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Will anyone else attempt to fill his shoes?
~ Galvatron to the Decepticons after killing Starscream.

Galvatron is a major antagonist in the Transformers franchise. He is usually classified as Megatron's more powerful upgraded form, created by Unicron himself, with a significantly different personality.

At first, he was made to serve Unicron and destroy the Matrix of Leadership, but he rebelled against his master. He regained leadership over the Decepticons and continues to battle the Autobots. In the Transformers Marvel UK comics, Galvatron is depicted as a time traveller from 20 years in the future.

In various post Generation 1 stories, such as Robots in Disguise (2001), the Unicron Trilogy, and the 2014 film Transformers: Age of Extinction, the name Galvatron is given to an upgraded Megatron, albeit with no change in personality or portrayal. In some versions, Galvatron was a separate entity from Megatron such as in the IDW comics and Aligned Continuity.

In the 1986 film, he was voiced by the late Leonard Nimoy, who also played Sentinel Prime in Dark of the Moon. In the cartoon, he was voiced by Frank Welker, who also played his original form Megatron.

Biography[]

Cartoon[]

The Movie[]

After Megatron was severely injured by Optimus Prime and was tossed out of Astrotrain, by Starscream, he and the other badly injured Decepticons were floating in space. As they were floating in space, they eventually came across Unicron. Because of his success in killing Optimus, Megatron was demanded by Unicron to destroy Optimus' Matrix of Leadership, which was passed down to their new leader; Ultra Magnus. In return, Megatron was (reluctantly) offered a new body and new troops to command, along with a ship for transportation, and that Unicron would let him live. Megatron initially declined the offer as he wanted more and did not want to be a servant towards anyone. However, Megatron quickly accepted Unicron's terms after Unicron attempted to kill him. Megatron was then fully repaired with a new body and transformation, and was renamed, Galvatron. Upon acquiring his new henchmen; Scourge, the Sweeps, and Cyclonus, as well as acquiring a new ship, Galvatron was now determined to destroy Ultra Magnus and the Matrix. But first, he departed for Cybertron to reclaim his title of the leader of the Decepticons.

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The End of Starscream (Blu-ray 1080p HD)

Galvatron settles his score with Starscream.

When Galvatron reached the planet, interrupting Starscream's coronation, Starscream was dumbfounded and asked if he was really Megatron. However, Galvatron replied by transforming into a cannon, and shooting a powerful energy beam into Starscream, killing him. After he killed Starscream, all of the Decepticons declared him as their new leader.

Shortly after this, Galvatron witnessed Unicron devouring both of Cybertron's moons. Galvatron cursed Unicron for destroying Cybertron's Moons, stating that they rightfully belonged to him. Unicron responded by torturing Galvatron's mind with a powerful telepathy. After being tortured, Galvatron, along with a few other Decepticons, went to Earth and attacked the Autobots. Galvatron chased the Autobots into space and attempted to destroy their ships. He managed to destroy the ship that contained Hot Rod, Kup, and the Dinobots inside. To prevent the other Autobots from being destroyed by Galvatron, Ultra Magnus used the Emergency Separation. This caused 3/4th of the ship to separate from the main part of the ship. Not suspecting a thing, Galvatron destroyed the lower portion of the ship, believing that both the Autobots and the Matrix were destroyed. But Unicron knew that the Autobots, and the Matrix, were still alive and intact, so he tortured Galvatron with another powerful telepathy for failing.

When Galvatron asked why he was being tortured, Unicron told him that the Autobots are alive and are currently hiding on the Planet of Junk. After getting the information, Galvatron, along with a small army of Decepticons launched an assault on the Autobots while they were repairing their ship. Ultra Magnus attempted to open the Matrix, but it wouldn't open. After being denied the Matrix, Galvatron commanded the Sweeps to kill Ultra Magnus. Upon Magnus' death, Galvatron acquired the Matrix, and decided to use the Matrix to enslave Unicron.

Knowing that Galvatron had betrayed him, Unicron transformed into his robot mode and decided to slowly destroy Cybertron while Galvatron witnessed the destruction. Knowing that Cybertron was about to perish, Galvatron decided to join the fight and attacked Unicron, but was grabbed and eaten. When the Autobots managed to get inside Unicron, Hot Rod got separated from the others and eventually encountered Galvatron.

