Megastorm (BW)
| This article is about the Beast Wars II Predacon. For Megatron (any of them), see Megatron (disambiguation). |
- Megastorm is the Predacon Duke of Destruction from the Beast Wars II portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Megastorm (メガストーム Megasutōmu) is the Predacon Duke of Destruction and younger brother to Galvatron, the Emperor of Destruction. In front of his troops he puts on the facade of a tough guy, but when he's in the presence of his big brother he quickly reverts to a whiny, petulant child. Megastorm is easily intimidated by his more powerful sibling and, out of both ambition and indignity, endlessly plots to usurp him as Emperor.
Megastorm's goals, while driven primarily by his ego, aren't entirely without merit. Strategically, he's far more modest and conservative than his more bold and reckless older brother. Megastorm views Galvatron's ostentatious schemes as not only dangerous, but downright frightening, further cementing his belief that he could do a better job. Galvatron is well aware of his younger sibling's attempts at treachery, but looks the other way purely out of brotherly love.
Megastorm can transform into a tank and is armed with the devastating Mega-Cannon (that unfortunately takes forever to charge). He was later upgraded by Angolmois into the Cyborg Beast Gigastorm (ギガストーム Gigasutōmu), a giant mechanical dinosaur, which gave him a base mode and a battle station mode, along with a Gigascouter drone. The upgrade included an enlarged title as Arch-Duke of Destruction; a hollow gesture considering he's still stuck as second-in-command.
Fiction
Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity
Beast Wars II cartoon
- Voice actor: Takashi Matsuyama (Japanese)
Galvatron set course for the planet in his ship, the Galvaburg II, along his younger brother Megastorm, the Combatrons and the Autorollers. Seeking alternate modes for his Predacons to scan, Galvatron investigated some ruins on Gaea and discovered an ancient but still-functional computer. The machine gave his troops vehicular forms, but when Galvatron demanded that the computer provide him with information on the strongest vehicle and creature from Gaean history, the resultant surge of data was so powerful that it knocked him offline. It was then that Megastorm gained his tank form and decided to become the new leader of the Destrons.The New Forces Arrive!
Galvatron's unconscious form was brought aboard the Galvaburg II, and he remained there, soundly sleeping, while Megastorm led the Predacons in his stead for some time. White Lion, Run!
Unfortunately for Galvatron, this gave Megastorm a taste for leadership, and he eventually decided to try and dispose of his brother so that he could take Galvatron's throne for good. Hauling the unconscious Galvatron off the ship, Megastorm dropped his slumbering sibling into a well of Angolmois energy, thinking it would destroy him...only for Galvatron to be re-energized and rudely awakened! Exploiting his brother's slightly disoriented state, Megastorm claimed that it was the Maximals who had thrown him in the well, and Galvatron promptly set off to eliminate Lio Convoy and his team. Megastorm observed the ensuing the battle between Galvatron and the Maximals from afar, and he emulated their strategy with great aplomb, sending his brother sinking into the molten lava below.Galvatron Revived
Megastorm didn't realize that Starscream had also been watching the fight and had quickly recovered Galvatron from the volcano, bringing him back to the Galvaburg II, unconscious once more and sealed in a coffin of solidified lava, and so Megastorm became mad with Starscream, fearing this would conflict with his leadership. Mystery of the Ancient Ruins
After Dirge and Thrust were outmatched by the Insectrons Bigmos and Tonbot, Megastorm authorized Starscream to enact a scheme that would turn the Insectrons and Maximals against each other. The Insect Corps Arrive
Friend or Foe? The Insect Robos The Strongest Tag Team? Autorollers Roll Out!
When the Autorollers captured Scissor Boy and Tasmanian Kid, Megastorm was impressed when they brought their captives to the Galvaburg II. Unfortunately, the other Maximals and Insectrons arrived to rescue their comrades while the Combatrons were all out on patrol. Megastorm was overwhelmed, and was reluctantly forced to move their base before the mass of enemies defeated him. Danger! Scissor Boy
Megastorm unleashed the Combatrons and Autorollers for a major offensive on the Southern continent, but his efforts were opposed by the Maximals and Insectrons. Galvatron was back in Predacon sick bay after his most recent rampage, and Megastorm fretted that his older brother would reawaken before he could truly consolidate his power. Predacon General Offensive!
