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NOTE: This article is about the Aligned Continuity incarnation of Megatron, for the other incarnations, go to the disambiguation page.
~ Megatron activating the Omega Lock, using it to revive Cybertron and terraform Earth.
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No one rids me off Optimus Prime but me! Do you understand?! DO YOU?!
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~ Megatron when abusing Starscream for disobeying his command.
Megatron is the main antagonist of the Aligned continuity of the Transformers franchise. He is the tyrannical leader of the Decepticons and the arch-nemesis of Optimus Prime and the Autobots.
He was originally a miner named D-16, who competed in the Gladiatorial Arena in Kaon and named himself after one of the original Thirteen Primes, Megatronus. This got the attention of Iacon data clerk Orion Pax, who supported his cause and gave him the opportunity to address the Cybertronian High Council.
His darker ambitions and lust for power got the better of him, however, and when Orion was named Prime over him, Megatron vowed to take control of Cybertron itself, rendering the world uninhabitable in the process. He would expand his voyage of conquest and war to Earth and continue to battle the Autobots.
During the series, Megatron was scheming, fierce, egotistical, sadistic, and cruel. He was very manipulative and persuasive, as he was ready to rally a military of Cybertronians to his cause and gain loyalty from several individuals, like Dreadwing. Megatron was mainly concerned with gaining power and would eliminate anyone who stood in his way, like Cylas, Airachnid, and Predaking. He also didn't wish to backtrack from a fight probably thanks to his time as a gladiator of Kaon. But he might be somewhat tolerant, as proven by his tolerance of Dreadwing's initial decision to punish his brother Skyquake however 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, notable organics like humans. His only redeeming feature was that he never discriminated against the various sorts of Cybertronians. He conjointly had vowed to destroy his old foe, Optimus Prime, and his Autobot followers at any cost as they continued their war on Earth. His pride is so big he refuses to have anybody else kill Optimus or let Optimus die in any other circumstances, with anyone who dares to interfere will answer to him when shown his brutality towards Starscream.
In Rise of the Dark Spark according to Optimus Prime, Megatron is also afraid of Scraplets when he must contend and exterminate pests.
These qualities soon led to his own downfall when Bumblebee killed Megatron by stabbing him through the chest with the Star Saber. throughout his end, Megatron showed signs of pain and agony.
When Megatron was possessed by Unicron he originally wished to easily continue his plans and rule with Unicron along. Unicron violently informed Megatron that his body now belonged to him and Megatron was just kept as a husk, which Megatron's personality changed a touch and everyone he wanted was freedom from the Chaos Bringer. Megatron, somewhat, rooted for the Autobots during their fight with Unicron despite being condemned to eternal suffering by Unicron as Unicron battled Optimus Prime when the Prime attempted to involve Megatron however Megatron was unable to do to anything.
After he was free, Megatron claimed to possess the ability to truly understood the true meaning of oppression by experiencing it himself and had lost all of his taste for inflicting it on others, to the surprise of Optimus, Starscream, and everyone else due to his suffering by Unicron. Megatron declared that the Decepticons were no more before exiling himself to somewhere within the galaxy, which could prove he had learned through the whole ordeal. Optimus even mentioned that, somewhere deep within, Megatron has the capacity for change.
Powers and Abilities[]
Cybertronian Strength: Megatron is physically one of the strongest Cybertronians, easily able to compete with a Prime. He can easily smash through rock, punch through both Earthly and Cybertronian metal with bare hands and deliver punches powerful enough to send enemies his size flying long distances. He was still stronger than a Synthetic Energon-enhanced Ratchet, easily blocking his second attack while twisting his arm and inflicting a savage wound with a single punch to his abdomen. Faced with his nemesis, Optimus Prime, Megatron has more than once proven that he was as strong or even stronger than Optimus. However, he had a harder time competing with Optimus since the Prime had been physically augmented by Solus Prime's Forge, with their final fight all the way to Optimus' advantage. Against a hulking and enraged Predacon like Predaking, Megatron was able to nearly match his opponent's strength despite remaining at a physical disadvantage. Following his resurrection, Megatron's strength increased tenfold and he was once again able to be a match against an enhanced Optimus, though it was Unicron who controlled his body at the time.
