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Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)

2025-06-25T21:24:15Z

Venutech: /* Gameplay */ Added details on how to complete the game

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|title=''Transformers: The Headmasters''
|image=Headmasters_famicom.jpg
|caption=
|japanese=トランスフォーマー　ザ★ヘッドマースターズ
|romaji=Transformer: The Headmasters
|developer=
|publisher=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]]
|date=[[August 28|28 August]] 1987
|platform=Famicom Disk System
|rating=
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'''''Transformers: The Headmasters''''' is a video game for the [[Family Computer|Famicom]] Disk System, based on the toy line and TV series of the same name. [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]], [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]], [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] are all playable characters at various points in the game. The game follows Chromedome on a quest to free his allies and free several planets from the control of several Decepticon warlords. All of the playable characters (except for Fortress Maximus) share the same sprite for their robot modes.

==Gameplay==
The game plays similarly to its predecessor, Mystery of Convoy, the biggest differences being that the player now has a health bar, and can no longer transform at will. Instead, each stage is divided into two segments, an above-ground stage played in vehicle form, and an underground maze played in robot form. There are five playable Autobots: Chromedome, Rodimus Prime, Hardhead, Highbrow, and Brainstorm. The player can switch between each one freely, although only Chromedome is available at the start of the game, as the rest are being held captive. Fortress Maximus is also playable, but only in the final stage.

Each Autobot has three separate stats: Energon, Power, and Speed, each of which can be increased by collecting power-ups dropped by fallen foes. Energon measures the character's health from 0-8; if it drops to zero, they go offline. Power measures the strength of the character's weapons from A-E, and each level increases the speed and sometimes number of bullets fired. Speed measures (go figure) how fast a character is, which helps them avoid traps and dodge enemy fire.

The player can choose which planet to play with the intention of rescuing the other playable characters and collect powerups. In order to play Last Planet, all playable characters must be collected and must have health remaining. All health and stats are added up and make up the health and stats of Fortress Maximus, who is only playable on the Last stage.

===Stages===
[[file:Headmasters Game Story 01.jpg|thumb|300px]]
Except for the Last world, each location consists of two levels, one above ground stage (played through in vehicle mode) and an underground maze stage (played through in robot mode).
#[[Earth]]
#[[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]
#[[Chaar]]
#[[Last Planet|Last]]

=== Above-Ground Stages ===
During the first part of each stage, the player controls one of the Autobots in his vehicle mode, driving or flying along while avoiding or shooting down enemies. At the end, the player fights against one of the Decepticon bosses. The land-based Autobots (Chromedome, Rodimus Prime, Hardhead, and Fortress Maximus) have two weapons in this stage, a surface-to-air diagonal shot, and a ground weapon that shoots straight forward (Except Hardhead, who, being a tank, lobs shells in an arc). The air-based Autobots (Brainstorm and Highbrow) can only shoot forward, but they can fly, making it easier to dodge enemies. Some Autobot allies are hidden in the above-ground areas, and must be freed by shooting down the vehicles holding them captive.

=== Underground Segments ===
[[file:Headmasters Game Story 03.jpg|thumb|300px]]
In second part of each stage, the Autobots convert to robot mode to assault the Decepticons' base and defeat the boss at the end. In robot mode, the player can now shoot forward, punch, and walk/fly in all directions. Each base consists of a number of rooms with locked doors, which will only open after defeating enough enemies and collecting a Decepticon insignia. Captured Autobots can sometimes be found within the stages: when touched, the freed Autobot becomes instantly playable, but his power levels will be at minimum. At the end of the stage, the player will face one of several boss Decepticons. In the boss rooms, shots now can be angled up or down depending on the player's trajectory, and bullets will bounce off the walls and ceilings like ping-pong balls.

=== Bonus Stage ===
After successfully completing both portions of a stage, the player enters a bonus stage, where Chromedome flies through space while the other Autobots trail behind. Asteroids and other objects fly from the top of the screen that will drop power-ups if shot, but deal damage if they hit.
=== Differences from Mystery of Convoy ===
The Headmasters takes advantage of the special features of the Famicom Disk System, allowing players to save up to three different games. The game automatically saves each time a planet is cleared. The game also makes use of the extra sound channel made available by the 2C33 sound chip in the FDS RAM card and features a full-length MIDI-esque rendition of The Headmasters' [[The Headmasters (song)|opening theme]] played over the title screen. The background music in each stage also makes use of the extra channel. In terms of gameplay, The Headmasters is far less punishing to the player. Each Autobot has a dedicated life bar, and in general enemy bullets and attacks are easier to see and avoid.

==Story==
[[File:Headmasters Game Story 02.jpg|thumb|300px]] Bad things are happening in space. On Cybertron, Galvatron puppeteers [[Vector Sigma]]. Trypticon has conquered Earth. Menasor has taken control of Chaar. And worse, four of the Autobot's greatest warriors—Rodimus Prime, Hardhead, Brainstorm, and Highbrow—have been taken captive. In their absence, the Decepticons run riot over every planet. The last Autobot, Chromedome, sets out to free his allies. However, their powers are weak at the outset. They defeat their enemies to build their strength. And when unified, they ride together in Fortress Maximus to fight against Scorponok in the Decepticon Army's [[Last Planet]].
{{--}}

==Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
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*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]
*[[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]
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{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Common Enemies
*[[Bombron]]
*[[Crabzon]]
*[[Darkron]]
*[[Dropton]]
*[[Floatron]]
*[[Gialis]]
*[[Mini Scourge]]
*[[Pitch Shot]]
*[[Time Tank]]
*[[Triango]]
*[[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Cassettron]]
*[[Drillgon]]
*[[Forlitron]]
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]
*[[Octoper]]
*[[Rivoluz]]
*[[Rocketron]]
*[[Snapper (Headmasters)|Snapper]]
*[[Squider]]
*[[Wallbolt]]
*[[Blackcross]]
*[[Missile Shot]]
*[[Roundbox]]
*[[Sastron]]
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]
*[[Stone Boil]]
*[[Drone#Transformers: The Headmasters|Decepticon drone units]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Bosses
*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]
*[[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]
*[[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]
*[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]
*[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]
{{!}}}
|nonumbering=true
}}
{{-}}

== Notes ==
[[File:Fortress Maximus in 'Metroplex' mode.gif|thumb|upright=1.05|"Fortress Maximus" in Metroplex's vehicle mode]]
[[File:Playing Game.jpg|thumb|300px|left|OUR PLANETS]]
*For some reason, Fortress Maximus transforms into [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s vehicle mode instead of his own.
*The game's level selection screen is shown in English. One of the planets here is named "Jail". However, the manual refers to this planet as ''Jāru'' (ジャール), which is the Japanese treatment for the planet that in the West is named "Chaar". As such, for the purposes of this article, we're referring to this planet by its Western name.
*The Japanese word ''hoshi'' (星) refers to astronomical bodies in general, including planets and stars. Due to this, the stage select screen refers to each planet as "stars" in English.

==External links==
*[http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Transformers:_The_Headmasters Strategy Wiki]
*[http://pleasesavemerobots.com/scrambledcity/headmasters/headmasters.html Review and screencaps]
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Transformers: Mystery of Convoy

2025-06-25T20:38:50Z

Venutech: /* Cheat codes */ additional GG codes to play as rodimus

{{Disambig3|Mystery of Convoy|Mystery of Convoy|about=the game of death and suffering}}
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{{videogame
|title=''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''
|image=Mystery of Convoy video game cover.png
|caption=Ignore the [[TakaraTomy#Controversy|racist logo]] in the corner!
|japanese=戦え! 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー　コンボイの謎
|romaji=Tatakae! Chō Robot Seimei Tai Transformer Convoy no Nazo
|developer=[[ISCO]]
|publisher=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]]
|date=[[December 5|5 December]] [[1986]] (Family Computer) [[June 10|10 June]] [[2008]] (Virtual Console)
|platform=Family Computer, Virtual Console
|rating=CERO: A
}}

'''''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''''' — or, per the packaging's English-translated sub-title, '''''Mystery of Comvoy''''',<ref>Yes, the English title on the package of the game is mistakenly translated as "Mystery of Co'''m'''voy". Quality!</ref> and sometimes referred to by its Japanese subtitle '''Convoy no Nazo''' — is a video game developed by [[ISCO]] and distributed by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] for the [[Nintendo]] [[Family Computer|Famicom]]. The player controls [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] in the fight against the Decepticons, taking on the mantle of leading the Autobots after the death of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].

The game was followed by ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|The Headmasters]]'', an exclusive to the {{w|Famicom Disk System}} peripheral. It would be officially re-released in 2008 on the Nintendo [[Wii]]'s {{w|Virtual Console}} service in Japan (costing 500 "Wii points", or five dollars in Human money), up until the service was sunset in 2019. A direct sequel (and simultaneous parody) of sorts would be released in 2014 with the [[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]] mobile app.

It has since become a cult title for its infamously poor critical reception and, especially, for being ''frustratingly'' hard.

==Plot==
Perhaps unsurprisingly for a 1980s action game, ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s story is pretty barebones: although it would receive a completely different — and, actually, outright contradictory — account of its events in a tie-in-manga ([[#Tie-in material|see below]]), the narrative as told only by the game itself and the short one-page prologue in its accompanying manual is fairly straightforward.

''Mystery of Convoy'' is presumably set as an alternative account to the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' (which would not be released in Japan until 1989 — three years after the game's release — although its events were first summarized to Japanese audiences through [[TV Magazine]]), filling in the gaps between the the second and third seasons of the show, the latter which had just premiered in Japan as ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)#Fight.21 Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010|Transformers 2010]]''. The story begins as Optimus Prime is gravely injured in battle and perishes, passing on the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to Ultra Magnus, who carries on the fight against the Decepticons to reclaim peace on Earth. Along his quest, Ultra Magnus faces various threats including [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]-type infantry, floating [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]]s, the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', the [[combiner]]s [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and a final battle against [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Later on, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] joins him in his quest and... does all the same things Magnus did, again.

==Gameplay==
[[Image:Convoynonazoscreen.png|left|200px|thumb|Ultra Magnus tries not to get his ass kicked by ''the first enemy''.]]
As a licensed game released four years into the lifespan of the Famicom, ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s gameplay is... let's politely call it ''unrefined''.

The game is a simple 2D platformer with the player making their way through ten levels, while under constant attack from various enemies. Killing enemies earns the player points and occasionally various power-ups such as extra defense or temporary flight. At every 20,000 points, the player is awarded with an extra life. Many of the levels are simple horizontal fields where Magnus must go from left to right until the level stops scrolling, while the various "Time Tunnel" levels are vertical, one of which is a frustrating labyrinth where escape depends on a very specific route through the level or else it will loop back in upon itself. At the end of each level is a boss which must be repeatedly shot in a small glowing weak point to be defeated. In most cases, the boss simply floats up and down on the right side of the screen while randomly firing projectiles at the player, who must navigate floating platforms to reach said weak point.

Ultra Magnus fights with a rapid-fire horizontal shooty-gun, which he can improve by grabbing the "P" power-up from certain defeated enemies, which adds a second diagonal shot. He can also transform into truck mode, which makes him fire directly upwards (he retains the second diagonal shot if he has the power-up) and makes him harder to hit, but his ability to jump is replaced with a downward-arcing forward shot (severely reducing his shot range on flat surfaces) with a very low fire rate. Naturally, this makes it a lot harder to avoid attacks, and oh boy is that a problem. Unless he's got the "B" power-up, Magnus will die from a ''single hit'' of any kind, whereas the majority of enemies require multiple hits to be destroyed.

There are also a few secrets in the game, such as special red jet enemies that appear in certain stages. If Ultra Magnus manages to kill these, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] appears and lets him skip a few levels. Another secret is the seven hidden letters that spell out "RODIMUS", which are obtained by killing specific enemies. If the player collects all seven letters by the end of the game, they are given the option of playing through the game again, this time as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]. Rodimus Prime has a new vehicle mode sprite, but his in-play robot mode is simply a recolored Ultra Magnus (which does look snazzy we admit), and the gameplay remains exactly the same as during the Magnus run.

This game is notorious for being ''extremely'' difficult to the point of frustration, thanks to sluggish, slippery controls and dodgy hit mechanics, in addition to the small size of Magnus's projectiles requiring very accurate aiming, as well as the copious amount of enemies who can kill you in one hit, ''and'' the color choices making it exceptionally difficult to discern important objects like enemy shots or even whole enemies from massive background elements like brightly colored mountains (seriously, look at the screenshot to the left), '''''and''''' there are "D" power-ups, which are easy to mistake for the others, that actually remove your other power-ups. On top of everything, there are no ''apparent'' continues; there is a hidden continue code, but you have only seconds to put it in or right back to the title screen you go. And for some extra salt, the difficulty gets cranked up with each subsequent playthrough, first by increasing the speed of enemies and projectiles, then by decreasing the player's acceleration. ''Yeah.'' This game is a pretty perfect example of "{{w|Nintendo hard}}".

Also the short looping music which rarely changes between stages will eventually break you. Enjoy!

{{--}}
===Stages===
{{Collist|5|
#[[Wasteland Zone]]
#[[Temple Ruins]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel I]]
#[[Subspace Zone]]
#[[Floating City]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel II]]
#[[Glacier Zone]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel III]]
#[[Underground Machine City]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel IV]]
}}

===Endings===
Surprisingly, the game features multiple endings. A bad ending of sorts occurs if the player defeats Trypticon in the final boss fight without collecting all the letters to unlock Rodimus Prime, leading to the following end screen:<ref>[https://legendsoflocalization.com/articles/transformers-famicom-endings/ Deciphering the Hybrid Language Text in Transformers — Legends of Localization]</ref>

[[Image:ConvoyNoNazo-RodimusUnlock.png|right|200px|thumb|Oh boy, I get to replay this game again but now my sprite has a different color!]]
{{bigquote|EMERGENCY ORDER
Using a new power, [[Decepticons|Destron]] has revived and become even more powerful. Retrieve Rodimus' Energon Cube and destroy Destron once more. Scramble! Ultramagnus!}}

Players are then thrown back to the first level, where they'll have to go through the entire game ''again'' to grab Rodimus' letters (presumably, the aforementioned "Rodimus Energon Cube(s)").

If players fail to grab the letters again, they'll be met with the same end screen and once more be thrown back to the beginning. If they do manage to grab all the letters, however, a new end screen will be unlocked:

{{bigquote|Magnus won the final battle. However, a new battle approaches! Go, Rodimus! Attack! Rodimuscomvoy!}}

Now playing as Rodimus, the player is rewarded with going through the entire game... Yes, ''again''.

Finally, after beating the game as Rodimus, the "real" end screen is unlocked, featuring an English-written message that simply says...

{{bigquote|CONGRATULATION!}}
Yes, an erroneously-spelled end screen is your reward for the many, many hours you've deprived of your life to reach it. Say what you will about ''{{w|Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing|Big Rigs}}'', but at least getting the "YOU'RE WINNER" screen in that game is ''not'' a torturous task.

==Characters==
{{note|This character listing is augmented by a promotional video released to hype the game. Its claims as to which established Decepticons are actually in the game as common enemies are... let's go with "dubious". Those unlikely ones are presented here in italics.}}

[[File:MysteryOfConvoySprites.png|thumb|214px|No, you see, making Rodimus' model identical to Magnus was ''essential'' to saving half a kilobyte! ''(Pictured: every sprite used in the game)'']]
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
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{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]
{{!}}}

|c2=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Common Enemies
*[[Azak]]
*[[Burcane Ball]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Blitzwing]]
*[[Crack (G1)|Crack]]
*''[[Frenzy (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Frenzy]]''
*[[Ganzo]]
*[[Gau]]
*[[Gido]]
*[[Gosupu]]
*[[Hammer (MOC)|Hammer]]
*[[Heru]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
 
*[[Kabusu]]
*[[Seeker (body-type)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Jetron]]
*[[Laggar]]
*[[Laserbeak (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Laserbeak]]
*[[Maara]]
*[[Marakirasu]]
*[[Pressure‎]]
*[[Rabu]]
*''[[Ramjet (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ramjet]]''
*[[Ratbat (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ratbat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
 
*''[[Ravage (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ravage]]''
*"[[secret guardian]]"
*''[[Skywarp (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Skywarp]]''
*[[Snow Commander]]
*''[[Starscream (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Starscream]]''
*"[[strange old man]]"
*[[Tairasu]]
*''[[Thrust (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Thrust]]''
*''[[Thundercracker (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Thundercracker]]''
*[[Tosher]]
*[[Wasta]]
*[[Zaffuru]]
*[[Zunonbat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Bosses
*[[Devilstar]]
*[[Destron Mark]]
*[[Nemesis (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Destron Boat]]
*[[Menasor (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Menasor]]
*[[Bruticus (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Bruticus]]
*[[Megatron (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Megatron]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Trypticon]]
{{!}}}
|nonumbering=true
}}
{{-}}

==Cheat codes==
'''''Trust us''''', you're going to want these.

{| border=1
|+Memory Address Cheat Codes
!Address
!Value
!Game Genie
!Effect
!Side Effect
|----
|0069
|3
|LATEPA
|Always have three lives
|----
|0053
|20
|AZIALA
|Indestructible
|Music restarts every time you are hit
|----
|0053
|40
|AGIALA
|Shot Power Up
|----
|0053
|60
|ATIALA
|Indestructible and Shot Power Up
|----
|0022
|00
|AAZAZA
|Indestructible (alternate)<ref>[http://www.gshi.org/?s=v2&sys=5&gid=5678 Transformers: Convoy no Nazo (J) - NES - Codes - GSHI]</ref>
|Freezes player select, intro, and prevents level transitions while active
|----
|0074
|01
|PAEAAAGY
|Play as Rodimus Prime
|----
|82BE
|B0
|EULETA
|Infinite Lives
|
|----
|924F
|90
|EPGOYZ
|Always have flight
|Doesn't work in Time Tunnels
|----
|9777
|90
|EPYPYY
|Always have weapon power-up
|Doesn't work facing left
|----
|C4D4
|00
|AEIGGG
|No enemy collision damage
|
|----
|C68D
|00
|AEAKIT
|No enemy weapon damage
|
|----
|8B0E
|A9
|OZAEVU
|Play with Rodimus colours
|Doesn't affect altmode
|----
|9A5C
|A9
|OZIOKX
|Rodimus' altmode
|
|----
|CF67
|A9
|OZTGNN
|Show Rodimus at pre-stage screen
|
|----
|}

==Tie-in material==
[[File:Famicom_How-to_Manga_Cover.jpg|thumb|160px|Story sold separately.]]
{{main|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (comic)|Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)}}
The events of ''Mystery of Convoy'' were adapted into [[manga]] form by [[Ikuo Miyazoe]] in a [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (comic)|one-shot special]] published in the December 1986 issue of ''[[Comic BomBom]]''. Considering how little storytelling the game has, this often-overlooked manga can actually be considered pretty integral to contextualizing the overall events of the game... assuming one does not mind how absolutely bizarre it is in the first place. Contradicting the game's manual, Optimus Prime is still alive in this version of ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s story, and rather than Ultra Magnus, the protagonist is — no joke — [[Ultra Magnus Jr.]], the shrunken down son of Ultra Magnus (a character that, yes; exists only in this manga and hasn't been mentioned in any other ''Transformers'' media since). The game's plot occurs as he enters a "House of Mysteries" attraction in a theme park, wherein a strange power merges Magnus Jr.'s mind with that of [[Shunichi]], an accompanying human, and takes them to the "Decepticon World of Nightmares" where the actual events of the game presumably occur. As unconventional of a story as it might be, it is nonetheless loosely compatible with the game itself: whether you want to treat this or the manual's premise as the the core narrative thrust of your gameplay experience really is [[personal canon|entirely up to you]].

The game would also be backed by [[Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)|an official strategy guide]], published in ''Comic BomBom Winter Vacation Special: Family Computer Certain Victory Dojo'' Vol. 12, in January 1987.
This guide would include yet ''another'' short manga adaptation of the game's premise — albeit in a far more truncated strip format that more closely follows the premise as provided by the game's manual — from mangaka [[Akira Tanizaki]].

==Reception==
Despite the extreme difficulty, terrible controls, mediocre graphics, frustrating level design, and... really, ''everything'', it might come as a surprise that ''Mystery of Convoy'' seems to have actually been a relatively well-performing title in terms of sales: while no official figures exist, the fact that it's one of the most common loose cartridges you'll usually find in bulk lots of Famicom games (a console with an otherwise massive library, roughly double that of its international equivalent the NES) suggests that ''Mystery of Convoy'' was at least a moderate success in its home country. As mentioned, it even did well enough that Takara would follow it up with [[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|another Famicom ''Transformers'' game]] and later release it on the Wii Virtual Console.

What should not come as a surprise, however; is that the critical reception of ''Mystery of Convoy'' — both contemporary and retrospective — is nonetheless overwhelmingly negative. All of the aforementioned aspects, but especially the unfairly frustrating difficulty more than any other, have endowed this title with a staggering amount of infamy amongst both ''Transformers'' fans and general retro gaming enthusiasts alike, and as a result, it is not uncommon to see it listed amongst the worst NES / Famicom games.

===Legacy===
[[File:Q-Transformers_Mystery_of_Convoy_Returns_clean_art.jpg|thumb|214px|"Somehow, Mystery of Convoy has returned."]]
Despite ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s negative reputation — or, perhaps more accurately, ''because'' of it — the game has earned a small cult status of sorts. A lot of this allure is driven by the fact that, outside of two [[Commodore 64]] titles (which, being on a more "adult-oriented" computer platform, never quite reached the same popularity among younger kids), virtually no ''Transformers'' games were released for consoles in the west during the 1980s. Thus, with ''Mystery of Convoy'' being largely unknown outside of Japan up until the internet brought about knowledge of its existence to the world, many fans were fascinated by the discovery that the Japanese equivalent of the NES had received a fully-fledged ''Transformers'' videogame... until they ''actually'' played it. When the game was released on Virtual Console in 2008, TakaraTomy put out an official blog post talking about the game's legendary status and warning that "just because you're an adult now doesn't mean you'll be any better at it than you were as a kid. Please be careful to avoid being traumatized." ''Yes, really.''<ref>{{citesocial|quote=＜使用上のご注意＞大人になったからといって子供のときより上手にできるとは限りません！トラウマを重ねないよう細心の気構えをもってプレイしてごください。|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227100626/http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/gamesoft/blog/i0300/post_46.html|name=TakaraTomy|site=TakaraTomy blog|title=『トランスフォーマー・コンボイの謎』でレッツトラウマ|year=2008|month=06|day=06}}</ref> ''Mystery of Convoy'' would also be famously featured in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km9vYa2GIUI a 2009 episode] of the ''{{w|Angry Video Game Nerd}}'' web series, making it even more well-known to western audiences. (Perhaps the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTqRx-F7ZqA most famous meme to come out of the series] is, in fact, taken partly from the ''Mystery of Convoy'' episode — you can even hear the level restart jingle right at the beginning!) The game also has a tiny but dedicated speedrunning community, with the current record holder having managed the incredible feat of beating it in just under 5 minutes.<ref>[https://www.speedrun.com/tfmoc The Transformers: Mystery of Convoy(1986) on Speedrun.com]</ref>

In 2014 TakaraTomy released ''[[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]]'', a mobile game based on ''Mystery of Convoy'', to tie in with their ''[[Q-Transformers]]'' toyline. It was accompanied by [[Q-Transformers (cartoon)|a cartoon]] in which the characters often discuss the difficulty and peculiarities of the original Famicom game.

==Notes==
[[File:Unused_sprites.jpg|thumb|214px|Just be glad that you don't have ''even more'' things that can kill you in infuriating ways.]]
* Despite his Japanese name being in the title of the game, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] only appears in-game twice. First during the start screen, when his head explodes and reassembles as the player's sprite, and later his head reappears colored gray right at the end of level 7.
** Partly as a result of this, a [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers#MysteryOfConvoy|common running misconception]] regarding the game's narrative is that it involves Optimus Prime going missing and Ultra Magnus heading out on a quest to find him, this thus being the titular "Mystery of Convoy". As we've mentioned, this is not the case: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_lHEfl5oPI the game's commercial] already declares Optimus as dead and Ultra Magnus as his successor, and eventually, this same story point would be reiterated in the game's manual. Likely, this confusion also stems from the title invoking other games with similar plots like ''[[Wikipedia:Mario is Missing!|Mario is Missing!]]'' or ''[[Wikipedia:Donkey Kong Country 2|Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', but alas, as satirized in the end of ''Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns'', the only mystery in ''Mystery of Convoy'' is why the hell the game is called that in the first place.
* There are several enemy sprites that weren't used in the final game. There was a red and orange Laserbeak that fired bullets while flying at the player, a red eyeball-spider that moved vertically and fired four diagonal bullets, and a spinning blade-wheel that rapidly fired bullets at the player; the latter two were meant to only appear on boss screens. The other unused enemies didn't have routines programmed, like the unused insect enemies. Additional unused sprites resemble the Matrix and, inexplicably, a turtle. The most likely reason for these omissions is a simple technical one: the game can only handle a maximum of 64 unique stage "enemies" (which actually includes powerups), and the game absolutely hit that limit.
* The ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' story, "[[To Die Game!]]", [[retcon]]s this game as being part of a cross-dimensional game between the hyper-dimensional guardian [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Alternity|Optimus Prime]] and the equally powerful [[Megatron (G1)#Alternity|Megatron]], wherein Optimus had to choose one avatar (Ultra Magnus) to fight endless hordes of Decepticons empowered by Megatron.
* The [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] plays this game at the end of the 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' comic book's [[Robots in Disguise issue 1|first issue]].
* [[SD SG issue 2|Issue 2 of the ''SD SG'' comic]] features a mirror universe counterpart to the game, ''[[Transformers: The Super Obvious Truth of Optimus Prime]]''.
* This game uses a strobe effect popular in Japan at the time. Such effects have become controversial due to concern over people with photosensitive epilepsy, and fell out of use altogether following the infamous [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/EP038 "Electric Soldier Porygon"] incident in 1997. This effect was reduced for the Virtual Console re-release.
* Upon starting the game, a cover of the opening melody to the ''Transformers 2010'' theme plays.
* Ultra Magnus's robot mode sprite appears to be based on the original box art (or directly on the early deco on which said box art was based) with the white chestplate rather than the final blue.
* While there a no credits provided for ''Mystery of Convoy'', [[ISCO]] listed the game among several other titles they developed,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20241221105520/http://www.isco-inc.co.jp/Web_izen/game_etc.htm ISCO list of games]</ref> while [[Locomotive]] founder [[Hiroshi Okamoto]] confirmed his company (a sole proprietorship he formed with his wife prior to Locomotive) was a subcontractor on the project; it was the first game he had worked on, with Okamoto acting as producer/manager, his wife as graphic designer, and an outside part-timer responsible for programming.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIwjWSVfkWA Interview with Hiroshi Okamoto]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170727035804/http://www.pleasesavemerobots.com/scrambledcity/moc/main.html Perhaps the most comprehensive ''Convoy no Nazo'' site online, with screencaps, hints, and .ROM files.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_lHEfl5oPI ''Convoy no Nazo'' commercial on YouTube]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jVBzq4ud2U Takara's promotional video for the game] (using an unfinished build with cheats running)
* [http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Transformers:_Convoy_no_Nazo Strategy Wiki]
* [http://archive.li/Ts6uT Game Genie codes]
* [https://legendsoflocalization.com/articles/transformers-famicom-endings/ Translations of the game's endings]
* [https://github.com/Fixatron/TFRom-Recreation Rom de-compilation and editing project]

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Transformers: Mystery of Convoy

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|title=''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''
|image=Mystery of Convoy video game cover.png
|caption=Ignore the [[TakaraTomy#Controversy|racist logo]] in the corner!
|japanese=戦え! 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー　コンボイの謎
|romaji=Tatakae! Chō Robot Seimei Tai Transformer Convoy no Nazo
|developer=[[ISCO]]
|publisher=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]]
|date=[[December 5|5 December]] [[1986]] (Family Computer) [[June 10|10 June]] [[2008]] (Virtual Console)
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'''''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''''' — or, per the packaging's English-translated sub-title, '''''Mystery of Comvoy''''',<ref>Yes, the English title on the package of the game is mistakenly translated as "Mystery of Co'''m'''voy". Quality!</ref> and sometimes referred to by its Japanese subtitle '''Convoy no Nazo''' — is a video game developed by [[ISCO]] and distributed by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] for the [[Nintendo]] [[Family Computer|Famicom]]. The player controls [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] in the fight against the Decepticons, taking on the mantle of leading the Autobots after the death of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].

The game was followed by ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|The Headmasters]]'', an exclusive to the {{w|Famicom Disk System}} peripheral. It would be officially re-released in 2008 on the Nintendo [[Wii]]'s {{w|Virtual Console}} service in Japan (costing 500 "Wii points", or five dollars in Human money), up until the service was sunset in 2019. A direct sequel (and simultaneous parody) of sorts would be released in 2014 with the [[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]] mobile app.

It has since become a cult title for its infamously poor critical reception and, especially, for being ''frustratingly'' hard.

==Plot==
Perhaps unsurprisingly for a 1980s action game, ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s story is pretty barebones: although it would receive a completely different — and, actually, outright contradictory — account of its events in a tie-in-manga ([[#Tie-in material|see below]]), the narrative as told only by the game itself and the short one-page prologue in its accompanying manual is fairly straightforward.

''Mystery of Convoy'' is presumably set as an alternative account to the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' (which would not be released in Japan until 1989 — three years after the game's release — although its events were first summarized to Japanese audiences through [[TV Magazine]]), filling in the gaps between the the second and third seasons of the show, the latter which had just premiered in Japan as ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)#Fight.21 Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010|Transformers 2010]]''. The story begins as Optimus Prime is gravely injured in battle and perishes, passing on the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to Ultra Magnus, who carries on the fight against the Decepticons to reclaim peace on Earth. Along his quest, Ultra Magnus faces various threats including [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]-type infantry, floating [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]]s, the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', the [[combiner]]s [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and a final battle against [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Later on, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] joins him in his quest and... does all the same things Magnus did, again.

==Gameplay==
[[Image:Convoynonazoscreen.png|left|200px|thumb|Ultra Magnus tries not to get his ass kicked by ''the first enemy''.]]
As a licensed game released four years into the lifespan of the Famicom, ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s gameplay is... let's politely call it ''unrefined''.

The game is a simple 2D platformer with the player making their way through ten levels, while under constant attack from various enemies. Killing enemies earns the player points and occasionally various power-ups such as extra defense or temporary flight. At every 20,000 points, the player is awarded with an extra life. Many of the levels are simple horizontal fields where Magnus must go from left to right until the level stops scrolling, while the various "Time Tunnel" levels are vertical, one of which is a frustrating labyrinth where escape depends on a very specific route through the level or else it will loop back in upon itself. At the end of each level is a boss which must be repeatedly shot in a small glowing weak point to be defeated. In most cases, the boss simply floats up and down on the right side of the screen while randomly firing projectiles at the player, who must navigate floating platforms to reach said weak point.

Ultra Magnus fights with a rapid-fire horizontal shooty-gun, which he can improve by grabbing the "P" power-up from certain defeated enemies, which adds a second diagonal shot. He can also transform into truck mode, which makes him fire directly upwards (he retains the second diagonal shot if he has the power-up) and makes him harder to hit, but his ability to jump is replaced with a downward-arcing forward shot (severely reducing his shot range on flat surfaces) with a very low fire rate. Naturally, this makes it a lot harder to avoid attacks, and oh boy is that a problem. Unless he's got the "B" power-up, Magnus will die from a ''single hit'' of any kind, whereas the majority of enemies require multiple hits to be destroyed.

There are also a few secrets in the game, such as special red jet enemies that appear in certain stages. If Ultra Magnus manages to kill these, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] appears and lets him skip a few levels. Another secret is the seven hidden letters that spell out "RODIMUS", which are obtained by killing specific enemies. If the player collects all seven letters by the end of the game, they are given the option of playing through the game again, this time as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]. Rodimus Prime has a new vehicle mode sprite, but his in-play robot mode is simply a recolored Ultra Magnus (which does look snazzy we admit), and the gameplay remains exactly the same as during the Magnus run.

This game is notorious for being ''extremely'' difficult to the point of frustration, thanks to sluggish, slippery controls and dodgy hit mechanics, in addition to the small size of Magnus's projectiles requiring very accurate aiming, as well as the copious amount of enemies who can kill you in one hit, ''and'' the color choices making it exceptionally difficult to discern important objects like enemy shots or even whole enemies from massive background elements like brightly colored mountains (seriously, look at the screenshot to the left), '''''and''''' there are "D" power-ups, which are easy to mistake for the others, that actually remove your other power-ups. On top of everything, there are no ''apparent'' continues; there is a hidden continue code, but you have only seconds to put it in or right back to the title screen you go. And for some extra salt, the difficulty gets cranked up with each subsequent playthrough, first by increasing the speed of enemies and projectiles, then by decreasing the player's acceleration. ''Yeah.'' This game is a pretty perfect example of "{{w|Nintendo hard}}".

Also the short looping music which rarely changes between stages will eventually break you. Enjoy!

{{--}}
===Stages===
{{Collist|5|
#[[Wasteland Zone]]
#[[Temple Ruins]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel I]]
#[[Subspace Zone]]
#[[Floating City]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel II]]
#[[Glacier Zone]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel III]]
#[[Underground Machine City]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel IV]]
}}

===Endings===
Surprisingly, the game features multiple endings. A bad ending of sorts occurs if the player defeats Trypticon in the final boss fight without collecting all the letters to unlock Rodimus Prime, leading to the following end screen:<ref>[https://legendsoflocalization.com/articles/transformers-famicom-endings/ Deciphering the Hybrid Language Text in Transformers — Legends of Localization]</ref>

[[Image:ConvoyNoNazo-RodimusUnlock.png|right|200px|thumb|Oh boy, I get to replay this game again but now my sprite has a different color!]]
{{bigquote|EMERGENCY ORDER
Using a new power, [[Decepticons|Destron]] has revived and become even more powerful. Retrieve Rodimus' Energon Cube and destroy Destron once more. Scramble! Ultramagnus!}}

Players are then thrown back to the first level, where they'll have to go through the entire game ''again'' to grab Rodimus' letters (presumably, the aforementioned "Rodimus Energon Cube(s)").

If players fail to grab the letters again, they'll be met with the same end screen and once more be thrown back to the beginning. If they do manage to grab all the letters, however, a new end screen will be unlocked:

{{bigquote|Magnus won the final battle. However, a new battle approaches! Go, Rodimus! Attack! Rodimuscomvoy!}}

Now playing as Rodimus, the player is rewarded with going through the entire game... Yes, ''again''.

Finally, after beating the game as Rodimus, the "real" end screen is unlocked, featuring an English-written message that simply says...

{{bigquote|CONGRATULATION!}}
Yes, an erroneously-spelled end screen is your reward for the many, many hours you've deprived of your life to reach it. Say what you will about ''{{w|Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing|Big Rigs}}'', but at least getting the "YOU'RE WINNER" screen in that game is ''not'' a torturous task.

==Characters==
{{note|This character listing is augmented by a promotional video released to hype the game. Its claims as to which established Decepticons are actually in the game as common enemies are... let's go with "dubious". Those unlikely ones are presented here in italics.}}

[[File:MysteryOfConvoySprites.png|thumb|214px|No, you see, making Rodimus' model identical to Magnus was ''essential'' to saving half a kilobyte! ''(Pictured: every sprite used in the game)'']]
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*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]
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*[[Azak]]
*[[Burcane Ball]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Blitzwing]]
*[[Crack (G1)|Crack]]
*''[[Frenzy (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Frenzy]]''
*[[Ganzo]]
*[[Gau]]
*[[Gido]]
*[[Gosupu]]
*[[Hammer (MOC)|Hammer]]
*[[Heru]]
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*[[Kabusu]]
*[[Seeker (body-type)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Jetron]]
*[[Laggar]]
*[[Laserbeak (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Laserbeak]]
*[[Maara]]
*[[Marakirasu]]
*[[Pressure‎]]
*[[Rabu]]
*''[[Ramjet (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ramjet]]''
*[[Ratbat (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ratbat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
 
*''[[Ravage (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ravage]]''
*"[[secret guardian]]"
*''[[Skywarp (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Skywarp]]''
*[[Snow Commander]]
*''[[Starscream (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Starscream]]''
*"[[strange old man]]"
*[[Tairasu]]
*''[[Thrust (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Thrust]]''
*''[[Thundercracker (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Thundercracker]]''
*[[Tosher]]
*[[Wasta]]
*[[Zaffuru]]
*[[Zunonbat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Bosses
*[[Devilstar]]
*[[Destron Mark]]
*[[Nemesis (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Destron Boat]]
*[[Menasor (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Menasor]]
*[[Bruticus (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Bruticus]]
*[[Megatron (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Megatron]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Trypticon]]
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|nonumbering=true
}}
{{-}}

==Cheat codes==
'''''Trust us''''', you're going to want these.

{| border=1
|+Memory Address Cheat Codes
!Address
!Value
!Game Genie
!Effect
!Side Effect
|----
|0069
|3
|LATEPA
|Always have three lives
|----
|0053
|20
|AZIALA
|Indestructible
|Music restarts every time you are hit
|----
|0053
|40
|AGIALA
|Shot Power Up
|----
|0053
|60
|ATIALA
|Indestructible and Shot Power Up
|----
|0022
|00
|AAZAZA
|Indestructible (alternate)<ref>[http://www.gshi.org/?s=v2&sys=5&gid=5678 Transformers: Convoy no Nazo (J) - NES - Codes - GSHI]</ref>
|Freezes player select, intro, and prevents level transitions while active
|----
|0074
|01
|PAEAAAGY
|Play as Rodimus Prime
|----
|82BE
|B0
|EULETA
|Infinite Lives
|
|----
|924F
|90
|EPGOYZ
|Always have flight
|Doesn't work in Time Tunnels
|----
|9777
|90
|EPYPYY
|Always have weapon power-up
|Doesn't work facing left
|----
|C4D4
|00
|AEIGGG
|No enemy collision damage
|
|----
|C68D
|00
|AEAKIT
|No enemy weapon damage
|
|----
|8B0E
|A9
|OZAEVU
|Play as Rodimus
|Red Magnus Altmode
|----
|CF67
|A9
|OZTGNN
|Show Rodimus at pre-stage screen
|
|----
|}

==Tie-in material==
[[File:Famicom_How-to_Manga_Cover.jpg|thumb|160px|Story sold separately.]]
{{main|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (comic)|Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)}}
The events of ''Mystery of Convoy'' were adapted into [[manga]] form by [[Ikuo Miyazoe]] in a [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (comic)|one-shot special]] published in the December 1986 issue of ''[[Comic BomBom]]''. Considering how little storytelling the game has, this often-overlooked manga can actually be considered pretty integral to contextualizing the overall events of the game... assuming one does not mind how absolutely bizarre it is in the first place. Contradicting the game's manual, Optimus Prime is still alive in this version of ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s story, and rather than Ultra Magnus, the protagonist is — no joke — [[Ultra Magnus Jr.]], the shrunken down son of Ultra Magnus (a character that, yes; exists only in this manga and hasn't been mentioned in any other ''Transformers'' media since). The game's plot occurs as he enters a "House of Mysteries" attraction in a theme park, wherein a strange power merges Magnus Jr.'s mind with that of [[Shunichi]], an accompanying human, and takes them to the "Decepticon World of Nightmares" where the actual events of the game presumably occur. As unconventional of a story as it might be, it is nonetheless loosely compatible with the game itself: whether you want to treat this or the manual's premise as the the core narrative thrust of your gameplay experience really is [[personal canon|entirely up to you]].

The game would also be backed by [[Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)|an official strategy guide]], published in ''Comic BomBom Winter Vacation Special: Family Computer Certain Victory Dojo'' Vol. 12, in January 1987.
This guide would include yet ''another'' short manga adaptation of the game's premise — albeit in a far more truncated strip format that more closely follows the premise as provided by the game's manual — from mangaka [[Akira Tanizaki]].

==Reception==
Despite the extreme difficulty, terrible controls, mediocre graphics, frustrating level design, and... really, ''everything'', it might come as a surprise that ''Mystery of Convoy'' seems to have actually been a relatively well-performing title in terms of sales: while no official figures exist, the fact that it's one of the most common loose cartridges you'll usually find in bulk lots of Famicom games (a console with an otherwise massive library, roughly double that of its international equivalent the NES) suggests that ''Mystery of Convoy'' was at least a moderate success in its home country. As mentioned, it even did well enough that Takara would follow it up with [[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|another Famicom ''Transformers'' game]] and later release it on the Wii Virtual Console.

What should not come as a surprise, however; is that the critical reception of ''Mystery of Convoy'' — both contemporary and retrospective — is nonetheless overwhelmingly negative. All of the aforementioned aspects, but especially the unfairly frustrating difficulty more than any other, have endowed this title with a staggering amount of infamy amongst both ''Transformers'' fans and general retro gaming enthusiasts alike, and as a result, it is not uncommon to see it listed amongst the worst NES / Famicom games.

===Legacy===
[[File:Q-Transformers_Mystery_of_Convoy_Returns_clean_art.jpg|thumb|214px|"Somehow, Mystery of Convoy has returned."]]
Despite ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s negative reputation — or, perhaps more accurately, ''because'' of it — the game has earned a small cult status of sorts. A lot of this allure is driven by the fact that, outside of two [[Commodore 64]] titles (which, being on a more "adult-oriented" computer platform, never quite reached the same popularity among younger kids), virtually no ''Transformers'' games were released for consoles in the west during the 1980s. Thus, with ''Mystery of Convoy'' being largely unknown outside of Japan up until the internet brought about knowledge of its existence to the world, many fans were fascinated by the discovery that the Japanese equivalent of the NES had received a fully-fledged ''Transformers'' videogame... until they ''actually'' played it. When the game was released on Virtual Console in 2008, TakaraTomy put out an official blog post talking about the game's legendary status and warning that "just because you're an adult now doesn't mean you'll be any better at it than you were as a kid. Please be careful to avoid being traumatized." ''Yes, really.''<ref>{{citesocial|quote=＜使用上のご注意＞大人になったからといって子供のときより上手にできるとは限りません！トラウマを重ねないよう細心の気構えをもってプレイしてごください。|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227100626/http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/gamesoft/blog/i0300/post_46.html|name=TakaraTomy|site=TakaraTomy blog|title=『トランスフォーマー・コンボイの謎』でレッツトラウマ|year=2008|month=06|day=06}}</ref> ''Mystery of Convoy'' would also be famously featured in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km9vYa2GIUI a 2009 episode] of the ''{{w|Angry Video Game Nerd}}'' web series, making it even more well-known to western audiences. (Perhaps the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTqRx-F7ZqA most famous meme to come out of the series] is, in fact, taken partly from the ''Mystery of Convoy'' episode — you can even hear the level restart jingle right at the beginning!) The game also has a tiny but dedicated speedrunning community, with the current record holder having managed the incredible feat of beating it in just under 5 minutes.<ref>[https://www.speedrun.com/tfmoc The Transformers: Mystery of Convoy(1986) on Speedrun.com]</ref>

In 2014 TakaraTomy released ''[[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]]'', a mobile game based on ''Mystery of Convoy'', to tie in with their ''[[Q-Transformers]]'' toyline. It was accompanied by [[Q-Transformers (cartoon)|a cartoon]] in which the characters often discuss the difficulty and peculiarities of the original Famicom game.

==Notes==
[[File:Unused_sprites.jpg|thumb|214px|Just be glad that you don't have ''even more'' things that can kill you in infuriating ways.]]
* Despite his Japanese name being in the title of the game, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] only appears in-game twice. First during the start screen, when his head explodes and reassembles as the player's sprite, and later his head reappears colored gray right at the end of level 7.
** Partly as a result of this, a [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers#MysteryOfConvoy|common running misconception]] regarding the game's narrative is that it involves Optimus Prime going missing and Ultra Magnus heading out on a quest to find him, this thus being the titular "Mystery of Convoy". As we've mentioned, this is not the case: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_lHEfl5oPI the game's commercial] already declares Optimus as dead and Ultra Magnus as his successor, and eventually, this same story point would be reiterated in the game's manual. Likely, this confusion also stems from the title invoking other games with similar plots like ''[[Wikipedia:Mario is Missing!|Mario is Missing!]]'' or ''[[Wikipedia:Donkey Kong Country 2|Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', but alas, as satirized in the end of ''Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns'', the only mystery in ''Mystery of Convoy'' is why the hell the game is called that in the first place.
* There are several enemy sprites that weren't used in the final game. There was a red and orange Laserbeak that fired bullets while flying at the player, a red eyeball-spider that moved vertically and fired four diagonal bullets, and a spinning blade-wheel that rapidly fired bullets at the player; the latter two were meant to only appear on boss screens. The other unused enemies didn't have routines programmed, like the unused insect enemies. Additional unused sprites resemble the Matrix and, inexplicably, a turtle. The most likely reason for these omissions is a simple technical one: the game can only handle a maximum of 64 unique stage "enemies" (which actually includes powerups), and the game absolutely hit that limit.
* The ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' story, "[[To Die Game!]]", [[retcon]]s this game as being part of a cross-dimensional game between the hyper-dimensional guardian [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Alternity|Optimus Prime]] and the equally powerful [[Megatron (G1)#Alternity|Megatron]], wherein Optimus had to choose one avatar (Ultra Magnus) to fight endless hordes of Decepticons empowered by Megatron.
* The [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] plays this game at the end of the 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' comic book's [[Robots in Disguise issue 1|first issue]].
* [[SD SG issue 2|Issue 2 of the ''SD SG'' comic]] features a mirror universe counterpart to the game, ''[[Transformers: The Super Obvious Truth of Optimus Prime]]''.
* This game uses a strobe effect popular in Japan at the time. Such effects have become controversial due to concern over people with photosensitive epilepsy, and fell out of use altogether following the infamous [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/EP038 "Electric Soldier Porygon"] incident in 1997. This effect was reduced for the Virtual Console re-release.
* Upon starting the game, a cover of the opening melody to the ''Transformers 2010'' theme plays.
* Ultra Magnus's robot mode sprite appears to be based on the original box art (or directly on the early deco on which said box art was based) with the white chestplate rather than the final blue.
* While there a no credits provided for ''Mystery of Convoy'', [[ISCO]] listed the game among several other titles they developed,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20241221105520/http://www.isco-inc.co.jp/Web_izen/game_etc.htm ISCO list of games]</ref> while [[Locomotive]] founder [[Hiroshi Okamoto]] confirmed his company (a sole proprietorship he formed with his wife prior to Locomotive) was a subcontractor on the project; it was the first game he had worked on, with Okamoto acting as producer/manager, his wife as graphic designer, and an outside part-timer responsible for programming.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIwjWSVfkWA Interview with Hiroshi Okamoto]</ref>

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170727035804/http://www.pleasesavemerobots.com/scrambledcity/moc/main.html Perhaps the most comprehensive ''Convoy no Nazo'' site online, with screencaps, hints, and .ROM files.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_lHEfl5oPI ''Convoy no Nazo'' commercial on YouTube]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jVBzq4ud2U Takara's promotional video for the game] (using an unfinished build with cheats running)
* [http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Transformers:_Convoy_no_Nazo Strategy Wiki]
* [http://archive.li/Ts6uT Game Genie codes]
* [https://legendsoflocalization.com/articles/transformers-famicom-endings/ Translations of the game's endings]
* [https://github.com/Fixatron/TFRom-Recreation Rom de-compilation and editing project]

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Transformers: Mystery of Convoy

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|title=''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''
|image=Mystery of Convoy video game cover.png
|caption=Ignore the [[TakaraTomy#Controversy|racist logo]] in the corner!
|japanese=戦え! 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー　コンボイの謎
|romaji=Tatakae! Chō Robot Seimei Tai Transformer Convoy no Nazo
|developer=[[ISCO]]
|publisher=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]]
|date=[[December 5|5 December]] [[1986]] (Family Computer) [[June 10|10 June]] [[2008]] (Virtual Console)
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'''''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''''' — or, per the packaging's English-translated sub-title, '''''Mystery of Comvoy''''',<ref>Yes, the English title on the package of the game is mistakenly translated as "Mystery of Co'''m'''voy". Quality!</ref> and sometimes referred to by its Japanese subtitle '''Convoy no Nazo''' — is a video game developed by [[ISCO]] and distributed by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] for the [[Nintendo]] [[Family Computer|Famicom]]. The player controls [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] in the fight against the Decepticons, taking on the mantle of leading the Autobots after the death of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].

The game was followed by ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|The Headmasters]]'', an exclusive to the {{w|Famicom Disk System}} peripheral. It would be officially re-released in 2008 on the Nintendo [[Wii]]'s {{w|Virtual Console}} service in Japan (costing 500 "Wii points", or five dollars in Human money), up until the service was sunset in 2019. A direct sequel (and simultaneous parody) of sorts would be released in 2014 with the [[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]] mobile app.

It has since become a cult title for its infamously poor critical reception and, especially, for being ''frustratingly'' hard.

==Plot==
Perhaps unsurprisingly for a 1980s action game, ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s story is pretty barebones: although it would receive a completely different — and, actually, outright contradictory — account of its events in a tie-in-manga ([[#Tie-in material|see below]]), the narrative as told only by the game itself and the short one-page prologue in its accompanying manual is fairly straightforward.

''Mystery of Convoy'' is presumably set as an alternative account to the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' (which would not be released in Japan until 1989 — three years after the game's release — although its events were first summarized to Japanese audiences through [[TV Magazine]]), filling in the gaps between the the second and third seasons of the show, the latter which had just premiered in Japan as ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)#Fight.21 Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010|Transformers 2010]]''. The story begins as Optimus Prime is gravely injured in battle and perishes, passing on the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to Ultra Magnus, who carries on the fight against the Decepticons to reclaim peace on Earth. Along his quest, Ultra Magnus faces various threats including [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]-type infantry, floating [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]]s, the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', the [[combiner]]s [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and a final battle against [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Later on, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] joins him in his quest and... does all the same things Magnus did, again.

==Gameplay==
[[Image:Convoynonazoscreen.png|left|200px|thumb|Ultra Magnus tries not to get his ass kicked by ''the first enemy''.]]
As a licensed game released four years into the lifespan of the Famicom, ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s gameplay is... let's politely call it ''unrefined''.

The game is a simple 2D platformer with the player making their way through ten levels, while under constant attack from various enemies. Killing enemies earns the player points and occasionally various power-ups such as extra defense or temporary flight. At every 20,000 points, the player is awarded with an extra life. Many of the levels are simple horizontal fields where Magnus must go from left to right until the level stops scrolling, while the various "Time Tunnel" levels are vertical, one of which is a frustrating labyrinth where escape depends on a very specific route through the level or else it will loop back in upon itself. At the end of each level is a boss which must be repeatedly shot in a small glowing weak point to be defeated. In most cases, the boss simply floats up and down on the right side of the screen while randomly firing projectiles at the player, who must navigate floating platforms to reach said weak point.

Ultra Magnus fights with a rapid-fire horizontal shooty-gun, which he can improve by grabbing the "P" power-up from certain defeated enemies, which adds a second diagonal shot. He can also transform into truck mode, which makes him fire directly upwards (he retains the second diagonal shot if he has the power-up) and makes him harder to hit, but his ability to jump is replaced with a downward-arcing forward shot (severely reducing his shot range on flat surfaces) with a very low fire rate. Naturally, this makes it a lot harder to avoid attacks, and oh boy is that a problem. Unless he's got the "B" power-up, Magnus will die from a ''single hit'' of any kind, whereas the majority of enemies require multiple hits to be destroyed.

There are also a few secrets in the game, such as special red jet enemies that appear in certain stages. If Ultra Magnus manages to kill these, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] appears and lets him skip a few levels. Another secret is the seven hidden letters that spell out "RODIMUS", which are obtained by killing specific enemies. If the player collects all seven letters by the end of the game, they are given the option of playing through the game again, this time as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]. Rodimus Prime has a new vehicle mode sprite, but his in-play robot mode is simply a recolored Ultra Magnus (which does look snazzy we admit), and the gameplay remains exactly the same as during the Magnus run.

This game is notorious for being ''extremely'' difficult to the point of frustration, thanks to sluggish, slippery controls and dodgy hit mechanics, in addition to the small size of Magnus's projectiles requiring very accurate aiming, as well as the copious amount of enemies who can kill you in one hit, ''and'' the color choices making it exceptionally difficult to discern important objects like enemy shots or even whole enemies from massive background elements like brightly colored mountains (seriously, look at the screenshot to the left), '''''and''''' there are "D" power-ups, which are easy to mistake for the others, that actually remove your other power-ups. On top of everything, there are no ''apparent'' continues; there is a hidden continue code, but you have only seconds to put it in or right back to the title screen you go. And for some extra salt, the difficulty gets cranked up with each subsequent playthrough, first by increasing the speed of enemies and projectiles, then by decreasing the player's acceleration. ''Yeah.'' This game is a pretty perfect example of "{{w|Nintendo hard}}".

Also the short looping music which rarely changes between stages will eventually break you. Enjoy!

{{--}}
===Stages===
{{Collist|5|
#[[Wasteland Zone]]
#[[Temple Ruins]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel I]]
#[[Subspace Zone]]
#[[Floating City]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel II]]
#[[Glacier Zone]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel III]]
#[[Underground Machine City]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel IV]]
}}

===Endings===
Surprisingly, the game features multiple endings. A bad ending of sorts occurs if the player defeats Trypticon in the final boss fight without collecting all the letters to unlock Rodimus Prime, leading to the following end screen:<ref>[https://legendsoflocalization.com/articles/transformers-famicom-endings/ Deciphering the Hybrid Language Text in Transformers — Legends of Localization]</ref>

[[Image:ConvoyNoNazo-RodimusUnlock.png|right|200px|thumb|Oh boy, I get to replay this game again but now my sprite has a different color!]]
{{bigquote|EMERGENCY ORDER
Using a new power, [[Decepticons|Destron]] has revived and become even more powerful. Retrieve Rodimus' Energon Cube and destroy Destron once more. Scramble! Ultramagnus!}}

Players are then thrown back to the first level, where they'll have to go through the entire game ''again'' to grab Rodimus' letters (presumably, the aforementioned "Rodimus Energon Cube(s)").

If players fail to grab the letters again, they'll be met with the same end screen and once more be thrown back to the beginning. If they do manage to grab all the letters, however, a new end screen will be unlocked:

{{bigquote|Magnus won the final battle. However, a new battle approaches! Go, Rodimus! Attack! Rodimuscomvoy!}}

Now playing as Rodimus, the player is rewarded with going through the entire game... Yes, ''again''.

Finally, after beating the game as Rodimus, the "real" end screen is unlocked, featuring an English-written message that simply says...

{{bigquote|CONGRATULATION!}}
Yes, an erroneously-spelled end screen is your reward for the many, many hours you've deprived of your life to reach it. Say what you will about ''{{w|Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing|Big Rigs}}'', but at least getting the "YOU'RE WINNER" screen in that game is ''not'' a torturous task.

==Characters==
{{note|This character listing is augmented by a promotional video released to hype the game. Its claims as to which established Decepticons are actually in the game as common enemies are... let's go with "dubious". Those unlikely ones are presented here in italics.}}

[[File:MysteryOfConvoySprites.png|thumb|214px|No, you see, making Rodimus' model identical to Magnus was ''essential'' to saving half a kilobyte! ''(Pictured: every sprite used in the game)'']]
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*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]
{{!}}}

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*[[Azak]]
*[[Burcane Ball]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Blitzwing]]
*[[Crack (G1)|Crack]]
*''[[Frenzy (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Frenzy]]''
*[[Ganzo]]
*[[Gau]]
*[[Gido]]
*[[Gosupu]]
*[[Hammer (MOC)|Hammer]]
*[[Heru]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
 
*[[Kabusu]]
*[[Seeker (body-type)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Jetron]]
*[[Laggar]]
*[[Laserbeak (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Laserbeak]]
*[[Maara]]
*[[Marakirasu]]
*[[Pressure‎]]
*[[Rabu]]
*''[[Ramjet (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ramjet]]''
*[[Ratbat (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ratbat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
 
*''[[Ravage (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ravage]]''
*"[[secret guardian]]"
*''[[Skywarp (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Skywarp]]''
*[[Snow Commander]]
*''[[Starscream (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Starscream]]''
*"[[strange old man]]"
*[[Tairasu]]
*''[[Thrust (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Thrust]]''
*''[[Thundercracker (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Thundercracker]]''
*[[Tosher]]
*[[Wasta]]
*[[Zaffuru]]
*[[Zunonbat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Bosses
*[[Devilstar]]
*[[Destron Mark]]
*[[Nemesis (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Destron Boat]]
*[[Menasor (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Menasor]]
*[[Bruticus (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Bruticus]]
*[[Megatron (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Megatron]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Trypticon]]
{{!}}}
|nonumbering=true
}}
{{-}}

==Cheat codes==
'''''Trust us''''', you're going to want these.

{| border=1
|+Memory Address Cheat Codes
!Address
!Value
!Game Genie
!Effect
!Side Effect
|----
|0069
|3
|LATEPA
|Always have three lives
|----
|0053
|20
|AZIALA
|Indestructible
|Music restarts every time you are hit
|----
|0053
|40
|AGIALA
|Shot Power Up
|----
|0053
|60
|ATIALA
|Indestructible and Shot Power Up
|----
|0022
|00
|AAZAZA
|Indestructible (alternate)<ref>[http://www.gshi.org/?s=v2&sys=5&gid=5678 Transformers: Convoy no Nazo (J) - NES - Codes - GSHI]</ref>
|Freezes player select, intro, and prevents level transitions while active
|----
|0074
|01
|PAEAAAGY
|Play as Rodimus Prime
|----
|82BE
|B0
|EULETA
|Infinite Lives
|
|----
|924F
|90
|EPGOYZ
|Always have flight
|Doesn't work in Time Tunnels
|----
|9777
|90
|EPYPYY
|Always have weapon power-up
|Doesn't work facing left
|----
|C4D4
|00
|AEIGGG
|No enemy collision damage
|
|----
|C68D
|00
|AEAKIT
|No enemy weapon damage
|
|----
|8B0E
|A9
|OZAEVU
|Play as Rodimus
|Pre-stage screen shows Magnus
|----
|CF67
|A9
|OZTGNN
|Show Rodimus at pre-stage screen
|
|----
|}

==Tie-in material==
[[File:Famicom_How-to_Manga_Cover.jpg|thumb|160px|Story sold separately.]]
{{main|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (comic)|Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)}}
The events of ''Mystery of Convoy'' were adapted into [[manga]] form by [[Ikuo Miyazoe]] in a [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (comic)|one-shot special]] published in the December 1986 issue of ''[[Comic BomBom]]''. Considering how little storytelling the game has, this often-overlooked manga can actually be considered pretty integral to contextualizing the overall events of the game... assuming one does not mind how absolutely bizarre it is in the first place. Contradicting the game's manual, Optimus Prime is still alive in this version of ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s story, and rather than Ultra Magnus, the protagonist is — no joke — [[Ultra Magnus Jr.]], the shrunken down son of Ultra Magnus (a character that, yes; exists only in this manga and hasn't been mentioned in any other ''Transformers'' media since). The game's plot occurs as he enters a "House of Mysteries" attraction in a theme park, wherein a strange power merges Magnus Jr.'s mind with that of [[Shunichi]], an accompanying human, and takes them to the "Decepticon World of Nightmares" where the actual events of the game presumably occur. As unconventional of a story as it might be, it is nonetheless loosely compatible with the game itself: whether you want to treat this or the manual's premise as the the core narrative thrust of your gameplay experience really is [[personal canon|entirely up to you]].

The game would also be backed by [[Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)|an official strategy guide]], published in ''Comic BomBom Winter Vacation Special: Family Computer Certain Victory Dojo'' Vol. 12, in January 1987.
This guide would include yet ''another'' short manga adaptation of the game's premise — albeit in a far more truncated strip format that more closely follows the premise as provided by the game's manual — from mangaka [[Akira Tanizaki]].

==Reception==
Despite the extreme difficulty, terrible controls, mediocre graphics, frustrating level design, and... really, ''everything'', it might come as a surprise that ''Mystery of Convoy'' seems to have actually been a relatively well-performing title in terms of sales: while no official figures exist, the fact that it's one of the most common loose cartridges you'll usually find in bulk lots of Famicom games (a console with an otherwise massive library, roughly double that of its international equivalent the NES) suggests that ''Mystery of Convoy'' was at least a moderate success in its home country. As mentioned, it even did well enough that Takara would follow it up with [[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|another Famicom ''Transformers'' game]] and later release it on the Wii Virtual Console.

What should not come as a surprise, however; is that the critical reception of ''Mystery of Convoy'' — both contemporary and retrospective — is nonetheless overwhelmingly negative. All of the aforementioned aspects, but especially the unfairly frustrating difficulty more than any other, have endowed this title with a staggering amount of infamy amongst both ''Transformers'' fans and general retro gaming enthusiasts alike, and as a result, it is not uncommon to see it listed amongst the worst NES / Famicom games.

===Legacy===
[[File:Q-Transformers_Mystery_of_Convoy_Returns_clean_art.jpg|thumb|214px|"Somehow, Mystery of Convoy has returned."]]
Despite ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s negative reputation — or, perhaps more accurately, ''because'' of it — the game has earned a small cult status of sorts. A lot of this allure is driven by the fact that, outside of two [[Commodore 64]] titles (which, being on a more "adult-oriented" computer platform, never quite reached the same popularity among younger kids), virtually no ''Transformers'' games were released for consoles in the west during the 1980s. Thus, with ''Mystery of Convoy'' being largely unknown outside of Japan up until the internet brought about knowledge of its existence to the world, many fans were fascinated by the discovery that the Japanese equivalent of the NES had received a fully-fledged ''Transformers'' videogame... until they ''actually'' played it. When the game was released on Virtual Console in 2008, TakaraTomy put out an official blog post talking about the game's legendary status and warning that "just because you're an adult now doesn't mean you'll be any better at it than you were as a kid. Please be careful to avoid being traumatized." ''Yes, really.''<ref>{{citesocial|quote=＜使用上のご注意＞大人になったからといって子供のときより上手にできるとは限りません！トラウマを重ねないよう細心の気構えをもってプレイしてごください。|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227100626/http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/gamesoft/blog/i0300/post_46.html|name=TakaraTomy|site=TakaraTomy blog|title=『トランスフォーマー・コンボイの謎』でレッツトラウマ|year=2008|month=06|day=06}}</ref> ''Mystery of Convoy'' would also be famously featured in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km9vYa2GIUI a 2009 episode] of the ''{{w|Angry Video Game Nerd}}'' web series, making it even more well-known to western audiences. (Perhaps the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTqRx-F7ZqA most famous meme to come out of the series] is, in fact, taken partly from the ''Mystery of Convoy'' episode — you can even hear the level restart jingle right at the beginning!) The game also has a tiny but dedicated speedrunning community, with the current record holder having managed the incredible feat of beating it in just under 5 minutes.<ref>[https://www.speedrun.com/tfmoc The Transformers: Mystery of Convoy(1986) on Speedrun.com]</ref>

In 2014 TakaraTomy released ''[[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]]'', a mobile game based on ''Mystery of Convoy'', to tie in with their ''[[Q-Transformers]]'' toyline. It was accompanied by [[Q-Transformers (cartoon)|a cartoon]] in which the characters often discuss the difficulty and peculiarities of the original Famicom game.

==Notes==
[[File:Unused_sprites.jpg|thumb|214px|Just be glad that you don't have ''even more'' things that can kill you in infuriating ways.]]
* Despite his Japanese name being in the title of the game, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] only appears in-game twice. First during the start screen, when his head explodes and reassembles as the player's sprite, and later his head reappears colored gray right at the end of level 7.
** Partly as a result of this, a [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers#MysteryOfConvoy|common running misconception]] regarding the game's narrative is that it involves Optimus Prime going missing and Ultra Magnus heading out on a quest to find him, this thus being the titular "Mystery of Convoy". As we've mentioned, this is not the case: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_lHEfl5oPI the game's commercial] already declares Optimus as dead and Ultra Magnus as his successor, and eventually, this same story point would be reiterated in the game's manual. Likely, this confusion also stems from the title invoking other games with similar plots like ''[[Wikipedia:Mario is Missing!|Mario is Missing!]]'' or ''[[Wikipedia:Donkey Kong Country 2|Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', but alas, as satirized in the end of ''Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns'', the only mystery in ''Mystery of Convoy'' is why the hell the game is called that in the first place.
* There are several enemy sprites that weren't used in the final game. There was a red and orange Laserbeak that fired bullets while flying at the player, a red eyeball-spider that moved vertically and fired four diagonal bullets, and a spinning blade-wheel that rapidly fired bullets at the player; the latter two were meant to only appear on boss screens. The other unused enemies didn't have routines programmed, like the unused insect enemies. Additional unused sprites resemble the Matrix and, inexplicably, a turtle. The most likely reason for these omissions is a simple technical one: the game can only handle a maximum of 64 unique stage "enemies" (which actually includes powerups), and the game absolutely hit that limit.
* The ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' story, "[[To Die Game!]]", [[retcon]]s this game as being part of a cross-dimensional game between the hyper-dimensional guardian [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Alternity|Optimus Prime]] and the equally powerful [[Megatron (G1)#Alternity|Megatron]], wherein Optimus had to choose one avatar (Ultra Magnus) to fight endless hordes of Decepticons empowered by Megatron.
* The [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] plays this game at the end of the 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' comic book's [[Robots in Disguise issue 1|first issue]].
* [[SD SG issue 2|Issue 2 of the ''SD SG'' comic]] features a mirror universe counterpart to the game, ''[[Transformers: The Super Obvious Truth of Optimus Prime]]''.
* This game uses a strobe effect popular in Japan at the time. Such effects have become controversial due to concern over people with photosensitive epilepsy, and fell out of use altogether following the infamous [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/EP038 "Electric Soldier Porygon"] incident in 1997. This effect was reduced for the Virtual Console re-release.
* Upon starting the game, a cover of the opening melody to the ''Transformers 2010'' theme plays.
* Ultra Magnus's robot mode sprite appears to be based on the original box art (or directly on the early deco on which said box art was based) with the white chestplate rather than the final blue.
* While there a no credits provided for ''Mystery of Convoy'', [[ISCO]] listed the game among several other titles they developed,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20241221105520/http://www.isco-inc.co.jp/Web_izen/game_etc.htm ISCO list of games]</ref> while [[Locomotive]] founder [[Hiroshi Okamoto]] confirmed his company (a sole proprietorship he formed with his wife prior to Locomotive) was a subcontractor on the project; it was the first game he had worked on, with Okamoto acting as producer/manager, his wife as graphic designer, and an outside part-timer responsible for programming.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIwjWSVfkWA Interview with Hiroshi Okamoto]</ref>

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170727035804/http://www.pleasesavemerobots.com/scrambledcity/moc/main.html Perhaps the most comprehensive ''Convoy no Nazo'' site online, with screencaps, hints, and .ROM files.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_lHEfl5oPI ''Convoy no Nazo'' commercial on YouTube]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jVBzq4ud2U Takara's promotional video for the game] (using an unfinished build with cheats running)
* [http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Transformers:_Convoy_no_Nazo Strategy Wiki]
* [http://archive.li/Ts6uT Game Genie codes]
* [https://legendsoflocalization.com/articles/transformers-famicom-endings/ Translations of the game's endings]
* [https://github.com/Fixatron/TFRom-Recreation Rom de-compilation and editing project]

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[[Category:Generation 1 video games]]

Transformers: Mystery of Convoy

2025-06-25T20:16:19Z

Venutech: /* Cheat codes */ added rodimus GG codes, edited previous code details

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{{videogame
|title=''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''
|image=Mystery of Convoy video game cover.png
|caption=Ignore the [[TakaraTomy#Controversy|racist logo]] in the corner!
|japanese=戦え! 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー　コンボイの謎
|romaji=Tatakae! Chō Robot Seimei Tai Transformer Convoy no Nazo
|developer=[[ISCO]]
|publisher=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]]
|date=[[December 5|5 December]] [[1986]] (Family Computer) [[June 10|10 June]] [[2008]] (Virtual Console)
|platform=Family Computer, Virtual Console
|rating=CERO: A
}}

'''''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''''' — or, per the packaging's English-translated sub-title, '''''Mystery of Comvoy''''',<ref>Yes, the English title on the package of the game is mistakenly translated as "Mystery of Co'''m'''voy". Quality!</ref> and sometimes referred to by its Japanese subtitle '''Convoy no Nazo''' — is a video game developed by [[ISCO]] and distributed by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] for the [[Nintendo]] [[Family Computer|Famicom]]. The player controls [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] in the fight against the Decepticons, taking on the mantle of leading the Autobots after the death of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].

The game was followed by ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|The Headmasters]]'', an exclusive to the {{w|Famicom Disk System}} peripheral. It would be officially re-released in 2008 on the Nintendo [[Wii]]'s {{w|Virtual Console}} service in Japan (costing 500 "Wii points", or five dollars in Human money), up until the service was sunset in 2019. A direct sequel (and simultaneous parody) of sorts would be released in 2014 with the [[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]] mobile app.

It has since become a cult title for its infamously poor critical reception and, especially, for being ''frustratingly'' hard.

==Plot==
Perhaps unsurprisingly for a 1980s action game, ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s story is pretty barebones: although it would receive a completely different — and, actually, outright contradictory — account of its events in a tie-in-manga ([[#Tie-in material|see below]]), the narrative as told only by the game itself and the short one-page prologue in its accompanying manual is fairly straightforward.

''Mystery of Convoy'' is presumably set as an alternative account to the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' (which would not be released in Japan until 1989 — three years after the game's release — although its events were first summarized to Japanese audiences through [[TV Magazine]]), filling in the gaps between the the second and third seasons of the show, the latter which had just premiered in Japan as ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)#Fight.21 Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010|Transformers 2010]]''. The story begins as Optimus Prime is gravely injured in battle and perishes, passing on the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to Ultra Magnus, who carries on the fight against the Decepticons to reclaim peace on Earth. Along his quest, Ultra Magnus faces various threats including [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]-type infantry, floating [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]]s, the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', the [[combiner]]s [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and a final battle against [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Later on, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] joins him in his quest and... does all the same things Magnus did, again.

==Gameplay==
[[Image:Convoynonazoscreen.png|left|200px|thumb|Ultra Magnus tries not to get his ass kicked by ''the first enemy''.]]
As a licensed game released four years into the lifespan of the Famicom, ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s gameplay is... let's politely call it ''unrefined''.

The game is a simple 2D platformer with the player making their way through ten levels, while under constant attack from various enemies. Killing enemies earns the player points and occasionally various power-ups such as extra defense or temporary flight. At every 20,000 points, the player is awarded with an extra life. Many of the levels are simple horizontal fields where Magnus must go from left to right until the level stops scrolling, while the various "Time Tunnel" levels are vertical, one of which is a frustrating labyrinth where escape depends on a very specific route through the level or else it will loop back in upon itself. At the end of each level is a boss which must be repeatedly shot in a small glowing weak point to be defeated. In most cases, the boss simply floats up and down on the right side of the screen while randomly firing projectiles at the player, who must navigate floating platforms to reach said weak point.

Ultra Magnus fights with a rapid-fire horizontal shooty-gun, which he can improve by grabbing the "P" power-up from certain defeated enemies, which adds a second diagonal shot. He can also transform into truck mode, which makes him fire directly upwards (he retains the second diagonal shot if he has the power-up) and makes him harder to hit, but his ability to jump is replaced with a downward-arcing forward shot (severely reducing his shot range on flat surfaces) with a very low fire rate. Naturally, this makes it a lot harder to avoid attacks, and oh boy is that a problem. Unless he's got the "B" power-up, Magnus will die from a ''single hit'' of any kind, whereas the majority of enemies require multiple hits to be destroyed.

There are also a few secrets in the game, such as special red jet enemies that appear in certain stages. If Ultra Magnus manages to kill these, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] appears and lets him skip a few levels. Another secret is the seven hidden letters that spell out "RODIMUS", which are obtained by killing specific enemies. If the player collects all seven letters by the end of the game, they are given the option of playing through the game again, this time as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]. Rodimus Prime has a new vehicle mode sprite, but his in-play robot mode is simply a recolored Ultra Magnus (which does look snazzy we admit), and the gameplay remains exactly the same as during the Magnus run.

This game is notorious for being ''extremely'' difficult to the point of frustration, thanks to sluggish, slippery controls and dodgy hit mechanics, in addition to the small size of Magnus's projectiles requiring very accurate aiming, as well as the copious amount of enemies who can kill you in one hit, ''and'' the color choices making it exceptionally difficult to discern important objects like enemy shots or even whole enemies from massive background elements like brightly colored mountains (seriously, look at the screenshot to the left), '''''and''''' there are "D" power-ups, which are easy to mistake for the others, that actually remove your other power-ups. On top of everything, there are no ''apparent'' continues; there is a hidden continue code, but you have only seconds to put it in or right back to the title screen you go. And for some extra salt, the difficulty gets cranked up with each subsequent playthrough, first by increasing the speed of enemies and projectiles, then by decreasing the player's acceleration. ''Yeah.'' This game is a pretty perfect example of "{{w|Nintendo hard}}".

Also the short looping music which rarely changes between stages will eventually break you. Enjoy!

{{--}}
===Stages===
{{Collist|5|
#[[Wasteland Zone]]
#[[Temple Ruins]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel I]]
#[[Subspace Zone]]
#[[Floating City]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel II]]
#[[Glacier Zone]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel III]]
#[[Underground Machine City]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel IV]]
}}

===Endings===
Surprisingly, the game features multiple endings. A bad ending of sorts occurs if the player defeats Trypticon in the final boss fight without collecting all the letters to unlock Rodimus Prime, leading to the following end screen:<ref>[https://legendsoflocalization.com/articles/transformers-famicom-endings/ Deciphering the Hybrid Language Text in Transformers — Legends of Localization]</ref>

[[Image:ConvoyNoNazo-RodimusUnlock.png|right|200px|thumb|Oh boy, I get to replay this game again but now my sprite has a different color!]]
{{bigquote|EMERGENCY ORDER
Using a new power, [[Decepticons|Destron]] has revived and become even more powerful. Retrieve Rodimus' Energon Cube and destroy Destron once more. Scramble! Ultramagnus!}}

Players are then thrown back to the first level, where they'll have to go through the entire game ''again'' to grab Rodimus' letters (presumably, the aforementioned "Rodimus Energon Cube(s)").

If players fail to grab the letters again, they'll be met with the same end screen and once more be thrown back to the beginning. If they do manage to grab all the letters, however, a new end screen will be unlocked:

{{bigquote|Magnus won the final battle. However, a new battle approaches! Go, Rodimus! Attack! Rodimuscomvoy!}}

Now playing as Rodimus, the player is rewarded with going through the entire game... Yes, ''again''.

Finally, after beating the game as Rodimus, the "real" end screen is unlocked, featuring an English-written message that simply says...

{{bigquote|CONGRATULATION!}}
Yes, an erroneously-spelled end screen is your reward for the many, many hours you've deprived of your life to reach it. Say what you will about ''{{w|Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing|Big Rigs}}'', but at least getting the "YOU'RE WINNER" screen in that game is ''not'' a torturous task.

==Characters==
{{note|This character listing is augmented by a promotional video released to hype the game. Its claims as to which established Decepticons are actually in the game as common enemies are... let's go with "dubious". Those unlikely ones are presented here in italics.}}

[[File:MysteryOfConvoySprites.png|thumb|214px|No, you see, making Rodimus' model identical to Magnus was ''essential'' to saving half a kilobyte! ''(Pictured: every sprite used in the game)'']]
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*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]
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*[[Burcane Ball]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Blitzwing]]
*[[Crack (G1)|Crack]]
*''[[Frenzy (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Frenzy]]''
*[[Ganzo]]
*[[Gau]]
*[[Gido]]
*[[Gosupu]]
*[[Hammer (MOC)|Hammer]]
*[[Heru]]
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*[[Kabusu]]
*[[Seeker (body-type)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Jetron]]
*[[Laggar]]
*[[Laserbeak (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Laserbeak]]
*[[Maara]]
*[[Marakirasu]]
*[[Pressure‎]]
*[[Rabu]]
*''[[Ramjet (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ramjet]]''
*[[Ratbat (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ratbat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
 
*''[[Ravage (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ravage]]''
*"[[secret guardian]]"
*''[[Skywarp (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Skywarp]]''
*[[Snow Commander]]
*''[[Starscream (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Starscream]]''
*"[[strange old man]]"
*[[Tairasu]]
*''[[Thrust (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Thrust]]''
*''[[Thundercracker (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Thundercracker]]''
*[[Tosher]]
*[[Wasta]]
*[[Zaffuru]]
*[[Zunonbat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Bosses
*[[Devilstar]]
*[[Destron Mark]]
*[[Nemesis (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Destron Boat]]
*[[Menasor (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Menasor]]
*[[Bruticus (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Bruticus]]
*[[Megatron (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Megatron]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Trypticon]]
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}}
{{-}}

==Cheat codes==
'''''Trust us''''', you're going to want these.

{| border=1
|+Memory Address Cheat Codes
!Address
!Value
!Game Genie
!Effect
!Side Effect
|----
|0069
|3
|LATEPA
|Always have three lives
|----
|0053
|20
|AZIALA
|Indestructible
|Music restarts every time you are hit
|----
|0053
|40
|AGIALA
|Shot Power Up
|----
|0053
|60
|ATIALA
|Indestructible and Shot Power Up
|----
|0022
|00
|AAZAZA
|Indestructible (alternate)<ref>[http://www.gshi.org/?s=v2&sys=5&gid=5678 Transformers: Convoy no Nazo (J) - NES - Codes - GSHI]</ref>
|Freezes player select, intro, and prevents level transitions while active
|----
|0074
|01
|PAEAAAGY
|Play as Rodimus Prime
|----
|82BE
|B0
|EULETA
|Infinite Lives
|
|----
|924F
|90
|EPGOYZ
|Always have flight
|Doesn't work in Time Tunnels
|----
|9777
|90
|EPYPYY
|Always have weapon power-up
|Doesn't work facing left
|----
|C4D4
|00
|AEIGGG
|No enemy collision damage
|
|----
|C68D
|00
|AEAKIT
|No weapon damage
|
|----
|8B0E
|A9
|OZAEVU
|Play as Rodimus
|Pre-stage screen shows Magnus
|----
|CF67
|A9
|OZTGNN
|Show Rodimus at pre-stage screen
|
|----
|}

==Tie-in material==
[[File:Famicom_How-to_Manga_Cover.jpg|thumb|160px|Story sold separately.]]
{{main|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (comic)|Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)}}
The events of ''Mystery of Convoy'' were adapted into [[manga]] form by [[Ikuo Miyazoe]] in a [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (comic)|one-shot special]] published in the December 1986 issue of ''[[Comic BomBom]]''. Considering how little storytelling the game has, this often-overlooked manga can actually be considered pretty integral to contextualizing the overall events of the game... assuming one does not mind how absolutely bizarre it is in the first place. Contradicting the game's manual, Optimus Prime is still alive in this version of ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s story, and rather than Ultra Magnus, the protagonist is — no joke — [[Ultra Magnus Jr.]], the shrunken down son of Ultra Magnus (a character that, yes; exists only in this manga and hasn't been mentioned in any other ''Transformers'' media since). The game's plot occurs as he enters a "House of Mysteries" attraction in a theme park, wherein a strange power merges Magnus Jr.'s mind with that of [[Shunichi]], an accompanying human, and takes them to the "Decepticon World of Nightmares" where the actual events of the game presumably occur. As unconventional of a story as it might be, it is nonetheless loosely compatible with the game itself: whether you want to treat this or the manual's premise as the the core narrative thrust of your gameplay experience really is [[personal canon|entirely up to you]].

The game would also be backed by [[Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)|an official strategy guide]], published in ''Comic BomBom Winter Vacation Special: Family Computer Certain Victory Dojo'' Vol. 12, in January 1987.
This guide would include yet ''another'' short manga adaptation of the game's premise — albeit in a far more truncated strip format that more closely follows the premise as provided by the game's manual — from mangaka [[Akira Tanizaki]].

==Reception==
Despite the extreme difficulty, terrible controls, mediocre graphics, frustrating level design, and... really, ''everything'', it might come as a surprise that ''Mystery of Convoy'' seems to have actually been a relatively well-performing title in terms of sales: while no official figures exist, the fact that it's one of the most common loose cartridges you'll usually find in bulk lots of Famicom games (a console with an otherwise massive library, roughly double that of its international equivalent the NES) suggests that ''Mystery of Convoy'' was at least a moderate success in its home country. As mentioned, it even did well enough that Takara would follow it up with [[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|another Famicom ''Transformers'' game]] and later release it on the Wii Virtual Console.

What should not come as a surprise, however; is that the critical reception of ''Mystery of Convoy'' — both contemporary and retrospective — is nonetheless overwhelmingly negative. All of the aforementioned aspects, but especially the unfairly frustrating difficulty more than any other, have endowed this title with a staggering amount of infamy amongst both ''Transformers'' fans and general retro gaming enthusiasts alike, and as a result, it is not uncommon to see it listed amongst the worst NES / Famicom games.

===Legacy===
[[File:Q-Transformers_Mystery_of_Convoy_Returns_clean_art.jpg|thumb|214px|"Somehow, Mystery of Convoy has returned."]]
Despite ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s negative reputation — or, perhaps more accurately, ''because'' of it — the game has earned a small cult status of sorts. A lot of this allure is driven by the fact that, outside of two [[Commodore 64]] titles (which, being on a more "adult-oriented" computer platform, never quite reached the same popularity among younger kids), virtually no ''Transformers'' games were released for consoles in the west during the 1980s. Thus, with ''Mystery of Convoy'' being largely unknown outside of Japan up until the internet brought about knowledge of its existence to the world, many fans were fascinated by the discovery that the Japanese equivalent of the NES had received a fully-fledged ''Transformers'' videogame... until they ''actually'' played it. When the game was released on Virtual Console in 2008, TakaraTomy put out an official blog post talking about the game's legendary status and warning that "just because you're an adult now doesn't mean you'll be any better at it than you were as a kid. Please be careful to avoid being traumatized." ''Yes, really.''<ref>{{citesocial|quote=＜使用上のご注意＞大人になったからといって子供のときより上手にできるとは限りません！トラウマを重ねないよう細心の気構えをもってプレイしてごください。|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227100626/http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/gamesoft/blog/i0300/post_46.html|name=TakaraTomy|site=TakaraTomy blog|title=『トランスフォーマー・コンボイの謎』でレッツトラウマ|year=2008|month=06|day=06}}</ref> ''Mystery of Convoy'' would also be famously featured in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km9vYa2GIUI a 2009 episode] of the ''{{w|Angry Video Game Nerd}}'' web series, making it even more well-known to western audiences. (Perhaps the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTqRx-F7ZqA most famous meme to come out of the series] is, in fact, taken partly from the ''Mystery of Convoy'' episode — you can even hear the level restart jingle right at the beginning!) The game also has a tiny but dedicated speedrunning community, with the current record holder having managed the incredible feat of beating it in just under 5 minutes.<ref>[https://www.speedrun.com/tfmoc The Transformers: Mystery of Convoy(1986) on Speedrun.com]</ref>

In 2014 TakaraTomy released ''[[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]]'', a mobile game based on ''Mystery of Convoy'', to tie in with their ''[[Q-Transformers]]'' toyline. It was accompanied by [[Q-Transformers (cartoon)|a cartoon]] in which the characters often discuss the difficulty and peculiarities of the original Famicom game.

==Notes==
[[File:Unused_sprites.jpg|thumb|214px|Just be glad that you don't have ''even more'' things that can kill you in infuriating ways.]]
* Despite his Japanese name being in the title of the game, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] only appears in-game twice. First during the start screen, when his head explodes and reassembles as the player's sprite, and later his head reappears colored gray right at the end of level 7.
** Partly as a result of this, a [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers#MysteryOfConvoy|common running misconception]] regarding the game's narrative is that it involves Optimus Prime going missing and Ultra Magnus heading out on a quest to find him, this thus being the titular "Mystery of Convoy". As we've mentioned, this is not the case: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_lHEfl5oPI the game's commercial] already declares Optimus as dead and Ultra Magnus as his successor, and eventually, this same story point would be reiterated in the game's manual. Likely, this confusion also stems from the title invoking other games with similar plots like ''[[Wikipedia:Mario is Missing!|Mario is Missing!]]'' or ''[[Wikipedia:Donkey Kong Country 2|Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', but alas, as satirized in the end of ''Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns'', the only mystery in ''Mystery of Convoy'' is why the hell the game is called that in the first place.
* There are several enemy sprites that weren't used in the final game. There was a red and orange Laserbeak that fired bullets while flying at the player, a red eyeball-spider that moved vertically and fired four diagonal bullets, and a spinning blade-wheel that rapidly fired bullets at the player; the latter two were meant to only appear on boss screens. The other unused enemies didn't have routines programmed, like the unused insect enemies. Additional unused sprites resemble the Matrix and, inexplicably, a turtle. The most likely reason for these omissions is a simple technical one: the game can only handle a maximum of 64 unique stage "enemies" (which actually includes powerups), and the game absolutely hit that limit.
* The ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' story, "[[To Die Game!]]", [[retcon]]s this game as being part of a cross-dimensional game between the hyper-dimensional guardian [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Alternity|Optimus Prime]] and the equally powerful [[Megatron (G1)#Alternity|Megatron]], wherein Optimus had to choose one avatar (Ultra Magnus) to fight endless hordes of Decepticons empowered by Megatron.
* The [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] plays this game at the end of the 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' comic book's [[Robots in Disguise issue 1|first issue]].
* [[SD SG issue 2|Issue 2 of the ''SD SG'' comic]] features a mirror universe counterpart to the game, ''[[Transformers: The Super Obvious Truth of Optimus Prime]]''.
* This game uses a strobe effect popular in Japan at the time. Such effects have become controversial due to concern over people with photosensitive epilepsy, and fell out of use altogether following the infamous [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/EP038 "Electric Soldier Porygon"] incident in 1997. This effect was reduced for the Virtual Console re-release.
* Upon starting the game, a cover of the opening melody to the ''Transformers 2010'' theme plays.
* Ultra Magnus's robot mode sprite appears to be based on the original box art (or directly on the early deco on which said box art was based) with the white chestplate rather than the final blue.
* While there a no credits provided for ''Mystery of Convoy'', [[ISCO]] listed the game among several other titles they developed,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20241221105520/http://www.isco-inc.co.jp/Web_izen/game_etc.htm ISCO list of games]</ref> while [[Locomotive]] founder [[Hiroshi Okamoto]] confirmed his company (a sole proprietorship he formed with his wife prior to Locomotive) was a subcontractor on the project; it was the first game he had worked on, with Okamoto acting as producer/manager, his wife as graphic designer, and an outside part-timer responsible for programming.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIwjWSVfkWA Interview with Hiroshi Okamoto]</ref>

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170727035804/http://www.pleasesavemerobots.com/scrambledcity/moc/main.html Perhaps the most comprehensive ''Convoy no Nazo'' site online, with screencaps, hints, and .ROM files.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_lHEfl5oPI ''Convoy no Nazo'' commercial on YouTube]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jVBzq4ud2U Takara's promotional video for the game] (using an unfinished build with cheats running)
* [http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Transformers:_Convoy_no_Nazo Strategy Wiki]
* [http://archive.li/Ts6uT Game Genie codes]
* [https://legendsoflocalization.com/articles/transformers-famicom-endings/ Translations of the game's endings]
* [https://github.com/Fixatron/TFRom-Recreation Rom de-compilation and editing project]

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[[Category:Generation 1 video games]]

Transformers: Mystery of Convoy

2025-06-25T19:53:54Z

Venutech: /* Cheat codes */ added some actual game genie codes

{{Disambig3|Mystery of Convoy|Mystery of Convoy|about=the game of death and suffering}}
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|image=Mystery of Convoy video game cover.png
|caption=Ignore the [[TakaraTomy#Controversy|racist logo]] in the corner!
|japanese=戦え! 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー　コンボイの謎
|romaji=Tatakae! Chō Robot Seimei Tai Transformer Convoy no Nazo
|developer=[[ISCO]]
|publisher=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]]
|date=[[December 5|5 December]] [[1986]] (Family Computer) [[June 10|10 June]] [[2008]] (Virtual Console)
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'''''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''''' — or, per the packaging's English-translated sub-title, '''''Mystery of Comvoy''''',<ref>Yes, the English title on the package of the game is mistakenly translated as "Mystery of Co'''m'''voy". Quality!</ref> and sometimes referred to by its Japanese subtitle '''Convoy no Nazo''' — is a video game developed by [[ISCO]] and distributed by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] for the [[Nintendo]] [[Family Computer|Famicom]]. The player controls [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] in the fight against the Decepticons, taking on the mantle of leading the Autobots after the death of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].

The game was followed by ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|The Headmasters]]'', an exclusive to the {{w|Famicom Disk System}} peripheral. It would be officially re-released in 2008 on the Nintendo [[Wii]]'s {{w|Virtual Console}} service in Japan (costing 500 "Wii points", or five dollars in Human money), up until the service was sunset in 2019. A direct sequel (and simultaneous parody) of sorts would be released in 2014 with the [[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]] mobile app.

It has since become a cult title for its infamously poor critical reception and, especially, for being ''frustratingly'' hard.

==Plot==
Perhaps unsurprisingly for a 1980s action game, ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s story is pretty barebones: although it would receive a completely different — and, actually, outright contradictory — account of its events in a tie-in-manga ([[#Tie-in material|see below]]), the narrative as told only by the game itself and the short one-page prologue in its accompanying manual is fairly straightforward.

''Mystery of Convoy'' is presumably set as an alternative account to the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' (which would not be released in Japan until 1989 — three years after the game's release — although its events were first summarized to Japanese audiences through [[TV Magazine]]), filling in the gaps between the the second and third seasons of the show, the latter which had just premiered in Japan as ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)#Fight.21 Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010|Transformers 2010]]''. The story begins as Optimus Prime is gravely injured in battle and perishes, passing on the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to Ultra Magnus, who carries on the fight against the Decepticons to reclaim peace on Earth. Along his quest, Ultra Magnus faces various threats including [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]-type infantry, floating [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]]s, the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', the [[combiner]]s [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and a final battle against [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Later on, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] joins him in his quest and... does all the same things Magnus did, again.

==Gameplay==
[[Image:Convoynonazoscreen.png|left|200px|thumb|Ultra Magnus tries not to get his ass kicked by ''the first enemy''.]]
As a licensed game released four years into the lifespan of the Famicom, ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s gameplay is... let's politely call it ''unrefined''.

The game is a simple 2D platformer with the player making their way through ten levels, while under constant attack from various enemies. Killing enemies earns the player points and occasionally various power-ups such as extra defense or temporary flight. At every 20,000 points, the player is awarded with an extra life. Many of the levels are simple horizontal fields where Magnus must go from left to right until the level stops scrolling, while the various "Time Tunnel" levels are vertical, one of which is a frustrating labyrinth where escape depends on a very specific route through the level or else it will loop back in upon itself. At the end of each level is a boss which must be repeatedly shot in a small glowing weak point to be defeated. In most cases, the boss simply floats up and down on the right side of the screen while randomly firing projectiles at the player, who must navigate floating platforms to reach said weak point.

Ultra Magnus fights with a rapid-fire horizontal shooty-gun, which he can improve by grabbing the "P" power-up from certain defeated enemies, which adds a second diagonal shot. He can also transform into truck mode, which makes him fire directly upwards (he retains the second diagonal shot if he has the power-up) and makes him harder to hit, but his ability to jump is replaced with a downward-arcing forward shot (severely reducing his shot range on flat surfaces) with a very low fire rate. Naturally, this makes it a lot harder to avoid attacks, and oh boy is that a problem. Unless he's got the "B" power-up, Magnus will die from a ''single hit'' of any kind, whereas the majority of enemies require multiple hits to be destroyed.

There are also a few secrets in the game, such as special red jet enemies that appear in certain stages. If Ultra Magnus manages to kill these, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] appears and lets him skip a few levels. Another secret is the seven hidden letters that spell out "RODIMUS", which are obtained by killing specific enemies. If the player collects all seven letters by the end of the game, they are given the option of playing through the game again, this time as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]. Rodimus Prime has a new vehicle mode sprite, but his in-play robot mode is simply a recolored Ultra Magnus (which does look snazzy we admit), and the gameplay remains exactly the same as during the Magnus run.

This game is notorious for being ''extremely'' difficult to the point of frustration, thanks to sluggish, slippery controls and dodgy hit mechanics, in addition to the small size of Magnus's projectiles requiring very accurate aiming, as well as the copious amount of enemies who can kill you in one hit, ''and'' the color choices making it exceptionally difficult to discern important objects like enemy shots or even whole enemies from massive background elements like brightly colored mountains (seriously, look at the screenshot to the left), '''''and''''' there are "D" power-ups, which are easy to mistake for the others, that actually remove your other power-ups. On top of everything, there are no ''apparent'' continues; there is a hidden continue code, but you have only seconds to put it in or right back to the title screen you go. And for some extra salt, the difficulty gets cranked up with each subsequent playthrough, first by increasing the speed of enemies and projectiles, then by decreasing the player's acceleration. ''Yeah.'' This game is a pretty perfect example of "{{w|Nintendo hard}}".

Also the short looping music which rarely changes between stages will eventually break you. Enjoy!

{{--}}
===Stages===
{{Collist|5|
#[[Wasteland Zone]]
#[[Temple Ruins]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel I]]
#[[Subspace Zone]]
#[[Floating City]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel II]]
#[[Glacier Zone]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel III]]
#[[Underground Machine City]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel IV]]
}}

===Endings===
Surprisingly, the game features multiple endings. A bad ending of sorts occurs if the player defeats Trypticon in the final boss fight without collecting all the letters to unlock Rodimus Prime, leading to the following end screen:<ref>[https://legendsoflocalization.com/articles/transformers-famicom-endings/ Deciphering the Hybrid Language Text in Transformers — Legends of Localization]</ref>

[[Image:ConvoyNoNazo-RodimusUnlock.png|right|200px|thumb|Oh boy, I get to replay this game again but now my sprite has a different color!]]
{{bigquote|EMERGENCY ORDER
Using a new power, [[Decepticons|Destron]] has revived and become even more powerful. Retrieve Rodimus' Energon Cube and destroy Destron once more. Scramble! Ultramagnus!}}

Players are then thrown back to the first level, where they'll have to go through the entire game ''again'' to grab Rodimus' letters (presumably, the aforementioned "Rodimus Energon Cube(s)").

