- “Megatron is commanded by no one!”
- — Megatron in defiance of Unicron.
The awesomely powerful Megatron is, in many ways, a fallen hero. He rose up from the oppressed lower working castes of Kaon to become a champion in the region's illegal deathmatches, cast aside his designation of D-16 and took the legendary name Megatronus as his own. He called for an end to Cybertron's decrepit caste system and told the downtrodden that freedom of self-determination was the right of all sentient beings!
But absolute power corrupts absolutely, and Megatron's Decepticon revolution, like many such movements, ended up becoming a whole new tyranny. Powerful, charismatic, violent, and full of rage for any who would stand in the way of his ambition and drive, Megatron brought Cybertron past the brink of destruction. Now he and his former brother-in-arms Optimus Prime fight on other worlds. Megatron will never forgive Optimus for "betraying" him, stealing from the Council the rank of Prime which was rightfully his. He has reserved for his old friend the greatest honor possible: glorious death at his hands.
Megatron has been gone for three years, but now he's returned. He's brought the monstrous Dark Energon to Earth, and quite possibly left his sanity in space. Though he's made a few mistakes, he does not intend to make them again![1]
Biography[]
The Covenant Of Primus[]
D-16 was born during the Age of Wrath. The Quintesson occupation of Cybertron had neutered the ritual of ascending from the Well of All Sparks, to the point where newly born Cybertronians would emerge without names or developed personalities. After a brief but tantalizing glimpse at Cybertron's sun, D-16 was sent to work in the mines underneath Kaon. He took his name from the sector in which he worked, and eventually befriended some of the other nameless workers who had been dealt similar hands by the Quintessons. One Cybertronian in particular served as a sounding board for D-16's earliest sociological musings. From this nameless bot D-16 realized the importance of a proper name. By the time that the Quintessons had been routed from Cybertron, D-16 was already craving more out of life.
During his time off, D-16 became intrigued by the violent duels held between miners. As Cybertron's Golden Age drew to a close, he entered his first gladiator matches. D-16 drew upon the old stories of the Thirteen that the miners told one another, and decided on "Megatronus" as a suitable moniker; hoping that Cybertron's "fallen" society could eventually be restored. Megatronus thrived in the gladiator pits, seeing it as a way to escape the oppression of the caste system. The crowds who regularly watched his gladiator matches soon shortened his name to Megatron. Megatron used his newfound fame to attack the bloated Cybertronian government which kept the miners oppressed, and before long he had carved out a loyal cadre of followers inspired by his rhetoric.
Aligned Novels[]
D-16 named himself after the sector of the mine where he performed demolition operations. Exodus At the end of the Age of Wrath, he was one of the many Cybertronians who Sentinel Prime called to arms, and aided in the war effort that successfully overthrew the cruel Quintesson regime. As time went by, D-16 eventually forgot about this event, as did many other Cybertronians.
At some point after Cybertron's Golden Age, a group of Sharkticons foresaw him as the being who would one day lead them to freedom. They managed to carve an image of him on a cave wall before they were executed. Retribution
D-16 eventually turned to gladiatorial combat to escape from the drudgery of his duties. As a gladiator, in killing others he began to appreciate the value of life, and in between matches he became something of an intellectual, debating the castes with other miners. After bosses requested he lose a few fights, D-16 killed them and took over Kaon and Slaughter City. After murdering one boss in front of his employees, D-16 declared himself Megatronus, whom he considered the greatest of the Thirteen. After hearing his preaching on the Communication Grid against the Guilds of Cybertron, the concerned Sentinel Prime sent Bumper and Fastback to investigate. Megatronus killed them, believing two lives were worthless compared to the millions doomed by the castes Sentinel created.
After a victorious battle with the Insecticons, in which the crowd redubbed him Megatron, the gladiator was contacted by the Iaconian records monitor Orion Pax, and they began exchanging their ideas in intense but friendly philosophical discussions. Megatron encouraged Orion to learn self-defense and invited him to visit Kaon, which he did to a warm welcome from Megatron (and from none of his gladiators). By this point Megatron was planning to call his movement the Decepticons, and he had begun sending his followers on a search for artifacts of the Primes, as their discovery would be signs their cause was just. His followers began bombing Cybertron, and Megatron distanced himself from their extremism to gain credibility. Orion and his mentor Alpha Trion believed him, but the latter was well aware Megatron might have gained a taste for violence after the attention it earned him. Soon enough, Megatron accepted the gift of a kidnapped Sentinel Prime from Starscream.
Alpha Trion organized a hearing for Orion and Megatron with the High Council. They protested involvement in Sentinel's disappearance. When confronted with the phrase "Decepticon", Megatron denied any knowledge of it but accepted his followers' term wholeheartedly, stating deception was necessary sometimes for the corrupt to see the truth. When Halogen revealed Megatron's followers had been trying to locate the Matrix of Leadership, he declared that Orion should become the Prime that he desperately wanted to lead Cybertron into the new Golden Age, and find it. Incensed, Megatron killed Halogen, and when Optimus prevented the Elite Guard from attacking Megatron, the ungrateful gladiator declared Optimus had fallen into the trap of power the High Council had given him. He declared Optimus was no longer his brother (though he would continue to refer to him as such privately), and that the Matrix would be his.
In the subsequent war with Optimus's Autobots, the Decepticons took control of eighty-five percent of the planet. Wherever Starscream's Seekers aided, they were victorious. Megatron was initially merciful to neutrals, but he let Shockwave take control of Tarn and torture Autobot sympathizers there. When the Praxians, a progressive city-state who were disappointed with the direction Megatron took, allied with the Autobots, Megatron decided he would no longer try to convert followers and launched the first genocide of the war, slaughtering all in Nova Cronum who would not submit to the Decepticons as they attacked.
As the war dragged into a siege of Iacon, Soundwave's spying bore fruit as he discovered Dark Energon, the essence of Unicron, was aboard Trypticon. Megatron forgave Starscream for hiding its existence from him, acknowledging its potentially dangerous nature. To ensure loyalty, Megatron's gladiators stormed the Station slaughtering and maiming Starscream's scientists. He forced Starscream to pick two test subjects to be Darkened, and following an astonishingly successful result, Megatron absorbed some, invigorating him. Soon Darkened Decepticons appeared on the battlefield, but it proved to be an inefficient resource and they would have to flee if a battle was prolonged. Megatron needed more, and even Starscream's activation of the Geosynchronous Energon Bridge didn't provide enough. Megatron felt he would kill all the Decepticons before he was deprived of Dark Energon and turn rabid.
