History Characters / TransformersFilmSeriesDecepticons

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy:
** In ''DOTM'', he spends most of his time commanding {{Mooks}} from the sidelines rather than fighting himself. The fact that this is probably because of his injured state is strongly supported by [[spoiler: the ease with which Optimus kills him once Megs ''does'' fight after Carly gives a huge blow to his ego]].
** [[spoiler: In ''AOE'', he knows of KSI's plan to produce man-made Vehicon drones, and waits for the right moment to take over one as his new body.]]

* BackForTheDead: His appearance in ''Dark of the Moon''.
* BackForTheFinale: After disappearing before the climax of the first film, he finally returns to the big screen four years later in ''DOTM'', though he is a recurring character in most tie-in media.
* EpicFlail
* EvilSoundsDeep

* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Murders Que.]]
* KilledOffForReal
* MookLieutenant: His role in ''DOTM''.

* RedEyesTakeWarning
* SchrodingersCast: [[spoiler:The adaptations of the first film say that Optimus killed him along with Bonecrusher; ''Reign of Starscream'' says that Ironhide ran him off the road (nonfatally) during the highway chase; pretty much any given piece of supplemental material gives him a different fate.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
** The prequel novel to ''ROTF'' reveals that [[spoiler:he was damaged in battle by the Autobots shortly before ''ROTF'', and was likely still recovering by the time the film's events took place]].

* RabidCop

%%* KilledOffForReal
%%* MightyGlacier: Incredibly difficult to injure, but so ''slow''.

* {{Badass}}

%%* CyberCyclops

[[folder:The Fallen]]

* OffWithHisHead:How Optimus kills him.

* [OffWithHisHead: [spoiler:How Bumblebee kills him: by jamming his cannon upwards into/through Soundwave's chest and pulling the trigger, blasting Soundwave's head to bits from below/inside.]]

* KilledOffForReal:Debatable. He was never really "alive" to begin with, at least by Cybertronian standards.

* KilledOffForReal
* MightyGlacier: Incredibly difficult to injure, but so ''slow''.

* CyberCyclops
* DarkIsEvil

* KilledOffForReal
* MightyGlacier: In the game. He's got an incredible defense and a top damage gun, but he runs like a turtle and is the only character in the game that doesn't have a vehicle form.

* KilledMidSentence: I'm gonna kill y--" (BOOM!).

->''"[[CurseCutShort Oh shi-]]"''

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe, OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Mixmaster needed a ''lot'' of killing, apparently]]

The primary antagonists of the saga, the Decepticons are the followers of Megatron, Cybertron's military commander who sought to use the [=AllSpark=] as a weapon of war to conquer the galaxy. The Autobot-Decepticon war eventually devastated Cybertron, forcing the Autobots to launch the [=AllSpark=] into space. Millions of years later, the [=AllSpark=] was rediscovered on Earth, re-starting the conflict. Although the [=AllSpark=] was destroyed, the Decepticons continue their campaign to destroy the Autobots and restore Cybertron through any means necessary.

* BadassArmy: ''Boy, are they ever!'' They outnumber the Autobots by a huge margin and have better weapons and equipment. Ancillary material even shows that Megatron formed the Decepticons from Cybertron's military forces, while the Autobots were mostly civillians forced to become soldiers.

* DarkerAndEdgier: This incarnation of the Decepticon faction is one of the darkest. By the time of ''Dark of the Moon'', when the Autobot-human alliance has become a serious opponent, the Decepticons conduct a devastating attack on Chicago, slaughtering hundreds of innocents.

-->''"[[MyNameIsInigoMontoya I AM... MEGATRON.]]"''
->Voiced by HugoWeaving

Megatron is the leader of the Decepticons. Corrupted by the power of the Allspark and the Fallen's influence, he wages war on Cybertron. He chased after the Allspark after it was launched into space, but he crashed into the Arctic Circle and froze. What happens next is pretty coincidental.

** BadassBaritone: He is voiced by Hugo Weaving.
** RetiredBadass: Due to his injuries from the second film, he becomes an evil variant in ''DOTM''. Instead of fighting, he spends most of his time commanding his {{Mooks}} [[spoiler:and peacefully watching Cybertron about to be restored]]. It takes [[spoiler:Carly, of all people,]] to rouse him back into action, and [[spoiler:he plays a significant part in defeating Sentinel - [[CurbStompBattle only for ''both'' villains to be ripped to be then executed by Optimus]]]].