If players fail to grab the letters again, they'll be met with the same end screen and once more be thrown back to the beginning. If they do manage to grab all the letters, however, a new end screen will be unlocked:

{{bigquote|Magnus won the final battle. However, a new battle approaches! Go, Rodimus! Attack! Rodimuscomvoy!}}

Now playing as Rodimus, the player is rewarded with going through the entire game... Yes, ''again''.

Finally, after beating the game as Rodimus, the "real" end screen is unlocked, featuring an English-written message that simply says...

{{bigquote|CONGRATULATION!}}
Yes, an erroneously-spelled end screen is your reward for the many, many hours you've deprived of your life to reach it. Say what you will about ''{{w|Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing|Big Rigs}}'', but at least getting the "YOU'RE WINNER" screen in that game is ''not'' a torturous task.

==Characters==
{{note|This character listing is augmented by a promotional video released to hype the game. Its claims as to which established Decepticons are actually in the game as common enemies are... let's go with "dubious". Those unlikely ones are presented here in italics.}}

[[File:MysteryOfConvoySprites.png|thumb|214px|No, you see, making Rodimus' model identical to Magnus was ''essential'' to saving half a kilobyte! ''(Pictured: every sprite used in the game)'']]
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*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]
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*[[Burcane Ball]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Blitzwing]]
*[[Crack (G1)|Crack]]
*''[[Frenzy (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Frenzy]]''
*[[Ganzo]]
*[[Gau]]
*[[Gido]]
*[[Gosupu]]
*[[Hammer (MOC)|Hammer]]
*[[Heru]]
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*[[Kabusu]]
*[[Seeker (body-type)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Jetron]]
*[[Laggar]]
*[[Laserbeak (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Laserbeak]]
*[[Maara]]
*[[Marakirasu]]
*[[Pressure‎]]
*[[Rabu]]
*''[[Ramjet (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ramjet]]''
*[[Ratbat (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ratbat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
 
*''[[Ravage (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ravage]]''
*"[[secret guardian]]"
*''[[Skywarp (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Skywarp]]''
*[[Snow Commander]]
*''[[Starscream (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Starscream]]''
*"[[strange old man]]"
*[[Tairasu]]
*''[[Thrust (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Thrust]]''
*''[[Thundercracker (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Thundercracker]]''
*[[Tosher]]
*[[Wasta]]
*[[Zaffuru]]
*[[Zunonbat]]
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;Bosses
*[[Devilstar]]
*[[Destron Mark]]
*[[Nemesis (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Destron Boat]]
*[[Menasor (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Menasor]]
*[[Bruticus (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Bruticus]]
*[[Megatron (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Megatron]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Trypticon]]
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{{-}}

==Cheat codes==
'''''Trust us''''', you're going to want these.

{| border=1
|+Memory Address Cheat Codes
!Address
!Value
!Game Genie
!Effect
!Side Effect
|----
|0069
|3
|LATEPA
|Always have three lives
|----
|0053
|20
|AZIALA
|Indestructible
|Music restarts every time you are hit
|----
|0053
|40
|AGIALA
|Shot Power Up
|----
|0053
|60
|ATIALA
|Indestructible and Shot Power Up
|----
|0022
|00
|AAZAZA
|Indestructible (alternate)<ref>[http://www.gshi.org/?s=v2&sys=5&gid=5678 Transformers: Convoy no Nazo (J) - NES - Codes - GSHI]</ref>
|Freezes player select, intro, and prevents level transitions while active
|----
|0074
|01
|PAEAAAGY
|Play as Rodimus Prime
|----
|82BE
|B0
|EULETA
|Infinite Lives
|
|----
|924F
|90
|EPGOYZ
|Always have flight
|Doesn't work in Time Tunnels
|----
|9777
|90
|EPYPYY
|Always have weapon power-up
|
|----
|C4D4
|00
|AEIGGG
|No collision damage
|Enemy weapons causes damage
|----
|C68D
|00
|AEAKIT
|No weapon damage
|Enemy collision causes damage
|----
|}

==Tie-in material==
[[File:Famicom_How-to_Manga_Cover.jpg|thumb|160px|Story sold separately.]]
{{main|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (comic)|Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)}}
The events of ''Mystery of Convoy'' were adapted into [[manga]] form by [[Ikuo Miyazoe]] in a [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (comic)|one-shot special]] published in the December 1986 issue of ''[[Comic BomBom]]''. Considering how little storytelling the game has, this often-overlooked manga can actually be considered pretty integral to contextualizing the overall events of the game... assuming one does not mind how absolutely bizarre it is in the first place. Contradicting the game's manual, Optimus Prime is still alive in this version of ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s story, and rather than Ultra Magnus, the protagonist is — no joke — [[Ultra Magnus Jr.]], the shrunken down son of Ultra Magnus (a character that, yes; exists only in this manga and hasn't been mentioned in any other ''Transformers'' media since). The game's plot occurs as he enters a "House of Mysteries" attraction in a theme park, wherein a strange power merges Magnus Jr.'s mind with that of [[Shunichi]], an accompanying human, and takes them to the "Decepticon World of Nightmares" where the actual events of the game presumably occur. As unconventional of a story as it might be, it is nonetheless loosely compatible with the game itself: whether you want to treat this or the manual's premise as the the core narrative thrust of your gameplay experience really is [[personal canon|entirely up to you]].

The game would also be backed by [[Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)|an official strategy guide]], published in ''Comic BomBom Winter Vacation Special: Family Computer Certain Victory Dojo'' Vol. 12, in January 1987.
This guide would include yet ''another'' short manga adaptation of the game's premise — albeit in a far more truncated strip format that more closely follows the premise as provided by the game's manual — from mangaka [[Akira Tanizaki]].

==Reception==
Despite the extreme difficulty, terrible controls, mediocre graphics, frustrating level design, and... really, ''everything'', it might come as a surprise that ''Mystery of Convoy'' seems to have actually been a relatively well-performing title in terms of sales: while no official figures exist, the fact that it's one of the most common loose cartridges you'll usually find in bulk lots of Famicom games (a console with an otherwise massive library, roughly double that of its international equivalent the NES) suggests that ''Mystery of Convoy'' was at least a moderate success in its home country. As mentioned, it even did well enough that Takara would follow it up with [[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|another Famicom ''Transformers'' game]] and later release it on the Wii Virtual Console.

What should not come as a surprise, however; is that the critical reception of ''Mystery of Convoy'' — both contemporary and retrospective — is nonetheless overwhelmingly negative. All of the aforementioned aspects, but especially the unfairly frustrating difficulty more than any other, have endowed this title with a staggering amount of infamy amongst both ''Transformers'' fans and general retro gaming enthusiasts alike, and as a result, it is not uncommon to see it listed amongst the worst NES / Famicom games.

===Legacy===
[[File:Q-Transformers_Mystery_of_Convoy_Returns_clean_art.jpg|thumb|214px|"Somehow, Mystery of Convoy has returned."]]
Despite ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s negative reputation — or, perhaps more accurately, ''because'' of it — the game has earned a small cult status of sorts. A lot of this allure is driven by the fact that, outside of two [[Commodore 64]] titles (which, being on a more "adult-oriented" computer platform, never quite reached the same popularity among younger kids), virtually no ''Transformers'' games were released for consoles in the west during the 1980s. Thus, with ''Mystery of Convoy'' being largely unknown outside of Japan up until the internet brought about knowledge of its existence to the world, many fans were fascinated by the discovery that the Japanese equivalent of the NES had received a fully-fledged ''Transformers'' videogame... until they ''actually'' played it. When the game was released on Virtual Console in 2008, TakaraTomy put out an official blog post talking about the game's legendary status and warning that "just because you're an adult now doesn't mean you'll be any better at it than you were as a kid. Please be careful to avoid being traumatized." ''Yes, really.''<ref>{{citesocial|quote=＜使用上のご注意＞大人になったからといって子供のときより上手にできるとは限りません！トラウマを重ねないよう細心の気構えをもってプレイしてごください。|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227100626/http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/gamesoft/blog/i0300/post_46.html|name=TakaraTomy|site=TakaraTomy blog|title=『トランスフォーマー・コンボイの謎』でレッツトラウマ|year=2008|month=06|day=06}}</ref> ''Mystery of Convoy'' would also be famously featured in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km9vYa2GIUI a 2009 episode] of the ''{{w|Angry Video Game Nerd}}'' web series, making it even more well-known to western audiences. (Perhaps the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTqRx-F7ZqA most famous meme to come out of the series] is, in fact, taken partly from the ''Mystery of Convoy'' episode — you can even hear the level restart jingle right at the beginning!) The game also has a tiny but dedicated speedrunning community, with the current record holder having managed the incredible feat of beating it in just under 5 minutes.<ref>[https://www.speedrun.com/tfmoc The Transformers: Mystery of Convoy(1986) on Speedrun.com]</ref>

In 2014 TakaraTomy released ''[[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]]'', a mobile game based on ''Mystery of Convoy'', to tie in with their ''[[Q-Transformers]]'' toyline. It was accompanied by [[Q-Transformers (cartoon)|a cartoon]] in which the characters often discuss the difficulty and peculiarities of the original Famicom game.

==Notes==
[[File:Unused_sprites.jpg|thumb|214px|Just be glad that you don't have ''even more'' things that can kill you in infuriating ways.]]
* Despite his Japanese name being in the title of the game, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] only appears in-game twice. First during the start screen, when his head explodes and reassembles as the player's sprite, and later his head reappears colored gray right at the end of level 7.
** Partly as a result of this, a [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers#MysteryOfConvoy|common running misconception]] regarding the game's narrative is that it involves Optimus Prime going missing and Ultra Magnus heading out on a quest to find him, this thus being the titular "Mystery of Convoy". As we've mentioned, this is not the case: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_lHEfl5oPI the game's commercial] already declares Optimus as dead and Ultra Magnus as his successor, and eventually, this same story point would be reiterated in the game's manual. Likely, this confusion also stems from the title invoking other games with similar plots like ''[[Wikipedia:Mario is Missing!|Mario is Missing!]]'' or ''[[Wikipedia:Donkey Kong Country 2|Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', but alas, as satirized in the end of ''Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns'', the only mystery in ''Mystery of Convoy'' is why the hell the game is called that in the first place.
* There are several enemy sprites that weren't used in the final game. There was a red and orange Laserbeak that fired bullets while flying at the player, a red eyeball-spider that moved vertically and fired four diagonal bullets, and a spinning blade-wheel that rapidly fired bullets at the player; the latter two were meant to only appear on boss screens. The other unused enemies didn't have routines programmed, like the unused insect enemies. Additional unused sprites resemble the Matrix and, inexplicably, a turtle. The most likely reason for these omissions is a simple technical one: the game can only handle a maximum of 64 unique stage "enemies" (which actually includes powerups), and the game absolutely hit that limit.
* The ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' story, "[[To Die Game!]]", [[retcon]]s this game as being part of a cross-dimensional game between the hyper-dimensional guardian [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Alternity|Optimus Prime]] and the equally powerful [[Megatron (G1)#Alternity|Megatron]], wherein Optimus had to choose one avatar (Ultra Magnus) to fight endless hordes of Decepticons empowered by Megatron.
* The [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] plays this game at the end of the 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' comic book's [[Robots in Disguise issue 1|first issue]].
* [[SD SG issue 2|Issue 2 of the ''SD SG'' comic]] features a mirror universe counterpart to the game, ''[[Transformers: The Super Obvious Truth of Optimus Prime]]''.
* This game uses a strobe effect popular in Japan at the time. Such effects have become controversial due to concern over people with photosensitive epilepsy, and fell out of use altogether following the infamous [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/EP038 "Electric Soldier Porygon"] incident in 1997. This effect was reduced for the Virtual Console re-release.
* Upon starting the game, a cover of the opening melody to the ''Transformers 2010'' theme plays.
* Ultra Magnus's robot mode sprite appears to be based on the original box art (or directly on the early deco on which said box art was based) with the white chestplate rather than the final blue.
* While there a no credits provided for ''Mystery of Convoy'', [[ISCO]] listed the game among several other titles they developed,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20241221105520/http://www.isco-inc.co.jp/Web_izen/game_etc.htm ISCO list of games]</ref> while [[Locomotive]] founder [[Hiroshi Okamoto]] confirmed his company (a sole proprietorship he formed with his wife prior to Locomotive) was a subcontractor on the project; it was the first game he had worked on, with Okamoto acting as producer/manager, his wife as graphic designer, and an outside part-timer responsible for programming.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIwjWSVfkWA Interview with Hiroshi Okamoto]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170727035804/http://www.pleasesavemerobots.com/scrambledcity/moc/main.html Perhaps the most comprehensive ''Convoy no Nazo'' site online, with screencaps, hints, and .ROM files.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_lHEfl5oPI ''Convoy no Nazo'' commercial on YouTube]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jVBzq4ud2U Takara's promotional video for the game] (using an unfinished build with cheats running)
* [http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Transformers:_Convoy_no_Nazo Strategy Wiki]
* [http://archive.li/Ts6uT Game Genie codes]
* [https://legendsoflocalization.com/articles/transformers-famicom-endings/ Translations of the game's endings]
* [https://github.com/Fixatron/TFRom-Recreation Rom de-compilation and editing project]

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Transformers: Mystery of Convoy

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|title=''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''
|image=Mystery of Convoy video game cover.png
|caption=Ignore the [[TakaraTomy#Controversy|racist logo]] in the corner!
|japanese=戦え! 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー　コンボイの謎
|romaji=Tatakae! Chō Robot Seimei Tai Transformer Convoy no Nazo
|developer=[[ISCO]]
|publisher=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]]
|date=[[December 5|5 December]] [[1986]] (Family Computer) [[June 10|10 June]] [[2008]] (Virtual Console)
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'''''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''''' — or, per the packaging's English-translated sub-title, '''''Mystery of Comvoy''''',<ref>Yes, the English title on the package of the game is mistakenly translated as "Mystery of Co'''m'''voy". Quality!</ref> and sometimes referred to by its Japanese subtitle '''Convoy no Nazo''' — is a video game developed by [[ISCO]] and distributed by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] for the [[Nintendo]] [[Family Computer|Famicom]]. The player controls [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] in the fight against the Decepticons, taking on the mantle of leading the Autobots after the death of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].

The game was followed by ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|The Headmasters]]'', an exclusive to the {{w|Famicom Disk System}} peripheral. It would be officially re-released in 2008 on the Nintendo [[Wii]]'s {{w|Virtual Console}} service in Japan (costing 500 "Wii points", or five dollars in Human money), up until the service was sunset in 2019. A direct sequel (and simultaneous parody) of sorts would be released in 2014 with the [[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]] mobile app.

It has since become a cult title for its infamously poor critical reception and, especially, for being ''frustratingly'' hard.

==Plot==
Perhaps unsurprisingly for a 1980s action game, ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s story is pretty barebones: although it would receive a completely different — and, actually, outright contradictory — account of its events in a tie-in-manga ([[#Tie-in material|see below]]), the narrative as told only by the game itself and the short one-page prologue in its accompanying manual is fairly straightforward.

''Mystery of Convoy'' is presumably set as an alternative account to the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' (which would not be released in Japan until 1989 — three years after the game's release — although its events were first summarized to Japanese audiences through [[TV Magazine]]), filling in the gaps between the the second and third seasons of the show, the latter which had just premiered in Japan as ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)#Fight.21 Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010|Transformers 2010]]''. The story begins as Optimus Prime is gravely injured in battle and perishes, passing on the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to Ultra Magnus, who carries on the fight against the Decepticons to reclaim peace on Earth. Along his quest, Ultra Magnus faces various threats including [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]-type infantry, floating [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]]s, the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', the [[combiner]]s [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and a final battle against [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Later on, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] joins him in his quest and... does all the same things Magnus did, again.

==Gameplay==
[[Image:Convoynonazoscreen.png|left|200px|thumb|Ultra Magnus tries not to get his ass kicked by ''the first enemy''.]]
As a licensed game released four years into the lifespan of the Famicom, ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s gameplay is... let's politely call it ''unrefined''.

The game is a simple 2D platformer with the player making their way through ten levels, while under constant attack from various enemies. Killing enemies earns the player points and occasionally various power-ups such as extra defense or temporary flight. At every 20,000 points, the player is awarded with an extra life. Many of the levels are simple horizontal fields where Magnus must go from left to right until the level stops scrolling, while the various "Time Tunnel" levels are vertical, one of which is a frustrating labyrinth where escape depends on a very specific route through the level or else it will loop back in upon itself. At the end of each level is a boss which must be repeatedly shot in a small glowing weak point to be defeated. In most cases, the boss simply floats up and down on the right side of the screen while randomly firing projectiles at the player, who must navigate floating platforms to reach said weak point.

Ultra Magnus fights with a rapid-fire horizontal shooty-gun, which he can improve by grabbing the "P" power-up from certain defeated enemies, which adds a second diagonal shot. He can also transform into truck mode, which makes him fire directly upwards (he retains the second diagonal shot if he has the power-up) and makes him harder to hit, but his ability to jump is replaced with a downward-arcing forward shot (severely reducing his shot range on flat surfaces) with a very low fire rate. Naturally, this makes it a lot harder to avoid attacks, and oh boy is that a problem. Unless he's got the "B" power-up, Magnus will die from a ''single hit'' of any kind, whereas the majority of enemies require multiple hits to be destroyed.

There are also a few secrets in the game, such as special red jet enemies that appear in certain stages. If Ultra Magnus manages to kill these, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] appears and lets him skip a few levels. Another secret is the seven hidden letters that spell out "RODIMUS", which are obtained by killing specific enemies. If the player collects all seven letters by the end of the game, they are given the option of playing through the game again, this time as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]. Rodimus Prime has a new vehicle mode sprite, but his in-play robot mode is simply a recolored Ultra Magnus (which does look snazzy we admit), and the gameplay remains exactly the same as during the Magnus run.

This game is notorious for being ''extremely'' difficult to the point of frustration, thanks to sluggish, slippery controls and dodgy hit mechanics, in addition to the small size of Magnus's projectiles requiring very accurate aiming, as well as the copious amount of enemies who can kill you in one hit, ''and'' the color choices making it exceptionally difficult to discern important objects like enemy shots or even whole enemies from massive background elements like brightly colored mountains (seriously, look at the screenshot to the left), '''''and''''' there are "D" power-ups, which are easy to mistake for the others, that actually remove your other power-ups. On top of everything, there are no ''apparent'' continues; there is a hidden continue code, but you have only seconds to put it in or right back to the title screen you go. And for some extra salt, the difficulty gets cranked up with each subsequent playthrough, first by increasing the speed of enemies and projectiles, then by decreasing the player's acceleration. ''Yeah.'' This game is a pretty perfect example of "{{w|Nintendo hard}}".

Also the short looping music which rarely changes between stages will eventually break you. Enjoy!

{{--}}
===Stages===
{{Collist|5|
#[[Wasteland Zone]]
#[[Temple Ruins]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel I]]
#[[Subspace Zone]]
#[[Floating City]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel II]]
#[[Glacier Zone]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel III]]
#[[Underground Machine City]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel IV]]
}}

===Endings===
Surprisingly, the game features multiple endings. A bad ending of sorts occurs if the player defeats Trypticon in the final boss fight without collecting all the letters to unlock Rodimus Prime, leading to the following end screen:<ref>[https://legendsoflocalization.com/articles/transformers-famicom-endings/ Deciphering the Hybrid Language Text in Transformers — Legends of Localization]</ref>

[[Image:ConvoyNoNazo-RodimusUnlock.png|right|200px|thumb|Oh boy, I get to replay this game again but now my sprite has a different color!]]
{{bigquote|EMERGENCY ORDER
Using a new power, [[Decepticons|Destron]] has revived and become even more powerful. Retrieve Rodimus' Energon Cube and destroy Destron once more. Scramble! Ultramagnus!}}

Players are then thrown back to the first level, where they'll have to go through the entire game ''again'' to grab Rodimus' letters (presumably, the aforementioned "Rodimus Energon Cube(s)").

If players fail to grab the letters again, they'll be met with the same end screen and once more be thrown back to the beginning. If they do manage to grab all the letters, however, a new end screen will be unlocked:

{{bigquote|Magnus won the final battle. However, a new battle approaches! Go, Rodimus! Attack! Rodimuscomvoy!}}

Now playing as Rodimus, the player is rewarded with going through the entire game... Yes, ''again''.

Finally, after beating the game as Rodimus, the "real" end screen is unlocked, featuring an English-written message that simply says...

{{bigquote|CONGRATULATION!}}
Yes, an erroneously-spelled end screen is your reward for the many, many hours you've deprived of your life to reach it. Say what you will about ''{{w|Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing|Big Rigs}}'', but at least getting the "YOU'RE WINNER" screen in that game is ''not'' a torturous task.

==Characters==
{{note|This character listing is augmented by a promotional video released to hype the game. Its claims as to which established Decepticons are actually in the game as common enemies are... let's go with "dubious". Those unlikely ones are presented here in italics.}}

[[File:MysteryOfConvoySprites.png|thumb|214px|No, you see, making Rodimus' model identical to Magnus was ''essential'' to saving half a kilobyte! ''(Pictured: every sprite used in the game)'']]
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*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]
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*[[Burcane Ball]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Blitzwing]]
*[[Crack (G1)|Crack]]
*''[[Frenzy (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Frenzy]]''
*[[Ganzo]]
*[[Gau]]
*[[Gido]]
*[[Gosupu]]
*[[Hammer (MOC)|Hammer]]
*[[Heru]]
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*[[Kabusu]]
*[[Seeker (body-type)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Jetron]]
*[[Laggar]]
*[[Laserbeak (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Laserbeak]]
*[[Maara]]
*[[Marakirasu]]
*[[Pressure‎]]
*[[Rabu]]
*''[[Ramjet (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ramjet]]''
*[[Ratbat (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ratbat]]
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*''[[Ravage (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ravage]]''
*"[[secret guardian]]"
*''[[Skywarp (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Skywarp]]''
*[[Snow Commander]]
*''[[Starscream (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Starscream]]''
*"[[strange old man]]"
*[[Tairasu]]
*''[[Thrust (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Thrust]]''
*''[[Thundercracker (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Thundercracker]]''
*[[Tosher]]
*[[Wasta]]
*[[Zaffuru]]
*[[Zunonbat]]
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;Bosses
*[[Devilstar]]
*[[Destron Mark]]
*[[Nemesis (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Destron Boat]]
*[[Menasor (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Menasor]]
*[[Bruticus (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Bruticus]]
*[[Megatron (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Megatron]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Trypticon]]
{{!}}}
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}}
{{-}}

==Cheat codes==
'''''Trust us''''', you're going to want these.

{| border=1
|+Memory Address Cheat Codes
!Address
!Value
!Game Genie
!Effect
!Side Effect
|----
|0069
|3
|LATEPA
|Always have three lives
|----
|0053
|20
|AZIALA
|Indestructible
|Music restarts every time you are hit
|----
|0053
|40
|AGIALA
|Shot Power Up
|----
|0053
|60
|ATIALA
|Indestructible and Shot Power Up
|----
|0022
|00
|AAZAZA
|Indestructible (alternate)<ref>[http://www.gshi.org/?s=v2&sys=5&gid=5678 Transformers: Convoy no Nazo (J) - NES - Codes - GSHI]</ref>
|Freezes player select, intro, and prevents level transitions while active
|----
|0074
|01
|PAEAAAGY
|Play as Rodimus Prime
|----
|82BE
|B0
|EULETA
|Infinite Lives
|----
|924F
|90
|EPGOYZ
|Always have flight
|Doesn't work in Time Tunnels
|----
|}

==Tie-in material==
[[File:Famicom_How-to_Manga_Cover.jpg|thumb|160px|Story sold separately.]]
{{main|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (comic)|Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)}}
The events of ''Mystery of Convoy'' were adapted into [[manga]] form by [[Ikuo Miyazoe]] in a [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (comic)|one-shot special]] published in the December 1986 issue of ''[[Comic BomBom]]''. Considering how little storytelling the game has, this often-overlooked manga can actually be considered pretty integral to contextualizing the overall events of the game... assuming one does not mind how absolutely bizarre it is in the first place. Contradicting the game's manual, Optimus Prime is still alive in this version of ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s story, and rather than Ultra Magnus, the protagonist is — no joke — [[Ultra Magnus Jr.]], the shrunken down son of Ultra Magnus (a character that, yes; exists only in this manga and hasn't been mentioned in any other ''Transformers'' media since). The game's plot occurs as he enters a "House of Mysteries" attraction in a theme park, wherein a strange power merges Magnus Jr.'s mind with that of [[Shunichi]], an accompanying human, and takes them to the "Decepticon World of Nightmares" where the actual events of the game presumably occur. As unconventional of a story as it might be, it is nonetheless loosely compatible with the game itself: whether you want to treat this or the manual's premise as the the core narrative thrust of your gameplay experience really is [[personal canon|entirely up to you]].

The game would also be backed by [[Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)|an official strategy guide]], published in ''Comic BomBom Winter Vacation Special: Family Computer Certain Victory Dojo'' Vol. 12, in January 1987.
This guide would include yet ''another'' short manga adaptation of the game's premise — albeit in a far more truncated strip format that more closely follows the premise as provided by the game's manual — from mangaka [[Akira Tanizaki]].

==Reception==
Despite the extreme difficulty, terrible controls, mediocre graphics, frustrating level design, and... really, ''everything'', it might come as a surprise that ''Mystery of Convoy'' seems to have actually been a relatively well-performing title in terms of sales: while no official figures exist, the fact that it's one of the most common loose cartridges you'll usually find in bulk lots of Famicom games (a console with an otherwise massive library, roughly double that of its international equivalent the NES) suggests that ''Mystery of Convoy'' was at least a moderate success in its home country. As mentioned, it even did well enough that Takara would follow it up with [[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|another Famicom ''Transformers'' game]] and later release it on the Wii Virtual Console.

What should not come as a surprise, however; is that the critical reception of ''Mystery of Convoy'' — both contemporary and retrospective — is nonetheless overwhelmingly negative. All of the aforementioned aspects, but especially the unfairly frustrating difficulty more than any other, have endowed this title with a staggering amount of infamy amongst both ''Transformers'' fans and general retro gaming enthusiasts alike, and as a result, it is not uncommon to see it listed amongst the worst NES / Famicom games.

===Legacy===
[[File:Q-Transformers_Mystery_of_Convoy_Returns_clean_art.jpg|thumb|left|214px|"Somehow, Mystery of Convoy has returned."]]
Despite ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s negative reputation — or, perhaps more accurately, ''because'' of it — the game has earned a small cult status of sorts. A lot of this allure is driven by the fact that, outside of two [[Commodore 64]] titles (which, being on a more "adult-oriented" computer platform, never quite reached the same popularity among younger kids), virtually no ''Transformers'' games were released for consoles in the west during the 1980s. Thus, with ''Mystery of Convoy'' being largely unknown outside of Japan up until the internet brought about knowledge of its existence to the world, many fans were fascinated by the discovery that the Japanese equivalent of the NES had received a fully-fledged ''Transformers'' videogame... until they ''actually'' played it. When the game was released on Virtual Console in 2008, TakaraTomy put out an official blog post talking about the game's legendary status and warning that "just because you're an adult now doesn't mean you'll be any better at it than you were as a kid. Please be careful to avoid being traumatized." ''Yes, really.''<ref>{{citesocial|quote=＜使用上のご注意＞大人になったからといって子供のときより上手にできるとは限りません！トラウマを重ねないよう細心の気構えをもってプレイしてごください。|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227100626/http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/gamesoft/blog/i0300/post_46.html|name=TakaraTomy|site=TakaraTomy blog|title=『トランスフォーマー・コンボイの謎』でレッツトラウマ|year=2008|month=06|day=06}}</ref> ''Mystery of Convoy'' would also be famously featured in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km9vYa2GIUI a 2009 episode] of the ''{{w|Angry Video Game Nerd}}'' web series, making it even more well-known to general audiences. (Perhaps the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTqRx-F7ZqA most famous meme to come out of the series] is, in fact, taken partly from the ''Mystery of Convoy'' episode — you can even hear the level restart jingle right at the beginning!) The game also has a tiny but dedicated speedrunning community, with the current record holder having managed the incredible feat of beating it just barely under 5 minutes.<ref>[https://www.speedrun.com/tfmoc The Transformers: Mystery of Convoy(1986) on Speedrun.com]</ref>

In 2014 TakaraTomy released ''[[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]]'', a mobile game based on ''Mystery of Convoy'', to tie in with their ''[[Q-Transformers]]'' toyline. It was accompanied by [[Q-Transformers (cartoon)|a cartoon]] in which the characters often discuss the difficulty and peculiarities of the original Famicom game.

==Notes==
[[File:Unused_sprites.jpg|thumb|214px|Just be glad that you don't have ''even more'' things that can kill you in infuriating ways.]]
* Despite his Japanese name being in the title of the game, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] only appears in-game twice. First during the start screen, when his head explodes and reassembles as the player's sprite, and later his head reappears colored gray right at the end of level 7.
** Partly as a result of this, a [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers#MysteryOfConvoy|common running misconception]] regarding the game's narrative is that it involves Optimus Prime going missing and Ultra Magnus heading out on a quest to find him, this thus being the titular "Mystery of Convoy". As we've mentioned, this is not the case: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_lHEfl5oPI the game's commercial] already declares Optimus as dead and Ultra Magnus as his successor, and eventually, this same story point would be reiterated in the game's manual. Likely, this confusion also stems from the title invoking other games with similar plots like ''[[Wikipedia:Mario is Missing!|Mario is Missing!]]'' or ''[[Wikipedia:Donkey Kong Country 2|Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', but alas, as satirized in the end of ''Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns'', the only mystery in ''Mystery of Convoy'' is why the hell the game is called that in the first place.
* There are several enemy sprites that weren't used in the final game. There was a red and orange Laserbeak that fired bullets while flying at the player, a red eyeball-spider that moved vertically and fired four diagonal bullets, and a spinning blade-wheel that rapidly fired bullets at the player; the latter two were meant to only appear on boss screens. The other unused enemies didn't have routines programmed, like the unused insect enemies. Additional unused sprites resemble the Matrix and, inexplicably, a turtle. The most likely reason for these omissions is a simple technical one: the game can only handle a maximum of 64 unique stage "enemies" (which actually includes powerups), and the game absolutely hit that limit.
* The ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' story, "[[To Die Game!]]", [[retcon]]s this game as being part of a cross-dimensional game between the hyper-dimensional guardian [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Alternity|Optimus Prime]] and the equally powerful [[Megatron (G1)#Alternity|Megatron]], wherein Optimus had to choose one avatar (Ultra Magnus) to fight endless hordes of Decepticons empowered by Megatron.
* The [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] plays this game at the end of the 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' comic book's [[Robots in Disguise issue 1|first issue]].
* [[SD SG issue 2|Issue 2 of the ''SD SG'' comic]] features a mirror universe counterpart to the game, ''[[Transformers: The Super Obvious Truth of Optimus Prime]]''.
* This game uses a strobe effect popular in Japan at the time. Such effects have become controversial due to concern over people with photosensitive epilepsy, and fell out of use altogether following the infamous [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/EP038 "Electric Soldier Porygon"] incident in 1997. This effect was reduced for the Virtual Console re-release.
* Upon starting the game, a cover of the opening melody to the ''Transformers 2010'' theme plays.
* Ultra Magnus's robot mode sprite appears to be based on the original box art (or directly on the early deco on which said box art was based) with the white chestplate rather than the final blue.
* While there a no credits provided for ''Mystery of Convoy'', [[ISCO]] listed the game among several other titles they developed,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20241221105520/http://www.isco-inc.co.jp/Web_izen/game_etc.htm ISCO list of games]</ref> while [[Locomotive]] founder [[Hiroshi Okamoto]] confirmed his company (a sole proprietorship he formed with his wife prior to Locomotive) was a subcontractor on the project; it was the first game he had worked on, with Okamoto acting as producer/manager, his wife as graphic designer, and an outside part-timer responsible for programming.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIwjWSVfkWA Interview with Hiroshi Okamoto]</ref>

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170727035804/http://www.pleasesavemerobots.com/scrambledcity/moc/main.html Perhaps the most comprehensive ''Convoy no Nazo'' site online, with screencaps, hints, and .ROM files.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_lHEfl5oPI ''Convoy no Nazo'' commercial on YouTube]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jVBzq4ud2U Takara's promotional video for the game] (using an unfinished build with cheats running)
* [http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Transformers:_Convoy_no_Nazo Strategy Wiki]
* [http://archive.li/Ts6uT Game Genie codes]
* [https://legendsoflocalization.com/articles/transformers-famicom-endings/ Translations of the game's endings]
* [https://github.com/Fixatron/TFRom-Recreation Rom de-compilation and editing project]

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Transformers: Mystery of Convoy

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{{videogame
|title=''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''
|image=Mystery of Convoy video game cover.png
|caption=Ignore the [[TakaraTomy#Controversy|racist logo]] in the corner!
|japanese=戦え! 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー　コンボイの謎
|romaji=Tatakae! Chō Robot Seimei Tai Transformer Convoy no Nazo
|developer=[[ISCO]]
|publisher=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]]
|date=[[December 5|5 December]] [[1986]] (Family Computer) [[June 10|10 June]] [[2008]] (Virtual Console)
|platform=Family Computer, Virtual Console
|rating=CERO: A
}}

'''''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''''' — or, per the packaging's English-translated sub-title, '''''Mystery of Comvoy''''',<ref>Yes, the English title on the package of the game is mistakenly translated as "Mystery of Co'''m'''voy". Quality!</ref> and sometimes referred to by its Japanese subtitle '''Convoy no Nazo''' — is a video game developed by [[ISCO]] and distributed by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] for the [[Nintendo]] [[Family Computer|Famicom]]. The player controls [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] in the fight against the Decepticons, taking on the mantle of leading the Autobots after the death of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].

The game was followed by ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|The Headmasters]]'', an exclusive to the {{w|Famicom Disk System}} peripheral. It would be officially re-released in 2008 on the Nintendo [[Wii]]'s {{w|Virtual Console}} service in Japan (costing 500 "Wii points", or five dollars in Human money), up until the service was sunset in 2019. A direct sequel (and simultaneous parody) of sorts would be released in 2014 with the [[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]] mobile app.

It has since become a cult title for its infamously poor critical reception and, especially, for being ''frustratingly'' hard.

==Plot==
Perhaps unsurprisingly for a 1980s action game, ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s story is pretty barebones: although it would receive a completely different — and, actually, outright contradictory — account of its events in a tie-in-manga ([[#Tie-in material|see below]]), the narrative as told only by the game itself and the short one-page prologue in its accompanying manual is fairly straightforward.

''Mystery of Convoy'' is presumably set as an alternative account to the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' (which would not be released in Japan until 1989 — three years after the game's release — although its events were first summarized to Japanese audiences through [[TV Magazine]]), filling in the gaps between the the second and third seasons of the show, the latter which had just premiered in Japan as ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)#Fight.21 Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010|Transformers 2010]]''. The story begins as Optimus Prime is gravely injured in battle and perishes, passing on the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to Ultra Magnus, who carries on the fight against the Decepticons to reclaim peace on Earth. Along his quest, Ultra Magnus faces various threats including [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]-type infantry, floating [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]]s, the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', the [[combiner]]s [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and a final battle against [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Later on, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] joins him in his quest and... does all the same things Magnus did, again.

==Gameplay==
[[Image:Convoynonazoscreen.png|left|200px|thumb|Ultra Magnus tries not to get his ass kicked by ''the first enemy''.]]
As a licensed game released four years into the lifespan of the Famicom, ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s gameplay is... let's politely call it ''unrefined''.

The game is a simple 2D platformer with the player making their way through ten levels, while under constant attack from various enemies. Killing enemies earns the player points and occasionally various power-ups such as extra defense or temporary flight. At every 20,000 points, the player is awarded with an extra life. Many of the levels are simple horizontal fields where Magnus must go from left to right until the level stops scrolling, while the various "Time Tunnel" levels are vertical, one of which is a frustrating labyrinth where escape depends on a very specific route through the level or else it will loop back in upon itself. At the end of each level is a boss which must be repeatedly shot in a small glowing weak point to be defeated. In most cases, the boss simply floats up and down on the right side of the screen while randomly firing projectiles at the player, who must navigate floating platforms to reach said weak point.

Ultra Magnus fights with a rapid-fire horizontal shooty-gun, which he can improve by grabbing the "P" power-up from certain defeated enemies, which adds a second diagonal shot. He can also transform into truck mode, which makes him fire directly upwards (he retains the second diagonal shot if he has the power-up) and makes him harder to hit, but his ability to jump is replaced with a downward-arcing forward shot (severely reducing his shot range on flat surfaces) with a very low fire rate. Naturally, this makes it a lot harder to avoid attacks, and oh boy is that a problem. Unless he's got the "B" power-up, Magnus will die from a ''single hit'' of any kind, whereas the majority of enemies require multiple hits to be destroyed.

There are also a few secrets in the game, such as special red jet enemies that appear in certain stages. If Ultra Magnus manages to kill these, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] appears and lets him skip a few levels. Another secret is the seven hidden letters that spell out "RODIMUS", which are obtained by killing specific enemies. If the player collects all seven letters by the end of the game, they are given the option of playing through the game again, this time as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]. Rodimus Prime has a new vehicle mode sprite, but his in-play robot mode is simply a recolored Ultra Magnus (which does look snazzy we admit), and the gameplay remains exactly the same as during the Magnus run.

This game is notorious for being ''extremely'' difficult to the point of frustration, thanks to sluggish, slippery controls and dodgy hit mechanics, in addition to the small size of Magnus's projectiles requiring very accurate aiming, as well as the copious amount of enemies who can kill you in one hit, ''and'' the color choices making it exceptionally difficult to discern important objects like enemy shots or even whole enemies from massive background elements like brightly colored mountains (seriously, look at the screenshot to the left), '''''and''''' there are "D" power-ups, which are easy to mistake for the others, that actually remove your other power-ups. On top of everything, there are no ''apparent'' continues; there is a hidden continue code, but you have only seconds to put it in or right back to the title screen you go. And for some extra salt, the difficulty gets cranked up with each subsequent playthrough, first by increasing the speed of enemies and projectiles, then by decreasing the player's acceleration. ''Yeah.'' This game is a pretty perfect example of "{{w|Nintendo hard}}".

Also the short looping music which rarely changes between stages will eventually break you. Enjoy!

{{--}}
===Stages===
{{Collist|5|
#[[Wasteland Zone]]
#[[Temple Ruins]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel I]]
#[[Subspace Zone]]
#[[Floating City]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel II]]
#[[Glacier Zone]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel III]]
#[[Underground Machine City]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel IV]]
}}

===Endings===
Surprisingly, the game features multiple endings. A bad ending of sorts occurs if the player defeats Trypticon in the final boss fight without collecting all the letters to unlock Rodimus Prime, leading to the following end screen:<ref>[https://legendsoflocalization.com/articles/transformers-famicom-endings/ Deciphering the Hybrid Language Text in Transformers — Legends of Localization]</ref>

[[Image:ConvoyNoNazo-RodimusUnlock.png|right|200px|thumb|Oh boy, I get to replay this game again but now my sprite has a different color!]]
{{bigquote|EMERGENCY ORDER
Using a new power, [[Decepticons|Destron]] has revived and become even more powerful. Retrieve Rodimus' Energon Cube and destroy Destron once more. Scramble! Ultramagnus!}}

Players are then thrown back to the first level, where they'll have to go through the entire game ''again'' to grab Rodimus' letters (presumably, the aforementioned "Rodimus Energon Cube(s)").

If players fail to grab the letters again, they'll be met with the same end screen and once more be thrown back to the beginning. If they do manage to grab all the letters, however, a new end screen will be unlocked:

{{bigquote|Magnus won the final battle. However, a new battle approaches! Go, Rodimus! Attack! Rodimuscomvoy!}}

Now playing as Rodimus, the player is rewarded with going through the entire game... Yes, ''again''.

Finally, after beating the game as Rodimus, the "real" end screen is unlocked, featuring an English-written message that simply says...

{{bigquote|CONGRATULATION!}}
Yes, an erroneously-spelled end screen is your reward for the many, many hours you've deprived of your life to reach it. Say what you will about ''{{w|Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing|Big Rigs}}'', but at least getting the "YOU'RE WINNER" screen in that game is ''not'' a torturous task.

==Characters==
{{note|This character listing is augmented by a promotional video released to hype the game. Its claims as to which established Decepticons are actually in the game as common enemies are... let's go with "dubious". Those unlikely ones are presented here in italics.}}

[[File:MysteryOfConvoySprites.png|thumb|214px|No, you see, making Rodimus' model identical to Magnus was ''essential'' to saving half a kilobyte! ''(Pictured: every sprite used in the game)'']]
{{featuredcharacters
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*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]
{{!}}}

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;Common Enemies
*[[Azak]]
*[[Burcane Ball]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Blitzwing]]
*[[Crack (G1)|Crack]]
*''[[Frenzy (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Frenzy]]''
*[[Ganzo]]
*[[Gau]]
*[[Gido]]
*[[Gosupu]]
*[[Hammer (MOC)|Hammer]]
*[[Heru]]
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*[[Kabusu]]
*[[Seeker (body-type)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Jetron]]
*[[Laggar]]
*[[Laserbeak (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Laserbeak]]
*[[Maara]]
*[[Marakirasu]]
*[[Pressure‎]]
*[[Rabu]]
*''[[Ramjet (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ramjet]]''
*[[Ratbat (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ratbat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
 
*''[[Ravage (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ravage]]''
*"[[secret guardian]]"
*''[[Skywarp (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Skywarp]]''
*[[Snow Commander]]
*''[[Starscream (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Starscream]]''
*"[[strange old man]]"
*[[Tairasu]]
*''[[Thrust (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Thrust]]''
*''[[Thundercracker (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Thundercracker]]''
*[[Tosher]]
*[[Wasta]]
*[[Zaffuru]]
*[[Zunonbat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Bosses
*[[Devilstar]]
*[[Destron Mark]]
*[[Nemesis (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Destron Boat]]
*[[Menasor (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Menasor]]
*[[Bruticus (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Bruticus]]
*[[Megatron (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Megatron]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Trypticon]]
{{!}}}
|nonumbering=true
}}
{{-}}

==Cheat codes==
'''''Trust us''''', you're going to want these.

{| border=1
|+Memory Address Cheat Codes
!Address
!Value
!Game Genie
!Effect
!Side Effect
|----
|0069
|3
|LATEPA
|Always have three lives
|----
|0053
|20
|AZIALA
|Indestructible
|Music restarts every time you are hit
|----
|0053
|40
|AGIALA
|Shot Power Up
|----
|0053
|60
|ATIALA
|Indestructible and Shot Power Up
|----
|0022
|00
|AAZAZA
|Indestructible (alternate)<ref>[http://www.gshi.org/?s=v2&sys=5&gid=5678 Transformers: Convoy no Nazo (J) - NES - Codes - GSHI]</ref>
|Freezes player select, intro, and prevents level transitions while active
|----
|0074
|01
|PAEAAAGY
|Play as Rodimus Prime
|----
|82BE
|B0
|EULETA
|Infinite Lives
|----
|}

==Tie-in material==
[[File:Famicom_How-to_Manga_Cover.jpg|thumb|160px|Story sold separately.]]
{{main|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (comic)|Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)}}
The events of ''Mystery of Convoy'' were adapted into [[manga]] form by [[Ikuo Miyazoe]] in a [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (comic)|one-shot special]] published in the December 1986 issue of ''[[Comic BomBom]]''. Considering how little storytelling the game has, this often-overlooked manga can actually be considered pretty integral to contextualizing the overall events of the game... assuming one does not mind how absolutely bizarre it is in the first place. Contradicting the game's manual, Optimus Prime is still alive in this version of ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s story, and rather than Ultra Magnus, the protagonist is — no joke — [[Ultra Magnus Jr.]], the shrunken down son of Ultra Magnus (a character that, yes; exists only in this manga and hasn't been mentioned in any other ''Transformers'' media since). The game's plot occurs as he enters a "House of Mysteries" attraction in a theme park, wherein a strange power merges Magnus Jr.'s mind with that of [[Shunichi]], an accompanying human, and takes them to the "Decepticon World of Nightmares" where the actual events of the game presumably occur. As unconventional of a story as it might be, it is nonetheless loosely compatible with the game itself: whether you want to treat this or the manual's premise as the the core narrative thrust of your gameplay experience really is [[personal canon|entirely up to you]].

The game would also be backed by [[Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)|an official strategy guide]], published in ''Comic BomBom Winter Vacation Special: Family Computer Certain Victory Dojo'' Vol. 12, in January 1987.
This guide would include yet ''another'' short manga adaptation of the game's premise — albeit in a far more truncated strip format that more closely follows the premise as provided by the game's manual — from mangaka [[Akira Tanizaki]].

==Reception==
Despite the extreme difficulty, terrible controls, mediocre graphics, frustrating level design, and... really, ''everything'', it might come as a surprise that ''Mystery of Convoy'' seems to have actually been a relatively well-performing title in terms of sales: while no official figures exist, the fact that it's one of the most common loose cartridges you'll usually find in bulk lots of Famicom games (a console with an otherwise massive library, roughly double that of its international equivalent the NES) suggests that ''Mystery of Convoy'' was at least a moderate success in its home country. As mentioned, it even did well enough that Takara would follow it up with [[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|another Famicom ''Transformers'' game]] and later release it on the Wii Virtual Console.

What should not come as a surprise, however; is that the critical reception of ''Mystery of Convoy'' — both contemporary and retrospective — is nonetheless overwhelmingly negative. All of the aforementioned aspects, but especially the unfairly frustrating difficulty more than any other, have endowed this title with a staggering amount of infamy amongst both ''Transformers'' fans and general retro gaming enthusiasts alike, and as a result, it is not uncommon to see it listed amongst the worst NES / Famicom games.

===Legacy===
[[File:Q-Transformers_Mystery_of_Convoy_Returns_clean_art.jpg|thumb|left|214px|"Somehow, Mystery of Convoy has returned."]]
Despite ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s negative reputation — or, perhaps more accurately, ''because'' of it — the game has earned a small cult status of sorts. A lot of this allure is driven by the fact that, outside of two [[Commodore 64]] titles (which, being on a more "adult-oriented" computer platform, never quite reached the same popularity among younger kids), virtually no ''Transformers'' games were released for consoles in the west during the 1980s. Thus, with ''Mystery of Convoy'' being largely unknown outside of Japan up until the internet brought about knowledge of its existence to the world, many fans were fascinated by the discovery that the Japanese equivalent of the NES had received a fully-fledged ''Transformers'' videogame... until they ''actually'' played it. When the game was released on Virtual Console in 2008, TakaraTomy put out an official blog post talking about the game's legendary status and warning that "just because you're an adult now doesn't mean you'll be any better at it than you were as a kid. Please be careful to avoid being traumatized." ''Yes, really.''<ref>{{citesocial|quote=＜使用上のご注意＞大人になったからといって子供のときより上手にできるとは限りません！トラウマを重ねないよう細心の気構えをもってプレイしてごください。|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227100626/http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/gamesoft/blog/i0300/post_46.html|name=TakaraTomy|site=TakaraTomy blog|title=『トランスフォーマー・コンボイの謎』でレッツトラウマ|year=2008|month=06|day=06}}</ref> ''Mystery of Convoy'' would also be famously featured in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km9vYa2GIUI a 2009 episode] of the ''{{w|Angry Video Game Nerd}}'' web series, making it even more well-known to general audiences. (Perhaps the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTqRx-F7ZqA most famous meme to come out of the series] is, in fact, taken partly from the ''Mystery of Convoy'' episode — you can even hear the level restart jingle right at the beginning!) The game also has a tiny but dedicated speedrunning community, with the current record holder having managed the incredible feat of beating it just barely under 5 minutes.<ref>[https://www.speedrun.com/tfmoc The Transformers: Mystery of Convoy(1986) on Speedrun.com]</ref>

In 2014 TakaraTomy released ''[[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]]'', a mobile game based on ''Mystery of Convoy'', to tie in with their ''[[Q-Transformers]]'' toyline. It was accompanied by [[Q-Transformers (cartoon)|a cartoon]] in which the characters often discuss the difficulty and peculiarities of the original Famicom game.

==Notes==
[[File:Unused_sprites.jpg|thumb|214px|Just be glad that you don't have ''even more'' things that can kill you in infuriating ways.]]
* Despite his Japanese name being in the title of the game, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] only appears in-game twice. First during the start screen, when his head explodes and reassembles as the player's sprite, and later his head reappears colored gray right at the end of level 7.
** Partly as a result of this, a [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers#MysteryOfConvoy|common running misconception]] regarding the game's narrative is that it involves Optimus Prime going missing and Ultra Magnus heading out on a quest to find him, this thus being the titular "Mystery of Convoy". As we've mentioned, this is not the case: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_lHEfl5oPI the game's commercial] already declares Optimus as dead and Ultra Magnus as his successor, and eventually, this same story point would be reiterated in the game's manual. Likely, this confusion also stems from the title invoking other games with similar plots like ''[[Wikipedia:Mario is Missing!|Mario is Missing!]]'' or ''[[Wikipedia:Donkey Kong Country 2|Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', but alas, as satirized in the end of ''Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns'', the only mystery in ''Mystery of Convoy'' is why the hell the game is called that in the first place.
* There are several enemy sprites that weren't used in the final game. There was a red and orange Laserbeak that fired bullets while flying at the player, a red eyeball-spider that moved vertically and fired four diagonal bullets, and a spinning blade-wheel that rapidly fired bullets at the player; the latter two were meant to only appear on boss screens. The other unused enemies didn't have routines programmed, like the unused insect enemies. Additional unused sprites resemble the Matrix and, inexplicably, a turtle. The most likely reason for these omissions is a simple technical one: the game can only handle a maximum of 64 unique stage "enemies" (which actually includes powerups), and the game absolutely hit that limit.
* The ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' story, "[[To Die Game!]]", [[retcon]]s this game as being part of a cross-dimensional game between the hyper-dimensional guardian [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Alternity|Optimus Prime]] and the equally powerful [[Megatron (G1)#Alternity|Megatron]], wherein Optimus had to choose one avatar (Ultra Magnus) to fight endless hordes of Decepticons empowered by Megatron.
* The [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] plays this game at the end of the 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' comic book's [[Robots in Disguise issue 1|first issue]].
* [[SD SG issue 2|Issue 2 of the ''SD SG'' comic]] features a mirror universe counterpart to the game, ''[[Transformers: The Super Obvious Truth of Optimus Prime]]''.
* This game uses a strobe effect popular in Japan at the time. Such effects have become controversial due to concern over people with photosensitive epilepsy, and fell out of use altogether following the infamous [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/EP038 "Electric Soldier Porygon"] incident in 1997. This effect was reduced for the Virtual Console re-release.
* Upon starting the game, a cover of the opening melody to the ''Transformers 2010'' theme plays.
* Ultra Magnus's robot mode sprite appears to be based on the original box art (or directly on the early deco on which said box art was based) with the white chestplate rather than the final blue.
* While there a no credits provided for ''Mystery of Convoy'', [[ISCO]] listed the game among several other titles they developed,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20241221105520/http://www.isco-inc.co.jp/Web_izen/game_etc.htm ISCO list of games]</ref> while [[Locomotive]] founder [[Hiroshi Okamoto]] confirmed his company (a sole proprietorship he formed with his wife prior to Locomotive) was a subcontractor on the project; it was the first game he had worked on, with Okamoto acting as producer/manager, his wife as graphic designer, and an outside part-timer responsible for programming.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIwjWSVfkWA Interview with Hiroshi Okamoto]</ref>

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170727035804/http://www.pleasesavemerobots.com/scrambledcity/moc/main.html Perhaps the most comprehensive ''Convoy no Nazo'' site online, with screencaps, hints, and .ROM files.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_lHEfl5oPI ''Convoy no Nazo'' commercial on YouTube]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jVBzq4ud2U Takara's promotional video for the game] (using an unfinished build with cheats running)
* [http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Transformers:_Convoy_no_Nazo Strategy Wiki]
* [http://archive.li/Ts6uT Game Genie codes]
* [https://legendsoflocalization.com/articles/transformers-famicom-endings/ Translations of the game's endings]
* [https://github.com/Fixatron/TFRom-Recreation Rom de-compilation and editing project]

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Transformers: Mystery of Convoy

2025-06-24T15:58:04Z

Venutech: /* Notes */ added note that there are a possible 64 unique stage enemies (or 64 unique boss enemies).

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|title=''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''
|image=Mystery of Convoy video game cover.png
|caption=Ignore the [[TakaraTomy#Controversy|racist logo]] in the corner!
|japanese=戦え! 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー　コンボイの謎
|romaji=Tatakae! Chō Robot Seimei Tai Transformer Convoy no Nazo
|developer=[[ISCO]]
|publisher=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]]
|date=[[December 5|5 December]] [[1986]] (Family Computer) [[June 10|10 June]] [[2008]] (Virtual Console)
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'''''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''''' — or, per the packaging's English-translated sub-title, '''''Mystery of Comvoy''''',<ref>Yes, the English title on the package of the game is mistakenly translated as "Mystery of Co'''m'''voy". Quality!</ref> and sometimes referred to by its Japanese subtitle '''Convoy no Nazo''' — is a video game developed by [[ISCO]] and distributed by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] for the [[Nintendo]] [[Family Computer|Famicom]]. The player controls [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] in the fight against the Decepticons, taking on the mantle of leading the Autobots after the death of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].

The game was followed by ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|The Headmasters]]'', an exclusive to the {{w|Famicom Disk System}} peripheral. It would be officially re-released in 2008 on the Nintendo [[Wii]]'s {{w|Virtual Console}} service in Japan (costing 500 "Wii points", or five dollars in Human money), up until the service was sunset in 2019. A direct sequel (and simultaneous parody) of sorts would be released in 2014 with the [[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]] mobile app.

It has since become a cult title for its infamously poor critical reception and, especially, for being ''frustratingly'' hard.

==Plot==
Perhaps unsurprisingly for a 1980s action game, ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s story is pretty barebones: although it would receive a completely different — and, actually, outright contradictory — account of its events in a tie-in-manga ([[#Tie-in material|see below]]), the narrative as told only by the game itself and the short one-page prologue in its accompanying manual is fairly straightforward.

''Mystery of Convoy'' is presumably set as an alternative account to the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' (which would not be released in Japan until 1989 — three years after the game's release — although its events were first summarized to Japanese audiences through [[TV Magazine]]), filling in the gaps between the the second and third seasons of the show, the latter which had just premiered in Japan as ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)#Fight.21 Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010|Transformers 2010]]''. The story begins as Optimus Prime is gravely injured in battle and perishes, passing on the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to Ultra Magnus, who carries on the fight against the Decepticons to reclaim peace on Earth. Along his quest, Ultra Magnus faces various threats including [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]-type infantry, floating [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]]s, the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', the [[combiner]]s [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and a final battle against [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Later on, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] joins him in his quest and... does all the same things Magnus did, again.

==Gameplay==
[[Image:Convoynonazoscreen.png|left|200px|thumb|Ultra Magnus tries not to get his ass kicked by ''the first enemy''.]]
As a licensed game released four years into the lifespan of the Famicom, ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s gameplay is... let's politely call it ''unrefined''.

The game is a simple 2D platformer with the player making their way through ten levels, while under constant attack from various enemies. Killing enemies earns the player points and occasionally various power-ups such as extra defense or temporary flight. At every 20,000 points, the player is awarded with an extra life. Many of the levels are simple horizontal fields where Magnus must go from left to right until the level stops scrolling, while the various "Time Tunnel" levels are vertical, one of which is a frustrating labyrinth where escape depends on a very specific route through the level or else it will loop back in upon itself. At the end of each level is a boss which must be repeatedly shot in a small glowing weak point to be defeated. In most cases, the boss simply floats up and down on the right side of the screen while randomly firing projectiles at the player, who must navigate floating platforms to reach said weak point.

Ultra Magnus fights with a rapid-fire horizontal shooty-gun, which he can improve by grabbing the "P" power-up from certain defeated enemies, which adds a second diagonal shot. He can also transform into truck mode, which makes him fire directly upwards (he retains the second diagonal shot if he has the power-up) and makes him harder to hit, but his ability to jump is replaced with a downward-arcing forward shot (severely reducing his shot range on flat surfaces) with a very low fire rate. Naturally, this makes it a lot harder to avoid attacks, and oh boy is that a problem. Unless he's got the "B" power-up, Magnus will die from a ''single hit'' of any kind, whereas the majority of enemies require multiple hits to be destroyed.

There are also a few secrets in the game, such as special red jet enemies that appear in certain stages. If Ultra Magnus manages to kill these, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] appears and lets him skip a few levels. Another secret is the seven hidden letters that spell out "RODIMUS", which are obtained by killing specific enemies. If the player collects all seven letters by the end of the game, they are given the option of playing through the game again, this time as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]. Rodimus Prime has a new vehicle mode sprite, but his in-play robot mode is simply a recolored Ultra Magnus (which does look snazzy we admit), and the gameplay remains exactly the same as during the Magnus run.

This game is notorious for being ''extremely'' difficult to the point of frustration, thanks to sluggish, slippery controls and dodgy hit mechanics, in addition to the small size of Magnus's projectiles requiring very accurate aiming, as well as the copious amount of enemies who can kill you in one hit, ''and'' the color choices making it exceptionally difficult to discern important objects like enemy shots or even whole enemies from massive background elements like brightly colored mountains (seriously, look at the screenshot to the left), '''''and''''' there are "D" power-ups, which are easy to mistake for the others, that actually remove your other power-ups. On top of everything, there are no ''apparent'' continues; there is a hidden continue code, but you have only seconds to put it in or right back to the title screen you go. And for some extra salt, the difficulty gets cranked up with each subsequent playthrough, first by increasing the speed of enemies and projectiles, then by decreasing the player's acceleration. ''Yeah.'' This game is a pretty perfect example of "{{w|Nintendo hard}}".

Also the short looping music which rarely changes between stages will eventually break you. Enjoy!

{{--}}
===Stages===
{{Collist|5|
#[[Wasteland Zone]]
#[[Temple Ruins]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel I]]
#[[Subspace Zone]]
#[[Floating City]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel II]]
#[[Glacier Zone]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel III]]
#[[Underground Machine City]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel IV]]
}}

===Endings===
Surprisingly, the game features multiple endings. A bad ending of sorts occurs if the player defeats Trypticon in the final boss fight without collecting all the letters to unlock Rodimus Prime, leading to the following end screen:<ref>[https://legendsoflocalization.com/articles/transformers-famicom-endings/ Deciphering the Hybrid Language Text in Transformers — Legends of Localization]</ref>

[[Image:ConvoyNoNazo-RodimusUnlock.png|right|200px|thumb|Oh boy, I get to replay this game again but now my sprite has a different color!]]
{{bigquote|EMERGENCY ORDER
Using a new power, [[Decepticons|Destron]] has revived and become even more powerful. Retrieve Rodimus' Energon Cube and destroy Destron once more. Scramble! Ultramagnus!}}

Players are then thrown back to the first level, where they'll have to go through the entire game ''again'' to grab Rodimus' letters (presumably, the aforementioned "Rodimus Energon Cube(s)").

If players fail to grab the letters again, they'll be met with the same end screen and once more be thrown back to the beginning. If they do manage to grab all the letters, however, a new end screen will be unlocked:

{{bigquote|Magnus won the final battle. However, a new battle approaches! Go, Rodimus! Attack! Rodimuscomvoy!}}

Now playing as Rodimus, the player is rewarded with going through the entire game... Yes, ''again''.

Finally, after beating the game as Rodimus, the "real" end screen is unlocked, featuring an English-written message that simply says...

{{bigquote|CONGRATULATION!}}
Yes, an erroneously-spelled end screen is your reward for the many, many hours you've deprived of your life to reach it. Say what you will about ''{{w|Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing|Big Rigs}}'', but at least getting the "YOU'RE WINNER" screen in that game is ''not'' a torturous task.

==Characters==
{{note|This character listing is augmented by a promotional video released to hype the game. Its claims as to which established Decepticons are actually in the game as common enemies are... let's go with "dubious". Those unlikely ones are presented here in italics.}}

[[File:MysteryOfConvoySprites.png|thumb|214px|No, you see, making Rodimus' model identical to Magnus was ''essential'' to saving half a kilobyte! ''(Pictured: every sprite used in the game)'']]
{{featuredcharacters
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{{!}}-
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*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]
{{!}}}

|c2=
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{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Common Enemies
*[[Azak]]
*[[Burcane Ball]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Blitzwing]]
*[[Crack (G1)|Crack]]
*''[[Frenzy (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Frenzy]]''
*[[Ganzo]]
*[[Gau]]
*[[Gido]]
*[[Gosupu]]
*[[Hammer (MOC)|Hammer]]
*[[Heru]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
 
*[[Kabusu]]
*[[Seeker (body-type)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Jetron]]
*[[Laggar]]
*[[Laserbeak (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Laserbeak]]
*[[Maara]]
*[[Marakirasu]]
*[[Pressure‎]]
*[[Rabu]]
*''[[Ramjet (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ramjet]]''
*[[Ratbat (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ratbat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
 
*''[[Ravage (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ravage]]''
*"[[secret guardian]]"
*''[[Skywarp (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Skywarp]]''
*[[Snow Commander]]
*''[[Starscream (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Starscream]]''
*"[[strange old man]]"
*[[Tairasu]]
*''[[Thrust (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Thrust]]''
*''[[Thundercracker (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Thundercracker]]''
*[[Tosher]]
*[[Wasta]]
*[[Zaffuru]]
*[[Zunonbat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Bosses
*[[Devilstar]]
*[[Destron Mark]]
*[[Nemesis (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Destron Boat]]
*[[Menasor (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Menasor]]
*[[Bruticus (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Bruticus]]
*[[Megatron (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Megatron]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Trypticon]]
{{!}}}
|nonumbering=true
}}
{{-}}

==Cheat codes==
'''''Trust us''''', you're going to want these.

{| border=1
|+Memory Address Cheat Codes
!Address
!Value
!Game Genie
!Effect
!Side Effect
|----
|0069
|3
|LATEPA
|Always have three lives
|----
|0053
|20
|AZIALA
|Indestructible
|Music restarts every time you are hit
|----
|0053
|40
|AGIALA
|Shot Power Up
|----
|0053
|60
|ATIALA
|Indestructible and Shot Power Up
|----
|0022
|00
|AAZAZA
|Indestructible (alternate)<ref>[http://www.gshi.org/?s=v2&sys=5&gid=5678 Transformers: Convoy no Nazo (J) - NES - Codes - GSHI]</ref>
|Freezes player select, intro, and prevents level transitions while active
|----
|000074
|01
|PAEAAAGY
|Play as Rodimus Prime
|----
|}

==Tie-in material==
[[File:Famicom_How-to_Manga_Cover.jpg|thumb|160px|Story sold separately.]]
{{main|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (comic)|Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)}}
The events of ''Mystery of Convoy'' were adapted into [[manga]] form by [[Ikuo Miyazoe]] in a [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (comic)|one-shot special]] published in the December 1986 issue of ''[[Comic BomBom]]''. Considering how little storytelling the game has, this often-overlooked manga can actually be considered pretty integral to contextualizing the overall events of the game... assuming one does not mind how absolutely bizarre it is in the first place. Contradicting the game's manual, Optimus Prime is still alive in this version of ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s story, and rather than Ultra Magnus, the protagonist is — no joke — [[Ultra Magnus Jr.]], the shrunken down son of Ultra Magnus (a character that, yes; exists only in this manga and hasn't been mentioned in any other ''Transformers'' media since). The game's plot occurs as he enters a "House of Mysteries" attraction in a theme park, wherein a strange power merges Magnus Jr.'s mind with that of [[Shunichi]], an accompanying human, and takes them to the "Decepticon World of Nightmares" where the actual events of the game presumably occur. As unconventional of a story as it might be, it is nonetheless loosely compatible with the game itself: whether you want to treat this or the manual's premise as the the core narrative thrust of your gameplay experience really is [[personal canon|entirely up to you]].

The game would also be backed by [[Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)|an official strategy guide]], published in ''Comic BomBom Winter Vacation Special: Family Computer Certain Victory Dojo'' Vol. 12, in January 1987.
This guide would include yet ''another'' short manga adaptation of the game's premise — albeit in a far more truncated strip format that more closely follows the premise as provided by the game's manual — from mangaka [[Akira Tanizaki]].

==Reception==
Despite the extreme difficulty, terrible controls, mediocre graphics, frustrating level design, and... really, ''everything'', it might come as a surprise that ''Mystery of Convoy'' seems to have actually been a relatively well-performing title in terms of sales: while no official figures exist, the fact that it's one of the most common loose cartridges you'll usually find in bulk lots of Famicom games (a console with an otherwise massive library, roughly double that of its international equivalent the NES) suggests that ''Mystery of Convoy'' was at least a moderate success in its home country. As mentioned, it even did well enough that Takara would follow it up with [[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|another Famicom ''Transformers'' game]] and later release it on the Wii Virtual Console.

What should not come as a surprise, however; is that the critical reception of ''Mystery of Convoy'' — both contemporary and retrospective — is nonetheless overwhelmingly negative. All of the aforementioned aspects, but especially the unfairly frustrating difficulty more than any other, have endowed this title with a staggering amount of infamy amongst both ''Transformers'' fans and general retro gaming enthusiasts alike, and as a result, it is not uncommon to see it listed amongst the worst NES / Famicom games.

===Legacy===
[[File:Q-Transformers_Mystery_of_Convoy_Returns_clean_art.jpg|thumb|left|214px|"Somehow, Mystery of Convoy has returned."]]
Despite ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s negative reputation — or, perhaps more accurately, ''because'' of it — the game has earned a small cult status of sorts. A lot of this allure is driven by the fact that, outside of two [[Commodore 64]] titles (which, being on a more "adult-oriented" computer platform, never quite reached the same popularity among younger kids), virtually no ''Transformers'' games were released for consoles in the west during the 1980s. Thus, with ''Mystery of Convoy'' being largely unknown outside of Japan up until the internet brought about knowledge of its existence to the world, many fans were fascinated by the discovery that the Japanese equivalent of the NES had received a fully-fledged ''Transformers'' videogame... until they ''actually'' played it. When the game was released on Virtual Console in 2008, TakaraTomy put out an official blog post talking about the game's legendary status and warning that "just because you're an adult now doesn't mean you'll be any better at it than you were as a kid. Please be careful to avoid being traumatized." ''Yes, really.''<ref>{{citesocial|quote=＜使用上のご注意＞大人になったからといって子供のときより上手にできるとは限りません！トラウマを重ねないよう細心の気構えをもってプレイしてごください。|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227100626/http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/gamesoft/blog/i0300/post_46.html|name=TakaraTomy|site=TakaraTomy blog|title=『トランスフォーマー・コンボイの謎』でレッツトラウマ|year=2008|month=06|day=06}}</ref> ''Mystery of Convoy'' would also be famously featured in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km9vYa2GIUI a 2009 episode] of the ''{{w|Angry Video Game Nerd}}'' web series, making it even more well-known to general audiences. (Perhaps the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTqRx-F7ZqA most famous meme to come out of the series] is, in fact, taken partly from the ''Mystery of Convoy'' episode — you can even hear the level restart jingle right at the beginning!) The game also has a tiny but dedicated speedrunning community, with the current record holder having managed the incredible feat of beating it just barely under 5 minutes.<ref>[https://www.speedrun.com/tfmoc The Transformers: Mystery of Convoy(1986) on Speedrun.com]</ref>

In 2014 TakaraTomy released ''[[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]]'', a mobile game based on ''Mystery of Convoy'', to tie in with their ''[[Q-Transformers]]'' toyline. It was accompanied by [[Q-Transformers (cartoon)|a cartoon]] in which the characters often discuss the difficulty and peculiarities of the original Famicom game.

==Notes==
[[File:Unused_sprites.jpg|thumb|214px|Just be glad that you don't have ''even more'' things that can kill you in infuriating ways.]]
* Despite his Japanese name being in the title of the game, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] only appears in-game twice. First during the start screen, when his head explodes and reassembles as the player's sprite, and later his head reappears colored gray right at the end of level 7.
** Partly as a result of this, a [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers#MysteryOfConvoy|common running misconception]] regarding the game's narrative is that it involves Optimus Prime going missing and Ultra Magnus heading out on a quest to find him, this thus being the titular "Mystery of Convoy". As we've mentioned, this is not the case: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_lHEfl5oPI the game's commercial] already declares Optimus as dead and Ultra Magnus as his successor, and eventually, this same story point would be reiterated in the game's manual. Likely, this confusion also stems from the title invoking other games with similar plots like ''[[Wikipedia:Mario is Missing!|Mario is Missing!]]'' or ''[[Wikipedia:Donkey Kong Country 2|Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', but alas, as satirized in the end of ''Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns'', the only mystery in ''Mystery of Convoy'' is why the hell the game is called that in the first place.
* There are several enemy sprites that weren't used in the final game. There was a red and orange Laserbeak that fired bullets while flying at the player, a red eyeball-spider that moved vertically and fired four diagonal bullets, and a spinning bladewheel that rapidly fired bullets at the player. The latter two were meant to only appear on boss screens. The other unused enemies didn't have routines programmed, like the unused insect enemies. Additional unused sprites resemble the Matrix and a turtle. The game's engine already used the maximum of 64 unique stage enemies, including powerups.
* The ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' story, "[[To Die Game!]]", [[retcon]]s this game as being part of a cross-dimensional game between the hyper-dimensional guardian [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Alternity|Optimus Prime]] and the equally powerful [[Megatron (G1)#Alternity|Megatron]], wherein Optimus had to choose one avatar (Ultra Magnus) to fight endless hordes of Decepticons empowered by Megatron.
* The [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] plays this game at the end of the 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' comic book's [[Robots in Disguise issue 1|first issue]].
* [[SD SG issue 2|Issue 2 of the ''SD SG'' comic]] features a mirror universe counterpart to the game, ''[[Transformers: The Super Obvious Truth of Optimus Prime]]''.
* This game uses a strobe effect popular in Japan at the time. Such effects have become controversial due to concern over people with photosensitive epilepsy, and fell out of use altogether following the infamous [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/EP038 "Electric Soldier Porygon"] incident in 1997. This effect was reduced for the Virtual Console re-release.
* Upon starting the game, a cover of the opening melody to the ''Transformers 2010'' theme plays.
* Ultra Magnus's robot mode sprite appears to be based on the original box art (or directly on the early deco on which said box art was based) with the white chestplate rather than the final blue.
* While there a no credits provided for ''Mystery of Convoy'', [[ISCO]] listed the game among several other titles they developed,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20241221105520/http://www.isco-inc.co.jp/Web_izen/game_etc.htm ISCO list of games]</ref> while [[Locomotive]] founder [[Hiroshi Okamoto]] confirmed his company (a sole proprietorship he formed with his wife prior to Locomotive) was a subcontractor on the project; it was the first game he had worked on, with Okamoto acting as producer/manager, his wife as graphic designer, and an outside part-timer responsible for programming.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIwjWSVfkWA Interview with Hiroshi Okamoto]</ref>

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170727035804/http://www.pleasesavemerobots.com/scrambledcity/moc/main.html Perhaps the most comprehensive ''Convoy no Nazo'' site online, with screencaps, hints, and .ROM files.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_lHEfl5oPI ''Convoy no Nazo'' commercial on YouTube]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jVBzq4ud2U Takara's promotional video for the game] (using an unfinished build with cheats running)
* [http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Transformers:_Convoy_no_Nazo Strategy Wiki]
* [http://archive.li/Ts6uT Game Genie codes]
* [https://legendsoflocalization.com/articles/transformers-famicom-endings/ Translations of the game's endings]
* [https://github.com/Fixatron/TFRom-Recreation Rom de-compilation and editing project]

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Venutech: Venutech uploaded a new version of "File:Unused sprites.jpg": Added unused game sprites. These required some extra digging because there wasn't any program data to address these sprite tiles. Some look like insecticons some look like the mat

''[[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Mystery of Convoy]]'' unused enemy sprites. Ripped by [[User:Venutech|Venutech]]
*The top left sprite seems to be an alternate Guardian
*The top right sprite was named "Tabara" in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jVBzq4ud2U Mystery of Convoy promotional video]
*Middle right sprite is a palette swap of Laserbeak/Condor
*Bottom right is a large Laggar that fires bullets diagonally
*Center sprite resembles a spinning firewheel that shoots bullets at the player
*No reference to the bottom left sprite

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Transformers: Mystery of Convoy

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{{videogame
|title=''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''
|image=Mystery of Convoy video game cover.png
|caption=Ignore the [[TakaraTomy#Controversy|racist logo]] in the corner!
|japanese=戦え! 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー　コンボイの謎
|romaji=Tatakae! Chō Robot Seimei Tai Transformer Convoy no Nazo
|developer=[[ISCO]]
|publisher=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]]
|date=[[December 5|5 December]] [[1986]] (Family Computer) [[June 10|10 June]] [[2008]] (Virtual Console)
|platform=Family Computer, Virtual Console
|rating=CERO: A
}}

'''''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''''' — or, per the packaging's English-translated sub-title, '''''Mystery of Comvoy''''',<ref>Yes, the English title on the package of the game is mistakenly translated as "Mystery of Co'''m'''voy". Quality!</ref> and sometimes referred to by its Japanese subtitle '''Convoy no Nazo''' — is a video game developed by [[ISCO]] and distributed by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] for the [[Nintendo]] [[Family Computer|Famicom]]. The player controls [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] in the fight against the Decepticons, taking on the mantle of leading the Autobots after the death of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].

The game was followed by ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|The Headmasters]]'', an exclusive to the {{w|Famicom Disk System}} peripheral. It would be officially re-released in 2008 on the Nintendo [[Wii]]'s {{w|Virtual Console}} service in Japan (costing 500 "Wii points", or five dollars in Human money), up until the service was sunset in 2019. A direct sequel (and simultaneous parody) of sorts would be released in 2014 with the [[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]] mobile app.

It has since become a cult title for its infamously poor critical reception and, especially, for being ''frustratingly'' hard.

==Plot==
Perhaps unsurprisingly for a 1980s action game, ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s story is pretty barebones: although it would receive a completely different — and, actually, outright contradictory — account of its events in a tie-in-manga ([[#Tie-in material|see below]]), the narrative as told only by the game itself and the short one-page prologue in its accompanying manual is fairly straightforward.

''Mystery of Convoy'' is presumably set as an alternative account to the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' (which would not be released in Japan until 1989 — three years after the game's release — although its events were first summarized to Japanese audiences through [[TV Magazine]]), filling in the gaps between the the second and third seasons of the show, the latter which had just premiered in Japan as ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)#Fight.21 Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010|Transformers 2010]]''. The story begins as Optimus Prime is gravely injured in battle and perishes, passing on the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to Ultra Magnus, who carries on the fight against the Decepticons to reclaim peace on Earth. Along his quest, Ultra Magnus faces various threats including [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]-type infantry, floating [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]]s, the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', the [[combiner]]s [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and a final battle against [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Later on, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] joins him in his quest and... does all the same things Magnus did, again.

==Gameplay==
[[Image:Convoynonazoscreen.png|left|200px|thumb|Ultra Magnus tries not to get his ass kicked by ''the first enemy''.]]
As a licensed game released four years into the lifespan of the Famicom, ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s gameplay is... let's politely call it ''unrefined''.

The game is a simple 2D platformer with the player making their way through ten levels, while under constant attack from various enemies. Killing enemies earns the player points and occasionally various power-ups such as extra defense or temporary flight. At every 20,000 points, the player is awarded with an extra life. Many of the levels are simple horizontal fields where Magnus must go from left to right until the level stops scrolling, while the various "Time Tunnel" levels are vertical, one of which is a frustrating labyrinth where escape depends on a very specific route through the level or else it will loop back in upon itself. At the end of each level is a boss which must be repeatedly shot in a small glowing weak point to be defeated. In most cases, the boss simply floats up and down on the right side of the screen while randomly firing projectiles at the player, who must navigate floating platforms to reach said weak point.

Ultra Magnus fights with a rapid-fire horizontal shooty-gun, which he can improve by grabbing the "P" power-up from certain defeated enemies, which adds a second diagonal shot. He can also transform into truck mode, which makes him fire directly upwards (he retains the second diagonal shot if he has the power-up) and makes him harder to hit, but his ability to jump is replaced with a downward-arcing forward shot (severely reducing his shot range on flat surfaces) with a very low fire rate. Naturally, this makes it a lot harder to avoid attacks, and oh boy is that a problem. Unless he's got the "B" power-up, Magnus will die from a ''single hit'' of any kind, whereas the majority of enemies require multiple hits to be destroyed.

There are also a few secrets in the game, such as special red jet enemies that appear in certain stages. If Ultra Magnus manages to kill these, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] appears and lets him skip a few levels. Another secret is the seven hidden letters that spell out "RODIMUS", which are obtained by killing specific enemies. If the player collects all seven letters by the end of the game, they are given the option of playing through the game again, this time as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]. Rodimus Prime has a new vehicle mode sprite, but his in-play robot mode is simply a recolored Ultra Magnus (which does look snazzy we admit), and the gameplay remains exactly the same as during the Magnus run.

This game is notorious for being ''extremely'' difficult to the point of frustration, thanks to sluggish, slippery controls and dodgy hit mechanics, in addition to the small size of Magnus's projectiles requiring very accurate aiming, as well as the copious amount of enemies who can kill you in one hit, ''and'' the color choices making it exceptionally difficult to discern important objects like enemy shots or even whole enemies from massive background elements like brightly colored mountains (seriously, look at the screenshot to the left), '''''and''''' there are "D" power-ups, which are easy to mistake for the others, that actually remove your other power-ups. On top of everything, there are no ''apparent'' continues; there is a hidden continue code, but you have only seconds to put it in or right back to the title screen you go. And for some extra salt, the difficulty gets cranked up with each subsequent playthrough, first by increasing the speed of enemies and projectiles, then by decreasing the player's acceleration. ''Yeah.'' This game is a pretty perfect example of "{{w|Nintendo hard}}".

Also the short looping music which rarely changes between stages will eventually break you. Enjoy!

{{--}}
===Stages===
{{Collist|5|
#[[Wasteland Zone]]
#[[Temple Ruins]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel I]]
#[[Subspace Zone]]
#[[Floating City]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel II]]
#[[Glacier Zone]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel III]]
#[[Underground Machine City]]
#[[Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel IV]]
}}

===Endings===
Surprisingly, the game features multiple endings. A bad ending of sorts occurs if the player defeats Trypticon in the final boss fight without collecting all the letters to unlock Rodimus Prime, leading to the following end screen:<ref>[https://legendsoflocalization.com/articles/transformers-famicom-endings/ Deciphering the Hybrid Language Text in Transformers — Legends of Localization]</ref>

[[Image:ConvoyNoNazo-RodimusUnlock.png|right|200px|thumb|Oh boy, I get to replay this game again but now my sprite has a different color!]]
{{bigquote|EMERGENCY ORDER
Using a new power, [[Decepticons|Destron]] has revived and become even more powerful. Retrieve Rodimus' Energon Cube and destroy Destron once more. Scramble! Ultramagnus!}}

Players are then thrown back to the first level, where they'll have to go through the entire game ''again'' to grab Rodimus' letters (presumably, the aforementioned "Rodimus Energon Cube(s)").

If players fail to grab the letters again, they'll be met with the same end screen and once more be thrown back to the beginning. If they do manage to grab all the letters, however, a new end screen will be unlocked:

{{bigquote|Magnus won the final battle. However, a new battle approaches! Go, Rodimus! Attack! Rodimuscomvoy!}}

Now playing as Rodimus, the player is rewarded with going through the entire game... Yes, ''again''.

Finally, after beating the game as Rodimus, the "real" end screen is unlocked, featuring an English-written message that simply says...

{{bigquote|CONGRATULATION!}}
Yes, an erroneously-spelled end screen is your reward for the many, many hours you've deprived of your life to reach it. Say what you will about ''{{w|Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing|Big Rigs}}'', but at least getting the "YOU'RE WINNER" screen in that game is ''not'' a torturous task.

==Characters==
{{note|This character listing is augmented by a promotional video released to hype the game. Its claims as to which established Decepticons are actually in the game as common enemies are... let's go with "dubious". Those unlikely ones are presented here in italics.}}

[[File:MysteryOfConvoySprites.png|thumb|214px|No, you see, making Rodimus' model identical to Magnus was ''essential'' to saving half a kilobyte! ''(Pictured: every sprite used in the game)'']]
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*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]
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*[[Burcane Ball]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Blitzwing]]
*[[Crack (G1)|Crack]]
*''[[Frenzy (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Frenzy]]''
*[[Ganzo]]
*[[Gau]]
*[[Gido]]
*[[Gosupu]]
*[[Hammer (MOC)|Hammer]]
*[[Heru]]
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*[[Kabusu]]
*[[Seeker (body-type)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Jetron]]
*[[Laggar]]
*[[Laserbeak (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Laserbeak]]
*[[Maara]]
*[[Marakirasu]]
*[[Pressure‎]]
*[[Rabu]]
*''[[Ramjet (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ramjet]]''
*[[Ratbat (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ratbat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
 
*''[[Ravage (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Ravage]]''
*"[[secret guardian]]"
*''[[Skywarp (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Skywarp]]''
*[[Snow Commander]]
*''[[Starscream (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Starscream]]''
*"[[strange old man]]"
*[[Tairasu]]
*''[[Thrust (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Thrust]]''
*''[[Thundercracker (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Thundercracker]]''
*[[Tosher]]
*[[Wasta]]
*[[Zaffuru]]
*[[Zunonbat]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Bosses
*[[Devilstar]]
*[[Destron Mark]]
*[[Nemesis (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Destron Boat]]
*[[Menasor (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Menasor]]
*[[Bruticus (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Bruticus]]
*[[Megatron (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Megatron]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Trypticon]]
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|nonumbering=true
}}
{{-}}

==Cheat codes==
'''''Trust us''''', you're going to want these.

{| border=1
|+Memory Address Cheat Codes
!Address
!Value
!Game Genie
!Effect
!Side Effect
|----
|0069
|3
|LATEPA
|Always have three lives
|----
|0053
|20
|AZIALA
|Indestructible
|Music restarts every time you are hit
|----
|0053
|40
|AGIALA
|Shot Power Up
|----
|0053
|60
|ATIALA
|Indestructible and Shot Power Up
|----
|0022
|00
|AAZAZA
|Indestructible (alternate)<ref>[http://www.gshi.org/?s=v2&sys=5&gid=5678 Transformers: Convoy no Nazo (J) - NES - Codes - GSHI]</ref>
|Freezes player select, intro, and prevents level transitions while active
|----
|000074
|01
|PAEAAAGY
|Play as Rodimus Prime
|----
|}

==Tie-in material==
[[File:Famicom_How-to_Manga_Cover.jpg|thumb|160px|Story sold separately.]]
{{main|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (comic)|Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)}}
The events of ''Mystery of Convoy'' were adapted into [[manga]] form by [[Ikuo Miyazoe]] in a [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (comic)|one-shot special]] published in the December 1986 issue of ''[[Comic BomBom]]''. Considering how little storytelling the game has, this often-overlooked manga can actually be considered pretty integral to contextualizing the overall events of the game... assuming one does not mind how absolutely bizarre it is in the first place. Contradicting the game's manual, Optimus Prime is still alive in this version of ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s story, and rather than Ultra Magnus, the protagonist is — no joke — [[Ultra Magnus Jr.]], the shrunken down son of Ultra Magnus (a character that, yes; exists only in this manga and hasn't been mentioned in any other ''Transformers'' media since). The game's plot occurs as he enters a "House of Mysteries" attraction in a theme park, wherein a strange power merges Magnus Jr.'s mind with that of [[Shunichi]], an accompanying human, and takes them to the "Decepticon World of Nightmares" where the actual events of the game presumably occur. As unconventional of a story as it might be, it is nonetheless loosely compatible with the game itself: whether you want to treat this or the manual's premise as the the core narrative thrust of your gameplay experience really is [[personal canon|entirely up to you]].

The game would also be backed by [[Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)|an official strategy guide]], published in ''Comic BomBom Winter Vacation Special: Family Computer Certain Victory Dojo'' Vol. 12, in January 1987.
This guide would include yet ''another'' short manga adaptation of the game's premise — albeit in a far more truncated strip format that more closely follows the premise as provided by the game's manual — from mangaka [[Akira Tanizaki]].

==Reception==
Despite the extreme difficulty, terrible controls, mediocre graphics, frustrating level design, and... really, ''everything'', it might come as a surprise that ''Mystery of Convoy'' seems to have actually been a relatively well-performing title in terms of sales: while no official figures exist, the fact that it's one of the most common loose cartridges you'll usually find in bulk lots of Famicom games (a console with an otherwise massive library, roughly double that of its international equivalent the NES) suggests that ''Mystery of Convoy'' was at least a moderate success in its home country. As mentioned, it even did well enough that Takara would follow it up with [[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|another Famicom ''Transformers'' game]] and later release it on the Wii Virtual Console.

What should not come as a surprise, however; is that the critical reception of ''Mystery of Convoy'' — both contemporary and retrospective — is nonetheless overwhelmingly negative. All of the aforementioned aspects, but especially the unfairly frustrating difficulty more than any other, have endowed this title with a staggering amount of infamy amongst both ''Transformers'' fans and general retro gaming enthusiasts alike, and as a result, it is not uncommon to see it listed amongst the worst NES / Famicom games.

===Legacy===
[[File:Q-Transformers_Mystery_of_Convoy_Returns_clean_art.jpg|thumb|left|214px|"Somehow, Mystery of Convoy has returned."]]
Despite ''Mystery of Convoy''{{'}}s negative reputation — or, perhaps more accurately, ''because'' of it — the game has earned a small cult status of sorts. A lot of this allure is driven by the fact that, outside of two [[Commodore 64]] titles (which, being on a more "adult-oriented" computer platform, never quite reached the same popularity among younger kids), virtually no ''Transformers'' games were released for consoles in the west during the 1980s. Thus, with ''Mystery of Convoy'' being largely unknown outside of Japan up until the internet brought about knowledge of its existence to the world, many fans were fascinated by the discovery that the Japanese equivalent of the NES had received a fully-fledged ''Transformers'' videogame... until they ''actually'' played it. When the game was released on Virtual Console in 2008, TakaraTomy put out an official blog post talking about the game's legendary status and warning that "just because you're an adult now doesn't mean you'll be any better at it than you were as a kid. Please be careful to avoid being traumatized." ''Yes, really.''<ref>{{citesocial|quote=＜使用上のご注意＞大人になったからといって子供のときより上手にできるとは限りません！トラウマを重ねないよう細心の気構えをもってプレイしてごください。|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227100626/http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/gamesoft/blog/i0300/post_46.html|name=TakaraTomy|site=TakaraTomy blog|title=『トランスフォーマー・コンボイの謎』でレッツトラウマ|year=2008|month=06|day=06}}</ref> ''Mystery of Convoy'' would also be famously featured in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km9vYa2GIUI a 2009 episode] of the ''{{w|Angry Video Game Nerd}}'' web series, making it even more well-known to general audiences. (Perhaps the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTqRx-F7ZqA most famous meme to come out of the series] is, in fact, taken partly from the ''Mystery of Convoy'' episode — you can even hear the level restart jingle right at the beginning!) The game also has a tiny but dedicated speedrunning community, with the current record holder having managed the incredible feat of beating it just barely under 5 minutes.<ref>[https://www.speedrun.com/tfmoc The Transformers: Mystery of Convoy(1986) on Speedrun.com]</ref>

In 2014 TakaraTomy released ''[[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]]'', a mobile game based on ''Mystery of Convoy'', to tie in with their ''[[Q-Transformers]]'' toyline. It was accompanied by [[Q-Transformers (cartoon)|a cartoon]] in which the characters often discuss the difficulty and peculiarities of the original Famicom game.

==Notes==
[[File:Unused_sprites.jpg|thumb|214px|Just be glad that you don't have ''even more'' things that can kill you in infuriating ways.]]
* Despite his Japanese name being in the title of the game, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] only appears in-game twice. First during the start screen, when his head explodes and reassembles as the player's sprite, and later his head reappears colored gray right at the end of level 7.
** Partly as a result of this, a [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers#MysteryOfConvoy|common running misconception]] regarding the game's narrative is that it involves Optimus Prime going missing and Ultra Magnus heading out on a quest to find him, this thus being the titular "Mystery of Convoy". As we've mentioned, this is not the case: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_lHEfl5oPI the game's commercial] already declares Optimus as dead and Ultra Magnus as his successor, and eventually, this same story point would be reiterated in the game's manual. Likely, this confusion also stems from the title invoking other games with similar plots like ''[[Wikipedia:Mario is Missing!|Mario is Missing!]]'' or ''[[Wikipedia:Donkey Kong Country 2|Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', but alas, as satirized in the end of ''Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns'', the only mystery in ''Mystery of Convoy'' is why the hell the game is called that in the first place.
* There are several enemy sprites that weren't used in the final game. There was a red and orange Laserbeak that fired bullets while flying at the player, a red eyeball-spider that moved vertically and fired four diagonal bullets, and a spinning bladewheel that rapidly fired bullets at the player. The latter two were meant to only appear on boss screens. The other unused enemies didn't have routines programmed, like the unused insect enemies. Additional unused sprites resemble the Matrix and a turtle.
* The ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' story, "[[To Die Game!]]", [[retcon]]s this game as being part of a cross-dimensional game between the hyper-dimensional guardian [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Alternity|Optimus Prime]] and the equally powerful [[Megatron (G1)#Alternity|Megatron]], wherein Optimus had to choose one avatar (Ultra Magnus) to fight endless hordes of Decepticons empowered by Megatron.
* The [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] plays this game at the end of the 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' comic book's [[Robots in Disguise issue 1|first issue]].
* [[SD SG issue 2|Issue 2 of the ''SD SG'' comic]] features a mirror universe counterpart to the game, ''[[Transformers: The Super Obvious Truth of Optimus Prime]]''.
* This game uses a strobe effect popular in Japan at the time. Such effects have become controversial due to concern over people with photosensitive epilepsy, and fell out of use altogether following the infamous [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/EP038 "Electric Soldier Porygon"] incident in 1997. This effect was reduced for the Virtual Console re-release.
* Upon starting the game, a cover of the opening melody to the ''Transformers 2010'' theme plays.
* Ultra Magnus's robot mode sprite appears to be based on the original box art (or directly on the early deco on which said box art was based) with the white chestplate rather than the final blue.
* While there a no credits provided for ''Mystery of Convoy'', [[ISCO]] listed the game among several other titles they developed,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20241221105520/http://www.isco-inc.co.jp/Web_izen/game_etc.htm ISCO list of games]</ref> while [[Locomotive]] founder [[Hiroshi Okamoto]] confirmed his company (a sole proprietorship he formed with his wife prior to Locomotive) was a subcontractor on the project; it was the first game he had worked on, with Okamoto acting as producer/manager, his wife as graphic designer, and an outside part-timer responsible for programming.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIwjWSVfkWA Interview with Hiroshi Okamoto]</ref>

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170727035804/http://www.pleasesavemerobots.com/scrambledcity/moc/main.html Perhaps the most comprehensive ''Convoy no Nazo'' site online, with screencaps, hints, and .ROM files.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_lHEfl5oPI ''Convoy no Nazo'' commercial on YouTube]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jVBzq4ud2U Takara's promotional video for the game] (using an unfinished build with cheats running)
* [http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Transformers:_Convoy_no_Nazo Strategy Wiki]
* [http://archive.li/Ts6uT Game Genie codes]
* [https://legendsoflocalization.com/articles/transformers-famicom-endings/ Translations of the game's endings]
* [https://github.com/Fixatron/TFRom-Recreation Rom de-compilation and editing project]

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Snow Commander

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[[File:MoC Snow Commander.jpg|thumb|250px|The rare Decepticon Snow Goomba.]]

'''Snow Commanders''' (スノーコマンダー ''Sunō Komandā'') are high-speed arctic units deployed by the [[Decepticon]]s.

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==Games==
===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
[[File:SnowCommander MoCsprite.jpg|right|thumb|200px|]]
*''Stages'': 7
*''Point value'': 400

Found within the [[Glacier Zone]], Snow Commanders zip along the frozen landscape on skis. Their small stature lets them slip under most Autobot weapons fire, and their speed makes it easy for them to close the gap and smash into their target before Autobot vehicle-mode artillery can be deployed. But since they can't turn around, a quick-footed Autobot can simply leap over them. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

==Notes==
* Despite the illustration, Snow Commanders do not actually have any shooting ability in the game.
* An unused, red Snow Commander, has its weapon routine in the game's assets, but was never used. It was to be stationary and fire a bullet directed at the player, every 60 frames. But only when the player is above this enemy. The unused enemy's index value is $2A, while the existing snow commander's value is $16

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[[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]
[[Category:Mystery of Convoy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Video game-only characters]]

Snow Commander

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[[File:MoC Snow Commander.jpg|thumb|250px|The rare Decepticon Snow Goomba.]]

'''Snow Commanders''' (スノーコマンダー ''Sunō Komandā'') are high-speed arctic units deployed by the [[Decepticon]]s.

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==Games==
===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
[[File:SnowCommander MoCsprite.jpg|right|thumb|200px|]]
*''Stages'': 7
*''Point value'': 400

Found within the [[Glacier Zone]], Snow Commanders zip along the frozen landscape on skis. Their small stature lets them slip under most Autobot weapons fire, and their speed makes it easy for them to close the gap and smash into their target before Autobot vehicle-mode artillery can be deployed. But since they can't turn around, a quick-footed Autobot can simply leap over them. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

==Notes==
* Despite the illustration, Snow Commanders do not actually have any shooting ability in the game.
* An unused, red Snow Commander, has its weapon routine in the game's assets, but was never used. It was to be stationary and fire a bullet at the player, every 60 frames. But only when the player is above this enemy. The unused enemy's index value is $2A, while the existing snow commander's value is $16

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[[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]
[[Category:Mystery of Convoy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Video game-only characters]]

Bruticus (G1)

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:''Bruticus is a [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Bruticusg1guido.jpg|upright=2.3|thumb|''They all combine and kick Superion's behind'' ''As the big, bad, battlin' Bruticus!'']]
'''Bruticus''' is the combined form of the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]] team. A terrifying sight on the battlefield, Bruticus is among the strongest of all Transformers. He can pulverize a suspension bridge with a single 14,000 psi punch. He can lift up to 500,000 pounds. His armor is impervious to most artillery and radiation.

