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“ | Decepticons! Transform and rise up! | „ |
~ Megatron's catchphrase. |
“ | Fellow Decepticons, take heed! Your leader, Megatron, still lives! Though we remain dispersed throughout the far reaches of the galaxy, exiled from our true home, we are all still Decepticons, united by a common purpose. The time has come for us to put aside our differences and act as one under my undisputed leadership. Only then can we cast off the shackles of Autobot oppression. Working together, we can raise up our glorious empire once more, and crush all who stand in our way! | „ |
~ Megatron's speech towards the Decepticons. |
Megatron is the main antagonist of the 2007 animated science fiction series Transformers: Animated. He is the ruthless and charismatic leader of the Decepticons after having overthrown their previous leader, Megazarak. Using the rhetoric to free the Decepticons, he rallied up support to initiate the Great War, hunting for the sacred Cybertronian artifact, the Allspark, continuing his search even after the war ended.
Following his betrayal by his second-in-command, Starscream, Megatron went to a 50 year stasis-lock, who after his reawakening, became in conflict with the young Autobot cadet, Optimus Prime, whom he ultimately becomes his archenemy.
He was voiced by Corey Burton, who also voiced Shockwave (who also reprised his role in the same series), Brainiac in the DC Animated Universe as well as his Legion of Super Heroes counterpart, Malware in Ben 10: Omniverse, Megavolt in Let's Get Dangerous!, Dr. N. Gin and Dr. Nefarious Tropy in Crash N. Sane Trilogy and Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fuelled, Count Dooku and Cad Bane in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Zeus in the God of War franchise, Hugo Strange in Batman: Arkham City and the Hatbox Ghost in The Haunted Mansion.
Personality[]
“ | Megatron?! As in the cruel and vicious Decepticon leader, who eats Autobot protoforms for breakfast?! | „ |
~ Bumblebee recognizes how dangerous and fearsome Megatron is. |
Megatron is a ruthlessly charismatic leader. With just sheer power of his words, Megatron can rally entire armies to his command, inspiring undying loyalty from Lugnut and Shockwave. He has a no tolerance policy for treachery. If anyone dares to betray him and the Decepticons, Megatron ruthlessly executes them, as he did with Starscream, multiple times, holding a deep hatred for his treacherous second-in-command as a result. Even then, Megatron is a crafty fellow, he will spare his enemies and his own treacherous underlings for their potential usefulness to him and plays them like fiddles to gain the upper hand. This is one of Megatron's key traits, intelligence. By just the sheer power of his mind, he can menace the entire Earth and Cybertron together by manipulating certain key events behind the scenes even when he is just a disembodied head.
Megatron also speaks often of freeing the Decepticons from Autobot oppression, but in reality, is nothing but clever rhetoric Megatron uses for his quest for power. Megatron values loyalty, but he won't hesitate to sacrifice his own loyal soldiers if it could grant him victory. He is fully aware that he is a power-hungry tyrant and is why making himself the template for the clones of Omega Supreme is a bad idea as they would all turn against him to prove themselves the superior beings. Despite how vile Megatron is, he always remains pragmatic and rarely ever engages in senseless cruelty, believing there is no point to such actions. But if he must, Megatron will do deplorable actions if there is something to gain from it.
Megatron is vile, but he is soft-spoken and polite to allies or enemies, having valued the loyalty of his minions and acknowledges them, but would secretly belittle them. Even as he only refers to the Autobots as "Autobot" and doesn't even bother to learn their names, Megatron is still polite to them in battle. Also, as he threatens Professor Sumdac into serving him, Megatron does respect his enemies whenever they are worthy of it, having found Ultra Magnus to be a worthy rival to fear and call by name. Also, until the very final episode, comes to view Optimus Prime as a worthy enemy and gracefully accepted his presumed demise at his hand, only for Optimus to capture him for imprisonment instead, the latter viewing his death as too easy a punishment for someone as evil as him.
