Nucleon (TR)
| This article is about Galvatron's Titan Master partner. For the fuel source, see Nucleon (substance). |
- Nucleon is a Decepticon Titan Master or Powermaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Nucleon is a Titan Master partnered with Galvatron, and has the ability to enhance the larger robot's powers by forming his head. While the power he grants Galvatron is formidable, it's also fairly unstable and runs the chance of making the Decepticon more than a little haywire.
He bears a remarkable similarity to Megatron.
Fiction
Titans Return marketing material
Nucleon was presumably present as his larger partner's head when Galvatron declared that the Decepticons would possess the power of the Titan Masters for themselves. Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters
Beast Wars: Uprising
Nucleon was once an inhabitant of the Cybertronian colony world of Rebirth. As his planet chafed under the crumbling oligarchy of the Optimus, his Conjunx Kari was arrested for speaking out against the corrupt rulers. A grief-stricken Nucleon joined up with the Malignus faction. When Galvatron arrived on the planet, Nucleon was inspired by the Decepticon rhetoric and joined up, spearheading the development of the Powermaster process. He, Clench, and Doomshot all binary-bonded themselves to Galvatron, and the foursome crushed the Optimus leadership underfoot. Nucleon participated in future adventures with Galvatron - including the disastrous Great Push, which saw the Decepticon advance utterly routed at the hands of the Human Confederacy. Nucleon was present to watch the trial of Galvatron that ended in the latter's execution and vivisection. A Brush With Infamy
When Rebirth - renamed "Master" after the Decepticon conquest - was destroyed by said humans, Nucleon fled to Cybertron along with other refugees. Micro-Aggressions Broken Windshields
Three hundred years later, a bitter Nucleon -now little more than a drifter- was hanging out in Fort Scyk as he watched the Maximals and Predacons and mused about the dire state of the universe. His philosophizing was interrupted when a mysterious stranger - a doppelganger of the original Galvatron - told Nucleon that he was "getting the band back together". Not All Megatrons
Toys
Generations
- Nucleon & Galvatron (Voyager, 2016)
- Nucleon was released, along with his larger partner Galvatron, as part of the first wave of Generations Titans Return Voyager-class figures. He can transform into Galvatron's head for robot mode, which is also compatible with any other Titans Return Deluxe, Voyager, or Leader class figure. Then again, Galvatron can have any body he wants.
- When he was unveiled Nucleon's body was painted entirely silver & his head mode was painted purple, though the final product leaves him almost entirely without paint applications.
- it is important to note that some samples of the figure have issues with how the Titan Master connects. Your mileage may vary, but some must be attached with Nucleon's head twisted backwards (with Nucleon and Galvatron both looking in the same direction), or else one risks Nucleon's head breaking off inside Galvatron's collar assembly.
- Nucleon's mold was also used in Japan as Megatron, the small Headmaster stage of Legends Galvatron, and as Megaligator.
