History Sandbox / MagnificentBastardTransformers

** [[AffablyEvil Dreadwing]] is a member of the [[Characters/TransformersPrimeDecepticons Decepticons]] who contrasts his team's villainous nature with a sense of honour and loyalty. The brother of the Decepticon Skyquake who was slain by the Autbots, Autobots, Dreadwing travels to Earth--taking out an Autobot and almost killing Wheeljack in the process. Seeking revenge for his fallen twin, Dreadwing concocts a scheme to hold the Autobot Bulkhead hostage lure Optimus and Wheeljack into a deadly trap. Disobeying Megatron's orders to not tail him, Dreadwing manages to get the drop on the Autobots in which he rescues Megatron--earning the tyrant's respect for his loyalty. Heading to Antarctica to hunt for an Iacon relic, Dreadwing [[EnemyMine forms an alliance with Optimus]] to stop Starscream from killing them both with the apex armour. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Disillusioned with the Decepticon cause]] after discovering that Starscream used his brother's corpse as a Terrorcon and denied him an eternal rest, Dreadwing steals the Forge of Solus Prime from the Nemesis and hands it to the Autobots for their advantage--later almost striking down Starscream.Starscream.

-->-- '''"[[Characters/BeastWarsMegatron Megatron]]"''', ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''

* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'': "[[Characters/BeastWarsMegatron Megatron]]", a rogue [[Characters/BeastWarsPredacons Predacon]] general who took the name of the Decepticon leader, is a brilliant, charismatic and ruthless foe who repeatedly comes up with new schemes to defeat the [[Characters/BeastWarsMaximals Maximals]] under Optimus Primal. Faking the Predacons' destruction to gain an advantage as well as using spies and psychological warfare, Megatron even uses cover of a truce to betray Optimus and succeeds in temporarily destroying him. Utilizing his soldiers as expendable resources, Megatron routinely [[NearVillainVictory comes within inches of victory]], even manipulating a former Decepticon into working for him so he can destroy the sleeping Autobots and completely change history. Megatron is also an expert at highjacking the plans of his disloyal minions, instead using them to further his own goals. By the sequel, ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'', Megatron turns out to have taken over Cybertron and repeatedly keeps the Maximals on the run, having taken power by manipulating the villainous Tankor/Rhinox's plans to lay a trap for the Maximals and faking his own death to take the form of the innocent Maximal "Noble" to trick them into allowing him ascension to ruler of the planet. Bombastic, hammy and theatrical, Megatron would set a new Machiavellian standard for villains in the franchise.