At first, Galvatron wanted to help the Autobots destroy Unicron, but Unicron tortured Galvatron's mind again and told him to destroy Hot Rod and the Matrix, or Galvatron himself will be destroyed. Hot Rod decided to use speed and stealth to fight Galvatron, but was grabbed and nearly choked to death. Galvatron gloated to Hot Rod about how pitifully easy Autobots died; first Optimus Prime, then Ultra Magnus (though he did not know that Ultra Magnus was repaired and revived), and finally Hot Rod. It seemed that Galvatron was about to kill Hot Rod, but Hot Rod grabbed the Matrix, and was transformed into Rodimus Prime. He was proven to be more than a match for Galvatron and proceeded to throw Galvatron out of Unicron. Rodimus then uses Matrix to eradicate Unicron, finally killed him while Galvatron himself still hurling somewhere to the outer space.

Season 3[]

Now leaderless and forced off Cybertron by the Autobots, the Decepticons retreated to the ruined world of Chaar, where they bickered and fought amongst each other over their limited energon resources. Galvatron's Unicron-created lieutenants, Cyclonus and Scourge, set out to find their leader. Using the information stored in Unicron's memory banks, they traced Galvatron to the planet Thrull. They found him immersed in a pool of lava-like plasma, and rescued him only to discover that the plasma had seeped into Galvatron's head casing and the heat had permanently damaged his "metaprocessor", causing him to go irreversibly insane. Upon regaining his freedom, he thrashed Cyclonus and Scourge and blew up Thrull.

Galvatron led the Decepticons on many adventures against the Autobots throughout 2006, though his insanity would usually lead to each mission ending in failure. During this period, Galvatron was faced with Starscream returned in the form of a ghost. By the time of Webworld, his derangement became so severe, Cyclonus had to trick Galvatron into taking therapy sessions on Torkulon. After nearly murdering an attendant during a word-association session and somehow building a gun in arts and crafts, Galvatron was deemed incurable by conventional methods. The doctors attempted to use living extensions of the planet to give him a lobotomy, but Galvatron broke free and murdered the sentient organic core of Torkulon. After that, he razed the entire planet's civilization, leaving them so broken it would take centuries to rebuild. That being said, from this point onward, Galvatron was slightly more mentally unstable.

In The Burden Hardest to Bear, Galvatron was pleased when Dead End and Wildrider gained the Matrix of Leadership from Rodimus Prime. Galvatron tried to load the Matrix into his particle cannon as a power source, but it summoned the ghosts of departed Autobot leaders. They scared Galvatron into getting rid of the Matrix, but Scourge claimed the Matrix for himself and managed to magnify his power. Scourge used his newfound might to overthrow Galvatron and Cyclonus, temporarily claiming control of the Decepticons. Galvatron and Cyclonus eventually recovered and came to Earth just after Scourge lost the Matrix back to Rodimus. After blasting him, Galvatron soon accepted Scourge back into the Decepticons.

When the Hate Plague began to sweep the universe, Galvatron was able to avoid infection initially, teaming up with the resurrected Optimus Prime in order to recover a protective alloy that would shield the user from the plague's effects. Somewhat ironically, when Galvatron first saw the effects of the Plague at the Morgans' lab, he uttered that the infected Autobots and some of his fellow Decepticons had "all gone mad," and that said lab with the infected Transformers was no place for him. However, he became infected in the process of recovering the alloy, but was eventually cured along with all of the other victims of the plague when Optimus Prime unleashed the power of the Matrix. It also seemed that Galvatron may have actually been cured of his own inherent insanity, as he refused to continue the conflict there and then, he walked towards Prime announcing a temporary ceasefire out of respect to Optimus's power.

