Galvatron
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Galvatron is the name of several fictional and often visually cognate characters from the various Transformers Universes, most often recreated Megatron.
Generation 1
Defeated by Optimus Prime and cast into space by Starscream, Decepticon leader Megatron made a deal with the planet-destroying Unicron to hunt down the Autobot Matrix of Leadership in exchange for a new body and new troops. Unicron then refashioned Megatron into Galvatron. In his new form, Galvatron's power and physical strength are greater than Megatron's. Galvatron's primary weapon is his particle accelerator cannon, mounted on his right arm, which can fire blasts of assorted types, including electrochemical energy and particle beams. He transforms into a cannon emplacement (similar to a Howitzer) and can, on rare occasions, assume the form of a laser pistol, shrinking as he does so to allow other beings to wield him (an ability never used in the animated series).
Like the other new characters introduced in (with the exception of Ultra Magnus), Galvatron was designed for animation first, with his toy design being based on the movie's concept art. Galvatron's animation design continued to evolve past the earlier designs used for his toy, and consequently, while the toy is predominantly grey/metallic silver (left), in animated form, his robot mode is predominantly purple (although regardless, his cannon mode remains grey/metallic silver like the toy). Marvel Comics (see below) also used the earlier design, rendering Galvatron as mostly grey in their pages. To have the Galvatron toy in cartoon colours was long a popular demand among some fans, and when the figure was reissued in Japan by Takara Toys in late 2005, that wish came true, and the toy was retooled in a colour scheme inspired by the movie and the animated series. Additionally, online retailer e-Hobby also sold an exclusive version of the figure in its original colours, presented as Galvatron II from the Marvel comics (see below).
Animated series
On the Decepticons' return journey to Cybertron following their attack on Autobot City in the Earth year 2005, a mortally wounded, but still functional Megatron is jettisoned into space along with several other fallen Decepticons in order to reduce Astrotrain's mass in order to reach Cybertron. The end seems to be near for Megatron -- but it is not to be, as he encounters the chaos-bringer, Unicron, who makes him an offer - in return for Megatron's service, he would give him a new body and troops to command. Megatron initially refuses, enraged at the thought of serving under another. However, faced with a lingering death as his only alternative, Megatron reluctantly accepts Unicron's offer, and is reborn as Galvatron.
Commanded by Unicron to destroy the Autobot Matrix of Leadership, Galvatron first returns to Cybertron to settle an old score with Starscream, who had set him adrift in space and was being crowned as Decepticon leader in a pompous ceremony when Galvatron arrived. Demonstrating his new power, Galvatron vaporizes Starscream with a single blast from his particle beam cannon, utter shock and horror being Starscream's last facial expression.
Unicron's subsequent consumption of Cybertron's moons enrages Galvatron, but when Unicron mentally tortures him to put him in his place, Galvatron's resentment of his master begins.
Leading another attack on Autobot City, he pursues Ultra Magnus and the Autobots to the Planet of Junk, where he seizes the Matrix from Ultra Magnus, and attempts to use its power against Unicron. Unable to open the Matrix, Galvatron is powerless as Unicron transforms and attacks Cybertron with his bare hands. Unicron swallows Galvatron in contempt, while swatting away Cybertron's Decepticon defenders like flies. Shortly thereafter, a group of Autobots enter Unicron's body, where the youthful Hot Rod encounters the humiliated Decepticon leader. Although Galvatron initially proposes an alliance with the Autobot against Unicron, he is once again tortured by Unicron. Galvatron then engages Hot Rod in battle. Galvatron quickly attains the upper hand over the weaker Autobot. However, when Hot Rod seizes the Matrix from Galvatron, he is reformatted into Rodimus Prime, and hurls Galvatron through Unicron's armor and into the void of space, before unleashing the power of the Matrix and destroying Unicron.
