Megatron (BW)

The name or term "Megatron" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Megatron (disambiguation).

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Megatron is a Predacon from the Beast Era portion of the Generation 1 continuity family, yesss.

"That's the problem with heroes, really. Their only purpose in life is to thwart others. They make no plans, develop no strategies. They react instead of act. Without villains, heroes would stagnate. Without heroes, villains would be running the world. Heroes have morals. Villains have work ethic."

Megatron (aka Savage, Noble, Gnashteeth, Beast Megatron, Galavar and, um, Joe) began with one goal: restoring glory and power to the Predacon race, with himself at the helm. What distinguishes Megatron from the countless others who share this goal is his chutzpah. This is a guy who named himself after his faith's equivalent of the Antichrist. He is willing to risk everything—time, space, himself—if need be. He's willing to commit omnicide if it will further his goals. And there were times he would have won were it not for Optimus Primal.

Megatron is skillful at orchestrating vast schemes by manipulating others into doing them for him—an idle suggestion here, a conspicuously planted object of interest there. He knows his enemies, and these include some minions, inside and out and exactly how to provoke them. He has no friends, only pawns, or occasionally, pawns that are too reliable to risk losing. Because of this attitude, this superiority complex, he despises working with the very troops he needs to carry out his plans. His hubris does not make him very popular, and so he must rely on power and fear to rule them. In fact, he prefers mindless drones.

Megatron is a gambler and can sometimes be a ham. (His manner of saying "Yesss..." is practically vaudevillian.) He has a twisted sense of humor and an overdeveloped sense of drama which rule everything he conceives, both long and short term. When he destroys you, he wants you to know that it was he who did this, and just how badly you were had. This is his greatest weakness. Like a Bond villain, he'll gladly boast to the hero at length about how smart and clever he was, giving his victim time to formulate a counterattack (he admits the Predacons sometimes gloat too much). He often sabotages himself by neglecting the quick and easy solutions for the bigger, meaner, and more complex.

He has a Rubber Ducky.

“	The universe cowered once at the name of Megatron and it shall do so again!	”
—Megatron, "Optimal Situation"

Fiction

Toy bios

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 and 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.

When he was upgraded to a Transmetal by a quantum surge, Megatron gained two VTOL engines in beast mode that granted him blazing atmospheric flight and the ability to "drop in" on unsuspecting Maximals with his whiplash cutlass. In robot mode, the fused reptilian musculature made him stronger in the organic form. Together, these traits made him a supreme tyrant. Transmetal Megatron bio.

Megatron's cloning experiments resulted in the Transmetal 2 Beast Warriors, robots who are hyper aggressive, stronger and faster, but have savage impulses they struggle to control. Among these are the Maximal Sonar, who may as well be his undoing for being such a great early warning system for his enemies. Sonar bio, and Optimus Minor, who is extremely fast and agile. Optimus Minor Bio

Megatron was once jealous of Optimus's ability to fly, so he was so overjoyed that the Metals upgrade gave him the ability to fly too! Metals Megatron bio.

Beast Wars cartoon continuity

A picture can tell a lot without words.

Megatron was a Predacon criminal who stole the Golden Disk, realizing that his namesake left a message on it pointing to the location of Earth where, with time travel technology, one could attempt to change history so that the Great War ended in favor for the Decepticons. Despite the interference of the Maximal ship Axalon, commanded by Optimus Primal, the Predacons in the Darksyde managed to make it to Earth, although it was not apparent at first. Megatron put his original plans on hold to gather the massive amounts of energon on the planet that he could use to conquer the universe. His band of Predacons fought Optimus Primal's Maximals in the Beast Wars. Despite much plotting and machination, such as the attempted murder of humanity and Optimus Prime, Megatron was defeated and brought back to Cybertron. Beast Wars

However, Megatron was able to free himself from his bonds and arrive on Cybertron before the Maximals did. Using an immobilizing virus and the Vehicons on an unsuspecting populace, Megatron conquered the planet, beginning an era of technological superiority in deadly opposition to the organic. However, the Maximals soon returned and were tasked by the mystical Oracle to end Megatron's reign and bring about a widespread evolution into the technorganic. Optimus Primal succeeded at this task, sacrificing both himself and Megatron in the organic core of Cybertron. Beast Machines

When Unicron began his abduction of Transformers across the multiverse, starting the Universe War, Primus called Optimus Primal out of the Allspark to lead his troops against Unicron. This action also freed Megatron's spark, and he returned to his typical plotting nature. Universe

In a divergent timeline, Megatron joined forces with the original Megatron in 21st century Earth and with a Megatron from another universal cluster. He was also considered as a recipient of the powers of the ancient Transformer, Logos Prime. Beast Wars Reborn

Beast Wars II catalog

Pwned.

On planet Cybertron, Megatron once disagreed with Galvatron over opinions on galactic conquest, and engaged him in battle over it. At the time, Megatron momentarily let his guard down, and was defeated. Galvatron declared "Your era is over, Megatron!"

Later, Megatron noted that while Galvatron was ambitious, he cared for his underlings—and although he was loathe to admit it, he acknowledged that Galvatron probably had all the regal bearing of a new Emperor of Destruction. The next stage of battle advances to the Second War... ...Beast Wars, Transform!