The Rebirth[]

A year later in 2007, however, the short truce ended as Galvatron formulated a new plan. Although appearing quite coherent throughout the scheme, it was truly his most insane yet - rejecting notions of conquest, Galvatron now sought the utter destruction of both Cybertron and Earth. To this end, he dispatched his troops to Cybertron, in order to recover the key to the Plasma Energy Chamber. Failing to do so, a plasma energy explosion sent the Autobots — possessing the key — and his Decepticons to the planet Nebulos. While the Cyclonus-led Decepticons sought to reclaim the key and return to Cybertron, he led the main attack force on Cybertron. Victorious on Cybertron, Galvatron had a colossal rocket engine constructed on the planet's surface, which propelled Cybertron into Earth's orbit (for the second time during the Transformers television series). His troops soon returned from Nebulos with the key, but in their absence, they had become binary-bonded to the planet's organic inhabitants as Headmasters and Targetmasters - a union which Galvatron thoroughly objected to, threatening to destroy the Nebulons immediately. However, the Nebulon leader known as Lord Zarak was able to stay Galvatron's hand, as he now possessed the Plasma Energy Chamber key. Galvatron then used the key to open the chamber, releasing the energy with the intent of driving the Earth's sun supernova, destroying both planets. Galvatron and the other Decepticons then attempted to flee inside Scorponok, but a tendril of plasma energy struck the giant craft, sending the Decepticons hurtling off into deep space. Spike Witwicky and the Autobot-allied Nebulons were subsequently able to foil Galvatron's scheme and use the excess solar energy to re-energise Cybertron, restoring its Golden Age, but Galvatron was not finished yet, and vowed for revenge as he began his plans for the future, proclaiming that the Decepticons would build a more powerful planet and use it to rule the galaxy. However, as this was the end of the American cartoon series, Galvatron's future plans never came to light but he still rowed for his revenge. It’s also heavily implied that he was driven more insane by his recent defeat, so much that he became a mindless feral Decepticon afterwards.

The Headmasters[]

In the Japanese sequel to season 3, set a year later in 2011, a side effect of releasing the Matrix's energy to cure the Hate Plague was revealed when the mega-computer Vector Sigma began to destabilize. Seeking to exploit this imbalance, Galvatron attacked Cybertron, his forces now bolstered by the addition of new Headmaster warriors from the planet Master. The arrival of a team of Autobot Headmasters repelled the invasion, but it was then revealed that the Matrix was hidden somewhere on Earth, recharging, and the race began to acquire it and use it to gain control over Vector Sigma. Galvatron saw Soundwave and Blaster duel one another, and was genuinely distraught to see his loyal spymaster perish.

Hot Rod ultimately succeeded in obtaining the Matrix and becoming Rodimus Prime again, and he and Optimus Prime joined forces to defeat Galvatron. Though beaten in battle, Galvatron did at least take solace in the fact that Optimus Prime once again met his end.

After several further schemes involving an electro-magnetic weapon and a metal-warping meteorite, Galvatron set his sights on Cybertonuron, a powerful new alloy being developed by Vector Sigma. The Decepticon Headmaster leader, Scorponok, advocated the destruction of the alloy to prevent the Autobots from obtaining it, but when Galvatron refused to consider the notion, Scorponok took matters into his own hands and had powerful bombs planted in Vector Sigma's chamber. Scorponok told Galvatron what he had done, and the enraged Decepticon leader ran into the chamber to try and stop the explosion, only to be caught in the blast. Cybertron was reduced to a burnt-out husk, and Galvatron was left missing in action.

Galvatron was thought dead for some time, and during his absence, Scorponok proclaimed himself new Decepticon leader, only for Galvatron to turn up alive and well during his coronation.

Galvatron retook command of the Decepticons and began a devious plot, taking the Decepticons on an series of interplanetary raids that saw them steal energy from numerous different worlds. Returning to Earth with a massive stockpile of energon, Galvatron confided to his most trusted warrior, Sixshot, that he intended to use the energon as part of a process that would transform Earth into a new, all-powerful, Unicron-like body for him, dubbed "Grand Galvatron". Additionally, he explained that this process would require only the best components from his most powerful warriors, making it quite clear that he intended to sacrifice Sixshot and the other Decepticons for this insane ambition. Aghast, Sixshot betrayed Galvatron to Scorponok as quickly as possible, leaving the Decepticon leader alone to battle the Autobot Headmasters in Alaska. Thankfully for the Autobots, their double-agent Punch had eavesdropped on Galvatron and Sixshot's conversation, during which Galvatron had revealed that his head was his weakest point. With this information to aid them, the Headmasters entered Head Formation and laid Galvatron low, collapsing an iceberg on top of him and entombing him in ice.