The Combined Giant, Tripledacus The Festive Jointrons A Fearsome Combination Plan? Who Is the Leader!?
When the Autorollers discovered a Copy Machine in the ruins on Gaea, Starscream gave Galvatron and Megastorm a demonstration by using it on BB to create Copy BB. After a struggle on the bridge between BB and his diametrically opposed counterpart, Megastorm was ready to destroy the infernal machine, but Galvatron stopped him. Instead, they initiated a plan to create evil copies of the Maximals. The Black Lio Convoy
Who Is the Strongest Warrior!? The Tentacular Scuba
Megastorm represented the Predacons in negotiations with Halfshell of the Seacons. Galvatron wished to hire the Seacons to eliminate the Maximals in exchange for a share of Angolmois energy. Megastorm opened negotiations with an offer of 1/10th the Predacons' Angolmois energy reserves for each Maximals successfully eliminated. Halfshell countered with a demand of 1/8th shares per Maximal, and also coerced Megastorm into agreeing Lio Convoy was worth 3x the other Maximals. Megastorm returned to the Galvaburg II with news of his successful negotiations, but Starscream was there to point out the math: five Maximals at 1/8th price and Lio Convoy at 3/8ths meant that if the Seacons were victorious, the Predacons would have to give up ALL the Angolmois on Earth. An embarrassed Megastorm quickly made excuses, and claimed he had a plan to prevent that.
Working with Dirge and Thrust, Megastorm was constructing transmitters for the Seacons to lure the Maximals to six different locations so they could be beaten individually. The comedy duo inadvertently gave Megastorm the idea to install bombs in the transmitters too, hopefully to destroy the Seacons AND the Maximals at each site, and relieve them of the ability to pay. Unfortunately for the plan, Dirge and Thrust were idiots. While placing the last transmitter, they were shocked by Lio Convoy's arrival and dropped the detonator. The damaged trigger ended up setting off the bomb directly under Megastorm as he watched the fight between Halfshell and Scuba. Blown clear of the ocean, the dazed Megastorm crashed on the beach where Terrormander battled Apache. Rushing into the fray, Megastorm stepped on a second bomb just as it detonated, launching him skyward again. As he stumbled out of the forest, Megastorm walked into Bighorn and Coelagon...and their bomb. One explosion later, an increasingly disheveled Megastorm crawled into the clearing where Scylla tormented Tasmania Kid and caught yet another explosion in the face. Blasted back to the beach, Megastorm could barely stand when Diver came rushing through being chased by Sea Phantom...who had the last bomb hooked around his fin.
So, on the one hand, Megastorm's plan failed spectacularly and none of the Maximals were eliminated. On the other hand, no Angolmois payments had to be made and the Seacons didn't suspect Megastorm's treachery since he did so much damage to himself in the process. Megastorm's Reckoning
Showdown in the Sea Face the Setting Sun
As the Seacons prepared to leave Gaea behind, Halfshell challenged Lio Convoy to a duel for the energy necessary to depart. Galvatron sent Megastorm, Starscream and BB to monitor the fight, and hopefully eliminate a weakened Lio Convoy if Halfshell did not claim victory himself. Things looked bad for Lio Convoy when the one-on-one duel turned out to be against God Neptune. Through acrobatics and warrior skill, however, he seemingly defeated God Neptune and buried the Seacon combiner under a rockslide. Although the fight was not clearly finished, Megastorm jumped the gun and prepared to fire on the injured Lio Convoy. His cannon blast went wide instead, and caused a chain reaction in the Angolmois energy under the ground. Lio Convoy and God Neptune were forced to abandon their bout due to the chaos that followed. The Final Battle
Megastorm was overseeing an Autoroller drilling operation when the Angolmois energy began erupting out of control. Megastorm panicked an ordered an evacuation, but his older brother laughed and told him to calm himself. The Angolmois was reacted to the artificial planet Nemesis that Galvatron had summoned to the solar system. Galvatron calmly entered the Angolmois geysers and absorbed more energy to became even more powerful. Enter Lio Junior
However, Galvatron's power was not great enough to prevent him from suffering serious injuries in battle with Magnaboss, the new Maximal combiner centered around Lio Junior, another wielder of Angolmois energy. As Megastorm once again seized control of the Predacons, Starscream responded to a comment he made about Galvatron's Angolmois power. Starscream claimed to have performed many experiments that indicated Megastorm could safely expose himself to Angolmois and become even more powerful like his brother. Secretly, however, Starscream expected Megastorm to die in the attempt.