TransTech

Voice actor: David Kaye (English)

Somehow ending up at the multiversal hub of Axiom Nexus, Megatron hid out under the alias "Joe". When he ran into Bumblebee and learned of the AllSpark Key, he pretended to be a heroic character and helped rescue Bumblebee's friends, only to steal the Key. Using his experience with MacGuffins, he swiftly learned how to power himself and create an army. Unfortunately, his army turned on him after learning of bureaucracy and the amount of forms they'd have to fill in now that they were alive. However, before being carried away by his former minions, Megatron promised that he would be back, and that he would get his extremely overwrought and melodramatic revenge. Bee in the City

Comedy Beast Wars

Megatron readied his Laser Buster to defeat Optimus Primal, but his tyrannosaurus head failed to deliver. This was because Megatron had drank cola shortly before the fight and the gas pressure was bad. One big burp mostly solved it. Comedy Beast Wars In response to some altercation between Scorponok and Terrorsaur that had left the latter injured, Megatron reminded Scorponok to be mindful of his colleagues. However, it started to rain and not wanting to get wet, Megatron picked up Terrorsaur and carelessly used him as an umbrella. The Kindhearted Megatron♡ One time Tarantulas had a cold and sneezed a web of mucus around the room. Megatron got covered by it. Tara-tara-taransu

Beast Wars Metals comic

Megs! Kids could be reading this comic!!

After killing Optimus Primal in a Transwarp explosion, Megatron was mutated by the resulting Quantum Surge into a Transmetal, as was almost every other Transformer on Energoa. With their leader dead and their forces scattered, Megatron wasted no time in plotting an immediate counter-attack on the Maximals. Quickstrike and his drone forces were sent to attack the Maximal base while, with Tarantulas's help, Megatron recovered and resurrected Primal's body as a mindless killing machine.

Through a strange voodoo ritual, Megatron attempted to use his mutated blood to put Primal's body under his everlasting control. However, with the intervention of Rhinox, Primal's spark was retrieved from Transwarp Space and returned to his body. Primal swiftly defeated Megatron in battle. Beast Wars Metals #1

Recovering from his injuries in a hot spring, Megatron was not pleased when Waspinator buzzed in with news of a new stasis pod landing. Megatron, unable to go after it, swatted the bug away. More than that, he was being haunted by visions of his ancestor. Beast Wars Metals #2

Megatron later confronted Jaguar, but the rogue Predacon promptly defeated him, severing his head in battle. Waspinator recovered Megatron's noggin and flew away with it. Beast Wars Metals #3

Megatron directed Waspinator to the Ark where he intended to kill the slumbering Optimus Prime. Blackarachnia didn't want to see the timestream mangled, so she kicked his head into a lava pit. There, Megatron floated down to the body of the original Megatron and merged with his spark, taking on a humongous dragon form. He then waited for Optimus Primal to show up and blasted Optimus Prime to pieces in front of his eyes. Beast Wars Metals #5

Optimus Primal quickly ate Optimus Prime's spark in order to save him and became Optimal Optimus in the process. The two enemies then had a showdown and Optimus prevailed, plucking Megatron's spark out of his body and crushing it like a beer can, killing his arch foe. Beast Wars Metals #6

Fire in the Dark continuity

The Predacons crash landed in Mexico around 1,000 BC. A time into their war with the Maximals, Megatron found the village in which the Natiltec tribe dwelt. After the Predacons had asserted their dominance, Megatron ordered Tarantulas and Waspinator to enslave the male villagers and use them to mine energon. Fire in the Dark

In Aurex 1104.30-JH Zeta, Megatron's Predacons fought Optimus Primal's Maximals in the war for the Mini-Cons, which the Maximals emerged victorious. Ask Vector Prime

Lil Formers

Megatron claimed that he spent so much time in his Jacuzzi because a true leader had to be squeaky clean. Lil Formers

Legends World

The Legends World, where the rest of the Transformers multiverse existed as fiction, had its own version of Megatron. The toy collector Rattrap had the original Beast Wars D-1 Megatron at work with him when he first met Tigatron, The Bishōjo Fan Gap though he usually kept it on a shelf at home. LG10 Arcee LG-EX Armada Megatron

When the Legends World citizens were under attack by Galvatron II's forces on the G1 World version of the planet Beast, Leo Prime made use of Transformers sickness to awaken the power of their spiritual ancestors; Megatron took on the form of this Megatron. The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3

Ask Vector Prime

Vector Prime had speculated that the Dark Spark might have been the essence of a Megatron from an alternate timeline where the Maximals failed to stop his plot to absorb all of the sparks on Cybertron, among other explanations. Ask Vector Prime

Of Masters and Mayhem

Thrashclaw had a mentor who was a "brown and blue, thick-headed, dynamic" bot who went off with a "purple lunatic". Life Finds a Way

Beast Wars: Uprising

The Predacon known as Gnashteeth was an apprentice and even a friend to the Builder Double Punch. An amenable, open sort, even towards Maximals, though still egotistical, Gnashteeth was assigned as deputy administrator of the Dynamic Energon Distilleries Plant, a rare position for a Predacon in the Maximal-friendly Iacon, much less the Builder-dominated Cybertron. Within eight stellar cycles of his posting, having gradually absorbed more and more power from the uninterested Double Punch, he was promoted to administrator. From there, secretly advising Double Punch all the way, Gnashteeth managed to increase all of DED's energy output. Some twenty cycles after gaining the position, he made an appointment with Scorponok, a programmer with several decades of experience at the plant, to talk with him about an incident where the older Predacon had accidentally prevented a severe case of theft. The two talked about Scorponok's algorithms for a whole three megacycles, developing a rapport.

Then everything changed. Double Punch summoned Gnashteeth to his luxurious estate to inform his friend that due to his promotion to the Builder Assembly, he had to make someone chairman in his place. And it wouldn't be Gnashteeth. Outraged, the two began arguing, only stopping when Punch snapped that the Predacon should have shown gratitude for being allowed to get as far as he had.