Quotes[]
“ | Now bring me the AllSpark and I may spare your miserable Autobot lives. | „ |
~ Megatron to the Autobots. |
“ | Your fate is sealed now, Autobots. While your elite guard forces are preoccupied with the Decepticon Uprisings at the rims of the galaxy, I will use this space bridge to transport my Decepticons to the heart of Cybertron, and take over the entire space bridge network. From there, it will be a simple matter to transport all Decepticon forces onto a virtually defenseless Cybertron and take over the entire planet. And I have your expert space bridge technician to thank for it. | „ |
~ Megatron nearly moving his forces to Cybertron using the Space Bridges. |
“ | I had them. They should've been destroyed! I cannot remain in this unacceptable operational status. I need a body! Perhaps it is time I reveal a little more of my Cybertronian technology to Professor Sumdac. | „ |
~ Megatron after failing to kill the Autobots again. |
“ | Professor Sumdac: You... you spoke? Megatron: Where... where am I? Professor Sumdac: You're in my lab, in the city of Detroit, on the planet Earth and... it is a long story. Megatron: Since it does not appear that I will be going anywhere soon, I have plenty of time for a long story |
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~ Megatron revealing himself to be alive to Professor Sumdac. |
“ | I designed you, and if you should succeed, I will create an army just like you. Now go. Destroy. Destroy the fossil feeders! | „ |
~ Megatron ordering the Dinobots to kill the Autobots. |
“ | Ah, Starscream. How fitting to have you by my side, as I finally take revenge on the one responsible for my fifty stellar cycles of helplessness and humiliation! | „ |
~ Megatron executes Starscream for his treachery. |
“ | Does anyone else have a problem with my leadership? | „ |
~ Megatron to Blitzwing and Lugnut after killing Starscream. |
“ | Then shut the rest of the building down! Nothing is more important than these upgrades! DO YOU HEAR ME, HUMAN?! NOTHING! | „ |
~ Megatron's villainous breakdown |
“ | I waited 4 million stellar cycles for this. With the power of the AllSpark, I will reclaim Cybertron for all Decepticon kind, but not before I lay waste to the miserable world that held me captive for so long. | „ |
~ Megatron merging with the Allspark and proclaims his intentions to raze the Earth. |
“ | Your work is clever human, but far too superficial. Armor-platting and servo-mechanics, you know nothing of the spark at the core of all Cybertronians. Let's see how you like being crushed under this Achilles' heel. | „ |
~ Megatron recovering from a sabotage by Professor Sumdac. |
“ | Megatron: You appoint yourself protector of the Allspark and yet you have no concept of its true power? Sari: Optimus! Optimus Prime: You want power? Have your fill! |
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~ Megatron overpowering Optimus before his first defeat. |
“ | Comfortable in your chair? It appears Professor that our fates are destined to be intertwined once more. | „ |
~ Megatron holding Professor Sumdac hostage. |
“ | Professor Sumdac: You cannot trick me into helping you this time Megatron. The Autobots will come for me. Megatron: And yet, thus far they have not. Why do you think that is? Could it have something to do with the fact that you resurrected their worst enemy. Right now the only thing that is keeping you alive is your usefulness to me. |
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~ Megatron threatens Sumdac into building his Space Bridge. |
“ | Megatron: Starscream! You're alive? Starscream: What's the matter? You look like you've seen a ghost. Well, maybe you have! Megatron: Is that the best you could do Starscream? And to think you actually believed you could take over as leader of the Decepticons. You couldn't lead a parade. |
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~ Megatron thwarting an attempt on his life by Starscream. |
“ | Megatron: Silence Autobot! As improbable as it may seem by the looks of you, I have it on good authority that you are quite the genius when it comes to Space Bridge technology. Equally impropable is the fact that now I need your help. Bulkhead: Never going to happen, Megatron. Not as long as I have an ounce of Spark left in my chamber! Megatron: Have it your way Autobot. Why don't you show our guest what you picked up at Sumdac Tower. Refuse to cooperate with us, and I will have no choice but to cut off your head and replace it with this HeadMaster unit. Bulkhead: Been there, done that, the answer's still no! Megatron: Oh, so very brave of you. Of course, your suffering will be relatively insignificant compared to what your friends will endure when I destroy them using your body. Starting with Professor Sumdac. Bulkhead: No, you wouldn't! Megatron: Let's test that theory, shall we? |
