Cloaked mystery villain

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The cloaked mystery villain is a... thing from the Animated continuity family.

Who knows what evil lurks in the sparks of bots? The shadow knows!

The cloaked mystery villain is a giant spectral entity, able to form itself from a translucent blob of crimson fire. Just who or what it is... only the Japanese may know.

Fiction

Animated cartoon

The cloaked mystery villain appeared hovering in front of the Earth, arms stretched out, no doubt plotting villainy on a global scale. Its allegiance or methods unknown, it apparently wasn't friends with the Autobots.

Later, the humongous, dark, red-glowing silhouette of Megatron appeared on Earth, but was defeated by a punch of burning justice from Optimus Prime. Animated title sequence (Japan)

Notes

• Just what the hell is up with this guy? Who is he? He could conceivably be Megatron, given that Megatron shows up later in the title sequence as a gigantic black silhouette with red flames spewing all about, but the build and the head of the cloaked mystery villain are entirely different from Megatron's. It's quite possible he may just be a poetic personification of Evil incarnate, too. We may never know.

• And neither will you.