Comics[]

Including both the US and UK Marvel comics, there were at least two different time travelling Galvatrons, the first coming from the future of The Movie, which due to time travel became an alternate future. Aside from the adaptation of the Movie, the original Galvatron exclusively appeared in the Marvel UK comics.

Creation[]

In The Planet Eater, Megatron, critically wounded after his last battle with Optimus Prime, was cast out of Astrotrain on the journey back to Cybertron in 2006. He was found by Unicron and recreated as Galvatron, along with Cyclonus and Scourge. In Judgement Day, Galvatron killed Starscream and reclaimed leadership of the Decepticons. After witnessing Unicron consume one of Cybertron's moons, Galvatron reprimanded Unicron for eating one of his moons, to which Unicron psychically tortured him, and he was ordered to attack Autobot City on Earth.

Target: 2006[]

However, Galvatron instead decided to free himself from Unicron's shackles, by timejumping back twenty years. Galvatron intended to create a device that would be powerful enough to destroy Unicron in 2006. Galvatron brought Cyclonus and Scourge with him, and as an effect of time-travel, displaced the Autobots Prowl, Ratchet, and Optimus. Seeking to ally with his past self, Galvatron travelled to the Decepticon base, and explained himself to Megatron, without mentioning he was his future self. Megatron did not believe him, but failed to best him. Galvatron deposed his past self as Decepticon leader and put the Constructicons to work building a massive laser cannon which he would then hide on Earth and unleash on Unicron when the time was right. However, after hearing that the 1986-era Ultra Magnus would be arriving, Galvatron had to alter his plan.

Capturing the spying Jazz, Galvatron lured the Autobots into a battle which he used to prove his superiority. The Autobots and Megatron briefly formed an alliance to stop the three future Decepticons, and Hot Rod, Blurr and Kup came from the future to help. Present-day Ultra Magnus kept Galvatron occupied as the future Autobots set-up a trap. Galvatron duelled and defeated Ultra Magnus, returning to his laser cannon only for it to be destroyed in a huge explosion. Galvatron emerged from the wreckage to see what he thought was Starscream (but was an unconscious Skywarp in disguise), and in a fit of anger, blew him up. After a second he realised that if he destroyed Starscream in the past, then he couldn't destroy him in the future. Figuring that he was in an alternate past, and he could not affect his future, Galvatron and his troops returned to their proper time.

The Movie[]

Now returned in the 21st century, as seen in Judgement Day, Galvatron and his minions attacked Ultra Magnus's Autobots as they attempted to make their way off-planet. They were waylaid when the Autobot commander triggered a domino effect within an asteroid field to jam the Decepticons' sensors, a trick Galvatron remembered being used against him when he was Megatron. Galvatron caught up to his prey, and began blasting the Autobots' ships. Ultra Magnus tricked Galvatron into believing he had succeeded in destroying his vessel.

In The Final Battle, Galvatron learned that the Autobots had survived, and followed them to Junkion, where he managed to retrieve the Matrix. Galvatron then tried to use it's power against Unicron, but found he was unable to open the talisman. Unicron consumed Galvatron for his treachery, and, within the chaos-bringer's body, Galvatron confronted Hot Rod. During their fight, Hot Rod reclaimed the Matrix and was transformed into Rodimus Prime, then used his new strength to hurl Galvatron through Unicron's hide and into the void of space.

Fallen Angel[]

At the moment of his defeat, however, Galvatron used the time jump device to return to the 20th century, on a more permanent basis. Arriving in 1987, Galvatron crashlanded into Earth like a meteor, damaging his mental state. This caused Galvatron to believe the Cybertron Seven, a group of Autobots who had noticed his arrival, were Rodimus Prime, and easily bested them. After this, Galvatron them faced the Dinobots. However, a group of Shockwave-led Decepticons discovered him, and Shockwave, having discovered how dangerous Galvatron is from Soundwave, ordered them to aid the Autobots. The combined efforts of the Decepticons and the Dinobots, with the remote help of Professor Morris, managed to be a match for him. Galvatron retreated, not wishing to harm the Decepticons, who he wished to command.