This changed the mechanoid, bringing out his darker side. Some cycles after his first meeting with Scorponok, he summoned him back to his office, to discuss a proposal the analyst had made, one that promised a 10% increase in efficiency, but the time to properly see whether it would work would have taken years, by which time Gnashteeth would be long gone from his job. Furthermore, rushing the process would just get Gnashteeth shot down, and doing it in secret would raise questions as to where the extra energon came from. And then Scorponok idly suggested selling it. Within three solar cycles, the two had no less than fifty-four energon cubes of their own, ready to sell on the border of Iacon. Not satisfied with the meager rate of their first transaction, Gnashteeth decided the two would sell their produce directly to the consumers, using their newly acquired payment to do it. Despite an initial shaky start, their scheme soon began to grow.

As the deca-cycles passed, the day came when Gnashteeth was removed from his position at the plant, down to co-deputy administrator with his former deputy Budora, their new boss Datamine expecting the two to jockey for favor, something Gnashteeth had no intention of doing. To make matters worse, one of Gnashteeth's best dealers had been murdered the night before by the Kopsegos. Determined not to be forced out, Gnashteeth had the word spread out that he wished to talk with the gang's leadership. The meeting did not go well. First, the gang leader Thunderhoof made them wait before making his presence known, then took issue when Gnashteeth tried to smooth things over. Then, after Thunderhoof gave Gnashteeth's hired help the "generous offer" to go for a stroll, he offered to sell the Predacon's wares for much less than their actual worth. Gnashteeth refused, vehemently, earning himself a vicious beating from the Maximal crime boss, though he was spared thanks to Thunderhoof admiring the quality of the administrator's energon (and secretly wanting Gnashteeth under his employ). Gnashteeth's colorful vow to get even with Thunderhoof earned him the mocking title of "Megatron", and a leg removed at the knee.

After thirteen hours in the plant's CR Chamber, the bad news kept on coming: Budora was threatening to oust Gnashteeth, endangering their supply lines. This was the last straw for Gnashteeth, who decided to stop playing by the rules altogether. Rather than take a small sample of the plant's energon, Gnashteeth decided it was best to take all of it. That night, Gnashteeth burgled his former mentor's estate, and killed Double Punch with his own former weapons, framing the Kopsegos for it. After that, the two returned to the plant, where Gnashteeth repayed Budora for his lack of loyalty, and began a meltdown, allowing Gnashteeth and Scorponok to abscond with the energon.

A decacycle later, they met with Thunderhoof again. Only this time, Gnashteeth had come prepared. Before arriving, he'd thought to buy out the gang leader's muscle, and the two turned on their employer, allowing Gnashteeth to fulfill his former promise. As the newly minted "Darksyders" celebrated, Gnashteeth informed Scorponok that his former name was no more. From that moment on, he would be Megatron. Identity Politics

"Alright. I can see that I will have to teach you how to be...villains!"

The Darksyders continued to bully their way through Cybertron's underworld, eventually edging out the reigning Minions of Unicron. Cryotek and his goon squad paid a visit to Megatron after capturing and interrogating a low-ranking nobody named Doom-Lock. Megatron managed to see off the intruders by outwitting them... and siccing a horde of Dropkick drones on the interlopers when they refused to join his growing movement. Cryotek, the sole survivor, grudgingly swore allegiance to the 'bot who had bested him - Megatron returned the favor by sending Psychobat to ensure that his newest recruit wouldn't get any ideas.

Urged onward by a mental computer simulation of the original Megatron, the Predacon leader mused on the best way to take advantage of the Grand Uprising when Scorponok's hubris spurred a moment of self-reflection. The Builders had designed the Maximals and Predacons to run off of conventional energon, forever shackling them to the dwindling supplies controlled by their elders. Reflecting on the native mechanimal life, Megatron began to wonder if Transformers could process their own energon - and in the process free themselves from the thumbs of the Builders by becoming beasts themselves.

The Predacon leader began experimenting on willing and unwilling volunteers, scrounging materials for his experiments from various illicit sources. The very first test subject, a nebbish sort named Overbite, wound up mutating into a horrific oxide shark-submarine hybrid, forcing Megatron to put the monster out of its misery. Volunteers two through five didn't end up much better; the fifth victim of his experiments revealed that the PSP had gotten wind of his activities and were currently shadowing the organization. From this mole, however, Megatron learned of the disgraced ex-Autobot Leatherhide, who had conducted similar experiments on himself decades ago, and sent Terrorsaur to bring the Builder into the fold.

Meanwhile, Megatron met with an addled Predacon nobody, whom he used as a catspaw to gain access to the Builder's supply of new protoforms in the ruins of the Grand Mal. From the purloined protoform, he created Formikon, an energy-independent Predacon with an ant-droid alternate mode. That wasn't enough for Megatron; within a few cycles, he and all of the Cybertronians under his command had successfully upgraded to beast modes. Now that the technology was out in the open, Megatron took the opportunity to delete the original Megatron from his processor, then proclaimed that soon all Maximals and Predacons would adopt this technology–the Beast Wars had begun. Not All Megatrons

Sure enough, the Beast Upgrade as it was called spread through the Maximals and Predacons like wildfire, and Megatron became very, very rich indeed. He used that wealth to securely reinforce the center of his "legitimate" enterprises, which came in handy at the end of the war, during the nightmare of the Vehicon Apocalypse, as he and his inner circle managed to hold off the Vehicon hordes, until Leatherhide and Packrat revealed their new invention: The esau, which saved them all by turning the hapless Wasp into half a Vehicon himself, and allowing him a measure of control over the hordes. Megatron was pleased, declaring that the Darksyders would be able to take advantage of the aftermath.

