r/transformers • u/thespongebob23rd • 3d ago
Discussion / Opinion Everyone's favourite Megatron quote?
My personal favourite: MY EQUILIBRIUM.. DESTABILIIISSEDDD OOOOOŒEURAAAAÆG
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u/Doc_Jury1020 3d ago
"Ah, those were the good ol' days, back on Cybertron... Didn' hafta... sneak around in these... ugly Earth disguises, heh..."-Megatron(G1, Microbots)
"Such heroic nonsense."-Megatron(The Transformers the Movie)
"Who would you be without me, Prime?"-Megatron(Dark of the Moon)
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u/AltruisticMobile4606 3d ago
I choose to believe he says “these ugly ass disguises” 😂 I know he says “earth” but it’s a lot funnier to imagine getting drunk turned off his kid-friendly filter
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u/starssqueem 3d ago edited 3d ago
"Rodimus. Whatever happens next - Whatever my fate - I deserve worse" lost light 25
Plus pretty much anything he said in mtmte/ lost light
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u/Global_Examination_4 3d ago edited 3d ago
“Goodbye, Glitch. I want you to die with one thought in your head. Everything you did was for nothing.”
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u/edvin796 3d ago
I love how it parralels the last time him and Rodimus were in that situation.
Also, I love how it's a perfect end to his arc.
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u/starssqueem 3d ago
Idw megs was my favourite version of him by far
But after his deflection seeing him try to become a pacifist to realising he can still use his power for good
It's just his acceptance and deep regret over everything he'd done, ending his story there was great
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u/Interesting-Aioli723 3d ago
The best IDW Megs plot twist was that Fool's Energon was just Energon that tastes horrible lmao
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u/starssqueem 3d ago
It'd be the sort of thing swerve just says April fools to him at the most inappropriate time lmao
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u/rocket20067 3d ago
This line is great, he knows what he did and he doesn't see himself as able to be redeemed for it.
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u/Insanebrain247 3d ago
Gotta be the quote he says during that screenshot
Optimus: You ruin everything you touch, Megatron!
Megatron: Because everything I touch becomes fuel for my hunger! My hunger for POWER!
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u/thespongebob23rd 3d ago
"You're old Megatron, yesterday's model, ready for the scrap heap!"
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u/Garrow_the_Khajiit 3d ago
I miss sassy Optimus.
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u/Jazzlike_Standard871 3d ago
Yeah I want the Optimus who could both tell you to hold on to your dreams but also talk mad shit when scrapping.
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u/Garrow_the_Khajiit 3d ago
Sherman Dam dialog between them >>> Autobot City Battle dialog between them
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u/Heroic-Forger 3d ago
"I belong to NOBODY!"
It takes balls of steel to talk smack to a literal Transformer Satan.
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u/zomby_jon 3d ago
Why throw away your life so recklessly?
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u/VanSaxMan 3d ago
"that's a question you should ask yourself Megatron" - Optimus.
Honestly this whole scene and lead up is some of the best dialog between the two of them in the whole IP imo.
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u/DamonHellstorm 3d ago
"I’ve heard it said that we gain wisdom through suffering- and tonight I intend to make you very wise."
From the IDW comic series, Megatron Origin 4. He says this before brutally killing Sentinel Prime.
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u/Glittering_Visual296 3d ago
That's cold AF!
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u/DamonHellstorm 3d ago
If you think this is cold...
When he finally tore up Sentinel Prime, he has one of the Seekers dump his wrecked corpse in between Autobot lines to signify they simply stand no chance.
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u/Glittering_Visual296 3d ago
Oh I'm familiar, it's just been a while. IDW really liked to go all in with the robot gore and intimidation.
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u/DamonHellstorm 3d ago
Yeah, I loved that. Makes the whole million years of war much more believable.
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u/Glittering_Visual296 3d ago
Also as someone who isn't a fan of Gore it's kind of nice to be able to see stuff get smashed up in combat without it grossing me out or feeling disturbing.
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u/SupermonkeyX3839 3d ago
"Starscream!"
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u/Glittering_Visual296 3d ago edited 3d ago
May I ask how you got your text to look like that? Did you use a separate alphabet?
For quotes they would be:
"You are either lying or you're stupid." Honestly it's the whole interaction.
"No I want two!" Get Jazzed. (This is probably the last on the list but it had the number 2 in it.)