* [[BigGood Optimus Prime]], leader of the [[Characters/TransformersFilmSeriesAutobots Autobots]] and a believer that freedom is the right of all beings, arrives on earth to lead the battle against the wicked [[Characters/TransformersFilmSeriesDecepticons Decepticons]]. Forming a plan to keep any objects of power from Megatron, even if it means his life, Optimus is able to direct the defeat of the evil Fallen. Upon his old mentor Sentinel Prime turning on the Autobots, Optimus agrees to leave the planet with the others, but [[FakingTheDead fakes his and the Autobots' deaths]], knowing that the Decepticons will prove they cannot be trusted and kill many humans. Leading the charge now that the humans know the Autobots are needed, Optimus demonstrates no restraint at brutally killing his enemies, even when they are defeated, [[GoodIsNotSoft showing no mercy]] even for the helpless and bested Sentinel Prime.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Prime]]'':
** [[Characters/TransformersPrimeMegatron Megatron]] is the leader of the [[Characters/TransformersPrimeDecepticons Decepticons]] who balances might with cunning to repeatedly orchestrate schemes for his goals of conquest. Formerly known as the Kaon gladiator D-16, Megatron sought to shift a hierarchy balance within Cybertron--rallying up thousands of loyal troops to serve his cause. Formulating several schemes that conflict the Autobots, Megatron usually leaves the heroes with a narrow victory or an [[TheBadGuyWins outright loss]]. With the resurrection of Unicron imminent, Megatron forms a truce with the Autobots to combat the Chaos Bringer--[[BrutalHonesty being completely honest that it will be temporary and that their dynamic will return to normal]]. To combat Optimus' Star Saber, Megatron forges his own--grafting his arm with that of a Prime's to be able to wield it. Forging the Omega Lock, Megatron intends on using to restore Cybertron to allow the masses to return--with the restoration granting him the leadership of the planet. To combat the Primus and Unicron dynamic of only dominion over one planet, Megatron also has the Lock almost convert Earth--with the effect of wiping out all organic-based life. After losing the lock, Megatron formulates an assault against the Autobot's base, leaving it in ruins and the Autobots disbanded. When Predaking reveals his sapience, Megatron concurs with his command staff that they are outnumbered by the Predacons, and terminates the Predacon pods with a scheme to frame the Autobots and enrage Predaking against them. [[Recap/TransformersPrimeTVMBeastHuntersPredaconsRising Slain after almost utilizing the Omega Lock's power and finding himself trapped as a vessel for Unicron's goal of destruction]], Megatron convinces him to approach Predaking under the pretense of loyalty--knowing that Predaking would attempt to destroy Megatron's body. Free from Unicron's control, Megatron [[HeelFaceTurn dissolves the Decepticons]]--understanding the true meaning of oppression and thus losing the taste for conquest--before departing.
** [[ChessmasterSidekick Soundwave]] is Megatron's most trusted operative, an oft-silent head of Decepticon communications who uses his position to [[BigBrotherIsWatching spy on friend and foe alike]] to further the Decepticon cause. Regularly thwarting attempts to overthrow Megatron with both tactical surveillance and physical might, Soundwave is always on standby to supply Decepticon troops with transportation and strategic schemes, serving as the [[HypercompetentSidekick primary source of Decepticon victories]]. Always taking the most pragmatic ways to accomplish his goals, Soundwave contrasts fellow lieutenants Starscream and Airachnid's sadism and cruelty with his own brand of cold efficiency, often forgoing outright physical confrontations in favor of just teleporting entire armies of enemies out of his way. Even when captured and threatened with torture and interrogation by the Autobots, Soundwave just [[DefiantToTheEnd mocks his captors before wiping his own hard drives]], fully willing to perish to ensure Decepticon victory.
** [[AffablyEvil Dreadwing]] is a member of the [[Characters/TransformersPrimeDecepticons Decepticons]] who contrasts his team's villainous nature with a sense of honour and loyalty. The brother of the Decepticon Skyquake who was slain by the Autobots, Dreadwing travels to Earth--taking out an Autobot and almost killing Wheeljack in the process. Seeking revenge for his fallen twin, Dreadwing concocts a scheme to hold the Autobot Bulkhead hostage lure Optimus and Wheeljack into a deadly trap. Disobeying Megatron's orders to not tail him, Dreadwing manages to get the drop on the Autobots in which he rescues Megatron--earning the tyrant's respect for his loyalty. Heading to Antarctica to hunt for an Iacon relic, Dreadwing [[EnemyMine forms an alliance with Optimus]] to stop Starscream from killing them both with the apex armour. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Disillusioned with the Decepticon cause]] after discovering that Starscream used his brother's corpse as a Terrorcon and denied him an eternal rest, Dreadwing steals the Forge of Solus Prime from the Nemesis and hands it to the Autobots for their advantage--later almost striking down Starscream.
** [[ChessmasterSidekick Soundwave]] is Megatron's most trusted operative, an oft-silent head of Decepticon communications who uses his position to [[BigBrotherIsWatching spy on friend and foe alike]] to further the Decepticon cause. Regularly thwarting attempts to overthrow Megatron with both tactical surveillance and physical might, Soundwave is always on standby to supply Decepticon troops with transportation and strategic schemes, serving as the [[HypercompetentSidekick primary source of Decepticon victories]]. Always taking the most pragmatic ways to accomplish his goals, Soundwave contrasts fellow lieutenants Starscream and Airachnid's sadism and cruelty with his own brand of cold efficiency, often forgoing outright physical confrontations in favor of just teleporting entire armies of enemies out of his way. Even when captured and threatened with torture and interrogation by the Autobots, Soundwave just [[DefiantToTheEnd mocks his captors before wiping his own hard drives]], fully willing to perish to ensure Decepticon victory. Returning in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'', Soundwave still maintains his ruthless efficiency and loyalty to Megatron, procuring schemes that test the heroes to their limit in a bid to try and regain contact with his former master.