And take advantage they did. With the addition of a creepy new recruit called Tarantulas, Megatron was a leading figure in the post-war Cybertron, with the Darksyders about the only pan-geographic faction left. When the prospective delegates of the remaining states and factions met, Megatron chose to represent himself, looking for all the world to Lio Convoy like he was going to swallow the room. Derailment

Ironically, and curiously, Megatron's pivotal role in his species' history would end up being forgotten entirely over the following millennia, with his deeds instead being credited to Lio Convoy (at least according to questionable historians). Lio Convoy: Unity Through Tyranny

2005 IDW continuity

Twelve million years ago, "Beast Megatron" was a Maximal under the command of Liege Maximo. Endless Forever When Megatronus and his Darklander army conquered the Forgotten Plains, Maximo and his army were forced into exile, and eventually came into the employ of "Onyx Prime"... in reality, an alias assumed by a time-travelling Shockwave. Origin Myths As part of his grand plan to engineer Cybertronian history, "Onyx" took control of Liege Maximo's forces and incorporated them into his "Menagerie" of bestial warriors, Endless Forever and Beast Megatron was one of the warriors who accompanied his new master to the Crystal City. There, they joined forces with Alpha Trion's council to battle the Darklanders. Origin Myths

The only shot of my beast mode and it's miscoloured.

Two million years later—after the ascension of the Thirteen and the subsequent First Cybertronian Civil War that saw their alliance undone—Beast Megatron became now a member of Onyx Prime's innermost retinue, and joined the Prime when he left Cybertron aboard the Titan Nemesis to advance his plans. Unstopped and Unstoppable The Maximals made camp on Antilla, a planet that the Cybertronians had once attempted to colonize years before, now the site of a weapon that Onyx dubbed the "Talisman". Our Finest After many millions of years, Onyx sent the Talisman away aboard the starship Axalon, Strange Visitors with Beast Megatron and the other Maximals remaining on Antilla. At some point afterwards, the Matriarch of Incaendium, Praesidia, and Magrada traveled there to investigate a Cybertronian signal, and Beast Megatron was one of the Maximals who watched as Onyx slew Magdra. Surfeit of Primes Some time later, he was among the Maximals who travelled to Caminus, the Cybertronian colony from whence the intruders had came, and clashed with the Torchbearers over a supply of Ore-4. Ghost Stories

In the modern day, Shockwave began the final stage of his plan to begin a new Cybertronian empire, and in early 2018 Beast Megatron joined the other Maximals as they boarded Nemesis and travelled to Cybertron. With Onyx claiming that he had "captured" his co-conspirator Liege Maximo and delivered him to be tried by the Council of Worlds, Beast Megatron guarded Liege Maximo alongside Ramulus. Another Mine "Onyx" soon unmasked himself as Shockwave, and with his machinations having plunged Iacon into chaos, Beast Megatron joined Maximo's squadron to finish off the crew of the fallen Metrotitan. He later helped Optimus Primal restrain Arcee after Maximo confiscated her sword. Endless Forever Though Shockwave and Liege Maximo were both defeated—fatally, in the case of the latter—Beast Megatron and the other surviving Maximals fled Cybertron aboard Nemesis Unforgivable to rendezvous with Shockwave's ultimate weapon: Unicron. Unstopped and Unstoppable

You! You're not Megatron! You're one of those Kung Fu Creatures on the Rampage... 2!

Shockwave believed that the Maximals had done so at his behest, helping Unicron devour each colony world before destroying Cybertron, at which point the Talisman would kill Unicron and allow the Transformers to establish a new Transformer empire on Earth. He was unaware of their true intentions; despite pledging fealty to Shockwave, the manipulative ex-Decepticon had shattered their faith as well, and their decision to truly join forces with Unicron was an act of revenge, aiming to bring down the entire galaxy in defiance of Shockwave's carefully-curated plan. Ceremony

After meeting up with Unicron as the planet-eater consumed Devisiun, Unstopped and Unstoppable the Maximal swarm travelled with him to Caminus and attacked the surface, allowing Unicron to consume them as he devoured Caminus. Last Stand This was not the end of the Maximals, however; as Unicron had already consumed Eukaris and its supplies of Ore-11, the Maximals were exposed to the mutagenic ore in Unicron's systems. It was in this state that Unicron regurgitated them to deal with the Decepticon Vengeance Division, and thanks to the powers of Ore-11, Beast Megatron and the other Maximals were able to manifest a monstrous new robot mode. D.V.D. commander Bludgeon, already a Unicron loyalist, had double-crossed the fleet under his command, and allowed the Maximals to board the Worldsweeper flagship so as to pass on their mutation to the Decepticons sent to impede Unicron's progress. Stranger Eons

Are you Samuel James... er, wait.

Concealing his new form beneath his old bestial guise, Beast Megatron and several other Maximals made their way to Earth in advance of Unicron's arrival and landed in Toronto as Shockwave teleported in. With Cybertron gone, Shockwave believed that his plan had worked, and that Unicron had perished in the act; at his command, Primal, Beast Megatron, and Rhinox began razing the city to make way for the birth of Shockwave's new Cybertronian empire. Road's End Beast Megatron noticed members of G.I. Joe trying to sneak past him and moved to attack, but was nailed in the throat (and subsequently slain) by a well-placed shot from Agent Helix, which sent him to his knees and alerted his two comrades to the interlopers. Assembly

Several other Maximals in the 2005 IDW continuity are depicted with Megatron's alligator, Transmetal T. rex and Transmetal 2 dragon bodies.

War for Cybertron Trilogy continuity

War for Cybertron Trilogy marketing material

The Predacons traveled across time to find the AllSpark and change the fate of Cybertron. While battling the Maximals on pre-Ice Age Earth, both sides were joined by the Autobots and Decepticons, their epic battle changing their combined destinies forever.

