Megazarak (Universe)
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| The name or term "Megazarak" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Megazarak (disambiguation). |
- Megazarak is a Decepticon from the 2001 Robots in Disguise continuity family (via the 2003 Universe series).
Completely without mercy or fear, having an unrivaled thirst for destruction and chaos, and intolerant of weakness, Megazarak is responsible for the near-annihilation of the Autobots in many timestreams, often including Optimus Prime. He amassed a small army of loyal followers and tore through Cybertron in a genocidal war unprecedented in this Cybertron's history... and most other Cybertrons, in fact. The surface of the planet is littered with the remains of Autobot and Decepticon alike, but mostly Autobot. He has nearly obliterated the planet, leaving only his followers and a tiny handful of straggling Autobot resistance fighters lurking deep within the planet.
| “ | Functioning is a privilege, not a right. | ” |
| —Megazarak's profile quote | ||
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Fiction
Shell Game
In Viron 704.31 Epsilon, Megazarak came to power after Megatron's death on Earth. Scourge was his main rival but Megazarak pretended to back down, then poisoned the guy using Tox-En and turned him into a loyal warrior, Toxitron. Building on this, he turned Megatron's corpse into the undead Megabolt, hoping to gain control of Brave Maximus; and used the Robo-Smasher to convert the Build Team and Team Bullet Train into his slaves, renamed the Constructicons and Dominus Trannis. Sky-Byte left his army in disgust and took the Predacon Trio with him.
His rampage against the Autobots was aided in part by the disappearance of many of Optimus Prime's soldiers as a result of Unicron abducting them to fight in the Universe War. Although some of Megazarak's own soldiers were abducted as well, Megazarak ultimately vanquished his opposition and almost all Autobots were left dead. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/30 He soon became the most feared despot in the galaxy. Megazarak toy bio
Megazarak and his Micromaster partner, Caliburn delved deep into Cybertron in search of the Oracle, which Megazarak believed would give him the location of Base Sigma, the last pocket of Autobot resistance, and the hiding place of the Matrix. Only the Oracle's ancient caretaker Ultra Trion stood in his way, but not for long.
Megazarak simply batted Ultra Trion aside, but when the guardian continued to attack, Megazarak quickly grew tired of the distraction and obliterated the ancient Autobot. But the Oracle wasn't in its ancient chamber anymore, delaying Megazarak's final victory yet again. Shell Game
Eventually, he fought the Last Autobot,[1] Defensor, in final battle... and also Sky Byte, who led his old team in support of the Autobot! Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/30 With the use of the Chaos Armor, Megazarak was finally defeated. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/07
Cybertron comic
Another Megazarak came from Viron 403.0 Beta and called himself God Emperor Supreme of the Destructicons. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/11 With a strike force composed of Dreadwind, Smokejumper, and other Decepticons who respected him Megazarak profile and Jhiaxus as his second in command, he devastated his Cybertron and left only the Dinobots as any real opposition... and then went looking for more Cybertrons! After testing dimension-hopping tech with a strike against Primax 1087.09 Alpha, he hopped into the war-ravaged Aurex 304.0 Epsilon—leaving only his loyal second-in-commmand Jhiaxus behind.
With Bludgeon, Scourge, Dreadwind, Smokejumper, and Sunstorm, he easily stomped Aurex 304.0 Epsilon. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/11 Megazarak defeated the local Optimus Prime, taunting him that the Matrix inside of him would rot with him, before ripping out his spark and abandoning Optimus's remains on the shores of the Rust Sea. Eventually, this would provide Unicron with the source of his malevolent Herald Nemesis Prime. Nemesis Prime's profile in Club magazine #6 The Decepticons tried to buddy up with the Destructicons, even giving Galvatron's own personal Mini-Con, Caliburn, to Megazarak. It didn't last. All the carnage was fed on by Unicron and after the war, Tornedron and the Hytherion ate the reality he'd messed up. You suck, Megazarak!
The victorious Destructicons were abducted by Unicron for the Universe War, but Jhiaxus rescued his master from the Cauldron. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/11 At some point, the Defensor of Viron 704.31 Epsilon caught wind of this dimension-hopping menace through his Matrix and set out to stop this Megazarak. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/07
Ask Sideways
When asked for the name of the Autobot known as "Big Red", Sideways mocked you for wanting to know about stupid things and not wanting to know about more evil things such as the savagery of Gladiaron, the rule of the Triumvirate, or the world-devastating rampage of Megazarak. Ask Sideways, 2015/07/04
Toys
Universe (2003)
- Megazarak with Caliburn Mini-Con figure (Ultra Class, 2004)
- Accessories: 3 missiles
- Universe Megazarak is a black, purple, red, and electric blue redeco of Armada Megatron, transforming into a Cybertronic H-tank. While the mold's electronics have been removed from the toy for cost concerns, he retains the many, many, many non-electronic gimmicks.
- His turret is able to rotate freely and pivot the main cannon up and down, which can also fire a pressure-launched missile. Plugging a Mini-Con onto the Powerlinx hardpoint in the L-shaped trench, then pulling back down the length of the trench and locking it in will flip up a double missile launcher on the opposite side of the turret, with two spring-loaded missiles ready to fire. His right-side forward hull protrusion has a flip-out "launch pad" with a sliding Powerlinx post for Mini-Cons. The left-side forward hull has three spring-loaded, flip-out panels that have Powerlinx hardpoints that reveal themselves at the push of a button. The rear right-side hull has a flip-out ramp for Mini-Cons, and a slide-out capture claw to ensnare them, while the rear left-side hull has a holding compartment for Mini-Cons, although most are too large to fit inside.
- In robot mode, sliding the Powerlinx post on his left forearm forward (with or without a Mini-Con plugged into it) reveals a small knife in his spring-loaded left hand. The entire turret assembly can be rotated around to face forward, then all his weapons can then be pivoted to face forward as well for "Full Blast Mode". The turret can then be rotated by turning a small crank attached to the right-hand side of Megatron's waist. His "Micromaster" partner Caliburn can clip into the compartment in Megazarak's right shoulder, his weapon barrels pointing forward, and his three missiles can do the same over on his left shoulder.
- He and Caliburn were exclusive to OTFCC 2004.
Notes
- Megazarak was part of an aborted Transformers Generation 3 project. He was originally conceived as a new form for the original Megatron (as his colors, particularly in robot mode, loosely imply) under the name "Chaos Megatron", after the specific color of black used, but Hasbro did not allow 3H Productions to use the character.[2] Thus, he was renamed after the Japanese version of Generation 1 Scorponok. With the collapse of 3H soon after the release of Megazarak, however, the "Shell Game" storyline never went further.
- Due to the aforementioned collapse of 3H, Megazarak's "dimension" classification by wiki standards was unclear for a long time. In addition, despite nominally depicting the exact same individual, "Shell Game" had Megazarak seeking the Matrix while Nemesis Prime's Club magazine profile portrayed Megazarak as not caring about the Matrix. Finally in 2015, the Facebook edition of Ask Vector Prime clarified that there were two Robots in Disguise incarnations of Megazarak, one of whom dimension-jumped to a Unicron Trilogy universe.