* BreakTheHaughty: Got broken hard, ''twice'' in ''ROTF''. First by the "insects" when their tanks and machineguns totally screwed him over and forced him to retreat, and then by Optimus Prime, who tossed him aside like no business during his match against the Fallen; blasting half of his face off, leaving him bleeding and calling for Starscream.

* HumanPopsicle: Cybertronian popsicle, in the first movie.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: In ''DOTM'', he spends most of his time commanding {{Mooks}} from the sidelines rather than fighting himself. The fact that this is probably because of his injured state is strongly supported by [[spoiler: the ease with which Optimus kills him once Megs ''does'' fight after Carly makes a huge blow to his ego]].

* DiminishingVillainThreat: In the first movie, Megatron was an unstoppable killing machine. In the second movie, Megatron was still very powerful, but obeyed orders from The Fallen and was more easily taken down by the heroes. Optimus severely cripples Megatron, causing him to become much weaker for the third movie. [[spoiler: Then the fourth movie undoes this by having him upload his brain into his much more powerful Galvatron body - and by out-maneuvering the main human villain, at that.]]

** TheHeavy
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:He pulls this on both sides in the recent movie: He sides with Sentinel Prime to stop humanity and the Autobots, although he later ends up aiding Optimus in eliminating Sentinel Prime after the latter betrayed him, only for Optimus to kill both him and Sentinel Prime.]]

* EvilSoundsDeep[=/=]GutturalGrowler: Being voiced by Hugo Weaving in the first trilogy does help.

* FatalFlaw: {{Pride}}. [[spoiler: In ''DOTM'', the Decepticons were very close to victory, but the idea of ''someone else'' being the one to lead them to it really didn't sit well with him. His following actions ended up [[NiceJobFixingItVillain ruining everything]].]]

* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: In the novel -- see SparedByTheAdaptation below.]]

* [[ImAHumanitarian I'm a Cybertronitarian]]: Ancilliary material describes him as cannibalistic, but it doesn't really show up in the movies.
* InTheHood: In the third film.

* ParentalIssues: In the IDW comics, where all the anger in him was over the fact that Optimus, not Megatron, was Sentinel's favorite.
* PetTheDog: Megatron's reaction in DOTM at seeing Cybertron again and thinking it saved. It really showed how he did care for something other than himself.

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Ditches his fusion cannon for one in DOTM.

* VillainousRescue: He comes to the rescue of [[spoiler: Optimus Prime]] when he realized by the end of the invasion he will be nothing more than [[spoiler: "Sentinel's bitch." Though Optimus kills him anyway - temporarily, though.]]
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: The facial injuries he sustained in ''ROTF''. It didn't help that he casually killed the repair-bots like fleas when he got bored or angry.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Arguably the case, considering that he apparently desires the survival and future of the Transformer race in the Second movie, and apparently by the time of the third, apparently he was in on wanting to restore Cybertron.

** Option A: Follow The Fallen's plan to use the Harvester to produce Energon, or power the AllSpark.

** Option C: Take the AllSpark for himself.
** All three options end up coinciding and crossing over; he originally chose Option B until [[spoiler: Sentinel was apparently killed]]. He decided to follow Option A, until the Allspark was launched from Cybertron. The Fallen instructed him to retrieve it, and he followed it to Earth, where the Allspark had been drawn to thanks to the Harvester. When the Allspark was destroyed, he fell back on The Fallen's plan, but when Prime received the Matrix, Megatron fell back on Option B, which thanks to Soundwave had been brewing for decades already.

-->''"[[TitleDrop Revenge is mine.]]"''
->Voiced by Creator/TonyTodd

The GreaterScopeVillain to Megatron's BigBad, The Fallen is [[spoiler: the true founder of the Decepticons.]] Having FantasticRacism against humanity, he tries to wipe them out by building a Sun Harvester machine on Earth, but is thwarted by his fellow Primes. Years later, he returns to exact his revenge.

* BigBad: Of Revenge of the Fallen.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Of the entire movieverse franchise before DOTM.

* MindOverMatter
* OmnicidalManiac: His only solid goal is wiping out all life on planet earth, then repeating the process somewhere else.

* TheSociopath: In contrast to [[WellIntentionedExtremist Megatron]], The Fallen couldn't care less for the Cybertronian race, the safety of his homeworld or any similar noble goal, he is merely a bloodthirsty maniac killing whoever he sees fit (read: [[OmnicidalManiac everyone]]).