He's also as dumb as a sack of hammers. But as far as Decepticon combiners go, [[Devastator (G1)|mental]] [[Menasor (G1)|problems]] [[Abominus (G1)|aren't terribly]] [[Dinoking|uncommon]]. In fact, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] wishes that he had an army of Bruticuses, and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] is thankful that he doesn't.

Bruticus is composed of:

*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (torso)
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (left arm)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (left leg)
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (right arm)
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (right leg)

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Roger C. Carmel]] (English), [[Yū Shimaka|Yutaka Shimaka]] (Japanese) |[[Lin Dongfu]] (Chinese), [[Edgar Wald]] (Spanish), [[Thomas Rau]] (German, "Fight or Flee", "The Burden Hardest to Bear"), [[Thomas Albus]] (German, ''Generation 2'' "Starscream's Brigade", "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Willy Schäfer]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "Fight or Flee"), [[Serge Lhorca]] (European French), [[Georges Atlas]] (European French, "Aerial Assault"), [[Marcos Miranda]] (Portuguese), [[Ayrton Cardoso]] (Portuguese, "Fight or Flee")}}

[[File:Starscreamsbrigade megatron grabbed.jpg|160px|left|thumb]]
Bruticus became active for the first time during a battle between [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]'s rogue Decepticon brigade and Megatron's forces. Anticipating [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s expected moves, he waited for his former leader to order the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] to merge into [[Devastator (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Devastator]]. Starscream then unleashed his surprise—he similarly ordered the Combaticons to form the mighty Bruticus. Though extremely low in intelligence, even by the standards of combined robots, he was also extremely powerful, easily defeating Devastator and sending the remaining Decepticons loyal to Megatron into retreat. Unfortunately, the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] arrived and formed [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], who launched an attack from behind, quickly subduing Bruticus. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

[[File:Bruticus cartoon.jpg|thumb|"Bruticus crush... Bruticus destroy human who draw Bruticus wrong!"]]
Starscream and the Combaticons were banished from [[Earth]] on an asteroid, and the group quickly had a falling-out. After Starscream left, the Combaticons attacked [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], easily defeating [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his drones. Thirsting for revenge, the Combaticons reprogrammed the [[space bridge]] to pull Earth closer to the Sun, in the hopes of destroying it and every Transformer there. The Autobots and Decepticons temporarily joined forces to retake Cybertron and prevent Earth's destruction, and with Starscream's help, they deactivated the Combaticons once they formed Bruticus through a failsafe device built into the treacherous giant's back. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron agreed that Bruticus must be destroyed, but the Decepticon leader fooled the Autobots by using Shockwave's holographic simulator to make it appear as though Bruticus was destroyed, when in reality the combiner was reprogrammed to be loyal only to Megatron. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

[[File:Revenge of bruticus 2 threratenShockwave.jpg|left|thumb|"Bruticus want be drawn proper!"]]
Soon afterwards, during Megatron's latest scheme on Earth involving the theft of fighter aircraft using Middle-Eastern criminals, the Combaticons were called into service to defend Megatron's [[Giant Purple Griffin]], a large... thing that apparently pumped oil. Or something. Struggling against the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], the Combaticons formed Bruticus, yet were still knocked over when the Autobot planes twisted a tow cable around his legs. The Decepticon combiner was finally defeated when the Aerialbots ignited the nearby oil wells, causing a massive explosion that sent Megatron, [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and Bruticus flying away. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}}

Later, Bruticus was walking down the street, minding his own business (i.e. attacking a human city) when BAM! Bruticus was destroyed in battle with [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (man, this guy can't seem to catch a break). Only Swindle survived, and he sold the remains of his comrades to various mercenaries and [[El Presidente|third-world dictator-types]], only to be forced to locate and rebuild the Combaticons by Megatron. The reformed Bruticus was then defeated when Megatron's [[orbit disruptor cannon]] was overloaded by the human-built [[B.O.T. (G1)|B.O.T.]], once again sending the Decepticon flying into the sky. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

[[File:Revenge of bruticus 16 brains.jpg|left|thumb|"See! Bruticus head not empty!"]]
For some reason, in the year 2006 the Combaticons were idly hanging around as Bruticus during the Decepticon occupation of [[Paradron]]. He served as something of a comic foil for [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], acting as straight-man while Galvatron delivered witticisms that were completely lost on the giant warrior. Also... that old line about "losing your head if you weren't attached to it"? Apparently, you can lose a foot even if it was attached, because [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] was manning a molecular cannon while Bruticus was in the control room with Galvatron. If you don't watch those feet, they just run right off on their own. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}}

During a Decepticon invasion of Japan, Bruticus was battling Defensor near a dojo. He enraged his opponent by negligently putting the humans in danger with their combat and, once [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] arrived to back up Defensor, Bruticus split into the individual Combaticons and fled. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}

Invading [[Gregory Swofford|Swofford]] and [[Mark Morgan|Morgan]]'s lab, Bruticus was the first Decepticon infected by the [[Hate Plague]]. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}
{{--}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
Bruticus and Menasor were defeated in battle with Defensor and the Aerialbots. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)|F!SRLT #13}}

=====Scramble City=====
{{voiceactor|[[Yū Shimaka]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:SCcelMenSupBrut.jpg|thumb|Et tu, Bruticus?]]
In 1986, the Autobots and their human allies worked diligently on their "Scramble City" project, a giant mobile fortress. Several Decepticons under the command of Starscream were dispatched to attack the secret construction site, but were defeated by the Aerialbots. Due to Starscream's failure to stop the Aerialbots, the Stunticons were quickly sent in, and soon in the battle formed Menasor. Menasor managed to corrupt Superion's formation by shooting one of ''his own'' limbs onto his opponent, rendering Superion vulnerable. However, he was soon stopped, and Superion regained his balance. Eventually, the Combaticons came in to help Menasor (though not willingly), forming Bruticus. The two tag-teamed against Superion, but were both stopped when [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City itself]] was brought into battle to end the conflict. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Michitaka Kobayashi]] (Japanese), [[Ryōichi Tanaka]] (Japanese, ep 13)}}

[[File:HeadOn RaidenVsBruticus.JPG|left|thumb|"Bruticus duel with light... poles."]]
Bruticus joined up with several other Decepticon combiners during a Decepticon assault on Cybertron, {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} but they were all driven away by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} When the Combaticons were sent out to stop [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] from finding the [[Matrix of Leadership]], they clashed with the Protectobots again. Both teams combined, but Defensor eventually blasted the mountain behind Bruticus, who was buried in the ensuing rockfall. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} While defending [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] against intruders, the Combaticons formed Bruticus to fight back against the incoming [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

Bruticus scuffled with Defensor yet again during a new attack on Cybertron, {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} but was defeated by a flying punch to the neck. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}} Next up, Bruticus was set with ambushing any Autobots who came to stop [[buridanka|a giant carnivorous plant]] planted by the Decepticons in [[San Francisco]]. When the [[Trainbot]]s arrived, Bruticus and [[Raiden]] did battle with energy swords. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

[[File:Hm35 Bruticus holding Computron.jpg|thumb]]
Bruticus was formed by the Combaticons as part of Sixshot's major strike on Earth. He attacked an Autobot outpost as four other outposts were being assaulted simultaneously by the other Decepticons. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

On the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], Bruticus later helped a group of Decepticons lead Fortress Maximus away from their base. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} Later, back on Earth, he stood by and laughed as [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] sank the luxury liner ''[[Queen World]]'' off the coast of Lisbon, Portugal. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} Bruticus participated in the large-scale battle with the Autobots at the North Pole, and held down [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] so [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] could kick him. When [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s energy-absorbing satellite started tearing the Earth apart, Bruticus retreated into the atmosphere to watch the results alongside the rest of the Decepticon forces. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

=====''Zone'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Yukimasa Kishino]] (Japanese)}}

Over fifteen years later, after several more Decepticon leaders had come and gone, the faction came under the rulership of the supernatural entity [[Violengiguar]]. This mysterious creature's first action was to recruit a team of [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] from Decepticon history; Bruticus was enlisted as his "Flame General" and outfitted with new armor and weaponry to make him even more powerful than before. Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], Violengiguar sent his generals forth to conquer planets. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} Bruticus was the first to encounter the [[Autobot]]s when he attacked the planet [[Feminia]]. He was defeated by the combined might of the [[Rescue Patrol Team]], [[Super Car Patrol Team]], [[Battle Patrol|Battle Patrol Team]], [[Galaxy Rocket]] and [[Moonradar (G1)|Moonradar]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 2}}

The Generals later schooled [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] in the ways of evil, making them more than formidable foes for the Powered Masters. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 7}}

Bruticus did little with the new power Violengiguar gave him; while he joined Abominus, Menasor, and Overlord on a raid for [[Energon Z]] on planet [[Micro|Zone]], he was not seen to engage in battle at any time. His comrades waded through the barrage of firepower unleashed by Zone Base, fending off attacks by the Micromasters, and tore the Energon Z power core out of the base. Bruticus then joined his comrades in escaping with their prize, which they handed off to the other generals to take to Earth as they searched for the Zodiac there. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
When the [[Cybertron Alliance]] fell apart due to the [[human]]s murdering [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s [[Kiloton|friend]], Bruticus answered Megatron's call for war. {{Storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Metroplex)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
In [[2050]], Bruticus and the Decepticons joined the revolution of the [[Selector]]s against their human masters. The [[Quintesson]]s and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s sided with the humans, and [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] attacked all while craving Angolmois Energy. In battle with a scrambled version of [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], Abominus crashed into Bruticus and Menasor and stole some of their limb components to make an even stronger version of himself. {{storylink|Abominus comic 2}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
When Superion and Defensor teamed up to take on Menasor as he was attacking a baseball stadium, Bruticus stepped in to aid his fellow Decepticon combiner. After a short skirmish, the Decepticons seemed assured a victory, until Bruticus got his legs knocked off. [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] then latched onto the stumps and blasted Bruticus away, dumping him in the Pacific Ocean, far away from Japan. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5}}

The Combaticons pursued a dog imbued with Decepticon super-science until [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] interfered. They combined into Bruticus as a unit of Autobot [[Mini Vehicle|Minibots]] came to aid Powerglide, but the dog granted the awesome energy within it to Powerglide, allowing him to [[Minibot combiner|combine with the other Autobots]] and blow Bruticus away. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 8|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #8}}

=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''=====
In the year [[2010]], Bruticus participated in a Decepticon attack on the planet Feminia, battling alongside Devastator and Menasor against their Autobot counterparts Superion, Defensor and Omega Supreme. The fight was fairly evenly matched until Galvatron called up his ace-in-the-hole, [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], whose power was unmatched by any of the Autobots... except for the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]], who essentially tied Predaking's shoelaces together until he fell over, straight into Bruticus and his chums, sending them all toppling to the ground and knocking them to bits.{{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}

=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
After tearing Superion into his component Aerialbots, the Combaticons merged into Bruticus and joined Menasor in defending [[Trypticon (G1)|Dinobase]] against incursion by the Protectobots. While his men kept the pair busy, [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] used his repair bay mode to fix up the injured Aerialbots, who then blinded the giants with their dazzling "Scramble Shot" fly-by attack. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}

=====''Zone'' comic=====
[[File:BruticusZone1.jpg|thumb|"Bruticus finally drawn right... with fire."]]
The Decepticons came under the rulership of the supernatural entity [[Violengiguar]]. This mysterious creature's first action was to recruit a team of [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] from Decepticon history; Bruticus was enlisted as his "Flame General" and outfitted with new armor and weaponry to make him even more powerful than before. Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], Violengiguar sent his generals forth to conquer planets. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} Bruticus was the first to encounter the [[Autobot]]s when he attacked the planet [[Feminia]]. He was defeated by the combined might of the [[Rescue Patrol Team]], [[Super Car Patrol Team]], [[Battle Patrol|Battle Patrol Team]], [[Galaxy Rocket]] and [[Moonradar (G1)|Moonradar]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 2}}

The Generals later schooled [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] in the ways of evil, making them more than formidable foes for the Powered Masters. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 7}}

The [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] united to attack planet Feminia, destroying it utterly. Violengiguar next charged his Generals with collecting [[Energon Z]] and the all-powerful [[Zodiac]], which he intended to use to fuel his conquest. Bruticus, together with [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]], [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], and [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], attacked planet Zone; striking quickly, they stole the Energon Z before the local [[Micromaster]] teams could even muster a defense. As they gloated over their success, the tiny Autobots transformed [[Zone Base]] to try and mount a counterattack, and the generals fled with their prize. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone}}
{{--}}

====''The Animated Movie''====
[[File:TAM TPB Gestalt Fight.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
During the [[Battle of Autobot City]] in 2005, Bruticus and Menasor staged an attack on [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]], occupying the attentions of Omega Supreme, Superion, and Defensor and preventing them from coming to the aid of their comrades in the besieged city. {{storylink|Transformers: The Animated Movie|The Animated Movie trade paperback}}
{{--}}

====''Wings Universe''====
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[[File:ComingStorm5-Bruticus.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|awww tell us how you REALLY feel]]

Combination technology was something the [[Decepticon Warlord]] [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]] had long tinkered with, since the days of his fortress in [[Gygax]]. Although his early experiments were discontinued thanks to the [[Elite Guard|Autobot Elite Guard]], he remained interested in the idea, and eventually found the perfect means to implement it. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 36|Bruticus's profile in Club magazine #36}}

When the Combaticons were swayed to joining forces with Deathsaurus they received various upgrades. They demonstrated the most potent of these upgrades when they were surrounded by their former comrades in the Elite Guard and combined into Bruticus. The combiner then proceeded to crush their former commanding officer Sentinel Major with one mighty hand. This prompted the other Elite Guardsmen to attack in search of vengeance. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 5}}

Tragically for the Guard, Bruticus proved to be virtually unstoppable and easily wiped out several of the Elite Guard teams before [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]]'s Strike Team arrived. Despite the heroic efforts of [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]] and [[Over-Run (G1)|Over-Run]], Bruticus quickly slew them before [[Dion (G1)|Dion]] managed to blind the mighty combiner and force him to separate. This forced the Combaticons to retreat, but not before killing Metalhawk as well. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 6}}

The Combaticons underwent repairs at Deathsaurus's base, but shocked to learn that the repairs included a remote activation for their combination into Bruticus. The combiner, confused and still blinded from his battle, lashed out at the Constructicons repairing him, and they were forced to use the override they'd fitted to stop the giant in his tracks. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 1}} {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 2}} During the battle to defend the base against the Elite Guard, the Combaticons again attempted to form Bruticus, only to be promptly blasted. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 3}}
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===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
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[[File:Bruticus-ukcard.jpg|upright=0.95|thumb|"Where Bruticus helmet go?"]]
''In a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-induced vision, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] saw the future, where Autobot and Decepticon [[Special Teams]] battled over the [[Pullen Power Plant]]. One such team was the Combaticons, who merged into the massive warrior, Bruticus. Unfortunately for the Autobots, [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] managed to tap into this induced dream, allowing the Decepticons to see the same possibilities the Autobots did.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}} {{storylink|The Special Teams Have Arrived}}

[[File:G1 Child'sPlay Defensor.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.7|"Bruticus DESTROY hobo's home!"]]
Megatron and the Combaticons invaded [[Energy Futures Industries]] with the intent of stealing the powerful [[hydrothermocline]]. Confronted by Optimus Prime and the Protectobots, Megatron attempted to prove the superiority of his forces by ordering them to combine into... Bruticus! His gloating was cut short, however, when the Protectobots demonstrated the equally impressive ability to combine into... [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]! Fortunately for all sides, the fleshling [[Ethan Zachary]] arrived with a solution that didn't involve Bruticus and Defensor going at it until the entire complex (and the hydrothermocline) was annihilated. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}} ''These events were observed by the [[time travel]]ling [[Dicet Alpha-zero]].'' {{storylink|The Quest!}}

The Combaticons formed Bruticus in a northern [[California]] railyard to battle the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], who subsequently formed [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. The two soon battled to a standstill, as Bruticus's sonic stun gun proved no match for Defensor's force field, but the Decepticon eventually managed to topple his foe by smacking him around with an ''entire train''. Bruticus then noticed [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], who claimed to have left the [[Autobot]]s, and seemingly killed [[Sammy Wainwright|a child]] to prove it. Bruticus was so impressed that he didn't notice Blaster toppling a power line on him, blasting him into his component parts. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}}
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===The Special Teams===
Upon the Combaticons’ creation, Bruticus was imbued with Starscream's violent, criminal personality. When the Combaticons encountered Menasor and Defensor battling one another after being sent to the [[Pullen Power Plant]], Onslaught ordered to rest of his team to merge with him to form Bruticus. Bruticus was then urged by Menasor to aid him in taking down Defensor before the Aerialbots got a chance to merge into their combined formed as well. The opening was lost as the Aerialbots combined immediately, and stood next to Defensor, ready to take on their opponents. Bruticus took on Defensor while Menasor squared off against Superion. Bruticus was defeated by Defensor when he become momentarily distracted by Menasor mid-battle. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}

===Toy pack-in material===
Bruticus participated in a tumultuous battle on a moon base. He and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] shot at [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] as they entered the conflict. {{storylink|Decipher the Decepticon}}

===St. Michael ''The Transformers'' Sticker Book===
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The Combaticons, and by extension Bruticus, were part of the crew of Decepticons serving under Galvatron near the planet Barrenikon when they shot down a ship captained by Ultra Magnus. The Combaticons only merged once in one possible scenario that followed, where they found [[you]] stuck in a quicksand hole in a swamp. Bruticus took you to the Decepticon ship as his prisoner. Though you tried to start a conversation with him to pass the time, Bruticus remained silent the entire journey to the ship's hold. {{storylink|The Transformers Sticker Book (St. Michael)|The Transformers Sticker Book}}

===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
[[File:Bruticus-Wolves.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.0|Attack ''of'' titan.]]
Bruticus was created in [[1939]] as part of a plot by [[Destro]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] to overthrow their [[Cobra Commander|respective]] [[Megatron (G1)|leaders]]. A fusion of human and Cybertronian technology, Bruticus had no mind of his own, and was made only to follow his creators' orders. {{storylink|Wolves}} Later, when the combined forces of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and the Autobots were moving against [[Cobra]], Destro betrayed Starscream and activated Bruticus, ordering him to destroy everyone. Screaming that he hated everything and that he only wanted to "sleep again", Bruticus went on a wild rampage and caused an avalanche. As the giant swept aside any Autobot resistance, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] deduced that Bruticus was an artificial creation and wasn't really "alive" like the other Transformers. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] saw only one way to stop him—destroying the [[Matrix of Leadership]] that was connected to the lifeforce of all Transformers. On Prime's orders, [[Snake-Eyes]] let Bruticus smash the Matrix, causing a flash of light that destroyed the raging giant. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:BlackSunshine Bruticusdamaged.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Bruticus suntan lotion no work!"]]
Mighty Bruticus created from members of [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. But then [[Optimus Prime (G1)|truckbot]] and [[Megatron (G1)|bossbot]] go away, thought killed, though not by Bruticus. Robots make [[Crisis Intervention Accord|deal]] which make Combaticons not work together. Bruticus not like deal, but components agree, forcing Bruticus to go to sleep... {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}} {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}}

[[Starscream (G1)|Starbot]] later take components to [[Earth|fleshie world]]. Bruticus defeat puny Autobots, make Starbot compliment, Bruticus happy. But Starbot call Bruticus stupid for letting other bots get away, make Bruticus sad. Bruticus attack [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]], but Autobots blow up base. Starbot angry at Bruticus again because Starbot wanted base in one piece. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} Starbot yell at Bruticus, but not Bruticus fault. Soon, Bruticus components damaged in battle by [[Sunstorm (G1)|Burning bot]], Starbot order components to form mighty Bruticus! Bruticus try to smash Burning bot, but Burning bot too fast. ARGH! Bruticus head blown up by [[Mini Vehicle|Little Bot]] [[Orion|spaceship]]! Bruticus go to sleep... {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}

[[File:RouteofAllEvil Bruticus.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"Give purse to BRUTICUS!"]]
Later, components training by fighting [[Sky Lynx (G1)|egobot]] when [[Predaking (G1)|strangebot]] interrupt. Components recognize danger, and form Mighty Bruticus! Strangebot attack Bruticus! Bruticus ANGRY! Bruticus try to stop strangebot guns, but strangebot use foot-gun to hurt Bruticus!

Coward Starbot fly away like coward. Strangebot, open wings like birdbot and chase, but Bruticus stop birdbot. Bruticus want birdbot to DIE! No! Stupid gun, broken! Birdbot hurt Bruticus again, and Bruticus go to sleep... {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

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===''The Beast Within''===
The Combaticons merged to form Bruticus in order to fight [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]] during a particularly violent battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons. He didn't last too long against the Dinobot gestalt. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===''Mystery of Convoy''===
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====''Mystery of Convoy'' strategy guide manga====
Though Bruticus tried to sneak up on Ultra Magnus to blast him with his shoulder beam, the Autobot evaded his blast. Ultra Magnus then managed to hit Bruticus's forehead upon returning fire. Having received a blow to his weak spot, Bruticus was defeated. {{storylink|Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)#Stage 7: Watch Out for Bruticus's Shoulder Beam!|Watch Out for Bruticus's Shoulder Beam!}}

====''Alternity''====
Bruticus, amongst others, was empowered by a higher-dimensional [[Megatron (G1)#Alternity|Megatron]] in order to be pitted against a higher-dimensional [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|Optimus Prime]]'s [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|avatar]] in a cross-dimensional "game full of death and suffering". {{storylink|To Die Game!}}
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 1}} {{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}}

===''Kre-O'' online comic===
The Combaticons attacked the Autobots in the form of Bruticus, only to halt the assault because [[Vortex (G1)#Kre-O|Vortex]] didn't want to be there, he wanted to be home and guard the Decepticon base. In order to make him happy again, the other three Combaticons separated and went home with him. {{storylink|New Military Unit Combaticon! Bruticus, Combine!}} Bruticus later helped [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] put the finishing touch on [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]]'s new solar power tower, only to drop the ball and wreck the tower instead. {{storylink|Megatron's Ambition!? The Solar Tower Is Built!}} When the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] tried to capture Swindle, he combined with his buddies to form Bruticus, only for the giant to be promptly defeated by the Protectobots' own combined form, [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{storylink|Bad at Fighting? Rescue Team Protectobots, Dispatch!}}

At some point, Bruticus, Devastator and [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] attacked [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and were faced with [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. Making use of [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]'s fear of heights, the three scared Superion by throwing him into the air, but were defeated after the Autobot combiner re-combined onto the ground and rolled into their legs. {{storylink|Kre-O Micro-Changers Combiners comic}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
The Combaticons cast aside their [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] disguises and merged into Bruticus to join in the attack on the [[United Nations]]. He clashed with both Joes and [[GIJONIN]], using the helicopter blades on his arm to mow down the ninjas. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The Line Between Us|''Till All Are One'' #3]]}}

[[File:TheLineBetweenUs Bruticus rampage.jpg|thumb|The [[Combiner Wars (event)|war's]] over, but better late than never.|left|upright=1.5]]
Bruticus was formed when Onslaught needed to search through the mind of a brain-dead Swindle for damaging information on [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]. After getting the [[Enigma of Combination]] from [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], the Combaticons merged into the gestalt but were unable to properly form a combined mind due to Swindle. The combiner almost mindlessly rampaged throughout Iacon, constantly muttering that everything must burn. Vortex reveled in the power that they wielded as Bruticus, Brawl was wallowing in pain after feeling Swindle's death, Blast Off struggled to keep them all together, and Onslaught dug through Swindle's memories. As Bruticus rampaged, [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] and his security forces were called in put him down, while [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] tried to reason with Bruticus to coax out the information they had on Starscream. Bruticus promptly backhanded Windblade out of the sky and when he was about to blast Chromia, Ironhide shot a rocket at his head, blowing it to pieces and sending the Combaticons back to their components. {{storylink|The Line Between Us}}

Later, when the [[Mistress of Flame]] wanted [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] released to Camien custody, she suggested Swindle or [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] could be handed over instead to face justice for their crimes. Wanting to keep Menasor and Bruticus on his side, Starscream opted to release Chromia. {{storylink|Heavy}} To bring Bruticus under control, Starscream had the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Eukarian]] [[Mnemosurgery|mnemosurgeon]] [[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]] try to manipulate the Combaticons' minds so that Bruticus would be loyal only to him. Because the Combaticons minds had imprinted on each other during their combination, Airachnid found them more susceptible to the process, and thus had them believe that they had always been working for Starscream, using the inside man Blast Off to cover any holes in the story. As a result, the Combaticons came to believe that their forming of Bruticus had been a last-ditch attempt to save Swindle's life with Starscream's approval. {{storylink|The Price of You}}
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===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] created Bruticus. {{storylink|Shockwave (G1)/toys#CombinerWars|Combiner Wars Shockwave toy bio}}

===''Win If You Dare''===
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===''Transformers/Ghostbusters''===
Bruticus was among the many Decepticons who unsuccessfully tried to defend Cybertron from [[Gozer]]. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 2}}

===Energon Universe===
[[File:TF2023 no. 16 - BruticusVsDevastator.jpg|right|300px|thumb]]
After a failed attempt at merging during a battle aboard the downed ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 9|Transformers #9}} the Combaticons, after being recruited by Starscream, were finally able to form Bruticus during a battle against Soundwave's team of Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 15|Transformers #15}} Not to be outdone, Soundwave ordered the Constructicons to to merge into [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. The titanic warriors fought as their respective leaders tussled below, all watched from a distance by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Autobot]]s. In a spurt of rage, Prime fired on the Decepticons with his [[fusion cannon]], causing the dam they were fighting on to collapse. Bruticus and Devastator continued their battle even as they were pushed on by the raging river. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 16|Transformers #16}}

Eventually arriving in [[Seattle]], the Decepticons' civil war continued, with Bruticus getting the top of the Space Needle thrown at them by Devastator and receiving an uppercut for good measure. The city itself suffered catastrophic damage during the fight as the Autobots rushed to save as many humans as they could from being crushed underfoot by the grappling giants. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 17|Transformers #17}} Bruticus broke off the fight with Devastator to rescue the downed Starscream, but this distraction allowed Devastator to RKO Bruticus off a skyscraper and into the pavement. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 18|Transformers #18}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[File:TF-G1-Commercial-Combaticon-Bruticus.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb]]
* The Combaticons formed Bruticus in order to take on [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. As his opponent changed into robot mode, Bruticus took to the skies to better avoid the citybot's weapons-fire. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Bruticus and Metroplex|Bruticus and Metroplex commercial}}
* Bruticus battled [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] in the suburbs while a small boy cheered on the Autobot. A particularly powerful blow from his opponent knocked Bruticus's arms off, but they quickly reattached themselves to that the duel could continue. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 2#Aerialbots and Combaticons|Generation 2 Aerialbots and Combaticons commercial}}
* During a massive battle between Kreons, the Combaticons combined into Bruticus. He and [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] then proceeded to send the Autobots fleeing for their tiny lives. {{storylink|Commercial#Kre-O|KRE-O Transformers Micro Changers and Combiners Construction Sets commercial}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
*''Stage'': 7
*''Point value'': 20000
*''Hit points'': 5
Bruticus guards the exit from the [[Glacier Zone]], floating in a dark void with three hovering platforms, and launching fireballs aimed at Autobot positions. His armor makes him invulnerable, save for a conveniently glowing weak spot on his forehead. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

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===''Transformers: The Headmasters''===
When the Decepticons captured some of the Autobots' greatest warriors, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and Bruticus stood guard over [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] on Cybertron. They were defeated and their prisoners were rescued by [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and the other freed Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|Transformers: The Headmasters}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Bruticus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
Bruticus participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. He was a Super Rare combiner that could be recruited to a team if all of his components were at max level. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[file:BruticusEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Bruticus, Fanmode ACTIVATE!]]

To gain another Combiner, Megatron and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] enlisted the Combaticons, despite some of their complaints. When Bruticus first successfully formed, he boasted that he beat anyone. Starscream sent him out to battle [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] just so he could soften him up for the other 'cons to finish the job. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}

*'''Class''': Combiner
*'''Lowest Star ratings''': 3 Star
*'''Weapons''': Bruticus usually smashes things with his Fists and feet. He sometimes shoots small laser blasts out of his knuckles.
*'''Abilities:''':
**'''Earth Shatter''': Smash into the earth sending a shockwave of damage in a line towards the target area! Deals 600% more damage to Walls!
**'''Frantic Rage''': Gain 30% movement speed, 30% damage reduction, and close range Splash radius, and attack with +50% more damage for the next 10 seconds!
**'''Shockfire Missiles''' (4 star): Fire 4 rockets dealing a large amount of damage and disabling all defenses around the blast radius!

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:bruticus Bruticus at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Bruticus was a monstrous warrior who sacrificed his components’ brainpower for extra brawn. {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}} [[Termagax]] identified Bruticus as an example of a dysfunctional combiner, noting that he possessed none of the tactical acumen of his individual components. {{storylink|The Enigma of Combination}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}
[[File:Bruticus toy.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|"Rargh... many transform Bruticus wrong... and blame Bruticus design..."]]
*'''Bruticus''' (Multi-pack, [[1986]], [[1991]], [[2009]])
**''Takara ID number:'' '''D-69'''

:''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Bruticus is formed from all five Combaticon toys. The four smaller Combaticons attach via sockets in Onslaught's shoulders and the bottom of his feet. Fists and feet pads attach onto the four limbs, and Bruticus is completed with a large chest plate and a helmet covering Onslaught's head. He wields Onslaught's [[sonic stun-gun]] in battle. The gun can also be stored on his backpack using two rectangular pegs which hold the gun in place via its targeting sight. As with all [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1986 (Scramble City and Transformers 2010)|Scramble City]]-style [[combiner]] teams, his limbs can be rearranged into any slot of one's choosing.

:The package art of Bruticus has the leg formed by Brawl face forward. Having him face backward like his in-show (look at the right picture) doesn't affect the stability of the gestalt.

:Along with Metroplex, Menasor, Defensor, and Superion, Bruticus was designed for an aborted ''[[Diaclone]]'' subline that would have been called ''[[Diaclone#Jizai Gattai|Jizai Gattai]]'' (自在合体 "Limitless Combination"), which was shelved to make way for the ''Transformers'' line.

:In most markets, only the individual Combaticons were released, with the [[giftset]] only made available in Japan and Italy. The Italian box layout was based very closely on the standard Hasbro combiner giftsets at that time, down to the inclusion of a Hasbro product code number; but unlike the other [[GiG]] combiner giftsets, "Multiforce" lacked the Hasbro logo on the front of the box, and the individual components sported Takara numbers from D-64 to D-68 before their names.

:The individual Combaticons were re-released in various European markets as part of the "[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]" line in 1991, and a Bruticus giftset was reissued by [[TakaraTomy]] in Japan in 2009.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Bruticus/bruticus.htm More information on Bruticus at TFU.info]''
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===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2-toy Bruticus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Fruit Chewticus]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''[[Onslaught (G1)#Generation 2|Onslaught]]''' (Combaticon, [[1994]])}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''[[Blast Off (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Blast Off]]''' (Combaticon, 1994)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''[[Brawl (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Brawl]]''' (Combaticon, 1994)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''[[Swindle (G1)#Generation 2|Swindle]]''' (Combaticon, 1994)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''[[Vortex (G1)#Generation 2|Vortex]]''' (Combaticon, 1994)}}</ul>

: Released in the second year of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'', the Combaticons were redecoed (minus any customer-applied stickers) and re-released, but only sold as individuals. Functionally, he is nearly identical to the original toy, other than being slightly enhanced by a hand-held spring-loaded missile launcher (the same launcher that came with [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Jazz]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Sideswipe]] the previous year) and a post-hole in Onslaught's cannon-backpack which allows the launcher to be stored there. All of the toys are all-plastic versions, no die-cast metal at all.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1994/Decepticon/Bruticus/bruticus.htm More information on ''Generation 2'' Bruticus at TFU.info]''
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[[File:G2toy-BruticusAmazon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"You all laugh when Bruticus wear these colors before. WHO'S LAUGHING NOW!?"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''Bruticus''' (Multi-pack, [[2012]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Multi-part "Sonic Cannon"
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Franks]] (deco artist)}}

: This version of Bruticus comes as a gift set, [[exclusive]] to [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] and [[BigBadToyStore]]. Packaged in a ''Generation 2''-styled box complete with hand-painted character art, it contains [[redeco]]es of all five ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]] [[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' [[Combaticon (WFC)|Combaticons]] in their Generation 1 doppelgangers' ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' colors, complete with ''Generation 2'' Decepticon insignia. While Onslaught forms the torso, the remaining team members can serve as any of the four limbs, though the official configuration has Vortex as the left arm, Blast Off as the right arm, Brawl as the left leg, and Swindle as the right leg. The individual weapons the Combaticons have can be combined into a "Sonic Cannon" for Bruticus to wield via [[5 mm post]].

: Like the original releases of the mold, this Bruticus also possessed some balance issues. This is mostly caused by having all of the Combaticons being Deluxes, Onslaught included. Although the 4 limb Combaticons can assume either an arm or foot position, certain members fare very poorly in certain modes, such as Brawl as an arm or Blast Off as a leg, which creates further balancing problems for Bruticus.

: Preorders for the set began on [[July 6]] of 2012 via Amazon (BigBadToyStore would not put up theirs until much later), and the final product was shipped out in early/mid-November. This may be considered a tie-in to Amazon's preorder bonus for the ''Fall of Cybertron'' game: a "''Generation 2''"-themed skin for Bruticus. This set was also available at normal retail in Australia.

: These molds were [[retool]]ed into ''Fall of Cybertron'' [[Ruination (FOC)#Toys|Ruination]].
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Universe-ROTF-toy BruticusMaximus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Why Bruticus no have hands?"]]
*'''Bruticus Maximus''' ([[2008]])
**''Series:'' '''G1 Series'''

:''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Bruticus, now named "Bruticus Maximus" (presumably for [[trademark]] reasons), is a redeco of the [[Destruction Team]]/[[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]] combiner from ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]''. While [[Brawl (G1)#Universe (2008)|Brawl]] and [[Vortex (G1)#Universe (2008)|Vortex]] retain their previous modes of tank and helicopter respectively, [[Blast Off (G1)#Universe (2008)|Blast Off]] is now the combiner's second tank, and [[Swindle (G1)#Universe (2008)|Swindle]] a sand-colored helicopter. As a redeco of an ''Energon'' combiner, Bruticus Maximus feature universal connection points for the limbs, allowing many different combinations and even swapping of limbs from different ''Energon'' Combiner teams.

[[File:Tf universe 25th bruticus a.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb]]
:Like [[Superion (G1)#Universe (2008)|Superion]], Bruticus Maximus, despite being initially intended as a ''Universe'' [[Target]] [[exclusive]], was only released in ''Universe'' packaging in some non-American markets such as Australia and Singapore. Instead, Target stores (and Zellers stores in Canada) received an unchanged version of the toy in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' packaging, still named [[Bruticus Maximus (ROTF)|Bruticus Maximus]], with all the individual components retaining their names as well.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TargetBruticusMaximus/bruticusmaximus.htm More information on Bruticus Maximus at TFU.info]''
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===''Encore''===
[[File:BruticusG1-Encore.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Bruticus''' ([[2009]])
**''ID number'': '''16'''

:In 2009, the Generation 1 set was reissued under the ''[[Transformers Encore]]'' line, using the [[retool]]ed molds from the first ''Robots in Disguise'' release with Onslaught's launcher mechanism from his original Japanese release.
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===''United''===
[[File:United Bruticus Maximus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Bruticus Maximus''' (Multi-pack, [[November 7]], 2012)

:Released exclusively in Hasbro's Asian markets, this redeco of the ''Energon'' Bruticus Maximus set has colours similar to the previous ''Universe''/''Revenge of the Fallen'' release, but with a much greater emphasis on G1-accuracy. Additionally, the hand/feet/weapons previously cast in translucent coloured plastic are now opaque grey.

:While unconfirmed, it seems likely that this release was conceived to satisfy then-high collector demand for the original ''Universe'' Bruticus Maximus set, a result of the unofficial Explorer and Munitioner upgrade kits released for the figure by "[[IP theft|third party]]" company FansProject. Of course, as unlicensed product, the kits were not acknowledged in any official marketing material for the re-released toy.
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy Bruticus.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Bruticus feel.... Tiny?]]
*'''Decepticon Bruticus''' (Micro-Changer Combiner, 2013)
**''Set number'': '''A2225'''
{{toydesigner|[[Ed Masiello]] (Hasbro)}}

:One of the first ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Micro-Changer]] combiner sets, Bruticus includes four [[Kreon]]s: [[Onslaught (G1)#Kre-O|Onslaught]], [[Brawl (G1)#Kre-O|Brawl]], [[Vortex (G1)#Kre-O|Vortex]], and [[Swindle (G1)#Kre-O|Swindle]]. These four component Kreons can be rebuilt into their alternate modes or taken apart and combined into Bruticus.

:Like all Micro Changer combiner sets, Bruticus comes with only ''one'' Kre-O display brick, and a sticker sheet composed of his leg, arm and right shoulder details and a ''Kre-O'' logo. Due to the limb stickers being slightly transparent, applying them into the black-colored leg parts could render the details being semi-transparent. The instructions also did not mention where you should put the ''Kre-O'' logo sticker. Also, Bruticus's combined mode's waist part is somehow prone to falling off from the assembly while posing, and he has a problem standing straight due to how the legs are constructed.

:Despite Blast Off's exclusion from the set, he was later released in the first wave of blind bag figures and, with enough creativity, can be combined into Bruticus.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-OBruticus/bruticus.htm More information on Bruticus at TFU.info]''

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*'''Combiner Robot Mega Pack''' (3-pack, 2016)
**''Set number'': '''???'''
**''Pieces'': '''245'''

:3 years later, the 3 Micro-Changer combiners, Superion, Bruticus, and Menasor were reissued and released as a 3-pack. The toys were unchanged from their individual releases.

===''Combiner Wars''===
[[File:CWBruticus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|OH [[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|SWEET]] [[Bruticus (WFC)#Generations|MERCIFUL]] DAY!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''[[Onslaught (G1)#Combiner Wars|Onslaught]]''' (Voyager Class, [[2016]])}}
{{Bp-d1|'''[[Blast Off (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Decepticon Blast Off]]''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)}}
:{{Bp-d1|'''[[Blast Off (G1)/toys#PWTSE|Decepticon Blast Off]]''' (Special Edition, 2018)}}
{{Bp-d1|'''[[Brawl (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Brawl]]''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)}}
{{Bp-d1|'''[[Swindle (G1)#Combiner Wars|Swindle]]''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)}}
{{Bp-d1|'''[[Vortex (G1)#Combiner Wars|Decepticon Vortex]]''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)}}
{{Bp-d1|'''[[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Decepticon Shockwave]]''' (Legends Class, 2016)}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Bruticus is formed from all five Combaticon figures and [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Shockwave]]. Designed in the "Scramble City" style, all four Deluxe Combaticons can each become either an arm or a leg, and come with double-barrelled guns that can transform into either a foot or a fist to complete the limb. The stock photography shows Blast Off and Vortex as arms and Swindle and Brawl as legs. Shockwave transforms into the combiner robot's handheld weapon, but his overall weight makes it largely impossible for him to be held by any combiner in a firing pose without falling over or pulling the arm down. Even worse, as Onslaught is retooled from [[Hot Spot (G1)#Combiner Wars|Hot Spot]], Bruticus retains [[Defensor (G1)#Generations|Defensor]]'s forward-lean problem. Unlike Defensor however, the leaning problem can be resolved by turning Bruticus's thighs inward, forcing the pelvis armor to push against Onslaught's knees and correcting his posture, although this will force Bruticus into a strange A-legged stance.

:A promotional CGI render of the combined mode has Bruticus slightly mistransformed, having Blast Off's legs facing knees forward in his arm mode, which would leave Bruticus' left arm without a double elbow. Though difficult, it is ''possible'' to arrange Vortex's rotors in a shield-like position.

:Like [[Defensor (G1)#Generations|Defensor]] before him, all four limbs were released in the same wave, making it much easier to complete a set. He is also the first "classic" combiner in the ''Combiner Wars'' series to not have a "replacement" member. However, Blast Off was relegated to a simple redeco of [[Slingshot (G1)#Combiner Wars|Quickslinger]], leaving him with a different alt-mode (a jet instead of a space shuttle) and an inaccurate head. In 2018 Hasbro released a redeco of the Unite Warriors version of Blast Off ([[Bruticus (G1)#Unite Warriors|see below]]) as a more accurate replacement.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/CWBruticus/bruticus.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' Bruticus at TFU.info]''

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[[File:CW-toy Bruticus G2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|TASTE THE RAINBOW. TASTE IT!!!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Bruticus''' (Collection Pack, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Weapons/combiner extremities, Onslaught's two guns, Blast Off's gun, Vortex's gun, Brawl's barrel rifle, Swindle's gun

: The whole <s>metamorphin' Dudicus</s> big, bad, battlin' Bruticus team was redecoed in their ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' colors (though [[Onslaught (G1)#CWG2|Onslaught]]'s black portions are now a super-dark brown), packed with a sorta-generically ''Generation 2''-esque, vaguely-[[Action Master]]-version-ish deco'd version of [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Shockwave]]. However, despite being (broadly) accurate in their base colors, all of the Combaticons have Generation 1 insignias, while Shockwave comes with the movie version of the Decepticon faction symbol.

: There is no ''Generation 2''-colored version of the Space Shuttle Blast Off toy, sorry. You only get the jet.

: Weirdly, the ''backs'' of the antennae on Bruticus's head are painted silver, rather than the front where they'd be far more noticeable/make any amount of sense. On the other hand, the original ''Generation 2'' Bruticus had unpainted antennae, so hey.

: This version of the combiner was only sold as a complete team in a big box set, which also included a poster and a collector card based on the packaging art. This set was sold "exclusively" through multiple online outlets, though it eventually found its way to closeout retailers like TJ Maxx and Ross the following holiday season for well below its original price, alongside more or less all of the other "Collection Pack" semi-exclusives in the line.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/CWG2Bruticus/bruticus.htm More information on Generation 2 ''Combiner Wars'' Bruticus at TFU.info]''
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===''Unite Warriors''===
[[File:TF-UW07-Bruticus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|So cartoon accurate his chest is based on what some people would call an animation error!]]
*'''Bruticus''' (giftset, [[June 25]], [[2016]])
**''ID number:'' '''UW-07'''
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:The Japanese ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' release of [[#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Bruticus]] comes in a much more cartoon-accurate color scheme, with a recolored chest plate, and color matching hand/foot/gun pieces for [[Swindle (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Swindle]] and [[Brawl (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Brawl]]. He has a completely new mold in the form of [[Blast Off (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Blast Off]] as a space shuttle, rather than the recolored jet mold of his Hasbro release. [[Vortex (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Vortex]] also includes the more cartoon-accurate four-bladed rotor blades as opposed to the two-bladed rotors his Hasbro version carried over from the Alpha Bravo mold. Shockwave is not included with this release, as the ''Unite Warriors'' line does not utilize Legends Class molds, though you could pair Bruticus with the cycloptic scientist's [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Legends|''Legends'' release]] if you wish.

:The giftset included a [[collector coin]] when purchased from select retailers outside Japan.
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===''Age of the Primes''===
[[File:TF-AOTP-Bruticus-Prelim.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
*'''Bruticus''' ([[2025]]/[[2026]])
**'''1 of 5: [[Vortex (G1)#Age of the Primes|Combaticon Vortex]]'''
:With the reveal of Vortex at the New York Toy Fair 2025, confirmation of a new Bruticus in the [[Transformers: Age of the Primes|''Age of the Primes'']] toyline naturally followed. Teased on the side of Vortex's packaging, Bruticus is a cartoon accurate figure and will presumably utilize the frame combiner system devised by ''Legacy'' [[Menasor (G1)#Legacy|Menasor]] and later used for ''Age of the Primes'' [[Superion (G1)#Age of the Primes|Superion]], with the limb bots attaching to a skeletal Bruticus formed by [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]].

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{{comingsoontoy| Everyone but Vortex}}
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==Merchandise==
===''Transformers Character Card''===
[[File:Transformers Character Card Bruticus and Defensor.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|]]
*'''Guardian & Bruticus Set''' ([[December]], [[2023]])
**''ID number:'' '''71 & 72'''

:Released as part of the tenth wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of "[[Defensor (G1)|Guardian]]" (with his components [[Blades (G1)|Blades]], [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]], [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], [[Groove (G1)|Groove]], and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]) and Bruticus (with ''his'' components [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]], [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]) along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#72|Translation of Bruticus's Transformers Character Card]]''

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==Notes==
[[File:G1-Combaticon-early-patent-sketches.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
[[File:EuroClassicsBruticus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|First person to insert a "Don't shoot the caption" gag gets summarily banned.]]

* Much like the individual Combaticons who form him, Bruticus's [[character model]] has a couple of oddities, due to the majority of it being based on unfinished, vague toy design sketches (at right) instead of actual toy references.
** Bruticus's chest plate is drawn to look like it is formed from parts of [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]—mainly his wings, but the central portion of the chestplate is drawn to look like his shuttle cockpit hull, with the orientation of its details reversed. Certain detailed combination sequences, seen in "[[Aerial Assault]]," "[[The Revenge of Bruticus]]", and "[[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]", actually show Blast Off's wings disconnecting and moving into place as the chestplate, but these sequences also misinterpret some of Bruticus's details, and wind up depicting the two wheels at the base of the chestplate, which are supposed to be part of Onslaught's torso, as being connected to the plate and hence part of Blast Off.
** While Bruticus' toy has wheels on the back of its thighs, his cartoon model only depicts this detail on his ''left'' thigh, almost certainly a product of his rear-view character model being designed without the toy for reference, like multiple other season 2 characters—not that it matters much in practise, as the odd detail is almost consistently omitted from his actual in-show appearances.
** Bruticus has two head designs in the cartoon: the detailed one seen in his full-body character model, which features in most of his animated appearances, and a simplified, more angular one that appears consistently in "[[The Revenge of Bruticus]]" and "[[Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee]]," and in select brief scenes of other episodes.
* The packaging of the 1991 [[The Transformers (European toyline)|European]] [[Classics (Europe)|Classics]] release of the original Onslaught toy depicted Bruticus and the Combaticons in (mostly) new color schemes, despite the fact that the actual toys looked identical to their original releases. While it may never be known for certain, it has been theorized that these colors were the cause of an error with the hue settings of the [[stock photography|stock photos]], rather than a legitimate attempt to [[redeco]] the Combaticons.
* Several attributes of [[Action Master Elite]] [[Turbo Master]], including his face and chest plate, suggest that he was originally intended to be Bruticus. However, according to ''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations Deluxe]]'', at one point a non-transforming version of Action Master Bruticus was planned, which would have looked significantly different from [[Turbo Master]].
* For every version of the original Bruticus mold, the packaging art depicts the Brawl figure on backwards.
*''Earth Wars'' Bruticus's character model is a (more proportionate) recreation of his ''Combiner Wars'' toy.
* ''Earth Wars'' Bruticus's Earth Shatter ability is most likely a reference to his [[Bruticus (WFC)|''Fall of Cybertron'' counterpart]]'s shockwave ability, given how it affects a large area and do mass amounts of damage. The same could also be said about Shockfire Missiles, during his boss fight in the final few parts of ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'', in which the cannons on his back to deal damage to the player, though in this case you can actually do it ''while'' using him.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bruticus''' (ブルーティカス ''Burūtikasu'')
*''Italian:'' '''Multiforce''' (toy and season 3)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Bruticus''' (Taiwan, 布魯提卡斯 ''Bùlǔtíkǎsī''), '''Hùn Tiān Bào''' (Mainland China, 混天豹, ''Leopard that Mixes the Sky'')
*''Portuguese:'' '''Brutus''' (Brazil comic)
*''Russian:'' '''Grubikus''' (Грубикус)
*''Polish:'' '''Tępak''' (TM Semic Comic, "Dunderhead")

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Megatron (G1)

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:''Megatron is a [[Decepticon leader]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Megatronguido.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe|Gun God]]. [[Transformers: Alternity|Time Eater]]. [[My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise!|Pony Botherer]].]]
'''Megatron''' is the founder of the [[Decepticon]] uprising, and their most well-known and feared [[Decepticon leader|leader]]. As a young, charismatic leader forged in battle and the heritage of war, he began to believe in a grand purpose for his race—it is the [[Transformer]]s' glorious destiny to rule an [[Decepticon Empire|empire]] which will span the universe. The opposite of his mortal enemy [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], he feels great contempt for other Transformers who, he feels, betray their proud heritage by demanding peace and cooperation with weaker life forms. It is the destiny of the Decepticons to bring order to the universe through conquest, though in the millions of years since coining this purpose it remains to be seen how much of his mission statement is altruistic... and how much of it is mere words built to fuel warriors to further his desire for personal power.

Megatron will attempt almost anything to achieve his goals, but his schemes are rarely in any way subtle. This is perhaps due to his arrogance, but his pride is not so strong as to dissuade him from abandoning a battle he is losing. He often shows dramatic examples of cowardice, concealed in rage. Although Megatron rarely wins in his duels with Optimus, few can rival his ability to locate energy sources for the Decepticons. Some would question his sanity, though these few are mostly now dead by his hands... or his [[fusion cannon]], depending on his mood. Sometimes he uses his [[energon mace]] to strike them down. It does not matter how they die. Death by the hands of Megatron is an honor.

Megatron is sometimes originally known as '''D-16''' or '''Megatronus''' and is often [[Reformatting|reborn]] as '''[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'''.

{{bigquote|You destroy everything you touch, Megatron!}}
{{bigquote|That's because everything I touch is food for my hunger. My hunger for ''power''!|Optimus Prime and Megatron|"[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{main|Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity}}
[[File:Megatrong1marvelhumiliation.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|And so it begins...]]
Megatron was a [[gladiatorial combat|gladiator]] from [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]], who sought to turn Cybertron into a [[Planetary engine|cosmic dreadnaught]]. To win his war for conquest, Megatron's Decepticons developed the art of [[transformation]]. When the wandering planet Cybertron was headed for an asteroid field, Megatron and a band of his warriors followed the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot ship]] sent to clear a path through the dangerous area, and attacked the weakened Autobot crew once they had achieved their goal. However, the Autobot leader [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] sent the ship crashing into a nearby planet, knocking them all offline.

After reawakening on [[Earth]] in [[1984]], Megatron was quickly ousted from command by [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]. Their power struggle continued for some time, with leadership changing hands multiple times, until Optimus Prime killed himself in a video game duel. Refusing to believe his nemesis was truly dead, the increasingly-erratic Megatron seemingly committed accidental suicide by blowing himself up on a [[space bridge]] in a fit of insane rage. However, the explosion had merely deposited him in the [[Dead End (place)|Dead End]] region of Cybertron, where he wandered as an [[empty]], with no recollection of who he was.

After regaining his memories, Megatron captured [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] and forced him to restore the recently destroyed [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] to functionality, this time as a [[Pretender]], in a scheme to wrest control of the Decepticons back. But the ploy failed due to Ratchet's sabotage, and Megatron's attempt to escape the soon-to-explode lab via [[trans-time dimensional portal]] was foiled when Ratchet tackled him. The two were thought destroyed, but they were actually grotesquely fused together in the explosion and left adrift in "[[unspace]]". Pulled from the void by [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] was able to separate their bodies, and kept them both in stasis aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. They re-awoke when [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]], a future version of Megatron, attempted to hijack the ship, which had ''already'' been hijacked by Shockwave and Starscream. Megatron and Galvatron fought bitterly at first, but upon realizing who they both were, plotted to join forces... but then Ratchet crashed the ship into Earth once again, seemingly destroying everyone on board.

In [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|one universe]], he was rebuilt by the human terrorist organization [[Cobra]], and he ultimately allied with Optimus against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], his [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]], and the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]]. In [[Transformers: Classics|another]], fifteen years of peace passed before Megatron rose again. In [[The Transformers: Regeneration One|a third]], he woke up in [[1994]], and proceeded to lay waste to the Earth, awaiting the day Optimus Prime would return.
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
{{main|Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}
[[File:Mtmte1 megatron throne.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|FOOL! Pass me the TP!]]
Megatron was responsible for bringing Cybertron out of its [[Golden Age]] when he restarted the Autobot/Decepticon civil war nine million years ago. Among his first actions was the fatal wounding of a young dock worker named Orion Pax, who was rebuilt to become Megatron's mortal enemy, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]].

Megatron's forces boarded the Autobots' spacecraft when it was on a mission to search for new sources of energy on other planets, and was knocked offline like all the other Transformers when the craft crashed on prehistoric Earth. When both factions reawakened in 1984, Megatron made it his mission to pillage all of Earth's natural resources and enslave its populace, with the goal of revitalizing Cybertron and dominating the entire universe. His plans were by turns cunning, wicked, outrageous, and often, utterly, utterly ludicrous.

In [[2005]], Megatron faced off with Optimus Prime in a battle at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], during which he fatally wounded the Autobot leader, but not without taking severe damage himself. Cast adrift into space, Megatron was found by the planet-eater, [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], and recreated as [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]].

In other timelines which branch out of this one, Megatron became a [[Transmetal]], initiated the [[Battle Dog|murder of a puppy]], and years after his transformation into Galvatron, became Megatron once again, in various powered-up forms.
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===Sticker Adventures books===
In the aftermath of yet another battle had lost against the Autobots, Megatron concocted a sneakier plan to get rid of the Autobots. He had his troops lay low for several days, then instructed Ravage to sneak into the Autobots’ base and steal all of their fuel. Megatron then led his troops into combat once more, before the Autobots would have a chance to procure more fuel. But Optimus, having anticipated a trick on the Decepticons’ part, arrived at the battlefield with a new supply of fuel for his troops. After sustaining too much damage, the Decepticons were forced to retreat once again. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons}}

===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
After awakening on Earth, Megatron put into motion a plot that would gain him the unconditional surrender of the planet. Megatron first established the [[Global Corporation]] in order to employ the Constructicons to create and build sophisticated buildings all around the world. Each building had been outfitted with a secret mechanism which would trap all of those inside at the push of a button. Once all the buildings had been completed, Megatron would demand Earth's unconditional surrender in exchange for the safe release of the humans captured. Megatron's plan was interrupted by Optimus Prime and his Autobots invading the Decepticon base. Though Megatron attempted to assume the guise of an honest businessbot, Optimus was not fooled, and the two factions began to fight. Optimus had arrived too late, however, and with the plan already in its final stages, Megatron activated the trap mechanisms within his buildings. Megatron then jettisoned the Autobots from his headquarters, and highjacked a television broadcast, making his demands known to the human race.

Megatron and Optimus clashed once more afterwards. This time, Megatron had The Devastator help out on the battlefield, and the Decepticons' victory seemed assured with the help of the colossus. That was until the Dinobots' arrival, who effortlessly slaughtered the Constructicons. The Autobots then proceeded to disable the mechanisms holding the humans captive. Despite Megatron ranting that the war was far from over, the Autobots drove away from the battlefield victoriously. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

Megatron sent out [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] to capture any Autobot the colossus could find. Devastator returned with [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and locked him up in a cell within Decepticon headquarters. Megatron then approached the captive Autobot, and informed him that he would be used as a hostage to force the Autobots into surrendering. As Megatron walked away, Sunstreaker took a potshot at his back, enraging the Decepticon leader. Megatron and two Constructicons returned fire with cruel ferocity. With Sunstreaker left cowering in the corner of his cell, Megatron called to Soundwave to open communications with Autobot headquarters. He had his communications officer inform the Autobots of the situation, and demanded their surrender by the next morning. If they did not accept his terms, Megatron threatened to destroy Sunstreaker and rebuild him as a Decepticon!

Megatron knew the Autobots would not forfeit the Earth so easily, and so had Devastator stand guard over the Decepticon Base's entrance. Surely enough, a rescue party attempted to storm the base, but were quickly subdued by Devastator as well. Now with four prisoners in his custody, Megatron returned to the prison to address the Constructicons. He told [[Hook (G1)|Hook]] that soon his surgical skills would be needed to convert the Autobots into loyal Decepticons. This led to a squabble between Hook and [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]], who both wanted the privilege of destroying the Autobots before their reconstruction. Megatron assured them that they would both get their own Autobot to destroy.

[[File:Autobots secret weapon prime megs.jpg|thumb|]]
Megatron sent a second message to the Autobots, revealing that their rescue squad had also been captured. He then explained that with the four Autobots rebuilt into Decepticons, he would have enough power to defeat the Autobots whether they surrendered or not. His deadline nonetheless still stood, and he awaited morning for the Autobots' surrender.

The following morning, Megatron emerged from the Decepticon headquarters to find a life-size statue of Devastator accompanied by a letter. The message was from Optimus Prime, and it explained that the statue was a peace offering, as the Autobots had agreed to surrender to the Decepticons. Gleeful at this turn of events, Megatron ordered the Autobot prisoners to be brought before the statue. The statue turned out to be an Autobot ruse, however, and from within it burst forth Autobot reinforcements. Megatron lead the Decepticons in a counter-offensive. He first deployed the Decepticon jets to counter the Autobots' own aerial warriors. The battle took a turn for the worse for the Decepticons when [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]'s earthquake-inducing abilities backfired, and many Decepticons were swallowed up by the earth. Deciding to end the battle once and for all, Megatron fired his fusion cannon at Optimus Prime. But Optimus used a reflective piece of metal to deflect Megatron's beam back at him! Hit by his own attack, Megatron crumpled to the ground, defeated. {{storylink|The Autobots' Secret Weapon}}

===Marvel coloring books===
[[File:BumblebeeToTheRescue Megatron.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"Who's for volleyball?"]]
To rule [[Earth]], Megatron came up with the idea to raid sunken treasure. Once they obtained the treasure, Megatron decided to use a truck to take it into town and buy some factories. Unfortunately for him, the truck was [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], who released a bunch of [[Autobot]]s and defeated Megatron and his men. {{storylink|Search for Treasure Under the Sea}} Megatron's next plan was to lock up the Autobots in a [[special Autobot prison]]. They managed to get most of their enemies captured, but while Megatron was distracted by a [[Giant fake Autobot|cardboard cutout]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] freed the Autobots and Optimus soon had Megatron wrapped in an iron bar. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue!}}

Megatron sent out the Decepticons to find factories to build more troops. They ended up falling into a trap laid by the forewarned Autobots, but Megatron refused to surrender and Optimus Prime threw him into orbit. Floating in space, Megatron promised that next time the Decepticons would win! {{storylink|Decepticon Patrol}}
The Decepticons kidnapped [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] and [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]], but had to retreat during the following battle because they were low on power. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}}

Deciding that the Decepticons should rule Earth, Megatron set about using the [[molecular transfer device]] to steal the planet's fuel supplies. The Autobots soon found out about it, and when they assaulted the Decepticon stronghold, Megatron was bamboozled by one of Mirage's holograms. {{storylink|Summertime Coloring Book}} After [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] reported on a communication device possessed by the Autobots, Megatron used a fake message to lure Bumblebee away from the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] so he could take it over. It worked, but when Optimus pulled the same trick a short time later, Megatron fell for it. {{storylink|A Message From Outer Space}} Megatron decided to build a factory in a forested area. The Autobots also happened to be vacationing there, and after Megatron was knocked down by a boulder, and fooled by one of [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s holograms, he was forced to flee. {{storylink|Forest Rescue Mission}}

After the Decepticons developed a jet engine silencer, Megatron led them on an attack on the Autobot base. Thanks to Bumblebee's warnings, the Autobots tricked the Decepticons into using up their firepower on a hologram of the Autobot base. {{storylink|Bumblebee's Dangerous Mission}}

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===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books continuity===
{{voiceactor|[[Earl Hammond]] (English)}}
[[File:Storms of Destruction turbine mole machine.jpg|upright=1.25|thumb|Megg-Ra, the Ever-Drilling!]]
Tricking thousands of humans into digging a large cavern underneath the [[Kalahari Desert]] in [[Africa]], Megatron detonated them with the largest explosion the world had ever seen, transforming the coal and humans into the world's largest diamond. Transporting it to a satellite launch base in [[Brazil]], Megatron gloated the [[crystal satellite|satellite]] would use the diamond as a lens to melt the [[Rocky Mountains]]. Megatron looked on as Skyfire attempted to destroy the satellite out in orbit. When the Autobot failed and fell back to Earth, burning up on reentry, Megatron had a good laugh at his expense. His tone changed when Prime countered the satellite's attack on the Rockies by constructing a square mile of polished metal, which the Autobots placed below the satellite, deflecting its beam and destroying it. Megatron and Soundwave escaped underground in a [[turbine mole machine]]. {{storylink|Satellite of Doom}}

The duo stole an enormous hovering fuel transport, but [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] destroyed it, forcing Megatron to come up with a new scheme: to drill the [[Prudhoe Bay oil reservoir]]. Their drill was so powerful, it caused volcanic eruptions and [[Siberia]] to approach the US, accelerating tensions between the US and USSR. Optimus had [[razon gas]] pumped into the reservoir, returning the [[oil]] below the sea floor and rising the Decepticon device. Boarding it, the Autobots once again found Megatron had fled. {{storylink|When Continents Collide}} He now intended to raise the oil from Brazil, unwittingly destroying the city of [[Machu Picchu]] and much of the [[Andes Mountains|Andes]], as well as wreaking havoc with the weather. The Autobots stopped them again, and once more Megatron and Soundwave fled. {{storylink|Storms of Destruction}}

With all these failures, Megatron grew jealous of Shockwave's success in getting oil to the Decepticon soldiers. Tracking [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], Megatron found the Autobot oil supplies in [[Antarctica]]. Using the [[Crusher (G1)|Crusher]] Megatron sliced icebergs off the Antarctic, causing sea levels to rise. Unwittingly, his actions revived hundreds of dormant Dinobots trapped in the tar beneath the ice, forcing him to flee once more. {{storylink|Jaws of Terror}} Enslaving oil workers in the Pacific, Megatron tried to drill the oil of [[Buru]], but [[Oil driller and transporter|his transport]] overloaded and he took flight. {{storylink|Slaves of the Insecticons}} From his submersible near [[Madagascar]], Megatron sank six [[oil tanker]]s. Attacking another, Megatron's submersible was completely wrecked when it emerged the oil he drained was tainted by the Autobots with corrosive acid. He escaped during the subsequent Autobot attack. {{storylink|Attack of the Decepticons}}

Megatron's relationship with Soundwave was very abusive; he dubbed him a "blundering tape-filled idiot". {{storylink|When Continents Collide}}

===Big Looker storybooks continuity===
[[File:KidsCliff1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|left|MTV pimps Megatron's ride.]]
As Decepticon leader, Megatron was part of the forces that attacked the Autobot Ark while it was trying to eliminate asteroids that threated to smash [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to pieces. The Ark crashed on [[Earth]], and four million years later, the Decepticons were first to be woken by the ship's computer. Leaving the ship, they attempted to destroy it, but their energy levels were too low, and Megatron announced they'd have to find new sources of energy. After raiding the nuclear plant at nearby [[Kimball]], they returned to the Ark, only to find it empty. He ordered his men to split up and go in two different directions, and hence they were able to outflank the Autobots. The battle was short-lived, as the Autobots proved too much for them, and the Decepticons retreated. {{storylink|Battle for Cybertron}}

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

After a particularly damaging battle, Megatron sent the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s to distract the Autobots while he took a small squad to capture a broken-down oil truck nearby, claiming it would allow them to defeat the Autobots once and for all. While he and his men were implementing the plan, somehow [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] sneaked up and got the truck working again. Megatron furiously pursued the truck and managed to seize it from behind. Suddenly [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] appeared overhead and Megatron proved unable to shoot him down. The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] dropped a bomb on the group of Decepticons, reducing them to a pile of metal scrap. An automated signal summoned a [[Decepticon rescue squadron|rescue squadron]], who arrived a short time later to retrieve the remains of Megatron and his men. {{storylink|Decepticon Hijack}}

Megatron set his sights on raiding a power plant, and promised his men that whoever came up with a fool-proof plan would be made Decepticon [[second-in-command]]. He was pleased when [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] informed him that [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] had been captured, and even more so when [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] arrived back at base with the [[cerebro-shell]]ed Autobot. Megatron instructed Grapple to come up with a plan to steal the energy in the power plant. When the rest of the Autobots turned up to rescue their friend, Megatron took the opportunity to gloat before battle commenced. He ordered Grapple to help them fight, however Grapple, who had been de-cerebro-shelled, called him a "big coffee pot" and threw him on [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. {{Storylink|Insecticon Attack!}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
{{voiceactor|[[Blain Fairman]] (English)}}
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When [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] discovered that the Autobots were working on a device resembling a radio tower, Megatron sent [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] to investigate. The revelation that the Autobots had concealed much of the tower underground made Megatron think they were up to something underhanded, but before he could learn more, he realized [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] had gone to destroy the device. Megatron and the other Decepticons caught up with and stopped Starscream, and then puzzled over the machine. The machine, in reality intended to collect lightning, released a surge of power that caused the Decepticons to malfunction, forcing them to retreat. {{storylink|Autobots' Lightning Strike}}

Impatient at the lack of the energy they needed to power their space cruiser, Megatron had [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] sent out. They soon hit pay dirt when Buzzsaw located an experimental solar power station. After surveying the station with Soundwave, Megatron ordered the rest of the Decepticons to come in force, however instead Starscream attempted to lead the other Decepticons in an impromptu mutiny. Though Megatron swiftly brought the Decepticons back under his heel, their energy collection was ultimately foiled by the Autobots. {{storylink|Megatron's Fight for Power}} As the Decepticons' space cruiser neared completion, Megatron was determined that they find a way to test the ion-drive, despite Starscream's protests that it didn't need testing. Luckily Ravage located an abandoned mine, so the Decepticons made use of it for testing purposes. The Autobots again got wind of their activities, and used mine cars to blow up the ion-drive, collapsing the tunnel on the Decepticons. {{storylink|Autobots Fight Back}}

Furious over the constant defeats, Megatron ordered Soundwave to send Laserbeak to find out more about the [[human]]s who inhabited the planet [[Earth]]. The scouting mission led the Decepticons to a unique piece of Earth technology — a windmill. During the ensuing fight with the Autobots, they discovered the windmill was immune to the null ray, and believing it to be an advanced new weapon, Megatron ordered it be captured. Instead Rumble managed to destroy it and it collapsed on top of the four Decepticons. {{storylink|Laserbeak's Fury}} At some point [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] traveled back in time from the 21st century and took over leadership of the Decepticons from Megatron. {{storylink|Galvatron's Air Attack}}

===Listen 'n Fun audiobooks continuity===
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[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] passed on news of Doctor [[Heath Blaisedale]]'s solar reactor. Megatron immediately made plans to use the device to drain the [[Sun]]'s energy, despite [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s assertion that doing so would result in doom for Earth. He was furious when Starscream led an impromptu attack on the Autobots at the solar plant and ordered the three jets to retreat before they damaged the reactor. He had [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] kidnap Blaisedale in an attempt to draw the Autobots away from the plant, before leading an attack himself. Unfortunately his particle cannon was destroyed by [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] turned up as well, resulting in the destruction of the solar reactor. Megatron retreated empty-handed. {{storylink|Sun Raid (Listen 'n Fun)}}

===Listen 'n Play audiobooks continuity===
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Megatron devised a scheme to abduct humans by disguising the Decepticon jets as commercial airliners. Unfortunately the Autobots stumbled on the plan, freed the humans and defeated the Decepticon squad which was doing the kidnapping. {{storylink|Sun Raid (Listen 'n Play)}}

===''The Battle for Planet Earth''===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Marinker]] (English)}}
Thanks to [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]'s spying, Megatron and his men followed the Autobots to [[South America]], where they found [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] taking interest in [[Mount Sheelah]]. Being unfamiliar with volcanoes, Megatron decided to investigate, but his men were unable to capture the [[John Gordon|two]] [[Tim Gordon|humans]] helping the Autobots. After the Autobots had retreated, the Decepticons got their change to look more closely at the volcano, only for it to erupt, trapping them with lava. {{storylink|Terror of Mount Sheelah}} Megatron had his men kidnap humans from towns to use as slave labor, but after [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] stole the Decepticons' [[global crystal]], the Decepticons were forced to set the humans free. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (G1)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}}

After [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] spotted a hydro-dam at [[Stanley Lake]], Megatron decided to see if it was suitable for their energy needs, and staged an invasion. A short time later, he and his men spotted the Autobots in the valley in front of the dam and attacked them. Though they appeared triumphant after the Autobots retreated, the valley was flooded with water from the dam a short time later, washing them all away. {{storylink|Menace at the Dam}} Furious at the mounting defeats, Megatron sent Starscream to infiltrate the Autobot ranks. When air commander reported that the Autobots' [[Deuterium Orbital Laser Tracing System|super weapon]] was being stored in [[Mount Levram]], Megatron led the Decepticons there to flatten the mountain. Unfortunately it turned out that Starscream hadn't fooled the Autobots at all, and when the Decepticons returned to their base, it had been leveled in their absence. {{storylink|Espionage!!!!!}}

====Renegade Rhetoric====
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===Deadly Paradise===
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Megatron discovered Madame [[Cee]], a human tinkerer on [[Carob Island]] with estensive knowledge of mechanics. With her (involuntary) help, and a rare mineral present on the island, he began building duplicate Autobots, starting with Sideswipe. Megatron also built a [[megamaze]] around his underground base on the island to deter intruders. Megatron first sent out the duplicate Sideswipe to destroy the [[Nova Suspension Bridge]] in order to frame the Autobots, then proceeded to build more clones, including a duplicate Prowl. He had nearly finished building a duplicate Optimus Prime when a group of Autobots found their way into his base. They were easily captured, but Megatron could not help but stroke his own ego, and showed Prowl, leader of the squad, the full extent of his plan. Prowl managed to overpower his escorts on his way back to his cage, and tricked Megatron into destroying the duplicate Prowl instead of the real one. Megatron was then hit by some of Prowl's acid pellets, forcing him to retreat through a secret passage, though not before taunting Prowl once more, claiming that the Autobots would never escape his megamaze. The Autobots managed it and escaped the island. {{storylink|Deadly Paradise}}

===The Special Teams===
Upon first awakening on Earth, Megatron immediately schemed to steal fuel from the Earth in order to build the “ultimate weapon” and in time, conquer the universe. Some time later, as the battle with the Autobots had raged for some time on Earth, Megatron was too distracted to put a halt to Starscream's underhanded schemes. His attention had been completely focused on an attempt to convert the Aerialbots to the Decepticons’ side. While pondering over how differently things might have gone if only the Aerialbots had remained allied with the Decepticons, Megatron was brought out of his reverie by Teletraan 1, alerting him that a nearby power plant had been evacuated of its human workers due to the possibilities of a landslide happening. Megatron summoned Dirge, Thrust, Ramjet, Blitzwing, Rumble, and Starscream to accompany him on a raid on the unattended power plant. He was infuriated to find that Starscream was once more absent from his post, only to be reminded by Dirge that Starscream had been absent ever since he had been sent to fetch the Stunticons from Cybertron. Wary of Autobot spies eavesdropping on their conversation and wanting to keep the Stunticons’ existence a secret a while longer, Megatron dropped the subject. Coincidently, Starscream made communication with him at that moment, and Megatron ordered him to meet the rest of the Decepticons at a well-hidden spot near the power plant.

There, Megatron dispatched the Stunticons to attack the [[Pullen Power Plant]], despite Starscream's tardiness. The Decepticons ultimately failed in their raid, though Megatron's lack of interference in the combat gave Optimus some pause, as he wondered if the victory was truly a reflection of the Autobots’ overall position in their war against the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}

===''S.T.A.R.S.'' continuity===
Before the construction of Autobot City on Earth, Optimus led a convoy of Autobots to find the ideal location for their new base's construction. Megatron lay in wait, inconspicuously disguised as a giant gun on a hillside, ready to strike as the Autobots approached. The battle that ensued, in which Megatron transformed and used his stock assembly as a [[particle beam cannon]], later came to be known as "[[Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction (G1)|Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction]]". {{storylink|Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth.}}

Evidently, the battle went in Megatron's favour, as Optimus was forced to send some of his troops away to fetch reinforcements. {{storylink|Transformers Combat Data}} {{storylink|The Autobots Are Under Attack!}}

===Highway Clash===
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Megatron learned about the existence of a cargo of microchips that could bestow sentience onto robots. Seeking to acquire said microchips, Megatron set out into the Yorkshire Dales to intercept the convoy transporting them. From a secret underground lair, he and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] planned out their assault, only to be opposed by Optimus Prime and Prowl who were secretly guarding the shipment. Whether or not Megatron succeeded in acquiring the chips depended on the decisions that [[you]] made! {{storylink|Highway Clash}}

===Find Your Fate Junior===
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====Dinobots Strike Back====
Megatron had been overseeing Operation Black Coral from the Decepticons' secret base in [[Mount Lomas]] for over a week before two of the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s went on their mission to [[Hidden Valley]]. When [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] reported that [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] had successfully planted [[cerebro-shell]]s on four of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], he was thrilled!

{{note|Since Kickback leaving to report back to Megatron occurs before the first choice is made, and Megatron's reaction is documented on the back cover, we can assume that this holds true for every path in this book.}}

In one possible path on the following day, he rallied his troops with a speech about how the imminent completion of the machinery necessary to convert [[Dolphin's Bay|Dolphin Bay]]'s [[black coral]] into superfuel would ensure the final defeat of the Autobots in a matter of hours. This conveniently told the spying [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] all he needed to know about Operation Black Coral so he could relay it to [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] via radio, which conveniently told [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] that he was right outside the doorway so Frenzy could paralyze him and leave him in the underwater tunnel.

If Skids just returns to the Ark after this, it leads to two possible outcomes in which Megatron appears long enough to witness a Decepticon defeat. In one, he ordered his warrior jets into action only to see them fall to [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide's]] [[thermal beam]] while [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] torched the base's lab. In another, [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] showed up at Mount Lomas claiming that he and the other three Dinobots under Bombshell's control had just decimated the Autobot ranks, convincing Megatron to welcome them into their base by holding the Operation Black Coral victory party and bonfire a day early. He began to question his judgement when Grimlock suddenly ordered his team to attack, but didn't react in time to save Soundwave or Frenzy. As [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] nailed [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] with a missile, Megatron fired his nuclear fusion cannon at the Pteranodon, only to have his blast redirected at the last second by [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl's]] tail-strike. This caused him to blast straight down into the mountainside, creating a hole which allowed the arriving Autobots easy access to Megatron's swiftly-demolished base.

{{note|If Skids tries to rescue Bumblebee, their base is just as doomed, but Megatron does not reappear.}}

In another alternate path, Megatron greeted the approaching Autobot assault force with "a strange challenge to Optimus Prime": a one-on-one fight to the end! After squaring off for a few minutes, Megatron fired, but Optimus dodged the blast by splitting into his three components, gaining the upper hand. Thanks to [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble's]] interference, we'll never know if Megatron could've turned things around. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}

====Battle Drive====
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In order to take out the Autobots, Megatron concocted a diabolical new plot. He sent out Blitzwing and Starscream to destroy acres of farmland, and pretend that the Decepticon's latest ploy was to destroy the humans' food supply, forcing the fleshlings to either become Decepticon slaves or starve to death. In reality, this was only a ruse covering Megatron's true scheme. When the Autobots would come rolling out in the open farmland, they would be without cover for the Decepticon armada awaiting them, and would then be wiped out by Megatron's forces.

In one possible turn of events, the a small group of Autobots hatched a counter-plot where they hoped to trick Megatron into thinking the whole Autobot army was attacking when in reality only a squadron was battling the Decepticons. Thanks to his spy in the field, Soundwave, Megatron caught wind of this plan and was able to wipe out the Autobot squad easily.

In another version of the following events, Megatron learns that Sparkplug Witwicky has discovered a fatal flaw in the Decepticons' circuitry, and is forced to divert the bulk of his forces into a manhunt for the Autobots' ally.
the Decepticons find Sparkplug holed up in a cave in the mountains. When Swoop, Prowl, Hound and Bumblebee arrive on scene, events could play out in a number of ways.

If Swoop decided to take Megatron head-on in aerial combat, the Dinobot landed a lucky shot inside of Megatron's fusion cannon as it was charging up, causing the weapon to backfire and Megatron to be destroyed.

If Swoop decided to retreat back to Autobot headquarters after an initial assault, Megatron would allow a number of his troops to chase Swoop down while the rest of the Decepticon forces remained at the cave's entrance. Megatron would remain at the cave himself, sending volleys of lasers towards the Autobots and humans trapped inside. In one possible version of the events that followed, Megatron is forced to retreat when Swoop returns with reinforcements, and believing that the Autobots still possess the schematics for the Decepticons' circuits, is forced to redesign the Decepticons' internal workings.

In another version of the following events, Bumblebee distracts Megatron by sending a boulder tumbling at him, allowing Prowl to make a mad dash back to Autobot headquarters.

If Megatron's ploy to lure the Autobots out in the open farmland was successful, he led the entirety of his fores with the intent of destroying Optimus Prime and his team of Autobots. Whether or not Megatron succeeded in destroying his foe depended on which decisions Optimus made from this point forward. In many scenarios, Megatron manages to pin the Autobots on a nearby bridge, only for them to escape by various means. {{storylink|Battle Drive}}

====Attack of the Insecticons====
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Megatron was leading a party of Decepticons on a raid to steal energy sources from the humans when Starscream learned of a new device that would solve all of the Decepticons' energy problems, the Sun-Pak.
In a possible outcome of a the events that would follow, Megatron was contacted some time later by the human Buster, who explained that he wanted to offer a trade to the Decepticon leader. Megatron was offered an audio file containing conclusive proof that Starscream planned to overthrow him, in exchange for the safe release of Sparkplug, who Starscream had in his possession. Megatron could only humour the human germ to a certain degree, and said that he would only agree to such a trade if Buster were to fulfill his end of the bargain first.

If Buster agreed, and did indeed send a genuine recording of Starscream gloating about his plans to seize leadership of the Decepticons, Megatron would shortly come in person to command Starscream to release the meaningless human and then deliver an ultimatum; either Starscream face the full force of the Decepticon army for his treachery, or be subjected to reprogramming at Decepticon headquarters. After Starscream accepted the later option, Megatron shooed off the humans and the few Autobot present to put his own house in order.

If Buster refused to relinquish the sound file before Megatron issued the order to have Sparkplug released, Megatron would nonetheless arrived on scene, demanding to be informed of the situation at hand. After being informed of the existence of the Sun-Pak, and that by using a Cerebro-Shell to force Sparkplug to construct a new one the Decepticons would no longer need worry about energy supplies, Megatron allows Starscream to follow through with his plan despite Buster's protests. For all his troubles, Megatron acquires nothing but a laser-toothbrush from this venture, as the mind-control process leaves Sparkplug's memory damaged, and the hygienic device is the only invention the human could produce for the Decepticons.

In another possible adventure, Megatron is encountered in an underground cavern by Beachcomber, who is attempting to make his way to the surface in order to recharge the Sun-Pak and rescue his fellow Autobots from the Insecticons. The encounter is a short one, as Megatron quickly disposes of Mirage before making his way further below ground to destroy the rest of the Autobots.

In yet another possible adventure, Megatron having acquired the Sun-Pak is in the process of himself recharging it near Decepticon headquarters when the Autobots intrude and attempt diplomacy in order to have the device returned to them. Megatron declines, and a firefight between the two factions begin.

If Optimus Prime attempts to end the fighting by proposing he and Megatron duel for the Sun-Pak's ownership, Megatron agrees and the two of them begin a long and strenuous battle. If Optimus gains the upper hand, the Autobot leader is content with leaving Megatron vanquished, and returning to base with the Sun-Pak in his possession. However, if Megatron begins to gain ground in their duel, Optimus forfeits the duel, and begins to walk away as Megatron mocks the cowardly Autobot. When Optimus approaches the Sun-Pak, he "accidentally" trips, and blasts the device into smithereens, leaving Megatron in a furor.

Alternatively, if Optimus attempts to end the fighting by simply making a grab for the Sun-Pak, Megatron intervenes and steps forth to defend the device from falling into enemy hands. But Optimus and his Autobot lackey, Smokescreen, dupe Megatron into tossing to Buzzsaw, only for Optimus to catch the device in mid-pass, leaving an enraged Megatron impotent to stop the Autobots from retreating with the device in their possession.

In yet another possible adventure, it is Shrapnel who comes to possess the Sun-Pak, and plans to usurp Megatron's leadership with the device. But Megatron's loyal spy Ravage overhears these happenings, and informs his leader of the situation. If the Insecticons still have the Sun-Pak in their possession when Megatron arrives to confront them, he berates Shrapnel for his clandestine activities, and blasts the Insecticon for his planned coup. The Autobots arrive shortly thereafter, and Megatron decides to use the rotting trees of the forest they are in as cover for an ambush on his newly arrived foes. Unknown to him, Mirage and Buster were hiding nearby, and warn the Autobots of Megatron's ambush. Megatron along with his troops are defeated by [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s acid spray, and the Decepticons retreat, the Sun-Pak having been destroyed in the process. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}

====Earthquake====
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Megatron's latest ploy was to destroy Center City with the help of Rumble's earthquake-inducing abilities and a Destruction Beam device.

In one possible series of events, after Windcharger and Beachcomber had infiltrated Megatron's secret spy station within the Decepticon's newest secret fortress, Megatron was tricked into making all of his troops stand down and surrender by Beachcomber.

In another possible scenario, Windcharger and Beachcomber attempted to muscle their way into Megatron's secret spy chamber, only to fail miserably. Alerting Megatron of their presence this way, Megatron then confronted the pair in his weapon mode. Megatron promptly slaughtered the two Autobots with a blast of his nuclear-charged fusion cannon. Then, after having captured Powerglide and reprogramming him to lead the Decepticons to the Autobot headquarters, Megatron led his army and felled the Autobots one by one, until only Optimus remained. Megatron gloated that he would not kill Optimus, only alter him to make him a destroyer of mankind. Optimus activated the Ark's self-destruct sequence, taking all of the Decepticons with him in a fiery death.

In yet another possible scenario, Beachcomber and Powerglide happened upon Megatron as he explained the details of his plan to Soundwave.

In one possible series of events, Beachcomber, Powerglide and Windcharger managed to uncover the Decepticons’ plot without being captured, and shortly thereafter Optimus led a team of Autobots to storm the Decepticon base. Megatron was quickly overpowered by Optimus during the ensuing fight, and forced to lead a small group of Autobots to his lab. Once the Autobots disabled and destroyed Megatron's Destruction Beam device, they took him as a prisoner of war. Megatron was eventually traded back to the Decepticons in order to guarantee the safe release of a number of captured Autobots, but the Decepticons were ultimately defeated.

In another possible sequence of events, Megatron bumped into Cosmos, wandering the confines of the Decepticons’ fortress.

If Megatron allowed the little Autobot to speak, Cosmos would tell him of how he overheard Soundwave and Starscream plotting to overthrow him. Enraged by the news, Megatron ignored Cosmos to confront the pair. The Decepticons began fighting one another, leaving the Autobots to their own devices. This would ultimately lead to the Decepticons’ doom when the Autobots managed to recall the Destruction Beam to its point of origin, annihilating the Decepticons.

If Megatron didn't bother to listen to what Cosmos had to say, he called his Decepticon troops to himself so that they could all partake in Cosmos's destruction. Before the Decepticons were able to begin, they found themselves surrounded by an team of Autobot. Though the Autobots defeated the Decepticons, they were unable to interfere with the Destruction beam. The Destruction beamed then reached its target, and Center City was destroyed. Though the Autobots were able to gain control of the Decepticon fortress and destroy the lab, they were not able to wipe out all of the evil robots, and enjoyed a pyrrhic victory at best.

In another possible scenario, the Autobots Powerglide, Windcharger and Beachcomber were captured by the Decepticons while snooping around in their secret fortress. After ordering the Autobots executed, Megatron sent out a false distress signal to Optimus, tricking the rest of the Autobots to walk into a trap. With the Autobots destroyed, Optimus declared the world to be his.

In yet another possible scenario, Megatron captured Buster and Beachcomber wandering about the Decepticons’ fortress, and tortured the pair by forcing them to watch the destruction of Center City via a view screen. The show over, Megatron then turned his cannon upon the intruders, and pulled the trigger...

Another course of action could lead to Megatron brainwashing the human Jessie into being loyal to the Decepticons. Using her as bait, Megatron successfully captured all of the Autobots.

In a final possible path, wherein Beachcomber attempted to enter the Decepticons’ fortress by himself through the front door, he was jumped by the Decepticons and disassembled. Megatron then ordered his Decepticons to rebuild Beachcomber. In the process, the Decepticons planned to swap Beachcomber's memory chip for a Destructicon chip, to create the perfect double agent.

In several other possible outcomes, Megatron gloated and laughed as his plans came to fruition, and the Earth came under his rule. In several others, Megatron's plot was foiled before it would even begin. All of this hinged on what choices the Autobots made. {{storylink|Earthquake (book)|Earthquake}}

====Desert Flight====
When the Autobot-Decepticon civil war had yet to expand beyond Cybertron, Megatron made use of a weapon that weakened the gravitational pull within a confined area. The weapon being unreliable, Megatron opted not to use it again for quite some time.

Later on Earth, Megatron lead a Decepticon deployment stationed in a desert base. The Decepticons plotted to lure the Autobots in a trap through the use of an anti-gravity beam. Using the beam on a nearby human settlement, the Autobots would be duped into coming to the fleshliness’ rescue, only to be themselves trapped by the effects of the beam.

If the Autobots bypassed the anti-gravity field, Megatron would use his [[magna-mike]] to deliver an ultimatum; either the Autobots surrender Optimus Prime as a prisoner of war, or the Decepticons would use their gravity weapon to make the nearby human town float off into space.

If the Autobots ignored Megatron's ultimatum, the Decepticon leader would activate his base's forcefield to stop their advance, before firing the gravity beam in all directions. This caused a ripple effect, and all Autobots, humans, and anything else on Earth not nailed down to its surface floated helplessly out into space.

In the event that the Autobots used a trojan ruse to infiltrate the Decepticon base, Megatron was one of the few Decepticons who had not gotten drunk in premature celebration, and called reinforcements to his position to fight off the Autobot intruders.

In the event that Windcharger successfully turned the Decepticons’ forcefield off, reinforcements burst into the base just as Megatron was strike Optimus from behind. His aim thrown off at the last moment, Megatron blasted a hole in his own base, revealing to the Autobots the location of the gravity gun. Though Hook successfully caught Optimus in the gun's beam, Megatron caught sight of the human [[Buddy]] near the gravity weapon's control panel, ready to tamper with it. Megatron charged towards the boy.

If Buddy pulled the gravity gun's horizontal control just as Hook turned the weapon to full power, the weapon would swivel and catch Megatron in its beam, tearing the Decepticon leader to pieces.

In a completely different possible sequence of events, Dirge and Buzzsaw brought before Megatron the Autobot Cosmos. As the little Autobot had attempted to infiltrate the Decepticon base on his own, Megatron decided to have Hook build a duplicate of Cosmos who house a [[proton bomb]], and would destroy the Autobots when it “reported back” to Optimus Prime.{{storylink|Desert Flight}}

====Decepticon Poison====
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In one possible sequence of events, Megatron was accompanied by a squadron of Decepticon jets to take out the recently poisoned Autobots. They found themselves fighting against the recently cured Autobots, and Megatron was temporarily stunned by a shot courtesy of Sunstreaker. Undeterred by this display of resistance, Megatron ordered his troops to engage their enemies. A fierce battle began between both sides. Megatron was quickly able to overpower the first wave of Autobots through the use of his fusion cannon, prompting Optimus to lead a back-up squad of Autobots against him. Both sides were forced into a retreat as they sustained grievous injuries over the course of the battle.

In another possible scenario, Megatron came upon the Autobot base, quiet as a tomb. Believing his plan to poison them having worked out perfectly, he strode into the Autobots’ headquarters, unawares that the Autobots were merely playing dead, having already been cured. Megatron ordered his troops to put aside their weapons in order to carry out the Autobots, and haul them over a nearby cliff to dispose of them. Once the Decepticons disarmed themselves, they were ambushed by the Autobots, and defeated with ease.

In another possible scenario, Megatron allowed Ramjet to lead a full-scale Decepticon assault against the poisoned Autobots. The Autobots, having miscalculated on how much antidote they had taken to cure themselves of the Decepticons’ poison, found themselves falling apart, leading to an easy victory for the Decepticons.

In yet another possible scenario, where the Autobots weaponized the tainted fuel and created a toxic cloud by burning it, the Decepticons were forced to retreat before their attack was fully underway.

In another possible scenario, Megatron lead a horde of Decepticons to a the water supply facility, about to poison it when the Autobots arrived on-scene. In one possible sequence that followed, he killed Bluestreak, Hound and Mirage before confronting Optimus Prime. Ultimately, Megatron and his Decepticons were defeated, though they left the Autobots worse for wear.

In another possible path, where a small group of Autobots attempted to destroy the Decepticons’ poison in their lab, only for the resulting explosion to render them unconscious, Megatron gloated to Optimus, Prowl, Bumblebee and Mirage, now his captives, that thanks to their foolish decisions, the Autobots would die a slow agonizing death, while the humans would soon become Decepticon slaves. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}

===Milton Bradley mini-comic===
When the Autobots launched an [[Ark (G1)|ark]] to clear a path through the asteroid belt that threatened [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Megatron set an ambush and boarded the ship with his men. He grappled with the Autobot leader, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] who revealed that the ship had been set on a collision course with a nearby planet. Megatron had his own contingency plan, and ordered [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] to jump clear. The crash knocked out Megatron and everyone else aboard the ark, but four million years later, a volcanic eruption jolted the ship's systems back into life. Megatron and the others were repaired by the ship's brain, and were soon ready to renew hostilities on [[Earth]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (Milton Bradley comic)|The Transformers}}

===Beehive Books continuity===
Megatron plotted the destruction of the Autobots in [[Castle Decepticon]]. Megatron had also allied himself with a [[Malevolent Giant Serpent]] to guard said castle. When the Autobots attacked, Megatron sent out his most loyal Decepticons to fend them off. {{Storylink|Transformers Pop-Up Book}}

===Frito-Lay posters===
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Megatron and his sinister Decepticons engage in battle with the Autobots to seize a tremendous energy source from a dam. Things get worse for Megatron when Shockwave decides it is time to betray his commander and seize control! {{storylink|The Power Struggle}}

Megatron was amongst a squad of Decepticons who attempted to get to the power source within [[Sherman Dam|another dam]]. He dueled Optimus Prime, while his minions lit up the surrounding landscape with numerous explosions. The Decepticons were ultimately unsuccessful in gathering the data they were after. {{storylink|Battle in the Desert Valley}}

===''Mystery of Convoy'' strategy guide manga===
{{see|#Games}}
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Megatron, having grown to gargantuan proportions, attacked Ultra Magnus after the Autobot had defeated all of his underlings. Megatron drew first blood by scorching Ultra Magnus with his flamethrower. But Ultra Magnus recovered, and used his "Hyper Jump Shot" to shoot Megatron's forehead multiple times, defeating the Decepticon leader. {{storylink|Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)#Stage 10: Showing up at Last! It's Megatron the Leader!|Showing up at Last! It's Megatron the Leader!}}

===''PDTF Comic''===
[[File:PDtype-Matrixattack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|This is how the movie ''should've'' gone.]]
With the discovery of a new super energy source known as the [[Blackball]]s, Megatron found himself joined by numerous Decepticons from all across the timestream, all hoping to obtain the ebony spheres. Naturally, opposing him were a team of Autobots, also gathered from all across the timestream.

In one confrontation with his eternal foe, Optimus Prime, Megatron got to relive their battle at Autobot City. Except this time around, Megatron was defeated when Prime launched his "Matrix Attack" (''literally'' launching the Matrix from his chest, bonking Megatron on the noggin). {{storylink|PDTF Comic##1 "You're Great! Optimus Prime!"|You're Great! Optimus Prime!}}

Later, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] managed to find what he ''thought'' was a Blackball. He presented it to Megatron and received much praise...until the Blackball turned out to be a cartoon bomb which exloded in their faces. As the Autobots stood astonished that their crude strategy succeeded, a badly singed Megatron was left in a smoking crater, strangling Starscream. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##3 "Don't Cry! Megatron!!"|Don't Cry! Megatron!!}}

During battle with [[Victory Leo]], Megatron found himself horribly outmatched. Thinking quickly, he launched a special weapon from his fusion cannon: a ball of yarn. The giant robot kitty immediately began playing with the yarn, giving Megatron the distraction he needed to escape. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##6 "Tough as Nails! Victory Leo!"|Tough as Nails! Victory Leo!}}

After that, he had to snap a pensive [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] out of a trance and order him to return to a battle he had walked away from in order to look at clouds. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##9 "Oh, Overlord."|Oh, Overlord.}}

Some time later, Starscream located yet another Blackball. This time, though, he decided to keep its power for himself and use it to overthrow Megatron. Then it exploded in his hands because it was ''another'' cartoon bomb. Megatron watched the explosion from a distance, unaware of what was going on. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##10 "Good Luck! Starscream!!"|Good Luck! Starscream!!}}

===The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual===
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Megatron was once a minor Decepticon, but rose to take control of the empire via right of battle and gladiatorial combat. Once he had enough followers, he struck against the Autobots and began the eons-long war between the two factions. He personally headed the initial attack against Optimus Prime's home city, [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. {{storylink|The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual|Megatron's ''The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual'' profile}} The conflict steadily consumed Cybertron's fuel supplies, and when Megatron learned that Optimus Prime planned to seek out new energy sources throughout the galaxy, he ordered the construction of a ship to pursue his nemesis. His crew struck against the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], with both Autobots and Decepticons becoming too distracted while fighting to notice as they entered an asteroid belt. Two colliding meteorites sent their ship crashing into the planet Earth. After eons of dormancy, the Decepticons awoke to a world populated by humans, and attacked a nuclear power plant, claiming it as their base of operations. The Autobots soon awoke as well, and took up the fight once more against Megatron's forces. {{storylink|From Cybertron to Earth the War Continues...}}

Megatron remained in a stalemate against Optimus Prime and his forces for a long time. When Optimus started building new troops better adapted for combat on Earth, Megatron countered by creating the Illuminator [[Jolt (G2)|Hotrod]]. {{storylink|The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual|Hotrod's ''The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual'' profile}}

Following one of his patrols, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] reported that he had momentous news to announce. Though his crony tried to make a show of his report, Megatron quickly lost his patience and had Starscream blurt out what he had learned, threatening to blast him should he try and embellish the story. Starscream's information proved portentous indeed; the Autobots had uncovered an ancient Cybertronian ship in [[Africa]], containing a star-map that pointed the way back to Cybertron. Megatron led his troops to [[Table Mountain]], where he found the Autobots guarding the spherical vessel. With surprising ease, the Decepticons managed to send Optimus and his soldiers into a retreat. But as they swarmed into the ship, they found that there were no controls within it. Too late, Megatron realized that the whole thing had been a trap choreographed by the Autobots. The ship launched blindly into space, the Decepticons its prisoners. {{storylink|Day of the Decepticons}}

When a report came in from [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], alerting Megatron that the Autobots were investigating two new Transformer power emissions in the [[Brazil]]ian rain forest, the Decepticon leader saw it as an opportunity to finally tip the scales in his favor.

