only one that could kill the Fallen. Megatron knew that Optimus would protect the boy, and ordered him captured.

[[Image:ROTF Megatron tank mode.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Don't blink. He isn't like this much.]]

Megatron sprang a trap, dispatching [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] to take [[Sam Witwicky]], [[Mikaela Banes]] and [[Leo Spitz]] to him at an abandoned factory. Although Megatron would have rather killed Sam slowly and painfully, Sam had valuable information as to the energon source's location in his mind, which he had received from his own AllSpark fragment. Megatron held the boy down while Scalpel performed several invasive probes of Sam's mind. Scalpel's probes confirmed The Fallen's claims, and Scalpel declared that they needed Sam's brain on the table, something Megatron had no objections to. Just as Scalpel was ready to dissect Sam's brain, Optimus and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] burst in to rescue the humans. Megatron attempted to attack Optimus, but was instead shot out of the factory. Optimus drove Sam to a forest, with Megatron in hot pursuit. The Autobot and Decepticon leaders transformed and battled as Sam fled. Optimus was pretty easily dominating the fight, trash talking Megatron all the while, forcing Megatron to call his Decepticons for help.

[[Image:ROTFPrimePunch.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Body or face, Megatron?" "Not the face!" "Too bad!"]]

Starscream and Grindor arrived to aid their commander, as Megatron told Prime that Sam could lead them to another energon source. Kicking off his [[mouthplate]] and blasting him, Megatron asked Prime if one boy was worth the future of the Cybertronians. Prime replied that he'd never stop at killing just one, then took on all three Decepticons. Surprisingly, he was winning, stabbing Megatron multiple times and knocking off Starscream's arm. As a weary Prime tore Grindor apart, Megatron [[Death-lock pincer|stabbed]] him in the back and blasted through his spark: Prime fell, mortally wounded. As Megatron moved for the boy, the rest of the Autobots arrived and provided enough cover for Bumblebee to spirit Sam away. Already injured from the battle with Prime, Megatron and Starscream were forced to retreat.

[[Image:ROTF_movie_MegatronStarscream_roofchat.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"That's IT! No more Mr. Nice Megatron!" "But you were never—" "SHUT UP!"]]

With Prime dead, Megatron was quite pleased, until Starscream informed him that the boy had escaped. Furious, Megatron smacked his lieutenant with his own severed arm and ran his treads on him for a moment for losing track of a single insect, but Starscream countered that he was one of seven billion, and could be anywhere. Considering the situation, Megatron decided it was time to end their secret war, and that if they couldn't find the boy, they'd have the humans bring him to the Decepticons. Soundwave used his scanning abilities to locate the boys parents, the rejuvenated Fallen broadcast a message to deliver Sam to them across the planet. Megatron himself broadcasted the Fallen's message by rewiring the [[Empire State Building]]'s radio tower.

[[Image:ROTFMegatronSam.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Hey, he stole my purse! Wallet! I mean wallet!]]

He then flew to [[Egypt]], where nineteen thousand years before, the Fallen had built a [[Star Harvester]] to harness the [[Sun]] for energon. Starscream informed him that the humans had brought Prime's body with them, and Megatron surmised the boy's intentions. Commanding the rest of the Decepticons to begin their [[Operation: Firestorm|assault]], Megatron ordered [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] to destroy the pyramid that was built over the harvester, while he himself chased Sam for the [[Matrix of Leadership]], which would activate the harvester. Megatron almost killed Sam, but was overwhelmed by human gunfire, and flew off.

[[Image:ROTF Megatron not over.JPG|thumb|right|250px|It's just a flesh wound. Err, armor wound.]]

Fortunately, The Fallen managed to take the Matrix and activate the harvester, but it had already been used to resurrect Optimus. Optimus combined with [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] and destroyed the harvester, knocking Megatron off the pyramid while Prime went for The Fallen. Quickly recovering, Megatron attacked Optimus from behind, leading to a two on one match with Megatron and the Fallen battling Prime. This one went better for Optimus than the last one, as he used Megatron's own cannon to blast half his face off, and then severed the arm. Finally, Optimus used his afterburners to send Megatron hurtling through some ruins, ending his role in the battle. Megatron was so damaged he could barely call out for "Tharscweam!", but it soon mattered little as Optimus Prime killed the Fallen. Horrified at the loss of the power behind the Decepticons, Megatron acknowledged Starscream's advice that they should flee, but noted that "This isn't over." {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
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===Cyber Missions===
{{voiceactor|[[Tony Gialluca II]] (English)|[[Gerardo Vásquez]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
[[Image:CyberMissions4_Megatron.JPG|right|thumb|300|You wants a Megatron more ugly?]]

Hiding in a disused factory, Megatron was able to cloak the energy signature of his spark, so that when Optimus and Sideswipe turned up, they didn't notice him hiding under a pile of girders. He was able to get the drop on them and sneeringly mocked them as they fought, until Sideswipe jabbed him in the foot. Optimus suggested he surrender, but Megatron instead transformed to tank mode and brought the roof down on them. By the time the two Autobots recovered, Megatron was gone. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 4}}

Not soon after the encounter, Megatron ordered his subordinate [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] to rendezvous somewhere in the Arctic, and revealed that he knew of his ambition to take over leadership of the Decepticons. However, due to the Autobots tracking Starscream en route to Megatron's location, Optimus Prime appeared not long after. Starscream and Megatron double-teamed Optimus for a brief time before the other members of Optimus's team arrived. Ordering Starscream to deal with the others, Megatron continued to attack. Megatron is soon beaten down and asks his foe if he will finish him, but Optimus grants him mercy and allows him to escape. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 12}}

Megatron received the energy signature of [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], and tracked him to a bullet train, which he soon stopped dead in its tracks (literally). [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]], [[Barricade (Movie)| Barricade]], Starscream, and [[Mindwipe (ROTF)| Mindwipe]] soon arrived on the scene. As Megatron attempted to retrieve his fallen communications officer, he discovered that it was in fact a hologram created by [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], and was a distraction while the Autobots arrived. Megatron once again fought Optimus, who pointed out that Megatron's alliances were merely because of fear, unlike the Autobots' alliances. The human military arrived, and the Decepticons were backed into a corner. Optimus then declared that they leave Earth or face the consequences. The other 'Cons retreated, while Megatron made one final promise to destroy Earth the next time around, and blasted off into space. {{storylink|Decepticons Attack}}

===IDW ''Dark of the Moon'' comics===
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===''Prepare to Battle'' prequel material===
Long ago, during his search for [[AllSpark]], Megatron knew that the [[Knights of Cybertron]] would stand between him and the AllSpark, so he approached them offering to surrender in return for amnesty, in reality planning to get rid of them. The Knights reluctantly accepted and the entirety of their group arrived for the meeting. Megatron and his forces used this occasion to trap and destroy them.