Now leaderless and forced off Cybertron by the Autobots, the Decepticons retreat to the ruined world of Chaar, where they bicker and fight amongst each other over their limited energon resources. Galvatron's Unicron-created lieutenants, Cyclonus and Scourge set out to find their leader's body using the information stored in Unicron's memory banks and trace him to the planet Thrull. They find Galvatron immersed in a pool of lava, and rescue him only to discover that the lava has seeped into Galvatron's brain casing and embrittled his meta-processor - put simply, Galvatron has been driven insane. Attacking his own minions to make them prove themselves, he then returns to Chaar, only to discover that the Decepticons have sided with the Quintessons in an attack on the Autobots. Heading for the planet, Galvatron opens fire on his own forces, and then confronts the Quintessons themselves, who trick him into an alliance with the promise of leading him to the fictitious "Decepticon Matrix of Leadership." A joint Decepticon/Quintesson attack on both Cybertron and Earth almost allows the aliens to claim ultimate victory when they activate a switch that nullifies all Transformers, but when Spike Witwicky reverses the effect, Galvatron turns on the Quintessons, who only just manage to escape his wrath.
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. He was, however, infected in the process, but was cured along with all other sufferers when Optimus Prime unleashed the energies 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, and shook Prime's hand, saying that he had earned his respect.
A year later, however, in 2007, 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 the planet Nebulos, in order to recover the key to the Plasma Energy Chamber, possessed by a group of Autobots that had wound up there, while 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. His troops soon returned from Nebulos with the key, but in their absence, they had become bonded to the planet's organic inhabitants as Headmasters and Targetmasters - a union which Galvatron thoroughly objected to, threatening to destroy the Nebulons immediately. Nebulon leader Lord Zarak, however, 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 began his plans for the future.
However, as this was the end of the American cartoon series, Galvatron's future plans never came to light.
Galvatron was voiced in ' by Leonard Nimoy, and in the series by Frank Welker, the original Megatron actor, with a completely different vocal style. Welker's voice was actually originated first, as several episodes of the third season were recorded before the movie, but Nimoy was allowed to voice the character in the way he saw fit when the film was then produced, regardless of conflicts. This role also marks the second time that Nimoy and Welker have shared a role - Welker provided the screams for the younger versions of Mr. Spock, Nimoy's Star Trek character, in '. In Japan, Galvatron was voiced by Seizo Kato, the country's original Megatron actor.
Headmasters
While the American series ended with the three-part miniseries, The Rebirth, featuring Galvatron's scheme with the Plasma Energy Chamber, it was decided in Japan to continue the series in a different direction. Disregarding the events of The Rebirth, they began to produce a collection of animated series exclusive to Japan, the first of which was Headmasters, taking place a year after the Hate Plague incident from The Return of Optimus Prime.After the Hate Plague incident, the Decepticons kept a low profile. At some point over the next year, Galvatron came into contact with Zarak from the planet Master (a world colonised by diminutive robots who had previously fled Cybertron during the wars). They entered into an alliance, which came to fruition when, as a result of the release of the Matrix's energy, Vector Sigma began to destabilise, allowing the Decepticons to return to Cybertron undetected. Backed up by Zarak's Headmaster warriors, Galvatron had the upper hand in the ensuing battle, until Fortress, another of Master's robots, and his own team of Autobot Headmasters arrived to fend them off. However, Galvatron went on to confront Optimus Prime in Vector Sigma's chamber, only to be defeated when Hot Rod recovered the Matrix from where it was recharging on Earth and became Rodimus Prime, battling alongside Optimus. Optimus Prime then sacrificed himself to stabilise Vector Sigma by merging with it.
Not long after this, Galvatron discovered that the Autobots had produced a new metal compound called Cybertonuron, and, seeking to claim the metal for his own, led another attack on Cybertron. However, Zarak feared that with the metal, Galvatron would be too powerful, and arranged for bombs to be planted in Vector Sigma's chamber, before proceeding to lure Galvatron there just as they detonated. Galvatron was caught in the blast and was perceived dead for a short period of time, before it was revealed that he and survived, and returned just as Zarak was coronating himself as Decepticon leader. Galvatron chose to spare his life, as he and his Headmasters would prove useful in the ensuing quest for Energon, and the Decepticons subsequently set out across the galaxy, attacking planets to harvest their energy. Using the amassed energy, Galvatron planned to actually incorporate the planet Earth into his own body, becoming a colossal being of incredible power. Learning of this plan, the Autobot Headmasters engaged him in battle in Alaska, and were successfully able to bury him under an iceberg, apparently destroying him.
