Megatron (WFC)

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

Megatron is a Decepticon from the Transformers: Prime continuity family.

He wants the whole world, in his hand.

The Transformer designated D-16 took the legendary name Megatronus as his own and rose from the oppressed lower working castes of Kaon. Finding his true purpose and direction in the region's illegal gladiatorial games, he was redubbed Megatron by the crowds and rode his unmatched power and combat skills to fame and influence. Megatron's call for an upheaval of Cybertron's society, his insistence that the freedom of self-determination was the right of all sentient beings, drew many of the oppressed and dissaffected to his cause.

But power corrupts, and Megatron's revolution, like many such movements, quickly turned to tyranny. Powerful, charismatic, violent, and full of rage for any who would stand in the way of his ambition and drive it doesn't take Megatron and his Decepticon armies long to bring Cybertron to the brink of destruction.

I am the Dominator. I am the Destroyer. I am Megatron!Megatron, Transformers: War for Cybertron

Fiction

Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron

Like all miners, Megatron was not given a name when he emerged from the Well of All Sparks and put to work in Kaon. He nicknamed himself D-16 after the sector of the mine where he performed demolition operations. It was there he became the gladiator Megatronus, and in killing other gladiators he and others began to appreciate the value of life. As he continued to go undefeated in battle, gladiatorial bosses requested Megatron lose a few fights. Megatronus refused to have someone dictate his own life, and killed them, taking over the rings in Kaon and Slaughter City. Gaining an army of gladiators, Megatronus appointed Soundwave and Shockwave his lieutenants. After defeating the latter's experimental Insecticon combiner in the ring, the crowd began chanting a shortened version of his name: Megatron.

On that day, Megatron's calls to abolish the caste system on the Grid attracted the attention of Orion Pax and Alpha Trion in the Hall of Records all the way in Iacon. Orion contacted Megatron on a secret frequency and began exchanging their ideas in intense but friendly philosophical discussions. Orion asked why Megatron had assumed the name of one of the thirteen original Transformers: he replied that all the Thirteen failed their mission, and likewise the principles Megatron believed in had fallen away in Cybertronian society. He encouraged Orion to learn self defense and to visit Kaon, which he did to a warm welcome from Megatron (and from none of his soldiers).

It was then terrorist attacks took place with the perpetrators claiming to do so in Megatron's name. Megatron and Orion subsequently made public speeches on the Grid claiming his innocence, and that he would bring those extremists to justice. But within a cycle Six Lasers Over Cybertron, Uraya, Polyhex, Stanix, Blaster City and the Sonic Canyons had been bombed with great loss of life, and civilians were baying for Megatron's head. Megatron asked Orion not to leave upset, addressing him as "brother" for the first time. Later he took him to an gladiatorial pit below the Observatory of Iacon, showing how this form of bloodshed had spread all over Cybertron. He also admitted to Orion's surprise that he had known about the attacks, but had done nothing to stop his followers from carrying them out.

When Sentinel Prime went missing during a "Decepticon" attack on Altihex, he had actually been delivered by his bodyguard Starscream to Kaon, a gift Megatron accepted willingly. Megatron asked Starscream if he would join him, but Starscream was reluctant as the revolution was still in its infancy, and carefully chose to occupy Moon Base One and Trypticon Station instead of being directly involved. Megatron asked Orion to investigate why Starscream would occupy a "semi-sentient pile of junk" like Trypticon, but he was unable to find any clues, which much of Trypticon's history on the DataNet being classified.

Alpha Trion organized a hearing for Orion and Megatron with the High Council. They protested involvement in Sentinel's disappearance. When confronted with the phrase "Decepticon", Megatron accepted his followers' term wholeheartedly, stating deception was necessary sometimes for the corrupt to see the truth. When Halogen revealed Megatron's followers had been trying to locate the Matrix of Leadership, he declared that Orion should become the Prime that he desperately wanted to lead Cybertron into the new Golden Age, and find it. Incensed, Megatron killed Halogen, and when Optimus prevented the Elite Guard from attacking Megatron, the ungrateful gladiator declared Optimus had fallen into the trap of power the High Council had given him. He declared Optimus was no longer his brother, and that the Matrix would be his.