Mount Verona[]

Still somewhat insane, in Burning Sky, Galvatron constructed a a Power siphon that would enable him to absorb the energy of the Mount Verona volcano, making him as powerful as a god. As the siphon began its work, Ultra Magnus crossed paths with Galvatron once more. Though Magnus managed to momentarily beat down Galvatron, he defeated Magnus once again. Galvatron dragged him to his power siphon, and gloated about his scheme.

In Hunters, Galvatron prepared to throw Ultra Magnus into the volcano, when he was attacked by Rodimus Prime, Kup, and Blurr, who had travelled back from Galvatron's era to disrupt his plans. Galvatron knocked out Kup and Blurr, but as he readied to square off against Rodimus, Death's Head, who had also travelled from the future, joined the fray. Rodimus and the bounty hunter bickered over who would be taking down Galvatron, a debate the latter had no patience for. After forcing Death's Head to retreat, Galvatron and Rodimus duelled, and Ultra Magnus helped damage Galvatron's power siphon, allowing the Autobots to escape.

After Galvatron finished repairs, in Fire on High, Goldbug and Wreck Gar, along with Kup and Blurr, attacked him. Easily thwarting the 21st century Autobots, Galvatron was distracted by Ultra Magnus, while Wreck-Gar and Rodimus snatched up the time jump device and began modifying it to send them all back to the future. After throwing Magnus into the volcano, Galvatron realised the Autobots plan and fought Rodimus. He was electrocuted when Rodimus blasted a nearby power cable. However Galvatron recovered, and savagely beat his old enemy. Death's Head, wishing to be paid by Rodimus, fought Galvatron, unwittingly giving the Autobots the time they needed. The device was triggered, and all the 21st century Transformers were returned to the future, aside from Galvatron, having modified it to stay behind.

In Vicious Circle, Goldbug was left to face Galvatron, as Ultra Magnus, having escaped the Volcano, believed he could not defeat him. Goldbug was quickly overpowered but before Galvatron could deliver the killing blow, the reenergised Ultra Magnus arrived. During the course of the battle, the maddened Galvatron ripped a piece of the siphon’s control equipment loose. This resulted in the siphon losing control of the volcano’s eruption. Galvatron, too crazed to notice the danger, was entombed along with Ultra Magnus within the crater.

Rivalry with Shockwave[]

In Ladies' Night, Galvatron was discovered encased in lava inside the volcano alongside Ultra Magnus. On learning this, Shockwave sent Soundwave and the Combaticons to destroy the volcano, continuing to see Galvatron as a threat. They were stopped by the Throttlebots, and an explosion during the encounter led to Galvatron breaking free.

In Enemy Action, Galvatron headed for the new undersea base that Shockwave had set up. Seeing him approach, Shockwave sent the Seacons to attack him but Galvatron easily defeated them. Shockwave assembled a group inside the base to fight Galvatron, but Galvatron told them that he had not been attacking but approaching them as an ally: However, now Shockwave had attacked him, he saw them as an enemy. This, in fact, had been Galvatron's plan, to turn Shockwave's troops against him. As he left, he encountered both the Firecons, sent by the Decepticons on Cybertron to propose an alliance, and the Sparkabots, sent to keep an eye on him, but dismissed both as below his interest.

The result of Galvatron's manipulation was that, in Salvage, Shockwave retrieved Megatron to use as a weapon against him. Galvatron discovered the Sparkabots and the now-also-revived Ultra Magnus attempting to intervene and confronted them. After he had done serious damage to the Sparkabots, Ultra Magnus was galvanised into action and gave Galvatron a beating. Galvatron sloped away, humiliated but having delayed them long enough for Megatron to be brought back online.

In Wrecking Havoc, Galvatron was reunited with Cyclonus and Scourge, who had also been transported back in time. However, they had no interest in serving him again, instead believing he had the trigger device and wanting to use it to return to their own time. Their confrontation was broken up by the arrival of the Autobot Wreckers, who were horrified to realise they had arrived in the middle of a human city. As the battle threatened human lives, Springer prioritised luring Cyclonus and Scourge away. The other Wreckers went to assist him, allowing Galvatron to escape.

Time Wars[]

Galvatron finally encountered Megatron in Altered Images and found he had been brainwashed by Shockwave into fighting him. As the two fought, Galvatron told Megatron of how he had finally destroyed Starscream. The news amused Megatron, causing his old personality to reassert itself, and the pair teamed up.

