Grand Galvatron
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- Grand Galvatron is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Grand Galvatron (グランドガルバトロン Gurando Garubatoron) is the deranged power fantasy of Galvatron's twisted mind. Inspired by and envious of the tremendous power of Unicron, Galvatron envisions an upgrade for himself that would be unstoppable—though it would have to be built out of the dead bodies of his own troops and possibly even the destroyed husk of the entire planet Earth or Cybertron. This does not bother Galvatron. At all.
Galvatron eventually managed to make this dream a reality, though it took a different form than the one envisioned; using Cyclonus's body as a proxy, he uses four other Transformers to create Grand Galvatron.
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Fiction
Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity
The Headmasters cartoon
After surviving the destruction of Cybertron and reclaiming leadership of the Decepticons, Galvatron sent his forces on a campaign to plunder energy all across the galaxy. His true schemes remained a mystery to all those around him, but eventually Scorponok realized that he planned to incorporate the Earth into his system.
Eventually, Galvatron revealed to his most trusted warrior, Sixshot, that he intended to use the energy to turn Earth into his new Unicron-sized body and become Grand Galvatron. He also revealed to Sixshot that such a body would require parts from his most powerful and skilled warriors, Sixshot included. This didn't sit well with Sixshot (gee, wonder why), who betrayed Galvatron and left him to battle the Autobot Headmasters alone. Galvatron lost the battle and was buried alive beneath an iceberg by the Headmasters' Head Formation. His dreams of becoming Grand Galvatron were never fulfilled. The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg
Unite Warriors
When Cyclonus came to visit his former master's grave, Grand Galvatron Chapter the disembodied spirit of Galvatron II Ruination Chapter, Part One seized the chance and took over Cyclonus's body. Together, the two travelled to the Triple Z Point, planning on using Unicron as the basis of Grand Galvatron. Unicron, obviously apprehensive about this plan, gave another option: he summoned three malicious Transformers—Thrust, Breakdown, and Roller—from across the multiverse and gave them new bodies that could combine with Cyclonus. The final component was created from Starscream when he showed up to beg for a new body. Unlike the others, his new body was stuck in a half-living, half-dead form to assure loyalty.
With his new troops, Unicron sought to have the six conquer Cybertron, but Galvatron defied his demands and set out to conquer for himself as the newly born Combiner Haunt Leader Grand Galvatron. Grand Galvatron Chapter
Arriving on Cybertron, Grand Galvatron was shocked to have his limbs removed by an invisible force courtesy of Trailbreaker and reverted into Galvatron and Cyclonus. The group combined into Grand Galvatron again upon reaching Vector Sigma's chamber, where they were met with the Autobot combiner Sky Reign, whose force field and assorted weaponry gave them some trouble. Galvatron's ghostly existence allowed his combined form to see through Sky Reign's holographic tricks and come close to victory, only to have the Autobot spring back up from near-defeat and bite into Grand Galvatron, causing him to cry out for aid. Sky Reign Chapter Upon the arrival of Megaempress, Grand Galvatron split up as his components scrambled in fear of the Decepticon empress and her 4 Guards. Megatronia Chapter
Though Galvatron II left his body, Cyclonus remained able to form the basis of Grand Galvatron and convinced his allies to combine with him again to stop Unicron from making Cybertron his new body. Together with the other combiners, Grand Galvatron distracted Unicron long enough for Baldigus to separate him from Cybertron. After Unicron's defeat, the Transformers that made up Grand Galvatron all went their separate ways. Ruination Chapter, Part Two
Kre-O online comic
Megatron's ambition was to use Earth's bricks to build a planet-sized Galvatron-like body for himself. Megatron's Ambition!? The Solar Tower Is Built!
Ask Vector Prime
The Galvatron of Primax 185.0 Beta planned to transplant his own spark into Cybertron itself in order to become Grand Galvatron and defeat the Quintesson forces opposing him in his quest for universal domination. However, his spark was destroyed by The Autobot and the Dreadnoks as it was being transferred. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/04
Toys
Unite Warriors
- Known designers: Hisashi Yuki (TakaraTomy)
- Unite Warriors Grand Galvatron is made up of Tactician Cyclonus as the torso and Ghost Starscream, Curse Armada Thrust, Zombie War Breakdown, and Wandering Roller as limbs. The deco of Cyclonus's torso mode more closely adheres to the appearance of the original Galvatron toy. While the box, included story, and instructions have an official limb configuration for Grand Galvatron, using Wandering Roller as the right arm with its toes folded up in its leg configuration allows for Cyclonus's blaster to be mounted on the forearm, rather than precariously positioned on Starscream's wing.
- The set included a collector coin.
- Grand Galvatron was released as a TakaraTomy Mall exclusive, rather than as a retail release.
Merchandise
Brave-Goukin
- Excel Suit (
2014)
- A tiny Grand Galvatron figurine was to be included with CM's Corporation's Brave-Goukin "Excel Suit" toy. It was displayed in unpainted prototype form at various conventions, but the whole set went unreleased due to CM's Corporation's bankruptcy.
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Notes
- In the Omni Productions dub, while showing his plans to Sixshot, Galvatron proudly proclaims, "This is Unicorn!" Sixshot reacts with a hilariously exaggerated "Whoaaaa!" Apparently, a member of the dubbing team found out about Unicron and tried (unsuccessfully) to tie the two concepts together.
- The Grand Galvatron plan might be considered the logical endpoint of Galvatron's trend of planetary engines in the Generation 1 cartoon—in addition to their appearances in "Carnage in C-Minor" and "The Rebirth", an aborted plotline from "Fight or Flee" involved planetary engines being built on Paradron in order to turn the planet into a mobile fortress.
Foreign names
- English: Unicorn (Omni Productions dub)