Megastorm began to have second thoughts about the process as he dangled over an Angolmois pit in a fragile cage, but Starscream dropped the Duke of Destruction into the maw anyway. Megastrom did emerge from the pit, far larger and possessing awesome power as Gigastorm. He did battle with the Maximals until they upset his footing, sending him back into the Angolmois flow. This did nothing to deter him, however, for Gigastorm was now nearly unstoppable. Megastorm Reborn
Using a shrink ray, Gigastorm was capable of entering the Galvaburg II to address his troops. He congratulated Starscream on a job well done on his upgrade, still unaware of his lieutenant's true intentions. The New Weapon, Tako Tank
While reviewing recent events, Galvatron and the Maximals recalled Megastorm's involvement in the Seacons' visit. The Artificial Planet Nemesis
Fearing his older brother would once again awaken and take the reins of power from him, Gigastorm tried to forcibly dismantle Galvatron with a chainsaw, but was stopped by Starscream and BB. He then made the same mistake he had made in the past and tried to overload Galvatron with Angolmois energy, only for it to fully restore Galvatron as it had in the past. Starscream reported Gigastorm's treachery to Galvatron, but the Emperor of Destruction wouldn't believe it at first. When Gigastorm fired on Galvatron in the midst of a battle with the Maximals, however, Galvatron recognized his younger brother's treachery for what it was. Gigastorm fought his elder brother in his powerful dragon mode, until Galvatron outsmarted his sibling by activating the Galvaburg II and its shrink ray to reduce Gigastorm to a more controllable size. Gigastorm's Treachery
After Hellscream and Max B's impressive upgrade, Dirge and Thrust felt even more outclassed than before. After several slapstick failures to redeem their image by eliminating Lio Convoy, Gigastorm took pity on his loyal soldiers and offered them an upgrade. Converting into his base mode, Gigastorm arranged to pump the Combatrons full of Angolmois energy from his own system, and successfully transformed them into Cyborg Beasts, Dirgegun and Thrustor. The Lio Convoy Assassination Plot
Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger! The Great Angolmois Freezing Tactic Knock Out Nemesis Lio Junior's Revolt!? Emissary of the Fourth Planet The Crisis of Planet Gaea Fly Out! Planet Gaea Assemble, Thirty-Nine Warriors Revenge of the Space Pirates Breaking into Nemesis Legend! The Green Warrior Farewell! Lio Convoy
The Maximal Brainwashing Operation
Megastorm was a big supporter of Starscream's latest scheme; the Predacon jet had devised a means to brainwash Maximals into Predacons, and managed to capture Tasmania Kid and Diver. After subjecting them to the brainwashing process, the pair were set loose against their former allies. The bulk of the Predacon forces followed them into a massive assault against the Yukikaze's crew. Megastorm watched the whole drama unfold from a distance, readying a powerful blast to take out both the Maximals and his older brother. Just as he finished charging his canon and prepared to unleash its power, the terrain beneath Megastorm's treads collapsed! Scuba had been hiding in an underground river, and popped up at just the right moment to spoil Megastorm's shot. Megastorm's stray blast wound up badly injuring the Predacons, forcing them to retreat. Megastorm himself was swept up in the current of the underground river and carried away by the water. The Maximal Brainwashing Operation
Cloud
Beast Wars Neo cartoon
After the defeat of Unicron, Gigastorm returned to Cybertron, where he helped with reconstruction. Graduation Ceremony!!
Beast Wars II manga
Megastorm joined Galvatron and his Predacons on Gaea in their quest for Angolmois. After Galvatron absorbed Angolmois and fell into a deep sleep, Megastorm hooked him up to the Galvatron Dekazura Tank, using Galvatron's energies to power it. With it, he set out to attack Lio Convoy's Maximals on a rainy day. The Maximals managed to lure the tank into a river and used underwater charges to exploit the tank's weak bottom shielding and sink it. After Lio Convoy broke into the tank, Megastorm took a shot at the Maximal, but it was deflected and Lio punched Megastorm, causing him to accidentally press the self-destruct button, blowing up the tank with him inside. Megastorm was left answering Galvatron's queries as to what happened while he was sleeping. Demolish the Superdreadnought Tank!