Megatron's function was leader of the Predacons, and he trans-scanned into a Tyrannosaurus rex. His tail whip and missiles were his powers and weapons, and his core traits were his egocentrics, fanatics, and theatrics. Megatron's message from the future was that he holds the key to saving the one he holds in highest esteem. Kingdom webpage

War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon

Voice actor: Marqus Bobesich (English), Shigeru Chiba (Japanese), Peter Sura (German), Lionel Tua (French), Marcos Souza (Portuguese), Lorenzo Beteta (Castilian Spanish), Mau Pérez (Latin-American Spanish), Ambujeshwar Pandey (Hindi)

“	Now, why would little old me ever become a problem for Lord Megatron?	”
—Predacon Megatron, Kingdom episode 5

A Predacon born out of an uninhabitable Cybertron due to loss of the AllSpark by Optimus Prime Kingdom episode 1 and the threat of Unicron, Galvatron, and Nemesis Prime, Kingdom episode 6 he honorably named himself after his ancestor and Galvatron's past self, Megatron, whom he held to the highest esteem. Kingdom episode 2 Galvatron, desperate to end his slavery to Unicron by returning an artifact with the complete memoirs of Megatron to his past self, Kingdom episode 1 allowed Predacon Megatron to deliver the artifact instead. Kingdom episode 6

Personally intending to save Megatron from becoming Galvatron, Kingdom episode 5 Predacon Megatron and his small band of thieves stole the artifact, now known as the Golden Disk, from the Maximals. While being fired at by Maximal Enforcers, Megatron was hit and tossed the Golden Disk, only for his lieutenant Blackarachnia to catch it while Dinobot attempted to stop Megatron. However, Blackarachnia returned the disk to Megatron, and the Predacon leader scolded Dinobot for his lack of loyalty. Kingdom episode 2 Megatron later decrypted a few minutes of the Golden Disk, and was able to trace the original Megatron's steps back to Earth in the past, where the Predacons took on beast modes and engaged in a battle with the Maximals from the Axalon. The conflict would continue for cycles, Kingdom episode 1 with both sides suffering devastating blows to their ranks Kingdom episode 2 until the Golden Disk proved right, and the Ark and Nemesis crashed onto Earth.

Along with Dinobot, Predacon Megatron met with Decepticons and recognized Megatron as his ancestor, displaying the Golden Disk to him. In the Nemesis, Predacon Megatron explained to the original Megatron what became of Cybertron, why the Predacons traveled to Earth at this time and place, and what importance the Golden Disk holds. The two 'cons then ushered Starscream and Dinobot out of the room, and formed an alliance. Soundwave later brought in a falcon, whom Predacon Megatron identified as the Maximal Airazor. Kingdom episode 1

2021 IDW Beast Wars comic

But uh, oh those summer nights...

The ambitious Galavar was one of the many malcontents in the secret employ of the Tripredacus Council, leader of a cell of Predacon separatists who wished to overthrow the ruling Maximal government and kickstart a second Great War between the two factions. Savage Landing Part 1 While operating in Iacon, Galavar took the opportunity to recruit Skold, a young 'bot who'd suffered anti-Predacon prejudice. Thicker Skin Eventually, Galavar learned from the disgruntled researcher Reptilion that the Maximals had discovered, researched, and subsequently covered up the existence of a mysterious "Golden Disk", which supposedly contained the coordinates of an energon-rich planet located somewhere in time and space. Maximals Strike Back, Part 1

Galavar and his team infiltrated Iacon's Science Ministry, killed the guards, and pilfered the Disk from its resting place there; to prevent any pursuers, they also destroyed the fleet of transwarp-capable ships at the Great Shipyard and took the remaining vessel for their own escape. Galavar conveyed this plan to the Tripredacus Council and clarified that he wasn't asking for its permission to pull off the heist—he had already done it. He ended his transmission by declaring his new name—Megatron—and promised to bring the Predacons to new heights that the Council was too timid to reach.

Fleeing the scene in their stolen ship, Megatron and his Predacons were confronted by the Maximal-crewed Axalon. After Megatron ordered Tarantulas to use the coordinates (which were "familiar somehow" to the subordinate) he gave for the Transwarp Drive, the Predacons entered the resulting portal with the Maximals in pursuit. They ended up above a mysterious planet, where their ships crashed onto following a battle. Thrown into stasis lock, Megatron and his Predacons were outfitted in new forms to deal with the detected energon radiation, with the leader emerging as a Tyrannosaurus rex. Delighted in reaching the energon-rich world that the Golden Disk spoke of, Megatron realized that the further secrets it held must also be true and declared that their new Maximal opponents would be eliminated in the following war. Savage Landing Part 1

Megatron grew obsessed with decoding more of the Golden Disk's secrets, and while he sequestered himself in his private quarters he gave explicit instructions that he was not to be disturbed and ordered his troops to take stock of the environment and their own defences. After he threw out Scorponok for violating these instructions, he was prepared to do the same to Terrorsaur before the flyer revealed that he'd taken the Maximal Nyx prisoner. Savage Landing Part 2 Although Megatron attempted to torture their new prisoner in the hopes that she'd reveal information about how many Maximals had survived the crash, Nyx's refusal to break only raised Megatron's ire, and an insult regarding his new name pushed Megatron's temper over the edge, moments before Dinobot convinced his leader not to torture a helpless prisoner. After very nearly killing his second-in-command for daring to speak out against him, Megatron gave up on the interrogation and turned Nyx over to Tarantulas to dispose of. However, Nyx successfully escaped the Predacons thanks to Dinobot's last-second crisis of conscience, and Dinobot successfully held off the entire Predacon army at once before using a vocal override to lock Megatron and the others inside the Darksyde long enough to escape. Savage Landing Part 3

And when he's tall he's what we call a dinosaur sensation.