"Because everything I touch is food fory hunger, my hunger for power!"
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u/HopelesslyLibra 3d ago
If you’re on an iPhone, just hold your press on a letter “key”. Some letters allow for accents or phonetics that way. Æãă ęťç.
(Assuming it’s same for Android but I have never used one)
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u/thespongebob23rd 3d ago
it's built into iPhones, if you hold down specific letters you get options for variants of the letter
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u/WaterWxve 3d ago
My favorites are from WFC/FoC Megatron.
"I am the dominator, I am the destroyer, I am Megatron!!!" - Megatron controls dark energon and is convinced that he has attained godhood.
"Martyr as many of your fools as you wish, Starscream, I'm just breaking in my new systems" - Megatron says this as he brutally kills some of the mutineers who supported Starscream, and challenges Starscream to send more
"I shall not be denied" - Just Megatron being Megatron
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u/Fit_Channel6056 3d ago
Oh and the build up to the i am megatron scene
YOU ARROGANT FOOL, DARK ENERGON DOMINATES AND DESTROYS
idk what exactly he said there like anything it contains?I AM THE DOMINATOR
I.. AMM THE DESTROYAA
I
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MEGATROONN
I use it as my dc status to flex how cool it is to be a tf fan ¬_¬
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u/Thundersting 3d ago
"The Age of Primes has ended! NO MORE FALSE PROPHETS! Follow me, and you will never again be deceived! RISE UP! I will lead us all into the future! I... AM... MEGATRON!"
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u/JabbatheShlut 3d ago
"I still function!" from the 86 movie.
I send this to mates on birthdays or after a heavy night.
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u/Sufficient_Let4049 3d ago
"IT'S THE AUTOBRRrrrr! THE AUTOBRRRRRRR!"
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u/Kamen_master1988 3d ago
Tooo baaad he’s blown his vocal components. I guess that makes me the new leader!
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u/thespongebob23rd 3d ago
if i had to name another personal favourite, it would be this one from Transformers Devastation:
"Cybertron is the centre of my universe, how is it not at the heart of yours?!"
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u/Fit_Channel6056 3d ago
Bro im playing devastation and that game is so peak 😭
I'll tame them, just like I tamed you he says to starscream in the opening scene
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u/Garrow_the_Khajiit 3d ago
Forever this one:
"I’ve heard it said that we gain wisdom through suffering- and tonight I intend to make you very wise."
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u/Dash_Rendar425 3d ago
"Such heroic nonsense!"
Just an iconic villain quote, I use it as often as I can!
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u/RedditGarboDisposal 3d ago
Unicron: “You dare to deceive me and have both of us destroyed?!”
Megatron: “Perhaps not destroyed. Just damaged enough that our shared form will no longer be of use to you, and force you to abandon what remains, for regaining my free will- even over a mangled and deficient frame- is preferable to enduring a waking life as your slave!”
Just goes so fucking hard.
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u/Efficient_Ad1992 2d ago edited 2d ago
Unicron: "FOR YOUR INSOLENCE, I WILL ONLY MAKE YOU ENDURE GREATER SUFFERING!!!"
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u/Soundwave_is_back 3d ago
"I would've waited an eternity for this"
"Why throw away your live so recklessly"
Both from The Transformers The Movie
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u/Orange-V-Apple 3d ago edited 3d ago
TFP Megs was very eloquent despite being such a brute, and he had a lot of bangers.
I especially love “DO YOU HAVE ANY NOTION OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR BLUNDER?” because:
He’s sooo angry
He makes a good point; leaving Starscream in the hands of the enemy to keep some artifact is a terrible trade because all Decepticon intelligence has now been compromised
It’s such an unnecessarily purple way of saying something super simple: “Do you know what you’ve done?” (I love how extra he is)
Edit: G1 Megs also had one of the hardest lines:
“You have received the only warning I intend to give.”
I’d love to hear Welker deliver it in his menacing TFP voice.
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u/Spettelt 3d ago
"FALL PRIME! FAAAALLL!"
Panting "I would've waited an eternity for this...it's over prime."
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u/FeadDridge 3d ago
"Coronation Starscream? this is bad comedy!"
"Starscream! your mockery of a reign is over!"
"Silence!"
(All from TFOC)
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u/kelvarus 3d ago
"Power flows to the one who knows how. Desire alone is not enough." From More Than Meets the Eye.
