Megatron (RID)


 * Megatron is the leader of the Predacons in the Robots in Disguise continuity family. He later upgrades into Galvatron.



Megatron is the leader of the Predacons. He claims to have decimated numerous planets during his campaign for Predacon supremacy before coming to Earth in search of the megaweapon Fortress Maximus. He appears to have come into conflict with Optimus Prime and his Autobots numerous times before.

Although Megatron is a powerful warrior he typically leaves the fighting to his Predacon lackies, such as Sky-Byte, preferring to stalk around his ship/base the Megastar and berate his underlings when they inevitably fail. Upon his conversion to Galvatron, he is a lot more active and effective.

(In CarRobot each of Gigatron's alternate modes not only have their own voice, but their own personality. Hooray for leaders who're even crazier than G1 Galvatron! )

Japanese name: Gigatron (Megatron), Devil Gigatron (Galvatron)

Robots in Disguise

 * Voice actor: Daniel Riordan (English), Yōichi Kobiyama (Japanese)

Megatron arrives on Earth in search of Fortress Maximus. He abducts Doctor Onishi, an energy expert who has discovered underground energy anomalies that reveal Maximus' initial location. Onishi is kept unconscious and his brain is scanned by psycho-probes; he proves surprisingly resistant to this technique, and Megatron wastes some time tracking down apparent clues that had really just been strong but meaningless memories in Onishi's psyche. For one thing, he REALLY liked vintage trains.

While acquiring and assembling the items necessary in order to locate Fortress Maximus' commanding entity Cerebros, Megatron comes into contact with the Orb of Sigma, an extremely powerful ancient Autobot relic. Exposure to the Orb's energies transforms Megatron into Galvatron. The changes seem to be more than armor-deep: Galvatron proclaims Megatron dead and he himself to be an entirely new person. His new powers include the ability to expand or shrink himself immensely; total immunity to extremes of temperature and pressure; causing volcanic eruptions; paralyzing other Transformers; mentally reprogramming his Decepticon minions; and acting as an energy vampire, in the penultimate episode drawing masses of energy from Fortress Maximus. He is also revealed to have zillions of tiny cyber-bats inside his body, regurgitating them from his mouth and sending them on missions as far away as the other side of the planet. The bats act as roving siphons, draining energy from Transformers, machines, and even humans into themselves and then returning to Galvatron, who swallows them and gains their collective stolen power. When attached to a human, the bats overrule all thoughts and turn their victims into Galvatron's slaves. It makes sense for Galvatron to have such a weapon: the belief in goodness, as practiced by human children, is the single most powerful energy source in the universe.

When Optimus Prime uses the Matrix Blade to destroy Galvatron's lance weapon, the resulting explosion (and apparent release of Galvatron's absorbed energies) is enough to defeat the villain. He is last seen being exiled to the Asteroid Prison Colony, swearing that he will return to seek revenge.

Robots in Disguise

 * Gigatron/Megatron (Ultra, 2000/2001)
 * Japanese ID number: D-001




 * The only new-mold badguy from the Car Robots line, Gigatron has six different configurations: robot, jet, bat, two-headed dragon, giant hand (awesome), and roadster. His hand mode actually has a spring-loaded "gripping" gimmick (oh hell yeah).  He comes with a pair of pressure-launch missile launchers that can double as swords, or be combined to form a single naginata-like weapon.


 * For the Hasbro Robots in Disguise line, Megatron was released using the later "Devil Gigatron" version of the mold, meaning it was capable of transforming into four more forms, though these were never advertised. The blades of his missiles were also rounded off a bit more to comply with safety standards.


 * This mold (the Hasbro version) was also used to make BotCon 2005's Deathsaurus.


 * Devil Gigatron/Galvatron (Ultra, 2000/2001)
 * Japanese ID number: D-013




 * Redecoed into a color scheme more traditionally associated with "dead" in Japan, "Devil Gigatron" was also retooled to allow four more configurations, making him the Transformer with the most official alt-modes in a single body. Aside from the original six configurations, he can now also turn into a mammoth, a hydroplane "transport", a winged griffin, and a one-headed dragon.


 * This version was used for all Hasbro-released incarnations of the mold, and would presumably be used for all future Takara ones too.


 * Megatron Megabolt (Deluxe, 2002)




 * Originally developed for the Beast Machines toy line but shelved, it finally saw release as a Kay-Bee exclusive. Megabolt Megatron transforms into a head (its design based on the Grand Mal) with scuttling spider-leg action, opening jaw for chip-eating action, and a hidden spring-loaded missile launcher in its mouth. In robot mode, the launcher swings over his head, placing a battle mask down over his face.


 * If one removes the toy's spider-legs in head mode, it fits into the head socket to the Fortress Maximus main body.


 * This mold was also used to make Megabolt, and as the guy it was originally supposed to be in Beast Wars Returns as "Megahead Megatron".