Cybertronian Durability: Megatron's body is made entirely of extremely strong metal armor. Arcee's shots weren't able to damage him, nor did he sustain any serious injuries after being buried in a disused Energon mine. When a synthetic Energon-enhanced Ratchet punched him in the face, Megatron only bled from the mouth but wasn't hugely fazed before easily overpowering the Autobot. Megatron was also unharmed when Predaking hit him with a Vehicon as a mace. However, Megatron's durability has its limits, notably his face which is not as resistant and which could have been damaged by Optimus' wheels during their second fight. The suit was fatally vulnerable to the unpowered Star Saber when Bumblebee impaled Megatron with it. Following the modifications made by Unicron when he resurrected him, Megatron obtained a new body much stronger and more durable than the old one, easily able to withstand Predaking's attacks without any apparent damage.
Cybertronian Physiology: As a Cybertronian, Megatron possesses a robotic physiology, including a blaster cannon on his right arm lined with a retractable blade, and more importantly, an organ called a T-cog that allows him to scan vehicles and assume their shape. His vehicle form is a Cybertronian jet, allowing him to fly in an atmosphere as well as in space. He doesn't need oxygen to breathe.
Master Hand-to-hand Combatant: Once one of Kaon's most fearsome gladiators, Megatron is a fearsome seasoned fighter, capable of single-handedly defeating Team Prime without their leader and rivaling Optimus, having beaten him a few times. Once weary from a previous fight and sneakily caught off guard by Bulkhead, Megatron regained the upper hand and knocked the Autobot back with a single blow. He also beat Ultra Magnus without much difficulty, even calling him inferior to Optimus.
Swordsmanship: Megatron masters blade combat, using his right arm's blade as a melee weapon. He also crafted and uses the Dark Star Saber since its creation for sword fights against Optimus' Star Saber.
Dark Energon: Since he used a fragment of the Dark Energon to revive his spark, Megatron has the permanent ability to telepathically control the Terrocons as well as to sense the presence of Unicron, whose Dark Energon is his blood. The Dark Energon also allows Megatron to fully utilize the powers of the Dark Star Saber he created from Dark Energon. Megatron however is not able to control Terrorcons also infused with Synthetic Energon. He managed to survived twice such as explosion at his Space Bridge and later stabbed by Bumblebee with Optimus' Star Saber. Due to having Dark Energon, Megatron cannot be one with the Allspark and was binded to Unicron's Anti-Spark.
Dark Star Saber: The Dark Star Saber is Megatron's additional sword. It is the dark counterpart of the original Star Saber. It was forged by Megatron by using the hand of a deceased Prime and the Forge of Solus Prime with the ore materials, the huge chunk of Dark Energon. Initially, it is proved to be superior the original Saber when Megatron clashed with Optimus. unlike the Star Saber, the Dark Star Saber is sinister when it doesn't require a Prime to activate its powers. It is a living weapon when it resists Starscream of using its powers for his revenge on his former master, Megatron.
Victims[]
Millions of unnamed Autobots (directly by his hands, indirectly by the Cybonic plague)
Vehicons
Dreadwing
Multiple counts of U.S. Army soldiers (indirectly by Darkmount's weapons)
Insecticons (under Airachnid's control)
Bumblebee (temporary, resurrected)
Skylynx and Darksteel (indirectly through hoarded weapons Starscream used on them)
Explosion from the Space Bridge (revived when he possessed Bumblebee's body)
Stabbed by Bumblebee with the Star Saber (revived by Unicron)
Quotes[]
War For Cybertron[]
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Optimus: Cybertron, our home. For generations it has been a peaceful world. Until pride and a lust for power divided us. Now we fight, enemies who were once our brothers. Our tragic war has ravaged Cybertron.
Megatron: It is a necessary war to return our race to glory! Optimus: The Autobots will never sacrifice freedom. Megatron: The Decepticons will bring this world to order! Optimus: Our defeat will mean the end of everything. Megatron: My victory shall mark a brilliant new beginning! Optimus: One shall stand. Megatron: One shall fall.