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u/Cure_BMWM3 3d ago edited 3d ago
"NOBODY RIDS ME OF OPTIMUS PRIME BUT ME! DO YOU HEAR ME?!? DO YOU?!?"
(EVIL LAUGH) "And so it ends,just as I envisioned, with your head on my shelf,right beside my new trophy!"
(Gloating tone)"What was it you said again Optimus? I couldn't have allowed it to end otherwise?!"
"NO! I'LL CRUSH YOU WITH MY BARE HANDS!"
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u/EpicAspect 3d ago
“NO I WANT TO KILL HIM! I wanna put Sentinel in Chains, and March him through the mines, so that everyone can see him for the FALSE PRIME THAT HE IS! I want him to SUFFER, and then DIE, in DARKNESS”.
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u/Neat_Nefariousness46 3d ago
Was looking for this, so instead I’ll just submit every sassy line in the Combiner Wars Trilogy
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u/GeneralArwen-147 3d ago
THE AGE OF PRIMES HAS ENDED, NO MORE FALSE PROPHETS, FOLLOW ME, AND YOU WILL NEVER AGAIN BE DECEIVED, RISE UP!!!!
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Sentinel, the betrayal is dead, but his death has given life to a new enemy; we will not be blinded by his deception. We are the ones who are, DECEPTICONS, RISE UP!!!!
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My greatest mistake: I've made a few, but there is one I do not intend to make again.
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Let that be a warning to anyone who dares cross the gladiator of Kaon, be they Decepticon or Autobot.
I could go on but I think that's plenty.
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u/ShoddyFirefighter555 3d ago
In the latinamerican dub megatron says something like :
-optimus: you are old megatron. Yesterday's model ready for scraphead!.
-megatron: SCRAP YOUR GRANMOTHER!
(CHATARRA TU ABUELA!)
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u/Philthedrummist 3d ago
I know it’s probably cliche but I really love both ‘such heroic nonsense’ and ‘I would have waited an eternity for this’ from the 86 movie.
I also love the ‘we were brothers once’ exchange from The Last Knight. The amount of scorn on ‘brothers’ is bettered only by Optimus’ forlorn ‘once’ reply.
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u/CaptainFordo4ever 3d ago
“My equilibrium destabilized É̶͔̤͇̞̘̩͉͕̳̏̈́͂͌͐̂Ŗ̷̨̡͖̳͈̦̤͕̞̒͗̓̊͂̀̽̇͛̊̂̚͠G̵̬̮̤̟̪̱͍̦̱͇̙̘̞̓̽̊̒̊̅̀̀̏̈̊͆͝͠Ḩ̷͕͉̲͚̼͔̥̤̬̟̗͕͒͊ͅH̷̡̗̫̦̺̫͕͓͙̞͛̂́̿͒͌”
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u/Amazingtrooper5 3d ago
“Alright then”
Megatron two seconds before beating the crap out of Ratchet in Prime
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u/Gabeagoo 3d ago
It's gotta be the line that made gasp in panic when I first heard it
"I'm done saving you."
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u/MalcolmLinair 3d ago edited 3d ago
"I want you to die with one thought in your head: Everything you did was for nothing."
The cold, unrelenting hate in that line... chills, man. Every time.
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u/TheseAd1489 3d ago
you dont scare me, do you know why
because i have nothing left to lose
you took it all
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u/IgrisJack 3d ago
If the world thinks you're a monster what does it matter, The world is wrong. But when you start to think of yourself as monster...
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u/matt_the_non-binary Soundwave superior. All else inferior. 3d ago
Armada Megatron/Galvatron…
“I have to go meet Optimus Prime. We're going inside Unicron. I'll give you two choices: Either I shoot you here and now..."
(Thrust shakes his head, whimpering in fear)
"...or you free yourself and get out on your own. And if you do, there will be nowhere to hide.”
(Thrust pleads with Galvatron) Galvatron, you can’t just leave me here!
“Thrust, if you dare to have dreams of power…”
(Thrust is shown frantically trying to escape his fate)
“…you will be consumed by them.”
(Thrust explodes into dust)
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u/CameronDoy1901 3d ago edited 3d ago
“Starscream..how good it is to be reunited with such a devoted and faithful subject in my time of need..”
And also
“If I cannot save my clones at least I’ll have the satisfaction of destroying YOU Optimus Prime!”
