Galvatron II


 * Galvatron II is a Decepticon from an alternate future of the Generation 1 continuity family.



When Megatron was defeated, betrayed, and cast helplessly adrift in deep space, Unicron reshaped his remains into Galvatron. In one possible timeline, the Chaos-Bringer succeeded in consuming Cybertron and granted his faithful herald freedom and the rule of Earth. But Galvatron has found, to his great chagrin, that his servitude would not end there. A Unicron in the past reached through time and plucked this Galvatron away from his triumphant reward, forcing him to repeat his old mission. Rebellious and scheming, his mind slowly being eaten by madness, this "Galvatron II" is a rogue danger to all.

"Hah! For all their supposed omnipotence, even gods can be conned!"

- Galvatron

Marvel Generation 1 comics


In the year 2005, Megatron fell in battle against Optimus Prime and was cast into space by Starscream. His mind still functioned, but barely. Wracked by madness, he welcomed oblivion, but that relief was denied him by Unicron. Desiring a flawless servant, Unicron re-created Megatron into the cold and clinical Galvatron. But the remnants of Megatron's insanity remained, eating away at Galvatron's precision.

This did not prevent Unicron from achieving his goal, however. Cybertron was destroyed, and Unicron freed Galvatron to do with Earth as he pleased. By the year 2009, the Decepticons had conquered the Americas, but Galvatron's madness had grown. He rescued Cyclonus from an Autobot attack and then immediately destroyed him for having needed to be rescued at all. He also continued to "kill" a long-dead Rodimus Prime, whose remains he'd strung up on what was left of the World Trade Center. He knew that the humans in the other hemisphere were planning a nuclear strike, but he welcomed it, believing his own continental force-field could absorb the energy of the attack. Other Decepticons were not so confident.

On the eve of the attack, a small team of Autobots and humans struck at Galvatron's headquarters in New York, hoping to send a message to the world that there was still an active resistance movement in North America. Galvatron might have been able to foil their plan by shooting Spike Witwicky as he climbed a tower to unfurl a flag, but destiny intervened. As Galvatron was taking aim, Hook, Line, and Sinker suddenly materialized and subdued him, then whisked him away. They took him back to their own time, the year 1991. There, Unicron was planning an imminent attack on Cybertron, and, as per his modus operandi, he wanted a herald. However, in an unusual move, he had decided to pluck one from a "possible future." Galvatron was understandably angry at being forced back into servitude, but he acquiesced when reminded of Unicron's capacity to torture him.

Unicron sent Galvatron to attack Cybertron, and there Galvatron soon began to work against him. He followed Emirate Xaaron beneath Cybertron's surface, believing the Autobot knew a way to defeat Unicron. He ambushed Xaaron and explained his situation, then braced for Unicron's torture. When the pain did not come, Galvatron took it as proof that being inside the body of Primus made him invisible to the Chaos-Bringer. Xaaron told him the legend that all the Transformers, united together, could defeat Unicron even without the Matrix of Leadership. Galvatron decided the only way to achieve that would be to awaken Primus, so he and Xaaron went to the chamber deep within the planet where Primus' head rested. Meanwhile, Unicron, indeed blind to Galvatron's whereabouts, sent Hook, Line, and Sinker to find him and bring him back. The trio tracked him to the chamber, where Xaaron was attempting to contact Primus psychically. Galvatron immediately attacked Unicron's servants, destroying two of them before Hook gained the upper hand (so to speak). But Hook spontaneously combusted as Primus entered Xaaron's body. Galvatron beseeched Primus to gather the Transformers before Unicron arrived, and Primus, seeing that his supplicant was a Decepticon, believed that the time was right for unity. He teleported the Earthbound Transformers to Cybertron, and Galvatron reveled in his own ability to "con" a god.

Unicron's arrival came quickly, and as he lay siege to Cybertron, the Transformers scattered helplessly. Galvatron, seeking to set an example, powered up his weapon with energy from Cybertron itself, then attacked Unicron with a single, mighty blast. Unicron swatted him aside, and he would not be seen again for the course of the battle. But he had succeeded in inspiring the other Transformers to unite against their planet-eating enemy.