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~ Megatron and Optimus' clashing beliefs in the games intro
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I will not be denied.
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~ Megatron's repeated catchphrase when shooting an enemy trooper
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Megatron: Into the tunnels, Decepticons. And try not to get crushed by the trains.
Breakdown: You're joking... right? Megatron: Yes, Breakdown. I am famous for my sparkling sense of humor. NOW GET MOVING. BEFORE I DISMANTLE YOU MYSELF!
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~ Megatron and Breakdown bantering as they invade Iacon
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Megatron: Is that all, Zeta?! A pathetic army of Energon clones?! Is that the best you can do?!
Zeta Prime: HAHAHAHA! You have no idea! Here, I have LIMITLESS POWER!
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~ Megatron facing Zeta Prime for the Omega Key
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Endless clones of Zeta Prime. How nauseating.
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~ Megatron snarking at Zeta Prime using clones to fight him
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Megatron: You think you can destroy me, Omega Supreme?! YOU THINK YOU CAN DESTROY MEGATRON?!?! DO YOUR WORST!
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~ Megatron taunting Omega Supreme
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Yes! YES! The Autobots' most powerful weapon, and the key to the Core of Cybertron ARE MINE! The universe shall hear my name... AND TREMBLE!!!!!
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~ Megatron after he defeats Omega Supreme
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron[]
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'Optimus Prime.' That is what they call you now, isn't it?
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~ Megatron greeting Optimus as he is broguht to him
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This is what you chose, Prime. When you defied me! All of this is your doing!
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~ Megatron to Optimus after captured him
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Charge up the warp cannon. Wipe their precious Ark off the face of Cybertron. No one leaves without my permission!
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~ Megatron's reason for destroying the Ark
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Always defiant to the end, aren't you Prime? At every turn you have thwarted my efforts to save this planet! To return it to it's former glory! No more! This day it all ends Prime! Once and for all.
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~ Megatron ranting to Optimus before Metroplex barges in to the room
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Stop running you fools! Stand and fight!
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~ Megatron's final words before Metroplex crushes him to death
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AAAAAAHHHHHH! Enjoy your brief respite as leader. It will not last. Rawrrr! Rejoice, my Decepticons! Victory is nearly ours! Soundwave, rally Shockwave and the other loyalists. I have a speech of my own to give.
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~ Megatron when Starscream usurped his positions after revived by Soundwave.
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Coronation, Starscream? This is bad comedy.
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~ Megatron when confronting Starscream
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Starscream, your mockery of a reign is over.
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~ Megatron retakes his reign from Starscream
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Optimus: After eons of conflict, I finally see the truth of your words, Megatron.
Megatron: And what might that be, Optimus? Optimus: This universe, no matter how vast, will never be big enough for you and I to coexist!
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~ Optimus and Megatron facing one last time in the Ark
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NO, I WILL NOT BE DENIED!!!
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~ Megatron's last words before he gets sucked into the unstable Space Bridge
Transformers: Prime[]
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Decepticons!!! I have returned.
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~ Megatron's first words in the series as he returns to earth.
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Starscream! Now that I have returned I will issue the commands.
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~ Megatron now taking command over the earth Decepticons.
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That is no longer an Autobot. Just a mindless beast, its only instinct to destroy anything in it's path.
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~ Megatron about a revived Cliffjumper via dark energon.
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Quit groveling and await my command.
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Optimus. Been well? I see you have brought your trusty watch dog.
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Arise, my legion!
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Bravo Optimus. But this is but a prelude. You may wish to save your strength for the main event.
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Ah.. misdirection Optimus. You would've made a fine Decepticon.
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Haha! Optimus Prime! Your Autobot armies are defeated! Bow before your new master.
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So be it.
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The Autobot scout. The punishment for trespassing in my domain is your destruction!!
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How could this be?
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So tell me, scout, who are you?
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If this is my subconcious, WHAT ARE YOU DOING INSIDE MY HEAD???
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Someone, besides myself, is unwell?
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No one rids me of Optimus Prime, but me! Do you understand, do you?!
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~ Megatron tortures Starscream for disobeying his commands.
