| —Megatron puts a new twist on an old saying, "Megatron Rising - Part II"
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- Voice actor: Corey Burton (English), Jan Spitzer (German)
[[Image:|left|180px|thumb|Pointier than thou.]]
Eons ago, Megatron led the Decepticons in their war against the
Autobots for control of Cybertron and freedom from Autobot tyranny.
However, the Autobots under Ultra Magnus had two major advantages: They possessed the AllSpark, giving them an infinite supply of energy, and they had exclusive space bridge
technology, allowing them to move about the galaxy more easily.
However, Megatron's forces continued to fight on until the Autobots
sent the AllSpark through the space bridge to random coordinates.
Realizing that the AllSpark was the key to defeating the Autobots,
Megatron abandoned the Cybertron theater and began searching the galaxy
aboard his massive flagship, the Nemesis However, some Decepticons continued to fight on against the Autobots.
[[Image:|right|175px|thumb|He's not planning on shaking Prime's hand...he's going to tear it off.]]
Four million years later, Megatron's crew discovered a small Autobot repair vessel after detecting the AllSpark. When Starscream
volunteered to attack, Megatron saw his ambitions all too clearly, and
pointedly remarked that he wasn't about to let four million solar
cycles of searching for the AllSpark end with Starscream getting his
greasy wings on it. No, Megatron would strike the Autobot ship and take
the AllSpark himself. Just prior to his departure, Starscream
approached him again, ostensibly to wish him luck, but actually to
place an overload device on his leader's back. This device went off
just as Megatron's fusion cannon was about to breach the hull of the
Autobots' ship. The Autobot crew managed to steer the now-failing ship
through an asteroid field and into a nearby space bridge.
With the ship now plummeting through the Earth's atmosphere, a
wounded Megatron still managed to thrash the crew soundly and nearly
claimed the AllSpark. Quick thinking on the part of Optimus Prime sent the Decepticon leader out the cargo hatch and into free fall. Megatron fell from the sky and crashed in Paw Paw, Michigan, where his head (and later, a hand) was found by a young Isaac Sumdac.
Over the next fifty years, Sumdac built a robotics empire by reverse-engineering Megatron's components. Transform and Roll Out!
Fifty years after his fall to Earth, Megatron's inert head remained
secretly in Sumdac's private lab, the source of the human's engineering
genius and also a secret shame. Megatron's severed hand was there as
well, used by Sumdac as a piece of furniture.
[[Image:|left|150px|thumb|Hey Megatron, don't lose your... oh.]]
After the Autobots re-awoke, Sari used her AllSpark-powered Key
to sneak into her father's lab. He stopped her from seeing anything it
contained, but the AllSpark energy from the Key was absorbed by
Megatron's head, reawakening his spark and bringing him back online.
Confused and disoriented, he automatically brought up video footage of
Starscream and the Autobots, footage in which Starscream admitted to
his treachery. Furious both at Starscream's betrayal and the fact he
didn't have the hands to reach out and take the AllSpark which was
finally within his grasp, he released a burst of energy which activated
a small drone Dr. Sumdac had been working on. Megatron thus realized he
could control the extremely primitive (by his standards) technology
around him. Learning Sari was going to spend the night at the Autobot
base, he secreted his drone into her backpack.
Once she arrived, Megatron sent the drone to look for the
AllSpark, but his search was fruitless. He decided to try a simpler
method: Kill the Autobots and extract the data from their lifeless
corpses. Interfacing with the factory's assembly line, he attacked. As
the Autobots fought back, he decided to cut out the middleman and
knocked a hole in a fuel tank. Prowl
realized the factory was working via motion sensors and managed to get
close to the control panel. To counter him, Megatron simply took over
the factory arms and snatched up Prowl. However, he failed to stop Bumblebee,
due to the primitive tools he was forced to use. With his plans foiled,
Megatron was out of patience, refusing to work through these worthless
proxy machines. He needed a body, which meant it was time to provide
some more advanced technology to Sumdac... Home Is Where the Spark Is
Megatron soon revealed to Isaac that he still functioned and,
when Isaac guessed he was a friend of the Autobots, Megatron played
along. He persuaded Isaac to keep his existence secret until Isaac had
built him a new body, as then the Autobots would be more forgiving of
how Isaac had reverse-engineered their friend. Megatron then helped
construct the Dinobots,
deliberately programming them to go on a rampage and building
fire-breath into them as a prototype for a planned army of drones. When
they were defeated, Megatron despaired he might never gain a new body,
but upon discovering they'd been turned into sentient Transformers, he
quickly convinced them that cars, trucks and "car robots" were evil beings that ate the fossil fuels supposedly derived from dinosaurs.
