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 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

Look out Batman, it's Killer Croc!

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! Megatron bio (basic alligator 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 alligator form. Mistaken for a harmless Earth creature, he was able to get to the drop on Optimus Primal and summoned in his soldiers Tarantulas and Waspinator.

I drive a Chevrolet movie theatre.

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. 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. Megatron bio (ultra T. rex mold)

This comic, along with the on-package bios of the first wave of Beast Wars toys, predate the development of the Beast Wars cartoon and its backstory. They seem to present the characters as a direct continuation of the previous Autobot/Decepticon conflict, with Optimus Primal actually being a new form of Optimus Prime and Megatron being his Generation 1 counterpart, 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 that continuity instead, relegating this one to an aborted micro-continuity.

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

Bee in the City 2: Electric Bugaloo

Beast Wars Metals manga

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

Transformers Legends anthology

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

Ask Vector Prime

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, 2015/08/13

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 comic

The president of Tera-Kura Co., Megatron once watched Cheetor party it up after work. Head of Partying, Cheetor He thought of his company as the rivals of Optimus Primal's Axalon Trading Company, but had all kinds of trouble dealing with his eccentric employees. Rivals! Tera-Kura Co.! Among them was Waspinator, who Megatron had to punish more than once for talking about or playing with Transformers instead of doing his job. Buzz Buzz Buzz, Wasps Flyyy This changed when he learned that Blackarachnia, his favorite hostess at a host club, was also a Transformers fan, at which point he sheepishly asked Waspinator to teach him more about the franchise so he could impress her. President Mega's Requests Through songs and glossary cards, Megatron learned to recite the names of several Transformers characters, much to Blackarachnia's excitement. President Mega's Studies

During a lesson on the subject of Whirl and Roadbuster, Megatron latched onto the fact that they'd first appeared in the UK and imagined them as English stereotypes, ignoring Waspinator's protests that they were nothing like that. Whirl and Roadbuster Now on Sale, Buzz Megatron spent that Christmas lovingly exchanging presents with Blackarachnia. Merry X'mas!! After watching the third Transformers movie as part of his studies, he acted strange while interviewing Quickstrike, giving the potential new employee a time limit to "appeal to him". The Results of Mega-chan's Studies Megatron was annoyed when Blackarachnia remained at the office to work longer than everyone else, wanting to leave himself so that he could visit his usual club. Widow-chan at Work

Megatron listened to Windblade explain that the Legends Universe he and the others lived in was created by the telepathic powers of the Zamojin, but didn't understand a word of it. To his annoyance, Waspinator took the story at face value and told him that he'd understand too if he'd properly studied Transformers like he was supposed to. Bonus Edition Vol. 12 As part of a partnership between Tera-Kura Co. and Axalon Trading Company, Megatron invited Optimus Primal and Rattrap to a Q-Transformers event, which he mostly just went to buy gifts for Blackarachnia. During their visit, the three tried different food and drink to collect stamps to exchange for prizes, but Megatron messed up the stamping process and made his all blurry. Deckss × Q-Transformers

While holding more job interviews, Megatron was interrupted by a tank driving through the wall, transforming into a robot and announcing that it was another Megatron! Knowing nothing of the newcomer's identity, Megatron had Waspinator explain who the other Megatron was, and was actually pretty impressed by his resume. Unfortunately, the new Megatron had no intent of working for Tera-Kura Co. as the old Megatron had assumed, but sought to control the company by making himself president. Beast-Megatron protested that he was the president, but this only led to tank-Megatron declaring himself the chairman above the president instead, nevertheless causing the original to lose control of his company. Bonus Edition Vol. 13 To add to this insult, he was forced to have a suit made for Chairman Megatron. Presidential Inauguration! Lord Megatron He was confused by Blackarachnia's cold treatment of their new boss, unaware that she was just trying really hard not to fangirl about working for the "real" Megatron. Widow-chan's Usual Day

After a hard day's work, Megatron invited his co-workers for a night on the town, but to his disappointment no one showed up other than the chairman. They then ran into a third Megatron, Armada Megatron, at the place they went to eat, and President Megatron listened on in fear as the other two bonded over subjects like Chairman Megatron having killed his old second-in-command. The Autumn Megatron Festival When the two larger Megatrons drunkenly agreed to conquer the world together, the small beast Megatron was left weakly pleading to his boss that they cut it out and continue their after-work fun instead. Bonus Edition Vol. 14

Megatron was initially pleased that Tera-Kura was able to sell a ton of clones based on Nightbird, a robot brought to the Legends world by the other Megatron, but got very concerned when they started going on a rampage. His chairman explained that their innate evil couldn't be suppressed, causing Megatron to snap at him, asking why they'd gone ahead and sold them then. He tried ordering a recall of the products only to find customers liked their evil robots, though he doubted Chairman Megatron's claims that this was part of the plan. Bonus Edition Vol. 15 Megatron would later gain another employee when Tera-Kura hired Slipstream. Bonus Edition Vol. 16 The Megatrons went trick-or-treating for Halloween, and Legends Megatron had to remind his counterpart that the tradition didn't involve threatening people with a fusion cannon. Bonus Edition Vol. 17

Megatron was at his usual club when his waiter, Armada Starscream, was assaulted by Slipstream. LG-16 Slipstream Sequel After Armada Megatron's greed powered up the Zamojin and almost destroyed the Legends World, Legends Megatron warned his chairman to be careful with his own ambitions. Bonus Edition Vol. 18 Megatron found himself overthrown when the Waspinator of another world took over Tera-Kura Co. and declared himself president, though the intruder quickly left again. Bonus Edition Vol. EX He was distressed when G1 Megatron was seemingly killed in Skids's attempts to return him to his own universe, and pleasantly surprised when the chairman turned out to be okay. Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 20