* VillainTeleportation

-->''"[[TemptingFate Not to call you a coward, master,]] but sometimes, cowards do survive."''
->Voiced by CharlieAdler, hologram pilot played by Brian Reece

Megatron's [[TheDragon Dragon]].

* AcePilot: Not a pilot since he actually ''is'' the plane, but over the course of three movies, Starscream was never bested in the skies.
* AdaptationalBadass: Somewhat. He is definitely a capable fighter throughout all three films, but he's much more toadying and sycophantic.
** Although the caption's been removed by now, the TFWiki once said about Starscream: "Ironhide's [[OhCrap reaction]] to seeing Starscream is the first time in 25 years for it to be fully deserved."
* AnimalMotifs: His robot mode has some predatory avian features. Talon like feet and what looks like the tip of a beak in his mouth.

* CombatPragmatist: In the first movie, instead of fighting on the ground like his fellow 'Cons, he takes advantage of the fact he can fly while his enemies can't, and simply ambushes them from the skies.
** Comes to a head when he intercepts Ratchet and Ironhide while they were escorting Sam to the rendezvous. He screams in in jet mode, slams into the ground and skids towards them midtransformation, and ''fires pointblank at the two Autobots'' with his Vulcan cannons, and a good missile or two for good measure, before doing a flip, transforming into jet mode, and rocketing back into the sky.

* [[spoiler:"KilledMidSentence:I'm gonna kill y--"(BOOM!).]]
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal::By Sam.]]

* NobleDemon: According to the tie-in comics, the only reason he remains with the Decepticons despite having no respect for Megatron is because he feels that he nonetheless feels it is his duty to protect the Decepticons from other Starscreams who actually won't lead them effectively.

* TheStarscream: He's less proactive than other incarnations, although he was happy to leave Megatron to die in Mission City. This comes back to bite him when Megatron [[BackFromTheDead makes his return]].
** Then again, the mere fact that he could lead the Decepticons quite effectively in the tens of thousands of years of Megatron's absence would probably have Starscream being justified in feeling that he's the better leader compared to Megatron.
* TopHeavyGuy: He's almost triangle-shaped in order to keep him around the same height as the Autobots.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: According to tie-in comics, he doesn't believe in Optimus or Megatron - his only goal is to save his species from extinction.

-->''"[[EnhancedInterrogationTechniques Are you username ladiesman217?]] '''[[RabidCop Where are the glasses?!]]'''"''
->Voiced by Creator/JessHarnell, hologram driver played by Brian Reece

* [[spoiler:BackForTheDead:His appearance in ''Dark of the Moon''.]]
* BackForTheFinale: After disappearing before the climax of the first film, he finally returned to the big screen four years later in ''DOTM'', though he was a recurring character in most tie in media.

* [[spoiler:HeroKiller:Murders Que.]]
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
* MookLieutenant: His role in DOTM.

* SchrodingersCat: [[spoiler:The adaptations of the first film say that Optimus killed him along with Bonecrusher, ''Reign of Starscream'' says that Ironhide ran him off the road (nonfatally) during the highway chase, pretty much any given piece of supplemental material gives him a different fate]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The prequel novel to ROTF reveals that [[spoiler:he was damaged in battle by the Autobots shortly before ROTF, and was likely still recovering by the time the film's events took place]].
** The UK comics are having a lot of fun with this - Barricade and Ironhide co-host the letters page, and Barricade fluctuates between treating the movies with disdain and demanding more screentime.

-->''"Blackout incoming. All hail Megatron!"''
->Hologram pilot played by Brian Reece

Megatron's YesMan. Blackout transforms into a military helicopter and obliterates an American air force base in Qatar. He is partnered with Scorponok. Blackout fights in the Mission City battle, [[spoiler: but is killed via a GroinAttack by Captain Lennox.]]

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]

-->''"Bonecrusher rolling."''
->Voiced by Jimmie Wood

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
* [[spoiler: OffWithHisHead:How Optimus kills him.]]

* RollerbladeGood
* ScreamingWarrior: He does nothing but yell in rage whilst fighting Optimus. If you listen carefully it even sounds like he shouts "I hate you!" when Optimus cuts his arm off. Which definately fits with his character.

-->''"Devastator reporting."''

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
* MadeOfIron: Even by Transformer standards, he soaked up a ''lot'' of damage before going down.

* [[OneSteveLimit One Devastator Limit]]: One big reason for calling him "Brawl" instead of "Devastator"
* [[spoiler: RasputinianDeath: He was being shot up with ''grenade launchers'' and getting his appendages cut off for nearly '''half an hour''' before he finally went down for good.]]