After resetting the Darksyde's security system, Megatron ordered the other Predacons to search for Dinobot; Savage Landing Part 4 their efforts led to the discovery of the crashed Axalon on the other side of the valley, and Megatron announced a plan to attack and sabotage the ship from within, kill any Maximal survivors, and eliminate Dinobot for good measure. In the ensuing siege, Megatron fetched up against Maximal captain Optimus Primal; though Megatron held the physical advantage, the smaller Maximal's tenacity allowed him to stay in the fight long enough for Nyx to release Dinobot from his holding cell and join the fight on the side of the Maximals. Savage Landing Part 5

When Megatron attempted to finish off Optimus, Nyx intervened by throwing Terrorsaur into the path of his cannon, which kept him distracted for the Maximals to activate their ship's shields and sound a general retreat. However, as the ship did not recognize Dinobot as a Maximal, he was left on the other side of the field; though Dinobot was confident that he could take on the Predacons again, he didn't account for Tarantulas's sneak attack. Although Megatron and the others beat Dinobot to the brink of death, Optimus convinced the Predacons to retreat by training the ship's cannons on them. Megatron grudgingly retreated, but vowed that he and his forces would emerge victorious. Savage Landing Part 6

Some time later, while analyzing the Golden Disk, Megatron briefly discovered an apparent message from himself encoded on the disk, but couldn't decrypt the files before the file corrupted itself. Pod Part 1 After Tarantulas sabotaged the Maximal stasis pod network, Megatron held a feast of honor to welcome their new recruit Blackarachnia and celebrate the impending rise of his new empire, then ordered Terrorsaur and Waspinator to search for more fallen stasis pods after putting the ambitious flier in his place. Thicker Skin

One day, Megatron and the other Predacons watched from the Darksyde's internal surveillance system as Skold befriended and subsequently beheaded their Maximal prisoner Powerhug. Skold's No Good, Very Bad Day

During a routine Predacon training session, an emboldened Terrorsaur began questioning Megatron's leadership within earshot of the Predacon commander. As a result, Megatron mercilessly beat Terrorsaur and nearly killed him, until Tarantulas rescued Terrorsaur and Megatron grudgingly conceded that the impudent flier had learned his lesson. Moments later, however, a newly emboldened Maximal strike force launched an attack on the Darksyde. Maximals Strike Back, Part 1

In the ensuing melee, Megatron faced off against Dinobot again—while surprised that he still lived, Megatron quickly gained a decisive advantage over his former second-in-command and mangled him using his tyrannosaur jaws before Optimus intervened. Maximals Strike Back, Part 2 After a brief brawl, Optimus successfully incapacitated Megatron by stabbing him in his beast mode head at the moment he fired his blast, leaving him unconscious and critically damaged. Megatron recovered and stormed the ship just as Optimus, Rattrap, and Nyx successfully stole the Golden Disk from his quarters but tripped a force field on the way out. Ultimately, after Optimus threatened to destroy the disk and strand Megatron on the planet, the two sides agreed to an exchange—Megatron received the disk while the Maximals walked free—but told Scorponok that killing Optimus Primal for his insolence now superseded all his other goals. Maximals Strike Back, Part 3

At some point, Megatron took part in a skirmish over energon that ended with Cheetor getting injured. The Speedway of Central Consciousness

When Scorponok and Waspinator discovered a vein of unusual, aggression-enhancing energon, Megatron hit upon the idea of weaponizing the substance. Later, while he and Skold worked on repairing the Darksyde's sabotaged engines, Waspinator arrived with news that a Maximal had blundered into one of their traps. When Megatron followed him into the jungle, however, "Waspinator" revealed himself to be Saberback, a Vok operative who promptly electrocuted and captured the Predacon leader. Primal Rage

Megatron and an artificially-enraged Optimus wound up captured in a remote cavern at the mercy of Tigatron and four other Cybertronians who called themselves the "Children of the Vok", who requested that Optimus and Megatron either leave the planet or voluntarily enter stasis to protect the Vok's experiments from any further contamination. Megatron chafed at the idea of voluntarily surrender and unsuccessfully demanded an audience with their masters; after they left, a newly-lucid Optimus proposed an alliance to escape, but just after leaving the cave the Children of the Vok ambushed them. In the battle, Megatron successfully took out both Saberback and Polar Claw before the Vok Pakak entered the battle and ordered the pair to stand down. When Megatron refused, Pakak began to extinguish the Predacon leader's spark before Optimus intervened with a proposal: he and Megatron would receive seven cycles to prepare for a Vok attack, while the ever-curious Vok would receive exciting new sociological data on what happens when two factions put their differences aside. Children of the Vok

After a truce had been declared, Megatron welcomed Rhinox and Dinobot to the Darksyde, while sending Waspinator, Skold and Blackarachnia to the Axalon, to help devise new strategies against the Vok. When Rhinox and Scorponok questioned Megatron about his supposedly locking down the transwarp drive, the Predacon leader turned on Tarantulas who tried to flee only to be detained by Dinobot. When the spider was interrogated, he managed to incite Megatron's rage long enough to summon a zombie-fied Terrorsaur, the undead downing Megatron with a blast to the chest. The Beginning of the End

Megatron rebooted in time to meet the totality of the Children of the Vok in battle, facing off against Armordillo and Snarl before the Vok arrived. Deeming all Cybertronians too disruptive, the Vok prepared to kill them all via their reversion device. As the superweapon built up its charge, the Vok were fired on by the Axalon, now firing unspace beams which dissipated the energy beings. Considering the truce over, Megatron lunged at Primal only to be fired on by the unspace weapon.

Not being an energy creature, the blast simply shunted the Predacon leader 114 cycles forward in time. Upon materializing, Megatron began making his way back to the Darksyde, noting the advantages he held and eagerly declaring that the Beast Wars would continue until his eventual victory. The End

Scorching Heat Showdown

Megatron possessed an Avatar in the form of Megalligator. After Armordillo was gunned down by Predacons and Convobat swooped in to fight, Megatron himself joined the battle. He was soon met by Optimus Primal, who vanquished the Predacon leader after a tussle. Scorching Heat Showdown

Transformers Go! Go!