Battlestars: The Return of Convoy
This was all that was heard from Galvatron in the animated continuity for several years until the Battlestars storyline (although not animated in itself, consisting of one chapter of manga and a selection of magazine spreads, it continues the storyline of the animated series). Buried and deactivated beneath the ice, Galvatron was recovered by the evil entity, Dark Nova, and reformatted into . A common myth among some Transformers fans is that Super Megatron seeks out Galvatron and kills him, instead of being created from him.Marvel Comics
Galvatron I
The first of these was , in which Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge travel back in time from a point during the events of the movie itself. Desiring to be free of Unicron's controlling influence, Galvatron disposed of the present-day Megatron and had the Constructicons assemble a colossal laser cannon, which would destroy Unicron when it was fired in the future. The Autobots attempted to stop Galvatron's plan, but the unspeakably powerful Decepticon overwhelmed them all, although he was distracted long enough by his hated adversary Ultra Magnus to allow the future versions of Hot Rod, Kup and Blurr to destroy his cannon, and convince him that he had actually travelled back in time to a parallel dimension, forcing him to return to the future.
And so Galvatron did, living out the rest of the events of Transformers: The Movie. However, things quite quickly diverged from the cartoon's telling of events when, after being hurled out of Unicron by Rodimus Prime, Galvatron triggered his time-jump mechanism once more, hurling himself back to 1986, where he materialised on the fringes of Earth's atmosphere, hurtling down to the planet's surface at terminal velocity. His explosive landing drew the attention of the mechanoid, Centurion, who Galvatron - his mind addled from the crash to the brink of madness - promptly destroyed, believing him to be Rodimus Prime. After a moment to collect his thoughts, Galvatron fought the madness down, until he wound up in a battle with a group of Autobots led by Blaster, and the Dinobots. During the fight, a sonic attack from Blaster unhinged his fragile mind, opening a doorway to insanity that would steadily widen during his time on Earth. Despite this, Galvatron overpowered all Autobots and Dinobots and would have triumphed had it not been for Shockwave's Decepticons, who viewed Galvatron as a threat to Shockwave's leadership, forcing him to flee.
Galvatron's absence in the future led Rodimus Prime to place a bounty on his head, which was picked up by freelance peacekeeping agent, Death's Head, who travelled back in time after learning of Galvatron's own time jump from Cyclonus. Fearful of what he had unleashed on the past, Rodimus travelled back with Kup and Blurr to stop Death's Head, only to wind up in a four-way confrontation between themselves, Death's Head, Galvatron and the present-day Ultra Magnus, as Galvatron attempted to siphon the power of Earth's core through a volcano to increase his power even further. Rodimus's team and Death's Head were returned to the future in the course of the battle, and Ultra Magnus and Galvatron were believed dead when they fell into the volcano and were entombed in lava.
Notably, it is apparent that in his timeline, Galvatron was created from Megatron's clone (though this was not intended by Furman to be a clone at the time), as he remembers actions as seen through the clone's eyes, and does not remember actions taken by the true Megatron in Target: 2006. It is apparent, however, that Galvatron's time-travelling and the time/space rift which results cause alterations to the timeline, as the resulting future sees the clone destroyed before it becomes Galvatron, Unicron attacking Cybertron in 1991 instead of 2005, and the true Megatron acquiring his new Generation 2 tank body, instead of becoming Galvatron. It is also possible that Galvatron's remembrance of Megatron's actions were not real memories but simply part of his insanity.
Galvatron II
Galvatron quickly became a pet character of Simon Furman's, and went on to make several further appearances in his comics. The second Galvatron had a very brief appearance - when the future Autobots attempted to return to their own time after the Time Wars, they discovered that their future no longer existed, and had been re-written into a different timeline. In this version of events, Galvatron did not travel back in time after Unicron's destruction, and had been able to conquer Cybertron. Rodimus and co. mounted a rebellion, and this second Galvatron's only story appearance saw him attempt to force Rodimus Prime into a violent battle, hoping to corrupt the Matrix with his rage. The scheme failed, and although Rodimus and his team remained in this future, its Galvatron was not seen again.Galvatron III
When Furman took over writing duties of the US comic from Bob Budiansky, he set in motion an epic Unicron-themed storyline that saw the introduction of another Galvatron to comic book continuity. Although chronologically the third Galvatron to appear, hence the above title, this character is generally referred to as Galvatron II, given the relative lack of importance of the actual second character. When the Galvatron toy was reissued in 2005, the original-colors edition exclusive to e-Hobby was presented to be this character, and was indeed named Galvatron II.Seeking a herald to sow destruction in his name, Unicron reached forward in time, to yet another alternate future. In this possible future time of 2009, Unicron had succeeded in consuming Cybertron, and the Decepticons, led by Galvatron, now dominated much of Earth. Unicron's agents, Hook, Line and Sinker, forcibly escorted Galvatron back to 1990, where he was dispatched to Cybertron by Unicron to sow destruction as a portent of his coming. But Galvatron had his own agenda, having had enough of enforced servitude, and captured Emirate Xaaron, whom he forced to awaken the Transformers' deity, Primus. Primus then transported all the Transformers to Cybertron, in preparation for the battle against Unicron - just as Galvatron had hoped. However, they were only halfheartedly fighting, forcing Galvatron to make a do-or-die attack on Unicron himself. Unicron swatted him away, but Galvatron's attack had inspired the combined Transformer army to fight with everything they had. While they battled - and ultimately defeated - Unicron, Galvatron stole away and secreted himself aboard the Ark, which was stolen by Starscream and Shockwave.
