Megatron (SG)

This article is about the heroic Decepticon leader. For his evil counterpart, see Megatron (G1). For a list of other meanings, see Megatron (disambiguation).

Megatron is the nice leader of the heroic Decepticons in the Shattered Glass continuity family.

In the mirrorverse, math isn't evil.

Megatron was a young mathematician who lectured at a university on Cybertron. However, he noticed a disturbing trend in the numbers: civil war was certain! His colleagues just called him crazy and laughed it off, but when the maniacal Optimus Prime and his evil army of Autobots took over Cybertron, Megatron had been waiting in the underground, forming a resistance movement to take back Cybertron and keep the Autobots from conquering the universe and plundering it, as they had done to Cybertron.

Your tyranny ends here, Prime! Cybertronians will once again know the freedom which is their right!Megatron, "Shattered Glass"

Fiction

Shattered Glass

See? So friendly.

There were those who opposed the tyranny of Optimus Prime's merciless Autobots, but they were scattered. But there would come a leader, and Megatron emerged from the city of Polyhex to unite them. After retaking some of Cybertron, Megatron pushed the odds in his favor by inventing the art of transformation and renaming his forces "Decepticons." However, Optimus Prime was able to duplicate this technology, and intended to use it to conquer other worlds.

As Optimus Prime built his Ark for this purpose, Megatron and his inner circle planned to derail Prime's attempts at expansion. During a critical moment, the body of what appeared to be one of Optimus Prime's former lieutenants, Cliffjumper, was discovered by them and brought into their Polyhex stronghold. It was discovered that Cliffjumper had travelled from another universe which mirrored darkly their own. After some misgivings, Cliffjumper agreed to aid them in their assault on the Ark and lent the technology from his glass gas towards the cause. On the battlefield, Prime was enraged that Cliffjumper had double-crossed him, and Megatron took the shot that was meant for the strange traveler. Cliffjumper was finally convinced of where he stood and backed Megatron whole-heartedly, and after destroying the Ark and its launching platform, Megatron critically wounded Prime and called his forces into retreat. Shattered Glass

Sometime later, Megatron led the defense of the Arch-Ayr fuel dump that the Decepticons had recently rediscovered. He ended up being injured enough to be taken out of the fight, and Starscream fussed over and helped repair him. As the situation started looking dire, Megatron considered destroying the fuel dump to keep it out of Autobot hands. Fortunately, Soundwave called in the Mayhem Suppression Squad right at that moment. Megatron was impressed at the squad's skill in beating back the Autobots, but a bit put off by their... enthusiasm.

When the Dinobots' appearance further disrupted the fight and sent the Autobots packing back to Iacon, the Decepticons discussed the now running-loose Dinobots. Megatron agreed with Dirge's suggestion that they attempt to capture some of them to bolster their own forces. He ordered Starscream to gather a small force of their best mechs and have them commence the "Dinobot Hunt". Dungeons & Dinobots

A short time before the launch of the Autobots' Ark, Megatron flew out to the Temple of Knowledge, believing he had been summoned by Boltax. Instead, it was Ricochet who had lured Megatron into a trap. Ricochet and Nightstick subdued the Decepticon leader. The Autobot Targetmasters hung Megatron over a pit lined with deathtraps and broadcast a ransom to the Decepticons. Ricochet believed that the Decepticons would not follow the Ark into space without Megatron. However, the Decepticons chose to send a small force to rescue him while continuing the preparations for departure. Optimus Prime also arrived, angry with Ricochet's plan. The Decepticon Micromasters distracted the Autobots, allowing Megatron to escape his prison. Megatron snatched up Ricochet's weapon, Nightstick, but Nightstick took control of Megatron's arm. Optimus took advantage of the situation, grabbing Megatron's own weapon Rumbler and charging at Megatron. Megatron turned, though, and Rumbler's sword severed Megatron's wrist, allowing him to regain control of his arm. Rumbler returned to Megatron's side and the Autobots retreated. Do Over

Toys

Botcon 2008

Apparently, he carries around a mini Megazarak on his arm.

• Megatron & Rodimus (Convention Souvenir 3-Pack, 2008)
  • Accessories: "Rumbler" Tank-cannon, missile, sword-blade

Megatron is a redeco and retool of Ultra-class Energon Megatron, with a more heroic color scheme and a new head mold based on an early character model for Generation 1 Megatron (see below). He comes with Rodimus and Divebomb as a bagged set, limited to 1100 pieces.

Megatron transforms into a silver and black Cybertronic jet with red accents and blue translucents. Included is the "Rumbler" tank (which is originally a representation of Armada Megatron's tank form, and sort-of a homage of Megazarak), which can plug onto the top of the vehicle mode and can also fire missiles out of its spring-loaded main gun (presumably meant to be a fusion cannon). Hyper Mode can be activated by tugging his transparent wing tips outward, which extends the blue sections, raises the upper gray parts of his wings in an "X-wing" configuration, and deploys the red weapons underneath. In robot mode, Rumbler can be attached to either of his arms as a cannon, or it can be flipped around and have a sword attached to the rear of its turret. Like most convention exclusives, the electronics from this accessory have been stripped out to keep costs down.

• More information on Megatron at TFU.info

Notes

It's tough to homage anything older.

• Megatron's head design is based on the early Generation 1 Megatron character model seen in the first Transformers commercial, early issues of the Marvel Comics, and Megatron's Marvel Transformers Universe profile. Likewise, the helmet colors are derived from the Marvel Comics as well, featuring a black helmet on a silver face. The head was designed by Dan Khanna.
• The Fun Publications photography incorrectly shows the Rodimus/Megatron set as having come with Rampage instead of Divebomb.
• Megatron using math to predict future trends is based on psychohistory from Isaac Asimov's Foundation series of novels, but if we wanted to be cynical about it, we'd probably point out that it's more likely inspired by its recent importance in Marvel's Fantastic Four Civil War crossover.