Megatron arrived on-scene to find his hated enemy already struggling against two [[Dinobot (G1)|robot dinosaurs]], and knocked out the majority of the combatants with a single blast from his tank turret. Though one Autobot still standing, [[Fizzle|Blaze]], tried to torch him with his fiery exhaust weaponry, Megatron simply shrugged off the flames and swatted the bothersome pest aside. But when [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] attempted to trap the dinosaurs in a [[plasma net]], an unforeseen negative ion feedback triggered their Transformer circuitry, and restored their personalities along with their robot modes. [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] quickly overpowered the Decepticons and shattered Megatron's cannon. Megatron ordered an immediate withdrawal, and the Decepticons were forced to leave empty-handed. {{storylink|The Dinobots!}}

After it became apparent that the Decepticons wouldn't be returning to Cybertron in the foreseeable future, Megatron resolved to convert Earth into a new Cybertron. He had [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] head a construction project in the [[Clarke Atoll]], building giant rocket boosters that would shift the planet out of its orbit. Once the Earth had drifted away from the sun's warmth, its biosphere would become barren, making an easy task to reformat it. Hearing from his lackey that construction had come to an end, Megatron ordered the rockets to be fired up immediately, foregoing any test-trials. But the Autobots involved themselves, with [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and [[Deftwing]] managing to sabotage the rockets from within. Megatron was forced to retreat to avoid getting swallowed up by the resulting lava swell, which destroyed Scrapper's creation. {{storylink|Moving Day Planet Earth}}

===''Comic BomBom G-2'' manga===
In the 1990s, the Decepticons had learned of a powerful new energy source known as [[forestonite]] which just happened to be located (surprise surprise) on [[Earth]]. Megatron sent his trio of [[Cyberjet]]s to Earth first to draw out the enemy Autobots. The Cyberjets made quick work of [[Electro]] but were soon halted by the appearance of Optimus Prime.

Megatron then entered the fray and fired his Black Hole Burn attack from his fusion cannon, narrowly missing Optimus Prime but vaporizing [[Hooligan (G2)|Hooligan]] in the process. Prime fought fiercely but Megatron began to take the upper hand in battle.

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

====Ask Vector Prime====
At some point, the local [[Archforce]] of [[Primax 895.0 Gamma]] posed a threat to Optimus Prime and Megatron alike. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#August 10, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 10/08/2015}}

===''Beast Wars'' pack in material===
{{note|The pack-in fiction of the first wave of Beast Wars toys predates the development of the Beast Wars cartoon and its backstory. Instead, it presents the setting as a direct continuation of the previous Autobot/Decepticon conflict, with [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] cast as new forms for their Generation 1 counterparts and their battles taking place on present day [[human]]-inhabited Earth rather than in the distant past. Once the cartoon launched the toyline adjusted itself to match, relegating this to a [[micro-continuity]] separate from the rest of [[Beast Era]] fiction.}}

[[File:PrimavsMegs toycomic.jpg|left|thumb|Look out Batman, it's Killer Croc!]]

[[File:Optimusprimalvsmegatronmegandlab.jpg|thumb|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIfSaDNVjXI I drive a Chevrolet movie theatre.]]]

Megatron believed that the Predacon way of life was to prosper or perish, and that the Maximals must be wiped out if the Predacons were to prosper. As for Optimus Primal, he planned to ''eat'' him! {{storylink|Megatron (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Megatron bio (basic crocodile mold)}}

The Maximals' "[[bio-genetic morphing process]]" allowed them to fuse organic musculature and Transformers technology... so Megatron and his Predacons did the same thing, with the DNA of Earth's most vicious predators! When the Maximals tried to destroy the Predacons' lab, Megatron was waiting in his ferocious crocodile form. Mistaken for a harmless Earth creature, he was able to get to the drop on Optimus Primal and summoned in his soldiers [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]].

The battle was still lost, leading to Megatron destroying the lab so his enemies couldn't get its secrets. He then fled, vowing to return with new forms and new plans when the Maximals least expected it. {{storylink|Optimus Primal vs Megatron!}}

Megatron eventually succeeded in obtaining ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' DNA, stolen from human research labs, and subsequently used it to re-engineer his body into a powerful new form. Amongst his artillery, he boasted "poisonous paralyzer fluids blasts" that emanated from his [[beast mode]]'s mouth, while his tail was configured into a "powerful pincher claw" capable of slicing an enemy in half. {{storylink|Megatron (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Megatron bio (ultra ''T. rex'' mold)}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Garry Chalk]] (English), [[Wataru Takagi]] (Japanese)|[[Mario Zucca]] (Italian), [[Bardo Miranda]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Celso Alves]] (Portuguese)}}
[[File:G1Megatron Disc Agenda part2.jpg|thumb|left|Now that's what we call a smile.]]
After the Autobot/Decepticon war moved to Earth, Megatron hunted down the [[Voyager spacecraft]] as it traveled through the [[Solar System]] and encoded a message on its disc. Should his efforts fail, he left detailed instructions to any Decepticon descendants who recovered the disc, instructions which apparently condoned use of [[Unspace|transwarp]] technology to alter history in his favor by locating the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] before it was reactivated, with access codes to the Ark stored in the disk, and killing Optimus Prime before the Autobots and Decepticons reawaken. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}}

The disk (dubbed the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]]) eventually fell into Cybertronian hands and was stolen by a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] who shared Megatron's name. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}} This new [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], later stranded in Earth's past, was able to use a recording of the original Megatron to sway one of the original Megatron's most loyal troops, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], to his cause. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}}

[[File:G1Megatron MasterBlaster stasislock.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Sure, we all need our beauty sleep, but 4 million years, now that's taking the piss.]]
The original Megatron himself was stranded in Earth's past on board the Ark, offline. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}} Before long, Predacon Megatron was able to approach the comatose body of his namesake and steal his [[spark]], integrating it into his own system. Almost immediately, however, during Predacon Megatron's painful reaction to this integration, he was thrown into a pool of lava by his treacherous underlings. In spite of—or perhaps because of—this, Predacon Megatron emerged from the lava, with a new body that could now transform into a fire-breathing dragon. It is unknown how much influence the original Megatron's Spark had in this metamorphosis. {{storylink|Master Blaster}}

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

=====Ask Vector Prime=====
[[File:G1Megs Nemesis part2 deletedclip.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|left|I was cut out?! This is Starscream's doing!]]
At the end of the Beast Wars, after Predacon Megatron was overcome, the original Megatron's Spark was returned to his body, restoring the flow of history. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#July 23, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 23/07/2015}}

====3H comics====
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Megatron was one of the legendary Autobots and Decepticons who resided in [[J'nwan]] after the end of the Great War. During the battle known as [[Point Omega]], Megatron was among the legends who arrived to combat the warlord [[Shokaract]]. Their efforts contributed to Shokaract's defeat and the nullification of the sequence of events that had led to his existence. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}} {{storylink|Departure}}

After the Beast Wars had run its course, Megatron's inert form could still be seen within the Ark when the [[Vok]] removed the Matrix of Leadership from an unconscious Optimus Prime and gave it to their creation, [[Primal Prime]]. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 1}}

====''Transformers Legends'' anthology====
His spark within the body of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], Megatron was able to talk the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] leader into a new plan. Once they had broken into the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and implanted a fragment of Megatron's spark into Starscream, he was able to use the air warrior to attempt to return his spark to its rightful place. Unfortunately, the beast Megatron resisted and overcame Megatron in a war of wills, subsuming the older Megatron. After the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] ended, the [[Maximal]]s returned Megatron's spark to his body. {{storylink|A Meeting of Minds}}

While the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] Megatron was being guided through the afterlife by the [[Maximal]] [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], he beheld a vision of his Decepticon ancestor in the realm of "Severity". The elder Megatron severed his own arm and destroyed it as energy within it threatened his continued existence. This image then morphed into a reflection of the Predacon Megatron as the vision continued. {{storylink|Singularity Ablyss}}

====Razorclaw continuity====
In one splinter timeline of [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]], the Predacon leader Megatron succeeded in absorbing the spark of his namesake. The Vok emissary [[Tigerhawk]] managed to kill Megatron, but it was too late; the ensuing [[timestorm]] consumed reality. [[Unicron]] would later pluck Tigerhawk from the remains of his timeline, and the hardened warrior would become [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]]. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#August 7, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 07/08/2015}}

===''Beast Wars Metals'' comic===
The apparition of Megatron haunted the thoughts of his descendant, [[Megatron (BW)|the Predacon Megatron]], inspiring him to travel to prehistoric Earth and search for the ''Ark''. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 2|Beast Wars Metals #2}}

The younger Megatron eventually found the ''Ark'' and merged with the spark of the original Megatron, gaining a gigantic new body. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}} [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] eventually merged with the spark of Optimus Prime and, after a battle, the merged Megatron spark was completely destroyed. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 6|Beast Wars Metals #6}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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[[File:Megatrong1gladiator.jpg|left|upright=1.0|thumb|Gladiators can afford extra paint applications.]]
Young Megatron was a rising star in gladiatorial combat in the depths of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. As victory upon victory mounted, he began to realize that the games were nothing more than an elaborate conspiracy by the [[Council of Ancients]] to divert the attentions of the masses from the dangerous truth of Cybertron's history. When Megatron began to show interest in Cybertron's buried past through exploration and research, the Council of Ancients attempted to have him assassinated—a plan that only resulted in stirring up even more discontent among Cybertronians, allowing Megatron to begin recruiting for the Decepticon movement. First his "inner circle", then many of the gladiators, and then finally disgruntled civilians answered his call to action. The Decepticons were born. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

[[File:Fledglingcause.jpg|upright=1.9|thumb|Megatron is so grass-roots.]]
In search of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Autobot Matrix]], Megatron personally killed [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], only to find that the Autobot leader was not even carrying the Matrix of Leadership. He then sent an assassination squad to the inauguration of the new [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]], only for the whole squad to be killed. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} Refusing to give up, Megatron paid a visit to one of the huge planetary engines which the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s were reactivating, using it to orchestrate a disaster in the destruction of the [[Forum of Enlightenment]], all in order to lure Optimus underground. Megatron sent [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] to kill Prime and bring him the Matrix {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} As Megatron explained to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] his plan to transform [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] into a massive warworld that would cut a swathe of destruction through the galaxy, Optimus again defeated the Decepticons sent against him. Starscream mocked his leader, not only because his plan was failing to take off, but because Megatron believed the Matrix of Leadership to be more than a mere "ceremonial bauble;" Megatron planned to use the artifact as a battery for Cybertron's engines. After striking Starscream down and telling him never to question him, Megatron finally opted to confront the new Prime personally, and headed to meet him in Cybertron's underground. The two faction leaders met atop of a bridge, but Starscream blasted this overpass in a bid for leadership of the Decepticons, plunging both Optimus and Megatron into an abyss. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}}

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Megatron wound up being separated from Prime in the fall, but found him quarry soon enough by blasting his way through whatever obstacles were in his path. Megatron continued to press his attack, explaining to Optimus exactly why he needed the Matrix and urging Prime to join him. Optimus refused to cooperate, something that Megatron found satisfaction in, since Sentinel Prime hadn't put up much of a fight before his demise. When Megatron drove his fist into his opponent's chest, the Matrix enveloped them both in light, and they found themselves on [[Earth|an alien world]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} Visions of the future, spawned by the Matrix, played out before the two warriors, even as they continued to fight. Every time Megatron came close to eviscerating his opponent, the environment would shift, forestalling his victory. Finally both combatants were returned to subterranean Cybertron, only for Prime to be teleported away, separating him from Megatron. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} Optimus returned with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s [[sword]] and a new resolve, and began beating down Megatron. Though Optimus stopped short of slaying his opponent, Megatron was so thoroughly thrashed in battle that he lost all memory of the Matrix-induced visions he had shared with Prime. Meanwhile, Starscream had activated the planet mechaforming process too soon, resulting in the destruction of the machinery, putting an end to Megatron's plot. Megatron shambled through Cybertron's underground, eventually coming across Soundwave. The Decepticons reconvened to fight another day. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

Roughly 7.4 million years BCE, Megatron and Optimus Prime disappeared in an early test of the then-unstable [[space bridge]] matter-transport system. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}} Spending an undisclosed time on the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], Megatron returned with an overwhelming army of lifeless [[Air Warrior|seeker clones]], arriving as the planet was on the verge of peace. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}} He quickly subjugated the planet, though he kept secret the fact that he was working with the Quintessons. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}} At some point during his conquest, Megatron angrily confronted Starscream for highjacking his plans while he was away, and enacting revenge against the council of elders. Though Starscream claimed he was merely following orders in spirit, Megatron grappled his underling by the throat, and made it clear through threats that Starscream shouldn't presume his own autonomy; he was to follow his orders to the letter, and nothing else. {{storylink|The Omega Effect}} Afterwards, Megatron took great delight in sealing Starscream in a tank of [[Piranacon (Quintesson)|Piranacons]] and placing the Autobots in internment camps, while working on a plan to access Cybertron's core. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}}

{{Unreleased WW comic}}
The Quintessons contacted Megatron, and demanded that the Decepticon deliver Cybertron's core in exchange for having provided him with his army. Megatron forestalled the deal, having commissioned Shockwave to modify his Air Warriors to obey only him, and not their creators. Growing annoyed with Megatron's excuses, the Quintessons informed him that they had detected several Autobot signatures encroaching on his work camp. Leaving to deal with the intruders himself, Megatron tracked down [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and his team, and began beating them down. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.4}} He was interrupted by Grimlock, recently returned from the dead, and was too distracted by the "worthier opponent" to stop Blaster from freeing all of the enslaved Autobots. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.5}} After his troops were subsequently defeated, Megatron fled. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.6}}

Four million years BCE, Cybertron was threatened by a massive approaching asteroid, so Optimus Prime led a contingent of Autobots aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to blow the rock to fragments, which were transported away by an orbital space bridge network. When this task was completed, Megatron chose this moment to strike, attacking the Ark with his troops. Crippled, the craft flew through one of the space bridge portals, and was transported to prehistoric Earth, where it crashed, entombing the occupants in stasis for four million years.

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The Autobots and Decepticons were reactivated in 1984, but specific details of their battles in the 1980s and 1990s are unrecorded. In 1999, an Autobot/Human military alliance succeeded in capturing and deactivating the Decepticons. However, the [[Ark II]] spaceship carrying them back to Cybertron exploded shortly after liftoff, and the Transformers were believed destroyed. In actuality, they had been scattered back to Earth, where they lay in [[stasis lock]] across the globe for three years.

This slumber was brought to an end when [[Lazarus|Adam Rook]] (aka Lazarus), a rogue military scientist who had devised a method of controlling Transformers, salvaged many of the fallen Cybertronians and reprogrammed them as mass killing machines, which he then attempted to sell on the black market. Megatron was used to attack and destroy a rebel encampment in [[South America]]. Lazarus later demonstrated his voice control of Megatron to a prospective client, however though Megatron obeyed the lesser commands, he would not move when commanded to kneel. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 1|Prime Directive #1}}

Having sufficiently raised interest, Lazarus held an auction, beginning with Megatron. He was unprepared when the Decepticon leader demonstrated his autonomy, blasting his way out of the bunker. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 2|Prime Directive #2}} Megatron swiftly put into action a plan to use a [[cyber-virus]] to reformat Earth into a new Cybertron, with Lazarus as its first casualty. As the Autobots arrived, Megatron outlined his plan to Optimus, suggesting that the Autobot leader simply let it happen. Prime declined, however as the two factions fought, the US Military decided to enact [[Operation Clean-Up]] and dropped a bomb on them. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}}

The bomb's energy absorbed by the virus, the Decepticons left the area before the Autobots could recover. Megatron unleashed [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] on [[San Francisco]], resulting in mass slaughter and the devastation of the city. The Autobots arrived and engaged the Decepticons in battle, but [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]'s defeat turned the course of the battle towards Autobot defeat. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}} Although Prime took down Devastator, he still fell before Megatron, who took the time to point out how worthless the humans around them were. He again suggested that Optimus join him. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 5|Prime Directive #5}} The actions of a group of humans, including ramming Megatron with fire engines, inspired the Autobots to fight back. Optimus slammed Megatron to the ground and delivered a beating, but Soundwave's news that the humans had launched a [[Nuclear weapon|nuke]] at their battleground in a virtual repeat of the events in Canada, provoked a peal of laughter from Megatron. Though the nuke was stopped by [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], the Decepticons escaped in the ensuing chaos. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6|Prime Directive #6}}

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[[File:Shockwavedwwarandpeace.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Megatron's a bottom.]]
Several months later, Megatron was subliminally summoned to a remote area in Alaska along with the other Earthbound Transformers. There they battled until Megatron's former second-in-command, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], arrived and revealed that in their absence the war on Cybertron had ended. He next attempted to arrest Megatron, Prime, and their troops as war criminals. Though the Autobots escaped, Megatron, weakened by battle, was quickly defeated by Shockwave and loaded aboard a shuttle for return to Cybertron. He rebooted just in time to be conscious as Starscream jettisoned him into space on the return trip. {{storylink|New World Order}} Megatron used the time floating in space to contemplate his existence and the Decepticon goal. Realizing that he had wasted millennia in his feud with Prime, Megatron resolved to once again conquer Cybertron as a means of enhancing the Transformer race and strengthening it from outside threats. It seemed as through he would not live to accomplish this goal, however, as death closed in on him... only for him to be retrieved by the [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

[[File:LostAndFound MegatronShockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|right|Back on top!]]
Wreck-Gar took Megatron to the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] and repaired and re-armed him, as well as digging up and reactivating a number of seeker clones that had wound up there after being dumped through space bridge portals. {{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}} Megatron returned the favor by stabbing him in the back with an energy dagger. {{storylink|Runnin' with the Devil}}

Traveling to the Planet [[Beast (planet)|Beest]], Megatron defeated the exiled Decepticon warlords, the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], and rebuilt them into the mightiest of all combiners, [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], to serve as his ace in the hole in his quest to reclaim leadership of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Welcome to the Jungle}} Moving in stealth on Cybertron, Megatron defeated Shockwave, severing his laser arm and forcing him into servitude. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}} He then returned to Earth to collect the remaining Decepticons under Starscream's command. With Soundwave's help, he blasted a good-sized hole through Starscream himself, before the Air Commander revealed the recent activities of [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], a figure Megatron believed was connected to the [[Covenant of Primus]]. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

At some point in the future, Megatron possibly became [[Galvatron (G1)#Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye#Issue #2|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye #2}}
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===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
Megatron was furious when Soundwave told him that [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] was selling Decepticon weapons on the black market. After chewing out [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], he commanded Skywarp to bring Swindle in, and he wasn't fussy about how many pieces the Combaticon was in. {{storylink|Two for the Price of One}}

Megatron, along with [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and two [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]s, was waiting [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] emerged from a meeting with [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and two [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]s. {{storylink|Prime Spark (story)|Prime Spark}}

During the gladiatorial matches in the depths of Cybertron, Megatron encountered [[Geosensus]], and mistook him for a potential recruit. When Geosensus revealed he had no offensive capability, Megatron concluded he was a worthless idiot. Megatron prepared to terminate Geosensus, but was interrupted by Shockwave's warning that security forces were incoming. The two Decepticons left to plan their attack on Kaon. {{storylink|Parts}}

In one of Megatron's many attempts to take control of Earth's energy resources, he unleashed a weather machine that engulfed most of the Gulf Coast in a powerful hurricane. The Autobots managed to foil this plot, and forced him to flee. {{storylink|Healers, Fighters, and Transformers}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:Megatronddjoe.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Joey Slick > Cobra Commander]]
When [[Cobra]], a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world, found a crashed spaceship full of Transformers in [[stasis lock]], Megatron proved to them that the machines weren't piloted vehicles when he briefly awoke and groaned that he still functioned. Cobra rebuilt the aliens into new vehicles and reprogrammed them to serve Cobra, with the exception of Megatron, who was rebuilt to transform into a Walther P38 handgun, but was only locked in this mode and not reprogrammed. Holstered by [[Cobra Commander]] at all times, the Decepticon mocked Cobra's decisions, such as deciding that [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], Megatron's traitorous lieutenant, would serve as the Commander's choice of transport. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}}

Regardless of his complaints, Megatron's only chance to be released from his state was to follow Cobra Commander's orders, such as providing instructions on how to create [[energon]]. Things weren't all bad, though, as he still got some enjoyment out of seeing his nemesis [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] being forced to steal and destroy. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}} Megatron was also pleased when [[Destro]] showed up and started bossing Cobra Commander around. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

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When the Transformers were cleared of their reprogramming thanks to [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], Cobra Commander found himself face to face with a very stern Optimus Prime, and tried to use Megatron to shoot the Autobot. However, Megatron still had some control of his body and strictly refused to fire, instead bargaining with Cobra Commander to return him to normal. The human gave in, and Megatron transformed and clashed with his old enemy. With Prime low on energon, Megatron came out on top, but before he could finish Prime off, Starscream attacked him and tried to take leadership of the Decepticons. Megatron got rid of him, but the distraction had allowed several Autobots to come to Optimus Prime's rescue. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}}

Ignoring Prime to focus on some more long-term plans, Megatron made [[Doctor Mindbender]] use the [[SPS Satellite]] to create large amounts of energon. However, his party was soon crashed when Optimus Prime attacked the facility and used the energon to power up. Finding the situation unsalvageable, Megatron tried to escape while Prime was busy with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}} He ran right into [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], but was unimpressed with their firepower and fought back with his [[energon mace]], possibly killing [[Mercer]]. Things quickly turned for the worse for Megatron; his arm was heavily damaged by a stray beam from the malfunctioning SPS Satellite, he was pounded by G.I. Joe's rockets, and Optimus Prime caught up to him and beat him to a pulp. Prime then stole his [[fusion cannon]] and used it to destroy the satellite and smack Megatron across the jaw, defeating him and ending the battle. The Decepticon was disassembled, but unbeknownst to the victors, his remains were seized and experimented upon by the United States government. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

[[File:The Art of War 1 Martin vs Megatron.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|No one sticks out their tongue at Megatron. At least, not for long.]]
A few years later, the human scientists had used Megatron's technology to create the [[Serpentor|Serpent Organic Robot]], a synthetic creature that combined the personalities of several of [[Earth]]'s most famous warmongers and Megatron. After being prematurely activated by Cobra Commander, Serpent O.R. flashbacked to a memory of Megatron's imprisonment and attacked the Cobra leader. He then plugged himself into Soundwave's deactivated head and learned the history of the Transformers, subsequently considering himself the son of Megatron. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} Serpent O.R. went on to travel to Cybertron and realize his destiny of becoming the next leader of the Decepticons, while Megatron's remains were left where they lay in [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
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At some point in the past, Megatron defeated [[Sentinel Prime (G1)#Transformers/G.I. Joe|Sentinel Prime]]. {{storylink|Megatron (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Titanium Series Megatron toy bio}}

Megatron and his underlings lay buried and deactivated under a temple on the [[Fera Islands]] for some three million years, until one day in [[1938]] when they were somehow reactivated by [[Major Bludd]] touching the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. After learning that [[Cobra]], like the Decepticons, were ruthless conquerors in search of power, Megatron allied himself with the humans. However, this was merely a ruse so that he could get his hands on the Matrix, which proved hard as [[Cobra Commander]] kept on his person at all times. Megatron and his troops spent the following year helping Cobra ransack various European nations, stealing energy for themselves while leaving the useless "[[Gold|yellow metal]] and painted paper" for Cobra. In the summer of [[1939]], he took out the aerial defense of the English Channel alongside [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], clearing the way for an invasion of the [[United Kingdom]]. {{storylink|The Line}}

Hours later at the Fera Islands, Megatron was in the process of beating up Starscream for leaving his post when he spotted an Autobot [[Sky Spy|repair drone]] in the process of reactivating [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and his troops. This angered him slightly more than [[Destro]] eyeing his [[energon cube]]s. {{storylink|Transformed}} Deciding that he needed a safer place to store the energy, Megatron commandeered a submarine and forced Cobra troops to move the cubes into it, which did not please Cobra Commander. However, Megatron had decided their alliance had outlived its usefulness anyway, and prepared to squish the fleshling, only to learn the hard way that Cobra Commander could use the Matrix to cause him great pain. As Megatron collapsed, the Cobra leader warned him against ever rebelling again. {{storylink|Trial by Fire}}

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The Decepticon commander decided to bide his time, and stood calmly by Cobra Commander's side as their enemies closed in on the Terrordrome. When [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] refused to follow Cobra Commander's orders, Megatron admonished him in order to further trick the commander that he had learned his lesson. {{storylink|Trenches}} As Cobra Commander's orders led to Shockwave breaking apart, Megatron suggested that he be given the Matrix so he could repair his underling. Unfortunately for him, Cobra Commander did not fall for it, but Megatron at least got to taunt him for wasting valuable troops like that. Shortly afterwards, [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] was unleashed, causing a rockslide that crushed Cobra Commander's legs, despite his orders for Megatron to shield him. Instead, Megatron "humbly" suggested that the commander use his gun mode as a means of ending his life. Cobra Commander could not go through with it, but Megatron was simply picked up by the [[Baroness]], who executed her former leader. Free at last, the Decepticon leader went after the Matrix, only to find it had been stolen by [[Snake-Eyes]]. Before he could kill the ninja, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] arrived and attacked him, keeping him at bay while Snake-Eyes destroyed the Matrix in an attempt to destroy Bruticus, killing all the Transformers in the process. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

===''The Beast Within''===
Megatron led a full Decepticon offensive, catching the Autobots unaware. With the ensuing battle going in the Decepticons’ favour, Megatron waded through the battlefield, slaughtering Autobots as he went. Ordering his troops to leave no survivors, Megatron's onslaught was interrupted when the Dinobots combined into [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], forcing him to prioritize this newest threat. He cheered on when Predaking clashed with The Beast, though it did the combiner little good. When Megatron attempted to interfere himself with The Beast as it took on several of the Decepticons’ combiners, he was tackled down and beaten up by Optimus. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

With the Beast continuing its rampage, Megatron and his battered troops chose to flee the battlefield rather than risk being slaughtered by The Beast. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences prologue}}

===''Q-Robo Transformer''===
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===''Another Con''===
Megatron was transformed into a {{w|Pikachu|small electrical rodent}}. Starscream sarcastically assured him that the Autobots would find him much more intimidating in this form. {{storylink|Another Con}}

===Descent into Evil===
During the first Great War, [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] was an original member of Megatron's army. After the loss of Megatron, Flamewar continued to mourn him for some time, seeing the remaining Decepticon Generals such as [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]] as pale imitations of him. {{storylink|Flamewar (G1)#Timelines_2|BotCon 2005 Flamewar profile card}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
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Realizing that peaceful movements could not change [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Megatron, a miner from [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]], decided to wage a war against the corrupt [[Senate]]. With help from [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] and his [[Autobot]]s, he overthrew the corrupt Autobot leader, [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]], and became new tyrant of the planet. The betrayed Orion Pax, now going by the name of "Optimus Prime", gathered the remaining Autobots and organized a rebellion against Megatron and his [[Decepticon]] army. Over time, the war between Decepticons and Autobots spread throughout the entire galaxy.

Four million years later, Megatron arrived on Earth to put down a coup fronted by Starscream. Intrigued by the presence of an incredible new energy source known as [[Ore-13]] on the planet, Megatron remained on Earth, and when Optimus Prime arrived as well, it became a new battleground for the war. By springing a trap on the Autobots, Megatron cast them to the despoiled, [[Insecticon swarm|Insecticon-infested]] Cybertron and attempted to conquer Earth. However, aided by [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|a human]], Optimus Prime defeated Megatron at last, while Starscream took his damaged leader and retreated from the planet.

After a two-year convalescence, Megatron was revived in a new body built by [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] and [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]. Seeking revenge on both Optimus Prime and humanity, Megatron concocted a plan to shatter the already-fragile alliance between the Autobots and their new human allies in [[Skywatch]], mind-controlling humans into his pawns through replicas of his gun form. Defeating Prime in battle, he then made the surprising move of surrendering himself to the Autobots, but his ulterior motives soon revealed themselves: by surrendering, he secured himself passage to Cybertron, and once there, used the [[space bridge]] technology in his new body to teleport his Decepticon army back to their homeworld. This plan played out in the midst of an attempt by [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] to bring the [[Dead Universe]] entity [[D-Void]] into the living reality; the minds of Megatron's troops were seized by D-Void and they were combined into [[Deceptigod|a giant monster]], which Megatron battled and defeated.

Galvatron's defeat was followed by the reformatting of Cybertron into a primordial state, and Megatron went into hiding in the wilderness to study the energy used to create D-Void's monster, using it to perfect the combination process. With a new [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] created through this idealized new process, as a well as a new body for himself design to interact with the combiner, Megatron laid siege to Iacon from within, but was stopped by a hidden forcefield implanted inside his body by [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]].

During Shockwave's attempt to destroy the universe, Megatron found himself working alongside [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] as they raced to prevent the mad scientist from completing his ascension. Although Bumblebee didn't survive the experience, Megatron had an epiphany at the eleventh hour: he had strayed so far from his original ideals of personal freedom and liberty for all, and declared himself an Autobot, donning Bumblebee's old insignia. In the aftermath, Megatron joined the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' after agreeing to postpone his trial. His presence on the ship proved controversial—not least among his former Decepticons, especially [[Tarn (G1)|Tarn]] and the [[Decepticon Justice Division]]. He later found himself inadvertently trapped in the [[Functionist Universe]] and began working to overthrow the Functionists, this time through more peaceful means.

When the Functionists attempted to use the [[Warren]] to purge the galaxy of alien life, Megatron followed in the [[Last Light (ship)|''Last Light'']]. After centuries of battle, during which the Functionsists had actually transformed Cybertron into an effigy of Primus, Megatron found himself back in his home universe, reuniting with his old crew, for whom it had been only a few weeks. When Rung was discovered to be the actual Primus, he forged twelves duplicates of the Matrix of Leadership which the crew opened at each of Cybertron's hot spots, the energy wave overloading Vector Sigma and destroying the Functionsists who had merged with it. When the crew finally recontacted the rest of the Cybertronian race however, Prowl decided that, since the [[Knights of Cybertron]] didn't exist, Megatron would have to be tried by the [[Galactic Council]]. Agreeing to go quietly, Megatron was tried for his many crimes and sentenced to either eternal imprisonment or outright execution; whatever his ultimate fate, Megatron accepted the outcome, saying he deserved worse.

===''Lil Formers''===
After Runamuck had failed during his latest mission, Megatron hounded him down to punish him. Little did he know that Runamuck had repainted himself black to pass off as Runabout.

Later, Megatron declared it to be "Mega-Month," and introduced other-universe incarnations of himself. He claimed that his purple-and-green tank body was great for hiding out in Cybertron's vast eggplant fields. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''Hearts of Steel''===
Megatron was leader of the Decepticons, although he was inactive while some of his troops woke in the 19th century. The awake [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] plotted to destroy Megatron in the process of conquering [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}} When the [[Elder God]]s woke years later, they took the [[Decepticon]]s under their control. When [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] confronted the manipulated [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] under the assumption that Megatron had awakened his forces, the Decepticon clarified that Megatron still slept and their true masters were the Elder Gods. {{Storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1|Infestation 2: The Transformers #1}}

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===''Mini Mayhem!''===
Using an un-enlarger device, Megatron led his Decepticons in an infiltration of [[BotCon]] to track down next year's toy designs, and use them to conquer the Autobots once and for all! Unfortunately, the [[Eric Siebenaler|toy designer]] he was after wasn't in attendance, and so Megatron's plan fell to shambles.

On his birthday, Megatron found a badly-hidden bomb stuck in his cake. He was left wondering whether Starscream was putting any efforts in his coups anymore. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comic===
In the 21st century, Megatron attacked [[Tokyo]], planning to steal its energy and enslave the population. He retreated once the Autobots arrived and a fight with Optimus ensued. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 1|Henkei! Henkei! #1}} Sending [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] to distract his nemesis, Megatron quietly gathered a large amount of energon cubes before being attacked by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]]. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 2|Henkei! Henkei! #2}} Though the young Autobot proved able to dodge Megatron's cannon blasts, he soon found himself in Megatron's grip as soon as he attempted to charge the Decepticon leader. Rodimus kicked himself free, but was left with damaged optics and was unable to fire upon Megatron for fear of hitting the power plant behind him. But when Starscream tried to fire on Rodimus, the young Autobot dodged out of the way, and Megatron was hit by his own underling's null-ray! Megatron then chose to flee {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 3|Henkei! Henkei! #3}} with enough energon to transform himself into Galvatron. He nearly killed Prime and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] upon undergoing this transformation, before apparently overloading and exploding, reverting him back into Megatron. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 7|Henkei! Henkei! #7}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei! Generations'' comic===
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Starscream's ghost attempted to overthrow Megatron once more. Blowing away the cape and crown that Starscream had doned before their confrontation, Megatron admitted that he was curious to learn how Starscream's new "body" functioned. {{storylink|Starscream's Ambition}} But this Starscream wasn't the one Megatron was familiar with; the spectre had come forth from another dimension. Starscream explained this to Megatron before possessing the body of [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] and beginning to tear up the Decepticon ranks from within! As Megatron demanded what the ghost wanted truly wanted, (Megatron's head and the local Starscream's body, as it turns out) the quantum Operatives [[Skids (G1)#Quantum Operative|Skids]] and [[Screech (Generations)|Screech]] warped in on the scene and helped exorcise Starscream back to his home universe. {{storylink|Starscream's New Body}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei! BunBun'' comic===
[[File:Henkei1 enter megatron.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|At last, I have returned in a— wait, am I a [[Nerf|NERF]] pistol now?! CURSE YOU STARSCREAM!!!]]
When the legendary [[Energon cube#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun manga|Energon Cube]] was lost to the reaches of space, Megatron led a small team of Decepticons across the galaxy in pursuit. The cube crashed on Earth, in the Japanese town of [[Hoshinochō]], where it shattered into innumerable fragments that were scattered far and wide. To search for the cube shards, Megatron and his Decepticons took on the forms of local vehicles and devices, so they could operate in secret. [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun manga|Optimus Prime]] and his Autobots had also followed the Cube to Earth, and so the Transformers' war continued in secret on this new world. {{storylink|Kingdom of Giants}}

Ten years later, Megatron discovered that the humans had a "secret weapon" of sorts in their quest: They had allied themselves with the human boy [[Akira Kihara]], who possessed the incredible powers of a "[[Booster]]", one of a small number of beings in the universe born with the power to detect and manipulate the energies of the Energon Cube. Seeking the boy's power for his own, Megatron struck, but was repelled when Akira used his powers to their fullest. Alas, Akira overloaded his body and died in the process, and Prime was consumed with guilt. {{storylink|Time of Resurrection}}

One year after the battle for Akira, Megatron received word from [[Astrotrain (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun manga|Astrotrain]] that [[Starscream (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun manga|Starscream]] and [[Ramjet (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun manga|Ramjet]] were battling Prime's Autobots at the human structure known as the [[Star Dome]]. {{storylink|Enter! The Transformers}} Joining the conflict, he berating Starscream for his failures, using the fallen Air Commander as a shield to protect himself from Optimus Prime's shots. Chastizing Prime for not going all-out in his attack, Megatron turned his Fusion Cannon on [[Bumblebee (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun manga|Bumblebee]] and the Autobots' newest human ally [[Wataru Hoshinoumi]]. At the last moment, Prime appeared to deflect Megatron's blast with a shot of his, and Megatron elected to retreat, transforming to gun mode and collapsing a large chunk of the Star Dome to cover the Decepticons' withdrawal. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Appears!}} Starscream claimed Megatron's advanced age was making him weak, but Megatron suggested that he had another reason for calling retreat... {{storylink|Kingdom of Giants}}

[[File:Henkei6 megatron mace.jpg|thumb|Even if the mace's end is only a few feet from my head, it shall never hurt me!]]
When Starscream struck out on his own, attacking a power plant with the aid of the brainwashed Autobot [[Jetfire (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun manga|Skyfire]], Megatron observed the battle via a recording made by his spy, [[Ravage (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun manga|Ravage]]. The events that unfolded during the conflict confirmed Megatron's suspicions: Wataru was also a Booster! {{storylink|Wataru's Power}} Once again seeking to take the power of a Booster for himself, Megatron tracked Prime and Wataru when they went on a mission to investigate a local relic (in actuality, a cube shard), then struck hard. Taunting Prime with the memory of the last Booster that he had allowed to die, Megatron goaded the Autobot leader into a ferocious battle with their energon-axe and flail. Throughout the duel, Megatron challenged Prime's philosophy and beliefs, eventually striking home with the claim that Prime had hoped to use Wataru's power to defeat him. With Prime's focus broken by this sadly-true accusation, Megatron was able to lay Prime low and seize Wataru, informing the boy that he would not allow him to die like Akira had if he came with him willingly. Naturally, Wataru refused, and activated his powers, forcing Megatron back with a barrier shield; this, Megatron realized, was what had deflected his shot during his first encounter with Wataru, rather than Prime's blast. Wataru used his powers to heal Optimus and power-up his energon axe into a mighty [[sword]], which Prime used to tear a massive gash in Megatron's armor. The explosion that resulted decimated the surrounding countryside, and when Prime and Wataru awoke, Megatron was gone. {{storylink|Optimus Prime's Secret}}

[[File:Henkei8 megatron energon bath.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Now that my bubble bath is ready, I shall go get my [[Rubber Ducky|little rubber bathtime plaything]].]]
The injured Megatron had been spirited away by [[Cyclonus (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun manga|Cyclonus]], who took him to a network of caves beneath a volcano and placed him in a "bath" of molten [[energon cube]]s to heal him. {{storylink|Time of Resurrection}} While Megatron was recuperating, however, Starscream led Optimus Prime and Bumblebee to his location, in hopes that they would destroy him so that he could take his throne. As Starscream and Cyclonus battled in the air, Prime approached Megatron, and without hesitation, plunged his energon sword into the Decepticon leader's chest and broke the blade off within his body. Megatron howled in pain and fury, and the energon cubes around him began to react, rising to whirl around him and surround his body with their glow. The maddened Megatron seized one of the cubes and bit into it deeply, causing a huge energon explosion. As the light from the blast faded, Megatron stood restored, renewed and reformatted... now, he was [[Galvatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun manga|Galvatron]]! {{storylink|Creation! The New Emperor of Destruction!!}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-''===
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===''Universe'' toy bios===
Numerous tragic encounters with Megatron tempered [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]'s good nature. {{storylink|Ratchet (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|''Universe'' Ratchet toy bio}}

===''Alternity''===
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Numerous incarnations of Megatron from throughout the [[multiverse]] were gathered together as the "[[Megatron Aggregate]]" under the leadership of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|one particular incarnation]] who hailed from [[BT World|a universe]] where the Autobots had evolved into the hyperdimensional race known as the [[Alternity (species)|Alternity]]. Shackling the power of the trans-time god-beast [[Hytherion]], this Megatron conveyed time-and-space-manipulating powers similar to those of the Alternity upon himself as his different iterations, forging them into one cross-dimensional gestalt-consciousness entity. To battle the Alternity across time and space, the Megatrons copied their methods, projecting their consciousnesses into [[auto-avatar]]s. The Megatron responsible for the scheme took control of a "Premium Le Mans Blue" style auto-avatar, while his first known ally (from an unidentified dimension) possessed a "Blade Silver" body. {{storylink|To Mega Therion}}

The third identified member of the Megatron Aggregate hailed from [[universal stream]] [[Primax 1286.3 Kappa]]. In a "Diamond Black" auto-avatar body, he engaged in battle with "Ultimate Silver" [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|Optimus Prime]] across two universal streams, striking at him from the year 2009. This Megatron was amused when Prime deduced that he had an ulterior motive for operating in that year, and so made him a wager: if he could defeat him in a game of his own choosing, he would answer a question honestly. Megatron proposed manipulating the inhabitants of his home universe in a "game full of death and suffering", and infused a portion of his power through a legion of Decepticons (including his own past self) to be pitted against Prime's lone chosen champion, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|To Die Game!}}

With the Hytherion's power under the Aggregate's control, one Megatron and his universe's Decepticons' battle tactics changed from attacking specific strategic targets to widespread, sweeping destruction. {{storylink|Nissan GT-R / Ultra Magnus (Brilliant Pearl White)}}

{{note|Alternity beings are both individuals and a collective of separate entities. More fiction about Megatron's Alternity collective can be found [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|here]].}}

===''Universe'' cartoon===
[[File:FfE Megatron.JPG|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Cyclonus, if you would please fetch the nail clipper.]]
During the war, Megatron rose up to become leader of the Decepticons. Pursuing Optimus on his quest for more Energon, he shot down his ship. Landing, he, Starscream and Soundwave saw Optimus and his Autobots had survived, and taken disguises. Megatron's eyes turned red as he prepared to scan an alternate mode... {{storylink|Action Blast 1}}

Megatron and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] set up a mining operation near an abandoned [[Rock-It Fuel|gas station]] to extract Earth's natural resources and convert them to [[energon]]. They were discovered by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], who created a diversion and knocked Cyclonus out. Megatron then blew the mining operation up with his double-barreled arm cannon and retreated with Cyclonus. {{storylink|Fight for Energon}}

===Robot Heroes===
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Megatron was once Optimus's friend. One day, he decided he wanted to rule the galaxy and have Optimus's Matrix for himself, bringing the two of them at odds. When the Autobots left Cybertron, Megatron and his Decepticons followed them to Earth in order to bring its people peace... through tyranny! Optimus shoved him off though, forcing Megatron to postpone his conquest to another day. {{storylink|I Am Optimus Prime (Robot Heroes)|I Am Optimus Prime}}
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===''Transformers'' (2010) toy bios===
[[Lugnut (TF 2010)|Lugnut]] was fanatically loyal to Megatron. {{storylink|Lugnut (TF 2010)#Transformers (2010)|''Transformers'' Lugnut toy bio}}

===''Generations'' toy bios===
[[Drift (G1)|Drift]] used to work for Megatron. {{storylink|Drift (G1)#Generations|''Generations'' Drift toy bio}}

[[Straxus (G1)|Darkmount]] was one of the few Decepticons to achieve legendary status on the level of Megatron. {{storylink|Straxus (G1)#Generations|''Generations'' Darkmount toy bio}}

Even Megatron shuddered at the name of the ruthless [[Black Shadow (G1)|Sky Shadow]]. {{storylink|Black Shadow (G1)#Generations|''Generations'' Sky Shadow toy bio}}

===''BeCool'' shorts===
'''Tank Lorry''' (タンクローリー ''Tanku Rōrī'') was a participant in the ''Quiz! BeCool'' show, teamed with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Trailer]]. However, their inability to correctly answer questions or be civil to each other cost them the winning spot. Another BeCool, '''Hyper Tank''' (ハイパータンク ''Haipā Tanku'') was part of the audience. {{storylink|The Story of Quiz! BeCool}} Tank Lorry was part of [[Bumblebee (G1)|Yellow Sports Car]]'s explanation of BeCool marks. {{storylink|The Story of What Do I Know About the BeCool Mark?}} He was later caught in a big traffic accident when Yellow Sports Car spun out of control after slipping on a [[banana]] peel. {{storylink|The Story of Protecting the Signal!}}

It turned out that Tank Lorry was a movie director, and his filming of a movie was interrupted by the fire brigade who thought that the movie's pyrotechnics were an actual raging fire. {{storylink|The Story of the Fire Brigade Dispatch!}}

===''United''===
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Believing Optimus Prime to be dead, Megatron declared himself Cybertron's "Emperor of Destruction", and asked Starscream on the condition of a mysterious "item". Starscream only responded that the object in question would be put to better use under his control... and the conversation was cut short by the timely arrival of Optimus Prime and his troops! Ecstatic to see his old nemesis alive and fighting-fit, Megatron engaged the Autobot while Starscream urged him on. Many future battles would be had between the two rivals, with both combatants upgrading themselves into new bodies over the course of the ages. {{storylink|A New Battle!}}

At some point, [[Darkside Megatron]] was born out of Megatron's mental insanity. {{storylink|Darkside Megatron|''United'' Darkside Megatron toy bio}}
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 1}} {{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}} {{storylink|The Fated Rival, Once Again...}} {{storylink|To Earth}} {{storylink|Reunion and Parting}} {{storylink|Plans of the Emperor of Destruction}} {{storylink|Revenge (All Spark)|Revenge}} {{storylink|The False Power}} {{storylink|Ray of Hope}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}

===''Transformers GT: Mission GT-R''===
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In a world where the Transformers' war settled into a series of competitive races known as the [[Transformers GT (race)|Transformers GT]], Megatron took on a race car form and became a [[GT Transformer]] under the name '''GT-R Megatron''', though he retained his ruthless nature and favored blasting other racers out of his way with his powerful [[EX. Cannon]]. In order to put an on limit his own strength, he separated his "[[Dark Matrix of Leadership|Dark Matrix]]", the portion of his soul governing his wisdom, into a [[GT Sister]] partner named [[Noa]].

====Comic====
Megatron had a reputation for suddenly showing up at race tracks and blowing away the competition with his incredible speed. This earned him the moniker of "The Silver Tyrant". At [[Noa]]’s urging, Megatron interrupted a race between Star Saber, Optimus Prime and Fortress Maximus as they neared their final laps. He quickly outpaced both Maximus and Saber before challenging Optimus to battle. As the two fought, Megatron explained that he considered the competition to be a farce, as he easily outclassed all those who opposed him. [[Safety Prime]] and his [[GT Sister]] [[Ai (GT)|Ai]] then drove onto the race track, announcing they would not stand for Megatron's grandstanding. In response, Megatron swatted Safety Prime away, and claimed he would soon make his nom-de-guerre all the more appropriate by pulverizing the new arrival. Before Megatron could give Safety Prime a thorough trouncing, Optimus stepped in, claiming he understood Megatron's true motivation for coming to the race track; a dire need for the thrill of the race! Having been promised a true challenge, Megatron took on his car mode once again, and all four Transformers resumed the race. {{storylink|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (comic)|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R}}

====''Story of Transformers GT''====
During round 3 of the 19th Transformers GT, GT-R Megatron specifically targeted his rival, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|GT-R Prime]]. Uninterested in other racers, he had Noa lock on his EX. Cannon to any approaching racers so that he could keep them from interfering with his race towards Prime. The first victim of his weapon was [[Star Saber (G1)|GT-R Saber]]. {{storylink|One Shot and One Kill!! –Finishing Blow–}} As he continued to blast everyone out of his way, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|GT-R Maximus]] was displeased with Megatron's violent methods and set out to teach him a lesson with his own weapon, the [[Master Jack Sword]]. {{storylink|A Biggest Sword! –The Last Resort–}}

====Story pages====
During round 3 of the Transformers GT, Megatron burst onto the scene from inside a black trailer and threatened to destroy the race, expressing disappointment that all races so far had failed to excite his warrior's spark. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|GT-R Prime]] understood the newcomer's desire for a truly thrilling race and called upon Megatron to race against him. {{storylink|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (story page)|GT-R Megatron Attacks!}} Like other racers, GT-R Megatron attended photo shoots alongside Noa in order to promote coexistence between humans and Transformers. {{storylink|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (story page)|The Work of the GT Sister Race Queens?}} When a reincarnated [[Unicron]] attacked the Transformers GT finals intending to absorb the GT Transformers' energy, Megatron restored his true strength by using the "Matrix In" ability to recombine with Noa. He then fought and defeated Unicron alongside the other powered-up racers. {{storylink|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (story page)|The True TFGT}}

===Starscream's New Power===
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Starscream, having just driven off several other Decepticons after grabbing some weapons from [[Shockwave's Tower|Shockwave's lab]], gloated that the Decepticons would soon kneel before him as their new leader. He was unaware of Megatron sneaking up on him as he did so... {{storylink|Starscream's New Power}}

===''Construct-Bots'' cartoon===
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Megatron tried to shoot down [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] while he was showing off his jet mode, only for [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] to rear-end him, sending Megatron flying. The force of the impact also caused Megatron's parts to come off his chassis. Upon noticing this, Megatron covered himself in shame. {{storylink|Toys & App TV Commercial}}

Megatron was playing cards with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] when [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] attacked their base. Megatron used a nearby Construct-Bots computer terminal to upgrade both his minions. But when it came time to receive his own upgrade, Bumblebee mucked about with the computer, and Megatron got a gumball machine attached to his chest. Enraged, he threw the candy dispensor to the ground, only for gumballs to scatter about and cause him to trip. Falling to the ground, Megatron was left with a bare chassis as the impact caused all his parts to scatter! {{storylink|Intro!}}

Megatron tussled with Bumblebee. Throughout the fight, both 'bots' parts got rearranged in bizarre ways. At the end of the struggle, Bumblebee stood properly assembled, while Megatron found his chassis stripped of its parts! Humiliated, Megatron took off. {{storylink|Switcheroo!}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
[[File:FuneralForAFriend-Megatronmeetsdestro.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|How long can we look at each other down the barrel of a gun?]]
Starscream brought Megatron the disembodied head of Bumblebee, which contained massive amounts of useful information. As a reward Megatron gave Starscream a position of power. {{storylink|The Golden Boys}} The information he gained allowed Megatron to achieve victory against the Autobots and caused Optimus Prime to disappear. Megatron seemed insulted that his foe had abandoned their battle. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}} Around this time, Megatron seized the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and bonded it to his [[black hole (phenomenon)|black hole]] spark. {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}} The Matrix led him to the face of [[Primus]]. Through it, the Decepticon leader began corrupting [[Vector Sigma]] and subjugated his creator to his will. Cybertron was slowly turned into a massive space ship which would utilize Primus' power to cyberform the entire galaxy. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}

He then ordered Cybertron moved into the solar system of [[Earth]], where Starscream had retrieved Bumblebee from. {{storylink|I Saw Three Ships}} Megatron was atop his throne in [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] when G.I. Joe began bombing Cybertron with organic matter. The [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] eventually brought him the invaders, only for them to escape, along with some Autobots, when [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] projected an Optimus Prime hologram, causing Megatron to lunge at what he thought was his foe. {{storylink|Targetmasters (issue)|Targetmasters}} At some point Megatron aligned the Decepticons with Cobra. When [[Destro]] transwarped into Megatron's throne room, the cyber-human impressed Megatron with both his drive and mastery of mechanical life. Megatron allowed him to handle his next mission alone and gave him a gun as a gift to slay the comatose [[Cobra Commander]]. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}}

[[File:EverybodyHatesMetroplex-homagesyeessss.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4| This feels right for some reason, [[Megatron (BW)|Yesss.]]]]
Outraged that G.I. Joe was aiding the Autobots, Megatron launched a full attack on [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], recently deposed as Autobot King, tried to kill Megatron personally, only to be slain and salvaged for spare parts and war trophies. Despite [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] coming to aid his comrades, the Decepticon/Cobra alliance prevailed and Megatron allowed Metroplex and Fortress Maximus to slink off in their damaged states (though [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] believed Megatron had wounds to lick). {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}

Seeking to bring all lifeforms in the universe under his command, Megatron set up a facility to study human and Cybertronian minds; his end goal being to decrypt the living mind under the supervision of [[Doctor Mindbender]] and [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]. {{storylink|Headmasters (issue)|Headmasters}} He made enough progress to override motor functions and watched as Autobot and Joe were pitted against each other in the Polyhex Killway arena. To his mild interest the Autobot [[Galen]] turned out to be a human in armour. Meanwhile, Cybertron had infected [[Saturn]] and [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] with cyberforming, and was beginning to do the same to the moon as he desired. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}} When he found Cobra Commander's son Billy, missing an arm and a leg, he grafted cybernetic limbs to him, turning him into a weapon (a great honour in Megatron's view). {{storylink|FCBD Funnies}}

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When Optimus Prime returned to Cybertron, Megatron, feeling nostalgic, engaged him in one-to-one combat. Optimus got the upper hand and cleaved open Megatron's chest, revealing the corrupted Matrix. Realizing that this was the most devastating blow the fight could offer, Megatron abandoned the duel and ordered his troops to overrun the Autobots. Megatron admitted to Optimus that while he liked nostalgia, he was concerned with bigger things. Cybertron had finally reached Earth and the horn-like mega-mountains slammed into it, destroying the organic world. Megatron then shot Optimus through the [[spark]] at point-blank range with his [[fusion cannon]], sending his foe down a pit while the Autobots and Joes watched in horror. {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}} Megatron celebrated Earth's destruction with his Cobra disciples, consuming Earth [[Skidmark (G.I. Joe)|food]] in honour of the day the planet died. After dinner he took Trypticon upon one of the mega-mountains and used the Matrix to sprout "petals" to clear away the cloud of dust and debris created by the destruction of Earth. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}} When the cloud had cleared, Megatron ordered Primus to transform to robot mode, intending for him to consume the [[Sun]] and supercharge his creation abilities {{storylink|Escape from Primus}}

[[File:TheWarNeverEnds MegaMegatron.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|'''FEAR THE RAINBOW!!!''']]
Before Primus could consume the star, Megatron was assaulted by the sparks of the former [[Prime (rank)|Primes]], who mocked his background and ambition, but he refused to break. The Decepticon leader demanded Optimus show himself, only for Grimlock to appear and take control of his head, which Megatron was wearing. Megatron saw fit to quickly rid himself of the trophy. Gathering all his Decepticon and Cobra minions within Trypticon's forcefield, he directed Primus to begin consuming the Sun. The Autobot/Joe alliance was able to disable the saurian's forcefield and envelop Megatron's forces in [[G.I.Rocket|green bombs]]. [[Cobra Commander]] and his cabal then arrived with the human offering to rid Megatron of the plants if he gave him Mars to rule. Megatron agreed to spare Mars and [[Doctor Venom]] broadcasted the kill signal, which prompted the Decepticon to declare his invincibility. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}

In the ensuing battle, Megatron combined the energies of his black hole with the Matrix of Leadership, absorbing all of the Autobots, becoming a monstrous new form he dubbed "Mega-Megatron." Unwilling to hurt their allies, the Joes retreated, but Mega-Megatron's career was short-lived; the ''Nemesis''—commandeered by Shipwreck and Polly—ploughed into the combiner, freeing their friends. Then the legendary Ultra Magnus crashed through Primus's eye, challenging Megatron to a duel. Eager to do away with the old gods of Cybertron, Megatron accepted, and the two combatants battled on the Dyson sphere that had grown around the Earth's Sun. Magnus managed to snatch the Matrix away from the Decepticon conqueror, intent on returning it to its rightful owner—Optimus Prime! Optimus Prime sprang out of Ultra Magnus's body, punching Megatron off of the nearest ledge and sending the Decepticon warlord hurtling into the core of the Sun.

[[File:Pony Megatron Taste Test.jpg|thumb|upright=2.0|There were no survivors.]]
Trapped in the Sun, Megatron attempted to escape his predicament by using his black hole as a dimensional gateway. The gambit was only partially successful—although Megatron died before he could escape, his body was indeed shunted to another universe. In this distant reality, a group of [[My Little Pony|diminutive horses]] investigated the smoldering remains of the once-mighty conqueror.

Eventually, however, Megatron would be reborn as Galvatron. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

===''Angry Birds'' comic===
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Megatron led an attack on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] in an attempt to capture the [[AllSpark]] from the Autobots. His attack plan fell apart when Starscream broke rank, leading to Megatron's troops being repelled from the ship. After Optimus delivered a mean right-hook right into the Decepticon leader's jaw, Megatron was sent tumbling after his minions by a blast of water, courtesy of [[Heatwave (G1)|Heatwave]]. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers issue 1|Angry Birds Transformers #1}}
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===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' continuity===
====''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material====
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{{quote|The old ways must fall, and only I have the power to strike the final blow.}}
Megatron was once honored across [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. However, the mighty hero was corrupted by power, and thus he became a tyrant who launched a war of conquest which drained Cybertron of life. Not even that could satisfy his taste for conquest. {{storylink|Megatron (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Megatron toy bio}}

[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]'s preference for playing pranks over battle frustrated Megatron. {{storylink|Skywarp (G1)/toys#CWLeader|''Combiner Wars'' Leader Class Skywarp toy bio}}

Megatron was a potential bearer of the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. As a force for order, Megatron, tired of the war, planned to tear down the old system and set up a new, united Cybertron... under his rule, of course. Instead, the Matrix went to [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]. {{storylink|Source:Power of the Primes Fan Vote|''Power of the Primes'' fan poll}}
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====''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons====
{{voiceactor|[[Jason Marnocha]] (English)}}
[[File:Unforgotten Windblade Optimus Prime Megatron.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|Hi, I'm Megatron, and you don't know it yet, but I'm your reason to keep watching.]]
Before he was leader of the Decepticons, Megatron fought as a gladiator, deriving his name from that of [[The Fallen|Megatronus]]. {{storylink|All Things Must Pass}} During the Great War, Megatron killed Optimus Prime and was transformed into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] by the power of Unicron, though both of these were later reversed. {{storylink|The Fight Begins}} {{storylink|Countdown (POTP)|Countdown}} Starscream constantly schemed to claim leadership from Megatron, though he never succeeded. {{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Starscream}} Coming to the dire realization that the war against the Decepticons had become a never-ending arms race, Optimus Prime challenged Megatron to single-combat, with their troops acting as witnesses to their terrible and final clash. The battle between both faction leaders ended with Megatron beaten down and goading Optimus into delivering the kill shot. {{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Optimus Prime}} Prime refused to kill him, however, and following the Great War's conclusion, Megatron was abandoned by his troops and ended up isolating himself, preferring to be left alone.

[[File:DestructionsDawn OpMegsGunMode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|[[Nintendo|Now you're playing with power.]]]]
Decades later, as he challenged the Constructicons to a gladiatorial battle in an old Coliseum, he was approached by Optimus and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]. Megatron immediately attacked Optimus, eager to continue their longstanding battle, but Optimus and Windblade eventually convinced him of the threat that Starscream and the [[Enigma of Combination]] posed. Driven by his hatred of Starscream, Megatron agreed to join them in their quest to destroy the Enigma. {{storylink|Unforgotten}} The three attempted to sneak into the [[Council of Worlds|council]] tower, but were spotted. Refusing to believe Starscream had no larger scheme up his sleeve, Megatron fired on him, triggering the tower's defenses. {{storylink|Homecoming (CW)|Homecoming}} When [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] appeared, he attempted to make him stand down, but the Combiner refused. He and the others engaged Devastator, but were interrupted by Starscream's use of the Enigma to become a super-Combiner, which Megatron realized was his plan all along. {{storylink|A War of Giants}} He and the others proved no match for the rampaging Starscream and were thrown from the tower, believing they stood no chance. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (CW)|Darkest Hour}} When Windblade suddenly called upon [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] to hold Starscream in place, Megatron and Optimus teamed up to deliver a fatal blow from Megatron's rifle mode, destroying Starscream. As the dust settled, Megatron recovered the Enigma and handed it to Windblade before departing once more. {{storylink|Destruction's Dawn}}

[[File:TF-TR-Cartoon-Ep3-Optimus-Megatron.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|How's the Pie?]]
As the people of Cybertron rebuilt after the [[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner Wars]], Megatron silently watched Optimus from a distance. {{storylink|Aftermath and Rebirth}} When the resurrected Trypticon began attacking Metroplex City, Megatron made his way to the battlefield, where he ran into Optimus. Sure that things would work themselves out like always, he initially dismissed Optimus's claims that the battle heralded the return of the [[Thirteen]] and Cybertron's doomsday as lunacy and walked off. {{storylink|The Fight Begins}} However, Prime's words stuck with him, and he later found his way to the [[Primal Basilica]] to speak with the [[Mistress of Flame]] about it, but arrived to find her badly beaten. The Mistress of Flame was only able to reveal [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] as her attacker before finally succumbing to her wounds. {{storylink|At the Last Second}} With [[Victorion]] being the next best source of religious information, he next traveled to [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] to find her, but was accused of murdering the Mistress and attacked by the Combiners. Thanks to Windblade's intervention, Megatron finally explained what happened and asked Victorion if recent events were a sign of the end times. Victorion told him to seek answers from the one he worshipped, and he departed yet again. {{storylink|Desperate Actions}}

[[File:PotP-Cartoon-Ep1-Staredown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Nine months later, a baby [[Megatron (BW)|''yessss'']] was born.]]
Megatron later turned up back in Metroplex City to watch Trypticon fight Fortress Maximus. After some persuasion from Optimus and Windblade, Megatron finally agreed to help them fight, though he insisted that Windblade now owed him and that he was only doing so to find out who was really behind recent events. {{storylink|Consumed}} Ultimately, Trypticon was defeated by the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership]], but this was immediately followed by the return of Megatronus, the mastermind behind everything. Megatron launched into a speech condemning Megatronus in an attempt to stall for time so Optimus and Maximus could attack, but this proved fruitless and Optimus was killed before Megatronus departed with the Matrix and the Enigma of Combination. In the aftermath, despite everyone else's distrust of him, Megatron asserted that they would need to work together and asked the others to follow him, as he believed he knew where Megatronus was going. {{storylink|All Things Must Pass}}

[[File:POTP-Cartoon-Ep4-PrimalVsMegatron.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|Primal turns to violence after Megatron says "piss" just ''one'' too many times.]]
Splitting their group up, Megatron led Windblade, [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and Victorion to [[Primal Swamp]]. Having read the [[Book of the Second Prophecies]], Megatron was certain they would find the missing [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]] there, though his companions were skeptical. The group found themselves surrounded by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], who were convinced Megatron was behind the recent threat of the apocalypse. Despite Megatron's claims to the contrary, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] attacked and sent him hurtling away. {{storylink|The Swamp}} Getting back on his feet, Megatron noticed something shining within the reeds and decided to investigate. {{storylink|Volcanicus (episode)|Volcanicus}} He found a glowing dome and touched it, causing a door to appear. As the others arrived, he told them to wait for him and entered the dome, the door closing behind him. {{storylink|Without Warning}} Inside, he found the Requiem Blaster guarded by [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]. The two battled over the Blaster, but when Megatron swore to give his life to save Cybertron, Primal recognized his resolve and relented. Megatron grabbed the gun and emerged from the dome, using it to force an enraged Predaking to stand down. {{storylink|Primal (POTP)|Primal}}

[[File:POTP-Ep6-Countdown-Megatron-alt-mode.jpg|thumb|275px|Attank on Titan(s Return).]]
Following coordinates obtained from the dome, he led the group to [[Cataclysm Tundra]], where they unearthed the entrance to the [[Athenaeum Sanctorum]]. Pulling up a file on the Requiem Blaster, his search for information was interrupted as a vengeful Overlord pinned him to the ground, eager to destroy the one being who had ever bested him. {{storylink|Athenaeum Sanctorum (episode)|Athenaeum Sanctorum}} With help from Perceptor, Megatron escaped Overlord's clutches and went toe-to-toe and tank-to-tank with his foe, fighting both him and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Cron]]. Ultimately, Megatron was weakened by the battle, but before Overlord could finish him, [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] tossed him the Requiem Blaster and he fired at his opponent, killing him. {{storylink|Countdown (POTP)|Countdown}} Discussing with Perceptor, he finally realized Megatronus's plan, as well as his goals, just as the former Prime appeared to knock him out and take the Blaster for himself. With their time of reckoning imminent, Megatron suggested they hurry to the [[Well of All Sparks|Well of Sparks]] to stop Megatronus. Though he was unsure about leading the others on a suicide mission, they finally convinced him, and he mused about what Optimus would think as they pressed on. {{storylink|Consequences}}

[[File:POTP-Ep10-Saga's-End-Megatron-dies.jpg|thumb|300px|left|This feels [[Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future|familiar]]..]]
Despite nearly having their sparks drained while traversing the [[Labyrinth of Tunnels]], he and the others reached the Well in time to interrupt the resurrection process. Giving the others orders, he watched as Solus Prime began to return, explaining the circumstances to her and reaffirming his decision to save everyone. When Megatronus incapacitated the others and prepared to finish them, Megatron moved into his way, refusing to stand down. However, their battle was interrupted by the arrival of Rodimus Cron, now under Unicron's control. {{storylink|Collision Course}} Knowing he wasn't strong enough to take them both on, Megatron stayed to the side during their battle. He waited until they were distracted before attacking the doomsday device at Solus's behest, but was knocked aside by Megatronus. He later watched as Primal was transformed into Optimal Optimus by the Matrix. {{storylink|Megatronus Unleashed}} Having secretly contacted Predaking, he and the others were saved by the Combiner in the nick of time. He attempted to blast Solus with the Requiem Blaster, but Megatronus intervened, only for Solus to kill him herself. Their victory was short-lived, however, as Unicron attempted to use the [[Matrix of Conquest|Matrix of Chaos]] to take control of Megatron and transform him back into Galvatron. Refusing to be controlled by anyone, Megatron decided to sacrifice himself for the good of the planet and his team. Optimal obliged and fired the Requiem Blaster at Megatron and the Matrix, leaving behind no trace of either one. {{storylink|Saga's End}}
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===Metal Earth online bios===
Megatron was the founder of the Decepticon uprising. Even after his near total destruction by the [[AllSpark]], his persevering nature allowed him to return. {{storylink|Megatron (G1)/merchandise#Metal_Earth|''Metal Earth'' Megatron}} <ref>[https://www.metalearth.com/megatron Megatron online bio on Metal Earth website]: "[Megatron i]s the founder of the Decepticon uprising, and their most well-known and feared leader. Megatron has lost battles, but he has never been truly defeated. Even after his near total destruction by the AllSpark, he returned".
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
After [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|the Predacon Megatron]] was able to kill [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and erase the [[Maximal]]s from history, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], in desperation, attacked the unconscious original Megatron with her [[Cyber venom|cyber-venom]]. Whatever effect this had, it was enough to erase the Predacon Megatron from the timeline. {{storylink|A Change to the Agenda}}

At some point in time, Megatron was remade into Galvatron through the power of Unicron. Following Galvatron's death, his remains were used to create the [[G-Virus]], which would replicate the reformatting Megatron had underwent in anyone infected by it. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}}

Countless years after the Great War had ended, all that was left of Megatron otherwise was his [[Energon mace]], on display in the [[Eject (G1)|Administrator]]'s office. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}} His memory lived on, however, as the legendary leader of the Decepticons and distant ancestor of the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s. {{storylink|Identity Politics}} [[Ser-Ket (BWU)|Ser-Ket]], for example, claimed to be part of a warrior lineage that stretched back to Megatron and others. {{storylink|Head Games}}

===''Q-Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Keiji Fujiwara]] (Japanese)}}
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Learning that ''[[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns| Mystery of Convoy Returns]]'' had not been improved since its release, Megatron tracked down [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] at a rest stop to complain. He also took the opportunity to berate Lockdown for getting hooked on the game. When the trio were unable to provide any answers, Megatron pointed out that the title "Mystery of Convoy" was a reference to Optimus's death, yet Optimus was ''in the game'' as a playable character, leading to a discussion about renaming it. Megatron suggested calling it ''Transformers: Springtime Cherry Blossom Panic!'' and setting it at a high school. Following a terrible suggestion from Optimus, Megatron decided he no longer cared. {{storylink|Mystery of Return of Convoy}}

When [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] reported that the Autobots were seeking a way to become more popular, Megatron decided the Decepticons should beat them to it. First they had to put up with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] complaining about Megatron and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s original alternate modes, but Megatron got them back on track, demanding they think of ways to become more popular. The main idea they came up with was verbal ticks at the end of their sentences, with Megatron's preferred verbal tick being "meow". {{storylink|The Road to More Popularity than Autobots}}

[[File:QTransformers24 Megatron meow.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1]]
Learning that the Autobots were examining old shows for ideas on appealing to fans, Megatron thought the Decepticons could do the same, rejecting Starscream's objection that they would only find animation errors and toy advertising. At [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s suggestion, they looked at ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)| Kiss Players]]'', though it led to Megatron learning that only Starscream had appeared in the franchise. His decision that they should think of better ways to have adult-themed Transformers led to Starscream suggesting a hearse Transformer. {{storylink|The Road to Transformers for Adults}}

Further reports on the Autobots' progress led Megatron to believe they were still in with a chance. Once Shockwave had run through the other Transformers toylines that were similar to ''Q-Transformers'', Megatron had them brainstorm more ways to make ''Transformers'' cute, which resulted in Soundwave suggesting they have Transformers as small girls. Though they quickly realized it would put them out of work as voice actors, the Decepticons figured they might be able to convincingly fake the voices of young girls. The others thought Megatron's attempt was the most successful. {{storylink|The Road to Small and Cute Transformers}}

===ATB Megatron===
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In [[Primax 096.0 Beta]], Megatron upgraded himself with flight capability and the ability to combine with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] during the latter days of the [[Great War (G1)|third Cybertronian war]]. In response, [[Optimus Prime (G1)#General Optimus|General Optimus Prime]] upgraded himself with heavier armor and weaponry. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Timelines|General Optimus Prime profile card}} During the obligatory Battle for [[Sherman Dam]], Megatron in his ATB form battled Optimus Prime, but the Autobots ultimately won the day thanks to the arrival of the Dinobots. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#September 6, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 06/09/2015}} At the war's final battle on [[Mirtonia]], the Autobots emerged victorious in routing Megatron's [[Decepticon Empire|Decepticon Star Empire]] when Decepticons accidentally blew up an experimental energon refinery and themselves along with it. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Timelines|General Optimus Prime profile card}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
One Megatron transformed into a shoe. His plot to stamp on the face of liberty forever was foiled with the help of [[Vector Prime]]. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#June 14, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 14/06/2015}}

In [[Primax 092.0 Beta]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#The Battlestars manga and story pages|Star Convoy]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)#Fire Rodimus|Fire Rodimus]] formed Supernova Convoy to defeat [[Dark Nova|Star Giant]] and Ultra Megatron. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#August 15, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 15/08/2015}} Some time later, Megatron returned, empowered by [[Nucleon (substance)|nucleon]] but was defeated by Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#July 16, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 16/07/2015}}

Another Megatron from a universe destroyed by [[Unicron]] was reformatted into Unicron's [[Herald of Unicron|Herald]] [[Galvatron (G1)#Dreamwave Armada continuity|Galvatron]].

Yet another Megatron, unhappy with the prospect of his universe being destroyed, killed the aforementioned Galvatron's fellow Herald [[Cyclonus (G1)#Ask Vector Prime|Cyclonus]] by ripping Cyclonus's head off. His universe, however, was ultimately consumed by Unicron as well. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#September 19, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 19/09/2015}}
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===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
[[File:OMAM3 MegatronSuitOn.JPG|thumb|left|150px]]

In one universe, Megatron and his Decepticons fought against the Autobots until they unleashed their ultimate weapon: the combiner [[Thunder Mayhem]]. Unfortunately, the monstrous gestalt turned on its masters, and ultimately brought about the destruction of Cybertron. Megatron managed to survive the planet's reckoning, and escaped to Earth to hide. His ship's star drive was damaged along the way however, leaving him stranded on the organic world. Though the planet initially only had non-sentient fauna on it, entire cities spontaneously materialized on it at some point, soon followed by humans to populate them. [[File:OMAM3 MegatronRobotMode.jpg|thumb|150px]] Realizing that all of this activity would bring attention to the planet, Megatron took on a [[Pretender]] disguise to hide among the humans, eager to plunder whatever materials he needed to repair his ship and be on his way. Then, a mysterious signal drew him to a specific group of humans. {{storylink|History}} After witnessing [[Vroom (G1)|two of]] [[Crossblades (G1)|their members]] use super-human strength to rescue a man and his daughter from a car wreck, Megatron quickly came to the conclusion that they were also robots in disguise. {{storylink|Assembly (OMAM)|Assembly}}

Seeing [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]] getting shot, only for Energon to spill out instead of blood, only served to further prove what Megatron already knew. Megatron confronted the group as they exited a police station, and announced that he was aware that some of their numbers were Cybertronians. A futile attempt to deny the accusation was brushed aside, and Megatron warned the group that a great enemy would be upon them soon. {{storylink|Insight}}

He then had the group follow him by telling them of his space ship, stashed away nearby. As they came upon it, Megatron discarded his human form to reveal his full-sized Pretender shell. He then attacked [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] and [[Lisa|Elizabeth]] to goad the Autobots into abandoning their disguises as well. It worked, and Megatron was soon battling Metalhawk, Vroom, and Crossblades while explaining his recent history to them. At Metalhawk's insistence, Megatron then revealed his inner-robot, allowing his opponents to know exactly who they were dealing with. {{storylink|History}} Though trying to get the Autobots to trust him, Thunder Mayhem soon arrived. {{storylink|Divination}} As Megatron watched, Optimus Prime soon revealed himself, having also survived Cybertron's doom, and began fighting the giant. Though Megatron pondered interfering, he was stabbed in the back by [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] only to be saved by [[Toxitron (G1)|Toxitron]]. {{storylink|Pandora's Gift}} Whipping out his Mini-Con servant, [[Spacewarp]], Megatron duelled Ramjet until Thunder Mayhem was felled. While the heroes patted themselves on the back, Megatron donned his disguise once again and headed off into the sunset, content to fight another day. {{storylink|Finale (OMAM)|Finale}}
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===''Age of Time''===
[[File:Prime1StudioSuperiorMegatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
Megatron and his Decepticons attacked Ark on its course to Earth. This resulted in both Ark and Nemesis getting sucked into a wormhole that led them to an [[Live-action film series|alternate dimension]] where Megatron and the other Transformers were somehow amalgamated with their [[Megatron (Movie)#Age of Time|native counterparts]] to form a superior version of themselves.
<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/TFsource/posts/10154472033061711 Images of Prime 1 Studio "Superior Megatron"] from TFSource on Facebook</ref>
<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1395741837139121.1073741971.371066602939988 TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF TIME - SUPERIOR OPTIMUS PRIME] by [[Prime 1 Studio]] on Facebook: "The story began when the Ark carrying G1 Optimus Prime and his fellow Autobots was attacked on their route to Earth from Cybertron by Megatron and his evil Decepticons. Both spaceships were sucked into a wormhole and ended up in an alternate dimension. This dimension is the cinematic Transformers universe. Different yet the same, both transformers from the different dimension amalgamated and formed the Superior version of their old self. Hence the New Generation Transformers was formed. To be continued..."</ref> {{storylink|Megatron (G1)/merchandise#Prime 1 Studio|Transformers: Age of Time statue bios}}
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===''Aw Yeah Revolution!''===
[[File:Aw Yeah Revolution! Autobots vs Decepticons.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

Megatron and Soundwave were duking it out against the Autobots before an earthquake made the battleground unstable, forcing both sides to retreat. {{storylink|Aw Yeah Revolution! issue 1|Aw Yeah Revolution! #1}}
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===''My Busy Books''===
Megatron was once honored across Cybertron for being a fearless warrior until he was corrupted by power. Now, he wants to conquer everything but fortunately, the Autobots are here to protect the Earth from him and his evil Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers: My Busy Book}}

===''Bumblebee'' graphic novels===
Megatron kicked [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] out of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee - Win If You Dare|Win If You Dare}}

===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
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After the Autobots and Decepticons had warred on [[Earth]] for decades, the planet fell victim to [[World War III]], forcing all Cybertronians to abandon the blighted globe. Megatron led his troops back into space aboard [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], having the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] follow the Autobots aboard [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. After decades in space, the Autobots found [[energon]] on [[Cygnus Seven]] prompting the Decepticons to strike. Though the Decepticons overpowered their foes, history repeated itself and the Autobot ship fell down onto the planet, the impact sending all aboard into [[stasis lock]]. When the [[Federation]] moved onto Cygnus Seven in the 23rd century, their survey team inadvertently reactivated Fortress Maximus's autonomic systems, the Titan's repair beam striking Megatron so could investigate. Reactivated, Megatron revived his troops and was quick to order an attack on the surface. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}}

With Federation firepower proving no match for the Decepticons, the [[USS Enterprise|USS ''Enterprise'']] was called in. As the Seekers harassed the ship's away team, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] emerged from the mine shaft only for [[James T. Kirk|Captain Kirk]] to knock him into stasis. The Decepticons quickly surrounded the organics whereupon Megatron ordered their execution only for [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s weapon to restore communications to the human ship allowing for a [[photon torpedo]] barrage. Deciding to withdraw until they had more information, Megatron led his troops to a nearby moon where they found Trypticon being occupied by [[Klingon]]s. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part One}}

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Though initially intrigued by the human-hating [[alien]]s, Megatron soon came to doubt their usefulness as allies until [[Kuri]] revealed their cloaking technology. After having Trypticon scan the downed [[Warbird (Star Trek)|warbird]] and cripple the ''Enterprise'', Megatron led the charge back to the mining colony. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} Once Trypticon had revealed his robot mode, Megatron teleported onto the battlefield with the intent to slay Optimus Prime. Before he could finish his foe, Fortress Maximus entered the battle. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Three}}

[[File:PrimesDirectivePart5-Megatroncaptured.jpg|thumb|right|300px|I came here with a simple dream: a dream of killing all humans. And this is how it must end? Who's the ''real'' 7-billion-ton robot monster here? Not I...]]

Caught off-guard by the Autobot Titan, Megatron called for air support only for Starscream to vanish. His second soon reappeared, streaking away to conquest with a cache of [[dilithium]]. Realizing what had happened, Megatron tried to execute the Klingons (who were eager to die) only for the Autobots to swarm him. When Trypticon was sent tumbling, Megatron ordered the Decepticons after Starscream, swearing to return and crush the [[Federation]]. As Trypticon warped after Starscream, Megatron revealed to Soundwave that he was finally going to execute Starscream for all his betrayals. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Four}}

Arriving at the Klingon homeworld of [[Kronos]], Megatron crashed into the chamber of the [[Klingon High Council]] and promptly executed Starscream before ordering his forces to raze Kronos before the Autobots and [[Starfleet]] arrived. Even with Optimus's wounds healed, Megatron still managed to best his opposite, having Soundwave unleash the audio disruptor waves. Megatron's conquest were not to be however, for the frequency Soundwave used had no effect on Klingon biology allowing them to summon a fleet of warbirds that defeated the Decepticons. By the terms of Kirk's peace with the Klingons, Megatron was left as a prisoner of the Klingons, glaring hatefully at the beasts who'd restrained him. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Five}}
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' continuity===
====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material====
[[File:Earthrise-Megatron-art.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|"Why did they change my motto?!"]]
{{bigquote|Victory through strength.}}

Before the war for Cybertron, Megatron partook in the [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial events]] at [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], which led to his rise to power and began the Decepticon revolution. {{storylink|Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files|''Siege'' Teletraan-1 Data Files}} Aiding in Megatron's take over, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] designed both Megatron's "D50-R35 Fusion Cannon" and "HPR Telescopic Laserstrike Launcher". Both of these weapons could combine and modlock into the "NFM Particle Beam Megalauncher" using the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]]. {{storylink|Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files#Weapons database|Decepticon weapons database on Hasbro Pulse}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20240222143700/https://hasbropulse.com/blogs/unboxed/transformers-wfc-siege-megatron-combat-weapons-guide "''Siege'' Megatron C.O.M.B.A.T. Weapons Guide" on Hasbro Pulse (via Internet WayBack Machine)]</ref> During the war, Megatron was a [[Cybertronian military insignia|Ground Force Infantry General]] and the Decepticon leader. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Siege|''Siege'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/siege ''Siege'' website]</ref> During the final days of the war for Cybertron, Megatron's last known location was Kaon, the now-impenetrable metropolis that served as his main base of operations. {{storylink|Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files|''Siege'' Teletraan-1 Data Files}}

With Cybertron's fate sealed and the Autobots gone, the Decepticons followed them closely through space aboard the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' in pursuit of the [[AllSpark]]. During this period, Megatron's primary objective was conquest and his primary weapon was his Fusion Cannon. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Earthrise|''Earthrise'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/earthrise ''Earthrise'' webpage]</ref> In the midst of their mission, Megatron discovered that ''Nemesis'' crewmember Counterpunch was actually an Autobot double agent named [[Punch (G1)|Punch]]. Once his identity was discovered, Punch escaped the ''Nemesis'' in an escape pod and made his way to the nearby Disaster Planet, [[Master (planet)|Dominus]]. Megatron, in retaliation, sent [[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]] to hunt him down. {{Storylink|Source:Earthrise Galactic Odyssey Collection|Encounter 4: Dominus Criminal Pursuit}}

Closer than ever to reaching the Allspark, the Decepticons awakened after crash-landing on pre-[[Ice Age]] [[Earth]]. While battling the Autobots, both sides were joined by the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, their epic battle changing their combined destinies. With these beast-mode Transformers from the future intending of changing the fate of Cybertron, Optimus Prime and Megatron must fight their greatest battle as they come to face the consequences of their war.

During this period, Megatron [[trans-scan]]ned an Earth tank, with the Fusion cannon and his gladiatorial strength as his power and weapons. His core traits were his determination, desperation, and hunger for power, and Megatron's message from the future was that the key to the future is in his hands. As the ''Voyager'' Golden Disk foretold, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] was Megatron's future evolution. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/kingdom ''Kingdom'' webpage]</ref>

Megatron was one of a few 'bots with three possible destinies recorded on the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|''Voyager'' Golden Disk]]. {{storylink|Source:Golden Disk destinies|''Kingdom'' Golden Disk cards}}
*In one destiny, Megatron returned to the gladiator fighting pits.
*In another destiny, he became Galvatron and wore the [[Matrix of Leadership]] chained around his neck.

In other possible destinies recorded on the ''Voyager'' Golden Disk, Megatron was captured by the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Ark]]. {{storylink|Source:Golden Disk destinies|''Kingdom'' Golden Disk cards}}

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====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Jason Marnocha]] (English), [[Hōchū Ōtsuka]] (Japanese)|[[Guilherme Lopes]] (Portuguese), [[Eilias Changuel]] (French), [[Sascha Rotermund]] (German), [[Dario Oppido]] (Italian), [[José Escobosa]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Gerardo Vásquez]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Parminder Ghumman]] (Hindi)}}
[[File:WarForCybertronSiege Ep1.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Missed me?]]

Megatron was once a miner who toiled under the corrupt regime of the [[Quintesson]]s, {{storylink|Earthrise episode 4}} toiling away in the mines along with other downtrodden 'bots like [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] {{storylink|Siege episode 3}} and fighting for the amusement of his masters. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 4}} Megatron joined [[Alpha Trion]] in taking a stand against the government, {{storylink|Siege episode 3}} and befriended Trion's students becoming close with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and viewed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] as a brother. Megatron and Ultra Magnus fought together in the battle of [[Tarn-Hauser Gate]], where the two worked together rather effectively to achieve victory. {{storylink|Siege episode 2}} Megatron eventually decided that Alpha Trion was not doing enough, and killed him, forming the Decepticons so he could free Cybertron his own way. Megatron came up against the Autobots, led by Optimus and Magnus, and civil war began between the two sides. {{storylink|Siege episode 3}}

Years into the war, Megatron's forces had nearly routed the Autobots and pushed them to the brink. The Decepticon leader himself took to the front lines during an altercation with the Autobot [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and the neutral scout [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]; taking a moment to mock [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s latest failure, Megatron unsuccessfully tried to appeal to Wheeljack's sense of reason, chastised Bumblebee for not choosing a side, and eventually prepared to execute them—only for Optimus to intervene and escape after [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] launched an ambush that stopped Megatron from delivering the final blow. Later, Megatron made a speech to the Decepticons regarding recent events that claimed that the battle was the result of a failed assassination attempt, before Ultra Magnus arrived to discuss a possible peace conference. {{storylink|Siege episode 1}} The Decepticon leader hoped that Magnus had come to discuss an unconditional surrender, but when Magnus told him that he would agree to no such thing, Megatron had Magnus imprisoned. Later, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] discussed the possibility of the [[AllSpark]]'s existence and the idea of using the mythical artifact to forcibly reprogram the Autobots into Decepticons, although Megatron remained hesitant to commit to the idea. Later, after a failed ambush resulted in the apparent death of Impactor, Megatron held [[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]] responsible for the bungled operation. His patience waning, Megatron returned to Magnus's cell to demand the location of Autobot headquarters, and although Magnus pleaded for Megatron to end the war honorably, Megatron gave Shockwave the go-ahead to find the AllSpark. {{storylink|Siege episode 2}}
Megatron broadcasted another transmission to his loyal Decepticons and announced Impactor's apparent death while urging any Autobots to turn themselves in, before intervening in a squabble between [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. In-between coordinating the search for the AllSpark, Megatron oversaw Magnus's interrogation and authorized Shockwave to use whatever methods deemed necessary to retrieve the location of the Autobot base. When Magnus attempted to escape and pointed a gun at Megatron's back, the Decepticon leader showed little unconcern, aware that the Autobot would adhere to his code of honor, and when Magnus didn't take the shot Jetfire subdued Magnus and returned him to Decepticon custody, where another round of agonizing torture seemingly broke Magnus. {{storylink|Siege episode 3}} A shackled Magnus led Megatron and the other Decepticons to the old Tarn-Hauser Gate, which he claimed housed the Autobot base, but when Megatron investigated he found that his prisoner had deceived him and executed him on the spot. Disillusioned by this show of brutality, Jetfire finally broke with the Decepticon ranks and flew off; in response, Megatron ordered his [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s to kill the traitor. When Starscream reported that Jetfire was dead, Megatron promoted him to Air Commander as a reward. {{storylink|Siege episode 4}}
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Magnus's death had triggered the remote transmission of the [[Alpha Trion Protocols]] the Autobot had carried for so long, and in response Shockwave engineered a computer virus that would travel through Cybertron's infrastructure to wipe the processors of everyone who had carried it. Despite Soundwave's warnings that the virus would take its toll on the planet, an undaunted Megatron ordered him to proceed. Thanks to the virus, the Decepticons finally discovered the location of the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', and Megatron announced his intent to personally lead the final assault. {{storylink|Siege episode 5}} In the final battle, Megatron attempted to stop Optimus Prime from throwing the AllSpark through the spacebridge by destroying, warning his nemesis that removing the artifact from Cybertron would kill the planet. Indeed, Megatron nearly seized the AllSpark, only for a shot from Bumblebee to stun him momentarily and drop it. Optimus was able to put the artifact beyond Megatron's reach, and the subsequent arrival of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] prevented the Decepticons from destroying the starship as it rocketed through the space bridge portal. {{storylink|Siege episode 6}}

Megatron was having an internal debate with Ultra Magnus' head after Primes decision to take the Allspark off-world, when Shockwave asks for an audience. Shockwave asked if he can take Sector 12 offline and filter the resources towards Project [[Nemesis (G1)|''Nemesis'']]. Megatron decided to visit Sector 12 himself. There he was greeted with joy from his men. [[Shamble]] gave a tour of the outpost, all the while complimenting Megatron as his leader. Shockwave sent a message to again inquire about Sector 12, but Megatron had still not decided yet. He was finally shown the infirmary, which held the majority of the workforce. Megatron left the outpost and contacted Shockwave, affirming Sector 12 can be taken off-line. Screams from the troops stationed inside could be heard as Megatron left. Shockwave explained how progress is going on Project Nemesis when Starscream brought a captured [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] and the rest of her Autobot group. Megatron was complimentary on resourcefulness as a leader. He was then disgusted to see Jetfire the traitor. Megatron showed the group a demonstration of Project Nemesis and then promised they will be next. Elita-1 was horrified that Megatron would commit such atrocities to his own men, but Megatron deflected all fault, blaming it on Prime. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 1}}
Megatron met with Elita-1 and tried to convince her to stop the conflict and work together. She scoffed at the idea, looking up to him at the start of the revolution, but now only seeing a monster. Enraged, Megatron ordered Elita-1 to be taken away and asked Ultra Magnus' head to stop looking at him that way, hinting at signs of madness. Megatron brought Elita-1 in-front of him and tried to convince her to join him again and rule by his side. Elita-1 declined the offer and was placed in the Project Nemesis tubes. Megatron was alerted that the Autobots had escaped and told Shockwave to harvest another sector instead. Soundwave then informed him that a message was received from the Ark. Megatron ordered Shockwave to activate the Nemesis, which descends through the cloud cover to reveal itself to the Decepticon forces below. They would use the Nemesis to leave Cybertron and hunt down Optimus Prime, who was being tracked by [[Doubledealer]]. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 2}}
The ''Nemesis'' arrived at the [[Nebulos|Nebulon]] Station. Wanting to interrogate Prime on the Allspark's location, Megatron decided to board the station. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 3}}
Megatron blasted [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s hand, forcing him to drop a captured Prime. Megatron vowed that Prime is his to finish. He then ordered his Decepticons to attack Scorponok. Megatron watched Optimus pick up an explosive charge and attacked him before he could use it. Megatron easily defeated Optimus and planned to destroy him with his fusion cannon when Scorponok attacks both of the leaders. As Megatron was bearing down on Optimus, Optimus detonates his charge with a laser-blast, causing an explosion which knocked everyone to the ground. Optimus found Megatron pinned to the wall with a metal-beam. Optimus admitted to Megatron that he should not have ejected the Allspark off-world. Megatron informed Optimus about Project Nemesis. Optimus was horrified and asked about Elita-1. Megatron replied that she is most probably dead. Optimus could not bring himself to let Megatron die and decided to take Megatron with him. Megatron scoffed at the idea and told Optimus that without Megatron, the Autobots cause would most likely become victorious. Optimus retorted that without Optimus, Megatron would not have had a target to unite the Decepticons. The two leaders agreed to work together to bring back the Allspark to Cybertron. Optimus then pulled out the girder out of Megatron. Megatron, who was supported by Optimus, orders his forces to cease fire after they were engaged in battle with the Autobots. His troops then ran over to help him. Starscream stepped in-front of the wounded Megatron and decleared himself leader. Megatron blasted him with his fusion cannon, which sent him spiraling off the walkway. Scorponok then emerged and attacked again sending Megatron flying. He was caught by Prime. They then ordered their troops to attack Scorponok. Megatron was repaired by Wheeljack. Optimus was about to be stung by Scorponok's tail when Megatron blasted Scorponok, forcing him to retreat. Megatron then decided that the truce was over and condemned the Autobots to death. Optimus compared Megatron to the Quintessons, which caused an inquiring Scorponok to come back and attack the Decepticons. The gravity level was switched off, which caused all the Decepticons and Scorponok to float up and allowed the Autobots to escape. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 4}}

[[File:Earthrise5MegatronPowerup.jpg|thumb|250px|left|NOW I HAVE TOTAL POWERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR]]
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{{charfictionstub|''Earthrise'', ''Kingdom''}}

=== 2019 IDW continuity ===
{{first|[[The World In Your Eyes Part One|''Transformers'' #1]]}}

[[File:TheChangeInYourNaturePartThree-gladiators.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Lugging a nut.]]