In the subsequent war with Optimus's Autobots, the Decepticons took control of eighty-five percent of the planet. Wherever Starscream's Seekers aided, they were victorious. Megatron was initially merciful to neutrals, but he let Shockwave take control of Tarn and torture Autobot sympathizers there. When the Praxians, a progressive city-state who were disappointed with the direction Megatron took, allied with the Autobots, Megatron decided he would no longer try to convert followers and launched the first genocide of the war, slaughtering all in Nova Cronum who would not submit to the Decepticons as they attacked.

As the war dragged into a siege of Iacon, Soundwave's spying bore fruit as he discovered Dark Energon, the essence of Unicron, was aboard Trypticon. Megatron forgave Starscream for hiding its existence from him, acknowledging its potentially dangerous nature. To ensure loyalty, Megatron's gladiators stormed the Station slaughtering and maiming Starscream's scientists. He forced Starscream to pick two test subjects to be Darkened, and following an astonishingly successful result, Megatron absorbed some, invigorating him. Soon Darkened Decepticons appeared on the battlefield, but it proved to be an inefficient resource and they would have to flee if a battle was prolonged. Megatron needed more, and even Starscream's activation of the Geosynchronous Energon Bridge didn't provide enough. Megatron felt he would kill all the Decepticons before he was deprived of Dark Energon, rather than becoming deprived and turn rabid.

Fortunately, Soundwave revealed the existence of the Plasma Energy Chamber within Teletraan-1, which required the Code Keys of Power and Justice to activate it. Starscream recovered the Key of Power from the Hall of Justice, while Megatron and his best soldiers searched for the Key of Justice below. Sentinel Prime emerged to Megatron's surprise. Sentinel asked Megatron about Bumper and Fastback, two security agents he sent to investigate him when Megatron was still a gladiatorial boss and that he had killed. Megatron replied two lives were worthless compared to the millions doomed by the castes Sentinel created. The two dueled, and Megatron disarmed and sliced open Sentinel, exposing the Key of Justice within. Starscream made a grab for it, revealing he had released Sentinel to kill Megatron and take leadership for himself. After fighting Starscream to a standstill, Megatron forgave him as he found him a better soldier than would-be example, and used the Keys to open Teletraan-1: which activated Omega Supreme to fly the Chamber to safety.

The Seekers shot Omega Supreme out of the air, causing him to crash. Optimus's Autobots arrived to fight the Decepticons, but the more they killed them the more Dark Energon left their bodies and empowered Megatron. He was able to knee Omega Supreme and turn him on his back, tearing the Chamber out of his chest. Using the Chamber, Megatron poisoned the core of Cybertron and Darkened the entire planet. But then the core stopped producing Dark Energon, and Megatron learnt Optimus had gone to the core and received the Matrix. As the Autobots attempted to flee Cybertron via the last space bridge, Megatron used Trypticon to fire on their ships, and used his and Orion's old frequency to criticize Optimus for fleeing. He added he never believed in individual freedom for every Cybertronian, only the illusion of freedom that he as leader would provide and that the Guilds did not. Optimus responded that Megatron had turned his soldiers into addicts and they would turn on him, and used the Eight Track to board, sabotage and crash Trypticon.

As the Autobots left on the completed Ark, the Decepticons fully invaded Iacon. Megatron ordered Trypticon to transform into the Nemesis, boarding it with Starscream, Soundwave, Lugnut and other elite soldiers, leaving Shockwave in charge. He used his old frequency once again to warn Optimus that he would hound him through the stars and finally kill him for the Matrix. He began addressing him as brother again, noting they were bonded for life despite their emnity. Optimus was just glad his hunt would get him off Cybertron. The two ships entered the last space bridge together, and when the Ark emerged, the Nemesis was gone. Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron

Prime cartoon

Voice actor: Frank Welker (English)

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Games

Transformers: War for Cybertron (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)

Voice actor: Fred Tatasciore (English), Oliviero Corbetta (Italian)

In the first days of the war on Cybertron, Megatron began research on a new type of Energon called Dark Energon for use to corrupt the core of Cybertron and take command. During this, he discovered that the one of the few places it was made was in a space station in orbit near Cybertron. He also found out that it was being guarded by a neutral force led by Starscream. With this knowledge, he boarded a ship, gathered two of his soldiers Barricade and Brawl, and sends his forces to the space station.