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Let that be a warning to anyone who dares cross a gladiator of Kaon—be they Decepticon...or Autobot!
Finish these pests! I have my own extermination to perform.
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~ Megatron ordered to his Decepticons to kill the Autobots (Bumblebee and Ratchet) as well as Raf and indirectly speaking about of Starscream.
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Optimus! Hahaha!!! Such irony. But after ages of endless battle, the mighty Optimus Prime is felled by a simple virus from a distant past!?
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And what makes you think I would save the life of my oldest enemy?
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After our deep history together, to not watch the spark end from Optimus' eyes with my very own...
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Well played, scout.
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The chemical formula for the cure you seek. Not that I expect you to know how to read it.
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Once you release me from this prison, you will have the cure.
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You tricked me!
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No! Take me with you... TAKE ME!!!
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I'm out! Or should I say in. Hahaha!!!
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Go on, scout. Obey my will.
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Bumblebee can't hear you anymore!
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Decepticons. Your rightful lord and master has returned.
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Oh, it will be a miracle all right, Starscream, if you survive what I have planned for you!
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My greatest mistake? I've made a few. But there is one I do not intend to make again!
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And how swiftly things change. To think that a short time ago it was you who was standing here while I was lying there. Right after your failed attempt to terminate me. But know this, dear Starscream. Our postions shall never again be reversed.
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If Breakdown allowed himself to be captured by those smaller than him, weaker than him. He deserves whatever fate awaits him.
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Soundwave is quite competent at surveillance, I can assure you. The fact is, Starscream, despite your treachery, I've allowed you to carry on this long because I took a certain delight in following your string of failures. But you've finally become tiresome, predictable...you've hit rock bottom.
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I suppose helping those less fortunate would be completely out of the question. If that is the case you may as well use your drill to finish me. I guarantee you will never have a better opportunity than right now....well what are you waiting for? Think of the glory! Seize the day! Optimus would.
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I will be sure to share the details of our little conversation with Optimus. The day I rip out his spark!
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My second in command is a prisoner of the enemy. Which means all Decepticon intelligence could fall at the fingertips of the Autobots!!
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Did you drop it you one-eyed oaf?
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If a chemical can work for Optimus Prime's lap dog. Imagine what it will do for our troops.
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Why leave matters to fate when one can forge one's own destiny? Ha speaking of fate..
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Your defeat was foreseen here by the ancients. What was it they wrote? The weak shall perish?
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Rivers of your very lifeblood. Rising from the depths to become one with me.
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Megatron, leader of the Decepticons and your very herald the one who wielded the Dark Energon which binds us to awaken you once again. The prophecy has been fulfilled!
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Master. I did not mean to overstep.
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It is rather ironic considering our last encounter. If memory serves, you were desperately trying to extinguish my spark.
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I would expect nothing less. However, I have a proposal. Join me in defeating our shared enemy. Unicron the Chaos Bringer.
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Unicron's lifeblood runs through me. Only I can hear his thoughts, anticipate his movements. Optimus, our past alliance Autobot and Decepticon no longer matter, not while Unicron lives.
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I can lead you directly into Unicron's spark. The very heart of his darkness.
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You can always be relied upon to listen to reason Optimus.
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Make no mistake. He already does.
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Optimus! Swiftly.
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Teamwork hmm.
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Don't you remember old friend.
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Our mortal enemies. We're out numbered. Go! I'll cover you.
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Orion Pax is one of us.
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... And the first to address him as Optimus Prime will have their voice box torn out.
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Another craven Autobot scare tactic. The name was meant to demonize us, instead, we wear it as a badge of honor. For if speaking the truth is deception, then we are gladly guilty.
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~ Megatron explains the meaning behind the Decepticon name.
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Orion, I am sorry about the recent commotion. You weren't in anyway harmed were you?
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You will finish Project: Iacon by the time I return or I will carve out your spark before your very eyes.
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I should have removed more than that scout's voice box when I had the chance!
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Let us see what other long lost treasures we might be reunited with.
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The Decepticon cause is once again indebted to the contributions of Orion Pax.