Megatron was forged during the great Age of [[Expansion]], the heyday of the Cybertronian race. Inspired by the rhetoric of his [[mentor]] [[Termagax]], he chose to become a miner in the knowledge that his efforts would fuel the expansion of the Cybertronian hegemony. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Three}} In this prosperous era, Megatron worked in the mines and spent his spare time in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s [[gladiatorial combat|gladiator pits]], where he became a renowned fighter. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Three}} Early in his life, he befriended [[Codexa]]'s mentee, an idealistic archivist named [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]]. {{storylink|Orion Pax: Free Fall}} Megatron also followed the exploits of the adventurous [[Cryak]] until an accident forced the famous explorer into permanent [[immersant|immersion]]. {{storylink|I Have No Mouth And I Must Starscream}}

During the [[War of the Threefold Spark]], Megatron served under the [[Great General]] [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Storm Horizon Part 1}} In the battle that leveled [[Yuss]], Megatron encountered [[Exarchon]] for the first time; although the enigmatic warlord claimed that he had plans for Megatron, [[Strika (BM)|Strika]]'s [[Strika's Heavies|artillery unit]] rescued Megatron at the last moment. Megatron's close call had a profound effect on his psyche: over time, he came to believe that it was not Exarchon's evil deeds or exotic technology that defined him, but his ''will'', demented as it was. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Three}} After the end of the war, Megatron and Orion Pax were part of the work teams assigned to help rebuild Iacon. Over several kilocycles, Megatron was a member of the mining team who worked to hollow out and convert a captured planetoid into the massive [[Winged Moon]], a massive energon-harvesting facility connected to Cybertron via a [[Tether|space elevator]]. {{storylink|Orion Pax: Free Fall}}

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Although Megatron believed that they could rebuild the planet to be better than ever, the ratification of the [[Nominus Edict]], ostensibly a measure to limit the destructive reach of the Cybertronian race, shuttered mines, shipyards, and gladiatorial arenas across Cybertron, to Megatron's frustration. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Three}} Frustrated by what she perceived as [[Nominus Prime]]'s attempt to stymie the potential of the Cybertronian species, Termagax founded the "[[Decepticon|Ascenticon]]" party in the hopes of advocating peaceful change. On the night before the official opening of the Winged Moon, Megatron and Orion Pax met at the Tether, and Megatron revealed that he would follow his former mentor into politics, while Orion informed his friend that he would take a tour of Cybertron's colonies. Megatron stopped the elevator halfway up the Tether and invited Optimus along on his journey into Cybertron's orbit, with the intent to teach Orion what he had learned from Termagax: perfect equilbrium, the kind promised by the Nominus Edict, was a lie; to maintain balance, one had to move with the times. As their orbit decayed, the pair plummeted into the [[Leachate Lagoon]]s; when Orion was unmoved by Megatron's sentiments, Megatron snapped that Orion could do as he pleased out in space—''he'' would stay on Cybertron and reshape it. {{storylink|Orion Pax: Free Fall}}

At some point after this, Megatron successfully ran for office and eventually won a seat on Cybertron's [[Senate]], a representative of the Ascenticon party alongside [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]. Despite her fiery speeches and willingness to call out the more conservative members of the planetary government, the Ascenticons still only controlled less than a quarter of the body and couldn't affect the change Termagax desired. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Three}} A frustrated Termagax eventually resigned from politics and recused herself from civilization entirely. Before she left, she entrusted the Ascenticon movement to her former protege in the hopes that his drive and energy would make him an effective political leader... even though some 'bots, like her friend [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], worried that she'd just handed over the reins to a dangerous ideologue. {{storylink|Wheeljack: Orbital Decay}}

Free to take the party wherever he pleased, and confident that fate had chosen ''him'' to reshape Cybertron's future, Megatron began to reshape the Ascenticon movement into an effective engine of populist change. The party's upper echelons expanded to include Strika, [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}} and Megatron would turn Iacon's abandoned gladiator arena into [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)|a headquarters]]; {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part One}} a more ominous development, however, would be his secret involvement with [[The Rise]], an extremist splinter faction whose acts of violence and vandalism provoked civil unrest. By selectively unleashing The Rise to inflame preexisting tensions, Megatron used their existence as a way to legitimize his movement; {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}} in public, he would denounce their actions, and distance the public face of the Ascenticon movement from their crimes. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Four}} However, when the Rise proved too unpredictable to safely contain, Megatron smuggled [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], who'd been exiled from the planet for his crimes during the war, back to Cybertron and put him in control of The Rise in the hopes that he could keep their most notorious members under control. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}}

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As Megatron tightened his grip on the party, his rhetoric slowly ramped up. His speeches and broadcasts grew increasingly inflammatory, and his rallies left more and more bystanders and security forces injured. After one such rally left a dozen injured, Orion Pax met with Megatron in Iacon and unsuccessfully tried to convince him to cancel his latest speech in [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]]. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part One}} After marching to Tarn with Soundwave and his followers, Megatron staged a false assassination attempt on his life, {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Two}} and used this as an opportunity to unveil a private security force, the [[Ascenticon Guard]]. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Three}} Megatron was later in attendance at [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]'s funeral, but nearly throttled [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] when the head of the [[Senate Guard]] made a pointed comment about Termagax. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Four}} Sometime afterwards, Megatron gave another speech criticizing the Nominus Edict. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Five}}

As it turned out, not even Shockwave could temper the worst impulses of the criminals who made up The Rise. Brainstorm had been murdered by Rise member [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], and when the ex-Riser [[Quake (G1)|Quake]], during an attempt to silence a [[Voin]] witness, went rogue and killed the newborn [[Rubble]], Megatron had no choice but to shift tactics and contain the political fallout. After first visiting Termagax to make sure that she would not come out of exile to interfere, {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Two}} Megatron brought Ascenticon Guard members [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] along to his next Senate meeting and offered his condolences to Bumblebee for Rubble's death. To Megatron's ire, the Senate meeting brought no progress or change; when the Ascenticon leader angrily stormed out, his presence sparked a riot that forced his bodyguards to handle the angry crowd. That night, Megatron visited Shockwave to chew him out for his idiotic decisions and told him to fall into line, lest he throw him back to the authorities. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}}

[[File:TheCracksBeneathYourFeetPartFive-megatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"[[When Continents Collide|YOU BLUNDERING TAPE-FILLED ''IDIOT''!]]"]]

Megatron's troubles only continued to increase when he discovered that Soundwave had played a role in Rubble's death when he'd passed information from [[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]] on to Shockwave, who'd in turn sent Quake to silence the loose end. When [[Security Operations]] arrived to collect Barricade from Ascenticon headquarters, Megatron called in The Rise to launch a staged attack and collect Barricade amidst the confusion. That evening, following a successful performance, Megatron gave another speech to Cybertron, denouncing the ineptness of [[Security Operations]] and proclaiming that the Ascenticons would bring much needed order to the planet, before he unveiled [[Decepticon|a new symbol]] for the faction. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five}}

[[File:TheChangeInYourNaturePartThree MegatronBeatsShockwave.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Yeah, none of [[The Worse of Two Evils!|that]] this time around, buddy.]]

The Rise continued to operate outside Megatron's direct control and grew into a direct threat to his political legitimacy—when a group of four Risers were interrupted while stealing energon, they fled to an immersant Titan. Soundwave attempted to peacefully extricate the four, but when it became clear that they knew too much, he instead used explosives to destroy the Titan and passed it off as a suicide bombing. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Two}} Aware that the destruction of a Titan would only further weaken his cause, Megatron set out to finally put Shockwave in his place. After first supercharging himself on energon, Megatron travelled to Shockwave's hidden bunker, ordered him to summon his lieutenants [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] and [[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]], and beat Shockwave within an inch of his life. To Shockwave and his lieutenants, there could be no further confusion: it was not the Ascenticons and the Rise working together, but everyone and everything in service to the will of Megatron. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Three}}

Word of Soundwave's true actions at the Titan had reached Sentinel Prime, and he was prepared to arrest the senator on suspicion of collaboration with the Rise. Sentinel instructed [[Heretech]] of the Reversionists to inform Megatron and the Ascenticons that a special Senate debate would be held to consider a unified administration, with Megatron receiving an official voice in policy. Instead, Heretech told Megatron the truth: the debate was nothing but a ruse to get Soundwave into the Senate precincts for his arrest. Starscream also sidled up to Megatron after Heretech delivered his message and departed. Openly proclaiming he was waiting to choose sides until a winner was evident, the Head of Cybertronian Intelligence informed Megatron that Bumblebee had a deep personal debt to Orion Pax, and was likely responsible for passing on word of Soundwave's actions to the Autobots in the first place. Even Megatron was shocked by the idea, considering it a personal betrayal by Pax if it were true. His conversations with Elita-1 afterwards about Bumblebee's activities in the Guard made it clear to Megatron that Starscream was right. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Four}}

With no other way forward, Megatron was forced to put his ultimate contingency plan into play: engineering a planetary disaster that would allow the Ascenticons to use the crisis as a stepping stone to seize power. To this end, members of The Rise carried out a sophisticated terrorist attack that saw them awaken the titan [[Vigilem]] and use him to deliberately bring down the Tether that connected the Winged Moon to Cybertron. After the Tether fell, Megatron ordered his fellowe Senators into action, then removed Elita from her position as head of the Guard and ordered the Ascenticons to carry out an ultimately unsuccessful assassination on Bumblebee. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}} He later gave a broadcast that denounced the Autobots branding his faction as "Decepticons" and using the recent tragedies to institute more restrictive laws. Watching the speech, Orion Pax noted that, for all his failings, Megatron had clear endgame in mind, while the Autobots could only stay the course. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors|Tremors}}

[[File:WeHaveDecievedYou-Megatron.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"My brothers, now the next step of our plan shall commence! You must all go and spread the word of frowning!"]]

When Sentinel made the decision to convene the Senate without Megatron or his Ascenticons, Megatron put the final stage of his takeover into play. After arriving with his fellow Senators Strika and Ratbat, Megatron had one last standoff with Orion—who warned Megatron that his increasingly violent approach would eventaully consume him—he pushed his way into the building, took the podium, and publicly embraced the "Decepticon" moniker by arguing that they had deceived the people of Cybertron by hiding their desire to affect change by any means nessecary. After condemning the Autobot government and announcing that the Rise no existed, Megatron decreed that the Senate had failed and would be dissolved. At these words, concealed Decepticons stormed the Senate, overwhelmed the lightly armed Senate Guard, and took almost everybody inside hostage. Once he'd secured the building, Megatron prepared to bring the news to the rest of Cybertron; the Decepticons were here to stay, to bring peace and order to the planet. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: We Have Deceived You|We Have Deceived You}}

Imprisoning key Senate figures in lower levels of the building, Megatron went to speak with the now-shackled Sentinel Prime. Ignoring Sentinel's warnings of the wrath a new age of expansion would bring upon Cybertron, Megatron instead wondered if taking the [[Matrix of Leadership]] from the Autobot leader would grant him authority over his followers. Megatron then stopped to confront Orion Pax over his perceived betrayal in sending Bumblebee to infiltrate the Ascenticon ranks, furiously telling his former friend that Orion was now irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. Soon thereafter, Megatron broadcast another holographic message across Cybertron, telling the populace to remain inside and not interfere with the Decepticons' takeover. He then returned to deliver his terms to the rest of the captive senators, but an attack on the building by the Autobots interrupted him. Megatron ordered Strika's "[[Strika's Heavies|New Heavies]]" to repel them, and soon received a report from [[Clench (G1)|Clench]] that Sentinel Prime had been sighted leaving the premises. A frustrated Megatron ordered the [[Rainmaker]]s to retrieve Sentinel. {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}}

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After the Rainmakers had dealt with Sentinel's escape by executing him, an unconcerned yet displeased Megatron attached a [[fusion cannon]] to his arm before shifting his focus to those Cybertronians who oversaw the day-to-day functions of the planet, being informed that Starscream had requested another meeting. With Soundwave at his side, Megatron met the head of intelligence only for Soundwave to quickly grow tired of Starscream's smugness and unleash his sonic cannon on the Seeker. Just as Starscream was ready to speak, Megatron was informed that Termagax had returned. Confronting his mentor in the courtyard, Termagax denounced Megatron as an egomaniac and he promptly slew her. Just as he began to rally his troops once more, he was informed that what'd he destroyed was actually a [[spectrosynth drone]]. {{storylink|War World: Awakenings|Awakenings}}

Megatron and the Decepticons consolidated control over Iacon. They used Andromeda's broadcasts for propaganda messaging, denouncing many of the past government's statements as self-serving lies. From that, Megatron was able to declare alleged-Riser Sixshot as an honored member and new leader of the Decepticon Guard. Security Operations was dismantled and the Guard became the new and only source of authority on the streets. Energon distribution and the Titan Hub were two more assets brought under Decepticon control. {{storylink|War World: Hunt|Hunt}} Starscream's intelligence alerted Megatron to the presence of unthawed Titansparks under the [[Forge Pyramid]], and so that became the next target for Decepticon occupation. [[Strika's Heavies]] and the Rainmakers led an assault on the Pyramid, opposed by Optimus Prime's remaining forces, while Megatron consulted with the Rise's techy trinity at the Titan Hub. Megatron wanted renewed access to the Titan Net, but Mindwipe's data experts informed him they had done too good a job sabotaging it during the Tether mission. Megatron ordered them to accelerate the Titans' end, bringing down the orbital Titans so they couldn't be repaired by a rival faction and used against the Decepticons. The battle at the Forge Pyramid also went poorly, as the Pyramid went into meltdown and collapsed inwards. {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}} A single Titan spark survived the Pyramid's death, which Megatron kept in his custody. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Two}}

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A final parley occurred between Megatron and Optimus Prime, conducted holographically with Strika and [[Pyra Magna]] as their stand-ins. Megatron denounced Orion Pax's authority as a "Prime", and refused to listen to his mystical ramblings about some deeper threat coming for them in the future. He ended the conversation and had Strika deploy hidden Decepticon forces to stagger Pyra Magna. Megatron's intent had been to keep Orion talking long enough for Soundwave to trace the Autobots' location. However, it turned out the Autobots had already abandoned the city, leaving Iacon and traveling beyond Megatron's immediate reach. Optimus Prime and the Autobots would continue to stymie his efforts in the future. {{storylink|War World: We Are Not Meant To Be Darkness|We Are Not Meant To Be Darkness}}

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As Megatron consolidated his powerbase in Iacon, he contemplated forming a specialized public-relations unit that would root out any Autobot stragglers operating in or near the city and met with Sixshot to discuss the proposition. Although he briefly considered appointing Starscream to the position, he ultimately decided against it and chose Soundwave instead. {{storylink|I Have No Mouth And I Must Starscream}}

Megatron met with the infamous [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] once the teleporter resurfaced in Iacon. He was quite leery about trusting one of Exarchon's biggest collaborators, even if Skywarp switched sides at the tail end of the war. Once Soundwave reported that Termagax had been located, Skywarp ended their debate by teleporting away to find his old comrade, Shockwave. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}}

Following the loss of the [[Enigma of Combination]], Megatron tasked [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] with rebuilding the Pyramid before he was summoned to his throne room when Ultra Magnus was brought in. When Magnus tried to warn Megatron of the Sea of Rust, the Insecticons and Exarchon, the warlord simply scoffed that such threats could be met as a united force if the Autobots surrendered to him, ordering Magnus to be imprisoned while he planned an assault on Crystal City, though he allowed Strika and Starscream to investigate the claim that [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] had been claimed by Exarchon. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Two}} Cyclonus later arrived, repeating the same warnings about Exarchon. Though disbelieving in such a danger, Megatron was intrigued by Starscream's suggestion that they use the rumours to their advantage and paint the Decepticons as benevolent protectors against an ancient foe. {{storylink|War's End Part One}}

Megatron was later contacted by Strika, relaying a parley from Optimus Prime who desired a ceasefire to deal with the threats of the [[rust worm]]s, Insecticons and Exarchon, promising that Cybertron would be Megatron's once they were dealt with. {{storylink|The Landscape of Fear}} At Starscream and Soundwave's advice, Megatron agreed to the temporary truce, sending Sixshot and Slipstream's teams to the [[Sonic Canyons]] to find and destroy the Threefold Spark. {{storylink|War's End Part Two}}

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Learning from Skywarp that Shockwave was serving the Threefold Spark again, Megatron, flanked by Skywarp and the Rainmakers, made for the bunker. Meeting Exarchon once again, Megatron fired on the ancient warlord, sending him stumbling back into [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]'s lethal touch. After delegating Skywarp to the Canyons to steal any hidden treasures, Megatron demanded Shockwave explain himself. {{storylink|War's End Part Three}} Shockwave proceeded to inform Megatron of the returned [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] and their [[combiner|combined]] form of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], Megatron offering Shockwave a conditional pardon if the combiner would serve him. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}} After Skywarp returned from the Canyons with an [[imploder]], Megatron had him use it to hold Optimus Prime's position until Megatron arrived to speak with the Autobot leader. {{storylink|End of Time}}

Upon arriving, Megatron rejected Prime's plea to allow the Autobots to leave Cybertron, knowing that they would hinder his galactic conquest before he demanded the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. As the two leaders came to blows, Skywarp used the imploder to bar the Autobots from interfering while Strika held back any Decepticon who wished to help. The stalemate was broken when the Autobot combiner [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] arrived, his approach shocking Skywarp enough to have him lower his guard and be teleported away by [[Jumpstream]]. Unwilling to engage the combiner without his own, Megatron allowed the Autobots to press on to the [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]]. After he reclaimed his fusion cannon, Megatron called for the Constructicons to meet with the larger army at Darkmount.

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With his army massed, Megatron led the charge on Darkmount. Though the Decepticons easily overwhelmed the defences, the tide turned when [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] used the [[Combination Core]] to incorporate an additional five Autobots into Computron, the ten Autobot combiner easily overpowering Devastator. Unimpressed by the giant, Megatron ordered all Decepticons to fire on Computron, breaking him apart. As Megatron prepared to execute Computron's components, Starscream landed to warn him of the Autobots launching, their escape ships taking off before anything could be done. Aware that the war had only just begun, Megatron ordered the Autobot prisoners taken to Iacon. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}

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====Alternate future====
In the future where Exarchon returned and conquered Cybertron, Megatron was one of the bodies hosting the Threefold Spark, along with Onslaught and Shockwave. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Test Flight I|Test Flight I}} The Lord of Cybertron met with Jumpstream briefly before selling her off to the mercenaries. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Test Flight II|Test Flight II}}
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===''Mazinger Z versus Transformers''===
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Megatron led the Decepticons as they battled the Autobots for control of a malfunctioning [[space bridge]] until a freak space-time warp transported Megatron and his men to the [[Japan]] of an alternate universe. Shortly after arriving, the Decepticons discovered the [[Photonic Power Laboratory]], which produced vast amounts of dependable energy and a potent engine with which the Decepticons could use to fuel further conquests. Ignoring a wounded Starscream's complaints, Megatron prepared to order an attack on the laboratory, until the sight of [[Baron Ashura]] leading an army of recently arrived [[Autobot]]s and [[Mechanical Beast]]s to attack the facility prompted Megatron to hang back and watch the battle.

Ultimately, the battle ended with the Autobots realizing that Ashura had misled them, and as Optimus and the other Autobots befriended [[Kōji Kabuto]], Megatron hatched a scheme of his own. After retreating to the underwater [[Salude]] fortress, Megatron teamed up with the nefarious [[Doctor Hell]], and the pair hatched a plan to crush their mutual enemies. Soon enough, the evil alliance attacked the Photonic Power Laboratory, and as the battle raged Megatron severed the limb of one of his Mechanical Beast allies and used it to power up his own fusion cannon. However, the battle was interrupted by Starscream, who'd absorbed a dose of Photon Power, combined it with purloined Mazinger parts, and evolved into the titanic "Mazinscream". Mazinscream easily trounced Megatron, forcing the Decepticon leader to team up with Optimus in an attempt to put down the demented Air Commander for good. Using his gun alternate mode, Optimus Prime was able to blast Starscream in the head, and the subsequent storm of energy returned the Cybertronians to their home dimension, where a group of mysterious interdimensional beings observed their continued struggles. {{storylink|Mazinger Z versus Transformers}}

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===''Transformers/Ghostbusters''===
[[File:GhostsOfCybertronPart2-GhostMegatron.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"Oh no! That robot is a ghost!"]]
When the Autobots fled Cybertron following the end of the Great War, the planet was visited by [[Gozer]], whom Starscream contemptuously attacked with a [[null-ray]], the entity reflecting the attack back at the Decepticons. Though Soundwave found that the invader's power warranted a distress beacon, Megatron refused to stand down and, after tossing [[Vinz Clortho]] aside, confronted the being who asked him to choose the form of Cybertron's destroyer only to quickly disappear, stating that the choice had been made. Hesitatingly, Starscream revealed that he'd had a passing thought, that only he could destroy Cybertron, Gozer reappearing as a titanic version of the Seeker. After venting some anger at Starscream, Megatron summoned his army to fight the invader. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 1}} Even with their mightiest [[combiner]]s however, the Decepticons could not match Gozer's power. As Megatron prepared to execute Starscream for giving the Traveller a form, [[Decepticon High Command]] was approached by [[Kremzeek]] the Scavenger who offered to save the quartet from Gozer's wrath. Though initially unwilling, Megatron was convinced by Shockwave to hear out the being. Agreeing, Megatron was turned into a [[ghost]] along with his servants. In return for this however, Kremzeek wanted their aid in finding and absorbing the [[AllSpark]]. Along with Soundwave and Shockwave, Megatron refused, resulting in the trio being absorbed into Kremzeek's being. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 2}} {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 4}}

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Roughly a thousand years later, on the planet Earth, Kremzeek's physical body was destroyed when the Scavenger made physical contact with [[Killerwatt|an electricity consuming ghost]], freeing Megatron's spirit. Though Optimus Prime offered to use the AllSpark to grant the Decepticons new bodies, Megatron thought only of finally ending their rivalry, lunging at the Prime. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 4}}

Continually rebuking Optimus' offer of aid, Megatron engaged his foe in close quarters combat until he was the last Decepticon standing. When Optimus delivered an uppercut, Megatron tumbled backwards into the Autobot scientist [[Ectotron]], accidentally possessing his body. Delighted by the situation, Megatron used Ectotron's body to beat down Optimus before he was forced down with [[Ray Stantz]] dumping a vial of [[mood slime]] into the Autobot's body. The supernatural substance forced Megatron out though he was quick to reconstitute himself into a more monstrous form. Though Megatron dreamed of possessing Optimus Prime's body and using his nemesis's army to rebuild the [[Decepticon Empire]], Ectotron managed to snag the warlord with his [[proton pack]] before imprisoning him in a [[ghost trap]]. When Optimus Prime left Earth, he took Megatron's ghost with him, along with those of Soundwave and Shockwave, hoping to rehabilitate the tyrant before one day using the AllSpark to grant him a new body. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 5}}
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===''Transformers vs. The Terminator''===
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In [[1984]], Skywarp reactivated Megatron aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' by dragging him into the path of [[Teletraan I]]'s repair beam. Once the pair had reactivated the other Decepticons, they executed [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the other [[stasis lock]]ed Autobots before turning their attention to the conquest of Earth. Megatron oversaw a brutal campaign against [[Skywatch]] that led to humanity's extinction, which left only their computerized defense network [[Skynet]] to continue the war against the aliens. Though Skynet feigned surrender, the computer used the time to scrounge together a time machine to retroactively win the war. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Two}} By [[2029]], Megatron learned of the deception and sent the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] and [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s to attack [[Omega Base]] and destroy Skynet for good.

In an attempt to negate this timeline, a single [[T-800]] unit travelled back in time to 1984 and arrived at the ship with [[Sarah Connor]], just as Megatron prepared to kill Optimus. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Two}} Though initially unimpressed by the android, the Terminator shot out Megatron's eye and prompted the furious warlord to dispatch [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] to kill him while he helped revived the other Decepticons. After Sarah helped revive Optimus Prime and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Megatron ordered a retreat, but not before blasting the hold of the ''Ark'' and critically injuring most of the still-dormant Autobots. The Decepticons regrouped on the Oregon coastline to gather intel and repair their leader's eye; when Megatron learned of the existence of the nearby [[Cyberdyne Systems]] facility, its nuclear reactor, and a suspected link between the factory and their robotic attacker, Megatron ordered an attack. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Two}}

[[File:EnemyOfMyEnemyPart4-MegatronDies.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The worst case of heartburn ever.]]

After conquering the area, Megatron received a briefing from [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] but was displeased to learn that the facility seemingly contained no connection to the robot that had attacked them. When news of the Decepticon takeover reached human media, Optimus Prime, the Terminator, and the other Autobots arrived to stop them, and Megatron led his troops into battle. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Three}} As Megatron duelled Optimus, Starscream formed an alliance with the T-800 to destroy all Autobots and Decepticons and launched the android at Megatron. Unharmed and unamused by the T-800's ineffective attacks, Megatron contemptuously hurled the interloper at Starscream, grounding both. This left him open to a crippling attack from Optimus' [[energon-axe]], but Megatron stubbornly pressed his attack, eventually becoming the last Decepticon still fighting and finding the strength to down his opposite. Despite this brief victory, Arcee caught him unaware when she threw the bisected T-800 directly into his wound. The android fired on Megatron's [[spark]] and blew him apart from the inside, leaving the tyrant unable to do anything more than hurl a few feeble curses at Optimus before he passed.

With the human authorities closing in, the Autobots were forced to leave Megatron's body behind and go into hiding, leaving the warlord's corpse free to be recovered by the humans at Skywatch. From his body, the humans reverse-engineered a new version of Skynet and its Terminator army... a version that incorporated a remnant of Megatron's own consciousness, ensuring that he would live on in some form. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Four}}
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===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
[[File:Finale-Megatron.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Megatron finds himself living out the private fantasies of [[Megatron (WFC)#Notes|a different Megatron]].]]

On [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s advice, Megatron led the Decepticons to secure a malfunctioning [[space bridge|spacebridge]] capable of opening rifts to other dimensions. Though Megatron ordered his subordinate not to activate the device, Shockwave attempted to identify the coordinates at the same moment that a magic spell from [[Queen Chrysalis]] somehow crossed realities, interfered with the spacebridge, and sucked multiple Cybertronians through to the magical land of [[Equestria]]. After arriving, Megatron formed an alliance with the evil [[changeling]] queen, {{storylink|Transformation Is Magic}} and hatched a new plan to steal magical artifacts from Equestria and refine them into a powerful new form of [[energon]]. {{storylink|Finale (Friendship in Disguise!)|Finale}}

After establishing a secure location to regroup and marshall his scattered troops, {{storylink|Pet Sounds}} Megatron launched an all-out raid on the [[Crystal Empire]] once he'd re-consolidated his army. [[Princess Cadance]] refused to surrender their magic, however, and the Autobots and their pony allies arrived in time to defend the kingdom. Megatron duelled Optimus Prime, but was prevented from executing his foe by [[Twilight Sparkle]], who used her magic to inhibit his fusion cannon. Realizing that Chrysalis had deliberately under-informed him of the level of resistance, Megatron turned on his ally before a space bridge back to Cybertron opened, through which [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Spike (MLP)|Spike]] emerged. Seeing this, Twilight realized that changeling magic was not necessary to open the bridge back to Cybertron and combined her power with that of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to banish the Decepticons back to Cybertron. Once everyone had been accounted for, Megatron learned that Shockwave had not been able to procure any magical samples for their use, but had obtained the coordinates to Equestria and believed that he could bring Equestrian magic to Cybertron. {{storylink|Finale (Friendship in Disguise!)|Finale}}

[[File:TheMagicOfCybertron-allhailsombra.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Decepticons! Ponies! To battle!"]]

Some time later, Megatron and Shockwave had secured a second space bridge, successfully reopened the portal to Equestria, and begun sending Decepticons through the portal to steal artifacts of magical power. Unfortunately, one such mission went wrong when [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s patrol ran afoul of Twilight Sparkle and her friends, who pursued them through the portal and accidentally revived [[King Sombra]], whom the Decepticons had unknowingly transported back to their homeworld. The evil pony wound up hypnotizing a number of ponies and Cybertronians, including Megatron, and flew off with his new slaves to conquer the metal world. {{storylink|The Magic of Cybertron}}

Some time later, [[Vinyl Scratch]] and [[Octavia]] glimpsed the mind-controlled Megatron flying by. {{storylink|Sick Beats}} During the final battle to stop a Sombra-controlled [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Megatron faced off with Optimus Prime before [[Rainbow Dash]], using her new emotion-powered [[exosuit]], hit him with a blast of Cybertronian emotion strong enough to break the spell. Thus freed, Megatron teamed up with [[Pinkie Pie]] and led the charge alongside Optimus after first agreeing to temporarily put their differences aside. After the Cybertronians destroyed Scorponok and defeated Sombra, Megatron informed Optimus that they'd maintain their truce as thanks for freeing him... but that amnesty did ''not'' apply to Starscream, who had sneakily tried to offline his leader under the guise of freeing him. Once Megatron chased Starscream away, he escorted the ponies back to the space bridge so that they could return home and was covered in hugs when he grudgingly allowed a cultural exchange between their two worlds to take place. {{storylink|Finale (The Magic of Cybertron)|Finale}}
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===''Transformers/Back to the Future''===
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In the year [[1985]], roughly one year after the Autobots and Decepticons had reawakened on Earth to continue their war, Megatron sent [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] on a reconnaissance mission to the small town of [[Hill Valley]] to find a new edge against their enemies. The pair spied on [[Doc Brown|Emmett Brown]] and [[Marty McFly]]'s experimental time machine and reported the presence of trans-temporal particles—recognizing the incredible advantage that [[time travel]] could give them, Megatron ordered the pair to steal the time machine. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 1|Transformers/Back to the Future #1}} Thirty years later, Megatron received a report from Rumble, who had stowed away aboard the time machine when it traveled to the year [[2015]], and travelled to Doc Brown's workshop to recover it. However, thirty years of fighting a losing war against the Autobots had reduced the Decepticon conqueror to a broken-down wreck, incapable of even firing a shot from his malfunctioning fusion cannon, so Rumble stole the time machine and abandoned this version of Megatron to retroactively ensure a Decepticon victory.

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By travelling all the way back in time to the year [[1974]], Rumble and his unwilling [[human]] collaborator [[Biff Tannen]] spent ten years stockpiling [[energon cube]]s, and in the year [[1984]] Rumble broke into the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' and reactivated Megatron and all of the other Decepticons prematurely. Megatron quickly blasted the still-deactivated Optimus Prime... then killed the future version of Rumble who had masterminded the entire scheme before going on to conquer Earth, {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 2|Transformers/Back to the Future #2}} enslaving humanity and imprisoning them in [[energon]]-producing slave camps overseen by human coordinators. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 1|Transformers/Back to the Future #1}} Megatron took custody of Rumble's severed head and the DeLorean he had commandeered to travel through time, and ordered the Decepticon [[Gigawatt]] to extract and analyze Rumble's memory banks. However, Gigawatt soon suffered a crisis of conscience brought on by watching Megatron's callous treatment of his human slaves, scanned the DeLorean, and escaped, but not before Megatron blasted him with his fusion cannon. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 2|Transformers/Back to the Future #2}}

After defecting to the Autobots, Gigawatt, along with the human [[Marty McFly]] managed to travel back to 1984 before Rumble, reactivating the Autobots ahead of schedule while leaving the Decepticons in stasis, undoing Megatron's reign. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 4|Transformers/Back to the Future #4}}
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===''Transformers Go! Go!''===
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Megatron was the sworn enemy of the Autobots. {{storylink|We Are Transformers!}} At one point, Megatron broke into the Autobot base and stole their Energon, but Optimus Prime punched him away. {{storylink|Where Is the Energon?}}
On Cybertron, Megatron and Starscream menaced Bumblebee, until Starscream inadvertently dropped the bomb he was carrying and let it bounce into Megatron's tank turret. The subsequent explosion sent the pair blasting off, while Bumblebee celebrated his completely accidental victory. {{storylink|The Evil Leader's Big Miscalculation}}

Megatron and Starscream later travelled to a [[Planet of Games]] in search of [[energon]], where they encountered the Autobots on the same mission. {{storylink|Great Adventure on the Planet of Games!}} Megatron ordered Starscream to set a trap for the Autobots, Starscream's plans kept going wrong and the careless Air Commander wound up accidentally throwing a pie in his leader's face. Megatron scolded Starscream for his failure, and was annoyed when he learned that Starscream had skywritten a rude message to him. {{storylink|Careless Scream}} On their day off, Megatron and [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] encountered Optimus Prime and Bumblebee in the woods. Prime and Megatron decided to hold a fishing competition, but when the time came to choose the winner, acting referee Bumblebee admitted that nobody had told him the rules. Nevertheless, the four Transformers wrapped up their day by cooking all the fish they'd caught over a campfire. {{storylink|Warriors' Day Off}}

At one point, Megatron and his forces battled the Autobots for control of the perfect barbecue spot, but ultimately came away second best. {{storylink|I Want to Protect This Place}} On New Year's Day, Megatron and the Decepticons attacked Autobot headquarters for their energon until the Autobots drove them away. {{storylink|The Transformers' Explosive New Years' Battle!}} Megatron held a strategy conference with his top Decepticons to decide their next evil scheme, but was quickly frustrated by their nonsensical schemes. Shockwave's suggestion that they only fire soft pellets, so as not to injure their leader, pushed Megatron over the edge, and he wound up blasting all three of his lieutenants in a fit of rage. {{storylink|The Villains' Strategy Conference, Indeed!}}

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===2021 ''Beast Wars'' comic===
The ambitious [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Megatron (BW)|Galavar]] took the name of the original Decepticon conqueror in anticipation of his own victory. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 1}} Later, [[Nyx]] taunted the Predacon leader by pointing out that history had forgotten the original Megatron. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 3}}

===''Visitors from Cybertron''===
When Megatron was fighting Optimus Prime and Bumblebee on Cybertron, a portal appeared above the three and warped them to the [[Land of Dawn]]. There, Megatron fought [[Granger]] before he sighted a Cybertronian pod overhead. After defeating Granger, Megatron was approached by [[X.BORG]] who informed him that the Autobots had joined forces with X.BORG's own enemies, offering an alliance. Impressed by the organic's intelligence, Megatron agreed and the two flew off towards the pod, unaware that Granger had recovered and was in pursuit. {{storylink|Visitors from Cybertron}}

===Calm Sleep Stories===
Megatron started a revolution on Cybertron to possess the [[AllSpark]], which began the Great War. {{storylink|Building Bridges with Optimus Prime}} When his Decepticons proved too much for the Autobots, the AllSpark was launched off-world to keep out of Megatron's clutches, though he and his forces managed to track it down to Earth. {{storylink|History of the Transformers}}

===Energon Universe===
{{spoiler|Transformers (2023) issue 21|July 10 2025}}
Long ago, Megatron was taken from his clan on [[Moonbase One|Moonbase 1]] by the [[Quintesson]] [[Dezimir]]. Under orders from his master, Dezimir subjected Megatron to hundreds of trials, going up against hordes of Sharkticons and Dezimir's powerful bestial weapon, Mechanokoar. By the five hundreth trial, at which point Megatron was pleading to be freed from this hell, Dezimir told him that these were not trials, but in fact, a lesson. A lesson on how truly small he was and how much more he could be. The Quintesson reminded Megatron of how he had been unable to save his warriors and his planet since the dawn of his creation. Just as he was about to best Megatron yet again, Dezimir's master arrived and declared Megatron's trial finished. Dezimir then revealed a powerful artifact which had allowed them to enslave Megatron, a "dark equal" to the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] wielded by Optimus Prime. Using its power, Dezimir granted Megatron a third alternate mode in addition to his tank form, that of a pistol which would allowed him to bend anyone that held it to his will. Dezimir's master then commanded his subordinate to pick up Megatron. Though he protested, the Quintesson complied. Immediately exerting control over him, Megatron forced Dezimir to destroy Mechanokoar. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 19|Transformers #19}}

[[File:TF2023 no.13 - MegatronMeetsStarscream.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Emperor Palpatine|"Give in to your anger! With each passing moment you make yourself more my servant."]]]]
Megatron went on to lead the Decepticons in a brutal campaign to wipe out the Autobots for over 200 years. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 2|Transformers #2}} During the early days of the Great War, Megatron chanced across a Seeker mourning his late friend [[Genvo]]. Transforming to gun mode, Megatron offered the young bot a chance at revenge, with the Seeker introducing himself as "[[Starscream (G1)#Energon Universe|Starscream]]". {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 13|Transformers #13}} Some time later, during the interrogation of some Autobot prisoners, Megatron offered them a chance to live in exchange for joining the Decepticons. When they refused, he transformed to gun mode and, requiring someone to use him, commanded Starscream to execute the prisoners. Though Starscream was hesitant to harm prisoners of war, Megatron told the Seeker that he belonged to him now and to act without remorse. Starscream eventually gave in and killed all the captives. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 14|Transformers #14}} At some point, Megatron killed [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]'s love, causing the [[Triple Changer]] to turn on the warlord. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 16|Transformers #16}} Megatron subsequently imprisoned Astrotrain in the brig of the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 8|Transformers #8}}

[[File:TF EU Special 2024 – Megatron Leaps Into Action.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.75|He has NO TIME for the jibba-jabba!!]]
When the Autobots attempted to flee Cybertron aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', Megatron attacked in the hopes of finishing them off. During this battle, Megatron fought [[Cliffjumper (G1)#Energon Universe|Cliffjumper]], [[Jazz (G1)#Energon Universe|Jazz]], [[Wheeljack (G1)#Energon Universe|Wheeljack]], and [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], killing the latter before engaging with [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Energon Universe|Optimus Prime]]. Though Megatron initially gained the upper hand against the Autobot leader, as he berated the Autobots' weakness, Optimus managed to slice off Megatron's right arm and knock him away as the ship spiraled out of control. Clinging onto the door of the ship, Starscream found Megatron and shot him off, sending the Decepticon leader plummeting to the planet below {{storylink|Transformers Energon Universe 2024 Special story}} into an ice field. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 4|Transformers #4}}


A century after the ''Ark''{{'}}s crash, the ship and its passengers were discovered and reactivated by [[Jetfire (G1)#Energon Universe|Jetfire]]. The first to be brought back online, [[Starscream (G1)#Energon Universe|Starscream]] began reviving the Decepticons, prompting the few active Autobots to flee the ship, {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 1|Transformers #1}} taking Megatron's right arm among the few parts they could grab. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 4|Transformers #4}} In Megatron's absence, Starscream took command of the Decepticons, refusing to tolerate anyone even mentioning their former leader’s name. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 1|Transformers #1}} When [[Soundwave (G1)#Energon Universe|Soundwave]] did indeed despairingly compare Starscream's rule to Megatron's, the communication chief received a backhand from the Seeker. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 3|Transformers #3}}

In an attempt to gain the upper hand against the Decepticons, Optimus Prime replaced his missing right arm with Megatron's, complete with the Decepticon's [[fusion cannon]], {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 4|Transformers #4}} which he used to destroy [[Reflector (G1)#Energon Universe|Reflector]] {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 5|Transformers #5}} and fend off [[Devastator (G1)#Energon Universe|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 6|Transformers #6}}

[[File:Cobra Commander 1 – Megatron Reawakens.jpg|thumb|right|Is he gonna [[Transformers (film)|break out and say "I am Megatron!" again]]?]]
Megatron eventually wound up in the possession of [[Cobra-La]], where his left arm was removed. His presence as outside technology made waves in Cobra-La's insular society, causing civil unrest among the populace of technophobes. While some Cobra-La scientists initially thought to learn Megatron's secrets by speaking to him, the man who would later become [[Cobra Commander#Energon Universe|Cobra Commander]] opted for more invasive means of research, reverse engineering Megatron's internals to create inorganic weapons (in violation of Cobra-La law) and obtained information on Cybertron and its denizens from the data within him. Cobra Commander also (painfully) extracted [[energon]] from the Decepticon leader's very [[spark]]. Cobra Commander vowed to use the information obtained from Megatron's body to build (and command) [[Cobra|an army]] to conquer the Earth in the name of Cobra-La and [[Golobulus]]. But no sooner had the organic turned his back on him than Megatron opened his optic and grinned psychotically... {{storylink|Cobra Commander issue 1|Cobra Commander #1}}

Emerging from his slumber, Megatron broke free from his bonds as he cursed Starscream. After being pointed to his left arm, Megatron reattached the appendage before being confronted by Golobulus and his [[Royal Guard]]. When Golobulus declared that Megatron belonged to him, the Decepticon leader unsheathed his [[energon mace]] and declared he belonged to no one, slaying Golobulus's mount, though the attack left him open to Golobulus stabbing out his remaining optic. Deciding to cut his losses, Megatron promptly [[Flight|flew]] out of Cobra-La, swearing to find Starscream. {{storylink|Transformers Energon Universe 2024 Special story}}

[[File:TF2023 no. 18 - Megatron Returns.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1|He may be blind, bruised, and down an arm, but he still manages to be scary as all Hell.]]
Eventually taking shelter in a desert, Megatron could only sit and wait for someone to find him. That someone turned out to be Laserbeak, who had been sent by Soundwave to find the Decepticon leader. Wiring Laserbeak's optics into himself, Megatron, now able to see again, commanded the Recordicon to lead him to his warriors. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 16|Transformers #16}} The Recordicon guided the Decepticon leader to [[Seattle]], where a fierce battle between Starscream and Soundwave's split factions of Decepticons raged. Just as Starscream prepared to kill [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] in front of his master, Megatron arrived and put an end to the squabble with only a single word of warning. As Starscream backed away in fear, Megatron picked up Ravage and revived him with his own spark energy, much to Soundwave's delight. As Megatron declared that they had much work to do, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] seethed at the sight of him, while Optimus Prime immediately ordered his men to retreat. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 18|Transformers #18}}

[[File:TF2023 no. 20 - Megatron Punishes Starscream.jpg|thumb|200px]]
Soundwave informed Megatron of the Autobots’ retreat, but just as Megatron was about to give chase, Astrotrain flew up and formally challenged Megatron for the suffering he had put him through. Though the Triple Changer gained the upper hand at first, Megatron quickly overpowered him, unleashing his energon mace and hurling Astrotrain off the building they were standing on. Though Astrotrain begged the Decepticon leader to kill him and finally free him from this torture, Megatron denied, saying he still had use for him.

After bringing the split Decepticon factions back under his control, Megatron led them to the chunk of Cybertron in the ocean that [[Transformers (2023) issue 12|Optimus Prime had blasted off from the planet]]. He explained that he hidden energon and raw materials across the planet since the war had begun. Once such deposit lay on the chunk, below a "beacon of the ancient". Though the beacon still signaled, Megatron noted that the "ancient" hadn't been seen since before the war and believed them to have abandoned Cybertron. Megatron retrieved the stored energy and prepared to settle some scores. First up was Starscream, whom Megatron had restored to full functionality before beginning a brutal smackdown on the Seeker. When at last he had deemed Starscream's punishment sufficient, Megatron turned towards the restrained Astrotrain. Transforming into his gun mode, Megatron demanded Starscream to finish off the traitorous triple changer. His power lessened due to his missing arm, multiple shots were required and when when Astrotrain had been reduced to nothing more than a smoking pile of scrap, Megatron vowed that he would retrieve it from the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 20|Transformers #20}}

[[File:TF2023 no. 21 - Megatron Retrives His Arm.jpg|thumb|200px]]
Swiftly heading for the ''Ark'' Megatron commended Soundwave on a job well done in his absence, while Starscream received only a backhand for attempting to speak up. Stating that Starscream only existed to be an extension of his will, Megatron had the Seeker wield him during the attack on the ''Ark''. As Bruticus and Devastator charged, Optimus Prime's condition rapidly worsened and he soon found himself unwillingly aiming Megatron's fusion cannon at his teammates. However, they were saved by the timely intervention of [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], who tackled Devastator and Bruticus and disoriented Prime. As the Megatron's appendage continuted to exert more and more control over the Autobot leader, who soon found it impossible to even remove from his body, he ordered his troops to shoot it off. As the arm fell to the ground, Prime and the Autobots retreated aboard Superion while Megatron, at long last, finally reattached it to himself. Now at full power, he had Starscream use him to shoot off [[Slingshot (G1)|Superion's left arm]]. Their victory secured, Megatron ordered the Decepticons to prepare for conquest. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 21|Transformers #21}}
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==Commercial appearances==
Megatron featured in quite a few [[commercial]]s, mostly advertising other toys. Those that had original footage of Megatron included the following:

*Megatron landed amid a battle on Earth and fired his cannon at incoming Autobots. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#The Transformers #1|''The Transformers'' #1}}
{{note|This appearance used his pre-cartoon design, with the black helmet and triggered cannon. He was not properly introduced in the commercial, but simply referred to as "The Decepticon Leader". This footage was later recycled in an ad for [[Coleco]]'s [[Power Cycle]] (where he and his Decepticons raided a <s>jungle gym</s> power plant) and again for the [[rubsign]] ad.}}
*Megatron led his troops against Optimus's as they charged at one another in the middle of the desert. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Optimus Prime and Megatron|Optimus Prime and Megatron commercial}}
*During a battle against Megatron, Optimus summoned [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], and [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] to his side. Megatron responded by calling down [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Thrust and Dirge|Autobot cars plus Thrust and Dirge commercial}}
*In the middle of a desert battle, Megatron summoned Thrust and Dirge, in response to Optimus Prime bringing in like, half a dozen new guys. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Thrust and Dirge|Autobot cars plus Thrust and Dirge commercial}}
*Megatron, [[Treadshot (G1)|Treadshot]], and [[Krok (G1)|Krok]] blasted through a wall together to steal the power behind becoming Action Masters. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation_1#Action Masters|Action Masters commercial}}
{{note|In this scene, Megatron and the other Decepticons are not animated using [[character model]]s, but by tracing stop-motion animation of their toys. This is because that sequence is the commercial's transition from animation to live-action, the first visual image of the toys proper.}}
*Megatron attempted to hijack a load of shoes in a South American ad for [[Bata]]'s licensed ''Transformers'' footwear. He was stopped when a pair of said shoes deflected his fusion cannon blast right back at him. No, really. {{storylink|Commercial/International#Transformers de Bata|Transformers de Bata commercial}}
[[File:Commercial-AMMegatronpoints.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|My purple fists are for POINTING!]]
*Megatron, in his "Action Master" body, pointed at Action Master Starscream. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Action Masters|Action Master Starscream Commercial}}
*Megatron, again as an Action Master, was seen in a base futilely trying to grab a pair of [[Micromaster Combiner]]s. He got shot in the face for his trouble. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Micromaster Combiners|Micromaster Combiners commercial}}
*Once upgraded into his "Generation 2" body, Megatron tracked down Optimus Prime. Once he had his old foe in his crosshairs, he sprung in attack, and the two faction leaders dueled fiercely. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 2#Megatron|Generation 2 Megatron commercial}}
*Megatron barged into the suburbs in his battle tank mode, only to be opposed once more by Optimus Prime. Both transformed, and Optimus blasted Megatron's gun out of his hand. In the grappling that followed, Megatron was presumably defeated and driven off. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 2#Combat Heroes|Combat Heroes commercial}}
*"Bot Shots" Megatron had many confrontations with his Optimus counterpart, crashing into each other in vehicle mode and then slugging it out in robot mode. One Bot Shot Megatron and Optimus belonged to neighbours, and taunted one another when their owners left for school. They both burst out of their respective houses, destroying the windows on the way out and colliding in mid-air. {{storylink|Commercial#Bot Shots|Battle for the Matrix Bot Shots commercial}} Megatron would continue to duke it out against Optimus, though sometimes he would appear in a different body. {{storylink|Commercial#Bot Shots|Bot Shots Dragon Track Commercial}}
[[File:Hero Mashers commercial Megatron.jpg|thumb|200px]]
*"Hero Mashers" Megatron battled Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Grimlock in the middle of a busy city. Using Grimlock's head, Optimus managed to bite off Megatron's arm and steal his jet pack, sending the Decepticon crashing into a wall. Though Megatron fell to pieces, he managed to reassemble himself, and tried to shoot at the now thoroughly-scramble Autobots. Optimus dodged the blast by removing his head and putting it back on, then knocked out Megatron with his "dino-fist." Megatron fell apart once more, and bounced around as a head in defeat. {{storylink|Commercial#Hero Mashers|Hero Mashers commercial}}
*[[Frank Welker|Megatron's voice]] narrated numerous commercials, including:
**The [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Constructicons|Constructicons commercial}}
**[[Rubsign]]s {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Rubsign|Rubsign commercial}}
**The [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] (strange!) {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sharkticon|Sharkticon commercial}}
**[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] (stranger!) {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Springer and Wreck-Gar|Springer and Wreck-Gar commercial}}
**[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (stranger still!) {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Ultra Magnus and Galvatron|Ultra Magnus and Galvatron commercial}}
**The [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Aerialbots and Stunticons|Aerialbots and Stunticons commercial}}
**The [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Bruticus and Metroplex|Bruticus and Metroplex commercial}}
**[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Defensor and Trypticon|Defensor and Trypticon commercial}}
**The [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Predacons|Predacons commercial}}
**The [[Battlecharger]]s {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Battlechargers|Battlechargers commercial}}

===The Hub promos===
[[File:Hub-CobraPaloozaMegatronAThon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Little did Megatron know, Cobra Commander planned to hang up in the middle of his sentence.]]
[[Cobra Commander]] and Megatron had an argument involving New Year's Eve marathons of their respective television series. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1|Cobra-palooza Megatron-A-Thon}}

{{Note|Ironically, the [[Five Faces of Darkness|episodes]] featured in the ''Transformers'' portion of the marathon didn't feature Megatron [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|as Megatron]]. (With the exception of [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4|one flashback]].)}}

[[Megatron (WFC)|Another Megatron]] declared the Hub his in a commercial for a marathon of ''Prime'' season 1 and 2, doing certain Hub-focused jokes and gags before the commercial breaks during the marathon. One such segment showed [[The Transformers (cartoon)|his home movies]], during which reminisced on how [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|young he looked back then]] and mocked [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave's]] dated choice of alt-mode. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime|Megatron's Favorite Song (26 Hour Takeover marathon promo)}}

{{Note|This is highly unlikely to be canon. For the Megatron primarily focused on the Hub, see: [[Megatron (WFC)]].}}

===Online promotional videos===
*Megatron dueled Optimus Prime atop of an overpass in a human city. Though Prime managed to knock Megatron's cannon loose early in the scuffle, Megatron managed to turn the tables on the Autobot leader, reattached his primary weapon, and blast his old foe. When Megatron moved in for the kill, Optimus got his second wind, and knocked Megatron clear off the overpass. {{storylink|They were always real to me.}}
*Megatron was contacted by Optimus Prime, who convinced him to attend [[BotCon 2009]]. It took some doing though, but Megatron agree to participate when he learned that his human fans would be in attendance. {{storylink|BotCon 2009!}}
*Megatron asked Starscream if he had finished work on the Decepticons’ anti-matter gun, only to learn that Starscream had instead been spending his time gushing over his new [[BotCon]] toy. After shoving Starscream over for his insubordination, Megatron asked Breakdown and Counterpunch if they could think of a place where the Decepticons could find some new ultimate weapons. Breakdown pointed out that BotCon had all sorts of Transformers-related stuff, and Megatron got the idea that he could pick up some weapons at the convention. {{storylink|BotCon 2010 Promo}}
*Megatron addressed female viewers, asking them to compare their male companions to himself. He clarified that said males were puny weaklings compared to the mighty Megatron! Though, they could still join the Transformers collector's club to get some exclusive toys. He also showed off the Transformers club magazine, the incentive figure for 2011, and was on a jet in outer space. {{storylink|Mega Spice -- The Transformer Your Fan Could Be Like}}
*Megatron and Starscream visited Shockwave's lab on Cybertron. The Decepticon leader asked if Shockwave has finished his work on the continuum transmorpher. He was pleased to hear that the device was nearly complete, but then got distracted by some new upgrades throughout Shockwave's lab. As Shockwave showed him around, Starscream summoned his [[Starscream (Animated)|“Animated” counterpart]] to their reality. Megatron came upon the pair, and they blasted the Decepticon leader together. It still wasn't enough to keep Megatron down though. {{storylink|Who is the Greatest Starscream Of All Time?}}
*Megatron interrupted Starscream's video for the first [[BotCon 2012]] exclusive toy review, allowing for [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] to step in and ruin the review. {{storylink|BotCon 2012: Figure Reveal!}}

==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Megatron could hinder Optimus Prime's progress by blasting him with fusion cannons. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''The Transformers'' (Commodore 64)===
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===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
*''Stage'': 9
*''Point value'': 50000
*''Hit points'': 5
Megatron, somehow grown to monstrous size, awaits Autobot intruders at the end of the [[Underground Machine City]], hovering in a dark chamber with three floating platforms. He fires massive fireballs at Autobot positions at regular intervals. His armor makes him invulnerable, save for a conveniently glowing weak spot in thie middle of his forehead. Shot enough times there, and the mighty Megatron will fall... but the Autobots' job isn't done yet! {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

{{note|In this game, the "goal" of the "story" is to discover the cause of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime's]] death, as those events had not actually been told in Japanese markets at the time. Players can uncover a clue that Megatron was responsible in the earlier [[Time Tunnel]] III stage, by finding a hidden room and defeating the high-flying enemy within, which throws up an image of Megatron.}}

===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (N64)===
In one of several possible timelines, the time-traveling [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] Ravage broke into the ''Ark'' while its occupants were still in stasis and downloaded protoform cloning data from Megatron, among several others. He then returned to his future, planning to revive the Decepticons in new clone bodies and begin their conquest anew.
{{note|The following story content is only available through the use of a cheat device.}}

In another timeline, the Predacon commander Megatron infused himself with the original Megatron's power, becoming [[Megatron X (BW)|Megatron X]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}

===''DreamMix TV World Fighters''===
{{voiceactor|[[Seizō Katō]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:DMTVMegatronAltColors.jpg|thumb|]]
As part of [[DreamMix TV]]'s attempt to pull in more ratings, Megatron and his eternal rival Optimus Prime were invited to battle bunches of other beings on the television show ''[[World Fighters]]''. {{storylink|DreamMix TV World Fighters}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Jeff Manning]] (English)}}
[[File:TF PS2 Megatron.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]

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===''Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game (Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC)===
[[File:ROTF 360PS3PC G1Megatron DLC.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Compare me to a cancelled toy, as I am only a skin for Flight ''Movie'' Me. I feel pain, as no one else can feel '''MY AWESOME POWER!!!''']]
{{voiceactor|Frank Welker (English)}}

{{Note|On [[August 27]], [[2009]], Megatron was one of a handful of downloadable characters in a DLC pack for Xbox 360 and Sony Playstation 3.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
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===''Transformers Battle Circuit''===
Megatron, one of the "greatest Transformers of all time," was part of a Decepticon team that participated in a tournament on Cybertron. If an Autobot wished to claim the title of tournament champion, Megatron was the last opponent they needed to face. {{storylink|Transformers Battle Circuit}}

===Transformers Battle Universe===
At the edge of time, when the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] needed a new host, Megatron was among several warriors (and [[Megatron (disambiguation)|Megatrons]]) summoned from the multiverse to battle for control of the prize. {{storylink|Transformers Battle Universe}}

===''Transformers G1: Awakening''===
[[File:Megatron g1awakening stats.jpg|left|thumb]]
When the Autobots left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], Megatron and his troops gave chase, boarding the Autobot ship and causing it to crash on [[Earth]]. After a four million year stasis nap, a volcanic eruption woke the Decepticons, and they began conquering the new planet and building a [[space bridge]]. When they found [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], Megatron tricked him into joining the Decepticons. Unfortunately the Autobots soon turned Jetfire to their side, much to Megatron's displeasure, and the Autobots found out about the space bridge. Megatron returned to Cybertron and laid a trap with which he successfully captured the Autobots who came through the bridge. When the Autobots escaped back to Earth, Megatron followed them and mounted an all-out assault on the Ark. Unfortunately this was repelled, and despite Megatron's best efforts, the Autobots fought their way back to the space bridge, and attacked the Decepticon's headquarters on Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===''Bot Shots Battle Game!''===
Megatron participated in numerous one-on-one matches against other Autobots and Decepticons, using his fists, his sword, or his gun to defeat his opponents. Sometimes, he even faced off against himself! {{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}

===''Construct-Bots Builder''===
The components necessary for building "Construct-Bot" Megatron were accessible within the Cybertron construction zone. Despite it being against protocol, [[you]] could mix his parts with those of Autobots! (gasp!) {{storylink|Construct-Bots Builder}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:TFLegendsApp-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I turn into a tank now. Any problems?]]
Megatron was once a miner, until Senator Ratbat shut down the facility where Megatron was employed. Enraged by the maltreatment of a fellow miner by the Senator's guards, Megatron accidently killed the guard and got himself arrested. While being transported, Megatron was convinced to take over the ship he was on by some fellow inmates, and set a course for the city of Kaon. There, he joined the underground gladiatorial fights and began to plot against the government establishment that had led him down this path. Megatron rose through the ranks of the pit fights, losing an arm in the process, only to have it replaced with spare parts acquired from a defeated foe. {{storylink|Megatron Origins}} In the Kaon pits, the harsh conditions gave him the desire to be the strongest of all. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Megatron's bio}} He eventually found himself opposed by Clench, but defeated him. Megatron then proceeded to take over Kaon, and set his sights on conquering the entirety of Cybertron. {{storylink|Megatron Origins}}

Megatron formulated a plan to wipe out the Autobots by activating [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s [[planetary engine]]s. When [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] tried to meet with him to talk him out of this course of action, Megatron instead ambushed the Autobot leader and successfully slew him. Unfortunately Megatron found that Sentinel was not in possession of the [[Matrix of Leadership]], which was promptly passed to the new Autobot leader, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|The War Within}} During the early days of the war, Megatron attempted to obtain a quick victory by conquering Iacon. This plan failed due to Metroplex getting involved in the battle. {{storylink|Assault on Iacon}}

Stranded on the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], Megatron had to fight off the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] until Skywarp arrived to rescue him. {{storylink|Wreckage (Legends)|Wreckage}} Later on [[Earth]], Megatron's strict rule resulted in the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] going rogue. {{storylink|Harvest of the Insecticons}} He was pleased when he heard that Optimus Prime had been badly damaged by the Dinobots, but didn't have time to order a strike on the Autobot base, as the Dinobots were attacking his own base. {{storylink|Day of the Dinobots - Part 1}}

At some point, Megatron went missing in action, and Starscream took command of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (Legends)|Countdown to Extinction}} As part of a distraction while the Constructicons attacked Teletraan I, Megatron challenged Optimus to a duel. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War - Part 1}} After [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] found a Golden Lagoon of [[Electrum]], Megatron led the invulnerable Decepticons against [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and then Autobot Headquarters, only to find the latter was deserted. The Decepticons rushed back to the lagoon to find the Autobots were also invulnerable, and after the lagoon was destroyed in the ensuing battle, Megatron and his forces retreated. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (Legends)|The Golden Lagoon}}

Megatron was enraged to learn that the Constructicons had somehow become friendly with [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], and sent [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]] out to bring the team back into line. {{storylink|The Master Builders (Legends)|The Master Builders}} When [[Chronogon]] portals began opening, Megatron devised a plan to utilize them. The Decepticons successfully sprang a trap that sent the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] back in time, and followed that up by trying unsuccessfully to prevent Orion Pax from becoming Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Golden Age (Legends)|Golden Age}} During a battle near Autobot HQ, Megatron sneaked away and sabotaged the Autobot [[recharging chamber]] with a [[personality destabilizer device]]. The Autobots were turned evil the next time they recharged, and Megatron sent them to [[Rutter U.S. Military Base|Rutter Military Base]] to steal a solar energy satellite. {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots (Legends)|Attack of the Autobots}}

[[File:TFLegends-SavageCircle.jpg|thumb|left| '''WHYYYYYYYY?! ''WHYYYYYYYYY?!?!?!''''']]
Megatron and Shockwave slyly suggested to Grimlock that he should be leader of the Autobots, believing that if he took over, it would make their job of overcoming the Autobots easier. As it happened, once Grimlock took over, the two Decepticons were instead captured by his forces, and only escaped once he turned the reins back over to Optimus. {{storylink|Me, Grimlock, King}} Megatron somehow became fused to Ratchet somewhere in inter-dimensional space. The pair were attacked by a time-displaced [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], however a team of Autobots rescued them and the pair were surgically separated at the Autobot base. Megatron took advantage of the subsequent celebrations to make his escape. {{storylink|Savage Circle}}

The Decepticons managed to steal [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]], and Megatron had Hardshell reprogram her to serve the Decepticon cause. Though she succeeded in stealing the [[World Energy Chip]] from Autobot HQ, Megatron and his troops were forced to come to her aid and failed to prevent her falling back into Autobot hands. {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird (Legends)|Enter the Nightbird}} After Megatron and his men found a [[Lightning Bug]] on an old Autobot colony world, they found they'd contracted [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]]. Back on Earth, they stole [[corrostop]] and cured themselves, before inflicting the disease on the Autobots. The Decepticons were unable to stop the Autobots getting a sample of corrostop from the [[Statue of Liberty]] and curing themselves, however. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (Legends)|Cosmic Rust}}

After Dirge crashed into a movie set while transporting a stolen Autobot weapon, Megatron sent a group of Decepticons to retrieve him and destroy all evidence. He was upset when they not only returned without having destroyed the film, but when the film turned out to be a blockbuster hit. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood (Legends)|Hoist Goes Hollywood}}

Megatron and his men finally managed to drive the Autobots from Earth, badly damaging Optimus in the process, and set about conquering the planet. Their reign was short-lived, as the Autobots returned once Optimus had recovered, and Megatron was himself badly damaged in the battle that ensued, resulting in the Decepticons retreating. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron (Legends)|All Hail Megatron}}

When the ongoing conflict with the Autobots finally came to a head, Megatron led an assault on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] and eventually stood over Optimus Prime's broken body. {{storylink|One Shall Fall...}} Or possibly Optimus defeated Megatron. {{storylink|The Battle for Autobot City}} A short time later, Megatron was reborn into Galvatron, thanks to [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|All Hail Galvatron}}
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===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|King Pig#As Dark Megatron}}
Megatron appears as one of the first unlockable characters, though he is now called Dark Megatron despite not looking dark at all. He is portrayed by King Pig. He also appears as [[King Pig#As Ultimate Megatron|Ultimate]], [[King Pig#As Energon Megatron|Energon]] and [[King Pig#As Lord Megatron|Lord]] versions. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
Megatron participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He appeared in four different bodies:
*''Megatron'' — This Common character could be recruited by collecting 20 units of Cybermetal.
*''Generations Megatron'' — Promotional Rare character
*''Megatron (Leader)'' — This Super Rare promotional character could be recruited through the space bridge for 1000 gold.
*''Generation 2 Megatron'' — This Epic character was available as a reward in the "Generation 2 Episode 1" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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[[File:Battle-Tactics-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|He starts out as a Common miner.]]
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]]}}

When massive tentacles and an [[Insecticon swarm]] appeared in [[New York City]], the Decepticons flew to the city to investigate. When [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] detected [[plasma energy]], Megatron, having a clearer memory of the [[Golden Age]] than most of his species, recognized this to be the work of the legendary ''[[Proudstar]]'', the lost ship of [[Nova Prime]]. Taking advantage of the ''Proudstar''{{'}]s technology, Megatron had the Constructicons erect barriers throughout the city before the Autobots arrived. The subsequent fight was broken by the appearance of a steel tower that Megatron recognized was the control node for the Insecticons. After another clash with the Autobots, Megatron retreated into the ''Proudstar''. Following [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] being defeated, Megatron contacted the Autobots and revealed his intent to [[cyberforming|cyberform]] Earth, planning to use the cyberformed Earth to revive Cybertron and wiring the [[Ferrotaxis]] to remain online until the cyberforming was complete.

When the Autobots breached the ship, its security system ejected the [[Plasma Core]]. When the Core landed on a nearby island, Megatron sent [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] to retrieve it only for the Autobots to defeat the [[Triple Changer]]. Rather than let the Autobots take the Core, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] towed it away before the Decepticons could repair it. Learning from [[Teletraan Alpha]] that the Core could only be repaired at a [[Plasma Energy Interface]], Megatron ordered Starscream back to the tower only for the Seeker to crash, Megatron sending [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] to retrieve the Core. As the Core grew ever more unstable, [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] simply threw it to the Insecticons who carried it through a [[space bridge]] to Cybertron, Megatron ordering Starscream to stay behind and delay the Autobots.

When the Core was loaded up for transport, the Autobots and Starscream arrived through the space bridge, Megatron mocking [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s ignorance of Nova Prime's intentions for Earth. Blitzwing and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] bought Megatron enough time to repair the Core, the tyrant returning to Earth. When the Core was reinstalled, the cyberforming was on track to finish in less than one Earth day.

On the cusp of his "ultimate victory", Megatron was confronted by the Autobots, delegating the combiners to hold them. When the cyberforming entered its final stages, Megatron pondered what he and Optimus could have accomplished as allies before Optimus made a plea to return the Ferrotaxis to Cybertron and leave Earth be and the two came to blows. Defeated, Megatron spitefully launched the Ferrotaxis into orbit and beyond the Autobots' reach only for the Insecticons to begin following it, allowing Optimus to ride one to orbit. Flying after him, Megatron prevented Optimus from destroying the Ferrotaxis but was defeated again. When Optimus discovered Megatron's failsafe in the Ferrotaxis, Optimus, much to Megatron's horror, destroyed the Ferrotaxis. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Masayuki Kiyama]] (Japanese)}}
[[file:MegatronEarthWars.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.75| I have a thumb. It's just bent.]]
;'''Megatron'''

In his own way, Megatron is as much an idealist as his Autobot counterpart, Optimus Prime, but his zeal sprang from a committed belief that beings such as they were made to conquer and rule, and that any hint of compassion or mercy was an insult to their Primus-given power.
On Cybertron, he tapped into the frustration of those like him and inflamed their revolutionary leanings.
The Megatron way was and is to rule through intimidation and fear. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Megatron Bio}}

Megatron was needed on Earth by the Decepticons, but they were too late as Optimus Prime came through the [[Space bridge]]. Optimus then proceeded to beat Megatron to the [[Fractal Map]] and locate the [[Enigma of Combination]]. The Autobots succeeded, but Megatron found a way to artificially create the power needed to create combiners. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Autobot Campaign}}

Megatron ordered [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] to get him a [[Quantum crystal]] powerful enough to bring him through. Then he started on his conquest to obtain the Fractal Map, the Codex Key, and finally the Enigma of Combination. With the Enigma, Megatron then proceeded to use Devastator to destroy everything, but was stopped by Optimus and Superion. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Decepticon Campaign}}

When Megatron first arrived on earth, the other cons were weary and afraid of the mortar that lay ahead of them. Irritated with their cowardace, Megatron led a '''Rallying Charge''' that allowed them to destroy the Autobot's outpost. Megatron then lorded over the victory. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars| The Lost Map Campaign}}

During the race to find the [[Fractal Map]], Megatron ordered Bludgeon to spy on Starscream to make sure that he didn't do anything "out of line". He found out Starscream was commanding an operation consisting of Hook and Scrapper, and took command of the Op himself. They destroyed an Autobot base, and Hook had to clean up while Megatron commanded the rest of the cons to stay in line and find the Fractal Map before the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Power Play Campaign}}

During the final battle of the Codex Key, Megatron gathered the rest of his "most" loyal troops, including (the rest of) the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], Seekers, [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], and [[Stunticon (G1)|the Stunticons]] (They didn't show because they were busy with.... [[Drag Strip (G1)#Games|"''other''"]] [[Offroad (CW)#Games|Things..]]) and they all took part in the battle that ensued. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars| The Codex Showdown Campaign}}

When Megatron got his hands on the Enigma of Combination, he eagerly used it on the Constructicons to form Devastator. With the creation of Combiner lab, Megatron had plans to make more combiners. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Combiner Wars Campaign}}

*'''Class:''' Special
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Weapons:''' Megatron fires a blast from his Fusion Cannon before engaging a target up close and attacking it with his energy mace.
*'''Ability: Inspiring Charge''' - Rally Decepticons to engage the target. Then charge in damaging walls along the way.
**'''Cost''': 5 ability points +2 for reuses.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:megatron Megatron at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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;'''D-16'''
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[https://tfew.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4733784064671-Orion-Pax-D-16 D-16 at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers Operation Omega''===
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===''Transformers Online'' (2017 video game)===
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{{bigquote|Peace through tyranny.}}

On Cybertron, Megatron quickly rose to power as champion of the pits of Kaon, where he assembled a group of followers. On planet Earth, he led the Decepticons to reside amongst the Autobots and humans in a long struggle for control. Megatron may be perceived as contradictory, for it was less likely for him to be hailed as a "hero". His power and prestige defined his heroic glory, but Megatron's treachery still posed him a threat to all. Megatron defeated the most powerful enemy, who had control over an unruly army. However, Megatron would never: betray his family, leave behind any of his comrades, or forget to restore his former homeland. Because of his unwavering faith, Megatron's will could last until his final moments.

In battle, Megatron wielded the "[[Gaia Chain Mace]]" and the heavy duty "[[Ruler]]" bazooka. His active skill was "Missile Frenzy":
*'''Missile Frenzy''' — (Must be in vehicle/tank mode) Megatron can fire up to 3 tracking missiles that reduce an opponent's damage by 50%. Each missile deals 800 points of damage to an opponent. {{storylink|Transformers Online (2017 video game)|Transformers Online}} <ref>[http://tfol.qq.com/act/a20160726data/hero7.shtml Megatron on the Transformers Online website]</ref>
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===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:Megatron-G1-Forged to Fight.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4| OH, that upgrade felt good. Now, let's go crush some hippies!]]
Megatron was one of many bots pulled from his universe to fight for the Quintessons. Some of them even join the Commander! As a Tactician, his Fusion Cannon charges up to permanently Fuse Special attack debuffs, which further allows him to steal opponents' buffs. {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}
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===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
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===''Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive''===
[[File:BBOMegatron.jpg|thumb|200px]]
Right after Bumblebee destroyed a Decepticon base, Megatron started attacking him. He gave up halfway through the fight, and decided to let his warriors deal with the Autobot. Players may encounter him once reaching a monumental 765,000,000 points. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive}}
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===''World of Warships: Transformers''===
[[File:WoW Megatron camo 1.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Megatron was the cruel leader of the evil Decepticons, a gladiator who became a revolutionary tyrant. In the past, he had faced off against Autobots like [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]], and was responsible for leading the ambush that stranded both the Autobots and Decepticons on Earth. Shortly after reactivating on Earth, Megatron led the construction of a [[Victory (G1)|starship]] that would take them off Earth once again, only for the Autobots to send this new starship crashing into the Atlantic Ocean, which became their new base of operations. Over the course of their war against the Autobots, Megatron and the Decepticons established several other bases across the planet, including a lunar base on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. At one point, he and his troops attacked [[Dinobot Island]], but the Autobots were able to foil their plan before they disrupted Earth's timestream. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook|Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook}}

Megatron cut a deal with [[Cobra]] in the hopes of securing a backup body for himself, promising them access to alien technology in exchange for full cooperation. The result was a powerful drone code-named [[Fusion (RPG)|Fusion]], which incorporated a mixture of Cybertronian and Cobra technology. {{storylink|Cobra/Con Fusion}}

===Overwatch 2===
[[File:OW2 Megatron.jpg|right|thumb|He's the only Decepticon because they couldn't design anyone else to be this cool.]]
After ruminating on the Transformers' war for Earth, Megatron located an alternate Earth where a robot revolution was being thwarted by a group of heroes known as Overwatch. Megatron established contact with the robot leader, the Omnic [[Ramattra]], and related to the Omnic's desire for peace at any cost and his inability to achieve it. So, Megatron offered Ramattra a deal: Megatron would share his power with Ramattra, making the Omnic Megatron's avatar, and in exchange Ramattra would do anything in his power to achieve his goals. Ramattra accepted, receiving a device from Megatron which augmented his abilities with Megatron's strength. Unfortunately, the Autobots caught wind of this plan and sent similar devices to heroes of Overwatch to combat Megatron and Ramattra. {{storylink|Transmission}}

==Toys==
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{{main|Megatron (G1)/Generations toys}}

==Merchandise==
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==Notes==
[[File:EvolutionOfMegatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Evolution of the G1 character model. For the gun mode, the animators appear to have been instructed to reference the version from the transformation chart.]]
* [[Bob Budiansky]] stated in an interview that the name "Megatron" is a portmanteau derived from "Megaton" and "Electronic".<ref>[http://www.bwtf.com/interviews/bb204/ Bob Budiansky Interview at BWTF.com]</ref> He suggested the name "Megatron" for the ''Transformers'' line but [[Hasbro]] initially rejected it, claiming that "mega" conjured images of nuclear bombs. Budiansky reminded them that the name was supposed to sound evil, because he's the leader of the bad guys. Hasbro responded, "Oh, right", and then approved the name.<ref>[http://www.asmzine.com/geekly-rewind/2010/07/02/from-the-asm-archives-a-little-qa-with-bob-budiansky/ ASM: A Little Q&A with... Bob Budiansky]</ref>
* Megatron had the alternate working names "Death Ray", "Master", and "Slag-Maker".<ref>''The Transformers'' episode of ''The Toys That Made Us'', at 01:11</ref> "Slag-Maker" would be reused in Megatron's full [[bio]] (as presented in ''[[The Transformers Universe (Marvel)|The Transformers Universe]]'') as a nickname the Autobots gave him as "a title of fear and respect" that he relished; though it's been referenced every now and again (such as by [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air#Transformers references|an issue]] of IDW Publishing's ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' ongoing), it's a nickname that has largely been forgotten.
[[File:Earlymegatron.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|Megatron's early design. Back then, he was a little less happy to see you.]]
*For unknown reasons, in the early stages ''Transformers'' series' development, Megatron's [[character model]] initially wasn't based on the toy, but on concept art for an unproduced prototype version of the original [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''[[Micro Change]]'' figure that eventually became Megatron. Unique features of this early version include a differently shaped, black helmet, a very different scope/fusion cannon, and the gun's barrel ending up on his back in robot mode. As a result of the tight production schedule, the earlier model featuring the older, black helmet appeared not only in early animation used for several [[Commercial/Generation 1|commercial]]s, as well as in various licensed materials, but also in early issues of the Marvel US comic book series. As time went on, his character model underwent multiple revisions that referenced the actual toy and thus dropped most of these elements, although the back-mounted gun barrel remains on his back even on the final animation model used for the cartoon. Additionally, the Marvel comic series not only kept the back-mounted barrel, but also continued to color Megatron's helmet "black" (though in reality, it was mostly blue, with some black shading) until the end of its run (by which time it was often rendered dark gray rather than blue, due to an improved printing process allowing for the use of a more diverse color palette). Cleverly, flashbacks in IDW's ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer]]'' and subsequent series used the black helmet to show Megatron's younger self and his normal light gray helmet for his modern self in order to show age. By contrast, Megatron's [[Megatron (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' counterpart]] has a black helmet in the present day.
*Meanwhile, early issues of the Marvel UK series featuring original material (instead of reprints of the US-produced stories) didn't reference any character model, but rather the toy's [[package art]]. The latter was modified from the existing package art for Takara's ''Micro Change'' MC-13 "Walther P-38 U.N.C.L.E. Set", which served as the basis for Hasbro's Megatron toy. For unknown reasons, despite being modified for the Transformers version, the package art retained a weird coloring choice from the ''Micro Change'' version that rendered the toy's [[vacuum metallizing|chromed]] parts, i.e. Megatron's upper body, with a gold tint (possibly based on the stock photos featured on the back of the packaging and in the [[instructions]], which also make the chromed parts appear gold). This in turn influenced his look in those early Marvel UK stories, which went all the way coloring his body in various shades of gold, starting with the five-part story "[[The Enemy Within!]]", followed by the four-parter "[[Raiders of the Last Ark]]", the two-parter "[[Decepticon Dam-Busters!]]" (which gave Megatron a black helmet, like in the US comics) and the story "[[And There Shall Come...a Leader!]]" from the [[Transformers Annual 1985|1985 Annual]]. By the time "[[The Icarus Theory]]" was produced, Marvel UK had apparently received the official Marvel US character model for Megatron, and thus applied the US color scheme (including the "black"/blue helmet) to him going forward. Despite this, the earlier design featuring the gold upper body appeared one last time in the illustration for the text story "[[State Games]]" and the comic story "[[Victory!]]", both published in the [[Transformers Annual 1986|1986 Annual]].
*Similar to Optimus Prime's trailer, Megatron's Walther P38 alt-mode includes parts that materialize from out of nowhere once he transforms, which change his silhouette into a more rifle-like shape. These parts include an elongated pistol stock and an extending barrel attachment, both of which fly offscreen once he reassumes his robot mode. Megatron is never seen operating as a pistol without these extra parts.
*When Megatron transforms into gun mode, he most often [[Size changing|shrinks]] to a size where he can be held by either a human or fellow Transformer and has someone else aim and fire him. The exceptions are in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|episodes]] "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]" and "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3]]", the [[The Transformers (G1 PS2)|''The Transformers'' video game]], the manga issues [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 4|''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' #4]] and "[[The Battle of the Star Gate]]" (likely "[[Activation]]" too, but the angles makes it impossible to say for certain) as well as the [[G.I. Joe (comic)|''G.I. Joe'' issue]] "[[Realignments]]". In the cases of "S.O.S. Dinobots", ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' #4 and "The Battle of the Star Gate", Megatron does not shrink and has another Transformer somewhat clumsily aim and move him. In "The Ultimate Doom, Part 3", the video game and "Realignments" (and "Activation"), he floats in the air and takes a shot at his target unassisted. The reasons Megatron chooses to transform instead of simply using his fusion cannon are seldom explained.
*On the 1985 [[The Transformers Universal Studios Tour|Universal Studios Tour]], a giant statue of Megatron was available for children to clamber over and have their picture taken on. It wasn't especially dignified.
*''[[Beast Wars Universe]]'' claims that Megatron has been missing since the beginning of [[Pax Cybertronia]] and it is rumored that he is deceased. This is seemingly incongruous with the open references the cartoon makes to ''The Movie'', where Blackarachnia confirms it was Galvatron who killed Starscream.<ref name=BWU>Page 37, Guest Character and ''G1'' Icons, ''[[Beast Wars Universe]]'' ISBN 978-4766938005</ref> Did they simply not know that Megatron and Galvatron were one and the same?
*[[:File:Megatronconceptbodies-HOStpb.jpg|Unused concept art]] for ''Hearts of Steel'' depicts Megatron with a variety of proposed alternate modes: a giant cannon (with big studded wheels that become shoulder-shields), a 19th-century Colt revolver, possibly a {{w|Colt 1851 Navy Revolver|Colt 1851 Navy}}, and another very similar revolver, with an anachronistic scope and a bulkier muzzle.
*Some [[Canada|Québecquers]] loved his shiny body so much they named a communications company after him.<ref>[http://www.megatron.net/quebec/ Megatron Dot Net Forward Slash Quebec.]</ref>
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===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Megatron''' (メガトロン ''Megatoron''), '''Megalligator''' (''Beast Wars'' vs pack, メガリゲーター ''Megarigētā''), '''Megatronus''' (''Generations'' vs pack, メガトロナス ''Megatoronasu'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Megaton''' (麥加登 ''Mak Gaa Dang'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Mega Wáng''' (Taiwan, 美加王 ''Měijiā Wáng'', "King Mega"), '''Jùwúbà''' (Taiwan, 巨無霸, "Colossus"), '''Wēi Zhèn Tīan''' (China, 威震天, "Extremely Prestigious", literally "Heaven-shaking Might")
*''French:'' '''Mégatron'''
*''Hebrew:'' '''Megatron''' (מגהטרון ''Mghjrwn'')
*''Portuguese:'' '''Megatrão''' (Portugal comics)
*''Russian:'' '''Megatron''' (Мегатрон)
*''Serbian:'' '''Megatron''' (Мегатрон)
*''Spanish:'' '''Megatrón'''
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Megatron''' (Мегатрон)
*''Korean:'' '''Megatron''' (메가트론 ''Megateuron'')

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Trypticon (G1)

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:''Trypticon is a [[Decepticon]] [[Titan (group)|Titan]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:TrypticonGenerations1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Oh no, there goes Tokyo,
Go go Godzilla, yeah''.]]

Enormous in both size and power, '''Trypticon''' is an unstoppable engine of destruction. Utterly relentless, totally without mercy, steadfastly unwilling to stop his attack until all that is left of his target is their smoldering remains, he is programmed only to feel hate. That, however, is also Trypticon's downfall—for all he can ''do'' is hate. He loathes the [[Autobot]]s to the extent that he would destroy an entire city just to get at one, but he also hates his fellow Decepticons, and that, in turn, means he is not emotionally committed to their cause, as he sees just as little value in them and what they stand for as he does in anything else. Consequently, though he has accepted what he sees as his fated role as the ultimate Decepticon weapon, the war seems pointless and boring to him. It is a prison... and deep down, as much as he refuses to acknowledge it, the most powerful hatred Trypticon feels is hate for himself, for allowing him to be trapped in it.

Trypticon is often accompanied by smaller robots, including the autonomous [[Wipe-Out]] and the drones [[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]] and [[Brunt (G1)|Brunt]]. They man and support Trypticon's massive artillery platform alternate mode, a form so dangerous and devastating that the Autobots usually have to resort to trickery to defeat him. The only Autobot who can go toe-to-toe with him is [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], and there is a great rivalry between the two cities—though their battles almost always end with Trypticon getting hurled into [[water]].

{{quote|Trypticon cannot be stopped! Nothing can stand in my way!|Trypticon|"[[The Ultimate Weapon]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor| [[Peter Cullen]] (English, [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4]] only), [[Brad Garrett]] (English), [[Yū Shimaka|Yutaka Shimaka]] (Japanese)|[[Yang Wenyuan]] (Chinese), [[Gernot Duda]] (German, "Thief in the Night", "The Ultimate Weapon"), [[Holger Schwiers]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness", "Call of the Primitives"), [[Thomas Albus]] (German, ''Generation 2''), [[Carlos Seidl]] (Portuguese), [[Orlando Drummond]] (Portuguese, "Thief in the Night"), [[André Luiz Chapéu]] (Portuguese, "The Ultimate Weapon")}}
[[File:Ff0d5 trypticon destroys ark.jpg|left|215px|thumb|Brokeback Mountain.]]
In the year 2005, the allied forces of the Decepticons and the [[Quintesson]]s sought to attack the Autobots on two fronts, besieging them on both [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and [[Earth]]. To counter the power of the Autobots' transforming Earth city, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], the Decepticons arranged for the construction of a transforming city-robot of their own: Trypticon. Surreptitiously created out of a human city by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], Trypticon sent his former human occupants running for their lives as their city shifted and changed into the giant saurian robot. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

[[File:FFOD5 Metroplex Trypticon.JPG|225px|thumb|Clash of the Badly-Animated Titans.]]
Trypticon's first mission was to attack [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]], but he met resistance in the form of a team of [[Mini Vehicle|Minibots]]. Trypticon knocked [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] out of the sky and shrugged off the other Autobots' attacks from below (stepping on [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] in the process) before battling his way through a barrage of cannon fire and leveling Autobot Headquarters. With this task complete, Trypticon turned his attention to [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] and Metroplex, and the giant Autobot could not have been at a worse disadvantage, being as he was without his [[Transformation cog|transforming cog]] and thus unable to transform to [[robot mode]]. Thankfully, the timely arrival of [[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] with the cog allowed Metroplex to transform and gain the upper hand in the battle. Trypticon was seized by the Autobot giant and hurled over the horizon, crashing into the Pacific Ocean. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

While the Autobots believed that Trypticon had been destroyed, the dinosaur Decepticon had, in fact, retreated to [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]] to recuperate. In 2006, in the midst of his recovery, Trypticon was approached by Decepticon wheeler-dealer [[Octane]], who talked him into relocating with him to the [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya]]. There, Octane made a deal with ruler [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|Abdul Fakkadi]]: In exchange for the Carbombya's high-grade oil, he and Trypticon would guard the country's coasts.

[[File:Thiefinthenight trypticon steals kremlin.jpg|left|215px|thumb|Tom Clancy's latest novel: ''Red Rex Rising''.]]
The deal soured when Fakkadi discovered how ridiculously energy-consumptive Trypticon was, and things came to a head when the dull-witted dino mistook a passing cruise ship for an invader and fired on it. Octane turned things around by arranging to have Trypticon use his prodigious size and strength to steal famous monuments for Fakkadi from around the world. Initially, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] were suspected of the thefts, but [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] linked the crime back to Trypticon, and the Decepticon was caught in the act stealing the [[Eiffel Tower]]. Trypticon was able to beat the Autobots back, and he then attempted to steal the [[Kremlin]] (in reality St.Vasily's cathedral), but was ambushed by the waiting Autobot forces and stopped from doing so. With help from Fakkadi, the Autobots tracked the Decepticons back to Carbombya, where Metroplex engaged Trypticon in battle once more and hurled him into the ocean again. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

Trypticon survived his dunking and was relocated to [[Chaar]], where he was the victim of the ghost of deceased Decepticon [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] when the spirit made a pact with [[Unicron]] to restore his body. In exchange for this boon, the dark god charged Starscream with fulfilling three tasks, beginning with the theft of Metroplex's eyes to replace Unicron's own. One of Metroplex's eyes was destroyed in the attempted theft, necessitating that Starscream and his pawn, [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]], steal one of Trypticon's instead. Next, Starscream possessed Trypticon's body itself and brought the giant Decepticon to Unicron so that his transforming cog could be transplanted into Unicron's head. The final task was to connect Unicron's head to Cybertron itself, so the planet could become his new body, but as Starscream used Trypticon's possessed body to complete the connections, [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and the [[Battlecharger]]s disabled the city-bot from within, rendering him unable to complete the task. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}

[[File:Ultimateweapon metroplex hefts trypticon.jpg|215px|thumb|Shows that you can have sexy mudwrestling ''or'' giant robots, but not sexy, mudwrestling giant robots.]]
Later, after [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] stole Metroplex's transforming cog, Galvatron dispatched Trypticon to destroy the defenseless city. Confident of victory, Trypticon decided to have some fun, eating a naval destroyer and menacing the passengers of a train. However, [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] flew into Trypticon through his mouth, firing all the while, giving the giant dinosaur [[Furmanism|the worst case of indigestion he'd ever had]]. Trypticon was forced to retreat, and he transformed back into city mode so that human repairmen recruited by the Decepticons(?!) could fix his damaged innards. As it turned out, the "repairmen" were Autobot allies [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and his son [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]], who stole Trypticon's own transforming cog, intending to use it on Metroplex. This forced the Decepticons to use Metroplex's transforming cog on Trypticon, but neither cog worked particularly well in either of the two robots, and as they battled, they wound up partially transforming, shifting and stalling at various stages between their modes. At first, Trypticon had the advantage in the battle and threw Metroplex into a lake, but eventually, [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] arrived to align the Decepticon cog properly within Metroplex, allowing the Autobot to transform fully. Metroplex regained the initiative, and yet again treated Trypticon to another dunking, hurling him even deeper into the lake, where he sank. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

[[File:Calloftheprimitives trypticon vs tornedron.jpg|left|upright=1.15|thumb|"Father... pleeease! Heelp meeee!"]]
Trypticon later participated in a battle between the Autobots and Decepticons on Earth's moon, during which he and all the other "[[Primitive]]" animal-based Transformers present were telepathically contacted by the being known as the [[Oracle (G1)|Oracle]]. Trypticon served as a transport that carried the Primitives to the dead world at the center of the universe from which the summons came, but was too large to enter the cavern in which the Oracle resided, and so he stood sentinel outside while the others ventured in. As the Oracle explained that he had summoned them to battle the energy-draining creature known as [[Tornedron]], Trypticon was the first to face off with the parasite, which took the form of a dragon and sucked his energy dry. Trypticon's lifeless husk toppled over on top of [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]], leading all the other Primitives to believe him destroyed, but the Dinobot leader had, in fact, survived, and was finally the one to defeat Tornedron and restore Trypticon and all the others drained by him. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the American animated series covered above occur in Japanese continuity, with the primary difference between the two being that the events of season three (set in 2006 in America) are pushed back to 2010 in the Japanese dub. As far as Trypticon is concerned, however, there is one much larger, contradictory fact established by the additional stories told in various Japanese media: In this continuity, Trypticon was built in the 1980s, despite the cartoon showing his creation in "Five Faces of Darkness". It would take until 2016 for this contradiction to be explained away by the ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' and ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Legends]]'' comics.}}

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
In the late 1980s, while the [[Autobot]]s were in the process of constructing Metroplex, the Decepticons were just as busy creating a counter in the form of Trypticon. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)#Part 14|story page #14}}

=====Scramble City: Mobilization=====
[[File:Trypticon scramblecity alternate design.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|UP FROM THE DEPTHS, THIRTY STORIES HIGH! BREATHING FIRE, HIS HEAD IN THE SKY!]]
Upon the Autobots' eventual completion of Metroplex, the city-bot was dispatched on his first mission to aid Superion and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] in battle against their Decepticon foes. The villains were soon defeated, but as the Autobots stood victorious on a cliff overlooking the ocean, an explosion from beneath the waves caught their attention. As they watched, the sea parted to reveal Trypticon's towering form, as Megatron ordered him into battle with Metroplex. The two giant robots stared each other down, preparing to clash for the first time... {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''Unite Warriors''/''Legends''=====
After emerging from the ocean, Trypticon attacked Metroplex at the command of [[Galvatron II]], a Decepticon who had traveled to the 1980s from the future of an alternate universe. Both Trypticon and Galvatron were destroyed by Metroplex's [[Anti-matter projector|antimatter projector]], but not before Trypticon tore out Metroplex's [[transformation cog]], which later left the giant Autobot unable to fully transform during the [[Battle of Autobot City]].<ref>These stories make a distinction between the Trypticon who appeared in ''Scramble City'' and the one that appeared in ''Transformers 2010'', explaining the differences in their character models and Japanese names, as well as finally explaining away the contradiction in the character's Japanese origins.</ref> {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue#The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter|The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter}} {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part Two}} {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}}

From the wreckage of Trypticon's remains, [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] were able to recover Full-Tilt, who served as a kind of "black box" that allowed Trypticon's life-functions to be preserved. Years later, in 2010, Full-Tilt interfaced with the human city that had been recreated by the Constructicons to become the new Trypticon, and the dinosaur Decepticon was brought to life once more. {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}}

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010'' story pages=====
[[File:2010storypage metroplex v trypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
At one point, Starscream took Trypticon into battle against Metroplex and Ultra Magnus. The two cities' strength, courage, and firepower were evenly matched, and the earth shook with the force of their combat! {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)#Part 5|Giant Base Robot Rivals}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Masato Hirano]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Trypticon rope bridge.jpg|upright=1.5|left|thumb|More like TRIP-ticon hahaha]]
Trypticon continued serving the [[Decepticon]]s into the year 2011, acting under the command of the leader of the Decepticons' Earth-based unit, [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]. However, when the Decepticons renewed hostilities against the Autobots, Trypticon's first foray into battle was not an impressive one, as he menaced Daniel Witwicky and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] amidst the mountains close to Autobot City. The two youths tricked the giant Decepticon into walking onto a rickety rope bridge, which subsequently buckled under his weight and dumped him into a ravine. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}

In battle station mode, Trypticon was later rolled into action with Sixshot at the controls. He attacked an oil refinery in order to draw out Metroplex, who was then disabled by the Decepticons' newest weapon, the electromagnetic [[Madmachine]]. Seeking to learn the secret of the Madmachine, [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]] later infiltrated Trypticon and discovered that the robot was being controlled from Chaar by [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]]. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

[[File:Trypticon vs headmasters.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|Nipple rocket! FIRE!]]
A little later, Trypticon was commandeered by [[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]] and Scourge to help them take down a mysterious blackmailer who was extorting energy from countries all around the world. Trypticon arrived in [[Tokyo]] in the midst of a battle between the blackmailer and [[Raiden]], and began attacking Raiden when the Autobot combiner opened fire on him. The Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] soon arrived to occupy Trypticon's attention, forcing Cyclonus and Scourge to bail out of the giant. Everyone wound up dogpiling on the blackmailer, but the joke was on Cyclonus and Scourge, as it turned out it was their own superior officer, Sixshot, carrying out a secret mission from Galvatron. The two Decepticons fled, leaving the badly damaged Trypticon behind. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

Trypticon was recovered and repaired in time to help Sixshot prevent the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s from aiding a team of Autobots imperiled on Mars. When Metroplex attempted to stop the six-changer's interference, Trypticon came stomping onto the scene, headbutted him, and pushed him back with a barrage of laser fire. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} Later, Galvatron rendezvoused with Sixshot at Trypticon before attempting to thwart the Autobots' attempt to lend aid to the troubled planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]]. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

When Sixshot mobilized the Decepticons for a series of major attacks across the Earth, Trypticon accompanied him for his approach on Autobot City. When Metroplex chased after Sixshot, Trypticon charged into action and began grappling with Metroplex, freeing up Sixshot to duel, and ultimately kill, Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} Not long after, Trypticon attacked Autobot City again when Spike was in the middle of explaining to the Autobots that he had deduced the Decepticons' current plan involving the [[Pacific Ring of Fire]]. Metroplex quickly engaged his perennial foe, but when Sixshot arrived, Metroplex focused his attentions on the six-changer, seeking revenge for the death of Ultra Magnus. Spike attempted to shout a warning to Metroplex as Trypticon jumped him from behind, but it came too late. Metroplex was at the saurian city's mercy until [[Suiken]] joined the fight and helped tear Trypticon away from him. Trypticon was then sent fleeing under a barrage of combined firepower from Metroplex and Suiken. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

=====''Legends'' comic (1)=====
In 2015, Trypticon went up against [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] and [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], literally walking all over the little Autobots. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 8|Bonus Edition Vol. 8}} Swerve tried to fight the giant beast using his [[Mini-Con]] partner [[Phaser (G1)|Phaser]]'s [[My First Blaster]] mode, but the helpful sound effects emitted by the blaster made it easy for Trypticon to dodge since he could tell where Swerve was aiming. {{storylink|2015's Swerve}} The battle was observed by the [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] of the [[Legends World]], who somehow projected himself into the middle of events via his dreams, and helped them to win by becoming Tailgate's new [[Mini-Con]] partner, incapacitating Trypticon using a [[ribbon bomb]]. {{storylink|Transformers 2015 Tailgate/G1 Mini-Con Chapter|Tailgate/G1 Mini-Con Chapter}} Trypticon's final defeat came after Swerve discovered that he had a weak point on the sole of his foot. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}}{{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}}

Trypticon was left wrecked by the battle, but the [[Battlecharger]]s recovered Full-Tilt once again. When Trypticon was rebuilt this time, however, it was into a smaller form, into which Full-Tilt was fully integrated, instead of simply attaching to. {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}}

=====''Zone'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Daisuke Gōri]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:TrypticonZone1.jpg|thumb|left|Master of subtlety.]]