* ''ComicBook/SupermanAndSpiderMan'' & ''ComicBook/NewAvengers[=/=]ComicBook/{{Transformers}}'': Dr. Victor Von Doom is as megalomaniacal and brilliant as ever. In the first story, Doom allies with Parasite and uses the supervillain as a pawn in his scheme to destroy the Earth's fuel and electrical supply so that Doom's powerful energy source will enable him to institute his own, utopian rule. Doom uses both the confines of the law and stealthy red herrings to regularly outwit Superman and Spider-Man, nearly killing the duo. Though he ends the comic with a heavy dose of cowardice, Doom later returns with all his gravitas restored, risking his own life to fight the Decepticons and help save the entire planet from their schemes. Doom personally damages the Decepticons' HQ and saves a variety of heroes from brainwashing, ending the comic developing a new plan with stoic resolve even as the base explodes around him.

** [[Characters/TransformersPrimeMegatron Megatron]] is the leader of the [[Characters/TransformersPrimeDecepticons Decepticons]] who balances might with cunning to repeatedly orchestrate schemes for his goals of conquest. Formerly known as the Kaon gladiator D-16, Megatron sought to shift a hierarchy balance within Cybertron--rallying up thousands of loyal troops to serve his cause. Formulating several schemes that conflict the Autobots, Megatron usually leaves the heroes with a narrow victory or an [[TheBadGuyWins outright loss]]. With the resurrection of Unicron imminent, Megatron forms a truce with the Autobots to combat the Chaos Bringer--[[BrutalHonesty being completely honest that it will be temporary and that their dynamic will return to normal]]. To combat Optimus' Star Saber, Megatron forges his own--grafting his arm with that of a Prime's to be able to wield it. Forging the Omega Lock, Megatron intends on using to restore Cybertron to allow the masses to return--with the restoration granting him the leadership of the planet. To combat the Primus and Unicron dynamic of only dominion over one planet, Megatron also has the Lock almost convert Earth--with the effect of wiping out all organic-based life. After losing the lock, Megatron formulates an assault against the Autobot's base, leaving it in ruins and the Autobots disbanded. When Predaking reveals his sapience, Megatron concurs with his command staff that they are outnumbered by the Predacons, and terminates the Predacon pods with a scheme to frame the Autobots and enrage Predaking against them. [[Recap/TransformersPrimeTVMBeastHuntersPredaconsRising Slain after almost utilizing the Omega Lock's power and finding himself trapped as a vessel for Unicron's goal of destruction]], Megatron convinces him to approach Predaking under the pretence of loyalty--knowing that Predaking would attempt to destroy Megatron's body. Free from Unicron's control, Megatron [[HeelFaceTurn dissolves the Decepticons]]--understanding the true meaning of oppression and thus losing the taste for conquest--before departing.

** [[GeniusBruiser Shockwave]] is the [[MadScientist head scientist]] of the Decepticons, dictating his actions based not on personal feelings, but on logic and greatest chances for success. Established immediately as Starscream's far more competent, threatening rival, Shockwave survives an attempt by Starscream to leave him for dead, instead fully repairing himself and his lab of his own construction using [[MacGyvering nothing but ruins of Cybertron]]. Upon finding his way to Earth back into the Decepticon fold, Shockwave quickly proves his usefulness in furthering the groups' schemes, as he creates and unleashes Predaking, outwits the Autobots in retrieving Decepticon artifacts, and even concocts the final plan of the Decepticons in the series, adapting materials from a freak accident to reform Cybertron and return it to prosperity. As efficient physically as mentally, Shockwave thrashes any opponents he faces personally, and cements his status as a truly impressive Decepticon when he singlehandedly convinces the Predacons to fight Unicron alongside the Autobots for the good of Cybertron.