Fortunately, Soundwave revealed the existence of the Plasma Energy Chamber within Teletraan-1, which required the Code Keys of Power and Justice to activate it. Starscream recovered the Key of Power, while Megatron and his best soldiers searched for the Key of Justice below the High Council Tower. Sentinel Prime emerged, to Megatron's surprise. Sentinel confronted him about Bumper and Fastback, and the two dueled. Megatron disarmed and sliced open Sentinel, revealing the Key of Justice within. Starscream made a grab for it, exposing that he had released Sentinel to kill Megatron and take leadership for himself. After fighting Starscream to a standstill, Megatron pardoned him as he found him a better soldier than would-be example, and used the Keys to open Teletraan-1: which activated Omega Supreme to fly the Chamber to safety.
The Seekers shot Omega Supreme out of the air, causing him to crash. Optimus's Autobots arrived to fight the Decepticons, but the more they killed them the more Dark Energon left their bodies and empowered Megatron. He was able to knee Omega Supreme and turn him on his back, tearing the Chamber out of his chest. Using the Chamber, Megatron poisoned the core of Cybertron and Darkened the entire planet. But then the core stopped producing Dark Energon, and Megatron learnt Optimus had gone to the core and received the Matrix. As the Autobots attempted to flee Cybertron via the last space bridge, Megatron used Trypticon to fire on their ships, and used his and Orion's old frequency to criticize Optimus for fleeing. He added he never believed in individual freedom for every Cybertronian, only the illusion of freedom that he as leader would provide and that the Guilds did not. Optimus responded that Megatron had turned his soldiers into addicts and they would turn on him, and used the Eight Track to board, sabotage and crash Trypticon.
As the Autobots left on the completed Ark, the Decepticons fully invaded Iacon. Megatron ordered Trypticon to transform into the Nemesis, boarding it with Starscream, Soundwave, Lugnut and other elite soldiers, leaving Shockwave in charge. He used his old frequency once again to warn Optimus that he would hound him through the stars and finally kill him for the Matrix. He explained they were still brothers, as they were bonded for life despite their enmity. Optimus was just glad his hunt would get him off Cybertron. The two ships entered the last space bridge together, and when the Ark emerged, the Nemesis was gone.
The Nemesis eventually emerged from the Space Bridge, close to the lost colony world of Velocitron. The Autobots had already visited the planet and departed, but Megatron's sleeper agent Makeshift had ignited political tensions and sparked a civil war between Override's loyalists and Ransack's cadre of political malcontents. He was directed by Hightail to Ransack. Megatron found Ransack's obsession with speed extremely irritating, but allowed him to pledge his allegiance to the Decepticon cause. Ransack's Decepticons continued their war on Velocitron while the rest of Megatron's forces boarded the Nemesis, tracking the Ark's energy signature.
Megatron's forces tracked the Ark to on the planet Junkion, and began attacking both the Autobots and the native Junkions. Amid the chaos, Megatron reunited with one of his long-lost comrades, the marooned Decepticon Axer. Axer presented his commander with the Requiem Blaster, which he had scavenged from the core of Junkion. Megatron ordered the gun to be attached to the hull of the Nemesis. The mayhem had also awakened the ancient Transformer Cannonspring, who reunited with several other Cybertronians and combined into the mighty Nexus Prime, who held off both the Decepticon advance and the newly arriving Star Seekers. As the planet tore itself apart, Megatron duelled with Optimus Prime, who wielded the Cyber Caliber. Although Optimus Prime gained the upper hand, he suddenly received a vision regarding the AllSpark's location. Prime fell back to the Ark and retreated. Since the Requiem Blaster ran the risk of catastrophically overheating, Megatron ordered his troops to jettison the artifact before it could do so. Megatron ordered his troops to follow the Ark off of Junkion and back into deep space.
At some point during the voyage, Megatron changed his alternate mode to that of a Cybertronian spacecraft.
While searching for the trail of the Ark on the outskirts of the Orion Arm, Megatron ran across the Star Seekers again, who had set a trap for the Decepticons. To take down the Nemesis, the pirates salvaged the abandoned Requiem Blaster and grafted it to their ship. Megatron and the Star Seeker Thundertron dueled while their ships exchanged fire. Megatron eventually managed to gain the upper hand after exploiting the Requiem Blaster's cripplingly high energy intake, and forced Thundertron's forces into a retreat. Megatron reunited with his treacherous subordinate Axer, who claimed to have gleaned knowledge about the Ark's whereabouts during his time spent with the pirates. Megatron considered this, and then sent him to be tortured, just to make sure he was telling the truth.
The Nemesis eventually caught up with the real Ark over the planet Aquatron and opened fire. The Autobots retaliated by deploying Superion, who carved a trail of destruction through the Nemesis's engine bay until the combiner met Megatron. The Decepticon leader attacked Superion, and the two fought. Megatron was able to gain the upper hand and fired his fusion cannon at Superion, blowing the combiner apart and sending his components flying out the ship's hangar.
Before the Autobots could try and ram the Nemesis, the Aquatronian native known only as "the Curator" intervened by cutting power to both ships. The Curator scolded the Cybertronians for bringing their war to a neutral planet, but invited Megatron and his Decepticons to the planet's surface to negotiate a possible peace treaty between the two factions. Once the Autobots and Decepticons both agreed to a temporary ceasefire, the Curator revealed that he was a Quintesson, and that Aquatron was a member of the Quintesson Co-Prosperity Sphere. Megatron decided to play along with his captors until he could find a way to escape. That night, Megatron was visited by the Curator, who promised Megatron his own Decepticon Matrix... if he backstabbed Optimus Prime and destroyed the Autobot leader's own Matrix.
The next morning, Megatron convened with Optimus outside the negotiation hall, only to reveal that he had brought along six Vehicons with him to kill Optimus. The two began fighting, until Skywarp detonated a bomb outside, which caused the Pavilion to start flooding. Optimus switched off his Matrix and helped Megatron to escape, but on the surface they encountered Tyrannicon and his Sharkticon flotilla, who arrested all the Cybertronians present. The defeated Autobots and Decepticons were rounded up into a prison ship headed for the city of Hydratron; Megatron spent most of the voyage loudly and angrily criticizing Optimus Prime's leadership. When the prisoners were transferred to a train, Megatron ran afoul of several Sharkticons, who managed to subdue him long enough for him to be loaded onto the train and shipped to Hydratron's Hall of Justice.
Inside the Quintesson's kangaroo court, Optimus Prime was put on trial for public mayhem, treason, and galactic blasphemy. Optimus Prime's brainwashed troops corroborated the Quintesson prosector's line of inquiry. However, Megatron himself came to Optimus's defense, asserting that the Quintessons did not create the Transformers as they so claimed. The trial had also jogged Megatron's memories; he remembered fighting in the war that routed the aliens from Cybertron and vowed that he'd gladly do it again. The Quintesson judges found them innocent, and so sentenced the two leaders to banishment. Whoever killed the other leader in combat would be allowed to leave Aquatron unmolested. The two leaders battled, unaware that the Quintessons were harvesting the energy they exerted to power a space bridge to Cybertron. When the Quintessons had enough, they dumped both of them into a Pirahnacon pit. Optimus and Megatron managed to escape the Pirahnacons with the help of Optimus's Matrix, and escaped into the subterranean tunnels beneath Hydratron.