3H comics
Megastorm took part in the battle against the Quintesson forces one week after the reformatting of Cybertron into a technorganic world. He aided Galvatron in destroying hordes of Sharkticons by tricking them into swarming what appeared to be an undefended canyon. In reality, it was to be the foundation of a new Darkmount, built upon the smelted remains of the invaders. Wreckers: Finale Part II
IDW Beast Wars comics
After Megastorm was exposed to Angolmois, his form mutated into a bipedal robotic dinosaur known as Gigastorm. With a new body came newfound confidence, so Gigastorm declared himself the leader of a subfaction within the Destrons. With his power, he created the recon drone Gigascouter.
Gigastorm set out to increase the power of his troops, exposing them to Angolmois just as he was. His efforts created the Cyborg Beasts. Beast Wars Sourcebook 2
Kre-O comic
Gigastorm was part of Bludgeon's troops when they uncovered the ancient Red Bucket. Treasure Competition! Defeat with Block Power!
Games
Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars
A super-powerful Energon crystal was discovered on Earth, and Megastorm intended to obtain it for himself. So did several other Predacons and Maximals however, leading to a series of one-on-one battles.
Megastorm could also partake in various other tasks, such as a mission to break a boulder to reveal an energon crystal hidden within before sundown, using a block in a mission to defend himself against various incoming projectiles, and missions to travel across a pit-riddled field, sometimes involving hideously large bacteria he had to fend off.
After defeating his final opponent, Megatron, Megastorm gloated that using the crystal's power, he would finally be capable of overthrowing his older brother, Galvatron. But his plans never became reality, as Galvatron stole the crystal from under Megastorm's nose. Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars
Toys
Beast Wars
- Megastorm (Predacon, 1998)
- Japanese ID number: D-12
- A redeco of the first Generation 2 Megatron toy (which had not been released in Japan previously), Megastorm transforms into a large combat tank. In both modes, his main cannon stocks up to six missiles, and gravity slides the next missile into place when one is fired. Megastorm lacks the electronics present in the Generation 2 toy, however. He has also been negligibly retooled to accommodate a Predacon rubsign in his tummy.
- The most noticeable visual difference between G2 Megatron and Megastorm is that the purple camo pattern of the former has been rendered a more sensible brown on the latter. Black paint has been applied to the panels surrounding Megastorm's eyes, matching his cartoon appearance. The shoulder insignia decals have been updated to show the Predacon symbol and the text "Destron", though still on the bright orange background of the originals. Like his predecessor, he includes a "Big Stick" decal that wraps around the fume extractor of his main cannon, though instead of "Eat this, Autobots!", the other side carries G1 Megatron's motto, "Peace through tyranny".
- Megastorm was reissued in Korea in Car Bot packaging, re-affiliated as an Autobot and renamed as Armored Corps.
- Apache vs Megastorm (Vs pack, 1998)
- Japanese ID number: VS-12
- Megastorm was also available in a two-pack with the Maximal Apache.
- Gigastorm (Predacon, 1998)
- Japanese ID number: D-22
- Gigastorm is a partial retool of Trypticon, giving him a new dino-mode nose-horn as well as removing the metal ball-bearings from the outsides of the legs. He transforms from a T-rex-thing to a base-form-thing. Gigastorm lacks most of Trypticon's accessories, only coming with Gigascouter, a redeco of Full-Tilt. This toy was repurposed as the Gigastorm Armor.
Merchandise
Beast Wars Gum
- Megastorm (candy toy, 1997)
- A snap together model kit of Megastorm was available as part of Kabaya's Beast Wars Gum, sculpted from purple and gold plastic. He could transform from robot to vehicle mode by being broken down into its component parts, then rebuilt into a new mode. It came with a stick of gum.
Notes
- According to Ben Yee, who wrote his IDW profile, he envisioned Megastorm as having Trypticon's design specs in his database and using those as the basis of his upgraded form when empowered by Angolmois energy.
- Like all non-toy Kreons (particularly in the Hayato Sakamoto comics), Kre-O Gigastorm is made from existing Kre-O parts. He uses the generic Torox helmet (with the side-holes being cleverly obstructed by the panel line), a horn piece, and a deco that matches his original counterpart's toy.
Foreign names
- Korean: Megastorm (메가스톰 Megaseutom)