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Conflicting agendas will only result in Chaos and failure. You would be wise to remember that Dreadwing. You are under my command now and as such you must follow my lead.
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I honed my skills in the pits of Kaon!!!
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Clones! Well played Starscream, if you are even here among your underlings.
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Bring me Starscream's head on a stick and I will reward you as my second in command, all of you.
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A busy day for assassins.
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And together we shall crush Optimus Prime.
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Impossible!!! Trace the problem to its source and fix it!
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Which is the fiercest among you?
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Move quickly and operate with a surgeon's skill. Do you understand me Knock Out?"
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Are you not the fiercest Insecticon?
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Did you retrieve the relic?!?
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How is this possible?? Four relics each within our grasp. And yet only Soundwave has returned with something other than an excuse.
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Perhaps this day is not lost after all.
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Then you owe me a spark. And if it's not the one belonging to Bulkhead, it had better be Wheeljack's!!
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The human factor did indeed tip the scales. In favor of my enemies.
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Who in the pits of Kaon is that??
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At last we take our rightful places, Optimus, as Gods wielding the power of the cosmos.
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Prime's lastest recruit is the final relic of Iacon?
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A pity you are incapable of flight.
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A word of advice: stop thinking aloud.
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No, Starscream. There are only two possible outcomes based upon what I find here in your twisted, little mind. If I do not deem that you are worthy of rejoining the Decepticons, you will perish on this very day.
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I said stand down! That is an order.
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Do not ever make me regret which one of you I spared.
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I bested your little blade once...and I shall do it again!
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Then I will have no choice to open the pods exposing your pets to Cybertron's toxic atmosphere. And then we can all watch as they instantly perish together.
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Now if you please, the Omega Keys. One at a time.
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They can run but they can never again run home.
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Our oppurtunity to revive Cybertron has been lost. Due to the treachery of Optimus Prime!! But with our new fortress of Kaon. We will seize control over this world. Decepticons transform and rise up!!!
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This was the place.
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So, one survived. Take our guest back to the citadel for questioning.
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You do have a way with words Starscream. Make haste and unearth the Autobot corpses.
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Shockwave! This is quite an unexpected turn. I thought you had perished on Cybertron.
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And allow me to clarify the new chain of command. While Starscream will retain authority of military operations, Shockwave shall be my first lieutenant in charge of all scientific endeavors.
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Starscream. You would do well to take a cue from Soundwave on occasion and keep things to yourself.
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Is there no one who could bring me their heads?
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Then by all means. Activate the spacebridge.
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Shockwave. It does my spark good to see you once again tampering with creation.
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Such primal magnificence.
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You left abandoned Decepticon technology fully operational and unsecured?!?!"
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Ultra Magnus. Allow me to venture. You intend to disarm my fusion cannons by disabling their power core?
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Ultra Magnus! You are no Optimus Prime.
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Optimus!!!!!!!!
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What are you doing? No, we will not retreat!!
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They are not the remains of Predacons, Starscream. But rather, the remains of Predacon clones. For you see, our recent Autobot hunter wasn't the first beast super soldier Shockwave ever attempted to breed from prehistoric matter. During the war for Cybertron, I sanctioned the dispatch of a small army of these Preda-clones to earth, to unleash the beasts on unwilling Autobot forces stationed here. Once they accomplish their mission, the surviving Predacons had settle on this very world, for ages to come. Guarding the Energon reserves they had managed to secure, while awaiting my arrival. Of course our reunion was much delayed, and it would seem we lost the beast to the ravages of time.
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Shockwave. I understand you engaged Optimus Prime in the field.
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Excellent. For I am rather impatient, to witness my army of beast trample humankind, underfoot.
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Starscream, assume command of my beast.
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Starscream are you with the beast?
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You have performed well my pet.
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This will be a splendid contribution to the spawning of your Predacon brethren.
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Communications have been down for how long???
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Which is more than I can say for some.
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Please continue Shockwave. No, no one important.
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Come Starscream.
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Resulting in the loss of the Insecticon hive and over half our military troops.
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Well done Shockwave. Knock Out! I'm waiting.
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And I see you have been keeping secrets.
