Megatron (WFC)
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- Megatron is a Decepticon from the Transformers: Prime continuity family.
The Transformer designated D-16 took the legendary name Megatronus as his own and rose from the oppressed lower working castes of Kaon. Finding his true purpose and direction in the region's illegal gladiatorial games, he was redubbed Megatron by the crowds and rode his unmatched power and combat skills to fame and influence. Megatron's call for an upheaval of Cybertron's society, his insistance that the freedom of self-determination was the right of all sentient beings, drew many of the oppressed and dissaffected to his cause.
But power corrupts, and Megatron's revolution, like many such movements, quickly turned to tyranny. Powerful, charismatic, violent, and full of rage for any who would stand in the way of his ambition and drive it doesn't take Megatron and his Decepticon armies long to bring Cybertron to the brink of destruction.
Fiction
Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron
Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron
Transformers: Prime cartoon
- Voice actor: Frank Welker (English)
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Games
Transformers: War for Cybertron (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)
- Voice actor: Fred Tatasciore (English), Oliviero Corbetta (Italian)
 Spoiler warning: Plot details for Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC) follow. |
In the first days of the war on Cybertron, Megatron began research on a new type of Energon called Dark Energon for use to corrupt the core of Cybertron and take command. During this, he discovered that the one of the few places it was made was in a space station in orbit near Cybertron. He also found out that it was being guarded by a neutral force led by Starscream. With this knowledge, he boarded a ship, gathered two of his soldiers Barricade and Brawl, and sends his forces to the space station.
While the army was attacking Starscream's forces, Megatron decided to take the direct approach, and rammed his ship into the station. After demolishing the troops in the station, he finally reached the control room, where Jetfire and Starscream himself stood. Jetfire tried vainly to warn Megatron about the dangers of Dark Energon, but Starscream interrupted his little speech and asked to join forces with the Decepticon leader. Megatron asked what he has to offer (that is, something that he cannot simply steal), and Starscream answered that he knows how to manufacture Dark Energon, and reveals that there was a bridge that fed Dark Energon itself to the station. After Jetfire retreated to inform Zeta Prime, Megatron sent Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp to reconnect the bridge.
After the bridge is reconnected, Megatron decided to attack Zeta Prime at his headquarters, and descends with Breakdown and Soundwave to Iacon. The trio snook in while Starscream battled Zeta's forces outside. They soon reached Zeta Prime himself, who projected a huge hologram of himself, and used elements of the room (collapsing pillars) and smaller holograms of his size to try to squash the Decepticons. They breached through these defenses, and Zeta fell, buried under metallic rubble. Megatron picked him up, damages his waist area severely, then snatched the Omega Key. However, Zeta informed him that that only activates the key, and that Megatron's spies were misinformed. He then spoke the cryptic message that the key will come to him...
Megatron boarded yet another ship, with Soundwave and Breakdown at the controls, in search for the true Omega Key. Suddenly, the key (who shouts out his true name, Omega Supreme) knocked them out of the sky, causing them to crash-land back in Iacon. There, they took command of Autobot turrets (but not after killing the Autobots manning them) and shot Omega Supreme down. Omega crashed into the ground, creating a huge crater. Megatron and his two companions leaped down into the crater and attacked the wounded Omega Supreme from there. He tries to recharge himself using Energon batteries, but the three corrupted the batteries with Dark Energon, causing Omega Supreme's systems to crash. Megatron then takes control of Omega, using him to reach the core of Cybertron. Once there, he utilized several corruptors and bombards the core with Dark Energon. Megatron then stated to his comrades that with Dark Energon in the core, Cybertron will be under his control.
Later, Megatron learned that with Cybertron corrupted, the Autobots have no choice but to leave Cybertron. Megatron sends a message to the new leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime, stating that leaving the planet would be to defy his "rule". He then fired a massive cannon he installed in the space station he invaded earlier, downing some Autobot ships. Optimus sent his aerial commander Silverbolt to shut down the cannon, sucessfully. Megatron revealed that he has one last resort: his massive solder (massive as in Omega Supreme sized) Trypticon. Optimus and his troops defeat Trypticon, leaving Megatron without a large Decepticon ship.
Transformers: War for Cybertron
Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)
Transformers: War for Cybertron
Transformers: Cybertron Adventures
- Voice actor: Fred Tatasciore (English), Oliviero Corbetta (Italian)
Transformers: Cybertron Adventures
Toys
Generations
- Cybertronian Megatron (Deluxe, 2010)
- Accessories:
- This toy is based on Megatron's appearance in the video game Transformers: War for Cybertron, transforming into a Cybertronian tank.
Notes
- Megatron's designation as an energon miner was "D-16".[1] Megatron's original Japanese ID number was "16". Takara would eventually change the numbering system using a "D" to denote Destrons. So Megatron's Japanese ID number could retroactively be considered "D-16".