By Time Wars, they had been joined by Scourge and also recruited Ravage. The Wreckers teamed up with the Decepticon Mayhem Squad to launch an assault on their base but were no match for both Galvatron and Megatron, who proceeded to massacre their opponents. However, events were more serious than Galvatron realised: The continued presence of himself, Scourge and the now dead Cyclonus in the past had disrupted the fabric of time and created a time rift. Rodimus Prime arrived on the scene with a combined army of Autobots and Decepticons from both time periods to try and take him down. Galvatron became more insane and enraged by the moment, managing to take down such heavyweights as Fortress Maximus, Grimlock and Scorponok until only Kup, Blurr and Arcee were left backing Rodimus Prime up. Optimus Prime, observing events from limbo, managed to cross back to the real world and fought Galvatron, who seemed to be gaining the upper hand. However, the delay caused the time rift to grow even larger and swallow Galvatron whole, tearing him apart. The sacrifice of Scourge and Cyclonus as well was enough to seal it.

Aspects of Evil[]

However, these events caused the timeline to reset. As revealed in Aspects of Evil, on returning to the future Rodimus Prime and the others found a new timeline where Galvatron had never travelled back in time and had remained in command of the Decepticons. He led an assault on an Autobot outpost and massacred the occupants, including Blurr, in order to provoke Rodimus Prime into attacking him. He hoped that by causing Rodimus to give into his dark impulses, he would release Unicron, imprisoned inside the Creation Matrix. Rodimus managed to come to his senses in time and break off the attack.

The fate of this Galvatron is unknown, but as revealed in The Void he managed to force the surviving Autobots off Cybertron. As seen in Aspects of Evil, he did eventually succeed in bringing about Unicron's release although the Chaos Bringer was ultimately contained again.

Galvatron II[]

Main article: Galvatron II

Transformers Armada[]

Backstory[]

According to the Ask Vector Prime Facebook page, this version of Galvatron was created from a Megatron by Unicron, along with his own Cyclonus and Scourge. They helped destroy their home reality and several more, before Cyclonus was decapitated by a Megatron attempting to defend his home universe. The Bludgeon of this reality joined the Heralds, and they were eventually joined by Dirge and Thunderwing.

Worlds Collide[]

Galvatron and his four fellow heralds travelled into the Dreamwave Armada universe to prepare the way for Unicron. While the others defeated the Decepticon forces on Cybertron and took control of the space bridge Nexus, Galvatron was headed to Earth to track down Over-Run, a Mini-Con refugee from a Cybertron that Unicron had consumed, as Over-Run carried the Mini-Con Matrix, which contained the essence of the Mini-Cons from his reality, so was a possible threat. When Galvatron arrived in San Francisco, he was distracted by several Transformers, including Starscream, Hot Shot, and Thrust, but easily defeated them. However, they managed to distract him long enough for Over-Run to escape.

When the Megatron of this reality launched his attack on the Autobots on Earth, Galvatron arrived to destroy him, declaring that he had killed "many" Megatrons in other realities. Despite his putting up a struggle, Megatron was pummelled within an inch of his life, but before Galvatron could finish him off, the Air Defense Mini-Con Team intervened, forming the Star Saber. This allowed Megatron to overwhelm and eventually destroy Galvatron, hacking his corpse to pieces.

Quotes[]

Cartoon

I will rip open Ultra Magnus, and every other Autobot until the Matrix has been destroyed. To Cybertron!
~ Galvatron's first words.
Coronation, Starscream? This is bad comedy!
~ Galvatron to Starscream, who is being crowned as the new leader of the Decepticons in a coronation.
HERE'S A HINT!
~ Galvatron as he transforms into a cannon to destroy Starscream.
I, Galvatron, shall crush you just as Megatron crushed Prime!
~ Galvatron to the Autobots.
First, Prime. Then, Ultra Magnus. And now, YOU! It's a pity you Autobots die so easily, or I might have a sense of satisfaction!
~ Galvatron suffocating Hot Rod.
Before a society can move forward, all must agree on the rules. Now kneel!
~ Galvatron
Never, Quintesson! This world is ours. Optimus Prime SHALL DIE AGAIN!
~ A Hate Plague-infected Galvatron to a Quintesson begging for mercy, as he prepares to kill Optimus Prime again.