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Yet you are unique. A miracle of science, cloned by Shockwave, recovered from the remains of your body ancestors.
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Your vision... is boundless.
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You pride yourself on your evolution, yet you have learned nothing!
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The Autobots expand their forces, while ours continue to dwindle!
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As A Beast!!!
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Your assistance actually. To help complete a little science project.
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Indeed, and my only mistake was not seeing the extermination through.
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You should of heed my advice and face me as a beast.
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Prepare to join your scout in the Allspark!
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Unicron?
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I do not understand, why am I not one with the AllSpark? Do I yet live?
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Dark Energon.
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Optimus Prime used the Matrix of Leadership to imprison you within the earth's core. So how is it that you speak to me now?
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Primus. So it would seem that Optimus succeed and restored Cybertron, after my demise.
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So... I will live again?
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Superluminal spcae drive. Impressive.
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So we are to rule together? As one.
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But to destroy Primus... is to destroy Cybertron.
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That pest is the very one who robbed me of my spark. And now I possess the power to return the favor.
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But our merciless attack drove the Autobots into submission. They fled for their very sparks.
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Perhaps not destroyed... just damaged enough that our shared form will no longer be of use to you and force you to abandon what remains! For regaining my free will, even over a mangled and inefficient frame, is preferable to enduring awakening life as your slave!
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Who to root for? The lines have certainly blurred.
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Because I now know the true meaning of oppression... and have thus lost my taste for inflicting it.
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Enough! The Decepticons are no more. And that is final!
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~ Megatron now learns his lesson and abandons the Decepticon cause, finally redeeming himself.
Trivia[]
Concept art of Megatron for Transformers: Robots in Disguise.
Megatron's helmet and legs design were derived from the Generation One counterpart. Also, both Megatron also had their fusion cannon attached on their right arm.
The rest of the elements of Megatron's physical appearance are derived from his live-action incarnation, particularly his ability to turn into Cybertronian Jet and demonic-looking visage.
Megatron's version in Transformers: Prime is one of the most appreciated by the fans.
The Ask Megatron segments reveal that Megatron is a fan of My Little Pony.
While he is primarily Optimus Prime's archenemy, he also serves as Bumblebee's archenemy due to destroying his voice box. Bumblebee would ultimately kill Megatron, once revived after Megatron killed him, and comment on how he took his voice.
Ironically, in Transformers: Prime, Megatron's last actions caused his own death and the defeat of the Decepticons: Seeing the Predacon (Predaking) became clever, capable of to transform in mode robot, and he could take over with his future army of Predacons, he decides after talking about his lieutenants (Starscream, Soundwave, Knock Out and Shockwave) to exterminate all Predacons. The only surviving will be Predaking. But later, Ratchet will reveal him the truth after Knock Out has accidentally letting it slip in front of Ratchet, causing Predaking fights Megatron who wins and almost killed him. But the Autobots infiltrate the Nemesis, defeat the last Vehicons, trap Soundwave in the Shadowzone (with the help of humans allies), and Bumblebee kills Megatron with the Star Saber.
Unlike his role as Megatron in the 80s, Frank Welker uses a much more sinister and evil tone of voice to make this incarnation.
Like the G1 counterpart, he seems to typically overlook Starscream's numerous attempts to usurp leadership; however, Megatron explains to Starscream that he never forgave him, rather finds amusement in his attempts since they always fail. Ironically, this reveal compels Starscream to become genuinely loyal to him, which remains the case until Megatron's ultimate self-exile.
Like his IDW counterpart, he is far more sympathetic than his G1 counterpart. The original Megatron was always a criminal who ended the Golden Age of Cybertron by assassinating the Autobot who helped usher it, the benevolent Sentinel Prime, via a cheap shot when the warrior was distracted. Both Prime and IDW's Megatron were miners who were dissatisfied with Cybertron's Dark Age and snapped after being wrongfully imprisoned. Both had well intentioned goals of bringing down the caste system and bring equality for all, but began having a thirst for revenge.
Megatron was at one point planned to appear in Transformers: Robots in Disguise, as concept art of him was made and provided by Jose Lopez.
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