During their second rampage, Isaac realized Megatron had
deliberately built weapons into the Dinobots. The tyrant feigned shame,
saying he'd added experimental features out of a desire to have a body
again. Isaac promised not to tell the Autobots and that Megatron would
have a body again one day... Blast from the Past
Soon, Dr. Sumdac began attempting to build him some new servos,
but these proved inadequate. Megatron revealed that his body would need
Destronium
to work, but Isaac responded there was only a small amount available
and that it would have to be delivered across town in less than 10
minutes or it would become unstable. Taking notice of an experimental
turbo suit Sumdac's labs were developing (with flaws that possibly
precluded Isaac considering it as a solution), Megatron manipulated
computer systems so the suit was delivered to small-time hood Nino Sexton.
Once Sexton began using the suit to commit crimes too quickly to be
stopped, Megatron contacted him with an offer of much money out of Dr.
Sumdac's private account if Sexton used the suit to steal and deliver
the Destronium. Between Autobot interference and the suit aging him
prematurely, Sexton failed. Worse, the Destronium was energized to a
critical level, risking an explosion that would destroy Detroit.
The Autobots barely managed to send the Destronium sample into the
upper atmosphere before it exploded, and they were left to wonder why a
human had tried to steal it in the first place. Nanosec
After Megatron learned of the power of Sari's Key and the
careless nature in which she used it, he attempted to trick her into
assisting him. He designed Soundwave,
a musical toy that was secretly meant to grow more powerful every time
Sari used the Key upon it, until eventually it would be a suitable
robotic body for Megatron himself. When the Key instead brought
Soundwave to independent life, Megatron changed his plan and, with
convincing logic, recruited Soundwave as a Decepticon warrior. Sound and Fury
When Blitzwing and Lugnut
arrived on Earth, Megatron, remembering Starscream's betrayal, was
hesitant to act. After witnessing a battle between his soldiers and the
Autobots, Megatron concluded that Blitzwing was too unstable, but
Lugnut was genuinely loyal. He contacted Lugnut only, instructing him
to locate the AllSpark, which would help restore him. Later, he also
informed Lugnut about the Key. Unfortunately, Lugnut and Blitzwing were
defeated and damaged by the Autobots, severing Lugnut's link with
Megatron—and Megatron's only link to the outside world. Lost and Found
[[Image:|right|200px|thumb|Yeah, it's a fixer-upper.]]
Although Megatron himself was not mentally involved, his headless body was infected with space barnacles, causing the barnacles to mutate into a semi-sentient form. After absorbing two mining bots and attacking a miner,
it was defeated by Bumblebee and Prowl. Later, the body was discovered
(minus space barnacles) by Isaac Sumdac and most likely brought back to
his laboratory. Sumdac remarked that Megatron would be very pleased with the find... Nature Calls
[[Image:|left|200px|thumb|Don't call it a comeback; I've been here for years.]]
Sumdac attempted to rebuild Megatron, but progress was slowed by a
power failure. Frustrated, Megatron again contacted Lugnut and ordered
him to bring him the Key. This communication triggered Starscream's
curiosity, and the treacherous jet located Megatron. Starscream didn't
have time to finish his speech slay Megatron before he was
distracted by the Autobots—and Megatron used that distraction to take
Starscream by surprise and eject him from the lab. When Blitzwing and
Lugnut arrived with the Key, Megatron revealed his true identity to his
human "friend". Sumdac, seized by the mechanical hand he had so long
used as a chair, could only watch and wail in horror as the Decepticon
tyrant used the power of the AllSpark to reconstruct himself, more
powerful than ever. Finally restored, he burst through the roof of Sumdac Tower, to the horror of the Autobots and Starscream, ready to unleash his vengeance on all of them. Megatron Rising - Part I
[[Image:|right|200px|thumb|"Will anyone else attempt to fill his shoes?"]]