Centuries later, [[Soundwave (ROTF) |Soundwave]] reported an intercepted transmission from [[Evac (Ride)|Evac]], the last of the Knights. Realizing that Evac represented an era of Cybertron before him, an era he wished to erase, and that he was also after the last shard of the All Spark, Megatron knew the destruction of the Knights and possession of the shard were in his reach. {{storylink|Prepare for Battle (website)}}

===''Dark of the Moon'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[Hugo Weaving]] (English), [[Kōtarō Nakamura]] (Japanese)|[[Gerardo Vásquez]] (Latin American Spanish)}}

{{quote|Cybertron... you are saved, at last.|Megatron|[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]}}

[[Image:Dotm-megatron-face.jpg|left|thumb|250 px|[[Doctor Doom|Curse you]], [[Fantastic Four]]!]]

Three years after Operation: Firestorm and the death of the Fallen, Megatron finally adopted an Earth form - ironically, a large tractor-trailer not unlike that of his hated enemy - and hid out in the plains of Namibia, Africa, in exile. There, still visibly bearing the scars of his battle with Optimus Prime, he spent most of his time sitting on a ramshackle throne of junk, with only [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]], and the diminutive [[Igor]] to command. Megatron regularly went out to find food for the [[Hatchling]]s that lived in a collection of oil drums at the camp, occasionally scaring the local wildlife with his roaring and bellowing. Starscream expressed his concern for his master's wounds, but Megatron was not fooled by his sucking up. Laserbeak returned after observing [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]'s fight with Optimus, and he and Soundwave told Megatron that the Autobots had discovered a fuel cell from the Ark, which had been thought lost. Megatron noted his approval of the two's work, and decided that the humans that were working for them had served their purpose, and ordered them to be eliminated.

[[Image:DOTM-MegatronLincolnMemorialchair.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Finally, a reference to "[[Atlantis, Arise!]]"]]
After [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] betrayed the Autobots, Megatron and Starscream travelled to Washington D.C., where Megatron outlined his scheme to his second-in-command. Apparently, Sentinel was supposed to rendezvous with Megatron there on Earth, but the circumstances caused them both to be deactivated, and Sentinel was the only one who knew how to activate the [[space bridge]]. However, Megatron had a contingency plan: since they already had the pillars on the Moon and Optimus had recovered the Matrix of Leadership, he merely needed Optimus to revive Sentinel, so he could activate the pillars. And so arrived that moment, and Megatron blasted President Lincoln off his stone throne, and used the remains as a seat. Optimus arrived to stop Sentinel but was too late. Megatron watched this happen, after which he declared, "Here we are. Fight us ''now''."

[[Image:DOTM-SentinelandMegatron.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Megatron just needs to crash on Sentinel's couch for a few days until he can get back on his feet.]]

Soon, they travelled to Chicago, Illinois, where Sentinel and Megatron planned to start their global takeover. They set up their base of operations on the [[wikipedia:35_East_Wacker | Jewelers' Building]]. Human [[Dylan Gould]], who was working for the Decepticons, came with [[Carly Spencer]] to watch, but Megatron ordered him to leave. Dylan did so but muttered to Carly "he's such a dick". After the Decepticons successfully occupied Chicago, Megatron stated that this was the world that he promised, that this way Cybertron would be restored. Sentinel, feeling his partner was getting too chummy, violently reminded Megatron of his place; Sentinel did not work ''for'' Megatron, he worked ''with'' Megatron, and warned the Decepticon to remember the difference.

Much later, Dylan shouted to Megatron that the Autobots who, were seemingly destroyed by Starscream, were still alive. Megatron ordered the bridges to be raised and all [[Orbital Assault Carrier|Decepticon ships]] to find the Autobots.

[[Image:DOTM off with his head.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Insert your own "Give me your face" joke here.]]
Sentinel would take control of the Decepticon forces in the fight against the Autobots, and so, as the battle raged Megatron lay in another throne of junk, sulking. That is, until he was goaded by [[Carly Spencer]], a human, to return to battle and kill Sentinel for apparently usurping him. That is what he came close to doing: he intervened in the battle just before Sentinel was about to deal the fatal blow to Optimus, and severely wounded Sentinel. Megatron realized how far he had fallen in power within the past few years, and had decided to once again take his rightful place at the top of the command chain. He attempted to make a truce with Optimus, as long he could remain in charge of his Decepticon forces, saying, "After all, what would you be without me, Prime?" However, Optimus was no longer interested in peace, and answered "Time to find out." Just as Megatron was about to shoot, Optimus shoved Megatron to the ground, smashed Megatron's head with an energy axe, and tore it off his body, killing the tyrant once and for all. Optimus then used his nemesis' fusion shotgun to end Sentinel's life as well.

{{note|In an earlier draft of the movie's script, Megatron is sincere when he offers Optimus Prime a truce at the end. Optimus accepts, and Megatron and the remaining Decepticons leave Earth to rebuild Cybertron. This ending is used for the novelization and the comic adaptation.}}

{{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

===Mega-Mouth===
[[Megatron (WFC)|A certain Megatron]] from an alternate universe seemed to think he was ''this'' Megatron, as he claimed he attacked Sentinel. {{storylink|Transformers_Comic_issue_4.1#Mega-Mouth|Mega-Mouth #1}} He also explained why he wore a cowl in ''Dark of the Moon'', {{storylink|Transformers_Comic_issue_4.4#Mega-Mouth|Mega-Mouth #4}} and claimed that he survived ''Dark of the Moon''. {{storylink|Transformers_Comic_issue_4.5#Mega-Mouth|Mega-Mouth #5}}

===''Age of Extinction'' film===
{{spoiler|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|July 28}}
:''See: [[Galvatron (AOE)]]

Megatron's severed head was acquired by KSI, who forced [[Brains (ROTF)|Brains]] to transfer data from the Decepticon leader to the man-made Galvatron. Brains discovered that Megatron was not dead, and that he was playing the humans to complete Galvatron and take over the new body.

