The Fallen

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The levitation trick gets The Fallen all The Ladies at parties.

If the first Transformers were Primus's disciples, then The Fallen is his Judas. At the dawn of time, he was Megatronus, one of a brotherhood of vastly powerful beings dedicated to the well-being of their world. But The Fallen would gain his current moniker by turning against his brother Primes and his purpose to pursue his own ends, also earning the moniker "the first Decepticon" in the process. His frightening form is a metal cage for primal, burning forces of chaos, giving him the appearance of a living furnace. These cauldron-like forces purged him of what empathy and morality remained; all that remains now is hatred and purest rage.

The Fallen is immensely powerful. He commands mystic, entropic arts, and when at full strength he can un-make creation at his focused will. He is rarely defeated; at best he is contained, where he waits with eternal patience for the chance to unleash his dark powers once again. Though he has at times been imprisoned between dimensions, this rarely lasts. When his power is at its height The Fallen can open space bridges and travel between dimensions and realities at will.

Like his brothers, The Fallen was once a multiversal singularity, meaning that in all of the vast multiverse, he had no alternate-universe doppelganger, but that is now no longer the case. In several realities he is the originator of the Decepticons, the catalyst that prompted Megatron to claim power for himself rather than the greater good. While the exact details of his past are complicated beyond the understanding of mortals, two things usually remain consistent: He is bad news, and he's on fire.

You... you're from before. Aren't you?Jetfire on The Fallen, "Confrontation"

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Ah, you know it's funny, these people, they go to sleep, they think everything's fine, everything's good... They wake up the next day and they're on fire.

When Primus and Unicron first battled as planets, Primus created the first 13 Transformers to assist him in planet mode. The Fallen's original purpose as one of the 13 was to oversee entropy, the orderly dissolution of all things in preparation for the next creation. But the concept of destruction fascinated him too much, and he lost sight of the goal of rebirth and the necessity of restraint. His investigations into the dark sciences led him to Unicron, to whom he gave himself. Corrupted by Unicron, the Fallen then tried to sabotage his creator's body. This attempt ended in failure, and "The Fallen" fled to his master, but there was little refuge to be found: They were both sucked into a black hole. Transformers: The Ultimate Guide

Approximately 7 million years before the 21st century, Optimus Prime and Megatron were lost in a space bridge accident. This accident weakened the barrier between reality and the dimension in which The Fallen was trapped, allowing The Fallen to eventually break free and return to Cybertron. The Fallen set about initiating the "Unbinding", to precipitate the return of Unicron, and spent years, if not millennia, subtly manipulating the Autobots and Decepticons, causing them to splinter into multiple sub-factions that engaged in a constant series of escalating conflicts.

Hey, The Fallen, ever heard of Tums?

As the time for the Unbinding drew near, the Fallen recruited a trio of Decepticon outcasts, Bludgeon, Mindwipe, and Bugly, who hungered for a command of the occult. The Fallen promised them all manner of dark powers in exchange for serving him. Leading his three followers to the Well of All Sparks, hidden within Cybertron, he explained that the Unbinding required four particular Transformers, who would function as "angles in the geometry of dissolution", and named Grimlock as the first. Fragmentation

The Fallen and company proceeded to construct a strange machine within the Well of All Sparks in preparation for the Unbinding. Unfortunately, Bludgeon and friends got impatient for more than The Fallen's praise and demanded a more tangible reward: the arcane power he had promised them. The Fallen responded by grabbing Bludgeon’s head and giving him a mere glimpse of what he sought: images of a fiery vortex, demonic faces, stabbing swords and a human skull engulfed Bludgeon. The Fallen stated that this was but a peek inside a dark door he would fully open if they served him well. This left Bludgeon suitably inspired to begin hunting down their targets.

Someone should tell Grimlock this more often.

Bugly and Mindwipe leaked information to draw the Protectobots out into combat with Devastator, while Bludgeon hatched a plot to snare both Grimlock and Jetfire. Escalation Bludgeon, Bugly, and Mindwipe ambushed Jetfire as he attempted a cross-faction meeting with Shockwave. When Grimlock crashed the party earlier than they expected, however, The Fallen himself had to intervene and caught Grimlock’s blazing energo-sword in his bare hand. Revelation

Grimlock took one punch from The Fallen yet still got back up, so The Fallen grabbed him by the shoulders and unleashed a huge blast of energy that put the Dinobot leader out cold. Shocked by the display, Jetfire surmised that The Fallen predated the Golden Age. The Fallen responded by knocking Jetfire out cold too. He then dragged Grimlock and Jetfire away and commanded his followers to gather the third angle, while he handled the fourth. The Fallen singlehandedly abducted Blitzwing from his well-guarded holding cell in Autobot headquarters, shrugging off attacks by some of the Autobots' best warriors and causing their weapons to corrode away into uselessness with a mere gesture. Bludgeon's team, meanwhile, succeeded in acquiring Hot Spot from the Protectobots.

The Fallen somehow sets himself more on fire.

All four angles were strapped to the device in the Well of All Sparks. The Fallen theatrically explained to the awakening Jetfire that they were casualties in the war of the Gods, and would be used to break the Seal of Primus, after which "all chaos will follow". Confrontation

The Fallen continued his villainous monologue, apparently directing it not at Jetfire but at Primus himself, as the four Transformers' unique sparks were drained to unlock the Seal of Primus. A combined army of forces from several factions defeated the Chaos Trinity and penetrated The Fallen's operation. By the time they reached the door, The Fallen was satisfied that the Transformers were too late, until Jetfire arranged a force-field to surround the Seal. The Fallen was further impressed that Jetfire understood enough to try to contain the Seal, but his distraction cost him victory: the God of Light himself was subsequently roused from his slumber where he saw The Fallen. With a gesture of his radiant hand, Primus engulfed his wayward creation in a torrent of searing energy that was then sucked back into the Seal of Primus. Conflagration

Generation One ceased publication before the story could conclude. The following would have taken place in unpublished issues.