But Megatron was also aboard the Ark in stasis, and when he awoke, he and Galvatron clashed and madness rose in Galvatron - a lingering kernel of insanity left over from his time as Megatron, that ate away at his mind from within, driving him into a blood-red rage. With Megatron at his mercy, Galvatron regained control of himself, realising that if he killed Megatron, Galvatron might never be created. Saving a weakened Megatron from Shockwave, Galvatron and Megatron joined forces. Autobot medic Ratchet subsequently crashed the Ark, but Galvatron survived and wound up in a battle with Fortress Maximus, who defeated the mad villain and buried him in ice (completely unintentionally mirroring Galvatron's fate in the Headmasters animated series).
Galvatron IV?
Over in the UK comics, yet another Galvatron raised his head in a storyline titled Perchance to Dream..., when he entered the Ark and scanned the dreams of several of the inactive Transformers stored within it with a "mind bug," seeking those that would best fit his undefined purpose by searching for moments of anger and dissention in their past. Wheeljack was accidentally reawakened by the process, and brought the other scanned Autobots online to confront Galvatron, who was defeated when they subjected him to his own mind bug, and put him in stasis, where his dreams were haunted by images of Rodimus Prime.
Although this Galvatron identifies himself as a different entity to Galvatron I, and must surely be a time-traveller, anything more about him is not particularly clear from the stories. Later writings have indicated that this is supposed to be Galvatron III, but if so, it is hard to know how this story fits into his existing continuity, and if it is even supposed to be reconcilable (given that it begins a series of further stories that branch off from the continuity of the main comics).
Galvatron in Dreamwave comics.
In the 21st century release of new Transformers comics by Dreamwave Productions, G1 Galvatron put in an appearance not within the pages of the reimagined G1 title, but in the concluding storyline of its sister title, (see below). In this world, the incarnation of G1 Galvatron that appeared (in his original animated series colour scheme) was the herald of Unicron, from a different dimension, sent to cause destruction prior to Unicron's arrival alongside his fellow heralds, Scourge, Dirge, Thunderwing and Bludgeon (all characters from the G1 universe, though their names are not mentioned and are not the versions from the Generation One Dreamwave comics).
After defeating Starscream in an attempt to capture the Mini-Con Over-Run, and the Mini-Con Matrix he held, Galvatron attacked the Autobot base - only to find that the Armada universe's incarnation of Megatron and his Decepticons had already done the deed. Consequently, Megatron and Galvatron engaged in a colossal battle, with Galvatron clearly possessing the upper hand. Overwhelmed, Megatron was about to be destroyed when the Air Defense Team Mini-Cons arrived and combined into the Star Saber for Megatron to wield. Transformed into the Dark Saber in Megatron's grip, the extra power it gave him allowed Megatron to easily slay Galvatron. The remaining heralds were eradicated in a feedback explosion on Cybertron.
Galvatron received a biography page in the Dreamwave comics More Than Meets The Eye series, where it was not mentioned if he was formerly Megatron. While it is generally assumed by fans that Megatron would become Galvatron in this series, Scourge and Cyclonus who did appear in the Generation One series, were original characters created by Unicron and not reformatted Decepticons from the series, so it's not certain how Galvatron would have come to be in this series.
Beast Wars
Galvatron did not make any appearances in the 1990's Beast Wars animated series, but was briefly mentioned in the episode Possession, in which the ghost of Starscream spun a lie that he had been killed by Unicron while defending him, only to have Blackarachnia discover the truth.