Comics

Does your pathetic Autobot Code demand sacrifices? Must I destroy you to stop you?
~ Galvatron when fighting Ultra Magnus.
FOOL! Have you learnt so little from our previous battles? I am power incarnate! I can not be stopped...And I cannot be destroyed! Sadly the same...cannot be said of you!
~ Galvatron
N-nuh-no! NO! I defy you! I... AM... GALVATRON!
~ Galvatron facing the time rift
For all their supposed omnipotence, even gods can be conned!
~ Galvatron II, on manipulating Primus.

Trivia[]

  • Galvatron was voiced by the late Leonard Nimoy in the Transformers: The Movie, and by Frank Welker in the third season of the animated series Transformers: Generation 1. Apparently, despite the movie being set before the show's third season, the later began production before the motion picture was finished. By the time Nimoy was cast, Welker already recorded the voice of Galvatron for the first episode arc Five Faces of Darkness. This explain why Galvatron's voice and personality are completely different from the movie. Later, the author added an out-of-universe explanation saying that Galvatron suffered from brain damage after his defeat at the end of the first movie.
    • Frank Welker also provided the voice of Galvatron in Transformers: Age of Extinction albeit with a much different voice akin to his portrayal of Megatron in the Transformers Prime animated series.
  • While Target 2006 doesn't specify at when precisely during The Transformers: The Movie Galvatron, Cyclonus, and Scourge travel back in time. However, it's mentioned Unicron has tortured Galvatron at least once, and Hot Rod, Kup and Blurr are still on Earth when they go back in time. Many, including the TFWiki, place it before Galvatron's attack on Autobot City.
  • Given that Galvatron treats the Straxus-created Megatron clone as his future self, and remembers events from his perspective, it is possible that he was created from the clone of Megatron, rather than the original Megatron.
    • Given that the clone was created due to the events of the Prey arc, when Straxus made his first attempt to possess Megatron, which only happened due to the events of Target 2006, it is very possible that during the events of the Movie, Galvatron was created from the one and only Megatron. Due to the consequences of his trip through time, Galvatron unknowingly rewrites his own history so that the Megatron clone took the place of the original, and became Galvatron.
  • In Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon) and throughout the Unicron Trilogy, "Galvatron" is voiced by the same actors who voiced Megatron, Daniel Riordan and David Kaye respectfully. This is because the Galvatron in both these series is Megatron having taken on a different name.
    • This was so that Hasbro could not lose the trademark on the Galvatron name.
  • The G1 Galvatron who appeared as a Herald of Unicron in Dreamwave's Armada comics, was included due to being a favourite of Simon Furman's, who wrote both the Armada comic, and Galvatron's appearances in the Marvel comics.
    • Despite the comic being set in a version of the Unicron Trilogy, the concept for the Heralds is that they were from numerous different G1 universes that were consumed by Unicron, and were recruited by him.
  • Megatron in the second live action Transformers film was originally going to be named Galvatron after his resurrection. He kept his original name, however, to avoid any confusion.
    • However, he was eventually named Galvatron in the fourth movie, as he eventually gained a powerful new body thanks to the humans who used his spark to make an artificial transformer that they called Galvatron, effectively reviving/evolving him in process much like Unicron did to Megatron in other versions.
    • Unused concept art of Galvatron in Dark of the Moon was created by Massive Black artist Bruno 'Nox' Gore. It is unknown if he was intended to be an upgrade of Megatron, or a separate character.
  • Most incarnations of Galvatron are either silvery white and purple with some exceptions. His design may be a reference to Megatron's original design or Galvatron's original color scheme in the first toyline release (see first picture above).
    • In the original G1 Transformers cartoon, however, Galvatron was intended to be depicted as silvery white and purple instead of being purple but was altered to match the same color scheme as his henchmen Cyclonus and Scourge, particularly to show he was a reformatted servant of Unicron. This colour scheme of his is still used in some of the comic adaptations, as well as his later incarnations. It is also possible his color altering in the G1 cartoon may have to do something with Megatron's original ability to transform into a pistol gun.
  • In the video games, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, one of R.O.B.'s alternate costumes is based on Armada Galvatron's color scheme.