The duo eventually encountered the Gamekeeper, who was guarding the carvings that the Sharkticon rebels had created. The Gamekeeper taunted them, and revealed that the Quintessons were staging another invasion of Cybertron as they spoke. Megatron tore out the monster's eyes and eventually killed him. The Decepticon leader was intrigued by the carvings, although Optimus was skeptical of their veracity. The two eventually discovered Xeros, who was manipulating his Sharkticon servants with a decoy Matrix. Believing it to be the Decepciton Matrix he was promised, Megatron grabbed it and shoved it into his chest.
The decoy Matrix turned out to be the Sharkticon Matrix of Leadership, and as it re-forged his body Megatron realized that Aquatron was one of the 200 lost colony planets after all- and a planet that had never been able to overthrow the Quintessons. Now sporting Sharkticon features, Megatron called the Sharkticons to his command and ordered them to devour Xeros. Megatron overpowered Optimus and threw him down a nearby elevator shaft. He then contacted Starscream aboard the stranded Nemesis, and ordered his Decepticons to make room for Sharkticon reinforcements aboard the ship.
Before long, Megatron set off to the bottom of Hydratron, to kill the Curator once and for all. He ran into trouble along the way; the city itself began transforming into a giant jellyfish-like creature, which attempted to devour him. Megatron was ale to break free of its tentacles and swim to the bottom of the lakebed, where Optimus Prime and a Leviacon were already confronting the Curator. Hundreds of Sharkticons swarmed the Curator's fortified command bubble but were unable to break through. The fracas was compounded by the arrival of Tyrannicon, who had come back to Aquatron through the Space Bridge to figure out why his soldiers had rebelled. Megatron, now calling himself "The First of the Many" offered Tyrannicon a place in his new empire, although Tyrannicon refused. Instead, the two battled one another for control of the Matrix, with the Tyrannicon triumphant. Tyrannicon stole the Matrix from Megatron, who collapsed and reverted to his old self. When Optimus managed to destroy the entire underground complex, he also rescued Megatron, and with the Leviacon's help the two leaders returned to the surface, where they reunited with their respective crews.
On their way off the planet, Optimus mused that one day Megatron might understand that the two of them were much stronger as a united force.
Transformers: Prime[]
Pre-War[]
n the waning years of the Golden Age of Cybertron, Megatronus (who named himself after one of the original thirteen Primes) was a gladiator who fought in the Kaon arena. Observing a disparity in freedom among the classes of his race, and that the ruling class was corrupt and all-powerful, Megatron turned rhetorician, trying to effect change. In drawing attention to this inequity, he inspired a Hall of Records clerk named Orion Pax, and the two joined forces to end corruption and bring equality to the masses. One Shall Rise, Part 3 Orion and Megatronus became close allies, almost like brothers.
Megatronus shortened his name to Megatron before he and Orion Pax appeared before the High Council. Megatron threatened the council, promising to overthrow them and instate himself as the next Prime—a declaration of hostility that shocked Orion, and moved him to an impassioned speech in favour of autonomy that successfully swayed the council where Megatron had failed. Jealous, Megatron left the council and Orion behind and assembled his followers—including perennial loyalist Soundwave and scheming second-in-command Starscream — into an army he would name "Decepticons", beginning the war for Cybertron and vowing to find the Matrix of Leadership which was denied to him by the council.
War For Cybertron[]
The war saw Megatron successfully take the city of Kaon, which contained the very arena he fought in as a gladiator, as the Decepticon capital. During a battle at Tyger Pax, Megatron crushed the Autobot Bumblebee's voice box when the scout refused to break under interrogation. Furthermore, Megatron's wartime achievements were not limited to those achieved through might: he also created the deadly cybonic plague which wiped out millions and found a way to weaponize Tox-En which he used to wipe out an entire unit in front of a horrified Bulkhead. It was through similarly poisonous means that Megatron came closest to seizing victory in the war's final stages, infecting the Core of Cybertron itself. In purifying the core, Orion was granted the Matrix Megatron had long-sought, becoming Optimus Prime. After his assassin Skyquake failed to kill Optimus at the Battle of Technahar, Megatron became obsessed with the Autobot leader and decided that destroying him was his right alone. Megatron had his lead scientist Shockwave send an army of Predacons to Earth to lay waste to any Autobot forces on the planet and secure any and all energon deposits.
Eventually, the war left Cybertron in ruin and forced the whole Transformer race to exile into space. Megatron would not leave the planet unguarded and placed a few Insecticon guards in stasis on the planet, should the enemy return. In time, Megatron and his army arrived on Earth, establishing mines to collect the Energon that the planet had been seeded with during the war. He also had some of his best warriors, such as Skyquake to guard deposits not ready to mine. After some early conflicts on the planet, Megatron withdrew to space to search for more troops, leaving Starscream in charge. Searching the void for three years, Megatron found something better than mere warriors: he discovered a new source of Dark Energon, the "blood of Unicron", with which he could reanimate fallen Transformers as an army of the undead.
Darkness Rising, Part 2[]
Returning to Earth and resuming command of the Decepticons, Megatron tested the Dark Energon on the deceased Autobot Cliffjumper, reviving him as a zombie "Terrorcon" that slaughtered several Decepticon Miners, but which posed no threat to Megatron himself. Unfortunately for Megatron, this partial reactivation of Cliffjumper's lifesigns drew Optimus Prime's Autobots to the Decepticons' mining operations. Deciding it was not yet time for a confrontation with Prime, Megatron withdrew aboard the Nemesis and continued to brood over the Dark Energon. Megatron's inability to control the zombie Cliffjumper convinced him that he needed to integrate the Dark Energon into his own body in order to control the undead legions he planned to create.
Darkness Rising, Part 3[]
Thrusting a shard of the material into his spark, he was filled with its power, feeling as though he was connected to Unicron's very thoughts. Requiring a test run for his new power, Megatron headed to the site of an ancient Cybertronian battle on Earth, one full of the remains of fallen warriors, where he was confronted by Optimus and Ratchet. Using Dark Energon to raise the dead Transformers as Terrorcons, Megatron successfully found he had complete control of the undead horde, and send them against the two Autobots.
Darkness Rising, Part 4[]
While Optimus and Ratchet fought their way through the Terrorcons, Megatron flew off before they could reach him, satisfied with his test results and ready put his plan into action — to open a space bridge to Cybertron and use Dark Energon to revive all the dead.