The new smaller Trypticon was among the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] recruited by the Decepticons' newest [[Emperor of Destruction]], [[Violengiguar]]. Outfitted with new armor and weaponry, including a club and shield, Trypticon was dubbed the "Dinosaur General" of the group, and sent forth to conquer planets in pursuit of Violengiguar's goal of creating a [[Decepticon Zone]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} He and [[King Poseidon]] attempted to dominate the oceanic world of [[Wall]], where they bested [[Star Saber (G1)|Victory Saber]], but were eventually defeated by the efforts of [[Overload (G1)|Overload]], [[Erector (G1)|Erector]], [[Missile Bull]], and [[Skywave]] commanding the [[Off Road Patrol|Off Road Patrol Team]], [[Jet Patrol Team]], and [[Race Car Patrol|Race Car Patrol Team]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 3}}

Trypticon fought the Powered Masters, engaging them in battle alongside [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]]. The two heroes were not particularly impressed, and they strove to end the fight in less than eight seconds. True to their word, they beat the snot out of them; Sonic Bomber besting Trypticon with his "Meteor Drop" attack. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 6}} At some point, Trypticon and the others schooled [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] in the ways of evil, making them more than formidable foes for the Powered Masters. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 7}}

After several of the Demon Generals stole the Autobots' Energon Z from the planet [[Micro|Zone]], they handed it off to a second team consisting of Trypticon, [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], and [[King Poseidon]]. The capsule was stored within Trypticon's mouth, and he and his team proceeded to head for Earth to search for the Zodiac. Trypticon began tearing through China, smashing the Great Wall and breathing fire on the counterattacking military force. A team of Autobot Micromasters soon arrived on the planet to battle the generals at [[Mount Fuji]], and though their attacks had no effect on Trypticon, they struggled on until the [[Powered Master]]s [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]] and [[Sonic Bomber (G1)|Sonic Bomber]] arrived to take up the fight. Sonic Bomber kept Trypticon busy while Dai Atlas headed underground to search for the Zodiac, and when he re-emerged with the ancient energy source in hand, the furious Trypticon unleashed a beam of Energon Z directly at him. Dai Atlas was knocked off his feet, and Trypticon prepared to deliver another blast, but Sonic Bomber leapt in front of the beam and took the blast to save his commander. With the two Autobots now lying right in front of him, Trypticon readied another Energon Z blast, but just as he unleashed it, Dai Atlas held the Zodiac aloft. When the Energon Z and Zodiac interacted, the Zodiac's true power was unleashed, transforming Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber into powerful "Zone Mode" battle stations. Using the mighty firepower of their new modes, the Powered Masters destroyed Trypticon and the other generals in one colossal blast. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}
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=====''Legends'' comic (2)=====
Following Trypticon's destruction at the hands of the Powered Masters, the [[Race Track Patrol]] recovered Full-Tilt's [[personality component]] from the wreckage. The component was re-engineered to transform into a diminutive robot form of its own. In this diminished state, Full-Tilt was contacted by the Decepticons in the Legends World, who had designs on restoring Trypticon to life once more. {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}} They hired [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] to steal data on [[Godbomber]]'s technology for use in Trypticon's new body. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 42|Bonus Edition Vol. 42}}

[[File:LG-43-Legends-Trypticon-new-mode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|"Did you ever see that movie called ''Mortal Engines''?" "Uh, never heard of it."]]
Trypticon was built in base mode at the bottom of [[Tokyo Bay]] before he was equipped with Metroplex's stolen transformation cog and raised to the surface. {{storylink|LG43 Trypticon Mobilization Chapter: Decepticon Civil War|Decepticon Civil War}} Transforming into a monstrous new mobile base mode capable of flight, Trypticon devoured the local troops deployed against him and easily took down [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s Battleship Maximus and [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] warriors. Full-Tilt then interfaced with him and uploaded his backup data, fully restoring the dinosaur who began moving towards Metroplex's location in [[Akihabara]], gobbling up all humans, beasts and Transformers in his way and drawing power from them using Godbomber-derived [[Triplemaster]] technology. He was opposed by [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]], [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], and [[Ginrai (human)|God Ginrai]], and while he took them out with ease, they delayed him long enough for the Autobots to restore Metroplex and summon Swerve. Stunned by an attack to his weak spot, Trypticon was defeated by Metroplex and his base mode was repurposed as a nerd paradise where Akihabara's residents could stay while the wrecked city was rebuilt. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}}

When the new Akihabara was finished, Trypticon's city mode had been integrated into it. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] later used his Headmaster mode to take control of Trypticon and use him to frighten a bunch of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] into submission. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 44|Bonus Edition Vol. 44}} As one of the buildings purchased by [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]], Trypticon's city mode played host to the Targetmaster's battle with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Shaoshao Li]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 52|Bonus Edition Vol. 52}} Not even Trypticon stood a chance against [[Thrust (Armada)|Armada Thrust]] when he took control of [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]'s gigantic transtector, and he was unceremoniously picked up by the tail and defeated. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 53|Bonus Edition Vol. 53}} Metroplex would later think about how his life in the Legends World had been peaceful until Trypticon appeared. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Metroplex)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} After Metroplex left the city, Trypticon took his place as Mayor Megatron's office building, suffering an attack from the [[Concurrence]] as a result. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 63|Bonus Edition Vol. 63}}

During his invasion of the Legends World, [[Tigerburn]] used his head mode to take over Trypticon, transforming him into a [[Laser Beast]], only to cause his own defeat before he had the chance to use the dinosaur. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 64|Bonus Edition Vol. 64}} Trypticon was damaged in [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Katsu Don]]'s attempt to destroy the world, but repaired by [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] using the [[Zodiac]]'s power. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 66|Bonus Edition Vol. 66}} Megatron later deployed Trypticon to help defend the world from [[Majin Zarak]], but its size and power dwarfed even him and he was obliterated by its firepower, though Full-Tilt survived. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One}}

By [[2039]], Trypticon was rebuilt and established on Earth, becoming a peaceful sister city to Metroplex. {{storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}

=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
By [[2050]], Trypticon operated on Earth as the [[Cybertron Alliance]] harvested [[Angolmois Energy]] for the good of all. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
[[File:FSRLTF6 Trypticon vs Metroplex hologram.jpg|thumb|upright=1|This week on ''Robote''—oh, sorry, wrong anime.]]
[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] were able to sneak past the Autobots' security and spy on the construction of Metroplex, acquiring the information that [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] needed to discover whether or not Metroplex was strong enough to stand up to Trypticon. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 3|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #3}}

Trypticon was completed soon after and was unleashed by the Decepticons on an island utopia that they had conquered. The Autobots were quick to arrive, but Trypticon made short work of [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] and would have killed him if not for the sudden appearance of Metroplex. An over-eager Trypticon dove head-first at his rival, only to phase right through him and fall off a cliff and into the ocean. As it turned out, it was a hologram created by [[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] and magnified by [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 6|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #6}}

=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''=====
[[File:Trypticon and company.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|left|Trypticon's audition for the lead role in ''Jurassic Park'' was foiled when Brunt ran over the cameraman.]]
On a bright and sunny day in the year 2010, the [[Autobot]]s invited a group of [[human]] families to come take a tour of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. They were all very impressed and everything was going great... until Trypticon attacked. Preoccupied with keeping everyone inside him from dying, Metroplex was left to take all of Trypticon's attacks on the chin, including his Dual Plasma Cannons and Dino-Head Attack. With [[Scamper]] quickly taken out by [[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]], it looked as though Metroplex would be felled by a blast from the [[Brunt (G1)|Brunt tank]].

Luckily, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] deployed [[Six-Gun]] just in time. Six-Gun took out Full-Tilt and then proceeded to turn the Brunt tank around on Trypticon, blasting the Decepticon with his own drone. The blast destroyed Trypticon's head controls, forcing [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] to call a retreat. With the day won, Metroplex returned to city mode. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 3|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #3}}

=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
[[File:Trypticon great war.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Now with iPod docking ports as well.]]
After kidnapping the scientist Doctor [[Dalton]], [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] forced him to upgrade a number of his Decepticons, including Trypticon. With Dalton's upgrade, Trypticon became able to link up with [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] and [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] in base mode, enhancing their power. This new ability spelled trouble for the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] and [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], who barely managed to escape their encounter with the upgraded Trypticon and rescue Dalton. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}

In 2011, as part of his massive assault to retake [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Galvatron unleashed Trypticon on Metroplex, the battle thoroughly occupying the [[Earth]] forces of the Autobots, keeping them from coming to Cybertron's defense. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 3|The Great Transformer War #3}}

=====''Zone'' comic=====
[[File:Starsaber vs trypticon zone.jpg|left|upright=1.75|thumb]]
Trypticon was among the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] recruited by the Decepticons' newest [[Emperor of Destruction]], [[Violengiguar]]. Outfitted with new armor and weaponry, including a club and shield, Trypticon was dubbed the "Dinosaur General" of the group, and sent forth to conquer planets in pursuit of Violengiguar's goal of creating a [[Decepticon Zone]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} He and [[King Poseidon]] attempted to dominate the oceanic world of [[Wall]], where they bested [[Star Saber (G1)|Victory Saber]], but were eventually defeated by the efforts of [[Overload (G1)|Overload]], [[Erector (G1)|Erector]], [[Missile Bull]], and [[Skywave]] commanding the [[Off Road Patrol|Off Road Patrol Team]], [[Jet Patrol Team]], and [[Race Car Patrol|Race Car Patrol Team]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 3}}

Trypticon fought the Powered Masters, engaging them in battle alongside [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]]. The two heroes were not particularly impressed, and they strove to end the fight in less than eight seconds. True to their word, they beat the snot out of them; Sonic Bomber besting Trypticon with his "Meteor Drop" attack. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 6}} At some point, Trypticon and the others schooled [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] in the ways of evil, making them more than formidable foes for the Powered Masters. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 7}}

After a group of the generals stole the Autobots' [[Energon Z]] from planet [[Micro|Zone]], they handed it off to a second team consisting of Trypticon, Predaking, Devastator and King Poseidon. The capsule was stored within Trypticon's mouth, and he and his team proceeded to head for Earth to search for the second component required for the [[Zodiac]]. Trypticon tore through France before converging on Mount Fuji with the other generals, where they easily batted around the Micromasters that arrived to confront them. When the Powered Masters Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber arrived, the Micromasters kept Trypticon busy while Dai Atlas headed underground to search for the Zodiac. Dai Atlas soon emerged victorious, and everyone began grappling over the Zodiac, at which point Trypticon unleashed a beam of Energon Z from the capsule in his mouth. Timing things just right, Dai Atlas held up the Zodiac so that the Energon Z beam would hit it, unlocking its true power. Suffused with the power of the Zodiac, Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber transformed into powerful new "Zone Mode" battle stations and sent the Decepticons fleeing under a barrage of awesome firepower. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone}}

===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
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[[File:KingoftheHill-interlopers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|How many little cars does this guy carry around??]]
When [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] informed Decepticon Earth commander [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] of his decision to shut down the [[space bridge]] in order to conserve energy, Shockwave petitioned him for one last use of the bridge, that they might send the deadliest Decepticon on Cybertron to attack the Ark and take its energy resources for their own. Ratbat agreed, and dispatched Trypticon into the forests of [[Oregon]], where he was spotted by paleontology student [[Rachel Becker]] as he stomped his way toward the Ark. Preferring to face his enemies head-on rather than ambush them, Trypticon launched a [[sonic-scrambler mine]] at the Ark to draw a small investigative team of Autobots out, then promptly began bombarding them with firepower in his battle station mode. With more sonic-scrambler mines carpeting the cave entrance to the Ark in order to prevent any Autobot reinforcements coming to the aid of the team, the Autobots seemed doomed, until Trypticon's attention was drawn by his minion, [[Wipe-Out]]. [[File:MarvelUS27 DinobotsVsTrypticon.JPG|275px|thumb|left|Probably the least embarrassing explanation for a burning sensation in your gonads.]] Trypticon's flunky had captured Rachel Becker and brought her to Trypticon to be destroyed, and Trypticon transformed back into his saurian mode, intrigued at the prospect of eliminating an organic. Suddenly, Trypticon was attacked by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], who had been observing the conflict from afar and sought to protect the human. The other Dinobots soon came stampeding into battle, and Trypticon was able to hold his own against all five of them; indeed, he might have even won the battle, had the miserly Ratbat not contacted him to inform him that he had exceeded his allotted energy expenditure for the mission. The space bridge materialized next to Trypticon, and he broke off the fight, calmly obeying Ratbat's orders to return to Cybertron. The "defeat" of Trypticon promptly led to Grimlock being elected Autobot leader. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

''Much later, when the Autobot mad scientist [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] threatened Cybertron with his [[zombie]] army, only a small band of Autobots, along with the Decepticon [[Flywheels]], stood against him. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] made the questionable decision to allow Flywheels to break off from the group to seek reinforcements, but the Autobots need not have worried: the [[Duocon]] returned with Trypticon, who smashed his way into Flame's underground base and delighted in stomping zombies underfoot.'' {{storylink|Meltdown!}}
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===Toy pack-in material===
Trypticon participated in a tumultuous battle on a moon base. He and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] shot at [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] as they entered the conflict. {{storylink|Decipher the Decepticon}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:WarWithin2Devastation-Trypticon.jpg|200px|thumb|It is entirely possible he speaks with a British [[accent]].]]
Trypticon began life as an early Decepticon military project, the prototype iteration of which was put to use in the Decepticons' initial wave of attacks after the death of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] around eight million years ago. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}}

Trypticon himself was created when the prototype was upgraded during the period of time known as the "Dark Ages", between seven-and-a-half and six-and-a-half million years ago. Investigating reports that merely described a "mobile command base", [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] led a team of Autobots to the [[Praetorus Wharf]] in search of this mysterious new Decepticon weapon, and they wound up driving ''onto'' the camouflaged structure before they even knew it. Just as they realized their mistake, the base transformed into a towering saurian robot mode and introduced itself as Trypticon, delighted at the prospect of a full-fledged trial run of its destructive capabilities. {{storylink|Devastation (issue)|Devastation}} Prowl's Autobots threw everything they had at Trypticon, but even with the aid of some reinforcements led by [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], they proved unable even to slow down the titan. They would surely have been destroyed had Trypticon not been called away to the [[Neutral Territories]] to aid his leader, Shockwave, who had been attacked by the minions of the mysterious [[The Fallen|Fallen]]. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}} Trypticon later joined an allied team of Decepticons and Autobots in battling the Fallen's minions in [[Protihex]], where he put his impressive firepower to use trying to blast open the door to the [[Well of All Sparks]]. {{storylink|Conflagration}}

Despite his effectiveness as a killing machine and his delight in the use of his powers in his formative years, Trypticon came to doubt the Decepticon cause and hate his role in it. He thinks that his abilities will eventually merit his taking leadership of the Decepticons, though he accepts this with the same resignation as the rest of his futile existence. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
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As part of [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s forces, Trypticon defended the newly unified Decepticon army's base against a combined Autobot/[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] strike force. A massive barrage from [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and G.I. Joe's artillery almost felled the giant Decepticon.

Later, a vision of the future witnessed by a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-empowered [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] showed Trypticon fighting alongside [[Iron Klaw]] against [[Sgt. Savage]] and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

====''TransTech''====
Trypticon was part of the [[S.K.A.R.]]-Decepticon alliance against the Autobots and [[Screaming Eagles]]. A clash between him and Fortress Maximus nearly destroyed Earth's magnetosphere, but ultimately, the Autobots and Joes won the day. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2016/05/01}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{First|[[Stormbringer issue 1|''Transformers: Stormbringer'' #1]]}}

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An ancient, bestial [[Titan (group)|Titan]], Cybertronian legend held that Trypticon had been created by [[Mortilus]], god of death, using the [[Void Scepter]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation}} Whatever the truth of his origins was, Trypticon was ancient, having lived on Cybertron since the days of the [[God War]] between the members of the [[Guiding Hand]], {{storylink|Primacy issue 1|Primacy #1}} until the day he was defeated by fellow Titan [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and sealed away deep underground beneath the [[Toraxxis Plains]]. {{storylink|The Illusion of Control}} There he remained dormant until an explosion opened up the caverns and he was rediscovered by a team of [[Autobot]] scientists sent to investigate. Old carvings nearby depicted Trypticon doing battle with normal Transformers, {{storylink|Underworld (IDW)|Underworld}} causing [[Jetfire (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jetfire]] to theorize that the mythical [[Knights of Cybertron]] had been responsible for the sealing. {{storylink|Prey (issue)|Prey}} When [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] learned of the monster's existence, he had the caverns bombed, destroying the seal and awakening Trypticon in the hopes that he would bring Cybertron's civilization to its knees. {{storylink|Unleashed}}

[[File:Monstrosity11 prime vs trypticon.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|Smile! You were filmed with a hidden camera!]]
Trypticon went on a mindless rampage across the planet, destroying everything in his path and prompting the Autobots to gather their strongest weapons in an attempt to defeat him. As he entered [[Harmonex]], the Autobots lured him close to the city's giant central structure and collapsed it on top of him. {{storylink|The Illusion of Control}} Unharmed, Trypticon emerged from the rubble and unleashed countless "[[cyber-morphic predator]]s", dragon-like minions created within his internal foundries, to attack the Autobots. Knowing that the monster hailed from ancient times, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] tried to use the power of the equally ancient [[Matrix of Leadership]] to defeat him, only for Trypticon to ignore the artifact and stomp on him. {{storylink|Annihilation}} After devouring [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Grimlock]] and [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]], Trypticon detected the presence of his old nemesis Metroplex in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and began heading in his direction. However, Grimlock and Megatron were still alive within him and located and destroyed his core, powered by a type of [[energon]] that caused increased strength and aggression, causing the monster to go offline. Megatron later returned to the fallen giant and placed the [[spark]] of the [[Quintesson]] [[Pentius]] within his extinguished core, reawakening Trypticon under his command. {{storylink|Belly of the Beast (issue)|Belly of the Beast}}

[[File:Primacy3 MetroplexVSTrypticon.jpg|thumb|'''''A Tale Of Two Cities''''' {{-}} ''(Beating The Scrap Out Of Each Other)'']]
The method of Trypticon's resurrection caused him to inherit the intelligence and memories of Pentius, making him more than a mindless beast, and also forged a connection between his spark and Megatron's. Megatron was suspicious of Pentius's influence on the giant's mind, so Trypticon let him look into his mind and read his very memories, memories that were a jumbled mix of his own and Pentius's. Convinced that enough of Trypticon's mind and desire for destruction remained, Megatron accepted him into the Decepticons and had him use his space-faring [[alternate mode]] to take the Decepticons off Cybertron. {{storylink|Primacy issue 1|Primacy #1}} After a journey across space to gather their forces, the Decepticons returned to Cybertron and had Trypticon dropped from orbit onto Iacon (and, thus, his rival, Metroplex). {{storylink|Primacy issue 2|Primacy #2}}

The two giants fought in a mighty battle in which Trypticon used his beastly claws and tail to his advantage, but in the end he was grappled onto the ground where Metroplex curb-stomped his head, breaking his jaws off. As he lay defeated, however, Trypticon revealed he was merely a distraction that allowed the other Decepticons to impale Metroplex with their other starship. {{storylink|Primacy issue 3|Primacy #3}} Megatron later realized the will of Pentius and his desire to destroy Cybertron did indeed live on within Trypticon, prompting him to try to extract the Quintesson's spark from the fallen beast. Before he could do so he was confronted by Optimus Prime, who used the Matrix to purge the remains of Pentius's spark from the Decepticon leader's systems, and likely Trypticon's as well. {{storylink|Primacy issue 4|Primacy #4}}

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Trypticon was later integrated into the Decepticon army proper by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation}} Early in the war, he was part of a battle during which he waited in disguise for the Autobots to advance right into his arms. However, Optimus Prime suspected a trap, and ordered his troops to retreat instead. {{storylink|Old Ways}}

Hundreds of years ago, Trypticon fought [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] alongside Megatron, Optimus Prime, and [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} He survived the battle and was part of a major Decepticon counter-offensive on what was left of Cybertron shortly thereafter, led by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

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Like most Transformers, Trypticon abandoned the devastated Cybertron and returned when the war was winding down, only be frozen in the ice of [[Praetorus Wharf]] when [[Vector Sigma]] "reset" the planet. {{storylink|The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation}} His inert form was discovered by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], who used the corrupted energon within him in twisted experiments involving newborn sparks. A group of Transformers transporting a shipment of sparks drove across Trypticon's body on their way to [[Alyon]], but failed to recognize the black metallic surface. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}}

Intending to use Trypticon's internal [[space bridge]] to conquer the galaxy, Bludgeon used the sparks to reactivate the Titan and took control of his mind using a replica of the mythical Void Scepter. He had Trypticon attack Iacon before transforming him into his starship mode for the conquest, but his plans were cut short when the Void Scepter was destroyed. Free from his control, a vengeful Trypticon blasted Bludgeon into scrap before returning to the depths of Cybertron where he was said to be created. Reflecting on how everyone had always treated him nothing but a force of destruction, he took Bludgeon's stolen sparks into himself and let them form [[protoform]]s from his body's [[Living metal|metal]], intending to become a force of creation instead. {{storylink|The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation}}

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Following the [[Iron Ring]]'s invasion of Cybertron, the group was approached by [[Centurion (IDW)|Centurion]] who discovered the growing [[protoform]]s and sent a message to [[G.B. Blackrock|Blackrock]] about them. When Blackrock arrived, [[Slag (G1)|Slug]] attacked his fellow [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]. [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] fled the battle to check on the protoforms only to be tailed by [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] who was subsequently tackled by [[Sideswipe (G2)|one of the protoforms]]. Arcee aiming her sword at the protoform was enough to rouse Trypticon into action, who broke through the ground and demanded a stop to the fighting. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] then proposed that Trypticon then become [[Earth]]'s embassy so that the protoforms could be placed under Optimus' protection rather as opposed to becoming tools of Starscream. {{storylink|The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)|The Dead Come Home, Part 2}}

After the embassy had been established within Trypticon, he mainly hung around the outskirts of Iacon in robot mode. When visiting [[Marissa Faireborn]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] complimented her on her new lodgings. {{storylink|Starscream: The Movie (comic)|Starscream: The Movie}}

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Eventually, "[[Onyx Prime]]" returned to Cybertron, but when the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] was unmasked as none another than a time-travelling [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]], Iacon quickly collapsed into anarchy, culminating in [[Nemesis (BW)|Nemesis]] fatally wounding [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]]. Trypticon was unwilling to risk his protoforms by entering the battle against his taciturn sibling, and, over the protests of his crew, he promptly generated a spacebridge to Earth to protect the protoforms exactly as Shockwave had predicted. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|The Hallowing}} Trypticon materialized on [[Mount Rushmore]], causing widespread panic as the United States government tried to establish a perimeter around his person; unaware of this minor crisis, he had a philosophical discussion with [[Slag (G1)|Slug]]. When [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] surrendered himself over to human custody, the authorities directed Trypticon to allow [[Rom]] to make usage of his space bridge. {{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}} Trypticon opted not to take part in the discussion regarding Jazz's release and remained on the sidelines when the Dinobots clashed with the [[Colonist Soldiers]]. {{storylink|Time Will Rust}}

[[File:Trypticon blasted.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6|Trypticon vs. Green Laser Beam proved a bit one-sided.]]
Shortly afterwards, the threat of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] made itself clear as the planet-eater arrived over Earth, and in order to defend the next generation of Cybertronians Trypticon realized that he would have to take up arms. He unloaded his cargo of sparks and protoforms so that they would be kept safe on Earth {{storylink|Ceremony}} and spent the time before the attack on Unicron hanging out with his new pal Slug. {{storylink|A Sunrise Dark}} Trypticon then joined Metroplex in Earth's orbit to bring the fight to Unicron, directed by [[Centurion (IDW)|Centurion]]. {{storylink|Assembly (Unicron)|Assembly}}

This battle was intended as a distraction, to keep the planet-eater occupied long enough for Optimus, [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]], [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]], and [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]] to slip past Unicron's defenses with the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]]. Trypticon made fun of Metroplex's expression of awe at Unicron's size, but quickly apologized for allowing his old prejudices to come to the surface. Despite bringing his full might to bear, Trypticon was the first to fall, rent in half by Unicron's eye laser. {{storylink|Ceremony}}
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===''Alternity''===
Trypticon was one of several powerful opponents chosen by a higher-dimensional [[Megatron (G1)#Alternity|Megatron]] in a "[[#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|game full of death and suffering]]", to go against [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|Optimus Prime]]'s [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|avatar]]. {{storylink|To Die Game!}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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Once wild, Trypticon was tamed by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and fashioned into the mobile capital of the [[Decepticon Empire]] on Cybertron, his cavernous mouth serving as Megatron's throne room. [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] targeted him during their [[G.I.Rocket]] bombing run on the planet, but the bombs were stopped by a force field and Trypticon counterattacked by unleashing Decepticon troops from his mouth to take down their [[Defiant (G.I. Joe)|ship]]. {{storylink|Targetmasters (issue)|Targetmasters}} [[Destro]] later used the [[M.A.S.S. Device]] to travel from Earth to Trypticon for an audience with Megatron. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}} Furious that the Autobots had formed an alliance with G.I. Joe, Megatron had Trypticon attack their home at [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], but before he could finish off the mode-locked city-bot he was interrupted by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. Trypticon bit the meddler's head off, only for said head to transform into [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] and hold his jaws open as Autobots and Joes made their way into the throne room. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}} Trypticon later watched as a victorious Megatron defeated Optimus Prime and had Cybertron dig its "horns" into Earth. {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}}

With Earth destroyed, Megatron and his Cobra allies celebrated with a feast inside Trypticon. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}} As Megatron turned his attention toward the [[sun]], transforming Cybertron into [[Primus]] so the planet could absorb the star's energy, he had Trypticon wander out on one of its horns. {{storylink|Escape from Primus}} Setting out to stop this, the joint forces of the Autobots and G.I. Joe attacked Trypticon, negating his force field using a sonic signal programmed with information gathered by [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Tunnel Rat]] and [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] during their time in the Decepticon base. Trypticon's insides were then punctured by Metroplex's fist, allowing the "Jotobots" entry into him, and he was ultimately taken down by a blast from [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]'s [[Peacemaker]]. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}
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===''Knights of Unicron''===
The Trypticon Dinobase, located on Planet Chaar, was the eighth venue for the [[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]] on their 2014 "Till All Are One" tour. {{storylink|Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
Trypticon is an ancient [[Titan (group)|Titan]] who travels between worlds crewed by [[Wipe-Out|Necro]] and hungrily gobbles living [[Titan Master]]s the way others would Energon cubes. {{storylink|Trypticon (G1)#TitansReturn|''Titans Return'' Trypticon online bio}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
During the Great War, Trypticon was infamous as a [[Titan (group)|cityformer]], ravager of worlds. When the [[Human Confederacy]] became fed up of Cybertronians, Trypticon was among the Decepticon forces who took part in the doomed [[Great Push]] of [[2033]]. During this, he was critically injured, and Full-Tilt volunteered to become a form of [[Powermaster]], replacing Trypticon's busted transformation cog. With the war over, Trypticon was repurposed as a spaceship, called the ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]'', and came to be crewed largely by Predacons (and the odd Maximal), who remained unaware of their ship's true origin, merely thinking it was just a ship. Trypticon became increasingly bitter over his lack of mobility, and came to hate the Proto-races.

By the 24th century C.E., the ''Dinosaur'' was the only Cybertronian warship allowed near the border of the [[Allowed Zone]]. During this patrol they went somewhere near Arkus, and the ship's paranoid security chief [[Killer Punch]] became convinced there was a stowaway on board, and had the ship torn apart looking for it. Nobody knew that [[Dead End (BW)|Dead-End]] had smuggled [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]], a [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] aboard. {{storylink|Intersectionality}}

On Cybertron, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] mused that if he wanted to conquer Cybertron or invade other planets, few could have stood in his way other than Trypticon or the [[Titan (group)|Titans]], wanly noting that Trypticon never liked fair fights anyway. {{storylink|Head Games}}

Around the time the [[Grand Uprising]] began, the ''Dinosaur'' received a signal from [[Metascan Omega|LGC-8802]], a planet of interest to the Builders. It also received a signal from Cybertron, Lio Convoy's call-to-arms, which prompted the ship's political officer, Synapse, to murder Hydra to cover it up. Trypticon agreed with Synapse's decision, taking his side over Full-Tilt's objections.

Shortly after arriving at LGC-8802, the ship came under attack from an Intruder craft, which they fought off. Killer Punch became suspicious of Hydra's absence and went looking for him, but Trypticon shifted his insides about to prevent the Predacon finding his comrade's body. With some help from Magmatron, Killer Punch managed to get to the lab, only to find Synapse waiting for him. After explaining what had happened, Synapse had Trypticon murder the Predacon. Only Killer Punch had anticipated this, and broadcast the fact to Magmatron, who made his way to the bridge to recruit everyone else left. Trypticon responded by trying to kill everyone with the auto-guns. When that didn't work, Trypticon changed tack, trying to roast them with burn-off from the engine.

Elsewhere, the ship had been infiltrated by [[Medusa]], who vaporized Trypticon's main turbine, sending him into freefall. Magmatron tried using this fact to stop his trying to kill them, but Trypticon continued regardless. Magmatron's quick thinking convinced Trypticon he'd crushed him and Guiledart good, unaware they'd managed to slip through to Full-Tilt's quarters. Soon after, Magmatron told Dead-End to find Trypticon's brain and shut it down. As she got close to Trypticon's processor, he unleashed Brunt on her. As this happened, Magmatron tried fixing the engines, but was distracted by Synapse's arrival. By the time the political officer had been dealt with, Trypticon was too far gone, rendered unable to fly again as it entered the atmosphere.

Meanwhile, Dead-End used Trypticon's notorious temper to distract him, as she set her pet Sharkticon on Brunt, gaining access to his computer core, and began methodically removing the chips controlling Trypticon's mind and personality. As she did, Trypticon pleaded with her to stop, as he felt his mind going. She didn't, and Trypticon died.

His body remained a problem, but Guiledart was able to revive Full-Tilt, who did what he could to slow the fall. With some assistance from the Logicon hive-mind on the planet below, Trypticon's body was slowed enough to hit the ground without destroying it, before it transformed into Trypticon's dinosaur form to control its crash-landing. Once it stopped, Trypticon's corpse turned into a badly battered city, never to fly again.

In the cycles that followed, what was left of Trypticon was salvaged, and eventually turned into a city. {{storylink|Intersectionality}} Dinosaur City was a thriving colony a decade later when the [[Vok]] arrived to judge them. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons===
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Todaro]] (English)}}
[[File:Machinima-Titans-Return-OHR-Trypticon.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"RUN! IT'S [[Godzilla|GODZILLA]]!" "It looks like Godzilla, but due to international copyright laws, it's not." "STILL! WE SHOULD RUN LIKE IT IS GODZILLA!" "(Though it isn't.)"]]

Trypticon was an old Decepticon battle station, used during the Great War. He was eventually destroyed, and his remains were buried over time. {{storylink|Our Heroes Respond}} Starscream, left as an aimlessly-floating spark after his destruction, passed over the destroyed Decepticon Titan and was unwillingly pulled into his body. As Trypticon was revived, a light was emitted, catching the attention of [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and Metroplex. {{storylink|Aftermath and Rebirth}}

The awakened Trypticon (now being influenced by Starscream's spark) entered the city and began rampaging. The [[Mistress of Flame]] ordered the [[Elite Air Resistance Squadron]] to engage the Titan, but they were quickly wiped out and Windblade and Metroplex moved to take on Trypticon next. {{storylink|Our Heroes Respond}} Metroplex and Trypticon clashed, causing massive collateral damage to the city. {{storylink|The Fight Begins}} A missile fired from [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] that contained [[Emissary (TR)|Emissary]] struck Metroplex in the back, distracting him enough for Trypticon to bite down on his arm. Emissary entered Metroplex's interior and explained that he was a [[Titan Master]] and could help in the battle. Emissary's power-up granted Metroplex the ability to fire eyebeams, which freed him from Trypticon's jaws, although the Decepticon Titan ripped his arm off in the process. {{storylink|Overlord and Emissary}}

Trypticon got the upper hand and pinned Metroplex under his foot. After taking a second to smack Windblade away, Trypticon crashed down hard on Metroplex's downed form, killing him. After Emissary escaped from Metroplex's body, Trypticon bent down and swallowed him, forcibly bonding the Titan Master to his own systems. Now granted flame breath by Emissary, Trypticon continued to attack Windblade and the newly arrived [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] before being struck with a missile barrage from Fortress Maximus. Hot Rod managed to infiltrate Trypticon and rescue Emissary, but was smashed to the ground by the Titan's tail. {{storylink|At the Last Second}}

[[File:TR-Ep10-All-Things-Must-Pass-Trypticon-dies.jpg|thumb|300px|He died from [[Furmanism|the worst case of indigestion he's ever had]].]]
Once again unimpeded, Trypticon began to march further into the city, towards the [[Primal Basilica]]. The Basilica's defenses were activated by Optimus Prime and fired an electrical blast that temporarily stymied Trypticon. {{storylink|Desperate Actions}} [[Victorion]], enhanced and enlarged by the [[Enigma of Combination]] arrived to confront Trypticon but was quickly knocked down by the Decepticon Titan and stomped on. {{storylink|Run for Our Lives}} Victorion managed to prevent Trypticon from using his flame breath on her, but Trypticon overwhelmed her again and picked up her sword in his jaws to finish her off with her own weapon. Optimus Prime attacked Trypticon on his own, saving Victorion, who split up into her component [[combiner]]s. Victorion, [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], and [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] followed Optimus Prime's lead in attacking Trypticon again. They made some headway, only for Trypticon to transform to his battle station mode and begin bombarding them with all his firepower. {{storylink|In Good Hands}}

Fortress Maximus arrived on the scene to take Trypticon on, and after the Decepticon transformed back to his robot mode the two Titans engaged in a beam struggle. Fortress Maximus won, bowling Trypticon over, but when Victorion attempted to finish their opponent off, Trypticon swallowed her. Absorbing the Enigma of Combination within her, Trypticon powered-up even further and overwhelmed Fortress Maximus in their next exchange. He then used the Enigma's power to seize control of the other three combiners, forcing them to attack Maximus and Optimus Prime. Fortress Maximus attacked again, but Trypticon was distracted by [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], who arrived carrying the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. Drawn to the artifact, Trypticon swallowed Perceptor and the Matrix, beginning to enlarge with the influx of its power. {{storylink|Consumed}} However this had an adverse reaction, as Trypticon quickly shrank back to normal size and spit Victorion, Perceptor, the Enigma and the Matrix back out. Starscream's ghost was also exorcised from Trypticon's frame, and the Titan slumped and fell deactivated once more, with Fortress Maximus lamenting the loss of another of his Titan brothers. {{storylink|All Things Must Pass}}

===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
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As [[World War III]] consumed [[Earth]], the Autobots chose to flee the planet aboard the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], unaware that the Decepticons had chosen to pursue them aboard Trypticon, a Decepticon Titan of their own. After years of following the Autobots through deep space, the Decepticons finally caught up with their foes just after the Autobots detected an energon deposit on the nearby world of [[Cygnus Seven]]. An orbital battle commenced, and only ended when the Decepticons abandoned Trypticon to board the Autobot Titan... just before Maximus wound up crashing onto the surface, sending him and all of his occupants into [[stasis lock]]. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} Trypticon, evidently abandoned, went dormant for several centuries and wound up on a nearby moon in his city mode.

In the mid-23rd century, [[Kuri]]'s group of [[Klingon]] warriors from the nearby [[Klingon Empire]] would discover Trypticon's form after their [[Warbird (Star Trek)|Warbird]] had been shot down by the [[Federation]], who had recently colonized Cygnus Seven. Their investigation of the mysterious city, which they mistakenly believed to be a Federation base, prompted Trypticon to send out a Decepticon signal, which caught the attention of the recently awakened [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and alerted Megatron and the other Decepticons to rendezvous at Trypticon's current position. On discovering the organics, Megatron decided to make an alliance with the aliens to take down their mutual enemies. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part One}}

[[File:PrimesDirective2-EnterpriseShotDown.jpg|thumb|250px]]

The Klingons allowed Trypticon to [[scanning|scan]] their damaged ship; thanks to this, the Titan gained the craft's ability to cloak, allowing the Klingons to ambush the [[USS Enterprise|USS ''Enterprise'']] as it tracked the Decepticon signal to the moon. In his new shape, Trypticon promptly decloaked and crippled the human starship before he led the charge to the [[dilithium]] mining colony on Cygnus Seven itself. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}}

[[File:PrimesDirective3-RAAARRRH.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

Trypticon kept to the skies in the ensuing confrontation, raining down fire on the [[Federation]] facilities, until Fortress Maximus—himself reformatted into a copy of the ''Enterprise''—entered the fray, prompting Trypticon to assume his robot mode and unleash his [[fire-breath]] on the heroes. Undaunted, the Autobot Titan transformed into his own robot mode, now "Fortress Tiberius" thanks to his mental merge with [[James T. Kirk|Captain Kirk]] and invited his ancient foe to take him on. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Three}}

As the Autobots, Decepticons, Federation, and Klingons fought around them, the two Titans slugged it out, and though Trypticon was able to get an early advantage over his opponent, he was unprepared when the Autobot, desiring revenge from their last confrontation, reconfigured his warp engines into a pair of shoulder-mounted cannons to blast him from afar. Though Trypticon quickly recovered, using his fiery breath to melt through Tiberius's armor, he was finally laid low when Kirk disentangled himself from his shared mental connection from Tiberius and knocked Trypticon out with a single punch.

[[File:PrimesDirective4-CygnusVIIBattle.jpg|thumb|250px]]

When Megatron realized that he had been double-crossed by Starscream, who had absconded with a load of dilithium and fled to [[Kronos]] to conquer the Klingon homeworld for himself, the Decepticon leader sounded the retreat, with Trypticon resuming his starship mode to beam his allies aboard so as to pursue Starscream. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Four}}

Megatron's Decepticons caught up with the treacherous Air Commander shortly after the latter had invaded the Klingon capitol building and attempted to install himself as emperor; Megatron, however, was more concerned with taking the planet for himself, and ordered the Decepticons to raze the planet and rebuild it into the capital of a new [[Decepticon Empire]]. Before they could do so, however, Optimus Prime and his allies appeared, having augmented their forces with [[Crewbot|transforming battlesuits]] for the crew of the ''Enterprise''. Trypticon battled Kirk once more, and was able to defeat him after Soundwave deployed a paralyzing signal... but the Decepticons were unprepared for the Klingons, who were immune to the frequency and able to counterattack with a flotilla of warbirds. After ratifying a makeshift truce with the Federation, Trypticon and the other Decepticons were imprisoned on Kronos. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Five}}
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material===
Located at the [[Praetorus Wharf]], an advanced, mobile, weaponized Decepticon base had been discovered by the Autobots. [[Teletraan I|Teletraan-1]]'s scanners indicated that this base was actually the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] Trypticon. Stationed there was also the Decepticon [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System|Weaponizer]], [[Brunt (G1)|Brunt]]. {{storylink|Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files|''Siege'' Teletraan-1 Data Files}}

==Commercial appearances==
When Trypticon came under attack by the Protectobots, the Decepticon city transformed into its battle station mode to fight back. The Protectobots responded by combining into Defensor, prompting Trypticon to transform once more, this time into its dinosaur mode. Trypticon then forced Defensor to fly off with a torrent of fiery breath. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Defensor and Trypticon|Defensor and Trypticon commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
*''Stage'': 10
*''Point value'': 100000
*''Hit points'': 10
[[File:MysteryofConvoy Trypticon.png|thumb|"Oh... it's MechaGodzilla. Of course! I should have known."]]
On a search for the truth behind the death of Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus endured a game of death and suffering that culminated in a final battle with Trypticon at the end of the [[Time Tunnel]], within a dark room with three hovering platforms. Trypticon hurled massive fireballs at the City Commander, but Magnus's unrelenting barrage of attacks on the Decepticon's weak spot -the clear glowing dome in the middle of his forehead- ultimately caused Trypticon to fall. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

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===''Transformers: The Headmasters''===
[[File:HeadmastersNES trypticon.jpg|left|thumb]]
When the Decepticons captured some of the Autobots' greatest warriors, Sixshot and Trypticon attacked the planet Earth. Trypticon was the first foe faced by Chromedome on his quest to rescue his allies, striking at the Autobot from an elevated platform. Although this set-up left Chromedome at a disadvantage, since he was waging the battle in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], he persevered and defeated Trypticon. {{storylink|Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|Transformers: The Headmasters}}
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===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
[[File:CalloftheFuture trypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
{{voiceactor|[[Jeff Manning]] (English)}}

====Autobot story====
Right when the [[Autobot]]s had found the drill they were looking for in the [[Karzite mine]], Trypticon gave out a loud roar. [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] recognized it, but he was in disbelief about what it meant. Sure enough, Trypticon fell from the sky, stating that the Autobots were too late. The Decepticon announced that he was going to crush all of the Autobots now that they had nowhere to run. Surprisingly, the Autobots managed to take down Trypticon, who cried out and announced his being hurt afterward. Threatening the Autobots that he would not forget his defeat and warning them that he would crush them some day, Trypticon fled back to the Decepticon base. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)#Autobot Story|The Transformers}}

====Decepticon story====
After [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] was defeated for the second time, Trypticon arrived and offered to help, but quickly realized that he was of extremely limited usefulness in the search for the [[Zel Quartz]]. His massive size made him a liability in a search, so he sent [[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]] in his stead. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)#Decepticon Story|The Transformers}}
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===''Transformers Battle Circuit''===
Trypticon, one of the "greatest Transformers of all time", was part of a Decepticon team that participated in a tournament on Cybertron. He faced off against a team of Autobots in a series of one-on-one matches. If he managed to defeat Bumblebee, Rodimus, Grimlock, Jetfire, and Optimus Prime, Trypticon was declared to be the tournament's champion! {{storylink|Transformers Battle Circuit}}

===''Transformers G1: Awakening''===
[[File:Trypticon g1awakening stats.jpg|left|thumb]]
Trypticon was among the Decepticons who pursued and boarded the Autobot [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. When the ship crashed on [[Earth]], all inside were sent into stasis, but the Decepticons woke up four million years later and resumed their conquering ways. Trypticon was put to work guarding the [[space bridge]] they were building, and was ordered to destroy [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] when the traitor scouted the area. He completely failed to keep the Autobots from the bridge, and after Optimus Prime's team was captured on Cybertron, Trypticon was placed on guard duty. He was unable to prevent the Autobots from escaping, however. He later took part in Megatron's ill-fated assault on the Ark, and completely failed to stop the Autobots when they attacked the Decepticon fortress on Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
[[file:TFLegends-Trypticon.jpg|thumb|"B..but Trypticon will destroy the world!" "There is ''no'' world to destroy now."]]
Growing desperate, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] summoned Trypticon to the field of battle. The titan's firepower allowed Galvatron's forces to push further into Autobot territory, despite their opponents bringing out [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|The Colossus War}} After making a number of coastal attacks, Trypticon leveled [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]] and set his sights on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. Unfortunately for him, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] supplied Metroplex with a new [[transformation cog]], and the giant Autobot sent Trypticon crashing to the bottom of the sea. {{storylink|Monstrosity}}

[[Unicron]] had his eyes on Trypticon as a potential new body for himself, however his agents were intercepted before they could reach the giant Decepticon. {{storylink|Unicron Returns}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|Hal#As Trypticon}}
Trypticon appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events. He is portrayed by Hal. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers Operation Omega''===
In every battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, Decepticon forces were deployed from Trypticon's city mode to march towards the Autobots, who were in turn deployed from Metroplex on the opposite side of the battlefield. Whenever Trypticon sustained too much damage, the Decepticons lost the battle. {{storylink|Transformers Operation Omega}}

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
{{Charstubgames|{{Storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}}}
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}
[[File:Trypticon g1 toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Don't mention the training wheels on the tail—he embarrasses easily.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Trypticon''' (Decepticon City, [[1986]]/[[1987]]) }}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number:'' '''D-63'''
:*''Accessories:'' 2 loading ramps, 2 blaster stands, single-barreled blaster, double-barreled blaster, 2 scanners, 2 connectors, large tower, small tower, left & right tank treads, [[laser cannon]]

: Released in the third year of the original ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' toyline (second in the European and Japanese lines), Trypticon transforms from a large grey, teal and purple dinosaur into a sprawling "city" mode, and from there into a mobile battle station. Like his contemporary and counterpart [[Metroplex (G1)#Toys|Metroplex]], he is accompanied by an entourage of smaller robots—the transforming mini-car, [[Full-Tilt (G1)#Toys|Full-Tilt]], who forms Trypticon's chest plate, and the tank [[Brunt (G1)#Toys|Brunt]], who is formed from several of his city mode towers and other pieces. Also like Metroplex, Trypticon can link up with the leaders of the 1986 Decepticon [[combiner]] teams, [[Onslaught (G1)#Toys|Onslaught]] and [[Motormaster (G1)#Toys|Motormaster]], when they are in their base forms. Unlike Metroplex's combiner connections though, the two leaders don't plug directly into Trypticon, instead linking up to him through two smaller "connector" pieces. This interactivity was played up to a great extent in Japan, where he was released as part of the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1986 (Scramble City and 2010)|Scramble City]]'' sub-line.

: In an undocumented feature, these connector pieces can plug into Trypticon's back in dinosaur mode, where their acute angles make them look like more ''[[Godzilla]]''-styled back plates; when in this configuration you can also plug Trypticon's small weapon accessories into the concavities of the connector pieces, giving him more of a "complete" transformation.

: Trypticon is further distinguished from Metroplex by the inclusion of several electronic [[gimmick]]s. Two C-size batteries power the electronics of Trypticon himself, allowing him to [[Battery-powered motor|walk]] in dinosaur mode and causing his scanners and blasters to spin in city and battle station mode, respectively. Trypticon's main laser cannon (also part of Brunt) is powered by an AA battery and flashes orange.

: Like a fair number of larger ''Transformers'' toys, Trypticon was never released in the UK, although [[Space Pirates!|#185]] of the Marvel UK comic, in conjunction with Hasbro UK, offered three Trypticon toys as competition prizes in late 1988.

: This mold was later [[retool]]ed, [[redeco]]ed, and sold with fewer accessories as ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#1998 (Beast Wars II)|Beast Wars II]]'' [[Megastorm#Gigastorm|Gigastorm]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Trypticon/trypticon.htm More information on Trypticon at TFU.info]''
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====''Transform Jr''====
[[File:Trypticon jr toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Mintasaurus]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Dinosaurer''' (1986)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''D-63'''
:*''Accessories'': 4 ramps, laser cannon

: The ''[[Transform Jr]]'' version of Trypticon shrinks and simplifies the original toy, omitting the electronics, the battle station mode and... the color purple.
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===''Classics''===
[[File:Class06-toy Trypticon.jpg|300px|thumb|Trypticon not want cuddles! Trypticon want smash Metroplex!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Trypticon''' (Legends Class, [[2006]])}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (deco artist)}}

: Released in the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' "Classic Legends" toys, Trypticon is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Legends Class (2005)|Legends of Cybertron]]'' [[Scourge (Cybertron)#Legends|Scourge]], transforming into a three-headed robotic dragon. His extra shoulder-heads are painted up to evoke the original toy's over-the-shoulder towers/cannnons, and can fold back a bit in both modes.

: He [http://www.toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=242&itemid=10656 needs cuddles].

: This mold was later used to make ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Grrr]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/ClassicsTrypticon/trypticon.htm More information on Trypticon at TFU.info]''
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===''Device Label''===
[[File:Device Label Trypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Mouseasaurus.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Dinosaurer''' ([[2009]])}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: Takara's ''[[Transformers Device Label|Device Label]]'' Trypticon transforms from a working USB laser mouse into a mechanoid raptor. He shares this mold with ''Device Label'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Device Label|Grimlock]].

:According to early [[BigBadToyStore]] solicitations, the mice were originally supposed to depict Generation 1 [[Overkill (G1)#Device Label|Overkill]] and ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Dinobot (BW)/toys#Device Label|Dinobot]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Destron/DLTrypticon/trypticon.htm More information on ''Device Label'' Trypticon at TFU.info]''
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy Trypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Trypticon''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, [[2014]])}}</ul>
:*''Bag number'': '''40551 48'''
:*''Accessories'': Stand brick, double barreled gun, 2 claws

: Part of the fifth assortment of ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] [[Kreon]] [[Micro-Changer]]s, Trypticon can be rebuilt from robot mode into a dinosaur. The tampographs on his torso are based on his [[#Classics|''Classics'' Legends Class toy]] rather than his [[#Toys|original figure]].

: He shares the tyrannosaur-head helmet with [[Farside]].
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===''Platinum Edition''===
[[File:Platinum-edition-trypticon.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Trypticon''' (Platinum Edition, [[2015]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 loading ramps, 2 blaster stands, single-barreled blaster, double-barreled blaster, 2 scanners, 2 connectors, large tower, small tower, 2 tank treads, laser cannon

: ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' Trypticon is a reissue of his original toy. Both Brunt and Full-Tilt are included along with all his electronics, including the motorized walking gimmick.

: This reissue features non-reflective eye stickers and shorter guide stripe stickers on the central ramp. There are several tooling changes, such as larger power switches, battery covers that are held shut by screws, molded detail replacing the large bearings on his legs, and bizarrely, added plastic on his feet that keeps the purple "U" pieces from being flush with the rest of the foot. He features dull grey plastic as opposed to silver, and the thigh's holes that connect the grey piece is now retooled to make the piece plug in properly. Brunt's cannon is now a friction joint instead of a ratchet joint.

: This figure was officially released as an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] exclusive in the United States and Canada. However, it was also stocked by US-based online retailers [[BigBadToyStore]] and TFSource, who supposedly obtained it as an import from Asia. It was available in several of Hasbro's Asian markets (namely Singapore, Taiwan and the Philippines; usually found at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores, though it's currently unknown whether it was actually a Toys"R"Us exclusive there or not). In Australia, it was sold at Toys"R"Us stores, whereas in the United Kingdom, it was both sold at Toys"R"Us stores and officially available via the UK division of Amazon, making this the first official UK release of ''Generation 1'' Trypticon! In Germany, he was originally available via Bankroft, an online retailer that otherwise specializes in [[Nerf]] blasters and accessories, as part of a special "Fan Edition" arrangement through Hasbro Germany, with the help of several German [[fandom|fan]] sites. Due to low sales, the unsold stock was later sold to Actionfiguren24, a German online retailer that specializes in imported toys, who was able to lower its price for its existing stock of imported Insecticon sets as a result.

:Unusually for a ''Platinum Edition'' figure, Trypticon (aka "Dinosaurer") was even officially released in Japan, exclusively available as a lucky draw prize (limited to 300 pieces) via [[TakaraTomy Mall]], labeled as a ''[[USA Edition]]'', the first of those in nearly a decade.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/PlatinumTrypticon/trypticon.htm More information on ''Platinum Edition'' Trypticon at TFU.info]''
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===''Titans Return''===
{{anchor|TitansReturn}}
[[File:Titans Return Trypticon.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|WHEN DINOSAURS RULE YOUR SHELF.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Necro & Decepticon Full-Tilt & Trypticon''' (Titan Class, [[2017]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Cannon/Full-Tilt holder
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (detailing), [[Mark Maher]] (deco artist)}}

: Trypticon beat out [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] to become winner of a Facebook poll held by Hasbro in November 2015 to determine who would be the next Titan Class figure.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformers/photos/a.153259298077606.36631.146805978722938/926169094119952/?type=3&permPage=1 November 24 2016 photo]</ref><ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformers/photos/a.153259298077606.36631.146805978722938/931380200265508/?type=3 There truly is nothing that can stand in the way of Trypticon. With your votes, he smashed his way to becoming the next ''Generations Titans Return'' Titan Class toy. Mark your calendars, and look for him to hit shelves late 2017.]</ref> Standing at 20 inches tall, ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Trypticon was the tallest Decepticon figure made at that point. (It was later surpassed by the ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' release of [[Scorponok (G1)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Scorponok]].) He features several new action features, such as a spring-loaded pop-out forehead-gun and the ability to "eat" Titan Master figures, who fall down his throat into his stomach, which can be opened to retrieve them. His city mode unfolds to around three feet wide, and the "battle station" mode of his classic toy is rebranded as a spaceship (officially the [[Nemesis (G1)|''Nemesis'']] according to Hasbro's YouTube channel) that can fit a Deluxe-class action figure in its forward bay. The front of the spaceship mode features sculpted faux eyes, intended to make it look like it is formed by Trypticon's head. In lieu of electronics, Trypticon comes with his old partner [[Full-Tilt (G1)#Titans Return|Full-Tilt]], who has been significantly upgraded to become a full-sized Deluxe figure in his own right, with his own Titan Master partner, [[Wipe-Out#Titans Return|Necro]], who is actually a new version of Trypticon's comic bud, [[Wipe-Out]]. Since his head is obviously too large to interact with Titan Masters as most ''Titans Return'' figures do, he features a slot near the back of his head where you can insert a head-mode Titan Master, causing the orange canopy on his head to open and the laser cannon to slide up.

: Another feature, as documented in the instructions, shows that he can connect with any Titans Return baseformers in city mode through really short "ramps" on his robot mode hips. The officially designated figures were [[Overlord (G1)#Titans Return|Leader Class Overlord]] and his premold [[Black Shadow (G1)#Titans Return|Sky Shadow]], which means the trio are now called Nemesis Command. You can still do this with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Titans Return|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] and [[Blaster (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Autobot Blaster]], if you wish to eschew the faction differences. You can also connect him with [[Metroplex (G1)#Generations|Thrilling 30 Metroplex]], or the retool/Trypticon's opposite number [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Titans Return|Titans Return Fortress Maximus]]. Jump a few [[Power of the Primes (toyline)|toylines]] and you can connect him to [[Omega Supreme (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Transformers War for Cybertron Trilogy: Siege Chapter Omega Supreme]] and his [[redeco]] [[Guardian robot#Generations Selects|Generations Selects Guardian Robot]]. The biggest drawback is that some figures don't have long enough ramps for Trypticon's short ones.

: Early production runs of the figure had a serious [[design flaw]] in the hip ratchets: a combination of strong springs and weak plastic caused the mechanisms of the joints to basically self-destruct themselves very quickly if they were used. Cutting the springs in half or repeatedly compressing them to reduce their length appears to solve this problem on affected copies of the toy. Later production runs appear to have fixed the issue entirely. Similarly, early specimens of this figure had a chest door that would not latch closed properly and could not bear the weight of Full-Tilt; this too was fixed in later shipments. However, the tail is entirely a different matter: the rotary pawl of its ratchet joint is a separate piece that's not secured against the post it's meant to attach to. This causes the parts to compete against each other when rotated, causing a snapping noise after a certain point and preventing the tail from locking in place. Provided its pieces aren't damaged beyond repair from repeat rotations, the joint can be placed in good working order by disassembling Trypticon and gluing or taping the rotary pawl to its intended position.

: The large cannons on Trypticon's back can be extended; this is mentioned in the instructions, but not depicted in any of the stock photography. Originally, the paired towers on Trypticon's back were symmetrical in their design, mirroring each other. A later [[variant]] was released with a [[retool]]ed right tower, mimicking the asymmetrical tower designs on the original figure.

: On Monday 13th February 2017, the Monday before [[Toy Fair 2017]], a picture of the toy was released and swiftly withdrawn from the ''Transformers'' Instagram account.

: In fall 2018, huge quantities of Trypticons were found at outlet stores in the U.S. for a fraction of their original price. This may be a sign of poor initial sales, or a result of other retailers buying up what was supposed to be a year's worth of inventory from recently bankrupted U.S. branch of [[Toys"R"Us]].

: Like [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Generations|Fortress Maximus]], Trypticon doesn't come with his vehicular drone Brunt, though [[Brunt (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|a new Brunt]] was later announced a year later for the ''Siege'' toyline.
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===''Legends''===
[[File:Legends-LG43-Dinosaurer-toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|(''Additional beast mode pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Dinosaurer (Trypticon)'''<ref>The packaging says "ダイナザウラー" (Dinosaurer) in Japanese, but the accompanying English subtitle is "Trypticon".</ref> (Titan, 2017)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''LG43'''
:*''Release date'': [[August 26]], 2017
:*''Accessories'': Cannon/Full-Tilt holder
[[File:TF-Legends-Dinosaurer.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1]]

: Released in the twentieth wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' toyline, Dinosaurer is a fairly straightforward re-release of the ''Titans Return'' figure above; only replacing the standard screws with black ones. This figure also features an altered sticker sheet layout, with the stickers themselves being exactly the same as the ''Titans Return'' version. The figure comes packaged with the legs attached, unlike the Hasbro figure above and also appears to have fixed the hip issue that was featured on earlier samples of the Hasbro toy.

: As seen in the [[Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|43rd volume of the ''Legends'' Bonus Edition comic]] printed on his instructions, Dinosaurer can also convert into [[:File:LG-43-Legends-Trypticon-new-mode.jpg|an additional "Monster Mode"]] by transforming his legs backwards and converting his tail into his "alternate" head, complete with an opening and closing mouth.
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===''Generations Selects''===
[[File:Selects Trypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|The toy ''[[Synergenex]]'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Synergenex|Godzilla Megatron]] ''wishes'' it could be.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Trypticon''' (Titan, [[2025]])}} </ul>
:*''TakaraTomy name:'' '''Decepticon Trypticon''' (ディセプティコントリプティコン)
:*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''AOTP-13'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[2025]] [[September 27]]
:*''Accessories'': Cannon/Full-Tilt holder
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Amy Bence]] (packaging)}}<ref>[[January 14]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc5mkAAGzyE MASSIVE Transformers Tuesday! In-Hand Product Showcase and Pre-orders | Hasbro Pulse] with [[Nate Purswell]], [[Mark Maher]], and [[Evan Brooks]].</ref>

: A ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' add-on to ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'', Trypticon is a redeco of his ''Titans Return'' figure, sporting a darker color scheme based on his cartoon appearance. Additionally, parts of his chest that previously used clear plastic are now opaque. He still comes with [[Full-Tilt (G1)#Generations Selects|Full-Tilt]] and [[Wipe-Out#Generations Selects|Necro]], both of whom are redecoed to match Trypticon's new color scheme. In keeping with contemporary ''Generations'' releases, the original figure's [[sticker]]s have been omitted.

: Once again, his battle station mode is rebranded as transforming into a "''Nemesis''-class spaceship". The [[stock photography]] shown by some several online retailers omits the double cannon at the tip of the spaceship and the docking platform for Full-Tilt in some shots, but the actual toy has it.

: Trypticon also notably marks a major shift in the packaging design for ''Generations Selects'', abandoning the line's previous "cardboard box" aesthetic in favor of a new look that unifies ''Generations Selects'' with the main ''Age of the Primes'' line and the similarly-redesigned ''[[Studio Series]]''.

: ''Generations Selects'' Trypticon was revealed through the official ''Transformers'' Instagram page on [[December 28]], [[2024]], with preorders going live on [[January 14]] of the following year.
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==Merchandise==
===''Transformers Gum''===
[[File:Tfgum trypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Dinosaurer''' (1986)
**''Accessories:'' Large tower, small tower, 2 tank treads, laser cannon, Full-Tilt

:A snap-together model kit of Trypticon was available as part of the fifth wave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' [[candy toy]] series. A much-shrunken version of the original Trypticon toy, the kit transforms into something of a cross between city and battle station modes, and still comes with all the pieces to make Brunt, as well as a non-transforming car mode Full-Tilt. Molded from black, red, and grey plastic, Trypticon has stickers for detail rather than paint operations, and came with a stick of gum.
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===''Transformers Milk Caramel''===
[[File:Trypticon keshigomu.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Dinosaurer''' (1986)
:A small soft-rubber ''keshigomu'' figurine of Trypticon, similar to the larger [[Decoy]]s, was released as part of Kabaya's line of ''[[Transformers Milk Caramel]]'' candy toys. Like all the figures from the 1986 range, he came [[blindpacking|blindpacked]], and was available in a variety of pearlescent [[glow-in-the-dark]] colors including red, yellow, blue, and green. As the name of the series suggests, he came with a piece of caramel candy.

===''Forms Robo''===
*'''Dinosaurer''' (1987)
:Trypticon was also among the ten characters who were rendered as part of the ''[[Forms Robo]]'' line of over-sized ''keshigomu'' figures. He came individually packaged in a plastic baggie, and was available in red, yellow, green, or blue. Of the various ''Forms Robo'' figures, Trypticon is easily one of the hardest to find, rarely appearing on the secondary market.
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===MyClone===
[[File:MyClone-toy Trypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|All together now: ''Awwwwwwww!'']]
*'''Dinosaurer''' (MyClone, 2003)
**''ID number:'' '''MTF018'''
**''Accessories:'' Display stand
{{toydesigner|[[Kazutami Abiko]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:The Trypticon [[MyClone]] is the adorable-est little killer dinosaur you ever did see. He was released in the third wave of the ''MyClone'' line of Transformers PVC figures, and comes with a hexagonal teal display stand, which can link up with the identical stands included with other MyClone figures. His modular design allows his parts to be mixed and matched with those of any other MyClone figure; however, the only standard ''MyClone'' part he uses is the upper torso piece, and that's been turned 90 degrees from the normal humanoid orientation to be used as his pelvic region.

: Sadly, his little [[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]] part has a large thick torso-peg on its bottom to attach to Trypticon, so he can't really be used as a mini-vehicle or chestplate for any other ''MyClone'' mashup you want to try out.
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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W4ATrypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
*'''Trypticon, Assault Base''' (2019)
**'''Wave 4A: War for Cybertron: Siege II'''
**''Rarity: '''''SRT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T01/T04'''
**''Stars: ''24

:Trypticon, Assault Base is available in a special pack-in bonus pack in every sealed booster box of Wave 4 of the ''[[Transformers Trading Card Game]]'' - War for Cybertron: Siege II. In order to represent Trypticon's size, the card is over-sized, being the same size as the previously released cards for [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and the LootCrate exclusive card for [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. The Trypticon pack also includes deployable character cards [[Brunt (G1)|Brunt, Artillery Drone]], [[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt, Base Recon]], and [[Wipe-Out|Wipe-Out, Devoted Minion]].

:The card's line-art is reused from the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game, with new colors that match the aesthetic of the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' stock art. The Bot Mode line-art was originally drawn by [[Guido Guidi]].

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===''Transformers Character Card''===
[[File:Transformers Character Card Metroplex and Trypticon.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''Metroflex & Dinosaurer Set''' ([[November 1]], [[2022]])
**''ID number:'' '''33 & 34'''

:Released as part of the fifth wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (with [[Scamper]]) and Trypticon (with [[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]] and [[Brunt (G1)|Brunt]]) along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#34|Translation of Trypticon's Transformers Character Card]]''

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==Notes==
[[File:G1TrypticonHeadCompare.jpg|thumb|"[[Scramble City: Mobilization]]" model on top, "[[Call of the Primitives]]" model on the bottom.]]
[[File:TFLegends-Trypticon-Godzilla-comparison.jpg|thumb|"Son of a pit, he just <big>'''''won't'''''</big> quit..."]]
*A {{w|triptych}} is an artifact divided into three hinged folding segments. Though obscure, this is an appropriate name for Trypticon, because his tyrannosaur mode ''is'' a triptych, unfolding into three segments when it transforms into city or battle station modes. See, parents, this stuff is educational too!
*The cut-down version of Trypticon's original [[bio]] used for his toy packaging omits basically every subtlety of his personality, mentioning only his great destructive power and none of his unfiltered hatred, boredom, and self-loathing. Which is likely a large part of why you never saw that side of him in Generation 1 media!
*Trypticon's original [[Tech Spec]]s give him a very high rank of 9, but he is never portrayed as somebody so far up in the Decepticon power structure. But then again, not many would argue with a towering dinosaur robot that's bigger than Godzilla.
*Trypticon has two completely different [[character model]]s. The first was used for his appearances in "[[Scramble City: Mobilization]]" and the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comic]], while the second, more toy-accurate model was used for all his appearances in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|animated series]]. Virtually ''every piece'' of Trypticon's body is different between the two models, whether in shape, detail, or both; notable features of the earlier model include rounded legs and feet, and differently shaped shoulder-buildings. The early model ''is'' superior in one regard to the second, however: it colors Trypticon's optics. They were left uncolored on the finished model, and he spent the entire cartoon looking as if he had no eyes.
**The early model is published in ''[[Transformers: The Ark]]'' and Marvel's ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'', and depicts Trypticon's translucent orange nose-panel as being open, as it was on the finished model. However, there was obviously a variant version of the early model with an alternate head design that had a ''closed'' nose panel, because that's how Trypticon looks in the actual Marvel comics and "Scramble City" animation.
*A [[:File:GanbareMetroplexAdvertisement01.jpg|wonderfully nonsensical advert]] for the Metroplex and Trypticon toys [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)#Part 1|published in ''TV Magazine'']] depicts him attacking Metroplex while the Autobot City holds the lifeless Optimus Prime in his hand.
*Despite Trypticon having different names in the Japanese market, Takara recycled his Hasbro name in 1998 for the Japanese name of the [[Tripredacus Council#Foreign names|Tripredacus Council]], "Trypticon Council".
*''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]]'s color scheme is based on Trypticon. His character [[bio]] (and this was when Grimlock was an idiot) had Trypticon's Marvel Generation 1 motto: "Total victory requires total destruction."
*In a subtle nod to his Godzilla-like nature, Trypticon's [[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|''Transformers Legends'']] card art is an homage to the poster art for 2004's ''{{w|Godzilla: Final Wars}}'' (shown, bottom right)
*Hasbro senior designer [[John Warden]] described the ''Titans Return'' incarnation of Trypticon as transforming into the Decepticon flagship ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', but this did not factor into the toy design or any fictional appearances.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjQE0N233X0] YouTube video "Transformers: Titans Return - ‘Trypticon’ Designer Desk | Transformers Official", 14 September 2017</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Dinosaurer''' (ダイナザウラー ''Dainazaurā''; "Scramble City", ダイノザウラー ''Dainozaurā''), '''Dinobase''' (city mode, ダイノベース ''Dainobēsu''), '''Trypticon''' (トリプティコン ''Toriputikon'')
*''French:'' '''Tryptican''' (Europe, cartoon dub)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Triptikon'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Bàolóng Jīngāng''' (Taiwan, 暴龍金剛, "''Tyrannosaurus'' {{w|Vajra}}"), '''Tiějiǎ Lóng''' (China, 铁甲龙, "Iron-Armored Dinosaur")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Tripticão'''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Dreamwave-The War Within-Trypticon.jpg|Dreamwave ''The War Within'' concept art
File:Machinima-TR-Trypticon.jpg|Machinima ''Titans Return'' model
</gallery>

==References==
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Trypticon (G1)

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:''Trypticon is a [[Decepticon]] [[Titan (group)|Titan]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:TrypticonGenerations1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Oh no, there goes Tokyo,
Go go Godzilla, yeah''.]]

Enormous in both size and power, '''Trypticon''' is an unstoppable engine of destruction. Utterly relentless, totally without mercy, steadfastly unwilling to stop his attack until all that is left of his target is their smoldering remains, he is programmed only to feel hate. That, however, is also Trypticon's downfall—for all he can ''do'' is hate. He loathes the [[Autobot]]s to the extent that he would destroy an entire city just to get at one, but he also hates his fellow Decepticons, and that, in turn, means he is not emotionally committed to their cause, as he sees just as little value in them and what they stand for as he does in anything else. Consequently, though he has accepted what he sees as his fated role as the ultimate Decepticon weapon, the war seems pointless and boring to him. It is a prison... and deep down, as much as he refuses to acknowledge it, the most powerful hatred Trypticon feels is hate for himself, for allowing him to be trapped in it.

Trypticon is often accompanied by smaller robots, including the autonomous [[Wipe-Out]] and the drones [[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]] and [[Brunt (G1)|Brunt]]. They man and support Trypticon's massive artillery platform alternate mode, a form so dangerous and devastating that the Autobots usually have to resort to trickery to defeat him. The only Autobot who can go toe-to-toe with him is [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], and there is a great rivalry between the two cities—though their battles almost always end with Trypticon getting hurled into [[water]].

{{quote|Trypticon cannot be stopped! Nothing can stand in my way!|Trypticon|"[[The Ultimate Weapon]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor| [[Peter Cullen]] (English, [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4]] only), [[Brad Garrett]] (English), [[Yū Shimaka|Yutaka Shimaka]] (Japanese)|[[Yang Wenyuan]] (Chinese), [[Gernot Duda]] (German, "Thief in the Night", "The Ultimate Weapon"), [[Holger Schwiers]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness", "Call of the Primitives"), [[Thomas Albus]] (German, ''Generation 2''), [[Carlos Seidl]] (Portuguese), [[Orlando Drummond]] (Portuguese, "Thief in the Night"), [[André Luiz Chapéu]] (Portuguese, "The Ultimate Weapon")}}
[[File:Ff0d5 trypticon destroys ark.jpg|left|215px|thumb|Brokeback Mountain.]]
In the year 2005, the allied forces of the Decepticons and the [[Quintesson]]s sought to attack the Autobots on two fronts, besieging them on both [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and [[Earth]]. To counter the power of the Autobots' transforming Earth city, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], the Decepticons arranged for the construction of a transforming city-robot of their own: Trypticon. Surreptitiously created out of a human city by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], Trypticon sent his former human occupants running for their lives as their city shifted and changed into the giant saurian robot. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

[[File:FFOD5 Metroplex Trypticon.JPG|225px|thumb|Clash of the Badly-Animated Titans.]]
Trypticon's first mission was to attack [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]], but he met resistance in the form of a team of [[Mini Vehicle|Minibots]]. Trypticon knocked [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] out of the sky and shrugged off the other Autobots' attacks from below (stepping on [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] in the process) before battling his way through a barrage of cannon fire and leveling Autobot Headquarters. With this task complete, Trypticon turned his attention to [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] and Metroplex, and the giant Autobot could not have been at a worse disadvantage, being as he was without his [[Transformation cog|transforming cog]] and thus unable to transform to [[robot mode]]. Thankfully, the timely arrival of [[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] with the cog allowed Metroplex to transform and gain the upper hand in the battle. Trypticon was seized by the Autobot giant and hurled over the horizon, crashing into the Pacific Ocean. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

While the Autobots believed that Trypticon had been destroyed, the dinosaur Decepticon had, in fact, retreated to [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]] to recuperate. In 2006, in the midst of his recovery, Trypticon was approached by Decepticon wheeler-dealer [[Octane]], who talked him into relocating with him to the [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya]]. There, Octane made a deal with ruler [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|Abdul Fakkadi]]: In exchange for the Carbombya's high-grade oil, he and Trypticon would guard the country's coasts.

[[File:Thiefinthenight trypticon steals kremlin.jpg|left|215px|thumb|Tom Clancy's latest novel: ''Red Rex Rising''.]]
The deal soured when Fakkadi discovered how ridiculously energy-consumptive Trypticon was, and things came to a head when the dull-witted dino mistook a passing cruise ship for an invader and fired on it. Octane turned things around by arranging to have Trypticon use his prodigious size and strength to steal famous monuments for Fakkadi from around the world. Initially, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] were suspected of the thefts, but [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] linked the crime back to Trypticon, and the Decepticon was caught in the act stealing the [[Eiffel Tower]]. Trypticon was able to beat the Autobots back, and he then attempted to steal the [[Kremlin]] (in reality St.Vasily's cathedral), but was ambushed by the waiting Autobot forces and stopped from doing so. With help from Fakkadi, the Autobots tracked the Decepticons back to Carbombya, where Metroplex engaged Trypticon in battle once more and hurled him into the ocean again. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

Trypticon survived his dunking and was relocated to [[Chaar]], where he was the victim of the ghost of deceased Decepticon [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] when the spirit made a pact with [[Unicron]] to restore his body. In exchange for this boon, the dark god charged Starscream with fulfilling three tasks, beginning with the theft of Metroplex's eyes to replace Unicron's own. One of Metroplex's eyes was destroyed in the attempted theft, necessitating that Starscream and his pawn, [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]], steal one of Trypticon's instead. Next, Starscream possessed Trypticon's body itself and brought the giant Decepticon to Unicron so that his transforming cog could be transplanted into Unicron's head. The final task was to connect Unicron's head to Cybertron itself, so the planet could become his new body, but as Starscream used Trypticon's possessed body to complete the connections, [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and the [[Battlecharger]]s disabled the city-bot from within, rendering him unable to complete the task. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}

[[File:Ultimateweapon metroplex hefts trypticon.jpg|215px|thumb|Shows that you can have sexy mudwrestling ''or'' giant robots, but not sexy, mudwrestling giant robots.]]
Later, after [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] stole Metroplex's transforming cog, Galvatron dispatched Trypticon to destroy the defenseless city. Confident of victory, Trypticon decided to have some fun, eating a naval destroyer and menacing the passengers of a train. However, [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] flew into Trypticon through his mouth, firing all the while, giving the giant dinosaur [[Furmanism|the worst case of indigestion he'd ever had]]. Trypticon was forced to retreat, and he transformed back into city mode so that human repairmen recruited by the Decepticons(?!) could fix his damaged innards. As it turned out, the "repairmen" were Autobot allies [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and his son [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]], who stole Trypticon's own transforming cog, intending to use it on Metroplex. This forced the Decepticons to use Metroplex's transforming cog on Trypticon, but neither cog worked particularly well in either of the two robots, and as they battled, they wound up partially transforming, shifting and stalling at various stages between their modes. At first, Trypticon had the advantage in the battle and threw Metroplex into a lake, but eventually, [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] arrived to align the Decepticon cog properly within Metroplex, allowing the Autobot to transform fully. Metroplex regained the initiative, and yet again treated Trypticon to another dunking, hurling him even deeper into the lake, where he sank. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

[[File:Calloftheprimitives trypticon vs tornedron.jpg|left|upright=1.15|thumb|"Father... pleeease! Heelp meeee!"]]
Trypticon later participated in a battle between the Autobots and Decepticons on Earth's moon, during which he and all the other "[[Primitive]]" animal-based Transformers present were telepathically contacted by the being known as the [[Oracle (G1)|Oracle]]. Trypticon served as a transport that carried the Primitives to the dead world at the center of the universe from which the summons came, but was too large to enter the cavern in which the Oracle resided, and so he stood sentinel outside while the others ventured in. As the Oracle explained that he had summoned them to battle the energy-draining creature known as [[Tornedron]], Trypticon was the first to face off with the parasite, which took the form of a dragon and sucked his energy dry. Trypticon's lifeless husk toppled over on top of [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]], leading all the other Primitives to believe him destroyed, but the Dinobot leader had, in fact, survived, and was finally the one to defeat Tornedron and restore Trypticon and all the others drained by him. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the American animated series covered above occur in Japanese continuity, with the primary difference between the two being that the events of season three (set in 2006 in America) are pushed back to 2010 in the Japanese dub. As far as Trypticon is concerned, however, there is one much larger, contradictory fact established by the additional stories told in various Japanese media: In this continuity, Trypticon was built in the 1980s, despite the cartoon showing his creation in "Five Faces of Darkness". It would take until 2016 for this contradiction to be explained away by the ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' and ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Legends]]'' comics.}}

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
In the late 1980s, while the [[Autobot]]s were in the process of constructing Metroplex, the Decepticons were just as busy creating a counter in the form of Trypticon. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)#Part 14|story page #14}}

=====Scramble City: Mobilization=====
[[File:Trypticon scramblecity alternate design.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|UP FROM THE DEPTHS, THIRTY STORIES HIGH! BREATHING FIRE, HIS HEAD IN THE SKY!]]
Upon the Autobots' eventual completion of Metroplex, the city-bot was dispatched on his first mission to aid Superion and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] in battle against their Decepticon foes. The villains were soon defeated, but as the Autobots stood victorious on a cliff overlooking the ocean, an explosion from beneath the waves caught their attention. As they watched, the sea parted to reveal Trypticon's towering form, as Megatron ordered him into battle with Metroplex. The two giant robots stared each other down, preparing to clash for the first time... {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''Unite Warriors''/''Legends''=====
After emerging from the ocean, Trypticon attacked Metroplex at the command of [[Galvatron II]], a Decepticon who had traveled to the 1980s from the future of an alternate universe. Both Trypticon and Galvatron were destroyed by Metroplex's [[Anti-matter projector|antimatter projector]], but not before Trypticon tore out Metroplex's [[transformation cog]], which later left the giant Autobot unable to fully transform during the [[Battle of Autobot City]].<ref>These stories make a distinction between the Trypticon who appeared in ''Scramble City'' and the one that appeared in ''Transformers 2010'', explaining the differences in their character models and Japanese names, as well as finally explaining away the contradiction in the character's Japanese origins.</ref> {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue#The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter|The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter}} {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part Two}} {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}}

From the wreckage of Trypticon's remains, [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] were able to recover Full-Tilt, who served as a kind of "black box" that allowed Trypticon's life-functions to be preserved. Years later, in 2010, Full-Tilt interfaced with the human city that had been recreated by the Constructicons to become the new Trypticon, and the dinosaur Decepticon was brought to life once more. {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}}

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010'' story pages=====
[[File:2010storypage metroplex v trypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
At one point, Starscream took Trypticon into battle against Metroplex and Ultra Magnus. The two cities' strength, courage, and firepower were evenly matched, and the earth shook with the force of their combat! {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)#Part 5|Giant Base Robot Rivals}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Masato Hirano]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Trypticon rope bridge.jpg|upright=1.5|left|thumb|More like TRIP-ticon hahaha]]
Trypticon continued serving the [[Decepticon]]s into the year 2011, acting under the command of the leader of the Decepticons' Earth-based unit, [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]. However, when the Decepticons renewed hostilities against the Autobots, Trypticon's first foray into battle was not an impressive one, as he menaced Daniel Witwicky and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] amidst the mountains close to Autobot City. The two youths tricked the giant Decepticon into walking onto a rickety rope bridge, which subsequently buckled under his weight and dumped him into a ravine. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}

In battle station mode, Trypticon was later rolled into action with Sixshot at the controls. He attacked an oil refinery in order to draw out Metroplex, who was then disabled by the Decepticons' newest weapon, the electromagnetic [[Madmachine]]. Seeking to learn the secret of the Madmachine, [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]] later infiltrated Trypticon and discovered that the robot was being controlled from Chaar by [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]]. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

[[File:Trypticon vs headmasters.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|Nipple rocket! FIRE!]]
A little later, Trypticon was commandeered by [[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]] and Scourge to help them take down a mysterious blackmailer who was extorting energy from countries all around the world. Trypticon arrived in [[Tokyo]] in the midst of a battle between the blackmailer and [[Raiden]], and began attacking Raiden when the Autobot combiner opened fire on him. The Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] soon arrived to occupy Trypticon's attention, forcing Cyclonus and Scourge to bail out of the giant. Everyone wound up dogpiling on the blackmailer, but the joke was on Cyclonus and Scourge, as it turned out it was their own superior officer, Sixshot, carrying out a secret mission from Galvatron. The two Decepticons fled, leaving the badly damaged Trypticon behind. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

Trypticon was recovered and repaired in time to help Sixshot prevent the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s from aiding a team of Autobots imperiled on Mars. When Metroplex attempted to stop the six-changer's interference, Trypticon came stomping onto the scene, headbutted him, and pushed him back with a barrage of laser fire. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} Later, Galvatron rendezvoused with Sixshot at Trypticon before attempting to thwart the Autobots' attempt to lend aid to the troubled planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]]. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

When Sixshot mobilized the Decepticons for a series of major attacks across the Earth, Trypticon accompanied him for his approach on Autobot City. When Metroplex chased after Sixshot, Trypticon charged into action and began grappling with Metroplex, freeing up Sixshot to duel, and ultimately kill, Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} Not long after, Trypticon attacked Autobot City again when Spike was in the middle of explaining to the Autobots that he had deduced the Decepticons' current plan involving the [[Pacific Ring of Fire]]. Metroplex quickly engaged his perennial foe, but when Sixshot arrived, Metroplex focused his attentions on the six-changer, seeking revenge for the death of Ultra Magnus. Spike attempted to shout a warning to Metroplex as Trypticon jumped him from behind, but it came too late. Metroplex was at the saurian city's mercy until [[Suiken]] joined the fight and helped tear Trypticon away from him. Trypticon was then sent fleeing under a barrage of combined firepower from Metroplex and Suiken. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

=====''Legends'' comic (1)=====
In 2015, Trypticon went up against [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] and [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], literally walking all over the little Autobots. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 8|Bonus Edition Vol. 8}} Swerve tried to fight the giant beast using his [[Mini-Con]] partner [[Phaser (G1)|Phaser]]'s [[My First Blaster]] mode, but the helpful sound effects emitted by the blaster made it easy for Trypticon to dodge since he could tell where Swerve was aiming. {{storylink|2015's Swerve}} The battle was observed by the [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] of the [[Legends World]], who somehow projected himself into the middle of events via his dreams, and helped them to win by becoming Tailgate's new [[Mini-Con]] partner, incapacitating Trypticon using a [[ribbon bomb]]. {{storylink|Transformers 2015 Tailgate/G1 Mini-Con Chapter|Tailgate/G1 Mini-Con Chapter}} Trypticon's final defeat came after Swerve discovered that he had a weak point on the sole of his foot. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}}{{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}}

Trypticon was left wrecked by the battle, but the [[Battlecharger]]s recovered Full-Tilt once again. When Trypticon was rebuilt this time, however, it was into a smaller form, into which Full-Tilt was fully integrated, instead of simply attaching to. {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}}

=====''Zone'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Daisuke Gōri]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:TrypticonZone1.jpg|thumb|left|Master of subtlety.]]

The new smaller Trypticon was among the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] recruited by the Decepticons' newest [[Emperor of Destruction]], [[Violengiguar]]. Outfitted with new armor and weaponry, including a club and shield, Trypticon was dubbed the "Dinosaur General" of the group, and sent forth to conquer planets in pursuit of Violengiguar's goal of creating a [[Decepticon Zone]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} He and [[King Poseidon]] attempted to dominate the oceanic world of [[Wall]], where they bested [[Star Saber (G1)|Victory Saber]], but were eventually defeated by the efforts of [[Overload (G1)|Overload]], [[Erector (G1)|Erector]], [[Missile Bull]], and [[Skywave]] commanding the [[Off Road Patrol|Off Road Patrol Team]], [[Jet Patrol Team]], and [[Race Car Patrol|Race Car Patrol Team]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 3}}

Trypticon fought the Powered Masters, engaging them in battle alongside [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]]. The two heroes were not particularly impressed, and they strove to end the fight in less than eight seconds. True to their word, they beat the snot out of them; Sonic Bomber besting Trypticon with his "Meteor Drop" attack. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 6}} At some point, Trypticon and the others schooled [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] in the ways of evil, making them more than formidable foes for the Powered Masters. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 7}}

After several of the Demon Generals stole the Autobots' Energon Z from the planet [[Micro|Zone]], they handed it off to a second team consisting of Trypticon, [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], and [[King Poseidon]]. The capsule was stored within Trypticon's mouth, and he and his team proceeded to head for Earth to search for the Zodiac. Trypticon began tearing through China, smashing the Great Wall and breathing fire on the counterattacking military force. A team of Autobot Micromasters soon arrived on the planet to battle the generals at [[Mount Fuji]], and though their attacks had no effect on Trypticon, they struggled on until the [[Powered Master]]s [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]] and [[Sonic Bomber (G1)|Sonic Bomber]] arrived to take up the fight. Sonic Bomber kept Trypticon busy while Dai Atlas headed underground to search for the Zodiac, and when he re-emerged with the ancient energy source in hand, the furious Trypticon unleashed a beam of Energon Z directly at him. Dai Atlas was knocked off his feet, and Trypticon prepared to deliver another blast, but Sonic Bomber leapt in front of the beam and took the blast to save his commander. With the two Autobots now lying right in front of him, Trypticon readied another Energon Z blast, but just as he unleashed it, Dai Atlas held the Zodiac aloft. When the Energon Z and Zodiac interacted, the Zodiac's true power was unleashed, transforming Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber into powerful "Zone Mode" battle stations. Using the mighty firepower of their new modes, the Powered Masters destroyed Trypticon and the other generals in one colossal blast. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}
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=====''Legends'' comic (2)=====
Following Trypticon's destruction at the hands of the Powered Masters, the [[Race Track Patrol]] recovered Full-Tilt's [[personality component]] from the wreckage. The component was re-engineered to transform into a diminutive robot form of its own. In this diminished state, Full-Tilt was contacted by the Decepticons in the Legends World, who had designs on restoring Trypticon to life once more. {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}} They hired [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] to steal data on [[Godbomber]]'s technology for use in Trypticon's new body. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 42|Bonus Edition Vol. 42}}

[[File:LG-43-Legends-Trypticon-new-mode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|"Did you ever see that movie called ''Mortal Engines''?" "Uh, never heard of it."]]
Trypticon was built in base mode at the bottom of [[Tokyo Bay]] before he was equipped with Metroplex's stolen transformation cog and raised to the surface. {{storylink|LG43 Trypticon Mobilization Chapter: Decepticon Civil War|Decepticon Civil War}} Transforming into a monstrous new mobile base mode capable of flight, Trypticon devoured the local troops deployed against him and easily took down [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s Battleship Maximus and [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] warriors. Full-Tilt then interfaced with him and uploaded his backup data, fully restoring the dinosaur who began moving towards Metroplex's location in [[Akihabara]], gobbling up all humans, beasts and Transformers in his way and drawing power from them using Godbomber-derived [[Triplemaster]] technology. He was opposed by [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]], [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], and [[Ginrai (human)|God Ginrai]], and while he took them out with ease, they delayed him long enough for the Autobots to restore Metroplex and summon Swerve. Stunned by an attack to his weak spot, Trypticon was defeated by Metroplex and his base mode was repurposed as a nerd paradise where Akihabara's residents could stay while the wrecked city was rebuilt. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}}

When the new Akihabara was finished, Trypticon's city mode had been integrated into it. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] later used his Headmaster mode to take control of Trypticon and use him to frighten a bunch of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] into submission. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 44|Bonus Edition Vol. 44}} As one of the buildings purchased by [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]], Trypticon's city mode played host to the Targetmaster's battle with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Shaoshao Li]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 52|Bonus Edition Vol. 52}} Not even Trypticon stood a chance against [[Thrust (Armada)|Armada Thrust]] when he took control of [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]'s gigantic transtector, and he was unceremoniously picked up by the tail and defeated. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 53|Bonus Edition Vol. 53}} Metroplex would later think about how his life in the Legends World had been peaceful until Trypticon appeared. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Metroplex)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} After Metroplex left the city, Trypticon took his place as Mayor Megatron's office building, suffering an attack from the [[Concurrence]] as a result. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 63|Bonus Edition Vol. 63}}

During his invasion of the Legends World, [[Tigerburn]] used his head mode to take over Trypticon, transforming him into a [[Laser Beast]], only to cause his own defeat before he had the chance to use the dinosaur. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 64|Bonus Edition Vol. 64}} Trypticon was damaged in [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Katsu Don]]'s attempt to destroy the world, but repaired by [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] using the [[Zodiac]]'s power. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 66|Bonus Edition Vol. 66}} Megatron later deployed Trypticon to help defend the world from [[Majin Zarak]], but its size and power dwarfed even him and he was obliterated by its firepower, though Full-Tilt survived. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One}}

By [[2039]], Trypticon was rebuilt and established on Earth, becoming a peaceful sister city to Metroplex. {{storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}

=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
By [[2050]], Trypticon operated on Earth as the [[Cybertron Alliance]] harvested [[Angolmois Energy]] for the good of all. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
[[File:FSRLTF6 Trypticon vs Metroplex hologram.jpg|thumb|upright=1|This week on ''Robote''—oh, sorry, wrong anime.]]
[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] were able to sneak past the Autobots' security and spy on the construction of Metroplex, acquiring the information that [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] needed to discover whether or not Metroplex was strong enough to stand up to Trypticon. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 3|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #3}}

Trypticon was completed soon after and was unleashed by the Decepticons on an island utopia that they had conquered. The Autobots were quick to arrive, but Trypticon made short work of [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] and would have killed him if not for the sudden appearance of Metroplex. An over-eager Trypticon dove head-first at his rival, only to phase right through him and fall off a cliff and into the ocean. As it turned out, it was a hologram created by [[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] and magnified by [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 6|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #6}}

=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''=====
[[File:Trypticon and company.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|left|Trypticon's audition for the lead role in ''Jurassic Park'' was foiled when Brunt ran over the cameraman.]]
On a bright and sunny day in the year 2010, the [[Autobot]]s invited a group of [[human]] families to come take a tour of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. They were all very impressed and everything was going great... until Trypticon attacked. Preoccupied with keeping everyone inside him from dying, Metroplex was left to take all of Trypticon's attacks on the chin, including his Dual Plasma Cannons and Dino-Head Attack. With [[Scamper]] quickly taken out by [[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]], it looked as though Metroplex would be felled by a blast from the [[Brunt (G1)|Brunt tank]].

Luckily, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] deployed [[Six-Gun]] just in time. Six-Gun took out Full-Tilt and then proceeded to turn the Brunt tank around on Trypticon, blasting the Decepticon with his own drone. The blast destroyed Trypticon's head controls, forcing [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] to call a retreat. With the day won, Metroplex returned to city mode. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 3|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #3}}

=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
[[File:Trypticon great war.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Now with iPod docking ports as well.]]
After kidnapping the scientist Doctor [[Dalton]], [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] forced him to upgrade a number of his Decepticons, including Trypticon. With Dalton's upgrade, Trypticon became able to link up with [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] and [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] in base mode, enhancing their power. This new ability spelled trouble for the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] and [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], who barely managed to escape their encounter with the upgraded Trypticon and rescue Dalton. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}

In 2011, as part of his massive assault to retake [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Galvatron unleashed Trypticon on Metroplex, the battle thoroughly occupying the [[Earth]] forces of the Autobots, keeping them from coming to Cybertron's defense. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 3|The Great Transformer War #3}}

=====''Zone'' comic=====
[[File:Starsaber vs trypticon zone.jpg|left|upright=1.75|thumb]]
Trypticon was among the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] recruited by the Decepticons' newest [[Emperor of Destruction]], [[Violengiguar]]. Outfitted with new armor and weaponry, including a club and shield, Trypticon was dubbed the "Dinosaur General" of the group, and sent forth to conquer planets in pursuit of Violengiguar's goal of creating a [[Decepticon Zone]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} He and [[King Poseidon]] attempted to dominate the oceanic world of [[Wall]], where they bested [[Star Saber (G1)|Victory Saber]], but were eventually defeated by the efforts of [[Overload (G1)|Overload]], [[Erector (G1)|Erector]], [[Missile Bull]], and [[Skywave]] commanding the [[Off Road Patrol|Off Road Patrol Team]], [[Jet Patrol Team]], and [[Race Car Patrol|Race Car Patrol Team]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 3}}

Trypticon fought the Powered Masters, engaging them in battle alongside [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]]. The two heroes were not particularly impressed, and they strove to end the fight in less than eight seconds. True to their word, they beat the snot out of them; Sonic Bomber besting Trypticon with his "Meteor Drop" attack. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 6}} At some point, Trypticon and the others schooled [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] in the ways of evil, making them more than formidable foes for the Powered Masters. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 7}}

After a group of the generals stole the Autobots' [[Energon Z]] from planet [[Micro|Zone]], they handed it off to a second team consisting of Trypticon, Predaking, Devastator and King Poseidon. The capsule was stored within Trypticon's mouth, and he and his team proceeded to head for Earth to search for the second component required for the [[Zodiac]]. Trypticon tore through France before converging on Mount Fuji with the other generals, where they easily batted around the Micromasters that arrived to confront them. When the Powered Masters Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber arrived, the Micromasters kept Trypticon busy while Dai Atlas headed underground to search for the Zodiac. Dai Atlas soon emerged victorious, and everyone began grappling over the Zodiac, at which point Trypticon unleashed a beam of Energon Z from the capsule in his mouth. Timing things just right, Dai Atlas held up the Zodiac so that the Energon Z beam would hit it, unlocking its true power. Suffused with the power of the Zodiac, Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber transformed into powerful new "Zone Mode" battle stations and sent the Decepticons fleeing under a barrage of awesome firepower. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone}}

===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
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[[File:KingoftheHill-interlopers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|How many little cars does this guy carry around??]]
When [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] informed Decepticon Earth commander [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] of his decision to shut down the [[space bridge]] in order to conserve energy, Shockwave petitioned him for one last use of the bridge, that they might send the deadliest Decepticon on Cybertron to attack the Ark and take its energy resources for their own. Ratbat agreed, and dispatched Trypticon into the forests of [[Oregon]], where he was spotted by paleontology student [[Rachel Becker]] as he stomped his way toward the Ark. Preferring to face his enemies head-on rather than ambush them, Trypticon launched a [[sonic-scrambler mine]] at the Ark to draw a small investigative team of Autobots out, then promptly began bombarding them with firepower in his battle station mode. With more sonic-scrambler mines carpeting the cave entrance to the Ark in order to prevent any Autobot reinforcements coming to the aid of the team, the Autobots seemed doomed, until Trypticon's attention was drawn by his minion, [[Wipe-Out]]. [[File:MarvelUS27 DinobotsVsTrypticon.JPG|275px|thumb|left|Probably the least embarrassing explanation for a burning sensation in your gonads.]] Trypticon's flunky had captured Rachel Becker and brought her to Trypticon to be destroyed, and Trypticon transformed back into his saurian mode, intrigued at the prospect of eliminating an organic. Suddenly, Trypticon was attacked by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], who had been observing the conflict from afar and sought to protect the human. The other Dinobots soon came stampeding into battle, and Trypticon was able to hold his own against all five of them; indeed, he might have even won the battle, had the miserly Ratbat not contacted him to inform him that he had exceeded his allotted energy expenditure for the mission. The space bridge materialized next to Trypticon, and he broke off the fight, calmly obeying Ratbat's orders to return to Cybertron. The "defeat" of Trypticon promptly led to Grimlock being elected Autobot leader. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

''Much later, when the Autobot mad scientist [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] threatened Cybertron with his [[zombie]] army, only a small band of Autobots, along with the Decepticon [[Flywheels]], stood against him. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] made the questionable decision to allow Flywheels to break off from the group to seek reinforcements, but the Autobots need not have worried: the [[Duocon]] returned with Trypticon, who smashed his way into Flame's underground base and delighted in stomping zombies underfoot.'' {{storylink|Meltdown!}}
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===Toy pack-in material===
Trypticon participated in a tumultuous battle on a moon base. He and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] shot at [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] as they entered the conflict. {{storylink|Decipher the Decepticon}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:WarWithin2Devastation-Trypticon.jpg|200px|thumb|It is entirely possible he speaks with a British [[accent]].]]
Trypticon began life as an early Decepticon military project, the prototype iteration of which was put to use in the Decepticons' initial wave of attacks after the death of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] around eight million years ago. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}}

Trypticon himself was created when the prototype was upgraded during the period of time known as the "Dark Ages", between seven-and-a-half and six-and-a-half million years ago. Investigating reports that merely described a "mobile command base", [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] led a team of Autobots to the [[Praetorus Wharf]] in search of this mysterious new Decepticon weapon, and they wound up driving ''onto'' the camouflaged structure before they even knew it. Just as they realized their mistake, the base transformed into a towering saurian robot mode and introduced itself as Trypticon, delighted at the prospect of a full-fledged trial run of its destructive capabilities. {{storylink|Devastation (issue)|Devastation}} Prowl's Autobots threw everything they had at Trypticon, but even with the aid of some reinforcements led by [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], they proved unable even to slow down the titan. They would surely have been destroyed had Trypticon not been called away to the [[Neutral Territories]] to aid his leader, Shockwave, who had been attacked by the minions of the mysterious [[The Fallen|Fallen]]. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}} Trypticon later joined an allied team of Decepticons and Autobots in battling the Fallen's minions in [[Protihex]], where he put his impressive firepower to use trying to blast open the door to the [[Well of All Sparks]]. {{storylink|Conflagration}}

Despite his effectiveness as a killing machine and his delight in the use of his powers in his formative years, Trypticon came to doubt the Decepticon cause and hate his role in it. He thinks that his abilities will eventually merit his taking leadership of the Decepticons, though he accepts this with the same resignation as the rest of his futile existence. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:ArtofWar5 trypticon.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5]]
As part of [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s forces, Trypticon defended the newly unified Decepticon army's base against a combined Autobot/[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] strike force. A massive barrage from [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and G.I. Joe's artillery almost felled the giant Decepticon.