Shockwave broke the Seal for his cloning experiments, siphoning from within it the energy needed to create life. The Fallen's essence had then escaped and corrupted Sunstorm. Following the clone's death, The Fallen's essence passed into Jetfire. Within visions, The Fallen attacked the Autobot over and over, while around them various key moments in Cybertron's history unfolded. Jetfire returned to reality as the Autobots were digging him free from the frozen prison he now found himself in. He was unable to warn them that The Fallen's essence had taken root in his spark as they broke through the ice holding him. The Enemy Within

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The aftermath of when Queen Metallia claimed his Sun.

The Fallen staged an attack on Cybertron to steal Vector Sigma, smashing his way through all Autobot resistance. The mega-computer managed to wrest itself free of the ancient villain's grip long enough to transform into its "Oracle" robot mode and lend its power to Overdrive, who then used his powered-up Quantum Dial to bring forth reinforcements from time itself. The Fallen responded by summoning up troops of his own, who combined with him. Train Wars In his new combiner mode, The Fallen laid waste to the Autobots' multiversal reinforcements, impaling them on energy-blades. Recovering Vector Sigma, he began to integrate the computer into his body, but was fortunately distracted by Daniel Witwicky long enough for Metroplex to arrive with more reinforcements, made up of all kinds of train Transformers. Daniel and his partner Shouki blasted Vector Sigma free, and Shūta Gō and Goshooter then kicked the computer like a soccer ball, straight into The Fallen's face. The dazed demi-god found himself bound in a living chain made up of all the interlinked train Transformers, leaving him immobilized and open for one final attack. Using the power of Vector Sigma, Shouki unlocked a new transformation, becoming the gigantic "Train Bazooka" weapon, which Shuta then fired at The Fallen, obliterating him. Train Wars 2

IDW Generation 1 continuity

In the primitive age that followed the departure of the Knights of Cybertron, Megatronus became ruler of the Darklands and was close friends with Onyx Prime. Eventually Megatronus decided to expand his territory via conquering Protohex. Slaying Septimus Prime's inner circle, he recruited Arcee and Galvatron into his forces by tossing their former master to them so they could kill him. Megatronus then led his forces across Cybertron, conquering the Forgotten Plains ruled by Liege Maximo before his forces were met by an army of beasts. Megatronus fought on the front lines before three Titans arrived. Like all, Megatronus paused to look only to be soon be approached by the opposing commander: Onyx Prime himself. The two quickly came to a truce and Onyx integrated Megatronus into the alliance composed of him and six other Primes. Origin Myths

In the era that followed, Megatronus became one of the Thirteen Primes who led the Thirteen Tribes in ruling Cybertron. The Crucible Megatronus was later approached by Liege Maximo and the two formed an alliance, starting a war between the Thirteen and their tribes. Megatronus' later murder of Solus Prime revealed the true colours of the two Primes to Maximo's followers who turned on him and imprisoned him aboard Vigilem. Heavy

A notable figure in the war was Megatronus's former underling, Galvatron. At the Battle of Aegiax, Nexus Prime told Galvatron that he viewed Megatronus' betrayal of Solus and Prima as the cause of the war. In the end, the war forced eleven of the Thirteen to leave Cybertron, and Megatronus chose another planet to reside on. His location was supposedly later discovered by Shockwave, who seeded the planet with one of his Regenesis ores. The Crucible

Megatronus's name was stricken from Cybertronian record, and he became known only as "The Fallen". Lagrange Millennia later, Alpha Trion told Optimus Prime the tale of the war's end, including The Fallen's true name, which greatly unnerved his apprentice. The Crucible Elita One also knew the Fallen's true name and recounted his history with Liege Maximo after the latter escaped his prison. Heavy Prior to Earth officially joining the Council of Worlds, Alpha Trion recounted to Optimus Prime, Pyra Magna and Starscream how the Thirteen Primes came to be. Starscream questioned whether he was represented in the story by Arcee or Megatronus as well as thinking "Megatronus" was a made-up name. Origin Myths

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"Someone remembered me!"

Though Vector Prime did not necessarily think history was wrong to record Megatronus as a monster, he was his brother, and Vector still had happy memories of their time together before Megatronus's fall from grace. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/14 During the Thirteen's time in ancient Greece in some universal streams, the holomatter avatar that the rage-filled Megatronus used to interact with the human population inspired the myth of Ares. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/20 He used to have an impressive collection of antique melee weapons before Sideways ruined it with Cosmic Rust... at least, according to Sideways. Sideways, 2015/07/02

In the Gargent realities, where he went by the name "the Evil One", Megatronus nearly destroyed Gobotron with the Dark Heart, only to wind up under the Nazca Lines on Earth. Vector Prime noted that this was not the only reality where Megatronus was drawn to human pyramids and wondered if there was any link to Devil Z's own affinity for pyramids and the Nazca Lines. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/30 Cy-Kill would even be heard to swear by the Evil One. Renegade Rhetoric (1), 2015/10/13

This is a sneaky reference to the Challenge of the GoBots episode "In Search of Ancient GoBonauts", where Cy-Kill is looking for the ancient villain.

Back, and to the left.