==Games==
{{main|Megatron (Movie)/games}}

==Toys==

{{main|Megatron (Movie)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Megatron (Movie)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
[[Image:Movie Megatron olduglyface.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I'm blind!]]
* The prototype photographs on the back of Leader and Voyager class Megatrons' packaging show him with a completely different head based upon an earlier version of CGI design (seen on the right) that was dropped after much negative fan reaction.
* According to The Movie Guide, Megatron is one of the few Transformers capable of space travel without reverting to a Protoform. This explains how he was capable of chasing the AllSpark ''immediately'' after its launch.
[[Image:EarlyMegsMovieConceptartwithG1headandbody.jpg|right|200px|thumb|This would've shut [[GEEWUN|them]] up.]]
* The earliest concept designs of Megatron gave him a look very much inspired by his ''Generation One'' counterpart. Unlike the Cybertronic jet seen in the first movie, this Megatron was intended to transform into an army tank.
* According to [[The Quest for the AllSpark]] paperback's opening paragraph, "...Most revered were Optimus and Megatron. They were twin brothers of the Prime dynasty." (This implies that Megatron may have also had the surname "Prime" at one time.) Similarly, in the ''Autobots'' version of the same DS game, it is noted that Megatron "took the spark" of his and Optimus' father. However, in the [[Transformers Comic issue 2.12|twelfth issue of Titan's ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comic]], [[Barricade (Movie)|"Barricade"]] informed readers that Megatron and Optimus weren't related, the term "brother" was just because they'd known each other for so long.
* Early script drafts and a [[Optimus Prime Versus Megatron|children's picture book]] featured Megatron consuming the [[spark]]s of his fallen foes, but this didn't make it into the final film due to time constraints. The novelisation of the movie, on the other hand, sees him chow down on Jazz in the final battle; similarly, although not outright stated in dialogue, his animalistic pouncing on the fallen bodies of various characters (including Optimus Prime, Starscream, Jazz and the [[Create-A-Bot (Decepticon)|Decepticon Create-A-Bot]]) in the Movie Nintendo DS games, following by what appears to be rooting around in their innards, seems to suggest he's doing the same there.
* Despite his undeniable hatred of humans, Megatron is the only Decepticon in the movie who doesn't speak [[Cybertronian languages|Cybertronian]] for the majority of his dialogue. In fact, he speaks ''fluent'' English upon reviving, despite the fact that [[wikipedia:Modern English|Modern English]] came into existence around the Sixteenth century, when he was presumably still frozen in the ice. This could suggest that he still was somehow conscious when he was studied by Sector Seven (which he also overtly states upon awakening in the IDW comic adaptation). This would explain why his first action after thawing was declaring his name—imagine being frozen for generations being referred to as "N.B.E. 1", or even worse: "Mega-Man" ''and'' "Ice-man".
*[[Detroit]] Lions American football player Calvin Johnson has earned the nickname Megatron, due to his large stature and unstoppability. Since he got the nickname around the same time as the movie was in theaters, we assume he was named for this Megatron. Johnson has worn a hat with the Decepticon logo on it. <ref>[http://larrybrownsports.com/football/calvin-johnson-now-rocks-a-megatron-transformers-hat-picture/92078 Calvin Johnson now rocks a Megatron Transformers hat]</ref> Nike came out with a limited edition line "Megatron" styled sports gear for the 2012 Thanksgiving day game.<ref>[http://www.nikeblog.com/2012/11/22/nike-calvin-johnson-megatron-collection/ Nike Calvin Johnson ‘Megatron’ Collection]</ref>
* The Megatron computer generated model consisted of 2411 individual pieces, 433,949 polygons, 8924 rig nodes, and 1437 texture maps. The pieces combined gave a volume of 10,325 cubic feet.<ref>Robertson, Barbara (2007). Heavy Metal. ''Computer Graphics, 30''(7), 12-17.</ref>
[[Image:MBMovieMegatronAttacks.jpg|thumb|250px|You'll find battling me A COSTLY MISTAKE, Optimus Prime!]]
*The [[Milton Bradley]] [[Transformers Battling Card Game]] depicts a couple of unique attacks for Megatron's original form; one card gives him a pair of forearm-mounted blades as an "Arm Sword", and another shows him firing a swarm of missiles from his chest in a "Missile Attack".
*It was decided that Megatron would not be renamed Galvatron in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' for the sake of the general audience.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/180451-welcome-mr-roberto-orci-you-may-ask-him-questions-229.html#post3421064 Roberto Orci answers fan questions on the TFW2005 boards.]
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*While ''[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe]]'' and the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|comic adaptation]] create the idea that Megatron is a [[Triple Changer]] that alternates between his robot, jet, and tank modes, there is absolutely nothing to support this in the movie. Throughout the entire film, he only transforms into a winged tank portrayed by the Voyager figure and is more than capable of flying in said mode. Of course, whether or not his flying tank mode is considered a third mode is up to interpretation.
*According to his bio on the Hasbro sticker sheets, ''Revenge'' Megatron weighs in at 5.7 metric tons, is 35 feet tall, uses an 'Ion-fused chain whip' for his primary weapon, has a 'Strength power level' of 10, and changes into an 'Interstellar jet.' The mention of a chain whip and a jet mode seem to indicate the card's stats were based on his original form, rather than his ''Revenge of the Fallen'' tank mode. The card also surmises that Megatron's might will 'make the Earth quake, and the stars fall from the sky.' The two-disc special edition of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' DVD also gives him a height of 35 feet.
*In the ''[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe]]'', it states Megatron possesses an internal self-regenerating dark matter power core which is possibly of alien origin.
*His weatherbeaten Mack tanker truck mode and Cybertronian sawed-off shotgun as seen in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'' are fairly straightforward nods to the 1981 film ''[[Wikipedia:Mad Max 2|Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior]]''.
*The whole notion of him even being [[Megatron_(Movie)/toys#Voyager_Class_toys_4|a tanker truck]] in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'' in the first place might be a nod to executive producer [[Steven Spielberg]]'s first movie, [[Wikipedia:Duel (1971 film)|Duel]], where a similar truck is the main "bad guy".
*Early concepts for his ''Dark of the Moon'' design called him Cyclonus in an attempt to curb leaks and spread misinformation.
*Megatron's story was altered significantly twice during development of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' and ''Dark of the Moon'': the climax of the second film would have revealed Megatron served The Fallen under the pretense of becoming a Prime, which Optimus exposes a lie, explaining Primes are born, not made. An angered Megatron refused to aid The Fallen in his final battle, and returned to the ''Nemesis'' via The Fallen's space bridge to raise an army of hatchlings. In the film he is removed from the battle by having Optimus disfigure him with his own cannon, forcing him to hide as a truck in Africa. Megatron would have survived ''Dark of the Moon'', with Optimus accepting the truce after helping kill Sentinel, with Megatron returning to Cybertron and leaving the possibility open to a fourth film. On screen, Megatron's offer comes across as less than sincere, allowing Optimus to finally tear his head off.
*Although Megatron uses [[Death-lock pincer|Fusion Cannon]] in both previous films, in ''Dark of the Moon'' Megatron's weapon changes to a Fusion Shotgun.
*Megatron is the only character to have appeared in all three movies to have received a distinctly different body design and alternate form for each film. Each subsequent change having an in-story reason as well (brought back from the dead and repaired in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', and being forced into hiding due to injuries he sustained at the end of the former-mentioned film in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''). This trend even follows into ''[[Transformers: The Ride – 3D]]'', wherein Megatron appears in his DOTM body, but with the ROTF "Murder arm".
* In all three movies, Megatron's fusion cannon makes a distinctive noise as it charges that none of the other weapons in the films make. Generation 1 Megatron's fusion cannon also had a unique sound effect.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Megatron''' (メガトロン ''Megatoron'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Megaton''' (Taiwan, 密卡登 ''Mìkǎdēng''), '''Wēi Zhèn Tīan''' (China, 威震天, "Extremely Prestigious", literally "Heaven-shaking Might")

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/toytables/movie_megatron.htm Megatron at TFU.info]

==References==
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Stinger (AOE)

2014-06-27T22:31:34Z

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Strafe (AOE)

2014-06-27T22:31:24Z

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:''Strafe is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:AOEStrafeandBumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|500px|"Somewhere else, Swoop is crying"]]
You'd be forgiven if upon seeing '''Strafe''' appear on the battlefield, you had some sort of embarrassing evacuation. After all, a gigantic, two-headed ''Pteranodon'' swooping down on you would shake the toughest minds. Yet Strafe is an interesting contradiction in terms. A powerful and merciless warrior on the field, off of it Strafe is one of the most friendly and approachable individuals you're ever likely to meet.