Generation 2
While no figure of Galvatron was made for Transformers: Generation 2, and none of the assorted Galvatrons mentioned above appeared in the comic, a digital Galvatron watch was sold as a Generation 2 collectors item by Hasbro. However, Simon Furman has stated that had the Generation 2 comic continued then Galvatron would have returned. Indeed, this was a major plot point of the TransForce Convention exclusive story, Alignment. Set 300 years after the attack of the Swarm, in this future story Galvatron 2 (the U.S comics version of the character, referred to as such in the story) defeated Megatron (seemingly at odds with his intention to actively keep Megatron alive at the end of the G1 comic) and almost killed him. Taking command of the Decepticons and constructing a fleet of Warworlds, he attacked the Autobots, only to be stopped and killed by Optimus Prime, who was also fatally injured.Beast Wars II
In Japan the exclusive cel-animated series Beast Wars II introduced a new character by the same name. In the years that followed the end of the Great War, the factions known as the Maximals and Predacons arose to replace the Autobots and Decepticons. In this time, a Transformer known as Galvatron was the leader of a group of Predacons who landed on Planet Gaia (a future version of Earth) in search of the power of the Angolmois energy to rule the universe. After many battles, he brought in his Fortress Nemesis to finish the extraction of the energy from the planet. Confronted by the Maximals LioConvoy and LioJunior, merged together as the Lion of Gaea, Galvatron was defeated, but as the Angolmois energy was sealed in capsules to prevent further use, Galvatron revived, intending to use the self-destruct device in his chest to destroy his foes. With a final blow, the Lion of Gaea shattered Galvatron's chest, causing a cataclysmic explosion that scattered the Angolmois capsules across the galaxy.
Beast Wars Neo
In the course of the Beast Wars Neo sequel series, it is revealed that Angolmois energy is no mere power source - it is, in actuality, the life essence of Unicron himself, which his minions, the Blendtrons, seek to recover. The Blendtrons also recover Galvatron's lifeless shell, which was then possessed by Unicron as he attempted to transform Cybertron into his new body, only to be defeated by Maximal leader Big Convoy. Galvatron was voiced by Tetsuo Komura.Transformers: Robots in Disguise
- See also: Megatron (Robots in Disguise)
Having been trapped in the collapsed ruins of a mysterious pyramid following a battle with the Autobots, Megatron underwent his most incredible transformation, as the combined energies of the pyramid and his Predacon followers resurrected him as the vampiric Galvatron, able to enhance his own power by draining energy from other sources. Galvatron has an astounding ten modes of transformation - robot, twin-headed dragon, jet, race car, gargoyle, claw, hydrofoil, winged dragon, elephant and griffin - used to devastating effect when he launched his final offensive against the Autobots and succeeded in draining the power of the mighty Fortress Maximus. With this additional strength, Galvatron engaged Omega Prime - the combined form of Optimus Prime and his brother Ultra Magnus- in a final battle at the Earth's core, where Prime was able to defeat him through the amassed energy of Earth's children, harnessed by Maximus.
Galvatron/Devil Gigatron was voiced by Daniel Riordan (US) and Yoichi Kobiyama (Japan).
Unicron Trilogy
- See also: Megatron (Unicron Trilogy)
The Megatron of the "Unicron Trilogy" universe - consisting of , and - has had each of his three unique bodies upgraded into a "Galvatron" form, only to revert to use of his "Megatron" name between each upgrade. This did not hold true for the Japanese versions of the series, however - the character was known simply as Megatron for most of Armada (Micron Legend in Japan) , before being renamed as "Megatron Super Mode" after his Mini-Con power boost, then as Galvatron throughout most of Energon(Superlink) before opting to call himself "Galvatron G" after bathing in Super Energon, while the Cybertron (Galaxy Force) incarnation of the character was not written as being the same as the previous two, and was named "Master Megatron," later renaming himself "Master Galvatron" after siphoning off some of the power from the Planet Key.