One day in Earth's jungles, the Predacon leader Megatron stole the Maximals' bananas from Optimus Primal. The Maximal leader gave chase, only to be stuck in Megatron's vise grip. Rattrap came to the rescue, snagging a banana to feed Primal, and the empowered gorilla was able to uppercut Megatron into the sky and retrieve the bananas. Believe in the Bananas!!

When Cheetor started a food delivery service, Megatron put in an order for shrimp fried rice that the Maximal was more than happy to fulfil. Flowers, Delivery, and Inattention Dinobot did not think fondly of Megatron and expressed a desire to wreck him during a patrol. A Hunch of a Good Duo!

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Commercial appearances

• Megatron hid in his beast mode amid a bask of alligators in a tropical river. When Optimus Primal fluttered over him in his bat mode, Megatron nearly managed to snap him out of the air. When his adversary transformed, Megatron did so as well, and the two Transformers began exchanging blows. Though Megatron managed to land a laser blast, Optimus relieved him of his gun with a swing of his sword. Beast Wars Wave 1 Deluxe toys commercial

Games

Beast Wars: Transformers video game continuity

Beast Wars: Transformers video game advertising comic

Upon arriving on "Planet Energon," the dangers of Energon radiation forced the six surviving Predacons and their Maximal adversaries to take on beast alternate forms. Beast Wars: Transformers video game advertising comic

Beast Wars: Transformers video game

Voice actor: ??? (English), ??? (Japanese)

Many Beast Wars combatants had managed to construct personal bases, customized to their personal tastes, due to the extended duration of the war. Megatron opted to stay within the Predacon ship as the central hub of Predacon activity. Megatron joined his fellow Predacons in battling not only the persistent Maximal resistance, but the interdimensional monsters known as the Skriix.

Maximal campaign

Retaliating after the Maximals eliminated Inferno and halted the experiments on the Skriix the Predacon was performing, Megatron sent his own troops to attack the Axalon. his aggressions were rebuffed, however, and the Maximals launched a counter-strike. After having secured access to the Predacon ship, the Maximals destroyed Megatron, winning the Beast Wars in the process.

Predacon campaign

When the Maximals had been eliminated, Megatron was able to fulfill his objective of using the planet's vast Energon resources to destroy Cybertron, and conquer the Galaxy! Beast Wars: Transformers

Due to the nature of this game, a player may select various individual characters to perform the feats required in every level, and complete the game's narrative. Thus, any playable Predacon can fill the role of protagonist in Predacon Mode. To view the various feats Megatron can accomplish throughout gameplay in Predacon Mode, it is told on the Beast Wars video game page, wherein Megatron fills the role of the nameless Predacon.

Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars

"Ah am alpha an' omega, da beginnin' an' da end. Ah am dat which is, which wuz, and is yet ta come... an' ya will know mah name is Megatwon when I way my veng-e-ance upon ya!"

Megatron followed a mysterious portal generated by the super-powerful Energon Quartz, emerging millenia later in its resting place in another dimension. He battled several other Maximals and Predacons in an attempt to obtain the Quartz's power for himself. He was capable of summoning his lackeys Waspinator, Terrorsaur, Tarantulas, Inferno, and Scorponok in order to aid him in this task.

Megatron 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 run across a pit-riddled field, sometimes involving hideously large bacteria he had to fend off.

The series of one-on-one battles that ensued ended in a strange duel, when Megatron had to battle his double as a final opponent. Once he defeated himself, he gained possession of the Quartz, setting out to defeat his eternal nemesis, Optimus Primal. Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars

Each character possessed an alternate ending, displayed if Single Battle was beaten with said character. Each character has only their own ending listed on their pages; see the other characters' pages for Megatron's fate in those outcomes.

Move list

This move list presumes the player is facing right; when facing left, reverse the left and right inputs.

Robot Mode		Beast Mode
Buster Shot	↓→B	Tyranno Breath	↓→B
Tail Thrust	←↓→A	Megaton Press	→↓→B
Evil Impact	→↓←A	Tyranno Revenge	↓←A (counter)
Evil Slash	→↓→B	Tyranno Stamp	→↓→A
Laser Buster (super)	↓→↓← B	Night Raid (super)	↓→↓← B
Destruction Ray (desperation)	↓←↓→ A	Destruction Ray (desperation)	↓←↓→ A

3D Battle-Card Game

Megatron, in his original Tyrannosaurus rex body, leads a ragtag group of Decepticon warriors from various backgrounds (and/or universes) against Optimus Primal and his Autobot allies. Energon Wars Expansion Set

Transformers Battle Universe

At the edge of time, when the Matrix needed a new host, Megatron was among several warriors (and Megatrons) summoned from the multiverse to battle for control of the prize. Transformers Battle Universe

Transformers Legends

After a huge earthquake exposed a large amount of Energon, Megatron led his Predacons in an ambush of the Maximals, successfully gaining control of the new Energon supply. As the Predacons harvested this new resource, Megatron set his sights on the Maximal base and the destruction of Optimus Primal. Beast Wars

Much later, when a badly wounded Rampage stood near death, Megatron offered a piece of his own spark. Accepting this transfusion of sorts, Rampage's life would most likely be saved. It would also ensure that the new Predacon recruit would forever be bound to Megatron's will from that moment forth. When Sparks Fly

Megatron eventually managed to conquer Cybertron with the aid of his Vehicon armies, and set his three generals on the Maximals after they returned to the planet. Beast Machines

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 multiple different bodies:

• Megatron—This Super Rare character first appeared in the "Beast Wars: Episode 1" event, and could be recruited by collecting 250 units of Cybermetal, 75 units of Transmetal, 35 event cores, and 10 cores of this character.
• Megatron Alligator—This Epic character first appeared in the "Beast Wars: Episode 3" event, and could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, 100 event cores, and 50 cores of this character.
• Megatron Transmetal—This Epic character was available as a reward in the "Transmetals: Beast Wars - Episode 1" event.
• Megatron Transmetal II—This Epic character first appeared in the "Transmetals 2: Episode 1" mini events, and could be recruited by collecting 650 units of Cybermetal, 350 units of Transmetal, 150 exclusive cores, and 50 cores of this character.