==Fiction==
===''How to Ride your Dinobot'' cartoon===

Strafe found himself the unwilling target for [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee's]] first Dinobot riding lesson. Strafe ensured the Autobot had a rough first lesson, flying out of his reach for the majority of the time while trying to feed on scrap metal. Bumblebee laid a trap for Strafe with a tasty gear, and finally held onto a rope that had snared around his leg... but Strafe happily flew Bumblebee into a mountain's wall. Bumblebee seemed to have learned not to mess with Strafe, since he destroyed the Dinobot-riding instruction manual and quit listening to that maddeningly unhelpful narrator.

{{storylink|Getting on a Dinobot}}

===''Age of Extinction'' film===
{{spoiler|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|July 28}}
Strafe is among the Dinobots freed from Lockdown's ship. During the battle in Hong Kong, Strafe carries [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] as he battles (a) [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]]. The two fight on Strafe's back until Stinger falls. He also briefly frees [[Slug (AOE)|Slug]] from Lockdown's magnetic vortex, but all the Dinobots are trapped in it again until Optimus Prime destroys it.
{{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)}}

==Toys==
===Age of Extinction===
====Robots in Disguise====
[[File:AOE PowerBattlers Strafe.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Yeah, but "Kaijubots" just doesn't have the same ring to it.]]
*'''Dinobot Strafe''' (Power Battlers, 2014)

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[[Image:AoE dino sparker Bumblebee and Strafe.jpg|thumb|right||300px]]
*'''Bumblebee & Dinobot Strafe''' (Dino Sparkers, 2014)

: Part of the first wave of [[Dino Sparkers]], this toy is a friction-motor pterosaur cast in semi-translucent plastic. When rolled along, [[sparking gimmick|"cold" sparks]] flash inside the creature's back end. Affixed to Strafe's back is a simplified figure of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] wielding one hella-long sword.
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====Generations====
[[File:AoE deluxe Strafe.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Look, to get the cool shoulder Armour I have to use a 2-headed Pteranodon mode, o.k?"]]
*'''Dinobot Strafe''' (Deluxe, 2014)
*''Series'': '''M4: #0??'''
**''Accessories:'' Crossbow/launcher, missile, 2 swords

: "Generations" Strafe is a more complex and less [[gimmick]]-focused version of Strafe than the "Robots in Disguise" toy. Twin swords peg onto his wings, which can be hand-held in robot mode. He also comes with a pressure-launch missile-firing"crossbow". Pegs on the crossbow allow the swords to attach and create a larger weapon.

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*'''Strafe''' (Evolution 2-Pack, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Crossbow/launcher, missile, 2 swords

: Available only at [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] stores in the US and Canada, this two-pack features the "Generations" Deluxe Strafe toy, with no known differences from the normal retail release, packed with a "[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]" iteration of the original [[Strafe (G1)#Age of Extinction|Strafe]]... yes, the ''[[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] Strafe''... which is just a seemingly-unchanged re-release of the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)| Dark of the Moon]]'' Mini-Con [[Rav (DOTM)|Rav]].

: We're as confused as you are, folks.

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*'''Bumblebee with Strafe vs. Decepticon Stinger''' (3-pack, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Crossbow/launcher, missile, 2 swords

: Another [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] [[exclusive]] pack, this is ''again'' the "Generations" Deluxe Strafe toy, with no known differences from the normal retail release, only this time he's packaged in a box with [[Cyberverse]] versions of [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#TRUStrafeBeeStingerPack|Bumblebee]] and [[Stinger (AOE)#TRUStrafeBeeStingerPack|Stinger]].
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[[File:AoE Wal-Mart 2-pack scout Strafe.jpg|right|300px|thumb|There, one head. [[GEEWUN|Ya happy now!?]]]]
*'''Bumblebee & Dinobot Strafe''' (Legion two-pack, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Submachine gun

: This bizarre entry is redeco of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Terrorsaur (BW)#Toys|Terrorsaur]], a mold ''nearly 20 years old at this point''. He transforms from an organic ''Pteranodon'' to robot mode with a [[autotransformation|spring-loaded one-step transformation]]. A small gun stores in his robot mode back which can be removed, unfolded, and pegged into his robot mode fist.

: He was only available as part of a [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]] set with a [[Cyberverse]] Legion-class version of [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#WalmartCyberverse2pk|Bumblebee]].

: This mold was also used for Terrorsaur, [[Fractyl#Toys|Fractyl]], [[Lazorbeak#Toys|Lazorbeak]], [[Hydra (BWN)#Toys|Hydra]], and [[Terranotron (Dinobots)|Terranotron]].
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====Construct-Bots====
:*''See: '''[[Strafe (Construct-Bots)]]'''''

====Kre-O====
:*''See: '''[[Strafe (Kre-O Dinobot)]]'''''
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==Notes==
*According to ''Transformers'' Manager of Global Brand Development Mark Weber at New York [[Toy Fair 2014]], Strafe is named so not because of [[trademark]] reasons, but because the film's two-headed design was considered too great a departure from previous [[Swoop (disambiguation)|Swoop]] characters.

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[[Category: Dinobots]]
[[Category: Knights]]

Grimlock (AOE)

2014-06-27T22:30:49Z

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:''Grimlock is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:AOEOptimusRidingGrimlock.jpg|thumb|right|500px| Me Grimlock no Yoshi! Me Grimlock KING!]]
'''Grimlock''' is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] with a rather rough n' tough attitude. One of the most powerful warriors alive, his general approach to a problem is to smash it first, worry about the specifics later. This attitudes extends to his [[Autobot]] [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|companions]], who are expected to meet Grimlock's standard of strength. That said, the Autobots have a lot less to fear from this behemoth than the [[Decepticon]]s.