Darkness Rising, Part 5[]
Despite the Autobots' best efforts to damage the Nemesis and prevent the bridge from opening, Megatron succeeded in his plans, and then had his showdown with Optimus Prime atop the bridge itself as he waited for the Terrorcon legions to pass through to Earth. While the two old foes battled, the other Autobots sabotaged the bridge, causing it to explode and destroy both the Terrorcon army and seemingly Megatron himself.
Masters & Students[]
The Autobots were not so lucky, however: the Dark Energon in his spark allowed Megatron to survive the explosion, but just barely. When Starscream found his leader floating in space, he tore the Dark Energon from his body in the hope that he would expire, but was caught in the act by Soundwave's Deployer, Laserbeak, and forced to take Megatron back to the Nemesis, where he was placed in stasis in the sick bay.
Deus Ex Machina[]
Starscream was content to leave Megatron in this state to recover or expire as fate saw fit, but the crew of the Nemesis disagreed, and voted to bring in the Decepticon medic Knock Out to help heal their wounded leader. But the discovery of an Energon Harvester forced them to push off Megatron's recovery.
Speed Metal[]
Even with Knock Out's expertise, it seemed unlikely that Megatron would recover, but his assistant Breakdown gave his body a good buffing nonetheless, and Starscream approved, as it meant their ex-leader would look his best for the memorial service.
Sick Mind[]
When Optimus Prime was infected by cybonic plague, Arcee and Bumblebee boarded the Nemesis to search for an antidote. While they failed to find one in the database, the two Autobots did discover Megatron in stasis, and Bumblebee mind-linked with the Decepticon leader via a cortical psychic patch to try and pluck the cure from his sleeping brain. Bumblebee found himself within Megatron's mind, which took the form of Kaon, where the Decepticon's subconscious was spending its time killing endless visions of Optimus Primes. Unfortunately, Bumblebee's intrusion only caused Megatron to become aware of his situation when he found he was unable to kill Bumblebee. Learning what had befallen Optimus, Megatron initially refused to give up the cure until Bumblebee convinced him that he would gain greater satisfaction from finishing his enemy off with his own two hands. Megatron offered the cure in exchange for Bumblebee's help in escaping his mental prison, but Bumblebee double-crossed him, withdrawing from his mind as soon as the cure was in Autobot hands. At the last moment, Megatron was able to effect his own escape, leaping into Bumblebee's mind along with him.
Out Of His Head[]
Recalling the sliver of Dark Energon Starscream had removed from his body, Megatron took full control of Bumblebee's body a short time later and used the GroundBridge to return to the ancient battlefield where he had raised his original Terrorcons, recovering the Dark Energon shard he had used to do so. He returned to the Autobot base, where he dealt with Ratchet and Raf before again Ground Bridging to the Nemesis and using the Dark Energon to restore his body and return his mind to it. Storming out of the Nemesis to find Starscream, Megatron snatched his subordinate out of the air in the middle of a battle with Optimus Prime and took him back for his punishment.
Shadowzone[]
Despite his treason, Megatron decided not to terminate Starscream, viewing him as no real threat and taking perverse amusement in his repeated failures. Instead, Megatron proceeded to beat Starscream only to near death, then had him placed in the infirmary, occasionally visiting to gloat.
Operation: Breakdown[]
When Breakdown was captured by the humans of MECH, Megatron refuted Starscream's suggestion that they rescue him, announcing that if Breakdown had allowed himself to be captured by those weaker than him, then he deserved whatever he got.
Metal Attraction[]
Breakdown did manage to escape, however, and in his wounded pride, volunteered to recover a polarity gauntlet for Megatron in order to prove his worth. Megatron was disappointed when his minion returned without the gauntlet, but was placated by the revelation that he had instead brought back Airachnid.
Rock Bottom[]
Discovering that Starscream was still attempting to mine energon for his personal use without his knowledge, Megatron determined that the amusement had come to an end. Taking him to the mine in question, Megatron revealed that he had been aware of Starscream's previous transgressions the whole time thanks to Soundwave, and was about to execute his groveling lieutenant when Jack Darby and Arcee walked in. Seeing red at the sight of the Autobot and her pet, Megatron opened fire on them, giving Starscream time to escape, an act that only increased Megatron's rage. Unfortunately, Megatron's carelessness with his shots ultimately brought the mine down on top of them all, with Megatron being completely pinned by rubble. Jack happened upon the Decepticon leader with a mining drill, and Megatron, knowing that the human would not help him, instead urged Jack to finish him off. Jack refused, saying that wasn't what Optimus would do, and left, but the opening he had created allowed Megatron to begin his escape. After finally extricating himself, Megatron came upon Starscream trying to keep a large rock from crushing him. Starscream insisted that he had come to rescue Megatron, and begged the Decepticon leader to spare him, and Megatron acquiesced with a smirk.
Partners[]
Though Megatron allowed Starscream to live and continue as his second-in-command, he was furious to learn from Airachnid that Starscream had kept the location of the Harbinger from him. He ordered Starscream to lead Airachnid to the crash site and retrieve an experimental weapon that was inside. Much to Megatron's fury, Airachnid returned not only without the weapon, but with the news that Starscream had been captured by the Autobots as well.
T.M.I.[]
When a formula for Synthetic Energon was transferred from a Cybertronian data cylinder into the mind of the Autobot Bulkhead, Optimus Prime petitioned Megatron for the return of the cylinder so they could extract the formula, after which they would willingly hand it over. Megatron briefly considered the proposal, but instead sent Knock Out and Breakdown to capture Bulkhead and dared Prime to fight for the cylinder. When his Vehicon troops were defeated, Megatron simply crushed the device and took flight.
Stronger, Faster[]
The synthetic energon formula helped the Autobots counter Megatron's next tactic: causing the Autobots to burn through their energon supplies at an accelerated rate by leading them on wild goose chases. Juiced up on the "SynthEn", Ratchet attacked Megatron and Knock Out while they were surveying an energon mine, and sent the Decepticon leader flying with one punch. Unfortunately for Ratchet, Megatron swiftly recovered and subdued the Autobot medic with ease.
One Shall Fall[]
Convinced by Dark Energon-induced visions that an impending prophecy detailed his own destiny, Megatron stepped up the Decepticons' work in constructing a new space bridge so they could obtain more Dark Energon. When they located the last component they needed, Megatron went in personally, grievously wounding Raf with a blast of Dark Energon on the way and creating an unintended distraction that allowed him to make off with the power source he needed. Soon after, Megatron lured Optimus Prime to a volcano he had seen in his visions, and during their battle, it erupted with Dark Energon, imbuing Megatron with the power he needed to fell Prime.
One Shall Rise, Part 1[]
The intervention of the other Autobots saved Prime's life, but this was of little concern to Megatron, who now had all the Dark Energon he needed and set his miners to work gathering it up. When Soundwave detected a spark-beat coming from within the Earth, Megatron felt it pounding through his brain and realized what his visions had meant: the lifeforce of Unicron himself dwelt within Earth. Leaving Airachnid in command, Megatron flew into the volcano to address Unicron, but did not receive the power he had hoped the chaos-bringer would bestow on him, instead receiving Unicron's displeasure at the fact that Optimus Prime still lived.