Jealous of his brothers and sisters, Megatronus was motivated to move against his siblings, and targeted Prima's Star Saber, intending to take it for his own. To keep it out of his hands, Solus Prime shattered the blade with her Forge, and each piece was taken by one of Nexus Prime's components and scattered across the multiverse. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/18 Out of the One, Many

Millions of years later, when Vector Prime returned to the linear universe to deal with the Unicron Singularity crisis, he reminisced about his mission and his past, including the silhouetted form of The Fallen. Vector Prime: In the Beginning Vector's return was soon followed by the that of Nexus Prime, who set about reassembling the Star Saber. While visiting one universe's Cybertron as part of his quest for the sword's fragments, Nexus decided to tell his companion Aquarius about his quest. As he explained the danger of the artifact falling into evil hands, the face of The Fallen flashed through his mind. The Coming Storm: Part 1

When dimensional scoundrel Sideways seized control of Vector Prime's ANN Q&A column, he commented, "Every time The Fallen polishes his pistons reality splits." to explain why he could be cloned. Surprisingly, this was actually the truth, more or less. Ask Sideways, 2015/06/29

When Nexus succeeded in locating the Star Saber, he combined its power with that of the Terminus Blade to thicken the walls of reality, limiting dimensional travel. The Fallen and the other members of the Thirteen gathered to witness this momentous event, and found that, as a side effect, they ceased to exist as multiversal singularities. Out of the One, Many

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Revenge of the Fallen film

Voice actor: Tony Todd (English), Masafumi Kimura (Japanese), Zhao Xiaoming (Chinese), Bert Franzke (German), Gabriel Pingarrón (Latin American-Spanish)

Ocupado!

Nineteen thousand years ago, The Fallen accompanied his brother Primes to Earth in an attempt to harvest the star it orbited. Just as they had completed construction of the Star Harvester, however, The Fallen discovered a primitive race of hunters. The Primes invoked their rule of the sanctity of life and refused to activate the harvester, but The Fallen despised the humans as simple insects and attempted to activate the Harvester. A great battle took place, but ultimately, The Fallen was defeated and the remaining Primes hid themselves and the Matrix of Leadership, and The Fallen's harvester was concealed within a pyramid in Egypt. The Fallen dispatched the Seekers to locate the Matrix, but they proved unable and he eventually abandoned them. The Fallen became known as the first Decepticon, and he became the master of Megatron, leader of the faction. He employed Megatron in the pursuit of the AllSpark, but after Megatron's defeat at Mission City, the AllSpark was reduced to a mere fragment.

What is thy bidding, my master?

Upon Megatron's revival he traveled to the Nemesis, where The Fallen stayed in a life-support chair while Starscream oversaw the creation of a new army of Decepticons. Prostrating himself before the Fallen, Megatron said that he had failed his master and their race by allowing the AllSpark to be destroyed. Amused by his disciple's misinformation, The Fallen revealed that the cube was merely a vessel, while the knowledge within the AllSpark was instead placed within the mind of the human who had challenged Megatron, Sam Witwicky. With the knowledge within Sam's mind, they could find the Star Harvester and the Matrix needed to activate it. Megatron asked permission to avenge himself and reclaim the AllSpark, but The Fallen asked for patience, though he could understand his desire, as The Fallen himself hungered to return to the wretched planet where his brother Primes had betrayed him. The Fallen also explained that the only threat to him was the last surviving Prime, Optimus. Since Optimus would protect Sam, The Fallen ordered Megatron to capture the boy and draw out the Prime.

Megatron's mission was partially successful: although the boy escaped, Optimus came to defend him and died in the process. The Fallen sensed his death and was very pleased, knowing that the time to strike was now. When the Decepticons traveled to the Earth's surface in re-entry modes, The Fallen accompanied them, destroying an aircraft carrier as well as attacking several cities. As the aircraft carrier sank into the ocean, The Fallen quietly intoned that revenge was finally his. The Fallen tapped into Earth's communication network, and announced the presence of the Transformers on Earth on worldwide television, demanding the "human hive" hand over Sam or be destroyed.

Can't. Take. Our. Sun. Unless you got buns, hon! And, oh man, he don't.

Unfortunately, Sam was in Egypt hunting for the Matrix of Leadership after being told it might be able to revive Optimus. He succeeded, but moments after Prime's resurrection, The Fallen appeared amongst the assorted NEST troops, scattering the soldiers, pinning Optimus and stealing the Matrix. He then teleported to the now uncovered harvester, and as he inserted the Matrix into the machine, he declared that his brothers had failed as he now claimed the Sun. While it charged, the humans attempted to destroy the harvester with their heavy weapons. Unimpressed with their display, The Fallen demonstrated his considerable power by destroying the attacking military forces with telekinesis, then raised a blockade of debris to prevent an air strike. However, a super-powered Optimus Prime, now fused with Jetfire, destroyed the harvester and attacked The Fallen, sending them both falling to the ground below.

Don't talk to me or my Sun ever again!

Enraged, The Fallen commanded Optimus to join his brothers in death and two engaged in a fierce duel, but it quickly became apparent that Optimus was strong enough to face The Fallen. Megatron attacked Optimus in an attempt to help his master, but was quickly overpowered and knocked out. The Fallen counterattacked Optimus, managing to rip off Prime's left rocket thruster and strike him in the face with it. However, Optimus eventually managed to impale The Fallen through the shoulder with his own spear, then demanded his face, tearing it off. The Fallen tried to flee, but Optimus Prime punched through his chest and ripped out his spark core, finally killing The Fallen.