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~ Megatron threatening Bulkhead to serve him otherwise he will decapitate Bulkhead and use the HeadMaster technology to destroy all his friends. |
“ | Megatron: You have no friends here Autobot, and when I'm finished, you'll have no friends anywhere. Bulkhead: Okay, okay, you win. I'll help... finish your Space Bridge. Megatron: Wise move Autobot. |
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~ Megatron taunting Bulkhead and sees success as Bulkhead accepts Megatron's deal. |
“ | Decepticons, prepare for our conquest of Cybertron. | „ |
~ Megatron making his move against Cybertron |
“ | Attention, all Decepticons. I, Megatron, am increasing the bounty for the traitor, Starscream. Only this time, make sure you get the real Starcream. | „ |
~ Megatron broadcasting when increasing Starscream' bounty. |
“ | Ratchet: Omega, what are you doing? Don't you recognize your old friend! Megatron: The question should be don't you recognize your old enemy? Optimus: Megatron? Megatron: Ah, then you do remember my name. Pity I can't remember yours. How does it feel that the very source of the Autobot victory during the Great War will now deliver your annihilation. |
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~ Megatron hijacking Omega Supreme |
“ | Starscream: Once again, the mighty Megatron has failed. Megatron: Have I? Starscream: Oh, you don't actually expect me to believe you planned that. Megatron: Instilled with my own powerful personality, the clones might try to overthrow me, but not so my most loyal Lieutenenant. Lugnut: Ah. I am honored my lord. Hah, Megatron trusts me the most. Starscream: Ah, but your clones are just sparkless shells without my Allspark fragment to bring them online. Megatron: Who needs your fragment? The ones I found inside Omega Supreme's spark chamber should do just fine. You're no longer of use to me. |
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~ Megatron using Lugnut's undying loyalty to his advantage to prevent the Omega Supreme clones from turning against him. |
“ | Ultra Magnus? Here? No, merely a cheap imitation. Lugnut, order your clones to dispose of these flying Autobot pests. | „ |
~ Megatron seeing Optimus with the Magnus hammer. |
“ | Megatron: Lugnut, this field test has been a complete failure. Order the other clones back to the moon immediately! Lugnut: Forgive me great one, but their flight capabilities are disabled. Megatron:Then destroy the Autobots! Destroy the city! Destroy anything that's not me! |
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~ Megatron ordering the clones of Omega Supreme to destroy Detroit. |
“ | Megatron: You're a persistant little Autobot. Optimus: MY NAME IS OPTIMUS PRIME!! |
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~ Megatron facing off Optimus Prime for the final time. |
“ | Megatron: If I cannot save my clones, at least I will have the satisfaction of destroying you, Optimus Prime! Optimus Prime: So you can remember my name. |
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~ Megatron showcasing his mere respect for Optimus just by uttering his name. |
“ | If I must give up my spark, at least I get to take yours with me. | „ |
~ Megatron attempts to kill Optimus before being blown up himself. |
“ | You have interfered with me for the last time, Optimus Prime! | „ |
~ Megatron making one final attempt to kill Optimus. |
“ | What are you waiting for, Autobot? Finish me. | „ |
~ Megatron to Optimus Prime in his final defeat. |
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Trivia[]
- Unlike several other versions of Megatron, especially the G1 incarnation, the Animated Megatron is extremely intolerant of Starscream's disloyalty and viciously killed him the first time he slipped up, much different from others where he allows many of Starscream's traitorous plans. In other incarnations, he keeps Starscream alive in order to continue abusing him and make him live a life full of torture or in the case of Transformers: Prime, take amusement in observing his failures but Animated Megatron decided that Starscream was a serious threat to him and decided killing him off was a priority for his own safety.
- While the Cyberverse Megatron also attempted to kill his Starscream for betraying him in one instance he survives it however and Megatron likely tolerated previous instances.
External Links[]
- Megatron on the Pure Evil Wiki.
- Megatron on the Magnificent Baddie Wiki.
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