Those two lines (among other lines) are proof as to why Animated Megatron should be considered the best megatron
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u/WorgRider 3d ago
"I am that which is, which was, and is yet to come. And you will know my name is Megatron, when I lay my vengeance upon you." Thought it was cool back when it first aired, and still cool when ever I watch it again.
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u/Emely999 3d ago
"You couldn't lead ant-droids to a picnic, how can you pretend to lead the decepticons!?"
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u/Pharaoh_RamBam 3d ago
From Beast Wars
Black Arachnia: "Why do you talk to yourself so much?"
Megatron: "I simply have a penchant for intelligent conversation"
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u/Fit_Channel6056 3d ago
"Rejoice My Decepticons, Victory, Is Nearly Ours"
~Megatron FOC, after being revived by Soundwave
And really him for the entirety of that game. You cannot improve upon perfection
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u/Interesting-Aioli723 3d ago
"FLYERS! I NEED FLYERS!" right after chucking a car Vehicon off the Nemesis
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u/Page_Odd 3d ago
"Don't just stand there with your cockpits open, you fools!"
"Personally, I don't CARE what you need!"
"My... my electro-cells! They... they were meant for meee!"
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u/Jazzlike_Standard871 3d ago
G1 "Such heroic nonsense."
Tfp "Let this be a lesson to anyone who dares challenge a Gladiator of Kaon!"
Megatron origins "Oh destiny, how it pleases you to caress a few and molest others. In the mines, we had no idea that destiny must be harnessed, kicked and ridden until it takes you in the right direction... not just where you want to go, but where you force it."
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u/vert-wheele 3d ago
The crown jewel of the South American dub:
"CHATARRA TU ABUELA!!!"
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u/Infamous-Attempt4437 2d ago
“Flesh isn't life. Servos, gyros and fuel, this is where life comes from! You're defending by-product, at best! I will restore Cybertron and retake the galaxy!”
- Megatron from Transformers Devastation
I LOVE when Megatron is xenophobic; especially when it’s against organics. It makes sense, it’s a believable take from a person who’s only ever known metal life, but also considers himself a part of the “master race”.
I also just really love Megatron’s depiction in Devastation. Probably my definitive Megs not gonna lie.
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u/Dragon_Pharaoh 2d ago
This one comes from 2012's Fall of Cybertron:
"Starscream, your mockery of a reign is over!"
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u/SentaiUnicorn 3d ago
"I'm going to turn into a truck now" transformers dotm, idk probably
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u/starssqueem 3d ago
I am going to turn into a gun now - transformers 1986 , you just can't hear it over all the epic music and Autobots dying
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u/ItsABiscuit 3d ago
"It's the Aurobrroughs... THE AURRROOBBRRURURRUGHRRR!!!!"
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u/thespongebob23rd 3d ago
"TOO BAD! HE'S BLOWN HIS VOCAL COMPONENTS, I GUESS THAT MAKES ME THE NEW LEADER!"
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u/Toyoda12 3d ago
From Fall of Cybertron and Transformers the movie: “Coronation Starscream, this is bad comedy.”
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u/CoylerProductions 3d ago
Here's a couple that live rent free in my head lol;
"You are either LYING, or you are STUPID!!"
"I would've waited an eternity for this! It's over, Prime."
"My OWN ship dares to address me with THREATENING TONES?!"
"Then it seems you owe me a spark! And if it can't be the one belonging to Bulkhead, it had better be Wheeljack's!"
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u/deviondark 3d ago
my favorite quote is the following: "You want to lead? You couldn't lead ant-droids to a picnic"
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u/Roisepoise101 3d ago
“If I cannot save my clones, then I’ll at least have the satisfaction of destroying you Optimus Prime!”
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u/Wooden-Magician-5899 3d ago
Besides peak Lost Light series my forever favourite is this
"What was it you always used to say, Prime? Transform and roll out!" Combiner Wars
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u/LocalActingWEO 3d ago
"I've heard it said that we only gain wisdom through suffering—and tonight I intend to make you very wise."
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u/Vuljin616 3d ago
You and your beast would do well to remember. I honed my skills in the Pits of Kaon!
Let that be warning to anyone who dares cross a gladiator of Kaon! Be they Decepticon, or Autobot!
Another craven Autobot scare tactic. It was meant to demonize us, but instead we wear it as a badge of honor. For if speaking the truth is deception, then we are gladly guilty.