Transformers: Battle Tactics

Yesss... In this game, Megatron goes Transmetal at the cost of turning into a tiny T-Rex.

Yeesss... He sometimes has a weird visual glitch in which he has empty eyes, missing legs, and is breathing white mist from his mouth.

Transformers: Earth Wars

Beast Wars Megatron
Information Faction Decepticon Unit type Standard Min. Stars 2 star Class Special (Melee) Behavior Megatron in his beast mode first uses his fire breath on a target far away. (15 second cooldown) He thens leaps into the air and lands on a defense dealing Area of Effect damage. (10 second cooldown) He then proceeds to bite and smash the target. Ability Battle Orders Target their defenses! Friendly bots are given a health shield and prioritize all defenses for a time. Cost: 6 ability points +2 for reuses Level 11 Bonus: Zone damage around the jump landing spot C.O.M.B.A.T.s Melee, Companion Bot Power Cores Transmetal Megatron: Restore a percent of Health every 5 seconds. Whenever BW Megatron jumps to attack, gain a Reflection Shield, reflecting a percent of incoming damage back to enemies for 6 seconds. Cosmetically, the gold and Gmetal versions of this core give Megatron the color scheme of his original Transmetal toy, whereas the silver version gives a completely metallic look. Meta information Countertpart Optimus Primal Skins Transmetal Megatron (Gold and Gmetal rarity only): introduced July 1, 2021 Maximal T-Wrecks: introduced March 31, 2023 Notes Megatron's in-game appearance is based on Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Deluxe Class Megatron.
Beast Wars Megatron at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki

In an unknown time and place, the Beast Wars came to a conclusion. Optimus Primal planned on going home, with Megatron's future in an iso-containment cell. Primal Instinct As the shuttle traveled through chronospace, Megatron, unanchored in time, reverted to his original beast mode, as did Optimus Primal. A Stitch in Time

They were pulled to 21st century Earth due to Shockwave's meddling with the signals the Autobots were using to bring Optimus Primal to their Headquarters. Optimus ordered the transit be aborted, but he faded out before his comrades could hear him. Mixed Signals The two arrived on Earth, where they were forced to part ways when the Predacons and Dinobots closed on to them. Megatron ran into Grimlock, who assumed the fellow Tyrannosaurus was himself from the future; the Predacon clarified who he was and fought the Autobot to test his beast mode's strength. Blast from the Past Quantum Beast Leap

Elsewhere, Shockwave explained to the original Megatron his completed plan and their new "recruit", but the Decepticon leader was enraged that "a prehistoric throwback" would dare call himself "Megatron".

Despite his reluctance at the presence of another Megatron, Starscream decided to assist the Predacon in his plan to make the original Megatron extinct. They left the battlefield and Grimlock behind.

Transmetal 2 Megatron
Information Faction Decepticon Unit type Standard Min. Stars 2 star Class Special (Melee) Ability Flying Inferno For 10 seconds you set nearby enemies on fire dealing damage per second. Cost: 7 ability points +2 for reuse C.O.M.B.A.T.s Melee, Companion Bot Power Cores Golden Disk: Gain a Reflection Shield, reflecting a percent of incoming damage; re-applies every 10 seconds. When your Health drops to 0%, teleport back to your location and Health from a few seconds ago. Once per battle. Cosmetically, the core adds a little Golden Disk pattern to the gold dome on his abdomen. Meta information Countertpart Optimal Optimus Skins Holiday 2024 Transmetal 2 Megatron: introduced December 13, 2024 No, I'm not Cryotek.
Transmetal 2 Megatron at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki

Notes

• Hasbro originally intended Inferno to be the new body for Megatron.
• Megatron's characterization in the War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon significantly diverges from his classic portrayal: Predacon Megatron is a typically insecure leader and a loyal but sycophantic follower of the "original" Megatron, lacking his iconic manipulative traits. The other "Beast Era" characters from the War for Cybertron Trilogy show are more or less similar to their '90s counterparts, even those with notably differing voices.
• In the 2021 Beast Wars comic, Megatron's Cybertronian body is a heavily stylized version of his 2006 BotCon toy, with the missile being excluded.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Megatron (メガトロン Megatoron), Megalligator (alligator, メガリゲーター Megarigētā), Beast Megatron (ビーストメガトロン Bīsuto Megatoron)
• Korean: Megatron (메가트론 Megateuron)
• Mandarin: Kǒnglóng Wáng (Taiwan, 恐龍王, "King Dinosaur"), Bàwánglóng (China Beast Wars, 霸王龙, "Tyrannosaur"), Wúdí Lóng (China Beast Machines, 无敌龙, "Invincible Dragon"), Wēi Zhèn Tīan Èrshì (comics, 威震天二世, "Extremely Prestigious II", literally "Heaven-shaking Might II")
• Spanish: Megatrón (Latin America)

Transmetal

• Japanese: Metals Megatron (メタルスメガトロン Metarusu Megatoron)
• European: Metal T-Rex

Transmetal 2

• Japanese: Metals Dragon Megatron (メタルスドラゴンメガトロン Metarusu Doragon Megatoron)
• European: Dragone
• Mandarin: Wúdí Lóng (China Beast Machines, 无敌龙, "Invincible Dragon")