Afterwards, a wounded and horrified Megatron fled with Starscream, and the Autobots and their allies declared victory. Revenge of the Fallen

The Fallen's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” “Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel” and “The Last Prime”; the “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation” and "Movie Trilogy" comics; and the storybooks "I Am Optimus Prime,” "Rise of the Decepticons", "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Electronic Voice Changer" and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Mix & Match." Most of these adaptations are based on early drafts of the script and provide more backstory for The Fallen, such as his hunt for the descendants of his brother Primes, and his promise to Megatron that he would make him a Prime—something Optimus exposes as a lie during their final battle, as one can only be born a Prime, leading Megatron to abandon his teacher. In several, Optimus defeats him not by killing him, but by hurling him into space.

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Look familiar?

According to The Fallen, he and his brothers were the first creations of the AllSpark. The planet that would become Cybertron was mostly barren, but as the AllSpark gradually shaped Cybertron around them and gave The Fallen and his brothers power beyond measure, the cube's own power was depleted. They learned that the its power could be replenished by harvesting the energy of stars, but they were unable to locate new stars to suit their purposes, despite their amazing ability to travel between dimensions using triangular "sarcophagi". Defiance #4 As he quested, The Fallen came to believe that the AllSpark was speaking to him, telling him of a grander destiny than that of his brothers, picking him as its "chosen one." Tales of the Fallen #4

To aid the Dynasty of Primes in their quest, the AllSpark created for them a race of workers that had a power of their own: the ability to transform their bodies into new forms! Some, called "Seekers", could change into interstellar crafts that could locate stars for them, the energies of which would then be harvested to power the AllSpark by massive devices built by the other workers. The Dynasty tempered their search with the rule of sparing stars with inhabited worlds, but The Fallen believed that the Dynasty's compassion would ultimately doom the Cybertronians to inevitable extinction. As he sought a way to fix this problem, The Fallen came to think evil thoughts. What if there were no other Primes to share the AllSpark with? What if its power was his alone? Defiance #4

I'm trustworthy!

The Fallen began to court some Transformers to his side. He selected a small number of the Constructicon drones to do his bidding in private, ultimately in service of subverting the Dynasty of Primes in favor of his own agenda. He called this group the Decepticons. Jetfire, The Fallen's most trusted and capable Seeker, began to unwittingly harvest the stars of inhabited star systems; the two would scan a system together, but The Fallen would report that his search areas were devoid of life. This practice got The Fallen and Jetfire into trouble with the other Primes, and so The Fallen began to sow seeds of mistrust in Jetfire. He claimed the Primes' refusal to sacrifice life to save their own planet would be its downfall, and that an army had to be readied in case the Primes betrayed them all. Tales of the Fallen #3

Yummy yummy I've got hate in my tummy!

The Fallen attempted to build a Star Harvester on his own, powered by a counterfeit Matrix of Leadership he had constructed. However, it was unstable, and the resulting explosion infused The Fallen with power he had never known. He now burned with dark, unimaginable powers from within. The Fallen, feeling a darker sense of purpose that complemented his darker powers, traveled from world to world to world, killing scores of organisms and assimilating their technology, and leaving the dry husks of planets in his wake. He evolved, and during his ascension he planned for the eventual battle with his brothers. Tales of the Fallen #4

As Jetfire joined the Decepticons, The Fallen took them to a planet named Earth, and they built a Star Harvester to claim the Sun. However, it, too, harbored life: The Fallen was building the harvester there to either bait his brothers into taking action (while he was prepared to kill them all) or to remain in limbo. Either way, he won! Jetfire finally turned against his master, just as the remaining Primes arrived, falling into the traitor's trap. The Fallen warped Jetfire and his other underlings away and faced his brothers alone. Tales of the Fallen #3

Ever since he was a child, he was hated by triangles.

The battle between The Fallen and the other Primes was costly. They did not expect The Fallen to have so much power, and one by one they fell by his wretched hand. He had "expanded [his] consciousness—absorbed the mental mass of a hive intelligence seventy trillion strong, probed the neural functions of creatures that swim in unrefined thought..." Since last they met, he was "so much more" than they were. The Fallen was able to grab weapons from his stockpile through personal dimensional portals, and one by one he murdered his brothers until there was only one Prime left to oppose him. With one last desperate gamble, the final Prime fled, and he and The Fallen warped from location to location; The Fallen thought this Prime was merely stalling, but he was gravely mistaken. The final Prime had gathered up the bodies of his defeated brothers, and when at last he had collected them all and The Fallen was weak from overteleportation, he used their combined lifeforce to banish The Fallen forever. The Fallen was sent through his sarcophagus and trapped in another dimension, where he crashed into a desolate landscape, swearing revenge. Tales of the Fallen #4Foundation #2

Knowledge of this was lost through the ages, and the Dynasty of Primes became little more than a myth. Thousands of years later, however, The Fallen's sarcophagus was unearthed on modern-day Cybertron and brought to the quarters of the planet's military leader Megatron. There, sensing the fury and resentment, The Fallen established contact with Megatron, filling him with a new resolve to destroy those who sought out the AllSpark. Defiance #2 In the aftermath of Megatron's ruthless battle against a band of aliens seeking the AllSpark, The Fallen further counseled him to seize control of Cybertron to make way for The Fallen's return. He also told him that Optimus sought the AllSpark for himself, and Megatron immediately decided that Optimus and his followers deserved to be killed for this transgression. Defiance #3

All right, who changed the thermostat!?