==Fiction==
===''How to Ride your Dinobot'' cartoon===
Grimlock found himself being the guinea pig for [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus']] Dinobot-riding lessons. To his irritation, Optimus rudely beckoned him to move forward, and was thus thrown into a barn. Optimus' mood did not improve much, but Grimlock's did, as it was now time for him to ride Optimus. The Autobot leader proved a much more compliant steed, to Grimlock's joy.

{{storylink|How to Ride}}

===''Age of Extinction'' film===
{{spoiler|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|July 28}}
Grimlock was captured aboard Lockdown's ship until the Autobots detached that section and fly it to China. The ship is shot down and crashes in a valley, where Optimus Prime frees him and the other Dinobots. They fight briefly while Optimus urges him to join the fight against Galvatron's forces. Grimlock succumbs and allows Optimus to ride him into battle.
{{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
{{comingsoon}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark}}

==Toys==
===Age of Extinction===
====Robots in Disguise====
=====Flip & Change=====
[[Image:AoE flip and change Grimlock.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Optimus Prime's gonna have a hard time trying to mount on Grimlock.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Flip & Change, 2014)

:Part of the first wave of Flip & Change toys, Grimlock transforms into a robotic horned Tyrannosaurus by way of an [[autotransformation]] gimmick, triggered by holding his tail parts and flipping him over and over himself. The toy was inadvertently sold by some [[Walmart]]s before the official May 17th street date for ''Age of Extinction'' merchandise.
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=====One Step Changers=====
[[Image:AoE 1-step Grimlock.jpg|right|300px|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (One Step Changers, 2014)
:One-Step Changer Grimlock features a one-step autotransformation in both directions from robot to dinosaur, triggered by folding his robot shoulders/dinosaur thighs.
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[[Image:AoE stomp and chomp Grimlock.jpg|right|300px|thumb]]
*'''Electronic Stomp & Chomp Grimlock''' (One Step Changers, 2014)
:Stomp & Chomp Grimlock is a 22" tall figure designed as a centerpiece for the One-Step Changer line, featuring light and sound effects and a one-step autotransformation performed by folding him at the waist. A One-Step Changer, Power Battler, or the included non-transforming Optimus Prime figure can ride him in dinosaur mode, and the toy is able to detect if said rider is Autobot or Decepticon and change its electronics effects accordingly.
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=====Dino Sparkers=====
[[Image:AoE dino sparker Optimus and Grimlock.jpg|thumb|right|The unexpected return of the [[Beast Rider]]s!|300px]]
*'''Optimus Prime & Grimlock''' (Dino Sparkers, 2014)
:Dino Sparker Grimlock is a static figure cast in translucent plastic, and features a sparking pull-back-and-go motor and a Optimus Prime rider figure.
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=====Titan Guardians=====
*'''Grimlock''' (Titan Guardians, 2014)
:Titan Guardian Grimlock is a 16" tall non-transforming action figure with five points of articulation. He includes a spiked club weapon.
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====Generations====
=====Voyager Class toys=====
[[File:AOEVoyagerGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|So I picked [[Grimlock (WFC)#Generations|skinny legs]]... you wanna question that decision in front of my face? Thought so. ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:Lost Age AD-03 Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|right|thumb|''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (Voyager, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''M4 / #002'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''AD03'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[May 17|5-17-]][[2014|14]]'''
**''Accessories:'' Two-piece spiked maul

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction:]] [[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Voyager Class toys, Grimlock transforms into a silver and bronze Tyrannosaurus with [[Articulation|articulated]] horns, and a button-activated, spring-loaded chomping jaw. He comes with a spiked maul that he can ''sorta'' wield via the smaller [[5mm post|5mm handle]] at the top of its haft. The maul's head and handle are two separate pieces, and the weapon can slide onto to his tail to store in dino mode... as a ''really'' long tail extension. Yeah...

:The TakaraTomy version, part of the first wave of ''Lost Age: Movie Advanced'' toys, lacks the silver paint on his dinosaur head, features additional paint on his robot face and legs, and has red dinosaur eyes.
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=====Leader Class toys=====
[[File:Aoeleadergimlocktoy.jpg|right|thumb|400px|He tore that mace out of a [[Windrazor (Prime)#Beast Hunters|(now-dead) dragon]]'s hands. ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:Lost Age AD-20 Grimlock.jpg|right|thumb|400px|"...I've had worse." ''(Takara version pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (Leader, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''M4 / #002'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''AD20'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[July 19|7-19-]]14'''
**''Accessories:'' "Dragontooth Mace", shield

:Part of the first wave of ''Age of Extinction: Generations'' Leader Class toys, this version of Grimlock transforms into an oddly-elongated, [[Vacuum metallizing|chromed out]], black-and-bronze Tyrannosaurus with an articulated jaw, and ''tiny'' vestigial arms. A large section of his dino mode rear detaches and splits into two accessories: a spiked mace-like weapon formed out of his rather short, pointy tail, which he can wield ''normally'' via 5mm post, as well as a spiky, sawbladed shield formed from the dino mode's hip armor, which can slot onto the dino feet on his forearms.

:He features chrome on several pegs, tabs, slots, and holes, all of which have a nasty tendency to flake.

:The TakaraTomy version is dubbed '''Black Knight Grimlock''', and features a [[Show-accuracy|screen-accurate]] deco.
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Dinobot (AOE)

2014-06-27T22:30:34Z

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{{disambig3|Dinobot}}
:''The Dinobots are an [[Autobot]] [[subgroup]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

The '''Dinobots''' are a group of Autobots who turn into [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]], or at least things which mostly look like dinosaurs.

Members include:
*[[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] (Robotic ''Tyrannosaurus'', leader)
*[[Scorn (AOE)|Scorn]] (Robotic ''Spinosaurus'')
*[[Slash (AOE)|Slash]] (Robotic ''Velociraptor'')
*[[Slog (AOE)|Slog]] (Robotic ''Apatosaurus'')
*[[Slug (AOE)|Slug]] (Robotic ''Triceratops'')
*[[Snarl (AOE)|Snarl]] (Robotic ''Stegosaurus'')
*[[Strafe (AOE)|Strafe]] (Robotic 2-headed ''Pteranodon'')

==Fiction==
===''Age of Extinction'' film===
{{spoiler|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|July 28}}
The Dinobots (some of them, at least) were captured aboard Lockdown's ship as trophies until the Autobots detach that section to free Optimus Prime. When the ship crashes in China, Optimus decides that they need reinforcements to battle Galvatron's forces and frees the Dinobots, calling them to join him. Grimlock battles Optimus for dominance, but is beaten, and the Dinobots agree to help the Autobots. They help defeat the prototypes in Hong Kong until Lockdown returns. The Dinobots are trapped in Lockdown's magnetic vortex, but Optimus destroys it, freeing the Dinobots. After the battle, Optimus tells them they are free to go.
{{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
{{comingsoon}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark}}

==Toys==
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Stinger (AOE)

2014-06-27T22:13:27Z

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Strafe (AOE)

2014-06-27T22:08:50Z

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{{disambig3|Strafe}}
:''Strafe is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:AOEStrafeandBumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|500px|"Somewhere else, Swoop is crying"]]
You'd be forgiven if upon seeing '''Strafe''' appear on the battlefield, you had some sort of embarrassing evacuation. After all, a gigantic, two-headed ''Pteranodon'' swooping down on you would shake the toughest minds. Yet Strafe is an interesting contradiction in terms. A powerful and merciless warrior on the field, off of it Strafe is one of the most friendly and approachable individuals you're ever likely to meet.

