Megatron (character)

Megatron
Megatron
Transformers character
	Cosplayer of Megatron as he appears in The Transformers
Voiced by	English Frank Welker (television series, Transformers: Devastation) ; Garry Chalk (Beast Wars – Golden Disk recording) ; David Kaye (Unicron Trilogy) ; Jason Marnocha (Transformers: Combiner Wars) ; Marc Thompson (Transformers: Cyberverse) ; Rory McCann (Transformers: EarthSpark) ; Brian Tyree Henry (Transformers One); Japanese: Seizō Katō (television series); Wataru Takagi (Beast Wars – Golden Disk recording); Keiji Fujiwara (Q Transformers: Mystery of Convoy); Shigeru Chiba (Cyberverse)(EarthSpark); Hōchū Ōtsuka (War for Cybertron Trilogy);
Information
Affiliation	Decepticon
Japanese name	Megatron, Reverse Convoy/Rebirth Megatron
Sub-group	Action Masters, Go-Bots, Combat Heroes, Voyagers, Basic Beasts
Function	Decepticon Leader, Emperor of Destruction, Decepticon Supreme Commander, Strongest Emperor of Destruction, Dark Emperor of Destruction
Rank	10
Partner	Starscream, Soundwave, Shockwave
Motto	"Peace through tyranny!"; "Everything is fodder."; "Lesser creatures are the playthings of my will." (Classics); "My power is everything; defeat is absurd!" (Galvatron);
Alternate modes	Walther P38 U.N.C.L.E. Special, various tanks, various jets, Nerf N-Strike Maverick REV-6, Porsche, Cybertronian mobile weapon platform, Nissan 370Z, laser cannon (Galvatron)

Megatron is a major character from Transformers. He is the main villain of the franchise, the leader of the Decepticons, and the archenemy of Optimus Prime. He's named after Electronics and Megatons.^[source?]

Creation

Hasbro didn't want him to be called Megatron since they thought the name was scary. The series' writer reminded them he was the villain.^[source?]

History

Television show

In the show The Transformers, Megatron was played by Frank Welker. In The Transformers: The Movie, Megatron was turned into a more powerful robot called Galvatron who was played by Leonard Nimoy.

Comics

In the Marvel Comics version of Transformers and in the animated television show from the 1980s, Megatron killed Sentinel Prime so that he could become dictator of the planet Cybertron and started a civil war which lasted for millions of years. Then Megatron and his followers called The Decepticons went to space and crashed into prehistoric Earth and went to sleep for millions of years but were woken up by a Volcano. Megatron wanted to take over the Earth but his sidekick Starscream wanted to rule the Decepticons instead of him and accidentally woke up their enemies the Autobots who tried to stop Megatron.

The comics later gave Megatron an origin story where he thought the government on Cybertron was corrupt so they had him enslaved and forced to work as a miner. Then Megatron escaped and became a gladiator, overthrew Sentinel Prime, took over as dictator of Cybertron and started a war. Those who supported Megatron were called Decepticons and those who fought for Optimus Prime against Megatron were called Autobots.

Live-action movies

In the movie Transformers, Megatron is played by Hugo Weaving. He starts the war so he can steal the AllSpark, a magic cube that brings technology to life. He crashes into the North Pole in the 1940s and is frozen, later being captured by the government until the Decepticons rescue him in 2007. Megatron then tries to kill Optimus Prime and take over the world, but Sam Witwicky ends up killing Megatron.

References

↑ "Frank Welker Q&A". IGN. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
↑ Bellomo, Mark (May 9, 2007). Transformers: Identification and Price Guide. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications. p. 27. ISBN 9780896894457. Retrieved December 17, 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] "Frank Welker Q&A". IGN. Retrieved 2010-10-12.

[Bellomo-2] Bellomo, Mark (May 9, 2007). Transformers: Identification and Price Guide. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications. p. 27. ISBN 9780896894457. Retrieved December 17, 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}

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