One Shall Rise, Part 2[]
Spurned, Megatron instead went to the aid of Optimus and his Autobots, who were under attack from Unicron's stone avatars. He offered Optimus his services — he intended to lead them to Unicron's real form so that Optimus could use the Matrix of Leadership on the Chaos God. While the Autobots returned to base, Megatron kept the giant stone Unicrons busy, and Prime eventually accepted Megatron's offer. On arrival in the Autobot base, Megatron encountered a couple of humans he recognized, Raf and Jack, as well as a new loud one. Megatron was first to step through the Ground Bridge into the Earth's core, and as the Autobots followed, he warned them that Unicron already knew they were there.
One Shall Rise, Part 3[]
Despite the persistent influence of Unicron, Megatron led the Autobots through Unicron's insides, even helping them fight off anti-bots. The Dark Energon he was imbued with allowed him to enter Unicron's spark chamber with Optimus, though at that point Unicron's influence became so great that the Chaos God was able to commandeer his body. After Optimus unleashed the power of the Matrix, apparently extinguishing Unicron's spark, Megatron went to kill Optimus, only to discover his foe had lost his memory and now believed himself to be Orion Pax. Megatron convinced Optimus that the other Autobots were enemies, and the pair returned to the Nemesis, where Megatron introduced "Orion Pax" to his men.
Orion Pax, Part 1[]
Megatron wasted no time in spinning a tale of Autobot warlord Ratchet and the destruction of Cybertron, and put Orion Pax to work decoding data from the Iacon archives for a project of the same name. Though aware that at some point Orion would find out the truth, Megatron made all precautions to make sure that didn't happen before Orion finished his work. Knock Out was ordered to set up Orion's work station a mere few inches away from the Energon storage vault. During Orion's decoding, the archivist noted several references to Starscream as being Megatron's second in command. As part of his deception, Megatron claimed Starscream to be dead, and ordered Soundwave to carefully remove Arcee from the ship with a Ground Bridge. Arachnid offered to destroy the bike bot herself, but Megatron feared that Orion would become weary of their activity's should he bare witness to an Autobot's destruction.
Orion Pax, Part 2[]
Megatron attempted to cover for a surprise visit by Starscream when he managed to sneak aboard the ship. Orion asked why Megatron lied, but the con leader stated that Starscream as "dead" to their cause for joining the Autobots. However, Starscream's visit caused Orion to uncover the truth and find out that he was, in fact, Optimus Prime, the so-called leader of the Autobot "invaders". Soundwave notified Megatron of Orion finding information on Optimus Prime, and Megatron realized that harsher methods would be necessary to complete Project Iacon.
Orion Pax, Part 3[]
Megatron payed Orion a visit to expose Orion's findings. Orion demanded to know the full truth, but Megatron refused, causing Orion to delete his findings. Fortunately, Soundwave had recorded his findings, and the data was saved. Soundwave also informed Megatron of the activity at the space bridge and went there to find that the Autobots had taken control of it, and that one of their traps on Cybertron was activated. Megatron ordered the guards to watch Orion while he went out and threatened to kill the archivist if he had not completed the project. Megatron realized that the Autobots must have been searching for a way to restore Orion to Optimus. Megatron arrived at the space bridge and defeated the trio of Autobots present, and waited for Arcee to return from the open space bridge with the Matrix in her possession. When Orion had overpowered his guards and came to attack Megatron, Orion declared his loyalty to the Autobots, pulled out his blades, and attacked Megatron. The amnesiac Autobot was no match for him. While the Decepticon leader was subsequently kept busy by Arcee, Jack returned the Matrix to Orion, who regained his memory and left with the Autobots, leaving Megatron screaming furiously at his failure.
Operation: Bumblebee, Part 1[]
Following the first of the artifact coordinates left by Orion, Megatron and his men unearthed the Spark Extractor. While Megatron was bringing it back through the Ground Bridge, it was taken from him by Bumblebee. He then ordered Knock Out and Breakdown to retrieve another artifact before Bulkhead and Bumblebee did.
Operation: Bumblebee, Part 2[]
Megatron was pleased when Knock Out returned with a force field generator, quickly demonstrating the object's power with a cannon-blast. Megatron himself joined the mission to get the third artifact, and managed to secure the Forge of Solus Prime by holding a prone Bulkhead hostage. Unfortunately, he discovered that the Forge wouldn't work without the power of a Prime behind it.
Loose Cannons[]
When Dreadwing arrived on Earth, Megatron filled him in on what had happened to his brother Skyquake, but warned him not to seek revenge on his own. When Dreadwing did anyway, Megatron figured that would be the last they saw of him, although he was glad that Dreadwing both survived and learned his lesson.
Crossfire[]
Reminded of Airachnid's past treachery, Megatron tasked Dreadwing with ridding them of her. Dreadwing not only failed, but returned minus Breakdown, much to Megatron's disgust. Megatron responded to Airachnid's later communication by attempting to get rid of her himself. Although she set an Insecticon on him, the mighty Megatron eventually prevailed against it. The fight took all of his strength, and he was subsequently surrounded by Autobots. With Dreadwing's help, he escaped and made Dreadwing his new second-in-command.
Armada[]
Megatron responded to reports of Starscream on the ship and found not one but four Starscreams on the bridge. After attempting to appeal to their treacherous nature, he took advantage of a diversion to offline three of them before the fourth escaped. The diversion turned out to be a mass Insecticon attack, but after a fight, the Insecticons suddenly stopped and announced they were loyal to him. Then the Nemesis crashed.
Flying Mind[]
Megatron got the ship moving again using Dark Energon, but when it exhibited its own intelligence and refused to follow his orders, he tried to shut it down, only to be put into stasis lock. He only awoke when the kids reversed the energon flow.
Tunnel Vision/Triangulation/Toxicity/Triage[]
Megatron then sent Dreadwing to Antarctica to find the relic there Triangulation and then sent Hardshell and three other Insecticons to a volcanic area at the equator, Toxicity before sending Soundwave to find the last relic. He was impressed with the Resonance Blaster Soundwave found, but less so with Dreadwing and Knock Out, the latter of whom returned looking like he'd been run over by a train. After they found a grenade implanted in Laserbeak, Megatron set Soundwave back to work decoding the Iacon database.
Hurt[]
His rage over Hardshell's failure was mollified when the Insecticon claimed to have offlined Bulkhead, but when they later got a call from Wheeljack revealing Bulkhead was still alive, Megatron demanded Hardshell bring him Wheeljack's spark as a substitute. Instead Hardshell's corpse was brought back before him, and Megatron was shocked to learn a human girl was responsible.