Later, a vision of the future witnessed by a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-empowered [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] showed Trypticon fighting alongside [[Iron Klaw]] against [[Sgt. Savage]] and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

====''TransTech''====
Trypticon was part of the [[S.K.A.R.]]-Decepticon alliance against the Autobots and [[Screaming Eagles]]. A clash between him and Fortress Maximus nearly destroyed Earth's magnetosphere, but ultimately, the Autobots and Joes won the day. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2016/05/01}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{First|[[Stormbringer issue 1|''Transformers: Stormbringer'' #1]]}}

[[File:Salvation TheLegendOfTrypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]

An ancient, bestial [[Titan (group)|Titan]], Cybertronian legend held that Trypticon had been created by [[Mortilus]], god of death, using the [[Void Scepter]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation}} Whatever the truth of his origins was, Trypticon was ancient, having lived on Cybertron since the days of the [[God War]] between the members of the [[Guiding Hand]], {{storylink|Primacy issue 1|Primacy #1}} until the day he was defeated by fellow Titan [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and sealed away deep underground beneath the [[Toraxxis Plains]]. {{storylink|The Illusion of Control}} There he remained dormant until an explosion opened up the caverns and he was rediscovered by a team of [[Autobot]] scientists sent to investigate. Old carvings nearby depicted Trypticon doing battle with normal Transformers, {{storylink|Underworld (IDW)|Underworld}} causing [[Jetfire (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jetfire]] to theorize that the mythical [[Knights of Cybertron]] had been responsible for the sealing. {{storylink|Prey (issue)|Prey}} When [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] learned of the monster's existence, he had the caverns bombed, destroying the seal and awakening Trypticon in the hopes that he would bring Cybertron's civilization to its knees. {{storylink|Unleashed}}

[[File:Monstrosity11 prime vs trypticon.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|Smile! You were filmed with a hidden camera!]]
Trypticon went on a mindless rampage across the planet, destroying everything in his path and prompting the Autobots to gather their strongest weapons in an attempt to defeat him. As he entered [[Harmonex]], the Autobots lured him close to the city's giant central structure and collapsed it on top of him. {{storylink|The Illusion of Control}} Unharmed, Trypticon emerged from the rubble and unleashed countless "[[cyber-morphic predator]]s", dragon-like minions created within his internal foundries, to attack the Autobots. Knowing that the monster hailed from ancient times, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] tried to use the power of the equally ancient [[Matrix of Leadership]] to defeat him, only for Trypticon to ignore the artifact and stomp on him. {{storylink|Annihilation}} After devouring [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Grimlock]] and [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]], Trypticon detected the presence of his old nemesis Metroplex in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and began heading in his direction. However, Grimlock and Megatron were still alive within him and located and destroyed his core, powered by a type of [[energon]] that caused increased strength and aggression, causing the monster to go offline. Megatron later returned to the fallen giant and placed the [[spark]] of the [[Quintesson]] [[Pentius]] within his extinguished core, reawakening Trypticon under his command. {{storylink|Belly of the Beast (issue)|Belly of the Beast}}

[[File:Primacy3 MetroplexVSTrypticon.jpg|thumb|'''''A Tale Of Two Cities''''' {{-}} ''(Beating The Scrap Out Of Each Other)'']]
The method of Trypticon's resurrection caused him to inherit the intelligence and memories of Pentius, making him more than a mindless beast, and also forged a connection between his spark and Megatron's. Megatron was suspicious of Pentius's influence on the giant's mind, so Trypticon let him look into his mind and read his very memories, memories that were a jumbled mix of his own and Pentius's. Convinced that enough of Trypticon's mind and desire for destruction remained, Megatron accepted him into the Decepticons and had him use his space-faring [[alternate mode]] to take the Decepticons off Cybertron. {{storylink|Primacy issue 1|Primacy #1}} After a journey across space to gather their forces, the Decepticons returned to Cybertron and had Trypticon dropped from orbit onto Iacon (and, thus, his rival, Metroplex). {{storylink|Primacy issue 2|Primacy #2}}

The two giants fought in a mighty battle in which Trypticon used his beastly claws and tail to his advantage, but in the end he was grappled onto the ground where Metroplex curb-stomped his head, breaking his jaws off. As he lay defeated, however, Trypticon revealed he was merely a distraction that allowed the other Decepticons to impale Metroplex with their other starship. {{storylink|Primacy issue 3|Primacy #3}} Megatron later realized the will of Pentius and his desire to destroy Cybertron did indeed live on within Trypticon, prompting him to try to extract the Quintesson's spark from the fallen beast. Before he could do so he was confronted by Optimus Prime, who used the Matrix to purge the remains of Pentius's spark from the Decepticon leader's systems, and likely Trypticon's as well. {{storylink|Primacy issue 4|Primacy #4}}

[[File:Trypticon Old Ways.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.0]]
Trypticon was later integrated into the Decepticon army proper by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation}} Early in the war, he was part of a battle during which he waited in disguise for the Autobots to advance right into his arms. However, Optimus Prime suspected a trap, and ordered his troops to retreat instead. {{storylink|Old Ways}}

Hundreds of years ago, Trypticon fought [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] alongside Megatron, Optimus Prime, and [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} He survived the battle and was part of a major Decepticon counter-offensive on what was left of Cybertron shortly thereafter, led by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

[[File:Salvation TrypticonStarshipMode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
Like most Transformers, Trypticon abandoned the devastated Cybertron and returned when the war was winding down, only be frozen in the ice of [[Praetorus Wharf]] when [[Vector Sigma]] "reset" the planet. {{storylink|The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation}} His inert form was discovered by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], who used the corrupted energon within him in twisted experiments involving newborn sparks. A group of Transformers transporting a shipment of sparks drove across Trypticon's body on their way to [[Alyon]], but failed to recognize the black metallic surface. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}}

Intending to use Trypticon's internal [[space bridge]] to conquer the galaxy, Bludgeon used the sparks to reactivate the Titan and took control of his mind using a replica of the mythical Void Scepter. He had Trypticon attack Iacon before transforming him into his starship mode for the conquest, but his plans were cut short when the Void Scepter was destroyed. Free from his control, a vengeful Trypticon blasted Bludgeon into scrap before returning to the depths of Cybertron where he was said to be created. Reflecting on how everyone had always treated him nothing but a force of destruction, he took Bludgeon's stolen sparks into himself and let them form [[protoform]]s from his body's [[Living metal|metal]], intending to become a force of creation instead. {{storylink|The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation}}

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Following the [[Iron Ring]]'s invasion of Cybertron, the group was approached by [[Centurion (IDW)|Centurion]] who discovered the growing [[protoform]]s and sent a message to [[G.B. Blackrock|Blackrock]] about them. When Blackrock arrived, [[Slag (G1)|Slug]] attacked his fellow [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]. [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] fled the battle to check on the protoforms only to be tailed by [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] who was subsequently tackled by [[Sideswipe (G2)|one of the protoforms]]. Arcee aiming her sword at the protoform was enough to rouse Trypticon into action, who broke through the ground and demanded a stop to the fighting. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] then proposed that Trypticon then become [[Earth]]'s embassy so that the protoforms could be placed under Optimus' protection rather as opposed to becoming tools of Starscream. {{storylink|The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)|The Dead Come Home, Part 2}}

After the embassy had been established within Trypticon, he mainly hung around the outskirts of Iacon in robot mode. When visiting [[Marissa Faireborn]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] complimented her on her new lodgings. {{storylink|Starscream: The Movie (comic)|Starscream: The Movie}}

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Eventually, "[[Onyx Prime]]" returned to Cybertron, but when the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] was unmasked as none another than a time-travelling [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]], Iacon quickly collapsed into anarchy, culminating in [[Nemesis (BW)|Nemesis]] fatally wounding [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]]. Trypticon was unwilling to risk his protoforms by entering the battle against his taciturn sibling, and, over the protests of his crew, he promptly generated a spacebridge to Earth to protect the protoforms exactly as Shockwave had predicted. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|The Hallowing}} Trypticon materialized on [[Mount Rushmore]], causing widespread panic as the United States government tried to establish a perimeter around his person; unaware of this minor crisis, he had a philosophical discussion with [[Slag (G1)|Slug]]. When [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] surrendered himself over to human custody, the authorities directed Trypticon to allow [[Rom]] to make usage of his space bridge. {{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}} Trypticon opted not to take part in the discussion regarding Jazz's release and remained on the sidelines when the Dinobots clashed with the [[Colonist Soldiers]]. {{storylink|Time Will Rust}}

[[File:Trypticon blasted.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6|Trypticon vs. Green Laser Beam proved a bit one-sided.]]
Shortly afterwards, the threat of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] made itself clear as the planet-eater arrived over Earth, and in order to defend the next generation of Cybertronians Trypticon realized that he would have to take up arms. He unloaded his cargo of sparks and protoforms so that they would be kept safe on Earth {{storylink|Ceremony}} and spent the time before the attack on Unicron hanging out with his new pal Slug. {{storylink|A Sunrise Dark}} Trypticon then joined Metroplex in Earth's orbit to bring the fight to Unicron, directed by [[Centurion (IDW)|Centurion]]. {{storylink|Assembly (Unicron)|Assembly}}

This battle was intended as a distraction, to keep the planet-eater occupied long enough for Optimus, [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]], [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]], and [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]] to slip past Unicron's defenses with the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]]. Trypticon made fun of Metroplex's expression of awe at Unicron's size, but quickly apologized for allowing his old prejudices to come to the surface. Despite bringing his full might to bear, Trypticon was the first to fall, rent in half by Unicron's eye laser. {{storylink|Ceremony}}
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===''Alternity''===
Trypticon was one of several powerful opponents chosen by a higher-dimensional [[Megatron (G1)#Alternity|Megatron]] in a "[[#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|game full of death and suffering]]", to go against [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|Optimus Prime]]'s [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|avatar]]. {{storylink|To Die Game!}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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Once wild, Trypticon was tamed by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and fashioned into the mobile capital of the [[Decepticon Empire]] on Cybertron, his cavernous mouth serving as Megatron's throne room. [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] targeted him during their [[G.I.Rocket]] bombing run on the planet, but the bombs were stopped by a force field and Trypticon counterattacked by unleashing Decepticon troops from his mouth to take down their [[Defiant (G.I. Joe)|ship]]. {{storylink|Targetmasters (issue)|Targetmasters}} [[Destro]] later used the [[M.A.S.S. Device]] to travel from Earth to Trypticon for an audience with Megatron. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}} Furious that the Autobots had formed an alliance with G.I. Joe, Megatron had Trypticon attack their home at [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], but before he could finish off the mode-locked city-bot he was interrupted by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. Trypticon bit the meddler's head off, only for said head to transform into [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] and hold his jaws open as Autobots and Joes made their way into the throne room. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}} Trypticon later watched as a victorious Megatron defeated Optimus Prime and had Cybertron dig its "horns" into Earth. {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}}

With Earth destroyed, Megatron and his Cobra allies celebrated with a feast inside Trypticon. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}} As Megatron turned his attention toward the [[sun]], transforming Cybertron into [[Primus]] so the planet could absorb the star's energy, he had Trypticon wander out on one of its horns. {{storylink|Escape from Primus}} Setting out to stop this, the joint forces of the Autobots and G.I. Joe attacked Trypticon, negating his force field using a sonic signal programmed with information gathered by [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Tunnel Rat]] and [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] during their time in the Decepticon base. Trypticon's insides were then punctured by Metroplex's fist, allowing the "Jotobots" entry into him, and he was ultimately taken down by a blast from [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]'s [[Peacemaker]]. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}
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===''Knights of Unicron''===
The Trypticon Dinobase, located on Planet Chaar, was the eighth venue for the [[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]] on their 2014 "Till All Are One" tour. {{storylink|Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
Trypticon is an ancient [[Titan (group)|Titan]] who travels between worlds crewed by [[Wipe-Out|Necro]] and hungrily gobbles living [[Titan Master]]s the way others would Energon cubes. {{storylink|Trypticon (G1)#TitansReturn|''Titans Return'' Trypticon online bio}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
During the Great War, Trypticon was infamous as a [[Titan (group)|cityformer]], ravager of worlds. When the [[Human Confederacy]] became fed up of Cybertronians, Trypticon was among the Decepticon forces who took part in the doomed [[Great Push]] of [[2033]]. During this, he was critically injured, and Full-Tilt volunteered to become a form of [[Powermaster]], replacing Trypticon's busted transformation cog. With the war over, Trypticon was repurposed as a spaceship, called the ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]'', and came to be crewed largely by Predacons (and the odd Maximal), who remained unaware of their ship's true origin, merely thinking it was just a ship. Trypticon became increasingly bitter over his lack of mobility, and came to hate the Proto-races.

By the 24th century C.E., the ''Dinosaur'' was the only Cybertronian warship allowed near the border of the [[Allowed Zone]]. During this patrol they went somewhere near Arkus, and the ship's paranoid security chief [[Killer Punch]] became convinced there was a stowaway on board, and had the ship torn apart looking for it. Nobody knew that [[Dead End (BW)|Dead-End]] had smuggled [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]], a [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] aboard. {{storylink|Intersectionality}}

On Cybertron, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] mused that if he wanted to conquer Cybertron or invade other planets, few could have stood in his way other than Trypticon or the [[Titan (group)|Titans]], wanly noting that Trypticon never liked fair fights anyway. {{storylink|Head Games}}

Around the time the [[Grand Uprising]] began, the ''Dinosaur'' received a signal from [[Metascan Omega|LGC-8802]], a planet of interest to the Builders. It also received a signal from Cybertron, Lio Convoy's call-to-arms, which prompted the ship's political officer, Synapse, to murder Hydra to cover it up. Trypticon agreed with Synapse's decision, taking his side over Full-Tilt's objections.

Shortly after arriving at LGC-8802, the ship came under attack from an Intruder craft, which they fought off. Killer Punch became suspicious of Hydra's absence and went looking for him, but Trypticon shifted his insides about to prevent the Predacon finding his comrade's body. With some help from Magmatron, Killer Punch managed to get to the lab, only to find Synapse waiting for him. After explaining what had happened, Synapse had Trypticon murder the Predacon. Only Killer Punch had anticipated this, and broadcast the fact to Magmatron, who made his way to the bridge to recruit everyone else left. Trypticon responded by trying to kill everyone with the auto-guns. When that didn't work, Trypticon changed tack, trying to roast them with burn-off from the engine.

Elsewhere, the ship had been infiltrated by [[Medusa]], who vaporized Trypticon's main turbine, sending him into freefall. Magmatron tried using this fact to stop his trying to kill them, but Trypticon continued regardless. Magmatron's quick thinking convinced Trypticon he'd crushed him and Guiledart good, unaware they'd managed to slip through to Full-Tilt's quarters. Soon after, Magmatron told Dead-End to find Trypticon's brain and shut it down. As she got close to Trypticon's processor, he unleashed Brunt on her. As this happened, Magmatron tried fixing the engines, but was distracted by Synapse's arrival. By the time the political officer had been dealt with, Trypticon was too far gone, rendered unable to fly again as it entered the atmosphere.

Meanwhile, Dead-End used Trypticon's notorious temper to distract him, as she set her pet Sharkticon on Brunt, gaining access to his computer core, and began methodically removing the chips controlling Trypticon's mind and personality. As she did, Trypticon pleaded with her to stop, as he felt his mind going. She didn't, and Trypticon died.

His body remained a problem, but Guiledart was able to revive Full-Tilt, who did what he could to slow the fall. With some assistance from the Logicon hive-mind on the planet below, Trypticon's body was slowed enough to hit the ground without destroying it, before it transformed into Trypticon's dinosaur form to control its crash-landing. Once it stopped, Trypticon's corpse turned into a badly battered city, never to fly again.

In the cycles that followed, what was left of Trypticon was salvaged, and eventually turned into a city. {{storylink|Intersectionality}} Dinosaur City was a thriving colony a decade later when the [[Vok]] arrived to judge them. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons===
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Todaro]] (English)}}
[[File:Machinima-Titans-Return-OHR-Trypticon.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"RUN! IT'S [[Godzilla|GODZILLA]]!" "It looks like Godzilla, but due to international copyright laws, it's not." "STILL! WE SHOULD RUN LIKE IT IS GODZILLA!" "(Though it isn't.)"]]

Trypticon was an old Decepticon battle station, used during the Great War. He was eventually destroyed, and his remains were buried over time. {{storylink|Our Heroes Respond}} Starscream, left as an aimlessly-floating spark after his destruction, passed over the destroyed Decepticon Titan and was unwillingly pulled into his body. As Trypticon was revived, a light was emitted, catching the attention of [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and Metroplex. {{storylink|Aftermath and Rebirth}}

The awakened Trypticon (now being influenced by Starscream's spark) entered the city and began rampaging. The [[Mistress of Flame]] ordered the [[Elite Air Resistance Squadron]] to engage the Titan, but they were quickly wiped out and Windblade and Metroplex moved to take on Trypticon next. {{storylink|Our Heroes Respond}} Metroplex and Trypticon clashed, causing massive collateral damage to the city. {{storylink|The Fight Begins}} A missile fired from [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] that contained [[Emissary (TR)|Emissary]] struck Metroplex in the back, distracting him enough for Trypticon to bite down on his arm. Emissary entered Metroplex's interior and explained that he was a [[Titan Master]] and could help in the battle. Emissary's power-up granted Metroplex the ability to fire eyebeams, which freed him from Trypticon's jaws, although the Decepticon Titan ripped his arm off in the process. {{storylink|Overlord and Emissary}}

Trypticon got the upper hand and pinned Metroplex under his foot. After taking a second to smack Windblade away, Trypticon crashed down hard on Metroplex's downed form, killing him. After Emissary escaped from Metroplex's body, Trypticon bent down and swallowed him, forcibly bonding the Titan Master to his own systems. Now granted flame breath by Emissary, Trypticon continued to attack Windblade and the newly arrived [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] before being struck with a missile barrage from Fortress Maximus. Hot Rod managed to infiltrate Trypticon and rescue Emissary, but was smashed to the ground by the Titan's tail. {{storylink|At the Last Second}}

[[File:TR-Ep10-All-Things-Must-Pass-Trypticon-dies.jpg|thumb|300px|He died from [[Furmanism|the worst case of indigestion he's ever had]].]]
Once again unimpeded, Trypticon began to march further into the city, towards the [[Primal Basilica]]. The Basilica's defenses were activated by Optimus Prime and fired an electrical blast that temporarily stymied Trypticon. {{storylink|Desperate Actions}} [[Victorion]], enhanced and enlarged by the [[Enigma of Combination]] arrived to confront Trypticon but was quickly knocked down by the Decepticon Titan and stomped on. {{storylink|Run for Our Lives}} Victorion managed to prevent Trypticon from using his flame breath on her, but Trypticon overwhelmed her again and picked up her sword in his jaws to finish her off with her own weapon. Optimus Prime attacked Trypticon on his own, saving Victorion, who split up into her component [[combiner]]s. Victorion, [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], and [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] followed Optimus Prime's lead in attacking Trypticon again. They made some headway, only for Trypticon to transform to his battle station mode and begin bombarding them with all his firepower. {{storylink|In Good Hands}}

Fortress Maximus arrived on the scene to take Trypticon on, and after the Decepticon transformed back to his robot mode the two Titans engaged in a beam struggle. Fortress Maximus won, bowling Trypticon over, but when Victorion attempted to finish their opponent off, Trypticon swallowed her. Absorbing the Enigma of Combination within her, Trypticon powered-up even further and overwhelmed Fortress Maximus in their next exchange. He then used the Enigma's power to seize control of the other three combiners, forcing them to attack Maximus and Optimus Prime. Fortress Maximus attacked again, but Trypticon was distracted by [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], who arrived carrying the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. Drawn to the artifact, Trypticon swallowed Perceptor and the Matrix, beginning to enlarge with the influx of its power. {{storylink|Consumed}} However this had an adverse reaction, as Trypticon quickly shrank back to normal size and spit Victorion, Perceptor, the Enigma and the Matrix back out. Starscream's ghost was also exorcised from Trypticon's frame, and the Titan slumped and fell deactivated once more, with Fortress Maximus lamenting the loss of another of his Titan brothers. {{storylink|All Things Must Pass}}

===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
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As [[World War III]] consumed [[Earth]], the Autobots chose to flee the planet aboard the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], unaware that the Decepticons had chosen to pursue them aboard Trypticon, a Decepticon Titan of their own. After years of following the Autobots through deep space, the Decepticons finally caught up with their foes just after the Autobots detected an energon deposit on the nearby world of [[Cygnus Seven]]. An orbital battle commenced, and only ended when the Decepticons abandoned Trypticon to board the Autobot Titan... just before Maximus wound up crashing onto the surface, sending him and all of his occupants into [[stasis lock]]. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} Trypticon, evidently abandoned, went dormant for several centuries and wound up on a nearby moon in his city mode.

In the mid-23rd century, [[Kuri]]'s group of [[Klingon]] warriors from the nearby [[Klingon Empire]] would discover Trypticon's form after their [[Warbird (Star Trek)|Warbird]] had been shot down by the [[Federation]], who had recently colonized Cygnus Seven. Their investigation of the mysterious city, which they mistakenly believed to be a Federation base, prompted Trypticon to send out a Decepticon signal, which caught the attention of the recently awakened [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and alerted Megatron and the other Decepticons to rendezvous at Trypticon's current position. On discovering the organics, Megatron decided to make an alliance with the aliens to take down their mutual enemies. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part One}}

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The Klingons allowed Trypticon to [[scanning|scan]] their damaged ship; thanks to this, the Titan gained the craft's ability to cloak, allowing the Klingons to ambush the [[USS Enterprise|USS ''Enterprise'']] as it tracked the Decepticon signal to the moon. In his new shape, Trypticon promptly decloaked and crippled the human starship before he led the charge to the [[dilithium]] mining colony on Cygnus Seven itself. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}}

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Trypticon kept to the skies in the ensuing confrontation, raining down fire on the [[Federation]] facilities, until Fortress Maximus—himself reformatted into a copy of the ''Enterprise''—entered the fray, prompting Trypticon to assume his robot mode and unleash his [[fire-breath]] on the heroes. Undaunted, the Autobot Titan transformed into his own robot mode, now "Fortress Tiberius" thanks to his mental merge with [[James T. Kirk|Captain Kirk]] and invited his ancient foe to take him on. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Three}}

As the Autobots, Decepticons, Federation, and Klingons fought around them, the two Titans slugged it out, and though Trypticon was able to get an early advantage over his opponent, he was unprepared when the Autobot, desiring revenge from their last confrontation, reconfigured his warp engines into a pair of shoulder-mounted cannons to blast him from afar. Though Trypticon quickly recovered, using his fiery breath to melt through Tiberius's armor, he was finally laid low when Kirk disentangled himself from his shared mental connection from Tiberius and knocked Trypticon out with a single punch.

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When Megatron realized that he had been double-crossed by Starscream, who had absconded with a load of dilithium and fled to [[Kronos]] to conquer the Klingon homeworld for himself, the Decepticon leader sounded the retreat, with Trypticon resuming his starship mode to beam his allies aboard so as to pursue Starscream. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Four}}

Megatron's Decepticons caught up with the treacherous Air Commander shortly after the latter had invaded the Klingon capitol building and attempted to install himself as emperor; Megatron, however, was more concerned with taking the planet for himself, and ordered the Decepticons to raze the planet and rebuild it into the capital of a new [[Decepticon Empire]]. Before they could do so, however, Optimus Prime and his allies appeared, having augmented their forces with [[Crewbot|transforming battlesuits]] for the crew of the ''Enterprise''. Trypticon battled Kirk once more, and was able to defeat him after Soundwave deployed a paralyzing signal... but the Decepticons were unprepared for the Klingons, who were immune to the frequency and able to counterattack with a flotilla of warbirds. After ratifying a makeshift truce with the Federation, Trypticon and the other Decepticons were imprisoned on Kronos. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Five}}
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material===
Located at the [[Praetorus Wharf]], an advanced, mobile, weaponized Decepticon base had been discovered by the Autobots. [[Teletraan I|Teletraan-1]]'s scanners indicated that this base was actually the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] Trypticon. Stationed there was also the Decepticon [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System|Weaponizer]], [[Brunt (G1)|Brunt]]. {{storylink|Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files|''Siege'' Teletraan-1 Data Files}}

==Commercial appearances==
When Trypticon came under attack by the Protectobots, the Decepticon city transformed into its battle station mode to fight back. The Protectobots responded by combining into Defensor, prompting Trypticon to transform once more, this time into its dinosaur mode. Trypticon then forced Defensor to fly off with a torrent of fiery breath. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Defensor and Trypticon|Defensor and Trypticon commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
*''Stages'': 10
*''Point value'': 100000
*''Hit points'': 10
[[File:MysteryofConvoy Trypticon.png|thumb|"Oh... it's MechaGodzilla. Of course! I should have known."]]
On a search for the truth behind the death of Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus endured a game of death and suffering that culminated in a final battle with Trypticon at the end of the [[Time Tunnel]], within a dark room with three hovering platforms. Trypticon hurled massive fireballs at the City Commander, but Magnus's unrelenting barrage of attacks on the Decepticon's weak spot -the clear glowing dome in the middle of his forehead- ultimately caused Trypticon to fall. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

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===''Transformers: The Headmasters''===
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When the Decepticons captured some of the Autobots' greatest warriors, Sixshot and Trypticon attacked the planet Earth. Trypticon was the first foe faced by Chromedome on his quest to rescue his allies, striking at the Autobot from an elevated platform. Although this set-up left Chromedome at a disadvantage, since he was waging the battle in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], he persevered and defeated Trypticon. {{storylink|Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|Transformers: The Headmasters}}
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===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
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{{voiceactor|[[Jeff Manning]] (English)}}

====Autobot story====
Right when the [[Autobot]]s had found the drill they were looking for in the [[Karzite mine]], Trypticon gave out a loud roar. [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] recognized it, but he was in disbelief about what it meant. Sure enough, Trypticon fell from the sky, stating that the Autobots were too late. The Decepticon announced that he was going to crush all of the Autobots now that they had nowhere to run. Surprisingly, the Autobots managed to take down Trypticon, who cried out and announced his being hurt afterward. Threatening the Autobots that he would not forget his defeat and warning them that he would crush them some day, Trypticon fled back to the Decepticon base. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)#Autobot Story|The Transformers}}

====Decepticon story====
After [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] was defeated for the second time, Trypticon arrived and offered to help, but quickly realized that he was of extremely limited usefulness in the search for the [[Zel Quartz]]. His massive size made him a liability in a search, so he sent [[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]] in his stead. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)#Decepticon Story|The Transformers}}
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===''Transformers Battle Circuit''===
Trypticon, one of the "greatest Transformers of all time", was part of a Decepticon team that participated in a tournament on Cybertron. He faced off against a team of Autobots in a series of one-on-one matches. If he managed to defeat Bumblebee, Rodimus, Grimlock, Jetfire, and Optimus Prime, Trypticon was declared to be the tournament's champion! {{storylink|Transformers Battle Circuit}}

===''Transformers G1: Awakening''===
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Trypticon was among the Decepticons who pursued and boarded the Autobot [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. When the ship crashed on [[Earth]], all inside were sent into stasis, but the Decepticons woke up four million years later and resumed their conquering ways. Trypticon was put to work guarding the [[space bridge]] they were building, and was ordered to destroy [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] when the traitor scouted the area. He completely failed to keep the Autobots from the bridge, and after Optimus Prime's team was captured on Cybertron, Trypticon was placed on guard duty. He was unable to prevent the Autobots from escaping, however. He later took part in Megatron's ill-fated assault on the Ark, and completely failed to stop the Autobots when they attacked the Decepticon fortress on Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
[[file:TFLegends-Trypticon.jpg|thumb|"B..but Trypticon will destroy the world!" "There is ''no'' world to destroy now."]]
Growing desperate, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] summoned Trypticon to the field of battle. The titan's firepower allowed Galvatron's forces to push further into Autobot territory, despite their opponents bringing out [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|The Colossus War}} After making a number of coastal attacks, Trypticon leveled [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]] and set his sights on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. Unfortunately for him, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] supplied Metroplex with a new [[transformation cog]], and the giant Autobot sent Trypticon crashing to the bottom of the sea. {{storylink|Monstrosity}}

[[Unicron]] had his eyes on Trypticon as a potential new body for himself, however his agents were intercepted before they could reach the giant Decepticon. {{storylink|Unicron Returns}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|Hal#As Trypticon}}
Trypticon appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events. He is portrayed by Hal. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers Operation Omega''===
In every battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, Decepticon forces were deployed from Trypticon's city mode to march towards the Autobots, who were in turn deployed from Metroplex on the opposite side of the battlefield. Whenever Trypticon sustained too much damage, the Decepticons lost the battle. {{storylink|Transformers Operation Omega}}

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}
[[File:Trypticon g1 toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Don't mention the training wheels on the tail—he embarrasses easily.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Trypticon''' (Decepticon City, [[1986]]/[[1987]]) }}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number:'' '''D-63'''
:*''Accessories:'' 2 loading ramps, 2 blaster stands, single-barreled blaster, double-barreled blaster, 2 scanners, 2 connectors, large tower, small tower, left & right tank treads, [[laser cannon]]

: Released in the third year of the original ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' toyline (second in the European and Japanese lines), Trypticon transforms from a large grey, teal and purple dinosaur into a sprawling "city" mode, and from there into a mobile battle station. Like his contemporary and counterpart [[Metroplex (G1)#Toys|Metroplex]], he is accompanied by an entourage of smaller robots—the transforming mini-car, [[Full-Tilt (G1)#Toys|Full-Tilt]], who forms Trypticon's chest plate, and the tank [[Brunt (G1)#Toys|Brunt]], who is formed from several of his city mode towers and other pieces. Also like Metroplex, Trypticon can link up with the leaders of the 1986 Decepticon [[combiner]] teams, [[Onslaught (G1)#Toys|Onslaught]] and [[Motormaster (G1)#Toys|Motormaster]], when they are in their base forms. Unlike Metroplex's combiner connections though, the two leaders don't plug directly into Trypticon, instead linking up to him through two smaller "connector" pieces. This interactivity was played up to a great extent in Japan, where he was released as part of the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1986 (Scramble City and 2010)|Scramble City]]'' sub-line.

: In an undocumented feature, these connector pieces can plug into Trypticon's back in dinosaur mode, where their acute angles make them look like more ''[[Godzilla]]''-styled back plates; when in this configuration you can also plug Trypticon's small weapon accessories into the concavities of the connector pieces, giving him more of a "complete" transformation.

: Trypticon is further distinguished from Metroplex by the inclusion of several electronic [[gimmick]]s. Two C-size batteries power the electronics of Trypticon himself, allowing him to [[Battery-powered motor|walk]] in dinosaur mode and causing his scanners and blasters to spin in city and battle station mode, respectively. Trypticon's main laser cannon (also part of Brunt) is powered by an AA battery and flashes orange.

: Like a fair number of larger ''Transformers'' toys, Trypticon was never released in the UK, although [[Space Pirates!|#185]] of the Marvel UK comic, in conjunction with Hasbro UK, offered three Trypticon toys as competition prizes in late 1988.

: This mold was later [[retool]]ed, [[redeco]]ed, and sold with fewer accessories as ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#1998 (Beast Wars II)|Beast Wars II]]'' [[Megastorm#Gigastorm|Gigastorm]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Trypticon/trypticon.htm More information on Trypticon at TFU.info]''
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====''Transform Jr''====
[[File:Trypticon jr toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Mintasaurus]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Dinosaurer''' (1986)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''D-63'''
:*''Accessories'': 4 ramps, laser cannon

: The ''[[Transform Jr]]'' version of Trypticon shrinks and simplifies the original toy, omitting the electronics, the battle station mode and... the color purple.
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===''Classics''===
[[File:Class06-toy Trypticon.jpg|300px|thumb|Trypticon not want cuddles! Trypticon want smash Metroplex!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Trypticon''' (Legends Class, [[2006]])}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (deco artist)}}

: Released in the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' "Classic Legends" toys, Trypticon is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Legends Class (2005)|Legends of Cybertron]]'' [[Scourge (Cybertron)#Legends|Scourge]], transforming into a three-headed robotic dragon. His extra shoulder-heads are painted up to evoke the original toy's over-the-shoulder towers/cannnons, and can fold back a bit in both modes.

: He [http://www.toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=242&itemid=10656 needs cuddles].

: This mold was later used to make ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Grrr]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/ClassicsTrypticon/trypticon.htm More information on Trypticon at TFU.info]''
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===''Device Label''===
[[File:Device Label Trypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Mouseasaurus.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Dinosaurer''' ([[2009]])}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: Takara's ''[[Transformers Device Label|Device Label]]'' Trypticon transforms from a working USB laser mouse into a mechanoid raptor. He shares this mold with ''Device Label'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Device Label|Grimlock]].

:According to early [[BigBadToyStore]] solicitations, the mice were originally supposed to depict Generation 1 [[Overkill (G1)#Device Label|Overkill]] and ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Dinobot (BW)/toys#Device Label|Dinobot]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Destron/DLTrypticon/trypticon.htm More information on ''Device Label'' Trypticon at TFU.info]''
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy Trypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Trypticon''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, [[2014]])}}</ul>
:*''Bag number'': '''40551 48'''
:*''Accessories'': Stand brick, double barreled gun, 2 claws

: Part of the fifth assortment of ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] [[Kreon]] [[Micro-Changer]]s, Trypticon can be rebuilt from robot mode into a dinosaur. The tampographs on his torso are based on his [[#Classics|''Classics'' Legends Class toy]] rather than his [[#Toys|original figure]].

: He shares the tyrannosaur-head helmet with [[Farside]].
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===''Platinum Edition''===
[[File:Platinum-edition-trypticon.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Trypticon''' (Platinum Edition, [[2015]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 loading ramps, 2 blaster stands, single-barreled blaster, double-barreled blaster, 2 scanners, 2 connectors, large tower, small tower, 2 tank treads, laser cannon

: ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' Trypticon is a reissue of his original toy. Both Brunt and Full-Tilt are included along with all his electronics, including the motorized walking gimmick.

: This reissue features non-reflective eye stickers and shorter guide stripe stickers on the central ramp. There are several tooling changes, such as larger power switches, battery covers that are held shut by screws, molded detail replacing the large bearings on his legs, and bizarrely, added plastic on his feet that keeps the purple "U" pieces from being flush with the rest of the foot. He features dull grey plastic as opposed to silver, and the thigh's holes that connect the grey piece is now retooled to make the piece plug in properly. Brunt's cannon is now a friction joint instead of a ratchet joint.

: This figure was officially released as an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] exclusive in the United States and Canada. However, it was also stocked by US-based online retailers [[BigBadToyStore]] and TFSource, who supposedly obtained it as an import from Asia. It was available in several of Hasbro's Asian markets (namely Singapore, Taiwan and the Philippines; usually found at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores, though it's currently unknown whether it was actually a Toys"R"Us exclusive there or not). In Australia, it was sold at Toys"R"Us stores, whereas in the United Kingdom, it was both sold at Toys"R"Us stores and officially available via the UK division of Amazon, making this the first official UK release of ''Generation 1'' Trypticon! In Germany, he was originally available via Bankroft, an online retailer that otherwise specializes in [[Nerf]] blasters and accessories, as part of a special "Fan Edition" arrangement through Hasbro Germany, with the help of several German [[fandom|fan]] sites. Due to low sales, the unsold stock was later sold to Actionfiguren24, a German online retailer that specializes in imported toys, who was able to lower its price for its existing stock of imported Insecticon sets as a result.

:Unusually for a ''Platinum Edition'' figure, Trypticon (aka "Dinosaurer") was even officially released in Japan, exclusively available as a lucky draw prize (limited to 300 pieces) via [[TakaraTomy Mall]], labeled as a ''[[USA Edition]]'', the first of those in nearly a decade.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/PlatinumTrypticon/trypticon.htm More information on ''Platinum Edition'' Trypticon at TFU.info]''
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===''Titans Return''===
{{anchor|TitansReturn}}
[[File:Titans Return Trypticon.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|WHEN DINOSAURS RULE YOUR SHELF.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Necro & Decepticon Full-Tilt & Trypticon''' (Titan Class, [[2017]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Cannon/Full-Tilt holder
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (detailing), [[Mark Maher]] (deco artist)}}

: Trypticon beat out [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] to become winner of a Facebook poll held by Hasbro in November 2015 to determine who would be the next Titan Class figure.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformers/photos/a.153259298077606.36631.146805978722938/926169094119952/?type=3&permPage=1 November 24 2016 photo]</ref><ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformers/photos/a.153259298077606.36631.146805978722938/931380200265508/?type=3 There truly is nothing that can stand in the way of Trypticon. With your votes, he smashed his way to becoming the next ''Generations Titans Return'' Titan Class toy. Mark your calendars, and look for him to hit shelves late 2017.]</ref> Standing at 20 inches tall, ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Trypticon was the tallest Decepticon figure made at that point. (It was later surpassed by the ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' release of [[Scorponok (G1)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Scorponok]].) He features several new action features, such as a spring-loaded pop-out forehead-gun and the ability to "eat" Titan Master figures, who fall down his throat into his stomach, which can be opened to retrieve them. His city mode unfolds to around three feet wide, and the "battle station" mode of his classic toy is rebranded as a spaceship (officially the [[Nemesis (G1)|''Nemesis'']] according to Hasbro's YouTube channel) that can fit a Deluxe-class action figure in its forward bay. The front of the spaceship mode features sculpted faux eyes, intended to make it look like it is formed by Trypticon's head. In lieu of electronics, Trypticon comes with his old partner [[Full-Tilt (G1)#Titans Return|Full-Tilt]], who has been significantly upgraded to become a full-sized Deluxe figure in his own right, with his own Titan Master partner, [[Wipe-Out#Titans Return|Necro]], who is actually a new version of Trypticon's comic bud, [[Wipe-Out]]. Since his head is obviously too large to interact with Titan Masters as most ''Titans Return'' figures do, he features a slot near the back of his head where you can insert a head-mode Titan Master, causing the orange canopy on his head to open and the laser cannon to slide up.

: Another feature, as documented in the instructions, shows that he can connect with any Titans Return baseformers in city mode through really short "ramps" on his robot mode hips. The officially designated figures were [[Overlord (G1)#Titans Return|Leader Class Overlord]] and his premold [[Black Shadow (G1)#Titans Return|Sky Shadow]], which means the trio are now called Nemesis Command. You can still do this with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Titans Return|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] and [[Blaster (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Autobot Blaster]], if you wish to eschew the faction differences. You can also connect him with [[Metroplex (G1)#Generations|Thrilling 30 Metroplex]], or the retool/Trypticon's opposite number [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Titans Return|Titans Return Fortress Maximus]]. Jump a few [[Power of the Primes (toyline)|toylines]] and you can connect him to [[Omega Supreme (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Transformers War for Cybertron Trilogy: Siege Chapter Omega Supreme]] and his [[redeco]] [[Guardian robot#Generations Selects|Generations Selects Guardian Robot]]. The biggest drawback is that some figures don't have long enough ramps for Trypticon's short ones.

: Early production runs of the figure had a serious [[design flaw]] in the hip ratchets: a combination of strong springs and weak plastic caused the mechanisms of the joints to basically self-destruct themselves very quickly if they were used. Cutting the springs in half or repeatedly compressing them to reduce their length appears to solve this problem on affected copies of the toy. Later production runs appear to have fixed the issue entirely. Similarly, early specimens of this figure had a chest door that would not latch closed properly and could not bear the weight of Full-Tilt; this too was fixed in later shipments. However, the tail is entirely a different matter: the rotary pawl of its ratchet joint is a separate piece that's not secured against the post it's meant to attach to. This causes the parts to compete against each other when rotated, causing a snapping noise after a certain point and preventing the tail from locking in place. Provided its pieces aren't damaged beyond repair from repeat rotations, the joint can be placed in good working order by disassembling Trypticon and gluing or taping the rotary pawl to its intended position.

: The large cannons on Trypticon's back can be extended; this is mentioned in the instructions, but not depicted in any of the stock photography. Originally, the paired towers on Trypticon's back were symmetrical in their design, mirroring each other. A later [[variant]] was released with a [[retool]]ed right tower, mimicking the asymmetrical tower designs on the original figure.

: On Monday 13th February 2017, the Monday before [[Toy Fair 2017]], a picture of the toy was released and swiftly withdrawn from the ''Transformers'' Instagram account.

: In fall 2018, huge quantities of Trypticons were found at outlet stores in the U.S. for a fraction of their original price. This may be a sign of poor initial sales, or a result of other retailers buying up what was supposed to be a year's worth of inventory from recently bankrupted U.S. branch of [[Toys"R"Us]].

: Like [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Generations|Fortress Maximus]], Trypticon doesn't come with his vehicular drone Brunt, though [[Brunt (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|a new Brunt]] was later announced a year later for the ''Siege'' toyline.
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===''Legends''===
[[File:Legends-LG43-Dinosaurer-toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|(''Additional beast mode pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Dinosaurer (Trypticon)'''<ref>The packaging says "ダイナザウラー" (Dinosaurer) in Japanese, but the accompanying English subtitle is "Trypticon".</ref> (Titan, 2017)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''LG43'''
:*''Release date'': [[August 26]], 2017
:*''Accessories'': Cannon/Full-Tilt holder
[[File:TF-Legends-Dinosaurer.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1]]

: Released in the twentieth wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' toyline, Dinosaurer is a fairly straightforward re-release of the ''Titans Return'' figure above; only replacing the standard screws with black ones. This figure also features an altered sticker sheet layout, with the stickers themselves being exactly the same as the ''Titans Return'' version. The figure comes packaged with the legs attached, unlike the Hasbro figure above and also appears to have fixed the hip issue that was featured on earlier samples of the Hasbro toy.

: As seen in the [[Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|43rd volume of the ''Legends'' Bonus Edition comic]] printed on his instructions, Dinosaurer can also convert into [[:File:LG-43-Legends-Trypticon-new-mode.jpg|an additional "Monster Mode"]] by transforming his legs backwards and converting his tail into his "alternate" head, complete with an opening and closing mouth.
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===''Generations Selects''===
[[File:Selects Trypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|The toy ''[[Synergenex]]'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Synergenex|Godzilla Megatron]] ''wishes'' it could be.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Trypticon''' (Titan, [[2025]])}} </ul>
:*''TakaraTomy name:'' '''Decepticon Trypticon''' (ディセプティコントリプティコン)
:*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''AOTP-13'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[2025]] [[September 27]]
:*''Accessories'': Cannon/Full-Tilt holder
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Amy Bence]] (packaging)}}<ref>[[January 14]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc5mkAAGzyE MASSIVE Transformers Tuesday! In-Hand Product Showcase and Pre-orders | Hasbro Pulse] with [[Nate Purswell]], [[Mark Maher]], and [[Evan Brooks]].</ref>

: A ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' add-on to ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'', Trypticon is a redeco of his ''Titans Return'' figure, sporting a darker color scheme based on his cartoon appearance. Additionally, parts of his chest that previously used clear plastic are now opaque. He still comes with [[Full-Tilt (G1)#Generations Selects|Full-Tilt]] and [[Wipe-Out#Generations Selects|Necro]], both of whom are redecoed to match Trypticon's new color scheme. In keeping with contemporary ''Generations'' releases, the original figure's [[sticker]]s have been omitted.

: Once again, his battle station mode is rebranded as transforming into a "''Nemesis''-class spaceship". The [[stock photography]] shown by some several online retailers omits the double cannon at the tip of the spaceship and the docking platform for Full-Tilt in some shots, but the actual toy has it.

: Trypticon also notably marks a major shift in the packaging design for ''Generations Selects'', abandoning the line's previous "cardboard box" aesthetic in favor of a new look that unifies ''Generations Selects'' with the main ''Age of the Primes'' line and the similarly-redesigned ''[[Studio Series]]''.

: ''Generations Selects'' Trypticon was revealed through the official ''Transformers'' Instagram page on [[December 28]], [[2024]], with preorders going live on [[January 14]] of the following year.
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==Merchandise==
===''Transformers Gum''===
[[File:Tfgum trypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Dinosaurer''' (1986)
**''Accessories:'' Large tower, small tower, 2 tank treads, laser cannon, Full-Tilt

:A snap-together model kit of Trypticon was available as part of the fifth wave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' [[candy toy]] series. A much-shrunken version of the original Trypticon toy, the kit transforms into something of a cross between city and battle station modes, and still comes with all the pieces to make Brunt, as well as a non-transforming car mode Full-Tilt. Molded from black, red, and grey plastic, Trypticon has stickers for detail rather than paint operations, and came with a stick of gum.
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===''Transformers Milk Caramel''===
[[File:Trypticon keshigomu.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Dinosaurer''' (1986)
:A small soft-rubber ''keshigomu'' figurine of Trypticon, similar to the larger [[Decoy]]s, was released as part of Kabaya's line of ''[[Transformers Milk Caramel]]'' candy toys. Like all the figures from the 1986 range, he came [[blindpacking|blindpacked]], and was available in a variety of pearlescent [[glow-in-the-dark]] colors including red, yellow, blue, and green. As the name of the series suggests, he came with a piece of caramel candy.

===''Forms Robo''===
*'''Dinosaurer''' (1987)
:Trypticon was also among the ten characters who were rendered as part of the ''[[Forms Robo]]'' line of over-sized ''keshigomu'' figures. He came individually packaged in a plastic baggie, and was available in red, yellow, green, or blue. Of the various ''Forms Robo'' figures, Trypticon is easily one of the hardest to find, rarely appearing on the secondary market.
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===MyClone===
[[File:MyClone-toy Trypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|All together now: ''Awwwwwwww!'']]
*'''Dinosaurer''' (MyClone, 2003)
**''ID number:'' '''MTF018'''
**''Accessories:'' Display stand
{{toydesigner|[[Kazutami Abiko]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:The Trypticon [[MyClone]] is the adorable-est little killer dinosaur you ever did see. He was released in the third wave of the ''MyClone'' line of Transformers PVC figures, and comes with a hexagonal teal display stand, which can link up with the identical stands included with other MyClone figures. His modular design allows his parts to be mixed and matched with those of any other MyClone figure; however, the only standard ''MyClone'' part he uses is the upper torso piece, and that's been turned 90 degrees from the normal humanoid orientation to be used as his pelvic region.

: Sadly, his little [[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]] part has a large thick torso-peg on its bottom to attach to Trypticon, so he can't really be used as a mini-vehicle or chestplate for any other ''MyClone'' mashup you want to try out.
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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W4ATrypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
*'''Trypticon, Assault Base''' (2019)
**'''Wave 4A: War for Cybertron: Siege II'''
**''Rarity: '''''SRT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T01/T04'''
**''Stars: ''24

:Trypticon, Assault Base is available in a special pack-in bonus pack in every sealed booster box of Wave 4 of the ''[[Transformers Trading Card Game]]'' - War for Cybertron: Siege II. In order to represent Trypticon's size, the card is over-sized, being the same size as the previously released cards for [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and the LootCrate exclusive card for [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. The Trypticon pack also includes deployable character cards [[Brunt (G1)|Brunt, Artillery Drone]], [[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt, Base Recon]], and [[Wipe-Out|Wipe-Out, Devoted Minion]].

:The card's line-art is reused from the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game, with new colors that match the aesthetic of the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' stock art. The Bot Mode line-art was originally drawn by [[Guido Guidi]].

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===''Transformers Character Card''===
[[File:Transformers Character Card Metroplex and Trypticon.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''Metroflex & Dinosaurer Set''' ([[November 1]], [[2022]])
**''ID number:'' '''33 & 34'''

:Released as part of the fifth wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (with [[Scamper]]) and Trypticon (with [[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]] and [[Brunt (G1)|Brunt]]) along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#34|Translation of Trypticon's Transformers Character Card]]''

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==Notes==
[[File:G1TrypticonHeadCompare.jpg|thumb|"[[Scramble City: Mobilization]]" model on top, "[[Call of the Primitives]]" model on the bottom.]]
[[File:TFLegends-Trypticon-Godzilla-comparison.jpg|thumb|"Son of a pit, he just <big>'''''won't'''''</big> quit..."]]
*A {{w|triptych}} is an artifact divided into three hinged folding segments. Though obscure, this is an appropriate name for Trypticon, because his tyrannosaur mode ''is'' a triptych, unfolding into three segments when it transforms into city or battle station modes. See, parents, this stuff is educational too!
*The cut-down version of Trypticon's original [[bio]] used for his toy packaging omits basically every subtlety of his personality, mentioning only his great destructive power and none of his unfiltered hatred, boredom, and self-loathing. Which is likely a large part of why you never saw that side of him in Generation 1 media!
*Trypticon's original [[Tech Spec]]s give him a very high rank of 9, but he is never portrayed as somebody so far up in the Decepticon power structure. But then again, not many would argue with a towering dinosaur robot that's bigger than Godzilla.
*Trypticon has two completely different [[character model]]s. The first was used for his appearances in "[[Scramble City: Mobilization]]" and the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comic]], while the second, more toy-accurate model was used for all his appearances in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|animated series]]. Virtually ''every piece'' of Trypticon's body is different between the two models, whether in shape, detail, or both; notable features of the earlier model include rounded legs and feet, and differently shaped shoulder-buildings. The early model ''is'' superior in one regard to the second, however: it colors Trypticon's optics. They were left uncolored on the finished model, and he spent the entire cartoon looking as if he had no eyes.
**The early model is published in ''[[Transformers: The Ark]]'' and Marvel's ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'', and depicts Trypticon's translucent orange nose-panel as being open, as it was on the finished model. However, there was obviously a variant version of the early model with an alternate head design that had a ''closed'' nose panel, because that's how Trypticon looks in the actual Marvel comics and "Scramble City" animation.
*A [[:File:GanbareMetroplexAdvertisement01.jpg|wonderfully nonsensical advert]] for the Metroplex and Trypticon toys [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)#Part 1|published in ''TV Magazine'']] depicts him attacking Metroplex while the Autobot City holds the lifeless Optimus Prime in his hand.
*Despite Trypticon having different names in the Japanese market, Takara recycled his Hasbro name in 1998 for the Japanese name of the [[Tripredacus Council#Foreign names|Tripredacus Council]], "Trypticon Council".
*''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]]'s color scheme is based on Trypticon. His character [[bio]] (and this was when Grimlock was an idiot) had Trypticon's Marvel Generation 1 motto: "Total victory requires total destruction."
*In a subtle nod to his Godzilla-like nature, Trypticon's [[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|''Transformers Legends'']] card art is an homage to the poster art for 2004's ''{{w|Godzilla: Final Wars}}'' (shown, bottom right)
*Hasbro senior designer [[John Warden]] described the ''Titans Return'' incarnation of Trypticon as transforming into the Decepticon flagship ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', but this did not factor into the toy design or any fictional appearances.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjQE0N233X0] YouTube video "Transformers: Titans Return - ‘Trypticon’ Designer Desk | Transformers Official", 14 September 2017</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Dinosaurer''' (ダイナザウラー ''Dainazaurā''; "Scramble City", ダイノザウラー ''Dainozaurā''), '''Dinobase''' (city mode, ダイノベース ''Dainobēsu''), '''Trypticon''' (トリプティコン ''Toriputikon'')
*''French:'' '''Tryptican''' (Europe, cartoon dub)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Triptikon'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Bàolóng Jīngāng''' (Taiwan, 暴龍金剛, "''Tyrannosaurus'' {{w|Vajra}}"), '''Tiějiǎ Lóng''' (China, 铁甲龙, "Iron-Armored Dinosaur")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Tripticão'''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Dreamwave-The War Within-Trypticon.jpg|Dreamwave ''The War Within'' concept art
File:Machinima-TR-Trypticon.jpg|Machinima ''Titans Return'' model
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Age of the Primes Decepticons]]
[[Category:Alternity Decepticons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Decepticons]]
[[Category:City Transformers]]
[[Category:Classics Decepticons]]
[[Category:Decepticon bases]]
[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cities]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 toy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Generations Selects Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generations Selects toy Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) cities]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Multi-component Transformers]]
[[Category:MyClone]]
[[Category:Mystery of Convoy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Platinum Edition]]
[[Category:Second Cybertron Alliance]]
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Menasor (G1)

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:''Menasor is a [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Menasor studioox.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Dennis the Menasor]]
'''Menasor''' was meant to be the ultimate Decepticon weapon, and perhaps he would have been if not for the fatal flaw in his design. His mind was designed to merge the psyches of the five [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] who compose his form. Unfortunately the great depth of resentment the four limb components feel towards [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]], plus the extreme differences in attitude that makes them less a team and more a destruction derby, and of course the tiny detail that they're all psychotic, has created a primal psychological rift and left Menasor an unpredictable mass of conflicting, chaotic impulses.

Extremely powerful, highly mentally unstable, and prone to violent tantrums where he lashes out at anything in range, Menasor is not a weapon to point and fire, but a raging monster to turn loose on the battlefield and then get as far out of range as possible.

Menasor is the combined form of all five Stunticons:

*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] (torso)
*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] (left arm)
*[[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] (left leg)
*[[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] (right arm)
*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] (right leg)

In some universes, [[Offroad (CW)|Offroad]] or [[Brake-Neck (G1)|Brake-Neck]] replaces Wildrider on the team, and sometimes the "[[roller car]]" or [[Blackjack (G1)|Blackjack]] act as a sixth component forming a chestplate for the combiner.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Roger C. Carmel]] (English, "The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2" only), [[Regis Cordic]] (English), [[Kōji Totani]] (Japanese)|[[Zhan Che]] (Chinese), [[Toni Orlandi]] (Italian, second dub), [[Edgar Wald]] (Latin American), [[Willi Röbke]] (German, ''Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1''), [[Thomas Rau]] (German, ''The Ultimate Weapon''), [[Christoph Jablonka]] (German, Generation 2 Dub of ''The Ultimate Weapon''), [[Georges Atlas]] (European French, "Cosmic Rust"), [[Jean Roche]] (European French, "Masquerade"), [[Francis Lax]] (European French, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1"), Unknown actors (European French, "The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2", "Trans-Europe Express"), [[Júlio Chaves]] (Portuguese), [[Paulo Flores]] (Portuguese, "Masquerade")}}

[[File:KtVS2 Introducing Menasor.jpg|thumb|left|Don't offend the little ones, Prime!]]
Created by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] to counteract the [[Autobot]]s' rule of the road, the Stunticons were powerful in their own right, but were also equipped with a secret ability by the Decepticon leader: they were the second Decepticon combiner team, able to merge into the towering Menasor. Megatron had the Stunticons unveil their combined form to battle the Autobots' new team, the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], but [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] had predicted Menasor's existence, and had given the Aerialbots the power to combine into [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. Menasor quickly took the upper hand in the fight that ensued between the two giants, his sheer aggression driving the Autobot combiner back, trapping him in a landslide. Just as Menasor was charging his opponent with intent to impale him on a factory smokestack, however, [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] appeared to intercept the Stunticon gestalt's attack. Omega freed Superion, and the two Autobots overpowered Menasor, forcing him to disengage and retreat. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

[[File:CosmicRust Menasor holds aloft bug.jpg|thumb|By the power of bumblebees!]]
When the Autobots obtained the weather-manipulating [[Pearl of Bahoudin]], Megatron had the Stunticons merged into Menasor to reclaim the device. His heavy-handed efforts did more harm than good, however, as the Pearl was knocked free from [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]]'s grasp and was swept up into a cyclone of its own making. Megatron abandoned the field of battle, leaving Menasor to menace the Autobots until the Pearl's storms wiped out all life on Earth. Bumblebee, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] and [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] tried burying Menasor in a crevasse, but the giant's prodigious strength allowed him to tear free easily, forcing the Autobots back into a corner as he pressed his attack. Moments before the Autobots met their end, the <s>raging jackass</s> champion driver [[Auggie Cahnay (G1)|Auggie Cahnay]] hopped a cliff in his specially-designed car, launching it full speed ''straight into Menasor's face.'' Even Menasor couldn't shrug off an impact like that, and went down like a sack of tironium bricks. {{storylink|Trans-Europe Express}}

Menasor's size and strength were brought into play when the Decepticons targeted the [[Statue of Liberty]] for destruction, as he could wield the [[Antilla]]n [[Lightning Bug]] heat ray as a hand-held weapon. The Autobots defend the statue, and before Menasor could open fire with the Lightning Bug, a strafing run from the Aerialbots caused him to drop the weapon. His flying foes combined into Superion and the two titans grappling over the weapon until Superion triumphed, throwing Menasor so hard that he splintered into his component Stunticons, giving the Aerialbot combiner the chance to destroy the Lightning Bug. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}

[[File:Masquerade Menasors.JPG|left|thumb|"If you are me, then who am I? This is all way too confusing for me."]]
While gathering up the components required for a new Decepticon laser weapon, the Stunticons wound up being captured by the Autobots. Looking to find out what Megatron was up to, a squad of Autobots used [[camouflage paint]] to disguise themselves as Stunticons to infiltrate the Decepticons camp, but while they were away on the mission, Breakdown managed to shake the true Stunticons free from their cells. The team united into Menasor, who felled their Autobot captors, then smashed his way out of the Autobots' volcano and took off for the Decepticons' temporary base. His arrival confused everyone, as he insisted that the "Stunticons" already present were impostors, but the Autobots were able to maintain their deception a while longer by "merging" into a Menasor form of their own through a combination of [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]'s magnetic powers and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]'s illusions. The two Menasors battled, but the Autobots' makeshift combination couldn't stand up to a slash from the true Menasor's sword, and their true identities were exposed. Menasor stood strong in the hail of firepower the Autobots proceeded to unleash against him, but when a cavalry of other Autobots then arrived, the combiner decided he had had enough, and fled. {{storylink|Masquerade}}

[[File:FiveFaces1 Menasor wields sword.jpg|thumb|I'll kill you if you point out that I'm just Motormaster with some cars attached to my arms!]]
When the treacherous [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] rampaged with his new [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]] army, Megatron requested the assistance of the Stunticons, only to be rebuffed by Drag Strip. The Stunticons finally decided to take notice when the Combaticons' combined form of [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] defeated [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]; at first, the rowdy bunch of cars did not care if Megatron was destroyed, but they realized Starscream would not simply stop at eliminating his former leader. The team quickly formed Menasor, who dispatched Bruticus with one mighty punch. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

In 2005, following their expulsion from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the Stunticons retreated with the rest of the Decepticons to the planet of [[Chaar]]. When [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] returned with a pittance of [[energon]] to go around, the Decepticons began fighting over the small handful of cubes, but Menasor held back until a victor had emerged in the form of Devastator, whom he then attacked. Menasor chopped the energy-deprived [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] combiner into his constituent 'bots, but before he could claim his prize, the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] swooped in to snatch up the cube. At that point, [[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]] arrived to chastise the squabbling Decepticons; Menasor and Astrotrain shared a wearied look as Cyclonus and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s mindlessly chanted their loyalty to the absent [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}

In 2006, the Stunticons attempted to attack a weakened [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], who was missing [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]], as he rescued a falling train. Unfortunately for them, no sooner had they combined into Menasor than [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] blasted their combined form in the back, disabling him before he even laid a hand on Defensor. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese continuity as described above, except the events of 2006 take place in 2010, and many additional stories are inserted into the timeline.}}
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
[[File:FSRLFstorypage combaticon menasor.jpg|thumb|left|Brutisor, or Menacus. You decide!]]
When Menasor clashed with Superion in the heart of a major metropolitan area, the Stunticon combiner took the upper hand in the fight, but was bested when the Aerialbots separated and bound their opponent with energy ropes, making him an easy target for [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]]'s firepower. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)#Part 8|Story page #8}} Later, Menasor teamed up with Devastator to wreak some havoc on the Autobots, but the Autobots had some new backup in the form of Defensor. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)#Part 12|Story page #12}}

During a later battle with the Autobots, Motormaster combined with the Combaticons to form a variant version of Menasor with [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] and [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] as arms, and [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] as legs. The Autobots were aghast at the sight of this new menace, {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)#Part 13|Story page #13}} but likely not ''quite'' as aghast as they were at the sight of Menasor, Devastator, and Bruticus's [[:File:GestaltTrioTVMagazine.jpg|deformed bodies]] when they later gathered for another major battle. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)#Part 16|Story page #16}}

=====Scramble City=====
{{voiceactor|[[Kōji Totani]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Scramblecity breakdown forms an arm.jpg|thumb]]

After the Aerialbots prevented an attempt by the Decepticons to attack the subterranean construction site of their Scramble City project, the Stunticons were called into action and soon combined into Menasor to battle their airborne rivals. When Superion unveiled the full extent of the Aerialbots' [[Scramble Power]], reconfiguring his limbs to increase his power, Menasor shocked the Autobots by revealing that he too had the same ability. The Stunticons had a slightly better handle on the power, too; when [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] forgot his position on the combiner, leaving Superion legless, Menasor disconnected Wildrider and had him take the place of Superion's missing limb, crippling the Aerialbot gestalt. A barrage from the other Autobots severed Wildrider, and the restored Superion toppled Menasor, but the Combaticons then arrived to aid the Stunticons. Menasor and Bruticus tag-teamed Superion, but were both stopped when [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City itself]] was brought into battle to end the conflict. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''Transformers 2010'' story pages=====
[[File:2010storypage mixed up menasor.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|left]]
Following the return of Galvatron and their alliance with the [[Quintesson]]s, the Decepticons renewed their offensive against the Autobots. Menasor, Bruticus and Devastator joined the Decepticons' newest combiner [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] in battling Superion and Defensor, though Predaking did most of the work as Menasor held back and smirked at the sight of his old rivals taking a beating. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)#Part 2|Story page #2}} To fight back, the Autobots had to take the threat posed by Menasor and the other combiners into consideration and develop appropriate countermeasures. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)#Part 4|Story page #4}}

In an "imaginary tale" that proposed an alliance between the Stunticons, Aerialbots, Combaticons and Protectobots, a version of Menasor was formed who had Vortex for a right arm, [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] as his left arm, [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] as his right leg, and Fireflight as his left leg. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)#Part 5|Story page #5}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Hōchū Ōtsuka]], [[Tomomichi Nishimura]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:HM2 menasor uses hotrod as shield.jpg|thumb|''"Made... In... China...?"'']]
The Stunticons participated in Galvatron's siege on Cybertron in the year 2011. They formed Menasor to fight their Autobot counterparts, but were steamrolled by the might and firepower of the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]]. Returning to Earth, they were deployed to stop what appeared to be an attempt by the Aerialbots to steal a cache of Decepticon energon in the desert, but this was a feint to keep them busy and prevent them from interfering in Hot Rod's quest for the missing [[Matrix of Leadership]]. Realizing they had been had, the team formed Menasor and sped to Hot Rod's location in the Arctic, but Superion followed and took Menasor down despite his attempt to use Hot Rod as a shield. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

In [[San Francisco]], Menasor assisted Bruticus in using [[buridanka|a carnivorous plant]] to distract the Autobots from [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s plans on [[Zarak (planet)|Zarak]]. He fought against the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]]' combined form, [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} Much later, the Stunticons assembled in the desert as their Ninja Commander [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] began issuing orders. They formed Menasor and took part in the escalating Decepticon war effort as five separate Autobot outposts were attacked simultaneously at Sixshot's command. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

[[File:HMep35 sixshot strikes menasor.jpg|thumb|left|he got hit with a getsuga tensho'']]
Following the Decepticons' apparent expulsion from Earth, Menasor was among the group who secretly did not leave the planet, but who instead withdrew to the sub-oceanic city of [[Lemuria (myth)|Lemuria]], where he oversaw the processing of [[crysmagnetal]] for Scorponok's fiendish [[Death Tower]]s. Following the towers' deployment, he joined the entire Decepticon army in battling the Autobots at the North Pole, where he would have killed [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] if Sixshot hadn't intervened on the boy's behalf, charging the combiner head-on and toppling him. When Scorponok's plan was foiled, Menasor escaped into space along with the rest of the Decepticons as the battle climaxed. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

=====''Zone''=====
{{voiceactor|[[Masato Hirano]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:MenasorZone1.jpg|thumb|Those racecars are, like, 50 stories tall.]]

Menasor was among the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] recruited by the Decepticons' newest [[Emperor of Destruction]], [[Violengiguar]]. Outfited with new armor and weaponry—including a giant shield that he could sling at his enemies, and some kind of funky transparent-green Phantom-of-the-Opera-lookin' half-face mask—Menasor was somewhat dubiously christened the "Intelligence General" of the group, and sent forth to conquer planets in pursuit of Violengiguar's goal of creating a [[Decepticon Zone]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} At some point, the Generals schooled [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] in the ways of evil, making them more than formidable foes for the [[Powered Master]]s. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 7}}

Together with Overlord and Abominus, Menasor laid waste to the world of Feminia, destroying the entire planet and nearly killing Autobot leader Star Saber. With the Autobots left in disarray, Violengiguar gathered all nine of his generals together and instructed them to gather the energy sources necessary for him to create a Decepticon Zone: the Energon Z of planet Zone, and the mysterious [[Zodiac]], concealed on Earth. Menasor joined Overlord, Abominus and Bruticus in attacking Zone; the armament of the Autobots' Zone Base was no match for the giants, and Menasor smashed the [[Gasoline Base]] component to pieces with his huge shield. Overlord tore the Energon Z power core out of Zone Base, and the team immediately departed to redenzvous with the other generals and hand over the Energon Z so they could take it with them to Earth. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

=====e-HOBBY comics=====
Menasor was charging into battle against the Autobots when the dimensional intruder [[Grand Scourge]] suddenly dropped in through a tear in space-time. Menasor cared little about the new arrival's identity, moving in to crush him immediately. But with a single swift blow of Grand Scourge's [[Matrix Breaker]] sword, Menasor was split into his individual components. The Stunticons were then forced to combine with Grand Scourge, save Motormaster, who fled in terror. {{storylink|Decepticon Dark Commander Grand Scourge}}

=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
In [[2050]], Menasor and the Decepticons joined the revolution of the [[Selector]]s against their human masters. The [[Quintesson]]s and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s sided with the humans, and [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] attacked all while craving Angolmois Energy. In battle with a scrambled version of [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], Abominus crashed into Bruticus and Menasor and stole some of their limb components to make an even stronger version of himself. {{storylink|Abominus comic 2}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
[[File:FSRLFmanga menasor.jpg|thumb|left]]
In the late 1980s, under orders from [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], Menasor joined the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] in an energy raid on [[Tokyo]]. Though challenged by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and a unit of Autobots, Menasor made short work of them by punching all he could in the face with his giant fist. His evil was bested, however, when Prime drove up a ramp and punched ''him'' in the face. The blow was powerful enough to force him to retreat. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 1|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #1}}

Menasor later attacked a baseball stadium where [[Kenji]] was on a date, intending to turn it into a new Decepticon base. Kenji quickly summoned [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] to battle the Decepticon, but Menasor was immediately aided by [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. After a short skirmish, Decepticon victory seemed in the bag until Menasor got his legs knocked off. [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] and [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] then latched onto the stumps and blasted Menasor away, dumping him in the Pacific Ocean, far away from Japan. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5}}

=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''=====
The Stunticons joined the entire Decepticon army in a raid on [[Feminia]] to capture the [[Prime Energy Tower]]. Menasor was formed along with [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] to oppose the Autobot battalion guarding the tower; they were met by the Autobots' own big soldiers Superion, Defensor and Omega Supreme, but with the addition of Predaking to the fray, the Autobots were soon outnumbered. The [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]] were there to save the day, tying Predaking's legs together and causing him to topple over and crush Menasor and the other combiners under his weight. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}

=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
[[File:GreatTFwar menasor vs aerialbots.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
After tearing Superion into his component Aerialbots, the Stunticons merged into Menasor and joined Bruticus in defending [[Trypticon (G1)|Dinobase]] against incursion by the Protectobots. While his men kept the pair busy, [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] used his repair bay mode to fix up the injured Aerialbots, who then blinded the giants with their dazzling "Scramble Shot" fly-by attack. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}

=====''Super-God Masterforce'' comic=====
The image of Menasor was among a group of holograms of older Decepticons projected by [[King Poseidon]] to deceive and confuse the Autobots under [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]]'s command. {{storylink|Burn, Chokon! New Commander Super Ginrai!}}

=====''Zone'' comic=====
Menasor was among the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] recruited by the Decepticons' newest [[Emperor of Destruction]], [[Violengiguar]]. Outfited with new armor and weaponry—including a giant shield that he could sling at his enemies, and some kind of funky transparent-green Phantom-of-the-Opera-lookin' half-face mask—Menasor was somewhat dubiously christened the "Intelligence General" of the group, and sent forth to conquer planets in pursuit of Violengiguar's goal of creating a [[Decepticon Zone]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} At some point, the Generals schooled [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] in the ways of evil, making them more than formidable foes for the [[Powered Master]]s. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 7}}

Following the generals' successful destruction of the planet Feminia, which badly wounded current Autobot leader [[Star Saber (G1)|Victory Saber]], a team consisting of Menasor, Bruticus, [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] and [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] attacked the leaderless Autobot [[Micromaster]]s on the planet [[Micro|Zone]] and stole their [[Energon Z]] power source, a key component in Violengiguar's plan. As they came under an intimidating amount of firepower from [[Zone Base]], they feld with their prize; the Autobots tried to pursue them into space, but were stopped by [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] and his energy web. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone}}

====Full Throttle Scramble Power!====
[[File:FullThrottleScramblePower menasor doublegravitoguns.jpg|thumb|left]]
On a mission to steal energy from a power plant, the Stunticons formed Menasor to fight off the interfering Superion. With Superion weakened by a blast from the Decepticons' new electromagnetic [[Omega Wave Cannon]], Menasor reconfigured his limbs, positioning Drag Strip and Wildrider as his arms for a [[gravito-gun|Double Graviton Gun]] attack that pinned the Aerialbot down. Unfortunately for Menasor, Metroplex and the other Autobots soon arrived, and the sight of the giant city-bot left the Stunticon combiner momentarily stunned, allowing Superion to right himself. Superion disengaged Slingshot, who knocked Wildrider loose from Menasor and took his place, immobilizing the Decepticon so that Superion could stomp him into defeat. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}

====''The Animated Movie''====
[[File:TAM TPB Gestalt Fight.jpg|thumb]]
During the [[Battle of Autobot City]] in 2005, Menasor and Bruticus staged an attack on [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]], occupying the attentions of Omega Supreme, Superion and Defensor and preventing them from coming to the aid of their comrades in the besieged city. {{storylink|Transformers: The Animated Movie|The Animated Movie trade paperback}}
{{L-}}

====''Wings Universe''====
[[File:Timelines5 destroyed menasor.jpg|thumb|left]]
{{Wingsnote}}
After Cybertron entered its new Golden Age, the war between the Autobots and Decepticons still raged in space and on Earth. Menasor was permanently destroyed in battle with his nemesis, [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. Only Breakdown, acting as one of the giant's legs at the time, managed to survive the colossal damage Menasor suffered. He swore revenge against the last surviving [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]], [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]], dedicating himself to finishing the destruction his team had started. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}
{{--}}

===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Menasor second generation.jpg|thumb]]
''Menasor first appeared in a series of dreams experienced by [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]], in which the young boy saw the Decepticon combiner ambush Superion while the Autobot was distracted after defeating [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] in combat, only to be beaten back and buried in a landslide. Realizing in short order that these dreams were, in fact, visions of the future granted to Buster by the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] his brain had briefly housed, the Autobots and Decepticons devised a way to peer into his mind. In this dream-vision, they watched as the Stunticons formed Menasor to combat the Protectobots as they attempted to save humans at the [[Pullen Power Plant]]. Menasor found himself physically outmatched by the Protectobot gestalt Defensor, but back-up soon arrived in the form of Bruticus. While Defensor and Bruticus grappled, Superion arrived to engage Menasor; unfortunately for the Stunticon combiner, his personality problems handicapped him, with Dead End taking objection to being ordered about, leading to him firing his weapons too late to hit Superion and accidentally blasting Bruticus instead. Menasor attempted to flee, but Superion stopped his flight by opening a crevasse under his feet with his [[stress fracture cannon]].'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}} {{storylink|The Special Teams Have Arrived}}

[[File:Menasor superion heavy traffic.jpg|thumb|left]]
''Using these dreams as a blueprint'', the Decepticons constructed the Stunticons and imbued them with life via one of [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]'s [[cerebro-shell]]s, which siphoned off the energies of the Creation Matrix as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] used it to bring the similarly created Aerialbots to life. When the two teams subsequently met in battle over the Autobot named [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] and his human passenger, [[Donny Finkleberg]], they merged into Menasor and Superion for the first time. The two gargantuan gladiators shattered a freeway overpass (or was it an entrance ramp...?) before engaging in hand-to-hand combat. Unfortunately for the Autobots, the ever-unhelpful robot hunter named [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]] entered the fray for [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]] and zapped Superion, temporarily overloading his circuitry and allowing Menasor to administer the coup-de-grace, courtesy of his [[cyclone gun]]. Skids and Finkleberg disappeared in the melee, though, forcing the Stunticons to disconnect and begin searching for them anew. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}}

''Later, Menasor attacked a [[G.B. Blackrock|Blackrock]] fuel plant, once again drawing the attention of the Aerialbots. [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] and his team were forced to combine into Superion in order to battle the united Stunticons. Unfortunately for Silverbolt, this meant his teammates learned about his fear of heights due to the mental bleedover. Ashamed, he caused Superion to fight back extremely savagely against Menasor, almost injuring innocent civilians in the process.'' {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}}
{{--}}

====Marvel UK future timelines====
[[File:Menasor legacy of unicron.jpg|thumb]]
In [[2008]], the renegade Decepticons [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] teamed up with the freelance peacekeeping agent named [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] to assassinate Commander [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]. Cut off from the battle by a set of blast doors, [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] summoned Menasor to help him break through and deal with the traitors. The super-robot eventually succeeded, but it was too late. Shockwave was dead, and the Decepticons were forced to accept Scourge and Cyclonus as their new leaders. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

===The Special Teams===
A malfunction in the systems of the Autobots' new combiner team, the Aerialbots, caused them to briefly defect to the Decepticons, but when they returned to the Autobot ranks, Megatron was inspired to compensate for their loss by creating the Stunticons. After Starscream collected the freshly-created Stunticons from Cybertron, Megatron ordered them all to rendezvous with the rest of the Decepticon force at the recently evacuated [[Pullen Power Plant]]. The Stunticons merged into Menasor to smash through the Protectobots guarding the plant, but Menasor was unprepared for the Protectobots' own ability to combine into Defensor. Bruticus soon arrived to back him up, but Superion then join the fray; Menasor and Superion squared off, with the Aerialbot combiner successfully damaging Menasor's armor with his stress fracture cannon. Having taken enough lumps for one day, Menasor disengaged into the individual Stunticons and fled. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:WarandPeace4 menasor crush.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.75]]
Menasor was one of several combiner robots based on the original prototype, [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. He existed as the combined form of Motormaster's Stunticons, but was effectively forced into retirement by the [[Crisis Intervention Accord]], which outlawed the use of super-robots among the factions. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}}

At some point in Cybertron's recent history, the Stunticons were deemed psychotic and too dangerous to function in society, and as a result were placed into perpetual stasis lock inside of a [[Detention Banks|prison facility]], much to the relief of security officer [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye #6}} However, in the year 2003, in an attempt to create a diversion while he set his final plans in motion, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] surreptitiously release the Stunticons, unleashing Menasor on an unsuspecting world once again. The deranged combiner ran amok for a while, crushing Defensor and the Wreckers when they tried to stand in his way, until [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] arrived and took up the fight. Insulting the individual Stunticons as he battled, Magnus was able to fracture Menasor's mind, causing the five Stunticons' consciousnesses to began to bickering inside his head over whose fault it was that they were losing. Temporarily paralyzed by this mental turmoil, Menasor was left wide open, and Ultra Magnus rammed the combiner in the chest, forcing him to separate into his disabled component parts. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:ArtofWar4 Menasor.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75]]
When a group of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and [[Cobra]] members ran into the Stunticons in 1930's [[Chicago]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] warned them about the existence of Menasor. Thankfully, Motormaster wasn't around to form the giant. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}

After the Stunticons were recruited into [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s army, Menasor attacked an Autobot peace ceremony, teaming up with [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] and [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]] to defeat [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} He then tracked down Optimus Prime, stomped on a [[Optimus Prime's rescuees|civilian]] Optimus had just saved, and delivered [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] to pass a message on to the Autobot leader. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}
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===''The Beast Within''===
[[File:BeastWithin menasor killed.jpg|left|thumb]]
Just as the Decepticons were on the brink of a great victory over the Autobots, the tables turned when the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] revealed their long-hidden combined form, [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]]. This misshapen monstrosity's raw power struck fear in all the Decepticons, but the Constructicons, Combaticons and Stunticons found the courage to combine and counter-attack. When the Beast effortlessly felled Bruticus and Devastator, however, Menasor thought twice about going through with an attack, and instead cowered before the monster, begging for mercy. But the Beast had none: it seized Menasor, lifted him above its head, and tore him to pieces. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===''Mystery of Convoy''===
{{see|#Games}}
====''Alternity''====
[[File:MysteryofConvoystrategyguide menasor.jpg|thumb]]
One of a higher-dimensional [[Megatron (G1)#Alternity|Megatron]]'s many pawns in a "[[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|game full of death and suffering]]", Menasor was empowered to be pitted against an [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|avatar]] of a higher-dimensional [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Alternity|Optimus Prime]], alongside endless hordes of other Decepticons. {{storylink|To Die Game!}}

====''Mystery of Convoy'' strategy guide manga====
The five Stunticons confronted Ultra Magnus as he reached the end of the [[Floating City]], combining into Menasor and opening fire on the Autobot. Magnus leapt over their blasts and returned fire, striking the combiner's weak point: the flashing spot in the middle of his forehead. {{storylink|Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)#Menasor's Weak Point is His Forehead!|Menasor's Weak Point is His Forehead!}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Things Fall Apart, Part 4: "Enemies of the System"|''Transformers'' #5]]}}
[[File:EnemiesoftheSystem menasor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|left|Menasor's only purpose in IDW fiction is get beaten up by everyone and everything.]]
Gestalt technology was the product of [[Nexus Prime]]'s [[Enigma of Combination]] in the ancient past of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and when it was lost, many dedicated themselves to rediscovering it. {{storylink|The Crucible}} Perhaps the most unexpected success was that accomplished by [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], who stole what little of the technology had been re-engineered, reunited the scattered Stunticons after they were left behind on Earth following the Decepticon evacuation of the planet, and gave them the ability to combine into Menasor. Keeping his accomplishment a secret, Swindle forged a phoney alliance with a splinter group of Autobots led by Hot Rod, but once they had completed construction of the spacecraft to take them off Earth, he revealed his intent to steal the ship and kill the Autobots, and had the Stunticons merge into Menasor before their horrified eyes. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 4: "Enemies of the System"|Enemies of the System}} Fortunately for the Autobots, the combination wasn't seamless, and the Stunticons were left with individualized consciousnesses instead of a gestalt Menasor mind. ''Un''fortunately for Swindle's chosen first target, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]], they didn't disagree about killing him...only ''how'' to kill him. The arrival of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] gave Menasor momentary pause, long enough for [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] to recognize how uncoordinated Menasor's mind(s) was, and instruct the Autobots on exploiting that weakness. By selectively targeting the individual Stunticon components, the Autobots forced them to think of their own safety instead of Menasor's, making the giant easy prey. He was overwhelmed by their firepower, and broken down into separate Decepticons before capture. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 5: "Earthworks"|Earthworks}}

The Stunticons' makeshift combination would never function again, but represented a further step in the continuing rediscovery of the technology; Shockwave studied the records of his creation, {{storylink|Shockpoint}} which fed into the Decepticons' subsequent perfection of the process. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} When [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] later took rulership of Cybertron, he encouraged [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] to help him create a functioning combiner of his own, citing Menasor as a particularly worrisome example of a combiner created by an unlikely source. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}}

[[File:CW-returnofmenasor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Basically the only time that Menasor posed a threat to anyone... for about five minutes or so.]]
After [[The Question|a particularly humiliating defeat]] resulted in [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] leaving the Stunticons, Offroad was brought in to replace him. As the Stunticons were explaining to him how they operated, they were approached by Swindle, who piqued their interest by showing them that he had with him the Enigma of Combination. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}} Beforehand, Starscream had also arranged for [[Blackjack (G1)|Blackjack]] to join the Stunticons, fully aware that the cop's anger issues would affect the personality of a combiner... {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}}

After using the Enigma to upgrade Menasor—allowing the Stunticons to properly merge their minds—the Stunticons combined, and accompanied Swindle to the colony world of [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], ready to steal anything of value from its people. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}} He appeared in front of the [[Alpha Squadron]] to menace his enemies and when [[Afterburner (G2)|one of them]] tried to arrest him, he stomped the poor bot flat. By this point Swindle realized Starscream had arranged for the Stunticons to play villains so that he could take them down and become the "savior" of Caminus, but his attempts to convince Menasor to stand down were in vain due to Blackjack's influence, which turned the combiner into an unhinged, raging monster. Menasor made short work of both Camien defenders and Starscream's reinforcements from Cybertron, but was finally brought down when Starscream and Optimus Prime deployed the Autobot combiner [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], whose mental stability prevailed over Menasor's blind rage. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}}

The Stunticons and Swindle were incarcerated in Starscream's secret prison while Starscream built relations with the Camiens. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}} However, in the interim, [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] and the Constructicons returned to Cybertron and tried to use [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] to forcibly sever contact between Cybertron and Caminus, only to bet thwarted when Starscream created the Autobot combiner [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{storylink|The Possible Light}} {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}} Meanwhile, Starscream's advisor [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], also not wanting Starscream to form a Cybertronian empire, was colluding with Prowl. While Starscream gained Devastator's loyalty, Rattrap freed Swindle to cause a distraction while Rattrap freed Prowl. Swindle graciously complied, breaking out the Stunticons and proceeding to lie to them and several Decepticons that a better life awaited them on Caminus. The Stunticons combined into Menasor, leading the charge to Metroplex's space bridge chamber. Menasor tried to enter the portal only for Devastator to oppose him; Defensor and Superion soon joined the four-way fray. During the ensuing clash, a stray shot from Swindle hit the space bridge's control panel and destabilized the portal. Menasor and Superion fell through to an unknown, alien planet and were soon joined by Defensor and then Devastator, who demands that the other three calm down or else he would make them calm down. But then they were joined by the result of Prowl's machinations: the new combiner [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]]! {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}} The combiners fought as they travelled from planet to planet, and Menasor was subsequently knocked out by Defensor and dragged back to Cybertron, where Windblade and Chromia helped subdue him. {{storylink|All That Remains}}

Later, when the [[Mistress of Flame]] wanted [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] released to Camien custody, she suggested Swindle or Menasor could be handed over instead to face justice for their crimes. Wanting to keep Menasor and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] on his side, Starscream opted to release Chromia. {{storylink|Heavy}}

===''Titanium Series'' Menasor toy bio===
With the help of experimental technology, the gestalt frame of Menasor was unified into a singular body. While the dominant personality of this new body was Motormaster, the constant mental assault on him by the supressed personalities of his Stunticon teammates made Menasor little more than a destructive monster of rage and agony, making him unable to reach his potential to be the ultimate weapon.

Motormaster's control slipped only once in an occasion when Stunticons found themselves united in Menasor. {{storylink|#Titanium Series|Titanium Series Menasor}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
With [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], Menasor attempted to place a giant bust of [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]]'s head atop the Decepticon's solar tower. However, the three were unable to work as a team and sent the tower collapsing on themselves. {{storylink|Megatron's Ambition!? The Solar Tower Is Built!}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
During the Battle for [[Sherman Dam]] in [[Primax 096.0 Beta]], Menasor attacked [[Defensor (G1)#Ask Vector Prime|Defensor]] while the Autobot was attempting to evacuate the workers. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask vector Prime, 2015/09/06}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Menasor was among the gathered Decepticons standing safely behind [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s force field when the combined forces of the Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] came calling. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons===
{{voiceactor|[[Charlie Guzman]] (English)}}
[[File:CombinerWarsTheFallScreen.JPG|thumb|upright=1.5|left|"Hi, I'm Trypticon!"]]
The creation of Menasor and his ilk led to Optimus Prime's realization that the Transformers' civil war had become a never-ending arms race, one that could only end in Cybertron's destruction. {{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Optimus Prime}}

Menasor and [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] fought one another, a fight that spilled over to [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]]. Menasor was able to put down his Autobot enemy for good, but was soon set upon by [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Maxima]]. Declaring that combiners were here to stay, he killed Maxima after she blasted him in the eye - but Maxima's sacrifice allowed Windblade to kill the combiner. {{storylink|The Fall}} For this incident, Windblade swore vengeance against the combiners and all who followed them. {{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Windblade}} Menasor's remains were brought back to Cybertron, where Starscream absorbed them into his giant super-combiner form. {{storylink|A War of Giants}}

For some reason or the other, Menasor and [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] were later brought back to life. Probably due to the [[Enigma of Combination]]. {{storylink|Destruction's Dawn}}

Menasor assisted in the reconstruction efforts following the end of the Combiner Wars. {{storylink|Aftermath and Rebirth}} When [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] attacked, he and the other Combiners were recruited by the [[Mistress of Flame]] to search for [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Our Heroes Respond}} They eventually reached the [[Titan (group)|Titan]], where Menasor got distracted by a flashing button and pressed it, inadvertently launching a [[Emissary (TR)|missile]]. {{storylink|The Fight Begins}} When [[Victorion]] took control of Fortress Maximus's weapons and prepared to fire them at Trypticon, Menasor spoke up in protest, noting that the barrage would hit [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] as well, but was overruled. {{storylink|Overlord and Emissary}}

[[File:POTP-Ep2-Volcanicus-Menasor-dies.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
When [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] arrived at Fortress Maximus and revealed the Mistress of Flame had perished, Menasor and the other Combiners assumed him responsible and attacked. Menasor managed to grab Megatron, but was forced to release him after taking a shot to the face from his [[fusion cannon]]. Once Windblade arrived and the fight stopped long enough for Megatron to explain, Menasor fused with the other Combiners using the Enigma of Combination, turning Victorion into a super-Combiner. {{storylink|Desperate Actions}} Unfortunately, they proved no match for Trypticon and were ultimately forced to separate again, though Menasor was quick to jump back into the fray. He and Computron attempted to attack Trypticon's foot to knock him off balance, later joining the others in attacking Trypticon's fortress mode from all sides. {{storylink|In Good Hands}} When Trypticon swallowed Victorion and the Enigma, he used its power to take control of Menasor and the other Combiners, forcing them to attack Maximus and Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Consumed}} Menasor was freed form Trypticon's control after the Titan expelled the Enigma, and he bore witness to the return of [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] and the death of Optimus. Believing he intended to restart the Decepticons, Menasor was all but ready to kill Megatron, but cooler heads eventually prevailed and he agreed to follow Megatron's lead in hopes of stopping Megatronus. {{storylink|All Things Must Pass}}

Unfortunately, while the others went searching for the [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]] in [[Primal Swamp]], Menasor and his team were cornered by [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Cron]]. Though he refused to admit Megatron's whereabouts and tried to fight back, he was eventually restrained by Overlord, who forced him to watch as Rodimus destroyed each of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]'s limbs. Finally cracking, Menasor confessed where the others had gone, only for Rodimus to finish Devastator off and Overlord to crush Menasor's neck, killing him again, causing his spark to float away. {{storylink|Volcanicus (episode)|Volcanicus}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon===
[[File:WFC-Kingdom-Ep1-Menasor-easter-egg.jpg|left|thumb|Teletraan I accurately predicts the Stunticons' release in the [[Transformers: Legacy|next toyline]].]]
Upon exiting the [[Dead Universe]], [[Teletraan I]] was immobilized while processing a massive data upload, {{storylink|Earthrise episode 6}} as he was seeing multiple visions of the future, {{storylink|Kingdom episode 5}} one of which included Menasor. An ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' monitor would display the future data again after crash landing on [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 1}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[File:G1commercial menasor vs superion.jpg|thumb]]
*After some dramatic transforming and posing, the Stunticons and Aerialbots combined to do battle as Menasor and Superion. Superion evaded Menasor's firepower and closed in for a hand-to-hand fight, but Menasor was ready for the Aerialbot combiner and hurled him over his shoulder. Charging in to finish the job, however, Menasor was met by Superion's powerful fist and send reeling backwards to collide with a cliff-face, which collapsed and buried him. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Aerialbots and Stunticons|Aerialbots and Stunticons commercial}}
*When Menasor was wreaking havoc in a human city, either [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] or [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] stepped forth to oppose him. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#2015|Transformers Generations: Combiner Wars commercials}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
*''Stage'': 5
*''Point value'': 5000
*''Hit points'': 4
[[File:MysteryofConvoy Menasor.png|right|thumb|Menasor, famous for... flying in place.]]

Menasor guards the end of the [[Floating City]], in a great dark room with three hovering platforms, firing periodic laser blasts across the room. His armor makes him invulnerable to damage, except for one spot: a conveniently glowing multicolored spot on his forehead crest. Shot enough times there, and Menasor will fall. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}
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===''Transformers: The Headmasters''===
[[File:HeadmastersNES chromedome vs menasor.jpg|thumb]]
When the Decepticons captured some of the Autobots' greatest warriors, Menasor and [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] stood guard over [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] and [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] on the Jail planet. They were defeated and their prisoners were rescued by [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and the other freed Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|Transformers: The Headmasters}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
The Stunticons were created in response to the failure of a Decepticon campaign to acquire Autobot superfuel. Realizing they needed a strong ground force, the Stunticons were created by modifying Earth vehicles with Cybertronian technology, and then bringing them before Vector Sigma to be imbued with the spark of life. The Autobots brought the Aerialbots to life at the same time, and the Decepticons found themselves on the losing side until the Stunticons merged into Menasor. The Decepticons lost nonetheless, though they acquired the key to Vector Sigma as a consolation prize. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1 (Legends)|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}} Upon discovering that the key could transform Earth's organic matter into metal, the Stunticons merged once more into Menasor to fight against the Aerialbots, who attempted to stop them from transforming Earth into a new Cybertron. Menasor was defeated by Superion. {{storylink|Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|Corporal Pig#As Menasor}}
Menasor appears as the third Combiner, unlockable in Challenge Events or with a gem purchase. His head is Corporal Pig's. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers Battle Circuit''===
Menasor, one of the "greatest Transformers of all time," was part of a Decepticon team that participated in a tournament on Cybertron. He faced off against a team of Autobots in a series of one-on-one matches. If he managed to defeat Bumblebee, Rodimus, Grimlock, Jetfire, and Optimus Prime, Menasor was declared to be the tournament's champion! {{storylink|Transformers Battle Circuit}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Menasor.jpg|thumb|My optic sweep specials make me more ineffective at max level!]]
Menasor participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! Menasor could be recruited to a team if all of his components were at max level. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===
{{voiceactor|[[James Arnold Taylor]]}}

[[File:Devastation-Menasor.jpg|thumb]]
After being defeated by the Autobots while they tried to retrieve the [[Plasma Core]], Motormaster brought out the rest of the Stunticons to form Menasor. The Autobots were able to get the better of the combiner, but he still tossed the Plasma Core to a waiting Insecticon that delivered it to Megatron (while rather petulantly complaining that no one defeated Menasor). Menasor appeared again on the ''[[Proudstar]]'' to help Devastator stop the Autobots from reaching the [[Ferrotaxis]], but both of the combiners were sent plummeting over the ledge to their apparent doom. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Menasor_Earth_Wars.jpg|thumb| Offroad not used, because Menasor doesn't want to seem [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|too familiar]]]]

Menasor was formed after a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Rust Renegades, and Lugnut's betrayal so that he could revive Megatron. Motormaster vowed revenge, but the personalities of the Stunticons clashed, and Menasor couldn't exactly be controlled.
{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}

Menasor can be formed once all 3 to 4 star Stunticons have been collected.

*'''Class''' - Combiner
* '''Weapons''' - Menasor swings around a large sword to heavily damage any building. His sword is capable of deflecting projectiles and damage. When up close, Menasor can also stomp on enemy defenses.
*'''Abilities''':
**'''Blade Dash''' - Dash straight to a target and slash it for heavy damage
**'''Kinetic Barrier''' - Spin your blade, reflecting 75% of all damage dealt to you and dealing damage to nearby enemies
**'''Internal Conflict''' - Deal heavy damage and disable enemies over a large area while losing 20% of your max Health. If this ability kills you, disable the entire enemy base for 10–15 seconds
*'''Cooldown''': 15 seconds to 20 seconds.
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:menasor Menasor at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Menasor was the combined form of the Stunticons, and a monstrous force of nature to be reckoned with. {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1menasor toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Not [[Masquerade|Optimus Prime and the Autobots in cosplay]].]]
*'''Menasor''' ([[1986]], [[1990]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-55'''
**''Accessories:'' Head, left & right fists, left & right feet, [[roller car]]/chest plate, "blast deflector" waist plate, Motormaster's [[cyclone gun]] and [[ionizer sword]], small Stunticons' individual guns, sticker sheets (both individual packs and giftset)
{{toydesigner|[[Kaoru Matsumoto]] (TakaraTomy)<ref>[https://patents.google.com/patent/USD297039 Menasor's patent] at Google Patents.</ref>|[[Mark Watts]] (packaging artist)}}

:Menasor is formed out of all five Stunticon toys, with Motormaster serving as the central body component, and the four smaller team members as limbs, using additional attachments for Menasor's hands and feet, a mask for his head, waist armor, and a chestplate formed from the "roller car" figure included with Motormaster. He is armed with Motormaster's sword and cyclone rifle. As a "[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1986 (Scramble City and Transformers 2010)|Scramble City]]"-style combiner, Menasor's limbs are fully interchangeable; any of his limb-components, or any members of the other compatible combiner teams, are able to form either an arm or leg for the giant. Menasor is the smallest, but sturdiest, of the Scramble City combiners.

:Along with Metroplex, Superion, Bruticus, and Defensor, Menasor was designed for an aborted ''[[Diaclone]]'' line that would have been called ''[[Diaclone#Jizai Gattai|Jizai Gattai]]'' (自在合体 "Limitless Combination"), which was shelved to make way for the ''Transformers'' line. Menasor's five Stunticon components could be purchased either individually, or in a giftset. A Japanese "VS-A" set that would have packaged Menasor with Superion was planned, but went unreleased.