But simply taking the planet would not be enough. The Fallen also ordered Megatron to build a space cruiser to seek out the Matrix, which he said was a prerequisite to his return. As the ship's construction came to an end, The Fallen told Megatron the story of his origin and his plans regarding the harvester on Earth. The Fallen ordered Megatron to put his sarcophagus on the ship and then stay behind to fight Optimus's forces and safeguard the AllSpark. Soundwave and a majority of the Decepticon soldiers crewed the ship. Meanwhile, on Cybertron, civil war raged between Optimus's Autobots and Megatron's Decepticons, a war which eventually led to the AllSpark being launched into space. Defiance #4 Foundation #3

The Nemesis came across the AllSpark's energon signature, to Soundwave's disbelief. The Fallen began speaking to Soundwave just as a ship crashed into the Nemesis, and disappeared once more through a portal. After landing the ship on a dead planet, Soundwave was commanded to pursue the ship via the portal — that The Fallen recognized as a space bridge — it left behind. Convergence chapter 1 Later, Megatron found the abandoned Nemesis during his pursuit of the AllSpark. He once again spoke with The Fallen, who was furious that Megatron had taken this detour. He ordered him to resume the chase immediately, confident that the Cube would guide them to the harvester. Megatron obeyed, leaving the sarcophagus in the barren wreckage. Defiance #4

Thousands of years later, Soundwave returned, having recovered a space bridge pillar from the Autobot ship. The Fallen informed Soundwave of Megatron's visit, and Soundwave deduced Megatron was one of the Cybertronians rumored to held captive by the humans, prompting him to return. The Fallen then used the pillar to warp space and time, leaving his prison at last... Convergence chapter 4

Transformers: The Movie Universe

The original Transformers, all of them Primes, were united by a directive that safeguarded all life, and as such they refused to utilize the harvester on the inhabited Earth. One of their number, however, decided "I want Energon!" and slaughtered his brothers so he could harvest the Sun. He threw away his original name and became the Fallen. In the end, he slaughtered all of his brethren, but they were still able to imprison him in a pocket dimension and save the Earth. In the process, his appearance had changed to a terrifying, cage-like exostructure burning with chaotic energies from the universe's creation, forces that had purged him of all morality. Since his body was never meant to contain the unholy power flowing through it, he had to steadily vent that energy to ensure his own continued existence. This created the visual effect of a constant fiery nimbus.

While effectively harmless to the universe outside his prison, his powers remained vast: He could generate space bridges spontaneously, as well as focus his energies into discrete blasts that could unmake creation itself. Were he ever able to escape, he would be a supremely powerful danger. The Movie Universe

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The Fallen was the worst of the worst—he made Devastator look like a puppy with a bad tummy! #3's Contents section

Legend had it that the first seven Transformers were created by Primus, but the Fallen believed them to be creations of the AllSpark. Their task was to harvest Energon for the AllSpark without endangering alien life, but the Fallen cared nothing for the puny meatsacks of Earth and tried to harvest the Sun! The Fallen Profile His duped servant Jetfire watched in horror as the Fallen imprisoned the other six Primes! Jetfire Profile However, the Primes still managed to sacrifice themselves to hide the Creation Matrix, key to the AllSpark, while the Fallen was imprisoned in a pocket dimension on one of Saturn's moons... until Megatron released him! The Fallen Profile

Behold my resting mighty hand!

Soon after Megatron's death in Mission City, The Fallen made contact with Starscream and used him to organise the Decepticon army and lay the groundwork for his return. He ordered Starscream and his forces to go to Cybertron and await further instruction, and promised that once the Matrix was found, Earth would burn! Unfortunately for The Fallen, Autobot twins Skids and Mudflap learned the Starscream was colluding with The Fallen (though not who or what The Fallen was), and headed for Earth to warn Optimus Prime. Training Day The Fallen had Soundwave contact one of his Seekers still on the planet, Ransack, and had him dispatched him to deal with the Twins. He angrily warned Starscream not to fail again, grrrr! Dogfight! However, due to his imprisonment, the Fallen could only communicate with his generals and not Ransack directly, which led to Soundwave taking his own actions and working his own angles to try and find the Tomb of the Primes, which included recruiting the Twins, rather than eliminating them. In a fitting act of cosmic irony, the twins turned out to be faking their defection, and they put an end to Soundwave's treacherous scheme. Ransack intended to inform the Fallen, but evidently never made it, while Skids and Mudflap decided that, after all the trouble they had gotten in to after coming to Earth, they'd better not telling anyone about that whole "Fallen" thing they'd learned about after all. Back-to-Back

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The Fallen suffered from iron barnacles in the folds of his armour... and if YOU were an Autobot sympathiser, you would be forced to clean them out! #7's Law and Disorder

Ask Vector Prime

Vector Prime recounted the story of Tyran 208.28 Gamma, an alternate timeline in which Megatron and the Decepticons triumphed in the battle of Mission City, but were then trapped on the dead Cybertron by the Autobots before they managed to free The Fallen. Sensing the loss of his servants, The Fallen summoned a new army of Decepticons (including Blue Maximus, Chopsaw, Undertow, and Duststorm) to terrorise Earth! Many an epic battle was fought against them! Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/21

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Kup sardonically compared Hot Rod's paint job to the Fallen's. The AllSpark Almanac II

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The Covenant of Primus

To have a helmet as good as this will cost you your soul...and also ten cents.

Megatronus was the twelfth Prime created by Primus to defeat Unicron. Rightfully proud of his power and unwaveringly loyal to his creator Primus, he thought of himself as a warrior first and foremost, but his dark powers and conflicted nature meant that he was rarely at peace with himself. His artifact of power—the deadly Requiem Blaster—used stellar fusion as an energy conduit, exponentially increasing his already destructive powers. Viewing himself as an outsider, he frequently butted heads with the warrior of light Prima, to the point where even his closest allies among the Thirteen viewed him as an unpredictable and unstable presence. In spite of this, he struck up a close friendship with Solus Prime, which eventually blossomed into a mutual romance. Not even Solus Prime's comforting presence could rein in Megatronus' chaotic tendencies; his private insecurities and hidden fears continued to fester, and soon gave way to something darker.