** [[AffablyEvil Dreadwing]] is a member of the [[Characters/TransformersPrimeDecepticons Decepticons]] who contrasts his team's villainous nature with a sense of honour and loyalty. The brother of the Decepticon Skyquake who was slain by the Autbots, Dreadwing travels to Earth--taking out an Autobot and almost killing Wheeljack in the process. Seeking revenge for his fallen twin, Dreadwing concocts a scheme to hold the Autobot Bulkhead hostage lure Optimus and Wheeljack into a deadly trap. Disobeying Megatron's orders to not tail him, Dreadwing manages to get the drop on the Autobots in which he rescues Megatron--earning the tyrant's respect for his loyalty. Heading to Antarctica to hunt for an Iacon relic, Dreadwing [[EnemyMine forms an alliance with Optimus]] to stop Starscream from killing them both with the apex armour. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Disillusioned with the Decepticon cause]] after discovering that Starscream used his brother's corpse as a Terrorcon and denied him an eternal rest, Dreadwing steals the Forge of Solus Prime from the Nemesis and hands it to the Autobots for their advantage--later almost striking down Starscream.

* [[AffablyEvil Dreadwing]] is a member of the [[Characters/TransformersPrimeDecepticons Decepticons]] who contrasts his team's villainous nature with a sense of honour and loyalty. The brother of the Decepticon Skyquake who was slain by the Autbots, Dreadwing travels to Earth--taking out an Autobot and almost killing Wheeljack in the process. Seeking revenge for his fallen twin, Dreadwing concocts a scheme to hold the Autobot Bulkhead hostage lure Optimus and Wheeljack into a deadly trap. Disobeying Megatron's orders to not tail him, Dreadwing manages to get the drop on the Autobots in which he rescues Megatron--earning the tyrant's respect for his loyalty. Heading to Antarctica to hunt for an Iacon relic, Dreadwing [[EnemyMine forms an alliance with Optimus]] to stop Starscream from killing them both with the apex armour. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Disillusioned with the Decepticon cause]] after discovering that Starscream used his brother's corpse as a Terrorcon and denied him an eternal rest, Dreadwing steals the Forge of Solus Prime from the Nemesis and hands it to the Autobots for their advantage--later almost striking down Starscream.

[-[[caption-width-right:350:"By every measure, I am your superior! That is why you shall lose this battle ! That is why I command the Decepticons!"]]-]

** [[Characters/TransformersPrimeMegatron Megatron]] is the leader of the [[Characters/TransformersPrimeDecepticons Decepticons]] who balances might with cunning to repeatedly orchestrate schemes for his goals of conquest. Formerly known as the Kaon gladiator D-16, Megatron sought to shift a hierarchy balance within Cybertron--rallying up thousands of loyal troops to serve his cause. Formulating several schemes that conflict the Autobots, Megatron usually leaves the heroes with a narrow victory or an [[TheBadGuyWins outright loss]]. With the resurrection of Unicron imminent, Megatron forms a truce with the Autobots to combat the Chaos Bringer--[[BrutalHonesty being completely honest that it will be temporary and that their dynamic will return to normal]]. To combat Optimus' Star Saber, Megatron forges his own--grafting his arm with that of a Prime's to be able to wield it. Forging the Omega Lock, Megatron intends on using to restore Cybertron to allow the masses to return--with the restoration granting him the leadership of the planet. To combat the Primus and Unicron dynamic of only dominion over one planet, Megatron also has the Lock almost convert Earth--with the effect of wiping out all organic-based life. After losing the lock, Megatron formulates an assault against the Autobot's base, leaving it in ruins and the Autobots disbanded. When Predaking reveals his sapience, Megatron concurs with his command staff that they are outnumbered by the Predacons, and terminates the Predacon pods with a scheme to frame the Autobots and enrage Predaking against them. [[Recap/TransformersPrimeTVMBeastHuntersPredaconsRising Slain after almost utilizing the Omega Lock's power and finding himself trapped as a vessel for Unicron's goal of destruction]], Megatron convinces him to approach Predaking under the pretence of loyalty--knowing that Predaking would attempt to destroy Megatron's body. Free from Unicron's control, [[HeelFaceTurn Megatron dissolves the Decepticons—understanding the true meaning of oppression and thus losing the taste for conquest—before departing to parts unknown]].