The Human Factor[]
After sending Knock Out to investigate Breakdown's signal coming back online, Megatron expressed distaste at the Breakdown/Silas hybrid who was brought to the ship. Nevertheless, he allowed "Cylas" the opportunity to prove himself worthy of a place in the Decepticon ranks by supplying them with a Project Damocles satellite. Though the initial results were promising, he sent Cylas to terminate Raf when the boy's hacking threatened to railroad their plans. When Cylas failed to do so and the satellite was stopped, Megatron called him back, and handed the former MECH commander over to Knock Out for dissection.
Legacy[]
When Soundwave decoded another set of Iacon relic coordinates, Megatron initiated a decoy relic beacon to give them the advantage over the Autobots, and went to fetch the latest relic with a team. Though hoping it would be a Decepticon weapon, Megatron was stunned when it turned out to be the Star Saber. When he was unable to extract the sword, he had the Decepticons chip away a chunk of the mountain to be hauled away by the Nemesis in an effort to ensure it did not fall in Optimus's hands. Unfortunately, the arrival of a new Autobot delayed them long enough that the other Autobots discovered the deception. Optimus quickly managed to get hold of the sword despite Megatron's best efforts, and as the Autobot leader unleashed the sword's power, Megatron was forced to retreat in his ship, noting it was now the Decepticons' darkest hour.
Alpha/Omega[]
Coming up with a new plan to combat the Star Saber, Megatron took Dreadwing through the space bridge to Cybertron, and broke into Liege Maximo's tomb. After having Knock Out graft the Prime's arm onto Megatron, he was finally able to use the Forge of Solus Prime to forge a Dark Star Saber with some of his Dark Energon. Once Soundwave decrypted a new set of coordinates, he got the opportunity to test it on Arcee and Smokescreen when the pair found the first Omega Key, whom he swept aside with ease. With new-found confidence, Megatron challenged Prime to a duel, and though his new sword cleaved right through the Star Saber, Megatron was unable to stop the Autobots from getting away with the Omega Key.
Hard Knocks[]
Gloating of his destruction of the Star Saber, he allowed Knock Out the opportunity to retrieve the next relic. Upon his return with another Omega Key, Megatron was intrigued by the relic, believing it to be part of a larger piece, and put the doctor to work analyzing it. He was less impressed with Dreadwing who returned empty handed from his mission, and asserted that they needed to locate the Autobot base to recover their relics. Then Soundwave decrypted the final part of the Iacon databse, revealing Smokescreen to be relevant to their search.
Inside Job[]
After they extracted the Omega Key from Smokescreen, Megatron had Knock Out perform a cortical psychic patch procedure on the Autobot to learn their purpose. After discovering that all four could be used to revitalize Cybertron, he left Knock Out to find out where the Autobot base was, Megatron went to place the Omega Key in storage. However Smokescreen escaped and snatched it out of his grasp and made off with the other key as well. Though Megatron and his men gave pursuit as the Autobot jumped off their ship, Smokescreen got away. The Decepticon leader told Dreadwing they would need to locate the Autobot base quickly to retrieve the other keys, only to find Starscream on the bridge, with all four of the Omega Keys as a peace offering.
Patch[]
Intending to find what Starscream really planned, Megatron had himself plugged into the rogue Decepticon with a psychic patch. Despite most of Starscream's memories turning out to be incriminating, he was eventually convinced to allow Starscream to rejoin the Decepticon ranks.
Regeneration[]
Megatron attempted to stress to Dreadwing that the Decepticons needed to be united. Unfortunately Dreadwing was more interested in slagging Starscream, and Megatron had to blow a hole through him. Once the location of the Omega Lock was established, Megatron took the Keys to Cybertron to find it. He and his men were attacked by the Autobots, who got away with the Keys while Megatron was otherwise occupied with the spark extractor. With some help from Starscream, Megatron got hold of the Autobots' human friends to use as a bargaining chip to secure the return of the Keys.
Darkest Hour[]
Once he had the Keys back, Megatron had the lock activated and revealed that he intended to use it on both Cybertron and Earth so he'd have two worlds to rule, starting with Earth. Shockingly, this news resulted in Optimus slicing Megatron's sword arm off before destroying the Omega Lock. Though the Autobots escaped, Megatron would have the last laugh, as he knew the location of their base and used the Omega Lock to create a fortress there before Optimus destroyed it. If he could not conquer Cybertron, he could at least conquer Earth. From the Nemesis, he and his men attacked and destroyed the Autobot base as their first act of aggression.
Darkmount, NV[]
As the Decepticons were unable to find any corpses in the rubble, Megatron ordered worldwide surveillance, and even got an opportunity to test his new citadel's fusion cannons on some foolishly attacking humans. After having his original right arm reattached to replace the one Prime severed, Megatron contacted Agent Fowler, claiming to want to co-exist peacefully with humanity. With the continuing failure of Starscream to get any information out of the captive Wheeljack, Megatron sent Knock Out to Cybertron to search for the relics lost during the Omega Lock battle. He was pleased when Knock Out returned with the long lost Shockwave.
Scattered[]
Megatron appointed Shockwave his first lieutenant in charge of science. With failures mounting, including an aborted attempt by Starscream to track down the Autobots by freeing Wheeljack with a tracking device attached, Megatron's anger grew, leading Shockwave to bring to Earth a Predacon he had cloned.
Prey[]
The beast was dispatched, but to Megatron's disappointment it returned empty-handed.
Rebellion[]
Megatron was furious when Starscream scattered their troops in pursuit of phantom Autobot signals, shortly before Darkmount itself was attacked. The Decepticon leader cut short Ultra Magnus's attempt to assault the fusion cannon control room, and ordered the Autobots executed. Before this could be done, Optimus Prime turned up, comprehensively beating up Megatron and throwing him into the fusion cannon power core. Despite his protests, the other Decepticons dragged Megatron back to the Nemesis before the Autobots brought the citadel crashing to the ground.
Chain Of Command[]
When the existing Predacon returned, Megatron ordered Starscream to take command of it. He later dispatched the beast and his first lieutenant to Scotland when a team searching for fossils there failed to report in.
Plus One[]
Megatron was displeased when it turned out Starscream had lost the Apex Armor, and was even less impressed when Starscream caused damage to the communications dish. Knock Out, at least, did not disappoint the Decepticon leader when he returned with another Predacon fossil.
Project Predacon[]
The Decepticons turned their attentions to cloning, with Megatron ordering the creation of more Predacons. After some near-missteps in gathering the fossils required, Megatron hinted Shockwave should restrict himself to working in the laboratory in future.
Thirst[]
Megatron discovered that Knock Out and Starscream had been experimenting with Synthetic Energon and had accidentally created a zombie-like plague. After the situation resulted in Airachnid being freed and the loss of the Insecticons, Megatron gave Knock Out orders to turn all of his experiments over to Shockwave, and reserved a special punishment for Starscream.