Megatron's revenge was quick and brutal. Trashing the Autobots in
short order, he called his Decepticons to him. As Starscream
bootlicked, Megatron powered up his fusion cannon to destroy the one
responsible for his defeat—then used the Key to send a painful power
surge through Starscream, extinguishing the traitor's spark and
reinforcing his authority over Blitzwing and Lugnut. He commanded them
to "transform and rise up," and the three Decepticons took to the sky,
using the Key to track the AllSpark.
[[Image:|left|200px|thumb|This is not good...]]
Finding it aboard the Autobots' ship, the Decepticons caused the ship to crash on Dinobot Island, where Megatron proceeded to beat the slag
out of Optimus Prime. Getting into the ship, Megatron removed the
AllSpark from its casing and placed it in his chest, preparing to
devastate Earth before conquering Cybertron. However, Professor Sumdac
used his knowledge of Megatron's circuitry to disrupt his equilibrium
sensors, causing Megatron to drop the Key. Optimus Prime used the Key
to force a surge of power through the AllSpark within Megatron, causing
it to explode and disperse its energy.
And yet, it was not a total loss for Megatron; despite the
damage, he escaped and managed to abduct Sumdac. Once again, their
fates were intertwined, only this time Sumdac was Megatron's prisoner. Megatron Rising - Part II
Establishing a base deep underground in a mine, Megatron quickly
adjusted his plans after the loss of the AllSpark. During his battle
aboard the Autobot ship, he had managed to download a partial space bridge
schematic from their computers. He planned to use the space bridge to
teleport himself, Lugnut, and Blitzwing to Cybertron, then conquer the
planet from within. To facilitate this plan, Megatron used the captive
Professor Sumdac to reverse-engineer the space bridge and fill in the
"gaps" within the schematics. However, when a service bot suddenly
malfunctioned, it was revealed that a shard of the AllSpark was
embedded within it. This gave Megatron hope that the AllSpark was not
destroyed, but dispersed throughout the city of Detroit. The Elite Guard
[[Image:|right|200px|thumb|Yes, Starscream, and we'll keep doing it until you get it right!]]
Finding out about the AllSpark fragments, however, didn't seem to
result in any changes in his plans. Megatron received word from a spy
that the Decepticons had begun making random assaults on the Autobots.
He realized that they needed to make a concentrated effort in order to
secure his victory. He had Lugnut and Blitzwing steal a tachyon
transmitter from the Elite Guard
so he could send his message, but was interrupted during his
transmission by a revived Starscream. After quickly beating him to a
pulp, Megatron relayed his commands to the spacefaring 'Cons, only to
be repeatedly attacked by a seemingly invincible Starscream. The
renegade even attempted to draw Megatron out with an AllSpark fragment.
Megatron emerged victorious every time and was informed by his spy that
all was going as planned: With his forces now drawing the Autobots away from Cybertron, Megatron could attack a weakened Cybertron from within as soon as his space bridge was completed. Mission Accomplished
Later, while at the Decepticon base, Lugnut detected an AllSpark
energy signal emanating from Detroit. Megatron quickly dispatched
Lugnut to retrieve the AllSpark shard before the Autobots could. Lugnut
proceeded to praise his master's "grand and glorious plan", but
Megatron, fed up with the adulation to the point of involuntary
optic-twitching, curtly commanded his enforcer to get going. Garbage In, Garbage Out
[[Image:|left|200px|thumb|Gentlemen, to evil.]]
When Lugnut and Blitzwing brought the Constructobots
back to base, Megatron saw the advantage of keeping them alive, and he
invited them to have a look at his space bridge schematics. Impressed
by their knowledge, he decided to put them to work stealing supplies.
After an encounter with Bulkhead,
the Constructobots became convinced of "the funny guy's"
less-than-noble intentions, and they returned to the mine to confront
him. Megatron calmly slammed them both against a rock face and asked
them to explain. He feigned shock and brought them in to discuss things
over his own private oil blend. Megatron showed himself to be a bit of
an oil connoisseur, possessing stylish little goblets for it made of
twisted oil drums, as well as a secret stash of top-quality oil and a
chamber to drink it in. Megatron spoke of the glories they could
achieve as Constructicons: the adulation, the statues in their
honor...the barrels of oil they could down. Ever the shrewd worker, it
didn't take much for him to convince them to join up, and he promptly
sent them to the Autobot base to retrieve the AllSpark fragments. Rise of the Constructicons
[[Image:|right|200px|thumb|Constructicons say WHAAAAAT?]]