During the battle, the Ark arrived with Autobot reinforcements, but it was abandoned by the time Unicron was destroyed. Starscream and Shockwave commandeered the ship, unaware that Galvatron had snuck on board. They were also unaware that Megatron was in a stasis tube in the ship's medical facility, and that he had been mistakenly re-energized with Nucleon. Galvatron encountered the disoriented Megatron wandering down a hallway, and all of Galvatron's repressed insanity erupted. Galvatron very nearly destroyed Megatron, fueled by a desire to excise the madness from his own mind, but he stopped himself for fear of disrupting his own history. He believed that the timeline he was in was not the one that would one day produce him, but he still didn't want to take any chances. Megatron, his own mind a chaotic mix with Ratchet's, was barely aware of anything that was happening to him. He was helpless when Shockwave saw him and attacked him, but Galvatron saved him by smashing Shockwave's head against a wall. Galvatron offered a truce to Megatron in the hopes that working with his past self would help him come to grips with the source of his madness. Megatron accepted, but their alliance was cut short when the Ark crashed on Earth again.

Venturing out of the wreckage into the Yukon wilderness, Galvatron was set upon by the Canadian army. He did away with them easily, but he was soon confronted by another human, one whom he had almost vaporized in his own time: Spike Witwicky. This younger Spike had found Fortress Maximus inside the Ark and rejoined with the Headmaster, attacking Galvatron as he began to threaten a town. Galvatron, his madness utterly consuming him, fought Maximus with a feral rage, but the Autobot defeated him and threw him into a frozen lake.

TV Magazine story pages
At some point, Megatron and his "new subordinate," Galvatron II, battled Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime atop Metroplex.

e-Hobby toy bios
Galvatron II would eventually rise again and threaten the galaxy with a mobile battle fortress. Within the Matrix, the soul of the fallen Matrix-bearer Ultra Magnus became aware of Galvatron's threat. Magnus reached out to Optimus Prime and used the Autobot leader's Reconfiguration Matrix to resurrect himself in a new Laser Rod body. Magnus quickly assembled a strike force to counter Galvatron.

THS-02 toy bio & manga
Ultra Magnus' new body afforded him little advantage over Galvatron, who handily defeated and nearly killed him. But before Galvatron could finish his foe off, Optimus Prime (upgraded with new missile launchers and a heat-absorbing "Black Body" coating) intervened, destroying Galvatron's arm cannon. Although weaponless, Galvatron took the blow in stride and continued to mock Optimus Prime, who was not amused.

Universe Classic Series toy bio
At a time when the Decepticons were a scattered confederation of assassins and warlords, Galvatron arrived from parts unknown and quickly asserted his dominance. Crushing all who opposed him, he united the Decepticons into a powerful army "capable of threatening the entire universe." Rumors about his past were plentiful, but facts were hard to come by. Mostly the Decepticons simply cowered before his might, their fear preventing them from even thinking about following anyone else. Those few who dared to conceive otherwise, simply hoped that one day a rival would emerge who could best the tyrant.

Generation 1

 * Galvatron II (Decepticon, 2006)
 * Japanese ID number: D-66


 * Galvatron II was an e-Hobby exclusive; it has the physically retooled parts of the 2006 Galvatron reissue, but with the gray paint scheme of the original 1986 toy. It also has one additional voice clip and extra stickers to add gold filigree details that had previously been seen only in a piece of pre-movie TV Magazine artwork (see Trivia below).  These stickers are very difficult to apply.


 * Galvatron II also includes the Creation Matrix, a green redeco of "Anime" Galvatron's Matrix of Leadership.

Universe (2008)



 * Galvatron (Decepticon, 2008)
 * Galvatron transforms into a tank reminiscent of the Israel Weapons Industries Merkava main battle tank. The toy is noteworthy for transforming from a grey piece of military hardware into a mostly purple robot, Hasbro having at last made a toy that changes color between modes as Galvatron did in the animation.

Trivia

 * Galvatron II's end in the Marvel comic is unintentionally similar to Galvatron's final fate in "The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg" from the Headmasters anime.
 * Which Galvatron was more impressive? The one from the "main" timeline was shot by just about every Transformer you can name, buried under a volcano, soundly beaten by Unicron on more than one occasion, then lost half of his head before finally being destroyed by a rift in space and time--and that was just in the comics, not even taking into account all the planets he destroyed in the cartoon.  The "alternate" Galvatron killed Rodimus Prime and conquered the Americas, successfully lied to Primus (who, as a god, can be expected to know everything), was swatted like a fly by Unicron after shooting his master and bounced along the surface of Cybertron through a building and survived without a scratch on him, and then managed to survive the Ark crash landing into Earth a second time.
 * That's not rouge he's wearing in the picture at the top—it's the fires of evil burning within his soul.