The thirteen newly created Primes soon began experimenting with their powers and strategizing for the upcoming conflict. Megatronus considered himself a warrior and trained alongside Vector Prime, Prima, Onyx Prime, and Amalgamous. Megatronus, having the closest connection to Unicron, offered advice to Solus Prime on how to create the best weapons to defeat the chaos-bringer. Among their collaborative efforts were Dark Energon skins, which would protect the Primes from the toxic Dark Energon. Megatronus eventually requested that a blaster be made for him by Solus Prime. She reluctantly agreed, and the Requiem Blaster was forged. Solus had doubts about the weapon, but her deep faith in Megatronus was what allowed her to trust him with the Blaster.

"How could this happen? We started out like Romeo and Juliet but it ended up in tragedy!"

When the fight against Unicron came, Megatronus fought alongside his siblings, and was ultimately triumphant. However, some of Unicron's darkness had rubbed off on all of them; a fact that Megatronus strangely appeared to revel in. In the era of peace and rebuilding that followed, Megatrous worked alongside Liege Maximo, Micronus Prime, and Amalgmous Prime, refining Energon for future use. He slowly befriended more of the Thirteen, although his love for Solus Prime never faded.

Unfortunately, this period of peace was not to last. Megatronus and Solus Prime were both being manipulated by Liege Maximo, who managed to drive a schism between the two lovers. Megatronus confronted Solus Prime over a newly created suit of armor intended for Maximo's "farm". Their disagreement eventually grew into a full-fledged fight after Megatronus killed her pet, which had secretly been recording Solus Prime's actions. In the chaos, Megatronus fired the Requiem Blaster without thinking, fatally wounding Solus Prime. Before Solus passed away, however, she professed her love for him.

Megatronus hid himself away in the untamed regions of Cybertron, until the surviving Primes discovered him. Megatronus confessed his crime, but also accused Maximo of setting up the whole plot, and aimed to kill him once and for all. The accusations flew quickly, and before long the argument descended into a free-for-all. In the aftermath, Liege Maximo was apparently blown apart by a shot from the Requiem Blaster, although Alpha Trion could not identify just who had fired the weapon. Along with the surviving Primes, a repentant Megatronus attended Solus's funeral. Renaming himself "the Fallen", he donned Solus Prime's suit of armor and went into exile in space, never to be seen again.

Eons later, a young gladiator and social rhetorician named D-16 took inspiration from ancient folk tales, renaming himself "Megatronus". The Covenant of Primus

Aligned novels

Megatronus conceived the idea of the Requiem Blaster, a weapon so powerful that it dwarfed all other weapons in existence. With great reluctance, Solus Prime agreed to forge the weapon for Megatronus, and even then only after Megatronus convinced other members of the Thirteen to petition her on his behalf as well. Even after the weapon was completed, Solus Prime showed great reluctance in allowing it to remain in existence. After demonstrating its awesome power to the Thirteen, she asked for a vote as to whether the Requiem Blaster should be destroyed. Megatronus led the group who voted in favor of retaining the Blaster, and they won by the slimmest of margins, 7-to-6.

At some later date, Megatronus killed Solus Prime in a fit of rage, and became the Fallen, forever more. The reason for the murder is not fully known at this point, although Solus did favor Nexus Prime over others in the Thirteen, a fact that had stirred jealousy in Megatronus in the past. Though a terrible thing, Vector Prime considered the Fallen lashing out in a moment of anger forgivable over Liege Maximo's active plotting. Exiles

Megatron, who took his name to inspire fear, took a favorable view of the Fallen, considering him the one member of the Thirteen who refused to bow down to the others, and the only Prime who sought his own destiny. Exodus

Prime cartoon

Dum de dum, not thinking about demons...

According to legend, at the beginning of time, Unicron and Primus battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Until, that is, Primus created the Thirteen. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. One Shall Rise, Part 1 At some point statues of Megatronus and his brothers were made. They were placed in the chamber of the High Council. A gladiator would also name himself after Megatronus before shortening his name to simply "Megatron". One Shall Rise, Part 3

When Starscream proclaimed to Optimus Prime that he wished to change sides, Bulkhead sarcastically claimed that he had been lobbing with the Fallen. Partners

2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon

Voice actor: Gil Gerard (English), Fumihiko Tachiki (Japanese), Klaus Lochthove (German)

"You will bow down before me, Jor-El! I swear it!"

In the distant past, Megatronus killed Solus Prime. Battlegrounds, Part 2 He was eventually imprisoned in another dimension, and held both Earth and Cybertron responsible for his defeat. Battlegrounds, Part 1 He maintained a degree of agency over the events in this world, and he was able to influence events so that the prison ship Alchemor crash-landed on Earth, releasing its cargo of Decepticon convicts in the process. From there, Megatronus bided his time. Eventually, he contacted the Decepticon revolutionary Steeljaw, who had just suffered a humiliating rout at the hands of Bumblebee's Autobots. Introducing himself as "the first Decepticon", Megatronus struck a bargain with Steeljaw: if Steeljaw helped free him from his prison, Megatronus would let Steeljaw and his gang have the Earth. Steeljaw reluctantly agreed. Lockout

Kitty ears of DOOM.