When Starscream escaped from the Elite Guard's ship, Megatron received Ultra Magnus's alert to the Autobots thanks to the stolen tachyon transmitter. Megatron had placed a bounty on the traitor, and Lockdown
(with the unknowing aid of Prowl) pretty much took the opportunity to
bring him to the Decepticon leader. Lockdown contacted Megatron to
confirm that he had captured a purple-ish "Starscream" (who was acting
quite odd and cowardly) and agreed to meet at an abandoned warehouse
for the exchange. As "Starscream" was brought to Megatron, Prowl, who
was hiding on a rafter high above, accidentally scuffed a small bolt,
which grabbed the Decepticons' attention. Not too long after, the
Autobots appeared with another, different-colored Starscream. Megatron
intercepted Lockdown's escape and announced confusedly that no one was
to leave until they found out which was the true Starscream. However,
it turned out that both Starscreams were clones with bombs in their spark
chambers designed to destroy Megatron and the Autobots in one go.
Quickly thinking up a plan, Megatron and the other Decepticons
transformed and escaped forcibly through the ceiling. However, Prowl
used the upgrades given to him by Lockdown to send the clones
into the air, not too far from the fleeing Decepticons, when the bombs
exploded. It is unknown if they were wounded, but Megatron later raised
the bounty on Starscream—insisting on the real one this time. A Fistful of Energon
He was later contacted by Swindle, who attempted to sell him a new weapon. Nothing came of this, as Swindle was defeated before the deal could be closed. SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy Megatron also made some "secret" transmissions to his double agent on Cybertron in order to settle his new plans for the coming Autobot-Decepticon war. Autoboot Camp
[[Image:|left|200px|thumb|"Did I tell you about the time I killed the cult leader?"]]
Megatron's plans finally seemed on the verge of fruition when Sumdac
and the Constructicons completed the space bridge. However, some vital
technical aspects made it inoperable. In order to remedy this, Megatron
contacted Shockwave to learn who was Cybertron's leading Space bridge technician,
which turned out to be the Autobot Bulkhead. Not wishing to leave
Doctor Sumdac alone to sabotage the Constructicons' efforts, Megatron
took him along as a hostage while he went to capture Bulkhead. Once he
had the big Autobot in custody, Megatron threatened to use the Headmaster
unit on him if he didn't help make the space bridge operational. To
Megatron's satisfaction, Bulkhead agreed and finished the project. Just
as the machine was activated, both the Autobots and Starscream and his
clone army attacked. A Bridge Too Close, Part I
The three-way free-for-all ironically forced Megatron and
Optimus Prime to team up temporarily, but this quickly ended when
Megatron used Prime's body as a shield against one of Starscream's
clone's attacks. Despite putting up a decent resistance, Megatron was
overwhelmed and held down by two of the Starscream clones. As the
original Starscream gloated, he was head-jacked by Isaac Sumdac in the
Headmaster unit. Sumdac prepared to fight Megatron himself, but
Megatron simply used his strength to throw the two Starscream clones at
him, knocking off the Headmaster unit and proving himself the victor.
With Starscream incapacitated, the clones sided with Megatron.
He then made his own victory speech to his soldiers, declaring
he would send Optimus Prime through the bridge to test it. However, the
Autobots got some reinforcements.
Megatron quickly ordered the majority of his forces to deal with this
new menace while the Constructicons cleared the space bridge area of
rubble. Grabbing Optimus, Megatron threw him into the portal, but was
frustrated when Prowl freed his leader in the nick of time, at which
point the bridge shut down. Bulkhead declared the power source wasn't
strong enough to maintain the link for long, so Megatron grabbed
Starscream's AllSpark-powered head to maintain the gateway. However,
this provided too much power, sending the space bridge portal out of
control. An enraged Megatron decided to terminate Optimus Prime, only
for Optimus to slap stasis cuffs on him, causing him to lose his grip and fall into the portal.