Transformers: Armada
Badly wounded in battle with the bestial Nemesis Prime, Megatron and several other Transformers were rescued by their Mini-Con partners. Bathed in the Mini-Cons' light, their armors were restored, their strength increased, and their colourations altered. In this new, more powerful form, Megatron chose to rename himself Galvatron, as tradition in American Transformers series demands. However, in the original Japanese version of the show, Transformers: Micron Legend, this renaming did not occur, and the character continued to go by the name of Megatron (with his toy sold as "Megatron Super Mode").As the remainder of the series played out, the Decepticons united with the Autobots to stop Unicron, and Galvatron and Optimus Prime had their finale battle on the planet-eater's surface. Galvatron chose to sacrifice himself in order to end the circle of hate that powered Unicron, and plunged into the monster's maw, apparently destroyed as Unicron vanished in a flash. However, it transpired that Unicron had survived, badly damaged, and that Galvatron's spark was trapped within him.
Transformers: Energon
A decade passed, and the events of the next series, 2004's Transformers: Energon began. His remains and spark trapped within Unicron, Megatron created a new body for himself by siphoning off the Energon that the alien Alpha Q was using to revitalise Unicron. It was at this point in the Japanese version, Transformers: Superlink, that Megatron chose to take the name of Galvatron (which is not inappropriate, since the body was physically styled on the original G1 Galvatron animation model), but this did not carry over to the American version - for no given reason, the character simply reverted to using the name Megatron, but later switched back to Galvatron when he received another upgrade via immersion in a reservoir of Super Energon (gaining a new colour scheme directly based on G1 Galvatron). In Japan, this new upgrade was named Galvatron G.Megatron had been guided to the Super Energon by Unicron, whose mind had possessed him following the destruction of his body, and a second exposure to the reservoir saw Galvatron grow to gigantic heights and fully taken over by Unicron. Unicron intended to merge Galvatron's body with his spark, still floating in space, but Optimus Prime lured him into a battle that brought Galvatron's consciousness back to the surface. Enraged, Galvatron then attempted to destroy Unicron's spark, only to become possessed by it and enlarged once more. In the end, Galvatron took control of his body through force of will, and, rather than allow Unicron to defeat him, plunged himself into a foundling Energon sun created by Primus. Once again, his self-sacrifice defeated the planet-eater.
Transformers: Cybertron
As noted above, the original Japanese version of was not written as being a continuation of the Armada and Energon universe, so Master Megatron (later, Master Galvatron) is there treated as a new character. However, when dubbed into English, in accordance with how Hasbro originally conceived the series, and how they continued to present their toyline and its story, the series has been somewhat ambiguously suggested to follow on from the Armada/Energon world, hence his new version of Galvatron is the same as the previous. Naturally, inconsistencies between the animated series have arisen, which have been explained away by the Cybertron comic available through the Official Transformers Collectors Club as the result of fluctuations in the fabric of reality. These fluctuations are the result of a black hole created when Primus's plan to contain Unicron's spark within the Energon sun failed, causing the sun to collapse, liberating Megatron in a new body empowered with the energies and armor of Unicron himself.
After an unsuccessful campaign to acquire the Cyber Planet Keys of Velocitron, Earth and Jungle Planet, Megatron was guided by the mysterious Soundwave to the Giant Planet. Upon arrival, Megatron fought planet leader Metroplex, but, even combined with Nemesis Breaker Megatron remained unable to defeat his opponent, and was uncermoniously crushed into the ground. Following this defeat, Megatron entered a state of intense anger towards himself for losing so easily, refusing to believe that his own power was so inadequate. Sensing the Giant Planet Key and coming into direct contact with it, Megatron managed to acquire some of its power and took on a shadowed black form, proceeding to decimate most of the Autobot army with great ease. Once confronted by Optimus Prime, Megatron then declared that he was no more, and that he now had been reborn as Galvatron. Taking physical form again, Galvatron adopted as his body a recolored version of his existing form, now decorated in silver, black and red (highly reminiscent of the original G1 Megatron). Seeking revenge for his defeat, Galvatron struck back at Metroplex, proving his new power by not only holding back the planet leader's weapon with one finger, but actually hurling it back at him - it was clear that Galvatron's new powers easily placed him among the strongest Transformers involved in Cybertron.
Towards the end of the series, Galvatron captured the Omega Lock and used it to amplify the power of the Black Hole. He revealed that he wants the Black Hole to wipe out the galaxy, leaving him a clean slate for him to create and control as he wished. All five planet leaders - Optimus Prime, Override, Evac, Scourge and Metroplex - took him on, defeated him, and regained the Omega Lock, leaving Galvatron powerless. Encouraged by Starscream to continue fighting for his ambition, Galvatron entered a final battle with Optimus Prime, only to be killed once and for all.
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