Megatronus interrupted Steeljaw while the latter was scheming, demanding to know if they had made progress on the device that would allow him to escape. Steeljaw retorted that he needed more Decepticons to help him with the task, but Megatronus was less than moved, using his telekinetic powers to make Clampdown pull on his arm hard until Steeljaw capitulated. Megatronus informed his new servant that the device would require a mass of sufficient metal to anchor the energies generated by his arrival- namely, the Crown City Colossus. Although the Autobots, accompanied with a reborn Optimus Prime, attempted to intervene, their efforts weren't enough to stop Steeljaw from activating the portal. A triumphant Megatronus materialized, ready to carry out his plan. Battlegrounds, Part 1

"I'll show you the dark side."
"You may try, but you cannot deny the truth that is your family."
"You're so right.".

Megatronus moved to attack the weakened Autobots, but was intercepted by Optimus, and the two began dueling. Megatronus gained the upper hand and managed to slash at Optimus, knocking him into the water and temporarily taking him out of the fight. Megatronus retieved his fallen Spark fuser and activated it, intending to draw the remnants of Unicron's anti-spark from the Earth's core and merge it with the AllSpark, destroying both Earth and Cybertron. When Steeljaw realized this, Megatronus retorted that the had never technically lied to him about his right to own Earth... or whatever would be left of it. Megatronus restrained the furious Steeljaw with his telekinesis and opened a rift in the sky.

Megatronus deploys his dreaded drill-nipples.

Fighting Steeljaw distracted Megatronus long enough for Bumblebee to resuscitate Optimus, and the two Autobot leaders moved in to finish him off after Megatronus hurled Steeljaw away. While Optimus once again dueled with Megatronus, Bumblebee, Strongarm, and Sideswipe used their Decepticon Hunters to power themselves up. Optimus managed to shatter Megatronus's Spark fuser, closing the rift and ruining his plan. Furious, Megatronus redoubled his attack. Drift helped to drop part of the Colossus on Megatronus. The weight of the statue was enough that Bumblebee's team could blast him with a sustained burst of energy, disintegrating his body and seemingly destroying him, though Bumblebee questioned if he truly was destroyed. Battlegrounds, Part 2

IDW Robots in Disguise comic

In later happier times, Bumblebee recalled the events of their battle against Megatronus. Robots in Disguise #5

Adventure toy bios

On the moment of Megatronus's defeat at the hands of Bumblebee's team, an evil presence emanated from his wounds and resonated with Nemesis Prime, powering him up into a new form. Nemesis Prime bio

Kre-O online manga

When Predaking attacked Autobot City, the Fallen stood next to Gelshark. Behemoth Combination! But They're Cute? The Predacon Unit

Games

Transformers: Battle for the Matrix

Battle for the Matrix is a simplified retelling of the events of Revenge of the Fallen. It can be played from the perspective of either Bumblebee or Optimus Prime. The final battle is against Megatron and the Fallen at the Star Harvester.

Behind you!

The Fallen tried to defend the Sun Harvester from some Autobot attackers. Transformers: Battle for the Matrix

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - The Game

Voice actor: James Arnold Taylor (English)

I shall light this holy ring, release its cleansing flame, and burn a path into the divine beyond!!! ...Wait, what game is this again?

Xbox 360/PS3/PC

Decepticon campaign

With Optimus Prime seemingly defeated, The Fallen and the Decepticons journeyed to Egypt, where he uncovered the Star Harvester from inside the Great Pyramid of Giza and commenced his plans to destroy the Sun. However, the last of the Primes had survived his battle with Megatron and now revealed to the enraged Decepticon leader that The Fallen had betrayed him. The Fallen's promise to Megatron that he would make his student a Prime would never be fulfilled, as Primes were born, not made. Megatron demanded what he had been promised, but the Fallen, disgusted with the creature that he no longer needed, attacked. Righteous indignation fueled Megatron through this battle, and ultimately, he ended The Fallen's mastery over the Decepticons by impaling him through his head and letting the corpse fall into the depths of the Star Harvester. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)

Autobot campaign

Optimus Prime had survived his battle with Megatron and merged with the parts of Jetfire, and now this new, powered-up form faced the might of The Fallen at the Great Pyramid. Optimus's ancestor mocked this young upstart who dared to face his elder, telekinetically throwing debris at the Autobot, summoning great bursts of energy from the ground, and unleashing an army of Decepticon drones. However, Optimus Prime's new armour more than enabled him to survive this onslaught, and as he rained energy slugs into The Fallen, the ancient Cybertronian called out to Megatron for help, but to no avail, for his student had since learned of The Fallen's treachery. Optimus ended The Fallen's reign of terror by impaling him through his head and letting the corpse fall into the depths of the Star Harvester. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)

Revenge of the Fallen mobile game

The Fallen sent Starscream and some Decepticon forces to Shanghai to retrieve a fragment of the AllSpark. Starscream returned successful, and The Fallen sent him to NEST HQ as a diversion. The Fallen himself used the AllSpark shard to resurrect Megatron as part of the ongoing plan to gain possession of the Matrix of Leadership so they could reactivate the "Great Machine". The Fallen sent Megatron to Egypt, but when the other Decepticons fell, he himself put in an appearance. The Fallen was confident that Optimus Prime had worn himself out fighting Megatron, however Optimus channeled the power of the Matrix into a single blast, destroying The Fallen. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Glu)

Robots in Disguise mobile game

Version	Unlock Cost (Energon)	Unlock Cost (Ultra Sparks)
Starter	500	10
Legion	1500	30
Warrior	4000	80
Warrior Elite	4000	80
Ultra	8000	140

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Megatronus was among the many Decepticons available to repel an Insecticon invasion. Robots in Disguise

Notes

Generation 1

I'm The Fallen, and I can't get up!