While the army was attacking Starscream's forces, Megatron decided to take the direct approach, and rammed his ship into the station. After demolishing the troops in the station, he finally reached the control room, where Jetfire and Starscream himself stood. Jetfire tried vainly to warn Megatron about the dangers of Dark Energon, but Starscream interrupted his little speech and asked to join forces with the Decepticon leader. Megatron asked what he has to offer (that is, something that he cannot simply steal), and Starscream answered that he knows how to manufacture Dark Energon, and reveals that there was a bridge that fed Dark Energon itself to the station. After Jetfire retreated to inform Zeta Prime, Megatron sent Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp to reconnect the bridge.

After the bridge is reconnected, Megatron decided to attack Zeta Prime at his headquarters, and descends with Breakdown and Soundwave to Iacon. The trio snook in while Starscream battled Zeta's forces outside. They soon reached Zeta Prime himself, who projected a huge hologram of himself, and used elements of the room (collapsing pillars) and smaller holograms of his size to try to squash the Decepticons. They breached through these defenses, and Zeta fell, buried under metallic rubble. Megatron picked him up, damages his waist area severely, then snatched the Omega Key. However, Zeta informed him that that only activates the key, and that Megatron's spies were misinformed. He then spoke the cryptic message that the key will come to him...

Megatron boarded yet another ship, with Soundwave and Breakdown at the controls, in search for the true Omega Key. Suddenly, the key (who shouts out his true name, Omega Supreme) knocked them out of the sky, causing them to crash-land back in Iacon. There, they took command of Autobot turrets (but not after killing the Autobots manning them) and shot Omega Supreme down. Omega crashed into the ground, creating a huge crater. Megatron and his two companions leaped down into the crater and attacked the wounded Omega Supreme from there. He tries to recharge himself using Energon batteries, but the three corrupted the batteries with Dark Energon, causing Omega Supreme's systems to crash. Megatron then takes control of Omega, using him to reach the core of Cybertron. Once there, he utilized several corruptors and bombards the core with Dark Energon. Megatron then stated to his comrades that with Dark Energon in the core, Cybertron will be under his control.

Later, Megatron learned that with Cybertron corrupted, the Autobots have no choice but to leave Cybertron. Megatron sends a message to the new leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime, stating that leaving the planet would be to defy his "rule". He then fired a massive cannon he installed in the space station he invaded earlier, downing some Autobot ships. Optimus sent his aerial commander Silverbolt to shut down the cannon, sucessfully. Megatron revealed that he has one last resort: his massive soldier Trypticon. Optimus and his troops defeat Trypticon, leaving Megatron without a large Decepticon ship.

Transformers: War for Cybertron

Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)

Transformers: War for Cybertron

Transformers: Cybertron Adventures

Voice actor: Fred Tatasciore (English), Oliviero Corbetta (Italian)

Transformers: Cybertron Adventures

Toys

Generations

Fashionably asymmetrical.

• Cybertronian Megatron (Deluxe, 2010)

• Accessories: clear purple missile

This toy is based on Megatron's appearance in the video game Transformers: War for Cybertron, transforming into a Cybertronian tank.

Notes

• Megatron's designation as an energon miner was "D-16". Megatron's original Japanese ID number was "16". Takara would eventually change the numbering system using a "D" to denote Destrons. So Megatron's Japanese ID number could retroactively be considered "D-16".
• At a video shown at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con, Welker explained his Prime voice for Megatron would be mostly toned down from his G1 counterpart, to give the character more range.
• In Transformers: War for Cybertron, Megatron has multiple glitches when controlled by the computer, among them shrinking (quite hilariously), losing his Fusion Cannon, and having his Tank mode cannon stick straight up (also humorous). He may be the most glitchy character in the game.