While Starscream is still deceptive, Megatron uses that to his advantage and utilizes his silver tongue, brain and wits to recruit new Decepticons. Megatron, who starts as a gladiator, argues that the circumstances of a Cybertronian's assembly does not define their roles in life, and that message resonates with Starscream. Starscream doesn't join the Decepticons in order to gain some semblance of power He joins because he believes in Megatron's aims to reshape Cybertron's society. However, the IDW Publishing comics reframe Starscream's entire motivation. When Megatron returns as Galvatron, he destroys Starscream in seconds. He just basks in his victory, celebrating his own power. We see what Starscream does with power in this instance, and it's pretty petty. Seeing this as a chance to finally seize power, Starscream rallies his fellow Decepticons under his wing and dumps Megatron's dying corpse to the oblivion of space. Megatron and Optimus Prime have their final battle, which leads to both being mortally wounded. That all changed with the 1986 animated feature Transformers: The Movie.

RELATED: Whatever Happened to the Hasbro Cinematic Universe? When Starscream inevitably fails to seize power - and he always does - Megatron humiliates the traitor, Starscream begs for pity and, for whatever reason, Megatron always welcomed him back into the fold. Whenever Starscream thinks he has a chance to seize power, he takes it. It's a mystery thatMegatron trusts Starscream with half of the missions he's sent on. He often declares to anyone who listens how things would be far better under his own leadership. He works with the Decepticons because he has power, but constantly thirsts for more. In the original Transformers TV series, Starscream is essentially self-serving.

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