• The Fallen was created by Simon Furman for Dreamwave Productions' War Within: The Dark Ages comic book. Furman used him to recycle some of the plans he had for the Last Autobot in the original Marvel comic, but which he was unable to use as a result of the comic's cancellation.
• The Fallen design was created by Pat Lee, his first (and only) original Transformers character. The early design concept differed incredibly from the final product, noticeably lacking The Fallen's characteristic mouthplate. He was envisioned as a medieval, ancient-looking Transformer who glowed like a furnace, but he was not depicted as being perpetually on fire until Andrew Wildman penciled his appearances in The Dark Ages and the colorists caught on. When questioned about him constantly being aflame, Furman stated responded that they went with it "because it looks cool."

The Judasmobile.

• Though Lee designed a tank alternate mode for The Fallen, which was shown in the profile series More than Meets the Eye, it was never used in-fiction. Similarly, The Fallen is said to have no alternate mode in IDW's Revenge of the Fallen comics, and he does not actually transform in the film.
• Very little of The Fallen's backstory was given in his first fictional appearances, leaving much of The Dark Ages somewhat confusing on its own. Helpful inserts from More Than Meets The Eye and Dorling Kindersley's Transformers: The Ultimate Guide, published around the same time, spelled out more. Eventually, the packaging profile printed on his Titanium figure gave the rest. Oh, and then years later, he was the titular villain of a summer blockbuster film.
• The proper treatment of his name, with its capital-T "The", is established both in the comics and the Ultimate Guide. The one dissenting source is his on-package bio, which simply calls him "Fallen" (as in, "Fallen forgot his real name long ago"). The reason for this awkward treatment is unknown, though the usual culprits behind toy-name oddities—trademark issues—are suspected.
• The Fallen can speak Spanish.
• The Fallen's appearance in the Train Wars manga is based on a mocked-up created for a poll in Transformers Generations 2014 Vol. 1, one of ten potential exclusives for Vol. 2. A redeco of Generations Onslaught, it would have featured the Ruination head in combiner mode, but ultimately only claimed 5% of the votes.

Revenge of the Fallen

• Michael Bay attempted to hide The Fallen's involvement in Revenge of the Fallen, going so far as to claim that statements made by Simon Furman at San Diego Comic-Con 2008 and Chris Mowry in an interview with MTV Splash Page were part of a disinformation campaign, and that only a small number of people had seen the script. On August 5, 2008, after a fan posted on Michael Bay's forum pointing out that several IDW representatives had said they had the script, all references to The Fallen were removed from the aforementioned interviews, as well as any references to IDW Publishing having the script.
• Voice actor James Arnold Taylor was originally cast as The Fallen in the film version of Revenge of the Fallen (which led to him getting the same role in Revenge of the Fallen: The Game), but was replaced by Tony Todd in the final edit of the film, to his disappointment. Leonard Nimoy was also considered for the role, but did not get it on the basis Bay feared Nimoy would have been paid too little money.

Give him the stick! Don't give him the stick!

• The Fallen's "Command Staff" (also known as the "Void Scepter") seemed to be a later addition to the film, as the staff made no appearances in secondary fiction and was not included with The Fallen's original toy releases. The later Voyager class figure includes said staff, and the toy's hands were retooled to be able to hold it.
• Paul Ozzimo and Josh Nizzi designed Earth modes for The Fallen to take on in Revenge of the Fallen, but like many of the Decepticons he does not assume one in the finished film. Ozzimo clarified on his website he was to turn into a Aurora stealth bomber, the alleged modern replacement for the SR-71 Blackbird.
• Various on-package Hasbro bios for the Fallen in the Revenge of the Fallen toyline utilize the derogatory term "flesh slugs" for humanity; the term originally appeared in the same manner in the 1980s Inhumanoids cartoon, based on another toyline by Hasbro.
• The Fallen was originally going to be huge in Revenge of the Fallen: the novelization describes him as making Optimus look like an infant, and Defiance issue 4 depicts him as about the size of a pyramid. In the finished film, Fallen is only slightly bigger than Optimus and Megatron, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe clarifies he is 42 feet tall.
• Michael Bay doesn't actually like the Fallen, calling him "kind of a (expletive) character".
• In early drafts of Revenge of the Fallen, the Fallen doesn't appear in person until the climax, communicating with Megatron aboard the Nemesis via an interdimensional window. This led to the sarcophagus storyline in the comics, where only discovering the harvester's location would free him. When dropped from the film to give the character more screentime, it led to a massive plot hole in the comic storyline that was only resolved two years later by John Barber in Convergence.

Aligned

• Until the Robots in Disguise cartoon introduced Megatronus as the "first Decepticon" (an idea taken from the live-action Fallen), the Aligned version of the character had no direct connection to the Decepticons in his backstory. He has, however, always had a helmet shaped like their insignia, an idea that also comes from the live-action film character.
• Megatronus's cartoon robot mode is a mishmash of his prior incarnations. He has the general blockiness and tank vehicle mode from the War Within comics, and his four-lined visor resembles the slots on that Fallen's faceplate. In addition to his status as "the first Decepticon" and his Decepticon-insignia-shaped helmet, he also features the movie character's telekinetic powers and similar forearm kibble, though said kibble is actually put to use as fusion cannon-like arm weapons.

Foreign names

• Japanese: The Fallen (ザ・フォールン Za Fōrun), Megatronus (メガトロナス Megatoronasu)
• Mandarin: Duòluò Jīngāng (China, 堕落金刚, "Corrupted Vajra", Revenge of the Fallen), Zhèn Tiān Zūn (China, 震天尊, "Majesty Shocking the Heaven", Robots in Disguise)

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