==Fiction==
===''How to Ride your Dinobot'' cartoon===

Strafe found himself the unwilling target for [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee's]] first Dinobot riding lesson. Strafe ensured the Autobot had a rough first lesson, flying out of his reach for the majority of the time while trying to feed on scrap metal. Bumblebee laid a trap for Strafe with a tasty gear, and finally held onto a rope that had snared around his leg... but Strafe happily flew Bumblebee into a mountain's wall. Bumblebee seemed to have learned not to mess with Strafe, since he destroyed the Dinobot-riding instruction manual and quit listening to that maddeningly unhelpful narrator.

{{storylink|Getting on a Dinobot}}

===''Age of Extinction'' film===
Strafe is among the Dinobots freed from Lockdown's ship. During the battle in Hong Kong, Strafe carries [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] as he battles (a) [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]]. The two fight on Strafe's back until Stinger falls. He also briefly frees [[Slug (AOE)|Slug]] from Lockdown's magnetic vortex, but all the Dinobots are trapped in it again until Optimus Prime destroys it.
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==Toys==
===Age of Extinction===
====Robots in Disguise====
[[File:AOE PowerBattlers Strafe.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Yeah, but "Kaijubots" just doesn't have the same ring to it.]]
*'''Dinobot Strafe''' (Power Battlers, 2014)

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[[Image:AoE dino sparker Bumblebee and Strafe.jpg|thumb|right||300px]]
*'''Bumblebee & Dinobot Strafe''' (Dino Sparkers, 2014)

: Part of the first wave of [[Dino Sparkers]], this toy is a friction-motor pterosaur cast in semi-translucent plastic. When rolled along, [[sparking gimmick|"cold" sparks]] flash inside the creature's back end. Affixed to Strafe's back is a simplified figure of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] wielding one hella-long sword.
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====Generations====
[[File:AoE deluxe Strafe.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Look, to get the cool shoulder Armour I have to use a 2-headed Pteranodon mode, o.k?"]]
*'''Dinobot Strafe''' (Deluxe, 2014)
*''Series'': '''M4: #0??'''
**''Accessories:'' Crossbow/launcher, missile, 2 swords

: "Generations" Strafe is a more complex and less [[gimmick]]-focused version of Strafe than the "Robots in Disguise" toy. Twin swords peg onto his wings, which can be hand-held in robot mode. He also comes with a pressure-launch missile-firing"crossbow". Pegs on the crossbow allow the swords to attach and create a larger weapon.

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*'''Strafe''' (Evolution 2-Pack, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Crossbow/launcher, missile, 2 swords

: Available only at [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] stores in the US and Canada, this two-pack features the "Generations" Deluxe Strafe toy, with no known differences from the normal retail release, packed with a "[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]" iteration of the original [[Strafe (G1)#Age of Extinction|Strafe]]... yes, the ''[[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] Strafe''... which is just a seemingly-unchanged re-release of the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)| Dark of the Moon]]'' Mini-Con [[Rav (DOTM)|Rav]].

: We're as confused as you are, folks.

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*'''Bumblebee with Strafe vs. Decepticon Stinger''' (3-pack, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Crossbow/launcher, missile, 2 swords

: Another [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] [[exclusive]] pack, this is ''again'' the "Generations" Deluxe Strafe toy, with no known differences from the normal retail release, only this time he's packaged in a box with [[Cyberverse]] versions of [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#TRUStrafeBeeStingerPack|Bumblebee]] and [[Stinger (AOE)#TRUStrafeBeeStingerPack|Stinger]].
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[[File:AoE Wal-Mart 2-pack scout Strafe.jpg|right|300px|thumb|There, one head. [[GEEWUN|Ya happy now!?]]]]
*'''Bumblebee & Dinobot Strafe''' (Legion two-pack, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Submachine gun

: This bizarre entry is redeco of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Terrorsaur (BW)#Toys|Terrorsaur]], a mold ''nearly 20 years old at this point''. He transforms from an organic ''Pteranodon'' to robot mode with a [[autotransformation|spring-loaded one-step transformation]]. A small gun stores in his robot mode back which can be removed, unfolded, and pegged into his robot mode fist.

: He was only available as part of a [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]] set with a [[Cyberverse]] Legion-class version of [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#WalmartCyberverse2pk|Bumblebee]].

: This mold was also used for Terrorsaur, [[Fractyl#Toys|Fractyl]], [[Lazorbeak#Toys|Lazorbeak]], [[Hydra (BWN)#Toys|Hydra]], and [[Terranotron (Dinobots)|Terranotron]].
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====Construct-Bots====
:*''See: '''[[Strafe (Construct-Bots)]]'''''

====Kre-O====
:*''See: '''[[Strafe (Kre-O Dinobot)]]'''''
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==Notes==
*According to ''Transformers'' Manager of Global Brand Development Mark Weber at New York [[Toy Fair 2014]], Strafe is named so not because of [[trademark]] reasons, but because the film's two-headed design was considered too great a departure from previous [[Swoop (disambiguation)|Swoop]] characters.

[[Category: Age of Extinction Autobots]]
[[Category: Dinobots]]
[[Category: Knights]]

Dinobot (AOE)

2014-06-27T22:05:52Z

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{{disambig3|Dinobot}}
:''The Dinobots are an [[Autobot]] [[subgroup]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

The '''Dinobots''' are a group of Autobots who turn into [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]], or at least things which mostly look like dinosaurs.