* SuddenNameChange: He is actually referred by the name "Devastator" in ''Film/{{Transformers}}'', but by his real name in the merchandise. Bay considered "Devastator" a cooler name.

* WalkingArmory:

[[folder:Frenzy]]
-->''"[[CurseCutShort Oh shi-]]"''
->Voiced by Reno Wilson

Barricade's partner, Frenzy serves as recon and sabotage. He [[TheUnintelligible speaks in garbled words]] and is MultiArmedAndDangerous.

* FlippingTheBird: He did it to the Secret Service.
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
* LosingYourHead: Twice: one from Mikaela, and one from his own ricocheting shuriken. The second movie shows that Simmons kept it as a trophy even after losing his job.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous
* TheUnintelligible: He does say a ''few'' words in English, especially his last words: "Oh shit". It's just that he chitters so much that it's difficult to pick out what's English and what isn't. [[WordOfGod According to Micheal Bay]], he's saying "Tutankhamen" rapidly.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Scorponok]]
-->''"[[ParanoiaFuel My mother, she had the gift. You know, she saw things. Now I got the gene.]] That thing that attacked us, I got a feeling it ain't over."''
-->--'''Figueroa'''

A [[ScaryScorpions Scary Scorpion]] who works as Blackout's partner, having a symbiotic relationship with him. He is deployed to chase Captain Lennox's team across Qatar, but retreats when attacked by US aircraft. He reappears in ''Revenge of the Fallen'', but [[spoiler: is [[CurbStompBattle curb stomped]] by Jetfire.]]

* [[spoiler:BackForTheDead: Briefly reappears in Revenge of The Fallen.]]
* BewareMyStingerTail: Like a real scorpion, he has a rather fearsome one.
* BigCreepyCrawlies
* DynamicEntry: He makes his reappearance in ROTF with one of these. [[spoiler:It doesn't end well for him.]]
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
* ScaryScorpions
* {{Wormsign}}: He can tunnel beneath the earth. It's how he follows the soldiers across Qatar.
[[/folder]]

-->''"Decepticons, mobilize. It is time."''
->Voiced by Creator/FrankWelker

Megatron's loyal CommunicationsOfficer.

* BigNo: Lets one out before [[spoiler: Bumblebee blows his head off]]

* EvilCounterpart: Becomes one to [[spoiler:Bumblebee]] in ''DarkOfTheMoon''.

* FangsAreEvil: In his DOTM form only; in ''Fallen'', he had insect-like mandibles instead.

* KillSat: He turned into a satellite in ROTF.
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]

* [[spoiler:OffWithHisHead:How Bumblebee kills him: by jamming his cannon upwards into/through Soundwave's chest and pulling the trigger, blasting Soundwave's head to bits from below/inside.]]

* ShootTheHostage: "(EvilLaugh) Understood. No prisoners; only trophies."
* TheSpymaster: A Master of the trope, specially in DOTM [[spoiler: Where he's been around since the Cold War, infiltrated and manipulating both governments to further Decepticon goals.]] DOTM also shows he has a quite large and powerful network of spies across the globe [[spoiler: Most importantly, Dylan Gould.]]

* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: In ROTF.

[[folder:Sideways]]

A relatively harmless Decepticon refugee who hides in Shanghai with Demolishor. He flees but is chased by the Twins, Arcee and co., and then Sideswipe who [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe slices him in two.]]

* CoolCar: An Audi R8.
* DirtyCoward: According to his bio, he's a simple courier who shuns combat and hides behind bigger Decepticons like Demolishor. When the Autobots and NEST discover him, rather than trying to fight, he flees in vehicle mode. A notable example, considering most Decepticons show VillainousValour one way or another.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe[=/=]SingleStrokeBattle: [[spoiler:How Sideswipe kills him.]]

A Decepticon who looks a lot like Blackout. He captures Sam, Mikaela and Leo, delivering them to Megatron, Starscream and Scalpel to remove Sam's brain. He fights Optimus in battle, but [[spoiler: get cut down.]]

* [[spoiler:EyeScream: Courtesy of Optimus.]]
* [[spoiler:FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Optimus literally rips his head in two.]]

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]

* RedShirt: No effort is made to differentiate him from Blackout, nor is there any attempt to develop him as a character, leaving him to be extra muscle during the forest fight, [[spoiler: and the only casualty of the battle that sticks.]]