[[Image:|right|200px|thumb|"Stop staring at me!"]]
With the overload having deleted the space bridge's receiving
coordinates, the defeated Megatron was transported to some unknown
sector of space. Still immobilized by the stasis cuffs, Megatron's only
companion was now Starscream's head, which a cruel twist of Fate had
deposited right next to him. Forced to remain face to face with his
traitorous ex-lieutenant, Megatron could only trade verbal blows. A
most cruel fate, indeed. A Bridge Too Close, Part II
Toys
Animated
[[Image:|right|250px|thumb|SPAAAACE ROOOAAACH!]]
- Optimus Prime vs. Megatron: The Battle Begins (Entertainment Pack, 2008)
- Accessories: Missile
- Transforms into a sleek spacecraft with, er, VTOL turbofans (presumably designed to show some lineage with his eventual helicopter mode. It's best if you don't think about it too hard). Megatron's signature fusion cannon forms the central chassis and cockpit section
of the spacecraft (officially, a "Fusion Fighter"); his sword sections mount on the sides of the cannon for storage, though the blade is unremovable and effectively useless. Like the Prime figure he comes with, he features a punching gimmick, having a spring-loaded waist that snaps back when twisted. Unfortunately,
Megatron's balljoint hips and the swivel joints between his thighs and knees are rather loose, making it difficult to pose the figure in such a way that he stands on his own. The figure features a silver color scheme and battle damage paint applications.
- The design makes it tricky to tell which end of his Fusion Fighter is the front and which is the back.
- This toy was also released in a 2-pack with Prowl as a Wal*Mart exclusive (see below).
- If you want to be pedantic about it, the battle implied by the battle-pack pairing is technically a timeline impossibility, insofar as it depicts Cybertron Mode Megatron versus Earth Mode Optimus. It is also scaled incorrectly, as Megatron was shown as being notably larger than Optimus in Transform and Roll Out!
[[Image:|right|250px|thumb|Curse you, Earth's atmosphere!]]
- CYBERTRON Mode Megatron (Voyager, 2008)
- Accessories: Missile
- A larger, bulkier, more detailed, and more gimmick-laden iteration of the same character design used in the deluxe-scaled versus pack toy. Note that while both modes of both toys look very similar, they have different transformation mechanisms and are not a simple
upscaling/downscaling of each other. Where the deluxe version is straight silver, this version has a pearl-gray paint scheme. The figure features an automorph
gimmick in the chest, which closes like a clamshell in transforming to robot mode. A second automorph gimmick is built into the energon blades on the cannon, swinging them into place to form a polearm. Red translucent plastic is heavily used throughout the figure, including in the light piping for the head and the missile for the spring-loaded cannon. Even his fingers are made of energon, it seems.
- This toy apparently had a safety modification done late on in the design process (late enough that it doesn't show up on the instructions), possibly as a result of drop test failure. The strut that holds his fusion cannon has been reinforced, and as a result, his cannon cannot be mounted flush against his arm.
- As with the smaller figure above, it's not obvious exactly what end is the front of his spaceship mode. Neither orientation really matches up to the version seen in the show, which had the fusion cannon mounted in a way that's impossible with both toys.
[[Image:|right|250px|thumb|He will kill you until you are dead.]]
- Megatron (Leader, 2008)
- Accessories Missile, 2 rotor-swords
- Megatron's "Earth" robot mode bears a significant resemblance to Generation 1 Super Megatron from the Battlestars storyline, and thus, in turn, to his original G1 body. His alt-mode is a dual-rotored helicopter design, somewhat like an Osprey helicopter or the Cobra Mamba. Its rotors form double-bladed swords. The fusion cannon is attached to the left arm out of the box, but it can be detached and put on either arm. It has wheels for use in vehicle mode, and if it is removed, then (undocumented) landing gear can be deployed to make up
for the loss. Interestingly, it seems the alt-mode was originally intended to allow for the removal of the cannon without removal of the bottom half of the fuselage. With a fair amount of force the cannon can be popped off (and will reattach), but the cannon mount/fuselage lower half does not provide the front landing gear with sufficient clearance
to fully extend. The toy has a voice chip, activated by pressing the Decepticon symbol on his chest. If used in robot mode it says one of three quotes: "Crush the Autobots!", "Where is the AllSpark?", and (glorious) evil laughter. In helicopter mode it makes the sound of the rotors warming up, spinning, and powering down. When the cockpit is moved during transformation the classic G1/Animated transformation noise is heard. It is compatible with the Headmaster toy, but it does not change his quotes.