Members include:
*[[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] (Robotic ''Tyrannosaurus'', leader)
*[[Scorn (AOE)|Scorn]] (Robotic ''Spinosaurus'')
*[[Slash (AOE)|Slash]] (Robotic ''Velociraptor'')
*[[Slog (AOE)|Slog]] (Robotic ''Apatosaurus'')
*[[Slug (AOE)|Slug]] (Robotic ''Triceratops'')
*[[Snarl (AOE)|Snarl]] (Robotic ''Stegosaurus'')
*[[Strafe (AOE)|Strafe]] (Robotic 2-headed ''Pteranodon'')

==Fiction==
===''Age of Extinction'' film===
The Dinobots (some of them, at least) were captured aboard Lockdown's ship as trophies until the Autobots detach that section to free Optimus Prime. When the ship crashes in China, Optimus decides that they need reinforcements to battle Galvatron's forces and frees the Dinobots, calling them to join him. Grimlock battles Optimus for dominance, but is beaten, and the Dinobots agree to help the Autobots. They help defeat the prototypes in Hong Kong until Lockdown returns. The Dinobots are trapped in Lockdown's magnetic vortex, but Optimus destroys it, freeing the Dinobots. After the battle, Optimus tells them they are free to go.
{{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
{{comingsoon}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark}}

==Toys==
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[[Category:Age of Extinction subgroups]]

Grimlock (AOE)

2014-06-27T22:01:23Z

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{{disambig3|Grimlock}}

:''Grimlock is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:AOEOptimusRidingGrimlock.jpg|thumb|right|500px| Me Grimlock no Yoshi! Me Grimlock KING!]]
'''Grimlock''' is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] with a rather rough n' tough attitude. One of the most powerful warriors alive, his general approach to a problem is to smash it first, worry about the specifics later. This attitudes extends to his [[Autobot]] [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|companions]], who are expected to meet Grimlock's standard of strength. That said, the Autobots have a lot less to fear from this behemoth than the [[Decepticon]]s.

==Fiction==
===''How to Ride your Dinobot'' cartoon===
Grimlock found himself being the guinea pig for [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus']] Dinobot-riding lessons. To his irritation, Optimus rudely beckoned him to move forward, and was thus thrown into a barn. Optimus' mood did not improve much, but Grimlock's did, as it was now time for him to ride Optimus. The Autobot leader proved a much more compliant steed, to Grimlock's joy.

{{storylink|How to Ride}}

===''Age of Extinction'' film===
Grimlock was captured aboard Lockdown's ship until the Autobots detached that section and fly it to China. The ship is shot down and crashes in a valley, where Optimus Prime frees him and the other Dinobots. They fight briefly while Optimus urges him to join the fight against Galvatron's forces. Grimlock succumbs and allows Optimus to ride him into battle.
{{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
{{comingsoon}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark}}

==Toys==
===Age of Extinction===
====Robots in Disguise====
=====Flip & Change=====
[[Image:AoE flip and change Grimlock.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Optimus Prime's gonna have a hard time trying to mount on Grimlock.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Flip & Change, 2014)

:Part of the first wave of Flip & Change toys, Grimlock transforms into a robotic horned Tyrannosaurus by way of an [[autotransformation]] gimmick, triggered by holding his tail parts and flipping him over and over himself. The toy was inadvertently sold by some [[Walmart]]s before the official May 17th street date for ''Age of Extinction'' merchandise.
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=====One Step Changers=====
[[Image:AoE 1-step Grimlock.jpg|right|300px|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (One Step Changers, 2014)
:One-Step Changer Grimlock features a one-step autotransformation in both directions from robot to dinosaur, triggered by folding his robot shoulders/dinosaur thighs.
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[[Image:AoE stomp and chomp Grimlock.jpg|right|300px|thumb]]
*'''Electronic Stomp & Chomp Grimlock''' (One Step Changers, 2014)
:Stomp & Chomp Grimlock is a 22" tall figure designed as a centerpiece for the One-Step Changer line, featuring light and sound effects and a one-step autotransformation performed by folding him at the waist. A One-Step Changer, Power Battler, or the included non-transforming Optimus Prime figure can ride him in dinosaur mode, and the toy is able to detect if said rider is Autobot or Decepticon and change its electronics effects accordingly.
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=====Dino Sparkers=====
[[Image:AoE dino sparker Optimus and Grimlock.jpg|thumb|right|The unexpected return of the [[Beast Rider]]s!|300px]]
*'''Optimus Prime & Grimlock''' (Dino Sparkers, 2014)
:Dino Sparker Grimlock is a static figure cast in translucent plastic, and features a sparking pull-back-and-go motor and a Optimus Prime rider figure.
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=====Titan Guardians=====
*'''Grimlock''' (Titan Guardians, 2014)
:Titan Guardian Grimlock is a 16" tall non-transforming action figure with five points of articulation. He includes a spiked club weapon.
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====Generations====
=====Voyager Class toys=====
[[File:AOEVoyagerGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|So I picked [[Grimlock (WFC)#Generations|skinny legs]]... you wanna question that decision in front of my face? Thought so. ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:Lost Age AD-03 Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|right|thumb|''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (Voyager, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''M4 / #002'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''AD03'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[May 17|5-17-]][[2014|14]]'''
**''Accessories:'' Two-piece spiked maul

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction:]] [[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Voyager Class toys, Grimlock transforms into a silver and bronze Tyrannosaurus with [[Articulation|articulated]] horns, and a button-activated, spring-loaded chomping jaw. He comes with a spiked maul that he can ''sorta'' wield via the smaller [[5mm post|5mm handle]] at the top of its haft. The maul's head and handle are two separate pieces, and the weapon can slide onto to his tail to store in dino mode... as a ''really'' long tail extension. Yeah...

:The TakaraTomy version, part of the first wave of ''Lost Age: Movie Advanced'' toys, lacks the silver paint on his dinosaur head, features additional paint on his robot face and legs, and has red dinosaur eyes.
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=====Leader Class toys=====
[[File:Aoeleadergimlocktoy.jpg|right|thumb|400px|He tore that mace out of a [[Windrazor (Prime)#Beast Hunters|(now-dead) dragon]]'s hands. ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:Lost Age AD-20 Grimlock.jpg|right|thumb|400px|"...I've had worse." ''(Takara version pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (Leader, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''M4 / #002'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''AD20'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[July 19|7-19-]]14'''
**''Accessories:'' "Dragontooth Mace", shield

:Part of the first wave of ''Age of Extinction: Generations'' Leader Class toys, this version of Grimlock transforms into an oddly-elongated, [[Vacuum metallizing|chromed out]], black-and-bronze Tyrannosaurus with an articulated jaw, and ''tiny'' vestigial arms. A large section of his dino mode rear detaches and splits into two accessories: a spiked mace-like weapon formed out of his rather short, pointy tail, which he can wield ''normally'' via 5mm post, as well as a spiky, sawbladed shield formed from the dino mode's hip armor, which can slot onto the dino feet on his forearms.

:He features chrome on several pegs, tabs, slots, and holes, all of which have a nasty tendency to flake.

:The TakaraTomy version is dubbed '''Black Knight Grimlock''', and features a [[Show-accuracy|screen-accurate]] deco.
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[[Category: Dinobots]]
[[Category: Hall of Fame]]

Evac (Ride)

2014-06-23T01:30:16Z

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{{disambig3|Evac}}
:''Evac is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: The Ride – 3D]] portion of the [[live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Evac-Ride-Robot.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Please make sure your lap bar is securely fastened and keep your hands and arms inside the car and outside of Ravage at all times.]]