-->''"The Fallen shall rise again!"''
->Voiced by Calvin Wimmer

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]

* StarterVillain: He's the main antagonist of the film's opening sequence and the reason they come to Shanghai.

* CombiningMecha

* ExplosiveInstrumentation: He's the cause of a meta-example. Devastator is likely ILM's greatest accomplishment to date. The scenes with him had such a massive level of detail that rendering him took the ILM equipment to its limits. "Took the ILM equipment to its limits" as in ''smoking and melting one of the motherboards''. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen He was originally going to be play a bigger role]], but the destruction of a very expensive computer put an end to that. According to some of the crew, Devastator had so many moving parts and was so complex and detailed to animate that his animation model were the cause of the critical failure.

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]

* WeaponsThatSuck

* [[HumanResources Cybertronian Resources]]: Scrapmetal.
-->'''Scalpel''': Need parts. Kill ze little one!
* [[spoiler:DeathFromAbove:How Scrapper and Long Haul die.]]

* [[spoiler:HalfTheManHeUsedToBe, OffWithHisHead: Mixmaster needed a ''lot'' of killing, apparently]]

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: All of Them.]]
* PaletteSwap: Rampage comes in both red and yellow, plus Demolishor and Scavenger

[[folder:Ravage]]
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: In IDW's tie-in comics, a human agency hits him with Allspark power, restoring him to life.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath[=/=]FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler: Bumblebee literally ''tears his spine out''.]]
* CyberCyclops: An animal variant.
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
* MegaNeko
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Reedman]]

[[labelnote:Tfwiki Profile]]Reedman is the form taken by a swarm of microcons when they combine together. The combined, mantis-like form is razor-thin, allowing for nigh-invisibility when seen from certain angles.[[/labelnote]]

* CyberCyclops
* [[RedEyesTakeWarning Red Eye, Take Warning]]
[[/folder]]

-->''"Ve must have ze brain on ze table, chop-chop!"''
->Voiced by John Di Crosta

-->''"[[TheVamp Is she your girlfriend?]]"''
->Played by Isabel Lucas

* MythologyGag: "How about tonight, you [[TransformersGenerationOne pretend]] I'm your girlfriend?"

->Voiced by Creator/FrankWelker

* AdvertisedExtra: He had as much prominence as Megatron did for the first movie in the promotion and toy line. He's ultimately a minor supporting character, and while he does have a significant presence during his little screen time, he was always intended to be a [[spoiler: RedHerring for the true BigBad, Sentinel Prime.]]

* TheCameo: A drone almost identical to [[spoiler:Shockwave]] is part of Galvatron's army... aside from the extra head.

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]

* TheQuietOne: Has one, maybe two, lines in the entire film, yet unlike the other characters who get hit with that, he's a significant presence.

* [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever Attack of the 100+ Meter Whatever]]

* WormSign: Capable of tunnelling through streets, and buildings, and evidently across the distance between Chernobyl and Chicago.

--> "Is your daddy home?"
->Voiced by Creator/KeithSzarabajka

* ArtifactTitle: In that he dozen't even have ''any'' lasers this time, but ballistic slug throwers like every other Transformers in this universe.

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
* [[spoiler:OffWithHisHead:His death, courtesy of Bumblebee.]]

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: All of Them.]]

->Voiced by Creator/FrankWelker

A man-made Transformer meant to be their remote-controlled drone replacement for Optimus Prime, he somehow ended up looking more like Prime's old nemesis Megatron. It turns out that this is because he ''is'' Megatron, having uploaded his consciousness into a man-made body.

* AxCrazy[=/=]ForTheEvulz: Much like Megatron, when released on a highway, he attacks and kills a number of humans because he could, before engaging Optimus.

* BigBadEnsemble: With Lockdown and Attinger in ''Age of Extinction''. While he and his drone army are definitely dangerous, they're not the only problem to the Autobots as Lockdown and Attinger are also threats, and he only directly takes part in direct combat once.

* NoSell: [[spoiler: Grabs Optimus' sword and drives it through the hole in his chest, causing absolutely no damage to himself. Though given what he's constructed with, and who he is, it's sort of justified.]]
** [[spoiler: In a "blink and you'll miss it" Moment. He Actually GRINDS Optimus's Sword to Pieces like a piece of log being shredded!!!]]

