Editing Megastorm (BW)

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:''Megastorm is the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Emperor of Destruction|Duke of Destruction]] from the [[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars II]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:MegastormModel.jpg|right|300px|thumb|You can't see his eyeliner very well here.]]
'''Megastorm''' (メガストーム ''Megasutōmu'') is the Predacon Duke of Destruction and [[Relatives|younger brother]] to [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]], the [[Emperor of Destruction]]. He believes in being realistic and conservative when it comes to goals and strategy and hence tends to have a rather different viewpoint than his more bold and reckless older brother. Finally when Galvatron began his audacious quest for the [[Angolmois]] energy the differences between them became too great and Megastorm began to consider how he could seize the reins of command and steer them back towards sanity. Galvatron is well aware of his younger sibling's attempts at treachery, but looks the other way purely out of brotherly love.

Megastorm can transform into a tank.  He was later upgraded by Angolmois into the [[Cyborg Beast]] '''Gigastorm''' (ギガストーム ''Gigasutōmu''), a giant mechanical [[Hojoni]], which gave him a base mode and a battle station mode, along with a [[Gigascouter]] drone. His personality was likewise magnified to drive out all compassion, weakness, and doubt. The upgrade included an enlarged title as Arch-Duke of Destruction.

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars II'' cartoons====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Takashi Matsuyama]] (Japanese)
[[Image:Megastorm1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|My Stormin' Norman commemorative plates have been stolen!  ...again.]]
Galvatron set course for the planet in his ship, the ''Galvaburg II'', along his younger brother Megastorm, the Combatrons and the Autorollers. Seeking alternate modes for his Predacons to scan, Galvatron investigated some ruins on Gaea and discovered an ancient but still-functional computer. The machine gave his troops vehicular forms, but when Galvatron demanded that the computer provide him with information on the strongest vehicle and creature from Gaean history, the resultant surge of data was so powerful that it knocked him offline. It was then that Megastorm gained his tank form and decided to become the new leader of the Destrons. 
 
Galvatron's unconscious form was brought aboard the ''Galvaburg II'', and he remained there, soundly sleeping, while Megastorm led the Predacons in his stead for some time. Unfortunately for Galvatron, this gave Megastorm a taste for leadership, and he eventually decided to try and dispose of his brother so that he could take Galvatron's throne for good. Hauling the unconscious Galvatron off the ship, Megastorm dropped his slumbering sibling into a well of Angolmois energy, thinking it would destroy him...only for Galvatron to be re-energized and rudely awakened! Exploiting his brother's slightly disoriented state, Megastorm claimed that it was the Maximals who had thrown him in the well, and Galvatron promptly set off to eliminate Lio Convoy and his team.  Megastorm observed the ensuing the battle between Galvatron and the Maximals from afar, and he emulated their strategy with great aplomb, sending his brother sinking into the molten lava below. 

Megastorm didn't realize that Starscream had also been watching the fight and had quickly recovered Galvatron from the volcano, bringing him back to the ''Galvaburg II'', unconscious once more and sealed in a coffin of solidified lava, and so Megastorm became mad with Starscream, fearing this would conflict with his leadership.

[[Image:Gigastorm1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|In reality, Monster Island is only a peninsula!]]
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====''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon====
Gigastorm is one of the many Cybertronians seen rebuilding Cybertron after Unicron's attack.
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===''Beast Wars II'' comic===
[[Image:MangaGigastormRecliner.jpg|left|180px|thumb|I say, this is a delightful brew, chappies.]]
Gigastorm was killed in battle with Lio Convoy. He shared one last, sweet scene with his older brother before dying. Galvatron swore revenge for his brother's death.

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===Universe Featuring the Wreckers===
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{{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
After Megastorm was exposed to [[Angolmois]], his form mutated into a bipedal robotic dinosaur known as Gigastorm. With a new body came newfound confidence, so Gigastorm declared himself the leader of a subfaction within the [[Destron (BW)|Destrons]]. With his power, he created the recon drone [[Gigascouter]].

Gigastorm set out to increase the power of his troops, exposing them to Angolmois just as he was. His efforts created the [[Cyborg Beast]]s. {{Storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook 2}}

==Games==
===''Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors' Strongest Decisive Battle'' video game===
A super-powerful [[Energon crystal]] is discovered on [[Earth]], and Megastorm intends to obtain it for himself. So do several other Predacons and Maximals however, leading to a series of one-on-one battles.

Megastorm could also partake in various other tasks, such as a mission to break a boulder to reveal an energon crystal hidden within before sundown, using a block in a mission to defend himself against various incoming projectiles, and missions to travel across a pit-riddled field, sometimes involving hideously large bacteria he had to fend off.

After defeating his final opponent, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], Megastorm gloats that using the crystal's power, he will finally be capable of overthrowing his older brother, [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]]. But his plans never become reality, as Galvatron steals the crystal from under Megastorm's nose. {{storylink|Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors' Strongest Decisive Battle}}

{{note|Each character possessed an alternate ending, displayed if the game was beaten with said character. Each character has only their own ending listed on their pages, see the other characters' pages for Megastorm's fate in those outcomes.}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
* '''Megastorm''' (Predacon, 1998)
** ''Japanese ID number'': '''D-12'''

: A [[redeco]] of the first ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Megatron]] toy (which had not been released in Japan previously), Megastorm transforms into a large combat tank. In both modes, his main cannon stocks up to six missiles, and gravity slides the next missile into place when one is fired. Megastorm lacks the electronics present in the ''Generation 2'' toy, however.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Destron/Megastorm/megastorm.htm More information on Megastorm at TFU.info]''

* '''Apache vs Megastorm''' (Vs pack, 1998)
** ''Japanese ID number:'' '''VS-12'''

: Megastorm was also available in a two-pack with the Maximal [[Apache]].

* '''Gigastorm''' (Predacon, 1998)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-22'''

: Gigastorm is a partial [[retool]] of [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], giving him a new dino-mode nose-horn as well as removing the metal ball-bearings from the outsides of the legs. He transforms from a T-rex-thing to a base-form-thing. Gigastorm lacks most of Trypticon's accessories, only coming with [[Gigascouter]], a redeco of [[Full-Tilt]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Destron/Gigastorm/gigastorm.htm More information on Gigastorm at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* According to [[Ben Yee]], who wrote his [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] profile, he envisioned Megastorm as having Trypticon's design specs in his database and using those as the basis of his upgraded form when empowered by [[Angolmois]] energy.
* Like some of the other ''Beast Wars II'' Predacons, Megastorm was reissued in [[Korea]] in [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Car Robots]] packaging, re-affiliated as an Autobot, and renamed.  His new name: [[Armored Cops]].

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