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Megatron | Starscream | Soundwave | Shockwave | Bludgeon | Onslaught | Swindle | Blast Off | Stranglehold | Octopunch | Smokescreen
Cybertronian Empire
Liege Maximo | Jhiaxus | Rook | Mindset
Others
Swarm

Robots in Disguise
Predacons
Megatron | Sky-Byte | Slapper | Gas Skunk | Dark Scream
Decepticons
Scourge | Mega-Octane | Ro-Tor | Armorhide | Rollbar | Movor | Ruination

Shattered Glass
Optimus Prime (IDW 2021) | Goldbug (IDW 2021) | Rodimus (IDW 2021) | Ratchet | Ironhide | Jazz | Grimlock | Blurr | Ricochet | Drench | Sunstreaker | Sideswipe | Ultra Magnus (IDW 2021) | Slicer | Blaster

Ask Vector Prime
Sideways

Prime Wars Trilogy
Starscream | Overlord | Megatronus Prime | Unicron (Rodimus Cron)

Crossovers
Megatron (Transformers/Back to the Future | Transformers vs. The Terminator)

See Also
Beast Wars Villains | Shattered Glass Villains | Transformers Animated Villains | Transformers Cyberverse Villains | Transformers EarthSpark Villains Transformers Film Series Villains | Transformers G1 Villains | Transformers G1 Anime Villains | Transformers One Villains | Transformers: Prime Villains | Transformers Reboot Films Villains | Unicron Trilogy Villains | War For Cybertron Trilogy Villains

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Decepticons
Megatron/Galvatron | Soundwave | Shockwave | Reflector | Blitzwing | Astrotrain | Straxus | Cyclonus | Scourge | Sweeps | Octane | Trypticon | "Megatron" | Runabout & Runamuck | Megadeath
Seekers: Starscream | Thundercracker | Skywarp | Acid Storm | Sunstorm | Thrust | Dirge | Ramjet
Mini-Cassettes: Laserbeak | Ratbat | Frenzy | Rumble | Ravage | Buzzsaw | Slugfest | Overkill
Insecticons: Shrapnel | Bombshell | Kickback
Constructicons: Scrapper | Long Haul | Bonecrusher | Mixmaster | Scavenger | Hook | Devastator
Stunticons: Motormaster | Breakdown | Drag Strip | Wildrider | Dead End | Menasor
Combaticons: Onslaught | Brawl | Vortex | Swindle | Blast Off | Bruticus
Predacons: Razorclaw | Rampage | Divebomb | Tantrum | Headstrong | Predaking
Terrorcons: Hun-Gurr | Blot | Cutthroat | Rippersnapper | Sinnertwin | Abominus
Headmasters: Scorponok | Weirdwolf | Skullcruncher | Mindwipe | Apeface | Snapdragon | Fangry | Horri-Bull | Squeezeplay
Targetmasters: Misfire | Triggerhappy | Slugslinger | Spinister | Needlenose | Quake
Seacons: Snap Trap | Tentakil | Nautilator | Skalor | Seawing | Overbite
Firecons: Cindersaur | Flamefeather | Sparkstalker
Pretenders: Skullgrin | Bomb-Burst | Submarauder | Iguanus | Finback | Bugly | Carnivac | Snarler | Stranglehold | Octopunch | Thunderwing | Icepick
Duocons: Flywheels | Battletrap
Powermasters: Dreadwind | Darkwing | Doubledealer
Triggercons: Ruckus | Windsweeper | Crankcase
Micromasters: Whisper | Storm Cloud | Tailwind | Nightflight | Blackjack | Detour | Hyperdrive
Action Masters: Krok

Hive
Lord Zarak | Vorath | Grax | Monzo | Spasma | Krunk | Aimless | Blowpipe | Caliburst

Others
Unicron | Quintessons (Imperial Magistrates) | Megatronus Prime | Doctor Arkeville | King Nergill | Nightbird | Shawn Berger | Jero | Lord Gyconi | Lord Chumley | Kremzeek | Ali | Old Snake | Victor Drath | Primacron | Tornedron | Dweller | Mark Morgan | Gregory Swofford | Circuit Breaker | The Mechanic | Scraplets | Flame | Mecannibals | Machines (TORQ III)

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