Evolution[]
During a visit to Shockwave's off-site laboratory, Megatron was shocked to learn that the Predacon could transform and was intelligent enough to speak. Though Predaking affirmed he was loyal to Megatron, the Decepticon leader suspected that once Predaking discovered that the Predacons were superior to ordinary Decepticons, he would turn against them. The Decepticons quickly realized they'd need to terminate Shockwave's cloning process, and Starscream came up with a plan to pin it on the Autobots which succeeded splendidly. In the aftermath of the explosion, the Decepticons discovered that the Synthetic Energon stored in the lab had created Cybermatter.
Minus One[]
With this discovery in mind, Megatron put Shockwave in charge of perfecting the Synthetic Energon formula, however they quickly realized that the Omega Lock would need to be repaired to allow for its targeted delivery, and that Ratchet would be needed to complete the formula. Megatron told Shockwave he had decided that Earth and Cybertron were two halves of the same coin, and he intended to rule both. As the Autobots continued to interfere in their plans, Megatron had Predaking take part in protecting the Vehicons, though he insisted it be done with the Predacon in beast mode.
Persuasion[]
After the Decepticons captured Ratchet and failed to extract the information they needed via cortical psychic patch, Megatron turned on the charm. Once he showed Ratchet the Omega Lock they'd reconstructed, the Autobot reluctantly agreed to help them.
Synthesis[]
Despite several missteps which he encouraged his men to correct, Megatron was pleased when the Synth-En formula was perfected, and promptly rewarded Ratchet by giving the Autobot to Predaking as a chew toy. Unfortunately Ratchet turned Predaking against him, and Megatron found himself facing the Predacon in combat. With some help from Starscream, Megatron defeated Predaking and expelled him from the ship, however the Decepticons then found their warship under attack from the Autobots.
Deadlock[]
Megatron intercepted Optimus Prime, damaging the Autobot's jet pack, and proceeded to duel with his foe atop the Omega Lock, all the while giving orders to Shockwave to prepare the Lock for firing. When Bumblebee attempted to pass Optimus the Star Saber, Megatron blasted the scout, killing him. He prepared to finish off Optimus as well, but Bumblebee was restored by the Omega Lock and ran Megatron through with the Star Saber. Megatron's lifeless body fell from the Omega Lock and plummeted Earthward.
Predacons Rising[]
Megatron's body lay at the bottom of the ocean until it was revived and restructured by Unicron. Megatron found himself a prisoner in his own body, tortured by his new master and unable to do anything other than observe. Unicron returned to Cybertron, intending to destroy the planet and end Primus. Megatron tricked him into fighting Predaking, reasoning that if their shared body was damaged enough, Unicron would leave it; however, Unicron managed to beat Predaking and raised an army of Predacon Terrorcons with which to attack Cybertron's core. Megatron was only finally freed when Optimus tricked Unicron, drawing the dark god's anti-spark into a suitable container. Though Starscream believed Megatron would once again lead the Decepticons, Megatron had tasted oppression and no longer wished to inflict it, declaring the Decepticon movement dead and flying off.
Transformers Robots In Disguise (2015)[]
Pilot, Part 1[]
Though Megatron was nowhere to be seen, a statue of him was erected on the reborn Cybertron.
More Than Meets The Eye[]
As he had "helped save the universe from Starscream, Megatron, and Dark Energon," Bumblebee refused to be defeated by Bisk.
W.W.O.D.?[]
Fixit once thought a map looked like Megatron's face.
Battlegrounds, Part 2[]
During their battle, Drift mistook Megatronus for Megatron.
Portals[]
Megatron was "light years away" by the time Soundwave managed to escape the Shadowzone.
Freedom Fighters[]
After Cyclonus's Decepticon cell had taken over the High Council, they began making preparations for Megatron's return, either unaware of, or unwilling to believe, the former gladiator renouncing conquest. As the High Council's plans neared completion, they genetically engineered a quartet of Activator Mini-Cons to help free Soundwave from the Shadowzone, with the intent that the communication chief summon Megatron so he could lead the Decepticons back to glory. The Bee Team thwarted Soundwave, however. Upon confronting the High Council, the Decepticons combined into Galvatronus who decided that the Decepticon Empire would be reborn and thriving for whenever Megatron returned.
Non-Cannon[]
Transformers: Prime - The Game[]
Megatron was present when the Decepticons were hauling in an asteroid rich with Dark Energon heading toward Earth. When the Autobots came to stop them, he decided to take matters into his own hands by going toe-to-toe with Optimus again. After they exchanged some wedding vows and got to dancing, the asteroid exploded and interrupted their fight. Megatron managed to survive by flying away, witnessing his enemies fall to Earth. Swiftly, Megatron commanded Starscream to organize a scouting team to retrieve the fallen Autobots.
Megatron was present when Optimus awoke to fight Thunderwing. Megatron commenced an attack on the Autobot with the Nemesis, but once the Autobot escaped, he quickly turned his attention to the giant in the asteroid. After an analysis by Knock Out, Megatron reasoned with the herald of Unicron by promising all of his missing components being returned to him if and only if he swore his undying allegiance to him. As such, Megatron and Starscream arrived at one location to retrieve a component while Dreadwing parted to another. While on their mission, Megatron and Starscream managed to run into their old pals Optimus & Bulkhead. Starscream took his fight to the bulk, leaving Megatron to battle his old foe once again. Megatron was somewhat defeated, but managed to retrieve the component.
Megatron witnessed Starscream attach the component to Thunderwing, and the two were surprised when Thunderwing continued to serve Unicron, even after their deal. Thunderwing attempted to destroy Megatron before making his escape, but he used Starscream as protection. Throwing his commander on the ground like scrap, he pursued Thunderwing only to meet with the Autobots again. Megatron managed to make sport of Arcee, Bumblebee, and Bulkhead, but his third and final battle with Optimus resulted in his ultimate defeat. He vengefully tried to stab Optimus when offered mercy, only to be left open and seemingly destroyed by a blast from the arriving Thunderwing.[1]
Personality[]
During the series, Megatron was scheming, fierce, egotistical, sadistic, and cruel. He was very manipulative and charismatic, as he was able to rally a military of Cybertronians to his cause and gain undying loyalty from several individuals, like Dreadwing and Soundwave. However, this loyalty is not mutual, seeing as Megatron doesn't seem to care for the lives of his Decepticons - as evidenced by his abandonment of Breakdown when the latter was abducted by MECH. This stems from his intense dislike of weakness; according to Megatron, only the strongest can survive. Megatron's main concern was gaining power and he would routinely eliminate anyone who stood in his way, like Silas, Airachnid, and Predaking. He also never turned down a good fight - probably thanks to his time as a gladiator of Kaon.
