Editing Megatron (section)

====Dreamwave Productions====
In the 21st-century reimagining of the Generation One Universe by [[Dreamwave Productions]], Megatron was envisioned as an ancient gladiatorial combatant in the depths of Cybertron's underworld. As victory upon victory mounted, he began to realize that the games were nothing more than an elaborate attempt by the Cybertronian elders to hide the truth of Cybertron's history from the masses. When Megatron attempted to gain access to that knowledge through exploration and research, the Cybertronian elders attempted to have him assassinated—a plan that only resulted in stirring up even more discontent among Cybertronians which allowed Megatron to begin recruiting for the Decepticon movement. It is known that at one point Megatron attempted to recruit [[Grimlock]] as one of his inner circle, but the fellow gladiator refused the position, eventually joining the Autobots.

Megatron would also appear in Dreamwave's ''Transformers/[[G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero|G.I. Joe]]'' [[Limited series (comics)|limited series]]. Unlike many of the other Transformers (who were given [[World War II]] vehicle alternate modes), Megatron would keep his basic [[Walther P38]] handgun transformation, which was indeed a WWII German handgun. Forming an alliance with [[Cobra Commander]] due to their similar natures, Megatron nonetheless had a bitter personal rivalry with the tyrannical leader of the terrorist group [[Cobra (G.I. Joe)|Cobra]], resulting in Megatron killing several of his troops and Cobra Commander having to use the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to keep him in line. Later, Megatron refuses to help the Commander since [[Combaticons|Bruticus]] had tried to crush him and allows the [[Baroness (G.I. Joe)|Baroness]] to use him in gun mode to shoot the helpless Cobra Leader. After battling Optimus Prime, he was deactivated along with all the Transformers when [[Snake Eyes (G.I. Joe)|Snake Eyes]] opened the Matrix.