* ObviouslyEvil: Lampshaded by Joshua who complains that him looking so evil means people will have difficulty believing that he's supposed to be a good guy. [[spoiler: Turns out to be a bigger issue than he realized since Megaton had uploaded his mind into it.]]

* YouCanTalk: Despite being a drone, it [[spoiler: or rather ''he'' responds to a comment from Prime about being souless during their fight, tipping Optimus off to his true identity and causing Joyce to start to realize something is seriously wrong with his "drones" -- they weren't designed to speak at all, let alone on their own]].

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Even though by Cybertronians standards Stinger isn't "alive", he still manages to keep Bumblebee on the ropes for most of their fight.
* {{Badass}}: Despite being little more than a mindless [[MechaMooks mook]] meant to do the human's then[[spoiler: Galvatron's]] biding. It is surprisingly tough, agile, and versatile fighting machine that mange to even keep [[InvincibleHero Bumblebee]] on his toes.
* EvilKnockoff: Made in-universe as an "improved" version of Bumblebee. Bumblebee was not amused.
* {{Expy}}: A Transformer that appears to be better than Bumblebee in every way. Are we sure we're not talking about [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Wasp]]?

%%* OffWithHisHead.
* RedIsHeroic: Intended to be this. But then [[spoiler:Galvatron]] came along.

** RetiredBadass: Due to his injuries from the second film, he becomes an evil variant in ''DOTM''. Instead of fighting, he spends most of his time commanding his {{Mooks}} [[spoiler:and peacefully watching Cybertron about to be restored]]. It takes [[spoiler:Carly, of all people,]] to rouse him back into action, and [[spoiler:he plays a significant part in defeating Sentinel - [[CurbStompBattle only for ''both'' villains to be ripped to shreds by Optimus]]]].

* VillainousRescue: He comes to the rescue of [[spoiler: Optimus Prime]] when he realized by the end of the invasion he will be nothing more than [[spoiler: "Sentinel's bitch."]]

* WeShallMeetAgain: He says this in his last appearance in the film.

-->''"[[TemptingFate Not to call you a coward, master,]] [[GenreSavvy but sometimes, cowards do survive.]]"''

* GenreSavvy: "Sometimes, cowards ''do'' survive."

* CameBackStrong: [[spoiler:Following his resurrection, he is capable of standing toe-to-toe with Optimus, compared to the last movie where as Megatron, he was effortlessly [[CurbStompBattle curbstomped]] by Optimus.]]

* TookALevelInBadass: In the last movie, [[spoiler: Megatron was out-maneuvered by the actual BigBad, hardly got to fight, and got killed by Prime in a CurbStompBattle. Now he's back, stronger than ever, and engineered his resurrection by out-maneuvering the apparent human BigBad]].

The BiggerBad than Megatron, The Fallen is [[spoiler: the true founder of the Decepticons.]] Having FantasticRacism against humanity, he tries to wipe them out by building a Sun Harvester machine on Earth, but is thwarted by his fellow Primes. Years later, he returns to exact his revenge.

** BiggerBad: Of the entire movieverse franchise before DOTM.

* BigBad: [[spoiler:Subverted. Although Michael Bay claimed that Shockwave would fill this role, this may have been misinformation to make the reveal of the ''true'' BiggerBad more shocking.]]

A man-made Transformer meant to be their remote-controlled drone replacement for Optimus Prime, he somehow ended up looking more like Prime's old nemesis Megatron. [[spoiler: It turns out that this is because he ''is'' Megatron, having uploaded his consciousness into a man-made body.]]

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal:Debatable. He was never really "alive" to begin with, at least by Cybertronian standards]]

* [[spoiler:OffWithHisHead]].

** [[spoiler: In a "blink and you'll miss it" Moment. He Actually GRINDS Optimus's Sword to Pieces like a piece of log being shredded!!!]]

* ObviouslyEvil: Lampshaded by Jousha who complains about him looking so evil means people will difficult trusting a product so evil looking. [[spoiler: Turns out to be a bigger issue than he realized since Megaton had uploaded his mind into it.]]

* CameBackStrong: [[spoiler:Following his resurrection, he is capable of standing toe-to-toe with Optimus, compared to the last movie where he as Megatron was effortlessly [[CurbStompBattle curbstomped]] by Optimus.]]

* {{Determinator}}: You have to admire his dedicated pursuit of his goals. Once he's set his mind to it, anything short of decapitation is not going to stop him.

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* [[KnightOfCerebus Knights of Cerebus]]: This is easily one of the darkest portrayals of the Decepticon faction as a whole: