>has a treacherous, back stabbing weasel lieutenant who hates

>>94622451
to be fair galvatron is insane (after being stuck in that lava pit for quite a while).

cyclonus actually had him get psychiatric help to get better.

>>94622528
Web World is the greatest episode of Transformers ever.

>>94622528
Do you think pre-upgrade Megatron would have been nicer to Cyclonus?

>>94622451
Galvatron's descent into madness stems from the fact that due to his connection with Unicron's will he had become the treacherous, back stabbing weasle lackie and he hated himself for it.
So he took his disgust out on everyone else.

>>94622590
megatron: you're the second-in-command i need AND deserve!

>>94622581
truth!

>>94622590
I imagine that while he may give Cyclonus shit for telling him bad news/things he doesn't want to hear and otherwise take out his frustrations on yet another Autbot win on the poor guy-- that Megatron would probably be nicer to his henchman. Especially if he still shot Starcream into oblivion beforehand.

>>94622605
Kinda the inverse of Prime Megs who after being subjugated to the will of Unicron lost his taste for being a Warlord.

>>94622451
I always new Leonard Nimoy was emotionally unstable.

Transformers casual here

How different are Megs and Galvatron as characters? Are they the same guy? Different guys? A different guys with the same base programming?

>>94624773
There's no easy answer to that question.

But disregarding the multiple different versions of both characters and whatever nuance there might be, it's probably best to say that they're the same guy, but one is insane. Galvatron in the film acted pretty much like a slightly more competent megs, so it's safe to assume the thing that drove him crazy was losing his connection to unicron, which 'cron probably did on purpose. It's a very Unicron thing to do.

>>94622590
Yes. Megatron was pretty fair with those loyal to him. He may talk shit sometimes, but he also rewarded competence.

Galvatron would beat the everloving piss out of anyone just because he can.

>>94622451
Both have trouble drinking a cup of energon from their right hand.

>>94624773
Bullit points
>Megatron is left to die in space by Starscream
>Unicron finds him, upgrades him into Galvatron
>Galvatron serves Unicron but hates it
>Ends up being free of Unicron, but is trapped in lava for a long time
>Is recovered by his minions
>Unlike Megatron who is methodical and cunning, Galvatron is insane, randomly violent, and self destructive
>Galvatron is more powerful than Megatron, but too crazy to be trusted by his men

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>>94624972
> Ultra Magnus was Galvatron's favourite punching bag in the TF comics.

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>>94625187

>>94624773
In the G1 cartoon Galvatron was an upgraded dying Megatron who eventually went insane.

In most of the comics they are different characters. Either Galvatron is some sort of herald of unicron, or he is an ancient Cybertronian warlord.

Megatron is usually much the same as his G1 cartoon counterpart, only more competent. In the IDW incarnation he's more morally ambiguous. As the comic delves into his backstory, you learn he's actually a sort of revolutionary with a violent backstory. You see him rise from being a lower class miner with a dream of changing an oppressive society, to a ruthless despot who's motto is "peace through tyranny."

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>>94622581
NOT SO FAST

>>94624773
Galvatron: min-max'd for Power at the expense of Sanity
Megatron: less Power with more points in Charisma

>>94625365
>In most of the comics they are different characters.

Not really. That's only IDW.

In the Marvel comics he was still Megatron-reformatted-into-Galvatron, but he time travelled so he was in the same time as Megatron, so both existed, but still former Megatron.

Cyclonus is too pure for this world.

>>94622451
Its a bit of a role reversal. That and >>94622528
yeah, post-movie Galvatron is seriously insane, having basically a melted robot-brain. He's a lot more level-headed in the movie and during the Rebirth, in both cases having his sanity.

>>94627279

but hes still an engineering genius right? I remember him making a UFO in the JP Headmasters continuity.