:In his original release year of 1986, Menasor's five Stunticon components could be purchased either individually, or in a [[giftset]]. The individual Stunticons were later reissued in [[Europe]] as part of the ''[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]'' series in 1990.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Menasor/menasor.htm More information on Menasor at TFU.info]''
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===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2 Stunticons 1995 Tomart.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|[[Generation 2 Defensor and Menasor|Yowza]].]]
*'''Menasor''' (unreleased)
**''Accessories:'' Head, left & right fists, left & right feet, [[roller car]]/chest plate, "blast deflector" waist plate, Motormaster's cyclone gun and sword, small Stunticons' individual guns
:[[Redeco]]s of all five Stunticons were planned for release in [[1994]], but were canceled, with only a handful of test shots and production samples made, including a small run of [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdowns]] produced as a [[BotCon 1994|1994 BotCon]] exclusive. Given the ''Generation 2'' toyline's handling of other combiners, it is unlikely Menasor would have been released as a giftset even if the individual figures had made it to retail.

:While the number of collectors who own ''Generation 2'' Menasor is vanishingly small in ''this'' universe, at least one collector in [[Unicron Trilogy|''another'' universe]] has managed to snag himself [[Generation 2 Defensor and Menasor|a set]]—Decepticon toy aficionado [[Shortround (Cybertron)|Shortround]]!

{{canceledtoy}}
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:Universe2003MenasorTestshot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Man. He looks like a rolling bruise.]]
*'''Menasor''' (Ultra Class, <s>[[2004]]</s>?)
:A redeco of ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]]'' Ultra Class [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Optimus Prime]] (himself a [[retool]]ing of Generation 1 [[Thunder Clash#Toys|Thunder Clash]]) as Menasor was planned as a store exclusive for the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe toyline]]'', but was ultimately canceled. It was initially supposed to be Motormaster, but trademark issues forced a name change.

::*''[http://www.iaconone.com/datatrax/datatrax_002.php Unproduced Universe Menasor package art at Iacon One Datatrax]''

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===''Classics''===
*'''Menasor''' (Classic Legends, [[2007]])
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (deco artist)}}
[[File:ClassicsLOCMenasor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Not [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]].]]
:This black and purple [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]] [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends of Cybertron]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#LOC1|Optimus Prime]] transforms into a futuristic truck cab. It was intended to be Motormaster, but the name [[trademark]] could not be obtained. The toy was given the name "Menasor", and the super robot's function of "Super Warrior," effectively making him Menasor, not Motormaster.

:This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Zone]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/ClassicsMenasor/menasor.htm More information on ''Classics'' Menasor at TFU.info.]''
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===''Titanium Series''===
[[File:Titanium-toy Menasor.JPG|upright=1.67|thumb|Not [[Dark Hot Rod]].]]
*'''Menasor''' (6" Cybertron Heroes, [[2007]])
**''Accessories:'' Rifle, display stand
:A [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] [[exclusive]] first sold at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2007, Menasor is a redeco of the ''[[Titanium Series]]'' [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Rodimus Prime]], transforming into a Cybertronic Winnebago-ish thing.

:According to this Menasor's bio, he is a single entity built from the bodies of the individual Stunticons and controlled by their psychotic, permanently unified minds.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/SDCCMenasor/menasor.htm More information on ''Titanium'' Menasor on TFU.info.]''
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy Menasor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Now, where's my Trucker hat?]]
*'''Menasor''' (Micro-Changer Combiner, 2013)
**''Set number'': '''A7308'''
**''Pieces'': '''90'''
{{toydesigner|[[Ed Masiello]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the third wave of [[Kreon]] [[Micro-Changer]] combiner sets, Menasor comes as a set of four component Kreons: Breakdown, Dead End, Drag Strip, and Motorbreath. The Kreons can be built into their robot modes or their vehicle modes, or they can be built into Menasor by taking them apart and combining their pieces.

:Like the entire Micro Changer combiner sets, Menasor comes with only one Kre-O display brick, and a sticker sheet composed of his leg detailing and a ''Kre-O'' logo. Due to the leg stickers being slightly transparent, applying them into the black-colored leg parts can render the details being semi-transparent. The instructions also did not mention on where you should put the ''Kre-O'' logo sticker. Also, Menasor's combined mode's waist part is somehow prone to falling off from the assembly while posing, and he has a problem standing straight due to how the legs are constructed.

:As Kreon combiners only involve four components, ''Kre-O'' [[Wildrider (G1)#Kre-O|Brake-Neck]] instead ended up as a Series 4 blind-bagged figure. However he can built along with the gestalt if you have any creativity.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/Kre-OMenasor/menasor.htm More information on Menasor at TFU.info]''

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*'''Combiner Robot Mega Pack''' (3-pack, 2016)
**''Set number'': '''B6425'''
**''Pieces'': '''245'''
:3 years later, the 3 Micro-Changer combiners, Superion, Bruticus, and Menasor was reissued and released as a 3-pack. The toys were unchanged from their individual releases.

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===''Combiner Wars''===
{{anchor|Generations}}
[[File:Generations CW Menasor.JPG|thumb|upright=1.67|Still not Optimus Prime and the Autobots in cosplay...[[Optimus Maximus (G1)|or is he?]] ]]
*'''Decepticon Dragstrip''' (Deluxe Class, 2015)
*'''Dead End''' (Deluxe Class, 2015)
*'''Motormaster''' (Voyager Class, 2015)
*'''Breakdown''' (Deluxe Class, 2015)
*'''Decepticon Offroad''' (Deluxe Class, 2015)
:*'''Brake-Neck''' (Deluxe Class, 2015)
*'''Decepticon Blackjack''' (Legends Class, 2015)
**''Accessories:'' Sword (formed from Motormaster's sword and gun), 4 hands/feet, 4 small weapons
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

:Part of the ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' subline, ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Menasor is an entirely new mold Scramble City-style combiner made up of four Deluxe figures ([[Drag Strip (G1)#Generations|Dragstrip]], [[Breakdown (G1)#Generations|Breakdown]], [[Dead End (G1)#Combiner Wars|Dead End]], and new member [[Offroad (CW)#Toys|Offroad]]) as limbs, a Voyager figure ([[Motormaster (G1)#Combiner Wars|Motormaster]]) as the torso, and [[Blackjack (G1)#Generations|Blackjack]] for the chestplate. He can wield a large, [[5 mm post]] sword formed by connecting Motormaster's smaller sword to his gun and can also hold any of the Deluxe components' smaller weapons. He was announced at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] [[2014]] along with fellow combiner Superion. His stock photo cleverly concealed an online listing image of ''Generations'' Huffer and Blackjack. A few months after the other Stunticons' release, [[Wildrider (G1)#Generations|Brake-Neck]] (actually Wildrider, renamed due to trademark reasons) was announced and released shortly thereafter, intended to replace Offroad and complete the original Stunticon roster.

:Menasor is considered the least-stable Combiner of the entire ''Combiner Wars'' line, due to the various design failures that plague Motormaster's design which will more likely than not cause him to fall apart. Such issues include but are not limited to: bad hip articulation due to poorly-designed ratchet joints which complicates his ability to stand any way other than straight and stiff (further complicated by the lack of ankle articulation necessary to compensate), shoulder mechanisms that come untabbed due to weak lock tolerances if the arms are moved, a problematic waist swivel caused by the skirt flap being attached to the stomach instead of the pelvis, and the inability to keep Blackjack securely attached to the chest due to incorrectly-molded sizing in the tabs. Although the hip ratchet problem was (slightly) resolved with an updated re-release of Motormaster that included remolded ratchets, the other problems were not addressed by the rerelease or subsequent redecos.

:Although heavily based on the G1 design for Menasor, the Generations iteration of Menasor instructs the legs to be attached with the car body facing forward, as opposed to facing backwards like the G1 toy. Although the undersides of the Stunticons resemble the G1 toys enough to resemble the G1 design if attached backwards, doing so will rob Menasor of his functional knees, ironic due to the fact the reverse was done to give the G1 Menasor toy functioning knees.

:As a part of the first and second wave promotion in Hasbro's Asian markets, a free sticker sheet for the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s and [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]]s was given out when purchasing any four Deluxe Class toys from those waves. As such, Menasor was given Generation 1 toy-esque stickers for the owner to apply if they wanted.<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-generations-combiner-wars-free-g1-sticker-sheet-with-tru-singapore/32469/ Aerialbot and Stunticon sticker promotion on Seibertron.com]</ref> These sticker sheets did not include stickers for Brake-Neck or Blackjack, however.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/CWMenasor/menasor.htm More information on ''Generations'' Menasor at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Transformers-Generations-Combiner-Wars-G2-Menasor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|[[Shortround (Cybertron)|Shortround]] would have a field day at this.]]
*'''Menasor''' (Collection Pack, 2015)
**''Accessories:'' Sword, Stunticon weapons/extremities
:A [[redeco]] of the ''Combiner Wars'' Stunticons, based on their cancelled [[#Generation 2|''Generation 2'' toys]]. Well, okay, [[Circular reporting|technically]], this set is based on [http://air-hammer.deviantart.com/art/G2-Stunticons-Digibash-471989649 somebody's digibash] based on [http://cybertron.ca/boards/showthread.php?p=76573 somebody's hand-painted recreation] of the cancelled ''Generation 2'' toys, including an erroneous purple and silver [[Breakdown (G1)#CWG2|Breakdown]] and some other errors. This set replaces Offroad with [[Wildrider (G1)#CWG2|Brake-Neck]], and includes [[Blackjack (G1)#CWG2|Blackjack]]. G2 Menasor is available as a box set, and comes with a collector card and a poster of ''Combiner Wars'' G1 Menasor printed on cardstock paper, both presented inside an envelope.

:This set's Motormaster has the improved hip ratchet joints.

:The second set of stock photos shows Menasor as ''hideously'' mistransformed in combined mode, and some shots also depicted the head with only one horn, the other being broken off.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/CWMenasor/menasor.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' G2 Menasor at TFU.info]''
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===''Unite Warriors''===
{{anchor|UniteWarriors}}
[[File:TakaraTomy-UW02-Menasor.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Oh, no room for Offroad, huh? Well fine, I'll go build my own combiner! With Blackjack! And hookers!]]
*'''Menasor''' (giftset, [[August 22]], [[2015]])
**''ID number:'' '''UW-02'''
**''Accessories:'' Sword (formed from Motormaster's sword and gun), 4 hands/feet, 4 small weapons
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]] and [[Hisao Nishimoto]] (TakaraTomy)}}
:Takara's ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' iteration of Menasor was sold in a gift set including all five "Stuntrons" (minus [[Runabout (RID)|the Blackjack mold]]) with Wildrider (a retooled Dead End) included instead of Offroad. He has numerous changes in deco to better match his look in the Generation 1 cartoon. Most notably, Motormaster has more black on his vehicle mode, "Drag Stripe" has red details instead of purple, and Dead End lacks his usual gold stripe. The set also features some minor improvements to the original sculpts, such as improved hip-ratchets for Motormaster for increased stability. In addition, Breakdown's hand/foot/gun accessory (which was designed with the intended Sunstreaker redeco/retool in mind, doubling as his "supercharger" engine) was replaced with another version of Dragstrip's hand/foot/gun accessory, which also increases the symmetry for the hands and feet.

:As the entirety of Motormaster is molded in [[Gold Plastic Syndrome#Other notable instances|swirly plastic]], Menasor/Motormaster's waist can eventually crack and split the torso in half.

:Printed on his instructions is the second chapter of ''[[Unite Warriors Offshot]]''. Undocumented in the instructions, ''Unite Warriors'' Menasor's chest can attach ''Adventure'' [[Runabout (RID)|Runabout]] (or his mold mates Blackjack and Rodimus) on his combined mode chest.

:The giftset also included a collector commemorative coin when purchased in select retailers outside Japan.
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-Combiner-Menasor.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|ゴゴゴゴ (''Menacing'')]]
*'''Menasor''' ([[2022]], [[2023]])
**'''1 of 5: [[Drag Strip (G1)#Legacy|Decepticon Dragstrip]]'''
**'''2 of 5: [[Wildrider (G1)#Legacy|Decepticon Wild Rider]]'''
**'''3 of 5: [[Dead End (G1)#Legacy|Dead End]]'''
**'''4 of 5: [[Breakdown (G1)#Legacy|Breakdown]]'''
**'''5 of 5: [[Motormaster (G1)#Legacy|Decepticon Motormaster]]'''
**''Origin universe'': '''G1 Universe'''
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Takio Ejima]] and [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)|[[John Warden]] (concept), [[Dan Khanna]] (concept artist)}}

:The first combiner figure released in the main ''Generations'' line since ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'', ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' Menasor is based heavily on the character's appearance in the original Generation 1 cartoon. To match this design—which depicted the Stunticons as if they were simply hanging off Menasor's limbs, rather than actually forming the limbs themselves—the toy features a very unconventional combination method that involves Motormaster's trailer splitting into five combiner-body pieces—two arms, two legs, and a torso—to which the individual Stunticons attach. When attached to the arm pieces, hidden buttons on the arm Stunticons are pressed that allow them to split in two, giving Menasor a full range of elbow articulation; the leg Stunticons, meanwhile, activate an auto-transform feature in the leg pieces themselves, closing up the front of the leg to "complete" its appearance. Motormaster himself forms the upper block of the chest and the head. Nearly every one of Menasor's joints is constructed using strong ratchets, adding a great deal of stability to him overall.
[[File:Hasbro China Tmall Exclusive Legacy Menasor Boxset.jpg|thumb|left]]

:As the other Stunticons themselves do not actually play a role in the combination process, it is possible—and indeed, advertised on the back of Motormaster's packaging—to combine most of the trailer pieces into a skeletal, incomplete Menasor even if you don't have any of the limb-bots. Unlike past toys of Menasor, the ''Legacy'' Stunticons are not interchangeable, each designed to form a specific limb; at most, you can swap the legs, Breakdown and Wild Rider, for one another. Although the ''Legacy'' Stunticons are not designed to be reverse-compatible with the older ''Combiner Wars'' figures, Motormaster's combination system features ''Combiner Wars'' joint-sized recesses, which technically allow any ''Combiner Wars''-compatible figure to be used as a leg for Menasor, although the connected ''Combiner Wars'' leg will not secure inside the recess and not scale properly if used with a native Menasor leg. The middle portion of Motormaster's trailer is also not involved in the combination. ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' [[Superion (G1)#Age of the Primes|Superion]] makes use of the same frame system as Menasor, and can swap his parts with him. (However, the bots that connect to the frames cannot be attached to the other combiner’s ones.) Both of his shins share identical detailing due to the scrapped original plan for Breakdown to be a straight redeco of Wildrider with zero retooling.

:His forearms have molded details based on his arm blasters from "[[Masquerade]]".

:According to designer [[John Warden]], he devised the basics of this unique combination scheme with Shogo Hasui, passing a napkin back and forth as they split a hamburger.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=I remember famously splitting a hamburger Hasui, I tell this story all the time, where we went to a bar and grill and the hamburger was too big, and so we split it down the middle, and we were drawing on napkins having a back-and-forth to each other, and during that meeting we devised the idea of how to make Menasor. He would have to be this Commander class character flanked by a bunch of Deluxes.|link=https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/08/03/sdcc-2024-hasbro-interview-john-wardens-return-generations-studio-series-combiners-more-513802|name=John Warden|site=TFW2005|title=SDCC 2024 Hasbro Interview – John Warden’s Return, Generations, Studio Series, Combiners, More!|year=2024|month=08|day=03}}</ref>

:In January 2023, the entirety of Menasor was sold as a boxset exclusive to Hasbro China's Tmall store. It contained all 5 components, unchanged and in their original packaging, inside of a larger box decorated with an illustration of Menasor. The set came with an enamel pin based on the combiner's original G1 box illustration. The set was limited to 100 copies.

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[[File:TF-Legacy-ToyDeco-Menasor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Stunticon Menasor''' (Giftset, [[2023]])
:*''TakaraTomy name:'' '''Stunticon Menastor''' (スタンティコンメナソー)
:*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''TL-90'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[2025]] [[March 29]]
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Takio Ejima]] and [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Released as a giftset, "Stunticon Menasor" is formed from five redecos of the above ''Legacy'' figures, this time based on their original 1986 toy decos. Out of the five figures, only [[Breakdown (G1)#LegacyGiftset|Breakdown]] received an optional alternate head to match his toy design.

:Menasor's five components were revealed at San Diego Comic Con 2023, and sold in a [[Hasbro Pulse]] exclusive giftset. Said giftset features a similar layout to the original Generation 1 Menasor boxset, and even includes a bio and tech specs on the back. Neat!

:The set itself went up for pre-order on [[August 1]]st.
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Ramune===
[[File:Ramune menasor keshi.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Menasor''' (1986)
**''ID number:'' '''3'''
:An unpainted figurine of Menasor was available as part of the second range of [[Kabaya]]'s line of ''[[Transformers Ramune]]'' [[candy toy]]s, tying in with the ''Scramble City'' toyline. Like all figures in the series, Menasor was sold in a [[Blindpacking|blindpacked]] box with fizzy "ramune" candy, and featured a main body was made of hard red plastic, with soft grey PVC limbs articulated at the hips and shoulders.

*'''Menasor''' (1986)
:Later in 1986, in the third ''Ramune'' wave, Menasor was among the characters immortalized as a soft rubber figurine, known as a ''keshigomu'' in Japan. He was available in either red, blue, or yellow colors, and as before, came blindpacked with ramune candy. While similar to the separate range of ''keshigomu'' figures released by Takara that would later be imported by Hasbro as part of their [[Decoy]] promotion, Menasor and his wave-mates saw no American release.
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===Forms Robo===
*'''Menasor''' (1986)
:Menasor was also part of the small ''[[Forms Robo]]'' collection of larger ''keshigomu'', with this chunkier version of the character standing at around twice the height of his ''Ramune'' figure. Like the other figures in this series, Menasor was packaged in an individual baggie and was available in red, blue, green, and yellow.

===Gaia Scramble/Transformers Gum===
[[File:Kabaya menasor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*'''Menasor''' (2013)
:This incarnation of Menasor is formed by combining the separate Stunticons available in two of [[Kabaya]]'s lines of [[candy toy]]s: Dead End, Breakdown, Drag Strip and Wildrider were available as part of the ''[[Gaia Scramble]]'' line, while Motormaster was released through the ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' line. All five figures are snap-together model kits that use stickers for details and come with a stick of gum; Dead End and Breakdown share a mold, as do Drag Strip and Wildrider, each kit affecting minor differences in how they are assembled to differentiate the figures beyond color, which, aside from Motormaster, bear no resemblance to any previous established color schemes for the Stunticons.
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===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:W2Menasor.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Menasor, Menacing Colossus''' (2019)
**[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]], Paranoid Scout
**[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]], Doomed Loner
**[[Drag Strip (G1)|Decepticon Drag Strip]], Cutthroat Warrior
**[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]], Stunticon Leader
**[[Offroad (CW)|Offroad]], All-Terrain Soldier
**'''Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners'''
**''Stars: ''25

:One of the titular [[combiner]]s from the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]] Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners, Menasor, Menacing Colossus can be formed by playing the Action card [[Enigma of Combination|Stunticon Enigma]] while the Character cards for all five [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] are in Bot Mode while on the battlefield and/or the KO area.

:Menasor, Menacing Colossus' art is based on the [[Combiner Wars (franchise)|Combiner Wars]] version of Menasor, with [[Offroad (CW)|Offroad]] replacing [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]]. Like the Combiner Wars version of Menasor, [[Blackjack (G1)|Blackjack]] is depicted as a chestplate despite not being included in the card set.
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===''Transformers Character Card''===
[[File:Transformers Character Card Superion and Menasor.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''Superion & Menasor Set''' ([[February 6]], [[2023]])
**''ID number:'' '''37 & 38'''

:Released as part of the sixth wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] (with his components [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]], [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]], [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] and [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]]) and Menasor (with ''his'' components [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]], [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]], [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]], [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] and [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]]) along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#38|Translation of Menasor's Transformers Character Card]]''

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==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Universe-unreleased-Menasor-art.jpg|Unused ''Universe'' packaging art
Machinima-CW-Menasor.jpg|Machinima ''Combiner Wars'' model.
</gallery>

==Notes==
[[File:MenasorEarly.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Menasor got dressed in a rush this morning.]]
[[File:MenasorDevastationConcept.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]

* Menasor's [[instructions]] and [[package art]] depict Drag Strip and Breakdown as his arms, and Wildrider and Dead End as his legs, while the [[character model]] used for the cartoon and comic—which has gone on to become the "default" arrangement for Menasor in most subsequent media—makes Drag Strip and Dead End the arms, and Breakdown and Wildrider the legs. An alternate model, designed by [[Studio OX]] for the ''[[TV Magazine]]'' manga and story pages, seen at the top of this article, makes Drag Strip and Wildrider the arms, and Breakdown and Dead End the legs. Drag Strip's the only one in the same place in every configuration!
* An alternate animation character sheet from the original cartoon exists for Menasor. It features all of the limbs in different orientations (the arms upside-down, the legs upside down and reversed with the car sides facing front) from the final model ''and'' the chest sports an Autobot symbol, suggesting, perhaps, that the Stunticon and Aerialbot toy factions may have originally been the other way around. This model was used for the toy [[commercial]] which appeared to introduce the Stunticons and Aerialbots, though with the faction symbol corrected.
* The animators frequently misinterpreted Menasor's character model in the original cartoon. Instead of having the four small Stunticons as his actual limbs (with, for example, his fist directly attached to Drag Strip's form), he was drawn as though the four cars attached on top of generic blocky limbs that extended from Motormaster.
** Menasor's original design featured in IDW's [[The Transformers (IDW)|ongoing series]] features a modified version of this idea; Motormaster's separating parts form the torso, forearms, hands, and feet of Menasor's body, with the Stunticons filling the missing gaps in the body. When Menasor returned after being rebuilt by the Enigma of Combination, his design was altered to resemble the toy featured in the concurrently running ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' toyline, and returns to the traditional combiner limb setup.
** Conversely, Menasor's appearance in ''[[Transformers: Devastation]]'' combines his classic Generation 1 and ''Combiner Wars'' designs. While combining, the Stunticons instead attach directly on top of Motormaster's limbs before merging with them to form Menasor's limbs. The resulting Menasor design uses the torso and arms from his G1 design, and uses the CW design for the legs, chest and head. Offroad is featured in this design instead of Wildrider, and although he does not appear with the Stunticon grouping prior to combining or when Menasor briefly separates, Blackjack takes the place of the Roller Car on Menasor's chest, materializing directly from Motormaster himself.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Menasor''' (メナゾール ''Menazōru'', メナソー ''Menasō'')
*''French:'' '''Menasor''' (European French cartoon dub, and Canada, carded Stunticon limbs only), '''Confusio''' (Canada, Motormaster's box and Menasor giftset)
*''Italian:'' '''Pentacar''' (toyline and season 3), '''Ultrax''' (cartoon)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Fēitiān Hǔ''' (飞天虎, "Flying Tiger")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Ameaçador''' (Brazil comic)
*''Russian:'' '''Megasaur''' (Мегазавр ''Megazavr'')
*''Polish:'' '''Minozaury''' or '''Minozaur''' ("Minosaurs" or "Minosaur", "Masquerade"), '''Minotaur''' ("Cosmic Rust"), '''Megazaur''' ("Megasaur", one line of dialogue in "Masquerade")

==References==
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Nemesis (G1)

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{{disambigm|Nemesis (disambiguation)|Lemuria (disambiguation)}}
: ''The ''Nemesis'' is a space ship from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Nemesis astroids.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|When the Decepticons play a game of Asteroids, it's quite literal.]]

The '''''Nemesis''''' was the flagship of the [[Decepticon fleet]] and the most powerful warship they ever built. It was notorious for ambushing and shooting down the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Target2006 nemesis.jpg|275px|thumb|left|Like some va...wait, what?]]

[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and his crew of Decepticons used the ''Nemesis'' to chase [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and his crew of Autobots out into deep space. Eventually, the Decepticons boarded the ''Ark'', the Autobots' ship, and left the ''Nemesis'' orbiting Earth. The ''Ark'' then crashed into Earth with all the Transformers on board, deactivating them and leaving the ''Nemesis'' in orbit with [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] to watch it. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

''The ''Nemesis'' remained undisturbed, hidden from Earthling view with superior cloaking technology. In 2006, [[Galvatron (G1)#Galvatron I|Galvatron]] traveled back in time to the year 1986 in order to build a large laser cannon to destroy [[Unicron/Generation 1#Marvel The Transformers comics|Unicron]]. Upon completing the cannon, Galvatron tested its effectiveness on the orbiting ''Nemesis'', destroying the ship with a single blast.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

====''Transformers '84''====
The ''Nemesis'' was designed by [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] so [[Decepticon High Command]] could ambush the Autobots after they'd destroyed the oncoming [[asteroid belt]]. Skyfire himself however was barred from boarding on Shockwave's orders, the lead scientist feeling that his subordinate's talents would be best utilized if he remained on Cybertron. After a delay with the absent Shockwave, the ship launched, {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 1|Secrets & Lies #1}} hiding behind an asteroid so it could ambush its Autobot counterpart. Deducing Optimus Prime's trap, Shockwave remained aboard the ''Nemesis'' during the fateful attack. After the ''Ark'' crashed on Earth, Shockwave used the ship to communicate with [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]] before the [[Conehead]]s boarded. Needing to verify on the status of the ''Ark'', Shockwave incapacitated the three with a [[scraplet]] virus before he exited the ship. Solar cycles later, Counterpunch tried to make contact with the now overdue Shockwave, the ship rerouting the call to the scientist's hastily assembled mining station. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 2|Secrets & Lies #2}} Still in orbit, the ship's environmental protocols cured the Coneheads of the scraplet virus. After they took stock of their situation, the trio blasted out of the ''Nemesis'' to find the ''Ark'' and Shockwave. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 3|Secrets & Lies #3}}

Though the Coneheads found the ''Ark'', they also found a controlled Megatron channeling dangerously large amounts of [[antimatter]], quickly taking their leave. Retreating back to the ''Nemesis'', they found themselves unable to engage the propulsion system, contacting [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] to deliver a status report and request rescue. Straxus agreed to send rescue but only on the condition that they stayed silent about the ''Ark'', an offer that the Coneheads readily agreed to. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 4|Secrets & Lies #4}}

====Crew====
{{collist|3|
* [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]
* [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]
* [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]
* [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]
* [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]
* [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]
* [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Thundercracker]]
* [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Skywarp]]
* [[Viewfinder]]
* [[Decepticon medics|A medic]]
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
* [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:NemesisMicrobots1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Eh, it's not so big]]

The ''Nemesis'' was the ship used by the Decepticons to pursue the [[Autobot]]s. All the Decepticons left the ship to board the ''Ark'' and both ships ended-up crashing on prehistoric [[Earth]]. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

Before the crash, however, several objects were ejected from the ship, including an escape pod {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}} and what would become the [[Pearl of Bahoudin]]. {{storylink|Trans-Europe Express}}

In 1985, archaeologists eventually discovered the wreck of the ''Nemesis'' in South America. Once [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] relayed the news to [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], the Decepticons deployed immediately. Upon arriving, Megatron removed the ''Nemesis''{{'}}s power-source, the [[Heart of Cybertron]] and had [[Hook (G1)#The Transformers cartoon|Hook]] then install it in him. Imbued with near-limitless power, Megatron then attempted to destroy the Autobots, and almost succeeded, until the Heart of Cybertron was removed from his body and destroyed by [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]], [[Brawn (G1)#The Transformers cartoon|Brawn]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Microbots}}
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=====Crew=====
[[File:GenericDecepticons MTMTE.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8]]
{{collist|2|
* [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]
* [[Bombshell (G1)#The Transformers cartoon|Bombshell]]
* [[Buzzsaw (G1)#The Transformers cartoon|Buzzsaw]]
* [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]
* [[Kickback (G1)#The Transformers cartoon|Kickback]]
* [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]]
* [[Reflector (G1)#The Transformers cartoon|Reflector]]
* [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]]
* [[Rumble (G1)#The Transformers cartoon|Rumble]]
* [[Shrapnel (G1)#The Transformers cartoon|Shrapnel]]
* [[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]]
* [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]]
* [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]
* [[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]]
* Various [[Air Warrior]]s
* Various [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]]-type warriors
* Various [[Photon (subgroup)|Photons]]
}}

====''Legacy VS500 Collection Special Comic''====
The transformed ''Nemesis'' was a spectator of the second week of the [[Speedia 500]] on [[Velocitron]]. {{storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3}}
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===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===
[[File:BWNemesisPt1 rises.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|And in four million years, [[Victory (G1)|its sister ship]] crashes into the ocean, coming full circle.]]
The ''Nemesis'' was the flagship of the [[Decepticon fleet]], and the most powerful warship they ever possessed.

[[File:BWNemesisPt1 Nemesisname.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Megs wanted his victims to know who it was that blew them up.]]
It shot down the ''Ark'', but was damaged during the battle and crashed on Earth. It was revealed that [[Tarantulas (BW)#Beast Wars cartoon|Tarantulas]] had discovered the wreckage of the ''Nemesis'' deep under water, and had been refurbishing it for unknown purposes. While he'd finished rebuilding it and outfitting it with [[unspace|transwarp]] capabilities and a Predacon-scaled command console, Tarantulas was killed before he could use it; [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] found out about the ''Nemesis'' soon after, and commandeered it as a last ditch attempt to rewrite history and destroy the ''Ark''. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1|Nemesis Part 1}}

Using the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s awesome power, Megatron managed to kill [[Tigerhawk#Beast Wars cartoon|Tigerhawk]], as well as [[Inferno (BW)#Beast Wars cartoon|Inferno]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)#Beast Wars cartoon|Quickstrike]] by accident when he tried to avenge himself on the [[anthropoid]] leader. He soon began to tear at [[Mount St. Hilary]], intending to obliterate the slumbering ''Ark''! In the final battle, the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s controls were severely damaged when [[Rhinox (BW)#Beast Wars cartoon|Rhinox]] crashed an [[Autobot Shuttle Omega Delta|Autobot shuttle]] ''through'' the warship. Out of control, the ship flew eastwards into the rising sun, turning slowly south and eventually crashing (unseen) several thousand miles away. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2|Nemesis Part 2}}
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====Tactical systems====
{{quote|I will say this for my namesake; he liked the artillery big, and plentiful.|Beast Wars Megatron on ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s armaments|"[[Nemesis Part 2]]"}}
[[File:Nemesis missiles.JPG|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Skywarp, Rumble, and Thrust liked to write messages on the missiles.]]
Even for the flagship of the Decepticon space fleet, one might have considered the armament on the ''Nemesis'' to be overkill. In addition to the standard energy weapons used by the Decepticons, the vessel carried a massive amount of [[missile]]s, which could be fired slowly in a swarm of rocket propelled death. A [[tractor beam]] could pull anything beneath it up to be sliced and grounded up by rotating blades and drills. The blades were incredibly sharp, being able to slice through solid rock.

[[File:Nemesis fusion cannon.JPG|125px|thumb|"A second fusion cannon is unworkable, Megatron." "Silence, Starscream!"]]
Given that Megatron himself would have be the ship's normal commander, it should not be surprising that the primary weapon on the ''Nemesis'' was a [[fusion cannon]]. The fusion cannon was powered by its own reactor, apparently separate from the main [[Energon]] supply. The reactor needed to be at one hundred percent capacity to fire a blast, and would require a powerup time between blasts.

The ship also featured systems to enable the forced boarding of enemy ships. A pair of magnetic couplings amidships allowed for the ''Nemesis'' to forcibly establish a magnetic junction between herself and the unfortunate target, and a boarding chute could be released from within the hull to allow crew-members to cross the gap between ships. The tip of the chute could also be heated to cut through hull plating at least as thick as that used on the ''[[Ark (G1)#The Transformers cartoon|Ark]]''.

Tactically the ship had two main weaknesses. During the flight from Cybertron a heavy meteor shower required so much power to maintain the shields that ''Nemesis'' was forced to fly in the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s wake in order to survive. Given that a similar energy crisis shortly affected the ''Ark'' as well, it would seem that both ships were weakened by the lack of energy on Cybertron. Ergo, the ''Nemesis'' functioned best when well-fueled, otherwise her size and power requirements could make the ship a liability.

The second weakness was placing all the main tactical, command and fire-control systems in the prominent dorsal conning tower. Though the location provided an excellent viewpoint for piloting the ship and directing combat (and was presumably well armored and shielded), it also made for a compelling target, as happened in the final act of the Beast Wars when Rhinox piloted an [[Autobot Shuttle Omega Delta|Autobot shuttle]] straight into the conning tower in a kamikaze run, taking out the bridge and crippling the ship, which flew rudderless until crashing in [[South America]], where in the 20th century human excavations would unearth her. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}} {{storylink|Microbots}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:NemesisDreamwave1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Prepare for ship-to-ship intimacy."]]

Built to be the flagship of [[Megatron (G1)#Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Megatron]]'s space fleet, the ''Nemesis'' was one of the largest ships created in its time. It used experimental Transwarp technology for space travel. On Cybertron the ship was mainly used as a siege engine, hoards of Decepticons would disembark to attack Autobot targets, while the ''Nemesis'' would launch a bombardment. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye}}
After returning to Earth following Shockwave's defeat on Cybertron, [[Starscream (G1)#Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Starscream]] used the ''Nemesis'' as his base of operations. It is unknown if the warship had previously been used for this purpose by the Decepticons or if Starscream rediscovered it after returning to Earth. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}

The technical specifications for the ''Nemesis'' were:

* Estimated length: 2.5 miles
* Wingspan: 1.75 miles
* Height: 1.25 miles

{{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye #8}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
A [[worldburner]]-class capital ship, the ''Nemesis'' was designed to raze whole planets. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 5: I Dream of Wires|I Dream of Wires}}

After [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] defected to the Autobots, [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] took command of the Decepticons and led them to Earth on board the ''Nemesis''. The ship was kept in high orbit before later flying to the [[Earth Defense Command#2005 IDW continuity|EDC]]'s base on [[Marshall Islands|Bikini Atoll]] after the "[[mindbomb]]" was used on the Decepticons. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 4: Full Fathom Five|Full Fathom Five}} When Prowl hacked into the EDC mainframe he unleashed all the missiles on the ''Nemesis'' crippling it and causing it to crash instantly. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 5: I Dream of Wires| I Dream of Wires}} The wreck of the ship ended up on the bottom of the Indian Ocean where it was continued to be used as the main base of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|Signals, Calls, and Marches}} Following its near-destruction by [[Superion (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|Superion]], {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}} and capture by the EDC, {{storylink|White Heat}} [[G.I. Joe (team)#2005 IDW continuity|G.I. Joe]] moved in turning into a stationary base that they rechristened '''''Lemuria'''''. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 1|G.I. Joe vol. 5 #1}}

When [[Unicron/Generation 1#2005 IDW continuity|Unicron]] began his attack on the [[Cybertronian colonies#2005 IDW continuity|Cybertronian colonies]], [[Depth Charge (BW)#2005 IDW continuity|Depth Charge]] led a horde of [[Maximal#2005 IDW continuity|Maximals]] to attack ''Lemuria'' only for he and his troops to be chased off by [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]]'s group. {{storylink|Last Stand (G.I. Joe)|Last Stand}} [[Scarlett#2005 IDW continuity|Scarlett]] viewed the attack as proof that Unicron would eventually turn his attention to Earth. {{storylink|Road's End}} Following the defeat of Unicron, [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] was imprisoned aboard ''Lemuria'', with [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] serving as his warden. {{storylink|Post}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
The Decepticon flagship, the ''Nemesis'' was commandeered by [[Shipwreck#Transformers vs. G.I. Joe|Shipwreck]] in an unseen adventure. Utilizing the ship, the Joe rammed Megatron's "Mega-Megatron" [[Combiner|combined]] form, returning the Decepticon leader to his normal state. After the Decepticons had been defeated, Shipwreck used the ''Nemesis'' to patrol the trade routes within the [[asteroid belt]] and fight off [[Zanzibar]]'s piracy. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
The legendary vessel that carried the Decepticons to Earth, by the late 24th century a surviving piece of the ''Nemesis'' was part of the collection in the office of [[Dynamic Energon Distilleries|D.E.D.]] administrator [[Megatron (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Gnashteeth]]. {{storylink|Identity Politics}}

===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
Four million years ago, the ''Nemesis'' followed the ''Ark'', immobilizing it with its tractor beams so the crew could board the Autobot ship. While the ''Ark'' crashed on the nearby Earth, what happened to the ''Nemesis'' is unknown, but when the Decepticons later departed Earth to flee [[World War III]], they did so aboard [[Trypticon (G1)#Star Trek vs. Transformers|Trypticon]].

While mind-melded with [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Star Trek vs. Transformers|Optimus Prime]], [[Spock]] glimpsed his memories of the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material===
With Cybertron's fate sealed and the Autobots gone, the Decepticons followed them closely through space aboard the ''Nemesis'' in pursuit of the [[AllSpark]]. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Earthrise|''Earthrise'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/earthrise ''Earthrise'' website]</ref>

In the midst of their mission, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] discovered that ''Nemesis'' crewmember Counterpunch was actually an Autobot double agent named [[Punch (G1)|Punch]]. Once his identity was discovered, Punch escaped the ''Nemesis'' in an escape pod and made his way to the nearby Disaster Planet, [[Master (planet)|Dominus]]. Megatron, in retaliation, sent Barricade to hunt him down. {{Storylink|Source:Earthrise Galactic Odyssey Collection|Encounter 4: Dominus Criminal Pursuit}}

{{stub|{{storylink|Source:Kingdom Golden Disk Collection#CHAPTER 2: …AND OUT THE OTHER SIDE|''Golden Disk Collection'' Chapter 2}} {{storylink|Source:Kingdom Golden Disk Collection#CHAPTER 4: THE TERRORFYING CONCLUSION|''Golden Disk Collection'' Chapter 4}}}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon===
After the Autobots had removed the [[AllSpark|Allspark]] from Cybertron, the planet's condition began to decline, Megatron redirected all resources on Cybertron, including the [[spark]]s of his prisoners and soldiers, into Project Nemesis, a massive starship with which to find the Allspark and find the Autobot ''Ark''. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 1}} {{storylink|Earthrise episode 2}}

After being informed of the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s location by [[Doubledealer]], {{storylink|Earthrise episode 6}} the ''Nemesis'' set out for the [[Nebulos|Nebulon]] system, finding the ''Ark'' by an active [[space bridge]] that the Autobots hoped to use to reach the Allspark. Unwilling to turn the warship's armament on the portal, Megatron ordered a boarding party prepped. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 3}}

Having slipped away from the chaos, Starscream was more than willing to use the ''Nemesis'' to destroy the ''Ark'', ordering an attack just as the Autobot craft went to warp. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 4}}

The energies had opened a portal to the [[Dead Universe]], an opening that Megatron, after kicking Starscream off the bridge, ordered the ship through. Entering the rift, the ''Nemesis'' was boarded by [[Galvatron (G1)|a mysterious Decepticon]] who guided Megatron after the ''Ark'' and how to harness the strange powers of the realm. By the time he'd left, the ''Nemesis'' had caught up with the ''Ark'' just as both ships returned to normal space, above an organic planet. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 5}}

Its weapon systems offline after the jolt of crossing realities, the ''Nemesis'' used its [[tractor beam]] to tow in the ''Ark'', ramming it. As the Decepticons boarded the ''Ark'', [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] took the chance to scamper over to the unguarded ''Nemesis'', seizing command of it and turning its weapons on the ''[[Fool's Fortune]]'' when it arrived. When the ''Fortune''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s warp core began to overload however, the ''Nemesis'' disconnected from the ''Ark'' and began pulling away. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 6}}

Unable to reach a safe distance in time, the ''Nemesis'' was caught in the blast and wound up crashing on the planet. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 1}} When the [[Maximal]]s detected its crash, [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] sent [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] to investigate, ordering her to allow herself to be captured so he could surreptitiously place tracking devices on the crew. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 2}} As she scouted the perimeter, the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] approached the ship and struck an alliance with the Decepticons. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 1}} When Airazor was discovered, she was promptly imprisoned, the Autobots and Maximals setting out to rescue her. Despite the foreknowledge granted to the Decepticons and Predacons by the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], the Autobots and Maximals were successful in their mission. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 2}}

Following the Autobots and Maximals recovering the Allspark, the ''Nemesis'' had been repaired and set out for the ''Ark'', turning its cannons on it. [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] was snuck aboard the ship, managing to hack into and disable its weapon systems. When Megatron decided to substitute his warship's firepower with his own, he was confronted by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] allowing enough of a delay for [[Teletraan I]] to reconfigure the ''Ark'' into a transformable body. With this newfound power, Teletraan managed to physically punch the ''Nemesis'', bringing it down. Its wreckage was subsequently abandoned when the Autobots and Maximals took the Decepticons and Predacons prisoner and returned to Cybertron. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 5}}
===''Legacy''===
The ''Nemesis'' struck fear in those who dared cross her. She despised Autobots and her only goal was to demolish any opposition to a Decepticon victory. {{storylink|#Legacy|Nemesis bio}}

===Energon Universe===
When the Autobots fled Cybertron, the ''Nemesis'' launched from Cybertron to pursue the ''Ark''. When the Decepticons boarded the other ship, the pilotless ''Nemesis'' fell down to Earth, crashing in the [[Pacific Ocean]].

[[File:TF2023 no. 8 - Nemesis Underwater.jpg|thumb|left]]
A hundred years later, the ''Nemesis'' was raised by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] and partially reactivated using the nuclear reactor of the scuttled [[USS Henry Harrison|USS ''Henry Harrison'']]. Having being previously sealed inside the vessel by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] was let out at [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s order, and the interim leader managed to tentatively recruit Astrotrain. After writing off the possibility of raising the ''Nemesis'', noting that the craft required far more [[energon]] than the Decepticons had, Soundwave made use of its communications array to reestablish contact with [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 8|Transformers #8}}

With contact reestablished, the Decepticons opened a [[space bridge]] atop the ''Nemesis''. Only Shockwave, [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] and half of [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] made it through to Earth, [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]], having also hopped through with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], damaged the space bridge allowing her, Magnus and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] to escape the area. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 9|Transformers #9}}

After the space bridge was repaired, Shockwave determined that the resources aboard the ''Nemesis'' would take too long to efficiently harvest Earth's energy. To that end, he ordered the Constructicons to build a [[feeder]], harvesting nearby ocean fauna and flora into [[energon]]. Pumping all the energon into the ''Nemesis'', Shockwave managed to reopen the space bridge, allowing him to bring Cybertron itself into Earth's orbit. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 10|Transformers #10}}

Managing to appeal to [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], the Autobots teleported to the ''Nemesis'', intending to destroy it to sever Earth's side of the space bridge. No sooner had the Autobots arrived did the Construticons form [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] once again, with the sight of Shockwave scaring away the traumatized [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 11|Transformers #11}}

After Devastator was sent falling into the energon harvester, breaking the ''Nemesis''{{'}}s hold on Cybertron even as the energy transfer continued. Refusing to leave Cliffjumper behind again, Optimus ran through the space bridge, chasing away the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] and crushing Shockwave's head. Though Optimus sought to return to Earth, Elita destroyed Cybertron's end of the portal, citing the Autobots' need for Optimus and how they could use the pilfered energon. Unwilling to save Cybertron at the expense of another world, Optimus tried to detonate the charges and destroy the ''Nemesis'' only for Elita to reveal she'd never set them. With no other choice, Optimus detonated the pilfered energon directly, severing the link between the two planets. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 12|Transformers #12}}

The foiling of their plan rendered the ''Nemesis'' "lost" to the Decepticons, Soundwave having them wreak destruction across human society to lure out the Autobots on their terms. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 15|Transformers #15}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
*''Stage'': 4
*''Point value'': 4000
*''Hit points'': 4
At the end of the [[Subspace Zone]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)#Mystery of Convoy|Ultra Magnus]] fought and defeated the Destron Boat. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
The starship appears as an accessory to [[Minion Pig#As Cyclonus|Cyclonus]], and it is very, VERY small, which is very, VERY weird. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
The ''Nemesis'' crash-landed in South America, and Megatron used it as his headquarters for some time during the early days of the war on Earth. However, when a group of Decepticons began constructing the ''[[Victory (G1)|Victory]]'', they cannibalized most of the ''Nemesis'' and recycled the parts into their new ship. {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}}

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
{{Charstubgames|{{Storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}}}

==Toys==
===''Titans Return''===
[[File:Titans Return Trypticon.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Necro & Decepticon Full-Tilt & Trypticon''' (Titan Class, 2017)}}</ul>
:* ''Accessories:'' Cannon/Full-Tilt holder
{{note|[[Trypticon (G1)#Titans Return|Trypticon]] was described as transforming into the ''Nemesis'' in a Designer's Desk video released on Hasbro's YouTube Channel,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjQE0N233X0] Transformers: Titans Return - ‘Trypticon’ Designer Desk | Transformers Official, 14 September 2017</ref> seemingly in reference to [[Trypticon (WFC)|Aligned Trypticon]] becoming the ''Nemesis''.}}

: Standing at 20 inches tall, ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Trypticon was the tallest Decepticon figure made at that point. (It was later surpassed by the [[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|''Earthrise'']] [[Scorponok (G1)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Scorponok]].) He features several new action features, such as a spring-loaded pop-out forehead-gun and the ability to "eat" [[Titan Master]] figures, who fall down his throat into his stomach, which can be opened to retrieve them. His city mode unfolds to around three feet wide, and the "battle station" mode of his classic toy is rebranded as the ''Nemesis'', a spaceship that can fit a Deluxe-class action figure in its forward bay. The front of the ''Nemesis'' mode features sculpted faux eyes, intended to make it look like it is formed by Trypticon's head. In lieu of electronics, Trypticon comes with his old partner [[Full-Tilt (G1)#Titans Return|Full-Tilt]], who has been significantly upgraded to become a full-sized Deluxe figure in his own right, with his own Titan Master partner, [[Wipe-Out#Titans Return|Necro]], who is actually a new version of Trypticon's comic bud, [[Wipe-Out]]. Since his head is obviously too large to interact with Titan Masters as most Titans Return figures do, he features a slot near the back of his head where you can insert a head-mode Titan Master, causing the orange canopy on his head to open and the laser cannon to slide up.

: Early production runs of the figure had a serious [[design flaw]] in the hip ratchets: a combination of strong springs and weak plastic caused the mechanisms of the joints to destroy themselves very quickly if they were used. Cutting the springs in half or repeatedly compressing them to reduce their length appears to solve this problem on affected copies of the toy. Later production runs appear to have fixed the issue entirely. Similarly, early specimens of this figure had a chest door that would not latch closed properly and could not bear the weight of Full-Tilt; this too was fixed in later shipments. However, the tail is entirely a different matter: the gears inside can potentially make a "snap!" sound even if care is taken while posing, causing the tail to droop down.

: The large cannons on Trypticon's back can be extended; this is mentioned in the instructions, but not depicted in any of the stock photography. Originally, the paired towers on Trypticon's back were symmetrical in their design, mirroring each other. A later [[variant]] was released with a [[retool]]ed right tower, mimicking the asymmetrical tower designs on the original figure.

: On Monday 13th February 2017, the Monday before [[Toy Fair 2017]], a picture of the toy was released and swiftly withdrawn from the Transformers Instagram account.

: In fall 2018, huge quantities of Trypticons were found at outlet stores in the U.S. for a fraction of their original price. This may be a sign of poor initial sales, or a result of other retailers buying up what was supposed to be a year's worth of inventory from recently bankrupted U.S. branch of [[Toys"R"Us]].

: Like [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Titans Return|Fortress Maximus]], Trypticon doesn't come with his vehicular drone Brunt, though a new [[Brunt (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Brunt]] was later announced a year later for the ''Siege'' toyline.
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:TF-SS86-Coronation-Starscream-Nemesis-Throne.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''There's no time for resting.'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Coronation Starscream''' (Leader Class, [[2022]])}}</ul>

: ''[[Studio Series]]'' [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Coronation Starscream]] comes with a throne to sit on, which is actually the command chair of the ''Nemesis''. The back of the throne can store his coronation accessories. Other Decepticon figures, including [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|''Siege'']]/[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|''Earthrise'' Megatron]], can be accommodated in the seat.
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-Titan-Class-Nemesis.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|''Nemesis'' ''At the end of the line'' '''''I'LL MAKE YOU [[Trypticon (G1)|MIIIINE]] OOOOOHHH''''']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Nemesis''' (Titan Class, [[2023]])}}</ul>
:* ''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL-49'''
:* ''TakaraTomy release date'': [[November 25]], 2023
:* ''Accessories'': 2 shin pad blasters, 2 stabilizer fin axes, 4 [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker jet]] figurines
{{toydesigner|[[Sam Smith]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Emiliano Santalucia]] (concept artist)<ref>[[April 4]], [[2023]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qv8dh66d48 Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Sam Smith]], [[Shogo Hasui]], and [[Delaney Norris]]</ref> <ref>Sam Smith's [https://www.instagram.com/p/CrzuqU8MUtc/ Instagram] [https://www.instagram.com/p/Crzu54Qs1Tk/ posts] [https://www.instagram.com/p/CrzvOrbMY2X/ about] ''Legacy'' Decepticon Nemesis</ref>}}

: The largest [[toy]] of a [[female Transformer]] yet released, ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: Evolution]]'' "Decepticon Nemesis" transforms from a cartoon-accurate spaceship to robot and back. Her head design is based on the Decepticon insignia and is meant to parallel the "[[Last Autobot]]" design of the previous Titan [[Ark (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Ark]]. The extra horns on her head are inspired by the crown from [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Studio Series|''Studio Series'' Coronation Starscream]]. Her spaceship mode's large ventral fin can unfold to form a flat platform for display purposes.

: In robot mode, her shin pads can detach and become large blasters for her to wield, and similarly her stabilizer fins become hand-held axes. The latter is specifically noted as her [[Evo-Fusion]] ability on the box. Parts around her head can compress to form a battle mask.

: She comes with four tiny [[Slug figure|unpainted jets]] that attach to connectors which slide out of her arms. These sliding connectors can also represent the boarding tube from the original cartoon, and are compatible with the [[A.I.R. Lock System]]. The jets, as made clear in the [[package art]], represent [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Legacy|Ramjet]], [[Thrust (G1)/toys#Legacy|Thrust]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Nemesis|Thundercracker]] and a Cybertronian-mode [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Nemesis|Skywarp]] (though the art for Skywarp is actually based off the [[IP infringement|unlicensed "Prankstor" figure]]… ''whoopsie!''). This choice of jets was not random, as micro-figures of [[Starscream (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Starscream]] and [[Dirge (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Dirge]] had previously been released with the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' "[[Galvatron (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Behold Galvatron]]" set. The jets can remain in place even when the connectors are not deployed, allowing convenient storage of the otherwise easily lost jets.

: Use caution when transforming her arms: the lower arms swing out laterally on ratchet joints, and there is nothing stopping you from moving them one "click" too far and bending back the spaceship segments on her upper arms, immediately leaving stress marks.

: Likely by design, you can make the spaceship form of Nemesis look more like the ''[[Victory (G1)|Victory]]'' if you remove the stabilizer fins and guns, fold down the wing extensions, and remove the top of the conning tower.

: The Nemesis was first teased on the ''Legacy Evolution'' [[Package art|box art]]. She was revealed in prototype form on the April 4th [[Hasbro Pulse]] Fanstream, with pre-orders going up on [[May 2]].

:* ''Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' Nemesis from Sam Smith on Instagram:''
:** ''[https://www.instagram.com/p/CrzuqU8MUtc/ Part I]''
:** ''[https://www.instagram.com/p/Crzu54Qs1Tk/ Part II - Robot Mode]''
:** ''[https://www.instagram.com/p/CrzvOrbMY2X/ Part III - Ship Mode]''
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===''Dramatic Capture Series''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Nemesis Bridge''' ([[2024]])}}</ul>
:* ''Release Date'': March 2024
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: The ''[[Dramatic Capture Series]]'' "Nemesis Bridge" multi-pack comes with a near-identical Nemesis Throne reused from the ''Studio Series'' Coronation Starscream toy. The set includes [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Dramatic Capture Series|Megatron]], [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Dramatic Capture Series|Shockwave]], [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Dramatic Capture Series|Soundwave]], and [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#Dramatic Capture Series|Laserbeak]].
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===''Throne Collection''===
[[File:TC-01 Throne Collection 01.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The Iron Throne will go to the bot who has the strength to seize it]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Throne Collection 01''' (スローンコレクション01, 2024)}}</ul>
:*''ID Number'': '''TC-01'''
:*''Release Date'': [[September 13]], [[2024]]
:Released exclusively at the 40th Anniversary Transformers Expo 2024 in Tokyo, Japan, "Throne Collection 01" is a gray redeco of the ''Studio Series'' Nemesis throne, sold individually for ¥2500 (about US$17).
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===''Generations Selects''===
[[File:Selects Trypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Trypticon''' (Titan, [[2025]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Cannon/Full-Tilt holder
{{note|[[Trypticon (G1)#Age of the Primes|Trypticon]] was once again described as transforming into a “''Nemesis''-class spaceship” in an Instagram post announcing his preorder date.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Standing tall in its dinosaur mode, complete with articulated jaws and claws, this Titan can also convert into an imposing Nemesis-class spaceship for intergalactic conquest|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/DEx1OLMpHuA/|site=Instagram|year=2025|month=1|day=13}}</ref>}}

: A ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' add-on to ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'', Trypticon is a redeco of his ''Titans Return'' figure, sporting a darker color scheme based on his cartoon appearance. Additionally, parts of his chest that previously used clear plastic are now opaque. He still comes with [[Full-Tilt (G1)#Generations Selects|Full-Tilt]] and [[Wipe-Out#Generations Selects|Necro]], both of whom are redecoed to match Trypticon's new color scheme. In keeping with contemporary ''Generations'' releases, the original figure's stickers have been omitted.

: Trypticon also notably marks a major shift in the packaging design for ''Generations Selects'', abandoning the line's previous "cardboard box" aesthetic in favor of a new look that unifies ''Generations Selects'' with the main ''Age of the Primes'' line and the similarly-redesigned ''Studio Series''.

: ''Generations Selects'' Trypticon was revealed through the official ''Transformers'' Instagram page on [[December 28]], [[2024]], with preorders going live on [[January 14]] of the following year.
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==Notes==
* The name "Nemesis" wasn't used until the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon. Before the show, the ship was simply called "Decepticon Space Cruiser".<ref name=bwu-p35>''[[Beast Wars Universe]]'', page 35</ref>
* According to ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' episode "[[Microbots]]", the star drive on board the ''Nemesis'' contains a Cybertronian alloy known as [[Cybertroid alloy]].
* According to ''[[Beast Wars Universe]]'', the ''Nemesis'' originally crashed into the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. After the event from the episode "[[Nemesis Part 2]]", this time the ''Nemesis'' crashed into a mountain located in [[Mexico]].<ref name=bwu-p35/>
* ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Transformers: Energon]]'' [[Sharkticon (Energon)|Sharkticon]]'s [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] was originally designed to resemble the ''Nemesis'', and his early working name was "Decepticon Nemesis".
* In the 2005 IDW continuity the ship is called the ''Nemesis'', looks like the ''[[Revenge (G1)|Revenge]]'', and shares the fate of the ''[[Victory (G1)|Victory]]''. This is why we love [[John Barber]].
* A [[beast mode]] was briefly considered for the ''Legacy Evolution'' Nemesis figure but a more traditional humanoid robot mode was picked to better pair off with [[Ark (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|The Ark]].<ref>{{citesocial|quote=very briefly at the beginning we discussed a beast form for the Nemesis, but really wanted a bot vs bot to pair off against the ARK. The Arks robot mode was a massive reveal, and we wanted that same energy by way of an all new character..|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/CrzuqU8MUtc/|name=Sam Smith|site=Instagram|year=2023|month=05|day=4}}</ref>

===Foreign names===
* ''Japanese:'' '''''Nemesis''''' (ネメシス ''Nemeshisu''), '''Destron Boat''' (''[[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Mystery of Convoy]]'', デストロンボート ''Desutoron Bōto'')
* ''Mandarin:'' '''Fùchóu Nǚshén''' (復仇女神, "{{w|Nemesis}}", lit. "Goddess of Revenge"), '''Bàoyìng Hào''' (China, 报应号, "Retribution"),'''Bàoyǐng Hào''' (China, 暴影号, "Ferocious Shadow")
* ''French:'' '''''Némésis'''''

==References==
{{reflist}}

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[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising starships]]
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[[Category:Decepticon starships]]
[[Category:Dramatic Capture Series]]
[[Category:Energon Universe starships]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 locations]]
[[Category:Generation 1 starships]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) starships]]
[[Category:Legacy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Mystery of Convoy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Predacon starships]]

Destron Mark

2025-06-20T19:45:30Z

Venutech: /* Transformers: Mystery of Convoy */

{{factions|decepticon}}

[[File:DestronMark.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|The height of creativity.]]
The [[Decepticon]]s were always much on vanity, and the gigantic '''Destron Mark''' (デストロンマーク ''Desutoron Māku''), an offensive weapon shaped like the Decepticon [[insignia]] itself, proves that in spades. It comes in purple, red, and blue variants.

==Games==
===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
*''Stages'': 3 (purple), 6 (red) and 8 (blue)
*''Point value'': 30000 (purple), 3000 (red), 10000 (blue)
*''Hit points'': 5 (purple), 4 (red and blue)

Once [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] found his way through the labyrinthine [[Time Tunnel]], he encountered the purple Destron Mark. Undeterred by the smaller attacking units it sent out, Magnus shot the forehead crest to defeat the insignia.

Magnus later entered the Time Tunnel again and found a red Destron Mark, which he also defeated.

Later, ''again'', Ultra Magnus reentered the Time Tunnel and destroyed a blue Destron Mark. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

[[Category:Mystery of Convoy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Video game-only characters]]

Destron Mark

2025-06-20T19:06:50Z

Venutech: /* Transformers: Mystery of Convoy */ added ingame details, including hit counts and points gained

{{factions|decepticon}}

[[File:DestronMark.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|The height of creativity.]]
The [[Decepticon]]s were always much on vanity, and the gigantic '''Destron Mark''' (デストロンマーク ''Desutoron Māku''), an offensive weapon shaped like the Decepticon [[insignia]] itself, proves that in spades. It comes in purple, red, and blue variants.

==Games==
===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
*''Stages'': 3 (purple), 6 (red) and 8 (blue)
*''Point value'': 30000 (purple), 3000 (red), 10000 (blue)
*''Hit points'': 4 (purple), 3 (red and blue)

Once [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] found his way through the labyrinthine [[Time Tunnel]], he encountered the purple Destron Mark. Undeterred by the smaller attacking units it sent out, Magnus shot the forehead crest to defeat the insignia.

Magnus later entered the Time Tunnel again and found a red Destron Mark, which he also defeated.

Later, ''again'', Ultra Magnus reentered the Time Tunnel and destroyed a blue Destron Mark. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

[[Category:Mystery of Convoy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Video game-only characters]]

Laggar

2025-06-20T18:54:15Z

Venutech: /* Notes */

{{factions|decepticon}}
[[Image:MoC Tabara.jpg|thumb|300px|LAGGAR-IS-CRAB]]
The '''Laggar''' (ラッガー ''Raggā'') are flying mechanoids that seek out Autobots.

{{TOCclear}}
==Games==
===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
[[File:Laggar MoCsprite.jpg|right|thumb|120px|]]
*''Stages'': 4, 5, 9
*''Point value'': 500

First encountered in the [[Subspace Zone]], Laggars float through the air in wide sine wave patterns, trying to slam into any invading Autobots. They are able to phase through solid matter, making them able to sneak-attack through walls Autobot weapons fire can't penetrate. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

==Notes==
* In the [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (promo video)|''Mystery of Convoy'' promo video]], the Laggar are called "'''Tabara'''" (タバラ).
* There is an unused sprite that resembles the Laggar artwork in the promotional video [[File:unused_laggar_sprite.jpg|right|thumb|120px|]]

[[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]
[[Category:Mystery of Convoy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Video game-only characters]]

Laggar

2025-06-20T18:53:11Z

Venutech: /* Notes */

{{factions|decepticon}}
[[Image:MoC Tabara.jpg|thumb|300px|LAGGAR-IS-CRAB]]
The '''Laggar''' (ラッガー ''Raggā'') are flying mechanoids that seek out Autobots.

{{TOCclear}}
==Games==
===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
[[File:Laggar MoCsprite.jpg|right|thumb|120px|]]
*''Stages'': 4, 5, 9
*''Point value'': 500

First encountered in the [[Subspace Zone]], Laggars float through the air in wide sine wave patterns, trying to slam into any invading Autobots. They are able to phase through solid matter, making them able to sneak-attack through walls Autobot weapons fire can't penetrate. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

==Notes==
* In the [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (promo video)|''Mystery of Convoy'' promo video]], the Laggar are called "'''Tabara'''" (タバラ).
* There is an unused sprite that resembles the Laggar artwork in the promotional video [[unused_laggar_sprite.jpg]]

[[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]
[[Category:Mystery of Convoy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Video game-only characters]]

Laggar

2025-06-20T18:51:55Z

Venutech: /* Notes */ added image

{{factions|decepticon}}
[[Image:MoC Tabara.jpg|thumb|300px|LAGGAR-IS-CRAB]]
The '''Laggar''' (ラッガー ''Raggā'') are flying mechanoids that seek out Autobots.

{{TOCclear}}
==Games==
===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
[[File:Laggar MoCsprite.jpg|right|thumb|120px|]]
*''Stages'': 4, 5, 9
*''Point value'': 500

First encountered in the [[Subspace Zone]], Laggars float through the air in wide sine wave patterns, trying to slam into any invading Autobots. They are able to phase through solid matter, making them able to sneak-attack through walls Autobot weapons fire can't penetrate. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

==Notes==
* In the [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (promo video)|''Mystery of Convoy'' promo video]], the Laggar are called "'''Tabara'''" (タバラ).
* There is an unused sprite that resembles the Laggar artwork in the promotional video [[File:unused_laggar_sprite.jpg]]

[[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]
[[Category:Mystery of Convoy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Video game-only characters]]

File:Unused laggar sprite.jpg

2025-06-20T18:49:17Z

Venutech: added mystery of convoy tag

Convoy no Nazo Famicom game had a number of unused sprites. This enemy sprite was mentioned in the promotional video of the game prior to its release along with artwork of the enemy. Although the sprite was made, stored in the final game's character ROM (graphics memory), but was never used in-game
{{MysteryofConvoycap}}
[[User:Venutech|Venutech]] ([[User talk:Venutech|talk]]) 14:42, 20 June 2025 (EDT)

Laggar

2025-06-20T18:47:31Z

Venutech: /* Notes */

{{factions|decepticon}}
[[Image:MoC Tabara.jpg|thumb|300px|LAGGAR-IS-CRAB]]
The '''Laggar''' (ラッガー ''Raggā'') are flying mechanoids that seek out Autobots.

{{TOCclear}}
==Games==
===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
[[File:Laggar MoCsprite.jpg|right|thumb|120px|]]
*''Stages'': 4, 5, 9
*''Point value'': 500

First encountered in the [[Subspace Zone]], Laggars float through the air in wide sine wave patterns, trying to slam into any invading Autobots. They are able to phase through solid matter, making them able to sneak-attack through walls Autobot weapons fire can't penetrate. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

==Notes==
* In the [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (promo video)|''Mystery of Convoy'' promo video]], the Laggar are called "'''Tabara'''" (タバラ).
* There is an [[File:unused_laggar_sprite.jpg|unused sprite]] that resembles the Laggar artwork in the promotional video

[[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]
[[Category:Mystery of Convoy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Video game-only characters]]

Laggar

2025-06-20T18:45:40Z

Venutech: /* Notes */

{{factions|decepticon}}
[[Image:MoC Tabara.jpg|thumb|300px|LAGGAR-IS-CRAB]]
The '''Laggar''' (ラッガー ''Raggā'') are flying mechanoids that seek out Autobots.

{{TOCclear}}
==Games==
===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
[[File:Laggar MoCsprite.jpg|right|thumb|120px|]]
*''Stages'': 4, 5, 9
*''Point value'': 500

First encountered in the [[Subspace Zone]], Laggars float through the air in wide sine wave patterns, trying to slam into any invading Autobots. They are able to phase through solid matter, making them able to sneak-attack through walls Autobot weapons fire can't penetrate. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

==Notes==
* In the [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (promo video)|''Mystery of Convoy'' promo video]], the Laggar are called "'''Tabara'''" (タバラ).
* There is an unused sprite that resembles the Laggar artwork in the promotional video [[unused_laggar_sprite.jpg]]

[[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]
[[Category:Mystery of Convoy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Video game-only characters]]

File:Unused laggar sprite.jpg

2025-06-20T18:42:20Z

Venutech: Convoy no Nazo Famicom game had a number of unused sprites. This enemy sprite was mentioned in the promotional video of the game prior to its release along with artwork of the enemy. Although the sprite was made, stored in the final game's character RO...

Convoy no Nazo Famicom game had a number of unused sprites. This enemy sprite was mentioned in the promotional video of the game prior to its release along with artwork of the enemy. Although the sprite was made, stored in the final game's character ROM (graphics memory), but was never used in-game
[[User:Venutech|Venutech]] ([[User talk:Venutech|talk]]) 14:42, 20 June 2025 (EDT)

Talk:Transformers: Mystery of Convoy

2024-05-30T23:17:25Z

Venutech:

Why isn't the title in English [[User:X-BoB58|X-BoB58]] 22:14, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
: Because I felt like it. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 22:42, 1 May 2006 (UTC) (also, because if you want to get hell of nitpicky, the English name of the game is "Mystery of Comvoy", which is A: mispelled, and B: fucking stupid.)

== Translation contradiction ==

On line 1 of the article, I see the translation of the japanese text as "Transformers: Mystery of Convoy" and when I look at the part on the right of the article with the cart info, I see the translation as "Transformer: Mystery of Convoy" without the "s" and it is translated from the same japanese text as in line 1. I corrected it by adding the "s" but that was basically reverted so now we have an article that contradicts itself. So which one is the right one, O Great Editor? --[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 08:19, 20 September 2010 (EDT)

:The katakana literally reads: to-ra-n-su-fo-ma, or "Transformer", which is how Takara has always referred to the franchise. When we translate it into English, we use the plural English word because it makes sense. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 09:01, 20 September 2010 (EDT)

:You really don't understand the difference between transliteration and translation, do you? [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 09:09, 20 September 2010 (EDT)

::All I really wanted was consistency in the article to make it look more professional. However, now you forgot to take out the colon in the translation on the cart info panel on the right, if that is the way you want to translate it in the article itself on line 1. --[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 09:29, 20 September 2010 (EDT)

:::This is usually the point where you go and educate yourself on what "transliteration" is. Because what you're wasting your time complaining about isn't translation. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 09:41, 20 September 2010 (EDT)

::::Maybe the Japanese text should be given as "Toransufoma Convoy no Nazo" instead of "Transformer Convoy no Nazo"? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 09:46, 20 September 2010 (EDT)

The romanji in the information box should goes "Toransufoma Konboi no Nazo". IIRC, it's generally:
<pre>
(English title) Transformers: Mystery of Convoy
(Japanese title in Japanese words) トランスフォーマー　コンボイの謎
(Romanization of Japanese title) ''Toransufōmā Konboi no Nazo''
</pre>
--'''[[User:TX55|TX55]]'''''[[User talk:TX55|TALK]]'' 11:11, 20 September 2010 (EDT)
==New Scan==
I made a scan of the label directly off the game cartridge if you want to use it.
[[Image:Mystery of Convoy.jpg|thumb|left]] [[User:Evan1975|Evan1975]] 15:01, 14 July 2013 (EDT)

== Anime adaptation ==

Yes, really, [http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/08/07-1/transformers-convoy-no-nazo-famicom-game-gets-its-own-anime someone thought this deserves an anime]. [[User:Radioactive Misanthrope|Radioactive Misanthrope]] ([[User talk:Radioactive Misanthrope|talk]]) 14:40, 11 January 2015 (EST)
:I think this turned out to be [[Q-Transformers]], didn't it? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 15:28, 11 January 2015 (EST)
::Yeah. The first episode [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M1oJeBVbSY came out the other day], in fact. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 15:44, 11 January 2015 (EST)

Talk:Transformers: Mystery of Convoy

2024-05-30T23:16:11Z

Venutech:

Talk:Devilstar

2024-05-30T20:35:47Z

Venutech:

Considering its mid 1986, the Scramble City OVA was released in April, which features Trypticon, Megatron and combiners (including Devastator). The landscape of the first stage is reminiscent of the diorama display made for the show and related commercials (desert, rocky mountains, starry backdrop and planets). Assuming the developer was Hiroshi Okamoto, he didn't have much interest in the transformers story and just went by current media. There is a shot from the stop motion scramble city, as Magnus is introduced, where a large ominous planet shoots out lasers. This might be the inspiration for "Devilstar" (pronounced devirustaa). But there is no denying the absence of Devastator (pronounced Devistaa) while all the other players of Scramble City are present. The first appearance of Ratbat was in SC, who is also in the game. I think the Devilstar and Devastator are somehow related. [[User:Venutech|Venutech]] ([[User talk:Venutech|talk]]) 23:05, 29 May 2024 (EDT)
:Devastator's Japanese name is デバスター ("Devastor"), not "デビスター". You are pulling together incoherent points to prove something you just made up in your head. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 23:39, 29 May 2024 (EDT)
::You are correct about the spelling, yet the pronunciation would still be Debastaa, still not far from DevilStar. Are you trying to prove that Devilstar is an entirely new thing? I'd appreciate some thoughts. [[User:Venutech|Venutech]] ([[User talk:Venutech|talk]]) 23:59, 29 May 2024 (EDT)
:::For all we know, it could be based on "Death Star", but they replaced "Death" with an equally menacing word. The fact is there's simply not enough to go on, and all of this is purely speculative. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 00:06, 30 May 2024 (EDT)
:::: Also... one is a giant robot made of six smaller robots... and the other is... a sphere that is a sphere. That the two names sound roughly similar is coincidence at least and most. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 00:56, 30 May 2024 (EDT)
:::::I would agree that there are other influences, like Star Wars, that prompted for a static planet for a boss. Word of a giant transforming planet being the primary menace in the upcomming TFTM might have added to that creative choice. TF media is meant to sell toys and would certainly showcase the characters that were being sold at the time. Combiners, including Devastator was still on the 1986 TF Catalog. The Insecticons were also on that 86 catalog but were omitted from the game, however, they do appear in the manga tie-in comic featuring Shunichi and Ultra Magnus Junior. Frenzy and Jaggar (Ravage) were mentioned in the 15+ min long promotion for the game but weren't anywhere to be found. Beyond featuring the current toy line, the game was intended to be a media replacement for the feature length toy commercial that was delayed. Mechanical bug lifeforms from the planet Energo, but no Insecticons | there's a Devil Star, but no Debastaa. All the other decepticons and autobots in the game appear on that catalog. This definitely requires a degree of speculation, but we can make some assertions based on our understanding of the intention of Transformers media. All the characters in the game also made an appearance in Scramble City, including the Nemesis, which was used as a boss. When three of the bosses are a recolored insignia, I can say some corners were cut. When a request for a game comes in with a list of characters and Devastator is on that list but instead we get a death star with its ventilation shaft showing, I can say this is another cut corner without losing sleep. It wouldn't be at the request of Takara to pull back and replace Devastator as the first boss because the toy was in production at the time. "When I asked him about the mystery of Convoy, he just said, "Hmm?" and didn't seem to be very conscious of the original Transformers or the story." [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828202915/http://animex.jp/?p=6210 blog about MoC from 2008]. Drop it under speculation, but I find it strange that a Destron Boat made the cut over Devastator. I appreciate the discussion to get my thoughts out in the ether. [[User:Venutech|Venutech]] ([[User talk:Venutech|talk]]) 10:36, 30 May 2024 (EDT)
::::::Nobody is reading this paragraph. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 11:12, 30 May 2024 (EDT)
:::::::I did, and I'm with the others. You'd have a much stronger case linking Devilstar to Unicron than to Devastator, what with Unicron being an obvious Death Star homage, Devilstar being very similar in name to said Death Star (as Cyberlink420 already pointed out), and Unicron basically being a cosmic devil at the time. If the game's designers had really wanted Devilstar to be based on Devastator, don't you think they would have made him yet another bouncing robot silhouette instead of a metal planetoid? This kind of grasping at straws has done more harm than good over the years. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 12:04, 30 May 2024 (EDT)
::::::::I'm not trying to muddy any waters and also appreciate clarity. Devilstar no doubt has its roots in the death star, just like Unicron. What I'm suggesting is that instead of designing an all green gestalt while making it look reasonable in-game, the developer opted for some creative liberty. Had Devastator not been a nightmare to program with a limited amount of colors I'm sure it would've been done. Strangely, I came across an old amazon listing for a Takara Devastator that named him [https://us.amazon.com/Transformers-Devastator-specification-Takara-Tomy/dp/B0116GRPCM Devastar]. I don't think its grasping at straws to say that some characters who were expected to be in the game were not present (Frenzy/Ravage). Due to time constraints, program memory limits, color palette, general lack of interest and the notion of a planet being an enemy; Devilstar was born from Devastar. Likewise, the mechanical insects from the insecticons. There was barely enough room in the character memory to add another gestalt boss and no room to write in the metatile data, so that wasn't an option in the end. I think making a green on green detailed boss wasn't feasible on NES graphics. [[User:Venutech|Venutech]] ([[User talk:Venutech|talk]]) 13:55, 30 May 2024 (EDT)
:::::::::Enough. This isn't the place for paragraphs of constant wild speculation. Take it to a forum. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 14:17, 30 May 2024 (EDT)
::::::::::Enough discussion on the discussion page? Join in with some thoughts or put a saix in it. Makes no difference, I'll be discussing this at our panel at TFCon in July. [[User:Venutech|Venutech]] ([[User talk:Venutech|talk]]) 14:25, 30 May 2024 (EDT)
:::::::::::'''ENOUGH.''' Saix, you need to chill. Venutech, to be frank, your theory has nothing to go on beyond your own speculation. It does not have enough actual evidence to support it and requires several leaps in logic to functionally work. You're drawing your own conclusions based on guesswork without any official statements from the people who worked on the game to back it up, and that kind of speculation does not belong on the page, period. And since this has moved far away from discussing actual page changes (which is what the talk pages are for) to just posting your headcanon theories (which is ''not'' what the talk pages are for), I suggest you drop this line of conversation, or you may be blocked from editing until you can learn what is and isn't acceptable for inclusion on the wiki articles. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 14:36, 30 May 2024 (EDT)
::::::::::::Yeah, whatever. I'm really sick of this shit. I've done ALOT of work to back up my statements but the discussion is clearly leaning on one side. Not interested to participate if nobody wants to talk about it. [[User:Venutech|Venutech]] ([[User talk:Venutech|talk]]) 16:35, 30 May 2024 (EDT)

Talk:Devilstar

2024-05-30T18:25:44Z

Venutech:

Talk:Devilstar

2024-05-30T18:21:46Z

Venutech:

Talk:Devilstar

2024-05-30T18:16:10Z

Venutech:

Considering its mid 1986, the Scramble City OVA was released in April, which features Trypticon, Megatron and combiners (including Devastator). The landscape of the first stage is reminiscent of the diorama display made for the show and related commercials (desert, rocky mountains, starry backdrop and planets). Assuming the developer was Hiroshi Okamoto, he didn't have much interest in the transformers story and just went by current media. There is a shot from the stop motion scramble city, as Magnus is introduced, where a large ominous planet shoots out lasers. This might be the inspiration for "Devilstar" (pronounced devirustaa). But there is no denying the absence of Devastator (pronounced Devistaa) while all the other players of Scramble City are present. The first appearance of Ratbat was in SC, who is also in the game. I think the Devilstar and Devastator are somehow related. [[User:Venutech|Venutech]] ([[User talk:Venutech|talk]]) 23:05, 29 May 2024 (EDT)
:Devastator's Japanese name is デバスター ("Devastor"), not "デビスター". You are pulling together incoherent points to prove something you just made up in your head. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 23:39, 29 May 2024 (EDT)
::You are correct about the spelling, yet the pronunciation would still be Debastaa, still not far from DevilStar. Are you trying to prove that Devilstar is an entirely new thing? I'd appreciate some thoughts. [[User:Venutech|Venutech]] ([[User talk:Venutech|talk]]) 23:59, 29 May 2024 (EDT)
:::For all we know, it could be based on "Death Star", but they replaced "Death" with an equally menacing word. The fact is there's simply not enough to go on, and all of this is purely speculative. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 00:06, 30 May 2024 (EDT)
:::: Also... one is a giant robot made of six smaller robots... and the other is... a sphere that is a sphere. That the two names sound roughly similar is coincidence at least and most. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 00:56, 30 May 2024 (EDT)
:::::I would agree that there are other influences, like Star Wars, that prompted for a static planet for a boss. Word of a giant transforming planet being the primary menace in the upcomming TFTM might have added to that creative choice. TF media is meant to sell toys and would certainly showcase the characters that were being sold at the time. Combiners, including Devastator was still on the 1986 TF Catalog. The Insecticons were also on that 86 catalog but were omitted from the game, however, they do appear in the manga tie-in comic featuring Shunichi and Ultra Magnus Junior. Frenzy and Jaggar (Ravage) were mentioned in the 15+ min long promotion for the game but weren't anywhere to be found. Beyond featuring the current toy line, the game was intended to be a media replacement for the feature length toy commercial that was delayed. Mechanical bug lifeforms from the planet Energo, but no Insecticons | there's a Devil Star, but no Debastaa. All the other decepticons and autobots in the game appear on that catalog. This definitely requires a degree of speculation, but we can make some assertions based on our understanding of the intention of Transformers media. All the characters in the game also made an appearance in Scramble City, including the Nemesis, which was used as a boss. When three of the bosses are a recolored insignia, I can say some corners were cut. When a request for a game comes in with a list of characters and Devastator is on that list but instead we get a death star with its ventilation shaft showing, I can say this is another cut corner without losing sleep. It wouldn't be at the request of Takara to pull back and replace Devastator as the first boss because the toy was in production at the time. "When I asked him about the mystery of Convoy, he just said, "Hmm?" and didn't seem to be very conscious of the original Transformers or the story." [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828202915/http://animex.jp/?p=6210 blog about MoC from 2008]. Drop it under speculation, but I find it strange that a Destron Boat made the cut over Devastator. I appreciate the discussion to get my thoughts out in the ether. [[User:Venutech|Venutech]] ([[User talk:Venutech|talk]]) 10:36, 30 May 2024 (EDT)
::::::Nobody is reading this paragraph. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 11:12, 30 May 2024 (EDT)
:::::::I did, and I'm with the others. You'd have a much stronger case linking Devilstar to Unicron than to Devastator, what with Unicron being an obvious Death Star homage, Devilstar being very similar in name to said Death Star (as Cyberlink420 already pointed out), and Unicron basically being a cosmic devil at the time. If the game's designers had really wanted Devilstar to be based on Devastator, don't you think they would have made him yet another bouncing robot silhouette instead of a metal planetoid? This kind of grasping at straws has done more harm than good over the years. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 12:04, 30 May 2024 (EDT)
::::::::I'm not trying to muddy any waters and also appreciate clarity. Devilstar no doubt has its roots in the death star, just like Unicron. What I'm suggesting is that instead of designing an all green gestalt while making it look reasonable in-game, the developer opted for some creative liberty. Had Devastator not been a nightmare to program with a limited amount of colors I'm sure it would've been done. Strangely, I came across an old amazon listing for a Takara Devastator that named him [https://us.amazon.com/Transformers-Devastator-specification-Takara-Tomy/dp/B0116GRPCM Devastar]. I don't think its grasping at straws to say that some characters who were expected to be in the game were not present (Frenzy/Ravage). Due to time constraints, program memory limits, color palette, general lack of interest and the notion of a planet being an enemy; Devilstar was born from Devastar. Likewise, the mechanical insects from the insecticons. There was barely enough room in the character memory to add another gestalt boss, but I think making a green on green detailed boss wasn't feasible on NES graphics. [[User:Venutech|Venutech]] ([[User talk:Venutech|talk]]) 13:55, 30 May 2024 (EDT)

Talk:Devilstar

2024-05-30T17:55:39Z

Venutech:

Considering its mid 1986, the Scramble City OVA was released in April, which features Trypticon, Megatron and combiners (including Devastator). The landscape of the first stage is reminiscent of the diorama display made for the show and related commercials (desert, rocky mountains, starry backdrop and planets). Assuming the developer was Hiroshi Okamoto, he didn't have much interest in the transformers story and just went by current media. There is a shot from the stop motion scramble city, as Magnus is introduced, where a large ominous planet shoots out lasers. This might be the inspiration for "Devilstar" (pronounced devirustaa). But there is no denying the absence of Devastator (pronounced Devistaa) while all the other players of Scramble City are present. The first appearance of Ratbat was in SC, who is also in the game. I think the Devilstar and Devastator are somehow related. [[User:Venutech|Venutech]] ([[User talk:Venutech|talk]]) 23:05, 29 May 2024 (EDT)
:Devastator's Japanese name is デバスター ("Devastor"), not "デビスター". You are pulling together incoherent points to prove something you just made up in your head. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 23:39, 29 May 2024 (EDT)
::You are correct about the spelling, yet the pronunciation would still be Debastaa, still not far from DevilStar. Are you trying to prove that Devilstar is an entirely new thing? I'd appreciate some thoughts. [[User:Venutech|Venutech]] ([[User talk:Venutech|talk]]) 23:59, 29 May 2024 (EDT)
:::For all we know, it could be based on "Death Star", but they replaced "Death" with an equally menacing word. The fact is there's simply not enough to go on, and all of this is purely speculative. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 00:06, 30 May 2024 (EDT)
:::: Also... one is a giant robot made of six smaller robots... and the other is... a sphere that is a sphere. That the two names sound roughly similar is coincidence at least and most. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 00:56, 30 May 2024 (EDT)
:::::I would agree that there are other influences, like Star Wars, that prompted for a static planet for a boss. Word of a giant transforming planet being the primary menace in the upcomming TFTM might have added to that creative choice. TF media is meant to sell toys and would certainly showcase the characters that were being sold at the time. Combiners, including Devastator was still on the 1986 TF Catalog. The Insecticons were also on that 86 catalog but were omitted from the game, however, they do appear in the manga tie-in comic featuring Shunichi and Ultra Magnus Junior. Frenzy and Jaggar (Ravage) were mentioned in the 15+ min long promotion for the game but weren't anywhere to be found. Beyond featuring the current toy line, the game was intended to be a media replacement for the feature length toy commercial that was delayed. Mechanical bug lifeforms from the planet Energo, but no Insecticons | there's a Devil Star, but no Debastaa. All the other decepticons and autobots in the game appear on that catalog. This definitely requires a degree of speculation, but we can make some assertions based on our understanding of the intention of Transformers media. All the characters in the game also made an appearance in Scramble City, including the Nemesis, which was used as a boss. When three of the bosses are a recolored insignia, I can say some corners were cut. When a request for a game comes in with a list of characters and Devastator is on that list but instead we get a death star with its ventilation shaft showing, I can say this is another cut corner without losing sleep. It wouldn't be at the request of Takara to pull back and replace Devastator as the first boss because the toy was in production at the time. "When I asked him about the mystery of Convoy, he just said, "Hmm?" and didn't seem to be very conscious of the original Transformers or the story." [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828202915/http://animex.jp/?p=6210 blog about MoC from 2008]. Drop it under speculation, but I find it strange that a Destron Boat made the cut over Devastator. I appreciate the discussion to get my thoughts out in the ether. [[User:Venutech|Venutech]] ([[User talk:Venutech|talk]]) 10:36, 30 May 2024 (EDT)
::::::Nobody is reading this paragraph. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 11:12, 30 May 2024 (EDT)
:::::::I did, and I'm with the others. You'd have a much stronger case linking Devilstar to Unicron than to Devastator, what with Unicron being an obvious Death Star homage, Devilstar being very similar in name to said Death Star (as Cyberlink420 already pointed out), and Unicron basically being a cosmic devil at the time. If the game's designers had really wanted Devilstar to be based on Devastator, don't you think they would have made him yet another bouncing robot silhouette instead of a metal planetoid? This kind of grasping at straws has done more harm than good over the years. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 12:04, 30 May 2024 (EDT)
::::::::I'm not trying to muddy any waters and also appreciate clarity. Devilstar no doubt has its roots in the death star, just like Unicron. What I'm suggesting is that instead of designing an all green gestalt while making it look reasonable in-game, the developer opted for some creative liberty. Had Devastator not been a nightmare to program with a limited amount of colors I'm sure it would've been done. Strangely, I came across an old amazon listing for a Takara Devastator that named him [https://us.amazon.com/Transformers-Devastator-specification-Takara-Tomy/dp/B0116GRPCM Devastar]. I don't think its grasping at straws to say that some characters who were expected to be in the game were not present (Frenzy/Ravage). Due to time constraints, program memory limits, color palette, general lack of interest and the notion of a planet being an enemy; Devilstar was born from Devastar. Likewise, the mechanical insects from the insecticons. There actually isnt enough room in the character memory to add another boss, so that wasn't an option. [[User:Venutech|Venutech]] ([[User talk:Venutech|talk]]) 13:55, 30 May 2024 (EDT)

Wasteland Zone

2024-05-30T17:31:44Z

Venutech:

[[Image:Convoynonazoscreen.png|right|300px|thumb|Anger amongst them will threaten their precious unity....]]

The '''Wasteland Zone''' (荒野地帯 ''Kōya Chitai'') is a long stretch of mountainous path.

==Games==
===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
As the first part of his journey, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] crossed the Wasteland Zone, battling [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwings]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Crack (G1)|Cracks]], [[Gosupu]]s, and [[Hammer (MOC)|Hammers]]. At the end, Magnus entered a mechanical chamber where he battled and defeated [[Devilstar]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

==Notes==
*This wasteland is exceptionally green. In the promotional video for the game, prior to its release, the wasteland zone used all earthy colors. Stage 1 was also referred to as a "endless desert" in the [[Mystery of Convoy Manga]]. The red on the player's sprite palette wasn't easily visible on a CRT display which may lead to it being changed to green in the final release.
[[Image:mystery_of_convoy_promo_wasteland_zone.jpg|160px|thumb|Just like the toy commercials]]
[[Image:mystery_of_convoy_beta_wasteland_zone.jpg|160px|thumb|Going back to the original]]

[[Category:Generation 1 locations]]

File:Mystery of convoy promo wasteland zone.jpg

2024-05-30T17:20:59Z

Venutech: Screenshot of Wasteland Zone from the Mystery of Convoy promotional video footage in 1986. This color palette was more earthy and was changed to green in the final release. {{Commercialscreencap}}

Screenshot of Wasteland Zone from the Mystery of Convoy promotional video footage in 1986. This color palette was more earthy and was changed to green in the final release. {{Commercialscreencap}}

Glacier Zone

2024-05-30T16:04:08Z

Venutech:

[[File:Glacier Zone.jpg|thumb|200px]]

The '''Glacier Zone''' (氷河地帯 ''Hyōga Chitai'') is a long stretch of icy, mountainous path. A city is nearby.

==Games==
===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
As the seventh part of his journey, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] crossed the Glacier Zone, battling [[Snow Commander]]s. During his travel, Magnus saw intangible apparitions of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s head. At the end, Magnus entered a mechanical chamber where he battled and defeated [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

In order to create perception of "ice-physics" in this stage the player's acceleration value is reduced from a normal 32 to 12.
[[Category:Generation 1 locations]]

Glacier Zone

2024-05-30T16:03:19Z

Venutech:

[[File:Glacier Zone.jpg|thumb|200px]]

The '''Glacier Zone''' (氷河地帯 ''Hyōga Chitai'') is a long stretch of icy, mountainous path. A city is nearby.

==Games==
===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
As the seventh part of his journey, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] crossed the Glacier Zone, battling [[Snow Commander]]s. During his travel, Magnus saw intangible apparitions of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s head. At the end, Magnus entered a mechanical chamber where he battled and defeated [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

In order to create perception of "ice-Physics" in this stage the player's acceleration is reduced from a normal 32 to 12.
[[Category:Generation 1 locations]]

Transformers: Mystery of Convoy

2024-05-30T16:00:06Z

Venutech: increased difficulty on additional playthroughs

Talk:Devilstar

2024-05-30T14:36:36Z

Venutech:

Locomotive

2024-05-30T14:33:29Z

Venutech:

[[File:Locomotive logo.jpg|thumb|250px|Chugga chugga chugga chugga...]]
'''Locomotive Corporation, Ltd.''' (株式会社ロコモティブ) was a Japanese video game developer founded in [[May]] [[1987]]. The company's output was entirely exclusive to [[Nintendo]] consoles, working with the company directly on co-developing the ''StarTropics'' series on [[Family Computer|NES]] and ''Super Punch-Out'' on SNES. After this, they developed several games for the ill-fated Virtual Boy, only half of which were actually released, then transitioned over to the [[Nintendo 64]] with games like ''AeroGauge'' and the [[Choro-Q|''Choro-Q''/''Penny Racers'']] series before seemingly disappearing from the industry altogether in the early 2000s.

==Games==
* ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals]]''

==Notes==
*[[Hiroshi Okamoto]], the founder of Locomotive, was allegedly the uncredited programmer of ''[[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy]]''.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140828202915/http://animex.jp/?p=6210 A former Locomotive game developer's blog about a conversation with the president of Locomotive and Mystery of Convoy]

[[Category:Video game companies]]

Talk:Devilstar

2024-05-30T04:05:20Z

Venutech:

Talk:Devilstar

2024-05-30T04:04:21Z

Venutech:

Talk:Devilstar

2024-05-30T03:59:57Z

Venutech:

Talk:Devilstar

2024-05-30T03:05:57Z

Venutech: Created page with "Considering its mid 1986, the Scramble City OVA was released in April, which features Trypticon, Megatron and combiners (including Devastator). The landscape of the first stag..."

Devilstar

2024-05-30T00:59:49Z

Venutech: added name origin?

{{factions|decepticon}}
[[Image:MysteryConvoy manga Twin Planets.jpg|400px|thumb|"This close, they always look like landscape."]]

'''Devilstars''' (デビルスター ''Debirusutā''), also known as '''Mecha Planets''' (メカ惑星 ''Meka Wakusei''), are [[Decepticon]] guardian units. These large immobile spheres release endless swarms of [[Kabusu]] drones to attack intruders, but have little else in the form of offensive abilities. Their armor is nigh-indestructible, but they have a vulnerable weak point: the glowing Kabusu release port.

==Fiction==
===''Mystery of Convoy'' strategy guide manga===
[[File:MysteryConvoy manga Kabusu.jpg|right|thumb|]]
[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] confronted the Mecha Planet, which attacked with Kabusu. Avoiding them, Ultra Magnus transformed into vehicle mode, positioned himself underneath the Planet, and shot it, defeating the Planet. {{storylink|Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)#Stage 1: Use Trailer Mode to Defeat the Mecha Planet!|Use Trailer Mode to Defeat the Mecha Planet!}}

After the Mecha Planet, Magnus confronted the very similar Twin Planets. Ultra Magnus jumped to shoot to destroy one and then transformed into vehicle mode to destroy the other. {{storylink|Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)#Stage 2: Transform to Defeat the Twin Planets One by One!|Transform to Defeat the Twin Planets One by One!}}

===''Alternity''===
Devilstar and Double Devilstar were shown as enemies to overcome for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|Optimus Prime]]'s representative in [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s game. {{storylink|To Die Game!}}

===''Animated'' cartoon===
Devilstar was an unclaimed robotic planet in the [[Milky Way]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac|The Complete AllSpark Almanac}}
{{--}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
[[File:MysteryConvoy MechaPlanet.png|upright=1.34|thumb|What if Dr. Wily replaced [[Doctor Arkeville|Dr. Arkeville]]?]]
*''Stages'': 1, 2
*''Point value'': 1000

A Devilstar guards the exit from the [[Wasteland Zone]] leading into the [[Temple Ruins]]. A quick Autobot can slip past the flitting, slowly-released Kabusu and blast away at the Devilstar's weak point from the side, or even from below with upward-firing vehicle-mode weaponry.

Two Devilstars (dubbed variously '''Double Devilstar''' (ダブルデビルスター ''Daburu Debirusutā'') or '''Twin Planets''' (2連惑星 ''Ni Ren Wakusei'')) guard the exit from the Temple Ruins leading into the first [[Time Tunnel]]. Neither one is any stronger than the first one encountered, there's just two of them. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

==Notes==
* The Devilstar "sprite" (more a background element really) is also used in various stages in different colors as background planets. ''Quality!''
* It totally has nothing to do with [[Death Star]]s. Nosireebob.
* Likely a misunderstanding of the name "Devastator" which is spelled as デビスター.

[[Category:Alternity Decepticons]]
[[Category:Animated planets]]
[[Category:Generation 1 planets]]
[[Category:Mystery of Convoy Decepticons]]

Talk:Strange old man

2024-05-29T20:59:53Z

Venutech:

I agree that the Pickaxe man should have his own page under "Strange Uncle" since thats the English translation to his only name given in the strategy guide [[User:Venutech|Venutech]] ([[User talk:Venutech|talk]]) 23:51, 1 November 2023 (EDT)

Here's a reference to where he's called a "Strange uncle" or "Strange Old Man". Oji-san can be uncle or old man[[Image:strange_uncle_reference_Mystery_of_Convoy_Strategy_guide.jpg|right|180px|thumb|That strange uncle of ours...]][[User:Venutech|Venutech]] ([[User talk:Venutech|talk]]) 16:59, 29 May 2024 (EDT)

File:Strange uncle reference Mystery of Convoy Strategy guide.jpg

2024-05-29T20:52:54Z

Venutech:

This is possibly the only reference to the stage 3/6 sideroom character in Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (1986) for Famicom. He is referred to as "a strange uncle," although, oji-san can also be translated to "old man."
Considering this character is altogether an homage to the Uncle Carl (Curl) character from the Meiji snack commercials, could it mean its actually Uncle Carl or just a clever play on words?
{{bookinterior|source=Transformers Mystery of Convoy Strategy Guide}}

File:Strange uncle reference Mystery of Convoy Strategy guide.jpg

2024-05-29T20:47:01Z

Venutech: This is possibly the only reference to the stage 3/6 sideroom character in Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (1986) for Famicom. He is referred to as "a strange uncle," although, oji-san can also be translated to "old man." Considering this character is ...