- The instructions leave a couple of things out. First, the shoulders should be pushed backwards/upwards for vehicle mode. This lowers the wings down and aligns the front of the engines with the back. Second, the barrel of the cannon can be rotated 180 degrees (at a separate pivot from the one at its base) for robot mode, to better match how it looks in the cartoon, with the red stripes facing his arm. Considering how padded the instructions are to mask the relatively simple transformation (two whole steps just to move the rear landing gear), leaving all this out is quite a feat. Bad Hasbro.
- There is no doubt whatsoever as to which end is the front and which is the back of his vehicle mode.
- Megatron (McDonald's Happy Meal Toys, 2008)
- This is a very simple representation of Megatron in his Earth form. It transforms by rotating the head, lying face down and flipping the arms onto the back. The robot mode seems to have taken priority in the design process, since the vehicle mode looks like his robot mode lying down. Megatron does not come with his signature arm cannon.
[[Image:|right|150px|thumb|"Transform and shrink down!"]]
- Megatron (Activators, 2008)
- Part of the fourth wave of Activators, this version of Megatron is a very simplified, roughly-Basic-sized version of his Earth mode. His spring-loaded transformation from
vehicle to robot mode is activated by a single switch on the back of his copter mode.
- Despite having a cannon on the bottom of his vehicle mode, he does not possess one on either arm in robot mode.
[[Image:|right|150px|thumb|I defy the Unicron Trilogy. Defy it, I say!]]
- Shadow Blade Megatron (Leader, 2008?)
- A black, grey and purple redeco of Megatron's leader class mold with a slight remolding to the tail... that's not called Galvatron. YeabuhWHA?
- Surprisingly for a Hasbro produced redeco, Shadow Blade Megatron is cast entirely in black plastic with the exception of his translucent parts.
Trivia
[[Image:|right|150px|thumb|They moonlight as lawn darts.]]
- Megatron's pre-Earth head has a rather pointed resemblance to the somewhat early head of 2007 movie's Megatron, which went unused in the actual movie but appeared on loads of promotional materials and merchandise. Also in common with Movie Megatron, Animated Megatron lay inert for many years while his technology was reverse-engineered by humans.
- Megatron's cannon makes the same sound as his Generation 1 counterpart's weapon, except with additional effects mixed in to make it actually sound like a laser cannon.
[[Image:|right|150px|thumb|Show-accuracy be damned!]]
- Megatron's outer space altmode, shown for all of 20 seconds, has two toy molds devoted to it. Though these "Cybertron mode" toys resemble each other, neither looks anything like the altmode of the pre-Earth Megatron seen on the show.
- Early images of Megatron's Earth body were slightly different from the finished product, most notably the lack of a fusion cannon, and a katana instead of his twin swords.
- Megatron is the only one of the original 5 Decepticons in Animated to actually have a Cybertronian vehicle mode design. Although the others have different robot mode kibble before they scanned their Earth-modes, none of them had an alt-mode created. Having a toy helps. (This is in contrast to the Autobots, who all had Cybertronian-modes designed for them from the start, even if we didn't see them in the first episode).
- Both Lockdown and Swindle are technically on neither side, but work almost entirely for the Decepticons because Megatron pays better than the Autobots do. Considering how long he was out of contact with the Decepticon army, it really makes you wonder where he's getting all that money (or whatever currency they use)...
- Throughout the entire series, Megatron has actually only twice mentioned any of the Autobots by their actual names. This occurred when Megs called Bulkhead by his name in "Sound and Fury" and "A Bridge Too Close, Part I".
- Sumdac found Megatron's head intact and in Cybertronian mode. The head housed in his lab is essentially a damaged version of his Earth mode head. However, it is possible this is merely the result of Sumdac's work, as it could be seen as a stripped down version of the
original head.
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