Jealous that Axalon Trading Company had joined forces with the Autobot Headmasters, Megatron struck a deal with their Decepticon counterparts to form the "Decepticon Tera-Kura Co." partnership. Bonus Edition Vol. 22 Unfortunately their new allies conspired against G1 Megatron and turned him into Galvatron, who went on a rampage before returning to his normal self. Noting that the destruction had led to increased sales for his company, Legends Megatron sheepishly asked the chairman if he could do a repeat performance. Bonus Edition Vol. 23 He was later hypnotized into serving Mindwipe for a while. Bonus Edition Vol. 34 Megatron was hired by Nightscream to star in his film Transformers: Convobat Amazon Showdown as Megalligator, but upset the director by ad-libbing his lines. During filming, he helped pacify the transtector used for Convobat by combining with Optimus Primal and blasting it. Bonus Edition Vol. EX

Megatron was present when his company was further taken over by Devil Z, who'd bought all their stocks, Bonus Edition Vol. 35 and suffered Devil Z's rage when he was betrayed by Soundwave. Bonus Edition Vol. 36 He was then levitated by Apeface after he'd mastered telekinesis. Bonus Edition Vol. 38 When Zarak attacked the Legends World, Megatron was both impressed and annoyed that Waspinator could identify him. LGEX Headmaster Set Chapter He was around when the Decepticon Headmasters constructed Godbomber at the Tera-Kura, Bonus Edition Vol. 42 as well as when the Dimensional Patrol showed up and caused trouble for everyone. Bonus Edition Vol. EX

When the Headmasters betrayed the company and came to steal the transformation cog from their new office building, Metroplex, Megatron was ordered to hide the device but was caught by Full-Tilt who stole it. Decepticon Civil War The Headmasters used the cog to complete Trypticon and attack the city, and Megatron could do nothing about it but stay at Metroplex and fidget uselessly. Bonus Edition Vol. 43 After Trypticon devastated Akihabara and it was rebuilt as Neo Akihabara City, Megatron was seen wandering the town. He may have gotten his company back when G1 Megatron moved on to be mayor of the city. Targetmaster Chapter Prologue

Ask Vector Prime

Vector Prime speculated that the Dark Spark could have been the essence of Megatron from a timeline where the Maximals failed to stop his plot to absorb all sparks, among other explanations. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/18

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 originally 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 Distillery Plant, a rare position for a Predacon in the Maximal-friendly Iacon, much less the Builder-dominated Cybertron. Within eight 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 Gnash 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 Gnash'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 Gnash 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 Gnash 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 really 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, Megtron 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 evnetually 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.

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 Maximal can fill the role of protagonist in Maximal Mode, and 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.

Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)

Tyrannosaurus Jhiax and Universe Overkill, apparently.

Voice actor: David Kaye (English), Shigeru Chiba (Japanese)

Megatron was captured by the Maximals. Unknown to his captors, however, Megatron sent a message back in time through transwarp in a last-ditch effort to change the outcome of the Beast Wars; back in the past, Megatron participated in a one-on-one beatdown involving nearly all of the other active beast warriors. At the end, he confronted his mysterious doppelganger, Megatron X.

"Dear me: Forget the grand scheme, just walk over and punch Optimus in his ****ing FACE. Yours sincerely, me."

Knowing fully that the planet where their war was taking place was in actuality prehistoric Earth, Megatron decided to make the ultimate gamble after gaining the upper hand in a grueling battle against the Maximals. Breaking into the Ark, Megatron murders Optimus Prime while he slumbers, securing victory for both Decepticons and Predacons. However, in the year 2005, the Decepticons, having conquered both Earth and Cybertron, face Unicron. As the Matrix died eons ago, along with Optimus Prime, how can the Decepticons defeat the devourer of worlds? Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)

Each character possessed an alternate ending, displayed if the Nintendo 64 version of the game 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.

Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)

Voice actor: David Kaye (English), Shigeru Chiba (Japanese)

Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)

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 battled several other Maximals and Predacons in an attempt to obtain the super-powerful Energon Quartz recently discovered on Earth. 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 the game 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.

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

Ah, Yesss!

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 party 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.

• Class: Special
• Lowest star rating: 2 stars
• Weapons: 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.

This ability was fan-voted as a community favorite on the Transformers: Earth Wars BAND page. It has been redesigned from restoring health to bonus health.

• • Cost: 6 ability points +2 for reuses.

Beast Wars Megatron at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki

Notes

Transmetal 2 Megatron's control art. Look! Spark figure! Painful amounts of detail!

• Hasbro originally intended Inferno to be the new body for Megatron. According to a 1997 interview conducted by fan HooksX, Bob Forward stated: "For a while there Hasbro was planning to make the Inferno toy the new Megatron. We were going to kill Megatron and bring him back as Inferno."
• According to Corin Howell, Megatron's first Earth mode does have a functional right hand that can be used instead of his T. rex head, whereas previous media implied that the T. rex head completely replaced his right hand.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Megatron (メガトロン Megatoron), Megaligator (alligator, メガリゲーター Megarigētā), Beast Megatron (Robotmasters, ビーストメガトロン Bīsuto Megatoron)
• European: Metal T-Rex (Transmetal), Dragone (Transmetal 2)
• Korean: Megatron (메가트론 Megateuron)
• Mandarin: Kǔng-lúng 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")