Megatron, though disgusted by failure and ineptitude, is somewhat tolerant - as proven by his acceptance of Dreadwing's initial desire to punish the Autobots for his brother Skyquake's death - however it is solely to those who showed timeless loyalty to him. He was conjointly extraordinarily prejudiced, believing all life within the galaxy was second to the Cybertronians, notably organic lifeforms such as humans. His only redeeming feature was that he never discriminated against the various sorts of Cybertronians, though he has vowed to destroy his old foe, Optimus Prime, and his Autobot followers at any cost. Megatron's arrogance and pride is so bloated he refuses to allow anybody else to kill Optimus, and any bot who dares interfere will answer to his wrath. These qualities soon led to his own downfall when Bumblebee killed Megatron by stabbing him through the chest with the Star Saber.
When Megatron was possessed by Unicron he originally wished to continue his plans and rule alongside Unicron. However he was quickly dissuaded after Unicron violently put him in his place and claimed total ownership over his corporeal form, his goal shifting from universal domination to simply gaining back his freedom from the chaos bringer. Megatron even found himself rooting for his hated adversaries - the Autobots - during their fight with Unicron, despite being subjected to torture at Unicron's hand. After he was free, Megatron claimed to truly understand the meaning of oppression - having now experienced it himself - and had thus lost all of taste for inflicting it upon others, much to the surprise of Optimus, Starscream, and everyone else present. Megatron declared that the Decepticons were no more before exiling himself to somewhere across the galaxy, which proved he had learned much throughout the ordeal and grown from the experience.[2]
Powers & Abilities[]
- Cybertronian Physiology - As a Cybertronian, Megatron possesses physical capabilities far greater than a human.
- Cybertronian Strength - Megatron is immensely strong, capable of trading blows and even overwhelming the likes of Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Predaking, and Insecticons.
- Cybertronian Durability - Megatron is insanely durable, able to sustain most close and ranged attacks without visible damage - even tanking blows from an enraged Predaking as well as a point-blank Space Bridge explosion and surviving both ordeals.
- Cybertronian Endurance - Megatron is capable of tolerating high levels of both mental and physical pain without the risk of losing consciousness or death, as shown when he endured Unicron's torture.
- Cybertronian Speed - Megatron's Cybertronian jet alternate mode is able to reach hypersonic speeds exceeding that of a standard Earth jet. His mutated jet form was capable of interstellar travel.
- Cybertronian Stamina - Megatron can partake in prolonged periods of taxing physical exertion without any signs of wear.
- Cybertronian Agility - Megatron is surprisingly agile given his size, able to fluidly maneuver about a given battlefield with ease.
- Cybertronian Reflexes - Once a gladiator of Kaon, Megatron's reflexes are nearly flawless; he has been capable of reacting to a Synthetic Energon-enhanced Ratchet and Ultra Magnus's attacks before swiftly countering them.
- Transformation - Like all Cybertronians, Megatron is able to scan an alternate mode and shift to it at will.
- Flight - Megatron's alternate mode - a Cybertronian jet - granted him the ability to fly, but only when in vehicular mode.
- Longevity - Like all Cybertronians, Megaton can naturally live for millions of years and show no sign of aging.
- High Intelligence - Megatron is vastly more intelligent than the average Cybertronian or human, as evidenced by his ability to subtly manipulate those around him without their realizing it.
- Tactical Knowledge - Megatron's strategic mind and battlefield expertise are second-to-none, rivaled only by the ancient wisdom of the Primes possessed by his counterpart, Optimus Prime.
- Charisma - Megatron is shockingly charismatic, demonstrated by his smooth deception of an amnesiac Optimus Prime and later Ratchet.
- Hand-To-Hand Combat - Megatron, due to his days as a gladiator, is adept at close quarters combat even without a weapon, able to finesse even mighty Insecticons.
- Swordsmanship - Megatron is quite skilled with a blade, be it his in-built arm blade or later the Dark Star Saber - he once managed to best Optimus Prime wielding the Star Saber.
- Marksmanship - Megatron is also skilled with a ranged weapon like his arm-mounted fusion cannon, able to land shots at medium and even long range; he was capable of blasting a moving Bumblebee mid-air.
- Dark Energon Usage - After infecting himself with Dark Energon, Megatron gained a host of new powers and enhancements.
- Enhanced Strength - When tapping into Dark Energon, Megatron's strength is increased tenfold, granting him the ability to easily overpower a base Optimus Prime.
- Enhanced Stamina - When tapping into Dark Energon, Megatron's stamina is increased tenfold, allowing him to engage in battle for vastly longer durations without tiring.
- Enhanced Endurance - When tapping into Dark Energon, Megatron's pain tolerance is increased tenfold, making his capable of enduring stronger, more powerful attacks.
- Hive Mind - Megatron is inextricably linked with Unicron's anti-spark, telepathically linking him to both the chaos bringer and his hordes of the undead. In certain cases, Megatron can exert a degree of control over these Terrorcons.
- Ressurrection - Using Dark Energon, Megatron can revive dead and deceased Cybertronians, turning them into slow-moving, mindless killing machines in servitude to him.
Weapons[]
- Arm-Mounted Fusion Cannon - Megatron's primary weapon was his Fusion Cannon, mounted atop his right forearm. The weapon was capable of killing Vehicons with a single blast, and was able to mortally wound Bumblebee. Against larger opponents like Optimus Prime or an Insecticon however, the weapon proved less effective, only able to stagger them. Megatron lost this weapon when his body was reformatted by Unicron.
- In-Built Arm Blade - Though used less frequently, Megatron's possessed a blade built into his right forearm, which could extend and retract at will. The blade was capable of bisecting a Terrorcon Cliffjumper and wounding Optimus Prime. Megatron lost this weapon when his body was reformatted by Unicron.
- The Dark Star Saber - In response to Optimus Prime's obtention of the Star Saber, Megatron used the Forge of Solus Prime to fashion the Dark Star Saber, a blade made from pure Dark Energon. Like its counterpart, the weapon could produce powerful surges of energy which were able to severely damage Optimus Prime and nearly killed Smokescreen. Megatron lost this weapon upon his death at the hands of Bumblebee, dropping it and causing it to plummet into Earth's oceans.
- Dark Energon Constructs - After his reformatting by Unicron, Megatron gained the ability to use various Dark Energon constructs, including cannons, scythes, and javelins. These constructs were potent enough to destroy the Iron Will and blast Optimus Prime out of the sky. Megatron presumably lost this ability after Unicron was expelled from his body.
Relationships[]
Allies[]
- Soundwave
- Shockwave
- Knock Out
- Breakdown
- Dreadwing
- Skyquake
- Hardshell
- Vehicons
- Insecticons
- Terrorcons
- Other Decepticons
Rivals[]
Enemies[]
Toys & Merchandise[]
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Quotes[]
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Gallery[]
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