'''Evac''' is a little new at this, but don't worry. He's had plenty of [[NEST]] training, and the last thing he's going to do now that he's finally getting his shot at the front lines is let something happen to his cargo, whether it's Autobot [[MechTech]] technology, a load of new NEST recruits, or even the last shard of the [[AllSpark]]! He's as quick and as nimble as they come, but his combat training means he can hold his own in a firefight, too.

In theory, anyway.

==Fiction==
===''Prepare for Battle'' prequel material===
Evac was the youngest of the [[Knights of Cybertron]], a group dedicated to protecting the All Spark and prevent its misuse.

After the All Spark was lost on space, the Knights were approached by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] for a deal in which he would surrender in trade of amnesty. The Knights reluctantly accepted,because they wanted peace for Cybertron. In this encounter they brought all of their numbers, except for Evac who stayed behind. When it became clear it was a trap from Decepticons, the Knights contacted [[Alpha Trion (ROTF)|Alpha Trion]], who was unable to help, and in turn he contacted Evac and gave him coordinates that would lead him to [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and hopefully the All Spark.

Evac wandered across the universe for centuries looking for Optimus and the All Spark, attempting to find other Autobots who have escaped Cybertron with no response. After much searching, he reached Earth, where his signal was received by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and Optimus Prime. Optimus meet with Evac and welcomed him as part of Autobot team. Evac told him his past as a Knight of Cybertron, and after that Optimus showed him the last shard of the All Spark. When Evac came in contact with it, an energy flowed through his body and integrated with his systems. The energy gave him hyperspeed and a third mode, a courier that could transport the last shard of the All Spark. Optimus then gave him the title of guardian of the All Spark, and orders to transport the shard from one [[NEST]] base to another alongside key NEST personnel. Optimus also told to Evac not share his origins with anyone, to prevent the Decepticons from finding out about him. {{storylink|Prepare for Battle (website)}}

===''Transformers: The Ride – 3D''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Dustin James Leighton]] (English)

Evac's first important mission on [[Earth]] began at a NEST base at [[Universal |Universal Studios]], where he was assigned to transport [[you]], your fellow trainees, and the last remaining shard of the AllSpark. Unfortunately, before he could get underway, [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] broke into the base and attempted to steal the shard. [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] was able to fight the [[Decepticon]] off and get the shard to Evac, who (along with his passengers) blasted free of the base and out into the city streets. With the help of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], Evac survived a gauntlet of Decepticons including [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]], [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]], [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] and even the gargantuan [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]].

Unfortunately, his escape from Devastator left him in the clutches of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. Escaping with the aid of NEST helicopters, Evac attempted to help Optimus defeat Megatron high atop a building, but the two were ultimately forced to sacrifice the AllSpark shard to win, with Evac driving it into his enemy's chest and sending his lifeless body to the streets below. Evac fell as well but was saved by Bumblebee. He was then congratulated by Optimus and returned to NEST, passing under Megatron's body smashed through the pavement, and told the recruits they could ride with him anytime. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ride – 3D}}

==Toys==
===Cyberverse===
[[Image:Cyberversetoy-EvacRide.jpg|thumb|300px|Remain seated please. Permanecer sentados por favor.]]
*'''Evac''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
**''Series / Number:'' '''2 / 009'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''EZ-13'''
**''Accessories:'' Blaster

:Part of the second wave of [[Cyberverse#Series 2|Series 2 ''Cyberverse'']] Legion Class toys, Evac transforms into an enclosed-canopy version of his ''Transformers: The Ride – 3D'' "supercar" vehicle mode. He comes with a translucent red double-barreled blaster which he can either hold or mount in various [[C joint|3mm port]]s on his body.

:His blaster, in varying colors, was also used by [[Bumblebee (WFC)#Cyberverse|Bumblebee]], [[Arcee (WFC)#Cyberverse|Arcee]], [[Wheeljack (Prime)#Hyperspeed|Hyperspeed Wheeljack]], [[Tailgate (Prime)|Autobot Tailgate]] and the [[redeco]] of [[Bumblebee (WFC)#CyberverseBattlesuit|Bumblebee]] that comes with the [[Bumblebee Battle Suit]].

:The United States market release of Evac used the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Transformers: Prime]]''-based Series 2 Cyberverse Legion Class packaging style but lacked the "Prime" moniker. The [[Multilingual packaging|multilingual]] European market packaging, meanwhile, retained the ''Prime'' title.

:Furthermore, the [[stock photography|stock photos]] featured on the back of his packaging (which depict a hand-painted [[prototype]]) place his Autobot [[insignia]] on the left side of his hood/chest, whereas the final product has it [[tampograph]]ed at the front, slightly to the right.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/LegEvac/evac.htm More information on ''Cyberverse'' Evac on TFU.info]''
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[[File:CyberverseEvacUniversalPrime.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Seriously, this toy is virtually impossible to neatly place under one specific toy line.]]
*'''Evac''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' Blaster

:An unchanged version of Evac was also available in ''[[Transformers: Universal Studios]]'' [[packaging]], sold [[exclusive]]ly at (where else?) [[Universal|Universal Studios]] theme park stores. This version is [[co-branding|co-branded]] ''Universal Studios'' and ''Cyberverse''.

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===Universal Studios===
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[[Image:Deluxe-Ride-Evac.jpg|thumb|300px|The only Transformer you can actually be inside of.]]
*'''Evac''' (Deluxe, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' Abdomen blasters

:''Universal Studios'' Deluxe Class Evac is a larger-scale toy. He features molded seats where passengers and ride-goers would sit in the real thing, and is armed with four non-firing guns: one on each arm, and two on the sides of his abdomen, the latter of which end up inside his vehicle mode grille. In an undocumented, possibly unintended feature, the abdomen guns can detach and are molded together on a rod which can fit in his hand, due to the fact that his hands are molded to accommodate [[5mm post]]s. His shoulders, forearm guns, and heels/vehicle roof feature [[C joint]]s.

:Although he is packaged in robot mode, the front side of the instructions show vehicle-to-robot instructions and the back has the robot-to-vehicle instructions.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/Evac/evac.htm More information on Deluxe Evac on TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
* The vehicle riders sit in is styled after his vehicle mode.
* Evac's design is a modified version of [[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]], with a new head (resembling Sideswipe) and altered vehicle [[kibble]].
* His ''Cyberverse'' Legion Class toy (the version in ''Universal Studios'' packaging) features different [[package art]] compared to his Deluxe Class toy, as well as a different set of [[Tech Spec]]s.
* The final version of Evac's Deluxe Class figure lacks the weapon shown in images of the prototype, as well as the 5mm port for it in the roof.
*Though the Knights of Cybertron were said to be branded with [[Cyberglyphics|glyphs]], Evac himself doesn't show any sign of them.They were probably part of his Cybertronian mode and he lost them when he got an Earth mode.
===Foreign names===
*''Mandarin:'' '''Shusan''''''Cheli''' (Rescue，Evacuate)

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[[Category:Dark of the Moon Autobots]]
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