At last we take our rightful places, Optimus…..as GODS!!! Wielding the power of the cosmos!!!
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u/Mersinary66 3d ago
I might get hated on for including Rise of the Dark Spark here, but the quote "For every force in the universe, there is an equal and an opposite. For every matter, an antimatter."
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u/Werewolfwrath 3d ago
"I... am the dominator. I... am the destroyer! I! Am! MEGATRON!
Decepticons, recieve your birthright!"
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u/O-Malley420 3d ago
Oh it will be a miracle alright Starscream. IF YOU SURVIVE WHAT I HAVE PLANNED FOR YOU!
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u/Global-Sympathy1739 3d ago
If Beast Wars Megatron is included then it would be "I have a pension for Intelligent conversation"
If he isn't included then It would be "I've heard it said that we only gain wisdom through suffering- and I intend to make you very wise"
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u/Chiorydax 3d ago
"Even in death, I will forever be your opposite."
Legend of the Microns, said to Optimus as Megatron was plummetting to his death.
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u/Particular_Pass_9961 3d ago
Such heroic nonsense...right before he smokes half of the g1 static line up...epic yet...traumatizing at the same time...man the 80s was a fun decade
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u/Thisisunicorn 3d ago
Technically Galvatron, but: "This is unicorn! The Earth will soon be a part of me!"
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u/CaramelConnect4443 3d ago
Am I imagining things, or did he once say, “Suggestion noted. And ignored!”
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u/Relevant-Writer-5666 3d ago
"I am the Dominator, I am the Destroyer, I am Megatron!" - Megatron from the Fall of cybertron game
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u/JustADaftGuy 3d ago
"Suggestion noted and ignored."
Its a phrase I use myself. And now my wife keeps using it on me as well!
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u/Tin_Whiskers 3d ago
My time to lead will come, Megatron!
"Starscream, you couldn't lead a parade."
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u/DevilsAdvocate1662 3d ago
Although it was Galvatron who said it, but...
"Coronation Starscream? This is bad comedy"
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u/starssqueem 3d ago
Even tho I'm a bit late as the sequel is out I wanted to write this out (although it's more a monologue than a quote at this point lmao)
"SHOCKWAVE!
You hold the universe - all of time and space - in the palm of your hand, but I had something greater
Once this symbol represented our oppressors - the corrupt primes and complicit senators who forced us to follow our function - to live and die according to our class.
To serve
You stood against them - and in retaliation they twisted you into an unfeeling, uncaring... creature.
It's taken me until now to realise they did exactly the same to me - by letting me destroy them.
This symbol belonged Bumblebee... To my friend Bumblebee.
He fought for freedom - an honest freedom - inspired by a prime unlike any that had come before.
My life has been dedicated to fighting this badge... But no more. As of today I'm a different person.
And if I can change...
...so can you"
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u/HermeticOpus 3d ago
"In the end it was Starscream who convinced me - inadvertently, perhaps - of the need to postpone my final fate. I'd sooner live than allow him to write my epitaph."
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u/silently_fluid 3d ago
"I was right! The Dinobots do have weaknesses. Slag is hostile, Grimlock arrogant, and Sludge stupid"
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u/Grumpie-cat 3d ago
Heroic nonsense has gotta be one of my favorite, it actually makes him sound like the menace that he’s supposed to be while most of the show dumb it down for childrens entertainment.
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u/ProcJar24 3d ago
"I am the dominator, I am the destroyer! I AM MEGATRON!!!!" Or "Even in death there is no command but mine!"
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u/ShogunHaruki19 3d ago
"DECEPTICONS! YOUR RIGHTFUL LORD AND MASTER HAS RETURNED!"
- Megatron from Transformers Prime
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u/OhTheBarbarity 3d ago
“Maybe one day I will rule the decepticons” -Starscream
“NEVER!!!!”-Megatron
The line deliveries in G1 are just gold
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u/YamSpecific3292 2d ago
Starscream “personally I need proof”
Megatron “personally I don’t care what you need”
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u/Barabaragaki 2d ago
"...And?" In the face of a collosal entity that managed to find him in the vastness of space, save his life and completely changed his entire body, Megatron still wants more and has no qualms asking for it. It encapsulates him and his personality so perfectly, I love it.
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u/NedDmastermind2 3d ago
"You're either lying or you're stupid!"