Editing Megatron (section)

===Animated series===
In this series, Megatron has his own catchphrase: "Decepticons, transform and rise up!", contrasting [[Optimus Prime (other incarnations)#Transformers: Animated|Optimus Prime]]'s classic "Autobots, transform and roll out!" line. A marked contrast between this and other series is that Megatron and Optimus Prime's antagonism is not personal: before their first battle, they had never met, and they continue to clash on the basis that they are on opposite sides rather than on any particular personal hatred. Megatron does not even bother to remember Optimus's name until the series finale. Unlike several other series, Megatron does not upgrade into Galvatron (though a character named [[Cyclonus]] appears in season 3 mentioning a Galvatron), he remains as Megatron for the full three seasons. The scale chart released for the series indicates Megatron stands about {{convert|35|ft|abbr=on}} tall.

As revealed in "Transform and Roll Out", Megatron had spent 4 million stellar cycles (years) in search of the Allspark. Even though he found it, Megatron was betrayed at the beginning of the series by [[Starscream]], who planted an explosive device on his back. Due to the explosion that crippled the Autobots craft, Megatron's lifeless body crashed on Earth, contracting "space barnacles," while his disembodied head was found in rural [[Michigan]] by a young Isaac Sumdac. Megatron's head subsequently became a keystone for Sumdac's various robotic creations, which he used to help convert [[Detroit]] into a technological metropolis within the next 50 years.

This version is less tolerant of Starscream's treachery: after gaining his new body, he uses [[Sari Sumdac]]'s key to slay Starscream, and takes great pleasure in killing him several times once he discovers that Starscream has become immortal due to a shard of the Allspark embedded in his head, and he would later destroy Starscream's replacement body, moments after he got it, once the treacherous Decepticon had outgrown his usefulness. Megatron is also the most cool-headed among his other adaptations, despite being just as arrogant as his predecessors. Furthermore, he doesn't consider Optimus of any actual importance until the climactic final battle on Earth, where Megatron finally acknowledged him as a threat by name. In the end, Megatron is captured and brought to Cybertron.

After the events of the animated series, Megatron was placed in detention at the [[Trypticon]] stronghold in Kaon city.<ref>{{Cite comic| writer = [[Marty Isenberg]], [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] & [[Matt Youngberg]]| penciller = [[Marcelo Matere]]| Inker = Marcelo Matere| colorist= [[Thomas Deer]] & [[Jesse Wittenrich]]| letterer=Jesse Wittenrich| editor=[[Pete Sinclair (editor)|Pete Sinclair]] & Brian Savage| story = "The Stunt-Con Job" | title = [[Transformers: Timelines]]| volume = 2| issue = 6| date = Summer 2011| publisher = Fun Publications}}</ref> If [[Cyclonus]] is to be believed, in the far future, Megatron will become [[Galvatron]], under unknown circumstances, and kill Oil Slick.
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